KEEPI N G THE S TUDE NTS OF RHEA COU NTY HIGH SCH O OL I NFORMED SI N CE 1996
HALLOWEEN EDITION
The Eagle's Nest EXTENDED REVIEW SECTION FEATURING SPOOKY GOODIES! PAGE 5 & 6
FRIGHTENING PUZZLES! PAGE 12
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 3
GREEN STATE GOLF CHAMP PAGE 9
Autumn attractions are fun for fall By CORY SMITH CORY@RHEACOUNTYEAGLESNEST.ORG
Anyone searching for a good time this fall can find it just about anywhere they look. The local area is buzzing with the flurry of activity including several haunted houses, fall festivals, and alternatives to traditional Halloween activities. No matter what you are looking for, it is available. All of the attractions mentioned here can be found within about an hour’s drive from Dayton. If you like a good fright, our area is positively crawling with classic haunted houses and haunted walks. In Spring City, you’ll find The Haunted Forest at the Veterans Park, put together by the RCHS baseball team. The forest will be open for business from seven until ten from October twenty-seventh until the thirty-first, and the cost to travel the trail is five dollars. On Dayton Mountain, in the old Walden’s Ridge School, is Terror on the Mountain, a guided tour of multiple themed rooms followed by a haunted maze. The haunt is located on top of the mountain just off of highway thirty. The haunt fires up around “dark-thirty” and stays open until around eleven. It only costs five dollars to be schooled...in fear. Oblivion X is located on the corner of Church and First Street in downtown Cleveland. The haunt is open from October twenty-seventh through the thirty-first. The cost to go through the haunt is ten dollars. For more information and detailed directions visit www.oblivion-x.com. If you’d rather head towards Chattanooga, there are two you might be interested in: At Cerberus Industries genetic research lab, deep in the heart of Lookout Mountain, something has gone terribly wrong. The Haunted Cavern at Ruby Falls leaves you
PHOTO BY CORY SMITH
Taylor and Keely Sullivan (extreme left and right) and friends seem to have survived last Saturday night’s Terror on the Mountain just fine. The attraction is hosted by the Kiuka Volunteer Fire Department, and you can visit October 27, 28, 30, and 31. Admission is $5.
260 feet inside the mountain to find your way back out through passages full of genetic nightmares. It’s a bit pricey—twenty dollars, but many people say it’s worth it. Also in Chattanooga, you can find The Theatre of Blood in the Encore Theatre on Brainerd road near the tunnel. Admission
here is twelve dollars, but you can get a dollar off admission if you bring a nonperishable food item for the Community Kitchen. The Theatre of Blood is a more skitbased haunted-house, featuring unique set designs, beautiful costumes, and experi-
enced stage actors. Speaking of skit-based attractions, Dayton First Baptist will be performing Judgement House again this year, a religious presentation in a walk-through style. The see AUTUMN page 3
Government “by the people,” right? People? It’s a very well-known fact that anyone who har- of the students I spoke to expressed anger and annoybors a political opinion must be a regular voter, ance with the political system in America. Elyssa Evans had this to say: “There’s no point in voting. It’s not like right? Wrong. By RACHEL THURMAN RACHEL@RHEACOUNTYEAGLESNEST.ORG
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Former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker (left) is running against State Representative Harold Ford, Jr. (right) for Tennessee’s open seat in the U.S. Senate in the highest-profile race this election season.
According to Rhea County’s voter registration office, there are 26,719 people registered to vote, but due to relocation or death only 18,904 of those people are eligible to actually vote. Seems like a pretty high number doesn’t it? Right now you’re probably wondering what the point is, aren’t you? Well, only 7,000 out of the 18,904 that were eligible actually bothered to vote in the last election. See the point now? People aren’t voting like they used to, and more specifically people ages 18-26 aren’t voting at all. Rhea County isn’t exactly known for its lack of political opinions, so why aren’t these young people taking that fervor to the polls? Dissatisfaction with the system is one reason. Many
what we have to say is going to be taken seriously anyway.” While it may sound asinine to some, this is how a lot of people feel. It’s not that they don’t care what happens with the government, it’s that they don’t think they can do anything to change it. Although apathy where politics are concerned may be disheartening, ignorance is even worse. There are no civics classes in any of the junior high schools or in this high school. Most students only have a vague understanding of how the government actually works. It seems that many aren’t even aware of the fact that America isn’t a democracy—it’s a republic. As if that isn’t bad enough, 4 out of 5 students I spoke to were unaware that there were two amendments to Tennessee’s Constitution that are going to be voted on in the upcoming election. In addition to the see VOTE page 3