Softball team adjusts well to new head coach
Caitlyn Aakre
May 4, 2011
Junior Jenni Peer high-fives her teammates prior to the April 28 cross-town game. The CMR softball team has gone through a lot this season: a perfect game by pitcher Alissa Keeler, bipolar weather, and a near-perfect season putting them in the top of their conference. Topping it all off, they have a... Read more »
“Last Chance” takes CD to “Level 2″
Austin Lahr
May 4, 2011
Music and video games have always gone together, like peanut butter and jelly. For instance, look at the multi-million dollar franchises that are Guitar Hero and Rockband. Soundtracks can be found for virtually every video game out on the market. Maine’s “Last Chance to Reason” has in fact topped... Read more »
Student Jarrett Workman flaunts his fur
Meg Smith
May 4, 2011
It came in a dream with the intense flash of sudden inspiration. Wolves. Junior Jarrett Workman has been fascinated with wolves since he began writing about them at the age of 11. By the age of 12 he had progressed to live action role-playing online. There he met Dallis Sears who “pointed [him] to... Read more »
Students take on extra responsibilities in business department
Shayna Leonard & Lindsey Buck
May 4, 2011
Business managers Sarah Udovich and Jean Ducimetiere work together on a recent project. For some kids, having a teacher in charge is hard enough, but juniors Sarah Udovich, Jean Ducimetiere, and sophomore Taylor Korb face the daily challenge of being a leader for students. “It’s a weird job. You... Read more »
For Mike Lathrop, it’s about serving community, impacting others
Katie Hodges
May 4, 2011
Key Club adviser Maike Lathrop Contrary to the popular Marilyn Monroe song, diamonds aren’t necessarily Key Club adviser Mike Lathrop’s best friend. But they can be nice. Lathrop’s club has earned the coveted diamond level (an accomplishment only 60 out of 5,000 clubs in the world attain), multiple... Read more »
Key Club, community members reflect on year
Josh Philyaw & Jen Verzuh
May 4, 2011
Key Club members bring a meeting to an end recently in room 325. Rather than spending time with friends or going to a movie, dedicated service is what brings a sense of happiness to senior Echo Klassen, the president of Key Club. “I’m all about the service projects. Knowing that I have helped someone... Read more »
Scouts honored by Eagle status
May 4, 2011
It’s -15 degrees outside and senior Casey Coffman is in the middle of the wilderness — camping. Coffman, along with 11 others, is a member of one of several Boy Scout troops in Great Falls who made an untimely camping trip near Neihart this past winter. “That was one of the coldest nights of... Read more »
Teachers earning national certification
Deja Lacey
May 4, 2011
Along with grading Odyssey projects and reading “Romeo and Juliet,” freshman English teacher Holly McEwen has added one more project to her large stack of things to do: earn her National Teacher Certification. The National Teacher Certification, or NTC, is a second license for teaching. In order... Read more »
Senior prepares for welding career
Jen Verzuh
May 4, 2011
Many high school students are unsure when it comes to choosing a future career, and even if they have one in mind they often don’t take the initiative to work towards that goal. C. M. Russell High School senior Zackary Brown is different. Brown is planning on pursuing on a career in welding, which... Read more »
CMR shop students attend statewide competition
Jen Verzuh
May 4, 2011
Sophomore DJ Sergent works on his project for woodshop class. C. M. Russell High School senior Valorie Oldfield was one of nine Rustlers to attend the annual SkillsUSA competition April 11-13 yet she was the only girl to go from Great Falls and “was one of two girls in the competition.” However,... Read more »
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