Entries from March 2007

March 31, 2007

A Fun and Challenging Week at HCHS

     As ten seniors (5 boys and 5 girls) packed their bags last Sunday, we were all wondering, who will be the ultimate senior survivor? Through the week of March 26th through the 30th these seniors have been involved in many challenges to eliminate who was the weakest player. As the week went on, the [...]

March 30, 2007

Career Fair

The fourth annual career fair was held yesterday March, 29.  The career fair consisted of many of Harlan’s and other town’s finest workers in different jobs.  We were honored to have five other schools here they are: A-H-S-T, Boyer Valley, Elk Horn-Kimbalton, IKM, and Walnut high schools. There were people there that work as vets to  people [...]

March 29, 2007

Tennis Interview

The HCHS tennis team is coached by head coach Chad Bruns.  They were 8th out 10 teams in the Hawkeye 10 meet last year.  They are trying to improve that this year.  They do have  their ace back from last year in Cody Petersen.  They have a lot of people that are coming back from [...]

March 28, 2007

Girl’s Win 1st Home Track Meet!

On Monday, March 27th, the HCHS girl’s track team won their first home meet.  Below is an interview with Coach Hosack and his views about the results of the meet.  There is also some footage from the meet. 

Brianna Croghan and Amanda Petersen

March 28, 2007

Jazzing it up

 
 The Harlan Community High School Jazz Band strikes again in Tuesday’s Jazz competition in Norfolk, Nebraska. After a long three hour trip form Harlan to Norfolk, both the Jazz one and two bands preformed at the North Eastern Community College, The Jazz two at 11:45 and the Jazz one at 12:30. Shortly after the Jazz [...]

March 27, 2007

Girl’s Soccer Sneak Peak

Below is an interview with Coach Vis and his views on the upcoming soccer season. 

Becca Stein & Brianna Croghan

March 27, 2007

MySpace Imposter!!!!

A growing trend in high school and college is for a student to pretend to be someone else on MySpace. They get a picture of someone(usually a teacher or another student) and then make up a fake MySpace page on that person. Many are harmless but occasionally these fake sites can lead to the arrest of the [...]

March 23, 2007

Interesting Stats Video

Here is the video I showed at the beginning of the semester on interesting statistical information on trends in the world:

March 19, 2007

Life after Losing

In the video below we reveal the raw emotion of the shocked fans after Harlan’s 57-56 loss against Sioux City Heelan in the final 1.5 seconds of the 3-A semifinals. But did we really lose? Did the officials start the clock in time? What do you think? Leave a comment.
Mary and Mitch 6th hour
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March 19, 2007

3-19-07 School Board Minutes

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March 18, 2007

HCHS Pep Band’s Final Performance

On Thursday, March 15, the Harlan Pep band played their final performance. Allison interviewed a pep band regular and it also shows many highlights from their most recent performance. Although many people don’t realize it, a Harlan sports game just wouldn’t have the excitement and energy without the pep band and, hopefully, you can come and enjoy that [...]

March 18, 2007

Duke Upset!!!!!

Duke played Virginia Commonwealth on Friday and they were in for a unsupected surprise. VCU came out ready to play that day and it showed.  Sophmore Eric Maynor had a steller performance. He put up 20 with nine of them being in the last minute and a half. He also scored the 15 foot jumper [...]

March 18, 2007

Oz Tattoo

This is an exclusive interview with the co-owners Dave and Jodi Sardegna of Oz Tattoo in Harlan Iowa.  The interview includes information about the shop, its recent opening, and the work done there. Dave does the piercings and Jodi does the tattoos.

March 18, 2007

Harlan Girls: On the Right Track

On Friday the 16th, the Harlan girls and boys track teams made the journey to the land of the windmills, better known as Storm Lake for the indoor Buena Vista track meet. With hard work and fast feet the girls came out on top, winning the meet by 36 points. Get a feel for the [...]

March 18, 2007

THE WHOLE TEN YARDS

Despite the wild weather we are going through, Mr. Angel and the Harlan Community High School Girls Golf are in full swing! I sat down with the busy dude, and asked about his hopes for this golf season.  
Q) How many girls are out this year?
A) 23 8 are seniors.
Q) What are some of the [...]

March 18, 2007

NCAA Tournament Poll

This is a poll on how many teams from your final four in your bracket are left after this weekend.
http://pub43.bravenet.com/minipoll/viewservice.php

-Ryan Henrich

March 18, 2007

FFA Breaks Record-Interview with Mr. Leinen

On Saturday March 10, the Harlan FFA chapter participated at the District FFA contest held at Glenwood.  Ben (6th) and Nate (3rd)  interviewed Mr. Leinen about how the District competition went and about the future State FFA contest that seventy kids from Harlan will get to participate in.

March 18, 2007

Day of Silence

2ndlogo.jpgShut-mouthed students stroll down the halls bearing stickers that compensate for their silence. Cards proclaiming their vow of silence for the day of April 18th, the Day of Silence, are passed to perplexed teachers and non-petitioning peers. In schools across America, it will be accomplished this year, something that I sincerely hope will be put [...]

March 17, 2007

Girls Track ISU meet

Monday the 12th Harlan girls track attended a meet at ISU in Ames. Only about half the team went to the meet and they did farley well. I was unable to get results of the meet but i have an interview with Cristin Kloewer who ran a 4×4 very well at the meet.
Q.How did you [...]

March 16, 2007

Nickelback Concert Review and Pics

HCHS Concert Reviewer Sarah B. recently went to the Nickelback concert. She took some pictures of the concert and some of her friends. She said the concert was awesome! Enjoy!
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March 14, 2007

“The Undefeated Season”

This year the HCMS Jazz band did the unthinkable. They won every contest that they entered. There were 7 contests. They played four songs;  1)Groove Blues, 2)A Warm Fuzy, 3)Blue Flame, 4)Bye-Bye Blackbird. They were directed by Steve Britt. The solos for the first song are Nate Mages (8th grade Lead Trumpt), Nick Hadfield (8th grade Lead Trombone), [...]

March 14, 2007

G.T.P. Lip Sync Preview

Next Thursday, March 22, the Second Annual Lip Sync Competition will be held. Mr. Mitchell and myself are looking to win it. Check out the video for a preview of our performance. Remember that this is only our second practice. Sorry for the terrible sound as well!
Posted by HCHS News Editor [...]

March 14, 2007

3-12-07 School Board Minutes and 2007-08 School Calendar

The first link below is the final version of the 2007-2008 school calendar. The second link is the school board minutes from 3-12-07.
calendar
03-12-07-minutes.doc
Posted by HCHS News Editor Mr. Bruns

March 12, 2007

FFA Breaks Old Record

     The Harlan FFA broke an old record of sending members to state for contests.  The old record of members sent is around fifty members, give or take.  Yet, this year we destroyed the old record by sending an astonishing 70 members to the state convention in Ames.  Some of the teams that recieved first [...]

March 12, 2007

CYO Girl’s Basketball

March 12, 2007

March Madness!!

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Even thought CBS has the rights to use the term “March Madness”, I decided to use it anyway. I have included a link to a printable Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket. I have also have included pdf file’s for the Class 3A Iowa High School Boy’s Basketball Tournament and the Men’s NCAA NIT Basketball Tournament. I will include [...]

March 11, 2007

Girls Tennis :)

This is a interview with Mrs. Beach, the girls tennis coach.  It talks about the upcoming season and what we can expect this year.
Michelle and Julia, HCHS news.

March 11, 2007

Organizational Interest

I had the chance sit down and interview Anne Keane about the many organizations that she is involved with. Anne is very good about being a club leader and taking responsibility for many tasks that are involved. She keeps very busy with working and doing activities with the clubs that she is with. Let’s take [...]

March 11, 2007

Battle of the Seasons

The hottest news of this week does not involve politics, sports, or religion. These “side-show” topics take a back seat this week to THE WEATHER. Winter has loosened its deathgrip on humanity and given way to Spring. We took a look at the numerable perspectives of this yearly event, and asked the tough question. Which [...]

March 11, 2007

LYO Wins

The Lyo A team contrlled most of the game heading into the fourth quarter when defiance could not slim down Lyo’s lead.
The link below shows highlights and a special interview with senior ,David Hosack, who carried the team through the good times and the bad times of the teams season.
Though the games, we have picked [...]