Additionally, my interview

with Colten Mosbach was

very interesting. He said

that he never enjoyed any of

his high school years because

he would rather stay at home

and play video games. He did

say that last year was harder

because he took more mean-

ingful class to fill his time.

Colten plans on attending

Iowa Central Community

College to do something with

technology.

Brandon Assman is another

senior that I interviewed.

Brandon likes this year better

than others, because it is

much easier due to the harder

classes last year. After high

school, Brandon plans on

attending Sheldon to become

a power lineman.

My last interview was Morri-

son Ellis. Morrison enjoys

this year more because it is

more fun and because last

year, he had more home-

work. After high school,

Morrison plans on attending

Iowa Lakes Community Col-

lege to become a mechanic

Students Reflect on the

Upcoming Events . . . 2-20 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING @

ROCKWELL CITY 7:00 PM

2-23 FFA SUBDISTRICT SPEAKING

CONTEST @ POCAHONTAS

4:00 PM

2-24 JAZZ CONTEST @ WOODWARD

GRANGER

2-24 SCC COFFEE HOUCE CONCERT

@ LC COMMUNITY BLDG

7:30 PM

2-25 DISTRICT INDIVIDUAL SPEECH

CONTEST @ MANSON

2-27 GIRLS BBALL AWARDS

BANQUET 6:30 PM

2-28 ALL SCHOOL BAND CONCERT

HS GYM @ 7:00 PM

3-2 FFA NEW OFFICER SELECTION

6:00 PM

3-3 STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON

@ CEDAR RAPIDS

3-4 STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON

@ CEDAR RAPIDS

Friday, February 17, 2017 Issue 10

Super Bowl Commercials

by Austin Wiskus

The Super Bowl is an event

that a lot of people are excited

for. Secretly, though, we love

the unique and funny com-

mercials more than the actual

game. It's a great time for

companies to sell their prod-

ucts and advertise them. With

the amount of people who

watch the Super Bowl, there

is no better time to advertise.

However, companies pour so

much money into marketing

at this time of the year; it's

quite risky.

Personally, my favorite com-

mercial was the Skittles com-

mercial when the boy threw

the Skittles through the win-

dow shouting, “Katie.” Some

students like other commer-

cials. Cody Schumacher liked

the television series Stranger

Things season two trailer. He

said it really got him excited,

because he loves the show

and loves everything about it.

Trevor Dettman likes the an-

noying, yet funny commer-

cials. Throughout the years,

the commercials have had

their ups and downs. Most of

them are actually creative. I'm

very excited to see what next

year holds

In the news . . .

Senior Interviews

by Keaton Hammen

In May, the South Central

Calhoun will have approxi-

mately sixty graduates.

Many of the kids have dif-

ferent thoughts about how

high school went for them

and also have different

plans after high school.

Some will go off to college

to further their education

and others will go straight

to the workforce. After in-

terviewing for different sen-

ior boys, I got very different

answers to what they

thought about high school

and their plans after high

school.

Chase Mosbach told me that

he enjoyed this year more

than any other years of high

school because it has been

more fun. He said that last

year was much more com-

plicated, because he didn't

come to school very often.

After high school, Chase

plans on attending Iowa

Lakes Community College

to major in diesel technolo-

gy.

by Sydnie Schultz

After high school, Allison

plans to go to Northwest-

ern College in Orange City,

Iowa. She plans on major-

ing in athletic training or

biology. She will also con-

tinue her volleyball career

there as a Red Raider.

In high school, Allison has

been involved in volley-

ball, basketball, track, Na-

tional Honor Society, and

rotary interact club. Allison

is also the senior class vice

president. Her favorite pas-

time is playing with her

cats and watching football

with her dad and brother.

The things she will miss

the most about high school

is being able to see her

friends every day.

Allison's best high school

memory is all the times

that Kelsi Carlson fell dur-

ing a sports practice. In ten

years, Allison sees herself

living in a small town. She

hopes to have cats and a

family. She also helps to be

working in a hospital as a

physical therapist. She

looks forward to making

new friends in college. Al-

lison says her biggest pet

peeve is when she bites

into a piece of pizza and all

of the cheese comes off. “I

just get mad and don't

know what to do.”

Allison Birks

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by Makayla Patterson

Brianna Hicks is a senior at

South Central Calhoun

High School. Brianna plans

to attend Iowa Central

Community College for her

RN and then transfer to

University to get her BSN.

Brianna's favorite movie is

Divergent, and her favorite

song is called Any by Cole

Swindell. Her favorite pas-

time is going to the races,

attending tractor pulls, and

spending time with her

family.

In time, Brianna plans to

travel to Florida to visit her

aunt. Brianna's best high

school memory is her jun-

ior year prom; she got to

spend it with her good

friends and got to dress up,

which allowed her and her

mother to spend some qual-

ity time together shopping.

Brianna’s mother is her

biggest inspiration, because

she's the strongest person

she knows. She's going to

miss seeing familiar faces

such as her friends after she

graduates, but is looking

forward to starting her new

journey. In ten years, she

sees herself working as a

nurse, owning a house, be-

ing married with kids, and

of course, having a dog.

Brianna's advice to under-

classmen is to be involved,

go out for sports, but still

focus on your schoolwork.

Deianeira Grage

Brianna Hicks

By Ryan Brown

Deianeira Grage of Rock-

well City is a senior at

South Central Calhoun. In

the fall of 2017, she plans

to attend the University of

Iowa in the pre-medicine

track. Today, Deianeira is

involved in multiple school

activities. These include

rotary interact club, band,

dance team, National Hon-

or Society, the five in a row

state champion SCC Aca-

demic Decathlon team,

speech, and tag.

When Deianeira isn't being

involved in one of her

many activities, she usually

can be found watching Net-

flix, listening to music, or

studying for her school

work. One of her favorite

school memories is of her

junior year of Academic

by Aspen Ellis

In the fall, Myk plans to

attend Iowa Central Com-

munity College for photog-

raphy. All throughout high

school, she was very in-

volved in a wide range of

activities. Basketball,

cheerleading, band, and

dance kept her very busy.

Myk was a top six solo

dancer two years in high

school and received two

division 1 ratings. In cheer-

leading, she was also

awarded along with the

team various trophies for

large and small group

stunts.

One of Myk’s best high

school memories is staying

in hotels for State Dance

and Cheer competitions.

Like most high school kids,

Myk is going to miss see-

ing her friends every day,

but she is looking forward

to meeting new people at

college. With Myk’s active

lifestyle, she likes to spend

time with friends and fami-

ly or go to the lakes in her

free time.

High school goes by fast on

its own, so Myk advises

students not to procrasti-

nate or wish this time

away. If she could do any-

thing differently, she would

try not to procrastinate as

much. We wish you luck,

Myk, on all your future

plans.

Myk Schoop

Cody was involved in foot-

ball, where he was a cap-

tain, wrestling, basketball,

NHS, FFA, track, soccer,

and CCD. Cody is most

looking forward to having

independence and earning

money. In ten years, he

sees himself married with

kids and having a good job.

Cody’s biggest inspiration

is his girlfriend, Morgan.

His favorite pastimes are

playing PS4, going fishing,

hanging out with his

friends, and hanging out

with Morgan. If he could

travel to anywhere in the

world, he would travel to

Mexico.

Cody's advice to under-

classmen is to take the hard

classes first, as well as

don't procrastinate. If a

book were to be written

about Cody's life, it would

be titled, Somehow I Man-

aged.

Deianeira Grage—Continued

Cody Schumacher

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by Alex Campbell.

Cody Schumacher is a sen-

ior here at SCC, and he has

some pretty big plans after

high school. He plans on

going to DMACC in

Boone for nursing, then

becoming a nurse practi-

tioner. Cody's best high

school memory is also

what he will miss the most:

messing around with his

friends.

Decathlon. “All of my friends

were on the team last year and

we grew really close”.

Deianeira also said that she

remembers when she and her

friends what to the Blue Bunny

Ice Cream Shop to celebrate

her best friend’s birthday. She

is excited to meet new friends

at college, but she said she will

miss the old ones when she

leaves. Deianeira plans to

graduate from the University

of Iowa with a medical degree.

Congratulations Deianeira on

graduating high school, and

good luck with what's to come!

First year at SCC

by Mariya Streck

This year is my first year at South

Central Calhoun. I switched here

from Carroll high at the end of my

sophomore year. I switched because

I wasn't doing so well at Carroll,

and I came here to get my focus and

grades back on track.

So far, it has been really good. I

love it here. I have made a lot of

new friends, and I really like the

teachers here. I also go to school

with my boyfriend, so that's a bo-

nus. The teachers at SCC are very

involved with helping their students

succeed.

Mr. Knapp introduced me to so

many college opportunities, scholar-

ships, and tests that were needed

before college, and it's only my jun-

ior year. I went from having bad

grades to having almost straight A's.

I love the community here as well;

everyone knows each other and is

super nice. I don't feel nervous to

talk to anyone or to get up in front

of a room and speak.

I am really glad I decided to come

here. The only disadvantage is the

drive here from Carroll every morn-

ing, plus the stairs. Other than that,

I'm proud to be at SCC, and I can't

wait to graduate and continue my

schooling at Iowa Central Commu-

nity College

Students Reflect on

School-to-Career

by Myk Schoop and Aspen Ellis

School to Career gives students a

chance to go out and explore dif-

ferent career paths. Last semes-

ter, there were fourteen senior /

juniors in this class. Students job-

shadow people and places like

preschool teachers, history teach-

ers, hog barns, the Lake City hos-

pital, or local farmers. This class

allows them to choose any job

they may be interested in and try

it out for themselves.

For a grade in the class, students

turn in weekly journals explain-

ing what their job entailed for the

week. Sometimes, the weekly

journal is about the job and asks

questions about the benefits, pay,

or the outlook in this job in the

future. School-to-career not only

gives an idea of the job they

chose but it also teaches the stu-

dents life skills. They are re-

quired to be more responsible,

sign in and out of school for the

work, manage time, and learn

how to work with coworkers and

the boss. School to career is a

great class that South Central

offers and all of the students en-

rolled really enjoy it

In the news . . .Continued

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