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 deco- rate 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 ven- dor. !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, be- cause 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. 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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.