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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 />

E<br />

W<br />

B<br />

O<br />

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K<br />

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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 />

reject any ad. The Vaquero Voice welcomes letters to the editor provided<br />

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 />

A.<br />

B.<br />

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hurdles officially Andrew Ritchson is our Featured Player of the month, Ritchson is a sophomore who<br />

Page Editor became a track Event Lori Wilmot<br />

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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