Projected Pool Plans - Manistee County Schools

Volume 1
Issue 14
1-28-07
The school newspaper for the students, by the students.
Projected Pool Plans
By: Alyssa Jones
Above: The projected layout of the community pool. The pool to the left is the main pool and the smaller
pool on the right is the therapeutic pool that will be used by West Shore Medical Center.)
Thursday of last week another
meeting was held discussing the
progress of the community pool
donated by Bill and Martha Paine.
Corey Van Fleet, a designer with a
history of pool design, competitive
swimming, and operations, is the
advisor of the project and had projected pool plans available that
night. Principal Andy Huber informed that last Friday there were
four different construction managers/crews interviewed, and many
gave a timeline of approximately 8-
12 months to complete. Breaking of
the ground of the project is said to
take place in June, with the whole
projected being completed hopefully by the fall of 2009.
Above: A view of the glass enclosure of the pool on
the east side of the high school.
Above: A view from above of the 8 lane swimming
pool, and the 200 persons bleachers, which is set
higher than the pool for a better view.
Above: An inside view of the main pool including
diving boards and an area with an extra room for
viewing.
Above: A ground view of the entrance into the pool
area and the therapeutic swimming pool.
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The History of Nintendo: Over 100 Years Old
By: Logan Rohdy
Nintendo is easily considered the
top video game manufacturer of all
time. Frequently advertising
“Know Your Roots” as a slogan for
their games, Famous for names
such as Super Mario Bros. and
Donkey Kong, Nintendo was not
always what it is today. However,
how many of Nintendo’s consumers actually know the history of the
company? In fact, Nintendo has
been around far before the idea of
video games.
Nintendo began in 1889 when
Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo Koppai, but what does Nintendo even mean? Actually, there
are several interpretations of the
word. According to nintendoland.com, the word is actually a
composition of three Kanji characters Nin-ten-do, but can be
translated into a sentence such as
“Heaven blesses hard work” or
“Work hard but in the end it’s in
the hands of heaven”
(www.nintendoland.com). There
are other suggestions while these
are only some accepted translations. This company produced a
special type of playing card called
Hanafuda, which means flower
cards. These cards were not like
standard playing cards, nor were
the games that were played with
them. Each of these “flower cards”
was made by hand from the bark of
mulberry trees. These cards came
in decks of 48, unlike the standard
52, and also had 12 different suits
for each month of the year. Instead
of numbers in the corners like we
know them here, there were symbols such as animals or flowers.
These cards were first used for
fun and could be found in Nintendo’s shops in the Kyoto region
of Japan. However, according to
Nintendo Database, they eventually
came to be used in high-stake gambling games by the Yakuza, which
is the equivalent of the Japanese
M
a
f
i
a
(http://nindb.classicgaming.gamesp
y.com/1889.shtml). Because of the
high demand from the Yakuza,
Yamauchi had to train workers so
the Hanafuda cards could be produced in larger amounts.
Over the next 45 years, Nintendo
only continued to expand. As Nintendo continued to grow, Yamauchi
even began manufacturing and distributing western-style playing
cards and became the first to successfully sell that style of playing
cards in Japan. In 1929, Sekiryo
Kaneda, Fusajiro’s son-in-law, took
the Yamauchi surname and took
“
Nintendo experimented with industries such as taxi service, a
food company, a TV network, and even a hotel.
”
over as the second president of
Nintendo. By this time, Nintendo
was already established as the largest company for playing cards in all
of Japan. As the new president,
Sekiryo got into a joint-venture
partnership and became Yamauchi
Nintendo & Co. Near the end of his
presidency of Nintendo, Sekiryo
started Marufuku Co. Ltd. as a distribution company for the western
style cards. After Sekiryo retired,
his grandson, Hiroshi Yamauchi
took over in 1949. Hiroshi is still
the current president of Nintendo
today. Hiroshi was very successful,
eventually signing a deal with Disney in 1959 to start producing cards
featuring Disney’s characters on
them.
Realizing the limitations of playing cards, Nintendo began to expand into other industries in 1963
after changing their name to Nintendo Company Limited. Between
the years of 1963 and 1968, according to Wikipedia, Nintendo experi2
mented with industries such as a
taxi service, a food company, a TV
network and even a love hotel.
With all of these ventures resulting
in failure, Nintendo was left in debt
and unable to find their niche.
However, Nintendo did have
some experience in toy making.
They first struck big in the toy industry when President Hiroshi Yamauchi was monitoring one of his
Hanafuda factories. An extending
robotic arm had caught the eye of
Yamauchi, so he later ordered it to
be developed as a product. Known
as the Ultra Hand, it sold about 1.2
million units that year. He was later
moved into product development
along with Shigeru Miyamoto.
Miyamoto became Yokoi’s apprentice so-to-speak.
This brought in a new era for
Nintendo when they signed for
rights to distribute in 1975 with
Magnavox Odyssey. 1978 came
with the release of the first arcade
game: Computer Othello. Among
others, the most popular releases in
the years following were Donkey
Kong and Radar Scope. Donkey
Kong was actually Mario’s first
appearance. However, he was not
yet known as Mario but as Jumpman as that was all he did in the
game.
After these arcade releases, Nintendo began to produce new products more rapidly including the first
handheld console called Game &
Watch. Nintendo’s biggest year was
in 1985 when they released the
Nintendo Entertainment System
which included hits such as Super
Mario Bros., Metroid, Kid Icarus
and many others. Since then, Nintendo has become a pioneer, so-tospeak, in the video game industry
with the Nintendo DS’s touch
screen as well as the interactive
capabilities of the Wii.
Outside Emails Blocked
By: Alyssa Jones
Have you recently tried to check
your e-mail on your Hotmail,
Gmail, Yahoo, or any other accounts out there and not had success? Manistee High School has
decided to block access towards
those users in order to get more use
o u t o f t h e www. m an i stee.org/exchange e-mail addresses.
Many students have not taken the
time to browse through all of the
capabilities of the Outlook email.
Some of the cool features are the
ability to search for any name
within the school district and being
able to obtain their email address,
which makes for easier communication between students and teach-
ers. Also the ability to keep track of
all you responsibilities with the
calendar and task features. If you
have not yet taken advantage of
your school email, or do not know
how to login in, see one of the
counselors for information. Be sure
to make use of such an easy communication source.
Nataline Sarkisyan’s Worth
By: Casey Granada
Seventeen year old Nataline Sarkisyan died due to a late liver transplant. The fault has been placed on
CIGNA insurers because they were
unable to make up their minds on
her value. They couldn’t decide
whether or not Nataline’s transplant
was worth the money.
Doctor’s said that she needed a
transplant. CIGNA wasn’t sure,
with her medical history, if paying
for her liver transplant was the right
decision. They weren’t sure if she
was going to live through the transplant since she had already had a
bone marrow transplant, and the
complications of that caused her
liver to fail.
When denied the transplant the
parents and friends of Nataline
were outraged. The parents are
even suing the insurance company.
Friends and even strangers were
upset. About 150
students
and
nurses protested
outside CIGNA,
and once they
started to rally
CIGNA reversed
their decision and
decided to pay
for the transplant.
Sadly CIGNA
was too late and
Nataline died just
hours after the
decision
was
made. Nataline’s life value was
seen as worthy, but noticed too late
CIGNA could no longer change her
life.
ACT Prep: Required
By: Alyssa Jones
ACT Prep is a one term course
that has been offered at Manistee
High School for the past few years.
Students that are involved in the
course learn test-taking strategies
and time-management skills for the
college entrance exam.
The students going into their junior year in 2008 will have to be
enrolled in the class, as it will be
required during the winter trimester. The students will be split up
into three different departments;
English, Mathematics, and Science.
Reading may also be a part of the
preparatory course, but it is not set
in stone just yet. Every few weeks
the students will move as a group to
the next department teacher and
focus on that specific subject. Each
student will have the opportunity to
gain test-taking knowledge in each
of the areas that will benefit their
ACT
3
scores. The will also be able to take
full-length sample tests during the
course of the term.
Manistee High School has set up
the opportunity for each junior to
take the ACT + Writing for free
during the spring term. After just
taking the ACT Prep course during
the winter term students should be
very informed on the format of the
ACT exam, the types of questions
asked, and be able to receive the
best score possible based on their
own knowledge.
Another Step towards Presidency: South Carolina Primary Results
By: Thomas Knodell
The polls were open on Saturday
January 26th for the South Carolina
Primary elections. These primaries
made a huge impact on the winning
candidates’ campaign. McCain won
in the Republic Party with a 33%
and Obama won in the Democratic
Party with a 38%. This gives
McCain a leg up on rising to the
top in the Republicans and gives
Obama a slight lead over Clinton.
The next big step in this election is
Super Tuesday on February 5th
where twenty four states will take
part in primary elections.
Blood Drive
By: Casey Granada
Last Friday at Manistee
High School another blood
drive was held. These blood
drives help everyone in need,
and the best gift is to give.
Blood
is
given
to
many
including
those with
anemia,
hemophilia,
sickle-cell
disease, and
any
other
blood loss
or
blood
disease. All
blood types
are needed to help these patients,
and your chance will be Thursday
January 31, 2008 at the Outreach
Lab in Manistee.
The Green Team
By: Theresa Pepera
The Green Team in Manistee had
another meeting recently. Green
Team leader Kevin Postma reports
that “the meeting went great and
we have a lot planned!”
The first thing on the agenda was
to get the schools recycling again.
Manistee Middle School used to
have a recycling truck. The new
plan is to have a paper container
provided by allied waste at the
High School. Currently the middle
school is often overcharged because their waste container overflows. By getting a recycling container at the High School, it would
save us money. Kennedy school
currently has a PCA truck and
Madison is planning on sending
their paper there with help of parents and girl scouts.
The next thing on the agenda was
the lunch program for the district.
Starting next year, Kathy
Gutowski, head of the food department, will be purchasing fruit and
vegetables from local farmers.
Kathy is also looking into getting a
USDA grant so we can quick dry
this produce and use it all year
round. The school system will be
replacing our food storage freezer,
which will save us 70% on energy.
Also, the food department is look4
ing for an alternative to Styrofoam
lunch trays.
The other major thing on the
agenda was to make the school
computers more efficient. Tech.
Director Ken Blakey-Shell says the
best thing is to “program your
monitor to go into sleep mode if it’s
not active for a few minutes. The
monitors use a lot of energy and
this will save the district a lot of
money, and it will also save a lot of
CO2.”
If you have any questions or you
would like to get involved, feel free
to e-mail Mr. Postma at
kpostma@manistee.org.
Back in the Competition
By: Alyssa Jones
On January 12th, the Manistee
cheer squad faced their first
competition at Brethren High
School. Although the team did
not place, Coach Sheryl Masty
added, “It was a very low key
learning experience for us, so it
was great!” The judges even let
Masty in on a few pointers after each round, which usually
is not acceptable. After Brethren the squad had one week to
prepare for their competition at
Farwell on January 19th. The
girls showed their spirit by
cheering on the other squads,
and just trying their best with
the material they had. The girls
were not looking to place, but
beside the large squads of girls
who have been competing with
the MHSSA since the beginning; they had almost tripled the
scores they had received from
the Brethren competition.
With some changes to their
routines, and a bit of practice,
the girls will be all set for
their competition at Shelby on
February 16th, and hopefully
be able to place higher at
Brethren on the 23rd than they
did the last time. So get out
there and show your spirit to
the girls. Competition is a
whole new game!
Manistee Girl’s Sweep over Hesperia
By: Theresa Pepera
T he
Manist e e
High
School
girl’s
basketb a l l
team had a good night on Tuesday
as they took a win over Hesperia,
64-26. This win brought the Chips
to (8-5, 4-0), still keeping them
undefeated in the Western Waterways Activities Conference.
The game was a team effort, with
the starters being replaced midway
through each quarter. Nearly every
girl scored on the team as well.
By the end of the first quarter, the
Chips had taken a 15-2 lead. With
that momentum, they went on to
finish the second quarter with a
score of 35-10. “We played really
good and everyone had a great
night on the court,” said Junior
Sarah Solberg.
Rose Savela led the scoring for
the night with 13 points. Sarah Solberg tacked on 12 points and Kristen Merkey scored 10. Also scor-
ing for the Chips were Mckenzie
Majchrzak with 9, Ashley Tiefenthal with 7, and Krista Cabot and
Annaliese Kiss both with four.
Ashley Brown had 3 points, and
Julia Maksym had 2 points. Hesperia’s lead scorer for the night was
Cami Sorenson with 18 points.
“It was a very important game for
us,” said Kiss. “We really want to
be conference champs and every
game counts. It definitely gave us a
boost to get us ready for our game
Friday.” The Lady Chips tip off
again on Friday in Reed City.
Chippewa Boys’ Lose to White Cloud
By: Myles Amor
The MHS boys’ basketball team
lost their fifth straight loss to White
Cloud on Thursday night. Poor
free-throw shooting and minor mistakes were to blame as they went
down 65-54.
Manistee battled the Indians
pretty equally in the first quarter
and were able to get the lead 15-13
at the end of the first quarter. In the
second quarter Manistee fell behind
and it was 31-27 going into the
locker room. Manistee half court
defense kept them in the game
while the press just wasn’t good
enough to stop the Indians. “We
played a good half court D, but
they broke our press to easy. We
left open shooters to often and they
made us pay for it.” said junior
5
Ethan Coppola.
The third quarter was Manistee
largest scoring quarter but was only
able to pot the Chips up by four
points tying the game at 46 for the
fourth quarter. Manistee had a
chance to pull ahead and battle it
out, but the little mistakes were the
Chips downfall.
Continued on the bottom of Pg 6.
Tour De France Winner: Floyd Landis in Local Race
By Kyle Bassett
Manistee doesn’t
see
v e r y
m a n y
w e l l
known
people besides the occasional visit
by James Earl Jones and Ted Nugent. For the last two years, locals
have had a chance to meet the professional cyclist Floyd Landis.
Landis almost won the 2006 Tour
de France, but the title was removed do to testing positive for
performance enhancing drugs. He
will be participating in this year’s
Lumberjack 100 bike race that
starts just outside of town.
Floyd Landis is one of the few
people who visit Manistee. Landis
has many achievements including
first in the 2006 Tour of California,
second in the 2002 Dauphiné
Libéré, and ninth in the 2005 Tour
de France. Despite his achievements, most attention is paid to the
2006 doping scandal during the
Tour de France. The beginning of
the race started with bad luck for
Landis, but his luck improved over
time. In the 17th stage, Landis had
an amazing performance, drastically raising his rank. He went on
to win the Tour de France, but the
title was revoked. Landis had tested
positive for excess testosterone and
synthetic testosterone.
The Lumberjack 100 is a 100
mile race starting near M 55 just
outside of town. The race will begin in June. It is considered one of
several extreme long mountain bike
races. Racing with Landis will be
MHS’s own Mr. Blakey-Shell.
It isn’t often that citizens of Manistee get to participate in activities
with professional athletes. This is a
once a year opportunity. Manistee
may be a small town, but a lot goes
on here.
Manistee Ski Team Wins Third Straight LMSC Meet
By: Myles Amor
The Manistee ski team continued
their success on Wednesday night
winning the third straight LMSC
meet in both the boys’ and girls’
division. Katie Bramble had another two first place finishes in
both the slalom and giant slalom,
while a number of the younger
boys’ stepped up to bring home a
win for the boys’.
The guy’s team took first in slalom and giant slalom and ended the
night with 34 total points putting
them ahead of Glen Lake, Bellaire,
Benzie, and Onekama. In giant
slalom for the guys Michael Bobian
finished in second, Scott Czarnecki
took fourth, Paul Swedenborg
placed fifth, David Fisher was
sixth, Joe Fredericks finished 13th,
Franklin Loomis took 14th and
Griffon Brooks rounded out the
Chips with an 18th place finish.
In slalom for the boys’ Manistee
had five top ten finishes. Keegan
Janowiak too second with combined time of 48.50, Bobian finished fourth with a time of 50.01,
Czarnecki came in fifth (52.07),
Swedenborg was sixth (52.52).
Also for the boys’ Loomis placed
12th and Fredericks placed 16th.
For girls’ slalom Bramble led the
was with a time of 49.17, Kari
Paine placed third (52.40), Nicole
Ganger took sixth (58.24), Dara
Kozackove placed 10th, and Delaney Bachman and Emma
Schwaiger took home 11th and 12th
for the Chips. In giant slalom
Bramble again took the number one
spot followed by Paine who was
only a second behind Katie. Other
finishes for the girls Ganger was
sixth (43.48), Schwaiger was 10th
(45.47), Kozackova was 12 th
(47.09), and Bachman was 16th
(48.82).
Boy’s Basketball (Continued from pg 5)
Manistee missed seven of nine freethrows in the fourth quarter alone
and only went 12-28 from the line
on the game. White Cloud was able
to make 9-13 free-throws which
proved to be the difference in the
game. “We need to work on our
free throws, and making the easy
shots we missed.” said Coppola.
“we did a good job getting the ball
into the post but the small things
we did wrong hurt us.”
Andrew Tighe led Manistee with 21 points and 16
rebounds, Reid Voorheis
had 12 points, Tim Jensen
had nine points, Chris
Smith had five. The Chips
have some work to do and
hope to end the loosing
streak Tuesday against Benzie.
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Brendon Urie
Is the Price Still Right?
By: Casey Granada
By Kyle Bassett
Lead singer of Panic! At
The Disco, Brendon Urie,
originally tried out for lead
guitarist, but after hearing his
amazing voice the band made
him their lead singer. To help
band
promotion, they contacted bassist
Pete Wentz, of
Fall Out Boy,
with their music. Wentz was
so impressed he
went to Las
Vegas to meet
Panic! At The
Disco in person. The band then made a
deal to record an album once
Urie had graduated high
school.
Urie’s parents wanted him
to go to college after high
school, but after pursuing
Panic, Urie was made to leave
home. He then had to rent an
apartment, paying with the
money he earned at a
Smoothie Hut.
He also had to
use that money
to pay for the
band’s
rent
space.
Urie has gone
through a lot for
Panic! At The
Disco, but once
their first album
was released he
was fully accepted by his parents. This Mormon raised
singer has battled school, parents, and money for music and
has won a great victory for it.
Heath Ledger
By: Casey Granada
Heath Ledger, big screen without media attention.
actor since 1992, died on
January 22, 2008.
He was only 28 and
had a daughter,
Matilda, two years
of age. The causes
of his death are still
undetermined at this
time, but there have
been no obvious
signs of foul play or
suicide.
Ledger was found in
his New York apartment around 3:30
p.m. by a masseuse .
And his family is
noted saying that
they would like people to realize that
they need time to
deal with their loss,
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One of the
greatest
game shows
ever has lost
one of the
greatest
game show
hosts ever.
The Price is
Right
has
been on TV
since
the
seventies.
Many
can
remember
turning the
channel
at
11:00 to see Bob Barker and the big wheel.
Bob had a certain TV charm that added to
the intense crowd shouting action. But now
Barker is gone.
From the hill climber to plinko, The Price
is Right had a multitude of fun prize games.
These games, Bob, and Bob’s beauties became iconic symbols of the popular game
show. Barker was very popular among the
elderly females, who often wore shirts declaring “I Love Bob.” Bob has now retired
and replaced with comedian Drew Carey.
Carey is most recognized for his role in the
Drew Carey Show and Whose Line is it Anyway? Can Drew stand up to the name?
I have seen The Price is Right since Drew
Carey joined, and it wasn’t the same as the
good old days. Carey is more suited for
shows where comedy is the main focus. He
has a completely different vibe than Bob did.
There aren’t any “I Love Drew” shirts out
there. The beauties and the same games,
along with some new ones, are all still there,
but the host sets the mood of the show.
Maybe if the beauties were replaced with the
rest of the cast of Whose Line is it Anyway?
the show would take a shift in a different
direction.
Opinion varies from person to person and
other people may feel differently about
Drew Carey. Maybe Carey will fit the role
better as he ages. Until then, this game show
will never be the same without Bob.
Manistee Rivers’ Film Festival
By Kyle Bassett
The Manistee Rivers’ Film Festival is a movie viewing to raise
awareness of Manistee’s unique
natural environment. Each film is
five minutes or less. The people
who make these videos are local
adults and students who live near or
engage in activities in the Manistee
rivers. Mr. Postma is the organizer
of this event and Julia Kedrowski
is the grant manager.
The film festival is scheduled to
start on Saturday, February 9 at
7:00 P.M. The films will be shown
in Manistee High School’s commons and admission is free. $250
will be awarded to the first place
film, and $100 for the second place
film. In addition, $100 will be
awarded to the top student film. It
is possible for a student to bring
home $350 for first place, and top
student film. After the festival, all
films shown will eventually make it
to Manistee’s public access channel.
Since its start, the Manistee Rivers’ Film Festival has grown in
popularity. The last festival was a
couple of years ago and only had
two entries. This year there are ten
films submitted. The films are used
to show the human connection to
Manistee’s rivers. According to
MHS teacher Mr. Postma “The
Manistee River is the most important in the Great Lakes in terms of
fishery and restocking the lakes.”
Located on the Manistee River is
the weir. The weir is used to boost
the population of Great Lakes fish.
Manistee is a truly unique place
to live. What sets it apart from the
rest of Michigan is the human interaction with the environment. The
film festival is here to show its
uniqueness and ensure the continuation of this interaction.
Consumer Electronics Show 2008
By: Alyssa Jones
Every January in Las Vegas, Nevada the Consumer Electronics
Show is held, bringing new light to
products coming to the market, or
introduces new products already
out there. This year the CES was
held from January 7-10 at The Venetian center as well as the Las
Vegas Convention Center, and boy
were there some interesting products. The CES is a trade-show,
which means it is not open to the
general public, but with the invention of the internet we all have the
opportunity to view the interesting
things going on. Some of the ludicrous items that were seen were the
Rolly by Sony Electronics, the
Electronic Swatter by Zhongshan
Glee Electricals, the Mini Washer
by Technosonic, the Guitar Hero
Air Rocker by Jada Toys, and the
Taser MPH Holster from Taser
International Inc.
Rolly,
priced
at
a r o u n d
$350 is an
MP3 player
that dances
to its own music. Shaped like an rack for drying your sneakers.
egg, Rolly dances around, flashes Guitar Hero Air Rocker by Jada
its lights, and flaps its “arms” to the running for a mere $30 is somemusic.
thing that every guitarist will want.
A magnetic guitar pick along with a
T h e
mini ampliElectronic
fier
atSwatter
tached
to
resembles
the
belt
a tennis
buckle is all
racket but
that
is
does much more. Unlike most fly needed to
swatters that just smack the bug, make noise! The amplifier comes
the Electronic Swatter actually fries with 10 different songs and when
that bugs on contact. What a useful the guitarist strums (without touchtool in the summer!
ing anything) the buckle sends the
The Mini Washer priced around sound to the amplifier which then
$120 looks almost as if it were a produces the music!
mini blender, but when you look Last but not least is the Taser
closely it is actually a washing ma- MPH Holster, which is a combinachine! The Mini Washer can wash tion of a stylish MP3 holder along
a n y with enough space for your taser.
type of For only $72.99 you can keep yourclothing self proa n d tected as
e v e n well as
c o m e s listen to
with a y o u r
s h o e favorite
d r y i n g jams!
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Historical Art Garden to be Constructed in Downtown Manistee
By: Myles Amor
Many Manistee art students, community members, and local artists
have been hard at work planning,
painting, and sculpting for the new
art garden that is being planned for
downtown Manistee this spring.
The new, yet to be named, Manistee County Historical Art Garden
will be located in what now is an
empty lot on River Street next to
Port City Organics and the Credit
Bureau. The garden will consist of
about five or six garden rooms,
including a children’s room with a
rock wall and other playground
equipment. The other rooms will
also include twelve murals, 144
Victorian-style tiles, and other
sculptures all made by local artists
and builders.
Envision, a group aimed at constructing a plan and improving Manistee County, formed a branch
called Envision Youth Solutions
which looked to incorporate Manistee’s youth to improve the county.
With the inspiration from street
murals in
Ann Arbor,
our
very
own Mrs.
Erbel and
other comm u n i t y
members
loved the
idea of an
art garden
for
our
d o wnto wn
district.
Mrs. Erbel
knew that
the students
at
MHS
were very
capable of
painting
and
constructing
beautiful art viewable by the whole
county so she wrote a grant for the
construction of the garden. The
grant money will be used for the
costs of building supplies, equipment, and labor needed for the project to be completed. It will be
handicap accessible after Easter
Seals Inc. of Michigan offered
$5000 to help toward the project if
the garden was handicap accessible.
Inside the garden there will be
twelve beautiful murals; seven of
these murals will be of important
figures in Manistee County’s history, including T.J Ramsdell and
six other important figures, while
the other five murals will be garden
poetry. Jesse Pomeroy, a senior
here at MHS, was selected by Mrs.
Erbel to sketch the founding residents from the Historical Museum
downtown to be printed on the
backdrops constructed by Mr. Toelle’s woodworking class. Jesse
was the perfect kid for this job,
planning to go to Kendall after he
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graduates Jesse got the job done,
and got it done fast. “He can draw.
He’s very graphic, and he’s fast,”
Mrs. Erbel said. Many kids from
various art classes at MHS are constructing the clay tiles to be
mounted in the garden and MHS
graduate Davey Burns is also
painting a children’s mural. There
will be six benches built for the
garden by nine Casman certified
builders supervised by Larry
Higdon.
“We need to be more community
minded,” Mrs. Erbel said “if we
involve the entire county we can
get more and more done.” From the
painting and sculptures constructed
by the students, and other area artists, and the heavy machinery provided by the Industrial Council and
many other people, there really are
too many people to thank for the
help and support they have contributed to the completion of this project. The garden is set to be complete in the spring of this year.
Who: Any Junior Girls
When: Summer 2008
Contact: Mrs. Andrews-Ramsey
Applications Due: January 30
Interviews Held On: February 4
Special Offer
Are you sick of the freezing cold trek into the school from
the student parking lot every morning? Well…
This week, beginning Wednesday, February 6th through Friday, February 7th, the Manistee
High School Yearbook Staff will
be selling yearbooks at lunch for a
discounted $43. Not only do you
save two dollars, but your name
will be entered in a chance to win
one of five passes that will allow
you to park in the teachers’ parking lot for one whole week.
A collection of recipes from current and past staff
members combined to make a book, will make a
perfect present! Purchase your recipe book now
from Ms. Orton for a mere $7.00!
Any profit made will be donated to the Home Ec.
Department to purchase necessities.
The time to register for next year’s classes is here!!!
The Dates and Times for each class are as follows:
Sophomores-Monday Feb. 4th @ 8:10 in the auditorium
Freshmen-Monday Feb. 11th @ 8:10 in the auditorium
Make sure you stop in the counselor’s Office
if you’re planning on getting Financial aid for
college! All the Info is available for you in
the Office, but get it done soon! The faster
you get it in, the better chance you have at
getting some money!
If you are
interested in
joining
S.A.D.D. sign
up in the
library or with
Mrs. Owens.
Ways to help out:
-Collecting Olsen’s receipts
-Sell Pizza Hut coupon books
-Bottle Drives
-Buy Senior shirts
-Selling raffle tickets
-“Hungry Tummy” sub sales
-Little Ceasers Pizza Kit sales
SENIORS: Get involved. It is your senior year so make it
the most memorable one.
Any senior wishing to participate in a fundraiser contact
Shelley Johnson @
smjohnson4@charter.net
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Upcoming Events
1/28
Skiing @ 10:00 @ TC Central Inv.
Boys JV/V BB @ 6:00/7:30 vs. Hart
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Rated PG
5:45 & 8:00 Evening
Shows
1/29
Girls JV/V BB @ 5:30/7:00 @ Cadillac
1/30
Skiing @ 3:00 @ LMSC
1/31
Girls JV/V BB @ 6:00/7:30 vs. Glen Lake
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street
Rated R
6:00 & 8:15 Evening
Shows
2/1
Boys JV/V BB @ 5:30/7:00 vs. White
Cloud
2/2
Ice Hockey @ 7:30 vs. Wayland/Union
2/3
2/4
Skiing Manistee Inv. @ 10:00
2/5
Boys JV/V BB @ 5:30/7:00 @ Benzie Central
Girls JV/V BB @ 6:00/7:30 vs. Kingsley
2/6
Skiing LMSC Con. FINALS @ 2:30
2/7
Boys JV/V BB @ 6:00/7:30 @ Kingsley
2/8
Girls JV/V BB @ 5:30/7:00 vs. White
Cloud
2/11
Winter Carnival Week! 2/11 - 2/15
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