October 2010 - North Harrison Community Schools

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COUGAR H COURIER
ISSUE 2
October 27, 2010
Cheerleaders first annual chili cook-off
Cassie Wagner
Co-Ads Editor
The North
Harrison
High School
cheerleaders held
their first annual
chili cook-off on
October 12th. They
had a great turnout
and made $840.
Twenty-five percent
of the proceeds
were given to the
American Cancer
Society.
Twenty-one
people in our
community entered
their best chili in
the cook-off. The
judges, assistant
principle Mr. Hatton
and teachers Mrs.
Wolsiefer and Mrs.
Isbell, carefully
tasted each of the
contestants’ chili.
The chili came in
all different styles.
They had chili
ranging from white
chili, chili with a lot
of noodles, chili
Photo by Macy Allgeier
Juniors Chilton Anderson, Mckenzie Davis,
and Tori Moberly sample the different types
of chili.
Photo By Macy Allgeier
Cheerleaders Molly Leffler, and Cassie Wagner help themselves to some chili.
with a lot of beans,
and some chili that
was just meat.
Each chili had
its own individual
fans. For example,
Senior Mallory
Allgeier said, “I like
beans in my chili.”
Others chose chili
without.
a bit more of a
champion than I
usually do.”
Harley was
rewarded $100, a
chili cook-off t-shirt,
and a trophy. Being
the polite man that
he is, he donated
back his winnings
of $100 to the
However, after
all the votes were
tallied, contestant
Bo Harley took
the crown with his
Mexican style chili.
Being absent from
the cook-off, Harley
said over the phone
with pride, “I feel
like a champion,
cheerleaders.
Everyone seemed
to enjoy themselves
throughout the
evening. Freshman
Jason Parker was
asked if he was
having a good time
and he replied,
“Indeed.” Freshman
Justin Payne
commented “The
chili’s delicious!”
Children had a
great time jumping
in and out of a
bouncer provided
by Rent-A-Tent
all night for only a
dollar. People also
had the opportunity
to bid on various
types of baskets.
Baskets included
gift certificates,
clothes, and much
more, Everyone
exited the auditeria
with full bellies
and smiles on their
faces.
A participant in
the cook-off, Kenny
Allgeier, said, “I
like supporting the
North Harrison
Cheerleaders.” The
cheerleaders had
many fans out that
night to support
them.
The cheerleaders
considered it a
sucess and hope
for another chili
cook-off to take
place next year.
Oh, when the cougars go marching in...to semi-state!
Photo By Genna Brock
The Marching band practices for their semi-state performance.
Genna Brock
Staff Writer
With the retirement of Mr. Crisp
as the NH band
director, the 20102011 school year
welcomed Jim
Jones to take his
place to lead the
musical students.
“I could not ask
for a better group
to come into. The
students have been
very helpful and understanding as I am
figuring things out
here at North Har-
rison,” he stated.
Each day, students spend their
last period class
practicing their
instruments in
the band room,
often heading to
the parking lot to
prepare for competitions. The music
can often be heard
through the walls,
though the band
room itself may be
easily missed.
After a quarter
of the way through
the season, Jones
led the band to 2nd
place at the Paoli
Invite, accompanied by a win in
Best Color Guard.
At Floyd Central,
they landed another
2nd along with Best
Percussion.
They then proceeded to take 5th
at Center Grove.
And after bringing home gold at
the ISSMA District
in Columbus, the
band advanced to
Regional.
“The band has
worked very hard
and I am sure they
will do a great job at
regional,” Mr. Jones
said. At Regional,
they managed
to steal gold and
advanced to Semi-
State.
Semi-state was
held at Plainview
on October 23, with
NH having high
hopes of going
through to the State
Finals. They placed
15th out of 20, but
members still held
pride in their other
accomplishments.
The band is now
wrapping up their
first competetive
season with Mr.
Jones. “The band
has done an excellent job at adapting to my style of
teaching, and really
have come a long
way since July.”
Parking passes hit the lots at North Harrison
Brittany Sanders
Staff Writer
Just this year
North Harrison
High school began
student parking
passes. These
passes can be
purchased for only
five dollars for the
year.
Parking passes
have begun a
community wide
controversial issue
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Sports..........4
between students,
faculty, parents,
and school board
members.
Most of North
Harrison’s students
are against the
passes. They
believe the school
could do without
them.
Junior driver
Hayley Renneker
says, “I feel like the
parking passes are
unnecessary, and
we could do without
them.”
Junior Hanna
Walter, who does
not drive, says, “I
feel like by the time
I drive the parking
passes price will be
higher. We could do
without the passes.”
The students
must have a
parking pass
hanging in their
rear view mirror
or on their dash
to park in any of
North Harrison’s
Opinions:
• Thumbs up, Thumbs
down
• Parking Passes
• Costume Poll
three parking lots.
Mr. Simpson, when
asked why the
school began the
passes this year,
said “we started
random drug
testing, and these
passes are for a
safety reason.”
The school is able
to use the money
from parking pass
sales to pay for
the drug testing
program. Any
student althlete
Features:
Photo by Brittany Sanders
or driver could be
selected for the
testing.
Mr. Simpson
says, “we just want
• Bucket List
• Haunted Houses
• Halloween Costumes
to be sure our
students are safe,
and driving with
the best possible
decisions.
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Scoreboard
Tennis
Volleyball
Cross Country
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Opinion
Thumbs Up
Thumbs Down
Big Cookie Friday
Shopping
Sales
Sports
Scary moives
Trick or treating
Candy
Fall Break
Rocket launches in ICP
Powder Puff
Toilet paper
Waiting in line
Rising prices
Getting there too late
Losing
Peeing your pants
Being too old
Cavities
Doing nothing
Rockets blowing up
Drama
Getting toilet papered
October 27, 2010
Halloween poll
What are you going to be for halloween?
Marcus RobbLady bug
Morgan TincherFootball player
Stephano de LarmelinaGangster
Ryan PenningtonPumpkin
The number one Halloween costume for 2010 is Lady Gaga!
Cougar Courier staff says no to parking passes
Staff Writer
The North
Harrison School
Board has made
a new rule. The
students have to
pay five dollars to
park in the High
School parking
lot. The money
that you pay for
a parking pass is
actually paying for
your drug test.
The only students
that get drug tested
are the ones who
drive and play
sports. Also, if your
parking pass is not
in your car where it
is visible then your
car gets towed from
the parking lot, and
you have to pay the
expensive towing
fee.
The newspaper
staff at North
Harrison High
School has a very
strong opinion on
the new parking
passes. If we have
to pay to park
at school then
teachers should
too.
Also, if the
students who play
sports and drive to
school have to be
drug tested, then
the teachers should
be drug tested
too. They drive
to school just like
some of us do, and
they are the ones
who are teaching
us. The school
board shouldn’t be
suspecting just the
students of doing
drugs, they should
be suspecting
teachers and the
students both.
Jenni Rowe says,
“I think that the
parking passes are
bogus. We have
to pay for these
parking passes
for our drug tests
that none of the
students even
want.”
Lauren Hubbard
says, “Crawford
County School’s
parking passes are
two dollars, so if we
really have to have
them then why is
ours five dollars?”
“I think parking
passes are
preposterous.
The fact that we
have to pay for our
own drug test is
outrageous,” says
Macy Allgeier.
Michael Boyd
says, “I don’t think
that we should have
to pay for our own
Advisor
--Amber Sater
Cougar Courier Staff
Maranda Mullins
Editor-in-Chief
--Brianne Pinnick
Co-News Editor
--Macy Allgeier
--Brittany Burns
Features Editor
--Conrae Johannes
Sports Editor
--Jordan Robbeloth
Opinion Editor
--Ella Robertson
Ads Editor
--Cassie Wagner
--Julia Schilmiller
Film Editor
--Josh Guy
--Becca Casabella
drug tests. If they
want to drug test us
that is fine, but the
money for the drug
test should have
to come out of the
school’s pocket, not
ours.”
Everyone on the
newspaper staff
agrees that the
school should not
force us to pay for
a parking pass to
drive to school if
it is going to pay
for our own drug
testing.
Reporter/
Photographer
--Michael Boyd
--Genna Brock
--Lauren Hubbard
--Liz McBee
--Maranda Mullins
--Jenni Rowe
--Brittany Sanders
Letters to the
Editor, comments,
and inquiries can
be directed to the
Cougar Courier Staff
at newspaper@nhcs.
k12.in.us or 347-1761.
Sports
Page 4A
October 27, 2010
Upcoming Events
Semi-State Champions
Girls Varsity
Basketball:
Josh Guy
11-6--Paoli, Away
11-9--Providence, Home
11-12--Jeff, Away
11-16--Crawford County, Away
11-20--Scottsburg, Home
11-24--Silver Creek, Away
11-30--Jasper, Away
12-2--NewAlbany, Home
Film Editor
Every point
counted for the
North Harrison
cougars as they
edged the number
three ranked
team in the state
of Indiana at the
IHSAA semi-state
at Brown County.
This is the first
time in school
history that a North
Harrison team has
had this honor. The
Cougars achieved
a score of 66
points, one point
ahead of defending
champion Terre
Houte North. The
number 15 cougars
pulled out the upset
and surprised the
state. The cougars
reversed last year’s
result, when Terre
Houte narrowly
beat the cougars
by a single point.
“Last year stung,
losing by a point,”
said Junior Johnnie
Guy. “We took care
of some business
this year.”
The cougar
harriers had their
best performance
Boys Varsity
Basketball:
Photo by Sydney Taylor
North Harrison boys cross country semi-state Champions. Front Row from left: Jonathan
Reynolds, Ryan Foster, Jason Head, Kyle Chesser, Wesley Haub, coaches tim Martin, and Jerry
Love. Back Row: Cody Morgan, Johnnie Guy, Josh Guy, Wesley Wiseheart, and Ben Wellner.
of the year, getting
personal records
out of all seven
of their varsity
runners. Their
impressive pack
time, which is
the time from the
first runner to the
fifth, was also
the best of the
year. This helped
in achieving the
victory. Although
Terre Houte North
had the individual
winner, the cougars
had a tight pack
time of 56 seconds.
Sophomore
Jonathan Reynolds
finished first for the
cougars, and came
in fifth overall with
a time of 15:34.
Junior Johnnie Guy
was close behind,
finishing 8th with
a time of 15:37.
Junior Ryan Foster
finished with a time
of 15:56 and in15th
place. Junior Josh
Guy and Junior
Kyle Chesser
rounded out the top
five for the cougars,
finishing 19th and
35th respectively,
and both achieving
personal bests of
16:07 and 16:30.
Junior Cody
Morgan and Junior
Jason Head came
in 6th and 7th for
the cougars, with
places of 96th and
105th, with times of
17:21 and 17:33.
The Cougars will
look to continue
their post-season
success by getting
to the podium at
the state meet
Saturday at the
Lavern-Gibson
Championship
Cross Country
Course in Terre
Houte. The
Cougars are now
ranked in the top
five teams in the
state of Indiana, as
well as having two
all state contenders.
11-22--South Central, Home
12-3--Corydon, Away
12-4--Henryville, Home
12-10--Silver Creek, Home
12-17--Brownstown, Home
12-28--Mitchell, Home
1-7--Austin, Away
1-8--Scottsburg, Away
1-14--Eastern, Away
1-15--Floyd, Away
1-21--Lanesville, Home
1-22--Salem, Home
1-28--West Washington, Away
Swimming:
11-27--YMCA, Home
11-29--Charlestown, Away
12-4--Madison, Away
12-7--Jeff invite, Away (Girls)
12-14--Scottsburg, Away
Lady Cats volleyball season recap
Becca Casabella
Staff Writer
Photo by Becca Casabella
Lady Cats Celebrate a Victory over
Crawford County.
The North
Harrison high
school volleyball
season has recently
ended. With a
record of 13 wins
and 14 losses, head
varsity coach, Wes
Briscoe, said the
team had “grown up
a lot throughout the
season.”
The season was
a very memorable
one for many of
the girls. Senior
Amanda Hartley,
when asked about
her senior year of
volleyball, said “It’s
been lots of fun and
many memories
have been made
this season.” Also
a senior, Halle
Jacobi, said the
season “has been a
great experience.”
“Although the
beginning of the
season wasn’t so
hot, we got better,”
said junior Amber
Longest.
One issue that
the team had to
overcome was
that they had a
very young and
inexperienced team
to work with. Junior
Hayley Renneker,
said, “We are a
very young team
but our experience
level together as
a team grew and
we became a more
successful team
by the end of the
season.”
When asked
about improvements
that the team made
throughout the
season, Amanda
Hartley replied,
“The defense got
changed up and
this made us more
successful as a
team.”
The volleyball
team did their
very first “Dig Pink
Classic” this past
volleyball season.
In this game North
Harrison played
against their biggest
rival school, the
Corydon Panthers,
in a game to
raise money and
awareness about
cancer. Coach
Briscoe said they
decided to do this to
“rally the community
and help raise
awareness about
cancer.”
The Lady Cats
won the match in
three games against
the Lady Panthers.
Over two thousand
dollars was raised
for both North
Harrison’s and
Corydon Central’s
Relay for Life
teams.
This past
volleyball season
wasn’t the best
North Harrison
has ever had,
but “finishing the
season strong” and
“bringing all the hard
work together,” is
what Briscoe says is
the most important.
Seniors at regionals
Jordan Robbeloth
Sports Editor
Two outstanding tennis athletes
for the 2010-2011
school year are
seniors Alec Dones
and Lincoln Jones.
The senior duo
worked together
at the number one
doubles position for
most of the season.
Their overall record
was 11 and 4.
“We beat most of
the teams that we
should have beaten, and we also
beat several teams
that may have been
better than us.
Overall, the season
was very fun and
very successful”
said senior Lincoln
Jones.
They had several explicitly key
victories during the
season.Alec and
Lincoln placed in
second place during the NH invite,
where they fell to
Forest Park in the
third set.
Some victories
included Clarksville, South Central,
Scottsburg, Crawford County, Salem,
Lanesville, and
Providence.
Alec and Lincoln
played well in sectionals, and moved
on to regionals.
Regionals were
held at Silver
Creek High School
where they played
Charlestown. They
lost the first set by
the score of 4-6.
After recooping,
they battled back
to win the second
set 6-2. In the final
set they fell short by
the score of 3-6.
“We had a good
season, even
though we came up
short at regionals,
we are definitely
not dissapointed in
our season, ” said
senior Alec Dones.
Photo by Jordan Robbeloth
Senior Lincoln Jones on left, and Senior Alec Dones on right. The
duo had an overall record of 11 and 4.
Page 3A
Features
Haunted Houses
included Industrial.
It was pretty
Staff Writer
frightening, but
There are many
hasn’t seemed to
haunted houses
change in the past
in the New
few years. That was
Albany/ Louisville
dissapointing to
area including
me. It was defiantly
the Culbertson
worth the $18 we
Mansion, Haunted
spent to get into the
Hotel, and many
attraction.
many more. We
Field of Screams
know they can get
UPS: very scary,
pretty pricey so I’m long
here to help.
DOWNS: far away,
Culbertson Mansion expensive
UPS: respectably
Field of Screams,
classy house,
located in
relatively
Brandenburg, KY,
inexpensive
and is probably
DOWNS: extensive one of the scariest
wait, no heating
haunted houses
It was surprisingly I have been to in
scary for a haunted quite a while. The
house with no paid barn may not have
actors. We did have been that good but
to wait in line for
the rest sure did
about an hour and
make up for it. The
it still wasn’t worth
Freddy bus was
the wait. Mainly the amazing. It was
only scary parts
terrifying. I highly
were when people
recommend Field
were popping out
of Screams if you’re
from nowhere, but
looking for a good
the rest was pretty scare.
lame all in all.
Other haunted
Industrial
houses in the area
Nightmare
include Baxter
UPS: good effects, Avenue Morgue,
scary actors
Cobb’s Haunt,
DOWNS: hard to
Nightmare Forest,
find
Waverly Hills, and
Industrial
many more. All of
nightmare
these are seemingly
is located in
inexpensive, except
Jeffersonville, IN.
for maybe a few
It costs $26 for all
like Waverly which
four attractions. I
is about $30. To all
only went through
the thrill junkies, I
two of them, which wish you luck!
October 27, 2010
Halloween weekend one for the books
Jenni Rowe
Photo by Brittany Burns
The National Honor Society gets ready to go to the Louisville Zoo to pass out candy.
Michael Boyd
Staff Writer
As we all know
Halloween is
getting closer
everyday. So the
question is, what
are you going to
do this Halloween
weekend?
Well, I went
around the school
and asked some
people what
they are going
to do Halloween
weekend. As
most people can
guess, the number
one answer for
teenagers is they
are going to have a
party. The number
two answer is
they are going to
do nothing. Last
but not least, the
third most popular
reason is I don’t
know.
I found that not
many guys in
high school go
trick or treating.
“Mostly girls go
trick or treating in
high school” said
Destiny Tindell.
So, for everybody
that is going to be
trick or treating,
here are the top
five Halloween
costumes of 2010.
The first one is on
the world’s biggest
pop star. It is none
other than Lady
Gaga. The second
one is President
Barack Obama as
Count Barackula.
Get ready to see a
lot of hair flipping,
because the third
is Justin Beiber.
Fourth is any cast
member from
Jersey Shore.
Your going to see
a lot of affliction
t-shirts and bad
hair. Five is Alice in
Wonderland. As you
can see the latest
trend is not Dracula,
Frankenstein,
ghosts, or horror
movie stars. It is
simply pop stars.
The Lady Gaga
costume is one
of the hardest
costumes to get
because they are
just too popular. No
Halloween shop
has these for more
than a few days.
So, pretty much
T.V. stars and
singers will control
Halloween this year.
Don’t be surprised
when you’re giving
out candy this
Halloween and see
a bunch of Justin
Beiber look-a-likes
and different Lady
Gagas, instead of
vampires, ghost,
and goblins. The
only question is,
which is scarier?
Bucket List: Did you just smell that?
Macy Allgier
Co-News Editor
Brittany Burns
Co-News Editor
This is the portion
of the newspaper
where some of our
Cougar Courier
reporters cross
something off
their bucket list.
This month the
job is up juniors to
Macy Allgeier and
Brittany Burns.
We got to Walmart and I was a
little bit nervous.
I didn’t know how
the prank was
going to work. We
went on a Sunday
afternoon. Walmart was packed
from people getting
out of church. We
walked in. We were
already starting to
laugh which was a
good sign that this
Bucket List would
be succesfull.
We bought 9 volt
batteries for the
machine. Then I
stuck the machine
in my back pocket
and Brittany
immediately
pressed the button.
We started on our
adventure.
First, we went
to the electronic
section. We were
walking on the
opposite sides
of the aisles, so I
didn’t really have
any clue when she
was going to press
the button. We
started on a group
of people, and I
knew that it was
coming. As soon as
I got within a foot
I heared one rip. I
couldn’t help but to
laugh, so I hurried
away.
Our next visit was
to the cosmetic
section. I was
headed towards
the flat irons. There
were two little boys
standing in the
shampoo section.
As I bent over to
pick up a flat iron,
Brittany pressed the
button. I carefully
looked to see if the
kids were staring,
then the machine
went off again. I
walked away before
I gave the joke
away by laughing.
I turned out
of the aisle of
guys. Brittany was
standing around the
corner laughing. We
walked back to the
toy section. There
were many kids
being a bit rowdy
so I began thinking
to myself whether
or not you would
be able to hear the
machine if it went
off. When I was
standing at the end
of the aisle looking
Photo By Brittany Burns
Macy Allgier showing Maranda Mullins and Julia Shilmiller how to be lady like.
at the array of silly
bandz, the machine
went off.The kid
behind me gave
me a weird look. I
knew there was no
problem in hearing
the machine. After
the devise went off,
I didn’t move from
my spot. I stood
my ground by the
silly bandz. The
machine kept going
off and after many
odd looks from the
little kid, he ran
away. When the
little kid scattered
I started to talk to
Brittany then she
pointed out that
that little boy had
returned to his spot
by the guitars. So
I headed back to
my territiory by the
silly bandz and
Brittany pressed
the button. The
boy immediately
sprinted away
again. I left again
and as soon as I did
the boy went back
to his spot.
We decided to
leave the poor
child alone and
we started our
way towards the
produce section.
A man rudely
came up to me and
said “Real mature
by the way” and
just walked away. I
was ready to give
that man a piece
of my mind, but
he came and went
too quickly. I just
tried to forget the
impolite comment
from the man so
I could carry on
with my Journalism
related business.
Brittany and
I made it to the
produce section
and it was a bit
crowded as well.
I went to stand by
the freshly spritzed
carrots and there
was a Wal-mart
employee standing
right beside them.
The machine was
going off like no
other so I began to
make a phone call
so that it would be a
little less awkward.
If you couldn’t
guess the entire
Walmart produce
section was staring
at me. Despite
the phone call
diversion, it was still
pretty awkward.
When I got about
as many weird
looks as I could
stand, I started to
walk away to find
my partner in crime.
We decided to
call it a day and
walked out of Walmart triumphant.
We had many
laughs, received
several strange
looks, and had an
all around superior
time. We found it
to be a superbly
successful day. We
were very pleased
with the results of
the fart machine.