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*CO-EDITORS*Jessica Van Ranken

andEmma Anderson

*STAFFERS*Emily Writer

Yearbook Editor

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Hayley Morricalombudsman

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viking voices How ridiculously stupid. I dislike both of those schools. Not. Happy.

Sammie Aeschliman, senior u

How do you feel about Collegiate and McPherson becoming 4A?

WOOs&BOOs

If their number of students falls in the 4a classification then we don’t really have a choice, but I don’t think they should get to switch in the middle of the year, at least not in the middle of a season. If they were going to join this year it should have at least been after the fall sports season.

Emily Wolf, senioru

Peace Tea tower being knocked down

No homecoming parade

Jenna Marbles

3 days of school this week

Swedish heritage

McPherson and Wichita Collegiate 4A

inside opinions•People need to stop starting drama and spreading rumors just to get attention.

• There’s no school on Friday!

• When it comes to sports, whether it be on the court or on the field, teammates yelling at each other will not fix the issue. This school needs better constructive criticism rather than beating each other down all the time.

• I really wish people would stop making such a huge deal about girls in our school being pregnant. Give them a break. I’m sure it didn’t mean to happen, but you’re not making it much easier for them when you’re judg-ing everything they do when they’re just trying to finish high school and be a good parent. Go get a life and leave them alone.

• If I’m walking down the middle of the hall, which I do when I’m alone, and you’re a freshman, you need to not walk down the middle also. I will run into you, and I will not feel bad.

• I love boys! I am so freaking happy!

• On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was. It’s October 3rd. Two

weeks later, we spoke again.

Heard it in the Halls

I don’t really like it because they are both really hard teams. But that means that the Vikings need to step up and show them that we can beat them!

Kelly Tolle, freshman u

• Dude this one time when I was at the homeless shelter in KC...

• You’re blind if you can’t see that.-I AM BLIND.

• (singing) I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name.

• Look at this little aisle of cuteness!

• Your butt looks soggy.

• Why don’t we have light flashers in the bathroom?

• Wanna be on our team?-DON’T TOUCH ME.

Emily Wolf, senior

Kelly Tolle, freshman

Vol. 53 Issue 2 October 6th, 2011

Viking Mirror 3Monthly Installment of Comedic Thoughts on Lifeby Sam JohnSon

SENIOR STAFFER

t OPINION

-Jenna Marbles videos are awesome and you should go watch them. Now. -Facebook fights are the key to boredom. You know what they say.. “Face your problems, don’t Facebook your problems” - Why is everyone so short? I’m just sayin’. - I don’t hate you because you’re short. You’re short because I hate you. - The top three movies of all time are The Sponge-bob Squarepants movie, Mean Girls, and Despi-cable Me. - I don’t know what’s more awkward, answering Dora, or sitting in silence while she stares at you. - Me: I finally got used to the new Facebook layou- Facebook: No. - My life won’t be fulfilled until I walk away from an explosion in slow motion. - “There’s plenty of fish in the sea” ... well that’s cool, but I’m not a fish. -Pandas are awesome.

Breanne Krinhop

Caption Contest

Think of a humorous caption for this photograph?

Send it in to Hayley Morrical, Viking Mirror ombudsman at hayleymorrical12@student.smokyvalley.org

Viking Mirror4October 6th, 2011 Vol. 53 Issue 2

Vikings show homecoming spiritby Carrie alberS

JUNIOR STAFFER

t HOMECOMING

While homecoming 2011 had many changes this year – no parade, no pep rally in the park, being in school the whole day, and no t - shir t s – one thing remained the same. Two seniors were c rowned homecoming k ing and queen- -Lar s P e t e r s o n a n d D a n i Rome.

“I felt really honored to be chosen ,” Rome sa id . “ I t was a l i t t l e embar ras s ing to have that much attention, but mostly honored.”

“I was very excited about winning, and i t was an honor.” Peterson said.

O t h e r 2 0 1 1 Homecoming candidates w e r e G r e y s o n P i h l , Taylor Base, Emily Wolf, and Callie Wiebert.

Spirit week started

t h e h o m e c o m i n g f e s t i v i t i e s , t h e m e s i n c l u d e d t e l e v i s i o n show day, decade day, duck tape day, favorite music artist, and black o u t . Au d r ey A r n o l d , junior, won this year’s most spirited award by participating in all five days.

“ I t ’ s s p i r i t w e e k , and I figured I needed t o h ave s ch o o l s p i r i t b e c a u s e n o b o d y e l s e would,” Arnold said. “ I loved the funny looks that everybody gave me.”

On Friday, the school gathered for a pep rally pu t on by M s. Ly s e l l and pep club. The show f e a t u r e d e a c h s p o r t s t e a m g i v i n g a ch e e r, highlighted by football seniors whose dance was possibly “too sexy.”

A n o t h e r f a v o r i t e o f the a f t e r noon was everybody danc ing to

the “The Interlude” led by Max Carlson, Austin C r a w f o r d , a n d J a k e Rogers, juniors.

“The pep ra l ly was short, but I think it was fun,” Rome said. “Doing ‘The Interlude’ was my favorite part.”

“ I t w a s d i f f e r e n t (than previous years), and change is nice,” Peterson said.

A n o t h e r s u r p r i s e inc luded a car painted i n P r a t t c o l o r s t h a t students got to beat with a sledgehammer.

T h e f e s t i v i t i e s c o n c l u d e d w i t h t h e crowning ceremony at the football game with plenty o f p i c t u r e s f r o m t h e candidates and a dance and fun night sponsored by t h e j u n i o r c l a s s t o follow.

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOTJunior Holden Hendricks takes a swing at the car decorated in Pratt colors. Ander-

son Body Shop provided the car.

WARM UP YOUR SOULStudents gather in the middle of the gym

to perform ‘The Interlude.’ The dance became popular among students after the

talent show last year.

WANNABE WILDFIRESSenior football players perform a dance during

the pep rally. Their routine included showing off their “six-packs.”

GET THOSE GREENBACKSThe Viking football players make their traditional run through the big paper.

Sam Johnson

Sam Johnson

Carrie Albers

Kent Hildebrand

Vol. 53 Issue 2 October 6th, 2011

Viking Mirror 5Välkommen to Hyllningsfest! Have a Viking on a Stick!tHYLLNINGSFEST

Every odd numbered year, the Lindsborg com-munity makes preparations for their largest Swedish festival, Hyllningsfest. The Svensk Hyllningsfest was first held in October of 1941, to celebrate the Swed-ish pioneers who settled here in the Smoky Valley. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the well-known tradition.

This year’s king and queen are Walden and Ruth Peterson.

“The committee is in charge of [choosing the king and queen], and they let people nominate someone they think should be king and queen,” Queen Ruth Peterson said. “Our son,

Ralph, called us and said ‘I’m going to nominate you.’ I said, ‘Forget it. “Don’t bother.’ He said ‘I’m go-ing to do it anyway’. And I said ‘If you really want to…’ And I understand he recruited a bunch of other people to do the same thing.”

In the first Hyllnings-fests, it was a tradition for stores to paint their front windows.

“It used to be a custom that every store front had a border painting on the window,” King Walden Peterson said. “It was pretty much expected. If you look at my old office, the paint-ing’s still there.”

The first Hyllningsfest featured a parade, some

downtown music and folk dance performances, a co-median from Lindsborg’s sister city, Munkfors, Swe-den, window displays of Swedish treasures brought by the immigrants, a Swed-ish movie, two Smörgås-bords, an evening program at Presser, prizes for the best

by Telea PeTerSon

SOPHOMORE STAFFER

Hyllningsfest hatredtOPINION

by Sam JohnSon

SENIOR STAFFER

There are some things that I want to avoid at all possible. Hyllningsfest is one of them. A whole bunch of people come from all over every other year for the last 70 years. Call me crazy but I just don’t get excited about dressing up funny and dancing in a circle.

The same vendors are there year after year so why go more than once? I do feel that it is important to go once but I don’t see the point in going more than once because it’s not like any-thing changes except the theme.

During every Hyllningsfest season, the weather is beautiful up until the actual festival. The crazy Kansas weather either produces a storm or the tem-

perature drops unexpectedly.For many peop le, Hy l l -

n i n g s f e s t i s a n i m p o r t a n t we e k e n d i n t h e i r l i ve s bu t not mine. I th ink i t ’s the same every year a n d the same peo- p l e g o . M a y b e we should do something to m a k e i t a wee b i t m o r e i n -t e r -e s t -ing.

Hurray for HyllningsfesttOPINION

Picture Lindsborg, Kansas with-out the Swedish traditions. Can you? What kind of a town would this be if it weren’t for the Scandinavian

tradition that is rooted so deeply in so many of our lives? I, for one, believe very strongly in the importance of Hyllningsfest in

Lindsborg, Kansas. Hyllningsfest

includes four Fs that everyone s e e m s t o enjoy: food,

friends, fam-ily, and frivol-ity. Set upon the

backdrop of a

Swedish costumes, and a Sunday morning Worship Service.

“One year, these guys dressed up as hippies,” Queen Ruth Peterson said. “I mean they look like they were right out of the 70’s. [Walden] had borrowed a long blonde wig, dressed

in jeans, and had a bunch of beads on him, the whole thing! It was one of the pro-fessor, lawyers, Walden and another physician. They walked down the street and nobody knew who they were!”

This year, Hyllningsfest will include the Smoky Val-ley Mens Chorus, dancing performances, including the Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers, Lindsborg Folk-danslag, and middle and grade school children. Also going to be there is Bjärv, which is a traditional folk trio, a street dance, and middle school band and strings performances.

wholesome tradition, there isn’t any-thing wrong with such a festival.

Some people may have objections to the Swedish costumes or the danc-ing, but in my opinion, it’s all part of the fun. It is what makes this festival, and this town unique. The entire town of Lindsborg, and plenty of outsiders looking to enjoy the weekend, comes together to celebrate the Swedish heritage.

When I see that yellow circle freshly painted in the middle of Main Street, I know the time has come to celebrate once more. It excites me to anticipate the numerous Vikings on a Stick I will enjoy, the whimsical dances that will be performed, and the good times that will be had by all at each Hyllningsfest.

by JeSSiCa Van ranken

CO-EDITOR

Viking Mirror October 6, 2011 Vol. 5 Issue 2

6Vikings’ comeback comes up shortt FOOTBALL

SV cross countr y : Run with sass, act with classby megan JameS

JUNIOR STAFFER

tCROSS COUNTRY

On September 27, the Smoky Valley Cross Country team traveled to Lyons, where several individuals ran their personal bests.

“I am very pleased with the way the team has performed thus far.” Holly Lindquist, head coach said. “On the boy’s side, we have had some great indi-vidual performances and have been doing well with the team scores as well. The girl’s team has also showed some strong individual performances.”

High Placers for the girl’s Varsity included Telea Peterson, sophomore, receiving fourth with a time of 16:51, and Em-ily Wolf, senior, with fourteenth

place and a time of 17:58. “I witnessed Telea Peter-

son run the best race that I’ve ever seen her run at Lyon’s on Tuesday. She finished 4th overall and ran a PR of 16:51.” Lindquist said. “Emily Wolf also ran strong at Lyons, finish-ing 14th.”

The rest of the team also competed well, with sophomores Jenell Hulse placing twenty-eighth , 19:21, Meagan DeVore, running a 20:38 for 33rd, and Carly Kolling, running a 22:09 for thirty-ninth place. Senior Lori James places thirty-sixth, with 21:17.

Sophomore Mikaela John-son recived second place for junior varsity, 21:41. Freshmen, Maddie O’Loughlin placed

tenth, 25:36, and Ashley Unrein eleventh, 25:57. Senior Katie Peters received twelveth, 28:10. Overall, the team placed fifth.

Varsity Boys also scored high, with seniors Quinn Dip-pel placing third overall, 17:43, and Lars Peterson with fourth, 17:53. Junior Hunter Cook was awarded tenth, 19:13.

“The area that I would like to see improve is the gap distance between our number one and number five runners. I keep tell-ing the kids that we don’t have to have the number one runner to finish first as a team, we just have to have a small gap between our number one and number five runners.” Lindquist said. “This will help improve our team scores. The number six and

A cloud of smoke rose above the football f ield and an electrif ied crowd Friday night for the homecoming game aga ins t v i s i t ing Prat t . T h e c a n o n ’ s b o o m sounded, s ignal ing an-other Viking touchdown in the second half.

Unfor tunate ly, the Vikings were unable to score the last touchdown for a win against Pratt. The final score was 21-28 wi th a los s for the Vikings.

After the crowning ceremonies took place, the Vikings scored the f irst touchdown with a

pass f rom senior Nick Deterding to senior Tay-lor Base. Many parts of the game went well, but the team had a hard time overcoming some errors.

“We were prepared and had the ef fort but we didn’t execute very well.” said Taylor Base.

Pratt then took up t h e l e a d s c o r i n g 2 8 s t ra i gh t po in t s i n the first half. After halftime, the Vik ings p icked up and started closing the g a p w i t h t h e G r e e n -backs.

Starting the second half, a touchdown was scored with a pass from Deterding to senior Kel-

ly Pihl. With this touch-down, the energy in the crowd tripled and set the stage for a comeback.

A two-yard touch-down run by Taylor Base brought up the score to 21-28. With t ime run-ning out on the c lock, a fumble by the Vikings gave Prat t the ba l l in the final minutes of the game.

“Our t eam p layed extremely hard all night. We just made too many m i s t a k e s . I w a s v e r y proud of how we came out and fought in the second half.” said Coach Hattabaugh.

number seven runners are also important because they “push” runners from other teams back, which could affect their team score if they are one of the top five on the other team.”

Also for Varsity, sopho-mores Brock Sauvage received thirty-first, 21:06, and Sam Reed forty-first, 22:25.

For J.V., Juniors Trevor Gill received fourth, 21:47, Mason Kerns thirteenth, 24:21, Kaden Sare 17th, 24:53, and Colter Krehbiel twenty-first, 26:41. Sophomore Micah Waugh received twenty-third, 28:45, and seniors Nels Berggren with tenth place, 23:37, Andy Pat-rick with fourteenth, 24:21, Josh Johannsen with fourty-fourth, 25:16. Freshmen Chris

SPECIAL TEAMS(Left) Jake Ryals, se-nior, returns a punt

down the field.

(Below) Jarrod DeMott, freshman,

kicks the extra point after a Viking touch-

down.

Patrick was awarded eleventh, 25:29, and Josh Allbright four-teenth,29:39. The team placed third over all.

However, the team isn’t all about times and placing. The team is also well known for their politeness and character.

“I’m very proud of the character traits that the team displays. I received a very nice letter in the mail from a parent of a Southeast of Saline cross coun-try runner.” Lindquist said. “It stated that he witnessed Smoky Valley runners using manners when he served pizza to them at the SES meet. He was very impressed with the way they acted. It makes me proud to be their coach!”

Carrie Albers

by hayley morriCal

SENIOR STAFFER

Carrie Albers

Vol. 53 Issue 2 October 6th, 2011

Viking Mirror 7

Setting up for sub-state successby emily WriTer

SENIOR STAFFER

t VOLLEYBALL

With an overall record of 18-8, the Viking volley-ball team hopes to continue their success throughout the remainder of the season.

Last Tuesday, the team competed against Sterling and Hillsboro, winning a hard- fought battle against the Sterling Black Bears, 25-17 and 25-21. Leading the team was Taryn Scott, se-nior, who had 6 kills, 8 digs, and went 18-18 serving, also serving 6 aces, Megan Forsberg, junior, also added 7 kills, while Kellee Carson, junior, had 14 assists.

“We opened up the night well. We played back and forth with Sterling for a

while, but then were slowly able to pull away. I was pleased with how we were able to finish the first set but we were a bit sluggish to start out the second. We need to improve our consis-tency,” Head Coach Doug Schneider said.

The Vikes had an ag-gressive start to their 25-21 and 25-13 loss against Hillsboro, but were unable to answer to Tina Loewen’s serving, which sent the Tro-jans on a 10-0 run in the first set, and an 8-0 run in the second. Scott again led the Vikings with 5 kills and 10 digs, while Forsberg added 7 kills, and Carson added 16 assists.

“I thought our girls

played hard but we have to be able to make the big plays when we have to in order to beat solid teams,” Schneider said.

The Vikings also traveled to compete in the Burrton Tournament over the weekend, where they went 2-3, fourth. The team defeated Burrton, Cun-ningham, Berean Academy, while falling to Inman and Berean Academy.

The team faced an-other challenge Tuesday, when they competed against Kingman and Nickerson, winning both games.

Tonight, the Vikes will travel to Ellsworth to com-pete.

Third at league prepares lady vikes for strong season finishtGIRLS’ TENNIS

by breanne krinhoP

SENIOR STAFFER

The tennis season i s w ind ing up for the girls with only regionals and state left for them to show all that they have accomplished this year. Saturday the girls had league and placed third overall as a team.

Jessica Van Ranken, junior, placed first overall i n nu m b e r 1 s i n g l e s . E m m a F l y n n , s e n i o r, and Sam Sta l lbaumer, freshman, placed fourth in number 1 doubles and E m m a A n d e r s o n a n d

Naomi Shultz, juniors, placed second in number 2 doubles. Annie Reinert, sophomore, placed fifth in number 2 singles. They are all going to regionals in Abilene.

Sammie Aeschliman, senior, was unable to play due to a shoulder injury, so Stallbaumer took her place at last minute and paired up with Flynn.

“ F l y n n a n d S t a l l b a u m e r d i d s u r p r i s i n g l y w e l l f o r being paired together at the last minute and for

Stallbaumer only being a freshman,” Aeschliman said.

“So fa r we ’ve had some of our kids step up and really make the most of the season. We have the opportunity to do really well at regionals if we play up to our potential,” Ryan Biegert, head coach, said.

“My goal is always to qualify as many as we can for state. You never know what will happen at regionals, so we just have to take it one point at a time,” Biegert said.

WE ARE ONEEmma Flynn and Sammie Aeschliman, se-

niors, work together for a fourth place finish at the Viking Classic.

TIPS TO WINEryn Stockman, junior, finds a hole in Nick-

erson’s defense for a kill.

Emma Anderson

Breanne Krinhop

Viking Mirror October 6, 2011 Vol. 53 Issue 2

84A KSHSAA classified unfair to smaller schoolsby Taryn SCoTT

Senior STaFFer

t OPINION

Athlete spotlight: Samantha Aeschlimanby emma anderSon

JUNIOR STAFFER

tATHLETE OF THE MONTH

Our at h lete of t he month is Samantha Ae-sch l i ma n, sen ior, who plays doubles tennis with Emma Flynn. She is get-t ing ready for regionals this weekend.

Q: Do you like ten-nis? Why? A: Love it. I am actually kind of good at it, and it’s a lifelong sport.Q: Who’s your favor-ite tennis player? A: Caroline Wozniacki.Q: What’s you favor-ite thing about tennis practice?

A: Everything!Q: Is there some-thing Biegert could do differently to let you understand him better?A: Quit mumbling please.Q: How has the heat been this season? A: It was awful in the beginning, but lately it has been perfect tennis weather!Q: How do you feel tennis season has gone?A: A little rocky, then good, and now kind of

down again. My dang shoulder. Q: What’s your ulti-mate goal by the end of this season?A. I would love to place top four in state. I was so close last year. (She placed 5th with 2011 graduate Baylee Kamp-fe.) Q. How is your shoulder injury af-fecting your season? A. It’s really frustrating, but I know that I need to push through in order to succeed. Doing the physical therapy and ic-ing it is all I can do!

The most recent de-bate in the Kansas high school area is not about academics or budget cuts. Recently, the steamed de-bate is about McPherson High School dropping to the classification of 4A in sports.

On Tuesday, Septem-ber 23, McPherson an-nounced that they would be dropping to the 4A class size. The rumor of its class size going down has been going around for years, so no one as-sumed i t was ac tua l l y going to happen this year. Unfortunately, the s ize of McPherson’s student

body must be dropping rapidly.

McPherson has said they are excited that they d ropped because now they don’t have to travel to Topeka for state and they can have more fans. Though they don’t admit it, I also assume they are g l ad they a re p lay ing smaller schools now.

The problem is that McPherson is only going to be dropping to the 4A class for two years in football and one year in every other sport. Then they are going to move back up, because the se-nior class this year is the smallest. It doesn’t make

a lot of sense for them to move down for one year.

The KSHSAA rules say they have to move classes, but the rules don’t entirely make sense. The number of s tudents in the 4A classification goes from 258 to 717. That is a wide range. McPherson has a total of 683 students compared to our 311. Look at those numbers again. The difference is comple te ly un fa i r. Of course that means there are other schools that are seemingly unfair as well. As for McPherson, they are used to playing larger schools because of their prev ious c las s i f i cat ion

LOVE AND DEUCESSamantha Aeschliman, senior, goes for a

forehand. Flynn and Aeschliman placed 4th in the Viking Classic tournament.

of 5A.That be ing sa id , I

b e l i eve K S H S A A h a s too many uneven schools matching up. Both 5A and 6A schools have thirty-two schools in their divi-sions. 2A, 3A, and 4A all have a large number of sixty-four. And finally, 1A has the massive amount of ninety-eight. The 2A, 3A, and 4A schools should divide in the middle and create two different divi-sions, and possibly three for 1A.

There have also been a numerous amount of compla int s about how McPherson can drop to 4A right in the middle

o f the fa l l spor t s sea-son . KSHSAA shou ld have thought that through more thoroughly, because it has shocked and upset many 4A area schools.

Another a rgument is that it doesn’t matter how many students you have; it is the athletes that make the program. Sadly, that is not true. For bigger schools, like McPherson, they have more athletes to choose from to make its sports programs better. It’s not like we haven’t worked hard in our sports, just to be crushed by a previously classified 5A school.

Emma Anderson

Vol. 53 Issue 2 October 6th, 2011

Viking Mirror 9Sunflower Showdown looms on horizonby emily WriTer

SENIOR STAFFER

t KU/KSTATE

Excitement is building for the 108th Sunflower Showdown, the annual competition between the Kansas and Kansas State football team.

T h e W i l d c a t s , who are led by junior quarterback Collin Klein, s o p h o m o r e r u n n i n g back John Hubert, and junior linebacker Arthur Brown, are 4-0 so far this season, with upcoming games against Missouri and Texas Tech . T he Jayhawks are 2-2, but still have to face Oklahoma S ta t e and Ok lahoma. T h e y a r e l e d b y sophomore quarterback

Jordan Webb, sophomore running back James Sims, and junior wide receiver D.J. Beshears.

Overall, KU leads the series, 65-39-5, although there is dispute over the record, as KU does not acknowledge their 1980 forfeit. In 1969, the two teams began competing for the Governors Cup, a trophy awarded to the winning team.

The Governors Cup, however, is actually the th i rd t rophy tha t ha s been handed out . The “ G ov e r n o r s Tr o p hy ” was awarded in 1902, but the trophy was soon

forgotten. In 1940, the “Peace Pact Trophy” was given to the winner, which promoted respect to be shown from the winning team’s student body.

Since the induction of the Governors Cup, K-State has led the series 22-19-1. The Wildcats have won the las t two games, following a three-year losing streak, during their “Ron Prince Era.” The game this year will t ake p lace Oct . 22 in Lawrence, at Memorial S t a d i u m , w h e r e B i l l Snyder’s K-State team clinched the victory last year, 59-7.

Were you at the pole?STaFF ConTribUTion

t SEE YOU AT THE POLE

A t th e ea r l y h o u r o f 7 : 0 0 A M o n We d . Sept. 28th, a group of h i g h s c h o o l s t u d e n t s a n d t e a c h e r s m e t a t t h e f l a g p o l e i n f ro n t of the high school for a t ime of prayer. The theme for See You at the Pole (SYATP) th i s year was “Converge,” g o i n g a l o n g w i t h a v e r s e f r o m M a t t h e w 18:20—“Whenever two or three o f you come together in my name, I am there with you.”

A b o u t 1 8 p e o p l e showed up to pray for our school, community, and country’s leaders. Although Pastor Steve Jo h n s o n ( y o u t h p a s -tor from the Covenant

church) helped out with playing worship music on his guitar, the event was primari ly s tudent-l e d . D a n i D e Vo r e , senior, led the group in a short devotion before opening up the t ime of prayer.

A f t e rward , donu t s and chocolate milk were p r o v i d e d a s t h e s t u -dents chil led out before s choo l . Accord ing to Dani De Vore, “SYATP is always really fun, and I hope that nex t year there will be some more students to step up and lead the event.” So i f you missed i t this t ime, there’s always next year. Be there or be square!

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINEDani DeVore, senior, enjoys breakfast after

See You at the Pole.

Fall Play: “Your Guests are Ghosts”Cast List

Lin Fletcher.............................................................................................................................................Dani DeVoreJim Stoddard.....................................................................................................................................Mark KlaassenAndrew Andrews III.......................................................................................................................Weston LoderWilloughby ................................................................................................................................Stephen KlaassenLucy..........................................................................................................................................Sammie AeschlimanLavender LaRue..........................................................................................................................Hannah CarlsonZeke Washington...................................................................................................................Magnus PetersonMrs. Canuzi..........................................................................................................................................Jenna HubeleHeloise.......................................................................................................................................Jessica Van RankenMr. Darrow....................................................................................................................................Trevor WhittakerTenderson.............................................................................................................................................Hunter CookTex..........................................................................................................................................................Augie PetersonColonel Smedly...........................................................................................................................Wesley JohnsonCirce...............................................................................................................................................................Claire DenkLady Smedly................................................................................................................................Abbey BengtsonMyrtle.......................................................................................................................................................Naomi ShultzMr. Peterson...........................................................................................................................................Gabe WilsonMrs. Peterson........................................................................................................................................Haley EnyartStage Manager..........................................................................................................................Emma Anderson

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Megan Roberts

On Sept. 21, FC-CLA raised $72 for the Love Chloe founda-tion in Salina to help researchers find a cure for children with brain tumors. Students who donated $1 were given a badge that allowed them to wear a hat to school for the day. The money that was raised also went to sponsor Monkey in Your Chair, which is a project that takes stuffed monkeys to classrooms with cancer children to occupy the child’s seat until they can return to school.

The idea for a hat day came from the Hats off to Cancer organiza-tion, which purchases hats for cancer children who have lost their hair through chemotherapy treatments. “We chose this method (giving a donation to wear a hat) because we thought students would respond well to it,” said Marian Lindshield, spon-sor of FCCLA. Hope-fully the hat day will raise more awareness among students about cancer and what can be done to help.

Hats off to fight cancerby dani de Vore

SENIOR STAFFER

tFCCLA

A LITTLE FUN FOR A GOOD

CAUSE Students wear

hats to sup-port FCCLA’s

fundraiser for cancer

research. The event raised

72 dollars for the Love Chloe

foundation.

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Courtesy Photo

Jazz music resound-ed throughout the au-ditorium on September 29th, opening the first band and strings concert of the year. After the swinging jazz numbers, the chamber orchestra played a lively Russian piece entitled “Slava,” followed by several num-bers performed by the full orchestra and band, ranging from Hungar-ian, Celtic, and Rus-sian origination. When questioned, musicians gave their input on the concert.

“I think our band is much stronger now than we were this time

last year, but we have a lot of room for improve-ment,” said senior Grace Aspenwall. Comment-ing on the orchestra, sophomore Abi House-holter said, “I person-ally think we’re better in some ways, but weaker in others. For many of us our confidence in our playing has improved, allowing us to play out.”

The band however was in a bit of a pickle when Josh Johannsen, senior, came down sick and was not able to play his trumpet solo at the concert. But, according to junior Mark Klaas-sen, “Tommy Johnson,

a strong and courageous leader, stepped up and played the trumpet solo when all hope was lost.” Tommy, who is a sopho-more, was up for the challenge.

All in all, the members of the musi-cal groups felt that the fall concert was a success. Although there are things to improve on, it can only go up from here. As freshman Stephen Klaassen stated, “The pieces tested every-one’s skills, and we will continue to learn as we challenge ourselves.”

Night of Musicby dani de Vore

SENIOR STAFFER

tBAND/ORCHESTRA

HERE’S SOME LOVEThe girls tennis team shows their love for Ron Dahlsten. Each fall sport team performed a cheer at the homecoming

pep rally.

MORE FUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Members of KAYS prepare suckers. They handed them out following the pep rally.

IT’S GREEK TO MEFreshman Johnathan Dahl-

sten participates in “De-cade Day.” Many students participated in spirit week.

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Taryn Scott

Sam Johnson

Night of Music

IT’S GREEK TO MEFreshman Johnathan Dahl-

sten participates in “De-cade Day.” Many students participated in spirit week.

Taryn Scott

Vol. 53 Issue 2 October 6th, 2011

Viking Mirror 11TARYN SCOTT and BREANNE KRINHOPKRYSTIN VIDRINE

AUDREY ARNOLD

MEGAN BERGSTROM and

CLAIRE DENK

MS. LYSELL

ARIANNA JOHNSON

EMILY NORBERG andMARISSA JOHNSON

TAYLOR TIANI, JURNEE GREGG, SHI HALSTEAD, JENELL HULSE

KELSEY PISTORAand PERLA VIVANCO

PERLA VIVANCO

Viking Mirror October 6, 2011 Vol. 53 Issue 2

12Is there life after Charlie for Two and a Half Men?

by kaTie kiSor

SOPHOMORE STAFFER

tTV REVIEW

Lion King 3D completes the circle of life by emma anderSon

Co-Editor

tMOVIE REVIEW

When most of us hear the beginning of “The Circle of Life”, our first instinct is to hold a cat in the air. Why? Because we watched The Lion King growing up, that’s why.

But now, Disney decided to throw a curveball into a the-ater near you. Not only is The Lion King back in theaters, but it’s now showing in 3D. That’s right. Not 2D…3D.

Although this event is kind of random and out of the blue, I still found it to be a super spec-tacular experience that you, too, should experience before it is no longer shown. Words can’t even describe the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you see Zazu, the bird, flying in the opening scene, close enough that you could

touch him. Also, it looks pretty awesome when the characters are in the African desert, and you really get a sense of how big the desert is.

Yes, it is a bit ridiculous that you have to pay 5 extra dollars to see a 3D movie. My soul felt as though it were sinning against the banking gods when they slid my debit card to pay for my ticket, when really you just want to yell at the workers and say, “I already have my own pair of nerd glasses, and I don’t want to pay the extra money for another dang pair!” But it would be of no good use anyway. It is what it is, so if you’d like to see this movie, you will, unfortunately, have to pay the extra money.

But it’s worth it. And for those of you who grew up with

a crush on Simba, this is your chance to make your love grow a little stronger and feel closer to each other.

Go see this movie or you’ll regret it.

The moment has come to say good-bye to Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) and to say hello to Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher). Will the world be okay with Charlie Sheen out and Ash-ton Kutcher in? Will “Two in Half Men” prove to still have some laughs left?

The opening to the “Two in Half Men” was a bit awkward--it started right off the bat with a funeral and a bunch of crude jokes against Charlie Harper. Then it quickly turned into a murder con-fession. The only time that

the show really showed the grave mood it was supposed to have was when Alan was giving a much-deserved eulogy to his deceased brother.

Things did not re-ally start heading uphill until Walden started into the picture and even then it was a little awkward. The creators decided that they would keep to the grave mood and introduce Walden in a suicide at-tempt gone wrong. Walden Schmidt than proceeded to buy Charlie Harper’s condo.

Walden is certainly an interesting character. But he is very strange and maybe even a little mysteri-ous to the viewers. He cer-tainly is bringing his own spin to the show but will that spin be a good thing or bad? Ashton is sure to be an amazing actor as always.

This show is not go-ing to be the same with-out Charlie Sheen but I think Ashton Kutcher could bring some laughs to the show. I think it will continue to be a hit and a very en-tertaining. Ashton Kutcher will just be evolving it into something perhaps better.

TWO AND A HALF MEN MINUS ONECHARLIE SHEEN PICTURED WHEN HE

WAS THE LEAD ROLE ON TWO AND A HALF MEN.

HAKUNA MATATATHE LION KING CHARACTERS GATHER

WITH NO WORRIES. THEY HIT THEATERS AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 16.

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