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May 16, 2014 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 53, Number 11

Mariah Allen is the daugh-ter of Brenda and Michael

Allen. She has attended Burns Flat-Dill City schools

for 13 years. While attend-

ing school at BF-DC, she has participated in FCCLA, band,

Government Club, Math and

Science Club and Stu-Co. When Mariah graduates

from high school, she plans to go to Oklahoma State

University because of its

great engineering program. She plans to double major

in aerospace and mechani-

cal engineering. When Mari-ah is not doing homework,

she is usually found danc-ing, working out or just

hanging out with friends.

When asked who helped her most in her many years at

BF-DC High School, she

said, “My parents and Mr. Price.” Mariah wants people

here to remember her as a smart and awesome per-

son.

Kathryn Baca is the

daughter of Lovena and Donald Haas. She has at-

tended Burns Flat-Dill City

schools for five and a half years. She has participated

in FCCLA, FCA and Spanish

Club. Kathryn wants to go to college eventually in hopes

of obtaining a good job. When she is not in school,

she likes to spend time tak-

ing pictures. The people who have helped her most

are Mrs. Lyles, Mr. Price and

Ms. Smith. Kathryn wants the faculty and students to

remember her as a hard worker and a great friend.

Brooke Battles is the daughter of Bobbi and

Danny Battles. She has at-

tended Burns Flat-Dill City schools since kindergarten.

While attending BF-DC, she participated in softball, bas-

ketball and golf. After grad-

uation Brooke plans to go to Northeastern State Uni-

versity in Tahlequah, Okla-

homa, where she will major in chemistry and pre-

optometry. When Brooke is not working her hardest,

she likes to play piano, read

and watch movies. When asked who has helped the

most in her many years at

BF-DC, she said, “My par-ents. I would like to thank

my parents and my family for their constant support.”

Jackie Bell is the daughter of Katie Farrar and Brian

Bell. She has been going to Burns Flat-Dill City schools

for 10 years. While going to

BF-DC she has participated in FCCLA and Government

Club. She plans to go to

SWOSU and major in psy-chology. Her hobbies out-

side of school include sleep-ing. Jackie has said that her

parents have helped her

most in her school career.

Bretton Black is the son of

Dusty Anglin and Walter

Black. He attended Burns Flat-Dill City High School for

three years. He participated in FFA. Bretton plans to join

the Marines after gradua-

tion. He will use his GI Bill to go to college to study

compression mechanics.

He enjoys fixing things and said “I don’t know if it is

really a hobby because most of the time you’re fix-

ing things that you need,

that have broken.” He would like to thank his Mom and

Dad for supporting him

through his school days. Bretton wants everyone to

remember that he finished school and graduated with

his class.

Cody Dalrymple is the son

of Brenda Lane and Jessie

Dalrymple Jr. He attended Burns Flat-Dill City Schools

for 7 years. Cody participat-ed in FFA, FCLA, track, foot-

ball, baseball, Honor Socie-

ty, and the Bio-Med program at WTC. Cody is undecided

about attending college. If he decides to go on to col-

lege he would like to pursue

a degree in a music field. His hobbies are writing mu-

sic, listening to Rap, and

football. The two people that have helped him the

most in his school career are his mother, Brenda

Lane and Mrs. Thomas. He

would like to be remembed as someone who never fol-

lowed the crowd and always

took his own road.

Burns Flat-Dill City Seniors 2014

Brittany Fricks is the daughter of Sheila and Jim

Fricks. She has attended Burns Flat-Dill City Schools

for 10 years. During her

years at BF-DC she partici-pated in vocal music, little

gal cheer camp, SWAT, vol-

unteered for Special Olym-pics, and basketball. After

High School she plans to attend college to study in

the medical field to be ei-

ther a physical therapist or a nurse, and also to be a

cosmetologist. Brittany’s

hobbies are sleeping, read-ing, singing, acting, comedy,

and going to vocal competi-tion. When asked if there is

anyone she would like to

thank for their support in her high school career, she

said “my dad, Mrs. Hileman,

and Mrs. Brown.” She would like to be remembered as

the bomb diggity.

Sara Hanna is the daughter

of Sunny and Roger Hanna. She attended Burns-Flat Dill

City Schools for nine and a half years. She also attend-

ed the Western Technology

Center. Upon graduation she plans to continue her

education at WTC, then to

OSUIT to major in photog-raphy. Sara enjoys taking

pictures, listening to music, drawing, watching dramas

on TV, sleeping, watching

anime or reading manga. When asked who has

helped her in her school

career, she said, “My

friends, my family, and eve-ryone in between, because I

wouldn’t have gotten this far without them.” She

wants people to remember

her as the quiet person who did her best, won state for

HOSA’s Medical Photog-

raphy contest, went to Na-tionals, and the one person

who always argued with Brittany Fricks about the

most random things.

Tiffany Henderson is the

daughter of Tommy and

Stephanie Morris and has attended Burns Flat-Dill City

Schools for 5 years. She has participated in vocal, soft-

ball, and FCCLA. Tiffany is

undecided if she’ll be at-tending college but thinks

she might do something in

photography. Her hobbies are being lazy, watching

SpongeBob, taking pictures, and drawing. When asked

who has helped her the

most in her educational career she said, “ My mom

and stepdad have helped me a lot and I would like to

thank them for always be-

ing there and I would also like to thank my friends for

their support.

Continued on page 3

Congratulations!!

Seniors 2014

You Survived!!!

Seniors not pictured: Bretton Black, Cody Dalrymple, and Andrew Maples,



Layton Johnson is the son of Dawn Casias and Justin

Johnson and has attended Burns Flat-Dill City Schools

for 13 years. He has partici-

pated in football, baseball, basketball, FFA, and STU-

CO. Layton will be attending

OSUIT in Okmulgee to study Natural Gas Compression.

His hobbies are hanging with friends, and doing any-

thing fun. He would like to

thank his parents, Joy Flick, and Chris Price for all of the

help and support they have

given him in his educational journey. Layton wants to be

remembered as a guy that knew how to have a good

time and that he was a fun

guy.

Brandi Lamb is the

daughter of Bonnie and Micheal Lamb. She attend-

ed BF-DC Schools for 6 years. She participated in

softball and Math and Sci-

ence Club. Brandi plans to attend school to receive her

CNA and LPN certifications to work in health care. In

her spare time Brandi likes

to play with her daughter, hang out with friends, and

play softball. The person

she would like to thank for all of the help she has given

her, is her Mom. She wants people to remember that

she always liked to have a

good time.

Hannah Litaker is the

daughter of Donna and Bri-an Lucy. Hannah has at-

tended Burns Flat-Dill City Public Schools for 5 years.

Hannah has participated in

softball, basketball, FCCLA, FCA, Student Council, Math

and Science Club, vocal,

and is currently the student representative of the senior

class. Hannah plans to at-tend Arkansas Tech Univer-

sity for medical and plans

to be an X-Ray technician. She also is graduating from

cosmetology school this year and plans on using her

license to work in a salon. Her hobbies are playing with

her daughter, and riding

horses and four wheelers. Hannah would like to thank

her parents for their help

and support in her school career.

Andrew Maples is the son of

Charity Maples and Michael

Salis. Andrew has attended Burns Flat-Dill City Public

Schools for 12 years. He

participated in football. An-drews’s hobbies are playing

football and working. An-drew would like to thank his

mom for helping and sup-

porting him in his school career, he says “I couldn’t

have done it without her.”

Andrew wants everyone to remember him as the guy

who lived life to the fullest!”

Logan Matthews is the son

of Sherry and Steve Otto. He attended Burns Flat-Dill City

Public Schools for 2 years. Logan participated in foot-

ball, track, and power lifting.

Logan is currently going to Western Technology Center

for welding and has one

more year left. Logan would like to thank his mother and

nana for their help and sup-port in his school career.

Cheyenne McDaniel is the daughter of Barbara Fields

and has attended Burns

Flat-Dill City Schools for 2 years. She has participated

in basketball, track, and FFA and she plans to attend

SWOSU to study Physical

Therapy. Cheyenne’s hob-bies are hanging out and

having fun with friends.

When asked who has helped and supported her

throughout her school ca-reer, she said, “My teachers

have helped me by support-

ing me in my education. In particular Mrs. Schneberger,

Mrs. Lee, and Mr. Boone have been supportive of

me.” After high school she wants to be remembered as

the fun outgoing person that

never gave up.

Morgan Mouser is the son

of Tami and Tim Stangl and Keith Mouser. Morgan at-

tended Burns Flat-Dill City Schools for 3 years. He par-

ticipated in track, football,

basketball, FCA, FCCLA, and baseball. Morgan plans to

attend Tabor college to

study education and coach-ing. His hobby is playing

sports with his brothers. When asked how he wanted

to be remembered after he

graduated, he said, “ I was the tallest my senior year

and I made All District in

football.” He would also like to thank his parents for sup-

porting him throughout his high school career.

Chris Mulkey is the son of Don and Shellie Mulkey. He

attended Burns Flat-Dill City Schools for his entire school

career. Chris was a library

aid his senior year. He was active in Boy Scouts through

his Sophomore year in high

school. He plans on attend-ing Western Technology

Center to study computer repair. He enjoys hanging

out with his friends and play-

ing video games. Chris would like to thank the peo-

ple who have helped him

the most in his school ca-reer, his parents and Mrs.

Hileman. He wants every-one at BF-DC to remember

him for his kindness.

Jacey Newberry is the son of

Lafonda and Jimmie Don

Newberry. Jacey attended BF-DC Schools for his entire

school career. He has been active in football, basketball,

baseball, and power lifting.

Jacey plans to attend South-western Oklahoma State

University to study art and music. His hobbies are draw-

ing, working out, listening to music, and being with his

girlfriend. He would like to

thank his family and teach-ers for all their support. After

he graduates he wants peo-

ple to remember him for all the stuff he accomplished in

athletics and that he actual-ly graduated.

Jearon Newberry is the daughter of Lafonda and

Jimmie Don Newberry and

has attended Burns Flat Dill City Schools since she start-

ed her educational life. She has participated in FCCLA,

Student Council, softball,

cheerleading, and FCA. Jearon is undecided on what

she will be doing after she

graduates. Her hobby is be-ing lazy. She would like to

thank her family and friends for supporting her through-

out her school career and

would like to be remem-bered as a good person.

Wendy Santiago is the

daughter of Rosa Cantero

and Ruben Escobar. Wendy has attended Burns Flat-Dill

City Public Schools for 9

years. Wendy has participat-ed in basketball, softball,

track, FCA, Spanish Club, and Student Council. Wendy

wants to continue her edu-

cation and become a physi-cal therapist, but isn’t sure

where she is going to col-

lege.

Kendall Six is the son of Jer-ry Don Hamlett. He has at-


schools for 13 years. While attending BF-DC, he has

participated in band, Gov-

ernment Club, Math and Science Club, baseball, foot-

ball and track. Kendall plans on going to SWOSU for col-

lege to get his RN degree

and to be close to home. When Kendall is not playing

Seniors 2014 sports, he is fishing or spending time with his girl-

friend. The people who have helped him most are Mrs.

Lyles and Mrs. Thomas. Ken-

dall wants people to re-member him as a person

who treasured high school

and made every moment special.

Jordan Spradlin is the son of

Jo and Brian Spradlin. Jor-

dan has attended Burns Flat-Dill City Schools for 13

years. Jordan participated in

football, basketball, base-ball, golf and power lifting.

Jordan is the vice president of the senior class. Jordan

plans to go to Redlands Col-

lege to play baseball. He is going to major in pre- Pro-

fessional Health. Jordan’s

hobbies are sports and hanging out with his friends.

Jordan would like to thank Mr. Price, Mrs. Lyles, and his

parents for helping and sup-

porting him in his school career.

Brandon Stewart has at-


Schools for 7 years. He par-ticipated in FCA, FCCLA,

football, baseball, basket-

ball, and academics. Bran-don plans to attend SWOSU

to study to be a Marine Biol-ogist. During his free time

he likes to read. He would

like to thank Mr. Price for his help and support

throughout his school career

and would like people to remember him for his hair

after he graduates.

Craig Villarreal is the son of

Paula and Jonathan Villar-real. Craig has attended

Burns Flat-Dill City Public

Schools for 13 years. Craig participated in SWAT, Gov-

ernment Club, Math and Science Club, FCA, and

FCCLA. Craig plans to attend

Illinois College, playing foot-ball, and studying Biology

and Exercise Science. His hobbies include fishing,

football, and lifting. Craig

wants to thank his parents and teachers for their sup-

port in his high school ca-

reer. He says “I wouldn’t be where I am if it was not for

them.” Craig wants every-one to remember him by his

athletic ability in football

and encourages everyone to play.

Payton Watkins is the daughter of Shawna Harris.

Payton has attended Burns Flat-Dill City Public Schools

for 7 years. Payton partici-

pated in band, vocal, and is a member of the Academic

Team. Payton plans on at-

tending Redlands College for two years of pharmacy

and finishing her pharmacy schooling at SWOSU in

Weatherford. Payton’s hob-

bies are drawing, reading, exploring, writing and play-

ing the saxophone. Payton would like to thank her

mother and father for get-

ting her through school, and Brittany Fricks for always

being a good friend.


BF-DC Educational Foundation Grants to Teachers

Eleven BF-DC faculty members received grants for the 2013-14 school year. Applicants were asked to submit a pro-

posal for equipment, project materials, curriculum, etc.. that may not be covered by district funds. Highest priority is given

to projects that emphasize and develop innovative programs

which stimulate thought and expand the existing curriculum. The BFDCEF Grants to Teachers recipients are:

Temple Abel - Math/Language Arts Mrs. Abel will be spending her funding to purchase board

games that will be used for problem solving, finding strate-gies, working cooperatively with others and independent

thinking.

Chris Price- Physics

Receiving funding for Snap Circuits to demonstrate electric

circuit components. Students will be able to build circuits containing resistors, capacitors, transistors and motors.

Candace Bond- 6th Grade

Mrs. Bond will be using her funding to purchase a new buzzer

system for the 6th Grade Academic Team. This will allow the team to practice with the buzzer system and become familiar

with how it works in preparation for competition.

Valerie Fite- Elementary Music

Mrs. Fite will use her grant funding to purchase an African Talking Drum and a rope-tuned Djembe for their ‘Drum Circle’.

These items will be used by the entire elementary and will

promote teamwork, listening, cultural objectives, rhythm skills and creativity.

Early Childhood (Sheila Raleigh, Donna Cansler, Julie Maddox,

Jaclynn Balzer, Megan Britton, Nicole Schalla)-

Pre-K, Kindergarten, T-1 Early Childhood faculty will use their funding to purchase a

Smart TV to be used in the lobby of the Early Childhood wing.

This will be used during inclement weather to view education-al videos and during drop-off/pick-up times to listen to music.

Patsy Lyles- Social Studies/English

Funding was given to Mrs. Lyles for help with her History Day

teams and their trips to competitions. Students develop criti-cal thinking and problem-solving skills while creating their

entries for History Day.

Congratulations to all Grant recipients!!

EAGLE OF THE MONTH

2013-2014 SEPTEMBER: BROOKE BATTLES

CRAIG VILLARREAL

OCTOBER:

WENDY SANTIAGO BRANDON STEWART

NOVEMBER: JEARON NEWBERRY

LAYTON JOHNSON

DECEMBER:

MARIAH ALLEN CHRIS MULKEY

JANUARY: JACKIE BELL

MORGAN MOUSER

FEBRUARY:

BRITTANY FRICKS JORDAN SPRADLIN

MARCH: KATHRYN BACA

JACEY NEWBERRY

APRIL:

SARA HANNA xxxxxx - none

MAY: PAYTON WATKINS

xxxxxx - none

A Word from the Superintendent We are coming to the end of another successful year @ BFDC. We have so many things that our students have successfully

accomplished. I want to take this opportunity to thank the teachers and support staff, parents, and patrons of our communities

for their contributions to the school and students.

As we enter into the summer break, I encourage parents to keep the students engaged in reading and math activities. Keeping students engaged over the summer helps them retain the knowledge and skills they have acquired throughout the school year.

This helps students as they prepare for the next grade level in the fall. Contact your child's teacher or the building principal for

resources that can be utilized at home.

Once again, thank you to all students, parents, teachers and staff for making 2014 a GREAT year @ BFDC.

Ron Hughes, Superintendent

Burns Flat-Dill City Public Schools

580.562.4844

I want to say “thank you” to the faculty, staff, and students

for an AWESOME first year at BFDC. I’m wishing everyone a safe and fun summer. For those returning to BFDC I’ll see you

in August. For the graduating class of 2014, Best wishes to you

for whatever your future holds and “thank you” for helping me figure out and learn the responsibilities of a high school coun-

selor. Everyone….. Learn something new this summer.

Barbara Smith, Counselor

Counselor Corner

Pictured- Marva Webb, Megan Britton, Julie Maddox, Donna Cansler, Chris Price, Candace Bond, Kindra Chilton, Sheila Raleigh- BFDC Faculty and volunteers. Cheri Lou Gastineau, Lori Piercey and

Phyllis Williams- BFDC Educational Foundation .

Picture courtesy Danny Britton Photography http://www.dannybrittonphotography.com/

STUDENT OF MONTH

2013-2014

SEPTEMBER:

JORDAN HUGHES

OCTOBER:

LILLY SCHNEBERGER

NOVEMBER:

TRACIE DIGGS

DECEMBER: WILLIAM BENNETT

JANUARY:

KELSEY BRIGGS

FEBRUARY: BREANNE LEFTWICH

MARCH:

DANIEL BATTLES

APRIL: KENSEY GARRISON

MAY:

JARRETT SELMAN

2013-2014 CLASS

FAVORITES

12th GRADE: BROOKE BATTLES

CRAIG VILLARREAL

11th GRADE:

JORDAN HUGHES DANIEL BATTLES

10th GRADE: TRACIE DIGGS

JOSHUA RICKWARTZ

9th GRADE:

LILLY SCHNEBERGER JARRETT SELMAN

8th GRADE: ZYANE GONZALES

JAKE MOONEY

7th GRADE:

KAYELA STAPLES RILEY JOHNSON

6th GRADE: JORDAN MASON

COBIE VILLEGAS


April Star Students Page McClinton, Arrianna Gonzalez, Kodie Lopez, Tiffa-ny Chrisman, Shane Leftwich, Brendalynn Turnbow, Jo-

lene Dixon, Ethan Mastronardi, Rayne Gladwin, Richard Lugo, Breannna Harrison, Trevor Teague, Josh Mooney,

Jasmine Happe, Neveah Barnes, Jeramy Bilhartz, Valentin

Almaguer, and Kaylyn Durling

Math Students Receive Recognition

Several Will Rogers Ele-mentary students in grades

two through five participat-ed in the Noetic Math com-

petition.

Receiving National Hon-orable Mention were 2nd

graders Jaxon Selman and

Wyatt Gearhart, 4th grader Josh Mooney and 5th grader

Ethan Howell.

Will Rogers Students Compete at

SoftSeven Math Race Eleven 4th and 5th grade students traveled to OKC for

the SoftSeven Regional Math Race on May

1st where they competed

against students from six other schools.

Students competing for

BFDC were 4th graders Ben-jamin Baker, Nevea Barnes,

Alexis Cloyd, Jacob Flores, Darius Glass, Maci Julian,

Josh Mooney, Katie Smith

and 5th Ethan Howell, Ryan Neeley and Alexis Pla-

za. Josh Mooney placed

first and Darius Glass

placed second, qualifying to go on to the state competi-

tion on May 13. Ethan How-ell also qualified to go by

placing in the top 15. Their

performance made BFDC the Regional Champion.

All three boys did well in

the state competition at Stigler. Josh and Darius

earned Einstein medals for tenth and twelfth places

respectively. All three are

planning to make it to state next year and sweep the

competition.

5th Graders Learn about Robots Mr. Jacobson’s 5th grade students learned about robots and had a competition to see who could build a working robot. Abby Sharp was the win-ner of the competition.

WR Parents Recognize Teachers and Staff The Will Rogers Parents recognized the hard work of the teachers and staff by decorating and serving food during Teacher Recognition Week. The students wrote thank you notes to Mrs. Ma-nuel expressing how much they like her as their princi-pal and how thankful they are for helping them in their education process. The parents and Mrs. Davis decorated the staff work room each day with different Dr. Seuss themes. They also provided food and

drinks each day. There was a special Ea-gle Time on Friday May 9th organized by the parents. The parents gave each of the teachers an award rec-ognizing their individual special talents in the class-rooms. The teachers and staff appreciated all of the good-ies and infused waters that were provided. They also enjoyed the recognition they received from the stu-dents and parents during the special assembly.

Library Book Bingo a Huge Success

The WR Library Book Bingo Contest ended on April 30th and was a huge success. There were 42 students that read 20 books and completed book reports on each one. Those students will be entered into a draw-ing to win a Kindle Fire. The student that read the most books and completed book reports will also win a Kin-dle fire. The drawing and award-ing of the Kindle Fires will take place on May 22nd at the awards ceremony. The c er e mo ny s t ar ts a t 8:30 am and parents are encouraged to attend. Marcella Lee Library Media Specialist


High School State History Day Competi-

The Burns Flat–Dill City Junior High Academic team

will be leaving for Nationals on May 23rd and will be re-

turning May 27th.

The JH Academic Team members, Ryne Garrison,

Katelyn Neeley, Jake

Mooney, Jaron Mason, Jor-dan Weese, Alexa Benedict,

Donovan Webb, Aaron Schmidt, Lorsa Hughes, and

freshman Kelsey Briggs, will

travel to New Orleans with their coaches to compete in

the meet.

BF-DC wishes them the best of luck!

Allison Walker

Staff Reporter

Junior High State History

Day Competition

Lorsa Hughes, Jake Mooney, Jaron Mason and

Jordan Mason competed in the State History Day Junior

High competition on May 7th

at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.

There were 26 entrants who

competed in their category. This year’s History Day

theme is Rights and Re-sponsibilities in History. The

topic of their exhibit was

“Saga of the Five Civilized Tribes”, which was over Indi-

ans rights and responsibili-

ties from the 1830’s during the Indian Removal time

until now. They were final-ists in the cutoffs and they

also received a Special

Award of Best Use of News-paper and they will receive

$25.00 each from the Okla-

homa History Center.

On May 2nd, 2014 Land-ry Norris performed her

solo at the Tri-State Music Festival and received a su-

perior rating. Congratula-

tions Landry!

Sierra Jacobs,

Staff Reporter

Jordan Hughes, Chey-enne Leftwich, Seth Nason

and Isaac Clark competed in the State History Day

High School competition on

May 8th at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma

City. Jordan and Chey-

enne’s exhibit won 1st place in their category. The topic

of their exhibit is “A Taste of Freedom” which is over the

women on the home front

during World War II. Jordan and Cheyenne will compete

in the National History Day competition in Washington

D.C., June 15th-19th, 2014. The title of Seth and

Isaac’s exhibit was “The

Plow that Broke the Plains”, which covered the

Dust Bowl era. They were

finalists in the cutoffs and they also received a Spe-

cial Award for the Best Environmental Project

Award of $250.00 from

the Grand River Dam Au-thority.

JR High Academic Team Leaving for Nationals

Vocal Music Students Attend District

Brittany Fricks, Kensey Garrison, Breanne Leftwich,

Brendan Schulte, and Sierra Jacobs attended District

Contest and received superi-

or ratings on their songs. Brittany Fricks, Kensey Gar-

rison, Breanne Leftwich,

Brendan Schulte, and Sierra Jacobs went and competed

at State April 24th, 2014. Brittany Fricks, Kensey Gar-

rison, Breanne Leftwich, and

Brendan Schulte received a superior rating for their

quartet, Contonte Domino.

Congratulations to them! BF-DC students who

went and competed at the 2013-2014 Tri State Music

Festival in Enid Oklahoma

were Brittany Fricks, Kensey

Garrison, Breanne Leftwich, Cheyenne Leftwich, Paige

Crites and Sierra Jacobs. Congratulations to Brittany

Fricks, Kensey Garrison,

Breanne Leftwich, and Cheyenne Leftwich for re-

ceiving a superior rating on

their quartet song, Con-tonte Domino. Congratula-

tions to Brittany Fricks and Kensey Garrison for also

receiving a superior rating

on their solos. Brittany Fricks sang American Lulla-

by and Kensey Garrison

sang ‘Go Way from My Win-dow. Congratulations to

them!

Sierra Jacobs,

Staff Reporter

Band and Vocal Students Raise Money

The band and vocal stu-dents that participated in the Spring Fundraiser en-joyed a fun field trip to Cele-bration Station in Oklaho-ma City. They were chaper-oned Roxane Brown, Terri Ledbetter, Rita Roskam, and Connor Mitchell. The students and chap-erones, played miniature golf, drove go-carts, drove bumper boats, played video games, and ate pizza. Fun was had by everyone that attended.

FFA Attends State Convention

The FFA Speech Team competed at the Elk City

P.I. Speech Contest. All team members qualified for

the finals, taking five of six

spots. Deleon Noyes placed third, Brianna Rush placed

second, and Lilly Schne-

berger placed first. The top two placing’s competed at

the Southwest District Speech Contest. Lilly Schne-

berger placed second and

competed at the State FFA Speech Contest. She was a

top ten finalist in the state

of Oklahoma. Congratula-tions to the speech team

members: Kelsey Briggs, Jarrett Selman, Brianna

Rush, Lilly Schneberger,

and Deleon Noyes. FFA members represent-

ed Burns Flat–Dill City FFA

at the State FFA Conven-tion. The members learned

and refined their leadership skills. The members who

attended the leadership

workshops listened to moti-vational speakers. The ac-

complishments of the FFA members from across state

were recognized during the

conventions. FFA members attending from BF-DC

Schools were Lilly Schne-

berger, Kelsey Briggs, Ra-chel Chandler, Morgan Vil-

larreal, Jarrett Selman, Deleon Noyes, Dakota

Schult, Tristan Noyes, Kait-

lyn Neeley, Brianna Rush, and Layton Johnson.

Gilbert and Lou Ann Hut-

son of Burns Flat were nom-inated to receive the Honor-

ary State FFA Degree, Okla-homa FFA’s highest award,

to recognize outstanding

adult support. The Oklaho-ma FFA Association award-

ed 90 Honorary State FFA Degrees to supporters on

April 29th during the 88th State FFA Convention at the

Cox Convention Center in

Oklahoma City. The degree recognizes those who have

significantly contributed to

the advancement of agricul-tural education and provid-

ed outstanding service to their local program, school

and community. Prior to the

awards ceremony, Honorary Degree recipients attended

an honors banquet co- spon-

sored by American Farmers & Ranchers, Edward Jones,

Cimarron Trailers and the Oklahoma Pork Council.

FFA is an integral part of

the Agricultural Education Division in Oklahoma’s Ca-

reer Tech system. With

more than 24,000 mem-bers, The Oklahoma FFA

Association is the fifth-largest state FFA associa-

tion. The FFA mission is to

make a positive difference in the lives of students by

developing their potential for premier leadership, per-

sonal growth and career

success through agricultural education.

The new officers for

2014-2015 will be Presi-dent - Lilly Schneberger,

Vice President - Kelsey Briggs, Reporter - Brianna

Rush, Secretary - Rachel

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Equal Opportunity Policy

The Burns Flat-Dill City School District com-

plies 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 regula-

tions administered by the U.S. Department

of Health, Education, and Welfare’s Office

for Civil Rights. If also complies with Title VIII

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and is imple-

menting regulations administered by the U.S

Department of Health, Education, and Wel-

fare’s Office for Civil Rights. It also complies

with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

and is implementing regulations adminis-

tered by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor-

tunity Commission. The institution does not

discriminate on the basis of race, color,

religion, sex, age, national origin, or handi-

cap in admission or access to, or treatment

or employment in, its program and activities.

Aquarius January 20th – February 19th This month, you may have a new love interest. Spend as

much time with this person as possible. Get to know him or her.

Pisces February 20th – March 20th When things go badly, try not to panic. Talk to your friends

and spend some time with people other than your family for a

while.

Aries March 21st – April 20th You have been feeling cooped up lately. Suggest a family out-

ing to get out of the house and have some fun.

Taurus April 21st – May 21st

This is the month to find some friends to hang out with.

Things have been stressing you out, whether it’s school or your family. Spend some time without stressful things.

Gemini May 22nd – June 22nd

You have been excelling in academic work. This is the time to

make your grades even better than what they already are.

Cancer June 23rd – July 23rd

Things have been going great for you this month, but not so great for someone else. Talk to that person. Try to get his or

her mind off of it.

Leo July 24th – August 23rd

This is the month to make a new acquaintance, whether it’s a new person in school or someone you don’t talk to that much.

Virgo August 24th – September 23rd

Your family may be going through a hard time. Try to stay

around the house and do as much as possible to help with whatever they need.

Libra September 24th – October 23rd You have been feeling creative this month. Take some time to

work on a painting, drawing, or a story you may be writing.

Scorpio October 24th – November 22nd

You may have just recently broken up with someone. Go out with friends or spend time with family and forget that person.

Sagittarius November 23rd – December 22nd You may be dealing with bullies. Don’t let them get to you.

Seeing you upset is just what they want.

Capricorn December 23rd – January 19th

This is the month to be you. Someone has their eye on you and wants to get to know you.

Horoscopes Seniors 2014

What is IT??

The winner is

Kaleb Noyes

Stop by the library

for a free soft drink.

Book Review

The Survival Kit by Donna Freitas

When Rose Madison found out her mother had cancer, she shut everything out of her life:

music, hobbies, her friends, even her boyfriend, Chris. But when the cancer eventually takes her mother’s life, she finds a Survival Kit. Her mom was famous for her kits and when Rose finds

hers packed with the very things she shut out of her life, she must decide if readmitting them is

the right thing to do.

Hannah Baca Staff Reporter

J X T F H G L J B E L L E B E I K C A J N C J W B

J I C M B S N E O M K J K H F L P X C Y E I U F S

I S W C R E N O I R A A T S K K D X I L Z S W K W

D L B F A L Q H S N D L T K B K F I S T P Y C P E

K L N G N P M R P N A A I I N H J K A N Z I X A H

A A N E D A R Z I A H D N D L Q W M M U R B F Y T

T D I D O M L W H Y N O C S N H S Y O F Y J B T T

H N B E N W Q H Y C L K J M P A A E Y W V R I O A

R E P K S E F M K G Y R U N E R R N J H O X L N M

Y K K W T R W F O H M A C E O N A B N O F A A W N

N O S R E D N E H Y N A F F I T N D K A B F E A A

B P S Q W N M U L N W W R T T Q Y E L J H E R T G

A L Q I A A V W A K F K K I J M B A Y I H U R K O

C F D D R L F H E Q I V R K A A D S L E N C A I L

A H L D T V A Z K N Q B O D T H Z T W S H D L N A

E L P M Y R L A D Y D O C T Y X A P R R L C L S M

V I G S A L W C F H R Y L T J O S L I I S L I R X

W L H S H I W B A Z L E S C Z H I S L G P O V G L

A I D O Y G N Z B C S V Z A P X M G C E E S G N Q

J E A R O N N E W B E R R Y N U W B J Q N N I G O

J A C E Y N E W B E R R Y C L T J L D E U G A V C

K C A L B N O T T E R B L K M T I S P D K X R S U

M O R G A N M O U S E R E V Y F X A A Y O T C T A

T K M E R Y L V A Z H Y O K N R R R G X D S M A M

P A Y F J I P A A I U Z T R O Q F J P O L F Z A Q

ANDREW MAPLES BRANDI LAMB BRANDON STEWART

BRETTON BLACK BRITTANY FRICKS BROOKE BATTLES

CHEYENNE MCDANIEL CHRIS MULKEY CODY DALRYMPLE

CRAIG VILLARREAL HANNAH LITAKE JACEY NEWBERRY

JACKIE BELL JEARON NEWBERRY JORDAN SPRADLIN

KATHRYN BACA KENDALL SIX LAYTON JOHNSON

LOGAN MATTHEWS MARIAH ALLEN MORGAN MOUSER

PAYTON WATKINS SARA HANNA TIFFANY HENDERSON

WENDY SANTIAGO

May 16th Graduation 8:00 pm

May 16th Special Olympics @ Stillwater, OK

May 19th Will Rogers 5th Grade Music Program 7:00 pm

May 20th - May 21st Semester Test

May 21st Will Rogers Elementary Field Day

May 22nd Will Rogers Elementary Awards Ceremony 8:30 am

May 22nd JR High & High School Awards Ceremony 10:00 am

May 23rd 1st Day of Summer Vacation


Golf Ends Season Golf was a struggle this year for the boys and girls

team but at every tourna-ment each player showed

progress.

The boy’s qualifier on the 28th of April was at Boil-

ing Springs and was very

competitive with 19 teams playing. The boys all shot

their seasons best, but still weren’t able to qualify to

move on to regionals. Seth

Nason shot an 88, which was only 7 strokes away

from qualifying individually,

Daniel Battles shot a 96, Aaron Knight shot a 99,

Tony Dorman shot a 106, and Jordan Spradlin shot a

111.

The Girls qualifier was on the 22nd of April at Clin-

ton. They tied for 4th as a

team out of 7 teams. Brooke Battles shot a 111,

Katie Birdwell shot a 112, Shaydie Villegas shot a 113,

and Kelsey Briggs shot a

118. At regionals, on a mis-erably cold and windy day in

King Fisher, on the 29th, the girls did not advance to

move on to state.

Golf is an extremely frus-trating and “exact” sport,

and takes a lot of patience

to be able to play. The golf-ers are getting better each

season and are looking for-ward to next year.

Katie Birdwell Staff Reporter

Baseball News The BF-DC junior high and high school baseball

teams did well this year. They improved a lot and

overall played well. Their

last games were on Thurs-day April 12, 2014. They

won many games and dur-

ing their last two games they made two homeruns -

a great way to end the sea-son.

Iesha Wagner Staff reporter

JR High Softball Ends Season The JR High girls soft-ball team has ended the season this year with an 8-6 win-loss record. They have done great and are excited for next year’s season and eager to start fast-pitch. Katie Birdwell Staff Reporter

HS Softball Looking Forward to Next Season The high-school girls ended their season earlier

than they wanted to this year. However, they played

hard up against some high

ranked teams in districts. They lost to Thomas playing

great defensively but could-

n’t quite come through of-fensively. Their last game

against Hinton, who was ranked 4th in the state, was

kept to a tie up until the 4th

inning. The Lady Eagles lost 4-1. The season ended with

8 losses and 4 wins. Hinton

is now playing at the state tournament.

The girls will be getting ready for fast pitch this

summer. They are eagerly

waiting to start next year’s slow-pitch season back up.

The team is sad to be

losing Seniors Brandi Lamb and Wendy Santiago.

Katie Birdwell

Staff Reporter

The BF-DC track team had a track meet At Thom-

as JR High on April the 15th. Caitlin Johnson was 4th in

the 100m, 3rd in the 200m,

and 6th in the 400m and Ryne Garrison came in 6th

place in the 110m hurdles.

In the girls 4x800m relay Jordan Weese, Katrina Cow-

ley, Kayela Staples, and Brooklyn Hargis came in 4th

place.

The BF-DC track team had a track meet at Thomas

high school on April the

17th. Tommy Ratliff came in 3rd on the 200m, Katie Bird-

well came in 6th in the mile, and Kaitlyn Utt was 2nd in

the 200m and 4th in the

400m. There was another track

meet at Ringwood high

school on April the 26th. Kaitlyn Utt was 3rd in the

200m and 5th in the 400m, Katie Birdwell came in 4th in

the 3200m, and Tommy

Ratliff was 5th in the 200m and 6th in the 100m.

Another track meet was held at Weatherford High

school on April 29th with

Kaitlyn Utt finishing 5th in the 400m. Tommy Ratliff

qualified for the state track

meet on May 3rd by coming in 4th in the 200m. Congrat-

ulations Tommy for making it to state!

Tim Schulte Staff Reporter

Track Team Works Hard

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