B A R K VOLUME 25 ISSUE 1-2015-2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 STANBERRY R-II HIGH SCHOOL

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By Erin Foehring

Staff Reporter

This year we have quite a few new stu-dents and teachers! Mrs. Britney Baker is our new Junior High English teacher. She is origi-nally from Appleton City, Missouri. Before com-ing to Stanberry she taught in the El Dorado Springs School District and also Lakeland School District. Her goal this year is to continue pushing the students to excel academically and maintain the high level of performance that is expected here at Stanberry. Next is Mrs. Sarah White. She is the new Family and Consumer Sciences instructor. She is originally from Salis-bury, Missouri, though she has lived in Maryville for almost twenty years. This happens to be her first year as a classroom teacher. She has been a special education paraprofessional the last five years. Mrs. White's goals for this year are to help prepare students with skills for life. She also hopes that she can get to know more about the Stanberry community and what it means to be a Bulldog.

Miss Alissa Wiederholt is joining the staff as the 7-9 science teacher. A native of Maryville, Miss Wiederholt graduated from NWMSU; this will be her first year teaching. She will also coach junior high cheerleading. Lastly for 7-12 is Miss Kirsten Applegate, She is the junior high math teacher and also high school cheerleading coach. Miss Applegate’s home town is Harlan, Iowa. She student taught at Savannah Middle School last fall. She has been the cheerleading coach at South Noda-way for the past three years. Her goal this

By Seth Trimble

Staff Reporter

Kalie Peterson, a sophomore at Stanber-

ry High School, participated in STAR Events

(Students Taking Action with Recognition) at

FCCLA’s 2015 National Leadership Confer-

ence and earned a gold medal in Life Event

Planning. Her medal was presented at a

recognition session honoring all participants

on Thursday, July 9, 2015. More than 7,700

members, advisors, alumni, and guests from

across the nation attended this meeting. Ap-

proximately 4,100 students advanced from the

local, regional, and state level of STAR Events

to the national meeting.

Kalie planned a family vacation and pre-

sented her finalized plan utilizing graphic aids

as part of her STAR event presentation. She

included a detailed budget, needs vs. wants,

and items which were an important part of

their family time together.

FCCLA is a dynamic and effective nation-

al student organization that helps young men

and women become leaders and address

important personal, family, work, and societal

issues through Family and Consumer Scienc-

es education. FCCLA has nearly 155,000

members and more than 5,300 chapters from

50 state associations, Puerto Rico, and the

Virgin Islands. The organization has involved

more than ten million youth since its founding

Peterson Earns Gold at

National FCCLA; Chapter

Kicks off Year

in 1945.

The Stanberry FCCLA chapter had their

first BBQ membership meeting at the city park

on August 17 . The FCCLA officers as are fol-

lows: President Kelsey Wiederholt, Vice-

President Paige Kelley, Secretary Blythe

Mattson, Reporter Alexis Simmerman, Historian

Nikole Kidder, Asst. Historian Valerie Pickering,

Treasurer Kalie Peterson, Parliamentarian Kel-

tan Munns, Recreation Darin Ellis,

Asst.Recreation Skylar Shanks and Devotion

Charity Buntin. The upcoming activities will be

raking the leaves in the fall time and then scoop-

ing snow off the sidewalks in the winter for other

people.

Advisor Mrs. Sara White commented, “My

goals for FCCLA this year are to continue com-

munity involvement and engaging our members

in activities that promote character development.

My experience with FCCLA dates back (a long

time) to when the organization was actually

called FHA (Future Homemakers of America). I

was actually one of the voting delegates at the

MO state meeting to change the name. I partici-

pated in STAR events all 4 years in high school,

going to state 3 of those years (missing nation-

als by just a point one of those years). I also

held several offices in my high school chapter,

serving as president my senior year. I look for-

ward to getting reacquainted with FCCLA this

year.”

Devotional Leader Charity Buntin completes her part of the FCCLA meeting.

Kalie Peterson with her National

STAR Events Project. By Keltan

Munns

Staff Reporter

As the school

year starts and we

get back into the

swing of things, the

Stanberry High

School Choir looks

to continue its tradi-

tion of excellence.

The group started off

the year right when

seniors Paige Kel-

ley (4th year) and

Sarah Jennings

(3rd year), sophomores Brendan (2nd year)

and Grant Osborn (1st year), and freshman

Grady Mattson (1st year) auditioned for All-

District Choir September 19th at Northwest

Missouri State University. Impressively, every

Stanberry vocalist who tried out was selected

to be a part of the elite event, which will take

place on October 24th at Platte County High

School. At this time, All-District members will

have the opportunity to audition for the pres-

tigious All-State choir. The director for the

day is Mr. Steve Perry. The concert is at 7:00

p.m and is open to the public.

Senior Paige Kelley declared ,“It is a

great honor to be selected to the All -District

school year is to inspire the students and make learning very enjoyable! Our new ele-mentary teachers is Mrs. Rachael Luke, who will be the special education instructor. She is from Conception Junction. She graduated from Jefferson and has been teaching at Northeast Nodaway. Her goals are to get to know her students and make a difference in their lives. Last is Miss Shelbi Schieber. She is also from Conception Junction. She graduated from NWMSU. She taught two years at North Andrew prior to teaching here.

Now for the new students! In Stanberry elementary: Novaleah Osborn(Kindergarten), Zaylie Osborn(Kindergarten), and Blake Mer-cer(Kindergarten). In the high school: John Telan(9th), Irina Ziergiebel(9th), Taylor Yan-dell(10th), Maria Moreno(10th), and Vanessa Wimes(11th).Irina Ziergiebel and Maria More-no are our two foreign exchange students this year. Maria Moreno is from Spain. Irina Ziergiebel is from Germany. Irena stated,”I am very excited to be at Stanberry. So far it has been fun. I am excited to learn more about the community and also the culture. I am also excited to be apart of the school spirit. In Ger-many we don’t have very many sports in school. We also don’t have very much school spirit events.” Vanessa Wilmes, another new student, stated, “I really like it here so far this year.” Taylor Yandel declared, “ I love how everyone is so friendly; recently moving from a big city (Boise, Idaho) everyone is really stuck up and nobody cares about anyone. I also hope to advance as an individual and a stu-dent this year.” Lastly John Telan stated, “Stanberry is okay so far.”

Welcome to Stanberry

Choir. It is always a great experience.”

With the Veterans’ Day performance,

a 50/50 raffle, performing the national anthem

at ballgames, and the upcoming winter con-

cert, the SHS choir has plenty to work on.

Director Michele Kelley states that a little over

a third of this year's choir are new members

and that one of the first goals for the group is

to get the new members integrated into the

choir and to help the choir as a whole to be

successful. But overall the choir’s main goal

is to continue to meet their high standards

and expectations as done in years past.

SHS Vocalists Named to

All-District Choir

Front: Sarah Jennings & Paige Kelley. Back: Grady Mattson,

Grant Osborn, and Brendan Smith

STANBERRY R-II 2 OPINION

It’s Your Call

If you got the chance to meet someone famous, who would it be and

why?

By Jazmin Lee

Staff Reporter

Just a Thought...

Movie Review

Seventh grader Katlyne Pappert said, “Luke Bryan

because I like his songs and he has a great voice.”

Eighth grader Braylee Woods answered,

“Peyton Manning because I like the

Broncos.”

Freshman Grady Mattson replied, “Robert Downey,

Jr. because he went from being a drug user to a

multi-millionaire actor.”

Sophomore Mitchell Carroll decided, “Tiger Woods

because he’s the best golfer that ever lived.”

Junior Keltan Munns, “Kellin Quinn because he is the

lead singer of one of my favorite bands, and his music

has helped me through a lot.”

Senior Krista Luke said, “Carrie Underwood because

she is my role model and I like her songs.”

Business teacher Mrs. Sidney Eckard declared, “Pope

Francis because I find the new pope very interesting and his

views refreshing.”

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By John Conover

Staff Reporter

Tom Hanks is a great actor, and he is the lead in

this month’s reviewed film, perhaps one you missed

when it was released in theaters. In the romantic com-

edy 2004 The Terminal Tom Hanks stars as a Mr.

Viktor Navorski, a Krakozhian citizen who gets stuck in

an airport due to his country undergoing a coup and

not being recognized as a country anymore by the

United States. Sounds tough for the guy doesn’t it?

Viktor is stuck in JFK airport in New York, his English limited to give directions to a fancy hotel

named the Ramada Inn and “Keep the change.” Since he fell through a crack in the system,

he’s forced to just stay inside the airport since he isn’t allowed to enter the United States of

America and his home country has disallowed all air traffic into and out of its land. Viktor ends

up living for nine months in this airport, and the movie discloses his many adventures. Adven-

tures include gathering luggage carts for quarters, falling in love with a flight attendant, helping

a man win the hand of a fair woman in exchange for airline food, and helping a man get medi-

cine for his goat. Throughout this entire movie, it holds a theme of direct honesty and loyalty.

Viktor works hard with what he has, and he sticks to his guns of having to wait before he is

allowed into the city. Would I suggest this movie? Yes, it’s quite funny; for example, the janitor

of the airport watches people ignore his wet floor signs and laughs at their misfortune of falling

upon their posteriors. The Terminal is rated PG-13 and is available on DVD and on ama-

zon.com.

Last Year: Looking Back

and Looking Forward

By John Conover

Staff Reporter

The thought of this being my last year of high school at Stanberry is electrifying. It’s

the beginning of the end. I can’t speak for my fellow classmates, but just being called a

senior and the talk of graduation causes me to be nostalgic. I remember being in the ele-

mentary building every morning singing “The Star Spangled Banner,” and I remember

laughing and enjoying recess at the old playground, with woodchips cushioning our falls off

the tire swing and being told not to kick any more bouncy balls onto the top of the old build-

ing. I remember in sixth grade pulling a prank on a fellow classmate which landed me a

serious talk with Mr. Heddinger. When this school year ends, we seniors will be adults,

each going their separate ways as adults--some to college, some to the workforce, and

some to follow their dreams. Whether for good or bad, the sense of graduation seems

distant but disturbingly close. Take a moment of reflection and see what all you have ac-

complished in your life. It’s very grounding.

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Club News

By Kathy Donaldson

Staff Reporter

FCA The members are as follows: Philip

Angle, Kaden Bremer, Mitchell Carroll,

Braelyn Cowan, Abi Davis, Kathy Don-

aldson, Elle Ellis, Rylee Ellis, Allie Gage,

Aiden Gregory, Tyler Hunter, Taylin

Hunter, Dustin Jensen, Allison Kidder,

Krista Luke, Sydney Mattson, Taylor

McQueen, Riley McQueen, Elijah Mur-

phy, Sam Oldham, Zach Oldham, Grant

Osborn, Lily Osborn, Katlyne Pappert,

Ashley Peterson, Kalie Peterson, Valerie

Pickering, Colin Sager, Madi Sager,

Evan Saxton, Skylar Shanks, Brendan

Smith, Marissa Smithson, Hailey Stoll,

Seth Trimble, Dakota Wagner, Colton

Williams, Will Wood, and Braylee Woods.

For FCA they have a couple of events

planned such as on September 4th they

hosted a bonfire and devotion which over

40 students attended. The are planning a

bonfire, hayride, and fishing on October

25th at Phil Jensen’s farm. They have

also talked about going to Zona Rosa in

Kansas City. Wednesday the 23rd many

kids from every grade gathered around

the flagpole and prayed for a good

school year as part of the nationwide See

You at the Pole. Following that they gath-

ered in Mr.Fisher's room for cinnamon

rolls. Also on November 7th where they

plan to tailgate before the big game.

NHS Members are as follows: Cole Craig,

Madesen Gage, Tyler Hunter, Sarah

Jennings, Paige Kelley, Cory Luke, Gar-

rett Mattson, Shelby McMillen, Trent

McQueen, Alex McQuinn, Marissa Smith-

son, Bryttani Sparks, Lainey Stuart,

Brooke Summa,Kelsey Wiederholt, and

Savana Wiederholt. The National Honor

Society had their meeting in August ffter

lunch. There they elected their officers

out of their 16 members. Co-Presidents

are Shelby McMillen and Lainey Stuart.

Vice President Is Trent McQueen. Secre-

tary is Savana Wiederholt, and Treasurer

is Alex McQuinn. NHS handed out candy

bars on Monday of homecoming week to

all 7-12 students. Cory Luke and Garrett

Mattson drove the float in the parade.

They also plan to do service projects in

the future.

Student Council Student council had their first meet-

ing was September 1st. There they voted

on the homecoming theme and named it

“Games/Video Games.” They also talked

to the businesses downtown about deco-

rating for homecoming. Their members

are Kaden Bremer, Charity Buntin, Rylee

Ellis, Cameron Gage, Iris Hartley, Megan

Jensen, Marissa Jensen, Paige Kelley,

Hallie Law, Sydney Mattson, Trent

McQueen, Taylor McQueen, Peyton

Messner, Sam Oldham, Kalie Peterson,

Anna Phipps, Collin Sager, Lexi Simmer-

man, Tristin Stoll, Geena Stoll, Hailey

Stoll, and Madison Summa.

by Blythe Mattson

Staff Reporter Early this school year the FFA held a

member meeting to discuss activities they

want to continue to do and new activities they

want to try. The meeting was in Mr. Walker's

room, and forty-five members were present to

discuss the issues. One issue they discussed

was dues. This year the dues are $20 and

include a t shirt. Another item discussed was

BBQ items. The FFA had the BBQ on Friday

August 28th before the first football home

FFA Starts Busy Year at Hundley-Whaley

game. The last discussion was if they want to

attend the Hundley Whaley Field Day on

September 17th.

The Pork BBQ was a success! They

served approximately 340 people and raised

somewhere between $1400-$1500. The mon-

ey will be used for various activities through-

out the school year. Mr. Walker said “FFA

would like to thank the patrons, community,

and everyone that donated to this event.”

Members attended the Hundley-Whaley

Field Day September 17th. At this event they

listened to guest speakers talk about ongoing

research and related agricultural topics. The

students went on separate tours around the

farm with short information stops along they

way.

Senior members this year are able to

earn a State Ag Degree. Senior member Pey-

ton Messner said, “It is a lot of hard work and

dedication to earn an Ag Degree. I do not

know which degree I want to receive just yet.”

FFA members attended the Hundley Whaley Field Day September 17th.

By Keltan Munns Staff Reporter

For her fourth year Mrs.Tricia Hensley

will be directing the Stanberry band and color

guard. The band and color guard will be com-

peting in the Southwest Iowa Band Competi-

tion on October 3rd, and Missouri Days

Marching on October 17; the band also partic-

ipated in a parade in King City on September

12.

Led by sophomore drum major Brendan

Smith, there are six seventh grade students

new to the marching band process and three

students who have never played an instru-

ment before (or at least not in a LONG time).

The flutes include Marissa Jensen and Geena

Stoll; the clarinets Valerie Pickering, Aubry

Williams, Andaya Brown, Anna Phipps, Alli-

son Kidder; alto saxophone Katlyne Pappert;

tenor saxophone Bryce Jennings; trumpets

Keltan Munns, Samantha Catlett, Dustin Jen-

sen; trombone Philip Angle; baritone Charity

Buntin; sousaphone Stephen Henggeler;

drumline Colton Williams, Alexis Simmerman,

Mateo Messner, Jenna Williams. The color

guard is made up of Lainey Stuart, Megan

Jensen, Emily Davis, Autumn Wagner, Skylar

Shanks, Abi Davis, Madison Summa, and

Darin Ellis

Mrs. Hensley's main focus for this

marching band season is to work on their

musicianship and building a better sound for

the band.

Mrs. Hensley stated, that in years past,

she has worked on all elements of the march-

ing band process at a surface level. The band

has worked on a little marching and a little

music and a little drill. This year Mrs. Hensley

is wanting to pull back on the marching and

field drill and really work on the band's sound

and coming together as one. She wants the

younger/less experienced members to really

feel like they're contributing to the sound of the

band rather than just holding an instrument as a

dot in the shape. This work will then transfer

over to pep band, concert band, and solo/small

ensemble seasons, giving the band a great

sound year round!

Senior Megan Jensen says that this year she is looking forward to many different things, like how much the band improves throughout the year. Megan also can’t wait for the band compe-titions and enjoys the overall band experience.

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All responsible public agencies are re-

quired to locate, evaluate, and identify children

with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of

the agency, regardless of the severity of the

disability, including children attending private

schools, highly mobile children, such as migrant

and homeless children, and children who are

suspected of having a disability and in need of

special education even though they are ad-

vancing from grade to grade. The Stanberry R-

II School assures that it will provide a free, ap-

propriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible

children with disabilities between the ages of 3

and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include

autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders,

hearing impairment and deafness, mental retar-

dation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impair-

ment, other health impairments, specific learn-

ing disabilities, speech or language impairment,

traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/

blindness and young child with a developmen-

tal delay.

The Stanberry R-II School assures that it

will provide information and referral services

necessary to assist the State in the implemen-

tation of early intervention services for infants

and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps

program.

The Stanberry R-II School assures that

personally identifiable information collected,

used, or maintained by the agency for the pur-

poses of identification, evaluation, placement or

provision of FAPE of children with disabilities

may be inspected and/or reviewed by their

parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may

request amendment to the educational record if

the parent/guardian believes the record is inac-

curate, misleading, or violates the privacy or

other rights of their child. Parents have the right

to file complaints with the U.S. Department of

Education or the Missouri Department of Ele-

mentary and Secondary Education concerning

alleged failures by the district to meet the re-

quirements of the Family Educational Rights

and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The Stanberry R-II School has developed

a Local Compliance Plan for the implementa-

tion of State Regulations for the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan

contains the agency’s policies and procedures

regarding storage, disclosure to third parties,

retention and destruction of personally identifia-

ble information and the agency’s assurances

that services are provided in compliance with

the General Education Provision Act (GEPA).

This plan may be reviewed in the principals’

and superintendent’s office during regular

school hours.

Local school districts in the State of Mis-

souri are required to conduct an annual census

of all children with disabilities or suspected disa-

bilities from birth to age twenty-one (21) that

reside in the district. This census must be com-

piled by December 1 of each year. This infor-

mation is treated as confidential and must in-

clude: name of the child; parent/legal guardi-

an’s name/address; birth date and age of the

child; the child’s disability; and the services

provided to the child. If you have a child with a

disability or know of a child with a disability who

is not attending the public school, please con-

tact the director of special education at 660-783

-9057 or 660-783-2141.

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TICE By Jazmin Lee

Staff Reporter

The preschool class is taught by

Mrs. Janet Gard; this is her third year

teaching at Stanberry. Last year there

were thirty-two preschoolers, this year

there are thirty-one divided between the

morning and afternoon classes. The

morning class of sixteen includes Jaxon

Baker, Zoey Chambers, Steel Cubrich,

Kaleb Evans, Drake Ginther, Addison

Graham, Benton Gregory, Colten Heck-

man, Bryson Hume, Quinn Jensen,

Kylee Runde, Emily Santa Cruz, Blaine

Schieber, Paxton Schieber, Daynen

Sipes, and Liam Wilson. The afternoon

class of fifteen includes Baylee Albright,

Emilee Dunbow, Journi Farnsworth, Ne-

veah Gersitz, Brodie Gibson, Alexa

Horne, Brenden Ledford, Delilah Libby,

Kaci Porterfield, Ellison Sipes, Gage

Stephenson, Kiara Willoughby, Madison

Wilmes, Jayden Wilson, and Zhane Wil-

son.

Mrs. Gard’s main goal for the year is

“for the preschoolers to get along with

each other and to love coming to school

everyday. I want them to know how to

write their names, learn letters, numbers,

and colors. Also to respect one another,

be responsible, and learn social skills.”

“My favorite thing about preschool is

playing centers,” said Madison Wilmes.

“My favorite thing about preschool is

snack time.” said Brenden Ledford.

Preschool Enjoys Learning & Doing

Emily Santa

Cruz and

Kaleb Evans

enjoy play-

ing with

shapes dur-

ing free time

.

Benton Gregory & Addison Graham practice their

motor skills by cutting, pasting, and coloring.

The afternoon class enjoys listening to Mrs. Gard read them a story.

The Stanberry R-II School District

designates name, address, and tele-

phone listing as "directory information".

Historically the Stanberry R-II School

District does not release this information

to third parties. Under the No Child Left

Behind Act of 2001 and the National

Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal

Year 2002 schools are required to pro-

vide these directory lists upon request to

military recruiters. They are to be used

specifically for armed services recruiting

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ciated with the military.

Under law, parents may also opt

out of providing this directory infor-

mation to third parties as well as mili-

tary recruiters upon notification to the

school. While we will accommodate

our armed services we will continue to

be cautious in releasing information as

we have in the past unless law re-

quires us to do otherwise.

Lisa Craig

Principal, Stanberry High School

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The U.S. Congress has passed

education legislation entitled “No Child

Left Behind.” One of the requirements

of this legislation is parent notification if

a class is going to be taught by some-

one other than a highly qualified (fully-

certified) for four weeks or more.

This notification would apply if a

long-term substitute teacher who is not

fully certified for the assignment, even

though that person does hold a state-

issued certificate to substitute teach,

were assigned to cover a class. This

would also apply if the school district

were waiting on issuance of a teaching

certificate or renewal of a certificate

from the Department of Elementary and

Secondary Education (DESE). Techni-

cally the teacher has the credentials,

but the process of issuing the certificate

could take longer than four weeks.

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By Blythe Mattson

Staff Re-porter

The junior high softball team has a new head coach this year. They are directed by Shebli Schieber and returning assistant coach Michelle Kelley. The team con-sists of eleven girls. Coach Schieber said, “The girls set their own goals for the season. Their goals are to improve on defense and demon-strate teamwork every day.”

Seventh graders new this year are Riley McQueen, Morgan Wallace, Katlyne Pappert, and Hannah White. Returning eighth graders are Sydney Mattson, Ash-ley Peterson, Elle Ellis, Allie Gage, Bri-anna Newman, Hailey Stoll, and Hallie Law. Seventh grader Riley McQueen said that her goal is to work harder on her pitching. Eighth grader Hailey Stoll said “I want to touch home plate,” as her goal.

The team's season opener was Sep-tember 3rd at Worth County. The girls lost with the score of 3-7. The team set a game goal and that was everyone at least touched the ball while batting. They met this goal because each girl at least fouled a ball off. Mrs. Kelley said, “It (the first game) was an opportunity for the girls to work out their nerves and gain some valu-able experience that we can build upon as

JH Softball Starts the

Season Strong

ours season progresses.” For their next game they want to focus on getting balls in play.

September 8th the team traveled to Albany. The girls trounced the Warriors 21-5. Elle Ellis began the game with a hit over the left fielder's head. This game the girls all got on base first at bat, and eve-rybody at least made it home. The girls did a much better job of moving on every pitch on defense like the team has talked about.

Saturday, September 12th the team participated in the Stanberry Invitational Round Robin. The team won 2 of the 3 games they played, placing 2nd overall. The first game the girls played Northeast Nodaway and won 17-2. Then Jefferson and Stanberry played, and Stanbery won 10-6. The final game the girls played the Maysville Wolverines and lost with a score of 1-3.

Katlyne Pappert catches for Stanberry during the Albany

game September 8.

By Cameron Gage

Staff Reporter

This year's junior high football team has a total of nine players this year, including eighth graders Braylee Woods, Hunter John-son, Tanner Derks, and Kameron Wallace; and seventh graders Collin Sager, Evan Saxton, Dakota Wagner, Clayton McKune, and Dustin Jensen.

“As always we try to go undefeated, but the most important goal is improvement throughout the season. We like to focus on defense and try to keep the other team from scoring. We will work a lot on the fundamen-tals and get them ready for high school foot-ball in the future. There are not as many out this year due to the low numbers in seventh and eighth grade, but the guys are working really hard and learning a lot of new tech-niques and plays,” declared Assistant Coach Kevin Fisher.

“We are a little low in numbers this year, but I expect to have a great sea-son. The kids have been working hard so far in practice and have done a great job on

JH Football Battles with Small Numbers

picking up new things. They are a good group of kids to work with, and I look for-ward to getting things going against King City,” stated Coach Jeffrey Maronde pre-season.

When asked about goals for the sea-son, Evan Saxton said, “I want to become a better player and try to help my team as much as possible and make some great tackles.”

“Never give up during the game and work hard, get the plays down and and tackle some people,” are Tanner Derks’s objectives.

They kicked off their season at King City on September 8. They had one touch-down scored by Hunter Johnson in the third quarter. The final score was 8-28.

On September 14, the boys beat Alba-ny 36-0. Johnson made all the touchdowns; he scored one in the first, second and third quarters and two in the fourth. Good job, boys!

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By Madesen Gage

Staff Reporter The softball team members include seniors

Lainey Stuart, Madesen Gage, Erma Gibson, Bryttani Sparks, Peyton Messner; juniors Cam-eron Gage, Marissa Smithson, Madison Sum-ma; sophomores Taylor McQueen, Taylin Hunter, Rylee Ellis, Kalie Peterson, Sierra Wag-ner, Madelyn Luke, Jaden McKune; and fresh-men Peyton Gage, Lily Osborn, Kierstyn McMil-len, Charity Buntin, Allison Kidder, and Madi Sager.

Head Coach Rod Walker stated before the season began, “I expect this team to be compet-itive in every game, with potential to be one of, if not the best team to go through our system. I am looking forward to the first game; this will give us a better feel for what we need to work on and how well we are prepared compared to our opponents.”

Assistant Coach Rachael Luke declared about the approaching season, “I am very excit-ed to be a part of the Bulldog softball team! We have a great group of girls that work hard and are always willing to improve. Expectations that I hold for the team are to always put forth your best effort and work together to accomplish our goals as a team.”

As a team, the girls have come up with some team goals. Our goal is to continually get all of our bunts down in practice. Towards the end of every single practice, we all line up and have a chance to get one bunt down. If we miss, the whole team has to run a down-and-back for it. Our next goal is to win the Stanberry Tourna-ment. We have been the champions for the past few years, and we aren’t going to lose our title on our home field. Our final goal is to have a winning season. Four years ago, the record was broken for a winning season. The goal is easily attainable, and I have enough confidence that we can get there.

As a senior and a team player, I want the best for my team. We all get along great, and we are all working together to achieve the same goals. We push each other to do our best every day. No matter how hard and tiring it is, the hard work will soon pay off and show during our games.

Senior Bryttani Sparks commented on the upcoming season, “I think that we have great potential to become a state titled team. We work together and always give our best effort. If we can continue to do that, we will be very success-ful. I’m excited for what’s ahead.”

Junior Cameron Gage added, “My expec-tations for this softball season are to have valua-ble work ethics and satisfying success. Also I hope to have a strong defense and offense this season. Some goals for this season are to be-come better softball players as well as become better as a team. I am ready to start this season and have fun with my teammates!”

The softball team was supposed to head to DeKalb for the jamboree on Tuesday, August 19th. It ended up getting rained out and re-scheduled for Thursday. Thankfully, Thursday was a beautiful, perfect day to play softball. How serendipitous! Barnard didn’t have enough play-ers to compete, so they had to drop out of the jamboree. DeKalb’s JV played as their own team. We played DeKalb JV for the first game, and we were the visiting team. Only five runs are allowed per inning, and only four innings were allowed to be played. Kalie Peterson pitched the first two innings and did fantastic. Taylor McQueen pitched the last two innings and finished strong. Both pitchers struck out multiple batters. The ball was moving very well, throwing off the batters. We scored five runs each inning except for the last. DeKalb scored one run in the fourth inning, which was not earned. The final score was 15-1. The Stanberry girls hit fantastically! There were base hits after base hits. It made me happy seeing almost everyone getting a good hit. The defensive part needed some work, but we got the job done and held the Tigers to one point only.

The second game was against DeKalb varsity. Madi Sager, a freshman, caught the entire game and did a great job. Taylor McQueen pitched the first inning, and Madesen

Lady Bulldogs Step Up to the Plate

Gage pitched the remaining three. DeKalb scored right off the bat. The first batter bunt-ed. The next batter showed a fake bunt, and the girl on first stole second. It was a really close play with the throw-down. She was safe. The third batter got a base hit, and the girl on second scored easily. We got three outs but didn’t score the first inning.

The second inning DeKalb scored one, and we scored one. The hits began with Kalie Peterson’s hardball right back to the pitcher, causing her to bobble the ball. Kalie sprinted to first and was safe. Madelyn Luke was up to bat next and laid down a fantastic bunt right to the pitcher. The second baseman was sup-posed to cover first base, but she wasn’t there fast enough, causing the delayed throw. The second baseman missed a good throw, and Peterson was now at third base with Luke on first. Jaden McKune hit a slow dinker to the pitcher. Peterson made a smart choice and chose to stay at third. McKune got to first safely, and the bases were loaded now. Tay-lor McQueen hit a line drive right up the mid-dle scoring Peterson and Luke. The score was now 2-2.

In the third inning, DeKalb scored one more run. The Dawgs got three outs, and the score was 3-2. Lainey Stuart jacked one to the fence and got a stand-up double. Woohoo! DeKalb got three outs, and we were left with zero runs for that inning.

The fourth inning arrived, and Madesen Gage was up to bat. With Stanberry down by one, she needed to get on base. She hit a base hit between the third baseman and the shortstop arriving on first safely. Gage stole second and was safe again. Taylin Hunter was up to bat with zero outs. Beware of this girl. She launched one over the fence, ending the game with a walk-off two run homerun to put SHS in the lead and win the game. The inning finished the inning because they had zero outs, but it was still a walkoff! Congrats on the first two wins of the season, ladies! Keep up the hard work!

The Bulldogs traveled to North Platte for the first regular season game on August 24th. Gage was the starting pitcher of the game and pitched six innings until McQueen took over. North Platte scored two runs in the first inning. McQueen struck out swinging for her first at bat. Lainey Stuart hit a fantastic line drive to left field, arriving at second base easily. Madesen Gage popped up to first, and Taylin Hunter grounded out to short-stop. The Bulldogs went scoreless for the first inning. During the second inning, Cameron Gage struck out swinging, along with Bryttani Sparks and Marissa Smithson. The third in-ning, Jaden McKune beat out a throw to first. Kalie Peterson hit a line drive right to the short-stop and got out. McQueen hit a line drive up the middle. McKune was now on first. Stuart struck out watching, and that was the end of the inning. It took the Stanberry girls four innings to finally score. Gage got on base by beating out a throw, and then Cameron Gage hit a deep fly ball to center field, scoring Gage easily. On defense, Kalie Peterson made a huge double play. A line drive was hit hard at her. She caught it and threw the girl out on first base, and that ended the inning. The Bulldogs went scoreless for the rest of the evening. The final score was 1-5 against an always tough Panther opponent. Next up, Jefferson!

The Bulldogs hosted the Jefferson Ea-gles for their first home game on August 27th. The Eagles had hot bats the first inning and scored 5 runs. Gage was the starting pitcher. The Bulldogs’ bats were dead that night and scored zero runs. Kalie Peterson came into pitch in the 4th inning and allowed one run only. Cameron Gage hit a deep fly ball to left field but got thrown out at second base. Taylin Hunter had a great base hit in between the shortstop and third baseman, arriving to first safely. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs couldn’t score Hunter. The game ended early in the fifth-inning by mercy rule. The final score was 0-10 in Jefferson’s favor. The Bulldogs got ready to put their first two games behind them and come out strong in the Albany Tourna-

ment.

The team traveled to Albany on Saturday, August 29th. Their first game was against Princeton. Kalie Peterson was the pitcher for this game and did a fantastic job. She struck many batters out and only allowed one run to score. The Stanberry team rattled the bats every inning, making the score 12-1 in the fifth inning. The game ended early because of the mercy rule. The next game was against the Gallatin Bull-dogs. The Stanberry team played really well this game. Taylor McQueen pitched a great game, and SHS had a few good hits, but they weren’t timely hits. The final score was 1-3. The final game was against King City. The win-ner of this game would take 3rd place. Madesen Gage was the pitcher for this game and threw a great game as well. The Bulldogs took the win with a final score of 5-2. Great weekend, ladies!

The Bulldogs hosted the East Buchanan Bulldogs on the 31st of August. Gage pitched the first four innings, and then McQueen took over the last four. The Bulldogs went into one extra inning. Cameron Gage hit a walkoff double to the fence, scoring Kierstyn McMillen. The Stanberry girls took an ugly win for this one, making their fare share of errors. But a win's a win! The final score was 9-8. Next up, Polo!

The girls traveled to Polo to play the Panthers on September 1st for the first GRC game. Gage threw a fantastic game, striking out eleven batters. Pey-ton Gage got on first with an infield single. She came around to score from a sacrifice bunt and an error. At the bottom of the fifth inning, Stanberry was up 1-0. Polo scored one run, tying it 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth. M. Gage led off with a double. She delay stole to third base, and Cameron Gage laid down a sacrifice bunt, scoring M. Gage. Rylee Ellis added another run with a stolen base and a pair of errors. The score was now 3-1. Polo got another run back on a pair of errors. Gage struck out the last batter to end the game. The final score was 3-2, in Stanberry’s favor, moving the team’s overall record to 4-3.

The Bulldogs hosted the Worth County Tigers on Thursday, September 3rd and add-ed a win with a decisive final score of 6-0. Taylor McQueen was the pitcher for the Bull-dogs, and she did a fantastic job. The first 3 innings were a quick, 3 up 3 down. Multiple girls on the team got base hits, scoring a few runs each inning after the 3rd inning. We got one or two runners on in the 1st and 2nd inning, but couldn’t seem to bring them in to score. That changed in the 3rd inning. A ball was hit back to McQueen with a runner on first and zero outs. She quickly threw to M. Gage at shortstop, and Gage fired it to first, getting a double play. That was a huge turn-ing point for the game. The Bulldogs made almost every play after that, and they held Worth County to zero points. Great game, ladies! The junior varsity also won their game. They played 3 innings against basically the varsity of Worth County. The score was 3-3 in the bottom of the 3rd and last inning. There were 2 outs and 2 people on base. Lily Os-born jacked one to the fence, ending the game with a walk-off triple. Nice work, girls!

The ladies traveled to Albany to play the Warriors on September 8th. Madesen Gage was the starting pitcher and pitched the first 3 innings allowing 0 runs. She had 7 strikeouts. McQueen came to the mound in the 4th in-

ning and pitched exceptionally well, allowing 4 runs. The Bulldogs scored 2 runs in the first inning, and took off after that. They scored 9 total runs in the entire game and defeated the Warriors 9-4. The Lady Bulldogs are now 3-0 in the Conference. Great work!

The Bulldogs hosted the Gallatin Lady Bulldogs on Thursday, September 10th. This is probably the most memorable game in Stanber-ry Softball history. The game lasted FOUR-TEEN INNINGS. Kalie Peterson pitched the first 6 innings, and then Gage came in as a relief. Little did she know that she would pitch a full game, literally. Both Bulldog teams showed great sportsmanship and competitiveness throughout the entire game. Each team played their hearts out to not let the other team score. The game was very intense, but Gallatin scored two runs in the top of the fourteenth inning. The Stanberry lady Dawgs couldn’t score another run, so the final score was 2-4 in Gallatin’s fa-vor. The Lady Dawgs are now 6-4 on the sea-son and 3-1 in the conference.

The Stanberry Tournament was on Satur-day, the 12th of September. The Lady Bulldogs’ first game was at 9:30 against the Maryville Spoofhounds. The Bulldogs won 6-4. Madesen Gage hit a home-run in the 5th inning. Taylor McQueen pitched the full game. The next game was against the North Andrew Cardinals. The Bulldogs won again! Gage allowed 0 runs to be scored while pitching. The Bulldogs won 10-0, and the game ended in the 5th inning. The next and final game was against the Ravenwood Bluejays. The Bulldogs won and finished the game in 6 innings. The score was 12-1. Peter-son was the pitcher for that game. Great day ladies! On to the next one.

Taylor McQueen makes a play at short-stop

during the Jefferson game.

Bryttani Sparks waits for the ball to be hit to

her at third base.

SPORTS 7 BULLDOGS BARK

By Kathy Donaldson

Staff Reporter

The Bulldogs are back and thirsty for victo-ry. Led once again by Head Coach Shane Hil-ton, who is assisted by Chris McMillen, Jeffery Maronde, and Jerry McMillen, there are 28 members on our team this year. The freshmen include Cole Durbin, Rueben Gage,Tristen Lager,Grady Mattson, Zack Oldham, Sam Old-ham, and Trey Schieber. The sophomores in-clude Kaden Bremer, Vince Carroll, Brad Hai-ley, Bryce Jennings, Jason Kelso, Austin Kid-der, and Levi Murphy. The juniors include Elory Anderson, Cole Craig, Tyler Hunter, Cory Luke, Garrett Mattson, Clayton Stoll, and Tristin Stoll. Seniors include Chad Boatwright, Alex McQuinn, Dan Hailey, Shelby McMillen, Trent McQueen, and Gavyn Redmond.The guys, as always, have their eyes on a state champion-ship to cap off a winning season.

This year there were big shoes to fill. Our Bulldogs so far have met the challenge.They worked all summer to fill the spots of Nic Shanks, Isaac Heddinger, Mason Rosier, Seth Noble, Quentin Nielson, Charles Anderson, and Cody Kelso. And from the outcome of the games so far I’d say they are doing a great job.

The Bulldogs opened the season with an away game at Burlington Junction. against the Northwest Nodaway Muskets on August 21st. Shelby McMillen kicked the opening kick off. Rushing for the Bulldogs was Trey Schieber with 36 carries for 261 yards for 6 touchdowns. Clayton Stoll had 29 carries for 216 yards and 4 touchdowns. Cory Luke carried 4 times for 6 yards and passed for 82 yards for 2 touchdowns and 2 PAT’s. Alex McQuinn received 1 pass gaining 3 yards for 1 touchdown and 1 PAT. Daniel Hailey received 2 passes gaining 90 yards for 450 yards.

On August 28th our Bulldogs got to take to our field, gaining the advantage. They played Nodaway-Holt-South Holt. The two school just co-oped this year, becoming the Spartans. It was perfect gameday weather. The weather played to our advantage, raising our Bulldogs spirits as we walked away with a victory of 60-28. The leading rusher of the game was Clayton

Stoll with 24 carries for 147 yards and 2 touchdowns. Cory Luke completed 2 passes for 57 yards for 2 touchdowns. Cole Craig completed 1 pass for 29 yards gaining one touchdown. Receiving these 3 touchdown passes was Alex McQuinn and Levi Murphy. Overall I would say the game was a success and our Bulldogs learned a lot.

On September 4th we had a rather wet game against the Southwest Livingston Wild-cats at home, but our Bulldogs still powered through it. They played to their best ability even in the gloomy weather, coming home with another victory. Trey Schieber led in rushing with 22 carries for 106 yards; Clayton Stoll carried the ball 20 times for 100 yards and 1 touchdown. Cory Luke completed 6 passes gaining 97 yards and 2 touchdowns. Receiving those passes were Alex McQuinn receiving 2 of them for 30 yards and 2 touch-downs, and Daniel Hailey for 3 passes and 42 yards. Brad Hailey received 1 pass and gained 25 yards. The final score was 30-20.

Next we played Rock Port and walked away victorious with a score of 64-36. Clayton Stoll said, “Rock Port was my favorite game of the season because we were down at halftime and then coming back and winning was exciting and rewarding.” Sam Oldham agreed, “This game was exciting to watch; everyone did a great job.” Our leading rusher was Clayton Stoll with 24 carries for 167 yards gaining 2 touchdowns and gaining 1 PAT. Next rushing for our boys was Trey Schieber. He had 12 carries for 110 yards, scoring 2 touchdowns. Cory Luke was also rushing for Stanberry; he had 11 carries for 127 yards for 3 touchdowns. He also complet-ed 2 passes, connecting with Alex McQuinn on 1 pass gaining 32 yards and a touchdown. Brad Hailey also received 1 pass. Shelby McMillen had 8 kick offs gaining 249 yards.

On September 18th the Dawgs made the 3 hour trip to Sedalia. This game was really good for the Bulldogs. They showed off their skills and beat the gremlins by a landslide. Our opponents were Sacred Heart. There was a lightning delay in the 1st quarter, causing the team to not get home until 3:00 in the morning. Clayton Stoll was the leading rusher for the Bulldogs. He had 18 carries and

Bulldogs Go Undefeated in September

By Madesen Gage

Staff Reporter

The high school girls’ golf team has been practicing all summer long for the upcoming season. Many golfers have been attending summer tournaments, bringing home some hardware. The team consists of seniors Hannah Bracken, Megan Jensen, Paige Kelley, and Kelsey Wiederholt; junior Brooke Summa; and freshmen Allison Marticke, Abigayle Davis, Skylar Shanks, Jenna Williams, Geena Stoll, and Marissa Jensen.

Head Coach Bob Heddinger commented on the upcoming season, “We have some expe-rience coming back with Hannah, Paige and Megan. Each of these ladies in the past two years has proven at different times that they have what it takes to play the game of golf and compete at a high level. Consistency is going to be a focus for these ladies as we move through the season. For the team to be competitive we will need some new faces to step up and show that they have what it takes to get the job done. At this point I am looking for individuals that have the same determination and desire to give it their best and not be afraid of success or failure. We have 11 girls playing, and after two weeks of practice I am pleased with the overall progress of the team. I really enjoy coaching the ladies, and I try to make each day productive and fun for them. As far as goals for this team, I believe that we can compete for a conference title, I really think we could win the conference, and believe that we could finish in the top four teams at districts. I have an expectation of get-ting a couple of girls to the sectional round and hopefully on to the state tournament.”

Senior Hannah Bracken declared, “I’m very impressed by the upcoming talent and can’t wait to see all of the success. As a team, I expect us to be one of the top teams come

districts. I’m excited to see what’s in store for us.”

Senior Paige Kelley added, “I expect that we will be a very successful team, and I’m looking forward to the season.”

Freshman Allison Marticke said, “As a freshman, I’m excited to be golfing with all of the older girls. I’m learning a lot from them, and I hope we are all successful this season!”

The Stanberry golfers teed off the sea-son here at home on August 24th. Opponents for the meet were Gallatin, King City, and Worth County. For the varsity players, Hannah Bracken took 1st place with a score of 43. Paige Kelly shot a 65, Megan Jensen shot a 60, Brooke Summa shot a 69, and Allison Marticke shot a 62. For the junior varsity play-ers, Kelsey Wiederholt shot a 79, and Marissa Jensen shot a 77. Great work, everyone!

The next day, the golf girls headed to Albany for another meet. The girls were going against King City and Albany. Paige Kelley achieved her personal best that night, shoot-ing a 52. Hannah Bracken also shot a 52, and both girls tied for second place. Junior Varsity players Marissa Jensen and Kelsey Wieder-holt both shot career bests. Jensen shot a 74, and Wiederholt shot a 76. Varsity player Me-gan Jensen was right up there and shot a 59. Allison Marticke shot a 65, and Brooke Sum-ma shot a 71. The Stanberry girls’ golf team finished with a team first place finish with a total of 228 points. Awesome job! Nice work, ladies! Next up, Bethany!

The team traveled to Bethany on August 27th, 2015. The ladies went up against Beth-any, Braymer, and Worth County. The team took first place, again! These ladies are work-ing tremendously hard, and it is paying off. Contributing to the win was Hannah Bracken with 48 strokes, Paige Kelley shot a 53,

gained 150 yards for 4 touch-downs and 2 PAT’s. Next was Trey Schieber with 11 carries for 26 yards and 1 touchdown. Following was Tristin Stoll with 2 carries for 26 yards and 1 touch-down. Cory Luke had 2 carries for 22 yards gaining 1 touch-down. Last was Cole Durbin with 4 carries for 28 yards. Cory Luke completed 2 passes to Daniel Hailey, who gained 70 yards and added 2 touchdowns for the Bulldogs and 1 point after touchdown. Cole Craig had 4 kick offs for 101 yards. Shelby McMillen had 8 kick offs for 239 yards. All in all, our Bulldogs played an excellent game.

On September 25th our boys went to Tarkio and had a great game! the final score was 84 to 18. We had many rushers for this game. Clayton Stoll Had 6 carries for 64 yards for 1 touch down and 1 PAT. Cory Luke Had 4 carries for 77 yards and 2 touch-downs. Cole Craig had 1 carry for 2 yards. Cole Durbin had 6 carries for 44 yards and 1 touchdown. Trey Schieber had 2 carries for 25 yards gaining 2 touchdowns for the bulldogs and 3 PAT’s. Tristin Stoll had 5 carries for 50 yards and 2 touchdowns. Passing for the bulldogs was Cory Luke completing 2 passes for 82 yards and 1 touchdown and 2 PAT’s. Receiving was Daniel Hailey and Brad Hailey. Daniel Re-ceived 1 pass for 37 yards for 1 touchdown

Brooke Summa shooting a 62 (career low), Allison Marticke with a 62, and Megan Jen-sen with a 63. The team total was 225. Sen-ior Hannah Bracken took 2nd place, losing 1st place by 4 strokes. Junior Varsity individ-uals Marissa Jensen and Kelsey Wiederholt both shot a 73 for the night. Awesome meet, ladies!

The next meet is here in town on Sep-tember 2nd. The other teams that were at Stanberry were Maysville, Tarkio, and Worth

County. Scoring a total of 221 points, this is a season low for the Stanberry girls’ golf team! Hannah Bracken shot a 48 and received 1st place. Jensen shot a 54. Kelley shot a 56. Mar-ticke shot a 63, and Summa shot a 65. The junior varsity players were Marissa Jensen, Kelsey Wiederholt, Geena Stoll, and Skylar Shanks. Jensen shot a 69, Wiederholt shot a 72, Stoll shot a 73, and Shanks shot a 77. All of the ladies did a fantastic job! The ladies trav-eled to Chillicothe the very next day for their meet on the 3rd of September.

The Stanberry golf team trampled over the Braymer Bobcats at Chillicothe. Hannah Brack-en took 1st place, shooting a 50. Paige Kelley took 2nd place, shooting a 51. Allison Marticke took 3rd place, shooting a 53. Megan Jensen took 4th place, shooting a 55, and Brooke Sum-ma took 5th place shooting a 63. The team total was 209. They took 1st place and ended the meet with a season low for the team. Great work, lady golfers!

The ladies went to Gallatin on the 8th of September. The opponents for the night were Gallatin, Albany, King City, Maysville, Tina Avalon, Bethany, Trenton, Braymer, and Worth County. The team total was 444 points, taking 3rd place. Hannah Bracken shot a 106. Allison Marticke shot a 110. Megan Jensen shot a 112. Paige Kelley shot a 116. Brooke Summa shot a 141. Great job!

The following day, the golf team hosted the meet here. The opponents were Tarkio, Albany, and Bethany. The team total for the meet was 215 strokes, taking 2nd place. Bracken once again led the team with a 52. Jensen shot a 53, Summa shot 54, Marticke shot a 56, and Kelley shot a 58. For the junior varsity results, Marissa Jensen scored a 64, and Wiederholt a 69. Abi-gayle Davis also shot a 69. Geena Stoll shot a 70, Skylar Shanks shot a 71. Jenna Williams shot a 72. Mr. Heddinger said, “Outstanding work!!!”

Teeing off the Season

Hannah Bracken perfects her swing

at the Albany meet.

and 2 PAT’s. Brad Hailey received 1 pass for 45 yards and gained 1 touchdown. Kicking off for the Dawgs was Shelby McMillen and Cole Craig. Shelby had 7 kick offs for 325 yards, and Cole had 2 kick offs gaining 66 yards. Over all I would say that the Bulldogs are doing a fantastic job.

Alex McQuinn prepares to catch the ball

against Sacred Heart.

Shelby McMillen clears the way as Cory Luke hands off to Trey

Schieber.

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JH & HS Softball @ N. Harrison 5:30

October 2-

V Football w/ Albany Homecoming 7:00

October 3-

FBLA Worlds of Fun Trip

Southwest IA Band Jamboree

7-12 Saturday School 8:00

October 5-

V Golf Sectionals @ St. Joe 9:00

JV & JH Football w/ N. Andrew 5:00

V & JV Softball @ S. Nodaway 5:30

October 6-

7-12 Student Council Mtg. 8:00

Docudrama for sophomores @ Maryville

October 7-10-

V Softball District Tournament home

October 7-

FCCLA Regional Meeting @ NWMSU

October 9-

End of 1st Quarter

V Football @ Worth County 7:00

October 12-

JH & JV Football w/ Worth County 5:00

October 14-

V Softball Sectionals

October 15-

DISMISS 12:25

Parent-Teacher Conferences 1:00-6:00 pm

October 14-

NO SCHOOL Teacher In-Service

V Football @ Mound City 7:00

October 17-

Missouri Days Marching Festival @ Trenton

V Softball Quarterfinals

October 18-19-

FCCLA Fall Leadership Conference @ Tan-Tar-A

October 19-

NO SCHOOL Fall Break

October 20-

JH Basketball w/ N. Nodaway 5:30

Board of Education Mtg. 7:00

October 21-

Picture Make-Up Day

October 24-

ACT Test

All-District Choir Clinic @ Platte City

NWMSU Homecoming Parade

October 26-

FCCLA Chapter Mtg. 7:00

October 27-

JH Basketball w/ King City 4:30

October 29-

JH Basketball w/ Worth County 5:30

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah Maas

Review by Erin

Foehring

Staff Reporter

When Feyre

kills a wolf in the

woods, many odd

things begin to hap-

pen. This sixteen-

year-old girl lives in a small town right

on the border of the Faerie Lands. The

magical land the she has only heard

about in legends, is in fact real. When

killing that wolf she violated an age old

truce between the Fey and the Hu-

mans. When she killed the wolf (a

shapeshifter) this gave right to Tamlin,

Immortal Fey Lord of the Summer

Court, to come claim her. She is now

stuck in this magical world for eternity

for her crime. The longer she is there,

though, she begins to realize that there

is more going on than meets the eye.

There is an evil Witch (Amaranthas)

that lives underneath the mountain.

She is the one that has been sending

all the horrible monsters that Feyre was

told about as a child to scare her.

I thought this was a very well-

written book. It is a series, and the sec-

ond book has not been released yet,

though its expected release date is in

2016. Also, it is a great mixture of fan-

tasy, thrill, romance, and murder. I

would highly recommend this book to

anyone who likes to read fantasy thrill-

ers. If you like more realistic books, do

not read it. This book would not be for

you whatsoever. If you are interested in

this type of novel then Sarah Maas has

another series that you should definite-

ly look into!

Slash

By Leslie Peters

Staff Reporter

Saul Hudson, famously known as

his stage name, Slash, the former guitar-

ist of Guns N’ Roses was born on July

23 of 1965 to Ola J. Hudson and Antho-

ny Hudson. Both of his parents were in

the entertainment business. His mother

made costumes for performers such as

David Bowie and many other famous

performers. His father made album co-

vers for artists; some of his clients in-

cluded Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.

Slash was nicknamed by a family

friend, who said he was always in mo-

tion, and ever since then the nickname

has stuck. Slash moved with his mother

to L.A. when he was eleven; in school he

was sort of an outsider since he didn't

really fit in with the other kids. Slash got

into BMX biking, and then at the age of

fifteen he got his first guitar. Slash’s

school work became unimportant to him,

and he started to pay more and more

attention to music.

Then he met Izzy Stradlin, who

played in a band with Axl Rose. Then

Duff Mckagan saw Slash’s ad for a bass

player. They also had Steven Adler on

drums, and they formed the band in

1986 and named it Guns N’ Roses. After

much success, Slash and Axl had heat-

ed arguments, so Slash eventually left

the band and gave all the band rights to

Axl Rose.

Slash has had many other bands

since he has left Guns N Roses, such as

Slash’s Snakepit and Velvet Revolver,

and now his latest band is Slash featur-

ing Myles Kennedy and the Conspira-

tors. This new band has released two

albums titled Apocalyptic Love and

World on Fire. In my opinion the first

album Apocalyptic Love is the best; I

would highly recommend listening to the

song “Far and away” or “You’re a lie”

from that album. Again in my opinion,

each song on that album is perfect and

it's straight up, classic but slightly mod-

ern rock and roll.

By Seth Trimble

Staff Reporter

Kindergartener Hannah McMillan with

her shooting star project declared, “ I like art

because I like to draw with markers.”

First grader Kaitlin Porterfield with her

“thick,thin,curvy, and straight lines” had to say,

“I like art because I get to draw things that I

like to draw.”

Second grader Hannah McQuinn and

her turtle project commented, “I like art be-

cause I like to draw.”

Fifth grader Braxton Shanks with her

shoe project stated, “ I like art because you

can draw stuff that you haven't drawn before.”

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