jefferson high school june 12, 2014 vol. 57 issue 7 the...

The OutlookJefferson High School June 12, 2014 Vol. 57 Issue 7

Wondering what to do for fun this summer in town? Check

out page 5 for some Cedar Rapids summer ideas.

Table of Contents

OpinionsPg. 7 Ethics in the ClassroomSportsPg. 8 2014 FIFA World CupPg. 9 Donald Sterling

Instagram Photo of the Issue

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Photographer: Alyanna SubaynoUser name: @alyanna_subayno

This photo of the Cedar Rapids Public Library was taken by Alyanna Subayno, 11 on May 25th. Subayno had to edit the photo four times and then line them up perfectly to get the end result.

“The downtown library’s design is so modern and different from the other buildings in the area, so I wanted to take a full shot of the building to capture its beautiful design.” Subayno said.

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NewsPg. 1 EnvisionCRPg. 2 Shrek the MusicalPg. 3 Senior Awards

FeaturesPg. 4 2013-14 Year Wrap UpPg. 5 Summer in CRPg. 6 Advertisement

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News

Carter Berger, staff reporter

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JHS students share their big ideas

The much anticipated EnvisionCR has made huge steps forward towards changing Cedar Rapids for the better. What do these changes mean? Well, it’s up to the public.

In early May the EnvisionCR group gathered three classes from our very own Jefferson High School. Students ranging from Freshman to Senior gathered at the Cedar Rapids Community School District Office to meet with the organization them-selves and to brainstorm new ideas not yet heard.

“I really enjoyed having the opportu-nity to meet with other students and share ideas” Allison Cigrand said. Allison is a soph-omore at JHS who was involved with brain-storming for Envision-CR.

The students were broken up into groups no larger than eight to collectively share ideas based on what they want to add or to improve for Cedar Rap-ids. To keep ideas creative and intuitive, groups were able to share their ideas with platforms such as musical instruments, or large poster boards.

“Our group wrote a song for our pre-sentation. It seemed like a good idea be-cause it was different than what everyone else was doing” Meredith Koeningsfield said. Meredith’s group wrote a song based about their “Three Big Ideas”.

The first “Big Idea” was centered around healthy living. For example, they introduced the idea of “Rent-A-Bike”. This idea involved a solar power controlled renter where the public can rent bikes and use them on trails, roads, etc. Price point-ing this idea at a mere $5.00 makes it much more accessible for people with a lower size budget.

Other ideas were centered around the economy and how to revive it in downtown Cedar Rapids. The question was; how do you increase the productivity of downtown Cedar Rapids?

With this group, the answer was simple. By relocating or add-ing new stores to the downtown area, the locally owned small businesses will benefit from the larger amount

of consumers. All their ideas together were centered around attrac-tions, and ways for the community to in-tertwine (a theme shown by all groups and the event).

EnvisionCr was very pleased with the outcome of ideas and businesses that could be part of Cedar Rapids in the future.

Within the next few weeks, Envision-CR will be contacting those who interested them the most to meet with them and dis-cuss in depth the ideas they want to put in place.

Photos by: Emmy Palmersheim

“I really enjoyed being a part of En-visionCR; to be involved in a plan that dictates the future of Cedar Rapids is such a great opportunity.” -Courtney Hornung

“Through EnvisionCR I have a better understanding of what our city needs to flourish and thrive. I’m very thankful for having the opportunity to share my ideas other students.” -Alysha Lykkegaard

“The most memorable part was pre-senting our proposal in a song format, I really had a great time and wish to further use my ideas for EnvisionCR.” -Meredith Koenigsfeld

Photo courtesy of: @CityofCRiowa

News

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Alex McPhail, staff reporter

We all know the famous tale of Shrek and Donkey as they travel the land of Du-loc into a fiery dungeon in their quest to rescue the beautiful princess Fiona from the clutches of Lord Farquaad. If you’ve seen the movie, however, you’re in for a surprise with Shrek the Musical. This mu-sical takes the movie we are familiar with and adds to it some music, dance, and well-executed stage humor.

Shrek’s journey to the Jefferson audi-torium stage began in January as the direc-tors began to plan the details of the musical, with auditions being in February and re-hearsals then running until mid-May, when the Jefferson High School theatre depart-ment premiered Shrek the Musical to the JHS and Cedar Rapids community.

“I wanted to do something new,” direc-tor Lynn Jensen said as to why she chose this musical. “I wanted to generate excite-ment and enthusiasm, and I knew I had the students to do it.”

Having the students wasn’t enough, however. The students performing in the musical had to put a lot of time into this production, as it had a lot of details that had to be given just as much attention as the big picture of the show.

“The most difficult part was embody-ing the characters,” senior cast member Rachel Neeley said. “We all really had to work on capturing our characters person-alities and portraying them to the audience so that when they saw our characters acting they knew right away which character was which.”

There were some doubts in the begin-ning as to just how well this musical was

going to come to-gether. A production of this magnitude comes with more than its fair share of logistics and specif-ics.

There were many little things, from costuming to set design to light-ing and everything in between that had to

be planned and executed to the best of the cast and crew’s ability in order to make this musical a success for adults and children alike.

“There was definitely some skeptical thoughts in the beginning about whether we could pull off Shrek, but the entire cast worked really hard and in the end I think we definitely pulled off a great show and were able to make it super enjoyable and comical.” Neeley said.

And a great show it was to the many students, faculty, and community members

that came to view this production. “It was a charming musical with a tal-

ented cast and great songs.” senior Emily Jonas said.

“It was a very entertaining production as it was comical and the actors were tal-ented in all that they were doing.” senior Daniel Nguyen said.

All singing, dancing, and acting aside, there are many sincere messages that can be taken from this musical that one may miss upon first seeing. A special one, Mrs. Jens-en points out, comes from the song “Freak Flag”; “All the things that make us special are the things that make us strong”.

Photos courtesy of: www.jeffersontheater.shutterfly.com

“I wanted to gen-erate excitement and enthusiasm, and I knew I had

the students to do it.” -Lynn Jensen

A Big SUCCESS


News

Photos by: Dominick Tamayo

Senior Awards

Most SchoolSpirited

Procrastinator award

Most likely to be president

best dressed

Best smile award most likely to marry in the next five years

Einstein award Best hair Most likely to win an oscar

most athletic

*Not photographed: Class Clown Award (Hannah Scott and Nick O’Connell) and Most Likely to Win a Grammy (Jace Hadish and Tiara Kane)


Features

A group of Jefferson French students hopped the pond over to France this spring break. These students learned about the language and culture, and had the opportu-nity to travel the country as well as live with a host family.

After 17 years at Jefferson as basketball coach, Stu Ordman announced his resig-nation. Ordman will be moving on to become the head coach at Iowa City Regina.

Jefferson’s Academic Decathlon team won the state competition and had the chance to represent the state of Iowa at the national competition in Honolulu, Ha-waii. These 10 students competed fiercely and were ranked fourth in the nation in their division; in addition some of these students received additional individual awards.

With a nod to Gatsby, the beats went on and on at Jefferson’s prom on May 3rd. With a “Roaring 20’s” theme, men looking dapper and ladies radiant the night was filled with fun.

A new show hit the Jefferson stage, this spring the musical Shrek graced the au-dience. The cast and crew worked hard to create an engaging and entertaining show for people of all ages, even receiving an honorary shout-out at graduation.

This spring many of the athletics and activities were triumphant in their endeav-ors. The trap shooting team and both men’s and women’s track made state.

Jefferson’s 2013-2014 Year Wrap UpAlexa Terrington, staff reporter

After months of renovation, this fall Jefferson opened up the J-Hawk Café as a part of the school’s complete update. This 1.5 million dollar renovation of the Jefferson cafeteria included new windows, flooring, ceiling, flooring, lighting and updated equipment for the kitchen.

King of the Hill and Queen of the Cassill! On September 13th at the game against Dubuque Hempstead seniors Trey Hill and Echo Cassill were named the Class of 2014’s homecoming king and queen.

Jefferson’s own Aristotelian Chapter of the National Honor Society held its first ever leadership panel in the fall. NHS members created questions regarding the four pillars of leadership, scholar-ship, character and service along with many others for the community leaders.

Playtime Poppy kicked off its 62nd season with a very successful production of Cat in the Hat. This show also included the special feature of Operation Backstage, which allowed kids to experi-ence alongside the cast and crew what goes on behind the curtains like lighting, staging, costumes and much more.

On December 7th many Jefferson students participated in the NewBo High School Art Show, which included art from all of the area high schools. Students entered a wide variety, which was displayed for viewing during this event in the middle of other NewBo holiday festivities and was later up for sale.

Jefferson students and staff worked in tandem to create the Jefferson Green Team. The goal of this group is to reduce Jefferson’s usage of water and the school’s overall carbon footprint. The team started making small changes in the classrooms to help make a big impact.

Jefferson teamed up with CR netWORK and other local area businesses to host the Jefferson Holiday dinner. Students, staff and volunteers alike worked hard to organize this event, which provided a great meal for Westside families.

The winter athletics at Jefferson this year were very competitive in their respective fields (courts, mats and lanes). The hard work paid off, and members of men’s wres-tling, and men’s and women’s bowling competed at state.

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Features

Things to do in Cedar Rapids: A Summer Bucketlist

Serena Knudson, staff reporter


Many people believe there is nothing to do in Cedar Rapids, but if one simply looks around they will see the benefits Ce-dar Rapidians have.

Cedar Rapids just built a brand new McGrath Amphitheater located by the Ce-dar River on First Street.

There are going to be a lot of exciting shows there this year livening up Cedar Rapids.

Some examples are “Music on the Riv-er”, “Barbeque Roundup”, Gavin Degraw and Matt Nathanson with Mary Lambert, and the Summerland Tour, a concert for ‘90s music fans.

Tickets for that can be found on Ticket-master and at the U.S. Cellular Center box office.

Another activity this summer is going to a Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball game. Games go throughout the summer and it’s a fun way to hangout with friends and fam-ily. A game is priced anywhere from eight to eleven dollars.

Some theme nights to look forward to would be Iowa State Night on June 14th, Duck Dynasty Night on July 18, and Au-gust 15 is Hawkeye Sports Night. The Ker-nels also have some great deals with one dollar Mondays and post-game fireworks on many weekends.

One of the biggest events in Cedar Rapids is the Freedom Festival spanning from June 15 - July 5. It’s a great way to hang out with you friends and family.

On June 21, the day starts off with the Run or Dye and ends the day with a rock and roll concert called Hairball.

The Balloon Glow is on June 24, Fair-fax days on June 28 and a fourth of July swim at all Cedar Rapids pool in the fourth of July all pools will be cheaper.

For every racing fan Cedar Rapids has the Hawkeye Downs Raceway to attend. It is a non-profit organization that has been entertaining people for 82 years.

Races are on Fridays and Saturdays and goes throughout the summer.

The Amana Colonies is located just outside the Southwest side of Cedar Rap-ids. A village for Germans who had came to the United States.

There are a lot of shops, restaurants, crafts, arts, and culture in the Amanas. They have events going on throughout the summer to make the village even more ex-citing than it already is.

The ice arena is a fun way to stay cool during Iowa’s hot summers. It’s also a great way to get some exercise without go-ing to the gym.

The cost for skates and admission is cheaper than going to the movies. It is also open everyday of the week to the public.

It is a great way to socialize and fairly easy to learn how to ice skate. There are also many other places to skate in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Cedar Rapids has the biggest farmer’s market in the midwest open every first and third Saturday of each month.

It is full of crafts, fruits, vegetables, and other goods. Perfect way to mingle and buy great foods from places someone can only find at the Downtown Cedar Rap-ids Farmer’s Market.

The Cedar Rapids Park and Rec is full of fun ways to spend the summer and the best part is most of the activities are free.

The Cedar Rapids Park and Rec has golf, sports fields, frisbee golf, and one of the most popular activities being their pools.

These places are located throughout the city and are most likely always in walk-ing distance.

The Paramount is one of the most his-toric places in Cedar Rapids and is just one of the 300 movie palaces still standing in the United States today.

It was built in the 1920s and shows many concerts, fundraisers, Broadway Se-ries, meetings, and dance recitals.

This summer they have many shows such as on July 13 they are having a 3 Doors Down acoustic concert.

This summer there are multiple good movies coming out so on those rainy days when no one can go outside, go to the mov-ies.

Movies coming out are “22 Jump Street” coming out June 13 and “Trans-formers: Age of Extinction” on June 27, just to name a couple.

Lastly and most importantly come out and cheer on fellow J-hawks at baseball and softball games.

Games will be going on until mid-July. It’s a cool way to socialize with friends and cheer on the Jefferson J-hawks.

Whatever you do, don’t use the excuse that there’s nothing to do. Summer will only be as lame as you allow it to be.


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Opinions


Emmy Palmersheim, staff reporter

There are lots of different types of stu-dents in classrooms. The know-it-all, the slacker, that smart-alek, etc. Even those of us who are known to bend the rules some-times find disrespectful people in classes annoying. How do you know if you’re be-ing disrespectful? Let’s take a look.

Being on your phone continuously can be very disrespectful. Not only are you inadvertently telling you teacher that you don’t care at all about what they have to say; you’re also disrespecting the people around you by being a distraction.

Talking back to your teacher is very disrespectful. If you have a conflict with your teacher, either e-mail them or arrange a time outside of class to talk to them. Re-member that your teacher has gone to col-lege and (hopefully) know what they’re doing.

Raise your hand. Unless it’s a discus-sion setting where the classroom rules are a little lenient, it’s common courtesy to wait your turn.

Do your work. It seems pretty simple

but you’d be surprised by how hard it is for people to just get stuff done. I get that homework can be hard, but making up late work is much harder.

Be respectful. To your teacher, class-mates, the rules, and the property. Carving stuff into desks may be artistic, but is un-called for. Get some paper.

I get that sometimes it can be hard to care. No matter who you are, we all have our problems paying attention and giving it our all. It’s okay to have those days.

But not every day can be like that. High school is about preparing us for our lives as adults. We can’t tweet through meetings and Instagram our way through conferences. Our bosses aren’t going to be in the mood for us to sass back.

There’s a lot of very simple ways to be ethical in school. These may not be easy, but once you decide to be mindful of how willing you are to do what you have to do, it can be easier than before.

Be kind. Be intuitive and contributing. Allow yourself to be immersed in the op-

portunities around you. Be aware in every discussion, lecture, or reading. Remind yourself that the knowledge you’re being offered is a privilege, not a right.

Not everyone gets these opportunities. In developing countries, very few people get to have an education, even more rarely do women get it. Isn’t it phenomenal that we live in a place where we can just learn and learn and learn?

So remember to stay positive. Stay en-gaged and believe that this is all for a good cause. Whether your cause is to go to col-lege, trade school, the military, it’s all the same. High school isn’t necessarily about the grades, but about how you choose to live out the experience.

You go, J-Hawk. Keep doin’ ya thang.

When people think of classes in school, they think of it being boring, or even a waste of time. This is not the case for, JHS Seniors Cierra Maas, Laura Hemphill, Jace Hadish and yes, even me, a JHS fresh-man.

For Laura Hemphill her most interest-ing class is astronomy.

“Mr. Gardner makes everything inter-esting and he jokes around in class; it’s never boring in there.”

Like Laura, Jace’s choice is in the field of science, but for almost a completely dif-ferent reason.

“AP Biology is super interesting. In that class we deal with all sorts of plants and animals. We got to grow some plants, learn about cell signaling and the body’s immune response and right now we are dissecting fetal pigs which is a very odd and neat experience!”

When it comes to Cierra Maas, she likes the more unconventional classroom of Performance P.E.

“It’s fun because you get to go in there every day and push yourself. Just like in

a normal classroom, you learn new things and make progress throughout the term. In Performance P.E you get to push yourself to do things you’ve never done before and improve every day. It’s fun to test your mental and physical strength to see what you can do and how far you can go.”

As for me I would say that the most interesting and fun class is newspaper.

I say this because it gives me the chance to have my work shown to everybody and it gives me the chance to improve my writ-ing skills.

Not to mention that it has one of the best teachers in the school, Mr. Preston, teaching the class.

Another class that I took that I definite-ly did not regret was video game marketing and design. Some may think that it sounds like a very boring class, but that is far be-yond wrong.

It was really fun to take because it gave us the chance to play other people’s video games in class and it also taught us how to make and sell our own video games.

I would also recommend that you take

a foreign language because they’re re-ally interesting classes with great teachers. Also it is better to take it now because who really wants to take a foreign language in college when it’s harder, the teachers aren’t as fun, and it costs more?

If anybody has any problems in finding a class that is interesting or fun, hopefully this pointed you in the right direction to make your high school experience as en-joyable as possible.

Dakota Maas, staff reporter

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The four year wait is finally over. The pools have been select-ed and game times have been announced. All that’s left to do now is for the soccer fans around the world to kick back and watch the action, broadcasted live from Brazil. That’s right; it’s the World Cup, and there’s a lot to talk about.

Right out of school, students can head home and watch the first game, Brazil vs. Croatia at 3:00, and kick off the World Cup right. Pool play begins on that Thursday, but ends two weeks later on June 26th. On the 28th, the tournament begins. Out of the eight groups, 16 countries are selected and face off for the champion-ship, at 2:00 on July 13th.

While soccer is extremely popular across Europe, Africa, South America, and even Mexico, the United States has not shown nearly the level of excitement for the monthlong soccer-fest as their world-wide brethren.

Many Americans don’t like soccer simply because it’s over-shadowed by other sports, such as basketball and American foot-

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ball, or ‘real football’. It’s fair-ly disappointing that America didn’t go along with everyone else and get hyped on soccer, but it’s understandable. In the not-so-successful MLS, 38 percent of games end in a draw, but Americans are used to a winner and loser.

Some may want to watch the World Cup, but aren’t quite sure how it works. Well, there are eight groups consist-ing of four countries. These four play each other, and the top two move on to the knockout stage of the tourna-ment which will be played at various sites around Brazil.

The winner of Group A plays the runner-up in Group B, the winner of Group C plays the runner-up of Group D and so on. The games are traditionally good, pitting great teams against each other. Many soccer fans are hoping for a semifinal between Brazil and Germany, assuming they both win their groups.

It’s hard to choose favorites when, in the course of four years, few powerhouse countries get to play each other. Sure, you can just look at players and history, but no one can really know what will happen. It’s hard to predict, as well, because one pool game can switch around tournament placement like none other.

I personally think Brazil will come out on top. They have a relatively easy group, and if they come out on top they could be in line to play less experienced teams such as Japan or England. The only real challenger I see them running into before the semis would be Columbia.

While I picked Brazil over Spain, many other teams could come out of the right side. Germany’s Group G is by far the tough-est, with Portugal, Ghana, and the United States. A second place Portugal could run the tables and get to the semis with Spain, but so could Belgium or Argentina.

Whatever you do, please try and catch a few games, even if you aren’t a huge soccer fan. Brazil and Germany are very fun teams to watch, and if they get to face off somewhere along the way, that’s a match everyone should watch. Regardless of the matchups or outcomes, we only get this once every four years, so give soccer a try and Go USA!

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Brazil vs. Croatia3:00 pmESPN

June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16Ghana vs USA

5:00 pmESPN

Netherlands vs Spain2:00 pmESPN

Columbia vs Greece11:00 am

ABCGermany vs Portugal

11:00 amESPN

A beginner’s viewing guide to the World Cup

Chase Hannen, co-editor in chief

Spain

Argentina

Brazil

Germany

Portugal

Belgium

United States

Argentina vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

5:00 pmESPN


Sports

Coming off one of the most exciting drafts ever, NFL teams are preparing their players for the upcoming season.

With the Houston Texans claiming the first pick, they select-ed one of the most highly ranked players in the draft: Jadeveon Clowney, adding him to the one-man wrecking crew: J.J. Watt. They also added Louis Nix to the defensive line.

Many experts chose the St. Louis Rams as having the best picks in the draft. They picked an experienced offensive tackle in Greg Robinson and added to their outstanding defensive line with Aaron Donald.

One of the more talked about picks is Michael Sam. He made history at the draft by being the first openly gay player to be draft-ed, he was picked #249. There was quite a reaction by fans and players.

One reaction was by the Miami dolphins DB Don Jones. He tweeted “Horrible” in response of Sam getting drafted. He was suspended, fined, and sent to sensitivity training.

However not all reactions were bad, including the first openly gay basketball player Jason Collins, who said in a tweet “I'm get-ting ready for my game against the Miami Heat, but I wanted to say congrats to Michael Sam & the St. Louis Rams. Great pick. Good luck.” Others included Robert Griffin III, Ellen DeGeneres, Magic Johnson and many more.

Many are questioning why Johnny (Football) Manziel dropped so far in the draft. Well, not all people think it was bad for him, Most NFL insiders think that it was good for him to have dropped. Mel Kiper Jr. thinks that he will benefit greatly from it. He has

history on his side, just look at Super Bowl and MVP winner Aaron Rod-gers.

Teddy Bridge-water had a not-so-great combine, which made him drop in the draft. Bridgewater was picked up at #32 by the Vikings after the Sea-hawks traded out of the pick. NFL In-sider Bucky Brooks says “He is the most NFL ready quarterback in the draft.”

The first running back taken in the draft, at #54, was Bishop Sankey to the Tennessee Titans, Drafted in the second round. That is the latest a running back has ever been chosen in the history of the draft. He was followed by another running back, Carlos Hyde, at #55.

The New England Patriots were most likely planning for the future in the draft. They picked up Tom Brady’s possible replace-ment, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. They also picked up a run-ning back and defensive lineman to help their aging team.

Other notable picks were Blake Bortles to Jacksonville, Jake Matthews to Atlanta and Sammy Watkins to Buffalo.

With all 32 franchises claiming their players, teams are now waiting to get a chance to play.

NFL Draft ReviewJacob Henderson, staff reporter

Racist? Bigot? Senile?Donald Sterling shows his true colors.

Was Donald Sterling wrong in what he said about minority attendance at Clippers games?

In my personal opinion, yes.Still, there are others who would argue that it was his own

freedom of speech, and that the punishments handed down were too severe.

What I would say to that is Mr. Sterling is completely free to say what he wants, when he wants about who/what he wants. However, to think that any comments that discriminate against a certain group of any people should be free from some form of punishment is utter foolishness.

To make discriminatory comments in general is juvenile and idiotic, but to be in a position of power (especially when it is your job to bring in as much attendance, no matter the race, as possible) makes it that much more confusing.

To me, the comments made by Sterling were not only irre-sponsible, but just down right unintelligent. To that extent, I ap-plaud first year commissioner Adam Silver and the decision he came to…banning Sterling for life along with a $2.5 million fine.

This was a fit and intelligent punishment, by a first year com-missioner no less, who had to prove himself as a legitimate au-thority figure in the NBA.

In Sterling’s recent interview with Anderson Cooper, he in-

sisted that he was not, in fact, a racist, and made a public apology for his comments. He also claimed that his problem was not with the African-American community, but more so with Magic John-son. Sterling felt that Johnson was not an appropriate role model because of Johnson’s health condition (Johnson is afflicted with HIV).

Sterling claims that Johnson also doesn’t do enough in the Los Angeles community, particularly amongst minorities.

Donald Sterling clearly has issues with both the African-American community and, more directly, with Magic Johnson and his way of life.

These two problems obviously haunt Sterling and he feels that he must voice these opinions to the greater populace of our country.

To that, then, I would say that we as a people of this country must ignore these comments because they are so full of ignorance and hatred.

The comments made by Sterling in his interview bring up the question of whether or not Sterling is truly a racist or if, in his old age, he has become senile.

In either case, Mr. Sterling’s exodus from the league is a nec-essary step for the NBA going forward and an important move-ment forward in the healing process for sports fans everywhere.

Blake Galvin, staff reporter

Attention J-Hawks: Bring in your student ID to AirFX for 1 Free Lazer

Frenzy Token with Purchase of Jump Time!*Offer expires June 30th *Only Valid Monday-Thursday *Limit: one time only

AirFX Trampoline Park is now open at 1100 N 18th Ave. in Hiawatha. Enjoy 12,000 square feet of wall-to-wall trampolines, dodgeball and basketball courts, tumble

tracks, jumping pit, Lazer Frenzy, miniature golf, outdoor soccer and more.

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