The Staff

This is the Timberlane Times staff!

Jennessa Agnew is a junior. She decided to take journalism to aid her dream of becoming a news anchor someday. In her spare time Jennessa enjoys shopping, like every other girl in the world, reading and being with her family especially her niece. Jennessa also enjoys being active around school by being on the executive committee and by playing lacrosse. She hopes to attend college in North Carolina to get away from these brutal winters and be well on her way to becoming a news anchor!

 

 

Derrick Allen, aka Tuna, Monkey Arms, Dall3n B Thug:  I’m a senior at Timberlane and can’t wait to graduate. I like to snowboard and work on my car. Buffalo chicken and Mountain Dew are great. I love the snow.

 

 
 
Kimberly Andrade
is a 17 year old senior this year. Her birthday is on May fourth and her favorite time of the year is Christmas time. She enjoys dancing and competing against other dancers in New England. She also enjoys spending time in Maine during the summer months; boating, tubing, skiing, wakeboarding, and just chilling on her boat in the middle of the lake. She enjoys snow skiing as well but prefers the warm water to the freezing cold snow. She was a drum major this year for the TRHS Marching Band and also plays bassoon in the Wind Ensemble.

 

She enjoys Journalism at the high school and hopes that these experiences will better her writing and expand her versatility in writing style. She hopes to graduate this year and become a student at UNH. She hopes to find herself working in the ER as a nurse one day and looks forward to all of the experiences life has to offer her until then.

 

 
Joshua Buckley  Who is Joshua Buckley? He’s a typical high school senior who enjoys various activities ranging from video games to traveling the country. He got into journalism to help broaden his writing skills and allow himself to experiment with his communication and observational talents that may be useful later in life. He is hoping to major in art and a possibility may be photographic journalism.

 

Thomas Eastman is a senior at Timberlane High School in Plaistow, NH. Thomas Eastman is going to graduate in 2010. He had a great year in high school.  He likes the art class that he went to in high school and also the other class that he had because he had a great teacher in his old class. He didn’t like all the hard work that were in the 9th  and 10th grade because  there was too much work in the classes that he had those years.  

Thomas likes to play Xbox360 at home with friend and family. He likes to go on hikes in the summer and other sports. Thomas likes to go hunting on the weekend with family member that live near his home. He go’s hunting in his family members back year.   

 

Dan Ferreira is one of the many new journalists in Mrs. Guanci’s first period journalism class.  Dan is a resident of Sandown, NH, where he lives with his mother, father, brother, and sister.  He is 17 years old and a senior in the 2010 class.  Dan is a member of the French Honor Society and plays on the Timberlane Owls ice hockey team.  In his spare time, Dan likes to play sports, hang out with friends, listen to music, and occasionally play video games.  He is a funny character, and he likes to fool around and have a good time.  He is an enthusiastic writer with an outgoing personality.  He is an active member of the community and does what he can to better others. 

 

Dan can write articles about nearly anything, but sports and entertainment articles are his forte.  He has proven himself in trying to make his articles better and better each issue.  It is his goal to contribute to making the Timberlane Times newspaper the best it can be.  After high school, Dan hopes to go to Merrimack College and major in athletic training.  He is an excellent student with straight A’s and a high GPA.  Dan hopes to continue to excel, so look for his articles in the newspaper.     

 

Rob Gagnon is a senior that joined Ms. Guanci’s Journalism class because he simply enjoys writing. He likes that he can take his ideas and just put them on paper and then publish them in the school paper. He doesn’t however like writing about sports. He doesn’t see as much interest in it as some of the other kids do. He doesn’t mind interviewing people, but it can be a hassle trying to get a hold of them sometimes. He likes the environment that he works in and enjoys his journalism class very much.

 

Teddy Gulezian is a senior at Timberlane High School. Teddy is also known as the coolest kid in school.  He likes sports and played for the Timberlane Owls football team this past year. You will likely find him working out at the gym or snowmobiling in the winter. He likes to trail ride one of his snowmobiles and use his other one for racing. Teddy also works at Camper’s Inn in Kingston, which is where he is after school four days a week. He has a dog that is six years old. Teddy takes care of his dog all the time and sometimes takes him on walks around the neighborhood. He also has two cats, but Teddy doesn’t like his cats since they always fight and wake him up at night. Teddy has his own unique personality that is different from everyone else, which makes him stand out. He is a straight shooter, which makes him really honest in all situations even if the truth hurts.  Teddy is probably going to be president of the United States one day.

Kathryn Kaasila is an eighteen year old senior here at Timberlane. Kathryn is highly involved with extracurricular activities. She has been in the band for four years and is a member of four honor societies. Kathryn was captain of the girls’ cross country team in the fall and is currently playing basketball. She has two brothers: Peter is 19, and Erik is 14. The most important part of life for Kathryn is family. She works her hardest in and out of school, and loves spending time with family and friends. Kathryn enjoys traveling; some of her favorite places she’s been to are San Diego California, Stockholm Sweden, Oahu Hawaii, and the Dominican Republic. Kathryn’s birthday is October 30, and her favorite season of the year is summer. In the summer she enjoys staying at her vacation house in Waterboro, Maine, where she can go swimming, kayaking, boating, knee boarding, or she can just relax in the hammock or on the dock. In the winter she likes to go snowboarding and skiing with friends and family. Kathryn has a pretty busy life, but she manages to stay on top of school work. Kathryn is not certain about what she wants to do in the future, but she has applied to several colleges. She’s thinking about majoring in both graphic design and marketing, and possibly becoming a math teacher later on in life.

 

 
Joshua King is a senior at Timberlane Regional High School. During summer vacation, he enjoys Christmas caroling and snowboarding. His favorite mountain to go boarding is Smuggler’s Notch. He says he absolutely loves it because there is a hotel that opens up right on to the mountain, so every morning he wakes up he can just hop right on the trails. In the winter, he likes to go kneeboarding and mountain biking. He lives on Phillips Pond in Sandown with his grandparents. He would get up at around eleven in the afternoon and just head right out to the water or mountains.

He is going to attempt to attain a college degree in political science so that he can become a politician. He believes that America, though better off than most countries, is beginning to slip and slide back down towards the ways of the corrupt. People put themselves and their own needs before themselves, and he believes this is wrong. He thinks we should all be caring and helpful to those around us.

 

Sarah Matson is a senior at Timberlane. Sarah resides in Plaistow with her family and no pets. She is optimistic and hard working. She enjoys the summer months, but doesn’t mind the cold. During the winter she can be found inside with hot chocolate. Sarah is very involved in the Timberlane community and is in numerous honor societies. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, a well as reading and listening to music. Sarah is going to college for Nursing and hopes to make a difference in the world.  Sarah decided to take Journalism because she wanted to try something new. Sarah is learning a lot and enjoys writing for the Timberlane Times.

 

 

Kyle Meisner is a self-proclaimed genius.  He aims to become a mad scientist in the field of astrophysics and computer science.  Kyle prefers to remain unknown and alone, without external contact with the outside world.  The only other being he allows near him is his cat, BJ.  BJ is the source of everything good in Kyle, bringing the good out of the darkness.  Without the BJ cat, Kyle would be lost in an eternal void of madness.

    

 

 

 

Samuel Florentinus Murray 
 If you’ve ever read an interesting article in the Timberlane Times, chances are Samuel Florentinus Murray had something to do with it. Whether it was in writing the article, creating the topics, or the editing of the article, he has a way of making articles better no matter how much he is involved. The reason articles with his involvement are so interesting in because he puts his entire being into every one of his articles. He uses his life experiences as an inspiration for his writing. His strengths are creativity and an infinite amount of arrogance, and his only weakness is his perpetual Hypnagogia.

 

 

 

 
Brittany Park 
loves to write. In fact, the only things she likes more than writing is singing and paintball. She’s been singing since she’s been young, and has made it into Select Ensemble this year as a Soprano 1. She hopes to make it into a career for herself in some way, and is applying to colleges in the area for a major of Music Education or General Performance, and is considering a minor in Social Work. The colleges she’s really hoping for are UNH, Plymouth State, and Rhode Island College.
    She’s played paintball for two years now, and has been working as a paintball referee for a year and a half. She absolutely loves it, and would never think to quit. She proudly works at Canobie Paintball, and can be found there every weekend during the playing seasons. She has a soft spot for The Phantom pump, and finds the looks she gets when she gets on the playing field funny. On her days off, she’s either playing, hanging out, or running around the fields in her orange shirt taking pictures. It’s a passion of hers she plans to continue until she simply can’t anymore.

 

Kyle Pinheiro is a senior in Timberlane Regional High school.  In his free time, Kyle enjoys hanging out with friends and listening to music. Kyle is a big Patriots fan. Kyle has a job at Samson Fasteners that he works at for five days a week. Kyle is planning on pursuing college after high school. He took Journalism this year because he loves to write and figure it would look good on a college transcript. Kyle is looking forward to graduating this year.
 

Meghan Riehl is a senior here at Timberlane and enjoys writing for the Timberlane Times.  Her favorite seasons are fall and winter, simply because it starts to get cold.  She loves to ski, hence why she is a member of the Ski Team and one of the captains.  She has been skiing since she was three and is planning on traveling out west for an extended of her life. 

 

Meghan also enjoys music.  She plays the saxophone in marching band and clarinet in Wind Ensemble.  She is first chair and has made All-State for two consecutive years.  After high school, Meghan plans go to college and study Environmental Studies. 

 

 

 
 
 

Douglas Stephen Robichaud is a senior at Timberlane Regional School. You can catch Douglas hitting the swells on his shred stick with his friends at North Hampton Beach. When not tearin’ it up in the water you can catch him shredding the tar on his long skate around his neighborhood.  He loves the outdoors especially those sunny summer mornings where the birds chirp perfect melodies and the flowers are bloomed to their full potential. Douglas does not like kooks, especially the greedy ones. In his future he wants to travel around the world to the most epic surf spots. He loves listening to music. He likes the music that makes his head nod up and down to the beat. His favorite band is Third Eye Blind. He is very optimistic giving him a good outlook on what’s ahead for him.

 
 
PJ Singster is in Mrs. Guanci’s first period journalism class made up of juniors and seniors.  He lives in Sandown, NH with his mother, father,and brother.  In his free time, PJ enjoys to play pond hockey with his friends.  He likes to play basketball or front yard baseball when the weather is warm.   Also, he likes to hang out with friends and play baseball.   PJ goes four wheeling throughout the year, but he likes going with other people and going through water.  During the spring he plays baseball for Timberlane, and during the summer he plays for Derry Legion.

 

PJ is a quiet person, but is responsible.  He writes a lot of the hockey articles and some other articles non-sports related, he prefers the sports articles though.  He has noticed that his writing has gotten better since he has been writing many articles in journalism.  Every issue, PJ tries to get at least one of his articles in to the Timberlane Times newspaper.  PJ is attending college, but he hasn’t decided on which college he wants to attend.  He has applied to many of his colleges he wants to go to, and he has a good chance of getting in because he has a high GPA.  He hopes to play college baseball, wherever he decides to go.  Look for his articles in the newspaper.
 
Kyle Benson WITCHITA!

 

Cassandra Sullivan is a junior and loves writing. She has a passion for sports and is debating between majoring in journalism (for sports of course) and sports management, which is why she is taking this course. One of her favorite things to do is attend sports games in Boston, her favorite games to go to are the Red Sox. Besides her love sports, music is a big part of her life. Concerts are also a favorite of hers. Her friends mean the world to her and they keep her going despite her daily challenges.  When she gets older she would absolutely love to live near Boston, and also go to school somewhere in the area. 

   

Matthew Louis Tavares is a pretty chill guy; he can usually be found hanging out at his house with friends or just out messing around. He values personal happiness above almost all else and tends to make the decision to do whatever seems like it will bring him the most enjoyment with the least amount of effort involved; however if he finds something he feels passionate about he will put everything he’s got into achieving his goal. He is always willing to argue or debate a wide multitude of topics, whether it’s to prove a point or even just for the fun of it.

 

He currently resides in Atkinson, New Hampshire with his mother and sister, and although he’ll consistently complain about the number of senior citizens living around him he still enjoys the peacefulness of the neighborhood. Matt is currently a senior at Timberlane Regional High School but he hopes to one day become a successful district attorney. On a final note he generally sees himself as having a pretty high quality of life, and genuinely enjoys how it’s going at the moment.

Leeann Kinzler is a junior this year, but has decided to graduate as well, she will be graduating with the class of 2010. She does not have much free time on her hands but, she is an equestrian and spends whatever little time she can with her beloved horse. She enjoys Mrs. Guanci's journalism class because she gets to experiment with new types of writing. She wants to attend a community college right out of high school to get her GPA up while getting all of her basic required classes out of the way without spending alot of money and then plans to transfer out to UNH for zoology. Leeann has big expectations for herself in life and hopes she can succeed in accomplishing them.

Taylor Trahan is a junior and enjoys being on the Timberlane Times staff. She plays soccer and lacrosse and is a member of Student Council and multiple honor societies. She is very active in Timberlane events as well as sports.  She loves traveling and being with her friends and family. Her favorite activities are going to the movies, the beach, and the mall. For her junior year, Taylor is most excited to go to Hawaii for the exchange program.

 

Taylor is a part of the newspaper because she aspires to be a journalist/editor of a magazine. Upon graduating high school, she plans to attend college to study communications and journalism.

 

Hailey Vincent is a senior at Timberlane High School. She was born in Longview, Texas on October 5th, 1991. She then moved to New Hampshire in 1999, when she was eight. Hailey goes back every summer to visit her family, which is a relief because she does not enjoy the cold weather in New England. Hailey enjoys the outdoors. She spends a lot of her free time hiking or going to the beach in the summer, and snow shoeing in the winter. She has a younger sister who now thirteen is named Emily, and her parents names are Tina and Joel. She has a passion for traveling. She has been everywhere in the United States, France, Canada, and hopes to add many more places to that list.

 

Hailey enjoys writing. She loves to write about interesting events taking place in the world and fiction. Hailey enjoys a good mystery whether it’s true or fiction. She wishes the paper the best and hopes this year you will find Timberlane Times to be the best it’s ever been.

 

Meaghan Guanci has been the advisor of the Timberlane Times for two years.  In addition to teaching journalism, she teaches English I and American Studies.  Meaghan is also the Hawaiian Exchange program director and coaches middle school girls basketball and JV Softball.  She has been working in the Timberlane School District for four years and has loved every second of it!  

 

Meaghan loves to travel and experience new cultures, which has led her to participating in a French Exchange Program and teaching in Yinchuan, China.  In her spare time, Meaghan likes to spend time with her husband, family and friends and play with her puppy, Maverick.