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April 13, 2007 - Volume 35, Issue 12
Powerlifting State Champions
By Daniel Weilert, jr.
News Editor
With a successful season already underway, the Humboldt High
weight lifting team traveled to Wakeeney in order to compete at the State
2A weight lifting competition.
The men’s team took home first place, winning the State 2A Championship.
Eight men’s division competitors placed in their weight classes, with
three of them earning the title State Champion.
Photo by Kim Isbell
Winning Group.
Members of the weightlifting team who sit with
their State plaque are
(first row, from left) Eric Maxon, so,. Drake Tilman, jr., Nick Miller, fr.,
Scott Sollars, so., Michelle Sollars, jr., Micah Poovey, so., and Garron Gean,
fr.,
(second row) Channing Stirewalt, so., Elijah Friederich, fr., Cameron Chambers,
fr.,
Janelle Herder, sr., Devin Onnen, so., Katie Manbeck, jr., Kelci Owens, so.,
and Shelley Herder, so., (third row) Jason Feeback, coach, Andy Hill, so.,
Sam Norris, jr., Josh Honas, sr., Jacob Manbeck, fr., Nate Bartlett, so.,
and Travis Burk, coach.
In the 114-pound weight class, Elijah Friederich, fr., placed
first, becoming State Champion of his division. Cameron Chambers, fr., meanwhile,
placed fourth in the division.
Taking second place in the 123-pound division was Nick Miller, fr., and finishing
first in the 132-pound weight class was Scott Sollars, so.
“Even though I won I wasn’t satisfied with the overall weight
I lifted,” said Sollars. “I could have lifted more in all three
events.”
Another Humboldt competitor who was a State Champion was Sam Norris, jr.,
who finished first overall in his weight class.
Other weight lifters in the men’s division were Josh Honas, sr., who
placed third in the 198-pound class and Devin Onnen, so., who finished fourth
overall in the heavyweight division.
Although only a few female competitors participated in the State weightlifting competition, high expectations were met and most of the girls were able to walk away with high places.
Photo Courtesy of Janelle Herder
Heavy Lifting.
Junior Sam Norris completes his hang clean
lift at the State meet.
Norris placed first in the event and was the overall State champion in his
weight class.
Kelci Owens, so., beat her competition in the 105-weight class
walking away with a first place finish and as State Champion of her division.
“I was glad to have placed first with it being my first State weight
meet,” said Owens. “We worked hard in class, and it paid off.”
Placing third place in the 140-pound division was Katie Manbeck, jr.
“I was very proud of our boys and girls,” said Travis Burk, coach.
“They competed at a high level and all the extra work that they have
put in did pay off.”
New Teachers Hired
By Katie Hauser, Sr.
Editor-in-Cheif
Several students were recognized at the beginning of the April
9 Board of Education meeting. Anna Setter and Hunter Murrow, fifth graders,
each showed a PowerPoint presentation about a president. The Board recognized
the power lifting team for being 2A State champions. Katie Hauser, sr., was
congratulated on being a National Merit Finalist and for achieving a 35 on
her ACT. Last year’s yearbook class was recognized for being in the
Jostens Look Book, something only 475 out of thousands of Jostens yearbooks
do.
Three teachers were hired for next year. Prism Glynn will be the computer
applications teacher; David Taylor the elementary school physical education
teacher; and Kori Wells the elementary school music teacher. Terry Meadows,
the current elementary school music teacher, was approved to move over to
the middle school and high school music position.
Construction is ongoing. According to Roger Field from Prosser/Wilbert, the
project is still on track to be complete April 30. As construction is winding
down, Ed Carlson from Hollis & Miller will be creating a final punch list
of what projects need to be corrected and what still needs to be completed.
Bleachers are currently being installed and should be completed next week,
as well as lockers in the locker rooms. The elevator is installed. Restrooms
are mostly completed, as are the sidewalks around the field house. Two hold
ups are waiting for the sanitary sewer to be hooked up to the city line, and
for the finish on the gym floor to be done satisfactorily.
Field also said the floor of room 303 in the high school sounds “a lot
better. Actually, there is no sound.” Most of the other renovations
in the room are also complete.
The connecting link between the middle school and high school is also scheduled
to be complete by the end of April.
The Board tentatively scheduled a formal dedication for the field house for
May 6 at 2:00 p.m. They will also have an open house that day from 2:00 p.m.
until 4:00 p.m.
K.B. Criss, middle school and high school principal, said that he had secured
$12,000 for cardio equipment. His final plan for the equipment will cost $24,000.
He has more ideas of where to find funding.
Criss and Kay Bolt, elementary school principal, said that they would be releasing
preliminary results from the state assessments on May 1. Both also gave honor
roll statistics from the third nine weeks. Anywhere from 59 percent to 67
percent of elementary school students were on the honor roll for their class,
and anywhere from 78 to 84 percent in the middle and high schools.
Criss reminded the Board that graduation will be May 12 at 5:00 p.m
Construction crews are making progress on the bond issue projects. The gym floor has been painted. Currently, crews have covered the gym floor with the parts necessary to complete the bleachers. The concession area has been painted and is more spacious than what has been available at basketball games. Rolls of the track surface have been delivered but are not installed yet. The surface is black with orange flakes. The link between the middle school and high school has been enclosed and doors installed.. Both the field house and the connecting link are scheduled to be done at the end of April. A formal dedication of the community field house is scheduled for May 6 at 2:00 p.m. Community members will also be able to tour other bond issue projects that day from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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