Volume 81 Issue 3 The November 2020 Page By: Aaliyah Jones SMOKE SIGNAL Mississinewa Community High School, Gas City, IN Thanksgiving Traditions Blake Hiday: My family all comes to- Alex Llorens: Allie Flores: gether to eat, but if you All of my family (extended in- My family usually goes up show up late, expect there cluded) on my mom’s side would to my family’s house in La- to be no fruit left. meet at my home church and we Porte and makes tamales. would all bring our own home- made dish and have a huge family Thanksgiving. We can’t have it this year because of Covid-19 and I’m very upset about it, but that’s what we’ve always done in previous years. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! - The Smoke Signal staff. Haeden Jones: Nick Smith: My whole family comes My family and I all go to my together to eat at a fam- grandma’s house and we make ily members house, but if a big dinner and all eat togeth- you’re late you have do the er. When we’re done, we go dishes and take out the trash outside and ride four-wheelers. The Smoke Signal PG BY: Aidyn Douglas November 2020 2 Views on the Election and Covid News BIDEN: 290 ELEC- Sam Adams: TORAL VOTES (51%) I’ve lived under President Obama and Trump. And I have spent my life studying the United States presidency. I know how our govern- TRUMP: 232 ELEC- ment works, and I know what needs to be fxed. Washington politicians do the same thing over TORAL VOTES and over. Donald Trump is not an ordinary President. My family’s fnancial situation under (47.3%) Obama vs under Trump shows that Trump knew what he was doing. I believe he deserves to continue what he started rather than getting cut off by Joe Biden. CORONA NEWS Jadyn Douglas: President-Elect Joe Biden is planning on giving all Ameri- cans affordable health care. Joe has a real strategy to help with Covid. Ty Corey: Dakota Ancil: I support and voted for Donald This Covid stuff is serious. We recently Trump because he is an outsider had to quarantine almost the whole girls who brought a needed change to basketball team politics in this country. His con- servative, America-frst policies and hard work for the American people will leave a lasting impact on the United States. Mrs. Speakman: I support Joe Biden because I be- lieve that everyone deserves an op- portunity to lead the best they can and I think that Biden has the most compassion for all people, includ- ing those that are not in the top 1 Raymon Ortega: percent. Grant County has had a major spark in the Co- vid pandemic. We have become red and a lot of people have been getting sent home from school. The Smoke Signal The Nerd Herd PG BY: Josh O’Connell November 2020 3 The Top 4 DC and 1 Marvel Comic Book 1 3 3 In the near-future world of Kingdom Come, The Mad Titan Thanos has seized con- superheroes are ubiquitous, but heroism is trol of Infnity Gauntlet and with it near- rare. After decades as Earth’s champions, omnipotent power! Who can stop this the members of the Justice League have deadly new overlord? All of Marvel’s all retreated out of the public eye, replaced ‘The Great Darkness Saga’ tells the The deaths that still shape the Spider- top heroes star in this epic of cosmic with a new generation of crime-fghters tale of Darkseid, dark lord of Apo- verse! During the early 1970s, a pair of proportions! whose brand of justice leaves humanity kolips, making his way into the 31st plotlines changed comic-book mor- terrifed, rather than inspired. But with century. The story brought together tality forever. Shock followed shock the planet’s future in jeopardy, Superman, numerous villains of the Legion of Su- when Spider-Man lost a friend, a lover Wonder Woman and Batman must come per-Heroes, uniting them with aspects and an enemy in a dynamic drama that out of retirement to make one last stand for of the 20th Century DC Universe. It stunned readers as no comic deaths had truth and justice. defned the era of the Legion and set before and few have since! the stage for what came for years after. 2 2 4 4 A mysterious being known as the Anti- Gathered together by Professor Monitor has begun a crusade across time The Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe with A confict has been brewing in the Charles Xavier to protect a world that to bring about the end of all existence. Bizarro, his oddball twin, and the Marvel Universe for over a year, fears and hates them, the X-Men had As alternate earths are systematically new character Zibarro, also from the threatening to pit friend against friend, fought many battles, been on adven- destroyed, the Monitor quickly assembles Bizarro planet. And Superman faces brother against brother--and all it will tures that spanned galaxies, grappled a team of super-heroes from across time the fnal revenge of Lex Luthor in the take is a single misstep to cost thou- enemies of limitless might, but none and space to battle his counterpart and form of his own death! All-Star Super- sands their lives and ignite the fuse! of this could prepare them for the most stop the destruction. DC’s greatest heroes man is a spectacular reimagining of As the war claims its frst victims, no shocking struggle they would ever including Superman, Batman, Wonder the Superman mythos, from the Man one is safe as teams, friendships, and face. One of their own members, Jean Woman, Green Lantern, and Aquaman, of Steel’s origin to his greatest foes families begin to fall apart. Civil War, Grey, has gained power beyond all assemble to stop the menace, but as they and beyond. a Marvel Comics event in seven parts, comprehension, and that power has watch both the Flash and Supergirl die in stars Spider-Man, the New Avengers, corrupted her absolutely! Now they battle, they begin to wonder if even all the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the must decide if the life of the woman of the heroes in the world can stop this entirety of the Marvel pantheon! Civil they cherish is worth the existence of destructive force. War -- the cross-over that rewrites the the entire universe! rules - begins here in this double-sized frst issue! The Smoke Signal PG BY: GWEN JONES November 2020 5 2020 Senior Spotlight 2020 SS: Who’s your favorite SS: What’s your dream teacher? Why? vacation? KD: Mr. Woodard, he’s AP: Going to Hawaii. always there when you SS: What’s your favor- need him. ite kids show? SS: What’s your favorite AP: Drake and Josh kid’s show? SS: What are your KD: The Grim Adven- plans for after high tures of Bill and Mandy. school? SS: Do you have any AP: I’m going to go to pets? Perhaps a favorite? college. KayLea Dorsey KD: Yes! I have a dog Erin Purdy Andrew Purvis named Precious SS: Who’s your favorite teacher and why? EP: Mr. Armes, he knows how to keep class entertaining and he treats you with respect and cares about his students. SS: Who’s your favorite SS: What’s your favorite kid’s show? SS: Who’s your favorite teacher? Why? EP: Zoe 101 or Wizards of Waverly Place. teacher? Why? MP: Mr. Woodard, he was SS: What’s the frst thing you do when you IW: Mr. Smith, he’s like always there for me. get home? a father to me. SS: What’s your favorite EP:Do homework, go to work, or play video SS: What’s your favorite anime? Why? games. anime? Why? MP: Fairy Tail, it has amaz- IW: Total Drama Island. ing life quotes and tought me SS: What song best de- to live life to the fullest. scribes your high school SS: What three friends would career? Why? you take on a cross-country IW: Sunday Best, by road trip? Isaiah Wine surfaces and it’s because Miranda Pulley MP: I don’t have a lot of I feel blessed. friends. SS: Who is your favorite SS: What are your teacher? Why? Carlie Mattingly plans for after high GW: My favorite teacher school? is Mr. Leas because he’s KS: College and Medi- very chill. SS: What’s the frst thing you do when you cal School. SS: What’s your dream get home? SS: What’s your dream vacation? CM: Do any school work that needs to be vacation? GW: It would be to go to done. KS: To go to Bora Hawaii. SS: What’s your favorite memory from Bora since it’s beauti- SS: What’s your favorite high school? ful. kids show? CM: I love the homecoming activities. It’s SS: Do you have any so fun to see everyone together supporting GW: My favorite kids Jaecee Hyatt pets? A favorite per- Grace Walton show is Spongebob. our team. haps? SS: What’s your favorite anime? Why? KS: My dog Peanut CM: Fullmetal Alchemist, I like the story- is my favorite animal line and it’s a really interesting conecpt. The Smoke Signal PG BY: GWEN JONES November 2020 4 2020 Senior Spotlight 2020 SS: Who’s your favorite SS: What;s your favor- teacher? Why? ite memory from high EH: Mr.