Cat's Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 2000 Page: 4 of 6
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Feature
November 2000
Areher City's
Dumbest Ci'iuiinals
Brandi Hilbers
Cats Claw
There are stupid people all
tround us. People will say anything
f they think it might keep them from
retting a ticket or keep them out of
ail. This is the second installment
>f Archer City’s Dumbest Criminals.
“Being respectful and driving
:ourteous, are the most important
)art of driving,” said Sheriff Melvin
3rown.
One of the stupidest things that
wer happened to Brown was once
le stopped a guy going 125mph.
Vhen the driver finally stopped, he
tsked Brown ‘What did I do?”’
Gina Loran’s advice is to stay
safe because everything you do is up
o you.
“Nobody owes you anything,”
;aid Loran.
Loran remembers a funny story
hat happened two years ago when
>kyler Hilbers and Rev Gary left
school and went to the elementary
rack meet to go see their sisters,
Theresa Hilbers and Whitney Gary,
•un at the track meet.
They stayed for about five min-
ites. Then they went to mow lawns
or a little extra cash, thinking that
lobody would notice they slipped
>ut.
Once their mothers found out
hey weren’t at the track meet, they
hunted them down and told them the>
would call Mr. C.D. Knobloch, high
school principal if they didn’t get back
to school.
Not knowing that Theresa was
spending the night with Loran’s daugh-
ter, Stacy Pratt, they drove by the
Hilbers’ house and saw Loran in het
cop car waiting.
Thinking she was waiting on them
because their mothers had callec
Knobloch, they went back’ to schoo
and turned themselves in for skipping
They got a couple of days ISS anc
a very important lesson out of the ex-
perience.
Always think before you say or dc
anything because one day you mighl
read an article about what you said 01
did that tickled an officer’s funny bone
To avoid being stupid or ending up
the subject of an officer’s stupidesi
story, avoid using the following lines
Top five things never to say to
a cop when they pull you over:
by Gina Loran and Marvin Brown
1. Don’t you know who my dad is?
2.1 was speeding because my tire if
going fiat.
3. A cop told me I could party, but ]
had to do it out here.
4. My accelerator is stuck and 1
couldn’t slow down.
5. Don’t you have something better tc
do?
l'liobias: Do you have an
irrational dread of tilings?
Monica Hollingsworth &
Brandi Hilbers
Cats Claw
According to Webster’s Dictionary,
a phobia is a morbid and often irratio-
nal dread of some specific thing. On
the website www.phobialist.com, there
is a list of over 500 names of all the
possible phobias. The following are
some of the funniest and weirdest pho-
bias that stand out from the others.
Ablutophobia: fear of washing or
bathing
Agyrophobia: fear of crossing the
street
Alektorophobia: fear of chickens
Allodoxaphobia: fear of opinions
Amathophobia: fear of dust
Ambulophobia: fear of walking
Anthrophobia: fear of people
Arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut
butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Bogyphobia: fear of the bogyman
Bibiophobia: fear of books
Batonophobia: fear of plants
Catagelophobia: fear of being ridi-
culed
Coprastasophobia: fear of constipation
Cacophobia: fear of ugliness
Chiraptophobia: fear of being
touched
Clinophobia: fear of going to bed
Chronophobia: fear of time
Didaskaleinophobia: fear of going
to school
Domatophobia: fear of houses or be-
ing in a house
Eremophobia: fear of being oneself
Euphobia: fear of hearing good news
Frigophobia: fear of cold
Febriphobia: fear of fever
Geumaphobia: fear of taste
Geliophobia: fear of laughter
Heliophobia: fear of the sun
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia:
fear of long words
Hypnophobia: fear of sleep
Ideophobia: fear of ideas
Judeophobia: fear of Jews
Kathisophobia: fear of sitting down
Laliphobia: fear of speaking
Linonophobia: fear of string
Mnemophobia: fear of memories
Nephophobia: fear of anything new
Nomatophobia: fear of names
Nostophobia: fear of returning home
Olfactophobia: fear of smells
Optophobia: fear of opening one’s
eyes
Panophobia: fear of everything
Pantophobiaifear of fears
Papyrophobia: fear of paper
Phagophobia: fear of swallowing
Phobophobia: fear of one’s own fear
Sitophobia: fear of food or eating
Syngenesophobia: fear of relatives
Telephonophobia: fear of tele-
phones
Trichopathophobia: fear of hair
Verbophobia: fear of words
Vestiophobia: fear of clothing
Zemmiphobia: fear of the mole rat
New elementary principal, Mr. Vance Morris, scans his
computer screen while discussing a problem with a staff
member. Morris was previously an employee at ACISD as an
assistant coach from 1992-1994.
Ijieriiiaii foreign exchange
student adjusts to life in
America and Archer City
Dressing comfortably:
More people choosing casual
clothing for work and church
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Former coach accepts job
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Mandy Matlock
Cat’s Claw
Archer City has hosted many for-
eign exchange students during the
past. These students are brought into
the United States from various coun-
tries including Germany, Canada, Ja-
pan and Russia.
This year Kamil Kodlubaj, from
Dosdorf, Germany, has come to Ar-
cher City to attend high school with
American students.
This great opportunity will allow
him to experience a different culture,
language, and make many new
friends.
Kodlubaj is currently living with
Margaret Wolf, eighth grader, who’s
family is also hosting a home for
Itsumi Nakano, a foreign exchange
student from Japan who is also attend-
ing school at Archer City.
“Although he’s different to what
I’m used to, he’s turned into a cool
friend,” said Nakano.
Kodlubaj js currently 16-years-old
and enrolled as a junior at Archer City.
He said that his school, which is
located in Gottingeu, Germany, is dif-
ferent to ACHS in that they have prac-
tically no rules at his old school. He
also added that the hardest thing to get
used to is Mrs. Campbell’s difficult En-
glish class.
Although the United States is a
great experience for various exchange
students, Kodlubaj says that he is be-
ginning to miss his friends back at
home, along with the many large cit-
ies in Germany.
Even though teenagers from other
countries seem so different to those of
the US, Rap and Hip-Hop music are
also very popular in Germany as well.
Kodlubaj also stated that towns in
America have much more fast-food
restaurants than those in Germany.
Kodlubaj will be participating in
basketball this year and also enjoys
weightlifting and jogging.
In approximately nine months,
Kodlubaj will be leaving America to
return to Dosdorf, Germany but in the
meantime, he will be able to experi-
ence many events at his new school
and with his new friends.
“It’s very different from Germany,”
said Kodlubaj. “But, for me it’s very
nice.”
Amanda Victory
Cat’s Claw
Walking into a new age, wearing
jeans, the world is slowly changing
into a more casual place.
“I would love it if I could live in
jeans,” said Mrs. Barbara Phillips,
English teacher.
Today is a new era where people
want to feel comfortable but still look
good.
A common place where you see this
change taking place greatly is on Sun-
day mornings at church.
“I look back on the days when I was
a little kid and remember having to get
all dressed up for church,” said Megan
Schenk, sophomore. “But now it just
seems like a natural thing to get up,
throw on a pair of jeans and a nice ship
in just enough time to jump in the car
before being left behind.”
Many people believe that if you do
not dress up for church, you are not
showing respect, but others argue that
dress has nothing to do with worship.
“I feel that it is okay to dress ca-
sual for church because some people
cannot afford nice clothing,” said Ms.
'r
Jill Robertson, middle/high school
counselor.
Casual dress is also taking a ma-
jor affect in the work place.
“On the job, casual clothing makes
the workers and their environment ap-
pear unprofessional,” said Robertson.
When you enter a professional
work place such as a bank wearing
jeans and a t-shirt, one can’t help but
feel somewhat out of place.
Many business owners feel that ca-
sual attire equals a less efficient work
place.
Some people believe that wearing
comfortable clothing at work makes
the work environment a lot more en-
joyable, relaxing and stress free.
“I only want to dress up for fancy
parties,” s|iid Phillips. “The world is a
lot more casual place and it feels a lot
more comfortabl'e.”
Although it is the administrations
or management of the work places
decision on what type of clothing will
be worn, many people have differing
views on how the types of clothing
worn affect them in different ways.
Dustin Burks
Cat’s Claw
Sports Editor
First time principal, Mr. Vance
Morris’ year is looking up so far. Af-
ter being involved in coaching for
seven years, he decided to quit and
take a position as elementary princi-
pal at Archer City Elementary.
“I like working here, and there are
good people to work with,” said Mor-
ris.
Morris graduated from high school
in Burkbumett, Texas and college at
Midwestern State University in
Wichita Falls, Texas with a degree in
education.
“Graduating from a big school, I
think a smaller school has more of a
chance to give a better quality educa-
tion,” said Morris. “There is a lot more
one on one interaction with the stu-
dents.”
Morris began his education career
in 1992 as a coach at Archer City. He
was the assistant head coach until
1994 when he left to fill a head bas-
ketball coaching position at Holliday
High School. He stayed there for five
years.
In 1999 he went to City View and
was the head basketball coach there
for one year.
Morris is still continuing his edu-
cation degree. He is currently finish-
ing up about two or three classes at
MSU for his master’s degree.
“I waqted to get into administra-
tion, and when I was offered this job
as principal at Archer, I took it,” said
Morris.;
Along with every job there are pros
and cons.
One pro of being principal Morris
said is that he gets to spend more time
with his family. Coaching called for a
little more time like going to basket-
ball games and tournaments over the
weekend.
“The downside is that I miss teach-
ing and getting to see the students ev-
eryday,” said Morris, who was a high
school history teacher along with
coaching.
Morris plans on staying an elemen-
tary principal as long as he can.
Morris currently resides in Wichita
Falls with his wife, Kristin and their
two children, Garrett and Grace.
Foreign exchange students, Kamil Kodlubaj and Itsumi Nakano, pose for a picture with their
host sister, eighth grader, Margaret Wolf. This is the second year that Wolf’s family has been a
host home for the foreign exchange program.
Japanese foreign exchange student discusses
differences in her lifestyle between her past
and present schools
Monica Hollingsworth
Cats Claw
Itsumi Nakano is the new foreign
exchange student from Japan. She was
enrolled to Archer City High School
on August 20. _
Before she moved to
AC she lived in Virginia She seems to be ie
for four months. ally friendly and intel-
In her short time of ligent, and I’m really
being in the JJnited States g]acj sfte g0j t0 Come
her English speaking , , „
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skdls are extremely rlu-
ent —Tyler Matlock
“After playing the pi- —" 1
Japan in every way,” said, Nakano.
“We don’t have football and we don’t
change classrooms in school, differ-
ent teachers teach us in the same room
with our own age group.”
Her favorite things to do here in-
clude going shopping, watching TV
and going to school to
see all of her new
friends..
“She seems to be
really friendly and in-
telligent, and I’m really
glad she got to come to
our school,”.said Tyler
Matlock, senior. “She
ano for some of the band students, we
are all convinced that she is very tal-
ented.” said Mandy Matlock, sopho-
more.
She is staying with Margaret Wolf,
eighth grade, for the remaining ten
months that she will be here.
“America is very different from
also writes really cool.”
In Japan she said that she enjoys sing-
ing and dancing.
After college she hopes to study
English and social dance.
“In the past my family has been a
host family for four different foreign
exchange students,” said Liz Clemans,
freshman.
“I love having different cultures be-
ing introduced in my house,” said Liz
Clemens, freshma, who has also ex-
perienced hosting a foreign exchange
students. In the short time they were
with us, we began to love all of them
as if they were part of our fami ly.”
“ I think she is so way cute and
extremely fun to be around.” said Dana
Doar, junior.
“ I feel as if Itsumi has balanced
out this schools ethnical diversity,”
said Danelle Gann, sophomore.
She is an only child and her birth-
day is Sept. 14, 1982.
While she is here her parents are
going to continue to stay in Japan ■
All in all Itsumi is a great person to
be around. We could all learn from her.
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