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6&7 SportsTalia Wood’s comeback Mens lacrosse preview

Though the coming season is months away, the mens lacrosse team is already hard at work preparing.

Jenny’s Farm MarketAn employee of Jenny’s Farm Market was injured after a horse pulling the cart on which she was standing tripped. Jenny’s has suffered a decrease in business as a result.

Chelsea footballRivals for as long as any of us can remember, what exactly does the Chelsea football program have that we don’t?

Safety in teen workplaces

Inside your pumpkinThe Squall takes an in-depth look at an autumn culinary standby: The pumpkin.

If teachers didn’t teachWhat would DHS teachers do for a living if they weren’t Dreadnaughts? The sky’s the limit.

ONE Club beginsA small club started in memory of a deceased student has experienced a surprising rise in membership and popular-ity.

Bored in class?Falling asleep in class? Can’t pay attention to lectures? Editor Mike McGonigle has some advice for you, as he will in every issue.

The Dexter BearDexter gained national recognition over the summer when a local business owner started a facebook page for a bear that wandered in to town.

Who deserves to perform in front of the student section, cheerleaders or the dance team? Two of our staff members tell each side of the story.

16We take an inside look at an Ann Arbor confectioner’s preparation for the holidays.

News & Feature4&5

Junior volleyball player Talia Wood has just finished reha-bilitating after a season-halting knee injury. The team is optimistic about its future.

8&9 Center Spread

10&11 Interactive Spread

12&13 Opinion & EditorialCheerleaders vs. dancers

Are regulations governing teen workplaces too strict. We think so. Find out why.

14&15 Get Involved & YOU Page

A new regimeBrian Baird just completed his first year at the reins of the Dreadnaughts’ football program. How’d he do?

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A 23-year old employee at Jenny’s Farm Market at the corner of Island Lake Road and Dexter Pinckney Road was injured while conducting a hayride on Sept. 24.

Speculation quickly spread about what happened, and even Jenny’s owner Burt Hoey said he isn’t sure. “I wasn’t there when it happened,” he said. “What I was told was that the driver was standing on the wagon when the horse tripped and fell, which made the employee fall off.”

Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputy Michael Grissom was the first officer to respond to a call for help. “Initially, we received information that there were chil-dren that had been trampled by horses,” he said.

While this wasn’t the case, the female employee driving the horse for the hay-ride was seriously injured by the time medics got to the scene. “We arrived to find a female patient on the ground, and

from what we could tell it was a neck in-jury,” Grissom said.

When paramedics arrived, they im-mobilized the woman, and she was sent to the University of Michigan hospi-tal where she was treated. The hospital would not release information concern-ing the employee’s condition, citing pri-vacy laws.

Hoey also said he could not elaborate on the employee’s condition due to medi-cal confidentiality, but he did say the em-ployee was trained and that she claimed to have experience with horses. He also said this is the first accident Jenny’s has ever had.

Nevertheless, Hoey said he plans to make changes to the hayrides because of the accident. “We’re not going to dis-continue the rides,” Hoey said. “But from now on, employees will not be driving. I’m going to do the driving myself. It’s definitely affected business, and things have been slow these last couple weeks.”

Although Hoey said customer num-

bers are down, he said Jenny’s is still open for business and is starting to prepare for its winter season.

However, Webster Township appears to be trying to shut Jenny’s down tem-porarily, not only because of the accident but for several food safety and zoning vi-olations as well. Bruce Pindzia, Webster Township’s Engineer and Zoning Admin-istrator was the one to issue a stop work order, but Hoey has failed to comply to it.

Pindzia says Hoey’s non-compliance has been an issue for quite some time. “He’s never addressed violations from years past, and they just keep piling up,” Pindzia said. “The violations are quite numerous. To summarize, he is required to have a special use permit and doesn’t have one, and he’s suppose to be honoring set backs and parking and isn’t.”

As for the food and work safety viola-tions, Pindzia said he couldn’t comment. “The accidents are none of my business. Having lack of permits is.”

However, according to Pindzia, the ac-cident and Hoey’s failure to comply for years are what sparked the sudden inves-tigation. “The first accident was a catalyst which made me issue the stop work order, but it’s also a combination of the fact that Hoey has had zoning violations against him since 2006 and has not attempted to fix anything,” he said.

Pindzia says it is not his intent to close Jenny’s. He simply wants compliance. “I’m not in the least trying to shut him down. But I don’t know why he main-tains a non-compliance with everything.”

Hoey denies all Pindzia’s charges and said his business will remain open.

Local market mayhemNicole LucasStaff Writer

Accident causes injuries at Jenny’s Farm Market

Work place safety tips:•Take your time. Don’t rush. If you don’t cut corners, the better the chances of doing the job the right way.•If you’re not sure what to do, ask. If you’re unsure on how to do something, ask a supervisor how to do it so you can get it right the first time, and it keeps the boss happy.•Follow given procedures. When performing a task, follow guidelines to complete the task so you don’t mess it up.•Good organization. This helps employees know what their specific job is.•Good communication. Helps solve conflicts between co-workers and bosses and keeps the workplace running smoothly.•Sanitation. Proper sanitation helps keep everything clean for co-workers and customers.

“I used to go there with my family, and I used to go and play with the goats. It was really fun. I would

grab their horns and they would try to charge me. Vicious.”

“I take the kids there all the time to play in the hay maze. They

love to do that stuff.”

P.E. teacher Tom Barbieri:

Sophomore Cole Rize:

What do you remember about Jenny’s Farm

Market?

Freshman Sandra Root:“My sister (and I) were swinging on the swing they have there and

one of the ropes snapped, and we fell in the pond and got soaked.”

Photo By: Chante Liu

Customers at Jenny’s Farm Market get ready for a horse-drawn hay ride as owner Burton Hoey preps them for safety. An employee at Jenny’s was injured on a hayride in September.

“Last time I went there with my fam-ily, I went on the

swing and did a back flip just like the old days. It didn’t think I could still do it.”

Junior Tony Shiguango:

source: www.workplacesafetytips.org

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It started as a rumor. It then changed to a laugh. But now, Chelsea native and Dexter store owner Amber Sears has turned

a playful joke into virtual fame.During the early part of summer a female black bear black

bear sighting was reported to the park rangers at Hudson Mills Metro Park off of North Territorial Road. After the

initial sightings, additional reports were submitted say-ing that the first bear also had a litter of cubs.

Even though a bear sighting as the potential to be a serious safety threat, many turned this

bear ordeal into somewhat of a joke.That’s when Sears, the owner of Mod-

ern Vintage in downtown Dexter took the next step. She created a Facebook, fan page for the bear, and her page hits skyrocketed.

The page was full of quotes from Amber pretending to be the bear, in-cluding, “Shout out to the awesome folks at the Hudson Mills Metropark who found my agent’s credit card she’d

dumped in a field last nigh, and alerted her this morning. GRRR! I charge all my

Charmin and Fur-Be-Dazzle shampoo on that card, so it’s kind of a big deal!”

Humor like this attracted attention from many students who

appreciated Sears’ lighthearted take on the topic. “I had heard about the real bear for some time, so then I searched it on the internet,” senior Mitch Manzagol said. “I saw that there was a Facebook page, and now I go to the Facebook page every day, hoping to see a new bear quote.”

And despite her less-than-serious take on the topic, Sears said she wanted to make sure that people knew she was interested in the actual bear as well. “I hope the real bears are happy in the wild someplace,” she said. “I started this page on a total whim after reading AnnArbor.com’s articles about the real bear, and was very surprised how quickly it grew.”

And Sears’ page continues to reinvent itself. She has since given the bear some animal friends including Sammy the skunk and the Flint porcupine.

Though the Dexter bear or bears haven’t been seen for quite some time, this webpage has kept many students thinking about their furry friends.

Senior Jake Haviland said, “Just as the bear memory begins to fade, you will all of a sudden get hit with a bear quote (on a Facebook feed), which brings back the good memories. This has been turned into a fun way to look at something special which has happened to Dexter.”

Sears said she appreciates fans such as Haviland and wants to make sure the people who have supported her are recognized. But in her opinion, the joke has run its course.

She said, “I would like to thank all of you who liked this page and posted comments, photos and links. It was truly a fun com-munity, and I will miss it. But it’s time to hibernate.”

Photo By: Francyn Chomic

Tucker WhitleyEditor

Local business owner gains fame as ‘Dexter Bear’

Senior cross country runner Tori Waidley found out she has plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the thick tissue on the bottom of the foot. Her injury was caused by her hips being misaligned and overused, in addition to high arches in her feet. “I haven’t been able to run for two months,” Waidley said. “I just started running again the other day.” What’s most upsetting for Waidley is that this is her first season running cross country. She said, “Running is super challenging and you just forget

everything that’s on your mind, which is refreshing, and it puts you in great shape.” There is still hope for Waidley, however, since she recently ran in the SEC championship. She said she hopes to be completely healed by the state meet.

There were clear skies and mild weath-er at Hudson Mills Metropark when Alex Semifero was running down the field in a pickup soccer game, looking for the right moment to make a tackle. She saw a perfect opportunity when a forward from the other team was running with the ball towards her. She made a slide tackle, which caused her knee to bend the wrong way. “At first I didn’t feel it, but as soon as I tried to stand up my knee popped out, and I could barely walk,” she said. Semifero won’t be back until January but will be able to play this season. Still, she said the injury upsets her. “I can’t do normal things anymore until it heals,” she said. “I hate that I can’t play soccer right now because of it.” However, she said there is still hope for her to be fully recovered come soccer season.

It was a normal day on the soccer field when senior Nate Kilian’s worst nightmare came true. Kilian, a member of the varsity soccer team, re-injured his right knee. Last year, Kilian tore his ACL, though this time, he just strained his knee. “The trainer thought I tore my MCL,” He said, “but I just turned it weird.” Kilian said his injury has impacted his ability to

perform the way he wants to, as well as his team’s ability to win. “I was out for about a month, and my knee is still swelling.”

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Shocked and in pain, junior Talia Wood felt the muscles in her leg grind and collapse. Tears streamed down her cheeks as her teammates helped her up last February.

Wood had just torn her anterior cruciate ligament. Within a week, she was visiting a doctor awaiting a diagnosis.

After two weeks, an X-ray and an MRI, the doctor broke the news to her, and her world came crashing down.

“They said I tore my ACL, and I needed surgery, which meant no volleyball,” Wood said. “I met with my surgeon, Doctor Miller, and I started surgery two weeks from then.”

Like most surgery patients, Wood’s free time after her procedure was spent recovering at physical therapy.

“That’s pretty much all I did three times a week, for four and half months,” Wood said. “The first few visits were tough. I couldn’t even lift my leg. I didn’t have volleyball so I was glad PT kept me in shape. At the end

it was like a full-fledged workout.”

It’s been almost eight months since her accident. Time and P.T. have helped her injury to heal.

“It doesn’t hurt to walk on, and it feels wonderful to be back with my team,” she said. “I still do P.T. stretches and exercises.”

Her team is glad to have her back too. “She adds height, momentum and fierceness to the team,” sophomore Josie Dusack said.

When Dusack found out that Wood would be out for the first half of the season, she was heart broken.

“I thought, ‘Oh God, what are we going to do without her?’” She said. “She’s intimidating. I’d hate to be on the other team against her. Our season would be better if we started with her, but it’s still going good. Our first half of the season was good but not as good as it is now.”

As for her future, Wood said she hopes to play volleyball at a Division 1 college and see how far that gets her. “It’s the ultimate team sport,” Wood said. “It keeps me sane for six months.”

Looking forwardZac WhidbyEditor

Other fall

Wood recovers from ACL tear

Junior Talia Wood recently underwent knee surgery. She now plays with a knee brace. Photo By: Bryce Walls

sports injuriesEmily TarnaskiStaff Writer

Running through a double line of lacrosse players, se-nior Patrick Rogers gets pelted with lacrosse sticks by his teammates.

The team participates in this “birthday gauntlet” as a team tradition.

When a player celebrates his birthday, his teammates hit him with their sticks. Rogers loves this ritual and said it promotes bonding

He also said he hopes the team will use rituals and bonding moments such as these to be just as close-knit as they were last season.

“I think our offense will be better, but the defense might be a little bit worse,” he said. “Overall I think we’ll do better because our entire starting offense is all seniors.”

The team will find out which players are captains for the season a day before their first game, and according to head coach Brian Callanan, his team has been par-ticipating in the Dexter Fall Lacrosse League on Sunday evenings in Saline.

In addition, the players who are not already playing

a fall sport are practicing several days during each week. The boys are also participating in several fall lacrosse tournaments in the area.

Callanan, who has been coaching lacrosse for 27 years, said he has not and does not see a reason to change any-thing in his coaching style.

“The one difference might be the total number of fall events the boys are participating in,” he said. “The lack of suitable field space in the fall has affected the type as well as the frequency of the lacrosse practices.

“I believe that our teams will perform to the best of their capabilities. Success is not defined by a win/loss record but by the level of commitment, dedication and hard work put forth by the student athletes.”

In addition, Callanan said he has set goals similar to those he set last year.

“I want to see all of our student athletes embrace the opportunities presented to them and strive to reach their goals, academically and athletically,” he said. “I want to see all of our student athletes learn how to pursue excel-lence, to never settle for mediocrity in anything they do. The challenge for me is to make all the student athletes believe in themselves, to believe that they can accomplish anything they set their mind to.”

Lacrosse gets a head start

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Senior Mike Spuller attempts control the ball during a face off. The team practices all year in preparation for the spring season.Photo by: Miranda Mors

Fall captain quotes

“The soccer team is performing well, as always, and has been ranked in the state for a few weeks now. Especially noteworthy is the win we had against Chelsea recently. We beat the Bulldogs 4-0, which was really satisfying. Before the game, all the captains were kind of worried we were taking the game too lightly, but we ended coming out and dominating them. That was a highlight of the year.”

“I’m proud of the way we’ve worked as a team, despite some of the injuries to our runners. Regionals are this weekend (October 29) so that will really determine how successful the season is as a whole. We could finish as high as first or as low as fourth. We’ve struggled some lately, and other teams have improved, so we’ll need to run better as a team, but I’m confident in our ability to do so.”

“We’ve had an up and down year. For example, we’ve been conditioning a lot because of some mistakes. I think our record for suicides in a practice is 29. We were kicked out of a practice too, but I think things are looking better since those events occurred. Not all has been bad though, as we just beat Chelsea. Having so many people come support the team was awesome.”

“This year has been both amazing and frustrating. We played really well all year, but lost by one point to Chelsea and won’t win the SEC title. The defeat was crushing, especially since I was out with a wrist injury, so I couldn’t help the team out. Luckily, the entire lineup returns next year, so we should be even better in the future.”

Senior Ian St. Pierre (Soccer)

Senior Emily Pap (Cross country)

Senior Polly Washabaugh (Volleyball)

Junior Jake Currie (Tennis)

Murphy HansenStaff Writer

Jacob Van HoofStaff Writer

Photo By: Bryce Walls

Team takes full advantage of off-season training regimen

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A one-sided rivalryChelsea players say early loyalty is the difference

The Chelsea Bulldogs beat the Dreadnaughts 31-15 in the latest edition of their rivalry on Oct. 14. Chelsea went on to a perfect 6-0 record in the SEC White Division and routed Riverview High School in the first round of the Divison 3 playoffs.

Their second-round game is tonight against Adrian. Dexter, meanwhile, finished the season 3-6. While the Dreadnaughts have shown some signs of life in the past few years, posting a winning record last year and just missing the playoffs, they haven’t beaten the Bulldogs since 1995. Chelsea, meanwhile, hasn’t had a losing season since 1997, and has played in the postseason for more than 10 years in a row.

The Bulldogs also have a strong tradition of individual athletic achievement: Alumnus Tony Scheffler is currently a tight end for the Detroit Lions, and recent grad Nick Hill just redshirted his freshman year as a running back at Michigan State University.

Dexter, while it has produced several elite athletes over the years, has not seen this tradition manifest itself at higher levels of play. For instance, former Dreadnaughts quarterback Jeff Ziegler set school career records in pass attempts, completion percentage, touchdown passes thrown, passes completed and passing yards in addition to a single-game passing yards record. Ziegler joined the

University of Michigan team as a backup, though he did not see playing time.

Dexter and Chelsea are less than 10 miles apart and have roughly similar enrollment numbers. In fact, Dexter actually has more stu-dents. Considering this, a discussion between many high school football fans from each town often starts with what does Chelsea do differently.

“Our advantage comes mainly through focus and discipline, like any other team,” Chelsea linebacker Hunter Phillips said. “We come out on top because of our endurance and teamwork and trust between players and coaches.”

Bulldogs head coach Brad Bush said he personally coaches an-nual summer training camps for students in third grade and above while Dexter only offers youth football to students at Mill Creek, which has recently been cut back because of lagging participation.

To Phillips, it seems, then, that the Chelsea football program succeeds consistently because its program recruits early and creates a favorable culture for its players.

“The football program is a family,” Phillips said. “It’s some-thing you can’t completely understand until you’ve been blessed with the chance to live it.”

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Team bonding:

3 year varsity players:

Seniors on varsity:

Average points per game:

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“Racks”       

Team dinner once a week, movie nights on weekends                     

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Senior Ryan Kimball attempts a tackle against Chelsea. Dexter went on to lose, 31-15.Baird, who is in his tenth year at DHS, teaches Freshman House Algebra

and Geometry, as well as Pre-Calculus. And to Baird, teaching and coaching are basically the same job. He said what you see on the field is what you should see in the classroom.

In fact, Baird said the field is another classroom where he tries to help the students who struggle and tries to get the higher-level kids achieve even more. The only difference, he said, is on the playing field there are no retakes.

“You approach it the same way,” he said. “It’s instruction. It’s building people for some-thing in their future, not just for what they do right now. You find out why they’re out there and ba-sically help them try to achieve what their goals are. Unfortu-nately another difference is that you have starters. You have non-starters. You have kids that can play and kids that can’t, where you don’t have that in the class-room. So you have to make tough choices, but then you have to help the kids understand the choices you make and help them find the success that they want and meet their goals and expectations.”

Since it’s Baird’s first year as head coach (Baird was junior var-sity coach two years ago but de-cided to take the year off last year due to what he said at the time were differences in coaching philosophies) some of the coaching staff has coached for both Baird and Barbieri, including offen-sive line coach Ryan Fisher. And he said Baird seems to be getting the job done.

“I think Coach Baird has done a nice job so far in leading the team and get-ting the players to play together,” Fisher said. “We’ve done some new things offensively, and they’ve been successful, and sometimes we just haven’t been able to get it. And lately I’d like to think that we’ve been executing better than not.”

This year the Dreadnaughts went 2-6 after winning their opener against Fowlerville. Victories included a homecoming comeback win against Tecumseh, and a comeback overtime win after being down 22 points in the first half at Ypsilanti.

While Baird is disappointed with his team’s overall record, he said come-backs like these show him the team has made improvements.

“We still have some big challenges as we wrap up the season, and it’s not where we wanted to be,” he said. “Nonetheless I think we’ve made improve-

ments. I’m not happy with where we are as a team right now, but we all share the blame for that, coaches and players. Certain goals and objectives made at the beginning of the season have not been met, some have been met. However, the team has been improving week to week.”

While Dexter football parent Jim Rog-ers agrees that the new coaching staff has been strong and helped the team improve, he agreed that there’s always room for im-provement.

“I feel the previous coaching staff were dedicated with a strong understanding of sportsmanship,” Rogers said. “Unfortunate-ly, that did not suffice the needs of the public and parents of the kids looking to win more often like several of the other Dexter sports programs. With that being said, I think the

start by Mr. Baird and his staff were pretty strong. The wins didn’t come like everyone had hoped, but a first-year coach rarely implements a new system and wins year one. I think the kids responded to the coach well in most cases.”

Senior and quarterback Mike Mioduszewski agrees.“I liked the team this year,” he said. “We really came together, and I support the change. It’s going to take a few years, but I think Baird will eventually become really successful in the

Dexter football program because he has a great attitude for the game, and if he can get all the players on board, he’ll be successful.”

Thoughts echoed by senior run-ning back and linebacker A.J. Korte, “There’s definitely a lot of big changes this year,” Korte said. “We had brand new offenses, and a whole new defense that had its positive moments and negatives. I think Baird has a great in-fluence on us as players because of his attitude toward the game.”

Regardless of any changes the coaching staff made, the team will lose 35 seniors to graduation, something Baird says is bound to affect the team.

“Losing any seniors really affects any season whether there’s five or 50, but leadership roles change, the atti-tudes change, the work ethic changes,” he said. “So will it affect us? Sure. How will it affect us? Time will tell.”

And while junior cornerback, Nate Mellifont knows it’s tough to have players leave, he is also optimistic.

“It will be tough to lose the seniors, but every other school is going to be los-ing their seniors too,” he said. “We may not have very many juniors, but we’ve been playing together for a long time. We’ll be all right.”

The significant roster change could also create opportunities for juniors and sophomores who usually wouldn’t have opportunities to play varsity due to the abundance of seniors. So Baird’s remaining optimistic.

“We are in a transition right now,” he said. “This is the first year of changes, and we’ll see if the players embrace those changes and move forward, or if we’re going to have to fight. I like what I see with the younger kids, but I’d like to make some changes down there, and we need to attract people back to the pro-gram.”

Story by Cameron La FontaineStaff Writer

The new coach

Until a couple years ago, Brian Baird said he had never thought about becoming a head football coach. But after Tom Barbieri’s dismissal last season, and after some care-ful consideration on his part, Baird applied for the job and was appointed head coach of the varsity team.

While Baird said he really enjoys coaching, his real passion is teaching.“I love coaching; coaching is an extension of teaching,” he said. “I’ve never had this incredibly strong desire to run a program. I love Dexter. I love the kids at Dexter, and when the opportunity arose, I spent a lot of time talking about it with my family, and we had decided that it was something I wanted to do.”

Baird coaches on the sidelines during the game against Chelsea. The Bulldogs won 31-15. Photos by Daniel Lozen-Kowalski

Ex-assistant tries to revitalize a struggling program

Graphic by: James Simonds

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Pumpkin anatomy

The pumpkin has a storied history. But what does the aver-age person really know about this historic vegetable?

The origin of pumpkins can be traced back to ancient Greece, but are now more popular in the northern United States.

Today, pumpkins live-on each year as carved jack-o’-lanterns that line porches all across the country on Halloween night or

in delicious slices of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving day.

Local farms, such as the Wing Farm on Zeeb Road, grow pump-kins annually for the village of Dexter.

Since the popular vegetable is in season. The Squall decided to take an inside look at this orange gourd.

So grab a knife, and stew some guts, as we take you step by step through the anatomy of your pumpkin.

Nathan HoatlinStaff Writer

www.pumpkin-patch.com/facts.html

Did you know, a pump-kin is really a squash?

Cutting out pumpkins is fairly easy because they are

90 percent water.

The Irish discovered pumpkin carving.

Pumpkin insides were once used to remove freckles and cure

snake bites.

You can toast pumpkin seeds at 400 degrees Fahr-enheit with salt and olive oil for a delicious snack.

The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 lbs.

Pumpkin contains potassium and vitamin

A.

There are over 1 billion pumpkins canned every year

for Halloween.

Fall gourd is versatile vegeta-

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On this day in ...Zach

LindkeIf he weren’t an English teacher,

Lindke said he would be a fortune cookie writer. He jokes that he went to college and has a degree in writing fortune

cookies. He also said there is a significant amount of math and

knowledge behind writing the fortune. The lucky number is

actually made after a long math-ematical equation that spits out a

whole number. Lindke decided on giving up on this however because, “You only get paid around 10 cents a cookie, and cookies don’t respond

to sarcasm.” Today’s fortune: “He who writes many words has very little to say.”

Lucky number 12.

DanielKimmey

If he weren’t a science teacher, Kimmey said he

would be a musi-cian and a minor

league kickball player. In fact, Kimmey plays on

a teacher’s team called “Kickin it Old Skool” where he

got the award for most penalties in one kickball game. Daniel

“The Fouler” Kimmey has many other interests such as surfing, traveling and living life to the

fullest. He also said he loves playing music and surfing.

“Teaching would be the perfect job if there weren’t any students,” he laughed.

If she weren’t a teacher, Jones said she would be “a seller of drugs,

pharmaceutical, of course.” Jones said she would also be

interested in law enforce-ment, even though her fam-

ily believed otherwise. “My mom always I would turn out a veterinarian. I would love to be a crime scene detec-

tive,” she said. “I’ve always thought that’d be a great job.” Jones said she

would trade the lab coats and beakers if she could get a pistol and badge.

She said, “Science is still my biggest passion, but if I suddenly stopped enjoying it, I would become a cop.”

1842Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.

1934Pittsburgh Pirates end Detroit Lions shutout streak at seven, but still lose the game 40-7.

1939First air conditioned auto-mobile, the Packard, gets exhibited.

1970Genie, a 13-year-old girl, was found in Los Angeles, California after being locked in her room for the majority of her life.

2004Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room.

1846Benjamin Palmer patents the artificial leg.

1957Second Soviet satellite launched.

1959Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks wins second consecutive National League MVP award.

Graphics by James Simonds; polls by Melissa Mabry

Interactive Spread

Random students give random responses to random questions

Annette Jones

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Standing at the fence in front of the student section, I look around. I see fans cheering. I see the players on the field. Then I look in front of me on the track and see the dance team, and I wonder, where are the cheerleaders?

I look farther down the track and notice the cheerleaders in front of the family section. The dance team is talented, but if it’s fourth quarter, and the game is tied with one minute left to go, who am I going to want in front of me cheering with the student section? The cheerleaders are the obvious answer.

They’re the ones who get us rowdy and into the game. The dance team may dance on the sidelines, but they’re doing this without music, and all I still want to know, is where are the cheerleaders? Other students want to know too.

“I like having the cheerleaders better because they’re more interactive with the crowd and fun to watch,” senior Taylor Cassidy said. “Also it creeps me out that they dance to no music.”

The cheerleaders do stunts and cheers such as Form the Banana, Two Bits, Four Bits

and Go, Fight that involve and excite the crowd. They also throw things. T-shirts,

plastic footballs, candy, foam fingers. The dance team doesn’t do much to

involve the crowd or get it excited about the game. If the cheerlead-ers were in front of the student section, the crowd would most likely be louder. The dance

team doesn’t do as much to raise student section’s spirits.

I say let the cheerleaders do their job, which is cheer. And let the dance team do

theirs, dance. Fresh-man Chelsea Kearns, a JV cheerleader, said, “It’s our job as cheerleaders to rush the crowd and get them to have the most spirit pos-

s ib le That way we can show our school spirit and cheer on the team.”

Both teams work hard, but how would the dancers like it if they had to share their halftime performance with cheerleaders? Probably not so much.

Each team should stick with what it knows best.

Don’t kid yourself. The dance team deserves the spot in front of the student section at all the football home games. Why? Let’s face it. The dance team is the most talented, hardworking and straight up lovely bunch of ladies in the whole county and should easily be able to do whatever they want to.

In fact, the dance team is the main attraction for every home football game. You know darn well immediately when the dance team runs out to mid-field at half-time, all of the student section goes quiet, and every person’s jaw drops with both eyes wide open as they stare at the dance team per-forming their absolutely phenomenal routines.

It’s not only stunning looks that makes the dance team so special but also the great talent. Many of the dancers have won awards at competi-tions around the state.

For example, senior dance captain Olivia Marks took first place for soloists at the Brighton Bad-gerette competition in late March this year. Also Marks, senior Taylor Kraft, sophomore Lexi Waj-da, junior Libby Guise and junior Lauren Wilson won All-American dancer awards, some of them having won the second or third time receiving the award.

A l s o , according to Wilson, it has a l w a y s been tra-dition for the dance team to be in front o f the student section and the cheer team to be in front of the parents because the cheerleaders start chants for the parents, and the student sec-tion already has chants.

The dance team brings more to the table than cheers and going bananas. To most peo-ple dance is just more powerful than doing decent stunts and cheering.

As Marks said, “I believe that we should be in front of the student section because actions speak louder then words.”

Finally, the dance team leaves at half time so the cheerleaders could easily be in front of the stu-dent section if they wanted in the second half, but they choose not to.

So why even debate this if they don’t care if they’re in front of the student section?

Obviously the dance team should be in front of the student section, because the dancers are the better team and the best team should be in front.

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Ben BruetschStaff Writer

Marissa ArgerioStaff Writer

Photos by: Darla Barnes,Daniel Lozen-Kowalski

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Nov. 4, 2011

Workplace safety issues overblown

A 23-year-old worker was se-riously injured in a hayride ac-cident at Jenny’s Farm Market in Dexter on Sept.24

Afew days later, a toddler fell off a horse during a pony ride there as well As a result, Webster Township officials are calling for Jenny’s to be shut down until the township’s concerns have been addressed.

We think that the situation at Jenny’s has been overblown and that workplace safety laws are often unnecessary governmental interference into citizens’ private lives.

Yes, laws are important, espe-cially to protect younger work-ers and disabled workers from getting taken advantage of. But those upset about workplace safety and wringing their hands about what happened at Jenny’s need to relax; accidents happen.

The purpose of safety rules and procedures is not only to protect workers from injury or death, but also to keep the workers happy and allow them room to be flex-ible in what they do.

Workers should have the choice to work however they want to and at whatever pace they would like, but only to a certain extent.

We’re not saying that 16 year-old kids should be working in dangerous conditions; they don’t have the work experience and it’s very risky to put a child out in a dangerous situation and risk a law suit from injury.

If a kid is working at a fast food restaurant, they should be trusted with their own safety. Many fast food restaurants put their young employees through vigorous training and teach them how to be safe in the workplace.

They also try to make the equipment the employees work with as safe as possible, and the technology is getting safer every year. There’s no need for more regulating or government inter-ference in these cases.

Laws aren’t perfect, and as we know, accidents happen. And people are going to make mis-takes and get hurt every once in a while.

The equipment in the work-place should be made as safe as possible, and younger workers should be looked out for, but other than that, there isn’t much more government policies can do.

The accident that happened at Jenny’s Farm Market was a fluke. The hayride hit a bump in the road and the driver fell over the cart. What could she have done to prevent the accident at the market? The answer is nothing.

Workplace safety and work-place regulations aren’t flawless. There are things that could be done to make safer work environ-ments, but accidents happen. No matter how much we try, things can’t and won’t be perfect. It’s not that we should stop trying.

It’s just that there’s a certain limit to what we can do.

Staff Opinion

Student opinions on

workplacesafety “I think it (should)

definitely be stressed; we need it.”

Sophomore Louie Kurcz:

Junior Anthony Bell:Freshman Crystal Kedroske:

“(It) doesn’t need to be too strict, but people should be safe.”

“I think they should be more strict.”

Illustration by: Carly Cash

During his eighth grade year, Laurence Carolin was diagnosed with brain cancer. He was told that it was impossible to remove the tu-mor that was slowly killing him.

Carolin knew his time was limit-ed. And while many kids his age put in that position would have blocked out the outside world, he expanded his borders and took a stand against poverty in countries around the world. An act which inspired a new club and an act his mom is extreme-ly proud of.

“The memory of Laurence and the fact that his life was cut short by cancer at the age of 15 has brought people together to want to do some-thing in his memory,” his mother Lisa said.

After his diagnosis, Carolin al-most immediately realized he want-ed to make a difference in the world, so he took a stand against poverty.

This also inspired two of his friends, seniors Ali Bowman and Sam Griffith to start the Dexter ONE Club, a local club that pro-motes ONE’s international agenda of helping those less fortunate.

“Ali and I would always go over to his house and listen to U2 music with him on the computer while we browsed the website, ‘ONE.org,’” Griffith said.

The website is devoted to help-ing those who are suffering from various disasters in Africa, includ-ing extreme poverty, famine and drought.

The club sends petitions signed by its members to U.S. government officials, especially senators, asking for government aid to help the pov-erty-stricken people of Africa.

On college campuses around the country, ONE Club is popular. But according to Griffith, it hasn’t reached the same level of grass roots popularity at the high school level, which is something she hopes to

change in Carolin’s memory.“We want high school students

excited now rather than when they’re older, so that they can make more of a difference,” Griffith said. “We’re not asking for your money; we’re asking for your voice.”

Representatives from the Univer-sity of Michigan have been work-ing with Bowman and Griffith to connect the Dexter High School ONE Club projects and goals with those of the club at the University of Michigan.

“It is essential that students get involved in these activities as early as possible,” said former UofM ONE Chapter president Stephanie Parrish. “Members of ONE at DHS will get a head start in the realm of activism and social justice.”

Although there have only been a few meetings at DHS, the club already has a project: designing posters that will be hung around the school to combat stereotypes against African people and culture.

The posters are only the start of the movement, though.

“We’re also trying to set up a ‘ONE’-themed basketball game,” Griffith said. “We’re using the game as an opportunity to inform the school about our cause. We’re plan-ning on making shirts to encourage awareness and speaking at half-time.”

The basketball game would also serve as a tribute to Caro-lin’s hard work.

“He told everyone around him about the situation in Africa,” Griffith said. “He turned his attention immediately to what he could do for other people while he was still alive. He told Ali and I to each find our cause and work to-wards it.”

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ONE Club Activities• Meetings at 7:15 in the library every Monday morning• ONE Club members penpal with students from South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Nigeria• Members make educational materials such as posters to educate students on various themes • ONE-themed sporting events like “Volley For the Cure” but with a focus on global poverty• Help with Airplane Day, an event in memory of Laurence Carolin who inspired the club• “A Day Without Shoes” Students come to school barefoot for a day to raise awareness about the fact that people in other cultures do not have simple necessities such as shoes• A ONE Benefit fun run

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Junior Erin Lashbrook works on an educational poster during a meeting of the ONE club. These posters aimed to disprove myths about Africa and were hung around the school by members of the club.

Photo by Erika Elliott

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Nov. 4, 2011

Advice from MikeMicheal McGonigleEditor

How to deal with a boring class

As a senior, each issue it will be my responsibility to help YOU, with humor and sarcasm, survive high school, hence the “YOU Page.”

We all have had classes with subpar teachers and needless information. Hours and hours are lost every year in classrooms from monotone lectures, boring projects, and useless worksheets. It is never a good experience to have to deal with a teacher who is hellbent on making the subject matter less than learnable. So for this issue of my You Column, here are a few things not to do while in the sticky situation of a boring class.

Don’t dozeEveryone feels bad for the person who gets called on while half-asleep. Avoid the embarrassment by putting up a helpful cover. Have a book half-open in front of you so you look like you are intently reading an interesting book. Sit toward the back of the class so the teacher can not see you as well. Other students can act as natural blockers for the suspecting eye of a teacher. And if you do happen to fall asleep, hope you don’t snore or else.

Don’t stare randomly while daydreaming

Most guys know what I’m talking about when I say DON’T stare. Keep your chin pointing at eye level; venturing south could cause some questionable looks. Keep it north of the border. Your intentions could be harmless, but the girl in front of the class will consider you a pervert if you don’t take precautions.

Don’t try to be funnyMost people aren’t having a good time, so do the class a favor and keep to yourself. Nothing alienates a student more than a bad joke. Trust me, I know from experience.

Hopefully, with these simple preventative measures, you can have an easier time getting through classes without losing your mind.

If all else fails, just remember that it is only school. How much does it actually matter?

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Photo by Ali Bowman

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Nov. 4, 2011

Schakolad serves up treats

Scott Huckestein, owner of the Schakolad Chocolate Factory on East Washington Street in Ann Arbor, spends Halloween night giving out delicious chocolates to the eager trick-or-treaters who enter his store and the weeks af-

ter preparing Thanksgiving treats for customers’ visiting relatives.

The Schakolad franchise was started in 1995 by Baruch Schaked, a master chocolatier from Israel, and his son, Edgar. The Schakeds insist on doing things right when it comes to making their candy.

“We make our chocolate with extreme care, using a European recipe and fresh ingredients like

cacao and additives to preserve freshness,” Huckestein said. “It takes us two days to make our truffles: one day for the center, and another day to mold the shell.”

In fact, Schakolad’s chocolates are made with such fresh ingredi-ents that they only have a 10-day

shelf life. In addition,

the store makes molded holiday-themed items, such as choco-lates in the shape of pumpkins and turkeys

According to Huckestein, Schakolad makes an average of 2,000 pounds of chocolate each week.

“This amount varies during different times of the year,” he said. “Around Christmas and Eas-ter, we will sometimes be making up to 5,000 pounds of chocolate in a week. A huge amount of ef-fort goes into the creation of our chocolates. It’s a labor of love.”

Aman-Vir MandairStaff Writer

Store celebrates all things chocolate

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The milk chocolate fountain is the biggest machine in the Schakold’s store. Fountains also make white and dark chocolate right in the store.

Photos by: Kristie Duve

Illustrations by: Carly Cash

Schakolad’s truffles come in many different flavors. Huckestein said his truffles are different from many stores in that they often have stars and other designs printed on them.

At Schakolad customers can buy chocolate in the shape of just about anything. Schakolad owner, Scott Huckestein, said his store keeps these chocolate molds in the showcase so customers can see exactly what they’re ordering.