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Free Press Staff Sophomore Erica Lignell has been riding horses since she was ten years old. She took her experience with horses and used it as a way to give back. Spending time with people who have disabilities that she has met at Pathways Assisted Therapy has been an eye opening and moving experience for her.

At pathways they use horses and other animals to teach people with physical and mental disabilities how to ride horses as a part of their

therapy. Erica and other volunteers are crucial to Pathways' success as they are a non-proďŹ t orgizination.

Erica also volunteers though Key Club and the Youth Volunteer Corps. Erica rides horses at White Oak Ranch twice a week. She volunteers at Pathways for about two hours every week during one of the classes held there. She highly recommends donating time at Pathways and feels it has been an extremely rewarding experience.

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A Young Professional Student entrepreneur uses hobby to enter the business world

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Nicknamed Katy, Kathleen Ice first got truly interested in the art of photography after a photo course in junior high. Her parents got her her first digital camera a couple of years ago and Ice found herself obsessed with taking her friends’ pictures.

Eventually the young entrepreneur started her own photography business, Katy’s Photography, in May of 2007 and has been taking pictures ever since. Besides taking senior portraits Ice can be seen taking pictures at various elementary schools and at school events for the school district. Ice’s camera of choice is a Nikon D80 but she is currently working on an upgrade.

Her favorite photographers are Mary Ellen Mark, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon and of course Marsha Poholsky.

OnlyIce said she has been inspired by these artists and their work and now wants to open her own photography stuwith Student ID dio when she is older.

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Jon Fitzgerald Rock Star in the Making

espite being the middle child sophomore Jon Fitzgerald does not fade into the background. He was born on March 21, 1994. He is the second of three children. He makes sure that the world knows who he is. Or at least, the world that is Free State.

He not only plays electric bass in his band Pass-a-Fist, who are currently on a hiatus, but he also plays instruments such as piano, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and a 12-

string guitar.

Always cracking jokes, Fitzgerald knows what to say to turn a frown upside down. His favorite part of performing onstage, is being taller than everyone else, and doing what he loves with his friends.That and all the ladies.

Jon Fitzgerald is a sophmore at Free State. Currently he is involved in the Free State Orchestra as a member of the bass section.

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hile music plays an important role in most people’s lives, not very many people are as involved as sophomore Kainen Spooner.

After trying the viola, then the guitar, Spooner has finally found his fit with the drums. In the one year he has had his drum set, he has played over 10 shows with two of the bands he is in.

“I was actually influenced by my mom’s boyfriend. He played drums and he was pretty good, and I just loved the way drummers looked,” Spooner said.

Spooner also looks up to Keith Moon (The Who) and Peter Criss (KISS). The future of his bands is unclear, but one thing that is very clear is he is in it for the experience rather than attention or popularity.

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Junior Zach Hill has been interested in art for the majority of his life and continues to pursue a future dedicated to mastering his artistic abilities. Hill has made his basement into an artistic haven by hanging up inspirational posters and works of art, and often uses it as a place to draw and hang out with friends.

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Artist strives to improve by finding inspiration in unlikely places

Storytelling, bike riding, and rapping are Hill's other favorite hobbies. He ďŹ nds inspiration in nature, and therefore spends as much time outside as possible.

Although Hill has been involved in many art camps and classes, his favorite way to learn artistically and improve his personal technique is to draw on his own, whenever he has the time.

Sometimes Hill uses art to escape work, school, and a large family. However, he usually just draws because he loves it.

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Senior Joe Cunningham Spending Extra Time Fishing For Fun by justin saathoff

It is a beautiful summer day with a cool breeze. Most people are either spending the day relaxing outside, throwing a ball around or even mowing the lawn, but not Joe. Many days of the summer, senior Joe Cunningham can be found close to water in the search for fish.

Through the influences of his grandfather and greatgrandfather, Cuningham fell in love with a sport not a lot of people enjoy to the extent he does.: fishing. Nearly every day of the week during the summer, when he is not working at a camp in Colorado, Cunningham can be found at local bodies of water casting a fly and catching fish along the way.

It all started at the age of five when Cuningham caught his first fish leaving him with a passion for fishing that still lives strong within him. Making the occasion even more special was that he was with his great-grandfather, who has since passed away, in a small creek behind his house.Though the fish was less than eight inches long, the impact it left does not coordinate with its size.

Since falling in love with fishing, Cuningham has taken his sport to the next level. Although at first It all started with a simple worm and bobber setup, it has progressed

to challenging and advanced methods such as fly fishing. and even bow fishing. Bow fishing is a sport which involves attaching a reel to a bow with a line connected to an arrow.

The archer then shoots the fish and reels it in with the reel.

Some of the places Cunningham has gone to fish inlcude fly fishing for trout in Bennet Springs, Missouri, and an attempt at deep sea fishing in the Florida Keys.

Other activities Cuningham enjoys in the outdoors are trail biking, hiking, camping,and occasionally a game of paintball.

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BalancingJoshBasketball and Family May on Public School, Basketball and His Seven Siblings photos and story by katherine corliss

Starting out at a new school is difficult enough, it’s even harder when it’s your first year at public school and you’re a foot taller than almost everyone else.

This is how senior Josh May felt when he moved to Lawrence from Derby, Kansas in the summer of 2009.

After being homeschooled since kindergarten, May and his parents decided to enroll him in public school. For May the transition has been easy.

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He is the oldest of eight kids, four of whom were recently adopted. May’s younger brother Jesse is a sophomore.

May plans on playing basketball and is optimistic about the upcoming season.

Basketball has been a part of May’s life since he was five and hopes to pursue a career in athletics.

So far May has enjoyed the diverse community at Free State. Josh also enjoys reading and eating Mexican food.