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By: Alexander DeMarais

Fire fighters

Fire in ADA

These are pictures of the Ada eleva-tor when it burned down a few months ago. It was a bad fire. You could see the fire from 20 miles away! There is nothing left of the elevator. It is just a pile of dust. A lot of people got injured.

The fire was very scary. The fire fighters were fighting the fire the whole night. Fire fighters from Shelly, Twin Valley, Gary, Halstad, and Hillsboro were on the scene. Fire fighters ran out of water so they went to surrounding commu-nities to get more. It was the big-gest fire they had ever fought. The fire smoldered for weeks. Many people who worked at the elevator lost their jobs because of the fire

Nathaniel Messick, a science teacher at N.C.E., has been a vol-unteer fire fighter for 13 years. He has helped fight over 100 fires in his 13 years of being a fire fighter.

May 15, 2013

Firefighters fighting the fire. Page 1

Fargo floods occur each year, and each year they seem to get worse. Fargo residents “chomp at the bit” to get sand bags ready to blockade the overflowing Red River. This year is possibly the second highest level the river has rached on re-cord. Some of the following states have encountered the same is-sues: Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, and Michigan, even our small town neighbor, Ada, Minne-sota.

Ada, has had many flood issues in the past due to the flooding of the Wild Rice River. Ada is 150 feet lower in elevation than Twin Valley. That is about equivalent to Twin Valley’s water tower. In the 1997 flood, Ada went through half a million sand bags. Ada residents are ready for the upcoming flood this year.

No one knows how high the flood will be, considering the amount of snow that we had this year. Hopefully no one will have to worry!

Norman County and Red River Valley Floods

By: Eden Mickelson

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“After we have

truthfully answered these

questions, we can then

start discussing violence

in video games.”

Violence in video

games is a hot topic for un-

derstandable reasons. While

video games have their vio-

lent story lines and game-

play, violence in the world

has also increased a fair

amount. It’s too easy to

blame video games, televi-

sion or other media and

entertainment sources for

violence and it’s even more

difficult to blame it on our-

selves.

It all starts with how chil-

dren are introduced to video

games. Is it with the support

and supervision of strong

parents? In today’s society,

it’s hard to imagine that sup-

port and supervision are

existent in all of the homes

of these children. Those

children are lacking proper

adult supervision in picking

an age or maturity level ap-

propriate video game. Even

if these children are a small

sample of the overall pic-

ture, who’s to say they are

not the recent mass murder-

ers we've unfortunately re-

cently seen?

In an analysis of the in-

fluences of the recent vio-

lence in society, another

variable must be consid-

ered. Another aspect of so-

ciety that has increased

alongside violence is the

drastic increase of psychiat-

ric prescriptions. Medicines

such as Ritalin, Zoloft, and

Prozac are being prescribed

at an alarmingly increasing

rate over the past twenty

years. The exponential in-

crease of prescriptions for

these as well as other simi-

lar medications is not shock-

ing. With large pharmaceuti-

cal companies greasing the

pockets of doctors and re-

search institutes, of course

the general population

would eventually succumb

to these medications. Yet,

there is significantly less

scrutiny connected with

medications as there is

pointed towards the video

game industry.

There may not exist a

single, conclusive, cause of

the mass violence in society.

This article is not designed

to suggest anything other

than the fact that

there are many different

variables to discuss in the

debate. The intention of this

article is to simply suggest

that perhaps the finger

pointed towards violent

video games would be best

pointed elsewhere. If I may

suggest a place to start, I’d

recommend starting with

questioning ourselves and

our own households. Do the

children in the house play

age and maturity appropri-

ate games? Do they have

the right support structure

that instills a difference be-

tween the video games they

play and real life? Are we

doing what we personally

can to stop the violence?

After we have truthfully an-

swered these questions, we

can then start discussing

violence in video games.

In a recent Norman

County East high school

survey; 80% of the people sur-veyed played video games. 60% of the people sur-veyed believed there was a link between video game violence and actual vio-

VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES

Norman County East News

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I asked him what his favorite memory as a coach was and he said, “There were too many to count. “ I also asked him about the pairing with Ulen and he said, “It will be good for the kids to play with each other.” We will always re-member Mike as the one of the best coaches N.C.E. has had.

Earlier this year, Mike Sather, who had been the head coach of NCE bas-ketball for many years, stepped down as the head coach. Over his career he has accomplished many things like; two trips to the State tournament and mul-tiple Sub-Section championships. Also, he has had 240 wins in his great

career.

One of his favor-ite parts of coaching was working with the kids. Some of his fa-vorite games as a coach were; The 3OT game in the Sub-Section semi-final in 2011 against Barnes-ville, or the OT game against Park Christian in 2008, which is the year they went to state and got 4th place!

The End of an ERA

Mike Sather B Y : J A S E S A T H E R V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 1

After the win against Ada in 2011 to go to the Section Finals. Page 4

The Titan's softball season began on March 11, but due to snow and cold weather, practice was inside for the first couple weeks. Norman County East is consolidated with Ulen-Hitterdal for soft-ball. The Titan’s head coach, Steve Radnecki, has been coaching for 15 years. Shelly Brevik is the Junior Varsity coach, and Jodi Flaten, from Ulen, is the Junior High coach. The Titan’s first game was scheduled for April 2nd, against BGMR but was moved to April 4th because of

cold weather. The var-sity played well, win-ning 15-9. The Varsity team has played 12 games so far. They are hav-ing a good season. Their record is 18-1, losing only to DGF, 10-7, on April 9th. The Junior Varsity’s record is 5-2. The Junior High team is having a good year also. Their record is 6-1. They were in a tournament on May 4th, in Greenbush. They beat Warroad and Thief River Falls and made it to

the championship game. They ended up getting second place, losing 7-3 to Red Lake Falls. If you are planning on going to the games, there is a schedule available on the school website.

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Indie Games are a series of short but weird games usually consisting of demos or free games. Indie Games are spreading across multiple plat-forms such as: 3DS Eshop, Play-station network, Xbox live arcade, Wii Shop Channel, Steam for PC, and DSiWare. Some examples of Indie Games are: No Luca No, Harmo Knight. 3d Classics Xevious, and Plants vs. Zombies. Cave Story is a kind of special game as it was ported and changed through every port on : 3DS, DSi, Wii, PC, and Android. It was rated 2nd best by 8th graders. I’d rate these fun games a 6.5 of 10. Because of short length, it was placed as one of the least addict-ing games. It is not very annoying according to the survey. 8th graders just play through the games. It’s mostly played at home.

Minecraft is a computer game developed by Notch. It was later ported to the Android phone and Xbox live arcade. It is among the best computer games and it won the most creative game award, almost losing to Garry's Mod. It is a fun game with thou-sands of people playing it every day. I played it myself and I didn't stop for 18 hours, it’s that ad-dicting. (It’s mainly about having fun and surviving until the next morning.) I’d rate this game a 9.5 of 10. The average time played by an 8th grader is 25 minutes. It is also a favorite among 8th grad-ers. According to 8th graders, it is one of the most addicting games out there. It was one of the most annoying games in my survey. 8th graders build stuff “in game.” The place it is most played is at home.

Skyrim is a more brutal kind of sandbox game in which thousands of memes appear, including the famous “Fus Ro Dah.” It is a fun, creative and challenging game, where you complete weekly updated quests. It is a 3rd favorite among 8th graders. The rating I’d give this game is an 7.5 of 10. Though it placed 3rd, it is the 2nd most addicting game. It isn't annoying, in the least, to 8th graders (though watching my brother rage at it may not count for him…). 8th graders kill stuff in this game… The place it is most played is at home.

INDIE GAMES. Review (s).

Review for Minecraft

Review for Skyrim

S C H O O L N E W S

Minecraft Video Game

5 / 6 / 2 0 1 3 B Y E T H A N D M Y T R E W Y C Z

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Average game

times

Play rate from

8th graders

Addicting

levels

Annoying

levels

What they do

in the games

Where games

are played

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Norman County East’s

FCCLA adviser is

Jolee Habedank. She

has been the adviser

for about thirty years.

“I come back each

year because I get

to work with such

great kids.”

- Jolee Habedank

About the FCCLA adviser

FCCLA is a nonprofit

organization that

stands for Family Ca-

reer and Community

Leaders of America. It

is available to students

in grades 7-12 that will

be taking Family and

Consumer Science.

In FCCLA, members do

a lot of fundraising and

help out the commu-

nity. In recent years,

our FCCLA has made

valentine cookies, held

turkey bingo, and a tal-

ent show.

In FCCLA you can par-

ticipate in STAR

events. It is a competi-

tive event. Participants

pick a topic and give a

presentation about it.

STAR events help with

leadership, team work,

communication and

public speaking skills.

I would recommend

joining FCCLA, if you

are not already in it.

It’s really fun, you will

About FCCLA

By: Janessa Bement

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such as the baseball

fence and the new play-

ground equipment in

Twin Valley. They are

currently working on

the Relay for Life, a

walk to remember those

fighting and those who

fought against cancer.

(Also, if the POD Squad

makes use of all their

money, they will get

even more the next

year.)

Gabel Hoseth, former

president of the Norman

County POD Squad,

Youth POD is a phil-

anthropic, youth organi-

zation that donates

$16,000 to the commu-

nity to help make a last-

ing improvement for the

present and future. The

Norman County schools

of Norman County

West, Ada-Borup, and

Norman County East

come together to form

the Norman County

POD Squad. The Nor-

man County POD

Squad has been together

for a total of six years.

You might be won-

dering where the POD

Squad gets $16,000

from. They get all this

money from the Dekko

Foundation in Indiana.

The Dekko Foundation

provides support for

projects that help the

development of chil-

dren. It was founded by

Chester Dekko of Ada,

MN.

With this $16,000,

the POD Squad gives

out grants to help fund

community projects,

N O R M A N C O U N T Y P O D S Q U A D

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YOUTH POD ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

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Andrew Steven Thomas Parents– Maria Thomas

College– M-State

Animals– None

Career in the future– Welding Favorite subject– Welding

What will he miss– Nothing

Alecsander Kelly Stene Parents– Kelly, Tracy Stene College- UND

Animals– Two Dogs, four Cats, one Horse

Career in the future– Vet Favorite subject– Spanish

What will he miss– Not having to pay for anything

Tevin Lawrence Gundson

Parents– Jeremy Gunderson,

Tonya Bushette

College– None

Animals– A python

Career in the future– One that

will make money, don't care

Favorite subject– Music

What will he miss– Nothing

By: Kourtney Boe Class Motto:

Our glory consists not in

never falling, but in rising

each time we fall.

Kristian Shane Brevik

Parents– Jeff, Jolene Brevik

College– NDSCS

Animals– Two Dogs, two Cats

Career in the future– Marine Mechanic

Favorite subject– Shop

What will he miss– High School sports

Sports– Football, Baseball

Timothy Roland Wold

Parents– Randy Wold,

Tammy Pickasd

College– Undecided

Animals– One dog

Career in the future–

Graduate college

Favorite subject– Math

What will he miss– Friends

fxÇ|ÉÜ ctzx Tyler Mark Pollock

Parents– Mark and Darla Pollock

College-M-State in Moorhead

Animals– Dog

Career in the future– Diesel Me-chanic

Favorite subject– Building Trades

What will he miss– Sleeping

Sports– Racing

Casie Mackenzie Thornton

Parents– Darin Thornton and Tammy Schmidt

College– M-State

Animals– Cat

Career in the future– Law Enforce-

ment or X– Ray Tech

Favorite subject– History

What will she miss– Seeing her

friends every day

Sports– None

Shelby Rose Kappes

Parents– Jerry and Kris Kappes

College– NDSU

Animals– Cats, Dogs, Cows

Career in the future– Physical Ther-

apy

Favorite subject– Chemistry

What will she miss– Seeing my

friends everyday and maybe teach-

ers

Sports– Volleyball, Basketball, Soft-ball

Madelyn Jane Sather

Parents– Joel and Julie Sather

College– University of Minnesota,

Twin Cities

Animals– One Dog, two Cats

Career in the future– Physical

Therapist

Favorite subject– History, Biology

What will she miss– Our schools

water

Sports– Volleyball, Basketball, Softball

Richard Charles Bennefeld

Parents– Roger and Rhonda Benne-

feld

College– Northland-(Thief River

Falls)

Animals– Dog, Cat

Career in the future– Computer En-

gineer

Favorite subject– History, Stats/

Calculus

What will he miss– Study Hall

Sports– None

Class Motto:

Our glory consists not in

never falling, but in rising

each time we fall. By: Kourtney Boe

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~Seniors~ “Our glory consists not in never failing, but in rising each time we fall.”

Ceara Genevieve Thronson

Is the daughter of

Brad and Elena Thron-

son. Plans to attend Bemidji

State for social work.

When Ceara graduates,

she will miss how easy

life is.

Dana Rae Riepe Is the daughter of Val Riepe. Plans to attend NDSU for account-ing. When Dana gradu-ates, she will miss running the school store.

Alicia Michelle Triplett Is the daughter of Mike and Barbara Triplett. Plans to attend MSUM for combat medic or nursing. When Alicia graduates, she will miss her friends.

Sawyer Myka Stene

Is the son of Heath

Stene and Kristi En-

gen.

Plans to attend

Northland.

When Sawyer gradu-

ates, he will miss his

football team.

~2012-2013~

~Seniors~ “Our glory consists not in never failing, but in rising each time we fall.”

Donnell Mitchell Sheffield

Is the son of Donald Sheffield and

Angela Vizner

His plans are uncertain

He has 3 dogs!

Justin John Gall Is the son of John and Stephanie Gall Wants to be a good worker in the fu-ture

~2012-2013~

Michael Kevin Korsgaden Is the son of Kevin and An-gie Korsgaden Plans to attend Wadena Tech to become an Electri-cal Lineworker When Michael graduates, he will miss playing sports

Made by: Tiara Leslie

Gabel Ray Hoseth Is the son of Corey and Cas-sandra Hoseth Plans to attend NDSU to be-come an Architect When Gabel graduates, he will miss being in sports and hanging out with friends

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Brenna Marie Olson

Parents: Tom Stueness and Cyndi Olson

Plans to go to college at The Salon Professional Academy

Favorite class is Art

Senior Pages

By: Caely Buchanan

Justin Richard Anderson

Parents: Rodney and

Susan Anderson

Plans on going to col-lege at Northland

Favorite class is Math

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Tate Fredrick Bueng

Parents: Randy Bueng and Debra Bueng

Plans on going to college at M-State or Wahpeton

Favorite Class is Shop

Senior Pages

By: Caely Buchanan

Meagen Elizabeth Anderson

Parents: Dwight Anderson and Theresa Sandness

Plans on going to college at MSUM

Favorite class is Food and Fit-ness

Kaitlyn Jean Thornton

Parents: Garett and Julie Thornton

Plans on going to college at MSCTC

Favorite class is Food and Fit-ness

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Tate Fredrick Bueng

Parents: Randy Bueng and Debra Bueng

Plans on going to college at M-State or Wahpeton

Favorite Class is Shop

Senior Pages

By: Caely Buchanan

Meagen Elizabeth Anderson

Parents: Dwight Anderson and Theresa Sandness

Plans on going to college at MSUM

Favorite class is Food and Fit-ness

Kaitlyn Jean Thornton

Parents: Garett and Julie Thornton

Plans on going to college at MSCTC

Favorite class is Food and Fit-ness

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said that POD Squad is really

great because not only does it

benefit the community, it also

allows kids from other schools

interact with each other and

learn a sense of community

pride. One of his favorite pro-

jects he did for the community

was Christmas caroling at the

nursing home. Gabel is one of

the two original members left

from Norman County.

Gabel, a senior, won’t be

here next year to watch over

the POD Squad. However, he

thinks it will be fine and func-

tional when he leaves. Gabel

says that the POD Squad has a

great group of kids that will

work well together.

POD Squad is a great or-

ganization. It teaches kids how

to work together and how to

use money for good. I person-

ally don't see any flaws.

Tyson Strum