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November 2000
Plainville High
School prepares for All-School play
Plainville High School students will be
performing a play entitled Finders Creepers by Donald Payton November
17 and 18 at 7:30 PM in the PHS auditorium. A brief synopsis of the
play is as follows: Hercules and his friend Wilbur arrive to spend the
weekend with his uncle who is a mortician. Their room is right next
to the mortuary. The two boys are frightened when a corpse for Monday's
funeral begins to walk around and read the newspaper. "Finders
Creepers is hilarious. The cast members end up laughing at themselves
during practice. They are working very well together," Director
Deb Turnbull said. Turnbull and Julie Becker will direct the play. The
cast of characters is as follows: Wilbur Maxwell ( junior Luke Wise),
Hercules Nelson (senior Cole Fredrickson), Celeste (junior Janell Darnell),
Nina Quigley (junior Katie Weigel), Frankie (junior Heather Plante),
Aunt Marie (sophomore Jessie Eisiminger), Uncle Bob (junior Chris Peavey),
Granny (junior Linsey Weaverling), Mr. Quigley (junior Willie Ruder),
Dr. Brown (junior Christopher Fogle), Madeline (junior Katrina Jones),
Harry Schuster (senior Matthew Rodriguez), Daphne (junior Kayla Fisher)
Claude (senior Auldin Morris) and Helper/Henry (freshman Quintin Plante).
Prompters are junior Renee Post and sophomore Naomi Thompson.
Choir performs fall
concert Oct. 17
The Plainville High School choir presented
their Fall Concert on October 17 at 7:30 pm.
The choir performed five selections which included "Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy" by Teen Chinn, with a trumpet solo by Rhiannnon Becker;
"Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Alan Billingsley, "My Special
Angel" by Teena Chinn, "We're the Ment" by Jay Althouse
and "The Cry of the Child" by John Jacobson and Mac Huff.
The choir also performed "Just a Single Voice" by Sally Albrecht
and Jay Althouse with the sixth and seventh grade choirs.
"In my opinion our concert was great. We worked really hard to
learn all of our songs and parts to make the conert enjoyable for the
public," said Lindsey Ostrom.
Memebers of the choir include altos Ostrom, Jessica Eisiminger, Nicole
Bender, Asia Schonthaler, Stacy Selbe and Amanda Kraushaar; basses Chris
Peavey, Auldin Morris, Joe Kraushaar and Charles Mooney; and sopranos
Janell Darnell and Heather Ulrich.
Plainville/Stockton
perform at half-time
The Plainville band joined with Stockton's
band for the half-time entertainment on October 26 at Stockton. The
dance teams also performed with the band.
The bands practiced together on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon in Stockton.
The bands performed the songs "Summon the Heroes," "Buglers
Dream" and "God Bless the USA."
Junior Renee Post said, "I thought the bands worked really well
together."
BOE to us cameras at
USD 270
Board of Education members have been checking
into installing security cameras in the hallways and entrances of Plainville
High School for over a year.
One of the major reasons for the cameras is to monitor student and adult
travel in and out of the school and throughout the hallways.
"The issue was introduced to the BOE members due to violence nation-wide
that seems to be happening in schools. School safety is an on-going
issue in education," Superintendent Don Grovers said.
The BOE is planning to have the cameras installed sometime in November
or December of this year.
Four seniors honored
by KU
Four Plainville High School seniors were
honored October 10 at a dinner sponsored by the University of Kansas
Alumni Association. The dinner was in Hays at Hays High School. The
purpose of the dinner was to honor students in the top ten percent of
their senior class.
Each scholar was presented with a leather-bound dictionary. Those students
from PHS that attended were Sarah Koehler, Kelly Wilson, Cole Fredrickson,
and Hollie Marquess.
"We were all honored to be selected as an honor scholar. The food
was good too!" Wilson said.
Other counties that attended the dinner included Ellis and Rush.
New Superintendent
PHS has a new superintendent. Dr. Don
Grover has begun his first year with the school district.
Dr. Grover grew up south of Wichita in a town called Derby, Kansas.
HE attended high school there and then went on to college. He attended
Friends University, Wichita State University, and Kansas State University.
Dr. Grover went on to teach at Valley Center, where he was the physical
education teacher and the social studies teacher. He then became the
administrator at Valley Center. Other schools Dr. Grover has been the
administrator for include Rock Creek and White Rock.
In his spare time, he likes to go fishing and camping. He and his wife
have two children: Ashlee (18) and Jared (23).
New Students in PHS
PHS has two new students. Billy Lawrence
and Chris Moiody have both joined our school. They are brothers coming
from Natoma High School. Lawrence, who is a freshman, will participate
in football, basketball, and track. Moddy, is an incoming junior. He
does not participate in any sports.
Lawerence said, "Plainville is bigger than Natama and there is
a bigger freshman class. I like the people here and I'm looking forward
to sports."
Moody said, "I really like PHS. There are more girls here!"
October Boosters
October boosters of the month are juniors
Tony Dopita and Katie Weigel.
Dopita is involved in basketball and golf. His favorite movies are Varsity
Blues and American Pie. He enjoys listening to music by Eminem,
Dr. Dre, 2 Pac, Snoop Dogg, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and Pink Floyd.
Dopita's favorite food is pepperoni pizza. After high school he plans
to attend college, majoring in computer graphics design, but is undecided
where. In his spare time, he enjoys playing basketball, hanging out
with friends and spending time with his girlfriend.
Weigel is involved in tennis, Pep Club, FCCLA, All-School Play and CYO.
Her favorite movie is Dirty Dancing and her favorite song is
Katie Wants a Fast One. Weigel's favorite food is cheese pizza.
After high school, she plans to attend college. She is undecided upon
her major and where she will attend. In her spare time she enjoys spending
time with friends, talking on the phone and taking trips to Hays with
Ashleigh and Audrey.
FCCLA sponsors Halloween
tot Party
FCCLA held their annual Halloween Tot
party on October 19. Members were invited to bring a tot of their choice.
The tots had to be in between the ages of three and six. The tots enjoyed
cookies and drinks. They played many games including hide and seek.
Halloween safety tips were given to all of the tots. Gift certificates
to Dairy Queen were awarded to the tots and members with the best costumes.
Other activities FCCLA
participated in included the Fall Leadership Academy
in Phillipsburg on October 18.
Several FCCLA members will also be attending
the National Cluster Meeting in Birmingham, Alambama on November 2-5
Members attending are Rhiannon Becker, Jennifer Bland, Jessica Casey,
Mandy Cox, Jolene Eilers, Carrisa Fredrickson, Lacy Hamblet, Lindsey
Hamblet, Laura Lacey, Sarah Koehler, Abby Stagner, Michelle Rath, and
Jordyn Wilkens.
Tom Wat sales were also taking place.
They ended October 20.
FFA attends soil judging
contest
Plainville FFA competed in a soil judging
contest at WaKeeney on October 12.
Thirteen other schools attended with over
100 judges present. Plainville students that attended include Joel hrabe,
Matt McCune, Aryn Garvin, Mike Langholtz, Auldin Morris, Jason Stahl,
Alan Austin, and Josh Cunningham.
"Every individual improved his or
her scores since the contest at Stockton on September 27," Sponsor
Ed Rath said.
Soil judging is the judging of whether
or not land is suitable for farming or for building. The judges went
out to the country and filled out cards about the site chosen. They
judged the soil's depth, permeability, slope, erosion, and texture.
Gridsters defeat Leopards
for a Homecoming Victory
The Plainville Cardinal Gridsters defeated
the Lincoln Leopards with a score of 14-0 on October 13 as their first
district game for this season.
The Leopards fumbled the opening kickoff
giving the cards control of the ball. Senior Justin Balthazor scored
a touchdown before the half bringing the score to 6-0 at the half.
After halftime, the Cards come onto the
field ready to play hard. Balthazor scored another touchdown. The Cardinals
went for the two-point conversion which was good to give the Cardinals
win on Homecoming.
Senior night was October 20. The Cardinals
faced off with the Osborne Bulldogs for a win of 27-6.
Homecoming Activities
Involve Everyone
Homecoming week was October 9-13. The
following were chosen as homecoming royalty: Jared Ganoung, Cole Fredrickson,
Jason Stahl, Justin Balthazor, Trent Fuzzell, Stephanie Fellhoelter,
Ashlee Grover, Amber Burton, Kelcee Lowry, and Melissa Hageman. Devon
Mick and Madison Waggoner were the junior attendants.
Each day there was a different activity
to promote school spirit. Monday was hat day, Tuesday was occupation
day, Wednesday was weird hair day, Thursday was college day and Friday
was car decorating and school spirit day. Winners of the spirit week
were the Juniors.
Monday afternoon the classes decorated
their halls. The seniors won the competition. Following close behind
were the juniors, sophomores, and freshman.
Thursday night was the float decorating
and bonfire. Winners of the float were the juniors, followed by the
seniors, then the sophomores, and finally the freshman.
Friday was the parade and big game against
Lincoln. Before the game the king and queen, Fuzzell and Lowry, were
crowned. The final score for the game was 14-0.
A new change this year was the dance on
Saturday night. In past years the dance had followed the game. The theme
song was Swear it Again by Westlife.
Deb Turnbull said, "The best change
was having the bonfire at the football field because we could hear the
speeches and the crowd could see everything."
Varsity
volleyball travels to sub-state
The PHS varsity volleyball team traveled
to sub-state at Ellis on October 21. Going into the tournament Plainville
was ranked fourth.
The first match of the day was against
Otis-Bison. The Cardinals started off with the win of 15-12. The girls
continued to fight, but fell with a loss of 7-15. In the last and final
game of the match the girls defeated the Cougars with a win of 15-9.
That win took the Cardinals into the semi-finals
game with the number one ranked team, ST. John. The girls suffered a
loss of 1-15 and 6-15. This ended the Lady Cards season.
St. John went on to defeat Ellis in the
championship round, sending them to state.
Those playing at sub-state were seniors
Stephanie Fellhoelter, Ashlee Grover, Hannah Deibert, Cara Hansen and
Kelcee Lowry; Juniors Shanna Fellhoelter, Linsey Weaverling, Lacey Brin
and Janell Darnell. Sophomores rounding off the team included Jamie
Stahl and Lacey Hamblet. Senior Sarah Koehler is also a member of the
varsity team but was unable to attend.
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