January 30, 2015 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 54, Number 6

The Talon

What’s Happening at BF-DC Schools

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Friday January 30th

Professional Day

No School

HS Basketball @ Cordell

HS Dance @ BF-DC Cafeteria

Monday February 2nd

JH & HS Basketball vs.

Carnegie @ BF-DC

Tuesday February 3rd

5th & 6th Basketball @ Sayre

Thursday February 5th

JH & JV Basketball vs.

Snyder @ BF-DC

FAFSA Work night

With Nancy Sander

6:30-7:30 pm

Friday February 6th

HS Basketball @ Snyder

Saturday February 7th

ACT TEST @ BF-DC

HS Academics @ Redlands

Monday February 9th

JH Basketball @ Sentinel

Tuesday February 10th

HS Basketball vs Cheyenne

@ BF-DC

Senior Night

Thursday February 12th

JH & JV Basketball vs. Hobart

@ BF-DC

HS Basketball @ Merritt

February 13th—14th

HS District Basketball

Saturday February 14th

District Vocal

Happy Valentine Day

Monday February 16th

FAFSA Night Follow Up

With Nancy Sander

6:30—8:00 pm

February 18th - 21st

SW District Stock Show

Saturday February 21st

District Band

February 22nd - 23rd

Washita County Stock Show

Friday February 27th

Make Up Snow Day

School is in Session

What’s Inside

Pg. 2…A Word from the Superintendent

Pg. 3…Elementary News

Pg. 4… JH/HS News

Pg. 5… Puzzle

Pg. 6...Football

The 8th and 9th Grade

Junior High Academic Team

won the title of Oklahoma

Great Plains Academic Con-

ference Champions. Ryne

Garrison was all-conference

top scorer with an average

of 56.2 points per quarter.

He was named BF-DC MVP

and All Conference All-Star

Team member. Ryne was

also named Oklahoma

Great Plains Academic Con-

ference Junior High MVP.

Mrs. Rita Roskam was

named as Oklahoma Great

Plains Academic Conference

Junior High Coach of the

Year. The team, Ryne Garri-

son, and Mrs. Roskam will

receive their awards at the

Oklahoma Great Plains Aca-

demic Conference awards

banquet being held Febru-

ary 16th, 2015.

The Mid-level, 7th and 8th

grade BF-DC Junior Varsity

team competed at Area on

January 15, in Indiahoma.

They performed very well

as a team.

The 6th grade team

hosted OAAC Regional

Tournament at BF-DC on

Tuesday January 20th. The

BF-DC team won 1st place

in the tournament and

were declared Regional

Champions. They will be

representing Burns Flat-Dill

City in Area in the near fu-

ture.

The BF-DC JH Varsity

team competed in the

OAAC Area Tournament on

January 27th and tied for 1st

place.

The 6th, 7th and 8th grad-

ers will also begin compet-

ing in scholastic meets

starting in February through

April.

Junior High Academic Team Wins Oklahoma Great Plains Academic Conference Champion

The BF-DC High School

Academic Team competed

in Area held here at BF-DC

Schools on January 17th.

The team excelled and

earned the right to compete

at State, February the 7th.

Bailee Lake

Staff Reporter

Rita Roskam Oklahoma Great Plains Academic Conference Junior High Coach of the Year

BF-DC Celebrate Basketball Homecoming Burns Flat-Dill City

Schools celebrated Basket-

ball Homecoming during the

week of January 26 through

January 30. There were two

homecoming basketball

games as well as spirit days

throughout the week.

To get the homecoming

spirit going there were dress

up days each school day.

Monday was Pajama Day.

Tuesday was Red, White,

and Blue day. The winners

for showing the most spirit

and dressing up on Red,

White, and Blue day were

Katie Birdwell, Caitlyn John-

son, Christina Carter, Caleb

Davis, and Mystic Sanders.

Wednesday was Survivor

day. Each grade had to

dress up in a color that was

assigned to their class. The

winners for Survivor day

were Breanne Leftwich, Lay-

la Vincent, and Ashley

Gillihan. Thursday was cele-

brated by having Tacky Tour-

ist Day. The winners for

Tacky Tourist Day were

G r a c e S c h n e b e r g e r ,

Brooklyne Hargis, and Elena

Rodriguez.

The high school held

their homecoming ceremo-

nies during the basketball

game Tuesday January

27th. The candidates for

high school homecoming

queen were Aubrey Mendez,

Jordan Hughes, and Lilly

Schneberger. They were

escorted by homecoming

king candidates Chris Clark,

Cameron Carter, and Tony

Dorman. The winners of the

high school crowns were

Queen Lilly Schneberger and

the King Cameron Carter.

Thursday January 29th

Burns Flat-Dill City High

School held a pep assembly

to get the entire student

body excited about the

homecoming ceremonies

and to introduce the winter

sport players and teams

going to competitions. The

cheerleaders led the differ-

ent grades in playing a bub-

ble blowing game. The bas-

ketball teams, academic

teams, vocal, and band

were recognized.

Thursday night the junior

high held their homecoming

ceremonies during their bas-

ketball games. The players

that were nominated as

homecoming queen candi-

dates were Makia Maxey,

Brooklyne Hargis, and Ra-

ven Horn. Nominated for

king were Travon Hill, Lan-

don Ringo, and Zac Glass.

The candidates that won

were Queen Makia Maxey

and King Landon Ringo.

Friday January 30th the

homecoming dance was

held in the school cafeteria.

There were refreshments

furnished by board mem-

bers and parents. Fun was

had by everyone that attend-

ed.

Shayanne McConnell

Staff Reporter

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Equal Opportunity Policy

The Burns Flat-Dill City School District

complies with Titles VI of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964, Title IX of the education

Amendments of 1972. Section 504 of

the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and their

implementing regulations administered

by the U.S. Department of Health, Educa-

tion, and Welfare’s Office for Civil Rights.

If also complies with Title VIII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964 and is implementing

regulations administered by the U.S

Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare’s Office for Civil Rights. It also

complies with Title VII of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964 and is implementing regula-

tions administered by the U.S. Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission.

The institution does not discriminate on

the basis of race, color, religion, sex,

age, national origin, or handicap in ad-

mission or access to, or treatment or

employment in, its program and activi-

ties.

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A Word from the Superintendent This article is one I read recently and felt obligated to share with you.

Ron Hughes, Superintendent

Burns Flat-Dill City Public Schools

580.562.4844

Duncan lays out priorities for education law:

Testing, preschool funding, teacher evals By Lyndsey Layton January 12 at 12:07 PM (Washington Post)

Education Secretary Arne Duncan spelled out his priorities for a new federal education law

Monday, calling on Congress to build in funding for preschool, add $1 billion annually in federal

aid for schools with the neediest students, and maintain the federal mandate that says states

must test students every year in math and reading.

He talked broadly about equal educational opportunity as a civil right — and as a moral and

economic imperative for the country — but he included a few specific ideas he wants incorpo-

rated in federal law. He said any new law must include a provision that states test every student

annually in math and reading in grades 3 to 8 and once in high school.

“I believe parents, teachers and students have both the right and the need to know how much

progress all students are making each year toward college and career readiness,” Duncan said.

“That means all students need to take annual statewide assessments that are aligned with their

teacher’s classroom instruction.”

Duncan’s speech comes amid growing anti-testing sentiment fueled by an alliance of parents

skeptical of standardized tests, teachers unions that say using test scores to evaluate teachers

and schools has warped education, and conservatives who argue that the federal government

should play a much smaller role in local education.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) took control of the Senate education panel last week and said

he plans to work with the ranking Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, on an aggressive

timetable to deliver a bill to the Senate floor next month.

Alexander, a former U.S. education secretary, university president and governor, has criticized

the Obama administration for dictating education policy to states and acting as “the national

school board.”

Full article: http://wapo.st/1tZTXIs

The state FFA of-

ficer team of the Oklahoma

FFA Association conducted

their 2015 Goodwill Tour

with a visit to the Burns

Flat–Dill City FFA Chapter,

Thursday, January 22, at

2:30 p.m.

Four collegiate FFA lead-

ers made a stop at the local

school to meet the FFA

members.

“We must find new ways

to inspire students to seek

agriculture as a lifelong pro-

fession and help them rec-

ognize that this industry is

filled with opportunity and

reward and fulfillment,” said

Garrett Reed, State FFA

president. “We must help

FFA members prepare for

and embrace this very excit-

ing future,” Reed said.

Throughout the Goodwill

Tour state officers will chal-

lenge FFA members to go

all out in their passion for

agriculture and leadership.

A total of 58 chapters were

selected for the 2015 tour

from the 355 total chapters

in the state.

Visiting the local chapter

are Garrett Reed, state pres-

ident; Megan DeVuyst, state

reporter; Drake Boyce,

southwest district vice presi-

dent; and Cody Dean, cen-

tral district vice president.

All are students at Oklaho-

ma State University and

sponsored by the Oklahoma

Department of Career Tech.

FFA is an integral part of

the Agriculture Education

Division in Oklahoma’s Ca-

reer Tech system. With

25,552 members in 35 high

schools statewide, the Okla-

homa FFA Association is the

fifth-largest state FFA asso-

ciation. The FFA mission is

to make a positive differ-

ence in the lives of students

by developing their potential

for premier leadership, per-

sonal growth and career

success through agricultural

education.

Darian Hargis

Staff Reporter

State Officers Visit Local FFA Chapter

4-H Members Attend Speech Contest The Washita County sen-

ior 4-H members attended

the Washita County 4-H

Speech Contest in Canute

on January 16th.

Jaron Mason received

first place on the power

point he presented about

firearm safety. Kylee

Kilhoffer received first place

with her food demonstra-

tion. Jordan Mason, who

also presented a food

demonstration, placed 2nd.

Allison Walker

Staff Reporter

FCCLA News The BF-DC School FCCLA

cookbooks have been sub-

mitted to be printed. The

books should be delivered

by March 1st and the FCCLA

members will start selling

the books as soon as they

arrive. The cook books will

cost $10.00 and all of the

money raised will be used

to pay the students way to

the Oklahoma State FCCLA

Convention.

Brittany Friedel

Staff Reporter

January 30, 2015 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 54, Number 6 Page 3

3rd and 4th grade at Will Rogers Elementary practicing with cups, for performance at Eagle Time.

Will Rogers Elementary

December STAR Students

for Pre-K:

Zayden Jones and

Ashton Villegas

Will Rogers Elementary Hold Spelling Bees Will Rogers Elementary held the school Spelling Bees in January. The 4th and 5th grade Spelling Bee was held on January 9. Benny Baker came in first place and Connor Pipkin came in second place. These two students qualified to go to the regional competition. The lower elementary Spelling Bee was held on

January 16 and January 19. All of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders participated and will get an award later in the year. Caitlin Campbell came in first place, Rylin Hall came in second place, and Haley Davis came in third. Shayanne McConnell Staff Reporter

4th & 5th Grade

1st place Benny Baker

2nd place Connor Pipkin

1st - 3rd Grade

1st place Caitlin Campbell

2nd place Rylin Hall

3rd place Haley Davis

Students Compete in NOETIC Learning Math Contest On November 20, Will

Rogers Elementary stu-

dents competed in the NO-

ETIC Learning Math Con-

test. NOETIC Learning Math

Contest is a national ele-

mentary math problem

solving contest that is held

twice a year. 19,327 young

mathletes representing

1,279 teams across the

country participated in last

years fall contest.

The following students

were the team winners:

Second grade: Zak Deboard

Third grade: Kaiden Wilson,

Lexi Baker, and Corey Ma-

son.

Fourth grade: Moses Garcia

Fifth grade: Josh Mooney

Sixth grade: Grace Schne-

berger

Josh Mooney won the

National Honor Role title.

This title is awarded to ap-

proximately the top 10% of

participating mathletes.

The following students

received National Honora-

ble Mention. This title is

awarded to approximately

the top 50% of participat-

ing mathletes:

Second grade: Zak Deboard

and Bailey Frost

Fourth grade: Moses Garcia

and Brody Neely

Fifth grade: Connor Pipkin

and Jimmy Jackson.

Congratulations to all of

the winners! The contest

results demonstrate that

Will Rogers Elementary

students have great prob-

lem solving and math tal-

ents; the test scores also

show that the students can

rise to the occasion and

meet the challenge!

Shayanne McConnell

Staff Reporter

Students Have Perfect Attendance The Perfect Attendance

winners for the 1st semester

were: Allyssa Arnold, Jim-

my Jackson, Maci Elmore,

Connor Pipkin, Ozzlyn

Noyes, L.J. Mason, Corey

Mason, Paola Baez, Alexis

Green, and Allison De la

Cruz. These students re-

ceived two cold coins for

this achievement.

The Perfect Attendance

winners for the second 9

weeks were: Andrew Mar-

tinez, Kimberlyn McAnnally,

Jacob Power , Kar la

McConnell, Miranda Trissell,

Cardayah Reed, Christian

Palmerton, Cheryl Jo Gold-

schmidt, Olivia Reynold,

and Damion Casses.

The winners for the De-

cember reading challenge

in the school library were:

Pricilla Martinez, Nevaeh

Leverett, and Bailey Frost.

Shayanne McConnell

Staff Reporter

2A Has Thunder Readers Ms. Howes class 2A is

participating in the Thunder

Reading Challenge. Each

month Ms. Howes sends

home a calendar for her

students to log their reading

minutes each night. For

January only 3 students re-

turned their Thunder Read-

ing Challenge calendar. The

students who participated in

January were Shane Left-

wich, Kimberlynn McAnally,

and Haydin Litsinberger.

Kimberlynn read a total of

1,652 minutes for the

month of January and she

won a Thunder slap watch.

Haydin read 700 minutes

and Shane read 427

minutes. These students

are working very hard this

year to keep on reading!

The 4th grade Science

Class built vehicles to help

them learn about force and

resistance. Each group built

and designed a vehicle us-

ing Knex. The vehicles were

used to test force and re-

sistance with different

loads.

The 4th graders celebrat-

ed their 100th day of school

with stations dealing with

things about the number

100. These stations includ-

ed: trail mix with 100

grams contributed by each

student, building structures

with 100 cups, gumball

machines with 100 painted

gumballs, and “Where’s

100?”. In the “Where’s

100?” activity each 4th

grader had to hide a 100 in

their own creative design.

They also flipped a coin 100

times and tried to see how

many times it would land

on heads or tails. Head was

the winner.

Shayanne McConnell

Staff Reporter

4th Graders Celebrate 100 Days

Will Rogers Star Students for December Back Row left to Right: Eric Miller, Jacob Flores, Elizabeth

Smith, Evan Donaldson, Savannah Taylor, Benny Baker

Middle Row left to Right: Natalie Perez, Gunner McAnally,

Rayne Gladwin, Sevan Hartronft, Braezun Rojo

Front Row left to Right: Sydney McLemore, Alexis Wilson,

Paisley Watson, Makenna Boles, Haidyn Pike

Will Rogers Elementary

November STAR student

for Pre-K

Jaicee Johnson

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On January 7th the blood drive collected over 40 units of

blood. Burns Flat-Dill City High School would like to thank the

many students and others that signed up to donate.

The next ACT will be on February 7th in the BFDC High

School cafeteria. April 18th will be the last test date for the

ACT to be given at BFDC. March 13th will be the last date to

sign up for that test.

Practice ACT test sites

www.4tests.com

www.MHPracticePlus.com

www.actstudent.org

Seniors need to make sure that they are filling out their schol-

arship packets.

Bryan Cormier

Staff Reporter

Senior News Lil Gal Cheerleaders Perform

The senior class is cur-

rently planning their senior

trip, submitting scholarship

forms, and have selected

their class motto that will

appear on their senior pan-

el. On January 23rd they will

vote on where to go for their

senior trip. Any senior who

has not ordered their cap

and gown, or who has not

paid Jostens for their items,

needs to do so quickly.

Brittany Friedel

Staff Reporter

The JH and HS Cheer-

leaders held “Lil Gal Cheer

Camp” at the beginning of

January. The girls practiced

on Jan. 5, 6, 7, 12, and 13

of January to perfect their

cheerleading skills. The

girls performed at the high

school girls’ basketball

game against Navajo during

half-time. The “Lil Gals”

performed a cheer, a chant,

and a dance. Their dance

was to the song “Roar” by

Katy Perry.

Junior News

The juniors in English III

are currently learning about

the various forms of litera-

cy, writing, and comprehen-

sion skills. Since school

has returned from Christ-

mas break the 11th graders

have been working on pack-

ets, as well as writing es-

says. The eleventh graders

in algebra 2 are studying

rational expressions. The

juniors who are taking art

have been completing their

positive and negative space

art pieces.

The juniors have been

meeting every Wednesday

after school to further plan

prom. As prom gets closer,

there will be more frequent

meetings to finalize the

details of this event. The

officers are also planning to

visit John Ross to look for

any prom items the juniors

could possibly use.

Bryan Cormier

Staff Reporter

Freshmen Class News

Counselor Corner

8th Grade News

The eighth graders at BF-

DC are reading and review-

ing “Night” by Elie Weisel.

In Science they are learning

about the Earth’s crust

which is the first layer of the

Earth. They have also been

studying earthquakes and

plate tectonics. In art they

are completing their awe-

some paper mache projects.

In U.S History with Mr. Rob-

erts they are going over the

Industrial Revolution and

they just finished learning

about the Five Civilized

Tribes. In math they just

started a unit on geometry.

The 7th and 8th grade Pre-

Algebra classes finished the

“Capture the Flag” game.

Congratulations to the

7thhour, 8th grade math

class for winning the game.

Morgan Villarreal

Staff Reporter

The freshmen class

would like to give a big

shout out and congratula-

tions to Ryne Garrison for

being named All Conference

Top Scorer with an average

of 56.2 points per quarter.

Ryan was also named BF-

DC MVP, All Conference All-

star Team Member, and

Oklahoma Great Plains Aca-

demic Conference Junior

High MVP. Good job Ryne.

The freshmen wore

black on Wednesday Janu-

ary 28th for Survivor day as

part of the Homecoming

celebration.

In English the 9th graders

are reading “The Odyssey”.

In math the freshmen stu-

dents have been multiplying

and factoring polynomials.

In science the students have

been learning the periodic

table of elements and the

difference in metals and

nonmetals. The Oklahoma

History students are study-

ing the Indian removal and

the Civics students are

learning what Civics means.

Raven Horn

Staff Reporter

6th Grade News

The BF-DC sixth grade

students are learning about

graphs in their math clas-

ses. In English they are

working with sentences.

During Social Studies the

students are learning about

the state capitals. In sci-

ence class the students

have been studying about

the formation of the earth.

Mia Tibbits

6th Grade Reporter

Morgan Villarreal

Staff Reporter

Spanish Club Selling Beso-Grams

The Burns Flat-Dill City

Spanish Club began selling

Beso-Grams on Wednesday,

January 28th and will sell

them until Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 11th. The Valentine’s

Day-themed cards are being

sold for $1 and can be pur-

chased from the club spon-

sor, Mrs. Abel, or any Span-

ish Club member.

The Beso-Grams come

with decorative ribbon, a

chocolate kiss, and a blank

space for the buyer to deco-

rate, write a message, or

personalize it in any other

way. The Beso-Grams will be

sold until February 11th and

can be sold to the BF-DC

elementary school, middle

school, or high school. They

can be purchased for

friends, siblings, teachers,

and more. They’ll be deliv-

ered to the recipients on the

Friday before Valentine’s

Day.

All profits made by the

selling of the cards will go

toward the Spanish Club’s

annual Spanish Trip. This

spring, the Spanish Club will

be taking their annual trip

to Dallas, Texas, to eat din-

ner and enjoy a show at

Medieval Times.

Allison Walker

Staff Reporter

7th Grade News

The seventh graders at

BF-DC schools are studying

Western Europe in geogra-

phy. They are learning

about the economics, lay of

the land, and the parliament

of Western Europe. They

will be studying the cultural

geography and physical ge-

ography of the Middle East

next. In science they have

been using microscopes

looking at and learning

about cells. The students

are reading “Holes” by Louis

Sachar in their English clas-

ses. In math 7th graders are

studying percents. The 7th

and 8th grade Pre-Algebra

classes have just finished

the “Capture the Flag” game

with the 7th hour, 8th grade

class winning the game.

Morgan Villarreal

Staff Reporter

Band and Vocal Preparing for District

The band and vocal stu-

dents have been working on

getting ready for District

Contest at SWOSU in

Weatherford. The vocal will

go to SWOSU on February

14th and the band will go

on February 21st. The vocal

members that will be going

are: Makaeli Smith, Sadie

McConnell, Marcie Diggs,

Paris Henry, Janelle Beason,

Minne Restivo, Breanne

Leftwich, Sierra Jacobs,

Kensey Garrison, Cheyenne

Leftwich, Tracie Diggs, Col-

leen Bennett, and Wally

Powers. The band members

that will attend contest are:

Makaeli Smith, Landry Nor-

ris, and Donovan Webb.

A special group of band

and vocal students will be

going to Oklahoma City to

see the Broadway Musical,

“Camelot” on February

28th. Permission slips and

money will be due to Mrs.

Brown by February 2nd.

Raven Horn

Staff Reporter

In Mr. Roberts’ World

History class, students

learned about the medieval

period of history by building

their very own replica cas-

tles. Each castle had to

meet a certain set of crite-

ria. They had to have 4

outer walls, 4 inner walls, 4

towers, a keep on a hill,

and a moat. The students

also received points for

three-dimensional creativi-

ty. Students were allowed

to make their castles out of

any material they wanted.

They could design it howev-

er they wanted to as long

as it met the set of criteria.

Mr. Roberts said “I really

hope that by building these

castles, students come to

understand more about the

medieval period and more

about the building that has

come to define that period.”

The two castles pictured

were voted as the two best

castles this year. The dark

gray castle was built by Kel-

sey Briggs, Lilly Schne-

berger, Katarina Cowley,

and Brianna Rush. The

wooden castle was built by

Char les Bi l la , Ethan

Schmittler, and Nathan

Ross. They actually built a

moat that held real water,

very impressive! The stu-

dents did a great job with

their castles this year!

World History Students Build Castles

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Pisces (February 19 – March 20): Things have been a little slow this

past month. Not to worry though, you will be up and around again in

no time! Use this brief period of peace to put things in order for the

future. It is better to be prepared early than to rush later.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22): Life is an endless ocean of fun for you at

the moment. You have been busy, and can see the time flying by.

Aries (March 21 - April 19): Believe in yourself. Someone hasn’t been

shy about showing their disapproval of a choice or decision you re-

cently made, or a plan you formulated. Maybe it isn’t outright disap-

proval, but simply the lack of encouragement or recognition for some-

thing you see as very special. Don’t let this keep you down. Keep go-

ing and eventually you will get the approval you’ve been searching for.

Leo (July 23 – August 22): You are a perfectionist, and like to see

things done a certain way. However, you can not control someone

else’s expression of their own work, and in this case you may find

yourself disappointed. There will be an opportunity soon for a second

chance to get it right, and at that time you will have greater control

over what happens. Don’t let disappointment keep you from trying.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20): You may soon receive a very inspiring

message that has the potential to inspire you, motivate you, and

make you feel really good about yourself. The only problem is that the

source of this message may be someone you don’t care for, or feel

good about. Don’t pick and choose what good to accept into your life

based on prejudices. Sometimes good things are blessings that come

to us from unexpected places, and are meant to teach us unexpected

lessons. Be open to it.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20): With a certain person who rubs you the

wrong way, you may want to disagree to disagree, rather than the

other way around. This person has a way of getting under your skin,

and just being around the individual seems to raise your anxiety level.

However, there may be a time that you two share the same opinion or

idea; and that’s okay. In fact, if you open your mind and listen more,

you may find this person easier to tolerate.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22): On the surface it may appear like

you are facing something that is very threatening. Not physically

threatening, but something that threatens to make your life more

difficult in some way. Please not the first five words of this message:

“on the surface, it may appear…” Yes, on the surface it may appear a

certain way, but there really is no genuine reason to be afraid.

Libra (September 23 – October 22): A creative approach to a complex

challenge may pave the road to a solution. You like to think logically

and practically. Most of the time that has worked for you, but it will

not with the current problem you are facing. Put your imagination and

your creativity to work in order to figure out the answer.

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21): You may have done some

thinking recently about a conflict in a relationship or friendship. You

are under some kind of stress or pressure, and this conflict is making

you feel even more anxious. However, you really do need to be in a

better, happier, and more centered state to address the problem.

Trying to fix it right now, while you are burdened and impatient will

only make things worse. Do whatever it takes to relieve the stress,

and come back to your conflict.

Sagittarius (November 22 – 21): Read some positive-thinking books

in order to build your self confidence. You are, by nature, already a

pretty confident person. However, there is always room for improve-

ment. Find a way to inspire yourself, and kick that confidence into

overdrive.

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19): A situation has gotten out of

hand recently, and you are someone who likes to be in control. You

love order and organization, and so when there is chaos you do not

think as clearly as you normally do. You may have some troubles

now, but don’t get carried away thinking that you’re facing an angry

gorilla of a problem when you are really only dealing with a mischie-

vous monkey. Relax.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18): Let go of whatever is bothering

you. Someone may have hurt you recently. Instead of holding a

grudge, forgive them and move on. Holding on to a problem will only

add to the stress of your every day life, and is not worth the effort.

Brittany Friedel

Staff Reporter

Horoscopes Basketball

Ask Birdie! Dear Birdie,

I have been annoyed with school to the point where I am contemplating dropping out. I have giv-

en it some thought, and I want to work in the oil field or go into the military. Thoughts?

Sincerely,

Tired Tim

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Tim,

I have had many friends want to drop out and do the same thing you are thinking about doing;

Many, many friends. Yet, when I asked them about it, they said they should’ve stayed in High

School. It may be annoying, yet it is worth it in the long run. It’s better to have a High School Di-

ploma right now than trying to get your GED 20 years down the road. You also can’t join the

armed forces without a high school diploma so if that is your goal you really need to just buckle

down and tough it out.

Keeping up with schoolwork,

Birdie

Hidden Eagle Somewhere in the newspaper is a hidden Eagle that looks like this one but maybe a little bigger or a little smaller. Everyone that finds the Eagles can put their name and the location of the Eagle on a piece of paper and place it in the “Ask Birdie” box in the library. One

correct answer will be drawn for a free drink.

Ask Birdie! Struggling in a class? Not doing well with your peers? Having problems with someone you like?

Then Ask Birdie! Stop by the library at any time, write a note, and drop it in the advice column box.

Your issues are completely anonymous and no one but you and Birdie will know about it. Who

knows, your problem might be in the next issue. So feel free to go ahead and Ask Birdie!

BF-DC School Libraries

Extended Hours Will Rogers Library is open until 7:00 pm on Tuesdays.

JH/HS Library is open until 7:00 pm on Thursdays.

Check out books, use computers, participate in activities,

and have fun!!!!!!!!

Book Review

The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap is about a girl

who’s father is mysteriously killed the day before Christmas Eve.

She has to solve the mystery of her father’s death while taking

care of her little brother. She ventures into very different and

interesting places. Will she ever learn the truth about the death

or is it always going to be a mystery?

I thought The Musician’s Daughter was an excellent book. It

has an amazing plot and ending! I would recommend this book!

Jordan Weese

Staff Reporter

Stop by the library and see Mrs. Lee for your free soda.

Caden Matuszewski

January 30, 2015 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 54, Number 6 Page 6

Support the BF-DC Athletics Buy a T-Shirt or other Gear

T shirts $15.00 sizes youth xs-adult 3xl

Shorts $15.00 sizes youth small-adult 2xl

Hoodies $25.00 sizes youth xs-adult 3xl

Stadiums seats, red and blue $45.00

Yard signs, $20.00

Caps, $20.00

Car tags $15.00

Lanyards $4.00

The Burns Flat-Dill City

Basketball boys have been

playing very hard and they

are seeing mixed results.

They won 3 of their last 6

ball games but in the games

they lost the scores were

very close.

When the boys played

Thomas on December 18th

they lost by 10 points, 43 to

53. Cameron Carter had a

great game scoring 16

points and Max Walker

scored 9 points. December

19th the boys went up

against Sentinel, one of the

schools biggest rivals. The

Eagles dominated with a

final score of 53 to 41.

Tryon Hill was the top scorer

with 15 points, followed

closely by Tanner Renken

with 11 points. The boys

kept their winning streak

going beating Sayre by 25

points with a score of 60 to

35 on January 6th. The top

scorers against Sayre were

Cameron Carter with 17

points and Max Walker with

12 points. The boys won

another one against Navajo

on January 13th. Cameron

Carter led the way scoring

29 points and Chris Clark

scored 6 points. The boys

lost their winning streak for

their next two games.

Against Magnum the boys

lost 51 to 46 in a tough

down to the wire game.

Tanner Renken scored 11

points and Cameron Carter

scored 10 points. They lost

to Arapaho 36 to 46 with

Trayon Hill scoring 10

points and Tony Dorman

scoring 8 points.

The Eagles played in the

Seiling Tournament January

8th through January 10th.

The boys lost their 1st game

against #3 Cimarron 36 to

46. They won their next

game again Canton 60 to

53. Their final game was

very tight again Vici but sad-

ly the Eagles came up short

and lost 61 to 66.

The BF-DC High School boys

have 3 more regular season

games to play at home in

February and need their

fans to come out and show

their support.

Shayanne McConnell

Staff Reporter

HS Boys Basketball Seeing Results

HS Girls Basketball Working Hard JH Boys Basketball Winning The Burns Flat-Dill City

High School girls’ basket-

ball team has been working

hard and having a rough

time this season. The girls

played Thomas on Decem-

ber 18th and struggled

throughout the game. The

girls ended the game with a

loss of 15 to 50. The girls

never quit and in their next

game against Sentinel on

December 19th they re-

bounded with a great win of

49 to32. In their first

game after break on Janu-

ary 6th the girls played very

hard against Sayre but end-

ed the game with a loss of

33 to 41. The BF-DC Lady

Eagles started the Seiling

Tournament off with a great

game, beating Canton 42

to 29. They lost their next

two tournament games,

first against Seiling with a

score of 31 to 50 and then

to Texhoma with a score of

37 to 53. Their next game

was on January 13th and

they excelled with a great

win against Navajo 43 to

35 at home. On January

16th they played against

Mangum the girls lost 26 to

40 in a very tough game.

Darian Hargis

Staff Reporter

The Burns Flat–Dill City

Junior High Boys have been

playing some great basket-

ball. They played Navajo on

December 8th and came

away with a great win of 39

to 20. Trayon Hill scored

23 points. Their next game

against Cheyenne on De-

cember 15th was another

win of 27 to 22 with Blake

Hensley scoring 10 points.

On January the 5th they

brought home their third

win in a row beating Sayre

28 to 24. Tanner Lucy and

Jake Mooney scored 8

points each in this win. The

boys played in the West

Central Tournament Janu-

ary 12th, 15th, and 17th.

They lost their winning

streak in the first game in a

heartbreaker against Ca-

nute with a loss of 23 to

35. They rebounded back

and came home with the

Consolation Bracket Tro-

phy. They beat Sentinel 43

to 15 with Zack Glass scor-

ing 14 points and Landon

Ringo scoring 8 points and

beat Corn Bible Academy

44 to 18 with Zack Glass

scoring 11 points and Jake

Mooney scoring 9 points to

claim the Consolation Tro-

phy.

Darian Hargis

Staff Reporter

JH Girls Basketball Win Consolation Bracket

All the Burns Flat–Dill

City junior high basketball

girls have been working

really hard. The girls went

to Navajo on December 8th

and played a really tough

game, but sadly did not

come home with a win.

They lost to Cheyenne 34-

25 on December 15th at

Cheyenne, and they lost

against Sayre 43-25 on Jan-

uary 5th at home. In the

West Central tournament

held at Burns Flat-Dill City

and Hydro Eakly Schools

January 12th,15th, and 17th

the girls had 3 extremely

close games. They lost their

Cheerleading Tryouts Coming

Cheerleading tryouts are

on March 13th at 2:00 P.M

in the High School Gymna-

sium. Practices for tryouts

are on March 2nd through

March 6th and March 9th

through March 12th from

3:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Any-

one planning to try out to

be a Burns Flat-Dill City

Cheerleader is to pick up a

packet on Monday February

16th in the High School of-

fice. If there are enough

girls trying out and making

the squad there will be two

teams, one for football sea-

son and one for basketball

season.

Bailee Lake

Staff Reporter

first game to Arapaho 25-

24, and won their second

and third games. They beat

Sentinel 22-21, and Corn

Bible Academy 21-19. The

girls won the Consolation

bracket of this tournament

and received a plaque.

The 7th and 8th grade

team played in the Merritt/

Cheyenne tournament also

held January 12th, 15th, and

17th they beat Arnett, but

lost to Sweetwater, and Er-

ick.

Darian Hargis

Staff reporter

Basketball Players

of the Week

JH: Camryn Bond, Jordan

Weese, Lorsa Hughes, Trayon

Hill, Makia Maxey, Zack Glass,

Kayela Staples, Raven Horn

HS: Kaitlyn Utt, Cameron

Carter, Katie Birdwell, Trayon

Hill, Lilly Schneberger, Jordan

Hughes, Jordan Hughes