Thursday, October 29, 2009 Schools The Gunnison Valley Gazette Page 7 Fundraiser is a success by CHRISTI GARFF GVHS Speech Team takes first place in tournament The Gunnison Valley High School Speech Team competed in a tournament on Saturday, October 25 at Snow College. The students attending the tournament and participated were Matt Mecham, Bridgette White, Ricardo Valencia, Barbara Weber, Kristin Hitchcock, Riley Benson, Katrina Simonsen, Tyrell Crane, Lyberty Peterson, Sam Hansen, Zach Bown, Adam Costa, Sage Lund, Dori Scharff, Chansey Caldwell, Ciera Christiansen, Trevon Hansen, Bailie Hamblin and Caleb Clark. The students moving on to finals were Zach Bown in two events, Sam Hansen, Tyrell Crane, Lyberty Peterson, Adam Costa, Brandee Watters, Katrina Simsonsen and Trevon Hansen. Students moving on to placing were Katrina Simonsen, placing 2nd in oration; Brandee Watters, placing 3rd in SPAR; Adam Costa, 1st place in SPAR; Zach Bown and Sam Hansen, 2nd place in Public Forum; and Tyrell Crane and Lyberty Peterson taking 1st place in Public Forum. The Gunnison Valley High School Speech Team ended up taking first place overall. Mrs. Lindy Brown, the student’s advisor, says, “I am so proud of these students. They have worked so hard and for most of them this was their first time competing. I am looking forward to a fun and successful year.” FFA competes at Snow Despite the flu that seems to be running rampant throughout the valley, the Gunnison Valley Middle School Theater Department’s fundraising dinner was a big success, with the middle school commons area filled to capacity Thursday evening. The fundraiser began promptly at 6 pm with a wonderful spaghetti dinner complete with garlic bread and brownie was provided by the Jaycees. All proceeds for the evening event will go to purchasing new microphones for the theatre department at the school as well as catching up on small budget over runs from past years. The event concluded with past musical performers coming back to reminisce about years gone by as well as perform favorite songs from past productions put on by the school. Justin Rico was the emcee for the evening with Dalton Burr performing Gary Indiana from the musical Music Man. Next were Kharissa All- Huggle. He gets rid of bad things and never bites and costs $4.99. -Gabriel Jensen It cost 10 cents. He lives at McDonalds at 20 Street Utah. The phone number is 203-458-1053. It is black and has black hands. It has teeth and eats flies and birds. They lay eggs -Andrik Gonzales Mrs. Bartholomew’s 3rd grade class at Gunnison Valley Elementary School has written advertisements for spiders for sale. This has been a fun and creative writing assignment for the students. HEAP WEEK of the His name is Samy. He will cost $2. And the phone number will be 11509. My spider is hairy, fat and nice. -JaCoby Zufelt My spider is a black widow. My address is 160 North 100 East. It costs $10---no tax! Phone 528-716-322. She can do a bunch of tricks. She can be really scarry, but she is really nice. Her name is Fluffy. -Paydenne Mortensen I have a spider for sale. It will cost $2.00. You will get it in Centerfield. The phone number is 528-79773. You can buy it. It does tricks and you can train it. You can take it outside and it won’t run away. Her name is Hale. -Jaycee Gill This week’s Heap of the Week goes to Stephanie Spencer. Stephanie drives a red 1998 Dodge Ram 1500. “I finally put 100,000 miles on it.” ever performed at Gunnison Valley Middle School performed songs from Annie including Together at Last, NYC and Tomorrow. Justin Rico and Cassity Clayton returned to the stage, singing; If I were King, We’re Off to See the Wizard, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The evening concluded with a sneak peak at this year’s musical Pirates of Penzance. Drake Reynolds and Megan Yeager along with Nathan Lyons and numerous pirates filled the stage singing O False One and Pour oh Pour the Pirate Sherry. The Pirates of Penzance will take to the stage November 12, 13 and 14th at the middle school. The community is invited to attend. The second-annual Gunnison Theater Festival is set for November 12-17. This year it will be fun to be able to see two shows in one day. First the middle school will present the play Pirates of Penzance on the 12th and 13th at 7 p.m. and on the 14th in a 2 p.m. matinee. The high school play Footloose will open on the evening of November 14 at 7 p.m. and will also play on Monday and Tuesday the 16th and 17th. Pirates of Penzance is a very old show that is still very entertaining. A boy has been accidentally apprenticed to pirates instead of a pilot (the guys who steer ships). He is now 19 and ready to leave his apprenticeship and make his way in the world. Students starring in this show include Kaitlyn Bown as Mabel, Drake Reynolds as Frederick, Megan Yeager as Ruth, Garrett Sorensen as the Modern Major General Wyatt Neilson as the Head Constable and Nathan Lyons as the Pirate King. Footloose is a musical based on the 1980 movie by the same name. Ren (Dalton Burr), a city boy who loves dancing is forced to move with his mother (Clara Scharf) to his uncle’s house in a small town. He struggles to fit in, especially when he finds out that the town has a law against dancing. He butts heads with the law against dancing and therefore with the preacher who wrote it (Ashton Starks). Of course the law just makes kids itch to dance and there is plenty in this show. Red Ribbon essay winners Stephanie Spencer red and Hayden McAfee performing A Whole New World and Friend Like Me from Aladdin. Fiddler on the Roof cast members Nikala Allred, Sara Brown and Abby Lyons shared song favorites; Matchmaker, Far From Home, Do You Love Me and Sunrise Sunset. Logan Adams and Courtney Worthington performed Hard To Believe from the hit musical High School Musical and audience members were treated with the reuniting of Willy Wonka (Nathan Lyons) and those fabulous Oompa Loompas from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for one more performance. Cari Garff Higham, Colby McClellan, and Shaylee Pratt Shirley who were cast in the first musical GUNNISON THEATER FESTIVAL Courtesy Photo The Gunnison Valley High School FFA Chapter recently competed at the Snow College judging contest. Over 1700 students from FFA chapters across the state were in attendance. The Gunnison students did very well. Their Dairy Cattle Team, which includes Connor Dyreng, Damian Otten, Taylor Burrell and Paul Yardley, took 3rd place overall. Paul Yardley won 5th place overall in the Dairy Cattle Judging contest. Chad Boore won 4th place overall in the Ag. Mechanics contest. Caden Burrell won 3rd place overall in the Ag. Business contest. Congratulations to these students. Mark Henline/Gunnison Valley Gazette Congratulations to Gunnison Valley Elementary’s Red Ribbon Week essay winners. The essay’s were written on “I Pledge to be Drug Free.” Front row left to right: Adreanna Judd, Anya Lyman, Osyeanna Martinez, Emma Stewart, Payton Dyreng, Carson Blackburn and Jozlyn Larsen. Back row: Crystal Chavez, Jaycee Gill, Sharlene Otten, Emily Brackett and Bethanie Ward. Christi Garff/Gunnison Valley Gazette Oompa Loompas enjoy one more curtain call. I have a spider for sale! It costs $5.00. Stop buy at 400 S. 500 E. at Sugar Street. It can do back flips and sing. It’s name is fuzzy. -Alex Herrera Buy my new spider. It is the best in the world. Just pay $20. It can care your visitors. Contact my at 1-800-347-62717. You can come at get it at 400 North Main Street. -Kasey Lloyd It can do tricks like a back flip. Call this number 435-2911. The address is 500 East 200 North Center Street. His name is My spider is a good spider and it is a trick spider it does front flips and it can sing and dance. My cost is 15 cents. My address is Axtell Utah 900 South and Phone number is 528-3973. -Ashley Boore It will cost $4.25. The address is 717. And the phone number is 571-835. His name is Blackey. He’s a black widow. He can do cool tricks. He will do your homework. He will clean your room. He will do anything. -Brayden Madsen I am selling my spider for $1. My phone number is 5287171 or you can stop by my home and pick it up. My house is made of sugar. She is smart. And her name is Lain. -Laini Reber It is so cool. It is a black widow. It is not found in many places. I found lots in my basement. $ 42.95. -Merrick Ward Halt REAL. A good FAKE spider would be a REAL one. But nobody would want a REAL one. So if you want a FAKE spider, we will deliver it to you. Or you could come to Walmart, they are selling them in back of the store. It has a string that makes a sound in the back. It costs $2. You can hang him on your porch. Its name is Bubble. Weather REAL OR FAK! HA! HA! HA! -Ruth Lyons I have a spider. It cost $4.09. Call at 435-251-021. If you want to buy it go to 135 South 549 North Candy Street. It can crawl fast. It can do back flips and sing Christian songs. And it’s name is fluffy Jr. And it eats seeds. -Edith Dominguez The spider will cost $3.00. If you want the phone number is 528-8808. The address is 145 North 200 South Main Street. It can jump and do front flips and more trick. It’s name is fluffy JR. -Crystal Chavez My spider is gone cost $100. It can sing, do back flips. It can hand up side down. Call 5236 or come to 200 East of the High School. He can jump high. His name is Fuzzy. -Ryan Petersen I have a spider for sale it’s for $2. It can do trick’s like back flip’s and front flips. Just call 528-738 or drop by 500 North 16th South. It’s name is Killer. And no, it does not harm you. -Gabriel Bigelow My spider’s name is Jumpy. It’s 50 cents. My phone number is 528-719179. I live in Sunflower Valley-address 100 E 176 S. He can jump on the tramp and swing he eats crackers too. -Giselle Gutierrez Just come to my house and by my spider and his name is Coffy and my spider will do your work for you and my phone number is 528-7660 and he costs 2,000. -Brayan Ruiz I have a spider for $100. It can scare people and make people run. Go to facespider.com. See at 300 South Main Street or you can call 528-7866 -Dylan Edwards I have a spider. His name is Chatter I well sell my spider for 4 cents. The phone number is 72305. It can do tricks a back flips and he jumps on the trampoline. He has lots of friends. -Carlos Adame Only 7 dollars! That’s $1 per leg (He’s missing a leg). He’s seven years old and his name is Lucky Charm. Call Kennedy. Cell – 1-436-521-7732. 100 N. 300 W. -Kennedy Hall Great pet for catching flies, beatles and all kinds of bugs. If you have any questions call 5289329. If you want him instantly come at 963 N. 500 E, Cedar City. And he is only $1.00. -Julie Snyder