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BADGER HIGH SCHOOL<br />
7119 STATE ROUTE 7<br />
KINSMAN, OH 44428<br />
JABBERWOCKY<br />
Attention Seniors:<br />
• Senior portraits are due<br />
to Mrs. Merrow ASAP.<br />
• On October 24, NHS will<br />
be hosting a blood drive.<br />
If you are at least 17<br />
years old and 110<br />
pounds, please sign up to<br />
donate.<br />
• Jostens will be here November<br />
3 to discuss<br />
announcements and caps<br />
and gowns. Your orders<br />
will then be taken on<br />
November 12.<br />
Inside this issue:<br />
Renewal Levy on<br />
the Ballot<br />
<strong>Badger</strong> Hosts<br />
Foreign Exchange<br />
Student<br />
Lady Braves Tear<br />
Up the Field<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
Volume 1, Issue 1<br />
GMA in Gustavus<br />
By Sarah Jefferson and Brittany Keep<br />
The most exciting thing to<br />
happen in Gustavus this year<br />
(quite possibly any year) happened<br />
on September 17. This<br />
was when ABC’s Good Morning<br />
America Show came via train to<br />
The Lipp’s farm as part of their<br />
Whistle Stop Tour and spent<br />
time interviewing Gustavus<br />
farmers and paying respect to<br />
the hard work and importance of<br />
the job. The tour focused on<br />
rural America, and in exchange<br />
for some time in the country, our<br />
small town got a little publicity<br />
and Brad Paisley.<br />
Brad Paisley played three<br />
songs for the audience: “Waitin’<br />
on a Woman”, “Mud on the<br />
Tires” and “Mr. Policeman.” He<br />
was very friendly towards the<br />
crowd and even tossed out guitar<br />
picks thrilling the audience.<br />
They dove for the picks while<br />
Paisley commented, “This is<br />
called feeding the chickens.”<br />
While John McCain also<br />
made a stop and appeared on the<br />
October 3, 2008<br />
GMA show,<br />
he did not<br />
actually<br />
appear before<br />
the<br />
crowd due<br />
to tight security.<br />
Unfortunately<br />
this was a<br />
slight disappointment<br />
to<br />
some<br />
McCain<br />
supporters in<br />
the audience.<br />
People<br />
Photo by Carissa Bogan<br />
spent 2-5<br />
hours in line in the pouring rain<br />
from hurricane Ike the previous<br />
Saturday waiting for tickets. The<br />
day of the show spectators spent<br />
another six and a half hours<br />
waiting for buses, standing in<br />
barns, and walking about a mile<br />
and a half before finally hearing<br />
Brad Paisley perform. During<br />
the walk, the GMA team and<br />
Brad Paisley were up at the front<br />
of the line doing the show.<br />
Many people towards the end of<br />
the massive procession had no<br />
idea the celebrities were up front<br />
or why movement of the line<br />
kept stopping and starting. Of<br />
course it was all a worthwhile<br />
part of this once-in-a-lifetime<br />
experience.<br />
On the Green<br />
with Team <strong>Badger</strong><br />
Striving for<br />
Excellence on the<br />
Court<br />
Are you an<br />
informed voter?<br />
3<br />
3<br />
4<br />
At the Polls 4<br />
44 Year Tradition Continues<br />
By Kim Warner and Liz McKnight<br />
The Hartford Apple Festival<br />
has been around for 44 years.<br />
The main event each year is the<br />
Queen’s Pageant. The first<br />
Queen of the Apple Festival was<br />
Connie Fabick States in 1964.<br />
This year Sarah Smith was<br />
crowned queen by Katy Dvorak,<br />
2007’s Queen. Meghan Gallatin<br />
received 1 st runner up, Jacqueline<br />
Smith was awarded Miss<br />
Modeling, Lindsey Hartt won<br />
Miss Photogenic, and Sarah<br />
Smith was also chosen Miss<br />
Congeniality.<br />
Along with the queen’s contest<br />
the festival hosted quite a<br />
lengthy parade. People were<br />
lined up in their yards and gathered<br />
at Hartford Center to watch<br />
the parade and catch the candy.<br />
“There were more people than I<br />
thought there would be. I ran out<br />
of candy before I got to the center,<br />
and I had seven bags. I felt<br />
so bad,” commented Miss Photogenic.<br />
Some other festivities at the<br />
festival included the apple peeling<br />
contest, pie eating contest,<br />
bicycle parade, queen’s dance,<br />
and the pancake breakfast.
Page 2<br />
<strong>Jabberwocky</strong><br />
Seniors Look to <strong>Badger</strong>’s Future<br />
Katie Mathews and Ashley Best<br />
Last November, <strong>Badger</strong><br />
<strong>Schools</strong> had a renewal levy on<br />
the ballot. When it failed to<br />
pass, a group of students<br />
formed a committee to ensure<br />
that it would pass on the second<br />
try on the ballot in the spring.<br />
These students included Brian<br />
Logan, Marcus Heath, Taylor<br />
Phillips, Kate Miller and Katie<br />
Mathews, all of whom are seniors<br />
this year and preparing to<br />
campaign for another renewal<br />
levy on the ballot in the fall.<br />
Levies are the school’s way of<br />
gaining funds for things such as<br />
maintenance, daily operations<br />
and textbooks, to name a few.<br />
“We were surprised when<br />
out campaigning how many<br />
community members did not<br />
realize that this was just a renewal<br />
levy, with no new tax,”<br />
said committee member Taylor<br />
Phillips. “That was when we<br />
realized we needed to get information<br />
to the community,”<br />
added Katelyn Miller, the committee’s<br />
treasurer.<br />
The Levy Committee is<br />
responsible for campaigning for<br />
the levy. Last year, their duties<br />
included helping voters get<br />
registered, informing the community<br />
and school organizations<br />
about the levy, and passing out<br />
signs in support of the school.<br />
The committee has already begun<br />
preparing for this year’s<br />
levy, on the ballot November 4 th .<br />
Veronika is visiting<br />
from the Czech Republic.<br />
Person to Person<br />
By Tawnee Isner<br />
I had a chance to sit down<br />
with Veronika Mourkouva, our<br />
exchange student from the<br />
Czech Republic, and learned<br />
about the differences between<br />
America and Europe and our<br />
school versus hers.<br />
One of my first questions<br />
was why she wanted to be an<br />
exchange student. She answered<br />
that she wanted to know<br />
how Americans live. “Europe is<br />
different form America.” She<br />
went on to explain that we are<br />
more open and friendly than<br />
people in the Czech Republic.<br />
She was very surprised when so<br />
many people just approached<br />
her and introduced themselves.<br />
She said that doesn’t happen<br />
very often where she’s from.<br />
I also found out that, although<br />
she lives in the capital<br />
city of Prague, her school isn’t<br />
really all that big. In fact she<br />
said it was an ugly old building,<br />
but they were allowed outside<br />
on the campus during the hour<br />
long lunch break.<br />
Veronika was surprised at<br />
how rural our area was and how<br />
far people live from one another<br />
here. She said that in Prague<br />
after school, she and her friends<br />
could walk around the city and<br />
find different things to do.<br />
However, in Kinsman she goes<br />
right home after school.<br />
Thanks to Veronika, I was<br />
able to learn more about her<br />
and the Czech Republic.<br />
Maybe she will be able to teach<br />
us all a thing or two.<br />
“It was the<br />
longest forty<br />
minutes of my<br />
life,”<br />
Win, Lose, or Draw<br />
By Shawna McNeely and Cara Prior<br />
“Try not, do or do not, there<br />
is no try,” Yoda. <strong>Badger</strong> Braves<br />
Varsity girls soccer team starts<br />
out every game with the same<br />
quote. Even though not every<br />
game ends the way they intend,<br />
the next game, they’re out there<br />
ready to play with a new head<br />
on their shoulders.<br />
The biggest accomplishment<br />
for our girls, hands down, was<br />
beating Maplewood 2-1. This is<br />
the first time in five years that<br />
our girls have come out on top.<br />
They ended the first half with a<br />
2-1 lead, fortunately holding<br />
them off until the end of the<br />
game. “It was the longest forty<br />
minutes of my life,” said midfielder<br />
Adrianna Braho. Taylor<br />
Philips had this to say, “It was<br />
nerve wracking up until the last<br />
ten seconds of the second half.”<br />
To get a different point of<br />
view of the soccer team, <strong>Jabberwocky</strong><br />
interviewed first year<br />
coach, Michelle Fitch. Fresh<br />
out of college she was “not<br />
wanting a perfect season, just to<br />
see a team with passion and<br />
wanting to play hard.” We<br />
asked her what her thoughts<br />
were about the upcoming Maplewood<br />
game. She summed it<br />
up in three simple words “hard<br />
core win.”<br />
Even though the lady braves<br />
may not be finishing the season<br />
with the record they wanted,<br />
they have one incredibly<br />
memorable win under their belt.<br />
For them, that’s enough!
Volume 1, Issue 1<br />
Page 3<br />
Limelight on the Green<br />
By Elli Matejka<br />
Our very own <strong>Badger</strong> Golf<br />
team just completed the 2008<br />
season on Wednesday, September<br />
23. Coached by Mr.<br />
Cappuzzello, they finished this<br />
season with a record of 7-7 ( 7-<br />
5 in the NAC.) Golf, not being<br />
one of the highest profile<br />
sports, some of the players<br />
agreed to an exclusive interview<br />
with <strong>Jabberwocky</strong> to<br />
shed some light on the subject.<br />
In short, we find a strong team<br />
with a great history and a lot of<br />
confidence.<br />
<strong>Jabberwocky</strong>: What do you<br />
think people should know<br />
about our golf team?<br />
Marcus Heath: Although this<br />
season was not our greatest, I<br />
think the community should<br />
know that out of the past six<br />
years, the <strong>Badger</strong> golf team<br />
has won the conference title<br />
four times, almost making a<br />
state birth, twice. We have at<br />
least three people on the allleague<br />
team every year. (pause)<br />
You know, we’ve been historically<br />
good and I don’t think<br />
many people know that. Even<br />
though this wasn’t a conference<br />
winning year, we still had fun<br />
and improved. And, basically,<br />
we are the greatest golf team in<br />
the history of the world.<br />
(laughs)<br />
Brian Logan: Golf is very<br />
frustrating. It’s pretty hard. Uh,<br />
I get frustrated a lot playing so,<br />
I would assume that other players<br />
do as well. It’s a lot harder<br />
than most people think. It’s not<br />
just hitting a ball and going and<br />
getting it. You know, it’s very<br />
mental. But, we’re pretty good.<br />
We hit the ball hard. (laughs)<br />
So, that’s good. And, we’re the<br />
best in the world. (laughs)<br />
That’s the truth.<br />
<strong>Jabberwocky</strong>: So, what<br />
makes you guys so good?<br />
MH: Practicing at Bronzwood<br />
everyday, for free, thanks to<br />
the great people who own<br />
Bronzwood. They let us come<br />
in there and practice whenever<br />
we want. And, I don’t know.<br />
We’re just really good, I guess.<br />
(laughs)<br />
Russ Armstrong: (jokingly)<br />
Because I’m on the team.<br />
(laughs)<br />
<strong>Jabberwocky</strong>: What made you<br />
decide to join the golf team?<br />
RA: Because I love it. (laughs)<br />
I really like golf because it’s a<br />
nice, relaxed game. We have a<br />
lot of fun and usually a great<br />
season.<br />
BL: Why? Because it’s fun.<br />
I’m playing soccer and golf so,<br />
it’s pretty hard but, worth it.<br />
MH: I’ve golfed my entire life<br />
and it’s just a really relaxing<br />
sport. It gives me a break from<br />
my high-stress other sports and<br />
it’s just a fun time. I enjoy it.<br />
“I really like golf<br />
because it’s a<br />
nice, relaxed<br />
game. We have a<br />
lot of fun and<br />
usually a great<br />
season.”<br />
Attitude is everything<br />
By Cassidy Strickler<br />
The <strong>Badger</strong> volleyball team<br />
has had a difficult season, winning<br />
a total of three games.<br />
However their fighting spirit<br />
shines through.<br />
The Braves consist of seniors,<br />
Wyllow Sloan, Megan Baird;<br />
juniors, Megan Brainard, Kasey<br />
Elser, Morgan Houser; sophomores,<br />
Amanda DelGarbino,<br />
Ali Governor, Alecia Hughes,<br />
Hannah Morris; and freshmen,<br />
Denise Euker, Kellie Stillings,<br />
Kristen Verina, and Kaitlyn<br />
Propst.<br />
The Braves have shown tremendous<br />
confidence, and determination.<br />
They constantly encourage<br />
one another and cheer<br />
for their fellow teammates.<br />
The Braves played against<br />
the Bloomfield Cardinals September<br />
25 th . Even though the<br />
Cardinals dominated the<br />
Braves, they never lost their<br />
spirit to move forward in their<br />
performance. Bloomfield won<br />
with a total of 3 matches to 1.<br />
“They try their best, they<br />
work hard. Sometimes it<br />
doesn’t go their way, but they<br />
try their best”, stated varsity<br />
coach Amber Mariani.<br />
The team has focused on<br />
building basic skills and learning<br />
to work together on the<br />
court. Since the team has had<br />
the opportunity to play with the<br />
same members for a number of<br />
years, they have developed trust<br />
and dedication among oneanther.<br />
Hannah Morris commented,<br />
“We’ll have more experience<br />
from our past years.<br />
Our players will have better<br />
strategies.” Alecia Hughes<br />
added, “I think we’ve improved<br />
a lot from last year to this year.<br />
We work harder and work better<br />
as a team. We’ve been a lot<br />
better this year because we<br />
believe in one another and<br />
boost each other’s confidence.”<br />
The season’s not over yet<br />
and with attitudes like these,<br />
this team has a lot of potential.<br />
Ali Governer sets herself<br />
up to smash the ball<br />
across the net.
BADGER HIGH SCHOOL<br />
7119 STATE ROUTE 7<br />
KINSMAN, OH 44428<br />
Would race or gender<br />
influence your vote?<br />
Do Race and Gender Matter?<br />
By Shawna Stevens and Zacch Marshal<br />
<strong>Jabberwocky</strong> asked fifty-three <strong>Badger</strong> High School students if the race or gender of a candidate would<br />
influence their votes. Twenty -five percent agreed that those factors would influence them. Cory<br />
Mansour replied, “Yes, it would influence my vote because I wouldn’t want a woman as a leader.”<br />
Ashlee Best on the other hand responded, “In America, we don’t discriminate. Our government is responsible<br />
for equality, and it is up to us, as citizens, to put it into full equal effect.”<br />
We’re on the web!<br />
www.joseph-badger.k12.oh.us/<br />
news.htm<br />
<strong>Badger</strong>’s Best<br />
Student of the Month is chosen by <strong>Badger</strong> High School’s faculty. This is a chance for students who put<br />
forth an extra effort and stand out among the rest of the student body to be rewarded for their hard<br />
work. Upon being chosen, the students receive a plaque and join the Kinsman Rotary Club for breakfast<br />
at the Times Square Restaurant in Kinsman.<br />
Marcus Heath, a senior, has been chosen as<br />
one of <strong>Badger</strong> High School’s Students of the<br />
Month for September. “I work hard and try my<br />
best. I think I’m a good candidate for this<br />
honor,” says Marcus.<br />
Marcus is the son of Derek and Janelle<br />
Fumerola. After graduation he plans on attending<br />
the University of Cincinnati as a baseball player<br />
and would like to major in business. When asked<br />
what he thought about the school year so far,<br />
Marcus answered, “It’s fantastic and I hope it<br />
goes by quickly.”<br />
Other than obligating time to his schoolwork,<br />
Marcus participates in a variety of extracurricular<br />
activities. He is an active member of<br />
Beta Club, French Club, Senior Committee, and<br />
is the President of the Senior Class. He is also a<br />
member of the soccer, golf, basketball, track, and<br />
baseball teams. When he is not honing his athletic<br />
skills for school, he enjoys playing ping<br />
pong.<br />
What do some of the teachers think about<br />
the outcome? “Marcus is a good choice for Student<br />
of the Month,” said Mr. Rich Bellas.<br />
“Marcus deserves it. He’s a model student,”<br />
replied Mrs. Holly Ceci.<br />
Katie Mathews, a senior, has also been<br />
chosen for the Student of the Month for September.<br />
Katie reflects on her experience, “It’s pretty<br />
cool and I’m pretty excited about it. I really liked<br />
the breakfast. I had delicious blueberry pancakes!”<br />
Katie is the daughter of Jeffrey and Bonnie<br />
Mathews. After graduation she plans on attending<br />
Kent (Main) and has considered studying fashion<br />
design. “[This year is] going by pretty fast. I’m<br />
excited for it to be over but at the same time I’m<br />
kind of nervous for the end of High School,”<br />
Katie stated about her senior year.<br />
When Katie is not working on her studies,<br />
she is involved in NHS, Beta Club, French Club,<br />
and last year she was a member of Junior Prom<br />
Committee. Outside of school she has an array of<br />
hobbies. She enjoys reading, sewing, and scrapbooking.<br />
She is a member of 4-H Clubs, in which<br />
she sews and takes cattle. She is also a summer<br />
counselor at Camp Whitewood.<br />
So what do the teachers think of Katie<br />
receiving this honor? “Katie was an excellent<br />
choice,” says Miss Carrie Albert. “Katie is very<br />
deserving of it,” said Mrs. Amy Jo Middleton