Cardinal Booster
October 29, 2004
The Best Haunted
House Ever Spooks PHS stage
FFA Membership grows with Sponsor Miller's leadership
FCCLA stays busy and makes plans
October Boosters
November Boosters
Third graders make plans for Halloween and trick or treats
TASMAD helps keep the "pride" in PHS
Choir performs its first concert
PHAT provides a reality check about tobacco products
Seniors experience the life of a teacher
Individual Cardinal football players experience success
Tennis Team goes to regionals
Netters face tough battle at MCL
Cards post a win for Homecoming
The Best Haunted House Ever spooks PHS stage
The All-School Play The Best Haunted House Ever will take place
on November 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. The play
was written by Pat Cook.
The cost is $3 for high school students and adults, $1 for grade school students
and children who are not in school get in free. All money received will be
used to enhance the drama department at Plainville High School. Director Julie
Becker and Deb Turnbull have the task of bringing a highly entertaining and
suspenseful story to life. Thirty-three students tried out parts in the play,
with twenty students receiving roles. The crew includes two prompters, fours
students working backstage, and two sound technicians.
When you attend the performance, you will meet the students of Hoover High.
The decide the creepy manor of "Old Cut 'n' Stitch" is the perfect
location for a fundraiser. (Biology professor Jarvis Stitch was rumored to
have conducted many late night experiments before mysteriously disappearing.)
However, Jenkins High students have the same idea. At first, it appears that
one group of students is trying to scare the other group until it becomes
clear that a mysterious third party is on the same scene. Why are the police
at the old manor?
The students involved in the play and the characters they play include the
following: Spencer Blecha (Nick), Vanessa Owings (Dorothy), Heather Schonthaler
( Addie), Kelsey Bjornstad (Gloria), Rachel Thompson ( Jo), Amber Cooper (Lulu),
Amanda Husmann (Peg), Kristen Dinkel (Ruthie), Jacob Keas (Murphy), Emily
Jones (Frankie), Connor McMullen (Clyde), Luke Brin (Sherman), Megan Plante
(Mandy), Samantha Hixon (Phyllis), Megan Becker (Pru), Scott Peavey (Watchett),
Jesse Husmann (Knightfal), Garrett Frederking (Professor Stitch), Aubrey Frederking
(Zombie), and Casey Buganski (Riley). Justin Lacy and Colt McCune are prompters,
Backstage workers are Kennis Becker, Jessica Thompson, Josh Brackeen, and
Derek Jones. Justin McCune and Mindy Gerhardt are sound technicians.
"We've been able to involve more students backstage this year because
of the technical aspect of this play. Amidst all of the screaming, everyone
seems to be enjoying his or her character," Turnbull said.
"The play is a great opportunity to improve yours social skills and to
relax and be yourself. It is a lot of fun and I'm sure it will be a great
performance," junior Spencer Blecha said.
FFA membership grows with sponso Miller's leadership
Plainville High School FFA has 25 members in their organization, including seven freshmen, seven sophomores, four juniors, and seven seniors with new sponsor Ryan Miller.
Officers for this year are President Jesse Husmann, Vice President Mark Axelson, Secretary Seth Keas, Treasurer Jacob Keas, Reporter Brandon Frederking and Sentinel Connor McMullen.
FFA has participated in two Land Judging contests, the Northwest District Greenhand Conference, and the Northwest Dairy Judging contest.
FFA plans to do their annual Meat and Fruit sales beginning October 27. They also plan to do the annual Hog Roast.
FCCLA stays busy and makes plans
FCCLA has many activities planned for this year.
Officers this year are Amanda Husmann - president, Morgan Malin - vice president of membership, Kelsey Bjornstad - secretary, Paige Lowry - vice president of public recognition, Emily Jones - vice president of finance.
So far this year, FCCLA has hosted a Membership Banana Split Party August 30 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. to help recruit members.
"The party was fun, and the ice cream was great," sophomore Samantha Hixon said.
Wednesday October 20 FCCLA members attended the fall Leadership Academy at Smith Center. They attended different break out sessions and listened to different speakers.
"I learned a lot of new ideas," Jones said.
The Halloween Tot Party was October 26 at 7 p.m. The kids decorated Halloween cookies and played games. Awards were given to those with the best costumes.
Upcoming events are the cluster meeting in Washington D.C. on November 10-14 and the fifth quarter party which will be held during basketball season.
The boosters of the month are juniors Jenna Fellholter and Spencer Blecha.
Fellholter is involved in volleyball, basketball, softball, Pep Club and FCCLA. her favorite movie is The Notebook. Her favorite song is "Sunshine" by Lil' Flip and Lea. She likes Italian food. She plans on going into nursing at FHSU. She enjoys playing sports, hanging out with friends, swimming and riding four-wheelers.
Blecha is involved in golf. He is also involve in the United Methodist Youth Fellowship. His Favorite movie is Eurotrip. His favorite song is " The Aritist in the Ambulance" by Thrice. His favorite food is spaghetti. After high school Blecha plans on attending KU and after that attending a computer graphics school in California. He enjoys computers, digital art, hunting, golfing, skateboarding, sleeping and eating.
Holly Chew-7
Krystal Karlin-8
Miles Axelson-17
Jacob Weigel-18
Charlie Meitler-21
Stuart Rempe-30
Third graders make plans for Halloween and trick or treats
The Cardinals Booster staff interviewed Dana Friend's third grade class and asked them what they wanted to be for Halloween. These are their responses: Here are their replies:
Acetin Benedick-Ninja
Colton Bobek-Football Player
Cody Bridwell-Scream Killer
Shanaya Brumitt-Witch
Courtney Crawford- Fairy
Kaelan Dietze- Jason X
Mattison Dix- Princess
James Gehring- Batman
Treagen Hass- Grim Reaper
Seth Hachmeister- Ninja
Kim Junkermeier- Catwoman
Brendan Karnes- Ninja
Travis Leikam- Zombie
Mallory McQueen- Brat Doll
Devon Mick- Zombie
Alexis Oliver- Dancer
Luke Pierson- Grim Reaper
Brenee' Robinson- Scream Killer
Madison Waggoner- Genie
Alex Wahrman- Alien
Nicholas Wilkerson- Scream Killer
Tyler Williams- Ninja
Tesla Wilson- Princess
Megan Young- Witch
TASMAD helps keep the "pride" in PHS
TASMAD was busy this summer painting the halls of the school.
Six members participated: junior Jesse Hussman, senior Amanda Hussman, junior Eden Rhinehart, sophomore Vanessa Owings, junior Jenna Fellhoelter, and senior Charlie Meitler. Teachers Rita Carswell, Karen Wilson, Kim Albers, and Amy Krob helped also. Julie Becker came up with the plans for what they did and helped lead them through it.
They painted the maroon stripes wider form Tucker's room to Krob's. They added the "Pride, Heart, Spirit" by the double doors of the gym, the skateboarder painting in the bathroom in the front hall, and "Plainville Cardinals" by the clock. They also touched up the stalls in the south-east girls bathroom, repainted the speed bumps, added the Shakespeare quote outside the auditorium doors and added "Welcome to the Nest" above the West gym door.
"I take pride in the fact that TASMAD has worked to clean up the city and school," Hussman said.
Choir perfroms its first concert
The Plainville High School Choir presented their Fall Concert on October 12 at 7:30 p.m.
The choir performed five selections which included "Can't Buy Me Love" by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, "Today" by Randy Sparks, "Button up Your Overcoat" by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson with Jesse Hussman as percussionist. Other songs included "Bound For The Promised Lane" by Brad Printz, and "Angus Dei" by Sonja Poorman. The choir performed "America, of Thee I Sing" by Mary Donnelly and George L.O. Strid with the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade choirs.
"We worked really hard to learn our songs, and I think we did a very good job at our concert," junior Chelsea Moos said.
Members of the choir include baritones Allen Brackeen, Josh Brackeen and Noel Morales; alto Mackenzie Becker, Kristen Meitler, Chelsea Moos, Myriah Penrod, Heather Schonthaler, Jessica Thompson; and sopranos Kris Hindman, Jenna Fellhoelter, Rachail Hay, Lauren Hemphill, Terra Keil, and Cassie Meyers.
PHAT provides a reality check about tobacco products
Phat has been very busy this year. The many students involved in this organization and their sponsor, Rita Carswell have been working steadily.
They kicked off the year by going to the Impact Rally in Hays. The Impact Rally was a great oppurtunity for the many new members to see what PHAT is all about. The members who chose to participate in the event wore their PHAT shirts proudly to represent our school. They took what they learned from the rally and put it to work here. They made many posters and put them up around the school.
"PHAT works very hard to spread word about smoking and tobacco. We hope to get the word out and hopefully people won't be destructive." Heather Schonthaler said.
Seniors experience the life of a teacher
Sixteen students are working as teacher aides at PHS this year.
They include: Kelsey Bjornstad-Jon Thummel, Ross Balthazor-Shari Tucker, Paul Owings-Kim Albers, Josh Hrabe-Lee Weber, Lynn Cook-Cassie Flemming, Lauren Hemphill-Deb Turnbull, M.J. Klein-Jackie Ralph, Mark Axelson-Joe Dreiling, Kelcee Meitler-Tom Winters, Paige Lowry-Dana Friend, Toni Monroe-Cullen Jackson, Megan Becker-Jeff Kohl, Kami Monroe-Dale Sims, Seth Brin-Kody Thexton.
"Being Mrs. Turnbull's teacher's aide is fun. I get to do a lot of easy stuff like make copies and staple papers. I get to talk to all the cool juniors in English III, also," Hemphill said.
"Being a teacher aide for Mrs. Friend is a great experience. The kids are fun to work with, and it gave me a new outlook on how much work teachers put forth in their teaching," Lowry said.
Individual Cardinal football players experience success
With ony one game left in the regular season, individual Cardinal football players have experienced success.
So far the Cardinals have had four receptions for touchdowns. The Cards making those touchdowns were senior MJ Klein, senior Josh Hrabe, junior Scott Peavey, and junior Taylor Dix.
The leading rusher for the Cardinals is Josh Eichman with 404 yards and four touchdowns. The leading tackler for the Cardinals is Connor McMullen with 88 total tackles. Josh Hrabe and Justin Casey lead the team in interceptions with three each.
Taylor Dix and Scott Peavey are the leading kickoff returners for the Cardinals. Dix has 212 yards on 14 returns, while Peavey has 142 yards on 10 returns. The Cardinals record is 3-5 with one game remaining at Smith Center. The results of this game were not available at press time.
The Plainville Cardinals Tennis team traveled to WaKeeney Monday October 11.
In the first round of singles, sophmore Vanessa Owings won against her opponent from Phillipsburg (8-4), but she didn't advance beyond the second round. Also in the first round of singles, senior Kelsey Bjornstad won against her opponent from Osborne (8-1), but she also failed to advance beyond the second round.
In the first round of doubles, junior Katie Nicholas and senior Amanda Hussman won against their opponents (8-2), but they were defeated in the second round. Also competing were junior Amber Cooper and sophmore Emily Jones.
This was the last action for the 2004 tennis team.
Netters face tough battle at MCL
The Lady Cards played in the MCL tournament
on October 16.
The girls played four games all together. Their
four oppenents were Ellis, Hill City, Phillipsburg, and Victoria. Every game
was filled with enthusiasm and determination to win.
They played their first match against the Ellis
Railroaders. The ladies ended the match with a split, losing the first game,
16-25 and winning the second, 25-18.
The second match was with the Hill City Ringnecks.
The Cards ended short on this one losing both games, 19-25 and 11-25.
The next match against the Phillipsburg Panthers
was a much-wanted win. The ladies tried hard, but fell short one more time.
The ending scores were, 21-25 and 14-25.
The final match was with the Victoria Knights.
Afer a long day, the Cards came together to earn one more win. The match was
split, with the Cards winning the first game, 25-19 and the losing the second
13-25.
The ladies ended the day with a 2-6 record in
the tournament.
"I thought we played really good as a team
even though we didn't quite pull through during the day," Eden Rinehart
said.
Cards post a win for Homecoming
Homecoming week was September 27 through October
1. Many of the traditions continued this year from spirit week to the crowning
ceremony.
Students participated in spirit week. They began th week decorating halls
to show extra spirit. The bonfire was held Thursday night after the cart decorating
and football players autograph session. On Friday there was an assembly for
the candidates with the parade following. Each class had a trailer and a golf
cart this year. The crowning was held before the game at 6:30. Seniors Ross
Balthazor and Kelcee Meitler were crowned king and queen. The Cards defeated
Hill City for a Homecoming victory by a score of 16-6. The dance was held
on Saturday night from 8 to 11 P.M. in the cafeteria.
Homecoming was a success. Everyone including, students, faculty, parents,
and the residents of Plainville make this week a success year after year.
"Being elected king was an eruption of feelings of joy and glee,"
King Balthazor said.