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Happening NOW •Third Quarter: Ends today •All State Band: Rehearsal continues—Grand Concert 4 p.m. Saturday at O’Gorman’s Lorang Theatre •Play: “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank” final performances 7 p.m. tonight and 1 p.m. Saturday in Little Theatre •Track and Field: At South Dakota State University Indoor Meet noon Saturday in Brookings •Spinsters Dance: 8:30 p.m.-midnight Saturday at The District •No School: Will be held Monday— classes begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Cheeseburger, french fries, peas •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •R&R Book Club: Members will meet to discuss “Things Change” fifth period today in the library—see librarian Kerri Smith if you cannot attend. •Service Academy Day: Will be held from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at Harrisburg High School. RSVP in the counseling office. •Fellowship of Christian Athletes: Will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday at Celebrate Church. NOW Friday Staff
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Annual ‘Spinsters Dance’ set for Saturday at The District Event a fundraiser for EmBe, local youth services
By Taylor Anderson ou don’t have to be an unmarried woman past the age when marriage is likely to attend the annual Spinsters Dance from 8:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday at The District, 4512 W. Empire Place near the Empire Mall. The Spinsters Dance has an 80+ year tradition in Sioux Falls, and is a fundraiser for EmBe, the former YWCA in Sioux Falls, to raise money for scholarships for kids to attend EmBe’s summer programs. Traditionally, girls ask boys to be their dates for the evening for this dance which is not sponsored by WHS or the Sioux Falls School District, but is organized by a committee of four junior girls and four senior girls from each of the Sioux Falls high schools who work to make a difference in their community through volunteer service for EmBe. The Spinsters volunteer organizing committee provides life-skills and builds positive relationships for the 32 participants. Over 1,500 high school students are expected to attend the adult-chaperoned dance.
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WHS seniors on the committee include Skylar Moen, Amy Walker, Lauren Zimbeck and Taylor Anderson. Juniors are Alyse Dockter, Sierra Nelson, Kinsey Strom and Madi Forseth. This year’s dance theme is “Spinsters in Space,” and features dance royalty candidates from each school. This year’s WHS candidates are seniors Emily VanBockern, Lauren Zimbeck, Brooklyn Stekl, Lauren Green and Sydney Stallinga vying for “Spinsters Queen” and seniors Landon Carda, Elliot Hartwig, Norman Englert, Zach Heupel and John Loofe who are up for “Spinsters King.” Voting has already taken place and crowning will take place Saturday. Stallinga said she is excited. “I’m looking forward to my last Spinsters with my friends,” Stalling said. Tickets for the dance will be sold during lunch periods today for $20 each or two for $30 until tickets are sold out. Once tickets are sold out, people will have to line-up outside The District and wait for others to leave to avoid breaking fire code. Admittance at that point will be $30 each.
Five qualify for All-State Band Saturday By Sydney Stallinga Five WHS student musicians are currently participating in All-State Band. Full-group rehearsals started Thursday evening, and will culminate with the Grand Concert at 4 p.m. Saturday at O’Gorman High School’s Lorang Theatre. The musicians will be broken into two bands for the event. The Lewis Band includes junior Hollie Leggett, sophomore Brett Schumacher and freshman Cole Johnson. The
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Clark Band includes senior Jakob Larson and sophomore Mariska Gurath. The Lewis Band will be guest conducted by Myron Welch, a retired professor of music and director of bands at The University of Iowa. The Clark Band will be led by Elva Kaye Lance, the director of bands at Mississippi State University. The 2017 All-State Band has 178 students representing 45 South Dakota high schools. Musicians auditioned and took a written test for positions Warrior Nation Events
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in the band. The musicians have been rehearsing individually and in small groups for some time leading up to the event. They will continue to rehearse today and Saturday until concert time at O’Gorman. Tickets for the Grand Concert will be sold beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lorang Theatre box office at O’Gorman. No credit cards are accepted for ticket purchases. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students K-12. All WHS News
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Warrior boys host end-of-season banquet By Kelsi Kearney The WHS boys basketball team held their annual end-of-season banquet Thursday at WHS. The Warrior varsity ended the regular season at 10-10. At the event, recognitions and awards were presented, including academic All-State Honors for those who participated in at least three years of basketball and held a 3.5 GPA or higher to seniors Isaac Goeman, Landon Carda, Nolan Behr, Carter Klatt and Calli Bordeaux. Metro All-Conference Team members were junior Uttecht and senior Jack Talley, with Goeman an honorable mention.
All-City Team members were Goeman, Talley and Uttecht. Coach Craig Nelson had nothing but praise for his seniors. “These seniors had great careers and were a joy to coach,” Nelson said. “They got to play in multiple state tournaments in their careers, and did so much to develop and maintain the culture of Warrior basketball with all their hard work and dedication to the game, all while being great people off the court.” Team awards were also presented to Uttecht as the Warrior Foxhole Award winner. Junior Seth Benson, sophomore Gabe Person and freshman Evan
Hammer were honored as top defensive players, as well. The Warrior Team Attitude Award went to Talley, Goeman, junior Topher Zahn, sophomore Alec Baker and freshman Jackson Butler. The Best Practice Player went to Behr, junior Alex Bertram, sophomore Ben VanBockern and freshman Griffin McKinney. Most Improved Player honors went to Zahn, junior Manny Akot, sophomore Jeremy Jones and freshman Ben Peterson. Following the presentation of awards, seniors shared stories and the team members spoke to each other about this season and past seasons.
Fourth quarter will fly by, so enjoy every bit It’s Friday, Warriors, and not only does that mean the weekend, this time around it also means the end of the third quarter of the school year! Although that may be sad for those of us seniors since it is the last stretch of Hear me. . . our high school careers, there is still so much to look forward to before the year Erika Lehan ends. First of all, the annual Spinsters Dance will be held at The District Saturday. If you haven’t bought your tickets already, I would not wait any longer, as they are selling out very quickly.
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Speaking of dances, the biggest dance of the year, the Senior Prom, is April 22 followed by open house season in May and graduation in June. Plus, there are spring sports, drama, music concerts and HonorFest to enjoy. All of this means time is going to fly by, so enjoy it while it lasts. Following graduation, we will be begin getting into the full swing of summer jobs and trying to enjoy our last summer in Sioux Falls before entering the “real world.” Speaking of upcoming events, there is big hype for tonight as senior Dylan Warwick, rap name FAYDE, and junior Abele Gashu, or YVNGAG, will be hosting a live all-ages hip-hop show at Bigs Bar, 3110 West 12th Street. This “event of the year” will take place from 7-10 p.m. and they are hoping for a large crowd. Senior Erika Lehan thinks $5 in advance or $10 at the door is a steal for a great concert.
Silk Road dates back millennia
By Bruce Bower Science News Today (TNS) Nomadic herders took the ancient Silk Road to new heights. Starting 4,000 years ago or more, Central Asian herders routinely moved from highland pastures in summer to lowland areas in winter. Over roughly the next 2,000 years, those routes became a key part of the Silk Road, a new study contends.
Science Friday The Silk Road is an ancient trade and travel network. It stretched from China to Europe. It gets its name from the silk traders who traveled its paths more than 2,000 years ago. Extensive Silk Road pathways ran across Asia by that time. Merchants, pilgrims, monks and soldiers traveled these routes, as did nomads. But those paths may be far older, says a team led by Michael Frachetti. He’s an anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. His team published its findings March 9 in Nature. The traditional view of nomadic groups is that they were barbarians. But the new paper supports a growing belief among researchers that traveling herders contributed to the rise of early states and civilizations, says William Honeychurch. He is an archaeologist at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. The Silk Road goes through a mountainous part of Central Asia without cities. This area stretches from what’s now western China to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thousands of years ago, highland routes made it possible for travelers from many lowland centers to journey across the continent, leading to cradles of civilization in China and elsewhere.
