Timberwolf Times Halloween History Volume 1, Issue 1

Timberwolf
Times
Volume 1, Issue 1
November 14, 2013
Halloween History
INDEX
By: Ella Huck and Jessica Madruga Breast Cancer Awareness
Page 2
Recipes
Page2
Banned Books
Page 3
Staff Interview
Page 3
Creative Stories
Page 4 & 5
Quick & Easy Costumes
Page 6
Favorite Candy
Page 6
Monster Facts
Page 7
Sports
Page 8
Do you love this holiday? Have
you always wanted to learn
more about it? If so keep reading to find out all the freaky
details. Everyone must think
that Halloween is about dressing up and trick-or-treating, but
it’s really not. Halloween, also
known as Hallows eve originated from a Celtic festival known
as “Samhain” (pronounced sow
-in). Samhain was a celebration
of the end of a good harvest.
Then the people would stock
up for the winter close to
come. The Gaelics believed
that on the night of October
31, the barrier between the
living and the dead overlapped.
They thought the dead would
bring sickness or bad crops.
The people affected by wearing
masks and costumes to mimic
and appease the evil spirits.
Can you create a costume with a
quarter? See page 2 for details.
Costume Choices
By: Ella Huck and Jessica Madruga What is everyone being for Halloween?
Take a look. We interviewed 50 people
at Shady Grove Middle School to see
which style they want to be. The pie
chart at right shows how many people
were dressing as scary, nice, character or
other.
In 609 A.D., the Catholic feast of
All Martyrs Day was established
and later expanded to include all
saints as well as all martyrs. The
church would later make November 2 “All Souls Day,” a day to
honor the dead. “All Souls Day”
was celebrated with bonfires, parades, and dressing up as saints
angels, and devils. Oh my!
Back to modern times. When
kids say “trick or treat”, the trick
part is saying “give me a treat or
you will get a trick”. The Halloween tradition has evolved over
time. The holiday is a custom in
The United States, Great Britain,
Ireland, and Canada. In some
places the police must prosecute
the parents who actually allow
their kids to do the “trick” part.
In Iowa, Ohio, and Massachusetts
Halloween is also known as
“Beggars Night”.
Breast Cancer Awareness
By Lucie Marin
Did you know that October is officially Breast
Cancer awareness month? You’ve probably seen
your favorite sports teams rocking pink socks,
shoes or even jerseys. You might even be wearing
pink on Wednesdays all on your own! Well here’s
some cool info on breast cancer! Breast cancer is a
cancer where it affects the cells in the breast and
makes them grow abnormally. Breast cancer can
happen to men and woman both. “It is very frightening,”, says former breast cancer patient Maureen
Kalota,”…because you never know what the end
results will be.” For people without cancer when old cells die new ones replace
them but with cancer a tumor replaces the old cells. Breast cancer is when a
bad tumor takes over a cell of the breast. When the doctors are figuring out
how bad the cancer is they use Roman numerals to determine what treatment
to give them. “I had radiation therapy for a week, and a check up every six
months for five years.” Something’s may make you more likely to have breast
cancer If someone in your family had it, if you are older it is more likely, and if
you are someone who does drugs like smoking and drinking alcohol it is more
likely to happen. A patient says,” with prayer and faith in God and also from
support from my family I got through having breast cancer.” So to make these
people known and remembered we wear pink on Wednesdays!
CONTRIBUTORS
Tiffany Kalota
Madelyn Ceely
Lucie Marin
Brody Eckstein
Hope Miers
Melanie Flippin
Ella Huck
Jessica Madruga
Shiwei Tang
Erica Ralston
Elizabeth Schaefer
Taje Leonard
Emily GrudzienEaton
Jason Luke
Alexa Huerta
Julia Schamko
Riyaq Jaamac
Sam Herath
Fall Recipes
By: Hope Miers and Tiffany Kalota Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Shirley Temple
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, such as Ghirardelli, chopped into 1/2inch pieces,
Ginger ale or a lemon-lime soda, grenadine, A glass.
2 tablespoons of unsalted butter [at room temperature]
1 cup of flour,
Directions:
2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder,
Pour the Ginger ale or a lemon-lime
soda in the glass, then pour 2 tablespoons in to the glass and stir. Now
just pop a straw in and drink it all up
yummy, yummy in your tummy.
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of sea salt, 3/4 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of
pure vanilla extract, and 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 300
degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone
mats. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine the bittersweet chocolate
and butter. Place the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and
stir occasionally until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is
smooth. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder,
baking powder and salt. In another medium bowl, whisk together the
sugar, eggs, 2 tablespoons water and vanilla extract. Gradually add the
dry ingredients and stir until thick and smooth. Fold in the melted
chocolate. Stir in the gradually add the dry ingredients and stir until
thick and smooth. Fold in the melted chocolate. Stir in the prepared
baking sheets. Bake until slightly puffed and the tops begin to crack, 18
to 20 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool completely on the baking
sheets and serve with milk.
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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Banned Books Week
September 22-28, 2013
By Julia Schamko Banned books week. Those three
words can bring many thoughts to
one’s mind. When asked, some students thought of an actual band because the words sounded so alike.
Others said inappropriate content
thinking of reasons why those books
would be banned. But there is only
one real definition to this title. And
that is violating a person’s freedom of
expression.
Banned books week celebrates challenged and banned books
throughout the years. Why, you may
ask, do we celebrate this unfair action?
That, my dear reader, can have multiple
answers. Media Specialist Mary Battista
said that it is important to celebrate
our freedom to read and to be aware
that it is being threatened by groups or
individuals who feel that they have the
right to tell people what they can /
cannot read. But, they must consider
that if they choose to challenge or have
a book banned, they are preventing all
MCPS students their right to read that
book. Mark Twain’s comment on this
subject is, “Censorship is telling a man he
can’t have steak just because a baby can’t
chew it.”
book or be able to understand it. In
conclusion, make sure you really think
before you decide to ban or challenge
books.
Now all people have their own
opinions. Some may say banning books is
a great idea and they’re all for it. But
others may think that it is absolutely
awful to do such a thing to a book. And
others can just be neutral, they are not
really part of the argument. English
teacher, Krista Chaimson says that it is
never right to ban books. In agreement
with Mrs. Chaimson, Mrs. Batista says,
“As a media specialist I explain to groups
and parents that they have the right to
tell their own child what they can/cannot
read.” So it is okay for a parent or
guardian to tell their child restrictions on
what they are allowed to read. But other
people shouldn’t be telling others they
don’t even know what they can/cannot
read just because they might not like the
Interview with Mr. Shearer
By: Brody Eckstein So here's some interesting facts about Mr. Shearer that you might not
have known about him.
His full name is Craig Steven Shearer.
Well the first thing is before he even taught was when he went to
Saint Vincent College in Latrobe Pennsylvania.
So Mr. Shearer has been teaching English classes for nine years.
He's been teaching 7th grade English and one class of 6th grade English.
Mr. Shearer has always taught English for SGMS. Some of the other jobs
that Mr. Shearer has had in the past are, a grocer, a landscaper, he's
worked at a record store, and he worked at a hockey shop, and now in
addition to teaching at SGMS, Mr. Shearer is a photographer.
Photo by Jason Luke Mr. Shearer in his classroom. Trick Or Treating
By: Melanie Flippin and Elizabeth Schaefer Lily and McKenzie both love Halloween. They were expecting a normal
Halloween, they thought wrong. It all
started out when the day before Halloween. Lily and McKenzie were sitting next to each other during lunch.
“So do you want to come over for a
Halloween themed sleepover tonight?” McKenzie asked Lily, with her
mouth full. “Sure” replied some random guy in the table in front of
them. “Not you!” shrieked McKenzie
“I’ll have to call my mom and ask
her” said Lilly. So during that night
the two girls mapped their trick-ortreating route so they would miss all
the houses that gave you peanut brittle and toothbrushes. They circled all
the houses that gave you jumbo sized
candy bars in a big, FAT marker.
They couldn’t sleep at all
that night because they were so excited about Halloween. They told
each other scary stories with a flashlight in front of their faces. That
morning they were super tired so
they drank coffee with a pumpkin
spice flavored creamer. Later, at the
SGMS dance they ran into Bobber
the robber. He looked EVIL; he
couldn’t stop winking. McKenzie
stared at him suspiciously. Soon she
realized that Bobber the robber was
really that random kid from yesterday’s lunch. McKenzie told Lily that
she was creeped out and they should
walk away. So they did. The girls didn’t realize at the time was that their
suspicion was absolutely correct
That night, McKenzie and Lily set off
from Lily’s house in their Narwhal
costumes (Narwhals are unicorns of
the sea.) to go Trick-or-treating. Lily
and her family made sure their house
was extra scary every year. They
even had a motion activated ghoul
that popped out of a fake gravestone.
As Lily, McKenzie, and her dog,
Hunter walked out of the door, the
ghoul popped out and scared the
girls half-to-death and made Hunter
go haywire! They lost control of
Hunter and he ran across the street!
McKenzie franticly grabs
Lily by the wrist and bolted off to
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get Hunter! They passed a huge
crowd of trick-or-treaters that
slowed them down. The people
must have been astonished to see
two people dressed as Narwhals
scampering after a dog! The crowd
of trick-or-treaters stopped looking
like they had seen a ghost. This
caused even more panic. Eventually,
Lily and McKenzie got through the
huge crowd. The looked around
for Hunter. He was nowhere to be
seen.
McKenzie started to cry.
Lily saw the tail of hunter going
into the “haunted house” Here’s a
little bit of background about the
“haunted house”. The haunted
house started out being a being a
normal house. It had termites so
the owners sold it. When nobody
bought it, the owners went to seek
out another house. Everyone assumed that the owners were waiting for the right time to sell it.
They never did. After a few years,
the house turned into a mess with
untrimmed grass and ivy creeping
up the front of the house. This
seemed like a great opportunity for
the kids that lived on that street to
start telling ghost stories about it,
so they did.
As the two girls ran toward the
haunted house McKenzie protested
to Lily about trespassing and everything else their parents had told
them.
“Do you want your dog or what?”
asked Lily impatiently,
“Of course I do!” McKenzie replied.
McKenzie realized at that very moment that the only way she was
getting her dog back was by going
into that house.
Once the girls had entered the
haunted house property, they realized night had fallen. Everything
seemed to be tinted dark orange,
and that made everything creepier.
“C’mon!” Lily urged McKenzie.
They twisted the door knob which
was surprisingly easy because the
door was unlocked. Everything in
the house was still and quiet… too
quiet. The walls were blank, and the
only light provided was from the
orange street light peeking through
the closed blinds. As the girls’ eyes
adjusted, they realized that dead
bugs littered the floors. Along were
cob webs and a few live bugs. The
carpets were torn, and the hard
wood floors were badly scratched.
There was no sign of any furniture.
Suddenly, they heard the CREAK!
CREAK! of footsteps above them.
They carefully climbed the steps.
The steps led to a hallway. The hallway led to three rooms. The girls
were too excited and scared at the
same time to speak. Lily gestured to
the first door to their right. The
girls heard more footsteps above
them. CREAK! CREAK! They were
closer this time. McKenzie considered if her dog had somehow got
on the roof. Then, she saw a pulldown ladder leading to the attic.
McKenzie gestured to the attic entrance, so they climbed up.
They both coughed because it was
so dusty up there. Then they saw a
figure in the dust that looked like it
was holding Hunter. Both girls
screamed! The figure walked closer,
and they realized it was Bobber the
robber hold poor Hunter.
“What are you people doing in my
house with your Dog?” complained
Bobber the robber.
DUN-DUN.. DUN-DUN.. DUNDUN-DUN
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Witch For A Day
by Riyaq Jaamac
Patterns, sheets of stars,
adorned the midnight blue sky, and the
fake skeleton; I’m only minding my beeswax.
Anyway, where are the others?”
town was shrouded in serenity, the
“Piper’s gone to T.P. Elijah’s house
Alice wrenched her eyes open.
This time, a weak, shrill yell secreted
from her mouth.
town was being tucked to bed by the
because he stole her homework last month,
docile and motherly habits of nature.
and Sadie says the mansions are giving out full
Except, on Halloween night, the stars
chocolate bars and Mike and Ikes and Kit
danced, streaked across the lively, avid
Kats and Gobstoppers. And, well, I have no
sky, arousing the people, children,
feet below, rooftops whizzed past, the
idea where Alex is. I think he’s gone to a
who sparked their imaginations, a
breeze still pleasantly slapping her face,
party or something”, he drawled. Alice
kindling of adventure blazing in their
and roads appeared as thick as tree
yawned sarcastically, her long night-black
kindred, their awakened hearts until
branches.
dress billowing from behind her, her dull
nature rocked them to sleep once
black buckled boots clicking against the
again.
voice quivering. They flew, Alice’s eyes
weathered cobblestone as she strode down
shut the rest of the time, wind whistling
the narrow path, her plastic pumpkin
sea of children, much like the flashing
in her ears, until the broomstick descend-
adorned with peeling reflective tape swinging
stars, a most rare and beautiful event
ed into the graveyard, and they landed on
and her home-fashioned broomstick shifting.
occurs, inside the hearts of maybe
faded, matted grass. He hopped off.
Russell, dressed from head-to-toe as Spider-
three or so children. Children who
man, trailed behind her reluctantly.
But, sometimes, in the vast
are witches. Children who are comely
“So, where are we headed to? Jack
Russell seemed to be slumped
behind her. Rooftops. Lots of rooftops.
What was seemingly forty-five
“Russell?” She mumbled, her
“That was AWESOME!!” He
shrieked. Then he slouched and leaned
his fingertips on the cobblestone wall
enough, and on the night witch kind
O’ Lantern patch? Pat’s Halloween party?
call, “the awakening,” the stars repre-
next to the rusty iron-gate fence, the
Maybe we’ll find Alex there. Or how
senting those children twinkle so fero-
entrance to the jack-o’-lantern patch.
about—“
ciously as with the combined strength
of a million stars. Some of those chil-
Then he tugged on his fingers.
“Shush!” Alice vigorously whacked
him over the head with her broomstick.
dren may have the blaze in the depth
“Ouch!” cried Russell. In the semi-
of them for eternity. Those feeble
darkness and the rows of powder blue, lem-
number of beautiful, young stars.
on, and mauve two-story houses, she
could’ve sworn that she saw golden, glowing
“. . .one, two, three, four..” Alice whis-
stars emitting from her broomstick. She
pered tenderly as she counted the
gaped and gazed in that spot until Russell
stars towering above her. People be-
snapped his fingers strongly in her direction.
“Alice,” he murmured, an unsure air lingering in his voice. He struggled to pull
free. “ALICE! I’m stuck!”
Thoughts flooded into her
head. “Spiderman,” she mumbled.
A creamy orange jack-o’lantern perched beside her winked.
She grasped her broomstick
tightly, beads of sweat gathering in that
lieved her to be weird, be she thought
“Yo?! What’s up?” He glared.
the stars were important. And beauti-
spot. The blood drained from her face as
“Oh, nothing, nothing,” lied Alice.
she helplessly plopped onto the ground.
ful. A sturdy, booming voice shattered
They continued strolling and examined the
her train of thought as she whipped
“Hello? Hello?” Russell hissed. Alice dis-
street, crossing. As they began to cross, a car
around, her sleek, drooping black
regarded him, brushing tufts of wind-
came careening down the road, headlights
witch hat hurtling past her like a disc.
swept hair out of her pale face.
flashing.
She couldn’t possibly be a witch. The
“A-lice!” warned Russell as he tugged
“Oh, god,” thought Alice, as the
thought pierced her nerves like an arrow.
on her arm urgently. “Seriously, we
scene seemed to occur in slow motion. She
only have, like, two hours! C’mon,
But then again, witches could do magic,
wished to shriek, but she believed it wasn’t
now, stop dawdling.”
couldn’t they?
necessary. She snatched Russell by the waist
“Me?” she snorted, stooping
to retrieve her hat, and slapping it on
and fastened her eyelids as hard as she could,
Alice’s eyes twinkled ferociously, twin-
hues surrounding her blurring.
kled like the stars, and she grasped her
her curled lock of jet-black hair, some
A frigid breeze swiftly whipped her
broomstick even tighter.
faintly dyed green. “You stopped for
face. She dared not open her eyes. Were
ten minutes to look at the neighbor’s
Who knew? Perhaps she would need it,
they…
sometime. . .
Quick and Easy Costumes
By: Shiwei Tang and Madelyn Ceely Do you not have a Halloween costume or are still deciding at the last minute?
Well here are three totally easy and fun costumes to do at home! Hope you
have fun doing this!
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Dress in all pink and hold any type of feather. You’re tickled pink!
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Wear all white and paint or pin a yellow circle to your stomach, then
you’re an egg. Add horns and a devil’s tail, and then you’re a deviled egg!
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Print a quarter and put it on your back, then you’re a literal quarter back!
Fall Fashions
Here are our finds on 2013 fall fashion choices for all ages:
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Dark colors and pink
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plaid
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animal print and feathers and
fur
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long jackets
Plaid is big in Fall 2013 Photos by Brody Eckstein Photos above were taken at the Shady Grove Halloween Dance on October 25th. Page 6
Survey by Tiffany Kalota and Hope Miers Page 7
Monster Facts
By Alexa Huerta
Fact #1
People have spotted Bigfoot for over 400 years. Bigfoot has been described as a big hairy man. People
have been faking Bigfoot for money or fame.
Fact #2
Some say that the loch ness monster is a myth, some
say it’s a dinosaur, some say it’s a sea serpent. People
also pretended for money and fame.
Fact #3
The El Chupacabra first started in Puerto Rico in
March 1995. Chupacabra means goatsucker.
Fact #4
Another word for ghost is poltergeist. People still
believe in ghosts because of personal experience.
Ghost is one of the most common paranormal beliefs.
Shady Grove Clubs
Medieval Dark Dragon by Jason Luke SGMS Clubs clockwise from top left: Yoga, SWAG, Newspaper, Drama/Talent Show Photos by Timberwolf Times Staff Timberwolf Sports
By Sam Herath, Erica Ralston & Emily Grudzien-Eaton
Girls Softball
Photo by Brody Eckstein The girls’ softball team had a great season. They had two
wins, two loses and one tie. They also had a lot of runs batted
in. They have 14 girls on their team. There are also nine 8th
graders and they are Lucy Webster (pitcher), Johanna Trout
(3rd base), Annika Riviello (2nd base), Laney Gunster (1st base),
Emma Owen (Right Center/back-up for 2nd base), Francisca
Moreno (catcher), Alex Salas (left field), Lourdes (manager),
Olivia senator ( position unknown). There are also five 7th graders. That is the update for girls’ softball.
Boys Softball
The boys’ softball team had a undefeated season. They won
5-0. They were coached by our great coaches, Mr. Thomas, and Mr.
Tyson. All players did wonderful but, their 4 best players were two
8th graders and two 7th graders. The two 8th graders were Ethan
Forbes (out field), and Charlie Mason (short stop). Our two 7th
grade players were Thomas Flint (first base), and Josh Petrie
(pitcher). There best game was at Lakeland middle school because
Lakeland hadn’t lost a game in two years. That is the latest update
on boys’ softball.
Courtesy Photo Jordan Blackwell runs to 1st base during the Ridgeview game. Cross Country
The cross country team had a very good season. They were 2-3. They lost against Ridgeview on their final
meet. All the players had to run one mile and a half. There were 25 players on the team but the two best players
were Jake Wellek and Rachel Santogo. They had a very good coach, Mr. Jefferson. He always told them to, “run
against yourself”. He also said they ran very well, had good teamwork, and good team spirit. He is very sad that the
season ended so early. That's the latest update about cross country. And even though all these seasons have ended,
we still have an existing year of basketball yet to come!
Courtesy Photo Page 8
Before the girls take on Montgomery Village they ham it up for SGMS! Courtesy Photo Above, the boys cross country team takes off against Montgomery Village. Page
Sam Herath & Peter Kozlov win Best Duo Costume. Shiwei Tang wins 1st Place, Best Overall Costume. All photos on this page are from the SGMS Halloween Dance. Photos by Brody Eckstein. William Sheesly wins Best Superhero Costume. Next issue of the Timberwolf Times will be all
about the Winter Holidays! We want to hear about
your favorite holiday traditions, food, vacations and
what’s on your gift list this year!
Have something to share? Contact a Timberwolf
Times contributor (see listing on page 2), or send us
Hope Miers wins Best Animal Costume. an email: [email protected].