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Happening Now •Jazz Band: Pops night 7 p.m. tonight in commons •No School: In honor of Thanksgiving holiday WednesdayFriday at WHS. Classes resume following first-day of week schedule at 8:30 a.m. Monday
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Ten Warrior athletes in four sports commit to college teams Signings take place Nov. 8 at Avera Sports Institute
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Pizza burger, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-136 to discuss upcoming contests. •Boys Soccer: Open field 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Avera Sports Dome, 1601 W. 44th Place. •Gay/Straight Alliance: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Nov. 21 in A-159. •Rubik’s Cube Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Nov. 21 in A-204.
Other Reminders •Winter Formal: Will take place from 8-11 p.m. Dec. 2 at WHS. Outside dates can be signed up at the ticket table Nov. 27-29, and must be at least in high school and under 21 years old and provide a school ID or S.D. driver’s license for admittance the night of the dance.
Photo courtesy Warrior Girls Basketball SIGN HERE—Seniors (L-R) Taylor VanderMaten, Tara Oren, Olivia Gasca, Jada Cunningham, Taylor VanderVelde, Carley Goetschius, Alex Bertram, Hank Eggebraaten, Nathan Woodall and Will Grevlos prepare to sign letters of intent Nov. 8 at the Avera Sports Institute. By Sidney Kennedy and Madelyn Moravec en WHS seniors and athletes signed National Letters of Intent to further their academic and athletic talents in college Nov. 8 at the Avera Sports Institute. Girls basketball standouts Jada Cunningham and Taylor VanderVelde committed to Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. For baseball, Alex Bertram, one of WHS’s top pitchers since freshman year, committed to South Dakota State University in Brookings. Four Warrior softball players signed letters, including Olivia Gasca to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn., Taylor
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VanderMaten to Dakota State University in Madison, Tara Oren to Mount Marty College in Yankton and Carley Goetschius to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Goetschius said it was a good event. “It was really fun signing with my friends and people from school,” Goetschius said. “I am looking forward to a new experience and exctied to play at a college level.” Warrior boys golf standout Will Grevlos committed to the University of Minnesota. Team members Hank Eggebraaten and Nathan Woodall both committed to play golf at the University of Sioux Falls.
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Photo by Britt Samson Members of the Young Democrats and Young Republicans pose for a picture after packing 53 meals Monday at Hy Vee. WHS students and staff donated around $2,700 to make the effort to provide Thanksgiving meals to Warrior families in need possible with a dash-for-cash Friday.
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidney Kennedy and Seth Benson Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . Taylar Erickson Staff: Daniel Slaven, Madelyn Moravec Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . Madi Forseth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and Libby Nachtigal 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/ TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service
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Three WHS dancers perform in ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ Classic opens Friday at historic Orpheum Theater downtown
By Madi Forseth “The Nutcracker” ballet is a traditional holiday favorite, and three Warriors are a part of the Dance Gallery studio’s performance of the classic at the Historic Orpheum Theater in downtown Sioux Falls opening Friday. Junior Emelia Skogstad, who plays the Dew Drop Fairy and Angel of Dreams in “The Nutcracker,” says the ballet is a great way to kickstart the holiday spirit. “Seeing this show would be a great way to start off the holiday season,” Feature Skogstad said. “I’m very excited about the upcoming shows to see all of our hard work pay off.” Brother and sister sophomore Caleb Smith and senior Katelyn Smith are also members of the cast. The three WHS students began rehearsal for the event in August and have practiced every week on Sundays and in many after school rehearsals and Friday-Sunday rehearsals “The Nutcracker” will be present-
ed for two weekends, opening Friday at 4 p.m., and continuing Saturday at 2 p.m. It will also be presented Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. In the second weekend shows are at 7 p.m. Dec. 1, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 2, and 2 p.m. Dec. 3. Katelyn Smith has come fullcircle. “I’ve been in Dance Gallery’s ‘Nutcracker’ since 2005, beginning as a little cupcake,” Katelyn Smith said. “I have been several roles over the years, but the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most special to me. It’s a role that every little girl dreams of dancing someday. It’s funny because when I was a cupcake I danced with the Sugar Plum Fairy, and now I am the Sugar Plum Fairy and I dance with my students who I teach ballet to.” She will perform a solo and then a Pas de Deux with her brother, Caleb Smith, the first weekend only. She said it’s going to be both happy and sad for her to take the stage. “I am so excited to perform in my last ‘Nutcracker,’ but I know
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Photo by Lori Smith DANCE—(Left-right) senior Katelyn Smith, sophomore Caleb Smith and junior Emelia Skogstad will appear in “The Nutcracker.” that it will be bittersweet,” she said. Tickets and other information about the Dance Gallery’s performance of “The Nutcracker” can be found online at dancegallerysd. com/nutcrackerperformances.
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Edison announces phonograph History.com (MCT) American inventor Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound, today in 1877. Edison stumbled on one of his greatest inventions while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his surprise, played back the short poem he had recorded, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the Yankee inventor world famous, and he was dubbed the “Wizard of Menlo Park.”
Our History Edison set aside this invention in 1878 to work on the incandescent light bulb, and other inventors moved forward to improve on the phonograph. A decade later in 1887, Edison resumed work on the device, using the wax-cylinder technique developed by Charles Tainter. Although initially used as a dictating machine, the phonograph proved to be a popular tool for entertainment, and in 1906 Edison unveiled a series of musical and theatrical selections to the public through his National Phonograph Company. Continuing to improve on models and cylinders over the years, the Edison Disc Phonograph debuted in 1912 with the aim of competing in the popular record market. Edison’s discs offered superior sound quality but were not compatible with other popular disc players. During the 1920s, the early record business suffered with the growth of radio, and in 1929 recording production at Edison ceased forever. Edison, who acquired an astounding 1,093 patents in his 84 years, died in 1931.
