Lights, Camera, SHOWTIME! Texting and Driving Called Neverland

The Eastline Aurora, MN Mesabi East Schools November, 2012

MesabiInside East This Schools Issue... News 2 Lights, Camera, SHOWTIME! Texting and Driving called Neverland. News 3 While in Neverland, the Dar- ling’s see many di"erent things Iron Rangers Junior and have experiences that are com- Hockey pletely opposite of their daily lives. Feature 4 !ey explore the island and make Halloween friends with Peter Pan’s group, the Lost Kids. Feature 5 !e play ended with the Darling’s Staff Spotlight arriving back home and bringing all of their friends from Neverland Sports 6 with them. Swimming !e entire play is fun and exciting. Sports 7 Prairie Fire !eatre director Al- Cross Country lison Scherer agrees, “My favorite scene is the baseball game between People 8 Peter Pan and Captain Hook battle while the rest of the characters watch. the Indians and Pirates.” Employee of the continued on page 5 Month Nikki Arn by Daniel Nordquist and Deborah Eastline Editor Pick, amazed audiences. From the People 9 Every year at Mesabi East we are Crocodile to the Lost Kids, and the Senior Spotlight privileged to have Prairie Fire Chil- Indians to Tinkerbelle, all of the Entertainment 10 dren’s !eatre stop at the school to performers were well prepared for share their expertise. While they two big shows which were held on Ravnica are here, they share a play with stu- the weekend of October 12-13. Entertainment 11 dents; a week later, students and !is play is about the Darling Cooking Corner Prairie Fire directors perform this children who meet Peter Pan. !ey play for the public. become friends with Peter, and he Wendy (Anna Ebnet) tells the Darling Elementary 12 !is fall’s performance, Peter Pan takes them to a magical land that is children a bed time story. Mrs. Jenna Krueger Celebrating Fall at Pumpkin Fest ”Cookie” table. Visitors at this table are able to sample the products as well as help small children decorate festive cookies. In addition to adding frosting to cookies, people of all ages created Jack-O Lantern cookies, kitty cookies, and even a self portrait using M&Ms, licorice, sprinkles, and candy corn. It was quite a treat! For attendees wanting something besides cookies and pie, Pumpkin Fest was complete with a salsa vendor. !e vendor had many di"erent A young girl decorates a cookie with determination. types of salsa; #avors ranged from Paris Lind piece of delicious pumpkin pie. mild to extremely hot. Eastline Staff Writer !e Pumpkin Fest has a wide continued on page 5 !is year’s Pumpkin Fest was ex- range of vendors and cra$ers. !is citing and packed full of activities year vendors sold a variety of cra$s and people. !e line for lunch was ranging from hair accessories, to out the door, the vendors’ stations hats, and scarfs--all handmade. were full, and the wagon rides In addition to various homemade were running steadily. cra$s, merchants sold food. Each year, merchants #ock to the Each year at Pumpkin Fest, visi- Aurora Community Center to sell tors are able to chat with the current Steven Tedman shows off his cookie goods, get recognition, build their “Miss Aurora”. Miss Aurora typi- creation. business, and maybe even eat a cally works the “Build-Your-Own- A basket of peppers from the Kunnari Farm. 2 News November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline

Texting &No Drivingtxt is worth ur life - Janice Mattson, a resident of Au- rora says, “It’s a scary thing, because you never know who’s out - it’s in the cup holder or on the ad- ed by their phone. Especially when I have my kids in my car.” AT&T is promoting “NO TEXT ON BOARD” in attempt to prevent texting and When asked if she texts or drives, driving. You can get more information at itcanwait.com. senior Jordan Hamilton stated, “I Nick Berg - don’t text and drive because I don’t Eastline Staff Writer - think that a text is worth my life, “Yeah.” This is the one word ing. or anybody else’s for that matter. printed on a sign held by a young According to www.textingand- If it was that important, it’s not woman on a TV commercial. What - that hard to just pull over. But nine can teenagers ages 16 and 17 own times out of ten, it’s not even im- - portant enough to do that.” As a part of their campaign to prevent texting and driving, AT&T impact.” encourages people to “Take the Furthermore, people who text and Pledge to never txt and drive.” The - - logo to this campaign is a hand with the words “NO TEXT ON - BOARD it can wait.” - Additionally, AT&T has devel- oped an app that will promote safe warning people about the dangers driving. Let’s say someone’s friend spend about nine minutes going texts them, but the recipient ignores the message because he or she is across the center line. Scary! - - Texting while driving causes more auto accidents than drinking and driving. The 601 North First Street West, Aurora, MN 55705 The Staff 218-229-3321Eastline ext 264 EastlineEastline Editors: Nikki Arn and Megan West The Eastline is a student written monthly newspaper for the Mesabi Writers/Photographers: Nick Berg, Samantha Cromley, Jenna Hoole, East High School in Aurora, MN. Tristen Larson, Paris Lind, Chelsea Mineheine, August Moehrke, Aubri Ribich, Kassie Strand, Matthew Williams Editorial Policy: The Eastline’s major functions are to convey the news of Mesabi Advisor: Sarah Hilligoss-Moe East High School to the students, to entertain, to act as a forum for student opinion, and to take stands on issues affecting our school and community. The content should Classic Woodworks and exchange ideas. Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the stu- Lisa Baker dents body, faculty or school district administration. Phone: (218)-865-1016 P.O. Box 226 - 201 N. Main St. Our editorial stands are based solely on the opinions of members of the journalism Email: [email protected] Aurora MN 55705 class. The content of the Eastline will be examined for accuracy and fairness by the website: www.classicwoodworks.us Bus. 218-229-3327 editorial staff and the advisor. Columns bearing a byline and letters to the editor do Fax 218-229-3980 Custom Cabinetry, Countertops, Hardwood Cell 605-222-1219 represent the viewpoint of the artist and not necessarily the newspaper. Flooring, Laminate Flooring, Carpeting, M-F Letters to the editor from students, faculty, administrators, and other readers are Ceramic Tile, Lumber strongly encouraged, as they give readers a chance to present their views. Letters 8:30-5:30 must be signed; however in rare circumstances, letters may be printed anonymously. Saturday The Eastline reserves the right to edit or shorten letters. The Eastline will not print 206 Kennedy Dr. 9:00-1:00 anything that is considered to be libelous, obscene, or that will promote any action Troy Clarambeau Pharm D Rph that will cause substantial disruption. Letters may be given to the editors, advisor, and Hoyt Lakes, MN, 55750 News 3 November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline

Junior Hockey Hits Hoyt Lakes Volunteers Wanted: Tristen Larson Eastline Staff Writer

!e Minnesota Iron Rangers are a new junior hockey team that plays in the Superior International Ju- nior Hockey League (SIJHL). !ey renovated their whole organization a"er an unsuccessful #rst season as the “Iron Range Ironheads” based in Chisholm, MN. !e team was sold and the name was changed; they moved to Hoyt Lakes to start fresh. Majority of the members who attended Leadership camp in Annandale this year, Iron Rangers Trevor Hoth and a As soon as the team moved, sta$ wore their camp shirts to the lunch meeting. Duluth Clydesdales player have a very began recruiting new players from strong disagreement. Nikki Arn Canines”, as well as the Monster as far as Texas and Nevada to fa- So far this season the Minnesota Eastline Editor Bash,” said advisor, Stacey Jasper- miliar, local places around Minne- Iron Rangers have a (6-10)record. son. sota. Hockey player Patrick Ander- “Live, Laugh, Volunteer” is the Currently, the team is on a two- Leo-Sadd is always accepting of son moved from Fort Worth, Texas motto that the Mesabi East Leo- game road trip, with a two-game new members, anyone who is will- to play for the Iron Rangers, Con- Sadd members follow and try to series with the Dryden Ice Dogs ing to volunteer. If you’re interest- nor Nicholas came from Las Vegas, pass on to other students, sta$, in Dryden, Ontario, Canada on ed in joining Leo-Sadd or even just Nevada and Ryan Robertson was and community members. “Leo” November 9 and 10. !en the Iron want to sit in on a group meeting, dra"ed from Alpharetta, Georgia. stands for Leadership, Experience, Rangers play the Duluth Clydes- go to Ms. Jasperson’s room next Gus Karkinen, a junior at Mesabi and Opportunity, and “Sadd” dales at Hoyt Lakes arena on No- Wednesday, November 14. East, also plays for the Iron Rang- stands for “Students Against De- vember 14. !en they are on the Volunteering is one of the most ers this season. structive Decisions.” !e purpose road again, playing the Fort Fran- rewarding feelings a person can Karkinen says his favorite part of the club is to volunteer, and to ces Lakers on November 16. have. “I highly recommend join- about playing for the Iron Rangers help out with activities in school So far this season many Mesabi ing Leo-Sadd because we meet a is “the speed of the game and the and the community while having a East students have supported the lot of new people and give back to #ghts.” good time. Iron Rangers by going to watch the school and community,” said Junior hockey o$ers a chance for “Leo-Sadd is a great way to get their games. Houdek. hockey players, ages 16-22, to play involved in your community by Mesabi East juniors Kadin Er- hockey while trying to get recruit- volunteering,” said club president ickson and Andrew Collins say ed by college scouts or larger ju- Lacey Houdek. their favorite part of going to Iron nior hockey leagues like the United October is a very busy month Rangers games are “the big hits and States Hockey League (USHL). for the students of Leo-Sadd hockey #ghts.” Many Division 1 college hockey because some members attended Next time there’s a home game, teams recruit from the USHL, so leadership camp, and all of the don’t be shy to go to the Hoyt making a team in that league is the other members helped plan and Lakes Arena and cheer on the new goal for many junior hockey play- organize the children’s Halloween team of the Iron Range. If you are Leo-Sadd meetings are always fun. Stu- ers. party, Monster Bash. dents discuss plans for Leo-Sadd while a hockey fan, you are sure to enjoy Last year, playing as the “Iron Monster Bash is a Halloween eating lunch. yourself. Range Ironheads”, the team #n- party for all community members For more information about the ished the season with a (9-45) re- and kids sixth grade and younger. Iron Rangers, visit their website: Roger’s Online cord. !is eventually led to the sell- !e purpose of Monster Bash is to www.mnironrangers.com. !ey 229-3182 ing and rebranding of the team. give young children a safe and fun also have Facebook and Twitter. alternative activity on Halloween. Minnesota Iron Rangers Home Schedule Leadership camp this year was held in Annandale, MN. Over Dryden ice Dogs 11/19/12 MEA weekend, six seniors and Mesaba Drug/Ben Franklin Minnesota Wilderness 01/25/13 of Hoyt Lakes Dryden ice Dogs 11/20/12 one freshman attended the camp. Sun: 10am-4pm Fort Frances Lakers 01/26/13 At camp, the students learned Mon-Wed & Fri: 9am-6pm Fort Frances Lakers 12/01/12 about di$erent volunteer ideas and Thurs: 9am - 7 pm Minnesota Wilderness 02/01/13 Sat: 9am -5pm Thunder Bay North Stars 12/14/12 possible fundraisers for the Leo- Minnesota Wilderness 02/14/13 Sadd club and the community. Duluth Clydesdales 12/15/12 Leo-Sadd has exciting plans Hair Fort Frances Lakers 02/15/13 Thunder Bay North Stars 01/11/13 ahead. “We plan to continue Minnesota Wilderness 02/17/13 participating in community Gallery Fort Frances Lakers 01/18/13 events, school dances, birthday 103 Main St. Duluth Clydesdales 02/27/13 Biwabik, MN, 55708 Dryden Ice Dogs 01/19/13 boxes, helping out with “Can Do 4 Feature November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline

The Angels Town: Fan Fiction - - - - - ction about the hit series Doctor Who. Photo: tumbler/tagged/weeping-angels August Moehrke man staring at the horde of statues. Eastline Staff Writer towards him swatting her arms. - - - As he enters he turns around and - - with a loud whurring sound. All - - house. - still staring at the angels. - - - - Tardis doors. inside. The man was gone and one - statue.

The History of Halloween August Moehrke tumes to ward off roaming ghosts. - Eastline staff writer - ers through the light haze. Children - - throughout the town. Halloween has - arrived. - - - Feature 5 November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline “Lights” from page 1 “Make the best of everyday” Prairie Fire Children’s !eatre on such a great show,” said Senior will be back soon, and when they Sami Cromley. return Mesabi East students in Congratulations to all of the both elementary and high school people who helped make “Peter are invited to join in the fun. Stu- Pan” a wonderful show for the dents age 7-18 are able to perform entire community to see. It is in Prairie Fire Children’s !eatre awesome to see actors and ac- performances. tresses who are so talented, get “It’s great having a huge group of out on the stage and show their students working together to put true talent. “Pumpkin Fest” from page 1 “Satan’s Revenge”, the ven- and aren’t into incinerating your dors hottest salsa, lived up to tongue, the Bloom’s do have deli- its name. “Satan’s Revenge” is cious mild salsa. made up of 17 di"erent spices In addition to cra#s and cookies, Pumpkin Fest o"ers various and is rated a 1 million on the za. She also enjoys making home- Scoville scale. games for young children. !is Sami Cromley made soup for lunch. !e Scoville scale mea- year, Pumpkin Fest had 5 stations Eastline Staff Writer Collins says cooking at the school sures how spicy things are. of games. Shari Collins was chosen for is not the same as cooking at home. 1,500,000,000 and up is what !e bank also supplied a vari- November’s Staff Spotlight. Col- There is much more to prepare and law enforcement level pepper ety of pumpkins for the kids to lins has worked in the cafeteria at larger quantites to make. spray is rated. So needless to say, decorate. Additionally, if kids felt Mesabi East for 8 years. Certain days are busier than oth- the salsa was extremly spicy. hungry a#er decorating pump- Collins stated, “My job is reward- ers. On cheesy bread day, work- Mr. and Mrs. Bloom, the salsa kins or playing games, the always ing, because I enjoy seeing the vendors, plan on getting the practical and delicious “Walking- great kids.” busy. Because many students love ‘Trinidad Moruga Scorpion’ Tacos” were being supplied by the Collins’ job takes dedication and cheesy bread, the cafeteria pre- pepper, which is rated 2 mil- $re$ghters. a lot of preparation. It’s a lot harder pares roughly 55 pans for one sin- lion on the Scoville scale. If you Overall, Pumpkin Fest was a than people would think. Work- gle day. aren’t up to the spicy challenge complete success. ers start at 6:30 A.M., preparing Collins’ job doesn’t just consist breakfast for hungry students. Di- of taking care of the money and rectly following breakfast, workers cooking. Collins states, “Besides begin preparing lunch. cooking food for the kids, we have Shari’s job is taking care of the to order the food, and stock it when money in the lunch line. Additon- it comes in.” ally, at the end of the day, after When asked about positives and all the students have gone back negatives, Collins answered that to class, Shari prepares breakfast her job doesn’t have any negatives. for the following day. Her favorite She loves her job and works with a breakfast to make is breakfast piz- great group of ladies. “Texting” from page 2 to AT&T customers. This app will keep cell phones out of sight, send a customizable message in re- with all the sounds off. A great sponse to other people’s messages suggestion is to put your phone while they are traveling at 25 MPH in the glove box or console of or more. This is a really neat way your car. to prevent people from feeling ob- The next time you’re on the ligated to answer texts. road and you get a text, remem- They say the easiest way to pre- ber that texting back isn’t worth vent texting and driving is to just your life or anybody else’s.

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Senior captains, Emma Worshek, Chelsea Mineheine, Lacey Houdek, and Ken- Waiting to shake hands with the opposing team, the boys’ varsity team cel- dra Croteau, take a picture in the pool. ebrates their win at the last home game. - Eastline Staff Writer Eastline Editor You gracefully slide through the - - - - player. - - - - - - - - - - - Taylor Koskiniemi watches her team. cess. history. - - U-Save - Biwabik Store Hours pool. 8:ooAM-9:00PM Open 7 days a week successes. YOUR LOW PRICE LEADER Sports 7 Mesabi East Eastline November, 2012 Student Athlete Of The Month Those Who Love, Fall “ Into The Life Of A Swimmer” No Matter the Distance, Nor the Place

Elyssa Erickson’s 2012 swimming photo. The state participants, Sam Johnson, Abby Whiting, Megan West, Danny Radtke, line up for a picture. Kassie Strand ming with all of her friends. Matthew Williams and Casey Baker; along with steal- Eastline staff Swimming can be challenging, Eastline Staff ing the hotel pillows from his fel- On the blocks, shaking with a but it is also very satisfying. In As the fall season comes to a low teammates and enjoying a fun mixture of nerves and adrenaline, swimming Elyssa most enjoys, close, the Mesabi East cross coun- swimmers wait for, “Take your “working hard to beat her previous try team is still going strong. The - mark, *BUZZ*!” Once the buzzer time.’’ team sent runners to state for the counted a statement made by Steve sounds, swimmers are in the wa- Another thing she likes is that third year in a row. Prefontaine who was an American ter, and they are determined to win she can eat whatever she wants and Kari Hunt stated, “At this point, runner, “The best pace is a suicide their race. it doesn’t matter. While there are by the end of the season our goal is pace and today is a great day to Elyssa Erickson is November’s many positives Erickson says that to have all of our runners beat their die.” athlete of the month. She was one downfall to swimming is that personal best in times and even As a team, the cross country run- nominated by head coach Jonny it is time consuming, especially the send as many runners to state as we ners have accomplished alot. The Isaccson (Jonny I). Isaccson nomi- Saturday meets. Erickson says, can.” coaches stated numerous times nated Elyssa because she is a great “The hardest thing about swim- As a team they continue to work how proud they are of the hard competitor who loves to come ming is keeping a healthy state of hard and bring a positive attitude work and dedication these athletes from behind to beat her opponent. mind. It can be very rewarding to to each and every practice. Even have shown so far, and now for the - learn how to stay positive, work though some of the practices are fourth year in a row Mesabi East ly my favorite coach I’ve ever had. hard, and be goofy all at the same as easy as running 40 minutes out will be sending four amazing ath- I might get frustrated with him time.” and 40 minutes back, and others letes, Danny Radtke, Sam Johnson, sometimes, but he really knows “quote from Mrs. Layman” are challenging, not only physi- Abby Whiting and Megan West, to what he’s doing and he tries to cally but mentally as well, runners state. make us faster every meet. He puts still are working hard to improve The section meet was held on so much time into our swim team Erickson is a junior here at Mesabi everyday. Thursday October 25 and now the and we really appreciate every- East. Her parents are Ray and Sher- As a runner, Danny Radtke has runners have moved on to the state thing he does. ’’ yl Erickson. She has one younger many goals. One of these goals is meet, held on November 3rd. Best Erickson says she started swim- sibling named Riley. In addition to that he would like to be able to run of luck to all the runners, and con- ming because she loves being in swimming, Elyssa is also part of the 5K in 16 minutes and 45 sec- the water and also enjoys swim- the Mesabi East basketball team. onds. When asked if there was any- AURORA CARQUEST AUTO thing else he’d like to see from the PARTS team this year, he decided that he Auto, Truck and Tractor Parts and Supplies would like to have more runners on 212 South Main the team. Aurora, MN 55705 (218) 229-2144 When discussing the state meet, Radtke said that his favorite memory from last year was going to state and rooming with Sam Johnson Good Job

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phone: 218-471-2105 fax: 218-225-3308 Travis Mount, freshman, confesses his crush on junior Savannah web: www.nrccu.org Robertson. People 9 November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline Senior Spotlight: Class of 2013 Student Rides “Mom, can you give me a ride to there, and everywhere else. By 1.) What are your plans for after high school? my friend’s house?” their sophomore or junior year, “Dad, can I have a ride to the most students have passed their 2.) Who was your upper classmen crush when you were in movies?” license test. If they’re fortunate “I need a ride to practice.” enough, they also have their own middle school? “I need a ride to Virginia.” vehicle, whether it’s a “beater with Parents of teenagers are con- a heater” or something fresh from 3.) What are you most excited about your senior year? stantly plagued by their teen- the lot. 4.) What is a song that you live by? age children needing rides here,

Richard Craven Kori Christensen 1.) Attend Mesabi Range or Itasca for electrical 1.) Go to LSC for 2 years then to UMD for a engineering. degree in Criminal Justice 2.) Megan Highland 2.) Troy Grivette 3.) Just to make memories, have fun, and see 3.) Lost of study halls, and the senior couch! where life takes me. 4.) “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line 4.) “Watching You” by Rodney Atkins

Taylor Barkdoll What kind of car do you have: ’06 Pontiac Grand Prix Where did you get it: My parents Carly Dowding Does it have a name: Big B! Malisa Diogo 1.) Go to Mankato State to major in law en- What is your best memory with it: Cruisin with Nick Berg and Jordan 1.) Go to LSC for 2 years then get a job as a forecement. dental hygienist. 2.) Andrew Ortiz. Hamilton 2.) Anton Smolich 3.) Prom and graduation 3.) The ability to the senior couch. 4.) “Cudi Zone” by Kid Cudi. 4.) “Young, Wild, & Free” by Wiz Khalifa

Carly Evancevich Chris Delage 1.) Attend University pf St. Thomas to get my 1.) Go to school for chemical engineering Masters Degree in Psyvhology 2.) Tessa Eavenson 2.) Jordan Goeddrez 3.) Seeing my friends again before college anfd 3.) To graduate and get out of high school. 6 going to Halestorm with my best pal. years was way too long. 4.) “One Day Too Late” by Skillet 4.) “The Words I Would Say” by The Sidewalk Prophets

Cassidy White What kind of car do you have: Kaylee Lakoskey Grand AM What kind of car do you have: Where did you get it: My sister Chevy Impala Kate Kendra Croteau Where did you get it: My step dad 1.) Attend Bemidji State University for social Does it have a name: Sexy Verde Sami Cromley Does it have a name: BBH 1.) Go to Hibbing Community College for work or high school history teacher. What is your best memory with Medical Lab Tech. 2.) I didn’t have one, I thought older kids were What is your best memory with it: Doing donuts in the the Babbit 2.) Andrew Ortiz (Orange) mean. it: VA trips with Jenna! 3.) Walking across the stage! 3.) Just being able to do more things, and parking lot with Carly Moisio last 4.) “Shinin’ on me” by Jerriod Neiomon spending/making memories with my class! year during winter! 4.) “Weightless” by All Time Low 10 Entertainment November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline New Set: Ravnica, City of Guilds August Moehrke was broken. "e war ended with damage). needs of one. Selesnya summons Eastline Staff Writer the almost complete destruction "e Golagari are those of the massive amounts of tokens so you of the Azorius guild in the suburb, swarm, they use the dead to their can plow through your opponent. Are you one who enjoys the Prahv. advantage to grow. Selesnya’s new mechanic is POP- comfort of the graveyard? A Mad- With the return to Ravnica Golgari is a graveyard abuser, the ULATE, populate allows the player Scientist? A Nature Nut? Lover the Izzet are doing more radical bigger the graveyard the stronger to copy a token on the battle!eld of Law? A Horror Enthusiast? If experiments, Azorious becoming the creatures get. and put another on the battle!eld. so you may belong to one of the more enforcing and the Selesnya’s Golgari added SCAVANGE as a You thought one 8/8 was bad, here Guilds in the recently released forces are growing. "ere is an mechanic. Scavange exiles (re- we’ll just add a few more. Return To Ravnica (RTR) set for unknown force at work that is moves from the game) a card and Azorius are the law makers, those Magic the Gathering. causing the distress. Jace ,who is a allows you to put a number of who control what happens in every Magic the Gathering has taken Planeswalker is person who can +1/+1 counters on a creature cur- guild. Azorius is a heavy control Mesabi East High School like a !re travel between worlds, returns to rently on the battle!eld equivalent deck (tapping down and negating storm, children and adults alike !nd this stressor. to the exiled creatures power. abilities of other cards). Azorius’s are picking up decks and join- Ravnica has a theme of Guilds, and Izzet are the mad scientists that ability is DETAIN, Detain al- ing the frenzy. "e card game has each guild has a Guild Leader and designed the roads and create lows you to null a creature, their four sets released every year along its own mechanics. In RTR there power for the city as well as create abilities cant be activated, and they with miniature decks and themed are !ve guilds: Rakdos, Golgari, things and enjoy explosions. Izzet cant attack or block. cards. "e Return To Ravnica set Izzet, Selesnya and Azorius. is heavy in instants and sorcer- RTR is released October 5th, has been long awaited since the Rakdos is a guild that !nds plea- ies (Noncreature spells), "ey 2012. "e set has 274 cards that original release of Ravnica back in sure in pain and death of its mem- deal damage and allow you to the Gamers Guild is patiently 2005. bers they’re leader is a Demon draw cards. "e Izzet guild added awaiting for. Stay nerdy my Ravnica is a city in the multiverse name Rakdos, who if awake, has OVERLOAD to their abilities. friends. in the !ctional game Magic the a giant blood festival where they Overload allows you to pay an Gathering. Ravnica is a city made sacri!ce and torture its members. alternate cost instead of its original up of guilds and each guild has Rakdos is heavy in playing Aggro cost to replace card text “Target” a role in the society. "e guilds (dealing damage). Its guild has a to “Each” this allows many board had made a pact 10,000 years ago new mechanic called UNLEASH. wipes in the game. making a treaty to forbid warfare. Unleash allows the creature to Selesnya’s guild focuses on bring- Five of the guild leaders ended up enter with a plus one counter, but ing balance in life and the needs of breaking this treaty and the pact they’re unable to block(prevent many are more important then the How to Play Magic The Gathering August Moehrke 4)Combat Phase: Each Turn you can play one Land Eastline Staff Writer You may “Tap” a creature card Land Taps to add MANA to play to attack and deal damage. other cards from your hand In a regular game of Magic 5) Main Phase two: you have a sixty card deck con- You may play creatures, sor- Creatures can only be played dur- ceries or a land (only play a land ing your turn on your main phase colors, which the game calls mana if you didnt play a land earlier in or second main phase. Creatures Red(Mountain), Blue(Island), the turn.) can Attck by “Tapping” them or White(Plains), Green(Forest) and 6)End Phase: block your opponents creautres if Black(Swamp). The turn is switched to your untapped. To start off pick one color. opponent. If the Creatures power 1/* is Now that we have our color Rinse and repeat this process higher than the blocking creatures picked, we’ll use Forest (green)to- until one person’s Life total hits 0 defense */1 than the defending day, there are four types of cards: or someone has no cards in their creature would die. the same goes Instants,Sorceries,Creatures and deck. for the defender if it blocks a Land. creature with toughness less than You start the game with twenty its power, the attacking creature is life total points. If it hits zero you destroyed. lose, and you lose life by taking Card Types Magic%3A+The+Gathering/Thragtusk damage from creatures and spells. Card Name and Mana cost are on the Phases Sorceries can be played only top bar, Thragtusk costs 4 mana and one 1)Upkeep: during your turn during the Main forest mana The abilities of some cards phase or second main phase. activate during this phase. The Ability and Flavor text of the card are found on the large box underneath the 2)Draw Step: Instants may be played anytime cards picture along with its creature type Draw a card from your library. during your’s or your opponent’s and set it is from 3) Main phase one: turn. If an instant is played afer Power /Defense is located in the bottom You may play sorceries, another card theinstants ability right corner creatures and one land. Entertainment 11 Mesabi East Eastline November, 2012

This Month in History:November Nov 7: Cooking Corner: Turkey Cake Pops In 1665 The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is

Nov 17: In 1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brat- tain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key ele- ment for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

Nov 23: In 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins -- Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reiforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Nov 26 In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 Ingredients as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually one box of cake mix one tub of frosting Thursday). colored mini chips milk duds sucker sticks candy corn Directions Grinds 1) Bake the cake according to cake mix package directions and allow to cool completely. My 2) Crumble the entire cake into a bowl. 3) Add two cups of frosting to the crumbs. 4) Using a tablespoon, form the cake pop batter into small Gears balls. 5) Refrigerate for 1-2 hours. 6) While waiting for the cake pops to cool, heat your choco-

Liars late melts. 7) Add 1 tablespoon of oil into the heated melted chocolate. 8) Dip a lollipop stick in the melted chocolate. YOLO!Singing in

9) Push the stick 2/3 through a cold cake pop. Gangster>=/ >=/ Class 10) Dip the cold cake pop into the melted chocolate. 11) Apply three pieces of candy corn on the back of the pop. Talk These are the “turkey’s” feathers. 12) Apply a Milkdud for the head. Repeating 13) Apply another piece of candycorn for the beak. >=/ 14) Refrigerate until cake pop cools. 15) Enjoy your festive cake pop! Myself Saggy Lots >=/ Snapping of Homework Gum DueDrama to a student being bitten by aLlama dog in the student parking Pants lot, the school will pay Animal Control to guard the parking lot Annoying People Slow 24/7.

One Direction in Class Drivers Due to the swim season coming to an end, the swimmers are already making appointments for a full body waxing.

Now that Apple has released the iPad mini, the school board came to the conclusion that we will trade in our full-sized iPads for the mini in order to give us better mobility. 12 Elementary November, 2012 Mesabi East Eastline Mrs. Jenna Krueger Making an Appearance Back at Mesabi East

K-2 Cheer Clinic

Mrs. Krueger holds a thumbs up to show that she loves her new job as a kindergarten teacher. Chelsea Mineheine ence in their lives,” stated Krueger. Eastline Staff Writer Megan West Eastline Editor the University of Wisconsin Green From Mr. Johnson’s crazy, goofy Senior Cassie Johnson, 8th grader Jenna Fossell, and 8th grader Laura Lammi science classes, to staying up late teachers,” said Krueger. dance with their groups at the K-2 cheer clinic performance at the football game. Mr. Craig Johnson inspired Mrs. East students have done the same Krueger to start teaching. When thing for many years-- strived for young adults over the years. One said. adult in particular is Mrs. Jenna kindergarten teacher. students make it goofy. graduated from high school in Senior Carly Dowding, and 7th grader Allison Hamilton bust a move with the 2003. During her high school ex- youngest cheerleaders at Mesabi East. - - Band, Student Council, and volunteering. She also participated in Read a Shirt Day skiing. After graduation, Mrs. Krueger attended the University of Wiscon- sin Green Bay. While in college, she continued her athletic career. She competed in cross-country First grade students eat popsicles and skiing and also ran cross-country. Mrs. Krueger sits with her kindergar- then read jokes on their popsicle sticks. Krueger graduated from college ten class during their trip to the Pump- in 2007. After graduation, she at- kin Patch in October. tended graduate school at St. Scho- lastica in Duluth and received her teaching license. Mrs. Krueger chose to teach at Teaching is something Mrs. Krueger really enjoys and is pas- After exploring the Pumpkin Patch Jacob Lee reads his shirt to his class- Mariah Sorum shows off her reading - mates. ing like you are making a differ- and her class relax. abilities.