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The Student Prints Sylvania Northview High School
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Volume 87, Issue 2
October 23, 2012
MedTech trains for disaster New skills to help with future medical careers iPhone 5 worth it?, PG.5
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HOMECOMING COSTS, PG.8
RASCAL FLATTS CONCERT, PG.9 SPORTS MELICK
MED TECH SENIOR Taylor Pohlman saves Southview classmate Amber Below during the annual CERT disaster training. “CERT was really neat but very intimidating at times, also had its hectic moments,” senior Taylor Pohlman said.
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[Staff writer]
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Students volunteer at Halloween festivities >> Annie Nowak [Staff writer]
Witches, wizards, goblins, and ghosts. What do these things have in common? They can all be seen at Olander Park during the Halloween walk October 27. Kids come dressed in all types of Costumes to walk around and collect candy from different volunteer programs. The Halloween walk is basically trick-or-treating for kids with an early bedtime. NHS volunteers almost every year handing out candy and bringing a smile to kid’s faces. According to NHS advisor Darla Omey, they have been going for over two years. NHS isn’t the only Northview organization to volunteer for the Halloween walk. Select members of the musical cast, lead by Don Wachowiak volunteer. “Tentatively plan for the Von Trapp family,” said sophomore Noah Froelich. Any student can help out. Anyone interested can call or go on the official Olander park website and click on the Halloween walk link.
Imagine there was just an F5 tornado in your neighborhood. Only one house is standing along with two barns. You arrive on the scene with three people and you see other CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) members there. You run over to your incident commander and hear blood curdling screams and cries for help. Senior Med Tech students went through a two-week training program taught by firefighters, CERT members, and retired fire chief, Chief Tom Eisle. On September 28, it was time to test that training. Senior Med Tech took an hour bus ride out to Jerusalem Township to go through CERT disaster training. The students learned everything from putting out small fires, search and rescue,
cribbing, triage, and basic medical skills. After the intense training, the students were put into action. Half of the students were made into victims and the other half were rescuers. The victims were taken and made up with fake blood and wounds and were scattered around the property. Some were placed inside the house, some inside a car, and some just lying in the field. The rescuers were taken inside were they geared up in their hard helmets, neon green vests, gloves, and goggles. The students split up into five different teams, A, B, C, D, and E. Senior Chandler Smith was the first to arrive on the scene and became the incident commander. “You never really know how scary it is to be in a disaster situation until you see the (fake) blood and cries for help,” Smith said.
Half way through the disaster, the sirens went off. Panic immediately spread throughout the scene. The victims were screaming with fear. Right away the rescuers knew they had to get their victims to safety. Senior Amanda Johnson became the Incident Commander. She fired orders off to safely get the victims inside and to continue their work of caring for their victims. “It was a lot of fun playing a victim, but at the same time I felt bad for my peers who were playing rescuers. They were put into a disaster area and just had to act on the spot and use the knowledge that they obtained from our two weeks of training,“ Med Tech Southview senior Lexi Lopez said. “We had a really fun time and had a great experience with the volunteers and firefighters. We would definitely do it again.“
Homecoming supports Toys for Tots >> Michelle Jacobson [News Editor]
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BUSINESS TECH SENIOR Drew Crandall counts toys for local families. “It was a lot more satisfying helping local families,” Drew said.
Toys are the simplest way to bring a smile to a child’s face. Many students at Northview helped create dozens of smiles by donating to the Sylvania Area Community Services. The Sylvania Area Community Services was this year’s organization chosen by Senior Class Government for NV’s senior project. This organization provides toys to less fortunate children as presents for upcoming holidays. Many of the children do not receive presents because their parents cannot afford them and, according to senior Lauren Yurjevic, the organization “was very excited and thankful when they heard our school would be making donations.” Senior Jack Melick thought of the idea of donating toys to go along with the theme of Toy Story for Homecoming, according to Business teacher Sue Briddell. Donations were given when students went up to purchase their
bids for Homecoming during lunch periods. The students could also donate their toy at the dance. As a thank you for their donation the students received an extra drink ticket as well as a glow stick at the dance. Altogether the school donated over 110 toys, according to Melick. “I loved the idea of donating to the Sylvania Area Community services because it is such a great organization. I am also excited for all of the kids to receive their toys,” senior Ciara Jaso said. The donated toys served as great decorations for the dance. Also, the Homecoming Representatives presented the donated toys to Woody, junior Davidson Baker, and Buzz Lightyear, senior Jason Bylica, at the “Andy’s Birthday party” themed assembly. “I loved the assembly,” sophomore Taylor Messinger said. “I’m glad we incorporated a charity with the Homecoming dance and I hope we continue to donate to other charities for future dances.”