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CARDINAL BOOSTER APRIL 2002
Twenty-four FCCLA members attended the FCCLA Leadership Showcase in Wichita on April 8-9. Members who attended were seniors Rhiannon Becker, Jennifer Bland, Stacy Dreher, Jolene Eilers, Kayla Fisher, Katrina Jones, Danielle Kenney, Heather Plante, Renee Post and Michelle Rath; juniors Carissa Fredrickson, Alexandra Garvin, Danielle Moos, Abby Stagner and Naomi Thompson; sophomores Jordan Finnesy and Jordyn Wilkens; freshmen Kelsey Bjornstad, Lynn Cook, Morgan Malin, Charlie Meitler, Kelcee Meitler, Kami Monroe and Chantel Plante. Sponsors for the trip included Vicki Becker, Sherri Meitler, Eileen Plante, Lois Post, Deb Stagner and advisor Shari Tucker. On Monday, eighteen members represented Plainville and District B in STAR Events. The results are as follows: Chapter Showcase - Rhiannon Becker and Renee Post - Gold National Programs (Sr. Division) - Katrina Jones and Danielle Kenney - Gold Focus on Children - Chantel Plante, Lynn Cook and Kami Monroe - Gold; qualified for Nationals National Programs (Jr. Division) - Morgan Malin, Charlie Meitler and Kelcee Meitler - silver Job Interview - Naomi Thompson - silver Parliamentary Procedure - Stacy Dreher, Kayla Fisher, Heather Plante, Alexandra Garvin, Carissa Fredrickson and Abby Stagner - silver C. Plante, Cook, Monroe will represent Plainville in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July at the National FCCLA meeting and STAR Event competition. "I was so excited when our STAR event made it to nationals! At first, I didn't even think we had a chance, with us being freshmen. But when they called out our district, I was just overcome with emotions and tears started rolling down my face. We had a lot of support from upperclassmen. They gave us advice, and just to have that extra pat on the back made a world of difference. I would like to give a personal thank you to Katrina, Danielle, Naomi, our advisor of the year, Mrs. Tucker and everyone else who supported us. Going to Nationals is going to be one experience I will never forget!" C. Plante said. On Tuesday, all members attended the general sessions. They listened to Judge Tom Webb's motivational speech and also learned leadership and communication skills. During the recognition sessions, Mrs. Tucker was awarded the 2001-2002 Advisor of the Year award, which is a huge honor. "It was exciting! I was very surprised because there are many great advisors across the state. I am also very honored to receive this award. Our chapter had many members who take advantage of the various opportunities that are offered in the FCCLA organization It is rewarding to watch them grow into young adults. This is what makes being as advisor so much fun!" Tucker said. FFA hosts annual awards banquet The annual Plainville FFA banquet was April 13. The evening began with a welcome by Chapter President Chris Fogle and an invocation by Vice President Aryn Garvin before dinner. Following the meal, Garvin presented a Powerpoint on the history of the Plainville FFA. Following Garvin's presentation, guest speaker Gary Malone gave his speech for the evening. "The food was excellent, " senior Bryce McDowell said. "It was more organized than before." There were also several awards and scholarship given up. The Peavey-Ott memorial scholarship was awarded to McDowell. The Plainville FFA Scholarship was awarded to senior Mike Langholz Certificates of appreciation were also given out to several people who are not current members of FFA who have assisted the chapter with various projects. Certificates were given to numerous members of the community, including teacher Jack Hilgers, and two PHS students, junior Mike Selbe and sophomore Craig Baldwin, both of whom will receive membership next year. The senior members of FFA were also honored at the event. Fogle, Matt Renk, Langolz, McDowell, Libby Hrabe, and Cody Pfaff were awarded the Certificate of Merit from Farm Bureau for being a member of FFA for three years. They also received the Chapter Leadership and Scholarship pin. New officers were also installed at the banquet. Garvin will serve next year as chapter president. Sophomore Matt McCune was made vice president. Junior Jason Rath will hold two positions, secretary and sentinel. Sophomore Jermiah Lumpkin will also have double duty as treasurer and reporter. "It was the best one I've ever been to," Langholz said. The banquet nearly wraps up the year for FFA. Some of the events FFA has participate din this year that weren't covered in previous issues were the Safe Spot program, designed to help young children know where it's safe to go if they're in trouble, and a Christmas donation for city foods baskets. FFA also has done several public speaking events and contests, as well as land, home site, dairy and poultry judging. FFA is also involved in a cleanup project at Plainville Lake and the building of an electric race car. The Cardinal Boosters for the month of April are freshmen Morgan Malin and Paul Owings. Malin has been involved in volleyball, basketball, track, Pep club, and cheerleading, and she is the freshmen class vice president. In her spar time, she likes to spend time with friends, talk on the phone an d have fun. Her favorite food is anything but fish. Her favorite song is "when I say I do" by Clint Back, and her favorite movie is Love and Basketball. Malin's most memorable moment while attending PHS was getting stuck out in the country in Kelcee's little brown truck for four hours. They had to walk a mile to the closest house, but when they got there, they found out that no on lived there. Finally, a huge tractor was able to pull them out. Owings has been involved in football, wrestling and golf. His favorite food is fruit. His favorite song is "Slight of the Bumblebee," and his favorite movie is Star Wars. Owings most memorable moment while attending PHS so far was when Seth forgot his headgear at the Colby wrestling tournament. Senior Prom, Senior Shmrom. Bring on the Doritos, I say. by Chris Peavey Prom is fast approaching (or, if we missed our deadlines and this is coming out late, has already occurred), and everyone is scramble to make final preparations. That is, everyone in the junior and senior classes. The rest of you probably A) Don't care about Prom and B) Wish those idiot upperclassmen would shut up about it. But this is my column, so deal with it. The junior class is frantically trying to scrounge up enough money to see to it that the decorations aren't made entirely out of toilet paper. They're also trying hard to agree on a meal. I personally pull for PBJ and massive amounts of Doritos, but hey, that's my opinion. But I have a little secret for you juniors. No matter how hard you work, the seniors will complain. You could rent out the entire Los Angeles Hilton and arrange to have a super model date for each senior, we'd still complain. Because we did it before, and we did it BETTER. It doesn't matter if we're the only ones who think that,m we're the ones that count, because it's OUT Prom. We only ;let you guys in because you're footing the bill. Even though there is an amazing amount of fun to be had whining about how I hate whatever they have, I must admit there are a few things I Don't get. For instance, I don't get why the girls feel a need to buy a new dress for each dance. Guys usually wear the same clothes to each dance, and you're lucky if they bother to wash them in between. Girls will go and pay obscene amounts of money on new hairdos that they'll mess up long before After-Prom starts. Guys spend two minutes in front of the mirror on their hair, and that includes the minute and a half when they're looking for the brush they can't find because their sister/brother/mother/father/dog/whatever didn't put it back where he left it. Girls buy perfume and apply it like lacquer. Guys put on one layer of deodorant and call it good. Prom is the worst of all events in this respect. Especially the senior Prom. What's the difference between the junior and senior Proms, you ask? I laugh at your stupidity. It's the SENIOR PROM, you fool! This is the last chance to spend money on a dress that's worn one night, so it's OBVIOUSLY got to be the biggest, prettiest, most oh-sweet-heaven-above-me-it's-wonderful dress ever made by man or God! Guys are only marginally caught up in the Prom madness. They figure "Okay, senior Prom, I guess I should shower for this one." And some of them do, but most don't. They plan to, but they usually get distracted by something, like a ten hour "Because and Butt-Head" marathon Or any given shiny object with more than three buttons and/or knobs on it. Guys are attracted to shiny objects with buttons and knobs. So, to all of you sophs and frosh, this is what you get to look forward to. If you're a girl, you'll get to spend amazing sums of money and stress shopping for a dress you'll probably wind up giving away tot sucked into spending money on a date that probably won't talk to you the next day. However, I know the secret to Prom happiness and financial well-being. It is... (Note from the editor: Chris will be back next month He is currently busy playing with a TV remote. It was shiny and had buttons. Poor mook didn't stand a chance.) Band and vocal students participate at Regina's Several Plainville High School music and band students competed at the Regional Music contest April 6 at Fort Hays State University. A total of five small ensemble groups were there. The flute trio consisted of junior Heather Hrabe, sophomore Aryn Garvin and sophomore Andee Marquess. The trumpet ensemble consisted of senior Rhiannon Becker, senior Stacy Dreher, junior Alexandra Garvin, sophomore Michelle Reishus and freshman Amanda Hussman. The vocal ensemble was made up of senior Janell Darnell, senior Heather Ulrich, senior Chris Peavey, sophomore Amanda Fogle, sophomore Michelle Reishus, freshman Lauren Hemphill and freshman Stephanie Tarbet. The saxophone trio was made up of senior Chris Fogle, A. Fogle and freshman Kelsey Bjornstad. The final ensemble, the clarinet ensemble, consisted of senior Kayla Fisher, junior Naomi Thompson, junior Kira Schumacher, sophomore Makenzi Rempe, sophomore Jessica Casey and freshman Heather Schonthaler. Several students also performed in solo competition. Hemphill, Darnell, Tarbet, Reishus, Ulrich and Peavey all competed with vocal solos. Tarbet, Reishus and Peavey all received one ratings. Hemphill, Darnell and Ulrich all received twos. Hussman received a one rating for a trumpet solo, as did Becker. A. Fogle also received a one for her alto saxophone solo. C. Fogle earned a three for his tenor saxophone solo. senior Matt Renk received a one rating for his work on a drum solo. Hrabe, Aryn Garvin, and freshman Kristen Dinkel all earned twos for their flute solos. Bjornstad received a two for an oboe solo Rempe and Thompson both received twos for their clarinet solos. The final performer of the day, Tarbet, earned another onerating for her trombone solos.
The Cardinal Booster staff asked a few students and staff members if they knew the meaning of the word "idiollala." Below are some of their replies. "It is some kind of plant that idiots grow in their garden." - junior Adam Siefers "An idiot that can't play a viola." - sophomore Makenzi Rempe "A private island for idiots." - seniors Cody Pfaff "A female idol." - Mr. Lemarr "it is a flower that grows by the equator if a certain bird spits on it." - senior Katie Weigel "A nightmare that comes to ife." - senior Emerson Owings "A onion that is undernourished." - junior Cole Nicholas "It is a fancy name for jello." - junior Heather Hrabe "An idiot who spends his/her time in la-la land." - senior Chris Fogle "It is an imaginary world that is inhabited by the upside-down chipmunks who eat strawberry-banana shakes." - Jason Lindsey "Idiolalla" is actually a crazy condition in which the victim makes up his/her own language. Forensics competes at WaKenney Four members of the Plainville High School forensics team competed in WaKeeney April 13. Seniors Jolene Eilers and Chris Peavey competed in Impromptu Duet Acting (IDA). Junior Jamie Marcotte and Carissa Fredrickson also competed in IDA> All four also competed in Prose reading individually. Only Eilers qualified for finals at the tournament. She competed in Prose, receiving sixth place. "I was shocked, because there were so many people there," Eilers said. Eilers's score qualified for State Festival. She will join Peavey, who qualified earlier in the year, in the Prose competition. Stuco makes plans for Cardinal Day Plainville High School Stuco is busy planning Cardinal Day. Cardinal day will be May 8. The officers chose a total of 5 different activities. They tentatively include water tag, parachute rush, video karaoke and a 5 game in 1 pack. Water tag is a challenge to see how can hit who more times with a water gun in a maze. For the parachute rush they will have a large fan that will blow you 20 feet in the air and allow you to float with a rope tied around your waste. Video karaoke is a karaoke machine with a giant screen being you. The 5 game in 1 includes air basketball, air volleyball, boxing and others. Stuco will also be serving lunch again at the football field. It will be very similar to last year. "We picked a couple new games this year that sound like a lot of fun. Video karaoke will be a blast and it will be set up in the field house," Stuco president Shanna Fellhoelter said. A Day in the Life of: The Pepsi Guy Have you ever wondered about that guy who is always being very generous by keeping the pop machines full? Well the Booster staff would like to answer your curiosity. We wanted to get to know this kind man a little better. We would like to welcome you into a day in the life of Darren Atherton, also known as, the "Pepsi Guy." His day usually starts off before dawn. He is up at 4:15 and at the Pepsi plant by 5:00. First, he T-comms his handheld and an inventory list is printed. Then he checks you his full service keys. He and his boss then go into the warehouse and count the trucks to verify the inventory. Once his truck matches the inventory report, he signs it out. After that, he is fully responsible for the products on that truck. His route consists of Plainville, Stockton, Phillipsburg, Agra, Alton, Kirwin and Webster Lake. He comes to Plainville on Tuesday. On Tuesdays, once his truck is done, he drives to his first stop. He usually pulls into plainville at about 5:40 and covers a few outside machines until his first stop opens. He has to go through the shelves and coolers to make certain the product is rotated. Then he takes the order. Most accounts leave the decision up to him as to decide how much of a product to leave, depending on how busy they are. Once the order is taken, he brings in the product. Sometimes the employee has to count the merchandise before he can put it on the shelves. His job also is to sell in the different promotionals Pepsi is sponsoring. It usually takes about an hour and a half to service a convenience store or other similar sized businesses because they have such a broad product line Not only do they sell soda, they also carry Aquafina water, Lipton Tea, Dole juices, Starbucks Capadino, SoBe and All Sport. Along with the cans and bottles, they also have the concentrated syrup line for restaurants and convenience store fountains. The typical day in Plainville consists of two convenience stores, a grocery store, five restaurants, the schools, smaller service stations, , and other miscellaneous outside machines. All together he has about 15 full service machines. The full service machines are the ones where he carries the key, collects the money and fills the product. The customer is issued a commission check based on the sales from that machine. On his entire route, he has about 90 full service accounts. His last stop of the day is Pizza Hut. Once he is finished there, he drives back to Hays to the plant. He pulls the truck into the warehouse and opens all the bay doors. The warehouse manager or the route supervisor will print a final truck inventory and count the product left on the truck to verify that the inventory matches the product that he sold. At this point, if there was a shortage of any product, he would be held financially responsible. He then has to go to the route room to start his bookwork. He first has to print five different reports from his handheld computer. They call it "reconciling the route." He separates his invoices into cash, charge and full service. He figures up the deposit for his cash accounts and begins to count the money from each full service machines. Each one has to be recorded separately. Once he is finished with that, he makes another deposit. He has to post his numbers on the board which keeps track of their quotas. On a typical day in plainville, he will post about 350 cases and 160 gallons of syrup. Lastly, he T-comms his handheld which is a telephone communication with New York where his next day's load is downloaded into his handheld. After each stop he his to make a future order. The order is kept until the next Monday when he T-comms his handheld. All the orders he previously places are pulled and downloaded. He signs his bay map which is where he designates which bay on his trailer that he wants certain products in. Once he is finished he prints the bay map and leaves it on his desk for the loaders. He gets any signage, coldbarrels or racks that he needs for the next day gathered together. By the time, it it about 5:00 p.m. he takes his deposit to the bank, picks up his "adorable" song, Athena, from daycare and goes home to his wife, Trinity. In his free time he enjoys golfing and jet skiing. The Booster staff asked him if he liked his job and all he could think of to say was, "well, I am not going to say no." I hope the Booster staff has given you a little insight into the life of the "Pepsi guy." If you have any more questions we are directing them to Mary and Dace. They know everything there is to know about Darren Atherton. Senior class gears up for commencement ceremony The 38 members of the Class of 2002 are prepared for graduation. Their motto is, "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow." The ceremony begins at 2:30 on Saturday, May 18 at Cardinal Field. They will be escorted in by juniors Jaime Stahl and Ryan Williams. Juniors Carissa Fredrickson and Jason Rath will hand out the programs at the ceremony. They will be wearing maroon and black robes, and they will each be carrying in a sunflower. The class colors are yellow and green. The PHS choir will be singing "I'll Remember You'" by Sarah Meglafflin and "Graduation" by Vitamin C. The speaker will be Shari Bobek. The diplomas will be handed out by the school board members Darlene Jones and Steve Dreher. "They are a great group of kids, but they have a lot to learn about the real world," Jeremy Krob said. Luke and T.J. Attend National Wrestling Tournament Seniors T.J. Staab and Luke Wise, along with wrestling coach D.J. Basgall and Jerry and Bonnie Staab traveled to Cleveland Ohio for the Nation High School Wrestling Tournament April 5-7. They traveled to Kansas City on Tuesday, April 2. After a series of flights, they arrived in Cleveland and met up with the Kansas group, which consisted of approximately 85 people. Thirty-seven of these people were senior wrestler who were also competing in the tournament. To be able to compete in the National Tournament, a wrestler must be a state finalist. On Thursday, April 4, the wrestlers were able to go to the Event Hall (where the competition was being held) and work out. Many of the wreslter (Luke) had to work out so that they could make weight. On Friday, April 5, the tournament began. Luke wrestled first and lost his first match 5-6 Caleb Smith from Missouri. T.J. won his first match against Christopher Brink from New Mexico. He then won his second match in a close overtime match against Ty Watterson from Washington, who was also an undefeated state champion. On Saturday, April 6, Luke was sunable to pull out a win (3-9) against Mike Foster from Iowa. "Luke did a great job, and we were very proud of him." Bonnie Staab said. T.J. won his match against Christopher Daggert from West Virginia by a pin. Later on in the day, he was pinned by Matt Delguyd from Ohio. Sunday, April 7 was the last day of the tournament. T.J. won against John Stevens from California with a score of 10-32. His next match was against Blake Seiler from Wichita. T.J. lost his match 3-5 in overtime, so he was now wrestling for the 7th-8th position. He wrestled Andrew Adam from Ohio, andpinned him at the beginning of the second period. T.j. placed 7th at the National Wrestling Tournament, along with two other Kansas wrestler in the same weight class, 215. He was also named an All-American. Kansas had nine All-American and ended up placing fourth in the tournament, behind Ohio, California, and New Jersey. The next morning, they left and began their trip back to Plainville. "This was a great trip and I think everyone experienced new friendships. As parents, it was so neat to be able to witness and share the excitement with our son Both Luke and T.J. Worked very hard to achieve the honor to compete at this level. Jerry and I are so proud of them!" B. Staab said. The 2002-2003 cheerleading tryouts were held in the high school gym march 28. The Barton County Community College cheerleaders were the judges for the competition. The
ladies had to learn the Cardinal routine and a cheer, and they had to
make up their own cheer. "I
am very excited to be a cheerleader this year. I can't wait to go to camp
this summer," Rempe said. "I'm thrilled to be a cheerleader and I'm excited for the season o come," Becker said. The Cardinal baseball team brought home two wins in the double header at home against the Lincoln Leapards, Thursday April 18. The Cardinals came out strong, defeating the Leapards 12-0 first game. Hitting the ball well and having some good pitching, the Cardinals were able to pull the second game out with another win 14-11. The Cardinals are preparing for the next game against Sylvan Grove by working on their defense. "I thought that with having some injuries and some kids ineligible, we played real well, and we need to stay focused for the rest of the season," Coach Trent Giffin said. The Plainville girls split a double header at home with Beloit, Thursday April 11. They won their first game 5-4. Keeping the game close, the Cardinals relied on their pitcher, Kelsey Rob, who pitched a "solid" game. She struck out 14 and walked only 3. They were unable to pull out another win and lost 3-4 the second game. "The team needs to work on being a little smarter when it comes to running bases and making contact with the ball up at the plate. I felt we played tough and got the performance in the field that we needed to win. We just need a few more breaks to go our way," Coach Lee Weber said. Plainville hosts golf invitational Six members of the Plainville High School golf team competed at the Plainville Golf Invitational April 15. The team members, senior Jason Lindsey, senior Rhiannon Becker, sophomore Justin Morris, sophomore Keegan Turnbull, freshman Paul Owings and freshman Seth Brin, placed ninth in the field with a team score of 479. The tournament consisted of Ellis, Hill City, Plainville, Phillipsburg, Russell, trego, Victoria, and two groups from Stockton. Phillipsburg won the tournament with a team score of 351. Lindsey performed best out of the group, shooting 106 on 18 holes. Becker shot a 138. Morris and Turnbull both shot 128. Owings shot 132, an Brin shot 117. "It was a windy day and we didn't do that well," Becker said. "But hopefully we'll do better as the year goes on." Next year's dance team was chosen April 10. This year the dance team sponsor, Connie Reishus, reduced the number of dance team members from 12 to 9. The new members include juniors Jamie Stahl, Leslie Tipton and Tierra Fuzzell; sophomore Michelle REishus; freshmen Kelsey Bjornstad and Kristen Meitler; and eighth graders Brooke Stahl, Rachel Thompson and Raquel Macro. Jamie Stahl was appointed as captain for the next year. Tryouts were held April 10. The twelve girls began practice April 3 The graduating senior members were in charge of teaching the dances. They were taught a dance to a Michael Jackson mix and were required to learn a short dance thirty minutes before tryouts.
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