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Editorial Board

Jeff Fleischman
Adviser
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In his ninth year in the profession, Mr. Jeff Fleischman is in his second year as the newspaper adviser for the Ralston Valley Xpress. Previously, Mr. Fleischman taught for four years at Silver Creek High School in Longmont, Colorado, and three years at Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona. Prior to entering education, Mr. Fleischman was a sports reporter for the Longmont Daily Times-Call and the sports editor of the Buffalo Sports News. Mr. Fleischman is married and has two young sons. Outside of the school day, Mr. Fleischman enjoys running, hiking, biking and spending time with his wife and children.  

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Emily Kribs
Editor-in-Chief
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Emily Kribs is a senior at Ralston Valley High School. This is her second year on the Xpress staff; he first year was as a news reporter. She enjoys languages and language arts, taking Spanish and French simultaneously as well as AP Literature and Composition. She enjoys decidedly nerdy activities.   

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Rachel Brown
Managing Editor
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Currently serving her second year on the staff of the Xpress, junior Rachel Brown couldn’t be more excited for her role as Managing Editor. A former Spotlight reporter and author of the pseudo-column “Under $20”, she feels very confident in her ability as a journalist and ready for the responsibility of her new position. As far as her interests go, Rachel has always excelled at all things artsy, though she kindles a special love of writing, and can’t think of anything she likes better than the newspaper. Outside of that, she also enjoys camping, hiking, biking, going to haunted houses and watching horror movies. Eventually, Rachel hopes to attend Colorado Christian University in pursuit of a degree in English, which she’ll use for either a career in investigative journalism or teaching. Her heroes, not to mention the two people she deems responsible for her love of journalism (specifically the investigative variety), are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Rachel hopes that someday she’ll be good enough as a writer to be compared to the likes of them, and as such she strongly believes that the wonderful Xpress will help her on that journey. 

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 Marshall McStraw
News Editor
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Marshall is a senior writing for the RV Xpress for his second year, currently as the editor of the News section.  Outside of school he enjoys reading philosophy, especially that written by Aldous Huxley and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as communing with nature through fishing and hiking.  After graduating from RVHS he hopes to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder while majoring in Psychology. 

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Rachel Trujillo
Spotlight Editor
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Rachel is a junior at Ralston Valley and this is her second year on the newspaper staff. She is part of the Ralston Valley tennis team and runs cross country for the school. Her favorite city is New York City and hope to find a career and live there one day. 

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Kyle Piersky
Sports Editor
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Kyle is a junior and in his second year on staff. He plays top level hockey both at the club and Ralston Valley level. He enjoys concerts, especially when running sound and lights. Some other interests are longboarding, and playing the guitar. Kyle hopes to major in sports medicine during college. 

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Ashley Haramaki
Graphics and Design Editor
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Ashley is a sophomore at Ralston Valley High School. It is her first year on the Xpress news staff. Though she has only joined staff, she has already become ‘Photoshop Guru’. Outside of school, she draws constantly, including for a web site known as Anatheria.com. She hopes to earn a degree in 2d Animation or Illustration from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, an hour or two from her old home in California. Her favorite foods include yakisoba, vietnamese phơ noodle soup and curry.  

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 News Staff

Louisa Kennedy 

News Reporter
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This is Louisa’s second year on the Xpress staff as a sophomore. She loves softball and she loves to run, and hang out with friends when she’s not writing or spending time with her family. She is very excited to be writing for the school newspaper. Her nickname is Lulu, she was born in Belgium, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and has been living here for the past 10 years.  In August 2008, Lulu wrote a paper on leadership/politics and sent it into the DNC (Democratic National Convention) and was chosen to be a finalist and represent Kentucky. She also has a collie named Ginger, when she grows up she wants to travel the world and become a chef. She hopes you like her writing!  

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Warren Tay
News Reporter
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ashley.haramaki@rvhsnews.com Warren is a mix of different Asian races. He enjoys swimming, bowling and playing racquetball. He collects different types of swords and loves eating out. He loves eating Japanese food, Thai food, Singaporean food, some Chinese food, and TV dinners. He is a senior at RV this year and loves hanging out with friends.

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Hannah Stodden
News Reporter
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Hannah is a sophomore here at Ralston Valley, this is her second year on the Xpress staff. Writing and music is primarily her life besides friends, family, and school. She plans on writing for the paper for rest of her high school career and beyond that, becoming a journalist or musician after college.

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Photography Staff

Tyler Salen
Photographer
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Tyler Salen is a Junior on the RVHS newspaper staff for the second year.  As one of the three main photographers on staff, Tyler is in charge of delivering the desired photos that he is assigned to. Tyler suffers from a neurological disorder known as Asperger Syndrom, (which is a form of Autism) from which he has a vast interest in history, artwork and music. Tyler also has a passion for ice hockey and is an absolute die hard fanatic of the Colorado Avalanche and many other favorite teams of his. 

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Former Staff Members

2009-2010 Staff

Michael Auslen
Former Editor-in-Chief
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Ashley Pajor
Former Editor
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 Mike DeGrace
Former Editor
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Joshua Nelson
Former Editor
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Shay Hicks
Former Editor
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2008-2009 Staff

Tony McKendry
Former Staff Writer
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Anna Patton
Former Editor-in-Chief
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Matt Schassburger
Former Staff Writer
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