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VOLUME 20 n ISSUE 3 n DECEMBER 2013

Elementary Students Celebrate Grandparents Day

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By Katie Bell Memories last a life time, which

is why Grandparents Day is a spe-cial day for the grandchildren and grandparents. All the hearts in the gym were warmed, and all the souls in the gym were prideful as these grandparents watched their grand-children celebrate them.

On November 15, Harvard Public Schools held its annual Grandpar-ents Day. This year was different from past years, instead of only host-ing grandparents from the kinder-garten class, Harvard hosted grand-parents from the entire elementary, kindergarten through sixth grade, to celebrate this day of honor and

thanks to their grandparents. On this day Harvard Public school hosted an estimated 150 grandparents.

The grandparents sat with their grandchildren, in the multipurpose room or their grandchild’s classroom, while they waited for the Grandpar-ents program to start, which took place at 12:15 p.m, in the gym. The program started with an “A Song for Grandpar-ents Day” sang by all the elementary students. Following was a heartwarm-ing solo from 6th grader Ryan Harms who sang “You Are So Beautiful’ while all the grandmas stood up to be rec-ognized. As I watched from the side, I saw Ryan’s grandma’s eyes fill with salty tears as she watched her grand-

son sing the song. Then 5th grader Paisley Longoria and 5th grader Mor-gan Parrish sang “For he’s a Jolly Good Fellow” to recognize all the grandpas attending the program.

Next the first graders entertained the audience with a “Grandparents Day Rap.” After the rap, the kinder-garten class came in the gym dressed up in costumes that perceived the way grandparents would dress back in the olden days so to speak. For grandpar-ents day they sang three songs. They sang “Grandmas Glasses,” “Turkey on the Farm,” and “Grandparents Day” all directed by Mrs. Stone. The program then ended with the song “A Song for

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Kindergarten through sixth grade students sing to their grandparents at the Grandparents Day program.

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UNL Math Bowl ChampionsHarvard Mathletes Go Undefeated in Double Elimination Bracket

Back Row (L - R): Daniel Hernandez, Allen Brand, Elijah Sadd, Douglas Johnson, Kelsey Griess, and Mr. Riley. Front Row: Alyssa Novak, Mikayla Novak, Paden Derr, Sam Kamm, and Julio Marquez.

By Neil Riley“The hardest part of winning the

UNL Math Bowl was the uncertainty. Going into each round, we didn’t know what concepts in math we needed to use. We also didn’t know how good the other teams were. There was always that fear of not knowing how to an-swer something when your opponent does,”said senior Paden Derr.

The Harvard Math Club students competed in Division 5 at UNL Math Day on November 21. Students used to compete in each of the different class, A, B, C, and D. However, this year the competition was split into di-vision based on school size. Division 5 was made up of schools with a 9-12 school enrollment of 75 – 125 students. There were 21 other schools compet-ing in this division.

The math students placed third on the individual exam, falling short of second place by a mirror thirty-three hundredths of a point. Placing first

was Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran and in second place was East Butler. Harvard finished the day on a high note taking the double elimination math bracket by storm and claiming the championship. East Butler fin-ished in second place with both of their losses coming at the hands of

the Cardinals and in third place was Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran.

The math bowl team was com-prised of the three senior members of the Harvard Math Club, Derr, Mikayla Novak, and Douglas Johnson. Harvard began the bracket facing off against Cedar Bluffs. This match proved to be the closest of the day as Cedar Bluffs tied up the match on the last question requiring a tie breaker question. Har-vard was faster on the buzzer and ad-vanced to the next round 7 – 6. Next up for the Cardinals was annual pow-erhouse Fremont Archbishop Bergan. The Cardinals have not fared well tra-ditionally against Bergan with a previ-ous record of 0 – 2. This year was dif-ferent as the Cardinals handled Bergan easily by a score of 5 – 1. Harvard then defeated Oakland Craig 9 – 0 thus ad-vancing to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Harvard faced East Butler in a tightly contested match, but Harvard advanced 4 – 3. This sent East Butler into the consolation bracket where they had to face Nebraska Evangeli-cal Lutheran before returning to face Harvard in the championship. With Harvard having no loses East Butler would have to defeat Harvard twice to claim the championship. Harvard won the first match 5 - 3 and claimed the Division 5 Bowl Championship.

Derr said, “The most intense mo-ment of the competition was during the final match. We went in undefeated

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By Madelyn AndersonHarvard Public School’s Future Busi-

ness Leaders of America group par-ticipated in a nationwide fundraiser known as Yuda Bands. This fundraiser sponsors under privileged children in developing nations to attend school for an entire year. For every one-hundred and seventy five bands sold an under-privileged student in other countries is sent to school for a whole year. The

Making a Change One Band at a Time FBLA sold 165 bands, making about $1,555 dollars.

FBLA sponsor Mr. Trimble signed up for the program and was then mailed everything the organization needed to sell bands for two weeks. Each band had its own elaborate design and cost seven dollars each.

“We not only wanted to make a difference for children in other countries, but we wanted to show

The Harvard FBLA sold several designs much like this one. The Yuda Bands are handmade in Guatemala then shipped to America to be sold.

Dallas Doupnik Jr.On October 16 the Harvard sopho-

more Careers class took a trip to the National Guard base in Kearney, Ne-braska. While there they explored many different college booths, job booths, and sessions where they learned how to do a job interview, learned tips on writing resumes, and went to different career panels where they could ask a variety of people about their jobs and colleges.

At the interview session the students learned how to dress for an interview. They also learned a variety of tips for what to do and what not to do. Another tip they learned was to always be pre-pared. Students also learned was what potential employers look for.

The second session taught about how to write a resume. They learned to make sure everything is filled out com-pletely and correctly, and to always have the resume while at an interview. Another tip was to have reliable ref-erences. The biggest thing that they learned was that employers only spend about nine seconds on average looking at resumes.

students here in Harvard the impor-tance of an education,” said FBLA member Samantha Kamm.

Harvard’s FBLA not only hoped to help a child go to school, but anticipat-ed that the project would raise aware-ness that there are children in other parts of the world dreaming of an edu-cation which some American students take for granted.

“The funds are all sent to the pro-gram and then a portion goes to other countries’ children school funds,” said Mr. Scott Trimble.

“I love being able to help someone in the world get a good education, be-cause by buying Yuda bands we are assisting their future” said freshman Amanda Godding.

“Nothing is better than the feeling of helping people in need; I can’t wait until we do it again next year, “said Kamm.

“The Yuda Band project definitely showed me the importance of my edu-cation,” said Godding.

“I am definitely proud of the mem-bers for all of their dedication and inter-est in the organization,” said Trimble, “I think we did a great job raising money.”

The third session was career pan-els. At the career panels there were many different college booths they could look at. There was one room dedicated specifically for Central Community College. Another job was the National Guard and the ROTC program from the National Guard. One booth was for aviation which had a flight simulator. This session also had a booth for the fast food restaurant Sonic. A cosmology booth was demonstrating how to curl and style hair.

For Sophomore Levi Bennett, he said, “My favorite part was that we got to wonder around looking at the differ-ent booths and not get in trouble.”

When asked if he found any colleges he was interested in. Bennett said, “I found one college interesting, it was the Creative Arts Academy.”

Sophomore Mikaela Bushnell was asked what part of the career day was her favorite. She replied, “My favorite part was getting to talk and meet with the representatives from each college, I found Bryan Health Science College as one that I might like to go to.

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and were definitely scared of losing that advantage and having to play an-other round. When it came to the final questions in that match, we were ahead by enough that we couldn’t have lost. That was a relief.”

Math Club Sponsor Neil Riley said, “The seniors were very impressive. I expected the first match against Ce-dar Bluffs to be easier than it was, I’m glad that the seniors didn’t let that rattle them and affect their per-formance against Archbishop Bergan. These are a special group of students that continue to perform up to their potential. It will be critical that the underclassmen prepare to take a big-ger role in the competitions to pre-pare for next year.”

Freshman Julio Marquez said, “I feel more like I can contribute more as I learn more of the necessary math concepts.”

Harvard has had success at UNL in the past but has never earned the title of champion. Harvard placed third in Class C in 2012, second in Class D in 2011, fourth in Class D in 2010, and third in Class D in 2009.


By Chiara StrohlOn October 21, the Mass Media stu-

dents from Harvard Public School went to the Nebraska High School Press As-sociation (NHSPA) at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. For the past four years Harvard Public School has sent a few newspapers and the yearbook to the committee of NHSPA to critique its publications. At this conference the Harvard staff was awarded a Golden Kernel in caption writing for the year-book, a Golden Kernel in photography and coverage, and an Award of Merit for the newspaper.

“These awards mean a lot to me and it feels good to be awarded,” said senior Paden Derr, “Even though we were grumpy when the sponsors pushed us and let us do things over and over again, it shows we get better.”

Seniors Leslie Ramirez, Paden Derr, and Chiara Strohl, juniors Katie Bell, Dallas Doupnik Jr., and Kelsey An-drews, and freshmen Amanda Godding and Maddie Anderson attended. Mrs. Deb Polacek, Miss Bevin Carroll, Mrs. Kelly Schelkopf, and Miss Shea Hylden are the advisors for Mass Media. Each student’s job is to write the articles for the monthly newspaper “The Chirp” and create the yearbook. With the ex-ception of Paden Derr every student is taking this class for the first time.

The assembly started with a wel-

come speech and presentations. Anna Reed, CoJMC award-winning student photographer, presented her photo-journaling experiences on different trips in other countries. After that the NHSPA Awards were introduced.

“It is nice for students and teach-ers to get recognized for the hard work they put in the whole year,” said Carroll.

Polacek said, “It is a good way to look at efforts in this class and to see improvements.”

After the opening assembly stu-dents had three different sessions where they could pick from different topics. The teachers could attend dif-ferent meetings, too.

At 10:15 the first session started. Har-vard students attended “Column Writ-ing.” For the second session students went to “Sports Broadcasting.”

“The two meetings were really in-teresting and the instructors gave great ideas,” said Anderson.

“I enjoyed it and appreciated the presenters taking their time to talk to high school students,” said Andrews.

Lunch was from noon to 1:15. Af-ter that Harvard students went to one more meeting. Some went to the ses-sion “News Writing,” and some to “Sparkling Entertainment Writing.”

“I went to ‘News Writing’ and I liked how she explained not to be afraid of

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criticism,” said Doupnik Jr. “I went to ‘Sparkling Entertainment

Writing’ and it helped me to think about how I want to write. Also the in-structor had good tips,” said Anderson.

The teachers had their own meeting during the first session where they re-ceived the awards and grabbed the sub-mitted yearbooks and newspapers from last year. They talked about the journal-ism summer camp which is organized by the NHSPA and about a change in class sizes for the awards.

“That wouldn’t be good for us be-cause we would have to compete with bigger schools and they have better possibilities than we do,” said Carroll. Schelkopf went to the new adviser meeting. “A panel of seasoned teach-ers gave their ideas on how to handle things and gave suggestions on what worked best for them,” said Schelkopf.

Carroll went to Creating Designs for the second session, which was about yearbook design. The presenter was Keith McCoy. He also comes to Har-vard Public School to help Mass Media students with the yearbook design.

“McCoy gave me notes and a copy of his presentation,” said Carroll, “It was very helpful and interesting. It gave me lots of ideas to pass on to the students.”

Polacek attended Photojournal-ism. “Bruce Thorson, UNL journalism professor, gave good tips on how to take good pictures. My favorite tip I learned was to turn a picture upside down and if there is one main point that you focus on, then it is not a good photo,” said Polacek.

“I went to the session ‘Readable Sports Coverage’ and it provided the basic information on how to write an article,” said Schelkopf.

Amanda Godding and Madelyn Anderson listen as layout ideas for the yearbook were discussed in Mass Media.

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Grandparents

Grandparents Day” sang by the whole elementary which is the same song that began the whole program.

As the grandparents watched their grandchildren, tears ran down their faces, happiness filled their hearts, and pride filled their souls. This day will be memorable to all those grand-ma’s and grandpa’s, and of course their granddaughter’s and grand-son’s. Too bad grandparent’s day only comes once a year.


By Leslie RamirezOctober 30th, was a time to reopen

closed doors for the FDL club by at-tending Multicultural Leaders Day, a seniors only conference that the club had not been a part of for a few years. The conference consisted of many current college students speaking about what to expect when attending college, the perks of being in college, and a comparison to high school; along with tips about dorms, classes, and eating out.

On November 8, the Future Di-versity Leaders club attended the Grand Island Central Community College Leadership Conference. This conference was meant to teach attendees ways to enhance their education after high school, and to install the belief that they can achieve their dreams if they have the right mind set and necessary tools. The workshops also informed students that no matter what one’s ethnicity, everyone can reach his/her goals.

FDL freshman member Samantha Martell said, “Never settle for less,

One of the many activities sponsored by the Future Diversity Leaders is the annual Halloween carnival. Several children wore costumes to the carnival.

pursue the things that challenge you, no matter how impossible they seem.”

“I realized, to not be a product of your environment. Often times, His-panic youth succumb to stereotypes,” said Daniel Hernandez, junior.

Key note speaker, Ernesto Mejia, spoke to Harvard students in grades 5-12 on Tuesday, November 12. Me-jia spoke about his life story and how he overcame being a follower who stooped down to negative influences of his Latin American childhood to become a successful public speaker and owner of a company

“My favorite part was when Ernesto Mejia shared about his personal life with us like he’s known us his whole life,” said sophomore Estefania Rodriguez.

Being part of the Future Diver-sity Leaders club involves a lot of commitment and time management. Not only do the members get out of school to attend a myriad of confer-ences, but they also need to have their homework finished for either when they return or before they go, or otherwise, face the consequences of ASAP.

A Myriad of Conferences for the FDL Club

By Kelsey AndrewsOn Halloween, the residents of

the Harvard Rest Haven were given a treat! That morning the K-3 stu-dents in their costumes walked over with their classes, classroom teach-ers, and music teachers Mr. Blake Thompson and Mrs. Shelly Reed to perform for the residents at 9:15 am. Each group greeted residents and sang a few Halloween songs.

The students went into the din-ing room and lined up with the Kindergarten in front, first grade next, then the second grade, and third graders in the back. When one group was performing the others sat down on the floor and waited for their turn to sing. Many people gathered in the dining area, includ-ing parents, teachers and of course the residents.

The Kindergarten and third graders sang three songs togeth-er: “Pumpkin Pumpkin,” “Up the Creaky Stairs,” and “Something Went Bump.”

Kindergarten student Ty Heath said, “I liked going over to the nursing home and singing. My fa-vorite part was singing ‘Pumpkin Pumpkin’. The favorite song that I heard while I was sitting down was ‘The Haunted Piano’. I would want to do it again.”

The second and third graders sang four songs together: “Haunt-ed Piano,” “Having a Bad Scare Day,” “Ten Big Pumpkins,” and “A Spooky Night.”

Third grader Aimee Whetstine-Jones said, “I liked singing to them. My favorite part was getting to sing in my costume, and my favorite song was “A Spooky Night’. I would go and do it again. When I went over and sang to them, I saw a girl that I got to read to last year when I was in second grade; I thought that was cool!”

“I think the residents enjoyed it. They were all smiles and they clapped quite a bit,” Mrs. Reed said.

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By Madelyn AndersonOn Wednesday October 30, the

Harvard Public school’s Spanish Club took a trip to El Museo Latino, the first Latin American museum in Omaha. The Spanish Club members spent the whole morning at El Museo Latino learning many things about Spanish culture.

While at El Museo Latino, the Span-ish Club observed a variety of exhib-its including: Art of Puebla, Graphics of Latin America, Dia de los Muertos, Traditional Textiles, History of Latinos in Omaha, and many more.

Because Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead started on Novem-ber first, the Spanish club was able to see all of the glorious decorations and alters throughout the museum and Guacamya.

After several hours of history and entertainment the Spanish Club went to Guacamya, an authentic Mexican Restaurant which the Spanish Club has visited on other trips.

“I really wanted the kids to see how important history is to the people of Spanish descent,” said Spanish Club sponsor Mrs. Rodriquez.

In honor of Day of the Dead the mu-seum had a special craft center set up for the Spanish club to enjoy. Each stu-dent was able to chisel Paper Picados.

“I think the museum really showed

us the importance of history and tradi-tion,” said member Katelyn Piper.

Students Get a Taste of Spanish Culture

“In my opinion, the group really loved the Day of the Dead ofrendas be-cause it showed us how important Day of the Dead really is,” said member Douglas Johnson.

“The whole restaurant was cov-ered with streamers and tradi-tional Mexican decorations; It re-ally made our learning experience even better, since we were able to see how seriously everyone in the Spanish culture takes Day of the Dead,” said Kamm.

“I couldn’t believe how hard the Picados were to make; if you make one mistake it’s all ruined,” said Piper.

“Ours were simple designs; I couldn’t imagine making the bigger ones,” said Kamm.

I really loved the food, especially the enchiladas at Guacamya,” said Piper.

“The trip was a blast, the kids made the experience something unforgetta-ble,” said Rodriquez.

I can’t wait until next year so we can take another amazing trip to Omaha,” said Piper.

The Papel Picado is a decorative craft made out of paper and cut in elaborate designs. It is consid-ered a traditional Mexican folk Art.


By Chiara StrohlHarvard hosted TVC One Act on

Tuesday November 21. Participating schools were Blue Hill with “Voic-es from Chernobyl,” Deshler with “Law And Order: Fairy Tale Unit,” Franklin with “Epic Fail,” Shelton with “Santa Man,” Silver Lake with “The Women of Troy,” Kenesaw with “The Ransom of Red Chief,” Lawrence/Nelson with “Attention Detention,” Red Cloud with “Shake-speare Unbound,” and Harvard with “The Wonderful Tang.”

All judges agreed to give Blue Hill first place and Harvard’s show run-ner-up. Out of 180 points Blue Hill got 175 and Harvard 172.

Honorable mention was awarded to Seniors Joshua McDowell, Doug-las Johnson, Quinten Roberts, Caylyn Mardian, Sedayne Bennett, and Chi-ara Strohl, Juniors Dallas Doupnik Jr., Elsa Knight, Alexis Schuck, Katie Bell, Megan Fishler, Callie Brown, and Paige Gosser, Sophomores Mor-gan Weston, and Felchia Kamm, and Freshmen Madelyn Anderson, Tiya Morgan, and Sam Kamm.

Elsa Knight was awarded the best supporting actress award.

Polacek wanted the students to be in the top 3. “Rank two shows me that we Coaches understand the dynamic and students put hard work in it,” said Polacek.

“The students worked hard to

host the event and performed well,” said Thompson.

Every school got their own home-room and there was a dressing room for males and females. There was a hospitality room for judges, directors and bus drivers and food was provid-ed through the concession stands to the students.

After every school performed its show the directors received an oral cast critique from each of the three judges about what they liked and what they didn’t like.

At the end of the day the judges ranked every participating school and first and second place were awarded. Also there was an award for the out-standing actor and actress, the best supporting actor and actress, and honorable mention acting awards. The judges can award as many hon-orable mention awards as they liked but only name one for other awards.

“You never know what the judges prefer and how they like our show, but I think we should make it in the top 3,” said Polacek before TVC.

Thompson said, “I want the kids to be strong and to perform to their highest ability. Also I want them to get good comments from the judges.”

Senior Colton Ives agrees, “I can’t wait to beat Blue Hill at districts.”

“I am a little disappointed not to get first place but I am happy with the en-ergy and work everybody puts in the

play,” said senior Douglas Johnson. “It is not too much work for us to

host TVC One Act because we hosted District competition last year. We just had to change and add some things to the paper work from the last time we hosted,” said Polacek.

“The Wonderful Tang” is the cur-rent One Act show from Harvard Public School. The comedy is built around the fantastic tale of three suit-ors who come to prove their prow-ess in order to win the hand of the emperor Tso-Tso’s, played by senior Joshua McDowell, daughter, Fu-Tse, played by sophomore Katie Harms. But the winner of the contest, Tang, played by senior Quinten Roberts, runs away with Fu-Tse’s sister, Su-Tse, played by junior Katie Bell. Tang is pursued by the emperor’s army because both daughters are stolen. Fu-Tse is welcomed back when Tang is able to subdue the fierce dragon of the Khan of Tartary, played by senior Douglas Johnson.

“We knew that the students would enjoy a comedy, so we chose The Wonderful Tang,” said Mrs. Debra Polacek, co-director.

“The Wonderful Tang has strong characters and a large cast,” said Mr. Blake Thompson, co-director. “Be-sides that it is a lot different than last year’s show ‘The Seussification of Ro-meo and Juliet’.”

“I love the show and my costume because I get to wear a sumo suit,” said senior Colton Ives.

“It seemed like the students learned lines and blocking quickly,” said Polacek. “We also have been able to practice with props and costumes for a longer time than most seasons. That helped students get used to the blocking very early.”

“The students are doing a good job, and they are becoming very sol-id, but the show has room to grow,” said Thompson.

The One Act show has to be 30 minutes for competition.

“That is one thing we have to work on to prepare for conference and dis-trict competitions. Our show is too long and we have to cut some parts before TVC Conference,” said Polacek.

Polacek and Thompson thank all Harvard stuff, faculty, administra-tion, and students for their help.

General Wu (Dallas Doupnik Jr.) is ready to defend Emperor Tso-Tso (Joshua McDowell) and Princess Su-Tse (Katie Bell) in a scene from “The Wonderful Tang.”

Harvard One-Act Places 2nd at TVC Competition


The Chirp Wants to KnowBy Leslie Ramirez

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By Amanda Godding The 5-12 Music department per-

formed its Fall Music Extravaganza on October 22nd at 7:00 pm. The Extravaganza was held outside on a chilly night on the football field. Many people took part in helping to make it all happen. The Fall Mu-sic Extravaganza’s purpose was to showcase the music department’s goals for the year and kick off a great music season. The students had been preparing since school started by re-hearsing in band, pep band, march-ing band, show choir, and choir.

Members of the Cardinal and Black Show Choir perform at the Fall Extravaganza on Oct. 22.

Students performed in various groups: The 7-12 band, 9-12 show choir, 7-8 show choir, 5-6 show choir, 9-12 choir, 7-8 choir, 5 choir, and 6 choir.

Clef Club, students, music in-structors, parental support, and community members helped in making the extravaganza possible this year. Clef Club took part by preparing food, speaking, and by funding the event. Clef Club served over 600 people, which was a great response. Mr. Jim Piper provided all the stereo equipment. Commu-nity Members bundled up to come

support the music program. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Piper, admin-

istration, and staff members helped to plan the event. Mr. Thompson picked the songs for the flash mob and cup song because they were re-cent pop hits. Seniors Dacey Hamp-ton and Quinten Roberts choreo-graphed the dance for the flash mob.

Guidance counselor Mrs. Polacek said, “It’s pretty exciting to see so many people together; parents, stu-dents, community members. It’s a great way to showcase what one will see from the music department for the year. The atmosphere shows a lot of energy.”

“In my opinion the Extravaganza went very well. It was cool to see all the different talents through-out the school. It’s a great feeling to know that we’re being leaders to the younger kids and helping them grow their leadership in the music department. I am very proud of us and the younger kids. They’re doing very well,” said sophomore Kate-lynn Piper.

Junior Zach Faltys said, “I think the extravaganza went well despite the weather. I got to see how far the younger students have come and I was very impressed.”

“The Attendance at the extrava-ganza was good. Everybody seemed to enjoy it again; the only bad part was the cold, but people seemed to weather that,” Thompson said.

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Dallas Doupnik Jr.America is home to many pastimes.

Among those pastimes are the arts of hunting and shooting sports; these ac-tivities are often considered danger-ous. They aren’t, as long as one is safe with his or her bow or firearm. Safety is the most important thing while han-dling a bow or firearm.

When using a firearm, the number one rule is to always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction. Keeping the barrel pointed away from harm is important so that if the gun were to accidentally go off, it wouldn’t cause any damage to anyone or anything. Second, never put a finger on the trig-ger until you are ready to shoot. Third, always keep the gun unloaded until it’s time to use it. While you are shoot-ing you should always take notice of where the target is and what is behind it. Bullets can go through objects and land hundreds of feet behind your tar-get. Always be sure the gun you are using is safe to operate. This means checking for loose parts or rust. Fi-nally, know how to use the gun safely. If you are new to firearms and aren’t quite sure how to use them, take a hunter safety course or find someone who knows about guns. They will be willing to help.

The rules that apply for a firearm are similar to the safety rules for a bow. It is always important to check the con-

dition of the bow and be sure it is in working order. If the bow string is frayed, the string can snap causing in-juries. Be sure to check the condition of the arrows you are shooting. A wood-en arrow can warp and cause its flight pattern to go in a direction the archer doesn’t want it to Never load or aim a bow with anyone in front of you. Al-ways make sure to know what you are firing at, whether an animal or a target.

Archery and Firearm Safety Tips A safety precaution that is different from firearms is wearing proper cloth-ing. Wearing baggy or loose clothing can cause the arrow or the bow string can catch on your clothes causing in-jury to you or someone else. Archers should never wear bracelets or neck-laces. Jewelry can get tangled in a fired arrow and cause serious injuries.

Shooting sports are fun and exciting. They need to be taken seriously and responsibly. Safety is the number one thing to keep mind.

Junior High Quiz Bowl Members stand proudly with the first place trophy they earned at the Twin Valley Conference Junior High Competition held in Roseland on Nov. 21.


By Katie Bell On November 4th the Harvard lady

cardinals played their final game at Adam central for sub districts. Har-vard’s class was D16, and they played against Red cloud. Red cloud took all three sets 25-10, 25-9, and 25-14, leaving Harvard with a 2-27 record on the year.

The Lady Cardinals lost 4 seniors at the conclusion of the 2013 season.

“This season went too fast. It may not have been the season that we want-ed, but we grew as a team and indi-viduals. We always put in the effort and came up short a couple of times. For my senior year I couldn’t have asked for a better team to play with,” stated senior Tiana Barnes.

Senior Dacey Hampton said, “The season didn’t turn out how we wanted, but it was still a big improvement from past years. I wish the best to the un-derclassmen! I am really going to miss playing with these girls. Continue to work hard and keep trying girls. In time your hard work will pay off!”

“We had a great season even though our numbers don’t really show it. Some things just didn’t go as planned. It’s sad that I won’t be playing with the girls next year. I am hoping for the best for

them, and thank them for giving me a good season going out.” senior Shelby Smith said.

Assistant Coach Jodi Bahr said, “We showed great growth in our volleyball IQ. We actually looked like a team. I know that we will continue to learn and grow as teammates; we will learn how to play with one another. I am proud to say that I am coaching the Harvard Vol-

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Volleyball Stats

Juniors Alyssa Novak and Katie Bell go up for the double block against Red Cloud’s Saman-tha Jackson in their sub-district match at Adams Central on Nov. 4, as Tiana Barnes and Alexis Schuck cover in defense. This was the Lady Cardinals’ final match of the season, losing in 3 sets, 10-25, 9-25 and 14-25.

leyball team.”“I think we improved a lot since

last year. Even though we didn’t reach our goal of 5 wins, I know that we always gave it our all in every game. The only thing left is to con-tinue to work hard and get better for next season. We will miss the seniors, they did a lot for us, but now we must focus on getting better for next year,” stated junior Megan Fishler.

The team attempted to show passion for the game while playing. During the season, a spectator from another school sent a coach an email saying that they enjoyed watching the Harvard girls play because they actually had fun when they were out on the floor, and were always fun to watch.

FBLA members Dacey Hampton, Joshua McDowell, and Paden Derr received 16th out of 276 teams in the Nebraska Finance Challenge. On November 15 they each took the same computer-ized exam. The results were tabulated through the Nebraska Council on Economic Education and were averaged for the final score.

Another Volleyball Season Flies By


By Paden DerrOn Friday, October 25, the Harvard

Cardinals 2013 football season ended at Shickley with a loss to Bruning-Dav-enport/Shickley. The final score of the game was 44-19.

The Cardinals ended the season with a record of 3-5. Harvard narrowly missed the playoffs, missing a spot by less half of a point.

“I was proud of the way our guys competed this year,” said head coach Sam Boshart. “We turned the corner in our program and laid the foundation for our future kids to have success.”

“The Loup City game came back to haunt us,” said assistant coach Scott Trimble. “If we would have won a few of the winnable games, we would have put ourselves in the playoffs. Then, we would’ve started reaching some of our higher goals.”

The Harvard Cardinals had three players make the Class D-1 District 5 Football First team and three make the Second Team. Those who made the first team are Derrick Ives at defen-sive line, Rafael Guerrero at defensive back, and Christian Martell as a spe-cialist kick and punt returner. Those who were on the second team are Al-len Brand as defensive line, Colton Ives as defensive back, and Ben Rieck-man as defensive back.

“This is the first time since I’ve

been here that we have had any-body make the District First Team,” said Boshart. “It is a really big deal to make this team when you have as tough of a district as ours.”

The Cardinals, who’ve played their last game, and will be sideline cheer-ers next year are seniors Ben Rieck-man, Chirstian Martel, Colton Ives, Joshua McDowell, Salvador Ledesma, Tristan Lucas, Raphael Guerrero, and Paden Derr.

“I am really proud of our seniors for

Cardinals End Season With 3-5 Record

Junior defensive end Allen Brand sets the edge while looking to make a tackle during the Car-dinals’ final home game of the season against the Franklin Flyers on Oct. 18. The Cardinals won 15-12.

all the hard work they put in this year and the last four years,” said Boshart.

“We showed improvement, large strides in not giving up,” said Ives. “We fought it out until the end no matter the score. We scared a lot of top 10 teams.”

“Football is half mental,” said Ives. “The quicker we can get it out of our heads that we can’t be a team because of their record the better.”

“I thought the season was successful in a few differtent ways,” said Trimble. “As defensive coordinator, I thought we adjusted well to the new defense we were running. People bought into it and executed well.”

Several Cardinals received injuries this season and were out for at least one game. Ledesma dislocated his shoulder during the Heartland game and was out for the rest of the season. Ives and McDowell both received a concussion. Daniel Hernandez injured his lower leg. Guerrero had a shin contusion. Rieckman pinched a nerve in his shoul-der. Derr was out the entire season due to a back injury.

“Overall, it was a fun season. It was a good season,” said Trimble. “The injuries once again hurt us and limited us.”

“I was disappointed with this year because I was out most of the season,” said Ledesma. “I think the season went pretty decent overall. We grew up to-wards the end. Our effort was there, though sometimes we would over-think and that killed us.”

Dale Wittrock, past commander of the Nebraska VFW, was the main speaker at Harvard Public School for the Veterans Day Program held on November 11 in the school gymnasium. Wittrock stressed the importance of recognizing all past and present service men and women for their contributions to America.


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By Amanda Godding On November 12, the 9-12 Harvard

Harmony choir Went to Kenesaw High School to participate in TVC choir, a vocal clinic. Music director Mr. Blake Thompson’s expectations of the group were to perform well and learn great singing techniques.

All 9 schools Class C-D, in the con-ference participated in this event. These groups were Franklin, Deshler, Blue Hill, Kenesaw, Silver Lake, Red Cloud, Lawrence Nelson, Shelton, and us.

Junior Cassy Graf said, “I think TVC was fun, and we learned a lot despite it being a long day, it was cool to meet new people and see the different tech-niques they’ve been taught to sing bet-ter. It was a good experience.”

The clinician David Sackschewsky, from Grand Island Northwest, sepa-rated all the participants into four main groups, Soprano, Alto, Tenners, and Bases. Afterwards he started working with the groups teaching four different songs, Like a trumpet resounding, Eli-jah rock, seasons love, and El la da Mu-sica. At 7 that night the students per-formed a concert for the public. Also individual groups performed one song of their choice.

“I’m proud of their performance. They were very strong and performed well. I also think the day was enjoy-able for the kids, they listened well and learned great choral techniques,” Thompson said.

Junior Zach Faltys said, “ I loved it. I had a great time and saw a lot of people I don’t get to see very often. When I got

High School Choir Attends TVC Clinic

Junior Zach Faltys was selected as a Tenor II for Nebraska Music Educators Association 440 voice All State Chorus held in Lincoln on Nov. 23. Over two thousand students auditioned across the state to be a part of the ensemble.

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