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Bulldog Spirit
Vol. XV Issue V April 2015 St. Joseph High School
Religious Life Explained By Nathan Hambuchen
Brother Travis juggles oranges to demonstrate the
vocations of married, single, and religious life.
Travis Gunther, a 2006 graduate
of St. Joseph School, visited class-
rooms on March 2nd to promote
religious vocations.
Travis is a Brother in the
Salesian Order which is dedicated
to the welfare of youth. He is in his
third year of temporary vows and
will take his perpetual vows in
another three years.
The focus of Brother Travis’s
talks was to show the importance
of how religious life, single life,
and married life work together.
“We are all called to a vocation,”
Brother Travis said, “God has giv-
en each of us gifts and talents that
can be used through our vocation.”
Another Salesian, Father
Dominic Tran accompanied
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The Senior Class made its annual trip to Branson, MO and Silver Dollar
City on April 22nd. They had plenty of food, fun, and fellowship. It
marked one of the last opportunities they’ll have to spend time together.
Freshmen with aluminum cans they’ve collected.
A school year-long competition to redeem various
items for school supplies or monetary rewards
recently concluded with the 9th grade coming out on
top.
The Interact Club facilitated the contest which was
open to all high school students. “The freshmen
class brought in 21,268 items,” Ms. Beacham said.
These included aluminum cans,
box tops, soup labels, labels
from Tyson Foods and Coca-
Cola products, ink cartridges
and cell phones. “This can add
up to a value of $3,000 or
more,” Ms. Beacham noted.
Money for the aluminum cans
go into a maintenance fund for
the school’s busses.
As a reward for their efforts,
the 9th graders will get a pizza
party on May 1st. The 7th grade
was a close second with 20,005
items brought in. Third Place
went to the 11th grade with
12,373 items.
“We plan to do this again next
year, so the students can start
saving now,” Ms. Beacham
said.
Collecting Pays Dividends By Gillian Creel
Seniors Enjoy Year-End Finale
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The Bulldog Spirit is written and
produced by St. Joseph’s journalism
classes.
Reporters/Photographers: Mollie Angel, Nicky Bello, Sam
Burgener, Gillian Creel, Sarah Downey,
Daniel Emerick, Brittany Evans, Nathan
Hambuchen, Tristin Harper, Connor
Harrell, Aaron Hoelzeman, Emma
Kordsmeier, Jacob Lampe, Tillar Lewis,
Clayton Mathews, Grant Merkel, Manuel
Oom, Matthew Pruitt, Micah Salvo, Kyle
Schaefers, Dylan Schrekenhofer, Trenton
Schrekenhofer, Britt Stroth, Jensen
Thielke, Austin Welter, Peter Woodson,
Will Zinno and Wyatt Zinno
Advisor: Mr. Ray Nielsen
Coach Debra Wilhite: “As a coach, you
are always looking for improvement. Our
eye/hand coordination can always use a
little help on our hitting. We are working on
our defense as a whole to improve as our
season goes along.”
Bulldog Spirit: What are you looking for
this season?
Coach Debra Wilhite: “I don't believe in
making big steps at one time. We are look-
ing for small things to get us to a greater
goal at the end.”
Bulldog Spirit: What are some of the
team’s strengths?
Coach Debra Wilhite: “The key word here
being “TEAM”. These girls aren’t in it for
themselves. It’s all about the team. They are
all willing to learn and the team comes first.
They get along great and have great heart
and wit, which makes for some fun days
and we haven’t even started playing yet.
Our biggest strength is us– it’s “TEAM”. Update: This interview was conducted a few
weeks ago. Since then, the girls’ record is 4-1 in
Conference and 4-7 overall. “They’re improving
every day,” Assistant Coach Lum Wilhite says.
“They’re coming together and learning their
positions better. We’re just trying to get ready
for District.”
Softballers’ Strength is Unity By Gillian Creel
Sophomore Erin Sterka pitches against
Sacred Heart.
Bulldog Spirit: How do you think the
team is shaping up?
Coach Debra Wilhite: “I’m really
proud of the way the girls are coming
along. We’ve come a long way from
that first practice. They are all working
hard toward a common goal.”
Bulldog Spirit: Are there some things
the team might need to work on?
Anatomy Students Try Exotic Dish By Daniel Emerick
Mr. Jim Belote’s anatomy classes at St. Joseph High
School have been studying digestive systems. A ben-
efit from their studies came in the form of a tasty treat
he offered them. It’s called beef tripe or menudo
since it’s a popular Hispanic dish. It contains pieces
of a cow’s stomach. The students were okay trying it,
but admitted they weren’t anxious for too big a
helping.
Mr. Belote serves Sarah Downey
Micah Salvo samples menudo
Dinosaur Exhibit Viewed
Dinosaur model in front of Clinton Library
Ninth and 11th grade students from St.
Joseph High School visited the Clinton
Presidential Center on April 22nd to see a
dinosaur exhibit which opened there this
month and will remain through mid-
October.
Thirteen life-size “roaring and breathing”
animatronic creations make up the
“Dinosaurs Around the World” display at
the Center. While there, the students also
met with world-renowned paleontologist
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Science Night on March 18th attracted a variety of ex- hibits and interested spectators 3
Salesians (from page 1)
Brother Travis. Both of them were
invited to speak to students and adult
parishioners about their life and work
in concert with the universal church’s
year-long focus on the value of the
religious life.
Bother Travis will graduate from
New Jersey’s Montclair State Universi-
ty in December with a degree in Art
Education. After graduation, he’ll be
assigned to one of the Salesian Order’s
high schools in the U.S.
Psychology Students Get Life Lesson By Emma Kordsmeier
Nathan Hambuchen, Sam Burgener and Grant Merkel have visions of returning to the
Faulkner County Detention Center.
Ms. Betsy Beacham’s psychology
class toured the Faulkner County
Detention Center on March 18th. “I
wanted to reinforce the material we
learned in class about sociopathic
behavior,” Ms. Beacham said. “I
wanted the students to associate this
material to a real life setting and that
going to jail is a very serious thing.”
The class experienced the booking,
the restraint chair, a holding cell,
blended food, the men’s and
women’s units, and at the end they
had Lieutenants Gary Andrews and
Christopher Reidmueller answer
questions.
“The blended food detainees have to
eat if they get in trouble stood out to
me the most,” Sam Burgener said.
“One of the things I noticed was how
serious the officers in charge are
about keeping themselves safe when
taking care of the detainees,” Nathan
Hambuchen added. Grant Merkel said
the moment officers briefly locked
him in a holding cell he knew he
would never want to be there. When
visiting both the men’s and women’s
units Tristin Harper said she was
surprised by how loud the men were
compared to the women.
When the students returned to class
Ms. Beacham had them write
synopses of the trip. “Most of them
commented about not wanting to go
there as detainees,” she said. “This
was an extremely eye-opening
experience for my students.”
A new fad has caught on at our school.
Several students, along with math and phys-
ics teacher Jeremy Elsinger, have begun
playing with Rubik’s cubes.
Nate “The Tank” Hambuchen started this
trend. “One day I was watching an interview
of my favorite rapper, Logic, and I saw he
was solving a Rubik’s Cube,” Nate said.
“From there, I started watching videos about
the Rubik’s Cube which made me really
want to try it out.”
A Rubik’s Cube is a six-sided, multi-
colored puzzle that’s solved by rotating the
pieces into position where one color fills a
side. The cube was named after Erno Rubik,
a Hungarian inventor and architect.
Once Nate got a cube he spent hours re-
searching and taking notes trying to solve the
puzzle. He’s since been spending any free
time he has practicing or learning faster ways
to solve the cube.
The current world record for complet-
ing the puzzle is 5.5 seconds. It was set
by an 18 year-old Dutchman named
Mats Valk. “My fastest time right now
is 45.66 seconds,” Nate says. Mr.
Elsinger is a close second at 58.08
seconds.
Other students caught up in this craze
include Grant Merkel, Aaron
Hoelzeman, Austin Welter, Dylan
Schrekenhofer, Wayne Roland, and
Collin Davis.
There’s no conclusive evidence to
show Rubik’s cubers have advanced
intelligence. Their prowess does indi-
cate exceptional pattern recognition,
movement visualization, finger
dexterity, and multi-tasking and muscle
memory skills.
“I’m just doing this for fun,” Nate
says. “But I want to be the best I can be
and better than anyone I know.”
Problem Solvers Find Outlet By Sam Burgener
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Dan’s Games
“Beseige” by Daniel Emerick
Besiege is a sandbox game with the goal of creating a machine to, for lack of a better
word, Besiege enemy fortifications and complete goals such as destroying fortifications
and defeating armies.
This game gives you huge amounts of freedom to create your very own medieval
death machine with a variety of weaponry to choose from, such as cannons and old fash-
ioned flame throwers. You can also get more creative and build something like a catapult
WITH cannons. Nothing is more threatening than that.
The game is currently in early access on steam, so it isn't even near finished yet, and
I'm sure the game will incorporate even more freedom in the future of the game. Right
now the game doesn't have a whole lot of levels to play through, and the game would ben-
efit from more things to be able to put on your contraption.
At the heart it is a sandbox game, with the point of being able to solve the problems
how you want, not just solving them the way that the game wants you to. You can make
anything from a wall of fire to a spinning blade trap of death. One note though, don't go
into this game expecting an accurate representation of medieval war machines. The game
lets you use things like rotary saws and mechanical pistons in your creations, which I'm
pretty sure is already more than the technology they had in medieval times. It is a fun
game made for you to have fun it, so get into it and have some fun!
Aaron’s Knee Slappers Conceived by Aaron Hoelzeman
Drawn by Gabby Hathaway
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- How has the team changed since last year?
- What are the team's goals for this year?
- What are the toughest teams the Bulldogs will face?
- Are you confident that the team is going to reach the
State Tournament?
ANTHONY FILLIPPINO: -The number of players with at least two years of
playing soccer has increased from the previous year.
-We missed the playoffs last year. This year is to get
back into the playoffs.
-Outside of District, it could be Morrilton or Valley
View. Within the district, it would have to be Jonesboro
Westside or Crowley's Ridge.
-Maumelle and Valley View moved out of Confer-
ence, so there are two top slots that will be up for
grabs. SJS could take one of those spots, but it will de-
pend on how the team comes together.
Update: The team’s season has been a roller coaster of
emotions with a record of 7-3 overall and 4-2 in confer-
ence. “Compared to our pervious season, we have flour-
ished,” Senior Wyatt Zinno said. “the team’s overall
strength has increased astronomically. We have come
together and are working well with each other.”
KEVIN RITTMAN:
-The 2015 St. Joseph Girls Soccer Team has seen major changes from
last year. We started by losing seven seniors to graduation in 2014 and one
transfer to another school this year. Joining the team this year are five fresh-
men and two sophomores. We also have a student transfer from Conway
who will be eligible to play in the 2016 season.
-The Girls Soccer Team wants to be State Champions this year, but we
also have several other goals to go along with that. We want to improve
several parts of our game including on the field communication, technical
skills, and our ability to work as a team.
-Our conference has several new teams this year, and we have not seen
them play before so there are some unknowns. We will still have tough
games with Southside Batesville and the always competitive Conway Chris-
tian within our conference. We will finish with non-conference games
against Episcopal Collegiate and Valley View in order to prepare for the
State Tournament.
-Looking at the amount of change in the team compared to last year
it would seem that we might struggle this season and be in a “rebuilding”
mode. That is not the case. After three weeks of preseason workouts and a
couple of weeks of practice we are ready to play. We are definitely not as
experienced as we were last season, but our team is competing hard in prac-
tice and with the senior leadership provided by Sarah Downey, Caroline
Dail & Maddy Shamburger we should be playing in the State Tournament.
Update: The team is off to a roaring start at 8-0. “We’ve done very well
this season,” Senior Caroline Dail said. “ We’ve not faced some of our
tougher competition yet, but we will in the next couple of weeks. We’ve had
good movement with the ball, but we’re still working on our first touch.
We’ve done very well with possession and being physical.”
Soccer Season Previewed
By Manuel Oom
Senior Wyatt Zinno played his first game this year on April 20
against Brookland in which he scored three goals. Outside back Sarah Downey playing against Jonesboro
Westside
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High School Profiles By: Nate, Sam, and Grunt
Zach Moore
Landon Bruich William Zinno
1. If you could take anyone
to prom, who would it
be?
2. Who is going to win the
March Madness Tourna-
ment?
3. What are you doing for
Spring Break?
4. Do you think the Apple
Watch will catch on and
be the next big thing?
Caleb~
1. Selena Gomez
2. Arkansas
3. Fishin’
4. Probably, but I don’t see
myself getting one.
Caleb Schaefers
Landon~
1. Kylie Jenner
2. UCONN Women’s
Team
3. Chilling at Brittany’s
House
4. I’m the next big thing!
Aaron~
1. Batman
2. Razorbacks please!
3. Camping
4. No, the Samsung
watch didn’t go very
well so why would
Apple’s ?
Will~
1. Selena Gomez
2. Wisconsin
3. I am going to Florida.
4. No, but I might get
one of those $10,000
solid gold Apple
Watches.
Aaron Hoelzeman
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High School Profiles By Nate, Sam, and Grunt
Dawson Schrekenhofer
Spencer Pope Marley Spradlin
Lucas Foster
Spencer~
1. Kate Upton
2. Duke
3. Going to Washington
D.C.
4. Probably not
Dawson~
1. Kate Upton
2. A basketball team
3. Breathing and living
4. It might, but I
wouldn’t get one.
Lucas~
1. Miley Cyrus
2. Kentucky
3. Relax and chill
4. Yes, but I probably
wouldn’t get one.
Marley~
1. Channing Tatum
2. Kentucky
3. Going to Fayetteville
to visit my family.
4. Yeah, I might get
one.
1. If you could take anyone
to prom, who would it
be?
2. Who is going to win the
March Madness Tourna-
ment?
3. What are you doing for
Spring Break?
4. Do you think the Apple
Watch will catch on and
be the next big thing?
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The Needle Drops
By Daniel Emerick
Agaetis byrjun is the second album from
Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros. Bearing
orchestral elements such as
piano, violin, and various other stringed in-
struments, along with guitar and drums, feels
reminiscent of Godspeed you!
Black Emperor, but Sigur Ros is far from it.
While Godspeed is very doom- driven in their
sound, Agaetis Byrjun is hopeful and blissful
from the get go. This album is so peaceful and
serene, especially with the assistance from the
vocals provided by Birgisson. They’re as
equally incredible as the instrumentation on
the album. His singing voice is just so nice to
listen to, I have to say. The crescendos that
accompany the songs on this album are noth-
ing short of glorious.
I just find this album to be so beautiful,
even though I can't understand a word they
are saying due to its being in a foreign lan-
guage. The album even seems to feel nostal-
gic at times. It just produces such a serene
atmosphere that’s hard to put into words.
With a runtime of about 75 minutes, it’s defi-
nitely worth a listen.
Piper Mullaney and Drew Lewis.
The Cutest Friends By Mollie Angel & Tillar Lewis
Bulldog Spirit: How did you two meet?
Piper & Drew: First, we hated each other.
Then, since Piper hated band, she joined study
skills last year where we started liking each
other and hanging out.
Bulldog Spirit: What common interests do
you have?
Piper & Drew: American Horror Story and
boys that are out of our league.
Bulldog Spirit: What are your nicknames for
each other?
Piper & Drew: Drewster and Pipster.
Bulldog Spirit: Have you ever gotten into any
trouble together?
Piper & Drew: Yes, we were playing
“Matrix” and threw Drew’s backpack on the
roof of Mrs. Davis’ trailer. Coach B tattle-
tailed on us.
Bulldog Spirit: Do you have a handshake?
Piper & Drew: No, but we have our own
Morse code by clicking our pens and having
syncopated blinking.
Bulldog Spirit: How much would you bet you
two will still be friends in ten years?
Piper: I bet everything in life to be friends
with my Drewster.
Drew: 69%.
Dinosaurs (from page 2)
Jack Horner, who’s the Curator of
Paleontology at Montana State
University’s Museum of the Rockies.
Horner has made such ground-breaking
discoveries as finding the first dinosaur
eggs in the Western Hemisphere and the
first evidence of parental care among di-
nosaurs.
The students heard a formal presentation
from Horner, but also visited with him
individually for question and answer
sessions.
Lauren Smith leans in to an exhibit.
Bus driver Matt Simon is too close for
comfort with this dinosaur.
Massa Going to Governor’s School
St. Joseph High School junior Tia Massa
has been accepted to attend the 2015 Arkan-
sas Governor's School held at Hendrix Col-
lege in Conway.
This six-week program runs from June 14-
July 25. Selection for the school is based on
a combination of ability and interest and is
highly competitive.
Arkansas’ Governor’s School began in
1980, and it’s one of 23 states to have such a
program. It provides “highly motivated,
creative students with an intellectual atmos-
phere impossible to sustain in ordinary aca-
demic settings.”
Paleontologist Jack Horner & Ms. Beacham
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Bulldog Spirit: What strengths do
you see in the team this year?
Coach Luke Davis: We’ve got a
pretty good pitching rotation with
four guys. Three of them are sen-
iors (until Britt Sroth got hurt). I’m
expecting them to go out every
game and give us about four or five
innings.
Bulldog Spirit: What’s this year
looking like competition wise?
Coach Davis: Everybody’s looking
pretty good. We’ll try to make every
game count and improve as much
we can. In our Conference there’s
about four or five teams going for
first. We’re going to have to work
hard to get better than what we are.
Bulldog Spirit: How do you assess
the talent you have?
Coach Davis: I watch us practice
every day and in games. We try to
assess what’s best for the team.
Bulldog Spirit: How do you feel
about wins and loses?
Coach Davis: I want to win more
than we lose.
Update: The team’s record at press
time was 6-5 overall and 4-1 in
Conference. “We’re a lot better
from the beginning of the season
until now,” Coach Davis said.
“We’ve still got a long ways to go
and a short time to get there.
Bowling Teams Have Solid Season
The St. Joseph High School
Bowling Teams competed in the
1A-2A-3A Tournament on March
11th in Cabot. The boys finished in
3rd Place with 3,816 pins. Norfork
was 1st with 4067 and Riverside
came in 2nd with 3873.
The girls had a score of 2253
which put them in 10th Place, but
the team competed with one less
player due to absence.
Sophomore Andrew Marks
received All-State honors and a
Bronze Medal for bowling 634 in a
three-game series. He ranked 3rd
overall behind Flippin’s Coy Flippin
and Riverside’s Blake Hall.
Pitching Is Baseball Team’s Strength By Wyatt Zinno
Bronze Medalist Andrew Marks
Third
baseman
Zach
Moore in
throw-
back
uniform
slides
home
against
Academ-
ics Plus.
We’ve got to get better at the plate. We left 11
guys on base against Mayflower. We’ve got to
find a way to string more hits together. There’s
only three or four players really hitting the ball
and five who are still struggling.”
Sophomores in Ms.
Penny Bassham’s art
classes were assigned to
make unique character
masks that don’t
resemble popular ones.
They’re made from
plaster gauze and their
creation involves a
number of steps. The
most tedious of these is
having the gauze applied
to their own faces.
Sophs Make Masks
Gabby Hathaway’s Cory Strack’s
Nick Davanzo’s
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“Hopelessly Devoted” Memories By Tristin Harper and Emma Kordsmeier
Prom Kings & Queens Matthew Pruitt, Caroline
Dail, Maddy Shamburger and Austin Hofherr
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Students See Landmark European Sites By Connor Harrell and Tristin Harper
Notre Da me Cathedral in Paris,
France Assisi, Italy St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy
The Champ de Mars (Field of
Mars) in Paris, France as seen from
the Eiffel Tower The Swiss Alps The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
During Spring Break, two St. Joseph students made a European trip. Carsten O’ Dwyer and Tia Massa visited Italy, France, and
England. “In London, we got to see things like Big Ben and double-decker buses,” Carsten said “we rode on the London Eye and
saw the crown jewels. Then, we took the bullet train and went through the English Channel to Paris, France.” In Paris, Carsten
saw the Eiffel Tower and went through the Louvre Museum, where he saw the famous Mona Lisa painting. (More on pg. 12)
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Johnnie Watson said:
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European Trip (from page 11)
Carsten and Tia then took a train to
Florence, Italy where they saw
Michelangelo’s statue of David. They
then drove to Rome and saw the
Vatican and Sistine Chapel. They also
saw the Colosseum, the Roman
Forum, and the Trevi Fountain. “My
favorite part was the food,” Carsten
said. “We ate fish and chips in Lon-
don, crepes in Paris, gelato in Flor-
ence, and Lasagna in Italy.”
“My favorite place was London,”
Tia Massa said, “it was the nicest of
all the cities. I had fish and chips in
London. I went to the London Eye. I
toured the London Tower, and I said
the changing of the guards at
Buckingham Palace.”
Like Carsten, Tia talked about the
Louvre Museum and the Eiffel
Tower. She thought the view from up
there was great but it was cold and
windy at the top. The Notre Dame
Cathedral was her favorite place in
Paris.
Italy was very beautiful but
crowded. Tia saw the tomb of St.
Francis in Assisi and picked an olive
branch there. She liked seeing the
Statue of David in Florence. She
really enjoyed the Italian food. “In
Rome and Florence, I had gelato and
pizza,” Tia said. “They were both
very good, especially the pizza.”
Donuts Make Dough By Nathan Hambuchen and Sam Burgener
Economics students watch how
it’s done at Krispy Kreme. Doughnuts roll off the production line.
Ms. Monica Lieblong’s 9th grade Econom-
ics class has been studying production and
issues involved in starting a business. To give
her students a close up view of how business-
es work, she took them to the recently-
opened Krispy Kreme Doughnut store.
“We got to see what capital recourses
Krispy Kreme has,” Triple Williams said.
“Seeing how the doughnuts were made was
pretty cool. We could have learned what each
machine cost but they didn’t tell us that.”
“I learned a lot about production and how
things are made,” Lizzie Whitley said. “I
learned it takes a lot of steps to make some-
thing, but my favorite part of the trip was
eating the doughnuts.” Triple rollin’ in dough.
Scouts Soar Like Eagles
Any Boy Scout who wants to achieve
the rank of Eagle must complete a pro-
ject of their choosing that has to be
approved by the Council.
Junior Grant Merkel chose to remodel
an exhibit at the Faulkner County Mu-
seum. This meant, painting, making
information stands, making a plywood
cow, and rearranging the items in the
exhibit.
The project took three days to com-
plete. Grant was assisted by fellow
scouts, Hunter Trussell, Matthew
McWilliams, Cory Strack, Caleb
Strack, Clay Strack, Peter Woodson,
and Gabriel Stobaugh.
Grant expects to get his Eagle some-
time in June.
This is the cotton exhibit at the Faulkner
County Museum. It was repainted, rearranged,
and information stands were added.
This is Grant and his brother Justin also
worked on a dairy exhibit, which included
adding information stands and making a ply-
wood cow.
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Brent Bruich, our new head boys basketball coach, says he’s very excited in his new role. “I’ve always dreamed of
coaching my Alma Mater,” he said. “ I want to keep the St. Joe basketball tradition.” 13
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We’re four weeks into deer season and two juniors from St. Joseph School have killed deer. Jesse Light
and Garrett x hunted in Perry and Conway Counties, re- spectively, and brought down eight and nine point 14
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Dear St. Joseph students,
This past August I had the great blessing to make a pilgrimage to Cologne, Germany for the XX World
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The St. Joseph Bowling Teams began their second season with wins against Mt. Vernon on November
30th at Conway Bowl. High school civics teacher Mike Angel started the competition last year.
“We expect to improve on the girls State Runner-Up and the boy’s Third Place finish that were achieved 16
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The St. Joseph Bowling Teams began their second season with wins against Mt. Vernon on November
30th at Conway Bowl. High school civics teacher Mike Angel started the competition last year.
“We expect to improve on the girls State Runner-Up and the boy’s Third Place finish that were achieved 17
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The St. Joseph Bowling Teams began their second season with wins against Mt. Vernon on November 30th
at Conway Bowl. High school civics teacher Mike Angel started the competition last year.
“We expect to improve on the girls State Runner-Up and the boy’s Third Place finish that were achieved last
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