April 2013 - Southeast Dubois Schools

Inside this issue:
April 2013
Featured Athlete
2
Girls Tennis
3
Horoscope
4
Dance Review
5
Featured Car
6
Mystery Baby
7
Movie Review
8
Teacher Spotlight
9
Softball Review
10
Baseball Review
11
Track Review
12
Prom
13
Book Review
14
March Madness
15
Class of 2013
16
Folk Fest Headliners 17
Town Yard sale
18
Why Farts Smell
19
Miracle Baby
20
Worthless celebrities 21
Game Review
22
Mr. Fp
23
North Korea
24
The Lookout
Boys Golf
By Aaron Schuler
The Forest Park Ranger golf
team at Forest Park started on
their season on April 8, a couple of weeks ago, at the BarrReeve golf course. Naturally,
they played Barr-Reeve’s golf
team. Sadly, they were defeated, but sophomore player
Alex Russell says that this
has not broken their spirits
and that they continue to
practice and get better. The
juniors, Winston Glen, Drew
Weyer, and Justin Sitzman
lead the team due to their
greater experience with the
game. Giving the juniors
backup, the sophomores also
contribute to the overall scoring power of the team. The
sophomores include Alex
Russell, Travis Nord, Addison Weyer, and Matt Miller.
Moreover, there are some
new additions to the team in
the form of the freshman:
Josh Thomas, Carson Haake,
Mathew Nonte, Colton Glen,
Isaac Austin, and Blake Emmert. The home course for
the team is the Christmas
Lake Golf Course located in
Santa Clause, Indiana. Their
second match was on April 9.
The match took place at
Christmas Lake and their opponents were Crawford County and Perry Central. The
boys tried their best, but in
the end, they lost the match.
The two matches that followed both were cancelled.
One was supposed to take
place against Southridge,
Loogootee, and South Spencer. The second one to be
cancelled was at Pike Central,
but it was rescheduled for
April 23, 2013. On April 16,
the boys played against
Springs Valley and Orleans.
The boys lost again, but they
are keeping their heads up.
They have a goal to score
under 200 points cumulative
as a team. They also have the
goal to win more matches
then they did last year. Even
though the boy’s golf team
has hit a couple of rough
patches at the beginning of
this year, as the season continues the team will continue
to improve and lessen the
amount of strokes taken by
each player. With most of the
team being younger, in the
next couple of years the team
should be able to improve
with more experience as varsity golf players. We all hope
to see improvement for the
boys as they continue
throughout the season. Their
last golf match is at Christmas
Lake against Heritage Hills,
Evansville Central, and Tell
City at five thirty on May
23rd. Be sure to come and
watch the boys perform at
sectional.
April 2013
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Featured Athlete
By Bryce Bettag
A young man with a huge heart and
a magnificent attitude, Kyle
Luebbehusen, is one of many outstanding senior athletes here at Forest Park. Kyle’s classmates and
teammates nickname him Lubbs,
and the nickname has stuck exceptionally well since Lance Buechler
gave it to him in fifth grade. As you
can see, the name is bizarrely close
to his last name. Lubbs has been
involved in multiple athletics in the
past years, including soccer, track,
and even a kicker for the football
team. He was a manager for the
track team last year, and he decided
to witness the whole experience this
year by actually competing in races.
He is involved in four different
events: the 100 meter dash, 200
meter dash, 4x1 Relay, and the long
jump. His favorite is the 4x1 because he loves how it’s a team effort and they must work in unison
to experience a clean baton transition.
Luebbehusen, like many seniors, is
sad that the whole high school experience is almost over, but he also
cannot wait until the next school
year rolls around. Kyle will have to
overcome a huge difference though.
Instead of returning to Forest Park
High School, he will begin a new
life at a much larger school. This
school is unknown at this moment;
however, he has had his eyes on the
University of Southern Indiana
quite a time now. There, he plans
on majoring in athletic training and
participating in intermural soccer
and other clubs. Kyle quotes, “I
have a lot of stacked up stress
right now, but I know it will pay
off sooner or later!” Lubbs gave
me some good advice on the
whole subject: “Keep your head
up. When you feel stressed or
down, just remember it will all
work out in the future!”
Outside of school and sports,
Lubbs enjoys collecting different
things, including stamps, baseball
cards, and the 50 quarters for the
50 United states of America. Kyle
has one brother who is much older
than him and two nieces. Kyle
also has a nice dog named Jose,
who he admires greatly. Other
activities enjoyed by Lubbs include watching movies and taking
road trips. One thing he really
loves is combining the two and
watching a movie while taking a
long road trip. Kyle will watch a
movie with anybody. All you have
to do is ask him. If you’ve never
spoke with Luebbehusen, I reckon
you do so because he’s a fantastic
young man whose heart contains
an abundance of generosity.
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Girls Tennis
By Keisha Jackson
This year the girl’s tennis team
has a new coach, Forest Park ‘s
new eighth grade English teacher, Mrs. Opell took over the
position. Mrs. Opell use to play
tennis back at her high school,
Castle. She says, “I’m excited
to coach the girl’s. They are
always energetic coming into
practices, which I hope carries
on into the games and the rest of
the season.” Another thing she
is excited about is the fact that
she gets to work with high
school students. She says, “I’m
ready to get to know some of
the older students here in our
high school by taking the tennis
coach role.” The tennis team
this year has eighteen girls to
compete in the sixteen matches
planned for them, with a few
invites in there, plus sectional.
The girls started off their official season on Thursday, April
4th with a win against Washington Catholic. Amie Weyer, Rachel Hentrup, and Maddison
Beckman all kicked off their
season with a win for the Ranger’s No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3
spots. The double teams, Jordan Buechler & Kereston Hochgesang and Kelly Weyer & Mareike Zeilder, defeated their
opponents as well, making the
ladies victory a sweep. The following weekend the girls traveled down to Gibson Southern
for a tournament. The ladies
finished the day off by placing
forth. After a loss in the tournament, the girls came out fighting
against the Crawford County
Wolfpack the following week.
Jordan Buechler and Kereston Hochgesang
won in doubles with a score of 6-4, 6-0.
The other varsity duo, Kelly Weyer and
Mareike Zeilder, won their match 6-2, 6-1.
For the Lady Rangers singles, No.1, Amie
Weyer went 6-2, 6-1 while Rachel
Hentrup, No.2 singles defeated her match
up with the same score. Final in the match
against Crawford, Maddison Beckman
sailed away with an easy win of 6-1, 6-2.
With the rescheduling of a match, the girls
played on Friday, April 12 against Heritage Hills and defeated them with a score of
5-0, while Junior Varsity fell 0-4. The
following Monday the girls went on the
road to Pike Central and came away with
yet another victory!
The girls, as of now, are 4-1 with eleven
more matches to go. “I am proud of the
start of this season so far. All of the girls
are working hard to get the victory for the
whole team.” says Junior Kereston Hochgesang about her team.
April 2013
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Horoscope
By Alec Hassfurther
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20)
Get your homework done early because you are going to be running
late. Make sure you use the restroom
before you leave home!
TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21)
Try to save as much money as possible because you will run into a financial disaster. That means cut back on
your McDonald’s intake.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)
Do not make promises that you cannot keep. When you do not keep your
promises people become mad and you
do not want all of their hate focused
in on you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Be adventurous and take chances that
you normally would not take. You
will be given a lucky break soon.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22)
Stay away from topics that will hurt
people. It will come back to haunt
you. Don’t talk bad about people because you will get on their bad side.
You are going to need help from
someone outside of your group of
friends.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)
Your mind is not money orientated.
Look to become something you will
enjoy. Go out and become something
that will make your parents proud.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)
Your relationship is hanging by a
thread. You need to bring more surprises into it and be more romantic or else
you will get the boot.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
If you have plans for your future, throw
them out the window. Your life is going to become a rollercoaster that cannot be stopped. Just go with the flow,
but know that you will most likely end
up serving fries at McDonald’s all your
life.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)
You may have difficulties with foreigners. Be open and accept them. They
help keep our economy going.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20)
This month will not be your month. All the
good things will be happening to everyone else.
Be tough and keep trying.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)
People you live with will not be terribly happy
with you regardless of what you do this month.
You are going to get kicked out of your house,
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Dance Review
By Madison Grundhoefer
The Forest Park Dance
Team finished off their season
on Saturday, March 16, 2013.
They went to state finals at New
Castle, Indiana. New Castle’s
gym is the largest and finest in
the entire world. The girls competed against schools that triple
in the size of Forest Park. For
example, Lake Central whom
has nine hundred in their senior
class alone. For the dance team
here, that is quite impressive
competing against those huge
schools.
In their Pom routine, the
girls finished third place, behind
Crown Point and Munster. The
dance team beat Homestead,
Hanover Central, Bloomington
South High Schools. The girls
scored an 87.45. This is the
first time in school history that
the girls received a medal in the
Pom category. The girls were
extremely excited about placing
third. Normally, the girls receive fifth or sixth place.
Receiving another third
place in the Hip Hop category,
the girls were happy with what
they placed. The dance team
beat Carroll and Hanover Central. They got beat by Lake
Central, who received first,
and also Northrop, who received second. Once again,
these teams are fairly big
compared to Forest Park.
Northrop has eight boys that
do tricks and the rest are girls
dancing in the background.
The Forest Park Dance Team
scored an 87.98.
In the Kick routine, the
girls received second place.
The competition they beat was
Vincennes Lincoln, Crawfordsville, and Mitchell. Forest Park got beat by Crown
Point in the high kick routine.
The girls scored an 85.68, and
Crown Point
scored an 87.69,
causing them to
get beat by 2.01
points. The girls
were also happy
with this place, but
wished they would
have defended
their three-time
state championship.
The Forest Park Dance Team
had a lot of competition when they
went up north to New Castle. Placing
in the top three in all three categories
was a first for the dance team. The
seniors on the team are Megan
Grundheofer, Madison Grundheofer,
Andi Kempf, Nicole Weyer, Sydney
Berg, and Taylor Kluemper. These
girls are the most decorated class that
has come through Forest Park.
Throughout their entire high school
career, they received a total of nine
metals, and four state championships.
This is a huge accomplishment, and it
may never be done again in Forest
Park history.
April 2013
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Featured Car
By Alex Russell
The featured car for this
month is a 2005 Dodge
Stratus. Owned by Sam Russell, this beast has a four
cylinder, 2.4 Liter engine.
The car gets an estimated
MPG: City 20/Hwy 27. It
can seat up to five passengers. The car was made right
here in the United States of
America. Another good feature on the Dodge is the fact
that it has an automatic
transmission. Kelly Blue
book gave the car 7.5 out of
10. “The Dodge Stratus is a
very reliable car. You can
take the car anywhere and
not put a scratch on it. The
Stratus is the very best first
car you could possibly get
for the price,” Sam Russell
stated. I then asked him
what his favorite feature
about the car is and he said,
“I really appreciate the roar
of the engine. When I am at
a stoplight, I try to be the
first off of the line! Normally, I am not, but it is a
dream of mine to beat a
Mustang in horse power.”
Sam said these key words
when talking about the car:
reliable, good speaker system, easy to handle, hugs
the road exceptionally well.
After asking him if there are
any cons on the car, he said
that the lights on the inside
are fairly dim. He does not
think that that is a big deal,
though. The interior is also
made of cheap or weak
plastic and he wouldn’t
mind if it was a little bit
nicer. The front bumper is
another big pet peeve of
his. It always scrapes the
ground and tends to fall off,
causing him to have to put
it back on. The worst he
says has to be the headlights. They are extremely
foggy, and not as bright as
he wants them to be. It always seems to him as if at
least one of the headlights
is out. Overall, Sam wouldn’t want to have a different
car as his first. He wants to
put some rad rims on the
thing and maybe tint the
windows a little bit. The
best thing about the automobile is all of the precious
memories Sam has made in
and with it. I may be his
brother, and he has to love
me, but in all honesty, I
think he would rather
spend a Saturday night
with the Stratus than hanging out
with me.
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Mystery Baby
By Brittney Buechler
This month’s mystery baby is
one of the amazing seniors
here at Forest Park High
School. When he/she was
younger, he/she attended St.
Anthony Elementary. He/she
plans on attending Vincennes
University to excel his/her
education. He/she has kept
himself/herself extremely
busy throughout his/her career in high school. Between
working about 40 hours a
week and attempting to keep
up with school and homework, he/she has had to learn
to manage
his/her time
excellently.
Even through all of this added stress, this person has
managed to keep a great attitude. His/her favorite teacher
is Mrs. Allen, but his/her favorite class is ICE with Mr.
Howard. He/she hopes to
major in Administrative Office Technology with Medical Concentration. He/she
lives in Bretzville, Indiana
and drives a Pontiac G6 to
school every day. He/she has
long, brown hair with a pretty, genuine smile. He/she
modeled for Kali D Photography
for his/her senior pictures. He/
she is chatty, sociable, and loving toward his/her friends. He/
she used to be on the volleyball
and tennis teams freshman year.
He/she is slightly taller than average and small in build. His/
her favorite genre of music is
Pop, but he/she also likes some
types of rap. He/she likes the
performers Lady Gaga, Bruno
Mars, and Usher. His/her favorite song to listen to is Ho Hey by
the Lumineers. He/she likes to
shop, get his/her nails done, and
hang with friends. His/her pets
include two fully grown boxer
dogs. He/she has 3 younger sisters; Lauren, Leslie, and Grace.
His/her favorite color is blue and
her favorite college team is the
Blue Devils of Duke University.
His/her favorite stores to go to
are American Eagle, Rue 21,
and Maurices. If you were to
take him/her out to dinner, he/
she would prefer going to Los
Bravos or Biaggis. But if you
were to take him/her out on a
date, he/she would like to go to a
romantic comedy movie and a
nice dinner afterwards. When
he/she is not busy with work, he/
she is organizing fundraisers for her
Relay for Life team. He/
she is a manager at Maurices and helps close at
nights, even on school
nights which causes her to
get home past 11:00 p.m.
Do have what it takes to
guess this month’s mystery
baby? I gave you plenty of
clues; you just have to
piece it all together. Good
luck!
April 2013
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Movie Review
By Sam Russell
I am sure many people have heard of helps Marlin and Dory after the
the movie Finding Nemo. It is about
awful jellyfish attack. Therefore,
an adult clownfish named Marlin who Andrew Stanton is a big player
searches the entire ocean to find his
when it comes to making a really
son. Along the way Marlin meets
good animated movie. Marlin is
many new people such as the stoned
played by Albert Brooks, Dory is
sea turtles, Bruce the great white
played by the fabulous Ellen Deshark, Anchor the Hammerhead shark, generes, Nemo is played by Alexand Chum the Mako shark. The most ander Gould, and Gill is played by
memorable and probably everyone’s Willem Dafoe. Out of 10 stars,
favorite character is Dory the blue
Finding Nemo got a big 8.6 for the
tang fish. Dory has short-term
breathtaking animation, talented
memory loss, so it created some hilar- vocal work, and a well written
ious and suspenseful moments with
screenplay added up to a another
her and the mischievous things that
Pixar success. The reason I am
she did. I asked around the school of doing a movie review on Finding
what people thought about Finding
Nemo is that they just announced
Nemo and, the majority of everyone
the sequel to this fantastic movie is
said that they enjoyed the movie, and coming out November 2015 called
that it is a family friendly movie for
Finding Dory. Finding Dory is
all ages to see. Not only is the movie about Dory obviously and she gets
rated G for some intense scenes they lost and Marlin and Nemo set out
may scare so children. The director
to find her. At least I think that is
Lee Unkrich and Andrew Stanton
what will happen because they
split the duties that the directors have directors have not said what the
to handle which is quite a bit actually.
Not only does Andrew Stanton have his
director abilities to do, he also did the
screenplay along with Bob Peterson and
David Reynolds, AND he
was the voice
of Crush, the
big stoned sea
turtle that
plot is going to be yet, all that was said is that
because at the end of Finding Nemo, Dory was
seen with her three new friends which were the
three sharks they met earlier. Maybe that is
foreshadowing or maybe the directors just want
you to think that is what is going to happen, but
only time will tell.
April 2013
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Teacher Spotlight
By Cody Tempel
During this fine month
of April, Jeff Durlauf happens
to be the teacher spotlight.
After filling out a questionnaire, made for him by yours
truly, here are his answers in
full length. This young man
is . He is married to the love of
his life, Megan. She is pregnant with a boy and is due on
May 25th. To list all his favorite categories would take forever so here is the short list
straight off the survey. His
favorite teams include IU college sports, Royals from the
MLB, Colts from the NFL, and
the soccer team Barcelona.
The restaurant he chose as his
favorite is Yamatos. I would
definitely have to agree with
him on this one. Yamatos is
one of the best sushi places in
this area and probably in all of
southern Indiana. The music
he is most interested in includes classical rock, country,
and folk. Avett Brothers,
Dawes, Skynard, and the Black
Crowes are the specific bands
Durlauf listed along with these
genres. Some other favorites
he had included CROSS FIT
and the book, Atlas Shrugged.
I’d say his favorite hobby
would be CROSS FIT because
Jeff Durlauf started it up our
small town of Ferdinand. If
you are into cross fit, or commonly known as x fit, then you
can thank him. He is one tough
man. He’s of intelligence and
physical strength. He enjoys
movies such as, Gladiator,
Braveheart, 300, and Anchorman. There are no actors as
his favorite. He must have a
lot of favorites and couldn’t
decide between them. The
way to a man’s heart is
through his stomach. To
make him happy I’d make
steak or grilled chicken
thighs. These are true American meals. Who wouldn’t
love these refreshments? His
ways of transportation are by
bike, Jeep, truck, or by foot.
These are of the normal. He
says his favorite thing about
his vehicular devices is that
they run. Working out happens to be Jeff Durlauf’s favorite pastime. This would
make sense since you can see
him at his training facility. JD
attended the Oakland City
University, after going to
school at Forest Park, the best
school in southern Indiana.
During his childhood, Durlauf said
his role model was
Barry Larkin. This
man was a baseball
player for the Cincinnati Reds.
Overall, he is a
good teacher and
person.
April 2013
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Softball Preview
By Katie Fischer
The 2013 Ranger Softball
season has officially started. Although the season started off chilly,
spring is finally making its way for
this spring sport. Due to bad winter
weather, the first three games of the
girls season got cancelled, including
their preseason scrimmage. The
scrimmage was against Heritage
Hills, like it is every year. The season games that got cancelled were
Evansville North, Mater Dei, and
Providence. Mater Dei is probably
the only one that may possibly be
tried to make up. Mater Dei is a
major rivalry and especially in sectional. Finally on April 2nd the
girls got to compete. The team they
played was Washington. The girls
came out on top 4-1. Finally starting the season off with a great start,
the girls then had a busy schedule
making time to play some of their
biggest rivals. The next competitor
for the girls was Southridge, which
is one of Forest Park’s biggest rivals. Sadly the girls fell short
against the Raiders losing 7-5 that
Friday night. The girls then played
that next Saturday having a double-
header at Clarksville. The girls lost the
first game by a close score of, 11-10.
The second game the girls lost again by
a larger defeat of, 7-2. Hoping to turn
things around, the girls competed
against South Spencer the following
Monday. Having a rough next couple
of games the girls lost 15-0 against
South Spencer, and 14-2 against North
Posey. Their next competitor was Perry
Central and came out on top with a win
4-1. I asked senior, Kylie Blessinger,
who even though she can’t play due to a
torn ligament in her right foot, still has a
bright outlook on the season. She said,
“We have had a pretty even start and
have been working tremendously hard
on our season. I know we can get this
season together because our girls are
built for it. I will support them and
cheer them on in their upcoming
games.” The Lady Rangers plan on
doing just that. The next competitor for
the girls was South Knox and they came out
with a win 9-8. The girls even played an extra
inning and came out on top. As the girls continue on with their season, they hope to make
more wins than losses. A big factor in any
sport is the cheering section. So hopefully the
Rangers will make it out to support them on
their home field at Cedar Crest to cheer them
on to victory!
April 2013
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Baseball Review
By Lance Buechler
This year’s Forest Park
baseball team has very
high potential to do big
things. Coach Howard has
his team prepared for the
season and they are excited to get things started.
This year’s pitching staff is
stacked with many young
arms. The leading retuning pitcher is junior Jared
Wilgus, followed by senior,
Adam Braunecker. Senior,
Kyle Schlachter, is projected to have a big year, along
with other starter Trent
Bayer. Reliever, Ben Kitten, returns for another
year and Reece Heilers and
Bryan Hurst will also come
out of the bullpen. Junior,
Alec Hassefurthur, has the
closing duties. Defensively, the Rangers look like
this: taking over at first
base is Jared Wilgus, Damon Wilmes holds down
the second base position,
Adam Braunecker plays
shortstop, and Bryan
Hurst and Ben Wendholt
play third base. The outfield has Trent Bayer and
Reece Heilers in right
field, Lance Buechler in
centerfield, and Bryce Bettag and Josh Voegerl in
left field.
Coming into the season, Forest
Park was ranked 10th in the preseason polls. Forest Park kicked
off their season on Tuesday,
April 2. The Rangers welcomed
in the Vikings from Barr Reeve.
The game was neck and neck
throughout, and Forest Park
sealed the deal in the ninth inning on a walk off hit by Damon
Wilmes. Adam Braunecker
picked up the win. On Thursday,
April 4 the Rangers welcomed
the Wildcats from Mater Dei
High School in the early season
showdown. After a battle
throughout the whole night, Mater Dei pulled away towards the
closing innings. The final score
was 8-4. Jared Wilgus picked up
the loss for the Rangers. On Friday, April 5, the Tecumseh
Braves came to Ferdinand. Although the game was supposed to
be played at Tecumseh, the game
ended up being played at Ranger
Field. The Rangers got off to a
slow start, but broke the game
wide open with a five run 5th
inning. The final score was 80. The Rangers got multiple
hits from Jared Wilgus, Bryan
Hurst, Adam Braunecker, and
Lance Buechler. Kyle
Schlachter picked up the win.
On Monday, April 8 Forest
Park took their first road trip of
the season. They traveled to
Pike Central. After a slow
start, Forest Park left Pike
County with a 13-1 win. Forest
Park baseball is off to a very
good start this year. Come out
and support the team at Ranger Field!
April 2013
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Track Review
By Kyle Lubbehusen
The running Rangers are off to
another season and looking to
be better than ever. So far, the
Rangers have ran against Heritage Hills, and both the girls and
the boys came out with a very
hard fought win. The boys came
out with a 95-35 win, and the
girls got a one point advantage
over the boys with a win of 9635. Many good things came out
of this meet, with all of the newcomers in the boys and girls
teams getting valuable points.
Another meet was held at the
rolling hills of Forest Park
where they played host to county rival Jasper. The Ranger
boys won the meet handily by a
score of 85-45; while the girls
did not have that good of a turn
out. A new comer for the boys
team includes Aaron Schuler, a
boy that apparently does not
know is own speed. During the
past meet against Jasper, Aaron
ran in the 100-meter dash and
scorching the competition by
getting an 11.002. To say that,
that is not fast is like saying that
a snail can finish a marathon in
less than nine hours. Aaron also
competes in the 200-meter dash,
long jump and the 4x100-meter
relay team. With this being said
the boys track team looks to be
fast and ready for invites, PAC,
and even Sectional.
The girls on the other hand have
been running hard and are ready
to put the past behind them and
ready to rebound this year. So
far, the girls are looking good
on the track rubber with a win
over Heritage Hills. Many
personal records were set
in this meet by the newbies. A standout at this
meet was Mackenzie
Weyer who placed first in
her events such as shot
put and the discus. The
girls expect big things out
of the woman this year in
the track season.
The track season is just
getting underway and it
looks to be a great one
with no bittersweet ending in sight. The boys
with rejuvenated spirits
and looking for revenge
in sectionals and the girls
hoping to rebound from
sectional last year. All the
boys and girls have to do
is believe and this year
will be magical from start
to end. With upcoming
meets on the rise both
teams hope to get PR’s
and much more. Great
job so far both teams.
April 2013
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Prom
By Katie Fischer
This year’s prom lies on the
date April 20, 2013. Prom is
always held at the Ferdinand
Community Center. Forest
Park’s high school prom is
for juniors and seniors only.
It is a time for the upperclassmen to have a chance to
wish their high school day’s
goodbye with a simple
dance. For the seniors, prom
is more significant. The reason is because it is their last
year of high school. The
girls get dressed up in all
different types of long, shimmery dresses, while the guys
prepare themselves in a either a simple tux, or something to fit their preferences.
This year there is a prom
dress code that each student
has to follow. This is just to
make it easier for the teachers to take steer of this uplifting occasion.
Before prom there is
normally parties held by each
class. It is a time to take pictures while everyone is
dressed up with their friends
and classmates. Although
girls get more into these activities the guys enjoy it just
as well. It is a time to bond
well with classmates and get
as many pictures as you can
with your friends. Most of
the time there is food offered
for all the kids that come.
Parents come and take pictures of classes, friends, etc.
Although most of the picture
taking is done there, there is
also an event called “Grand
March” before prom.
Grand March is an
event where anyone in the
community is allowed to
come and take pictures of
the couples or friends walking down a festive entry
way. This event has a
doorway going onto a path
to walk out and pause to
take pictures. Mostly couples go together, but
friends also participate in
this. Many parents come
here too to take pictures of
all the students. Everyone
enjoys the decorating
which is done by the members of prom board in the
junior class. After everyone that wants to goes
through the Grand March
has, the parents then make
their way out of the Com-
munity Center. This then
begins the dance for the upperclassmen. Food and
drinks will be provided
throughout the dance for all
the students. Some underclassmen are prom servers.
The prom servers hand out
drinks throughout the dance.
All the upperclassmen are
looking forward to this special event which marks special territory in the memories
of high school.
April 2013
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Book Review
By Madison Grundhoefer
The book “A Time
to Dance” is a love story
written by Karen Kingsbury. Abby and John
Reynolds were a happy
couple, but recently things
have changed between
them. They started focusing on their busy schedules and stopped paying
attention to each other.
John was busy with coaching, teaching, and started
flirting with Charlene
Denton, a student teacher
at the school. Abby focused on her writing and
emailing her male editor.
Beforehand, they had the
perfect marriage that everybody was jealous of.
The two decided to get a
divorce because they constantly fought.
like them. Since this
happened, Abby and
John decided to wait until after the wedding.
Throughout the wait until the wedding, John
continued to get closer to
Charlene, and farther
away from Abby. Abby
planned to go to New
York City to meet up
with her editor. Abby
also had to deal with her
father who just had a
stroke. He was dying
and he told John to love
Abby and not let her go.
They did not even tell
anyone about the divorce.
Both of them know that
they love each other, and
they do not know what
they would do without
They brought all the kids
each other. Every time
together to tell them the
they get together though,
news of the divorce, but
they fight. At the wedNicole, their daughter, anding, they both kept getnounced that her boyting reminded of their
friend and she were getwedding and how it reting married. The wedding
lated to theirs. Everyone
planned on being the day
Abby and John got married because Nicole and
Matt want a relationship
was telling them “Happy
Anniversary,” and they
kept getting upset. After
the wedding, John was
planning to move in with a
friend, and Abby would go
to New York.
John was packed up ready
to leave forever, and Abby
just went inside to go to
bed. The divorce was ready
to go, the only thing left is
Abby’s signature. Abby
was upstairs in her room
crying, when she saw a
notebook she had never
seen before. Curiously, she
grabbed it and brought it
back to the bed. She found
out it was John’s journal
and his true feelings about
her. This showed her that
he still cared about her.
After reading it,
she went down to
their lake to think
things through.
Read this book to
find out what happens at the end!
April 2013
Page 15
March Madness
By Keisha Jackson
This year the teams in
the NCAA March Madness
started playing games on March
21st. With many surprising upsets, close games, and nasty
injuries, the tournament was an
interesting one to watch, as always. This year in the first
round had many major upsets,
some being Florida Gulf Coast
University’s team coming out,
being the underdog, fifteenth
ranked team and getting a victory over second ranked team in
the South region, Georgetown.
Florida Gulf Coast first became
NCAA eligible last year, and
this year being their first, they
made it all the way to the sweet
sixteen, where they ended up
losing to a third ranked team,
Florida. In addition, another
underdog team who made it all
the way to the sweet sixteen and
shocked many people was La
Salle. Another major upset was
Harvard University coming out
and messing up many peoples
brackets by beating a third
ranked team, New Mexico.
region. They did not have the
easiest ride to the final four,
but one of the easiest. Defeating their opponents by at least
fifteen points or more, their
most difficult game was
against Kansas, which went
into overtime. Getting Michigan to the final four however,
was the win over Florida,
which was another twentypoint win. Michigan rose to
the occasion and got a trip to
the championship game. The
one team who was in the final
four, and finished off every
game with a comfortable result expect in the final four
game was Syracuse. With
most people not expecting
them to win against top
ranked team, Indiana, they
surprised many people the
come out against every team.
Wichita State the lowest
ranked team in the final four
and known underdog, pulled
away with every win but didn’t have an easy ride at all.
Expecting to lose against top
ranked team Gonzaga, WichiMaking it all the way ta defeated them by 6 points.
to the final four this year was a Also Wichita was not exBig Ten team, Michigan, the
pected to win against second
fourth ranked team in the South ranked and winners of the Big
Ten tournament, Ohio State.
Unfortunately, Wichita fell to
Louisville and failed to make it
to the championship game. The
last team making it to the final
four and the championship game
was, predictable by many, Louisville. Louisville gained a big fan
base after an injury happened in
the first half of the LouisvilleDuke game to point guard, Kevin
Ware. Ware went up to try and
block a three point shot, fell
awkwardly, and snapped his
shin, which already had a stress
fractures.
The championship
game against Michigan and Louisville ended up being a late
night, but overall the Louisville
Cardinals defeated the Michigan
Wolverines by a score of 82-76.
April 2013
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Class of 2013
By Lance Buechler
This year’s graduating class
is filled with a number of
highly talented individuals.
There are many Valedictorians and many students that
have very high grade point
averages. The students graduating this year have excelled in academics and athletics in all four years of high
school. Through hard work
and hours of studying and
practicing, the results have
shown. The students are always focused in the classroom five days a week and
willing to put in extra time to
make sure they are maximizing their potential and
knowledge. This year’s senior class has shown great
leadership on and off the
playing fields. They are
leading the school in the
right direction by making
good and positive decisions.
They are role models for the
younger grades and students
have looked up to them. After countless hours of effort
and determination, the senior
class of 2013 has led Forest
Park to being an outstanding
school for the younger students, and also the staff.
After high school,
many graduating students
will be going off to college.
They will also excel at their
universities, having taken
full advantage of the extraordinary teachers and staff here
at Forest Park. The colleges
and universities that the
students plan on attending
vary all throughout. From
Evansville University to
Ball State University, students from Forest Park will
be going everywhere. A
large number of students
will be attending the University of Southern Indiana,
located in Evansville. After USI, Indiana State University also has a number
of students attending their
college. Both schools are
very efficient in their studies and will have a very
high number of excellent
students attending their
college.
For four years, Forest Park Jr./Sr. High School
has had the honor of having
these marvelous students
go through their school.
The students have always
kept a positive attitude and
showed great leadership.
This year’s class will be
missed greatly for many years
to come with the number of
highly educated and talented
students. Years later, the senior class of 2013 will be remembered and honored for
their great work. History was
made throughout the four
years that this year’s senior
class was at Forest Park. As
tough as it might be, this
year’s class can still be replaced. It will take a lot to
get to their level, but it can be
done. The senior class of
2013 will go down as one of
the best to ever come through
Forest Park, if not
the best.
April 2013
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Folk Fest Headliners
By Bryce Bettag
The Ferdinand Folk
Fest is an earth-friendly and
family-friendly event that is
held outside in the wonderful
season of fall. This fest features
popular musicians, as well as
other interesting acts. Visitors
will experience a vast variety of
music on the stage and the smell
of delicious food in the air. In
booths surrounding the whole
park, local artists display and
sell their work, gardeners and
farmers sell fresh produce, and
different groups and clubs prepare and sell mouth-watering
food. Fun activities for children
will also be available in the
park, so everybody is happy at
the Folk Fest. This fest, in my
opinion, is the most unique
event I have ever attended, and
participants of the previous ones
will agree. I asked multiple
teenagers here at Forest Park
High School what they think of
the Folk fest, and they all replied with positive remarks. All
age groups enjoy this fest, and I
can’t wait to see what new additions are made to this year’s.
The Folk Fest’s most popular
aspect is the music. People love
to set up an area on the lawn in
front of the stage and bring
coolers, blankets, and lawn
chairs. Last year’s hit performer
was Colin Hay. This year’s line
includes a variety of incredible
musicians including Todd Snider, The Dirty Guv’nahs, the
Boscoe France Band, Lyndsey
Lou and the Flatbellys, the
Carper Family, Opal Fly and
the Swatters, and Bethany
Boeglin. The Dirty Guv’nahs
seem to be a lot of peoples’
favorite band that is going to
be performing this year. The
Guvs have been raising their
fan base steadily throughout
the country.
The 4th annual Ferdinand
Folk Fest is scheduled to be
held on September 21. It’s
located in Ferdinand’s 18th
Street Park, which is a clean
environment that is set in between beautiful hills and trees.
The park features a state-ofthe-art playground, walking
trails, shelter houses, picnic
tables, a softball field, basketball court, volleyball areas, horse-
shoe pits, restrooms, and parking
areas. When you’re not nibbling
on the delicious food or visiting
amazing vendor stands, you can
engage in some of these activities. For more information on the
2013 Folk Fest, visit their website,
www.ferdinandfolkfestival.com/
or take a gander at their Facebook page by punching
“Ferdinand Folk Festival” in the
search bar. So, start planning for
this year’s fest because it’s going
to be a magnificent one!
April 2013
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Ferdinand Town Yardsale
By Kyle Lubbehusen
For ten long years now,
the town of Ferdinand has
been flocked with people
trying to take old things
around the house and put
it in a yard sale. Too
many, this extravaganza is
a good place for people to
sell their unwanted items
that are not used anymore
nor have little use for
them. What other people
do not understand is that
the law is still under way
in the town and many people that come to the yard
sales seem to forget what
they have learned when
they took their driving
tests. I myself for the
three years that I had my
license have had to deal
with the town-wide yard
sale and have had numerous narrow escapes with
my 2007 Silverado. Many
people that I talk to have
had the same experiences.
From what I know, the
yard sales have affected
people in different ways.
For me, I do not like it because I have to take the
long way around to get to
school, or even going to
Jasper. I have partaken in
the yard sales one time in
my life, and it was a horri-
ble mistake. I could not
drive out of the driveway
without people staring at
me looking while I motioned them to move the
people just looked at me
as if I was crazy. Other
things that have took
place in the yard sales
are constant people looking at everything and not
paying attention when
they walk around so they
pay no attention when
you are driving down the
street, so driving slow
and paying extra close
attention was precautionary to do when this
event takes place every
year. People often say
that they do not like the
town-wide yard sale and
they are right people not
paying attention is a big
thing that has to
be taken place.
One little distraction can mean you
are hitting another
car or even a
young child that is
not by their mother or father. Although most of this
seems bad, some
good comes out of
this also. People
can find many treasures to
call their own after another
owner decides to call it
quits on it. People could
even find a rare item that
the owner had not known
was rare. With this being
said, the town-wide yard
sale can be good and can be
bad I hope the people who
April 2013
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Why Farts Smell
By Brittney Buechler
A fart is a combination of
gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, and
hydrogen sulfide) that travels
from a person's stomach to
their anus. When a person
swallows too much air or eats
foods that the human digestive system cannot digest
easily, gas becomes trapped
in his/her stomach. The only
way for this excess gas to exit
the body is through the anus.
The gas that makes your farts
stink is the hydrogen sulfide
gas. This gas contains sulfur
which causes farts to have a
smelly odor. The more sulfur
rich your diet, the more your
farts will stink. Some foods
that cause really smelly farts
include: beans, cabbage,
cheese, soda, and eggs. A
scientific name for a fart is
flatus or flatulence. On the
average, a healthy person
farts 16 times a day. People
fart the most in their sleep.
Many animals fart too, but
elephants fart the most. If
you have not noticed by now,
some of the aforementioned
fumes are flammable, like
methane and oxygen, so you
can, in fact, burn farts. Yes,
you can set them aflame; it is
not a myth, and a great way
to get a girl’s attention too. If
you want that girl to never
speak to you again. How
much odor is produced depends on the food you eat.
Vegetarians might fart as
often as meat-eaters, but
their "serenades" do not
smell as much because vegetables produce less hydrogen sulfide. The more sulfur rich the foods you eat,
the more your farts will
stink because bacteria will
generate sulfides as they
break down the nutrients.
Of the three main nutrients, carbohydrates produce the most gas because
sugar and starch easily ferment. As you might have
guessed, beans contain
more indigestible carbohydrates than most foods.
Many daily foods are considered "indigestible", milk
being one of them. Cow
milk is unnatural to the
human body, which is why
a lot of people are lactose
intolerant. Lactose intolerance means the body does
not know how to digest
milk, so it sets it aside as
waste. Chewing your food
properly helps prevent gas
because you
alleviate your
tract's workload, while
chewing gum
gives people flatulence because it makes them swallow
more air than usual and because it animates the digestive system. Sometimes you
burp, but other times air goes
too deep into the digestive
tract, leaving only one alternative: farting. Although farting is completely gross, it is a
natural reaction of the human
body, and cannot be avoided.
April 2013
Page 20
Miracle Baby
By Alec Hassfurther
A woman in Ohio is
suing an abortion clinic for
failing to abort her baby. Her
baby was delivered fully
healthy and normal. This
case is causing uproar because people can’t believe
she is suing the doctor for
wrongful birth. Fox news
states, “A wrongful birth suit
occurs when a doctor, without causing any health risks
to a fetus, is charged with
negligence after a full delivery of the living child. In
this particular case, the patient alleges that the doctors
failed to abort her fetus during her initial abortion. The
woman was told her pregnancy could put her life at
risk, because she had been
diagnosed with uterine didelphys – a condition which
results in a double uterus
with individual cervices.”
The woman who is suing
says that she had to make a
painful decision to terminate
the pregnancy after finding
out that her life may be at
risk. She decided to press
charges after she had a fully
healthy baby. To me, this
seems like just another person trying to work the system
to get another easy buck. “I
believe my client absolutely
met the standard of care and
that this case has no basis to
be in litigation,” attorney D.
Cheryl Atwell, who represents the medical group and
the doctors, said Monday.
Fox news reported that “the
malpractice lawsuit was
filed March 4 on behalf of
22-year-old Ariel Knights.
Her attorney, James Gutbrod, said Monday the
medical group’s legal response was general and he
had no comment on it.
Knights has said she sought
the abortion because she
has a medical condition
called uterine didelphys,
resulting in a double uterus
with individual cervices,
and a doctor had told her
that her pregnancy and her
life could be threatened
because the fetus was carried in an unstable uterus.Knights tells the Akron
Beacon Journal she agonized over the decision to
terminate the pregnancy,
but felt she had no choice
because of her preschoolaged son. “It was a decision
I made because my life was
in danger,” she told the
paper in an interview
March 15. “I was put in
jeopardy. And I have a son
that I am supposed to be
taking care of.” She learned
about a week after the
abortion procedure that she
still was pregnant, accord-
ing to the lawsuit alleging the
defendants “were negligent
and deviated from the appropriate standard of care.” The
lawsuit also indicates Knights
was referred to a second abortion clinic after she found out
she still was pregnant, but that
clinic was unwilling to become involved in “somebody
else’s mistake,” and she refused to return to the original
clinic for a second abortion
attempt. Knights made a second appointment with the
medical group but did not
show up for it, according to
the defendants’ filing. It
doesn’t specify the date of the
second appointment. Knights
says she spent the rest of her
pregnancy in a state of constant fear. “I can’t explain
how I felt," she told the Akron Beacon Journal. "It was
just a sense of being overwhelmed, wondering what
happened to the baby, wondering what’s happening to
me and what did (the clinic)
think they did."Knights says
she considers her daughter her
"miracle" baby, saying she
does not like to think about
what would have happened
had the abortion been successful.”
April 2013
Page 21
Worthless Celebrities
By Sam Russell
Why does America
make worthless piece of crap
people famous? That is what I
would like to know. There are
soldiers dying every day
fighting for our country, and
you do not see people tweeting
our setting their statuses for
some drunken Buckwild person
instead of a soldier who died. It
makes no sense to me what goes
through the minds of Americans, but it is never right. For
example this Shain guy that was
on this reality TV show called
Buckwild, dies because he was
drinking and went off-roading
and got his bronco submerged
in deep mud. He later died of
carbon monoxide poisoning. It
makes no sense to me at all how
Americans think that this guy
that is on a reality TV show is
more important than soldiers.
Soldiers defend our countries,
every individual in the entire
United States, but he gets no
recognition for that. Shain on
the other hand, is on TV getting
drunk and driving four wheelers
and big trucks, dies and people
cry over him and make him the
number one thing in the news
and it is just sick America. Another group of people that
should not be “celebrities” is the
Jersey Shore cast. Even though
it was only three years thankfully, they still did not deserve
those three years that all they
did was smoke, drink, party,
and cause drama. Again one
of the most pointless shows
on television, but somehow
people seemed drawn to
watch it. If viewers do not get
to watch their weekly episode,
they get very upset. Just like
drugs and alcohol, people get
addicted to things like this.
There are so many pointless
shows out there like for example Keeping up with the Kardashians, Celebrity Housewives of any city in the U.S.,
Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant,
Toddlers in Tiaras, and most
importantly Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. She by far is the
absolute worst person in the
entire world. She is just completely pointless and gross; I
could do so many more things
with a TV show than what she
does with it. My good friend
Adam Levine said, “Honey Boo
Boo is the decay of Western civilization,” and refers to the show
as “The. Worst. Thing. That has.
Ever. Happened.” In other
words, us Americans need to
take the time and get our priorities straight, and know the difference between a real celebrity and
a stupid “douchy” one.
April 2013
Page 22
Game Review
By Aaron Schuler
A long history of excellence
preceded the release of Call
of Duty Black Ops II: Black
ops with its excellent zombie
action, Modern Warfare 2
and 3 with the spec ops platform, and Call of Duty 2, 3,
and World at War with excellent representation of the
World Wars. Therefore, you
should understand that I,
being a prior owner of all
said games, was beyond excited for the release of Black
Ops II. I even had it preordered six to seven months in
advance. On the release day
I went directly after school to
pick up the game. Upon entering my house, I was the
happiest guy alive. After
playing the game I was let
down a little because of some
disliked additions. My favorite part of Black Ops was the
epic Zombie play that promoted a four player teamwork system of carnage. The
zombie play on the new Black
Ops II game has increased
the number of zombie maps
available to play including a
level that connects the total
of the maps in a campaign
style setup; however, all of
the maps include a source of
fire such as lava that turns
the zombies into zombies
that explode upon dying.
This addition made me mad
because in the first levels of
zombie survival, the undead
are taken down by a single
melee attack and with the
added explosions set off by
the flaming zombies it
makes the killing by knife
all the more dangerous.
The campaign, focused on a
new terrorist threat in the
year 2025, had a good
storyline but was short and
easily beaten by a skilled
gamer. The game revolved
around the son of the first
Black Ops character and
the main character of the
first Black Ops facing off
against the terrorist threat
that resulted because of a
mistake made by the best
friend of the main character’s dad in a military seizure of the future terrorist.
While the campaign is
thought of as the “main
part” of the game, what
people really buy the Call of
Duty line of game for is the
online multiplayer gaming
experience. This allows
you to play various people
from around the world and
prove your standing in the
world ranks. Online you
rank up by playing different
types of games such as
death match, team death
match, capture the flag, etc.
Killing other players and
keeping your kill to death ratio at an increasing rate will
improve your standing in the
ranks and give you the bragging rights. Competitive gaming is one way to describe
playing online, but to accurately define the scene would
to be a howling monkey holding a controller in its hand
who periodically yells in the
direction of the screen in anger of death or the excitement
of a kill. It becomes so competitive and addictive that the
game causes strain on the
lives some people. Due to the
online gaming I have lost
countless hours of sleep at
night, because of my need to
increase my global standing in
the stat board.
April 2013
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Mr. FP
By Alex Russell
Each year at Forest Park, around
the end of April, the Renaissance club hosts a male only
pageant. In this pageant, all participating males have to perform
a talent and are supposed to
have a theme. A theme, meaning that they will wear a certain
outfit in hopes that the audience
will love what they chose. This
will be the third annual year in
which this contest takes place.
The following are the participating in this year's Mr. FP pageant: freshmen, Michael Wilmes, Carson Haake, Joshua
Thomas; sophomores Joe Mesaris, Miles Recker, Kristion
Luttrell, Alex Russell, Noah
Saylor, Dallas Jenkins; seniors
Ben Kitten, Aaron Schuler, and
Kyle Lubbehusen. This year,
there will be a host! T.J. Bieker
will be that because he won the
contest last year. Having the
title, Big Red thinks it will be a
new twist for the better. There
will be a total of 6 judges at the
event, all who have volunteered
their time. During the event, a
tech nerd will video the whole
thing, so if you have a parent or
grandparent that cannot make
the event, you will be able to
purchase a copy of the video.
The video will be able to sell
about two days after the contest.
It will sell for one dollar. If
someone were to be interested
in getting a short sleeve pink tshirt with black letters, I am
sure that if you would let Mrs.
Hawkins know, she could
order one for a small price. At
the end of the estimated two
hour pageant, four winners
will be announced. The person who was the best overall,
will be labeled Mr. FP. The
next best will be labeled first
runner up. After that, there are
two more sashes that will be
handed out: Mr. Photogenic,
and Mr. Congeniality. Mr.
Photogenic is the most eye
appealing male working their
stuff in the contest, while Mr.
Congeniality is voted by all of
the contestants as having the
best personality. The last two
years, no senior has won the
contest. This year, Big Red
thinks that this will be the
first. Even though he is not
participating in the event, he
already thinks he has an idea
of who will win it. He said he
would not tell, for fear that he
may jinx the contestant. His only
other comment to the question
was, “Let us find out.”
April 2013
Page 24
North Korea
By Cody Tempel
Word has been thundering
around the nation that
North Korea plans on
bombing the U.S. It is pretty scary if you think about
it. War has come to our
homeland rather than across
seas where the first world
wars occured. I don’t think
that North Korea will be
crazy enough to bomb us.
Yet again their neighbors
were crazy enough to attack
us. Maybe the end of this
world is coming and it’s
going to be a blood bath
against nations. One nuke
could turn into one big
nuke war. If this happens
the earth’s environment and
atmosphere will be destroyed from the aftermath
and the pollution we already have. Human nature
will eventually kill its own
planet. I can’t see how the
North Koreans haven’t
been smacked down since
they declared they were
going to bomb us and didn’t. Many Americans were
scared on the school night
because our lives were going to flash before our eyes.
Somehow they were apparently being defensive.
North Koreans say they just
want to end the duel between
them and the American
“imperialists.” With all their
nuclear testing, we should
be displeased and scared of
them. They agreed to stop
with all nuclear tests in
return for resources. This
nation needs to act up and
so does the UN. Together
we can help bring peace
between everyone to make
this world a better place.
North Korea would bomb
their own people if they
would bomb us. There has
to be a number of North
Koreans here because of
the mass diversity here in
the United States of America. If no one decides to
step up and take care of
these kinds of threats bad
things will eventually happen. North Korea is taking
things too far this time .
North Korea has officially
set up five missiles in firing position. Although we
are not sure if they are
planning to test or fire, the
United States is
prepared to shoot
down any missile
that fires our way.
Many believe they
are setting these up
to prove they can
hit U.S. bases in Guam. The
United States has also set up
anti-missile defenses in
Alaska and Guam in hopes
of protecting the country.
For a more in depth article
you can visit http://
www.usnews.com/news/
articles/2013/04/04/
americans-reconsider-bombshelters-following-northkorean-threats.