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October 25, 2011 ISSUE 2 COUGAR COURIER H N Entertainment Short Story Haunted Attractions Crossword Movie Reviews Features: is or at Mystery Story Superstitions Costumes Recipe Sports: Tennis Soſtball Sport Shorts News Horror Effects Spirit Week News Staff What’sInside News...................1-2 Entertainment...3-4 Features..............5-6 Sports.................7-8 Horror movie effects Second Annual North Harrison Cheerleaders hosted their second annual chili-cook off on Thursday, October 13th. The cheerleaders do this as a fundraiser for their team, but more importantly to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Twenty- five percent of their earnings goes to- wards this cause. The cheerleaders originally started the chili cook-off to replace their Fall Mini-Cheer Clinic. The cook-off has benefited the cheerleaders more financially. How- ever, they still have their winter cheer clinic. This year the cheerleaders had twenty-five pots of chili entered into the contest by their friends and fam- ily. With that many participants, there was a broad range of choices from white chili, to spicy chili, to your basic regular chili. Last year there were three judges that went around and tasted each and every chili. However, this year the changed their judging style. They set out a basket Halloween Just as Halloween starts rolling around each year, things seem to get a little out of the ordinary. One would think with all the pranks going on, police cars would flood the local areas look- ing for Halloween related trouble. However, according to Harrison County police, they do not increase patrols at all. Trees may ap- pear to be covered in toilet paper, yards may have thousands of forks sticking out of them, or the word around school might be people trying to find out who egged their house the night before. “As little fun it is to get toilet papered and my car saran wrapped, it is so worth it to get the people back,” said senior Sydney Taylor. However, not all Halloween pranks are worth it. The popular mailbox smashing has the ability to lead people into a good amount of trouble. Considering mail- boxes are federal property, it is no doubt a federal crime. Not only are the ones who com- mit the crime in charge of making repairs to the dam- ages they make, but they are likely to have charges filed against them also. Although there is a fine line between committing a crime and pulling a harm- less Halloween prank, many people enjoy a little Hallow- een mischief. Whatever mis- chief you may end up getting into this Halloween, be care- ful and don’t get caught. Photo by Macy Allgeier A random house, spotted by students on the way to the Regional Cross Country meet, that had been toliet papered during the hal- loween season. Cougar Royalty Photo by Mary Grace Gehm On September 30th, 2011, North Harrison High School had a football game against Silver Creek. It was a beautiful day for Fall Homecoming to be announced. All twelve candidates walked out with palpitating hearts and butterflies in their stomachs to await who would be pronounced King and Queen. Last Year’s winner, Mallory Allgeier, walked out to turn over the throne to Dan Book and her sister, Macy Allgeier. The team topped off the great night with an exhilarating victory. With the season of Fall comes Halloween, and with Halloween comes all things scary. Peoples’ favorite pastimes during the Fall season are going to haunted houses and watching scary movies. Many people do not actually understand why certain things happen to them when they are scared. When asked what she has experienced by watching a scary movie, freshman Hollie Yocum said “It made me hyper!...you know adrenaline.” She was right-on with her response. When asked how scary things affected them, Sophomore Kristina Riddle said “my heart rate was definitely racing” and Fresh- man Jon VanFleet said he gets “sweaty palms.” Mischief Chili Cook-Off See HORROR EFFECTS on Pg. 2A Rachel Watts News Writer Macy Allgeier News Editor See COOK-OFF on pg. 2A

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October 25, 2011ISSUE 2

COUGAR COURIERHN

Entertainment• ShortStory•HauntedAttractions•Crossword•MovieReviews

Features:• ThisorThat• MysteryStory• Superstitions• Costumes• Recipe

Sports:• Tennis• Softball• SportShorts

News• HorrorEffects• SpiritWeek• NewsStaff

What’sInsideNews...................1-2Entertainment...3-4Features..............5-6Sports.................7-8

Horror movie effectsSecond Annual

North Harrison Cheerleaders hosted their second annual chili-cook off on Thursday, October 13th. The cheerleaders do this as a fundraiser for their team, but more importantly to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Twenty-five percent of their earnings goes to-wards this cause. The cheerleaders originally started the chili cook-off to replace their Fall Mini-Cheer Clinic. The cook-off has benefited the cheerleaders more

financially. How-ever, they still have their winter cheer clinic. This year the cheerleaders had twenty-five pots of chili entered into the contest by their friends and fam-ily. With that many participants, there was a broad range of choices from white chili, to spicy chili, to your basic regular chili. Last year there were three judges that went around and tasted each and every chili. However, this year the changed their judging style. They set out a basket

Halloween

Just as Halloween starts rolling around each year, things seem to get a little out of the ordinary. One would think with all the pranks going on, police cars would flood the local areas look-ing for Halloween related trouble. However, according to Harrison County police, they do not increase patrols at all. Trees may ap-pear to be covered in toilet paper, yards may have

thousands of forks sticking out of them, or the word around school might be people trying to find out who egged their house the night before. “As little fun it is to get toilet papered and my car saran wrapped, it is so worth it to get the people back,” said senior Sydney Taylor. However, not all Halloween pranks are worth it. The popular mailbox smashing has the ability to lead people into a good amount of trouble. Considering mail-boxes are federal

property, it is no doubt a federal crime. Not only are the ones who com-mit the crime in charge of making repairs to the dam-ages they make, but they are likely to have charges filed against them also. Although there is a fine line between committing a crime and pulling a harm-less Halloween prank, many people enjoy a little Hallow-een mischief. Whatever mis-chief you may end up getting into this Halloween, be care-ful and don’t get caught.

PhotobyMacyAllgeierA random house, spotted by students on the way to the Regional Cross Country meet, that had been toliet papered during the hal-loween season.

Cougar Royalty

PhotobyMaryGraceGehm

On September 30th, 2011, North Harrison High School had a football game against Silver Creek. It was a beautiful day for Fall Homecoming to be announced. All twelve candidates walked out with palpitating hearts and butterflies in their stomachs to await who would be pronounced King and Queen. Last Year’s winner, Mallory Allgeier, walked out to turn over the throne to Dan Book and her sister, Macy Allgeier. The team topped off the great night with an exhilarating victory.

With the season of Fall comes Halloween, and with Halloween comes all things scary. Peoples’ favorite pastimes during the Fall season are going to haunted houses and watching scary movies. Many people do not actually understand why certain things happen to them when they are scared. When asked what she has experienced by watching a scary movie, freshman Hollie Yocum said “It made me hyper!...you know adrenaline.” She was right-on with her response. When asked how scary things affected them, Sophomore Kristina Riddle said “my heart rate was definitely racing” and Fresh-man Jon VanFleet said he gets “sweaty palms.”

Mischief

Chili Cook-Off

SeeHORROREFFECTSonPg.2A

Rachel Watts

News Writer

Macy Allgeier

News Editor

SeeCOOK-OFF onpg.2A

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infront of each chili and people donated change, dollars, whatever they had on them to vote. At the end of the night, Maggie Wenning came out with the most money. She won $100, a trophy, and a t-shirt. Chili wasn’t the only thing the cheerleaders had to offer. They had seven baskets they were auctioning off throughout the night: date night/family fun night basket, glamorous #1 basket, glam-orous #2 basket, kitchen basket, sea-sonal basket, blue

and white basket, sports basket, and a Flip C basket. Aside from the basket auction, the cheerleaders also

offered a bouncer dontated by Rent-A-Tent. Rent-A-Tent graciously dontated a bouncer

coupon into the auction as well. It cost $1 to bounce, and once you paid, you were stamped on the hand and

able to bounce the entire night if you pleased. There was a steady crowd all

Cougars go crazy during spirit week

In the last week of September, North Harrison held “spirit week”. For many, it is an enjoyable way to come to school all week. Monday started the chaos with neon day, and the rest of the week continued with redneck day, twin day, dress like a teacher day, and blue and white day for the Homecom-

ing game. Many students showed up at school with some of their most creative attire. The objec-tive for spirit week is to see which class has the most participants in the dress up days. Each class is rewarded points for the number of people they had take part in dress-ing up throughout the week. Seniors came in first, fol-lowed by the fresh-

man, sophomores, and then juniors. Also, to get into the spirit of Home-coming, each class took pride in deco-rating a shopping cart as a float to carry the Home-coming court on. Just like spirit week, class competition points were re-warded to the class that had the most participants help in decorating and de-signing their float. A pep rally was held at the end of

PhotobyRachelWattsleft to right, freshmen Alex Silva, ashton bosler, Alison SIeg, and hayley elliot, work-ing on theri shopping cart.

HORROREFFECTSnight from the biddy ball team across the hall, football players and cross country runners coming after their practice, and family making a special trip to Ramsey to support their team. The Cheerleaders raised $1700 at this event and was able to donate $500 to the American Can-cer Society. “The squad was defi-nitely more involved this year than last year,” said assis-tant coach, Kimmy Voyles. As to last year, she took on a lot of the projects by herself.

North Harrison High School has added three new members to the staff this year. We all would like to welcome Mrs. Martha Tillquist, Mrs. Stephanie Richardson, and Mr. Greg Burton. Mrs. Til-lquist took the place of Mrs. Lincoln this school year. She now teaches Algebra I, Al-gebra II, and Geometry. She is a high school gradu-ate from New Albany High School. She has taught high school and university level Math, as well as German. She was also a professor at Indiana University South-east. Since becom-ing a staff member at North Harrison, she is involved in Student Council

and Renaissance. “I like how the students here are interested and will-ing to work and I love how the school dance here is The Wop,” Mrs. Tillquist said.

We have also added Mrs. Stepha-nie Richardson to the staff. She replaced Mr. Hal Pearson, who is now the new athletic director. Mrs. Richardson

is teaching fresh-men English. She is a high school graduate from Corydon Central High School and a college graduate from Indiana Uni-versity Southeast.

This is her second year of teaching English. Her first year of teach-ing, she taught at Charlestown High School. There she taught all grade levels of English. At

North Harrison, she is now the fresh-man class sponsor and the new drama director. “I really like teaching at North Harrison and being the drama director. I

also like being back in Harrison County,” said Mrs. Richard-son. Mr. Greg Burton is another new ad-dition to the staff, taking the place of Mrs. Alexan-

der. He is also the new head football coach. He teaches Special Education, and helps in Al-gebra, Earth Sci-ence, and Intro to Agriculture. He also teaches one Alge-

bra class, one Adult Skills class, and helps tutor a Study Hall class. He graduated from Edinburgh High School in 1988. He went to Franklin College for

two years where he played football and baseball. He then went to IUPUI to finish his Bachelors degree where he also played base-ball. He continued on to receive his

Masters de-gree in Exer-cise Science from Indiana University. Last year was his first year teaching high school. He taught Special Education at Bourbon County High School in Paris, Ken-tucky. He previously taught at the college level in the School of Special Education. This is his 12th year coaching

high school foot-ball, and his 1st as head coach. He had previously coached at Edinburgh, Madison, Trimble County, and Bour-bon County.

Mrs. Tillquist Mrs. Richardson Mr. Burton

the school day on Friday, and two members from the Homecoming court were pushed on each float. “It made being on the home-coming court much more exciting,” said senior Josh Guy. Each float was judged for its looks and creativity which also fell into the class competition. Juniors came out with first place fol-lowed by the soph-omores, freshman, and then seniors.

as a high. These adrenal glands also release epinephrine and nor epinephrine which cause the heart rate to speed up, palms to become sweaty, and breathing to become much heavier. All these adrenal reactions blend together to create a fun, terrify-ing, and enjoyable experience. Unless, of course, you don’t like being scared, like Genna Brock, who said “I don’t like feeling paranoid.” Then you might just end up peeing in your pants.

Ashlee Jones

News Writer

North Harrison’s psychology teacher, Mrs. Donnetta Reed stated that there are in fact, scientific reasons for these reactions. When a person gets scared wheth-er by their own doing or otherwise, the adrenal glands become more ac-tive. The adrenal glands are located above the kidneys and affect all parts of the human body. These glands release adrenalin to the body. When adrenalin kicks in it physically gives you a strong burst of energy, also known

Rachel Watts

News Writer

COOK-OFF

PhotobyKatieStevensSeniors jennifer wenning, Tiana Brown, Sophomore Jaclyn Swanson, and Freshman Sidney Gieselman take a break at the cook off.

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What’s your number?

In honor of halloween, I made a list of movies that go with the season. This list contains bone-chilling, creepy, movies, and funnier ones for those who prefer a good laugh.

Frightening Features: The Hills Have Eyes

Nightmare on Elm Street (original)The Shining

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (original TV movie)Wrong Turn

When a Stranger CallsDisturbiaSilent Hill

Friday the 13th (original)Frankenstein (original)

Funny Features:The Nightmare Before Christmas

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie BrownRocky Horror Picture Show

CasperGhostbusters

CoralineThe Haunted Mansion

Corpse BrideHocus Pocus

Kelsey Chinn

Entertainment Writer

“What’s Your Number?” is a new film starring Anna Farris and Chris Evans. In it, Ally (Faris) reads an article saying that a woman who has had more than twenty relationships will never find Mr. Right. Since Ally has already had

twenty relation-ships, this sends her in a major panic. She and her neighbor Co-lin (Evans) set off on a funny, and sometimes slightly disturbing, journey to locate all of her ex-boyfriends. She believes one of them has to be the

one she will spend the rest of her life with. I absolutely loved this movie because of how hilarious it was. Anna Faris and Chris Evans had amazing chem-istry, and their hu-mor was absolutely side-splitting. Sophomore Jenna

Kelsey Chinn

Entertainment Writer

Previtera said, “It was cute and funny.” My only complaint was that the end-ing of the movie was extremely predictable. Even with that, it was an excellent movie. It was very roman-tic, yet also very funny. It is rated

“R”, but language is the main reason. Overall, I believe this film is suitable for any high school student; however, it isn’t so suitable for anyone younger. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good laugh, or a fantastic romantic comedy.

Halloween Hysteria Playlist: October Screams Lindsey Hornickel Co-Editor-In-Chief

1. Thriller—Michael Jackson

2. Werewolves of London—Warren Zevon

3. Scary Monsters (Super Creeps)—David Bowie

4. This House is Haunted—Alice Cooper

5. Ghostbusters—Ray Parker Jr.

6. Monster Mash—Bobby Boris Pickett

7. Time Warp—Richard O’Brien

8. This is Halloween—Danny Elfman

9. Superstition—Stevie Wonder

10. Hungry like the Wolf—Duran Duran

Principal-- Kelly Simpson

Assistant Principal-- Steve Hatton

Advisor--Amber Sater

Co-Editors-In Chief--Brianne Pinnick--Lindsey Hornickel

News Editor--Macy Allgeier

News Staff--Becca Cassabella--Rachel Watts --Ashlee Jones

Co-Sports Editors--Jordan Robbeloth--Collin Book

Sports Staff--Josh Wenning--Regan Comer--Josh Guy--Bethany Wiley

Ads Editor--Cassie Wagner

Ads Staff--Brittany Burns--Peyton Harley--Kristen Mertz

Co-Features Editors--Lorraine Engleman--Rachel Bacher

Features Staff--Jessica Turner--Lexie Smith

Entertainment Editor--Taylor Washer

Entertainment Staff--Kelsey Chinn--Genna Brock

Co-Photo Editors--Carley Gancher--Mary Grace Gehm

Co-Film Editors--Fred Polen--Theo Cox

(c)Genna Brock

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Terror at fun farmthe Fun Farm is one of these places. Seniors Jamie Flock and Olivia Davis went with me to Terror at the fun farm. Before we embarked into the haunted house, the owner told us a few parting words. He informed us that there was a hand dryer in the girls’ restroom and that they considered it an honor if we hap-pened to wet our-selves. With those words in mind, we walked through the 25-foot skull that

was the entrance to the haunted house and put on the 3D glasses they pro-vided us. Artwork covered the walls which served to distract us from the spooks lurking about. The first one to scare us was an evil looking clown; he was also the second person to frighten us. A few other ghouls jumped out at us be-fore the clown came back. However, he did not disappear this time; instead, he stalked Jamie,

Halloween is the time of year for sweets and scary situations. The best

places for sweets are Wal-Mart and other general stores. As for scary situations, there are numerous places from which to choose. Terror at

Photo by Taylor WasherScared seniors Jamie Flock and Olivia Davis.

Taylor Washer

Entertainment Editor

which was hilari-ous. After a half an hour of darkness, we emerged into the moonlight of safety. We then had to wait about ten min-utes for the workers to get set up in the corn maze. Once they were ready, we entered with only the moonlight to guide us. One of the people in another group used his cell phone to light the way, which was nice. Throughout the maze, chainsaw murderers and

paintball wielding Jasons would jump out at us. Death tended to follow us around a lot. Even Jamie’s stalker clown came back. After a half hour, we made it out. Terror at the Fun Farm was extremely fun and scary. It was a great way to spend an hour and $15. Terror at the Fun Farm is located on Brekenridge Road in Corydon, and is open every Friday and Saturday in October from 8 PM to 11 PM.

New CBS Drama:A Gifted Man

Every fall, adults and youth alike look forward to premiers of fresh new storylines to follow on their flat screens. One such new series, A Gifted Man, has recently aired on CBS with a likeness and familiarity to past shows, but with a new twist. Michael Holt, with all of his talent as a surgeon, has be-come greatly self-revolving after the death of his ex-wife, Anna. Luckily, Michael’s sister isn’t at all disturbed by this supernatural occurrence, and thus grants Michael the title of being a gifted man. The theme of this new series is geared mainly towards the elder generation rather than the youth. The series would prove much more interesting to our age group if it were aimed toward being more comical.

Genna BrockEntertainment Writer

What’s Your Story?

Complete the following story from your own perspective, and let your own voice come through! Email your response to newspaper.nhcs.k12.in.us, or give directly to Genna Brock. We look forward to seeing the best one printed in our next issue!

Genna Brock

Entertainment Writer

The stage curtains have been pulled closed, and now I must establish my composure in the darkness. Only a thin sheet of light breaks underneath the heavy veil, only enough to notice how fiercely my legs are trem-bling. As my senses perk when the director steps onto the floor, testing the microphone for volume and clarity. His voice seems hurried, an echo carrying across the floor until the adjustment of it reaches perfection. Everyone hurries around in such a frenzy, but my nerves fight to remain as stable as possible. I begin to hear the voices of the beginnings of a crowd as they filter in on the other side of the sheets of starless mid-night, and my resolve builds like an anthill; it towers, though it remains fragile and broken with a single kick. The crowd’s whispers warp into an anticipating mass of impatient buzzing, whilst my pulse races like a thunderous thoroughbred’s. And, just as the room quiets, like a vacated hornets’ nest, I give a final sigh of preparedness, ready to raise my voice. The curtain retreats, and from the corner, out of view, I feel the rush of cool air as the dark fabric drifts back to reveal the director. He addresses the audience with a brief welcoming, being followed by the crowd’s energized applause. In the midst of clapping, I hear cheers and whistles as the director calls my name so proudly as a trumpeter, encouraging me to appear before the innumerable faces looking up to the lights. The incredible presence of ignorant souls drives me to the point of never turning back, as I take my first few steps into magnificent glory. My primal instinct to release my voice has overcome me, and my purpose now beckons me closer to a light of a different kind...

Prostitution, adultery, and murder: all of these things occurred in Corydon, Indiana. 363 days out of the year, we pretend that our small town is innocent and pure. The other 2 days we come together, and embrace our unsavory past with bad acting, and fake gunfire. Even though Corydon’s Unsavory Past is known to be tame enough for a toddler, I was too afraid to go by myself. Naturally, I enlisted the help of my fearless friend, Devan Hope Smith. We walked like giggling girls from reenactment to reenactment, laughing at the poorly constructed costumes and terrible, butt funny, jokes told by volunteers. We watched a young woman being hanged, and a creepy guy get axed in the back. Not to mention the free candy and flashlights we were given. “The actors did a great job!” exclaimed very excited sophomore Devan Smith. Looking back, I realize there were some flaws in the performance. The actors were not necessarily Oscar worthy, and sure, I may have been able to tell that the hang man was wearing Vans, but who cares? In the end, the crummy jokes didn’t even matter. We had a fantastic time. We were always entertained, and I would be lying if I said that the sudden gunfire didn’t make me want to run to my mommy.

Corydon’s Unsavory PastLindsey Hornickel

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Suburgatory tells the story of a teenage girl, Tessa, whose father, George, moves them from the middle of Manhat-tan to the suburbs. The move is quite a culture shock for both George and Tessa with its lack of noise, nosy neighbors, manda-tory barbecues, and

lawn watering. The reason for the move was because George, an overprotective single dad, felt the suburbs would be a better place to raise her. Tessa, on the other hand, rejects the lifestyle and rebels against it un-til she realizes that her fight to move back to Manhattan is futile. Despite resign-ing herself to the

suburban life, Tessa keeps her distance from the suburban-ites because she believes herself to be superior to them. She continuously mocks them; her mocking paired with the show’s satirical view of the suburbs makes for a very humorous show. Suburgatory airs every Wednesday night at 8:30 on ABC (channel 11).

Taylor Washer

Entertainment Editor

Suburgatory on ABC

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Send features ideas toRachel Bacher & Lorraine Engle-man at [email protected]

Mexican food: it’s the type of food that almost every American teenager is in love with. But where can you find real Mexican food in Harrison County? El Nopal and El Nopalito, of course! For this is-sue of This or That, I decided to figure out which one was the overall better restaurant! First, I went to El Nopal. Luckily, it only took a minute to seat us. After ordering our drinks

and our meals, we were finally given chips and salsa. It took about ten min-utes to bring out our delicious-looking food. The food was mouth-watering, and I was savoring each bite! The next night we walked into El Nopalito and were seated right away. Our drink orders were taken while chips and salsa were brought out. After ordering something different this time, I looked around the restau-rant and noticed Mexican culture decorations. When our food came, I could smell it as soon as it came out of the door.

What scares you the most?

Kayla Clunie“An animal, or just like, a thing that can happen to you”

Shane Krekel

“Uh, librarians”

Mr. Shiner“Freshmen”

Sydney Ganote“People. Or ghosts. Ghosts are scary”

DeAnna Collins“My biggest fear is vomit”

The taco salad and quesadillas looked so amazing. After the server came back with more drinks and chips and salsa, our check was placed in front of us. Our server came back, took the bill, and within minutes he was back with the change. I was very happy with the meal, the service, and the prices. I would recom-mend both, but El Nopalito especially. El Nopal took a few extra service minutes, but noth-ing major. El No-palito was amazing, hands down. It was better decorated and the food was overall my choice.

Lexie Smith

Features Writer

Rachel BacherCo-Features Editor

The horror of Waverly Hillsbuilt in 1926 and could hold four hun-dred people. It was known to be one of the most modern and well advanced hospitals. Tuberculosis patients had to be isolated from other people, so they were sent to Waverly. The only ways known to cure the disease was plenty of rest and fresh air. They were propped up in beds and were placed in rooms with big windows that had no glass in them. No matter what weather came, they were always in front of open windows or outside. The sun’s UVB rays were also thought to heal TB. Patients were placed on the roof and laid out all day to absorb the harsh sunlight. Experiments

were also used in treating TB, but were dangerous and rarely worked. Pneumothorax was used in a lot of patients. This was when doctors would deflate all or a portion of the lung so that it could heal. Thoracoplasty was also very com-mon. Doctors would surgically remove two or three ribs at a time so there was more room for the lungs to expand. This was usually re-peated two or three times until almost the whole rib was removed. Life at Waverly wasn’t all that bad. Patients usu-ally learned useful skills and hobbies to pass the time. Some learned to weave baskets, make brooms, and sew. They would also read, take

walks, listen to the radio, or just chat with other patients. Children would play ball with each other and play on the rooftops or outside in the courtyard. Unfortunately, thousands of peo-ple died at Waverly. The estimates have been as high as 64,000. Lots of peo-ple walked through the entrance doors, but very few walked through them to leave. The ones that died were sent down what was called the body chute. This was done so the other patients wouldn’t see how many were dying and also to keep them sane. Antibiotics came out in the 1950s, and TB was nearly gone. Such a big place was not needed for TB patients, so the

Many of you have heard of or been to Waverly Hills Sanatorium before, but do you know what lies beneath the walls of that hospital? I decided to do a little digging for you all. Waverly Hills was actually named af-ter Lizzie Lee Harris in the late 1800’s. The name stuck and it’s still known as that today. Tuberculosis was starting its huge outbreak, so the first sanatorium was built as a two story building only capable of holding forty to fifty patients at a time. They had over 120 patients before they realized they needed a big-ger place. The sanatorium we know today was

sanatorium was shut down in 1961. It reopened in 1962 as Woodhaven Ge-riatrics Sanitarium. It was said that the patients were mis-treated and awful experiments were conducted there. It was shut down twenty years later. The land was shifted to various owners for years until 2001. It has been shown in nu-merous TV shows and used as many things, such as a haunted house. There are many known hauntings in Waverly Hills, but that’s a whole other story itself. Now that you know the his-tory behind Waverly Hills Sanatorium, it’s time to hitch a ride down there and see the place for yourself (if you’re up for it)!

Rachel BacherCo-Features Editor

Let us know! Which is your favorite: El Nopal or El No-palito? Email us at [email protected] or give the editors (Rachel Bacher or Lorraine Engleman) your opinion for next month’s paper!

El Nopal vs. El Nopalito

Knock on woodunlucky because Judas was the thir-teenth guest at the Last Supper, and Christ was cruci-fied on a Friday. Put these two together, and it makes for one day full of bad luck. Another com-mon superstition is that breaking a mirror will give you seven years of bad luck. People used to believe that a mirror was like a reflection of one’s soul. By breaking a mirror, you caused damage to your soul. Superstitions aren’t all about bad

Photo by Mary Grace Gehm

luck; I’m sure every-one has searched for a four-leaf clover at some point. It is widely believed that finding a four-leaf clover brings you tremendous luck because during the pagan period, Celtic priests declared them to be charms capable of protect-

ing people against malevolent spirits. There are even superstitions that cancel out other superstitions. Ever say something good will hap-pen, then knock on wood? This is one common thing people do that they believe will elimi-

nate bad luck. Whether you believe in super-stitions or not is your own personal decision. But the next time you are having an unlucky day, think about whether or not you have done anything recently that could have caused it!

Carley GancherReporter

We’ve all heard at least one super-stition in our lives. “Don’t open an um-brella indoors; you’ll get bad luck,” and “don’t walk under-neath open lad-ders” are some of the most common, but have you ever wondered where these superstitions came from? Most super-stitions actually have religious or Mythological backgrounds. For instance, many people believe that Friday the 13th is

Sophomore Rachel Bacher tempts fate by opening her umbrella indoors.

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cooking for dummies:monster cookies

If you are look-ing for a delicious, interesting, and portable fall treat, try some Monster Cookies! These cookies are oat-meal raisin, choco-late chip, peanut butter, and M&M cookies all rolled into one. Make them small or make them monster-sized – they’re all good!

Ingredients:3 eggs1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar1 cup granulated sugar1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 12-ounce jar creamy peanut butter1 stick butter, soft-ened1/2 cup M&M Can-dies1/2 cup chocolate chips1/4 cup raisins,

optional2 teaspoons baking soda4 1/2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a very large mixing bowl, com-bine the eggs and sugars. Mix well. Add the salt, va-nilla, peanut butter, and butter and mix. Stir in the M&Ms, chocolate chips, rai-sins, baking soda,

Photo by Mary Grace Gehm

and oatmeal. Drop by table-spoons 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not overbake. Let stand for about 3 minutes

before transfer-ring to wire racks to cool. Store in a sealed container, and enjoy!

The Mystery of the Disgusting Dish

Photo by Mary Grace Gehm

Creative costume ideasand blow them)The opposite sex (boy be a girl/girl be a boy)

Group Ideas:The BeatlesNa’vi (The people from Avatar)Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesPower RangersKiss (or just any band)GhostbustersRobin Hood and Little JohnConjoined twinsThe Three Muska-teersM&MsCrayonsGirl Scout CookiesS’moresThe SmurfsPB & J

Are high school students too old to dress up for Halloween?

Peyton Harley said:

“I’m go-ing to be a motorcycle racer.”

Yes No15 110What are you going to be for Halloween?

Lorraine EnglemanCo-Features Editor

Carley GancherCo-Photo Editor

Mary Grace GehmCo-Photo Editor

Mary Grace Gehm

Co-Photo Editor

I’ll be honest with you all—when I first heard the house we just moved into was “haunted”, I made a sound similar to a snort. Apparently it had burned to the ground, been rebuilt by a wack-job who had murdered the toilet repair man, and ever since then it had been haunt-ed. If I valued my life, I’d move out, said the stranger on the bus. “Not that I don’t value my life, but I’ll tell you what: I’ll watch for ghosts; you keep an eye out for leprechauns.

Sound cool to you?” “I’m serious!” the girl exclaimed, “I’m Lucy, and I live next door. Even the crows know it’s haunted. That creeper used to shoot clay pigeons and then when he hit crows by acci-dent he’d stuff them and hang them on his living room wall. There’s still a whole horde of crows that watches the house today.” Finally! My house! I grabbed my bag and dashed down the aisle, forgetting everything she said. I was focusing on my daily snack of sugared food and a caffeinated beverage when my

mom came in and announced she was hosting a Hallow-een dinner party tomorrow. “I’m inviting all the local neigh-bors so we can get acquainted!” She needed me to pick up a dish at the china store, and apparently my dad couldn’t do it because he was fixing the holey rain gutter. The next day I walked to the china shop to pick up that dish, and I can honestly say it was the ugliest dish I’ve ever seen. I almost threw up in it. When I finally did get home, Dad was standing precari-

ously on a ladder fixing the gutter over the porch, and Mom was hanging cheap decorations. I asked my mom where the dish should go. “It’s not a dish, it’s a crystal serving tray imported from Brazil. Put it some-where in the light where it sparkles.” Oh, I put it some-where where it sparkled, alright. I left it right there on the porch ledge in the sun. That was plenty sparkly. “Watch this dish.” I said to my dad. An hour later the party started and I was ready to be ignored. Then that Lucy girl found me.

“So! Any signs of ghosts or sudden tragedies happened yet? Tell me every-thing. Tragedies especially.” she bubbled. I thought for a minute. “I got a zit right…. here.” I pointed to my chin. Saving me from more boring chit chat, my mom yelled for me to get the dish. Thank you, Mom! It was when I stood to reply was when the sound of breaking glass shattered the silence. Through the screen door I saw the dish… with a huge chip out of it. I said some words that should not be said at a

dinner party and my mom gaped at the dish, too upset for words. “Who did it?” I wiggled the handle, “the door was locked.” “I knew it! A ghost broke the dish!” Lucy shouted. I was about to deny it, but then again, if no one was outside to break it.... Assuming it wasn’t a ghost, do you know how the dish broke? How well were you pay-ing attention? Be the first to email the right answer into [email protected] and we’ll give you a coupon for a free big cookie on Big Cookie Friday!

Jessica Turner

Features Writer

Kristen Mertz said:

“I’m going to be Betty Boop.”

Sophomore mary grace gehm shows off her delicious monster cookies.

Here are some cre-ative costume ideas from the newspaper staff!

By Yourself:SuperheroWizardNative AmericanZombieFlo, the Progres-sive GirlPolice OfficerFacebook (write the word ‘book’ across your face.)PirateNinjaLeaf blower (hang leaves from a hat Sophomore carley Gancher has

found her Halloween costume

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Fall Events 2011:Varsity

Football:

The Cougars played their final game of the season against Charlestown this past Friday night. Congradu-late your seniors for all the hard work they exerted.

Varsity Volleyball:

The Lady Cats played their fiirst game of sectional on Thursday night, they lost to Brownstown in three games, congradulations to the ladys on a good season!

Cross Country:2011:

MSC Champs: Sectional Champs:Regional Champs:Semi State Champs

The Cougars ran in the semi-state meet this past Saturday. The boys varsity won semi-state, this is the second semi-state for NHXC in the last two years. Come support the boys and Ashton Bosler running at the state meet this Saturday.

Varsity Boys Basketball:

The Blue and White Scrimmage Game with the Cougars is on Novemeber 17 in the Middle School Gym at 6 p.m. The Cou-gars first game is on November 22nd at 6 p.m. at South Central High School.

Vasity Girls Basketball:

The girl’s first varsity game is on November 9th at 6 p.m. at home against the Lanesville Lady Eagles, come out to show your support for the Lady Cats along with their new coach, Coach Voyles.

Football season recap 2011 The North Harrison Cougar Football team ended their regular season with a record of 4-5. That is two more wins than they had last year. Coach Burton says,” I am pleased with the progress our team has made this season. We are continuing to improve day by day and week by week. I am happy that we have been able to win 4 games, but we are not satisfied as a team. We will continue to work hard to improve until the end of the season.” Senior Patrick Fonda says, “At times during the season it might not have gone as well as expected,

Girls practice hard for upcoming season

The Lady Cat basketball team welcomes Missy Voyles as their new head coach this year. “I’m excited to be back into athletics. It’s a lot of work, and I am blessed with experienced people around me. Alan Reed and Laura Shireman are both excel-lent coaches, and that will make the transition that much easier for me and the players,” Coach Voyles said. The girls are wel-coming to the new coach and all that she has to bring. Sophomore Ken-dra Lambert said,” A new coach brings in different things and I’m excited to see what’s in store for our team.” Last year the Lady Cats

had a decent sea-son, but they are looking to have a great one this year. “It’s hard to re-ally know what to expect at this point since I didn’t work with this group over the summer. I watched a few games last year, and I think there is some talent. There is a lot of experience and athleticism return-ing this year, so I would hope we can translate that into a successful year,” said Coach Volyes. Even though the season hasn’t started yet, every-one has their hearts set on winning sec-tional this year. Coach Voyles said “I’ve never gone into a season thinking I couldn’t win a sectional. I watched last year’s sectional, and I think we have as much talent as any-one else there.”

It’s safe to say the ladies will be working hard to fulfill all their hopes for this season. So come out to sup-

port your Lady Cats this season. Their first game is No-vember 9th against theLanesville Lady Eagles.

The Lady Cats aslo have a scim-mage game against the Paoli Rams on October 5th at 6 p.m. at home.

Power Buff/Puff ready to wreak havoc

Get ready to be excited! NHHS Power Puff/Power Buff starts October 26th at 6:30 and things are getting heated. First off is Powder Puff. This is when the girls play football, and Power Buff is when the boys play volleyball.

Then they duke it out with the opposite class in a tournament style game. It will be three dollars to get in both games. The first match will be freshman vs. juniors followed by seniors vs. sophomores, then the winners of the two matches will face off for first

place. The two losers will play for 3rd place for both games. The Prize for winning the event is class competition points that aid in going to Buffalo Trace at the end of the year to the class who has the most points. The class of 2012 has won three years

in a row and are going to be resilient in holding their winning streak. “We won’t let the seniors win they are going down, we are going to practice and get better at what we are doing” Said Sophomore Kendra Lambert, a coach for the Sophomore Power Buff team.

Everybody is gunning for the seniors to lose this year “Seniors are going to lose we are good and going to try and win” said junior Jacob Cundiff. Practice is starting and pressure is building and one class will win at the end of the day, but who

will it be? According to Guidance Councilor Kelli Stone, the seniors will be the biggest challenge, and are probably going to win because it is their last year. Come out on Wednesday to see some great athletes battle it out to the end!

but the team has improved all year and the program is going in the right direction.” Even with a great deal of injures including the QB, the Cougars have managed to have

a great deal of success this year. Coach Burton says,” Losing Wyatt was a big blow during the Eastern game. It is a game we could and should have won without the injuries

to him and Patrick Fonda. However, Derrick Harter has stepped in and done a tremendous job for us during the last 2 games.” Both of the running backs, Michael Cox and

Ryan Rennirt have contributed to that success by having big games all year. Michael Cox has had 200+ rushing yards in consecutive games and Ryan added 97 yards rushing during the Clarksville game. The next game on the Cougars schedule will be in sectionals against the Charlestown Pirates. The Cougars didn’t do very well in their first meeting against the Pirates losing 13-47, but the Cougars have won their last two out of three games heading into the post season. Editors Note: The Cougars ended their season this past Friday at sectional with a hard fought loss to the Charlestown Pirates.

The cougars march onto the field with arms locked on senior night in their victory against the Clarksville Generals.

Junior Megan Naegele practices her jump shot in preparation for the upcoming 2011 basketball season.

Josh Wenning

Sports Writer

Regan Comer

Sports Writer

Fred Polen

Film Editor

Photo by: Josh Wenning

Photo by Regan Comer

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Volleyball team goes 17-13

The volleyball team has had a great season with a winning record of 17-13. Coached by Wes Briscoe, the varsity team this year is well experi-enced with a total of 5 seniors: Hayley Renneker, Rebekah Stephenson, Amber Longest, Kelsey Stickler, and Emily Giles. They will all be greatly missed next year. Senior Rebekah Stephenson said, “Throughout the season our team has improved tremendously, and we work better as a team now than we ever have. We drew Brownstown first, so we will have a tough start, but I believe we have a good chance in winning section-

als.” The team has grown close this season and they will go out and play their hardest to fin-ish out the season. The team had their second annual Dig Pink game on

September 27th to support breast cancer awareness. The game was hosted at home against Corydon. The Lady Cats de-feated them in three games. Despite

the outcome of the game, both teams combined raised more than $1,000 by selling t-shirts and also by auc-tioning off the pink jerseys they played in that night.

The stands were all decked out in pink, along with the many fans. It was an overall success for cancer aware-ness. Coach Briscoe said, “The team this

year is doing well.” The Lady Cats lost their first game of sectional to a strong Brownstown team. Be sure to congratulate the ladies on a winning season.

Both North Har-rison cross country squads had good showings in the first two meets of the IHSAA state tourna-ment. The sec-tional and regional meets were held at

Crawford County High School. Teams must place in the top five to advance to the next meet, while individuals can ad-vance by finishing in the top fifteen. On the boy’s side, the team won both races by a great margin, winning

sectional by 63 points over New Albany and the regional meet by 77 points over Perry Central. Senior Johnnie Guy fin-ished first for the Cougars in both races, and also won both the Sectional and Regional titles. While pleased about winning both races, Johnnie was more excited about the upcoming meets.

“It’s awesome to win both sectional and regional, but the real test will be at semi-state. There’s tough com-petition individu-ally, but also on the team standpoint.”

In the sectional race Johnnie was followed by Junior Jonathan Reynolds and Senior Josh Guy, who finished second and third respectively. Se-nior Kyle Chesser

finished fifth, fol-lowed by Seniors Jason Head and Ryan Foster who finished seventh and ninth. The Cougars varsity squad was rounded out by Freshman Daniel Fleace, who finished twelfth. The Cougars ran well at the regional race, taking the top three spots as well as sixth, seventh, eighth, and elev-enth. They will advanced to the semi-state.

The girls also advanced to the regional race by fin-ishing third behind New Albany and Floyd Central, but failed to advance out of the regional, missing the fifth spot by a mere four points.

The Lady Cats were led by Fresh-man Ashton Bo-sler, who won both the sectional and

Regional races, as well as setting the regional record with a time of 19:00. In the regional, Freshmen Natalie Hollensead and Haylee Elliot fin-ished fifteenth and thirty-second. They were followed by sophomore Shelby Lindsey, freshman

Savannah Taylor, junior Abbey Stone, and Senior Sydney Taylor.

The Cougars also won semi-state and will advance to state with Ashton Bosler. The boys’ will race at 1:00, and Bosler will race at 1:45 on Saturday.

Cross Country Sectional and Regional

Boys basketball looking for successful season

The North Har-rison Boys Basket-ball team is looking forward to bouncing back fom last year. Senior Josh Wen-ning said, ”We are hoping to put up some quality wins this year, and get North Harrison Bas-ketball back to its winning tradition.”

The Cougars have have been lift-ing in the mornings, and have open gyms Tuesdays and Thrusdays at 3:30. Walters, returning for his third season as North Harrison’s head basketball coach, said, ”This year’s basketball team returns two of last years top scor-ers Collin Book and Cory Smith who both averaged eight

points a game. We have three return-ing seniors Josh Wenning, Collin Book, and Cody Morgan.” Practice and try-outs start No-vember 7th. The Blue White game is November 17th at the middle school at 6:00. Their first game is scheduled as November 22 vs the South Central Rebels.”

Senior Emily Giles blocks a spike from the Pekin offense.

Freshman Ashton Bosler dominates her op-ponents in her regional Victory.

Seniors Josh Guy and Kyle Chesser advance in their regional victory at Crawford.

Bethany Wiley

Film Editor

Josh GuySports Writer

Collin Book

Sports Editor

Seniors Kelsey Stickler, Emily Giles, Rebekah Stephenson, Hayley Ren-neker along with Sophomore Maddie JAnes assist in the victory.

Photo by Bethany Wiley Photos by Bethany Wiley

Photo by Josh Guy Photo by Becca Casabella

The boys varsity basketball team conditions for thier upcoming season

Photo by Collin Book