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Gardner Edgerton High School

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Vol. 36 — Issue 3 — December 2014

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Table December of Contents 2014 Vol. 36 — Issue 3

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State Elections Betty Lou’s Cupcakes World News Update Opt Out Policy Senior Scouts New Lungs for Hart Santa’s NOT Real Advertisements Black Friday 2014 in Review 2015 Resolutions Advertisements Winter Fun Wrestling How-To Events Calendar

2014 Newspaper Staff Editors-in-Chief Shelby Simpson Kracinda Mitchell Copy Editor Starla Stephens Adviser Lindsey Ross

Staff Writers Jaclyn Adamson Brooke Boyer Savannah Cox Alex Cross Connor Nuessen Ryan Shirley Jaycee Zeck

2014 Editorial Policies

The Blazer is the official high school publication of Gardner Edgerton High School, printed by Osage Graphics in Burlingame, Kan. This is a student publication and may contain controversial matter. Gardner Edgerton School District No. 231 and its board members, officers, and employees disclaim any responsibility for the content of this student publication; it is not an expression of school district policy. Operating with an open forum, students and editors are solely responsible for the content of this student publication.

Editorial opinions represent the views of the individual writer, not the staff as a whole. Letters to the editor are welcome. All submitted letters to the editor must be no longer than 300 words, typed and signed by the author. Letters will be considered and published on a space-available basis. The Blazer staff reserves the right to edit all submitted material for content and libel. For advertising or other information, please call or write: Journalism 425 North Waverly Road Gardner, Kansas 66030 (913) 856.2640 rossl@usd231.com

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Graphic By: Brooke Boyer

Kansas Elections

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The Ballots Are In Jaclyn Adamson Staff Writer

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he elections for Kansas Senators and Representatives took place on November 4th, 2014. The winners were familiar to Kansas. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts are Kansas state Senators, they are both Republican and have similar stances on issues. The House of Representative members from Kansas are Lynn Jenkins, Tim Huelskamp, Kevin Yoder, and Mike Pompeo, all Republican and looking the same way on policies.

The votes were relatively close and the Democratic nominees were not far behind. According to fivethirtyeight. blogs.com,“The Kansas Republican Party, its whole history, has had a very strong streak of moral issues, whether it’s prohibition or abolition or pro-life issues,” Clay Barker the executive director of the Kansas Republican Party said,“Things like that tend to be very important to a lot of voters.”

The candidates used all manner of media to get their point across Kansas.

Negative ads against opponents and positive ads in their favor, spawning Twitter tags “#TeamJenkins”, and concocting winning slogans like “Tough, Tested, Trusted” from Pat Roberts campaign.

Senators Roberts and Moran are closely related with their policies.

Both are against abortion and same sex marriage, opposing Obamacare, securing borders, and the right to bear arms. Roberts has been a senator since 1997, while Moran has held office since 2011. They both attended universities in Kansas and have families here.

On his website, robertsforsenates. com, Roberts claims that ‘‘Conservative Kansas values are the best medicine for what ails Washington.” Moran’s website, moran.senate.gov, says “Raised in Plainville, Kansas, Jerry Moran was

taught from an early age the value of a hard day’s work, looking after one’s neighbors, and serving his community.”

The purpose of these phrases are to alert voters to the candidate’s The picture above shows the four districts of Kansas. They are divided by values and population. The Representative elected is responsible for their district.

Graphic By: Brooke Boyer highlight their representatives serve two. According best qualities. to the Congressional Research Service Roberts ran this year and Moran ran all of Kansas’ representatives will in 2010, Senate races are held one at a make $174,000 a year. A senator will time. Having already served a term or make the same amount and both two, they were experienced in the art political positions will have a COLA or of showing Kansans what they would cost-of-living adjustment; this would like about themselves and what they include, but is not limited to, housing would not like about their opponents. and traveling expenses. According The race for House is a different to usatoday.com, a congressman or process, all the candidates run at the woman will work 59 hours a week while same time. Yoder, Huelskamp, and in their district and 70 hours a week Pompeo have been serving since 2011 while in Washington. and Jenkins since 2009. All Republicans The representatives and senators and native Kansans, except Pompeo from Kansas come back almost every who hails from California, they each weekend and talk to people about represent a different district of what they would like to see change in Kansas. Johnson County is included in the state or even the entire country. It the third district and is represented by is the legislator’s responsibility to know Yoder. what the people of Kansas have to The campaigns for senate and say because it is their job to speak on the house were very much alike, all behalf of the state. Citizens of Kansas including lines such as ‘raised on a farm tell the representative what they want in the middle of nowhere,’ ‘I learned for Kansas. The representative then the values of hard work from an early brings that issue to the floor of the age,’ and ‘let’s get conservatives back House. in Washington.’

Roberts and Moran have served Before they ran for office they were Kansas for many years and Jenkins, working on farms or were the CEOs of Huelskamp, Pompeo, and Yoder will companies, learning skills to help them serve for the next two years. Being later in life, but regardless of their a member of Congress means long previous pastimes, they are much like hours away from home and non stop the senators when it comes to their meetings when in session. It can be a stance on issues, like cutting taxes, very daunting task, but the people of prioritizing spending, and increasing Kansas have made their decision on benefits to veterans. who they think the best people are for Senators serve six years and the job.

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Mike Pompeo Even though he is not from Kansas he took 62.2% of the vote.

Photo Courtesy of: www.roberts.senate.gov

Pat Roberts

Won by a majority of 48.08% against opponent Greg Orman.

Photo Courtesy of: pompeo.house.gov

Kevin Yoder Yoder faced tough opposition but managed to win with 42% of the vote.

Photo Courtesy of: yoder.house.gov

Lynn Jenkins

Photo Courtesy of: www.moran.senate.gov

Jerry Moran

Jenkins took home 69.1% of the vote with her #TeamJenkins tag.

Moran won 70% of the vote in his 2010 election.

Photo Courtesy of: lynnjenkins.house.gov

Tim Huelskamp Huelskamp was able to win 54.9% of the vote.

Photo Courtesy of: huelskamp.house.gov Photo Courtesy of: kansas.gov

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TOPPED WIT Betty Lou’s Open for Business Brooke Boyer Staff Writer

A new cupcake stop has arrived in town off of Main Street. After three months of working, cleaning, and remodeling, Betty Lou’s Sweet Shop, combined with the R&K Cafe is now open for business. The current hours are 7am-6pm Monday through Saturday, and 7am-2pm on Sundays.

Owner Rhonda Lee and her best friend Kim Weston were looking for an opportunity to work together.

Therefore Lee sold her car service company and opened the shop off Main Street in the space that was previously occupied by the Downtowner. Selling cupcakes was a business option that the two were eager to take on.

The shop was named in respect to a woman named Betty that both Lee and Weston worked for at a small restaurant in Oklahoma called Buffalo Ranch from seventh grade to college.

“She was wonderful to us. She taught us how to be responsible and how to work hard,” Lee said.

Within the sweet shop they sell muffins, pies, cinnamon rolls, candy, gum, kettle corn, cotton candy, cookies, coffee, and the shop’s specialty drink “blazerades”, and of course- cupcakes.

The cupcakes are all homemade and range from $1.50-$3.50. The bottom shelf in the shop contains ‘Yesterday Cupcakes’ which are only $1.00. Each day the shop features different flavors of cupcakes including: lemonade, red velvet, strawberry, chocolate fudge, peanut butter, and pumpkin. According to Lee there is not a flavor they will not be making.

“I like them all, since I can’t pick a favorite I have to build a bigger door so I can get out of here at night,” Lee said jokingly.

With all of these flavors it can clearly be difficult to choose a favorite, but not for Lee’s daughter junior Miranda Tenove.

“My favorite flavor would have to be chocolate fudge,” she said.

Tenove does not work in the bakery. She does however help out if her mom needs someone to wash dishes or test cupcakes.

Seniors Jordyn Wingfield and

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Stefani Maness have worked in the bakery since opening day. Wingfield is fond of the sweets and the people that work there. They both recommend the cinnamon rolls because they are homemade from scratch.

“It looked like a fun atmosphere to work in,” Maness said.

Just on the other side of the wall in the bakery is the R&K Cafe which had its soft opening on November 10. Its hours are 7am-2pm seven days a week.

The cafe is home to a five star chef who used to work at Yiayias restaurant. Lee and the chef put their heads together on what the cafe should sell. The menu is currently fairly short, however it will expand when they feel comfortable.

For breakfast the choices are french toast and biscuits and gravy. For lunch there are hamburgers, turkey, roast beef, BLT’s, patty melts, and soups. Block fries, as seen at the fair, are currently in the process of being added to the menu.

“Everything on it is good or it is not on the menu. If you don’t like it, you don’t pay,” Lee said.

There is another cupcake business

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Everyday after school 3pm-6pm Monday: Kettle Corn Tuesday: Cotton Candy Wednesday: Blazerades around the corner from the shop: Xtreme Cupcakes.

Lee’s shop likes having another cupcake place close by. According to the workers they do appreciate having a town rival because it provides a variety of options for the community. “[The owner] Darla is a great person, I wish her well and I think there is enough room for two [shops] in town. Rather promote her business than take it away,” Lee said.

Xtreme Cupcakes could not be reached for a comment.

The grand opening for Betty Lou’s/ R&K Cafe will be in December.

According to Lee the shop has received high ratings and good reviews so far.

With the opening of her new business, Lee hopes to give the community a fun place to spend their time. She hopes to provide the same opportunity to the high school

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kids in this generation as the Downtowner provided to past generations.

It’s fair to say Lee has topped off her business with some triumph.

Photos By: Brooke Boyer

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1. Police arrest people in the street outside the Ferguson Police Department on Nov. 25. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/TNS) 2. People gather to watch President Obama’s speech on immigration on Nov. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 3. Dozens of “pirates” skim gasoline off an irrigation ditch near the site of a pipeline spill in Mexico’s on Nov. 19, 2014. (Tim Johnson/McClatchy DC/TNS) 4. An entrance to the Michigan Avenue Nordstrom store is shuttered after two people were shot in the store on Saturday Nov. 29, 2014, in Chicago. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/TNS) 5. Scientists Pam Robertson, left, and Erin Matthews work in Meriden, Conn. The company is working to create a vaccine for the Ebola virus. (Michael McAndrews/Hartford Courant/TNS) 6. A lone protester stands before a police line on Nov. 26, 2014, pushing for democracy in Hong Kong. (Stuart Leavenworth/McClatchy DC/TNS) 7. As part of the government’s emergency response, community kitchens like this were launched on Haiti. The women cook the meals and then sell it to villagers. (Patrick Farrell/ Miami Herald/TNS) 8. Soldiers and investigators examine the bodies after Somali militants killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers near the town of Mandera on, Dec. 2, 2014. (Fabian Mangera/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS) 9. A map of the properties in Kleinmachnow, Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. (Claudia Himmelreich/ McClatchy DC/MCT) 10. Jens Modvig, Committee expert on U.S. review. The antitorture panel said it was deeply concerned by the high incidence of police brutality and shootings in the U.S. (John Zarocostas/McClatchy DC/TNS) 11. The new Starbucks outlet in Mumbai, India, sells only vegetarian fare in deference to area residents who have all but banned meat from shops and restaurants. (Shashank Bengali/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Finals Due to the current finals policy students come to school with a high fever, head colds and horrible coughs with the intention of keeping a close to perfect school attendance. Likely the last thing on the student’s mind is to go to school with the intention of getting their peers sick, but it happens.

Excused absences include, court appearances, funerals, dentists or physician appointments or participation in a school approved student activity.

Unexcused absences include, student leaving during school hour with no permission, not attending classes or if the student fails to comply with the building attendance procedures.

The solution is obvious; a more lenient system in the finals policy that is more forgiving to students who might miss several days of class, but can still maintain at least C. If you can maintain an A in a course the opting out option should always be available.

The same rules and regulations should be put into action for having a B in a course but still missing just as much school. As for a C, and considering that it is an average test/ grading score I believe the max absences should also be uplifted to 2 days, a reasonable and average number of missed days

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expectations & policies during a semester. As for a D or an F in a course, I believe that students should have to take the final in high hopes that it will help their grade.

Junior David Shute believes the finals policy tends to lean toward general education classes (gen-ed), to make it easier for them to pas as the advanced placement (AP) courses are obligated to take their final.

“The fact that the AP students cannot opt out of their AP course is justified… But it is just not fair,” Shute said.

If a gen-ed student is absent once during the semester and averages a C in that class and can still opt out, but an AP student misses however many days but can still maintain an A, these students should not be obligated to take their final.

“If we are already challenging ourselves by taking an AP class, and sure, it is understood that these classes are meant to be hard, but it just makes passing an AP class that more difficult, and passing a gen-ed class that much easier,” Shute said.

Although Shute does not think the finals policy is fair, he is still in favor of having a final, revealing his honest opinion of how the policy should be altered, “I believe the finals should not be heavily weighted. Maybe 5-10% would be fair, just to make it easier to pass the class.”

Shute is just not so crazy about the idea of grades vs. absences policy.

“I would say base the policy on grades and the teachers opinion,” Shute said. “Like if the teacher thinks that you should take the final to better your grade, or if they think that it is

- Do not study when you are tired - Quiz yourself and others - Write out the information - Read information out loud

Jaycee Zeck Staff Writer

“Truancy is prosecuted as a Child in Need of Care case. Under state law, children between the ages of 7 and 18 are required to attend school. If a child is deemed truant by their school, then a referral is made to the District Attorney’s Office. Upon receipt of a truancy referral from the school, our office has discretion about how that case is processed. If a truancy case is filed in District Court, then the assigned Judge has discretion to formulate a plan designed to meet the child’s needs.” (http://da.jocogov.org/truancy) not necessary for you to take it you can have the option to opt out.”

Shute agrees that the policy that is put in place now is successful in forcing students to miss less school.

“It’s a successful policy, but that does not mean it is a good one.” Shute said.

It is easier said than done to be able to have a perfect attendance, especially when students are always getting each other sick. Having the rules and regulations on the finals policy, keeps the ill pushing through their headaches and high temperatures to get through the school doors. Sure, it stops students from skipping their second block because they have a big test or to get out of gym class, but there is harm. Students who are sick have to struggle throughout the day just so they can opt out of their finals at the end of the semester.

- Do not procrastinate -Get rid of any distractions -Small study groups -Use websites, quizlet, etc.

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Boy Scouts On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.

Meet the Scouts Girl Scouts On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

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Alisha Wickham “I’m proud to be a Girl Scout because it gives me different leadership opportunities, and I can help others”

“[My Favorite Badge] is the Eco-Badge. I loved being able to help out the environment,” Wickham said

“I”m Proud to be a Boy Scout because I get to help out in the community”

Badges she has Earned

Boy Scout Medal Boy Scout Neckerchief/ Scarf Council Shoulder Patch

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Scouting Into Character Two seniors build character through Boy/Girl Scouts

just really like nature and being outside a member, she realized she loved it. to see sights and animals,” Hultgren In Girl Scouts she goes camping, said. volunteers, and shoots archery. One of Being a part of this organization her favorite parts of Girl Scouts is being during the school year is challenging with all the little girls and knowing she eniors Kyle Hultgren and Alisha for Hultgren. He plays basketball and will make a difference in their lives.

Wickham are both active has school work to complete and said it “They look up to you and so you’re participants and are at the is “just hard to find time to do it.” kind of their positive role model and highest ranked levels Boy and However, when time does allow, they remember how you acted and will Girl Scouts Hultgren participates in many Eagle be like you,” Wickham said.

According to the Boy Scouts of Scout activities that teach different Wickham has stuck with the America’s website, “Boy Scouts and skill sets. With these skill sets Hultgren organization for so long because it has Girl Scouts are organizations that has learned that he always has friends given her opportunities to do things provide a program for young people and helping others can help you out in she normally would not get to do. She that builds character, trains them in the long run. wouldn’t be able to repel, zipline, travel, the responsibilities of participating “We do camping, hunting, fishing, and or meet different inspiring people if it citizenship, and develops personal lots of other outdoor activities. Skiing were not for Girl Scouts. fitness.” or snowboarding “It has allowed Scouts has helped Hultgren and is the most fun,” me to break out Wickham display positive characteristics Hultgren said. of my shell. I’ve One thing I’m proud of is, been and good citizenship in and around Hultgren said he pushed their community. believes that Boy into different that I get to be a leader to “I used to be a really shy girl, and Scouts will help leadership all the little girls,” Wickham roles, I lead the then I joined Girl Scouts and eight years him in many ways later I’m not afraid of being in front of when he “goes into girls through said. people,” Wickham said. the real world.” Boy activities, and I Like Wickham, Hultgren shows and Scouts prepares head different shares positive characteristics around him for world challenges and obstacles groups.” Wickham said. the community. that he will come across in life. Boy Wickham said Girl Scouts will help “I do community service and help Scouts teaches Hultgren respect and her when she goes out into the world everybody in the community,” Hultgren determination in what he does and because she will be more confident in said. teaches him life lessons on how to help what she says.

Hultgren is an Eagle Scout. Hultgren others.

It will also teach her good citizenship has advanced through Cub Scouts and “It will teach me a lot of life lessons and promotes her character.

Boy Scouts in order to be an Eagle and it puts me in good positions for “I will have learned different social Scout. jobs,” Hultgren said. skills and I will have experienced many He has been Boy Scouts is different things so I will be a more a part of the an important rounded person,” Wickham said.

Boy Scouts “One Thing I’m Proud of is part of Hultgren’s Like Hultgren, Wickham said she plans organization being able to help others,” life. He wants to to continue being a part of girl scouts for seven years participate in Boy “until I cannot function and they have Hultgren said. and began in Scouts with his kids to put me in an old person’s home.” elementary when he gets older.

With their new skill sets of character school when Wickham is an development as well as survival they some of his friends were joining. Ambassador in Girl Scouts and has are able to work and volunteer in Hultgren loves the outdoors and Eagle been an active participant in the group the community as well as share their Scouts is a great way to get outside. since the fifth grade. She wanted to be citizenship with others. “[My favorite is] the outdoors part, I involved in Girl Scouts and once she was

Savannah Cox Staff Writer

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n November 17 at 12:08am, just five short days after being placed on the active list, senior Judy Hart received the call for her donor lungs. She was instructed to be at the hospital at 6am to prep for her transplant surgery. Due to the donor hospital needing more time, the surgery had been pushed back to 3am the next day.

“Talk about waiting,” Hart said. “I had to yank the clock off the wall I was getting so anxious.”

In the end the Hart family was told that an even better match came up and the surgeons took the second offer.

Since birth, Hart has battled a disease that has impacted her physically while at the same time showing the strength she has inside of her. Hart had a meconium ileas (a bowel obstruction) that lead to her diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) also known as mucoviscidosis.

People can be diagnosed with CF as toddlers or in some cases not until per-teen years, depending on how progressive their symptoms are, and everyone’s are different. In Hart’s case the main impact of the disease is on her lungs and pancreas.

CF is a genetic disorder that can affect the lungs, pancreas, liver, and intestine. The most serious symptom is shortness of breath caused by lung infections. Poor growth, sinus infections and infertility can also be symptoms of CF. But again, everyones cases are different and the organ impacted can change from person to person.

Hart also has Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD) which is caused when mucus blocks the pancreas duct where insulin is distributed to the rest of the body. Additionally, Hart has slight liver fibrosis occurring but it is small enough not to be treated.

Hart’s mother, Mary, struggles watching her daughter go through so much in the course of her lifetime. From struggling to breathe, and be active to spending multiple winter’s in the hospital the journey has not been easy.

“It is such a horrible and complicated disease,” Mary said. “It really has affected every aspect of her life.”

Disease often has a negative connotation, but Hart reminds us that CF has also impacted her life in a positive way by showing her the good in people and reminding her to count the blessings of the number of people who have given to her in her lifetime.

“My disease has blessed me with the opportunity to grow as a person and connect with people I would have never imagined,” Hart said. “I know my disease is not who I am as a person - yet I enjoy the inspiration behind all of it.”

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Judy’s Story Continued from pg 15 Shelby Simpson Editor-In-Chief However, Hart’s disease has not been easy and it has had negative effects. The main one being physical limitations. Her hospital visits increased from elementary school to high school. A task that may seem mindless to other students, such as walking from class to class, was a struggle for Hart. In Hart’s junior year she was required to wear oxygen at all times to aide in her breathing.

“That did not hold me back,” Hart said.

“I carried my tiny,yet heavy, O2 tank in my backpack with me everywhere.”

In March of 2010 Hart was put on the Inactive Double-Lung Transplant list. Hart was scared and almost horrified at the thought of a double lung transplant.

“I didn’t realize the benefits outweighed the risks,” Hart said.

When placed on this list Hart’s eyes opened up and she saw that it was time to do something. In 2010 her lung function was only at 19% so she was admitted to the hospital where she gained weight and her lung function shot up to 40%.

This process helped her stall the lung transplant until now.

“In those four years I’ve learned to accept the transplant and come at peace with it,” Hart said. “My family and friends tremendously helped build my assurance.”

In 2014 when Hart found out she was ready and in need of a double lung transplant she and her mother relocated to St. Louis. Any organ transplant recipient is required to live within a half hour radius to the hospital. A call can be received at any time and the patient must get to the hospital and prep for surgery by the time the lungs are transported from the donor’s hospital to the operating room.

The process to get a lung transplant is not easy. The patient must be evaluated in the hospital where the transplant will take place. After these evaluations the patient can be listed on the ‘inactive’ list meaning they must visit the hospital where they hope to receive the transplant for check ups on their progress.

“I was required to go to St. Louis Children’s Hospital every six months for a

reevaluation to keep the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) updated on the progression of my disease,” Hart said.

UNOS is the private, non-profit organization that manages the nation’s organ transplant system under contract with the federal government.

These check-ups occurred until the Hart family and the doctors in both St. Louis and Kansas City agreed that Hart’s disease has progressed enough to switch to the ‘active’ transplant list. Once switched to the active list, donors offers are accepted and the transplant team decides whether or not the organ is acceptable, if a match is found the patient is called and comes to the hospital to get ready for surgery.

Hart’s surgery started Tuesday at 3 am and ended at 11 am. Right when Hart woke up from the anesthesia she said she felt a change.

“My first breath felt like I was reborn,” Hart said. “The world was lifted off of my shoulders and placed in the palm of my hand. I felt the air flow through my entire lungs - no struggle, no tightness, I could breathe.”

With a procedure so invasive a large risk of receiving a new organ is the body rejecting the organ. Another main risk the doctors had to look out for with Hart’s procedure is infection since her immune system is suppressed. The farther out from the transplant the less harmful rejection is.

“The most important thing to remember is that a transplant is not a cure for my cystic fibrosis,” Hart said.

All of Hart’s respiratory symptoms will disappear, and hospital admissions decrease after the transplant. However, she will still have to take multiple medications such as immunosuppressants and he transplant does not treat her diabetes or GI complications.

“On the bright side, this transplant has kicked all of my airway clearance machines, inhaled medicines and oxygen tanks to the curb,” Hart said.

Thus far Hart’s recovery has been smooth and fast paced. Typically after surgery patients stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) anywhere from three to five days. Hart’s breathing tube was removed on the second day postoperative (postop) and she was already sitting up, eating and drinking. On the third day she was

moved to 7 West (a downgrade from ICU).

A week out from surgery Hart had her second bronchoscopy, first biopsy and three chest tubes removed, and there have been no signs of rejection.

Hart was discharged from the hospital December 4 to return to her house in St. Louis. For the next two to three months, she is to attend physical therapy three times a week and pulmonology/transplant clinic visits twice a week along with other appointments After that she is able to move back to her home in Edgerton and attend school after flu season.

“That being said, I am definitely walking across the stage for graduation,” Hart said.

While in St. Louis, Hart was accepted into the University of Kansas where she received a scholarship and was also accepted into the architecture program.

“Good things are happening for her, and she is ready to return to a near normal life,” her mother Mary Hart said.

According to Mary, Hart has handled and managed her disease exceptionally well. She says Hart has been amazing at keeping a positive attitude, handling each situation as a mature young adult and embracing her disease that consumed her physical life.

Living with Cystic Fibrosis has made Hart grow and mature faster than many other high schoolers her age. With the

additional responsibilities that CF brings Hart has learned to balance, school, friends, family, and her disease.

Hart’s advice to other people battling CF or any other disease is to stay on top and never lose track of who you are, because your disease does not define you. Keep up with the therapy and listen to the doctors. Do not be stubborn, because even on your best days you are not invincible.

“A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory,” Hart sits on her dad’s lap doing a vest and nebulizer respiratory treatment. She has Hart said. done treatments for her CF since a young Some days age. Photo Credit: Judy Hart are harder than others but making the best of each day is always one of Hart’s main goals. Remember to focus on each moment, and be thankful for the bad days. Those bad days open the door to grow as a person and feel great after overcoming an obstacle.

“The quote that I would use to describe my story is this,” Hart said. “Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

WHAT IS Cystic Fibrosis

According to CF Living online, Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease, a genetic disorder that impacts the lungs and digestive system. CF is a “progressive disease”, meaning over time it worsens. This disease affects 70,000 people worldwide and about 30,000 Americans.

People with CF have mucus that is unusually thick and sticky, it can build up and block airways and affect the digestive tract and lungs.

In the digestive tract, mucus clogs the pancreas, which can cause the intestine to have malabsorption of food and nutrients.

In the lungs, CF can result in permanent lung disease and loss of function. The thick mucus also makes it easier for bacteria to grow which can lead to frequent lung infections.

According to Children’s Health on WebMD, CF also causes a large loss of salt during perspiration, which can cause an imbalance of minerals in the body; resulting in dehydration, fatigue, low blood pressure, and/or increase in heart rate. Some other signs or symptoms of CF are constipation, poor weight gain, coughing and wheezing.

Remember; only a doctor can diagnose CF and if you, or someone you know, may have CF visit a doctor as soon as possible.

Seniors, Sydney Clarke and Krista Long along with junior, Rachel Knorr give Judy a printer to take to St. Louis. The money for the printer was raised by NHS. Photo Credit: Jan Bechard

Hart says peace-out to the hospital. She was discharged from her transplant surgery on December 4. Photo Credit: Judy Hart Post-transplant Hart has multiple medications she must take. It took around one hour to get them all organized Photo Credit: Judy Hart

Mary Hart kisses her daughter on discharge day. She then returned to her home in St. Louis.

Photo Credit: Judy Hart

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n the morning of November 8 the first ever GEHS Buff Puff occurred and the gym was full of laughter and competitive spirits that all came together to support a fellow classmate. Teams made up of all boys competed in this volleyball tournament to raise money for the Judy Hart Foundation. The tournament was started by senior Sydney Clarke and raised more than $3,000 to go towards Hart’s COTA (Children’s Organ Transplant Association) account to help cover the cost of living, post-transplant medications, and the surgery itself.

Clarke met Hart in 6th grade. She had always known the struggles Hart went through but never really realized the amount of money it took to support her disease.

“I realized when I got older just how much money it took and I wanted to help out a friend,” Clarke said.

The initial plan to create this tournament happened in December 2013, but it failed to take flight.

Clarke not willing to give up tried again August of this year. After being passed through multiple members of administration and finding the perfect date, the planning began.

According to Clarke, coordinating the tournament took a lot of organization, support, and thinking ahead to the end product to keep her motivated. She

hoped to make a lively environment where people could support Hart.

“I had to communicate with people from the entire community to make this happen,” Clarke said.

There were approximately 40 players and 15 coaches that participated in the tournament. Most teams practiced together and even coordinated uniforms, needless to say the tournament brought out a very competitive side in the boys.

“The volleyball tournament was so fun,” senior Carson Hobby said. “I got to spend time with my closest friends and support a great cause, and winning the whole tournament made it even more fun.”

Hobby was a member of the winning team ‘Big Digs’ along with seniors Colton Mullin, Kyle Hultgren, Tanner Hughes, Trae Henderson, and junior Jack Mills. They were coached by Clarke, and junior Rachel Knorr.

“At first Sydney told our team that the total was around $1300 and I thought that was awesome,” Hughes said. “But at the end when she announced the grand total it was a mix of shock and happiness because it couldn’t have gone to a better cause.”

Since Hart was already in St. Louis when the tournament took place, senior Krista Long made a video as a surprise for Judy with some highlights

from the day. The video has footage of games from the tournament, student messages to her, and the moment Clarke announced the amount of money that was raised to go towards the Judy Hart Foundation.

Long walked around the tournament, video camera in hand, ready to capture the best moments of the Buff Puff. She knew the tournament was something that Hart really wanted to be a part of and this way she could essentially bring the tournament to her.

“It was inspiring to see all the guys getting into the game and really having a fun time together, and also to see the community come together and show so much support for our classmate,” Long said.

With news of Hart’s lung transplant just nine days later, the tournament had impeccable timing.

“Words can’t describe how grateful I am to be supported by such caring and determined peers,” Hart said. “I want to thank everyone for joining together to not only help me, but my family as well in our transplant journey.”

Clarke was motivated and inspired by Hart, saying Judy is one of the toughest girls she knows.

“She is a true inspiration to me,” Clarke said. “We all miss her and care about her, and I am so happy that her transplant was successful.”

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Live 2 Love The Judy Hart Foundation

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ake sales, lemonade stands, t-shirt sales, garage sales and golf tournaments are just a few of the events that the Judy Hart Foundation has held in order to raise money to support Hart’s costly disease. Live 2 Love was a slogan established within the Judy Hart Foundation to remind

Hart poses with two members of Chandler’s class.

They are advertising the Judy Hart Foundation Bake sale. Photo Credit: Vicki Chandler

not just the foundation, but also contributors and supporters to love each other every day. The Judy Hart Foundation was established in 2013 by her 6th grade teacher Vicki Chandler, and family friends Candace Morehouse, Christina Cox, and Carol Prothe.

“It started in the Pioneer Ridge hallway,” Chandler said. “I was talking to Candace wondering why no one was doing anything to support Judy Chandler’s students wrap Hart in a group hug. The student’s bake and then I realized that sale raised over $700 Photo Credit: Vicki Chandler we were supposed to do it.”

According to Chandler, it was truly Hart’s expenses.

“I use Judy and all that she has to God’s will that the foundation came together so easily and it was so overcome to motivate my students,” Chandler said. “She never uses her enjoyable to start.

Today Chandler is a 5th grade teacher disease as an excuse in her education at PRMS, and she uses Judy as a living and she has already been admitted example of hard work and courage for into KU, it is a true inspiration.”

Seeing Judy overcome the hardships her students. Her students are always updated on Hart’s progress and have of CF brought tears to Chandler’s eyes.

“It just makes me so happy - it is truly even done their own fund-raisers to raise money for her foundation. The an unprecedented miracle, and I could bake sale her students had in 2012 not be happier that the money was raised more than $700 to help with there to support her,” Chandler said.

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The Fantasy Dissolved Would You Ever Tell Your Kids That Santa Is Not Real?

Kracinda Mitchell Story Editor Popular legend says he drives a sled pulled by reindeer that are covered in bells, has a white beard and an oversized stomach, wears a red suit with furry, white trim and he decides who is naughty and nice. It has been said that if you leave out milk and cookies for him that he will leave bigger and better presents. This man has become to be known by Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Santa Claus.

Some children found out that Santa was not real at a young age, some still believe in Ole’ Saint Nick and other may have never believed in Father Christmas.

No matter when a child finds out that their fairytale-present-giver is not real, it can be heart breaking -- and that is why some parents avoid shattering their child’s’ dream and some do not

know when to let them in on the secret that Santa does not exist.

Special Education instructor Kristen Nolan was never a believe of Santa Claus and did not grow up being under the illusion of a mystical gift-giver.

“My family opted not to do the Santa thing at all,” Nolan said. “It was just another story like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph.”

Nolan said she grew up this way because her parents believed in being very honest with their children. It is because of this that Nolan said she believes she has grown up to be an honest person as an adult. Nolan also attended church regularly on Christmas and therefore learned the religious aspect to Christmas rather than only focusing on the gift-receiving commercial aspect.

“I would prefer to continue to be a non-Santa family if I have kids,” Nolan said.

However, being married means that decision is not solely up to her. Nolan’s husband was brought up in a family where Santa was a character they believed in and she said he wishes to raise his children that way as well.

There are more Kris Kringle believers in her family, her nieces and nephews.

While being around them she must be careful not to let the secret out.

“I am very careful not to ruin the magic for their families,” Nolan said.

Even though Nolan grew up not believing in Santa, several other kids have grown up knowing of the fantasy of Santa.

Americans’ Thoughts on Santa

Statistics from Buzzfeed.com

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Steal the Deal

Americans crowd stores to get best prices on hot items Starla Stephens Copy Editor Thousands of deal hungry people brave the freezing cold each year and stand in excruciating lines, just to get the best deal on a new television or gaming system. On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, prices are extremely low on items that are normally pretty pricey. Some stores even open late Thanksgiving night to offer more great, money saving deals.

Following this day of deals, is Cyber Monday- where the Black Friday deals go on-line for twenty four hours. Many families consider Thanksgiving a family week rather than a personal shopping week, but some people have broken away from the norm.

Often times, people who traditionally go Black Friday shopping visit specific stores. The most popular have ranged from Target and Walmart to Best Buy. These stores often hand out tickets to the first so many people who arrive in the line. Some tickets will get the customers hundreds off of a new television or an electronic, others guarantee a spot in line.

Shoppers line up outside the Disney store as holiday decorations hang overhead at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif. Photo by: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Some of the die-hard Black Friday shoppers camp out in front of the store the night before so that they will be one of the first in the building to get the first pick. Others just go Black Friday shopping because they have nothing to do. Either way, stores are luring in new customers and making tons of income.

“My friends and I had nothing to do so we went to Walmart and I got a sound bar for $115,” junior Lane Miner said “The lines were really backed up so we had to wait a long time.”

While lines grow endlessly long, many stores have extra security on hand with more employees. Stores hire extra employees during the holidays for seasonal positions to help out with Black Friday and Christmas sales. Stores packed wall to wall and are prone to accidents due to people rushing and pushing to grab the last item.

“I have gotten pushed inside Walmart,” senior Hanna Desmarteau said.

Black Friday numbers were below average this year. The news reported it was because of the economy- Cyber Monday is growing more popular and the improving economy meant that no one had to rush to go get deals.

According to a survey by National Retail Federation, sales have dropped 11 percent since last year on Black Friday and sales went down 10.2 percent on Cyber Monday.

“I would rather have gone on-line and shopped then tried to get through the lines at Walmart,” Miner said.

Some people who go shopping on Black Friday have started to take friends and family members with them. Strategies to get in and out of the store have helped these shoppers tremendously. For instance, Desmarteau, routinely goes with her family and they separate to find everything. This speedy process helps her and her family to get what they are looking for quickly.

“I go with my family because we get good deals and we like chaos,” Desmarteau said “We go Thursday night and we split up to cover certain areas of the store.”

With the decreasing trends of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, stores are losing money. Allowing the people who still attend these events to steal the best deals they can possibly find. While some shoppers were overwhelmed this year, others are waiting for Black Friday of 2015.

Ivan Wells, 3, finds his favorite toy while shopping with his mother Queala Wells at Target. Photo by: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Black Friday shoppers at the Glendale Galleria crowd the escalators in Glendale, Calif. Photo by: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Black Friday Specials

• All clothing 30% off • Various Movies $4 (previously $10-$20) • Kitchen-aid items 25% off • Xbox 360 bundle $179.99 • iPhone 6 $179.99 (previously $199.99) • Nikon Black D3200 $469.99 • Apple iPhone 6 $99 (previously $199.99) • Microsoft Surface 2 $299.99 (previously $499.99) • Hp Touch-Screen laptop $499.99 9 (previously $699.99) • Nikon Black D3200 $499.99 (previously $549.99) • HP Laptop $249 • Nikon Black D3200 $496.95 (previously $799.95) • Beats by Dr. Dre $99.95 (previously 152.99) • Various Movies $1.96 (previously $9-$10) • iPad Mini $199 (previously $219)

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New Years’ Resolutions Connor Nuessen Staff Writer

“ To work harder in school.”

“ To be healthier.”

-sophomore Bailey Knudsen

-freshman David Adamson

“ To spend more time with my family.”

“ To make an impact on someones life.”

-social studies teacher Brian Davidson

-junior Chase Abram

“ To see my dad.”

-sophomore Chris McVaugh

“ To be nicer to people.”

-junior Sydney Andersonson

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Marshmallow Popcorn Snowballs

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½ c. popcorn kernels 3 tbsp. canola oil ½ c. sugar 4 tbsp. butter 5 c. mini marshmallows ¼ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. vanilla extract Mix In Ideas M&Ms Sprinkles Peanuts Chocolate Chips (optional)

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In a saucepan on medium heat add oil and popcorn.

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Wrestling How-To Ryan Shirley Staff Writer Often times when non-wrestling enthusiasts watch wrestling they are confused by the more technical aspects of the sport, but once broken down it is much easier to understand.

Wrestling matches are structured in three periods, each lasting two minutes-unless ended by a pin.

In the first period both wrestlers start in neutral position with their lead foot facing the middle of the ring, then they both crouch with their arms at or above waist level so that neither wrestler has an advantage. (see photo 1) When the referee decides that both wrestlers are in correct neutral position the referee blows the whistle indicating the start of the match.

After first period if no one is pinned the wrestlers advance to the second period. The referee flips a double sided coin: green (home team) and red (visiting team). The side who gets the call can decide which position they would like to start in or they can defer the decision to the other wrestler; next period the wrestler who deferred can now choose their position Wrestlers could start in neutral but there is also referee’s position.

Referee’s position is where the bottom, defensive wrestler is on his hands and knees with his legs together, then the offensive wrestler kneels beside him and puts one hand on his navel and the other on his elbow (see photo 2) Some wrestlers may choose bottom position because they can get easy reverse or escape points. While others choose to go on top position so that they can lead into a pin or near fall points.

The third period operates the same, except if red chose their position the second period then green gets to choose their position this round.

After this last period, assuming no pin occurred, the wrestler with the most points wins the match by decision.

Points can be awarded for many different techniques performed correctly in a match. Two points are awarded on a take down, which is when one wrestler takes the opponent down to the mat and it is clear the offensive wrestler is in control and hips are touching.

In response there are escapes, this is when the defensive wrestler got out of the take down resulting in a net one point gain for the wrestler who got the take down.

Wrestlers can also use a reversal, where the defensive wrestler who got taken down can gain control of the offensive wrestler after a take down, two points are awarded so there is a net gain of 0 points for the offensive and defensive wrestler. (see photo 3) Near fall is the position where someone has one shoulder down instead of two. Various amounts of points are awarded for how long the defensive wrestler is on his back: two points if it is held for one to two seconds, three points if it is held for two to four seconds, and four points if it is held for five seconds or longer. (see photo 4)

Points can also be given for many penalties such as locked hands which is when wrestlers are down on the mat and the offensive wrestlers hands are locked with each other.

Other penalties include: unnecessary roughness — where the offender is intentionally trying to hurt the other wrestler, fleeing the mat — trying to leave the mat so as to reset by going out of bounds, and grabbing any clothing the mat or headgear. While accidents do happen this rule is for when someone is obviously trying to gain an advantage.

The last penalty is stalling, where a wrestler tries to run out the clock by being defensive. Both wrestlers must

be making an attempt to be assertive.

There are only a few ways for a wrestler to win a match. The first is a win by fall, otherwise known as a pin, where one wrestler keeps the opponent’s shoulder blades on the mat for two uninterrupted seconds. (see photo 5)

There is also win by decision; the wrestler with more points after three two minute periods wins the match.

When there is a 15 point difference then the match has ended prematurely as a technical fall. If there is a tie in points or no one has scored then the match goes into overtime-where during this time the first wrestler to score any amount of points wins the match.

Wrestlers can also win a match without completing or even starting the match. Winning by forfeit, is when the other wrestler does not show up to the mat when called. A win by default is where the opponent is unable to compete due to injury or sickness that happens during the match.

Disqualification is when the wrestler was showing flagrant, dangerous or unsportsmanlike behavior.

Wrestling Home Opener Saturday, December 6 the wrestling team hosted its annual tournament,The Blazer Invitational.

The tournament drew wrestlers from Tulsa and Broken Arrow Oklahoma, Omaha Nebraska, Runnels and Iowa City and 11 other high schools around the metro area.

GEHS placed 14th overall had many wrestlers up to the podium such as Heavyweight junior Andrew Sprague getting 4th place, 170 pounder junior Dustin Carstens finishing the night in fifth place senior TJ Burger coming in eighth and junior Matt Klaurens coming in ninth place. Overall Gardner Edgerton had 20 escapes on bottom and 8 take downs.

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Freshman Alex Weber assumes neutral position at the Lansing duel. Photo By: Ryan Shirley

eight cutting is a problem among the wrestling community, with many wrestlers seeking the strength advantage that going in the lower weight classes provides, you often see wrestlers who have cut weight in a non-healthy way.

One common way is to wear a sauna suit, which is supposed to keep your body heat inside the suit when working out.

Other banned weight loss practices by the NCAA are as follow:

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Junior Matt Klaurens rides on top in referees position.

Soon the official will blow the whistle indicating both wrestlers may take action. Photo By: Ryan Shirley

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Senior Tyler Norton gains control of his opponent with a reversal after being taken down. Photo By: Ryan Shirley

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Junior Dustin Carstens holds his opponent in a near-fall position. Photo By: Ryan Shirley

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Sophomore Zach Norton holds his opponent in a pinfall position pressing both shoulders down for two seconds. Photo By: Ryan Shirley

• Vapor impermeable suits (rubber suits or rubberized nylon) • Similar devices used solely for dehydration • Saunas (no off campus use) • Steam rooms (no off campus • use) • Wrestling room over 75 degrees at start of practice • Hot boxes • Laxatives (non-prescribed) • Excessive food and fluid restriction • Self-induced vomiting

When used properly this can detox the body, increase metabolism and improve your blood circulation.

However, when abused can cause severe health problems such as prolonged dehydration which can result in kidney failure, fainting, weakness or fatigue and possible heart attacks.

Unhealthy weight loss habits are the reason why states are starting to implement rules to make sure wrestlers can only lose a certain amount of weight after the initial weigh-ins at the beginning of the year If wrestlers lose more then 8% of their initial weight they had at the alpha weigh in they must go to a certified physician and have them sign off on a sheet saying they lost the weight correctly and without losing

too much body fluids.

These findings according to the National Health Management indicated that wrestlers are able to undergo a weight loss of approximately 8% and still maintain a high level of muscular strength and maximal aerobic power.

“A 21-yr-old male wrestler was studied for 2 months as he trained and dieted.

Measurements of body composition, anthropometry which is the study of the measurements and proportions of the human body, pulmonary function how well your lungs take in oxygen, muscular strength, serum plasma constituents do make sure your blood is not to thick or to thin, and maximal aerobic power were made 53, 31, and 3 days prior to a tournament.

Training consisted of two workouts daily, running 2-6 miles each morning and wrestling 1-2.5 h each afternoon.

In addition, the subject recorded his weight daily and maintained a log of food consumption.

As a result of a low-fat, highprotein, high-carbohydrate diet and continued training, his weight decreased from 121 to 112 lbs while body fat decreased from 4.8 to 1.1%.

This loss consisted of 2.21 kg of lean tissue and 2.08 kg of fat tissue.

The day prior to AAU competition, an additional 6 lbs were lost by dehydration to meet the 102-kg weight classification. Despite the subject's loss of lean and fat tissue, maximal aerobic power (approximately 67 ml X min-1 X kg-1) and muscular strength were maintained.”

Typical scale used to measure wrestlers weight. All scales must be tested with a certified to weight to insure accuracy. Photo By: Ryan Shirley

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SPIRIT WEEK Throwback Thursday Fresh Bball @ BVW

SPIRIT WEEK Frozen Friday (white out) Reg Deadline for Feb ACT WR Pep Assembly 6 Game Night Basketball vs.

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Girls V Bball (El Dorado) JV/V Bowling (SM South Tri) V Scholars Bowl (Paola) Boys Fresh Bball @ BV

TBA State Debate Tourn V Wrestling (Newton) Boys Soph/JV/V @ BVNW

Boys V Bball (El Dorado) Girls C/JV/V Bball @ SME

Girls V Bball (El Dorado) V Wrestling (Garden City) Boys soph/JV/V Bball vs.

Blue Valley

KMEA State Band Auditions JV Wrestling (Seamen Tourn) WINTER ROYALTY 9-11 in commons TBA State Debate Tourn JV Wrestling (Topeka) V Wrestling (Newton) Dance Team Competition @ Olathe South

Boys V Bball (El Dorado) C Team Wrestling (Miege) V Wrestling (Holton) Dance Team Competition @ Olathe East

GEHS Forensics Tourn.

Boys Fresh Bball (Lansing) Girls V Bball (El Dorado) JV/V Wrestling (SM North) Boys V Bball @ Liberty