THE CHARGERWabaunsee High School

Issue 3 September 17, 2015

BRIEFSBAND TO PERFORM AT K-STATE GAME

The WHS pep band travels to Man-hattan 2 p.m. Saturday to perform in the K-State band day. Many high school bands from all around Kansas sign up to perform in the half-time show along side the KSU band. The bands will play songs such as "KSU Alma Mater," "Wabash Cannonball," "Wildcat Victory," and "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.

— Katie Mayer, senior

VOLLEYBALL TAKES 2ND AT LYNDONThe Wabaunsee volleyball team is

starting the season off strong with an overall record of 8-6. On Thursday the Chargers played Mission Valley at home winning both games, and took a tough loss to Rock Creek in three. "I think we are getting better with each match we play," head coach Maggie Strait said. "Our losses are to solid, ex-perienced, state-ranked teams."

Saturday the team went to Lyndon. "I thought we played well Saturday and had several girls step up to help with two of our starters being gone. I was very happy to come home with the runner-up plaque," coach Strait said. The team placed 2nd in the tourna-ment with a record of 3-2. "We were missing some key players but handled it as best we could and adjusted ac-cordingly," senior Alli Terrapin said.

The Chargers continue the season Thursday at Marysville.

— Rayann Johnson, junior

FOOTBALL PREPARES FOR ST. MARYSThe Charger football team lost to

defending state champion Rossville 61-3 Friday. The team is preparing for St. Marys Friday.

The chargers have had a rough 0-2 start to the season, but are working to turn that around by getting back to practice this week. "We're going to work on raising our intensity and try-ing to raise us to the type of play we'll see on Friday night," head football coach Brian Henry said.

Junior foreign exchange student Tim Becker made his first career field goal on Friday. He made a 24-yard field goal in the final minute of the game after missing a 25-yard try in the first quarter.

— Heath Hier, junior

CROSS COUNTRY STRONG AT WAMEGOCross Country finished strong Sat-

urday at Wamego. The boys finished 5th overall and the girls finished 3rd.

Coach Alderman said he was pleased with the results. “This was the best the boys have done at this meet since 2005 and for the girls, the best since 2007. This meet is always a good test for us as it features some of the best teams in 1A, 2A and 3A,” Alderman said. “Everyone cut at least 12 seconds off their time even though this was a more challenging course."

Alderman said the strong start is a good indicator of the team’s opportu-nities this season. “It's good to see the work at practice being translated into results at the meet. This meet showed us what we are capable of at the end of the season at league, regional, and state. If we keep working hard and stay healthy, we can make this a special sea-son.”

The team competes Thursday at Northern Heights and competes at the Jason McKinney Invitational Septem-ber 24 at Lake Wabaunsee.

— Brendan Milroy, senior

Every student is familiar with the basics of the dress code. Too many students don't follow the dress code, and many don't see the point in a lot of the rules. The dress code policy can be found on pages 17-18 in the student handbook.

One common viola-tion of the dress code is hats worn during school. Several students wear hats and don't understand why

it's against the rules. "My opinion is respect, manners and safety," principal Jeff Stuewe said. While

hats can be an expression of who you are, they aren't necessary at school.

Some students still dis-agree with the policy. "I think it's dumb because if I'm having a bad hair day I need to cover it up," senior Erica Falk said. Most of the

teachers enforce the no hat policy. However some of the teachers

don't, which can cause confusion. The no hat policy needs to be

school wide, and in every class. Even if you disagree with the pol-icy, you need to respectfully re-move your hat when asked to. By mid-September, students should be aware of the dress code, and understand the consequences of breaking it. Students also need to respect the staff and the rules and remove hats while in the building.

Many of the other pieces of the dress code are also in the hand-

book for safety reasons. A few of them seem outdated, like no wild hair color. Stuewe said "Some need to come out, I won't strict-ly enforce hair color." What you wear should respect you and the school. Which means not wearing revealing or inappropriate cloth-ing and following the dress code.

Student should respect the ad-ministration, the policies in the dress code are there for a reason, and should be followed.

EDITORIAL| HAT RULE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED, ENFORCED EVENLY

The editorial is the opinion of

the Charger staff. Send letters to

the editor to whscharger@gmail.com.

Lauren Brovont, Magdaline McCallseniors

The Farmacy Cafe opened its doors August 11, and people poured in.

Deb Frederick, the owner of the Cafe, moved from Denver Colorado to be closer to home. Having owned businesses in the past, Frederick isn't worried about the future of the Cafe. "I just want to give back my com-munity," she said.

At 13, Frederick was a soda jerk at the local pharmacy in Alma. She worked there all through high school and it just so happens that she now owns that same building. "I had my kids help me pick the name. It was between Rustic Roots or The Farmacy Cafe. I chose Farmacy because we're a big farming com-munity and I worked here when it was a pharmacy," Frederick said.

The floors and ceiling in the restaurant are the original from when it was built. Another special

quality about the Cafe is that the booths include clippings from the local newspaper, dating back to when Alma was founded.

The food is home-cooked to achieve that down-home comfort feel. "My mom is 72 and is here everyday since we've opened. She makes all of the cinnamon rolls and is just amazing," Frederick said.

Anna Mae Anderson, Fred-rick's mom, is proud of her daughter's accomplishments and gets up at 4:30 every morning. "For the cinnamon rolls, I learned to use Gold Medal Flour and bet-ter ingredients. With six kids I had to learn to cook and I put a lot of love into it," Anderson said.

Being such a tight knit fam-ily, their daily routine includes a morning performance of Greg Anderson singing "You Are My Sunshine."

Several students have joined the cafe staff. "I think it's fun to go around and talk to people, see how their day is, and serve them

good food," senior Cross Mat-thews said. Other Wabaunsee students work after school and on weekends.

SKIPPING SCHOOL LUNCHOther lunch opportunities for those that have an open lunch include:- The Alma Bakery and Sweet Shoppe. It raised the lunch price to $5.50, but the extra $0.50 is always worth it.- Gambino's is still around and came out with a new pizza, Pepper-oni Explosion. It has not one, not two but four kinds of pepperoni!- Stop2Shop offers a daily lunch special, sandwiches or just snacks to keep you going for those last two hours.- Chunky's reopened Friday. A student discount will be provided. They do not accept credit/debit cards and as of right now you can't call ahead. Options include coffee, ice cream and a grilled cheese-burger.

Farmacy adds to lunch options

Alison Johnsonsenior

While most students spent the sum-mer laying around, two Wabaunsee stu-dents gave back. Junior Rachel Hurla and sophomore Amber Hund went on mission trips this summer to give back and share their message.

Hurla went to Haiti for a week with her church, Topeka Bible Church. While in Haiti, Hurla helped put on a Vacation Bible School for the children.

“My favorite part was spending time playing with the kids,” Hurla said, “One night, one of the boys found a wheelbar-row and we gave the kids rides. It made them happy and it was really fun.”

The group of about 30 also cleaned up around the area by painting dorm rooms and school desks, organizing a ware-house, and putting up walls.

Hund went to Ecuador to give eye ex-ams and help people receive glasses. Her and her family were there for two weeks. They checked people of all ages for eye health issues.

While she had reservations about going at first, Hund ended up enjoying the trip. “I really loved doing missionary work and hope to do it again."

One particularly moving moment was when they gave an old man glasses so he could read his Bible. “When we put them on he started laughing and crying tears of joy,” Hund said, “This man in-spired me to want to do more mission-ary work.”

WHS students make mission trips QUESTION OF THE WEEK

In light of Kanye West's recent presidential announcement for 2020, which celebrity would you like as president and why?

"Beyoncé, because why not? She's fierce and a trend setter, she's simply extraordinary."senior Heather Boiteau

"Bruce Willis, because he's a cool guy and does nothing wrong. He's awesome at kicking butt too."junior Luke Eissler

"Emma Watson because she's a really strong overall great per-son."para Josh Cox

"Channing Tatum, he can teach people to be hot like him."junior Emily Schmitz

"JJ Watt because he's awesome and he looks scary when he gets mad."junior Cooper Imthurn

“JJ Watt because he's pretty nas-ty.”principal Jeff Stuewe

“Morgan Freeman because he could persuade anyone.”senior Nathan Coon

“Adam Levine because he has a great sense of humor.”sophomore Skylar Morse

“Eminem because he’s the great-est rapper in the world.”sophomore Trent Archer

“Judge Judy because she’s a no-nonsense person.”industrial arts teacher Lyle Strait

“Harrison Ford, have you seen Air Force One?”math teacher Roger Alderman

“Angelina Jolie because she is in-telligent and charitable.” secretary Myrna Gleue

“Adam Sandler because he’s hi-larious.”sophomore Bryce Schultz

“Bill Synder because he’s the man.”government teacher Jess Rutledge

“John Cena because PRESI-DENT JOHN CENA.”senior Cross Matthews

“Johnny Depp because he can adapt in any situation.”art teacher Caroline Smith

“Shia Labeouf because he knows how to inspire.”freshman Luke Barber

“Ryan Reynolds because he's a good teacher.”freshman Bailey Coon

Top: Sophomore Amber Hund poses with a group of vol-unteers in Ecuador.Bottom: Junior Rachel Hurla takes a selfie with her new friend Medege. "We spent the last night there hanging with the kids and saying our goodbyes since we were leaving early the next morning. I made some great friends down there and hope to go back," Hurla said.