By: Sipriano Lopez

Halloween is a holiday that the U.S cele-brates every year on October 31st. Halloween used to be named “All Hallows Evening.” Halloween is a holiday where we trick-or-treat, dress-up in cos-tumes, visit haunted houses, carve jack-o-lanterns, and decorate houses… well, that’s what we do in America.

Here in Liberty County, we usually follow the

same protocol as everyone in the U.S when it comes to Halloween. First off, everyone knows where to trick or treat here in Liberty. The most popular places to trick-or-treat here are Travis Park, Regen-cy, Forest Hills Subdivision, and last but not least the Country Club. These are the popular places to trick-or-treat because they usually have the best candy, the houses aren’t too far apart, and there is enough candy for everyone! Some of the most common costumes that you’ll see on Halloween are: Superheroes, vampires, movie stars and ghosts. From animals to zombies, you will see it all. Carving Jack-o-lanterns is a fun activity to do with your parents or friends. They are to lighten your house on Halloween, show your creativity, and show how much effort it took to make your Jack-o-Lantern.

Did you ever think that decorating your house could make other people gawk at your house when they pass by and say “That is a good looking house.” Well decorating your house brings more at-tention to it and makes others think, “Wow they must have taken some time to decorate this.” Peo-ple usually put various types of the same decora-tions hanging on their houses and on their lawn

which include, skeletons, ghosts, Jack-o-Lanterns, bats, and black cats, and that’s just a few of them!!

By: Giovanni Lopez

Halloween is around the corner and it’s time to have fun, but you need to be careful while having fun. Here are some tips for when you go trick-or-treating.

Do’s

Do decorate your house.

Do wear an awesome costume.

Do check candy for danger.

Do go to well-lit places.

Do try to make a DIY (Do It Yourself) costume.

Do have as much fun as possible!

There you have it—a couple of Halloween do’s and don’ts for both: if you’re going trick-or-treating, and even if you aren’t going trick-or-treating.

Halloween Do’s and Don'ts

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Don’ts

Don’t forget the candy for the kids.

Don’t go to creepy houses.

Don’t go anywhere alone.

Don’t keep all the candy for yourself.

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By: Chad Geter

By: Isabel Smart

Have you heard or seen the Ott Hotel? Are all the stories about it real, or fake? Well, this historic

hotel is said to be haunted by several spirits. The Ott Hotel was built in 1928 by a contractor

hired by John J. Ott and his wife Sallie. The owner to this day is Susan McCain.

The original name was the Ott Family, but it changed to the Ott Hotel in 2002. The Ott Hotel is

said to be one of the most haunted places in Texas. If you want to stay at the hotel you have to

sign a waiver saying that there is spiritual activity.

A paranormal investigation group from Baton Rouge called “Louisiana Ghost Hunters,” called

and asked to set up electronic equipment. They planned on staying two or three nights, but they

only stayed one night because they already had enough information. The investigators said that

in the pictures and videos, “there were little orbs floating around” and following them in every

picture.

The McCains say they don’t feel at all threatened by the spirits, and that they have gotten used

to them. Well, are you brave enough to take the tour? Happy Halloween!

The Historic Ott Hotel

Halloween is tomorrow. If you don’t have a costume, its not too late! Here are some inexpensive,

easy to make, DIY costumes

Fork in the road You will need a black T-shirt, white duct tape, and a fork. To create

this costume, lay the T-shirt on a flat surface and find the middle of the shirt. Then take the white duck tape and cut two inch strips and

put it on the shirt in a straight line an inch apart. Use one of the tape strips to tape the fork to the shirt. And now you’re a fork in the road.

Jelly bean bag

You will need a clear plastic bag, balloons (all different colors), and a ribbon.

To do this, cut two holes in the bottom of the bag where your arms are

going to be. Make sure it’s big enough for your legs and arms to fit snuggly. Then put in you blown up colorful balloons. Put a lot in but not enough where it becomes uncomfortable. Then tie the ribbon

around your neck but not too tight. And now you’re a jelly bean bag.

Werewolf

All you will need is your regular clothes. Explain to others that Halloween didn’t fall on a full moon.

That’s just a few ideas. What kind of costumes can you come up with?

DIY Halloween Costumes

By: Logan Howard

TEEN COURT

Teen court is a court with a

staff of teens who act as ju-rors, lawyers, bailiffs, clerks

and judges. The court is au-thorized by law. They cooper-ate with local juvenile courts

and youth detention centers, middle and high schools. They operate like real courts.

They hold hearings before a judge and jury. The jury then

deliberates to determine an appropriate disposition.

Teen court usually takes cas-es where an offender has pled

guilty or no contest (no con-test, meaning he nether pleads guilty or innocent .)

In order to form this Teen court, the city of Liberty

teamed up with Liberty Inde-pendent School District

(L.I.S.D). Teen court is a spe-

cially designed court that

hears certain Class C misde-meanor charges against teen

perpetrators that are filed with the Liberty Municipal Court. Examples of cases that

may be heard in Teen Court are minor traffic violations such as, running a red light,

speeding, seat belt violations and minor accidents.

Teen Court programs have proven to be effective in de-

creasing the amount of teen offenders by making teens re-

sponsible for their actions and by providing them with positive peer groups.

Prosecutors, attorneys, and jurors are students who are

in the 8th - 12th grades and attend Liberty Middle School

or Liberty High School.

We have 19 students from

LISD participating in this pro-gram. These students went

through an application pro-cess and were chosen to be the first Teen Attorneys for

Liberty. Our teen attorneys attended

an all-day training session in the beginning of October.

Trainers included Municipal Court and Teen Court Judge Mike Little, Assistant District

Attorneys, Joe Warren and Matthew Poston, Officer Bish-

op, Assistant Principal, Mr. McGee, and Teen Court Coor-dinator, Mrs. Finch.

Teen court is new to the Lib-erty Middle school and High

school.

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TVE Fair and Rodeo RESULTS

By: Josh Geter

By: Hugo Lopez

The TVE fair and rodeo was fun and full of good times. It wasn’t as fun as it was last year because

they didn’t have the kamikaze, but overall it was fun and full of memories.

TVE is also known for the art competition. This year, some of the categories were: colored pencil drawing, acrylic painting, and water painting. In the colored pencil drawing category, first place went to Lark Walker, second place to Abby Hajovsky, and third place went to Giovanni Ruiz. In

acrylic painting, Rosa Garcia won first place, Karrissa Adams won second place, and Jessica Wil-liamson won third place. In water painting, Emily Connelly came in first and Luke Evans came in second. Emily Connelly won Junior Grand Champion over all, and Luke Evans won Junior Re-

served Grand Champion over all.

It’s sad that the TVE fair only lasted five days because you wait all year for it and then it’s over so fast. But now since the fair is over we can get back to our regular schedules, and start getting ready for Thanksgiving and other

holidays. In all, the TVE fair and rodeo was a success.

Liberty Middle School Tutorials

Every Tuesday and Thursday there will be tutorials

starting at 3:30 and continue until 4:30. Transporta-tion will be provided for tutorials.

All core teachers will be participating in tutorials so that students can receive tutorials from their regular

classroom teachers. Tutorials will start a new session the next six weeks.

Mandatory tutorials will last the entire year.

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Before coming to Liberty Middle School, Mrs. Hartel taught for one year

in Dayton, then she taught two at San Jacinto Elementary School. She worked and still works at Liberty Elementary School in the mornings as

the math interventionist. This is her 24th year to teach. She graduated from Liberty High School, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Mrs. Hartel’s favorite part of being a theater teacher is seeing the stu-dents go from being shy and quiet to students that come out of their shells and have fun playing other people. “We have some really talented

students,” said Mrs. Hartel. In her free time she likes to do plays with her local theater group, The

Valley Players, where she serves as president. She also likes to play Bun-co, cook, and attend Trinity Tigers football games, where her nephew plays, or go to Texas Longhorn football games. Right now she is using

most of her spare time to plan her upcoming wedding! She is planning on dressing up for Halloween. “I am usually going to

be my mean old self, but I will really be a vampire.” She said. Her favorite part of Halloween is seeing all of the kids dressed up in costumes, and of course the scary aspect of Halloween too! By: Maria Lopez

Coach Evans was born on

March 22nd. She has been coaching for two years. Her favorite thing

about coaching is to watch students perform on game day. Before coming here she worked

at Devers I.S.D as a substitute teach-er. Coach went to college at the Uni-versity of Texas. Her hobbies are run-

ning and hanging out with her fami-ly. Her favorite sports to watch are

softball and football, and her favorite sporting activity is running. Her fa-vorite foods are Mexican and healthy

foods. Coach Evans’ plans this Hal-

loween are to take her little kids trick-or-treating. Coach does not dress up for Halloween.

By: Yazmin Brooks

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By: Lesli Rodriguez

DIY Costumes ...................................................... 2

History of the Ott Hotel .................................... 2

Teen Court ............................................................ 3

Tutorials ................................................................ 3

Homecoming ......................................................... 4

TVE Results .......................................................... 6

TVE Parade & Rodeo.......................................... 6

Spotlight ................................................................. 7

Monster Soup ........................................................ 8

Art Club & Art Masks ........................................ 8

LMS Garden .......................................................... 8

In this Issue ……………………………………...

The Nick Vought Memorial Garden

By: Adrian DelRio

This six weeks, art students are working on Halloween masks. There are two

types of masks: one is papier-mâché, and the other one is clay. The papier-mâché masks are made of layered strips of newspaper and goop, or paste.

When this dries, the mask is hard and then it gets painted and decorated. For every art project, there is an “advanced track”; for the masks, the ad-vanced track is clay. Students sculpt their masks out of clay, put them in a

Masonry oven, and when it is dry and ready they paint and decorate it. Mr. Humber says that the most popular design, or the one that is being made the most, is the Marty Grau mask.

By: Avery Bendele

The LMS garden’s official name is, “The Nick Vaught Memorial Garden.” The reason

they named it, “The Nick Vaught Memorial Garden” is to remember former LISD educators that have passed away or to honor the ones that have been influential in student’s lives.

The Discovery class is working on the garden with help from Mrs. Taylor’s high school En-vironmental Science class. The LMS garden is growing various types of flowers and plants. Eve-ry year they try to have a new layout. On the same evening of the LMS Art Gala in the spring,

the LMS Discovery Class will host a garden party! You won’t want to miss it.

Presenting… Monster Soup! Are you ready for Halloween? Well, the theater department sure is. The theater class is putting on a play called Monster Soup. The play is about :The Ghoul sisters, a trio of weirdos, who believe they’re ravishing beauties They live next to the ’gator swamp and they’re about to be evicted by Lawyer Fleasom, the mean-est man in Graveyard Corners. Granny Ghoul de-cides that one of her daughters will have to marry the villain. However, Fleasom has his eyes set on Ada Mae, Granny’s granddaughter. This play will be on Halloween for 8th grade

8:00-8:40, for 7th grade 8:55-9:35,and for 6th grade 9:50-10:30. Get ready to be scared out of your seat. You won't want to miss the Ghouls, Granny-Skylar Mitchell, Pearl-Reagan Mayo, Bell- Riley Mayo, Minny-Avery Bendele, will sure to be hys-terical, and so will Ada Mae-Madison Graves Law-yer Fleasom-Jakeb Madden Preacher-Aliyah Ban-da Professor Barker-Shannah Smith Crew-Baylee Chandler, Abisai Cortina, Cassidy Haidusek, and Director-Jackie Hartel.