WHITEOAK
JR./SR. HIGH
SCHOOL
September 30, 2016
Volume 13, Issue 3
Weekly Wildcat
New Teacher—Mr. Holmes
Lunch Menu
Hot Ham & Cheese
WG Bun
Baby Baked Potatoes
Broccoli/Ranch
Fruit Milk
10/3
Cheeseburger WG Bun
Baked Fries
Carrots/Ranch
Fruit Milk
10/4
Mini Corn Dogs
Baked Beans
Celery/Ranch
Graham Cracker
Fruit Milk
10/5
Giovanni's Smart Slice
WG Pizza
Green Beans
Cocoa Bar
Fruit Milk
10/6
Baked Chicken Patty
WG Bun
Green Beans
Carrots/Ranch
Fruit Milk
10/7
Athletics Calendar
10/1 Co-ed Varsity Cross
to Country at Piketon
10/3 Inv.—10:00 a.m.
10/3 Varsity Volleyball at
North Adams ( SHAC)
—5:00 p.m.
JH Volleyball at Fairfield—5:00 p.m.
10/5 JV Volleyball vs
Lynchburg
—5:00 p.m.
10/6 Varsity Volleyball at
West Union (non
SHAC)—5:00 p.m.
10/7 JH Volleyball—SHAC
Tourney at Fairfield
All Day Event
Mr. Holmes taught 6th grade Science at bright elementary before coming to
WHS. He has 2 children; and a wife named Leslie who is a math teacher. His
favorite sports team is the Cincinnati Bengals. Mr. Holmes loves teaching
here!
—Written by Kiley Hamilton
Senior Spotlight—Chelsea Chisman
Chelsea Chisman is the daughter of Jill Parr. After high school, Chelsea
plans on going to Wright State University to major in Oncology. Chelsea’s
favorite teacher at Whiteoak is Ms. Whited because she is very nice and
helpful. Chelsea’s favorite memory at Whiteoak was when someone
grabbed Megan’s baked potato at lunch and threw it down the table. Chelsea doesn’t know what her least favorite memory is.
—Written by: Morgan Thompson
Senior Spotlight—Logan Aliff
This week’s Senior Spotlight is Logan Aliff. His parents are Tony and
Leah Aliff. After high school, he plans on getting a job in the Labor union. Logan's favorite teacher is Mr. Arledge because he likes the way he
teaches and the way he acts. His worst memory is wrecking his four
wheeler, and his best memory is going to Colorado with his family. Logan says, “don't do drugs, stay in school, and work hard for what you
want in life. Never give up and no matter what anybody tells you, never
give up on your dreams.”
—Written by: Lexi Jones
FFA—County and District Soils
Over the course of the last week the Mowrystown FFA has attended the Highland County and District
9 soils contests. At the County contest the Ag Team received third place and the Urban Team received second place. At the District contest the Ag team received ninth place and the Urban team
received third place. The Urban team, consisting of Faith Lane, Anthony Wesch, Emily Feck, and
Hayeden Klump, will be going on to the state contest on October 8. Good luck!
Apple News—
—Written by Emily Feck
Apple’s newest New York City retail store opened its doors August 16. It is an ultra-modern visual
spectacle. The store is located on two levels of the World Trade Center Transportation hub—inside
the “Oculus” shopping area. This is Apple’s seventh Manhattan location, its tenth across the state of
New York and 485th globally, The interior of the shop looks about the same as most other Apple
stores, but also features a huge video wall complete with a sitting area called the “Forum”, where
people can tinker around with their new products and learn how to use them. So if you’re ever in New
York, I recommend checking it out.
—Written by: Robby Wickline
This Week in History
Top 10 Movies
—by Austin Browning
—by Macy Knoblauch
10/3 1920 NFL (then American Pro
Football Assoc.) played 1st games
10/4 1957 Sputnik launched
10/5 1947 - U.S. President Harry S
Truman held the first televised
Presidential address from the White
House. Subject: international food
crisis
10/6 1866 First U.S. train robbery
10/7 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger
becomes California governor
Fun Facts
—by Erin Kennedy & Trever Yeager
—Wearing headphones for just
an hour increases the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.
—The porpoise is the second to
man as the most intelligent animal on the planet.
— The lifespan of a squirrel is
about nine years.
— On average, 12 newborns will
be given to the wrong parents
daily.
— Human thigh bones are
stronger than concrete.
— On average, a hedgehog’s
heart beats 300 times a minute.
— Slugs have 4 noses.
— Polar bears are left handed.
— A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69
years.
— Earth is the only planet not
named after a god.
Dear Destiny...
Why is his name Donkey Kong
when he isn't even a donkey?
~Anonymous~
Answer- The legend has it that
the Japanese fellow who developed the game had made a mistake when translating the Japanese for “Monkey Kong” into
English. By the time the error
was discovered, it was too late.
Millions of labels had already
been printed.
~Destiny~
Question of the Week
—by Logan Aliff & Bri Steele
What's your favorite kind of pizza?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Godfather
Forrest Gump
The Dark Knight
The Shawshank Redemption
5. The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Star Wars: Episode V
Empire Strikes Back
8. Titanic
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Fight Club
“Pepperoni”
—Hunter Whitt
“Pepperoni”
—Cory Bowman
“Cheese”
—Sydney Scott
Mr. Lanham & Ms. Countryman
Tell It Like It Is
Birthdays
—by Crystal Bowman &
Kiley Hamilton
—by Haivan Martin
10/1 Seth Igo
Trent Tackett
10/2 Tyanna Turner
10/3 Clay Risner
10/5 Marciel Setty
10/6 Bre Upton
10/8 Nick Taylor
If you had one
question for
President Obama,
what would it be?
"How long would your vacation
need to be?
-Mr. Lanham
"How do you sleep at night?”
-Ms. Countryman
Sports Corner
—by Tristan Kleather
Golf Team:
Back Row (L to R): Coach
Steve Large, Casey Nace,
Jacob Campbell, Evan Brill,
Trent Tackett
Front Row (L to R): Clay
Risner, Traeten Hamilton,
Logan Kelly, Ryan Roberts,
Zach Harless
Amazing Animals
—by Jared Ballard
Sunda Colugo
Dates to Remember:
--The Sunda
Colugo is a flying
lemur
--Is nocturnal and
found only in the
rainforest of
Southeast Asia
--Uses extra skin
flaps to glide
from tree to tree
10/10/16- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
10/11/16- Shawnee comes here—1:15 p.m.
10/14/16- SSCC Connect to College Day at Hillsboro Campus—9-12
“Do what you can,
with what you have,
where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
WHS FFA– Highland County Fair Winners
—by Abby Goolsby
Trent Tackett (Meat Goats)—5th & 8th in Jr. Market
Nicholas McCann (Dairy Goats)—2nd Best Senior Doe
Sydney Scott (Breeding Goat)—Best of Breed, 2nd Place
Marciel Setty (Breeding Rabbits)—Best of Breed, Breed Champion,
Reserve Breed Champion
Faith Brunk (Breeding Rabbits)—Best of Breed, Best 6-8 Doe, 1st
Scrapbook,1st Rifle
Nolan Setty (Rabbits)—4th in Jr. Market
Gabrielle Tebo (Chickens)—2nd in Class, Reserve Best of Breed
American Fuzzy Lops
Brayden Yeager (Breeding Rabbits)—Champion Breeding Rabbit
in Open Show, Reserve Breeding Rabbit in 4-H Show,
Best & Reserve, 4th in Open Show, Champion Junior
Doe in 4-H Show
Shay Vanlieu (Chickens)—1st in Class, Division Champion,
3rd in Photography
Alex Hart—4th in Tractor Pulls
Jacob Arledge(Tractor Show)—1st special Interest Division,
1st Overall Special Interest
Brian DeAtley—Grand Champion Ostrich
Joking Around
What's green and has wheels? Grass, I lied about the wheels.
What should the funny bone be called? The humor-ous.
Can a kangaroo jump higher than a house? Of course, a house doesn’t jump at all.
Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because the chicken hasn’t evolved yet.
Two fortune tellers meet. First one says, “We’re going to have a hot
summer again.” The second one sighs happily:
“Yes, it reminds me of the summer in 2092…”
—by Hope Hofer