Hampshire High School, Romney WV Jan. 2010 - Vol. XXXIIX, No. 3

Recap of 2009

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Basketball

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The 2009-2010 senior class officer bal-lots were distributed on December 18 andcontained nine seniors competing forfive different spots.

The candidates for president wereHillary Wolford, Ryan Kerns, Kelli Welshand Matt Farrell. Vice president nomi-nees were Julee Mullins and Justin Horn.Historian candidates were Brittney

Ruckman and JustinHorn. Camie Fout andEileen Heavener de-cided to re-run fortheir positions as sec-retary and treasurer.

On January 4, theannouncement of thewinners was made.Fout was named secre-tary and Heavener re-mained as treasuer.Ruckman was electedhistorian, and Mullinstook the role as vicepresident for the sec-ond year in a row.

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Brittney Ruckman, Julee Mullins, Ryan Kerns, Camilla Fout and EileenHeavener meet once a week to plan senior events like graduation or theclass motto.

Senior Class Officers ChosenAnd already working toward goal

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The Math Field Day competition washeld on December 17, 2009. Forty-eightstudents from Hampshire High com-peted in this mathematics competition.Twenty-two students from ninth grade,and twenty-six from the tenth throughthe twelfth competed.

Math Field Day is an event where stu-dents from fourth grade to twelfth grade

compete to seewho the bestm a t h e m a t i -cians are. Thestudents whoare in fourththrough ninthcompete ontheir gradelevels, andthen the restcompete to-gether. In thiscompeti t ionstudents arejudged on awritten test,

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The place winners pictured above from Math Field Day will be attendingReginal Math Field Day to represent Hampshire High. (Not Pictured: NicoleMiller, Jonathan Allen, Billy Welsh, Aaron Robison, Dylan Davis and SierrahBlomquist.)

MFD Participants Preparefor Regionals

Band is Honored Members attend All-State & Honor Band

After all the practices, the tunings andthe adjusting, the band’s hard work hascertainly paid off, according to directorBrian Bowers. Six students were chosento represent Hampshire High atShepherd University Honor Band and sixothers were chosen to attend WestVirginia University Honor Band. Twolucky students were even chosen for All-State Band and Orchestra.

Bowers nominated six members toattend Honor Band at ShepherdUniversity. Michelle Shockey, CharlesKilmer, Kayleigh Jackson, Bob Harvey,

Laura Hano and Shannon Bakerrepresented Hampshire High.

The members received their music topractice before the event. The studentswere selected into either a blue band ora gold band.

On January 16 and 17, students chosenfrom different high schools in the areawent to Shepherd to practice as twobands together. Shepherd arranged theband equally by random selection. Theypracticed hours at a time until the bignight. The bands performed in front oftheir parents, teachers and others fromthe community.

“I was in the blue band and we played

Crystals, Tharses and Americans We. It wasa lot of fun and we received plenty oftips,” commented Jackson.

From February 11 through 13, studentswill be attending WVU Honor Band.Austin Anderson, Shannon Baker, LauraDavis, Bob Harvey, Charles Kilmer andDenise Sudlow will be attending.

WVU is a little tougher on theirselection. They review the chosenstudents and put the experienced playersin a higher band and the others in amedium or lower band.

Baker and Attaway stood out atHampshire Band as they were chosen forAll-State.

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(Continued on Page 4)Shannon Baker practices with the rest of the bandduring class.

Ryan Kerns was elected the 2009-2010senior class president.

“I was happy, but I was really surprisedwhen I heard the announcement,” statedKerns. “I served as historian for threeyears, but I figured I would do a goodjob of executing the president’s tasks. Iwas scared to give up my position be-cause I knew that there was a tough com-petition for president and if I lost, then Iwouldn’t be an officer.”

and if any ties need to be broken thosestudents must take a short answer testand the judging goes from there.

Throughout this competition there arethree main levels: county, regional andstates. Upper level students who makeit past states can go on to compete inthe American Regions MathematicsLeague or ARML. For the West Virginiastudents that go to the ARML, it is heldat Penn State.

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Editor-in-Chief: Kelli WelshAsst. Editor: Brittney RuckmanNews Editor: Michelle GosnellSports Editor: Shaunna Shaffer

Photography Editor: Kelli WelshBusiness Editor: Amanda Alger

Instructor: Linda Staub

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All of the days that have passed usby will never be repeated.

Unfortunately, people take life forgranted and never really think aboutthe importance of other people in theirlives.

They take money and spend it rightand left when they could be saving it

Don’t you ever wish your life waslike a movie? Maybe some of you wantto be in an action/adventure movieand never expect what will happen thenext day.

Maybe you like comedies and wouldlike to be that wisecracker thateverybody quotes. Or maybe you’re aromance fan and are still waiting forthat prince charming.

I’ll admit it; I’m a cheesy romanticcomedy kind of person. My all-timefavorite movie is Breakfast at Tiffany’swith Audrey Hepburn. I alwaysimagine myself in a chaotic and

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Couples and promise rings.It’s been noticed lately, the increased

number of “promise rings” that you seeon girls’ fingers. They post pictures onMySpace, Facebook, etc., and explainhow much they love their partners andhow they want to be with them forever.

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s thecouple’s own personal decision if theywant a promise ring or not, but myquestion is, “What really is a ‘promisering’?”

Promise rings can mean a series of

confusing world. I anticipate findingthat handsome man who lives a floorabove me who writes and publishesbooks. He’ll become a close friend andhelp me find my true, glorious self. I’msure this is what every girl wishes for.

Back to my point: you shouldn’t justsit around and imagine what you wantyour life to be like. Make it happen!

Now, I know you can’t just become asecret agent at our ages, or love reallyisn’t at first sight (If you do believe inthat, good for you!), but you can makeyour days spontaneous or hilarious.

Go on and take a backyard adventurelike in Robin Hood. Add some randomjokes like in Monty Python. Learn tofight like Russell Crowe does inGladiator. Fight off creepy burglars likein Home Alone. Sing a song from Chicagoor My Fair Lady. Fall in love like inCasablanca or Pretty Woman.

It is your choice and your life; makean adventure out of it. You only liveonce so make it worth your while. Itmight help you find your true self,make you happier or fearless, or itmight even make a great story.

Then you can tell everybody yourstory like in Forrest Gump. Life is like abox of chocolates; open it up and livethe dream!

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and getting a better education orplanning for the future.

Some students see education asa joke. They don’t appreciate thehard work and dedication that isactually invested in education.

Teens sleep through class, talkthrough class and some even justskip a class for no reason. Weneed to realize that life is harshand we need education to help ussurvive. No one really wants tobe a professional burger flipper.There are kids in some countrieswho don’t get an education andwould put their lives on the linefor one.

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Life—You Only Have One

Don’t Make Promises You Can’t Keep Lights, Camera, Dream

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I think our society is falling apart.Supposedly, Nostradamus has pre-dicted the world’s end in 2012, but noone actually knows the validity of thisprophecy.

Whether this is accurate or not,people should live their lives to the full-est and be proud of what we have asAmericans. Our country is still the best,and we should take advantage of ouropportunites.

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Don’t just settle down becauseyou can; do it because it’ssomething that you want.

—Brittney Ruckman

things. They can mean that he or shewill be faithful or just, “I love you andwant to prove it to you.”

It also could mean that, “I want tomarry you, but I’m just not ready rightnow,” or even, “This will have to dofor now until I can afford a bigger dia-mond.”

It’s a matter of opinion. Everyone hasdifferent views on life, love and whatthe pursuit of happiness really is. Fromwatching, I’ve noticed that once a girlgets a promise ring, it seems that shehas more complications in the relation-ship than before she had it. Is it guyshaving second thoughts, or girls?Maybe we’re just rushing things.

All I’m saying is that we’re youngand we need to experience life. Life’stoo short to not do what you want.Don’t just settle down because you can;do it because it’s something that youwant.

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Shall I compare thee to a fresh springday?When fireflies flutter and flit at night,Rough winds will awaken sunsets inmay,Life reawakens and birds take to flight,Resurrection of the soul makes mewhole,And oft I dream of how you’ve wokenme,And taken upon you a savior role,Just keep your eyes open, then you willsee,That there is nothing left for you tofear,I wish not for this night to come to end,The moon has set; the dawn is draw-ing near,The sun has risen and so now myfriend,Let it be finished between us for now,Until later —if the fates will allow.

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Shall I compare thee to a very sweetpie,Like an apple pie you are warm andsweet,I love you even more as time goes by,Because you are like my own littletreat,Not liking the feelings, we deal withit,Sometimes the distance may get in theway,My heart right now feels as if it’s beenbit,We may tease each other and act so gay,But I hope you’re not giving up on me,Right now you say you are very con-fused,I cry love and hate and I want to flee,I can’t, ’cause near you I don’t feelabused,I hope you do not make a big mistake,Like at McDonalds you get themilkshake.

Shall I compare thee to my yellow bug,Thou art more temperate than my lastone,You are as cute as a zebra print rug,I plan on many years and lots more fun,My favorite color is in my favorite car,Your eyes are like its interior gold,I love you, bug—just the way that youare,Don’t worry; I’ll keep you when youare old,Together we will grow fonder each day,Driving each other crazy ‘til the end,I won’t want a younger model; no way,No trade-ins for me; I’ll stay with thistrend,If you can put up with me and my ride,You can travel in style—right by myside.

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Love is a mazewith ever-changing walls.Every dead end leaves you in a hazeAnd every right turn is just a close call.If you learn from your mistakesYou will proceed without having toretrace.Everything will start to make sense foryour sake.And you will slowly begin tounderstand this place.Whether it’s a left or right is up to youJust remember where you have been.Every turn will bring something newYou will make it through thick andthin.Keep it slow and never look backRemember that, and you are on theright track.

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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.~Robert Browning We loved with a love that was more than

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Trip over love, you can get up.Fall in love and you fall forever.

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Love is a smoke made with the fumeof sighs.

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Who, being loved, is poor? ~Oscar Wilde

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When asked about how well he likeshis officer team, Kerns replied, “ Ithink my team is wonderful; each ofthem has really good ideas and plansthat they would like to see happen,and they are all girls! They all have agood bit of leadership experiencewhich I think helps a lot.”

Senior class officers plan to meet atleast two Wednesdays out of everymonth in order to plan graduation.Their first step is to find a speaker.They are also in charge of class motto,class quotation, class song and classflower.

Senior Officers

Hampshire High had twenty studentsof all four grades participate at theHampshire County Math Field Day. Atthe ninth grade level, first place was pre-sented to Thomas Haines. Second placewas presented to Logan James and thirdplace to Ryan Ridgley. Nicole Miller andJonathan Hines were announced as al-ternates.

Grades tenth through twelfth com-peted all together. First place wasawarded to junior Susan Chang and sec-ond place to senior Jonathan Allen. Se-nior Matt Farrell was awarded thirdplace and senior Richard Szabo wasawarded fourth. Junior Aaron Loar wasawarded fifth place and junior BillyWelsh was awarded eighth place. Therewas a tie for sixth and ninth places. Jun-ior Candace Kenney and sophomoreBrooke Davis shared sixth place together,and sophomores Aaron Robison andDylan Davis shared ninth place. KyleKrowpman, Sierrah Blomquist, OlamideAlabi, Lucas Orndorff and Joseph Haineswere selected as alternates.

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The life achievment of Dubai that hastaken several long years to bring to a star-tling fruition has come at last. The newtower built has crushed multiple recordsincluding tallest building in the world,tallest free-standing structure in theworld and highest number of stories inthe world. The Burj Khalifa or KhalifaTower is so monstrous in size that itcrushes all other large structures inpresent time. The tower stands over 800mor 2625 feet tall and has more than 160stories. It also garners the records of tall-est service elevator in the world, eleva-tor with the longest travel distance in theworld, highest outdoor observation deckin the world and highest occupied floorin the world.

The time it took to construct this titantook a total of seven years, from excava-tion to official launch ceremony. The verycomponents of the tower were over58,900 cubic yards of concrete, weighingmore than 110,000 tons and 192 piles wereburied more than 164 feet deep. Thetower took 22 million man hours andused a total of 431, 600 cubic yards of con-crete and 39,000 tons of steel rebar.TheBurj Khalifa holds the record of highestinstallation of an aluminium and glassfacade at a height of 1536 feet.

The quite famous design of the BurjKhalifa was inspired by the Hymen-ocallis, a plant found in the regionaldesert and the design basis for the tower.The tower’s appearance stems from howpetals shoot out from a stem. The wingsalso extend from the core of the tower.Burj Khalifa has many aspects to its de-sign, from the floor plan, the architecture,wind tunnel testing, interior design andartwork which were installed into thetower. All of these features including anextremely large park, hotels and obser-vation deck give the Burj Khalifa a trulyunique feel compared to anything elseever constructed.

The new world’s tallest building stands at 2,625feet tall.

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Orchestra. While not the first , she is theonly one attending the event this year. Shesays she is very excited to enjoy theexperience and learn a lot.

Baker is the first student in HampshireHigh history chosen for All-State Band.She participated at a blind audition whereshe and the judge were separated by acurtain. The judge listened to Baker andjudged on pure ability. Baker was one outof 24 clarinet players chosen to play.

“It was quite intimidating,” said Baker,“but it was a great experience and I reallyenjoyed it.”

“It is based on if you can play, you can

get in,” explained Bowers. “To be honest,I think our band is getting a little bettereach year and we’re getting moreaccomplishments over time.”

According to Bowers, the band is fairlywhat he expected —not the greatest bandin the area but getting pretty good. Theyare preparing for adjudication.

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On December 23 Candy Canan, prin-cipal of Hampshire High, and JohnWatson, principal of Romney MiddleSchool, treated their staffs to a movie asa holiday present. The movie wasBlindside, which is based on a true storyabout Michael Oher, a homeless andtraumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of acaring woman and her family. Oherplays for the Baltimore Ravens.

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More than 100 people watched atSunrise Boulevard in New SunriseSummit as officials with shovels in handand hard hats—pink for the ladies andwhite for the gentlemen —turned the firstshovels of soil in July 2009. Huge earth-moving equipment, concrete trucks,graders and crane trucks are getting thefoundation of the 65,000 square foot, twostory, plus basement hospital ready. Thenew Hampshire Memorial Hospitalproject is estimated to cost $35 millionand will house 14 licensed acute-carebeds and 30 long-term care beds.According to current standards for smallhospital replacements with semi-privaterooms, space per bed would range from1,250 square feet. The existing hospital is777 square feet per bed.

As of midnight December 31, 2009,Hampshire Memorial Hospital officiallybecame part of the Valley Health;however, the name will remain the same.

According to The Hampshire Review, “Thecomputer systems have been switchedover, the employee badges have beenswitched and all HMH employees are onour payroll,” said Craig Lewis, chieffinancial officer.

Weather permitting, sometime in earlyJanuary workers were to beginfoundation walls and steel work, saidMike Albright, manager of constructionservices for Valley Health, Winchester,VA.

Plans for the new structure show alanding pad for helicopters off to the rightof the main entrance. A 24,000 square footmedical office building is in the planningstages and will be built adjacent to thehospital. Albright said, “The job iscoming along well. Contractors HowardShockey and son, (Winchester, VA) aredoing a great job.” The projectcompletion date for the hospital andmedical building is Spring 2011.

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and held their Faculty Senate meeting.“I really enjoyed the trip,” said AlbertBucci, biology and chemistry teacher atHampshire High. “I loved the movieand enjoyed the buffet. The food wasgreat and so was the service.”

Capon Bridge Middle teachers wereinvited too but decided not to attend.Some teachers drove to the theater andothers rode on a school bus that was pro-vided. No school funds were used what-soever for this trip. The administrativeteam chose to pay for it themselves, andthe teachers seemed to really enjoy it.

austin smithstaff writer

On December 15, 2009, a holiday cho-ral concert was presented at HampshireHigh. Brian Bowers, the director for theband, led the group. There were flutes,charinets, horns, trumpets and all kindsof saxophones, along with trombones,baritones, percussion, tubas, a bass clari-net and even a string bass. They playedsongs like “Santa’s Journey,” “Jesu, Joyof Man’s Desiring,” “MidnightSleighride,” “Carol Tryptich,” “Christ-mas Time with Charlie Brown” and“Christmas Declaration.” The music wasplaying grand, and the people clappedafter each song. It was a magnificentnight, indeed, for all those who came tosee the band play their jams that verynight.

On January 8, on a cold night at 7:00P.M., Caroline Leap, director of Hamp-

Rocking the Holidays

shire High chorus, ushered in the sing-ers after making statements about themagical tunes. The chorus sung “Joyful,Joyful” from the movie Sister Act 2: Backin the Habit and even sang “The SnowCarol (Still, Still, Still).” They sang “All Iwant for Christmas is You,” and therewere even some solos like “Joy to theWorld” and “Where Are You Christmas?”

That wasn’t all, because Harmony wasthe next set to kick in with “A Very MerryChristmas,” “Mary Sat A-Rockin’,” “TheHushing Carols” and even “Let it Snow!Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” The audiencewhistled and clapped with joy from theexcellent show and Leap later said, “I washappy we had a chance to perform, eventhough it was in January. Unfortunately,because of the change of date, a lot of stu-dents weren’t able to come. But thosewho were here, did very well.”

The choir practices for their show during class in the auditorium.

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On Christmas Day, Northwest Airlinesflight number 253 encountered anunexpected attack. Umar FaroukAbdulmutallab of Nigeria has beencharged with trying to detonate anexplosive on an airplane flying fromAmsterdam to Detroit.

While on the plane, Abdulmutallabcomplained of an upset stomach. Heproceeded to use the restroom for abouttwenty minutes to set up the device. Thedevice contained an explosive chemicalcalled PETN, also known as pent-aerythritol. He came back to his seat andcovered himself with a blanket. Otherpassengers began to hear popping noises.The device did not explode, but it did seta fire. The man was subdued by otherpassengers until security arrived.

Officials brought the terrorist into theUniversity of Michigan Medical Center,located in Ann Arbor, where he was treatedfor burns from the device.

An official told the Associated Press thatthe United States has known for at leasttwo years that Abdulmutallab couldpossibly have terrorism ties. Abdul-mutallab is on a list that contains at least

Want to make a deal? HampshireCounty Schools employee Judy Davisdid when she won a $10,000 snowmobileon the Vegas game show, Let’s Make aDeal. In Let’s Make a Deal, the audiencewears costumes, and game-show hostWayne Brady chooses members at

joel whetzelstaff writer 550,000 names that could possibly have

ties to terrorism.At this time, counter-terrorism officials

are trying to find out how Abdulmutallabwas able to sneak the chemicals on board.The investigation has continued into threecontinents. In Yemen, police are in-vestigating the Nigerian’s claims that hepicked up the chemicals there. In London,University College London stated thatthey had a student studying engineeringby the name of Abdulmutallab. InAmerica, police are searching anapartment where the suspect is said tohave lived.

A security error allowed the man onboard the plane. The clearest error islocated on page 5 of the report, detailingthe circumstances around Abdul-mutallab’s name. The man’s name wasmisspelled, which caused the StateDepartment to believe he did not have avalid U.S. visa. The State Department didnot revoke his visa, which led to his beingwatch-listed. On page 6 of the report,many human errors occurred. The reportdissemination was delayed, and a faultydatabase led to Abdulmutallab’s namebeing misspelled.

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contained $10. Davis had the choicebetween curtain number 1 or curtainnumber 2. She chose curtain 2 and wonthe snowmobile.

At the end of the show, Davis wascalled up again for the big deal. Daviscould keep the snowmobile or trade it

Judy Davis wore a sign saying,“Hunting for a Deal!”

random. Davis attended as a hunter witha sign saying, “Hunting for a Deal.”Davis was one of the first two picks inthe show and immediately startedwinning. She had the option of taking awallet with a pre-set amount of moneyor trading it away for a prize behind acurtain. Davis decided to trade the walletaway, which proved to be a good choicewhen Brady revealed that the wallet only

for a prize behind one of three curtains.Davis decided to keep the snowmobile.Behind one of the curtains was a new car,and another curtain contained a set ofmopeds. The last curtain contained a“Zonk.” If you’re zonked on Let’s Makea Deal, you win nothing. Davis says shewas upset about not risking hersnowmobile, but also says she washappy to come away with something.

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Inglorious Bastards, Up in the Air, Precious, Avatar and The HurtLocker were all nominated for Best Picture at the 2009 GoldenGlobe Awards.Michael Jackson fans around the world gather to dress

up like zombies and do the Thriller dance in honor ofhis death.

Looking back at 2009, the year left uswith many memories, both good and bad.There were many famous people lost,such as Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett,Natasha Richardson, Bea Arthur, PatrickSwaze, Walter Cronkite, Don Hewitt,David Carradine, Brittany Murphy andmany others.

Here’s a re-cap of the year:January 9: Costa Rica was hit with an

earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richterscale. 20 people were killed and thousandswere left homeless.

January 12: In Indonesia, a ferry boattipped over and 200 people went missing.Only 18 passengers and the captain werefound by a fishing boat.

January 24: Both France and Spain losta total of 15 people in the worst storm tohit since 1999. The two countries were hitwith 100 m.p.h. winds and over onemillion homes lost power.

January 26: An avalanche in Turkeyswept away 17 hikers dragging themmore than 1640 feet. Only seven survived.

January 27, 28: The Middle South,U.S., was hit with a huge snow systemthat killed 23 people and cut electricityto over one million homes.

February 9: Australia suffered from400 wildfires by arsonists; 160 peopledied.

February 10: A group of tornadoesworked their way through Oklahomakilling eight and injuring another 12.

February 12: A Continental flightcrashed five minutes outside ofBuffalo, New York, the flight’sdestination. 45 passengers, four crewmembers and a pedestrian were killedin the crash.

March 10: Michael KennethMcClendon from Alabama killed 10 peoplein a shooting spree; several of the victimswere members of his own family.

March 11: A 17 year-old from Albertville,Germany, killed 15 people from his own highschool.

March 27: Parts of North Dakota andMinnesota were evacuated when the RedRiver flooded. President Obama declared astate of emergency for Minnesota.

April 3: At an immigration center in NewYork, a man by the name of Jiverly Wongkilled 13 people in an English class and thenturned the gun on himself.

April 6: Italy had a 6.2 magnitudeearthquake killing over 200 people andinjuring thousands more; 27 towns were leftshaken.

June 1: Air France Airbus A330disappeared off the coast of Brazil; 228people were presumed dead. No distresssignals were sent before the crash.

June 16: An explosion in a coal mine inIndonesia killed six people. 24 more weretrapped in a 300 foot mine.

June 22: In Washington, DC, nine peopledied in a subway accident; 70 more were

injured.June 30: A freight train exploded after it

de-railed in Italy and crashed into a smalltown killing 12 people and injuring 50 more.

June 30: A Yemina jet crashed into theIndian Ocean attempting to land. 152 peopledied but one 14 year old girl survived.

July 6: Rioting in China between twoethnic groups, the Muslim Uighurs and theHan Chinese, ended in the deaths of 156people and the closing off of the Muslimside of the city and lockdown by the police.

July 15: In Iran a Caspian plan plummetedand killed all 168 people on board.

July 24: An Aria Air flight skidded off arunway in Mashad, Iran, and caught fire.At least 16 were fatally wounded.

August 7: On Mount Pinatubo in thePhilippines, 22 tourists were killed when ahuge rainstorm caused floods andlandslides.

August 8: Over the Hudson River in NewYork a plane and helicopter crash killed thenine passengers in the plane.

August 10: The Typhoon called Morkotcaused a massive mudslide in Taiwanburning schools and homes.

September 2: On the island Java in

Indonesia a 7.1 magnitudeearthquake struck the mostpopulated part of the islandkilling around 60 people.

September 9: In Istanbul,Turkey, 30 people lost theirlives when heavy rainscaused flooding.

September 28: TropicalStorm Ketsana struck thePhilippine Island of Manila.Around 90 people died dueto massive flooding,

September 29: An 8.0magnitude earthquake on the

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ocean floor by Samoa caused a tsunami thatkilled 115 people.

September 30: An earthquake registering7.6 on the Richter scale hit the island ofSumatra and killed 1,000+ people and leftthousands more trapped under rubble.

October 2: 25 Americans inAfghanistan—11 troops and threecivilians—died in two separate helicoptercrashes.

November 9: 140 people died in ElSalvador when massive floods occurredand also caused mud slides. Over 1500homes were destroyed.

November 27: 26 people died whenChechen rebels set off a bomb on a luxurytrain.

December 7: 50 people died after asuicide bomber struck in Lahore Pakistan.

December 8: In Baghdad, Iraq, a seriesof coordinated car bomb attacks destroyedgovernment buildings, killed 121 peopleand injured 400 more.

December 25: In Detroit, Michigan, theFruit of The Loom Bomber attempted todestroy a commercial flight as it landed.

December 30: 8 American citizens—7 ofwhich were C.I.A. agents—died on a basein Afghanistan.

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kelli welsheditor-in-chief

Now that senior profiles have beensubmitted, superlatives have beentallied and portraits have been taken,you’re probably thinking about the 2010yearbook.

What is it going to look like? Who willthe student spotlights be? What eventswill be featured? How many times areyou going to be in it?

their own homes.Students should watch their mail for

an order form from Jostens whichgives them the list of products, pricesand personalization choices. The orderform can be sent back to Jostens byregular mail or an order can becompleted online.

Students should make their choices

Don’t Miss Out Order Your 2010 Yearbook Now

Students in the area have enjoyed threesnow days and several two-hour delayssince December.

On December 19, Hampshire Countywas hit with a monster snowstorm thatleft a minimum of two feet of snow andice around the area. Students were treatedwith an early than planned Christmasbreak from this storm that began on aweekend and stretched until the follow-ing Tuesday.

What, you may ask, is in store for theremainder of winter?

Congratulations, your wishes havebeen granted. According to the Farmers’Almanac, there will be more snow untilMarch.

The ice, snow and sleet mixture of Fri-day, January 22, is just an example of the

Snow Is on Its Way!future bad weather thatcould very well causeschool closings. AlthoughHampshire County onlyreceived an inch or so ofice and snow in this lateststorm, surrounding coun-ties received more.

Preston County hadabout four inches andPendleton Countyreceived almost a half afoot.

The Farmers’ Almanacsays that during the finaldays of January snow willkelli welsh

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The staff’s goal, according to editor Kelli Welsch,is to fill up the annual with as many pictures

and memories as possible.

Since September, the yearbook staffhas been planning and designing the2010 Pride & Spirit yearbook. The staff’sgoal, according to editor Kelli Welsh, isto fill up the annual with as manypictures and memories as possible. Eachstudent will be in it at least two or threetimes, Welsh says.

How do you order this mystery book?The staff, in conjunction with Jostens,is trying something new this year.Instead of having everybody fill outorder forms during advisory, studentswill instead be given a chance to thinkabout their decisions in the comfort of

immediately. The first mailing was sentin December with the yearbooks at abase price of $52. After the secondmailing, the cost is $55, and after thethird mailing, the price increases to $57.

Don’t forget that there are also theHear the Year CD for $12.99, a clearprotective cover for $2.30, anautograph section for $2.25 and photopockets for $2.05.

So far, sales have hit 40% of the staff’sinitial goal of 500 books.

Join the crowd and order a yearbooktoday. If you have any questions, seeLinda Staub or Kelli Welsh in Room

continue and temperatures will stayfairly cool.

In February, there will be coldweather and flurries throughout themonth. A blizzard will be sweepingdown the Mid-Atlantic Coast with sixinches to a foot of snow. Be preparedbetween the 12th and the 15th.

Even snowstorms will be expected inMarch. The weather will stay fair andclear until the end of the month.Another storm will be coming from thenorth between the 20th and the 23rd.

To stay prepared for winter weather,keep listening to your local radio andtelevision stations. You can go online toweather.com for updates and stormwarnings. For road conditions, you cango to transportation.wv.gov. Don’tforget to always stay warm.

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Building Skills for SuccessWV Adult Basic Education

Have a great year,HHS students!

Located on Hampshire High School campus in the brickbuilding east of the main school

Tel: 304-822-3979 Or See Sherry Lupton

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amanda algerstaff writer

The Hampshire High boys’basketball squad is off to an 0-6start. The losses includeWashington, Allegany, Fort Hill,Jefferson, Frankfort and Preston.

Obviously, this is not the startthe Trojans were looking for. Theseniors leading the team areCaleb Hill and Philip Malick.

Clayton Davis makes a move and passes his opponent.

The Hampshire girls’team isn’t off to a strongstart either, standing ata disappointing 0-7. Thelosses are to Sherando,Southern, MountainRidge, Keyser, Wash-ington and two toJefferson. The seniorsleading the girls’ teamare Cheyenne Corbin,Zanda Daugherty,Ashley Davis, EileenHeavener, Katlyn Orn-dorff and TeatherSmith.

On Saturday, December 12, HampshireHigh School’s first-ever wrestling teamopened their season with a match atKeyser. The match was a success withHampshire placing fourth out of eightschools.

“The boys are impressing everyone,”said Erino Leone, Athletic Director.“Even coaches at other schools havecommented on the team’s performance.”

So why hasn’t Hampshire had a wres-

tling teambefore? Ac-cording toLeone, thereare severalr e a s o n s .Lack ofmoney, in-terest ands u p p o r tfrom theboard ofeducation allplayed a rolein the failureof establish-ing a wres-Trevor Eckerson pins down his mate.

Sierrah Blomquist fights her way through two opponentsto the other half of the court.

The Hampshire High boys’ bowlingteam has eight members: Nick Ward,Justin Boyer, Dylan Pepper, Eric Coates,Kyle Alger, Ronnie Arnold, LewisMarsh and Jeff Hixenbaugh.

The girls’ team includes Jill Parsons,Heather Shingleton, Kari Rinker, KristiVeach, Sarah Veach, Catherine Woodsand Samantha Day. The coach is JohnEllifritz. The girls’ and boys’ recordscurrently are six wins and two losses.

When asked how he thought the teamwas doing, Ward replied, “The team isdoing great. We are all working togetherand everyone is doing well.”

Upcoming home games are againstKeyser on January 27, Bishop Walsh onFebruary 5 and Southern on February 9.The showcase tournament is set up atWhite Oaks against Fort Hill and Frank-fort on February 31.

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tling team in the years past.However, money became less of an is-

sue in 2006 when a wrestling mat waspurchased by former principal WilliamCottrill and Parks and Recreation offeredto help pay for a coach.

When asked what he enjoys most aboutwrestling, Lucas Eckerson replied, “I likethat it’s a new challenge, plus it helps mestay in shape over the winter.”

The boys have six more matches to goand will end their season on Saturday,February 14, with a home match againstMoorefield.

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When asked about his dream celebritydate, Eric Beeman says, “Watching aCub’s game with Ernie Banks at WrigleyField.”

Beeman has been a teacher at Hamp-shire High School for four years. He at-tended Frostburg State University andoriginally majored in engineering butthen switched to education. He says heloves teaching history because of all thegreat stories he gets to tell and because itallows him to get to know a lot of greatyoung people who are the future.

His favorite movie is Forrest Gump andfavorite actor is Steve Carell. Beemantook two years of French in high school,but says he can only remember foods. Helikes to collect baseball cards, and hisdream car is a 1970 Dodge Coronet Su-per Bee. His biggest fears are flying in-sects, small spaces and germs. If he couldlive anywhere, he’d want to live in theWhite House and when asked who hashad the greatest impact on his life andwhy, he replied, “My parents, theytaught me right and wrong and madesacrifices so that I could have more op-portunities than they ever had.”

“Seeing students excel when they didnot believe they could,” Rae Pirainosays is her favorite part of teaching.

Piraino has been a teacher at Hamp-shire High School for two years. Sheattended college first at Potomac Stateand then transferred to WVU. In col-lege she majored in mathematics/edu-cation and even took four semesters ofFrench. However, she didn’t alwayswant to be a teacher. When she wasyounger her career choice was actuallya famous country music singer.

Piraino’s dream car is a BMW 3 Se-ries and dream celebrity date is Rich-ard Gere. She is a huge WVU basket-ball fan and her favorite movie is ABeautiful Mind. Her favorite actress isReese Witherspoon and Sugarland isher favorite band. She also has a col-lection of Willow Tree figurines. Whenasked what her biggest fear is, Pirainoreplied, “Not living up to my full po-tential.” She says her friends and fam-ily have had the greatest impact on herlife and have taught her the best lifelessons.

The teachers have voted!Jessica Kenney and AlishaTurner were chosen as theRotary Business EducationStudents of the first semester.They attended the Rotaryluncheon at the Coke bottlingplant on January 5.

Kenney is the daughter ofMelinda Hott-Grogan and DougKenney of Augusta. She is amember of FFA, EnvironmentalClub, National Art HonorsSociety, Band Boosters andNational Technical Honors

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family and friends. Her futureplans are to receive a Bachelor’sDegree in accounting and becomea CPA.

The Rotary Students of Januaryare Allison Hott and TimothyLoughran. They attended theRotary luncheon on January 13.

Hott is the daughter of Toddand Sarah Hott of Augusta. Sheis a member of National HonorSociety, marching and concertband, girls soccer, tennis, 4-H andthe Environmental Club. In herAlisha Turner and Jessica Kenney were Rotary Business

Education Students of the first semester.

Tim Loughran and Allison Hott were Rotary Student of theMonth of January.

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Meet Piraino and Beeman Rotary Students

of January

Rae Piraino enjoys teaching trigonometry andAlgebra II in Room 111.

Eric Beeman goofs off in his free time fromteaching history. free time, she plays the tuba, piano and

guitar. She also enjoys taking photos and

editing them. Her future plans are toattend Shepherd University and entertheir arts program. Then she can receiveher degree in photography and digitalimaging.

Loughran is the son of Tom and PamLoughran of Romney. He playsbasketball and baseball and runs crosscountry and track. He is a member of 4-H as well. He plans to attend MarshallUniversity and receive a specialized artdegree.

Society. In her free time, she enjoyshorseback riding, drawing, comput-erized photo editing and writing. Sheplans to attend Virginia Tech aftergraduation and enter vet school. Shewants to open her own clinic and publishbooks on the side.

Turner is the daughter of JuanitaTurner of Augusta. She is a member ofthe National Technical Honors Society.She enjoys volunteering every summerat Bible School and hanging out with her

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We Asked You Your New Year’s Resolutions

"To give up drinking soda."

—Seira Nixon

“Eat healthy and exercise more.”—Audreanna Haines

“I’m going to resolve to spend every waking

hour for the betterment of my mind and body.

Luckily, I sleep almost 18 hours a day.”

—Anonymous"To get along better with my mom."

"To get along better with my mom."

"To get along better with my mom."

"To get along better with my mom."

"To get along better with my mom."—Dillon Arnel—Dillon Arnel—Dillon Arnel—Dillon Arnel—Dillon Arnel

“To lose weight.”“To lose weight.”“To lose weight.”“To lose weight.”“To lose weight.”—Christine Buckley—Christine Buckley—Christine Buckley—Christine Buckley—Christine Buckley

“To study and prepare for college

classes.”

—Susan Chang

“I thought I should stop

procrastinating, but I decided to wait

until next year.”—Candace Kenney

"Harass Mr. Walker

more in 8th period."—Mason Young

“To finish the pile of work

that procrastination has kept

me from doing.”

—Kayleigh Jackson

“Do good in school.”

“Do good in school.”

“Do good in school.”

“Do good in school.”

“Do good in school.”

—Fred Reyes —Fred Reyes —Fred Reyes —Fred Reyes —Fred Reyes

“My resolutionis to finally beat myHaiku addiction.”

—Anonymous

"Be more organized!"—Joel Whetzel

“To get a man!” —Taylor Kidwell

“To get a man!” —Taylor Kidwell

“To get a man!” —Taylor Kidwell

“To get a man!” —Taylor Kidwell

“To get a man!” —Taylor Kidwell

“To avoid cursing.”“To avoid cursing.”“To avoid cursing.”“To avoid cursing.”“To avoid cursing.”

—Billy Welsh—Billy Welsh—Billy Welsh—Billy Welsh—Billy Welsh“I need to save my

money.”

—Lindsay Bender