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Happening NOW •One-Act Play: Audition call-backs 3:30 p.m. in Little Theatre
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Meatball sub sandwich, scalloped potatoes, carrots •À la carte lines: Italian dunkers, chicken fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Quiz Bowl: Team members will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in A-136. •Chemistry Club: Will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in A-217—all current, former and future chemistry students are invited to attend. •R&R Book Club: Members will meet to discuss “Tease” during fifth period Friday in the library. •Boys Soccer: Team members will meet for an open field training at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Avera Sports Institute, 1601 W. 44th St., and again Dec. 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Other Reminders •Seniors: Order your graduation caps and gowns by Saturday to avoid a late fee—see e-mail for instructions. •Baseball: Registration is now open at siouxempirebaseball.org/high-school for potential WHS team members through Jan. 27, 2017. •Ugly Holiday Sweater: Day is coming Dec. 22—a participant photo will be taken at 7:45 a.m. on the grand staircase. NOW Thursday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Green and Emily VanBockern Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Walker Staff: Jada Cunningham, Tyler Stephens, Jhoseline Fuentes, Emily Wilcox, Madi Forseth, Sidney Kennedy, Libby Nachtigal Co-Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . Carson Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Maham Shah Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service
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Novice team makes it to Octo-Finals at Iowa event
Rosenberg, White see success at Dowling ‘Paradigm’ By Madi Forseth reshman Trenity Rosenberg and sophomore Nora White broke to the OctoFinals of Novice Policy Debate at the Dowling Paradigm Tournament Friday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. Making the final eight in the event was an honor at the major regional tournament. Even with only the one pair making finals at the event, coach Travis Dahle was pleased with the performance. “I was really proud of our team,” Dahle said. “Especially Trenity and Nora, as they are the first novice team we’ve had make it to the break rounds at this tournament.” Debate team members are now headed both to Minneapolis, Minn., for the John Edie Holiday Tournament hosted by Blake High School and the Bell Tournament at Brookings High School this weekend. The Blake Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis and
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Photo courtesy Travis Dahle STANDOUTS—Sophomore Nora White (left) and freshman Trenity Rosenberg (right) broke finals last weekend in Des Moines, Iowa. will feature 900 debaters from 135 schools in 31 states. The Bell Tournament in Brookings is a regular stop in the season for South Dakota debate teams.
Varsity bowling teams both beat Lynx By Emily VanBockern Both the varsity boys and girls bowling teams defeated Brandon Valley in a series of matches Friday at Eastway Bowl. The girls varsity team won 43-7 at the event. Junior Adrianna Spaethe bowled a high game of 200 and 546 high series to lead the Warriors. Senior Alexandra Rote also bowled a 185 and sophomore Cassidy Nort a 182 in the win. Freshman Lauren Helmbrecht said she thought all the girls did very well. “We tried our hardest and with all the cheering I think it really pumped us up and made us try harder,” Helmbrecht said. “Brandon was a very good
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team. It was a very fun match.” The boys varsity also defeated Brandon Valley 36.5-13.5. Junior Jacob Sorenson bowled a 260 high game and 644 series to lead the team. Junior Cyler Melvin also bowled a 213. Coach Troy Duffy was happy with the team’s progress. “We have tougher opponents coming up, and I am going to continue pushing the team to improve even more to be ready for them,” Duffy said. “I am proud of the attitudes— they improved from last week. Duffy said the team is getting better all the time. “As a team we need to stop relying on what worked in the past and make the adjustments needed,” he said. “I hope we
can keep our winning ways moving in this direction and come away with more trust in our team and coaches.” Junior Jacob Schofield was pleased with Friday’s win. “I think we did pretty well,” Schofield said. “We struggled with out attitudes, but we pulled through. We have plenty to work on.” In JV action, both the girls and boys teams lost to Brandon Valley. Freshman Kassidy Haberman bowled a 219 as the girls lost 21-4. It was a career high and her first 200-plus game. The boys lost 36-14. The teams travel to Yankton on Friday to compete against Vermillion.
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Settle in for some classic films this holiday season
Delivery robots show up in cities
Now that we are almost halfway through December, many are already soaking in all of the Christmas decorations, music and baking of holiday treats that go with the holiday season. In case you still aren’t quite in the holiday spirit, don’t worry, however, because I have you covered. Today I have put together a list of some of my favorite Christmas movies that, in my opinion, are the must-watch holiday flicks. To start off, don’t forget “Elf.” Hear me. . . This film tracks the adventures of a human-sized Christmas elf Carson Herbert named Buddy. The character decides to leave Santa’s Workshop to seek out his father living in New York City. Another favorite of many is “Home Alone.” An eight year-old boy is left behind by his family—at Christmas time, in case you forgot—after they leave for a vacation. When two unexpected burglars want to break into his house, Kevin plans a series of traps to prevent the robbers from vandalizing his home. My last suggestion is “The Polar Express.” The plot includes a boy waking up in the middle of the night and discovering a train next to his house in the street. He makes the decision to climb aboard and has an experience he will never forget. Plus, you can’t go wrong with Tom Hanks— even an animated version. These three examples are just a few of the long list of enjoyable Christmas films. So when you are looking for something to do during the break, sit down, grab some popcorn and enjoy a Christmas movie. Senior Carson Herbert thinks that there should be a Christmas Film History class at WHS.
By Mindy Fetterman Stateline.org (TNS) WASHINGTON — Designers of futuristic cityscapes envision delivery drones dropping off your packages from the sky and driverless cars taking you to work. But the robotic delivery invasion already has arrived in the form of machines that look like beer coolers on wheels scooting along the sidewalks.
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Technology Watch The ground-bound robots, developed by the science fictionsounding company Starship Technologies, will be showing up any day in the nation’s capital and in Redwood City, California. They could soon be in up to 10 cities, ferrying groceries and other packages over what the company calls the “last mile,” from a neighborhood delivery “hub” to your front door, all for as little as $1 a trip. A second company, TeleRetail, plans to test its sidewalk robots in Washington and other cities, including Mountain View, California, next year. Like driverless cars, the delivery robots use cameras, GPS and radar to “see” their urban environment and navigate through it. The robots are the first of what the companies foresee as a wave of inexpensive, hightech, electricity-driven alternatives to gasoline car-driven shopping trips and delivery trucks that contribute to traffic gridlock and pollution.
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