11/25/2019 0 Comments Clear the ShelterBy Kenidy Cessna Clear the Shelter, maybe you’ve heard of it and maybe you haven’t. Whichever group you belong to the fact is dozens of dogs, cats, and smaller animals were saved on Friday. At the Minneapolis Animal Care and Control Shelter an event was hosted from 1-6pm on November 22nd. The shelter called it ‘Clear the Shelter’ they waived the adoption fee for five hours and hundreds of people looking to adopt a pooch. The employees were expecting 50-100 applicants to show up, in the end they had nearly 350. The shelter didn’t have enough animals for everyone who came so each applicant had to enter their information into a drawing that would decide the animals new life. A usual adoption fee for a Minnesota Resident would be $50 for cats and dogs, for everyone who didn’t get lucky with a new best friend they were given a 50% off voucher. Their intentions for the event were to clear the shelter for the holiday seasons, they definitely accomplished that.
Adopting an animal has many benefits not only to them but to you too. The most beneficial reasons for adopting would be; to save a life, helps more than just yourself, and it is good for your health. Adopting a dog can lower your blood sugar, reduce cholesterol, decrease triglyceride levels, improve cardiovascular health, and decreased amounts of stress and anxiety. Studies how spending only 15-30 minutes with your dog can increase pleasurable chemicals in your brain and make you feel more relaxed and calm. Making sure your pet is fit ensures you get more physical activity as well, dogs can prevent depression, specifically men. Adopting a new friend has so many benefits and the ‘Clear the Shelter’ event in Minneapolis has shown just how impactful a human and dog can be on eachother.
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11/22/2019 0 Comments Veterans Day Q&ABy: Edward Roubinek
On November 12th Mrs. Becvar’s second hour class got the chance to interview a couple of our rural veterans. This event took place at the high school in the media center all week. We did this to get a feel of what it was like to be a veteran, and to complete a project. Clark One of the first vets that I got to interview was Clark. He was an Air Force radio operator. He never saw combat, but he had some very interesting stories. One of the many questions that I asked him was what his job was while he was in the service. He said that he was a radio operator and transmitted messages to different bases. He said, “I was a 293 radio operator. I transmitted messages to and from people. My information had to be precise.'' One of Clark's most memorable experiences was winning the Christmas Lighting Show Competition. Clark said that coming back into society was pretty easy. He says the Air Force was one of the best experiences in this life. I got some real positive vibes. Another veteran that I was lucky enough to interview was Mindy. Like Clark, Mindy was also a non-combat air-force veteran. She and Clark both agree that the air-force changed their lives for the better. Mindy was very talkative and informative the information she gave me was very eye-opening to the possibilities the air-force opens up. So here are some of the things that I learned from Mindy. Mindy “My first job was Swiss kc -135 is which is an air traffic River refueler,” this was Mindy’s response to my first question of what was one of your job in the air-force. Mindy worked with the aircraft. It was her job to inspect them and make sure they were intact. She was also an air-traffic controller she help the pilots in the air and on the ground by providing them with the information they needed for navigation and helping get the support they needed when on the ground. Mindy told me, “The most scary one to me was Korea, I had no idea of the language I didn't know where I was going” when I asked her what was one of her scarier experiences. Mindy had a lot to tell but none of them were as good as her story of being able to keep in contact with her friends. She said she made many friendships and she has been able to keep them throughout the years. 11/22/2019 0 Comments Ski Club!By: Killeen Prater
Ski Club! This past Thursday Mr. LaFond hosted an informational meeting for anyone who is interested in being a member of ski club. Mr. Lafond’s goals’ for ski club were simply to get out and try something new this winter. Ski club is hoping to meet two or three days a week after school and one or two Saturday’s a month. Skiing will occur on the bike trail and back on the Grindstone reservoir when conditions are safe. If transportation is available, the ski club would like to go to Mora’s Vasaloppet area. The Vasaloppet ski area has snow makers so trails are always ready to go in Mora. Mr. LaFond is also looking for volunteers to help build trails in the Hinckley-Finlayson school forest. The forest is located behind the baseball field. The hope is to clear enough land so between 1 mile and 1.5 miles of trail can be ski-able once the snow flies! Trail building will be occurring after schools up until there is snow on the ground. No skis? No problem! Mr. Lafond is working to secure a number of skis for students to use and the school has a number of sets of skis to borrow. Mr. Lafond also advertised a ski swap occurring in Mora this Sunday where used skiing equipment would be made for sale. Students who are interested in joining ski club should see Mr. Lafond. Announcements for the club will be posted on Schoology. Let’s hope for snow soon so this club can get underway. 11/22/2019 0 Comments Gymnastics PreviewBy: Killeen Prater
The gymnastics season is off to a great start. With a great season last year having Livia Isacson-Rod going to state everyone has very high expectations for the upcoming season. With a new-old head coach Katie Johnson the team is looking to make major improvements. New goals have been set and the team is already preparing for their first meet. The RPHF Flamingoes is a coop team. This team is made up of Rush city, Pine City and Hinckley-Finlayson. There are two hinckley gymnasts this year; Killeen Prater and Violet Cox. Violet is a first year flamingo who has already made the Jv team and has lots of potential. Bringing many skills to the table she will be a big asset to her teammates. Killeen is a 4th year gymnast practicing with varsity and competing for varsity sport with her other teammates. Last year Killeen attended sections with the team competing beam and floor against some very high level gymnasts. The RPHF flamingoes first meet is December 7th. They will be returning to the becker invite. This meet consists of 8 team and is an all day event. There are many new and exciting things the flamingoes are looking forward this season. There is a tri-meet this year, these meets include three teams competing against each other. The teams attending this event are Granstburg, Northbranch and RPHF who is hosting. A major event for the RPHF Flamingoes is the hosting of the conference at the Rush City gym. This meet is an 8 team event on Saturday January 8th. There are a total of 13 meets this year, many at home so make sure you come to support your Hinckley Gymnasts! If you are interested in joining gymnastics talk to Killeen Prater or Cheryl anytime during school and they will get information to you. 11/22/2019 0 Comments The Girls Hockey Season has BegunBy: Raechel Painovich
The girls hockey season has begun, Julia Matson and Raechel Painovich are the only two girls at Hinckley-Finlayson High School making the long commute to Moose Lake every day whether it’s for practices or games. The varsity team is 2-3 as of right now and played the St. Francis Saints last night and pulled out a hard fought victory with a score of 4-3. Their coach, Chris Gamst explains that this year the team gained a lot of young girls from the 12u team, and sustained 4 highly competitive seniors which makes the team an all around very skilled and a fun team to coach. So far this season the team as played a total of 5 games, and has competed at a high level at every game. Losing 3 out of the 5 games but with close scores such as, 2-1, 4-2, and 2-1. Raechel Painovich has played defense for the past 4 games and switched to forward last night as a center and gained a point by giving an assist to their power play goal. Julia Matson plays on the JV squad, and their season hasn’t been as successful, as they have a lot of new skaters joining the team. Last night, there was not a JV game because St. Francis didn’t have a team. In the future, both teams are looking to come out with more victories as their game schedule is getting more difficult as they are facing teams that don’t usually appear in their schedule. This weekend the girls Varsity and Junior Varsity play at 1:00 and 3:00 against Litchfield/Dassel Cokato at their home arena in Moose Lake. This team is 2-1 and will be very good competition for the Moose Lake Area Rebels. The assistant coach, Nate Painovich, comments that this game is very important as their record will either be 3-3 or 4-2 which will make a huge difference in making the season a losing or tying one. Although the 30 minute drive may seem long to spectators, the team is going to put fourth a hard fought game that will be fun to watch. The girls would greatly appreciate if fans would come out to support their game. 11/15/2019 0 Comments A Christmas CarolBy: Emily Bradshaw
A Christmas Carol is coming to our HFHS theater this Friday and Saturday ( 11/15, 11/16 ) at 7:00 P.M and Sunday (11/17) 2:30 P:M. Regular admission $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. The plot of the play is that it is based on the based on the classic “Scrooge” play but set in modern times. In this modernized Christmas carol Scrooge is a teenage girl Merideth astray from the Mean Girls. Merideth is visited by a ghost warns her if she doesn’t straighten up then she will be eternally damned. She is visited by three Christmas ghosts, the ghosts of the past, the ghost of present and the ghost of the future. In an interview with the director, Mrs. Clark was asked what has it been like to direct this play. In response, “ It’s very challenging “ as a high school director she has to do everything and make sure every single student is where they need to be and has everything they need to put on the production. “Lights, techy stuff, sounds, costumes, the blocking” Clark explains “ I spend hours finding soundtracks to go with the play to set moods” which typically the plays do not come with a soundtrack so she puts a lot of time into finding some for scenes. A Lot of time is put into the production and the cast is excited to see the crowd on opening night. 11/1/2019 0 Comments Positive Jags Field TripBy: Killeen Prater
Last week on Friday the 25th Positive Jags took a field trip to the Askov History Museum. This field trip included team building, planning for the year, and leaning what Positive Jags is all about. The Positive Jags group met up with East Centrals ETA (a group that does the same things Positive Jags does). Positive Jag is based off of a grant that the schools in the Pine county area received. East Central and Hinckley decided to start these groups to help prevent teen drinking. Positive Jags uses positive messages to reinforce that teens shouldn't drink or use drugs. During the Positive Jags field trip they did lots of planning for the upcoming year, one of the main events is a drive in movie happening Halloween night at the Highschool. Lots of ideas were given for fun events throughout the school year that involve students. Much of the time was spent focused on planning but the students also had time to meet and learn more about the students from their own group and the students from East Central. Getting involved. If you want to be involved in positive jags, learn more about what it is about, or give fun ideas for events for the upcoming school year contact Mr.Lafond or join one of the meeting,anyone is welcome! 11/1/2019 0 Comments Cell Phone PolicyBy: Killeen Prater
There is a new cell phone policy being implemented! You already know that the school has created a new cell phone policy for 2019-2020 school year to try and combat overuse of cell phones during class time. This has helped immensely with distractions during class, but we have still been struggling with cell phones in the locker rooms. It used to be enforced that cell phones were not allowed in bathrooms or locker rooms but it became very hard to enforce with growing technology. Every student seemed to have a phone. To try and reinforce part of this rule the school has decided to ban cellphone use in the locker rooms. This is to make sure that everyone feels comfortable in the locker rooms and to ensure that no pictures are being taken. Some students don't feel comfortable leaving their phones in the classroom when they leave, but there are other options. You can lock your phone in your locker. You could keep you phone in your backpack when you walk into the locker room for after school activities. As long as it is not being used in the locker room. Thanks for your cooperation :) |
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