2009 GHS Voice December

ROCK OUT

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Students battle it out

Could you imagine getting in front of 700 students to play a video game? Now imagine having to put together a band, sing, and play three different instruments. Before students were let free for Thanksgiving break the freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors were all given a chance to prove their skills in Rock Band.

The freshman class really took one for the team and placed first. Juniors placed second, seniors came in third, and the sophomores ended up in last place.

“I was nervous at first, but then I got up there and had fun, said freshman Camie Hemphill, who was the lead singer for the freshman class.” “I don’t think the audience was expecting a stellar performance, they

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Story by Taylor Bradish • Photo by Lauren Sawyer

How much do activities cost?

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Is New Moon all it’s cracked up to be?

See Page 10 How long does it take Mr. Marik to rig up all those lights?

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Members of the senior Rock Band included Eric Shawcross, Darren Harper, Jay Scherbring and Brandon Meyer.

Rock: continued from Page1 just wanted to hang out and have fun before we went on break.”

All grades had different strategies to come out on top and beat their opponents.

“I wore the biggest wig”, said sophomore Tyler Harris. “I wanted the best hair.”

Sophomore Whitney Silence had a different game plan for her team.

Her goal was to rock out the hardest.

Cody Kaup’s strategy was short lived when he realized he had a major malfunction. Kaup was the basist without batteries.

“I was the paperweight of the band,” Kaup said, “I was pretty pointless because I didn’t have batteries.

They told me to just hop up there and pretend. The perks of playing last...”

Another way to win the hearts of the crowd was through song selecting. The juniors picked, “Anyway you

On the cover:

Pictured on the cover is Mark McVey. He played the drums for the freshmen for the class competition of Rock Band.

Want It,” by Journey, reasoning that Journey is epic.

Rock band participants were randomly chosen by class officers.

But Hemphill got her position as singer when the freshman class nominated her.

When it comes down to it, most students had a great time performing, no matter what place they came in during the competition. And next time Kaup will remember an extra stash of batteries.

“Next time my strategy will be to have charged batteries,” said Kaup.

Even though it was extremely nerveracking getting in front of the entire school and having practically no practice time, and in some cases, malfunctioned instruments, for most students it was worth it and they had a great time.

“Getting up there and being able to be like, “ok, I did this” and to make the audience have fun watching you. It was a lot of fun!” said Hemphill.

Photo by Timbre Backen

Seniors Sara Gentzler, Gabs Tarnick, Sam Montemarano, and Katie Sturgeon get ready for an intense game of Wii at Game Day in the library.

Fun & Games

Drew Debolt and Leanna Mathews play Apples to Apples on Game Day. Students played many different types of games in the library.

Photos by Liz Stratman

Getting into the game, Lizzy Stevens moves the Wii nunchuck as Brandi Workman challenges her.

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December 2009

BASE room student Keathen Cogswell gets help from two Advanced Art students to frost his graham crackers for his gingerbread house.

Advanced Art class teams up with BASE students

BASE room student Alex Lynch focuses on putting frosting on his graham cracker for the roof of his gingerbread house.

Nick Schmidt, a BASE room student, strikes a pose with his finished gingerbread house.

By Payton Samuelson Online News Editor

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Nick Schmidt said as he decked out his gingerbread house with colored marshmellows, candy canes, Skittles, M&Ms and many other types of colorful candy.

Schmidt is one of the six students in the BASE room, a room for students with disabilities. BASE stands for building strong Bodies, Academics, Socialization, and Emotions.

On the 15th of December, four of the BASE room students created gingerbread houses with Mrs. Oliver’s Advanced Art class.

Oliver has made gingerbread houses with her classes before but decided to include the BASE room students this year since they moved into the classroom across the hall.

Her students have looked across and seen the students and wanted to do a project with them. Since the advanced art class is a small class, she decided it would work well.

Activities like this help BASE room students in many ways, according

Zach Boeka, a BASE room student, smiles and watches on as Advanced Art students decorate his gingerbread house with candy of his choice.

to BASE room teacher Mrs. Siemers.

“It adds joy to their day,” Siemers said.

The interaction between the BASE room students and other students also helps build their social skills.

This activity also helps their motor and communication skills as well as social skills. The students had to use their hands to grab candy, frosting containers and knives. They also had to communicate with the Advanced Art students while building

the gingerbread houses. They had to use their words, or communication devices or both in order to tell the art students what candy they wanted next on their house.

“It gives them new experiences,” Siemers said.

This was a great experience as well for the art students.

“It was so much fun,” Advanced Art student Sarah Warren said, “It was a great experience.”

There was a wide variety of colorful candy for the students to pick from to decorate the gingerbread houses.

“It adds joy to their day.”

-Mrs. Siemers BASE room teacher

editorial 4 December 2009

Snow days get in the way of schoolwork One and activities Act cast and crew still had to travel The Staff’s Opinion

The cool breeze sends shivers down our spines as cast members open the backstage door, revealing a winter wonderland forming outside.

We had been too busy rehearsing to acknowledge the abundance of snow building outside of the doors. While some faces glowed with excitement as news of Gretna’s school cancellation surfaced, others wore grim looks, knowing we were at our final rehearsal before the State tournament.

Regardless of how joyous snow days can be, they also put a great amount of stress on students and teachers alike to complete all of the planned work before holiday break. As appealing as sleeping in until noon and sledding all day sounds, the amount of work students have upon returning can be overwhelming. Most teachers probably don’t intend to load on the work right before holiday break, but with three snow days and an alreadyset schedule, time is of the essence.

Not only do snow days affect schoolwork, they also have an impact on activities, jobs and other commitments.

Due to the three snow days, the H1N1 Vaccination clinic was rescheduled and various school activities such as One Act rehearsals and basketball games were cancelled or rescheduled. Even so, the

Editor-in-Chief: Liz Stratman Photographer: Lexi Busch In-Depth Editor: Natalie Doering Features Editor: Lauren Sawyer Online/News Editor: Payton Samuelson Entertainment Editor: Taylor Bradish Sports Editor: Danielle Spurgeon

through mounds of snow to Kearney for state without the much-desired practice time. The choir students also had to put on the annual Cookie Walk. A few songs were cut from the Messiah due to lack of rehearsal time because of the unexpected snow days.

Just because students and parents may have had to drive 20 miles under the speed limit to avoid skidding on the ice, students knew the show must go on and wouldn’t let a small problem like icy roads stop them from putting on an amazing performance.

If GPS allowed school activities to go on during snow days, dedicated team members would attend, but the risks would definitely outweigh the benefits. While teen athletes and brainy students might be anxious to get back to their sports or schoolwork, there’s literally nothing they can do other than practice or study within the confines of their home.

Still, nothing beats waking up whenever you feel like it and not having to worry about being late to school.

But after a day or two, it’s time to get back in the groove of things. The initial exhilarated feeling begins to morph into anxiety and panic as you realize all of the valuable hours of practice and work time you’ve missed. We all dislike the overwhelming amount of work thrown at us when we return but still stay hopeful for more snow days to come.

Teresa Fibich

Have you been overwhelmed with schoolwork upon returning to school after the snow days?

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The Voice News Staff

Staff Writers: Kelsey Charrlin Ethan Dawes McKenna Kerr Hannah Applegate Advisor: Jamie Hestermann

The Voice is a monthly publication sponsored by Gretna High School, 11335 South 204th Street, Gretna, NE 68028. The office of The Voice is located in sponsor Jamie Hestermann’s room, room 400. The phone number is (402)332-3936.

Reader response is welcome in the

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Editorials are solely the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Voice staff or Gretna High School.

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in-depth 6 December 2009 What are your favorite things about the holidays?

in-depth 7 December 2009

Students reveal their holiday traditions Liz Stratman Editor-in-Chief

Senior Sam Montemarano and sister sophomore Gabriella Montemarano celebrate Christmas each year like a good majority of GHS students.

But unlike other families, Sam and Gabriella also partake in festivities of another holiday.

" W e celebrate two holidays, most families only celebrate one," Gabriella said. "We get to celebrate the festivities of both Christmas and Hanukkah, which are both very different holidays; so it's really cool to see how all cultures and religions differ."

Sam says she doesn't have a favorite between the two holidays, nor does she dislike either.

"Getting double the presents is pretty nice," Sam said.

Many families make a tradition of putting up a Christmas tree each year.

Sam says on top of putting up two Christmas trees, they also put out two menorahs and light one of the menorahs each night of Hanukkah.

"For Hanukkah we light the menorah every night, while saying the prayer. Then we open one gift. This goes on for eight nights," Sam said.

"But as we get older

we do not get a gift every single night.

The tradition is to get a large gift the first and last night."

Gabriella says she enjoys lighting the menorah because it's something her family all loves to do. She says they usually fight over who gets to light it so they switch off each night.

Sophomore Shane Nevius says he celebrates Christmas and often does some Hanukkah traditions with his half-sister who's Jewish.

“I enjoy seeing everyone happy and together and the spirit of giving each other gifts,” Nevius said.

Aside from their Hanukkah traditions, Sam and Gabriella say they also enjoy going to their grandma's house for dinner on Christmas Eve and spending time with their family.

"We go to my grandma's for dinner at about two o'clock after we go to church then we come back for dessert and open u p

Game Consoles battle it out: Which is worth buying?

By Ethan Dawes Staff Writer

Mr. Marik’s Holiday Lights Every year GHS teacher Mr. Marik brings holiday cheer to his part of the street by putting out 20 holiday deer and placing endless strings of lights around his house.

Who sets up all the lights?

Me and my wife set it up, and sometimes the grandkids help.

When do you start putting up the lights?

I start the project around October. An hour here, an hour there. Sometimes eight hours.

Where do you plug in all of your electrical cords to control them?

They are all controlled from the inside...just a flip of the switch and they go on. I probably have 12 to 14 seperate circuits.

Do you have any lights that you have to repair or do you just replace them?

It’s cheaper to replace and throw away, than repair one light set because it costs around $2.30, $3.30 What kind of lights do you use?

Christmas time is just around the corner and if you’re trying to decide which game console to ask Santa, the time to decide is now: The Microsoft Xbox 360, The Nintendo Wii, or the Sony Playstation 3. From graphics and memory space to gameplay and the games available, choosing which console is right for you is the hardest part.

The Xbox 360 console has an excellent selection of games to choose from, including the new and popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. The console also features highdefintion graphics and noticeable detail in the games.

“I love the graphics on the game,” sophomore Cory Roll said. “I sometimes stand there on the game and just look at it.”

Also, the Xbox has an easy-touse dashboard and great online gaming and communications on Xbox Live. Another perk is that it can do is double as a DVD player, which lets anyone watch movies as well. Newer updates allow the Xbox to surf the web, connect to the computer, use Netflix, Facebook, Twitter

and Last.fm

“Since they updated it, I don’t have to go downstairs to check my Facebook,” sophomore Jared Berg said.

The downsides to the Xbox is that it’s unreliable and prone to the “red ring of death” system crash which needs to be sent in and can cost a great deal of money. The other Achille’s heel of the Xbox is that it needs to pay for Xbox Live, and a year subscription costs nearly $40 or more and can really burn a hole in a wallet quickly.

Next, the Sony Playstation 3. This console has the highest definition of graphics and plays highdef Blu-ray movies. The hard drive holds the most memory as well, with a 120GB free space compared to the 20GB Xbox 360 hardrive. Built in Wi-Fi and free online gaming service is also another perk in the PS3 as well as being able to play PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 1 games.

“PS3 has all the same games as Xbox does, just better graphics,” said junior Michael Chick.

The PS3 is also more energy efficent and delivers more gaming opportunities, while the Slim version cuts the bulky size of the origi-

nal PS3 in half and is more sleek. The cons of the PS3 is that it lacks online communication and online gameplay isn’t as fully developed as the Xbox 360s. And the games for it are slim to none.

Finally, the Nintendo Wii. The Wii offers one of the most highly interactive gameplay, with unique motion-sensor gameplay and built in Wi-Fi. Offering free online gameplay and services, it is compatible with all GameCube games and controllers. The Wii is also more durable and reliable compared to the other consoles and has more accessories for it than any other one.

The bad, the controller eats up batteries if you don’t have the charge station for the nun-chucks and adding people online can be a hassle with “friend codes.” Also, a noticeable drawback with the Wii is that it lacks graphics.

Overall, these console behemoths all have their pros and cons but it comes down to what kind of gamer you really are. The Wii supports more of family gameplay, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 is more of a online battle-itout style. The prices vary, the graphics are up and down but the war to the top continues.

We don’t have LED lights because they came out later and to change over would cost a lot. the presents from our aunts, uncles and grandparents," Sam said.

Nevius says in addition to often celebrating Hanukkah with his half-sister, he also gets to enjoy Christmas gatherings more than just once each year.

“I celebrate many different Christmas' because my parents are divorced,” Nevius said. “I end up having at least three holiday dinners and family get-togethers.”

How much does your electric bill increase over the holiday season?

If you want a console that’s fun for the whole family...

If you want a console that has good graphics...

A lot, it’s a dramatic jump. It peaks the month of December , and the end of November.

How many lights do you have set up?

I lose count on how many [lights I have]. About 12 hundred lights on some trees.

By Kelsey Charrlin

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features 8 December 2009

From curiosity to the catwalk:

Hanson makes her way in the modeling industry

By Lauren Sawyer Feature Editor

With her bleach-blond hair teased straight out, sky-high heels, a short dress, and bright pink makeup, junior Lindsay Hanson took the stage at Omaha Fashion Week.

“It was awesome. It’s a total adrenaline rush,” Hanson said. “My feet hurt and I was shaking to death, but all of that goes away on the runway.”

A 140-foot runway to be exact. Hanson modeled one of the biggest names in the show, Nicole Miller.

The dress was pulled from Miller’s Runway Boutique line, which is described as having abundantly girly embellishments and bold femininity by Omahafashionweek.com.

More than 2,000 people attended the runway show, but that didn’t bother the new model.

“Honestly, I don’t see the crowd. All I can hear is the music, I’m too concentrated on not tripping.”

Omaha Fashion Week may be considered the highlight of a teen model’s career, so it may be surprising to hear Hanson has only been modeling for about a year.

Just days before school started in 2008, Hanson became bored and

“It’s weird how it all worked out. It just kind of happened.

-Lindsay Hanson Junior

Junior Lindsay Hanson portrays the character Sera in a comic book called Balance. Hanson said she would love to be in a sequel.

found herself searching the web for modeling agencies in Nebraska.

Modeling was something people had always told her she should try, but she didn’t think she was good enough.

Agency 89 popped up and she dialed their phone number. Little did she know, this would open a skyscraper’s worth of windows and jump-start Hanson’s career. There just happened to be an open call that very night. She went and got a callback for Thursday, the first day of school. As she sat in class, she kept glancing at the clock wishing time would move faster.

Eventually, the final bell did ring. She went to the callback and was asked to sign with Agency 89 by former director Courtney Sells.

“It’s weird how it all worked out,” Hanson said. “It just kind of happened.”

To date, Hanson has modeled with numerous photographers, and even traveled to Orlando, Florida to meet

with photographers and other agencies.

However, she wouldn’t have had these opportunities without making her own connections.

“The agency gives me the opportunities, but in the end, I have to be the one to take them.”

Many photographers ask her to model for them because she’s “a natural,” changing poses for each frame. That’s why she was selected for one of her longest, but favorite, shoot.

She modeled as the main character, Sera, in a comic book that uses pictures instead of animation.

Her character works at a coffee shop and one day after work, she is abducted by the evil Grim, seeking her unique powers. The rest of the plot escalates from there.

As fun as the comic shoot was, Hanson laughs the most reminiscing about her experience following the Fashion Week show. After 10 hours of preparing for the show, then finally

Hanson pauses for a quick photo with Nicole Miller, the designer of her dress. Hanson’s dress was pulled from Miller’s Runway Boutique Fashion line.

walking the runway, Hanson was quite hungry and headed for Village Inn with her family. Her bleached-blond hair was still teased straight out, and she still dawned the fluorescent pink makeup, only the dress and heels had been swapped for jeans, a T-shirt, and sneakers.

Nevertheless, customers kept pointing, whispering, and staring at her.

“I really thought it was kind of funny, so I just ignored it,” Hanson said. “It’s not like I would normally go out in public like that,” Hanson said.

What started out as a whim, on a quiet Monday night, has evolved into a flourishing career with many fond memories that Hanson hopes to continue.

“You have to take every opportunity, no matter how small.”

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How-to:Pick out an outfit December 2009

What to wear? Everyone’s style is unique, so all people create outfits in their own way. Some plan it out the night before or throw something together in the morning. No matter what, keep it true to yourself!

“I look for whatever is cute together and matches.”

– Sophomore Kailey Grossoehmig

“I always look for something with bright colors that will stand out.”

–Sophomore Shane Nevius

“I wear something if it’s comfortable, and I have to feel really cute, even if the outfit’s not cute.”

–Junior Olivia Gahan

So you know how to select an outfit, but...

Do you have style?

Take this quiz and find out. long does it take you to pick out dress up?

3. When doA) you 1. How an outfit and style your hair?

Only when it’s required A) I just roll out of bed and go B) An hour each, looking amazing is hard work C) 20 minutes D) Not long, I wear basketball shorts and a T-shirt every day

2.

“I take out five things and pick one of them.”

-Senior Randi Walters

You’re tired on a Monday morning, what kind of outfit do you wear?

A) The first thing I see B) The perfect outfit, which was picked out last night C) Dress shirt and jeans D) Sweats and a T-shirt

B) Everyday, looking good is important!

C) School, I have to make a good impression D) Special occasions

do you regularly wear on 4. What weekends?

A) Pajamas B) I dress to impress C) Jeans and a Polo D) Basketball shorts and a T-shirt

Mostly A’s: UNSTYLISH

Style just doesn’t matter to you. You dread those special occasions because you’ve got to get all fancied up. After all, it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Right?

Mostly B’s: FASHIONISTA

Style is you life. You believe that no matter what time it is, or where you’re at, you always need to look good. Style just comes naturally to you & you’re not afraid to take risks. You’re a true fashionista!

Mostly C’s: STYLISH

Dressing up is enjoyable for you, but you still have your “sweats days.”

You aren’t over the top, but comfortable in whatever you wear.

Mostly D’s: SPORTY

Dressing up is not your priority. You’d rather just wear the same thing you’ll be working out in after school. If it’s not comfortable, you’re not wearing it.

By McKenna Kerr

10 entertainment December 2009

Taking a bite out of New Moon

By Natalie Doering In-Depth Editor

The ominous music begins to creep slowly out of the speakers, and a silence grips the crowd. A muffled squeal seeps out of a well-intentioned teen’s mouth, but is quickly diminished by a friend’s warning glare. Although the rustle of hands reaching for greasy popcorn and the sound of Sour Patch Kids bags being ripped open break the lull, what truly shatters the calm is the sight of Robert Pattinson emerging onto the screen. Middle-aged women crumple into lovesick teenagers, and the couple behind me actually break apart to see what the commotion is about.

To say my heart didn’t flutter would be untruthful, but thoughts of the bad acting and uncomfortable scenes to come sent me sinking further into my seat. New Moon had begun, and before I even had the chance to sip my carbonated drink, I was wondering if buying my movie ticket was a mistake.

After gauging if it was safe to sit up amidst the mayhem caused by the pale, fictional vampire, my eyes are pleasantly surprised. Unlike its predecessor, Twilight, New Moon feels brighter and well shot. Instead of sensing that the film was low budget and would be more intended for a straight to DVD scenario, as was before, the screen reveals a fresher, well planned movie. Of course, it was a higher budget film and that was evident in the flawless transformation from Jacob Black to wolf, and the way Edward’s image flashes into existence yet lingers and slowly vanishes into the air in a black smoke. It was imperative that the producers hired new technowizards to create the new effects that Twilight lacked. Given the end results, it can be assumed that the studio made wise decisions on who would bring the movie to a new level.

Near the point of a movie when my pop began to dwindle and the box of chocolates were devoid of the chocolates, I began to realize why the girl three rows down appeared to be hyperventilating. Her eyes were glued to the screen and as I followed her gaze I saw Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob. Shirtless. Still. I remembered him taking it off for

Bella (played by Kristen Stewart) when she bumped her head while rushing to achieve an adrenaline high. I had a vague notion that he was shirtless outside during a pouring rainstorm too. But I didn’t make the connection of how long he was without shirt. Provided by Summit Entertainments, the fact that Taylor Lautner (also known as Jacob Black) is on screen for 36 minutes and 12 of those minutes he is shirtless makes me laugh (and slightly confused). I don’t think he needed to take off his shirt constantly throughout the movie to capture the audiences attention.

Although a great deal has improved from the November 21st, 2008 movie release of Twilight and the November 21st, 2009 release of New Moon, one thing has stayed the same. The mediocre acting (poor on Kristen Stewart’s part) became a little less apparent with the fanciful music overhead, but I had trouble swallowing some scenes. I suppose it may have had to do with Edward’s goodbye, in which Bella was supposed to be crushed, heartbroken, and a mess. Instead, Kristen Stewart took a few sharp breaths, twitched her eyes a little and made a sound on the verge of awkward. I held out hope though that the progression of the film would mean progression of quality in a few people’s acting abilities. Sadly, during

one of the last cheesy lines spoken before the credits, the hope vanished and I knew that this was as ‘good as it got’ in regards to the acting quality.

It took the cast and crew two months to film Twilight. On the other hand, it took nearly six months to complete New Moon’s filming.

Although there are many aspects I feel could have been improved, I was impressed with the jump of quality from the first movie to the second. I was a little weary of entering the film at first, but after seeing the film two times I liked (dare I say loved) the second installment, New Moon.

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Winter sports warm-up Senior Tyler Brungardt shoots up his arm in attempt to stop the shot.

The varsity boys basketball team’s record is currently 2-0. They have played Nebraska City and Mt. Michael.

Trey Russell Staff Writer

The Heisman Award is given out to the best player in college football every year, and who was more important to their team this year than the Huskers’ Ndamukong Suh?

If the award was given on purely stats, Suh easily would have won. Alabama’s entire defensive line only had 16 more tackles than Suh had alone this year.

Is that not Heisman worthy?

How about Suh having 3.5 more sacks than the whole 'Bama' line? Still not good enough? Well, Suh also blocked three kicks and caused two turnovers by himself. Sure Mark Ingram was worthy of winning it by running all over Florida, but his stats don’t even come close to comparing with Suh’s. I may be wrong, but I was sure that Suh would come home with about every trophy he was up for this year except the Lott Award and the Heisman. Suh’s stats were through the roof this year as he racked up 82 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, 24 QB hurries, 1 Interception, 1 Forced Fumble, and 3 Blocked Field Goals.

But I guess that’s not Heisman worthy either.

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Junior Halley Samuelson catches the ball as it is thrown to her while she runs down the court. “The basketball team is doing good,” Samuelson said. “We are 4-0 and we have been working really hard in practice.” They have played Roncalli, Blair, Ashland and Ralston.

Sophomore Andy Janovich and juniorLogan Henning fight to get a pin on the other person. Janovich wrestles at 171 lbs and is ranked second in Class B. Henning wrestles at 160 lbs. “The wrestling team is doing fine,” Coach Matt Bruggeman said.

The team also just won the Cozad Tournament.

Photos by Hannah Applegate

story 12 photo December 2009

Tears form in June’s eyes as she reacts after learning her mother has the disease. The One Act cast won the Conference and District tournaments.

With shocked and disturbed faces, the one act cast gasps at a rude comment. Anatomy of Gray received second place at state

Senior Adam Kauffman watches over senior Emily Lawry while she cries over her father’s tragic death.

In the play Anatomy of Gray Emily Lawry plays the lead role of June.

Anatomy of Gray

With a look of pain in his face, Logan Henning tries not to cry. The wrestlers couldn’t go to the state performance because of a wrestling meet.

The cast cries to the doctor to help their friends who are dying. All the people get upset when Doctor Gray can’t help them all.

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Maldune grabs her stomach when learning she is pregnant. Mrs. Maldune soon after caught a disease and had her daughter June take her baby.

The cast cries as more people catch the disease that is going around. The cast got some of their costumes from the Ralston Costume Shop.

Despite Tiny’s (sophomore Jentry Merriman) effort to cuddle up next to Doctor Gray, he scoots away with a red face.

When Belva, played by junior Taylor White, catches the disease everyone tries to nurse her back to health.

Belva soon died after getting the disease, depressing a lot of people.

By Lexi Busch