October 2018 Issue 2 • Volume 20 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY T h e C O U G A R C H R O N I C L E S IN THIS ISSUE RILEY'S FALL FASHION WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW OSCAR'S CORNER THRIFTING QUEEN INTERVIEW WITH PRESTON STINGER RILEY'S FALL FASHION By: Riley Ratliff RECIPE: CARAMEL Fall Fashion is quickly Bette Midler once said, “I APPLE BARS approaching. “The first day of fall firmly believe that with the right could not be more perfect,” said footwear one can rule the world,” Ericka Kresge, a fashion expert in and with the right boots this fall, MUSIC REVIEW the area. a girl can conquer anything. Ericka uses her fashion Yves Saint Laurent said, “Fashions expertise to help her Instagram fade, style is eternal.” This fall followers more familiar with the bring out all those old fall clothes POETRY CORNER up and coming fashion trends. and pop off in that vintage look; She uses her blog not only to we do not have to listen to the show fashion but witness to lies that say fashion should cost a others about her faith in God. certain amount. Fall is a time for us to layer Make sure to have a blanket Isaiah 40:8 "The grass up with all the cute sweaters, scarf, a good pair of boots, and of withers and the flowers scarves, and anything two inches course a pumpkin spice latte in fall, but the word of our thick that will make us die of your hand to make sure your fall heat exhaustion when it’s 80 fashion is set. God endures forever.” degrees this fall. 2 The Cougar Chronicles The cheer team is excited to learn the WINTER SPORTS “choreographed dances” and “be able to do PREVIEW the bigger and more advanced stunts,” as junior Danielle Whitney said. Jessica Miller, By. Morgan Haynes another junior, said that their main goal as Big goals are in the Cougars’ sight as cheerleaders is to “represent Christ through they begin their winter sports. Boys any wins and losses,” with Dory O’Dell, a basketball, girls basketball, cheerleading, freshman, eagerly agreeing. and bowling have all produced a lot of Finally, junior bowler Luke Walters is excitement at GCA. anticipating a single game the most Boys’ basketball senior, Trey Spears —“definitely the one against Greenfield said, “Our team goals are growing closer Central.” The GCA bowling team has beaten and winning state, but for me, I would several teams out there, including Franklin, really like to win Sectionals because I have Southport, and many other big Indiana not done that yet.” Winning is what schools. Greenfield is the only exception and matters in every sport, but you have to our bowling squad would love to get a win have good sportsmanship in every against them. outcome. Another senior, Quentin Steele, It will be an exciting season to watch the made sure that we knew that they were Greenwood Christian Cougars accomplish going to win, but win “humbly.” The boys their goals and have fun in the process. basketball team won sectionals a few years ago, but they have never gotten past regionals. That is something the boys want to change this season. Parker Whiteside, a OSCAR'S CORNER junior, also added he wanted to “grow "My Taste is Not Trash" spiritually” this season, which seems like By: Oscar Wells something the girl’s basketball is excited There aren’t many things that actually about as well. get me angry. I might get piped up about Unlike the boy’s varsity, the girls’ team things, but never legitimately angry. There has never won sectionals before, and that is, however, one thing that really blows my is something that has to change according stack. When people think less of you as a to sophomore Izzy Reed. When asked what human for something that you like that is game she was most looking forward to, she completely harmless, it can totally ruin a said, “Sectional Championship, because it’s person. The best example for this is how I going to be the first championship that like a lot of Japanese culture, specifically the girls’ basketball wins.” Last year they anime and manga. When people hear that I were really close, playing in the that final like this kinda stuff, they tend to see me as game, but this year they plan to take the inferior and someone that can just be “dub.” Sports are more than just winning, walked all over because of my tastes. This is however, according to junior, Alexis Mead. grossly inhumane, especially since you could “I am so excited to grow in our relationship be very passionate about something and I with God in the season.” could treat you the exact same way. If anything, take away this: the next time someone tells you that they are very passionate about something that you may think is strange or out of your comfort zone, don’t immediately rule them out as a weirdo. You don’t even have to enjoy the thing they like; just appreciate it as something that someone can be passionate about. 3 The Cougar Chronicles POP SOME TAGS: A DAY OUT WITH THE THRIFTING QUEEN By: SaraKate Wells Hi, my name’s SaraKate and I have a thrifting addiction. Seriously, I go at least two or three times a week. I decided to use this to my advantage and give myself a challenge. I challenged myself to find an outfit for under $10. I successfully did this with $1.89 to spare. I went to Goodwill with high hopes and came out with a full outfit, ready to pop off. Let me walk you through my process. First, I like to go to Goodwill to feed my thrifting addiction. I started with the sweatshirts and crewnecks. I pride myself on the amount of grandma and Christmas sweatshirts I usually find every time I go. After locating a light blue gem that reads, “Crazy about My Grandkids,” I moved to the pants. For my pants, I look in three different sections: grandma pants, sweatpants, and jeans. I usually have my best bet with jeans. This trip I found stressed, high waisted, black Levi’s for $4. Then I moved to the shirts. I start with the long sleeves and then look into t-shirts. For my shirt, I found a pink polo for $2. Now as for shoes, I had previously thrifted brand new mint green 1998 Nike GTS Lite Nubucks. They were a tad over budget, but they were cute and I couldn’t resist. Overall, I’d rate my finds a 10/10 and I hope I get help for my thrifting addiction soon. 4 The Cougar Chronicles LEARNING TO FLY: FALL RECIPE: AN INTERVIEW WITH CARAMEL APPLE BARS PRESTON STINGER With new weather brings new cravings. By. Savvanah Frye These salted caramel apple bars will Preston Stinger is a junior who attends certainly cure your fall cravings. Greenwood Christian Academy. However, he does something unique that most You will need: people would never guess. 3 Apples, large “Well, I have loved airplanes since I was Baking & Spices a kid,” Stinger said. “I have always been 3/4 cup Brown sugar intrigued by flight.” 1 tsp Cinnamon, ground His love for the airplanes is in his genes. 1 5/8 cup Flour “My family is an air force family and the 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, ground love for flight and airplanes has just passed 1/4 tsp Salt down to me,” Stinger said. 3/8 cup Sugar Preston works on multiple aspects of 1 tsp Vanilla extract the airplane to improve it. Dairy “I help maintain the airplane. Engines, 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted landing gear, airframe, and avionics,” Other Stinger said. ¼ cup butter - melted or room temp to cut His ability to do what he loves comes in. from family friends. “My best friend’s dad owns seven Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F° and line airplanes and he lets me fly with them an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper. almost everywhere, they even go across the Be sure to bring the parchment up the sides country,” Stinger said. as it makes it easier to lift out later. Preston is making his dreams a reality Shortbread Base: and is able to do what he loves. Place butter into your mixer and turn on high for 5 minutes or until the butter turns white rather than yellow. That’s how you’ll know it’s creamed. Next mix in the sugar, vanilla, and salt. Once combined, add in the flour and stir well. Press the mixture into the parchment lined pan and bake in the pre- heated oven for 15 minutes. In a bowl, combine the apples, flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg until the apples are well coated. Mix flour, 3/4 up brown sugar. Cut in the butter and knead together. Remove the crust from the oven and turn the heat up to 350 degrees F. Sprinkle one half of the Topping over the short bread, Then layer the apples on top. You will have multiple layers so try to keep it level. Once this is finished, sprinkle the remainder of the Topping evenly on top and place in the oven to bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool fully before placing in the fridge to set for at least 2 hours. Once it’s set, remove from the baking dish by lifting out the parchment paper and cut into 16 squares.