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News Briefs• Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held

at the high school on Tuesday, Nov. 7 from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday, Nov. 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.

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Robb KlassenOpinion Editor

After a year of drama that in-cluded four one-act plays in the fall and Les Miserables in the spring, drama director Michelle Rathe and the CFHS students in-volved will switch to the lighter side with two comedies that will be performed on Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stanard Auditorium at the high school.

The fi rst play is a short one act called “Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread,” and it will be fol-lowed by “Jabberwock.”

“Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread’ is a combination of rhyth-mic sound put together in a humorous scene. Rathe said this play uses a variety of sounds to keep the beat, from Peter Fegley and Andrew Doyle’s guitar strumming talent to crashing carts and bark-ing dogs.

Overall, “Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread” is a quirky, short comedy based on a perplexing love triangle involving two ladies and a man. The act takes you through a confusing process leaving you amidst your thoughts in the end wondering what exactly hap-pened.

“Jabberwock’ takes place in the 1900s right before WWI and then ending right after WWI,” Rathe said. “Although ‘Jabberwock’ is set in old times, it is still up to date with issues like teenage ro-mance and family issues all put together in a comedic way.”

The plot for “Jabberwock” is based on an insanely odd family, led by corky grandpa Clem Fisher, played by senior Peter Fegley.

“This is one of my fi rst main roles, and I’m really excited to perform. Grandpa Fisher is a crazy old man who still thinks he’s

Making a scene:living during the civil war,” Fegley said.

Another main character, Jamie Thurber, is played by senior Spencer Collins.

“I’m an oblivious youth trying to grow up with my crazy family in my crazy household,” Collins said. “It’s my fi rst main role, and I’m so happy I could just jump around and kiss everyone.”

Senior Rhiannon Talbot who plays the mother of the family, ba-sically agreed with what Collins said about the fun of acting in this play. “I’m the crazy mother of a fruity family. I fi nd reality boring, so I decide to spice it up a bit.”

Sophomore Amelia Gotera has also had a lot of fun in prepar-ing the play. “It’s my fi rst play, and I’m really excited,” she said. “I got to meet a lot of friends, and now I don’t need to spend the years weeding out the cool people, although all the seniors will be leaving.”

Tickets for “Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread” and “Jabber-wock” will be $5 for adults and $4 for students at the door. Student activity tickets are also accepted.

Take a peek at what’s around the corner this weekend for this fall’s one-act plays

The following information is a sample of 10% of the CFHS student body.Do you think there should be a time limit on U.S. troops in Iraq?Yes: 53% No: 47%Do you think invading Iraq made the world safer on terrorism?Yes: 42% No: 58%Did we fi nd weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?Yes: 38% No: 62%Was Saddam Hussein behind the attacks on the World Trade Centers?Yes: 43% No: 57%Do you know someone currently serving or who has served in the Iraq War?Yes: 68% No: 32%

• Sophomores, juniors and seniors: Please sign up in guidance if you are inter-ested in taking the ASVAB (Armed Service

Vocational Aptitude Battery) on Thursday, Nov. 9 in the afternoon.

The ASVAB program is designed to help students learn more about themselves and the world of work, identify and explore po-tentially satisfying occupations and develop an effective strategy to realize their goals. The test is free.

Sheila MoussaviEditor-in-Chief

Nov. 1 marks the end of the bloodiest month for U.S. soldiers in Iraq in over a year, totaling 101 casualties, and this tragic fi gure has led to both Democrats and Republicans more intensely questioning some of the fundamental aspects of the War in Iraq.

The questions raised concerning the effective-ness of this war against terror and the declining security of both Iraqis and Americans have re-moved all certainty from the now-famous cliché, “Stay the course.”

Though the Iraq War has been called the War on Terrorism, these recent events have caused some uncertainty among both parties about whether our presence in Iraq is actually helping prevent terror. While some believe that invading Iraq has, by defi nition, reduced terrorism else-where in the world, an increasing proportion of the population seems to believe that this war has been unsuccessful in that respect.

More and more Americans seem to be agreeing with sentiments like those from CFHS psychol-ogy teacher Charles Blair-Broeker that “there are far more effective ways to combat the war on terrorism.”

Still worse than being ineffective, however, is being counter-productive. Junior Elizabeth Cozart is among those who believe we’re causing more harm than good. “The war in Iraq is only creating more hatred against the U.S. as well as more ter-rorists,” she said.

Others, like junior Stephanie Koltookian, said

that this war could have, at least theoretically, prevented terrorism. “I think [the war] was meant to help and ideally it would have, but the people in Iraq aren’t responding very well to what we are trying to do, so it’s eating up resources that could be put to better use.”

Regardless of the reasoning, the general con-sensus is that something isn’t quite working. One controversial suggestion that would add a mea-sure of predictability to the war is implementing certain timelines for withdrawal of U.S. troops.

The practicality of such a measure, however, has also been questioned. While, according to a Newsweek poll, 63 percent of American adults support the addition of timelines, others do not think they would properly refl ect reality.

As CFHS English teacher Marguerite Demoss pointed out, “We haven’t met previous timelines; I don’t know why we would now.”

According to a Johns Hopkins study, since our occupation of Iraq, the mortality rate there has tripled. As a result, many people are wondering whether our presence has bettered or worsened the living situation in Iraq. Still worse, to some there is no question at all. “To me, it’s pretty ob-vious when thousands and thousands are dying,” Blair-Broeker said.

On the other end, Koltookian is among those who believe our effect on the Iraqi living situation cannot be accurately refl ected in numbers. She said, “I think it depends on which groups we are talking about because under Saddam [Hussein] we weren’t sure what was going to happen to them. We were responding to a threat that might happen in the future—not today.”

Meaningful or not, these numbers are most responsible for causing debate among Americans. To make matters worse, the issue isn’t limited to Iraqi security; it concerns American troops too.

During the month of October, there were 101 U.S. casualties in Iraq, making it the bloodiest month in over a year. Naturally, the enormity of this was bound to raise concern. Some, like Co-zart, consider this statistic to be sadly inevitable. “It shows that the longer we stay there and don’t change our policy, the worse things will get.”

According to Cozart, as long as dramatic change is not enforced in Iraq, nothing can pre-vent the conditions from getting worse. Social studies teacher Chris Dyvig added, “I think all Americans should be concerned because things obviously aren’t improving over there.”

Given the unceasing casualties of this war and increasing concern from the public, it isn’t sur-prising that many Republicans are pulling away from President Bush and his War on Terror. Their reasoning for withdrawing support is clearly de-batable.

Some believe this is a sincere attempt to rem-edy past mistakes. These people might agree with Cozart that this late reaction only “demonstrates how poorly President Bush is doing his job.” Oth-ers, however, are slightly more cynical.

Another popular belief is that prominent Re-publicans are pulling away in only an overdue attempt to, as Demoss put it, “save their political skins.”

According to Dyvig, this reaction is hardly unexpected: “It’s not surprising when [Bush’s] approval rating is below 40 percent.”

Rise in Iraqi violence leads to CFHS refl ection

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Peering from underneath her umbrella is junior Hannah Peterson, who plays Georgi-anna in “Jabberwock”

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With Iowa elections less than a week away, one might expect all Iowans to be researching and forming opinions on their state’s candidates. Based on the reactions during a school poll, however, this is apparently not the case at CFHS.

We polled students to see which candidates they preferred for governor and 1st District House, and more telling than their actual choices was the fact that a substantial percentage of those asked had absolutely no idea what we were talking about. In many cases, when 1st District congressional candidates Bruce Braley (D) and Mike Whalen (R) were mentioned, students had

never heard the names before. Even fewer students recognized the names of their candidates for governor, Republican Jim Nussle and Democrat Chet Culver. Despite popular belief, these are names all students should know, and we encourage all students to learn about the issues and choose a candidate who best represents their opinions.

The Hi-Line editorial board decided to demonstrate this process by studying the issues ourselves and endorsing a candidate for both 1st District House office and Governor.

In doing so, the editors followed the same methods we used two

years ago when endorsing a presidential candidate. Once again, rather than simply vote on Nussle or Culver, for example, we voted on each candidate’s position on specific issues.

To further control family, friend or political party influence, we made it a blind vote: We were not told which candidate each position belonged to. This way, the editors were forced to think about individual issues rather than routinely follow the party they’ve identified themselves with.

These are the positions we voted on for each candidate, as gathered from their debates and individual websites:

Without knowing who they corresponded with, the Hi-Line editors voted in support of Congressional candidate Bruce Braley and Guber-natorial candidate Chet Culver on all of the issues above.

Given the current economic and political turbulence in America, the Hi-Line editors overwhelmingly agreed that these two candidates have a better grasp on Iowa’s needs. Based on the accompanying poll, the majority of CFHS students who had an opinion on the matter support this conclusion.

But perhaps just as important as our conclusion is the opportunity

this process gave us to learn about the individual positions and see how well they corresponded with our preferences on a more specific basis than just their political party.

We recommend this process to everyone, particularly those who weren’t exactly sure whether Nussle vs. Culver was a political race at all. This political apathy, not to mention almost impressive inattention to yard signs, can be easily remedied, especially now that we’ve provided you with each candidate’s positions on issues that most matter. By looking over the issues, you can decide for yourselves whose views most nearly reflect your own.

In fact, we encourage those who’ve weighed the issues and our views to write us. We will post the letters on our website as we receive them. All letters should be signed and include addresses and phone numbers for verification. Please deliver them to room 208 at the high school by Thursday at 3 p.m.

And for those who refuse to get involved on the seemingly popular grounds that “all the candidates are the same” or “it’s only a smear cam-paign anyway,” looking at the issues individually might help you realize that it’s not that simple after all.

The Process:

The Results:

The Evidence:

1. Education— Culver supports universal pre-school and promises to compensate for any federal cuts to the Head Start program. He also plans to emphasize a “private-public partnership” between government and corporations to help fund pre-school and higher education. While Nussle rightly supports following the Higher Education Price Index for tuition costs, he is also, unfortunately, a supporter of both the No Child Left Behind Act and local control.

2. Death Penalty—The majority of the edito-rial staff opposes capital punishment and, though both candidates support the death penalty, Culver most nearly reflects our views by only supporting it in circumstances concerning particularly heinous crimes (e.g. abducting and killing a child). Fur-thermore, he does not intend to actively push for reinstatement. On the other hand, Nussle supports reviving the death penalty altogether and plans to actively push for its reinstatement.

3. Abortion—We supported Culver’s pro-choice stance and his support of Roe vs. Wade. He also backs the current Iowa ban on third trimester abor-tions and mandatory parental notification. Nussle, on the other hand, is on a completely different extreme: He is “100 percent pro-life” and supports a ban in all instances excepting when the mother’s life is in danger. Until this can pass, he intends to settle for mandatory parental consent.

4. Energy/Environment—We believe Culver is a stronger supporter of the environment because he actively promotes renewable power methods (solar, wind, etc.) and wants to create the Iowa Power Fund which would work toward making Iowa the

nation’s leader in renewable energy. Though Nussle voted against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, he also supports the construction of oil refiner-ies and an increase in forest thinning programs.

5. Social Security—Culver, like us, does not sup-port privatizing social security. Meanwhile, Nussle voted in favor of a reduction of tax payments on Social Security benefits.

6. Same-sex marriage—The Hi-Line editors oppose a consti-tutional amend-m e n t banning s a m e -sex mar-r i a g e , as does Culver who also supports the standing state law, which states that marriage is between a man and a woman. On the opposite end, Nussle would support a constitutional ban of same-sex marriage and voted in favor of a Wash-ington, D.C., ban on same-sex adoption.

7. Illegal Immigration—Culver emphasizes hold-ing companies accountable by enforcing penalties for hiring illegal immigrants. Unlike Nussle, he places little emphasis on border control as a means of limiting these illegals.

8. Stem Cell Research—Culver, like us, supports publicly funded research if it is well-supervised and peer reviewed. He also intends to create the Iowa Center for Regenerative Medicine. Nussle, on the other hand, does not support embryonic stem cell research and backs placing limitations on regenerative research.

Gubernatorial Candidates:Chet Culver (D) vs. Jim Nussle (R)

Hi-Line endorses Culver, Braley for offices

CFHS Student Election Poll ResultsCulver for Governor 58.3%

Braley for 1st District House 72.5%Results based on 10 percent sample of

all sophomores, juniors and seniors

1st Congressional District Candidates:Bruce Braley (D) vs. Mike Whalen (R)

1. War on Iraq— We believe Braley is right to sup-port investigating fraud in war-time spending and grad-ually turning the country over to the Iraqis. Whalen, however, believes we should remain in Iraq and contin-ue the War on Terrorism until democracy is achieved.

2. Social Security—Whalen supports the privatiza-tion of Social Security. Braley, like us, believes private accounts would be enormously costly.

3. Taxes—Braley promises to help roll back tax cuts on the richest Americans and cut Big Oil tax incentives and overspending in Iraq. Meanwhile, Whalen supports mak-ing the tax cuts established under President Bush permanent. He also advocates a modi-fied flat tax to simplify the tax code and the repeal of the “death” tax.

4. Abortion/Stem Cell Research—Braley is pro-choice (supports Roe vs. Wade) and encourages federal funding of stem cell research. The majority of Hi-Line editors support Braley’s stance on both issues. Whalen, however, is pro-life and does not support federal fund-ing for embryonic stem cell research.

5. Education—Braley intends to increase funding for early childhood, higher education and continuing education while his opponent stresses that the deci-sions for education should be made at the state and local level.

6. Illegal Immigration—Neither candidate sup-ports amnesty for illegal immigrants. However, Braley stresses enforcing penalties on companies employing illegal immigrants, while Whalen stresses that borders

should have more surveillance and barriers.7. Minimum Wage—We unanimously support

Braley’s opinion that an increase in minimum wage is in order. Whalen considers the effects of a mini-mum wage to be overrated and only supports it if it includes tax incentives to help business.

8. Fair Trade—Braley believes that countries involved in NAFTA and CAFTA need level work-ing conditions for environmental regulation, child labor, health concerns, etc. Whalen believes that NAFTA and CAFTA have been effective in open-ing American markets as is.

9. Health Care—Braley supports rewriting prescription benefits of Medicare and expand-ing health insurance coverage to all children and catastrophically ill patients. He also wants to allow small businesses to pool insurance costs so they can share the expense. Whalen stresses that there should be a cap on damages awarded in malprac-tice cases in order to control insurance costs. He also endorses the idea of private, portable health savings accounts with substantial tax incentives for those who’d use them.

10. Fuel—Braley intends to stop incentives to oil companies and wants to provide incentives for E-85 gas stations. Both candidates are in favor of expanding ethanol, biofuel and other alternative sources, but we disagree with Whalen’s support of drilling for oil in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge in order to shift U.S. energy demand from the Middle East.

Athleteof

theWeekAlex Mark

Junior Cross Country

Tigersin Action

SPORTS

Football (8-1) beat Dubuque Hempstead 38-10Next Up: vs. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 11/1(Home at 8:45 p.m.)

Men’s Cross Country placed 3rd at State Meet

Women’s Cross Countryplaced 10th at State Meet

Women’s SwimmingNext Up: State Meet at Marshalltown 11/3-11/4

Women’s Basketball Practice Begins 11/6

Men’s Basketball, Wrestling, Men’s Swimming and BowlingPractices Begin on 11/13

Winter Sports Kickoff11/14

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Junior cross country runner Alex Mark was the top fi nisher for the Ti-gers at the state meet in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Oct. 28. He placed ninth among all the entrants with a time of 16:14, and his efforts earned him a spot on the All-State cross country team.

1. How do you feel about the state tournament results from Fort Dodge last weekend?

I am completely satisfi ed with the way our team ran. Third place is a great fi nish in a tough state this year.

2. What are your personal goals for next year?

Top 5 in the state.

3. How do you hope to achieve that goal?

Hard work in the off season.

4. What do you think about as you run each race?

Usually, anything unrelated to running. Sometimes I sing a song to myself.

Katy SchultSports Editor

Last week, the Cedar Falls Tigers faced off against the Waterloo West Wahawks, and came out on top at the end of the night on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

Earlier in the season, the Tigers beat the Wahawks in the fi rst three games (25-15), (25-7) and (25-16) respec-tively.

This game was the fi rst of many for the Tigers to maintain their appearance at the state tournament. The Tigers have appeared the last three years at the state tournament.

In the fi rst game against the Wa-hawks, the Tigers won 25-15. Seven of the Wahawks fi rst 12 points came from Tiger errors.

In game two, the Tigers started out rough, giving the Wahawks fi ve of their fi rst seven points through errors. At the end of the game, the Tigers came out with a 25-16 win.

In the third and fi nal game of the

evening, the Wahawks gave the Tigers a little bit of a challenge. The Wahawks tied up the score after being behind by six points. The Tigers came out with a 25-20 win.

“It was nice to get a win in the fi rst round tournament action. It is an impor-tant time of the year, and the girls are excited. It was a good win for us,” said head volleyball coach Matt Flaherty about the game against the Waterloo West Wahawks.

Junior Nina Savage led the team in kills that night, ending up with a match-high of 14 kills. Junior Caitlin Hagarty and senior Abby Mohlis were not too far behind with 13 and 11 kills respectively.

Monday evening the 11th-ranked Cedar Falls team faced the eighth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy team in game two of the post-season play, and results were not available at deadline.

The Cedar Falls team has not yet matched up against Cedar Rapids Ken-nedy so far in the season, but looks to come out with a win and come one step closer to the state meet.

Cedar Falls captures win over Waterloo West

Josh BettsSports Editor

It’s what you work for from the fi rst day of practice in August … the state tournament. Coming off of great performances at the district meet, the Tiger men’s and women’s cross coun-try teams were looking to make their marks as two of the best teams in the state.

They both did just that.The Tiger men’s cross country

team, looking for its third straight state championship, fi nished third on Saturday behind Pleasant Valley and Marshalltown. That third place fi nish put them on the podium for the fourth straight year.

“We were very, very pleased to be third,” men’s cross country coach Troy Becker said. “For us to be the team to fi nish third was a great accomplish-ment, and a big thrill for the guys. It

shows that the program has expecta-tions to be on the podium.”

Pleasant Valley won the meet with 74 points, followed by Marshalltown, who fi nished second with 86 points. The Tigers fi nished third with 160 points. Cedar Rapids Washington placed fourth with 164 points, and Bet-tendorf rounded out the top fi ve, fi nish-ing fi fth with 179 points.

Individually, the Tigers were paced by junior Alex Mark, who fi nished ninth overall in a time of 16:14. Mark was selected fi rst team All-State for his ninth place fi nish.

“I was so proud of Alex,” Becker said. “We asked him to keep running hard and keep the faith. Sometimes the biggest challenge is not the race, but to overcome doubts you may have. Alex was determined to be fi rst team All-State.”

Other runners for the Tiger men included junior Drew Poland, fi nishing

23rd in a time of 16:34 and sophomore Jordan Velasquez fi nishing 26th in a time of 16:39.

“Jordan Velasquez had a good race,” Becker said. “To be on the po-dium, you have to have everyone run good races, but you have to have some people run special races.”

Senior Jason Knox fi nished 37th for the Tigers in a time of 16:47, and junior Michael Streicher fi nished 65th in 17:18.

Guided by junior Kelsey Davis’ 30th place fi nish, the Tiger women’s cross country team ran to a 10th place fi nish, their 15th straight team top 10 fi nish at State.

“It wasn’t one of our better per-formances,” women’s cross country coach Bob Schmidt said.

“You take a look back and realize this squad had a good year. Our goal was to fi nish in the top 10, and we did that. I see a team I’m very proud of.

They did a great job maintaining tradi-tion.”

Schmidt also offered thoughts on Davis’ performance Saturday.

“I think she (Davis) ran a real good race,” Schmidt said. “She can look forward hopefully to an outstanding senior year.”

For the Tiger girls, Davis fi nished 30th in a time of 15:40, and junior Leah Blanchard fi nished 36th in a time of 15:48. Sophomore Paige Hersom fi nished 39th in a time of 15:51.

Junior Summer Anderson fi nished 77th in a time of 16:32, and junior Liz Bauer fi nished 88th in a time of 16:50.

Schmidt offered some thoughts on the returning experience for next season.

“We have a lot of experience com-ing back,” Schmidt said. “We have a lot to build on.

“We’re looking forward to next year already.”

Men’s cross country 3rd, women 10th at state cross country in Fort Dodge

Swimming & Diving State Meet Qualifi ers

At the District meet in Marshalltown on Saturday, Oct. 28, the Cedar Falls women’s swimming team fi nished second overall and will be sending many swimmers and divers to the state meet in Marshall-town on Friday and Saturday.

Qualifi ers include:200 Medley Relay Team (Jackie Itzen, Erica

Scullin, Joanie Panec and Josie Itzen)400 Freestyle Relay TeamBethany Olson (Diving)Megan Schilling (Diving)Jackie Itzen (200 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle)Josie Itzen (200 Individual Medley, 50 Freestyle)Erica Scullin (100 Breaststroke)Sarah Heeden (100 Breastroke)Joanie Panec (100 Butterfl y, 50 Freestyle)

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Honor HeindlStaff Writer

A tennis shoe, by defi nition, is an athletic sneaker with a rubber sole (usually pebbled) and a stitched canvas upper that laces over the instep.

To some, shoes are mere accesso-ries that are worn only because they are required, but for senior Jordan Galles, they have a completely different mean-ing.

“I have always been very into ath-letics, and so, along with a lot of sports, comes a lot of shoes. My parents kind of spoiled me and got me new shoes for every sport that I did, and I always really took my time picking out shoes when I went school shopping. When I started to get my own money, it really spiraled out of control. They were my fi rst loves,” Galles said.

The average person owns about

three pairs of tennis shoes at a time; Galles owns over 30. You could say foot apparel is her trademark.

She said she enjoys having shoes that nobody else does, in fact she said it’s rather annoying when she does see one of her many pairs of shoes on someone else’s feet.

“I think Nike would be my favorite brand. I don’t run in Nike’s because they honestly hurt my feet to work out in, but I think they look the coolest.

“Shox are my true weakness. I would say that of my 30-35 pairs, about 15 of those are Shox.

“My all time favorite shoes are probably the ones that I personalized with my name on them. I think it’s be-cause I know that they are exactly what I wanted, and I know that no one else has them,” Galles said.

Matching her shoes to the rest of her outfi ts, Galles tries to fi nd differ-

CRAZY about SHOES: Senior with shoe obsession owns over 35 pairs of kicks

ent colors every time she purchases a new pair.

“To some people, especially my par-ents, it seems like a really stupid thing to spend money on, but I don’t need a lot of things, and so when I get some extra money in my pocket, that’s what I really love to buy,” Galles said.

Galles gets a new pair every three to four months and defi nitely puts them to good use, wearing them a major-ity of the week. Shoe companies are constantly coming out with new styles and designs, and Galles doesn’t miss a single update; she’s quite savvy when it comes to the world of kicks.

“My friends all ask me to go shoe shopping with them when they go, such as Abby Long, because they say that it’s a science to me. I am making a mad rush to stock up now before I go to col-lege because I know I will be too poor to buy any there.”

Halloween dance gives students fun scare Sitting amidst her collection of tennis shoes is CFHS senior Jordan Galles.

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Pictures labeled clockwise starting at the left:

Dressed as Wednesday from The Addams Family is senior Rhiannon Talbot.

Impersonating Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz is senior April Czarnetzki.

Dressed as nurses from Gray’s Anatomy are seniors Rachel Hakes, Abby Long, Nathalie Dubois, Jacob Dreyer, Jordan Galles and Shara McClannahan.

Looking at piles of candy are sophomores Tucker Angel, Kellie Petersen and Kate Welter

Crowding in the CFHS hallway outside of the gym are Mellisa Eliason, Allison Bernard, Alissa Llewellyn, Erin Vorland, Jordan Llewellyn and Sara Jones.

Halloween dance gives students fun scare

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