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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
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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.
October 21, 2016 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56 Number 2 Page 2
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.
Page 3 October 21, 2016 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56 Number 2
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.
October 21, 2016 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56 Number 2 Page 4
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
Page 5 October 21, 2016 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56 Number 2
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
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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
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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
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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
Tray Hill
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.