Issue 7, November 9, 2018 Vol. 70

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Volume 70, Issue 7 November 9, 2018

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Today:

Chorfest

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Tuesday:

Girls’

Basket-ball

Scrim-mage @

Cameron HS

Editor:

Ashley Olson

Jr. Editor: Erin Germano

Staff Members: Sydney Larsen Savannah Pank Hughston Remington

Steven Knaack Lucille Landwehr

Alysa Lundeen Sasha Achucarro

Cassidy Pooler Joshua Karo

Advisor:

Mrs. Thompson

 Pg.2 Queen Arthur

 Pg.3 Senior Prof’s Have A Great Weekend!

Luke

Gregerson

What was your best hunt?

My very first tur-key

What are some funny experiences you’ve had hunt-ing?

My dad ‘accidently’ pushed me in the water while goose hunting.

How old were you when you started hunt-ing and why did you go into the business? Before 10 years of age. I was about, two when I started going in the woods. My family are huge hunters.

Brecken

Oswskey

Biggest pet peeves while hunting?

Raccoons and squirrels

What was your best hunt?

Shooting my 222 pound bear. I sicked the dogs on the bear track and they chased it through the woods, then made it cross one trail where I

killed it with only one shot.

What are some funny bear hunting experi-ences you’ve had while hunting?

My bear hunting friend pulled his hamstring in excitement after I shot my bear.

Aside from deer, what other mammal do you

Brecken Oswskey, Isaiah Huray, Zach Pooler, and Luke Gregerson.

Well, it is that time of the year again. Gray gloomy skies with what seems like rain every day. And don’t get me started about it getting dark at 5 p.m. It is at this time of year that I notice people starting to drag their feet. They begin to feel sluggish due to the not so cheerful weather. If you are sick of feeling down in the dumps, you’re in luck because I

have some “pick me up” tips that just might help. If you are a morning person, then this first tip is for you: a two minute morning journal. Find a journal that has a jour-nal prompt on every page; for example “What are you going to let go?” or “What are you going to focus on today?” You just simply write your response. Doing this early in the morning allows you to start your day with a little

self-By Sydney Larsen By Sasha Achucarro

See ‘Gloomy’ on pg. 5

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Natalie McDermott Timo Sznaider

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James Derosia

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Cody Hunker

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Sean Moroney

Happy

Birthday!

*As requested by Grace Olson

Mrs. Brenda Jurek is one of the Northwestern High School’s most be-loved science teachers. For most of us, we only get to spend time with her as freshmen. We thoroughly enjoyed our 85 minutes of extra credit and labs that were sup-posed to be simple. We love Mrs. Jurek, which is why many stu-dents want to get to know her better. Ques-tions arise during our time in her class that can-not always be answered right away, so I sat down with her to ask her some

of those very questions. The first thing I talked to Mrs. Jurek about was her life outside of the school. She shared that she does not have any children, “but I have a lot of kids every day that make me happy.” She and her husband used to have pets, but not any-more because she travels often, including a month long trip to Australia! She also really enjoys mountain biking.

After I got the easy questions out of the way, we talked about whether she thought any students made up their extra credit articles and why she gives so much extra

cred-it.

“I like when students read extra credit articles; most of the articles are legit and we all get some new information out of it.”

Mrs. Jurek then shared details about her life as a student at Mellen High School: “I was a cheer-leader, I had all As, and a lot of friends.” She also mentioned that her first job was packing napkins in a factory in Ashland. After high school she had no plans of becom-ing a teacher. “I wanted to be a medical technolo-gist, but my college advi-sor turned me on to edu-cation.”

Finally Mrs. Jurek said the strangest thing she witnesses while standing in the hallway during passing time are all the collisions. So, newsflash kids, use the mirror. That's what they are there for.

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Tyler Derick

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Merissa Keller

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Marie Livingston Andrew Nelson Alyssa Smith

Happy

Belated Birthday!

Somewhat recently, an eight year old girl named Saga Vanecek who was a resident of Minnesota moved with her family to a house at a southern Sweden called Lake Vidosten and stumbled on something ancient. What is even more interesting is that this all seems very similar to an old English legend, King Arthur. The widely ac-cepted version of the leg-end is that the Lady of the Lake gives Arthur the sword Excalibur if he promises to owe her a favor, and there’s more obviously but unim-portant to this girl’s sto-ry.

So upon learning more about Saga, you may no-tice that her story is a bit similar to the legend of King Arthur. On July 15, Saga was swimming

around in the lake and was playing with sticks under-water, when real-ized one “stick” had a hilt.

She then came back up to the sur-face and held the stick over her head and yelled, “Daddy, I found a sword!” which is how her dad, Andy Vanecek recalled the event on Facebook.

The next day an arche-ologist showed up after hearing about the event in the news and put the sword back into the lake to prevent the sword from decomposing, as according to him the sword hasn't been out of water for over 1000 years.

The archeologist and other experts have re-portedly decided the sword was pre-Viking

era and that it’s 1500 years old and from the Iron Age. The 85 centi-meters long sword is said to be made out of wood, leather and metal. It ap-parently still has the scabbard which is what would have held the sword 1500 years ago. According to Mikael Nordstrom, an employee of the Jonkopings Lans Museum, no one knows why the sword was in the lake; however, a few

weeks ago when the em-ployees of the museum searched the lake again they found a brooch which is also from around that time period. Unfortunately, I don't think this young girl Sa-ga will be christened as the new Queen of Eng-land. Maybe she’ll be the Queen of Sweden, but that possibility is proba-bly pretty slim as well.

By Hughston Remington

What is the dumbest way you’ve been injured?

I broke the knuckle on my right pinky trying to stop some kid from whacking a tree with a stick. Good times.

If you were to describe your graduating class as a type of candy, what type of candy would it be?

Bean Boozled, because either we’re really good, or really bad. No in-between, and you can’t tell.

Describe what Vines or “memes” you stay up late thinking about. Explain.

This one picture I took of myself on Snapchat late at night. When the filter glitched out, I looked like a Dorito with the face of a naked mole rat. I love it, words cannot do it justice.

What was your favorite trend from high school?

“Hey, Peter.” It’s gotten to the point where Mr. Ny-hus limits the amounts of “Hey, Peter’s” to five times a day. It’s great.

What are your plans for after high school?

Going to an art college, doing fun art things, and hopefully being able to make art stuff a viable career for myself.

I will always remember …

Drawing cryptic little animals on my English 12 assignments with Meghan Ross, like little smoke

sig-nals. Hi, Freghan! :)

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In an apartment somewhere out in the Cities, the rooms full of all sorts of art. And a pet tegu lizard. Gotta have the dog lizard at some point in my life.

What is the dumbest way you’ve been injured?

Trying to recreate a gif of a guy riding a fire extinguisher down the aisle of a bus. . . enough said.

Best and worst purchases.

Best: Paying someone $25 to drink an entire bowl of French dressing.

Worst: Paying someone $25 to drink an entire bowl of French dressing.

What was your favorite trend from high school?

The stink bombs of freshman year :)

What are your plans for after high school?

I wouldn’t mind living a reclusive life on a sheep farm somewhere.

If you could create one mandatory course for future seniors, what would it be?

A class on the various arts of humor. That’s one thing you really can’t make it in the outside world without.

I will always remember …

I will always remember Amanda Lumberg’s bold decision to include “screw ‘em” in her middle school graduation speech. Such a renegade. <3

If you could change one school rule, what would it be?

GIVE US FREEDOM TO ROLLER SKATE DOWN THE HALLS.

By Sydney Larsen

Rixta Cavil

Jalin Darwin, Meghan Ross, Sydney Larsen, and Rixta Cavil.

Halloween Pictures

been injured?

I was laying on a air mattress, which was right next to a

window. And before I knew it the window fell out of the frame and right onto me, popping my air mattress.

Best and worst purchases. I only purchase the best of the

best, hun.

If you were to de-scribe your graduat-ing class as a type of candy, what type of candy would your class be?

Airheads … I feel it is pretty self explanatory.

Complete this line: “I will al-ways remember …”

Waffle Wednesday. Austin Bunker. If you know, you know. If you were able to have lunch

with your favorite celebrity, who would it be? Where would you eat lunch? What would you talk about?

David Dobrik. We would talk about your basic tea, sis.

What was your favorite trend from high school?

Bring your tractor to school day. What are your plans for after high school?

I plan on pursuing my art career. candy, what type of candy would

your class be? Explain.

Kit Kat because we all need a break.

Describe what Vines or “memes” you stay up late think-ing about. Explain.

*Little boy running around with a knife*

Mom: (yelling) IS THAT A

with your favorite celebrity, who would it be? Where would you eat lunch? What would you talk about?

Gordon Ramsay. We would talk about all the nasty restaurants he has visited for his iconic show Kitchen Nightmares.

Best and worst purchases. Best: Clothes

What are your plans for after high school?

I plan on attending Lake Superior College to studyphysical therapy. Complete this line: “I will al-ways remember …”

Kyle Curphy’s same three jokes. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Thriving, like always.

Many gamers prefer specific entertainment systems that allow you to play specific video games. These prefer-ences could be some people liking Xbox, Playstation, PC, and even Nintendo’s consoles more than any other. The divide within the gaming community is primarily

be-tween Xbox and

Playstation fans howev-er, they’re debating which con-sole is better. Now, hon-estly, both consoles achieve virtu-ally the same purpose,

playing video games, but which one is actually better for that purpose? Unfortunately instead of using facts to prove which console is better, the console fans have devolved to use constant back and forth jokes like how Playstation fans have tiny hands. The tiny hands is because Playstation controllers

are smaller than Xbox controllers, which is a dumb argument.

Then Xbox fans are made fun of because their controllers have batteries which in hind-sight is also a dumb ar-gument. Which console is better could depend on a few things.

Some people say specifications and fea-tures, some the

commu-nity, a lot say the games, and others still, the price. If discussing price, Playstation usually beats Xbox in that department. When the consoles first came out they were both selling at $399, except the Xbox One had an op-tion to buy it for $499, now both console have specific bundles to get a game with the console

that costs more but the PS4 is usually cheaper than Xbox one.

The $499 Xbox bun-dle options comes with the Kinect, a sort of mo-tion capturing camera used for specific game features, like making you player character look like you.

However, the Kinect doesn’t really add enough content and

fea-tures to warrant another hundred dollars. So, since Playstation is more affordable, it receives obvious superiority. Now when it boils down to games, Playstation does have superior exclusive games according to game critics and both console com-munities. Now an exclu-sive game is obviously a

game exclusive to that specific console.

An example of a Playstation exclusive is The Last Of Us which is considered a fantastic game, and an Xbox ex-clusive example is the Halo series which is also considered a fantastic game in its earlier days, however when the series was sold to new develop-ers the quality of the Ha-lo games have seemed to drop. Now to the com-munity part of all this, one could say that games and com-munity could be considered one big thing as all games have their own community which blends with the consoles general community. But both the console communities can be annoying and also filled with good people. Annoying examples are young kids yelling at you for killing them in a

reflection, which can help steer your day in a positive direction. This could also be used as a creative outlet for anyone who loves to write. These journals can be found at Target or Walmart.

This next suggestion is to try the Mario Badescu facial spray. The specif-ic facial spray I am talk-ing about is the aloe and

rose water variety, which will hydrate your skin, leaving you feeling re-freshed. Not only does this facial spray smell like a bouquet of roses, it is gentle on all skin types. The bottle is also available in a small size, perfect for a purse for when you are on the go. You can buy this rejuve-nating spray at Ulta and Target.

Another useful tip is deep sea bath salts by

the brand Herbivore. The bath salts can be used to detoxify your body and clear your mind of what-ever is weighing you down. The bath salts are 100% all natural and ve-gan, a blend of lavender, an ingredient noted for calming anxiety. Euca-lyptus is also included in the blend, which is a key element because it reduc-es exhaustion and helps minimize stress just through its scent by

in-creasing blood circula-tion to your brain.

The last tip that may be one of my favorites is dark chocolate. The co-coa in the dark chocolate is known to boost the serotonin levels in your brain, which allows your body to feel more calm and relaxed when you bite into those sweet treats.

By Hughston Remington

‘Gloomy’ from pg. 1

Specs Online Services Storage Backwards compatibility

Graphics/ Resolution

PS4

$60 for 1 year, $25 1/4 of a year, $10 for a month. Online services are needed to play games online.

500GB, 1TB, has an Ethernet port, as well as two USB inputs. Storage obvious-ly allows more games to be downloaded.

Playstation has backwards com-patibility which means you can play older games on the new con-sole. However it costs money, $20 a month, or $40 for 3 months.

PS4 supports 4K, 1080p, and 1080i. Can also run 30 to 60 frames a second depending on Wifi.

Xbox

One

Xbox’s prices for online ser-vices are exactly the same. Nei-ther wins.

Xbox has the same but it also has the addition of 2 HDMI in-puts so you can use older TVS. Xbox wins.

Xbox also has backwards com-patibility, except it’s free and has a wider variety of choices. Xbox wins.

Xbox has the same except for 4K support. PS4 wins

noying people. Both con-soles have these kind of people in their

communi-feature and specs chart that may be techno mum-bo jummum-bo to some of you

looking at that chart you can see that Xbox is su-perior in more sections,

I’d discuss Xbox One X vs PS4 Pro except the Xbox One X is better in

hunt?

Deer, bear, tur-key….basically anything that moves.

Zach Pooler

Stupid Minnesotans

What was your best hunt?

2013 was the best year; I shot a bull elk.

What are some funny experiences you’ve had hunting?

When my father com-pletely missed a grouse.

What do you do to pass the long hours ?

Play games, text my lovely girlfriend, and play with my knife.

What type of hunting rifle do you use?

300 wsm... I love it.

Isaiah Huray

hunting?

People who invade my spot

What was your best hunt?

When I shot my 11 pointer (Those who are non-hunters -- it's a deer with big antlers)

What are some funny experiences you’ve had hunting?

My dad using four clips and still didn’t get the deer.

What do you do to pass the long hours?

Play on my phone and sleep.

What type of hunting rifle do you use and why?

AR-15 7mm-08 because it does the job.

‘Hunting’ from pg. 1

Let The Music Relax You At The NHS Choir

.5K

Sat., Nov.10

10 AM - Noon

NHS Gymnasium

Enjoy music, sweets, hot chocolate, coffee, prizes, auction items and a little bit of walking.

For those who want to run, but enjoy relaxing so much more!

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