Newspaper Norfolk High Speech Team Rages Onward Alannah Goode National Meet by Placing Great Preparation for Moved Onto Champs Oral Interpretation
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Norfolk High School Panther- 801 Riverside Blvd. - Norfolk, NE 68701 - Volume 71 - Issue 7 - March 31, 2016 Newspaper Norfolk High speech team rages onward Alannah Goode national meet by placing great preparation for moved onto Champs Oral Interpretation. Feature Writer at two NIETOC sanctioned upcoming district and finals, and she finished Epperly then finished Norfolk High ‘bid’ tournaments,” state competitions. It’s second overall. This was second in Honors Finals, School (NHS) just hosted explains Belt. also a great opportunity an extremely impressive placing eighth overall. its fourth annual speech The competitors for kids from small schools accomplishment for a Even though they tournament, the Panther for the NHS speech team to showcase their talents freshman. Nava, a junior, did not win the meet - Classic, on Saturday, were Nick Adams, Adam and discover that came in at fourth Talbot did - the Norfolk March 5. A grand total of Kester, Austin Brady, they can compete place in that same Speech team has kept their 35 schools competed at heads up high. Belt leaves the meet, and all classes with this one last note: were represented. Small “I simply love western schools like hosting events like this,” Keya Paha to metro Belt says. “It’s my goal to schools like Millard not only organize a highly South, Lincoln competitive event, but Southeast, and Omaha to also foster a fun and Brownell, all came to welcoming atmosphere.” showcase their talent. On Tuesday, March There were over 500 15, the Panther Speech students that competed Team achieved the A-4 at the tournament, and District Runner-Up trophy. the largest event was Twelve of the competitors Serious Prose, which had from the 18 events 86 competitors. Since advanced to finals, with NHS hosted the event, nine of those qualifying the speech team did not for the State Tournament. have many kids compete The state qualifiers because most were Lloyd include Brent Uhing/ needed to help organize Skyler Gubbels, and Daniel and run everything. Coach Vinson/Ethan Carlson Peggy Belt adds more: Manansala, with kids from much for Duet Acting, Vinson “We are also an Brooke Luhr, Hannah Mills, larger programs and still event and Treslyn Hubbard for official ‘bid’ tournament Tanya Nava, and Kaytlin do exceptionally well. In in Honors Serious Prose, Hubbard for for the NIETOC - the Epperly. When asked what fact, out of the 35 schools Finals. Nava Poetry, Nava and Mills for National Individual Events the participants and speech in attendance, 29 teams achieved tenth place Informative Speaking, Nava Tournament of Champions coaches gain from taking had kids in finals,” and overall. Epperly, a senior, for Persuasive, and Maddie tournament that is held part in the Panther Classic, NHS was one of them. was a double medalist Moen for Entertainment. in Denver the second Belt was ready to answer: F r e s h m a n at the tournament, Nava, Hubbard, and Vinson weekend in May. Most “This late season Hannah Mills competed earning third place in were double-qualifiers. participants qualify for that tournament serves as in Informative Speaking, Champs finals of Program Above Photo: Members of the NHS speech team hold up medals and the A-4 District Runner-Up trophy. Nine competitors qualified for state. Left Photo: (from left to right) Kay- tlin Epperly, Tanya Nava, and Han- nah Mills pose after the Panther Classic. The tournament was held at NHS on Saturday, March 5. In the News 2 March 31, 2016 15-foot python among snakes caught in Florida habitat in Southeast about the progress of part in this event. Once the hunt was Asia. This means that these hunts. “I think that over, the hunters were Tanner Frahm this python story is very allowed to claim their dead Feature Writer many of Florida’s Wildlife With many Commission officials have pythons living in the interesting and I think snakes that they caught. Florida has been Florida should continue to Some hunters, for instance, one of the most populated to do whatever it takes swamps of Florida, the to keep these violent Wildlife Commission hunt for pythons,” Austin used their dead snakes to areas of the United States Sellin, freshman, said. make something, such as when it comes to snake creatures from harming the decided to have a python environment around them. challenge to see how Even though this a new pair of boots. Other population. Florida’s might sound like all went hunters sent their dead residents have reported These officials are trying many pythons a group of to remove the pythons people could catch. This well, Daniel Moniz of snakes to Universities seeing many snakes Bricktown, New Jersey, across the country for slithering around its cities. from the environment by certain hunt lasted from forming many groups of January 16 to February suffered the worst of it all. further studies on them. One of these, a 15-foot During this month-long Another thing some of the Burmese python, has volunteer python removal 14. Over this time span, programs across the state. an estimated 106 pythons hunt, Moniz suffered some hunters did was that they recently been seen and bites to the face, neck, and sold each snake for about caught after a month- Another event that these across the state of Florida officials try to hold is a were captured. However, arm from a 13-foot python 150 dollars apiece. long of search for snakes. that at the time would have In conclusion, it is However, according to state-sanctioned hunt. the most notable python, With these hunts, many a 15 foot Burmese python, been the largest python very obvious that Florida wildlife officials, the caught. Up until this point, has had many problems population does not have officials believe that more was caught by a team led people from the state are by Bill Booth. Not only did Moniz had bagged a total with snakes. However, the as much effect on the of 13 pythons. people of Florida are also state as the environmental focusing on the problem. Booth’s group capture the “Whether they’re biggest python, they also “I got it under finding more and more concerns that these big control and stuffed it into solutions to this problem. snakes bring. fisherman or hunters or caught the largest amount hikers or birdwatchers, of snakes at 33. According a pillow case,” responded Even though the people These pythons Moniz when he was asked may never get rid of all the that are finding their they’re always looking to officials of the Wildlife for the python,” said Commission, over 1,000 about what happened snakes, they are starting way to other forms of when he tried to bag his to find many ways to keep wildlife in the Everglades wildlife commissioner people across each state Ron Bergeron when asked in the United States took biggest python. this population from rising are found far from their any higher. The 15-foot python (above) was one of the 106 snakes captured in a month-long hunt for snakes in Florida. This python was caught by Daniel Moniz, who won the month-long hunt for the biggest and most snakes caught. photo by daniel moniz Members of the National Officers from the Port St. Lucie division in Florida (above) pose after catching a 12-foot National Wildlife Officials Park Service carry a Bur- python on August 8, 2014. This python was the longest caught at this time. capture a 14-foot python mese python out of the Photo taken by the Port St. Lucie police department on August 11, 2014. during a public hunt. Photo Everglades. taken by Barry Offenburger. Inside Scoop 3 March 31, 2016 Incentives used for better grades It seems that there no motive other than the route we should take in are few of us students left wanting of satisfaction that order to raise academic who value grades above all would result from it. Those achievement. Parents else: with each year, our of us who try our hardest should be careful about numbers decline. We do and expect nothing in bribing children into not need to be bribed into return are stunned by the getting better grades, as achieving in academics, concept of receiving a the reward will only be we just naturally choose reward for our hard work. temporary. Who is to say to do so. I recently heard I believe that there are that he or she will continue a classmate claim that “if I better alternatives in which to do well in school after get a 75 or above in every our good grades will pay off, the gift is received? It is class, my parents said they such as the opportunity for likely that students will go will buy me a dirt bike.” a brighter future, improved back to the same road as Now, I have no problem job opportunities, or a before. with a little incentive more effective education. We need to show here and there, but this To change this students how naturally statement really got to problem, we must start placing school above other me. at home. I do not doubt things can pay off. No good Striving to do well that incentives sometimes grade should be bought; it in school should come with work, but this is not the should be earned. Colleges against ACT With the school trend is still rising. Of that and SAT? The GPA of a to throughout the course of the standardized test into year coming to an end, group, some schools do student can determine the their four years can prepare their admission policies.