Talon Times October 2022 Edition
The History of Halloween
By Jane. M
Halloween first appeared in the Celtic festival of Samhain. For the Celts, the night of October 31st was a time when the ghosts of the dead returned to Earth. Though they believed that spirits caused damage to crops, they also thought that the presence of ghosts helped their druids (priests) to make predictions about the future.
By the 9th century, Christianity had spread into the Celtic lands and began blending with the local culture. This mix helped create new festivals like All Saints Day and the night before, known as All-Hallows Eve, and eventually, Halloween.
An Early American Halloween had the many modern aspects, like ghost stories and pranking people. By the middle of the 19th century, Halloween-like celebrations were fairly common, but Halloween was not yet celebrated everywhere in the US.
But, in the mid nineteenth century, the Irish potato famine was in full swing. 1.5 million immigrants rushed to the United States, bringing more popularity to the holiday.
In the late 1800's, people started turning away from the older purposes of Halloween, like witchcraft and ghosts, and began spending the holiday at parties and other events, turning the focus towards fun instead of scares.
Today, Halloween is a popular and well-loved holiday, with trick-or-treating, costumes, parties, and more! It's also definitely an American favorite, with people spending over 6 billion on Halloween related things in the US alone.
Halloween Crafts & Recipes
Easy activities for the spooky season! :)
By: Erin and Dahlia
Halloween Crunch Mix
You need: 1 cup roasted pumpkin seeds, 1 cup dried cranberries, 1 cup candy corn, 1 cup roasted peanuts, 1 cup corn cereal such as Chex, 1 cup pretzel sticks 1 cup rolos, and 1 cup popcorn
Trick-or-treat Basket
You need: construction paper, metallic pens, glitter, craft glue, a basket (available at an art supply or craft store), decorative cord or ribbon
Leaf rubbings
You will need: a selection of fall leaves, tracing paper, and colored chalk
Place the paper on top of the leaf and rub hard with the chalk pencil or charcoal.
Favorite and Least Favorite Halloween Candy
By Hazeleigh R.
Ever wondered what the best Halloween Candy is? The one that absolutely dominates? Or what about the one candy that always gets left at the bottom of your bucket when it's finally empty? That one candy that should pretty much cease to exist? Fill out the survey below and the results will be displayed in the next issue of Talon Times.
INSTRUCTIONS
(Start with cookie ingredients)
-Mix both brown and white sugar and egg until smooth
-add flour in slowly until completely mixed together
-add in choclate chips
-form cookie dough into ball
-flatten ball in a pan
(Brownie Ingredients)
-melt butter and chocolate together in microwave for about 1 minute then set aside
-Mix butter and sugar together
-Add in butter and chocolate
- Fold the FLOUR INTO mixture
-pour into pan with cookie dough, bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Halloween Brookie Recipe
By: Allie Handy
INGREDIENTS/THINGS NEEDED
COOKIES Brownies
-115 grams butter -180 grams butter
-100 grams sugar -200 grams melted chocolate
-75 grams brown sugar -250 grams sugar
-1 egg -110 grams flour
-115 grams flour -3 eggs
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
-150 grams of chocolate chips
Trick Or Treating Safety!
October 31st, Halloween! When you go out on October 31st to go trick or treating remember the buddy system! Never go out alone, You never want something or someone to take/hurt you while having fun. Go with someone else to assure some safety.
Nora Ingram COSTUME CONTEST!!!!
Enter the costume contest to possibly have your costume posted on the Talon Times for people to see. There will be a small reward of requesting for something to be in the next Falcon Times. Take a few photos of your costume and send them to either of the emails below. I wish you spooky luck this hallows eve.
ivycookie6@gmail.com
s20010599@wcusd200.com
How to join the hot new prompt list for October, Biostingtober would you kindly join.
Hocus Pocus
We all know about the 1993 movie Hocus Pocus, but did you know there is a new one? It just recently came out September 30th, 2022. you really should watch it! I haven't yet but we are all excited! Of course though, if you're going to watch Hocus Pocus 2, why not binge the classic one as well? It's about a brother, sister and friend who explore an abandoned house, and accidentally release a trio of witches whom formerly lived there. With the assistance of a soul trapped in the body of the black cat, they must steal the witches' book of spells in order to stop them from becoming immortal. Now, I won't spoil Hocus Pocus 2 for you, because then there wouldn't be any point in watching the movie, now would there?
Don't let them get lost.
There are so many kids that go through the system that could have trauma from it and have a hard time getting used to a family because they don't know what a family is like. They have been through more then they should. Some may go to a foster home and they only want the money but others also have great success. They get moved from home to home and siblings get separated and they don't see each other. People adopt babies or young kids before they adopt teens. Some of the teens don't go to high school because they move so many times and they get held back for it too. "The NSAP collected information on the child's age at time of placement into the family who adopted them. Overall, 20 percent of children adopted from foster care were six years or older at the time of placement, 45 percent were under one year of age, and 35 percent were between the ages of one and "five years old."
Older children in the U.S. are not as likely to be adopted as younger children. The average age of the U.S. adopted children was about 6.3 years in 2012. For youth age 9 and older, the likelihood of being adopted drops significantly" there is more then that but that is just the basics.
by Delaney G.
{FUN FORMS} (Real) By Kai Nichol, 8th grade
Info: "Fun Forms" is a doc with a bunch of google forms on it. You can complete these forms when you are bored, looking for a debate, not paying attention in class... (I do not recommend doing these during class as you or others participating can get into trouble. Saturday detention anybody?) These forms are both short and long depending on which ones you choose. If one becomes really popular I can expand on that type!
Other info: In the "Sponsorships" area, are forms made by other people. If you would like a chance at *your* form being put there, send me (Kai Nichol) an email with the form's link and your grade (6th, 7th, 8th, teacher).
Try and survive the 12 Nights of Terror and read these stories!!! Start Reading October 22!!!
What Scares you the Most??? Tell me So I can Scare You Here
Halloween party games By Riley C.
Mystery
A fun game to play with anyone. Everyone pulls a card out of a hat, all of them except one say "not guilty." The person who pulls a card that says "guilty" has to sneak around the house tapping people on the head to make them out of the game. But they have to wait 30 seconds before tapping another person. All of the not guilty people have to use their detective skills and try to find out who the tapper is. If the tapper manages to tap everyone then they win, but if the innocents manage to find out the tapper then they win.
Bobbing for apples
An easy and fun game to set up. Get a big Tupperware container and fill up with water buy apples from the store and a rope to tie up peoples hands. Have everyone try to pull apples out of the tub with just their mouth.
Mystery bags
Buy paper bags from the store then label "witches eyes, brains, organs, human skin or mummy wrappings" on each bag. For witches eyes put wet grapes in the bag. For brains put cold spaghetti in the bag, For organs put mashed up fruit snacks, For mummy wrappings put toilet paper in the bag, and human skin put fruit by the foot in the bag. Then have the people put their hands in with a blindfold on and try to guess what's in the bag.
Haunted escape room
Hang up spooky string lights around the house then turn off the lights. Hide behind corners with creepy costumes on then when people walk by jump out and scare them. Put clues in each room then have them piece together all of the clues to escape the haunted house in time.
Witch Hat Ring Toss
Get some witch hats from the store and circle shaped diving rings. Lay the witch hats on the floor and try to toss the diving rings on to the witch hats. Whoever gets the most on the hat gets a prize.
Doughnuts on a string
An amusing game that always makes for lots of laughs and funny photos. Put a long string across two walls then attach doughnuts to the string. Tie peoples hands behind their backs then try to eat the doughnuts.
Events
Farmer's Market - Tuesdays & Saturdays, 8:00am - 1:00pm, May - September, Saturdays only in October
Domestic Violence Candlelight Vigil - TBD
Autumn Drive -October 14-16, 2022
Family Health Partnership Clinic - Care 4 Breast Cancer Walk & 5K - Sunday, October 16th, 2022
Witches and Wizard of Woodstock - Sunday, October 23, 2022
Pumpkin Carving Contest - Drop off by 4:00pm, Park in the Square, October 31st
Halloween on the Square - 4:15-5:00pm, October 31st
Neighborhood Trick or Treating - 4:00-7:00pm, October 31st
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