The Cuba Free Press
April 3, 2003
Spring Sports
By Ashley Farris
Springtime has arrived and so have the
spring sports here at Bourbon High School!
This year at BHS we have a few new coaches
and a lot of new and returning athletes who are
all very excited to get their season started.
Track practices started this month. Jason
Merkel is coaching the track team for the first
time this year. Merkel is a teacher at BHS and
just recently finished coaching the Lady Hawks
JV basketball team.
"I am extremely excited about this year's
team. They show a lot of potential and if they
work hard, it will pay off at the end of the sea-
son," Merkel stated.
For some, springtime is an even busier time
of the year. There are a few very dedicated ath-
letes who will be participating in more than one
sport this spring.
"I'm very excited about both baseball and
track this season. I see a lot of strong points on
both sides and it should be a fun, as well as
exciting, season," Marcus Bremer said.
Baseball is another spring sport that started
earlier this month. Although the Bourbon base-
ball team has a lot of new players, they've kept
the same coach this year. Danny Payne is
coaching the baseball team for his second year.
Payne is also the BMS boys basketball coach
and a teacher.
"I'm glad Danny is our coach again this
years, he knows how to make our practices fun
but still improve our game," Damon King said.
And lastly, the golf season has begun. Their
new coach, Nathan Holder, is also a teacher and
the varsity boys basketball coach. He has high
hopes for this year's players.
Holder stated, "I'm looking forward to our
season. Hopefully we will improve throughout
the year."
"It's going to be a fun year," said Sean
Kaysinger.
GVC Band Tour
By Lindsay Knight
The Gasconade Valley Conference finally
had their band tour, aiter rescheduling three
times, on March 19. Brandi Ivie and Sherri
Stokes were the two band members from
Bourbon High School. The tour lasted for all of
the school day and they went to three different
schools. The band came to BHS, then to
Steelville High School and then to Viburnum
High School.
There was a selection of songs played on the
tour. Viburnum directed, "Under the Double
Eagle,"; Steelville directed, "rhe Lord of the
Rings,"; Vienna directed, "Of Dark Lords and
Ancient Kings,"; Bourbon directed, "Stranger
on the Shore,"; Cuba directed a selection from
"Cats,"; and Belle directed, "Rough Riders., ,
BHS Briefs
Brandi Ivie said, "GVC was a lot of fun and
we had good performances everywhere we
went. I met a lot of new people. It was great!"
"The GVC Band was really good. I liked the
sons. I thought Brandi was awesome,"
Cassandra Bailey said.
GVC math contest
By Ryan Pilkenton
Bourbon went to Belle for the GVC math
contest on March 18. The three math teachers,
Mr. Ray, Mrs. Rowden and Mrs. Studdard,
chose their best students in their classes to
take. There were six people from Bourbon who
placed. They were: Jon Wissmann, fourth in
Calculators; Tara Bobbit, fourth in Algebra I;
Ryan Pilkenton, third in Algebra I; Garrett Ash,
third in Algebra II; Jeremy Clausen, third in
Computations and Charlotte Bruner, second in
Algebra I.
"The students did a good job representing
Bourbon High School and our community," Mr.
Ray said.
College games influence classes
By Ryan Pilkenton
March Madness is everywhere at Bourbon
High.
Teachers are using the college tournament
brackets as a way for students to gain bonus
points or for classes to compete against each
other for a party of some type.
Two of the teachers doing this are Mr. Huitt
and Mr. Holder. Mr. Holder is having his
American History classes competing against
one another for a free day by using the brackets
as a type of point system. For each win the
classes get right they get a certain number of
points, the class with the most points wins.
Mr. Huitt is giving out bonus points to the
person or persons in one of his classes whose
bracket is more accurate than his is.
March Warhawks
By Keshia Bunton-Nye
Wow, Bourbon has picked their Warhawks
for the month of March. Some teachers picked
two students each for their behavior or
improvements in grades. These students have
tried very hard to succeed and help others.
"It's a great feeling to be one of the few stu-
dents selected each month for Warhawk of the
Month," Brandi Branson said.
The following students made Warhawk of
the Month: Keshia Bunton-Nye, Melinda
Sinclair, Chris Gargus, Jeff Greenlee, Jon
Wissmann, Brandi Branson, Amanda Densen,
Lisa Matlock, Tara Bobbitt, Amber Armstrong,
Robert Lockhart, Tony McKnight, Brad
Lantrip, Janet Morgan, Kim Badger and Bobbi
Jean Gargus.
"It's a great accomplishment to be chosen for
Warhawk of the Month, since not many stu-
dentsare chosen," Tara Bobbitt stated.
T£tudts are thrflle'- get this honor.
The teachers have been great, choosing the
right students to get this honor.
"I try my hardest to do my best in school and
in life. I love new opportunities in life. I would
do it all again if I had to," Keisha Bunton-Nye
said.
Bourbon senior goes to VICA
state
By Ashley Starr Parks
Jesse Nelson is a senior at Bourbon High
School. He goes to Rolla Technical Institute in
the mornings and then goes to school at
Bourbon in the aRernoous. Doing this helps
him get through college. If you go your junior
and senior year you will have already complet-
ed one year of college.
In RTI, he's studying auto mechanics. This
year he competed at districts. He was in the
largest group there and placed first. Since he
placed well he'll move on and go to the VICA
Skills State Contest that's being held from April
24-27. If he does well in this competition he can
wir scholarships, tools, money and even a car!
"I'm glad that I made it. I think that I'll go
far because I know a lot about what I'm doing,"
Nelson said.
"I think that Jesse did really well, RTI
taught him well," Travis Robertson said.
There are 13 main stations. At each station
there are different things that you do. You fix
problems in the cars. There are prompters, peo-
ple who judge you, who watch hat you're
doing. They give you points according to how
well you did. The person with the most points
wins.
"Jesse deserved this. He tries hard and he
really knows what he is doing," Gus
Banderman said.
GVC spring recognition
By Samantha Miller
The Gasconade Valley Conference night was
held on March 18 at the Cuba High School.
Those who made GVC basketball, Scholar Bowl
or band were recognized for doing well in that
organization.
Garrett Ash and Ryan Bobbitt, juniors, were
both All-Conference for boys basketball.
The entire boys basketball team medaled
second in conference and earned a Certificate of
Recognition.
Sophomore, Lindsey Machelett was All-
Conference for girls basketball. Cole Halfaker, a
senior, made All-Conference for Scholar Bowl.
Brandi Ivie, sophomore, and Sheri Stokes,
freshman, both made All-Conference Band.
BMS Scoo
A knack for Nick
By Tom Summers
Nick Weber is an eighth grader
here at Bourbon Middle School.
Nick enjoys riding his dirt bike
and being outdoors. Nick has been
at BMS for two years. He has
attended six other schools before
Bourbon.
Nick lives with his mother
Tracy, father Brad and his brother
Ben. Ben is in the sixth grade here
at Bourbon. Nick cares for his fam-
ily very much and enjoys spending
time with them.
Nick is a confident hardworking
student here at Bourbon Middle
School. So now I hope that you as
well have a knack for Nick.
Linkin Park Band of
The Millennium
By Melissa Bell
Anyone who has heard Linkin
Park's debut album Hybrid Theory
(or their remix album
Reanimation) can see how much
work they put into their music.
They will write six or seven songs,
and throw five or six of them away.
Then take one song and tear it
down then rebuild it numerous
times. They want their music to be
perfect for their fans.
And they take just as much
pride in their live show. I had the
honor of attending a concert that
was part of their Linkin Park
Underground Tour last Tuesday.
I'm sure anyone who was there
will agree that they are amazing
live. The guys do a lot of interact-
ing with the fans. And before you
can mosh (out of control dance)
they make sure you know the car-
dinal rule, "If someone falls, you
pick them up," very good advice.
I really look up to them as do
many other people. They are an
inspiration. The space for this arti-
cle was limited, but I hope that I
have peaked your interest. To find
out more check out their official
site at www.linkinpark.com.
Still cruising
By John Klocke
Mr. Kitchen is Bourbon Middle
School's seventh grade science
teacher. Although he teaches sci-
ence, he says he likes all subjects
that require intellectual skill.
Kitchen has been teaching in
Bourbon for an impressive 31
years.
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ented at teaching. He
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Dustin Farris
By Mary Miller
Dustin Farris is a
student In Mrs.
Bourbon Middle School.
the son of Crystal Farris'
construction worker
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child! His favorite
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very smart, mature
Dustin's favorite song.
Here" by Nelly. He
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going shopping at the
more Nike clothes and
shoes.
Dustin's favorite Play
game is Tony Hawk
He could play that
loves to hang out with
friend Ron Metts.
isn't inside playing hfi
tion, he is outside
His favorite sports
football and soccer.
When Dustin
wants to own a viper.
drink is Sprite, and
food is
color is blue
it would be to grow up
dirt bike rider. He is
for Christmas this
favorite actor is Ada
and he love
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