January 20, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56, Number 5

The Talon What’s Inside

Pg. 2… Elementary New and JH/HS News Pg. 3… Puzzle

Pg. 4… Sports

What’s happening at BF-DC Schools

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HS Basketball @ WC Tournament

January 23rd

Group and Organization Pictures

JH Basketball @ Hollis

January 24th

HS Basketball vs Hollis

January 25th

Educational Foundation Meeting

January 26th

JH Basketball vs Cordell

January 27th

HS Basketball @ Cordell

January 30th

JH Basketball @ Carnegie

January 31st

HS Basketball vs Carnegie

Teacher Grant Awards and Eagle

Scholar Awards

Lil Gal Cheer

February 2nd

JH Basketball vs Snyder

HS Basketball @ Mangum

JH Powerlifting @ Anadarko

February 3rd

HS Basketball @ Snyder

HS Powerlifting @ Anadarko

February 4th

HS Basketball @ Merritt

JV Basketball @ Merritt

Academics @ State

February 6th

JH Basketball @ Sentinel

February 7th

HS Basketball vs Cheyenne

SENIOR NIGHT

February 10th—11th

Basketball District @ Cheyenne

February 14th

Happy Valentine Day

February 15th

Senior CPR Training

JH Powerlifting @ Newcastle

February 16th - 18th

Basketball Regionals

@ Burns Flat-Dill City Schools

February 16th

HS Powerlifting @ Anadarko

February 20th

FCA Valentine Party

February 21st

Academic Banquet 6:30 pm

January 20, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 56 Number 5 Page 2

December

Star Students

First Row: Jorja Weir, Allie Lane, Kayleigh Casses, Addison

McNaught

Second Row: Chenoa Collins, Daya Bingham, Aideliss

Garcia, Riley Flewelling

Top Row: Jacee Foley and Analyse Willis

Not pictured: Mia Orozco, Trinity Spaeth, Giovante Ward,

Logan Kemp, Ethan Hose

Will Roger Elementary Presents Christmas Programs The BF-DC Will Rogers

presented Christmas pro-

grams for family and

friends on Friday, December

16 in the Will Rogers Gym-

nasium!

The pre-kindergarten, kin-

dergarten, and T-1 per-

formed at 9:00 am that

Friday. The pre-kindergarten

had their first experience

with speaking parts as sev-

eral introduced the songs.

Those with speaking parts

were Autumn Copelan, Ken-

neth Gonzalez, Abbygail

Guthrie, Myla Hanna, Wes-

ley Heaney, and Jagger Holt.

They each did an awesome

job speaking at the micro-

phone in front of a bustling

audience! Speakers for kin-

dergarten and T-1 were

Rylynn Sandoval, Jayme

Weir, Emma Campbell, Se-

bastian Salcido, Jestin Kim-

berlin, Cydney Luna, Kaden

Kauk, and Cameron Ra-

leigh. Kindergarten and T-1

sang some traditional

Christmas songs, and T-1

recited a poem, "My Snow-

ball," by Shel Silverstein.

The first, second, and third

grade presented a program

at 10:00 am. The students

sang traditional and con-

temporary Christmas songs.

First grade speakers were

Trinity Spaeth, Jessi Weir,

Rhyan Garcia, Kylie Denbo,

Paislee Tate, Alexis Parker,

Jonah Fite, Christian Perez,

and Ashtyn Villegas. The

highlight of their perfor-

mance was "I Want to Be an

Elf. Second grade speakers

were "Willie Salcido, Bailey

Garcia, Giovante Ward, Ezra

Shephard, Trey Chronister,

Ezra Denny, Izabella Henley,

and Daya Bonham. Assist-

ing with speaking parts for

the special "I Want a Kitty

for a Present" were Layla

Garcia, Ryleigh St. John,

Lanie Rowell, Kolton Baker,

and Ezra Shephard.

Third grade speakers were

Ashley Parker, Kaylie Miller,

Avah Martinez, Maranda

Altstatt, Jason Gearhart, and

Stephany Braeklein. Third

grade performed "The Chip-

munk Song" with help from

"Dave" Travis Connizzo,

"Alvin" Dakota Walker,

"Simon" Joshua Knight, and

"Theodore" Dakoda Weese.

The fifth grade band and

the fourth and fifth grades

performed at 11:00. The

band consists of Natalie

Shephard, Ryleigh Bertrand,

Joey Mooney, Priscila Mar-

tinez, Jolene Thompson,

5th Attends Star Base

Jacee Foley, Kaiden Will-

son, Lexi Byrd, Isaiah Sut-

ton, Natalie Plank, and

Dylan Walker.

Priscila and Jolene per-

formed a duet and Natalie

Shephard and Ryleigh per-

formed solos. The fourth

grade highlighted their pro-

gram with "Silent Night"

which they performed in

English and German.

Speakers were Madison

Flores, Arthur Arnold,

Haylee Davis, Ri ley

Flewelling, Makayla Sutton,

Damion Casses, Gracie

Harbert, and Claudia Jack-

son. Fifth grade performed

several songs in Spanish

and several contemporary

songs. The speakers were

Jacee Foley, Natalie Bloom-

er, Elcee Price, Jesus Sal-

cido, Rylin Hall, Jolene

Thompson, and Ebany

Smith.

Assisting with accompa-

nying on the piano was

Mrs. Leann Black. Directing

was Mrs. Valerie Fite.

Thank you to all the teach-

ers for their help preparing

for the programs and the

office personnel for deco-

rating!

Mrs. Fite

Will Rogers Elem. Teacher

The 5th grade students are attend-

ing Star Base. Currently they are

learning about Daniel Bernoulli and

his study in the 1700 about air

speed and pressure.

Star Base is a science, technology

and engineering program that is put

together by the Department of De-

fense. Students attend day long clas-

ses for 5 weeks. It is always lots of

fun and a great hands on Science

program for the students to attend.

History Day News

History day members

have completed their re-

search and are starting their

projects. Mrs. Lyles and Mr.

Foley will be staying after

school on different days, for

those who are wanting to

working on their project not

research. District competi-

tion will be after spring

break.

Tamika Price

Staff reporter

Senior News

The senior students in

Mrs. Lyle’s senior English

class are learning about

Iambic Pentameter. They

will start working on Son-

nets next. In the govern-

ment class they are study-

ing Article 2 of the Constitu-

tion, which is about the ex-

ecutive branch of the United

States Government.

The seniors have taken

their panel pictures and are

starting to receive their an-

nouncements. They held a

meeting on January 19th

with all of the senior class

to discuss upcoming events,

including graduation.

Cameron Carter Student Council News

The student council would

like to say thank you to all

who donated at the recent

blood drive. At the blood

drive on January 9th there

were 27 units of blood do-

nated. There were a few

students unable to donate

due to low iron. Everyone

that wants to donate needs

to make sure that they eat

well and drink plenty of flu-

ids before the donation

date. Raisins and beef are

both a good way to up your

iron levels.

Zakkary Glass

Staff Reporter

HS Academic Teams Wins Area

The 7th grade Junior High

Academic Team competed

in the Firebird Tournament

January 19th at Sterling to

play for a place at Area.

The 8th grade Junior High

Academic Team plays in

Area January 31st at India-

homa. The High School

Academic Team competed

at Area on Wednesday Jan-

uary 18th at Burns Flat–Dill

City Schools were they

placed first and won the

chance to compete at the

State Academic Tourna-

ment on February 4th.

The Junior High and High

School Academic Teams will

be honored at the Oklahoma

Great Plains Academic Con-

ference Awards Banquet on

February 15th at Medicine

Park. The High School Aca-

demic Team will be named

OGPAC Champions and the

Junior High Academic Team

will be named OGPAC Run-

ner-up. Ryne Garrison and

John Kilhoffer will receive

individual honors for All-Star

and high scorers for their

respective tournaments.

Brenden Estep

Staff Reporter

Junior News

In English the juniors are

reading short stories and

writing epilogues. In History

the juniors are studying ear-

ly education. The juniors in

trigonometry are studying

The Laws of Sine. In Chem-

istry the students are study-

ing Thermochemistry.

Zyane Gonzales is working

on drawing the Eagle for the

senior class panel picture.

Jake Mooney

Junior Reporter

Brandon Yates

Staff Reporter

Spanish Club News

BesoGrams will be sold

from January 30, 2017 to

February 10, 2017. See a

Spanish Club member if

you would like to purchase

one. The Spanish Club

members are going to

choose where they are go-

ing for their trip at their next

meeting.

Marcie Diggs

Spanish Club Reporter

Brandon Yates

Staff Reporter

Sophomore News

This month in English the

sophomores are starting on

their compare and contrast

essays. In Algebra 2 they

are learning rational expo-

nents and radical functions.

They are learning about

quadrilaterals in geometry

class.

Donavan Webb and Riley

Johnson will be trying out

for Oklahoma FFA state

choir very soon, be sure to

tell them good luck. Also be

sure to congratulate Taylor

Garcia for earning All-

Tournament team at the BF-

DC Invitational Tournament.

Brenden Estep

Staff Reporter

Chess Club News Chess Club meets every

Tuesday after school until 4

p.m. Anyone who wants to

join is welcome to attend.

Hannah Baca

Editor

FCCLA News

The FCCLA members will

be selling cook books to

raise funds to attend the

FCCLA Convention in April.

The club is not creating new

cook books this year but

will be selling the extra

cook books from the previ-

ous years at the discount

price of $7.00.

Nicole Nettles

FCCLA reporter

Desiree Standridge

Staff reporter

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take the advice of your friends

before you make the wrong move.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19): Don’t let someone persuade you to

do something that isn’t to your benefit or you’ll end up regret-

ting it.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): Help those who need it and your

contribution will be rewarded.

Aries (March 21-April 19): The less said the better. Talking bad

too much will lead to gossip and rumors.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Make your health a priority so that

you will be able to enjoy all of your festivities.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): Good fortune will come your way by

starting your year off on the right foot and letting go of emotion-

al baggage

.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): Being smart about money will keep

you stress-free.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t go overboard on anything, your

actions will show the way others see you.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care of your friends and family

so that, together, you can find things you can enjoy more.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Problems at home will lead to unex-

pected changes to the way you live life.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22): Success is in your heart if you stick to

your good plans.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21): Show more confidence and com-

mitment which will bring you happiness and good fortune.

Medasia Rohan

Staff Reporter

Horoscopes

Book Review Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is an intense story of how Sterling’s

high school becomes a war zone. Peter Houghton has been bullied for

years and now he has snapped. His old friend, Josie Cormier, was

spared, and now she is left to wonder with the rest of the town. Her

mother resides over the case and focuses on work more than her

home life. Everything changes in only a matter of nineteen minutes.

This is a beautifully written and touching book that I would

recommend to every book fanatic.

Deanna Williams

Staff Reporter

Movie Review This months movie review is a Netflix classic. Death-row guard

Paul Edgecomb and his kind-hearted colleagues on E block’s

Green Mile have their routine disrupted by new inmates, a

friendly mouse, a maliciously unprofessional coworker, and a

series of supernatural events. The Green Mile tells several hu-

man stories, all of them touched by E block’s new tenant, John

Coffey, a hulking black man accused of killing twin girls. The

more his captors get to know this gentle giant, the more they’re

convinced of his innocence. John soon displays a miraculous gift

of healing, creating internal conflict for the men who must over-

see his execution.

I give this movie a five out of five stars because it is tear jerk-

ing and emotional. It is a great movie to watch on Netflix or Am-

azon. You will see things each time you watch it that you

missed the first time you saw it.

Max Blankenship

Staff reporter

Counselor Corner

Jan. 24th - WTC Revisits (make sure you have your application sent in)

Feb. 1st - Dennis McRee @ BF-DC to administer the 9th Interest Inventory Test

Feb. 21st - Academic Banquet (information will be going out soon)

Zakkary Glass

Staff Reporter

Buy a BesoGram January 30th—February 10th Delivered on February 14th

for Your Sweetie and Your Friends!!! Sold and delivered only at the high school

By the Spanish Club Members

BF-DC School Libraries

Extended Hours

Will Rogers Library

is open until 7:00 pm on Tuesdays.

JH/HS Library

is open until 7:00 pm on Thursdays.

Check out books, complete homework, use computers,

take AR test, and have fun!!!!!!!!

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FCA Valentine Party Fellowship of Christian

Athletes will be hosting a

dirty cupid gift exchange for

all FCA members. Members

that will be attending the

party will need to buy a gift

for $10 or less and also

need to bring a finger food.

The FCA Valentine Party will

be at 6:30 on Monday Feb-

ruary 20th in Mrs. Lyle’s

kitchen. Members will need

to turn their $13 in for the

Dodgers game in Oklahoma

City by March 1st. The mem-

bers will be going to the

game sometime in April.

Anyone still wanting to join

FCA needs to pay their $20

by February 1st.

Tamika Price

Staff reporter

Powerlifting Kicks Off Season

The HS powerlifting team

will kick off their season by

going to Temple on Friday,

January 20th. The boys on

the team have been work-

ing hard. Their coach and

fans are positive they will

glide to victory.

The JH powerlifting team

started their season on Jan-

uary 19th at Temple. Sever-

al of the boys placed in the

competition. Caden Wil-

liams placed 3rd, Jimmy

Jackson placed 2nd, Carlos

Rivera placed 1st, Andrew

Moore placed 2nd, Bryce

Grimaldo placed 2nd, Clay-

ton Jones placed 3rd. Their

next meet is at Anadarko on

February 2nd.

Cameron Carter

Staff Reporter

Band and Vocal Practicing Hard The beginning of the sec-

ond semester has begun!

Ms. Glover has started Jazz

Band this year with practic-

es on Thursday’s. She says

they are looking forward to

preforming in small events,

and has high expectations

for moving to bigger events

in the future. Her choir class

has begun putting together

the Spring Program music.

The class has been practic-

ing Tshotsholoza, the catchy

South African anthem, and

the students are all doing

spectacular so far. Ms. Glov-

er will soon be opening try

outs for female groups to

have a chance to sing their

own choice of music as

well. So far the semester is

going very well for the mu-

sic department.

Deanna Williams

Staff Reporter

Junior Girls Basketball

The junior high girls’ bas-

ketball played against Ho-

bart at the Junior High

Homecoming on December

15th. The girls played a very

good game and won 35 to

20. Their next game was

against Arapaho-Butler in

the West Central Tourna-

ment. Sadly the girls lost 8

to 23. The rest of the teams

West Central Tournament

games were cancelled due

to weather conditions. The

girls will play their next

game on January 23rd

against Hollis at Hollis.

Max Blankenship

Staff Reporter

JH Boys

Basketball

The junior high boy’s

homecoming match up

against Hobart was a real

nail biter. Thankfully the

Eagles came out victorious

with a win against Hobart

with the score of 39 to 37.

The boys then played Arapa-

ho-Butler at the West Cen-

tral Tournament on January

12th. The played a very hard

fought game but lost 29 to

37. They will play against

Hollis on January 23rd at

Hollis.

Max Blankenship

Staff Reporter

5th & 6th Basketball

The Burns Flat-Dill City 5th

and 6th grade boys and girls

played at Sayre on January

5th. The Girls played a hard

game, but ended up losing

8-18. The boys played a

great game and came away

with the victory, 31-7. The

boys and girls are doing a

good job representing the

BF-DC schools, and should

keep up the good work.

Josh Mulkey

Staff Reporter

Freshmen News The freshmen are learning

about the equations of lines

in math. In English they are

writing compare and con-

trast essays. They are learn-

ing about thermal energy in

their science classes. In Ok-

lahoma history they are

learning the geography of

Oklahoma. In art they are

doing projects over one-

point perspective.

Jordan Mason, Allie Dixon,

and Robert Rush are going

to Elgin, OK to attend a

speech workshop.

Medasia Rohan

Staff Reporter

4-H News The senior 4-H members

held a meeting and at the

meeting, they learned about

the Ronald McDonald House

located in Oklahoma City

near Children’s Hospital.

They also talked about up-

coming event. The Sr. 4-H

group is collecting dona-

tions for the Ronald McDon-

ald House. Everyone that

makes a donation to the

Ronald McDonald House

will receive a coupon for

McDonalds. Please see a 4-

H member to donate.

Makia Maxey

4H reporter

Desiree Standridge

Staff reporter

BF-DC FFA Thanks Their Sponsors

The Burns Flat–Dill City

FFA Chapter would like to

thank the gracious sponsors

for their continued and nev-

er faulting support of the

annual Burns Flat-Dill City

Labor Auction. Without the

lending hands of the spon-

sors, the BF-DC FFA Chapter

would be unable to compete

and represent the towns

and communities of Burns

Flat and Dill City on a State

and National level.

The gold star sponsors are:

Great Plains Bank, Larry

Clark, Washita State Bank,

Candice and Darren Bond,

Wayne Walters, Garlene

Thomas, Great Plains Bank

– Sayre, Mark West, Jason

and Krystle Uecke, Ron

Hughes, Farmers CO-OP

Exchange – Burns Flat, Don-

ald Webb, 5G Storage, Leo

Georinger, Ronni McKee,

First National Bank – Elk

City, Jason Powers, Jesse

Howell, Joanna Mooney, Lan

-Mic Auction, Caves Reality,

and Bank of Western Okla-

homa.

The Burns Flat-Dill City

FFA Chapter would not be

possible without the gener-

ous sponsors; the contribu-

tions made to the chapter

will help the students better

themselves for future con-

tests, shows, and activities.

The BF-DC FFA students

hope to see everyone again

next year!

Kelsey McSperitt

Burns Flat–Dill City FFA

Chapter Reporter

Deanna Williams

Staff Reporter

6th Grade News

In math class the sixth graders are working on Al-pha plus on the iPads. In reading they are working on book reports and are mak-ing newspapers. In English they are working on hy-phens. In science they are studying matter and objects and in social studies they are making a map on Cana-da. Trayon Hill Staff Reporter

7th Grade News

The seventh grade stu-

dents in math class are

working on ordered pairs. In

English they are working on

reading prepositions. In sci-

ence class they are working

on Newton’s laws. In geogra-

phy they are learning about

Europe and in art class they

working on the vanishing

point.

Jeff Hedrick was a special

visitor in the seventh grade

communication classroom.

He discussed his profession

as a game warden.

Trayon Hill

Staff reporter

8th Grade News In Mr. Foley’s history class

the eight grade students are

learning about the war of

1812. In Mr. Knapp’s sci-

ence class they are finishing

their study of cells. In Mrs.

Bonds they are learning

about the point of view and

prepositions. In Mrs. Bonds

ACE class they are reading

“A Day No Pigs Would Die.”

In Mrs. Roskam’s math

class they are learning

about slope. They are also

getting ready for the spring

concert in Ms. Glover’s

class.

Trayon Hill

Staff Reporter

High School Girls Basketball The high school girls’ bas-

ketball team has had a

rough season so far. They

have only won one of their

last 5 games. The girls are

practicing and playing hard

but the tide seems to go

against them. They lost to

Sentinel on December 16th

with a score of 13 to 48.

They played Sayre on Janu-

ary 3rd and lost with a score

of 33 to 56. Their next

game was at the Seiling

Tournament on January 5th

and they lost to Navajo 16

to 62. They played Seiling

in the Seiling Tournament

and won with a score of 37

to 27. Their last game was

against Navajo on January

10th and sadly they lost 29

to 62. The girls are not giv-

ing up and are still working

hard. They will be playing in

the West Central Tourna-

ment January 20th and 21st.

Please be sure to go to the

games and cheer the Lady

Eagles to a victory.

Max Blankenship

Staff Reporter

High School Boys Basketball Ranked 20th in Class A The high boys’ basketball team has been playing some great basketball this season. They played Senti-nel on December 16th and came away with a win of 53 to 23. The boys worked Sayre over on January 3rd with a score of 86 to 34. They played in the Seiling Tournament on January 5th and 7th winning both of their games. They beat Canton 57 to 35 and Cimarron 60 to 48. Due to weather clos-ing they missed a game but still brought home the 3rd

place trophy. They played Navajo on January 10th and brought home another win with the score of 51 to 31. They are playing in the West Central Tournament on Jan-uary 20th and 21st. The boys are currently ranked 20th in Class A. They are playing great and are very proud of being ranked for the first time in many year. Go Eagles keep up the good work. Max Blankenship Staff Reporter