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Volume 3 Issue 4

Lewis County High School

79 Lion Lane

Vanceburg, KY

606-796-2823

http://www.lewis.kyschools.us/

school/lchs/index.htm

NOVEMBER 2015

Boys Basketball Preview

Pep Club News

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On the Road with FFA 3

Student Bank Grand Opening Academic Team News Cheer Squad Headed to Orlando Senior Class News

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Watch Your Step! 5

Veterans Day Ceremony 6 & 7

Case of the Missing Turkey -Lexi 8

My Special Guest -Jaycey Tom the Turkey Visits -Hannah

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Thanksgiving Games -Madison 10

Greatest Holiday of All? -Isaac 11

Not Your Typical Friday Night -Levi 12 & 13

Oops! Sorry Mom -Brookie 14

Countdown to Dinner -Eden 15

November Remembered December Events December Menu

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The Lions’ Roar Check out the Lions Roar online @ http://www.lewis.kyschools.us/school/lchs/new_lchs_002.htm

Veterans Day Celebration Pages 6-7

Thanksgiving Tales from Your Journalism Staff

Pages 8-15

Blue/White Night

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Lions Look for Success Veteran Players to Step Up

by Isaac Kelly

The Lions 11-16 record last season did not reflect how well the Lions actually played. Lewis County lost their first-round District game to the Greenup County Musketeers last season of a bizarre game winning shot, when the Lions went to take the ball out with 5 seconds left holding on to a 1 point lead they accidently inbounded the ball to a Musketeer who jumped up and shot the ball with 0.5 seconds left giving Greenup Coun-ty the win. However the Lions do have lots of hope for this season as they return with 6 seniors who all have lots of varsity experience under their belt. Earlier this month I had the opportunity to sit down with Coach Hampton this is what he had to say... Q: Thoughts on last season? A: Only one coach in the state gets to be happy at the end of the year, we had a heartbreaker for our last game. Hopefully we learn from it and use it as motivation to push us to a different level of play this sea-son. Q: What are the team's goals for this season? A: Our goal is for the team to get better each game, week, and month. Hopefully guiding us to regional's or even further. Q: What did you lose out of your seniors last year? A: Only lost 20 points of offense from last season, need guys who got there first year varsity experience to step up and fill in those 20 points. Q: Key Players A: Definitely Jake Parker and Trenton Walker are 2 big ones for us, they do a very good job putting points up for us whether its Trenton's driving ability or Jake's ability to knock down the three ball at any given time. We just have a very seasoned and veteran team. Q: How different will the team's style of play be this season? A: Offensively we will look to go inside out a lot especially if our bigs prove themselves as dominate post players. Defensively we had a lot of success this summer playing zone, we should be able to protect the basket with all the size and length that we have this season. The Lions look to have a very successful season as they rank 5th in

the pre-season rankings for the 16th region. Lewis County opens up the

season at Ashland on December 1st and their home opener on Decem-

ber 3rd as they take on the Fairview Eagles, so come out and support

Pep Club News and Information by Jaycey Fite

The Pep Club shirts are in! If you ordered a shirt please go to Ms. Burriss' room to pick it up! Also, make sure you come out and support both Lady Lions and Lions as they tip off their first home games together for the Tollesboro Alumni Night double-header on December 3rd at 6 o'clock! The theme will be RETRO NIGHT!!! Pep Club is marching in the Vanceburg Christmas Parade on December 5th. Members need to line up at 12:30pm. Parade begins at 1:30pm. EKC games on December 5th at LCMS Gym start at 6pm and 8pm.

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FFA Attend Competition & Convention by Hannah Zornes

Last month LCHS' FFA club attended MSU along with other FFA chap-ters in the Big Sandy Region to judge livestock and horses. 99 members participated in livestock judging. The top 5 highest scores from LC in-clude: Savannah Walker placed 6th, Tiffani Thurman placed 10th, Gar-rett Scott placed 11th, Kyle Killen placed 13th, and Garrett Polley

placed 17th. 57 members participated in horse judging. The top 5 highest scores from LC include: Sierra Richardson placing 2nd, Cameron Apple-gate placed 9th, Matthew Lambert placed 12th, Jared Caseman placed 19th, and Tj Evans placed 28th. Other schools that partici-pated include: Boyd, Magoffin, Elliot, Johnson Central, Greenup, Wolfe, and Lawrence.

Left to Right: Mackenzie Hall, Cameron Applegate, John Fetters, Blake Gerike, Tiffani Thurman, Allison Pelfrey, Michael Gerike and Mr. Crisewell

The FFA members pictured above attended the 2015 National FFA Convention at Kentucky Fair and Expo center in Louisville, Ky October 28th-31st. Along with 65,173 FFA members, they experienced a wide variety of entertainment including the Three Hills Rodeo and concerts featuring Jake Owen, Madi and Tae, Kip Moore, and Clare Dunn at the KFC Yum Center. They attended delegate business meeting that was streamed live on RFDTV.s R

2015-2016 FFA Officers:

President: Blake Gerike 12th Vice President: Jon Fetters 9th

Secretary: Tiffany Thurman 12th Treasurer: Michael Gerike 11th Reporter: Mackenzie Hall 11th Sentinel: Hannah Zornes 11th Parliamentarian: Matthew Lambert 11th

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Grand Opening of Students Deposit Bank Students Deposit Bank of Lewis County will have a Grand Opening on December 7, 2015. Students can open a savings account, cash checks, and take out small loans during school hours. SDBLC will be opened during fifth period for financial services. The bank will be closed on Wednesday. SDBLC is staffed by juniors and seniors who are currently taking the fifth period Personal Finance and Banking class with Mr. Butler. This will be the 20th year that SDBLC has served the financial needs of LCH and FMCTC stu-dents. SDBLC is located in Room 106 in the Foster Meade Career and Tech Center. The banking student staff and Mr. Butler invite you to drop by and see if we can be of finan-cial assistance to you. SDBLC is sponsored by Citizens De-posit Bank and Trust. Banking I students: Sarah Butler, Jayla Dummitt, Megan Fraley, Kelsey Littleton, Haleigh Mack, Haley Mon-tieth, Kaylee Moore, Paige Patton, Madison Riffe, Daisy Rister, Kimberly Smith, Melinda Stamper, and Jordanna Tolliver. Banking II students: Miranda Stamper, Vivian Stidam, Chassidy Wright, and Deidra Wright.

Senior Class News

Senior News: There will be NO Senior Trip this year due to the fact of not enough interest. ALL SENIORS need to email a selfie for the 2016 Yearbook. Those are to be emailed to her by Christmas Break @[email protected]

Academic Team by Hannah Zornes

LCHS' Academic Team is doing great this season. The team is 3rd in the Limestone League, out of 9 schools in-cluding; Nicholas, Mason, Bracken, St Patrick, Mont-gomery, Rowan, Fleming, Bath. They've competed in 8 Matches, they've had 7 JV wins, and 4 Varsity wins. Coach Joann Kidwell is proud of the team, and how well they have competed in testing in academic areas in-cluding Math, English, Social Studies, Arts and Humani-ties, and Science. November the 19th the team attended the LAL Tournament . The team has really carried their weight considering they on-ly have two seniors on the team.

Nationals Here We Come!!

by Brookie Butler

On Halloween, the LCHS Cheerleaders competed in Re-gionals at the MSU Wetherby Gym. We got 3rd place out 4 teams because we had two stunts that dropped. Sadly we didn't advance to Nationals. Before awards they headed out scholarships, and our solo senior Paige Kennedy was awarded the Virginia Mur-phy Top Academic 16th Region Scholarship. Congrats Paige, we're so proud of you!! Luckily we had another competition but it was for a different category. We got 5th place out of 8 teams and guess what... we're going to Nationals baby! We still do not know the date for Nationals but we do know it's in Orlando, Florida.

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Watch Where You Step by Levi Bentley

You may not know it, but you leave more footprints than just the ones that the rain will wash away. Every time you get online, you leave a permanent trail or "digital footprint". Your digital footprint is a mixture of what you intentionally and unintentionally share online. It is can be described simply as your reputation online. Anything you have ever posted or will post can be accessed by several different sources. This is why it is so im-portant to precisely filter everything you post. Your online baggage can make differences in your life. And I mean seri-ously, who wants to miss out on something because of some stupid thing you tweeted without thinking? But some people don't take it seriously and wonder why they can't just voice their opinions whenever and to whomever they want. It's not just for the sake of being polite, but also because it can hurt you in the long run. Your digital footprint is sought after and closely examined by potential employers, current employers and in some cases, if necessary, by the police. There are also other sources looking at your digital foot-print that you may not expect to be concerned with it, but they are. Sometimes companies that you shop at will ex-amine your digital footprint because they are curious if there are any certain types of people that buy their products more frequently than others. For example, Finish Line may research digital footprints of customers and find that a large number of them who shop there play sports or prefer tennis shoes. Companies may also conduct a type of investi-gation on your personal digital footprint to see if they are comfortable with someone like you wearing their clothes and representing their brand. If you have a bad online repu-tation or lead a lifestyle they feel does not represent them correctly, they may have a problem selling their mer-chandise to you. Those are examples of how digital foot-print affects you in more than just the obvious ways you would expect. Remember that your digital footprint paints a picture of who you are. Before posting something, regardless

of your emotions at the time, consider all the consequences that could come from it. Try to refrain from doing

things that could hurt you or that you may regret later on. Make sure the way you act online is an accurate

representation of who you are all the time, and ask yourself what's the best thing to do before proceeding

with your actions, because once you make your digital footprint, it can be seen by a lot of eyes.

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17th Annual Veterans Day Ceremony by Lexi Adkins

November 11, also known as Veterans Day is the official United States public holiday. Observed annually to remember and honor mili-tary veterans who have served, are serving, and will serve in the Armed Forces. This year at the 17th annual LCHS Veterans Day Ceremony held in the auditorium, honored a large crowd of military veterans and fami-lies. State Representative Rocky Adkins, Pastor Dr. Charles Brown, the high school band, and some of our own student body also attended. We hosted an amazing ceremony service. Throughout the day we had the visiting veterans judge the doors dec-orated by the teachers and students. The winners of best decorated door to commemorate veterans are as follows: Language Arts - Miss Jones Math- Mrs. McCann Science- Mrs. Dietrich Vocational- Mr. Butler Social Studies- Mrs. Pugh Practical Living - Mrs. Butler Art students worked very hard to create masterpieces representing and commemorating Veterans Day. There are still many amazing works of art still hanging in the hallway. Even though many great artworks entered into the art contest the winners are as follows: 1st Place: Mason Massie (winning $150) 2nd Place: Briana Adkins (winning $125) 3rd Lacy Justice (winning $100) This year the VFW proposed a Voice of Democracy speech with the theme of "My Vision for America". The entries judged on originality, content, and delivery. At the ceremony, we were blessed to hear and experience the thoughtful and sincere speeches prepared by these young ladies. Such moving words heard from the participants. The 2015-2016 Voice of Democracy Winners are as follows: 1st Place winning $500: Haylee Stamm 2nd Place winning $300: Beth Thomas 3rd Place winning $100: Rachel Cooper

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Case of the Missing Turkey..... by Lexi Adkins

For Thanksgiving my family gathers at my humble abode for a big lovely feast. We cook everything! From mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans,

corn, rolls, baked beans, potato salad, cranberry salad, to the juicy turkey. This year I honored the job of preparing the big Thanksgiving turkey we had raised for this specific oc-casion. We have been raising the turkey since it hatched. We have fed it well, making it the biggest tur-key I have ever seen in my life at a whopping 60 pounds! (I have seen many big birds in my life as we live on a big farm that has chickens, ducks, turkeys, pea-cocks, and guineas among other animals.) As Thanksgiv-ing started creeping up on us, we strived to get our dec-orating done and the

food gathered up to cook. Three days before our big family dinner I went out into the turkey barn to feed our prized gobbler. I fed the other small estranged fowl. Working my way to the back, we kept him in a special cage to keep from any-thing happening to my bird. When I looked in the cage I saw turkey feathers everywhere, but no turkey any-

where in the barn.... At this point I imagined a million things happening. Did a fox or dog or some animal coming in and snatching him away from his home? I looked for some type of tracks to confirm his fate, but I did see some big turkey tracks. I followed the tracks looking around for the bird, the tracks led to the field where the peacocks roosted. Something didn't feel right since naturally peacocks and turkeys do not typically get along. I scrambled, searching for my poor turkey when I stumbled upon something very strange.... A peacock I had never seen before! One extremely massive compared to the other dainty peacocks. Upon further inspection I noticed this "peacock" has the body of a 60

pound turkey, but the feathers and colors of a peacock. It took a couple minutes for me to realize my dinner turkey was dis-guised as a peacock to get out of being the main course of the feast. I had to give the turkey credit for trying to save its own butt! I let it slide this year, and resorted to eating a ham. That sneaky yet creative turkey is alive for one more year......

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My Special Guest at Thanksgiving

by Jaycey Fite

If I could invite anyone to my family's Thanksgiving dinner it would probably be my boy-

friend, Connor. I have many reasons why I would want to have him tag along with me on No-

vember 26th. Connor, is very close to my family just because we are always around each

other.

Usually, Connor will leave me and go talk to my dad for hours at a time about sports or

just about anything. We all know how much my dad likes to talk...no

one can ever get away from him.

Connor and I always go to Maysville and visit my grandparents. We

can all sit there for hours at a time and there is never a dull moment.

Then sometimes we drive all the way to Augusta to see my great

grandma. She always calls me and asks about Connor, how he is doing,

and when I am bringing him back to see her. My family thinks highly of

Connor. Sometimes I question if they like him more than they do me,

but I guess that's a good thing in a way. Connor is a nice, caring, dedi-

cated athlete, and a kind hearted person. I mean, who couldn't like

him?

My family enjoys Connor's presence and he can always keep every-

one in the room either smiling or laughing. He is my best friend. We spend numerous

amounts of hours together. I can always be myself and not have to put on a front when I am

with him.

Connor brings out the best in me, he is always making me strive to do better. Especially

in school and basketball. He is there to rebound for me and when we play 1 on 1 he takes

advantage of me being 5'2" and likes to block me, but don't let him fool you, I always win.

Now why wouldn't I want my best friend or the person that makes me happy to come with

me to have dinner with my whole family?

When Tom the Turkey Came for Thanksgiving by Hannah Zornes

Last Thanksgiving something very unusual happened to me and my family. As we prepped for Thanksgiving we

rushed back and forth from all the grocery stores getting all the ingredients for the family dinners. We finally fin-

ished, rushed home, and all the sudden a turkey flew out of nowhere and smacked the hood of our car.

We didn't know what to think, so we got out and checked for damage. The turkey plastered

to the pavement and appeared to be dead. All of a sudden as we got ready to leave we heard a

noise near the turkey. We turned to see the turkey up and walking. We were speechless! And that's not even the end, the turkey began talking. He seemed to be confused asking what hap-

pened and who was the strange people staring at him. We just couldn't believe our eyes, after

we calmed down we helped him, he got into the car with us and we took him home and cared

for him.

With Thanksgiving the next day we pondered on what to do with the talking turkey, because we're having tur-key for dinner. We couldn't just leave him alone. So we called our family and explained this unfortunate situation.

They thought we had lost our minds. But they agreed that we can have chicken at the dinner.

The day finally came! We arrived at the dinner with the turkey waddling close by, they're reaction was priceless.

We kept trying to get the turkey to remember who he was and where he came from so we could help him. But he

couldn't remember anything, until it came time to eat. The turkey finally remembered his name and what he was

doing the night of the accident. His name was Tom, he said he's the Thanksgiving Turkey. He travels around the world the night before Thanksgiving reminding people about how they should always be thankful for what they

have, because it can all change in the blink of an eye.

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Thanksgiving Games by Madison Marzicola

Once upon a time a turkey who never got to sit at the table at Thanksgiving table, was all alone in a field thinking. So many people said Theo got 'spared' as people put it, but he didn't want to be spared he wanted to be picked. It's the highest honor, and his dad, grandpa, and great grandpa had been picked. When was it his turn? He thought. "What was he going to do?" So he went to his tree and snuggled up and fell quickly asleep. The sound of his phone chiming woke him up, it was his mother. "Why haven't you been chosen to be a Thanksgiving Turkey yet?" She gobbled "I don't know mom, I'm going to the reaping today. It's the only choice I have left." he squawked back. As he flew out of the tree and marched down to the open field of District 2015, other turkeys from the dis-trict gathered around like Jake from Turkey Farm, him and his khaki pants. Now, they all stood there waiting to be picked. Anxiety rose, and you could hear Gerard's stomach growling from across the field. Angelica drawled the name, it was ............ "Please stand by for this important message." the announcer said. The video ran about an hour, then we put our attention back on Angelica. Her mouth opened, she spoke out "Theodore McStuffy!" "Yassssssssss, finally bae, omg, I can't even with this, STOP! Really, me?" "Sorry fan girl moment." He apolo-gized. "You leave tomorrow at noon, be ready." she spoke sophisticatedly "Yes ma'am." as he waved his wings back and forth crying with happiness. It came time for him to go to bed, which wasn't a problem for him tonight, he fell asleep in the snap of a finger, or should I say feather, ha-haha no? Tough crowd. It was a cold dreadful night that went by quickly. The sun awoke him shining in his puffy eyes, only making him shut them tighter, but he finally got up, and got dressed in his nicest bear fur coat he could find, and went to get on the train. As he approached the spot they told him to be at, he started to wonder, maybe I don't want to do this, ugh what am I thinking of course I do... but what if I want to meet a cute girl turkey and fall in love, then what? The train pulled and came to an immediate halt, pausing his thoughts. As he wobbled onto the train he was greeted by a very lovely turkey named Laquisha, she had long brown feathers done in braids and a Mocking Jay pin in her hair. She spoke to him, what was he going to do, don't freak out, don't freak out. As he tried to prop himself up on the side of the train wall, his arm slipped and he hit his face. "Are you ok?" She spoke softly. "Yeah, yeah I'm good, so sup with you?" She gave him a weird look, and then just brushed it off, they both wobbled to go sit down when a very tall, slim, pale white turkey came in. "We will arrive in a little bit." he spoke in a high pitched voice, leaving them no choice but to laugh. When they pulled up everything was black, nothing around, so they just stood there. "I hear talking" she said squeezing his wing, " Its approaching closer." She got scared. He tried to be cool and go see what it was, but not even 5 seconds within being in the dark alone, he flew away screaming, leaving Laquisha by herself, and getting every event that was planned, canceled. * Two days later after everyone got home* Thanksgiving was upon us and no one could find Theo-dore, Laquisha texted him and nothing. Finally they heard back from Gerard, "He was last seen with the farmer in the dining room."

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Greatest Holiday of All? by Isaac Kelly

Every year our family comes together to celebrate the wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving. We start out the day by meeting at my grandmother's house at 12, as soon as we get there we kind of just chill and hangout

with one another catching up on what's been going on in our lives, then at 1 O'clock we finally say prayers and start our feast. The food consists of Turkey, stuffing, corn, green beans, mashed potatoes, potato casserole, rolls, and not to mention a table filled of just desserts. By the time we start eating usually the NFL games have started, so all the guys rush to the TV with their plates full of food engaging them-selves into the TV screen. The ladies usually just sit at the dining table

discussing everything that's been going on in their lives lately. When the eating is over and everyone is stuffed that's when the house gets most silent, most fathers sneak off to bedrooms to take naps and sleep off the extra 10 pounds they just put on in that Thanksgiving meal. The kids usually then go down to the basement to watch TV, play games, or just cause troubles being them mischievous selves. The women then take over the couches in the living room and sit down to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as they die of laughter each and every Thanksgiving.

In all reality the fun truly begins when all the eating is finished and all the shopping begins, at around 7 O'clock some family members pack up and load into cars to head out on their adventurous and spontaneous shopping spree for Black Friday shopping. Usu-ally the crew of family members head to Chillicothe or Huntington for their shopping extravaganza that starts with long lines and ends with fulfilled Christmas wishes. But to me Thanksgiving is the best holiday of all because you get to spend so much

time around the family members you love and cherish, whether it's the food, football, or just talking and

hanging out with the family. Thanksgiving always reminds me of what all I have to be thankful for and how

fortunate I am to be in a family where I am loved. That is the reason why I believe Thanksgiving is the great-

est holiday of all.

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Not Your Typical Friday Night

by Levi Bentley Mom and Dad were missing their oldest son this year. This will be the first year he would not participate in Thanksgiving at home with his family. Last year had been different because that's when it all happened. But first let's rewind to last October, before Thanksgiving when nobody even focused on the holiday and everyone was in the Halloween spirit. It was Friday, October 29th and the football game started at 7:00. Todd, who was 16 and the oldest, had just got his license a few months ago. His plans for the evening consisted of taking his two younger brothers TJ, 14 and Tony, 12, to the football game with him and then attending his friend's wild Halloween party later that night. Even though Halloween wasn't until tomorrow, Todd's friend Bryan always threw his annual Halloween bash the night before because he embarrassingly still liked to trick or treat on Halloween night. So off they went, to the football field in Todd's mother's SUV. She watched nervously as they pulled out of the drive way and headed down the road. The thought of them getting to the football field, which was only about a 10 minute drive from her house, did not worry her nearly as much as what had happened on Thursday night. Thursday night in her very own drive way, the brake lines on Todd's car had been mysteriously clipped. This would have gone unnoticed if it weren't for the large black stain on their concrete driveway that her husband Chad had noticed on his way to work this morning. Luckily, when Chad took a closer look he realized that the black liquid staining the concrete oddly enough resembled braking fluid. So she allowed the kids to drive her SUV to the football game and made Todd promise to bring his broth-ers back as soon as it was over before he went to Bryan's party. Todd of course was compliant as he hurried his brothers out the door.

Beth shuffled back to the kitchen and continued sorting the seemingly endless amount of candy scattered along her bar and kitchen table. After all, tomorrow marked Halloween and when you live in the suburbs you can never have too much candy. By the time she got done she looked at the clock and it was almost 9:00. She began to process how late it had gotten as she noticed that Chad should have been home from work roughly 45 minutes ago. She picked up her cell phone to see that she has two

missed calls from her middle son TJ and a missed call from her husband Chad. Quickly she dialed TJ's phone number and nervously waited for him to pick up the phone. She felt so guilty for keeping her phone on silent while sorting candy. When Chad answered TJ's cell phone, she knew something was wrong. Chad proceeded to tell her that TJ called him on his way home from work, after several failed attempts to reach her, and ask him to stop at the football field and pick him and Tony up. "The kids say they have looked for Todd everywhere and can't find him an-ywhere" explained Chad. He told her he has even looked for Todd for the last half-hour only to find his cell phone lying under the bleachers with a cracked screen. He also expressed his concern even further when he said the family SUV still sit parked in the parking lot. Beth's motherly worry kicked in and she began to think the worst. She reminded herself to stay positive and be optimistic. After all, if her car was still there he couldn't be far away. It's not like he could have left without a car? Beth wanted to be furi-ous with Todd for leaving his brothers unsupervised for so long and being ir-responsible with his phone, but in the back of her mind her concern insidi-ously grew very quickly and she began to get upset.

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"Just get the kids and the car and come home, now!!" Beth hissed to Chad. She didn't grasp how much she was panicking until she hung up the phone and began to think of all the awful things that could have happened to Todd. She began to cry and feel entirely helpless, it's one of the worst feelings to know that your kid could be in trouble and there isn't anything you can do to help them. She felt a sudden relief as her SUV whipped into the driveway and her two younger sons got out of the back seat. As soon as they came in she began questioning each of them to try to gather info on what could have

happened... "When is the last time you saw him?" "Why would he leave you alone?", "Was he with any of his friends when you saw him?"...the boys tell her they went to the field over by the parking lot to play tag with their friends and Todd told them to come back to where he was setting before the game was over. But when they came back at the end of the game Todd wasn't there. "We looked for him a while after the game end-

ed and asked his friends where he was but they didn't know either." TJ ex-claimed to Beth. "We weren't going to call Dad until we called Todd's phone and it starting lighting up under the bleachers with a cracked screen" Tony said. Chad entered the room and showed Beth Todd's phone. Not only was the screen was busted, but the entire phone was smashed. It looked as though it had been thrown from the top of something high or maybe even stomped on. Beth told Chad to call Byran’s parents and see if he may have went to the Hallow-een party, but he didn’t. After a lot of waiting for a call and calling all of Todd's friends only to find no one had seen him, they decided to call the police. "We would like to put out an Amber Alert for my 16 year old son Todd" Beth pleaded. When the sun came up after a sleepless night, it was Halloween. A paranoid Beth reluctantly al-lowed TJ and Tony to go trick or treating, but on-ly if Chad went with them. Halloween went by and they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Holidays be-came something that they dreaded instead of antic-ipated. It is so hard to celebrate holidays and be happy when the amount guilt for Todd missing was unbearable. And that's why Mom and Dad were missing their oldest son this year, be-cause they are still searching for him.

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Oops! Sorry Mom by Brookie Butler

Izzy, like any other normal teenager, always stuck to her phone. I mean ALWAYS! She didn't really pay attention to her Mom and Dad. She usually ignored them at any cost. One afternoon she came home after a long day of school, her Mom had made her a bowl of chili and a peanut butter sandwich. Izzy ate it with one hand and her phone in the other hand. She walked away without even acknowledging her mother. "Excuse me" said the aggravated mother. "You’re excused?" Izzy said with a confusing look on her face. "You never say thank you!" the frustrated mother said. "Your father and I do everything for you and you don't appreciate any of it. You know what, I'm going to teach you a lesson. You're going to fix Thanksgiving dinner this year." "What??? Mom that's so unfair." Izzy said sadly. "It's going to teach you responsibility and the satisfaction of doing something and getting a thank you from someone." her mother said with a soft gentle tone. "Ugghh!!This is so stupid," Izzy said while she stomped up the stairs. Well Thanksgiving came around and Izzy oh so dreading it. She got up bright and early that morning, prepped the turkey and put in the oven. A few hours later she got everything ready; the stuffing, the gravy and mashed po-tatoes, etc.. While waiting on the turkey to get done Izzy went up to her room to get ready. An hour past and she's still getting ready you know like a regular teen girl. An odd odor drifted upstairs. It didn't smell very appetizing. Izzy remembered she left the turkey in the oven for too long. The awful stench she smelled was smoke. She dropped everything and down the stairs she ran as she hoped the whole house wasn't on fire. Her mom followed behind her screaming "What did you do Izzy. I told you to fix dinner not burn the house down." They got down to the kitchen which was flooded with smoke. Izzy fought her way through the smoke, slammed open the oven door and black smoke rolled out like a hurricane. Izzy's mom ran to grab some fans and opened a few windows to let the smoke out. Izzy's dad ran down the stairs clueless to what was going on. "Is everyone okay?" "Yes were okay," the mother said while trying to calm everything down. Izzy and her mom cleared the smoke and Izzy's dad went back upstairs to finish getting ready after he found out the house wasn't in engulfed in flames. Izzy's mom looked at her and just explored with laughter. "What was I thinking putting a teenager in charge of cooking Thanksgiving din-ner?" "Yeah what were you thinking?" Izzy said while she joins her mom laugh-ing. "I'm sorry honey I should have helped you but I'm proud of you for getting most of it done." her mother said with a loving tone. "It's alright. I know you were just teaching me a lesson." Izzy hysterically said "Guess I'm not that good of a teacher," her mother said with a giggle while her and Izzy looked around the kitch-en. "Mom, Thank you for... everything." "I'm sorry for not saying it all the time, I know you and dad do a lot for me and I want you to know that I really appreciate it." "Well I guess I am a pretty good teacher!" said Izzy's mother with a giggle. They both got up and got everything cleaned up. Later that evening the family sat down for their big Thanksgiv-ing meal. They didn't have a turkey but no one cared. Izzy's mom just loved the newly found attention she got from Izzy. Not knowing her parents actually had funny personalities, Izzy didn't care about her phone as much as she use too. All her dad cared about was the food.


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7 Days-168 hours-10,080 minutes-604,800 seconds.... and counting

By: Eden Jordan

Present Time: November Eighteenth. Thanksgiving was now a week away. Now I know what you're thinking, so what? It's just

Thanksgiving, what's so bad about that? Everyone likes to get sick by gorging themselves with turkey. This statement is not true. The turkeys, you see, are not as excited for the upcoming

human holiday. In fact, this brings us to where our story begins! (We enter as a group of turkeys have huddled within a dark cor-

ner of the barn in which they live.) Drumstick, the unanimously appointed leader of Farmer

Brown's turkeys has stepped up onto a hay bale in order to ad-dress the quivering mass of plump birds before him.

"Alright, we all know what is at stake here. The time has come yet again for some of our beloved kin to be taken from the

farm to fulfill our ultimate honor, sacrifice, and destiny...."

As Drumstick was giving his speech he couldn't help but feel a tinge of guilt and uneasiness wash over him. He knew that he and the other turkeys had a duty to fulfill. He had even tasted the bounty his brethren

had to offer....what a time that had been! Seemingly so distant but he remembered it like it was yesterday. The others had been appalled, disgusted. They declared him monstrous. They had even sought to pluck him and submerge him into a boiling pot. Drumstick however, was

too smart for them you see. He made a deal with the farmer that if he were spared and the other turkeys taken for slaughter, Drumstick will lead the new generations of turkeys on the

farm to believe that surrendering their delicious flesh to the farmer is the natural thing for them to do. No, the right thing. The only thing.

The farmer accepted this offer.

Drumstick had led young birds to their demise for over ten years now and with the anniversary of his first deceit fast upon him he began to feel restless. He always became restless the week before the slaughter be-

gan. It was almost as if he could hear the distant whir of grinding blades now. This too shall pass, thought Drumstick. His conscience was always

quenched after he sat down for his Thanksgiving meal. It's always great to get the family back together again and Drumstick already had a few birds in mind he would love to have over for dinner....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!


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This Month in History November

compiled by Lexi Adkins

November 4, 1922 - King Tut's tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt, by British ar-

chaeologist after several years of searching. The child-King Tutankhamen be-came pharaoh at age nine and died around 1352 B.C. at age 19. The tomb was found mostly intact, containing numerous priceless items now exhibited in Egypt's National Museum in Cairo.

November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first Republican.

November 9, 1998 - Our very own Hannah Zornes of Journalism has a birthday and will be 17! Happy Birthday Hannie! November 11th - Celebrated in the U.S. as Veter-ans Day we set this day aside to honor and commemorate our brave citi-zens in the armed forces. Thank you to everyone who has served, is serv-ing, and will serve. God Bless! November 19, 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettys-

burg Address during ceremonies dedicating 17 acres of the Gettysburg Battlefield as a National Ceme-tery. Lincoln then delivered his address in less than two minutes. Although many in attendance were at first unimpressed, Lincoln's words have come to symbolize the definition of democracy itself.

November 19, 1978 - The biggest mass suicide in history occurred as Reverend Jim Jones led over 900 followers to their deaths. Members of his "Peoples Temple" religious cult were ordered to drink a cya-nide-laced fruit drink. Those who refused were forcibly injected. Jones and his mistress killed them-selves after watching his entire membership die.

November 22, 1718 - Blackbeard the pirate (Edward Teach) was killed off the coast of North Carolina after a long and prosperous career. Lt. Govenor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia had sent two sloops to put an end to him. The sailors encountered Blackbeard and Lt. Robert Maynard killed him in the fight that followed.

November 22, 1963 - At 12:30 p.m., in downtown Dallas, President John F. Kennedy's motorcade approached an underpass. Shots rang out. The President was struck in the back, then in the head. At 1 p.m., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, was pronounced dead. On board Air Force One, at 2:38 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President.

November 24, 1997 - Another one of our very own staff members birthday, a special on in fact, HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY JAYCEY FITE!! November 26, 1789 - The first American holi-day occurred, proclaimed by President George Washington to be Thanksgiving Day, a day of prayer and public thanksgiving in gratitude for the successful establishment of the new Amer-ican republic.

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