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Squirrels’ ChatterNovember 2016 Central Cass School Volume: 66 No. 2

By Kayla Hoffman and Rain Ham

Officer Jason Scott is the new resource of-ficer at Central Cass. As a resource officer, he deals with safety and security.

He takes on four major roles as a re-source officer: law enforcer, an informal counselor, educator and emergency man-ager.

As a law enforcer, he addresses the school about crime to promote safety. He also serves as a mediator between the school and outside agencies. He makes sure everyone is pre-pared for emergencies, and occasionally goes into classes and teach-es students.

As an informal

counselor, he builds re-lationships, reinforces positive behaviors and connects youth with services as needed.

As an educator, he teaches topics that re-late law enforcement to positive student be-havior.

As an emergency manager, he has devel-oped safety plans and strategies in order to make our school safer.

His previous job was being a Game and Fish warden. Officer Scott also did patrol and jail for a police de-partment for 10 years.

He is polite and en-joyable to have around the school. He even makes sure everyone is walking in the halls and is safe.

By Beth KensokThis year’s one act

performed the play “The Amish Project,” which is about an Amish school shoot-ing from October 2, 2006. It goes inside the brains of the victims and family from the shooting.

This play was under the direction of Dar-ren Sitz, and this is his second year of direct-ing the one act play at Central Cass. Last year he directed the play “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”

The cast of the play included senior Cas-sidy Neidviecky who played Anna, senior

Alexis Wanner who played Bill, senior Camry Dunker who played Carol, junior Madisin Knutson who played America, junior Chelsea Yokom who played Eddie, sopho-more Starr Kundert who played Sherry, freshman Rebeca Trautman who played Velda, eighth grader Elizabeth Wheeler played the reporter, seventh grader Julia Schneider played an Amish girl, seventh grader Lillian Roth played an Amish girl and seventh grader Aiden Sears played an Amish boy.

The tech of the play included senior

Thomas Dawson who ran lights, junior Car-son Rienets ran sound, junior Jade Allen and Dustyn Huber were runners and seventh grader Joe Dawson ran the red lights.

The cast and crew headed out to Valley City on November 3 to compete at regionals. They received second place, and Dunker and Yokom received a Su-perior Acting Award.

They also went to Jamestown on No-vember 21 and 22 to compete at state. They received third place overall. Senior Cassidy Neidviecky received a Superior Acting Award at the state competi-

Central Cass Middle and High School Welcomes New

Resource Officer, Jason Scott

One Act Cast and Crew Compete at Regional and State Competitions and Receive Awards

Regional Superior Actors

State Superior Actor, Cassidy Neidviecky

Courtesy PhotoThe one act cast and crew at the regional competition in Valley City on November 3. Front row from left to right: Joe Dawson,

Aiden Sears, Rebecca Trautman, Julia Schneider, Lillian Roth and Elizabeth Wheeler. Middle row: Starr Kundert, Madisin Knutson, Chelsea Yokom, Alexis Wanner, Cassidy Neidviecky, Camry Dunker and Darren Sitz. Back row: Carson Rienets,

Thomas Dawson, Jade Allen and Dustyn Huber.

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Editorial:Let’s Talk

The Steps That You Should Take for Success

November: HELPFULTo give assistance;

serve others

By Cassie BerghHow often do you

hear the words “thank you?” Even “thanks” is becoming more and more antiquated.

In the state known as North Dakota Nice, it’s still used often, but do we mean it?

“Thanks” is defined as an expression of gratitude.

Most of us will say “thanks” because it is polite and in North Da-kota society, not say-ing thanks is rude.

Actually meaning

what we say is some-thing different, so are we actually grateful for the other person’s act of kindness?

If someone holds the door open for us, are we truly grateful for their effort to be kind to us or are we taking it for granted?

Think about the lit-tle things and be extra thankful for them be-cause the little things add up to big things.

If you honestly can-not think of something to be thankful for, start

by thinking of some-thing that is going well in your life.

Then, think of what affects that aspect of your life and why it is the way it is. You should be able to come up with a lengthy list.

What you’re thank-ful for can be anything as small as a stranger holding the door for you or as big as being thankful that you are still alive today or that your family loves you.

Expressing our thanks should not

just be something we “have” to do every year on Thanksgiv-ing Day, it should be something we daily do to show our appre-ciation for the time and effort of others.

A wise man once said that one thing of ours that others cannot have unless we give it to them is our thanks.

We may feel it is implied sometimes be-cause we know in our head what we think, but other people can only read our face and

actions and hear our words, they cannot read our minds.

More times than not, I forget that peo-ple cannot read my thoughts and I look back on situations and realize I probably came off really mean.

Verbalizing our thoughts is good so others can fully under-stand what we mean when we say and do things.

The two simple words of “thank you” can change someone’s

day for the better. If someone were to be told that their efforts were appreciated, their attitude could take a 180 degree turn.

If you had the op-portunity to make someone’s day great, would you do it?

You have many opportunities every day. Seize the day and make it great. Things might just come back around to you!

By Beth KensokJealousy. What is

this controversial, painful emotion? How does this apply to the relations we have with one another today?

Jealousy can be de-fined as “the emotional reaction to a threat to one’s relationship.” So how is this different from envy? Or are they the same?

Envy always needs a third person or body involved in order to be different from jeal-ousy. Mentally, these two words are differ-ent in that jealousy is pure just wanting what another person has while envy is a little less sure.

Envy questions

whether or not you think someone is go-ing to steal something from you, such as a re-lationship.

Relationships with others, whether it may be a friend, teacher, sibling, parent, etc., obviously need some sort of communication as well as arguments. Arguments are healthy within relationships, as well as jealousy.

You are prob-ably thinking how can jealousy possibly be healthy? Yes, you are right with the fact that the feeling of jealousy isn’t healthy, but the way you act upon it is. Do you confront the person about it, maybe disregard the feelings?

The way that you react to it is what makes it healthy.

Once jealousy is detected within the re-lationship, this proves that there is some sort of power imbalance within the relationship. One of the members of the relationship is re-ceiving more of some-thing that the other needs or wants.

On the clinical spec-trum of jealousy, those who were jealous of something or someone showed higher levels of insecurity and anxi-ety as well as lower self-esteem.

Being in high school, many stu-dents already suffer this diagnosis without

the feeling of jeal-ousy. Now add on all the jealousy feelings that could possibly be building up in that high school student. All of this added on stress makes it hard for stu-dents to concentrate, focus and achieve and do their best in school.

Comparing the way

males react to jealousy to females is quite dif-ferent. Male jealousy can be more dangerous as males can be more physical.

There are also dif-ferent ways that jeal-ousy is set off between males and females. Men are more set off by physical betrayal

while women are more set off by emotional unfaithfulness.

As before men-tioned, jealousy can be healthy in relation-ships, but it’s just the way you react to it is what affects the rela-tionship. Jealousy can either be productive or destructive.


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From 5 until 6:45, Santa was at City Hall greeting young girls and boys and listened to what they wanted for Christ-

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From 5 to 7, horse drawn wagon rides were offered for anyone to ride.

At 7, the drawing at the Vets Club for door prizes were announced. These door prizes were donated by the Casselton

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Casselton Community Members Attend Winter

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Casselton community members enjoying the sleigh ride that picked up people near the City Hall and public library.

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Exercise more. Not only will you be getting in shape and healthy, but you will be releasing good mood endorphins after the work out is complete. Wheather you work out for 10 min-utes or 10 hours, every little movement will help.

Focus on your strengths. What are you good at? What do you want to continue to do for a majority of your life? If you are doing some-thing that you don’t enjoy or don’t feel good doing, then simply stop doing that! Life is too short to be doing things that you don’t enjoy doing.

As easy as it sounds, think positively. Don’t get me wrong, easier said than done. How positive or negative you think affects your performance. If you are trying to accomplish something and you don’t believe in yourself, how do you ex-pect yourself to get it done? Believe in yourself, believe that you can do anything! Get rid of all of those negative thoughts and feelings!

Get some zzz’s. The best way to restart and refresh yourself is to get more than four to five hours of sleep a night. Teens are supposed to be getting nine and a half hours of sleep a night. Sometimes this number seems almost impos-sible to achieve with all of our busy schedules and homework, but if you take a 15 to 90 min-ute nap every day, this will improve your brain functions such as memory and focus.

By Beth KensokIn a world of so much negativity,

we sometimes forget how to stay positive.

With all the drama and struggles and stress that high school brings, we should take time to think posi-tively and think about other’s feel-ings before we say or do something.

By following these steps, we can improve our overall personality and self-esteem.

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Squirrels volleyball season came to an end on Thursday, Novem-ber 10 against Hankin-son in the third place game.

Sadly, the Squirrels took home fourth, but it was still a great sea-son for Central Cass. Leading up to region-als, the varsity team

was undefeated. Seniors Emilie Cra-

mer and Maddy Foss and junior Carlie Kief-fer were named into the All-Region Team.

Head coach Nikki Nelson said, “Despite how it ended, the sea-son was still success-ful. Being undefeated in a strong region is something that should be admired. All squads

dug deep and improved themselves, both as whole teams and as in-dividual athletes.”

“I appreciate the determined effort the ladies put in this year and thank my assis-tant coaches for their unwavering support.” Coach Nelson received Region 1 coach of the year.

By Beth KensokNow that fall sports

are wrapping up, the winter sports teams are starting to practice for future games and meets.

This year’s wres-tling team is headed by coach Travis Lemar and assistant coaches Dusty Renner, Tommy Butler, Austin Rust, Kyle Schultz and Mark Roe. Their first dual

meet was on Novem-ber 18 at Fargo North, which they won by a score of 66-12. The Squirrels also hosted a triangular on Dec. 2.

This year’s girls basketball team started practicing on Novem-ber 14. This year’s team is headed by sixth grade teacher, Jay Bachman, assisted by Marlen Haugen and Olivia Johnson. Their

first home game is on Tuesday, December 6, against Thompson.

This year’s boys’ basketball team started practicing on Novem-ber 28. The team is headed by high school history teacher Matte-son Norman who is as-sisted by Bill Rutz and Brent Nelson. Their first home game is on Saturday, December 10 against Ellendale.

Central Cass Squirrel Volleyball Finishes Their Season Taking Fourth at Regionals

Central Cass Winter Sport Seasons Have Already Started

Courtesy PhotoSeniors Emilie Cramer and Maddy Foss and junior Carlie Kieffer were all a part of the All-

Region team.

By Beth KensokOn Saturday, Oc-

tober 29, the Central Cass Squirrels foot-ball team went to the Bismarck Community Bowl in the quarterfi-nal game against Bis-marck St. Mary’s.

Going into the game, the Squirrels ob-

viously had the mind-set of winning. They had to face a tough offensive line as St. Mary’s average weight was 265 pounds.

per player Sadly, the Squirrels lost 28-6, with all of St. Mary’s points coming off turn-overs.

Although the Squir-rels’ season didn’t end the way they wanted, the team’s overall re-cord was 5-5.

Congrats to Nate Lutkemeier and all of the football players for a very successful and fun season!

Squirrel Football Season Ends at Playoff Game Against St. Mary’s

Courtesy PhotoSeniors posing after their final Squirrel football game. Wade Berg #23, Strait Idso #51, Garrett

Prante #33, Tyler Schneider #80, Drew Roden #9, Tate Camas #12, Max Farquhar #8 and Andrew Jahnke #7.

WRESTLINGDec 9&10 at Grand Forks Central Tour-neyDec 17 at Pembina County NorthDec 30 at Webster Area HS TourneyJan 5 Central Cass TriangularJan 6&7 CC Letterman’s TourneyBOYS BASKETBALLDec 10 Home vs. EllendaleDec 15 at Thompson

Dec 17 Home vs. GraftonDec 20 at KindredJan 6 at RichlandGIRLS BASKETBALLDec 9 at KindredDec 13 at RichlandDec 15 Home vs. Oak GroveDec 17 Home vs. GraftonDec 27&28 at Hillsboro ShootoutJan 2 Home vs. Milnor/North Sargent

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By Beth KensokFollowing last year’s very competitive food

drive, the student council at Central Cass once again sponsored another one.

Each grade competed against each other in order to see who could raise the most amount of total weight in non-perishable food items.

Central Cass’ goal for this year was to raise 3.2 tons or more for our local food pantry to beat last year’s record. The food was collected until November 18.

Middle school students brought their goods outside of Mrs. Kapaun’s room, freshmen

brought theirs to Mr. Forness’ office, sopho-mores to Mrs. Wixo’s office, juniors to Mr. But-ler’s office and seniors to Mrs. Pilon’s office.

Between all of the high school classes, the se-nior class brought in the most pounds of food and they were awarded with a movie day.

Grades kindergarten through fifth grade brought in 813.6 pounds, ninth grade brought in 140.3 pounds, tenth grade brought in 130.2 pounds, eleventh grade brought 38.3 pounds and twelfth grade brought 1352.7 pounds. Great job, everybody!

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CRANBERRIES PLYMOUTH ROCKFAMILY PUMPKINFEAST STUFFING

GOBBLE THANKFULMAYFLOWER THANKSGIVING

NATIVE AMERICANS WISHBONE

Brett ChristiansonSchool Activity: Trap shootingBiggest Fear: Crashing and dyingPet Peeve: Don’t stop believingMost people don’t know: I have gone to the Junior OlympicsSpecial skill: Can fly a planeIdeal Date: Drive around the country and go on an occasional flight or

two and just have a fun time. Celeb Crush: Ariel WinterDream: To be an air pilotFuture plans: To go into the Air Force

Jada GohdesNicknames: Goddess, JadaddySchool Activities: Volleyball, basketball, track, cheer, student council,

National Honor Society, leadership committee, yearbookBiggest Fear: Ticks, feetPet Peeve: When people say the word “peaksie” or “moist”Most people don’t know: I’m allergic to strawberries and I can eat 72

wings without stoppingSpecial skill: Can play the pianoTalents: Making mac and cheese Ideal Date: Wing eating contestCeleb Crush: Zac EfronDream: To successfully do one pullup by myselfFuture plans: Marry rich and buy gucciMotto: “I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right”


Chatter Staff

Squirrels’ ChatterVol: 66 No. 2

Editor-in-Chief:Beth Kensok

Managing Editor & Ad Director:

Cassie Bergh

Chief of Design & Layout:

Christopher Utt

Assisting Layout:Pitch Stadheim

Illustrator:Jett Kundert

Reporters:Rain HamKayla HoffmanJonika HowardJocelyn TrnkaWyatt Vein

Advisor:Mike Utt

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