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Happening Now •Girls Golf: Varsity Metro Conference Meet 1 p.m. at Elmwood Golf Course •Soccer: Open field 6-7:15 p.m. at Kenny Anderson Park •Chorus: Spring Concert 7 p.m. in auditorium

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Barbecue beef sandwich, tri-tater, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •Drama Club: Officers will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in the Little Theatre. •AP Information Night: For next year’s students 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the commons. •Chemistry Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in A-217. All current, former and future chemistry students welcome.

Other Reminders •Track Team: Members not participating in the state meet should turn in uniforms and equipment by Thursday. •All Athletic Lockers: Need to be cleaned out by the end of the day May 30. •AP Achievement: Award recipients need to pick up white graduation cords in A-122 now. NOW Tuesday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nic Gregg and Lauren Zimbeck Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Amanda Wheeler Staff: Zach Heupel, Katelyn Smith, Emelia Skogstad, Grace Isaacson, Emma Scott Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . Carson Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Maham Shah 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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Chorus students show off year of learning tonight Spring Concert highlights what groups have done By Lauren Zimbeck, Zach Heupel, Lauren Green and Nicholas Gregg horus members will show off the results of the year’s work in their final concert of the school year at 7 p.m. tonight in the WHS auditorium. The concert will end with a slide show highlighting the year, along with the presentation of the National School Choral Award. Performing groups include the Jazz Choir, the Men’s Choir, Melodia and Harmonia, Warrior Chorus, Concert Choir, Freshman Choir and includes the senior choir members singing a song together for their last concert here at WHS. All the different groups will be highlighted at this concert, showing how each group has improved throughout the year. Concert Choir junior Brooklyn Tollefson is looking forward to the concert tonight. “There’s a piece with the full choir that I am

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excited to do and it’s the best way to end the year,” Tollefson said. Freshman Kirby Kennedy is pleased with how his first year as a Warrior has gone. “The year went pretty well and as a whole choir we all progressed,” Kennedy said. Senior Carey Schave is excited for tonight’s concert, as well. “I think it will go well,” Shave said. “We have been practicing hard the past couple weeks, I am excited for the senior song and the last concert together.” Senior Austin Schoenbeck says tonight will be bittersweet for the senior members of the group, however. “I am looking forward to getting to sing one last time on the WHS stage,” Schoenbeck said. Tickets will be available at the door tonight—$5 for adults, $3 for students with an ID and $1 for senior citizens and children under 5.

Baseball team ends season at Regions By Amanda Wheeler The varsity baseball team ended their season with a 1-0 loss to Brandon Valley in the first round of the Region 1A Tournament Monday night at Augustana University. The Lynx scored the lone run of the game in the fifth inning. The game was tied at zero

with Brandon Valley batting in the top of the fifth when there was an error, scoring one run. Both the Warriors and the Lynx had strong pitching. Brandon Valley pitchers struck out nine, while WHS also sat down nine. A bright spot for the Warriors was a single by junior Alex Bertram in the second

inning. Seniors Hayden Fiala, and Matt Hedeen each collected one hit to lead the Warrior varsity. Senior Austin Kubik said it was a bittersweet game for the Warriors. “It was a tough way to end the season, but I am proud of how far we have come this year,” Kubik said.

JV golf team wraps up Metro Meet Monday By Emelia Skogstad The JV girls golf team shot 234 for third place in the final round of the JV Metro Meet Monday at Willow Run. Brandon Valley and O’Gorman tied for first in the round

with 215’s. Overall, WHS also finished in third with 1,302 strokes. Coach Mike Hulstein was proud. “I think we played well,” Hulstein said. “Willow is a tough course to play on.

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Samantha Brockhouse had 56’s on the day to pace the team. Freshman Katie Jensen, who shot a 75, was happy. “Overall we did really well,” Jensen said. “It was definitely a tough course.” All WHS News

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Honored musicians. . .

Eight Warriors make S.D. Senior Honor Choir By Lauren Zimbeck Eight WHS chorus students were recently selected as members of the South Dakota Senior Honor Choir and another as an alternate. Juniors Milton Padilla, Lauren Nelson, Curtis Cornish, Jamie Bitz and James Slattery and sophomores Riley Salzman, Taysia Aasen and Miranda Ruesch were the only WHS students to audition, and all nine were chosen—Ruesch as an alternate. Nelson is looking forward to the event and is pleased her friends from WHS will be with her. “It’s an Feature honor to be picked to be a part of something so exciting and to have the opportunity to sing with some of my closest friends,” Nelson said. The South Dakota Senior Honor Choir will meet July 30-Aug. 4 on the Northern State University campus in Aberdeen for a week of intensive singing under the direction of a nationally respected choral conductor. The event will culminate in a concert of choral works representing the finest of western music. This year marks the 43rd annual

Honor Choir event. In 1974, choral directors Stan Rishoi, Perry Jones, Alan Stanga, Bob Ellingson, Donald Peterson and Rolf Anderson initiated the Senior Honors Choir to provide a quality musical experience for the state’s top high school vocalists. Padilla was honored to be selected out of the many that auditioned for the choir. “It feels great to be honored this way,” Padilla said. “It is an amazing opportunity to sing with such an honorable director.” Intensive auditions for the choir are held throughout the state in the month of April. WHS choral director Jeff Spencer is proud of his students’ achievements. “It is a great honor for WHS that every person that auditioned from here got selected for a spot or as an alternate,” Spencer said. “Senior Honor Choir is the most prestigious choir in the state.” For the audition, students prepared a solo, demonstrated sight singing and tonal memory and took a written test. This year 254 students auditioned across the state for the 150 spots available in the choir. Bitz is an Honor Choir veteran

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Photo by Lauren Green SING—Juniors Jamie Bitz and Aislynn Manley prepare for the Senior Honor Choir as senior Bailey Banwart accompanies. and is looking forward to the event this summer. “Honor Choir was such a blast last year,” Bitz said. “I am humbled to be able to be a part of it for the second time.” Cornish, who also participated last year, had a great experience at the event last summer. “Honor Choir is an out-of-thisworld experience,” Cornish said. “It’s great to have the chance to sing songs with both new and old friends.”

Tsunami hits Hawaii, kills 61 History.com (MCT) On May 23, 1960, a tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Chile traveled across the Pacific Ocean and killed 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii. The massive 8.5-magnitude quake had killed thousands in Chile the previous day. The earthquake, involving a severe plate shift, caused a large displacement of water off the coast of southern Chile at 3:11 p.m. Traveling at speeds in excess of 400 miles per hour, the tsunami moved west and north.

Our History On the west coast of the United States waves caused an estimated $1 million in damages, but were not deadly. The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, established in 1948, worked properly and warnings were issued to Hawaiians six hours before the wave’s expected arrival. Some people ignored the warnings, however, and others actually headed to the coast in order to view the wave. Arriving only a minute after predicted, the tsunami destroyed Hilo Bay on the island of Hawaii. Thirty-fivefoot waves bent parking meters to the ground and wiped away most buildings. A 10-ton tractor was swept out to sea. Reports indicate that the 20-ton boulders making up the sea wall were moved 500 feet. The tsunami continued to race further west across the Pacific. Ten thousand miles away from the earthquake’s epicenter in Japan no such system was in place, and despite ample time to prepare, they were not able to warn the people in harm’s way. At about 6 p.m. more than a day after the earthquake, the tsunami struck the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. The crushing wave killed 180 people, left 50,000 more homeless and caused $400 million in damages.