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No Off Season

Kensie & Christine find this time of year a little "hairy" what with studying for exams and all that. Congrats Kensie on moving on to State for Girl's Track, good luck tomorrow!

Jessica chews Sasha's ear off- literally.

Once upon a time I thought about using this blog as a jumping off point for eventually writing a book about being a male cheer coach. Never have seemed to find the time or the self-discipline.

Once upon a time I thought about using this blog as a personal journal about the trials and tribulations of being a junior high and high school cheer coach. But it seems like too many cheerleaders and occasionally parents actually read it and once in a while I'd strike a nerve or otherwise just say something that someone would take issue with. So, in the interest of good PR, I tried to totally back off of that.

Which left this blog kind of a fun photo album/scrap book for my cheer squad and a (hopefully) a means of communicating to both those cheerleaders and their parents. I'd like to hope that it is also a way for my former cheerleaders and mascots to get a glimpse of what we're going now and hopefully get back in touch with me or each other.

So here is a teensie bit of news and notes:

PERSONALS

• Congrats Seniors, Angie, Cassie, Kim, Halley, and Brett!!! And the whole class of 007
• Good luck Angie on being an alternate for UNI's cheer squad- I sure hope someone quits so you get called up!
  
• Happy Birthday Rena! May 15
• Welcome back Megan, glad you're healthy- keep that way (Phil 4:4-8)
• Congrats Kensie on going to State for Girls' Track, take care of those knees
• Happy birthday Sasha! May 9

Football Season 2007

• At this point, Football Squad looks like; Rena, Sasha, Kensie
• Kassi still doesn't know because of work and family
• I tried recruiting soon-to-be-Freshmen; Kaitlyn Bonsall, Brittany Williams, and Taryn Fouts, but didn't hear back from any of them.
• I don't know if the school will consider Megan's special circumstances when considering grades and permit her to cheer next Fall or not, but I'll look into it.
  
• Christine REALLY wants to, but a lot depends on this summer and mom
• We have no bites from possible mascot candidates, got any ideas?

Summer Camp

• The Morningside Clinic this year is June 9 already! I can give you information if you want it, but I'll be in Phoenix with my family on vacation
• The West Harrison coach told me at a track meet that UCA will be hosting a two day camp for $60 at Iowa Western CC later on this summer. She promised to email me about it but I haven't gotten anything yet. I'll try to let you know ASAP

Basketball Cheer 2008

• Jessica might think about basketball cheer, but she's not sure (I can't imagine she'd pull herself away from Weber and Dunham and the pine to cheer again, we'll see)
• Vicki Jones, Kristen Head, and Kayla Donscheski have all told me that they're interested in basketball cheer next year- Jonsie even plans on recruiting Ashley Reetz

Junior High 2007-08

• Sad to hear that Tiffany Krier is planning on transferring to COU, but all the other 7th graders, Ali, Holly, Natalie, Racheal, Elsa, Sam, and Josie are all INCREDIBLE, so it should be a great year
  
• Christian Liesinger would be happy to mascot for the next 5 years and eventually tryout to become "Mr. Met."
  

"Cheerlumni" Notes

• Ken Kahl BVHS '01 is the Dir of the Donna Reed Festival and has a PR firm in Denison
• Moe Clemon BVHS '05 received her Associates from Brooks Art Institute in Long Beach and plans to attend a University in either Sydney Australia or Cairo Egypt next year to study Middle Eastern languages and culture
• Christina Hernandez LALHS '00 is now the cheerleading coach at Lutheran High in Sylmar
  
• The classes of 2001-2003 are all due to be finishing up college this month- PLEASE email old Coach and let me know where you are, how you are and what you're doing (heck that goes for all of you, all the way back to the class of 1993
• RUMORS; Dave Anderson BVHS '02 is moving East to be in some military band or something? Todd Cogdil BVHS '03 is finishing at ISU, Jenn Bonsall BVHS '03 is finishing up at Georgetown and interested in the Obama campaign, "Jake" Kuerbiss LALHS '02 is finishing up at UC San Diego and "Joey" Hager LALHS '02 is finishing up at CSUN, Gina LaMont LALHS '03 is getting married, Randi Stephens BVHS '05 is studying radiology at Briar Cliff
• Keeping tabs on anybody else from Boyer Valley or L.A. Lutheran cheer squads? PLEASE, let me know! At the risk of getting all kinds of spam, here's where you can reach me- ted.mallory@gmail.com
  

Get well soon, Megan

Congratulations Seniors!

What is so wrong with Country music? Sorry if any kids at BV find this offensive. I found it and thought it was funny.

Happy Birthday "Squasha!!!"

Release Date Changed Available in 2007 Chicken Soup for the Soul has teamed up with American Cheerleader Magazine to celebrate America's Cheerleaders with Chicken Soup for the American Cheerleader Soul. We all need the support and love of our squad to keep us positive as we go through every day life. Chicken Soup for the American Cheerleader Soul features great stories of courage, dedication and overcoming adversity. You'll enjoy one inspirational and uplifting story after another. You'll also hear from devoted fans who share how cheerleading has touched their lives.

Whether you are a longtime cheer fan or not, you'll be inspired by the wonder of the colorful personalities who cheer us on every day. Chicken Soup for the American Cheerleader Soul takes the victory as the best Chicken Soup book ever! Topics Will include but not limited to:

Cheer Camp	Teamwork	Role Models
Making a Difference	Fabulous Fun!	Life Lessons
Leadership	School Daze	Competing Craze!
Overcoming Obstacles	Tryouts

Why impale your self so much?

Pierce away all summer, but you can't have them in at games or practice- maybe you should get those summer piercings soon so they have time to heal. State rules are state rules

Ricketts Reunion

Hi there,


My name's Ted. I live in a little town in Western Iowa called Charter Oak. By little, I mean in the neighborhood of 500. Quaint, huh? It is.

I write a weekly column in the Charter Oak-Ute NEWSpaper,
a publication that we obviously share with a neighboring town across the county line. Living in a small town is a wonderful way of life.

Recently someone who's a native of another town asked me about creating a website for a group of friends who try to get together every year and want to be able to keep up on their home town. The town is Ricketts, Iowa. I like to think of it a a suburb of Charter Oak. It's a burgeoning metropolis of say 150 people.

Here it is http://rickettsiowa.blogspot.com

Their annual "Ricketts Kids Reunion" is always the 3rd Saturday in July. This year it will be 7-21-2007

While I like to poke fun at it, I appreciate- no, I ADMIRE the affection that folks from Ricketts have for their town, and for each other. You gotta love a town that's this small and yet SO German Lutheran, that it has THREE churches!

If they like what they see, I hope they'll adopt this little website. No doubt it will grow and improve, especially as they themselves contribute to it. If they aren't crazy about, I'll just delete it- more roadkill on the information superhighway.

Originally published in the 1967 Farmers’ Almanac

• Always call them "Mother" and "Father,"or "Dad."

• Always introduce people to your mother. No matter how important the other person is, begin: "Mother, I’d like you to know"?

• When your parents introduce you to their friends, make them proud. Stand up for an introduction, and acknowledge it with the friend’s name: "How do you do, Mrs. Carter." Don’t sit down, while either your mother or Mrs. Carter is still standing.
• If your parents’ friends ask questions, even though they seem a little foolish, answer. Never say, "I dunno" or just giggle. Admittedly, "You’ve grown so, haven’t you"? is silly; but it becomes sensible conversation if you answer, "Yes, I’m nearly two inches taller than I was last year."

• If your dad tells a story involving you and gets some of the facts wrong; let it go. Setting him straight in front of an audience just sounds quarrelsome and childish.

• Let your mother precede you into a train or bus, or down a theater aisle. In these places, walk ahead of your father.

• Treat your mother like a lady and your father like a gentleman, and you can’t help impressing the world with your own charm and poise.