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me,

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aha S

kutt

Col

umn

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ting

Dev

on G

otts

ch, O

mah

a Mar

ian

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larm

clo

ck b

larin

g, h

air i

n a

tang

led

mes

s, gr

oggy

eye

s sw

olle

n sh

ut, I

(unw

illin

gly)

dra

g m

ysel

f fro

m

the

war

m, s

afe

com

fort

of m

y be

d. M

y m

orni

ngs a

re n

othi

ng sh

ort o

f pea

cefu

l. N

ever

in m

y lif

e ha

ve I

had

the

time

nor l

iber

ty to

mak

e m

ysel

f a c

up o

f ste

amin

g cu

p of

cof

fee

and

wat

ch G

ood

Mor

ning

Am

eric

a be

fore

sc

hool

. Usu

ally

, my

mor

ning

s con

sist

of t

hrow

ing

on m

y qu

estio

nabl

y cl

ean

unifo

rm a

nd g

rabb

ing

a gr

anol

a ba

r

and

afte

r-sch

ool a

ctiv

ities

are

all

loom

ing

abov

e m

y he

ad. M

y hi

gh sc

hool

car

eer h

as b

een

noth

ing

shor

t of c

ra-

zy to

say

the

leas

t.

My

Gra

ndpa

, God

love

him

, sen

ds c

onst

ant r

emin

ders

that

my

face

shou

ldn’

t be

burie

d in

my

phon

e al

l th

e tim

e. In

stea

d, I

shou

ld b

e pr

epar

ing

mys

elf f

or m

y fu

ture

: lea

rnin

g al

l the

Am

endm

ents

by

hear

t, br

ushi

ng

pay

for c

olle

ge li

ke I

was

pay

ing

for a

gum

ball.

I can

’t si

t at t

he d

inne

r tab

le w

ithou

t som

eone

brin

ging

up

the

topi

c of

gen

erat

ion

diffe

renc

es. Y

es, I

-

som

ethi

ng in

life

, by

golly

, I’m

goi

ng a

fter i

t. I j

ust h

ave

an in

tere

stin

g w

ay o

f get

ting

ther

e, a

ccor

ding

to m

y m

om.

one

mor

e se

cond

,” sh

e sa

id.

Yes,

alrig

ht, I

’ll a

dmit,

my

sarc

astic

mom

is c

ompl

etel

y on

poi

nt. M

y ph

one

is a

di

stra

ctio

n. B

ut I’

m su

re m

y m

om k

now

s wha

t it i

s lik

e to

be

a w

ide-

eyed

teen

age

girl

who

just

wan

ts to

soak

up

eve

ry b

it of

kno

wle

dge

she

can.

No

one

can

deny

that

diff

eren

t gen

erat

ions

enc

ompa

ss d

iffer

ent p

erso

nalit

ies.

How

ever

, I d

o th

ink

it is

rid

icul

ous t

o un

dere

stim

ate

or tr

eat s

omeo

ne d

iffer

ently

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r age

. You

ng p

eopl

e of

this

wor

ld a

re

but I

’ll g

et th

ere!

Ther

e ar

e m

any

occu

rren

ces w

hen

I cov

er m

y he

ad in

em

barr

assm

ent b

ecau

se o

f a st

upid

or i

mpu

lsiv

e

man

y te

chno

logi

cal a

dvan

tage

s tha

t pre

viou

s gen

erat

ions

nev

er c

ould

hav

e dr

eam

ed o

f hav

ing.

Yes

Gra

ndpa

and

the

skill

s I g

ain

from

util

izin

g m

y ph

one,

inte

rnet

, lap

top,

etc

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tling

is si

mpl

y no

t an

optio

n. T

his g

ener

atio

n of

you

ng p

eopl

e ar

e so

intu

itive

and

obs

erva

nt to

war

ds o

ther

peo

ple.

Soc

iety

forg

ets a

ll th

e am

azin

g th

ough

ts

that

are

har

bore

d in

our

dev

elop

ing

min

ds.

tabl

e rig

ht n

ow, b

ut g

ive

us ti

me,

and

we

will

take

the

wor

ld b

y st

orm

. Bea

r with

me

on th

is o

ne, b

ut I

thin

k of

cup

of c

offe

e an

d w

atch

ing

Goo

d M

orni

ng A

mer

ica.

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rial

Car

toon

ing

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ia K

olio

poul

os, O

mah

a Sku

tt

Lea

guet

own

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h Sc

hool

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get c

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plag

ue tr

aditi

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urtu

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duca

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ball

play

ers

hudd

le u

p in

the

lock

er r

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whi

le e

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fan

s aw

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ff.

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guet

own

Hig

h Sc

hool

alw

ays

puts

up

an im

pres

sive

mat

ch a

gain

st c

ompe

titor

s. T

he s

choo

l’s

band

and

dri

ll te

am, w

ho w

on s

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ace

at th

e U

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eld

to th

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mor

e. I

n Te

xas,

trad

ition

is th

e so

und

of m

arch

ing

foot

step

s

on p

aint

ed tu

rf, g

ame-

win

ning

touc

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ns, a

nd a

wild

cro

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ll it

take

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udge

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form

ula

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aks

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hen

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riet

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hile

trad

ition

is im

port

ant,

educ

atio

n co

mes

fir

st. “

Am

I h

appy

abo

ut th

e cu

ts?

No.

But

I ca

n liv

e w

ith th

em. T

he c

ut c

ould

sav

e a

teac

her’

s jo

b,”

Ban

d D

irec

tor

Mik

e N

ewm

an s

aid.

With

out m

oney

to f

und

the

scho

ol, t

each

ers

will

eve

ntua

lly h

ave

to b

e la

id o

ff. W

ithou

t tea

cher

s,

ther

e w

on’t

be

clas

ses,

and

eve

ntua

lly L

eagu

etow

n H

igh

Scho

ol w

ill h

ave

to s

hut i

ts d

oors

. Som

e

mig

ht b

e he

sita

nt to

adm

it th

is, b

ut q

ualit

y ed

ucat

ion

is m

ore

impo

rtan

t tha

n a

high

sch

ool b

and

perf

orm

ing

at a

way

gam

es.

T

he b

and

wou

ld n

ot b

e th

e on

ly s

choo

l-sa

nctio

ned

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ity s

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ring

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m b

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hman

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sip: P

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crue

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per

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repu

tatio

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latio

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ith fr

iend

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mily

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e per

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tatio

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mes

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ing

or se

ndin

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want

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ges,

whic

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ay in

clud

e thr

eats

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sage

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pos

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on w

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orum

s, or

blo

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secr

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r em

barr

assin

g in

form

atio

n, w

hich

is th

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arks

on

the I

nter

net t

hrea

teni

ng o

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Type

s of C

yber

bull

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“Whi

le b

ully

ing

thro

ugh

phys

ical

intim

ida

tion

has l

ong

been

a pr

oble

m am

ong

teen

ager

s, cy

berb

ully

ing

by u

sing

com

pute

rs an

d sm

art p

hone

s to

send

rum

ors o

r pos

t cru

el

rece

nt ye

ars,”

expl

ains

Dr.

Jenn

ifer C

audl

e.

Have

Have

NOT

Expe

rts T

alk

In ex

trem

e cas

es, p

hysic

al bu

llyin

g an

d on

line b

ul

teen

to d

eep

depr

essio

n

times

extr

eme p

ress

ure o

f bei

ng

bulli

ed.

Gra

phic

Illu

stra

tion

Jam

es S

chue

nem

an, O

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a Wes

tsid

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STO

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avin

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radu

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orth

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tte

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e yo

ung

child

stru

ggle

s to

cl

imb

the

mou

ntai

nous

st

airs

. Sh

e fa

lters

a l

ittle

but

mak

es o

ne

last

-ditc

h ef

fort

to r

each

the

top

. Fi

nally

she

pea

ks a

t th

e to

p st

ep.

All

the

effo

rt to

sim

ply

mak

e it

to

the

top

floor

is

all

due

to a

rar

e he

art

cond

ition

bor

n in

to a

litt

le

girl.

“Whe

n I

was

bor

n w

ith a

ho

le i

n m

y he

art,

my

pare

nts

wer

e to

ld to

go

hom

e an

d en

joy

the

othe

r th

ree

kids

be

caus

e th

ey

did

not

belie

ve I

wou

ld m

ake

it. M

y da

d di

d no

t tak

e th

at a

s an

ans

wer

,” S

ue

Fuch

tman

said

.

Chi

ldho

od i

s of

ten

coin

ed

as t

he c

aref

ree

fun

time,

but

Sue

Fu

chtm

an w

as u

nlik

e m

ost

kids

. B

orn

with

a

hole

in

he

r he

art,

Fuch

tman

was

una

ble

to p

artic

ipat

e in

man

y of

the

typ

ical

chi

ldho

od

expe

rienc

es.

“T

he

cond

ition

lim

ited

me.

I’m

not

sur

e th

at i

t he

ld m

e ba

ck b

ecau

se t

here

wer

e a

lot

of

folk

that

hel

ped

me.

I sp

ent a

lot o

f tim

e in

side

so

I mig

ht h

ave

beco

me

the

wor

ld’s

bes

t ba

bysi

tter

in t

hat

time,

” Fu

chtm

an sa

id.

A

fter

livin

g th

roug

hout

a

good

por

tion

of h

er c

hild

hood

with

th

e co

nditi

on, F

ucht

man

und

erw

ent

open

-hea

rt su

rger

y, a

t jus

t 13

year

s of

age

, to

seal

the

hole

in h

er h

eart

usin

g Te

flon.

A p

roce

dure

like

this

w

as

not

only

ris

ky

in

term

s of

he

alth

, bu

t al

so

finan

cial

ly.

The

surg

ery

wou

ld b

e a

cost

ly o

ptio

n fo

r a fa

mily

with

five

chi

ldre

n.

“It

wou

ld b

e a

very

big

bi

ll at

the

tim

e fo

r m

y fa

mily

, but

w

hat

help

ed

us

was

th

e st

rong

su

ppor

t of

the

com

mun

ity a

roun

d us

. It g

ave

me

a se

nse

of w

hat m

y co

mm

unity

co

uld

be

like,

” Fu

chtm

an sa

id.

Fortu

nate

ly f

or t

he f

amily

an

d th

e pe

ople

joi

ning

in

for

the

caus

e, t

he s

urge

ry w

as a

suc

cess

, bu

t it

did

leav

e so

me

last

ing

impa

cts o

n th

e br

ief t

ime

afte

r.

New

spap

er F

eatu

re W

ritin

gJo

seph

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olo,

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ard

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th

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ct

The G

erin

g se

nior

cla

ss g

ot to

take

the

day

off fr

om

scho

ol o

n Fr

iday

to h

elp

serv

e th

e co

mm

unity

with

se

vera

l pro

ject

s thr

ough

out t

he a

rea.

Se

nior

s fro

m G

erin

g H

igh

Scho

ol w

ere

seen

all

thro

ugho

ut G

erin

g an

d Sc

otts

bluff

doi

ng c

omm

unity

se

rvic

e Fr

iday

mor

ning

.

The

seni

ors w

ere

give

n th

e op

port

unity

to c

hoos

e w

hat j

ob

they

took

on

whe

ther

it w

as c

lean

ing

up tr

ash

alon

g th

e hi

gh-

way

, or h

elpi

ng o

ut a

nim

als a

t the

hum

ane

soci

ety.

S

enio

r Cas

sidy

Coo

per c

hose

to h

elp

pick

up

tras

h al

ong

U

Stre

et a

ll th

e w

ay to

Cou

ntry

Clu

b Ro

ad.

“P

icki

ng u

p tr

ash

was

not

as b

ad a

s it s

ound

s,” C

oope

r sai

d, “I

ac

tual

ly e

njoy

ed it

bec

ause

for o

nce

it w

as a

nic

e da

y ou

t and

ev

eryo

ne h

elpe

d ou

t.”

Aft

er C

oope

r and

her

gro

up o

f oth

er se

nior

s fini

shed

cle

anin

g up

tras

h, th

ey m

oved

on

to h

elp

out t

he H

u-m

ane

Soci

ety.

“Th

e H

uman

e So

-ci

ety

was

the

best

ex

perie

nce

beca

use

we

actu

ally

got

to in

tera

ct

with

the

anim

als e

ven

if it

was

just

cle

anin

g ou

t the

ir ca

ges,”

Coo

per

said

.

Coo

per a

nd h

er g

roup

at t

he H

uman

e So

ciet

y he

lped

bat

he

the

new

born

kitt

ens,

wal

k th

e do

gs, a

nd c

lean

out

the

cage

s of

the

anim

als.

Just

in W

alla

ce a

nd B

rand

on G

able

, als

o in

Coo

per’s

gr

oup,

did

not

nec

essa

rily

inte

ract

with

the

anim

als b

ut th

ey

help

ed w

ith th

e H

uman

e So

ciet

y’s r

enov

atio

n.

In

anot

her g

roup

was

seni

or D

akot

a G

elln

er, w

ho si

gned

up

to w

ork

at th

e m

onum

ent.

“I

cho

se to

wor

k at

the

mon

umen

t bec

ause

I kn

ew it

was

go-

ing

to b

e a

beau

tiful

day

out

side

, and

I en

joy

doin

g w

ork

whe

n it

was

as n

ice

as it

was

,” Gel

lner

said

.

Gel

lner

and

her

gro

up w

orke

d ou

t by

an o

ld d

ump

site

nex

t to

the

mon

umen

t. Th

ey b

egan

by

pick

ing

up a

ll ki

nds o

f deb

ris

to c

lear

the

site

so th

ey c

ould

beg

in to

repl

ace

the

prai

rie. W

hen

they

wer

e fin

ishe

d ra

king

and

pla

ntin

g se

ed, t

he a

rea

they

wer

e w

orki

ng o

n be

cam

e a

part

of t

he p

rairi

e on

ce a

gain

.

“I w

as n

ot su

re w

hat w

e w

ere

goin

g to

do

that

day

but

I ha

d fu

n di

ggin

g th

e tr

ench

es,” G

elln

er sa

id, “

I wou

ld d

o it

all a

gain

if

I had

to.”

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ther

gro

ups a

lso

help

ed a

roun

d th

e co

mm

unity

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cle

an-

ing

hous

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sett

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nior

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wor

k-in

g at

loca

l par

ks, a

nd h

elpi

ng o

ut a

t the

mus

eum

in G

erin

g.

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er th

eir c

omm

unity

serv

ice,

the

seni

ors g

ot to

lay-

back

at a

pi

cnic

teac

her J

anel

le S

chul

tz h

elp

set-

up a

nd p

lay

gam

es su

ch

as v

olle

ybal

l and

bad

min

ton.

“Th

e w

hole

day

was

gre

at,” S

enio

r Bre

t Oro

zco,

who

hel

ped

out a

t Nor

th P

latt

e Va

lley

Mus

eum

, sai

d, “I

got

to sp

end

time

with

my

frie

nds w

hile

als

o he

lpin

g ou

t the

com

mun

ity.”

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ents

Spen

d th

e Day

Help

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Huma

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expe

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actu

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inter

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nimals

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as ju

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out t

heir c

ages”

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control over

anything

anyone said

about me”

No one seemed

to care about

anything

that happened

to me.”

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to a

hom

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s man

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ing f

or a

stra

nger

’s co

ffee.

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atin

g to

a ch

arity

. Al

thou

gh th

ese

actio

ns a

re ge

nero

us a

nd u

nsel

fish,

“Pay

ing i

t for

war

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oesn

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ays r

equi

re p

hysic

ally

payin

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ague

tow

n Hi

gh Sc

hool

Mat

h te

ache

r Ang

ela M

unda

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g to

pro

ve ju

st th

at b

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high

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men

torin

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gram

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rnin

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that

conn

ecte

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mm

unity

feel

ing a

gain

, Mun

day,

a

form

er m

embe

r of t

he m

ento

ring

prog

ram

, has

ove

rcom

e pe

rson

nel c

hang

es a

nd b

udge

t cut

s to

hope

fully

conn

ect s

tude

nts a

nd lo

cal m

ento

rs b

y May

1.

As

a yo

ung h

igh

scho

ol gi

rl, M

unda

y did

n’t h

ave

only

mas

sive

pile

s of h

omew

ork t

o w

orry

abo

ut.

She

also

had

a h

ome

life

that

mad

e it

hard

er fo

r her

to co

ncen

trate

on

scho

olw

ork a

nd to

hav

e ho

pe fo

r a

pros

pero

us fu

ture

. So

whe

n he

r hig

h sc

hool

coun

selo

r pla

ced

her i

n th

e ha

nds o

f Bet

h Fr

eckli

ng, s

he

was

caug

ht o

ff gu

ard.

Afte

r a m

ilksh

ake,

a co

mpl

imen

t and

four

year

s of m

eetin

g wee

kly, M

unda

y and

Fr

eckli

ng b

ecam

e ve

ry cl

ose.

“Bet

h ta

lked

to m

e ab

out c

olle

ge, a

bout

hav

ing a

care

er, a

bout

setti

ng

goal

s for

my l

ife,”

Mun

day s

aid,

“I h

ad n

ever

thou

ght a

bout

the

futu

re b

efor

e m

eetin

g Be

th.”

Mun

day

expl

aine

d ho

w d

eepl

y the

men

torin

g pr

ogra

m h

as a

ffect

ed h

er lif

e an

d ho

w it

has

insp

ired

her t

o re

vive

the

prog

ram

for t

he cu

rrent

stud

ents

and

the

ones

to co

me.

M

unda

y has

bee

n gi

ven

noth

ing

but s

uppo

rt fro

m th

e sc

hool

adm

inist

ratio

n an

d th

e Le

ague

tow

n co

mm

unity

, inc

ludi

ng m

ore

than

15

loca

l bus

ines

s peo

ple

and

four

dist

rict s

taff

mem

bers

in

the

men

tor l

ine-

up so

far.

The

Leag

ueto

wn

High

Scho

ol p

rincip

al A

sher

Pric

e ha

d no

thin

g ba

d to

say

whe

n as

ked

abou

t Mun

day a

nd h

er p

rogr

am, s

tatin

g tha

t he

know

s man

y stu

dent

s tha

t cou

ld u

se a

m

ento

r.

No

t onl

y are

the

futu

re m

ento

rs re

ady t

o m

eet t

heir

men

tees

and

get

star

ted,

a co

uple

stud

ents

ha

ve vo

iced

that

they

too

are

look

ing

forw

ard

to b

eing

invo

lved

in th

e pr

ogra

m. “

It w

ould

be

grea

t to

have

ano

ther

adu

lt su

ppor

t me,

” sop

hom

ore

Core

y Sm

all v

oice

d. H

e ho

pes t

hat h

is m

ento

r will

help

to

guid

e hi

m th

roug

h th

e co

llege

pro

cess

like

Frec

kling

did

for M

unda

y. M

any s

tude

nts r

ecog

nize

the

good

M

unda

y is d

oing

in th

eir s

choo

l.

“M

aybe

a m

ento

r can

turn

my l

ife a

roun

d lik

e M

s. M

unda

y’s l

ife.”

Ylise

Ven

tura

add

ed.

So

as s

umm

er q

uick

ly ap

proa

ches

and

sche

dule

s fill

up, s

trugg

ling

stud

ents

will

have

som

ethi

ng

to lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

o an

d a

help

ful s

houl

der t

o le

an o

n. C

olle

ge a

pplic

atio

ns w

on’t

be su

ch a

bur

den

and

copi

ng m

etho

ds w

ill be

in m

ind.

As M

unda

y wou

ld sa

y, “t

ime

to p

ay it

forw

ard.

”

Year

book

Fea

ture

Wri

ting

Caitl

yn B

land

, Pap

illio

n-La

Vist

a Sou

th

just

keep

swim

min

gTh

is is

the

first

sent

ence

of t

he c

aptio

n: it

is w

ritte

n

in p

rese

nt te

nse

and

tells

who

, wha

t, w

hen

and

whe

re. T

his i

s the

seco

nd se

nten

ce o

f the

cap

tion,

telli

ng th

e w

hy o

r the

how

. “Th

is is

the

third

sent

ence

of t

he c

aptio

n,” s

aid

Your

Adv

iser

. “It

mig

ht

be a

goo

d st

ory-

telli

ng q

uote

from

the

pers

on in

the

phot

o.”

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FOR Y

OU, G

LEN C

OCO

This

is th

e fir

st se

nten

ce o

f the

cap

tion:

it is

writ

ten

in p

rese

nt te

nse

and

tells

who

, wha

t, w

hen

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whe

re. T

his i

s the

seco

nd se

nten

ce o

f the

cap

tion,

telli

ng th

e w

hy o

r the

how

. “Th

is is

the

third

sent

ence

of t

he c

aptio

n,” s

aid

Your

Adv

iser

. “It

mig

ht

be a

goo

d st

ory-

telli

ng q

uote

from

the

pers

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the

phot

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FOOT

BALL

FINA

LSTh

is is

the

first

sent

ence

of t

he c

aptio

n: it

is w

ritte

n

in p

rese

nt te

nse

and

tells

who

, wha

t, w

hen

and

whe

re. T

his i

s the

seco

nd se

nten

ce o

f the

cap

tion,

telli

ng th

e w

hy o

r the

how

. “Th

is is

the

third

sent

ence

of t

he c

aptio

n,” s

aid

Your

Adv

iser

. “It

mig

ht

be a

goo

d st

ory-

telli

ng q

uote

from

the

pers

on in

the

phot

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voll

eyba

ll v

icto

ryva

rsity

win

s firs

t cha

mpi

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ip in

25

year

sby

Jane

Doe

This

is th

e sto

ry fo

r the

spre

ad

on th

e spo

rts h

ighl

ight

s of t

he

year

. You

can

use a

s muc

h or

as

littl

e of t

his c

opy b

lock

as

you

need

to d

esig

n yo

ur sp

read

. Yo

u wi

ll pi

ck th

e fon

t, siz

e and

sty

le of

copy

. You

can

chos

e to

des

ign

with

dro

pped

caps

or

spec

ial l

eadi

ng. I

t is a

ll up

to

you.

You

mig

ht al

so w

ant t

o co

n-sid

er th

e ini

tial t

ab sp

ace a

nd

the j

ustifi

catio

n, as

bot

h ca

n gr

eatly

enha

nce t

he d

esig

n of

th

e spr

ead.

“Y

ou ca

n us

e thi

s as a

pul

led

quot

e if y

ou’d

like o

r if y

ou n

eed

it fo

r the

des

ign

elem

ent o

f you

r sp

read

,” H

erbi

e Hus

ker,

juni

or,

said

.Co

ncen

trate

your

effor

ts on

th

e des

ign

of th

e spr

ead.

Util

ize

a dom

inan

t im

age a

nd th

e de

sign

elem

ents

that

you

have

used

thro

ugho

ut th

e yea

r on

your

own

year

book

. You

can

use a

s muc

h or

as li

ttle c

olor

as

is ap

prop

riate

. You

do

not

need

to u

se p

hoto

shop

effec

ts on

any p

hoto

s unl

ess t

hat i

s yo

ur ch

oice

. This

is no

t a p

hoto

ca

tego

ry, b

ut a

desig

n ca

tego

ry.

This

is th

e sto

ry fo

r the

spre

ad

on th

e spo

rts h

ighl

ight

s of t

he

year

. You

can

use a

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his c

opy b

lock

as

you

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esig

n yo

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u wi

ll pi

ck th

e fon

t, siz

e and

sty

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can

chos

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des

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pped

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ant t

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the j

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bot

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th

e spr

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terne

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k the

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had

to se

nd le

tters

back

an

d for

th to

our f

riend

s.” “

Back

then

, we

actua

lly w

ent o

utside

!”

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e ph

rases

are

all to

o co

mmon

-ly

direc

ted to

ward

teen

agers

toda

y. F

or

most,

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just

go in

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hits

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int

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get

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ple te

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fri

ends

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n yo

u wa

nted

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ng o

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th the

m. A

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es, t

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know

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our c

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you

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to a

phon

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reen.

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raise

s the

ulti

mate

ques

tion

to. A

re tee

nage

rs tod

ay la

zier t

han

de-

cade

s ago

?

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are r

eally

two

sides

to th

is ar-

gume

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t peo

ple te

nd to

pick

.

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u’re

retire

d or a

n adu

lt app

roac

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retir

emen

t, yo

u sco

ff at

today

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n-era

tion

and

pick

the si

de th

at se

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en-

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u w

eren

’t al

way

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that

dar

n ph

one.

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ers as

lazy

couc

h pota

toes.

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e oth

er ha

nd, i

f you

’re a

teen

-ag

er, co

llege

kid,

or yo

ung a

dult,

you’

re sp

eakin

g fo

r you

rself

when

you

defe

nd

fact, a

ny la

zier t

han t

hey w

ere be

fore.

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ain fa

ctor c

onsid

ered i

n this

de-

techn

ology

. Al

l the

sma

ll co

ntrap

tions

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is so

methi

ng yo

u’d h

ear f

rom

an ol

d far

mer,

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, at t

he ga

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ion dr

inking

his

coffe

e.

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hat H

ank a

nd hi

s frie

nds d

on’t

con-

sider,

thou

gh, is

how

techn

ology

enab

les

today

’s yo

uth.

to ge

t con

necte

d to

anyth

ing th

ey co

uld

the in

terne

t and

can

help

in an

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e of

situa

tion.

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f bus

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an

y fam

ous

perso

n, an

y en

trepe

neur,

pr

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ly go

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ir sta

rt on

the

intern

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at’s n

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say t

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use o

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majo

rity

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e bu

ried i

n the

ir ph

ones

.

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hat’s

just

a majo

rity.

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ourse

away

on th

eir te

chno

logy.

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there

are

also

those

that

won’

t.. T

here

are m

any,

many

teen

agers

that

know

bala

nce

and

take t

echn

ology

in sm

all do

ses.

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don

’t kil

l peo

ple; p

eople

kill

pe

ople.

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hnolo

gy do

esn’

t kill

teen

ag-

ers; t

eena

gers

kill t

eena

gers.

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decid

- -ity

all d

epen

ds o

n the

pers

onali

ty of

the

teena

ger.

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meon

e wa

nts to

be

lazy,

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migh

t be

true

that t

eena

gers

are

lazy

today

, but

if it

is, it

wou

ld als

o be

tru

e in

the p

ast a

nd fu

ture.

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nage

rs wi

ll be l

azy,

wheth

er the

ir ey

es ar

e glue

d to

an iP

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a VH

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of G

rano

la H

ouse

& B

aker

y bo

aste

d a

pack

ed in

terio

r and

a si

ngle

-file

que

ue

that

ran

dow

n th

e le

ngth

of B

enja

min

Ave

. on

Thur

sday

, Apr

il 21

. Th

e lo

ng a

wai

ted

gran

ola

fact

ory

and

bake

ry h

ybrid

had

bee

n in

the

proc

ess o

f ren

ovat

ions

for o

ver a

mon

th in

the

old

fireh

ouse

bui

ldin

g,

prom

ising

a b

road

sele

ctio

n of

che

ap b

ut h

ealth

y fo

od th

at c

usto

mer

s wou

ld lo

ve.

Th

ese

high

exp

ecta

tions

wer

e m

et w

ith a

n ou

tpou

r of c

ompl

imen

ts fr

om th

e ge

nera

l pub

lic th

at

surf

aced

ove

r var

ious

soci

al m

edia

pla

tfor

ms a

nd re

view

site

s. B

y th

e tim

e I r

each

ed th

e co

unte

r, m

any

of th

e ba

ked

good

s wer

e pi

cked

ove

r, bu

t I lu

ckily

man

aged

to g

rab

a w

arm

coo

kie

that

cam

e st

raig

ht

from

the

oven

and

a y

ogur

t par

fait

topp

ed w

ith th

e an

ticip

ated

hom

emad

e gr

anol

a.

Th

e m

onst

er c

ooki

e, b

oast

ing

a pe

anut

but

ter b

atte

r fill

ed w

ith M

&M

can

dies

, Ree

ses P

iece

s an

d ch

ocol

ate

chip

s, sh

owca

sed

a lo

vely

pai

ring

of fl

avor

s tha

t see

min

gly

mel

ted

in m

y m

outh

. Th

e ed

ges w

ere

crisp

y, a

nd th

e m

iddl

e w

as so

ft to

the

touc

h, a

del

icat

e ba

lanc

e th

at e

very

des

sert

love

r dr

eam

s abo

ut.

Th

e gr

anol

a th

at to

pped

my

yogu

rt p

arfa

it w

on o

ver m

y he

art i

n th

e fir

st b

ite a

nd b

eats

any

st

ore-

boug

ht w

anna

be th

at is

ava

ilabl

e at

the

loca

l gro

cery

stor

es.

With

flav

ors s

uch

as H

oney

, Map

le

and

Cane

Juic

e, th

ere

are

enou

gh v

arie

ties o

f the

topp

ing

to p

leas

e an

y ta

ste

bud,

con

vinc

ing

me

to

retu

rn to

the

stor

e th

e fo

llow

ing

day

to p

urch

ase

a ba

g of

Map

le fo

r mys

elf.

Cook

ies a

nd g

rano

la a

re n

ot th

e on

ly o

fferin

gs o

f the

smal

l sho

p. I

nste

ad, t

hey

sit a

long

side

past

ries s

uch

as D

anish

es a

nd tu

rnov

ers a

s wel

l as t

he u

sual

don

ut se

lect

ion

of m

uffin

s and

long

john

s.

Ther

e w

as e

ven

a se

para

te a

rea

with

cus

tom

izabl

e ca

kes f

or b

irthd

ays,

grad

uatio

n pa

rtie

s and

wed

ding

s.

Ow

ner a

nd so

le e

mpl

oyee

of t

he b

usin

ess L

ouis

Ona

te w

as b

orn

in M

exic

o an

d ca

me

to A

mer

ica

to a

cqui

re a

mas

ter’s

deg

ree

in b

usin

ess m

anag

emen

t at t

he U

nive

rsity

of N

ebra

ska-

Lin

coln

. O

nate

be

cam

e a

skill

ed b

aker

wor

king

at H

y-Ve

e an

d co

mbi

ned

this

expe

rienc

e w

ith th

e kn

owle

dge

Ona

te

gain

ed fr

om h

is un

cle

who

has

run

a gr

anol

a fa

ctor

y in

Mex

ico

for t

he p

ast s

ix y

ears

. O

nate

says

that

his

crea

tivity

allo

ws h

im to

be

able

to ta

ilor h

is or

igin

al g

rano

la re

cipe

s to

cust

omer

nee

ds, e

spec

ially

to a

ccom

mod

ate

for a

ny a

llerg

ies.

He

also

hop

es to

cat

er to

loca

l sch

ools

in

the

com

ing

year

. Gr

anol

a Ho

use

& B

aker

y is

open

Mon

day

thro

ugh

Frid

ay fr

om 8

:30

a.m

. to

6:30

p.m

. and

on

Satu

rday

s fro

m 9

a.m

. to

2 p.

m.

Ente

rtai

nmen

t Wri

ting

McK

enna

Cop

sey,

Ger

ing

Fine

arts

bea

r the

bru

nt, a

gain

Bud

get c

uts c

once

rn m

any

Leag

ueto

wn

stud

ents

By

McK

ensi

Uec

ker

A

rts p

lay

a m

ajor

role

in m

any

stud

ents

’ liv

es, w

heth

er it

is fi

ne a

rts, t

heat

er, o

r

band

. But

sadl

y, w

hen

budg

et c

uts r

ole

arou

nd th

e ar

ts a

lway

s tak

e th

e hi

t, an

d ou

r sch

ool

is n

o ex

cept

ion.

Ea

rly th

is A

pril,

Sup

erin

tend

ent B

erna

t pro

pose

d he

r bud

get c

ut to

elim

inat

e

trave

l for

the

band

, and

dril

l tea

m, t

o aw

ay fo

otba

ll ga

mes

. Whi

le it

may

not

soun

d to

o

bad

at fi

rst,

this

wou

ld m

ean

less

pra

ctic

e fo

r the

ban

d. A

nd a

s eve

ryon

e kn

ows,

prac

tice

mak

es p

erfe

ct. W

ithou

t the

se o

ppor

tuni

ties t

o pr

actic

e be

fore

the

UIL

Mar

chin

g B

and

Con

test

, ban

d m

embe

rs a

re c

once

rned

abo

ut th

eir c

hanc

es to

exc

eed

at th

e co

mpe

titio

n.

A

n N

guye

n, L

eagu

etow

n ju

nior

and

dru

m m

ajor

, is a

lso

conc

erne

d ab

out t

he la

ck

of p

ract

ice

affe

ctin

g th

eir p

erfo

rman

ce a

t UIL

, “Pl

ayin

g at

diff

eren

t site

s is v

ital t

o ou

r

prog

ram

.”

W

ithou

t the

se p

ract

ices

at a

way

gam

es, i

t wou

ld b

e di

ffic

ult f

or o

ur b

and

to g

et

the

prac

tice

that

they

des

erve

. The

ban

d ha

s a re

al c

hanc

e of

brin

ging

hom

e th

e fir

st p

lace

troph

y fr

om U

IL th

is y

ear,

but t

his c

ould

pro

ve d

iffic

ult w

ithou

t the

se p

ract

ices

.

The

band

, whi

ch a

side

from

the

spel

ling

and

scie

nce

team

, is t

he o

nly

team

to

have

pla

ced

top

six

at a

stat

e ev

ent l

ast y

ear.

No

athl

etic

team

s eve

n ca

me

clos

e to

the

succ

ess o

f the

ban

d, so

man

y pe

ople

are

won

derin

g w

hy th

e cu

ts a

re c

omin

g fr

om o

ne o

f

the

mos

t suc

cess

ful o

rgan

izat

ions

that

our

scho

ol h

as.

Pa

rent

and

ban

d bo

oste

r pre

side

nt, J

enny

Flo

res,

oppo

ses t

he b

udge

t cut

, “O

ur

stud

ents

giv

e ev

eryt

hing

to th

is b

and,

and

I ca

n’t b

elie

ve w

e ar

e go

ing

to je

opar

dize

thei

r

chan

ces a

t win

ning

the

5A U

IL S

tate

Mar

chin

g B

and

title

. The

scho

ol b

oard

nee

ds to

reth

ink

this

pro

posa

l and

look

els

ewhe

re to

save

mon

ey.”

N

ot o

nly

does

the

lack

of t

rans

porta

tion

affe

ct th

e ba

nd’s

abi

lity

to p

ract

ice,

but

it

will

als

o da

mag

e th

e m

oral

at f

ootb

all g

ames

. Man

y of

our

stud

ents

do

not a

ttend

the

foot

ball

team

’s a

way

gam

es, a

nd it

is v

ery

disc

oura

ging

to o

ur p

laye

rs to

look

ove

r and

see

empt

y bl

each

ers.

V

arsi

ty q

uarte

rbac

k, H

arry

Gun

dy a

lso

shar

es th

is o

pini

on, “

The

band

kee

ps th

e

fans

che

erin

g, a

nd h

ey h

elp

us to

o. A

t som

e of

our

aw

ay g

ames

, we

don’

t hav

e m

any

fans

, but

if th

e ba

nd is

ther

e, w

e ha

ve a

hug

e ch

eerin

g se

ctio

n.”

Th

e to

tal c

ost f

or th

e ba

nd to

be

buss

ed to

the

six

away

gam

es is

$32

,000

, but

Ber

nat t

hink

s tha

t the

y w

ill b

e ab

le to

fund

rais

e en

ough

mon

ey to

be

able

to a

ttend

thes

e

gam

es.

She’

s not

look

ing

at it

from

a p

ract

ice

view

poin

t tho

ugh,

and

man

y sc

hool

mem

bers

dis

agre

e w

ith h

er id

ea. R

aisi

ng th

at m

uch

mon

ey o

ff o

f stu

dent

s bas

ed

fund

rais

ing

in a

dau

ntin

g ta

sk; i

t’s ju

st n

ot a

pra

ctic

al o

ptio

n. A

side

from

that

, the

ban

d

was

pla

nnin

g on

usi

ng th

eir f

undr

aisi

ng m

oney

to p

urch

ase

new

uni

form

s.

B

ut p

erha

ps th

e so

lutio

n lie

s els

ewhe

re, f

our o

f the

six

away

gam

es a

re w

ithin

20

mile

s of L

eagu

etow

n, so

ban

d m

embe

rs w

ould

be

able

to d

rive

them

selv

es, o

r rid

e w

ith

fam

ily m

embe

r to

the

gam

es. T

he o

ther

two

gam

es a

re 5

0 m

iles a

way

, so

eith

er th

e ba

nd

coul

d ea

rn m

oney

to u

se b

usse

s as t

he tr

ansp

orta

tion

for j

ust t

hese

gam

es, o

r the

y co

uld

cont

inue

to c

arpo

ol.

W

hile

this

mig

ht n

ot b

e th

e m

ost c

omfo

rtabl

e so

lutio

n, o

ur fo

otba

ll te

am w

ould

be

able

to h

ave

an a

mpl

e st

uden

t sec

tion,

and

mor

e im

porta

ntly

, our

ban

d w

ould

be

able

to

get t

he p

ract

ice

that

they

des

erve

Edito

rial

Wri

ting

Mck

ensi

Uec

ker,

Sand

y Cre

ek

Gra

phic

Illu

stra

tion

McK

enna

Cop

sey,

Ger

ing

Dis

tric

t get

s w

ild w

ith w

ords

New

, exp

ress

ive

wri

ting

clas

s to

be

offe

red

Hea

dlin

e Wri

ting

Am

y Hue

sinkv

elt,

Col

umbu

s Sco

tus

T

he b

aske

tbal

l cou

rt’s

nam

esak

e is

so

mew

hat l

egen

dary

not

onl

y on

our

gr

ound

s bu

t in

the

enti

re s

tate

of

Ne-

bras

ka. C

oach

“K

ille

r” K

ane

was

the

firs

t co

ach

to p

ract

ice

on th

e co

urt b

egin

ning

in

196

4 an

d fi

nish

ing

his

care

er in

200

2 .

Tha

t’s

a 38

yea

r lo

ng s

tret

ch w

ith

the

Kni

ghts

, the

long

est i

n th

e sc

hool

’s h

is-

tory

. C

urre

nt s

tude

nts

wil

l nev

er h

ave

the

priv

ileg

e of

mee

ting

him

, let

alo

ne

bein

g co

ache

d by

this

man

.

Kan

e’s

earl

y ye

ars

at M

ount

Mic

hael

w

ere

som

e of

his

mos

t inf

luen

tial

. “H

e re

ally

got

our

spo

rts

prog

ram

s of

f th

e gr

ound

,” F

r. R

icha

rd T

hell

sai

d. B

ack

in

1964

Kan

e be

gan

as th

e at

hlet

ic d

irec

tor

as w

ell a

s th

e he

ad c

oach

to c

ross

cou

n-tr

y, f

ootb

all,

bask

etba

ll a

nd tr

ack.

Tha

t’s

four

spo

rts

to m

anag

e an

d te

ach

alon

g w

ith

the

dem

andi

ng r

igor

s an

AD

fac

es.

“He

was

a s

peci

al ty

pe o

f Ath

leti

c D

irec

-to

r, he

dem

ande

d a

lot o

ut o

f co

ache

s,”

said

Joh

n G

athj

e, w

ho o

rigi

nall

y m

et

Kan

e w

hen

he f

irst

cam

e to

Mou

nt

Mic

hael

and

took

the

role

as

head

Cro

ss

Cou

ntry

coa

ch.

“I

firs

t met

him

at a

fac

ulty

mee

ting

and

yo

u co

uld

tell

rig

ht a

way

wha

t typ

e of

gu

y he

was

,” G

athj

e sa

id.

Kan

e ha

d a

repu

tati

on f

or b

eing

qui

te in

tens

e.

“O

h he

was

inte

nse,

” G

athj

e sa

id,

“but

he

was

als

o ca

lcul

ated

. L

ike

Coa

ch

O

ne w

ho h

as n

ever

bee

n in

“T

he P

alac

e” d

urin

g a

hom

e ba

sket

ball

gam

e m

ay a

sk th

emse

lves

, “C

an w

e ev

en f

it a

ll o

f th

e st

uden

ts in

to th

is g

ym?”

Alt

houg

h th

e in

fam

ous

“Pal

ace”

is s

mal

l in

stat

ure,

it is

one

of

the

top

venu

es f

or h

igh

scho

ol b

aske

tbal

l in

the

stat

e of

N

ebra

ska.

The

gym

itse

lf is

a v

ery

spec

ial p

lace

bec

ause

of

its

hist

ory

of r

each

ing

full

cap

acit

y, h

owev

er, i

t wou

ld

be ir

rele

vant

wit

hout

the

atm

osph

ere

crea

ted

by th

e st

uden

t sec

tion

, oft

en c

alle

d “T

he S

ixth

Man

.”

In D

ecem

ber

of 2

013,

the

knig

hts

play

ed K

nox

Gra

mm

ar, a

n in

tern

atio

nal t

eam

fro

m S

ydne

y, A

ustr

a-li

a. T

he c

oach

of

the

vars

ity

team

, who

had

trav

eled

th

e w

orld

coa

chin

g an

d pl

ayin

g pr

ofes

sion

ally

sai

d, “

I ha

ve n

ever

see

n th

at s

ort o

f sm

all c

row

d ge

nera

te th

at

muc

h en

ergy

in m

y li

fe.”

B

eing

a p

art o

f “T

he S

ixth

Man

,” c

an b

e an

inc

red-

ible

exp

erie

nce.

“W

e ex

pect

eve

ryon

e to

par

tici

pate

in

the

chan

ts, c

reat

e en

ergy

and

noi

se, a

nd s

impl

y go

cr

azy,

” se

nior

yel

l lea

der

Mat

thew

Dug

ick

said

.

For

pla

yers

on

the

bask

etba

ll te

am, t

he s

crea

min

g cr

owd

mak

es a

ll th

e di

ffer

ence

dur

ing

the

gam

e. Y

ear

afte

r ye

ar th

is m

issi

on is

acc

ompl

ishe

d an

d M

ount

M

icha

el’s

stu

dent

sec

tion

has

rig

htfu

lly

achi

eved

its

noto

riet

y as

one

of

Neb

rask

a’s

best

, mak

ing

“The

Pal

-ac

e” o

ne to

ugh

plac

e to

pla

y.

“T

he c

row

d br

ings

in s

o m

uch

ener

gy th

at it

fee

ls li

ke

we

have

an

extr

a gu

y ou

t the

re,”

sop

hom

ore

poin

t gua

rd

Jaco

b Id

ra s

aid

F

or o

ppos

ing

team

s, p

layi

ng a

t Mou

nt M

icha

el is

a

nigh

tmar

e. T

hey

mar

k th

eir

cale

ndar

s fo

r th

e da

y w

hen

they

hav

e to

get

on

a bu

s an

d tr

avel

to th

e pe

acef

ul o

ut-

skir

ts o

f E

lkho

rn, t

o be

con

tinu

ally

pre

ssur

ed b

y a

loud

an

d ro

wdy

cro

wd

for

32 m

inut

es o

f ba

sket

ball

. 20

15

alum

nus

and

form

er s

tart

ing

forw

ard

Jake

Bat

enho

rst

said

that

the

loud

er th

at “

The

Pal

ace”

got

, the

bet

ter

the

team

pla

yed.

“

Alt

houg

h I

can’

t say

the

sam

e th

ing

for

the

othe

r

team

,” B

aten

hors

t sai

d. T

he u

nfor

tuna

te tr

uth

for

the

oppo

sing

team

is th

at th

ey c

an b

ring

alo

ng f

ans,

but

they

w

ill b

e m

uted

by

the

yell

s an

d sc

ream

s of

“T

he S

ixth

M

an,”

dee

min

g th

em in

effe

ctiv

e.

On

the

othe

r ha

nd, t

he k

nigh

ts a

re f

uele

d w

ith

pass

ion,

en

cour

agem

ent,

and

inte

nsit

y. T

he s

uppo

rt th

at th

e te

am

gets

is u

nriv

aled

.

“

I ha

ve n

ever

fel

t any

thin

g li

ke th

at b

efor

e, e

ven

be-

ing

able

to p

lay

at th

e co

lleg

e le

vel.

At M

ount

Mic

hael

, yo

u ca

n ac

tual

ly te

ll th

at th

e fa

ns c

are

abou

t our

suc

-ce

ss,”

sai

d To

mm

y F

arha

rt,

2015

alu

mnu

s an

d fo

rmer

gu

ard.

“T

he S

ixth

Man

” ul

tim

atel

y re

veal

s th

e up

mos

t pot

en-

tial

of

the

team

.

“T

he c

row

d at

hom

e ga

mes

bri

ngs

the

best

ou

t of

us o

n th

e co

urt.”

exp

lain

ed s

enio

r gu

ard

Ray

Dor

sey.

T

he m

ost s

peci

al p

art o

f th

e K

nigh

t’s

stud

ent

sect

ion

is th

at, d

espi

te th

e at

mos

pher

e be

ing

so

ener

geti

c an

d w

ild,

“T

he S

ixth

Man

” is

alw

ays

a cl

ass

act.

Whe

n a

play

er is

inju

red,

no

mat

ter

the

team

, eve

ry c

orne

r of

the

gym

is f

ille

d w

ith

sile

nce.

Whe

n th

e ot

her

play

ers

are

anno

unce

d,

a ro

und

of a

ppla

use

can

be h

eard

fro

m b

oth

side

s of

the

gym

. And

whe

n th

e K

nigh

ts a

re

defe

ated

, “T

he S

ixth

Man

” is

alw

ays

ther

e to

su

ppor

t the

Kni

ghts

and

con

grat

ulat

e th

e vi

c-to

rs. F

arha

rt s

ays

that

the

feel

ing

he g

ot w

hile

pl

ayin

g in

the

pala

ce w

as o

ne h

e do

esn’

t fee

l an

ywhe

re e

lse.

“It

is li

ke a

bro

ther

hood

that

ca

res

abou

t you

and

that

’s p

rett

y aw

esom

e.”

T

his

uniq

ue a

tmos

pher

e is

why

the

Pal

ace

and

es-

peci

ally

“T

he S

ixth

Man

” gi

ve th

e K

nigh

ts o

ne o

f th

e be

st h

ome

cour

t adv

anta

ges

in N

ebra

ska

high

sch

ool

bask

etba

ll.

Wel

com

e to

You

r W

orst

Nig

htm

are

: W

hy S

tude

nts

Love

“Th

e P

alac

e” a

nd O

p-po

nent

s Fe

ar I

tS

am V

an H

aute

| G

uest

Wri

ter

Dav

id C

orm

ier,

Dea

n O

f S

tud

ents

, gat

her

s th

e st

ud

ent

sect

ion

tog

eth

er t

o m

ake

an a

nn

oun

cem

ent

to t

he

stu

den

t b

ody.

Pho

to b

y H

omer

Xu

Bor

er, h

e w

as a

yel

ler

but i

t was

nev

er a

kn

ee je

rk r

eact

ion.

” K

ane

alw

ays

knew

ex

actl

y w

hat h

e w

as a

bout

to s

pout

. “H

e w

as v

ery

funn

y, c

ompa

rabl

e ev

en to

B

obby

Kni

ght!

” G

athj

e sa

id.

Kan

e ha

d a

very

clo

se a

ttac

hmen

t to

Mou

nt M

icha

el a

nd in

dire

ctly

rep

rese

nt-

ed it

thro

ugho

ut h

is c

oach

ing

year

s. H

e ev

en li

ved

out o

n ca

mpu

s fo

r a

num

ber

of y

ears

. “H

e w

ould

sto

p in

and

talk

w

ith

us a

bout

how

the

seas

ons

prog

ress

-in

g,”

The

ll s

aid,

“he

esp

ecia

lly

enjo

yed

talk

ing

to B

r. R

ober

t.” M

onks

, pla

yers

, an

d fa

cult

y al

ike

all s

hare

d re

spec

t for

th

is m

an a

nd h

is le

gend

ary

stat

us w

as

pres

ent b

efor

e an

d af

ter

his

deat

h in

20

03.

“T

here

was

a ti

me

star

ting

in 1

979

go-

ing

all t

he w

ay u

p to

198

9 th

at w

e ha

rdly

ever

lost

a h

ome

bask

etba

ll.

We

just

di

dn’t

lose

,” A

bbot

Mic

hael

Lie

bl s

aid.

K

ane

brou

ght e

xcel

lenc

e to

eve

ry p

rogr

am

he c

oach

ed.

His

car

eer

bask

etba

ll r

ecor

d

was

531

-254

wit

h tw

o st

ate

titl

es, a

nd h

e is

one

of

10 c

oach

es in

Neb

rask

a hi

gh

scho

ol h

isto

ry to

win

ove

r 50

0 ga

mes

. In

foo

tbal

l his

rec

ord

was

173

-93,

aga

in

wit

h tw

o st

ate

titl

es.

“Tra

ck w

as p

roba

bly

his

favo

rite

spo

rt to

coa

ch,”

Gat

hje

said

. K

ane

is th

e on

ly M

ount

Mic

hael

coa

ch to

le

ad a

trac

k te

am to

a s

tate

run

ner

up ti

tle.

N

o cu

rren

t stu

dent

has

fel

t the

pre

s-su

re a

nd g

aine

d th

e ex

peri

ence

of

lear

n-in

g un

der

Kil

ler

Kan

e. H

owev

er, m

any

wer

e pr

ivil

eged

eno

ugh

to p

lay

for

John

R

osho

ne, f

orm

er h

ead

bask

etba

ll c

oach

an

d M

ount

Mic

hael

alu

mnu

s. R

osho

ne

play

ed f

or K

ane

in b

oth

bask

etba

ll a

nd

foot

ball

fro

m h

is f

resh

man

thro

ugh

seni

or

year

, and

bro

ught

this

exp

erie

nce

into

his

ow

n co

achi

ng p

erso

na in

his

tim

e as

the

lead

er o

f th

e ba

sket

ball

team

. “M

y da

d w

as a

n as

sist

ant c

oach

for

him

for

aro

und

23 y

ears

,” R

osho

ne s

aid,

“I

had

a lo

t of

expo

sure

to K

ane

from

an

earl

y ag

e.”

R

osho

ne e

xpla

ined

how

the

larg

est

com

pone

nt o

f a

succ

essf

ul te

am th

at K

ane

emph

asis

ed w

as d

isci

plin

e. “

He

mad

e ba

d pl

ayer

s de

cent

, dec

ent p

laye

rs g

ood,

and

go

od p

laye

rs a

ll s

tate

rs,”

Ros

hone

sai

d. “

We

foun

d it

onl

y ap

prop

riat

e th

at s

ome-

thin

g li

ke th

e co

urt b

e na

med

aft

er h

im

give

n th

e im

pact

he

had

here

,” L

iebl

sai

d.

K

ille

r K

ane

Cou

rt is

a s

tapl

e of

Mou

nt

Mic

hael

. N

ot o

nly

are

som

e of

the

scho

ol’s

larg

est s

port

ing

even

ts h

eld

ther

e bu

t als

o it

s w

here

stu

dent

s ha

ve f

un, p

rac-

tice

, han

gout

, pla

y w

arba

ll a

nd b

e K

nigh

ts

and

brot

hers

in g

ener

al.

Now

wit

h th

e D

.J. S

okol

Lea

rnin

g fo

r L

ife

Cen

ter

com

-in

g to

fru

itio

n, K

ille

r K

ane

Cou

rt w

ill b

e on

e of

thre

e lo

cati

ons

at th

e M

ount

to b

e na

med

aft

er s

omeo

ne o

f ho

nor,

and

this

al

one

test

ifie

s K

ane’

s lo

ve o

f th

e ga

me,

lo

ve o

f th

e jo

b, a

nd m

ost i

mpo

rtan

tly

love

of

the

scho

ol M

ount

Mic

hael

.

Coac

h Ji

m “

Kil

ler”

Kan

e :

A Lo

ok a

t Th

e M

an B

ehin

d Th

e Na

me

John

Mor

riss

ey |

Edi

tor

In C

hief

It a

ll s

tart

ed w

ith

one

man

. Fr.

Ben

edic

t O

.S.B

., ca

me

up f

rom

Con

cept

ion

Abb

ey to

S

aint

Joh

n’s

Sem

inar

y an

d sa

w th

ere

was

a

need

for

a s

peci

al p

lace

for

the

boys

to

bond

and

gro

w o

n th

e ca

mpu

s. N

o, it

was

n’t

a ch

apel

, it w

as a

n in

tram

ural

gym

; tha

t is

wha

t it a

ll s

tart

ed o

ut a

s at

leas

t.

Just

like

toda

y , t

here

was

the

Fal

l Fes

-ti

val t

o he

lp r

aise

fun

ds f

or m

uch

need

ed

proj

ects

. In

1958

, tha

t fes

tiva

l too

k pl

ace

on S

ept.

21. I

t was

est

imat

ed th

at 1

1,00

0 pe

ople

att

ende

d th

e ev

ent.

On

that

day

, the

fe

stiv

al g

ross

ed m

ore

than

it h

ad th

e la

st

two

year

s pr

ior.

The

y m

ade

abou

t 17,

000

doll

ars.

Wit

h in

flat

ion,

that

wou

ld b

e eq

uiva

lent

to m

akin

g 13

7,00

0 do

llar

s to

day.

T

his

$17,

000

was

eno

ugh

to s

tart

the

buil

d-in

g of

the

gym

nasi

um. E

xcav

atio

ns f

or th

e gy

mna

sium

beg

an th

e da

y af

ter

the

fest

ival

of

195

8.

The

ori

gina

l flo

or p

lan

prov

ided

a s

pace

of

90’

by

70’,

wit

h tw

o cr

oss

cour

t int

ram

u-ra

l bas

ketb

all h

oops

and

an

inte

rior

mad

e fo

r an

aud

itor

ium

. The

nex

t pha

se o

f th

e pl

an w

as to

add

bow

ling

all

eys

and

hobb

y ro

oms,

as

wel

l as

a st

age.

Aft

er a

ddin

g in

co

st f

or th

e fl

oor

cove

ring

and

sea

ting

, the

gy

m e

nded

up

cost

ing

$100

,000

. St.

John

’s,

as th

e sc

hool

was

kno

wn

then

, ha

d be

en

gran

ted

perm

issi

on b

y C

once

ptio

n A

bbey

to

borr

ow th

e fu

nds

need

ed to

fin

ish

the

gym

. T

he g

ymna

sium

wou

ld b

e na

med

in h

onor

of

Arc

hbis

hop

Ber

gan,

who

was

a la

rge

cont

ribu

tor

in m

akin

g th

e dr

eam

a r

eali

ty

for

the

mon

ks a

nd p

ries

ts o

f S

aint

Joh

n’s.

In

the

Feb

ruar

y, 1

959

“Mic

hael

een”

, the

y

anno

unce

d th

e de

dica

tion

cer

emon

ies

for

the

new

Arc

hbis

hop

Ber

gan

Gym

nasi

um;

Mar

22,

195

9. A

t thi

s ti

me

they

wer

e st

ill

mis

sing

pai

nt, f

loor

cov

erin

gs, b

leac

hers

, an

d eq

uipm

ent f

or m

ovie

s an

d pu

blic

spe

ak-

ing.

A tr

adit

ion

that

has

sin

ce p

asse

d is

the

Mar

di G

ras

get-

toge

ther

. The

sen

ior

clas

s le

d th

e ev

ent a

nd

they

had

ga

mes

an

d da

nc-

ing

for

the

who

le

com

mu-

nity

. Thi

s ev

ent w

as

typi

call

y he

ld in

th

e cr

ypt

and

each

cl

ass

prio

r to

that

of

195

9 ra

ised

m

oney

an

d pu

t it

tow

ards

th

e gy

m.

The

cla

ss o

f 19

59 r

aise

d 10

00 d

olla

rs f

or th

e gy

m f

und.

On

Mar

. 22,

195

9 at

thre

e o’

cloc

k in

the

afte

rnoo

n, A

rchb

isho

p G

eral

d T.

Ber

gan

bles

sed

the

new

gym

nasi

um n

amed

in h

onor

of

him

. On

hand

for

the

cele

brat

ion

was

Ab-

bot S

teph

en S

chap

pler

, O.S

.B.,

of C

once

p-ti

on A

bbey

, Dr.

F.P.

Dec

ker

of th

e N

ebra

ska

Com

mis

sion

er o

f E

duca

tion

and

fin

ally

all

th

e fr

iend

s an

d fa

mil

y of

the

St.

John

’s c

om-

mun

ity.

The

fin

al f

loor

pla

n m

easu

red

at 1

04’ b

y 70

’. A

s on

e en

tere

d th

e gy

m th

ere

wer

e ba

thro

oms

on th

e le

ft h

and

side

and

ath

leti

c ro

oms

on

the

righ

t ha

nd s

ide.

A

bove

yo

u, th

ere

was

a b

al-

cony

that

st

retc

hed

all t

he

way

ac

ross

th

e gy

m

runn

ing

nort

h to

so

uth.

In

the

mid

dle

of th

e ba

l-co

ny th

ere

was

a

proj

ecti

on

boot

h th

at

hous

ed a

35

mm

. cam

era

for

stud

ent m

ovie

s.

The

stu

dent

wei

ght r

oom

was

loca

ted

firs

t on

the

nort

hern

sid

e of

the

bott

om f

loor

and

th

en it

wou

ld m

ove

its

way

up

to th

e so

uth-

ern

side

of

the

bird

’s n

est.

T

hing

s w

ould

sta

y th

e sa

me

for

the

new

ly

buil

t gym

nasi

um u

ntil

in 1

978,

the

new

st

age

and

stud

ent u

nion

wer

e ad

ded

to th

e no

rth

side

of

the

gym

. The

pla

ns a

lway

s in

clud

ed a

ddin

g a

stag

e in

the

futu

re,

ther

efor

e, w

hen

they

wer

e bu

ildi

ng th

e gy

m,

they

mad

e it

eas

y to

add

on

the

stag

e as

so

on a

s th

ey f

ound

the

fund

s to

do

so. T

he

stud

ent u

nion

was

add

ed a

t the

sam

e ti

me

to

give

the

stud

ents

ano

ther

pla

ce to

han

gout

w

itho

ut h

avin

g to

be

in th

eir

room

s. T

he o

ld

gara

ge f

or th

e m

onas

tery

, whi

ch is

now

the

new

wei

ght r

oom

, was

add

ed s

hort

ly a

fter

th

e st

age.

The

nex

t im

port

ant i

mpr

ovem

ent t

o th

e gy

m w

as th

e w

ood

floo

rs. W

hen

the

gym

na-

sium

was

ori

gina

lly

buil

t, th

ey n

ever

had

in

min

d th

at it

wou

ld b

e us

ed a

s an

act

ual g

ym,

rath

er a

n in

tram

ural

gym

for

the

stud

ents

. In

198

1, B

ro. M

el T

icho

ta, O

.S.B

., an

d F

r. D

anie

l Len

z, O

.S.B

. rem

oved

the

tile

flo

ors

and

adde

d th

e ne

w w

ood

floo

r in

eig

ht d

ays.

T

his

job

wou

ld ty

pica

lly

take

ano

ther

gro

up

14 d

ays

to c

ompl

ete.

In

200

1, th

anks

to th

e ge

nero

us d

onat

ion

of

the

Sok

ol f

amil

y, th

e st

uden

t uni

on r

e-ce

ived

a f

acel

ift a

nd a

rec

eive

d a

new

nam

e:

“The

Arm

ory.

”It

all

sta

rted

wit

h on

e m

an w

ho h

ad a

ver

y sm

all i

dea.

But

ove

r th

e ye

ars,

this

sm

all

idea

has

bec

ome

an im

port

ant p

art o

f M

ount

M

icha

el. T

oday

, the

stu

dent

sec

tion

’s r

oar

can

be h

eard

all

abo

ut c

ampu

s du

ring

ba

sket

ball

gam

es a

s w

e ch

eer

on o

ur f

ello

w

knig

hts,

just

as

Fr.

Ben

edic

t int

ende

d.

The

His

tory

Of

“The

Pal

ace”

: H

ow A

n Id

ea B

ecam

e A

Rea

lity

Mat

thew

Lee

Dug

ick

| In-

Dep

th E

dito

r

Stu

den

ts e

njo

y so

me

dow

nti

me

in “

Th

e P

alac

e.”

Th

e gy

m w

as o

rigi

-n

ally

men

t to

be

use

d a

s an

intr

amu

ral g

ym b

ut

it h

as t

urn

ed in

to a

tr

adem

ark

for

Th

e M

oun

t.

Pho

to C

ourt

esy

Of B

ro. L

uke

Cli

nton

O.S

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The

Pal

ace

Gra

phic

By

Kev

in A

rul a

nd C

ade

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son

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phic

By

Joe

Bud

d an

d M

icha

el E

cker

67

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ch J

im K

ane

pos

ing

for

a p

ictu

re w

ith

his

197

2 b

ask

etb

all t

eam

.P

hoto

Cou

tesy

of

Bro

Luk

e C

lint

on O

SB

In-d

epth

New

spap

er C

over

age

Mat

thew

Dug

ick,

John

Mor

riss

ey

Mou

nt M

icha

el B

ened

ictin

e

Th

e pu

sh fo

r Uni

fied

Spor

ts h

as m

ade

head

way

and

Uni

fied

Bow

ling

will

mak

e its

app

eara

nce

in

the

2016

-201

7 sc

hool

yea

r.

A

byla

w p

asse

d in

the

sprin

g of

201

4 al

low

ed fo

r Uni

fied

Spor

ts to

eve

ntua

lly w

ork

thei

r way

into

the

scho

ol sy

stem

. Thi

s law

stat

es th

at “

Spec

ial O

lym

pics

Uni

fied

Spor

ts is

an

incl

usiv

e ac

tivity

.”

U

nifie

d Sp

orts

is a

spec

ial c

once

pt w

here

ther

e is

an e

qual

am

ount

of S

peci

al O

lym

pics

indi

vidu

als w

ith in

telle

ctua

l disa

bilit

ies a

nd in

divi

dual

s who

do

not h

ave

inte

llect

ual d

isabi

litie

s. B

y

com

bing

thes

e te

ams,

the

Spec

ial O

lym

pics

par

ticip

ants

can

feel

mor

e a

part

of t

he sc

hool

and

can

gai

n

soci

al a

nd p

erso

nal b

enef

its.

Da

n M

aste

rs, N

SAA

Assis

tant

Dire

ctor

is th

rille

d to

get

the

Uni

fied

Bow

ling

up a

nd ru

nnin

g so

that

mor

e st

uden

ts c

an p

artic

ipat

e in

spor

ts.

“T

his i

s the

firs

t tim

e th

at U

nifie

d Sp

orts

will

be

in th

e sc

hool

s san

ctio

ned

by th

e N

ebra

ska

Scho

ol A

ctiv

ities

Ass

ocia

tion

(NSA

A). T

he sc

hool

s tha

t hav

e sig

ned

up to

par

ticip

ate

have

bee

n gi

ving

mos

tly p

ositi

ve fe

edba

ck,”

Mas

ters

said

. “St

uden

ts w

ith in

telle

ctua

l disa

bilit

ies w

ill n

ow b

e pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in a

scho

ol sp

ort.

Whe

re th

ey h

aven

’t be

en a

ble

in th

e pa

st to

real

ly d

ive

in to

a sp

ort,

they

now

hav

e

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

com

pete

.”

A

mee

ting

of si

x Sp

ecia

l Oly

mpi

cs p

erso

nnel

, Dan

Mas

ters

, the

Exe

cutiv

e Di

rect

or, d

iffer

ent

boar

d m

embe

rs a

nd a

thle

tic d

irect

or’s

from

acr

oss t

he st

ate

ende

d in

exc

item

ent a

nd a

dec

ision

to

impl

emen

t Uni

fied

Bow

ling.

40

scho

ols h

ave

signe

d up

to ta

ke p

art i

n th

e N

SAA

sanc

tione

d U

nifie

d Bo

wlin

g. F

or th

is sp

ort,

ther

e w

ill b

e on

ly o

ne c

lass

ifica

tion

and

the

seas

on w

ill ru

n fr

om m

id-O

ctob

er th

roug

h ea

rly D

ecem

ber.

The

team

will

con

sist o

f fiv

e st

uden

t ath

lete

s, tw

o of

whi

ch w

ill b

e su

bstit

utes

.

M

aste

rs is

look

ing

forw

ard

to w

hat t

he U

nifie

d Sp

orts

pro

gram

will

offe

r stu

dent

s. “O

ne o

f the

best

thin

gs a

bout

Uni

fied

Bow

ling

is th

at st

uden

ts w

ill ta

ke o

n le

sson

s tha

t can

’t be

taug

ht in

the

clas

sroo

m,”

Mas

ters

said

. “Li

felo

ng le

sson

s tha

t stu

dent

s can

take

and

app

ly a

fter h

igh

scho

ol a

nd in

to

thei

r fut

ure

is ju

st o

ne o

f the

man

y th

ings

we

are

hopi

ng w

ill b

e co

nvey

ed th

roug

h U

nifie

d Bo

wlin

g.”

Bo

wlin

g w

as c

hose

n to

be

one

of th

e fir

st U

nifie

d Sp

orts

by

the

athl

etic

dire

ctor

s and

oth

ers

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

of N

ebra

ska.

The

org

aniza

tion

for U

nifie

d Bo

wlin

g st

arte

d in

July

of 2

015

and

the

com

mitt

ee w

as fo

rmed

afte

rwar

ds.

Th

e Ba

ker t

rio fo

rmat

of o

ne p

erso

n al

tern

atel

y bo

wlin

g ea

ch fr

ame

will

be

used

. The

stud

ent

with

inte

llect

ual d

isabi

litie

s will

bot

h st

art a

nd fi

nish

the

gam

e.

New

s Wri

ting

Bria

nna E

cker

berg

, Ger

ing

New

s Fea

ture

Pho

togr

aphy

Jess

ica B

rock

haus

Col

umbu

s Sco

tus

A

s she

jogs

alo

ng th

e st

reet

s of N

orfo

lk, t

hree

mile

s a d

ay a

ssum

ing

the

wea

ther

is o

n he

r sid

e, o

ne w

ould

nev

er a

ssum

e th

e lif

e sh

e’s

had,

the

hole

in h

eart

that

nea

rly k

illed

her

bef

ore.

M

aybe

it’s

her

Tef

lon

hear

t tha

t kee

ps h

er g

oing

, but

to th

is da

y, N

orfo

lk M

ayor

Sue

Fuc

htm

an

keep

s on

push

ing,

des

pite

the

chal

leng

es a

nd o

bsta

cles

she’s

had

to o

verc

ome

to g

et to

whe

re s

he

is to

day.

And

she

has

no

plan

s to

stop

.

O

n M

ay 1

3th, 1

952,

Fuc

htm

an w

as b

orn

with

a h

ole

in h

er h

eart.

Her

par

ents

wer

e to

ld to

go

hom

e an

d en

joy

thei

r thr

ee so

ns, b

ecau

se s

he w

ould

not

live

pas

t thr

ee m

onth

s. “Y

ou h

ad to

kn

ow m

y da

d, th

ough

,” F

uctm

an re

mem

bers

. “H

e w

as so

det

erm

ined

, and

ther

e w

ere

man

y ad

ults

in m

y lif

e th

at s

tood

by

me.

But

my

dad

was

a b

ig p

art o

f tha

t. H

e w

as d

eter

min

ed, a

nd

may

be th

at’s

why

I’m

so d

eter

min

ed, t

oo.”

D

espi

te th

e do

ctor

s’ e

stim

ates

, Fuc

htm

an li

ved

past

thre

e m

onth

s, b

ut it

was

n’t a

lway

s ea

sy. “

My

hear

t con

ditio

n lim

ited

me,

but

I do

n’t t

hink

it e

ver h

eld

me

back

,” F

ucht

man

reca

lls.

“I b

ecam

e th

e w

orld’s

bes

t bab

ysitt

er, b

ecau

se I

coul

dn’t

do a

ny o

f the

phy

sica

l act

iviti

es.”

She

co

uldn’t

do a

ny tr

uly

phys

ical

act

ivite

s, an

d sh

e re

mem

bers

that

som

ethi

ng a

s sim

ple

as g

oing

up

the

stairs

cou

ld le

ave

her w

inde

d.

Lu

ckily

, tho

ugh

Fuch

tman

rece

ived

ope

n he

art s

urge

ry a

t the

age

of t

hirte

en. “

My

mot

her

was

ver

y m

uch

the

stren

gth

in m

y fa

mily

. My

fath

er w

ould’v

e do

ne a

nyth

ing

for m

e, b

ut m

y m

om…” O

n th

e da

y he

re s

urge

ry w

as s

uppo

sed

to ta

ke p

lace

, Fuc

htm

an b

egan

to p

anic

. “I

starte

d sa

ying

, ‘I d

on’t

wan

t to

do th

is,’ a

nd m

y da

d sa

id, ‘

We

go h

ome

then

.’ B

ut m

y m

om sa

id,

‘We’

re d

oing

this,’ a

nd lo

okin

g ba

ck o

n it,

she

was

ver

y m

uch

the

stre

ngth

of m

y fa

mily

.

The

hole

in h

er h

eart

was

fille

d w

ith T

eflo

n, a

nd, f

rom

that

day

forw

ard,

she

was

inst

illed

w

ith a

less

on fr

om h

er fa

ther

, Way

ne “

Smok

ey” S

tove

r, th

at d

rove

her

. “A

fter t

he s

urge

ry, m

y da

d al

way

s sai

d ‘Y

ou h

ave

a pu

rpos

e, y

oung

lady

,’ an

d th

at I

shou

ld a

ppre

ciat

e th

at I

have

re

ceiv

ed th

is gi

ft. A

nd th

at w

as v

ery

impo

rtant

to m

e.”

Fu

chtm

an d

ecid

ed th

at h

er p

urpo

se w

ould

be

serv

ice. W

hen

she

grad

uate

d hi

gh sc

hool

, sh

e be

cam

e a

telep

hone

ope

rato

r. Ev

entu

ally

, she

got

invo

lved

in D

ayco

, a c

ompa

ny w

hich

de

velo

ps in

voic

es fo

r mov

ing

com

pani

es th

at m

ove

serv

ice m

en a

cros

s the

cou

ntry

. As s

he g

ot

olde

r, sh

e go

t mor

e an

d m

ore

invo

lved

in h

er c

omm

unity

, ser

ving

as P

resi

dent

of t

he W

omen’s

D

ivis

ion

of th

e C

ham

ber,

and

rece

ived

man

y re

war

ds fo

r her

ser

vice

. She

has

had

13

year

s of

serv

ice o

n th

e N

orfo

lk P

lann

ing

Com

miss

ion,

and

was

re-e

lecte

d as

Cha

ir on

a y

early

bas

is fro

m

2001

to 2

008.

In

200

8, s

he w

as a

ppro

ache

d by

a fr

iend

in th

e co

mm

unity

and

ask

ed if

she

wan

ted

to ru

n fo

r May

or. “

At f

irst,

I loo

ked

at h

im li

ke h

e ha

d lo

st hi

s m

arbl

es.”

A fe

w w

eeks

late

r tho

ugh,

she

w

as a

ppro

ache

d by

a fe

w o

ther

s, w

ho a

lso a

sked

her

to ru

n. “

In th

at m

omen

t,” F

ucht

man

says

, “I

knew

this

wou

ld b

e di

fficu

lt, a

nd I

knew

I w

ould

n’t b

e ab

le to

do

it al

one.”

New

spap

er F

eatu

re W

ritin

gJo

shua

And

erse

n, Jo

hnso

n-Br

ock

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icat

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Stud

ents

spen

d th

e da

y he

lpin

gA

LEX

A A

ND

ERSO

NG

erin

g Cou

rier

The

Ger

ing

seni

or c

lass

go

t to

take

the

day

off f

rom

sc

hool

on

Frid

ay to

hel

p se

rve

the

com

mun

ity w

ith

seve

ral p

roje

cts t

hrou

ghou

t th

e ar

ea.

Seni

ors f

rom

Ger

ing

Hig

h Sc

hool

wer

e se

en

all t

hrou

ghou

t Ger

ing

and

Scot

tsbl

uff d

oing

com

mun

ity

serv

ice

Frid

ay m

orni

ng.

The

seni

ors w

ere

give

n th

e op

portu

nity

to c

hoos

e w

hat j

ob th

ey to

ok o

n w

heth

er it

was

cle

anin

g up

tra

sh a

long

the

high

way

, or

help

ing

out a

nim

als a

t the

hu

man

e so

ciet

y.Se

nior

Cas

sidy

Coo

per

chos

e to

hel

p pi

ck u

p tra

sh

alon

g U

Stre

et a

ll th

e w

ay to

C

ount

ry C

lub

Roa

d.“P

icki

ng u

p tra

sh w

as n

ot

Seni

or C

assid

y C

oope

r cle

ans

a ki

tten

at th

e Hu

man

Soc

iety

. The

sen

iors

from

Ger

ing

High

Sch

ool t

ook

adva

ntag

e of

Frid

ay to

hel

p ar

ound

the

com

mun

ity.

as b

ad a

s it s

ound

s,” C

oope

r sa

id, “

I act

ually

enj

oyed

it

beca

use

for o

nce

it w

as a

nic

e da

y ou

t and

eve

ryon

e he

lped

ou

t.” Afte

r Coo

per a

nd

her g

roup

of o

ther

seni

ors

they

mov

ed o

n to

hel

p ou

t the

H

uman

e So

ciet

y.“T

he H

uman

e So

ciet

y w

as th

e be

st e

xper

ienc

e be

caus

e w

e ac

tual

ly g

ot to

in

tera

ct w

ith th

e an

imal

s eve

n if

it w

as ju

st c

lean

ing

out

thei

r cag

es,”

Coo

per s

aid.

Coo

per a

nd h

er g

roup

at

the

Hum

ane

Soci

ety

help

ed

bath

e th

e ne

wbo

rn k

itten

s, w

alk

the

dogs

, and

cle

an

out t

he c

ages

of t

he a

nim

als.

Just

in W

alla

ce a

nd B

rand

on

Gab

le, a

lso

in C

oope

r’s

grou

p, d

id n

ot n

eces

saril

y in

tera

ct w

ith th

e an

imal

s but

th

ey h

elpe

d w

ith th

e H

uman

e So

ciet

y’s r

enov

atio

n.In

ano

ther

gro

up w

as

Phot

o C

ourt

esy

// G

erin

g H

igh

Scho

ol

Hon

orin

g M

r. Sc

hlot

haue

r

Linco

ln e

lem

enta

ry te

ache

r Mr.

Schl

otha

uer h

olds

up

a pi

ctur

e fo

r the

cam

era.

Mr.

Schl

otha

uer w

ill b

e le

avin

g ne

xt y

ear.

Phot

o C

ourt

esy

// Li

ncol

n El

emen

tary

Sch

ool

BRA

D S

TAM

AN

Ed

itor

T

he sn

ow fe

ll W

edne

sday

m

orni

ng a

s the

stud

ents

he

aded

into

Lin

coln

El

emen

tary

Sch

ool,

ther

e w

as

one

thin

g a

little

diff

eren

t th

en o

ther

day

s and

a n

umbe

r of

stud

ents

wer

e w

earin

g ne

cktie

s.

W

hy?

“

It’s M

r. Sc

hlot

haue

r Day

,”

said

, wea

ring

his n

eckt

ie.

“We

get t

o dr

ess u

p lik

e ou

r pr

inci

pal.”

grad

er A

dam

Flo

wer

s add

ed,

wea

ring

his n

eckt

ie.

In th

e m

orni

ng a

ssem

bly

Ger

ing

City

Cou

ncil

mem

ber

Don

Chr

istia

nsen

read

a

proc

lam

atio

n fr

om G

erin

g’s

May

or E

d M

ayo

decl

arin

g M

ay 1

, 201

3, a

s Prin

cipa

l G

eorg

e Sc

hlot

haue

r Day

.

The

stud

ents

wor

e ne

cktie

s be

caus

e Sc

hlot

haue

r “al

way

s w

ears

a n

eckt

ie,”

Lin

coln

Schi

ld sa

id.

“

Whe

n I s

aw it

was

snow

ing

toda

y, I

alm

ost,

didn

’t w

ear a

tie,

” Sc

hlot

haue

r tol

d th

e st

uden

ts

afte

r bei

ng h

onor

ed. “

But

I de

cide

d I’

d w

ear o

ne.”

T

hrou

ghou

t the

day

, the

st

uden

ts, t

each

ers a

nd st

aff

orga

nize

d w

ays t

o ho

nor

Schl

otha

uer.

T

he st

uden

ts d

ress

ed u

p an

d sa

ng h

im a

spec

ial s

ong.

Th

ey a

lso

each

wro

te h

im a

le

tter a

nd g

ave

him

gift

s.

Sch

loth

auer

will

leav

e th

e sc

hool

afte

r sev

en y

ears

as

the

prin

cipa

l to

beco

me

the

Dire

ctor

of A

ltern

ativ

e Ed

ucat

ion

at V

ALT

S.

The

Ger

ing

grad

uate

w

orke

d at

the

Ger

ing

Juni

or

Hig

h Sc

hool

for f

our y

ears

be

fore

taki

ng th

e pr

inci

pal

posi

tion

at L

inco

ln.

W

ith h

im le

avin

g, “

we

wan

ted

to g

ive

him

a g

reat

se

nd o

ff fr

om th

e ki

ds a

nd

staf

f,” S

child

said

.

Whe

n th

e da

y w

as

took

a p

ledg

e to

kee

p th

e in

form

atio

n se

cret

, and

for

the

mos

t, th

ey su

ccee

ded.

surp

rised

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chlo

thau

er

said

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ry su

rpris

ing

and

touc

hing

.”

seni

or D

akot

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elln

er, w

ho

sign

ed u

p to

wor

k at

the

mon

umen

t.“I

cho

se to

wor

k at

the

mon

umen

t bec

ause

I kn

ew it

w

as g

oing

to b

e a

beau

tiful

da

y ou

tsid

e, a

nd I

enjo

y do

ing

wor

k w

hen

it w

as a

s ni

ce a

s it w

as,”

Gel

lner

said

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elln

er a

nd h

er g

roup

w

orke

d ou

t by

an o

ld d

ump

site

nex

t to

the

mon

umen

t. Th

ey b

egan

by

pick

ing

up

all k

inds

of d

ebris

to c

lear

the

site

so th

ey c

ould

beg

in

to re

plac

e th

e pr

airie

. Whe

n

plan

ting

seed

, the

are

a th

ey

wer

e w

orki

ng o

n be

cam

e a

part

of th

e pr

airie

onc

e ag

ain.

“I w

as n

ot su

re w

hat w

e w

ere

goin

g to

do

that

day

bu

t I h

ad fu

n di

ggin

g th

e tre

nche

s,” G

elln

er sa

id, “

I w

ould

do

it al

l aga

in if

I ha

d to

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ther

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ups a

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nd th

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ot to

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adm

into

n. “

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as

grea

t,” S

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Clas

s B

He

is a

deve

lope

r, an

insp

irer,

the

man

that

can

uni

te a

com

mun

ity th

roug

h ba

sket

ball.

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can

cal

l him

w

hate

ver y

ou w

ant b

ut h

e se

es h

imse

lf as

just

a co

ach

for t

he N

orfo

lk H

igh

Scho

ol b

oys b

aske

tbal

l var

sity

team

.

Hea

d Co

ach

Ben

Ries

has

aro

und

the

gam

e of

bas

ketb

all f

or n

early

his

who

le li

fe. G

row

ing

in N

orfo

lk, R

ies

was

ver

y ac

tive

and

parti

cipa

ted

in sp

orts

rang

ing

from

foot

ball

to ru

nnin

g. "I

t was

n't u

ntil

I ent

ered

juni

or

high

that

I sta

rted

to lo

ve th

e ga

me

of b

aske

tbal

l," R

ies s

aid.

"I ju

st ha

d a

feel

ing

that

this

spor

t was

goi

ng to

be

a v

ery

impo

rtant

par

t in

my

life.

"

Ther

e w

as n

o de

nyin

g th

is. R

ies p

artic

pate

d in

bas

ketb

all f

or N

orfo

lk H

igh

Scho

ol u

ntil

he g

radu

ate

in

1996

. He

wou

ld b

egin

his

colle

giat

e ba

sket

ball

care

er th

at sa

me

year

for t

he U

nive

risty

of S

outh

Dak

ota.

"I w

as v

ery

bles

sed

to h

ave

been

surro

unde

d by

such

qua

lity

team

mat

es a

nd a

terri

fic c

oach

," R

ies s

aid.

"I

have

had

som

e th

e be

st m

emor

ies o

f my

life

arou

nd m

y te

amm

ates

not

onl

y in

gam

es b

ut o

ff th

e co

urt l

ike

in tr

ips a

nd h

otel

stay

-ins."

Ever

y m

omen

t was

che

rishe

d an

d in

valu

able

to h

im d

urin

g hi

s tim

e at

Sou

th D

akot

a. H

is lo

ve fo

r the

gam

e w

ould

lead

him

into

the

life

of c

oach

ing.

Coa

chin

g w

as d

efin

itely

a d

iffer

ent b

all-g

ame

from

bei

ng a

pla

yer

but i

t, ne

verth

eles

s, pr

oved

to b

e so

met

hing

he

wou

ld lo

ve.

Afte

r wor

king

as a

Gra

duat

e A

ssist

ant C

oach

for h

is un

iver

sity,

Rie

s ret

urne

d to

his

hom

etow

n N

orfo

lk.

Ther

e, h

e w

ould

take

on

the

task

of d

evel

opin

g yo

ung

adul

ts in

the

educ

atio

n de

partm

ent a

nd in

the

athl

etic

de

partm

ent a

s wel

l.

Succ

ess i

s no

unfa

mili

ar fa

ce fo

r Rie

s. H

e ha

s now

a 2

44-9

5 re

cord

for t

he N

orfo

lk b

aske

tbal

l pro

gram

. Ri

es le

d th

e Pa

nthe

rs to

a st

agge

ring

list o

f ach

ieve

men

ts th

at in

clud

e va

rious

GN

AC

conf

eren

ce

cham

pion

ship

s, di

stric

t cha

mpi

onsh

ips,

and

even

stat

e ap

pear

ance

s.

"Mak

ing

the

run

to th

e sta

te c

ham

pion

ship

gam

e in

201

0 w

as n

o do

ubt o

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t hig

hlig

hts o

f my

care

er,"

Ries

said

. "Th

e se

ason

was

terr

ific

and

we

have

had

mom

ents

that

I w

ould

nev

er fo

rget

."

Des

pite

losin

g to

Om

aha

Cent

ral i

n th

e fin

al, R

ies a

dmire

s the

qua

lity

of th

e m

en h

e ha

d in

his

team

and

re

mem

bers

mom

ents

of th

is pa

rticu

lar s

easo

n vi

vidl

y. "B

eatin

g O

mah

a Cr

eigh

ton

Prep

off

a bu

zzer

in th

e di

stric

t sem

i-fin

al g

ame

was

incr

edib

le,"

Ries

said

.

They

say

that

succ

ess i

s no

acci

dent

. Rie

s fac

es th

e str

uggl

es o

f com

petin

g ag

ains

t Om

aha

Met

ro sc

hool

s. Sc

hool

s tha

t hav

e en

rollm

ent m

uch

larg

er th

an th

at o

f Nor

folk

.

"Our

you

th p

rogr

am h

as b

een

a ke

y as

pect

to th

e su

cces

s of t

he N

orfo

lk b

aske

tbal

l pro

gram

," Ri

es sa

id.

"The

re w

e ca

n se

e ou

r asp

iring

pla

yers

at a

n ea

rly a

ge."

Thou

gh, h

e us

es th

is sy

stem

for e

valu

atin

g po

tent

ial s

tars

, he

mak

es it

cle

ar th

e ov

eral

l goa

l and

miss

ion

of

this

prog

ram

. "Be

fore

we

even

dev

elop

them

as p

laye

rs, w

e w

ant t

o de

velo

p th

em a

s you

ng a

dults

who

are

w

ell e

duca

ted

and

will

ing

to se

rve

for t

heir

com

mun

ity,"

Rie

s sai

d. "

I loo

k fo

r res

pect

ful,

hard

-wor

king

, and

co

nfid

ent p

eopl

e fo

r my

team

."

Whe

n pe

ople

ask

him

wha

t mak

es b

aske

tbal

l so

spec

ial t

o hi

m, h

e sm

iles.

"Bas

ketb

all h

as b

een

an

impo

rtant

par

t of m

y lif

e,"

Ries

said

. " I

have

met

so m

any

won

derfu

l peo

ple

and

I hav

e be

en b

less

ed w

ith

so m

any

oppo

rtuni

ties b

ecau

se o

f it."

Thes

e re

ason

s hav

e co

ntin

ued

to in

spire

and

mot

ivat

e hi

m to

coa

ch a

nd d

evel

op th

e ch

ildre

n of

Nor

folk

. A

bove

all,

seei

ng th

e ch

ildre

n he

has

affe

cted

gro

w a

ssur

es h

im th

at h

e is

achi

evin

g hi

s pur

pose

.

1R

ies n

ow is

still

cur

rent

ly th

e Ph

ysic

al E

duca

tion

Teac

her/D

epar

tmen

t Hea

d of

Nor

folk

Hig

h Sc

hool

and

is

Hea

d C

oach

for t

he b

aske

tbal

l pro

gram

ther

e. H

e is

ble

ssed

with

thre

e ch

ildre

n an

d ha

s bee

n cu

rren

tly

mar

ried

to h

is w

ife A

my

for 1

4 ye

ars n

ow. Sp

orts

Fea

ture

Wri

ting

Rand

all E

squi

vel,

Mou

nt M

icha

el B

ened

ictin

e

A w

eek

ago,

the

Leag

ueto

wn

Bom

bers

won

the

conf

eren

ce ch

ampi

onsh

ip b

y be

atin

g ou

t riv

al

Bay

City

84-

78. T

his i

s the

Bom

bers

’ thi

rd co

nfer

ence

cham

pion

ship

in a

row

.

Su

e St

uart

led

the

bom

bers

in p

oint

s with

32,

and

Jane

Jack

son

was

the

next

hig

hest

scor

er w

ith

25. J

acks

on a

lso h

ad 1

4 re

boun

ds g

ivin

g he

r a d

oubl

e-do

uble

for t

he n

ight

. Nat

alie

Com

bs w

as se

cond

in

rebo

undi

ng w

ith e

ight

.

“W

e re

ally

cam

e to

geth

er to

nigh

t. M

ary

was

on

fire,

and

you

hav

e to

love

the

way

Jane

wor

ked

insid

e. Le

wis

is a

mon

ster

, but

Jane

real

ly w

ent t

o ba

ttle

dow

n th

ere,

” sop

hom

ore

poin

t gua

rd S

ue

Stua

rt sa

id.

Bo

th Le

ague

tow

n an

d Ba

y Ci

ty w

ere

11-2

goi

ng in

to th

e co

nfer

ence

cham

pion

ship

gam

e. B

ay

City

had

mon

ster

cent

er, L

uann

Lew

is. Le

wis

scor

ed o

ver h

alf o

f Bay

City

’s 78

poi

nts w

ith 4

0 po

ints

.

Lew

is al

so h

ad 1

6 re

boun

ds e

arni

ng h

er a

dou

ble-

doub

le o

n th

e ni

ght.

“T

his w

as a

gre

at w

in fo

r us.

Bay

City

is a

n ex

celle

nt te

am a

nd w

e w

ere

fort

unat

e to

com

e ou

t of

here

with

a w

in. T

heir

cent

er is

a o

ne o

f a k

ind

play

er: n

ot th

e ki

nd o

f pla

yer y

ou p

lan

on st

oppi

ng, y

ou

just

try

to sl

ow h

er d

own,

” Coa

ch Ja

mie

Ben

sen

said

.

Fo

r sea

son

stat

s, Su

e St

uart

lead

s the

team

in p

oint

s with

914

. Jan

e Ja

ckso

n is

in se

cond

for

poin

ts w

ith 6

81. I

n th

e re

boun

ding

cate

gory

Jack

son

lead

s with

270

rebo

unds

. Ant

onia

Dav

is is

in se

cond

with

103

, and

in cl

ose

third

is S

ami P

eter

son

with

100

rebo

unds

.

Fo

ur y

ears

ago

, Coa

ch Ja

mie

Ben

sen

cam

e to

Leag

ueto

wn.

Ben

sen

impr

oved

the

team

’s

repu

tatio

n, a

nd th

eir b

ehav

ior.

Bens

en h

as h

elpe

d th

e Bo

mbe

rs tu

rn a

roun

d th

eir b

aske

tbal

l pro

gram

by

win

ning

thre

e co

nfer

ence

cham

pion

ship

s out

of h

er fi

rst f

our y

ears

of b

eing

her

e.

Th

e Le

ague

tow

n bo

mbe

rs re

turn

ed to

wor

k W

edne

sday

pre

parin

g fo

r dist

rict c

ompe

titio

n ne

xt

wee

k. W

ith a

conf

eren

ce ti

tle u

nder

the

Bom

ber’s

bel

t, th

ey a

re co

nfid

ent t

o do

wel

l in

the

upco

min

g

dist

rict t

ourn

amen

t.

Spor

ts N

ews C

over

age

Tann

er N

ovot

ny, F

airb

ury

By B

rean

na S

mith

- C

lass

B

Mos

t pe

ople

hav

e so

meo

ne i

n th

eir

lives

that

they

asp

ire to

be

like

som

eday

. Fo

r som

e of

the

stud

ents

at L

eagu

etow

n H

igh

Scho

ol, t

hat p

erso

n is

Ms.

Ang

ela

Mun

day.

M

unda

y, w

ho w

as a

199

9 gr

adua

te

from

Lea

guet

own,

is n

ow a

mat

h te

ache

r th

ere.

She

has

rece

ntly

beg

un p

lann

ing

to

rest

art a

pro

gram

that

has

hel

ped

her

to

whe

re sh

e is

toda

y.

Mun

day

had

wha

t mos

t wou

ld c

all a

sent

to p

rison

whe

n M

unda

y w

as 1

2, s

o M

unda

y an

d he

r th

ree

youn

ger

sist

ers

wer

e se

nt to

live

with

thie

r gra

ndm

othe

r.

“My

gran

dma

did

the

best

she

coul

d,

but

she

was

don

e ra

isin

g ch

ildre

n. S

he

din’

t hav

e th

e en

ergy

or

mon

ey to

sup

-po

rt al

l of u

s,” sa

ys M

unda

y.

Mun

day

says

thi

s la

ck o

f st

abili

ty

cont

ribut

ed to

whe

re h

er p

ath

led

next

.

“Dur

ing

my

nint

h-gr

ade

year

I w

as

drin

king

alc

ohol

and

ski

ppin

g sc

hool

. I

basi

cally

was

just

giv

ing

up. I

was

on

the

sam

e pa

th m

y m

othe

r too

k,”

she

says

.

In N

ovem

ber o

f tha

t yea

r, M

unda

y’s

scho

ol c

ouns

elor

ass

igne

d he

r a

men

tor

nam

ed B

eth

Frec

klin

g.

“B

eth

talk

ed t

o m

e ab

out

colle

ge,

abou

t hav

ing

a car

eer,

abou

t set

ting

goal

s fo

r my

life.

I ha

d ne

ver t

houg

ht a

bout

the

futu

re b

efor

e m

eetin

g B

eth,

” M

unda

y re

-ca

lls.

Fr

eckl

ing

rem

aine

d M

unda

y’s

men

-to

r th

roug

hout

hig

h sc

hool

. Dur

ing

that

tim

e, th

e tw

o be

cam

e fr

iend

s.

out

my

colle

ge a

pplic

atio

ns a

nd a

pply

-er

and

bes

t frie

nd -

still

,” sa

ys M

unda

y.

Whi

le M

unda

y w

as a

ttend

ing

col-

lege

, the

men

tor

prog

ram

was

cut

fro

m

the

scho

ol. M

unda

y m

ade

it he

r mis

sion

to

get

the

prog

ram

star

ted

agai

n.

“I h

ave

seve

ral s

tude

nts

who

rem

ind

me

of m

ysel

f as

a f

resh

man

. I

belie

ve

som

eone

can

and

will

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e

Fr

eckl

ing

is s

till

one

of M

unda

y’s

bigg

est s

uppo

rters

and

is

very

pro

ud o

f M

unda

y fo

r doi

ng th

is.

“I

am

thril

led

that

Ang

ela

is re

vivi

ng

the

men

torin

g pr

ogra

m. S

he w

ill c

hang

e liv

es.

She’

s th

at k

ind

of p

erso

n,”

says

Fr

eckl

ing.

Fr

eckl

ing

is n

ot th

e on

ly o

ne p

rais

ing

Mun

day

for w

ork

in th

is p

roje

ct. L

eagu

e-to

wn

high

sch

ool’s

prin

cipa

l, M

r. A

sher

Pr

ice,

say

s th

e sc

hool

is s

uppo

rting

this

pr

ogra

m a

s muc

h as

they

can

.

“It

will

be

a gr

eat

addi

tion

to t

he

scho

ol.

I kn

ow m

any

of o

ur s

tude

nts

coul

d us

e a

men

tor.

I am

hap

py th

at M

s. M

unda

y is

doi

ng th

is,”

says

Pric

e.

Mun

day

is g

aini

ng re

spec

t fro

m s

tu-

dent

s bec

ause

of t

his p

roje

ct a

s wel

l.

“I h

ope

that

I c

an g

et a

men

tor

on

May

1. M

y m

om d

idn’

t go

to c

olle

ge, s

o sh

e do

esn’

t und

erst

and

all t

he fo

rms

and

appl

icat

ions

. I h

ope

my

men

tor c

an h

elp

guid

e m

e th

roug

h th

at p

roce

ss,”

say

s so

phom

ore

Cor

ey S

mal

l.

Fres

hman

Y

lise

Vent

ura

thou

ght

som

ethi

ng si

mila

r.

“May

be a

men

tor

can

turn

my

life

arou

nd li

ke M

s. M

unda

y’s l

ife. I

f I c

ould

be

a te

ache

r lik

e he

r, I w

ould

be

so h

ap-

py,”

Ven

tura

says

.

The

men

torin

g pr

ogra

m w

ill b

egin

w

ith re

gist

ratio

n on

May

1. S

tude

nts w

ho

are

inte

rest

ed in

obt

aini

ng a

men

tor m

ay

sign

up

with

Mun

day

in R

oom

318

. Fac

-ul

ty a

nd s

taff

may

als

o su

gges

t stu

dent

s fo

r men

tors

.

Year

book

Fea

ture

Wri

ting

Brea

nna S

mith

, Log

an V

iew

Swoo

ping

inTh

is is

the fi

rst s

ente

nce o

f the

ca

ptio

n: it

is w

ritte

n in

pre

sent

te

nse a

nd te

lls w

ho, w

hat,

whe

n an

d w

here

. This

is th

e sec

ond

sent

ence

of t

he ca

ptio

n, te

lling

th

e why

or t

he h

ow. “

This

is th

e th

ird se

nten

ce o

f the

capt

ion,”

sa

id Y

our A

dvise

r. “I

t mig

ht b

e a g

ood

story

-telli

ng q

uote

from

th

e per

son

in th

e pho

to.”

Eyes

on

the

prize

This

is th

e firs

t sen

tenc

e of t

he

capt

ion:

it is

writ

ten

in p

rese

nt

tens

e and

tells

who

, wha

t, w

hen

and

whe

re. Th

is is

the s

econ

d se

nten

ce o

f the

capt

ion,

telli

ng

the w

hy o

r the

how

. “Th

is is

the

third

sent

ence

of t

he ca

ptio

n,”

said

You

r Adv

iser.

“It m

ight

be

a goo

d sto

ry-te

lling

quo

te fr

om

the p

erso

n in

the p

hoto

.”

Year

book

Lay

out

Ari

elle

Wie

denb

eck,

Wav

erly

Ever

sinc

e sh

e w

as se

ven

year

s old

, sop

hom

ore

Roxa

nne

Gran

t has

wan

ted

to b

ecom

e a

NAS

CAR

driv

er. T

hat d

ream

bec

ame

a re

ality

whe

n sh

e w

as th

e fir

st fe

mal

e an

d yo

unge

st d

river

to w

in a

spot

at

the

NAS

CAR’

s leg

enda

ry tr

aini

ng c

amp.

Her

love

for r

acin

g be

gan

whe

n sh

e st

arte

d w

atch

ing

raci

ng

cart

oons

with

her

dad

and

gre

w in

to c

ompe

ting

in a

mat

eur r

aces

.

“My

first

race

was

a g

o-ca

rt ra

ce w

hen

I was

10

year

s old

.” R

oxan

ne sa

id. “

Afte

r tha

t I g

ot

serio

us a

bout

raci

ng a

nd lu

cky

for m

e, m

y da

d w

as su

ppor

tive.

”

Ever

sinc

e th

at d

ay R

oxan

ne h

as w

ante

d to

act

ually

com

pete

with

a re

al e

ngin

e an

d ca

r. H

er

bigg

est s

uppo

rter

and

dad

, Bar

t Gra

nt fo

und

her a

car

and

beg

an se

arch

ing

for c

ompe

titio

ns th

at sh

e co

uld

com

pete

in.

Not

onl

y ha

s Rox

anne

won

thre

e am

ateu

r rac

es, b

ut sh

e ha

s also

bee

n fe

atur

ed in

the

Febr

uary

iss

ue o

f Rac

e w

here

the

mag

azin

e na

med

her

“Be

st U

p an

d Co

min

g N

ew D

river

in th

e N

atio

n.”

Rox

anne

has

rece

ntly

just

turn

ed 1

6 an

d w

eigh

s les

s tha

n 10

0 po

unds

. She

had

take

n he

r dr

iver

’s te

st li

ke a

ll th

e ot

her t

eena

gers

, but

foun

d a

bit m

ore

diffi

cult

than

raci

ng.

Rox

anne

said

that

whe

n sh

e is

in a

race

car

she

feel

s saf

e be

lted

in, b

ut w

hen

she

is in

the

stre

et

ever

ythi

ng is

a lo

t loo

ser a

nd h

arde

r to

cont

rol a

stat

ion

wag

on ra

ther

than

a ra

ce c

ar.

Whe

n Ro

xann

e fir

st h

ad th

e id

ea o

f rac

ing

man

y pe

ople

told

her

that

it w

as to

o da

nger

ous a

nd

that

she

was

a g

irl. R

oxan

ne’s

dad

and

her

bes

t frie

nd E

lise

Form

er h

ave

been

ther

e sin

ce th

e be

ginn

ing

and

cont

inue

to c

heer

her

on

as sh

e be

com

es a

pro

fess

iona

l rac

er.

“I c

atch

the

flak

from

peo

ple

som

etim

e.”

Bran

t sai

d, “B

ut it

’s n

o m

ore

dang

erou

s tha

n ch

eerle

adin

g or

foot

ball.

”

Form

er h

as d

edic

ated

her

tim

e to

Rox

anne

and

spen

ds a

lmos

t eve

ry w

eeke

nd a

t the

trac

ks w

ith

her a

nd w

as th

e on

ly p

erso

n w

ith R

oxan

ne w

hen

she

rece

ived

the

lett

er fo

r the

cam

p. F

orm

er sa

id th

at

she

wen

t a li

ttle

cra

zy a

nd a

lmos

t hyp

erve

ntila

ted.

Th

e ca

mp

that

Rox

anne

pla

ns o

n at

tend

ing

in Ju

ne w

ill ta

ke p

lace

in D

ayto

na B

each

, FL.

, and

has

an

ave

rage

age

of 2

3. S

he w

ill b

e co

mpe

ting

agai

nst m

ale

com

petit

ors a

nd w

ill b

e th

ere

for t

hree

day

s.

Roxa

nne’

s dad

will

be

atte

ndin

g th

e ca

mp

with

her

whe

re sh

e w

ill g

o fr

om a

n am

ateu

r driv

er to

pr

ofes

siona

l rac

ing.

“Rox

anne

has

a d

ream

and

is p

ursu

ing

it co

mpl

etel

y.”

Bart

said

, “It’

s sca

ry e

very

tim

e sh

e ge

ts

behi

nd th

e w

heel

for a

race

, but

this

is he

r dre

am.”

Befo

re g

oing

out

on

the

trac

k, R

oxan

ne a

nd h

er d

ad p

erfo

rm a

litt

le ri

tual

at e

very

race

.

“I k

iss h

er c

heek

, and

she

give

s me

thum

bs u

p.”

Bart

said

. “Th

en, I

say

a sil

ent p

raye

r for

her

to

do h

er b

est a

nd fi

nish

wel

l.

Year

book

Spo

rts F

eatu

re W

ritin

gM

adiso

n D

avis,

Yut

anYe

arbo

ok Th

em

e Cop

y Wri

ting

Aely

n Th

omps

on, W

aver

ly

2Fo

lio C

opy

gg

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book

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me D

evel

opm

ent

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lyn

Laws

, Alli

son

Wils

on, J

ade M

elro

y, G

erin

g