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THE ONDY FREE PRESSOCTOBER 14, 2008

INSIDETHE ISSUE

Page 2 :- Getting To KnowCarina

- Transportation

- Students BusySchedules

Page 3 :- Obama Vs. McCain

- Parking

-Reviews

Center Spread :- Change

Page 6 :- Welcome To TheView

- Sarah Palin

- No To Obama

Page 7 :- Dance Team

- Girls Tennis

- Field Not Just ForFootball

Page 8 :- Fondy Football2008

- Beater Of TheMonth

2008 Graduation Cancelled Due To FloodChelsea Gray

Everyday over 2,000students file in and out ofFond du Lac High Schoolcarrying heavy book bags,wearing their best outfits,

and wondering how manyways they could get out ofanother day at Fondy High.

Fond du Lac HighSchool was much more thanthat on the night June 12,2008, and into the followingdays. Starting at about 4 p.m.rain started falling down onour city, and didnt let upuntil around nine or ten.

Many homes werefilled with water and backed

up sewage. Many belong-ings were lost, and manypeople were left wonder-ing how to feel. Up to 500people took shelter in plac-es other than their homesthat night, some at Fond duLac High School, othersat the County Fairgrounds.

This night was thenight of scheduled graduation.Unfortunately, a lot of fami-lies ventured off to the high

school, only to see the eventwas cancelled. Although re-

scheduled for June 15, 2008,many werent able to make itdue to trips, summer jobs, etc.

Some families were

greatly saddened by the can-celled event. Others weremore worried about whatwas going on at their homes.

When asked about hisflood experience Kevin Hayesstated, My car had drifted intoa large puddle and was floating.

photo by: Tracy Apps, allamericanpatriots.com

Last year when theyearbook came out, a groupof students got in troublefor displaying a hand ges-ture known as the shocker.

The shocker is ahand gesture with a sexualconnotation. Many peopleconsider it on the same

plane as the middle finger.Students were con-fused as to why the kidswere getting in trouble,for what to them seemedlike such a simple thing.The shocker is not just asimple thing though; it is

a disgusting hand gesture thatsignifies a gross sexual act.

The yearbook has a cir-culation of around 1,900 copiesand it represents Fond du LacHigh School more than mostother publications we have here.

The shocker is notthe message our school wants

to send to the community.According to PrincipalWiltzius, We addressed thesituation on both a group ba-sis and an individual basis, andalso with the yearbook staff.

The students who gotin trouble were required to

The Shocker Nate Peltonen

People had to help push it out.As it turns out,

he was trying to get homefrom a friends house, at

which he had been stay-ing at until the rain let up.

Kevin was one ofmany that were truly affect-ed. Basements were flooded,appliances were destroyed,and houses ended up beingevacuated and demolisheddue to this detrimental rain.

Almost three monthsafter this rather historical event.People are still looking forways to help others. Ms. Ander-son, one of our many English

teachers, is asking some of herstudents to think about donat-ing some unwanted clothing.

Ive always feltstrongly about helping oth-ers, it really matters to me totry to do something to helpthese kids. Its important to bein high school and have niceclothes, Anderson stated.

She hopes that if evena few kids bring some thingsin, it will help. In her words,

Ill take what I can get!Few homes survived theflood without any harm or waterdamage. Some worse than oth-ers, some still trying to rebuildwhat they lost. Its the leastanyone can do to lend a help-ing hand, or simply donate onesweatshirt that just seems to behanging in your closet. Every lit-tle bit helps. An event that seemsso long ago to one, may seem

just like yesterday to another.

write a letter of apology, andto be present for anyone whowanted a sticker put over thepicture. This year the yearbookstaff is being pro active, andalso putting its trust in studentsnot to make immature signs infront of the schools cameras.

Mrs. Daleiden said,

My heart just fell out of mychest, on being asked abouthow she felt when she firstsaw the picture. Mrs. D works24/7 to provide almost everykid at the high school with ayearbook, and she deservesmore respect from students.

Hopefully, in the future,situations like these can be avert-ed by just thinking before you act.

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NEWSGetting to know ... Carina Baier

Lance Leque

Carina Baier is a 16-year oldforeign exchange student..The Fondy Free Press recentlysat down and asked somequestions on how her first fewweeks have been in America.

FFP: What country areyou from?

CB: Im from Neustift,Austria (not Australia, haha).It is a small village of aboutonly 100 people. Most peopleknow Austria from the movieSound of Music. WhenI first came here, I thought

Wisconsin would be really flatbecause we have the Alps, andthere are only hills here.

FFP: Who are your hostparents?

CB: My host parents areKim and Ted Miller, and theyare the nicest people, ever!They have 5 children 3 atcollege, 2 at home.

FFP: What are some simi-larities between Austria and

America?

CB: The weather, althoughits a little bit colder, here.The kids like the same stuff.

FFP: Differences?

CB: There are many dif-ferences! The food is verydifferent. There is so much

fast food here! Lunch is thebiggest meal in Austria, in-stead of supper. In school, wedont need hall passes. We canleave whenever we want. Theteachers change classrooms,not the students. Our gradingscale is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (1 = A, 2= B, etc.). My school only hasa little cafeteria, so we mostlybring our own lunches. Wehave a fixed schedule. Ev-erybody in our grade has thesame subjects, but you have achoice between taking Frenchor Latin. You have differentclasses every day. Normally Iget out of school at 1:00 PM.Cars are much bigger, in fact,everything is bigger! Eventhe portions in restaurants arehuge! Everything is cheaperhere, too.

FFP: When did you firstlearn how to speak English?

CB: I first learned how tospeak English when I was 9years old.

FFP: How do you like it

here?CB: I love it! Everybody isso nice! I have already doneso many things here, too. Ihave been to a Brewers game,tubing and wakeboarding atLake Michigan, shopping (ofcourse), Frisbee golfing, cliff

jumping at Red Granite, Fon-

dy football games, every fastfood restaurant and so muchmore! I really like the school,here. The teachers are verynice, and I have a lot of fun!America is great, and nearlyeveryday I learn, see, or tastenew things. For example, Ihave tried Jello, snow cones,corn dogs, and bagels for thevery first time. I have alreadyhad so many exciting experi-ences, and I dont want to gohome after this year!

FFP: What grade are you inthis year?

CB: Im a senior this year!

FFP: Do you have a favoriteclass in Austria?

CB: Art.

FFP: What classes do youtake in Austria?

CB: Everybody has thesame. German, Math, French(or Latin), English, Spanish,History, Geography, Biol-

ogy, Physics, Chemistry, Art,P.E., Religious education, andMusic.

FFP: What classes are you inthis year?

P.E., French 4, Marketing,U.S. History, Spanish 2, andEnglish.

FFP: Whats your favoriteclass here?

CB: I like Marketing andEnglish. In fact, I really likeall of them!

FFP: How many languagescan you speak?

CB: I have learned howto speak English, Spanish,French, Indonesian, and Ger-man.

FFP: What language do youoriginally speak?

CB: I speak German, origi-nally.

FFP: Anything else youdlike to share with us?

CB: Ive been here sinceAugust 11th. I will go homein the middle of July. Imalready looking forward tohomecoming because wedont have that in Austria.Every school has its prom,and you can go to the prom

for every school, no matterwhat school you originally goto, or what grade youre in.Im doing this exchange withRotary, and its a real goodopportunity for me to learnthe language, be apart of theculture, make all these newfriends, and have so manygreat experiences!

Getting to school can

be complicated for some ofthe students and teachers atFond du Lac High School.Setting your alarm clock earlyenough to get up, brush yourteeth, comb your hair andget dressed, do the neces-sary routine to start the day.

I ask you how far doyou live from school? Do youcatch the bus? Ride a bike?What is the route you taketo get to school? Of coursehere in Fond du Lac it isntalways sunny; winters here

can be quite harsh, making iteven harder to get to school.Recently I asked

a couple of studentshow they get to school?

Thomas Campbell,

an 18 year old senior wholives 5 miles from school, re-plied, My mom drops meoff. Thomas wasnt the onlyone. Quan Flemmings, a 15year old freshman who lives7 miles from school, said Iride the bus to school. Lessthan half the students ride thebus to school every morning. Iresumed. If you miss the busdo you stay home? Quan said, Well I sure wouldnt walk.

Teachers are no differ-ent from the students at times.

Some teachers live in thecountry or as far out as Wau-pun. Students who have carshave it easy, except for the gasof course, but they might even

have that covered. Students

who carpool with other stu-dents are common, as are theteachers. Bike racks are avail-able for students, although Ionly recommend this in dry,sunny weather. Of coursethere are other motorized waysto get to school, like the Mo-ped. What a fast and stylishride, or the motorized scooter.

The routes to schoolare endless, even though theymay seem to go on for milesand miles. You may say, if Imiss my ride walking is al-

ways an option. Well, not toFond du Lac High. For sure itwould probably take an hour ortwo tops, depending on whereyou are. However, when-

Transportation Marion Thomasever you get to school make

sure you know a buddy. Theycan really have your back.

StudentsBusy

SchedulesTyler Sommerfeldt

Students lives havebeen the same for years. Atypical day for a studentwould be to get up, go toschool, go to work, and finishup the night with homework.Then just do it all over again.

Many students at theFond du Lac High School have

jobs and other out of schoolactivities, such as Seth Lull-off. He has worked at DairyQueen for almost six months.Its pretty sweet, Seth said.

Being a senior I dontreceive a lot of homework, soworking four nights a week isokay, although, for some un-derclassmen it might not be.

All students have theirmemories of each teacher theyever have had. Mrs. Rueding-er talks about her past experi-ences with how much stresssome students are under with

jobs, and their school work.Giving out a bunch of

homework has never been afavorite of Mrs. Ruedingers.

(well known English teacherher at Fondy) I dont like togive out a lot of homework,because then I never get itback, said Mrs. Ruedinger.Id much rather have thestudents finished it in classso they dont forget about it.

Most students enjoyteachers like Mrs. Rueding-er, but of course there arealways some teachers thatseem to find joy out of giv-ing a bunch of homework.

Michael Stephany,

a junior here at Fondy playsfor the Fondy Varsity foot-ball team. He also worksat Fleet Farm and says hesometimes has trouble keep-ing up with school work, be-cause he has late night shiftsand then has to come hometo lots of homework that hedoesnt have time to finish.

My job is the best,dude, said Michael. Exceptstaying up late after work andfootball can be a pain, I wishteachers didnt give out somuch homework sometimes.

So is there hopefor our homework daysto be over? Some stu-dents believe so, and somedont. Whats your opinion?


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NEWS

As anyone who watchestelevision, listens to radio, or usesany source of media in any wayknows, the presidential election iscoming up. The issues at hand inthis day and ageare very divi-sive, controver-sial and rangefrom the IraqWar to how tofix our unstableeconomy. Beingthat many of ourupperclassmenwill be 18 beforeNovember 4th,

they will haveto choose whothey want as thenext Presidentof the United States.

John McCain is for asmaller government, less spend-ing, and a strong defense, saidFond du Lac County Repub-lican Party Chairman DanielFeyen of his partys candidate,the senior Senator from Arizona.McCain is known for his expe-rience, his honorable service inthe military during the VietnamWar, and his reputation to co-

operate with politicians of op-

posing views. McCain pickedyoung Governor of Alaska Sar-ah Palin as his running mate.McCain has been part of thiswhole Republican administration

the last eightyears and hesvoted withP r e s i d e n tBush 90%of the time.I think weneed some-body whocan make achange andI dont think

McCain is go-ing to changemuch atall, claimed

Sharyn Janoska, aFond du Lac native and volunteerfor the Barack Obama campaign.When asked what Obamabrings to the table, Janoskaresponded simply, Youth,change, and new ideas.If elected, Barack Obama wouldbe the first African-Americanpresident in American history. TheIllinois junior Senator is knownfor his convictions, his eloquent

speeches, and his even tempera-

Obama vs. McCainMichael V. Wells

ment. He has chosen senior Sena-

tor Joe Biden of Delaware as hisvice presidential running mate.Theres no doubt that the presi-dential election is always veryimportant. But, with two warsgoing on, an unpredictable econ-omy, and the very factious topicsof healthcare and energy, the se-lection of the next president willundoubtedly be a historic one.Context wise, this is like 1960and 1968. Like 1968, we havetwo unpopular wars going on andI see some of the same things thatwere happening then happeningtoday, said Mr. Molloy, Fondy

Highs own U. S. History andEconomics teacher, And in 1960,like now, we had a choice to electeither Richard Nixon or John F.Kennedy, the first Catholic presi-dent. We chose to make that bigchange, and it had never happenedin American history before.

So, if youre able tovote this November, you cantake advantage of the rights thatyou have in the old U. S. of A.Whether you know it or not,young people can really make adifference, no matter what theirpolitical philosophy is or who

they would choose to vote for.

Courtesy: Winknews.com

One of the biggest

coming-of-age milestones isbeing able to drive and not hav-ing to be restricted to the sched-ule and whims of your parents.Unfortunately it comes with aprice: a car, insurance for thecar, and of the students hereat Fondy high, a parking fee.

At $50, its a prettysteep price, especially for ahigh school student, likelypaying for it on a minimumwage job. Unless your luckyenough to dip into the funds

of the Bank of Mom and Dad.Devyn Halle, a ju-nior, says, $50 for park-ing stall is just ridiculous.

Now, one question youmay ask is, Do teachers haveto pay a fee? The answer isyes, but, a meager three dol-lars. Now some may thinkthis is not fair, but when asked,Ms. Anderson, an eleventhgrade English teacher says,Teachers tend to spend a lotof out-of-pocket money onschool in general, so its sortof odd to say, Hey this is your

job, you have to pay to park

here. Where as to students,its kind of an extra bonus.The little $20 fine for

not having the permit, doesntreally seem like such a big deal,seeing as it takes three tickets

just to override the price of thepermit in the first place. Ac-cording to seeing Liaison Offi-cer Vokes, We check for per-mits about four times a year.Its usually done by the col-lege kids from the academy.

The reasoning be-

hind the fee makes sense. Mr.Wiltzius, the head principle,explains that these fees go to-wards maintenance of the park-ing lots. In the last few yearsthe parking lots have been re-lined and re-tarred. The schooldistrict also switched from con-tracting a snowplow company,to buying our own snowplows.

ParkingGaelan Evans

REVIEWS

Eagle Eye is an intense actionmovie that quite literally jumpsstraight into the action. After abrief introduction of the characters,where we see Jerry Shaw (ShiaLaBeouf) as a poor college drop-out whose twin brother just died,and Rachel Holloman (MichelleMonagahn), a single mother in hermid twenties, trying to send offher to son on a school trip to D.C.

The action beginswhen Jerry returns home to hisapartment to find it stacked tothe ceiling with terrorist sup-plies. As he is looking throughsome of the packages in disbe-lief, he receives an anonymousphone call, telling him that theFBI is coming to arrest him.Rachel receives a similar phonecall only telling her that unless shecooperates, her son will die. The

following eventslead to their role inthe unraveling of anational mystery.Its a good plot linethat was pretty non-stop and edge ofyour seat action. Itputs an interestinglook on the grow-ing big brotheridea thats seems tobe getting larger astechnology advanc-es. Its a good scificatastrophe movieand is a good sug-gestion for thoseof you who likemovies like I Robot, MinorityReport, Stealth or Transformers.

Eagle EyeGaelen Evans

The Carter 3 is yet anoth-er masterpiece of the hip-hop rap-

per, Lil Wayne. After completingthe Carter and the Carter 2, his 3rdalbum the Carter 3, would come tosell millions in its first week. Thealbum features Bobby Valenteno,Busta Rhymes Robin Thicke,T-Pain, Jay-z and many others.

His album is a sure winwith his millions of fans. Firstcoming out with the chart top-ping Lollipop and A Milliwhich were this summers mostrequested songs, Lil Wayne istruly a Cash Money Millionaire.

Covering on some seri-

ous topics like Hurricane Katrinaand dising Al Sharpton, he setsthe record straight not mind-ing that hes misunderstood. 10tracks that cover whats whatsreally going on and what hop-hop is missing. Mind that thereis some profanity, which is why

I recommend this al-bum for, 18 and older. Weather

you buy the cd or not, if youare a serious hip-hop fanat-ic I recommend this cd. TheCarter 3 is out in stores now.

Courtesy: EagleEyeMovie.com

The Carter 3Marion Thomas

Courtesy: 1vibe.com


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CENTER THEME : CHANGECENTER THEME : CHANGE

With the departureof Mrs. Merwin, Fond duLac High School was leftwithout a principal. Whenwe came back in August forregistration we learned thatMr. Wiltzius had steppedup to take over as principal.

When Mrs. Merwinstepped down it put a lot ofpressure on the school dis-trict to replace her. It tooka lot of time and thoughtto find a suitable replace-

ment. The decision wasbased on what would bebest for Fond du Lac HighSchool and the community.

I am definitelyproud to represent Fond duLac High School and it wasan honor to have learned

Mr. Wiltzius Becomes Head PrincipalJosh Fugato

from and worked with Mrs.Merwin, Mr. Wiltziusstated when asked his feel-ings on being principal.

Mr. Wiltzius hasmade a big impact on theschool. Some school poli-cies were changed this yearwith the intentions to makethe school a better place.For example, the new officepolicy that you have to makeand appointment to meetwith your vice principal.

we are trying toslow this place down,states Mr. Wiltzius. Allthe decisions are made lis-tening to the students andstaff along with calculateddecisions to benefit all.

As for how long Mr.

Wiltzius is going to remainprincipal, We are goingto have to see how thingsgo. The decision will bemade with the best interestof Fondy High in mind.

Mr. Wiltzius hashis work cut out for himthis year. Being principalis harder than being a viceprincipal. I have the ultimatedecisions. Being principalI work more with the staffand the community where

as being V.P. I worked morewith students and parents.This year will

play and important rolein who will be FondyHighs principal next year.

This varsityfootball season bringschange with its new headcoach, Coach Lehman.

Coach Lehmanhas been the head coach atNorth Fond du Lac HighSchool, a teacher at Wood-worth in the past and wasthe assistant coach at Fon-dy for four years. He said,Its fun to coach kids thatI coached at Woodworth.

Coach Lehman istaking over a team this year

that went 1-8 the year be-fore. He has a lot of workto do building them back upto being a dominant team.

Taking over a newteam is very hard, so itmay be possible that hemight feel some pressure.I have had many challeng-es in my life, and this is justanother challenge. I dontfeel any pressure in it. It issomething that I enjoy do-ing, and it is basically myhobby. said Coach Lehman.

There is obviously abig difference between be-ing the assistant coach andthe head coach, and the headcoaching job may be harder.

Its a lot of work, butit is also a lot of fun. Ifyou want to be success-ful coaches need to put alot of time preparing foropponents, and watchingfilm. said Coach Lehman.

When asked whathis record would be this sea-son Coach Lehman replied,Records dont mean a lotto me, all that I care aboutis that the kids have fun, trytheir best everyday, and staypositive. If we do that every-

day we will be successful.Outside of foot-ball, coach Lehmans fa-vorite thing to do is bewith his family. He hasa son named Drayton, adaughter named Adalyn,and a wife named Jeana.

At Fondy heteaches construction ca-reer academy, and graph-ic communications.

We hope that CoachLehman has a success-ful year, this season, andhe has a long career as aFondy Football Coach.

Coach Lehman ... New Fondy CoachJon Giblin

Courtesy: FDLRepoerter.com

As if you haventnoticed already, thereschange taking place atthe Fondy Free Press.

This thing that youreholding actually looks likea newspaper, huh? For thefirst time, the Free Pressis being printed on news-print. You might actuallyhave some inky fingerprintsafter reading this issue.

Also for the firsttime, the Free Press is being

produced by a class. PrintJournalism made its debutat Fond du Lac High Schoolfor the 08-09 school year.

We have a greatstaff in place that is dedi-cated to bringing you thebest quality writing theycan possibly provide.

I suggest you readsome of the great articles inour inaugural issue this year.A lot of time and effort wasput into their writing andits already starting to show.

Speaking of greatstaffs, a big thank yougoes out to Mr. Pentekand his former staff fortheir years of work go-ing into the Free Press.

The school news-paper used to be a clubactivity. So youre goingto notice over the com-ing months that the FreePress is going to be quitedifferent from years past.The simple fact that it used

to be put together by stu-dents in their own free timewill make it quite a bit dif-ferent from future issuesnow that students are receiv-ing a grade for the work thatthey put into the newspaper.

The transitionhasnt been an easy one,but now that the torch hasbeen passed, we hope wecan take it and run with it.

Big Changes for The Fondy Free PressMr. Carriveau

There will hopefullymore change in the futureas well. There will be someadvertising in upcoming is-sues that will act as a fund-raiser for the class. Throughthis income, we will be ableto supply our staff with theequipment they need to pro-duce quality journalism.

Distribution willevolve as well. In addition tobeing available in your Eng-lish classes, we hope to havenew issues available to stu-dents at other spots through-out the school and even atthroughout the community.

Not everything isnew, though. It just wouldntbe the Free Press if wedidnt keep up the traditionof bringing you the popularBeater of the Month feature.So grab the ol fishwrap,a little more often this year

We make their firstday more comfortable,stated Chelsea Gray, a se-nior who has been a mentorsince her sophomore year.

The ignition men-tor program gives fresh-

man tours on their first day,shows them where theirclasses are, and assists themwith their lockers. Theyalso work with them ontheir team building. Oncea month the mentors con-tinue on with team build-ing by going to their civ-

ics classroom. Some of thesubjects they talk about aredrugs and alcohol, plannerusage, being remodel, etc.

The ignition alsoplans freshman only dance.That is held at the beginning

of the year. They also helpstudy groups around finalsthat are theme, some of thethemes have been cocoa andcram and lemonade and learn.

Mentors said, Itsto teach them good tech-niques and helps to themprepare for next year.

Ignition Mentors Help FreshmenHilary Zabel

Some freshmanthinks that the orienta-tion day was worthwhile.

Stephany Ingersolla freshman states, Yes,the first day was help-ful and fun. Getting out of

class is not that bad either.

Our wonderful principals.


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VIEWS

Dear people of FHS,My name is NatePeltonen. I am the editor-in-chief of the schools news-paper and also in charge ofthis section called the View.

The View is similar to anopinions section, its a place wherepeople, whether it be students orteachers, can utilize their right tofreedom of speech, no matter howludicrous their opinions might be.

Its a place for peoplethat actually like Sarah Pal-in. Its a place for the peoplethat still think Iraq still hadsomething to do with 9/11.

Its a place for peoplethat deny the evidence sup-porting Global Warming.Its a place for the oppressedrich people that cry about tax-es while driving their hum-mers to work everyday.

But most of all, theView is a place that will not suc-cumb to the copious amountsof money offered to us by oilcompanies and special inter-ests groups, if we silence ourvoice. We will not be silenced!Welcome to the View.Sincerely Yours, Nathan Peltonen

Welcome to the ViewNaterbug Peltonen :)

Sarah Palin:Druid Huntress of the Alaskan Northlands

Michael V. WellsVice presidential candi-

date governor Sara Plain knowsnature. Shes a hunter and fisherlady, which are assets that comein handy living in the cold, harshwildlife of Alaska. Shes wrestledpenguins, outmaneuvered moose,and castrated caribou. The young

governor is so in tune with theoutdoors that local Eskimos goto her for guidance in searchingfor the big game.

N o w ,with all these greatindigenous skillscomplied intoone lovely lady,how could youask for more in aperson who hasthe potential to bethe most power-ful person in theentire world?Well, for the elit-ists and cynics 9thosejerks), there is a lot more to ask.Her critics have criticized (thatswhat they do) for her being in-credibly inexperienced and hav-ing little to no brain function,but I whole-heartedly disagree.

Whether you agree withher policies or not, Sarah Palin isthe real deal. Her kids play hock-ey (the real American pastime;nuts to you, Canada!), shes intel-

ligent (she reads books!), and isa riveting speaker (speechwriterand teleprompter included). Sheis also quite dedicated to eradi-cating big government spending.She said, thanks, but no thanks,to the Bridge to nowhere. Well,

actually said, Thanks, to all thefederal money fore the bridge, andthen No thanks, to the bridgeafter they started building it.

Well, lets just forgetabout that mishap and get back tothe nature part of things. She is areal decider and decided that polar

bears were ready to be taken offthe endangered species list. Sherealized these white-furred mam-

moths had itfar too easyand weremooch ingoff all thelife theyhad. Sheeven tookon the vastmajority ofb io log is t s(who werep r o b a b l ypaid off by

the polar bears)and even the Secretary of the In-terior on her decision to put thecrunch-time on these pale pred-ators. With the inclusion of thebeluga wale in her Axis of Large,Evil Mammals, she continuedher fight not against big govern-ment, but big, fish-eating animals.

So, if you have anydoubts on how well Sarah Palinwould do as the Vice President

of the united States of America(second only in rank to the mostpowerful person on the face ofthe earth), than I suggest youtake it up with her (she ownsguns!). otherwise, why dontyou just go join the polar bears?

Courtesy: FoxNews.com

Over the last 15months, weve traveled toevery corner of the UnitedStates. Ive now been in 57states? I think one left to go.

This was a quote takenstraight out of the mouth of themedia loved Barack Obama.

He also said that hewas not allowed to visit Alaskaor Hawaii. That means his 57states that he has visited, plusthe one he has yet to visit, andAlaska and Hawaii, bringsthe grand total to 60 states.

The worst part about

the entire thing was that he hesi-tated before saying it. Hethought about how manystates we had then hesaid a number randomly.

How can a manwho is this out of touchwith the country possi-bly be are next president?Gaffes are not the onlystrikes against BarackObama. A lack of expe-rience, a lack of convec-tion, and a bad economicplan also are problems.

First off,Obamas experienceboils down to two yearsin the US Senate, sevenyears in the Illinois Sen-ate, one loss in a primaryelection for the House ofRepresentatives, one stir-ring keynote address ata Democratic NationalConvention, and two bestselling books. He wasalso a Senate foreign re-lations committee mem-ber, but has yet to attenda meeting on Afghanistan

and has voted with hisparty 97% of the time. Yet heis supposed to be the candidatefor change? Not a very flatteringresume for a candidate for theUnited States of America, is it?

While on the other handhis opponent John McCain has26 years as a Congressman, he isa ranking member of the armedservices committee, a memberof the Senate select committee,and has only sided with his par-ty 63% of the time. When youcompare one to another; Mc-Cain blows him out of the water.

While Obama was anIllinois Congressman he votedpresent 129 times, which meansinstead of voting Yes or Noon a bill he basically said here.

He did this nearly everytime there was a strong issue. Ifhe voted one way or the other it

would be possible he would get ina lot of trouble for it in the future.

One bill was for wheth-er fifteen-year-olds shouldbe tried as adults. He votedpresent because if he votedno, he would appear soft oncrime. But if he voted yes, hewould get a lot of guff fromhis fellow African Americans.

In the Illinois Senatethere are three buttons you canchoose from: yes, no, or present.The yes button is green, the nobutton is red, and the present but-ton is yellow. There is a saying

in Springfield why the present

button is yellow. Basically thesaying is that if you choose pres-ent then you area yellow belly.

Obamas presentvotes also came mostly frombills that were voted unani-mously from the other sena-tors, bills that he supported,and even one that he sponsored.

How can a person whocannot choose yes or no on issuesthat even he supports and spon-sors be relied upon to make the

countless decisions that a presi-dent does throughout the day?One example of

Barack Obamas bad eco-nomic plans is that he wantsto tax companies that are mak-ing over $200,000 a year.

That is a bad thingbecause doing something likethat does not take into accountsmall businesses. Small busi-ness owners dont pocket allof the $200,000 that they earnin a year, which is somethingthat Obama does not real-ize or just refuses to realize.

Most of that moneygoes to workers, utilities, andsupplies. So in the end the smallbusiness owner is making asmall portion of the $200,000.So when the small companiesget hit with the massive taxes

Obama wants to cre-ate, they will go bank-rupt within a few years.

It may not sound hor-rible because one maythink that small business-es dont make a differ-ence, but in truth, it reallymakes the world go round.Without small businessesFond du Lac and manyother small cities aroundthe country would essen-tially shrivel up and die.

Several of the big com-panies in Fond du Lac are

technically small businesses.Agnesian, J.F. Ahern, C.D.Smith, and most of the busi-nesses on Main Street areall major employers in Fonddu Lac, but they are actuallyconsidered small businessesbecause they are not nationwide or very big companies.If those companies includingothers in Fond du Lac whereto collapse so would Fonddu Lacs employment rates.

Obama also wantsto keep people in housesthat they can not afford.

How is that a good thing?That policy keeps house pricesartificially high and out of thereach of millions of middleand lower class Americans thatdo not already own homes.

Obama wants to delaythe inevitable by giving thesepeople a bailout and not allow-ing a bank to sell a propertythat they are not being paid for.

Obama would bea Disaster as a president.He would run this countrystraight into bankruptcy with

his awful economic plans.His lack of experienceand conviction would also comeback to bite him. These SixtyUnited States of America cannot afford a president that is asout of touch as Barack Obama.

Courtesy: BarackObama.net

No to ObamaJon Giblin


6/7October 14, 2008 The Fondy Free Press 7

SPORTS

As the new schoolyear kicks off, so do manysports, including dance team.

Mrs. Zelske is return-ing as the dance teams coach.

It can only get betterbecause I learned what was ex-pected of us and the team learnedwhat I expect of them, she said inanticipation for the next season.

Coach Z, as manyof the girls call her, is expect-ing a lot more girls and a deep-er pool of talent for this year.

Along with all of thereturning seniors, juniors andsophomores, the new fresh-

men are always welcome.Returning senior, Kali Lacount, isvery excited for the new season.

Last season we startedwith a new coach and so this yeareveryone pretty much know her,so I think we will have a bet-ter dynamic that way, she said.The dance team coach and cap-tains have been working veryhard planning this new season.

There are a fewchanges that have been made bycoach and captains, Corissa Son-nenfeld and Chelsea Behringer.

We changed some ofthe guidelines because we areexpecting a higher skill level indance and a hard work ethic, saidCoach Zeleske about the changes.

Coach Zeleske is alsoexcited about the captains thisseason. Im excited aboutthe two captains that are so ...pro-team and are looking forthe good qualities of others.

Coach Zeleske, Chel-sea Behringer, and Corissa Son-

nenfeld encourage anyone wholoves to dance, wants to havefun, or just wants to try some-thing new, to tryout for the team.

The tryouts are onOctober 28th from 7:00- 8:30pm. There will be flyers andannouncements around theschool for more information.

Come on inand join the dance team.

The Dance TeamChelsea Behringer

Cheers and applause is allpeople hear from the Fondy Girlstennis team as they cheer for eachother while they continue to plowtheir way through the conference.

Starting off this year allthe girls along with the coach-es Doug Bartlet andHeather Schuetz hadone goal; being confer-ence champs. The lasttime the Fondy GirlsTennis Team won con-ference was in 2001.

The team

is very much tryingto update that title.When Katy Harris wasasked about what shethinks about them be-coming conferencechamps, she says Itwould fulfill my life.

Theyre off toa great start so far atachieving this goal. Thisseason theyre right ontrack with a record sofar of 9-0 in conference.Its pretty awesome,girl! Killian Edwards

said about being 9-0 in conference.Along the way theyhad to take down some of thetoughest teams in the con-ference; those teams beingNeenah and Oshkosh West.Even though they were the

toughest teams in the confer-ence Fondy displayed amazingperformances and came out ontop. Both of the matches camedown to winning by one match.

To help them becomeconference champs again there

have been several girlswhove put everythingthey have on the court.

Such performances havebeen by McKennah Ed-wards, a sophomore, whoplays the number one varsi-ty spot for singles. McKen-

nah has been playing greatand taking down the compe-tition one match at a time.Tessa Hahn and Jill Berens,both seniors, who play thenumber one varsity spot fordoubles and have put forththeir best effort every match.

However we dont wantto forget other people onthe team who have greatlycontributed, such as KillianEdwards, Maria Zompolas,Katie Hammond and Ri-ley Connaher. We must notforget though this teams

success isnt linked to just theindividual efforts; credit goesout to all the Fondy Tennis Girlsfor their effort and hard work.

Girls TennisCalli Hoyt

The Field Is Not Just Used For FootballChelsea Gray

The last month of sum-mer can be viewed in various ways.Some take it as a time to sleep inuntil noon, while others take it asa time to take family vacations.

On August 5, 2008,102 students of Fond du LacHigh School took the last monthof summer and dedicated it towhat we know as Band Camp.

Starting at 9 am, tak-ing a break for lunch, and end-ing around 5 pm. The marchingstudents practice different setsand marching techniques forthis years show, Les Miserables.

The show starts with

Work Song, and ending withCan you hear the people singthe show is very stunningand makes you feel as thoughyou are a part of the musical.

Although many dontknow the music, Jessica Krasin,this years drum major, stated, Ithas some inspiring moments.

Many dont know howintense the competition canget between marching bands.At each competition each band

is graded on music and vi-sual performance, along withpercussion and colorguard.

According to Angie Ko-chan, the best part of marchingband competitions, is the trans-portation taken to get there. Oftenknown as the band bus. The tripthere is a good time to concen-trate on the show ahead, and playvarious and have various danceoffs with other band members.

The trip home how-ever is often used to celebratewhat we have accomplished.

Every good team has agood leader. In Marching band we

happen to have three great lead-ers! This years drum majors areJessica Krasin, Devon Vanbeek,and Stephanie Steinert.This threehave spent all summer makingsure the show is just right for us!

When asked about ourleaders Angie Kochan said, Jes-sica Krasin is doing a fantastic job. She allows us to have funwhile still getting work done.

Of course with a bandof 102 kids three leaders just

simple isnt enough. There-fore, ever section of instru-ment has a different leader.

When Krasin was askedabout how the other leaders wereworking out, she responded with,From leading the leaders, I seethey are putting forth a good ef-fort. A few have a more lax ap-proach to leadership, but as longas things still get done its good.

After homecomingtour Fond du Lac High SchoolMarching band will havemarched five different shows.Three competitions and twohome football games.

This years marchingband has worked very hard. Af-ter two weeks of band camp theycontinue to practice two nightsa week throughout the schoolyear, regardless of the weather.

Often misunderstood,and not looked upon as a groupwith much talent. The march-ing band strives forward. Andas Angie Kochan stated, Dontbash it till youve tried it.


7/78 The Fondy Free Press October 14, 2008

SPORTS

This 87 Buick Cen-tury Limited Edition, ownedby Mitchell Stollfuss, is notonly old, it has its fair share

of problems. Although the ex-terior isnt in the best shapewith no tailpipe, no catalyticconverter, and no completeset of hubcaps, the cloth in-terior is pretty comfortable.

After the ten sec-onds it takes to start the car,it rides smoothly. The in-side can fit six people buthas no air conditioning.

When asked whatelse is nice about the car,

Stollfuss said, It gets re-ally good gas mileage.This beast gets 20

miles per gallon in the cityand 30 mpg on the highway.

Stollfuss bought his

car three months ago for $600.It hasnt died on him yet, but theconverter fell off while he wasdriving, which didnt sound

too good on the road. It alsomakes the car smell really bad.

Some of hisfriends have nice cars, butit doesnt really faze him.

Id like to have anice car, but its also nice tohave money, Stollfuss stated.He only pays $20 a monthfor insurance and has the carpaid off already while hisfriends will be paying for theircars at least for a few years.

Its good toknow that youre proudof your beater, Mitch!

Beater Of The MonthMara Krumbein

Football

Team Won Lost Pct. PF PAKimberly Papermakers 6 0 1.000 286 41

Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts 5 1 .833 148 120

Oshkosh West Wildcats 5 1 .833 181 133

Appleton North Lightning 4 2 .667 132 67

Oshkosh North Spartans 3 3 .500 113 93

Appleton East Patriots 2 4 .333 112 144

Fond du Lac Cardinals 2 4 .333 102 146

Menasha Bluejays 2 4 .33 71 172

Appleton West Terrors 1 5 .167 66 134

Neenah Rockets 0 6 .000 29 190

This years footballseason has been quite the rollercoaster ride Ups and downs thewhole way. With the hire of newhead coach, Nate Lehman, theCardinals were excited to turn thepage, and start fresh. The guystrained hard all summer longfor the 9-week regular seasonIn their first game against Os-hkosh North, the two teamsplayed to a stalemate throughthe 1st quarter. However, inthe 2nd quarter, North tookover and led 22-6 at halftime.

The Cardinals, wellknown as a 2nd-half team,still felt as they had the advan-tage going into halftime. Inthe 3rd quarter, the game wasmainly a defensive showdown,but when the 4th quarter camearound, it was Fondys time.

The Cardinals man-aged to get within 5, and themomentum was clearly favor-ing them. However, their hardwork fell short, and the Spartanswon a hard-fought game, 22-17.

So after an 0-1 start,the Cardinals knew there wassome work to do. Week 2 wasquite a strenuous one for theteam. They knew that mistakes

had to be corrected, so practicewould be crucial. Not only didthey not want to start the sea-son 0-2, but they did not wantto disappoint the Fondy faithful.

Friday night was boundto be a good. The Cardinals wereready for the Neenah Rockets,and it clearly showed. Fondy gotoff to a good start early, and hada 14-0 lead at the half. The 3rdquarter was another stalemate,but the fourth quarter againwent Fondys way, thanks inparticular to Septembers Play-

er of the Month, Joe Bertram.Joe scored not once, not twice,but THREE timesin a matterof about 40 seconds. That is afeat that I dont think anybodyhas ever seen, possibly in thehistory of the sport. So thanksto Mr. Bertram, the Cardinalsenjoyed the win, 35-0, and feltmuch more comfortable at 1-1.

After an emotional win,the Cardinals looked forwardto the week ahead. They werescheduled to face Appleton West,a team who hadnt won a gamein over two years. You could saythe Cardinals actually lookedtwo weeks ahead, becauseWeaek 3 was not a good one.

The trip up to Appletonwasnt a long one, but the rideback felt like it took forever.The 1st quarter was just like theOshkosh North game a stale-mate. The second quarter hadthe momentum lean towardsus, and we led by 7 at half-time. The second half howeverwasnt a good one for the team,and they went on to lose 20-13. It is by far the hardest lossthe Cards have taken this year.

The next week wasa difficult one to prepare for.The Cardinals were to play thedefending Division IIchampions, the Kim-berly Papermakers.

Although feared bymost, the Cardinalswerent intimidated.They went into thegame, ready to shockthe world. Unfortu-nately, it didnt go theway they wanted it. ThePapermakers put up 64points in the first half,and that was enoughto win the gameal-most 5 times over.

The next weekwas deemed TornadoWeek, and the Kim-berly game would beused as a motivationfactor as Fondy got

ready for their arch rival, theOshkosh West Wildcats, 4-0at the time. Known as the bestpassing team in the FVA, theFondy defense, also known asthe Cardinal Curtain, wasexcited for the things to come

The game was playedto another stalemate, until a 3rdquarter field goal by Parker Han-son, to put the Cards up 17-14,and eventually win the game.At 2-3, the Cardinals felt a lotmore comfortable with theirplayoff hopes. Appleton Northwas up next, and the team

wanted to solidify themselveseven more with a respect-able 3-3 record. Unfortunate-ly, the Cardinals couldnt doso, and they dropped to 2-4.Fondys record of 2-4 now putsthe Cardinals in a tough posi-tion, as they must win their finalthree games in order to make thepostseason. Although it wontbe easy, Im sure that the teamcan do it. All you have to do isstay positive, work hard, andhave fun. Heres to the rest ofthe season, and hopefully wellstill be playing in November.

Fondy Football 2008Lance Leque

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