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The requirement for the Administrator's Honor Roll is a 4.0 to a 3.75 GPA, and 29 students made it. The senior include April Ganoung, Dane Ganoung, Tammy Gerhardt, Martha Hammerschimidt, Nicole Hammerschmidt, Emily Hrabe, Tracey Hrabe, Ashley Mick, Brad Nuckols, Marcie Rohleder, Rebecca Siefers, Mark Simon, Diana Stout and Rebekah Strawder. The juniors include Cole Fredrickson, Cara Hansen, Sarah Koehler, Hollie Marquess, Anderw Simon, and Kelly Wilson. The sophomores include Lacey Brin, Shanna Fellhoelter, Christopher Fogle, Libby Hrabe, Danielle Kenney, Chris Peavey and Heather Plante. The freshmen include Wayne Cook and Lolly Garvin.

The requirement for the Regular Honor Roll is 3.74 to 3.33 GPA, and 34 made it.l The seniors are Shane Bird, Ashley Brown, Bobbi Dopita, Sean Ford, Erica Harlan, Caroline Ramsay, Christopher Rogers, Kelly Unrein and Coddy Whisman. The juniors include Heath Albert, Amber Burton, Hannah Deibert, Kyle Dreher, Adam Glendening, Melissa Hageman and Matthew Rodrequez. The sophomores include Rhiannon Becher, Audrey Bjornstad, Janell Darnell, Kayla Fisher, Michael Langholz, Jason Lindsey, Abby Morris, Renee Post, Matthew Renk and Ashleigh Turnbull. The freshmen include Carissa Fredrickson, Jason Rath, Willie Ruder, Jamie Stahl, Naomi Thompson and Leslie Tipton.

The requirement for the Honorable Mention Honor Roll is 3.29 to 3.0 GPA, and 23 students made it. The seniors include Jon Brown, Adam Comeau, Jenny Cronn, Jared Easterberg, Shawn Frederking, Chad Simon, Kim Wessel and Jessi Young. The juniors include Stephanie Fellhoelter, Jared Ganoung, Kelcee Lowry and Lindsey Ostrom. The sophomores include Stevie Finnesy, Katrina Jones, Amanda Kraushaar, TJ Staab and Katie Weigel. The freshmen include Ashley Becker, Mandy Cox, Heather Hrabe, Danielle Moos, Cole Nicholas and Ryan Williams.

NHS takes a field trip to Wichita for theater and learning

The Plainville High School NHS Chapter attended the NHS trip[ to Wichita on March 30 and 31. The following students attended the trip: seniors Rebecca Siefers, Brad Nuckols, Caroline Ramsay, Marcie Rohleder, April Ganoung, Martha Hammerschmidt, and Nicole Hammerschmidt. Tom Nuckols also went along as a sponsor. While in Wichita they stayed at the Wichita Inn and ate at Chile's and the dinner theater and the saw Whose Wife Is It Anyways. They also went to the Omnisphere.

"The best thing that happened was when Brad became "bubble friendly" at the Omnisphere during the Bubble Circus," NHS sponsor Rita Carswell said.

"I liked shopping the best, and I will always remember when Brad got in trouble at the dinner theater, "Ramsay said.

Graduation planned for May 20
Plainville High School seniors will graduate Saturday May 20 at 2:30 p.m. at the Cardinal Field.
All the board members will be present. Board Members Terry Hageman and Jerry Wilson will present the diplomas. Mr. Morris will present the class. Captain Richard High of the U.S. Navy, a 1968 graduate of PHS, will be the guest speaker.
If the weather is bad, graduation will be held in the PHS Auditorium and each student will get 10 tickets per family.
Juniors Jason Stahl and Kelcee Lowry will walk the class in and juniors and Jared Ganoung and Melissa Hageman will hand out the programs.
The class motto is "The hardest thing about moving forward is never looking back."
The class flower is the cinnamon rose. The class colors are black and maroon.
The high school choir will be singing Friends by Michael W. Smith and What Tomorrow Brings arranged by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse.

Journalism tours Josten's yearbook
The yearbook and newspaper classes went to Josten's Yearbook Plant in Topeka on Wednesday March 29. They left Plainville at 7 a.m. in the two school suburbans.
The students arrived at Josten's to take a tour to see how a yearbook is put together. They saw that there are two ways to do the yearbook pages. They even got to see that Jostens in Topeka has to make all the yearbooks.
Josten's treated the students to pizza at Godfathers Pizza. After eating at Godfathers, they spent an hour at West Ridge Mall.
The students that went included seniors Kelly Unrein, Tammy Gerhardt, Ashley Brown, Coddy Whisman, Erica Harlan, Emily Hrabe, and Randi Meitler and juniors Danielle Meitler, Rusty Hockett, and Rebecca Masters.

April Boosters

The Cardinal Boosters for the month of April are freshman Willie Ruder and Heather Hrabe.

Ruder is involved in football, wrestling, and baseball. He is involved in Booster Club, CYO and CCD. His favorite movie is Waterboy. His favorite kind of music is all kinds except Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC. He plans to attend a four-year college, but he is undecided about a major. He likes watching T.V. and helping his dad with his service station, Ruder Oil.

Hrabe is involved in volleyball, basketball, and cheerleading. She is also involved in youth group at the Christian Church. Her favorite song is "Only God Knows Why" by Kid Rock. Her favorite food is pizza. She plans to go to KU or Washburn and get a degree in elementary education. Her interests are sports, hanging out with friends, listening to music and the Internet.

A review of Krondor the Betrayal by Raymond E. Feist

This book is about Gporath the human traitor who, because of a run-in with the evil warlock Dominic and his fire breathing dragon, must now betray his own species by joining up with two little demons named Dolgan and Caldara.

Gorath must find a way to save his family which is being threatened by Dominic. Gorath meets up with some very strange creatures, but with Owyrns help, he is able to save his son, Pug.

To see if Gorath saves the rest of his family and finds a way to destroy Dominic, read Krondor the Betrayal by Raymond E. Feist, book one of the Riftwar Legacy. If you like mystery and suspense, then read this book. I like this book because it involves dragons.

Cardinal Day scheduled May 10
Cardinal day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 10. Celebrations from Wichita is bringing games, which will include the Bungee Run, Mountain Climb, Spider's Web Velcro Wall, 7" Human Spheres, Rock and Roll Express and the Fun Flush.
"I think Cardinal Day will be a fun-filled, exciting day to relax and have a good time," senior Marcie Rohleder said.
Stuco plans to hire attendants to run the games. Refreshments will be served.

FFA prepares banquet

The FFA Banquet will be May 6 at 6:30 p.m.

The menu will be sirloin steak, baked potato, baked beans, salad, rolls, sheet cake and tea or coffee.

They expect around 80 - 100 people including members, parents, administration and alumni. The speaker will be Rachel Spencer. She is a senior at FHSU and has been on the livestock judging team. Spencer is originally from Castle Rock, Colorado and was chosen as speaker because she had helped the FFA members with livestock judging.

What's it mean?
The newspaper staff asked some high school students what they thought the word "manit" means. Their replies included the following:
An ugly bug or a short ugly person.-freshman Tesha Florian
The identification for a "green man" when playing "kings," a card game.-sophomore Jennifer Jones
I think it is a spirit or religion.-freshman Josh Weibers
Manit is a terrible disease that you get from eating too much manwhiches It seems that I will never recover.-junior Corry Brin
A baby ferrit.-senior Jon Brown
The actual definition for a manit is: The amount of work one man can do in one minute.

Seniors: seniorities, advice and summer plans

The Cardinal Booster staff asked the seniors felt with their last year winding down. Here are their responses:

What are you thinking now that you have only 17 days left?

Molly Becker

Why be here? What's 38 days when we could be out working (making moola), getting jobs.

Rebecca Siefers

Wow-it's gone by so fast. I'm excited to get out of here, but I will miss seeing all my friends everyday.

April Ganoung

What am I going to major in?

What is on thing you can say to the underclassmen about your last year?

Adam Stahl

You'll be yo busy worrying about what you're going to do after high school to worry about all the senior stuff.

Caroline Ramsay

I am sure you have all heard it before, but it seriously does fly by. Make the most of high school because before you know it you will be outta here.

Brad Nuckols

Try to get good grades and a high ACT score.

What do you plan to do since this is your last year summer at home?

Tracey Hrabe

I am gonna stick around this summer and work so I can finish paying off my truck before I trade it in. Then in August I'll probably start moving to Nebraska.

Ashley Mick

Work.

Coddy Whisman

Try to find a house and job where I am going to go to school. Make moola, and get out on my own.

Rance Becker and Ashley Mick crowned Prom King and Queen

The junior/senior prom was held Saturday, April 15 in the Grade School Cafeteria.

At 6:30-6:50 the social was held. Then the participants were welcomed by Junior Class President Sarah Koehler. The dinner took place at 7 followed by the dance at 8. The prom king and queen crowning took place at 8:45. The prom king and queen for this year are Rance Becker and Ashley Mick.

Parents of PHS juniors and seniors hosted ant After-Prom Party from midnight to 4 a.m..

The prom theme this year was, "All Those Yesterdays."

The theme song was, "Time of Your Life" by Green Day.

The meal served for the banquet included glazed chicken breast, rice pilaf, tossed salad, a roll and cherry cheesecake for dessert.

The band that performed was Strange Brew. Some of the band members were former PHS students including Brian Hays, Tyler Ganoung and guest Carson LeMarr.

Senior Plans

We asked the seniors of Plainville High School what exactly they had planned for their years after high school. Their replies were as follows:

Molly Becker-travel and attend a Vo-tech college in Computer Art Graphics.

Rance Becker-go to college in Western Wyoming.

Andrew Benedick-join the Marines.

Shane Bird-attend Fort Hays State University in business.

Ashley Brown-attend Colby Community College in Veterinary Technology.

Jeremiah Brown-attend Hays Vo-tech in business management.

Jon Brown-relax and have fun.

Adam Comeau-go to college (undecided).

Jenny Cronn-(undecided).

Bobbi Dopita-attend Fort Hays State University in English education.

Jarod Easterberg-attend Hays Vo-tech in auto mechanics.

Shawn Frederking-attend Fort Hays State University (2 years) and K-state (2 years).

April Ganoung-attend Fort Hays State University in nursing.

Dane Ganoung-stick around for the summer and then go to college.

Tammy Gerhardt-attend Fort Hays State University information networking and telecommunications.

Dave Hageman-get a job in Missouri.

Martha Hammerschmidt-attend Fort Hays State University in art.

Nicole Hammerschmidt-attend Fort Hays State University (undecided).

Erica Harlan-attend Kansas State University at Salina in Computer science technology.

Emily Hrabe-work at Classic Cable and raise Devin.

Tracey Hrabe-get her bachelor's degree in nursing and then become a physician's assistant.

Randi Meitler-get her CNA and work towards becoming a nurse.

Ashley Mick-attend cosmetology school, undecided where.

Brad Nuckols-attend University of Kansas in pre-pharmacy or architecture.

Dusty Pfannenstiel-just have fun.

Tim Phillips-join the Marines.

Caroline Ramsay-attend Hutch Juco to play volleyball.

Chris Rogers-attend Hays Vo-tech in Auto Mechanics.

Marcie Rohleder-attend college at the University of Kansas (undecided).

Rebecca Siefers-attend college at K-State or Fort Hays University in premed.

Chad Simon-attend Goodland Vo-tech in telecommunications or heating and air-conditioning.

Mark Simon-get a job.

Adam Stahl-attend college.

Diana Stout-go to college in nursing.

Rebekah Strawder-Barton County Community College in nursing.

Kelly Unrein-attend college at the University of Kansas in clinical psychology.

Bill Van Dyke-go into the Marines or a Vo-tech.

Kim Wessel-go to Fort Hays State University and get a job.

Coddy Whisman-attend Hays Vo-tech in computer and business technology, definitely get a job and keep in touch with everyone.

Jessi Young-attend Fort Hays State University and work.

Track teams experience personal successes at Phillipsburg Invitational

PHS competed at the Phillipsburg Invitational Track Meet on Friday, April 14. The girls collectively scored 21 points, placing 6th. The boys placed 7th, scoring 13 points.

Sophomore T.J. Staab threw the shot put 50' 11.5" and junior Jason Stahl threw 35' 6.5". Staab and Stahl competed in the discus competition with throws of 127' 6" and 111' 10", respectively. Junior Sarah Koeler, sophomore Stacy Dreher and freshman Ryan Williams jumped 14' 8", 14'7.5", and 16' 3" in the long jump competition.

"My greatest success came when I got second in the triple jump at Stockton. This season is going alright. This is my first year out, so it's a new experience," junior Matthew Rodriguez said.

Freshman Jason Rath ran the 100 m hurdles with a time of 18.38 in the preliminary heat and 18.55 in the finals. Rath also ran the 300 m hurdles with a time of 51.31. Koehler, sophomore Kayla Fisher, freshman Danielle Moos, junior Trent Fuzzell and Williams ran the 100 m dash. They finished the race with times of 13.79 (preliminary) and 14.26 (finals), 15.39, 15.58, 12.38, and 13.41, respectively.

"My greatest personal success has been in the 100. I'm working really hard to bring my time down and hopefully earn a spot at state," Koehler said.

Freshman Morgan Fellhoelter, junior Chantan Reif, sophomore Jolene Eilers and Fuzzell completed the 200 m dash with times of 36.14, 38.19, 40.27, and 26.20. Freshman Lacey Hamblet, Michelle Rath and Dreher finished the 400 m dash with times of 1:08.76, 1:13.66, and 1:15.05. Freshman Adam Siefers ran the 800 m dash in 3:09.00. Freshman Mandy Cox and Siefers participated in the 1600 m run. They finished with times of 6:20.60 and 6:09.20. Cox also participated in the 3200 m run. Fisher, Moos, Hamblet, and Koehler ran the 400 m relay in 57.45.

"So far, my greatest success has come when I beat the girl from Victoria every time in the 4x1 relay," Fisher said.

J. Rath, Staab, Williams, and Fuzzell competed in the boys 400 m relay.

Individual placings were not available at press time.

Lady Cards struggle against Beloit
The Plainville High School Softball team played Beloit at home on Friday, April 14.
The first game, Plainville lost by a score of 6-12. The runs consisted of senior Jessi Young in the third inning, and sophomore Rhiannon Becker, junior Kelcee Lowry, and freshman Tesha Florian in the fourth inning, and freshman Tierra Fuzzell in the sixth inning.
The second game, Plainville lost 3-16. The runs consisted of Fuzzell in the second inning, and senior Diana Stout, and freshman Jamie Stahl in the fifth inning.
"I feel that we are starting to come together as a team. We have a lot of talent and a good chance at winning our regional," coach Susan Steinkamp said.

Golfers compete at Osborne Invitational

The Plainville High School golf team participated in the Osborne Invitational Golf Meet at Shady Bend golf course on Tuesday, April 11.

The final scores for the meet were sophomore Tony Dopita - 113, junior Adam Glendening - 115, sophomore Emerson Owings - 117, junior Stephanie Fellhoelter - 130 and junior Rusty Hockett - 145. The team score was 475.

"The Osborne course was very difficult because there were a lot of trees," Hockett said.

The golf team also participated in the Phillipsburg Invitational Golf Meet on Friday, April 14.

The final scores were senior Shawn Frederking - 90, Glendening - 107, Owings - 110, Fellhoelter - 114, junior Byron Knight - 115, and Dopita - 119. The two man team had a final score of 205 and the four man team had a final score of 450.

Basketball honors
The All-League Honors were recently announced for basketball. The girls who received honors were Emily Hrabe, Second Team and Caroline Ramsay, Honorable Mention.
The boys receiving honors were Jarod Easterberg, Third Team and Dusty Pfannenstiel, Second Team.
Hrabe also received Honorable Mention on the Salina Journal 3-2A teams.