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October 21, 2016 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56, Number 2 The Talon What’s Inside Pg. 2… Elementary New Pg. 3…Students of the Month Pg. 4… JH/HS News Pg. 5… Puzzle Pg. 6...Sports What’s happening at BF-DC Schools ——————————————————- October 19th-23rd National FFA Convention October 21st Lil Gals Cheer @ Football game HS Football vs Carnegie October 24th - 28th Red Ribbon Week October 24 HS Girls Basketball vs Blair Picture retakes/ panel pics JH Football @ Geary October 25 Blood Drive October 26 Pre ACT – 10 th grade October 27 FFA Labor Auction October 28 HS Football @ Snyder October 31 Happy Halloween November 1 Cindy Dougherty from SWOSU to speak to all students about social media Trick or Read Night @ Will Rogers Elementary November 2 HS Academics @ Thomas November 3 JH Girls Basketball Scrimmage @ Hinton November 4 HS Football @ Geary November 8 JH Basketball vs Sayre November 10 JH Basketball vs Mangum Prevent Blindness checks November 12 HS Academics @ Regionals @ Canute November 14 JH Basketball @ Cordell November 15 JH Basketball @ Blair Winter Sports Group Pictures November 16 10 th grade @WTC November 17 JH Basketball vs Merritt November 18 Health Careers Day @ SWOSU 2016-2017 Football Homecoming World Tour BF-DC held their football homecoming the week of September 26 to Septem- ber 30 th . There were many activities for all of the stu- dents to get excited about. The theme for homecoming was “World Tour”. The dress up days starting on Monday September 26 th were Red Eye Flight Day- pajama day, Destination Day-clothing from other countries, Rock the World- concert attire, World Fa- mous-dress like a celebrity or athlete, and The Greatest Homecoming on Earth-spirit day. The JH football team played on Monday against Duke and their homecom- ing was held before the game began. King and queen candidates were 7 th graders Leeila Bland and Josh Mooney, 8 th Graders Grace Schneberger and Dar- ren Powers, and 9 th graders Ivy Spieker and Brayton Mathews. The 2016-2017 JH Homecoming Queen and King are Ivy Spieker and Josh Mooney. The homecoming parade was held on Thursday Sep- tember 29 th beginning at 6:30 pm. There were many floats and the JH students made banners for their clas- ses. Several businesses drove cars that were deco- rated. Immediately after the parade was the powder puff football game. The HS football team played on Friday against Ringwood. The homecom- ing was held before the game. King and queen can- didates were 10 th graders Kayela Staples and Riley Johnson, 11 th grade candi- dates were Raven Horn and Jake Mooney, and the 12 th grade candidates were Lilly Schneberger and Cameron Carter. The 2016-2017 HS Homecoming Queen and King are Kayela Staples and Jake Mooney. The winners of the high school parade float, spirit stick, and chant/cheer con- test were the 10th graders. The junior high banner win- ner was the 9 th graders. The 7 th graders were chant/ cheer winners for junior high. The overall junior high winner was the 9 th grade. The overall high school win- ner was the 10 th graders.

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October 21, 2016 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56, Number 2

The Talon What’s Inside

Pg. 2… Elementary New Pg. 3…Students of the Month

Pg. 4… JH/HS News

Pg. 5… Puzzle

Pg. 6...Sports

What’s happening at BF-DC Schools

——————————————————-

October 19th-23rd

National FFA Convention

October 21st

Lil Gals Cheer @ Football game

HS Football vs Carnegie

October 24th - 28th

Red Ribbon Week

October 24

HS Girls Basketball vs Blair

Picture retakes/ panel pics

JH Football @ Geary

October 25

Blood Drive

October 26

Pre ACT – 10th grade

October 27

FFA Labor Auction

October 28

HS Football @ Snyder

October 31

Happy

Halloween

November 1

Cindy Dougherty from SWOSU

to speak to all students

about social media

Trick or Read Night

@ Will Rogers Elementary

November 2

HS Academics @ Thomas

November 3

JH Girls Basketball Scrimmage @

Hinton

November 4

HS Football @ Geary

November 8

JH Basketball vs Sayre

November 10

JH Basketball vs Mangum

Prevent Blindness checks

November 12

HS Academics @ Regionals @

Canute

November 14

JH Basketball @ Cordell

November 15

JH Basketball @ Blair

Winter Sports Group Pictures

November 16

10th grade @WTC

November 17

JH Basketball vs Merritt

November 18

Health Careers Day @ SWOSU

2016-2017 Football Homecoming World Tour BF-DC held their football

homecoming the week of

September 26 to Septem-

ber 30th. There were many

activities for all of the stu-

dents to get excited about.

The theme for homecoming

was “World Tour”.

The dress up days starting

on Monday September 26th

were Red Eye Flight Day-

pajama day, Destination

Day-clothing from other

countries, Rock the World-

concert attire, World Fa-

mous-dress like a celebrity

or athlete, and The Greatest

Homecoming on Earth-spirit

day.

The JH football team

played on Monday against

Duke and their homecom-

ing was held before the

game began. King and

queen candidates were 7th

graders Leeila Bland and

Josh Mooney, 8th Graders

Grace Schneberger and Dar-

ren Powers, and 9th graders

Ivy Spieker and Brayton

Mathews. The 2016-2017

JH Homecoming Queen and

King are Ivy Spieker and

Josh Mooney.

The homecoming parade

was held on Thursday Sep-

tember 29th beginning at

6:30 pm. There were many

floats and the JH students

made banners for their clas-

ses. Several businesses

drove cars that were deco-

rated. Immediately after

the parade was the powder

puff football game.

The HS football team

played on Friday against

Ringwood. The homecom-

ing was held before the

game. King and queen can-

didates were 10th graders

Kayela Staples and Riley

Johnson, 11th grade candi-

dates were Raven Horn and

Jake Mooney, and the 12th

grade candidates were Lilly

Schneberger and Cameron

Carter. The 2016-2017 HS

Homecoming Queen and

King are Kayela Staples and

Jake Mooney.

The winners of the high

school parade float, spirit

stick, and chant/cheer con-

test were the 10th graders.

The junior high banner win-

ner was the 9th graders.

The 7th graders were chant/

cheer winners for junior

high. The overall junior high

winner was the 9th grade.

The overall high school win-

ner was the 10th graders.

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August

Star Students

September Star Students at BF-DC's Will Rogers Elemen-

tary were honored on Monday, Oct.3 at Eagle Time. The

award is given monthly to a student in each class that ex-

emplifies cooperation, hard work, and citizenship. Star

students were awarded a pencil and a Frisbee.

Students this month are left to right front row:

Angel Underwood - T-1, Ezekiel Denny - KB, Cache Steffes -

KA, Abbygail Guthrie - PKB, Hannah Shorter - PKA;

Middle Row: Gabby Espinosa - 5A, Jaiden Crotts - 2B,

Lanie Rowell - 2A, Breanna Archuleta - 1B, Jaicee Johnson

- 1A;

The T-1 class enjoyed

learning about Johnny Ap-

pleseed this month. They

did many activities focused

on apples. They made ap-

ple cores out of paper and

labeled all the parts. They

read books about Johnny

Appleseed and about ap-

ples. They tasted four differ-

ent kinds of apples and

voted for their favorite one.

(The class favorite was a

golden delicious.) They fin-

ished their apple studies off

by creating apple hats and

making apple pies. The T1

students had a delicious

time.

The 4th grade Star Student

for August was Charlie Ro-

han and the September Star

Student was Triston Altstatt.

In 4th grade language arts

they have been busy with

common and proper nouns,

learning to write cursive and

enjoying October poetry. In

reading 4th graders are

learning about different

types of nonfiction writings.

Social studies has been

filled with Christopher Co-

lumbus and understanding

Oklahoma regions.

Those that attained their

AR goal and overage en-

joyed an afternoon of re-

cess and coke floats. Good

job 4A!!

Mrs. Matuszewski class

has a really cool fish tank. It

has gold fish, guppies,

Neons and 2 crabs. The

crabs are the student’s fa-

vorite! Sometimes they es-

cape and the students find

them in the classroom. The

crabs are sneaky little fel-

lows.

Josh Mulkey

Staff reporter

Crabs Escape in 4th Grade Room

The Will Rogers Second

graders recently celebrated

Johnny Appleseed day by

completing apple crafts and

eating home made mini

apple pies. The students

that met their 1st nine

weeks AR goal, enjoyed

coke floats at the AR party.

The 2nd graders are also

participating in the Pizza

Hut Reading Challenge and

the Braum’s Book Buddy

incentive. Keep reading 2nd

graders!

Josh Mulkey

Staff Reporter

2nd Graders Eat Apple Pie

T1 Reads About Johnny Appleseed

There were 17 third grade

students that made their AR

goal for the first nine weeks

and got to have coke floats.

The 3rd grade classroom

has a Teacher Candidate

working in their classroom

this semester. The students

have really enjoyed Lacy

Stegall the Teacher Candi-

date.

The third graders have

been working on UNWRAP-

PING a story and summariz-

ing during reading and in

math they’ve been round-

ing, or estimating.

One of the third grade stu-

dent’s mothers, Evangelene

Denny’s mom, brought two

large tortoises for the 3rd

graders to learn about, look

at, and feed.

In enrichment, the 3rd

graders got to do some real-

ly cool stuff! They made

exploding snow, ice cream

in a bag and zentangle

pumpkins.

Josh Mulkey

Staff Reporter

3rd Grade Makes Snow Ice Cream

Red Ribbon Week

You Only Live Once

(YOLO)

Be Drug Free October 24-28, 2016

Monday: Born to be wild

wild socks and hair

Tuesday: live like its 1999

favorite decade

Wednesday: live to tell drugs

to take a hike

going camping

Thursday: live in the future

career outfit

Friday: live like your hero

favorite hero!

4th Grade Present Eagle Time BF-DC Will Rogers Elemen-

tary Eagle Time was pre-

sented Monday, October

10th in the Will Rogers

Gymnasium. Mrs. Merkey's

class presented Eagle Time

with Columbus Day as the

theme. Students built their

own ships with masts and

all! Each ship carried differ-

ent amounts of coins for

cargo. The students blew

the ships across the "open

sea" table to demonstrate

wind power. It was a very

exciting and creative way to

celebrate Columbus Day!

Valerie Fite

WR Elementary Teacher

4th Build “An Eye in the Sky” The Will Rogers 4th grade

students have built "An eye

in the Sky". They designed

and constructed a structure

to watch over the trick or

treaters on Halloween. They

were given an eyeball, 4

pieces of paper, 3 paper

clips, 6 straws and 30 cm of

making tape. The structures

will be on display until Hal-

loween in the main hallway

of Will Rogers Elementary.

Ask any 4th graders how to

decompose polygons with

rectangles. YES, YES they

can also find the volume of

the container.

Will Rogers Elementary celebrated International Walk to School Day on Oc-tober 7, 2016. The Walk to School Day event helps to raise awareness of the need to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the im-portance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion and concern for the environ-ment. In preparation for this event Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Sim-mons and Officer Segler from the Burns Flat Police Department held an assem-bly in the gym to discuss pedestrian and bicycle safe-ty. The event helped to build

WR Celebrate Walk To School Day more connections between the school and the local officials. On the morning of October 7th, Mayor Terry Field was present at Will Rogers Elementary greeting the students with a smile and a “Caught You Being Healthy” sticker. City Ad-ministrator Joel Newberry helped facilitate this event with the EMS, Fire Depart-ment and Police Depart-ment riding up and down streets helping the students get safely to school and giv-ing them stickers as they stopped to talk to them. There were approximately 150 student participants and many parents as well.

1st Grade Science Explorers

The 1st grade students with the 4th

grade students have been science

explorers. They made expandable

ghost.

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Senior Eagles of the Month for October

Brooklynn Fricks is the Female Senior Eagle of the Month of October. She is the daughter of Jim and Sheila Fricks, the grand-daughter of J.W. and Veda Chadwick and David and Margret Fricks. She has three siblings; Brittany, Breanna, and Rebel. Brooklynn participates in Student Council, Family Community and Career Leaders of America, Gov-ernment Club, Spanish Club, HOSA-Future Health Professionals, and Math and Science Club. She has received many awards in-cluding: Barbara James Community Service Award, Attendance Award for the Year in Biomed, Outstand-ing Attitude in Biomed, Out-standing Student in Bio-med, Participation in the Oklahoma HOSA State Leadership Conference, Outstanding Student in Ge-ometry, Algebra 2, and Eng-lish 2, Student of the month, Certificate of Excel-lence in Art, and Participa-tion in Upward Bound. Brooklynn has completed community service by vol-unteering for church events, school events, town gather-ings in Burns Flat and Elk City, nursing home activi-ties in Elk City, helping with promotional events for State Senate nominees. Last year she won an award for having over 55 hours of community service at HOSA State Competition. Brook-lynn is considering attend-ing college at SWOSU, OU, or OSU-OKC and studying either pharmacy or physical therapy. She is currently working toward her career goals by studying Biomedi-cal Sciences at WTC. Brooklynn’s favorite memo-ries are from joining the Biomedical Academy and Upward Bound. She said “I have so many new friends and I have had many new experiences because I de-cided to join these pro-grams. They both have introduced me to people fro different parts of Western Oklahoma that have made me have a larger family.”

WR Participate in Rowing Program Will Rogers Elementary

had the wonderful oppor-

tunity to take part in a TSET

outreach program from the

Oklahoma Boathouse Foun-

dation in Oklahoma City.

Will Rogers Elementary was

chosen to be one of three

schools in the state of Okla-

homa to participate in a six

week rowing program with

the fourth grade students.

In this program, the Boat-

house Foundation is pro-

moting recreation and phys-

ical activity among Oklaho-

mans.

D e s a r a e S i m m o n s ,

Schools for Healthy Life-

styles Grant Coordinator,

with support from Will Rog-

ers Elementary Principal

Lace Davis, were grateful

for this program expanding

their students experiences

from the normal rural area

sports.

The physical education

teacher, Jacob Schneberger,

and fourth grade teachers,

Laura Matuszewski and

Debi Merkey, worked with

Holly Vonderohe, from the

Boathouse Foundation. Ms.

Vonderohe came to Burns

Flat twice a week to teach

the fourth graders rowing

skills.

Awards were given to

HS Student of the Month for October

Tristian Cowley is the high school student of the month for October. Tristian is a junior at BF-DC Schools. He is the son of Monica Cowley and William Cowley. He has three sisters, Katarina, Brit-tany, and Lilly. He is a member of the High School Academic Team, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Family Community and Career Leaders of America, Pep Club, Spanish Club, Student Council, and Chess Club. He is the Junior Class Presi-dent. Tristian has received awards for Principals Honor Roll, Outstanding Student in English II, Color Guard, Na-tional Honor Society, West-ern Technology Center Per-fect Attendance, and Up-ward Bound Excellence in Digital Photography and Excellence in Study Skills. He completed community service by helping with the Veterans Day program, set-ting up for the Burns Flat Birthday Bash, and helping to clean the flower beds at SWOSU. Tristian plans to join the United States Army after graduation. His two favorite memories are his first picture taken with an instant print camera and watching it develop right before his eyes and the time he ate a whole pizza without any help.

fourth grade students at

Eagle Time Monday, October

10. Both at the beginning of

the six weeks and again at

the end, students were

timed as they rowed the

ergs 500 meters. Students

received medals for quick-

est time and most im-

proved.

The Burns Flat-Dill City

School was honored to have

this opportunity, and the

students were enlightened

to a new way to stay fit.

ROWING WINNERS

PICTURED FRONT ROW:

Nicole Portocarro- 4B Girls

Second, Layken Luttrell - 4A

Girls Second, Gvonn Nichol-

son - 4B Girls Third, Penelo-

pe Rivera - 4A Girls Third,

Adyson Baker - 4A Girls

First, Jaidyn Taylor - 4B Girls

First.

BACK ROW: Shaun Poe - 4B

Boys First, Jaiden Kam-

phaus - 4A Boys Third, Tris-

ton Altstatt - 4A Boys First,

Christian Eakins - 4B Boys

Second.

MOST IMPROVED: Alex

Gentry 4A, Alexandria Gar-

cia 4A, Jaidyn Taylor 4B

Valerie Fite

WR Elementary Teacher

Burns Flat-Dill City Junior High School

would like to thank the

Student of The Month

sponsor Gret’s Pizza and Subs

for providing pizza for the following:

BFDC Junior HighBFDC Junior High

August/ SeptemberAugust/ September

Students of the MonthStudents of the Month 6th Grade: Gabrielle Garcia & Luke Schneberger

7th Grade: Jessie Sweetman & Caleb Dorgan

8th Grade: Tori Cline & Dalton Webb

Jarrett Selman is the Male Senior Eagle for the Month of October. Jarrett is the son of Travis and Janie Sel-man, the grandson of Joe and Judy Selman and David and Beverly Uecke. He has a brother, Jaxon Selman that attends Will Rogers Elementary. Jarret is active in Future Farmers of Ameri-ca, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Family Career and Community Leaders of America, Student Council, showing cattle for Selman Show Cattle, football, and baseball. He has received rewards for showing cattle, Eagle of the Month, and Principals Honor Roll. He has completed community service activities by helping with Pennies for Patients, The Veterans Day Program, vacation bible school at his church, and various food drives. His college plans are to attend Redlands Commu-nity College and study wild-life management. Jarrett’s fondest memory from his school days was the time that Cameron, Dawson, Lilly, Kelsey, and he went to the movies and Dawson cried because Lilly wouldn’t hold his hand.

Seniors Ring Victory Bell The Senior English classes

have been studying ballads

and are preparing to start

studying “The Canterbury

Tales”. They have been

working on their Senior

Memory Books with 4 es-

says left to write. The final

copy of the Senior Memory

Book is due December 5th.

Seniors high school foot-

ball players Brenden Estep,

Cameron Carter, and Jarett

Selman lead the under

classmen to a victory on

these seniors last home-

coming game. These men

were the first to ring the

bell to officially count the

win. This was a good win for

these senior boys and their

team.

The seniors are set to

take their panel pictures on

October 24th.

Max Blankenship

Staff Reporter

Chess Club News

The BF-DC Chess Club

held a meeting on Septem-

ber 27th and elected their

club officers. They are Presi-

dent - Jesus Chavarria, Vice

President - Ben Baker, Sec-

retary - Moses Garcia, Tour-

nament Chairmen - Josh

Mooney and Caleb Dorgan.

The Chess Club meets every

Tuesday after school in Mrs.

Abel’s classroom. Mrs.

Marva Webb is assisting

with the Club and is helping

to teach students how to

play. The Chess Club is still

open to new member.

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7th Grade Drawing Ancient Egypt In math class the seventh

grade students are studying

decimals and converting

fractions. In English they

are working on literary

terms. In reading they are

working on Spanish. In sci-

ence they are working on

properties. In Art class they

are recently drawing things

about Ancient Egypt. They

will proceed to Mosaic Art

after these projects.

Mr. Tom Spence gave a

6th Grade Learn to Play Chess The 6th graders in their

math classes are doing dai-

ly warm-ups; exponents;

multiplication long division.

In English they are currently

working on parts of speech

and writing in journals. In

science class they are work-

ing on insect collections and

3-D art working with insects.

In social studies they are

working on their social

skills. In Mrs. Smith reading

class they are reading

“Freak the Mighty”. In Mrs.

Boone class they are read-

8th Grade News

The BF-DC 8th grade stu-

dents are studying about

the Declaration of Independ-

ence and are studying the

27 amendments in Ameri-

can History. In English they

are learning how to write a

good essay title. In science

they are learning about all

kinds of waves.

Tom Spence visited the 8th

grade class rooms recently

and talked to the students

about writing.

The August and Septem-

ber Students of the Month

for 8th grade are Tori Cline

and Dalton Webb.

Trayon Hill

Staff Reporter

9th Grade Read “The Birds”

The 9th graders are having

an interesting month in all

subjects. In math, they are

learning to graph linear

functions, while in civics

class they are talking about

the amendments. In Okla-

homa History the students

are learning about how the

Indians were affected by

the Civil War. In English

they just finished their first

essay and now they are

leaning about possessives

and contractions. They also

just finished reading a nov-

elette called “The Birds”. In

Art they are getting ready to

start on mosaic art. The

science class is learning

about Newton’s Three Laws

of Motion.

The 9th graders are enjoy-

ing having a teacher candi-

date in Mrs. Schneberger’s

class. Ms. Olivia Pannell

from SWOSU is doing a

great job helping Mrs.

Schneberger.

Jordan Mason, 9th grade

Reporter, is at the FFA Na-

tional Convention, along

with fellow classmates Rob-

ert Rush, Allie Dixon, and

Makia Maxey.

Medasia Rohan

Staff Reporter

FCCLA News FCCLA members and their

sponsor went to Weather-

ford, Oklahoma on October

11th. While there, they

learned about the different

organizations/charities that

other high school are doing

for FCCLA. There was also a

hip hop motivator named

Playalooo. He talked to

members about bullying

and the importance of what

they do to aid Oklahoma.

Hannah Baca

Staff Reporter

History Day News History Day students all of your overdue library books are due to Mrs. Lyles or Mr. Foley now! These books are from the Clinton Li-brary.

The semester is flying by,

and the band and choir stu-

dents are excited for what it

has brought so far.

Ms. Glover’s band class

has begun marching and

practicing on the field. Stu-

dents are trying out all the

time. Her choir class has

just started to learn pitch

recognition to get their ears

in tune with the music. They

have also begun to come

up with ideas for the Holi-

day Program. Honor Choir

Band Students Learning to March students went to Shattuck,

Oklahoma on Saturday,

October 1st for tryouts. They

learned an array of songs

before going, and worked

very hard to get them down.

The qualifiers were Marcie

Diggs-JH Mixed, Alexis

Cloyed-JH Mixed, Morgan

Loudermilk-JH Mixed, Maci

Julian-Treble, and Emalee

Clark-Treble.

Deanna Williams

Staff Reporter

FFA Attending National Convention

The Burns Flat-Dill City

FFA members have consist-

ently stayed busy during

the month of September.

Members travelled to Okla-

homa City to compete in

livestock judging as well as

exhibiting animals.

Katelyn Neeley exhibited

her doe in the goat show

and placed third. The open-

ing ceremonies team trav-

elled to Ripley to compete

as well as some of the

creed speakers. Allie Dixon

placed second overall in the

Freshmen Creed contest.

As October came, the mem-

bers were fully equipped for

what challenges it brought.

Lorsa Hughes, Makia Max-

ey, and Katelyn Neeley all

exhibited animals at the

Tulsa State Fair. Lorsa and

Makia both exhibited their

HS Academic Team News

The High School Academic

Team competed in the Okla-

homa Great Plains Academ-

ic Conference. They won all

but one game and are tied

for first with Navajo. The

next meet is on November

2nd. The Team also attend-

ed the OSSAA district meet

on October 10th and they

seeded first in the district.

Medasia Rohan

Staff Reporter

poultry and made the call

back for the top percent.

Katelyn showed her doe in

one of the toughest classes

at the fair and ended up

placing eighth. S e v e n

members are going to at-

tend the National FFA Con-

vention during October 18-

22. Donovan Webb will be

singing in the National FFA

Chorus and the chapter will

be there to accept our Na-

tional Two-Star Chapter

Award. They are wishing

safe travels and the best of

luck to everyone attending

and can’t wait to see the

members represent Oklaho-

ma and the town of Burns

Flat on a national level!

Kelsey McSperitt

FFA Reporter

FCA News The next FCA meeting will

be held in Mrs. Lyles’s kitch-

en on October 25, 2016 at

6:30 pm for another movie

night. Dues should have

been turned in by Septem-

ber 30, 2016. The FCA

members are really looking

forward to an exciting

school year and are ready

to be a great force in the

community.

Cameron Carter

Staff Reporter

ing and giving reports over

biographies.

Mrs. Marva Webb visited

with the 6th grades during

social studies and taught

them how to play chess.

Several of the students

have now joined the BF-DC

Chess Club.

Luke Schneberger and

Gabrielle Garcia are the

September 6th grade Stu-

dents of the Month.

Trayon Hill

Staff Reporter

workshop in the 7th grade

English classes about writ-

ing. He is a published au-

thor and the students en-

joyed hearing about his

writing.

The August/September

7th grade Students of the

Month are Caleb Dorgan

and Jessie Sweetman.

Trayon Hill

Staff Reporter

Government Club News This October, the BF-DC

Government Club has two

main focuses. Currently, the

class has split up and chose

to help campaign for one of

the two candidates running

for State House of Repre-

sentatives; Todd Russ and

Wayne Walters. The stu-

dents are also selling Rada

Cutlery to prepare for the

Veteran’s Day Program held

on November 11th at 10:

A.M. in the Don Lemke

Gymnasium. There will be

a luncheon held after the

program for the veterans

and other guest.

Trayon Hill

Staff Reporter

The Junior High School 8th and 9th grade Academic Team competed at the Ok-lahoma Great Plains Aca-demic Tournament on Wednesday September 21 in Carnegie. The Eagles scored a total of 1,910 points that day and only had 800 points scored against them. John Kilhoffer was the teams’ high scorer with an average of 67 per quarter. Kylar Byrd, Grace Schneberger, and Ethan Howell also con-tributed individual points to the teams overall points. All other points were team points made during the second lightening team speed rounds. The teams won 7 out of 7 games and are tied for first place in the conference with

Mangum. Mangum and Burns Flat-Dill City are the only undefeated teams in the conference. The second half of the tournament was played on Wednesday Octo-ber 19th in Carnegie. The team played 8 more games with Mangum being one of those teams. The scores will be reported in the next edi-tion of the school paper. The game points are as follows: BFDC vs. Sayre 220 to 120, BFDC vs. Hammon 310 to 140, BFDC vs. Gran-ite 260 to 100, BFDC vs. Erick 300 to 40, BFDC vs. Sentinel 70 to 150, BFDC vs. Cheyenne 00 to 120, BFDC vs Carnegie 250 to 130.

Medasia Rohan Staff Reporter

JH Academic Team Undefeated

Juniors Visit College Campus The juniors in government

with Mrs. Lyles are complet-

ing volunteer work for their

community. In English the

students are reading an

autobiography about Ben

Franklin. The juniors are still

working in the concession

stand so please support the

juniors and buy something.

The juniors have recently

attended college fair at

SWOSU and they learned

about many college classes

and what it takes to get into

college.

Brandon Yates

Staff Reporter

Sophomores Win Homecoming Awards

Sophomores that are in

Algebra 2 with Mr. Osmus

are learning quadratic func-

tions and factoring. In Eng-

lish 2 with Mrs. Sturgeon

the students have recently

finished reading “The Pearl”

by John Steinbeck. In biolo-

gy with Mr. Knapp the stu-

dents are learning about

cells and cell functions. In

world history with Mr. Foley

the students are learning

about Egypt, Assyria, Per-

sia, and China. Sophomore

Donovan Webb was select-

ed for the National FFA

Choir.

Other great news for the

sophomore class is that the

sophomores won the home-

coming float, chant, and

spirit stick.

Brenden Estep

Staff Reporter

Spanish Club to Sell Boo Bags

Spanish club will be selling

Boo Bags from October 10th

through October 27th. See a

Spanish club member or

Mrs. Abel to purchase a Boo

Bag. Boo bags will be deliv-

ered to encore class on Oc-

tober 31st, which is a Mon-

day. Spanish Club will take

their annual field trip on

April 21st so make sure that

you buy Boo Bags and sup-

port the Spanish Club stu-

dents in their other fund

raising activities.

Brandon Yates

Staff reporter

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March 21-April 19 Aries - Aries are often very adventurous and

you should be looking forward to many adventures in the near

future.

April 20-May 20 Taurus - Your persistent will really pay off this

month as long as you keep your patience.

May 21-June 20 Gemini - Be sure to watch your words in the

weeks to come and with a little luck some problems will pass

you by.

June 21-July 22 Cancer - You should look forward to everyone

being reassuring and patient this month. Sit back and enjoy it.

July 23-August 22 Leo - As the upcoming weeks come and go

be sure you’re always leading the way, for this is reassuring to

everyone, even yourself.

August 23-September 22 Virgo - In the next few weeks you

should let your conscience lead the way. You brain my try to tell

you to do something different but let you conscience be your

guide.

September 23-October 22 Libra - Be consistently kind in the

next few weeks. You will reap what you sow.

October 23-November 21 Scorpio - Always be sure to stay brave

for the upcoming weeks you will need to have that skill handy

especially as you go through Halloween.

November 22-December 21 Sagittarius - The weeks ahead are

looking like a good time for you. Pay attention to your surround-

ings and enjoy.

December 22-January 19 Capricorn - The weeks ahead could

prove to be a challenge at school. Stay positive and everything

will turn out for the best.

January 20-February 18 Aquarius - The next month will hold

many mysteries and you need to be ready for them. Stay posi-

tive and work your way through them.

February 19-March 20 Pisces - As you go through the next

month be more social than usual you may meet someone that

will turn into a life long friend.

Medasia Rohan

Staff Reporter

Horoscopes

Homecoming

M J X D G C U B G O S F I N S M D K H D

Z U Q O R R U Q N C F Y A D I R F P U M

S H S G E P I W I R G F H B L Z I W D R

W R X I I A D K M U E M E I P Q M J E N

H B E C C R Q K O O G N G N V J H P E L

A J O D B A I S C W O H N E S Q C B L H

P M G T A D E U E E T N L I O E R A F I

K X F L Z E L Z M S F T G R W Z B D D Y

P F K A E F L P O C C M Z S H T U N W T

T T U X I K V R H V R K F Z O K N Y L A

X H M R F T E M E D C D D O Z I D H Y O

B Y D T O N H D F E T M F E M N V S F L

R L T S D Y W V Q N H F P Z N G M M O F

K S L J X M C K M A C C U E L U G N I R

D E F E N S E W M H L T E F M Y Z X D K

B N W Z B N D A N C E U W S U J A N Q N

R S C O T A N G V M Q I O X P G J Z X Y

T V R Y C A U V V C C N D F S Z E X R F

F Y F C L T N D P W P U D T R R O S H J

Z H N B X R J D J L L X J T Z A D L B O

Movie Review “Batman V Superman: Dawn of justice” “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” is a 2016 American superhero movie

about the DC Comic character Batman and Superman. It is the first live action

movie produced with Batman and Superman together.

The movie also has Aquaman, Wonder Women, The

Flash, and Cyborg in it. During the movie Lex Luther

gets Superman and Batman to battle it out.

My personal opinion about the movie is that it was

executed well, but could have been more true to the

comic book. Much of the movie didn’t make sense if

you are a person who knows the comics. But the mov-

ie itself was great. It was filled with action and sus-

pense. I recommend this movie.

Max Blankenship

Staff reporter

Book Review “Vampire Academy” Vampire Academy is an exciting and adventurous six part book series, filled with

romance, violence and magic. This is the story about a young woman named

Rose Hathaway who is a Dampire (half human and half vampire), who has

sworn to protect her best friend, royal vampire Lissa Dragomir, who is the last in

her family bloodline. Lissa tries to figure out why she hasn’t

connected with an element like all vampires do, Rose tries

to save her love, Demetri Belokov from his own lost and

darkened soul, a queen dies and her death is pinned on

Rose, and so much more action. This series is an amazing

read for fiction lovers, and it is promised to keep you on the

edge of your seat.

Deanna Williams

Class Reporter

October 24th-28th Red Ribbon Week

October 25th--- Blood Drive

October 26th--- Pre-Act for all 10th grade students

October 28th--- Senior Night @ the football game

November 1st---Cindy Dougherty from SWOSU to speak to students about

the appropriate use of social media. All students will attend unless the par-

ent or guardian has signed and returned the letter that was sent home with

the students, stating that their student may not attend.

November 4th---Deadline for December 10th ACT test

November 16th---10th Grade will be going to WTC for Tech Hours

In the morning only.

Counselor Corner

BELL

CHEERLEADERS

DANCE

DEFENSE

FLOAT

FOOTBALL

FRIDAY

HOMECOMING

KING

LIGHTS

MUMS

MUSIC

OFFENSE

PARADE

QUEEN

RING

WINNER

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Cameron Carter

Brenden Estep

Zakk Glass

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Joshua Mulkey

Medasia Rohan

Deanna Williams

Brandon Yates

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Equal Opportunity Policy

The Burns Flat-Dill City School District

complies with Titles VI of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964, Title IX of the education

Amendments of 1972. Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and their

implementing regulations administered by

the U.S. Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare’s Office for Civil Rights. If also

complies with Title VIII of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964 and is implementing regula-

tions administered by the U.S Department

of Health, Education, and Welfare’s Office

for Civil Rights. It also complies with Title

VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and is

implementing regulations administered by

the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission. The institution does not

discriminate on the basis of race, color,

religion, sex, age, national origin, or handi-

cap in admission or access to, or treat-

ment or employment in, its program and

activities.

HS Football Win Homecoming Game The BF-DC High School

football team has had a

tough season. They have

won two games and lost

five. The Eagles played a

great game against Ring-

wood at home on Septem-

ber 30th. It was the home-

coming game and the Ea-

gles played hard and came

away with a 52 to 27 win.

The boys played Corn Bible

Academy on September

10th and lost 46 to zero.

The played Shattuck on Sep-

tember 23rd and even

though they played hard the

final score was 52 to 6 with

the Eagles on bottom. The

Eagles played Cyril at Cyril

on October 7th and lost 56

to 6 and Alex at Alex on Oc-

tober 13th and lost 56 to 6.

At the Alex Football game

the All Sports parents and

the Alex Booster Club held a

fund raiser for the Hughes

family. T-shirts were sold as

well as tickets to a BBQ din-

ner. They also auctioned off

two blankets at the game,

one on each side of the

field. All told between the

two school more than

$7000 was raised for Mr.

Hughes and his family.

This is a building year for

the Eagles and with two

wins the boys are still play-

ing hard and looking for-

ward to the last three

games against Carnegie,

Snyder, and Geary. All three

of these games are confer-

ence games and will be

tough games. Be sure to go

to the games and cheer on

the Eagle Football Team.

Cameron Carter

Staff Reporter

JH Football Win Three in a Row HS Softball Finishes Season The JH Eagles Football team

has had a great season this year. They have lost only two of the games they have played this season and have really dominated a couple of games. The Eagles won against Corn Bible Academy on September 12th 24 to O. They lost their next game against Seiling on Septem-ber 19th with a score of 34 to 12. They won their home-

coming game against Duke with a score of 34 to 6. They beat Snyder and Car-negie on their own fields with scores of 50 to 0 and 70 to 20 respectfully. The boys are looking forward to their final game against Geary on Monday October 24th. Cameron Carter Staff Reporter

The HS Fast Pitch softball

team played in the Hinton

Tournament on September

15th. The Lady Eagles won

the first game 4-3 against

Lookeba-Sickles. They lost

the second game 8-5

against Minco. They won the

third game 3-0 against Fair-

view and they won the last

one 1-0 against Lookeba-

Sickles again. September

20th the Lady Eagles played

Carnegie and lost 1-0. In

Districts at Canute the Lady

Eagles lost 7-3 to Navajo

and lost 12-1 to Canute.

The Lady Eagles went 12-

15 this season. The top bat-

ters for the team were Ivy

Spieker with a batting aver-

age of .360, a RBI of 12 and

18 hits, next is Jordan

Weese with a batting aver-

age of .333, a RBI of 8 and

18 hits, and last was Des-

tiney Spradlin with a batting

average of .293, a RBI of 7,

and 22 hits. The top pitcher

is Jordan Weese with 161

strikeouts and an ERA of

1.446.

Zakk Glass

Staff Reporter

Cross Country Working Hard The Burns Flat-Dill City

High School Cross Country

team participated in the

Watonga Cross Country

Meet and the Hobart Cross

Country Meet in the past few

weeks. The teams did very

well at the Watonga meet

and even better at the Ho-

bart meet.

There were 10 high school

girls that placed out of 127

runners at the Watonga

Meet. Jordan Mason placed

57th with a time of 15:36,

Makia Maxey placed 62nd

with a time of 15:41, Jordan

Weese placed 68th with a

time of 15:51, Alexa Bene-

dict placed 79th with a time

of 16:15, Caitlin Johnson

placed 106th with a time of

18:09, Raylyn Oldaker

placed 107th with a time of

18:11, Kat Cowley placed

109th with a time of 18:13,

Kamryn Gowdy placed 115th

with a time of 19:13, Mac-

kenzie Packard placed 116th

with a time of 19:13, and

Kalie Walter placed 122nd

with a time of 21:05. Out

of 152 runners the high

school boys that placed

were Cobie Villegas placed

47th with a time of 19:55,

Ryne Garrison placed 89th

with a time 21:58, and

Dylan Kendrick placed

119th with a time of

23:47.

The junior high boys

placed 9th out of 12 teams.

There were 120 runners

and five placed at this

meet. Ryan Neeley placed

11th with a time of 12:35,

Josh Mooney placed 25th

with a time of 13:20, Dal-

ton Webb placed 53rd, with

a time of 14:15, Darius

Glass placed 65th with a

time of 14:50 and David

Armendariz placed 91st

with a time of 16:02. Ryan

Neeley was the only med-

alist at this event.

Trayon Hill

Staff Reporter

5th & 6th Football on Winning On Monday afternoon Sep-

tember 19th, the BF-DC fifth

and sixth grade football

team competed with Seiling

on the Eagles home field.

The Eagles met with success

again with a 54-12 win! The

Eagles' sixth graders that

need special recognition this

game are Luke Schne-

berger, Dalton Davis, and

Richard Lugo. Fifth graders

making great contributions

to the game were Chris

Carter, Gage Stegall, and

L.J. Mason.

The BF-DC fifth and sixth

grade football team played

Snyder Cyclones Monday,

Oct. 10 at Snyder. BF-DC

calmed the Cyclones wrap-

ping up the game with a 24-

18 win. When asking Gage

Stegall who made the most

impact on the game, he

quickly remarked, "Chris

Carter!" Of course, it takes

everyone on the team work-

ing together to pull off an-

other win. Great job, Ea-

gles! Everyone is proud of

you!

High School Principal Cliff

McCown and Coach Osmus,

high school football coach,

assisted Coach Jacob

Schneberger with the home

game. This is looking like a

very engaging and success-

ful football season for the

young Eagles!

Valeri Fite

WR Elementary Teacher

Pep Club Elect Officers

Pep Club had a meeting

on Tuesday, October 11th to

elect officers. The officers

elected are: President Alexa

Green, Vice-president Katlin

Webb, Secretary Ethan

Howell and reporter Madi-

son Pryse.

Hannah Baca

Editor

Red Ribbon Week Dress Up

The student council will

be sponsoring a blood drive

on October 25th from 8:30

A.M. to 2:30 P.M. in the JH/

HS library.

StuCo will be organizing

activities for Red Ribbon

Week October 24th-28th.

The dress up days for Red

Ribbon week are: Monday-

Too Smart For Drugs - Dress

Like A Nerd, Tuesday-Team

Up Against Drugs-Wear a

Jersey, Wednesday-Don’t

Let Drugs Change You -

Dress Like Opposite Gen-

der, Thursday-Say Boo To

Drugs-Wear A Costume but

it must be school appropri-

ate and NO mask, and Fri-

day-Pink Out Drugs - Wear

Pink.