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JANUARY 16, 2014
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VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2
C H I N O O K
H I G H
SECOND QUARTER
S C H O O L
D E C K I N G T H E H A L L S , L I T E R A L LY
BY: KATELYN NEIBAUER AND TANNER GOMKE
Upcoming
harassment,
CHS successfully
Lexi refers
built Christmas spirit
BPA Regionals
Jan.22
during the month of
Missoula
Children`s
Theatre
Jan.
27-31
December with a
Havre Choir
Festival
Feb.3
friendly competition
State
Wrestling
Feb.
14-15
of “decking the
Basketball
Districts
Feb.
19-22
halls”, between the
Lifetouch
Pictures
Feb. 18
upperclassmen and
No school
Feb. 21
Basketball
Divisional
underclassmen.
Feb.26–
Mar. 1
No School
Feb. 28
BPA
State
Mar.
9-11
competitive
teasing that
took place
The upperclassmen hallway looked magical, but
the judges thought otherwise, as they ruled the
underclassmen the winner.
The freshmen and sophomores
started slowly, but by the end of the
Spring
Mar. 17
Practices begin
week picked up their game and began
to pour out their spirited souls with
Contents
Decking the
Halls, Literally
to the
Pg.
1-2
Christmas joy and décor. Freshman
Lexi Warburton stated, “Nobody
The Silence of
Safety
Pg. 3
Masked
Madness
Pg. 4
Behind the
Media Tech
Closed Doors?
Pg. 5
Volleyball Wrap
-up and Winter
Sports Review
Entertainment
helped. Just trying to find people to
help was the
hardest part.
Dealing with the
upperclassmen
Pg.
6-7
Pg.
7-11
harassing the
underclassmen
was also a major
bump in the
road.” By
between the
floors.
The juniors and seniors had no
trouble welcoming their true inner
Christmas spirit with open arms. They
had a large amount of students
assisting in the construction of their
Christmas creations. Cody
McCracken, a huge contributor to the
upperclassmen’s success stated,
“Well it’s a
miracle just to
see all the young
folk come
together and get
behind a festive
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pg.2)
The first place freshmen and sophomore
hallway looked spectacular shining in the
darkness.
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event like decorating, and
making the school a magical
place. God bless America.”
The often overlooked CHS
faculty members also
deserve a chance in the
spotlight. Music department
Among all the festivities
guru, Mr. Brian Braatz, just
put on by CHS, a traditional
wrapped up an enchanted
favorite is the annual CHS
Christmas program starring
movie day, sponsored by the
the CHS band and choir
overly generous student
members. He brightened the
council. Showing in the
day with his wisdom on the
theatres was the animated,
holidays, “Christmas spirit
adorable Disney film
when directed in the right
“Frozen”; the fall out of your
Mr. Seymour shows his magical dancing abilities in
way is a supremely powerful
seat funny’ sequel to “Anchor
front of the Junior/Senior Tree.
force, some people want to
Man”, starring famous Ron
Burgundy, and “Walking with Dinosaurs”, a family celebrate it year round, but I disagree. If you eat
film about dinosaurs roaming the Earth 70 million too much lobster it tastes like soap.”
years ago. Blake Downs attended the movie
“Frozen”, and exclaimed about movie day, “It’s a
good time. It’s good. I enjoy it!” I
n addition to the movies, and new decorating
activities, lies one more popular event, ugly
sweater day. Many called their Grandmas, and
asked for a new knitted sweater, or purchased
one for cheap from Wal-Mart, or a second hand
store. They looked like classy actors or actresses
in an old movie. Ashton Niederegger talks about
her opinion of this annual event, “I believe it
brings great holiday cheer and a good laugh to the
jolly Christmas participators. Merry Christmas!” All
the students love to participate in fun events like
these.
CHS students show their enthusiasm towards the
annual Movie Day.
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SILENCE HITS CHS
BY: JENNA FOX AND JACE MCMASTER
As violence increases in America,
unfortunately, it has overflowed into the school
systems. To prepare for the possibility of a school
shooting CHS has been practicing lockdown drills,
replacing classroom doors and talking safety
practices.
During a lockdown teachers should have
“a walkie-talkie that is fully functional, and all of
the students safely tucked away, it would be nice
to also have a case of drinking water.” Mr.
Linquist said. When asked about the lockdowns,
Hattie Niederegger, a sophomore replied, “we
should have more, it would be better to be over
prepared than underprepared.” Scott Hamilton a
senior said “It is necessary to prepare in case
something happens at our school, as a matter of
fact on the day of our last drill, there was a
shooting in Colorado.”
With all the school shootings around the
United States, the public school systems have a
reason to worry. Although, this community is
smaller and because of that, there seems to be
less anxiety about the possibility of a tragedy;
however, everyone must still be ready in case a
shooting were to happen here in small town
Chinook.
To help with preparation and
communication during the lockdown drills, every
classroom has an emergency bag. The bag,
contains walkie-talkies, class lists, first aid
supplies, a flashlight, and a CPR mouth guard.
Miss. Kellam, the English and Spanish teacher,
told us, “That we have most everything, but it
would be nice to have some sort of food and
water and an extra set of batteries.”
Being prepared in case anything ever
happened at Chinook High School is very
important to the people of our small town.
Knowing what to do during the drills is crucial
to staying safe. So, maintaining a, quiet
demeanor during the drills is a priority. This is
why during drills students and teachers have
practiced refraining from joking and talking
because, if the situation turned real, the
intruder would be drawn to populated areas
and noise.
Emergency Supplies kept in each classroom,
although some staff members expressed a
need for food and water.
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MASKED MADNESS
BY: HANNAH WEBER
AND VINNESSA LUNDSTROM
With all
the madness
throughout
CHS, the
sophomore
class
decided to
continue that
theme by
throwing a
Derek Bell tries to charm Mr. Hayes with his
Masked
rose and crown.
Madness
Masquerade Ball. Plus, the class was also
inspired by a college student who was
observing Mr. Hayes’ classroom activities.
The class of 2016 worked diligently for three
days straight in order to perfect the decorations
and picture back-drop for the Masquerade ball.
The theme was a big hit, which was reinforced
by junior Anthony Hoag stating “It was creative
and the music was good.”
On December 7th, the night of madness
finally arrived along with forty below weather,
which was not popular with the girls in short
dresses. Excitement and chatter filled the
hallway and auditorium as more and more
people arrived to dance the night away. When
asked about his favorite part of Snoball,
sophomore Jesse Dannels answered “The food
and the DJ (Dylan Surber), along with the great
memories I made that night.” Between all the
cookies, fruit, cupcakes, and meat and cheese
trays, not a stomach went home empty.
One major change for the dance this year
was a new DJ. As Dylan recently graduated, he
understood which types of music would appeal
to the student body.
Tangled within all of
the madness, the night
also contained a lot of
buzz regarding the
prince and princess.
After much anticipation,
Brooke Nicholson and
Derek Bell were
crowned as the dance
royalty.
Unfortunately, the
night had to come to an Chase Lenz hard at work to
get ready for the dance.
end leaving many sore
feet to again brave the
cold. As this is the last Snoball for the senior
class of 2014, Tanner Gomke stated what he
will miss most about the dance. “That’s a tough
one. I will miss getting together with all my
friends and dancing the night away.” Overall
the dance was a huge success, thanks to the
hard working sophomores, the DJ, and all the
students who attended.
Donovan Moon helps Alex (Bubba) Rimkus pin his
boutonnière before pictures.
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BEHIND THE CLOSED MEDIA TECH DOORS
BY: BRANDON MURNION AND ZANE SHELOR
Newsletters! Websites!
involves brainstorming ideas,
And Yearbooks...Oh My! All
hunting around the school for
three of these publications
the perfect picture, and
have been created and
conducting interviews with
maintained by the CHS
various students. Jake Diemert
media tech class.
a local senior was asked if he
The leader of the class,
enjoyed reading the newsletter
Mrs. Molyneaux, teaches her
each quarter as well as his
students how to properly use
favorite part, he answered. “Yes
cameras, Photoshop, and to
I do, and I usually find myself
write newsletter worthy
reading the student spotlight.”
Jace and Vinnessa show their best faces while
articles. Mrs. Molyneaux was updating the marquee.
Media tech students also have
asked how she became the
the task of updating the website
advisor of media tech, she responded with, “they
with sport stats upcoming events, as well as posting
asked me if I would want to teach this class and I
pictures portraying classrooms, and other school
agreed, because I thought it would be fun.”
activities. Although the website is the main source of
Yearbooks, websites, and newsletters may seem current events occurring around the school; the
like easy tasks, but making them takes time,
class also handles the marquee, located in front of
energy and creativity. Many different talents and
the school. It, too, displays announcements about
people are needed to design these works of art.
school events.
Students may have noticed, throughout the year
The media tech team always welcomes new ideas
moments when classes were briefly interrupted by involving the newsletters and the website. Senior
a photographer hunting for interesting action
Tavin Schneider was asked her opinion in the
photos. This is one of the many jobs assigned to the matter. She answered, “I would like to see better
students of the media tech class; and many class
grammar and punctuation in the newsletter, I would
members feel, one of the most fun and interesting also like to see more variety of students being asked
of them all. Media tech
questions, and there should be
student Derek Bell
more fun articles and things to do
shared his thoughts on
such as the weekender provides. I
the best part about the
would also like to see the website
class, “The
updated more and I don’t like how
environment of the
the pictures are hidden.” To sum
people. Just a good
things up the media tech class
atmosphere to work in,
provides pictures, newsletters, a
and do business”.
website, and yearbooks for
Another task of the
Chinook high students. They enjoy
Media tech team is
what they do and are happy to
creating a newsletter
help to keep everyone informed.
All in good fun, Katelyn and Hannah aggressively
debate
over
a
project.
each quarter. This
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VOLLEYBALL WRAP UP AND WINTER SPORTS
R E V I E W BY: JESSE DANNELS AND DEREK BELL
“On to state!” was chanted throughout the
Chinook High School halls as our Lady Sugarbeeters
proved they belonged with an elite group of female
volleyball athletes.
Junior Katelyn Neibauer was asked how it feels to
have such a great season under her belt. “It feels really
good and gives me confidence for going into my senior
year” The team took first at Districts, second at
Divisionals and won a match at the State Tournament!
Congratulations Chinook Volleyball! They had a
terrific season!
The volleyball girls celebrate their Conference
Championship.
As the snow arrives so does the winter season:
Basketball, Cheerleading, and Wrestling. The Basketball
teams both started out in Big Sandy for their season
openers. The girls started like wildfire, scorching Power,
DGS new rival Winifred/Roy easily. They continued their
winning ways with conference victories over Box-Elder,
Big Sandy, Turner and North Star.
Two year starter Hannah Weber shares what she
expects to accomplish this season as a team leader. “I
am looking forward to see how well everyone works
together. We have so much talent and chemistry
between our teammates and I expect to see us go to
divisionals and possibly state.” Currently, the girls are
undefeated and continue to excel. Proudly they
maintain their undefeated status by recently beating CJI
in Chester 59-40.
The JV girls’ team hustles to retrieve a loose ball vs Box
Elder. The Sugarbeeter girls defeated both the JV and
Varsity Bears.
The boys ‘ team started this season with a
tough schedule. Hopefully, after the many Detroit’s
they’ve run, they will rise above in the majority of
their remaining games. The Beeters started with two
non-conference losses to Power and DGS, but rallied
just before Christmas with a win over the defending
state champs Roy/Winifred. In conference games
they lost to number one rated Box Elder, but have
handled Big Sandy, Turner and North Star. Finally
they wowed the crowd with a nail biting one point loss
to CJI who outsized the Beeters conderably in height,
but not in heart.
Conference games with Hayeslodge pole for
both boys and girls were delayed form January 3rd
due to weather and re-scheduled to February 6th
starting at 3:30. District tournaments, as usual will
take place in Havre February 19-22.
Zack Schellin #30 leaps forward for the block against
the Power Pirates. Beeters lose this fight 33-55.
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Cheerleading returns a new crew of nine for the
winter season. Talia Sharples, Rio Overcast, Lexi
Warburton, Shelbie Warburton, Jordan Surber, Olivia
Finley, Raquel Moon, Vinnessa Lundstrom, and
Summer Edwards.
Vinnessa Lundstrom kindly answered. How this
season differs from the fall season? She replied, “We
are missing half of our senior duo, Ashton. Our new
uniforms are really nice, and we are looking forward to
hosting the kids camp coming up.” The cheer camp is
scheduled for the 8th of February. They hope to
continue cheering their Sugarbeeters to victory! Cheer
loud!
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Wrestling dates to remember include: January 24,
home mixer; Divisionals at Harlem on Feb. 8; and the
State tournament in Billings Feb. 14-15. Good Luck
to all the winter athletes and GO BEETERS!
Flint Brewer grapples with his CJI opponent. After an
amazing wrestling match the CJI wrestler won.
WINTER FACTS!
BY: ELIZABETH FINLEY AND
JOCELYN BURGER
Cheerleaders support their team against the BoxElder Bears.
As the wrestling team takes the mat, they hope to
continue their winning ways after a 2nd place finish at
the 2013 State tournament. Consisting of 11 wrestlers,
but only 3 upper classman, Coach Perry Miller has
confidence that his team of young men can return to
the state tournament to compete for the State title.
Donovan Moon contributed to this article by telling us.
How it feels to only have 3 upper classman. “It is a
weird experience. It’s different because I’ve always had
upper classman to guide me in the right path”
At the Holiday Classic one among the whole team
placed, freshman Tate Niederegger. Tate and Donovan
also placed at Cut Bank 2nd and 5th respectively. The
entire team works daily toward success demonstrated
by the fact that they recently placed 5 at the Choteau
Classic: Tate Neideregger-1st, Donovan Moon-2nd,
Kevin Young-4th and Jake Norby and Jesse Dannels–
6th.
 No two snowflakes are alike but all snowflakes have
6 sides.
 The record for the most snow angels at one time was
set in Ontario Canada in 2004 when a couple of
schools joined to create 15,851 snow angels.
 Antarctica set the record for the world’s coldest
temperature at -129(degrees Fahrenheit)
 Average snowflakes fall at 3.1mph.
 The tallest snowman was 113 feet 7 inches tall.
Named Angus and made in Bethel Maine in 1999.
 The largest snowflake recorded in the Guinness
World Book of Records fell in Montana and was 15”
wide.
 The most snow ever recorded in a 24 hour period in
the USA occurred at Silver Lake, Colorado in 1921 and
was 76 inches of snow.
 Winter Blues or Seasonal affective disorder (also
called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the
same time every year.
 Chionophobia is the fear of snow.
 Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air
 Icicles form most often on the south side of
buildings.
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Circle the ONE true fact about the teachers and turn
into Mrs. Molyneaux. The student with the most
correct answers will win a prize.
Mrs. Erskine

I have 2 children

I graduated from high school near Aspen, CO

I used to be a ski instructor
Mrs. Maz

I broke a leg skiing

I blacked out while driving an Indy car in Florida

I was a 4.00 student in school
Mrs. Ranstrom

I have six grandchildren under the age of 6

I have a dog named Toby and two Siamese cats named Sugar and Spice

I like high school students
Ms. Gillen

I took five years of guitar lessons when I was younger

Last summer, I vacationed in Paris with my niece

I have 7 younger siblings
Ms. Kellam

I played field hockey in college

My ancestors had a grant from the King of England to join the settlement
of Jamestown, Virginia
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I have visited 8 different Spanish-speaking countries
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Mrs. Molyneaux

I have been teaching in Chinook for 18 years, before that I taught in Lima,
Montana for 3 years (Go Beans!)

I competed in the 100m dash and 4x100 relay during a national AAU track
meet on the Notre Dame Track facility in South Bend Illinois.

I played college basketball for MSU-Northern
Ms. Ortner

I worked as a radio DJ for 10 years

I’m an accomplished skier

I love Italian food, especially pasta
Ms. Swant

Toured Lawrence Livermore National Lab and watched them make artificial
elements

Observed a “pour” of molten copper up close and personal on the pouring
floor of a smelter
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Panned for gold in the Black Hills
Ms. Seilstad

I was president of my high school Pep Club my senior year

I love anything with coconut in it

I was born in a Chinook (the warm wind/weather system, not the town)
Mr. Schneider

I have a glass eye

I bathe with a rubber ducky
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I sleep with my eyes partially open
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Mrs. Flores
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I graduated from Havre High School in 1992
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I worked in the Film/Television industry for 10 years

I spent my honeymoon in Hawaii
Mr. Hayes

I sang in the comic opera Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan in 1984

I had the chance to see President Ronald Reagan in 1986, President
George W. Bush in 2005 and Former President Bill Clinton in 2008

I was the athletic trainer for the Great Falls Dodgers during the summer of
1985
Mr. Molyneaux

I ran an ultra-marathon
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I have bench pressed 405 pounds

Pure Country is one of my favorite movies of all time
Mr. Reel

Part of my time in the Marines was spent as a Nuclear Weapons Guard and
Aircraft Electrical Systems Instructor

I am the oldest of three children

I coached Junior High Basketball at the youth center in California for three
years
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