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FRIENDSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

BY BRITTANY EHLENEBECK

I think that they are very important to have so you have someone to tell your secrets to, and someone you can trust no matter what. You might get in fight but you will always have them. I asked some people if they thought that they were important. Here's what they said.

Ryan Thompson said "œYes they are important. Because you need them to have fun with, so you can help each other, to have parties, and do stupid things with and get it on video".

Kristy Clayton said "œYes they are important.".  She didn't really say why.

Brooke Bartmann said "Yes because if people didn't have friends or anyone in fact they could become very depressed and feel lonely for the rest of their lives. With friendships you always have someone there for you when you need someone to talk to".

Mrs. Niffen said "œYes, if you don'™t have friends you are lonely when you want someone to talk to."

If you have friendships don't let them go, because you might just have the best friends and have them for the rest of your life.

Trivia

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Weather for April 7^th- April 13^th 

Two atoms are walking down the street together.

 The first atom turns and says, "Hey, you just stole an electron from me!"

"Are you sure?" asks the second atom.

To which the first atom replies, "Yeah, I'm positive!"

By Brittany Ehlenbeck

By Ryan Thompson

FFA

The Winchester FFA Chapter attended a livestock judging contest April 5th at Western Illinois University Livestock Center.  The team of Kayla Moore, Cole Parker, Alex Rueter, Ben Fletcher, and Carter Slagle placed 19th out of 63 teams with a score of 2055. Kayla Moore had a score of 548 to place 27th individually. Cole Parker had 514 points. Alex Rueter had 481 points. Ben Fletcher had 512 points. Carter Slagle had 474 points.

By Rachel Sellers

The Winchester FFA Chapter attended livestock judging on April 16th at the Western Illinois Fairgrounds. The varsity team placed 5th out of teams with Noah Sellars placing 1st overall. The Greenhand team placed 8th overall with Ethan Hartley placing 9th overall. 

By Rachel Sellers

Library Trivia

This is National Library Week.  See if you know the answers to these library questions.  Click on Trivia

Sports

Free Sports Physicals will be offered in Pittsfield, Wednesday April 30th from 4-8 p.m.  Any questions contact the office.

Softball team:  Michelle Brown, Kristen Doolin, Kortni Dunlap, Elisha Evans, Allison Howard, Sarah Kilver, Lexi Moore, Gina Nash, Melissa Roberts, Hannah Schafer, Tryah Timmerman, Kaitlin Wade, Ashley Wright, Sami Wright, Sydney Rock.

The girls played Triopia on Tuesday, April 15 and won 7-0.

The boys played Triopia April 15 and lost 8-9.

Baseball team: Lance Ackerman, Jacob Bettis, Jacob DeFrates, Kobie Hoover, Dalton Krueger, Cole Ranson, Dalton Savage, Brady Shelts, Tyler Shipley, Tyler Strohecker, Drew Barnett, Hunter Bettis, Austin Boehs, Peyton Rock, Lance Barnett, Ethan Likes, Luke Little, Clint Hoots.

Track Team

Track members:  Maddie Albers, Andrew Armstrong, Maura Barfield, Brianna Barnes, Jachob Barnes, Leah Cockerill, Thomas Cooper, Tori Elliott, Ben Fletcher, Devon Garett, Jacob Grubb, Leah Hembrough, Emily Krawl, Taylor Lashmett, Taylor Miller, Victoria Miller, Anita Moore, Courtney Pence, Megan Ryan, Kayden Savage, Kara Schafer, Lucas Sprague, Mazi Walker, Melissa Walquist, Chad Weder, Gaven Whicker, Logan Young, Tyler Devlin, Ashley Devlin and Jacob Gillis.

The West Central Track team competed at Pittsfield on April 1^st.  The boys placed 4^th. Lucas Sprague placed 6^th in the 100 and second in the 400. Chad Weder and Tyler Devlin placed 2^nd and 3^rd, respectively, in the 800 meter run. Tyler Devlin also came in 1^st in the 3200 and 4^th in triple jump. Gavin Whicker came in 5^th in the 300 meter hurdles. The boys 4x100 and 4x200 both placed 5^th while their 4x400 came in 1^st. Ben Fletcher placed 2^nd in shot put and discus.

The girls placed second at this track meet. Emily Krawl received 3^rd place in the 100, 3^rd place in the 200, and 4^th in the 400. Taylor Miller also placed 5^th in the 400. Leah Hembrough and Ashley Devlin received 3^rd and 4^th, respectively, in the 800 meter run. Ashley also got 2^nd in the mile, while Kayden Savage placed 5^th. Leah Hembrough and Kara Shafer placed 4^th and 5^th, respectively, in the 3200 meter run. Tori Elliot placed 1^st in the 100 meter hurdles, and Mady Albers got 5^th. Tori also received 1^st place in the 300 meter hurdles. The girls’ 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays got 4^th place. The 4x400 meter relay got 3^rd, and the 4x800 got 2^nd. Mazi Walker placed 2^nd in shot put. Melissa Walquist placed 2^nd in discus and Mazi got 4^th. Victoria Miller got 1^st in high jump and Tori Elliot got 3^rd. Taylor Miller and Megan Ryan placed 3^rd and 5^th, respectively, in long jump.

The track team also went to Pittsfield on April 9^th for the Tom Johnson Invitational. There, the boys placed 9^th and the girls placed second behind Pittsfield. Tyler Devlin placed 5^th in the 1600 meter run and 3^rd in the 3200 meter run. Ben Fletcher finished 3^rd in shot put and 6^th in discus. Emily Krawl placed 4^th in the 100 meter dash as well as in the 200 and 400 meter dashes. Ashley Devlin finished 3^rd in the 1600 meter run. Tori Elliot placed 4^th in the 100 meter hurdles and 5^th in the 300 meter hurdles. The girls’ 4x100 meter relay placed 2^nd, and the 4x200 meter relay placed 5^th. The 4x800 meter relay finished 2^nd. Mazi Walker placed 3^rd in shot put and 2^nd in discus. Melissa Walquist placed 3^rd in discus. Victoria Miller finished 2^nd in high jump and Maura Barfield placed 4^th in triple jump.

Scholastic Bowl Team

Front (LtoR) Logan Young, Victoria Miller, Ben Fletcher, Kara Shafer,Jacob Grubb Back (LtoR) Noah Sellers, Kayla Moore, Rachel Hill, Anita Moore, Hannah Schafer, and Reese Fowler

JV record was 10-4 and the Varsity record was 14-10.  We had two players make WIVC All-Conference: Ben Fletcher and Logan Young.  Michelle Brown made All-Tournament at the Annual Carrollton JV Tournament.

April is Autism Awareness month!! Autism is a general term for a group of many disorders of brain development. Studies show that autism is 4 to 5 times more common among boys than girls. 1 out of 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States. Many people tend to avoid those with autism, because they have no clue how to react to them.  If the child doesn’t respond to their name by the age of 12 months old, there’s a sign the child is autistic.

  Those with autism have difficulties in:

• Social events
• Tend to flap their hands
• Rock back and forth/ spin in circles
• Have unusual reactions to the sound of many things, smell, taste, looks, and the feelings of objects
• Prefers to play along
•  Doesn’t understand personal space boundaries
• Avoids physical contact with others
• Sensors when someone is stressed or unhappy, and react to it.

The puzzle pieces raised $20 for the Autistic research.

-By Brooke Bartmann

Poll Results for the favorite subject.

          Math won with 4 votes while Ag and other followed close behind with 3. 15 people voted on this poll. History had 2 votes and the rest except for geography had 1.

By Ryan Thompson

Summer Jobs

I took a survey on summer jobs kids do at Winchester high school.

I asked 9 people what they did for a job 4 said that they babysit.

I only had 1 person who said they buck bales.

I also had 1 person who does all around work.

I had 1 person who works fast food.

I had 1 person who does farm work.

I had 1 teacher who does yard work.

Brayton Smith

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Requirements of 4-H and F.F.A

4H

A. Juniors (Ages 8-10 by January 1 of current year)

B. Intermediates (Ages 11-13 by January 1 of current year)

C. Seniors (Ages 14-18 by January 1 of current year)

FFA

1. Received the Green hand FFA Degree
2. Satisfactorily completed 180 hours (or the equivalent) of systematic school instruction in agricultural education at or above the ninth grade level.
3. Have an approved SAE in operation.
4. Enrolled in an agriculture course.
5. Participated in the planning and implementation of at least three official FFA chapter activities.

By Brayton Smith

Why do people look up to others?                            

Many people look up to others not just because the books they write, the role in a movie they play in, but because of the inspiration they see in them. We see these people as role models because we want to be just like them and become something just like the person we look up to.

Brittnany Elenbeck looks up to her Uncle because even though he fought through his kidney failure he stayed strong and lived through it, until he passed away in 2013 of a heart attack. Even though he is in a better place now, she still looks up to him because she wants to be strong just like he was.

Kaylie Horrer looks up to Tim Burton, American film director, producer, artist, writer, and poet and stop motion artist.  She looks up to him she likes how he has a very creative mind. She likes all of the movies he has produced, and directed.

-By Brooke Bartmann  

Can you see the colt?

Picture of our colt on my farm.

Mrs. Niffen