Mr. Ruckel’s Reflections
WHITEOAK
JR./SR. HIGH
SCHOOL
Weekly Wildcat
Lunch Menu
Hot Ham & Cheese
WG Bun
Baby Baked Potatoes
Broccoli/Ranch
Fruit Milk
01/23
Cheeseburger/WG Bun
Baked Fries
Carrots/Ranch
Fruit Milk
01/24
Mini Corn Dogs
Baked Beans
Celery/Ranch
Fruit Milk
01/25
Giovanni’s Smart Slice
WG Pizza
Romaine Salad/Dressing
Cherry Tomatoes
Cocoa Bar
Fruit Milk
01/26
Baked Chicken Patty
WG Bun
Green Beans
Carrots/Ranch
Fruit Milk
01/27
FFA News—
Whiteoak FFA Week
will be
February 18-25, 2017.
Please stay tuned to see
what activities will be
scheduled for that week.
2015-2016
Yearbooks
are here
See Mr. Bogart in the
Library to purchase
your copy—
only $45.00
Quote of the Week—
"The two most important days
in your life are the day you
are born and the day you find
out why." -- Mark Twain
“There is no ‘I’ in team but there is in win”.
—Michael Jordan
January 20, 2017
Volume 13, Issue 16
Senior Spotlight—Maggie Carr
Maggie is the daughter of Kim and Jim Carr. After high school
Maggie plans to attend Eastern Kentucky University and major in
Occupational Therapy. Maggie’s favorite teacher is Mrs. Whited
because she always made everything fun! Her favorite memories at
Whiteoak include National FFA Convention, FFA, Cross Country
season and qualifying for Cross Country Regionals for three years!
—Written by Abby Goolsby & Destiny Price
Tech News—This text can crash your iPhone
As if receiving a text from an ex or some other
unwanted message isn't bad enough, now there's a
text that can crash your iPhone.
Here's how it works: if you type a white flag
emoji, a 0 and a rainbow emoji, iOS 10 will try to
combine them into a rainbow flag and get
confused. Send those specific characters in a text
message to an iPhone running iOS 10 and that
phone will freeze, and the person receiving the
message doesn't even have to open or read the
message--the phone freezes as soon as it receives
the text.
Fortunately, creating and sending the unwanted
text isn't as simple as just sending a text. If you do
receive this text, your phone should eventually
unfreeze or restart. It seems like someone's always
trying to mess with your tech.
—Taken from CNET (Richard Trenholm)
Teacher Spotlight—Ms. Whited
Ms. Whited graduated from Whiteoak High School. She
went to Southern State Community College, Shawnee
State University, and Ohio University. Ms. Whited has a
son, Nate, who attends Whiteoak. She has been teaching
for 8 years. Her favorite memory is when she traveled to
Canada for a research project.
—Written by Abby Goolsby
This Week in History—
1/20/2009—Barack Obama inaugurated; becomes first African American president
1/22/1946—US sets up Central Intelligence Agency
1/23/1978—Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be
damaging to earth's ozone layer
1/24/1984—Apple reveals its first Macintosh personal computer
1/27/1973—US & North Vietnam's William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign cease-fire, ending longest
US war and military draft
Fact or Fiction—Bubble Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest
Fiction—”Most people empty their stomachs 30 to 120 minutes after eating, and that includes gum,”
explains Dr. Nancy McGreal on DukeHealth.org.
01/23
01/23
01/24
01/24
01/24
01/24
01/26
Clayton Seibert
Chase Butler
Shane Elliott
Kensley Bailey
Kyle Bailey
Zach Harless
Nate Frazer
—How does a swimmer keep fit?
They do pool-ups.
—Three guys are stranded in a
desert. By a stroke of luck, they
find a magic genie lamp. The
genie grants each of them one
wish. The first guy wishes to be
back home. Wish granted. The
second guy wishes the same.
Wish granted. The third guy
says, "It feels very lonely here
now, I wish my friends were with
me…” Wish granted.
—They threw me out of the cinema today for bringing my own
food. But come on – the prices
are way too high, plus I haven’t
had a barbecue in months.
—Why haven’t you ever seen
any elephants hiding up trees?
Because they’re really, really
good at it
—Money doesn’t buy you happiness but it can buy you a jet-ski.
It is impossible to be sad when
you’re riding on the jet-ski.
—You’ll never believe who I
bumped into on my way to the
eye doctor! Everybody!
Weird National Days
01/23—Pie Day
01/24—Peanut Butter Day
01/25—Opposite Day
01/26—Green Juice Day
01/27—Chocolate Cake Day
Interesting Facts
—If you sneeze too hard, you can
fracture a rib.
—If you try to suppress a sneeze,
you can rupture a blood vessel in
your head or neck and die.
—If you keep your eyes open by
force when you sneeze, you might
pop an eyeball out.
—Rats multiply so quickly that in 18
months, two rats could have over a
million descendants.
—Wearing headphones for just an
hour will increase the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.
—In every episode of “Seinfeld”
there is a Superman somewhere.
—The cigarette lighter was invented
before the match.
—Thirty-five percent of the people
who use personal ads for dating are
already married.
—A duck's quack doesn't echo, and
no one knows why.
—Gecko feet exert a special adhesive that allow them to stick to just
about any surface, without leaving a
residue
—Opossums emit a protein that can
neutralize nearly all poisons that
enter their body
—A cat can jump up to five times its
own height
—Dogs are born with intuitive, near
telepathic powers which only improve the longer they hang around
humans and get to know them.
—Hippos can produce their own
sunscreen, a reddish sweat that
looks like blood
—Sea cucumbers can turn themselves into liquid form, and then
back again
Height: 6’0”
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Sports: None
Grade: 10th
1/20—Boys JV/Varsity —Fayetteville
Away
1/21—Jr. High Boys & Girls—Fairfield
Away 10:00 AM
1/23—Girls JV/Varsity—Northwest
Away
6:00 PM
1/24—Boys JV/Varsity—Manchester
Away
4:30 PM
1/25—Jr. High Boys—West Union
Away
5:30 PM
1/26—Girls JV/Varsity—Fayetteville
Home
6:00 PM
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
Question of the Week
If hot water makes an egg turn into a hard boiled egg,
why does it make noodles soft?
"Magiccccc."
"Because noodles are cooler."
"Idk."
Caroline Goolsby
Allie Kiley
Kayla Jones
Weird facts about dreams—
—You forget 90% of your dreams
—Everyone dreams, even blind people
—In our dreams we only see faces that we already know
—Not everybody dreams in color
—Dreams are symbolic
—You can have four to seven dreams in one night
—Animals dream too
—Men and women dream differently
—If you are snoring, then you cannot be dreaming.
Mr. Lanham & Ms. Countryman
Tell It Like It Is
Why don’t
woodpeckers get
a headache when
they slam their
heads on a tree all
day?
“Because they have shock
absorbers.”
—Mr. Lanham
Height: 5’2”
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Sports: Basketball
Grade: 10th
1/27—Boys JV/Varsity (Homecoming)—West Union
Naked Mole Rat
For as ugly as they seem, the Naked
Mole Rat is pretty incredible. They
live up to 28 years, which is
unparalleled among other similar
animals, and maintain their fertility for
almost the entire time. They are often
used in cancer research and in aging
studies, since they are born looking
like this and barely age at all.
Height: 5’5”
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
Sports: None
Grade: 10th
Wildcat and Lady ‘Cat Basketball
Amazing Animal
Answers to Guess Who: Clayton Ferguson,
Savannah Warfield, Shadaisa Van Lieu
Did You Know?
—Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue
print is different.
—Your heart beats over 100,000 times
a day.
— The average person falls asleep in
seven minutes.
— Our eyes are always the same size
from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
— Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was
also assassinated.
—In England in the 1880s, "pants" was
considered a dirty word.
Guess Who?
Joking Around
Birthdays
"Because their crown has a
padding.”
—Ms. Countryman
Dear Destiny:
Which animals have the ability
to sleep while standing up?
-Zootopia
Dear Zoo:
Sleeping upright is an
advantage for large animals
because they would be slow to
get to their feet if attacked. For
smaller animals the reduction in
leg springiness outweighs this
benefit. Horses, zebras and
elephants sleep standing up.
Cows can too, but mostly
choose to lie down. -Destiny