Melstone Monthly Staff

Connie Hjelvik – Advisor

Kimber Korell– Editor

Ty Meredith

Shayden Cooke

Inside This Issue

Page 2: “Death” cont.,

Library Volunteers

Page 3: Halloween, Time

Change

Page 4: FFA, Halloween Pa-

rade, Firemen, Homecoming

Page 5: Football, JH B-Ball

Page 6: Cross Country, V-Ball

Page 7: Recipe, ACT

Page 8: Book Fair, Concert,

BPA, Vet’s Dinner

Page 9: Senior/Staff Survey

Page 10: Calendar

We are also online at Melstonepublicschools.org

Remember Parent/Teacher

Conferences Wednesday, October

30th, 2:30-5:30!

Volume 2 October 2019

Death by Juul By Kimber Korell

The year was 2004, and James Monsees and Adam Bowen couldn't stop

taking smoking breaks during a brainstorming session for their joint mas-

ter's thesis at Stanford University's design school. It was during one of

these breaks that they decided: Why not create a better way to deliver

nicotine? Eleven years later, they unveiled Juul, a device that gives users

a flavored nicotine fix without the smell and smoke of combustible ciga-

rettes. It's an e-cigarette, which means it doesn't burn tobacco but rather

generates an aerosol by heating a liquid that contains nicotine. Juul, along

with many other e-cigarette products, has found a place in a multibillion-

dollar market. According to a Bloomberg report from late June, Juul con-

trols 68% of the e-cigarette market. In 2016, 3.2% of US adults were cur-

rent e-cigarette smokers while 15.5% smoked combustible cigarettes ac-

cording to the National Health Interview Survey. Younger adults were

more likely to vape than older ones. That even holds true for underage

users: Youths are more likely than adults to vape, according to the US

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For high school and middle

school students who used a tobacco product in 2016, e-cigarettes were the

most commonly used; 11.3% of high schoolers and 4.3% of middle school-

ers used e-cigs, according to surveys. The act of vaping has even become a

verb among youth: Juuling.

Today, Monsees and Bowen are the chief product officers for the compa-

ny. Ashley Gould, the chief administrative officer for Juul Labs, said they

designed Juul for adult smokers trying to switch from combustible ciga-

rettes, but data show the product's startling popularity among youth. “It’s

been devastating to us," Gould said. "This is not a product for youth. It's a

product for adult smokers. At Jonathan Law High School in Milford, Con-

necticut, Principal Francis Thompson pulled from his pocket a sleek de-

vice resembling a USB drive. It's the Juul, the most popular vape students

used, he said. Vaping among teens took off so rapidly at Jonathan Law, the

school had to take drastic measures. ‘Being a relatively new phenomenon,

we didn't know a lot about vaping and its impact and its danger and, quite

frankly, its popularity that continues to rise among teenagers," Thompson

said. "It was causing several issues in our school bathrooms.” Thompson

closed all but one of the school's bathrooms. “But then, kids began to bra-

zenly vape in hallways and classrooms instead,” recalls Andrew Paulus,

Senior Night

October 24th, before the Varsity Volleyball Game vs.

Broadview/Lavinia

Honoring our Seniors, Kimber Korell, Jack Ecord, and Shayden Cooke

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an 18-year-old recent graduate. “It was a party

setting. I saw everyone was doing it, so I was like,

'Let me just try it once just to see what this fuss is

about,'” Paulus said. Emma Hudd, one of Paulus'

classmates, said that teachers who didn't know

any better would allow kids to plug their vapes

into classroom computers to charge them.

The nicotine in one Juulpod, a small disposable e-

liquid cartridge that's inserted into the vaping de-

vice, is equal to that of an entire pack of ciga-

rettes, according to the company. The rate at

which a Juulpod is consumed varies among users,

but can last about 200 puffs. “There's a lot that's

happening with an e-cigarette besides just the nic-

otine and the carrier fluid. You're also inhaling

these flavoring chemicals like diacetyl or cousins

of diacetyl, which have been found to be harmful,"

said Joe Allen, an assistant professor at the Har-

vard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the

first author of a study on the presence of diacetyl

in e-cigarettes. “Much of what's known about di-

acetyl's effects on the lungs comes from studying

the workers in a microwave popcorn packaging

plant,” Allen said. Twenty years ago, these work-

ers developed a disease called bronchiolitis oblit-

erans, or popcorn lung, after inhaling the fumes of

artificial butter flavoring from open vats in their

workplace.

"You see a slow onset of some symptoms like

wheezing, shortness of breath or coughing," Allen

said. "This is a disease that is irreversible, often

requiring a lung transplant.” Last year, the FDA

announced that it would delay regulations that

could have halted the sales of many e-cigarettes.

Instead, the agency gave extensions to new and

existing vaping products, giving them until August

2022 to submit information to support their prod-

ucts' safety and efficacy as switching devices. The

organization decided on this timeline to "make

certain that the FDA is striking an appropriate bal-

ance between regulation and encouraging develop-

ment of innovative tobacco products that may be

less dangerous than cigarettes," according to the

news release announcing the extensions. In July,

the company was hit with multiple lawsuits that

allege Juul Labs intentionally targets teens in its

marketing. Prior to the lawsuits, Gould said the

company took seriously the criticism of its 2015

launch campaign, which used young-looking mod-

els. The company had also announced that it

would no longer use models on social media plat-

forms, instead focusing on testimonials from adult

smokers who switched to Juul.

On September 19th, Valeri Russell, a physician as-

sistant who works at Roundup Memorial

Healthcare-Clinic, came to talk to the students of

Melstone School. During her talk, she gave us in-

sight on the true dangers of vaping. She informed

us that not only are there health dangers, but also

that vape products have a tendency to explode

either while in use or not. She also talked about

the effects of a nicotine overdose and how it can

affect different age groups.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said October 8th that

the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products

has become a public health crisis in Montana. He

pointed to a growing number of lung illnesses

that have been linked to vaping – so far, more

than 1,000 cases across the country and two in

Montana. Bullock announced he will ask the Mon-

tana Department of Public Health and Human Ser-

vices to implement emergency rules, temporarily

prohibiting the sale of flavored vaping products.

“This is the right thing to do during the outbreak

of these illnesses and deaths, and it’s the right

thing to do for our future leaders of our state,” he

said. Bullock said DPHHS has the authority to

make temporary emergency rules to address

quickly developing public health crises. The ban is

set to take effect on Oct. 22. It will last for 120

days—the longest time allowed by law—and ex-

pire on Feb. 19.

Volunteers Needed!!

Sara Allen needs help in the library from any willing--

parents, students, and community members.

Duties would be shelving,

weeding, re-cataloging books, and creating bulletin boards. Please call the school or email

sara.allen@melstone.net

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The Real Meaning of Halloween

By Ty Meredith

It’s almost here! Halloween

has crept up on us, and

there is a lot of fun to look

forward to: planning a cos-

tume, carving pumpkins,

trick or treating, and of

course, eating candy. Hal-

loween is a lot of fun, but

have you ever wondered

what Halloween even is or why we celebrate it?

This holiday dates back many years, and it’s a lot

older than you would think. You already know that

Halloween takes place on the last day of October,

but here's something you might not know: The

word itself literally means hallowed evening and

was previously known to early European celebra-

tors and the Pope as All Hallows' Eve. All Hallows'

Eve paid respect to hallows, which means saints.

Before All Hallows’ Eve, however, the Celts of

what is now Ireland celebrated Halloween. Hal-

loween falls on October 31 because the ancient

Gaelic festival of Samhain, considered the earliest

known root of Halloween, occurred on this day.

The early pagan holiday of Samhain involved a lot

of ritualistic ceremonies to connect to spirits. It

marked a time of year when seasons changed, and

the people believed the line between life and the

after life was thin. They believed that during this

time they could connect with the dead. The Celts

would dress up in costumes to disguise themselves

from ghosts and would make lanterns from pump-

kins. This explains the spookiness and jack-o-

lanterns we relate with Halloween.

Then by 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had con-

quered the majority of Celtic territory. In the

course of the 400 years that they ruled the Celtic

lands, two festivals of Roman origin were com-

bined with the traditional Celtic celebration of

Samhain. The first was Feralia, a day in late Octo-

ber when the Romans traditionally commemorated

the passing of the dead. The second was a day to

honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and

trees.

After the Romans left present day England, Chris-

tianity took over. On May 13, 609 A.D., Pope Boni-

face IV dedicated November 1st in honor of all

Christian martyrs. On November 1st everyone

would dress up and have huge bonfires.

Once Halloween reached America, it was greatly

changed thanks to the Native Americans. As the

beliefs and customs of different European ethnic

groups and the American Indians meshed, a dis-

tinctly American version of Halloween began to

emerge. The first celebrations included “play par-

ties,” which were public events held to celebrate

the harvest on October 31st. Neighbors would

share stories of the dead, tell each other’s for-

tunes, dance and sing. Borrowing from European

traditions, Americans began to dress up in cos-

tumes and go house to house asking for food or

money, a practice that eventually became today’s

“trick-or-treat” tradition. This is the story of how

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Annual Fireman’s Pancake Supper

and Craft Bazaar November 3rd

Melstone Fire Hall

3-7 pm

Indy Bound

By Ty Meredith

On October 28th, some FFA

members, the advisor Josh

Jorgenson, and a chaperone Re-

becca Roskelley will drive to the

National FFA Convention in In-

dianapolis. The students going

are Ivy Pinkerton, Ty Meredith,

Kaleb DeJaegher, Brayden DeJaegher, and Kaigen

Roskelley. The students will leave Melstone at 5

a.m. on Monday, October 28th and have a 15 hour

drive to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The next day around

9:00 a.m., the members will leave Cedar Rapids

and drive to Peoria, Illinois. In Illinois the mem-

bers will visit the Caterpillar factory and take a

tour. Later that day the members will drive to In-

dianapolis. Then from October 30th to November

1st, the members will go to the National FFA ses-

sions and an Old Dominion Concert. On November

2nd the members will begin their long journey back

to Montana.

Heading to Nationals

Submitted by Ivy Pinkertom

It is a start to a new month, and you know what

that means: more FFA events and competitions.

The Nile Livestock and AG sales was held on Octo-

ber 14, and we had 6 FFA members attend this.

The kids did a great job there competing against

286 kids. The Melstone Chapter ranked 28th over-

all out of 55 other Chapters. The FFA will be hav-

ing a select few kids attend the National FFA Con-

vention in Indianapolis October 30th- November

2nd. They will be leaving the 28th of October. The

next following event that the Melstone FFA will be

at is JDAE’S in Bozeman November 14th- 16th.

Thank you all in advance for your support of the

Melstone FFA Chapter.

Competitors

Places

Ivy Pinkerton

56th

Davon Meredith

106th

Teigan Schiffer

119th

Koye Rindal

204th

Kaleb DeJaegher

256th

Bryce DeJaegher

284th

Homecoming Dance

8:30-11:30

$7 Singles or $10 Couple

October 24th

Grades 6-12

Halloween Parade

October 31st at

the School for

elementary and

pre-school

starting at 3pm

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Varsity Football Scores

Roundup 6 Baker 18

Roundup 2 Shepherd 22

Roundup 35 Colstrip 38

Roundup 6 Red Lodge 61

Upcoming Game Senior Night vs. Huntley Project @

Friday, October 24th 7:00 pm

Panther Football

Until the Fat Lady Sings

By Shayden Cooke

With the season closing, things

aren’t looking good for the Pan-

thers. With an upsetting losses

against the Baker Spartans and

the Shepherd Mustangs, noth-

ing seems to be going their

way. Against Shepherd the Pan-

thers defense was holding them

in the first half, but their

offense could never seem to get

going. Things looked promising

after getting a safety call and finally getting on

the board. The Panthers were only down 8 to 2

and were finally marching down the field. Bryce

Grebe hit Shayden Cooke for a 25 yard pass to set

them 20 yards until the goal line. Bryce tried to

hit Shayden again for the touchdown but the pass

was incomplete. Against Colstrip the following

week the Panthers came out firing. Colstrip came

down and scored right away, but the Panthers had

a quick answer marching back down the field and

scoring. The game was back and forth the whole

way, and neither team could get any momentum.

Tyler Kombol ended with a handful of tackles and

4 touchdowns. The Panthers lost to a touchdown

in the final minute of the game. With only two

weeks of football left, playoffs are looking very

slim.

Jr. High Hoopsters

By Ty Meredith

The Junior High Girls’ Team will be coached by

Mr. Eike this year. The players are Macy Meredith

(4th grade), Emma Collins (4th grade), Janci Rob-

bins (4th Grade), Maggie Eike (5th grade), Novalee

Metzger (5th grade), Belle Collins (6th grade), Sa-

vannah DeJaegher (6th grade), Pyper Meredith

(6th grade), Morgan Schiffer (6th grade), Avery

Eike (7th grade), Josie Robbins (7th grade), and

Yazmine Smith (7th grade). The Junior High Boys’

Team will be coached by Justin Kicholoe this year.

The players are Jack Fish (5th grade), Ryker Ro-

skelley (6th grade), James Bergin (6th grade),

Trey Meredith (7th grade), Gavin Smith (8th

grade), Gage Smith (8th grade), Jhett Fish (8th

grade), Bryce DeJaegher (8th grade), and Michael

Bergin (8th grade). Both coaches are excited for

the season and ready to play some basketball.

JH Basketball Date Opponent Time

Friday, Oct. 25 @Sacred Heart 2:30, 4:00,

5:30, 7:00

Saturday, Oct. 26 Plevna (Home) 1:00, 2:30,

4:00, 5:30

Friday, Nov. 1 Terry (Home) 2:30, 4:00,

5:30, 7:00

Saturday, Nov. 2 Broadus

(Home)

1:00, 2:30,

4:00, 5:30

Friday, Nov. 8 @Ekalaka 2:30, 4:00,

5:30, 7:00

Saturday, Nov. 9 Sacred Heart

(Home)

1:00, 2:30,

4:00, 5:30

Friday, Nov. 15 Ekalaka

(Home)

2:30, 4:00,

5:30, 7:00

Saturday, Nov. 16 @Broadus 1:00, 2:30,

4:00, 5:30

Friday, Nov. 22 Sacred Heart

Tournament

TBD

Saturday, Nov. 23 Sacred Heart

Tournament

TBD

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Great Job Runners!

Macy Meredith and Jack Fish competed in

the YES run at Pioneer Park, a 1 mile race

with 157 4th grade boys and 154 4th grade

girls. Jack placed 19th with a time of 7:09,

and Macy placed 4th with a time of 7:17.

Champions Train, Losers Complain By Ty Meredith

The season is close to being over, and the runners

are looking strong. On September 20th the high

school and junior high competed at the Colstrip

cross country meet. There were 35 high school

boys, 55 high school girls, 92 junior high boys, and

104 junior high girls at the meet. For the high

school, Jack placed 12th with a time of 21:24. Mau-

ricio placed 20th with a time of 23:11. Gus placed

24th with a time of 23:53. Colby placed 25th with

a time of 23:53. Kayla placed 10th with a time of

22:55. For the junior high, Trey placed 16th with a

time of 10:18. Jack placed 29th with a time of

10:38. Jhett placed 50th with a time of 12:04. Eli

placed 59th with a time of 12:34. Morgan placed

22nd with a time of 10:58. Macy placed 63rd with

a time of 12:53. Then on September 26th the high

school went to a JV meet at Amend Park in

Billings. There were 107 boy runners and 82 girl

runners. Jack placed 50th with a time of 20:19.

Mauricio placed 52nd with a time of 20:25. Kayla

placed 1rst with a time of 21:04. October 5th was

the next meet. The high school and junior high

runners competed at the Miles City meet. There

were 72 high school boys cross country runners in

Miles City. For the high school Jack placed 30th

with a time of 19:28 to break the school record.

Mauricio placed 46th with a time of 20:35. There

were 81 junior high boy runners and 87 junior

high girl runners in Miles City. For the junior

high, Trey placed 37th with a time of 11:00. Jack

Fish placed 51rst with a time of 11:53. Jhett placed

72nd with a time of 13:26. Eli placed 73rd with a

time of 13:27. Morgan placed 34th with an 11:13.

Macy placed 69th with a time of 12:50. The latest

meet was Roundup. In the Roundup meet, Trey

placed 21rst with a 10:24. Jack placed 27th with a

10:41. Jhett placed 67th with a 12:33. Eli placed 67

with a 12:31. Macy placed 61 with a 12:55. Morgan

placed 34th with a time of 11:38. For the high

school Mauricio placed 24th with a 21:18. Congrats

to all the cross country runners, and good luck to

the high school runners on their state meet in

Great Falls!

Order on the Court By Kimber Korell

Melstone volleyball is unfor-

tunately quickly coming to an

end. One conference game re-

mains against Broadview/

Lavinia, which is also senior

night. Our lone senior, Kimber

Korell, will be celebrating the

end of volleyball, along with

two other senior boy athletes.

We welcome anyone and eve-

ryone to come to the game

and dinner after the game and

celebrate with us. We’re cur-

rently sitting third in the con-

ference, behind Roy/Winifred who has first, and

Tri-Cities who has second. Our team leaves for

districts on October 31st which are in Winifred.

The girls will play DGS at 3:30 on Thursday, Octo-

ber 31st. We would really like everyone who can,

to come and support as we try and battle our way

to divisionals!

Volleyball Win/Loss Record DGS 3-1 W

Tri-cities 3-2 L

Harlowton 3-0 L

Roy/Winifred 3-0 L

Roundup JV 3-0 W

Jordan 3-1 W

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In honor of our recent visit from

Old Man Winter:

A MONTANA POEM

It’s winter in Montana,

And the gentle breezes blow.

Seventy miles an hour,

At thirty-five below.

Oh, how I love Montana,

When the snow’s up to your butt.

You take a breath of winter air,

And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful,

So I guess I’ll hang around.

I could never leave Montana,

‘Cause I’m frozen to the ground.

This poem was online with no author credit.

Eyeball Cookies

Ingredients

5 ounces white baking chocolate,

chopped, divided

20 to 25 vanilla wafers

Paste food coloring

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Red liquid food coloring

Directions

In a microwave, melt 4 ounces of white chocolate; stir until smooth. Dip vanilla wafers in melted choco-late; allow excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Chill until set.

Melt remaining white chocolate; stir until smooth. Tint as desired. Spread a small amount onto the center of each cookie; place a chocolate chip in the center.

For bloodshot eyes, use a toothpick dipped in red food coloring to draw lines from circles to outer edges of wafers. Chill until set. Store in an airtight container.

Registration Deadline November 8th

Test Date December 14th

Register at act.org

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VARSITY BASKETBALL

2019-2020

Practice Starts November 21st

All veterans eat free/ suggested

donation $3. If you have any

questions please contact

Hester Jacobs at 358-2279

Veterans’ Dinner

November 12th

Book Fair October 28th - 31st

Melstone School Library

JAKE’S GARAGE

Larry & Pam Zaharko Mechanic– Tim DeJaegher

Serving the Melstone Area Since 1951

Conoco Products

General Repair

Melstone, MT 59054

406-358-2389

Hours of Operation

Mon-Sat

7 A.M.-Noon 1 P.M.—6 P.M.

Come on down!

BPA+Fairmont=Fun

Submitted by Paul Bergin

This month a lot has happened in BPA. Ty Kombol,

Ty Meredith, Kimber Korell, and Draya Wacker all

went to the Fairmont Fall Conference which was

about being audacious. They learned about what’s

new in BPA. Pizza sales will be coming up soon.

Reminder: If you want a magazine, you need to

contact Mrs. Wacker. NOTE: There will not be a

BPA Fall Carnival this year due to a full calendar.

We hope to have one in the spring.

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Are you usually early or late? S: Depends on the day B: Depends on where I'm going What’s your dream car? S: Bugatti B: Audi R8 Spyder What job would you be terrible at? S: Therapist B: Doctor What do you wish you knew more about? S: The government B: Computers What fad or trend do you hope comes back? S: Visor with a perm B: Bell Bottom Jeans What is something you think everyone should do

at least once in their lives? S: Break the rules B: Golf If all jobs had the same pay and hours, what job

would you like to have? S: Lifeguard at the Olympics B: Truck Driver If you could turn any activity into an Olympic

sport, what would you have a good chance at winning medal for?

S: Water polo B: Channel surfing What is your lucky number? S: 69 B: 9 Who was your craziest/most interesting teacher? S: Definitely Mr. Pierce B: Mr. Knee, High school physics

Senior/Staff Survey For this month’s senior/staff survey our senior was Shayden. His favorite staff

member was Mr. Scott. His answers are marked with a “B” and Shayden’s are

marked with a “S”

What irrational fear do you have? S: Spiders B: Mice What would be your spirit animal? S: Dolphin B: Grizzly Bear What weird food combinations do you really en-

joy? S: Don’t have any B: Sour cream and Doritos What animal would be cutest if scaled down to

the size of a cat? S: Dog B: Lion If you could create an amusement park, what

would be the theme? S: “Something Scary” B: “All Vikings, All Day” Who is your idol? S: Jacob, my brother B: My Dad If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who

would you meet? S: Michael Jackson B: Larry Bird What do you take for granted? S: The laws B: Nothing, life is too short What would be the worst thing to hear as you are

going under anesthesia before heart surgery? S: “This is my first time” B: “Anyone seen my glasses??”

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