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Inside:<br />
Dodgeball<br />
tourn-<br />
ament at<br />
FHS<br />
The The<br />
Volume 11 Issue 9 May/June 2007<br />
<strong>VAQUERO</strong><br />
<strong>VOICE</strong><br />
Top Dogs of FHS<br />
Corrine St. Clair<br />
Page Editor<br />
On May 11th, Mrs.<br />
Curtis’s drama class<br />
competed against one<br />
another in groups at the Top Dog Improv<br />
show. Starting at 7:00 p.m. the admission<br />
fee was a dollar for general admittance.<br />
Several games were played with scenarios<br />
written by students, scrutinized and<br />
led by the judges of the show: Mr.<br />
Andrulli, Mr. Walls and Mr. Herget. Armed<br />
with buzzers and silly string spray, they<br />
kept an ear and an eye out for any jokes<br />
or scenes that were too crude or lewd. If<br />
such a case occured, as with Ken<br />
Bridwell, a student would be ‘brown-<br />
Freeze, a scene where actors<br />
bagged’ or made to sit out with a bag<br />
are replaced by others in place<br />
upon their head.<br />
during the game and the scene<br />
Among the games played were<br />
is changed each time, and vari-<br />
Statements, where a scene is carried out<br />
ous others. The winners of Top<br />
using random statements provided,<br />
28 Days<br />
Kyle Crowley<br />
Staff Writer<br />
On May 11,<br />
2007, about<br />
35 seniors sat,<br />
stood, and laid in and on the FHS<br />
football field for the Senior<br />
Sunrise. The "party" began<br />
around 5 a.m., with Zach Freeman<br />
bringing cake and orange juice.<br />
At 5:10 a.m., Zach Martin rode on<br />
his dirt bike. Martin wanted to ride<br />
his Rhino, a golf cart, but it did not<br />
have any fuel in it.<br />
At the Sunrise, Erinn Sullivan<br />
celebrated her 18th birthday.<br />
Around 5:30 a.m., Freeman<br />
came up with an idea. "Lets go to<br />
the Wigwam!" said Freeman at the<br />
Sunrise.<br />
At the Wigwam, about 75% of<br />
the seniors ordered food, and<br />
Sullivan was given 2 different<br />
cakes for her birthday.<br />
Some students, including Rico Ricci,<br />
arrived at the football field between<br />
3:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.<br />
Sarah Fulenwider brought her dog,<br />
and it climbed all over Lannon Ryan<br />
The 20’s are<br />
back for the<br />
Oscars!<br />
Corrine St. Clair Mrs. Curtis's class<br />
Page Editor is at it again. On<br />
the 18th of May,<br />
the drama class presented the Oscars<br />
at 7:00 p.m. in the FHS Commons.<br />
Several tables surrounded with chairs<br />
while old 20's music played, set the<br />
theme along with outfits and accents by<br />
the class such as flapper dresses and<br />
Botany<br />
field trip<br />
with<br />
Mr.<br />
Jackson<br />
Students<br />
with the<br />
mayor for<br />
Cinco de<br />
Mayo<br />
Above: Seniors sitting on the grass together. Below:<br />
Students gathered for a group photo. photos by Kyle<br />
Crowley.<br />
as he lay down on the grass in a sleeping<br />
bag.<br />
Others sat in lawn chairs, on blankets,<br />
and some even sat on the grass.<br />
The Senior Sunrise happened 28<br />
days before the Class of 2007 graduates<br />
on June 8, 2007.<br />
Mrs. Curtis’s drama class.<br />
Photo by Mrs. Curtis.<br />
suspenders.<br />
Students took turns announcing as awards were<br />
handed out to various classmates for set design,<br />
improvisation actor and actress, tech support, and<br />
Dog were announced at the<br />
Oscars. They were John<br />
Baker, Shane Murray, Sheri<br />
Segal and Robert<br />
Abernathy.<br />
Appreciation<br />
for FHS<br />
teachers<br />
Corrine St. Clair<br />
Page Editor<br />
During<br />
May, the<br />
teachers of FHS were recognized<br />
throughout the week<br />
due to the celebration of<br />
Teacher Appreciation Week.<br />
From the 7th to the 11th,<br />
teachers were brought small<br />
gifts from students and the<br />
administrative office. The<br />
office came around on the<br />
9th to hand out brown bags<br />
filled with goodies and a<br />
round of applause.<br />
Students were encouraged<br />
in the morning announcements<br />
to bring food on the<br />
morning of Friday for the<br />
teacher luncheon.<br />
On the 11th, at one o’clock,<br />
the teachers gathered in the<br />
library to enjoy food from stu-<br />
Left: Muryia Denton and John<br />
Baker with Sam Danner during a<br />
game. Above: Ken Bridwell sitting<br />
aside after being ‘brown bagged’<br />
for an inappropriate joke. Photos<br />
by Corrine St. Clair.<br />
“Students should learn<br />
improv so they can learn to<br />
think on their feet which<br />
helps in any job,” said Mrs.<br />
Curtis, drama teacher at<br />
FHS.<br />
Above: Mrs. Borda with her present.<br />
Below: Mrs. Rampey with her<br />
gift. Photos by Corrine St. Clair.<br />
dents and the PTSA..<br />
During the luncheon, the<br />
administrative members<br />
handed out gift bags and<br />
boxes to teachers as a sign of<br />
appreciation.<br />
so on. There was also a costume contest, which was<br />
won by Sam Danner in a black dress.<br />
Throughout the evening there were several skits performed<br />
such as Miss America, Baseball Lovers, Mind<br />
Over Matter, and others.<br />
For some awards, medals were given out, depending<br />
on the importance of the award. The final awards were<br />
given trophies such as for Best Beginning Actor and<br />
Actress and Best Advanced Actor and Actress.<br />
Near the end of the night, the students held a dance<br />
competition after learning several dances from the<br />
1920's such as the Charleston. The contest was won<br />
by Sam Danner and her dance partner Muryia Denton.<br />
Without help from Mrs. Curtis, the Oscars was<br />
planned and put together by Sarah Fulenwider and<br />
Sheri Segal, both advanced drama students.
page 2 The Vaquero Voice May/ June 2007<br />
Seniors saying their last goodbyes!<br />
I want to say good- bye to all my<br />
friends who have supported me<br />
in the<br />
past and<br />
when<br />
there was<br />
someone<br />
to always talk to. Wish you all the<br />
best if luck!- Timothy McKune<br />
I want to say bye to all my friends and<br />
my boyfriend Jacob Chambers. I love<br />
you lots and always will. I love Lindsay<br />
Baker<br />
and will<br />
miss you<br />
guys so<br />
much<br />
when I move to Alaska. I will miss you<br />
all! (BYE)<br />
P.S Have fun in <strong>Fernley</strong>!<br />
(NOT)- Katie Bartlett.<br />
(Third from the left, second from the<br />
right)<br />
Try to have fun in high school.<br />
Keep in touch! I<br />
love you all!<br />
Red, Amanda hello....-- Lindsay<br />
Werner (the one on the right)<br />
The Young Immortals<br />
The Young Immortals apeared<br />
at <strong>Fernley</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> during<br />
pass class, Friday May 25. It<br />
started at twelve and went until<br />
dismissal at one. Students<br />
passing all their classes attended!<br />
The drummer was Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Gervais’ son!<br />
N<br />
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W<br />
B<br />
O<br />
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S<br />
The First Amendment stands as one of America's most important freedoms.<br />
The Vaquero Voice, the official newspaper of <strong>Fernley</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
has been established as a forum for student expression and as a voice<br />
stressing the rights of student journalists to exercise their basic freedom.<br />
Content of the Vaquero Voice reflects only the view of the students and<br />
not school officials. The Vaquero Voice does not print material that is<br />
libelous, obscene or in poor taste, if deemed to be so the student staff of<br />
the Vaquero Voice. The Vaquero Voice reserves the right to accept or<br />
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they have 200 words or less and contain the author's name.<br />
Letters may be edited for spelling and grammar. Letters should be<br />
addressed to the Vaquero Voice and given to a staff member or advisor.<br />
Editor-in-Chief: Delaine Hain<br />
Page Editors: Front-line: Corrine St. Clair, Speaking Out: Lindsay Baker,<br />
World Issues: Ryan Pierce, Four Squares: Delaine Hain, In the Class<br />
Room Stephanie Sypher:<br />
Vaquero Sports: Lori Wilmot, In the End: Sean Lewandowski.<br />
Reporters: Kyle Crowley, Lacey Bernardo, Aarick Brown, Cheyenne<br />
Brown, Jon Cook, Lee Daniell, Felicia Davis, Barbie Ferro, Javier Garcia,<br />
Alexis Hutsell, Ethan Johnson, Krisha Knight, Mike Morton, Paige<br />
Murphy, Cheyenne Nava, Brandon Olendese, Maria Rico, Shawn<br />
Russell, Amanda VanPelt, and James Zaldivar<br />
Speaking Out<br />
Ask Miss Ferro!<br />
Dear Miss Ferro,<br />
If you want to beat up your brother but want to<br />
avoid vilolence, what do you do? How do I help<br />
this situation?<br />
Dear Annoyed,<br />
I feel the same way about my brothers all the<br />
time. Sometimes it’s best to forget all the stuff he<br />
does. Talk things out. Tell him how you feel. This<br />
may help the situation.<br />
Miss Ferro!<br />
Human-Animal Hybid?<br />
Lindsay Baker<br />
Page Editor<br />
Human<br />
animal<br />
Hybrid?<br />
The<br />
British<br />
government FINALLY<br />
caved in to using<br />
human-animal hybrid<br />
embryos for stem-cell<br />
research. Talk about<br />
cruel. I say stop! I<br />
mean come-on I am<br />
for saving lives but<br />
using human-animals<br />
embryos to do the<br />
whole stem cell<br />
research? That’s getting<br />
desperate. If we<br />
can’t use the embryos<br />
from abortions then<br />
Lindsay Baker<br />
Page Editor<br />
When<br />
ever I go<br />
to our<br />
school<br />
library<br />
I look<br />
for-<br />
ward to find at least one<br />
book that catches my<br />
eyes, but this year and<br />
last year there hasn’t been<br />
one. In my opinion our<br />
school library doesn’t<br />
have a very good selection.<br />
I mean it may be<br />
small but it could have<br />
more “good” books.<br />
So the solution is: order<br />
“good” books. The best<br />
way is to request books. I,<br />
Lindsay Baker, am putting<br />
together a list of<br />
we shouldn’t use<br />
human-animal<br />
ones.<br />
What if some freak<br />
accident happens<br />
and it grows upwhat<br />
would happen<br />
then, you can’t really<br />
kill a human<br />
being? Can you?<br />
We have enough<br />
women getting<br />
abortions that we<br />
could use those. I<br />
say if you don’t<br />
want the “kid” then<br />
donate the “kid” to<br />
science so it can<br />
save other people!<br />
books that YOU want in<br />
our school library. If you<br />
want any particular book<br />
in the library then make a<br />
list and either put in Mrs.<br />
Peters’ box or give it to<br />
me. All I need is the title<br />
and the author and I will<br />
have Mr. Briggs order it.<br />
The catch: If the book is<br />
romance it can’t be too<br />
revealing. Or it can’t be<br />
too detailed in a certain<br />
area. If it is a murder<br />
book it can’t be too<br />
detailed in certain areas!<br />
But other than that<br />
please write down the<br />
books that you want and<br />
give it to Lindsay Baker,<br />
or put it in Mr. Peters’<br />
box!<br />
Cheating Teachers<br />
Jonathan Berklund<br />
Staff reporter<br />
Have you<br />
ever been<br />
told by a<br />
teacher or a<br />
guardian<br />
that you<br />
should<br />
not cheat? I have and the<br />
penalties for cheating are<br />
pretty stiff. Plagiarism is<br />
the most common form of<br />
cheating at FHS, and the<br />
consequences for doing so<br />
are very strict. The disciplinary<br />
actions range from<br />
three days of detention to<br />
five of APEP. Now that<br />
I’ve established that students<br />
do cheat, what about<br />
the teachers?<br />
How is it that teachers<br />
don’t get in trouble for<br />
cheating like the students?<br />
Although the teachers may<br />
not cheat on a test or writing<br />
an essay when it comes<br />
to physicality they cheat<br />
the most.<br />
If you could be anyone in history, who would you<br />
be and why?<br />
I would be JFK. I would not lie and I’d be more<br />
honest to the American People. For this is our<br />
country and everyone needs and is needed to<br />
be aware.- Amberleigh Thompson.<br />
On May 11, during the<br />
sports assembly the student<br />
body witnessed the dodgeball<br />
demonstration between<br />
the Faculty team and the<br />
student team the Mormon<br />
Militia.<br />
The next action was<br />
appalling in my opinion,<br />
the teachers were down to<br />
one player against three,<br />
then all the teachers came<br />
back into the game! How<br />
is it that as students we are<br />
taught not to cheat but<br />
when a teacher or a higher<br />
official in the school system<br />
does so it is over look?<br />
This was not the only time<br />
that teachers cheated.<br />
During a previous assembly<br />
the teachers cheated<br />
during a basketball game.<br />
This is uncalled for and<br />
outrageous. I feel personally<br />
that if students can be<br />
penalized for such actions<br />
so should the teachers.<br />
Dear Corrine St. Clair,<br />
Your article about Knock ‘Em Dead is wrong. First of<br />
all it’s not Hal Bruwn its Hal Brown. The Oscars are not<br />
on the 24th they are placed on the 18th. Second of all<br />
of the cast did interact with audience both nights. On<br />
the first night we didn’t eat food with them. It’s not<br />
“Mrs. Curtis” it’s Ms. Curtis. Thank you for writing the<br />
article.<br />
Battle Of the Bands<br />
Ethan Johnson<br />
Staff reporter<br />
Battle of<br />
the bands:<br />
You may<br />
have heard<br />
about<br />
FHS having<br />
a bat-<br />
tle of the bands lately and<br />
probably got excited. Well<br />
don’t get too hyped up for<br />
it because it was cancelled.<br />
For a while, the<br />
school said it was postponed.<br />
Later it was confirmed<br />
that it was no<br />
more.<br />
I would be Jesus because I could do<br />
anything I want to, anything!- Cody<br />
Cosens.<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
I would be Emily Dickenson because she took<br />
the beauty of life and put it into words in a<br />
beautiful arrangement of words.- Lizzie<br />
Bursztynsky<br />
Billy the Kid, because what he did was<br />
right in his eyes.- Dalton Simpson<br />
From Jean Santos<br />
P.S Gene is how you spell the guy’s name.<br />
IS our school as<br />
organized as you think?<br />
I don’t think so.<br />
Nobody heard about<br />
this event until the<br />
“week of” which isn’t<br />
enough time. It was<br />
also said that there<br />
were only two bands<br />
signed up. To solve this<br />
problem, the school<br />
could have done a talent<br />
show instead.<br />
Rather then just bands,<br />
there would be plenty<br />
of “acts.”<br />
Opinion Quotes to<br />
think about:<br />
*The more opinions you<br />
have, the less you see. -<br />
-Wim Wenders<br />
*New opinions are<br />
always suspected, and<br />
usually opposed, without<br />
any other reason but<br />
because they are not<br />
already common. --John<br />
Locke<br />
*Everything we hear is<br />
an opinion, not a fact.<br />
Everything we see is a<br />
perspective, not the<br />
truth.<br />
Marcus Aurelius<br />
*The being without an<br />
opinion is so painful to<br />
human nature that most<br />
people will leap to a<br />
hasty opinion rather than<br />
undergo it.<br />
Walter Bagehot
Page 4<br />
Book Review:<br />
“Who Killed My Daughter?”<br />
Kyle Crowley<br />
The true story of a mother’s<br />
search for her daughter’s<br />
murderer.<br />
“Later! I’ll see you guys<br />
later!” These would be the<br />
last words Lois Arquette<br />
(author Lois Duncan)<br />
would hear from her eighteen-year-old<br />
daughter<br />
Kaitlyn Clare Arquette.<br />
Kaitlyn died July 17, 1989<br />
at the age of eighteen in<br />
Albuquerque, New Mexico.<br />
“Who Killed My Daughter”<br />
tells the story about life<br />
after Kaitlyn’s death.<br />
Albuquerque Police (APD)<br />
called her death a “random<br />
shooting”, but Lois and<br />
Don (Lois’s husband)<br />
believe that it was a professional<br />
hit.<br />
Kaitlyn was going down<br />
Lomas in Albuquerque<br />
when a car pulled up next<br />
to her car and shot three<br />
times. Two shots hit<br />
Kaitlyn...both in the head.<br />
The day before she was<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
Would you use Nordic Walking to get<br />
into shape?<br />
Delaine Hain<br />
Editor-In-Chief<br />
shot and killed, Kaitlyn<br />
was having problems<br />
with her boyfriend, Dung<br />
Nyguen.<br />
Seventeen years later<br />
Kaitlyn’s killer is yet to<br />
be found.<br />
“You will both weep and<br />
cheer for the feisty mother<br />
who seeks answers at<br />
any cost. I have read<br />
2,000 homicide case files<br />
and not one gripped me<br />
as much as this book<br />
did,” said Ann Rule about<br />
the book.<br />
Duncan has written thirty-nine<br />
suspense novels,<br />
but “Who Killed My<br />
Daughter?” is her first<br />
and only non-fiction<br />
book.<br />
I have read the book<br />
twice and both times,<br />
new details jump out at<br />
me. If you haven’t read<br />
this novel, go to Barnes<br />
and Nobel or Border’s<br />
and pick it up. You’ll<br />
“I would use it because I am fat and I<br />
need to lose weight. And because I<br />
like sticks in my hand,” says Zach<br />
Monroe, a senior at FHS.<br />
“I would use it because I love to try<br />
new things. It’s also a fun way to burn<br />
calories,” says Brianda Jimenez, a<br />
sophomore at FHS.<br />
“I would try it because it’s a new<br />
thing to do and you will keep<br />
working to be better,” says Arias<br />
Areli, a sophmore at FHS.<br />
“Yes, I would try this activity<br />
because I like to try new things<br />
and I like burning calories...Yea, “<br />
says Jordan Cutler, a junior at<br />
FHS.<br />
“I wouldn’t use it because I don’t<br />
even ski,” say Casey Villa, a senior<br />
at FHS.<br />
“No, I wouldn’t use it because I<br />
am too lazy. I use weight excercise.<br />
I like it when it’s right there<br />
so I can do it,” says Mrs. Talbot,<br />
the attendance secretary.<br />
The Vaquero Voice<br />
Four<br />
Entertainment<br />
Bands come and go. Sometimes<br />
there are those bands that get into little<br />
qualms on the road and sometimes<br />
there are those bands that are<br />
able to pull themselves together and<br />
remain united throughout their entire<br />
career.<br />
Dark, alternative rockers, “Find Me<br />
Addictive,” which was named by its<br />
drummer, is a new band from<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong>, Nevada and is composed of<br />
a hogdepodge of students from<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
“We finally have a roster,” said the<br />
outspoken drummer, Lee Daniells,<br />
who is one of the founders and cosongwriters,<br />
“we finally have all our<br />
members.”<br />
Members are a key component to<br />
making a band work in the studio and<br />
on the road. If you end up working<br />
with people who, for one, have utterly<br />
different musical tastes from your<br />
own, and don’t display keen people<br />
skills, chances are your band is not<br />
going to work out. You may find yourself<br />
more comfortable as a solo artist.<br />
Some people, however, love the<br />
power that comes from performing<br />
Health<br />
An FHS P.E. class getting<br />
their exercise for the day.<br />
Exercise The Pole<br />
Walking Way!!!!!<br />
Delaine Hain The new excer-<br />
Editor-In-Chief cise growing trend<br />
is called Nordic<br />
walking. You basically just walk<br />
with poles. It originated in Finland<br />
over a hundred years ago for crosscrountry<br />
skiiers to practice during<br />
the summer time.<br />
The technique involves leaning<br />
slightly forward, taking long strides<br />
and moving heel to toe while keeping<br />
a relaxed grip on the poles. It is<br />
very similar to cross-country skiing.<br />
The poles cost around $50 to $200.<br />
Their height is adjustable and they<br />
feature rubber tips designed to grip<br />
the pavement.<br />
Nordic walking burns up to 400<br />
calories an hour, compared with<br />
350 calories for regular walking. A<br />
May/June 2007<br />
The Making of a Band<br />
“The does and don’ts.”<br />
Aarick Brown<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
and practicing with a group of five or<br />
so people who have become your<br />
family. How these people end up<br />
wanting to step into that power is a<br />
different story.<br />
“We just wanna work,” says Daniell.<br />
“Ending up wearing a suit and carrying<br />
a briefcase around all day would<br />
just suck.”<br />
This said, knowing why you wish to<br />
create a band, is demandingly<br />
required; you have to know your beat<br />
and tempo to really feel the music.<br />
That’s really all there is in a fundamental<br />
approach. There may be<br />
more spiritual reasons that are more<br />
personal to you, but basically it’s<br />
about hiring the right people and simply<br />
knowing why. For what purpose<br />
do you feel you need to create music<br />
for the rest of the world to hear?<br />
Once you land a great group of<br />
friendly musicians, who are experts<br />
at their craft, and you know why<br />
you’ve formed this band and where<br />
you want to go with it even Martha<br />
Stewart couldn’t find a way to sue<br />
you!!!<br />
doctor named Dr. Timothy Church<br />
did a study in 2002 which ended up<br />
revealing a twenty percent<br />
increase in caloric expenditure and<br />
a similar rise in oxygen consumption<br />
when compared with regualr<br />
walking<br />
The poles allow you to thurst off<br />
the ground behind you. They help<br />
propel you forward, and they help<br />
you move faster while you are utilizing<br />
more muscle groups in your<br />
body.<br />
This low impact workout helps<br />
decrease stress on the joints while<br />
the poles aid in stability and balance.<br />
This is one of the reasons<br />
Nordic walking is becoming more<br />
popular everyday. It helps you lose<br />
weight and it is injury-free with few<br />
risks.<br />
So if you are looking for a little<br />
extra-curricular activity this summer,<br />
I recommend this because it<br />
will keep you in shape, it’s not hard,<br />
and it only takes a short time to do.
Page 3 The Vaquero Voice May/June 2007<br />
FHS takes part in <strong>Fernley</strong>’s first Cinco De<br />
Mayo Celebration<br />
Ryan Pierce In the first<br />
Page Editor Cinco de<br />
Mayo celebration<br />
in <strong>Fernley</strong>'s history, held<br />
at the Out-of-Town Park, Ms.<br />
Barbosa got very involved with<br />
the festivities.<br />
"We did a culture activity when<br />
3 different groups danced. We<br />
had little ones from ages 4<br />
through 8 and a second group,<br />
ages 10-12 and a 3rd group,<br />
who were Hispanic girls from<br />
FHS. We also had a second<br />
part where we tried to raise<br />
money by selling typical<br />
Mexican food, and the girls from<br />
FHS did that, also we had a raffle<br />
where we gave away a CD<br />
player, a certificate to Wal-Mart<br />
for $45. Ms. Chapin won one<br />
prize," said Ms. Barbosa.<br />
"We did two folklore dances<br />
from Mexico in the morning and<br />
the afternoon, and they did a<br />
good job," said Ms. Barbosa<br />
Next year they plan to do the<br />
same thing but Ms. Barbosa<br />
would like to see more<br />
involvement from the community.<br />
"I think it's a lot of work and<br />
needs more involvement<br />
because it was really hard for<br />
the girls, we were really busy,<br />
and we also need more parent<br />
involvement. The weather<br />
was not good and it was<br />
windy, only a couple of teachers<br />
and students came to this.<br />
Next year it is going to be<br />
much better, we will plan it<br />
from the beginning of next<br />
year, we need to look for the<br />
time to prepare, we will get<br />
parents involved, and we also<br />
want to involved all the<br />
Spanish classes, not just the<br />
Hispanic students," said Ms.<br />
Barbosa.<br />
"We will do something for<br />
the school and also for the<br />
community; we want to get 10<br />
minutes so the girls can<br />
dance in front of the whole school.<br />
Next year I would get as many<br />
people as possible, especially the<br />
Spanish students, the students<br />
need to learn more about Cinco<br />
de Mayo," said Ms. Barbosa.<br />
"We will start a fundraiser at the<br />
beginning of next year so we have<br />
everything ready by May, It was<br />
the first time and it was a great<br />
experience and I got to know the<br />
students much better and I established<br />
relationships with parents,<br />
for me that was very important,"<br />
said Ms. Barbosa.<br />
To learn more feel free to call Ms.<br />
Duran (who organized <strong>Fernley</strong>'s<br />
first Cinco de Mayo celebration) at<br />
575-0717.<br />
Updates from around the world. This month’s headlines: Tornado hits Greensberg, Kansas kills 12, wildfire on border<br />
thins resources in Florida and Georgia, wildfire on Catalina Island, soldiers kidnapped in Iraq, Alaskan cruise ship runs aground forcing<br />
it to be evacuated, U.S. troops now not allowed to use YouTube or Myspace, postal rates rise to 41 cents, Taliban leader killed.<br />
Barack Obama’s Northern Nevada campaign manager<br />
visits FHS<br />
Ryan Pierce<br />
Page Editor<br />
Barack Obama<br />
is a democratic<br />
candidate for<br />
president in 2008. If he won the<br />
presidential race he could become<br />
the first African American president<br />
in U.S. history. Rachael Sigman who<br />
is in charge of the Northern Nevada<br />
sector for Obama's campaign came<br />
to Mr. McCullar's government classes<br />
to speak on behalf of Barack<br />
Obama based on what she knew<br />
Mr. Obama stands for. The students<br />
got to interact with her, and got to<br />
watch a movie based on the history<br />
of Barack Obama. They also got to<br />
ask questions of Sigman on many<br />
issues that the country faces right<br />
now. "He is really making the campaign<br />
about changing the ways of<br />
Washington," said Sigman. Ms.<br />
Sigman later referred to Obama's<br />
famous quote: "I haven't spent a lot<br />
of time in Washington, but I do know<br />
that the ways of Washington need to<br />
change," says Obama.<br />
Students asked many questions<br />
On Friday, May<br />
18 Army Pvt. 1st Delaine Haine<br />
Editor-In-Chief<br />
Class Alejandro<br />
“Alex” Varela<br />
was killed when<br />
a Bradley tank<br />
he was driving<br />
blew up<br />
World Issues<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong> Soldior killed in Iraq<br />
because of an<br />
improvised<br />
explosive bomb<br />
near Baghdad in<br />
Diyla province.<br />
He was nineteen<br />
years old.<br />
Military officials<br />
told his father<br />
about tough issues such as illegal<br />
immigration, nuclear weapons, the<br />
war in Iraq, alternative fuels as well<br />
as other issues.<br />
"I've heard him say that most of<br />
our money is going to the war in<br />
Iraq that we cannot help with disasters<br />
in our own backyard," said<br />
Sigman in response to a question<br />
about the war in Iraq.<br />
Ms. Sigman also said that<br />
"[Barack Obama] went to Detroit<br />
and said that you guys need to get<br />
your act together and improve fuel<br />
efficiency standards."<br />
There are many issues that were<br />
covered and to learn more about<br />
Barack Obama's views you can call<br />
775-842-1438, or email Rachael<br />
Sigman at rsigman@barackobama.com<br />
or go to www.barackobama.com.<br />
"It's important that the president<br />
has a moral compass and is willing<br />
to listen," said Sigman.<br />
that he was on<br />
patrol searching<br />
for the<br />
three missing<br />
soldiers. He<br />
was third<br />
behind others<br />
and he wanted<br />
to lead. Once<br />
he got into the<br />
lead his tank<br />
blew fifty feet<br />
into the air and<br />
landed upside<br />
down. All six<br />
passengers were<br />
killed. The<br />
incident hap-<br />
What are your plans for the<br />
Forth of July?<br />
Judy<br />
Newman<br />
Austin<br />
Walker<br />
Raeanne<br />
Morton<br />
Nikki<br />
Harris<br />
pened instantly.<br />
Army soldiers<br />
though were<br />
able to shoot<br />
ten of the insurgents<br />
and capture<br />
three others.<br />
He attended<br />
“I’m going to Montana and ride my horse<br />
and watch fire works and set them off too,”<br />
said Judy Newman<br />
“I’m going to blow a ton of fireworks up,”<br />
said Austin walker.<br />
“I am going to go to the park and run<br />
around with water guns and squirt my<br />
friends,” said Raeanne Morton.<br />
“i’m going to watch fireworks and ikm<br />
going to go party with my friends,” said<br />
Nikki Harris<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> for one<br />
year and then<br />
moved on to the<br />
Adult Education<br />
were he received<br />
his GED.<br />
Alex’s remains<br />
arrived from<br />
Germany but<br />
they are being<br />
held until funeral<br />
arrangements<br />
are made,<br />
which is up to<br />
his mother who<br />
lives in<br />
Sacramento.<br />
The funeral<br />
might take<br />
place in<br />
Sacramento<br />
but it is still<br />
being decided.
May/June 2007<br />
What are you going to do with your<br />
summer break?<br />
Delaine Hain<br />
Editor-In-Chief<br />
“I am going to California for my<br />
baby shower that my mom is throwing<br />
for me because it is her first<br />
grandchild. I also want to watch<br />
movies this summer like Harry<br />
Potter, Shrek, 300, and Pirates of<br />
the Carribean,” says Mrs. Riemers,<br />
a counselor at FHS.<br />
“I am going to play some co-ed softball<br />
in some major events and<br />
coach a little bit of softball. I want to<br />
do some camping and take my kids<br />
to the lake or Wild Waters,” says<br />
Mrs. Chapin, teacher at FHS.<br />
“I am going to go to my home in<br />
California and spend some time<br />
there. I will probably camp a little<br />
bit,” says Mr. Pugh, substitute<br />
teacher at FHS.<br />
“I am going to ride my motorcycle,<br />
go to Montana, and redo the benches<br />
in my woodshop,” says Mr.<br />
Grace, teacher at FHS.<br />
Squares<br />
Featured Teachers<br />
Student Corner<br />
A word from next year’s student council.<br />
Jannine Mangosing- “My plans<br />
for next year are to do my best<br />
to make the Class of 08’s last<br />
year at FHS memorable. I want<br />
to assist in anyway that I can so<br />
that everyone is happy. I’m not<br />
the President or Vice President<br />
who can make a difference, but<br />
I promise to do my best to make<br />
sure that what the people want<br />
the people get-within reason.”<br />
The Vaquero Voice<br />
Baby On Board:<br />
Mrs. Walker’s First Child<br />
Ryan Pierce<br />
On March 25th, 2007 at 10:14 in the<br />
evening, Mrs. Walker, German<br />
teacher at FHS, gave birth to a baby<br />
girl named Christine Emily Walker.<br />
She weighed 8<br />
pounds, 5<br />
ounces and<br />
was 19<br />
inches and<br />
3 centimeters<br />
long<br />
when she<br />
was born.<br />
This is<br />
Mrs.<br />
Walker's<br />
first child<br />
and the<br />
baby was<br />
perfectly<br />
healthy;<br />
however,<br />
they did<br />
have to do a Cesarean section<br />
because the baby took too long to<br />
come out. The baby weighed over 15<br />
pounds at 7 weeks and "she wouldn't<br />
fit in her clothes," said Mrs. Walker.<br />
"She loves mornings so she is<br />
always smiling and being happy all<br />
Oanh Luc- “Next year, I plan to<br />
make it a memorable year and<br />
also one with many changes<br />
because I’ll be a senior and I’ll<br />
hold a bigger position. I have<br />
many ideas that I’ve acquired<br />
from other schools and conferences<br />
I’ve attended. Just look<br />
forward to a grand year, especially<br />
with our many members of the<br />
Student Council.”<br />
Lily Johnson- “As a Student Council member I plan on doing a lot. One of my plans as the<br />
Vice President is to keep the recycling up, also to do more about the community. Lauren<br />
and I have a lot of plans that we would love to accomplish, and if we might not accomplish<br />
those we plan on doing our best. I guess you could say Lauren and I plan on changing<br />
the simpliest stuff that might make the biggest difference. But the only goal I really<br />
want to acheive is school spirit. I would love to see <strong>Fernley</strong> kids with more school spirit.<br />
It’s sad to see ten kids out of 900 dress up for a spirit week. I plan to make a difference.”<br />
Student Body<br />
President- Jacob Lehman<br />
Vice President- Miriam<br />
Roesler<br />
Secretary- Vinessa<br />
Hoagland<br />
Treasurer- Andrew Fry<br />
Historian- Oanh Luc<br />
Publicity Commissioner-<br />
Oahn Luc<br />
Co-Pep Rally<br />
Commissioners- Avi<br />
Johnson and Samantha<br />
Kuzemchak<br />
Renaissance Coordinator-<br />
Andrew Fry<br />
Senior Class<br />
President- Drew Shafer<br />
Delaine Hain<br />
Editor-In-Chief<br />
Drew Shafer- “My<br />
plans next year are<br />
to get more people<br />
to come to our activities,<br />
have a great<br />
graduation ceremony<br />
and get everyone<br />
to have a say in<br />
what we do.”<br />
Vice President- Anna<br />
Maguin<br />
Secretary- Jannine<br />
Mangosing<br />
Treasurer- Corey Jansen<br />
Senaotors- Jessi Robinson,<br />
Sam Gilespie, Chondel<br />
Tillman, and Sarah Banks<br />
Junior Class<br />
President- Ali Cooper<br />
Vice President- Jordan<br />
Harry<br />
Secretary- Gina Neeley<br />
Treasurer- Ken Bridwell<br />
Senators- Andi Bolstad and<br />
Josh Perry<br />
Sophmore Class<br />
President- Lauren Ricci<br />
Vice President- Lily Johnson<br />
Secretary- Alex O’Leary<br />
Treasurer- Chris Ruiz<br />
Senators- Kris Brown, Cody<br />
Kingsbury, Taylor Hoagland,<br />
and Amy Wagner<br />
Freshman Class<br />
President- Danika Cousins<br />
Vice President- Holly Carter<br />
Secretary- Amelia Maguin<br />
Treasurer- Zach Matthews<br />
Senators- Jacey Reynolds,<br />
Alex DelPorto, and Maddie<br />
Hull-Taylor<br />
Page Editor<br />
Page 5<br />
around," said Mrs. Walker when asked<br />
what her favorite memory was so far.<br />
Being a mother is constantly<br />
demanding and the demands change<br />
as children<br />
grow, but<br />
Mrs.<br />
Walker's<br />
worry probably<br />
won't<br />
change: "I'm<br />
constantly<br />
worried<br />
about if<br />
she's ok or<br />
not. I have to<br />
check on her<br />
in the middle<br />
of the night,<br />
you don't<br />
sleep<br />
because<br />
you're constantly<br />
worried," said Mrs. Walker.<br />
Baby Walker is the 4th Christine in<br />
the Walker family and the 4th generation<br />
to hold that name. She was also<br />
born on the anniversary of her great<br />
grandparents' marriage.<br />
What are you going to do with your<br />
summer break?<br />
Delaine Hain<br />
Editor-In-Chief<br />
“This summer I plan to have my 18th birthday<br />
party with my sister from a different<br />
mother. But back to reality....I have to work,<br />
too starting this summer. I am off to the<br />
real world. Wish me luck,” says Nathaly<br />
Sanchez, a senior at FHS.<br />
“I am probably going to go to New York to<br />
visit my brother. Then we are going to<br />
California for a week, then come back and<br />
hang out with my girls and work,” says<br />
Cassie Cheek, a freshman at FHS.<br />
“I am getting ready for the championship<br />
team (<strong>Fernley</strong> Vaqueros), get a job, and<br />
get paid,” says Miguel Ovies, a sophmore<br />
at FHS.<br />
“I am going to Mexico, then I am going to<br />
Alabama with some Relay for Life in<br />
between. I’m also gonna do some mean<br />
fishing with a lot of camping, then I am<br />
gonna hit up some summer wrestling tournaments<br />
and work. That’s basically it,”<br />
says Doug Kornegay, a senior at FHS.
Page 6 The Vaquero Voice May/June 2007<br />
Finals, finally!<br />
Stephanie Sypher<br />
Page Editor<br />
Finals<br />
are just<br />
around<br />
the corner. If you think<br />
about it, they are just a few<br />
days away. This means it is<br />
time for you to review. Mrs.<br />
Rampy, science teacher,<br />
says, “Everything! - Really<br />
don’t stress because you<br />
already either know it or<br />
you don’t.”<br />
For all of the freshman<br />
who are worried that you<br />
are all going to fail your<br />
finals then don’t, because if<br />
you study really really hard<br />
and you paid attention in<br />
class then you will pass<br />
them so stop worrying and<br />
getting stressed out, Just<br />
keep on studying. Mr.<br />
Jackson says, “Only 2 of 3<br />
Awards Night!!!<br />
Amanda Van Pelt<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
As the<br />
second<br />
semester<br />
comes to a close. Students<br />
scramble to raise grades and<br />
get extra credit. You’re not<br />
the only one observing those<br />
grades. Your teachers are too.<br />
In fact, they’re remembering<br />
all semester because it’s time<br />
for awards night.<br />
Awards night is held at the<br />
end of the first and second<br />
semester and is used to<br />
“Recognize academic excellence,”<br />
says Mrs. Rampey.<br />
Awards Night is hosted by the<br />
National Honors Society and<br />
has been held for three years.<br />
Teachers normally give two<br />
In The Classroom<br />
Science in,<br />
finals are complete.” Not all<br />
the teachers are even done<br />
with their finals. Teachers are<br />
trying to make sure that their<br />
students know what is on their<br />
finals.<br />
Studying for the finals are the<br />
most helpful thing you can do<br />
to make sure that you know<br />
what is on them.<br />
Mrs. Rampy says, “Both<br />
review games, buzzers, review<br />
sheets, and whatever I can<br />
think of.” Also Mrs. Ericksen<br />
said, “Both review games, and<br />
study guides.” Same thing for<br />
Mr. Jackson, “Both –Depends<br />
on the time and the class.”<br />
Finals are just a couple days<br />
away. That means that all of<br />
you students need to start<br />
buckling down.<br />
to three awards. They are<br />
given by departments (English,<br />
math, etc…) and there’s also<br />
some military and athletic<br />
awards given.<br />
Scott Merrill, a sophomore<br />
who got an award for guitar 2<br />
last semester, believes the<br />
awards are a good thing,<br />
“More encouragement gives<br />
student more motivation for<br />
success.”<br />
Dylan Robertson, a freshman<br />
who got an award for P.E. last<br />
semester says, “Positive reinforcement<br />
is always good for<br />
self confidence.”<br />
This semesters Awards Night<br />
was held on May 23 in the<br />
Commons.<br />
Stephanie Sypher<br />
Page Edittor<br />
Thursday May 17,<br />
2007 Mr. Jackson’s<br />
honor’s biology class went on a field trip<br />
to learn about plants in the desert. Mr.<br />
Jackson took them to a valley outside of<br />
Virginia City to look at different kinds of<br />
sage brush and the vegetation of the trees<br />
on the mountain. Kevin Camarlinghi<br />
said, “We looked at a lot of firs and pine<br />
trees up at the meadows and we stopped<br />
at, and ate at Galena Park. Out at the<br />
Aurboritum we looked at a lot of different<br />
plants and flowers.”<br />
Once they were done looking at different<br />
kinds of sage brush they went to<br />
Galena Park where the students went on<br />
a hike to find<br />
Galena Creek. It<br />
took about maybe<br />
20-30 min. to get<br />
there. Kurt Jackson<br />
said, “The views<br />
were killer. I climbed<br />
On May 2, 2007, thirteen<br />
FHS seniors joined<br />
students from Fallon and<br />
Gabbs for College Day at Fallon at the<br />
Western Nevada Community College<br />
(WNCC).<br />
The day started with the students registering<br />
with WNCC at the Virgil Getto Hall at<br />
the Fallon Campus.<br />
The students from <strong>Fernley</strong>, Fallon, and<br />
Gabbs were split into four groups, with<br />
about 20 students in each group.<br />
The students then went into their respected<br />
areas of the campus, where they went<br />
into a classroom and played a game of<br />
College Day Blackout. The first four people<br />
to fill all 12 squares received a $15<br />
Starbucks Gift Card.<br />
The students had to find someone who:<br />
Knows How To Snowboard, Is On A Sports<br />
Team, Has Taken a WNCC College Class,<br />
Was Born In Nevada, Doesn’t Like<br />
Chocolate, Knows the WNCC Mascot, Has<br />
Attended a College Day in the Past, Knows<br />
Someone Who is Currently Attending<br />
WNCC, Is Wearing a WNCC Shirt, Likes<br />
Math, Is Wearing Black Shoes, and Has a<br />
Coin in His or Her Pocket.<br />
“I was in Group A, the Business Group.<br />
At first I was in Group C, with the educa-<br />
some trees. I just kinda became one with<br />
nature really.”<br />
After Galena Park students went to<br />
Rancho San Rafael Park to look at all of<br />
the flowers and, all of the trees. “Going to<br />
the Aurboritum in Rancho San Rafael was<br />
so much fun. There were a lot of beautiful<br />
flowers & trees there. There was also a<br />
little pond & bridge. It was a calm relaxing<br />
educational place. We enjoyed every<br />
second of it,” said Kayla Pacheco.<br />
They spent about an hour at Rancho San<br />
Rafael Park before they had to come back<br />
to school.<br />
Touring Wildcats’ campus<br />
Kyle Crowley<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
Virgina City!<br />
tion careesr, but my friend wanted me<br />
to go in her group. I did and I realized I<br />
wanted to do construction over physical<br />
education teaching,” said Paula Fryling.<br />
In Team C, Group 4, Bill Gibson dissected<br />
a Sheep’s lung as a demo for the<br />
Science Department.<br />
At 11:30, all the students filtered back<br />
into the Virgil Getto Hall for lunch,<br />
which was a barbeque provided by<br />
WNCC.<br />
“The food they served was the bomb!<br />
They were probably the best hot dogs,”<br />
said Ryan Berumen. WNCC served<br />
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chips, Cookies,<br />
and Soda for lunch.<br />
During the lunch, WNCC raffled off<br />
many prizes, from $5 Jive N’ Java gift<br />
cards to $50 Best Buy gift cards to different<br />
merchandise with the WNCC<br />
logo on it.<br />
The thirteen students who went to<br />
WNCC included Ryan Berumen, Daniel<br />
Coker, Kyle Crowley, Paula Fryling,<br />
Sarah Fulenwider, Bill Gibson, Alex<br />
Gleason, Monica Harvey, Zach Kumler,<br />
Christina League, Casey Levingston,<br />
Lady Lanya Palmrose, and Ryan<br />
Simpson. Senior Counselor Mrs.<br />
Reimers was the chaperone for the trip.
page 7<br />
Lindsay Baker<br />
Page Editor<br />
What do you know?<br />
Krisha Knight<br />
With 14 wins and 2<br />
Staff reporter losses <strong>Fernley</strong>'s Girls<br />
softball headed to Las Vegas May 17-19.<br />
Within those three day's <strong>Fernley</strong> won<br />
their first State Softball title since 1985.<br />
Their first game Thursday night was<br />
against Pahrump Valley <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
The team beat Pahrump 10-2. In the first<br />
inning Frances Estrada was walked by<br />
the pitcher. Estrada scored on Nikole<br />
Player Of The Month!<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong> Girls brought home a 10-2 win!<br />
Whitney's single. Whitney scored on a<br />
wild pitch. Pahrump tied the game in<br />
the 3rd inning. Sam Rawbeau hit a 1st<br />
out double. The deciding factor in the<br />
game was Sev Johnson's three home<br />
runs.<br />
On Friday the team played Lowry.<br />
Jayme King hit a single to left. King<br />
scored on Heather Mathews hit. Lowry<br />
scored top of the first and in the 4th<br />
innings scored a home run. Sev<br />
The Vaquero Boy's took the fourth seed!<br />
The <strong>Fernley</strong> <strong>High</strong> Baseball<br />
team took a hard loss to Quincy!<br />
But they left the field with high<br />
hopes of winning their upcoming<br />
matches with the Dayton Dust<br />
Devils.<br />
The Dayton Dust Devils have<br />
proven to be a very strong team<br />
defeating Yerington twice to finish<br />
the Northern 3A with a very<br />
impressive score of 15-1, handing<br />
them the number one seed. While<br />
the Vaquero Boys stay close<br />
behind walking away with the<br />
number four seed with an end<br />
score of 10-6. While Lowry and<br />
Spring Creek also took home<br />
seeds and will compete along<br />
with the Vaqueros and the Dust<br />
Devils, the two winning teams<br />
between the four will go on to<br />
compete against each other in<br />
the northern 3A's State<br />
Championship.<br />
Although the Vaqueros Boy's<br />
took a hard loss they managed to<br />
play a great game! Zack Kumler<br />
pitched triumphant into the 6th<br />
inning, only to be removed as his<br />
pitch score became too high! He<br />
was replaced with another strong<br />
player as Ryan Simpson took the<br />
plate. The game was at a breathless<br />
tie, that soon was broken as<br />
Johnson hit the winning home run. The<br />
ending score was 3-2 heading the girls<br />
to the championship game on Sat. In the<br />
championship game <strong>Fernley</strong> scored once<br />
in the first inning. They had five hits in<br />
the 3rd and scoring three times. Lowry<br />
had nothing <strong>Fernley</strong> scored six more<br />
times in the 3rd having a perfect game<br />
until the 5th inning when Lowry scored<br />
twice. <strong>Fernley</strong> brought home the big win<br />
with a final score of 10-2.<br />
the opposing team scored the<br />
deciding three runs, taking the<br />
game home.<br />
While the team as a whole<br />
played great, Travis McCurry was<br />
the only player to finish the game<br />
with several hits completing a triumphant<br />
day, walking off the field<br />
with three hits.<br />
The Vaqueros seem to be<br />
falling into a repeated pattern,<br />
taking fourth place for a second<br />
year.<br />
They hope for a better turn out<br />
as they play hard and prepare to<br />
take their best game to the field.<br />
Track's throwing up the dirt this season!<br />
The Track Teams<br />
are definitely throwing up the dirt<br />
this season! The boy's team’s<br />
own Jacob Lehman a junior, at<br />
FHS took 3 first place winnings<br />
home. Lehman came within a<br />
half inch of the school record in<br />
the long jump. He gasped as<br />
they told him how far from taking<br />
the record he was.<br />
This was only the beginning<br />
for Lehman, as he took a PR in<br />
the triple jump with a 42-3 distance,<br />
giving him a sturdy three<br />
feet ahead of second. As if this<br />
wasn't enough Lehman also tri-<br />
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B.<br />
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hurdles officially Andrew Ritchson is our Featured Player of the month, Ritchson is a sophomore who<br />
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play's JV football with a fiery passion. Ritchson looks back on the<br />
in _________?<br />
passing season with a smile. "Well this last year on JV was fun<br />
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to put on 3rd down which made me mad, so I<br />
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ripped through the line and close lined him!"<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong> <strong>High</strong>'s Baseball team<br />
said Ritchson.<br />
The football team came in 2nd this year with a<br />
5-1 as their regular season record. Ritchson<br />
looks onto next season with high hopes stating<br />
"We will take State next year!" Ritchson does<br />
took a hard hit in the Northern<br />
3A Playoffs. Taking a devastating<br />
loss of 12-1 in Dayton their<br />
first game. But they came back<br />
hope to further his career in football after high<br />
strong in their second game<br />
school hoping to attend either USC or UNR because "They have a good program in against Dayton. Only to be<br />
Education, and UNR because it's close!" said Ritchson.<br />
defeated by a solid 17-12 as<br />
Ritchson has participated on both the wrestling and football teams, although he<br />
says football is his favorite. "I just love the game, I like to hit, I like defense. I just likeDayton's<br />
offense tightened.<br />
everything about football, Even the sacrifices!" said Ritchson. Ritchson leaves the<br />
field until next year with a few words to his team. "Football is a team sport, and I'm<br />
nothing without my team. They’re like my family!" Ritchson said anticipating next<br />
season's victories.<br />
2) Which one of these is not a throwing<br />
event in Track?<br />
A. Hammer<br />
B. Javelin<br />
C. Shot put<br />
D. Sling shot<br />
3) When did the Ancient Olympic<br />
Games begin?<br />
A. 457 BC<br />
B. 876 BC<br />
C. 776 BC<br />
D. 567 BC<br />
4) Who was ranked #1 in the world for<br />
competing in the 400 meters event,<br />
and will run in the adidas Track classic<br />
on May 20th?<br />
A. Jeremy Wariner<br />
B. Tom Kilmotres<br />
C. Michael Milnrog<br />
D. Jim kimtro<br />
5) Who set a new world record for the<br />
100- meter dash on June fourteenth?<br />
A. Asafa Powell<br />
B. Tim Ramson<br />
C. Tim Montgomery<br />
Lori Wilmot<br />
Page Editor<br />
Dodge ball!<br />
The dodge ball tournament<br />
on May 21, 2007<br />
was a "good" one.<br />
Even though most of<br />
the student teams<br />
were mostly guys<br />
there was one brave<br />
girl who played- Jessi<br />
Robison.<br />
During the games<br />
there were problems,<br />
like if a player played<br />
on two teams or if the<br />
official called a shot<br />
fair or not, but the outcome<br />
was all the<br />
same.<br />
"The Puma's" won the<br />
tournament. It was a<br />
hard game and they<br />
fought for what they<br />
earned. So congrates<br />
to "The Puma's" for<br />
their well deserved victory<br />
against the students<br />
and the teachers!<br />
The Vaquero Voice<br />
<strong>VAQUERO</strong> SPORTS<br />
Photo Lindsay Baker<br />
Mr. Rice at the dodge<br />
ball competition!<br />
Lori Wilmot<br />
Page Editor<br />
Reno Raiders Are Coming Back!<br />
Sean Russel<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
Reno Raiders hockey<br />
returns to Reno. The<br />
Reno Rage, a minor<br />
league hockey team<br />
that last played in 1997<br />
in the West Coast<br />
Hockey league are<br />
scheduled to return for<br />
the ECHL'S 2007-2008<br />
season as the<br />
Reno Raiders in<br />
the new arena.<br />
Photo By Lori Wilmot,<br />
Zack Kumler<br />
Boy Vaqueros<br />
take a<br />
Hard hit!<br />
Although the boy Vaqueros<br />
took a hard hit by Dayton they<br />
continued to bring their best<br />
game. And although they didn't<br />
advance to State, they smiled<br />
at the success they had<br />
through out the season.<br />
Photo By Lori Wilmot,<br />
Sev Johnson<br />
May-June 2007<br />
umphantly took a PR in the high<br />
Jump with a 6-1. Lehman wasn't<br />
the only Vaquero tearing it up:<br />
Tom Perry, Jacob Lavoie, Kevin<br />
Martinez and Tre Hanson also<br />
brought their A game.<br />
Jacob Lavoie took second in<br />
the 400 only to be defeated by<br />
Michael Martin, previous State<br />
Champion from Dayton. While<br />
Tom Perry stepped up and triumphantly<br />
took a win for the<br />
Vaqueros in the 300 hurdles by<br />
almost 1.5 seconds. Perry led the<br />
Vaqueros to a fiery start in the<br />
4x400 leg race. As the Vaqueros<br />
held a solid time of 3:31:55.<br />
UTF!<br />
Sean Russel<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
Taekwondo, a Martial art originating<br />
from the Korean Peninsula, is<br />
taught by sahbuhnim (Head<br />
Instructor) John Marriotti, in "The<br />
Center," a Do-Jang next to<br />
Curves.<br />
Taekwondo focuses strongly on<br />
striking an opponent with punches,<br />
knife hands, and kicks, with a<br />
special emphasis on kicks.<br />
(Taekwondo is 30% hands and<br />
70% feet.) The Do-Jang (Training<br />
hall), as well as the Sahbuhnim<br />
are part of the United Taekwondo<br />
Federation. Each year, the UTF<br />
sponsors tournaments, a charity<br />
kick-a-thon, as well as the<br />
<strong>Fernley</strong> Do-Jang sponsoring<br />
clean up projects around town.
Strange Laws<br />
By Sean Lewandowski<br />
*In Texas, it's against the law for anyone<br />
to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.<br />
*In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in<br />
bags based on an Act of 1760.<br />
*Alaska law says that you can't look at a<br />
moose from an airplane.<br />
*In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to<br />
raise alligators in your home.<br />
*In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an<br />
animal.<br />
*It is against the law to mispronounce<br />
the name of the State of Arkansas in<br />
that State.<br />
*In Illinois, the law is that a car must be<br />
driven with the steering wheel.<br />
Weird Phobias!<br />
By Sean Lewandowski<br />
*Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.<br />
*Pediophobia- Fear of dolls<br />
*Russophobia- Fear of Russians<br />
*Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.<br />
*Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.<br />
*Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.<br />
*Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.<br />
*Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the<br />
body.<br />
In The End<br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Vs College<br />
By Sean Lewandowski<br />
Horoscopes by Sean Lewandowski<br />
Aquarius<br />
Share your thoughts<br />
about a conflict in<br />
your social circle.<br />
Your input will help.<br />
F<br />
F<br />
Aries<br />
Be cautious this<br />
month your emotions<br />
are going to be<br />
swinging back and<br />
forth.<br />
Cancer<br />
You might need a<br />
scorecard to keep<br />
track of all the things<br />
that are going on this<br />
month<br />
Capricorn<br />
Even though others<br />
seem more secretive<br />
lately, there's no<br />
need to be paranoid.<br />
Gemni<br />
A friend is getting a<br />
little bit too bossy.<br />
Express how you<br />
feel about this.<br />
H<br />
S<br />
25. In high school, you do homework. In college, you study.<br />
24. No food is allowed in the hall in high school. In college, food must be provided at an event<br />
before students will come.<br />
23. In high school, you wear your backpack on one shoulder; in college, on both.<br />
22. In college, the professors can tell you the answer without looking at the teacher's guide.<br />
Words Of Wisdom:<br />
All that stands between the graduate and<br />
the top of the ladder is the ladder.<br />
~Author Unknown<br />
21. In college, there are no bells or tardy slips.<br />
20. In high school, you have to live with your parents. In college, you get to live with your<br />
friends.<br />
19. In college, you don't have to wait in a certain lunch line to be cool.<br />
18. Only nerds e-mailed in high school. (Cool kids hadn't heard of it.)<br />
Leo<br />
Feel uneasy about<br />
work? Review the situation<br />
objectively. You'll<br />
see that it's okay.<br />
Libra<br />
Find someone to<br />
share your feelings<br />
with today...doing so<br />
will give you clarity.<br />
H<br />
S<br />
Strange Facts<br />
By Sean Lewandowski<br />
Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated<br />
by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!<br />
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most<br />
trips of less than 50 minutes!<br />
There are 18 different animal shapes in the<br />
Animal Crackers cookie zoo!<br />
Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and<br />
Prince William never travel on the same airplane<br />
as a precaution!<br />
17. In high school, you're told what classes to take. In college, you get to choose; that is, as Your body is creating and killing 15 million red<br />
long as the classes don't conflict and you have the prerequisites and the classes aren't closed blood cells per second!<br />
and you've paid your tuition.<br />
16. In high school, if you screw up you can usually sweet-talk your way out of it. In college,<br />
you're lucky to ever talk with the professor.<br />
15. In high school, fire drills are planned by the administration; in college, by the drunk frat<br />
boys on their way home when the bars close.<br />
14. In college, any test consists of a larger percentage of your grade than your high school<br />
final exams ever did.<br />
13. In high school, when the teacher said, "Good morning," you mumbled back. In college,<br />
when the professor says, "Good morning," you write it down.<br />
12. In high school, freshman guys hit on senior girls. In college, senior guys hit on freshman<br />
girls.<br />
11. In college, weekends start on Thursday.<br />
10. In college, it's much more difficult to figure out the course schedule of the man/woman you<br />
have a crush on, in order to figure out where he/she will be walking around campus and at<br />
what time to find them there.<br />
9. Once you've obtained the information described in #10, it's much more time-consuming to<br />
run between classes to that place where you know he/she will be in order to "just happen to<br />
bump into him/her."<br />
8. In college, there's no one to tell you not to eat pizza three meals a day.<br />
7. In college, your dad doesn't pay for dates.<br />
6. In high school, it never took 3 or 4 weeks to get money from Mom and Dad.<br />
5. College men are cuter than high school boys.<br />
4. College women are legal.<br />
3. In college, when you miss a class (or two or three), you don't need a note from your parents<br />
saying you were skip... uh, sick that day.<br />
2. In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In college, you can't go<br />
out to lunch because you can't afford it.<br />
1. In college, you can blow off studying by writing lists like this.<br />
The king of hearts is the only king without a<br />
moustache on a standard playing card!<br />
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!<br />
There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every<br />
eight inhabitants!<br />
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the<br />
fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them<br />
off!<br />
Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average<br />
take is $2,500!<br />
The most popular first name in the world is<br />
Muhammad!<br />
Weird Phobias Continued<br />
By Sean Lewandowski<br />
*Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the<br />
body.<br />
*Linonophobia- Fear of string<br />
*Logophobia- Fear of words<br />
*Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.<br />
*Melophobia- Fear of music<br />
*Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.<br />
*Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything<br />
*Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope<br />
Pisces<br />
Sometimes uncertainty<br />
can be exciting and not<br />
so scary. Take a few risks<br />
this month.<br />
Sagitarius<br />
Someone who was all talk<br />
and no action in a previous<br />
situation has not<br />
changed.<br />
Scorpio<br />
Your grand ideas are<br />
great, but you should also<br />
try to keep an eye on<br />
reality.<br />
Taurus<br />
This is the month for decisive<br />
action. Save careful<br />
deliberation for another<br />
month.<br />
Virgo<br />
Little things can mean a<br />
lot, so make sure the<br />
details are taken care of<br />
this month.<br />
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