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Voice of Decatur Community High School By the DCHS Dictator Staff School Menus Wednesday, April 21, 2010 THE OBERLIN HERALD 5 comes at an all new low price Attitude Whether you need a power cruiser full of attitude or a touring bike with comfort in mind, DEVENY Motors in McCook has the model for you! HONDA -YAMAHA 401 East B Street McCook, NE 69001 (308) 345-5200 1-800-345-0031 2008 Honda 750c2 Shadow 2009 Honda VTX1300C 2010 Honda VT750 Phantom All New for 2010! 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New! New! New! New! New! New! New! New! New! New! New! THURSDAY, MAY 6 10:30 AM CT Columbian Hall - Atwood, KS (From Hwy. 36, go north on 4th St.) Dan & Pam Thomas, Sellers 634± ACRES RAWLINS CO., KS DRYLAND, GRASS & CREEK BOTTOM Tract 1 - 149± ac. - NE/4 & SW/4 Sec. 13, 3-36 (lying N. of the RR Tracts; 149± ac. dryland) 3 1/2 mi. E & 1/2 mi. N of McDonald - Inter. of Rds. 7 & Q Tract 2 - 165± ac. - NE/4 Sec. 26, 3-36 (124± ac. cropland; 41± ac. grassland) 2 mi. E & 1 mi. S of McDonald - S at wind turbine Tract 3 - 320± ac. - N/2 Sec.11, 1-33 (209± ac. crop; 111± ac. grass & creek bottom) From Atwood: 11 mi. N on Hwy 25, 2 mi. E on Rd. CC, 1 mi. N on Rd. 22 & 1 mi. E on Rd. DD - Inter. of DD & 23 AUCTION Call 800.476.7185 for more information or check our website to view photos & sale bill Inc. www.shayrealty.com S HAY REALTY, Serving Kansas, Colorado & Nebraska Rodney Shay, Listing Broker a a a a a 785-332-5656 Youth plant trees at Sappa Park By ADRIENNE PAULS Hundreds of trees now have a new home. Pheasants Forever received 600 new trees and called on the Oberlin youth to help get them in the ground at Sappa Park. Around twenty-five Decatur Community High School students answered the call and volunteered their Students win top awards in art show Amanda Marshall won Best of Show in the high school division with her three-piece clay set. McK- enna O’Hare won the top award in the grades 1-8 division for her mixed media. The judge said that Amanda used a “nice hand-built technique,” and that McKenna made “great color choices, excellent use of batik technique, and very high craftsman- ship.” In addition to her Best of Show, Amanda also won four blue ribbons on a clay holder, a charcoal painting, a mixed board, and a watercolor. Bret Ashley won five blue ribbons on a clay tree, an acrylic of a tiger, two pencil drawing of dogs, and a pencil drawing of a snake. Laysha Medina earned two blue ribbons on her ink and mixed media pieces. Also winning blue ribbons were Serena Stacy with a watercolor, Gatlin Reichert with his acrylic self-portrait, Kira Meitl on a clay vase, and Ray O’Boyle with a clay piece. In the elementary and junior high division, Molly Jansonius earned two blue ribbons on a clay piece and a mixed media piece. James Ohlert also won two blues on a watercolor and a mixed media. Other students winning blues on their watercolors were Kariah Castle, Kelden Breth, Alissa Sporn, and Cassidy Gillespie. Also winning blue ribbons were Winter Polivka, acrylic; Celianna Shobe, construction paper; Alexan- dra Waterman, crayon; Regent Er- ickson, media; Emma Green, clay; Morgan Jansonius, mixed media; Tylynn Peterson, pencil. HELPING THE PHEASANTS FOREVER chapter, Rachelle Scott helped plant some 600 trees at Sappa Park. —Dictator Photo by Adrienne Pauls time and energy last Monday to help plant the trees. The students who helped Pheas- ants Forever were Garrett Ber- ry, Matthew Wittman, Conner McHugh, Shay McChesney, Adri- enne Pauls, Keithen Fortin, Nolan Peters, Kolton Paul, Dalton Dolan, Jessica Fredrickson, Baron Green, Dakota Soderlund, Josh Ritter, Ryan May, Killian Dellere, Rachelle Scott, Stephanie Bruggeman, Ty- ler Bruggeman, Sara Kyte, Jacob Larue, Ashley Horton, Brent Juen- emann and Zach May. The students helped plant 300 ce- dar trees, 150 Fragrant Sumac trees, and 150 American Plum trees. The trees will go to use for a windbreak north of the dam and also a home for habitat. The Pheasant Forever chapter rewarded the students with pizza and pop. Five FFA welders place in competition By SAMANTHA MEITL Five Oberlin FFA members com- peted at a welding competition in Goodland at the Northwest Kansas Technical College. Seniors Chance Marble and Kaden Macfee, junior Josh Ritter, sophomore Greg Shaw and freshman Sammy Meitl all placed at the event. Chance won first place and a $1000 scholarship. Josh came in third and won a $550 scholarship, and Kaden got fourth and won a $250 scholarship. These scholar- ships can be used for any depart- ment at the technical college. Sammy came in fifth and Greg sixth; even though they didn’t get a scholarship they didn’t go home empty handed. They each got a new welding jacket and new TIG welding gloves. All of the members also got a college T-shirt and new welding gloves. Their welding instructor is Jason Ketterl. The Decatur County Landfill Will offer one free dump per family during regular hours from April 26 through May 1. Weekdays are open from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. – Noon. The free dump can be used for business or residence, but not both. Limited to five (5) passenger tires Refrigerated appliances must have certificate of evacuation or will be charged a $10 fee. For more information call: 785-475-8111. Remember the Free Compost available at the south end of the county shop east of town. April 26 - 30 OBERLIN SCHOOLS Monday: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, toast. Lunch: Hot dog, baked beans. Tuesday: Breakfast: Break- fast pizza. Lunch: Baked chicken legs, mashed potatoes. Wednes- day: Breakfast: Ham combo, muf- fin. Lunch: hamburger, tater tots. Thursday : Breakfast: Waffle, cheese stick. Lunch: sliced ham, macaroni and cheese. Friday : Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch: chicken nuggets, green beans. Fruit served with all breakfasts; choice bar served with all lunches. Milk served with all meals. Senior Features Hunter Nedland By JESSICA FREDRICKSON Hunter Theodore May Nedland is a 17-year-old senior. He was born on June 4, 1992, to Rhonda and Dan Nedland. Hunter has two siblings: Cameron, who is currently a junior at Kansas State, and Elizabeth, who is a freshman at Decatur Commu- nity High School. Hunter’s hobbies and interests include friends, Facebook, video games, his girlfriend Rhiannon Davies, writing, school and music. Hunter also likes any type of sci- ence, people, and communication. Hunter has been involved in many things at DCHS, some of which include DCHS Singers, speech, and drama club. His favorite color is green. When asked where he sees him- self in 10 years, Hunter replied, “Honestly, I have no clue. Ten years is a long time to think ahead.” His future plans include his up- coming graduation and to enjoy the summer to the fullest. He plans to attend Kansas State University next fall and major in creative writing. Hunter’s advice to the under- classmen is to make high school an experience, keep an open mind, and do things you have never even dreamed of doing. “I’ll definitely miss some of the Toby Peters By GATLIN REICHERT Toby James Peters is the son of Randy and Lynda Peters. His birth date was June 28, 1991, which makes him 18. He has four broth- ers and a sister: C.J., Caleb, Garrit, Nolan and Jillian. His interests include sports, video games, hanging with his friends, fishing, watching movies, and quot- ing movies. His activities consist of football, basketball, Weight Club President, D-Club President, and Student Council. His favorite color is baby blue, his favorite book is his play book, his favorite songs are most of Tool’s songs, and his favorite quote is from the movie Inglorious Basterds, “You’ve got a gun and if I come down there you will shoot me. They’ve got grenades up here that they will throw down and kill you ... that is a Mexican Standoff.” —Brad Pitt. He plans to attend college at Garden City on a football scholar- ship. He has not decided a major as of yet. His advice to underclassmen is to “stay on top of your work; it’s hard to get out of a hole.” What he will miss most about Gatlin Reichert By TOBY PETERS Gatlin James Reichert is the son of Wilbur and Jill Reichert and was born on Sept. 30, 1991. He has four older brothers: Garrick, Grant, Gan- non and Gage. Gatlin’s hobbies and interests in- clude playing video games, reading, blowing things up, eating, and pet- ting kittens and puppies. He was in- volved in wrestling, cross-country, D-Club, Chemistry Club, Scholar Bowl, Student Council, yearbook staff, and Weight Club. He is also the Student Council President. His favorite color is beige. His favorite book is the Bible, and his favorite songs are anything by May- lene and the Sons of Disaster. His favorite quote is “I am the devourer of worlds ... and trinkets.” Gatlin plans to attend Baker Uni- versity in Baldwin City and major in Creative Writing. His advice to underclassmen is “Don’t listen to any other seniors advice ... ever.” What he will miss about high school is “How the heater is broken in the winter and the air conditioner is broken when it’s hot.” Ashli Samson By ADRIENNE PAULS “If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but doesn’t feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” Ashli’s favorite quote is from Anna Quindlen. Ashli Samson was born on June 11, 1991, and is now eighteen years old. Her parents are Chad Samson, and Candice and Keith Ketterl. Ali, 20, and Jonathan, 17, are her siblings. Ashli loves to hang out with her friends and family and watch TV. She also enjoys working at the Good Samaritan Center. Some activities she’s involved in are volleyball, Kayettes, Spanish Club, Chemistry/ Physics Club, and yearbook staff. Her favorite things are the color purple, “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult, and the song “I Never Told You,” by Colbie Caillat. Ashli’s future plans are to go to college at Baker University in Baldwin City to study nursing. In ten years, Ashli said, “I plan on hav- ing a job and family.” Something she will miss about Decatur Com- munity High School is to see all the students, teachers, and high school friends. Her advice to underclass- men is, “don’t procrastinate and hand work in on time.” Stuco sponsoring self-defense class Fredrickson Insurance Agency and the Decatur Community High School Student Council are co- sponsoring a self-defense class on Monday, April 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the high school gym and is free to the public. The instructor will be Kansas State Trooper Hileman. Students and adults, male and female, are welcome. Space is lim- ited, so pre-registration is required. Interested people can sign up at the high school or at Fredrickson Insurance. Student qualifies for State Speech tourney By JESSICA FREDRICKSON Jacob Larue qualified for state speech in informative speaking by placing first at the Phillipsburg Speech Tournament. Competing for Decatur Com- munity High School were Channing Fortin, Tiffany Anderson, Lizzie Nedland, Jacob Larue, Jacob Helm, Tim Larson, Hunter Nedland, Sarah Campbell, Rhiannon Davies, Me- gan Huntley and Cassidy Shields. The team scored a total of 76 points. Jacob Helm placed fourth in ex- temporaneous speaking. Channing placed fifth in prose. Jacob also placed sixth in improvised duet acting with Channing. Others competing were Tiffany Anderson, 5 points in Prose In- terpretation; Lizzie Nedland, 2 points in Poetry Interpretation; Jacob Helm, 4 points in Informative Speaking; Tim Larson, 2 points in Original Oration; Hunter Nedland, 2 points in Original Oration; Lizzie Nedland, 5 points in Extemporane- ous; Sarah Campbell and Rhiannon Davies, 6 points in Duet Acting; Rhiannon and Hunter, 5 points in Improvised Duet; Megan Huntley and Tim Larson, 3 points in Impro- vised Duet. high school is being able to get up, get ready, and be at school in five minutes. awesome people I met here,” said Hunter.
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Voice of Decatur Community High School
By the DCHS Dictator Staff
School Menus
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THURSDAY, MAY 6 10:30 AM CT
Columbian Hall - Atwood, KS(From Hwy. 36, go north on 4th St.)
Dan & Pam Thomas, Sellers
634± ACRES RAWLINS CO., KSDRYLAND, GRASS & CREEK BOTTOM
Tract 1 - 149± ac. - NE/4 & SW/4 Sec. 13, 3-36(lying N. of the RR Tracts; 149± ac. dryland)3 1/2 mi. E & 1/2 mi. N of McDonald - Inter. of Rds. 7 & Q
Tract 2 - 165± ac. - NE/4 Sec. 26, 3-36(124± ac. cropland; 41± ac. grassland)2 mi. E & 1 mi. S of McDonald - S at wind turbine
Tract 3 - 320± ac. - N/2 Sec.11, 1-33(209± ac. crop; 111± ac. grass & creek bottom)
From Atwood: 11 mi. N on Hwy 25, 2 mi. E on Rd. CC,1 mi. N on Rd. 22 & 1 mi. E on Rd. DD - Inter. of DD & 23
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Call 800.476.7185 for more informationor check our website to view photos & sale bill
Inc. www.shayrealty.comSHAYREALTY,
Serving Kansas, Colorado & NebraskaRodney Shay, Listing Broker a a a a a 785-332-5656
Youth plant treesat Sappa Park
By ADRIENNE PAULSHundreds of trees now have a
new home.Pheasants Forever received
600 new trees and called on the Oberlin youth to help get them in the ground at Sappa Park. Around twenty-five Decatur Community High School students answered the call and volunteered their
Students win top awards in art show
Amanda Marshall won Best of Show in the high school division with her three-piece clay set. McK-enna O’Hare won the top award in the grades 1-8 division for her mixed media.
The judge said that Amanda used a “nice hand-built technique,” and that McKenna made “great color choices, excellent use of batik technique, and very high craftsman-ship.”
In addition to her Best of Show, Amanda also won four blue ribbons on a clay holder, a charcoal painting, a mixed board, and a watercolor.
Bret Ashley won five blue ribbons on a clay tree, an acrylic of a tiger, two pencil drawing of dogs, and a pencil drawing of a snake.
Laysha Medina earned two blue ribbons on her ink and mixed media pieces.
Also winning blue ribbons were Serena Stacy with a watercolor, Gatlin Reichert with his acrylic self-portrait, Kira Meitl on a clay vase, and Ray O’Boyle with a clay piece.
In the elementary and junior high division, Molly Jansonius earned two blue ribbons on a clay piece and a mixed media piece. James Ohlert also won two blues on a watercolor and a mixed media.
Other students winning blues on their watercolors were Kariah Castle, Kelden Breth, Alissa Sporn, and Cassidy Gillespie.
Also winning blue ribbons were Winter Polivka, acrylic; Celianna Shobe, construction paper; Alexan-dra Waterman, crayon; Regent Er-ickson, media; Emma Green, clay; Morgan Jansonius, mixed media; Tylynn Peterson, pencil.
HELPING THE PHEASANTS FOREVER chapter, Rachelle Scott helped plant some 600 trees at Sappa Park. —Dictator Photo by Adrienne Pauls
time and energy last Monday to help plant the trees.
The students who helped Pheas-ants Forever were Garrett Ber-ry, Matthew Wittman, Conner McHugh, Shay McChesney, Adri-enne Pauls, Keithen Fortin, Nolan Peters, Kolton Paul, Dalton Dolan, Jessica Fredrickson, Baron Green, Dakota Soderlund, Josh Ritter, Ryan May, Killian Dellere, Rachelle Scott, Stephanie Bruggeman, Ty-ler Bruggeman, Sara Kyte, Jacob Larue, Ashley Horton, Brent Juen-emann and Zach May.
The students helped plant 300 ce-dar trees, 150 Fragrant Sumac trees, and 150 American Plum trees. The trees will go to use for a windbreak north of the dam and also a home for habitat.
The Pheasant Forever chapter rewarded the students with pizza and pop.
Five FFA welders place in competition
By SAMANTHA MEITLFive Oberlin FFA members com-
peted at a welding competition in Goodland at the Northwest Kansas Technical College. Seniors Chance Marble and Kaden Macfee, junior Josh Ritter, sophomore Greg Shaw and freshman Sammy Meitl all placed at the event.
Chance won first place and a $1000 scholarship. Josh came in third and won a $550 scholarship, and Kaden got fourth and won a $250 scholarship. These scholar-ships can be used for any depart-ment at the technical college.
Sammy came in fifth and Greg sixth; even though they didn’t get a scholarship they didn’t go home empty handed. They each got a new welding jacket and new TIG welding gloves. All of the members also got a college T-shirt and new welding gloves.
Their welding instructor is Jason Ketterl.
The Decatur County Landfi llWill offer one free dump per family during regular hours from April 26 through May 1.
Weekdays are open from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. – Noon. The free
dump can be used for business or residence, but not both.
Limited to fi ve (5)passenger tires
Refrigerated appliances must have certifi cateof evacuation or will be charged a $10 fee.
For more information call:785-475-8111.
Remember the Free Compost available at the south end of the county shop east of town.
April 26 - 30OBERLIN ScHOOLS
Monday: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, toast. Lunch: Hot dog, baked beans. Tuesday: Breakfast: Break-fast pizza. Lunch: Baked chicken legs, mashed potatoes. Wednes-day: Breakfast: Ham combo, muf-fin. Lunch: hamburger, tater tots. Thursday: Breakfast: Waffle, cheese stick. Lunch: sliced ham, macaroni and cheese. Friday: Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch: chicken nuggets, green beans.
Fruit served with all breakfasts; choice bar served with all lunches. Milk served with all meals.
Senior FeaturesHunter Nedland
By JESSIcA FREDRIcKSONHunter Theodore May Nedland
is a 17-year-old senior. He was born on June 4, 1992, to Rhonda and Dan Nedland. Hunter has two siblings: Cameron, who is currently a junior at Kansas State, and Elizabeth, who is a freshman at Decatur Commu-nity High School.
Hunter’s hobbies and interests include friends, Facebook, video games, his girlfriend Rhiannon Davies, writing, school and music. Hunter also likes any type of sci-ence, people, and communication. Hunter has been involved in many things at DCHS, some of which include DCHS Singers, speech, and drama club. His favorite color is green.
When asked where he sees him-self in 10 years, Hunter replied, “Honestly, I have no clue. Ten years is a long time to think ahead.”
His future plans include his up-coming graduation and to enjoy the summer to the fullest. He plans to attend Kansas State University next fall and major in creative writing.
Hunter’s advice to the under-classmen is to make high school an experience, keep an open mind, and do things you have never even dreamed of doing.
“I’ll definitely miss some of the
Toby PetersBy GATLIN REIcHERT
Toby James Peters is the son of Randy and Lynda Peters. His birth date was June 28, 1991, which makes him 18. He has four broth-ers and a sister: C.J., Caleb, Garrit, Nolan and Jillian.
His interests include sports, video games, hanging with his friends, fishing, watching movies, and quot-ing movies. His activities consist of football, basketball, Weight Club President, D-Club President, and Student Council. His favorite color is baby blue, his favorite book is his play book, his favorite songs are most of Tool’s songs, and his favorite quote is from the movie Inglorious Basterds, “You’ve got a gun and if I come down there you will shoot me. They’ve got grenades up here that they will throw down and kill you ... that is a Mexican Standoff.” —Brad Pitt.
He plans to attend college at Garden City on a football scholar-ship. He has not decided a major as of yet.
His advice to underclassmen is to “stay on top of your work; it’s hard to get out of a hole.”
What he will miss most about
Gatlin ReichertBy TOBY PETERS
Gatlin James Reichert is the son of Wilbur and Jill Reichert and was born on Sept. 30, 1991. He has four older brothers: Garrick, Grant, Gan-non and Gage.
Gatlin’s hobbies and interests in-clude playing video games, reading, blowing things up, eating, and pet-ting kittens and puppies. He was in-volved in wrestling, cross-country, D-Club, Chemistry Club, Scholar Bowl, Student Council, yearbook staff, and Weight Club. He is also the Student Council President.
His favorite color is beige. His favorite book is the Bible, and his favorite songs are anything by May-lene and the Sons of Disaster. His favorite quote is “I am the devourer of worlds ... and trinkets.”
Gatlin plans to attend Baker Uni-versity in Baldwin City and major in Creative Writing. His advice to underclassmen is “Don’t listen to any other seniors advice ... ever.”
What he will miss about high school is “How the heater is broken in the winter and the air conditioner is broken when it’s hot.”
Ashli SamsonBy ADRIENNE PAULS
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but doesn’t feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” Ashli’s favorite quote is from Anna Quindlen.
Ashli Samson was born on June 11, 1991, and is now eighteen years old. Her parents are Chad Samson, and Candice and Keith Ketterl. Ali, 20, and Jonathan, 17, are her siblings.
Ashli loves to hang out with her friends and family and watch TV. She also enjoys working at the Good Samaritan Center. Some activities she’s involved in are volleyball, Kayettes, Spanish Club, Chemistry/Physics Club, and yearbook staff. Her favorite things are the color purple, “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult, and the song “I Never Told You,” by Colbie Caillat.
Ashli’s future plans are to go to college at Baker University in Baldwin City to study nursing. In ten years, Ashli said, “I plan on hav-ing a job and family.” Something she will miss about Decatur Com-munity High School is to see all the students, teachers, and high school friends. Her advice to underclass-men is, “don’t procrastinate and hand work in on time.”
Stuco sponsoringself-defense class
Fredrickson Insurance Agency and the Decatur Community High School Student Council are co-sponsoring a self-defense class on Monday, April 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the high school gym and is free to the public.
The instructor will be Kansas
State Trooper Hileman. Students and adults, male and
female, are welcome. Space is lim-ited, so pre-registration is required. Interested people can sign up at the high school or at Fredrickson Insurance.
Student qualifies for State Speech tourneyBy JESSIcA FREDRIcKSON
Jacob Larue qualified for state speech in informative speaking by placing first at the Phillipsburg Speech Tournament.
Competing for Decatur Com-munity High School were Channing Fortin, Tiffany Anderson, Lizzie Nedland, Jacob Larue, Jacob Helm, Tim Larson, Hunter Nedland, Sarah Campbell, Rhiannon Davies, Me-
gan Huntley and Cassidy Shields.The team scored a total of 76
points.Jacob Helm placed fourth in ex-
temporaneous speaking. Channing placed fifth in prose. Jacob also placed sixth in improvised duet acting with Channing.
Others competing were Tiffany Anderson, 5 points in Prose In-terpretation; Lizzie Nedland, 2
points in Poetry Interpretation; Jacob Helm, 4 points in Informative Speaking; Tim Larson, 2 points in Original Oration; Hunter Nedland, 2 points in Original Oration; Lizzie Nedland, 5 points in Extemporane-
ous; Sarah Campbell and Rhiannon Davies, 6 points in Duet Acting; Rhiannon and Hunter, 5 points in Improvised Duet; Megan Huntley and Tim Larson, 3 points in Impro-vised Duet.
high school is being able to get up, get ready, and be at school in five minutes.
awesome people I met here,” said Hunter.
