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With clubs  available  for every  interest  imaginable,

                                                students  had many ways of                                 by Ashley  Wilkins
                                               gett'



  ('t  eniors Matt Krickbaum, Kaeli Samson and Melinda Reinholz
  ~participate  in the Iron Che£  contest in Latin club.  The  food
  was evaluated by judges £rom  within the school  and outside.                   olved
  photo  by  MIChael  Hel lman
     ecording his cd  in broadcast club is  senior Je££  Hoeft.
  R                                                             Students could  JO in  a variety of clubs  no mat-
     Broadcast club helped students experience what it would  be
  like to work  in the recording field.  photo  by  Ashl ey  Rosen boom
                                                         ter what their interest or talent were,  and  eventually
                                                          1t paid  off on  the1r  college  applications .
                                                                 "I JOined  the chess  club  because  I've  been  playing
                                                         the game  s1nce  I was  1n  the third grade,  and  !love
                                                         playing  games  where  I have to think  and  come  up  with
                                                         many  different strategies," chess  club  president

                                                         sophomore  John  Lin  said.
                                                                 Whether  1t  was  writing,  hav 1ng  an  interest in
                                                         other cultures  or thinking  hard,  there was  something
                                                         for everyone .
                                                                 "I've always enjoyed  writing . I have  wntten
                                                          lots and  lots of poetry because  it's JUSt  a really  fun
                                                          hobby  that I have . That's  why  I dec1ded  to JOin  the
                                                          literary magazine  club,  so I can  share  my  wor k w1th
                                                          everyone  in  the  school,"  sophomore  Octavia  Butler

                                                          SCIId.
                                                                 All  of these clubs  shared  a few common  inter-

                                                          ests. They  were  not very  well  known  by many  of the
                                                          students and  were  alw9ys eager  to find new  members .
                                                                 "One  th1ng  that I'd  like  to see  happen  for the
                                                          Spanish  club  is  a larger  number  in  the membership.  Right
                                                          now  we  only  have  three people  in  the club . It's a fun
                                                          group,  we  do  numerous  activities and  more  people
                                                          would  be  great," senior Candace  LeGrow said .
                                                                 The  club  which  had  a noticeable  rise  in  members
                                                          was  the chess

                                                          club .              "lh:"  ITL,~1clC~1t;t dul..,  w  .:10 _~u~;;t a fu11
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  ·oadcast  Club-front-Tom Wi.lhruns,  Riley Sinclair, Alex Raksin,   "Last   ~11 d rcL1'\ill~l thil10 t L,  lY .. 1  ~ :..11·t L,f"
  mes Cook  Josh Sweet  back..Spencer  Bartlett, Zuhair Zueter,  Michael   year there were   - jllllic•1·  KllL.,I ·c.e11  Vett·cT
  ;~ckley. Matt Gall Kellen Da..iley. Khoreen Vetter, Jeremiah Johnson,
  r. Piersolli  not pictured-Eric Cook  photo by  Kim  Vawter   only  two mem-
                                                          bers  in  the club;  now  we  have  close  to 30 people .  I
                                                          would  l1ke  to encourage  more  students to JO in  because
                                                          it's a fun  club  to be  a part of and  make  great fnend -
                                                          ships,"  Lin  said.
                                                                 VJhatever  the reason  was  for joining  a club,
                                                          students were  able  to share  common  interests with
                                                          others, and  have  a great time.                         207

                                                                                                           Broadcast/Lit  Ma_i
                                                                                                           Chess/Language  L'l'uh;
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