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Drugs- cont’d pg. 1

begun to take against student drug use verifies that there
is one primary concern; the safety and well-being of all
Fraser students.
“I firmly believe that students make a ton of great
choices everyday, however, there are times when they
make a bad choice. My advice – if you know someone
who is using or if you are using – you need to ask for
help,” said Dr. Richards. “If you aren’t able to help
yourself, find someone that you trust and ask them to
help you. If you know someone that is using and you
care about that person, then prove it by taking a stand
for them. FHS and our community have a great number of resources available that can help students that
are in need, don’t hesitate to ask for that help.”
This is your community. Take a stand and report all
suspected drug activity. You can remain anonymous.
Fraser Police 586-293-1425.
Bond- cont’d pg. 1
Despite the disruption, which will be kept to a minimum
during class hours, rest assured that the bond will bring many
great improvements to the school. And so after much time
of wishing and waiting, soon Fraser High School will be
transformed into a better place to be.

December 2005

Tribute to a
fallen Rambler
Aaron Hamel ’08
Flash Reporter

Fraser High School lost
one of its finest students in
Curtis Pytell, who passes
away on October 25 th ,
2005. Curtis was a member of Fraser’s symphony
band and marching band,
where he played the trumpet.
“Curtis was a very intelligent young man who
contributed a great amount
of time and talent to the
band program. His humor
and wit are both greatly
missed,”
said
Mr.
Rodgers, head of the band
program.
He was also the captain
of the quiz bowl team, and
had been recently accepted into Michigan
Tech’s University of Engineering. He was a member
of Boy Scout Troop 206,
and was preparing to enter the rank of life scout.
He served three summers
of guide duty on Mackinac
Island as a bugler with
Troop 160 in Port Huron.

Curtis was also a mem- the church while junior
ber of the Crescent Sail Anthony Stanco played
Yacht club. “Taps” on the trumpet, and
He
at- senior Ben Wasinski
tended sev- played “Amazing Grace”
eral na- on his bagpipes. The welltional yacht attended visitation was
races and held the previous Friday.
w o n Curtis was a unique indiawards. He vidual, who put all he had
had a very successful run into everything he did. He
as a skipper; he sailed in a will be missed by both this
fleet of boats. His family school, and the commusaid that he was fondly re- nity.
garded as
the kid who
wore the
floppy green
hat all the
time.
A funeral
mass was
held at St.
T h e c l a ’s
Catholic
Church on
S a t u r d a y,
October
29 th . After
the funeral,
the
FHS
marching
band lined Curtis performs at a holiday concert in 2004.
up outside

Teacher steps in
Kristen Schatow ‘07
Assistant Editor
A teacher from Fraser High
School has resigned, and is
currently down south helping out with the devastation
caused by the hurricanes that
occurred over the summer of
2005.
Steven Middough has been
the industrial tech teacher for
four years and was made a
part time teacher just this
year. There weren’t as many
students interested in industrial tech, which caused a
decline in enrollment.
Middough spoke to Ed
Grewe, the personnel director of Fraser Public Schools,
and told Grewe that he was
thinking about resigning.
Middough thought it would

be better if he went down
south to help out with the
hurricane relief. Soon after,
Middough had resigned.
It is always hard to find a
replacement teacher in the
middle of the year, but they
managed to find one: a
former Fraser graduate,
Brent Brasure.
“We advertised and interviewed and came up with
Mr. Brasure,” said Grewe.
Mr. Brasure worked as a
substitute for two years at
FHS, but this is his first time
working as a teacher here.
He also worked at Dominion
Technologies Group. He
graduated from Fraser High
School in 1998 and went to
Wayne State University. He
said that it is fantastic working here and it’s nice to come

back to his old stomping
grounds.
“He seems like a cool guy
and we are building things in
the class now,” said Junior
Brad Moggio, who has Mr.
Brasure for welding.
When a teacher leaves
mid-year and a new one
takes their place, it is always
hard for the new teacher to
get on the same page as the
students. The new teacher
has to figure out what the students have already learned
and what material must be
covered. Although, Grewe is
confident that Mr. Brasure
will do an exceptional job.
“It’s challenging to start in
the middle of the year, but
the staff has accommodated
me very much,” said Mr.
Brasure.