Christmas Test

Have You Been Naughty or Nice this Year?

With Christmas coming up, find out if you have ended up on Santa's naughty or nice list.

You find out where your mother has hidden your presents. You _______

A) Open the presents

B) Cry

C) Wait until Christmas

D) Destroy them all

You see a person drop a five dollar bill on the floor. The first thing you do is ______

A) Tell them they dropped the bill

B) Take the bill

C) Rip the bill in half

D) Leave it there


You get home and you realize that you have a lot of homework. You _______

A) Procrastinate until the last minute

B) Ignore it

C) Do it correctly

D) Write random answers

Your friend is struggling to carry all of his books. You _______

A)Ignore him

B)Offer to help him

C)You knock them out of his hands

D) Pat him on the back and tell him to keep it up

It's Christmas Eve, and the cookies you made for Santa are so tempting. You ______

A)Just ignore it and wait

B)Take all of the cookies

C)Throw them at the wall

D)Eat them. No survivors

If you chose 1)C, 2)A,3) C, 4)B, and 5)A, then you will definitely make Santa's Nice list.

If you chose 1)B, 2)B, D, 3) A, 4)D, then you might have slipped by and made it into the nice list.

If you chose 1) A, or C, 2) C, 3) B, D 4) C, A, and 5) B, C, and D, you're going to make the naughty list.

Tok Volleyball Regionals

On December 5th the Tok Wolverines volleyball team traveled down to Glennallen for the Aurora Conference Volleyball Regionals. Their first game they played was against Glennallen. Then they played Kenny Lake and lost unfortunately with scores 19-25, 18-25 and with a mental block in the girls head 12-25. 

Then they dropped to the losers bracket and played Tri-Valley and took the game in 3 sets. After that they were in the championship game, against Kenny Lake. In the first set it was a close game but Kenny Lake ended up taking it. Then in the second set Tok won 25-15. The next set was a battle on the court, the score was always tied up or only one point ahead then once the teams got into the 20s Kenny lake won the set.

Kenny Lake had over half the people in the stands cheering for them and Tok only had a few of the girls parents who showed up. In the 4th set of the 5 both teams were ruthless, giving it there all and never giving up, the want of the win from the Lady Wolverines was indescribable.

Candy Therneau said that she has never seen her team want something so bad. The girls gave it there all and tried their hardest but ended up losing after a huge come back of 20-25.

 It was an emotional game, it was the last highschool volleyball game for Alexa Peet, Annaliese Therneau and Brittney Alsup. All three of our seniors got all tourney and finished great in the season.

 In the end the Tok Wolverines placed 2nd in their region so they are improving from 3rd place last year.

 Next year they are bound to take first with hard work and dedication they can accomplish anything. 

Christmas Tree Lane

It's the day that every class looks foreword to every year! In preparation for Christmas Tree Lane, every class spends large amounts of time to decorate their door. This door decoration has taken a large variety of themes over the year. This year the Freshman class had a Frozen theme, and 11th grade had a Nightmare Before Christmas theme. Other then that, they years Christmas Tree Lane had a surprising lack of any gimmicky doors, with most classes opting for a straightforward and classical take.

This year the winner of Christmas Tree Lane was seventh grade. This wasn't too much of a surprise, since their door had the most decoration pieces and looked very aesthetically pleasing. The use of an actual Christmas tree, though plastic, was also a nice touch. And of course, one can't mention their door without mentioning the miniature tree, completely decorated with projects made by Ms. Bloomquist's students. Along with the very nice wallpaper that they put up, the door was extremely good, and it's easy to see why it was chosen to win. Overall though, it was great Christmas Tree Lane, and I hope that it is even better next year.

High School Basketball Season

By Savannah Arnold

      The high school boys and girls basketball team's season has started. Practice began on the first of December, for the boys it goes from 3:30 to 5:45pm. For the girls team practice begins at 5:45 and goes until 7:30pm.
      The returning players for the two teams are Colton Peet, Roy Eskilida, Antwan Sanford, Brandon Nicolai, Josh Demit, Kody Salinas, Phillip Dale, Daniel Dompierre, Shelby Clark, Kiara Young, Annie Sanford, Michelle James, Katrice Thomas, Annaliese Thurneau, and Brittney Alsup. The boys team consists of Shawn Frank, Kody Salinas, Antwan Sanford, Roy Eskilida, Brandon Nicolai, Josh Demit, Daniel Dompierre, Colton Peet, Phillip Dale, Johnathan Pine, and Robert Deeter. The girls team consists of Kiara Nelson, Jessie Fix-Nelson, Kia Thomas, Marrin Peet, Juan Cook, Shelby Clark, Kiara Young, Annie Sanford, Michelle James, Katrice Thomas, Brittney Alsup, Annaliese Thurneau, and Saphire David.

Tok Rifle Loses to Delta

 By Savannah Arnold
 
   Delta won against the Tok Rifle team. Ariana got a new personal best of 490, Zach and Makinzi finished shooting first. They waited for the others to finish up, then they packed up, ate, and hit the road.
     The roads to and from Delta were snowy and icy. Before leaving to a match the team shoots their air rifle match at home and brings it to the small bore match. But this weekend will be different because it is Thanksgiving. The team will shoot both small bore and air at the Tok range instead of traveling to Lathrop in Fairbanks.

3-on-3 Championship

By Annie Sanford
Teams around the district gathered in Northway, Alaska on November 20, 2014 to participate in the 3-on-3 basketball championship. Set games were played all throughout Thursday afternoon to determine Friday's schedule.

Eagle, Dot Lake, Mentasta, Tetlin, Tok, and Northway middle school and high school teams played 20 minute half-court games with one 30 second time-out.

After a long afternoon of playing and stomaches filled with dinner, all six teams were able to attend a dance Thursday evening.

When asked what she thought of it and how she felt about how her team preformed, Brittney Alsup said,"I thought that the 3 on 3 championship tournament was really fun! I thought my team played really well! Everyone hit some awesome shots. It was also pretty fun to watch the other teams play each other. I had a great time playing!"

Blake Sanford had this to say, "It was very fun and I think my team did great!"

Congratulations to the high school Tok Blue team, Katrice Thomas, Shawn Frank, Colton Peet, and Kia Thomas, for taking first place. The Northway high school team took second place and Mentasta took third place.

Tok Biomass

By Annie Sanford

Biomass

Over the past decade, the community of Tok and the outlying communities have been threatened by wildfires. The Alaska Division of Forestry has worked toward a safer environment by creating a bio-energy project. The project became a reality in 2010.

The dense forests surrounding Tok was made into renewable fuel for the wood chop fired boiler. The boiler is able to heat the school, saving the school thousands of dollars in heating costs.

The 17 foot, 6 foot wide, and 12 foot long boiler is fed by a conveyor belt carrying wood chips that were previously shredded in a Rotochopper grinder. The dense forests were able to be thinned out by the Alaska Division of Forestry specially for the biomass.

The schools maintenance team is responsible for keeping the biomass working smoothly. Thad Tucker takes care of the wood chipping and Randy Warren is the main person that overlooks the running of the biomass.

When asked her opinion about the biomass, Ariana Eschenbacher said, "It doesn't work very well in the winter."

The school is very large and takes a lot of wood chips and time to make sure the whole school warms up.

On the other hand, Jacob Kaus had this to say about the biomass operation,"When it's on it's really hot and I enjoy it."

Thanks to the support of the Division of Forestry, the Tok community, Alaska Gateway School District, the Alaska Energy Authority, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and funds from a 3.2 million dollar state renewable-energy grant and approximately 750,000 dollars from the Alaska Legislature. The biomass is still working today to save the school district money while heating the school.