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Ellensburg High School’s Newsmagazine Volume 47 - Issue 3, November 14, 2018
Sports VS The Arts
Fall Play
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Design Your Cover!
Volleyball
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Alutant Staff Editors-in-chief:
Imani Alexander Olivia Anderson
Staff Reporters:
Miguel Cruz-Lopez Jada Godwin Jeremy May Ethan Noble Maxime Pierce Faith Simcox Ava Stuart Steven Szombathy
Adviser:
Jon McClintick
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Cover photo: Front of the School in fall light By Maxime Pierce
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Sports Vs The Arts Steven Szombathy A Staff Reporter Editorial
Why are sports more popular than the arts (i.e. music, painting, theatre, etc.) nowadays? It seems that, as time went on, high school sports have taken the metaphorical driver’s seat in high school. As time pushes on, focus has shifted from the arts to a more sport related way of things. Where sports like football and wrestling are given massive send offs when they are sent off to state championships like banners and pep rallies. But when it comes to the arts they get little posters around the school and maybe a shout out in morning announcements. No large rally or anything close to major recognition. But why has music, art, theater and other things in that area been set aside for soccer, golf, baseball, etc? Some say it’s because sports are a lot more difficult to learn. Well clearly those people have never learned to play an instrument. On average it
takes 2-3 months to learn a set of songs for a band/ orchestra concert. In theater, actors have to learn their lines over the course of 1-2 months and in the same time frame set crew have to learn and mark where all the set pieces and props go along with where the actors must stand and walk during a scene. Athletes have to learn a lot for different sports along with training their body to get peak performance. Most people say that sports have taken priority because of how strenuous sports can be on the body and that the arts don’t have such stress. And in some instances they’re right. Key word: there are “some.” When learning their instruments, musicians train their arms, lungs, and brain to play. But again this work is set aside for football and other sports. People argue that sports build leadership skills and team work in a way that the arts don’t. An orchestra works like one big machine. If one part messes up, the whole thing
could be thrown off. The only time a sports plan fails is when the main player is thrown off wack. In theater actors use the lines and movements of other actors to cue them, and if the first actor misses heir cue or messes up, hey could throw others off a bit or entirely. The arts get little to no recognition even though they put in the same amount or even more work than athletes. The fix is stupid simple: just give the arts more recognition. Go to any of the music teacher and ask when their next concert is. Go to the fall play or winter musical, even ask the ASB to hold an art competition or showcase. The fact that all this work has gone unnoticed is a little disappointing
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Epilepsy Awareness Month
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November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. To raise awareness about this dibilataing disease, here is a primer of what to know about this disease from All information and research courtesy of The Epilepsy Foundation and the Center for Disease Countrol Seizure Types There are several different types of seizures hich fall into a few classification of seizure types. Focal Onset: “Focal seizures can start in one area or group of cells in one side of the brain” The Epilepsy Foundation. In this category there are two types of seizures that can occur. There is Focal Onset Aware and then there is Focal Onset Impaired photo courtesy of epilepsy.com Awareness. For FOA seizures, a person is awake and aware while the seizure Biggest Challenges in Epilepsy Common Seizure Triggers is happening. People with Epilepsy face some for FOIA seizures, an per- A trigger is something that specific challenges: son is confused or they have affect- causes an epileptic seizure to oc• Not doing well at home, cur. Following are the most comed awareness. school, work, or with Generalized Onset Seizures: monly reported: friends. • Sleep deprivation, not “These seizures affect both sides of the • Learning problems sleeping well or not getbrain or groups of cells on both sides of • Memory loss, (short and ting enough sleep the brain at the same time.” The Epilong term) trouble retain• Fevers or other illnesses lepsy Foundation. ing information • Flashing bright lights or Unknown Onset Seizures: • Symptoms of depression, patterns “When the beginning of a seizure anxiety, or other changes • Alcohol or drug use is not known, it’s now called an unin mood and behavior • Stress known onset seizure.” The Epilepsy • Sleeping issues • Associated with menstrual Foundation. • Unexplained injuries, cycle (women) or other falls, or other illnesses hormonal changes • Thinning of the bones • Not eating well, low blood • Reproductive problems sugar Seizure Symptoms • Specific foods Motor symptoms: Include jerk• Use of certain medications ing movements, muscles becoming SUDEP weak or limp, muscles tenseing or Non Epileptic Seizures SUDEP is Sudden Unexplained becoming rigid, and brief muscle So people can have seizures Death in Epilepsy. The Epilepsy twitching, even if they don’t have epilepsy. Foundation explains that when Non-motor symptoms: These Non Epileptics Seizures have someone has a SUDEP, the sympcan be typical or atypical absence been described as Focal Impaired toms are different from a regular seiseizures. Absence seizures can also Awareness seizures. Basically, the zure. have brief twitches that can affect a person might stiffen, and have Typically When SUDEP occurs, specific part of the body or just the muscle spasms. The person could the victim doesn’t show symtoms of eyelids. be disoriented and have impaired having a convulsive seizure. Usually awareness. they will just be lying facedown.
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A New Scene for the Red Pickle Ava Stuart A Producer News Article
Mario Alfaro, the owner of the Red Pickle, works hard to create an inviting, family friendly restaurant. His passion for food and global cuisine make the Red Pickle like no other restaurant in Ellensburg. Each time that I’ve dined at The Red Pickle, I’ve found the staff friendly and the food offered a unique, interesting, and delicious experience. The Red Pickle is moving from the food truck that is was being run out of on Wenas Street, into the newly renovated old D&M location on Pine Street. The new location will have its own seating and will offer a more full dining experience. Alfaro is thankful to have a spot to decorate and more fully call his own. Additionally, the new space will be even more family friendly, allowing for people of all ages to enjoy a meal together indoors. One difference that the Red Pickle has is that they offer dishes with Latin and Guatemalan spices.
This shows the interior of the building in early development.
This is Mario Alfaro sitting at one of his new tables.
Furthermore, each month they offer and encourage people to try wild game dishes. Some animals that they have used before are; octopus, bison, rabbit, and even alligator. Their food is a relatively American style mixed with a lot of Guatemalan touches. Alfaro and his employees are extremely excited about having a new and permanent location, so keep your eyes peeled for when the new and improved Red Pickle opens its doors in mid-November. Come and enjoy a different and fun culinary experience. I know I will!
The red Pickle’s logo is shown above.
EHS Senior Grace Walter is shown smiling at the new location. Behind her, the black spot, is where there will be a mural that Alfaro is very excited about.
This is the outside of their new location.
The food truck above was the Red Pickle’s original restaurant.
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Faith Simcox A Staff Reporter Movie Review
November 14, 2018
A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in a movie? An amazing duo that no one saw coming. In the movie “A Star Is Born” Bradley Cooper plays a famous singer/songwriter, Jackson Maine. After one of his many performances, he decides to go to a random bar and meets the lovely Ally, an unknown artist struggling with her own talents who is played by Lady Gaga. Going into the movie, these two unlikely characters fall in love. Jackson goes about trying to help Ally
grow into the star that she always dreamed of being. While her career goes up, Jackson’s goes down in a series of events that consist of jealousy and abuse of drugs and alcohol. Throughout the movie, the couple fight for each other while being pulled around by the music business. This movie is filmed in a very subtle and slow going way. The camera angles make it seem as if you are in the movie itself. The acting is incredibly phenomenal, considering that nobody ever saw Lady Gaga being an actress. She isn’t dressed in her usual crazy attire, and Bradley Cooper
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had grown out his bead and hair to play his role. And the songs alone that are played are soul surfing, however they are not original to the movie. If you are down for tear jerking movies, 10 out of 10 would recommend this movie. It gives you a great insight to the music business, and how not every career and money means one has a good life. Even in the best of places, one can still struggle. Within this movie, you’ll experience every emotion there is. From super angry, to incredibly broken, to even falling in love. Do you like gushy movie? Go see this bad boy.
Evening on Broadway, A Night to Remember Jada Godwin A Staff Reporter Review
A performance that deserves to be seen again, Ellensburg High School’s Evening on Broadway was a collection of Broadway songs and scenes acted out by student actors. The mood of each song radiated from each student who performed, from somber to joyful to hilariously drunk, and reached into each heart in the crowd at the Morgan Middle School Theater. Character bits were an audi-
Student Actors performing
Student Actors singing a song.
ence favorite, mixing song with comedy and bringing lots of laughs. Some of the best performances included What Causes That? from the musical Crazy for You (performed by Nick Zimny and Kyle Nolan). Popular from Wicked (performed by Haley Rominger, assisted by Jael Cutlip), and Secondary Characters from Title of Show (performed Kassy Edie and Reagan Weitzel). Stepsisters’ Lament from Cinderella (performed by the Bella Voce Women), and lastly;
There is Nothing Like a Dame from South Pacific (performed by the Chamber Choir Men) were also comedic and lively, along with many, many others. While there was some mistakes and a few lines fed, the performances fared quite well for a high school production. Throughout the night the actors became more and more animated, with both the audience and actors leaving Morgan buzzing from the lighthearted, upbeat experience.
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Fall Play Aims High, But Gets Lost in Oz
Jada Godwin A Staff Reporter Feature
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Ellensburg High School’s Fall Play fell short of the joy and wonder that the story, The Wizard of Oz, is known for. The story was under whelming and slow at times, with the only reprieve coming from the strong student performanc- The characters costumes were done well which is shown above. es. The actors played the characFall Play was previously ters well, but there wasn’t much held in the EHS Little Theater, a smaller stage then this year’s Mor- they could do to liven up the pergan Middle School Theater. While formance as a whole. Madison the play used many of the impres- Pannatoni (the Wicked Witch of sive features that the Morgan the- the West), James Kirkham (King ater provided, from light tricks Pastoria), Kassy Edie (Trixie) and to a trapdoor, the production Brock Bowers (the Wizard of Oz), seemed empty and vacant. A lack all embraced their character, along of scene pieces and reliance on the with Alice Miller (Scarecrow), curtains to create depth on stage Jared Gomez (Tinman), and Avcreated almost no visual interest, ery Dean (Cowardly Lion). Overand that combined with the slow all the cast clearly added passion pace in the beginning did not give to their performances that fit the characters. the play a good start. The switch in stages seemed to The second half was better than the first, speeding up the plot be the main demise of the producand adding much needed action tion. The stage was too big, and the story was too small to fill up for the audience. There were also some parts the space to its full potential. This that were confusing to the audi- problem should be fixed in the ence, the most being the double next few years with more expestoryline. Adapted from the origi- rience at Morgan, but this year’s nal play and the original book, play was disappointing at the the play switched back and forth from two stories. At the front of the stage, King Pastoria and his lover Trixie run around Oz trying to overthrow the wizard and regain Pastoria’s kingdom. Behind them, the more commonly known story of Dorothy plays out (with a few excep- Below, Trixie, King Pastoria and the Munchtions). kins in a funny scene.
Hot Mashed Potatoes They are the best part of Thanksgiving.
Turkey A close number two but depending on who is making it, it can dry and not moist.
Ham A good alternative to turkey but it has a lot of fat chunks that are nasty.
Green Beans Nice, salty and buttery also a great side.
Rolls LET’S GET THIS BREAD.
Not Jeremy May A Social Media Manager Feature
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Another Year, A New Winter Show Ava Stuart A Feature Producer
As the Fall Play finishes wrapping up their season’s production, the Winter Musical auditions for Hello Dolly started after school on November 13th (yesterday) with callbacks on November 14th (today). Hello Dolly is a beloved Broadway favorite about an extravagant widow named Dolly Gallagher Levi with a skill for matchmaking. Set in the 1890’s, Dolly’s larger than life character keeps herself in everybody’s’ business, eventually falling in love with a man that she was trying to match with another woman.. The story is hilariously complicated. Many students are excited to participate this year including Mikayla Freeman, Nicholas Gleed, and Kyle Nolan.
Above is Nicholas Gleed in his shirt from the show “The Drowsy Chaperone” where he was a lead named Robert Martin.
Shown above is Mikayla Freeman in Kyle Nolan, wearing his shirt from the her shirt from the show “Chitty Chitty show last year called “Beauty and the Bang Bang” where she was a main Beast” where he played the role Lumiere. character named Jeremy.
Name: Mikayla Freeman Grade: 12 Years of participation: 3 Favorite show yet: “The Drowsy Chaperone because we got to do a lot of dancing and it was a funny show” Why you’re excited for this year: “To see what talent we have in our school and having it be my last year” Why others should participate: Because you get to be part of this big theater community and you don’t even necessarily have to be a good singer. You get to get up and perform with others”
Name: Nicholas Gleed Grade: 11 Years of participation: 2 Favorite show yet: “The Drowsy Chaperone because it was a huge learning experience. We had a great cast and it was a very unique show.” Why you’re excited for this year: “I’m excited for all the new songs, the new vibe, and cool dancing.” Why others should participate: “You learn a lot, there are great people,you get to sing, dance, and act a lot and get to know a lot of people.”
Name: Kyle Nolan Grade: 11 Years of participation: 2 Favorite show yet: ¨Beauty and the Beast, because I just got to know all of these different people and experience a great thing with them. I also got to get close to choir members.” Why you’re excited for this year: “For relearning how to do a musical and a new part. I am also excited to get to know the new theater people and go through the whole process again.” Why others should participate: “It is not only fun but no matter your role (whether it be cast, crew, etc)all of it is just such a wonderful learning opportunity.”
This image was provided by Old National Events Plaza.
Many students are excited for the show and they hope you will be too. See you at Hello Dolly performances in the last weekend in February and first weekend in March!
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THE MISSING 411
Olivia Anderson A Co-Editor in Chief News
Before I get into the actual article, let me fill you in on some information. Half of this article is not even a theory. These are confirmed facts that are followed by theories potentially explaining it. All of the statements in the first three paragraphs are true. The last few paragraphs are the theories that explain how and why these situations occurred. None of the theories are confirmed and all of this is just what I do on my free time. Do not use any of these theories as facts, although you may or may not believe them just know that none of it is confirmed to be true. It was all theorized by someone with too much free time. Since the late 1800s people around North America have been disappearing in national forests and unmarked land.
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A CONSPIRACY THEORY
There have been more than 1600 unsolved disappearances and it all started with a person who looked into this in the beginning of his career with law, David Paulides. He is a retired police officer and was on duty for just under seventeen years working for the San Jose police department and even their swat team. Before his work as a police officer he started as a park ranger and this is where it began. The mans resume is very odd from an outsiders view. First thing listed is his work in the police force, following is a bigfoot enthusiast. Now, kind of strange but not too weird, right? Wrong. The last thing he has on his resume is a cryptozoologist. A person who spends their time attempting to prove that creatures from folklore exist.
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It doesn’t sound too weird that he is doing research in these types of things. He has been researching these disappearances since his time as a park ranger around 1977 and well into 2018. He has written many books such as “Missing 411” which has inspired a documentary with the same title. So, why “Missing 411” if there are well over four times that amount of people missing. Well, the man has been doing his research, clearly. He’s been at it for years now. But why 411? It is because of how many reports and records he has access too. He has had to buy reports from the national parks to gain access to possible theories as to why they disappeared. What he found has been chilling. A quote he lives by when doing interviews about the missing 411 is “I do not make theories, I only connect facts”. So with that being said. Here is the information he has gathered throughout the years. The people who go missing aren’t of any specific age. Most of them however, are children, young adults, and adults, not to many old people but that’s kind of a given because what
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old person is going to go on a hike. It does not matter if they have a pet with them, and if they were taken with the pet and the body hasn’t turned up, the pet didn’t either. Those whose bodies have been found, dead or alive, were found miles away from where they disappeared. If they were found dead most of their clothing has either been removed or cut off and those who have been found dead were, what appeared to be killed, in a brutal way. Most of the time being found at the bottom of a cliff or bluff. There has only been one report of someone disappearing with af gun, out of 1600. The man was found at the bottom of a cliff with his clothing removed. Weapon nowhere is sight. A decent amount of the people, if in groups, were either the scope at the front of the group or scout in the back. Those who were found alive have no recollection of how they went missing, where they went missing, and if someone kidnapped them. For the last piece for information, there is no specific gender missing. There is not a significant difference between the amount men or woman who went missing. Now onto the theories. These theories range anywhere from people getting lost to aliens abducting them. However, the most widely accepted theory is that it’s bigfoot. I know, what a shocker. I believe it’s a bigfoot like creature. Of course most of these
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theories are supported by the proof of no specific gender or age. However, I do not believe it is exactly bigfoot. But we will get into what I believe later, let’s start with the alien theory. The “proof” that aliens are the culprits that those who disappeared in groups literally disappeared with no trace. Of course, some claim that there were lights or weird noises, but other than that most disappeared without yelling, screaming, making some sort of noise. Even if they had just been seen minutes before, they seem to be gone in the blink of an eye. This makes a decent amount of sense. It would explain why bodies are found miles away from the location they vanished from. It would also explain why the clothing would be removed and why the pets are never found. But, that’s the only thing these people have going for them. The getting lost theory. This one doesn’t make too much sense other than the fact that people get lost. No sign of screaming doesn’t justify their disappearance unless they got injured and had no ability to signal their position. It also doesn’t explain why most are found without clothes or without their pets. Unless they have lost the pet or suffered from paradox undressing. A symptom of severe hypothermia to the point where one feels a burning sensation and feels compelled to remove all articles of clothing. Now, for the one I(kind of) believe. Bigfoot. I do not
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believe its bigfoot, but it is backed up by the same proof. The only difference is the reasonings. There are no reasons theorized as to why bigfoot would kill and kidnap people, that is why I do not believe its bigfoot. I believe it is lost indian tribes that migrated deep into the forest when we invaded. They are now in need to expand and further their bloodline, this is why they kidnap hikers. This would explain why those who go missing are either in the front or in the back, why most bodies are found undressed at the base of a cliff and why the pets are never found. The pets being useful and them killing people that attempt to fight back. They learned from the guy with the gun that guns are bad and shouldn’t be messed with. It explains why people are never found or never found near the location they disappeared and why parks refuse to release information. Also, why it’s people of all ages and genders. There are a lot of tribes that have no connections to the modern world, many have already been found but are too hostile to interact with. It is very possible for tribes to be hidden away in national parks or forests especially considering the history the United States has behind it. It is definitely a large probability. Of course these are just theories and not confirmed, nor do you have to believe in them. Just a fun little thing I like to spend my time doing.
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New Superintendent Rolls Into the District Ethan Noble A Staff Reporter News Article
Ellensburg School District has a new Superintendent this year, Jinger Haberer. One of her major goals this year is to work with students directly to better the schools. To build student voice, Haberer is starting a new event called Lunch with the Superintendent. Exactly as it sounds, once a month students can register with the front office to have lunch with the Superintendent in the EHS conference room. “It lets students voice and share ideas” Haberer said. Not a lot of schools do this where students get a convenient way to talk to their superintendent and voice their
thoughts and opinions and coming in and being acceptget to know them. ing to different peoples. Haberer is planning on It can be hard to underproviding students a solid stand what the superintenacademic foundation and op- dent does because it leans toportunities to explore their wards the more corporate side interests. It is very important of school, but the superintento her that students speak up dent is here to empower staff and have a voice so she knows members to help students in the best possible way to help the best possible way. students. “Students at EHS are leaders and they should keep up the strong culture of welcoming all kinds of students,” Haberer said. It is important to welcome new students and the freshman who are Administration building, workplace of Jinger Haberer
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Falling For the Season
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It is that time of the year, fall! Many people hate it, most love it. The time where people dust off their favorite sweater, buy their pumpkin spice latte and take selfies. Walk in the rain, and kiss their lovers under the trees. Dead leaves are collected in piles, and the kids are jumping. The season where pumpkins are picked, and corn is boiled and potatoes are baked. Spooky season is upon us, halloween day is on its way. Trick or treat, better be ready. For the kids are roaming, begging for candy. Everyone has something in the fall time that they specifically love. It can be a sweater, food, drink, the nature setting. Having different taste buds and feelings towards things. Some EHS students were bold enough to share their likings of this beautiful fall season. Miguel Cruz-Lopez A Staff Repoter Feature
Hailee Warner,12th
Joe Davis, 12th
“Do you have a favorite fall drink, why?”
“Pumpkin spice latte, because it is fall in a mug. Tastes how it looks outside, a hug in a mug.”
“I don’t really drink coffee, so no sorry bud.”
“Do you have anything favorite you wear in the fall time?”
“Sweaters, scarfs, jackets, easy to layer. If too hot, take a layer off. If too cold, put a layer on. And no one cares if you look like a hobo.”
“Nice being able to wear sweatshirts again. Jean jackets and jeans. Being able to wear comfortable clothes again.”
“Do you have a favorite food and why?”
“Homemade chex mix, turkey roast, soup, caramelized sweet potato. Because they are family recipes and enjoy making them with my family.”
“Pumpkin pie is classic favorite, also thanksgiving food is classic.”
“Does fall give you a certain feeling? Can you describe them to me?”
“It feels cozy. I remember when I was a kid, we would rake up all the leaves and jump in them! It brings back memories.”
“Memories of playing football with my buddies.”
“Is fall your favorite season? Why or why not?“
“Yes, cause I feel like there’s more outfit options. I love fall holidays like halloween and thanksgiving.”
“Great season, but not my favorite season. Summer is my favorite season, get a break from school and have freedom.”
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Tanksgiving Decoration Guide
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Steven Szombathy Staff writer
Thanksgiving is a holiday that has been brushed aside in recent years for the bigger holidays like Halloween and Christmas. Personally, I’m not a big fan of that. I remember when I was younger and my mother, along with a couple other people in my neighborhood, would decorate their houses for Thanksgiving. So what can you do to show your Thanksgiving spirit? It’s not as hard as you might think. First, your table is looking a little bland. You could get a Thanksgiving-themed tablecloth and see if you could find cornucopia shaped salt and pepper shakers. Yes, they exist. I have seen them with my human eyes. Get some orange, red, and brown washable napkins and wrap your silverware in them to give it kind of a restaurant feel. Does your kitchen have counters? I assume so because it’s a kitchen, so line
it with fake leaves on a string. Do the same thing to the borders of your windows. You can do this using tape or those command hooks that you can find at Fred Myers or any arts and craft store. Another thing you could do is to go online and find Thanksgiving themed couch pillows and blankets for the couch. HEY YA GOT SMALL KIDS OR BABYS IN YOUR HOUSE? Then get some paper, trace their hands and make hand turkeys. Cut them up and put them on the walls with scotch tape. But what about the outside? Your yard is looking a little left out. First, you must perform some yard care. Your yard is looking sad. First rake those leaves, then when you have a big pile, put them in an even BIGGER compost pile. Mowing the lawn wouldn’t hurt either since yard care is important. When you’re done with that, string more fake leaves around the trim of your house or some
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orange and red lights. You could also buy a giant inflatable Turkey! Those are always fun. If your good with woodworking/wood burning then you could make some funny Thanksgiving signs that say bad puns like “Gobble til you wobble” or “we will stuff you like a turkey” and put them on your door or in your driveway. Well, that’s all I got I hope this guide makes it easier to decorate your house for this, the tastiest of holidays.
This photo was found at House Plan Online Modern as well,
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Having A Fun Halloween
Olivia Anderson A Co-Editor in Chief Opinion
Halloween. But when it comes to movies I usually stick to movies that aren’t too well known. Because of this, I have not seen most popular horror movies. And I thought it would be fun if I did do that cause why not? Ya know? Conjuring: At first, it was a really good horror movie. It scared me, it was freaky, I expected a lot of it but it was so well executed that it managed to scare me. But the second time I watched it, it wasn’t very good and because of that I give it a 6/10. It’s a good movie the first time but definitely not something I recommend watching for a second and third time. Paranormal Activity: Coming from a horror movie/story/experience nerd, my honest rate of “Paranormal Activity” is 4/10. It had a great plot, cool ideas, but there was not a single scary thing about it. The scariest part was the last thirty seconds of the movie. I do think the filming of it was very good and unique idea and it was well executed. If you haven’t seen Paranormal Activity, the whole thing was shot through a video camera primarily held by “Micah” one of the main characters in the movie. It had just enough shakiness that it could totally play off as an actual inexperienced person filming, but steady enough that you can see what’s going on. I thought that was a nice touch. But other than that I thought it kind of sucked, could have definitely used more jump scares and a slightly different plot.
Halloween has arrived and gone with the snap of the finger and though this edition is preparing you for thanksgiving and the happy holiday spirit I will be the one to bring you the updates on the spooky things that have happened around Ellensburg this October. I will be reviewing haunted attractions around Ellensburg. And the first on our list is Huffman’s Haunted Corn Field. The first time I went through it was in 2017 and it was amazing,. My friend and I went and despite her being a thirty-five year old woman she sacrificed me to the man with a chainsaw and a man who goes by “Daddy” this year, 2018, I saw a lot of the same things. They had their recurring characters, chainsaw man, Daddy, yeller on the roof. But I saw a lot of the same stuff just placed differently. If there is one thing that made that night though, it was when a man in a mask booped my nose while we exchanged lizard noises. The second place I visited was the CWU haunting at the Student Union Recreation Center(SURC). It was amazing. It was a free event and they had pizza, cotton candy, and an assortment of energy drinks. They hosted a dance floor, zombie nerf shooting, and a haunted house. Though I never was able to participate in the haunted house, the zombie nerf shooting was by far one of my favorite parts about the whole night. They gave you nerf guns and your objective was to shoot zombies who are coming after you while doing a supply run. Every person I met was very friendly and accepting. Which made the night better considering it was just my sister and I. Those who showed up in costume were even better. I went as Annabelle, but there was an assortment of clowns and zombies, Anne HathaWe want to encorporate our students way, Emma Watson, a bubonic plague doctor, a dancing banana, and many more. into the design of our newspaper. Overall it was a lovely night and I highly Please submit your pictures or artrecommend it next year when the time comes work to alutant@esd401.org and your around. The second thing I will review is popular content could be chosen for the next horror movies. I, myself, am a huge horror fan cover of the Alutant! speaking that I went as half a teddy bear for
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Get out and get dirty with the CWU Community Garden
Imani Alexandar A Co-Editor in chief News
Fall is upon us, but students who are looking for community service oppoertunies can set themselves up now for Spring by volunteering at the Central Washington University Community Garden on Alder St. CWU has its own campus community garden made by CWU students, staff and faculty, and Ellensburg community members. I had the opportunity to speak to the founder of this great opportunity, Professor Rebecca Pearson. “I just wanted people to be able to get their hands dirty, have some fun and make some great food,� she said, enthusiastically. Dr. Pearson is a CWU Associate Professor in Health Sciences and has a lot of interest in food and how it relates to people. She teaches a class based in the garden that her students can
take for credits. One thing that Dr. Pearson wants the students of EHS to know is that the garden is always looking for help. And anyone can help. They specifically need help with mulching, beautifying, and seed saving. She added that plain cardboard boxes are especially helpful for mulching because over time they’ll break down and help improve the soil. But the most important part?
The garden is always looking for new volunteers to help out.
Pearson can be found working at Central Garden often
Everyone is wanted and welcome. The garden is a great opportunity to get outdoors, contribute your time to something useful, meet new people, and, last but not least, get community service hours! For anyone who might be interested in checking out the garden, visit the garden blog at https://cwugardeninitiative. wordpress.com/or get in contact with Dr. Pearson: Becky.Pearson.cwu.edu 509 963 2493
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November 14, 2018
Volleyball Serves a Powerful Season
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Jeremy May A Social Media Manager Sports
Year after year the Ellensburg High School continues to show dominance in the Central Washington Athletic Conference. This year’s EHS volleyball team has gone undefeated in CWAC and is on to postseason. Volleyball brings in a large K9 student section to home games and some away games. With star athletes like senior, Gonzaga commit, Tia Andaya and junior, Shauny Fisk, there is no surprise that they sweep team after team. “Our team chemistry has grown the past few years and it’s made us play more as a team than individuals” said Shauny Fisk. Volleyball is a sport where teamwork wins games. Playing libero and outside hitter for the past 10 years has set her in a great position for the team. Fisk has played a key part in the program. Being verbal and communicating with her team has helped get everyone on the court on the same page. Practice is one of the reasons that EHS volleyball has done so good. “We are very focused and deliberate during practice and it shows in games.” said Tia Andaya. Playing setter and outside hitter, Andaya has won
Volleyball sets up the ball for play.
many sets for her team and has caught the eye of college recruiters. She has committed to play division one volleyball at Gonzaga University after her high school career. Her name alone brings in an intimidation factor for other teams. The EHS volleyball team has made it to the postseason, almost every year. More athletes are starting to play year round in club programs in just about every sport you can think of. Once you have those players come back for the high school, there is a major difference on the court. Programs have started taking young players and making them performing machines. They have helped in conditioning, strength, physicality, and many other ways. This trend of athletes going through clubs has helped shape high school sports into what they are today.
Jumping for a spike.
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Look Book November 14, 2018
Maxime Pierce Photography Editor
Showcase of photos from the month of November
Ellensburg High School
Ava Stuart behind a tree
EHS Parking Lot
A lone football
Football (GO DOGS!)
