The New and Improved Baseball Program

I sat down with Coach Brockhouse and asked him a few questions about the baseball team. I asked him what is his main goal for being a base-ball coach. His answer was “To build a better program that fosters to the de-velopment of young men.” The baseball team is living on higher expecta-tions after last year from winning the first regional championship in West Central history. The baseball team has been able to collect money from resources and

I asked Coach Brockhouse what the baseball team is getting for this upcom-

ing season. “The baseball team will start out the season in new uniforms hav-

ing two uniforms this year instead of just one.” The baseball team has a two

year plan in effect to get a brand new backstop and they will be selling pastry

puffins at the end of November to help fundraise for the incoming backstop.

People are anxious to see what the outcome of the baseball team will be this

upcoming season.

By Caleb Vandevelde

Interesting Articles

Baseball Program P.1 HARMBE P.2

Quincy University P.3 Free Lunch Monday P.4

Life of a Working High School Student

Working as a high school student has

its pros and cons. I am a working high

school student and have been for three

years. I honestly love working and go-

ing to school. It has taught me to grow

up and be a more responsible student.

Working also adds a lot of extra stress

and for the people that already strug-

gle with doing their homework, then

maybe a job it not for them at this

time. I am also very tired most of the

time because when I get home from

work I have to finish homework, eat,

and shower. Having a job at a younger

age has taught me discipline as well. It

also makes me feel good to have my

own money instead of asking my par-

ents for money all of the time. This

teaches me to manage my money

closely. If I do not have the money for

gas or to do extra fun things I just do

not do it. I do not like asking my par-

ents for money. My parents did not

make me get a job as a sophomore I

did it on my own. I recommend every

student getting a job in high school

because of how much it has helped me

grow up.

By Anita Moore

Cougar Times November Edition

2016

Co-Op

The Co-op Program is a

great program for students

in high school who are

looking for a job. Co-op is

where you go to school for

4 class hours a day and

then leave for work. In this

class you have to have 20

hours a week. We log our

hours as well as our pay

we receive for the job. I do

Co-op at The Firehouse

with my mom. Everyday I

go to school for 4 class

hours and then I go to

work. I do different stuff

everyday. I do paper-

work,waitress, cook and

anything else my mom

needs me to do. Every Co-

op students’ last hour of

the day is Co-op class.

The class is taught by Jen-

nifer Sellars. We learn

something knew everyday.

She has taught us a lot

about having/ keeping a

job, how to apply for jobs,

how to work with others,

etc. If a student wants to

join Co-op you have to

take Co-op class Junior

year. To get in Co-op your

Senior year you have to

pass the class Junior year.

After your Junior year you

have to have a job by the

upcoming school year. If

you have trouble finding a

job then Mrs.Sellars will

help you get one. Co-op is

a good program for people

who work hard and actual-

ly want a job. I would high-

ly recommend joining Co-

op. By Paige Timmerman

Teacher Interview

I did my teacher interview on Mr.

Ebbing, as you guys know this is his

3rd year teaching physical educa-

tion at Winchester High School, but

he is also the head football coach.

Prior to coming to teach here he

taught P.E at Camp Point Central

for three years. I started my inter-

view off with the question ‘Why do

you like teaching?’ Mr. Ebbing re-

sponded with ‘I always have had an

enjoyment for physical education.”

He also said he liked games, work-

ing out and working with kids. I did

my interview last week during our

homecoming week so I asked him ‘

During his high school years?’ He

responded with ‘’Went to football

practice and kept up on his home-

work.” His favorite thing in school

was history and even for a while he

was going to go into getting a de-

gree in history. I asked him what his

personal achievement was and his

was watching his kid grow up.

Black of course is his favorite color.

I asked him who was his best friend

and he responded with “His wife.’’

Mr. Ebbing loves consistency, that's

why he didn't dress up for home-

coming week, and why he always

wears about the same outfit every

day. He wants one more kid. I asked

him on a scale of one to ten how

much does he love the Pritchett

building, and he said “11”. He re-

ceived his undergraduate degree

from ISU and his graduate degree

from Emporia State University, in

which he does say he would go back

to college but not high school. He

used to hunt, but now he has no

time. His favorite movie is Pursuit

of Happiness His favorite restaurant

is wherever his wife wants to go.

HARAMBE

By: Andrew Armstrong

Harambe was a peaceful gorilla that lived in the Cincinnati Zoo. He was a 17 year-old silverback gorilla. On May 28th, 2016 a three year-old boy happened to fall or climb into the enclosure of Harambe. It’s said that out of cu-riosity the gorilla went over to the child to investigate what it was that fell into his enclosure. Ha-rambe, the gorilla, ended up grabbing the child by his leg and dragging him through the water that was flowing through the en-closure. After Harambe drug the child through the water multiple times, he took the child up the hill in his enclosure and cradled him as though he was his own child. A zoo handler then got one of the lethal rifles on hand at the zoo for times like this, incase there’s a situation like that. Ha-rambe was shot and killed once an open shot was available that wouldn’t harm the child. A lot of people think that it was wrong for the zookeeper to kill Harambe, that the zookeeper should’ve tranquilized Harambe. The zookeepers thought that it wouldn’t have been a good reac-tion of the gorilla or, for the child. Even though Harambe is gone everyone will remember him. R.I.P Harambe!

I decided to tell you about Harambe be-

cause it’s a popular topic that people are

talking about at this point in time in America.

It was an interesting topic to me, I thought

that it would be something that

would catch the attention of oth-

Quincy University

Quincy University is a private lib-

eral arts Catholic university in

the Franciscan tradition. It is lo-

cated in Quincy Illinois (USA) and

enrolls around 1,100 students.

QU has a program for the after

school called Career Services.

Career Services is here to assist

you as you make the transition

into the real world. They offer ca-

reer courses, events, workshops.

One-on-one counseling and keep

you in the loop regarding intern-

ship, part-time, and full-time local

job opportunities. They will help

you if you need help building a

resume, refining your interview

skills, picking a major, and/or if

you need the help of getting

started. QU will notify you in

many different emails if they are

interested in you attending their

college. They provide information

about the college, and what you

need to accomplish to become a

QU Hawk. QU has many types of

undergraduate programs, some

of them including, Fine Arts and

Communication, Science and

Technology, Humanities, Behav-

ioral, and Social Sciences,

School of Business, and School

of Education. QU is a super relia-

ble college and has a lot to offer

to any of their upcoming/

incoming students. By Danielle

Starks

Car Wrecks (Cont.)

Car wrecks like this can be

dangerous for the people in-

side especially for the driver.

Air bags can also be a prob-

lem for kids sitting in the

front seat who are not old

enough or weigh enough to

be sitting in the front seat in

the first place. An airbag

could hurt someone like

bruises or suffocate someone

who is small.

Car wrecks can be caused from a number of things. Car wrecks can happen when a driver is dis-tracted, intoxicated, texting or on the phone, and swerving or go-ing too fast. Car wrecks are dan-gerous, but every time a wreck does happen it doesn't always mean someone can be hurt or die. The chances of not getting hurt are small. There have been a lot of crashes where people crash and roll their vehicle but not get se-riously hurt.

Some things that can cause a crash are hydroplaning, loose gravel can pull someone off the road if they are going too fast. Some one could go too fast and drive over something and lose control of the vehicle. Some other things are distracted driv-ing, running red lights or stop signs, weather conditions, road rage and tailgating someone and then they end up stopping

Car Wrecks

Professional Development

Full name: Candace Renee Miller What subjects do you teach?

Honors Algebra II, Precalcu-lus, Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics, Algebra II What inspired you to be a teacher? Her high school math teacher Have you always wanted to be a teacher? Sure, but when she was little she wanted to be a truck driv-er What is the best part about your job?

Interacting with students

What is the worst part of your job?

Grading

How long have you been teaching?

25 Years

What’s your favorite movie?

Pretty Women

Are you married? Kids?

Yes; husband is Paul 3 kids; Taylor, Josie, and JR

What’s your favorite color?

Black

What brought you to Win-chester High School?

She graduated from here and was raised here

What’s your favorite song?

Too many

Where were you born and when?

Anaheim, California on March 29, 1970

Pets?

Beagle named Sally, a cat named Hoe, coondogs, and 6 chickens

Pet peeves?

Gum popping

Best friend?

Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Kilver Favorite student?

She liked everybody

Do you love your job?

Yes.

Free Lunch Monday

By: Adam Reardon

Do you like great food and

sitting in a air conditioned

building when it is blazing

hot outside? Do you also

like free food? If you do like

these things then Free

Lunch Monday at the Bap-

tist Church is the place for

you. The church is only a

block away from the high

school to the east. Free

Lunch Monday occurs eve-

ry Monday that we attend

school, right at noon.They

have amazing food and

they are all really nice peo-

ple. I can also guarantee

that you will get more

than enough to eat be-

cause they give you a

massive amount of food

and they also have sec-

onds. Everybody’s favor-

ite meal there is Mostac-

cioli. Mostaccioli is a

pasta that they make

and they give you

enough to feed four

people. To make Free

Lunch Monday possi-

ble, the churches come

together to make all the

food. It is usually a dif-

ferent church each

week that brings the

main meal in, so if

you’re ever broke and

hungry on a Monday

then come into Free

Lunch Monday and en-

joy a free meal!

Deer Stand Alignment

BY: Tyler Hallas

There are many things that

you have to take into consid-

eration when deer hunting.

One main thing is where you

sit while trying to kill a deer.

First you have to find out

where the most deer move-

ment is. Then you have to

make sure that where you set

the stand up at that the wind

movement is just right if you

want to sit there. Because if

you go to sit in a stand and it

blows your sent towards a

deer trail the deer are most

likely to smell you. And it all

depends if you are going to sit

in a hang on stand, a ladder

stand, or a climber stand. A

hang on stand hangs off the

side of a tree. A ladder stand

has a ladder that is attached to

the platform. And a climber

stand you set up at the base of

the tree it's a two piece set and

you have to shimmy your way

up a tree. If you're near a field

deer love to go out there and

eat in the evening. But if you

want a stand for mornings i

would recommend setting up

near a creek or deer trail in a

timber. Always look for

scraps and holes that buck dig

up. So as you can see there are

plenty of thing to take into

consideration when finding a

spot to set up a deer stand.

Clydesdale Horses By: Kelsey Newton

The history of Clydesdale horses is amazing, the size of a Clydesdale horse is over 18 hands and about 6 feet, There are feathers above the hooves, and they can grow over 2,000 pounds while having a high with-er. The history of the Clydesdale horse is quite interesting being named from a region in Scotland these horses have trav-eled around the world to be known and loved by everyone. There is a population estimated of over 5,000 and growing with an estimate of 600

foals a year that are born. The history of the Clydesdales dates back to 300 years. It is said that the Clydes-dale horse is one of the strongest horses mak-ing them

crucial to agriculture. Weighing in at 1,950 pounds 72 inches the Clydesdale out weight the average horse by 925