The Bruin - October 2021

WADSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL VOLUME XLVII, ISSUE 1 OCTOBER 2021

HALLOWEEN IS CREEPING IN ON WHS

HAUNTED HOUSES

SHOW DOGS

SCARE ACTRESSES

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SHOULD HALLOWEEN COSTUMES BE ALLOWED AT WHS?

06: SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION MEET THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR A SPOT ON SCHOOL BOARD

07: SCHOOL LEVY

NEW CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE BUILDING TO BE BUILT IF PASSED

09: PUMPKIN EVERYTHING SPECIALTY FALL DRINKS RANKED

11: FOREST OF SCREAMS

WHAT IT TAKES TO WORK AT A HAUNTED HOUSE AND A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE JOB ITSELF

13: HAUNTED STORIES SPOOKY STORIES OF WADSWORTH

14: BEST HALLOWEEN MOVIES WHS STUDENTS RANK BEST HALLOWEEN MOVIE

15: SCARE ON THE SQUARE

THIS POPULAR EVENT IS BACK AND BETTER FOR HALLOWEEN 2021

17: GIRLS SOCCER TEAM UPDATE TEAM STRUGGLES TO EARN A WIN THIS SEASON

18: WHS STUDENT SHOWS DOG EMILY HOLMES WILL ATTEND NATIONAL DOG SHOW WITH HER DOG

19: NEW TEACHER SPOTLIGHT WHS HIRES SEVERAL NEW TEACHERS FOR 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR

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Editorial: Halloween costumes should be allowed alloween is known for its unique week. Students should still be within the

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time for people to dress up as anything they would like. Even in elementary school students were allowed to wear Halloween costumes, but at Wadsworth High School they are not allowed to wear any costumes for Halloween. This seems to be very hypocritical considering Wadsworth High School has spirit weeks where students get to dress up for a different theme every day. Halloween costumes are the same thing as dressing up for spirit

dress code just like for spirit weeks, but they would get to wear whatever costume they would want. This gives students a chance to have some fun in school and would make students excited to show up because it is something new.

We, the Bruin staff, request that the administrators at WHS please reverse the current ban on Halloween costumes.

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VANDALISM LEAKS INTO WADSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL

BY DYLAN HEPPERT

themselves have been vandalized to the point where they are completely round $10,000 in damage to damaged.”

The 1400 wing boys’ bathroom has Wadsworth High School has become the result of a recent been shut down because the damage done was so severe. All bathroom internet trend.

This trend began when a Tik-Tok user vandalism at Wadsworth High School has been contained to took a video of a box of boys’ bathrooms. disposable masks that “The doors they stole from their in the sit down school, showcasing bathrooms have their absolutely ‘devious been kicked in and lick.’ After this became destroyed,” said viral with about 2.5 Sieber. “Right now million views, a trend we are looking in was born. This trend the tune of almost resulted in bathroom $10,000 worth of vandalism in schools damage done.” across the country.

In some places The main point of the the challenge challenge is to vandalize moved on to or steal from school buildings beyond bathrooms. Items that The 1400 wing boys’ bathroom is closed and have been stolen from taped off until further notice. The damage done schools, including theaters Wadsworth High School inside this bathroom was so severe, that it movie and offices. bathrooms include became unsafe to use. Photo by Eric Heffinger The new soap dispensers and hallway pass paper towels. As the trend grew more popular, students then system at Wadsworth High School is began to vandalize bathrooms in other a direct result of the new trend. It is ways. Mr. Chris Sieber, Wadsworth’s designed to monitor students in order to Assistant Principal, says that urinals and get leads and prevent vandalism, but it is also used to easily find students if the stalls have been torn off of walls.

“We’ve literally had stall walls ripped office, or their parents need them.

“We’re trying to keep an eye on where off the wall,” said Sieber. “Stalls

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The inside of the 1400 wing boys’ bathroom. The new hall pass system is designed to prevent vandalism like this in the future. Photo by Dylan Heppert

people are going,” said Sieber. “But the other thing is, it does help us say if there is a need to get a student, we know where we can try to locate you.”

The new system uses Google Forms that students are required to fill out before they leave their classroom and when they return. The form can be accessed by scanning a QR code posted on most teachers’ doors. It requires the student to report if they are leaving or returning to class, and where they are headed or where they came from. This information, as well as the time of submission is recorded when the form is submitted,

so the administration can track when students are gone.

It also replaces an old hallway pass system in the form of a Google Sheet.

Sieber believes that it is much easier for students to scan a QR code with their phones, then to have teachers scrolling through long lists of names on a shared document.

“We’re always trying to find things that help make things more efficient, but at the same time make things easier,” said Sieber.

Mr. Sieber says that the new hallway pass system is here to stay, at least for the near future.

WADSWORTH WINS BEST HOME TOWN

O Wadsworth’s downtown development was considered one of the highlights of the city by the Ohio Magazine committee. Photo by Jackson Kerley

Ohio Magazine stopped at Memorial Park on College Street in Wadsworth. Parks were a major strength for the city and was a key factor in why Wadsworth won. Photo by Jackson Kerley

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BY JACKSON KERLEY

hio Magazine has named Wadsworth, Ohio as one of the best hometowns in the state of Ohio, along with four others.

“We felt very honored to be one of five communities to be one of their best hometowns,” said Robin Laubaugh, the mayor of Wadsworth. “To me and to all of us that live in Wadsworth know that it is a wonderful community to live and to work.”

Ohio Magazine came and talked to Mayor Laubaugh about all of the services the city offers before going on a tour of the area.

“I talked a lot about city services and amenities around the community,” said Laubaugh.

As a part of their selection process, Ohio magazine goes on a tour of any city that is nominated for the award.

“They actually roamed the city on their own,” said Laubuagh. “They came and met with me first and spoke about the schools and the services that we provide.’’

While the committee was free to explore the city, they were given a list of sites to look at by both Mayor Laubaugh and Adrian Patrick, the Director of Downtown Wadsworth.

“We spoke about our parks and

we spoke about our downtown and a variety of topics . . . and from that they had a list of things that they wanted to view,” said Laubuagh. “But they wanted to explore Wadsworth by themselves.

Ohio Magazine ranks the cities based on six categories every year.

“They rated us on Community spirit, Education, Entertainment, health and safety, Business environment and heritage and culture,” said Laubuagh.

Wadsworth will be featured in the November 2021 issue of the Ohio Magazine and the July 2022 issue, which you can order from their website.

“ITS WONDERFUL TO RECEIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY” -ROBIN LUABUAGH MAYOR OF WADSWORTH

The bridge that helps connect Holmesbrook Park and Friedt Park. The bridge was a community project built by the Boy Scouts. Photo by Jackson Kerley

Kaleidoscope Park on College Street in Wadsworth. The playground is a part of Memorial Park. Photo by Jackson Kerley

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COMBINATION LEVY WILL INCLUDE FUNDING FOR NEW SCHOOL AND GENERAL OPERATIONS

BY JANAE JOACHIM

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oters of the city of Wadsworth will have the opportunity on November 2 to pass a two-part levy, one part of which will fund the construction of a new Central Intermediate School building. The second part is a typical operations levy, something Wadsworth has not had in ten years.

If the levy is passed, the new CIS will be built where the three houses and empty land to the east of where the entrance of the high school is now located.

“Those three houses would all be torn down and combined with the land we already own there, and the plan would be to build a new intermediate school there,” said Douglas Beeman, Treasurer of Wadsworth City Schools.

The current CIS building was renovated in 2000. This renovation included infrastructure, HVAC, plumbing and general upgrades. These renovations were projected to last 20-25 years.

The plan is for the auditorium to be preserved for future use, but the rest of the building will be torn down.

Beeman and the rest of the school board are confident that this combination levy will pass because it has been such a significant amount of time since the last one and there is both an operating and bond levy fitting within the typical mill range.

“The last time that we passed an operating levy was in 2011. Typically, we go five to seven years between operating levies,” Beeman said.

A mill is how taxes are accessed on a property owner. One mill on a $100,000 house will cost the homeowner $35 per year.

For a typical levy, the board asks between 4.5-5.5 mills for a bond levy OR an operating levy. For this combination levy, the bond issue will be 2.4 mills and the operating portion will be 6.7 mills.

“We also have some millage from the construction of Lincoln, Franklin and the current middle school coming off the tax duplicate,” Beeman said.

In the end, the net tax increase will be 5.9 mills.

Left: the projected vision of the playground area is displayed. From top to bottom: the dining area, the academic wing and the front of the new CIS building are displayed. This new CIS will be built if the combination levy is passed. Photo Courtesy of CIS Committee

BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES READY FOR UPCOMING ELECTION

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BY KATIE ALLEN

n November, Wadsworth City Schools Board of Education will hold an election for an open seat on the board along with the re-election of three current members.

On election day, Wadsworth’s ballot will include two new names with three current board members running for re-election. The two new candidates are Dave Bartiromo and Kathleen Wiley. In addition, the ballot will show Julie Batey, Amanda Gordon and Gary McComas as current board members up for re-election.

Julie Batey has been on Wadsworth’s Board of Education since 2013, and has continued to take part in making decisions for Wadsworth City Schools. Batey is a lifelong Wadsworth resident and a WHS graduate. She went on to graduate from Akron University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and an associate degree in community services. She has been very active in Wadsworth’s community since 2005. She has held leadership roles in Overlook, CIS, WMS and WHS since 2007.

“I feel that it’s very important to volunteer and give back to your community. You learn an awful lot by being involved in all of these organizations. It helps you to learn and grow as a leader and as an individual,” Batey said.

Throughout her time on the school board, she voted on things such as, the 2021 return to school and the enhancement of the special needs and gifted programs.

“I am a big proponent of making sure we help all our students become critical thinkers. It’s important to me that our

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students objectively learn about all can to give them the best opportunities issues facing our world so that when they possible. graduate from WHS and head out into Gordon is very proud of how our school the world, they have knowledge of how district has stayed in school in comparison to evaluate information from all points of to around the state and nation. Although view and form their own opinions,” Batey the pandemic has “thrown curve balls at said. us” she has Amanda continued to G o r d o n do what she has lived in can in the Wadswor th interest of for over 20 the students. years and is In the future, currently the Gordon is vice president excited to get of the school the chance to board, after introduce the serving for vote for a new eight years. intermediate G o r d o n s c h o o l g r a d u a t e d Members Julie Batey, Jill Stevens, Linda Kramer, Gary McComas building. and Amanda Gordon of the current Wadsworth School Board pose S u m m a together in the PAC. The election for school board will take place on “It is very Cum Laude November 2. Photo Courtesy of Wadsworth City Schools important from Akron for the University community with a bachelor’s degree in business to know that unlike a lot of other districts in administration finance. She later became Ohio, we don’t often ask for levys,” Gordon a Merit Scholar at Case Western Reserve said.

University School of Law and graduated Gary McComas has been on the board Magna Cum Laude with a Juris Doctorate of education since 2017 and is currently degree. She has represented school the president. This will be his first redistricts across the state as a public law election as he is finishing up serving his lawyer. first four-year term. He is a graduate of “I’m still as driven and motivated as ever Kent State University with a bachelor’s on what we need to accomplish on the degree in manufacturing technologies. school board,” Gordon said.

In his profession, he has held different She has continued to run because she leadership roles giving him 15 years of is invested in the community, helping to management experience. In the past he secure the best education and future for has been very involved in Wadsworth the students, and to do everything she schools doing things such as coaching for

sports teams. He has also been part of Wadsworth City Schools Business Advisory Committee and Wadsworth Area Chamber of Commerce.

In early August, the candidacy of Dave Bartiromo for the Board of Education was approved. Bartiromo has been a resident of Wadsworth for almost 20 years. He is a father to a Wadsworth High School graduate as well as a current high school student. Bartiromo is the president of Friends of the Wadsworth Public Library and a member of the WPL board of trustees.

He is a graduate of Rowan University with a bachelor’s degree in communication and an associates degree in computer science from Akron.

“The past year and a half of sitting back and watching COVID-19 happen, that’s what finally made me get up off the chair.

Because you can sit back and complain, but at some point it’s time for you to do something about it,” Bartiromo said.

He promises to listen to what people say and then go to work to find the right solution and not the easiest.

“I want to immediately start finding ways to make things better in our school district. My priorities would be to find ways to fix things that are broken right now,” Bartiromo said.

Bartiromo has goals to end the school year better than it started.

“The biggest qualification I could have is not 20 years of financial experience, but is that I am a dad,” Bartiromo said.

He has seen his children go through Wadsworth schools and he believes he has sat by for too long and is ready to step up to serve the community.

Wadsworth City Council candidates prepare for Nov. 2

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olling locations will be open for voters of the city of Wadsworth on November 2 to elect city council representatives. All positions will be up for election. There are three candidates who have not run for office before: Daniel Rospert for Council At-Large, Joy Martin for Ward 1 and Michael Reese for Ward 4. The other ten candidates are incumbents of their respective positions. The positions of Treasurer, Ward 2 City Councilperson and President of City Council are all running unopposed.

COUNCIL AT-LARGE CANDIDATES

HASKINS Democrat Patricia Haskins is an incumbent of the position, having held it for ten years. Prior to her service as a member of city council, Haskins was a teacher at WHS for 30 years. Upon her retirement, she was encouraged to run and was elected in 2011. Among many others goals, Haskins hopes the new fire station, the roundabout, downtown area and southwest parking lot projects will be viable during her term, if elected.

“As a member of council, I can try to give back to this community what it has done for me,” Haskins said.

STUGMYER Republican Tom Stugmyer has been on Council At-Large since May 2016 when he filled the vacant seat of Bob Thurber who moved up to become council president after the passing of Tom Palecek.

He was already involved with Main Street’s Chamber of Commerce and felt as if knew about the workings of the city and wanted to make an impact. Stugmyer is passionate about maintaining not only the growth, but also the stability of Wadsworth’s economy.

“The economic aspect has always been important to me,” Stugmyer said.

WILLIAMS

Republican David L. Williams has served eight years on Council At-Large.He has served on both the public development and public ways committees and started the parks committee after noticing that the parks need work. One of his main priorities if elected would be to plan the future of Wadsworth’s park system.

“I listen to the people, and I will continue to do that. Communication is one of the greatest things we need to do,” Williams said.

WARD 1 CANDIDATES

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Republican Ralph Copley has been the Ward 1 councilman since 2013 and is running against Democrat Joy Martin for the position this year. Copley worked for Wadsworth Police Department for 30 years and says he loves Wadsworth.

Having a councilman that understands budgeting and represents the people is important to him. He wants to be a steward of the tax dollars and the spending of such.

“If it’s important to you, it’s important to me,” Copley said.

Democrat Joy Martin has lived in Wadsworth for 16 years and never held public office before. She feels she can bring diversity to a council full of males, Republicans and the older generation. Martin cares about bringing leadership to the council and bringing the constituents together.

“I’m not doing this for myself, I’m doing this for the community that’s asked me to run,” Martin said.

Republican Jeanne Hines is an incumbent of the position, finishing up her second year. She originally ran for council because of her love for Wadsworth that was cultivated when she grew up here. It is important to her to be aware and careful with how the taxpayers money is spent. She recognizes the importance of addressing problems that may seem simple (like tree placement or sidewalk blocks).

“I want to help the people not just in my ward but throughout the city,” Hines said.

DARLINGTON

Democrat Justin Terrill has never run for public office before. He decided to run because of his desire for involvement and city service. If elected, he wants to support the city’s growth and ensure that the voices of Ward 3 residents are heard.

“As the community continues to grow, we need to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to be heard and represented,” Terrill said.

REESE

Democrat Michael Reese will be running for office for the first time in November. He has lived in Wadsworth for almost eight years and is passionate about going out in the town. He hopes to connect with young people.

“I just want to make the town better,” Reese said.

TRENDING NEWS

Gabby Venora Petito, 22, reportedly went missing on September 11, 2021. During this time she was on a trip across the U.S. with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. Her body was found on September 19, in the Tetons National Park in Wyoming.

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WARD 4 CANDIDATES

Republican Bruce Darlington has held the position of Ward 4 Councilman for 18 years. When Renacci ran for mayor, he asked Darlington to run. Finishing the new fire station, fixing the southwest parking lot, adding a roundabout at 57 in Seville, and financing the downtown remodel are all important projects to him if he is reelected.

“I like serving the citizens of Wadsworth,” Darlington said. “You have an impact on whats going on in the future.”

GABBY PETITO CASE

Republican Daniel Rospert has never held public office before and is running in hopes that the city’s administration will have better communication with the residents and businesses about projects downtown.

He feels as if the voices of the people are not always heard or accepted, and this is something he wishes to change. He would moderate between administration and employees to ensure that the employees are being heard.

“Communication is a huge thing for me,” Rospert said. “I want to continue serving and doing the best I can for everybody.”

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WARD 3 CANDIDATES

HINES

ROSPERT

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AFGHANISTAN

BOOSTER SHOTS

After a rapid U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban captured the capital city of Kabul in less than three days.

The evacuations, which began on August 14, spiraled out of control as Taliban forces moved into the city and many Afghans fled to the Kabul airport in hope of evacuating with the US military.

During those chaotic final days in Kabul, a terrorist set off a bomb that killed 13 American service members and wounded many more.

All around the world, the question about the usage of booster shots has been popping up. Booster shots, which add extra coronavirus to the body to help build immunity, are becoming available for many different people around the world. The U.S. has recently authorized the usage of booster shots for anyone with weakened immune systems and other countries are also allowing vulnerable groups to get the shot. There are still many debates over whether or not the booster shot is necessary.

EMINEM’S RESTAURANT

Eminem opened a restaurant in downtown Detroit on September 29. The famous rapper is calling the restaurant ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ which is a reference to his 2002 Oscar-winning ‘8 Mile’ theme ‘Lose Yourself.’

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THE BEST SPECIALTY FALL DRINKS OPINION BY CHLOE PORTER

Apple Pie Chai Latte Where: Starbucks Order: Tall Chai Tea Latte 1 pump of Chai 2 Pumps of Apple Brown Sugar Syrup Review: The name says it all. This tastes just like apple pie! This is definitely one of the best out of all four of the drinks and it is highly recommended to anyone who likes apple pie because you will fall in love with it. Some customers thought that it would be way too sweet, but it actually was not very sweet at all; it just had a lot of flavor.

Pumpkin Sweet Cream Iced Coffee Where: Starbucks Order: Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew 1 pump of pumpkin Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam Review: This is a great drink for coffee lovers. It is not like their latte which has a strong pumpkin taste with very little coffee. It has that great pumpkin flavor while still being able to taste the coffee. It could use some cinnamon added to make it pop a little more, but overall it is a delicious fall drink for any coffee lover!

Caramel Toasted Almond Latte

Where: Dunkin Order: 1 Caramel Swirl 3 Toasted Almond Review: The flavor of the coffee was very strong for a fall choice. It was delicious, but if you order this ,you should add more caramel swirl because you cannot taste the flavoring at all.

The toasted almond flavor shots are a great choice and if the caramel was more pertinent, this drink would be a great decision for coffee lovers.

Pumpkin Vanilla Chai Tea Latte Where: Dunkin Order: Medium Iced Chai Tea Latte 3 Pumpkin Swirl 1 Espresso Shot Review: This drink is pretty good. It has the pumpkin and chai flavor in it that just screams fall. The only reason this drink is not perfect for fall is because it is extremely sweet. It did not even finish the medium, because of how sweet it is. If you like sweet stuff this is the perfect fall drink for you and is highly recommended.

WADSWORTH HIGH SHOULD RE-EVALUATE NO COSTUME RULE S OPINION BY KATIE GRIFFIN

tudents at Wadsworth High School should be allowed to wear costumes to school on Halloween. A long term rule prohibits this, and it is now being readdressed by the principals.

Many students would like to wear costumes to school to celebrate Halloween, and they believe that it would be a fun tradition to add to the school year. Even some staff members think the change should be made.

Wadsworth High School English teacher, Scott Callaghan agrees that students should be allowed to wear costumes.

“I think we need to bring more fun to Wadsworth High School,” said Callaghan. “I still think you can learn a great deal, achieve excellence, and be a first class school, and have fun at the same time.”

Students are allowed to dress Mia Petit and Conner Frisby pose for a photo. Last year they went to one of the many Halloween parties thrown by WHS students.

Photo courtesy of Mia Petit.

up for spirit weeks, so dressing up for Halloween should not be any different.

As long as the costumes are school appropriate, it should not change the flow of the school day at all. The staff and administrators should be able to state what is appropriate for students to wear and enforce it in the same way they enforce the dress code.

“If one chooses to dress up in a tasteful manner for Halloween, to have fun and to enjoy the spirit of the fall season, I’m all for it,” said Callaghan. “I think the key is mature decision making.

We need to dress appropriately for school still.”

W e a r i n g costumes to school on Halloween would be a fun tradition for students.

It would bring excitement

towards the idea of coming to school and doing something fun with their classmates.

“I think so long as students and staff dress in a tasteful manner in the spirit of fun and creating new traditions, why not,” said Callaghan. “Some of our best memories were from elementary school when we got to have Halloween parties and Halloween parades.”

Students’ individuality and artistic expressions can be shown through costumes. Adding fun activities surrounding the costumes such as voting on the best or most creative costumes would encourage students to think outside of the box and express themselves.

Emma Watson and her younger brothers show off their Halloween Costumes. This is a yearly tradition before going trick-or-treating.

Photo courtesy of Emma Watson.

Wadsworth High School sophomore Hailey Harris agrees.

“I think students could have a lot of fun with this,” said Harris. “A lot of students would like making costumes and being able to show their creativity.”

This tradition would be timeless and enjoyed by both students and staff. Anyone would be able to participate, and it could help to bring our community together.

Students could also find others with common interests. Wearing costumes to school brings a great opportunity for students to branch out and make new friends.

“You never know,” said Harris. “You could find out that you have the same favorite show as the kid who sits next to you in class.”

If allowing students to wear costumes does not work out, it can be stopped at any time. If the rule is taken advantage of or is not working out for students, staff can make the decision to re-ban them.

“I think there’s no harm in trying,” said Harris. “The worst that could happen is it not working out, and not being able to do it again next year.”

Students deserve a chance to prove that they are responsible enough to handle wearing costumes to school. This rule has been in place for such a long time and was not put into place because of the behavior of current students at WHS.

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igfoot. Monsters. UFO’s. Mutilated Cattle. Aliens.

Demons. All things Seth Breedlove, owner of Small Town Monsters, takes pride in.

“We are going to Colorado for eight days in the San Luis Valley to hunt for UFO’s and cattle that have been mutilated,” said Breedlove.

Breedlove is an independent filmmaker who is known for producing, directing, and editing paranormal content such as film documentaries.

Breedlove is a self taught filmmaker.

“Everything I know I had to kind of teach myself,” said Breedlove. “Our second movie was the first thing I ever edited, and it was also the first thing I ever shot.”

Since creating his company, Breedlove and his team have put out 18 films. By December, Breedlove and his team will have put out five new titles this year, but have technically released six in the time span of 12 months.

“We have one coming up that I am finishing right now that is called ‘On the Trail of Bigfoot Discovery,’ which is the one we filmed on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington,” said Breedlove. “That one is pretty crazy; we had to bushwack down into these valleys with this crew to get footage and it was really amazing.”

Because independent film was not popular or looked upon as being successful in the 90’s, Breedlove says he kind of gave up on his dream of becoming a filmmaker.

“I worked a lot of odd jobs and eventually did freelance investigative reporting for a few Ohio newspapers,” said Breedlove. “While I was doing that I became very strangely interested in the topic of bigfoot and I decided to make a documentary about it.”

This movie about bigfoot did not turn out how Breedlove thought it would, however.

“I made this documentary more as an investigative 1. journalism thing than a film,” said Breedlove. “I never really thought of the first movie we made as a film until we did the screening for it. We screened it in Minerva and like 1200 people came.”

This was the first step in the making of his company.

“Independent film the way it is today is such that anyone can make something and you can find an audience for it, even if you can’t make a living out of it, you can

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find an audience for it,” said Breedlove.

This small film that Breedlove first created was the beginning of his film career. Small Town Monsters first became a company in 2014. “‘Minerva Monster’ was our first movie as a company,” said Breedlove. “We have made 18 movies and we produce YouTube content as well.”

Although Breedlove has interest in other genres of movies, monsters and paranormal are his biggest focus.

“What happened is that we made our first movie, ‘Minerva Monster’, and it captured an audience,” said Breedlove.

“Our second movie did really well and we started finding that there was an audience for this stuff and a way to tell the stories that wasn’t being done outside of us.”

When Breedlove and his company started, he said that paranormal content was only viewable on major networks such as History Channel and Travel Channel.

“All of those shows are very canned and forced and they all kind of have the same approach and we had another idea on how to do it,” said Breedlove.

Breedlove has not always known that he wanted to be a film director. Growing up, he was homeschooled.

“My parents owned a bookstore and we did book shows on the weekend,” said Breedlove. “We were always traveling so we weren’t stable enough to go to a public school.”

Since he was young, Breedlove has had an idea of what he wanted to do.

“When I was a kid, myself and my friends wanted to be filmmakers but I’m an old man so this was like the late 90’s,” said Breedlove. “Back then it was unrealistic to be an independent filmmaker, that wasn’t really a thing.”

When Breedlove was 14 years old, his mom showed him a movie by Ray Harryhausen, a stop motion effects professional.

“It was called ‘Jason and the Argonauts’,” said Breedlove.

“It was the first time I was aware that there were people that made movies. I think before that I thought movies appeared magically out of thin air.”

“Jason and the Argonauts” was the movie that made Breedlove want to make movies.

“I think Wes Anderson who wrote ‘Rushmore’ which I saw in 1999 about a dozen times in the theater was the movie that cemented that I wanted to be a filmmaker and also cemented that I was a weirdo,” said Breedlove.

Because Breedlove shoots mostly documentaries, he does not normally have to worry about finding actors or paying a cast. However, Breedlove and his team are having to cast for an upcoming film. When it comes to casting, Breedlove and his team usually cast people that they know.

“We casted for the first two movies that were narrative based just people that we knew who had some ability to act,” said Breedlove. “At the end of the day, we are working on an independent film budget, but we are working on a project that will be out next year that we have to actually cast actors and stuff so things will change a little bit.”

Breedlove and his team are currently working on a few new productions, one of which that does not have anything to do with the paranormal.

Breedlove has filmed in many different areas 3. and places

across the country. “‘Area 51 in Nevada’ was probably my favorite just because it is so crazy to be in Area 51,” said Breedlove.

“Los Angeles was pretty cool, we filmed around Malibu just because it’s scenic, and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington were probably three of the coolest places to film.”

Films that Breedlove and his team produce and direct usually take two to three months to make.

Breedlove has had many memorable moments in his career. However, a few stand out to him more than others.

“I built this thing out of nothing,” said Breedlove. “I couldn’t have done it alone, but I guess I’m most proud of what we do. We built this out of nothing and now I get to be working alongside my closest friends and even my four year old son gets to come on shoots with me.”

Before starting this company, Breedlove was directionless.

“I went to college for one day and then realized I wasn’t going to learn anything,” said Breedlove. “I bounced around from job to job and I kind of had no purpose until I started this company.”

Breedlove talks about how this film career is the only thing he believes he is good at.

“I know there are other things that I might be able to be passable with, but the only thing I am good at and love doing is this job,” said Breedlove. “This job I created on my own and it kind of placed all the things I love to do into one.”

Traveling is another thing Breedlove enjoys doing which makes the job of being a filmmaker so much better.

“I love to travel, because I grew up traveling, and I have gotten to go all over the country and places like Israel,” said Breedlove. “I get to do things that I never would have been doing if I was just working the mundane job that I had prior to this.”

Breedlove encourages students to never give up on their dreams, even if they seem impossible.

“Do what makes you happy,” said Breedlove. “I know when I was in high school, I had no clue what I wanted to do, and all anyone asked me was what I was going to do.”

It took Breedlove 34 years to execute his plan of being a film creator.

Films by Breedlove and Small Town Monsters can be viewed on Amazon Prime Video, Vimeo, Google Play, iTunes, ABOX, and YouTube.

1. Breedlove and his team films interviews for “On the Trail of UFO’s: Dark Sky”. This was filmed in Sutton, West Virginia. Photo Courtesy of Seth Breedlove.

2. Seth Breedlove, the owner and operator of Small Town Monsters.

Breedlove runs an independent film company. Photo Courtesy of Seth Breedlove.

3. “Beast of Whitehall” was Breedlove’s second film. He currently has 12 films out and more in production. Photo Courtesy of Small Town Monster.

4. Breedlove fims an episode of “On the Trail of Hauntings” outisde the Canton Palace Thatrez. Also pictured is Zac Palmisano (director of photography). Photo Courtesy of Seth Breedlove.

5. Breedlove and his team work on shooting “On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky” on top of the Seneca Rocks in West Virginia. Also pictured are Shannon Legro and Aaron Gascon. Photo Courtesy of Seth Breedlove.

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BEHIND THE SCARE AT FOREST OF SCREAMS

BY ARI KASER

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he squeals of the pigs are loud and high pitched, but they do not cover the rev of the chainsaw in her hands. Her ears have been ringing from the constant, low grind of the chainsaw, but the adrenaline tells her to ignore it.

The excitement starts to build in her chest when she hears the tractor pull around the corner. She looks up at the limbs and animal carcass hanging down, blood covering the part where it was severed, making sure she was ready for the next part.

Earlier, when the blood was still wet on her face, the man with the raspy voice came around and told her to get ready because people were coming. She goes and hides behind the old tree and the hut basked in red orange lights, preparing herself for what she was going to have to do next. The smell of dead leaves huddles around her, and the look of death hangs above her.

She can hear the rustling of their clothes, and their nervous laughter, but little do they know what they are about to run into next.

Celia Lambert, a Wadsworth senior, is in the line of work that deals with scares, makeup, and screams. Her official job title is a scare actress and makeup artist for Forest of Screams, a haunted house in Medina, Ohio.

Celia Lambert, WHS senior, looks back at the camera. Lambert wears bloody overalls, a ripped flannel, a straw hat and puts on makeup in order to achieve an older look. She recently bought white contacts to complete her idea of looking creepy. Photo by Ari Kaser.

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“Ever since I was about nine or ten, I always wanted to be a scare actress,” Lambert said. “I went there when I was about thirteen and ever since I have gone every year they have been open. They said that their hiring age was sixteen, so I have just wanted to work there ever since I turned sixteen.”

She has worked at Forest of Screams since fall of 2020. Lambert has been to multiple haunted houses, most in the surrounding area, but being on the other side of the scare has been a different type of fun for her.

“You get a lot of different people,” Lambert said. “You get some people who come in to look at the facades, and then you get some people who just get scared and it’s fun watching different people react. It’s definitely the most fun watching people get scared.”

Lambert has also had to deal with the fight or flight reaction from people when she scares them.

“I was on a hayride and doing my normal thing and I saw a flying object coming at me,” Lambert said.

“When I could look, it was a shoe. Someone threw their shoe at me. It did not hit me, but it came very close.”

Lambert’s main role stays in Hillbilly Corner as a hillbilly with a chainsaw, but it can change week to week for the workers at Forest of Screams. Hillbilly corner is part of the hayride and is the only sectioned

Lambert attempts to put in her contacts after getting her makeup done. It took her a few times to get them in, as it was the first time that she had ever put contacts in. Photo by Ari Kaser.

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out area that Forest of Screams has on the hayride.

“I throw on a pair of bloody overalls and a bloody flannel, and I throw my hair up in pigtails. I wield around a chainsaw at the spot, which is a makeshift, hillbilly looking slaughterhouse,” said Lambert.

According to Lambert, the makeup artists get to Forest of Screams at about 5 pm to set up their air brushes and paints. The other scare actors and actresses arrive around 6 pm.

“Once everyone’s costumes and makeup is on, we get on a wagon at around 6:30 pm,” said Lambert.

The trail and haunted house is open from 7pm to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. On Sundays, the hours are from 7 pm to 10:00 pm.

“We are basically out there from 7 pm to midnight no matter how bad the weather is,” said Lambert. “I can remember one day it was pouring down rain and they still would not take us in.”

Despite having to work in bad weather, Lambert still enjoys the job and the friends she has made there.

“I got introduced to the other people in Hillbilly Corner, which is what we call it, and I got introduced to Luke and Josh,” Lambert said. “They are now two of my best friends.”

Forest of Screams opened on September 24 and will run until November 6 and then close for the season.

Celia Lambert focuses down while doing the finishing touches to her face before donning the rest of her costume. All the actors and actresses have their own chair in front of a large mirror that stretches across multiple tables. Photo by Ari Kaser.

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WADSWORTH: IS OUR TOWN HAUNTED?

BY CARLEY SORRENT & BRENDEN BARLETT

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adsworth was founded in 1814, and since then there have been many community stories and legends. Mr. Roger Havens, former principal of Franklin Elementary School, is the president of the Wadsworth Historical Society. He has a myriad of local scary stories, some of which include alleged hauntings.

Havens grew up in Wadsworth, and he has always been interested in the history of the town. Every year he does a cemetery walk in Woodlawn Cemetery, where he talks about different local legends such as the disappearance of Sylvia Beach.

Sylvia Beach was 23 when her family, consisting of her brothers and parents settled in Wadsworth as one of its pioneer families. The Beach Family lived on Akron Road, near Bent Creek.

“When she was a young child she developed Scarlet Fever, which made her maintain a high fever, and it ended up destroying her hearing and also her speech,” said Havens.

Beach suffered from short seizures, causing her to panic temporarily and run.

“Her mom always kept a pretty close eye on her because of those reasons,” said Havens.

One day, Beach and her mother were gathering wood to store in their cabin.

Beach’s mother went in first. She assumed that Sylvia was following suit.

“Her mom set her wood down and she heard the log cabin door close behind her, but when she turned around Sylvia wasn’t there,” said Havens.

The entire town helped search Wadsworth

Township, but they could not find her. The from the house. That way, she could look out last trace of her was her footprints in the every morning to remind her of her darling snow. The snow melted away before the Curtis,” said Havens. town could follow her trail in Durling Park.

There have been reports of people After accepting she was gone, the on College Street hearing a wagon Beach Family had a gravestone placed roll past the road late at night. as a memorial for Sylvia in the Woodlawn “They hear it bumping and Cemetery. making this God-awful noise,” Despite the town never finding Sylvia, said Havens. “At the end they her story does not end there. According to hear a bashing sound. After that, Havens, there have been sightings of an they don’t hear it anymore.” “apparition of a pioneer girl that is seen With mishaps such as the down in the Durling Park area.” disappearance of Sylvia Beach Beach was not the only scary story of and the death of Willy Curtis, it Wadsworth. Willy Curtis was an 11-year-old came as no surprise that many boy who lived on College Street. He often people stayed away from the went up to his father’s pharmacy office on Woodlawn Cemetery.

One Broad Street in a wagon. person did not, however, and “Willy would leave his house and suffered the consequences. take his wagon up the hill to downtown “Back in the 1800s Wadsworth because he knew the best there was some type of part of it was the ride back,” said Havens. gathering among the young One day in 1871, Curtis was coming adults somewhere uptown, back from a visit to his father’s work. somewhere around Pardee “When he got there in front of St. Mark’s Street,” said Havens. church, he jumped on his wagon and Two teenagers at that headed down the hill,” said Havens. gathering began to talk.

Curtis picked up so much speed “ O n a w h i m the that he had no hope of stopping. young lady challenged Instead, had to hit things in his the boy to do something path. Unfortunately, the Woodlawn for her, to see if he Cemetery was in the way, and he had the guts to do rode right into the fence. He it.” Havens said. was impaled on the wrought She challenged iron gate’s latch at the him to entrance of the cemetery. The Curtis Monuments stands in the front of the r e m o v e “His mom and dad were Woodlawn Cemetery, facing College Street. This a sprig of monument was, according to Havens, more for so distressed over it that the piece of mind of the mother than it was to e v e r g r e e n his mom wanted to put up commemorate Willy Curtis. Photo courtesy of f r o m t h e a statue across the street Brenden Barlett. hemlock tree

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BY CARLEY SORRENT & BRENDEN BARLETT

oodlawn Cemetery may be home to some scary stories, but it also holds pieces of forgotten history.

Mrs. Michelle Waugh, a member of the Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery, has been studying the lives of the former slaves buried in Wadsworth for over a year.

“I’ve always been into genealogy with my family, and, in doing genealogy, I started studying Wadsworth history,” said Waugh. “I joined this group [Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery] because I have about ten generations [of family members] buried here.”

The Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery group cleans the graves, keeps documentation in order, and tries to mark the unmarked graves. “ Unfor tunately, there’s about 49 people that don’t have any special recognition,” Waugh The gravestone of Luther Lee, husband of Lucy Lee, is in the Woodlawn Cemetery. It is the only concrete indicator of Lucy Lee’s death. Photo by Carley Sorrent.

said. “They’re over in block four.”

Block four is barely documented. If someone buried there had enough money, they would be given a small headstone.

Men were usually the only ones with marked graves.

“I’ve tried to reach out to African Americans in Wadsworth and ask how they want them [the unmarked graves] to be memorialized,” Waugh said. “My idea is to do some sort of plaque.”

In this case, Waugh thinks doing something around the cemetery would be nice. She wants the public to know who they were.

“Wadsworth history is well documented,” said Waugh. “Except for when African

Americans came.”

Waugh became interested in recovering that history when she looked at the documents concerning plot four. Waugh saw the missing people, and it sparked her curiosity.

“Lucy Lee and her husband Luther Lee came to Wadsworth and stayed out by Silvercreek,” Waugh said. “Most black families lived on Kyle Street. She lived on a farm and was very responsible for feeding most of the area during the Great Depression.”

Lee brought together her community during such a difficult time. She gave food to her neighbors, even when she could hardly feed her own family.

“Unfortunately, she sold her farm at the end of her life in order to get Social Security,” Waugh said.

Social Security was hard to access back then, especially for the black community.

Lucy Lee is not the only woman of bygone remembrance, in fact, there are many uncovered stories that end in the Woodlawn Cemetery.

One story concerns an ex-slave, Julia Williams.

“Julia Williams was also born in Virginia, and she was a maid when she was enslaved,” said Waugh. “She said that she had it better than everyone else.”

Williams recalled this fact in her

located just inside the gate to the cemetery on College Street and bring it back to her.

Although it was not a particularly difficult ordeal, the 19th century was filled with superstition. The thought of going into a graveyard in the middle of the night was a terrifying prospect to the young man.

Still, wanting to impress the girl, the boy dashed to the tree, but in the corner of his eye, he saw a white figure. He immediately thought that it was a ghost and panicked.

The young man came across a loose metal rod on the ground and struck ‘the ghost’ as hard as he could.

After seeing a stain of blood on the sheet, however, he removed it and realized it was not a ghost; it was the young lady.

The shock of the situation left the boy without his sanity. Following that day, he spent the rest of his life in an insane asylum.

Sylvia Beach’s memorial remains in Woodlawn Cemetery. It was one of the first gravestones to mark the graveyard. Photo courtesy of Roger Havens.

narrative, made with the aid of the Federal Writers’ Project.

The Federal Writers’ Project is a slave narrative project, started by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The goal was, from 1936 to 1938, to collect as many stories from freedmen as possible.

“She married Richard Williams and came up north with him,” Waugh said.

“Williams lost several family members from Tuberculosis.”

Even so, her kinsfolk have been traced up to the 1940’s, and Waugh thinks there are still relatives living today.

“She lived to be almost 100,” Waugh said. “Williams just kept house in her older years. A year before she died, she took part in the Federal Writers’ Project.”

Although she was illiterate herself, Williams was aided in the documentation of her story. It can still be accessed today on the internet.

“Williams was the only one who participated in the area,” said Waugh. “She died the very next year.”

Julia Williams and Lucy Lee are only two of many people who Waugh is trying to keep alive. Waugh feels confident that she can bring forth the importance of this project to the public and inspire them to look into Wadsworth’s history.

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TOP 3 SCARIEST LOCAL HAUNTED HOUSES

BY GAVIN ZEINER AND MASON BURTON

New Bruin staffers traveled around local haunted houses to discover which were the scariest haunted houses to visit in the area. We asked each participant what they thought about the haunted house they visited. The number of skeletons under the haunted house is the rating out of five.

Chippewa Lake SlaughterHouse

Forest of Screams

Haunted School House & Laboratory

“One of the scariest things I saw was a pigman with a circle chainsaw that chased me around the corner,”said Charlie Hoffman. The Chippewa Lake Slaughter House is located in Chippewa, Ohio. “I was not really scared of much, but there were some jump scare moments that got me,” said Hoffman. The slaughterhouse had a massive expansion for the new season in 2021, which made it more interesting.”My favorite part of the haunted house was the butcher room because it was fun hearing other people scream,” said Hoffman. He rated the haunted house a overall 4/5 skeletons in scariness.

“Some of the actors had creepy makeup or like fake chainsaws which were kinda freaky,” said Hannah Hoffman. The Forest of Screams is located in Medina, Ohio. “I thought it was really funny but it wasn't super scary,” mentioned Hoffman. Forest is a very well known outside field feature.”My favorite part was the haunted trail because it was the scariest part,”said Hoffman. She rated this haunted house a 3/5 skeletons in scariness.

“The scariest thing I saw was a guy outside the haunted house with a chainsaw,” said Erica Jurius. The Haunted Schoolhouse and Laboratory is located in Akron, Ohio.

“The overall experience was good, the line wasn’t long at all, all the workers, even the actors are always super nice, and I’ve never had any problems going there,” mentioned Jurius. This Location is known for the large hole in the top floor that Jurius mentioned was her favorite part of the whole experience “My favorite part of the haunted house was walking on the top floor of the building and looking down and seeing everything from so high up, it’s really cool.” She rated the haunted house overall as a 3/5 skeletons in scariness.

A cement gargoyle snarls outside of Chippewa Lake Slaughterhouse.

Charlie Hoffman, junior at Wadsworth High School, saw this statue at the Slaughterhouse. Photo Courtesy of Charlie Hoffman.

Hannah Hoffman, sophomore at Wadsworth High School, sits on a bench at the Forest of Screams with her friends Grace Barrett and Drew Bowerman.

Photo Courtesy of Haley Reedy.

Erica Jurius, senior at Wadsworth High School at the Haunted School House and Laboratory smiles with one of the scarers. Photo Courtesy of Erica Jurius.

WADSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL VOTES HALLOWEENTOWN AS BEST SPOOKY MOVIE

BY BROOKE BAUGHMAN

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alloweentown is a classic movie that premiered on Disney Channel in 1998. Wadsworth High School students voted Halloweentown as the best Halloween movie to watch during October.

31.3% of students voted for “Halloweentown,” second place with 25% of student votes was “Halloween,” and “Hocus Pocus” came in third place with 18.8% of the votes.

“Halloweentown” is about a girl named Marnie who lived an ordinary life. Once her grandmother (who was a witch) came into town, Marnie learned that she was actually a witch too. Marnie and her siblings follow their grandmother into “Halloweentown,” a place where vampires, witches, and more can live in peace. Evil spirits soon erupt and Marnie has to help save “Halloweentown.”

Kyleigh Johnson, a sophomore at Wadsworth High School, voted for “Halloweentown.” She said it was her favorite movie to watch during October because it is very Halloween themed. Because the film premiered on Disney, there is not really a horror aspect to it, but that is why Johnson said she liked it.

“I like scary movies, but I’ll watch those all year round,” said Johnson. “‘Halloweentown’ is specifically a Halloween movie so I like to

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watch it during October”.

Since “Halloweentown” came out in 1998, it is a movie that strikes nostalgia in a lot of people today.

Jenna Ruether, a junior at Wadsworth High School, also voted for “Halloweentown.”

Ruether has watched it every year since she can remember.

“I like the plot,” said Ruether. “It is very halloween-like, and I look forward to watching all of the movies every October”.

The movie that was the second most popular among Wadsworth High School students was “Halloween,” which premiered in 1978. The franchise has 11 different Halloween movies that span over four decades, and the newest one, Halloween Kills, is projected to come out in October 2021.

“Halloween” is about a young boy named Michael Myers who murdered his older sister and was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. On October 30, 1978, he escaped and returned to his hometown to look for his next victims.

Alex Risher, a senior at Wadsworth High School, was one of the students who voted for Halloween as the best movie to watch during the spooky season.

Risher is a big fan of all of the “Halloween” movies, but his favorite is the most recent

Halloween that came out in 2018. “‘Halloween’ is a really entertaining movie that puts you in the mood for Halloween, and it has multiple thrilling events,” said Risher.

Lastly, the movie that came in third place was “Hocus Pocus,” with 18.8% of the votes. It premiered on Disney in 1993. The film won the Saturn Award for Best Costume in 1994.

“Hocus Pocus” is about a teenage boy who accidentally frees a coven of evil witches.

Him and his friends go on a mission to steal the witches book of spells to stop them from evil and becoming immortal.

Some other movies that made the top eight films to watch during Halloween were “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Ghostbusters,” “Spooky Buddies,” “The This is the movie poster for the movie Halloweentown directed by Conjuring,” and “The Texas Duwayne Dunham. This movie been has been nominated for many awards including Best Performance Young Artist Award. Photo Chainsaw Massacre.”

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WADSWORTH HOSTS DOWNTOWN HALLOWEEN EVENTS

BY LILY CHESBRO

They have now been doing this event for seven or eight years. owntown “Alex went to Wadswor th dental school in is hosting Kentucky where a couple events this they had a really Halloween season, big ‘Thriller’ dance including both First every year. He Friday on October wanted to bring 1 and Scare on the that really fun Square on October 21; experience back people will be able to to his hometown in attend and enjoy with Wadsworth,” said family and friends.

Adrianne Patrick, For many years, Executive Director First Friday has taken of the Main place every month.

Street Wadsworth Downtown shops host activities that are Pictured here is Lori and Alex Mcllvane, with Alex Organization.

Thriller includes open to the public. as Michael Jackson. They dress up as this every year to make the Thriller dance come to life. a dance that Another event that Photo Courtesy of Adrianne Patrick. anyone in the will be taking place community is able this spooky season is to attend and enjoy: adults, Trick or Treat from 6-8 p.m. on kids and teenagers.

October 31. This gives kids of “It’s really A total of four rehearsals all ages a chance to dress up just one big are held for community in their costumes and enjoy members to learn the community some family fun.

“Thriller” dance by October Wadsworth has held the effort to make 21. Members who wish to Scare on the Square event in this event join this event are required the years past. It was canceled to attend at least two of last year, but is back in action happen. the four rehearsals. Due this October. People from -ADRIANNE PATRICK to COVID-19, rehearsals around the community come will be on Zoom. The link together and perform the is able to be accessed on “Thriller” dance by Michael the Wadsworth Main Street Jackson dressed as zombies.

The night starts out with Halloween Facebook. There will also be a mandatory festivities, from 5-7 p.m., including the rehearsal on October 20.

The trick or treat part of the night is trick or treat and looking at the Thriller zombies laying around town before the optional for the businesses downtown to contribute and get more people to dance begins.

The Scare on the Square event is run recognize their business.

Those businesses will put a pumpkin through Dr. Alex and Lori Mcllvaine. The McIlvaines are heavily involved with the on their door to let people know that they are passing out candy to the children and community of Wadsworth.

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The Strand sign is lit up with the date and Scare on the Square event from a couple years ago. This lit up with the Thriller information every year. Photo Courtesy of Adrianne Patrick.

whoever else wants to stop by.

“That is really good for their business because even if someone doesn’t shop that night they get lots of new people that learn that they are there,” Patrick said.

The safety forces of Wadsworth are really crucial to allow this event to take place.

The police officers and firefighters will make sure everyone is safe and following COVID-19 guidelines.

Patrick explained that the reason they are able to do the event this year is because it is an outdoor event and people are then able to choose if they want to wear a mask or not. Volunteers as well as business workers will enforce that people social distance and stay with their families.

“I would like to thank one of our Main Street Wadsworth Board members, Tom Stugmeyer, who does the sound design every year for this dance,” Patrick said.

She explains that downtown Wadsworth does not have any stationary speakers that are able to be used for the “Thriller” music.

Therefore, music speakers are needed for the dancers, to amplify the sound for all to hear.

“Main Street has some speakers, Stugmeyer has some personal ones in his collection, and he needs to install them in the windows in some of the downtown buildings,” said Patrick.

Patrick also wants to thank all of the Main Street volunteers and city forces who help make this event happen.

“It’s really just one big community effort to make this event happen,” she said.

This is an event that brings the community together to kick off the holiday season.

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OCTOBER 1 5 :30- 8:30 pm

SCARE ON THE SQUARE

OCTOBER 21 5-8 pm

TRICK OR TREAT

OCTOBER 30 6-8 pm

These three zombies participated in the “Thriller” dance. They used to dance at Northeast Ohio Dance right in the square. Photo Courtesy of Adrianne Patrick.

Alex Mcllvane leads as “Michael Jackson” in the “Thriller” dance. Other volunteers lead behind helping Thriller to come to life. Photo Courtesy of Adrianne Patrick.

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THE BRUIN ADS I am Jeanne Hines and I’m asking for your support for my re-election as your Wadsworth City Council Ward 3 representative. I am a lifelong resident of Wadsworth, and I have raised my two daughters here.

A graduate of Wadsworth High School, Kent State University, and Ashland University, I am currently a teacher in Chippewa Local Schools. My career as an educator spans kindergarten through middle school.

With your support in November, I will continue my work addressing the concerns and issues of the City and especially the citizens of Ward 3.

988 HIGH ST. WADSWORTH, OH

16 OCTOBER 2021

SPORTS THE BRUIN

JV CROSS COUNTRY TAKES CENTER STAGE

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BY JULIA SWAIN

ith the Wadsworth varsity girls cross country team graduating four seniors last season, there was fierce competition over the summer for those open spots, and with only seven spots in total, there were a large number of runners left off the list.

Marianne Short, Tiffany Gal, Nora Cartwright and Alex Sowul are just some of the talented runners that make up the JV team.

In a typical cross country race, the top seven runners for each team scores. So, when the varsity and JV teams are separated into their own races, the task of scoring falls onto those top seven JV runners.

Sowul shared that when varsity is separated into their own race, meaning that they have a separate warm-up, cool-down, etcetera from everyone else, she feels a responsibility to lead the team, especially with her senior status.

“Yes, as a senior and as my position in cross country there is a big responsibility in trying to be a leader to others, whether that’s by doing core or just being a good teammate,” said Sowul.

Additionally, Short shared that racing together in one big group helps keep her motivated, especially in the harder moments of the race.

“My group generally is within a close range within races and at the finish,” said Short. “This personally helps me to keep pushing even when I’m in pain and tired,

NORA CARTWRIGHT

MARIANNE SHORT

“My overall TIFFANY GAL goal for the ALEX SOWUL season is to “I hope that “My overall get a personal we are all able goal for the to improve our record for my team this times from our high school season is for career.”

2019 season at everyone to these courses.” feel proud of themselves.”

“My goal for this group is for us to finish this season, feeling like we’ve done the best we could have possibly done throughout the season.”

because if I see my group continuing on, I know I can as well.”

Gal explained the pressure, or in this case the lack thereof, from the coaching staff. “ I wouldn’t say I feel a lot of pressure although I always hope to do well, and the coaches definitely encourage us to get out there and perform well,” said Gal. “They encourage us to catch up with a group ahead or pass a few people in that last mile, but it’s always a good pressure.”

Cartwright shared her own thoughts on pressure during races, explaining that the pressure comes from her own mindset.

“I always want to improve so I usually feel pressure to do my best so I can perform well in the race,” said Cartwright.

Additionally, Sowul shared how she personally encourages her teammates in the midst of even the most difficult races.

“Personally, I try to encourage the girls to keep breathing and remind them that they’re doing great no matter how confident they’re feeling about that particular race,” said Sowul.

Gal offered an opposite opinion. She shared that she prefers to give her encouragement throughout the week rather than during the race.

“Personally, I do not like talking during a race nor do I like others talking to me even if it is encouraging,” said Gal. “One way in which I try to encourage my teammates is cheering throughout the week in workouts or just recovery runs.”

The regular season will conclude with the Surbaban League Championships on October 16, 2021.

GIRLS SOCCER STRUGGLES THIS SEASON

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BY SYDNEY DAILY

he Wadsworth High School girls’ varsity soccer team is working hard to turn their season around after they tied their first two games and lost their third.

The Lady Grizzlies record so far has indicated they are not doing well this season. After their first seven games, they have tied two and lost five.

“It’s kind of been a rough start to the season with no wins, but everyone is putting in amazing effort and we are performing well,” said senior Emily Rhoades. “We’ve had a pretty tough schedule so far, and we have dealt with every game in a pretty positive way.”

After their first couple losses, varsity coach Paul Williford knew something needed to change.

“We need to get more offensive,” said Williford. “We don’t put enough pressure on the other team offensively to alleviate the pressure on our defense”.

To improve their record, sophomore Lotus Lemp speaks out about what she thinks the team can improve on.

“Working better as a team, changing the formation, making sure we’re using everyone’s strengths, and giving intensity for all eighty minutes will give us the extra boost we need to win,” said Lemp.

Lemp also spoke about how the leaders on the team keep the players in good spirits.

“We keep people upbeat and try to get everyone’s heads in the game,” said Lemp.

They feel this is one aspect that they have done well at this season. This has given them the upperhand in almost beating every team they have played.

They just need a little something more in order to pull ahead and win a game.

COVID-19 protocols have been a

The team in a huddle before their game. They are discussing strategies on how to score. Photo Courtesy of Liz Mendel.

major factor in sports for the past couple of years now, and unfortunately it has made this season particularly hard. Some girls have been out due to quarantine, so some of the JV girls have moved up to varsity for a couple of games.

“This gives the other team an unfair advantage due to the skill level difference,” said Williford.

The Lady Grizzlies got their first win on September 15, 2021 against Nordonia High School. They communicated more throughout the game and were more offensive which allowed them to score.

The final score was 5-0.

Now the Lady Grizzlies are 1-8-2, and they play Green High School in their last league game on October 16, 2021.

The Lady Grizzlies listening to the National Anthem before their game. The final score was 1-2, Medina winning at the end. Photo Courtesy of Liz Mendel.

Sydney Blake and Tatum Mendel playing defense against Medina High School. Mendel was on varsity as a freshman and Blake as a sophomore.

Photo courtesy of Liz Mendel.

Lotus Lemp playing Medina High School on August 23, 2021. Lemp is a midfielder for the Grizzlies. Photo Courtesy of Liz Mendel .

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FEATURES THE BRUIN

WADSWORTH’S EMILY HOLMES HEADS TO TEXAS TO PERFORM IN NATIONAL DOG SHOW

BY HALEY REEDY

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mily Holmes, Wadsworth High School sophomore, is headed to Texas in late October to show her dog, Bro, to compete in a national competition.

Holmes grew up around dogs and the training and showing process, learning what she knows from her mother, Teresa West-Holmes.

“When my mom was younger she worked for a professional handler and she got really into it,” Holmes said.

Holmes has a lot of experience with dog showing. She has been showing dogs since fifth grade, almost five years now.

“When I was growing up I helped out with training the dogs, which eventually led to my interest in it,” s a i d Holmes.

T h e Holmes’ 1 have five dogs,

all Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Holmes mainly shows one of the five dogs, Bro. “Bro was born at my house because we actually breed Rhodesian Ridgebacks and now he’s almost seven years old,” Holmes said. “My mom started training Bro originally but when he turned about 1 or 1 and a half.

I took over and have been training him ever since.”

Holmes and Bro will be one of 2 the hundreds of pairs, trainers and dogs that will attend the national specialty in Texas later this October.

“There is going to be roughly a few hundred dogs just for showing and then other dogs entered into events other than conformation training, so there will be lots more dogs than just a few hundred,” Holmes said.

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the dog show and where it is held the number of dogs and trainers can fluctuate.

Typical competitions can last anywhere from several hours to almost a whole day. These competitions can be weekend events too.

“I have competitions basically every weekend,” Holmes said.

Holmes recently received Reserve Best in Show which is one of her first major awards. Reserve Best in Show is one of the highest rewards that you can receive.

“I can see myself doing 3 this in the future maybe, it’s just kind of spotty because people are paying you to go to all these competitions and scheduling can become hard at some times,” Holmes said.

This is Holmes 5th national level show. To follow this competition up Holmes will also have a competition in Florida later this year in December.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS TRAVEL TO WHS Levente Torda Levente is a student from Hungary and is on the WHS football team. He is very excited for the rest of his high school career in America. Photo by Kade Miros.

Melissa Pavia Melissa is an exchange

student from Brazil, and is ready for the rest of the school year. She is on the cross country team. Photo

by Kade Miros.

Miquel Munar Coll

Miquel

is a foreign exchange student from Spain, and is very excited for the upcoming year.

He is a part of the boys soccer team. Photo by Kade Miros.

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5 1: Emily and Bro pose after they won an award. Bro is currently ranked the #1 Lifetime Rhodesian Ridgeback in the American Kennel Club’s National Owner-Handled Series competition.

2: Bro and Emily in the ring together competing at the Canfield Cluster Dog Shows this past summer. Emily has been training Bro since he was one.

3: Emily recently handled Bro to his first Reserve Best in Show award. She hopes to win again later this October.

4: During the first few months Emily began handling Bro, they competed at the 2017 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Bro earned the very prestigious award of Best of Opposite Sex. 5: Bro has won multiple Best of Breed awards.

Those are Regional Specialty shows, like this one in Orlando, FL last December.

Photos Courtesy of Emily Holmes

BY KADE MIROS

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rom Brazil to Thailand, Wadsworth got day and the teachers are the ones who six foreign exchange students for the move from class to class each period.

2021-2022 school year. With the start “My dad was a part of the exchange of a new year at Wadsworth High School, a program and he would always tell me to handful of students across the world came be a part of it too if I was ever offered the through the foreign exchange student opportunity,” said Pavia. program.

Most people think the hardest thing Miquel Munar Coll, a student from Spain, about being an exchange student is the has been to America several times, this process of having to learn a different being his third. He explains how language but according to different American schools are Pavia, it is not.

“WHAT MADE than what he is used to.

“The hardest thing about “I like it a lot more here ME WANT TO going to another country and because the school is bigger,” school is probably making COME WAS said Munar Coll. friends,” said Pavia.

Munar Coll also loves sports, PROBABLY Line Galke is an exchange especially soccer. student from Germany but BECAUSE “Where I am from, we play specifically from the North all year rather than playing for MY SISTER Rhine-Westphalia. She has a few months,” said Munar Coll. LIKED THE lived there her whole life and Last year his sister was a decided to make a decision and EXPERIENCE.” foreign exchange student with travel to America.

-MIQUEL MUNAR COLL the same host family.

“The school is bigger than “What made me want to mine,” said Galke. come was probably because my sister liked America’s culture is different than the experience,” said Munar Coll.

Germany’s, according to her.

Melissa Pavia, a student from Brazil, “I like the country and culture. People on compares and contrasts the differences the sports teams are a lot nicer and there between Brazilian schools and American is also more fast food here,” said Galke. schools.

She also participates on the girls’ high “I think it is weird that we have to go to school volleyball team. several different classes a day rather than The exchange students are very excited just one,” said Pavia. about what the rest of the school year In Brazil, students stay in one class all brings and to learn the culture of America.

Marella Giorgi Marella is a foreign

exchange student from Italy. She is most excited for the homecoming dance. Photo by Kade Miros.

Theetouch Methiayanon Theetouch, a student from Thailand, is ready for what the rest of the school year brings. He is especially excited about American culture. Photo by Kade Miros.

Line Galke Line is a foreign exchange

student from Germany.

She plays on the girls’ high school volleyball team and is excited for the rest of the season. Photo by Kade Miros.

OPINION THE BRUIN

NEW TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

BY ASHLEY ALLWOOD

Out with the old and in with the new. The start of the 2021 school year brought in not only, the freshmen but seven new teachers. WHS welcomed a new interventional specialist, business teacher, PE/health teacher, english teacher, social media/computer science teacher and two guidance counselors.

Ms. Theresa Brugler is the new business teacher at Wadsworth High School. Brugler jumped to the opportunity when the Business Education position was posted. Brugler has taught business and marketing for the past 17 years, teaching seven years at Field High School and 10 years at Springfield High School. Brugler attended Kent State University for her undergraduate and master’s programs. In Brugler’s free time, she enjoys traveling and scrapbooking. She also enjoys following the Cavs and Indians.

“I have always heard nothing but good things about Wadsworth City Schools,” said Brugler. “I really like the sense of community at Wadsworth.”

Ms. Carly DiPaolo is the new counselor for last names starting with L-Rh. This is DiPaolo’s first year as a school counselor. She became a school counselor after attending Kent State University.

“From the moment I arrived, everyone has gone out of their way to make me feel welcome and comfortable,” said DiPaolo.

Ms. Hannah Mashek is the new Interventional Specialist at Wadsworth High School. Mashek was a student teacher at Franklin Elementary School while attending the University of Akron.

When she graduated, Mashek immediately got hired into the district as a long term substitute at Valley View Elementary. Mashek works at both Wadsworth High School and Isham Elementary.

“The perfect opportunity came up, and I am extremely happy to say that I am now a full-time employee of my first-choice school district,” said Mashek.

Ms. Nicole Winkler is the new PE/Health teacher at Wadsworth High School. Winkler moved and started a family in Wadsworth back in 2015. Before Winkler started her career at Wadsworth High School, she was a long term PE sub at Alliance Middle School for a year and half. While she was at Alliance Middle School, she also coached high school softball and middle school basketball and volleyball. Then Winkler became a Health and PE teacher at Oakwood Middle School for 10 years. While she was at Oakwood, she was a coach for their middle school basketball, track , cross country, and volleyball team. Winkler attended the University of Mount Union for her bachelor in Exercise Science with a Minor in Biology and Psychology. She also attended Kent State University where she was a Graduate Assistant and received a master in Exercise, Leisure, and a Sport with Concentration in Physical Education Teacher Education.

Winkler mentioned that she was very grateful to be teaching in the district that her daughter will eventually go to. Winkler enjoys running, bargain shopping, decorating, and traveling with her family.

Mr. Chad Bever is the new English teacher at Wadsworth High School. Bever lives in Wadsworth with his kids and his wife, who is also a teacher at Central Intermediate School. Before teaching at Wadsworth, Bever taught at Wooster High School for 15 years. Bever taught a variety of courses while at Wooster. Bever mentioned that 9th grade English 1 and 12th grade Sports and Leadership Literature are his favorite subjects that he has taught. Bever received his bachelors and master’s Degrees from the University of Akron. Bever enjoys reading books

by Malcom Gladwell, listening to all types of music, and coaching his kids youth sport’s teams.

“Wadsworth is a fantastic school district and community, and I’m excited to be able to teach in the community that my family and I live in,” said Bever.

Mr. Bever

Ms. Farson

Ms. Nikki Farson is the new guidance counselor for the freshman class. Farson was a Health and Physical Education teacher and a counselor at Wadsworth Middle School for ten years. When the high school position opened up she decided to take it since she would be working with freshman. Farson has worked in every building in the Wadsworth School District within her twenty years of being an educator. Before coming to the high school, Farson was a Health and Physical Education teacher at the middle school and elementary buildings. Farson graduated from the University of Akron. In her free time Farson loves to binge a good show, her favorite being Ted Lasso. “It [leaving the middle school] was very sad to leave that age group - believe it or not!” said Farson.

Ms. Mashek

Ms. Winkler

Ms. Krista Dobbins is the new Social Media and Computer Science teacher at Wadsworth High School. Dobbins grew up in Norton but had many connections to Wadsworth. Dobbins taught at Wadsworth her first three years of teaching. Then she had the opportunity to work at Lawrence Schools and teach online courses for Electronic Classrooms of Tomorrow and Ohio Virtual Academy. Dobbins attended the University of Akron for her undergraduate degree in education. Dobbins also earned her masters degree in Educational Administration at Ashland University.

Dobbins worst fear is if something were to happen that would prevent her from exploring and experiencing new adventures with her family.

Ms. Dipaolo

Ms. Brugler

Ms. Dobbins

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ENTERTAINMENT THE BRUIN

HALLOWEEN FUN ZONE

BY GRACE PANTALONE

HALLOWEEN MAD LIB

Pumpkin Candy October

Costume Spooky Football

Chilly Trick or Treat

Leaves

The (Adjective) fall breeze (Verb) through the air like a (Noun) . Tonight is the (Adjective) Halloween party at (Name) ’s! I cannot wait!

It has been the talk of the town since . All of my friends will be there, probably (Noun) dressed as (Noun), (Noun) or (Noun) s. This year I am going to be a (Noun), I did not want to have a (Adjective) costume. The only problem is that everyone must bring a (Noun) to the party and I do not know if I should bring or (Noun). Either way tonight is going to (Noun) be (Adjective) !

“I rate it an 11/10 it tastes exactly like pumpkin pie, but better. The ground cinnamon spice cookies add a great texture along with more flavor.”

- Maggie Galvin, junior.

SWEET SEASONAL TREATS

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ach Fall the return of fall themed foods and drinks come out. The pumpkin flavors and scents are put into coffees, candles, candies and many other things. Students were asked about what fall treats they have had this year and how they felt about them. They were asked questions like “What fall treats have you tried so far?” With all the festive treats out right now there was a variety of treats that students have tried so far this year.

“I thought they were a 10/10 because they tasted like heaven, perfect amount of cake and frosting.”

- Stephanie Novak, freshman.

Wadsworth Nutrition has many different fall flavored shakes and teas on their menu right now. The Witches Brew tea usually comes with lemon lime but Wadsworth Nutrition is able to make substitutes if wanted. Photo courtesy of Erica Jurius.

“I got the Witches Brew Tea with pomegranate instead of lemon lime. It’s super refreshing and it reminds me of fall, especially with the colors of the drink and the name. It’s a mix of sour and sweet, 12/10 recommend.”

- Erica Jurius, senior.

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Giant Eagle has cupcakes on display that usually have a theme. These cupcakes are fall themed which provides buyers with options for any occasion. Photo courtesy of Sophia Novak.

“They were a 7/10 because when Stephanie said they were amazing, I was expecting perfection, but I was unfortunately met with an average tasting cupcake.”

- Sophia Novak, senior.

The Pumpkin Cookie Butter Shake came to Dairy Queen as one of their seasonal flavors. Many new Favorite day, one of Target’s brands, has released Blizzard Treats have been added to their menu their fall themed treats. Fall trail mixes, pumpkin such as Pumpkin Pie, Sea Salt Toffee Fudge and cheesecake cookies, pumpkin spice madeleines many more. Photo Courtesy of Sydney Goodson. and many other festive fall options. Between the two Target brands, Good & Gather and Favorite Day, Target offers many fall themed food options.

Photo Courtesy of Payton Murphy.

“I would give them a 6/10 because at first I was greeted with a strange taste but after a few seconds of eating if I tasted the pumpkin spice mixed with the pretzel. I thought it was a strange combination but a good one.”

- Payton Murphy, junior.