February 1, 2008 - Vol. 36 Issue 9
Students honored for state testing
By Bethany Wolverton, sr.
Feature Editor
During halftime of the boy’s basketball game last Friday,
over 50 students were honored for scoring exemplary on the 2007 math and reading
Kansas State Assessments taken last year.
The Board of Education, school administration and faculty lined up to congratulate
the students awarded.
Each student received a plaque and a medal for his or her accomplishment.
Photo
By Tiffany Zimmerman, so.
Congratulations!
Freshman Chelsie Angleton shakes hands with Robert Heigele,
superintendent, after being recognized for receiving an
exemplary score on last year's state assessments.
“I am proud that my fellow students and I achieved this award,”
said Rusty Olson, jr.
Standard of Excellence awards were also presented for each school. They will
be displayed in the high school.
Students Honored
Outside these walls
Local
Middle school quiz bowl debuts
Middle school students now have the opportunity to compete in quiz bowl, an
activity similar to high school scholar’s bowl.
The team currently has 21 members from grades 7-8 and is coached by Ruby Crawford.
The first competition will be held in Eureka on Feb. 21. Additional meets
will be held in Humboldt, Neodesha, and Cherryvale.
Students will be quizzed in subjects such as social studies, science, math,
language arts, fine arts, sports, general, and year-end review.
State/National
Giulani, Edwards withdraw from presidential race
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has officially withdrawn from the presidential
race and is endorsing Sen. John McCain.
McCain came out on top with 36 percent of the Republican votes in the Florida
primary, followed by Mitt Romney with 31 percent. Giuliani came in a distant
third place with 15 percent.
Democratic Sen. John Edwards has also withdrawn from the race. The Florida
primary votes favored Sen. Hilary Clinton, who had 50 percent of the votes,
and Barrack Obama, who had 33 percent.
World
Indian Black Market strikes
A mastermind who has been identified as Amit Kumar is being hunted by Indian
law enforcers for trafficking human organs, as of Tuesday.
The situation has been characterized as an attempt to harvest kidneys from
poor citizens of India and sell them to wealthy patients.
The “kidney-snatching ring” that Kumar belongs to is said to have
carried out 500 operations on unfortunate lower-class citizens; stealing their
kidneys for Black Market purposes.
Information compiled by Alexis Hosack, so., from cnn.com
News briefs
Forensics team begins season
By Alexis Hosack, so.
News Editor
The forensics team kicked off their season last Saturday by
attending a meet in Neodesha. Returning sophomore Bret Hauser and newcomer
Glendolyn Neely, so., attended the meet with high hopes.
Although neither of the competitors “broke” into the final round,
both gained experience through the first forensics competition of the year.
“The competition is tough,” said Neely. “My goal is to qualify
for State in at least one event. I will need to practice a lot to qualify
for State.”
Neely competed in the events of oral interpretation of prose and informative
speech.
Hauser also competed in oral interpretation prose but will also compete in
duet acting, improvised duet acting, and informative speech throughout the
rest of the season.
“Forensics gives me a chance to express myself and have fun,”
said Hauser. “My goal for the season is to break finals and go to state
and do well in the State competition.”
The forensics team’s next meet will be held tomorrow in Eureka.
“My goals are to see kids improve their presentations from the beginning
of the season to the end,” said Gracie Newman, sponsor. “When
their presentations improve, their self-esteem improves as well. My ultimate
goal is to see the look of accomplishment on their faces.”
NHS uses sweet tooth for profit
By Alexis Hosack, so.
News Editor
The National Honor Society is once again appealing to the sweet
tooth to raise money by selling suckers. NHS plans to gather funds to pay
for the medallions given to seniors at graduation. Any money left over will
go toward a possible trip to an undecided location.
“NHS needed a fundraiser that was easy to manage and provided a decent
return,” said sponsor Robert Myers. “Since we already have organizations
that sell magazines, cookie dough...etc. Suckers seemed like a logical choice.”
The suckers are sold in Myers’ classroom and at all home basketball
games. The cost for one sucker is 50 cents, and suckers for Valentine’s
Day are also on sale. They may be sent to someone special for the same price
as a regular sucker.
“We benefit from the suckers because a lot of people seem to like them,”
said Tessa Coronado, sr. “We will get a lot of money for our trip.”
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