Cardinal Booster

Senior Tammy Gerhardt received Honorable Mention in Newspaper Sports Writing, senior Coddy Whisman earned Honorable Mention in Advertising, senior Randi Meitler placed second in Yearbook Photography and junior Danielle Meitler placed third in Advertising.

These four students are going to compete in the state journalism contest at KU Saturday, May 6.

The other students who participated at regionals were seniors Emily Hrabe who competed in Sports Writing, Erica Harlan who competed in Editorial Writing, Ashley Brown who competed in Lay Out Design and Kelly Unrein who competed in Body Copy Writing.

"I felt honored and excited to have placed in the large group of people who attended the regional journalism contest. I think that state will be a challenge but a lot of fun," Gerhardt said.

"I was surprised; I never thought out of so many people I would place," Whisman said.

Prom Plans Made
Plans for prom are underway. This year's theme is "All Those Yesterdays" and the theme song will be "Time of Your Life" by Green Day. Strange Brew will provide the music for the evening. Bids for catering the dinner are still being considered.

"Prom has always been a special time for juniors and seniors. I am glad it is our class's turn to host the prom and I am sure we will do a great job," junior Kelcee Lowry said.

Prom servers for 2000 are sophomores Audrey Bjornstad, Janell Darnel, Ashleigh Turnbull, Tanner Nelson, Matt Renk and T.J. Staab.

Souvenirs are being sold in Mrs. Turnbull's room. This year, they include stems, mugs, candles and garters. The junior class would also wish to remind you to submit your pictures for the prom video as soon as possible.

Band and Vocal to compete at regionals

The high school band and choir will be participating in the regional solo and ensemble contest at Fort Hays State University on April 1.

The students participating as solos are senior Diana Stout - trumpet, junior Hannah Deibert - alto saxophone, junior Auldin Morris - tenor solo, sophomore Janell Darnell - soprano solo, and sophomore Chris Peavey - bass solo.

In the ensemble events there are four groups. In the girls vocal quartet are Darnell, senior Rebekah Strawder, sophomore Heather Ulrich and Diebert. In the boys vocal trio are Morris, Peavey, and freshman Joe Kraushaar. In the saxophone quintet are senior Ashley Mick, Diebert, junior Danielle Meitler, sophomore Chris Fogle and Heather Ulrich. In the trumpet trio are Stout, sophomore Rhiannon Becker and freshman Lolly Garvin.

FCCLA brings Fashion to PHS Stage

The FCCLA Style Show was March 9 at 7:30 in the PHS Auditorium.

The models for the style show were senior Diana Stout; juniors Cara Hansen, Lindsey Hamblet, Sarah Koehler, Danielle Meitler, and Stephanie Fellhoelter; sophomores Renee Post, Rhiannon Becker, Jolene Eilers, Stacy Dreher, Michelle Rath, Kayla Fisher, Janell Darnell, Katie Weigel, and Lacey Brin; freshmen Mandy Cox, Lacey Hamblet, and Danielle Moos. The dresses were provided by Brides World in Hays.

They served punch and cake at the Style Show. The FCCLA members who attended the event were asked to invite whomever they wanted to.

"It was a lot of fun, something new and different," Meitler said.

Vocal Music performs Six Numbers at Concert

The high school choir performed their spring concert March 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The songs performed were "42nd Street" by Carl Strommen, "Make My World a Gift of Song" by Earlene Rentz, "Deep River" by Earlene Rentz, "Celebrate Life" by Sonja Poorman, "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin and "Ride Up in the Chariot" by Daniel Moore.

"The choir concert was outstanding. I was very proud of out performance. The choir keeps improving with each concert," Band Director Bill Schick said.

FFA goes to Contest

Members of the Plainville FFA Chapter competed in the Ag Mechanics contest in Goodland.

Those competing were junior Rusty Hockett and sophomores Josh Cunningham, Chris Hair and Chris Fogle. They competed in Structures and Environment and Construction and Maintenance. They didn't place individually in the top 20 in Structures and Environment, but they placed 9th out of 11 teams. The only one placing in Construction and Maintenance was Hockett placing 15th.

On March 4, five members went to Palasdale, Neb. To a horse judging contest. Those attending were Hair, freshman Joe Kraushaar, senior Rance Becker, freshman Jason Rath and sophomore Mike Langholz. They judged three classes of horses and received information about horse judging. Gary Malone, the speaker at the contest, stressed conformation - the relationship of form to function.

"Gary Malone knew what he was talking about and we really learned a lot," Hair said.

March Boosters
Sophomores Stacy Dreher and Luke Wise are the March Boosters.

Dreher has been involved in volleyball, basketball, track, dance team and the YIKES program. Her favorite food is Chinese. Dreher's favorite color is blue. "Only God Knows Why" by Kid Rock is her favorite song and Dirty Dancing is her favorite movie. She enjoys talking on the phone in her spare time. The most embarrassing thing that has happened to Dreher when she had attended PHS was when she ran into a pole in Florida.

Wise has been involved in football, wrestling, the all-school play, Pep Club, UMYF and the ROPE program. His favorite food is pizza. Wise's favorite color is blue. "Forget About Dre" by Dr. Dre is his favorite song and American Pie is his favorite movie. Is his spare time, he enjoys fighting with his brothers. Hitting the school bus was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to him while attending PHS.

Movies-N-Music

The Beach by Coddy Whisman

The movie The Beach staring Leonardo Dicaprio, is a thriller about people wanting to find paradise. When Richard, played by Leonardo, made acquaintances with a disturbed man named Daffy Duck. Daffy committed suicide and left Richard a map leading to a mysterious island that Richard believed to be Paradise. Richard spread the map around to his friends before leaving to find the island of paradise.

Richard and two friends arrived on the island to find themselves hunted by farmers. They soon found a remote village of people, and decided rather quickly that this island was not the island they of paradise that they had hoped for. To see if they get out alive from their paradise island, watch The beach

METALLICA: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND METALLICA by Rebecca Masters

Metallica recently joined with the San Francisco Symphony to create Metallica S&M (San Francisco Symphony and Metallica). The resulting effect was sublime. It combined the grandeur orchestration of the symphony and the alternative rock styles of the well-known Metallica in a total of twenty-one remastered songs.

In this album you will find the son titles such as "Master of Puppets," "No Leaf Clover," "Hero of the Day," "Nothing Else Matters," "Until it Sleeps," "Whenever I May Roam," "One" and "Enter Sandman."

This album definitely makes it on my list for best of the millennium.

A review of Lasher by Anne Rice
By Rebecca Masters

Lasher by Anne Rice is a captivating novel about an ancient family of witches (the Mayfairs) and a spirit (Lasher) that has been with them since the family was founded.

The Mayfair family is a family of inbreeds. Rarely is new blood introduced into their lives. Almost all of the women in the family are witches and the ones with the most inbred lines are the strongest witches. It is found that those witches have an extra set of chromosomes which have remained dormant for centuries until Lasher finds that if two Mayfairs with the right genetics mate and of their union an infant is formed, that he can merge with the infant's body before its soul takes over and join the living souls. He gets his chance to live when the heiress of the family legacy (Rowan Mayfair)and her husband Michael Curry, who is also a descendant of the Mayfairs unite.

Lasher however is not a normal spirit. He is what is known in ancient Scotland as a Taltos. Taltos are a type of mammal not like humans. Their growth rates and mental capacities greatly exceeds that of a human. They are completely formed in the womb and when they are born the know everything that their parents knew.

Lasher kidnap Rowan and knowing that she can produce Taltos, tries to breed with her. His mind is set on spawning a new race that will overcome humankind and rule the world.

If you want to know if he is successful in his plan read Lasher by Anne Rice.

Band Director Bill Schick moves on after Two Decades at PHS

Band director Bill Schick came to Plainville in 1979 and this was his first job. He came to Plainville after graduating from Barton County Community College with his Associates of Arts Degree and then from Fort Hays University with his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees.

The high school band was around 60 to 70 students. When he was in high school, Plainville had a eruption of having an excellent band, and when the band position became open, he wanted to apply.

From the first Florida trip, marching in the parade was the most memorable. The cheers and the applause and the band performing at their best was rewarding. Also, watching the kids at he amusement parks rewarded him.

From the second trip, listening to the band on the cell phone was the most memorable. This was the best the band had sounded.

He enjoyed and remembered all the concerts and half-time shows. The band had some really outstanding performances. He will remember attending all the various honor bands and contests watching and listening to the students succeed. Some of his favorite times had been in the classroom when we would do a particular song right for the first time. When it gets close to concert time and the students play through the music without having to stop very often and he can listen to the sounds the band is making, that is a lot of fun. Another proud accomplishment is the band receiving I ratings at he State Fair for 14 consecutive years.

The challenges he faced was learning what the capabilities of each class of students were and what they were capable of. The second was learning how the motivate students to want to succeed and be the best. The third and final challenge was learning how to pace the band in rehearsals and plan so the band would be at its best at concerts.

Schick has accepted a position at Phillipsburg as a high school and junior high band instructor.

According to Schick, Phillipsburg has some very fine musicians, and he looks forward to continuing the traditions they have established and starting new ones. They have not done very much marching in the past so this is one thing we will begin working on. They also do not have a jazz band so this is something else he will start.

"Always believe and have confidence in your abilities. Never believe that something is impossible. Success does not come easy. It will take a lot of hard work and also have some failures to ultimately achieve what you first set out o do. Dreams can come true. The students and a lot of my dreams come true, and I hope that in a way I have helped to make the music dreams of some of my students come true," Schick said.

Twenty-two Students win 24 Ribbons at Art Show

Twenty-two Plainville High School art students participated in the District High School Art Show in Salina on February 24. They won 24 ribbons.

The students who placed in Salina are as follows:

Senior Martha Hammerschmidt-first place
Sophomore Emerson Owings-first place
Freshman Tierra Fuzzell-first place
Freshman Shanna Fellholter-first place
Sophomore Stacy Dreher-first place
Senior Ashley Mick-first palce and second place
Senior Dave Hageman-first place
Sophomore Jamie Dreher-first place
Senior Chris Rogers-second place and third place
Freshman Christine Ganoung-second place
Freshman Jamie Marcott-second place
Senior Jessi Young-second place
Freshman Leslie Tipton-third place
Junior Cody Krob-third place
Freshman Mandy Cox-third place (2)
Senior Ashley Brown-third place
Senior April Ganoung-third place (2)
Junior Cory Brin-third place
Sophomore Joe Glisson-third place
Junior Brian Deutscher-third place

"I was so surprised, I never thought I could place at an art show with so many people," Tipton said.

"I was so happy," Krob said.

A Day in the Past Life of...Roger Morris

Principal Roger Morris graduated from Stockton High School in 1965. During high school, he was involved in Kansas Association of Youth (KAY). He worked at Webster's Supermarket for 75 Cents an hour. He worked whenever he got the chance. While in school, Morris had to were blur jeans with a belt and tucked in shirts- no tee shirts. He didn't own his first car until one week before college, and he paid $500 for a 1956 Mercury.

He graduated from FHSU in 1965 with a major in History and a minor in Political Science. In 1975, he graduated with his Masters in secondary school administration. While in college, he was in the Student Kansas National Education Association.

Morris was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. He was in the Army for two active duty years. He joined the National Guard in 1978 and has been involved for 22 years. In 1979 he was a Second Lieutenant. Morris was stationed in Savannah, Georgia and Germany. He refueled helicopters and served as the commissary clerk. While in Germany, he was a life guard and a member of the National Ski Patrol. His current rank is Major.

Morris had several favorite teachers. The one he remembers the most is Don Unruh (history). He had been having difficulty in world history. A student asked Unruh is he was going to go hunting, and he said no. Unruh told the students that nay of his students could come and borrow his brand new shotgun for hunting. Morris took him up on the offer, and from then on, Morris pulled straight A's in history. A few other favorite teachers include Jack Miller in math, Mr. Lofton in woodworking, Mr. Scott in accounting and Mr. Schaffer in English.

"Work hard. Do the best you can in all you do. Respect your elders. Students need to remember to learn to be lifelong learners," Morris said.

Spring Break: Fantasy and Reality

The Booster staff asked several PHS students what their plans for spring break were, what their most memorable spring break was and what they wished they could do during spring break. The following are some of their responses.

Senior David Hageman
-I'm going to the Ozark Mountains to Chill.
-I wish I could be with Tyra Banks.

Senior Dane Ganoung
-Go skiing in Colorado.
-Skiing at Winter Park.
-I wish I could go to Jamaica because I love the environment there.

Senior Sean Ford
-Go to Texas, visit my dad and make it work the time off.
-Pretty much cruised country.
-I wish I could go to an exotic island.

Senior Rance Becker
-Kansas City
-St. Louis
-Go to Mexico

Senior Molly Becker
-I want to go on lots of road trips!
-Last year when a couple of friends and I went to Webster.
-Go to California.

Senior Jessi Young
-I am going to Mexico with a few friends
-Went Fishing.
-That I could get out of here for longer than five days by myself. Just take a road trip.

Junior Danielle Meitler
-Going down to Enid, Oklahoma from the 17th to the 21st.
-When Steph and I went golfing and Scott and Tony saw "yellow buses"
-Work with April more.

Sophomore Katie Weigel
-Undecided.
-Went to Chicago with Heather.
-I would go somewhere warm.

Sophomore Jennifer Jones
-To go to Wilson lake with Randi and Katrina and a bunch more friends. Then for two days go to Nebraska to be with my best friend, Alisha Burke.
-Last we terrorized the town of Plainville and stayed out all night long every night. All my friends and I tried to see who could run on the fewest hours of sleep.
-I wish that all of my friends and Wayne and I could go to Cancun, Mexico.

Memories of the Season Past & Eight at State

Senior Rance Becker: Probably beating Day from Osborne. He has beaten me twice in high school, so I really wanted to pay him back.

Senior Shane Bird: Winning the state championship.

Senior Andrew Benedick: Just to go to state and to wrestle in front of that many people.

Senior Brad Nuckols: When the team received the third place trophy.

Junior Cole Fredrickson: Winning in double overtime in the state finals.

Junior Justin Balthazor: Being a good team and having fun together.

Junior Jason Stahl: Probably after my match at state when I knew I was going to place.

Sophomore Luke Wise: Beating the #2 kid in the State, Shad Allen, to qualify for the state tournament.

Sophomore T. J. Staab: Winning my semi-final match at state to get in for 1st and 2nd.

Freshman Jason Rath: When I was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Colby JV tournament.

Freshman Scott Wise: When I won the regional tournament. It was the greatest feeling ever!

Eight at State

Eight Cardinal wrestlers competed at the State Wrestling Tournament in Gross Memorial Coliseum on February 25 and 26.

Senior Shane Bird won the 130-pound championship by defeating Springstead of Effingham-Atchinson County by a 9-4 decision. Junior Cole Fredrickson (145) defeated Davidson of Smith Center by a 3-2 decision in a double overtime match to receive the first place medal. Sophomore T. J. Staab (215) placed second. He was pinned by Reamer of Silver Lake.

"This was my most difficult match of the entire season because he pinned me in the state finals, " Staab said.

Freshman Scott Wise placed fifth at 135. He defeated Robinson of Royal Valley by a score of 8-5. Junior Jason Stahl (275) was defeated by Kraft of West Elk by a score on 0-3 to receive the sixth place medal.

Seniors Andrew Benedick, Brad Nuckols, and sophomore Luke Wise wrestled Saturday by did not place.

Lady Cards win First Round of Sub-State against Quinter

The Lady Cards played the Quinter Bulldogs on Feb. 28 for the first round of sub-state. They won that game by a score of 50-33 and moved on to the second round to meet up with the undefeated Osborne Bulldogs.

Plainville came out slow and missed a lot of shots in the first quarter. The score was 1-17. In the second quarter they scored a little bit more, but it wasn't enough. Osborne kept the pressure up and took a huge lead. Going into half time, the score was 10-26. The Lady Cards were determined to get things right in the third quarter, but the Bulldogs didn't let that happen. Plainville's shots weren't falling, and they were having a tough time getting the ball up the court. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 24-50. The final quarter just gave Osborne a bigger lead and assured their win. The final score was 35-58.

Scoring for Plainville was E. Hrabe-24, Ramsay-4, Siefers-3, Hammerschmidt-1, and Stout-4.

"We had a good year and came together as a team. I wish it didn't have to end this way," Stout said.

Twelve Men take the Field for Cardinal Baseball
This year, 12 boys are going out for baseball.

They include seniors Jeremiah Brown, Dusty Pfannanstiel, Shane Bird and Adam Stahl; juniors Brian Duetscher, Kyle Dreher, and Jared Ganoung; sophomore Tanner Nelson; and freshman Chris Hair, Wayne Cook, Scott Wise and Joe Kraushaar. The returning coach is T.D. Buck.

Practice started March 8 and the tentative schedule includes six double headers. The first game is March 28 against TMP. Others are April 3 against Lincoln, April 10 against Ell-Saline, April 14 against Beloit, April 27 against Sylvan Grove and May 5 against Beloit.

"We should have a good season if everyone works together and we improve throughout the season," Brown said.

Cards meet tough Competition in First Round

The boys basketball team played a tough game against the hoxie Indians on Feb. 29 for the first round of sub-state.

The tam came out slow in the first quarter and fell behind. They kept up the hard work and came back to be only two points behind at the end of the quarter. The second quarter was a better one when Plainville outscored Hoxie by one. At half-time, the score was 36-37. The second half was all downhill. Plainville didn't play as well as they had been, and only had seven points to Hoxie's 20. The final quarter assured Hoxie the win. Plainville got into some foul trouble and didn't have the refs on their side. The final score was 67-86.

Scoring for Plainville was Adam Glendening-1, Matthew Rodriquez-4, Shawn Frederking-2, Dusty Pfannenstiel-25, Matt Renk-3, Dane Ganoung-6, and Jeremiah Brown-6.

"We had a good season but we should've done better in sub-state. It shouldn't have ended the was it did," Brown said.

Nineteen Cards hit the Track & Field
Eleven girls and eight boys are out for track.

The girls include juniors Sarah Koehler and Chantan Reif, sophomores Stacy Dreher, Jolene Eilers, Kayla Fisher, and Michelle Rath and freshmen Mandy Cox, Jamie Dreher, Morgan Fellhoelter, Lacey Hamblet and Danielle Moose. Boys out for track are senior Brad Nuckols, juniors Trent Fuzzell, Matthew Rodriguez and Jason Stahl, sophomore T.J. Staab and freshmen Adam Siefers, Jason Rath and Ryan Williams. Their first meet will be March 30 at Fort Hays State University.

Second Softball Season is Underway

The Plainville Softball 2000 team consists of seniors Jessi Young and Diana Stout; juniors Melissa Hageman and Kelcee Lowry; sophomores Janell Darnell, Heather Ulrich, Rhiannon Becker, Ashleigh Turnbull and Abby Morris; and freshmen Tierra Fuzzell, Tesha Florian, Jamie Stahl, Leslie Tipton, and Lolly Garvin.

"I think the season will go better this year because we have more games," Coach Steinkamp said.

Fourteen Members fill out the Golf Team

Fourteen students are out for gold, and Coach Krob has divided them into three groups.

Group one consists of Emerson Owings (sophomore), Renee Post (sophomore), Joe Glisson (sophomore), Ashley Becker (freshman), and Rusty Hockett (junior).

Group two consists of Tim Phillips (senior), Lindsey Weaverling (sophomore), Chris Peavey (sophomore), and Jason Lindsey (sophomore).

Group three consists of Byron Knight (junior), Shawn Frederking (senior), Tony Dopita (sophomore), Adam Glendening (junior), and Stephanie Fellhoelter (junior).

Their first tournament is at Osborne April 11 and 3 p.m.