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Cheering for Scholarships
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The Seward cheer squad performed at the scholarship auction fundraiser on Saturday. — Page 3
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Dunk like a duck Lady Saints play basketball with children at the Chamber duck race on Saturday. — Page 2
Texting while driving is a dangerous activity that is now against the law. — Page 8 Presorted Standard US Postage PAID Liberal, -----== Permit NO.114
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SGA sponsors free movie poster day SGA is hosting a “posterize yourself” day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Student Union. Students can chose a scene from their favorite movie and have their faces printed on an 11by-17 inch poster for free.
SNA sponsors fall jacket drive Student Nurses Association is sponsoring a jacket collection drive through Nov. 8. Boxes for donations will be placed on the main campus, at the technical school and the Epworth Allied Health building. Items from jackets to sweaters will be accepted. The donated items will be distributed to the Stepping Stone homeless shelter and to schools in the Liberal area.
Saints Booster sells briskets The Saints Booster Club is selling four-pound briskets for $35 each as a fundraiser. The briskets will be smoked by Billy’s BBQ and will be ready by Oct. 26. Bristkets may be picked up at the Basketball Preview Night in the gym. Those interested can contact Galen McSpadden at (620) 4171550.
Trick-or-Treat Street Oct. 28 Trick-or-Treat Street is sponsored by SGA every year by the clubs at Seward. The event is for families from the area to come to campus for a fun, safe night and will be Thursday, Oct. 28. Club deadlines to participate are a week prior to the actual date. Clubs have the opportunity to set up a booths and give out candy, or have games and fun activities for people to join. This year SGA may sponsor a scary tunnel. Last year Trick-orTreat Street had around 850 people attend, but the Halloween event traditionally has had up to 1,000 people attend.
KU, KSU trip for Seward transfers A trip is being offered Nov. 4 and 5 by Seward County Community College/Area Technical School for students who would like transfer to the University of Kansas and Kansas State University after graduation. The group will leave Seward at 5:30 a.m. Nov. 4 and be back by 10 p.m. on Nov. 5. Students will visit KU on Nov. 4 and KState on Nov 5. A $20 deposit is required to be applied toward the hotel room cost. Registration will be accepted through Oct. 15. Any student interested should call 620-417-1106, or see Debbie Stafford in Room A151. Interested TRiO students should notify the TRiO department.
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Klaus Adamaschek, a recording artist who performs under the stage name of Shire Green, will be on the Seward campus for music workshops and a stage show Oct. 5.
Shire Green brings act from Germany to Seward County Reanna Tul i nson Crusader Staff Shire Green will perform at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5 in the Seward County Community College Showcase Theater. Shire Green is Klaus Adamaschek’s stage name, and while he normally performs with a band, he will be by himself for this upcoming performance. Adamaschek plays the guitar and the harp and will be using both at the concert. When he performs with his band he also has electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and piano backing him up. Adamaschek is from Germany and is staying Moscow, Kan., with a group of foreign exchange students from Germany. Adamaschek is the principal of Environmental Education Centre Licherode, a partner school with the high school in Moscow. What this means is that every year a group of German students come to Moscow and a group from Moscow students go to Germany. Adamaschek is currently staying with Patty Lahey from Moscow. He got the idea to perform at SCCC/ATS because some of the Moscow students come to Liberal for college visits. After spending time talking to Darin Workman, instrumental music instructor, by phone and e-mail, it was decided that Shire Green would perform at Seward. While at Seward, Adamaschek will talk to any music majors who would like to talk to him. “I will surely have time to talk them. There will hopefully be some interesting contacts,” Adamaschek said. Now 53, Adamschek has been playing music since he was a child and wrote his first song when he was 15. He has four albums out in English and a fifth will come out in November. His song “Freedom Writer” won the worldwide songwriter contest composers in 2008. Adamschek is inspired by his language and by old record players and musicians such as Kris Kristofferson, Jim Croce and Neil Young. Adamaschek's hometown is Rotenburg, Germany. He attended college in Aachen, Germany, and majored in teaching German language and physical education. “After teaching for two years I decided to quit my job and start my own school,” Adamaschek said. In 1985, Adamaschek took a 20-year music break and simply taught. He started writing again in 2005. Adamaschek has played in Berlin, Kassel and other clubs and theaters in Germany. Adamaschek's decision to start playing in the United States was an experiment. He first played in Stockbridge, Mass., and playing in Liberal will be his second performance in the USA. “It was a fine success so we decided to try again,” Adamaschek said. Next year he will be taking a six-month tour from April through Sept. 2011 all around the United States in an RV. Those interested in listening to songs or learning more about Adamschek can go www.myspace.com/shiregreen or www.youtube.com.
During a cold winter a few years ago, a 14-yearold David Linares sat in his room watching a cartoon. A piano piece began playing and sprouted the seed of inspiration in an unusual fashion inside the mind of a young David. “I was watching a cartoon, and I really enjoyed the piano piece they were playing, so I started (to learn) because I wanted to play like that.” Now an aspiring music major with a laid back and humorous personality, Linares spends most of his time in the Shank Building Humanities music department. He is a talented piano player and learns classical pieces by ear; he also likes to skate in his spare time. His favorite type of music is classical piano music, and his favorite composer is Franz Schubert, a music writer from the Romantic era of music who unfortunately wasn’t very recognized until after his death. “Franz Schubert is my favorite because of the way in which he writes. I try to imitate his style which is extremely difficult because he was an extremely
virtuoso,” talented Linares said. The piano is Linares’ favorite instrument, not only because of how it sounds, but the ways it can be used. “I love the piano because it is unlike other instruments,” Linares said. “You don’t need a whole band to accompany you as you play. I can play through the songs without needing the help of others.” While it sounds cocky, it doesn’t seem like he needs anyone else’s help. During the interview, he started playing the piano nearest to him. He soared through his songs, eclectic and varying in their nature. It’s hard to believe that he has only been playing since he was 14 and because of a cartoon show. But his piano skills didn’t come easily. “I started practicing two to three hours a day, usually totalling around 12 to 14 hours of practice a week. I also practice a lot during the winter because I can’t really get out of the house due to the cold weather.” Linares plays with a level beyond most of his peers and can usually be seen practic-
ing in the music department or in the student union. He also played two pieces of music as part of the music department’s entertainment at the college scholarship auction Saturday. Aside from piano, Linares also loves skating, not only as a hobby, but as a passion. During the summer he can often be seen at Liberal’s skate park. He spends more time skating than anything else in the summer. “I didn’t practice much throughout the summer because I skate most of the time, but I start practicing again once school comes along.” Linares plans on graduating as a music major and working with music in the future, not just the piano in particular, he wants to expand his knowledge in the music field as a whole. He hasn’t started writing his own pieces of music. “I don’t write my own music yet, but I do have a lot of ideas. Nothing official, but just in my thoughts.” Linares’ thoughts seem to be filled with music. He has an ear for classical music, and it all of started simply from watching a cartoon as a 1 4 - y e a rold.
Pianist David Linares poses by the music department’s grand piano. The talented performer who can play classical music by ear entertained for the Scholarship Auction on Saturday.
SkillsUSA elects seven district officers Jonathan Yowel l Crusader staff Seven Seward County Community College/Area Technical School students were elected to district offices at the SkillsUSA Southwest District fall leadership conference on campus Tuesday. Students from Ashland High School joined the SkillsUSA members from Seward to participate in a morning of leadership training and to meet with SkillsUSA Kansas state director Ann Wick. Wick works for the Kansas State Department of Education in Topeka and has been the Kansas State director of the SkillsUSA organization for many years. During her keynote address, she spoke of the importance of building leadership skills among the future workforce in America. She also spoke of the importance of the local officer team in home chapters, and how much of a difference that each member could make
in his or her life by being active members in the organization. Once the leadership training was over, students stepped up to the microphone to show skills as leaders. Seven SkillsUSA members from Seward applied to run for a district officer position. They took turns giving short campaign speeches to the members present and then were all elected into the seven district officer positions. Officers elected were Jonathan Yowell, president; David Winkler, vice-president; Dustin Rakestraw, secretary; Jeremy Mendenhall, treasurer; Caleb Crawford, reporter; Dallas Smith, parliamentarian and Brandon Bruner, historian. In order to fulfil duties as the Southwest District officers, they will travel to Hesston on Oct. 12-13 to assist in the process of electing the SkillsUSA officers for Kansas. “This is a great opportunity for us to serve the members of SkillsUSA Kansas by
working with the state officer candidates to determine who would be best suited to serve as the SkillsUSA Kansas State officers,” vice-president David Winkler said. The officers and the advisers who attend the conference in Hesston will have the opportunity to further leadership training. Sessions will be offered to train members on how to make home chapter more successful, professional development among members and how to become more involved in community service. “This is a great opportunity to go and represent the views and also the skills of the members from here at Seward at the state level,” historian Brandon Bruner said. “I’m glad that we are able to participate in such Crusader photo/Jonathan Yowell an important event.” SkillsUSA State Director Ann Wick conducts leadership training at the Conference attendees will also have the Southwest District fall conference held at Seward Tuesday. opportunity to compete in mock contests that closely represent some of the leadership • For more pictures of officers visit CrusaderNews.com under multimedia. contests at the state level in April.