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Febraury 12, 2014

Volume 64

GBHS VALENTINES’ SWEET HEARTS

GBHS celebrates Valentine’s Day this year with STUCO Speed Dating, origionally to be held February 10th and rescheduled to Febraury 24th due to weather. Speed Dating is an after school student lead dating ettiquete learning event.

gbhs ready to Pink Out Hays Cristy Jaquez Panther Tales

The Great Bend Panthers “Pink Out” scheduled for Feburary 28th, is to take place in the High School gym against our rivarly Hays High

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Indians. The theme “Pink Out” is to help raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The Danceline and Student Coucil as well are helping out with this event. You can show your support for the Panthers by

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wearing your pink out t-shirt, if you did not get to purchase your pink out shirt make sure to dress out in a pink shirt or any attire you might have to show your support. Go Panthers!

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On The Prowl PantherExcavation:ValentinesdayOrigins Panther Tales

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint, and where did these traditions come from?

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. The Emperor decid-

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ed men with wives weren’t as fit to be soldiers as single men.

Valentine didn’t approve of this injustice and continued to preform marriages.

According to one legend, the imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” after he fell in love with a young girl who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today.

2-07 Blake Sullivan 2-09 Mariah Estes 2-09 Colton Schremmer 2-10 Allison Brodrick 2-10 Alondra Moreno 2-11 Dillon Reiser 2-12 Katherine Hicks 2-12 Sierra Pfeifer 2-12 Cody Reed 2-12 Allan Vasquez 2-12 Benjamin Witte 2-12 Samuel Witte 2-13 James Huntley 2-13 Arleen Madrid 2-14 Morgan Francis 2-14 Cody Lytle 2-15 Ryan King 2-16 Grant Dreiling 2-16 Easton Hirsh

Name: Debbie Eyestone Middle Name: Kay Number of children: 2 (Arlie Won and Leah Won) Years Teaching total: 20 years Favorite Flower: Hydrangea Favorite Animal: Dog Favorite Artist: Bruno Mars Favorite book: To Kill A Mocking Bird Favorite Weather: Warm/Dry If she could go anywhere in the world for free: Australia

Events

2-16 Julieana Holmes 2-16 Breanna Weber 2-13 11:30am dis2-17 Blanca Salas 2-18 Curtis Moore missal for all Stu2-18 Amber Shaw dents 2-19 Kristen Shepard 2-21 Lakin Funk *Parent teacher 2-21 Adam Jacobs Conferences 5-8pm 2-21 Adrian Lomas 2-22 Brian Lozano 2-15 Speech, GB 2-22 Bernardo RenteTourn, 8am ria-Murillo 2-23 Yessenia Bustamante 2-17 No School 2-23 Jazmin Cregger 2-23 Grace McCulley 2-22 State Piano 2-24 Laura Black Festival 2-24 Jasmine Robinson 2-24 STUCO Speed 2-25 Angel Martinez 2-26 Alejandra Aguilera Dating 2-26 Taylor Mohr 2-26 Late Start 2-26 Nicholas Warren

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Wednesday, Feb. 12th

The Switch From Pepsi To Coke Britney Willard Panther Tales On December 31, 2013, USD 428’s 5-year contract with Pepsi come to an end.

USD 428 signed on to a 3-year contract with Coca-Cola products.

The Great Bend High School Principal Mr. Friess, stated, “that this change in drink beverages will benift the school financially. This change will save the school about two thousand dollars a year.”

Sierra Pfeifer (Sr.), said,“I prefer Pepsi and always have. I feel like the school has alway been Pepsi. I don’t believe changing to Coke is a smart idea since many students love Pepsi products.”

Some of the new drinks the school will be getting are Power-Ade instead,of Gatorade, and Dasani water instead of Aquafina water.

“I prefer Coke over Pepsi because they have a better tasting drinks.” Said Elizabeth Allison (Jr.)

Pepsi Vs. Coca-Cola

Fifty-nine student out of a hundred students are excited about the switch to Coke products.

Great Bend Welcomes a New Superintendent Karah Stewart Panther Tales

The new superintendent for Great Bend USD 428 is Bard Reed.

Reed has been an educator for 31 years, 25 years of which is administration. He is currently the Director of Student Services for the Bentonville Arkansas School District.

Reed is“looking forward to most is the personal relationships that I will build there.”

He is hoping to make the district the best in Kansas.

Mr. Friess, the principle at GBHS, feels “Mr. Reed will be a good educator with plenty of experience. He is good with kids, and is coming from a big district.” Dr. Vernon had said, “I have visited with Mr. Reed and have found him to be

Superintendent Brad Reed

knowledgeable, approachable, and amiable. I trust that the board of education found the person they want to lead the district into the future.”

Dr. Tom Vernon has been the educator for 41 years, the

last 11 of which were here as superintendent. He has done great things with our community and will be missed.

Vernon said, “I truly feel blessed to have worked in such a great community and school district as Great Bend. I have been fortunate to have worked with so many wonderful professionals in this district.”

Vernon had many good memories but he said “I remember the most are the ones in which elementary students greet me with a hug and call me “Big Thomas” when they see me.”

Vernon is planning to be playing a lot of golf and plans on traveling after retirement.

Mr. Freiss said, “ I am saddened by Vernon leaving. Vernon is a good guy whose done a lot for this district”.

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Doritos Time Machine Warps Ahead of the Rest Mr. Eyestone’s Class Rates Past Presidents Abby Stiner Panther Tales

The Super Bowl is a great time to cheer on your team, eat your body weight in wings, and of course, watch the commercials. The commercials are my favorite part, but I feel like they are getting less funny each year.

This year, I had a few favorites. I thought the Duracell one with Derrick Coleman was inspiring. I like that they used an actual player in the Super Bowl who over-

came deafness to become great. I enjoyed Turbotax’s prom and watching the play-by-play of Sean’s dance moves. My second favorite was Audi’s Doberhuahua. A doberman head on a chihuahua’s body taking over the town makes for a hilarious commercial. My favorite commercial of the 2014 Super Bowl was Doritos’s time machine.

It was absolutely hilarious and the little boy was too cute! It made the rest of the game more enjoyable to watch.

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Drama Club Takes Fridays Paige Van Steenburgh Panther Tales

The Great Bend High School Theatre Department hosted its very first newscast. “It’s a Friday thing!” The first ever premiere was on Friday, February 7th, 2014.

The Friday Thing consists of many small segments such as “What’s not for Lunch”, “Kiley Tries It”, and “Movie Shorts”. The shows will be airing every Friday in the commons during 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lunch period.

The idea of a weekly newscast was conspired By teacher and magi-

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George Washington, the 1. Abraham Lincoln first president of the United 2. George Washington States, birthday is celebrat3. Theodore Roosevelt ed on the third Monday 4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt in every February. This 5. John F. Kennedy holiday, now commonly known as President’s Day, is to commemorate all past presidents. Honoring this Bottom five: day, Mr. Eyestone’s govern1. George W. Bush ment classes have ranked 2. Richard Nixon the five best and five worst 3.

William Clinton presidents in United States 4. William H. Harrison history. The values placed 5. Jimmy Carter on these Presidents are based on students knowledge and preference.

cian to help students learn about producing and editing videos.

With help from YouTube finatic Aaron Mull, Video Production 2 and 3 classes will design, produce and edit their own short segments.

“We’ve had the opertunity to learn and use Premire Pro. It’s been a great experiance to work with new software as well as other creative individuals.”Kiley Flint said.

The next airing of “The Friday Thing” will be February 21st, in the commons as well as the on the “FridayThing” YouTube channel online.

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Wednesday, Feb. 12th

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Sports

Boys/Girls Bowling Boys’ Basketball

The boys and girls bowling team have hosted two home tournaments this season so far. Pinning their competition this year Great Bend Panthers have only fallen short a couple times of capturing the Championship plaque. The girls’ varsity recently took 1st place at a Bakers Tournament in Wichita.

Their recent tournament was hosted here at home. The girls took 1st place, against Dodge City, as well as the boys. The boys bowling squad is 2nd in WAC while the girls are 1st. The boys and girls bowling team defeated Garden City February 11th, their toughest rival so far. The next meet is February 18th at Liberal.

Boys Swimming

The boys swimming team has had a turnaround for them this second half of the season. Most of the boys have already qualified for a spot in state, where it is hosted at Topeka February 21st and 22nd this year.

The boys have battled a tough season. With a record of 5-10, they are trying to redeem themselves and that is exactly what they did Jan. 28th against Larned. Trailing in the first half, the Panthers came back focused in the second half, narrowly winning in the last seconds of the game. The final score of the game was 54-52. February 6th the Panthers hosted Hoisington for the reschedule winning the game 49-34.The boys varsity fell short against Liberal, but defeated Buhler in double-overtime. The next game will be Feb. 14th against Garden City.

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Wrestling

The boys wrestling team has done a good job this year. Defeating most of their competition GB has taken home a metal each meet. Regionals will be February 22nd and the location is to be announced.

Girls Basketball

The girls basketball have swept the board for their competition this year.

Defeating their competition the girls basketball has a lot to live up to now.

January 30th through February 1st the girls basketball varsity placed 2nd at the Topeka Thunderbird Classic, dominating their competition until the championship game. Winning their last 3 games puts the varsity at 13-2. Their next game is with Garden City Feb. 14th.

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