Anchor Vol.1, Issue 2

The Anchor
Clear Creek Amana High School
Friday, March 28, 2014
Herky goes
on parade
Volume 1
Issue 3
Choir performs at annual spring Pops concert
At the pops concert March 6, the
boys performed
Michael Jackson’s “Smooth
Criminal”.
By Nicolette Rohret
Clear Creek Amana Art Club has decided to participate in the designing of a life sized
Herky. It will be on display May 5, 2014 in the
Herky on Parade event, with the help of Mary
Pat Hanson-Karstens, the art club teacher.
Herky on Parade was created in 2004
for artist acrossed Iowa to have a chance to
make their own version of Herky. Any junior
high or high school that would like to participate had to send in a proposal to be accepted. Laurie Haman, the woman behind
Herky on Parade and part of the Clear Creek
Amana Community, approached the Art
Club about applying for this opportunity.
The Parade and art exhibit is made possible
by the University of Iowa, the Iowa City/
Coralville Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, City of Coralville and City of Iowa City.
The statues will be on display from May 5
all the way into September.
As for CCA’s Herky,
only Art Club is allowed to
work on the Herky. Hanson
said that art club is “still
working on it” and they
“aren’t allowed to offer up
too much information about
it, because we are not suppose to let anybody know
what we are doing until
they [the Herky’s] are on exhibit.” What Hanson would let us know was that one of their
ideas is to create “zentangles,” or a type of
art pattern, on Herky. Art club also wanted to
incorporate imagery from Iowa, so we “may
be seeing a mix of those.” Hanson is “most
excited about creating the artwork, having
fun with art club, and working together as a
team!” She also can’t wait to see their Herky
“out on exhibit, for the community to see.”
In September, the statues will be auctioned off to the community to the highest bidder and the money will go towards
United Way of Johnson County. United
Way will use this money for their different charities with in their system that they
help with. Hanson is “hoping that someone
from the community will buy the statue that
art club makes and donate it back to our
school or to the town, although she is unsure
of how much the statues auction off for.”
According to Wikipedia, in 1948 journalism instructor Richard Spencer III, (better
known as Dick Spencer) drew a caricature of
a hawk for Frank Havlicek, business director for the university’s athletic department,
who was looking for a symbol to represent
the athletic teams. The university liked the
drawing and adapted it, but left the naming
of the bird to the fans through a statewide
contest. John Franklin, a Belle Plaine alumnus, suggested the name Herky as a reference to Hercules. Spencer continued to draw
Herky playing a variety of sports and doing
other activities inside and outside of the university. Herky would then become the icon of
the University of Iowa for the next 75 years.
It’s 10 years later and time to celebrate
the 10th anniversary of the parade with 75
more Herky statues in a new pose. The new
pose is taken from the year of 1939, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the “Ironman”
Herky. The 1939 football team is referred to
as the “Ironman” team. After playing both
offense and defense in the sweltering heat,
Hank Vollenweider, the last living member
of that team, said his coach, Dr. Eddie Anderson, told them “you’ve got to be an Ironman!” The name stuck. After that, they were
all referred to as Ironmen. Heisman trophy
winner Nile Kinnick was part of that team.
Much like this year, someone that helped
make a Herky on display will get to design
and create the newest model of Herky in the
next Herky on Parade. This year Betsy Reed,
an artist of a Herky from 2004’s Herky on Parade was chosen. Reed said she was “excited
to be working on the Herky” since her father
was a football player in the late thirties. This
gave her an advantage for great ideas from
“seeing her father in pictures with his uniform.” The public will be allowed to see this
Herky on the same day of the parade, May 5th.
Photo by Whitney
Schutterle
High school hosts career awareness night
By Sheyanne Keothe
The Clear Creek Amana High
School will host a career fair April 1, in
the high school gym from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
CCA has been hosting their own career fair ever since we combined with Iowa
City West and the turn out was far from
good. The career fair has now been held
semi-annually for the past 10-12 years.
“The career fair is a great opportunity
to talk to some real professionals, learn how
the hiring process works, and to get a good
idea of what a real job application looks like,”
said Mr. Hovey, the CCA guidance counselor.
It is Hovey’s job to hand pick and
convince a variety of different companies
to come in and help out with the career
fair. This has worked out pretty well the
last couple of years. This year is going especially well with over 15 different companies coming, ranging from the County Sheriff’s Department to Kenze Manufacturing.
Mr. Elsbernd, the other CCA guidance counselor, said “It is a unique opportunity to learn about local job options
and a good opportunity for exploring options after high school and college.” Elsbernd explained that the hardest part of
operation for the career fair is convincing the companies to agree to come.
Hovey encourages all students 9-12 to
attend the Career Fair. Hovey really pushes
the fact that we really have to get a lot of
kids to show up. Not only for the advantage
to talk to a career you might be interested
in but also to keep in good graces with the
companies the school has kept in contact
with over the years. You don’t have to stay
very long either, only about 20 minutes or so.
Mr. McCue is the business teacher
here at CCA and just in case you didn’t
know he also ran a retail clothing company called Michael J’s for 25 years before
he started teaching. McCue said “It’s a
great opportunity to visit with a wide va-
riety of companies in one location,” and
that he encourages everybody to attend
because you will find it worth your while.
Some advice for students planning on
attending the career fair “Explore all options
and ask a lot of questions, maybe even do
some research before attending the fair,” said
Scot Geisler of Universal Climate Control.
Companies with a booth include:
Whirlpool-Amana, Centro Incorporated,
Quaker Oats (pepsico), Mercy Hospital,
Rockwell-Collins, Johnson County Sheriffs Department, University of Iowa Hiring
Systems, Costco, Hy-Vee, Billion Automotive, South Slope Cooperative, Kinze Manufacturing, Hills Bank and Trust Company,
ShiveHattery Architects, Plumber’s and
Pipefitters local 263, The building Pros,
Jon Weih/ Kirkwood Community College,
Architecture/ Construction/ Engineering
(ACE Program Coordinator Joe Greathouse),
Walmart, and Universal Climate Control.
able to work with them,” she says.
In order to create her artwork, Sanchez
starts with shapes. She uses the shapes to
form objects or people, and begins to sketch
it out. Later she will go over the image with
ink. Once she has gone over the basic outline
of the drawing she will start shading with
lines. These smaller lines are used to give
the image a “shade effect” without actually
darkening it too much. The piece Sanchez
created for the exhibition was made simply
because she like the style and she wanted
to make her own piece. Mary Pat HansonKarstens, Sanchez’s art teacher, proudly told
us about her accomplishment, and that “It’s
very important that other students get to
know about it.”
Sanchez was very surprised to find out
she had won best in show. As she said, “no
artist ever thinks their artwork is the best.”
She was also very surprised because many
of her fellow art peers had tried out for the
winning and seemed to be likely candidates.
Just like any other kid, Sanchez enjoyed art
classes in elementary; but her passion for
art has followed her all the way into high
school. Sanchez would like to pursue drawing and go to art school. She says she would
like to do storyboarding for cartoons, because she loves to watch and work of off
cartoon material.
National Art Education Association
says that Youth Art Month’s purposes are to
direct attention to the value of art education
which develops divergent and critical thinking; multicultural awareness; and technical,
communication, and expressive skills.This
program recognizes that art is a necessity
for the full development of better quality of
life for all people.
it won’t be the last. Ottoson said there will
be another fit night next year. Boeset said,
“Our main goal for next year is to improve
attendance. We feel like the framework of
the event was very good and want to get
more families involved.”
According to Ottoson, the night was
mostly a success with over 130 people who
attended. Ottoson hoped that more high
school students would show up and hopes
more show up next year. The PE teachers
planned Family Fit Night for about a month
and a half. Boeset said, “ I would love to
have seen more families in attendance, but
felt that it was a successful night. Participants were physically active, learning, and
all seemed to be enjoying the experience.”
Some activities that were there are kickboxing, Zumba, Just Dance, the Pacer, the National Guard did CrossFit, and there were
nutrition and diet rooms.
The Amana Elementary had a Family Fit Night this year. They had over 250
people attend. Ottoson said that Family Fit
Night is, “a great way to help families be
more educated on fitness.”
Clear Creek student wins best in show
By Nicci Rohret
Clear Creek Amana student, Jennifer Sanchez won best in show at Youth Art
Month’s ceremony on March 4, for her incredible ink work art.
Youth Art Month (YAM) is an annual
observance each March to emphasize the
value of art and art education for all children and to encourage public support for
quality school art programs. Established in
1961, YAM provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are not possible in other
subjects.
Senior, Jennifer Sanchez, said her inspiration for her drawings came from following artist on a Tumblr account that work
with a lot of ink drawings. Those ink drawings were “where I started my whole favoritism toward inking,” and “by looking off
their art and trying the artist’s styles I was
Families get fit at CCA fit night
By Grace Murray
On March 7, the Clear Creek Amana
Middle school hosted a Family Fit Night.
Steve Ottoson, who has been teaching at
CCA for 38 years, along with other PE teachers, including middle school teachers Nick
Boeset and Ben Robison, were in charge of
the fit night. They made a Family Fit Night
because the PEP grant (Carol White Physical Education Program Grant) the school
receives requires a physical activity like a
fit night at least once a year. This was the
first year the school has had a fit night but
CCA gets greener with SAFE
By Ethan Schutterle
In the art room there are a lot of things that can be reused. Mrs.
Hanson, along with many students in a group called SAFE (Students Acting For the Environment), collect and recycle paper, newspaper, plastic and other recyclables from the building once a week.
The school uses Johnson County Refuse because Mr.Gallagher, the
Buildings and Grounds Director, work with the Johnson County
Refuse they donated bins for the school to use.
Anyone can be a part of SAFE; just ask Hanson. The school
has been recycling for about 20 years and plans to do it as long as
students are willing to do it too. Hanson said “It makes Students
take ownership and helps set-up for the future,” and “every student
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is very hard working and it helps that I hand out treats”.
Everyone should do their part even if their not in SAFE, and
all you have to do is put your recyclable in the appropriate bin. “All
of these items help promote a healthier environment while saving
the taxpayers of our district money,” said Gallagher. Everything
that is recycled cuts down on eventual waste that would end up in
our landfills.
The school also uses Terracycle which is a company that will
take your recyclables and then turn them into something else like
drink pouches into a pencil cases or candy wrappers into a computer sleeve but not just accessories, things like Fertilizers, Cleaning solutions, bird feeders, pest control solutions and many more
everyday objects.
Staff Writers:
Sheyanne Koethe
Lyndsey Elliott
Ethan Schutterle
Adviser:
Christine Maas
The Battleship
Clear Creek Amana Sports
Friday, March 28, 2014
Boys’ soccer gets kicking
By Joel Burzacot
The Clear Creek Amana boys’ soccer
team is gearing up for their upcoming season. With a roster full of veteran juniors and
seniors, it’s looking promising. “We have
the potential to do great things,” said Varsity Head Coach Timothy Benson.
Junior Sebastian Calderon said with
all the returning varsity members “we will
be a force to contend with.”
The Clippers’ last season went well.
The season started out a little sketchy, with
CCA going 7-4. Then they hit a hot streak
and won seven games in a row, going 14-4
into the state tournament. They made it as
far as the sub-state finals. They lost that
match 5-0 to Cedar Rapids Xavier. Xavier
went on to win the state title.
Now the Clippers are looking towards
the Western WaMaC Championship. With a
returning varsity roster comprised of Bryan
Marmolejo (‘14), Connor Mougin (‘14), Andrew Beckler (‘14), David Calderon (‘14),
Sebastian Calderon (‘15), Anthony Pocasangre (‘15), Pierre Buffard (‘15), Noland
Lukes (‘15), Miles Lucas (‘15), Adam Mass
(‘15), Jon Jacobson (‘15), and Tim Mass (‘16),
Benson is ready to get it done. To do that,
the Clippers must first beat Benton, Center Point Urbana, and Marion. Which, according to Benson, are the greatest threat
to CCA in their conference.“I think we are
going to do fantastic,” said varsity player
Anthony Pocasangre (‘15).
CCA definitely positioned themselves
to win the Western WaMaC Conference
Championship, because of the work they
put in in the offseason. The team not only
came in and lifted regularly in the summer,
they also came in and scrimmaged on Mondays. The team played in the Cedar Rapids
indoor league as well. “On a scale from
1-100, the work we put in was 1,000,” said
varsity player David Calderon. Golf seasons underway
Photo by Ethan Schutterle
At girls’ golf, they’re practicing at the Clear Creek Middle School.
Both golf teams have new coaches this year. Nathan Carlson will
coach the girls’ team and Sean Patrick will coach the boys. Their
first meet is April 13 in Williamsburg.
CCA Girls’ soccer readying up for new season
By Joel Burzacot
The Clear Creek Amana varsity girls’ soccer team
is ready to hit the field for another great season this spring.
The Clippers definitely know what they are doing, with a
varsity roster comprised of 11 experienced soccer players,
and maybe some more new varsity players on the way.
Exchange student Ceci Atalla is looking forward to
playing soccer in the United States. “At home, [in Italy] we
don’t have a soccer season. It’s soccer all year. It is my favorite sport,” said Attalla.
Clear Creek Amana had a pretty good season last year.
They started off 4-0 and then lost one. The whole rest of the
season happened just like that. The regular season ended
12-5. The Clippers were phenomenal in the first round of
regionals, destroying West Liberty 10-0. The semifinals are
where CCA stumbled a bit, losing to Mount Vernon by 1.
But now the Clippers are looking towards the state
championships with a returning varsity roster comprised of: Emma Bormann(‘14), Brenna Lentz(‘14), Megan
Hall(‘15), Kelsey Hall (‘15), Natalie Schwarting(‘15), Dacia
Lipkea(‘15), Hannah Pfister(‘15), Hannah Stokes(‘15), Bailey Mooney(‘15), Alissa Schwarting(‘16), and Sami Schuer-
er(‘16). The girls have been training and practicing in open
gyms, preparing for the long road ahead. With a lot of the
team having graduated last year, CCA will be facing a little
more adversity this year, but morale seems to be high.
“We’re going to do well, I think we’re going to go to
state,” said returning varsity center back Alissa Schwarting (‘16).
Head Coach Matt Harding has returned to coach the
Clippers for a second year. Nate Frese will serve as the
assistant coach. Both are teachers at West High School in
Iowa City.
Girls’ Track competes in first three meets
By Lyndsey Elliott
Clear Creek Amana girls’ track team
has competed three times so far this season.
“For the first meet we saw great effort
out of all participants,” Coach Astor said.
One outstanding performer was Natalie
Brimeyer (‘15). Brimeyer ran 60 meter hurdles and finished fourth. She also started
off the 4x400 relay for CCA very well.
The first track meet was hosted by
Washington at the Iowa City indoor track.
Astor said the girls performed strongest in
the hurdle and relay events. Distance runners were Emilie Harder (‘17), Kasi Smith
(‘17), and Lori Drake (‘16) in the 1500m
and Chloe Keith (‘15), Emilie Harder (‘17),
CC Atallia (‘14), and Drake in the 4x800m
relay. The girls that ran distance did very
well, even though they only had two
weeks of practice. There were 19 girls that
ran sprints, each team member that ran
sprints had a very strong effort, so did the
three girls that did field events. Clear Creek
Amana girls’ JV track team also ran a second relay of 4x400 and 4x800.
Karen Bolenga (‘17) said, “Our team
did pretty well, and we were good about
cheering each other on.” Bolenga also said
that hurdles did well, although Bolenga
didn’t run in the first track meet, she normally runs 100 meter dash. Bolenga also
said that she is excited for the season and
it’s just the beginning.
The second meet was also indoor.
It took place at Iowa State University on
March 17. Shot-put did very well in the
second meet, as well as hurdles and sprint
medley relay. During the second meet,
some of the top performers were Amy
Brant (‘14) and Corrine Schwarting (‘16).
Brant ran the sprint medley and the 4x400.
Schwarting participated in the long jump,
placing 11th overall. Molly Villhauer (‘14)
placed in seventh in shot-put. Overall the
Clippers placed fourth in sprints and seventh in the 4x400. The long jump and shotput is also coming along nicely this season.
Some team members did not participate in
the second track meet because they have
not yet had their physicals or they were on
spring break trips.
The WaMaC Indoor meet proved to be
another success for the Clippers. A top performer at the third meet was Celine Fender
(‘14). Fender ran 55 hurdles and and 4x200,
and distance medley. Right now the Clear
Creek Amana girls’ track team is in the top
five for all classes out of the whole state.
Astor is looking forward to home
meets this season. For the freshman, Astor
said that strength is an issue, and it would
help the freshman more if they developed
a little more strength.
Clear Creek Amana girls’ track team
came up with five goals for this season:
make it to state, set new personal records,
be a close team, improve speed and fielding events and have fun. Usually all team
members participate in the meets, but some
didn’t participate in the first meet because
of attendance.
Indoor events are pretty much the
same compared to outdoor events, but
there are a few differences. There is no discus in indoor events and there are shorter
sprints and hurdles.
“All though it’s too early to tell, a lot of
our team members have a chance at going
to state if they work hard. Astor also said,
“You can gain a lot from track and field.”
Clear Creek Amana boys’ track burns rubber
By Sheyanne Koethe
The Clear Creek Amana Boys’ track team’s first track
meet was the Demon Indoor held on March 6, at the University of Iowa Indoor Track. This invitational was hosted
by Washington High School.
There were 38 different schools in the Demon Indoor
track meet. An indoor track meet is very different than an
outdoor track meet. In an indoor meet there are no classes.
Teams compete against people from different conferences
along with different classes (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A). Since there
were so many teams it would of been hard to keep track
of all of the points, so there wasn’t a team score. Another
difference is that indoor track lengths can vary. The U of I
indoor track is 200 meters.
Top finishers for the Clippers were Jack Murray (‘14)
and Tanner Bandy (‘15). Murray placed 4th in the 1600m
with a time of 4:46. Bandy finished 10th in the high jump
with a jump of 5’9. He also placed 12th in the 200m with a
time of 24.34.
Bandy said “I was definitely pleased for the first meet
but there is a lot of room for improvement.”
Coach Brack is trying to get the students experience
in relays by entering three 4x400 relay teams. The 4x400 A
relay team made up of Tyler Kasper (‘14), Derek Toy (‘17),
Cooper Secrest-Seelman (‘16) and Alec Morris (‘15) had a
time of 4:17.21 and placed 70th. The B relay team of Riley
Johanson(‘15), Grant Riggan (‘17), Hunter Rogers (‘16) and
Zach Bainbridge (‘16) finished 79th with a time of 4:29.19.
Finally, the C 4x400 team of Robby Swails (‘16), Jacoby
Reighard (‘17), Joseph Van Zante (‘17) and Brandon Chalfant (‘16) finished 80th with a time of 4:30.59.
Brack noted that it is very difficult to place at all
with so many runners in each event. Placing 4th when 4A
schools are also competing, Brack said, was quite an accomplishment.
At their second track meet they traveled to Cornell
College and had several high finishes.
Bandy placed 5th in the high jump with a jump of
5’10, 3rd in the 55H, 3rd in the 200m with a time of 24.18,
and came away with a first place finish in the 400m with a
time of 53.66.
Drew Wagner (‘15) placed 4th in the shot put, throwing 44-7.25. Keyan McAreavy (‘15) placed 3rd in the 400m
with a time of 56.66. Eric Douglass (‘16) placed 6th in the
1600m with a time of 5:14.75. Daniel Goldsmith (‘16)
placed 9th in the 55m with a time of 7.20
The Clippers will begin their outdoor season with a
meet at Mount Vernon on March 29. Brack is looking forward to the fresh air and loose curves of the outdoor meets.
CCA gets new head coach for second year in a row
By Grace Murray
The Clear Creek Amana softball team
announced on March 6 that they have hired
Barb Lynn as the new head coach. Lynn has
been coaching softball for 15 years. Prior
to CCA, she’s coached at Iowa City West,
Cedar Rapids Washington, and Pleasant
Valley. Lynn has not named any assistant
coaches although they are currently working on putting the coaching staff together.
Practices for the softball team begin on
May 12. Players are currently hitting, pitching, lifting, and working in open gyms.
The team has around 40 players now, but
not everyone has signed up yet. McKenzie
Justice (‘17) says her hopes for this season are that Varsity goes to state and that
they get something out of the summer and
the coaches. Justice says, “I like them (the
coaches) so far. They show interest in softball and really help.”
Lynn said “Softball is for any girl who
loves the game and enjoys working hard.”
Lynn also said, “My goals for this season
are that every player in the program improves daily, plays with passion and confidence, works hard and plays to their full
potential. If every player does this, then
our team goals will take care of themselves
and we will be playing our best softball in
July.”
Last season, the CCA softball team
was coached by Rachel West. They went 2316. West left CCA to take a job as a CrossFit
teacher. Prior to that, Jim White coached
the team for over 15 years. The 2012-2013
season the team went 43-2. White left Clear
Creek softball to coach at Solon.
Lynn said, “I am excited to be a part
of CCA softball and am looking forward to
getting on the diamond.”