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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

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Happening Now •AP Tests: English Language and Composition 8 a.m., Macroeconomics noon •JROTC: Pass-in-Review 1 p.m. at Lincoln High School •Boys Tennis: Varsity vs. Roosevelt 3 p.m. at Roosevelt High School •Competition Dance: Tryouts 4 p.m. in auxiliary gym •Competition Cheer: Tryouts 4:45 p.m. in gymnastics room •Football Sideline Cheer: Tryouts 4:45 p.m. in main gym

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Group Meetings •Warriors Read Together: Will not meet today—read in regular classrooms. •Gay/Straight Alliance: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in the consoling conference room. New members are welcome. •SMASH Book Club: Members will meet to discuss “Clan of the Cave Bear” fourth period and “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” fifth period Friday in the library. See librarian Kerri Smith if you cannot attend the gathering. NOW Wednesday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Talley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Devyn Kennedy Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Olson Staff: Rheannan Bills, Deion Larsen, Justin Strutz, Joe Simko, Maddie Risch, Thomas Vissers Co-Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . Maham Shah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and Carson Herbert 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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Thursday:

Sunny Light N. breeze High 68°

Boys tennis team falls to Knights in Dakota Cup Make-up match with Roosevelt at 3 p.m. today

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Cherry blossom chicken, rice, dinner roll, green beans •À la carte lines: Pepperoni pizza, cheese enchilada with chips, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Cloudy, cool Rain likely High 63°

Partly cloudy Low 45°

Photo by Joe Ahlquist Courtesy Sioux Falls Argus Leader RETURN—Senior Elliot Hartwig returns the ball to O’Gorman’s Cade Damgaard Tuesday. Hartwig lost 3-6, 6-4, 10-6. By Devyn Kennedy arrior varsity boys tennis team members fell to O’Gorman 6-3 Tuesday evening at McKennan Park in what has become known as the “Dakota Cup.” This was the 19th annual Dakota Cup, an event designed to highlight high school tennis in a festive environment. In the singles division, two flights were won

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by WHS. Senior Ryan Morgans defeated Zach Ridl of O’Gorman in the fourth flight 4-6, 7-6, 10-5 and senior Nic Gregg beat Knight Zach Curd in the sixth flight 6-4, 6-3. In doubles, the Warriors won Flight 3 as seniors Ethan Hays and Gregg lost their first set, but came back to win over Kade Moffitt and Gabe Dally 5-7, 6-3, 10-3. Coach Jillian Hurley said things did not go as planned for the Warriors. “I think the match definitely turned out differently than we expected,” Hurley said. “But maybe that was part of the problem—that we expected something going into it.” Hurley said her team now needs to step-it-up as the season comes to an end soon. “I think right now in our season we just need to refocus, stay confident, have fun and work in these last two weeks—especially next week at state. I know we have the potential to finish in the top three, and hopefully we can find ourselves there next weekend.” The Warriors will have another chance as they travel to Roosevelt for a make-up match with the Rough Riders at 3 p.m. today, then host Aberdeen Roncalli and Rapid City St. Thomas More Friday and Rapid City Stevens and Central Saturday before the state meet ends the season May 18-20 in Sioux Falls.

Library needs overdue books returned By Jack Talley The WHS library currently has over 1,000 books overdue and has sent out notices to students letting them know that they must return or renew books now. WHS’s library is very extensive and full of many books for readers of all levels. If you do not return a book or two, you may be letting another reader down that was waiting for it. Books that are

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not returned by the end of the semester can result in the holding of grades or diplomas. Librarian Kerri Smith and the library assistants work very hard to keep the library stocked and organized, and student library aid Brynne Krause-Gee said returning books will help everyone who uses the library. “Please return your books,” Krause-Gee enthused. “It will make our jobs easier.” Doing the small favor of

returning books in a timely fashion will make all users of the library happy. Smith said this is how libraries work. “If we can get older overdue items now, it will make book return in later May so much easier,” she said. “Your assistance in getting books returned to the library so others can use them is greatly appreciated.” Time is ticking down— return overdue books now.

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JV girls golf team in fourth after third round of City By Deion Larsen The JV girls golf team met Tuesday at Kuehn Park for the fourth round of the JV City Meet. Patrick Henr y eighth grader Samantha Brockhouse led the most recent round for WHS, shooting a 45 on the day while teammates freshman Mackenzie Wynia with a 49, freshmen Rebecca Small

and Katie Jensen with 53s, freshman Abbie Stegenga with 57 and junior Yushi Schieffer with 62 followed for a total of 200 in this round and for fourth place overall so far. Brandon Valley won the most recent round with a 168 and O’Gorman is in first overall with 509. The next round of the JV meet is Monday.

Parking—somebody has to say it All right, Warriors, somebody has to say it—you need to take your time when you park in the school parking lot. Yes, I know that perpendicular parking is the hardest to maneuver of all parking lots, but that is no excuse to park like an infant was driving the car. I bet most people would Hear me. . . agree that it grinds your gears when you are looking for Jack Talley a spot, and you pull up to an open space only to find that one of the cars is so far over the line that you could not fit into the spot and still open your door. The easiest way to restore proper parking technique is for everyone to be considerate of others and make sure

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they get into the middle of the spot. Although that sounds like a rare and powerful skill, I think that it is very possible with the wonderful and talented students we have here at WHS. Another thing that upsets me specifically is when a fellow student or students of mine have absolutely no regard for their peers and parks horizontally across two spots. While this is absolutely outrageous and doltish, it really hurts my heart when someone doesn’t get a spot and has to park all the way in the extra lot because of it. Double checking your parking is not a difficult task, Warriors. Taking the time to see that you are in between the lines will not delay you more than a moment or two. After parking correctly you might experience a feeling like you’re glowing or something. That is just the feeling of being considerate to others. Experience it—you might like it and grow accustomed to it. See you in the parking lot, Warriors! Senior Jack Talley backs into his spots like a pro.

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Workers take cover in Washington By David Gutman The Seattle Times (TNS) SEATTLE — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash., have been evacuated and others have been told to take cover indoors after a tunnel containing radioactive waste caved in Tuesday morning, government officials said.

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More than 3,000 workers were initially told to take cover indoors, an Energy Department spokeswoman said, but that number has since increased as a broader area of the site was included in the emergency alert. All staff had been accounted for and there were no reports of injuries, the department said. There was no indication of a nuclear release, but crews were continuing to survey for contamination, the department said. Crews were hand surveying outer areas around the tunnels for contamination, but closer to the breach were using a remote-controlled device that can do radiological monitoring and take video. “The Department of Energy informed us this morning that a tunnel was breached that was used to bury radioactive waste from the production of plutonium at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation,” Gov. Jay Inslee said. “This is a serious situation and ensuring the safety of the workers and the community is the top priority.” On Tuesday morning, about six Hanford employees, on routine rounds, first noticed that an area of soil over one of the tunnels had sunk, Destry Henderson, an Energy Department spokesman, said.