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HURON HIGH SCHOOL TIGER STRIPES Volume 17 Issue 2 18th and Arizona Huron, South Dakota 57350 December 21, 2018 Season of giving What’s Inside BY SARAH CHRISTENSON The holiday season is the name of a child and purchase gifts with this cause. One way to help Page Two: Immigration, time for giving. There are many for them to receive at Christmas would be to physically pack a Holiday Break Length charities during this season that on behalf of their incarcerated shoebox and bring it directly to a look for donations. The main local parent/s. The cost of helping with drop-of location, the closest being charities include the Salvation this program is about $15-$25 located in Minneapolis, MN. If that Page Three: Christmas Army Christmas Basket, Angel spent per gift. seems too far away, a few churches Movie Review, Holiday Trees, Operation Christmas Child, The Angel Tree that was set in the Huron area also donate to Budgeting and Santa for Seniors. up this year in Huron was the this project. The Salvation Army Christmas Salvation Army Angel Tree Shoeboxes can also be packed Basket Telethon has fnished that was located in Runnings. digitally. On the Samaritan Page Four: All I Want for the year, but there are still Unfortunately, the deadline Purse webpage under Operation for Christmas, Culture opportunities to give to this to help with this project was Christmas Child, there is a section Corner organization. They accept diferent December 14th. in which a shoebox can be packed donations including money, non- A giving opportunity that is online along with a request for perishable foods, clothing, and similar to Angel Tree is Santa for a $25 donation per box to cover Page Five: Holiday more. Seniors. This project has the same costs. In the online program, it Extravaganza, Speech Monetary donations can be basic concept of taking a name of allows the person building the box and Debate given digitally online at www. a tree and buying a present for that to select a boy or a girl, the age salvationarmyusa.org/usn/. Other person, except it is done with the range, the items that will go in the monetary donations can be mailed older people in our community. box, and a note with a picture and Page Six: Special to or given at the local Salvation This year, the tree was set up in a place to write a special message. Olympics, New Coaches Army in Huron at 237 Illinois Ave Lewis Drug. Of course, plain monetary SW. Operation Christmas Child is donations to the program can also Another way to give in the another program to donate to that be found online as well on the Page Seven: M.M.W.J. holiday season is through provides gifts for children who same webpage. Tips to Get a Person, an Angel Tree. Angel Tree don’t often get presents during With all of these amazing Gingerbread House is a program through Prison Christmas. Operation Christmas charities to give to during the Fellowship meant to provide gifts Child or Samaritan’s Purse is a holiday season, there should be no Roasts to children with parents in prison holiday program that packs and reason not to spread a litle joy to as a way to connect them during sends shoeboxes of small items to each and every girl and boy. Put Page Eight: Horoscopes, Christmas time. more than 100 diferent countries. in some time, and make it a goal to Festive Crossword People are encouraged to take a There are several ways to help make a person smile. Head football coach Schmitz resigns BY JASMINE SNOW driving force behind what got trust that they need. Let them do HHS Tigers to the dome in their jobs.” Vermillion, it seemed to be a In any case, Mr. Schmit is, by consenus of upperclassmen no means, done with Huron. He players that he was an important plans to continue teaching at HMS, one. as he has been doing for the last “He’s been involved with six years. football for a very long time which As far as his coaching career, gave us an advantage,” said Bryce Schmit says that that’s not done Stefen, a senior on the Huron either. “I just like coaching, Tigers varsity football team. “Mr. especially. I’m still going to do Schmit knew the game.” pole-vault, and if there’s room for Mr. Schmit’s decision to step me, I’d love to still be a part of the down didn’t come from a “bad” football staf and do anything I can place. “It just wears on you,” he to help the kids and the program.” said. “I love the hours but they In times like these, hope for the are countless. There are a lot of future runs as deep as uncertainty stressors in life I had to consider, for it. There are high hopes for SDPB.ORG and in the end, it was just a the new coach and whatever new decision I had to make.” program comes fromcollaboration Former head coach Michael Schmitz making a statement regarding his resignation. He will continue teaching at HMS and looks forward to watching the football team’s This hit home with Stefen, between them and their players. success. whose coaching history made him “Just have a passion for it,” familiar with the issue. “Being a Schmit says, his wisdom for the On November 29th, Schmit had been the head head coach is not easy. I’ve been next coach is simple and to the Performance Radio’s Jef Dufy coach in Huron for four years, and around it with my father for point. “Just have a passion for the posted an announcement on he’s not exactly walking away with several years. All of the outside kids.” Twiter that Michael Schmit had nothing to show for it. This year, stuf that goes on....needs to stop.” Whatever the case may be, resigned from his position as head Schmit spearheaded the efort of As he looks toward graduation, Mr. Schmit’s impact on the HHS coach. After the successful season taking the Tigers to the Stefen’s advice is to, “Let the football program and sports the Tigers had just wrapped up, dome, a feat not accomplished in coaches build their chemistry with department as a whole cannot be many were asking the obvious over two decades. the players and let them build the denied. question: “Why now?” Though he was not the only Tiger Stripes 2 December 21, 2018 Opinion Whose first lady is it anyway? BY JASMINE SNOW Oh yes — it’s me, back goes to Louisa Catherine who was an alleged serial and awareness, they represent our nation again by unpopular Adams, but I won’t tell killer might have taken are not crimes against or isn’t an important demand to talk about if you won’t) Melania this whole ordeal too far. humanity. position. In the right issues no one cares about. Trump, has been the And . okay, here’s See, it’s no secret hands, the East Wing can This month, I thought to subject of relentless the deal: that I’m not a fan of this change America as much myself: what’s something scrutiny since (and before) From the pith helmet administration and I’m the West Wing. that I could write that is the winner of the 2016 she decided to wear on still wrapping my head While this First Lady is, both holiday-orientated Presidential race was an African safari to the around how anybody at best inefectual and at and highly controversial? announced. “I Don’t Really Care, could marry someone worst a few steps behind, “I know,” I said to myself. Recently, the First Do U?” jacket she wore like President Trump. to put her under the same “Christmas trees!” Lady of the United States before a visit to a migrant However, before I jumped scrutiny as her husband is Six months ago I has come under fre “detention center,” a fair on the #notmyFLOTUS absolutely ridiculous. wouldn’t have thought for some . eccentric amount of the judgement bandwagon, I embarked Melania Trump was I’d be here either, but Christmas decorations passed on Melania on a very dangerous never entrusted with the strap in, because things adorning the White Trump revolves around adventure — I thought will and well-being of our are about to get mildly House halls. “Blood-red” her wardrobe half the about it. nation. Her worst crime interesting: Christmas trees had the time. The other half, I thought about what is being married to a man You may remember that internet ablaze when they it’s subtle barbs at her it would mean to place so who woke up and decided whole thing about Donald were unveiled in late immigrant status (she’s much censure and direct to be the president one Trump geting elected two November. from Slovenia/Yugoslavia, so much anger at this day. their entirety. years ago? I’m not here to In the meantime, by the way) and whatever woman. I thought about (But he’s not a woman, talk about him today, but Melania herself got her husband may or may what I would be implying so he can get forgiven for am, instead, going to talk called everything from not be in the news for that by puting her through those.) about his wife. “unpatriotic” to “a day. the wringer for some odd Let’s be real: America’s Often believed to be modern-day Elizabeth And while I agree decorations and fashion got bigger problems than the frst “foreign-born Báthory of Christmas.” that certain gafes speak choices.