Cardinal Booster
November 26, 2004
Two hundred eighty-two students
participate in elections
FCCLA members attend cluster meetings in Washington, D.C.
December Birthdays
November Boosters
Thanksgiving Survey
Band members participate in KMEA Honor Band
What Does It Mean?
Seventy-eight students make the three 1st quarter honor
rolls
Junior Class wraps up magazine sales
All-School Play has record crowd
Twenty-eight Cagers practice and gear up for a good season
Four seniors lead Lady Cards
All but two weights filled for season
Frederking takes first in state x-country
Two hundred eighty-two students participate in elections
Two hundred eighty-two Plainville
students turned out at the polls Tuesday to participate in Kids Voting Kansas.
This total included USD 270 students, Sacred Heart students, and home-schooled
students.
The mission of Kids Voting Kansas is to increase lifelong voter participation
by educating Kansas elementary and secondary students and involving then in
the voting process. To fulfill its mission, Kids Voting Kansas encourages
students involvement through family, community, and school partnerships.
Following classroom instructions about the rights, responsibilities, and mechanics
of voting, students in grades K-12 actually went to the polls on Election
day and "voted" alongside their parents or guardians. The result
was an increase in voter education and participation by voters of all ages.
The entire process parallels that of adults, with registration, ballot development,
and special voting booths staffed by community volunteers. Though not counted
in the official vote, students votes are tallied and reported in the media
as the clear voice of the next generation of voters.
All students voted for president with President Bush receiving 235 votes followed
by Senator Kerry with 29 votes for the Democratic Party. Michael Badernerik
of the Libertarian Party received 4 votes; Ralph Nader of the Reform Party
received 2 votes; and Michael Peroutka of the Independent Party also received
2 votes.
Students from the 4th grade through the 12th grade also voted in other national
races.
In the position for U.S. Senate, Republican Sam Brownback received 148 votes
while Democrat Lee Jones received just 19. Other candidates for this office
included Libertarian Steven A. Rosile with 2 votes and Reformist George Cook
1.
In the race for the US House of Representatives for this district, students
would have retained Republican Jerry Moran in his office with 162 votes while
Libertarian Jack Warnar received just 13 votes.
In state and local elections, only high school students voted.
In the race for the State Senator for the 40th District, Republican Ralph
Ostmeyer received 84 votes to Democrat Tim Peterson's 13.
For the office of State Representative for the 110th District, Republican
Dan Johnson unopposed and received 85 votes.
In the office for District Court Judge District 23 Division 1, was Edward
E. Bouker receiving 86 votes. In District 23 Division 2, Tom Toepfer received
74 votes. For District Judge, Douglas E. Bigge received 91 votes.
In the race for County Commissioner of the 2nd District, 61 votes went to
Gary LeRock, while 21 write-in votes went to John Ruder.
Most students voted for Republican Pat Hageman for the office of County Commissioner
for District 3. They awarded him 72 votes while they gave Democrat Tom Benoit
9 and Independent Michael Stallings 12.
Clara Strutt won the County Clerk with 90 votes. Kimberly A. Northup won the
County Treasurer with 89 votes. Rosalee Sprick won the County Register of
Deeds with 88 votes. Edward C. Hageman won the County Attorney with 84 votes.
Republican Roger L. Mongeau ran unopposed for County Sheriff and received
83 votes.
In the race the Township Council, Republican Alan Dinkel won the race with
86 votes compared to his running mate Robert Schrandt receiving 9 votes.
"Voting was new for me, but a great experience," junior Dalton Mick
said.
"I thought voting was fun and it was something new for me," sophomore
Caleb Wyatt said.
FCCLA members attend cluster meetings in Washington, DC
Thirteen students and two teachers
traveled to Washington DC for FCCLA cluster meetings. Those attending were
senior Amanda Husmann, juniors Mackenzie Becker and Rachel Thompson, sophomores
Emily Jones and Jessica Wilkens, and freshmen Whitney Desair, Brooklyn Foster,
Darla Monroe, Deanna Garvert, Deidre Jones, Derek Jones, Aaron Dinkel, Justin
Lacy, teacher Joe Dreiling and sponsor Sheri Tucker.
The group left PHS at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, arrived in Kansas City and
got on a plane at 8. They arrived in Washington around noon and spent the
afternoon sightseeing. Some interesting places they visited were the National
Archives, Ford's Theater, Mount Veron, the Smithsonian, the Holocaust Museum,
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the White House, they also witnessed the
Changing of the Guard at Arlington Cemetery.
They attended meetings Friday night and Saturday morning, where they heard
from motivational speakers Rhett Laubach and Josh Shipp, and went to workshops
on different FCCLA national programs. The meetings included trainings on programs
such as Career Connection/Leaders At Work, Community Traffic Saftey, Families
First, Japanese Exchange Program, STAR events, STOP the Ciolence, and Student
Body. The information gained from these meetings will be used to promote
chapter projects and help individuals gain knowledge in leadership, to think
about others, and to gain FCCLA enthusiasm. They spent Saturday afternoon
sightseeing and came home Sunday.
"I had a lot of fun. I especially
enjoyed Mrs. Tucker's company," Lacy said.
Brock McDowell- 1
Paige Lowry- 6
Cory Munsell- 6
Josh Brackeen- 8
Connor McMullen- 8
Toni Monroe- 8
Rachael Hay- 15
The Cardinal Boosters for the month of November are sophomores
Amanda Plante and Luke Brin.
Plante is involved in volleyball and softball. Her favorite place to shop
is Fashion Bug at the Mall in Hays. She enjoys drinking Dr. Pepper and eating
pizza. Her favorite musical artist is Kenny Chesney. Her most prized possession
is a ring that she got from her mother Christmas four years ago. Her pet-peeve
is people who just talk about themselves and not others.
Brin is involved in football, wrestling, baseball, Pep-Club, and the All-School-Play.
He likes to drink Dr. Pepper and eat tacos. His favorite musical artist is
Afroman. He enjoys shopping at Wal-Mart, and his most prized possession is
his dirtbike. His pet-peeve is when he gets in trouble for things he did not
do.
The Cardinal Booster surveyed some students on
what their favorite Thanksgiving tradition is. Here are some of their responses:
"The break where we don't have to attend school," junior Katee Nicholas
said.
"Going to Pennsylvania with Casey," sophomore Andy Brown said.
"Looking at Richard's antiques," senior Paul Nuckols said.
"Eating turkey and watching football," senior Brandon Frederking
said.
"Sleeping a lot after eating a lot," freshman Justin Lacy said.
Band Members participate in KMEA Honor Band
PHS and JH students traveled to Hays High to
perform in the Northwest District KMEA Honor Band on November 6, 2004 in the
Hays High Gymnasium.
The Plainville Junior High students on the KMEA honor band were Ross Copeland
(trombone). The Junior High played five songs which included "Wait for
the Wagon" by Mike Hannickel, "The Curse of Tutankhamun" by
Michael Story, "All the pretty Horses" by Anne McGinty, "High
Water Mark: The Third Day" by Michael Sweeney, "Deleware Valley
Celebration" by Darren Jenkins.
Plainville Junior High students on KMEA honor choir were Lauren Buresh, Kendra
Steergeon, Kassandra Collins, and Jessica Collins. On the night of November
6 they sang five songs which were "Siyahamba" arranged by Donald
Moore, "Bare Necessities" by Gilkyson, arranged by John Leavitt,
"I Dream a World" by Thomas, "Gloria" by Dave and Jean
Perry, "Misty Morning" by J. Nygard.
High School Jazz Band members Jesse Husmann and Mackenzie Becker were the
only ones to play in the Jazz band. The four songs that the band played were
"Birdland" arranged by Michael Sweeney, "C Jam Blue" arranged
by David Pug, "Blues in the Night" arranged by Lisa DeSpain, "I
Got Chili Pepper" by Doug Beach and Geprge Shutack.
"I practiced for about a month until November 6 when the concert came.
I was a little nervous because only five hours of practice with the other
jazz players was allowed. It was the best performance yet and was extremely
fun an dexciting to know that I did a great job," Jesse Husmann said.
The Cardinal Booster staff interviewed some students
to see if they knew what the word "spatilomacy" meant. These are
some of their replies.
"Some kind of medical surgery." - sophomore Tanner Ganoung
"The ointment that Lance now puts on his bald head." - junior Eden
Rinehart and senior Megan Becker
"It is a funny spatula." - freshman Cassie Meyers
"It means a giant monkey." - freshman Brandon Malin
The meaning of spatilomacy is the telling of fortunes by studying animal droppings.
Seventy-eight students make the three 1st quarter honor rolls
Seventy-eight students made the honor roll for
the first nine weeks.
Twenty-one were on the Administrator's Honor Roll by aquiring a grade point
average of 4.0 to 3.75. These students include seniors Lynn Cook, Charlie
Meitler, Paul Owings and Nicole Wessel. Juniors include Justin Casey, Jesse
Husmann, Jacob Keas, Dalton Mick, Scott Peavey and Eden Rinehart. The Sophomore
include Josh Brungardt, Samantha Hixon, Emily Jones, Seith Keas, Vanessa Owings
and Megan Plante. Freshmen include Aaron Becker, Joe Becker, Aubrey Frederking,
Benjamin Gehring and Bretta Mick.
There were thirty-six students that had a grade point average between 3.5
and 3.25, and made the Regular Honor Roll. The seniors include Mark Axelson,
Kelsey Bjornstad, Kristen Dinkel, Brandon Frederking, Lance Gosser, Lauren
Hemphill, Amanda Husmann, M.J. Klein, Kristen Meitler, Kami Monroe, Paul Nuckols
and Heather Schonthaler. Juniors include, Mackenzie Becker, Spencer Blecha,
Tyler Brungardt, Taylor Dix, Ashley Edgett, Jenna Fellhoelter, Connor McMullen,
Chelsea Moos, Stuart Rempe, Selby Renk, Rachel Thompson. Sophomores include,
Kennis Becker, Luke Brin, Matthew Hageman, Krystal Karlin, Zach Moos, Caleb
Parson, Jason Williams, and Caleb Wyatt. Freshmen include, Miles Axelson,
Brooklyn Foster, Deidre Jones, and Katie McQueen.
Twenty-one students are on the Honorable Mention Honor Roll with a grade point
average of 3.25 and 3.0. They are seniors Brandon Brown, Paige Lowry, and
Morgan Malin. Juniors include, Jaclyn Brock, Casey Buganski, Holly Chew, Garrett
Frederking, Brock McDowell, Tracy Rudman, Brooke Stahl, and Starla Willenberg.
The sophomores include, Amanda Plante and Michelle Wessel. The Freshmen include,
Kristyn Brummer, Aaron Dinkel, Jason Dinkel, Deanna Garvert, Mindy Gerhardt,
Heather Hageman, Heath Rath, and Toby Ruder.
Junior Class wraps up magazine sales
The Junior Class held their annual magazines
this fall.
The juniors managed to raise $1,000 from the sales, which lasted for a month
and a half.
Junior Jesse Husmann had the most sales with a total of 26 sales.
"I am glad to help my class by raising money for an excellent prom,"
Husmann said.
All-School Play has record crowd
The Best Haunted House Ever, the 2004 All-School
Play took place November 19 and 20 under the direction of Deb Turnbull and
Julie Becker.
The play is set in the old haunted house of Jarvis Stitch. One group of kids
from Hoover High are trying to turn the house into a haunted tour. Unknown
to them another group of kids from Jenkins High are doing the same thing.
Soon things take a turn for the worse as they find themselves being scared
by a mysterious ghost.
The cast began practicing in October.
The student cast members include the following: junior Spencer Blecha (Nick),
sopohmore Vanessa Owings (Dorothy), senior Heather Schonthaler (Addie), senior
Kelsey Bjournstad (Gloria), junior Rachel Thompson (Jo), junior Amber Cooper
(Lulu), senior Amanda Husmann (Peg), senior Kristen Dinkel (Ruthie), junior
Jacob Keas (Murphy), sophmore Emily Jones (Frankie), junior Connor McMullen
(Clyde), sophmore Luke Brin (Sherman), sophmore Megan Plante (Mandy), sophmore
Samantha Hixon (Phyllis), senior Megan Becker (Pru), junior Scott Peavey (Watchett),
junior Jesse Husmann (Knightfal), junior Garrett Frederking (Professor Stitch),
freshman Aubrey Frederking (Zombie), and junior Casey Buganski (Riley). Freshmen
Justin Lacy and Colt McCune were prompters. Backstage workers included: sophmore
Kennis Becker, freshman Jessica Thompson, junior Josh Brackeen, and freshman
Derek Jones. Sophmore Justin McCune and freshman Mindy Gerhardt were sound
technicians.
"We had a full house on Friday; it may have been our largest crowd ever.
Saturday night is typically a smaller crowd, which makes the cast work extra
hard." Turnbull said.
The Lady Cards began their season November 15
with nineteen girls ready to play. Coaches this year are Jeff Kohl and Sherri
Dix.
Seniors include Kelcee Meitler, Lauren Hemphill, Megan Becker and Kristen
Dinkel.
Juniorsinclude Rachel Thompson, Jenna Fellhoelter, Eden Rinehart, Holly Chew,
and Caroline Hrabe.
Sophomores include Vanessa Owings and Sam Hixon.
Freshmen include Kelsey Wyatt, Jessica Thompson, Ashely Stroda, Heather Hageman,
Mindy Gerhardt, Whitney Desair, Aubrey Frederking, and Bretta Mick.
"I think we'll be a lot quicker and stronger then we were last year,
and we will also be able to play better, as a team," Hrabe said.
"The girls are working very heard this year. We've gat a great group
of upperclassmen that have the objective of being competitive night in and
night out, and I believe this is going to be an exciting group to watch. They
are going to bring it every game and hopefully at the end of the season our
record will reflect the team's work ethic and desire to compete," Coach
Kohl said.
All but two weights filled for season
Eleven wrestlers are returning to the wrestling team this year. They include seniors Paul Owings, Jake Weigel, Brandon Brown, and Mark Axelson; juniors include Connor McMullen, Tyler Brungardt, Jacon Keas, and Stuart Rempe. The returning sophomores are Andy Brown, Lucas Hachmeister, and Luke Brin.
Six new wrestlers are joining the team this year. They are senior Chris Keas and freshmen Aaron Dinkel, Heath Rath, Alan Crawford, B.J. Madden, and Brandon Schneider.
The team will be coached by D.J. Basgall and assistant Cory Dobson. The manager for this year will be freshman Miles Axelson.
"I am very pleased with the number of wrestlers out this year. We only have two open weights, so that will help win more duals this year. The guys are working hard, and I expect to have a good year," Basgall said.
Frederking takes first in state at X-country
Two PHS atheletes participate in cross country. Freshmen Heath Rath and Aubrey Frederking joined the Natoma team. They drove 16 miles every morning to their cross country practise in Natoma. They competed in meets representing Natoma. There were a total of nine meets including state. They included Wamego, Smith Center, Hill City, Beloit, Ellseorth, Phillipsburg, and Downs. Rath tried each meet to im prove his time. He ran 3.1 miles every meet and his best time was 21.59 minutes, which ran in Wamego. There were 129 people in the race. "It was a great new experience" Rath said. Frederking kept a steady winning pace through the season. She ran her best time in downs with a time of 12:05 minutes. She went all the way to state representing Plainville. State took place in wamego on October 30. There, she placed first with a time of 12:30.79. "It was a new experience for me; it was fun. I had fun with the Natoma crosscountry. "It was a neat experience", Frederking said.
Twenty-eight Cagers practice and gear up for a good season
The Cardinal boys basketball team returns after coming off a good year last season.
The Cards return seven players who had significant playing time last year, and 21 others that will help contribute to the team. The head coach is Tom Frederking and his assistant is Ronnie Wolf. They are lead by five seniors, Brandon Frederking, MJ Klein, Josh Hrabe, Noel Morales, and Lance Gosser
The team has eight juniors, Justin Casey, Brock McDowell, Taylor Dix, Scott Peavey, Dalton Mick, Garrett Frederking, Jesse Husmann, and Cory McQueen.
There are four sophomores on the team: Caleb Wyatt, Jarrett Claridge, Matt Hageman, and Josh Brungardt.
There are eight freshman in their first season of PHS basketball: Tanner Dix, Aaron Becker, Jason Dinkel, Toby Ruder, Derek Brumitt, Joe Becker, Justin Lacy, Ben Gehring, and Colt McCune.
"We are coming off a great season and we return a good core of the players. The expectations are high and I hope we can fulfill them all," Coach Frederking said.