December 2017
Also in this paper... Competition Cheer has finished their season early, after just one competition, where they won First place. Reporter Madasyn Davis has more information, read Competition Cheer finishes season early.
Page 2 Reporter Emily Eikenberry has an inside look at a win by the Bowling Team. See Jackets dominate Local Meet.
Page 2 Net Neutrality is a pending situation that the public has been fighting against, and will affect the School District. Chief Technology Director, Dave Fringer explains what impact the repeal will have if it passes through Supreme Court. Read Net Neutrality by Cami Wagaman.
Page 3 The Special olympics has been an annual occurrence at TJ for the past few years, and has been run by Gym Teacher, Nicole Vetter. Alondra Ibarra has more details about the day. Read Special Olympics for more information.
Page 3 JFK files were relased by the FBI, revealing what the FBI director had to say, as well as a look into the death of the Assassin. Reporter Morgan Jacobson has more information. See JFK Files released.
Page 4 Sophomore Jane Helms has been in the spotlight as of lately, as she prepares for competition within the Poetry club, another piece of her writing has been published. Reporter Adriana Ibarra has more information. See Face of the Month: Jane Helms.
Page 4 Singer Joyner Lucas has been making waves with his new Music Video for his song “I’m Not Racist”. Read Joyner Lucas, written by Reporter Morgan Jacobson.
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We’ve welcomed a new addition to The Signal, and we hope you enjoy it! View page 4 for a handmade comic, from one of our Reporters, Emily Eikenberry!
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YMCA to turn into ‘The Hub’
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Alondra Ibarra Reporter
As the Council Bluffs YMCA prepares to leave their home of 35 years, a woman named Brooke Hubbard purchased the building, in hopes of creating a family entertainment center called “The Hub”. All together, this project will cost two million dollars in order to build the four party rooms, and to transform the upstairs gym into a trampoline park named the Hub Fly Zone which comes with more than 4,500 square feet of just trampolines. The Fly Zone will include an open bounce court, dodgeball court, battle beam, dunk hoops and vertical platform stunt boxes. Hubbard also commented “The trampoline park idea really evolved from being a frustrated mom and tired of taking my kids to Omaha.” The downstairs area of The Hub includes the Hub Fly Zone Toddler Take Off, which includes 1,500 square feet of trampolines
The YMCA will be moving to a new location, and the old location will be transformed into ‘The Hub’ Photo by: Cami Wagaman
just for the younger kids, also including a mini dunk hoop, slide, and a horizontal toddler climbing wall and balance beams. Next the the toddler zone will be an obstacle course like the ones people see on tv, the courses will feature different challenge levels, which contains ropes, and wall climbs and cheese walls. The Hub will also have a babysitting center named Jumping Monkeys Childcare. Hubbard
got the idea from being tired of taking her kids to Omaha for some fun, and decided that there should be an area in town where children can blow off steam. The pool area will be turned into a training space for Elite Cheer and Tumbling Council Bluffs, and will also serve as a practice spot for high school athletes. The training spot will also include a spring floor mat standard
for competitions, a tumble track and two underground trampolines for training. The Council Bluffs YMCA is expected to move into its new location sometime in December and as soon as that takes place construction will start on The Hub and Brooke Hubbard said that she hopes to open the family entertainment center by April 1st. For more information visit www.ketv.com.
Thomas Jefferson Girls Basketball off to successful start Jordan McAlpine Reporter
Hard work, commitment and dedication. That’s what head coach Devin Schoening said he wanted to see out of his team coming into the 2017-18 season. Through six games the Jackets have done exactly that as they sit at (4-2) and are (2-1) in conference play, one of the best starts this program has seen in recent years. The Jackets have already tied their win total from the 2016-17 season through six games and look poised for more. After opening their season with a 48-42 road win against Glenwood, the Jackets followed it up with an impressive 43-40 win at Sioux City East. In the victory over the Black Raiders, the Jackets snapped a 77 game conference losing streak and grabbed their first win in Sioux City since February of 2007. TJ then improved to 3-0 with a dominant 54-9 win at Essex, before falling in back-to-back games at Abraham Lincoln and Underwood, 51-47 and 60-46
The girls varsity team hyping each other up to go back in the game after half time. 12/12/17 Photo provided by: Cami Wagaman
respectively. However, the Lady Jackets got back on the winning track fast as they grabbed another conference win with a gutty 52-40 home win over Sioux City West. So far through six games, the Jackets are averaging 48.3 points a game and are shooting 33.8% as a team, making 105 of their 311 shots. TJ is 22.5% from behind the three point line as the Jackets have made 20 of their 89 attempts from behind the arc. The girls have also been good from the stripe as they’ve sunk 60 their 98 free throw attempts
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which is good for 61.2%, the fourth best percentage in the conference, but their team success is due to solid play on both ends of the court. As a team TJ has came down with 203 rebounds and has also stepped up on defense with 12 blocks and 107 steals. This season the Jackets have leaned on their sophomore class heavily, and once again they have came through. LaTeah Willie leads the Jackets in scoring with 80 points and is averaging 13.3 a game. Willie is shooting 57.1% and is 76.2% from the free throw
line, but has also been good on both sides of the ball as she has grabbed 35 rebounds and leads the team in steals with 23. Along with Willie, sophomore twin sisters Allison and Allisa Schubert have been key to the teams early season success as both have consistently been a big part of the TJ offense. Allisa ranks second on the team with 53 points, while Allison sits in fourth with 32. Both have also been very reliable on free throw
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