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KC JOURNALISM 2012
Kent City Newsletter
Halloween Edition
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST:
V O L U M E
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I S S U E
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O C T O B E R
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Local Halloween Attractions
Seasonal
Foods and
Crafts
Seniors’ Future Plans
Dig Pink
Volleyball
Quiz Bowl
Misc. Sports
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Seasonal Arts 2
and Crafts
Graduating
Seniors
3
Dig Pink
Volleyball
3
Quiz Bowl
4
Marching
Band
5
Cross
Country
5
JV Volleyball 5
JV Football
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Autumn has arrived! The leaves are
changing into gorgeous shades of orange,
red, brown, yellow, and green, making
this the most festive and colorful season.
Get ready to eat those fall favorites of
caramel apples, pigs in a blanket, and apple pie. Costumes, candy, scary movies,
and late nights out is what Halloween is
all about. No matter who you are, you can
dress up as something else and go out on
the town for some scary fun! And who
doesn't love candy?!? "Fall is best of all" is
a famous saying for this wonderful sea-
son. Carving pumpkins and making
pumpkin pie is always a favorite of
many people. And who doesn't love
haunted houses? The thrill of being
scared and almost wetting your pants is
almost too much to resist. Fall is all
about drinking apple cider, jumping in
leaves, carving pumpkins and everyone
coming together with their friends and
family to have a fun and scary time. It
only comes once a year so get out there
and enjoy it while you have a chance!
LOCAL HAUNTED HOUSES
Are you interested in spooky adventures? Halloween is around the corner and frightening things are
everywhere. If you’re interested in haunted houses or scary activities, visit some local attractions!
The Haunt has two main attractions. The haunted house is
indoors, so the weather won’t
deter you from this trip. This is
a haunted house with many
actors and props. The Dark
Maze is outside. Find your way
through the maze that opens at
dusk where terror lurks around
every corner.
If you have any questions, visit
http://www.the-haunt.com/
Address: 2070 Waldorf St
NW # 2
Grand Rapids, Mi 49544
Phone: 616-791-9818
In the haunted woods of New
Salem, patients from a mental
ward are waiting for you. In
the corn maze, corn stalkers
will watch and haunt you.
This corn maze is at night, but
they also have a daytime
maze that is more family
friendly.
Visit http://
witchesofnewsalem.com/
index.php?page=pricing-more
with questions or concerns.
Address: 4516 24th St, Dorr,
MI 49323
Phone: 616- 681- 2342
Nights of Fear includes three
different attractions. Carnival of
Souls is a creepy haunted house
with a carnival theme. Brainfield Sanitorium takes you into
a haunted insane asylum. The
other attraction, Castle Greyskull, is a haunted castle with
mysterious creatures lurking
around.
Go to http://
www.nightsoffear.com/ if you
have any questions.
Address: 3460 Plainfield Ave
NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
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GHOST POPS
Fall Recipe
Contest
This newsletter will feature seasonal
activities, recipes, crafts, etc.
The best of
these that are
sent to the
journalism
email (listed
on back page)
will be featured in the
newsletter.
Please submit
your ideas before October
31 if you wish
for them to
be included in
the next edition.
KCHS
What you’ll need:
Tootsie Pops
Tissues
Black Marker
Orange and Black
Ribbon or String
How to make:
First, you will need to
take your Tootsie Pop
and place a tissue
over the top. It should
be equal on all sides.
Once you have done
this, you need to take
a piece of each color
of the ribbon or
string and tie a bow
directly under the
Tootsie Pop. Then,
get your marker and
draw little ghost
eyes on your tissue. You should
now have an edible, cute, easy
craft and decoration for Halloween!
Candy Corn Cheesecake Mousse Recipe
Ingredients
1 package (8 oz.) vanilla pudding or white
chocolate mousse
(from mix or scratch)
1/2 cup powdered
sugar
1/4 cup milk or cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Cool
Whip,
thawed (8
oz.)
orange
and yellow food
color
candy
corn (for
decoration)
Bowl,
large spoon and a
large zip-lock bag
Directions
Put vanilla pudding or
white chocolate mousse in a
bowl (your preference) and
mix it up until fully smooth.
Slowly add powdered
sugar, then milk (or cream).
Add vanilla. Continue mixing. Mix about one minute
on medium to medium-high
speed until fully blended.
Pour cool whip into the
vanilla pudding mixture and
stir until fully combined.
Scoop about 1/3 of the
cheesecake mousse into a
bowl, and color orange
with dye. Color another
1/3 of the mixture yellow.
Leave the remaining 1/3
white. One color at a time
(starting with yellow),
scoop mixture into a large
zip-lock bag and squeeze
layers of the
cheesecake
mousse into
small dessert
dishes of your
choice. Repeat
with orange and
then white
mousse.
Refrigerate 30
minutes (or up
to 1 day) before
serving. Decorate with candy corn if
desired.
Recipe makes about 4
moderate servings or 6-8
VOLUME
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Graduating Seniors
Tyler Kruis is a High School Senior. He
has participated in football and is contemplating whether or not to do wrestling this
year. He plans to play golf in the spring.
Tyler would like to attend University of
Michigan, Northern, Western and a few
other colleges. He is interested in being a
Navy Pilot, Rheumatologist or a Police
Officer. He says, “I will definitely miss
Kent City High School after I leave.”
Jordan Teusink is also a senior at
Kent City. He is considering playing
baseball in the spring and he plans to
be an electrician after he graduates.
Jordan can’t wait to leave Kent City
High, so that he can begin his career.
Kenzie Tyink is thinking about playing
softball in the spring. She is involved in
student government and National Honor
Society. She has applied to many colleges
including Michigan State University, Ferris State University, Central Michigan
University and Grand Valley State University. Kenzie would like to be a forensic
pathologist. She plans to leave Kent City.
She enjoys being close to her friends so
she will miss Kent City High School.
Sarah Wheeler plans to play basketball
this winter and is in National Honor Society. She has applied at Central Michigan
University, Ferris State University and
Grand Rapids Community College. Sarah
is interested in psychology. She plans to
leave Kent City and will not miss it because she is excited to have new experiences.
DIG PINK VOLLEYBALL GAMES
The Dig Pink volleyball game is a
fundraiser to help
those with breast
cancer. On Thursday, October 25,
2012, the Junior
Varsity team will
play against the Al-
lendale Falcons at
5:30 p.m. in the
Kent City High
School gym. The
Varsity game will
follow. Wearing a
Dig Pink t-shirt or
hat will admit you
into the games for
free. The hats are
$15 and the t-shirts
are $10. They will be
available to purchase
at the game. Come
support breast cancer research and
education by filling
the stands with pink!
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QUIZ BOWL TEAM ADVANCES IN QUIZBUSTERS!
Good luck to the
Kent City Quiz
Bowl teams on
Saturday, November 10 in
Holland.
When the
Coach, Mrs.
Davis, was
questioned,
she replied
with, “This is
a great year
for Quiz
Bowl. We’ve
been working
hard this
season and
it’s paying
off. Our
tournament
on Saturday
was a success
and we are
advancing on
the Quizbusters game
show. Good
job Eagles!”
KCHS
The Kent City Quiz
Bowl team had its
first match of the
season last Tuesday,
October 10. They
traveled to Michigan
State University to
battle on the WKAR
game show Quizbusters. The Kent City
Varsity team of
Justin, Eric, Weston,
Tyler, Brooke, Alex,
and Tyler defeated
Hillsdale High School,
the semi-finalist
team from last year.
It was an intense
match that challenged our team until the end, but Kent
City came out as the
victor with a winning
score of 390-300.
KENT CITY QUIZ BOWL WINS AGAIN!
The Quiz Bowl teams were successful last Saturday, October
13 at the White Cloud Invitational. The senior team of
Brooke, Weston, Eric, Justin,
and Charlie received Second
Place. The real battle was between White Cloud’s and Kent
City’s coaches when a single
word determined the outcome
of the tournament. It was questioned whether the article “the”
was important in the title of
“House of the Seven Gables.”
The opposing coach won the
battle of wits and came out as
first place winner. The junior
team included Neisha, Tyler,
Alex, Tyler, Matt, and Parker.
They earned First Place in their
division with a record of 7:3. The
team played some great matches
and defeated Hackett (twice), Orchard View, Ionia, Holland, and
Morley-Stanwood High Schools.
Tyler, Sierra, Gabe, Hannah,
Alyssa, Brianna, and Nick were
on the sophomore team. They
played their best and ended with
a 3:7 record. Most of the team
comprised of freshmen that
played their first High School
Quiz Bowl matches on Saturday.
Good job Eagles!
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CROSS COUNTRY
The season is quickly coming to
a close for the cross country
team. With only two meets remaining, Conference and Regional, the team members are
working hard to reach their
goals for the season.
The eagles competed at Ironwood Golf Course in Byron
Center yesterday afternoon
against the other teams in their conference. Jacob, Tommy, Rey, Diana,
and Rebecca all finished with life-
time PR's (personal records). Season
JV VOLLEYBALL
The JV girls volleyball team has had a
great season so
far! The players
include Paige,
Olivia, Shelby, Bailey, Paige, Marcy,
Abby, Ellie, Breanne, Hannah,
Emily, Maggie, and
Jenna.
PR's were achieved by Taylor and
Kendra. Ashley received first place
in the conference for the ladies, and
Will recieved second in the boys
race. The boys placed 3rd in the
conference, while the ladies
placed 4th.
Regionals will take place at Allendale on Saturday,
October 27th. See Mrs. Evers
for additional information.
Come show your support at the
eagles’ final meet of the season!
JV FOOTBALL
The junior varsity
football players
include Brendon,
Dustin, Johnny,
Tyler, Bryce,
Ryan, Todd,
Alec, Ryan, Zach,
Colin, Chase,
Meredith, JC,
Preston, Brandon,
Christian, Jacob,
Mason, Johnny,
and Jim.
KENT CITY MARCHING BAND
The Kent City Marching Eagles went to Cedar Springs this past
week to compete at
the Cedar
Springs Invitational. The
band received a
score of 62.05.
They are cur-
rently tenth in the
state and have a good
chance at going to
state finals to march
on the third of November. They will be
traveling to Jenison Saturday, October
20th. Come out and support the band
at one of their last band competitions.
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Chris Terranova
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Jacob
Sible
Sam Islas
Ashlee Warlick,
Jason Noortoek,
Nathan Bouck
Halloween
Charlie Lerch,
Madison Abshire
Erica Austin,
Eloisa Puente,
Cassandra Abma
Elyse Poling
Maggie
Maksymowski
Matt
Bowman
Thomas
Devos
Alonzo Barajas,
Kyle & Ryan
Busse
Conrad Visser,
Tommy Schutter,
Samantha
Peterson