Volume 94, Issue 3 - My High School Journalism
Volume 94, Issue 3 - My High School Journalism
Volume 94, Issue 3 - My High School Journalism
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12 Features Little Dodger, Fort Dodge Senior <strong>High</strong> Nov. 5, 2010<br />
Fame in Fort Dodge<br />
Clark, Ellendson, Nelson all with famous relatives<br />
By Colt Butrick<br />
Opinion Editor<br />
Fame, fortune, platinum records, Superbowl<br />
rings and Grammys. Everyone’s dream right?<br />
However, a little known fact around the high<br />
school is that we have students and teachers<br />
here who are related to someone who others<br />
aspire to be.<br />
Teacher Kristi Clark has a brother-in-law, Dallas<br />
Clark, who plays for the Indianapolis Colts<br />
in the NFL.<br />
Clark doesn’t see her brother-in-law any differently<br />
even going so far to ask “If your mom<br />
became famous would your outlook on her<br />
change?”<br />
Though she does say “People asking for lots<br />
of autographs during the season [causes trouble].”<br />
Sophomore Angie Ellendson’s uncle Bobby<br />
Petrino is the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.<br />
“People are way to hard on coaches nowa-<br />
Get to know Zachary Elmquist<br />
By Echo Selhaver<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
Sophomore Zachary Elmquist is a fellow classmate<br />
you should get to know.<br />
Elmquist has lived in eight different homes<br />
not only in Fort Dodge but in North Carolina,<br />
Webster City, Clearlake, Mason City, Coalville<br />
and Audubon.<br />
He was born in North Carolina and lived there<br />
for four years.<br />
Elmquist is not particularly close to his family<br />
but he is closer to his mom than he is to his dad.<br />
He has four brothers and sisters, one of them<br />
attending the high school and others either to<br />
young or too old attend the high school.<br />
Outside of school Elmquist likes gaming out<br />
on his Xbox and listening to his favorite band<br />
Hollywood Undead. His favorite games are Call<br />
of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Oblivion.<br />
Elmquist also likes to make video clips with<br />
his older brother Ian Siedel, a junior. He is also<br />
always baby sitting his little brother JR.<br />
Elmquist is not involved in any school activities.<br />
Elmquist has good relationships with his<br />
friends. He talked briefly about his best friend<br />
Dillon Johnson but he moved away last year.<br />
This year Elmquist is looking forward to passing<br />
all of his classes.<br />
Elmquist is shy and quiet around new people<br />
and in the majority of his classes.<br />
When Elmquist is with his friends and in German<br />
class he is loud and super outgoing considering<br />
German class is his favorite.<br />
“He is very smart and motivated to learn German.<br />
He has a great future if he sticks to his<br />
studies,” said German teacher Timothy O’Brien.<br />
Elmquist wants to go on the trip to Germany<br />
days, [my uncle] is an offensive mastermind.”<br />
says Ellendson who had to hear criticism against<br />
her uncle after he left his coaching job for the<br />
Atlanta Falcons.<br />
“When he left Atlanta, ESPN was saying bad<br />
things. I threw my hot dog at the TV,” said Ellendson.<br />
On another aspect Seth Nelson’s older sister,<br />
Molly Nelson of the Channel 8 news, doesn’t<br />
shine as a celebrity in his eyes.<br />
“I don’t consider her famous, so it’s not different<br />
except she’s more knowledgeable about<br />
some things now,” said Nelson.<br />
After some people found out that Nelson’s sister<br />
is a journalist they don’t see him differently.<br />
“Sometimes people expect you [to] have the<br />
same goals and I don’t,” said Nelson.<br />
Although all three have faced some challenges<br />
with the aspect of having a famous relative, they<br />
have all had interesting experiences. “I went<br />
golfing with Peyton Manning,” said Clark.<br />
- Photo by Echo Selhaver<br />
Zachary Elmquist takes a break during<br />
class. Elmquist is a sophomore this year at<br />
the senior high.<br />
with school but is unsure if he can go.<br />
He also has becoming a German teacher on<br />
his list of things he might be in the future.<br />
He hopes to attend either Iowa State University<br />
or Western Iowa Tech. to work on computers.<br />
Elmquist is also taking the new class Intro to<br />
Computer Programming.<br />
“I like the class, but I don’t know if I’ll take the<br />
next one because this one is really hard,” said<br />
Elmquist.<br />
In ten years, Elmquist sees himself graduated<br />
from college and being either a German teacher<br />
or a computer tech.<br />
Now you know Zachary Elmquist.<br />
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