Lostant School District #425
Comet Times
Volume 2,Issue VI
Eighth Grade Volleyball Night
March 6, 2015
Eighth grade volleyball players Megan
Wiesbrock, Lexi Lyons, and Jacki Wilson
were honored at their last home volleyball
game in February. From left to right, Megan, a four year player, surrounded by her
parents Kelly and Jason Wiesbrock; Lexi
Lyons, 3 year player, with her mother
Stacey Lyons; and Jacki Wilson, four year
player, with her mother Suzanne ShaferWilson.
Special points of interest:
 Volleyball Eighth
Grade Night
 Concession Stand
 How to get teachers
to like you (even
more than they do
now!)
 Why did the M&M
go to school?
 Enjoying gluehwein
after the concert
Who was Dr. Charles Bartoli?
 A 1930 relay stick
Inside this issue:
Spotlight on
Brianna
2
Dear Soldier
2
Jokes
2
Advice Column
3
Spring Cleaning
3
Winter Concert
Scenes
4
Super Bowl XLIX 4
Have you ever wondered why our gym has a
plaque dedicating it the “Dr.
Charles Bartoli Memorial
Gym?” Dr. Bartoli was a lifelong resident of Lostant, who
graduated from Illinois Valley
College, Northern Illinois
University, and Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. His offices
were in Streator, and he
passed away in 1998, at the
age of 50. But why did the
gym get named after him?
Dr. Bartoli served
the Lostant Grade School
and Lostant High School as
board member and president
for fourteen years. They
were not consecutive years,
however, because “Chuck”
was overwhelmingly voted
off the high school board in
1989, only to return two years
later with the highest vote
total! Dr. Bartoli had believed that Lostant High
School was too small and
expensive to offer the best
for their students and taxpayers. He saw that the future of
the Lostant school district
could not serve high school
students. This school board,
then, was one of the very first
to petition the state board for
permission to deactivate the
high school (which graduated
its last class in 1993), and give
high school students a choice
on which neighboring high
school to attend. Lostant
School thus remained a unit
district, and the neighboring
high schools became “serving
districts”.
In December 1996,
Dr. Bartoli was given the
Thomas Lay Burroughs
Award for the outstanding
school board president in
Illinois, by the State Board of
Education. A quote from
Lostant Superintendent Tom
Rosene‘s nomination for the
award, regarding Dr. Bartoli‘s
vision for the school, remarked that…”essentially
there is no vision without
courage and conviction.”
So, the next time you visit the
Dr. Charles Bartoli Memorial
Gym (or sit on the playground bench), look for the
plaques reminding us of Dr.
Bartoli and his dedication to
our school and community.
Spotlight on a Student: Brianna Gorges
By Chelsie Shawback
This issue’s spotlight is on seventh grader Brianna Gorge
Q: Who are your best friends?
Megan, Lexi, Jacki, Chelsi, Meleah,
and Alyssa.
Q: What are your pets’ names?
Chunk and Archie.
Q: What types do you have?
Chunk is a Pit Bull, and Archie is a
black capped conure. Archie likes to
hang upside down.
Q: What are you reading now?
Q: What is your favorite movie?
I am reading Brisinger by Christopher
Paolini. It is book three of the Eragon R: The Lord of the Rings.
series.
Q: Do you have a favorite TV
show? Yes, it’s Survivor!
Q: What do you do in your free
time? I read, play with my sisters
and pets, hang out with family, and
play outside if it’s nice.
Concession Stand
Write A Letter!
Mailing their letter to a soldier are
Gretchen Logsdon, Phoebe Kammer, Annabel Vincent, and Landon
Logsdon.
Writing a letter is
a meaningful way for Americans to show their support for
our military. As a class project,
students wrote letters using the
school’s address and their
teacher’s email address to their
choice of deployed troops, new
recruits, wounded warriors,
and/or veterans. A local newspaper will be picking up the
mail until April 5.
The eighth grade is selling water,
Gatorade, and candy after school to raise
money for their eighth grade trip to
Chicago. They are sincerely thankful for
support for their afterschool concession
stand.
Jokes and Riddles
Can February March?
(No, but April May!)
Why did the M&M
go to school?
Because he wanted to
be a Smartie!
Why was the teacher
cross-eyed?
(She couldn't control her
pupils!)
Where did the music teacher
leave her keys?
(In the piano!)
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What did the tree say to the
math teacher?
(Gee, I'm a tree!)
Why did the kid study in the
airplane?
(He wanted a higher education!)
What did the pen say to the
pencil?
(What's your point?!)
What did you learn in school
today?
(Not enough, I have to go back
tomorrow!)
How do you get straight A's?
(Use a ruler!)
What's the king of the classroom? (The ruler, of course.)
Comet Times
Spotlight on Staff:
By Chelsie Shawback
Q:What is your favorite
song/songwriter? My favorite
song right now is “Shake it off” by
Taylor Swift.
Q: What are your kids’
names? Well, there is Adam,
married to Rosaura and a farmer
with my husband Gary; Sara, married to Brian, mom to Mia, Noah,
Mary, and Samuel; and a veterinarian; Evan, who manages a new Peru
store; Maria, married to Clint, and
the Tremont Library Director; and
Mrs. Ford
Laura, working on her Master’s
degree at LSU in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
Q: What do you teach? This
year I am assisting in math, PE,
science, computers, and reading. I
also supervise two study halls, and
recess. On a typical day in school,
my fitbit says I take almost 8,000
steps. I love it. I also sponsor the
Comet Times that you are reading
now; and I coach the awesome
Lostant Comets Scholastic Bowl
Team.
Q: What do you do in your
free time? I am active in my
church, and I read newspapers, and
magazines like Time and Smithsonian. I just finished reading The
Book Thief, and now I am reading
Bake and Be Blessed. I like to do
things with my family, and in the
summer, I grow lots of flowers and
freeze gallons of green beans. I also
play “Words with Friends” on my
phone.
Q: What is your favorite TV
Show? Probably, it would be
Nashville, followed by The Voice.
Q: What do you like the best
about our school? I really,really
appreciate all those students who use
their time wisely in study hall.
How do I get a
Mary G.R. Advice Column
Dear Mary G.R.,
How do I get a teacher to be
nice to me? Is it true that they
really like apples? Should I
smother her or him with apples?
Sincerely,
Inquisitive
Dear Inquisitive ,
and do your homework. It has
never been that hard!
Knowledgeably,
Mary G.R.
Dear Mary G.R.,
What is the difference between square dancing and line
dancing? What is an allemande
left, anyway?
Just treat them with respect,
teacher to be
Dear Two Left Feet,
In square dancing, you dance in
a square, and in line dancing,
well, you dance in a line. Allemande Left is a move in square
dancing in which two facing
dancers take left hands or forearms, turn halfway around to
the left, let go, and step forward.
Signed,
Jovially,
Two Left Feet
Mary G.R.
Polishing History
Mrs. Dianna Ioerger
did a little early spring cleaning
at Lostant School. As a volunteer, she recently dusted and
polished dozens of trophies and
their display cases located in the
foyer of the gymnasium. The
majority of the awards were
from Lostant High School,
Volume 2,Issue VI
We’re on the web!
Lostantcomets.org
which deactivated in 1993.
One of the most interesting
trophies Mrs. Ioerger found
was a wooden stick used in a
championship relay race in
1930. Doing the math, 2015
minus 1930, means that the
names carved into the stick are
85 years old!
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nice to me?
Scenes Before and
After the 2015
Winter Concert
Clockwise; Mrs. Shauna Breckenridge
checks with narrators Hunter Witzman, Dallas Powell, and Devin Forest;
Makenzie Chambers is served
Swedish glogg; Ileanna Esser and
Maleah Mertes share hot mulled (not)
wine; Salina Breckenridge and
Madisonlynn Lyons-Lewis enjoy
Mexican hot apple juice; and Sarah
Daugherty and Lola Johnson-Rockey
check out refreshing gluehwein.
Super Bowl XLIV
By Parker Witzman
and Hunter Strack
Super Bowl 49 had many moments that had you on the edge of your
seat. During the Super Bowl the Seahawks would take on the Patriots. During the game Tom Brady threw 2 Interceptions with 1 in the first and 1 in the
second. At the end of the 1st the score
was 0-0 and by the end of the second it
was 14-14. It was a neck to neck game.
By the scoring run for the Seahawks in
the 3rd quarter the score was 24-14 Seahawks. Coming towards the closing
the score was a close 28-24 after the
Patriots had a rally in the 4th quarter.
The ball went to the Seahawks with
about 1:30 left. In the gun Russell Wilson took the snap and heaved the ball
for about 70 yards but the pass was
incomplete, the crowd disappointed
then dropped their heads, but wait Jermaine Kearse had tipped the ball of his
hands and thought he was done. Then
he looked up and there was the ball
after it hit off the Patriots Cornerback’s
fingers hurled to the ground only to hit
Kearse’s leg then to pop it in the air
and it fell into Kearse’s hands. He
made the juggling catch, and the crowd
burst into a cheering fit because most
of the fans were Seahawks fans. After
the catch, the Seahawks were at the 9
yard line so they had one more chance.
They handed the ball of with about
1:00 left. Marshawn Lynch ran it 8.5
yards to the ½ yard line. The call could
have gone either way but they did not
give him the touchdown.
The Seahawks had 2nd and goal
and decided to pass. Russell Wilson
again took the snap and threw a bullet
pass to his wide receiver but it was
picked off. With 30 seconds left the
Seahawks had 1 chance with the Patriots on the 1 yard line and they were in
safety positions. The Seahawks blew
their last chance and went offside to
put the Patriots at the 6. They would
kneel the ball and the final would be 28
-24 Patriots. The MVP would be Tom
Brady who had 328 passing yards, 37
completions, 4 TD’s, and 2 INT.
A player who did a good job is
Chris Mathews, a rookie who got his
first TD catch in the Super Bowl. He
did a good job, Kudos to him. The Super Bowl had a great ending after the
Seahawks destroyed their chances.