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Febuary 24, 2006 - Volume 34, Issue 10

Humanitarian causes at the front of
Student Council civic efforts
By Melanie Weilert, sr.
Editor-in-Chief

As a part of their civic duty, the Student Council has once again decided to participate in the Pennies for Patients program, which raises funds for people who have been diagnosed with blood diseases.

“ Pennies for Patients is a great way to help the families of those who have been stricken with tragedy and may not be able to pay for their medical bills otherwise,” said Chelsy Wright, jr., StuCo president.

A Pennies for Patients collection tube has been placed in each of the English classrooms for the freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior classes. Sophomore collections may be taken to Kim Isbell’s classroom, while junior collections belong in Gracie Newman’s classroom. However, both freshman and senior collections should be taken to Hailey Schoendaller’s classroom, but will still be counted separately.



Photo by Melanie Weilert
One penny, two penny...
Patiently counting out all of the change that the sophomore class had collected for Pennies for Patients is Melissa Splechter, so.

As an incentive, the English class that raises the most amount of money will be rewarded with a pizza party. However, unlike years in the past, the rules have been changed. By placing paper bills into a rival class’s collection tube, points can be taken away from money point totals.

Coins, however, retain their value; as pennies count for one point, nickels for five, and so on. The catch is that if a paper bill is placed into the collection tube, this counts for negative points.

For example, if the junior class were to place a one-dollar bill into the freshmen class’s collection tube, this would count for negative 100 points off the freshman class’s overall point total.

The competition will end on February 28 at approximately 3:00 p.m. At this time, someone will go around to all of the English classrooms to gather the collection tubes and count up the class totals. Once a winner has been determined, a pizza party will be held accordingly.

In addition to their charitable fundraising efforts, StuCo traveled to Pittsburg today in order to volunteer their time and effort for another humanitarian cause, the Special Olympics.

“ We are actually going there to help out with a really good cause,” said Wright. “We are planning on helping out with any activities that are available to the participants and handing out ribbons to those who win. Whatever they need us to do, we are hopefully going to be able to help out with.”

Raffle winners announced
By Daniel Weilert, so.
Ad Designer

Over 50 prizes from nearly 30 area businesses were raffled off on February 20 by the senior class. Bringing in $3,000 as a fundraiser, the senior class sold tickets for $1 to raise money for their trip to Dallas, Texas.

Winners from the raffle were: Paula Kovacic, Feathered Nest gift basket; Ken Miller, B&W hitch; Steve Homewood, B&W shirt; Jeanie Whiting, Fire Escape shirt; Barb Angelton, Fire Escape shirt; Sharon Rice, Fire Escape shirt; Deb Wall, Fire Escape $10 certificate; Teri Shaughnessy, KINZ sweater; Randy Stanley, KINZ sweater; Russ Hazel, Grid Iron hat; Deyana Coy, Grid Iron backpack; Darell Peters, Bracelets-Are-Us purse; Randy Tindle, Tioga Territory towels; Dan Weilert, Iola Greenhouse wax elephant; Ken Julich, FFA barbecue sauce; Jeanie Whiting, Jone’s Jewelry clock; Anna Cole, Movie Gallery movie; Kay Crogham, Movie Gallery movie; Kay Trim, Hair Junction hair products; Loren Korte, Hair Junction hair products; Tara Lucke, Smart Style hair products; Frank Coronado, Country Mart toy car; Carol North, Russel Stover’s chocolates; Carol Cation, Russel Stover’s chocolates; Sonja Classen, Town & Country $25 certificate; Mike Fitzmaurice, Service Office Supply $25 certificate; Lori Wood, Big Ed’s Steakhouse steak dinners; Joe Evans, Top Hat Cleaners $25 certificate; Kevin Bockover, Yesterday’s Treasures $20 certificate; Brad Piley, Bridge Street Station $10 certificate; Cindy Folk, Rainbow’s End $25 certificate; Kay Trim, Gretchen’s Family Photography $50 certificate; Joe Evans, Gretchen’s $50 certificate; Josh Gillespie, H&H Grill $10 certificate; Ray Vanderford, Hair Razing Ideas lotion and pedicure; Brand Vink, Lavery Jeweler’s $50 certificate; Joe Baughn, Hopkin’s Photography sitting fee; Jennifer Vanleeuwen, Sterling Six movie passes; Mark Valentine, Sterling Six movie passes; Jeff Stringer, Total Image Studio $100 certificate; Steve Homewood, Al’s Jewelry gold earrings; Zach Cole, Hi-Tek Designs shirt; Cathy Norris, Ubetcha $20 certificate; Doug Leonard, Monarch gift set; Vici Corban, Monarch gift set; Jennifer Wofford, Monarch gift set; Anna Mae Works, Cutting Edge Graphics sweater; Maxine Menish, Cutting Edge Graphics shirt; Cathy Norris, Humboldt High blanket; and Gabe Guiterrez, Chicken Annie’s $10 certificate.

“ A lot of time and effort went into making this raffle a success,” said Melanie Weilert, sr. “We are very grateful for the support that we have received from the community, as well as area businesses. This has been something that I have personally spent overwhelming amounts of my time organizing and it makes me very proud to see what has all been accomplished.”

Journalism students enter Regional contest
at Pittsburg State University
By Jesse Lundine, sr.
District Editor

Journalism students traveled to Pittsburg State University to compete in the Regional contest on February 23.

Students who competed in their respective categories from 9:30 to 11 a.m. were: Jenell Baker, so., and Jesse Lundine, sr., Cutline Writing; Melanie Weilert, sr., and Hilary Bartlett, jr., Editing; Phillip Vernon, so., and Melany Megenity, so., News Writing; Jordan Young, sr., and Haley Terflinger, sr., Newspaper Sports Writing.

Those who competed from 11:10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. were: Young and Baker, Yearbook Sports Writing; Katie Hauser, jr., and Vernon, Editorial Writing; Haley Huffman, so., and Blair Umholtz, sr., Editorial Cartoon; Melanie Weilert and Terflinger, Feature Writing; Michele Rickner, jr., and Sarah Works, so., Yearbook Copy Writing.

Carry-in competitors were: Umholtz and Angie Whitaker, jr., Advertising; Daniel Weilert, so., and Whitney Piley, sr., Headline Writing; Erica Greve, sr., and Bartlett, Infographics; Shawna Dawson, sr., and Deedra Barnett, so., Layout/Double Page Spread; Hauser and Huffman, Newspaper Design; Works and Chelsy Wright, jr., Feature Photography; Katie Manbeck, so., and Lundine, Sports Photography; Barnett and Terra Woods, so.; Theme Development/Graphics. Results will be printed in the next issue of Cub Tracks.

Records shattered by weightlifting
team at Williamsburg
By Melanie Weilert
and Derrick Onnen, srs.
Editor-in-Chief and Reporter

Traveling to Williamsburg on February 18, Humboldt weightlifting competitors won yet another meet.

Those who participated in the meet were; T.J. Montgomery, fr., Casey Womelsdorf, jr., Trey Zartman, jr., Joab Barr, so., Garrett Fitzmaurice, sr., Robbie Ball, sr., Sam Norris, so., Anthony Sweeney, sr., Mitch Dewey, sr., Derek Wrestler, sr., Shawna Dawson, sr., Kristin North, sr., Katie Manbeck, so., Cara Tilman, sr., Jessica Lowe, sr., Janelle Herder, jr., Scott Sollars, fr., Bryce Smith, eighth, Nate Bartlett, fr., Andy Hill, fr., Micah Poovey, fr., Jacob Manbeck, eighth, and Devon Onnen, fr.

During the Williamsburg competition, Humboldt broke four meet records.

Fitzmaurice broke a meet record in hang clean with a weight of 255 pounds in the 148 pound weight class
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“ I felt very good about placing first at Williamsburg, but I was really excited about breaking the record in hang clean. We had all kinds of people placing first and second in every division and weight class,” said Fitzmaurice.

Norris also broke a record, this time in the hang clean of 270 pounds in the 160 pound weight class.

“ I felt really good because I have worked hard in the weightroom to get to this point,” said Norris. “I was just powered going into the meet and, I got pumped up and told myself that I was going to get it and I did.”

Dewey broke the meet record in squat at 425 pounds for the 205 pound weight class.

“ I was real excited and happy because I was originally going for the record, but I did not know what place I was going to end up with,” said Dewey.

“ What helped me was not sleeping and drinking a Power Ade. Also, my confidence of getting my last rep and my best friend Anthony [Sweeney] standing there saying things that made me mad, but also pumped me up,” said Dewey.

North broke the girls’ 123 pound weight class record in clean with a lift of 155 pounds.

“ I think that I did fairly well considering there were some very small girls lifting macho man amounts of weight,” said North. “I broke a record and I got to go home with the known fact of that.”

Humboldt took five first place finishes in the meet. Those five winners were Womelsdorf, Onnen, Lowe, Fitzmaurice, and Smith.

Overall winners for the mens’ division were: Montgomery with second place in the 114 pound weight class, Zartman with fifth place in the 140 pound weight class, Barr with sixth place in the 140 pound weight class, Ball with second in the 148 pound weight class, Norris with second place in the 160 pound weight class, Sweeney with third place in the 198 pound weight class, Dewey with fifth place in the 205 pound weight class, and Wrestler with fourth place in the heavyweight class.

Overall winners for the womens’ division were: Dawson with third place in the 105 pound weight division, North with third place in the 123 pound weight division, Katie Manbeck with fifth in the 132 pound weight division, Tilman with second in the 140 weight division, and Herder with second in the 160 pound weight division.

Overall winners for the juniors’ division were: Sollars with third place in the 132 pound weight class, Bartlett with third place in the 140 pound weight class, Hill with sixth place in the 165 pound weight class, Poovey with fourth place in the 178 pound weight class, and Jacob Manbeck with second place in the 181 pound weight class.

Both the womens’ and juniors’ division took second in their overall categories.

Individually, Womelsdorf took first place in squat with 305 pounds, while Fitzmaurice accomplished first place in squat with 360 pounds and first place in bench with 220 pounds. Tieing with another competitor for first place in squat with 360 pounds was Ball, who also took second in hang clean with 250 pounds.

Norris placed third in squat with 325 pounds and Sweeney took first in hang clean with 255 pounds, in addition to second place in squat with 390 pounds. Wrestler placed first in hang clean with 295 pounds, as well as third in squat with 490 pounds.

Smith took first place in all categories that he participated in with 165 pounds in squat, 85 pounds in bench, and 115 pounds in hang clean. Sollars placed first in hang clean with 185 pounds, while Bartlett took first place in squat with 235 pounds.

Placing first in hang clean with 215 pounds was Poovey. Jacob Manbeck took first in bench with 185 pounds. Onnen also took first place in all of his events with 220 pounds in hang clean, 230 pounds in bench, and 330 pounds in squat.

Bringing in second place for hang clean with 95 pounds was Dawson. Tilman took second place in both squat with 215 pounds and hang clean with 145 pounds. Lowe took first in bench with 130 pounds and second in squat with 195 pounds.

“ My individual performance was alright, but I definitely had room for improvement,” said Lowe. “Overall, I think that we did awesome.Although there was a lot of competition, we still held our own.”

In squat, Herder placed second with 265 pounds and third in hang clean with 155 pounds.

“ I felt that most of our student athletes did improve in all of their lifts,” said Travis Burk, weightlifting coach. “I felt that they came together as a team and cheered each other on. I am very excited about State.”

Humboldt weightlifters will be traveling to the Marion, Kansas weightlifting meet on April 1 to compete at State level.

“ I was very proud of our student athletes,” said Burk. “Hard work pays off.”

 

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