1

start? This West African

variant can be brought

back to a single source,

perhaps a person infected

by a bat. Ebola has been

around since 1976. The

first known cases of ebola

were in Yambuku and

surrounding area. The

disease was spread by

close personal contact

and by use of contaminat-

ed needles and syringes

in hospitals/clinics. This

outbreak was the first

acknowledgment of the

disease (318 Cases).

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Fever, severe headache,

muscle pain, weakness,

diarrhea, vomiting, ab-

dominal (stomach) pain,

and unexplained hemor-

rhage (bleeding or bruis-

ing) are some signs that

you might have Ebola. At

least 17 cases have been

treated in Europe and the

United States. CDC said

on September 30, 2014,

the first laboratory-

confirmed case of Ebola

to be diagnosed in the

United States in a person

who had traveled to Dal-

las, Texas from West Afri-

ca. Most involve health

and aid workers who help

in West Africa and were

brought back to their

home country for treat-

ment. Over 400 health

care workers in West Afri-

ca have been infected

with Ebola during the

outbreak, and 233 had

died as of October 8th.

Infection among medical

workers could be attribut-

ed to shortages or im-

proper use of protective

equipment; not enough

medical personnel; and

long working hours in

isolation wards.

How did this epidemic

Ebola

By: Caleb Dale

School Musical

By: Kayle Dacus

“It’s a very good

experience and I feel

like the audience will

like it.” This coming

from Alaynna Williams,

co-star of the 2015 Do-

ver High School Musical.

Williams will be playing

Marion Paroo, a woman

who is misunderstood,

because she’s very picky

and wants things to go

her way. Williams states

she and her character

are similar, “I’m not sin-

cerely mean but I can be

jokingly mean some-

times.”

“It’s easy for me

to convey his character

because even though he

acts like he has his own

interest in mind, he ac-

tually does care about

the towns people”, stat-

ed Patrick Brooking,

Senior at Dover, about

how he and his charac-

ter share similar charac-

teristics.

The musical is

called “The Music Man”.

The story line is about a

man who comes to Iowa

to sell his instruments

and tells everyone he is

going to teach the boys

to play in a band. In

turn, he is actually just

trying to get the money

and skip out of town.

Jade Robinson is the

stage manager of this

play. She described her

job in the play, “I make

sure everybody gets to

their spot in time and I do

the curtains.” She sincere-

ly enjoys her part in the

musical.

Senior Wesley

Burton said about his

character, “He’s not very

serious, can be a comic

relief you could say and

were both on edge peo-

ple.” Seems as though

Wesley Burton, playing

Marcellus, share more

characteristics than most.

Editors:

Lane Looper and Kylie Hale

The Navigator

Inside this issue:

Ebola 1

School Play 1

A time to be

Thankful for

2

History of Thanks-

giving

2

Gobble, Gobble! 3

20 facts about

November

3

Black Friday 3

Thanksgiving Pie

charts

4

Anticipating

“Mockingjay part

one”

5

Tennis 5

Pirates in the

playoffs

6

Basketball Season

preview

6

NFL at a glance 6

Lets Go Pirates! 6

Ebola (continued) 7

What it takes to

become a Nurse

7

Powderpuff 8

Doctor Who 8

Thanksgiving

Jokes

8

November

(Above) The cast of the play.

2

With Thanksgiving just

around the corner, every-

one is looking forward to

many of the traditions that

come with this time of year

like a break from school,

spending time with family,

delicious food, watching

the Thanksgiving Day Pa-

rade, and watching foot-

ball. But with all the com-

motion of this holiday sea-

son, people often forget

what Thanksgiving is really

about. In 1621, the Pil-

grims held their first feast

being thankful for their

harvest in the New

World. In 1863, President

Abraham Lincoln proclaimed

a national day of

“Thanksgiving and Praise to

our beneficent Father who

dwelleth in the Heavens.”

We all are thankful for many

different things. Some of the

most common things people

are thankful for include their

family, a place to stay, food

and water, and close

friends. Senior, Blake Lynch,

mentions what he’s thankful

for saying, “My mom because

she’s the one that got me

going to church and the rea-

son I am today.” Junior, Kai

Ingmire, adds, “I’m thankful

for Jesus because He gave

me salvation.”

The Dover Schools will be on

Thanksgiving break from

November 24-28 to allow

students to travel and enjoy

time with their families. With

this time off, everyone take

advantage of the break and

reflect on what they’re all

thankful for.

A Time To Be Thankful

By: Jennifer Mitchell

a peace treaty between

the Pilgrims and the Wam-

panoag Nation. At the end

of their first year, the Pil-

grims held a great feast

honoring Squanto and the

Wampanoag.

Although they did have a

three-day feast in celebra-

tion of a good harvest,

and the local natives did

participate, this "first

Thanksgiving" was not a

holiday, simply a gather-

ing. There is little evi-

dence that this feast of

thanks led directly to our

modern Thanksgiving Day

holiday. Thanksgiving can,

however, be traced back to

1863 when President Lin-

coln became the first presi-

dent to proclaim Thanksgiv-

ing Day. The holiday has

been a fixture of late No-

vember ever since. In 1939,

1940, and 1941 Franklin D.

Roosevelt, seeking to

lengthen the Christ-

mas shopping sea-

son, proclaimed

Thanksgiving the

third Thursday in No-

vember. Controversy

followed, and Con-

gress passed a joint

resolution in 1941

decreeing that

Thanksgiving should fall on

the fourth Thursday of No-

vember, where it remains.

History Of Thanksgiving

Compiled By: John Srutka

Everybody knows that

Thanksgiving is a time of

giving, but do people

know how Thanksgiving

really started. Thanksgiv-

ing is celebrated around

the United States of Ameri-

ca. Each year on the fourth

Thursday in November,

Americans gather for a day

of feasting, football and

family.

The story began in 1614

when a band of English

explorers sailed home to

England with a ship full of

Patuxent Indians bound for

slavery. They left behind

smallpox which virtually

wiped out those who had

escaped. By the time the

Pilgrims arrived in Massa-

chusetts Bay they found

only one living Patuxent

Indian, a man named

Squanto who had survived

slavery in England and

knew their language. He

taught them to grow corn

and to fish, and negotiated

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(Above) Junior,

Kai Ingmire.

3

On Thanksgiving my fami-

ly on my dad’s side gets

together at my grand-

mother’s. While my grand-

ma finishes cooking my

cousins and I usually go

outside and ride four

wheelers, play football, or

baseball. When the food is

done they come out and

get us so we can get our

plates first. My grandma

always cooks turkey, ham,

deer meat, stuffing, cran-

berry sauce, corn, mashed

potatoes, green beans,

banana pudding, and all

sorts of pies. We all sit at

the table and before we

eat my great-

grandparents always lead

us in prayer. After we eat

we help clean up; then the

kids play till our parents

are ready to leave. Even

though I enjoy doing

these things with my

cousins because we don’t

really hangout unless it’s

a holiday, my favorite part

is my grandma’s food

because in my opinion it’s

the best.

This is just what my fami-

ly does on Thanksgiving,

some people may do the

same but some may also

do different. Caitlyn Wil-

son said, “My family

hangs out at my

grandma’s house and we

cook Thanksgiving food.”

My opinion on Thanksgiv-

ing is, it’s a wonderful

time for families to get

together and visit just like

any other holiday. “I guess

you could say it’s a good

thing for a family get to-

gether,” Wilson said.

Gobble, Gobble!

By: Megan Tackett

20 Facts about November

Compiled By: Rachel Morris

1. The Birthstone is Topaz

2. The Zodiac signs are

Scorpio and Sagittarius

3. The Birth flower is the

chrysanthemum.

4. A Spanish Expedition

reached San Francisco Bay on

November 2, 1769

5. North Dakota became

the 39th state of the United

States on November 2nd ,

1889

6. South Dakota became

the 40th state of the United

States on November 2nd ,

1889

7. On November 2nd ,

1917, Arthur Balfour pro-

posed settlement of Jewish

people in Palestine

8. On November

4th 1979, the U.S. Embassy

was taken over by Iranian

revolutionaries in Teheran

and a group of U.S. citizens

were seized as hostages.

9. The first intercollegiate

football game was played in

the United States between

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(Above) Sophomore, Caitlyn

Wilson.

Rutgers and Princeton on

November 6, 1869.

10. Montana became

the 41st state of the Unit-

ed States on November

8th, 1889

11. On November 15,

1935, Manuel Quezon

was inaugurated as the

first president of the Philip-

pines.

12. On November 18, 1883,

standard time began in the

United States.

13. Peanut Butter Lovers

Month

14. National Good Nutrition

Month

15. National Pepper Month

16. National Sleep Comfort

Month

17. Aviation History Month

18. The first Tuesday in No-

vember is Election Day

19. 4th Thursday of Novem-

ber is Thanksgivings Day

20. November 11th is Veter-

ans Day

“I love Black Friday. It gives you a

great chance to get good deals for

gifts" said Alexis Isbell. Black Fri-

day is the Friday following Thanks-

giving Day in the United States (the

fourth Thursday of November).

The day's name originated in Phila-

delphia, where it originally was

used to describe the heavy and

disruptive pedestrian and vehicle

traffic which would occur on the

day after Thanksgiving.

Many people consider Black Friday

to be the beginning of the Christ-

mas shopping season. It has rou-

tinely been the busiest shopping

day of the year since 2005. Many

retail stores open at midnight

while some open at 8p.m on

Thanksgiving day; except in states

where opening on Thanksgiving is

prohibited due to blue laws

(restricted shopping or ban sale of

certain items on specific days).

Katie Hassel's favorite memory

from Black Friday was "standing in

line with Lauren Reddell for 2

hours and meeting a new friend

named Bristol."

Black Friday

By: Amber Casey

(Left) C

razy Shoppers

4

Thanksgiving “Pie” Charts

By: Abigail Small

Lil Momma’s Recipe

1 ¾ cup canned pumpkin

1 ¾ cup sweetened condensed milk

2 large eggs

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 tbs. sugar

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. ground ginger

½ tsp. ground nutmeg

¼ ground cloves

9 inch pie crust unbaked

Combine pumpkin and remaining ingredi-

ents in large bowl; beat at medium with

electric mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into

prepared piecrust. Bake at 425° for 15

minutes. Reduce heat to 350° for 50

minutes or until knife inserted in center

comes out clean. Top with cool whip.

Lil Momma’s recipe is my favorite be-

cause it can make anyone think of home.

Momma’s pumpkin pie is the most deli-

cious pie. It’s almost as if it dissolves in

your mouth. “Not anyone can become a

great artist but a great artist can come

from anywhere.” - Ratatouille.

Thanksgiving Recipe

By: Shelby Talley

The pumpkin is a symbol of harvest

time and featured also big gather-

ings. The pie consists of pumpkin-

based custard, collection in color

from orange to bacon, baked in a

single pie shell, topped with whip

cream.

The Native Americans brought pump-

kins as gifts to the first settlers, and

taught them the many uses for the

pumpkin. This is what developed into

pumpkin pie about 50 years after the

first Thanksgiving.

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(Above) A delicious Pumpkin Pie!

5

Dover High School soph-

omores, Courtney Hull

and Lily Marlow, antici-

pate the movie, Mocking-

jay Part One (coming to

theatres November 21st)

and give their opinions on

previous books and mov-

ies.

Hull and Marlow, both,

are itching to witness

their favorite scenes from

the book, Mockingjay, in

the movie. Hull wants to

see “how Katniss reacts to

living outside of District

12.” while Marlow is antic-

ipating “Peeta’s return”.

The two girls got inter-

ested in the trilogy in the

first place for different

reasons. “I like books that

are thrilling and has ac-

tion,” said Hull. “Hunger

Games series just gets me

on the edge of my seat.”

Marlow, on the other

hand, started reading be-

cause “everyone was talk-

ing about it,” She said. “I

wanted to know what the

big deal was about.”

Both girls think that the

movies have succeeded in

capturing the characters

description well. “…

[Katniss] actually looks like

what I pictured in the

book.” Hull said

“Sometimes it is [accurate],

but sometimes they change

it up a bit.” Marlow agrees.

“I think that the plot is

slightly off on it, but you

can expect that because

it’s a movie.”

Hull recommended these

books/movies to “basically

anybody that likes action,

romance, and the thrill of

it.” Marlow recommended

these books to “anyone

who likes cliff-hangers,

adventurous plots, and

Courtney Hull and Lily Marlow anticipate “Mockingjay Part One”

By: Holly Jones

Tennis

By: Ivan Mateos Got

I have been playing tennis

since I was around eight

years old. I’m so interest-

ed in tennis because my

parents love to play it.

When I was young, I re-

member watching them

play tennis; so that has

influenced me. Also my

dad, who loves to go out-

side and play with my

mum and I, has taught me

since I was little. I can say

that, in some way, he has

wanted me to play tennis.

Right now, I'm fifteen

years old and I love to go

with my family and

friends to play it. We try

to go as often as we can

to play tennis, and some-

times we try to go during

the week. I think that I’m

good at it. My parents

love sports and like me to

do sports or to play them.

So, twice a week I go to a

tennis club to play tennis

one hour with other teen-

agers. I learn a lot and I

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have so much fun.

Now I would like to

play more tennis, but I

don't have much time

to play it because of

school. The main idea

of tennis is that you

have to practice very

often because then

you can be able to

play it as good as al-

ways. For tennis, you

need to have good self

-control and if you

miss the ball, you

learn from your mis-

take to not make it

again.

I really like to watch

tennis on TV. My fa-

vorite tennis player is

Rafael Nada, also from

Spain. Right now, he is

ranked number two of

the world. He has won

14 Grand Slams, that

and winning trophies

is what makes him

number 2 of the world. I

really admire him. I always

try to go to the field and

watch him, or if I can not go

to the field, I watch him at

home with most of my fami-

ly because they are very big

fans too. I remember that

Rafael Nadal once signed a

ball for me. That’s some-

thing that I’ll never forget.

twists you saw coming.”

“[The trilogy] is really good

with all kinds of twists and

the descriptions [of the

books] play a movie in your

head.” Hull concluded.

Lastly, Marlow said that

people should read Mock-

ingjay because it is just “a

[really] good book.”

(Above) Sophomore, Ivan Mateos Got

(Above) Sophomores, Lily Marlow and

Courtney Hull

Right now, I don't think I’ll

become a professional

player, I just want to keep

playing tennis and having

fun with my friends and

family.

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NFL at a glance

By: Jaron Brown

Let’s Go Pirates!

By: Brittany Evans

Page 6 The Navigator

The National Football League is a profes-

sional American football league that con-

stitutes one of the four major profession-

al sports leagues in North America. It is

composed of 32 teams divided equally

between the National Football Conference

and the American Football Conference.

The highest professional level of the

sport in the world, the NFL runs a 17-

week regular season from the week after

Labor Day to the week after Christmas,

with each team playing sixteen games

and having one bye week each season.

Out of the league's 32 teams, six from

each conference compete in the NFL

playoffs, a single-elimination tournament

culminating in the Super Bowl, played

between the champions of the NFC and

AFC.

The champions of the Super Bowl are

awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Various other awards exist to recognize

individual players and coaches. Most

games are played on Sunday afternoons;

some games are also played on Mondays

and Thursdays during the regular season.

“I love to watch football every Sunday”,

said Keeton Shaw. There are games on

Saturdays during the first two playoff

weekends. Sometimes, there are also

Saturday games during the last few

weeks of the regular season. The NFL was

formed on August 20, 1920, as the Amer-

ican Professional Football Conference;

the league changed its name to the Amer-

ican Professional Football Association on

September 17, 1920, and changed its

name again to the National Football

League on June 24, 1922, after spending

the 1920 and 1921 seasons as the APFA.

Keeton Shaw said, “My favorite part about

football would have to be for me getting

to play because it’s an awesome feeling

that I love and enjoy”.

Junior Christian Ewing was one of the

sixteen students who tried out for Sen-

ior High Cheerleading on October 23 at

the elementary gym so that the cheer-

leading squad would be bigger for the

upcoming basketball season.

Ewing said,

“some of my

friends and I

wanted to try out

just for the fun

of it.” Before the

tryouts he was

“super nervous. I

felt excited and

scared when I

realized I made

it, because I have

never done any-

thing like this

before.”

He is looking

forward to “all

the stunts that we do and how awe-

some they are” in this upcoming bas-

ketball season. The cheer team has

many things in store for this season.

Along with Ewing three other boys and

four more girls were added onto the

team: EJ Beavers, Justin Rothman, and

Cort Griffin, Harley Spittler, Madison

VanHorn, Mallory Goates, Courtney

Clayton. The cheerleaders plan to have

more entertaining routines with more

stunts added into them.

Basketball Season Preview

By: Ethan Koster

This season the Dover

Senior High basketball

team has a chance to be

good. They play hard and

practice almost every day

after school. Coach

George is in his first year

to be the head coach for

Dover. He is pushing the

team and they get better

every day. In mid-October

they played a college team

in a scrimmage. The sea-

son started late this

month.

Assistant Coach Styles is

helping push and motivate

the team every day. The

first game was the black

and white game on Tues-

day, the 11th of Novem-

ber. The boys are excited

about this year, and they

believe they are going to

win. The off-conference

record is 2-0 so far.

Pirates in the Playoffs

By: Joey Hetzel

Dover Pirates made it to

the playoffs. Kickoff was

Tuesday, November 14.

Kickoff in Gosnell, Arkan-

sas. To be eligible for

playoffs, Dover had to win

at least six games. Dover

won eight to earn them

their spot.

Sophomore Austin Villareal

and Senior Lucas Warhurst

are two players who were

very excited to be in the

playoffs. Villareal said,

“We’re 1 of 5 teams this

year to be 8-2”. Warhurst

stated, “It’s a huge accom-

plishment for us.”

(Above) Junior,

Christian Ewing

7

Ebola is something to be

scared of. It’s something that

could become a problem in

the U.S. if not taken care of

fast enough, with the prop-

er care or equipment. We

are working on a cure

though, there are more

than a dozen Ebola drugs

in development, but none

have been approved by the

Food and Drug Administra-

tion. Several of these have

been approved for emer-

gency use in the current cri-

sis. Ebola spreads through

direct contact with bodily

fluids. As much as a cough

could spread the disease to

another person. Specialists at

Emory University Hospital in

Atlanta have also found that

the virus is present on a pa-

tient’s skin after symptoms

develop, showing how conta-

gious the disease is once

symptoms occur. Dr. Tom

Frieden, the Director of the

Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention: "It is the

world’s first Ebola epidemic,

and it’s spiraling out

of control. It’s bad

now, and it’s going to

get worse in the very

near future. There is

still a window of op-

portunity to tamp it

down, but that win-

dow is closing. We

really have to act

now."

Ebola (continued)

By: Caleb Dale

What it takes to become a nurse

By: Ashley Herring

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It takes a lot of work to be-

come a nurse, you have to

work hard and you need to

take a lot of classes in college.

Phyllis Ermer, Dover High

School nurse, said she became

a nurse, “When I had my first

child. The nurse that took care

of me was so caring and com-

passionate. It was at that

point I knew I wanted to be a

nurse.” She has been a nurse

for the past thirty-five years.

She has been a school nurse

for twenty-three years, she

has also worked in Pediatrics

for eighteen years, an operat-

ing nurse for six years, and a

private practice office nurse

for five and a half years. She

said to major in this job “the

state of Arkansas allows RN’s

to have an associate’s degree

or [a] bachelor’s degree.”

She worked very hard to be-

come a nurse; she was taking

many classes in college, while

working a full time job. She

thinks it’s an opportunity going

to college right after high

school, “I would encourage any-

one to attend college at any

age.” She went to school at Phil-

lips County Community College,

Baptist School of Health, and

Arkansas Tech University. She

set her standards high for her-

self and would not let herself

get anything less than an A. She

said her hardest class was Col-

lege Algebra. “I took that class

in 2010; I had taken no math

classes since 1979. I went to

tutoring classes two times a

week the whole semester.”

(Below) School Nurse, Phillis

Ermer.

8

he's already stuffed!

3. What sound does a turkey's

cell phone make?

Wing! Wing!

4. What was the turkey suspect-

ed of?

Fowl play.

5. What did the turkey say to

the turkey hunter?

1. A lady was picking

through the frozen tur-

keys at the grocery

store, but couldn't find

one big enough for her

family. She asked the

worker, 'Do these tur-

keys get any bigger?'

He answered, 'No

ma'am, they're dead.'

2. Who isn’t hungry at

Thanksgiving?

The turkey because

"Quack! Quack! Quack!"

6. Why did the turkey sit on

the tomahawk?

Thanksgiving Jokes

By: Brett Cains

“Doctor Who” is a British sci-

ence fiction show created by

Sydney Newman and pro-

duced by the BBC network.

12 actors have played the

doctor, William Hartnell, Pat-

rick Troughton, Jon Pertwee,

Tom Backer, Peter Davison,

Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul

Mcgann, Christopher Eccleston,

David Tennant, Matt Smith and Pe-

ter Capaldi. “Doctor Who” is about

an alien or “Time Lord” that travels

through time and space In a TAR-

DIS, which he stole from his own

people. The Doctor saves the uni-

verse from the Daleks and Cyber-

men. You can watch Doctor Who in

the U.K on BBC1 or BBC2. In the

United States you can watch it On

BBC America. The show started in

1963 51 years ago.

Doctor Who By: Ethan Midwell

The Dover School District puts on a Pow-

der Puff football game every year, where

only the high school girls can play foot-

ball. The Seniors played the Juniors, and

the Sophomores played the Freshman.

The first two games, the Seniors defeated

the Juniors 8-0, while the Freshman beat

the Sophomores 16-0. The two

winners from each game played

each other, the Seniors vs. the

Freshmen. “ I knew the seniors

would win, but it was going to be

a good game.” said one of the

fans, Cheyanne Rainbow. During

this game Kayle Dacus scored the

winning touchdown with an

amazing assist by Adriana Bos-

well. ”I was excited to see her

score, it really helped the team

out” said Rainbow. The Fresh-

man did not score, ending the

game with the Seniors as the

winners, and the score 6-0.

Dover Pirate senior girls win

PowderPuff By: Makayla McBryde (Below) The cast of “Doctor Who”.

(Above) The Seniors, celebrating their

victory.