Cardinal Booster
October 24, 2003
Greg Rinehart brings a fresh
and optimistic outlook to PHS
Seventeen seniors work as teacher's aides
Squad Room hits the stage Nov.
21 & 22
October Boosters
New PHS organization takes the time to make a difference
Second Graders reveal their Halloween costume plans
PHS & PJH choirs perform first concert
Choir participates in MCL Vocal Clinic
FFA competes in various contests
Cards take a tough loss from Trego at Homecoming
Netters keep score close for their season finale
Individual results keep the tennis team competitive
Homecoming activities keep PHS busy
Greg Rinehart brings a fresh and optimistic outlook to PHS
Greg Rinehart is the new principal at PHS. He came from South Haven, Kansas. He lived there his whole life. He was a teacher and the activities director and assistant principal. He also has coached girls basketball and used to be on the South Haven School Board. He also was involved in a farming and ranching operation.
One reason that made him come to this little town was that he was impressed by the size of Plainville and houses along with the school and its teachers. South Haven was only a fourth of the size of Plainville. He wanted to be in a bigger school. He has a total of 26 years experience with three of them as assistant principal.
Rinehart said, "I see a lot of potential and history, and I want to bring back the tradition that Plainville is known for."
Some expectations he is hoping for are cooperation along with working together with a teaming approach.
He also said, "The main goal is to become responsible citizens. What's important is to help students bring out their best effort. There is a time to work and a time to play; it's just that you have to choose when that time is."
He plans to accomplish his goals and is looking to us to do this.
Seventeen seniors work as teacher's aides
Sixteen Students are enrolled as teacher's aides.
They are seniors Andee Marquees (Kim Albers), Quintin Plante (Joe Dreiling), Julie Hrabe (Jack Hilgers), Lindsey Plante (Jeff Kohl), Jordyn Wilkens (Amy Krob), Kira Schumacher (Dale Sims), Terri Kenney (Dale Sims), Aryn Garvin (Jon Thummel), Chantal Maddox (Shari Tucker), Amy Normandin (Deb Turnbull), Brad Lynch (Lee Weber), Nicole Bender (Karen Wilson), Adam Meyers (Jackie Ralph), and Justin Morris (Dana Friend).
"Teacher aides are wonderful. Jordyn frees up some of my time by making copies and filing- the necessary tasks of a teacher that are so time consuming," Amy Krob said.
"Sometimes I grade papers, copy papers, or just anything that needs to be done," Kenney said.
Jackie Ralph is fortunate enough to have three teacher's aides.
"Its wonderful. I love having them the hours I do. The first graders look forward to the aides coming in every day. They are all great with kids," Ralph said.
How can a teacher keep three students busy with work?
"There really is no challenge. I usually have something planned for them, but if they finish early or I change the task, they jump right in and just work with the children. It is great. The first graders love reading to the seniors," Ralph said.
Squad Room hits the stage Nov. 21 & 22
The All-School Play Squad Room will be performed on November 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Auditorium.
The cost is $3 for high school students and adults, and $1 for grade school students, and children who are not in school get in free. The directors Julie Becker and Deb Turnbull will have the challenge of bringing a hilarious story to life with the help of 29 high school actors and 2 prompters. In the play you meet a bunch of loony detectives who can handle everything from burglary to bunco.
With Commander Rainwater breathing down their necks they have about all they can handle, but that soon changes when mad bomber plants a bomb in the squad room. Mootfowl and his hat check girl from Pink Poodle Disco think about marriage, and Mrs. Grant tries to convince her daughter to quit being a policewoman.
The characters and students includes the following: Quintin Plante (Detective La Vava), Michelle Reishus (Janitor), Casey Buganski (Fingers), Alex Smetana (Detective Strinberg), Megan Plante (Guilt Complex Woman), Makenzie Rempe (Detective Marie Grant), Jordyn Wilkens (Mrs. Grant), Katie Nicholas (Deli Person), Amanda Fogle (Teacher), Jesse Husmann (Claire), Samantha Hixon (Melissa), Scott Peavey (Lt. Hermon Mootfowl), Ben Ruder (Commander Rainwater), Connor McMullen (Detective Adams), Justin Morris (Moose Newland), Jacob Keas (Lunatic), Kristen Dinkel (Dr. Vague), Rachel Thompson (Lucille Hotchkiss), Matt McCune (Mad Bomber), Megan Becker (Mrs. Van Hickenlooper), Kira Schumacher (Edwina Stonebridge), Spencer Blecha (Crime Photographer), Aryn Garvin (Detective doris Cansino), Heather Schonthaler (Bag Lady), Garrett Frederking (Kavanaugh), Kelsey Bjornstad (Gloria Garvery), Luke Brin (Chester Garvey), Vanessa Owings (Miss Abbott), and Selby Renk and Gloria Ruder (Prompters).
The boosters for the month of October are Juniors Kelcee Meitler and Brandon Frederking.
Frederking plans on going out for basketball and is considering golf. He has been involved in Stuco, Pep Club, CYO, CCD, and Who's Who Among American High School Student's. Frederking's favorite movie is Field of Dreams, and his favorite food is Mexican. After high school he plans on attending University Of Kansas and majoring in communication studies. Frederking's hobbies are hanging out with friends, playing sports, and watching ESPN.
Meitler is involved in volleyball and plans on going out for basketball and track. She has been involved in Pep Club, and CCD. Meitler's favorite movies is Just Married, and her favorite song is "Here Without You" By 3 Doors Down. Her favorite food is Mexican. After high school she plans on going to college to play volleyball or be a cheerleader. Meitler enjoys hanging out with friends.
New PHS organization takes the time to make a difference
This summer, a group of students participated in Take A Second Make A Difference (TASMAD) and completed various projects both inside and outside the school.
Adults and students involved with TASMAD decorated the girls bathroom in the
front hall and painted the speed bumps on Cardinal Avenue. They also painted
some Cardinals above the auditorium and gymnasium doors.
Counselor Rita Carswell said, "This is a student driven project, and
the students need to decide what areas are most important to them and act
on them. We also want to make the student body more cohesive."
Currently, there are eleven students and five adults involved. Students involved are junior Kristen Dinkel, junior Heather Schonthaler, junior Paul Nuckols, senior Jessica Casey, senior, Jordan Wilkens, senior Aryn Garvin, senior Julie Hrabe, sophomore Justin Casey, junior MJ Klein, senior Ryan Lovelady, and junior Brandon Frederking. Senior Amy Normandin also committed time and energy to the summer projects. Faculty and staff members involved include Julie Becker, Amy Krob, Lee Weber, Connie Reishus, and Rita Carswell.
"There will be further training with at least 30-40 more
students to be added, and would like all interested faculty to be trained
also," Carswell said.
Second Graders reveal their Halloween costume plans
The Cardinal Booster asked Dana Friend's second grade students what they were going to be this Halloween. The following are their replies:
Neil Harris - "I'm going to be a bad guy" * Samantha
Reif - Princess * Emma Lindstrom - Singer
Austin Wagram - Army Man * Simon Harold - Batman * Ashley
Winters - Angel
Jacob Branch - "A skeleton with blood coming out of my face"
* Sabrina Collins - Genie
Connor Karnes - Harry Potter * Danielle Bickmore - Bunny * Nikki
Plante - "A witch without a broom"
Maycee Jones - Dorothy * Trevor Eisiminger - Hulk * Adam
Gehring - Spiderman
Markus Loney - Skeleton * David Sowles - Yugioh * Katie Fleener
-"I don't know" * Bailey Winters - Business Lady
Kayla Hocket - Princess * Colleen Hamilton - Hippie * Lauren
Ballantyne - Witch
PHS & PJH choirs perform first concert
The six through twelve vocal concert was held on Tuesday, October 14 in the Plainville High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The first performers of the night were the sixth graders. They performed three songs which were "All Night, All Day" "Consider the Tiny Ant," and "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Next to perform were the seventh and eighth graders. They performed two pieces called "Sing a Song of Nature" and "The Blue-Tail Fly."
The last performers of the night was the high school chorus. They sang "The Bare Neccessities," "Witness," "Michael Finnigan," and "Down to the River to Pray," which featured senior Makenzie Rempe. "Let the River Run" featured senior Michelle Reishus and freshman Timmara Wilson. Their finale was "The World's Greatest."
To finish off the night the combined chorus performed, "Together Hand in Hand."
Choir participates in MCL Vocal Clinic
The Plainville High School Choir will be traveling to Victoria for the MCL vocal clinic on November 6. Students will practice in the afternoon at 2 p.m., followed by a concert at 7 p.m. Schools included in the clinic are: Plainville, Victoria, Ellis, WaKeeney, and Hill City. The guest director for the clinic is going to be Elise Peterson, form Hays High School. The songs include "The Prayer," "River of Freedom," "The Gypsey Rover," "In Praise of Music," and "Together Hand in Hand."
FFA competes in various contests
FFA members have been taking teams to various competitions throughout the state. Two teams of four each traveled to Colby October 1.
October 9 four students went to hays to dairy judge. The highest individual result came from Seth Keas receiving 9th place. On October 11 the freshmen went to the Greenhand conference in hays. On October 16 a group of members participated in the Electro-Rally-Race. They did extremely well lapping everyone at least once, but they had an accident on turn one and were forced to drop out of the race.
On November 22 there will be a hog roast before the All- School Play. Biggies catering will prepare the hog, and the FFA will supply all the other foods and supplies.
Cards take a tough loss from Trego at Homecoming
The Homecoming football game was against the Wakeeney Golden Eagles. The Cardinals were fired up for this game since Plainville had not won a Homecoming game for several years, but they still came up short 12-14
The Cardinals received the ball to star off the game. The Cardinals took advantage of good field position and scored a touchdown. The score was 6-0 as the Cardinals failed for the extra point. Trego answered on their first drive with a touchdown themselves. Their extra point was good to make the score 6-7. The teams traded positions for the rest of the half making the score 6-7 at half.
Wakeeney received the ball to open up the second half of play. Plainville got the ball back almost immediately with a turnover, giving the Cardinals good field position. Plainville could not take advantage of the field position and were faced to punt the ball to the Eagles. Wakeeney scored on their drive to make the score 6-14. The Cardinals weren't just about to let down when they answered right back with a touchdown making the score 12-14 the extra point was no good. Trego held out the rest of the game giving them the win with a final score of 12-14.
Netters keep score close for their season finale
The Lady Cards last match of the regular season brought defeat.
They began their match against the Lincoln Leopards with great enthusiasm
hoping to bring home a cardinal victory. They started off strong but ended
in disappointment with a score of 25-16. The following game ended the same
way but with a score of
25-21.
Starting off the second match with determination and perseverance, they knew
they have a chance to win. Playing their hardest to beat Lucas -Luray. Ending
both games with a defeat of 25-17, the Cardinals ended the regular season
with no wins.
Individual results keep the tennis team competitive
Seven girls want to Beloit on October.
Those included Seniors Kira Schumacher and Aryn Garvin, Junior Amanda Husmann, Sophomores Katee Nicholas and Amber Cooper, and freshmen Vanessa Owings and Emily Jones.
Schumacher and Garvin Played number one doubles and won (8-4). Husmann, number 2 singles, played hard but came out with a loss (8-3). Owings and Nicholas had a great battle and came out with a win (8-4). Cooper, number 1 singles (JV), tied and then won in a tie breaker (8-7) (7-2). Jones, number 2 singles(JV), played a great match and won (8-4).
The final tournament was regionals at Wakeeney Monday, October 13.