The Canine Chronicle MBMS January 2015

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inside this issue: MBMS Naming Traditions

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Career Fair

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Valentine’s Dance Approaches

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‘Hobbit’ Review

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TCC Culture Poll

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Teachers Use Slang

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Streaming Romantic Comedies

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Second Season Sports

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Wrestling Preview

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Girls Soccer Preview

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Girls Basketball Preview

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What Grinds My Gears

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Locker Lottery

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Guess Who

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January Horoscope

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FRONT COVER PHOTO: This month, the origin of students’ names provides our main feature, questioning how our diverse population received their names. Also, the TCC examined how well teachers use contemporary teenager slang. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY K. KOPCHO

Dear Bulldogs, Time has flown by since we first started school on Sept. 3, and now finishing the semester on Jan. 23.

Many have received new schedules, changed their style, and are hanging out with new-found friends. As many are worrying about what they are going to wear to the dance, the staff on The Canine Chronicle has been busy at work, trying to make this January edition absolute perfection. We don’t have the time to daydream about who is going to ask us to the dance or worry what homework we have tonight.

We are working 24/7 to create the best news article possible, so we are can take to the WJEA 2015 Spring Conference, located at the Puyallup High School this year. Even though this is the edition that Mount Baker shares with the state, it still might not be perfect. But what is? Everyone has different flaws, just like the population here at our own school, and our job is to tell that story. Everything and everyone are so diverse in their own way that makes them unique.

Many students are scrambling around, trying to correct their work and turn in missing assignments to save low grades at semester end. Guys are trying to figure out who to ask to the Valentine’s Day dance and how to ask the girl. Everyone here at Mount Baker Middle School is very different in their own way.

And in this January edition, we are celebrating the diversity that occurs all throughout our school. We are like a group of snow flakes, every single one of them is different in their own way. There are none of the same. Every person likes different things, acts different ways so we are all different.

Let’s make the end of this semester the best it can possibly be, make it a great rest of the year Baker!

Sincerely,

BACK COVER PHOTO: Talking about segregation, Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech”, played a big part in our society today. Students and staff members expressed their thoughts about diversity. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY B.LLOYD & D.GRENZ

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MT. BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL 620 37TH STREET SE AUBURN, WASHINGTON 98002

The Canine Chronicle staff sports their promotional mustaches from our Nov. edition.

Many new journalists will join the staff second semester to continue telling the story of MBMS. PHOTO BY P. WARRING

mission: The MBMS Journalism 8 class produced this limited-voice Editors

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Shewit Alemayehu Symone Bolden Skylar Erickson Dylan Grenz Kira Kopcho

Hunter Allemand Tyler Braun Noah Elwell Trinity Forristall Francisco Gonzalez-Ramirez Trevor Little Brianna Lloyd Reis MacNeill

Sharon Manivanh Arturo Martinez-Reyes Odom Meas Jennifer Ortiz Connor Pennycook Yuliana Romo-Perez Zech Walker Lanae Wohlmacher

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As a public forum for students, all decisions made on content are made under the guidance of the adviser, with intent to uphold students’ First Amendment rights.

The opinions presented in articles are provided to represent the views and perspectives of students and individuals in our diverse student population, not necessarily the whole of the adviser, faculty, and administrators. Any material that would cause a disruption to the educational process like libel, invasion of privacy, or copyright infringement will not be published.

The Canine Chronicle is produced using Microsoft Publisher. Photographs not taken by students have been utilized through a Creative Commons and Microsoft license. School portraits are licensed though Dorian Photography.

Adviser Peter Warring

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Dylan Grenz & Brianna Lloyd During this time of year, people tend to think of the ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, King spoke of equality for all people.

Besides his speech King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which led the struggle against segregation. King also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his role in racial inequality through nonviolence.

Before his assassination in 1968 he greatly influenced the civil rights movement, and his words inspired many.

Many students have diverse thoughts on Dr. King’s influence.

“I think of discrimination and how he fought against it,” seventh grader Justice Smith said.

Many agree that King was a powerful man, and his words are a guide as to how to live a life of equality.

This led us to asking the question: Do we live out what MLK spoke of at Mt. Baker? Do we include others no matter what the situation?

Some may say we don’t do enough, but compared to many other parts of the world, we do a great job in including

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everyone. Even on our school website there is a statement made at the bottom of the page which says the Auburn School District does not illegally discriminate. Still, people have varying opinions.

“I think just like everywhere else in America things are in a good spot, but it can get better,” Principal Brown stated.

Sixth grader Gunnar Tang had a different view on the question.

“Yeah, I think we [avoid discrimination],” Tang stated. “We do it every day when we include others that are diverse.”

Tang spoke of the word diverse—a word that we hear a lot, and yet people have a wide range of ideas as to what it means.

“Diversity is all people being treated equal and not seeing differences in others,” eighth grader Divinity Williams said.

One student thought of diversity as simply being different, while another thought of it as having respect.

The Merriam Webster online dictionary definition of diversity is “the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.” So the most accurate

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definition of diversity deals with differences in general.

“One of the things I brag about is how diverse our school is,” Brown said.

Brown agreed that the school has become even more diverse since he arrived at the school.

At our school, we stress the importance of equality, but in other areas of the world, as well as in our own country, there are still racial issues. A recent example that made news headlines was the Ferguson Verdict.

The solution to these issues is simple - be kind

to everyone. Not just at school, but wherever you are, just like Martin Luther King. It will change the way others look at you, and it may change the way you feel about yourself.

Many here at Mt. Baker (above) treat others as equals and with respect. Until MLK began his fight for equality, this wasn’t always the case. PHOTO BY D. GRENZ Martin Luther King, Jr. hoped the words of his famous speech would foster equality all around the world. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONALSERVICE.GOV

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Diversity is something that flourishes here at Mt. Baker.

With our mass amount of students, everyone has a unique story to tell.

Some of the best stories lie right in front of us, and we never get to hear them, and they come in the question: What is your name?

Your first impression of a person often depends on what their name is.

When we hear the names of people we aren’t on the best terms with, sometimes we’re not as friendly to

anyone with known stories that name. than from your “My real name came While many peers. from Laos where my can be quick to “My real parents were born.” judge people name came on their name, from Laos if we slowed where my par—CODY BOUNMA down for a ents were eighth grade second and born.” Eighth asked quesgrader, Cody tions, maybe we could better grasp Bounma stated on the origin of his who a person is before turning up name. “I don’t really know what it our noses. means because my parents never What better way to hear the untold me.”

Families are tied together by the names they are given. Sometimes people are named after their parents or grandparents. But naming traditions don’t stop with first names, they apply to middle names too.

“The middle names gets passed down in my family,” eighth grader, Kamsi Onyema explained about her naming traditions. “For first names, we don’t have any naming traditions, but your whole name has to speak something about God.”

What is the meaning of your name?

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“My dad named me, and it comes from my dad and his college friends. They were both named Chris.”

“My mom thought of it, and my dad’s name starts with Mika.”

“My parents were first going to call me Xavier. My uncle suggested Brandon, and it comes from my great grandpa.”

“It’s my husband’s name, and I’m not sure of it’s origin.”

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Everyone’s name has a different meaning, especially ones that come from cultures with different languages. Although these stories are unique, sometimes we never get to hear them because they are lost in translation.

Even your name could have a dual meaning that you don’t know of. The history of names is not only about where your name comes from but what it means also plays a part as well.

“My name is Amharic, and it’s from

Ethiopia,” sevfirst impres“My name is Amharic, sion is so imenth grader Melaku Akaland it’s from Ethiopia.” portant in wold told of situations like the history of job interviews, his name. “[In a name could —MELAKU AKALWOLD English] it potentially seventh grade translates to change someangel.” one’s life.

Names are something that are “I would not change [my name] inborn in a person. Even though you because I think I was given my name can legally change your name, most for a reason,” seventh grader Katieof the time the name a person has is Faith Markham spoke about the fate the name they keep forever. Since a of names. “Fate is just one of those

things you shouldn’t change.”

The term ‘you only live once,’ really applies to names. In the podcast ‘Freakanomics’ they did a study about how much your name really affects your life.

The sociologist behind the experiment, Dalton Conley, had two kids, E and Yo. It’s not all about the name you have, he discovered, but where that name comes from affects you too. In the words of Conley’s daughter E, “You can never really know because you can’t live another life.”

Jennifer Ortiz

We’re being watched. Not all the time, but since the installation of the the names Agape, Dior, And Huxley are a lot less common than the names Tom, Hannah, and Jacob.

According to BabyCentre.co.uk in 2014, four of the most used names used were Emma, Sophia, Jackson and Liam. They predict that Jackson and Sophia will stay in the top five names in 2015.

“The name I’ve heard the most is Jack,” eighth grader Marleni Alam said.

People find inspiration for names all around them. They can be inspired by their religion, or the way their ancestors named their children. Huffingtonpost.com found out that there are even babies who were named after plants. The name “Kale,” which derived from names such as Juniper and Clementine, was in 827th place in 2013.

“I think it’s strange [that people name their children after plants],” eighth grader Sabrina Eller said.

BabyCentre.co.uk also predicted that more people will want to name

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their children after fictional characters. Names such as “Katniss” from The Hunger Games, “Hazel” from The Fault in Our Stars and “Tyrion” from The Game of Thrones will surely rise in fame in 2015. The name “Piper” already rose to a top 100 spot in 2014, the result of the show Orange is the New Black.

People look up to celebrities for lots of different ideas, one of them including baby names. The name Eric rose by 314 percent in 2014 after Simon Cowell chose it for his firstborn.

An increasing number of parents have been naming their babies after heroes that they look up to. Some examples include musician Thelonious Monk, athlete LeBron James, and even actor Ben Affleck.

However, names aren’t just for show; they can influence the choices an individual makes in their lifetime.

Taking two of the top names in 2014 for instance, the name Sophia makes one more imaginative and stubborn, while the name Jackson makes one easily offended and nature loving.

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As with the JROTC booth in the commons, the sixth annual Career Fair provided many activities for students to see their future options in high school and beyond. This took place on Wednesday, Jan. 14. PHOTO BY S. MANIVANH

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The annual Auburn School District Career Fair took place on Wednesday, Jan. 14, helping give eighth graders an idea of their future career.

The marvelous event occurred like any normal class that has transitions, but with 15 minutes in each class. Baker had many different people speak to our eighth graders about their careers.

Each class was based on a different career each, such as public safety, Boeing, banking, and even some high school activities.

According to eighth grader Helen Han, the fair wasn’t that great but she thinks it still affected some students.

“It wasn’t that fun, but I think it helped some students,” Han stated. “It didn’t have a lot of jobs that I was interested in, but I still got the chance to

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think about careers that I have never thought about before.”

However, Jorge Malacon, another eighth grader enjoyed the event.

“I think people liked having the opportunity to see different careers,” Malacon said.

With quotes like “A career is more meaningful than a job”, our students here at Baker got amazing advice from different people with different careers.

“Honestly, [the Career Conference] affected me too and helped picked out what I want to be in the future”, Malacon said as he supports the conference’s idea to alter our perspective in becoming something big in the future.

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There were many career options to look at. There was the public safety class with fire fighter Dean McAuley from the Valley Regional Fire Department. Showing his passion and importance of his job, McAuley showed how safety truly is the number one priority as a fire fighter.

Students had many diverse classes of disparate jobs.

“I had public safety, Boeing, high school activities, post secondary, and banking,” Han said.

“I got the fire department, Boeing and GIS mapping”, Malacon stated.

“My favorite class was Boeing,” Han stated.

With Boeing being one of the largest industries it was also one of the most

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favored classes.

“My favorite was Boeing, because I think it is something can apply myself to,” Malacon said. “My least favorite was the fire fighter because I don’t see myself doing that.”

The Boeing presentation emphasized the company was looking for people with leadership skills.

“I didn’t like the banking one,” Han said.

One presenter shared a quote from Indian film actor Randeep Hooda, connecting his words with the need for career planning.

“Knowledge is power. You can’t begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it,” Hooda said.

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Changes Impact MBMS Lanae Wohlmacher

This year we have lost two staff members that have been at Mt. Baker throughout the years.

Mrs. King helped open this school and this year has sadly retired.

Mrs. Steffy has been a long-time staff member working as the office registrar and now has moved onto Washington Elementary.

“They did a good job and knew what to do, and I trusted them to get their job done,” Principal Brown stated.

Many staff expressed that Steffy and King will definitely be missed at our school. While King was here she had some fun tricks in the office with her fellow staff member.

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In the November 2013 edition, she told a story how she had put a movie cut out in the main office bathroom.

“It scared so many people. I could sit at my desk and hear screams from the bathroom. I never laughed so hard,” King had stated.

Taking Mrs. King’s place will be Mrs. Lindell.

Mrs. Peterson, originally from Auburn-Riverside High School, will be replacing Mrs. Steffy’s spot in the office.

Brown believed that the new staff members will enjoy working in the office.

“Mt. Baker rocks and all the people in the office are fun and it is a good working environment,” Brown said.

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Long-time ASB secretary Mrs. King and registrar Mrs. Steffy expressed what they would miss most about MBMS. King retired after 20 years at the school and Steffy took the office manager position at Washington Elementary in Auburn. PHOTO BY H. ALLEMAND & N. ELWELL

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A new semester has nearly just begun and love is already in the air. This can only mean one thing… the annual Valentine’s Day Dance is just around the corner on Feb. 13.

Whether you love it or hate it, it has been a tradition for nearly five years at Mount Baker Middle School. The girls dress up in their beautiful dresses, while the guys suit up in their nicest clothing. This year’s theme will be Manhattan: City of Dreams.

The Valentine’s Day dance has been around for many years, letting the seventh and eighth grade population of the school attend and hang out with their friends or loved ones.

But one issue that has been a controversial topic; letting the sixth graders attend the annual dance. Many eighth graders are against the idea because of their lack of experience in the field of “love”. “[I don’t think sixth graders should be allowed to attend the Valentine’s Day Dance], because

wrap your arm around his neck too tight!

do the robot while a slow dance song is playing.

they’re still very young, and they haven’t matured yet.” eighth grader Helen Han said.

Mr. Char, the choir teacher here at the school, felt like the dance was a good way to help raise money. “…Mr. Carter makes the dance possible because we would only make half the money [if we had to hire a DJ]”, Mr. Char said.

Math teacher Mr. Carter has been the Valentine’s Day dance DJ for many years.

Many girls and boys have been attending the dance for a very long time, since it first occurred five years ago at this school. Even though many people have many different point of views on the dance, many agreed it is a good opportunity to raise money for our school.

“I’ll be going, because I want to have a full middle school experience”, eighth grader Lexi Allen said .

Do you want to have the full middle school experience?

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Facts courtesy of List25.com 

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The most popular theory about Valentine's Day  origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn't want Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed and executed. While in jail, he wrote a note to the  jailor's daughter signing it "from your Valentine.”

In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's Day. 

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In Finland where Valentine’s Day is called Ystävänpäivä, which translates into “Friend’s day.” It's more about remembering your best friends than your loved ones.

Cupid is a well-known symbol of Valentine's Day. In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.

Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in the late 1800s.

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Peter Jackson directed the Hobbit trilogy, and the last one just came out last month.

Nearly 11 million North Americans went to see it.

Also, the average gross for the Hobbit was $236.52 million and people are still seeing it today.

It’s one of the best movies of the year, multiple awards and averages a star rating of eight out of ten.

In this last movie of the Hobbit trilogy Bilbo Baggins, a young hobbit going on an unexpected journey, runs into a little situation with the Dwarfs and Gandalf. They reclaim the mountain, but then the Elves want their jewels and then wage war on the Dwarfs for them. Then Azog comes and tries to kill all whoever tries to stop him.

According to Rotten Tomatoes critics, Michael Smith from Tulsa World stated, “The Hobbit Battle of the Five Armies feels more like a film made for those with a deep, vested interest about arguing about what was left out of the book, or what was added in and shouldn’t have been”.

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS Thorin, having reclaimed his homeland enrages Smaug the dragon, goes to Lake Town unleashing his fiery wrath on the people that cannot defend themselves. Bard, the arrow man, works his way to the tower with the black arrow and luckily hit Smaug in his weak spot making him fall to his death.

Colette Bancroft of Tampa Bay Times stated, “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies was too far, tedi-

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ous and overlong and short on most of the elements that made the first two movies work”.

At the end there is a huge battle between Orcs, Elves, Men and Dwarfs like the Lord of the Rings movies but instead of focusing on the battle only, it focuses on the story of each character in the movie like Thorin trying to overcome his “sickness”. It also shows how the Elves want their diamond jewels but the dwarfs are afraid that if they let them in they will try to take the gold.

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In the end of the film, Thorin realizes what the Arkenstone is doing to him and finally overcomes his sickness, helping his kin and trying to end this battle by finding and killing Azog. When they get up the mountain Fili and Kili realize it’s a trap and get kill before they can get out, leaving Thorin Oaken shield to face Azog the Defiler one on one.

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Staff Debates Trevor Little, Arturo Martinez-Reyes, Jennifer Ortiz

Valentine’s Dance at MBMS

Middle School Careers

It’s almost February, which means that it’s almost Valentine’s Day. Lots of things are going to be happening around the world during this holiday; chocolate boxes are being bought, pink and red hearts all over the place, but most importantly, the Valentine’s Day Dance. How many of you think you might go to the dance this year?

A lot of us going into our middle school education have thought of a career we want to take part in. Some of the careers can be very extravagant and others can be very bland. Lots of the careers we want to take part in require a high school and college education. Do you have an idea of what career you want to take part in?

Diverse Friends

Safe Airplanes

Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for the “I Have a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King Day is seen as a day to promote equal rights for all Americans, no matter what their background is. We have all seen people of different ethnicities around our school. How many of you have a friend of a different race?

In the last couple of months, airplanes have been mysteriously falling from the sky, resulting in lots of deaths and injuries.

America hasn’t been involved in many accidents, only a few Americans have died or been injured, but there is still danger that the next fallen airplane might be American. Do you feel safe riding in airplanes to your next destination?

Rooting for Other Teams in Playoffs

French Shooting

Twelve NFL teams go into the playoffs every year. Only two make it to the Super Bowl, and one team makes it out of the Super Bowl with a victory. At our school, we have a wide range of teams that students here support. Are you supporting another team besides the Seahawks in the NFL playoffs?

A terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper happened Jan. 7 in France. Most of the terrorists were captured or killed. The situation is now under control, but caused immeasurable harm. Some people are questioning the amount of security in America. Do you think this attack is a threat to America?

What was your favorite movie in 2014?

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“My favorite movie of this year was Mockingjay: Part 1 , because I have been waiting a while for it to come out, and it was just so awesome and intense.”

“Transformers, because it has a lot of action, and it had good effects in it.”

“The Penguins of Madagascar, because I like the goofy penguins, and I thought it was really funny.”

“Guardians of the Galaxy or Mockingjay: Part 1. Both were extremely interesting, exciting, and exceeded my expectations.”

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On fleek: (adj.) when something is nearly perfect; for instance, your eyebrows Bae: (n.) baby/ before anyone else Dead: (adj.) when something is incredibly overwhelming TBH: (int. ) when shutting down someone’s stupid comment on social media Yaasssss: (int.) agreeing or being excited about something TBT: (n.) day of the week where you post an old picture of yourself on social

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Rogers said.

A reason why most teachers barely met standard was because they didn’t think would do well and didn’t really know the words on the test.

“Before, I was not confident at all,” Keaton said about taking the quiz. “Once I started I knew most of it.”

Unlike Keaton, others weren’t as confident. “I wasn’t confident at all before.”

Thorington also stated.” During the test, I eliminated the obvious.”

Combinations of words gave teachers a hard time and the words that seemed a little too obvious. Teachers always say go with your first choice, but most of them second guessed themselves. “[I missed the word] ‘dead.’ It was an option [on multiple choice].” Keaton said about the quiz. “I originally had the right answer, but I thought it was too obvious.”

Even though the test may have been extremely hard for the staff, they still thought the test exciting and different.

“I thought it was fun,” Mrs. Buhr said about the quiz. “I also learned a lot.”

Although most staff thought it was fun and some didn’t understand.

“Beforehand I thought it would be fun.”

Rogers said. “After, I was just confused.”

Twenty-wun: (adj.) lacking in intelligence Rekt: (v.) when you get destroyed in competition Bruh: (n.) similar to "bro" or can be used to express confusion of somebody's stupid comment Yeet: (v.) when you psych somebody out Trill: (adj.) a combination of the words "true" and "real"

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Teachers at Mt. Baker Middle School “I knew ‘TBT’ because of Facebook and took a Quizlet teen slang test to see how ‘hashtag’ because of my brothers on Twitmuch they knew about what teens of 2015 ter,” Mrs. Rogers said. say instead of proper words.

Most teachers had a hard time answerMost teachers love to give us students ing questions and finishing the test. With tests but we decided to let the tables turn. some of the words that are newer slang, Teachers that took the teen slang test teachers couldn’t answer correctly, espeattempted to achieve a high score but not cially the slang words from YouTube vidall did. eos or Vines—which include “on fleek,” Many teachers “Bye Felicia,” and “I knew ‘TBT’ because “twenty-wun.” achieved an extremely low score but some “I had never heard of Facebook and got a very impressive [’on fleek’] before.” ‘hashtag’ because of my Mrs. Davis said. score, such as Principal Brown, Mrs. KeaThorington agreed brothers on Twitter.” ton, and Ms. Utu. about the difficulty of These teachers imthe test but struggled —MRS. ROGERS pressed us with their with other words. science teacher knowledge of new“The hardest quesfound teen slang. tion was probably Mr. Cowan scored a 79 percent, but ‘rekt’ and the one about ‘twenty-wun.’” after reviewing his studying resources, he Thorington said. came in at lunch and for a quiz retake, Many of the 35 members of the staff that eventually scoring a 100 percent. took the quiz wanted to change the quiz. “[I have heard] some of them.” Mrs. “I’m trying to make ‘fetch’ happen.” KeaThorington said about words on the quiz. ton said about adding words to the quiz. ”I knew ‘hashtag’, [but] all the other Most teachers wanted to delete words words I haven’t heard of.” from the quiz.

Some teachers, like Mrs. Rogers, knew “[I would delete] ‘on fleek’ because it’s more of the words on the test. kind of silly and doesn’t make any sense.”

Leaderboard T1.

Brown Keaton

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Tyson Holt

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Utu Swanson

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Jacobs 71% Burkhalter 71% Toy 71% Carnahan 71% Davis 71% Decker 71%

MacDonald 79% Thorington 79% Walker 79%

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Hubbell Wells

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Paustian Marcotte

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Erickson Rogers

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Millang Lantz

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Lubash Harris

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Clark Darrah

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Vatne Lindell

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Buhr

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“I think quizzes like this are ‘ratchet.’ ‘TBH,’ they’re a waste of time. #annoying.”

“Ashley’s test was totally ‘on fleek.’”

“My self-esteem got ‘rekt,’ I feel ‘twenty-wun‘ all over again.”

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MRS. BUHR science teacher

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Lovestruck: The Musical

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SYNOPSIS: When an aging Broadway dancer drinks a magical elixir that suddenly turns her young again, she uses it to her advantage in stopping her daughter’s wedding by luring her daughter’s fiancé. Soon enough he accidentally kisses her while intoxicated, a couple of days before his extravagant wedding in Italy. With the guilt weighing him down, her tries to tell his fiancé, until her dad steps in and says deny the whole thing COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM and never tell her. While her young mother, now named Debbie Hayworth, tells her daughter, if he really loves her, then he will tell her the truth. With these different inputs in the field of love, he doesn’t tell her, she gets mad, and then the wedding’s off. But of course, ABC Family movies always confirm a cliché ending, so of course they get married and live happily ever after.

SYNOPSIS: While You Were Sleeping is about how a lonely transit worker, Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock), saves her longtime crush, Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher), from an oncoming train after being mugged. Peter then slips into a coma. Lucy accidently says, “I was going to marry him.” A nurse over hears this and tells Peter’s family that she is his fiancée. She doesn’t tell the CalCOURTESY OF AMAZON.COM laghan’s the truth, but things get even weirder when she finds herself falling for Peter’s sheepish brother, Jack (Bill Pullman).

SO BAD, IT’S GOOD: With the horrible singing and acting, it was actually kind of humorous to watch. Plus, their “dancing” looked like newly born giraffe trying to walk for the first time. The same ‘step kick, step kick’ move, over and over and over again. But I have to say that the most awful part of this awful musical, would of have been the singing. I’m no expert in singing, but I can tell you that they are actors, NOT singers. It was very nasally and when they were lip syncing the words, their mouth didn’t even match the actual words of the song.

WHY WATCH: You should watch While You Were Sleeping, because it’s everything a rom-com needs. It’s cheesy, and you can easily predict what’s going to happen. It’s ridiculously funny, so if you’re alone on Valentine’s Day and need something to laugh about, then this is the movie for you. Plus, it’s got Sandra Bullock, and who doesn’t love her?

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SYNOPSIS: Sleepless in Seattle is a romantic comedy about an architect named Sam Baldwin, played by Tom Hanks. In this movie, Sam Baldwin’s wife passes away. Sam and his eight-year-old son, Jonah, move to Seattle from Chicago to try to get a fresh start. One night, Jonah calls a late-night radio talk-show psychiatrist, because he feels bad that his dad lost the love of his life. Later on, Sam falls in love with a women who was touched by his heartfelt story on the radio.

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SYNOPSIS: Nia Vardalos directs this movie about a women named Genevieve, who loves romance and goes on dates with guys all the time. By the fifth date, she breaks up with them and it works great. Until she finds a man named Greg, a new restaurateur from across the street, everything changes, and she wants more after the fifth date. She wants Greg.

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WHY WATCH: This movie went back and forth between Sam and Annie for most of the movie, until about the last fifteen minutes, which is when Sam and Annie actually meet. I didn’t really get into it until the end, where Sam and Annie both rush to New York to try and meet up at the Empire State Building. At first, they were unsure about trying to meet up with someone they have never met before, but it ended up being love at first sight.

WHY WATCH: I Hate Valentine’s Day was okay. it The acting was terrible, so if you like acting that isn’t so great, this is the perfect movie for you. Sometimes I get really pulled into movies and interested in them, but this movie was not one of them. I really wanted it to be over. It was horrific. Why even make this movie?

It rushes through the plot, and the actors aren’t great.

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The second season varsity sports teams finished their seasons strong, representing our school well and bringing home even more championships.

The boys’ varsity soccer squad finished as cochampions with Rainer with a record of 6-2, despite struggling early on.

The offensive MVP was given to Jorge Malacon, while defensive MVP was given to Arturo Martinez-Reyes.

Adrian Gamboa led the team with 10 goals, and Trevor Clark led the team with 16 saves.

The boys’ varsity basketball squad finished with an undefeated 8-0 record, and were the undisputed champions.

Donavon Sanders finished with the most points on the team, and Dan Ramirez was thought by many teammates as the MVP. The girls’ varsity gymnastics team also finished undefeated. While the team was a combination of girls from North Tapps and Baker, the girls found a way to work together and bring home another championship.

Lindsey Picazo and Iliana Onishenko were some of the most improved gymnasts.

Third quarter sports include boys wrestling, girls’ basketball and girls’ soccer with their first games start as early as Jan. 23—unfortunately after the TCC January production deadline.

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The MBMS Wrestling team will be defending the district and league championships this year.

With the Takedown Tournament coming up on Jan. 23 (the TCC January production deadline), they have been training their hardest and showing their most effort in preparation. “[I think] Olympic [will be our toughest opponent] because they have big players,” eighth grade wrestler Brandon De La Rosa predicted.

Mt. Baker has a few big players of their own.

Andrey Grishchenko is the defending district champion.

“Andrey was the star player of last year; he has to get the credit,” said Coach King.

Grishchenko has a lot of confidence in his team’s ability. “[Our greatest strength is] everything, and [our greatest weakness is] nothing,” Grishchenko said.

De la Rosa disagreed. “[We need to work on] being faster,” he said.

Sheer numbers are also a strength for Mt. Baker because of the enthusiasm for wrestling at our school.

“Good practice partners and just numbers [are our team’s greatest strengths too],” De la Rosa said.

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the kids; it’s physical,” said Mr. King, PE teacher and head coach. “There’s sacrifice involved, and I just like to teach wrestling to the kids.”

“I do wrestling for the fun of it,” De la Rosa said. “[I wrestle] so I can take out my anger on other people, and it’s fun to hurt people in wrestling,” Grishchenko said.

Wrestling has a complicated system of rules, so it may be difficult to understand for some.

Each match consists of three periods. The first is three minutes long, while the second and third are each two minutes long.

Whoever has the most points at the end of all three periods is the winner. If both wrestlers have the same score then the match goes into overtime— however many periods are needed until a wrestler is crowned winner. The four main ways to score points are takedowns, reversals, escapes, and near falls.

“Commitment to the sport, a healthy diet, daily training, offseason training, and commitment in the classroom,” are all attributes of a good wrestler according to Mr. King.

The team will need to show all of these characteristics to repeat as champions, according to King.

MBMS Wrestling has won six district or conference championships and seven league championships.

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The format for girls’ soccer was different this year, they have three varsity teams. Each team is equally distributed with the same amount of experienced players—who began competition after the TCC January deadline.

The other schools barely made a varsity team, so Mt. Baker mixed seventh and eighth grade to make the teams. They each have about 14 athletic players.

Eighth grade soon-to be goalkeeper/forward Rosalie Fish is trying to grow as a person this season.

“I want to improve as a soccer player mentally and physically,” Fish said. “I want to be a goalie, because I played that position last year, but I want to be a forward because that is what I play in Slammers”.

Fish just wants to play one of her favorite sports.

“I want to play midfielder because I do not want to stay too far or too close to the defenders and forwards,” seventh grader Sophia Randall stated, “I also want to be all over the place”. Randall is trying to get more experience as a player and become closer with the other athletes in her team.”

With the three teams, she will mostly only interact with one third of the total players.

Most seventh and eighth graders said Mercedes Johnson-Gutierrez would make an excellent team

captain. “[Johnson-Gutierrez] has great skills, and is a team leader.” Fish said.

“I am experienced playing with her and she is good,” Randall said.

“Mercedes [is our leader], because she gives us good advice,” eighth grader Lindsey Olguin-Picazo said.

“When the coach isn’t there, I lead the warm-ups and help teach others,” Johnson-Gutierrez described how she leads the team.

She believed her team and all of the teams can grow together from each other’s mistakes and learn from them with friendship.

Not everybody saw Johnson-Gutierrez as the only leader.

Many saw other great role models for the team.

Seventh grader Paola Borrayo said, “Wendy [Tilander is a strong team leader]. I’ve always seen her as a leader!”

“I see my friend Aly Judge as leader, because she is really good, she plays in a select team,” future seventh grade keeper Annika Lang said.

As the season barely starts, the coaches can already see superstars on the field.

“W it h my team, it is too early

to pick any one definitive leader but players that are standing this early are [seventh grader] Tabetha Norris and [eighth grader] Reilly Middlebrooks.”

Most of the team agreed that their hardest opponent will be Rainer Middle School this season, because they could never beat them last year.

With opponents like Rainer, they are working hard to defeat them and improve their record they had last year’s record 2-3.

With three well-built teams, it will be a hard battle for first place.

Challenging opponents aren’t the only thing they have to face.

The team has to play against the cold weather and a not so good training area.

These are definitely three strong teams to face, full of talented athletes.

Watching these girls play will surely be a fun time for everyone.

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The varsity girls’ basketball is having a rough start.

There were only 13 players at tryouts which made it harder to form a team, eliminating rostercuts.

Eighth grader Kashe Stansberry speculated the cause of low participation.

“There probably wasn’t that many girls at tryouts because they think they’re not good enough or they’re afraid to get cut,” Stansberry said.

Coach Keaton thought that there were numerous activities and the girls have a hard decision choosing what to do.

There are many talented athletes on the team, but Rebecca Spear, one of the athletes, singled out a teammate.

“I think Kashe Stansberry stood out the most during tryouts because she plays on a select team outside of school so she knows what she’s doing,” Spear said.

On the other hand, Coach Keaton said, “I have to say Ana Casebeer. She has never played basketball before, but it didn’t stop her from coming to tryouts, working hard, and having fun.”

The team works hard at practice after school from Monday to Friday, training hard for their upcoming game on Friday, at Olympic, Jan. 23., after our publication deadline.

This season, Coach Keaton is expecting tremendous growth in their skills, as well as their friendship.

“While winning is desirable, middle school sports are more about learning, getting better, and having fun in the process,” Coach Keaton said.

Coach Keaton isn’t sure about winning championship, but she is sure to see improvement.

“I think we’ll do good if we practice hard enough,” Spear said.

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would win “half or more of their games.”

Williams also thought the team was great at free throws, but could work on dribbling. He believed they had a chance of winning championship.

Mr. Brown, the sixth grade social studies teacher now, was the varsity girls coach last year, but now he is coaching boys at Auburn High School. , “My son Jason is there and plays there, and I want to be on his journey. And the Auburn High school

asked for me to coach there and help so I think I’m the perfect person to help,” Coach Brown said.

Coach Brown had won the championship last year with a record of 7-1. He also though Coach Keaton would do fine.

Brown thought Keaton was the perfect person for the job, because she was still a player and a great role model for the players.

Seventh Grade Basketball Connor Pennycook

The seventh grade basketball season is coming up soon and a lot of students are already excited. Last year’s team went 4-4, giving a lot of hope for this year’s coaches and fans. This year has a lot more players than last year, forming two teams. Team 1 is coached by Mrs. Burkhalter. While Team 2 is coached

by Ms. Swanson and Mrs. Lindgren.

Having the new coaches brings excitement to all the players on that team. The coaches are very excited to see their first game to see how they play.

“I think this year the girls look good; I believe we will be successful,” coach Burkhalter said. “Our first game is Jan. 29—Baker 1 plays Baker 2.”

She continued to discuss the makeup of her team.

“There are 20 girls on the team with three quarters of them playing on a team last year, Burkhalter said, “The other quarter is their first time, they have something to look forward too.”

The seventh grade girls needed a coach, and that’s where Mrs. Lindgren stepped up.

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Lindgren kidded that she wanted to be in the WNBA “along with her fabulous players.”

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Disagree? The segment ‘What Grinds My Gears’ is presented as opinion and does not express the views of all MBMS students or The Canine Chronicle. If you would like to express your opinion, write us a letter, and you may be published in our next edition.

You know what grinds my gears? When people are late to things, then disrupt others. How hard is it to leave five minutes earlier to get there on time?

And then the person comes up with some lame excuse. “Bad traffic” is one of the most common ones.

With all the technology we have, why can’t you just get on your phone or computer and check the traffic?

Or why not leave earlier in the first place?

The people who bug me even more are the people who are consistently late. I can be understanding if you are late once, but once it gets to three or four times, I will have less patience.

But the part that bugs me the absolute most is when the person is late, but takes their time walking in or getting ready.

You have already arrived late, and now you are going to hold us up even more? Are you serious?

What you are basically saying is you are more important than everybody else, so they should wait for you.

That isn’t going to happen if I am there.

And that’s what grinds my gears.

-Dylan Grenz

Do you know what truly grinds my gears?

I’ll tell you, I get really aggravated when people on the internet use incorrect grammar.

I understand that you’re not going to care about your grammar when you’re texting your friends, but when you post a comment on YouTube, can you at least try to form coherent sentences?

Call me a grammar freak or whatever nickname you have but please, for my sanity’s sake, don’t spell “you’re” like “U R.” Do you know how uneducated that makes you look? Don’t even get me started on the people who say, “They should really try to fix there grammar!” I know you’re trying to act smart, but it really isn’t working for you.

In an age where everyone has spell check, you’d think that people would fix their simple mistakes before posting. Unfortunately, that’s not the case because apparently our generation is too lazy to hit ‘F7’ or left click on the squiggly red line.

So next time you want to post a witty tweet on Twitter or comment on your favorite video, please make sure to check yourself before you wreck yourself. Precision of language! And that’s what grinds my gears.

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You know what grinds my ge ? ...When people don’t finish their sentences.

Someone walks up and starts telling me something or asking me a question, and then they just stop in the middle of the question and walk away to start conversing with somebody else.

After that I have two options: I can either assume what they have to tell me is important and stand around waiting for them to finish, which could take a while, or I can just walk away and completely ignore them.

It’s equally infuriating when people trail off at the end of their sentences so I can’t hear what they say.

Then when I ask them to repeat what I said, they say “never mind” and change the subject. If they didn’t want to say anything to me, then they shouldn’t have spoken in the first place.

This makes me so angry because they’ve gained my attention, and taken my time. If I don’t even get to hear what they have to say, then that time’s been completely wasted.

Finally, the single most important thing that you absolutely need to know about life is...

And that is what grinds my gears.

Do you know what really grinds my gears?

That one math problem I worked so hard on and then when we correct it, my happiness drains away.

I forgot to write the negative sign on the answer.

But I wrote “h≥-20” and for the set-builder notation I wrote “{h|h≥20}.” Just because the negative sign was not there on the second answer, that doesn’t mean that I didn’t know it was a negative. I just forgot to write it.

I’m not saying that it’s always a negative sign I fail to write. Sometimes I get distracted and don’t pay attention to how I calculate the answer. Then I realize that in the process, I wrote 16÷2=16 which makes me feel idiotic.

These simple mistakes make me so exacerbated because I want 100 percent! Even when I check my work I don’t always catch the error.

I spend from one hour to three hours on my algebra homework and that one problem that I miss ruins it all. Then I quickly redo it on a separate sheet of paper to feel satisfied.

I know no one is perfect but receiving a score such as 49/50 really irritates me. And that is what grinds my gears.

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Locker Lottery is one of the most popular articles in the Canine Chronicle. We search the sixth, seventh and eighth grade halls and pick two random lockers from each hall. For the sixth graders we selected Khalil Johnson and Nery Navarro. For the seventh graders we selected Matthew Mortier and Hope Gilbreath. For the eighth graders we selected Ian McGregor and Emily Bautista.

Locker Lottery Hunter Allemand, Trevor Little, Trinity Forristall

What was your favorite part of break?

K.J.: [I had] fun with family on Christmas day.

N.N.: [I went] to our cousin’s house.

M.M.: My favorite part was staying home and spending time with family.

H.G.: [I enjoyed] getting to spend time with my family.

I.M.: The presents I got and hanging out with family.

E.B.: Sleeping.

In the next semester are you planning on playing a sport if so what sport?

K.J.: Yes, probably basketball.

N.N.: Basketball.

M.M.: I will probably do track.

H.G.: No. I.M.: Baseball.

E.B.: Volleyball.

How do you feel about the Valentine’s Day Dance?

K.J.: I feel insulted that sixth grade choir is only aloud to set up the dance.

N.N.: Good.

M.M.: Maybe a good place to meet new people.

H.G.: I don’t really know. A couple of my friends are going, but I’m not.

I.M.: It’s a good idea.

E.B.: I don’t know.

What did you think about The Canine Chronicle last month?

K.J.: It was amazing.

N.N.: It was cool.

M.M.: I thought it was pretty good.

H.G.: It was funny, and they had good ideas.

I.M.: It was like good.

E.B.: Good.

What elective are you looking forward to second semester?

K.J.: Sports literature.

N.N.: Woodshop thingy.

M.M.: Forensics.

H.G.: Being Mrs. Swanson’s TA..

I.M.: Health.

E.B.: Home Ec. What is your favorite subject?

K.J.: Language arts, because it’s always filled with fun and learning.

N.N.: Mrs. Lantz (Language Arts) M.M.: Computer Apps.

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H.G.: Language arts, because it is easy and I like writing.

I.M.: Math or language arts.

E.B.: Math.

What is the hardest class for you?

K.J.: Social studies, [I had] it changed.

N.N.: Social studies.

M.M.: Math.

H.G.: Science, because it is hard to understand.

I.M.: Social studies.

E.B.: Social studies.

What was your favorite movie to watch over break?

K.J.: Jim Carry in the Christmas Carol.

N.N.: Guardians of the Galaxy.

M.M.: [The] Grinch.

H.G.: Divergent.

I.M.: I didn’t watch a movie over break.

E.B.: Elf. What are you looking forward to in the school year?

K.J.: [I am] looking to be on break with many friends.

N.N.: Get good grades.

M.M.: Meeting new people.

H.G.: My new electives.

I.M.: To succeed and go to high school.

E.B.: Meeting people and coming to school.

Did you make any new year’s resolutions?

K.J.: Yes [I made] a new year’s resolution by helping my Kindergarten brother.

N.N.: Yeah.

M.M.: I didn’t make one.

H.G.: Yes, I did. My resolution is to bring up my grade in science.

I.M.: I don’t have one.

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Teacher Feature: Brianna Lloyd

In last month’s edition of The Canine Chronicle we had a Guess Who: Teacher Feature that provided a picture of a staff member scuba diving, and you had to guess who it was. And now it is time to reveal who the mystery staff member was.

Seventh grade language arts and leadership teacher Mrs. Durham was born in Rockford, Illinois.

The picture of her diving in the sea was taken at Great Barrier Reef, in Australia.

When Mrs. Durham was younger she took baton

lessons. She was a new born baby photographer, and spent her time working at NutriSystem and McDonalds.

Mrs. Durham shared a crazy story from working at McDonalds that nearly got her fired.

Durham was a junior in high school working in Vancouver, Washington. It was a hot summer day, and she was busily working at the front counter taking hungry costumers orders.

“I was looking down at the order pad when this

Lanae Wohlmacher

This month’s staff member has had some exciting times. She was born in Forks, Washington and hasn’t lived in any other state, but has traveled to some adventurous place. She has spent seven months in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, and the Cook Islands. While she is out of school she likes hanging out

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gentleman started ordering in a very loud voice. I quickly glanced up and let out a high pitch ‘Oh, my gosh!’” Durham explained. “I immediately recognized the face and voice. I leaned over the counter and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.“ Little did she know her manager saw her quick gesture and immediately removed her from the front counter. He pulled her into his office and scolded her for kissing a costumer.

“I was told never to kiss customers and if this ever happened again, I would be fired on the spot,” Durham explained.

Durham tried to explain who the costumer was, but the manager had no time to hear her lousy excuse.

“Ned, the special customer, was a very close friend of the family and had just flown into town from Boston; he wanted to surprise me at work. This special visitor happened to be a priest,“ Durham explained.

The “special costumer” had once arrived in town again, many years later. But, this time not for a scrumptious meal.

“Keeping with tradition, I gave Ned a kiss on the cheek when he arrived. This time he was not ordering a hamburger, but rather was going to marry my husband and me,” Durham described.

Durham’s crazy McDonald’s story didn’t get her fired from work, but indeed taught her a lesson, to never again kiss costumers while working.

“I have lots of crazy stories, but [this McDonald’s one] comes to mind,” Durham said.

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Search Kira Kopcho Aquarius (January 20-February 18) You will end up with a date this Valentine’s Day… and your true love will be a pile of video games that are waiting to be played.

is better than any love interest.

Leo (July 23- August 22) Dance like nobody’s watching at the dance, but be careful... Your face doesn’t end up on somebody’s Instagram.

Pisces (February 19-March 20) Join in the fun on Tumblr and make dumb Valen- Virgo (August 23- September 22) tines for all your internet friends or real life Try not to ruin anyone’s romance for fun, no friends. What better way to creep out or im- matter how appealing it seems. press your friends for life.

Libra (September 23- October 22) Aries (March 21- April 19) You might want to play matchmaker with your It might be hard to keep your mouth shut when friends, but you’re not cupid, so don’t try it. your best friends spill who their crush is, but Scorpio (October 23- November 21) zip your lips.

Fill your Valentine’s Day with thoughts of your Taurus (April 20- May 20) crush on that fictional character. No judgment.

The Valentine’s Day Dance is coming up soon, but going with your friends should suffice. Who Sagittarius (November 22- December 21) Being in the friend zone is totally okay when you else would tolerate your weird dance moves? have your friends and a giant stash of sugar.

Gemini (May 21- June 20) Try to suppress your ridiculous urge to hand Capricorn (December 21- January 19) You will be the selfie lord at the dance. Make out Valentines like it’s the third grade. sure to put your best face forward, so you can rock that Snapchat.

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