The Dover Midnight

Brigade is spicing things up

this year with their Hippie

theme. The band is featuring

songs from 1969 and marches

during halftime at every Dover

Pirate Football Game.

To go along with their

songs, Born to Be Wild, Smoke

On the Water and A Whiter

Shade of Pale, the band uses

fun formations, such as a peace

sign to emphasize their unique

theme this year. During Smoke

on the Water, they give it a

twist featuring their percussion.

The Dover Color Guard, this

season known as “The Hippie Chicks”, is

adding to the show with their hippie look

and tie-dye flags.

The Senior High Band traveled

to Cabot, Arkansas, on October 4th for

their Regional Marching Contest. They

received first division ratings over all. In

addition to Cabot, the band went to the

Russellville Region Assessment and the

Arkansas Showcase of Bands.

For sophomores, the load is

doubled that of the junior high. The

most difficult part for flute/piccolo play-

er Grace Zimmerman is “The Whiter

Shade of Pale ending”.

On top of a complicated drill to

learn, band members also play in the

stands during the game. Madison Schalk

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says “I like stand music,” as op-

posed to the show music. Alt-

hough it is complicated, the Do-

ver Band Members love working

at it. Senior Bronwyn Harris

gives a word of advice to upcom-

ing sophomores saying “Stay in

Step.”

On October 11th, 7th-9th grade Dover choir members audi-

tioned at Clarksville High School for All-Region. For some, it being

their first time, were a bit nervous while more experienced members

were not.

Freshman, Eva Cummings, was in the Soprano 1 choir and

thought All-Region was fun. She was nervous when she went into

the audition room, but felt confident about her tryout. Faith Boren, a

freshman, was also in the Soprano 1 choir. “It was really nerve-

racking but we made it,” she commented. When she was in the audi-

tion room, all the nervousness went away and it felt normal. In her

words she did “pretty dang good.”

Bryan Williams, a freshman who is in the Bass 1 group,

thought the overall experience of All-Region was good. Coltin Hale

also made the Bass 1 group. He had fun, but wished it would have

been faster. He ended up making 14th chair.

From Dover: Faith Boren, Breann Williams, Regan Rich-

mond, Kurt Penka, Coltain Hale, Avery Stahl, Ember Renfroe, Riley

Carpenter, Shelby Chisum, Kieran Coe, Alexa Knox, Hallie Miller,

Courtney Mercier, Tanner Natze, and Bryan Williams made All-

Region.

I’m With The Band

By: Jennifer Mitchell & Brittany Evans

Sing It Loud and Proud

By: Rachel Morris

ISIS and Its Growing

Threat

By: Caleb Dale

ISIS recently released a

video of an American journalist

being beheaded. Steven Sotloff,

age 31, worked for Time and had

been abducted in 2013 in Syria.

His death came two weeks after

American journalist, James Foley,

was beheaded; even though his

mother cried and asked the ISIS

leader not to kill him and to spare

his life.

“The Islamic State”

By: Lane Looper

“The Islamic State” is a becoming a serious issue in the Middle East. Previously referred to as “ISIS”

or the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria”, it is a radical Sunni Jihadist terrorist cell that evolved from a politi-

cal and religious group, into the militia that they are now.

They weren’t thought of as a serious problem until they suddenly stormed Mosul and Fallujah in ear-

ly June of this year. Currently they have established territorial control and administrative structures on both

sides of the Iraqi – Syrian border. The “ISIS” controlled territory all together is less than half the size of Ar-

kansas.

As they have stated in many of their video “threats” to America and other countries, “ISIS” plans to

conquer anyone who does not have similar beliefs to them, in a very violent and cruel manner. They have

been known to use the bodies belonging to the victims of massacres they commit or soldiers they defeat in

battle to make statements to others. They also use “execution videos” as a way to extort or scare the families

of the victims. They’ve sent many videos to the U.S. Government, taunting them, telling the President to

send soldiers to fight “ISIS” on the ground, and claiming to attack America and raise the “ISIS” flag over the

White House.

Why would they do such a thing to these journalists who cause no threat to them? Is this just a distraction

or is it just a taunt? ISIS has been surrounding and attacking Amerli, a town near Erbil and Baghdad for almost

three months before the U.S. airstrikes came to the rescue which aided the militias. President Obama has author-

ized an airstrike against ISIS in Syria. He is trying to convince Congress to authorize money to fund and train

moderate rebel groups in Syria to help in the fight and it was passed in September. If left unchecked, these terror-

ists could be a threat to those beyond the region, including the U.S.

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Middle School Salad Bar Awaits

Grant Approval

By: Kayle Dacus “I first had the idea last year but nobody want-

ed to do it with me.” This coming from 8th grader,

June Musgrove. Mrs. Shawna Bull’s 2nd period EAST

class has been coming up with many projects for the

2014-2015 school year. Musgrove isn't the only one

working hard on this project. Also, Nathan Miller,

Shelby Sharp and Rylie Wheeler. As of now, they are

waiting for a grant acceptance to come back from

saladbarstoschools.org to have a salad bar sent to the

Dover Middle School.

The approximate arrival for these salad bars, if

granted, takes about 4-6 weeks to arrive. The students

plan on planting a garden in front of the old Elementary

School as of now. Some of the fruits/vegetables they

plan on planting is lettuce, carrots, broccoli, grapes,

tomatoes, apples, etc. At lunch they will bring the salad

bar out and charge students the price of a normal lunch,

then after the students have went through the line and

made their salad they would put it back up.

Miller went on to say that he was happy about

the school receiving a salad bar. He made the presenta-

tion, helped with getting supplies, and researched the

appropriate size proportions. Sharp and Wheeler

worked together to survey the sixth, seventh, and

eighth grade students. “They are all for the salad bar,”

Wheeler said, “I think the salad bar’s a good idea be-

cause a lot of the kids don’t normally eat school lunch.

So it gives them something else to eat.”

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Homecoming Maid: Samantha

Moore

By: Shelby Talley Homecoming night was held at the football

field on October 3rd at 6:00.

Being a maid made Samantha Moore feel

“Exciting and important”. Moore said, “It was very

thrilling.” When they called her name to represent

her 2017 class, Samantha said she felt “Surprised

that I got it even though I wanted it.”

Towards the end of the day, Dover had a

parade and a pep rally. Moore gave examples of

what made homecoming feel special. “One: I got to

wear a tiara and sash. Two: it was my birthday and I

was a maid. All of today was just so much fun.”

Even though she was “nervous but happy,” she

nailed the part of representing her class.

Before they called out Queen, Moore couldn’t help

but think, “Good Luck to all.” When she found out

that the queen was Miss Sydney Hinkle, she said, “I

think she really deserves it, because she’s so nice

and pretty.”

SCHOOL NEWS

DMS EAST students at work in the classroom.

It Takes a Few Weeks to Get Used to

American Life.

By: Iván Mateos Got The first thing was the time change. It’s a 7 hour dif-

ference between Spain and America. Another thing was the

time to eat. In Spain, we have lunch at 3:00 in the afternoon,

and we have dinner at 9:00 in the night, so it was a really big

change for me .The first thing about school that I noticed was

that here, the students have to move from class to class, and in

Spain, the teachers are the ones that have to move from class to

class. In Spain, my high school starts at 8:30 in the morning.

Some days we have 6 periods and others 7 periods. The days

that we have 6 periods, we have 3 classes and then a break of 15

minutes and the other 3 periods. The days that we have 7 peri-

ods, we have 3 periods, a break of 15 minutes, 3 periods and a

break of 15 minutes and finally the last period. Another differ-

ence is that in Spain most of the high schools don’t have lock-

ers, because the books are very light and we can carry them in a

backpack.

I think there are a few differences between social life

here and in Spain. In Spain, most of the teenager’s don’t go out

during the week, because there is homework and things to study

each day. For example, I stay at home during the weeks study-

ing and then on Friday afternoon, I go out with my friends.

Most of the teenagers do that-they go out only during the week-

ends. In Spain, teenagers like to go to the center of the cities to

have fun parties or to have a walk. In Spain, teenagers use a lot

of public transport to go places. Here teenagers can drive, so

they don’t have to ask their parents to drive them somewhere.

They like to go to the games, to the Movie Theater, ect...

In Spain, we have all kinds of celebrations, but we

don’t celebrate all of them like here. In Spain, we don’t cele-

brate Thanksgiving. In some schools, they play some games and

at Christmas, we do the same as here. We put up a Christmas

tree with lights around it, and we have a big dinner with all the

family. We also celebrate San Valentine’s day. All the couples

make gifts and have a romantic day. We don’t celebrate Easter.

Some families with small kids hide eggs and the kids have to

find them, but we don’t have a special meal or any other cele-

bration.

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Dover Homecoming Wrap-Up

By: Megan Tackett

Dover High School Homecoming went well. The students celebrat-

ed their homecoming spirit the first week of October. Monday was

Beach Day. Following the dress code the students could dress in

what they would wear to the beach. Tuesday was Pajama Day.

Caitlyn Wilson said, “Pajama day was my favorite. I wish every-

day was pajama day.” Wednesday was Around the World Day.

Each class had a different country to represent. Freshmen were

France, sophomores were India, juniors were Italy, and seniors

were the USA. Thursday, being Class Colors Day freshman wore

pink, sophomores wore purple, juniors wore blue, and seniors wore

red. Friday was Black and White Day, along with Game Day. The

Pirates went up against Pulaski Robinson, winning 26-20.

Senior Trip By: Amber Casey The Senior Trip took place on Wednesday October 15, 2014

at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Silver Dollar City

was open May 1, 1960. There is a total of 22 rides (6 roller

coasters and 4 water rides). Seniors, Lacey Taylor, and Taylor

Barnhill were excited about missing school and getting to

hangout with friends on the trip.

Barnhill’s favorite part of the trip was spending time

with friends. Taylor’s favorite part of the trip was being able to

walk around with friends and ride the rides as much as she

wanted to, since most of the rides didn't have long lines. Hay-

ley Freeman’s favorite part of the trip was the bus ride home

because we listened to music and all talked to friends. Overall

all the Seniors had a memorable Senior Trip.

Columnist Ivan Mateos Got is an exchange

student from Spain who will continue to pro-

vide a cultural perspective this year.

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Student Featurette: Marissa Young

By: Kylie Hale

Marissa Young is a senior at Dover High School. She sings so-

prano in the High School Choir. Young has been in choir since 4th grade.

“I enjoy choir on certain days. It just depends,” Young stated. She plans

on staying in choir throughout college, rather than quitting after she gradu-

ates from Dover.

She will be a townsperson in this year’s play, The Music Man.

She attended All-Region last year and made it. This year, however, she

doesn’t want to attend.

Young doesn’t just participate in choir though. She also takes

piano classes and plays the guitar. Her dad influenced her love of music.

Flying Flags

By: Holly Jones

Courtney Hull, a sophomore color-

guard member in the Dover Midnight Brigade,

shares how she feels, some stories, and future

plans as a color-guard member.

Courtney has been in color-guard since

the 8th grade. “I figured it would be better to

memorize [the moves], than memorize the notes

[when playing an instrument],” she has loved it

and stuck with it ever since. During games,

Courtney feels “happy, claustrophobic, and ex-

cited. I’m very happy to be there cheering on

my team.” She enjoys the challenges involved in

color-guard during half-time shows and compe-

titions. “That’s all they look at” she said. “It’s

kind of challenging when you march and twirl

the flag. Sometimes it’s hard to do the hard

moves so quick.”

Courtney has to sacrifice her own time

to continue doing what she loves. “We’re all the

time staying in [the band room] to do things,

having to learn all these routines.” She even has

to use her time at home to learn the routines.

Courtney says it takes “probably a couple days,

or just a few if you have good memory” to learn

a routine. She has to spend extra time to practice

difficult routines with “hard moves that some-

Sometimes Courtney has to come up

with her own strategies to keep her cool during

competitions. She “just thinks of all the happy

things at home” to keep her

from getting too nervous.

Although, even when

Courtney has her tips and

tricks to keep calm, every-

one has their mistakes once

in a while. “We’re doing

this move that goes under

your leg twice. I had lost

my balance and almost fell

on the field.”

Because of her love and

dedication for color-guard,

Courtney even plans on

sticking with it in the fu-

ture. “I plan on doing it in

college.” Her devotion to

color-guard keeps her prac-

ticing and doing the very

best at her routines. She

demonstrates how we learn

from our mistakes, embrace the challenges

thrown at us, and bring the very best out of eve-

ry situation.

FEATURES

Alex and Sierra -It’s About Us

Florida Georgia Line- Anything Goes

Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways

T.I.- Paperwork

Taylor Swift- 1989

Lil’ Wayne- The Carter V

Upcoming Songs and Albums

Music of the Month

By: Brett Cains

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Last Month’s Top 5:

1. All About that Bass- Meagan

Trainor

2. Shake It Off- Taylor Swift

3. Anaconda- Nicki Minaj

4. Black Widow- Iggy Azalea

5. Bang Bang- Jessie J, Ariana Grand,

and Nicki Minaj

There are many exciting upcom-

ing releases. A little bit for every-

one. Starting with the new debut

album from Alex and Sierra (X-

Factor),” It’s About Us”. Florida

Georgia Line is also releasing

their new album “Anything

Goes”, It will no doubt be very

popular. Not to mention the long

awaited return of the Foo Fight-

ers with “Sonic Highways”. Lil’

Wayne’s new album “The Carter

V” is also expected to be very

popular.

Upcoming Music

-1 Puzzle

Solved

By: Ashley Herring

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Come Support

Your Dover Pirates

at the Next Home

Game against the

Dardanelle Sand

Lizards!!!

October 31, 2014

SPORTS

Dover Golf 2014

By: Ethan Koster

This season, Dover’s golf team has achieved success compared to the last few

years. They have a new coach, Megan Kelley, and new players. They have the

talent to be good in the upcoming years.

Coach Kelley was happy with this season’s achievements. With two players going

to state, she was satisfied. “I had so much fun coaching both the girls and the

boys this year. I was blessed with hard working, respectful, and determined play-

ers who wanted to succeed. It was so exciting to experience coaching these kids

and watching them improve every step of the way. I thoroughly enjoyed every bus

ride, long practice, and match with this group. They never failed to give me their

best effort and always found ways to keep me laughing and smiling. I am ex-

tremely proud of their success this season and am more than excited for the up-

coming seasons.”

Sophomore Greg Wooten was a one of the players that went to state, he was ex-

cited and happy. “It’s (totally) awesome to go to state. I’m (totally) pumped.”

Fellow sophomore Mallory Goates also went to state. “It feels good, because I

worked hard this year to get there.” All in all, the players feel this year’s golf sea-

son, was fun and exciting, and everyone is ready for next year.

#3E Puzzle

Solved

from pg. 6

History of Halloween

By: Ashley Herring

About two thousand years ago, Halloween, a now famous

holiday, was created in Ireland. As tradition goes most go trick-or-

treating or have bonfires with family and friends. Some dress up and

go to local costume contests, others go through haunted houses with

their friends. When the month of October comes around some people

drag out their decorations and decorate their yard with their family.

Kids add to the decoration by carving pumpkins and setting them on

the front porch of their house.

The word Halloween is the shortening of ‘All Hallows

Evening’. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the bounda-

ries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the

deceased would come back to life. By the late 1800s, pranking on

Halloween was established. Most waited until midnight to pull their

pranks so no one would catch them. Over the years it got worse. They

would ruin people’s houses and lawns. Eventually the majority of peo-

ple quit pulling pranks and enjoyed Halloween.

Everybody loves Halloween, but not many know about what the candy can do to you.

It has been reported that the average American eats 24 pounds of candy a year, and most of that is

likely consumed around Halloween. A whooping 90 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold during Hal-

loween. During Valentines week, only 48 million pounds of candy are sold. The top selling candy is can-

dy corn. Americans purchase over 20 million pounds of it a year.

The average dentist recommends that parents have their kids brush their teeth after eating candy. If

that’s not possible to have them rinse their mouth with water three or four times after eating. This will help

cut down on acidity in the mouth. Candy products frequently include ingredients like peanuts, tree nuts;

mile eggs which are some of the most common food allergens

in children.

There have been at least two confirmed deaths linked

to tainted Halloween candy. Despite the lack of evidence, par-

ents still sometime panic over candy that looks strange. The

candy tampering scare reached its height in 1982, when seven

people in the Chicago area died after taking tainted cyanide-

laced Tylenol capsules. That year, the candy industry set up a

telephone hotline to collect police reports of candy tampering,

but it hasn’t received a single verified report of a child being

seriously hurt by tainted candy from a stranger.

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Page 8 Candy Facts

By: John Srutka