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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 ani-mals 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-profi t or-gizination.

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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Nicknamed Katy, Kathleen Ice fi rst got truly interested in the art of photography after a photo course in junior high. Her parents got her her fi rst 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 Photogra-phy, in May of 2007 and has been taking pictures ever since. Besides taking senior portraits Ice can be seen taking pictures at various elemen-tary 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. Ice said she has been inspired by these artists and their work and now wants to open her own photography stu-dio when she is older.

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Nov 24, 2009

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Jon FitzgeraldDespite 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 instru-ments 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 per-forming 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.

Rock Star in the Making

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

After trying the viola, then the guitar, Spooner has fi -nally found his fi t 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 infl uenced 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 base-

ment 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.

Storytelling, bike riding, and rapping are Hill's other favorite hobbies. He fi nds inspi-ration 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 usu-ally just draws because he loves it.

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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 fi sh.

Through the infl uences of his grandfather and great- grandfather, Cuningham fell in love with a sport not a lot of people enjoy to the extent he does.: fi shing. 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 fl y and catching fi sh along the way.

It all started at the age of fi ve when Cuningham caught his fi rst fi sh leaving him with a passion for fi shing 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 fi sh was less than eight inches long, the impact it left does not coordinate with its size.

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

to challenging and advanced methods such as fl y fi shing. and even bow fi shing. Bow fi shing is a sport which involves attaching a reel to a bow with a line connected to an arrow. The archer then shoots the fi sh and reels it in with the reel.

Some of the places Cunningham has gone to fi sh inlcude fl y fi shing for trout in Bennet Springs, Missouri, and an attempt at deep sea fi shing 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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Starting out at a new school is diffi cult enough, it’s even harder when it’s your fi rst 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, Kan-sas in the summer of 2009.

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

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 fi ve 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.

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Balancing Basketball and FamilyJosh May on Public School, Basketball and His Seven Siblings