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Volume 74 Issue 7, April 8th, 2016 Table of Contents Get in the car! Page 2 By Beatriz Bernini but it’s right there that pean parameters. With you can find all kinds of the really thin streets, Looking forward -Mulch Fundraiser people, and just turn the modernization need- to know a little bit more th right and 5 Avenue is ed to adapt quickly to about United States’ his- -Garden Corner shining with all the dif- host college students tory, I decided to do a ferent brands that you and tourists all over the week road trip with 80 Page 3 could possibly imagine. world. The Harvard other exchange students Central Park is just like Yard is right there in a -Haunted Locaons to Washington D.C., in the movies, people do block between the Bos- New York and Boston. run there and have pic- tonian traffic and the Page 4 Our first stop was nic with their friends movement of people. at Washington D.C. -Flooding and family. There are It’s really hard to see From the suburbs I not as many monuments any of the Harvard stu- could already see the -Youtube and Televi- as the Capital, however dents with Harvard out- majestic and power that sion the 9/11 one is there, fits, the tourist that make the government wants to packed with emptiness this market grows. Bos- show. As soon as you Page 5 and sadness. The Memo- ton is also where get to the mall, a ton of rial by itself is beautiful Dunkin’ Donuts Compa- governmental buildings -Soball but bring all the tears ny were founded, so if appears. Also monu- back. you find a Starbucks, -Baseball ments, museums and Boston is known God bless you! memorials. For every for its cuisine and col- Page 6 war that U.S. had you leges. The city was de- can read every single -Video Games veloped with the Euro- name of the soldiers that Page 7 fought for their flag. The silence through those -Pee Wee Herman memorials reign, re- specting all the pain and -Cool Pet Ideas blood poured in the

Page 8 fields. If you want to go -Ask The Fode shopping, New York City is the place. It’s true that you can hurt your eyes just walking through Times Square, 2 LHS Athlec boosters gather funds by selling mulch By Gavin Morris bag) and Black mulch ($4 per bag). tling team uses the fundraiser to LHS athletic programs are This fundraiser has been help pay for their hotel rooms that successful in the past and this will they stay in when competing rather starting up the mulch fundraiser again this spring. The order dead- be the 6th year. Last year they than parents donating money. line is April 22nd and the mulch raised around $4,500. This year the The mulch is brought from fundraiser hopes to raise $5,000 or the Smith Brothers to the High will be delivered on May 6th and 7th. The orders will be delivered more. School to be delivered. A couple of and an option to have them spread Originally, the fundraiser students, or parents, are bringing was for the wrestling team, but trucks to load it up and deliver to it for you at no additional cost. The mulch will be supplied by Smith since, the fundraiser raised more people who ordered the mulch. Brothers, selling 2 different kinds, than they needed, and is now for Natural Brown mulch, ($3.75 per other athletic programs. The wres- The Garden Corner: Growing your own crops By Draven Beans grower. Good things to grow are shrubs or potted plants, you may Nowadays people like to be gourmet garlic, herbs and unique want to make an appearance at lo- house plants like aloe, bamboo and cal festivals and events. able to just go buy their fruits, ber- ries and vegetables at the store. bonsai trees. There are plenty of I you don’t want to or are They don’t like to grow their own others that you could grow and not unable to sell at these locations, food or just simply don’t know how to mention on a small amount of then you can set up a roadside stand land too. if you live near a busy road. The easy it is. What consumers do want however, is to save money. Not on- Once you pick out what roadside stand method most likely ly do they want to save money but plant, tree, etc. that you are going will only be generously productive they want to make money. If you to be growing, you want to find in the summer and early fall when are one of the many who want to your market. To start you could tourists and travelers will pass make money like Bala Fodor does, fork out a little money and put an through. If you are selling plants you are reading the right article. advertisement in the local shopper that are to be planted, you should The first thing that you want or newspaper. If you don’t have the expect to sell mainly during the to do is pick something to sell that money to spend to do this then you spring and early summer or when- is in high demand or will be in high can go straight to the next step ever they are meant to be planted. demand but it also must not be in which is to go to a nearby farmers Now with all of this great market or you can go to several. If knowledge, go out and make your- high production. Having a niche crop makes you stand out as a you are growing bushes, trees, self some money. 3 Spooky happenings and locaons in Ashland county By Megan Ryals reported seeing handprints on the their rooms. trunks or backs of their vehicles Even though it’s not Hal- Katotawa Creek - The that were not previously there. loween, it is still fun to explore creek near the site of Katotawa Many have reported a heavy or om- haunted places in your free time. Community Club (formerly the inous feeling around the tunnel. Here are some favorites. Riddle School) is said to be haunt- Orbs and mists allegedly show up Brookside West Park - ed by an Indian by the name of Ka- in photographs taken at the tunnel. The area around an old bridge just totawa. Katotawa was killed and southeast of the pond is said to be Landoll's Mohican Castle beheaded by a white settler who haunted by a girl who was hanged - The land that the castle was built thought a good Indian was a dead in the adjacent wooded area. on was previously the site of an Indian. His head was then thrown Screams can sometimes be heard English/German church. At some into the creek. Katoawa's body was coming from the woods, along with point in the 1800s, the church dis- buried on a hill near the Riddle the sound of something heavy be- puted over which language to speak School. Katotawa's headless ghost ing thrown into the pond. during worship services. The Eng- is now said to haunt the creek at lish won the dispute. The Germans night. Mohican State Park - The decided to dig up the bodies of their Park is said to be haunted by an Perrysville Haunted relatives buried in the cemetery and Indian looking to kill his next vic- House - There is an abandoned move them to another location tim. An asylum occupied the park house in Perrysville that no one has down the road. Not long after that, in the 1800s and a mysterious light lived in for long periods of time the church mysteriously burned to has been seen there for over 20 due to the paranormal activity. The the ground. The current owners of years. home is reportedly haunted by a the site have been plagued by fires young woman who was murdered Haunted Tunnel - Just off ever since acquiring the property in by her jealous boyfriend. Her im- Route 42 on Township Road 1536 1991. None of the fires were ever age appears in the window and is a haunted tunnel. Legend says officially solved. Some believe the mysterious groaning sounds have that if you stop just inside the tun- land is cursed. Guests of the resort been heard. One couple who had nel heading west, turn off your have reported seeing a girl wearing purchased the home began renova- headlights and put the car in neu- a blue dress in the graveyard. Peo- tions, only to abandon their half - tral, your vehicle will be pushed or ple have reported hearing crying in finished project and flee. pulled through the tunnel even the cemetery and pool building at though the ground is completely night. Guests have also reported flat. Some eyewitnesses have even seeing Civil War era soldiers in 4 Major flooding in the south By Jordan Washington that goes through the state crested in Hammond Louisiana has at just over 21 feet, this is the opened gates and is now releasing In the past 3 weeks there highest it has been since tropical 1.5 million gallons of water per has been major flooding down storm Allison in 2001. Thousands second. By releasing all of this wa- south in the states of Texas, Ala- of homeowners in north and cen- ter it will help bring the water lev- bama, Mississippi, Georgia and tral Louisiana have lost their el down getting all the water off Louisiana. But most of the flood- homes due to water damage. Sur- the land and push it out to sea. ing has happened in Louisiana. prisingly there have been no This isn’t the people of The flooding has occurred because deaths reported. Louisiana’s first rodeo, in 2005 the of a unusual massive slow moving “It could have been a lot worst but state was hit by hurricane Katrina southward dip in the jet stream thankfully no lives were loss”, said the effects of the hurricane are that went across Mexico then near Kay Robinson a resident of Bo- similar to what is happening now the gulf coast. Which then threw galusa Louisiana whose home was with all of the torrential down- deep tropical moisture into most of severely damaged due to the flood- pours and the instant flash flood- the southern states. ing. ing. It will take months if not years In Louisiana it has rained To try to cut back on the for this community to get back to approximately 53.71 inches in the flooding the lake pontratrain dam its normal state. past three weeks. One of the rivers Editorial: Youtube’s Superiority over Television

By Austin Zody taries, vine compilations, from having over 43 million sub- Spring break has come and livestreams, gaming, music/lyric scribers! He’s not alone though, videos, and disturbing videos you’ll there are several famous names that gone faster than we may have liked, - and people got to relax on the never un see. Seriously, just type in are worth watching. DashieGames, beach, hang out with their friends, anything and poof it’s there. The Markiplier, Shane Dawson, Smosh, post ridiculous amounts of pictures amount of content is basically end- OnlyAfro, Vanoss, Ray William on their social media, or sat around less, so you can be entertained for Johnson, VSauce, Good Mythical watching television all day long. eternity if you really wanted. It’s Morning, Epic Meal Time, are just But don’t you just hate it when much better than when you’re a few out of thousands that are defi- there never seems to be anything watching your favorite show and it nitely noteworthy. Ask your good on TV? It’s frustrating as you ends with you to wait a week or so friends, I bet they have a favorite just sit there channeling through for the next release, or the follow- YouTuber they could talk hours shows you never want to watch. ing show afterwards is incredibly about! “I always watch Dashie, he boring. cracks me up! Every time I can’t That’s why many people including myself seek their entertainment YouTube has become such find anything to do I always pull up from a platform much better than a common thing that almost every- Dashie on YouTube and he makes television; YouTube. one uses it for something these me laugh which makes my day bet- YouTube has everything days. Teachers even implement ter. I’d you could imagine, and you don’t videos into their teaching lessons watch him even have to pay for it! Well, un- which helps some students learn over some less what you want is on the new easier. Heck, you can even make a TV show YouTube Red. But, even that is still living off of making YouTube vide- any day,” cheap! You can even find whole os. Just look at PewDiePie, a Swe- says LHS episodes of your favorite shows dish man who rose to fame through junior gameplay videos and now makes Garrett from TV on YouTube. There’s tu- torials, sports highlights, documen- over a million dollars annually Dotson. 5 Girl’s soball steps up to the plate

By Shayla Edmondson Senior Sarah Wickline came Sarah then continued to ex- into this season with open arms. plain what she expects. The Loudonville girls’ softball season started on March 19th, 2016 “Honestly I had no clue what “I see the team accomplishing with a scrimmage at Massilon. They to expect out of this season, as the sea- wins together, but furthermore I see then scrimmaged the following Mon- son came I would expect more, but life lessons on and off the field. We day at Clear Fork, coaches Fenton and high expectations were set. Softball want to beat Danville. They have taken Thomas’ former high school. Since here at LHS always comes with high the main rival spot this year. Many then the team has played Northwest- standards, and I kept it that way. I ex- things are hoped to be accomplished ern, Fredricktown, Crestview, High- pect to have a positive season,” she but a good winning season is the main land, and Riverview. The Redbirds said. goal,” she said. record as of now is 3 -7. Men’s baseball bales through adversies

By Austin Zody ior Justin Vansickle and sophomore Logan playing first base, Huffman catching be- The weather has been crazy this Fisher. Newcomers to the varsity team this hind the plate, and Pollen supporting in the spring, but that hasn’t stopped the baseball season are seniors Ben Sprang and Austin infield. team. The Loudonville Redbirds baseball Bradley, juniors Connor Young and Greg The team secured their second teams have battled through rain, harsh cold Griffin, sophomore Jayson Mitchell, and conference win this week on Wednesday temperatures, and sometimes even snow freshmen Garrett Fry and Mason Huffman. April 6 th against the Crestline Bulldogs flurries. The team, led by head coach Many of this season’s players have been with a score of 9 -1 through rainy condi- Brandon Grimes, has been working hard to stepping up to help the team in big ways tions. Monday April 11 th will begin a se- achieve their team motto of getting better early this spring. Austin Bradley paved the ries of four away games with a trip to Dan- every day despite these challenges. The way to victory with his no -hitter pitching ville. The game will start at 5:00PM. Redbirds are currently 4 -5 and 2 -0 in their in the Redbirds first conference game conference. against Mansfield St. Peters, where the The Varsity team graduated sev- Redbirds won 15 -0. Sophomore Logan eral seniors after last season, but this Fisher has provided solid hitting so far this year’s team shows a lot of promise. Led by season to help get the offense going, and senior team captains Garrett Quickle and Greg Griffin hit the team’s first home run Austin Vansickle, returning seniors Mala- of the season at a double -header against kye Nall, Coleton Heffelfinger, and CJ Waynedale. Freshmen Garrett Fry, Mason Stanton are helping lead the team towards Huffman, and Dillon Pollen have also success. Also returning this season is jun- stepped up to the varsity level, with Fry 6 All aboard the Game Train!

By Kayleigh Chelski cannot. Not many people could sit communication and trust are so In 1996 about $2.6 billion through a lecture and enjoy it, but important. If you’re going in to were made in video game sales in with video games it is very easy to kill a sniper you have to trust that stay focused and learn new mate- your team mate will be watching the United States but in the year 2008 the amount rose to an rial and strategies. your every move while watching astounding $11.6 billion. With A public school in New their surroundings and making gaming systems like the York City has started a program sure it’s clear. And you have to PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One called “A Quest to Learn”, in trust your team mate is watching at the height of their popularity, which students participate in your back and keeping you cov- “Creepy Town”, a video game ered.” She also says that video more and more people have - jumped on board to the game train that allows students to metaphori- games taught her self confidence and the percentages of people ac- cally travel to an imaginary city. and perseverance. “Gaming has tually playing video games has In a 10 week period the, mission taught me that if you go into risen. But the question that has in “Creepy Town” is to convert something scared of failing than currencies, budget trips, and even you will indeed fail. You have to been asked lately is; is this in- crease of the amount of people propose ways to fix an economic go in with force and confidence”. playing video games a good thing crisis. one of the execute directors Video games have had a or a bad thing? Many argue that of the program, Katie Salen, says bad rep ever since they started to video games are addictive and can that the students have made a big become more and more popular, lead to people becoming anti - improvement in their thinking but when you look at the big pic- social, but in all reality video skills and believes that video ture of video games they really do games are a great way to get chil- help some people in many differ- games can actually help us learn many new things. dren involved in learning. ent ways. Whether it be learning Video games have become A former student of LHS, how to trust someone, learning one of the best teachers around Kaitlynn Chelski, knows all about how to fix an economic crisis, or because not only are they fun, but the gaming world and says that just making your brain stronger in they work with your mind in ways video games have taught her more general, video games are not as that a piece of paper in a text book than she could imagine. “With bad as people have been putting video games I have learned that them out to be. 7 Pee Wee’s Big Holiday Review

By Carson Chipner could see that I didn’t have very high moments in the film. Just the image hopes for this movie. Well, I am now of Manganiello riding behind Pee “It’s been real. It’s been fun. forced to eat those words as I enjoyed Wee on a motorcycle is enough to But has it been real fun? Yes, yes it Pee Wee’s Big Holiday much more elicit a large laugh from not only my- has.” Pee Wee Herman is a weird than I expected. The story, while ri- self, but the company I watched the one. The quirky young man/boy has- diculous at points, is surprisingly film with too. Paul Reubens is, as al- n’t appeared in his own film in over heartfelt. If you’ve seen the 1985 film ways, the essence of Pee Wee Her- 28 years. Pee Wee’s Big Holiday was Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, it’s just man. Besides a little difference in the released on March 18 th , 2016 exclu- about more of the same, which, if you voice, Reubens is the Pee Wee we all sively on Netflix. The story follows like that movie, isn’t really bad. How- know and tolerate. Pee Wee Herman as he meets Joe ever, there are plenty of cringe - Manganiello and is subsequently in- Pee Wee’s Big Holiday had worthy moments as some of the jokes vited to his birthday party in New no right to be good, but against all fall flat on their face. But luckily, the York. The trouble is, Pee Wee has odds, it’s a worthy addition to the Pee film is able to pick itself back up with never left his hometown of Fairville Wee canon. The ridiculous humor and a great one -liner from Paul Reubens, and is unaware of what the world is charming performances is enough for who plays the titular character. like beyond the tracks. Not wanting to me to recommend this film to those disappoint his new best friend, Pee The standout star here is Joe who have Netflix and are looking for Wee embarks on a wacky adventure Manganiello. He looks like he’s hav- something stupid, but surprisingly across the country (again). ing the time of his life playing a fic- smart, to watch. I had doubts at first, tionalized version of himself. His but I have to say that Pee Wee’s Big Now, if anyone read my arti- friendship with Pee Wee is the main Holiday has converted me into a pee - cle about Netflix in the last paper, you driving force behind the best comedic liever. Feeling Lonely?: Cool pet ideas

By Gunnar Sloan creatures to ever be put on this them being shy they are typically earth. They may be small but they very soft and are easy to cuddle Humans have trained and have a lot of energy. They can play with. Their shyness just adds to the domesticated animals for thousands fun games like tag and hide n’ go cuteness. They are also very cheap, of years. We have trained dogs, seek. Let me tell you from experi- for you probably have one sitting at cats, horses and even birds. Most ence, ants are really good at hiding. home right now you just don’t households have a family pet, If you are seriously considering an know it. When you get home, look which usually consists of dogs, cats ant as a pet, I would advise you to around and find one, name it and and the occasional parrot or farm get a few because chances are you then I guarantee you will be life- animal. However many people wish will lose one or kill one. long friends. to go above and beyond the usual Another fun and loving pet These are just two of the pets. While these pets make for to have is a pets that could possibly make your great companions they aren’t much dust bunny. life better. These provide good en- to brag about. There are many more Dust bunny are tertainment and give a person animals that could take over our typically shy something to brag about. I’m posi- households and provide us with a creatures that tive, if someone overhears you talk- lifelong friendship. live under your ing about your pet ant or dust bun- One animal or insect that dresser and ny they will want to know more most people tend to oversee is the other various and more about it. These pets are elusive ant. Now, I know ants may household fur- cheap and fun to have around. So seem like a pretty boring pet, but niture. Howev- don’t hesitate, get yourself a cool honestly they are the most exciting er, despite pet. 8 Ask The Fode

Dear Fodor- Well, a shell company is a business that do. Mauricio Macri, President of Argen- exists only on paper. There’s no office na, and Petro Poroshenko, the Presi- I have a lot of money…… I mean a lot of and it has no employees, it’s just a front dent of Ukraine, are just two very lovely money and like normal people I don’t for financial transacons. A tax haven is people who hide away their money. So want to give it up. So how can I avoid a country which has one of the three if anyone tells you what you’re doing is paying my taxes? Oh and does this make characteriscs: it has no income tax; immoral, don’t listen to them. Tax eva- me a bad person? Yours truly, the 1%. bank secrecy laws, which means banks sion is a white collar crime, it’s harm- Dear 1% won’t reveal account informaon, and less. It’s not like you’re on the streets Taxes, man what a burden! As a the country won’t hand over sensive selling drugs or killing people. informaon about tax maers to other poor man once said, “There are two Fun fact: one of the biggest countries. A tax haven is ideal because it things certain in life, death and taxes”. abusers of tax evasion is Chrisan coffee allows your identy to remain a secret. So I don’t blame you for trying to hide shops. All across the country, churches away your hard earned cash, I mean Now that I have laid out the are opening coffee shops in small towns who’s Uncle Sam to be taking all of your basic outline for success, let’s go with catchy names promising delicious money? Lucky for you though, The Fode through the step by step process. Step coffee beverages. They promote it ex- has the answer. And it’s a really easy one: Find a friend. Really find someone tensively, raise thousands of dollars in process. In all my years that I have you can trust who will allow their name funds and get the whole community graced earth with my presence, I have to be used in place of yours from here excited. But these coffee shops never learned one thing: it’s far easier to avoid on out. Step two: Contact a law firm open because they’re shell companies. paying your taxes then it is to sit down, that specialize in offshore companies. Well-to-do church officials are using fill out the mountain of paperwork and Mossack Fonseca in Panama is a popular these coffee shops to funnel in millions actually pay your taxes. choice. Here’s their number: (507)-205- of dollars to avoid paying taxes. 5888. This company, for a small price, Now, lots of people try to avoid If you follow these 3 easy steps, will help you set up companies under their taxes. But lots of people also end I guarantee you can look forward to a your friend’s name that you can funnel up geng audited and thrown in jail. tax free future. That is, unless some all your money into. It’s as simple as You don’t want to be one of them. So, hacker ends up releasing the law firm’s that so give them a call on their toll free you need to do it the Fodor way. The files and it gets traced back to you. But number! best way to not pay taxes is to make the even then, you can always play dumb government think you don’t have mon- Now, to answer your last ques- and claim you had no idea. Fight the ey. To achieve that you need to set up a on of are you a bad person? No, you’re power. shell company in a country that’s coined fine. You’re actually in really good a “tax haven”. But what’s a shell compa- hands. Lots of very famous and success- ny, you ask? What’s a tax haven, Fodor? ful people do what I’m suggesng you