Maple Valley-Anthon Oto's - Maple Valley Community Schools

By Devon Hieber
Receiving underwear that said “Save the
Drama for yo mamma” as a birthday gift from
Angie Flanigan is Senior Laura Hoaglund’s
most interesting birthday present. Laura Ann
Hoaglund was born at St. Lukes Hospital in
Sioux City, IA on February 13, 1989. Laura is
the daughter of David and Joan Hoaglund of
Mapleton. Laura has one sister, Katie. Laura
has been involved in volleyball, basketball,
golf, softball, choir, FCA, CCD, Gold Club,
NHS, PALS, and Phi Ramma Jamma.
Going to Mexico with friends her junior
year, meeting Iban, and spending time with
Maestra and Jeff Wolf is Laura’s best memory
of high school. Laura’s most embarrassing
moment was when she was playing basketball
in seventh grade, and was taking the ball out
of bounds, and there was no one open, so she
just dribbled to the basket and did a lay-up.
Laura likes any kind of music, eating Mac n’
cheese or peppermint ice cream, eating cream
chicken over biscuits at school, watching
Raising Helen or Love and Basketball, and
celebrating her birthday or her favorite T.V.
shows Gilmore Girls, Desperate Housewives, and
Grey’s Anatomy. Laura can be found hanging
out with her friends or going to an athletic
practice during her after school activities.
Laura’s hobbies include sports and being on
By Aaron Dose
Jason Alan Rosauer was born in Ida Grove
on November 4 th 1998. His parents are Jon
and Cathie Rosauer. His siblings include
Brent and Erin Rosauer.
Some of Jason’s favorites include pizza, as
his favorite school lunch, and 70’s and 80’s
Rock ‘n Roll, for music. His favorite classes
include Horticulture, Agri-Science, and Band.
Jason’s last favorite is girls.
Jason would like to be remembered as
the “FFA ladies man.” His most memorable
high school moments were when he went
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her cell phone and computer. Her favorite
class is third period study hall with Miss
Rabe. Her advice to underclassmen is, “to be
involved in as many things as you can and
enjoy it because it goes by fast.”
Laura wants her high school legend to be
to FFA contests and learned how to talk to
the FFA ladies. His favorite vacation was to
the boundary waters with the FFA Chapter,
where he learned to appreciate life more.
Throughout high school, Jason’s biggest
accomplishment was becoming FFA District
Sentinel. During high school, Jason was
involved in Band, FFA, Jazz Band, school
plays, CCD, and the Knights of Columbus.
Jason had a tough time in art classes
throughout his high school career. The things
that came easy to him included: talking to the
“FFA girls,” poetry, and writing essays.
The one regret that Jason has from high
school is not being nice enough to the ‘peeps.’
His advice for underclassman is, “it’s not the
size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the
fight in the dog that counts!”
Jason Rosauer fears white unmarked cop
cars and any other white car within viewing
distance. Jason likes to watch WWE, and likes
to play games. He likes the movie Forrest
Gump, and the T.V. show The Simpsons. The
most famous person he ever met was Will
Jones.
Jason has been the most influenced by Mr.
Benson because he is full of knowledge and
always has good advice when people need it.
Some of Jason’s future plans include running
for state FFA office, and going to either WIT or
Iowa State for Ag education. His upcoming
summer plans include a lot of fishing. Jason’s
biggest ambition is to own an acreage and
plant lots of fruit bearing trees.
the girl who always made people laugh.
Laura is scared of being kidnapped, or having
someone in her house watching her secretly.
She is also afraid of snakes. The most famous
person she has ever met is Ron DeMars.
The most influential person in Laura’s life
has been her mom because she has taught
her to take what god gives you and make the
best of it. She has also been most influential
to Laura because she has an outgoing
personality and has always supported Laura.
Her biggest ambition is to become the best
meteorologist in the world, to be successful,
get married, and have a family.
Laura plans to play softball and hang out
with her friends and make as many memories
as she can with them. She then plans to
attend Iowa State University with a major in
Meteorology.
By Kelsey Bruhn
Nick O’Connell’s best memory of high
school is when he had eight people in his
Pontiac 6000 SE, the gas line broke, Brad
Petersen was sitting on the trunk, and it
started moving so he jumped off and landed
on his butt.
Nick Brian O’Connell was born on
December 23 rd ,1988 at Mercy Medical Center
in Sioux City, Iowa. He is the son of Brian
and Michelle O’Connell. He has one brother,
Brice, and one sister, Jessica. The people that
Nick looks up to the most are both his parents
because they always know how to make him
smile when he is upset and they are always
there for him.
Nick has been involved in football,
basketball, baseball, Phi Ramma Jamma, and
CCD throughout high school. After school,
Nick can be found hanging out at Casey’s
with friends or going to practice for football,
basketball, or baseball. Some out-of-school
activities Nick is interested in is hiking, riding
horses, and playing sand volleyball.
Nick’s most embarrassing moment is when
Phil McGrain depantsed him in physical
fitness and everyone in the class saw him and
started laughing. Nick’s favorite class this
year is personal financing with Miss Lundt.
His favorite school lunch is chicken fried
steak with gravy and mashed potatoes.
The most interesting birthday present that
Nick has even received was when Steff Trieber
and Angie Flanigan carved his name out of a
block of coby jock cheese and also gave him
some complimentary sting cheese.
American Pie: The Naked Mile, “unrated
version, of course,” is Nick’s favorite movie.
Some other of his favorite movies include
The Guardian, Gridiron Gang, and Wedding
Crashers. When asked what his favorite T.V.
show is, Nick responded, “I like to watch Cops
because it is funny to see people get arrested
for stupid stuff.” He has many other favorite
things, like the saying “Buckin” and “I like
where your head’s at,” the holidays Valentines
Day, Christmas, and Thanksgiving, pizza,
and any music but oldies. Nick has many
favorites, but he also has a fear of heights
and spiders.
Nick would like his high school legend
to be “N.O.C.,” the kid that hit a few bumps
on his way through high school, but never
let them keep him down, and the kid who
was friends with everyone. Advice that
Nick would like to give the under classmen
is “don’t take life too seriously; you may not
make it out alive.”
Nick’s biggest ambition is to own a Corvette
and to also own a sports team. His future
plans are to graduate from high school, go
to the Army Reserve, and major in business
in college. During his last summer before
going off to boot camp, Nick will be hanging
out with friends, tubing down the river, and
going to Okoboji.