october 6, 2015

Kingfisher, OK 73750

Page 2: Tigers Maul Jackets

Page 3: Jem & Holograms

Page 4: KHS Photography

Page 5: National Guard

Page 6: Football vs Cushing

Page 7: FCCLA Shirts

Page 8: Pep Rally Pictures

Page 9: Band vs Cushing

0: Creators Curse

Page 11: North Korea

Page 12: BOE Notes

Coming Next Week:

Football vs. Seminole

Senior Profile

Stinger Fashion

Band @ TriState

October 6, 2015

“I may not agree with what

you say, but I shall defend to

the death your right to say it.”

Voltaire?

Lady Jacket’s End Season Even Steven By: Stinger Staff

The Kingfisher Softball girls saw their season come to an end last week with back to back loses

to the Bethany Lady Bronchos in the Class 4A District Tournament.

Bethany will advance to this week’s regional play while Coach Karns’ team ends it’s season

with a 16-16 record, being knocked out of the playoff hunt two years in a row by the Lady Bronchos.

Final scores on their final two games of the season against Bethany were 5-3 and 5-2. Late in September,

Kingfisher faced Bethany for the first

time this season and took a 7-5 loss,

even after mustering a 4 run rally in the

5th inning.

Disaster also struck during this

outing as Senior Taylor Darst fractured

her hand during gameplay.

In the first of the best-of-three

series, Bethany managed to jump out to

a 5 run lead by the end of the third in-

ning. Two runs batted in by Aly Massey

along with a 4th inning score by Anna

Crosswhite accounted for the Lady Jack-

ets only points for the game, ending at 5-

3.

The second game saw King-

fisher in the hunt through the third in-

ning, sitting at 3-2, until the Lady Bron-

cho bats sealed their fate with runs in the

last two innings.

See you next year Lady Jackets!

KHS QuizBowl Team ‘15/’16 By: Stinger Staff

The 2015/2016 Edition of the Kingfisher High School Aca-

demic QuizBowl Team launched into action on Monday at Lomega

High School. Led by newly lauded Academic Advisor and Sophomore

English teacher Ms. Beam, the team is made up of the following KHS

students:

Senior: Harrison Powell.

Juniors: Jacob Koehn-Howry, Carson Racer, Brady Werner, Stephanie

Soto

Sophomores: Veronica Oliveres, Kamri Buchan, Sammy Masters

Malachi Mclain and Diego Perez

Kingfisher’s Academic Quizbowl team competes in the 4A

class Area 1 Region 1, against teams from Clinton, Elk City, Weather-

ford, Bridge Creek, Blanchard, Tuttle, Harding Charter Prep and New-

castle. There are 4 Areas represented in Class 4A alone, comprised of a

total of 69 high school academic teams.

The Regional Academic Bowl Tournaments will be held on

Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Bridge Creek. The Area Academic

Bowl Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Chicka-

sha. The top two teams from the Area Tournaments will advance to the

state tournament, which will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at

Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Students who may want to join the Quizbowl team often think

they have to be walking computers to participate. While it’s generally

true that each student who competes with the team normally has one or

two subjects they excel in, winning is always a team effort. Therefore

having a variety of students from different backgrounds with different

academic strengths, normally builds a better team overall.

Subjects offered in competition range from math and history,

to pop culture and sports. Science, music, geography, literature and

world events all come into play. If you think you’re more knowledgea-

ble in any of these areas than your fellow students, give Quizbowl team

a try and get your finger on that buzzer.

October 6, 2015

Editor-in-Chief Daniel Tautkus

Chief Photographer Sean Borelli Asst. Chief Photographer Sam Walter

Compositing Editor Kaden Baartman

Advisor Mr. Kurt Kaya

Advisor Emeritus Dr. A.J. Johnson

High School Principal Mr. Todd Overstreet

Superintendent of Schools Mr. Jason Sternberger

Editorial Intern Stephanie Soto Reporters: Janelle Hawk, Blanca Barcenas, Teresa Rangel,

Clairanda Porter, Logan Hightower,

Laryn Schemmer, Capacine Watan Photography Staff Cricket Kaya, Regan Henderson, Joey Little, Alex

Wilczek, Jared Hughes, Josh Howard, Brady Liles

Email Address: [email protected]

Policy Statement It is the policy of the Kingfisher School District to provide equal opportunities

without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, qualified handicap, or veteran

status in its educational programs and activities. This includes, but is not limited to,

admissions, educational services, financial aid, and employment.

Inquiries concerning application of this policy may be referred to Jason Sternberger,

Coordinator of Title IX and Section 504 responsibilities, Kingfisher Public Schools, P. O.

Box 29, 11th and Chisholm, Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750. Telephone 405-375-4194.

Kingfisher Public Schools provide educational opportunities to disabled students

age 0-21. These services are provided in accordance with public law 94-142, which

requires an approved appropriate education for disabled children ages 0-21. Any person

having knowledge of a disabled child and not identified or served, please contact Jason

Sternberger, Superintendent of Schools, 11th and Chisholm, Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750

or telephone 405-375-4194.

The opinions expressed in THE STINGER are those of the author and do not

necessarily reflect those of THE STINGER staff, its sponsor, the administration or

faculty of the Kingfisher Schools.

Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/MCT Campus

High School Newspaper Service.

School Photos Available To view and order photos from this school year.

www.khsphotography.com

Tigers Maul Yellowjackets,

41-14 in District Play By: Stinger Staff

The Kingfisher Varsity football team faced off against the

Cushing Tigers for last weeks Friday Night Lights game at Yellow-

jacket field. Cushing came into the match with a 3-0 record (1-0 in

district) while the Yellowjackets were 2-2 (1-0 in district).

The Jackets were all too familiar with the large, inflatable

Tiger tunnel the Cushing team used to enter the field to start the

game. It was this same inflatable the Tiger's ran through to win the

Class 3A semifinal game that ended the Yellowjackets season last

year.

Two minutes into this years match up, Kingfisher found

itself 7 points down, as Cushing wasted no time in testing the Yel-

lowjacket defense. KHS answered its first possession with a 3-and-

out.

With 7: 50 left in the first quarter, Cushing again found

itself kicking for an extra point, as a Yellowjacket defender stumbled,

letting his Cushing opponent run his pass possession into the end

zone. Cushing then went on to miss their extra point attempt, leaving

the score at 13-0.

Senior Drew Schultz made a spectacular run to the Cushing

1-yard line with 7:06 left in the first half. The Jacket offense scored

on the next play and with the extra point made it 13-7. Cushing re-

sponded to the Jacket rally with another touchdown on the very first

play after the ensuing kickoff. They missed the extra point, but were

sitting tight with a 19-7 lead.

After the Jackets went 3-and-out on their next possession,

the Tigers scored again with 3:03 left in the first quarter, making a 2-

point conversion to extend their lead to 20 points (27-7).

It seems the two teams were locked in a pattern that was

unfavorable to the home team as the Jackets went 3-and-out yet

again, while Cushing scored with a 60-yard touchdown run on the

first play of their possession. Score was now 34-7

Highlights from the second quarter included a Cushing

fumble near the end zone, recovered by the Jackets at the 3-yard line.

Senior Reid Trout ran it in from there with 3:58 remaining in the 2nd

quarter, increasing the Jacket score to 14.

Chase Foley had a huge sack with 1 minute left in the half,

but Cushing managed another touchdown with 21 seconds to play,

leaving the Jackets to face a halftime score of 41-14.

The third and final quarters saw toughened defenses and

stymied offenses, as both teams remained scoreless for the remainder

of the game.

Last year Kingfisher beat Cushing 49-7 at Tiger Stadium at

their October 3 match-up, only to lose to them in the semi-final game

in Stillwater. Cushing went on to face Heritage Hall in the Class 3A

final.

Next up for the 2 - 3 Jackets will be the Seminole Chieftans

(4-1, 2-0 district) at Yellowjacket Field this Friday at 7 p.m.

October 6, 2015

Fetty Wap’s Motorcycle

Accident By: Janelle Hawk/kk

On a recent Saturday afternoon, hip hop recording artist

Fetty Wap (real name is Willie Maxwell) was in his hometown of

Paterson, New Jersey.

He was rushed to a local hospital in stable condition after

suffering a traffic accident. Wap’s manager wrote in a statement to

Rolling Stone magazine that “His [Wap’s] family wants to thank

everyone for their outpouring love and support.” Wap was riding

his motorcycle when he crashed head-on with another vehicle. The

paramedics treated Wap at the scene of the crash before rushing

him to the hospital.

Later that day DJ Akademiks posted tweets of a Fetty in

the hospital. As soon as the tweet was sent out everybody was re-

tweeting back to him, asking if Fetty was okay or if he broke any-

thing.

Fetty was in good condition at the time. He later ex-

plained to TMZ that he crashed because he was watching the other

side when he should have been paying attention to the other vehi-

cles around him.

Wap got released that evening and is now resting. The

hip hop artist is best known for his 2014 hit single "Trap Queen",

which was number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in May

of 2015. Other of his top ten singles are "679" and "My Way.”

Jem and The Holograms Will

Never Be the Same! Opinion by: Clairanda Porter/ls

Jem was a truly outrageous

cartoon that ruled the ‘80’s. Airing from

1985 to 1988, Jem was a figure of youth

and beauty. From the big hair to the

deadly dangerous situations, Jem and

The Holograms captivated their audi-

ences. The clothes, hair, and makeup

made the show what it was and always

will be, but without Synergy there

would be no holograms.

Synergy is a super computer that Jerrica uses to become

Jem, Synergy projects the façade of Jem. Synergy gives the show a

‘wow’ factor that I love. Every episode makes me want more,

I absolutely love this big pink haired “gem.”

In October, the live-action movie, “Jem and The Holograms,” will be

coming, and most fans of Jem are not happy about it (including me).

The film differs in most aspects. Instead of Jerrica Benton being an

adult in her 20’s, she is a young teen so that she appeals to a younger

audience. That one factor alone completely changes Jerrica’s story.

She can no longer own a company, drive a car, or own a foster home

for girls.

The basis of Jem’s former glory is ripped away as Synergy

isn’t needed. In the film, Jerrica is shy and doesn’t like to be on cam-

era while she sings, so she dresses herself and takes a fake identity as

Jem, while her sister Kimber uploads them to YouTube.

Why is the movie called “Jem and The Holograms,” if Syn-

ergy isn’t there to project the hologram of Jem? This “Jem and The

Holograms,” film is hard for a lot of fans to get used to. Most of them

will never accept it, but whether we like it or not, it is coming.

October 6, 2015

School Photos Available To view and order photos from this

school year.


KHS Photography is Available Online By Stinger Staff

Students, parents, grandparents and relatives all over the world may view and purchase just about any and all of the photographs taken by

the award-winning Kingfisher Photography Staff. Scattered about every issue of The Stinger are ads with the web address

www.khsphotography.com.

This website is a placeholder for the Kingfisher Photography program, including links to photo archives from the past several years.

Front and center of this website is the link to the SmugMug

site, which is the main repository and store front for the program. If

something happened at KHS, chances are it was covered by a photogra-

pher and is posted on the SmugMug site.

Customers may buy any photo on the site in a variety of siz-

es, from wallet sizes and 4x6" up to poster size 24x36". Lustre, glossy

or matte finishes are available, and you may also order photos onto

personal items such as stickers, mugs, keytags and magnets.

All proceeds from photos purchased go to support the KHS Photog-

raphy Program.

October 6, 2015

School Photos Available To view and order photos from this school year.

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United States National Guard Opinion by: Lisa Baxter/ls

As some of you may

know, a recruiter came to the

11th grade during Mrs. Friday’s

English III class, to talk about

College and the military. For

one, I am excited. It’s Monday,

October 5, 2015 (when I’m writ-

ing this) and is also the date

when I enlisted into the National

Guard.

I am extremely happy,

and it’s something I have want-

ed to do since I was 6-years old.

For those of you who want to join any branch of the military, don’t let

your family or friends tell you that you can’t because you may “die.”

But it is the best to have my family and friends support me. Find the

military branch you want to join and talk to a recruiter about it. It’s

just 8 -10 weeks at BCT (Basic Combat Training). I think you will get

yelled at a lot and will work out a lot, so be prepared for it. I wish you

all good luck!

“In simple terms, the U.S. Armed Forces are made up of the five

armed service branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine

Corps, And Navy.” - Military.com

Charge Your Electric Car

While You Drive? By: Logan Hightower/dt

In England, the

British Government has been

busy at work with these new

roads that charge your car

while you drive. These roads

have electro-magnetic cables

in the highway that charge

your car as you drive. All the

power given to the cars from

the road will be added to the

power grid.

The government is committing £500 million ($779 mil-

lion) to this work for the timespan of five years. Even though there

are not a lot of electric cars now, it is likely that as the prices drop,

the more they will be produced. The government is also making it

where almost every gas station will have a charging station. This

will be used in the same way that phones are charged with wireless

phone chargers, which could be very helpful.

When one purchases an electric car, it comes with a cord

that is used to charge the car at home. With this, you can always be

on the move. The goal of the road charging is so the cars don’t

have to often stop and charge their vehicle.

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October 6, 2015

The Creators Curse Opinion By: Teresa Rangel

I have a confession to make... I have been cursed with one of the most

malevolent diabolical curses of all time. I have been cursed with the creators

curse! DUNH! DUNH! DUNH! Yes the curse that I was bestowed upon as a

five year old child, where society was starting to irk me with its classic antics.

Caution: This might sound egocentric!

It all started when I was a five year old child and started noticing the

surroundings around me, while I was sitting in my minuscule chair coloring

away at my desk. The girl next to me was drawing three phalanges on her

“persons” extremities! Who does that!

I cringed a little inside, but decided to check my surroundings to see if

this epidemic could be quarantined. Then I saw another and another and anoth-

er! I slowly began to die inside... and then I decided that my artwork was not

good enough, because of its lack of details. Then on I had become one of the

worlds biggest perfectionists being bestowed with this treacherous demon that I

have carried over the years.

The only advantage to this is that I am never satisfied with my crea-

tions, so I will strive to create more evolved things. You have probably seen my

Pokémon mural by now and thought how amazing and great it looks. Yeah that

one that you see when you enter the art room. I feel like that took me forever

not because of how big it is, but because perfectionism became my sole enemy

during that time.

The conclusion to this story is don’t over-think or over-examine too

much it is a negative. Think positive and if it is not pretty or perfect in the end

you are expressing yourself because in art you can be creating your own style

and not even realizing it.

Don’t follow the social norm, be who you truly want to be.

A Proud Supporter of Kingfisher High

59% of teens think that they

will do better financially

than their parents.

October 6, 2015

Pharmacists:

Larry Adams & Nancy Mo-

A Letter to Kim Ryon-Hui

Opinion by: Stinger Reporter

Advisor’s Note—On September 24,

2015, world media outlets reported that North

Korean defector, Kim Ryon-Hui was expressing

her desire to return to her family in communist

North Korea. This open letter was written by a

Stinger Reporter in hopes of reaching out to

Mrs. Ryon-Hui

My question, as a free person is why

are you so submissive to such cruel governments

like North Korea and decide just to give in.

Of course life isn’t easy, for you now

that you are stuck with a load of medical bills

from China, but still its no use to give up on a

race for freedom when you are a few steps away

from the finish line.

People like you probably feel isolated and trapped in an alien

world that isn’t in North Korea and it doesn’t matter if you are fleeing to

seek medical attention for liver disease.

Life obviously has it’s hardships and debt isn’t so easily over-

looked now-a-days, but who hasn’t had there ups and downs in life

whether its social, economic, emotional, etc.

You are of an elite family, if I am not corrected, but sometimes

living for something that you don’t believe in can carry consequences.

Heck, if was living off of the stupid governments dirty seconds I’d leave,

because I could just get it myself, but thats not possible in Korea!

You guys are so restricted up there, it’s crazier than the closest

dictatorship I can think of!

You have to be an elite to shop in the equivalent of our

Walmart, that is messed up! If South Korea isn’t letting you go they are

doing you a political

worldwide issue favor,

they are giving you

freedom for free!

Some places

don’t offer that! So I

say take it, snatch it,

grope thy freedom

while it lasts! I say fin-

ish that race for free-

dom and don’t be

scared to spread your

wings and fly away

from that terrible cage.

School Photos

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photos from this

school year.

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graphy.com

October 6, 2015

October 5, 2015

The Kingfisher Board of Education met in special session at

6:30 PM on Monday, October 5, 2015 for the purpose of selling the

bonds recently approved by Kingfisher voters. The bonds are a

method of borrowing money for use by the school district and will

require a small property tax increase in the district to make pay-

ments over the next five years. The total to be borrowed is

$675,000 for the purpose of purchasing vehicles for student trans-

portation. Member Mark Squires was absent for this special meet-

ing but arrived in time for the regular session.

Six financial institutions bid for the bonds (loan) offering vary-

ing rates of interest. While the bonds had been sold with an antici-

pated interest rate of around 2%, Community State Bank of Hennes-

sey was accepted with a rate of 1.198125% (an extremely low rate)

meaning a total cost for the money borrowed of $28,755 so the cost

to taxpayers will be less.

After completing the required paperwork and disclosures, the

Board adjourned the special session.

President Mike Copeland convened the Board into regular ses-

sion at 7PM with all members present.

Superintendent of Schools Jason Sternberger told the Board of

the many student activities and honors continuing to come to King-

fisher and then introduced Mrs. Lou Barrick and Mrs. Terri Willis

to explain the district’s STARS program. Mr. Sternberger men-

tioned that the program has received its second grant to continue the

after-school program in the amount of about $1.2 million to be

spread over five years.

Mrs. Barrick and Mrs. Willis explained that in order to receive

the grant, they had to explain what would be done differently and

what additions would be made to improve the program. This year,

the program expands to include all middle school students now

serving grades 3-8. New equipment has been purchased including a

powerful “music studio” which will be mentored by KHS teacher

Kurt Kaya and KHS student and photographer Cricket Kaya. Many

other teachers and students will work in the program.

Mrs. Willis said STEM (science, technology, engineering and

mathematics) will be emphasized this year with activities and pro-

gram unavailable in the regular classroom. The program expects to

serve around 100 students daily starting October 26th.

The Board heard the regular financial reports with all funds in

good condition although revenue from the state is down about

$110,000 from this time last year but, in good news, the Gross Pro-

duction Tax on Oil revenue continues strong despite the lower oil

prices.

Supt. Sternberger told the Board of a new need. The bond

election’s approved bus replacements are too tall for the current bus

garage. He suggested the district look at developing the property

where the activity bus is currently stored in the “round top” build-

ing. This property would require minimal work to accommodate

the buses and could have a covered bus parking built for a reasona-

ble amount of money. The Board encouraged Mr. Sternberger to

continue exploring this plan.

The Board approved meeting times for 2016 and an FCCLA

“Cluster Meeting” trip to Dallas. They also voted to use some of

the unexpended transportation bond money to purchase a 14 passen-

ger mini-bus which does not require a bus driver’s license. This bus

is in addition to a second activity bus that will supplement the cur-

rent one and should arrive in January. The other new buses should

be in the district by early November. Six older buses will be sold

and should raise about $20,000.

The Board also approved a “swim-a-thon” as a fund raiser for

the KHS Swimming program and they accepted the resignation of a

teacher assistant at the Heritage School.

With no further business, the Board adjourned at 7:26 PM.

october 6, 2015

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