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The imaginations of humanity’s greatest sto-rytellers have birthed fantastic heroes, capable of surmounting impossible odds. But not one of these heroes could hold their own, even for a minute, in a fight against Tolkien’s Gandalf.

It’s difficult to summarize Gandalf ’s 100% ‘boss-itude’ in the limited space of a newspaper article, but nonetheless I’ll try. Let’s start before the War of the Ring, when Gandalf identified the ultimate threat to all of Middle Earth, the Ring of Power. He swiftly set a plan in motion that would destroy it. Along the way, he overthrew the most powerful wizard in existence, flat-out crushed a flaming monster with demon wings that previously destroyed an entire kingdom, killed some flying dragon monsters, died,

came back from being dead, allied the dysfunc-tional kingdoms of men to win two commanding victories, and organized the destruction of the most evil being in

existence—all while riding the fastest horse in the world bareback.

All the evil in Middle Earth allied itself against Gan-dalf, and was swept

away. An egotisti-cal womanizer and a bald Jedi shouldn’t be a

problem.

Spy. Assassin. Lover. His name is Bond, James Bond, and he is the epitome of a secret agent.

As an agent for MI-6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), commonly known as the Secret Intel-ligence Service, James Bond is tasked to provide Her Majesty’s Government with intelligence on foreign enemies. He is trained expertly in all man-ners of weaponry, special tactics, and a long list of hand-to-hand combat techniques. He is also multi-lingual (especially in the universal language of love).

James Bond, 007, has taken down entire governments and vast world agen-cies, so when pitted in a fight against Mace Windu and Gandalf, it is as clear as day that Sir James Bond would emerge as the vic-tor (albeit it will be a gruesome fight). While Mace and Gan-dalf might have out-of-this-world powers, James Bond would use his resourcefulness, gadgets, and superior knowledge of long-range weaponry to incapacitate his enemies.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a fierce Jedi knight fought fearlessly and effortlessly to defend the Republic. Although times have changed, and things are not the same as they once were, Mace Windu’s amazing awesomeness and outrageous boss ability has not changed. In fact, it has only gotten better.

The force is the most powerful element in the modern world. Those that can control it, manipulate it, and use the force at their will are unstoppable.

Mace Windu is one of those special people. Any opponent within a hundred yards of Windu’s force-grab is succepti-ble to being struck by a large object. His

years of experience along with natural athletic and fighting abilities come

to his advantage and allow him to dominate any foe in battle.

He wields only a light saber, which has the power to

sever any human limb and penetrate metals

stronger than steel. There are none

like him, and none equal. He is the

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Sam Ramirez | Staff Writer Garrett Hamm | Staff Writer Travis Lindemann | Staff Writer

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The 2012-2013 school year has dawned a familiar sunrise for the Eagles.

In the fall, our marching band won first at state for the third consecutive year, the football team advanced to region, volleyball competed in the state semi-finals, Hope Wash-burn placed fourth over-all in the state qualifiers

for archery, and cross country sent Cameron Schafer and Gabriel Landin to state.

Spring was equally successful. Boys and girls basketball went strong to the area play-offs, three wrestlers bat-tled it out in Austin with Chase Roth winning the Eagles’ first wrestling championship, and ten-nis brought home a state medal in boy’s doubles thanks to Jack Vickery

and Rafael Ortega. Boys and girls golf competed at region with the boys advancing to place second in the state, soc-cer and softball had a strong district season, the brand new sporting clay team placed second and third at the region tournament, baseball played their hearts out to region, track sent Spencer McCloud to the capital for high jump

placing first for the sec-ond year in a row, and UIL had fourteen individuals medal at state.

As principal Jeff Butts

likes to say, “I truly believe we are the best school in the nation.”

But behind all of those medals and tro-phies is an even more valiant reason why our high school is sincerely wonderful.

At the start of the school year the ‘Eagles Helping Eaglets’ pro-gram, sponsored by Challenge Day Club and coordinator Jeanna Sutton, gave high school

students the op-portunity to tutor elementary kids at risk.

Dur-ing the holidays, Student

Council teamed up with the Argyle Angel Tree to raise money and pur-chase toys, clothes, and other wish-list items. National Honor Society helped out, buying pres-ents for four children on the tree. Fundraising was so successful that NHS was able to donate its proceeds to Argyle Anonymous.

When school recommenced in Jan., $5000 was given to the Frisco office of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Since Oct., the community had been conducting the “Think Pink, Think Ar-gyle” campaign to raise money and awareness. The money was raised through the efforts of students, teachers, administrators and their families.

The annual ‘Water for the World’ event, hosted by UNICEF, was held in early March. Teachers geared up to play against the students in a dodge ball game this year. All proceeds went towards the organiza-tion, which will be used to help construct water wells in Africa.

The softball team made two contributions this year. In Jan., around fifty blankets were made and delivered to a nurs-ing home. The team was able to walk through the halls and see their blan-kets be brought to the patient’s rooms. Later on, the team gathered supplies to make Easter

baskets at a church in San Marcos. Without the donations, many children would not have received a gift basket.

In late April, “Shoot for the Stars” was held benefitting the Alex Betzhold Memorial Foundation. Festivities included basketball tournaments, free throw contests, vendors, live music, food, and carni-val games for the entire family, along with heart screenings and blood donations. The festival strived to support heart health awareness in the community.

On the way to the academic state UIL com-petition the Accounting team, led by coach John King, stopped in West, Texas to donate over $3,000 money and gift cards to the local Church of Christ, who provide over 300 meals a day to the devastated area. King

was inspired after read-ing a plea in a bulletin at his church from the people of West, asking everyone to remember they ‘have a very long road of recovery in front of us and need help.’ He took donations from the high school and the Argyle Church of Christ the week before at the high school.

In response to the tornadoes in Oklahoma, Challenge Day Club hosted a bake sale, rais-

ing over $300. Sponsor Jeanna Sutton and sev-eral other local fami-lies traveled to Moore to assist with cleanup and donate the funds. Student Council has also started taking money donations.

Though there are many more acts of kind-ness not mentioned here, and some still in the works, it is safe to say our high school is more than just a list of records or a pile of awards.

Volunteers Look Past Medals, TrophiesStudents Make Impact in Community

Kylie Holt | Senior Editor

Top Right: Marla Warden runs onto the court during the ‘Water for the Worlds’ UNICEF charity dodgeball. (Photo by Matt Garnett) Middle left: Maddie Martin (‘14) helps her eaglet on homework at an Eagles Help-ing Eaglets meeting on Feb. 25. (Photo by Jeanna Sutton) Bottom Left: Lexi Ratcliff escorts Santa Claus to pick up gifts donated for the angle tree. (Photo by Terra Lyon) Bottom Right: Volunteers travelled to Moore, OK on Memorial Day weekend to help with clean-up from the destructive tornadoes.


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Audrey Hepburn Brooke Ridenour Ryan Gosling Travis Lindemann

Adam Levine Connor Kane

Alyson Stoner Morgan McInaney

Cindy Lou Who Allea Harris Liam Payne Hunter Thompson

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Twenty-eight students attended the state UIL competition May 21-23 at the University of Texas campus in Austin. Participants had previously qualified by placing first, second or third at both the district and region meets. Not including a sweepstake and five team wins, sixteen students earned indi-vidual medals.

With fifteen seniors competing at the state level this year, the graduating class of 2013 is taking a lot of talent from the UIL program.

“I’ll miss this,” senior Brooke Ride-nour (4th team, Literary Criticism) said. “Lit Crit has provided an outlet for my interests in literature. The people are all amazing and you won’t find the same

experience with any other group.”Senior Buckley Wallace qualified

for the state meet in News Writing and placed 5th in Feature Writing at state in 2012.

“I loved making friends with people that I never would have known before UIL,” Wallace said. “I got to make many fun memories that I will never forget.”

Mathematics competitor Kara Peak agrees with Wallace.

“I’m going to miss all the friends I made through UIL and all the fun times we had together at meets,” Peak said.

The program is a learning experi-ence for many students, including senior Conner Kane, who placed 3rd

individually and 2nd as a team at state for Ac-counting.

“Ready Writing and Accounting are two events that taught me a lot over the years,” Kane said. “They brought me a lot of great memories. I really enjoyed participating in UIL academic com-petitions.”

Seniors encourage underclassmen to join an event early in their high school career.

“My only regret is not joining UIL sooner,” senior Melissa Haltom (5th individu-ally, 4th team, Spelling and Vocabulary) said. “It was so much fun and I made some really great friends through-out the year and at state.”

The competitions also provided clarity for the future.

“I’m glad I partici-pated in Accounting,” Kane said. “It has jumpstarted my inter-est in business and influenced my plans for future studies in college. I would definitely encourage underclassmen to get involved because it has been a very rewarding experience for me.”

As the seniors prepare for gradua-tion, they know they are leaving their legacy to the underclassmen. The

program is in good hands, with stu-dents like sophomore Ross Coker, who currently holds the record for number of state medals. Most of all however, the seniors want their predecessors to remember to have fun along the way.

“Just live it up,” Ridenour said. “It goes by so fast. You’ll treasure these moments.”

UIL Takes State Championship for Sixth Consecutive Time Kylie Holt | Senior Editor State Academic Meet Results

Event Place NameAccounting 3rd Conner Kane

2nd TeamComputer Applications 5th Marshall StilesFeature Writing 5th Kylie HoltHeadline Writing 2nd Kelsey PeiserLiterary Criticism 9th Audra Webbe

4th TeamMathematics 1st Ross Coker

3rd Davis Coghlan

1st TeamNumber Sense 1st Ross Coker

1st TeamCalculator Applications 1st Ross Coker

2nd Davis Coghlan1st Team

Science (Overall) 1st Nate Graf2nd Ross Coker4th Carson Wells5th Allison Gant1st Team

Science (Physics) 1st Ross CokerScience (Biology) 1st Nate GrafSpelling and Vocabulary 5th Melissa Haltom

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After Gayla Burnett and Nancy Chumbley finish their combined 54 years of teaching this spring, they will move on to the next stage of their lives—retirement.

During her time off, Burnett plans to do things she did not have time to do while teach-ing.

“I plan to play with my grandchildren,” Burnett said. “After that, I hope to take up golf again. I have had to put my crafts on the back burner while I have been teaching so I’ll sew, crochet, knit, and paint again. I love to read and have bookshelves loaded with books that need to be read. There is a lot of bridge to be played. All of these things should keep me busy for a

while.” Chumbley is also

looking forward to the free time.

“I want to spend time doing all the things I haven’t been able to do before I die,” Chum-bley said. “Gardening, traveling, playing with my grandkids, acting, sewing, reading, and taking it easy.”

Both Burnett and Chumbley have been recognized for their ef-forts in education.

“Since I have been here,” principal Jeff Butts said, “I have seen their dedication to students, caring that they get a good education, the loyalty they have to our school district and sup-port for extracurricular activities.”

Many students will miss their commitment

to the students and learning.

“I will miss Mrs. Chumbley’s passion for theatre,” senior Caroline Klapp said. “She helped ignite my fire for acting. It’s spe-cial that I am graduat-ing the same year she is leaving,”

Chumbley also gained a valuable lesson from 27 years of teaching numer-ous grade levels and subjects.

“The most valu-able thing that I have taught my students is that life is a perfor-mance. Have confi-dence and get what you want,” Chumbley said.

Burnett has learned valuable lessons after 29 years teaching subjects from

7th grade Life Science to College Trigonometry.

“There is always

more to learn about life, your students, your sub-ject matter, etc.,” Burnett

said. “We all need to be life-long learners.”

Burnett , Chumbley Finish Careers After Combined 54 YearsStefan Deshazo | Staff Writer

Top Right: Gayla Burnett and Nancy Chumbley socialize at the distict UIL meet. (Photo by Matt Garnett) Nancy Chumbley and Bryan Beene hand out medals at district UIL. (Photo by Kylie Holt) Bottom Right: Gayla Burnett congratulates Brooke Ridenour on her award in College Trigonometry. (Photo by Matt Garnett)


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Senior Class Announces Top 10 for 2012-13The 2012-2013 yearbook and newspaper pose for group photo before attending the annual zoo field trip. By S. Short

Names from left to right: (Top Row) Buckley Wallace, Trey Torno, Blake Lyle, Davis Coghlan, Brian Mooney (Bot-tom Row) Kara Peak, Bridget Church, Brooke Ridenour, Marshall Stiles, and Connor Kane. Left Photo: Valedictorian Davis Coghlan holds up Salutatorian Trey Torno for a photo shoot. Photos by Matt Garnett

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Senior EditorKylie Holt

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Brendan Mitchell

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ReportersAshley Book

Stefan DeshazoGarrett HammCaroline Klapp

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