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September 27, 2013

Volume 80, Issue 1

Here is your 2013-2014 Tiger Tales Staff:

Hi people of Liberty Center! My name is Rachel Diane Winterfeld and I am a senior this year. I am a varsity player for the Tiger Tales staff this year. This year I’ll mainly be writing the “Recent News of LC”, “Single’s Corner”, “Spanish Club”, and “Student Concerns” articles. I am also the designated photographer of the paper. Stay tuned for more issues, and follow us on twitter (@LCTigerTales)! Keep a lookout in Sin- gle’s Corner, maybe your perfect future significant other will be featured in an issue! ;) Hello my name is Hunter Carnahan; I am on varsity for soccer, wrestling, and now Tiger Tales! I have wanted to do something in journalism for a long time now. One of Inside this issue: my hobbies includes collecting different shoes like normal shoes, wrestling shoes, and even soccer cleats. I have received state recognition in both free style wrestling and Hot or Not 2 indoor soccer. I have been a Liberty Center Tiger all my life and I plan on keeping it that way. I have also been told that I am a really good dancer. Like, I should be on a TV show Mystery Person 3 just for my dancing.

Sports 4-5 Hey everyone! I’m Alexa Polsdorfer! I’m a senior this year. As well as being on the 2013-14 Tiger Tales Staff, I play volleyball, and am a football and basketball cheer- Singles Corner 7 leader. Throughout each issue you will see that I write “HAWT OR NAWT”, “Football”, Couples Corner 7 and Is that weird” with my co-writer THE Hannah Barrett. In your spare time go follow @LcTigerTales on Twitter! Where you can see our tiger of the week and all our issue Senior Spotlight 8-9 dates! Hello! My name is Kennedy Wood and I’m back for yet another lovely year in Tiger Tales. I’m a fellow varsity Tiger Tales player with Rachel Winterfeld and Katie Gil- COUNTDOWN son. I enjoy reading, driving my super fast car, cuddling with my cats, and spending the free time that I have away from homework with my friends. Some favorite things of mine By: Katie Gilson include the color pink, pancakes, the movie “Stepbrothers”, and the show “Spongebob Squarepants.” It’s good to be back writing amazing articles with my Tiger Tales team.

Hi everyone! My name is Hannah Barrett, and I have the joy of being a part of  7 Days– Homecoming Game the Tiger Tales staff this year! I am a senior, and I’m in football, basketball, and competi-  8 Days– Homecoming Dance tion cheerleading! I will be writing the “Cheerleading”, “Burning Questions”, and “Is that weird?” with THEE Alexa Polsdorfer. I am also the assistant photographer. Keep a  15 Days– Powderpuff Game look out for our issues, and follow us on Twitter @LCTigerTales!:)  21 Days– No School Hello, my name is Gaby Hawkins and I am a senior this year playing JV in Tiger  28 Days– End of First Nine Weeks Tales! I love to read, write, act on stage, sing Disney music, and cruise around in my ’81 Chevy Malibu. My favorite things include watching movies, unintentionally making peo-  39 Days– Election Day ple laugh, and when I’m in the right kind of mood, spread some sunshine. You will most likely find me reading cheesy novels, listening to odd music on my Pandora playlist, and chewing my gum rapidly in concentration. I also have a weird obsession with buying and wearing vintage or vintage looking clothing from thrift shops and have a color of lipstick for every day of the week. Some say I’m hipster, I just say I’m a trend setter. Page 2 Tiger Tales

Here is your 2013-2014 Tiger Tales Staff:

Senior Spotlight Hey everyone! My name is Katie Gilson and I am a returning letterman from the Tiger Tales staff! I play volleyball, basketball, and softball. You’ll see my work in the countdown and calendar. However, as Head Tiger most of my work is on the layout of this lovely newspaper. It just happens to be our school’s best! Be sure to follow us on Twitter and read all of our issues off of the school’s webpage!

Brittany Atkinson, that’s all you need to know.

My name is Andrea Weirauch, but you already know that. I’m on the volleyball, basketball, and track teams. This is my first year in Tiger Tales and my articles are; “The Debate column”, Tiger of the Week”, and “Volleyball”. Follow us on Twitter @LCTigerTales and Good Luck to all the fall sports teams! Go Tigers!!

Hi! My name is Sarah Yaney and I am a junior this year at Liberty Center High School. I play volleyball and run track. This is my first year on the Tiger Tales staff and my articles are debate column, golf, and mystery person. So be mysterious and growl on! Calendar

By: Katie Gilson

 Friday, October 4: Burning Questions Homecoming Game w/ Swanton– 7PM  Saturday, October 5: By: Hannah Barrett JV Football @ Swanton– 10AM

This issue’s question was what is your biggest pet peeve? Vars Girls Soccer w/ Northwood– 10AM Below are the responses of some Liberty Center students: Vars/JV Volleyball @ Stryker w/ Ayersville– 9AM Allison Righi: When people chew with their mouth open HS XC @ Fostoria– 9AM Allison Crawford: When people walk slowly in the hallways Vars Boys Soccer @ Otsego– 11AM Lexi Davis: When people act dumb for attention Jordan Smith: When people ignore me Homecoming Dance– 8:30PM

Katherine Bell: When people interrupt me  Monday, October 7: Jared Dishop: When my toast is burnt Vars/JV Volleyball w/ Holgate– 5:30PM Vicky Scarberry: When people retweet or favorite the LC battles page on Twitter FR Football w/ Swanton– 4:30PM Hunter Carnahan: When the flash of someone’s camera blinds JV Girls Soccer w/ Evergreen– 5PM you while taking a picture Alexa Polsdorfer: When people come over and don’t clean  Tuesday, October 8: up their mess JV Boys Soccer @ Archbold– 5PM Vars Boys Soccer @ Archbold– 7PM

 Thursday, October 10: Vars Girls Soccer w/ Archbold– 5PM

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April/May Calendar

Human Interest Story HAWT OR NAWT

Motocross for Life By: Alexa Polsdorfer By: Hunter Carnahan We’re going to talk about Hunter Carnahan and his HAWT: long past of motocross. Hunter used to race motocross with his older brother Steven Carnahan, an alumni from Liberty Center Being a SENIOR and Four County. Hunter started racing when he was about 4 Heelys years old, he knew how to ride a motorcycle before he could take his training wheels off his normal bike! Hunter went to nu- Loom bracelets NAWT: merous places around Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan while his Lava lamps Instagram videos brother went around the country racing including New York, Utah, and Florida. Hunter was sponsored by the time he was 7 Fantasy football by local motorcycle shops around the Toledo area. Steven raced until about the time he got out of high school to pursue his future Hello kitty job in electrical management. Hunter stopped racing about the Animal bracelets time of 7th and 8th grade for anonymous reasons. By the time Hunter was at his last race he was ranked 2nd in the state and Freshmen was in the top 50 for the country.

Recent News of LC New Teachers By: Rachel Winterfeld You might have noticed a few new faces in the LC Wrestling Stars for Future teaching staff this year, that’s because there are 10 new By: Hunter Carnahan members of LC staff. Mrs. Kieffer is the new head nurse of This week our person with a creative interest is senior the school. Ms. Mericle is teaching high school English, Trey Armbrecht. Trey has a unique gift, he has been wrestling Mrs. Mott teaches high school math, Mrs. Stuckey teaches since he was a little kid and has been getting better and better high school and middle school science, Ms. Goble teaches every year. When he was in the middle of his 8th grade year, middle school social studies. Mrs. Ricker teaches in the Trey and part of his team went on into State Wrestling tourna- middle school. Mrs. Wesley, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Smith, and ment in middle school and had the honor of being a qualifier. Mrs. Wood are new elementary teachers this year. If you Then Trey has moved into high school where he has been a 3x see them in the hallways, make sure you give them a Sectional placer and has been a 2x District qualifier. He has also friendly smile and make them feel welcome! been in a special wrestling program in Toledo with three other Drug dogs will visit our school once a month, un- Liberty Center wrestlers called FoxFire wrestling announced. They have already been here once this year Camp/Program. This camp specializes in the other two forms of and something was found in a car in the parking lot. Stu- wrestling called freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling. They are dent lockdowns will take place while the dogs are in the often used in other countries because the United States uses the school. A.L.I.C.E. will be a common drill practiced regular- wrestling form called folk style. Trey plans on getting into a ly, similar to how it was practiced on Friday, September 27. four year college in computer tech unless he gets a scholarship in wrestling. Weekend Events

Leaders Farms Corn Maize is opening this weekend! Open- ing night is Friday from 7-10, Saturday 2-10, and then Sunday 2-9 New movies coming out this weekend include: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”, “Rush”, and “Baggage Claim” Page 4

Mystery People This Day in History By: Sarah Yaney By: Kennedy Wood

He/She is a senior He/She is a 3 sport athlete 1937 - 1st Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion He/She has green eyes NY) His/Her favorite food is sushi 1979 - Elton John, sick with flu, collapse on Hollywood He/She is 6’3’’ Universal Ampitheater His/Her favorite store is Goodwill He/She has dirty blonde hair 1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper, is born *come to Sarah Yaney if you know who this 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, is person is! born

He/She is a Freshman 1998 - Google is launched His/Her favorite color is purple He/She is in 3 sports 2003 - Actress Halle Berry announces her separation His/Her hair color is brown from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet His/Her eye color is hazel

His/Her favorite animal is a turtle Recipes He/She has 3 siblings By: Brittany Atkinson *if you know who this person is see Sarah Yaney for a prize! Double Fudge Cookies Total Time: 15 minutes Prep Time: 5 minutes Homecoming Cook Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: By: Gaby Hawkins Yield: 30-48 Liberty Center High School is proud to present Units: US | Metric this year's homecoming court! With Allison Crawford as 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box devil's food cake mix (Betty Crocker Super Homecoming Queen, Katie Gilson as Senior Attendant, Moist suggested) Hailey Saneholtz as Junior Attendant, Olivia Kundo as Sophomore Attendant and Emma Babcock as Freshman 1/2 cup vegetable oil Attendant. Escorting them is Bryce Long, Kody 2 large eggs Chesnut, Josh Carpenter, Brooks Hinton, and Braxton Confectioners' sugar or granulated sugar, for rolling Tejkl. Directions: They will be recognized at the October 4th game 1. Preheat oven to 350F°. against the Swanton Bulldogs. 2. Stir (by hand) dry cake mix, oil and eggs in a large bowl until dough forms. 3. Dust hands with confectioners' sugar and shape dough into 1" balls. 4. Roll balls in confectioners' sugar and place 2 inches apart on un- greased cookie sheets. 5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until center is JUST SET. 6. Remove from pans after a minute or so and cool on wire racks. Page 5 Tiger Tales

Debates

Monday vs. Friday If you had the choice to make school only 4 days a week would you rather have Monday or Friday off?

By: Andrea Weirauch By: Sarah Yaney

Personally I think we should get Friday Opposing the pick to have Fridays off, I off. I think this because Friday is technically would choose to have Mondays off. While Friday part of the weekend, so might as well get the is technically part of the weekend, this is the day whole day to enjoy. And during football season of the week that I most look forward to. During you get to sleep in and have the football game the fall it is football Fridays, and we all know to look forward to. If we had Mondays off, then school helps you get pumped for the game. If we the attitudes we had toward Mondays would only had four days of school instead of five, the just turn into the same attitudes toward Tues- attitudes toward Monday may not be as extreme. days. I believe the week starts on Monday and I Having an extra day to unwind after the week- personally like to get the hard work over with end instead of having a day before the weekend first. Going to school when the week starts and would be more beneficial for students. This way just getting it over with is what I enjoy so that I you can enjoy your normal weekend, but have why I would rather go to school on Mondays that extra day before heading back to school and get Fridays off. and getting back into the swing of things.

Violent Behavior Related To Video Games

By: Andrea Weirauch By: Sarah Yaney

I believe that video games increase vio- I believe video games do not encour- lence through all ages. I believe this because in age violent behavior. If that was the case, then video games it teaches people all about weapons the majority population today would be crimi- and the situations are so real that you can take the nals. The way someone responds to a violent things you have learned to the streets. In most video game depends all on a person’s person- games killing is rewarding which is teaching awful ality and environment. If this were to blame, things. Killing people is one of the worst crimes a then there would be horrific and brutal tortur- person can commit, and video games make it ing like you see in video games rather than seem like it is no big deal. Whatever enters our simple shooting, stabbing types of murder. brains stays there. Violent video games can cause Most kids who are playing these games are behavior problems such as aggression problems actually logical and realize this is only okay in and violence issues which can lead to killers and game. There is no logical evidence to say that so on. This is why I believe that violent behavior is video games lead to violent behavior, it is just related back to video games. easy to blame them. Page 6 Tiger Tales Sports

Football Volleyball

Tigers Take A “W” Over The Vikings, And A Loss Against By: Andrea Weirauch The South Side Team The Liberty Center volleyball team kicked off the By: Alexa Polsdorfer season on Tuesday, August 20th with a win at home against Week three of Tiger Football was a success! the the Waite Indians. The scores were: 25-15, 25-14, and 25-10. Tigers got a big win over the Evergreen Vikings. On the On Tuesday, August 22nd, the Lady Tigers faced the Otsego offensive side for the Tigers, Anthony Righi had a total of Knights in the jungle falling to the Knights in three games, the three scores, while Adam Jones, Levi Frysinger, and Kaleb scores were: 17-25, 18-25, and 15-25.Leading the Tigers in kills was Niki Meyer with 17 while Lydia Mack had 30 assists. Pohlman had one score each. On the defensive side for the Tigers, Kaleb Pohlman led the Tigers in tackles with a total The Lady Tigers traveled to Evergreen on Tuesday, of 10 and Adam Spieth followed with six. August 27th, to take on the Vikings and lost in a very close three games, 20-25, 19-25, and 23-25. Leading the serve re- Week four wasn’t as good for the Tigers. They lost to the ceive column with perfect passes were Alexa Polsdorfer with team on the south side of the Maumee. The final score was 8 passes, Andrea Weirauch with 7 passes, and Sarah Yaney 21-3. Kaleb Pohlman’s 25 yard field goal attempt was good, with 5 passes. giving the Tigers three points in first quarter. Dylan Sexton That Thursday, August 29th, they traveled to Ram picked up 235 punting yards for the Tigers. country to take on Tinora. In an exciting five game match, the Tigers fell to the Rams 13-25, 26-24, 25-22, 17-25, and 11-15. Niki Meyer had 14 perfect digs, Alexa Polsdorfer had 13, and Andrea Weirauch had 21. Tigers Win Over Rams in Triple Overtime, And Shutout The volleyball team took a long trip to Hilltop on Locos Tuesday, September 3rd, and played a long five games, fall- By: Alexa Polsdorfer ing just short to the Cadets, 25-21, 21-25, 14-25, 25-19, and 8- 15. Niki Meyer had 23 kills and Andrea Weirauch had 4 solo The opening two weeks for Tigers Football were blocks. great! The Tigers captured a huge win over the Tinora On Thursday, September 5th, the Tigers hosted the Rams in triple overtime. Earlier in the game, Kaleb Pohl- Archbold Bluestreaks, after a hard fought three games the man was able to keep the Tigers ahead in the game, Tigers dropped the match to the Bluestreaks, 16-25, 18-25, handing the ball off to Anthony Righi for a 58 yard run and 15-25. for a touchdown. Kaleb, also passed the ball to Konnor On Saturday, September 7th, the Lady Tigers played Pohlman for a 38 yard gain. Finishing off the game, at Hicksville in a tri-match beating North Central, 25-10, and Kaleb had a one yard run for a touchdown to win the 25-8, and dropped a match to Hicksville, 19-25, and 21-25. game. The girls have been working very hard and are looking for- Week two for the Tigers was a shutout over the ward to picking up some wins in the games to come! Montpelier Locomotives. The Tigers opened up the The volleyball team went to PH on Tuesday, Septem- game by kicking off to the Locos and Blake Graber re- ber 10th, and won in four sets. The scores were; 25-18, 25-17, covered a fumble on the return for a Tiger turnover. A 22-25, and 25-18. few plays later Kaleb Pohlman handed the ball off to An- The Lady Tigers traveled to Montpelier to take on thony Righi for a one yard touchdown run. The Tigers the Locos and beat them in an intense four games. The scores later scored on a 39 yard run from Righi. With 10:09 left were; 25-20, 25-16, 22-25, and 25-22. in the second quarter Anthony Righi scored on a 33 yard interception. Other contributors to the Tiger win was Kody Kregulka with a nine yard run for a touchdown. Plus, Dylan Sexton had two scores, and Anthony Righi had five scores with a total of 196 yards. Page 7 Tiger Tales Sports Cont.

Soccer Cross Country

Liberty Center Soccer Liberty Center Cross Country By: Hunter Carnahan By:Brittany Atkinson The boys soccer team here at liberty has started off On September 14th, the Tigers raced at the Galion Invite. the season the best they ever had! They headed off to their Both the boys and the girls team took home a 1st place trophy. first game in Bowsher high. The tigers did not start off well at The LC boys were led by Colin Burns, who finished 5th with a new first letting Bowsher score, giving them an early lead. But PR of 16:42. Cameron Weaks finished closely behind followed by with the help of the defense and offense working together, Matt Baker, Vince Pinson, and Kyle Nash. The Lady Tigers were the Tigers scored two by Hunter Carnahan and Logan Bueh- led by Brittany Atkinson, and Paige Chamberlain finished in a rer. Going into the second half, Tigers were looking for dom- close second. Jenna Vollmar, Olivia Kundo, and Emma Babcock ination with Gavin Kline scoring and Hunter Carnahan again also finished very high for the ladies. from a free kick. The Tigers ended up winning 4-2. After los- Last weekend, the Tigers hosted their own invite at the ing a close one with Woodmore 3-2, the Tigers faced Widewater Retreat Center. The boys finished in a solid 3rd place Whitmer high school which turns out to be a huge game for with two, state ranked, Division I schools barely edging them out the Tigers. Taking the lead early were the Tigers with Hunter at the end. The boys were led by Cameron Weaks, Colin Burns, Carnahan scoring twice in under three minutes. Then later on Vince Pinson, Jason Hadley, and Matt Baker. The girls were just in the half, Matt Oberhaus scored! Ending the half at 3-0. The able to edge out Napoleon by one point to bring home the first second half went and went with two goals for Whitmer and place trophy. The Lady Tigers were led by Brittany Atkinson, Gavin Kline with a Snipe! Ending score 4-2 Tiger victory. Ti- Olivia Kundo, Jenna Vollmar, Cheryl Davenport, and Paige Cham- gers also played Napoleon High School and came up a little berlain. The Tigers will be racing in Edgerton next week at the short with a 4-1 loss. The Tigers are at 2-2 in the normal sea- Edgerton Invitational. son but are 2-0 in their league which they are currently ranked 1st. Liberty Center Cross Country The girls soccer are looking a bit rough this year but The Liberty Center Boys team started out their season with are still going strong with a 1-4 record. The girls headed off a bang by winning back to back invites. On August 24, they ran to face Bowsher high and made an upset! The girls started out their first two mile race at Sandusky. The boys dominated the other with striker Lexi Noll with two goals in the first half. The Ti- teams there and easily took home the first place trophy. Cameron gers end the half 2-1, they come back out, those guns blaz- Weaks led the boy’s team with a first place finish followed by Collin ing, and the team scores two more times with the end score of Burns, Jason Hadley, Vince Pinson, and Alan Meyer. A week later 4-2 Lady Tigers. Then things get a little crazy with the girls the boys won again at the Otsego invite in their first 5k of the sea- losing the next four games against Delta, Perkins, Bryan, and son. Once again Cameron led the Tigers with a second place finish, Napoleon. The Lady Tigers are 1-0 in there league and look- with Collin coming in a close third. Vince Pinson, Kyle Nash, and ing to stay number ONE in that league. Alan Meyer also placed very well for the Tigers. On September 7, the boys headed off to the Tiffin Carnival. With over 50 teams in the Liberty Center Soccer race the boys finished with a solid 5th place finish. Next Saturday By: Hunter Carnahan the boys will be racing at the Galion Invitational. The Liberty Center Soccer boys and girls are both On August 24, the girl’s team started their season at the off to a good start, the Lady Tigers had five games in the past Panther Run for Fun in Sandusky. The girls brought home a first two weeks with a new record of 3-9. The Tigers gave good place trophy with ease. Brittany Atkinson led the tigers followed by effort against Wauseon, Cardinal Stritch, Swanton, and Otta- Olivia Kundo, Paige Chamberlain, Cheryl Davenport, and Jenna wa Hills but all came to losses. The Lady Tigers pulled out Vollmar. The girls came back the next week with a disappointing two wins over Toledo Christian and Waite. Lexi Noll and second place finish behind Whitmer at the Otsego invite. On Sep- Courtney Talyor are the leading scorers while Libby Ball is tember 7, the Lady Tigers headed to the Tiffin Carnival to redeem in goalie. themselves. In their race with over 50 teams, the Tigers came out The Boys Soccer team is having a great year this on top with a first place finish. Brittany Atkinson led the team with a year! Their record is at 5-4 with losses from Wauseon, Swan- first place finish and was closely followed by Olivia Kundo and Jen- ton, and Napoleon. But the Tigers fought hard to get wins na Vollmar. Also placing highly for the Tigers was Paige Chamber- from Pettisville, Cardinal Stritch, and Waite. The leading lain and Emma Babcock. Come out to support the Tigers next week scorers are Hunter Carnahan, Gavin Kline, and Matt Ober- at the Galion Invitational. haus. Zac Metzger is inside the goal. Page 8 Tiger Tales Sports Cont.

Golf Competitive Cheerleading By: Andrea Weirauch The Tiger golfers traveled to Auglaize to par- ticipate in the NWOAL league golf meet. The team Liberty Center Cheerleaders Rise to the Top finished third overall and Zach Sidel led the Tigers By: Hannah Barrett with a third place individual finish. Zach shot an im- The Liberty Center competition cheerleading team pressive 77 while Taylor Lapinski received honorable took first place at Williams County Fair on Sunday, and ended mention shooting a solid 83. The Tiger golfers compet- their season on the perfect note. The team has competed at ed at sectionals last night but results were too late for eight different competitions. These competitions include; publication. Wood County Fair, Elmwood Cheerleading Competition, the Defiance County Fair, the Corn City Festival, the Holgate Cheerleading Competition, the Fulton County Fair, and their By: Sarah Yaney most recent the Williams County Fair. The team has managed On September 7, the Liberty Center golf team to place at every competition in their division with; six first competed at the Stryker Invitational. Leading the Ti- places, one second place, one third place, and one grand gers was Joel Studer with a round of 74. Zach Sidel champions. The Grand champion award is an award for the came in with an 88, while Tyler Lange followed close team who has not only won their own division but also the behind with an 89. Other scores were Ryan Wymer entire competition. The members of the team include; Han- with a 95, and Levi Weichers with a 98. The tigers nah Barrett, Katherine Bell, Kayla Murrey, Allison Righi, came in 6th overall out of 16 teams in this invitational. Alaina Kessler, Monica Mann, Lexi Davis, Caitlyn Smith, and Members of the team this year also include Chaz Jenna Vollmar. The team is lead by coaches Shelly Davis, and Wheatly, Taylor Lapinski, Justin Saneholtz, and Jacob Liz Spangler. The season for the team has ended for now but, Bechstein. Look for big things to come this season, and will start back up in the winter to prepare for the Regional swing on Tigers! Cheerleading Competition.

Tiger of the Week By: Brittany Atkinson and Andrea Weirauch

This week’s Tiger of the Week is This week’s Tiger of the Week goes to Mark Wood. He is a senior and you will see Kaleb Pohlman. He is a senior here at LC and him wearing a number 74 jersey for the foot- wears number 20 out on the football field. He ball team. Mark has earned Tiger of the receives this award because of his heroic Week for his bravery. During the football blocked kick in the football game against Tinora. game against Montpelier,Mark was going in The game went into a grueling three overtimes for a tackle and was hit by another player’s with the Tigers coming out on top. Kaleb blocked facemask right where he had broke his arm the kick in the first overtime. Growl on Kaleb! last season. He took his drooping arm up to Katie the trainer without a tear in his eye. Katie flipped her noodles when she saw Mark’s arm. It was destroyed! Mark is no longer in a sling and is hoping to be able to suit up in his football pads as soon as possi- ble. Growl on Mark! Page 9

IS THAT WEIRD? Spanish Club By: Hannah Barrett and Alexa Polsdorfer By: Rachel Winterfeld

¡Hola! If you are interested in joining Spanish “I eat heads of lettuce” –Kelsea Rohrs club, Mrs. Soto will have a sign-up sheet so see her “I drink banana pepper juice”- Lexi Davis after class! The fee to join is $5.00 per member. If you “I hate when people don’t close cereal bags”- Emma Babcock are interested in being a Spanish Club officer, talk to “I have more dead animals than children” – Mr.Starkey Mrs. Soto about it sometime soon! She will be adding “Combs plays football even though he’s not an athlete” – four new club officers this year. Mrs. Soto is collect- Mr.Lingruen ing money until October 11. Someone will be coming “I hold hands with my mom in public”- Deric Combs to homerooms and lunch to collect it during the “I love making stuffed animals”-Travis Harper week, or you could just give it to Mrs. Soto at the end “I like sunflower seeds in my ice-cream”- Clare Long of class with her. ¡Gracias! “Alexa calls me Snippers”-Dylan Sexton

Opinion Column Teen Suicide Awareness: A must in Schools By: Gaby Hawkins This month is Teen Suicide Awareness month. Teen suicide is a growing issue in every school, and some schools don’t bring any or enough attention to the subject. What’s all the awareness about? Well, to understand that you have to understand the issue itself. Life as a teen is very stressful and how we deal with what our peers say can determine our worth to ourselves. Sometimes this causes teens to be overwhelmed with everything around them and they become so broken down inside that they think the only way out is ending their life. Suicide awareness in schools is extremely important for the stability of students. It may seem obvious that awareness is a must because we need to reach out to those feeling like they can’t go on anymore. It’s also important because students need to be educated on how to help someone in that situation. Ending the silence and showing you care is the first step to making a statement. Along with that, suicide affects everyone not just the person in danger. Speaking up when no one else will, not only saves that person, but it saves everyone else associated with that person. This is a big deal, but you don’t have to do it all by yourself. Many students ignore this issue because they are too caught up in the sigma that embodies suicide. Some treat it as a big joke and throw it around lightly to everyone maliciously or otherwise. Some shy away from it because society has alienated the word to mean something awful. Yes, it is an awful thing, but it shouldn’t be treated and avoided like the plaque. It’s not scary, and a simple kind word to someone can save his or her life. It’s a big deal to that person. It helps his/her feel accepted and improves self worth. Certain things are being done to bring awareness to schools and they are all great tools that your average joe can use. There are posters with help lines and encouraging words. Speakers come into classes and talk about how you can save someone’s life and how to prevent it yourself. Surveys on how you feel about yourself and how you feel about suicide are extremely helpful to agencies working to end the silence. The best part is that talking about suicide becomes a catalyst for some people and they are motived to do more for the cause, share their personal story, and continue being compassionate towards everyone dealing with something hard. Finally the most important thing, don’t let society’s view on an issue determine how you, as an individual, feel about it. Stand up for whatever issue you believe in and speak out.

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Couples Corner

Lexi Noll and Hunter Carnahan By: Brittany Atkinson This special couple was introduced by their loving parents. They have been dating now for over a year and their favorite thing to do is watch long movies together. When asked what their favorite thing about each other is Hunter said, “Her personality,” while Lexi said, “His big strong arms that hold me tight.” This couple’s idea of a perfect date is riding horse back on the beach together with their horseheads on. You can find this couple out ballin’ it up on the soccer fields together.

Colin Burns and Olivia Kundo By: Brittany Atkinson This article’s featured couple is Colin Burns and Olivia Kundo. They first met when Colin moved here a little over a year ago. On their first date, they went to Olivia’s house, drew with sidewalk chalk, and later watched a movie. When asked, Olivia, said her favorite things about Colin were his glasses, his laugh, and the fact that he is a very fast runner. Colin stated that his favorite thing about Olivia is her smile. Olivia and Colin both have beautiful blue eyes and curly brown hair. You can find this couple gallop- ing through the woods together at cross country. Page 11

Senior Spotlight

By: Kennedy Wood

Name: Haleigh Hoffman 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -To either go to college to be a physical therapist or join the Air Force 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -That I will be out of high school soon 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -To forget about the drama and don’t listen to what other people say about you 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mrs. Tejkl 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Meagan Ross and Brandon Mehlow at Walmart 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Getting to see friends 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -Homework 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Being on the softball team Name: Hunter Carnahan 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Play softball and listen to music -Navy 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -“Duck Dynasty” and I don’t have a favorite movie -Getting a senior discount at restaurants 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Always get the best lunch table seat 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mrs. Kania 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -My girlfriend horseback riding 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Lunch 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -People who sweat my swag 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Jesse Brown and Jordan Guess’ tussle 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Volunteering at the Humane Society 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -I love “Dear John” and “Roll Bounce” Page 12 Tiger Tales Senior Spotlight

Name: Hannah Barrett 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Undecided 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -Participating in the things seniors do! 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Enjoy it while it lasts because they’re not kidding when they say it goes fast 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mr. Miller 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Katherine, Logan, Jake, and the competition cheerleaders. Anywhere and everywhere Name: Logan Foster 6. What is your favorite part about high school? 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Friday night football games! -Attend Bowling Green State University and study Nutrition or 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? Audiology -I have a couple: waking up early and people who start 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? pointless drama -Knowing there is no one older than me to pull the “seniority” 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? trick. And feeling like I own the place. -It would have to be this past summer as a whole, but es- 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? pecially the competition cheer team -Definitely make the best out of everything you do in these four 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? years. HAVE FUN! You only go through high school once! You’ll -Hanging out with my family and friends hear it a lot but it’s VERY true, it goes by so fast! 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -I love “Pitch Perfect” and “The Hunger Games” -Mrs. Tejkl hands down 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Mckayla Knapp, just about everywhere 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -I’d have to say being involved in the high school activities, (face painting, sports, ag) 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -Realizing that this chapter in my life is slowly coming to an end 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Being the freshman homecoming attendant… great experi- ence 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Hanging out with my friends for sure 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -Movies: “The Notebook” and “Stepbrothers” TV shows: “Duck Dynasty” and “Say Yes to the Dress” Page 13

Senior Spotlight

Name: Cameron Weaks 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Attend a four year college and run cross country and track 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -Leading underclassmen in the right direction 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Take school seriously and don’t get bad grades 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mrs. Weaks of course! 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Cross country boys running around town 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Opportunities to jump start your for college 7. What is your least favorite part about high school> Name: Nikki D. -The drama 1. What are your plans for after graduation? 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Go to college for a major in exercise science and go play foot- -Making it to state in cross country and track ball or track 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -Running and going to other sports games -Being with Rachel Winterfeld in 1st period. 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -“Duck Dynasty” and “Movie 43” -Go get your wildest dreams, maybe become a cage fighter or a specialist in bow hunting and num chucks. Or just be Batman. Everyone wants to be Batman. 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Señora Soto or Mrs. Rebecca Tejkl but I think Mrs. Soto has a grudge against me because I dropped her class 5. Who are you seen most with and where? -My boys at football practice 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Talking back to Mrs. Soto 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -Not being with Rachel throughout the day 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Mrs. Siebenaller’s class 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Running 400’s 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -“Walking Dead”, “Tosh.0”, and “The Notebook” Page 14 Tiger Tales

Senior Spotlight

Name: Cody Kaiser 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Ohio State, ag business 2. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Don’t do drugs 3. Who is your favorite teacher? -Señor Bryan 4. Who are you seen with most and where? -Football team 5. What is your least favorite part about high school? -Class 6. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Friday nights 7. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? Name: Dylan Gasche -Reading books and hanging out with Logan 1. What are your plans for after graduation? 8. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -Go to college and live a long happy life -”Saving Private Ryan”, “The Hangover”, “Duck Dynasty” 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -I don’t feel any different than I did before 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Don’t be stupid and take school at least semi- seriously 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mr. Miller 5. What are you seen with most and where? -The cross country guys and Clubhouse Pizza 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Not having to pay bills 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -When homework piles up quickly 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Listening to Joseph yell at people 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Running. reading, and building rocket ships 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -”Walking Dead”, the Batman movie trilogy and etc. Page 15

Senior Spotlight

Name:Connor Gerken 1.What are your plans for after graduation? -I plan to enroll in the Jedi Force Academy 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -The free food at lunch 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Respect your elders 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Yes 5. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Tend to my 3 ant farms 6. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -”Django”

Name:Vicky 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Going to college. Somewhere. 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -Being able to make decisions 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Be involved in as much as you can because it goes fast 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mr. Bryan or Mrs. Soto 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Kitty, Hannah, Rachel, Logan, Kam, and Candace, anywhere where there’s fast food 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Being a part of organizations and sports 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -Writing papers and crowded hallways 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Being voted sophomore attendant 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Not doing my homework, supporting at sporting events, and hanging out with my friends and boyfriend 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -”Teen Wolf”, “Anchorman”, “Bones”, “Psych”, and “Awkward!” Page 16 Tiger Tales

Senior Spotlight

Name: Raellen Stacey 1. What are your plans for after graduation? -Going to Owens then transferring to BG for teaching 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? -The fact that I’m almost done and the younger people look up to me 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? -Do your own thing. Don’t let anyone stop or ruin what you want to do 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Mr. Bryan and Mrs. Soto 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Alexa and everywhere

6. What is your favorite part about high school? Name: Katherine Bell -Football Friday 1. What are your plans for after graduation? 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -I have no idea at all, hopefully college -Drama 2. What is your favorite part about being a senior? 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Having all the youngins look up to me -Junior Homecoming attendant 3. What advice do you give to the underclassmen? 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Ignore drama. It’s stupid and totally pointless. Don’t -Spending time with friends, working at Krogers let the haters bring you down! 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? 4. Who is your favorite teacher? -Any chick flick -Mr. Readshaw 5. Who are you seen with most and where? -Hannah, dugout, practice, shopping, out eating some- place 6. What is your favorite part about high school? -Football Fridays! 7. What is your least favorite part about high school? -All of the homework 8. What is your most memorable high school moment? -Being on a JV competition team and beating a Varsity team 9. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? -Spare time? 10. What are some of your favorite movies/TV shows? -”Pitch Perfect”, Mean Girls”, “Say Yes To The Dress”, “Cheer Perfection”, “Duck Dynasty” Page 17

Teacher Spotlight By: Kennedy Wood

We’re starting off Teacher Spotlight with some new additions to Liberty Center High School this year. One of many is Ms. Mericle. She was born in Lima, Ohio but likes to say that her hometown is Columbus. She is really enjoying Liberty Center so far and says that the students are friendly and easy to talk to, and the teachers are really supportive. When asked what her favorite thing about Liberty Center is, she said, “I like that it’s easy to talk to the students.” She has done substitute teaching in previous years and says that it was hard to get the students to talk. In her spare time aside from teaching, she enjoys reading, gardening, watching football, and traveling. Her favorite movie is “Finding For- rester” and her favorite TV shows include “The Office” and “How I Met Your Mother.” She doesn’t own any pets but she loves dogs and always had German Shepherds growing up. She loves dogs and also loves bears, which is one of her favorite animals. She doesn’t play sports much, but she likes to watch sports like football and college basketball. If Ms. Mericle could change places with a celebrity for a day, she would trade with Kate Middle- ton because she has prestige, a lot of independence, and because “Prince William is not too bad on the eyes either.” Being a teacher is her dream job. She really loves being around the students and we’re glad to have her here this year!

Mrs. Mott is in the spotlight this week. She was born in Texas and raised in Indiana. She graduated from Angola High School and then went on to Earlham College. Mrs. Mott really likes Liberty Center so far and says that it’s a good school. Her favorite thing about Lib- erty Center is the students. She says, “The students are awesome.” She has three younger children and enjoys playing with them in her spare time. She does not own any pets, but dogs are her favorite animals. Her favorite food is bread. She doesn’t have a favorite TV show, but she watches Dora with her kids. Soccer and basketball are her two favorite sports and she used to play soccer. Mrs. Mott really likes sports in general. Teaching math really is her dream job. “It sounds cheesy, but I like teaching math.” If she had $1 million, she would make college scholarships for the people that can’t afford college. We’re glad you’re enjoying Liberty Center so far, and keep up the good work!