Warner Corner
May 9, 2012
Warner Corner
Senior’s Issue!
Seniors
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Brianna Fischer
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Bryanna Schmidt
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Connor Seaman
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Daryn Skjefte
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Dreena Streckfuss
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Emily Kay
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Erin Haaland
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Gregory Ruppert
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Kacy Marnette
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Karly Fuhrman
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Lexi Bierman
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Mallory Jark
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Michael Hagan
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O’Ryan Borge
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Paige Landis
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Rikki Carey
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Taylor Hagen
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Traci Kulesa
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Brandon Erdmann
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Trevor Nelson
B r i a n n a
Brianna Leigh Fischer, daughter
of Raymond and Debra Fischer,
was involved in band and chorus during her high school years
at Warner. Her favorite memory
from band was reciting movie
lines with Chance at state.
While in high school, she lettered
in band and chorus. After
Brianna graduates, she plans to
attend NSU and have a summer
job at Shenanigans as a hostess.
Brianna stated that after she
leaves high school she will miss
Mr. Mackner’s Austin Power’s
impressions. Her future goals are
to major in environmental sci-
ence with an
emphasis on wildlife management.
On her iPod there
is all music between the 1700’s
and 1990’s. If she
was stranded on
an island and
able to bring
three things she
would bring nature guys, weapons, and an infinite supply of water. In her
free time, Brianna enjoys camping and reading. She prefers
Taco Bell over Taco John’s and Twitter over Facebook. Before
Brianna dies, she wants to go on an expedition in Antarctica.
B r y a n n a
Bryanna Dawn Schmidt,
daughter of Bryan and Kim
Schmidt, is a graduate of Warner High School. The activities
that she was involved in her
school years were volleyball,
basketball, track, and competitive cheer. Her favorite
memory of the activities is going to all four state tournaments. The awards that she
received in high school are
state volleyball champion in
2009, runner-up in state volleyball in 2011, getting first in their
division in state cheer, and
wining second in overall in
cheer. Her plans for the summer are working at the
aquatic center. After she
graduates, she plans to go to
F i s c h e r
S c h m i d t
college at Northern State University to major in elementary
and a double education in special education. She will miss
sports and seeing her friends
everyday in high school. Her
advice for underclassmen is to
work hard and to make every
moment count because they fly
by. The future goals in her life is
getting a good job, being successful, and having a family.
On her iPod she has every kind
of music, but mostly country. If
she was stranded on a deserted
island the three things she
would bring are Emily Kay, her
cell phone, and her solar
charger. She enjoys hanging
out with friends and watching
“The Big Bang Theory”. She also
enjoys eating at Taco John’s. Before she dies she would like to
marry Liam Payne, and she likes to go on Facebook.
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Connor Leigh Hogue Seamen is the son of Bradly Seamen and Alisa Hogue. Connor was involved in band,
chorus, wrestling, football,
and track and field. His favorite memory of these activities was when the football
team beat Eureka/Bowdle in
the playoffs this year. Connor
plans on attending South
Dakota State University and
majoring in agriculture business. “The people,” is what
Connor would miss the most.
His advice for underclass-
S e a m e n
men is to enjoy high school
and to try hard at academics. Connor’s future goals are
to get a high paying job and
to be successful. The type of
music that Connor listens to
is the same ones that are on
junior Dirk Backman’s iPod. If
Connor was stuck on a island
he would bring a helicopter,
gas for the helicopter, and
Chuck Norris. On his free
time he hunts, fishes, and,
“plays ball with the bros.”
Connor prefers Qdoba over
any type of restaurants. He
would rather drink
Coke products than
Pepsi products and
likes Twitter more than
Facebook. If Connor
could do one thing
before he dies it
would be winning the
Grand American Trap
Shooting Contest.
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Daryn Elizabeth Skjefte,
daughter of Tony and Jobi
Skjefte, was involved in
many activities which
included basketball, volleyball, competitive
cheerleading, band and
chorus. Her favorite
memories were winning
the state championship
for volleyball, going to
state, and winning districts
in basketball in 2012. The
awards that she received were:
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Dreena Lynne Streckfuss,
daughter of Daryl and Lisa
Streckfuss, was involved in oral
interpretation in high school,
and her favorite memory from
that is watching the other
competitors. The award that
she received in high school
was the B-honor role. After she
graduates from high school,
she plans to go to college at
Northern State University, and
have summer jobs at Herberger’s and Libel’s Daycare. The
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academic All State Volleyball
in 2011, All State Basketball in
2012, and Volleyball All Tournament in 2009. She plans to
go to the University of North
Dakota for college, and her
summer job is working at the
YMCA and Wylie Park. The
things that she will miss the
most about high school are
seeing all of her friends and
knowing what’s going on in
school and sports. Her future
goals are working at ESPN
S t r e c k f u s s
things that she will miss most
about high school are seeing all of her friends and Mr.
Mackner’s class. Her advice
for underclassmen is to do
your homework because it
pays off in the end. The
future goals she has for herself are to graduate college,
have a good paying job,
and start a family. The kind
of music that is on her iPod is
rap, rock, and country. If
she was stranded on a de-
serted island, the three items
she would have with her are
a knife, a person who can
cook Spanish food, and Mellow Yellow. She enjoys hanging out with friends, going to
the lake, and watching movies. She likes to eat at Taco
John’s, and the one person
she would like to meet before
she died is Jason Aldean.
and having a family. She has
every type of music on her iPod.
If she was stranded on a deserted island the three items she
would bring are Erin Haaland,
sunscreen chapstick, and a boat.
She enjoys, in her free time, hanging out with friends, reading,
working out, and walking. She
likes to go eat at Taco Bell. One
“bucket list item” that she would
like to do before she dies is go to
the Oscars and sit in the audience and meet new people.
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E m i l y
Emily Marie Kay, daughter of Donneley and LaRita Kay, is a graduate of
Warner High School. Her favorite
memories were winning basketball
districts and state volleyball. She won
1st, 2nd, and 3rd all around and was an
All-state member. After high school,
she plans to go to Wahpeton, play
women’s basketball, and get a job in
occupational therapy. The things she
will miss most in high school are sports
and seeing her dad and friends. Her
advice for underclassmen is very easy:
“Do your work.” Her future goal is to
be a paramedic for Careflight. Emily
likes all sorts of music, so everything is
on her iPod. In her free time, she en-
K a y
joys hunting and fishing, hanging
out with friends, and going to the
cabin. If she were stranded on an
island, she would bring food, her
guitar, and a knife. She likes Taco
John’s and Taco Bell, Coke, and
Facebook. Before she dies she
wants to sky dive.
E r i n
Erin Kay Haaland is the
daughter of Troy and Sue
Haaland. Erin was involved in
volleyball, basketball, senior
league, and band during high
school. Her favorite memory
from these activities was winning state volleyball. She received All-Conference for
volleyball. Her future plan
after high school is to attend
Northern State University.
What Erin will miss most about
high school is band, sports,
and being with friends. In
G r e g o r y
Gregory Wayne Ruppert, son
of G.W. and Linea Ruppert, will
be a graduate at Warner High
School for the year 2012.
Gregory was not involved in
many school activities; he
liked: “to fly under the radar.”
But one of his favorite memories was his half a day of track;
he quit after that. After
graduation, Gregory plans to
do a little bit of everything. He
wants a good summer job, to
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addition, when Erin isn’t busy,
she enjoys hanging out and
spending time with her niece
and nephew. Her advice for
underclassmen is to work hard
but have fun. Erin’s future
goals are to own a clinic for
young children with disabilities
and get married. She listens to
all kinds of music and she prefers Taco Bell over Taco
John’s. If she was stranded on
an island she would bring
Chap Stick, Emily, and caramel apple suckers. One thing
R u p p e r t
attend college at Northern
State University, and serve his
country in the military. His only
advice for underclassmen is
get your stuff done and don’t
fall behind. His future goal is to
serve for the military. If Gregory were to bring 3 things with
him on a deserted island, he
would bring food, water, and
music. In Gregory’s free time,
he enjoys working on cars and
the occasional hunt. He pre-
fers Taco Bell
to Taco
John’s. One
thing Greg
wants to do
before he
“kicks the
bucket” is to
learn to play
guitar.
she would like to do before
she dies is to travel to Africa
and travel the world. Erin prefers Dr. Pepper of all the pops
and Twitter over Facebook.
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M a r n e t t e
will miss seeing everyone
in the halls and going to
sporting events. Her advice for underclassmen is
this: “Get your work done
and respect upperclassmen.” Her future goals in
life are to have a family
and get a job at a spa.
Her iPod has a little bit of
everything on it. In her
free time she enjoys playing with her nephew,
friends, and going to
wings. The three items
she’d bring to a stranded
island would be mascara,
deep fried pickles, and a
Kacy Lynn Marnette,
daughter of Kathy and
Fred Marnette, was involved in many different
activities during her high
school years. These included cheer, volleyball,
dance team, and band.
Her favorite memories
came from the band trips
to Sioux Falls. In high
school, she won the jump
contest at cheer camp.
Once she gets her G.E.D.,
she plans to attend Lake
Area Tech in the fall for
cosmetology/become a
massage therapist. She
yacht. Before she dies
she wants to go sky diving. She likes…tacos.
She prefers Pepsi to Coke
and Twitter to Facebook.
K a r l y
Karly Jo Fuhrman, daughter of
Chip and Kari Fuhrman, was
involved in volleyball, basketball, dance, cheerleading,
and track & field in high
school. She really enjoyed
playing basketball and winning state competitive cheer
in her senior year. But, state
competitive cheer was not
the only award she won; she
also won state volleyball in
2009 and volleyball runner-up
in 2012. After graduation,
Karly will play volleyball at
L e x i
Lexi Jo Bierman, daughter of Jill
and Troy Bierman, is a graduating student of Warner High
School. She was in oral interpretation, volleyball, basketball stats,
one act play, three act play,
band, and chorus. Her favorite
memory of these activities was
going to Sioux Falls for the Festival of the Bands and burning
pizza rolls in the microwave oven
with Taylor Hagen. In addition,
she won first place in an essay
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Presentation College. In the
summer, she will work at Target and will travel to New
Orleans. Her goal after college
is to get accepted to the
physical therapy program.
Karly will miss all her friends
from high school, because
when she goes to college, she
will not know all the faces
when she goes down the hallway. Her advice for underclassmen is that they should
come along with their classmates, and then it will be a lot
more fun. On Karly’s iPod she
has everything from the year
2000 to 2012, and in her free
time she loves to listen to music and to hang out with
Daryn. She would rather go to
Taco John’s than Taco bell,
and with it, she would rather
drink Coke then Pepsi. If she
were stranded on an island by
herself she would bring her
cell phone, tanning lotion,
and Qdoba food.
B i e r m a n
contest during high school.
After graduation, Lexi plans to
go to Lake Area Technical Institute for physical therapy. She
will miss seeing her friends everyday when she has to leave high
school. Her advice for underclassmen is simple, “Don’t
cause much trouble for yourself.” Her future goals are to live
in a big city, get a good job,
get married, and have kids. Her
iPod contains everything except
opera and classical jazz. If she
was stranded on a deserted
island, she would want to
bring Bear Grylls from “Man
vs. Wild”, an endless supply
of food, and a flashlight. In
Lexi’s free time, she enjoys
four-wheeling with Taylor
Hagen and hanging out
with friends. She prefers
Taco Bell to Taco John’s,
Coke to Pepsi, and Facebook to Twitter. Before she
dies, she wants to go to Germany to visit Laura Nowak.
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Mallory Margaret Jark, daughter of Val
and Nancy Jark, was involved in basketball, volleyball, track and field, one act
play, student council, band, and chorus
in her high school time. Her favorite
memories in those activities were becoming State B Volleyball Champions
and all the moments with the team.
Mallory received several awards in the
last 4 years: state volleyball, state runnerup for volleyball, All-State 1st Team, AllArea Volleyball, All-Conference Volleyball, and All-American Watch List Team.
After graduation, Mallory will play volleyball at Dakota Wesleyan University.
Next summer, she will work at auctions
and will assist for Ketterling photography. Her goal after college is to be a
junior high math teacher. But next to all
those new experiences, Mallory will
miss her high school time and seeing all
her friends and playing sports. Her advice for underclassmen is, “Don’t stress
about the little things and enjoy the
good times in school, then your high
school time is a lot more fun.” If Mallory
would be stranded on a deserted island, she would take a lot of food with
her, a Bible, and a boat with a rather
large survival kit in the floor and lots of
M i c h a e l
Michael Wayne Hagan, son of
Scott and Michele Hagan,
attended Warner High School.
He was mostly involved in
eating lunch and tech class
throughout his high school
years. From this, his favorite
part of the year was turning all
of the desks around in the
English room. After he graduates, he plans to go into the
National Guard. He will miss
seeing his friends, and being in
Mr. Mackner’s class. His advice for the underclassman is
fuel. But I would
say it is good that
Mallory is still here
with us so she can
enjoy hanging out
with friends, being
with her family,
and listening to
country music or
other songs on her
iPod. After this,
“trip”, she would
visit Taco John’s and drink some Pepsi. Instead
of being stranded on a deserted island, Mallory
would like to go to Alaska and do some rafting.
H a g a n
straightforward: “Pays off to
read the lesson and take
notes.” His future goals are
made up of joining the army,
fixing his motorcycle, and
traveling the USA. His iPod has
anything except for opera on
it. When asked what three
items he would bring to a
stranded island he said an ax,
a lot of rope, and a life supply
of Mountain Dew. In Michael’s free time, he enjoys
reading books and eating
food. He would rather have
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O’Ryan Lawerence Alexander
Borge is the son of Tod Borge
and Melanie Fallis. He was
involved in cross country, basketball, and band. O’Ryan
was homecoming king this
past fall. His plan after high
school is to attend Lake Area
Tech for building trades. What
O’Ryan would miss most
about high school is talking to
all of his friends. His advice for
underclassmen is don’t slack
J a r k
Taco
Bell,
Pepsi,
and
neither
Facebook
nor
Twitter.
Before
he dies, he would like to get
all the U.S.A. leaders together
and tell them to stop being
dumb.
B o r g e
off during school because it
will all pay off. His future goals
are to go with the flow and
see what it brings him someday. O’Ryan listens to all kinds
of music on his iPod. He prefers Dr. Pepper rather than
Coke or Pepsi and likes Taco
Johns better than Taco Bell.
O’Ryan likes Facebook way
better than Twitter. One thing
he would love to do before he
dies is to go sky diving. If
O’Ryan was
stranded on
an island he
would bring
a lot of pizza
rolls, cell
phone, and
PS3 with
power. He
likes to hang
out with
friends and
play PS3.
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Paige Alexis Landis, daughter of Todd and Lindsay
Landis, is a graduating student of Warner High School
this year. During her high
school years, she was involved in band, oral interpretation, chorus, one act play,
three act play, and volleyball stats. Her favorite memory from these activities was
scaring Kaitlyn Boesl with
fake bugs at State Volleyball.
Paige received several
awards of superior for band
and chorus solos and ensem-
L a n d i s
bles. After graduation, she
plans to work at Target for
the summer, go to Jake’s
rodeo, and go to Chicago
with her family. She will miss
band class and seeing her
friends when she leaves
Warner High School. Her
future goals start with getting a Bachelor’s Degree of
Science in radiology. In
addition, she has every kind
of music on her iPod. If she
were to be stranded on an
island, she would bring a
book, her family, and Laura.
In her free time, she likes
to spend time with family
and friends. She prefers
Taco John’s to Taco Bell,
Coke to Pepsi, and does
not like either Facebook
or Twitter. She would like
to go to Europe before
she dies.
R i k k i
Rikki Marie Carey is the daughter of Jon and Brenda
Carey. During her high school career, she was involved
in theater, oral interpretation and band. One of her favorite memories was going to Sioux Falls for band. Rikki
lettered for being a statistician in sports and also got the
best actress award. Rikki likes to watch movies and loves
T a y l o r
Taylor Nicole Hagen, daughter of Jamie and Dawn
Hagen, is a graduating student of Warner High School.
She was involved in many
activities in high school including volleyball, basketball, play, oral interpretation,
band, and chorus. Her favorite memory of these is
going to competitions for the
play. After Taylor graduates,
she intends to work at Shenanigans during the summer
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hanging out with her nephew
and her friends. After high
school, she plans to go to
Lake Area to major as a
physical therapy assistant.
She also wants to have a
nice steady job and just do
well in life. Rikki will miss her
friends a lot when she graduates. If she were stranded on
a deserted island she would
bring: “I would bring my
whole movie collection with
a solar powered TV, and a
DVD player.” On her iPod she
has: “a lot of Glee and Bruno
mars”. She prefers Taco
John’s to Taco Bell, Pepsi to
Coke, and Twitter to Facebook. If she could do one
thing before she died she
would: “Direct a big time
movie.”
H a g e n
and go to USD. What she will
miss the most about high
school is seeing her friends.
What can underclassmen
learn from her? She says to
work hard, but don’t forget to
have fun and enjoy your high
school years. After graduating college, Taylor’s goals are
to secure a good job and
start a family. The music on
her iPod is mostly rock with
some country. If she were
stranded on a deserted is-
land, she would bring her iPod,
an endless supply of Mountain
Dew, and Brianna Fischer. In
her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends and working. When given the choice of
Taco John’s vs. Taco Bell, she
likes to compromise with tacos
from Taco Bell and potato oles
from Taco John’s. Furthermore, she prefers Pepsi over
Coke, and Twitter over Facebook. Taylor wants to visit every
continent before she dies.
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Traci Marie Kulesa, daughter of
Renee and Thomas Kulesa, was involved in many activities while she
was attending Warner High School
including basketball, volleyball, track,
band, chorus, oral interp., football
stats, and play. Her favorite memory
from track was qualifying for state in
high jump her freshman year. Traci is
the Valedictorian for the class of 2012
at Warner, and she also received
many other awards in track, band,
and math. Traci’s plans after she
graduates are to go to USD for
speech therapy. When asked what
K u l e s a
she was going to miss most about
high school she said, “seeing all of my
friends every day and band.” Her
advice for underclassmen is to try not
to fail, avoid drugs, and don’t go
home to eat lunch on beef tips and
noodles day. On Traci’s iPod there is
all different types of music including
“Broadway.” If she was stranded on a
deserted island she would take
chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers. She enjoys being with
friends in her free time, as well as eating unhealthy foods and talking to
strangers. When asked if she would
B r a n d o n
Brandon
Michael
Erdman is
the son of
Eric and
Traci Erdmann.
During
Brandon’s
high
school
career at
Warner, he
was involved in band, football and
baseball. One of his favorite memories
T r e v o r
Trevor James Nelson, is the son
of Gregg Nelson and Rhonda
Nelson. He will be graduating
from Warner School. During
Trevor’s high school career, he
enjoyed many things. He played
a major and lively roll in Mrs.
Schwan’s High school band as a
percussionist. He was also involved in marching band, concerto band, and pep band.
Trevor’s most cherished memory
from band is playing “C.O.D.”
with his pals during the Sioux Falls
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prefer
Taco
Johns or
Taco
Bell, she
clearly
stated
that she
would
rather
have
Taco Johns; she would also prefer Pepsi over
Coke and Facebook over Twitter. Before Traci
dies she would like to attend a Broadway musical.
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during these years was when he stole two
bases, ending up on third base. When he
was asked what he will miss the most
about high school, Brandon said that he
will miss Mr. Kulesa and his classes very
much. His plans, after he graduates, are to
attend Southeast Tech for law enforcement science and to become a police
officer. Brandon likes to relax, read comic
books, snipe on “Call of Duty”, lift weights
and watch movies. On his iPod, one could
find an abundance of different kinds of
genres. Some of his favorite music is old
rock, new rock, death metal, and some
rap and country. If Brandon was stranded
on a deserted island and could only bring
three things, he said he would bring a
bow and arrows, unlimited M&M’s and
most importantly, a girl who knows how
to make a sandwich. He would prefer
her to be good looking. If he could do
one thing before he died, he would go
back in time and meet Bob Kane.
Brandon prefers Pepsi and Taco
John’s. In addition, Brandon states
that he is a part of Facebookmania.
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band trip. After graduating,
Trevor plans to possibly attend
college in Wahpeton where he
will go for collision repair. The
memories that will stay with
Trevor the longest will be playing band and cheering for varsity games. Trevor’s advice for
underclassmen is, “Do your work
and no burnouts in school parking lots.” Trevor’s future goals
are to make good money.
Within Trevor’s free time he enjoys putting miles on the truck,
riding quad, snowmobiling, driv-
ing Clay around, shooting stuff,
“C.O.D.”, and dirt track racing.
Trevor prefers Taco Johns over
Taco Bell. When Trevor was
asked the one thing he would
like to do before he died, he
replied, “Snowmobile with Chris
Burandt.”