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November 17, 2016 Volume XXIII Issue 6 A PUBLICATiON OF HAMBURG AREA HIGH SCHOOL Hawks defeat the Panthers at Frost Bowl Kiara Mariano – 11 The Frost Bowl is like the super bowl for the students of Hamburg and Schuylkill Valley high schools. On Friday November 4 the Hamburg Hawks and the SV panthers went head to head to win the Frost Bowl. This was a very intense game but the hawks went away with the win with the score of 23 to 14. Logan Werley, senior, had 2 touchdowns and 100 yards. Seamus Barter, freshman had 1 touchdown. Jordan McAllister ran a majority of the yard with 186. This is the Hawks second year bringing the trophy home. Because of this win and the loss of the Twin Valley Raiders, the Hawks make it to the Eastern Conference Championship. Jordan McAllister, senior, said, “It feels great to put a lot of hard work in this year to make it where we are at. We are ready to compete for a championship we just have to come in with Life skills club starts exciting the right mind set that we did last Friday and we need to stay focus and just go there like it’s a business trip.” events Daniel Lee senior, said, “With all the hard work in the offseason and playing this team since Jennifer Hoshauer – 11 I was young it feels great beating this teams for my last time ever facing them again. This Life Skills Club is a club at Hamburg that meets every club day B, Miss. Miller is the advisor. Friday I really would like to focus big especially with it being my last game I would like to go During that time students plan the next events that are coming throughout the year, such as out with a bang like my mom always wanted me to GET SOME!!” making apple dumplings, making chocolate covered pretzels, making a holiday breakfast, Max Kline senior, said, “I feel that this is the biggest accomplishments that the team has having Special Olympics, and having prom. made this season. With the low numbers it is going to be a difficult but I think we will be ok.” Eliza Mosemen, junior President of the club, Eliza said “I love talking and doing activities with the students”. Nora Barter who is also a junior is the vice president. Every year around the fall season life skills takes a day off from working in the classroom to make apple dumplings from scratch. The Life Skill members can help them out during the day if they have a study hall. After they are finished making them they sell them to the staff and their families. During the Christmas Holiday the students make a holiday breakfast for the custodians. In the month of May Life Skills has their own Special Olympics at Hamburg. During this event the student’s do track events, while the members of the club run along with them. There is also a prom for Life Skills. Around the end of the school year. For this event all the students get dressed up and have their own little prom in the classroom. Prom is not every year for Life Skills. To become a member come to club day B, in the Life Skills room. Mental Health Awareness: “Triggered!” Sarah Gould – 11 Mental health is an oft forgotten aspect of self-care, so it is usually neglected by the media and the masses alike. It seems that the only exception to this rule is when mental health terms are used as a punch-line to a joke. Hearing “triggered” in the school hallways is commonplace. In some circumstances it is even expected. The phrase is not used out of contempt, but rather as a satire of its use by those who are perceived as being “too sensitive.” While it is certainly important to be able to distinguish between a harmless joke and truly offensive acts, the fact that mental health goes undiscussed indicates that that many people do not have an understanding of what a trigger is. Getting to know The Taking the term literally, trigger, according to Merriam-Webster, means “something that causes something else to happen.” This is a very vague and broad definition, but when speaking of it from a mental health perspective, the word has a much heavier meaning. Seeing Eye According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), “PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.” Lexi Tessitore – 9 Most people associate PTSD with soldiers having flashbacks to disturbing scenes they have The Seeing Eye is a non-profit organization located in Morristown, New Jersey, that breeds and witnessed. While it is absolutely true that many veterans suffer from the disorder, the general raises puppies to becoming Seeing Eye dogs. The Seeing Eye trains puppies to become guide population is also at risk of developing dogs and instructs blind people on how to properly handle and care for the dogs. In addition, PTSD. Any form of trauma, ranging The Seeing Eye conducts and supports research on canine health and development. from a serious injury to witnessing a The Seeing Eye has been around for a while, dating all the way back to 1927. It is the death, has the potential to foster the oldest existing guide dog school in the world. Morris Frank, a young blind man, found an article about dogs who were being trained as guides for the blinded veterans from World disorder. In these cases, a trigger War I. He decided to write the author for help so he could potentially get his own guide is anything that causes the person dog. Dorothy Harrison Eustis was training German Shepherds in Switzerland when she to relive their traumatic experience. got his letter, and agreed to help him. He promised he would inform people in America Triggers are not just limited to about the wonderful guide dogs. A year later, after receiving complete instruction in those with PTSD. They could be Switzerland, Morris Frank returned to New York City to show people the abilities of his guide dog, Buddy. The Seeing Eye officially began January 29, 1929 in Nashville, Tennessee. used in reference to the instigating The Seeing Eye trains male and female German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers, and of an episode of any mental Golden Retrievers. When people volunteer to train the dogs, they have to specify whether illness. For example, a person or not they have any pets at home, what breed they are, and their genders so The Seeing with anxiety may have a panic attack when they are around people who intimidate them, Eye can send out a dog that would be most compatible with the other animals. After they are or a depressed person could turn to self-harm when reminded of a stressful event. trained for a little more than a year, the dogs go back With all of this in mind, the fact that “being triggered” has become a joke takes to The Seeing Eye and away from its use as a mental health necessity. Poking fun at these resources are work with a trainer for four not the way to spread their value. If anything, they diminish it. When talking about a months. Each trainer gets frustrating event, it is best to avoid referencing the word in such a negative fashion about eight to ten dogs to and to kindly inform others about the tremendous importance of that single word train and spends every day with them. Based off the “Being triggered” does not happen when a teacher announces a pop quiz or when a friend reports that the previous brings up an embarrassing memory. Triggers are an invaluable aspect of mental health. The owner and trainer write term needs to be respected for value to identify the difficulties surrounding life with mental illness. on the dog, there will be a For more information visit http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trigger and https:// person chosen for the dog to guide. The dog’s working life is usually around seven Early Dismissal Tuesday November 22 to nine years. For more information, visit http://www.seeingeye. No School Wednesday, November 23 org/. through Monday, November 28 HAWK HAPPENINGS November 17, 2016 PAGE 2 Herbal Athlete spotlight shines on Hamburg senior tea offers Shawna Hauck -9 Andrea Fink is a senior at Hamburg Area High School. benefits Not only does she play soccer, but she also manages the high school girl’s basketball team. She has been playing soccer for 13 years. She currently plays soccer Quinn Holl - 9 for the school and for a travel team called Penn Legacy. She has been titled team captain for three years. She The benefits of consuming herbal tea plays the center back position, which is defense. Even range from preventing illnesses all the way while on defense she had multiple scoring opportunities. to calming nerves into a state of peace. Herbal tea is an infusion of leaves, seeds, “Andrea is a huge help both on and off the field.” says roots or bark. It is then extracted into hot Tia Strunk, a teammate. Teammates described her as water in order to diffuse the natural flavor of the tea throughout the beverage. Most may not think that herbal tea could provide such positive and hardworking. an astounding number of benefits to someone’s health, however the valuable benefits of drinking herbal tea are quite fascinating at the least. There are 86 diverse selections of herbal Next year Andrea plans to attend Malone University tea to choose from, and with so many options it is very likely that someone will find a tea that in Canton, Ohio.