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Happening NOW •Boys Tennis: State Meet through Saturday in Rapid City •Girls Golf: Varsity Brookings Invitational 10 a.m.; JV Metro Conference Meet 3 p.m. at Hidden Valley Golf Course in Brandon •Track and Field: Varsity Last Chance Meet 4 p.m. in Brandon •Baseball: JV doubleheader vs. Harrisburg 5 and 7 p.m. at Harmodon Field 3 •Gymnastics: Open gym 6 p.m. •Band: Finale Concert 7 p.m. in auditorium
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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. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service
By Sam Siganos and Austin Hoflock and members will present the last concert of the school year, the “Spring Finale Concert,” at 7 p.m. tonight in the auditorium. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and $1 for pre-school children and Gold card seniors. Performing groups tonight include the Freshman Band, Varsity Band, Concert Band and Symphonic Band. The concert will end with a special Symphonic Band/Concert Band combined performance of “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.” Director Mark Diischer said he is excited about tonight’s performance. “You should attend because there will be some fantastic music being played,” Diischer said. “There will be music from ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ some wonderful jazz pieces and more!” Freshman Andrew Deaver said he can’t wait. “Watching the whole band come together as a whole is going to be cool,” Deaver said. “I am also excited for myself as well!”
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Group Meetings
•German Club: “Pie a Teacher” fundraiser through today during lunch periods in the commons—tickets 50 cents each or 3-for-$1.
Friday:
Partly sunny Slight chance of rain High 71°
Event culminates with ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
•Today’s lunch: Fish fillet sandwich, potato wedges, carrots •À la carte lines: Italian dunkers, chicken fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Other Reminders
Mostly sunny Breezy High 70°
Warrior bands set to present ‘Spring Finale Concert’ tonight
Lunch Time at WHS
•Chemistry Club: Meeting 3:15 p.m. today in A-217. •Renaissance Committee: Members will meet to prepare for HonorFest at 3:15 p.m. today in the gym.
Mostly cloudy Low 52°
Photo by Austin Hoflock BEAUTIFUL MUSIC—Sophomore Yushi Schieffer (right) and senior Lauren Miller rehearse this morning in the auditorium.
JV girls golf team continues season today By Abby Freese Warrior girls JV golf team members have found a great deal of success of far this season. At Elmwood Golf Course on April 26, the team came close to a win as they placed second to O’Gorman with 206 team points in a Metro Conference Meet. Individually, junior Amber Obenauer tied
for second with 43 strokes. On May 10 at Kuehn Park, WHS tied for first place with O’Gorman with a total of 177 strokes. The JV girls have placed second or third out of five teams in every match so far this season. JV coach Craig Nelson said the girls have been working hard this season.
“We have put a lot of our attention on our putting and chipping because that is an area of the game where we can cut down a lot of strokes,” Nelson said. The team will play another round at 3 p.m. today at Hidden Valley Golf Course, then end their season May 26 at Elmwood. The varsity also plays at Brookings today.
Track athletes get last chance to qualify for state meet By Sydney Arrington and Ashley Paulson Varsity track teams from around the area will compete in the Last Chance State Qualifying Meet in
Brandon at 4 p.m. today. This meet is designed for athletes who have not yet met the state meet qualifying standards to do so
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before the state meet next weekend in Sioux Falls. Senior Jenson Amdahl, who competes in discus, is looking forward to
today’s meet. “I have already qualified,” Amdahl said. “But I’m going to the Last Chance Meet today for some extra practice.”
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New SDSU president to Make most of summer speak to Native American with ‘bucket list’ of fun Connections students Attention all Warriors! After today, there are T-minus
By Chayden Fitzsimmons Native American Connections (NAC) classes at WHS will be hosting the newly elected President of South Dakota State University (SDSU), Dr. Barry Dunn, during sixth and seventh periods today. Dunn, who is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Tribe, will be speaking to the students and bringing t-shirts SDSU President and the famous SDSU ice cream to Dr. Barry Dunn share with the students. NAC teacher Bruce Rekstad said he thinks this is a huge opportunity for his students. “Having the president of the largest university in the state speak with us is a huge deal,” Rekstad said. “He will talk about the importance of higher education.”
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10 school days until summer vacation! And with summer vacation comes freedom, chilling with friends all day, having fun in the sun and of course, summer bucket lists. Everyone—even guys—should have their own bucket list, whether it simply mills about in their head, or it’s plastered across their bedroom wall. And if you haven’t had the chance to create one yet, you still have time! Here are some tips to creating your perfect 2016 Summer Bucket List! It is always good to start off Hear me. . . small with ideas like trying new foods or attending your favorite Maham Shah team’s game. Anyone can have the generic ideas of bonfires or water balloon fights, but don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone these next couple of months. Don’t get too crazy like, “climb Mt. Everest” or “go deep sea diving,” but be open to outof-the-blue ideas like road tripping with friends to different states, or going to your favorite artist’s concert. After you have created your personalized list, put it somewhere where you will always see it and be reminded of your goals for the summer. Last but not least, is to make the most out of your summer whether or not you accomplish your list. Summer is the time to be free of pesky homework assignments and long school days. With this list, hopefully all you will kick this summer is a sand bucket full of boredom. See you out there! Junior Maham Shah is crossing off No. 1 and traveling to Spain this summer!
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Google announces new services By Ethan Baron The Mercury News (TNS) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google announced four major new products, from a messaging app called Allo to a personal helper called Google Assistant, at its 10th annual developers conference Wednesday.
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Each new offering will compete against established and developing products from Google competitors Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook. “We are at a pivotal moment in terms of where we are going as a company,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai told more than 7,000 people at Google I/O. “It is truly the moment of mobile. There are over 3 billion people connected and they are using the Internet in ways we have never seen. They live on their phone.” Three out of four of Google’s new products are focused on mobile devices, while the fourth, a homebased virtual assistant, is a piece of hardware powered by artificial intelligence. Google’s new messaging app Allo will use language recognition and artificial intelligence to compete with Facebook’s Messenger and Apple’s iMessage. Google also announced “the Google assistant,” intended to compete with Apple’s Siri, Facebook’s M, Amazon’s Alexa, and Microsoft’s Cortana.
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