The Bear Facts
February 26, 2011
Good morning! I’m Michael Fakler!
I’m Aimee Dahlhauser!
And I’m Becca Molsberry! Welcome once again to the “Bear Facts”, the weekly radio show
from Bishop Garrigan High School!
For the past quarter century Garrigan has been the perennial host for each
year’s district individual speech contest, and we’re hosting district contest
once again this year. Four hundred twenty entries from schools all over the area
are competing in all different areas of speech. The contest just got under way
at 8:30, and it will continue until around 4:00 this afternoon. The public is
welcome to watch all the events, and admission is a suggested donation of just
$3.
The Bears have thirty-three entries of their own at contest. In Public Address
Michael Fakler is performing “In the Shadow of Giants”, while Alex Hamilton will
deliver the address “Free Speech in Wartime”. Prose selections include
“Technology” by Austin Salz, a new version of “Little Red Riding Hood” by Andrea
Altman, Melanie Mergen with “The Pet Shop Sketch”, “The Difference Between Men
and women” performed by Erin Quinlin, Anna Hohmeister presenting “The Little
Match Girl”, and “The Waltz” from Sabrina Book.
In Poetry Levi Bernhard will read “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, Michael
Hellman is presenting “Tamerlane”, Erica Carlson is performing a humorous
version of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, and Drew Magill’s selection will
be “Hillbilly Poetry”. Literary Program entries include Jake Rosenmeyer with
“Fickle Females”, “Little Brothers” from Rachel Berte, and Amelia Golwitzer
presenting “Love with Sarcasm”. The Bears also have three Acting entries: “After
the Dance by Becky Jennings, Craig Kohlhaas’ “Defusing a Bomb”, and “The Little
Red Shovel” performed by Lizzy Hohmeister.
Solo Musical Theatre entries include Becky Jennings with “Popular”, Michael
Hellman with “Luck Be a Lady Tonight”, and Anna Kollasch with “I Cain’t Say No”.
Alissa Kirsch is presenting an Expository Address on 4-H; and Philip Detrick,
Matthew Fakler, and Craig Kohlhaas are entered in Improvisation. Garrigan also
has three students in the field of After-Dinner Speaking. They are Jake
Rosenmeyer with “Gambling Grandmas without Limits”, Philip Detrick presenting
“Space Aliens Rock”, and Michael Fakler with “Teenage Girls Irritating
Families”.
The final category is Storytelling, and five Garrigan students are entered
there. Jenny Broesder will present “Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians”,
Lizzy Hohmeister’s story is entitled “Bootsie Barker Bites”, Levi Bernhard is
presenting “John, Paul, George, and Ben”, and Anna Hohmeister will perform “The
Runaway Bunny”. Finally Anna Kollasch hopes to follow up on her all-state
storytelling performance with this year’s selection, “Giggle, Giggle, Quack”.
For more than a month now everyone at Garrigan has been participating in 100
Days of Fitness as a part of the Healthy Kids Iowa program. Each day we’ve been
tracking our exercise and the types of healthy foods we eat. There have also
been lots of special activities to help keep us active. This past week the
homerooms competed against each other in an obstacle course. Mr. Burrow’s
homeroom had the best time, with all the students in the homeroom finishing the
course in 5 minutes, 9.59 seconds. You can check out a collection of fun
pictures from the obstacle course on the school website – bishopgarrigan.org.
Garrigan’s math team continues to do well. Earlier this month seven students
competed at a regional competition at Iowa State University, and two of them
qualified for the state math xcontest in April. So far Garrigan has had five
state qualifiers this year: Michael Fakler, Alex Hamilton, Craig Kohlhaas, Jenny
Broesder, and Austin Salz. The next competition for the team will be next
weekend, when they head to Dordt College in Sioux Center. Congratulations to
Coach Daryl Kohlhaas and the math team!
Pops Concert is coming up. The musical showcase will be next Friday. It starts
with cabaret acts at 6:45 including Neal Koob, Matthew Fakler, Sean Hart,
Melissa Kellner, and Melanie Mergen. Special performances during the concert
feature Becky Jennings, Hannah Bode, Sarah Matthews, Nora Krahenbuhl, Dustin
Miller, Drew Magill, Anna Kollasch, and Matthew Fakler. Another highlight will
be the show choir with a big medley from Grease. It’s a one night only event, so
be sure to be at Garrigan next Friday for Pops 2011!
This coming week is a busy one for the Golden Bear danz squad. The girls just
got done with their clinic for younger dancers, and tomorrow night they’ll have
their annual spring show. Then next Tuesday the state champion danz squad will
be part of the featured entertainment at the state girls basketball tournament.
Best wishes, dancers!
HOSA, the Health Occupations Students of America, has a chapter headed by
Iowa Lakes health instructor Jeanne Wunder that features both Garrigan and
Algona High students. To raise money HOSA is collecting used electronics for
recycling. They’re collecting cell phones, digital cameras, radar detectors,
laptops, e-book readers, inkjet cartridges, MP3 players, game systems, and GPS
device—whether they work or not. The electronics are safely recycled, and the
precious metals and other materials in them provide a profit that goes to HOSA.
Our Senior Spotlight this week shines on Paige Fox. Here to tell you about her
is Michael Hellman.
Paige Fox is an Algona native who is active in St. Cecelia’s parish. She has
been one of the top sellers in the annual calendar drive ever since she was back
at Seton, and she was also one of the winners in the DAR essay contest last
year. Paige enjoys her Spanish classes, and she’s looking at continuing studying
foreign languages in college. We wish Paige the best of luck in the future.
Thanks, Michael. On our Golden Bear calendar this week, Garrigan is hosting
district speech contest today. Tomorrow at 10:30 the freshmen will be confirmed
as full members of the Catholic church.
There are intramurals tomorrow afternoon, and then at night the danz squad will
have their spring show in the gym.
The danz squad will be performing at the girls state basketball tournament on
Tuesday. Wednesday we’ll have mass, and there’s also an early dismissal that day
for teacher inservice.
Thursday there will be a matinee performance of the pops concert for Seton
students, and the main pops concert will be Friday at 7pm. Then next Saturday
the math team competes at Dordt College.
That’s the “Bear Facts” for February. Thanks for joining us, and be sure to tune
in again next week for more news from Bishop Garrigan High School.
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