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Is This School Haunted? By Emmaline

Whistling in the bath-

room. Footsteps when no

one is there. Shadowy

figures when you’re all

alone. Tapping on the

walls. People tell vivid

stories of ghosts and

hauntings in this school,

but are they true?

This school started as a

small college operated by

Methodists. The state

took it over in 1885 and

renamed it Weston Nor-

mal School. It closed due

to a lack of funding in

1909. In 1925, it reo-

pened and began to offer

teaching certificates to its

graduates. In 1956, it was

renamed Eastern Oregon

State College. Then in

1997 it was renamed

Eastern Oregon Universi-

ty. Of course, by now, the

institution was no longer

in our school building.

There are no records of

haunting or death in the

school or involved with

the school.

When asked, the staff and

students have different

things to say about the

school being haunted.

Mr. Harwood, a janitor,

said he didn’t believe the

school was haunted. Mrs.

Mills says she believes in

hauntings, but not in this

school. Mrs. Vescio said

that she has never had an

experience to make her

think that the school is

haunted. “The school isn’t

haunted! That’s stupid!”

says one of our 5th grad-

ers.

Emma B. and Tiah B. in

8th grade had a very

creepy experience when

they were alone in the

locker room during boys’

basketball practice. They

heard knocking on the

chalkboard, so they asked

the ghost to give them a

sign of being there. A few

seconds later, the show-

ers dripped. Others have

heard footsteps behind

them in the locker room,

and the sound of some-

one spinning their combi-

nation lock when they

were the only one down

there.

One person, who wishes

to stay anonymous, told

us about a time when she

was in the locker room

wearing heels, and as she

turned to leave, she

heard the sound of some-

one tugging on a locker.

Inside This Issue…

Main Article 1-2

Memory Book Ad 3

Monthly Poll &

Sports

4

Top Ten 5

WMS Students Want To

Know 6

What’s Your Problem? 7

Random Did You Know 8

Calendar 9

OMG I Can Cook! 10

Happy Easter 11

Fact Or Fraud & 12

Celebrity Look-A-Like &

Most Likely To Be

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and she heard footsteps that

sounded like bare feet. It

couldn’t be her echo because

she was wearing heels. Others

have looked through the door

to the locker room foyer and

seen a closet light on. If you

watch for a little bit longer, a

shadow of something walking

through the foyer into the

girl’s locker room appears.

Gabby B. in 7th grade said

that when she was in the up-

stairs girl’s bathroom alone,

she heard whistling. This isn’t

the wind or the heater. It’s

soothing, calming whistling.

Other 7th and 8th grade girls

have heard this too. The girls

said that they didn’t feel in

danger, just like another being

was present. Mrs. Bennett has

also heard knocking on the

walls in this bathroom. Aman-

da G. in 8th grade and

McKayla M. in 7th grade also

heard footsteps in this bath-

room.

Ms. Doremus says that no one

has died in the school, and

why would someone choose

to haunt a school? She has a

point, but what if a student

could have wanted revenge

on a teacher or another stu-

dent. Kiara V. in 6th grade

doesn’t think the school is

haunted either. Mrs. Widener

says that she has been to the

school at night, and it is very

creepy. Nothing happened,

but it was definitely weird.

Tobie V. in 8th grade says that

the lights flicker in the up-

stairs hallway, and there is no

one messing with the switch.

Maddi M. in 7th grade says

that when she is alone in the

auditorium, there are loud

noises behind the curtain, and

there was no one there. Oth-

ers see translucent figures

darting between the chairs

and across the stage.

Mrs. Turner said that when

she comes in on weekends to

work, she will see something

in the hall, something that

looks like the translucent fig-

ure that others have de-

scribed seeing in the auditori-

um. She will feel like some-

thing is watching her, and she

will see something out of the

corner of her eye leaving the

computer lab, or going into it.

She always sits facing the

door, and the thing never

comes into her room. Could it

be a ghost, trapped, always

trying to take the same es-

cape route, but can never

make it out?

Max W. in 7th grade says that

he thinks the school is haunt-

ed because it was a prison at

one time. Gavin S. in 7th

grade and Tenley A. in 5th

grade both shake their heads

at the idea of the school being

haunted. 70 percent of stu-

dents say that the school is

haunted. The other 30 per-

cent say that the school isn’t

haunted. Mrs. Surber says she

has been to the school late at

night and had no evidence

from that experience to make

her think it was haunted. Lilly

D. in 5th grade says, “Yeah,

the school is haunted! It’s big

and old.” Keree G. in 6th

grade says that she heard

scratching on the walls and

footsteps in the main hallway

when there was no one there.

She also says that there is

something in the closet by

Ms. Doremus’s room. And it’s

not a person.

So, are these stories just ru-

mors? Or are they true? Ei-

ther way, don’t turn your back

for too long…

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Sports By Kellen

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Monthly Polls By Ali

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game, and is similar in some ways to baseball. Each team has 11 players, and one of those players must be the team captain. To score, the team at bat scores runs by hitting the ball and running to the opposite end of the field and back. Creases in the field called popping creases are used to pitch the ball. The ball is rolled toward the creases, and when it reaches the crease, the ball pops off the ground and into the air.

Cricket season starts in Janu-ary and lasts all year, or be-gins in February and ends in July, depending on the region you live in. Right now, South Africa is the highest-ranking team in the world.

Track The Track season has start-ed! The season started on March 11. The teams' first meet is currently scheduled for Friday, April 5 at noon, and will be an all league opening meet at Stanfield. Wish them luck!

Basketball In the world of profession-al basketball today, the Miami Heat are on a 20-game win-ning streak, which is highly impressive. Only four previ-ous NBA teams have achieved this monumental feat. The NBA record is 33 game wins in a row, set by the Los Ange-les Lakers. Currently, the Den-ver Nuggets have the second-highest winning streak, at 10 consecutive wins. Wish the Heat luck, because they've got a good shot at beating the record!

Top 10 Super Powers 1: Flight 2: Shape Shifting 3: Telekinesis 4: Memory Manipulation 5: Telepathy 6: Invisibility 7: Regeneration 8: Superhuman Reflexes 9: Elasticity10: Speed Top 10 Pizza Toppings

Top 10 By Sydney

Top Ten Things to Get at Taco Bell

1) Volcano Burrito

2) Doritos Locos Tacos

3) Cheesy Gordita Crunch

4) Grilled Stuffed Buritos

5) Beefy Melt Burrito

6) Crunchwrap Supreme

7) Enchirito

8) Grilled Steak Taquitos

9) Beefy 5-layer Burritos

10) Cheese Quesadilla

Top Ten Chocolate Candy 1) M&M's 2) Reese's Peanut Butter Cups 3) Snickers 4) Hershey's 5) Kit Kat 6) Twix 7) 3 Musketeers 8) Hershey’s Cookies N Cream 9) Milky Way 10) Butterfinger

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Top Ten Memes

1) Grumpy Cat

2) Bad Luck Brian

3) Jackie Chan

4) Ain't Nobody Got Time For

Dat

5) You Don't Say

6) Overly Attached Girlfriend

7) Genius

8) Condescending Wonka

9) Ashton Kutcher "Burn"

10) Ridiculously Photogenic

Guy

*volcano burrito*

WMS Students Want To Know By Michael

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This years 7th graders are in for a surprise next year. When they are 8th graders they will receive their ba-bies. They will also re-ceive a pregnancy vest that weighs 20 pounds that they will wear for undeter-mined amount of time. There is also one other very major twist coming for next years 8th graders. One student will be randomly selected to have to take care of twin babies. They will have to care for the twins only for a short amount of time and not the whole week. Mrs.Glover says that the students were not going to get upgraded babies because they were already life like enough. were al-

ready . Most of this years 8th graders can attest to how real the babies seem and they have to be taken care of just as much as a real baby. Although, there is one way that the students can get out of having to take of the baby. There are two different options that the students have. They can take care of the mechani-cal babies for a week or they can fill out a packet that Miss Glover says takes just as much work as tak-ing care of the babies. Within their packet they have to write one page on one of the many diseases that babies get. They also have to interview someone who has a child or is about to

give birth to a child. Those are just a cou-ple of the things that the students who opt for the packet have to complete. Jackie W. says that she is not happy at all to get the babies next year. Mitchell Y. says that he is a little bit excit-ed to get the babies next year. Katelynn R. say that she is also a little bit excited to be receiving the babies next year. Hannah M. says that she is not at all excited to be re-ceiving the babies next year. So, as you can see everyone has a different feeling about getting the ba-bies next year. All I can say is good luck to all of the 7th grad-ers.

Dear ????,

I don't do any sports

this time of year, and so

I've become really lazy

and I've started to gain

weight. I don't enjoy any

of the sports that go on

this time of the year, and

I don't know what to do.

Help!

Sincerely, Couch Potato

Dear Couch Potato,

Even though you

may not enjoy track, or

baseball, or any other

spring sports, you can still

be active! Try just getting

outside more, maybe go-

ing to the park and

shooting baskets with

some of your friends, or

even just going on a jog!

Being outside and being

active is better than do-

ing nothing at home!

Along with getting out-

side more, you could

start eating healthier.

Eating healthy will give

you more energy and

that can be the kick you

need to get outside!

Good luck!

Sincerely, ????

Dear ????,

The spring social is

coming up, and I always

go to the dance. The bad

part is I can't dance. I'm

really bad at it, and it's

embarrassing. I don't

want people to look at

me weird or make fun of

me. I always end up just

sitting on the sides and

watching everyone else

having fun. It also doesn't

help that Helix is coming

to the dance for this so-

cial, either. It's the last

social, and I want to

make it really fun, but I

hate having people look

at me funny. I need help!

Sincerely, Shy on the

Dance floor

Dear Shy

On the Dance Floor,

Don't be nervous

about dancing in front of

people. Personally, I don't

stand around and watch

to see if anyone is danc-

ing badly. I don't ever no-

tice if someone is a bad

dancer. I think most of

the people at the dance

are there to just dance

and have fun, and not

there to make fun of peo-

ple. If you think someone

is looking at you in a

weird way, just move

away from them. You

could also get a big group

of your friends and just

dance with them. Danc-

ing with friends is a lot

easier and a lot more

fun! If this advice doesn't

work, you could always

sign up for something

else. Good luck!

Sincerely, ????

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What’s Your Problem By ?????

Random Did You Know…. By Ellie Page 8

The brownie, one of America’s fa-

vorite baked treats, was born in

the U.S.A. The recipe first ap-

peared in print in the early 20th

century. Evidence points to Fanny

Farmer, in 1905, adapted her

chocolate cookie recipe to a bar

cookie baked in a rectangular

pan. (The brownie is classified as

a bar cookie rather than a cake.

That’s because brownies are fin-

ger food, like cookies, and cake is

eaten with a fork). There are

thousands of recipes both “cake”

and “fudge” types. It’s easy to see

that the brownie got its name

from its dark brown color. Here’s

more about the style of brown-

ies. There are numerous legends

surrounding the story of the

brownie. The legend is told in

many varieties, a chef mistakenly

added melted chocolate to a

batch of biscuits...a cook was

making a cake but didn’t have

enough flour. Who knows how it

really happened?

The favorite myth tells of a house-

wife in Bangor, Maine, who was

making a chocolate cake but for-

got to add baking powder. When

her cake didn’t rise right, instead

of tossing it out, she cut and

served the flat pieces. That theory

relies on a cookbook published in

Bangor in 1912, six years after the

first chocolate brownie recipe was

published by one of America’s

most famous cookbook authors,

Fannie Merritt Farmer.

Which story have you heard?

Page 9 Upcoming Out of School Events By Amanda

April 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

April

Fool’s

2 International

Children’s

Book Day

3

Find A

Rainbow

Day

4

Walk

Around

Things Day

5

Read A

Road Map

Day

6

Jump Over

Things Day

7

No House-

work Day

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Zoo Lov-

er’s Day

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Name

Yourself

Day

10

Encourage a

Young

Writer

11

Jackie

Robinson

Day

12

Big Wind

Day

13

Scrabble

Day

14

Reach As

High As You

Can Day

15

First McDon-

alds Opens

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Stress

Awareness

Day

17

National

Cheese Ball

Day

18

Pet Own-

er’s Day

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Humor-

ous Day

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Cuckoo

Day

21

Kindergar-

ten Day

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Earth

Day

23

Internation-

al Sing Out

Day

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Pigs In A

Blanket Day

25

Telephone

Day

26

Hug A

Friend Day

27

Tell A Sto-

ry Day

28

Poetry

Reading

Day

29

Zipper

Day

30

National

Honesty

Day

OMG, I Can Cook! By Ali

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Need a cute snack for an Easter Party? Here's an Easter Bunny treat to sweeten your food se-lection. Ingredients 2/3 cup vanilla frosting 30 large marshmallows Pink gel or paste food coloring Red and pink heart-shaped dec-orating sprinkles 60 miniature marshmallows Directions Frost the tops of 12 large marshmallows with vanilla frosting. Stack one large marshmallow on top of another. Quarter the remaining large marshmallows; set aside for ears. Tint 1/4 cup frosting pink. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; place pink frosting in bag.

Pipe pink whiskers and smile. Add a pink ribbon between the stacked marshmallows for bow tie. With white frosting, attach red hearts for eyes and a pink heart for nose. For ears, pipe the center of quartered marshmallows pink and attach to head with white frosting. With the remaining white frosting, attach the miniature marshmallows for legs and tail. Let stand until dry. Total Time: 15 min. Makes: 1 dozen

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Fact or Fraud By Ellie Page 12

Can someone really

be struck by lightning

in their own home

while taking a show-

er?

No, Mythbusters

busted this as false in

their 30th episode,

although this can be

possible if you have

really bad breakers.

Otherwise, being

struck by lightning is

highly unlikely while

taking a shower.

Rise of the Guardians was

released in theaters No-

vember 21, 2012. The

movie starts with Jack

Frost describing how The

Man in the Moon lifted

him from a frozen pond

and gave him amazing

powers. The down side is

that no one can see him

because no one believes

in him. 300 years later,

Santa Clause is alerted

that Pitch (also known as

The Bogey Man) has re-

turned and is threatening

children with fear. After

Santa has summoned fel-

low Guardians Tooth

Fairy, the Easter Bunny,

and the Sandman he real-

izes that The Man in the

Moon has chosen a new

guardian. This new

Guardian is none other

than Jack Frost. Confused

and frustrated from years

of solitude, Jack declines

the offer. Santa contin-

ues to try and persuade

him to join their group.

The Guardians are all of

the childhood legends to-

gether who have sworn

to protect the children of

the world. The animation

in this movie was amaz-

ing and the cast voices fit

the characters perfectly. I

would recommend this

for anyone who loves a

good movie with a happy

ending. I give this movie

5/5 stars.

Most likely to be a millionaire... Cameron C. Most likely to be Miss. America... Tenley A. Most likely to be chef... Ellie S.

Celebrity Look-alikes By Sara

Most Likely To Be... By Sara

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6th Grade- Bryce T. Actress Penelope Cruz

6th Grade- Kameron D. Actor Michael J. Fox

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Kellen F. and Ali S.

Mary B. and Katelynn R.

Emily G. and Weston P.

Jade R. and Natalia D.

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1.What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it? Mailbox 2.A man leaves home, turns left, goes straight, turns left again, goes straight and turns left once more then returns home and there's another man with a mask on. What's go-ing on? A baseball game

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