Fugitive:

“The game itself is really just a fun way to hang out with your friends,” according to Freshmen Talia Marquez. Fugitive is a game that many students feel is harmless and fun.  The objective of Fugitive is to get from point A to point B without getting caught by the “cops”, who are your friends. They drive a car around and look for and if they spot you then, they will flash there lights at you or tag you and you are busted.  You need to stay hidden so you won’t get caught.

    It is an exlirating outdoor activity that gets you up and moving around. But not everyone sees it as a simple fun game and views it as a reckless and dangerous game. But how could a game that you’re just running around and having fun with friends be dangerous?  

    According to school resource officer Blane Engdahl “It’s a fun and harmless game so to those who know what is going on but could be scary to people who are at home and see people running around in their yard. This is startling to anyone who doses not know what is going on. And that’s when cops will be called because people get scared.” So, can you get in trouble for trespassing? Probably not. Most officers will let you off with a warning, but it all depends on the situation.

     However, you can still get a trespassing ticket. When asked what he thinks about the game, freshmen Lorenzo Politano said, “I really like the rush of running around and getting away.”  There have been times when people are playing and there walking through a yard and someone has come out with lemonade and offered it to them. And this one time according to senior Drew Spellman, “We had to scale across this pole to get away from are friends driving down Indiana. The pole was above a river and we got away.”   Here are a few tips on how NOT to get caught by your friends while playing:

1: Wear dark clothes so you don’t get caught in unlit areas.

2: Travel with only 3-5 people in a group. The less people you have the less chance you have of getting caught.

3: Don’t stay in the same place for long. The longer you linger there the better chance you have of getting caught.

4:Don’t make a lot of noise so you won’t wake the dead. That is away you won’t be heard and won’t start a zombie apocalypse.

5:Don’t travel through everyone’s yard the entire time. You will get caught and possibly yelled at.

6: Beware of animals. They might bite you and get you noticed.

7: Finally, just have fun and be smart how you play.

The science teacher known as Howie Silleck loves dinosaurs. Why would a man love a species that has been dead for 65 millions of years? Only if he himself was a dinosaur!  But what could he be if he in fact was a dinosaur?

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Ralston Valley has always had success with its music department, whether it is the annual spring musical, the orchestra and band, or the many choirs we have collected at RV.

Here at RV, the vocal music department consists of, “Fiore, Concert Choir, Men’s Choir, Heaven Sent, occasionally Men’s Ensemble, (we’re not sure this year) women’s choir, and, of course, Shades of Blue.” Shades of Blue will chime in with new members next year, including Emma Heckman (11) and Jordan McKinley (11).

Shades of Blue is the goal for most choir students eager to continue to perfect their voices, and getting there is no easy feat. With the seniors graduating spots opened up on this highly selective choir and new members were admitted.

It was no walk in the park to make the list for next year’s Shades, and once it kicks in full swing it won’t be any easier to
keep Shades’ expected caliber.

“There are a lot of extra festivals, we perform on the radio annually and we have some sort of extracurricular out of school thing every month,” says McKinley, about the kind of extra activities Shades gets to participate in. Those are only the activities for the school year; over the summer, Shades will meet to get their music and then are expected to memorize all of it by the time school is back in session. Their musical genre varies but includes: Broadways, classical, jazz, folk songs, “not like ‘folk’ but like amazing grace and like things like that” McKinley clarifies.

For advice next year, Emily Walsh (11) weighs in “Last year we didn’t memorize some of our music and when we came back he made us sing it for him and it was not good at all.”

But all work and no play doesn’t make a happy choir. There are most definitely some perks besides being able to sing along to the radio really well, and that is the dresses. “Mackenzie Talley and Emily Walsh are going to pick out the dresses, but I trust them completely. They dress well so we’re good to go,” jokes McKinley.

For any aspiring future Shades members, the one of easiest way to increase your chances of getting in is to simply participate in one of the other choirs taught by Mr. Talley and Mrs. Hunt. Mr. Talley may come off as well…intense to some, but he is, “probably the best teacher I’ve ever had and he drives me crazy sometimes but his class is just thoroughly fun to go to,” McKinley . While it is fun, it is not a blow-off class and to keep Mr. Talley in a good mood his students must have, “A willingness to work, and realize you can’t take him seriously the whole time, even if he’s in a terrible mood. He says he wants to be with people who want to be there and enjoy being there. If they don’t want to be there then he doesn’t do well with them” advises Heckman.

Connor Randall has a heart. After all, he is human and, like all humans, he needs that oxygen-enriched blood that the heart so graciously pumps through the body. Yet, unlike most humans, Connor is extremely lucky to have a heart.

When Connor was only three months old, he was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy. Simply put, Connor’s heart muscle was underdeveloped and had not grown at the same rate as the rest of his body. So, he was put on the list for a heart transplant.

Three months later, Connor received a successful heart transplant at Children’s Hospital in Denver.
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On a quick glance, Kayanne Klipka doesn’t stand out. She seems like any other person one might pass in the halls.
She may be chatting with friends or sitting in a classroom, but it doesn’t take one very much time, after engaging
Kayanne in conversation, to come to the realization that she is, in fact, a very unique person.

Kayanne has a passion for people that stretches far beyond most people’s.
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Ashlynn is one of those quiet strong people, the ones who are quiet but once you get them to open up are some of the best people to be around.

Says Katie Duggan (11) “Ashlynn is a quiet leader, but she has a positive attitude and always helps you feel better when you are feeling down.”
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“Michelle is the type of girl that, no matter how bad of a day you’re having, can put a smile on your face,” said Chelsea McKinney (11). And that pretty much sums it up.
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The night of February 8 was for most people an ordinary Sunday night. But for pop star Rihanna, it was almost an end to her life.

As most everyone with access to the celebrity gossip community knows, Chris Brown has been charged with 2 felonies for his actions against Rihanna February 8. It seems obvious from pictures released of Rihanna right after the attack, that he should have an easy conviction; and show hundreds of teens that their abusive partners will not get away with what they are doing. Right? Wrong; not only has Brown pleaded “not guilty”, but a poll taken by the Boston Public Health Commission showed that nearly half of 200 teens interviewed, believe the beatings were Rihanna’s fault; that she “deserved” them.
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As the curtain comes up, the audience gets the first glimpse at the magical world of Cinderella. At least, Roger and Hammerstein’s (not to be confused with Disney’s) Cinderella. So no, there were no mice. Well, no talking mice. But the overture reveals the colorful costumes, the life-like set, the flowing music in the background like a far-off dream. Finally, the work of several months is pulled into life. And it was a hit. All four nights of the production were sold out, complete with a very popular family night (with plenty of little princesses). That is more tickets than any other RV production has sold.
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