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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016
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Happening NOW •Quarter Ends: Today at WHS •Speech: Warrior Invitational Individual Events Speech Tournament 2 p.m. today in auditorium, events throughout WHS beginning at 3:30 p.m.; Roosevelt Team Events Tournament Saturday •Football: Semifinal game vs. O’Gorman 4 p.m. at Howard Wood Field—see special early-release schedule, right. •Volleyball: District 2AA Championship vs. Lincoln 7 p.m. Saturday in gym
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Chicken strips, seasoned fries, dinner roll, peas •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Winter Sports Athletes: And a parent will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the main gym—boys and girls basketball and wrestling need to attend. •Basketball: Sideline cheer auditions will begin at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the auxiliary gym.
Other Reminders •WHS Book Club: Will meet to discuss “Hold Me Closer, Necromancer” fourth period and “Shutter Island” fifth period today in the library. See librarian Kerri Smith for more information. •Mock Election: Will take place at WHS Monday via e-mail. NOW Friday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Anderson and Sydney Stallinga Assistant Editor: . . . . . . Maddie VanderFeen Staff: Rachel Boer, Kylee Haub, Hailie Schock, Megan Nolan, Erika Lehan, Shoniya Stonehouse, Alejandro Martinez, Logan Barber, Abdisa Baneta 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. WHSNOW.COM Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service
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Warriors take on Knights in semifinal game today WHS will return to dome with win this afternoon By Alex Martinez and Logan Barber he top-seeded and undefeated WHS football team will challenge the No. 4 seeded O’Gorman Knights in a 11AAA Semifinal Game at 4 p.m. today at Howard Wood Field. O’Gorman couldn’t keep up with the Warriors in the regular season, falling 35-14 Sept. 16 at O’Gorman. Senior captain Josh Garry said the Warriors are ready for the challenge. “We had a really good week of practice, so I feel we are ready to play O’Gorman today,” Garry said. A win today will advance the Warriors to the state championship game on Nov. 12 where they would face the winner of the Roosevelt vs.
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Brandon Valley semifinal that is to take place after the WHS game at Howard Wood at 7:30 p.m. tonight. A loss today will end the Warriors’ hopes for the season. Gates will open at 3 p.m. today. Students will have a staggered dismissal to claim their seats—see schedule at right. Since this is a state event, no passes will be accepted at the game. Tickets will be $5 for students and $7 for adults. The dress theme will be “Too Preppy” with crewneck sweaters handed out at the game. Coach Chad Stadem said his team is excited. “It should be a lot of fun,” Stadem said. “We expect the best student section in the state to be loud.”
Football fans dismissed in stages today Students planning to attend the semifinal football game at 4 p.m. today will be dismissed in stages today to get ready and claim their seats at Howard Wood Field. 1 p.m......... Football players dismissed 2:15 p.m.....Football cheerleaders dismissed 2:40 p.m.....Marching band dismissed 2:45 p.m............Senior fans dismissed 2:50 p.m............Junior fans dismissed 2:55 p.m. .... Sophomore fans dismissed 3 p.m. ......... Freshman fans dismissed 3:05 p.m.....Those not attending dismissed
Students must leave the building immediately upon dismissal.
Volleyball team plays in district title game Warriors face Lincoln for fourth time this season Saturday By Maddie VanderFeen and Abdisa Baneta After a hard-fought win over the Brandon Valley Lynx Tuesday in District 2AA action, the varsity volleyball team will advance to the District 2AA Championship vs. Lincoln at 7 p.m. Saturday in the WHS gym. With a win Saturday, WHS will advance to the State AA Volleyball Tournament Nov. 17-19 at the Swiftel Center in Brookings. With a loss, WHS will go to the Region 1 game
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Nov. 10 for one last chance and will face the winner of Saturday’s District 1AA consolation game, Brookings or Watertown, for a trip to state. Senior hitter Emily VanBockern said she is excited for the district championship game on Saturday. “We have prepared all season for this,” VanBockern said. “I think if we keep the energy, we will do well.” WHS has beaten Lincoln twice in the regular season, defeating them in four sets Warrior Nation Events
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Sept. 13 at Lincoln and in five sets on Oct. 18 at WHS. They also lost to the Patriots in a best two-out-of-three series Oct. 8 at the Fargo, N.D., Scheels Invitational. Ticket sales will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students Saturday for this post-season event. Athletic passes and staff/ student passes are not accepted for this game. The fan dress theme for the game is “Blackout” on Saturday. All WHS News
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WHS speech teams host Over 20 students receive large tournament today free mobile dental care By Hailie Schock WHS speech students will host the 35th Annual Warrior Invitational Individual Events Tournament this afternoon and evening at WHS. Registration will begin at 2 p.m. and a general meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the auditorium. Awards will be presented around 8:45 p.m. tonight in the gym. Events will take place in three rounds throughout
WHS with awards done by around 9:15 p.m. Coach Travis Dahle is exited for the event. “It’s that time of year again when 500-plus of the best-dressed kids will be coming to WHS for the 35th Annual Warrior,” Dahle enthused. “We used literally every possible space and then some last year.” Roosevelt High School will host the team debate events Saturday.
By Erika Lehan WHS was visited by the Dakota Smiles Smile Mobile Dental Care Van Oct. 17-21 as more than 20 students received a total of $23,470 worth of free dental care including cleanings and treatments. School registered nurse Carrie Clarke said she was happy so many students could be seen during the visit. “We were extremely
lucky to have the dental mobile here at WHS for an entire week,” Clarke said. “We all know that healthy students make better students!” The visit was presented by Delta Dental, the South Dakota Department of Health and the John T. Vucurevich Foundation who work with local community site partners to target children most in need of health care.
Focus on holidays to make winter fly by Usually the falling of leaves and temperatures signify the coming of a long, brutal South Dakota winter, but I’ve chosen to let these natural changes mean something else that is much easier to stomach—that Thanksgiving and other holiday festivities are close at hand. Focusing on the holidays Hear me. . . instead of the seasons not only keeps me sane, but it also gives me much more Taylor Anderson to look forward to. The last three months of the year are full of dressing up and pretending to be whatever your childhood heart desires, giving thanks while stuffing your face and stomach with your grandma’s famous mashed potatoes and gravy, ugly sweaters and car-
oling and celebrating the start of a new year. Everyone has different traditions during the holidays, but I think we can all agree on the festive movies on Freeform (previously known as ABC Family) and Hallmark as a favorite part. With the passing of Halloween (El Dia de los Muertos), “Hocus Pocus” and all of the “Halloweentown” movies have been checked-off my list. Now, the highly anticipated “Elf ” and “Polar Express” are keeping me looking forward to December. Whatever holiday you have grown up looking forward to, the time spent with extended and chosen family is an agreeable highlight of the season. This year Winter break for me means time spent catching-up with Warrior alum as they move home from college for a month. For me, counting how many pieces of candy and turkey legs I’ve eaten along with my blessings is much easier than counting inches of snow on the ground. Senior Taylor Anderson will be in the Spanish rooms all day celebrating El Dia de los Muertos.
Correction: Editor’s Note: The photo that appeared in Thursday’s NOW misidentified the student who appeared in it. The corrected photo caption is below.
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Photo by Jack Talley UNDERCOVER— Senior Samantha Huber of the color guard performs with the Warrior Marching Band at Wednesday’s Matinee.
New sensors quickly detect algal poison By Bruce Bower Science News (TNS) Periodically, algae in lakes and streams will encounter a food bonanza. Within days, the growth of these one-celled organisms can mushroom into what scientists refer to as a bloom. If those algae make a toxin— a poison—this may make that water unfit to drink.
Science Friday The problem: The algae and their poison can be invisible to the human eye. But not to a new sensor. This new device can detect amazingly small quantities of the algal poison quickly and at low cost. Today’s tests are not only expensive but also take hours to yield a result. The new low-cost sensor can cut that wait time down to just a few minutes. This device targets the same toxins—a group known as microcystins—that had poisoned the Ohio water supplies. One of the most potent of these poisons is microcystinLR. It can cause rashes, headaches, diarrhea and liver damage. In some cases, it can kill people. Each sensor is expected to cost only about $1 to $2. The machine to read those sensors might cost another $1,000 or so. That equipment could make microcystin testing much easier (in part because the equipment would be portable). The sensor “looks like it’s going to be an inexpensive, very rapid way to measure microcystin concentration,” says Glenn Lipscomb. He’s a chemical engineer at the University of Toledo who did not work on the devices. An Ohio State team has been testing the sensor in the lab. Out in lakes or watertreatment plants, however, other organisms and chemicals might confuse the sensors.
