{"id":9937,"date":"2022-11-07T11:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.vigoschools.org\/wvhs\/?page_id=9937&preview_id=9937"},"modified":"2022-11-09T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:03:06","slug":"voice-of-the-vikings-edition-8-november-9-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.vigoschools.org\/wvhs\/newspaper\/voice-of-the-vikings-edition-8-november-9-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"November 9, 2022-Edition 9"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#131418″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”14%” bottom_padding=”14%” top_padding_tablet=”20%” bottom_padding_tablet=”20%” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” 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FCCLA<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”9974″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”9973″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n

By Darcee Garrett and Emily McKinney<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][heading]\n

Teacher Spotlights<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][heading subtitle=”By Mallorey Fischer”]\n

Mrs. Corbett<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mrs. Corbett has been teaching for 24 years. She likes to spend time with her family. She likes hiking, and riding her UTV (utility task vehicle). She went to West Vigo High School as a student. Mrs. Corbett played softball in college. She has three kids that are 24, 22, and 18 years old. She likes going out to eat at Outback Steakhouse with her family. She likes teaching at West Vigo High School. She enjoys watching the West Vigo Viking\u2019s sports teams. Thank you, Mrs. Corbett, we appreciate what you do for our school!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][heading subtitle=”By Brionna Myers”]\n

Mrs. Laughlin<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mrs. Laughlin is an art teacher and community service leader.\u00a0 Mrs.Laughlin graduated from Indiana State University with an art degree in education. Later on, got her master’s in art. She also earned a degree in community development. She became an art teacher but didn’t think it was right for her. She worked as a designer.\u00a0 Later on, she decided to change her career and become an art teacher again. She has been teaching for 19 years. When she wasn\u2019t teaching, she worked with senior citizens. She has worked with high school and middle school students but prefers to work with high schoolers. One of Mrs. Laughlin\u2019s favorite parts of being a teacher is seeing students succeed and see their progress. Mrs. Laughlin once had designed her own toy line. The toys were different designs of horses. Some of Mrs. Laughlin\u2019s favorite activities to do in her free time are working on her own art projects and being in nature. She currently prefers to do traditional art. This is just a tiny bit of who Mrs. Laughlin is.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”8509″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]Mrs. Corbett<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”8540″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]Mrs. Laughlin<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][heading subtitle=”By Audrey Evitts”]\n

Viking Question of the Week<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]Last week, we released a poll asking what your favorite Thanksgiving food is. The responses were extremely fun to read! The most popular pick was the \u201ceverything\u201d option. In second place was turkey and chicken (or any other type of meat). That option was pretty close to being in a lower place, with mac n cheese and deviled eggs being close seconds. Mashed potatoes (with or without gravy) were also close, but not as close as the other two. There were also some shocking results in this poll! There weren’t, many people that chose the dessert option. I can understand how few people chose vegetables as an option. Yams were not chosen out of the 100+ people who responded. Yams don\u2019t taste good anyway, in my opinion! 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The History of Thanksgiving<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The annual Thanksgiving holiday tradition in the United States is documented at its earliest in 1619 in what is now called the Commonwealth of Virginia. \u00a0 Thirty-eight English settlers aboard the ship Margaret arrived on the James River at Berkeley Hundred in Charles City, Virginia on December 4, 1619 (History.com) A religious celebration immediately followed the landing dictated explicitly by the group’s charter from the London company. The charter declared,\u201d On the day of our ship’s arrival at the place assigned for plantation in the land of Virginia, shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God.\u201d (History.com) Since the mid-20th century, the original celebration has been commemorated there annually at the present-day Berkeley Plantation, the ancestral home of the Harrison Family. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The more familiar Thanksgiving is traced to the pilgrims and puritans who emigrated from England in the 1620s and 1630s, they brought their previous tradition of days of fasting and days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. (History.com) The 1621 Plymouth, Massachusetts Thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. (History.com) The pilgrims celebrated this with the Wampanoags, a tribe of Native Americans who, along with the last surviving Patuxet had helped them get through the previous winter by giving them food which at that time was scarce. In exchange, an alliance and protection against the rival Narragansett Tribe were made. Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New England history. This has been identified as the first Thanksgiving. (History.com)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Veteran’s Day<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Veterans Day happens on November 11 every year to honor the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. In 1918 that signaled the end of World War I. Congress said yes to a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance and November 11th became a national holiday in 1938. Veterans Day gives tribute to every American Veteran that is alive or dead but especially gives thanks to the veterans living who served our country. Arlington<\/span> National Cemetery has gravestones for over 400,000 veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month<\/h1>\n[\/heading][vc_column_text]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lung Cancer Awareness Month Article<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yearly, millions of patients have lung cancer. What is lung cancer?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lung cancer starts in your lungs. Your lungs are two spongy organs that allow oxygen when you inhale and expel carbon dioxide when you exhale. Lung cancer is the most common cause of death globally. The common cause of lung cancer is people who smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Signs and Symptoms of Lung Cancer:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Early stages don\u2019t have any symptoms. Late stages of lung cancer include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n