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NOVEMBER 2018 VERMILLION.K12.SD.US VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER GIVING THANKS & GIVING BACK BY MASON COURNOYER
he Thanksgiving holiday is a time for families to get together around a grand feast, celebrating the good times surrounded by Tthe ones they love. It is a beautiful festivity held across the United States of America, in which we sometimes take for granted. There are fam- ilies everywhere who cannot join due to their nancial situations elly Stone, a teacher at Vermillion High School, aims to that within our community. She devised the Tanager Takeout program, which is located inside Vermillion High School in Room 41 and is held every Friday. ÒWeÕve been looking to getting more food to the kids in our school and their families,Ó Stone says. The program happily serves around 50 families weekly combining efforts with the likes of the Welcome Table and The Backpack Program. Together, they ensure our community is not hungry and not alone. As a participant of Tanager Takeout myself, I have nothing but praise for what Mrs. Stone is doing. If you feel the same way and want to help in any way possible, donate food or money to PO Bo 219 and your contribution will not be forgotten. Another program helping serve the community of Vermillion is the Food Pantry, located at Trinity Lutheran Church. Teresa McDowell Kelly Stone (far right) and Tanager Takeout volunteers. Photo submitted by Kelly Stone. Johnson is one of the few who help keep the community fed. ÒIÕve always worked in Social Services,Ó she said, ÒI like working with individuals. I know people are hungry and theyÕre invisible to regular citizens. ou never know what the person ne t to you is going through. A good kid wouldnÕt be able to concentrate if heÕs hungry and no one can visibly see that. A lot of food in great condition is thrown away when they should be going to families who need it.Ó As many as 270 families around the Vermillion Community are served every month. The Thanksgiving holiday can see as much as 150,000 pounds of food donated to the Food Pantry program. The Thanksgiving meals offer turkeys, stuf ng, cranberry sauce, corn, and pretty much anything else holiday related. The Food Pantry program is only as strong as its volunteers which has over 80 people who donate their time each year. In addition to the great volunteers, the Food Pantry also combines efforts with various other programs surrounding the community including the Welcome Table, Tanager Takeout, Backpack Program, the Salvation Army, EvanÕs Diaper Bank, and BrianÕs Closet. If you are interested in donating to the Food Pantry, you can drop off items at 81 East Clark, at one of the drop bo es located at any of the churches in Vermillion, or at the blue barrel drop sites at Walmart and HyVee.
A DAY TO HONOR 5 W. CHERRY ST. BY MARCUS DIAZ & MADDI KALLSEN VERMILLION n Nov 12, the Veterans ceived second place, while Nick held at the W. H. Over Museum, 624-4444 ODay assembly welcomed Doty and Madison France tied where less than forty people at- the entire community to come for third place. While interview- tended. Billberg proposed to the to celebrate the service of vet- ing Ashlyn Bickett, she spoke American Legion Committee erans within the community and about the pride she has for her to have the event at the High Tanager Merchandise, Greeting Cards, Candies, Home Decor and throughout the country. All the father, who she wrote her essay School from there it grew to Many Other Great Gift Ideas! schools in the community partic- about, and the pride she has for where it is today. She loves to ipated. Austin school and Saint America. Her father served for read the Junior Veterans Day Agnes came and sang about the over thirty years in the National papers. It helps her get to know pride of America. The middle Guard and became a great leader the community and her students. school interviewed staff and in and out of the military. She felt Ms. Billberg thinks Veterans Day students around the school and surprised and grateful after real- gives us all a chance to honor the made a heartfelt video on what izing her paper won. It wasnÕt veteransÕ service. veterans day means to them. The dif cult for Ashlyn to re ect on Veterans Day give us all high school gladly hosted the the importance of Veterans day the opportunity to support the 525 West Cherry St. event in the gym. or the service of veterans A day troops and share a sense of vi- Vermillion, SD 57069 The juniors wrote papers to honor everyone who protects tal patriotism and pride for our 605-624-5574 about veterans who are close to us is a good one. beautiful country. them or have impacted their lives. Ms. Lenni Billberg start- Ashlyn Bickett won the writing ed the Veterans Day program contest. Morgan irkman re- ve years ago. It was originally
November 2018 11 30 6:30pm 5th Grade Winter Concert VHS STUDENTS HEAD TO THE POLLS 7pm Dance Inferno Recital @VHS @VHS State “Oral Interp. Festival” @ 5pm Wrestling Double Dual (H) BY MADDI KALLSEN Watertown 5pm BBB: Flandreau Indians (T) 13 December 2018 4:30pm 7th/8th GBB: Lennox (T) oting is vital to our de- would have voted.Ó The student went on to say, ÒI felt like a real 14 Vmocracy here in America also went on to say, ÒMy vote part of democracy.Ó Various 1 6pm Gymnastics Triangular: SF Roosevelt (T) and gives us all an opportunity matters, just not that much.Ó other students shared these same SAT Test- TBA TBA- Dance Inferno Recital @VHS 15 to partake in the important de- Many no doubt relate thoughts. Eagerness among 9am Wrestling Invite:SF Roosevelt TBA- GBB @Pentagon cision making that determines to the way this student feels, young people around the coun- (T) 9am Wrestling: SF Washington (T) 18 who leads us. This November, so many in fact it changes the try to vote is becoming more 3 7pm 7th/8th GBB: Yankton (T) 4pm BBB/GBB: Tri Valley (T) one of the most important elec- course of elections. The impor- and more popular, although 7pm School Board Meeting @ 17 tions occurred, the Primary. tance of voting can be summed there is still an ever-pressing al Neuharth Media Center, USD 7pm VHS Fall Show @VHS Campus State “A” Volleyball @Sioux Falls Many seniors at Vermil- up with ease by Mother Teresa. issue with people not voting. 4 20 lion High School are now old ÒWe ourselves feel that what Voting is vital. Vot- 7:30 VHS Holiday Concert @VHS Early Dismissal- All Schools Dismissed @1:30pm enough to vote some have gone we are doing is just a drop in ing, in and of itself, is the basis 4:30 7th/8th GBB: West Central 6 21 out, registered and voted, others the ocean. But the ocean would in which our democracy runs 7pm 6th Grade Winter Concert @ NO SCHOOL- Christmas Vacation chose not to. As adults, many be less because of that missing on. Our entire political sys- VHS 22 11:30- Winter Wonderland believe itÕs an important re- drop.Ó tem is based on what the peo- 5pm Wrestling Quad: Yankton (T) 4pm 7th/8th GBB: Harrisburg (T) 9am Wrestling: SF Lincoln (T) sponsibility to vote, while some Many students who ple believe to be just and true. 7 24 4pm BBB/GBB: Bon Homme (H) NO SCHOOL- Christmas Eve donÕt have much of an opinion chose to vote felt a bit more 25 8 on politics in general. One stu- strongly on the issues and so- TBA- ACT Test @VHS NO SCHOOL- Christmas Day :) Maddi Kallsen is the Student Editor of 26 dent who chose not to vote sim- lutions at hand, and the people the Vermillionaire. StudentÕs identities Dakota XII 7th/8th GBB: TBA- 7th @ Lennox TBA-8th @Canton NO SCHOOL- Christmas Vacation ply claimed they Òreally donÕt running to address them. After were kept anonymous for this story to 27 encourage thoughtful response without 10am Wrestling: Watertown Invite care.Ó They added, ÒI do notice voting, another student said, ÒI (T) NO SCHOOL- Christmas Vacation revealing political bias. 28 issues and maybe if I had done really wanted to vote and looked 12pm Gymnastics: Wagner (T) 10 NO SCHOOL- Christmas Vacation the research as to who is trying forward to it. ItÕs important to 4:15pm 7th/8th GBB: Yankton (T) 4pm BBB/GBB: Tea Area (T) to the issues I care about, I be involved and informed.Ó She 31 NO SCHOOL- New Year’s Eve 10 Vermillion Plain Talk November 30, 2018 www.plaintalk.net
NOVEMBER 2018 VERMILLION.K12.SD.US VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Native American Heritage Month BY ZADYA ABBOTT n Lakota, a Native spoken Coolidge gave a declaration contain- Columbus and AmericaÕs colonist their door, that somehow or another language,WasŽoyuze means ing the rst formal re uest for Amer- past. Christopher Columbus is cred- the newly discovered living room IÒVermillion.Ó ÒThe name ican ÔIndiansÕ to be recognized as cit- ited with ÔdiscoveringÕ the new world becomes mine.Ó Then, beginning in ÔSouth DakotaÕ comes from the tribal izens. In that same decree, Coolidge because the world he ÔdiscoveredÕ it 1870, the U.S. federal government name of the Dakota Siou , mean- proclaimed the second Saturday of for had a larger platform for global attempted to eradicate Native culture ing ÔfriendlyÕ or Ôallied,ÕÓ (native. May to be ÔAmerican Indian Day.Õ change, and therefore, was consid- from roughly two generations of Na- languages.org). While today, only In 1916, New York became the rst ered inherently more important than tive children, through the practice eight Native tribes are federally rec- state to recognise said day. In 1919, the world which was already there. of sending youth to off-reservation ognized in South Dakota, the Stand- Illinois set aside the fourth Friday In The Canary Effect, a 2006 boarding schools, (npr.org). ing Rock Siou tribe has territory in September to honor Native Heri- documentary depicting the relation- The American education on both sides of the North Dakota- tage1,. Even though in this day and ship between Native peoples and the system was not originally meant for South Dakota border. In 1990, then age the U.S. does not have a federal- United States. The thoughts of Co- brown child. As the country continues president George H.W. Bush, ÒAp- ly recognized day celebrating Native lumbus upon ÔdiscoveringÕ the Na- to go through a process of integration, proved a joint resolution designating heritage, many states have replaced tive population, are cited as, ÒThey we, as students, must demand cul- November 1990 National American Columbus Day with Indigenous Peo- are well-build people of handsome tural representation in our education. Indian Heritage Month,Ó (nativeam- ples Day. structure...and show as much love as So, to my peers at Vermillion High ericanheritagemonth.gov1). That mo- According to the Smithson- they were giving their hearts...With School, let us go forth to celebrate ment made November the speci c ian National Museum of the Ameri- fty men we could subjugate them and lift the voices of fellow Native month to honor Native Heritage. can Indian, inventions from popcorn all and make them do whatever we students and community members. The campaign for a month to oral contraception can be attrib- want.Ó With those words, this conti- dedicated to said heritage began uted to Native Americans. That goes nentÕs history of colonialism began, Each month Zadya highlights a topic which alongside the 20th century. ÒIn 1915, to show how we, as a nation and as a history that went on to dabble in showcases the immense and wonderful diver- the annual Congress of the American students of Vermillion High School, the practice of manifest destiny. As sity found at Vermillion High School. Indian Association meeting in Law- need to uplift the voices of Native a man featured in The Canary Effect rence, ansas formally approved a Peoples. Voices that already have e plained, ÒIt may be the rst time plan concerning American Indian such an effect on our day to day lives. IÕve been to their living room, but I Submit your story ideas Day. It directed its president, Rev. Having a complete conversa- can hardly say I discovered it. I mean for the Vermillionaire by Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to tion about the heritage of Indigenous after all they lived there. Much less sending an email to [email protected] call upon the country to observe such peoples in America is impossible can I e trapolate by virtue of my a day1.Ó On September 28, 1915, without acknowledging Christopher noble achievement, of knocking on
The boys all placed in the top 20. Ryne year, ending the regular season as the girls game followed, and similarly, the FALL Whisler tied for 6th place. Hunter Lavin #4 seed. On October 2nd, Cotton Park Tanagers struggled to nd the back tied for 13th place. Willis Robertson saw host to two home playoff games for of the net as they succumbed to a 4-0 SPORTS placed 19th. the Tanagers. The girls played rst, and thumbing at the feet of Tea. REVIEW they edged past #5 Garretson in a 1-0 Both teams performed great CROSS COUNTRY victory. Olivia Regnerus scored the only over the course of the season, with the BY LILLY MOCKLER This year, Vermillion took the goal of the game in the dying seconds. girls nishing with 6 wins, 4 defeats, & TYLER MANN boys varsity team and one girl varsity After that, the boys faced Belle and 2 draws. The boys ending up with a runner to state Cross Country. The uali- Fourche, who were fresh off a long road record 6 wins and 3 losses. Everyone is TENNIS ers for the boys team were Justin So- trip from their hometown. The match looking forward to ne t yearÕs season. From October 4th to October rensen, Brady Martinez, Nate Bohnsack, remained scoreless at halftime, but the 6th, the State Girls Tennis tournament for Riley Ru- Tanagers ended VOLLEYBALL 2018 was held in Rapid City. Vermillion haak, Jakob up with a re- The girls volleyball team end- sent si participants who each performed Dobney and sounding 3-1 ed their season with a record of 6-22. in singles and doubles matches for their Jack Fee- win, with goals The rst round region game was held respective ight. burg. The from Andreas in Beresford. Vermillion and Beresford In the singles, Jane Ni Struck- boys team Lindstad, Trev- fought hard for the win. Beresford beat man-Johnson ended with an overall re- placed 1st or Tigert, and Vermillion in the end. They won three cord of 2-11 in Flight #1. atrina Heles in their re- Wyatt Loftus. sets and Vermillion won one set. The nished 2-9 in Flight #2, while in Flight gion. Taryn So after a pair score of the rst set was 25-17 with #3 Emma Dahlhoff earned a 8-5 record- W h i s l e r of victories, Beresford winning. Vermillion won the ed. Lauren Mandernach competed in also uali- both teams hit second set 25-18. Beresford won the Flight #4, ending 2-11. Madi and Hope ed for the road to play third set 25-15. The score of the nal Schladoer partook in Flight #5 and #6, state. The the top ranked set was 25-21. All of the team members Photo by Amy Sorenson respectively nishing 2-7 and 1-6. state uali- Tea Titans. played a big role in playing hard in this Meanwhile, the same players fying meet was on October 11th in Len- Unfortunately, that is where regional game. Each team fought hard also played in the doubles ights. Jane Ni no . At the state meet on October 20th, both teamsÕ seasons ended. The boys till the end. The winner of this game Struckman-Johnson and atrina Heles Taryn Whisler placed 6th for the varsity played rst this time around. The hard went on to the ne t round and had the nished 1-10 in Flight #1, Emma Dahl- girls. fought match was 0-0 at the break, but chance to make it to the state tourna- hoff and Lauren Mandernach ended 2-7 The Boys varsity team placed Tea ended up on top, winning 2-0. The ment. in Flight #2, and Hope and Madi Schla- 2nd overall. Justin Sorensen placed 12th, doer were 0-3 in Flight #3. Overall, the Jakob Dobney placed 17th, Riley Ruhaak team performed well. They are all look- nished 22nd, Brady Martinez placed ing forward to competing again ne t year. 29th, Jack Freeburg nished 78th, and YOUNG DEMS Nate Bohnsack placed 106th. The team BY MADDI KALLSEN GOLF did very well this year and hopes to do as he Vermillion High School ing involved in politics, along with The Vermillion High School well in the years to come. Tclub Young Democrats is dedi- voting, is an important part of being golf team took three uali ers to the state cated to helping kids stay politically a part of the American democracy. tournament including Ryne Whisler, SOCCER informed. It allows people with the Every single one of us has an oppor- Hunter Lavin, and Willis Robertson. The Both the boysÕ and girlsÕ soccer same views to e press and discuss tunity to implement change. Luci state tournament was in Dell Rapids. teams reached the Class A playoffs this their own ideas and views. The act believes in the importance of vot- of developing personal views and ing. SheÕs inspired by various politi- e pressing those views is vital to cal leaders such as Joe Biden, Mi- VHS Hosts O.I. Class A Regions individuality and growing a well chelle Obama and Bernie Sanders. rounded sense of the world. This is Being in the Young Democrats has BY MADDI KALLSEN true no matter how one views poli- helped her become more politically ral Interp class A regions occurred Andrew ronaizl, Parker Anderberg, tics. The Young DemocratsÕ pur- involved in the local community Oon November 13th on a Tuesday Tessa Dooley, & Annika Holdhusen pose is to serve students for further and in the school. Luci feels much at Vermillion High School. Many dif- all won rst place in Duet and Read- political interests and policies that more informed with whatÕs going ferent schools participated including ers Theatre, ualifying for state, held in best advance and re ect the princi- on in the world and in our country. Yankton, Elk Point, Beresford, and Watertown November 31st and Decem- ples of liberty, justice, freedom and It is important to stand up many other schools around the area. ber 1st. Oral interp inspires kids to be- e uality embodied from the demo- for what one believes in, and the Categories encompass poetry, storytell- come more involved and connected in a cratic party. Young Democrats of Vermillion ing, duet, humorous, serious, and read- theatrical nature and this way shown at Luci Hudson, the president High School do just that. ers theatre. Brennan Stone, Nic Harris, regions. of the Young Democrats, thinks be- November 30, 2018 www.plaintalk.net Vermillion Plain Talk 11
NOVEMBER 2018 VERMILLION.K12.SD.US VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER GUESS WHOÕS BACK...
BY MYA DEJONG & LILLY MOCKLER
n October 18th, our fellow not been different since before the nearly a month. When Dylan classmate Dylan irkpat- accident. He enjoys high school and was told how long he was Orick, came back to school. he even said school has been easier. in a coma, he was shocked The students were not only e cited to Since Dylan has come back and it was hard to believe. see him again but glad he was doing the students have been curious of The community and okay. When Dylan received the news what itÕs like to e perience some- the school did what they could about going back to school he was thing like what he went through. to support Dylan through ev- happy because he was bored sitting Dylan was in a coma for 26 erything and he is thankful at home all day. He missed, Òpretty days and people wondered what that and thinks itÕs Òpretty cool.Ó much everything from everyday felt like. Dylan said, Òit feels just Dylan gave advice to life when I was in the hospital.Ó He like sleeping, and when you wake everyone and says to be care- was not nervous about going back up itÕs like waking up in the morn- ful when driving. Dylan en- to school because he didnÕt set any ing.Ó While he was in the coma, joys being back at school and e pectations. When we asked Dylan he could not hear anything and it everyone is grateful that he is
how school was going he replied, felt like only a couple hours had back. Dylan is happy to be back in the halls of VHS. Staff submitted photo. Òpretty gucci.Ó For Dylan, school has passed, but in reality, it had been THE WALL IS STILL STANDING BY TYLER MANN eleased on this day in 1979, Pink FloydÕs well as a memorable outro (ÒIf you donÕt eat your rative of the album, where Pink nally breaks out RThe Wall stands out among the crowd in a meat, you canÕt have any pudding!Ó). Immediately of the wall he created. ÒOutside the WallÓ, then, particularly fantastic year for music. In retrospect, following, the acoustic ÒMotherÓ features lyrics of ends on a rather depressing note, as the track loops The Wall can be seen as one of the last commer- an overbearing maternal gure, and ÒYoung ustÓ back into the beginning of the album, implying cially and critically successfully progressive rock parodies many hard rock songs, with its arena- Pink isnÕt the only one, and everyone will always albums. The genreÕs lengthy and complicated sized sound and hormone crazed lyrics. Perhaps continue building their own walls. compositions gave way to punk rock and new my favorite on disc one, ÒOne of My Turns,Ó e - We invite you to e perience the journey of wave movements. Although the funky bass line of plodes in anger so perfectly. It can be uite star- this album using the R code. Ne t month, I will ÒAnother Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2Ó and the legend- tling on the rst listen. be reviewing Vince GuaraldiÕs A Charlie Brown ary ÒComfortably NumbÓ can be enjoyed on their The second disc opens with one of the Christmas, released in 1965. own, they both work better in the narrative running crown jewels of the bandÕs illustrious career, ÒHey throughout the albumÕs 80 minute runtime. You.Ó The crushingly real lyrics about loneliness Report Card: The album is a story telling of songwriter sit atop the gentle and somber instrumental, before Lyrics: A and bassist Roger WatersÕ disillusionment with so- a grand guitar solo highlights the best of David Music: A- ciety and his life manifested in a character called GilmourÕs vast musical talent. The short, none- Performances: A Pink. He is introduced in the opening song ÒIn The theless, ne duo of ÒVeraÓ and ÒBring the Boys Production: A+ Flesh?Ó, which features all the bombast and drama Back HomeÓ feature war lyrics which would t Overall: A to be e pected on the other 25 tracks. Of course, it comfortably on Pink FloydÕs ne t record, The Fi- would be ridiculous to cover each of them here, so nal Cut. Perhaps, the most well known song from only the highlights will be covered. ÒThe Thin IceÓ the album, ÒComfortably NumbÓ, has the perfect sets the tone for the whole album through its lyr- sense of melancholy, best represented by both of ics about the necessity of emotional support in the its stunning, melodic guitar solos the second of modern world. The classic single ÒAnother Brick which is commonly ranked among the best of all can the ode to listen to the al um. in the Wall, Pt. 2Ó can get anyone singing with its time. The reprise ÒIn The FleshÓ is just as good as rebellious lyrics and childrenÕs choir chants, as the rst, and ÒThe TrialÓ wraps up the main nar- Students of the Month WORDSEARCH BY LAUREN HANSEN Dance Team to Perform at VHS BY MADDI KALLSEN
Vermillion The dance team is performing Thurs- interactive day, November 29th and Friday, November 30th at 7pm both nights in the VHS auditorium. Tickets will be sold at the door for 7$ per adult and 3$ per student. Preschoolers and inder- Content That gartners are free. The entire team is very e cited to be Brings Print To Life! performing. Download the FREE Vermillion Interactive App today to 5% APR Holiday Loan Special! experience all the adventures Visit our website waiting for you in the paper! to apply! www.vermillionfcu.com Vermillion PoeFreedomty Cone LAIN ALK PServing our readers since 1884. T by Jack Fuller www.plaintalk.net nity reedom undle o arrows. star s angled shroud or to rea one arrow ra ed around this na s easy tion s shoulders. But to rea i ty shroud s im ossi le. hich warms and ro tects merica 105 E. Cherry St., Vermillion, SD ll it encom asses. nation uilt (605) 677-5214 n the values o Congratulations i erty reedom Tango Justin Sorensen torch held high i erty hich lights our ath ustice by Maya Shaver-Shane Winner for the week of nd attracts all nity. November 25th ho wish Bright red and yellow leaves refect themselves to the sun. Justin has excelled in the o wal with us. nation that is he colors iss my eyes with a gentle touch ym oli ed in as many classroom and community and we are s ste ed orward heard a crunch. ustice ways proud to announce his acheivements. set o scales s eo le. t was a dead tan lea under my shoes Watch KSFY Monday nights hat weigh the truth nation where reedom m so sad wanna ta e a snoo e. at 6 p.m. to see the winner for nd a sword nites all in it the week. o de end those ith li erty 1410 E. Cherry, Vermillion ho can t de end them nd ustice Submit your poetry to selves. 605-624-2673 * clayunionelectric.coop or . [email protected]