October 10, 2008 - Vol. 37. Issue 3
Community joins together
to celebrate faith through continuing tradition
By Crystal Crays, sr.
Advertising Editor
Biblesta is exactly what it sounds like, a Christian-oriented
fiesta. It is held on the first Saturday of every October. Last Saturday
was its 51st anniversary. People from all over attend this event and enjoy
the festivities. Members of the community and other communities come together
for food, fun and music.
“Biblesta seems to grow more popular every year. We had a great turnout this
year and hopefully next year will be just as good,” Alexis Hosack,
jr., said.
During Biblesta, there are many booths and tables to buy things from. Some
are fundraisers for schools, like the lemonade stand, which was ran by the
senior class in order to raise money for their senior trip. The lemonade
stand was only one of the school-oriented stands that were there Saturday.
Photo by Megan Dillow
Junior Chris Coronado marches with the band
during the Biblesta
parade. Coronado has been playing the trumpet since 6th grade.
FFA and FCCLA helped out with a petting
zoo during the festivities. Both clubs helped to keep the animals fed, watered,
and under control.
FCCLA also helped with the D.A.R.E program by taking children’s fingerprints.
Parents were allowed to keep the information to use in the event that their
child ever goes missing.
There were many choices of food and drinks. Some of the booths were church
funded, while some were school funded and others were funded by businesses
or families.
Photo by Megan Dillow
Junior Baylie Morris poses as an angel on her
church's
float. Their float's theme was "Angels are among us."
In the afternoon there was a bean feed
hosted by the Humboldt Lions Club.
The Lions Club also had a funnel cake stand. The LEOs club volunteered to
help them with the booth. The lines never seemed to get any shorter at
this booth.
Another attraction at Biblesta was the rock wall. People stood in line
to be harnessed up and take their chance in climbing the wall.
“I worked at the rock wall for the National Guard,” Chris Kolb, sr.,
said. “It was a popular event because there were a lot of kids
there, and it was new to Biblesta.”
The high school and middle school bands combined together to march in the
parade that started at 1:30 p.m. They were led by sophomores Jamie Myers
and Lauren Habiger holding the Humboldt High School band flag.
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Photo by Lauren Habiger Freshman Bailey Goodman and Taylyn Wells purchase food from a stand at Biblesta. |
Photo by Megan Dillow Sophomore cheerleaders Lauren Habiger and Jamie Myers carry the banner for the band. |
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Photo by Kasey Mitchell Junior Brett Heslop climbs the rock wall while seniors Nate Bartlett and Chris Kolb supervise. |
Photo by Lauren Habiger Seniors Randi Barnett and Rachel Green work the lemonade stand for the senior class. |
New season, high expectations for scholars
By Bret Hauser
Reporter
Scholar’s Bowl had their first meeting on Oct. 2. Hailey
Schoendaller, returning for her fourth year as coach, is looking forward
to this season.
“I expect hard work and consistency,” Schoendaller said. “I am
hoping that a few of them will step up to the task of filling leadership
roles. I am hoping for the best, but I will not add to the pressure of following
two years of State Bound Scholar’s Bowl teams.”
Returning members to the team are Todd Hauser, sr., Malachi Melton, sr.,
Bret Hauser, jr., Mary Hauser, jr., Alexis Hosack, jr., Valerie Weilert,
so., Riley Herder, so., and Callum Taylor, so. New members to the team this
year are Glendolyn Neely, jr., Matt Green, so., Miranda Myer, fr., and Jeremy
Setter, fr.
“I like Scholar’s Bowl because I get to make new friends from other
schools and have a good time,” Taylor said.
This year the team has eight varsity meets including Regionals, and the junior
varsity team has three meets.
Humboldt is hosting the League meet again this year. Last year both the junior
varsity and varsity teams took first place at League.
“This group of kids is very unique and entertaining!” Schoendaller said. “I’m
hoping that some of the younger players will really work hard to become members
of the varsity team.”
Students of the Issue
Kristin Castle, sr.
By Callie Umholtz
Sports Editor
Kristin Castle is just an average senior who keeps busy with
school and work.
Some of her hobbies include hanging out with friends and taking pictures
of every unforgettable moment.
Castle likes to take pictures with her digital camera that is always with
her. She has also been involved in photography for the past three years at
Humboldt High School.
“It gives me the chance to get away from the stress at school and work,” Castle
said.
Besides going to school, Castle also works at Shape n’ Bake in Chanute.
She likes to work because she makes money and also gets to see her friends
from Chanute.
With the money Castle makes she likes to go shopping. Some of her favorite
places to shop are Hollister, Forever 21, Charming Brillante and Wal-Mart.
Castle wants to go to college to further her education after graduating high
school. Her future plans include going to NCCC for one year and then transferring
to major in culinary arts and psychology.
Castle is going into culinary arts because she enjoys creating something
healthy but delicious.
Through her psychology career she hopes to provide help to the people that
cannot find a solution to their problems themselves.
Billy Schomaker, sr.
By Randi Barnett
News Editor
William Frank Schomaker III, Billy, is currently a senior
at Humboldt High School.
Schomaker’s hobbies include riding his Harley around the Iola, Humboldt,
and Chanute areas. He also rides his dirt bike around the pasture at his
house.
On his seventh birthday Schomaker received his first dirt bike and has been
riding ever since. He has ridden his street bike since the age of 14. Riding
is his favorite past time, even through the bad times like last year when
he got in a motorcycle accident.
“I felt really good one day, so I jumped on my dirt bike,” Schomaker
said. “On the first jump I over-jumped it by about 20 feet. The bike
kicked me off weird. I did a half of a front flip, and the bike plowed me
into the ground.”
Schomaker tore his ACL, MCL, meniscus (cartilage), and stretched his PCL
in his knee. He also broke a rib in the accident.
During the school year Schomaker plays baseball. He plays second base and
a little bit of shortstop.
“I like to play baseball because a lot of my friends play, and I just enjoy
it,” Schomaker said. “I love being able to stop a speeding grounder
when it seems impossible. Turning double plays is also a great feeling.”
After high school, Schomaker plans to attend Fort Scott Community College
for their Harley Davidson program. He hopes to some day open a shop like
Honda of Chanute.
English I classes write books, present to kindergartners
By Scott Sollars
Reporter
Every year the freshmen at Humboldt High School make children’s
stories to read to kindergartners at the elementary school.
The freshmen once again made their way to the elementary school on Oct. 3,
to read to the kindergartners. They have spent the past two weeks writing
and illustrating stories that they wrote themselves.
Photo by Megan Dillow
Freshman Stormy Burke reads the book she wrote
with her group to a kindergarten
class. All 3 English I classes wrote children's books and presented them on
Oct. 3.
“
The freshmen were placed in groups of two and three, so there was a total
of eleven books written; one from each group,” Hailey Schoendaller,
English teacher, said.
The books were written about different topics, which were decided on by the
groups individually.
“
I thought that the books we read to the children were beneficial because
they were a lot about manners, songs, and how to help people,” Taylyn
Wells, fr., said.
Band plays in Kincaid parade
By Valerie Weilert, so.
Opinion Editor
Humboldt High School students involved in the marching band
participated in the Kincaid Fair on Sept. 27. This was the 100th anniversary
of the Kincaid Free Fair. The band marched six blocks for 15 minutes while
playing the song, “Patriotic Spectacular.”
“
The kids did a fantastic job of marching and playing,” Terry Meadows,
band instructor, said.
Photo courtesy of Terry Meadows
The marching band plays in the Kincaid Fair
Parade.
Students had free time after marching
in the parade. They took part in activities and enjoyed the carnival that was
going on.
“
I believe we did very well at the fair because we have improved a lot,” Jeremy
Setter, fr., said. “Our band has come a long way since band camp.
Even though we may not have many high school members, we sounded very good.”
Club Briefs
Photo by Kasey Mitchell
Emily Durand, fr., helps a young girl do her
fingerprints for her parents to keep.
LEOs Club planning events to help community
By Randi Barnett, sr.
News Editor
The LEOs club met on Oct. 1 to discuss various topics for
the upcoming weeks.
Vice President Randi Barnett, sr., presented the idea of a canned food drive
to the members.
The food drive is sponsored by LEOs, but every student is encouraged to donate
to help the local food pantry.
“
I am very excited about all of the upcoming events,” Callie Umholtz,
sr., said. “We are doing a lot to help the community this year, and
hopefully the years to come will do the same.”
Some LEOs members helped work the funnel cake stand at Biblesta in association
with the Lions Club.
Also during the meeting the members were told that they would be going to
the football field on Monday during seminar to pick up trash.
Members of FFA travel to Erie, compete in
contest
By Valerie Weilert, so.
Opinion Editor
Local FFA members went to Erie on Oct. 1 to participate and
compete in an entomology, nursery landscape, and land judging contests.
Students placed fourth out of 14 schools in nursery landscape.
Jacob Manbeck, jr., placed as the ninth highest individual, while Shelley
Herder, sr., was 11th. Todd Hauser, sr., was also on the team.
“
We had a couple of new items,” Herder said. “But as a team we
did well.”
In entomology, Herder placed 13th. Connor Stirewalt, so., was on the land
judging team.
Students ate hamburgers for lunch, provided by the Erie FFA Alumni Association.
“
There was limited participation, but those who went did very well, and I
was extremely proud of them,” Matt Kerr, FFA adviser, said
Outside these walls
Information compiled by Randi Barnett, sr.
News Editor
Local
Elementary school fundraiser
All of the elementary school students
are participating in a food fundraiser from Oct. 10 through Oct. 23.
The students are selling food items such as frozen cookie dough, frozen
pizza, and pumpkin rolls.
Money raised by the kids will go toward Christmas activities, such as going
to the movies and school t-shirts.
Field trips such as going to the Bowlus are sponsored by the money the
students raise from this fundraiser.
Computers and laptops for the school will be purchased with money from
the fundraiser.
The kids will be given various prizes according to the amount of items
they sell.
State/National
32 salmonella cases reported
Thirty-two cases of salmonella have been
reported in 12 states.
These cases were supposedly caused by people not following directions while
cooking frozen chicken items, such as chicken cordon bleu, chicken Kiev,
or chicken breasts stuffed with cheese, vegetables or other items.
The USDA said that some of the people that got salmonella did not follow
cooking instructions correctly. They microwaved the chicken products, although
the package did not instruct to do so. Putting the products in the microwave
did not heat the chicken enough to kill the salmonella bacteria.
USDA officials said chicken products should be cooked to a minimum internal
temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
World
Search for Kony continues
The prosecutor of the International Criminal
Court has requested new efforts to arrest Joseph Kony.
Kony, a notorious Ugandan rebel leader, is said to be responsible for a wave
of attacks hitting the Hague, Netherlands, recently.
Arrest warrants for Kony and other leaders of his group were issued by the
world’s first permanent war crimes court. The warrants were issued
for crimes of murder, rape, enslavement and using children as soldiers.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that Kony and his followers murdered civilians, including
local chiefs and kidnapped children from schools on Sept. 17.
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