Let’s go Bowling
Diamond Anniversary
Ubisoft Expectations
Zach Fries’ inside look at the non-New Year’s Bowl games
John Keehan takes a look at Pearl Harbor 75 years after the attack.
Joe Rieter previews the Assassin’s Creed movie due in December
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Published by the Students of Elder High School
Volume 85 Number 4
December 21, 2016
Food and Toy Drive continues to benefit those in need Andrew Schenkel ‘17 Co-Editor in Chief
Since the early 1970s, Elder High School has partnered with several local communities and businesses to provide special care packages for the less fortunate in the local area through Elder’s Food and Toy Drive. On December 15th, Elder students, faculty, and other members of the community carried on this annual tradition before classes were dismissed for Christmas break. The principal of Elder High School, Mr. Kurt Ruffing, started off the festive week of the Food and Toy Drive when he announced a spirit day to help raise money for gifts to be included in the packages. “It is our turn to give back,” he said, “To lend our support to those who really need it. Helping others is one of the hallmarks of Elder, it is something that we do especially well, and that Elder is recognized for. After all, helping others is what Christ calls us to do, and it is something we need to be involved with our entire life.” During that spirit day, students and faculty donated nearly $3300 and every penny was spent to make sure each family was given as much help as possible. Mr. Roger Auer, the one in charge of most of the Food and Toy Drive, also made a point to thank the Witte family and the Eckstein family who have donated a large amount of toys and time each holiday season. These special families who the students deliver boxes full of gifts to are found by Elder from organizations who have given them help in the past.
“The organizations and churches we work with have given us names of families that they have worked with throughout the years. No one contacts Elder directly, we go out and find these organizations so we know that we are helping people who need it the most,” mentioned Auer. While in contact with the organizations, Elder finds out how many members are in each family, the age of the children, and what toys the children are asking to receive on Christmas morning. From there, those participating in the Food and Toy Drive will put together a care package specific for each family. Elder has also been collecting frozen turkeys since before Thanksgiving to give to the larger families along with hams for the medium sized families and chickens for the smaller families. During this year’s Food and Toy Drive, nearly 270 families in the local area will receive one of these care packages to help celebrate the holiday season. With the large amount of families who are in need each year, it takes a lot of work to organize the whole Food and Toy Drive. However, you’ll never see anyone involved from Elder complaining about the large amount of work. Auer showed that this is Elder’s job in the community, “There have been some changes in the Price Hill area which would indicate that there are needy people in the area. And we figure that if we’re going to be a part of this community, this is where we’re going to put our efforts and make sure that people have what they need.” “It’s a service oriented thing – were
helping people who need help and that’s the way Elder has always been. We’re always looking out for other people,” added Ruffing. Everyone at Elder enjoys helping people out during the Food and Toy Drive. “My favorite part is knowing that we’re helping families who are down on luck, who don’t have things that we have, like food, gloves, hats, toys. So just knowing that we’re helping people makes me happy to be doing it,” said Ruffing. Cole Klosterman, a junior participating in the Food and Toy drive this year, was excited to be helping out those in need. “It’s really nice to be able to see how happy these gifts make all the families feel
when you give it to them,” he mentioned. Auer also showed his amazement from the amount of effort given from the Elder community, “The amount of donations that are given from a lot of generous people, the amount of students that get involved, the amount of teachers that get involved is amazing. It’s a huge effort that we will supply around 270 families with food not only for Christmas but for the week following.” Overall, Elder’s annual Food and Toy Drive is a great thing that the Elder community does for those in the local area who are in need of help and it’s a great thing to be involved in with your friends, family, classmates, and teachers.
Collin Scheiner ‘17 Staff Writer
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lder’s Art Department is one of the groups that is always diligent and churning out pieces of work, but they are not always recognized for the multitude of achievements and accolades under their belt. Often you’ll see the work of students ranging from freshmen to seniors in the main hallway, and sometimes on the announcements you’ll hear about an Art Club meeting here or there. If you haven’t actually been in the art room during an art class, however, you probably aren’t fully aware of all that goes into and revolves around the Art Department. This winter for instance, thirteen students volunteered to paint the window of Warsaw Federal Bank, a three-minute drive away from Elder. During each of their art classes, a few students from each class would drive down to the bank and work on the painting, then come back shortly for their next class. It was a great system that Mr. Buetsche had developed, including everyone in the art program and knocking it out in a short period of time. There is reason behind this method, however. Mr. Buetsche, Mrs. Plagge and the art department have won this particular
contest, (the Price Hill Will Holiday on the Hill Christmas Window Painting Contest) the last five years in a row. I find it necessary to give the credit to the teachers and the art department, but Mr. Buetsche was quick to give credit elsewhere. “Every year a student comes up with the design, and it’s painted and created by the students,” he told me. “It is a student driven, community based project to showcase the talents of the students to the community.” The students have surely done that over the years, as exhibited by the dominant five-peat under the Elder Art Department’s belt. As reward for winning the Price Hill Will Holiday on the Hill Christmas Window Painting Contest, there is a $200 prize, split evenly among the thirteen artists involved and the Art Department, a certificate of accomplishment, and, of course, bragging rights. Zac Schmitt and Daniel McSwigan are two seniors who are able to express those bragging rights. I joined them each day of production during sixth period Digital Photography class. McSwigan told me that he expected nothing more than first place, and that he would’ve been surprised if we didn’t receive win again. McSwigan and Schmitt were both
photo by Collin Scheiner ‘17
Art department dominates local window painting contest
The winning window painting on display at Warsaw Federal Bank. The bottom right corner says: “From the top of the Pit to the top of the wall, now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!
crucial in the effort of painting the major outlines during the preparation stages. Each stroke of black paint was accompanied by a reference to The Rolling Stone’s song “Paint it Black.” This type of horseplay and banter is exactly the reason that Elder’s Art Department has found so much success. The guys involved are enjoying themselves and doing what they love, all the while exhibiting their talents.
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