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ON CAMPUS2Meet Me In St. Louis to come to Central

Save your pennies, pack your snacks, and take a seat; you’re going to Saint Lou-is. The central high school drama depart-ment will take you on a trip of your life-time, on November 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m., the afternoon matte on November 13 at 1:30 p.m., through the musical production of “Meet Me in Saint Louis.”

“Meet Me in Saint Louis” will be the ÀUVW�PXVLFDO�SURGXFWLRQ�WR�EH�VKRZQ�LQ�WKH�new auditorium. “The acoustics are amaz-ing. There is plenty of room for a large cast and bigger sets.” Jean Dean said. “The au-ditorium supplies us with 799 seats, allow-LQJ�D�ELJJHU�DXGLHQFH��Á\�EDFNGURSV��DQG�more lighting.”

Auditions for “Meet Me in Saint Louis” were held August 22 and 23, with recalls

on August 25. Logan Brundage is play-ing lead role of Mr. Alfonso Smith “I was excited to be given the part of Mr. Smith because he is a lawyer and that is the pro-fession I am looking to going into.” Logan said. “However, I could not live his life-style simply because of his strictness and lack of compassion towards his family. He has a temper, as well, and I rarely show my temper.”

Both Dean and Brundage have an on-going interest in drama. “Musicals are my favorite, because they combine music, drama, and the art all in one.” Dean said. “Musicals also give students a chance to be someone else. I have found through my experiences that I believe students perform better through a character rather than them-selves.”

Everyone is looking forward to this amazing performance, so be sure to get your tickets now! And then remember to relax, and enjoy the show.

Musical to be performedNov. 11-13 in new auditorium

While there are many changes to the high school, it’s as new to the freshman as it is to the older students. Freshmen, though young, are ready for a great year. 7KLV�\HDU�ZLOO�EH�WKHLU�ÀUVW�LQ�KLJK�VFKRRO�and they will be able to get great use of the new auditorium and gyms. They also get to have fun with homecoming week and all the other things the school does to get the school pumped and excited throughout the year.

7KH� ÀUVW� GD\� RI� VFKRRO� LV� XVXDOO\� WKH�most confusing; there’s a locker number, a locker combination, a lunch number and the chance of just getting lost. “It was re-DOO\�KDUG�ÀQGLQJ�RXW�ZKHUH�WR�JR�µ�+XQWHU�Miller said. “But my friends were a great help.”

Along with the new materials needed

Every week students look forward to football Friday. What’s even better than football Friday? Tailgating Friday. Seniors and juniors get together before the varsity game to grill, dance, chat, and participate in other activities. Couches, chairs, grills, stereos, and food are all brought in by the students to make tailgating more enjoyable.

The atmosphere and being with friends is what Alex Galloway looks forward to the most. Even with the changes the school has made this year to tailgating, Galloway believes they still give us a lot of freedom the way it is.

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stands and all of the players when they run RXW� LQWR� WKH� FURZG� DIWHU� WKH� ÀQDO� EX]]HU���Once the football players continue into the locker room the students migrate back to their tailgating spot for a rave. The stereo blares and students jump up and down using all of the left over energy they didn’t use while cheering. To Jennifer Dunn and Cameron O’Neil, this is what they look forward to the most.

Of course, no matter how good something is there is always room for improvement.

“More food!” Connor Murphy said.“Maybe a TV or just more people,”

Dunn said.“If there wasn’t little side groups

tailgating and everyone just did it together,” Murphy said.

“My favorite part about tailgating is that everyone comes together as a school to do something fun,” Murphy said. “You can always feel the school spirit, whether we win or lose.”

The beginning of the next four years of your life

Pre-game tailgating and fun spark Saber spirit

Practice Makes Perfect. Nick Green, Thomas Peterson, Tyler Miller, Creighton Fox, AJ Smith, Ryder Miller, Logan Brundage, Jordan Murray, Lucas Block, and other students in the musical put in long hours with Mrs. Dean at the school to prepare for their big show by practicing vocals and choreography. Photo by Am-ber Haack.

White Out. Central students show off their Saber Spirit with a collective efferot to white out the student section for the game. The students chose a theme for the student section for every football game. Photo contributed by Jennifer Dunn.

for school, but also new classes and teach-ers are there as well. “Math is really fun. I love the stories Mr. Olson tells us.” Miller said. “Foods class is also a great class, Mrs. Betz is really cool and I have a lot of fun.”

The freshmen are already looking for-ward to summer of 2012 though. “I’m really excited for the last day of school, but for now I just have to put up with the homework.” Miller said. “Eventually I will catch on, and things will get easier.”

Amber HaackSTAFF WRITER

Leighana FranksSTAFF WRITER

Holle MichoskiSTAFF WRITER

Freshman Pride. The class of 2015 shows off their pride while dressed in orange for class color day of home-coming week. Photo by Molly Keegan.

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Eat and enjoy. Mrs. McAleer has made a little cafe for her students to come eat, drink, and chat. Photo by Deanna Hansen.

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Megan Salyars is the strongest girl at Central. Not only is she currently the stron-gest, but in previous years no other female has lifted anywhere near the same amount as Salyars. From bench press to deadlift, she has shattered nearly every record and continues to make guys look frail and weak.

Non-athletic would be the last word you would use to describe Megan Salyars and her family. Don, Megan’s father was a state champion in wrestling and last year was in-ducted into Central De Witt High School’s hall of fame and T.J, Megan’s brother was a letterman in multiple sports. Currently a senior at Central, Megan is seeing a similar trend, lettering in volleyball and earning conference honorable mention in softball.

But, most recently Salyars has picked up a new sport, competitive powerlifting. It started seven months ago while work-ing out with Central’s athletic trainer Ben

Devaney.“I started doing the PSP programs with

WUDLQHU�%HQ�DQG�RQ�WKH�ÀUVW�GD\�ZH�PD[HG�out. Ben was impressed with my results and took them to Grant McCauley, a pow-HUOLÀWQJ� FRDFK� LQ� %HWWHQGRUI�� +H� KDG�PH�come down and lift with him and after PD[LQJ�RXW�RQ�VTXDW�KH�DVNHG�PH�WR�EH�RQ�WKH� WHDPµ�� VDLG�6DO\DUV� UHÁHFWLQJ�RQ�KRZ�KHU�SRZHUOLÀQJ�H[SHULHQFH�EHJDQ�

Participating in many high school sanc-tioned sports, Salyars felt the unusual sport of powerlifting would be perfect for her.

“To be honest, I was bored with my ev-eryday workouts and I thought powerlift-ing would be something different and it’s XQLTXH�VLQFH�QRW�YHU\�PDQ\�SHRSOH�SDUWLFL-pate. So, I decided to give it a try.” Salyars said.

$� QDWXUDO� DW� SRZHUOLIWLQJ�� DW� KHU� ÀUVW�ever meet Salyars was the overall best IHPDOH� OLIWHU�� :LWK� DQ� LPSUHVVLYH� VTXDW�RI� ���� OEV�� DQG� GHDGOLÀQJ� RYHU� ���� OEV��Salyars also won her age and weight class at the national tournament.

In December, Salyars will be participat-ing at the World Championships in Atlanta, Ga.

Salyars reaches new heights through competitive powerlifting

Li!ing her way to the top

Creighton FoxSPORTS EDITOR

Pumping iron. Determined and strong, Megan Salyars performs a perfect squat at the National tournament in Peoria, Illinois. Contributed photo.

“We really are just like one big family,” Sam Barr said. “We all get along really great.”

With a new facility to practice and compete in, the varsity volleyball season seems like it has full potential to succeed. Many of the volleyball players are work-ing hard to improve their skills, so they can have a great year.

“So far, as an individual, the season has been going great.” Barr said. “I’ve improved a lot from last year; all I really need to work on is my jump serve and hitting harder.”

However, there are some things every team struggles with. “Communication is something we should work on and after making mistakes we need to just let it go instead of letting it lead to more mis-takes.”

Under the supervision of Coach Peggy Kuehn, the Sabers varsity volleyball

“A season with 23 wins is good,” said head coach Shane Sikkema. The ����� &HQWUDO� EDVHEDOO� WHDP� KDG� DQRWKHU�memorable season. They ended the season ZLWK�D�UHFRUG�RI����������

This year the baseball team was gifted ZLWK� D� EUDQG� QHZ� ÀHOG� WR� SOD\� RQ�� ´7KH�VHDVRQ�ZDV�JHWWLQJ�QHDU�DQG�WKH�ÀHOG�GLGQ·W�look like it was going to be ready for out ÀUVW� JDPH�µ� VDLG� .RG\� 'DKO�� ´%XW� ZLWK�all the hard work and effort that was put LQWR�RXU�QHZ�ÀHOG�LW�ZDV�ÀQDOO\�UHDG\�WR�EH�SOD\HG�RQ�E\�RXU�ÀUVW�JDPH�µ�KH�VDLG��

“This year our team set many of goals and we were determined to try our hardest to reach them,” said Dahl.

&HQWUDO·V� ÀUVW� SRVWVHDVRQ� JDPH� ZDV�against Davenport Assumption. The Sabers went in strong but things suddenly took a turn and Central lost the game. The baseball team didn’t get a chance to advance and SOD\�DQRWKHU�WHDP��6LQFH�WKH\�ORVW�WKH�ÀUVW�game at Districts they were knocked out of the tournament and the baseball season came to an end for Central.

Jolene SangerSTAFF WRITER

team pulled in a win at a recent Saturday WRXUQDPHQW�RQ�6HSW������7KH\�ÀQLVKHG�the tournament off with a win against As-VXPSWLRQ��WKH�ÀQDO�VFRUH�EHLQJ�ZDV��������

“Usually before a game we go in the locker room and do cheers to pump every-one up,” Barr said. “Then coach gives us time to ourselves to think about the game ahead and to get in the zone,” she added.

Mackenzie DurantSTAFF WRITER

Solid season for Central baseball

Victorious! The saber girls volleyball team recieve an award after winning the Clinton Invitational

Spikes and serves

Excitement surrounds the saber girls 2011 volleyball season

“Scratch, scratch”…”clap, clap”…”tug on my jersey”…”Oh say can you see…” ”PLAY BALL!” According to sophomore Mackenzee Schultz, this was how to start every varsity softball game this past summer.

:LWK�DQ�DOO�QHZ�ÀHOG��WKH�VHDVRQ�seemed to be off to a good start for all of the high school teams. This didn’t seem to continue on that way though. Schultz H[SODLQV�KRZ�VKH�IHHOV�DERXW�WKH�SDVW�season. “I was really disappointed with our efforts as a team. If we would have worked harder, believe in one another, DQG�SOD\HG�WKH�ZKROH�JDPH�ZLWK�ÀUH�DQG�intensity, we might have gotten farther in the state tournament and had a better record.”

Another aspect of the season the players are looking forward to is the new coaching staff. “I’m not really worried about getting new coaches,” said Schultz. ´,·P�UHDOO\�MXVW�FXULRXV��,�DP�H[FLWHG�about what they will have to teach us,” Shultz added.

Lydia AhrensSTAFF WRITER

So!ball creates summer fun

HOMECOMING6

This year there were several changes to the dance. Besides the fact that the dance was held in a new gym, the DJ was new, and there was an interesting situation with the lights.

On Saturday night September 17th everyone gathers in a hot sweaty gym for the homecoming dance.

Once a year all grades throughout the high school dress up formal and scout out dates to the homecoming dance.

“I thought it was a lot of fun,” Melissia Burmeister said. “I had an amazing time dancing with my friends.”

The beat of the music felt like it was going through your body, and it gave you the sudden urge to dance.

“As my last year I would say this dance was the greatest,” Melissia Burmeister said.

“ The last year I went was my sophomore year, and it was boring. I really did not have much fun.”

Some students didn’t like the dance this year. “I enjoyed the dance but I did not like how they could not turn off the lights EHFDXVH� LW� ZDV� D� ÀUH� KD]DUG�µ� 0HOLVVLD�Burmeister said. “I also did not like how they did not have refreshments this year.” Other students did agree with this statement. Many students did leave the dance early instead of staying all the way through. They were not having a good time because of the fact that the lights were on it was not fun no one wanted to dance with the lights on.

Not all of the students agreed with the genre of music that was played at homecoming. However, majority of the students enjoyed it. It just depended on the student and their personality, interests, and tastes in what is good or bad.

Many people would say they had a good WLPH� DW� WKH� GDQFH� DQG� GHÀQLWHO\� ZLOO� JR�again next year.

Homecoming week is a fun time for many in school, and it is also a time where the community gets involved in the school events for a week. This year’s homecoming theme was “Knock out the Knights”. The theme is usually provided not only to pump up the students, but also so the students can use it to create their ÁRDWV��7KH�ÁRDWV�DUH�WKHQ�GLVSOD\HG�LQ�WKH�homecoming parade, and later judged to VHH�ZKLFK�FODVV�KDG�WKH�EHVW�ÁRDW��7KH�ZLQQHU�RI�WKH�FODVV�ÁRDW�ZHQW�WR�MXQLRUV�this year, with the theme of “knock knock whose there.”

Although the juniors were the winners, LW�ZDV�FORVH��´$OO�ÁRDWV�ZHUH�JUHDW�µ�0UV��

Denise McAleer said. It was really hard to choose.” Laurie Wildes, who was the RIÀFLDO�MXGJH��DJUHHG�ZLWK�0UV��0F$OHHU��“It was extremely hard to vote for a winner.” Wildes said. “I always feel any VWXGHQW�ZRUNLQJ�RQ�D�ÁRDW�DOZD\V�JLYHV�their best, therefore they want to do a good job and win.”

“I thought it was a great parade, and had a lot of energy to go with it.” Wildes said. “I’m not sure I’ve ever heard as PXFK�FKHHULQJ�RQ�WKH�ÁRDWV�DQG�ÀUH�WUXFNV�at this parade as I’ve heard in the past. It was fun.” This year’s parade was clearly a fun event the question is can we top it next year?

‘Masquerade’ is theme of homecoming danceHomecoming

Parade

Toilet paper decorates the town

When fall comes around each year in Dewitt, the common thoughts are: football, raking leaves, and homecoming. It is tradition for the Central High School students to decorate the town with toilet SDSHU�� HVSHFLDOO\� WKH� SDUN�� IRRWEDOO� ÀHOG��and teacher’s houses.

However, when students get caught they tend to get into trouble with the police and even school. That is why the student council president, Logan Brundage, went to the DeWitt police department to ask permission for the tradition of TPing to be legal for the homecoming week.

“The matter has been in discussion for a long time,” Mr. George Pickup said. The discussion has gone on every year for many years to keep students out of trouble during homecoming week. Ultimately though, the idea was never taken further than just the idea stage; until now. The decision to make TPing legal came down to the city council and the new police chief.

“If you were to go around DeWitt and ask people if they think TPing is bad, most people would say no, the kids are just

having fun,” Mr. Pickup said. “It is the people who take it too far, and try to outdo the guys from last year that it becomes a problem and makes people mad. It then becomes a nuisance and vandalism.” Many businesses were upest this year due to the fact that they got TP’ed worse than they ever have before.

The movement to try and make TPing legal was shot down, because the police chief’s duty is to uphold the law, and protect private property. He believed there would be no way to legalize it. “I was a little upset with the Chief’s decision,” Logan said. “But I do respect it.”

Instead of completely legalizing it, they KDG�GHFLGHG� WR�ÀQG� D� FRPPRQ�JURXQG� WR�where they would allow TPing at Lincoln Park. On Tuesday, September 13th, the 0D\RU�ZDV�WKH�ÀUVW�WR�WKURZ�WRLOHW�SDSHU��WR�lead off the TPing spree. This allowed the students to TP from 8-10:30 p.m. without getting in trouble.

Some teachers’ had their students go out and clean up the TP on main street, the park, 11th street, and the school. However,

Students did enjoy themselves TP-ing, and the police did allow students to TP as long as it did not get out of control. The VWXGHQWV�GHFRUDWHG�WKH�SDUN��EDVHEDOO�ÀHOG��IRRWEDOO�ÀHOG��DQG�D�IHZ�WHDFKHUV·�KRXVHV�

Colby PachaSTAFF WRITER

Holy Toilet Paper! Students decorate the park starting off the homecoming festivities. Photo Contributed

Leighana FranksSTAFF WRITER

Knock Knock. �7KH�MXQLRU�FODVV�ÁRDW�ZDV�WKH�ZLQQHUV�RI�WKH�ÁRDW�FRPSLWLRQ�LQ�WKH�homecoming parade. Photo by Tiffany Ahlers

Sierra MooreSTAFF WRITER

Dance the night away. Students dancing at homecoming having fun in the new gym. Photo by Sierra Moor

HOMECOMING 7

Givin’ the ball a boot. Punter AJ Smith boots the ball helping the Sabers win the homecoming game against Union. Photo by Kaitlyn O’Leary

Say it loud, say it proud. Student Council members Kieran Connolly, Anna Winkler, Emily Benson, Kaitlyn Ketelsen, and Logan Brundage lead the cheers at the pep assem-bly. Photo by Kaitlyn O’Leary.

Shake it up baby now. During the home-coming assembly court canadaites Colby Pacha and Carly Bowman shake it up by showing off their dance moves. Photo by Kaitlyn O’Leary

Classy Classes. All grades dressed up in their assigned colors for Wednesday’s dress up day. Photo by Deanna Hansen

Hu Hut Hike. Senior girls duke it out at this years powderpuff game with the gold team taking home the win. 3KRWR�E\�7LIÀDQ\�$KOHUV

Throwin’ it back... Afew decades. Matt Nickols and Blake Baker go back in time and are the front runners in Monday’s dress up day. Photo by Mrs. Gilroy

Doh What! Junior Maggie Grell chomps down her dohnut dring this years Amazing Race. Photo by Kaitlyn O’Leary

Senior Love. As in tradition the seniors stamp their name on all the student cars in the parking lot. Photo by Tiffany Ahlers

Good times never seem so good. The Football team joyfully sings along to Sweet Caroline played by the pep band at the Homecoming pep rally. Photo by Kaitlyn O’Leary

Sabes Magabes. Central’s student section get roudy and cheer on the sabers at the homecoming game against Union. Photo By Kaitlyn O’Leary

Lets rock this joint. The Saber marching band presents their halftime show with music from the Mask. Photo by Deanna Hansen

The Eye of the Tiger. Teachers Mrs. McAleer, Ms. Dague, Ms. Niles, Mrs.Burbock, Mrs. Schekle, Mrs. Goetsch and Mr. Kreiter show off their dance and vocal skills at the pep assembly.

OPINION8

Ruskie’sCornerHaley Rusk

Every student body has common inter-ests, whether it be sports or class subjects. Central students has had their fair sure of fads, last year the students fell in love with ‘Boobies Bracelets’ and are still having an ongoing love affair with creating and sell-ing T-shirts.

This year has started off with a new fad, TOMS shoes. TOMS is a charity organiza-tion that is focused around the idea of ‘One for One.’ The idea is that for every pair of TOMS brand shoes purchased, a child in an under- privileged country will receive a pair of shoes. “TOMS, shoes that are one for one and help for all,’ Mikayla Hlubek said.

In 2006 an American traveler named Blake Mycoskie went on a trip to Argenti-na where he met some Argentinian children and realized they did not have any shoes to wear. Children need shoes to be protected from soil- transmitted disease, the possibil-ity of cuts and sores, and to have the proper uniform to attend school.

No one really knows how the new trend in Dewitt started, or with whom, but it started and the students are slowly begin-ning to accept it more and more each day. Every week you see people walk in the building with their new TOMS and they are almost always complimented on them.

TOMS get you compliments, and who doesn’t like compliments? Not only do TOMS get you compliments, but they make you feel good about yourself too. ‘I love TOMS because they make my feet feel good because they are cute and comfy and my heart feel good because I’m help-ing a good cause,’ Molly Keegan said.

As you are reading this, I am sure that you are wondering where I am going with it. Well, I am not trying to push anyone to buy TOMS, I am simply pointing out that while they are great shoes for a great cause, the students of Central have rather large hearts. If you look at the past fads of ‘Boo-bies Bracelets’ and now TOMS, the student body seems to make their favorite trends the ones that actually mean something. ‘Boobies Bracelets’ may have caused some controversy within the school system

for the way they worded their cause, but when it came down to it, a lot of kids wore those to support and raise awareness about breast cancer. Now with TOMS spreading OLNH�ZLOGÀUH�WKURXJKRXW�WKH�VFKRRO��WKH�VWX-dent body is raising awareness yet again. Sure, some kids wear the shoes solely for fashion purposes, but if you talk to some of the kids that wear them, they really enjoy the fact that they provided another child with shoes. You are ultimately buying two people shoes when you purchase TOMS brand shoes, one for you, and for a child who may have never even owned a pair of shoes until you clicked purchase on your computer screen.

So in some cases, the fact that they are fashionable is only a plus to the big idea. ‘I started wearing TOMS about two years ago and have four pairs. I think they’re cute, comfortable, and they’re for a good cause. I even wore them for Homecoming,’ Skyla Moen said.

I too have become part of the TOMS phenomena. Currently I own two pairs of the shoes and I love them. They are won-derfully comfortable and match my style. For me, the fact that they gave shoes to an under- privileged child only made me want a pair even more. I originally found out about them from my older sister, who heard about them and their cause from a friend. Someone asks about them nearly every time I wear my TOMS and I always try my best to explain the story behind the shoes when I am talking about them. Spreading awareness about the cause is half the battle when trying to make a dif-ference in the world.

From shoes to bracelets, if it’s a good FDXVH� LW� VHHPV� WR� ÀQG� LWV� ZD\� WR� 'HZLWW�hallways sooner or later. Who knew high school students could be so involved in raising awareness about serious issues? It just shows that you shouldn’t doubt any-one and their ability to accomplish some-thing, especially when it comes to high school students. There is a deeper mean-ing behind a lot of things that people don’t know about, like a bracelet or shoes. So don’t be afraid to ask about something if you see it spreading from person to per-son, you never know, you could be helping raise awareness about the next big cause.

New fads at CHS help kidsaround the world

New fad, good cause. Students from CHS show off their TOMS shows for all to see, happy to help a good cause. Photo by Haley Rusk.

La Fiesta, sounds like a good place to have a fun time and enjoy yourself, and that’s what happens at each visit. La Fiesta opened in late summer,and is located the old Hardee’s in DeWitt. Transforming a fast food burger joint could seem impossible, but the owners of La Fiesta created an inviting and fun Hispanic environment. When walking into the restaurant you are kindly greeted by the many waiters. They accompany you to your table and quickly bring you complementary chips and salsa.

The new Mexican restaurant offers a wide variety of authentic Mexican food at an affordable price. The menu offers lunch and dessert items. After ordering your meal the waiter returns with your food quickly. Each meal comes with a fun and colorful plate. I choose a combination dinner that included rice, beans and two chicken

A ‘mucho gusto’ review that will keep you going back for more

)RU� WZHQW\�ÀYH� \HDUV� QRZ�� WKH� &HQWUDO�High School students have been providing the small towns of DeWitt, Grand Mound, Low Moore, and Welton with the joys of the Purple Onion. The purple Onion, as many people now know, started because students at CHS wanted to get the com-munity more aware, and involved with our school. Even to this day, we still en-joy sharing our school happenings with the public. Most of our articles are to inform the read-ers of the happening at CHS, but still be-ing students we get to add humor and fun into our paper. We have always had many “side bars” of funny things people say, and activities most liked in the school. We are preparing ourselves for the real world of journalism, while also adding fun into each issue produced. 2YHU�WKH�SDVW�WZHQW\�ÀYH�\HDUV��WKHUH�KDYH�been three names for the CHS newspaper. Starting off, the name was the “Saber Spec-trum”. After several years, students de-cided to change it to “Cutting Edge”. And ÀQDOO\��LQ�������&HQWUDO�6WXGHQWV�FKDQJHG�WKH�QDPH�WR�WKH�´3XUSOH�2QLRQµ��7KH������class of Publications came up with the name, because Harvard’s student newspa-per is called, “The Onion”. The Publica-tions staff enjoyed the name, and made it our own by adding purple to the beginning of it. They decided to use the world purple, because of the school colors. Mr. Jim Raikes started the CHS newspaper in 1985, and Mrs. Christine Gilroy took it over in 1990. Statistics show that most

publications teachers only last about four years, but Mrs. Christine Gilroy has out done them all. We, the publications staff of 2012, are proud to call her our advisor. She has been here with us through the good and bad: the late nights and early morning, the tears and joys, and overall, the success of having a newspaper come out on time every issue. She is dedicated not only be-cause it’s her job, but also because she en-joys what she does. She enjoys seeing the success of every student. Her lunches of tacos, sloppy joes, and pizza are just one of the many perks that comes with her talent of always being willing and ready to help us out. As “pubs” students, we work hard to be sure the community and our fellow class-mates get the best newspaper and yearbook around. This year will be no different. We strive to see the looks on the students face’s light up when looking at their yearbook, or reading an article about them or a friend in the newspaper. I’d like to thank the Observer for letting us go through them to produce our issues; without you, none of this could be pos-sible. I’d also like to thank the community for reading what we write, even when we think no one does. Hearing your feedback always puts a smile on our faces, and PDNHV�WKH�ZRUN�IHHO�PXFK�PRUH�EHQHÀFLDO�and fun. Another thanks goes to the stu-dents of CHS, without your help of letting us interview you, or in some cases bother you, there would be no paper or yearbook IRU�XV� WR�ZRUN�RQ��$QG�ÀQDOO\�� ,·G� OLNH� WR�thank Mrs. Christine Gilroy. Your liveli-ness makes each day of publications class go by so much faster. Everyone says that when a teacher loves the subject they teach, the class is so much better, and Mrs. Gilroy proves this statement everyday.

enchiladas. The smell of cillantro and chilies drew me closer to the food, the rice was wonderful and the enchiladas had very tender and well seasoned chicken. Through out the meal the great service continued .I ZDV�IUHTXHQWO\�DVNHG�LI�,�ZRXOG�OLNH�D�UHÀOO�on my soda or if we would like some more chips for our table.

Not only does La Fiesta offer great food, and wonderful service they are very affordable which attracts people of all ages and families big and small. When leaving you will not go home with an empty stomach , and will be wanting to come back again and again.

25 down, countless to go

Chattin’ with the Chief Deanna Hansen

Kaitlyn O’LearyFEATURES EDITOR

LAST SUMMER 9

Boarding the train home from New Mexico last summer, Venture Crew 77 members recalled all the great experiences of the past 10 days, and all we could think was, We can’t wait to go back to the Philm-ont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M.

Anyone who has ever passed under the Philmont welcome sign takes those words to heart, because this trip was an experi-ence of a lifetime for Lucas Block, Katie Burken, Tom Burken, Ben Comer, Lynn Dohrmann, Kaitlyn O’Leary and Taylor McWilliams, who learned the history of the land, took part in the trek programs, and, most important, grew stronger as in-dividuals.

The Philmont experience is one that few people ever get to share, but 15 youth and adults from the DeWitt area were able to learn and travel outside of the corn covered farm land of Iowa, and into the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains called the Sangra de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountain Range in New Mexico.

7KH� 3KLOPRQW� 5DQFK� ZDV� ÀUVW� RZQHG�by Waite Phillips, who had humble begin-nings in Conway, Iowa. Waite and his twin brother ventured out West at the age of 16 and fell in love with the land, mountains, and wildlife. After Waite’s brother died of a ruptured appendix his two older brothers encouraged him to get back on his feet and work for them at their business, Phillips 66.

Waite eventually decided to start his own oil company. Although it was not as successful as his older brothers’, it still earned him a great deal of money. Waite realized his family would not need all that money, so in 1925 and every following year, he gave away half his earnings.

In 1933 Phillips owned 300,000 acres of land in the northwest part of New Mexico. He called the land Philmont – “Phil” for

Phillips and “mont” for monte, which is the Spanish word for mountains. In 1941 Phil-lips donated 91,000 acres of the ranch to the Boy Scouts of America, including their summer home to be made into a museum.

As preparation for our trek, we went on three practice hikes to get us used to walk-ing several miles at a time and carrying 30 percent of body weight in a backpack. In March we picked out itinerary No. 29 and hiked over 79 miles, starting at Zastrow’s Turnaround and ending at Ponil in the northern part of the ranch.

Before we knew it, June 14 came and it was time to leave for Philmont. At the train station in Galesburg we were told that there would be a rerouting on our train ride be-FDXVH�RI�WKH�ÁRRGLQJ�RQ�WKH�0LVVRXUL�5LYHU�DQG�WKH�IRUHVW�ÀUHV�LQ�1HZ�0H[LFR�DQG�$UL-zona, meaning that our scheduled 17-hour trip stretched to close to 30 hours.

Despite the long and tiring trip to New Mexico, there were many memorable ex-periences.

Some highlights were milking goats

at Abreu, challenge events at Urraca, rock climbing at Miners Park and hiking the Tooth of Time. We shot skeet with 12-gauge shotguns and raced burros at Harlan, helped with trail conservation at 'HHU� /DNH�� DQG� GLG� %ODFN� 3RZGHU� ULÁH�shooting, tomahawk throwing and moun-tain ball at Miranda.

We climbed Baldy Mountain, the tallest on the ranch at 12,441 feet. We traveled by Burro, spar-pole climbed with gaffs like a logger, played loggerball, and enjoyed DQ� HYHQLQJ� FDPSÀUH� ZLWK� VHYHQ� WDOHQWHG�instrument-playing loggers, including one nicknamed “Moose” from Macomb, Ill. We branded our boots, hats and belts at Ponil with brands currently used on Philm-ont’s working horse and cattle ranches.

When we signed up for the Philmont trip, many of us thought it would be just another fun summer vacation, but what we didn’t know was the trek would change us as individuals. Not everything on our trip went smoothly; we had to deal with eleva-tion sickness, blister-covered feet, and per-

sonal fears such as being scared of heights. With the help and encouragement of

our crew members, we grew to be stronger friends and better leaders. Every day we were assigned different tasks such as navi-gating trails, hanging bear bags, preparing dinner, and doing dishes, which taught us to work together to get things done.

The trip gave us a new appreciation for the land and wildlife preserved on the ranch by the Boy Scouts of America.

A part of Philmont sticks with every-one. Ben Comer is now studying for a fu-ture career in conservation; Chaplain’s Aid Kaitlyn O’Leary hopes someday to work on Philmont camp staff; Wilderness Guia (guide) Lynn Dohrmann would like to re-turn for a hiking and conservation program then be on staff; Taylor McWilliams wants to work at a back country camp; and Lucas Block would like to return on another trek in the near future.

For further questions about our trip or what Venture Crew is all about, please con-tact Lynn Dohrmann or Kaitlyn O’Leary.

Crew trains for leadership through Western program‘Trip of a lifetime’ challenges, sets goals for trekkers

Kaitlyn O’LearyFEATURES EDITOR

Philmont trekkers. Carrying a third of your body weight in your backpack and learning to be good leaders were challenging experiences for Ben Comer, Lynn Dohrmann, Kaitlyn O’Leary, Taylor McWilliams and Lucas Block as they participated in Venture Crew 77 last summer at the Philmont Ranch in New Mexico. Contributed phoro.

“They would smile and thank us, even after getting eight teeth pulled.” Con-nor Murphy said. Connor Murphy, Matt Volkens, and varied group of people from Iowa, to Arizona, wanted to help others. Through the “World Gospel Outreach” program they went on a medical mission-ary down to Honduras, which is in the desperate need of health care.

They spent eight days in Honduras where they distributed medical help and care. The medical services providers were: dental work, an optometrist, and general medicine. Along with it, the members

spread the gospel of the Lord. “We also went into different neighborhoods, and SRXUHG�FRQFUHWH�ÁRRUV�IRU�KRXVLQJ�GLV-tricts,” Matt said.

While down in Honduras, they weren’t able to take a lot of time off. They went from their hotel, to camp, and back again every day. “We couldn’t go anywhere, be-cause of the risk of Malaria in the area,” Connor said. “We did go to one restau-rant, but only after several safety checks.”

Overall the experience helped to open their eyes. “They were so appreciative of even the little things; things we take for granted,” Connor said. Connor and Matt were happy to help, and happy to help themselves in the process. “It was drain-LQJ�EXW�EHQHÀFLDO�µ�0DWW�VDLG��´+HOSLQJ�them helped us.”

A service trip that touches all

Have no fear, we are here. Connor Murphy and Matt Volken went to Honduras for a service trip to help kids in need by giving them medical supplies. Photo contributed by Connor Murphy.

Alex DanielsSTAFF WRITER

LAST SUMMER10

This summer was a super one for movies. It seemed like every time you turned around, another super hero movie was coming out and that’s not a bad thing. The four super hero movies, Thor, Green Lantern, Captain America, and X-Men First Class were ranked in this summer’s top movies. Over all, if you are a fan of the classic comics, this was your summer.

2XU� ÀUVW� PRYLH� FRPHV� VWUDLJKW� IURP�the heartland, Captain America: The First Avenger. This movie stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, a man who wants to join the army during World War II, but is told over and over again, that he is not strong or healthy enough. But because of his bravery and honorable qualities, he is chosen for an experiment to make a “super soldier”. He then has to try and save the world from a villain called Red Skull played by Hugo Weaving who is trying to take over the world by harnessing the power of the gods.

Next we have X-Men First Class. This movie shows us how the X-Men and their enemies came to be. This movie stars James McAvoy as Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Michael Fassbender as

So here is the dilemma, over the sum-mer we all want money, but not all of us want to get a job. This is quite the prob-lem for anyone who can’t grow money on trees. So eventually most of us break down and enter into the working world and in a town this size, your options are limited if you don’t want to spend you’re whole pay-check on gas going elsewhere to work.

The reasons students get summer jobs are varied. “This summer I worked at the library as a page. I actually really needed to start earning money to help my mom out.” Cheyenne Driscoll said. Matt Birks got a job at McDonalds so he could do the things he enjoyed. “I got a job to pay for my expenses and hobbies.” Birks said.

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Every summer you always have that friend that goes somewhere extremely cool, like to a different country or an awesome camp. And every summer there is a convention held called Boys State. This summer there was some of Central’s very own lucky enough to get the opportunity to attend Boys State. Seniors Logan Brundage, Kyle Donahue, and Kieran Connolly were able to attend Boys State which was held at Camp Dodge near Des Moines this year. Boys State is a week long camp put on in nearly every state by the American Legion. It is a program designed to be a parallel to how a real government is run. About 500 boys were in attendance at the camp in Camp Dodge and each one is put in a barracks, the barracks is your city, and four barracks make a country. At the FDPS�HYHU\RQH�FDQ�UXQ�IRU�RIÀFH�DQG�KROG�a position, voting is done in real voting booths, and you can either be a federalist or a nationalist. Along with the boys actually being able to see how running their own government is, there was a speaker, a choir, and a band every night. On the last day of the camp, everyone was able to go to the state capital and tours. ‘My favorite part was meeting people from all walks of life that had similar qualities but unique specialties,’ Brundage said, ‘It was great to meet so many kids and singing in the capital building was

Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto). It tells the story of the mutants discovering and learning to use their power in order to stop an evil mutant. The evil mutant Sebastian Shaw, played by Kevin Bacon, thinks mutants are superior to regular people and wants to rule over the humans.

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The last we will look at is Thor starring Chris Hemsworth as Thor himself. This is the story about a very powerful but very arrogant warrior on the home planet of Assard. He is thrown off his planet after igniting a war and he is banished to Earth by his father Odin played by Anthony Hopkins. Once on Earth he falls in love with a scientist named Jane Foster played by Natalie Portman. He then has to try and protect Earth from his world’s most dangerous villains.

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amazing.’ Brundage was in the choir at Boys State, he also ran in and won elections for both County Attorney and Senate, as well as was appointed into the Surpreme Court. ‘Also at the camp I was awarded the Andy Haverman Memorial Scholarship and that was very special to me,’ Brundage said. The scholarship is given every year as a memorial for a former Boys State member who drowned during his visit to the camp, the scholarship was awarded to Brundage by Haverman’s father to only one person at the camp. ‘It was emotional because his dad was there and we were standing on WKH�SRRO��7KH\�KDG�ÀOOHG�LW�LQ�DQG�PDGH�LW�a meeting grounds,’ Brundage said. Both Donahue and Brundage agree that the experience of Boys State was a worthwhile one, ‘Boys State taught me to be an individual and to be a leader and to do what you believe is right,’ Donahue said. Connolly was also elected to a position, he was Country Attorney and was a defense lawyer for a few cases he was involved in. ‘I liked playing sports because I was our cities best hitter,’ Connolly said, ‘And one of my favorite days was visiting the judicial building in Iowa City.’

Although the camp may have only lasted a week, the impression and lessons learned will last much longer than that. The boys may have gotten tired from a week of running of government on their own, but in the end it was worth it and a lot was learned about both the government and themselves.

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Franzen said. But there are also some oth-er good things about getting a job, “I was one of the more experienced umps so I was able to do levels that I wanted, I also got to help younger kids learn the game.” Fran-zen added. Matt Birks said that he also made some new friends at his job.

But with every positive there are nega-tives. “The bad thing about having a job is that it takes up a good amount of time and since I’m involved in a lot of things, sometimes that can be really frustrating.” Driscoll said. Time seems to be the biggest issue with summer jobs. “A negative is that I was an “on call ump” this year for the most part but I was in softball and physical therapy which took place around the same time as the games I could be working.” Franzen said. And just like the money can be a positive, it can be part of the problem. “I only got paid minimum wage but the work was stupid-proof and really boring.” Birks said.

So there you have it, the good, bad, and ugly of having a summer job. But if you QHHG�WKH�PRQH\��LW�LV�GHÀQLWHO\�D�JRRG�LGHD�

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Kieran Connolly sits behind the bench in a court room at the law build-ing of the Court of Appeals, as part of a tour that the lawyers of Boys State took during a "eld trip to downtown Des Moines. Photo contributed by Kieran Connolly.