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2016-2017 October 28, 2016

History of Halloween pg 1

Message Board pg 1

Halloween Treats pg 2

Yearbook Notices pg 2

DIY Costumes pg 3

Counseling Notices pg 3

Creepy Halloween Story pg 4

Most Haunted Building pg 4

In This Edition

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History of Halloween By: Fatima Hernandez

The origin of Halloween, or All

Hallows’ Eve, comes from the an-

cient Celtic festival of Samhain

(sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000

years ago in the area that is now

Ireland, the United Kingdom and

northern France, celebrated their

new year on November 1. According

to halloweenhistory.org, this day marked the end of summer, the

harvest, and the beginning of a cold winter. The time of year was

often associated with human death. The Celts believed that on their

New Year's Eve, the boundary between the worlds of the living and

the dead crashed and became one.

On October 31, according to history.com the Celts celebrated

Samhain. It was believed that the ghosts of the un-living returned to

earth. Celts thought that the presence of the other world spirits made

it easier for the Celtic priests to make predictions about the future.

These prophecies were important to people who depended on them

and they brought comfort and direction during the long, cold winter.

Celtic priests then built large bonfires where the people gathered to

burn crops and sacrifice animals to the Celtic deities. During the

celebration, the Celts wore costumes consisting of animal heads and

skins and attempted to dress as their sacrifices.

Celebrating Halloween was limited in the New England colo-

nies because of the Protestant belief systems. Halloween was much

more common in Maryland and the southern colonies. An American

version of Halloween began to emerge as European and Native

American cultures began to mesh, according to history.com. The

first celebrations included “play parties,” which were public events

held in the center of the community to celebrate the harvest where

neighbors would share stories of the dead, dance, and sing. By the

middle of the nineteenth century, annual autumn festivities were

common. Soon, Americans would dress up in scary and modern

costumes and go to houses asking for candy or food, which eventu-

ally became “trick-or-treating”.

Halloween parties would also become very popular in the Unit-

ed States involving costume contests, dances, and apple bobbing.

Halloween is one of the top holidays celebrated in the United States,

due to the fact that kids get to dress up as something different and

they receive free candy. It is a day of spooky fun.

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COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD

FMHS SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES 10/28-11/12/16 (home games indicated in bold type)

DATE SPORT OPP HOME/AWAY TIME

10/28/16 Football (C) Northridge Home 4:00pm

Football (JV) “ “ 6:00pm

10/29/16 Gymnastics Regionals Away 10:00a Cross Country State Away tba

11/3/16 Soccer 2nd rnd playoffs tba tba Football (C) Longmont Away 3:00pm

11/3-5/16 Gymnastics State Away tba

11/4/16 Football (V) Longmont Away 7:00pm

11/7/16 Football (JV) Longmont Home 4:30pm

Soccer Quarter finals tba tba

Volleyball (V) Regionals tba tba 11/11/16 Soccer Semi-final tba tba

11/12/16 Football (V) Playoffs tba tba

*********************************************************** 10/29/16 Forensics to Monarch H.S. 6:30am

Hunted Hallways 5-8 pm

*********************************************************** 11/2/16 Volleyball Tournament to help Farley family 5:30pm

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11/5/16 SAT TEST @ FMHS 8:00am

Knowledge Bowl to Weld Central 7:30am

Music & Forensics Mattress Sale Aux. Gym 10am-5pm

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11/6/16 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS

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11/8/16 ELECTION DAY ***********************************************************

11/10/16 Forensics vs Cherry Creek Congress Away 2:00pm

*********************************************************** 11/12/16 Forensics Golden Away 5:30am

Knowledge Elizabeth Away 6:00am

FCCLA Holiday Bazaar 9:00am-6:00pm

HALLOWEEN EDITION

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YEARBOOK DEADLINES

1) Order books, submit senior pictures or

purchase baby ads:

go to bottom right corner of FMHS website

at http://www.edline.net/pages/

Fort_Morgan_High_School

OR

see Ms. Rich in room 204 to buy a book

OR If you would like to set up a payment plan

for your book (up to three payments) go to

www.jostensyearbooks.com and search for

Fort Morgan High School

2) Senior pictures: Due November 1, but

would appreciate receiving by Friday Octo-

ber 28

3) Senior quotes and superlatives: Due No-

vember 1

4) Senior Baby Ads: Early bird pricing ends

November 1. Final deadline November 22

5) Submit pictures for consideration in the

book at www.replayit.com

Buy a Book for $50 by November 1, 2016

After November 1, 2016 cost is $55

Halloween Treats By: Fatima Hernandez

Halloween is one of the most celebrated

holidays in the United States. Haunted houses,

trick-or-treating, and Halloween parties fall in-

place with the spookiest holiday in the states.

Halloween parties mostly consist of cool cos-

tume contests, dancing, and finger foods. Liter-

ally, fingers that are food. Here is the recipe

from parenting.com. Check it out!

Dead Man’s Finger Sandwiches

Ingredients:

White bread

Soft Margarine

Cream cheese or peanut butter (your choice)

Almonds

Strawberry Jam (or any pink/red flavor jam)

Steps:

Remove crust from the bread.

Gently flatten slices of bread with a rolling pin to make more pliable.

Spread a little margarine and some cream cheese or peanut butter on the

bread.

Roll up the sandwiches and make three indentations with a blunt knife

to form the finger joints.

Trim the ends of the fingers into a 'V' shape and stick an almond on

each tip with a little cream cheese to form the nails.

Now for the cherry on top—add a dollop of strawberry jam (or your

preferred flavor) over the end of the finger for the blood and voilà!

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National Bologna Day Jonathan Stone

Everyday there is a day celebrating a break-

through in modern history. Whether it be a day

where someone found a cure for a seemingly incura-

ble illness or whether someone put sausage on piz-

za, there is always a day celebrating some-

thing. October 24th was National Bologna

Day! This is a well deserved day to celebrate this

meat in particular, for without it, our sandwiches

would go on bologna-less! The history of bologna is a long and inspir-

ing tale, so let’s get right into it.

Genuine bologna was made by an unknown meat maker and has

been around for 500 years. It’s contents are hardly a mystery though,

containing pork, sometimes beef, water, 2% salt, corn syrup, and sodi-

um lactate. Although the mystery of the man who made this meat is

still unknown, an article from theoldfoodie.com states that Robert

May’s recipe published in 1660 comes pretty close to the real thing.

There are three types of lunch meats, according to

sixwise.com, whole cuts, formed products, and pro-

cessed products. Bologna belongs to the processed

products category. Bologna is named after Bologna,

Italy. Americans eat 800 million pounds of bologna

annually.

The history of bologna is very simplistic, it had no

real impact when it was first produced, but eventually it

became one of the most successful deli meats sold to

this day. Happy national bologna day everyone!

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From Counseling

UNC Math Contest Nov. 2

ACT registration Dec 15th

SAT Test Dec 3rd

SENIORS: visit school website for

scholarships

FAFSA NIGHTS

AT MCC

Nov. 14 10am-2pm, Cottonwood 102

Nov. 30 10am-2pm, Cottonwood 102

Costumes For Those Who Don’t Want To Waste Money By: Trystan Bohling

Halloween is just around the corner and some of us still dress up,

maybe going as far as Trick-or-Treating. Most people go out and pay

loads of money to just dress up once, but not everybody has the budg-

et for that. If you’re one of those people with a small budget, you can

still celebrate Halloween with one of these awesome ideas.

One obvious option is to reuse old costumes. It’s a very good way

to curb nostalgia while not being too out of date. The problem that

comes into play is that people grow, meaning old costumes don’t fit.

So this option is limited to very few people, mainly the ones who

have stopped growing.

The more creative thing to do when trying to come up with a

thrifty costume is to make your own. Some people don’t really like to

create DIY costumes because of the amount of time and energy that

goes into making one. However, the benefits that come from this

clearly outweigh the costs. The most obvious benefit in making your

own costume is that it’s cheaper. Another benefit is that you can get

exactly what you want. When you buy a costume you are stuck with

what you bought and if you try to change something on the costume

you have a chance of ruining it and no chance to salvage it. When

making your own costume, you make what's in your head and you

will never be wrong. The final benefit is that your costume will no

doubt be one of a kind. When looking for supplies, it is best to find

something that is the closest to the idea you have. It makes everything

that much easier. The less materials you have to buy, the less messing

around with the fabric.

The third option when trying to be cheap and still make the most

out of Halloween is to just buy a costume from someone else. This is

just as it sounds. Go to a Goodwill and piece together something

unique and amazing. Another option is to borrow a used costume

from a friend or family member.

If you are on a budget these are some ways to get a cheap, simple

costume. While a $60 costume can seem like the best idea, they are

usually flashy, over-the-top, and not worth the money. No matter

what the age, people like to dress up. Don’t let that desire burn a hole

in your pocket!

Bushido III: Benevolence By Jonathan Stone

Last issue we

went over the second

rule of Bushido,

courage. Today we

will be going over

the third rule, mercy,

or benevolence.

Artofmanliness.com

describes what de-

fines mercy as “A

man invested with

the power to com-

mand and the power

to kill was expected to

demonstrate equally extraordinary powers of benevolence and

mercy: Love.”

Courage can often be compared to being stern, while benev-

olence can be considered gentle and even mother

like. Dishmag.com has this quote which is considered to be a

universal rule, “The bravest are the most tender, the loving are

the daring.”

There is not much to go over in this edition of Bushi-

do. The moral of the code is to be the best person you can be,

show kindness to others, even if people refuse to treat you the

same way. It will build your character and moral standing as a

modern warrior.

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The Most Haunted Building in the Country By Nancy Balderrama Alonso

“Stories say that in 1928, the

head nurse in Room 502 was

found dead in the room. She had

committed suicide by hanging

herself from the light fixture. She

was 29 years-old at the time of

her death and allegedly, unmar-

ried and pregnant. Her depression

over the situation led her to take

her own life. It’s unknown how

long she may have been hanging

in this room before her body was

discovered. And this would not

be the only tragedy to occur in

this room.

“In 1932, another nurse who worked in Room 502 was said to

have jumped from the roof patio, plunging several stories to her

death. No one seems to know why she would have done this but

many have speculated that she may have actually been pushed

over the edge. There are no records to indicate this, but rumors

continue to persist.”

These are only two of the many tragic events that took place

in Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville Kentucky according to

prairieghosts.com. The building is known for it’s many haunted

stories and paranormal activity which occur on a regular basis.

During the 1800’s and 1900’s America was terrified and drown-

ing in the disease known to many as the “white death” -----

tuberculosis. The very contagious plague which, at the time had

no cure, took over families and even entire towns. During the

1900’s, Louisville Kentucky was known for the highest number

of tuberculosis deaths in America. Soon enough the first hospital

became overcrowded and with donations from the people a new

hospital was built in 1924.

Waverly hills opened in 1926 and was the most advanced

tuberculosis sanitarium in the country. With no knowledge of the

cure doctors believed that fresh air, plenty of nutritious food and

lots of rest would cure its patients. Many patients survived their

stay at Waverly Hills, but it is estimated that hundreds died here

at the height of the epidemic.

With every hospital built during these times came the sad and

horrific idea of human experimentation and mistreatments. By the

late 1930s, tuberculosis had begun to decrease around the world

and by 1943, new medicines had became known in the United

States. In 1961, Waverly Hills was closed down but was reopened

a year later as Woodhaven Geriatrics Sanitarium. There have

been many rumors and stories told about patient mistreatment and

unusual experiments during the years that the building was used

as an old age home. Some of them have been proven to be false

but others have unfortunately turned out to be true, leading to the

place being closed for good in 1982.

There’s no wonder after all of the death, pain, and agony

within those walls, that Waverly Hills is now considered to be

one of the most haunted places in the country!

A Creepy Halloween Story Nancy Balderrama Alonso

It’s Halloween and what’s better than a creepy, scary sto-

ry. With the whole nationwide scare about clowns it

seems like a good time to share a scary clown story I

found online. Beware: if you don’t like clowns, they scare

you or you just plain find them creepy, you may want to

pass on this story!

The Clown Statue By David Emery

So-and-so's friend, a girl in her teens, is babysitting for a

family in Newport Beach, Ca. The family is wealthy and has a

very large house — you know the sort, with a ridiculous amount

of rooms. Anyways, the parents are going out for a late dinner/

movie. The father tells the babysitter that once the children are

in bed she should go into this specific room (he doesn't really

want her wandering around the house) and watch TV there.

The parents take off, and soon she gets the kids into bed and

goes to the room to watch TV. She tries watching TV, but she is

disturbed by a clown statue in the corner of the room. She tries

to ignore it for as long as possible, but it starts freaking her out

so much that she can't handle it.

She resorts to calling the father and asks, "Hey, the kids are

in bed, but is it okay if I switch rooms? This clown statue is real-

ly creeping me out."

The father says, seriously, "Get the kids, go next door and

call 911."

She asks, "What's going on?"

He responds, "Just go next door and once you call the police,

call me back."

She gets the kids, goes next door, and calls the police. When

the police are on the way, she calls the father back and asks, "So,

really, what's going on?"

He responds, "We don't have a clown statue." He then fur-

ther explains that the children have been complaining about a

clown watching them as they sleep. He and his wife had just

blown it off, assuming that they were having nightmares.

The police arrive and apprehend the "clown," who turns out

to be a midget. A midget clown! I guess he was some homeless

person dressed as a clown, who somehow got into the house and

had been living there for several weeks. He would come into the

kids' rooms at nights and watch them while they slept. As the

house was so large, he was able to avoid detection, surviving off

their food, etc. He had

been in the TV room right

before the babysitter right

came in there. When she

entered he didn't have

enough time to hide, so he

just froze in place and

pretended to be a statue.

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HALLOWEEN TIME = SCARY STORIES- - - - - - SO, HERE ARE A COUPLE IN HONOR OF THE SEASON!!