March 23, 2007

Volume 14 : Issue 14

Classes

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Grubs

A5

Sports

B1 Entertainment

B4

Art

B5

Seniors

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Bryant LaBonville ‘07

The search is on for the Freeland Commu-nity School District for a new Superintendent. The Freeland Board of Education released their former Superintendent Allen Veenkant of his duty a few months ago, after being put on ad-ministrative leave for most of the school year. Releasing Veenkant from his job left an open hole in Freeland’s administration.

Now the search is on at Freeland to find someone to replace Veenkant. Currently, for-mer Freeland Superintendent, Linda Sanborn is filling the position as Acting Superintendent. “What I would like from a superintendent is the ability to work with people effectively. They should also have experience and an abil-ity to accept accountability. They will also need the ability to work effectively with peo-ple,” said Assistant High School Principal, Barry Weldon. There are a couple ways that schools can search for a new superintendent. They can search for one themselves or they can hire a search company to do search process for them. Freeland chose to hire a company to do the search for them. This will give more of a broader search.

“I think the most important qualities are to be an exceptional communicator,” said Free-land High School Principal, Jon Good.

Freeland selected the Michigan Leadership Institute to conduce their search. Mr. William Kimball from MLI will be in charge of the search. He will also be conducting several meetings with different groups of people to help him get an idea of what everyone in our school district and community would like to see in a superintendent. “What I will look for in the new superinten-dent would be strong leadership skills includ-ing leadership of the administrative team, goal

oriented, good listener, trustworthy and the ability to develop collaborative teams within the staff and with community members,” said Elementary Principal, Tim Parson. The individual meetings began on Wednes-day, March 7 at 7:30pm. Kimball will be meet-ing with the Freeland Board of Education and Linda Sanborn to develop a calendar of events.

The position was posted on the MLI web-site, MIREAP, MASA jobs, MEMSPA and also at different colleges and universities on Thursday, March 8.

Monday, March 12 was the announcement of the forum dates and locations: staff newslet-ter or Email, district newsletter, website, press release and invitations. Thursday, March 22 was the forum day. The profile and brochure will be presented to the Freeland Board of Education for review and final changes on Monday, March 26 at 7:00pm The following will be done the week of March 26: letters will be sent to potential can-didates, letters will be sent to the ISD superin-tendents, a letter will be sent to Ray Telman at Middle Cities Education Association, a letter will be sent to Bill Mayes at the Michigan As-sociation of School Administrators and there will be a finalization recruitment process that will take place with Dr. Quinn and MLI re-gional president. The position will be posted until Monday, April 23. All applications must be in by 4:00pm that day. No late applications will be accepted after that. All candidates will undergo screening and reference checking on April 24 through May 8. Tuesday, May 8 the candidates will be pre-sented to the board. The board will then select the candidates that will be interviewed. The board will also review the first draft of inter-view questions at this time.

The initial interviews will take place on May 15, 16 and 17. Each day the interviews are scheduled from 6:00pm until 7:30pm. After the last interview on the 17th, the board will review and rate candidates. A decision will be made on which candidates will be invited back for a second interview. This will be a public meet-ing. Tuesday, May 29 will be the visitation with the first candidate and spouse. The visitation will start at 10:00am and last throughout the day. They will get to see the town to become familiar with the community. Dinner with the board will follow at 5:30pm and anther inter-view at 7:30pm. The same process will happen with the sec-ond candidate on Wednesday, May 30. There will be arrangements made for some-one two show the two candidates and their spouses the community, homes, shopping, rec-reation, restaurants and churches. A room at a local hotel will be made available at districts expense, if the candidates are from out of town. The cost of travel will also be covered by the district for the second interview. After the final interview on May 30, the board will discuss which finalist they will give a site visit to. The site visits will take place on Tuesday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 6. The board will meet and review sites visits and select the new superintendent on Monday, June 11 at 7:30pm. The new superintendent will probably take over the position July 1, 2007. There is more information of the Freeland Community S c h o o l D i s t r i c t ’ s w e b s i t e . (www.freeland.k12.mi.us)

The search for a new superintendent is a long, detailed process, but it is necessary to find the best superintendent.

Let the search begin…

Amelia Boensch ‘08 In our world today the strive for being skinny is stronger than ever. The media has turned our vision of a perfect body into one that one weighs about 105 pounds. The need to be that size is causing many problems in our world today, the biggest one being eating disorders. Anorexia and Bulimia are the two biggest eating disorders in society today. To be anorexic means to starve oneself, and being bulimic means to binge, or eat a lot, and then vomit. People who are suffering from anorexia often are very under weight, but still consider themselves fat. Weight loss is very important and can be established in many different ways. Some sufferers exercise ex-cessively, some take laxatives, and some just don’t eat at all. Anorexics are very afraid of getting fat and make sure they do not. Most anorexics are adolescent girls, and the case develops through the puberty stage. There are many symptoms to watch for in anorex-ics. These include: missing at least three periods in a row, not wanting to eat in public or in front of even one other person, weakness and anxiety, and obses-sive behavior about the amount of calories they eat. Many things that take a huge effect on your body can happen to people with this disease. Shrunken bones, mineral loss, low body temperature, and ir-regular heart beat are a few. Statistics show that one percent of girls have ano-rexia, and up to ten percent of those girls die as a re-sult. It is possible to overcome anorexia and get healthy again. Bulimia is an eating disorder in which a person in-takes a large amount of food and them either vomits it up or takes laxatives to remove it from their body. Binge eating occurs not because the person is hungry, but because they have other issues such as depression or stress. Unlike anorexics, bulimics can look normal and not be over weight. In some case they might even be a bit over weight. The eating disorder part of it is the fact that they stuff their body full of food, and then within minutes later, they eject it from their body. Since this is the case, it is often hard to know if a person has bulimia, because it is rare for them to admit it. There are many medical related problems that can come from being bulimic. Since the intake of junk food is at a high percent, cavities and other teeth re-lated problems are among the largest problem caused. Others include: dehydration, irregular bowel move-ments, and being put at a higher risk or committing suicide. There are many types of treatments available for eating disorders. Never be afraid to inform someone about an eating disorder that someone may have. You may just be saving someone’s life.

What do you think about… Eating Disorders? “There is a right way and a wrong way to diet, and going to that extreme is the wrong way,” said Michelle Booms. “I think it is wrong, and people shouldn’t do it because it hurts them,” said Jason Schram. “If people are that set on getting skinny, then they should diet the healthy ways and exercise,” said Amanda Nava. “It’s obviously bad because you’re hurting you body,” said Nate Noack.

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A2 Editor-In-Chief:

Bryant LaBonville ‘07

Rumors fly Taylor Dupuis ‘09 High school is filled with many rumors. Rumors are very common in teenage years. Sometimes ru-mors can be true, but others are misleading. They can spread into something dangerous and people can get hurt. Rumors start as one thing and turn into another. The term “snow ball effect” is commonly used to describe a ru-mor. It starts out small but gradu-ally grows and grows. “Rumors can get really annoy-ing and really out of hand,” said freshman Saira Shariff

Rumor is… Kay Furst, a beloved gym teacher, is retiring. The rumor had been spreading fast for the past month or so. “I have been hearing about Mrs. Furst retir-ing for quite some time now and I have been wondering if it is true or not,” said sophomore Crystal Chinevere Furst teaches physical education at Freeland and has worked here for over 30 years. She loves her job and the students. The rumor is that Furst is just ready for retire-ment and that’s all there is to it. I know everyone has been wait-ing for the answer so here it is.

Truth is… “I am not planning on it, but when I do you will be the first to know,” said Furst So there it is. Just an-other mis-leading rumor that gets eve-ryone riled up. Kay Furst is not retiring and all of the rumor spreading was for nothing. Furst has at least a few more years left at Freeland high school. Like she said “If I do retire you will be the first to know.” So don’t get ready to say goodbye to Furst yet.

Jessi Jankoska ‘08 Do you ever wonder what goes on in the library? Mrs. Buckley usually arrives at school at 7:30 a.m. and finds a line up at the door. The line is filled with students looking to pay book fines and check out books for class, and teach-ers that need to pick up equipment for their classes. Data Projectors, DVD players, VCR’s, and TV’s are all bar-coded and checked out to teachers to help keep track of the equipment. Mrs. Buckley spends most of her day checking in and checking out books. On a daily basis students go into the library and ask for help finding a certain book they are interested in or ask for suggestions. “My favorite part of my job is the students I get to talk to. We always have a large group of kids in the media cen-ter visiting. We also have always had great library aids and it is fun,” said Mrs. Buckley. Shelving returned books and straightening shelves is also a big part of the job. The library is always receiving new books, some donated, that need to be added into the circu-lation system. Mrs. Buckley enters each book and publish-ing information into the computer and then assigns a bar-code for each copy. Also, overdue books tend to cause some extra work with printing overdue fine slips quite fre-quently for both the middle school and high school. “Collecting fine money is by far the least enjoyable part of my job. It is important that we do so because it helps teach responsibility and timelines, but I always feel bad,” said Mrs. Buckley. Sometimes getting hectic, Mrs. Buckley takes care of getting all the equipment where it needs to go on the cor-rect hour. Having 32 computers, the media center is al-ways filled, classes in there working almost every hour. The media center also takes care of five bulletin boards in

both the middle school and high school’s laminating. The bulletin boards change according to things going on in the school, as well as with the seasons. The li-brary also receives various magazine subscriptions all of which have to be entered into a database and put out for viewing. Mrs. Buckley takes care of that as well as files the old magazines into designated boxes which are kept for five years. All of the magazines can also be checked out just like a book. Finally the bell rings, it is 2:31 and time to go home but wait, not in the media center. Usually students need to finish a couple things up on the computer after school, pay book fines, or look for books. Mrs. Buckley finally winds up leaving around 2:50 p.m. What goes on behind the scenes? Well, if you ever hear something that sounds like the keys on a typewriter, that is exactly what it is. Mrs. Buckley uses an old-fashioned typewriter on a regularly. A librarian assistant is considered to fulfill all of the du-ties in the media center. At Freeland High School the li-brarian assistant, Mrs. Buckley, is much more than that, she is hard working, dedicated, helpful, and most of all is compassionate towards everything involved with being a librarian assistant.

A Day in the Life of Mrs. Buckley A librarian Assistant

Jacob Bailey ‘08

It seems like you hear more and more about a kid bringing a gun to school or worse yet, a kid bringing a gun to school and using it against someone. Sadly, it has happened again. But, this time there was a little twist and it occurred at a school most people would not expect. As almost everyone knows by now, on Wednesday March 7, there was a shooting at Dow High School in Mid-land that left one person in serious condition and another dead. Some-time around 11:00 a.m. 17-year- old David Turner showed up at the school looking for his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Jessica Forsyth. However, he was turned away since he was not a stu-dent at the school and Forsyth was not even at school. This is were things get a little strange, after being told to leave, Turner actually called Forsyth and asked her to meet him at the school and Forsyth’s mother drove her to the school. Turner and Forsyth had a short conversation and then

Turner pulled out a .44 magnum re-volver and shot Forsyth four times, once in the arm and three times in the chest. Forsyth’s mother saw the shooting and tried to drive her car between the two but, after shooting Forsyth, Turner shot himself in the head and was obviously dead when emergency services arrived. Immediately after the shooting, the school was placed on lockdown and police secured the area. Later that afternoon, students were allowed to leave the building. Forsyth was trans-ported to Mid-Michigan Medical Cen-ter in serious condition but, was later transferred to Hurley Medical Center in Flint because they have better fa-cilities for dealing with that kind of situation. She was then released only three days after the incident. Turner was laid to rest a few days after For-syth returned home. As you might expect, Midland school officials held a meeting to dis-cuss potential changes to security in the district. Even though the chances of something like this happening again a very slim, most of the parents agree that some changes need to be

made. Although most people are sat-isfied with how the situation was han-dled, Forsyth’s family apparently feels that the whole thing could have been prevented. The incident at Dow High was not David Turner’s first encounter with the law. Some previous charges against him include a domestic vio-lence charge and a larceny gun charge for stealing an assault rifle, pellet gun and a .44 magnum which, oddly enough was the same type gun used in the shooting. For these crimes, he was just sentenced to several months of probation. In addition to previous convictions, Turner apparently had bipolar disorder and was not taking any medication to control it, which may have been a contributing factor to the shooting. This entire thing would not have happened if people had paid more attention to what David Turner was up to. First of all, someone with bipolar who has medication to help it needs to take that medication. Also, if someone does not take their medication they should not have access to firearms. Someone that is mentally unstable

Another School Shooting

Photo by Katie Kennelly Mike Easterday, Katelyn Roth, Chelsea Grohman, and Bridget Dill all attended the Voice of Democracy Recognition Dinner , as a result of their outstanding essays that they wrote. Pictured from right to left: Mike Easterday, Katelyn Roth, Chelsea Grohman, Betsy Roberson, V.O.D. Representative , and Bridget Dill

Photo taken from the Saginaw News The sign on the Midland Free Methodist Church, in Midland, Mich., asks people to pray for students at H.H. Dow High School Thursday, March 8, 2007. David B. Turner shot his ex-girlfriend Jessica Forsyth and then killed himself in front of the school Wednesday. Forsyth was listed in fair condition Thursday afternoon at a Flint hospital.

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A3 Classes Editor:

Brooke Buckley ‘08

Michael Periard ‘07 In Barry Duke’s woodshop class, student Trisha Ehrhadart started a project that will be used in the snow. Trisha began to build a snowboard only a little assistance from Mitchell Karl. “It’s a really fun project to work on but it’s also very demand-ing,” said Ehradart. The types of tools used in this project were a band saw, a planer, and a sander. The materials used besides wood were epoxy which holds the pieces in place, fiber glass, P-tex, poplar, ash, and metal. The procedure is simple to understand and yet demanding. The first thing to do is to build the snowboard’s core. After that, fiber glass must be added to the snowboard. Then, the material known as P-tex is added to the creation. Next, the inserts must be drilled in to have a place for the feet.

The ends must be tapered in order for it to have better bending. When that is done, the board itself must be vacuum bagged to hold it in place. When it is taken care of, graphics can be added to the board. Ehradart plans to add a logo of her choice to the board and put it in between to bindings. After the logo is drawn, epoxy must be placed over it to seal it. When Trisha is done building her snow board she will use it at the snowboarding lodge called Caberfoe. “I guess I’m really glad to see that Trisha is taking on such a complicated project and I’m confident that she will have a nice snowboard when it is done,” said Duke. This ought to be the one project that will bring a new change to the sport of snowboarding. It will be like being creative and ath-letic at the same time.

Chill out with Trisha’s snow-

Mrs. Miller’s speech classes are working on demonstration speeches. Each person was to pick a talent they have and teach it to the rest of the class during their demon-stration speech. Students demonstrated how to make a certain food, how to play an instrument, how to play a certain sport, and many other hidden talents.

To Kill a Mockingbird

And the Demonstrations Begin!

Taylor Dupuis ‘09 Tamara Klida’s Advanced Art class is doing their biggest project yet; literally. Their newest assignment is to make a six foot tall sculpture. The students are able to complete the project along with a partner. The sculpture has to be self-standing. It couldn’t have a stand or any-thing holding it up. The easy part was finding the materials to create the sculpture. The sculp-ture could be made out of any found material. This included materials from the class room, outside, and from the students own home. “Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine,” said artist Mag-dalena Abankanowicz Each sculpture had to raise questions from the viewers and show effort and thought. They have to be original and make the audience ponder the piece of art. The students have about two weeks to com-plete the project and are able to choose anything they wish to. Klida got the idea about the six foot sculpture from a friend who happens to teach art at John Glenn. The only difference between Klida’s project and her friends is that her friend’s students had a whole semester to work on it. This particular project teaches the students many skills. It teaches the students to creatively problem-solve in the areas of bal-ance, and use of materials in 3-D form. Al-though the project can be fun and easy, it has certain requirements. Each sculpture had to be six feet tall, has to be able to stand on its own, and has to have found objects. The students are graded on multiple things. They are graded on effort, use of class time, creative use of materi-als, good craftsmanship, and two other criteria they have to come up with. “The project was kind of hard but it was really fun at the same time,” said sophomore Ashley Konsdorf Klida is really hoping to see a lot of creativity in the projects. It is something new and differ-ent. Klida isn’t quite sure where they will be displayed but they may be seen in the library, cafeteria, and the main office, so take a look.

Biggest project yet

Trisha Ehrhadart sanding and showing off all of her hard work!

Taylor Dupuis ‘09 Lyn Hoffmann’s sophomore English class is full of creative projects and ideas. The latest project was based on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The students recently finished the book but still aren’t done with the story line. The class had multiple project ideas to choose from. One of their project choices was to make a newspaper. The newspaper had to take place in 1935, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. It had to include a front page, editorial page, letters to the editors, page, society page, and advertisement. For someone who enjoys writing, they could have chosen to write a journal. The journal had to be based on a par-ticular characters life throughout the book. The journal entry’s had to be based on the character Boo Radley and had to be at least ten pages long. For artist, they could draw five pictures from the court scene in To Kill a Mockingbird. “I liked the project. I drew five pictures of the trial in To Kill a Mockingbird. It was cool to pic-ture the book and make it real,” said sophomore Ashley Konsdorf There were also a few project ideas for performers. Students could be in a group of four to six people. They had to create a scene and either perform it in front of the class, or video tape it and show it to the class. The film also had to include a script, a director, actors, and backstage assistance. The clothing had to match the time period and props

had to be used throughout. An-other project idea goes by the name standing in a different pair of shoes. The students have to choose a chapter from To Kill a Mockingbird and retell it from a different characters point of view. The story is originally told from the character Scout’s point of view. The assignment is to pick a character besides Scout and tell a chapter from their point of view. “I didn’t actually think people would spend a lot of time on these projects but they were sur-prisingly great and very creative! It was awesome,” said sopho-more Allie Seager For someone who loves music, there is even a choice for the students. They could write a song

based on two characters: Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Both charac-ters in the book were treated badly and misun-

derstood so the song has to ex-plain why the character deserved respect, dignity, and compassion. The song could be performed live or taped. The last choice for students is to make a list of words or phrases and describe them in detail. Overall, I think the projects were very creative. Having a variety of options to choose from allows the students to pick pro-jects that fit their interests, such as art, drama, writing, etc.” said Hoffmann The project was a huge suc-cess. The students had a lot of fun and they were very creative.

Some of the Advanced Art stu-dent samples of their six foot

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Katelyn Roth ‘08 To demonstrate their skills with Microsoft Word, all students in computer applications are required to write a persuasive letter to any person asking for any-thing they desire. A student who receives some kind of response to a letter is rewarded with extra credit points on the final exam. Sopho-more Steven Graebner, a student in this semester’s class, did not just get a response from the company he wrote to, but he became the first student in the history of the assign-ment to write such a persuasive let-ter that a company member stopped by the school for a surprise visit. “I was really surprised. I didn’t think she’d come in like that; I was expecting a letter in return, but not that,” said Steven. Steve wrote his letter to Julie Brousseau, a food rep. manager for Jack Links Beef Jerky. On Tuesday of last week she showed up in the doorway of the third hour computer applications classroom, baring gifts. “It was a big surprise. I didn’t think she’d come and give it to him in school,” said sophomore Ashley Brousseau, who happened to be in the classroom when her mother showed up.

Julie Brousseau not only answered the requests that Steve expressed in his letter, but decided to throw in a little something something for the rest of the class as

well. “I got a big bag and about six or seven little bags of jerky. She gave the whole class little sample bags also,” said Steve. This surprise visit marked the high-light of the marking period for many of the people within the class. Tom Short, computer apps. teacher, was particularly elated by the response to Steve’s letter and has named Jack Links Beef Jerk the “official beef jerky of the Freeland High School com-puter science department.” “Beef jerky is a low carb., high pro-tein, delicious snack, that I, as an educa-tor, completely endorse,” said Short. Steve said that he decided to write to Jack Links because he is a big fan of beef jerky and Mr. Jack Links himself. He has also expressed that he is honored to become the first person in computer apps. history to receive a personal visit from the recipient of a persuasive letter. “It feels awesome. It is a big compli-ment to have someone come in and hand-deliver you jerky. It truly was a

sweet sensation,” said Steve.

Nice ‘N’ Beefy

Shannon Burkey ‘08 In Mindi Hannon’s Spanish I class the students are getting a taste of something new. For the past two weeks they have been making food that originated in places like Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spain. The food that they have been mak-ing varies from churros con chocolate to tosta-dos. The students get one or more tasty treats at the beginning of class. “I’m glad that most students are trying things that they usually wouldn’t. It’s a unique opportunity for those that don’t travel outside the U.S.” Mindi Hannon said. Every student has to make a food or drink and it has to be different from eve-ryone else in the class. Everyone has to have a sample enough for everyone to have a taste. The dish that they made had

to be from a Spanish-speaking country. “I’m making tortilla chips and they are going to be delicious and I hope everyone will like them,” junior Nick Divo said. As everyone gets to go and hand out their food they have to tell a little bit about it and where it originated from. When they have passed out there food,

they are to say what was in the food they made. Also one interesting or impor-tant fact about the dish like what it is prepared for like a certain holiday or cele-bration.

“I made a type of omelet cake with peppers and eggs, a lot of people tasted it too,” sophomore Jason McGinnis said. Everyone got to get a taste of a differ-ent culture and the way that they eat. The students got to see what types of food come from different places like Mexico.

Comida de Espanol

I’m glad that most stu-dents are trying things that they usually wouldn’t.

Photos by Nichole Schneider ‘08 and Devon Mussleman ‘09

To the left: Student’s of Mrs. Mindi Hannon’s Spanish I class, having a taste of the Spanish culture! To the right: Mr. Tom Short’s computer applications class. Steven Graebner front and center showing off the reward for his amaz-

Many people expect high school seniors to have a bit of senioritis and this seems to be ringing true for some seniors at Freeland High School. Their attention span and grades seem to fall off as graduation nears. Winter was here and gone and now spring break is just around the cor-ner. As the countdown begins for summer, senioritis is something we need to try our best to avoid.

The seniors have worked hard for the last three years. They have been taking tests, completing projects and beginning to prepare for college admission. When senior year rolls round, many of the students get the case of something called senioritis. Many high school students can attest to the fact that the second semester of their senior year is often the start of an extended summer vacation and with college applications out of the way, high school seniors have been known to do less work and take easier classes all to-gether. Tak- ing it easy sen-ior year may seem like a nice break, but it is likely to do more harm than good. Not only does sen- ioritis jeopard-ize your chances for success later on in college, but it can also affect your grades, which in turn will af-fect your chances for college admission.

Rumor has it that preparing for college ends after the eleventh grade…FALSE! Many colleges will pay even closer attention to stu-dent’s grades during their senior year. Many colleges will give you an acceptance letter that is contingent upon graduation and continued suc-cess and performance. It seems that colleges are working harder to tackle the problem of seniorities. According to the Cornell Daily News, the University of Washington has adopted a stricter policy to-ward their admitted applicants. They have “threatened” to revoke a letter of admission based on poor a poor academic performance in the spring semester. Twenty-three students were informed this past summer that their admission to the University had been re-scinded, and another 180 seniors were warned that they had come close to suffering the same fate. (Noah Grynberg)

As summer approaches, keep this in mind seniors. It is time to strengthen your skills and broaden experiences rather than put your future in jeopardy. How to overcome this? Stay involved in activities and sports to help you focus your final semester. Look for internships that relate to your field of choice. Most importantly enjoy the time you have in high school because it is an experience that you can’t take back.

SENIORS… make your senior

year count!

How many productions have you been in at Freeland? None What do you think about Peter Pan being this year’s production? I am really happy. Peter Pan is a great story and a great play. It is a lot of fun. Were your lines hard to memorize? Yea, kind of. I had trouble projecting the lines on stage. How many times do you sing? Three times What does your costume consist of? I have a big hat, a very nice jacket, a big black wig, a sword, and a hook. What are you most excited for, or looking forward to the most? I am excited about seeing the whole thing trying to come together. Also, performing it for everybody. Message to people who are going to see the play: I hope you have a great time, and it will be well worth the 7 to 10 dollars. Message to people that are not going to see the play: Your missin out dude.

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A5 Meet the Cast Editor: Amelia Boensch ‘08

Peter Pan – Taylor Dupuis

How many productions have you been in at Freeland? Two, but I have been involved in multiple plays around the area. What do you think about Peter Pan being this year’s production? I am really excited. I think it will be different than any play before. Every-one will be surprised. Were your lines hard to memorize? It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be, but it still took a lot if time. How many times do you sing? Ummm… I sing maybe 7 to 8 songs. What does your costume consist of? Well… it’s green with tights of course, and fake leaves. What are you most excited for, or looking forward to the most? Just being onstage will be great! I love the cast, the songs, the set and all of it put together will be great! Message to people who are going to see the play: You’ll definitely be surprised. Its very different and surprising. It’s got a little bit of every-thing and you’ll love it. Message to people that are not going to see the play: You’re missin’ out!

Captain Hook – Andrew Aulds

Darren Shaw-John

How many productions have you been in at Freeland? Two, including “It’s a jungle out there” in first grade! What do you think about Peter Pan being this year’s production? I initially didn’t like the idea, but now I’m very happy we did it. Were your lines hard to memorize? No, I have like six lines total. How many times do you sing? Three What does your costume consist of? A long shirt, pajama pants, slippers, Harry Potter glasses, and a top hat. What are you most excited for, or looking forward to the most? FLYING! Message to people who are going to see the play: You’re in for an awesome show! Message to people that are not going to see the play: Hey, just remember what I did to Joe C. and Ben W. (One Winged Bird) You’d better come watch!

Wendy- Lisa Sampson

How many productions have you been in at Freeland? Five, this is my sixth. What do you think about Peter Pan being this year’s production? I am excited because its more fantasy than past productions. Were your lines hard to memorize? Yes, Wendy’s very random. How many times do you sing? I have a pretty song with Taylor, and three others. What does your costume consist of? A purple-y pink nightgown and light blue slippers. What are you most excited for, or looking forward to the most? Flying! Message to people who are going to see the play: Thank you for supporting us, It’s going to be awesome. Message to people that are not going to see the play: You’re missing a great show! Tickets will be available at the door.

Drew Shaw- Michael

John Sous- Mr. Smee

How many productions have you been in at Freeland? I have been in four. What do you think about Peter Pan being this year’s production? It is a marvelous plan. Were your lines hard to memorize? Lines are hard to memorize by yourself. When I get to act out the lines, then it is almost like your reacting and not acting and the words come to you. How many times do you sing? I have no solos, but I sing chorus in four songs. What does your costume consist of? A nifty pirate hat, a vest, black pants, and I have been uninformed other than that. I like surprises, so I will leave my last costume as a surprise. What are you most excited for, or looking forward to the most? Having friends and family laughing at how funny I can be. Message to people who are going to see the play: You’re in for a good one. Message to people that are not going to see the play: What else can I say other than your missing out.

How many productions have you been in at Freeland? One What do you think about Peter Pan being this year’s production? This is great since there are more parts to tryout for. Were your lines hard to memorize? No How many times do you sing? Five or Six What does your costume consist of? Pajamas What are you most excited for, or looking forward to the most? Flying in the first scene. Message to people who are going to see the play: You are going to enjoy those days. Message to people that are not going to see the play: You better be there next year or else.

March 23, 2007

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Bryant LaBonville ‘07

Imagine what it takes to be one of the best bands in the state of Michigan! Imagine the hard work and preparation that every band member demonstrates throughout the course of every school year. Imagine the time, devotion and commitment that it takes to be apart of the large band family. Well some can probably only imagine, while others know exactly what it’s like to be apart of this fantas-tic group.

The Freeland Band is well known around the state of Michigan for their spectacular playing abil-ity and large size. Many bands only dream to have what Freeland has. Whether it’s during the marching band season or the concert season, the band is always hard at work getting ready for an-other thrilling performance.

Many band members can describe the band as being a large family. When a group spends as much time together as the band does, it only feels natural to feel like one big family.

Most band members start their band career in the 6th grade, while some may join in later. By the time members are seniors, they have been part of the family for a better part of seven years.

Every year the band takes part in different performances and events. These performances are parades, concerts, football games and festivals. All these different performances are spread out throughout the course of the year.

One performance that the band is involved with every year is the State District Band and Orches-tra Festival. The festival is in the winter season and is usually held at surrounding school districts. The band festival allows band from school throughout the state of Michigan a chance to perform a selection of music in front of a panel of judges. School bands are also required to perform to sight read pieces of music. The judges will critique the band while they play, giving them positive and negative criticism to let them know how they rank. The bands are rated on a scale of one to five, with one being the best.

This year the festival was hosted at Bay City Western High School in Auburn on Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10. The 8th grade band performed Friday evening and they played: “Hoosier Pride Concert March,” “Chant and Jubilation” and “Arrowhead Overture.” The Freshman Band per-formed Saturday afternoon and they played: “Burst of Brass,” “Prairie Songs” and “Pevensey Cas-tle.” The Symphony Band also performed Saturday and they played: “Moorside March,” “American River Songs” and “Wabash County Saga.” All three groups selected each three pieces of music to perform at festival. Every year the band performs a concert a week prior to performing at festival. This helps the band get used to having an audience and playing in front of people. It tends to get them more relaxed and focused when it comes time for the festival performance. This year all three bands did very well on their performances. The 8th grade received an II division rating, along with the Freshman Band. Both groups did a nice job. The Symphony Band, however, received a I division rating with a praise of excellence. This year marked the 29th year in a row that the band has received a I division rating at the district level. Since the Symphony Band received a I division rating they where eligible for the state festival level.

“The performance was phenomenal! The students rose to the occasion and left no doubt in the judge's minds as to the level of excellence that we have achieved at FHS,” said Band Director Wil-liam Shephard. Concluding a vote by the band, they decided to turn down the opportunity to go to the state level. This was due to having two many scheduling conflicts with the dates. So this is how the band festival operates. It takes some devotion and hard work by every band member to ensure that they are prepare for there performance. The Symphony band had a fantastic performance. All groups played very well.

Preparation gives way to spectacular performance 

Katelyn Roth ‘08 This year, the National Honor Society Students raised a grand total of $925 to help fight muscular dystrophy. The windows in the high school office are covered with the clovers of those you participated in the fundraiser and made a donation to the cause. Ruth Kolbe, NHS advisor, would like to thank the NHS students for participating and said that she is proud of the effort they put forth for this cause.

Muscular Dystrophy

“Students you don’t realizes it

but you have one of the best

band directors in the state of

Michigan.”

“Best band in two days. My sug-

gestion for improvement is to do

as your teacher says.”

“Our performance on Satur-day was awesome; we did the best we have ever done. I don’t think we could have played any better. After our second song I heard, I heard loud cheer and that felt great going into our third song with that! I am very happy with the way we did,” said Senior Lena Rankin.

“It’s really just an amazing feeling when everything just clicks and goes perfectly. It’s such a good ex-perience to be a part of a group that can all come together and do something as wonderful as straight ones,” said Senior Nicki King.

“I thought that we played exceptionally well and I hope that the group votes to continue to states. Most people said that we were the best all weekend. A few people also told me that it was the best high school performance they had ever heard band and orchestra wise,” said Sen-ior Caroline Rozek.

“Our performance went amazing. This is a great way for our band to show off their talent. This is probably the best we have ever played! Go Low Brass!” said Senior Michelle Mandelstam.

March 23, 2007

B1 Sports Editor:

Katelyn Roth ‘08

Kimmy Kuester ‘08 The Varsity volleyball team ended their Regional tournament in tears. After a long season and some hard fought games, the girls could not pull out a win against the Mason County Central Spartans. The ladies won their District against Corunna in the final match which moved them onto Regionals at Howard City. “We played really well at Districts against Corunna, they were a good team so we took advantage of everything we could but we just couldn’t keep up that pace for Regionals,” co-captain Jill Peterson said. Even though the Falcons lost in three games against MCC, they were all pretty close. Losing 18-25, 22-25 and 21-25, the ladies put up a hard fight but just could not get ahead of the Spartans no matter how hard they tried. “It was a really unfortunate loss, I don’t think we really brought our best game and it turned into the end of our season. Mason County played well and the team that played better won,” co-caption Ellen Schulz said. Even though the ladies ended their season on a sore note, they had a very strong season ending with a record of 55-13-7, only four wins away from setting the school record. The ladies did set a different school record though, most consecutive wins with twenty-three straight wins in the middle of their season. “We had a successful season that didn’t end up the way we wanted it to but that doesn’t take away from the fun and achievements we had all season long,” Chelsea said. Although the ladies did end their season earlier than what they had wanted, their coach, Judd Terwilliger, earned District and Regional Coach of the Year. He did this by guiding his team to a District championship, the TVC Championship, Divisional champs, a final record of 55-13-7, four first place tournaments and two second place tournaments. “It was a big honor to receive this award, but the girls are why I am here and if it weren’t for them, I would have never gotten this far,” coach Terwilliger said. Terwilliger has been coaching for almost thirty years, led his team to eleven out of the past twelve District Championships and three Regional Championships. Terwilliger was not the only member of the team to receive recog-nition. Seven girls from the team were named to the All-Conference team. These girls included Ellen, Jill, Chelsea Satkowiak, Stephanie Edlinger, Kimmy Kuester, Brooke Buckley and Shannon Grzesiak. Jill, Ellen and Brooke were also named to the All-Regional team. The lady Falcons’ season was full of success and accomplish-ments. They overcame a lot since the beginning of the season, they had to learn to mesh and read each other on and off the court. The girls played in eight regular season tournaments and placed no worse than third at only two of them. “Our season was a lot of fun and I’m really glad I got to play with all these girls. It was something I’ll never forget,” Shannon said.

Volleyball Team Ends Season and Coach Earns

Honors

Taylor Schriber ‘08 It is starting to get warm out again and the snow is melting. That can only mean one thing; it’s baseball and softball time. Both sports started on March 16th and have been practicing inside for two weeks. Baseball started right after school with head coach Scott Kostrzewa leading the way, and assistant coach Matt Conrad watching their every move. “I thought tryouts went pretty well. I was able to see what everyone’s strengths and weaknesses are and what areas really need work on. The difficult part for any coach is making cuts. It’s never a personal thing, we are just trying to put together the best team we can,” said Kostrzewa. Whenever a team starts there are always im-provements that are needed and the baseball team has many. “I think there are two main ingredients to a successful team…talent and team chemistry. I feel we have enough talented players to be

successful. But, we have a lot of work to do on our chemistry,” said Kostrzewa. Many players agree with Kostrzewa. “I feel we have a pretty good team this year, we just need to improve on our getting along and we need to get outside,” said junior catcher, Derek Esler. As you already know, the school has moved into a new conference this year and the teams have become tougher. We added Ovid Elsie, Alma, Shepherd, and Chesaning and got rid of Carrolton, Merrill, St. Charles, and Michigan Lu-theran Seminary. “I think it is very difficult to predict what our final record will be or where we finish in the Tri-Valley Conference. I think we can and will be very successful, it’s just going to take a lot of work and dedication on everyone’s part,” Kostrzewa replied. The Tri-Valley Conference is going to be very chal-

lenging. There will be no easy games this year. Softball started after the baseball team and Coach Dan Behmlander is hoping to have a successful season like they always have in the

past. “A lot of talented girls have been trying out for softball. Overall I have been very pleased with the work ethic, and athletic ability demonstrated by the girls. It will be a very difficult deci-sion when it comes time to sepa-rate into Varsity and Junior Var-sity,” said Coach Behmlander. “When it comes to improve-ments, I don’t think the girls displayed the proper mental atti-tude all the time. Practicing is

training the mind as well as the body. All the girls need to be committed to making them-selves better players all the time,” said Behmlander. The team has lost a lot of key players every year. There are new players as always and it

can be tough to gel as a team. “I have been really impressed by some of the younger athletes. I know the returning players will be able to do their part and I have the confidence the younger players will be able to fill-in when called upon,” said Coach. Every team is affected by the new confer-ence and the softball team is no exception. “I always think we can win the TVC cham-pionship. The new teams will make it more competitive. There will not be anymore “easy” wins like the past few years. The new cham-pion this year may have three or four losses. Nobody’s going to be able to skate through,” said Behmlander. “I thought tryouts went superb but I’m not as confident as last year because it is going to be harder,” said junior Jo Briggs. It is going to be a good season for both sports and hopefully we can bring home some championships.

Lindsay Rousseau ‘08 Gymnasts work all season for the state meet that takes place at the end of the season. A cou-ple of weekends ago two of the gymnasts from the Freeland team traveled to Troy Athens high school to compete against the best of the best in the state of Michigan. The day began with division I athlete Jessica Nieman compet-ing. Jessica had one of her best meets of the year and she ended up placing in two events. She brought home a sixth place metal on floor and a seventh place trophy on beam. Even though she did not bring home a state championship this year that was no big deal because she has four sitting at home from previous years. “Jessi did amazing and it was really nice seeing her at one of her last meets,” said freshman Mor-gan Rousseau. Jessica will be competing for her last time for the national meet. Na

tionals is only for seniors to attend and is held all of the country, but this year it will be in Florida. Until then Jessi will be practicing in the gym to

improve on her skills to be the best that she can be for the last meet of her gymnastics career. The day ended with junior Chelsea Umlauf competing. Chelsea began her day with an amazing first vault and then followed with an ankle injury on her second one. Everyone thought it was just a jammed ankle, but after coming back into compete bars she knew that it was not just broke. Chel-sea had the heart and desire to keep competing, but had to finish the meet a little short. She decided to compete beam and her ankle gave out. There was no way for her to move and com-pete floor. “It was so sad to see that happen to Chelsea because she worked all sea-son for that and she deserved a chance to compete against the best,” said freshman Mariah Elliot. Even though the season ended and the team will be missing one person, Jessica, the team hopes to work hard all season and come back strong next year. Hopefully next year everything will work out for the best and the team makes it states.

Gymnasts’ season has fallen

Baseball and Softball Tryouts

Brooke Buckley ‘08 Wrestling wrapped up their season with a team record of (27-10), the also placed 2nd in the con-ference to Swan Valley. Highlighted wrestlers include Kyle Henderson and Nathan Neuenfeldt, who both made it to the 2007 Wrestling States. Although Henderson did not place at states he finished up his freshman season with a (48, 12) record. “We did really great, we worked hard every day and that is all the really matters,” said Freshman Kyle Henderson. “That is the first time I have ever had a fresh-man win a match at states, it is pretty hard to do,” said Coach Mike Ritt.

Henderson’s goals for next year included mak-ing it to states as a team and individual. Neuenfeldt had an awesome season, breaking school records and placing 3rd at States. Neuenfeldt’s season ended with a (57, 3) record. He broke school records for most seasons wins with 56 and most career wins with 166! “I thought the season went pretty good. I wasn’t planning on going to college for wrestling, but now, who knows what’s out there,” stated Neuenfeldt. Congratulation to Nate, Kyle and the rest of the team on their success this season, and good luck to all of you next year.

Wrestling Wraps Up Neuenfeldt and Henderson stand out at States

Senior Nathan Neuenfeldt finishes 3rd in the state Freshman Kyle Henderson comes up just short of all-State honors.

Travis Galbraith ‘07 Track season is just getting started and this season looks like it could be a good one. They hope to have a good season this year because they are really good in certain areas. The team looks to be really solid from the 400m and up and they also have very good hurdlers. The team hopes to have good performances from both the sprinters and field events so they can help the other runners and win some meets. “I think our team will be really good this year. We have three all-state runners coming back and we still have the best coaches around,” said senior Jordan Galbraith about this year’s team. The team returned a large amount of runners and hope that a few new

freshmen can really contribute to the team this year. The team began prac-tice a few weeks ago and they have a good sized team that should allow them to win some key events. “I can not wait to run this year. We should have a great 3200 relay and hope-fully we can break the school record again this year,” said senior John Petrice-vic. The team has returned a bunch of key runners from last year and hope-fully many of the runners will con-tinue to get better this year. The team returned two key huddlers, a few sprinters, and a variety of distance runners that hopefully will score some

big points. “I am really excited to race this year because I had a great Cross Country season and I hope that I can end my

career with a great sea-son,” said senior Chris Windy. The team traveled to SVSU to race in their first race

this year. It is an invitational and only a select few of the runners will be attending this race. They also will be traveling to CMU next Wednesday to race in the last indoor meet this sea-son.

Track gets ready for a new season

“I think our team will be really good this year. We have three all-state runners coming back and we still have the best coaches around,”

~senior Jordan Galbraith

Photo By: Lindsay Rousseau Jessica Nieman performs her beam routine

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S p o r t s Taylor Schriber ‘08 It is March Madness time for college hoops fans. This month is full of upsets, Cinder-ella teams, and people filling brackets out. I filled out my bracket and had North Caro-lina winning the whole thing. It is not a team I normally root for, but it is who I think will help me win the competition of brackets. All the games started either last Thursday or Friday and there have been many upsets and disappointments. To start the upsets was Virginia Commonwealth University of the Duke Blue Devils in the first round. Another big upset in the sweet sixteen in UNLV, they are still going and should continue on to the Final Four. My take is that Ohio State will win the NCAA tournament because they just can’t lose. A couple of weeks ago on the date of March 7th, a NHL hockey player ,Chris Simon of the New York Islanders, decided to take matters into his own hands as he slashed and swung his stick at New York Rangers player, Ryan Hollweg, and hit him in the face. Hollweg had checked Simon into the boards and, although it was a clean hit, Hollweg skated away and the puck went behind him. As he turned around, Simon grabbed his stick and slashed Hollweg right across the face and broke open his lip. "After watching the tape the morning after Thursday's game, I was disgusted. I do not remember much about Thursday's incident. When I saw the tape on Friday morning, it explained a lot to me when I saw the look on my face after being hit into the boards. I was completely out of it. When I met with the media about 30 minutes later, I still was not feeling well,” said Simon in a press conference. Later on after the game Simon met with medical staff and he was told that he had suffered a concussion. My take is that he should be suspended indefinitely from the sport. He is still waiting on the NHL board of commissioners to make a decision but I don’t think he should come back. In the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns are blazing hot in the West. Last week Phoenix (50-14), played against Dallas (52-11), and it was quite a shootout. With nine seconds left, Steve Nash came down and shot a three. It did not fall but his teammate got him the ball and he fired up another shot. This one fell, and they went into overtime. Phoenix was up 120-117 when a Dallas player came down and shot a three sending them into a double overtime. The Suns prevailed as they won 129-127. My take on these two teams is that they are the best teams in the West and in the whole NBA. If one doesn’t go on to win the Western Conference, the other will and they will win the NBA title. Keep and eye out for some more upsets in the NCAA tournament and have a wonder-ful week.

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Brooke Buckley ‘08 After freshman point guard Joe Ruhlman hit a three point shot with under a minute to go in overtime, the crowd thought the Falcon’s would be walking away with the victory. Senior guard, Billy Glowacki, brought up the ball with 45 seconds on the clock, only to force a lay up through the middle and get shut down by 6’5” Pinconning point guard Willie Pickvet. Pinconning had a wide open breakaway as Pickvet threw the ball down the court to open post Randy Howard, with Ben Williams trailing behind him, in hopes to catch up. Howard drove in for the lay-up and as the ball fell through the hoop, Williams smacked the glass. Being warned previously in the game for hitting the backboard, Williams received a technical foul with the consequence of two free throws that would be shot by Brandon Delgando. Delgando stepped up under pressure and made both free throws, putting the Falcon’s down by one, with only a few seconds left in the game. Pinconning received possession of the ball, due to the tech-nical foul, and in bounded it to Pickvet, who was then fouled by the Falcon’s and sent to the free throw line. Pickvet made the first and missed the second, putting the Spartans up 54 to 52. The Falcon’s pushed the ball up the court, racing the clock, giving the ball to senior post D.C Sampson. Sampson was unable to put up a good shot, so he passed the ball out to J. Ruhlman. J. Ruhlman put up a good shot that was just a little long. The buzzer sounded and the Falcon’s lost 52 to 54 in overtime. D.C Sampson led the team not only through the game, but also the season. He finished his high school career with 988 points, only 12 away from 1,000. He was a four year varsity basketball member, and led the team in rebounds all four years. Billy Glowacki also finished up his varsity basketball season. He was a three year varsity basketball member. Ben Williams and Jordan and Travis Galibraith wrapped up their senior basketball season as well. All three boys were a part of the varsity team for the past two years. Congratulations to the boys, for having a good season. Freeland basketball will not be the same without you all next year.

Varsity Basketball Upset Athlete of the Issue

Taylor Schriber ‘08 Athlete: Jessica Nieman Sports currently playing: Gymnastics and Softball Personal season goal: To finish my senior year stronger than my junior year. Sports idol: I never had one really, but in 3rd grade, I thought Dennis Rodman from the Bulls, was fascinating. Highlight of season: My teammates; I love them so much. We have become so close, we’re like family. Why does she stand out? She has been a 4-time all-state qualifier. In 2005 she was vault, beam, and All-Around cham-pion and in 2006 she was floor champion. After school plans: Attend college at Western Michigan University, maybe join the military and go to Egypt so I can ride the camels.

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March 23, 2007

B3 Features Editor:

Kimmy Kuester ’08

Jessi Jankoska ‘08 Some people might say that going to the tanner gives you skin cancer and in some cases they might be right. Ultraviolet rays are always a little bit dangerous; some are more dangerous than others. There are two types of UV rays, UVA and UVB. The sun emits mainly UVB rays; where as Tanning booths emit mainly UVA rays. UVB rays lead to sunburns and UVA rays tend to lead to long-term skin damage. When using the tanner there can be less of a chance of getting sunburned, but overexposure of UVA rays are linked to malignant melanoma. “Even though I don’t go to the tanner religiously, I still go for special occasions,” said junior Jordan Sprague. UV ray exposure is never completely safe. It can cause damage to the immune system but, exposure to some sunlight is actually healthy. The sunlight prompts the body to produce vitamin D, but the amount of sunlight needed for this to take place is very small. Some tanning booths are also prescribed as therapy to treat certain types of skin diseases. “I don’t go to the tanner and I don’t really ever plan on it. If I feel the need to be tan I can go outside and do something productive,” said junior Cambray Sampson. While visiting the tanner, in order to protect yourself, it is very important to wear eye protection. Another one of the most critical consequences of the tanner is dam-aging the eye. UV rays can lead to cataracts, damaged retinas, macula degenera-tion, and long term use can even lead to blindness if protective eye wear is not worn. “The Look,” the bronze, glowing skin many tan to get is actually not healthy. When your skin is getting darker it is because the melanin is damaged from the rays. “I go to the tanner to get color, I don’t worry too much about cancer and stuff because I don’t go all the time,” said freshman Ashley Beyer.

Rays of Sunshine… Fake sunshine

A week off, at home… Now what to do?

Fit into that Bathing Suit Travis Galbraith ‘07 Now everyone knows that spring break is right around the corner and everyone wants to look their best in their swimsuit. I really do not care about how I look, but a lot of people want their swimsuit to just fit perfect. Now I really do not know much about losing weight of getting cloths to fit, but just bear with me throughout this one. 1. The best way I can explain how to get that suit to fit is to get a suit that fits. This may sound funny, but if you really want a suit to fit then get one that fits right. This may involve getting a suit that is a size bigger or smaller, but it will be the easiest way to get it done. 2. If you really do not want to spend the money to buy a new suit then try to lose or gain a little bit of weight. This may involve a quick and easy diet or maybe you are a lucky person and need to eat a little extra here and there to put on a few pounds. Do what ever you feel is necessary. 3. If you are one of those people that think they have a little extra baby fat around the belly, then try to do crunches or sit-ups. These are great, easy ways to tighten up the abs and burn away that extra layer a crossed the belly. 4. Maybe you look fine, but fine is just not

good enough for you. Then just do a few cardio workouts a week and this will get you in shape and you will slowly sweat away a little bit of weight. This may involve you to run a few miles a day or any other type of exercise that will raise your heart rate. 5. This is a very simple way to fit into your suit. Just do not plan to do any activities that would involve you wearing a swimsuit. This is very easy and it involve a small amount of work. The last way is the way that I use every year. I really do not care if I look great, because I just want to have a little bit of fun over spring break so it really is not worth all the stress. I just want to enjoy my spring break and hang out with my friends. Your friends probably already know what you look like in that little suit, so who really cares. Those are the only ways that I can think of to fit into that suit. I would prefer the first and last step, because they are really easy and those are the ones that I always use. Spring break is suppose to be fun and relaxing so do not get all stressed out, because you do not think you look good in a suit. Just have some fun and enjoy it.

Shannon Burkey ‘08 If you get stuck in Freeland on Spring Break there are still many things to do with friends that are still fun. Even though it might not be as warm as Florida, where some peo-ple might be going, it can still be just as fun. Since it has finally stopped snowing and warmed up, you could always go and play out-side and inside as well, the family fun center Kokomos is always an entertaining place. It may be close to home but there are many things that you can do there. You can play a variety of arcade games including lazer tag and try out the new dance floor. Outside they have a bunch of activi-ties from go-karts to batting cages and the batting cages. “It’s the fun and exciting arcade games that make me want to go there, and hanging out and have a good time with my friends,” Angie Terrian said. A trip to the mall is always a good time when you are hanging out with your friends. Everyone could always go for some new clothes or a sweet new CD that you have been wanting. The mall might be something to go to eve-ryday but if you are stuck at home during spring break you might as well do some shopping. “I love going to the mall and going shopping, espe-cially with my friends,” Danielle Castillo said. Taking a trip to a community pool can also be some-thing to do. With friends swimming together and going down slides it turns into a good time. It may not be the beach but you can still have fun splashing around in the pool along friends. Going in the hot tub is really sweet to do also when you get done swimming around for a long time. “I just went to the pool and it was a lot of fun and it would be sweet to go there during Spreak Break because you can still be swimming and with your friends,” Junior Nate Noack said. A lot of kids like to go to good food places and chow down on a good meal. McDonalds is a packed place for people to go and hang while they get a chance to eat tasty foods. No better way to go then hanging out eating delicious foods.

Way Back When Travis Galbraith ‘07

School will be out near the end of May Man, I can not wait until that day

On this day, caps will fly As students jump to touch the sky

Everyone will go their separate ways But never forget their childhood days The memories, they will never forget

With all their little friends they had met We will never forget our first crush

Every time we would see them, we would blush They won us over for a while

Just long enough to make us smile All those nights that we spent out

Trying to find what love was about Able to drive but nothing to do Wasting gas and money too Fun, parties, work and study

All the times spent with a buddy Fall, winter, spring, but not summer

School everyday, what a bummer Now, thrown out into the world will little time to play

Going to work day after day Always remember going to school

When we all used to think we were cool

Must see movies… Wild Hogs—Pg13 Amazing Grace—Pg Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girl-Pg13

March 23, 2007

B4 Entertainment Editor:

Kimmy Kuester ’08

Shannon Burkey ‘08 Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore both do an out-standing job in their roles in this romantic comedy, Mu-sic and Lyrics. In this romantic comedy Hugh Grant plays a washed up 80’s pop star named Alex Fletcher. Now he is only known as a has-been and has now been downgraded from the millions of people cheering for him at concerts to singing at carnivals and amuse-ment parks. His manager introduces him to a new option including the new “it” girl Cora Corman. She proposes to have him write a song about love and if she picks his song out of other 80’s pop stars that can choose to do this, he will record a duet with her. Alex has not written a song in over ten years and even back then he did not even write the songs. When he finds out that he has to come up with this hit song in days he starts to think that he can’t do it. When Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) walks in to Alex Fletchers apartment to water his plants as someone usually does, he finds that she has a gift for writing lyr-ics. As he tries again and again to get her to help she keeps saying that she is not a lyricist and doesn’t know what she’s doing. After he gets Sophie to say yes that she will help him, Alex and she spend almost three days together working on this song. They are up all night and Sophie has her own way of writing music. She intended on moving the furniture around so it would help her write better. Also taking a walk helped her to think about the lyrics. While out on this walk, she has hidden

behind a wall and in front of it has a book written by Sloan Cates. Alex starts thinking that she is crazy and has no idea what she is doing. It turns out that she is on the rebound from a bad relationship with a now famous novelist, Sloan Coates. He had written a book about her

telling all the bad details about her. When Sophie brings Alex to her sister’s house, her sister is so in love that she draws all her attention to him. She hap-pens to be one of Alex’s big-gest fans. And as Sophie and Alex spend more time together they start to get closer and closer until one night they get hot and heavy under the piano. After that they get back to being serious and start work-ing on their music again, they come into a problem. The song

that they gave to Cora Corman has been demolished after she puts her own twist in it. She thinks that dancing in a very expressing way is something that she needs to do and for them to add on another verse to this song. Sophie wants to tell her what she thinks and that the song was fine the way it was, but Alex won’t let her. He thinks that if that’s what is hot than let her do it. As things start to go downhill with the way they wrote the song, their relationship starts to go downhill as well. Sophie and Alex have two different per-spectives on the song and to see if they end up together you’ll have to go and see it in theatres.

Music and Lyrics… Something to Listen for

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Drew Barrymore and H ugh Grant play their roles in the new Blockbuster hit, Music and Lyrics.

Michael Periard ‘07 On February 16, Disney and Walden Media released a new movie based on the novel by Katherine Paterson. It is a movie about imagination and friendship called Bridge to Terabithia. The story begins with an elementary school kid named Jesse Aarons (played by Josh Hutcherson) who live in a family with financial issues. Jesse is the type of boy who likes to draw but always feels that he has to hide it. Due to his family’s financial problems, Jesse has to wear hand me down shoes to race at his school. Being in the school’s race was how he met the new girl at his school that beat all of the boys in a boy’s race. Her name is Leslie Burke (played by Anna Sophia Robb) who loves fan-tasy stories. At this first meet, considering Jesse’s loss to Leslie in the race made him feel sour and did not want anything to do with her. Leslie was persistent in getting to know Jesse. The next day she saw him she kindly offered gum to him. Sooner, Jesse and Leslie start to see each other more often and eventually become best friends. After sharing their interests, Jesse and Leslie explore the woods near their homes where they find a rope to swing and they also discover a tree house that stood on the other side of the swing. Jesse and Leslie combined their ideas to create their own kingdom of Tera-bithia in the woods. Terabithia is the two best friends own magical world filled with their own creatures including trolls, evil eagles, squogres (cross between a squirrel and Scott Hoager), dragon fly like Terabithian warriors, the Dark Master, and all other types of Terabithians. The squogres and eagles were creations made to over two of the bullies named Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher. The troll was a creation made to fig-ure out the weak spot of the female bully Janice Avery who soon turns out to be good rather than evil. The Dark master is an evil lord whom has held the Terabitians as prisoners until Jesse and Leslie finally arrived. Jesse and Lelsie rule Terabithia as the king and queen as each day they enter the kingdom and fight these evil crea-tures of the Dark Master. When you finally see Jesse overcome his fear of Scott Hoager you see a magic gauntlet appear on his arm which is perfect for battling the squogres. In Terabithia, both Jesse and Leslie have speed even more powerful than in the real world. Jesse and Leslie can even jump high which makes it perfect for climbing the trees of Terabithia. Jesse gave Leslie a dog she named Prince Terrain the troll hunting dog which also managed to find a troll’s weak spot. Later on in the movie, you will see that the both the troll and Janice aren’t evil but they have both had issues with family that all they were missing were friends. A story like this may remind you of your childhood if you have ever spent it explore certain landscapes and turning them into a magical kingdom of your own. Can Leslie and Jesse defeat the Dark Master and his monsters and save Terabithia? See the movie to find out the answer to that and when you do keep in mind what Leslie once said, “keep your mind wide open”. With that kept in mind, you could find yourself on a more thrilling adventure than you may have ever been on. You would also rule your creation as your own king or queen and decide its destiny.

Bridge to Terabithia

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Steve Rau ‘08 “This is the Zodiac speaking.” Only five words, but enough to bring terror to a city like San Francisco. Almost 25 years after the last Zodiac letter, it is now scar-ing people around the nation. It’s also impressing a lot of people, including me. The movie follows Robert Graysmith’s book, Zodiac, which told of all that was happen-ing when the Zodiac Killer was striking. The movie starts out showing one of Zodiac’s victims. It then proceeds to the San Francisco Chronicle, where Robert Graysmith (played by Jake Gyllenhaal), a car-toonist, and Paul Avery (Robert Downey, Jr.), a reporter, receive the first Zodiac letter with a cipher. After more letters and more victims are found, Inspector Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) is brought in. The rest of the movie shows how everyone’s lives become ruined by Zodiac. If only this movie had come out sooner, I see at least 2 people that deserve an Oscar for this. Jake Gyllenhaal did very well capturing Robert Graysmith’s ascend-ing obsession with the Zodiac Killer and writing his book. Even if you have no idea who Zodiac is or anything about this, it is still a must-see film. My only problem with this movie: it’s over 2 hours 45 minutes long. But like the movies over the past couple years that were 3 hours long, this was worth sitting for. “This is the Zodiac speaking.” And we’re listening.

Zodiac, your “horror”scope

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Leslie Eschenbacher “Frustrated Musician and Guitar”

Sean Watkins “Emo Angel” Jamie Sims “Vos es Sol Solis, Luna, Astrum”

Erik Dubay “White River”

Ashley Kansdorf “Michelle Wie” Jacki McFarland “Clubbing” Darci Haenlein “Wonder Girl” Ryan Goodwin

Lisa Sampson Amanda Hodder

Russell Dunwood “Untitled”

March 23, 2007

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Dominique Debenham ‘07

“Brittany’s bathing suit malfunction at Anderson Water Park in 6th grade,” -Sarah Wegner

Whose Silly Smiles ? 

Senior’s Best and Favorite Memories “Allison choking on a pickle,” - anonymous

“Staying up 72 hours straight with Adam during Junior Powder Puff,” - Chris Ott “One night when we were going to the car wash and Renee was acting loopy, so Andy Mi-otto started hitting on her. That was the funniest thing I have ever seen.” -Travis Galbraith e fun times at Look Out Park sledding,” said Melanie Olson

“Toilet papering John,” - Jessalyn Gross “All of the fun times in Merrill and Breckinridge with Michelle,” - Ashley Stephen

“Practicing as a pirate for Peter Pan was the best thing I have done all through high school,” - Mike Periard

“Stephanie’s Sweet 16 party at Renee’s cabin,” - Jessica Jurek

“Hannah Robinson playing an evil villain in the Power Ranger movie,” - Audrey Clunie

“When we came home from the Spirit game and Dom got us lost, so it took an extra hour to get home,” -Stephanie Payk.

“In 5th grade in Mr. Letts class the overhead screen fell on Brittany’s head,” - Laure Coman.

“Winning State Finals in Battle Creek in 2005,” -Kari Delaney

“One time when Nathan Bridgman “slipped” at a party,” - Nathan Neuenfeldt

“When Doston puked all over Taco Bell,” -Joe Karbowski

“When Audrey broke a McDonald’s tray over Crummer’s head,” - Keeley Abbott.

“Off roading Up North with Buzz’s hot babes,” -Scott Stimpson & Kyle Dubay

Where will you be in 10 years?

Top left-right: Richard Miller, Kari Delaney, Kelly Kucher Bottom left-right– Melanie Olson, Sara Kitsch, Laure Coman

“I will be living in Flor-ida with a job and a life,” said Donna MacGregor

“I will probably move out west or the mother land (Canada) because of the economy, and I will pursue my career of becoming a Pro Ski Patroller,” said Caro-line Rozek

“I am going to be sitting on the couch, letting my wife make all of the money,” said Chris Windy. “I will be rich, with a

Ferrari married to a hot babe,” said Travis Galbraith.

“I’ll be living out of state in my own house,” said D.C. Sampson

“I am going to have a college degree with hopfully a hus-band,” said Kari Delaney.

“I will be living in a really big house far way from here, with a nice car and a fam-ily,” said Spike Enright.

“I will be liv-ing on a ranch with lots of horses and cats,” said Sarah Wegner