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TORCH CLUB ELECTIONS

By CaleB e.

Congratulations to our Torch Club election winners!

President: Mason H.Vice President: Autumn V.Treasurer: Caleb E.Secretary: Jasmine D.

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT:DRAMA MATTERS

By Mason H.

Mr. Alex runs the Drama Matters program for mem-bers of all ages. In the program, Mr. Alex tries to give members an outlet to express themselves creatively. He tries to teach members about acting and perform-ing. Improvisation, expression, voice inflection, pro-jection, and confidence are all things Mr. Alex teaches to members. He also works with older members to help them become better public speakers. Destinee O. is a member who goes to Drama Matters a lot. She says, “I like Drama Matters a lot because it’s fun and also you learn a lot of things. I’m a drama princess.” Mr. Alex leads Drama Matters on Tuesdays at 6:00 for 10+ year olds and on Wednesdays at 5:00 for 6-9 year olds.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: CHRIZ P.

By saraH K.

The Beacon is very pleased to announce that Chriz P. is our spotlight member of the month. Chriz is eight years old and attends Monroe Elementary School. He has been a member of the Club for two and a half years. He was given this honor due to his good attendance, good behavior and being a hard worker. Chriz’s favorite Boys & Girls Club activity is going to the Computer Lab and playing on the computers. His favorite game to play is Fireboy and Watergirl.

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STAFF SPOTLIGHT: BRAD HARRIS

By saMMie P.

My Favorite Memory: going to Branson, MO with my grandma and grandpa

The Best Advice I Ever Received: Live for Jesus and others and then yourself. Don’t get these out of order

My Favorite Meal: Spaghetti and garlic cheese bread

My Favorite Color: navy blue

The Last Book I Read: Lead for God’s Sake

The Best Movie I Saw: Dead Poet’s Society

The Song That Makes Me Want to Dance: The Hokey Pokey

My Favorite TV Show: Impractical Jokers

My Favorite Sport: baseball

The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done: pass Al-gebra

If I Could Live in Another Time Period: 1920s America (The Roaring Twenties)

My Motto: Don’t ask life to get easier, ask yourself to get better.

My Pet Peeve: people who complain about things they can’t change

My Proudest Moment: when I was asked to work for my church full time

I Have a Dream to Be: the best at what I do for a living (I have my dream job!)

If I Won the Lottery: I would pay for a new building for my church and go on a nice vaca-tion

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CLUB MEMBERS!

Maddie B. 10/18Xavier C. 10/13Aydnn C. 10/28

LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL EVENT

By JasMine D.Lights on After School was held on Sep-tember 20. The purpose of the open house was to open the Club to the com-munity. Many parents attended and were given tours of the Club. They also had a raffle for a free year of member-ship. At 7:00 pm, all parents and mem-bers were treated to chips and hotdogs. After snack, members went to the gym to play games. They played Ships and Sailors, Simon Says, and line tage and they won prizes such as glow sticks, ze-bra cakes and ding dongs.

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LINDENWOOD FOOTBALL GAME

By KeJuan a.

On September 7, about 20 Club members went to the Lindenwood football home open-er against Northeastern State University. The members made two lines to high five the foot-ball players when they ran out on the field. Felix W., one of the members who went to the game, said, “The players were really big and the mas-cot was veeery energetic. My hand was very sore after they all high fived me.” Lindenwood dominated the first half of the game. After half-time, the Riverhawks got a touchdown and a field goal but they still lost to the Lions 49-10. Lindenwood rushed for 417 yards, setting a new school record.

MIZZOU FOOTBALL GAME

By KeJuan a.

During week two in college football Mizzou played the South Carolina Gamecocks. The game started at 6:00 pm. Missouri quarterback Drew Lock threw 32 passes, and receivers only caught 14 of them. He had one touchdown and two interceptions. South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley threw 18 successful passes and one touchdown. The Tigers started the game very slowly. Mizzou led the game by ten points until South Carolina came back with a kick re-turn and dominated the game. South Carolina beat Mizzou 31-13.

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THIS MONTH’S CARTOON

By Felix W.

BOOK REVIEW: STUDY HALL OF JUSTICE

By leo s.

This story is about Bruce Wayne, but as a young kid. All of the superhe-roes and villains are kids. Bruce is the new kid at school and he doesn’t fit in because he’s normal. He’s not strong and he doesn’t have superpow-ers. Kids think he’s weird becaust he has bats in his locker. The story is mostly about the kids trying to figure out why strange things are hap-pening. Diana and Clark Kent were acting crazy and hurting everybody, but Bruce found their weaknesses. Bruce, Di-ana, and Clark make a detective club. The Brain is getting hacked and turns very dangerous. My favorite part was when all the kids got int heir cos-tumes. My least favorite part was when Clark and Diana were evil.

MOVIE REVIEW: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

By leo s.

The Guardians of the Galaxy were flying to another planet but there were these enemies that they had to get away from. They had to fight the enemies while they were dodging meteors. They crashed into a planet, met Gamora’s sister Nebula and arrested her. Then Mantis and Ego flew up in a sphere-egg. Ego told Peter that he was his dad and he helped Peter find his powers. Ga-mora and Nebula found something scary inside the planet and trie to warn Peter, but he wouldn’t listen. Finally, Peter listened to Gamora and Nebula and the Guardians of the Galaxy worked together to defeat Ego. My favorite part was when Baby Groot was dancing at the beginning. My least favorite part was when Peter was almost defeated.

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DEAR FREDDY,

At school I need help with math but the teacher can’t always help. What should I do?

- Ms. Mathmetician

DEAR MS. MATHMETICIAN,

You should get a tutor or an older sibling to help because they might know the trick to solving your math problems.

DEAR FREDDY,

Whenever the football coach is talking everyone else is talking. This is not good for the team. What should I do to help?

- Football Player

DEAR FOOTBALL PLAYER,

You should tell your teammates to be respect-ful and be a role model.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR FREDDY?

You can give your questions to any of our Beacon reporters and they will pass them on to Freddy. If you want to ask your ques-tion in private, you can write it down and put it in Freddy’s advice box in the Learn-ing Center. Maybe you’ll see your ques-tion in the next edition of the BGC Beacon Monthly!

STAFF ADVISORS:CAITLIN HERRMANN, Education CoordinatorTIM HORTON, Reading Specialist

NEWSLETTER STAFF:KEJUAN A., Sports ReporterAIJA C., CartoonistAWA D., Sports ReporterJASMINE D., Staff ReporterCALEB E., Staff Reporter

MASON H., Staff ReporterSARAH K., Staff ReporterSAMMIE P., Staff ReporterLEO S., Entertainment ReporterFELIX W., Cartoonist