Cardinal Booster
February and March
Band and vocal students participate in Youth for
Music
Ten FCCLA memebers
February Boosters
March Boosters
Spring Break wishes
Students on UN Tour
FFA Chapter has a busy first semester
Guess Who
What Does It Mean?
March Birthdays
NHS hosts induction ceremony
Keas competes at Denver Stock Show
Stuco sponsors computer dating survey-top 10 best/worst matches
The History of Valentine's Day
Student Teacher
Grapplers chalk up two wins in last regular meet of the
season
Cardinals defeat Eastern Heights
Lady Cards play Eastern Heights
Twenty-two Cards hit the Track and Field
Fourteen hit the links
Seventeen out for Cardinal Softball
Fourteen fill out the baseball roster
Stressed Out!
Band and vocal students participate in Youth for Music
Twelve PHS band and choir members
traveled to Concordia to perform in the Brown Grand Theatre for the Youth for
Music Honor Band and Choirs on Jan. 29 and 30.
On Saturday, Jan. 29, PHS Band Choir members traveled to Concordia to practice
for their concerts on Jan. 30.
Band members included freshman Joseph Becker (Tenor Saxophone 1st chair), juniors
Spencer Blecha (1st chair alto sax and had a solo), Jesse Husmann (1st chair
snare drum), and Mackenzie Becker ( 2nd chair trumpet); and senior Amanda Husmann
(1st chair trumpet).
The PHS choir members were freshmen Kris Brummer (soprano), and Cassie Meyers
(soprano), juniors Josh Brackeen (baritone), and Allan Brackeen (tenor), and
senior Noel Morales (tenor).
After arriving in Concordia, all of the band and choir members were dropped
off at the Brown Grand Theatre to start their practice sessions with each of
their directors for their upcoming performances the next day. The choir members
went on to Cloud Community College to practice with their directors. Up until
4 p.m. that afternoon, the band and choir members practiced their songs, returning
to Plainville about 6:30 that night.
On Sunday, Jan. 30, the choir and band members left once again for Concordia,
only this time to perform. The concert started at 3 p.m. and at 2 p.m. until
2:45 p.m. they once again practiced their songs.
When 3 p.m. came, the Honor Band was already on stage ready to perform. The
band performed five songs: "Brighton Beach" by William P. Latham and
"Home on the Range" by Dan Kelly (arranged by James Barnes and James
S. Ralston), "Lord of the Ring" created by Howard Shore arrangend
by Ralph Ford and "The Maelstorm" by Robert W. Smith.
The ninth and tenth grade choir sang shortly after the band left the stage.
They performed the songs "Ose Shalom" by Leavitt and "Lord of
the Dance" by Ferguson and "Inscription of Hope" by Stroope.
After the ninth and tenth grade choir sang, the eleventh and twelfth grade choirs
sang. They sang the songs "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Wilhousky
and "Pie Jesu Andrew" by Lloyd Webbert Requiem and "Three Hungarian
Folk Songs" by Lloyd Seiber.
"The best part about participating in Youth for Music was learning all
the music with people from other schools and getting to perform it in such a
cool theater as the Brown Grande," Morales said.
Ten FCCLA members participate in District B STAR Events
Ten FCCLA members participated in District B STAR
Events at Stockton Wednesday, February 2.
STAR stands for Students Taking Action with Recognition. STAR Events are competitive
events in which members are recognized for proficiency and achievement in chapter
and individual projects, leadership skills and occupational preparation. This
fits the mission statement and the goals of FCCLA.
Freshmen Kelsey Wyatt and Deanna Garvert qualified for state in Illustrated
Talk (Junior Division). They receieved 1st place with a silver rating. They
will travel to the state competition which will take place in Wichita Monday,
April 4.
Also qualifying for state were freshmen Bretta Mick and Brooklyn Foster. They
competed in Focus on Children (Junior Division) and received a gold rating.
Seniors Megan Becker and Kelcee Meitler received a gold rating in Illustrated
Talk (Senior Division).
Three members represented PHS in National Programs in Action (Senior Division)
and earned a gold rating. These students were senior Amanda Husmann, sophomore
Emily Jones and freshman Diedre Jones.
Seniors Kelsey Bjornstad and Paige Lowry received a silver rating in Chapter
Project (Senior Division).
Some Plainville people went along to act as judges. Those people included Steve
Dreher, Stacy Beiker, Amy Becker and Patty Stout.
In addition to preparing for STAR Events, FCCLA was also busy making plans for
FCCLA Week which took place during the week of February 14-18. The activities
scheduled for the week included the following: Monday - Publicity Day (FCCLA
group picture), Tuesday - Membership Day (Promote yourself as an FCCLA member.),
Wednesday - Fun Day (Dress silly, but appropriate.), Thursday - Appreciation
Day (teacher/staff breakfast) and Friday - Spirit Day (Wear Cardinal/FCCLA colors).
FCCLA members also had secret pals, and they were supposed to provide them with
a different treat or gift each day.
The organization also continued the traditional money-maker of selling Valentine's
Day cupcakes for 50 cents each. Students could order cupcakes for other people
in order to send a special Valentine's Day message. A red cupcake meant "I
love you." Pink meant "you're special/friendship." Green meant
"secret admirer." They handed out the cupcakes during a special break
Friday, February 18.
The Plainville High School Boosters of the Month
for February are juniors Amber Cooper and Taylor Dix.
Cooper is involved in tennis, cheerleading, track, PHAT, FCCLA, and Pep Club.
Her favorite Simpson sister is Jessica. "The Village" is the stupidest
movie she has ever seen. Her sign is Capricorn. She likes to listen to Mix 103.3,
and she loves to eat fettucini alfredo.
Dix is involved in football, basketball, baseball and FCCLA. Jessica Simpson
is his favorite Simpson sister. His favorite song is "Anything But Mine"
by Kenny Chesney. His favorite pick-up line is, "I couldn't help but notice
you noticing me, and I wanted to give you notice that I noticed you too."
His dream date is Jennifer Aniston, and his idol is Lee Weber.
The Plainville High School Boosters of the Month
for March are sophomores Vannessa Owings and Matthew Hageman.
Owings is involved in tennis, basketball, track, FCCLA, band, and TASMAD. The
last movie she's seen is "Love and Basketball." Her favorite Ninja
Turtle is Raphael. Her favorite song is "Pass that Dutch" by Missy
Elliot. If she had a pet mouse, she would name it "Ferby." She prefers
Target over Wal-Mart. Her favorite quote is "There's easier things in life
than finding a good guy; nailing jello to a tree for instance."
Hageman is involved in football, basketball, baseball, FFA, and Pep-Club. The
last movie he has seen is "Coach Carter." He chooses Wal-Mart over
Target any day of the week. His favorite Ninja Turtle is Michaelangelo. His
favorite song is "Rollin" by Big and Rich. If he had a pet mouse,
he would name it Stuart Little. His favorite quote is "Handier than a pocket
on a shirt."
The Plainville Cardinal Booster staff asked some
random students what they would do on spring break if they could do anything.
Here are some of their responses.
"I would go far away from Plainville with my friends." - senior Charlie
Meitler
"I would move next door to Time Henson." - senior Paul Nuckols
"If I could do anything I would go to Hawaii or go on a cruise." -
junior Jenna Fellhoelter
"I would go to Jamaica with my friends and swim a
lot." - junior Justin Casey
"I would do nothing, and it would be everything I wanted it to be."
-senior Paul Owings
"I would do anything that Brandon Frederking wanted me to do." - senior
Lauren Hemphill
"I would go to every water park in the U.S." - freshman Alan Crawford
"I would go see a taping of the Oprah show and hope taht she was giving
away free cars on that day." - Mrs. Krob
"I would go out and watch the North Carolina Tarheels play basketball."
- sophomore Matthew Hageman
"I would spend all of my spring break with Jason Dinkel and eat."
- freshman Heather Hageman
"I would go skiing in the Rockies and eat at Casa Bonita." - freshman
Jason Dinkel
Fifteen seniors and fifteen juniors went on the
UN Tour March 19-23.
The sponsors were Tom and Cassie Nuckols. Chaperones were Melanie Nelson, John
Lowry, and Roger and Shannon Meitler.
Seniors included Kelsey Bjornstad, Josh Hrabe, Chris Keas, Paige Lowry, Kelcee
Meitler, Paul Owings, Heather Schonthaler, Brandon Frederking, Lauren Hemphill,
Amanda Husmann, Jacob Weigel, Kristen Dinkel, M.J. Klein, Paul Nuckols, and
Nicole Wessel. Juniors included Justin Casey, Taylor Dix, Spencer Blecha, Holly
Chew, Jacob Keas, Brock McDowell, Dalton Mick, Scott Peavey, Tyler Brungardt,
Garrett Frederking, Caroline Hrabe, Jesse Husmann, Connor McMullen, Gloria Ruder
and Starla Willenberg.
The group departed from the Kansas City Airport on March 19 at 7:50 a.m. and
arrived at the Reagan National Airport in Washington DC. at 11:00 AM. Some sites
they visited on the 19 and 20 were the Arlington National Cemetary, The Capital
Building, and the Smithsonian Institution.
They spent some of March 21 traveling on a bus to New York and then spend the
rest of March 21, 22, and 23 seeing places like the Statue of Liberty, Ellis
Island, Chinatown, and Times Square/Broadway. They returned to Kansas City on
March 23 at 8:45 p.m.
FFA Chapter has a busy first semester
FFA has had a busy and involved third quarter.
In January, Animal Science students attended Colby Community College to tour
the Veterinary Science Department and Agricultural Facilities.
"This was a very informative event that introduced the members to the world
of veterinary medicine," Ag Teacher Ryan Miller said.
February 7, five FFA members attended the Northwest District Leadership Conference
at Northern Valley. They worked on team building and leadership skills. The
focus of the conference was "marathon" with the idea that each day
is a race to become the best that you can be, and to inspire others around you
to focus on the finish line. Those attending were junior Jesse Husmann, sophomore
Seth Keas and freshmen Joe Becker, Derek Brumitt and Lacci Cunningham.
February 21, Husmann and junior Eden Rinehart recorded public service announcements
about National FFA Week at Eagle Communications in Hays and toured the facilities.
Two members attended the Northwest District Agricultural Mechanics CDE at the
Northwest Technical College in Goodland. Seniors Seth Brin and Chris Keas participated
in the Agri-Construction competition.
FFA members recogized National FFA Week (February 21-26) with various activities.
Tuesday was "Hat Day." Wednesday, the members provided a complete
breakfast for the faculty and staff, and it was also "Inside Out and Backwards
Day." Thursday was "Cowboy Day," and Friday was "Blue and
Gold Day" with FFA members wearing official dress or blue and gold.
This month's guess who is a freshman. Her favorite
band is Rascal Flatts. Her favorite subject is English. Her favorite sport is
softball. Her favorite TV show is Spongebob Squarepants. Her favorite place
to shop is at Rue 21. Can you guess who this mystery person is? Answer: Deanna
Garvert
The newspaper staff asked some high school students what the word "corybungas" means and here are some of their responses.
Senior Seth Brin said, "It's what Ross does every night before bed."
Junior Holly Chew said, "It's Cory McQueen's special fungus cream."
Sophomore Caleb Wyatt and junior Dalton Mick said, "It's two meaty tacos fighting over a young cheesy enchilada."
Sophomore Andy Brown said, "It's something Seth Brin has on his feet."
Corybungus means "a person's bottom or fanny."
Raquel Marcotte 1
MJ Klein 2
Kristen Dinkel 5
Tom Norton 6
Bretta Mick 8
Roscoe Holloway 10
Joe Becker 15
Amanda Husmann 16
Luke Brin 19
Brook Foster 19
Kami Monroe 23
Katie McQueen 28
Chelsea Moos 28
Michele Wessel 28
Ashley Stroda 31
The National Honor Society hosted their annual
induction ceremony February 21, 2005.
The new members are juniors Justin Casey, Scott Peavey, and Jacob Keas and sophomores
Emily Jones, Seth Keas, and Josh Brungardt. Current members are Heather Schonthaler-President,
Kristen Dinkel- Vice President, Eden Rinehart- Treasurer, Jesse Husmann- Secretary,
Tyler Brungardt, Mackenzie Becker, Connor McMullen and Amanda Husmann.
The ceremony began with a welcome from sponsor Connie Reishus, and a potluck
dinner followed. After the meal, Reishus presented the National Honor Society
Senior Leadership Award to president Heather Schonthaler. The ceremony was then
opened by Reishus. The meaning of "Scholarship" was given by Schonthaler,
"Leadership: by Rinehart, and "Character" by Husmann. The lighting
of the candles followed the presentation.
"It was great to see all the new members this year," Schonthaler said.
Keas competes at Denver Stock Show
Sophomore Seth Keas was chosen and participated
in the Red Angus Junior Stockgrowers Competition January 13-20.
Keas took his own Red Angus heifer, Dakota to the National Western Stockshow
where he showed her in the Open Competition. Keas purchased Dakota from Ron
Hrabe of Thompson Cattle Company. Dakota has earned many awards including Champion
Red Angus in the Kansas Classic.
Stuco sponsors computer dating survey-top 10 best/worst matches
Stuco handed out the annual dating survey February
8, 2005.
Each student in high school received a questionnaire of thirty questions to
fill out. The questions asked what kind of person the student is and what he
or she likes to do. Stuco sponsor Steve Buresh then fed the results into a program
on his computer February 15, which determined the most compatible person for
each students. It also determined the ten least compatible people for each student.
"I think I may have some things in common with my top ten people, and I
am friends with most of them so, yes, I think they could be compatible. I wasn't
really surprised with the results because I wasn't expecting anyone in particular,"
senior Kristen Dinkel said.
"I think I am compatible with my top ten people because a lot of these
people were friends and people's friends usually like the same thing they do.
I was a little surprised because my number one was an unexpected result,"
freshman Ben Gehring said.
The History of Valentine's Day
The History of Valentine's Day dates all the way
back to the third century.
The roman Emperor Claudius II found that young, single men made better soldiers
and decided to outlaw marriage. St. Valentine saw how unfair and unjust this
was, and started performing marriages for young couples in secret. But as soon
as Emperor Claudius II found out about this, St. Valentine was sent to prison
where he fell in love with a young girl believed to be the jailor's daughter.
He wrote her love letters and poems and signed them "from you Valentine."
This expression is still the main theme for our Valentine's Day today.
Melissa Kingslien is student teaching under Lee
Weber here at Plainville High School.
Kingslien is from Manhattan, KS, and resides in Hays, KS, and attends Fort Hays
State University. Kingslien teaches grades K-3 and 7-12 physical education.
Kingslien is also looking foward to coaching softball this year.
"I enjoy the size of the high school and elementry school. The teachers
have also made me feel welcome. I don't enjoy getting up so early, but I am
getting used to it." Kingslien said.
Grapplers Chalk up two wins in last regular meet of the season
The Cards traveled to Wakeeney on February 11 to dual Stockton
and Trego.
They dualed Stockton first and then Wakeeney.In the Stockton dual at weight
119, Paul Owings won with a fall, at 125 Aaron Dinkel won by a decision, 130
Heath Rath won by decision, 135 Chris Keas won by fall, 140 Jake Weigel won
by fall, at weight 145 and 152 Brandon Brown aand Luke Brin recieved forfiets,
160 Connor McMullen won by fall, 189 Tyler Brungardt won in double overtime,
215 Alan Crawford lost by a fall, and 275 Andy Brown recieved a forefeit. The
Cards won the dual with a score of 54-12.
The next dual the cards dualed with Trego. At weight 119 Owings received a forefeit,
125 Dinkel won by a decision, 130 Rath lost by decision, 135 Keas won by fall,
weight 140 Weigel received a forfeit, 145 Brown received a forfeit, 152 Brin
received a forfeit, 160 McMullen won by fall, 189 Brungardt won by a decision,
215 Crawford lost by a fall, and at 275 Brown lost by a fall. The Cards won
the dual with score of 42-27.
Cardinals defeat Eastern Heights
The Plainville Cardinals hosted the Eastern Heights Mustangs February
15.
The Cardinals started off the first quarter with a 21-point outburst compares
to the four points made by the Mustangs. The Cardinals took control early and
never looked back. The second quarter was almost the same result, as the Cardinals
scored 24 to the Mustangs 6. The score at halftime was the Cardinals 45 and
the Mustangs 10. The third quarter, the Cardinals were able to score 27, and
the Mustangs were only able to score four more. The end of the third quarter
score was 72 to 14 in the Cardinals favor. The fourth quarter was mostly played
by the junior varsity team. The Cardinals were able to add 22 more points to
their total. The Mustangs scored 13 points in the final period. The final score
for the game was the Cardinals winning 94 to 27.
"We had the chance to get some younger kids into the game for some experience
which will help in the long run," senoir Lance Gosser said.
Lady Cards play Eastern Heights
The Lady Cards came out February
18 ready to play against the Eastern Heights Mustangs.
The Cards started off slow in the first quarter scoring 10 to the Mustangs'
15. In the second half the ladies struggled to keep up, scoring 11 to Eastern
Heights's 19 making the half-time score 21-34.
After half-time the ladies were ready to come out with a stronger intensity
scoring 12 to the Mustangs' 7 ending the third quarter 33-41. As the fourth
quarter began, the Cards still did not have enough drive to finish out the game.
The Cards scored 11 to Eastern Heights' 17, ending the game 44-58.
Scoring for the Cards were seniors Kelcee Meitler and Megan Becker both with
9, junior Caroline Hrabe and freshman Aubrey Frederking both with 8, junior
Holly Chew with 4, sophomore Vanessa Owings with 3, junior Eden Rinehart with
2, and junior Jenna Fellhoelter with 1.
Twenty-Two Cards Hit the Track and Field
Twenty-two students are out for
Plainville Cardinal Track under the coaching of Norma Finnesy and Steve Buresh.
Twelve Returning players will lead the team: seniors Meagan Becker, M.J. Klein,
Morgan Malin, and Kelcee Meitler; juniors Amber Cooper, Jesse Husman, Connor
McMullen, Scott Peavey, and Eden Rinehart, and Sophomores Lucas Hachmeister,
Samantha Hixon and Vanessa Owings.
Others Making uup the team are senior Kristen Dinkel and fresmen Joe Becker,
Derek Brumitt, Jason Dinkel, Aubrey Frederking, Mindy Gerhardt, Bretta Mick,
Heath Rath, Ashley Stroda, and Jessica Thompson.
The team's first action will be April 8 at Ellis.
Fourteen students are out for Plainville Cardinal Golf under the coaching of Jeremy Krob. Twelve returning players will lead the Cardinals: seniors Ross Balthazor, Seth Brin, Paul Owings, Travis Williams, and Heather Schonthaler; juniors Spencer Blecha, Garrett Frederking, Cory McQueen, and sophomores Kennis Becker and Andy Brown. The others making up the rest of the squad are senior Brandon Frederking, junior Tracy Rudman, and freshman Justin Lacy. The teams first meet is April 12 at Osborne
Seventeen out for Cardinal Softball
Seventeen students are out for plainville cardinal softball under the coaching of Michelle Kingslien. Eleven returning players will lead the cards. They include seniors Kelsey Bjornstad, Paige Lowry, Charlie Meitler, and Nicole Wessel. Juniors are Katie Nicholas, Gloria Ruder, Rachel Thompson, Holly Chew, Jenna Fellhoelter, Caroline Hrabe, and Raquel Marcotte. Others making up the team are sophomores Amanda Plante, and freshmen Lacci Cunningham, Amelia Keas, and Darla Monroe. The team's first game was going to be March 29 against Belleville. The game was postponed until April 14. Their next game will be at Russell April 1.
Fourteen fill out the Baseball Roster
Fourteen students are out for Plainville Cardinal
baseball under the coaching of Kody Thexton.
Eight returning players will lead the team: Seniors Josh Hrabe and Noel Morales;
Juniors Tyler Brungardt and Taylor Dix; Sophomores Matt Hageman, Josh Brungardt,
Luke Brin, and Jason Williams.
Others making up the team are freshmen Tanner Dix, Toby Ruder, Ben Gehring,
Joe Becker, and Aaron Dinkel.
The team's first action was against Wilson on March 29th, but results were not
available at press time. Their next action will be at Colby April 1st.
With the busy schedules that many
high school students carry it is not a surprise that stress is a big part of
students' lives.
Many students have trouble dealing with stress. The first action to take when
dealing with stress is to figure out what is causing stress in your life. The
next step is to understand the effects of stress. Third, find a way to manage
and avoid the problems that cause it.
Some common causes of stress for teenagers are concern about grades, peer pressure,
family problems, career decisions, fear of violence, and busy schedules. Before
you can reduce the stress and have to find what is causing it.
Many times high levels of stress can affect your body by causing headaches,
back pains, upset stomach, a loss of appetite or overeating, trouble sleeping,
and more frequent colds and other illnesses. People under a great deal o fstress
usually feel down or sad; they are unable to hanlde things; they are very on
edge and moody, they act like they just don't care, and they are often lonely
and helpless.
Some tips for dealing with stress is to see problems for what they are, focus
on the problem and think about how to solve it. Keeping a positive attitude
can actually brin gyour stress level down. By planning ahead, you can avoid
having too much to do at one time. You maywant to draw up a daily or weekly
schedule, do the most important things first, focus on one task at a time a
limit distractions. Also laughing is a good way to relieve tension and avoid
feeling overwhelmed. Don't be afraid to fail: mistakes are an important part
of personal growth. Knowing how to relax is also important in dealing with stress.
It is also important to defend yourself against stress by eating healthy foods,
getting plenty of sleep, and exercising regularly.
The newspaper staff surveyed the student body to find out what cause the greatest
stress in their lives. They were asked to choose one of the following catagories:
job, parents, sports, homework, grades, future, friends, girlfriend/boyfriend,
and other (explain).
We received 1098 responses to our survey with the following number of responses
in each category: job-4, parents-17, sports-5, homework-23, grades-13, future-10,
friends-1, boyfriend/girlfriend-7, and other (explain)-10. We added another
category, "undecided," to reflect students who marked more than one
answer, and 19 students responded in this way.
Some of the most common explanations for the category "other" included
teachers and everything in general.
To see how well you deal with stress, ask yourself these questions:
Do you often feel overwhelmed by schoolwork or problems?
Do you often lay awake at night worrying?
Have you lost interest in things you once enjoyed?
Do you often feel like you're about to "snap"?
Are you spending a lot more time alone thatn you used to?
Do you seem to get sick more than you used to?
Do you often wake up in the morning feeling tired?
Do you feel like you need more time to do all the things you want to?
Are you having a hard time getting along with people?
Do you often feel you just want to the world to go away?
If you answered "yes" to any of the proceeding questions, you may
need help dealing with stress.