February 2009

THE BEATBRHS
Valentine’s
Day
Issue

Happy Valentine’s Day

From The Beat

IN THIS ISSUE...
THE INAUGURATION KISS & TELL IN THE HALLS
A BRHS student Some strange facts See what your friends
witnessed the about kissing. said to a Valentine’s
Inauguration. Read Day question.
about his trip.

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PHOTOS
CONTENTS QUOTE OF THE
TEN THINGS NOT TO DO.......3 Month
THE INAUGURATION..............4 “Jesse, get over here, and
keep your pants on.”
VALENTINE’S DANCE……......5
KISS AND TELL.......................6 -Ms. Mellor to Jesse, at the
IN THE HALLS.........................7 dress rehearsal.
PHOTO PAGE……...................8

Harold Jones and

Jeremy Malvich at the dance

Reporters Needed!

Kaci McCrea and John Oulton.

Having some fun.

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PHOTOS BY NATE SIDELL

Hmm… What’s going

on here?

Auna Springer and Carlin Lupie.

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February 2009
Ten Things Not To Do To Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend

MORE PHOTOS
By Wyatt White

1. Talk badly about his/her friends.

2. Complain about the way he/she dresses.

3. Act jealous.

4. Not letting him/her spend time with his/her friends.

5. Try to be in his/her face.

6. Focus on the things you dislike about him/her. Anna Vanasse getting ready to
hit the pinata.
7. Argue with him/her about trivial things.

8. Call him/her constantly.

9. Violate his/her personal space.

10. Focus on what he/she can do for you.

George + Sugar= CRAZY

The Royal Court of

the Valentine’s Day
Dance

Just sitting.

About The Photos

These photos were taken at
the Valentine’s Day Dance
on February 6.

Prince: Ito Naneng Princess: Alicia Oscar King: Charles Strikland

Queen: Ashley Achee

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 FEBRUARY
February 2009
2009
BRHS STUDENT WITNESSES INAUGURATION OF OBAMA
BY MITCHELL FORBES
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will faithfully execute the office of President
of the United States, and will to the best of
my ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States."
Does anyone recognize those
words? Those words are the Oath of Office
said by the President-elect taking the
Third Day: It was the latest we
position of Commander-in-Chief.
I recently heard Barack Obama say
those exact words. Yes, I was there, at his
Inauguration.
It was a long trip, 9 hours of flying
on the way down there. When I arrived
there, it was a day before the conference.
So, the next day the conference started, and
I was off to the Hilton in Gaithersburg, where
I was staying. From my previous
experiences from the organization’s
Departure Day Breakfast was at
conferences, I knew this week was going to
be fun, but exhausting.
___________________________
“I was there, at
his Inauguration.”
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First Day: We did some
registration stuff, such as checking in,
getting our hotel rooms, and then going to
different stations and they brushed up
Inauguration Day: January 20,
conference policies. After all of that was
done in the afternoon, we went to the Hilton
Washington to to hear Erik Weihenmayer.
He had a really inspirational story to tell,
since he was the first blind climber to climb
Mount Everest. But the downside about that
night was that since there were a lot of
So that was my account of my trip
buses in my conference (68 to be exact), it
took us a long time to leave because there
wasn’t parking space and there were a lot of
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buses.
Second Day: It was an early
morning: Breakfast at 5:45 that morning. We
got on our buses and we were on our way to
go hear Colin Powell speak at the University
of Maryland. He had some very wonderful
things to tell us. He talked us that, as
leaders, we need not dwell on the past and
to have a vision has to what we were going
to do. We then had Presidential Group
Meetings. After that, we went to eat lunch,
and then we got on our buses. We were
supposed to go to the concert at the Lincoln
Memorial, but they said it was too cold
outside. I also think it was partly that there
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were so many people out there that they
didn’t think it would be very safe. So, we
were able to stay in our hotel rooms and
watch the concert on TV. We then went to a
restaurant called Sequoia, a fairly fancy
restaurant, Then it was back on to the
buses.
when we were going through Georgetown,
ever got to sleep in: 6:30. We had a cruise
on the Potomac River. It was actually fun.
But what I thought was sort of amusing was
there were a total of four Coast Guard
troops. There were two snipers, and all of
them were loaded with weapons. But please
keep in mind that this was the day before the
Inauguration, so there were many security
precautions. We then boarded our buses
and were off to have lunch at the University
of Maryland. After that, we heard former Vice
President of the United States Al Gore
speak. He said he was going to give an
unbiased talk about working together, but it
was mainly about global warming. After that
we had Presidential Group Meetings then
we had dinner. After that, we were briefed
about Inauguration Day, then we watched a
documentary called “The Third Monday In
October”. It was a documentary about
student politics. I found it quite interesting.
After, it was back on the buses to go back to
the hotels to end another busy day.
airline, so we went to five more different
2009: The Inauguration of Barack Obama.
Now this was a very early morning:
breakfast at 5:30. We got on the buses and
soon were deep into the mess of traffic. Now
we sat in traffic for a long time. We were
moving very slowly. And we saw all kinds of
security precautions. We saw two SWAT
vans, a SWAT bus, an army truck, three
more army trucks each pulling canyons. It
was interesting. We then went to the
National Air and Space Museum to wait for
the swearing-in ceremony to begin. After
that, we walked outside into what people
thought was “the cold”. It was 29 degrees. I
thought it was warm because it had been
cold here in Bethel. It took us forever to get
down to the National Mall. There were so
many people. I realized that on the National
Mall, there were more people than 5 times
the population of Alaska. We stood outside
and watched the swearing in. I couldn’t see
the actual Capitol Building, but i had a good
view of a screen and I could hear well. Then,
we had to get out of there, which was
insane. Just imagine 3 million people trying
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to get out of one small area. It isn’t pretty.
People shaving and bumping into people.
We were then supposed to get on our buses
and go view the Inaugural Parade from
inside. This didn’t go as planned. We were
re-routed by the police, so we had to drive
around D.C. again, then for some reason
we had to drive around it twice. After sitting
on a bus for two and a half hours, we finally
got to where we were supposed to eat lunch,
but it turned out to be more like dinner. After
that we got on our buses to go to our hotels
to get ready for our Inaugural Ball. After that,
we were off to the ball. We were there until
11 that, but we had to wait for our bus to be
called. So, we got to our hotel about 1 in the
morning.
6:15, and the first shuttles to the airport left
at seven. I was supposed to on that seven
o’clock shuttle, but since it was such a late
night and an early morning, I slept until 8:50.
There was a nine o’clock shuttle that I was
able to get on, but since my shuttle was the
last to leave, we had to wait for a few kids.
Because of that, I missed my flight by five
minutes. luckily, my dad was meeting me at
the airport, so he there to help us try to
reschedule our flight. We could not get on
the later flight that was leaving on the same
airlines trying to get seats, but we couldn’t.
Since we couldn’t get a flight out of
Baltimore, we rented a car and drove to
Chicago to catch our next flight. It was a
long drive: eleven hours to be exact. But the
rest of our schedule worked out.
to the Inauguration. I had lots of fun and I
learned a lot of things.
“On The National Mall,
there were more people
than five times the
population of Alaska”
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Quick Recap:
Top 3 Things From The Trip
1. The Inauguration
2. Hearing Colin Powell
Speak
3. Hearing Al Gore Speak
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PATRIOTIC PEN
Four BRHS junior high students each received their own pizza during lunch on February 11. The pizza was a reward for
being the only students to enter the Patriot’s Pen Essay competition sponsored by the Bethel VFW Post 10041.
Winning the competition was Brandi Brown, 2nd place Christina John, 3rd place Orion Starr, and 4th place Annie Lee.
They and their parents are invited to a dinner at the VFW April 4. They also receive money: $200 for 1st place, $175 for 2nd, $150
for 3rd, and $100 for 4th place. The winning essay represented this area at State
Students had to type an essay not over 300 words on the theme of “Service and Sacrifice by American’s Veterans Benefits
Today’s Youth By. . .” The competition is open to 6th-8th graders every fall.

Back Row: VFW Commander Tim Albright and Buck Bukowski

From L to R: Orion Starr, Annie Lee, Christine, and Brandi Brown.

STATE ROBOTICS
BY JANESSA WARREN
On January 16-18, I went to Anchorage
for the State Robotics Tournament with Mack
Lincoln, Ryan Hunter, Alfred Wallace, Carlin
Lupie, Reed McWillams and David Evon. We had
Unfortunately, we didn’t get any
won at the district competition along with one of
the Kilbuck teams, The Tundra Techs were going
to see if we could beat the State’s top teams. We
arrived in Anchorage on Friday afternoon, after
the day of anxiously waiting and hoping the flight
wouldn’t be canceled due to high winds.
The competition was all day Saturday at
the Dimond High Schoo1. We showed our stuff
and at the end of the day we were proud to say
that we had made it to the five top teams in every
category and made it to the final round in the
robot mission’s category.
trophies; neither were we picked to go to the
international competition in Georgia or as the
runner-up. But, we did get to go to Anchorage,
take our robotic skills to another level, and
represent the LKSD school district. For me, just
getting to go to Anchorage was more than enough.

Science Fair Results

The science fair judges have chosen the following projects to represent BRHS at the district fair March 17 and 18:
Atlatl by Rianna Joseph and Francin Nicholai
Rabbit Snaring by Katrina Leary and Mary Kernak
Semi-Underground Barn by Alfred Wallace and Carlin Lupie
Pilot Bread Testing by Elizabeth Lindley
Good job to everyone who participated.

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Valentine’s Day Maze

START

Kiss & Tell

Strange Facts About Kissing
You burn 26 calories in a one
minute kiss.
The average person spends two
weeks of their life kissing.
Romans kissed each other on
the eyes or the mouth as a
greeting.
In Russia, the highest sign
of recognition was a kiss
from the Tsar.
African tribes pay homage to
their Chief by kissing the
ground where he walked.
In Ireland, you will have
good luck if you kiss the
Blarney Stone.
Longest kiss- 29 hours by the
contestants in the “Breath
Savers Longest Kiss
Challenge” in New
York on March 24, 1998.
Most kisses in a single movie
- 127 in the movie “Don
Juan” (1927). Mary Astor and
Estelle got all those kisses
from Barrymore.
Longest movie kiss - 3
minutes and 5 seconds between
Jane Wyman and Regis Tommey
in, “You’re In The Army Now”.

Victorian etiquette required Longest underwater kiss - 2

a man to kiss the back of a
ladies hand.
A standard greeting in Europe
is a kiss on both cheeks -
could be two… could be four.
minutes and 18 seconds in
Tokyo, Japan, on April 2,
1980.
First movie kiss- John C Rice
kissed May Irwin the the film
called “The Kiss”.

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IN THE HALLS...
How did your parents meet?
Autumn Miller- “ It was
Christmas, and there was a big
star on the mountain. My Mom
and my sister wanted to follow
the star like in the stories about
The Nativity, when they got there
my dads house was underneath
it. That’s how they met. After
meeting him she stalked him. She
followed him to Krispy Cream,
and on his birthday she would
put candles in his doughnuts and
stuff. That’s how the fell in love.”
Auna Springer- “ In college,”
Katrina Leary- “They met in
kindergarden, and my dad was in
love with my mom.”
Brandi Brown- “They met at
work. One day when they were in
Las Vegas they were going to go
get some laundry done and they
just decided to get married.”
Charles Strickland- “They met at
the school campus.”
Mary Kernak- “In Anchorage, in
a hotel lobby at the vending
machine, they were buying a
pop,”
Alfred Wallace- “ She would
always call for her cab and he
would give her rides and stuff.”
Janlynn Jimmie- “They were
friends since childhood,”
Battle Of The Books
Congratulations to the junior high
Battle of The Books team (Janlyyn
Jimmie, Mitchell Forbes, and Orion
Starr) for winning the district
championship. They will represent
LKSD at the state competion next
week.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia (Fear of Friday the 13th)

By Jesse Klejka
Friday the 13th. Supposedly the unluckiest day of the year. But why is it considered that? What are some of
the Superstitions? Here is some of the following
• On Friday the 13th the Pope ordered the Knights Templar to be killed, seeing them as a threat.
• Japans Unlucky numbers are 9 and 4. 9 +4=13!!
• 900 million$ is lost on Friday the 13th in America cause some people won’t Fly, travel, or even work.
• Apollo 13 failed to go to the moon.
• 13 steps to the gallows.
• Jesus’ last supper, Judas was the 13th guest.
• 13 is a prime number, and a Fibonacci number(Don’t ask the writer, it confused him too……..)
Facts that may disprove this idea……
• Less car accidents & fires happen on Friday the 13th than on other Fridays cause people stay home.
• 13 is when a Jewish boy becomes a man.
• Lance Mackey won the Iditarod wearing # 13 bib.

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PHOTO PAGE
Science fair photos by Mitchell Forbes. Dance photos by Nate Sidell.

Clarence Kalistook and his project. The title says all...

Students (and Ms. Mowbray) dancing. Marissa Soots and her project.

Makayla Goodwine and her project. Messing around with iPods at the
dance.

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Published by the Junior High classes. Articles and comments are welcome.
Editior-In-Chief: Mitchell Forbes Contributing Reporters: Brandi Brown, Janessa Warren, and Wyatt White.
Editor: Nate Sidell
Junior High Newspaper Friday Club: Avery Coplin, Mitchell Forbes, Jesse
Klejka, Patrick Nagasiak, Nate Sidell, and Wyatt White.
Supervised by Mrs. Wasierski.

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