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RECORD MISSOURI BOYS STATE VOLUME 69, NUMBER 5 THURSDAY JUNE 19, 2008 MISSOURI BOYS STATE’S FINEST NEWS SOURCE Serving Missouri’s finest young men since 1938. BY JON GOOCH CROWDER The 69th session of MBS has the opportunity to become the first session to amend the MBS con- stitution. Instead of the usual campaigning for MBS Supreme Court, the applicants will instead be looked over and chosen by a council of the Governor’s choice. The applicants will still be required to have a 25-signa- ture petition, but they will also be required to list their qualifi- cations for being a justice. Many are in favor of this. Nationalist Ben Seidel, who is running for Supreme Court from Ingle, says, “I’m in favor of it because it allows for higher quality candidates then what you would see in an election.” Nation- alist Bradley Johns, running for Supreme Court from Alcorn, also thinks that it is a good idea. “It’s a much easier process and allevi- ates the schedule for many citi- zens. It’s also what the Missouri government does, which makes MBS a more accurate representa- tion of Missouri government.” There are dissenters, how- ever. “I don’t believe that qualifications of a MBS official should include that of outside influences, and the time for creating a MBS resume under this new system is much less then the time that candidates have now. I like the old system a lot more,” says Caleb Phillips, a Nationalist Supreme Court candidate from Crowder. Amendment would be first in MBS history BY SAM BUCKLER BLAIR Two members of each city will represent MBS at the Missouri Veterans Home of Warrensburg during an ice cream social on Friday. These volunteers have gen- erously decided to give up their time and miss the Governor’s Cup to help at the ice cream social on Friday. In return they will get to meet and visit with many veterans. The MBS citizens who help at the veteran’s home will serve and prepare the ice cream for the veterans, interact with them, and just tell them about the exciting events happen- ing at MBS. This will be a great opportunity to show that MBS is proud to support our nation’s veterans. A bus will transport the MBS citizens to and from the Missouri Veterans Home of Warrensburg. It will depart at two o’clock on Friday and will return before the athletic pro- gram. Citizens helping at the ice cream social should meet in front of the MBS headquar- ters, in front of Hudson Hall to board the bus. Anyone interested in help- ing at the veteran’s home should speak to their community ser- vice coordinator or city mayor. MBS citizens to volunteer with Mo. Veterans Home BY ANTHONY SHELTON DONIPHAN Carver has experienced quite a turn of events in only sev- eral days. On Tuesday, Carver announced the opening of the Carver Surplus Outlet, to com- bat the high prices of products sold by the General Surplus Outlet. Only days later, the Federalists bought all of the supplies at the CSO. The price of the entire inventory totaled $10,000 BSB. In the Tuesday copy of the MBS Record, Nationalist Jacob Zimmer wrote an article critical of the GSO and Commissioner Frank Johnson. “They (Federalists) probably want to block off supplies from the Nationalists , and provide supplies to Federalist candi- dates,” said Zimmer. This turn of events also comes after it was announced that the GSO now sells posterboards for $20 BSB. “It was a success for the CSO,” said Zimmer, “We wanted them to lower prices, and they did.” “There is still discontent between me and the CSO,” said Johnson. The regulation of prices in the GSO is done by the state. This leaves the GSO man- ager unable to change prices in response to the creation of the CSO. A lawsuit against the CSO has not been ruled out. Title III Chapter 301.10 of the MBS Constitution states that no citizen shall bring with him to MBS any printed matter, post- ers, or other matter intended to further campaign in which aforementioned citizen might take part. Further legal contro- versy between the two stores will prove pivotal to this Carver institution. Federalists buy out CSO supplies MOMENT OF TRUTH BY NATHAN FULTON INGLE Citizens assembled Wednes- day afternoon for a gubernato- rial debate in Hendricks Hall, where fiscal and monetary policies dominated discussion. After a week of tough cam- paigning, Spencer Alexander got his chance to set their tone of the gubernatorial race one last time. Amidst scandal, his message to each citizen was, “...keep your own.” That is pre- cisely what the candidates did. The party platforms outlined at the beginning of the presen- tation set the tone for the rest of the debate. Despite assur- ances of unity, the candidates rarely swayed from their party lines, and extended basic phi- losophies into new waters. Ryan Sparkman of the Fed- eralist Party outlined his plans for limited government intru- sion and limited government assistance. He made his most prevalent stance against Jones on welfare, calling for free mar- ket reforms that, “...rewards hard workers not slackers.” He also made stances on current con- gressional fiscal policies includ- ing the casino tax, state business taxes, and the media tax. Spark- man spoke for an end to govern- ment intrusion into the economy and an end to the welfare state. Mike Jones had differing opinions. His platform was one of leniency, stressing that people sometimes have bad breaks. Once again, he stressed his flagship fiscal and econom- ic flagship program entitled the Business Booster plan. His plan focuses on drastically cutting the income tax and streamlin- ing the business application process. In his closing remarks, Jones—like Sparkman—devi- ated from the economic focus of the day by promoting unity. Zach Kerns—the “pinecone” candidate—was notable only in his absence, as he called for unity by promoting an inde- pendent vote. As a first public display of party platforms and their lead- ers, the gubernatorial debate was a success. Federalist gubernatorial candidate Ryan Sparkman (left) and Nationalist gubernatorial candidate Michael Jones face off in the 2008 guberna- torial debate Wednesday afternoon in Hendricks Hall. Gubernatorial hopefuls square off; election is today BY TIM COOPER INGLE “Unity. Loyalty. Prosperity.” This is a message that many have seen countless times this week…a message from former Federalist candidate for Governor, Spencer Alexander. Not long after Alexander began seeking signatures to run for office, there was suspicion involved with his campaign. The general story spread by MBS citizens involves Alexander receiving more than the maximum amount of thirty signa- tures, in order to hinder other Fed- eralist candidates seeking office. “My brother who came two years ago instructed me to go big on signatures,” Alexander said. “There was not a cap on the amount you could receive when he came, so my goal was to get as many as possible.” As one can imagine, receiv- ing more signatures would bring more support and greater likeli- ness of getting elected for any candidate. However, it was made clear to all citizens that to receive more than thirty is illegal. Alexander defended his cam- paign saying, “I never had more than thirty signatures. I had one petition completely filled out, but the other remained blank, as I was made aware of the election rules.” Despite these statements, many still question Alexander’s legality as a candidate. No record of Alexander receiving more than thirty signatures was ever found in the investigations conducted by the Attorney General’s office. “The way the process works, petitions are reviewed by the Feder- alist Party, specifically the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary,”Lewis City Counselor, Parag Shah, said. “No staff member has any involve- ment in determining the validity or eligibility of these petitions.” Although drama behind the allegations has led to Alexan- der’s withdrawal from the race, he still shows prominent leader- ship characteristics in support- ing his party whole-heartedly. “I have indescribable respect for the Federalist Party and the way they went about the situa- tion,” Alexander said. “I was not forced to resign, but I chose to do so for the sake of my party, and in doing so, I am also endorsing Mr. Sparkman.” Federalist candidate steps down; Central Committee names replacement Federalists First row, from left: Michael McClellan (Auditor), Daniel Cook (SC), Danny Cisar (SC), Westin Miller (Attorney General), Karac Lindsey (Treasurer), Matthew Rose (SC). Second row: Benjamin Johnson (SC), Jared Lund (SC), Robert Revis (Lieutenant Governor), Spencer Alexander (Governor), Micah Uptegrove (Sec . of State), David Waites (SC), Caleb Harris (SC). Note: Spencer Alexander stepped down as Federalist gubernatorial candidate and was replaced by Ryan Sparkman. Nationalists First row, from left: Benjamin Seidel (SC), Daniel Garnett (SC), Christopher Fernandez (Lieutenant Governor), Jordan Sheets (Sec. of State), Miles Figg (Attorney Gen.), Solomon Williams (SC), Alex Reinisch (SC). Second row: Jaron Fowler (Auditor), Samuel Lorey (Treasurer), Michael Jones (Governor), Caleb Phillips (SC), Zachary Doyle (SC), Frank Johnson (SC).

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Page 1: RECORD - Missouri Boys State · 2015-07-16 · RECORDMISSOURI BOYS STATE VOLUME 69, NUMBER 5 • THURSDAY JUNE 19, 2008 • MISSOURI BOYS STATE’S FINEST NEWS SOURCE Serving Missouri’s

RECORDMISSOURI BOYS STATE

VOLUME 69, NUMBER 5 • THURSDAY JUNE 19, 2008 • MISSOURI BOYS STATE’S FINEST NEWS SOURCE

Serving Missouri’s finest young men since 1938.

BY JON GOOCHCROWDER

The 69th session of MBS has the opportunity to become the first session to amend the MBS con-stitution. Instead of the usual campaigning for MBS Supreme Court, the applicants will instead be looked over and chosen by a council of the Governor’s

choice. The applicants will still be required to have a 25-signa-ture petition, but they will also be required to list their qualifi-cations for being a justice.

Many are in favor of this. Nationalist Ben Seidel, who is running for Supreme Court from Ingle, says, “I’m in favor of it because it allows for higher quality candidates then what you

would see in an election.” Nation-alist Bradley Johns, running for Supreme Court from Alcorn, also thinks that it is a good idea. “It’s a much easier process and allevi-ates the schedule for many citi-zens. It’s also what the Missouri government does, which makes MBS a more accurate representa-tion of Missouri government.”

There are dissenters, how-

ever. “I don’t believe that qualifications of a MBS official should include that of outside influences, and the time for creating a MBS resume under this new system is much less then the time that candidates have now. I like the old system a lot more,” says Caleb Phillips, a Nationalist Supreme Court candidate from Crowder.

Amendment would be first in MBS history

BY SAM BUCKLER BLAIR

Two members of each city will represent MBS at the Missouri Veterans Home of Warrensburg during an ice cream social on Friday.

These volunteers have gen-erously decided to give up their time and miss the Governor’s Cup to help at the ice cream social on Friday. In return they will get to meet and visit with many veterans.

The MBS citizens who help at the veteran’s home will serve and prepare the ice cream for the veterans, interact with them, and just tell them about

the exciting events happen-ing at MBS. This will be a great opportunity to show that MBS is proud to support our nation’s veterans.

A bus will transport the MBS citizens to and from the Missouri Veterans Home of Warrensburg. It will depart at two o’clock on Friday and will return before the athletic pro-gram. Citizens helping at the ice cream social should meet in front of the MBS headquar-ters, in front of Hudson Hall to board the bus.

Anyone interested in help-ing at the veteran’s home should speak to their community ser-vice coordinator or city mayor.

MBS citizens to volunteer with Mo. Veterans Home

BY ANTHONY SHELTONDONIPHAN

Carver has experienced quite a turn of events in only sev-eral days. On Tuesday, Carver announced the opening of the Carver Surplus Outlet, to com-bat the high prices of products sold by the General Surplus Outlet. Only days later, the Federalists bought all of the supplies at the CSO. The price of the entire inventory totaled $10,000 BSB.

In the Tuesday copy of the MBS Record, Nationalist Jacob Zimmer wrote an article critical of the GSO and Commissioner Frank Johnson.

“They (Federalists) probably want to block off supplies from the Nationalists , and provide supplies to Federalist candi-dates,” said Zimmer. This turn of events also comes after it was

announced that the GSO now sells posterboards for $20 BSB. “It was a success for the CSO,” said Zimmer, “We wanted them to lower prices, and they did.”

“There is still discontent between me and the CSO,” said Johnson. The regulation of prices in the GSO is done by the state. This leaves the GSO man-ager unable to change prices in response to the creation of the CSO.

A lawsuit against the CSO has not been ruled out. Title III Chapter 301.10 of the MBS Constitution states that no citizen shall bring with him to MBS any printed matter, post-ers, or other matter intended to further campaign in which aforementioned citizen might take part. Further legal contro-versy between the two stores will prove pivotal to this Carver institution.

Federalists buy out CSO supplies

MOMENT OF TRUTH

BY NATHAN FULTONINGLE

Citizens assembled Wednes-day afternoon for a gubernato-rial debate in Hendricks Hall, where fiscal and monetary policies dominated discussion. After a week of tough cam-paigning, Spencer Alexander got his chance to set their tone of the gubernatorial race one last time. Amidst scandal, his message to each citizen was, “...keep your own.” That is pre-cisely what the candidates did.

The party platforms outlined at the beginning of the presen-tation set the tone for the rest of the debate. Despite assur-ances of unity, the candidates rarely swayed from their party lines, and extended basic phi-losophies into new waters.

Ryan Sparkman of the Fed-eralist Party outlined his plans for limited government intru-sion and limited government assistance. He made his most prevalent stance against Jones on welfare, calling for free mar-ket reforms that, “...rewards hard

workers not slackers.” He also made stances on current con-gressional fiscal policies includ-ing the casino tax, state business taxes, and the media tax. Spark-man spoke for an end to govern-ment intrusion into the economy and an end to the welfare state.

Mike Jones had differing opinions. His platform was one of leniency, stressing that people sometimes have bad breaks. Once again, he stressed his flagship fiscal and econom-ic flagship program entitled the Business Booster plan. His plan

focuses on drastically cutting the income tax and streamlin-ing the business application process. In his closing remarks, Jones—like Sparkman—devi-ated from the economic focus of the day by promoting unity.

Zach Kerns—the “pinecone” candidate—was notable only in his absence, as he called for unity by promoting an inde-pendent vote.

As a first public display of party platforms and their lead-ers, the gubernatorial debate was a success.

Federalist gubernatorial candidate Ryan Sparkman (left) and Nationalist gubernatorial candidate Michael Jones face off in the 2008 guberna-torial debate Wednesday afternoon in Hendricks Hall.

Gubernatorial hopefuls square off; election is today

BY TIM COOPERINGLE

“Unity. Loyalty. Prosperity.” This is a message that many have seen countless times this week…a message from former Federalist candidate for Governor, Spencer Alexander.

Not long after Alexander began seeking signatures to run for office, there was suspicion involved with his campaign. The general story spread by MBS citizens involves Alexander receiving more than the maximum amount of thirty signa-tures, in order to hinder other Fed-eralist candidates seeking office.

“My brother who came two years ago instructed me to go big on signatures,” Alexander said. “There was not a cap on the amount you could receive when he came, so my goal was to get as many as possible.”

As one can imagine, receiv-

ing more signatures would bring more support and greater likeli-ness of getting elected for any candidate. However, it was made

clear to all citizens that to receive more than thirty is illegal.

Alexander defended his cam-paign saying, “I never had more

than thirty signatures. I had one petition completely filled out, but the other remained blank, as I was made aware of the election rules.”

Despite these statements, many still question Alexander’s legality as a candidate. No record of Alexander receiving more than

thirty signatures was ever found in the investigations conducted by the Attorney General’s office.

“The way the process works, petitions are reviewed by the Feder-alist Party, specifically the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary,” Lewis City Counselor, Parag Shah, said. “No staff member has any involve-ment in determining the validity or eligibility of these petitions.”

Although drama behind the allegations has led to Alexan-der’s withdrawal from the race, he still shows prominent leader-ship characteristics in support-ing his party whole-heartedly.

“I have indescribable respect for the Federalist Party and the way they went about the situa-tion,” Alexander said. “I was not forced to resign, but I chose to do so for the sake of my party, and in doing so, I am also endorsing Mr. Sparkman.”

Federalist candidate steps down; Central Committee names replacement

Federalists

First row, from left: Michael McClellan (Auditor), Daniel Cook (SC), Danny Cisar (SC), Westin Miller (Attorney General), Karac Lindsey (Treasurer), Matthew Rose (SC). Second row: Benjamin Johnson (SC), Jared Lund (SC), Robert Revis (Lieutenant Governor), Spencer Alexander (Governor), Micah Uptegrove (Sec . of State), David Waites (SC), Caleb Harris (SC). Note: Spencer Alexander stepped down as Federalist gubernatorial candidate and was replaced by Ryan Sparkman.

Nationalists

First row, from left: Benjamin Seidel (SC), Daniel Garnett (SC), Christopher Fernandez (Lieutenant Governor), Jordan Sheets (Sec. of State), Miles Figg (Attorney Gen.), Solomon Williams (SC), Alex Reinisch (SC). Second row: Jaron Fowler (Auditor), Samuel Lorey (Treasurer), Michael Jones (Governor), Caleb Phillips (SC), Zachary Doyle (SC), Frank Johnson (SC).

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Alcorn BY KYLE WELLSALCORN

The Alcorn city council has started passing ordinances. Many ordinances deal with the behavior and conduct of the citizens. The Alcorn police have begun cracking down. Many laws have been established including walking on the right side of the hall, no running, no u-turns, and many stop signs have also been placed through-out the city. The Alcorn police force is requesting a warrant for the arrest of a litterer from Whitfield. Also, the Happy End-ings Casino is now re-open for business. Recently, the casino was shut down for operating without a gaming license. The owners of the casino were quick to get their gaming license and now there business is fully legal. Hopefully the casino will bring business to Alcorn. Alcorn and Whitfield plan on teaming up together and having a county

fair to try to bring business to the county.

BlairBY JOSIAH CASEYBLAIR

Blair has been busy in its city council meetings. They have used the time to make laws and create committees to help the city. Included in these laws is a 10 BSB tax on each soda bought from the city beverage commis-sioner. Also included in the laws passed in Blair are numerous fines citizens can get. Some of these fines are 300 BSB for using the elevator, 20 BSB for littering, and fines of various amounts for disrupting city meetings.

Citizens in Blair have shown that they are willing to support their city and each other. Many people have donated both time and money to help with city construction. People have also donated money to help fund the campaigns of their fellow citi-

zens that are running for state office. These candidates include Karac Lindsey, running for state treasurer, and Mike Jones, run-ning for governor. In another big act of generosity, Mayor Christopher has decided to use money out of his own pocket to pay for all the smallpox vaccina-tions for the citizens of Blair.

Blair had a mediocre day in sports Tuesday, doing worse than the previous day and only scoring 25 points overall. This showing disappointed Blair’s citizens, and they are now more motivated to play hard and win during the athletic program. Hopefully this motivation will spur Blair to more wins in the following days of athletics.

BooneBY RODNEY PRUITTBOONE

Wednesday was primary elec-tion day. After the usual waking up, showering, and breakfast,

Boone residents returned to their city meeting area to vote for their representative politi-cal parties. Afterwards, citizens were released to their schools of instruction and then partook in governmental activities, which included court sessions.

This day marked the first ever court session for the Boone judicial branch. Assistant City Counselor Ben Gomez was indicted with using his cellu-lar phone during the previous night’s city meeting. Gomez was found not guilty by the jury much to Prosecutors David Headings and Brandon Bern-hardt’s dismay.

According to Gomez and witnesses, the “no cell phone ordinance” was not in place at the time of the alleged use. During Gomez’s trial, ACC John Jabouri interrupted pro-ceedings by answering his cell phone. Another trial was held and Jabouri was found guilty, punished by the court, and fined one hundred BSBs for the viola-tion and fifty BSBs in court fees.

The court seemed to be a popular place because a third trial was held. Duggan resident Cameron Seitz was accused of breaking Boone‘s Ordinance Three, which calls for people to treat Boone hallways like a road system, walking on the right side. Seitz was found guilty of walking on the wrong side of the “road” and forced to pay only fifty BSBs for the viola-tions and fifty BSBs in court fees because it was his first offense. “Ignorance is not an excuse,” proclaimed Prosecutor David Headings. If Wednesday is any indication to the future, Boone will be cracking down on trou-ble making barbarians.

CarnahanBY MATT HOWARDCARNAHAN

Big things are happening in Car-nahan. The city’s economy got a kick start with new businesses opening. These businesses hope

to bring in visitors from out of town and hope to help out the city’s economy.

A new casino owned by Trent Todd is one of the new attrac-tions in Carnahan. “Things are going great here at the Upper Deck,” said Todd.

If you want to check them out, they are in room 404 of Car-nahan. The city also welcomes citizens who want to learn self defense.

Room 439 is home to the new Tokaguro Dojo. Owner of the self-defense school explains,

“We’ll be doing grappling, escape maneuvers, defense against knife attacks and much more,” said Ryan Tiefenthaler.

Both new businesses hope to influence their city’s economy.

Carnahan got a chance to try out their newly formed court system. City Councilor Greg Blair was found guilty for wear-ing flip flops in the hallway and walking through a left-hand door. This case was the first

See CITY NEWS, Page 7

CITY NEWS

BY NATHAN FULTONINGLE

It is hard to disagree with someone who receives a stand-ing ovation commending her success on being born, but Sarah Steelman has proven herself worthy of at least some of the enthusiasm expressed by her audience Tuesday night. Her successes have earned her accolades from Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum, the infamous slayer of the Equal Rights Amendment. In her roles as state treasurer, Steel-man has been a central figure in turning Missouri’s economy around. She is also a central figure in the Divesting Terror campaign, which now enjoys a national following.

Steelman’s message was one about leadership and courage. “It is up to you to be the pio-neers of the future...to be fear-less. Fight for what is right,” she said. Parts of her speech sounded like the rhetoric one would hear before a Rage Against the Machine concert, calling for youth to do what is necessary to bring justice to the world. But her values could not have been more conservative. As she moved into the question and answer period, those views manifested themselves.

“I liked the short answers. The Q&A was probably the most helpful,” Zachary Ander-son said. “She stands a good chance against Nixon. She didn’t have a strong stage pres-ence, but she was very pre-pared.” Although levity com-manded the mental attention of many, the applause through-

out much of the session was meant to commend her v ie ws and courage.

O t h e r s , h o w e v e r , d i s a g re e d .

Jordan Raisher was quick to point out his concerns with her views regarding ethanol. “I feel that her positions were too fluid and reflected a level of pandering that I believe shows a distance from actual values. For example, when I asked about alternative energy, her only specific answer was a sup-port of ethanol. However, when questioned about the ill effects of ethanol, she retracted her support. Can we trust a person who stands on both sides of any issue?” Raisher’s views were shared by others, who were concerned that her defense of divesting terrorism was void of sound analysis of sociopolitical ramifications.

Despite her affiliation with Eagle Forum, she was quick to discuss her own experience with the glass ceiling. She took a conservative stand on infra-structure, emphasizing private-public partnerships. Her blame of gasoline and food prices for class stagnation and economic polarization received applause.

As the first female keynote speaker of the 69th session of MBS, Steelman received a cha-otic greeting, but at the end of the day, MBS had reason to return Steelman’s words to her: “I am sure that I will learn more from you then you will from me.”

Steelman steals stage

BY RYAN BROCKABLAIR

MBS week is half over and athletic events are fully underway. While athletic period is a great time to “have some fun” or “burn a little energy,” it is also a time to propel your respective cities toward the distinc-tion of Model City. Along with making laws, citizen behavior, and city pride, win-

ning the Governor’s Cup makes up a sub-stantial portion of the standings in the race for MBS Model City. Also, counselors are observing your actions during athletic period towards not only your teammates but also the other team. Encouraging your teammates and also your opponents could certainly give your city a good reputa-tion and help you reach the sacred goal of Model City.

After two days Boone and Clark are leading with 75 points while Gambrel and Doniphan are right on their heels with 70. Overall the race is very close with the top 10 cities being separated by less than 30 points. Each win is worth five points and a forfeit will deduct 25 points. Delegates are only allowed to participate in the same sport three times during the week and are encouraged to try different sports.

Athletics under way in race toward Model City, Governor’s Cup

BY ERIC HALLAMRICHARDSON

“As a city counselor, I feel empowered that citizens are enforcing their ordinances, but taking advantage of that power is not a good step,” Richardson City Counselor Matt Hume said. Recently ACC Joseph Benjamin Smith was given a ticket to appear in court.

Smith was lost within Crowder looking for the Hall of Justice when he was issued the ticket. Smith said, “I was being followed by a policeman from Crowder while I was in the city; I tried to step around another counselor and had a toe just out of the main street. Instantly I was issued a ticket for being on the wrong side of the road.”

Joseph has taken the lib-

erty of hiring not only the city-appointed attorney but a private business law firm to work in a joint partnership for a counter suit. City Attorney Colton Kelican said “Justice is equality. If we prosecute our counselors, how are we to gov-ern ourselves?”

The private law firm of Barnes and Riley went to Crowder to look for the place-ment of the ordinances to which Smith was not made known. Nathan Barnes stat-ed that “the ordinances were placed in inconvenient places.” As of now, all three attorneys are filing a change of venue for the court proceedings. When asked why the change, Smith replied, “the court staying in Crowder would be like caging their prey before striking it down.”

Richardson ACC seeks change of venueSmith maintains he was lost

STEELMAN

BY RYAN BROCKABLAIR

The controversy between the Blair and Richardson frisbee golf teams Monday has been settled. It seems there was a misunderstanding on the issue of how many players were

allowed to participate for each team and how it affected the score of Monday’s match.

The rules state that only four players may participate for each team but Richardson reported with six athletes to play. Richardson frisbee golf captain Colton Kelican stated

that “each team agreed that Richardson would just count the scores of four of their play-ers and would have their other two players participate but their scores would not count.”

It seems some Monday members of the Blair team were unaware of this agree-

ment and thought they had been wronged in the closely contested match that Richard-son won. Luckily, these cities, who belong to Gamble County, were able to set their differ-ences aside and move forward with no more hard feelings.

Richardson, Blair athletic controversy settled

BY JOSEF STARKBOONE

MBS citizens have the oppor-tunity to earn two credit hours for college. This is great for those going on to college. Two credit hours is a nice start going into college, but what about starting with 70 college credits? Not a bad way to start off college. Seven MBS citizens can claim to have 70 or more credit hours going into col-lege. These citizens are Caleb Washburn, Nathan Freeman, Micah Uptegrove, Robbie Saab, George Ransom, Josh Jackson, and Josef Stark. These citizens attend a high school known as the Missouri Academy of Sci-ence, Mathematics and Com-puting. The Missouri Academy is located in Maryville on the

campus of Northwest Missouri State University. The Missouri Academy is an opportunity for gifted students to excel. “The Academy is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me academically. In one year at the Academy, I’ve taken more math than my old high school had to offer,” Alcorn citizen Josh Jackson said.

Academy students are able to replace their last two years of high school with their first two years of college. Instead of attending classes with regu-lar high school students, they are placed in college classes with college students. After graduating from the Missouri Academy, students will earn 70 credits and the great thing is these credits are all free. The students at the Missouri Acad-

emy don’t have to pay a single dime for the classes they take.

The Missouri Academy allows some of the brightest kids in the state of Missouri a place to excel. On the other hand, the Academy has more than just students from the state of Missouri. This past year there were 14 students from South Korea. It was the first time for some of the students to meet a peer from a different country.

“If you take the best pub-lic speakers, and change their speaking skills to math or sci-ence, and put about 150 in a building, you have the Acade-my. Then you stretch this week out over a full school year, and understand that those students are taking classes with regular college students,” Caleb Wash-

burn said. After finishing up the two years at the Academy, the students receive a high school diploma, along with an Associate’s degree of Science. “The Academy is a very good opportunity to get a head start in life, and push your limits as far as you can,” Whitfield citizen George Ransom said. The Academy offers students a challenge, not only academi-cally, but athletically. The Acad-emy doesn’t compete against other high schools, but instead offers intramural sports where students compete against NWMSU students. They all agree that it’s a lot of fun to be going to college with the regu-lar college students, and they are glad that they made the decision to attend the Missouri Academy.

Seven members of MBS attending college while in high school

BY MITCH HUNTLEYWHITFIELD

News of the chaotic Fed-eralist Party Caucus has reached the citizens of MBS. Many know that there was a feud between Federalist Party Chairman Gabriel Eggers of Alcorn and the citizens on the floor regarding disrespectful actions by Eggers and the citi-zens.

Many felt Eggers was rude, arrogant, and disrespectful to

his fellow F e d e r a l -ists. Others claim that t he f lo or was being loud, dis-respect ful and r ude

not only to Eggers, but to most officials who spoke on stage that morning. Both sides claimed strong arguments and would have a strong case in court.

“The Federalists had a case. He has a duty to fulfill and if he doesn’t fulfill that duty with respect towards the citizens that serve him, then the citi-zens should have a voice when removing him from office, not just the state council officials,” a law official from Alcorn said.

“Eggers did the best he could. The floor was loud and he was merely trying to carry on business quickly and smoothly as possible,” Whit-field citizen Steven Platt said.

Citizens later wondered

how to proceed to impeach Eggers as chair. The only two proper ways in which this could occur are by a writ, which involves a citizens claiming an argument against a state official and taking it to the state court with a hired lawyer. Alternatively, one could use the negligence act, claiming the official was not properly fulfilling his duties, which would also require tak-ing the claim to the state court with a hired representative.

Chaos from Federalist Party Caucus still echosChairman Gabriel Eggers takes heat

EGGERS

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WE CITIZENS OF CROWDER AND OF MISSOURI BOY’S STATE WISH TO ISSUE A FORMAL APOLOGY TO ALL THAT WERE OFFENDED BY OUR INEXCUSABLE ACTIONS DURING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH MISSOURI TREA-SURER SARAH STEELEMAN. WE WISH TO COMMEND CLARK FOR THEIR HEARTFELT APOLOGY DURING THE BREAKFAST HOUR. WE WILL TRY TO REGAIN THE TRUST OF ALL BY GUARANTEEING THAT ACTIONS LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, NOR SHOULD IT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN AS LONG AS WE ARE PART OF CROWDER OF THE 69TH

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The ‘Gubernatorial Showdown’

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TIM COOPER, INGLEEDITOR IN CHIEF

CONNOR THOMAS, GAMBRELMANAGING EDITOR

COLBY TEEMAN, CARNAHANCITY EDITOR

JUSTIN WHALEY, CARNAHANBUSINESS MANAGER

RYAN BROCKA, BLAIRSPORTS EDITOR

KYLE WELLS | ALCORN

BY NATHAN FULTONINGLE

Cutting off the head of a snake kills it. It’s a shame that regimes aren’t snakes. Sarah Steelman’s “Divesting Terrorism” campaign focuses too much on choking dictators and not enough on changing minds. There are a few problems with her proposition.

First, the campaign rhetoric she uses isn’t accurate. Tax dol-lars aren’t being funneled directly to terrorists. If voters were really as concerned as she wants them to be, they would stop buying oil

immediately, not cut off humani-tarian research and supplies to the world’s poorest areas.

Furthermore, the analysis that squeezing a state ousts a dictator in modernity is ridicu-lous. It is not 1989 anymore. Zimbabwe, Iran, Iraq, Afghani-stan, Sudan, and China (to pro-vide a small list) prove that if anything, the opposite tends to be more accurate. When a state is squeezed, it’s the peasants that get squeezed … to death. Take North Korea as an example – the army and Pyongyang get the food.

The empirical example Steel-man provides – South Africa – had more to do with the general tide of 1989 and inter-national assistance than it had to do with U.S. sanctions. The west started sanctions in 1961, and apartheid ended in 1990. According to Steelman’s own warrants, she can’t change North Korea for twenty more years. That means that an armed-to-the-teeth North Korea with a large nuclear arsenal in disar-ray right around the time that U.S.-Sino relations reach a peak level of hostility. The combi-

nation is worthy of Spielberg. That is, of course, if one works on the flawed assumption that U.S. sanctions had any effect on South Africa – a hypothesis that borders on American excep-tionalism. Divesting terrorism removes an incentive to con-form, because sanctions lifted no longer guarantees trade. De Kerk and the African National Congress needed positive prom-ises of economic self-sufficiency, not more attacks.

People don’t hate America because their dictators do. Peo-ple hate America because they

blame it for starvations, poverty, and war. Free, democratic soci-eties can still support terrorism – Pakistan is evidence enough. Perpetuating poverty by squeez-ing peasants to death will only lead to more despotism and anti-Americanism, regardless of rather or not it’s well-founded.

The concern is more than that Steelman does not help. In fact, she blocks the only road to peace. In his book The J Cruve, Ian Bremmer (President of the Eurasian Institute and a con-tributing editor at The National Interest) states, “Imposing puni-

tive sanctions and cutting off opportunities for North Korea’s people to interact with outsid-ers is self-defeating. Contact between North Korea’s citizens and the outside world is essen-tial if… the energy of the North Korean people is to be let loose on the world’s most oppressive police state.”

Regardless, the war on terror-ism today no longer needs state support. Purely state-centric views of International relations make for lose-lose paradigms. Divesting terrorism is divesting common sense.

DIVESTING IN COMMON CENTS

BY COLBY TEEMANCARNAHAN

Every one said it was a week to change our lifetimes. How many of us at MBS really took that to heart? Many thought it would just be another week long summer camp where we could make a few new friends, have a good time and go home happy. It didn’t take long before every MBS citizen knew this would not be the case.

The first day seemed long and even boring to many citizens, but the action soon picked up. Both parties and all 16 cities began build-ing platforms and electing officials to form the base of MBS. From this point on it was our MBS, built and ran by its own citizens. The trans-formation of MBS was quick and very impressive. What started out as nothing, MBS now had its foun-dation up and running.

As the week continued to prog-ress leaders emerged from all cities hoping to help their city receive the coveted Model City award. To receive this award cities must show an unparalleled amount of team-work and planning to prove their city is truly the standard of excel-lence. With the natural competi-tive instincts that brought many of

us here, it brought out teamwork towards a common goal that many of us didn’t know we had in us. We all went from individual citizens to know a whole MBS.

Throughout the week we all kept hearing it over and over; this is your MBS. The farther we’ve progressed through the week there has been change in all of us. We have built up, along with a government, a greater respect for each other and for ourselves. We were strangers to each other only a few days ago (even thought it seems like an eternity); now we are good friends. We see in every one else what we see in our-selves: a great will to succeed and be future leaders of tomorrow. Not many are probably willing to admit it yet, but every one of us can feel a change in ourselves. As we continue through this week and elect the remaining officials of our MBS that change will be complete. Our lives will continue on their distinct paths, but all of us will remember what they have told us from the beginning.This is a week to change our lifetime, some believe it now, but all of us will believe by the end of this week and we can all take this experience with us every where we go.

This week will change our lives

BY CONNOR THOMASGAMBREL

As a reporter for the MBS Record, my job is to bring the citizens of MBS their daily news, whether it is good or bad, pertains to my city, or is just something to catch the attention of the viewers. In most cases, a journalist does not write about something that he or she is directly involved in, but in this case, I feel it necessary for the accuracy and potential of the story, to be told in a first per-son point of view.

Many citizens have heard recent allegations against several members of Gambrel that have stolen soda from the Duggan stash, only to sell it for Boys State Bucks in Gambrel. As the rumors have spread and these illegal transactions have occurred, a ris-ing suspicion in Devin “Zorro” Feitz and Jeremy Visor’s involve-ment in the scandal has sparked the attention of the MBS High-way Patrolmen.

I was approached by Officer Jarred Kelly after Missouri Trea-surer Sarah Steelman’s speech Tuesday night about matters contrary to this situation. When another patrolman noticed that I was from Gambrel, I was asked if I knew any information about the

soda scandal. At that moment, I was faced with a decision; tell everything I know and be a part of the most covert operation this week, or show loyalty to my fel-low city members. As an honest person, and somebody wanting to spark a little action here at MBS, I told them everything I knew and was offered the chance to be part in a sting-like mission to catch the unsuspecting crooks.

Officer Jeff Markworth and I immediately set out on creat-ing a plan to catch these crimi-nals in action. The operation was simple; set up a transaction with the thieves, myself, and an undercover highway patrolman dressed in civilian clothing. Once the deal was well on its way, wait-ing officers would be called into the room and the undercover officer would show the crooks his badge, rights would be read, and the suspects would be taken into custody.

While Officer Kelly began to question Duggan Officials about the situation, Officer Markworth and I waited for the deal to go down. At approximately 8:32 p.m., I walked up to Gambrel in search of Devin “Zorro” Feitz. I spotted Zorro in the Gambrel Meeting Hall and summoned him outside. I flashed a large wad of cash and

asked him if he was still in “busi-ness.” He seemed reluctant at first, and then gave in. When I knew I had his trust, I introduced a third member into the deal; Officer Markworth. I kept the idea of a second customer as casual as possible and again, Zorro agreed. The deal was set and Zorro would meet me in my room with three off-brand cans of orange soda at approximately 8:45 p.m. I imme-diately set out to find Officer Markworth and bring him up to Gambrel.

The events that followed next were ridiculous and could have jeopardized the whole operation. In fact, to be quite frankly, I have no clue how the sting stayed on its feet.

Upon arriving back in Gam-brel with Officer Markworth (dressed in civilian clothing), we stumbled into our suspect at the entrance to the stair well. We also came across several candidates running for elected positions who asked Officer Markworth about his highway patrol status in front of Zorro. For some odd reason, Zorro did not make the connec-tion and the three of us stepped into a room to discuss prices. I told Zorro that Markworth was “cool”, and that he was “one of us.” I mentioned that we should

probably move into my room to stray from unwanted attention. Zorro swiftly moved down to his room to get the goods while Offi-cer Markworth and I stepped into my room. I immediately called Officer Kelly on an “undisclosed device,” to ensure him that the deal was under way and he need-ed to come upstairs.

At this point in time, Zorro should have already been in my room. I was getting worried that Officer Kelly would run into him in the hallway and the whole situ-ation would blow up. I peered out the door and noticed Kelly walk-ing down the hallway to my room. I looked the other way and saw Zorro facing the opposite direction. I quickly motioned for Kelly to slip into the nearest room (which hap-pened to be connected to mine) to keep from being seen. During all of this, many citizens of the city were yelling, “Highway Patrol! Highway Patrol!”, but Zorro still managed to miss the commotion.

Next, Officer Markworth and I moved quietly into the room with Officer Kelly and closed the door. We were all standing in the middle of the room discuss-ing the severity of the situation when Zorro peeped his head in. Luckily, the lights were off and he managed to miss seeing Offi-

cer Kelly, standing full uniform. I showed Zorro back into the hall-way, while secretly motioning for Kelly to slip into the bathroom with one of my hands that was still inside the door frame. I told Zorro that we needed to get the deal done fast because there was talk of Highway Patrolmen in the area and all of our movement would look suspicious. He agreed and stepped back into the room.

The three of us began to dis-cuss prices and reasonings for the purchase. Officer Markworth led Zorro to believe that he wanted to start up an illegal wholesale opera-tion in his own city. Keep in mind that we were not in my room anymore, but in the one adjacent to mine. I told the two to keep discussing the matter and that I would slip through the bathroom into my room to get my money. They began to talk and I stepped into the bathroom. I informed Officer Kelly that Zorro would be coming through any minute and to hide in the shower so he could wait for him. I walked back into the room and told Markworth and Zorro that it was unsafe to be in someone else’s room because they could barge in and ruin the transaction. They agreed and Officer Markworth and I walked through the bathroom into my

room. I caught a snicker from Markworth as we stepped out of the bathroom and we both lis-tened closely for the events to come. Zorro had lagged behind to get something and when he entered the bathroom alone, we heard Officer Kelly jump out of the shower and yell, “Freeze! You are under arrest!”

Commotion arose from the hall as bystanders witnessed Zorro “cut out” and leave the city. For about the next hour, the counselors of Gambrel were searching for Zorro’s where-abouts. Later in the night, Zorro came up the east stairs of the South Ellis Complex and walked into the Gambrel town meeting hall, where a city council meeting was underway. Gambrel’s chief of police confronted Zorro about his arrest and he “cut out” again. He was picked up later that night and is now facing accounts of theft, evading arrest, and operating a business without a license. His accomplice accidentally confessed his involvement in the scandal to Gambrel ‘s chief of police yester-day at the Quadrangle meeting. The two will be put on trial this morning in the Bacon County Court in Justice Hall a little bit after 9:00 a.m. and further inves-tigations are pending.

Reporter embedded with MBS Highway Patrol

CorrectionsThe day of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s speech was incorrectly listed in a headline on page one of Wednesday’s MBS Record. Carnahan will speak tonight.Former Dean of Operations Bill Beydler’s name was misspelled in a cutline in Wednesday’s MBS Record.The MBS Record regrets these errors.

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to be heard in Carnahan. The Councilor was fined 500 BSB and was set free.

Election results excited Carna-han. Members of their city were placed on the ballot for Supreme Court and for lieutenant governor. Solomon Williams, David Waites, and Ben Johnston were nominat-ed for Supreme Court. The lieu-tenant governor hopeful is Mike Grevis, also known as ‘the under-wear guy.’ Over all things seem to be going well in Carnahan and citizens seem to be ready for the days to come.

CarverBY CHRIS BECKERCARVER

Businesses have begun springing up after the establishment of the Carver Supply Outlet, also known as the CSO. Debate surrounding the CSO, some citizens’ response to the overpriced GSO, has stirred some controversy on the legal-ity of the store. However, it hasn’t stopped the influx of customers to the hallway of Carver.

Among those newly added to the downtown business district are two law firms, MTM Law Firm and Cauthon & Nelson LS. Both have already headed to court, defending the citizens of Carver along the way. Trey Nel-son of Cauthon & Nelson LS says, “We are bringing in revenue with our legal services, providing more revenue to the economy of our city.” All members of both firms are attending the Law School and will gladly accept cases on behalf of any citizen.

The Carver City MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Dojo, located in Room 7, opened yesterday. Justin Keith, who runs the dojo, has been trained in taekwondo for the last four years. “Citizens will be taught to understand the basics of self-defense, including both taekwon-do and grappling,” says Keith.

The future of Carver’s econ-

omy is looking bright, and with low business taxes and no tolls on walkways, the city council is doing all it can to bring in cus-tomers. Matt Rose is a partner of the MTM Law Firm, also acts as a founder of the CSO, and even runs his own casino. “Doing all these businesses helps brings money in to me,” claims Rose, “so in turn, I can help out the city.” Business owners and the city government are working together in hope of bringing prosperity to their city and keep business booming.

CrowderBY SETH SCARBOROUGHCROWDER

The recent state primaries have left many citizens dissatisfied with the results. Some in the public feel that gimmicks and happy acci-dents, such as the Nationalists governor candidates name, Mike Jones, have given certain candi-dates unfair advantage.

In Crowder, two citizens have chosen to challenge the party candidates in the general election today. Julian Anthony Nicks, run-ning for governor, and Antonio LaVelle Higgins, are both Crowder citizens who have declared their intentions to run as write-in can-didates.

DugganBY JUSTIN DAUGHERTYDUGGAN

After a filling pancake breakfast, Duggan citizens had their final party elections. They voted on their state primaries. The citizens can almost say it is their own Mis-souri Boys State now. Many were happy about getting their last primary election out of the way. “It’s nice to have gotten this far along and completed most of the government process. It is truly a relief,” Duggan citizen Ian Hold-er said. Having parallels to Ian’s answer, Counselor Kevin Barb

said, “I’m very excited to see all the participation within the city. It’s also good to know that they’re one step closer to a fully functional state government.”

After the primaries, the citi-zens headed to their governmen-tal activities. Some ran businesses, attended meetings, enjoyed others’ businesses, ran courts or were put through the court system. One such man was Clinton “Squirrel” Jones. In the few court cases there were, Jones was prosecuted in two. Some citizens may ask whether this was a coincidence or a pattern of criminal activity. “Both,” Jones said.

GambrelBY JON REYNOLDSGAMBREL

Citizens of Gambrel are adding more and more time into busi-nesses, as well as a city park. The Citizens of Gambrel have taken the city park very seriously. Citi-zens have made recycling a prior-ity by building attractions out of cardboard and soda cans. Gam-brel invites any citizen from any city to come and visit what those in Gambrel are calling the best park in the state.

There has been some contro-versy over ticketing way too much for unnecessary crimes. This all depends on the actions of certain citizens. Gambrel is very aware of the infamous soda pop theft. Court dates are set for this crime and will be taken care of with the proper procedures. Gambrel does not want this mishap to reflect upon any person’s role as a citizen in this great city.

IngleBY ISAIAH HORBERTINGLE

Ingle has been moving forward in forming its city structure. Along with Mayor David Heileman, the city council passed nine laws

Tuesday night that went into effect Wednesday morning; court dates have been set for those who have broken them. The $250 flat tax which successfully passed earlier this week is being col-lected; those who cannot afford will have to plead their case in front of the city council. Four citizens have been displaced, as their rooms will be the location of the city park; their new room-mates have been welcoming. The city fire chief has written new ordinances forbidding cell phone chargers from being plugged in when they are not charging a phone. More regulations and changes are expected in the com-ing days.

LewisBY SAM CARROLLLEWIS

Lewis citizens accomplished many things in the past day. Many more ordinances have gone into effect, including one that requires an announcement for the use of the bathroom along with what you will be doing while in the bathroom. The city has also begun its tax-collecting sys-tem which collects 30 BSBs each night. Lewis is working closely with Clark in hopes of develop-ing a stable county tax system. Lewis is well on its way to win-ning model city.

PershingBY WYATT HODGESPERSHING

Day number five at MBS. The city has finally gotten to the point where it is starting to run on its own.

There have already been three defendants that had to show up for their trials. Two of the vio-lations had to do with traffic, where the defendants were walk-ing on the wrong side of the halls. These two people charged were

Brett Faulkner and Peter Kraus. The other violation was by one of our senior counselors, Austin Sutton, who had his cell phone out before 10:30 p.m.

All of these defendants have either had their cases dismissed or were found innocent by the jury. With many more trials scheduled to take place maybe the city can finally find someone that is guilty, so they can make some money for the city.

After lunch the city gathered at the Quadrangle. There they announced who was elected for the State Primary for each party. Pershing produced two members to the state primary, Danny Cisar and Jared Lund.

Hendricks Hall was host to the Gubernatorial Debate where the state primary officials gath-ered to answer specific questions that were asked by citizens form all cities.

At the general assembly there was a joint party rally were the party chairmen presented the party platforms.

Pershing has competed well in all aspects for Model City. Sports seem to be a big part of the city and are showing well when they participate in the athletic peri-ods.

RichardsonBY JEREMNY WILLOUGHBYRICHARDSON

Richardson bustles with a flur-ry of dedication to municipal improvements. They had begun to stir their creative juices yester-day when many ordinances were

passed. Citizens have also worked on devising many new laws.

Signs of a fully functioning city were beginning to form as road strips began to mark the halls and signs full of color.

The Gamble County Casino that has been the talk of the state opened their doors to customers and began to earn profitable rev-enue for their city’s budget. The chance to try your luck is located in the main city meeting area.

Many of Richardson’s citizens have stated that they are ener-gized by the new improvements that were made. Most cannot wait for the next day to come and new features to be added to the town.

Many smiles of creativity and hope are flowing through the faces of Richardson.

WhitfieldBY MITCH HUNTLEYWHITFIELD

“A field of opportunities” is exact-ly what Whit-“field” stands for.

The town is really coming together. Businesses are popping up, roads are being built and rev-enues are high.

Thus far the town is look-ing good. Thursday the town is planning on having a county fair (Benton County). This involves both Alcorn and Whitfield. Everyone is invited.

As a sidenote, the entire city of Whitfield would like to apolo-gize to Sarah Steelman, on behalf of Whitfield, Benton County and all of MBS.

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Ingle, The next model cityBY ISAIAH HORBERT

As this week at MBs goes on, ingle has stood out as the most organized city. Ingle has shows its humility and altruism by putting its citizens before the city. ingle has employed all of its citi-zens, giving anyone who seeks employment a job. Ingle has the most inspirational city council, the city council members have taken it upon them-selves to lead and inspire other cities’ citizens to lead. Ingle is also a united city. All the citizens are eager to participate in city function. Mayor David Heileman says that ingle citizens are the finest and most motivated men he has ever worked with. He’s amazed by their willingness to work together, and believes they have a good chance to be model city. Ingle has two members seeking state office. Ben seidel is seeking a supreme court seat. Currently, he is municipal judge of Ingle, and has proven to be fair in the courtroom. Zach Kerns, otherwise known as pine-cone guy, is running as the write-in candidate for governor. Though Zach may be hilarious, he is a serious candidate for governor. He has been an active member and leader in the Ingle city council. through ingle’s good works and participation, it has captured the essence of MBS.

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BenSeidelfor Supreme Court

“I WON’T PUT UP WITH ANY IN OUR COURT!”

BY KAYLEB DUNWOODIE CARVER

After the exciting KMBS news the stage was rearranged, and seated on the stage were former Dean of Admissions Bill Bey-dler, Dean of Operations Tim Miller, Dean of Counselors Mike Plunkett, along with MBS Web-master Ryan Hendrickson and Joel Hauck. Many if not all MBS citizens were confused and trying

to figure out what was going on, they were soon to find out that there were three awards to given out. But we’re just going to focus on one right now, on my personal interview with Joel Hauck we got some inside info about the man behind the 20 year plaque.

Joel Hauck is a veteran that represents the St. Louis county of Missouri. Hauck’s hometown is Florissant around the St. Louis area. Hauck was awarded

a plaque for 20 years of ser-vice to the MBS community, in response to this award when asked what he felt of the award Hauck said, “I didn’t know I had that many years but I appreciate it and will treasure it dearly”. To his credentials are sending more than 1400 kids to MBS and is a helper at the MBS store. Hauck served in the United State Air Force as a mechanic, now at 72 years of age and when asked

how much longer he planned on helping MBS Hauck replied, “I don’t really know, I guess just as long as my health lets me”. Hauck doesn’t know his biologi-cal parents because he is a foster child as was raised in a foster home; as for siblings Hauck has a step daughter, four grandchil-dren and three great-grandchil-dren. Hauck is a much respected man and has earned every bit of it and then some.

Hauck recognized for service

BY ANTHONY SHELTONDONIPHAN

MBS is loaded with students full of intelligence, leadership, and talent. But Doniphan has an exceptional citizen living amongst them. His name is John Castles, and he plays the keyboard. Castles began lessons about eight and a half years ago, initially forced by his mother.

“I hated it,” said Castles, “Everyone else was playing football and hanging out, and I had to go to piano lessons.” Despite his passionate displea-sure, Castles continued his piano instruction. In the ninth grade, Castle joined his high school jazz band, and was the first freshman to achieve such a prestigious position.

The piano really opened

doors for Castles in more ways than one. His growing talent, and increasing love for jazz led him to start a band called Copa-cetic. As he continued to prac-tice the piano, he grew a strong fondness for it. While growing in talent, Castles began playing at parties. Castles even met his girlfriend while playing.

“She said ‘I like how you play that’ and we hit it off from there,” said Castles.

Castles describes playing the piano in a unique manner. He says that when he started, it was like walking into, “...a dark mansion with just a flashlight.” And now, he has, “...illumi-nated the mansion.” Ironically, Castles’s mother told him that one day he would thank her for making him take lessons. Now, he thanks his mother everyday.

Piano genius

MBS cities compete against one another in track. Other sports throughout the week include Frisbee golf, punt pass and kick, softball, volleyball,basketball, badminton, tennis, bowling and horseshoes. Sports results will apply toward cities’ contention as Model City.

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Thursday Lunch

Chicken Patty SandwichMacaroni CheeseCole SlawPotato ChipsLettuce and Tomato Sugar Cookies Peach Drinks

Thursday Dinner

BrisketLo MeinMashed PotatoesBrown GravyMixed VeggiesDinner RollsTossed SaladStrawberry ShortcakeLemonade

Friday Breakfast

Orange JuicePetite BananaFrench ToastFrizzled HamCereal Milk

Friday Lunch

Corn DogVeggie PitaPotato SaladCarrots and Celery with RanchRice Crispy TreatsLemonade

Friday Dinner

Meat LasagnaVegetarian Lasagna Parsley Buttered Red Potato Green BeansCaesar SaladBreadsticksChocolate CakePeach Drink

Meal schedule