Emily's Garden by Mackenzie Shrum

On September 9, 2006, Emily and her friend were riding an ATV when the ATV was tipped over, trapping Emily under a body of water.

Emily was in a coma for 34 days, and she passed away on October 12, 2006 six days after her 16th birthday.

Mrs. Sarah Melone, Emily’s mother took this tragic accident and turned it into something positive. Mrs. Melone started her random acts of kindness. The random acts of kindness has helped change several lives, young and old.

Melone has never been angry over this situation, she has only made something positive out of it. Losing someone so dear to your heart is a very hard thing to deal with it, and not an easy process.

“We don't have control over the trials and tragedies that come our way, but we do have control over now we respond to them. What we learn from it and how we use it to help others,” Melone said.  

Emily’s Garden was established here at MHS in the honor of Emily. A volunteer that helps Emily's garden that changed the decorations every year is Jamie Kurtz. Jamie volunteered to help with the garden after she had saw the board, and wanted to know if she could help with anything. She is now the one that helps redecorate the garden every year, or every other year.

The random acts of kindness and Emily’s garden are a perfect example of kindness, and helping other. At Indian Creek High School, the school Emily was attending when the accident happened; she was known for her kind words, and the kind things she did for people. She was a person that lit up your day when they sky was gray.  

“The message we really want people to grasp from Emily’s accident is your simple acts of kindness can be life changing for someone and Emily is a perfect example of that. Emily made a point to be kind to someone everyday, whether it be an act of kindness or a kind word,” Melone said.  

Your acts of kindness can go as far as you let them. Being positive is what makes the world go around. Rest in Heaven Emily, may your kindness live on for forever.

This week at Mooresville high school we are celebrating Emily’s garden with random acts of kindness. If you see someone giving a random act of kindness, you will be able to go ask a teacher for a butterfly and write what they did and the persons name on it. At the end of the week the butterflies will be hung all over Emily’s garden.  

School Lunches by Kaitlyn Barber

  Whether it be to hang out with friends or to just to eat, multiple students see lunch as the best part of the day.

  MHS has three separate lunches with five different lunch lines, all with different options. The lunch menu tends to change every week. Every student has their own personalized pin code as well.

  “[Madison High School] has three different lunch lines and less variety.” senior Katelyn Casper said.

  The variety of food isn’t the only thing that sets MHS lunch apart from others. As mentioned before, each and every student at MHS receives their own personal pin code for lunches. This pin is used by students to pay for lunches and extra snacks.

  MHS is different from some other schools and many students don’t understand that until they are introduced to another perspective. One final thing that sets MHS apart from other schools is cafeteria size. The MHS cafeteria holds 52 indoor lunch tables,10 tables in the courtyard, and 8 booths for students to sit during their lunch.

  “The cafeteria [at Heath High School] was about as small as the smallest gym in PHMS.” senior Cheyenne Jennette said.

  Every school is required to provide an adequate lunch for students, and Mooresville’s way of doing so proves to be different than most schools.

  

Parking Lot Safety by Kaitlyn Barber and Jazzlynn Fields

  While Mooresville isn’t a town known for the art scene, that doesn’t mean the town doesn’t have some unique things to offer.

  Recently a strange object showed up in the center of town. Glued to the side of Movieland USA is face made up of various music related materials.

  This object is Record Face. Record Face is an anonymous art project that started in the urban parts of Indianapolis. Since the first sighting Record Face has been spotted everywhere across Indiana. They have been found above an intersection in Maryland streets, Outside the Red Key Tavern in Indianapolis and downtown downtown Greensburg to name a few.

It consists of a vinyl record for a base, magnetic tape for hair, four guitar picks for teeth, a reflector for an eye and a pair of earbuds plugged into an mp3 player that plays nine original songs created by the unknown artist.

  The song found on the mp3 in Mooresville is a low consistent drum and a distorted voice backed by some ambient noises. The mp3 player has since been stolen off the side of Movieland USA.

One of the first people to notice record face’s existence was former Mooresville High School student, Ethan Wymer.

  “I think it’s really fascinating, yet deeply terrifying. Before the mp3 player was stolen, the audio sounded like a demonic criminal who wanted to put this record up as a precursor to a kill. Also, the record went up, then Movieland USA was broken into and robbed so that’s really weird”, Wymer said.

  While little is known about “Record Face”, the project is gaining more and more coverage as time goes on. It’s significance is slowly becoming a bigger part of the art culture in Indiana.

Record Face by Noah Justus

  While Mooresville isn’t a town known for the art scene, that doesn’t mean the town doesn’t have some unique things to offer.

  Recently a strange object showed up in the center of town. Glued to the side of Movieland USA is face made up of various music related materials.

  This object is Record Face. Record Face is an anonymous art project that started in the urban parts of Indianapolis. Since the first sighting Record Face has been spotted everywhere across Indiana. They have been found above an intersection in Maryland streets, Outside the Red Key Tavern in Indianapolis and downtown downtown Greensburg to name a few.

It consists of a vinyl record for a base, magnetic tape for hair, four guitar picks for teeth, a reflector for an eye and a pair of earbuds plugged into an mp3 player that plays nine original songs created by the unknown artist.

  The song found on the mp3 in Mooresville is a low consistent drum and a distorted voice backed by some ambient noises. The mp3 player has since been stolen off the side of Movieland USA.

One of the first people to notice record face’s existence was former Mooresville High School student, Ethan Wymer.

  “I think it’s really fascinating, yet deeply terrifying. Before the mp3 player was stolen, the audio sounded like a demonic criminal who wanted to put this record up as a precursor to a kill. Also, the record went up, then Movieland USA was broken into and robbed so that’s really weird”, Wymer said.

  While little is known about “Record Face”, the project is gaining more and more coverage as time goes on. It’s significance is slowly becoming a bigger part of the art culture in Indiana.

Avery Eats: King Gyro by Avery Hoffman

In the past few years, many new dining establishments are popping up in Mooresville. How exciting! When pondering on a brisk fall Saturday afternoon in Mooresville, “What am I going to do for lunch?,” consider King Gyro as a promising choice.

King Gyro is a chain restaurant usually found in more urban type areas with two locations in Indianapolis. It has now opened up in Mooresville in early September. They offer their Greek-American cuisine in a building that was formerly a Long John Silver’s; however, don’t be fooled: the new restaurant has been completely refurbished from the old.

Upon entry, the smell of lamb and beef fills the corridors of the dining establishment. Automatically, there is a very homey environment. A meal at King Gyro is comparable to a extremely fancy top notch concession stand. If you like the more baseball game/urban feel to your meals, King Gyro is a fine choice.

Junior Ethen Lehr visited King Gyro on the grand opening night. Ethen purchased a Gyro plate. 

“It’s really good… I think the owner’s name was Jesepee, and I like that name a whole lot. I think it’s my favorite restaurant.” Lehr said. 

Ethen is known to visit King Gyro regularly, at least twice a week.

Bran n’ Shorts Coffee House column by Drew Denton

Thirsty? Been looking for a cozy spot to either finish work or to just relax? Bran n’ Shorts, a coffee house downtown Mooresville, is the right spot just for those needs.

Bran n’ Shorts offers many different beverages and cuisine. Some of these items including different types of coffee, iced or hot, freshly baked pies, muffins, scones, ice cream, all of the world’s bakery desires.

The origin of this coffee house started in Shelbyville, Indiana. The openers grandfather, Orville Nail, raised his first six children. Nail met a woman by the name of Lilly Mae Pearson. After having 13 more children this made the family quite large. While enough money was pretty hard to achieve at this time, a neighbor offered to share horse food with the family. This feed being called Bran and Shorts. Pearson decided to use this feed for making pancakes for the whole family.

This coffee shop is focused on kindness and hard work. Want to find more about Bran n’ Shorts backstory? Visit them on bran-n-shortscoffee.com.

Local coffee shops are never truly appreciated by most people. Some are too scared to try something other than chain shops. Junior Sara Begley goes to Bran n’ Shorts almost everyday before school to grab breakfast and some coffee.

“It’s nice to go to local shops like Bran n’ Shorts because then you know your money is going towards something good.” Begley said.

Not only is Bran n’ Shorts compassionate about their customers, they are also caring towards charities. Bran n’ Shorts has a donation box to put change in that they will then send to the charity they pick that month.

Interested? Try this place out and find a new local coffee shop, go down to 15 W. Main St, Mooresville, IN 46158. They are open Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Photo by Drew Denton Photo by Susan Carter

Tips For Applying To College by Josh Hansel

  Let's face it, when junior and senior year roll around everyone thinks the same things, Almost done here, and what college to choose.

  Here is how to apply for a college in a few steps. First take the SAT/ACT. Then apply to as many colleges as possible.

  For juniors, thinking about how junior year affects senior year is a major step. A bad choice going into senior year is choosing classes that are more difficult than one can handle.

  Junior year and senior year have both hard and exciting choices. If a more academic view is taken there is all the AP classes, but also we have more choices such as Work based learning. In which a student can go and explore the working world, it all depends on the classes taken by the student, such as junior Franklin Zook taking some more academically inclined classes.

  “They’re easy, but I’m excited for [senior year]”  Zook said.

  First things first, although many schools, such as Ball State and New York University, do not requiring the SAT or ACT for applicants, it is still a great idea to take at least one of the tests. According to prepscholar.com the cost of the SAT cost $47.50 without an essay, with an essay it is $64.50. The ACT cost $50.50 without an essay, while with an essay it is $67.

  For those who don’t have the funds to take the test, they may get a price waiver from their counselor. They can just go to guidance, and fill it out to see their counselor. Next the student can explain they do not have the funds for the test, and would like a wavier if available. Then if they get a waiver they can type in a code given to them, at the end of signing up for the SAT/ACT online.

  “They’re really important, I recommend taking both,” senior Helen Pilkington said.

  If decided to apply first that's just fine, most of the time colleges will either have a save feature, or don’t require the scores to be sent in with the application. Then if the college of their choice requires scores from one of the test they can always, send the scores after they have taken either test. Most college applications take around five to 10 minutes to complete.

  Once applied to a college, hopefully one can feel comfortable going to, try applying to some other colleges in case they don’t get into the college they chose. This gives them a backup plan so that they can build credentials to get a good job in the future. It is always a great idea to apply to a lot of colleges, giving themself a little breathing room.

  If feeling unsure about a college, plan a college visit. A possibility is speaking to Bischoff in student services, where she has forms with more information. Then set it up with the college, most likely on their website, and give the paperwork back to Bischoff two days before the visit at the least.

  “If they don’t know a college they can still job shadow, and it won’t go against their attendance,” Mrs. Becky Bischoff said.

  Overall applying for college isn’t that hard of a job to do. Just put in a little effort in school, apply, and work toward a successful life. The future can be shaped, if it is worked towards.

2018 Season in Review by Peighton Noel

Stats sourced by mhspioneers.com

Lebanon (Away)

  The Pioneers kicked off the season on Aug 17 with a 46-7 win against Lebanon.

  Mooresville began the away game with a fired up offense, and an equally superior defense.

 “We’ve prepared really well. We all worked really hard over the summer,” senior Jon Eineman said.

  Eineman put three touchdowns on the board. One of Eineman’s touchdowns was ran for 63 yards.

  The season opener set a good foundation for the rest of the season for the Pioneers.

Danville (Away)

   A week after the season opener, the Pioneers carried the momentum from their first victory to Danville, Indiana.

  Mooresville’s defense held their ground in a head-to-head battle with the Warriors, keeping Danville in an even scoring match.

  Junior Brayden Evans showed his power through a 60 yard touchdown. Shortly following, senior Karson Goodman connected with Evans on a 57 yard pass for another Pioneer touchdown. The final score was 28-26.

Plainfield (Away)

  The next hard fought battle led to a win against the Plainfield Quakers.

  Senior James Mabry put up three touchdowns, keeping the score up for the Pioneers. The final score was a ten point difference of 52-42, improving Mooresville’s record to 3-0.

Greenwood (Home)

  The lights lit up for Mooresville’s home opener on another rainy Friday night, resulting in a 49-14 victory for the Pioneers against Greenwood. The winning streak caused a spark in the community.

  Mooresville started the game by putting up 21 points in the first quarter, while their defense held the Woodmen scoreless.

  The Pioneers ended the first half ahead 35-7, maintaining the Greenwood offense and only allowing one other touchdown.

Decatur (Away)

  The Pioneers took their first defeat of the season falling to the Decatur Hawks; however, the score maintained close.

  The boys only trailed by ten with a final score of 38-28. The scoring surges stayed between the second and third quarters, and the first and final are left with no new scores from either side.

Franklin Community (Homecoming)

  Blue, gold, and school spirit surround the campus during the week leading up to Homecoming Friday. Finally the day came, and the brewing excitement exploded in the stands.

  The 2018 Homecoming was no exception, and it bursted on the field just as much.

  The Grizzly Cubs began the game with the first few points on the board, but the Pioneers defense held them the rest of the game allowing only two more touchdowns.

  Sophomore Hayden Vaughan had a fumble recovery, and junior Adrian Diop intercepted a pass from Franklin’s offense.

  In addition to the successful performance of the defense, the offense showed up with a final total of 55 points.

  “Winning is a byproduct of doing things the right way. I think that if you do things the right way, the winning takes care of itself,” Running Back Coach Chris Stevenson said.

  The game ended with a winning score of 55-21.

Whiteland (Away)

  The game started even with a 0-0 finish to the first quarter. The draw remained in the second with a score of 7-7.

  After the half, Whiteland stepped up, scoring seven points, but the Pioneers evened up the game. In the remainder of the competition, Mooresville only allowed a field goal, bringing Whiteland in a three point lead position.

  Mooresville’s offense persevered for the final outcome of a winning 21-17 score. Goodman, Mabry, and Eineman teamed up in the last two minutes to score the winning touchdown.

Martinsville 8 (Home)

  On Oct 5, the Pioneers stepped up on home turf, prepared to take on the Artesians, confident after a victory at Whiteland High School.

  The game started even at 7-7, the Pioneers scoring again to gain the lead in the second quarter. The game was full of highlights, but the fourth quarter held the highest number of memorable plays.

  The Artesians tied the game at 21-21 in the last 4 seconds of the game. The Pioneers had to make a decision on fourth down with the ball on the 28 yard line.

  Mooresville decided to send senior Christian Swigert to the field in an attempt to win the game in the very last seconds.

  “I just stayed confident in myself and knew I could make this kick because I make it everyday at football practice. I work hard in practice for moments like that,” Swigert said.

  The crowd stayed quiet leading up to the kick. In seconds, the kick was good and the Pioneers had beat the Artesians 24-21.

  The Curry Crazies stormed the field to celebrate a Pioneer victory, and the rewarding “M” trophy.

Perry Meridian (Senior Night)

  The Pioneers ended the regular season with another win. For the seniors, their last regular season career ended with a 8-1 winning record.

  “We take each game one game at a time. We try to go 1-0 each week and don’t think about the next week,” Stevenson said.

  The game was a sweep with a 51-21 triumph over the Falcons. In the midst of the game, seniors Goodman and Mabry managed to set records.

  Goodman set the record for Mooresville High School’s Career Passing Yards. Along with Goodman, Mabry broke the record for single game rushing.

  In the recent weeks, Mooresville has defeated Beech Grove and Richmond in the first two rounds of sectionals. The Pioneers have now advanced to the Sectional Championship game taking place on Friday, Nov 3. The game is at Mooresville against the Greenwood Woodmen.

Bohemian Rhapsody: A Preview. column by Avery Meyer

 Bohemian Rhapsody is a biopic film from director Bryan Singer, and written by Anthony McCarten that comes out November first. It’s a film about the famous English rock band “Queen”, and its lead singer, Freddie Mercury.

  This film will cover the story of the band and Freddie Mercury over the course of 15 years from its inception, to Freddie pursuing a solo career, to their last performance at Wembley Stadium.

 This is a movie that has been talked about by 20th Century Fox since 2011 and many had high hopes. The film’s director, Bryan Singer, has done many of the X-Men films and directed several episodes of House. Singer is a very interesting director because he often makes such weird and bold choices.

  As the director of many of the X-men comic book movies he had made some pretty bizarre choices as director, such as setting the opening scene of X-men in Auschwitz. It was borderline tasteless and it didn’t settle well with some, but it just was such a controversial scene and direction take place was interesting.Based on his previous movies, much of his work is at the least creative but unfocused and at best unique and entertaining.

 He’s an interesting director to say the least, maybe to an overzealous extent because he was fired for reportedly clashing with the cast and crew. The film was then given to Dexter Fletcher to finish, he will however be uncredited. So I think it's safe to assume that Bohemian Rhapsody is ultimately a Bryan Singer project, which could mean that it will be another solid biopic, or it will be an unbridled mess with no clear direction, with just scenes strung together.

 The writer of this film is Anthony McCarten who also wrote several other biopics such as the “Darkest Hour” and “The Theory of Everything”. Both of which are critically acclaimed films that really capture the person(s) and times that they want to portray. I do hope that this movie will be able to capture the impact and style that the band “Queen” had, however there may be cause for concern.

 Many reports have come in about this film skimming out on details that may portray the subject in question in a bad light. The movie “Straight Outta Compton”, a similar biopic, did this as well. The film has been accused of taking out parts of Freddie’s life like his relationship with an adult film star, and also not really portraying his promiscuity and bisexuality.

 People are also concerned that the movie could be a mess from the changing in writers and actors. Originally Sacha Baron Cohen was going to play Freddie, later replaced by Rami Malek. I think this was a good choice because Cohen, while funny in his various comedies, I don't think people would be able to distinguish his Freddie Mercury character from his others.

 Freddie Mercury was a very interesting person, just outside of his music. His uniqueness as a person all around and there is so much that you can draw from if your a director or writer. Freddie had that mark of greatness that every incredibly talented person has, and this film doesn't seem to want to show it, at the very least, hide it.

 While I expect Rami Malek's performance to be stellar, I don't think it will save this film from the multiple problems plaguing it. I think this movie will run into the problem of mediocrity and lackluster. There is so much that one could do in a film about such a colorful character as Freddie Mercury, but this film seems to be suffering from just doing by the numbers biopic.

Editorial: Academics and Anxiety

  A general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worrying is defined by anxiety. Anxiety is a common disorder found in many children, teens, and adults.

  Anxiety can be caused by many things such as stress, genetics, medical factors, brain chemistry, and use or withdrawal from addictive drugs. Symptoms of anxiety include sweating, dizziness, increased heart rate, and worrying.

  According to adaa.org the most common type of anxiety is generalized anxiety disorder, also known as GAD. GAD can occur at any age and requires a medical diagnosis. The disorder can be treated by a medical professional through counseling and medication. Symptoms of GAD include constant worrying, restlessness, and trouble with concentration.

  According to adaa.org. anxiety has been known to affect 25.1 percent of kids between the ages of 13 and 18. One of the main reasons these kids experience anxiety is because of school. Many of these kids take seven classes, whether they be regular, honors, AP, or dual credit. Many of these same kids are trying to not only balance their school work, but trying to balance sports, clubs, and jobs.

  Being a student that undergoes this, anxiety can really take a toll on your life. Trying to balance two AP classes, three honors classes, five clubs, being a class officer, and playing a sport can cause extreme stress and anxiety. It doesn’t only affect how you are in the classroom, but it can affect who you are out of the classroom.

  There are many programs that allow these children that undergo anxiety can go to get the help they need, such as guidance counselors found at school. Mooresville High School provides a program for any child that feels like they are undergoing anxiety. The program is called Adult and Child; and in the program, a counselor will work with the student to find  a therapist for them. Adult and Child will allow the student to see a licensed therapist, known as a LMHC or a licensed mental health counselor, once a week. Many of the children that go through the program, have shown extremely positive results.

  There are also many other options for kids outside of school, such as a seeing a therapist. Child and Family Psychotherapist Heather Teike is one of these therapist. Teike is TF-CBT certified, or Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certified. The traditional treatment she does for kids to manage anxiety with or without medication is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT. Other forms of treatment include biofeedback and learning mindfulness/self awareness, relaxation strategies, deep breathing, emotion regulation strategies, guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, and yoga.

   If not treated properly, anxiety can have a very negative impact on people’s lives. Most people look at anxiety as if it is nothing, and it isn’t something that can just be looked over. Anxiety affects many children that are in school, and is not only impacting them now, but is impacting their future.