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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Regular Schedule
Happening NOW •Wrestling: End-of-season banquet 6 p.m. in commons •Boys Tennis: Athlete/parent meeting 6:30 p.m. in library
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Fish fillet sandwich, potato wedges, carrots •À la carte lines: Italian dunkers, chicken fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •LibCATS: Library advisory group will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in the library. •Collision: Christian fellowship group will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-135 for an Easter celebration. •R&R Book Club: Will meet to discuss “Eleanor and Park” fourth period and “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl” fifth period Friday in the Library. •Boys Soccer: Players will again meet for an open-field from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Avera Sports Institute. •Drama Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Monday in the Little Theatre.
Other Reminders •QUINNcidence Day: Is being celebrated Friday at WHS—donate food and hygiene items in first period and share random acts of kindness all day.
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Sunny Breezy High 68°
Three groups play in Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival By Abby Freese, Sam Siganos and Chayden Fitzsimmons arrior jazz bands presented their music at the 42nd Annual Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival Monday and Tuesday at Augustana University. WHS’s Jazz 1 performed a post-bop tune by Wayne Shorter called “Children of the Night,” a Funk Rock tune named “Rooster Parade” and a mambo-swing tune entitled “Bird Works” and scored the top score of the day, a 282 out of 300, beating out second-place Lincoln Jazz by one point. Jazz II took eighth place with a score of 242 preforming the classic “Sing, Sing, Sing,” a ballad entitled “Moonlight Serenade” and a funk chart entitled “What is Hip?” The Jazz III band participated on Monday for comments and a critique only. They performed two swing tunes entitled “Full Swing Ahead” and “Roundhouse” and also a Latin tune. Junior Sabrina Lickiss said she thought the groups performed really well. “It feels great winning it all,” Lickiss explained. “It was kind of nerve-racking going up against everyone. It’s even better knowing we
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Photo courtesy Mark Diischer GREAT MUSIC—Jazz 1 from WHS performs at the Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival Tuesday at Augustana University. beat Lincoln by one point.” Director Mark Diischer said he was very happy with how the event went. “We are playing advanced high school and college literature and the students are passionate about making their performances stand out,” Diischer explained. “It was our best performance of the year and I’m looking forward to continuing to challenge our students.”
Warriors place at State Debate event
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WHS jazz band takes top score at Augustana event
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney Arrington and Sam Siganos Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Chayden Fitzsimmons Staff: Isaiah Hall, Robert Speeks, Abby Freese, Austin Hoflock, Ashley Paulson, Abby Johnston and Mubarak Kadir Editor-in-chief . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Wiley Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . .Hannah Smith Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Photo by Travis Dahle STATE—junior Braeden Decker (left) and senior Michael Hauschildt at state.
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By Austin Hoflock, Sydney Arrington and Ashley Paulson Varsity debate team members traveled to Aberdeen Central High School Friday and Saturday to compete in the State Debate and Individual Events competition. Seven Warriors were awarded state awards at the event, including senior Michael Hauschildt and junior Braeden Decker who were semi-finalists in Policy Debate. Sophomore Izzy Curry and freshman Brett Schumacher
were quarter-finalists in Policy Debate, while senior Emmit Simmons was an octo-finalist in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Hauschildt also placed fourth in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, while Simmons finished sixth in International Extemp. Coach Travis Dahle said he thought the tournament went well for the team. “Overall, it was a great weekend,” Dahle said. “For the sixth year in a row we’ve had at least a semi-finalist in Policy Debate!”
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Warrior Life
By Robert Speeks
It’s no QUINNcidence—you can make the world a better place Friday The Big Sioux-do-ku Fill all the blank squares in the game with the correct numbers. Every row, column and 3x3 subsection of nine numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order.
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You can make a difference in someone’s life if you try In the last couple of weeks, I have been doing my best to try and make a difference in other people’s lives. I’ve been going out of the way to do something nice for other people—something as little as holding a door open for someone, picking up a piece of trash on my way into the school, or paying for someone else’s meal behind me at a fast food place. Sometimes, even if I don’t notice, it can make someone’s day. It also makes me feel Hear me. . . good about what I did. Doing things without being asked or Isaiah Hall without receiving anything in return is one of the most gratifying feelings, in my opinion. I recommend you do the same. Sometimes doing these things can impact someone more than you realize. Let me throw some statistics at you. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people ages 10-24. More teens and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, strokes, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung disease combined. These facts hit me hard. Knowing many people my age are struggling while most don’t even realize is heartbreaking. Depression also affects 20 percent of all adolescents by the time they become adults. Often times people don’t show any outward signs. The point I’m trying to get across to you, Warriors, is to try and make a difference in someone’s life, this Friday on QUINNcidence Day, and every day. You never know what or how it could affect someone. It might make them smile, or potentially even save a life. Senior Isaiah Hall hopes you all have a good day!
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Amazon expands Echo line By Angel Gonzalez The Seattle Times (TNS) SEATTLE — Amazon.com is putting more eggs in Alexa’s basket by launching two voice-controlled home devices to complement its successful Echo home speaker.
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Unveiled last week, Echo Dot looks like a flattened version of the cylinder-shaped Echo. The $89.99 Echo Dot connects with external speakers either via Bluetooth or cable. And, like its taller cousin, it is animated by Alexa, a voice-controlled digital assistant not unlike Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana. Alexa can tell jokes, play music, and get stock quotes. It can also answer simple questions (it’s connected to Wikipedia), control some home-automation devices and, significantly, order from Amazon’s online store. It’s also an open platform for other companies to build apps on: now you can order an Uber ride or a pizza by speaking to an Echo. Seattle-based Amazon calls these apps “skills,” a metaphor for how it envisions Alexa as a perpetually improving platform. The other Alexabearing product unveiled last week is dubbed Amazon Tap, a portable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi speaker. Unlike the Echo, it doesn’t need to be plugged into an outlet all the time and needs to be “tapped” to get Alexa’s attention.
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