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The Chronicle<br />
at Kettle Run <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Volume 2 Issue 6&7 February & March 2010<br />
First Junior-Senior Prom is “Prom”-ising<br />
By Marion Silas<br />
News Editor<br />
Looking for a night of fun<br />
and dancing with friends?<br />
Junior/senior Prom promises<br />
to be a great time this year.<br />
Kettle Run is getting ready<br />
to host it’s first junior/senior<br />
prom. The theme will be Casino<br />
Night. It will take place<br />
on Saturday, May 15, from<br />
8-12 PM in the Common’s<br />
Area with an After-Prom in<br />
the gym from 1-5 AM. Tickets<br />
will be sold from May 3 until<br />
May 12. Tickets will cost $25<br />
for the first week, and after<br />
that will increase to $30.<br />
Students have high hopes<br />
for the dance.<br />
“I think it will be just as<br />
fun as last prom,” stated junior<br />
Taylor Starkey. “[I’m<br />
looking forward to] seeing<br />
how it turns out. I’m in SCA,<br />
and it will be fun to see how<br />
it all comes together.”<br />
Many students who want<br />
to go are already planning on<br />
how they will get ready before<br />
the dance.<br />
“I’m going to shop at A<br />
Formal Affair in Warrenton<br />
for my dress,” said senior<br />
Stephanie Hoffman. “[I’m<br />
going to] Only Nails in Warrenton<br />
to get my nails and<br />
my eyebrows done, and I will<br />
probably get my hair done<br />
<strong>Cougars</strong> <strong>Show</strong> <strong>Off</strong> <strong>Their</strong> <strong>Talent</strong><br />
By Marion Silas<br />
News Editor<br />
<strong>Talent</strong> isn’t too hard to<br />
find in a school like Kettle<br />
Run, especially when students<br />
have a chance to show<br />
it off to the school in the annual<br />
<strong>Talent</strong> <strong>Show</strong>.<br />
“I have fun when<br />
I’m performing, and<br />
what better way to<br />
spread music to new<br />
people than to play<br />
in front of the diverseness<br />
of a high<br />
school?”<br />
Matt Booth<br />
somewhere,” Hoffman explained.<br />
Although some students<br />
are able to get ready in an<br />
hour or two, senior Jenny<br />
Pecheco said it will take her<br />
much longer. “It’s going to<br />
take me about six hours,”<br />
stated Pecheco.<br />
Although preparation is<br />
an important part, there are<br />
various other aspects of Prom<br />
that many people are looking<br />
forward to.<br />
“I just want to dance,”<br />
commented junior Christopher<br />
Riddleberger. “I will be<br />
looking stunt daddy fresh.”<br />
Unlike Riddleberger, senior<br />
Stephanie Shipe said<br />
“[I’m] mostly looking forward<br />
to dressing up, but I’m also<br />
looking forward to having<br />
a good time with my boyfriend.”<br />
So far, there have not been<br />
any fundraisers to raise money<br />
for the dance. The junior<br />
class will be hosting a talent<br />
show on April 22, of which<br />
all of the proceeds will go toward<br />
the Prom. Junior class<br />
sponsor Jennifer Olinger is<br />
in charge of planning both.<br />
Olinger “hope[s] to raise<br />
around $5,000 total” from the<br />
sales for both the in-school<br />
and night performances. If<br />
all goes according to plan,<br />
Prom tickets should not cost<br />
Kettle Run’s second annual<br />
talent show will be holding<br />
auditions on April 7, with the<br />
two performances on April<br />
22. Tickets will be sold for $5<br />
each, beginning on April 14.<br />
Last year’s show had a<br />
huge turnout, and many students<br />
are looking forward to<br />
seeing the new acts at the<br />
upcoming 2010 show.<br />
Junior Brigid Thomson<br />
says that she is “looking forward<br />
to someone doing some<br />
funny stuff” this year.<br />
“I want to go so I can hear<br />
Daniel Patti sing like an<br />
angel and get out of class,”<br />
agreed sophomore Rachel<br />
Bongiovi.<br />
Not only are students<br />
excited to see the new talent<br />
showcased this year for<br />
the school, as well as missing<br />
Graduation<br />
Outside<br />
Page 3<br />
Junior Zack Baker discusses this year’s upcoming Junior-Senior Prom with Junior<br />
Class <strong>Off</strong>icer Taylor Starkey.<br />
more than the $30.<br />
This will be one of the last<br />
big events of the school year<br />
where the junior and senior<br />
classes will get to let loose<br />
and enjoy their last year together.<br />
first block, many are ready to<br />
show off their own skills in<br />
the show.<br />
“I have fun when I’m performing,”<br />
said junior Matt<br />
Booth. “And what better way<br />
to spread music to new people<br />
than to play in front of the diverseness<br />
of a high school?”<br />
The new acts are in the<br />
process of getting ready for<br />
the upcoming auditions this<br />
April.<br />
Much like Booth, senior<br />
Daniel Schlenker is preparing<br />
for his group’s act.<br />
“I am really pumped to play<br />
this year again. I love playing<br />
music, and I think what we<br />
have in store just might be<br />
better than last year,” stated<br />
Schlenker, whose band Boo<br />
Radley and the Abominable<br />
Pizza Delivery Guy per-<br />
Noises <strong>Off</strong><br />
Review<br />
Page 11<br />
“It’s the last chance to really<br />
be with everyone in your<br />
class before graduation,”<br />
stated senior Ashlin Manley.<br />
Olinger believes this<br />
Prom will by far turn out the<br />
best in comparison to previ-<br />
formed the “Pokemon Theme<br />
Song” last year, which was a<br />
hit among students.<br />
“Unfortunately, like last<br />
year, the act I’m in is being<br />
kept very secretive until we<br />
perform. It will involve myself,<br />
Lawrence Ayers, Chet<br />
Szwejkowski, and Sean Stanton.<br />
All I can say is we will<br />
be jamming and the school<br />
is gonna love it,” Schlenker<br />
promised.<br />
As well as all of the “secretive”<br />
acts that are quickly lining<br />
up to try out, junior class<br />
sponsor Jennifer Olinger has<br />
planned another surprise<br />
for one lucky student. She<br />
is hoping this surprise will<br />
entice students to purchase<br />
tickets for the show.<br />
“We will be raffling off a<br />
Wii gaming system,” stated<br />
Photo Credit Marion Silas<br />
ous Kettle Run dances. “We<br />
have a very dedicated Junior<br />
Class SCA and excellent parent/staff<br />
volunteers,” she<br />
said. “It is shaping up to be<br />
the best dance in Kettle Run<br />
history.”<br />
Olinger. Any student who<br />
buys a ticket has a chance to<br />
win.<br />
Judging by all of the interest<br />
in this year’s show, it<br />
promises to be a good one.<br />
Senior Stephanie Hoffman<br />
plans to attend this year’s<br />
event. “I’m looking forward<br />
to Lauren Forlano singing,”<br />
Hoffman said.<br />
Sophomore Amanda Davis<br />
also plans to attend, but is<br />
looking forward to the event<br />
for a different reason. “I’m<br />
looking forward to getting<br />
out of class,” Davis laughed.<br />
This event sells out quickly.<br />
Students are encouraged<br />
to buy tickets early if they<br />
plan to attend. Plus, all the<br />
proceeds will go towards the<br />
junior, senior prom.<br />
Spring Sports<br />
Overview<br />
Page 13
News<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
Senior Class Prepares for First Graduation Around<br />
By Lauren Forlano<br />
Sports Editor<br />
Town<br />
Kettle Run’s first<br />
graduation ceremony will<br />
be held on the football field.<br />
The gym will be used as an<br />
inclement-weather alternative.<br />
With graduation being<br />
held during the summer,<br />
comes extreme heat and humidity<br />
but allows more room<br />
to invite more friends and<br />
family.<br />
“I’m happy graduation<br />
is outside. Now, I can invite<br />
my entire family and my<br />
closest friends,” said senior<br />
Ashlin Manley.<br />
“I think it’s a great<br />
idea, as long as it doesn’t<br />
rain,” said senior Dana Strachan.<br />
Seniors will be spending<br />
most of the day preparing,<br />
trying to keep their nerves<br />
down, until the final moment<br />
when the students will be<br />
walking across the stage to<br />
receive their diplomas.<br />
“I’m going to spend<br />
the day getting ready and<br />
spend time with my family<br />
while soaking in the fact<br />
of being finished with high<br />
school,” said senior Keisha<br />
Fullen.<br />
“Party of course!”<br />
said senior Stephanie Hoffman.<br />
Since graduation<br />
means no more school, seniors<br />
are busy making plans.<br />
Graduation will be held Fri-<br />
Photo by Stephanie Hoffnan<br />
Preparations are underway for the first graduation on the Kettle Run football<br />
field. Students are excited administration changed its mind and is holding graduation<br />
on the field rather than in the gym.<br />
day June 11th at 6 p.m. “I’m<br />
so happy graduation is on a<br />
Friday; I have a huge majorette’s<br />
completion Saturday<br />
and graduation being on a<br />
Friday just makes things so<br />
much easier,” said Manley<br />
“It was so aggravating<br />
trying to tell my family<br />
that want to come when that<br />
I didn’t know when gradua-<br />
tion was, but now everyone<br />
is happy and so am I,” said<br />
Strachan.<br />
It has also been decided<br />
that the first ever senior<br />
trip will be to Cedar<br />
Point in Ohio. It will be an<br />
8 hour bus ride from Kettle<br />
Run; the bus will leave Kettle<br />
Run on May 21st and come<br />
back May 23rd. The trip is<br />
$200 and 100 seniors need to<br />
sign up in order to make the<br />
trip eligible.<br />
“I’ve always wanted<br />
to go to Cedar Point, and I’m<br />
really excited to go with my<br />
friends,” said Hoffman.<br />
“Cedar Point is going<br />
to be ridiculous; I can’t wait<br />
to go it’s going to be insane,”<br />
said senior Kelsey Sullivan.<br />
Freshman Class Travels to D.C. to See Terra Cotta<br />
Warriors<br />
By Emmaleah Jones<br />
Features Editor<br />
On Wednesday<br />
March 3, a huge portion of<br />
the freshman class traveled<br />
to Washington D.C. to see the<br />
Terra Cotta Warriors. These<br />
warriors were on display in<br />
the National Geographic Museum.<br />
In World History I,<br />
freshmen learn about Ancient<br />
China and all the dynasties<br />
of Classical China. The First<br />
Emperor of China, Qin Shi<br />
Huangdi (pronounced Chin-<br />
Shee-Hwong-Dee), was a<br />
very strict, cruel, and para-<br />
Top News February and March<br />
2<br />
Winter Olympics<br />
At the start of the<br />
year many sports fans were<br />
very excited as winter athletes<br />
geared up and got<br />
ready for some chilly winter<br />
Olympic sports up in Canada.<br />
The 2010 Olympics took<br />
place February 12 through<br />
February 28, in Vancouver,<br />
Canada. The medal count<br />
ended fairly close with the<br />
United States coming in<br />
first with 37 medals, Ger-<br />
noid emperor who was afraid<br />
of being alone in the afterlife.<br />
So he wouldn’t be alone.<br />
He had thousands of servants<br />
make him thousands<br />
of soldiers (and other figures)<br />
out of clay. These figures<br />
were buried with him in<br />
hopes they would accompany<br />
him to the afterlife.<br />
“He built them so that<br />
when he died, they would<br />
protect him,” freshman Claudia<br />
Ventura explained.<br />
For all their hard work,<br />
the servants were rewarded<br />
in a shocking way.<br />
“All of the members who<br />
helped him build the clay sol-<br />
many coming in second, with<br />
30 medals, and Canada in<br />
third with 26 medals.<br />
Although Canada came<br />
in third overall, they did win<br />
the most gold medals with<br />
14, beating the U.S. by five<br />
gold medals.<br />
Academy Awards<br />
The famous Hollywood<br />
red carpet welcomed<br />
another year of delighted<br />
winners and disappointed<br />
nominees, all trying to win<br />
the Academy Awards.<br />
diers were killed,” freshman<br />
Sydney Marks explained.<br />
After the slaves were finished<br />
making all of these<br />
pieces of art, he made all of<br />
the people who knew about<br />
it kill themselves so it remained<br />
a secret- a mystery<br />
for a long time.<br />
These pits, filled with funerary<br />
art (art for the afterlife),<br />
were discovered in 1974<br />
by local farmers drilling a<br />
well, and they were buried in<br />
210-209 B.C.<br />
In the three pits containing<br />
the Terracotta Army, there<br />
were over 8,000 soldiers, 130<br />
chariots with 520 horses and<br />
The 82 nd annual<br />
Academy Awards ceremony<br />
took place on March 7, 2010.<br />
The awards show<br />
took place at the Kodak Theatre<br />
in Hollywood, California,<br />
hosted by actors Alec<br />
Baldwin and Steve Martin.<br />
The top nominations<br />
of 2009 were Avatar and The<br />
Hurt Locker, which made history<br />
with Kathryn Bigelow<br />
becoming the first woman to<br />
win Best Director.<br />
Health Care<br />
150 cavalry horses: the majority<br />
of which are still buried<br />
in the pits<br />
Students had a lot of fun,<br />
and the majority of them<br />
would do it again. “The bus<br />
ride was fun, so, yeah, I would<br />
do it again,” Marks said.<br />
Although Ventura learned<br />
a great deal, she said her favorite<br />
part was “I got out of<br />
school.”<br />
Overall, freshman say the<br />
trip was very fun and interesting.<br />
All students walked<br />
away from the field trip with<br />
a real life visual of what they<br />
were reading about in their<br />
textbooks.<br />
Reform<br />
On Tuesday, March<br />
23, at 4 p. m. Obama signed<br />
an executive order granting<br />
Stupak’s request, making<br />
legislation into law Tuesday<br />
that will overhaul the<br />
nation’s health system.<br />
Republicans scoffed<br />
at Democratic claims that<br />
the political tide would<br />
turn, however when it did,<br />
13 states sued claiming<br />
that the legislation (now<br />
law) was unconstitutional<br />
because it required citizens<br />
to purchase healthcare in<br />
the next four years.<br />
April 3 | Saturday<br />
Easter Egg Roll at Three<br />
Fox Vineyards<br />
Three Fox Vineyards, Delaplane.....<br />
Open 11am -<br />
5pm;<br />
Egg Rolling at 2pm and 4pm<br />
There will be two rolls at<br />
2pm and 4pm and a winner<br />
for each roll. Any<br />
winner under 21 years<br />
old will receive a wonderful<br />
Easter Basket.<br />
Spring Sidewalk Sale<br />
in<br />
TBD<br />
Old Town Warrenton<br />
The Shops of Old Town<br />
Warrenton...... 10am - 3pm<br />
What better way to<br />
spend an early spring<br />
day? Stroll Historic<br />
Old Town Warrenton<br />
and enjoy specials<br />
from all your favorite<br />
Old Town Merchants,<br />
discover new flavors<br />
at one of the many restaurants<br />
and spend time<br />
browsing the art galleries!<br />
Easter Egg Hunt at the<br />
WARF<br />
TBD<br />
Warrenton Aquatic & Recreation<br />
Facility..... 11am<br />
Fun for the entire family!<br />
Bring the kids out<br />
and hunt for Easter Eggs.<br />
Profits to benefit the<br />
construction of the new<br />
Fun For All playground.<br />
$5 Tickets available at G.<br />
Whillikers Toy Store.<br />
5k and 1 Mile Run ~<br />
Fun For All Run, Walk<br />
or Wheel<br />
Warrenton Aquatic<br />
& Recreation Facility.....<br />
Race starts at 9am<br />
Fun for the entire family!<br />
Proceeds to benefit<br />
Fun For All playground.<br />
$15 pre-registration/$20<br />
race day. Visit<br />
On the Run Sports<br />
for more information.<br />
April 17 | Saturday<br />
Astronomy at Sky Meadows<br />
State Park<br />
Sky Meadows State<br />
Park, Delaplane.....<br />
7:45pm - 10pm<br />
Find out about U.S. space<br />
research, take a sky tour,<br />
and look for deep space<br />
objects through large telescopes.<br />
Bring your children<br />
½ hour early for a special<br />
“Junior Astronomer” activity.<br />
Parking: $5/vehicle<br />
April 17 | Saturday<br />
Frontier Day at Crockett<br />
Park<br />
C.M. Crockett Park,<br />
Midland..... 1pm - 5pm<br />
Crockett Park will be holding<br />
the Third Annual Frontier<br />
Day, a celebration of the<br />
pioneers who moved their<br />
way westward in the 19th<br />
century.
News<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
Caffeine- A Very Unhealthy Addiction<br />
By Stephanie Hoffman<br />
Entertainment Editor<br />
Energy drink consumption<br />
has continued to<br />
increase in popularity since<br />
1997. Teen energy drink<br />
consumption has been linked<br />
to serious health issues, including<br />
obesity and a lack of<br />
sleep.<br />
“I drink energy drinks<br />
almost everyday,” said senior<br />
Lauren Forlano, “I don’t feel<br />
as alert throughout the day<br />
without one.”<br />
The impact of these<br />
drinks also depends on how<br />
they are consumed. People,<br />
especially young people, tend<br />
to abuse them, by drinking<br />
more than one at a time.<br />
“When I drink energy<br />
drinks, I tend to drink more<br />
than one, but I only do that<br />
maybe once a week, or when<br />
I feel the need to,” said freshman<br />
John Holland.<br />
“I drink energy<br />
drinks once a week usually,”<br />
said freshman Matt Tingle,<br />
“It wakes me up for hockey.”<br />
Side effects that are<br />
Proposed Budget Cuts Alter Student, Staff Life<br />
By Ajua Duker<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
The budget may be in better<br />
shape than originally anticipated.<br />
In an email sent out by<br />
Dr. Jonathan Lewis, Fauquier<br />
County Public <strong>School</strong>s Superintendant,<br />
on March 23, Lewis<br />
stated, “We are all very grateful<br />
for the hard work of Senator Jill<br />
Vogel, Delegate Scott Lingamfelter<br />
and others to ensure improved<br />
funding for students<br />
in Fauquier County schools<br />
through the new state budget.<br />
Now, the Board of Supervisors<br />
will decide how much local<br />
funding we will receive.”<br />
The current budget indictates<br />
a $3.3 million reduction in local<br />
funding. However, much<br />
of that loss could be made up<br />
by the equalization of taxes. If<br />
the Board of Supervisors sets a<br />
tax rate below equalization, the<br />
budget could be cut again.<br />
“Not pay for AP tests.”<br />
Mr. Deardoff<br />
Government<br />
Photo by: Stephanie Hoffman<br />
Preparing for a long, busy day, senior Lauren Forlano takes a big sip of her Monster energy drink.<br />
important to keep in mind<br />
for teens include: sleep disturbance,<br />
headaches that can<br />
lead to decreased concentration<br />
and overall function, dehydration<br />
(teens think that<br />
they are hydrating them-<br />
As it stands now, there will<br />
still be freshman sports next year,<br />
the activity fee will remain at $50<br />
per sport rather than $100, summer<br />
school will remain in session,<br />
coaches and staff who perform<br />
other services for the school will<br />
not receive a ten percent cut in<br />
pay, and contractual employees<br />
will not lose two contract days.<br />
Although there are areas<br />
this new proposal was able<br />
to save, there are still some cuts<br />
that will occur. The county will<br />
lose six positions, new teaches<br />
will be hired at a lower rate than<br />
their predecessors, transportation<br />
employees will receive a cut in<br />
over-time pay, the LPN program<br />
will be cut, and low enrollment<br />
courses could be dropped.<br />
The Board of Supervisors<br />
is scheduled to make decisions<br />
regarding the taxes by<br />
March 30. The <strong>School</strong> Board will<br />
make any necessary revisions at<br />
the April 12 meeting.<br />
“Not pay for AP tests.”<br />
Mrs. Overholt<br />
English Department<br />
selves, but caffeine is actually<br />
a diuretic), and anxiety.<br />
“If I don’t have one,<br />
I feel really drained, and not<br />
as energetic but my after effects<br />
from drinking energy<br />
drinks are just headaches<br />
What can the county do to save money?<br />
“They could close school earlier<br />
to save electricity.”<br />
Ms. Webster<br />
Math Department<br />
Items Restored to Budget:<br />
12 Positions Through Attrition<br />
2 Contract Days<br />
10 Percent Supplemental Pay<br />
Summer <strong>School</strong><br />
Freshman Sports<br />
A Portion of Materials and Supplies<br />
Capital Improvement and <strong>School</strong> Maintenance<br />
Technology Replacement<br />
Activity Fees Reduced from $100 to $50<br />
Per Activity<br />
sometimes,” said Forlano.<br />
Only 20 percent of<br />
teens get the recommended<br />
nine hours of sleep on school<br />
nights, and 25 percent report<br />
sleeping in class, according<br />
to the National Sleep Foun-<br />
“Raise taxes because not<br />
enough people care about<br />
the public school system to<br />
voluntarily give money.”<br />
Mr. Yost<br />
Math Department<br />
dation. That’s why man turn<br />
to energy drinks.<br />
“Energy drinks usually<br />
make me really sleepy<br />
towards the end of the day<br />
after drinking one,” said senior<br />
Kelsey Sullivan.<br />
Some Items Not Restored to Budget:<br />
Anticipated Salary Differential<br />
6 Current Positions<br />
Transportation Overtime<br />
After <strong>School</strong> Remediation<br />
LPN Program<br />
Low Enrollment Courses<br />
Tuition Reimbursement<br />
Bus Replacement<br />
Textbook Purchases<br />
“Not turn away big<br />
companies that can produce<br />
more money, like<br />
Costco.”<br />
Mr. Christian<br />
Math Department<br />
3
The Chronicle<br />
The Winter Olympic<br />
Games are no small affair, so<br />
what does Warrenton have in<br />
common with them? The answer<br />
is the Jamaican bobsled<br />
team, and although you may<br />
not have expected it, Warrenton’s<br />
Mayor George Fitch<br />
plays a big role in both.<br />
Heading into the<br />
1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary,<br />
Alberta, Canada, Mayor<br />
Fitch paid a visit to a friend<br />
in Jamaica, and while there,<br />
made a plan to create Olympic<br />
history. With very little<br />
support and only six months<br />
to go, Fitch brought together<br />
a small group of athletes in<br />
order to create the very first<br />
Jamaican bobsled team.<br />
“I knew a bit about<br />
bobsledding; I’d been in a<br />
bobsled a few times, and I<br />
knew that 50 percent of the<br />
race is how quickly can you<br />
push this 600 pound object<br />
before you’ve got to jump in,”<br />
stated Fitch. “<strong>My</strong> goal was, if<br />
we’re going to do this, we’re<br />
not going to embarrass ourselves.<br />
We’re going to be competitive;<br />
we’re going to beat<br />
some teams, and therefore,<br />
make Olympic history.”<br />
While attempting to<br />
recruit athletes for the team,<br />
Fitch faced another challenge;<br />
no current Olympic<br />
athletes, at the time, would<br />
stop their training to risk his<br />
seemingly crazy idea. When<br />
that failed, he instead turned<br />
to the military to find his<br />
team: the current military<br />
sprint and 800 meter champions,<br />
a helicopter pilot, and<br />
a heavyweight boxer. The<br />
team soon coined the name of<br />
the “Ragamuffins.” However,<br />
Fitch was forced to take approximately<br />
$85,000 out of<br />
his own life savings in order<br />
to fund his new group.<br />
“I went to the Jamaican<br />
government; they said no,<br />
we don’t think you can pull<br />
this off,” Fitch stated. “Went<br />
to the Jamaican companies;<br />
this is too crazy, you’re not<br />
going to pull this off. Went to<br />
international companies like<br />
Coca Cola, other companies<br />
that sponsor teams, they said<br />
no. So I realized nobody’s go-<br />
The number of teens<br />
waiting to get their license<br />
has been steadily increasing.<br />
Federal data that<br />
was recently released shows<br />
only 30.7 percent of 16 year<br />
olds nationwide got their li-<br />
News February<br />
Mayor Fitch Visits Kettle Run<br />
4<br />
By Marion Silas<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
By Zack Baker<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
& March 2010<br />
Photo By Shelly Norden<br />
NEVER, EVER GIVE UP- Mayor Fitch tells Kettle Run his story of founding the underdog Jamaican Bobsled<br />
team.<br />
ing to give me money, so I’ve<br />
got to dip into my own wallet.”<br />
From the money he<br />
withdrew, the team paid for<br />
travel expenses to practice<br />
for the first time on a real<br />
bobsled track, where they<br />
came ahead of a few other<br />
teams. Ten days before the<br />
opening ceremonies of the<br />
Olympics, however, Fitch received<br />
a call from the International<br />
Olympic Committee.<br />
The committee delivered<br />
some bad news. Members<br />
told Fitch they would not be<br />
permitted to race for fear of<br />
embarrassing Jamaica. With<br />
the help of a team supporter,<br />
he was able to get back into<br />
the games with hardly any<br />
time lost.<br />
They competed in the<br />
two-man event and were very<br />
successful. The team longed<br />
to do the 4-man event next,<br />
though they had not trained<br />
for it, and their dedication to<br />
the sport won over the support<br />
of Fitch. When the team<br />
entered for the event, they<br />
had the second largest applause<br />
from the stands, close<br />
behind Canada.<br />
The “moment of<br />
truth” is how Fitch described<br />
it. “Are you going to make<br />
Olympic history, or are you<br />
going to embarrass yourself?”<br />
For the first two<br />
runs, the team did very well.<br />
On the second day, during<br />
their third run, there was a<br />
problem. Coming around the<br />
“50/50” turn, the driver didn’t<br />
have the sled completely under<br />
control, causing them to<br />
flip over. Luckily, no one was<br />
injured in the accident. The<br />
team was able to overcome<br />
its misfortune. Team members<br />
climbed out of the sled,<br />
stood up smiling, and carried<br />
the bobsled across the finish<br />
line. They had achieved their<br />
goal; they had made an unforgettable<br />
event in Olympic<br />
histoy.<br />
The team’s inspiring<br />
story of success led way<br />
to another; the 1993 Disney<br />
movie Cool Runnings. The<br />
movie is loosely based on the<br />
team’s experiences over the<br />
period of time before, and<br />
during, the Winter Olympics,<br />
yet, there were many inaccuracies<br />
throughout the film.<br />
Fitch requested creative and<br />
editorial control after reading<br />
the script, but received<br />
no real input in it.<br />
“There were a lot of humorous<br />
moments in real<br />
life,” said Fitch. “It’s not like,<br />
okay, you want to bring a comedic<br />
element to this. Hey,<br />
I’ve got all kinds of stories for<br />
you that give people a laugh<br />
as to what actually happened<br />
to us.”<br />
Although the movie grossed<br />
$86 million internationally,<br />
Fitch and the members of the<br />
bobsled team received little<br />
of Disney’s profits. Though<br />
it did not turn out the way<br />
they may have hoped, Fitch<br />
still lists the experiences he<br />
gained from being with the<br />
team as some of his proudest.<br />
“Jamaica bobsled would<br />
be up there in the top five,”<br />
commented Fitch. “It was an<br />
experience, where on the one<br />
hand, you will always sort of<br />
look back and it will bring<br />
a smile to your face, but an<br />
experience where it will also<br />
bring a scowl to your face because<br />
of all the things you<br />
didn’t do because you’re so<br />
consumed in pulling this off.<br />
I did not enjoy the Olympics;<br />
I could have enjoyed<br />
the Olympics, but I was just<br />
too taken with having to do<br />
all these things without any<br />
help, and so obsessed with<br />
making sure they were competitive<br />
that you didn’t really<br />
have time to enjoy it.”<br />
Fitch left the team in<br />
1994, and overall feels that<br />
he has no regrets from his<br />
time spent with them. The<br />
Jamaican bobsled team has<br />
led to six other “unlikely”<br />
teams from the Caribbean in<br />
recent years. However, Jamaica<br />
was unable to qualify<br />
for either the 2006 Winter<br />
Games in Turin, Italy or the<br />
2010 Winter Games in Vancouver,<br />
Canada.<br />
From the many challenges<br />
and rewards that Fitch has<br />
been a part of, he has gathered<br />
some valuable advice for<br />
anyone who has been inspired<br />
by stories like his own.<br />
“So what if you fail? You<br />
just try again,” said Fitch.<br />
“You’ll come up with another<br />
idea; you’ll be inspired by<br />
something else. There will<br />
always be another chance,<br />
so don’t let it slip away. If<br />
you’ve got something, follow<br />
through, persevere; take<br />
it all the way, and you will<br />
succeed. Maybe not the first<br />
time, but you will succeed.<br />
Never, ever give up.”<br />
Teens Waiting Longer to Get Driver’s License<br />
cense in 2008 compared with<br />
44.7 in 1988.<br />
There are multiple<br />
reasons why teens have been<br />
waiting. Experts suggest<br />
teens feel it’s not a necessity<br />
because they’re already<br />
so connected with friends<br />
through social networking<br />
and text messages.<br />
Others suggest that the<br />
expense of driving is holding<br />
teens back. Many are not<br />
able to afford gasoline and<br />
insurance.<br />
Senior Stephanie Hoffman<br />
does not have a driver’s<br />
license and is getting ready<br />
to graduate from high school<br />
in June. “It seems as if teens<br />
don’t feel the need to get a<br />
license,” Hoffman said, although<br />
she is thinking about<br />
getting her license soon.<br />
Senior Matt Bongiovi has<br />
been a travel student the past<br />
two years and decided that<br />
taking the bus would save<br />
him money. “Since I never<br />
needed a car, I never got my<br />
license,” said Bongiovi<br />
Although students<br />
have been waiting, many do<br />
plan to get their license.<br />
Senior Jenny Pacheco and<br />
Hoffman both plan on get-<br />
ting their license this coming<br />
summer.<br />
Bongiovi plans to get it<br />
after his first year of college,<br />
“that way I will not be paying<br />
a year’s worth of insurance<br />
on a car that I wouldn’t<br />
be able to drive, and I can<br />
get my license without taking<br />
behind the wheel once<br />
I turn 19,” Bongiovi explained.
Viewpoint<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
From: Brandy Jenkins<br />
To: Tory Brown, Sarah<br />
Morgan & Seeberger<br />
“I miss you Morgan, Tory, and<br />
Sarah! Spanish was fun!”<br />
From: Jimi Hendrick<br />
To: Veronica Umanzor<br />
“Over the last 4 months we’ve<br />
known each other; you have<br />
come to be one of my best<br />
friends. Veronica, you are<br />
perfect in everyway; I love<br />
you very much and hopefully<br />
one day, we can be more than<br />
friends.”<br />
From: Danisa Ortiz<br />
To: Lacey Hanback<br />
“Happy Valentine’s Day!”<br />
From: Jenny Pacheco<br />
To: Claudia Venture<br />
“Happy V-Day! I love you!!”<br />
From: David Noonan<br />
To: Megan Palmer<br />
“Hey!! You’re cool! You’re my<br />
best friend!”<br />
Who is your dream Valentine?<br />
“Brad Pitt”<br />
Becky Rose<br />
Sophomore<br />
Valentine’s Day Shout Outs<br />
From: Megan Palmer<br />
To: David Noonan<br />
“Sup Dude!!! Happy V-Day! Love<br />
you!”<br />
From: Ashlin Manley<br />
To: Katy Macwelch<br />
“Hey girl, have a great day! Happy<br />
Valentine’s Day!”<br />
From: Katy Macwelch<br />
To: Ashlin Manly and Marion<br />
Ray<br />
“Hey, Hey! Love ya’ll!”<br />
From: Patricia Krinke<br />
To: Hannah Cole<br />
“Hey, Hannah! I love you girl!<br />
Happy Valentine’s Day!”<br />
From: Abigail Lash<br />
To: Marianna Lash<br />
“Hey Hun! Love you!”<br />
From: Casey Kroll<br />
To: Brycen Hill<br />
“I love you!”<br />
From: Katie Lewis<br />
To: George Mcdonald<br />
“I love you Donkey!”<br />
“<strong>My</strong> Husband”<br />
Mrs. Plesants<br />
Librarian<br />
From: Hailey Nettles<br />
To: Kelci Riley<br />
“I love you! “I hop on outta bed,<br />
and turn my swag on!”<br />
From: Chelsea Regis<br />
To: Katie Costello<br />
“I just want you to know…you’re<br />
cool, sometimes, lol. I love you!!”<br />
From: Julia Gattuso<br />
To: Maddie Radigan<br />
“Happy Valentine’s Day!”<br />
From: April Heckathorn<br />
To: Sarah Diorio<br />
“Roses are red, violets are blue,<br />
we love home workouts and the<br />
lava game too! Happy Valentine’s<br />
Day!”<br />
From: Brianna Mckenzie<br />
To: Brooke Short<br />
“Happy Valentine’s Day!”<br />
From: David Meyers<br />
To: Stern Chappel<br />
“I love you!”<br />
From: Natalie Mcfarland<br />
To: Riley Moore<br />
“I love you!”<br />
“Taylor Lautner”<br />
Lauren Dietrich<br />
Junior<br />
From: Hannah Murray<br />
To: Sarah Lewis<br />
“Happy Valentine’s Day!”<br />
From: Madeline Radigan<br />
To: Grace Ragidan<br />
“Make good choices today.”<br />
From: Angelica Gertel<br />
To: Amy Tullington<br />
“You compare a single tree to an<br />
entire forest my love…”<br />
From: Lexy Morgan<br />
To: Katie Costello & Chelsea<br />
Regis<br />
“Who are the best friends ever?...<br />
YOU ARE!”<br />
From:Jeff Miller<br />
To: Cameron Nay<br />
“I love you; will you marry me?”<br />
From: George Mcdonald<br />
To: Austin Crosby<br />
“If you loved it, then you shoulda<br />
put a ring on it.”<br />
From: Roxanne Cavazos<br />
To: Skylar Peavley<br />
“I love you Bobert! You know<br />
who you are….”<br />
“Tara Reid”<br />
Austin Crosby<br />
Senior<br />
From: Lauren<br />
To: Tiffany<br />
“You’re the straw to my berry,<br />
the mac to my cheese, the pop<br />
to my corn…anyways I LOVE<br />
YOU!”<br />
From: Veronica Umanzor<br />
To: Rachel Nibecker<br />
“I hope you have a great Valentine’s<br />
Day! Don’t let anyone<br />
bring you down. I love you little<br />
sis!”<br />
From: Veronica Umanzor<br />
To: Molly Clarke<br />
“You’re the greatest! I am glad<br />
to have the title as your best<br />
friend. Love you always!”<br />
From: Tiffany<br />
To: Sandra(Nena)<br />
“You’re my homegirl! You the<br />
apple to my pie!”<br />
From: Veronica Umanzor<br />
To: Alec Lipscomb<br />
“Alec, you’re the best thing in<br />
the whole world! Stay sweet.<br />
“James Rogers”<br />
Tori Tippett<br />
Senior<br />
Meet Your Newspaper Staff: The Chroni-<br />
cle Staff Positions and Mission Statement<br />
Mission Statement<br />
Published 10 times a year,<br />
The Chronicle at Kettle Run<br />
is the student-run newspaper<br />
of Kettle Run <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. It<br />
is distributed monthly to all<br />
members of the the faculty,<br />
students, and staff in the<br />
school.<br />
Unsigned editorials express<br />
the views of the majority<br />
of the newspaper’s editorial<br />
board.<br />
Letters to the editor are<br />
welcome and will be published<br />
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upon request. We reserve the<br />
right to edit letters for grammar,<br />
quality, and content,<br />
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to the editors are neither<br />
necessarily representative<br />
of those of the staff, nor any<br />
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Editor-in-Chief<br />
Stephanie Hoffman<br />
Co-Editor-in-Cheif<br />
Ajua Duker<br />
Sports Editor<br />
Lauren Forlano<br />
Staff Reporters<br />
Zach Baker<br />
Emmaleah Jones<br />
Rachel Bongiovi<br />
Marion Silas<br />
Marcus Toms<br />
Tamour Malik<br />
Martina Gargiani<br />
Ajua Duke KRHS Chronicle Newspaper Staff for Spring 2010<br />
Pictured by Rows from Left to Right: Zach Baker, Lauren Forlano, *MAYOR<br />
FITCH* Marion Silas, Marcus Toms, Emmaleah Jones, Rachel Bongiovi, Stephanie<br />
Hoffman, Martina Gargiani<br />
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Features<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
A Look Inside the <strong>Journalism</strong> Class<br />
By Ginny Barrett<br />
Staff writer<br />
Students who like to write,<br />
make videos, and keep up<br />
with news and events around<br />
the school may be interested<br />
in taking journalism.<br />
<strong>Journalism</strong>s students<br />
research and write stories<br />
for The Chronicle, take<br />
photos to accompany those<br />
stories, make the videos for<br />
the morning announcements,<br />
sell ads, and learn to design<br />
pages in Adobe InDesign.<br />
“I like the class because<br />
I like writing and taking<br />
pictures,” said junior<br />
Sarah Ferguson, who took<br />
journalism I this fall.<br />
Another student’s favorite<br />
thing about the class is<br />
the teacher. “I like how Mrs.<br />
Norden always helps us and<br />
is really caring and personal<br />
with the students,” said senior<br />
Conner Massei.<br />
The Chronicle contains<br />
many different stories<br />
in each issue, so the staff<br />
writes about all sorts of different<br />
topics ranging from<br />
sports, movies, local news<br />
and events, music, and how<br />
things worldwide are affecting<br />
Fauquier County.<br />
Students interview their<br />
classmates, teachers, and<br />
school staff to find out their<br />
By Emmaleah Jones<br />
Features Editor<br />
March is National<br />
Honors Society Awareness-<br />
Month. Most people know<br />
someone in the National<br />
Honor Society, and that<br />
they meet sometimes to accomplish<br />
“stuff” but what<br />
do they actually do?<br />
This month (as well<br />
as being NHS Awareness<br />
Month) is the month when<br />
sophomores who are eligible<br />
(3.5 GPA or higher, involved<br />
in the school and/or<br />
extracurricular activities)<br />
received a letter in their<br />
homeroom inviting them to<br />
join NHS.<br />
Of the percentage of eligible<br />
sophomores, many said<br />
they were interested in joining<br />
because it looks good on<br />
college applications. However,<br />
beyond that, they had<br />
no idea what the purpose<br />
behind NHS was.<br />
Mrs. Beverly Hagberg,<br />
one of the NHS sponsors,<br />
stated that the general<br />
purpose of NHS is community<br />
service. and with a little<br />
bit of research, it turns<br />
out NHS was started in<br />
1921 for that very reason.<br />
Led by Chet Szwejkowski,<br />
the NHS at Kettle<br />
Run meets in Mrs. Hagberg’s<br />
room the first Tuesday<br />
of every month. During<br />
these meetings, members<br />
brainstorm ways to help<br />
the community. However,<br />
her first year in the class.<br />
opinions.<br />
“Writing stories can<br />
be fun, but the hardest part<br />
is getting quotes,” said Ferguson.<br />
“Getting quotes for<br />
stories allows me to walk<br />
around the school and talk to<br />
my friends,” said Massei.<br />
Each page of the<br />
newspaper needs photos<br />
and the newspaper staff is<br />
responsible for taking them.<br />
Students use Photoshop to<br />
crop and adjust the color of<br />
the photos.<br />
if you are not in the NHS,<br />
don’t worry: they just set up<br />
the community service. They<br />
still need donations and volunteers!<br />
Ashley West, a member<br />
of NHS, urges everyone<br />
who is invited, to join. “It is<br />
really fun! Everyone is really<br />
nice, and we have a lot of fun<br />
together. It [being in the National<br />
Honor Society] looks<br />
“Being a photographer<br />
makes me feel powerful!<br />
And it’s fun,” Ferguson<br />
exclaimed.<br />
The videos that are<br />
seen every morning are<br />
also created by the journalism<br />
class. The class works<br />
in pairs, or small groups, to<br />
write scripts, tape, and edit<br />
the videos. Students learn to<br />
use the video cameras and<br />
how to upload and edit the<br />
film.<br />
“It’s really fun making<br />
videos for the morning<br />
announcements, especially<br />
when I get to work with Olivia<br />
Christopher,” said senior<br />
Stephanie Hoffman, who has<br />
been taking journalism since<br />
eighth grade.<br />
Students also try to<br />
sell ads to local businesses,<br />
which can be hard. These ads<br />
appear in The Chronicle and<br />
the money made is used to<br />
offset the printing fees.<br />
“I don’t sell ads, I<br />
never have. I just don’t like<br />
strangers,” said Ferguson.<br />
Other students have tried<br />
to sell ads but were not very<br />
successful. “I tried to sell<br />
some, it never worked,” said<br />
Massei.<br />
Some students sold them<br />
to parents who own businesses.<br />
“I sold one to my dad,”<br />
said Hoffman.<br />
Finally, all the completed<br />
stories, their accompanying<br />
photos, and any ads<br />
sold, will be placed on their<br />
pages. Students are responsible<br />
for designing and placing<br />
these items on the page.<br />
The class then edits the pages<br />
and stories for errors.<br />
“<strong>My</strong> favorite part of<br />
the class is using InDesign to<br />
design pages,” said Hoffman.<br />
Anyone interested in<br />
these activities should consider<br />
taking journalism next<br />
year.<br />
March is National Honor Society Awareness Month<br />
6<br />
Emmaleah Jones works on her page during Photo by Shelly Journal-<br />
Norden<br />
Freshman Emmaleah Jones edits pages using InDesign. This is<br />
Members of the NHS take a picture for the yearbook.<br />
great on college applications,<br />
and it’s good to help people,”<br />
West explained.<br />
Hagberg enjoys her role<br />
as a sponsor. “I enjoy the<br />
people,” Hagberg said. “They<br />
[NHS members] are some of<br />
the coolest people, and it isn’t<br />
just because they are funny<br />
or smart: it is because they<br />
genuinely care.”<br />
Members of the NHS are<br />
photo by Herff Jones<br />
extending a helping hand to<br />
Haiti. They are currently<br />
selling ribbons with Haiti’s<br />
flag colors for $1. They are<br />
also taking donations in the<br />
library for the Christian Relief<br />
Services.<br />
In addition to helping Haiti,<br />
they are also planning a<br />
blood drive on May 5th. Everyone<br />
who is eligible is encouraged<br />
to donate.<br />
Teens’<br />
Consumption<br />
of<br />
Media<br />
Grows<br />
By Sarah Ferguson<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
Facebook and<br />
<strong>My</strong>Space, The Jersey<br />
Shore and American Idol,<br />
Call of Duty and Rock<br />
Band; these things are<br />
taking over a vast majority<br />
of teenagers’ lives.<br />
In a recent study<br />
done by the Henry J.<br />
Kaiser Family Foundation,<br />
it was found that<br />
on average, teenagers<br />
spend about 7.5 hours<br />
a day consuming some<br />
form of media. This has<br />
increased two hours in<br />
only five years. This includes<br />
television, video<br />
games, music, phone and<br />
computer use.<br />
About four and<br />
a half hours are spent<br />
watching television, two<br />
and a half listening to<br />
music, about an hour and<br />
a half on the computer<br />
and a little over an hour<br />
playing video games per<br />
day.<br />
With social networking<br />
sites such as<br />
Twitter, Facebook, <strong>My</strong>Space,<br />
and Tumblr to<br />
check, teenagers’ Internet<br />
usage increases. Less<br />
time is spent going out<br />
places, doing homework,<br />
or studying, and more<br />
time is spent tweeting or<br />
playing things like Farmville.<br />
“I have a <strong>My</strong>Space<br />
and a Facebook,”<br />
said junior Virginia Barrett.<br />
“But I don’t get on<br />
every day.”<br />
Approximately<br />
66% of all teenagers own<br />
cell phones, which is an<br />
increase of 27% in only<br />
five years. A lot of teenagers<br />
are self-proclaimed<br />
“text-addicts” and spend<br />
most of the day and<br />
even into the night while<br />
they’re trying to sleep<br />
texting or talking on<br />
their phones.<br />
“I use my phone<br />
all day, except during<br />
school,” said Barrett. “I<br />
text until I fall asleep.”<br />
The newspaper and<br />
magazine industry is<br />
seeing harsh side effects<br />
to this increase in media<br />
consumption.<br />
With all the news<br />
posted on the Internet or<br />
television, a decrease in<br />
the purchase of items on<br />
the newsstands is happening.
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STEPHANIE GARRISON<br />
ASHLEY GILL<br />
BRIDGET GIMLETT<br />
SHANE HALL<br />
RANDOLPH HALL<br />
LACEY HANBACK<br />
ROBERT HARPER<br />
DAVID HARTBARGER<br />
JAMES HENDRICK<br />
PAULA HERMSDORF<br />
DEVYN HINE<br />
TAYLOR HOLMES<br />
TERRI HORTON<br />
KRISTEN HUNSLEY<br />
ALISHA HUNTER<br />
SAMANTHA HURT<br />
BRANDON JAMES<br />
NYCOLE JOHNSON<br />
EMMALEAH JONES<br />
CARLY KARANOVICH<br />
NATALIA KOLENKO<br />
LUCAS KRATZER<br />
ALYSON KROLL<br />
DEREK LAFEVER<br />
DAVID LIBBY<br />
ALEC LIPSCOMB<br />
BAILEY LOVING<br />
MADISON LUCERO<br />
ADAM LULIS<br />
MARY MACKERCHER<br />
MICHAEL MAGILL<br />
STEWART MARTIN<br />
D’SEAN MATTHEWS-SMITH<br />
MELISSA MCCANN<br />
ADAM MCCRAW<br />
BROOKE MCDOWALL<br />
NATALIE MCFARLAND<br />
BRIANNA MCKENZIE<br />
JOSE MELENDEZ<br />
JAMES MILLER<br />
RILEY MOORE<br />
DAVID MYERS<br />
TIMOTHY NAGY<br />
BRADLEY NELLIS<br />
RACHEL NIBECKER<br />
HALEY NORTH<br />
CONOR O’HALLORAN<br />
THOMAS OLIVER<br />
CATHERINE O’MEARA<br />
GARRETT PAYNE<br />
EVAN PECHTIMALDJIAN<br />
TAYLOR PENN<br />
CHRISTOPHER PERRIN<br />
VICTORIA PERRY<br />
CORINNE PETRO<br />
MATTHEW PLEASANTS<br />
KARLEY PREIL<br />
MATTHEW PROSSER<br />
NATHANAEL REEVES<br />
MORGAN RICE<br />
BRITTNEY ROSSI<br />
ANN-MARIE RUDD<br />
BRYCE SAMPSON<br />
ANNA SANCHEZ<br />
CANDACE SBARRA<br />
JENNIFER SCHNACK<br />
MEAGHAN SEARLES<br />
JAMES SHIRKEY<br />
CHRISTOPHER SLADER<br />
EMILY SMITH<br />
EMILY SPITTLE<br />
SAMUEL STARK<br />
IVANA SZWEJKOWSKI<br />
JESSE TAKACS<br />
ALEXANDER THOMAS<br />
NICOLE TURNER<br />
AUDREY VANCHERI<br />
WILLIAM VAUGHEN<br />
CARLOS VEGERANO<br />
TRAVIS WEEKS<br />
BRYAN WEIGEL<br />
WILLIAM WEITZ<br />
KATIE WEWERKA<br />
DANIEL WHATLEY<br />
JOSHUA WICKA<br />
HELEN ANNE WILLE<br />
ALEXANDER WINDSOR<br />
ERIC WOLFE<br />
DEVIN WOOD<br />
EDWARD YATES<br />
SCOTT YATES<br />
JAYSON YATES<br />
10th grade<br />
CONNOR ADAMS<br />
LUKE AIANI<br />
ALYSSA ALLEN<br />
BRITTNEY ALTAVILLA<br />
CARLY ANDERSON<br />
MATTHEW ANDERSON<br />
WILLIAM BATES<br />
DOUGLAS BEARD<br />
KYLE BEGLEY<br />
DUNCAN BELFOUR<br />
MARJORY BIERSCHENK<br />
COLIN BLACKWELL<br />
KIERSTEN BLEVINS<br />
RACHEL BONGIOVI<br />
CHRISTINE BOWMAN<br />
JESSICA BRIGGS<br />
KAYLA BROWN<br />
SARAH BROWN<br />
EMILY BROWN<br />
CHRISTA BUSH<br />
SARA BUXTON<br />
TAYLOR CAMPBELL<br />
MASON CARLTON<br />
HANNAH CARR<br />
JASMINE CASTILLO<br />
KIELXINE ROSE CAYTON<br />
CHRISTINA CHAMP<br />
ALEXANDER CLARE<br />
HANNAH COLE<br />
IAN COOK<br />
COURTNEY COOK<br />
MEGAN COOK<br />
MICHAEL CUPP<br />
JOHN CUPP<br />
AMANDA DAVIS<br />
RILEY DEBORDE<br />
JOSEPH DELCLOS<br />
KELSEY DIAS<br />
ANA DIAZ<br />
LYDIA DODGE<br />
MADELINE DOHM<br />
RACHEL DORION<br />
MICHAEL DORSEY<br />
JULIAN DRAKEFORD<br />
RYAN EDWARDS<br />
AMANDA EGGERS<br />
IMOH EKASI-OTU<br />
THOMAS ETHIER<br />
ABIGAIL EVANS<br />
JAMES FISHER<br />
KATELYN FLETCHER<br />
RYLEE FOER<br />
MATTHEW FOLTS<br />
SETH FRANTZ<br />
SUSANA GONZALEZ<br />
ARISSA GORDILLO<br />
MARK GRAHAM<br />
JUSTIN GREEN<br />
ADOLFO GUZMAN<br />
JACOB HACKMAN<br />
MADELINE HAISLIPP<br />
REBECCA HALDI<br />
JONATHAN HALL<br />
PHILLIP MATTHEW HARROVER<br />
MADELINE HARROVER<br />
AMANDA HOELSCHER<br />
ASHLEY HOLMES<br />
STONE HOPKINS<br />
ALEXANDER HUDSON<br />
GARY JAMES<br />
SEAN JEANS<br />
NICOLE KARAGEORGES<br />
JESSICA KING<br />
MARGOT KINSEY<br />
RICHARD KLARES<br />
CARINA KLOSSON<br />
JESSICA KROSKIE<br />
STEPHANIE LAFEVER<br />
DANIEL LASLEY<br />
JEANINE LEHMAN<br />
CAITLIN LEITZ<br />
MICHAEL LEVY<br />
WESLEY LITTLETON<br />
KELSEY LONGWILL<br />
TAMOUR MALIK<br />
CHELSEA MANZO<br />
DANIELLE MARSH<br />
JAMES MAYHUGH<br />
CALLIE MCDONALD<br />
NEIL MCDONALD<br />
TYLER MCGILVERY<br />
SHANNON MCMILLAN<br />
WILLIAM MELENDEZ<br />
LINDSAY MERRIKEN<br />
MARIANNA MILLS<br />
BENJAMIN MOON<br />
REYLIN MORGAN<br />
JOANNA MORISI<br />
GREGORY MORRIS<br />
JENNA MYHRE<br />
HAILEY NETTLES<br />
AUSTIN NEWCOMER<br />
WARREN NOOGER<br />
LINDSAY NORMAN<br />
CRYSTAL NOVAK<br />
RYAN O’NEILL<br />
MICHAEL OWENS<br />
JOHN PALCER<br />
NICHOLAS PATRICK<br />
CARLEY PAVAN<br />
CONNOR PAYNE<br />
ERIKA PERRIN<br />
NICOLE PETERSON<br />
JOHN PETRICK<br />
LOUIS PETROPULOS<br />
ERIN PIERCE<br />
TERRANCE POLANSKY<br />
CLAYTON PREDMORE<br />
KATELYN PREIL<br />
WILLIAM PUTT<br />
KYLE REINALDO<br />
KELLEN RHODES<br />
HANNAH RODEMSKY<br />
MUSTAFA ROKAI<br />
REBECCA ROSE<br />
MORGAN ROUSH<br />
MEGAN RUHLAND<br />
ADAM RYAN<br />
ZACHARY SCANDALIS<br />
KASEY SCHOENIKE<br />
PAIGE SCHREIBER<br />
ZACHARY SCHUHART<br />
RILEY SCOTT<br />
SARAH SEEBERGER<br />
NICHOLE SHIELS<br />
RYAN SMITH<br />
WILLIAM SMITH<br />
KELSEY SMITH<br />
TROY SMITH<br />
SYDNEY STEVENSON<br />
DAVID STUART<br />
DOMENICK STUMPO<br />
ROBERT SURFACE<br />
ELIANA SZWEJKOWSKI<br />
JACOB TAKACS<br />
NIKOLE TAYLOR<br />
NATASHA THORNTON-BUR-<br />
NETT<br />
NICOLE TISDALE<br />
CHRISTIAN TOMS<br />
MADELEINE TURNER<br />
VERONICA UMANZOR<br />
DANA WALLACE<br />
ABIGAIL WASKO<br />
TYLER WILFONG<br />
STEVEN WILLIAMS<br />
LAURA WOODS<br />
11th Grade<br />
JAIHYUN AHN<br />
AHMED ALI<br />
ALAN ANDERSON<br />
LINDSEY ARRINGTON<br />
DANIELLE ARTHAUD<br />
ADRIANA ARVIZO<br />
MEYREM BAER<br />
ZACHARY BAKER<br />
VIRGINIA BARRETT<br />
SEBASTIAN BLACUTT<br />
CONNER BOOTH<br />
ANDREW BOURDEAU<br />
MARY BREEDEN<br />
ANDREW BREEDING<br />
SHANNON BROOKS<br />
DAKODA BROWN<br />
PATRICK BURNETT<br />
JAMES CARROLL<br />
EMILY CASSELL<br />
MOLLY CLARKE<br />
ALEXIS COOK<br />
MARY COOK<br />
KAITLYN CUNNINGHAM<br />
EMILY DELSIGNORE<br />
LAUREN DIETRICH<br />
CAROLINE ELGIN<br />
MARY FAKOURY<br />
TAYLOR FALKENSTEIN<br />
SARAH FERGUSON<br />
CHRISTOPHER FERRELL<br />
LESLIE FERRUFINO<br />
LOGAN FINE<br />
CAROLINE FLAHERTY<br />
KAITLYN FLAMMIA<br />
EMILY FLETCHER<br />
RICHARD GATLIN<br />
GREG GIUNTA<br />
ALYSSA GORMAN<br />
JESSICA GRIFFITH<br />
EMILY HAGY<br />
VICTORIA HALEY<br />
RACHEL HALLEY<br />
AUSTIN HANZLIK<br />
MELISSA HARMAN<br />
BRANDON HARTMAN<br />
BENJAMIN HENDRICKS<br />
AMANDA HICKLING<br />
MARY HUSDALE<br />
KYLE JOHNSON<br />
SAMANTHA JOHNSON<br />
MORGAN KARNES<br />
KRISTIE KILGORE<br />
CHARLES KING<br />
FAUSTINA KWARTENG<br />
LESLIE LAU<br />
SARAH LEVY<br />
ANDREW LOVING<br />
JENNIFER MADDOX<br />
LAUREN MAHON<br />
NATASHA MARSH<br />
CHRISTINA MARTIN<br />
CARLA MARTIN<br />
MARKUS MATTHEWS<br />
MICHAEL MAYHUGH<br />
NATHALIE MCCANN<br />
CHARLES MCCARTHY<br />
JARED MCGLOTTEN<br />
KENNETH MCILVAINE<br />
MORGAN MCKUSKER<br />
LAUREN MILLER<br />
TALAL MOHAMMAD<br />
ALEXA MONFORT<br />
COURTNEY MOORE<br />
HALEY MULDER<br />
KAITLYN MULLINS<br />
JOHN MYHRE<br />
COLLETTE NADEAU<br />
DANIELLE NESTER<br />
PATRICK O’KANE<br />
MELISSA O’NEILL<br />
IAN PACK<br />
AMANDA PADGETT<br />
MICHAEL PARRISH<br />
CHELSIE PASLEY<br />
DANIEL PATTI<br />
REED PECHTIMALDJIAN<br />
JENNIFER PHILLIPS<br />
ZACHARY PHILLIPS<br />
SAMANTHA PICCIANO<br />
ANNABELLE PIVARNIK<br />
KAREN PONCE<br />
DANIEL POWERS<br />
MYRICK RACHOCKI<br />
SHELLY REAVES<br />
PATRICK REECE<br />
JUSTIN REINALDO<br />
STEPHEN RENBERG<br />
MORGAN RICHARDSON<br />
BRENDAN RIJKE<br />
JAMES RILEY<br />
SHAQUILLE ROBINSON<br />
JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ<br />
SCOTT RUSSELL<br />
MONICA SAMS<br />
MORGAN SCHAUSS<br />
TAYLOR SCOTT<br />
MEGHAN SEEBERGER<br />
LAUREN SEIBERT<br />
COLIN SHEA-BLYMYER<br />
EVAN SHILLING<br />
GARRETT SIMPSON<br />
ELIZABETH STAPLETON<br />
MEAGAN SULLIVAN<br />
KATHRINE TERLING<br />
KIRSTYN THOMAS<br />
ADAM WADE<br />
ANTHONY WAITE<br />
ERICA WALSH<br />
THOMAS WALTERS<br />
DANIEL WASKO<br />
RYAN WICKA<br />
NICHOLAS WILFONG<br />
KATHLEEN WOOD<br />
DYLAN WYLIE<br />
12th Grade<br />
HAIDER ALI<br />
BRIANNA ALTAVILLA<br />
ALISON ANDREWS-WALKER<br />
ALEX ARRUDA<br />
LAWRENCE AYERS<br />
QUAME BAILEY<br />
CLAIRE BAUMGARTNER<br />
MARIAH BEATTY<br />
ELIZABETH BISUTTI<br />
JAMES BOWMAN<br />
TANNER CARLTON<br />
SPENCER CARTER<br />
ROBERT CORNWELL<br />
RYAN COSTA<br />
KAITLIN COSTELLO<br />
ANN COTTINGHAM<br />
DANIELLE DERY<br />
ALEXANDER DIVITTORIO<br />
MICHAEL ELLIS<br />
BRETT EPPLEY<br />
RENEE ETHIER<br />
BRIAN FLEURY<br />
KEISHA FULLEN<br />
APRIL GARBER<br />
JULIA GATTUSO<br />
ANGELICA GERTEL<br />
TORI GLAZE<br />
SARAH GRIFFIN<br />
RACHEL GRIFFITH<br />
DANIELLE GUIFFRE’<br />
JULIANA HALEY<br />
SAMANTHA HARROVER<br />
GEORGE HERR<br />
BRYCEN HILL<br />
STEPHANIE HOFFMAN<br />
HOLLY HYDE<br />
VICTORIA HYDE<br />
MONICA IGLESIAS<br />
KAYLA IMBS<br />
ERIK JACOBS<br />
MICHAEL JANAK<br />
MEGAN KERNS<br />
PETER KIERNAN<br />
SHANNEN LEHMAN<br />
KATHRYN LEWIS<br />
NICHOLAS LONG<br />
AMBER LONGWILL<br />
KATY MACWELCH<br />
ASHLIN MANLEY<br />
GREGORY MARTIN<br />
CONNOR MASSEI<br />
GEORGE MCDONALD<br />
COREY MCFARLAND<br />
AMANDA MCFARLAND<br />
JENNA MERRIMAN<br />
BRIAN MILLS<br />
GARRETT MORAN<br />
PETER MORENO<br />
ROSS MOUNTJOY<br />
ZACHARY MULLIS<br />
CAMERON NAY<br />
ARIEL NELSEN<br />
LAUREN NICKSON<br />
JENNIFER PACHECO<br />
CHRISTINE PERRY<br />
KATHERYN PERZANOSKI<br />
TIMOTHY PETRICK<br />
CARISSA PHILLIPS<br />
ALEXANDRA PLOTT<br />
AUSTIN POLASKY<br />
JOHN POPE<br />
BROOKE REDMON<br />
RENEE REEDY<br />
KELCI RILEY<br />
KATHLEEN RODEMSKY<br />
ALI ROKAI<br />
DANIEL SCHLENKER<br />
CHRISTIE SHAW<br />
KIMBERLY SIITONEN<br />
SEAN SKEELS<br />
SARAH SMITH<br />
ZOE SMITH<br />
MATTHEW SMITH<br />
SEAN STANTON<br />
DANA STRACHAN<br />
JESSICA SWATLOWSKI<br />
CHESTER SZWEJKOWSKI<br />
DAVID TATRO<br />
LAUREN TAYLOR<br />
BRYAN THOMAS<br />
KIERA TINES<br />
SAMANTHA TINGLE<br />
AMY TULLINGTON<br />
CAITLYN VALENTA<br />
JOHN VANCE<br />
NICOLE WEIGEL<br />
CAITLYN WHITLOW<br />
ABIGAIL WOJTECKI<br />
A Honor Roll<br />
9th Grade<br />
AHN JAIYONG<br />
BISHOP HENRY<br />
BLANKENSHIP AMY<br />
CURRY STEPHANI<br />
CUTHBERTSON HANNAH<br />
DALTON ABIGAIL<br />
GIMON ESTEFANIA<br />
HENRY MARC<br />
HODGE SAMANTHA<br />
JANCSE OLIVIA<br />
LASH MARIANNA<br />
LEWIS SARAH<br />
LINDSEY VICTORIA<br />
February & March 2010<br />
LULIS JONATHAN<br />
MARKS SYDNEY<br />
MURRAY HANNAH<br />
NICKSON KAITLYN<br />
NIXON DYLAN<br />
PFEIFFER SARAH<br />
PHILLIPS CARA<br />
PHILLIPS ASHLEY<br />
RIJKE CAMERON<br />
RODGERS MOLLIE<br />
SCHAUSS RILEY<br />
SKEELS STEVEN<br />
SMITH SUMMER<br />
SWIFT MARGARET<br />
THOMPSON DAKOTA<br />
TURNER LEAH<br />
VEGA DANEIRA<br />
WARD DREW<br />
WARREN SARA<br />
WHITESIDES ALEXANDRA<br />
YOST CALEB<br />
10th Grade<br />
ADAMEC EMILY<br />
ADAMS ADELE<br />
BERAN CHRISTINA<br />
BERUMEN YESICA<br />
BROWN VICTORIA<br />
CASTANEDA EMANUEL<br />
DRAKE MADISON<br />
EASTMAN ANNE<br />
GERTEL AMANDA<br />
GRAAP MEGAN<br />
HOUCK MADELINE<br />
JEWELL NATHANIEL<br />
LARRABEE ALLISON<br />
LEONARD JOSHUA<br />
MORGAN ANDREW<br />
MORRIS KRISTEN<br />
MULLIKIN KELLSIE<br />
RADIGAN GRACE<br />
SCANDALIS HANNAH<br />
SFREDDO DOMINIC<br />
SILAS MARION<br />
TATRO ERIKA<br />
VANCE SAMANTHA<br />
WELCH CAITLIN<br />
WISOR RYAN<br />
YOUNG PEYTON<br />
11th Grade<br />
ALLEN ELIZABETH<br />
BRESSON ANDREW<br />
CHRISTOPHER OLIVIA<br />
COOKE CASEY<br />
CRANDALL CAITHLIN<br />
DUKER AJUA<br />
GIMLETT KELLY<br />
JENKINS BRANDY<br />
KACSMAR LINDSEY<br />
KIMMEL MICHAEL<br />
KONOZA EMILY<br />
PAUGH KAYLA<br />
PICKETT ASHLEY<br />
ROSENBAUM ELISABETH<br />
SCANDALIS PETER<br />
SCHMIDT RYAN<br />
STARKEY TAYLOR<br />
THODEN EMMA<br />
WEST ASHLEY<br />
YOST JASON<br />
12th Grade<br />
BONGIOVI MATTHEW<br />
BROWN CARIN<br />
CADY CHELSEA<br />
CARRICK MEAGHAN<br />
CLEMENCY LAUREN<br />
D’AMORIM MARIANA<br />
DIGIACOMO MICHAEL<br />
DRISCOLL DAVID<br />
FERRUFINO PRISCILLA<br />
FUSILE BIANCA<br />
GLOWICKI NICHOLAS<br />
HAWES KENNETH<br />
HECKATHORN APRIL<br />
HERMAN LINDSEY<br />
HOPKINS CHRISTOPHER<br />
HUDSON SARAH<br />
JACOBS PAIGE<br />
KOLENKO NICHOLAS<br />
KRINKE DANIEL<br />
KRINKE PATRICIA<br />
LASH ABIGAIL<br />
MARKS BRITTANY<br />
MASTERSON STUART<br />
MCDONOUGH MAXWELL<br />
MILLER JEFFREY<br />
PREDMORE BENJAMIN<br />
RADIGAN MADELINE<br />
RAGGO CYNTHIA<br />
REW KATHRYN<br />
RHODES SARAH<br />
RICE JESSICA<br />
ROBERTS STEPHANIE<br />
SCANDALIS MATTHEW<br />
SIMPSON WILLIAM<br />
Congratulations to all of these<br />
students for their hard work<br />
and dedication to their studies!<br />
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What’s the<br />
best thing<br />
you did over<br />
break?<br />
“Sledding on the<br />
hood of a car behind<br />
a truck on the<br />
road.”<br />
Jessica Keeney<br />
Junior<br />
“I took the kids skiing!”<br />
Mrs. McGilvery<br />
Library<br />
“I would have to say<br />
hanging out with<br />
my friend, Dorsey.”<br />
Troy Leone<br />
Sophomore<br />
“I went parachuting,<br />
but it was really<br />
cold.”<br />
Emily Hagy<br />
Junior<br />
“I went sledding<br />
with my friends Rachel<br />
and Marion.”<br />
Michael Perrish<br />
Junior<br />
Sophomore Tyler McGilvery takes a skiing trip with his friends.<br />
Photo Courtesy of Danielle Arthaud<br />
Juniors Alexa Monfort, Danielle Arthaud, and<br />
Ashley West go on a ski trip during the snow<br />
break.<br />
Photo Courtesy of Amanda Davis<br />
Sophomores Amanda Davis and Taylor<br />
Campbell spend the snow days together.<br />
Major Snow Sto<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
The second major<br />
snow of the season hit<br />
Fauquier County on February<br />
5, forcing Kettle Run to close<br />
its doors for nearly three<br />
weeks. Parts of Fauquier<br />
County received up to three<br />
feet of snow.<br />
“I think we got 24<br />
inches,” freshman Cameron<br />
Rijke said.<br />
Some students and<br />
teachers were left without<br />
power. “I lost power for 26<br />
hours,” journalism teacher<br />
Shelly Norden said. “<strong>My</strong><br />
house was frigid. We kept<br />
Sophomore Sami Vance gets ready to tac<br />
quier C<br />
wood on the fire and tried to<br />
keep one room as warm as we<br />
could. The power came back<br />
on right before the Super<br />
Bowl started.”<br />
Sophomore Taylor<br />
Campbell lost power for<br />
three days. “The worst part<br />
was I had to read a book in<br />
two days since I didn’t have<br />
T.V.,” Campbell said.<br />
Others had power,<br />
but were stuck inside their<br />
homes for days waiting for<br />
the plows to come and dig<br />
them out. “<strong>My</strong> car was stuck<br />
in the driveway for three<br />
weeks,” junior Stephanie<br />
Shipe said.<br />
Photo courtesy of Kelsey Sullivan<br />
Senior Kelsey Sullivan takes a picture of her backyard<br />
after the snow storn begins.
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The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
kle a difficult slope.<br />
rm Slams Fau-<br />
ounty<br />
“I was stuck at a<br />
friend’s house for four days,”<br />
freshman Claudia Ventura<br />
said.<br />
When everyone<br />
started to dig out of the<br />
snow, Fauquier County was<br />
hit again with several more<br />
inches of snow and blizzardlike<br />
conditions. “I wanted to<br />
cry when I heard news of the<br />
next storm,” Norden said.<br />
Virginia code states<br />
that when schools are closed<br />
for six days or more, the<br />
schools must make up the<br />
first five days, plus one day<br />
of every two days missed<br />
in excess of the first five.<br />
However, the superintendent<br />
may ask the state for a<br />
waiver, to forgive those<br />
missed days, if more than 15<br />
days are missed.<br />
Since 13 days were<br />
missed, the <strong>School</strong> Board<br />
voted to combine marking<br />
periods 1 and 2 and only issue<br />
a report card after marking<br />
period 2 for this semester.<br />
It was also decided that all<br />
students would receive an<br />
“informal” update as to what<br />
their grade is on or about<br />
March 8th. March 11th is<br />
no longer a conference day<br />
but a regular school day, and<br />
spring break remains intact.<br />
Photo courtesy of Lauren Forlano<br />
Senior Lauren Forlano takes a picture of her dad<br />
shoveling snow after the snow storm in her neighborhood.<br />
David Stuart and Jessica Briggs take a ski trip.<br />
Photo Courtesy of Megan Kerns<br />
Senior Megan Kerns spends time sledding<br />
with her friend Senior Jessica Rice after the<br />
storm.<br />
Photo Courtesy of Gulsah Tasscilar<br />
Senior Gulsah Tasscilar playing in the snow with her<br />
friends dog, Murphy.<br />
How many<br />
days were<br />
you snowed<br />
in?<br />
“A week.”<br />
Garret Page<br />
Freshman<br />
“A day.”<br />
Casey Kroll<br />
Senior<br />
“Three days.”<br />
Jimmy Hargro<br />
Senior<br />
“Four days.”<br />
Patrick Burnett<br />
Junior<br />
“Three days.”<br />
Jake Palcer<br />
Sophomore<br />
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Entertainment<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
10<br />
What’s<br />
On Your<br />
iPod?<br />
Kyle Warshauer<br />
Junior<br />
1. “You’re nobody until<br />
somebody kills you”- Biggy<br />
Smalls<br />
2. “Killer”- Drake<br />
3. “Something in Your<br />
Mouth”- Nickleback<br />
4. “The Worlds Greatest”-<br />
R. Kelly<br />
5. “I Feel Like Dying”- Lil<br />
Wayne<br />
6. “Crew is in The Spot”-<br />
Corey Qunz<br />
7. “Get Right Tonight”-<br />
Corey Qunz<br />
8. “The Good Die Young”-<br />
50 Cent<br />
9. “Go Getter Go Getter”-<br />
Lil Wayne<br />
10. “After Me”- Salvia<br />
Lauren Deitrich<br />
Junior<br />
1. “Sky <strong>High</strong>”- Wiz Khalifa<br />
2, “Bring The Goons Out”-<br />
Red Cafe’<br />
3. “Beef”- B.I.G.<br />
4. “For <strong>My</strong> Town”- Bird<br />
Man<br />
5. “NOVA”- Jay Z<br />
6. “Homerun”- Jietz Santana<br />
7. “Skys the Limit”- Lil<br />
Wayne<br />
8. “Like Yeah”- Tech Nine<br />
9. “Imma Star”- Jeramiah<br />
10. “Cali Love”- 2Pac<br />
Mercury Switch is a Favorite Among Students<br />
By Zach Baker<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
What is Mercury<br />
Switch? Mercury Switch,<br />
noun: an especially quiet<br />
switch that opens and closes<br />
an electric circuit by shifting<br />
a pool of mercury to cover or<br />
uncover the contacts. What is<br />
the meaning behind that?<br />
There isn’t any. It is<br />
just a cool name that Chet Szwejkowski<br />
and Steven Lane<br />
found. They were sitting in<br />
English class one day and<br />
opened up a dictionary and<br />
saw that name on the page.<br />
They then looked at each other<br />
and decided to make that<br />
the band name. “It was way<br />
better than Ask” said Szwejkowski.<br />
There are four members<br />
of Mercury Switch. Chet<br />
Swejkowski and Lawrence<br />
Ayers, seniors at Kettle Run,<br />
play guitar and vocals. Ryan<br />
Newby plays bass, and drummer<br />
Steven Lane attends<br />
Fauquier and Liberty.<br />
Szwejkowski and Ayers<br />
met as freshman and began<br />
to play and write simple<br />
By Tamour Malik<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
A visual masterpiece<br />
is the best way to describe<br />
Avatar, director James Cameron’s<br />
follow up to the blockbuster<br />
Titanic.<br />
Being one of the most expensive<br />
films ever made, with<br />
a total budget of over 300 million<br />
dollars, Avatar has since<br />
become the highest-grossing<br />
film of all time, raking in<br />
over 2 billion dollars in the<br />
worldwide box office.<br />
Set in the year 2154, Ava-<br />
By Emmaleah Jones<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
If you were crushing<br />
on the movie “He’s Just<br />
Not That into You”, you’ll<br />
fall in love with “Valentine’s<br />
Day”, the new romantic<br />
comedy (date movie)<br />
that debuted with a bang<br />
and ended with a kiss.<br />
The star-studded<br />
cast (Bradley Cooper,<br />
Ashton Kutcher, Jessica<br />
Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer<br />
Garner, Jaimie Foxx,<br />
Patrick Dempsey, Taylor<br />
Swift, Taylor Lautner,<br />
Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts,<br />
Topher Grace, Anne<br />
Hathaway, Queen Latifah,<br />
and much more!) doesn’t<br />
disappoint those who were<br />
Mercury Switch poses for a picture with Miss Virginia.<br />
music. They eventually talked<br />
to Lane and began to practice<br />
together. They started<br />
playing mostly Weezer and<br />
Foo Fighter covers before<br />
recruiting Ryan to play with<br />
them.<br />
There are many<br />
bands that influence Mercury<br />
Switch. Ayers said, “The<br />
most notable bands include<br />
Foo Fighters, Weezer, Four<br />
Years Strong, and Blink<br />
182.”<br />
“There are so many<br />
tar tells the story of Jake Sully<br />
(played by Sam Worthington),<br />
a paraplegic marine,<br />
who was sent to a faraway<br />
planet called Pandora, to replace<br />
his deceased brother in<br />
an avatar program.<br />
Pandora, is a small moon<br />
planet inhabited by a native<br />
population called Na’vi. A<br />
very rare, and highly desired<br />
element is located under<br />
their colony, and they refuse<br />
to move.<br />
Using the avatar program,<br />
Jake is transformed into a<br />
Na’vi, and is sent into their<br />
different bands. We all have<br />
our own favorites. We’ve Covered<br />
Foo Fighters, Weezer,<br />
We Are Scientists, Led Zeppelin,<br />
and even Phish.” said<br />
Szwejkowski.<br />
Mercury Switch plays<br />
many local shows. They have<br />
played at Smokie Joes, The<br />
Barn at Lord Fairfax, The<br />
Marshall Ruritan, American<br />
Legion, and even parties.<br />
All the band members have<br />
different songs they love to<br />
play. “<strong>My</strong> personal favorites<br />
MOVIE REVIEW: On Avatar<br />
expecting a clean-cut romantic<br />
comedy with a happy ending.<br />
Directed by Garry<br />
Marshall,<br />
this smartly<br />
written<br />
comedy is<br />
about many<br />
intertwined<br />
stories of<br />
love and<br />
loss on Vale<br />
n t i n e ’ s<br />
Day, as well<br />
as a view of<br />
Valentine’s<br />
Day at its<br />
best and worst. This movie<br />
did as well as any cheesy,<br />
Garry Marshall movie, about<br />
this eventful day-of-love, can<br />
hope to do in the box office,<br />
colony...<br />
Using groundbreaking<br />
3D technology, Avatar<br />
gives an amazing visual experience,<br />
creating an entire<br />
fictional world. More than<br />
half of this film, is entirely<br />
computer-generated, including<br />
many of the characters,<br />
however, they still seem<br />
real.<br />
Many of the cast performances<br />
are motion-captured,<br />
but I was impressed that<br />
they were still able to give a<br />
good performance.<br />
Avatar is director<br />
its cast attracting more audience<br />
than the actual storyline.<br />
This movie was directedtow<br />
a r d s<br />
t e e n a g e r s<br />
and young<br />
adults, however<br />
there<br />
are stories<br />
thrown in<br />
there that<br />
people of all<br />
ages can relate<br />
to and<br />
understand.<br />
Those who<br />
make the effort to see this<br />
will love “Valentine’s Day”,<br />
or at least find it endearing.<br />
Overall, the movie<br />
was cute. It was very funny,<br />
photo courtesy of Mercury Switch<br />
are Shot One (written by us)<br />
and After Hours which is a<br />
cover by We Are Scientist.”<br />
said Ayers.<br />
While Szwejkowski<br />
said “<strong>My</strong> favorite song is<br />
probably Tetris. It contains<br />
the Tetris game theme song<br />
and it’s a big hit to our fans.”<br />
Mercury Switch has<br />
a strong fan base. They have<br />
a Facebook group with 463+<br />
fans. They also can be found<br />
on <strong>My</strong>Space if you want to<br />
listen to a few of their songs.<br />
James Cameron’s first feature<br />
film in 12 years, and it<br />
shows that he has not lost his<br />
touch.<br />
Cameron delivers some<br />
incredible filmmaking, however,<br />
his screenplay suffers<br />
with a predictable story.<br />
Even though, the film is very<br />
predictable, and the screenplay<br />
lacks, it’s still one of the<br />
best movies of the year and a<br />
must-see for sci-fi fans.<br />
OVERALL: 5 out of 5<br />
MOVIE REVIEW: On Valentines Day<br />
easy to understand, had<br />
happy moments and sad moments<br />
(but nothing too serious)<br />
and it also had some serious<br />
eye-candy. At one hour<br />
and 57 minutes, it’s hard to<br />
say whether it is worth the<br />
time and money; I think it<br />
seriously depends on the<br />
person (or people). However,<br />
I would say: wait. While this<br />
movie was good and fun, it<br />
will be just as good (if not<br />
better) in your house as it<br />
was in theaters…waiting a<br />
few weeks is worth the extra<br />
$10, especially in these<br />
times.<br />
I loved this movie,<br />
and I was really glad to see<br />
it, but I would be equally as<br />
glad to have seen at home,<br />
on my couch.
Entertainment<br />
The Chronicle February& March 2010<br />
Noises <strong>Off</strong> Is On!<br />
By Rachel Bongiovi<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
After over three<br />
months of practice, countless<br />
weeks designing the<br />
set, over a month and a half<br />
of building and painting the<br />
set, and many, many hours<br />
spent doing everything it<br />
takes to put on a production,<br />
Noises <strong>Off</strong> had its premier<br />
shows Friday and Saturday<br />
night March 5th and<br />
6th. The play was produced<br />
and directed by the Kettle<br />
Run theatre teacher, Ms.<br />
Dillon. Mr. Smith designed<br />
the two-story set which was<br />
constructed by Mr. Smith<br />
along with other adult and<br />
student volunteers. By<br />
the time everything was<br />
in place, the cast and crew<br />
had high hopes for their hilarious<br />
comedy and couldn’t<br />
wait for opening night.<br />
After the Noises <strong>Off</strong><br />
premier, the cast and crew<br />
had nothing but good things<br />
to say about how the shows<br />
went.<br />
“I think they went<br />
amazing! Opening night<br />
especially, everything just<br />
went absolutely perfect!”<br />
commented freshman Hannah<br />
Fakoury who plays<br />
“Brooke”.<br />
Junior Michael Parrish,<br />
or “Gary”, says, “They<br />
both went amazingly well!<br />
I wish I could relive both<br />
nights over and over again!”<br />
Director and producer<br />
of Noises <strong>Off</strong>, Ms. Dillon<br />
agreed with the cast.<br />
“I thought they went<br />
spectacularly; especially<br />
Friday night.”<br />
After spending three<br />
months practicing Noises<br />
<strong>Off</strong>, the actors were able to<br />
really develop and connect<br />
with their characters.<br />
“I love everything about<br />
my character! He’s<br />
like my child! But I especially<br />
love how he can never<br />
seem to say what he wants<br />
to say.” Commented Parrish.<br />
Junior Amanda Hickling,<br />
“Belinda”, said,<br />
“Belinda is very<br />
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You....<br />
City Island<br />
Rated PG 13<br />
March 19th 2010<br />
Based upon De Felitta’s original<br />
screenplay, “City Island”<br />
is the story of a Bronx prison<br />
deputy Vince Rizzo (Garcia)<br />
who recognizes a prisoner<br />
(Strait) as his grown child<br />
whom he sired with another<br />
woman twenty years earlier.<br />
He decides to be the young<br />
Emily Hagy and Hannah Fakoury search for Hannah’s lost contact during Act II.<br />
much like me, she is always<br />
trying to keep everything<br />
together and lead everyone.<br />
She is also a big gossiper!<br />
She was really fun to play<br />
because she kept the shows<br />
together and kept everything<br />
relatively sain!” Emily Hagy,<br />
who played the crazy and unpredictable<br />
“Dotty”, said,<br />
“<strong>My</strong> favorite thing<br />
about playing Dotty would<br />
have to be that she’s a little<br />
nutso so I really had no set of<br />
ground rules. I got to do a lot<br />
of crazy things in front of a<br />
lot of people, which felt really<br />
liberating.”<br />
“<strong>My</strong> favorite part<br />
about playing Poppy was<br />
being able to be a British,<br />
grungy-looking, nervous<br />
wreck. The character is so<br />
extremely different from my<br />
actual personality, that it<br />
made acting that much more<br />
man’s guardian in Rizzo’s<br />
family’s home, but his efforts<br />
to conceal the nature<br />
of his relationship to the<br />
young man promptly begin<br />
to unravel the complex web<br />
of deceits which have worn<br />
the family fabric threadbare<br />
through the years.<br />
Diary of a Wimpy Kid<br />
Rated PG<br />
March 19th 2010<br />
fun.” Commented Junior Olivia<br />
Christopher, or “Poppy”.<br />
Noises <strong>Off</strong> is the first fulllength<br />
comedy to be performed<br />
at Kettle Run and the<br />
entire cast loved taking part<br />
in the hilarity.<br />
“This is the first real comedy<br />
I’ve ever been in and I’ve<br />
found it’s a really nice feeling<br />
you get when you make<br />
people laugh,” commented<br />
Hagy.<br />
“<strong>My</strong> favorite part of<br />
being in “Noises <strong>Off</strong>” is how<br />
absolutely hilarious the play<br />
is,” said Senior Kenneth<br />
Hawes who played “Frederick”.<br />
“There’s no feeling<br />
that compares to the feeling<br />
I get when I hear people<br />
laughing at my performances,”<br />
Christopher said.<br />
The actors weren’t<br />
the only ones working hard<br />
Meet the kid who made<br />
“wimpy” cool, in a family comedy<br />
based on the best-selling<br />
illustrated novel “Diary of a<br />
Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney,<br />
the first in a series that has<br />
thus far sold 24 million copies.<br />
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”<br />
chronicles the adventures of<br />
wise-cracking middle school<br />
student Greg Heffley, who<br />
must somehow survive the<br />
scariest time of anyone’s life:<br />
photo by Sydney Marks and Nicole Tisdale<br />
to put on Noises <strong>Off</strong>, a lot of<br />
other people spent long hours<br />
helping put this play together.<br />
“I’m the stage manager,<br />
which means I have<br />
to call the show. It would be<br />
extremely difficult if I didn’t<br />
have such awesome people<br />
working in the booth and on<br />
the backstage crew. It’s really<br />
fun to be behind the scenes<br />
but it’s a lot of pressure too.”<br />
Commented sophomore Emily<br />
Brown.<br />
Sophomore assistant director<br />
Marion Silas said,<br />
“Noises <strong>Off</strong> wouldn’t<br />
be what it has become now<br />
because each person plays<br />
such a huge role, whether it’s<br />
backstage or center stage.”<br />
“I thought [the cast<br />
and crew] worked very well<br />
together; especially the running<br />
crew. What a fantastic<br />
middle school.<br />
The Last Song<br />
Rated PG<br />
March 31st<br />
Based on best-selling novelist<br />
Nicholas Sparks’ (“A<br />
Walk to Remember,” “The<br />
Notebook”) latest novel, “The<br />
Last Song” is set in a small<br />
Southern beach town where<br />
an estranged father (Greg<br />
team!” Commented Dillon.<br />
Outside of direct<br />
questions the cast of Noises<br />
<strong>Off</strong> had a lot to add and a<br />
lot of people they wished to<br />
thank.<br />
“ Thank you so much<br />
to the cast and crew of this<br />
wonderful play! It wouldn’t<br />
be nearly as amazing if each<br />
and every one of you wasn’t<br />
a part of it.” Commented<br />
Parrish.<br />
“I’d just like to thank<br />
everyone that worked on the<br />
show. Not only the cast or<br />
crew but the adults involved<br />
as well. Mr. Smith who built<br />
our set volunteered an insane<br />
amount of time and it’s<br />
amazing! And of course Ms.<br />
Dillon. We’re not the easiest<br />
group of kids to work with<br />
and this show is complicated<br />
but she really stuck with us<br />
and made the show phenomenal!<br />
So thanks for all your<br />
hard work and time everybody!<br />
This was an amazing<br />
experience!” said Hagy.<br />
“Noises <strong>Off</strong> has always<br />
been one of my favorite<br />
plays and I’m so grateful<br />
that I am acting in it as<br />
my last high school play. I’m<br />
going to miss Kettle Run<br />
theatre so much next year!”<br />
commented the only senior<br />
cast member, Hawes.<br />
The other actors of<br />
Noises <strong>Off</strong> are junior Daniel<br />
Patti as handyman “Tim”, junior<br />
Colin Shea-Blymyer as<br />
director “Lloyd”, sophomore<br />
Riley Scott as “Selsdon”, and<br />
sophomore Maddie Houck as<br />
Poppy’s understudy.<br />
“It definitely<br />
surpassed [all my<br />
expectations].”<br />
Mrs. Jeanne Dillon<br />
Director<br />
All the cast and crew’s hard<br />
work paid off in the end as<br />
they delivered hilarious<br />
performances loved by the<br />
audience. Director Dillon<br />
commented, “It definitely<br />
surpassed [all my expectations].”<br />
Kinnear) gets a chance to<br />
spend the summer with his<br />
reluctant teenaged daughter<br />
(Miley Cyrus), who’d rather<br />
be home in New York. He<br />
tries to reconnect with her<br />
through the only thing they<br />
have in common—music—in<br />
a story of family, friendship,<br />
secrets and salvation, along<br />
with first loves and second<br />
chances.<br />
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The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
March Horoscopes<br />
To get the advantage,<br />
check the day’s rating: 10 is<br />
the easiest day, 0 the most<br />
challenging.<br />
Aries (March 21-April<br />
19) -- Today is a 6 -- This<br />
would be a great day to sit<br />
at home in your pajamas and<br />
drink herbal tea. You don’t<br />
have to do anything. Order<br />
your favorite takeout and<br />
share it with close friends.<br />
Taurus (April 20-May<br />
20) -- Today is a 7 -- Someone<br />
outside the family circle<br />
makes unreasonable demands.<br />
Your first impulse<br />
is to say “no.” On second<br />
thought, a slight shift makes<br />
the suggestion work.<br />
Gemini (May 21-June<br />
21) -- Today is a 5 -- Time<br />
spent at home gains you more<br />
than you imagined. A distant<br />
friend or relative is anxious<br />
to contact you.<br />
Cancer (June 22-July<br />
22) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t<br />
demand satisfaction today.<br />
Things have a way of coming<br />
around to your advantage if<br />
you remain reasonable and<br />
listen.<br />
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) --<br />
Today is a 7 -- Boost morale<br />
among associates by pushing<br />
forward with a shared idea.<br />
Your role is to imagine the<br />
possibilities without forcing<br />
anyone to give up a dream.<br />
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)<br />
-- Today is a 5 -- Make comfort<br />
your business today. You<br />
Dishin’ it Out in Mrs. Tom’s Class<br />
Hash brown<br />
Potatoes<br />
Ingredients-<br />
4 large potatos<br />
1 medium onion<br />
¼ c. vegetable oil<br />
Dash salt & pepper<br />
Dash Red Pepper<br />
What is the best thing you have ever baked in Culinary Class?<br />
“ [The best thing I have<br />
ever baked in class was]<br />
Oatneal Raisin Cookies.”<br />
Kelci Riley<br />
Senior<br />
12<br />
don’t have to stay at home<br />
to relax and enjoy great food<br />
and good company. Get out of<br />
the house.<br />
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct.<br />
22) -- Today is a 7 -- All the<br />
imagination in the world<br />
can’t help you avoid today’s<br />
responsibilities. Effort is the<br />
only solution. It needs to be<br />
done, and you’re the one.<br />
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)<br />
-- Today is a 5 -- Plumbing or<br />
other repairs are needed at<br />
home. You can’t put it off any<br />
longer. Just get it done.<br />
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.<br />
21) -- Today is a 7 -- Work behind<br />
the scenes to set up a<br />
fun event for someone you<br />
love. If the decorations don’t<br />
work as planned, simplify.<br />
But keep it elegant.<br />
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19) -- Today is a 6 -- Imagine<br />
the glorious freedom to spend<br />
money like water. Then take<br />
a good look at reality. You can<br />
still enjoy yourself without<br />
wastefulness.<br />
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.<br />
18) -- Today is a 6 -- Get up<br />
early and do your chores.<br />
That way you can enjoy recreational<br />
activities guilt-free.<br />
The whole group participates<br />
in some real fun.<br />
Pisces (Feb. 19-March<br />
20) -- Today is a 5 -- To boost<br />
morale without revealing secrets,<br />
choose treats appropriate<br />
for each member of the<br />
group. They can share if they<br />
wantI<br />
Directions-<br />
1. Peel potatos and<br />
dice them into small<br />
cubes<br />
2. Peel and chop the<br />
onion<br />
3. Heat vegetable oil<br />
on medium heat in fry<br />
pan<br />
4. When oil is hot,<br />
add potatos and onions<br />
5. Cover with a lid<br />
turning occasionally until<br />
brown<br />
6. Add salt, pepper,<br />
red pepper, to taste<br />
“ [The best thing I have ever<br />
cooked in class was] Hash<br />
Brown Potatoes.”<br />
Luke Palese<br />
Sophomore<br />
Alice in Wonderland, Not as<br />
Good as Expected.<br />
By Martina Gargiani<br />
Staff Repoter<br />
Inspired by the famous<br />
Lewis Carroll adventure<br />
book Alice in Wonderland,<br />
the movie from Tim<br />
Burton came out on March<br />
5, 2010.<br />
Everyone was waiting<br />
for the next Burton masterpiece;<br />
everyone was talking<br />
about it, but actually,<br />
a great part of the public<br />
found it not as good as they<br />
expected.<br />
The movie took-in<br />
more than $14 million in 3<br />
days, sending the colossal<br />
Photo by Stephanie Hoffman<br />
Students cook up some nice tasty homefries during 3rd block.<br />
“ [The best thing I have ever<br />
cooked in class was]Stir-Fry”<br />
Ariel Nelson<br />
Senior<br />
Avatar tumbling down in a<br />
box-office dark hole.<br />
The movie is about<br />
19-year-old Alice going<br />
through the celeb adventures<br />
described in Carroll’s book.<br />
Taken to a garden party, it<br />
is hoped that Alice will accept<br />
a marriage proposal<br />
from Hamish , but she is distracted<br />
seeing a rabbit with a<br />
waistcoat nearby, and rushes<br />
after the strange creature.<br />
Following him, she falls in<br />
a hole, and she lands in a<br />
dream world made of absurdity<br />
and paradoxes. During<br />
her pursuit of the rabbit, lots<br />
of incredible things happen<br />
“ [The best thing I have ever<br />
cooked in class was] Mac &<br />
Cheese.”<br />
Jessica Briggs<br />
Sophomore<br />
to her. She grows unbelievably,<br />
and she meets absurd<br />
animals and cats that sneer<br />
and disappear.<br />
As every other Burton’s<br />
movie, Alice in Wonderland<br />
is made for the whole<br />
family. Burton also directed<br />
“Charlie and the Chocolate<br />
Factory”, where he worked<br />
with Johnny Depp and<br />
his wife, Helena B o n -<br />
ham Carter. These two actors<br />
appear again in “Alice<br />
in Wonderland”, with Mia<br />
Wasikowska (playing Alice)<br />
and Anne Hathaway (playing<br />
the White Queen).<br />
“ [The best thing I have<br />
ever baked in class was]<br />
Chocolate Chip Cookies .”<br />
Lydia Shull<br />
Senior
The Chronicle<br />
Baseball Players Look Forward<br />
to Successful Season<br />
By Rachel Bongiovi<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
The baseball team is<br />
at the start of it’s second season.<br />
William Thorpe returns<br />
as varsity coach and has high<br />
hopes for the season.<br />
The Kettle Run baseball<br />
team’s goals for this season<br />
are to improve this season,<br />
win districts, and ultimately<br />
win regionals.<br />
Kettle Run baseball<br />
players have high expectations<br />
for their team this year.<br />
“We were a young team last<br />
year and still did well, so now<br />
that we have that experience<br />
under our belts, we’ll be even<br />
better,” commented first<br />
baseman Riley Caito.<br />
“I always have high<br />
expectations, whether it be<br />
for myself or our team,” said<br />
utility player Justin Rodriguez.<br />
The baseball team<br />
expects to do a lot better this<br />
season versus last year. “Yes,<br />
[we will do better than last<br />
year because] we’re all more<br />
experienced than last season,”<br />
stated Caito.<br />
“Yes, [we will do<br />
better than last season because]<br />
all of our players have<br />
excelled exceptionally this<br />
year,” said catcher David<br />
Stuart.<br />
Players say they<br />
very much enjoy playing on<br />
this team. “Everybody on<br />
the team is cool with one another,<br />
and we have a good<br />
time at practices and games<br />
but still get work done,” commented<br />
Caito.<br />
“I love how close our<br />
team is. We are all friends off<br />
the field, and we believe that<br />
helps with the team chemistry,”<br />
said Rodriguez.<br />
This may only be the<br />
baseball team’s second year,<br />
but many players have a lot<br />
of prior experience. “[I have<br />
been playing baseball] since<br />
I was six,” said Caito.<br />
“[I have been playing<br />
baseball] since I was three,”<br />
commented Stuart.<br />
“I started playing<br />
about 12 years ago,” stated<br />
Rodriguez.<br />
Coach Thorpe played<br />
baseball from age five<br />
through college and said,<br />
“When I stopped playing I<br />
knew coaching was for me.”<br />
Coach Thorpe says his coaching<br />
method is, “relaxed, fast<br />
paced, and I expect my guys<br />
to work hard every day.” His<br />
coaching method seemed to<br />
work well last year considering<br />
the team went to the district<br />
semi-finals.<br />
The teams’ next<br />
home game will be on<br />
April 13 th against Warren<br />
County <strong>High</strong>.<br />
Sports<br />
By Marcus Toms<br />
Staff Reporter<br />
March is National<br />
Athletic Trainers months.<br />
Kettle Run’s athletic training<br />
staff is made up of 17<br />
students. These students<br />
are on the<br />
sidelines of<br />
every home<br />
game treating<br />
injured athletes.<br />
These<br />
students are<br />
lead by professional<br />
athletic<br />
trainer Natalie<br />
Swick.<br />
Prior to coming<br />
to Kettle<br />
Run, Swick<br />
worked as the<br />
head athletic<br />
trainer for the<br />
girls’ basketball<br />
team at<br />
Northwestern<br />
State University.<br />
She also<br />
served as an assistant trainer<br />
for the football team.<br />
Trainers say they<br />
have learned a great deal<br />
from Swick. “I have been<br />
trained to treat abrasions,<br />
anulsions, lacerations,<br />
punctures, contusions, ankle<br />
sprains, pulled muscles,<br />
and broken fingers,” boys’<br />
soccer trainer Emily Kono-<br />
February & March 2010<br />
March is National Training Month<br />
za said. “We’ve studied injuries<br />
all over the body, but we<br />
usually call Swick over for<br />
the serious ones.”<br />
“Trainers are taught<br />
how to treat multiple types<br />
of injuries, such as open and<br />
closed wounds, sprains and<br />
strains, shoulder and knee<br />
injuries and many more,”<br />
said boys’ soccer trainer Morgan<br />
Roush.<br />
Trainers had different<br />
reasons for entering the<br />
field. “Before I was a trainer,<br />
I always got hurt and I was<br />
always in the training room,”<br />
Konoza said. “The trainers<br />
always seem to have a lot of<br />
fun, and Sports Medicine has<br />
always interested me, so I<br />
decided to become a trainer.”<br />
Trainer Kaitlyn Cunningham<br />
said, “I’m an athlete<br />
who gets hurt a lot, so I<br />
figured why not learn to treat<br />
myself?”<br />
Some of the<br />
trainers are<br />
also thinking<br />
of a future<br />
in Sports<br />
M e d i c i n e .<br />
“I’m going to<br />
do something<br />
having to do<br />
with sports<br />
m e d i c i n e<br />
when I get out<br />
of school, like<br />
creating physical<br />
therapy<br />
equipment,”<br />
said Cunningham.<br />
Konoza said, “I<br />
would love to<br />
go into sport’s<br />
medicine and<br />
be a trainer,<br />
but if I don’t, I’m definitely<br />
going into medicine.”<br />
“I would love to become a<br />
trainer,” Roush said, “but I<br />
still have a lot to learn.”<br />
Students who are interested<br />
in becoming an athletic trainer<br />
are encouraged to talk to a<br />
current trainer or Ms. Swick<br />
for more information.<br />
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Sports<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
Kettle Run Makes Regional’s Only To End Season<br />
Kettle Run played<br />
the Charlottesville Black<br />
Nights in the Region II Semifinals<br />
on Thursday, February<br />
25th. Kettle Run <strong>Cougars</strong><br />
basketball had a strong season<br />
with an overall 11 wins<br />
and 7 losses, 4 wins and 1<br />
loss in Districts, a 3-way tie<br />
with Liberty and Fauquier<br />
in the Evergreen District<br />
Championship, and finished<br />
as a Regional II Division 3<br />
Semifinalist.<br />
With the <strong>Cougars</strong> being<br />
third and Charlottesville<br />
being second in the Division,<br />
the players seemed confident<br />
when stepping onto the court.<br />
“I just kept telling myself, we<br />
got this,” said senior Spencer<br />
Carter.<br />
“I’d be lying if I said<br />
I wasn’t nervous; it’s such a<br />
huge turnout for us to make<br />
regionals, and it would have<br />
been awesome to win states,”<br />
said senior Brian Mills<br />
Although the team<br />
stayed strong, they knew who<br />
they were going up against<br />
a tough team. “They’re not<br />
a team you can overlook;<br />
they’re very athletic, but<br />
have a slow defensive side.<br />
Hopefully, we can get them<br />
there, but we can’t give up,”<br />
said senior David Noonan<br />
With this being the<br />
Photo by Chris Ball<br />
Senior Connor Massei dribbles down court past an opponent. The <strong>Cougars</strong> defeated<br />
the Warren County Wildcats 56-47.<br />
Boys’ Soccer Kicks off New Season<br />
“We be all the way<br />
turnt up,” said forward Reid<br />
Turnure about this year’s<br />
varsity soccer team.<br />
Players and the coach<br />
have high hopes for the season.<br />
“We should improve on<br />
last season and look to contend<br />
for a district title,” said<br />
head coach Phillip Roper.<br />
Team captain Andy<br />
Redmon Signs with Delaware<br />
Next year Brooke<br />
Redmon, middle blocker on<br />
the varsity volleyball team,<br />
will be playing volleyball<br />
with a full scholarship to<br />
Delaware.<br />
“A couple of DII and<br />
DIII schools were talking<br />
to Brooke,” Coach Krystal<br />
Hermes said. “Brooke has<br />
a quick arm swing which<br />
helps her hit the ball hard<br />
and fast. She also has developed<br />
her hitting skills to<br />
diversify herself as a hitter,<br />
being able to hit any spot on<br />
the court with different ball<br />
speeds.”<br />
“It was a really hard<br />
decision, but when I made<br />
the choice, it was the best<br />
feeling,” Redmon said.<br />
The scholarship<br />
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By Lauren Forlano<br />
Sports Editor<br />
By Zack Baker<br />
Sports Editor<br />
By Zack Baker<br />
Sports Editor<br />
Bourdeau agreed. “I think<br />
our season will be fun this<br />
year. We have a real talented<br />
team. If we stay focused,<br />
we could do great.”<br />
Turnure said, “I<br />
think we will go to states.”<br />
Although the team<br />
is excited about the season,<br />
they know some tough competition<br />
lies ahead. “Brentsville<br />
is always tough and<br />
should be one of the better<br />
teams,” Roper said.<br />
Bourdeau agreed.<br />
“Brentsville will be our<br />
toughest. There were best<br />
in the district last year, but<br />
they lost seniors. Our whole<br />
squad is returning.”<br />
Two new teams were<br />
added to the line up this season.<br />
“We play Fauquier and<br />
Liberty for the first time, so<br />
we’ve got the whole county<br />
rivalry think going on there.<br />
It will be tough,” Roper ex-<br />
photo courtesy of yearbook<br />
Brooke Redmon spikes the ball past an opponent.<br />
made college far less stressful<br />
for Redmon. “Just knowing I<br />
didn’t have to go through the<br />
whole ‘college process’, that<br />
a lot of my friends did, was<br />
awesome.” Redmon said.<br />
Redmon didn’t have<br />
to stress about applications,<br />
essays, money, and every-<br />
thing else about applying to<br />
college.<br />
Going out of state<br />
Redmon is excited for college.<br />
“Delaware is only about<br />
3 hours away so when I want<br />
to come home I can.” Redmon<br />
said.<br />
Redmon plans on<br />
second season, head coach<br />
Troy Washington saw many<br />
plained.<br />
The team is working<br />
on a number of things,<br />
but most importantly “staying<br />
positive, staying focused,<br />
working hard, and having<br />
fun – all at the same time,”<br />
Roper said.<br />
In order to raise<br />
money, the team is hosting a<br />
fundraiser. They will be selling<br />
mulch in April. See coach<br />
Roper for details.<br />
pursuing a degree in criminal<br />
justice while enrolled<br />
at Delaware.<br />
Redmon will miss<br />
her high school games<br />
though. “Our high school<br />
games were, by far, the<br />
most fun,” Redmon said,”<br />
The fans and support we<br />
had was amazing, and<br />
Zack Baker better keep up<br />
the same spirit next year!”<br />
“It was a really<br />
hard decision, but<br />
when I made the<br />
choice, it was the<br />
best feeling,”<br />
Brooke Redmon<br />
Hermes will also<br />
miss Redmon. “Brooke is a<br />
wonderful player and person<br />
and I know she will be<br />
very successful playing in<br />
college!”<br />
improvements. “This season<br />
was a huge difference compared<br />
to last season. We had<br />
six seniors return, which was<br />
a huge help,” said Washington.<br />
“They were like big<br />
brothers to the younger players.<br />
Saying goodbye to them<br />
was tough, but I hope for the<br />
best in their futures.”<br />
“I’m definitely going<br />
to miss our home<br />
games, and Patches<br />
cheering us on from<br />
the stands.”<br />
Connor Massei<br />
Senior<br />
Some of the teammates<br />
are sad to see the second<br />
season come to an end. “I’ve<br />
been playing for 10 years,<br />
(and since its almost over),<br />
I’m really going to miss my<br />
teammates, the atmosphere<br />
of big games, and Kelci Riley<br />
cheering me on,” said<br />
Noonan.<br />
“I’m definitely going<br />
to miss our home games,<br />
and Patches cheering us on<br />
from the stands,” said senior<br />
Connor Massei.<br />
Athlete of<br />
the Month<br />
Brendan Rijike<br />
Junior<br />
Swimming<br />
How many years have<br />
you been involved in<br />
your sport? Ten years.<br />
What’s your favorite<br />
snack? Trail Mix.<br />
What is your most<br />
memorable moment in<br />
the sport? Swimming at<br />
states.<br />
Do you plan on continuing<br />
the sport after high<br />
school? Yes.<br />
How did you get interested<br />
in the sport? I had<br />
some friends on the Chesnut<br />
Forks swim team so I<br />
decided to join.<br />
What is one thing you<br />
could never live without?<br />
Water.
Sports<br />
The Chronicle February & March 2010<br />
Girls’ Tennis Swings Into New Season<br />
By Martinia Gargiano<br />
Features Editor<br />
The girls’ tennis team<br />
has high hopes for this season.<br />
Twenty seven girls tried<br />
out for the team: twelve were<br />
chosen.<br />
First seed player Jesica<br />
Doyle hopes “everybody<br />
will become a team and win<br />
more games”. There are several<br />
players who have tennis<br />
experience. Third seed Marion<br />
Silas has been playing “on<br />
and off for three years”. Fifth<br />
seed player Becca Haldi has<br />
been playing for two years.<br />
Players joined the<br />
team for different reasons.<br />
“<strong>My</strong> dad wanted me to play,<br />
so I started, and now I like<br />
it,” Doyle said.<br />
“<strong>My</strong> sister played, so<br />
I decided to start too,” second<br />
seed Amanda Davis said.<br />
Tennis players prefer<br />
different aspects of this<br />
sport. “The thing that I like<br />
most about tennis is the outfits,”<br />
Davis said.<br />
“I love how close the<br />
team gets and the fact that<br />
that you can play with a partner<br />
or alone,” Silas said.<br />
Playing tennis requires<br />
a lot of body strength<br />
and “very good coordination,”<br />
fourth and seventh seed players<br />
Megan Graap and Tina<br />
Kwarteng said.<br />
Players say they enjoy<br />
the sport and hope to con-<br />
tinue playing it for years to<br />
come. “I would just like to<br />
keep doing it for fun,” Silas<br />
said.<br />
“I would not do it as a<br />
job because it is just a hobby<br />
for me,” tenth seed player<br />
Anne Eastman said.<br />
The majority of play-<br />
Upcoming Games<br />
Baseball<br />
04/07 6:30 PM(A)<br />
JAMES WOOD<br />
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BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/13 6:30 PM (H)<br />
WARREN<br />
04/14 6:00 PM (H)<br />
LOUDOUN<br />
04/16 6:00 PM (H)<br />
JOHN HANDLEY<br />
04/21 6:00 PM (H)<br />
CULPEPER<br />
04/23 7:00 PM (A)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/27 7:00 PM (H)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/28 4:30 PM (A)<br />
CULPEPER<br />
04/30 7:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Boys’ Lacrosse<br />
04/07 7:30 PM(H)<br />
POTOMAC FALLS<br />
04/08 7:00 PM(H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/12 7:00 PM (A)<br />
CULPEPER<br />
04/15 7:00 PM (H)<br />
Eastern View<br />
04/20 7:00 PM (H)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/22 7:00 PM (A)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/26 7:00 PM (A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/28 7:00 PM (A)<br />
CHARLOTTESVILLE<br />
Photo by Martina Gargiani<br />
Number one seed, Jessica Doye, serves the ball against her Garfield opponent.<br />
Girls’ Lacrosse<br />
04/07 7:30 PM(A)<br />
POTOMAC FALLS HIGH<br />
04/08 6:00 PM(A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/12 6:00 PM (H)<br />
CULPEPER<br />
04/15 7:00 PM (A)<br />
Eastern View<br />
04/20 5:30 PM (A)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/22 5:30 PM (A)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/26 6:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Girls’ Soccer<br />
04/09 7:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/13 7:00 PM (A)<br />
WARREN COUNTY<br />
04/15 5:15 PM (A)<br />
JOHN HANDLEY<br />
04/19 7:00 PM (H)<br />
SHERANDO<br />
04/23 7:00 PM (H)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/27 7:00 PM (A)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/30 7:00 PM (A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Boys’ Soccer<br />
04/07 7:30 PM(A)<br />
BRIAR WOODS<br />
04/09 7:00 PM(A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
ers say there is one player<br />
they all idolize. Rafael Nadal<br />
is “our favorite,” Eastman<br />
and ninth seed player Maddie<br />
Turner said.<br />
This year’s team<br />
is made up of Lindsey Arrington,<br />
Amanda Davis, Jessica<br />
Doyle, Megan Graap,<br />
04/13 7:00 PM(H)<br />
WARREN<br />
04/16 7:00 PM(H)<br />
JOHN HANDLEY<br />
04/19 7:00 PM(A)<br />
SHERANDO<br />
04/23 7:00 PM(A)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/27 7:00 PM(H)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/30 7:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Softball<br />
04/07 6:00 PM(A)<br />
HERITAGE<br />
04/09 6:00 PM(A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/13 6:30 PM(H)<br />
WARREN<br />
04/14 6:00 PM(H)<br />
LOUDOUN<br />
04/16 6:00 PM(H)<br />
Handley<br />
04/21 6:00 PM(H)<br />
CULPEPER<br />
04/23 7:00 PM(A)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/27 7:00 PM (H)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/28 4:30 PM (A)<br />
CULPEPER<br />
04/30 6:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Boys’ Tennis<br />
04/07 5:00 PM (H)<br />
PARK VIEW<br />
04/08 4:00 PM (A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Becca Haldi, Anne Eastman,<br />
Amanda Hoelscher, Tina<br />
Kwarteng, Lauren Miller,<br />
Hailey Nettles, Marion Silas<br />
and Maddie Turner.<br />
Paola Riccetti is the coach<br />
and Martina Gargiani is the<br />
manager.<br />
04/12 4:00 PM (H)<br />
WARREN<br />
04/14 4:30 PM (H)<br />
SKYLINE<br />
04/16 4:00 PM (H)<br />
HANDLEY<br />
04/19 4:00 PM (A)<br />
SHERANDO<br />
04/21 5:30 PM(A)<br />
PARK VIEW<br />
04/22 4:00 PM (A)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/26 4:00 PM (H)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/29 4:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Girls’ Tennis<br />
04/08 4:00 PM (H)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
04/12 4:00 PM (A)<br />
WARREN<br />
04/14 4:30 PM (A)<br />
SKYLINE<br />
04/19 4:00 PM (H)<br />
SHERANDO<br />
04/22 4:00 PM (H)<br />
LIBERTY<br />
04/26 4:00 PM (A)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
04/29 4:00 PM (A)<br />
BRENTSVILLE<br />
Track and Field<br />
04/10 9:00 AM (A)<br />
Bridgewater College<br />
04/17 9:00 AM (A)<br />
Handley HS<br />
04/28 4:00 PM(H)<br />
FAUQUIER<br />
Hockey<br />
Team Rolls<br />
into Season<br />
Two<br />
By Rachel Bongiovi<br />
News Editor<br />
Did you know<br />
Kettle Run has a hockey<br />
team?<br />
Junior Blake Owens<br />
and Coach John Rathbone<br />
created the Kettle<br />
Run hockey team at the beginning<br />
of the school year.<br />
Although it is referred to<br />
as the “Kettle Run” hockey<br />
team, the team also includes<br />
students from Fauquier<br />
and Oakton. In its<br />
second season, the hockey<br />
team currently stands at a<br />
3-5-1 record.<br />
Students on the<br />
Kettle Run Hockey team<br />
enjoy playing hockey for<br />
many different reasons. “I<br />
like playing on the team<br />
because I get to play with<br />
all my friends from school,”<br />
said junior Blake Owens.<br />
Sophomore Marcus<br />
Toms said he likes<br />
playing on the team because,<br />
“everyone is always<br />
friendly, even if you make<br />
a bad mistake.”<br />
Although students<br />
on the Kettle Run hockey<br />
team come from different<br />
schools, this does not seem<br />
to pose a problem when<br />
it comes to team bonding.<br />
“All the players understand<br />
their roles and work<br />
well together, “stated<br />
Coach Rathbone.<br />
Freshman Chase<br />
Rathbone commented, “I<br />
don’t think people coming<br />
from different schools<br />
has affected us; we are all<br />
friends.”<br />
While all the players<br />
continue to improve, a<br />
few students are identified<br />
as team leaders. “[The star<br />
players are] Blake Owens,<br />
Nick Succop, and Chase<br />
Rathbone,” commented<br />
Coach Rathbone.<br />
The team’s goals<br />
for the rest of the season<br />
are to win enough games<br />
to go to the playoffs, and to<br />
keep improving each game<br />
by working on fundamentals.<br />
“I’m very proud of all<br />
my players, they continue<br />
to play hard and we have<br />
already improved greatly<br />
over the fall season,” stated<br />
Coach Rathbone.<br />
The hockey team’s<br />
season is almost over, but<br />
the team is looking for<br />
players for next season.<br />
Students who are interested<br />
in joining should<br />
purchase their own hockey<br />
gear and contact Owens<br />
or Rathbone.<br />
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Mark Your Calendar<br />
take midterm exams.<br />
Spanish Tutoring<br />
If you need help with Spanish,<br />
then you will want to<br />
attend tutoring. These<br />
sessions are offered every<br />
Monday in room 455 from<br />
2:45 to 3:45 p.m.<br />
Film Club<br />
The film club meets every<br />
Wednesday in room 223<br />
from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. The<br />
club is always looking for<br />
new members. Students<br />
who like to act, write, or<br />
make videos are encouraged<br />
to join.<br />
Cap and Gown Pictures<br />
Cap and gown pictures will<br />
be taken on March 15 from<br />
8 to 2:30 p.m. in the audi-<br />
Words to Find<br />
ALPINE SKIING<br />
BIATHLON<br />
BOB SLEIGH<br />
BRONZE<br />
CROSS COUNTRY<br />
SKIING<br />
CURLING<br />
FIGURE<br />
SKATING<br />
FREESTYLE<br />
SKIING<br />
GOLD<br />
ICE HOCKEY<br />
LUGE<br />
SILVER<br />
SKELETON<br />
SKI JUMPING<br />
SNOWBOARDING<br />
SPEED SKATING<br />
VANCOUVER<br />
What is your favorite Olympic Sport?<br />
“Snowboarding”<br />
Tyler Todd<br />
Senior<br />
torium. Interested seniors<br />
need to schedule a sitting<br />
time with Mrs. Norden in<br />
room 223.<br />
Yearbook Sale<br />
Yearbooks are on sale for<br />
$90 at www.jostens.com.<br />
Don’t miss out on owning<br />
a piece of Kettle Run History.<br />
Spring Break<br />
Students will be out of<br />
school March 27 through<br />
April 5 for spring break<br />
vacation.<br />
Midterm Exams<br />
Midterms will be held on<br />
March 25 and 26. These<br />
days will be half days. All<br />
students are required to<br />
Winter Olymic Word Search<br />
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Q B H G T Y D I U F C Z F F V D W X Y G A I N W A<br />
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G N I D R A O B W O N S E A E H M I M Y J R Z I B<br />
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W B K T R S H U T E H K T Y T E L A L H R S B M E<br />
G O L D C O V Y L T X E W A S Y H I Q G C K O U H<br />
G O B I M X E E W P S K H K K D L Z S F M A G J T<br />
Q C U D T E T M H M V Y I M U S B E W E O T K I A<br />
E O W Q N O C G S Z H I P D K I D B S G O I F K G<br />
G G Q T N N I Z U O N S E G N H M E V K P N S S H<br />
V B X B T E N E J G P I C E H O C K E Y I G T M U<br />
Q A D E L M H F E F K G F W I Y T K I P M I X Y A<br />
T M N S G G X Q F H C L Z Z N W U L R B S Q N W U<br />
S T B C O V T P H D K W X D H B C L X Z O W I G P<br />
F O M E O K W O W O A O Y R X K X P Y W A T C S S<br />
B H Y B D U W W O Q O M Z Z B Q R M Z U N M V W Q<br />
F O G I A R V Q X W B D S M B E K F N X N I Z C J<br />
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D P G T Q A D J R G M H N E Q N A W V A B G I V H<br />
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L V R N H J D P X K F Y P O U Q P O Z O H D H U S<br />
“Snowboarding”<br />
KT Tines<br />
Senior<br />
<strong>Talent</strong> <strong>Show</strong> Auditions<br />
Do you have a talent you<br />
would like to share with<br />
your classmates? Why<br />
not try out for the <strong>Talent</strong><br />
<strong>Show</strong>. <strong>Talent</strong> <strong>Show</strong> auditions<br />
will take place on<br />
April 7. See Ms. Olinger<br />
for more information. The<br />
<strong>Talent</strong> <strong>Show</strong> will take<br />
place on Thursday, April<br />
22, during first and second<br />
blocks. Students will need<br />
to purchase a ticket to attend.<br />
This event is a fundraiser<br />
for prom.<br />
Class Rings<br />
Herff Jones will be at<br />
KRHS on April 14 ,15, and<br />
16 during all lunch shifts<br />
“Ski Flying”<br />
Alex Divittoro<br />
Senior<br />
to take order for the class<br />
of 2012 rings. They will<br />
also be here between 4 and<br />
7 p.m. on April 14.<br />
Fauquier County Arts<br />
Festival<br />
The Fauquier County Arts<br />
Festival will be held at<br />
KRHS on Friday, April 16<br />
from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday,<br />
April 17 from noon<br />
to 3 p.m.<br />
JMU Field Trip<br />
Mrs. Hagberg’s classes will<br />
be taking a field trip to the<br />
JMU planetarium on Wednesay,<br />
April 28. Permission<br />
forms and money need to be<br />
submitted by April 7.<br />
Email snorden@fcps1.org to<br />
have information posted.<br />
“Speed Skating”<br />
Nikki Yates<br />
Senior<br />
Fun<br />
Facts<br />
A duck’s quack doesn’t<br />
echo, and no one knows<br />
why.<br />
The numbers ‘172’ can be<br />
found on the back of the<br />
U.S. $5 dollar bill in the<br />
bushes at the base of the<br />
Lincoln Memorial.<br />
In the average lifetime,<br />
a person will walk the<br />
equivalent of 5 times<br />
around the equator.<br />
The most money ever paid<br />
for a cow in an auction was<br />
$1.3 million.<br />
The Neanderthal’s brain<br />
was bigger than yours is.<br />
When snakes are born<br />
with two heads, they fight<br />
each other for food.<br />
Charlie Brown’s father<br />
was a barber.<br />
Dueling is legal in<br />
Paraguay as long as both<br />
parties are registered<br />
blood donors.<br />
Kansas state law requires<br />
pedestrians crossing the<br />
highways at night to wear<br />
tail lights.<br />
Walt Disney, the creator of<br />
Mickey Mouse, was afraid<br />
of mice.<br />
Until the 1960’s men with<br />
long hair were not allowed<br />
to enter Disneyland.<br />
It’s against the law to tie a<br />
giraffe to a telephone pole<br />
or street lamp.<br />
The world’s oldest piece of<br />
chewing gum is over 9000<br />
years old.<br />
The # key on a keyboard is<br />
called an octothorpe.<br />
“Hockey”<br />
<strong>Off</strong>icer Smith