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2016-2017 October 28, 2016
History of Halloween pg 1
Message Board pg 1
Halloween Treats pg 2
Yearbook Notices pg 2
DIY Costumes pg 3
Counseling Notices pg 3
Creepy Halloween Story pg 4
Most Haunted Building pg 4
In This Edition
You can find us online at http://www.edline.net/pages/Fort_Morgan_High_School
History of Halloween By: Fatima Hernandez
The origin of Halloween, or All
Hallows’ Eve, comes from the an-
cient Celtic festival of Samhain
(sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000
years ago in the area that is now
Ireland, the United Kingdom and
northern France, celebrated their
new year on November 1. According
to halloweenhistory.org, this day marked the end of summer, the
harvest, and the beginning of a cold winter. The time of year was
often associated with human death. The Celts believed that on their
New Year's Eve, the boundary between the worlds of the living and
the dead crashed and became one.
On October 31, according to history.com the Celts celebrated
Samhain. It was believed that the ghosts of the un-living returned to
earth. Celts thought that the presence of the other world spirits made
it easier for the Celtic priests to make predictions about the future.
These prophecies were important to people who depended on them
and they brought comfort and direction during the long, cold winter.
Celtic priests then built large bonfires where the people gathered to
burn crops and sacrifice animals to the Celtic deities. During the
celebration, the Celts wore costumes consisting of animal heads and
skins and attempted to dress as their sacrifices.
Celebrating Halloween was limited in the New England colo-
nies because of the Protestant belief systems. Halloween was much
more common in Maryland and the southern colonies. An American
version of Halloween began to emerge as European and Native
American cultures began to mesh, according to history.com. The
first celebrations included “play parties,” which were public events
held in the center of the community to celebrate the harvest where
neighbors would share stories of the dead, dance, and sing. By the
middle of the nineteenth century, annual autumn festivities were
common. Soon, Americans would dress up in scary and modern
costumes and go to houses asking for candy or food, which eventu-
ally became “trick-or-treating”.
Halloween parties would also become very popular in the Unit-
ed States involving costume contests, dances, and apple bobbing.
Halloween is one of the top holidays celebrated in the United States,
due to the fact that kids get to dress up as something different and
they receive free candy. It is a day of spooky fun.
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COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD
FMHS SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES 10/28-11/12/16 (home games indicated in bold type)
DATE SPORT OPP HOME/AWAY TIME
10/28/16 Football (C) Northridge Home 4:00pm
Football (JV) “ “ 6:00pm
10/29/16 Gymnastics Regionals Away 10:00a Cross Country State Away tba
11/3/16 Soccer 2nd rnd playoffs tba tba Football (C) Longmont Away 3:00pm
11/3-5/16 Gymnastics State Away tba
11/4/16 Football (V) Longmont Away 7:00pm
11/7/16 Football (JV) Longmont Home 4:30pm
Soccer Quarter finals tba tba
Volleyball (V) Regionals tba tba 11/11/16 Soccer Semi-final tba tba
11/12/16 Football (V) Playoffs tba tba
*********************************************************** 10/29/16 Forensics to Monarch H.S. 6:30am
Hunted Hallways 5-8 pm
*********************************************************** 11/2/16 Volleyball Tournament to help Farley family 5:30pm
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11/5/16 SAT TEST @ FMHS 8:00am
Knowledge Bowl to Weld Central 7:30am
Music & Forensics Mattress Sale Aux. Gym 10am-5pm
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11/6/16 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS
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11/8/16 ELECTION DAY ***********************************************************
11/10/16 Forensics vs Cherry Creek Congress Away 2:00pm
*********************************************************** 11/12/16 Forensics Golden Away 5:30am
Knowledge Elizabeth Away 6:00am
FCCLA Holiday Bazaar 9:00am-6:00pm
HALLOWEEN EDITION
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YEARBOOK DEADLINES
1) Order books, submit senior pictures or
purchase baby ads:
go to bottom right corner of FMHS website
at http://www.edline.net/pages/
Fort_Morgan_High_School
OR
see Ms. Rich in room 204 to buy a book
OR If you would like to set up a payment plan
for your book (up to three payments) go to
www.jostensyearbooks.com and search for
Fort Morgan High School
2) Senior pictures: Due November 1, but
would appreciate receiving by Friday Octo-
ber 28
3) Senior quotes and superlatives: Due No-
vember 1
4) Senior Baby Ads: Early bird pricing ends
November 1. Final deadline November 22
5) Submit pictures for consideration in the
book at www.replayit.com
Buy a Book for $50 by November 1, 2016
After November 1, 2016 cost is $55
Halloween Treats By: Fatima Hernandez
Halloween is one of the most celebrated
holidays in the United States. Haunted houses,
trick-or-treating, and Halloween parties fall in-
place with the spookiest holiday in the states.
Halloween parties mostly consist of cool cos-
tume contests, dancing, and finger foods. Liter-
ally, fingers that are food. Here is the recipe
from parenting.com. Check it out!
Dead Man’s Finger Sandwiches
Ingredients:
White bread
Soft Margarine
Cream cheese or peanut butter (your choice)
Almonds
Strawberry Jam (or any pink/red flavor jam)
Steps:
Remove crust from the bread.
Gently flatten slices of bread with a rolling pin to make more pliable.
Spread a little margarine and some cream cheese or peanut butter on the
bread.
Roll up the sandwiches and make three indentations with a blunt knife
to form the finger joints.
Trim the ends of the fingers into a 'V' shape and stick an almond on
each tip with a little cream cheese to form the nails.
Now for the cherry on top—add a dollop of strawberry jam (or your
preferred flavor) over the end of the finger for the blood and voilà!
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National Bologna Day Jonathan Stone
Everyday there is a day celebrating a break-
through in modern history. Whether it be a day
where someone found a cure for a seemingly incura-
ble illness or whether someone put sausage on piz-
za, there is always a day celebrating some-
thing. October 24th was National Bologna
Day! This is a well deserved day to celebrate this
meat in particular, for without it, our sandwiches
would go on bologna-less! The history of bologna is a long and inspir-
ing tale, so let’s get right into it.
Genuine bologna was made by an unknown meat maker and has
been around for 500 years. It’s contents are hardly a mystery though,
containing pork, sometimes beef, water, 2% salt, corn syrup, and sodi-
um lactate. Although the mystery of the man who made this meat is
still unknown, an article from theoldfoodie.com states that Robert
May’s recipe published in 1660 comes pretty close to the real thing.
There are three types of lunch meats, according to
sixwise.com, whole cuts, formed products, and pro-
cessed products. Bologna belongs to the processed
products category. Bologna is named after Bologna,
Italy. Americans eat 800 million pounds of bologna
annually.
The history of bologna is very simplistic, it had no
real impact when it was first produced, but eventually it
became one of the most successful deli meats sold to
this day. Happy national bologna day everyone!
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Creative Pumpkin Carving
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From Counseling
UNC Math Contest Nov. 2
ACT registration Dec 15th
SAT Test Dec 3rd
SENIORS: visit school website for
scholarships
FAFSA NIGHTS
AT MCC
Nov. 14 10am-2pm, Cottonwood 102
Nov. 30 10am-2pm, Cottonwood 102
Costumes For Those Who Don’t Want To Waste Money By: Trystan Bohling
Halloween is just around the corner and some of us still dress up,
maybe going as far as Trick-or-Treating. Most people go out and pay
loads of money to just dress up once, but not everybody has the budg-
et for that. If you’re one of those people with a small budget, you can
still celebrate Halloween with one of these awesome ideas.
One obvious option is to reuse old costumes. It’s a very good way
to curb nostalgia while not being too out of date. The problem that
comes into play is that people grow, meaning old costumes don’t fit.
So this option is limited to very few people, mainly the ones who
have stopped growing.
The more creative thing to do when trying to come up with a
thrifty costume is to make your own. Some people don’t really like to
create DIY costumes because of the amount of time and energy that
goes into making one. However, the benefits that come from this
clearly outweigh the costs. The most obvious benefit in making your
own costume is that it’s cheaper. Another benefit is that you can get
exactly what you want. When you buy a costume you are stuck with
what you bought and if you try to change something on the costume
you have a chance of ruining it and no chance to salvage it. When
making your own costume, you make what's in your head and you
will never be wrong. The final benefit is that your costume will no
doubt be one of a kind. When looking for supplies, it is best to find
something that is the closest to the idea you have. It makes everything
that much easier. The less materials you have to buy, the less messing
around with the fabric.
The third option when trying to be cheap and still make the most
out of Halloween is to just buy a costume from someone else. This is
just as it sounds. Go to a Goodwill and piece together something
unique and amazing. Another option is to borrow a used costume
from a friend or family member.
If you are on a budget these are some ways to get a cheap, simple
costume. While a $60 costume can seem like the best idea, they are
usually flashy, over-the-top, and not worth the money. No matter
what the age, people like to dress up. Don’t let that desire burn a hole
in your pocket!
Bushido III: Benevolence By Jonathan Stone
Last issue we
went over the second
rule of Bushido,
courage. Today we
will be going over
the third rule, mercy,
or benevolence.
Artofmanliness.com
describes what de-
fines mercy as “A
man invested with
the power to com-
mand and the power
to kill was expected to
demonstrate equally extraordinary powers of benevolence and
mercy: Love.”
Courage can often be compared to being stern, while benev-
olence can be considered gentle and even mother
like. Dishmag.com has this quote which is considered to be a
universal rule, “The bravest are the most tender, the loving are
the daring.”
There is not much to go over in this edition of Bushi-
do. The moral of the code is to be the best person you can be,
show kindness to others, even if people refuse to treat you the
same way. It will build your character and moral standing as a
modern warrior.
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The Most Haunted Building in the Country By Nancy Balderrama Alonso
“Stories say that in 1928, the
head nurse in Room 502 was
found dead in the room. She had
committed suicide by hanging
herself from the light fixture. She
was 29 years-old at the time of
her death and allegedly, unmar-
ried and pregnant. Her depression
over the situation led her to take
her own life. It’s unknown how
long she may have been hanging
in this room before her body was
discovered. And this would not
be the only tragedy to occur in
this room.
“In 1932, another nurse who worked in Room 502 was said to
have jumped from the roof patio, plunging several stories to her
death. No one seems to know why she would have done this but
many have speculated that she may have actually been pushed
over the edge. There are no records to indicate this, but rumors
continue to persist.”
These are only two of the many tragic events that took place
in Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville Kentucky according to
prairieghosts.com. The building is known for it’s many haunted
stories and paranormal activity which occur on a regular basis.
During the 1800’s and 1900’s America was terrified and drown-
ing in the disease known to many as the “white death” -----
tuberculosis. The very contagious plague which, at the time had
no cure, took over families and even entire towns. During the
1900’s, Louisville Kentucky was known for the highest number
of tuberculosis deaths in America. Soon enough the first hospital
became overcrowded and with donations from the people a new
hospital was built in 1924.
Waverly hills opened in 1926 and was the most advanced
tuberculosis sanitarium in the country. With no knowledge of the
cure doctors believed that fresh air, plenty of nutritious food and
lots of rest would cure its patients. Many patients survived their
stay at Waverly Hills, but it is estimated that hundreds died here
at the height of the epidemic.
With every hospital built during these times came the sad and
horrific idea of human experimentation and mistreatments. By the
late 1930s, tuberculosis had begun to decrease around the world
and by 1943, new medicines had became known in the United
States. In 1961, Waverly Hills was closed down but was reopened
a year later as Woodhaven Geriatrics Sanitarium. There have
been many rumors and stories told about patient mistreatment and
unusual experiments during the years that the building was used
as an old age home. Some of them have been proven to be false
but others have unfortunately turned out to be true, leading to the
place being closed for good in 1982.
There’s no wonder after all of the death, pain, and agony
within those walls, that Waverly Hills is now considered to be
one of the most haunted places in the country!
A Creepy Halloween Story Nancy Balderrama Alonso
It’s Halloween and what’s better than a creepy, scary sto-
ry. With the whole nationwide scare about clowns it
seems like a good time to share a scary clown story I
found online. Beware: if you don’t like clowns, they scare
you or you just plain find them creepy, you may want to
pass on this story!
The Clown Statue By David Emery
So-and-so's friend, a girl in her teens, is babysitting for a
family in Newport Beach, Ca. The family is wealthy and has a
very large house — you know the sort, with a ridiculous amount
of rooms. Anyways, the parents are going out for a late dinner/
movie. The father tells the babysitter that once the children are
in bed she should go into this specific room (he doesn't really
want her wandering around the house) and watch TV there.
The parents take off, and soon she gets the kids into bed and
goes to the room to watch TV. She tries watching TV, but she is
disturbed by a clown statue in the corner of the room. She tries
to ignore it for as long as possible, but it starts freaking her out
so much that she can't handle it.
She resorts to calling the father and asks, "Hey, the kids are
in bed, but is it okay if I switch rooms? This clown statue is real-
ly creeping me out."
The father says, seriously, "Get the kids, go next door and
call 911."
She asks, "What's going on?"
He responds, "Just go next door and once you call the police,
call me back."
She gets the kids, goes next door, and calls the police. When
the police are on the way, she calls the father back and asks, "So,
really, what's going on?"
He responds, "We don't have a clown statue." He then fur-
ther explains that the children have been complaining about a
clown watching them as they sleep. He and his wife had just
blown it off, assuming that they were having nightmares.
The police arrive and apprehend the "clown," who turns out
to be a midget. A midget clown! I guess he was some homeless
person dressed as a clown, who somehow got into the house and
had been living there for several weeks. He would come into the
kids' rooms at nights and watch them while they slept. As the
house was so large, he was able to avoid detection, surviving off
their food, etc. He had
been in the TV room right
before the babysitter right
came in there. When she
entered he didn't have
enough time to hide, so he
just froze in place and
pretended to be a statue.
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HALLOWEEN TIME = SCARY STORIES- - - - - - SO, HERE ARE A COUPLE IN HONOR OF THE SEASON!!
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