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3/17/2015

By Morgan Malloy

Kyle Polson, Brandon Hansen, Jordan Hansen, and Davis Sebetka playing at the District Jazz Band competition AHS hosted.

On March 31, the Audubon High School Jazz Band will be competing in the State Championships. This will be the third year in a row in which they will be competing. They were accepted into the championships by receiving 2nd place at Districts, which was hosted in Audubon and again by receiving 1st place at a competition in Woodward-Granger. Senior Shawn Hemmingsen was optimistic and said, “I’m excited! I think we’ll do pretty well. Hopefully even better than last year.”

But among all of the joy the students have from their success, there is also sorrow creeping its way in. Their beloved director Bob Hoffmann is stepping away from his role as their teacher next fall in order to pursue a new career path as an instructional coach for Audubon High School. After hearing the news, Hemmingsen said he wasn’t surprised. “I had been thinking that he was going to retire here pretty soon.”

Senior Ashley Hansen had similar feelings and said, “I was kind of shocked, but I’m not surprised. I think he deserves a chance to try new things after 30 years of teaching.”

Sophomore Kyle Polson believes that next fall without Mr. Hoffmann will be hard for the students. Mr. Hoffmann has been their band director all throughout their middle school and high school years. However, Hemmingsen and Hansen believe the kids will be able to adapt to the change.

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Blood Drive

3/16/2015

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By Daniel Thoelke

It's important to donate blood

    The NHS is hosting the Audubon blood drive at the high school on Monday March third. Many people are lining up to donate blood as a “way to give back to the school and community” as social studies teacher Randy Spies would put it. Some don’t have to give blood to donate. Senior Bradley Nissen is part of the NHS and is donating his time to working at the blood drive instead of donating blood. Nissen doesn’t donate blood because he is too afraid to, but said “I rationalize it that I am donating my time instead of my blood.”
     It is important to donate blood especially if you have a rare blood type like Spies who has AB+ and donates every year. He said he donates because “I know blood has a very short shelf life so,” with his blood type being rare, “it is important that people who are able and willing to donate blood do so.” There is always a big turnout to the blood drive for people to donate. Nissen says this is because a lot of people are “often unselfish people who love to help others and give back.”
    Spies said that he thinks “in many cases people have either personally benefited from blood donations or a friend or family member did.” Saying that they know what donating blood means and how it saves lives that it can be “a very powerful motivation, to know that your simple donation of blood may in fact save someone's life.”
    We all can give back to the community whether it’s donating blood or volunteering, either way you are still helping others.

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Spring Fever

3/4/2015

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By Drew Christensen

   “ Six more weeks of winter,” said Phil the groundhog. Some cheered, but more sobbed and hated the fact that winter won't end anytime soon. Even though Groundhogs Day is fun, it’s still just a superstition with a made up outcome.

    Around this time of the year, you see people around the school starting to mope and whine, posting pictures on instagram from summer and trying to remember nights where the sun set a 9 o’clock. They reminisce about when the weather stayed somewhere in the mid 80’s. In reality, there's a saying for those who live in Iowa, "if you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes, it will change."

    The next sign that spring fever it setting in is when one hears people talking about their spring sports. After talking with freshman Nolan Smith, he said, “ I love spring because it's track season, and I’m out to break records.”

     This kind of chatter can be heard all over the school since recently the winter sports came to a close. “The snow is [almost] gone, and we can get outside to start track,” said senior Carly Johnston.

    Finally the biggest clue that spring fever is in full swing is if one walks through local stores and sees winter coats hung alongside of swimsuits. It's simply a genius way to make money. When the buyers are craving the hot sun and cool pool water they will start buying their new summer attire to ease their spring fever sickness. At the same time, they are also purchasing winter coats on sale to get a good deal.

    If a person waits long enough, the weather in Iowa will soon change. In the mean time, button up coats and wear mittens, because it's not going to change anytime soon.

Freshman Nolan Smith not enjoying the winter weather anymore.

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Audubon FFA Presents: The Peterson Bros

3/4/2015

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By Sarah Mosinski

The Peterson Bros: Agriculture Advocates

The Peterson Brothers will be coming to Audubon, Iowa on March 9 at 6 p.m. to provide information and entertainment about agriculture in the United States at the FFA Banquet. The chapter members discussed different entertainment options and the idea to have the three brothers come from Kansas to take part in their end of the year celebration was the group they got feedback from first. Greg, Nathan, and Kendal Peterson became a big hit on Youtube. They make parody music videos of popular songs and change the words into lyrics about agriculture and farming.
Every year, FFA spends money on entertainment to join them at their banquet. With 125 members in FFA, the students come together to prepare for the meal and activities during the event. They decide who will be coming to their banquet a year in advance. The meal is served by Two Palms and the ceremonies give recognition to the seniors leaving the Audubon Chapter. Awards to seniors and other members are given in front of friends and family members. The brothers will give a presentation about farming and agriculture as a whole and what being an agriculture advocate means. FFA has many achievements including the record number of students participating in Career Development Events on the Sub-District, District and State Levels.
“Fourteen Audubon FFA Members will receive their Iowa FFA Degree at this year's State FFA Convention! The Iowa Degree is the highest honor a member can receive on the state level,” said Britney Elmquist, the FFA adviser. The Audubon FFA Chapter has been very successful.

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