| When brothers Jim and Gene Schopf decided to take a few acres of the family farm and become young entrepreneurs, there is a good chance they never dreamed their vision would grow to such heights. When the two brothers took a few acres and created the Haunted hayride, it was just two young kids having fun. Fastforward to today, and you will see what USA Today voted the #1 Haunted attraction is the country which sees an average of 70,000 guests walk through its doors each year. This year marks the 25th anniversary of their opening, and on Saturday September 16, they opened their doors to the media for the annual media night. Private tent, catered dinner, VIP Scream Passes, the media was treated to a night of fun, and first hand view of this year's attractions. Field of Screams has something for everyone. Food, games, and a casual view of the brilliantly designed attractions awaits the non thrill seeker. For daylight family fun you can visit Corn Cob Acres where children under 12 years old can mine for gems, go on a hayride, explore treehouses, and go on a goat walk. Take in the beautiful landscape, and spend an afternoon with the family. When the sun sets, the real terror begins. You can visit each of the four main attractions including the Haunted Hayride, Den of Darkness, Frightmare Asylum, and Nocturnal Wasteland. Your senses will come alive, and your emotions will run wild as you navigate through each of these terrifying attractions. If this isn’t enough, visit Field of Screams on November 10 for the Extreme Blackout experience. For one night it will be darker, more intense, and hands-on! Be very afraid! Ticket prices vary. For $37 you can purchase the Scream Pass, which covers all 4 attractions. $36 gets each guest into 3 attractions, while $32 allows each visitor to select 2 attractions. Field of Screams also creates fun events in the name of charity. For example on November 11 they will host the 5th Annual Zombie Fun Run. With both a daytime and a night race, the community can come out for a little fun and exercise and help raise money for the PA Breast Cancer Coalition. Head to fieldofscreams.com for all the info. It is definitely worth the visit. |
The field hockey team continued their impressive season with a statement win over Lancaster Mennonite last evening. The Vikings used stellar defense, and speed up front to keep the Blazer at bay for the majority of the game. With six minutes left in the first half, the Vikings executed several pinpoint passes to move the ball down the field before Carrie Shuey found the back of the cage to give the Vikings the only goal they would need. Halfway through the second half, Mennonite forced several corner opportunities, only to be met by a wall of Viking defenders. After several superb saves by senior goalie Hannah Whitman, the Viking defense of Addison Wallace, McKenna Zohn, and Grace Miller refused to allow the Blazers to breach the circle. The offense forced the ball down field and controlled the tempo as time ran out. Midfielder Emma Kelliher fed the ball to the front line which included Shuey, Sydney Mengel, Erin Krieger, and Ellie Wallace. According to Coach Sowers this marked the first time the Vikings have defeated Lancaster Mennonite in “at least 8 years.” NL continues their 4-game week today at Tulpehocken at 4:00 pm. The Belron is pleased to bring a new feature to our readers; “Dog Of the Week”. Having the pleasure of being our very first featured dog is Kuddles, a Jug owned by Kobey Heberling. Kuddles is a mix between a Pug and a Jack Russell. Her father, Kodiak is a full bred Pug and her mother, Kozy is also a Jug. Kuddles is 9 years old and will celebrate her 10th birthday on May 25 alongside her brother Katchu. Kuddles is the middle dog in the the family, Katchu is the oldest sibling and she has a little sister Khloe. Kuddles spends most of her time sleeping and being lazy and her favorite things are belly rubs and going for walks. She has gotten the nickname of “Kuddles Wuddles” over the years because she always like to cuddle with you whenever possible. While Kuddles is not a very loud and obnoxious dog, she does have a very loud bark when she feels the need for attention. She will sometimes happily scratch your face until you pet her if she feels she’s being ignored. Want your dog featured in NL Belron's "Dog of the Week"? Send a picture and small blurb about your paws-itively awesome dog to [email protected] Emily Nichols Belron Staff Writer “I DIDN’T INVENT FORENSIC SCIENCE OR MEDICINE. I JUST WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO REALISE HOW INTERESTING IT IS”- PATRICA CORNWELL If you ever wanted to be a forensic scientist then Mrs. Smith’s class is the place to be. Mrs. Smith has been teaching at Northern Lebanon for thirty-two years, having started in fall of 1985. She didn’t always want to be a teacher however. When she first went to college she was a pre-med student, then changed over to teaching. After she graduated from North Pocono high school, she went on to receive her Bachelor's at the University of Scranton, and her Master’s at Shippensburg University. Her education professor influenced her to become a teacher. She decided to teach forensic science because she always had a passion for mysteries. Mrs. Smith is also in charge of the sound team for the Northern Lebanon musical and is “self-appointed teacher leader for hallway decorations.” She also likes to do arts and crafts and is in the process of redecorating her house. If she could have one superpower she would want to be able to move at the speed of light. “I always move so slow”-Mrs Smith. If you ever need help in one of Mrs. Smith’s classes the best time to come down is right after school, just make sure Mrs. Smith knows your coming. She hopes her students walk away from her class with the love of learning and knowing that science is cool. Her word of advice for the graduating class of 2018 is to work hard... it WILL pay off! Mrs. Smith hopes to one day visit Scotland to see her family, and Ireland to visit O’Hara Castle. O’Hara happens to be Mrs. Smith’s maiden name, so maybe she’ll find some royal family there. If Mrs. Smith wasn’t a teacher, she would want to run an arts and crafts store. Mrs. Smith said if she was one inch tall and stuck in a blender she would “body surf my way to the top.” Thanks for taking the time to talk with us Mrs. Smith. Have a great year! Baylee Moyer
Belron Staff Writer The past few week saw Americans brace themselves for the impact of three major hurricanes. Although we are in peak hurricane season, the likes of these three are unparalleled. On August 25, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. With wind speeds well over 130 mph, Hurricane Harvey was classified as a category 4 hurricane. Harvey dropped 49.2 inches of rain in Mary’s Creek in Texas and left many resident fighting to save lives. It hit Houston late on Friday, August 25th. Shortly after Harvey began to slow Hurricane Irma began making its way to the Caribbean, Cuba, and Florida with a boom just this weekend but has now weakened into a tropical storm. Irma hit Jacksonville with record flooding on Monday, September 11. When Irma made landfall, it marked the first time two Atlantic category 4 storms have occurred in the same year. Pennsylvania will not see a tremendous impact from Irma other than rain. The two storms left a path of destruction with repair costs in the billions. It is estimated that Harvey and Irma combined will cost approximately $300 billion. President Trump said that he will be donating 1 million dollars of his own money to 12 various charities. The money for repair is going to come from donations and insurance, although it is said many Texas residents impacted by harvey were without flood insurance. Large numbers of volunteers have made the trip to assist in clean up. Several local members of the National Guard have also recently been deployed to assist. Harvey has a death toll of 70 people and Irma has one of 24 people. Now, the east coast is waiting on a category 3 hurricane to arrive. Writers for the Washington Post state that Hurricane Jose is a few hundred miles away from Puerto Rico and has winds of 120 mph. Keep an eye out. Michael Burt Belron Staff Writer Andrés Muschietti’s new movie “IT” has arrived to theaters this weekend. In time for the Halloween season, IT is the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s book of the same name. Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Wyatt Oleff star as the kids of Derry, a town that has 6 times the death rate of a normal town. Every 27 years, IT comes out to terrorize the town, taking with him children of Derry. When Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) goes missing, it’s up to the gang of kids to band together and search for him. IT has had many interpretations of the years. Andrés Muschietti’s version has done the best critically of any interpretation so far, scoring an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.2/10 on imdb. “IT” has also done extremely well at the box office, making $117 million in total gross (same as Spiderman Homecoming), “IT” is on its way to being a major money maker. “IT”, praised for its great score, characters, and overall scale factor, is a must see for anyone looking to get in the Halloween mood; if you can handle it! Kobey Heberling Belron Staff Writer On Sept. 5, 2017 President Donald Trump took the first step to ending a program that gave protection from deportation to young adults who came to the U.S illegally as children. The program known as DACA or Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals protects approximately 800,000 mostly young adults also known as DREAMers from deportation and allows them to work legally in the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the decision to end the program on Tuesday, calling the program unconstitutional and “unilateral executive amnesty”. The Justice Department had informed Trump that they would not defend the Obama - era program in court after Republican Attorney General’s from 10 different states had sued the Trump Administration to end the program by September 5th. The program will now begin a six month period of winding down starting with no new applicants being accepted into the program effective immediately. For those whose permits expire in the sometime between now and March 5, 2018 they have until October 5th to reapply. President Trump has since tweeted on the topic multiple times since the decision was made on Tuesday. He called on Congress to pass a legislative solution before the six month period was over while also adding that he would revisit the issue if Congress has not addressed the problem by the deadline. He also tweeted - at the urging of House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi to reassure those that no deportations would be happening of DREAMers during the six month period. The response from President Obama, lawmakers, and Immigration groups was swift and furious. President Obama called the move “cruel” and “self defeating”, while also calling the move a “ political decision” that wasn’t required legally. Senator John McCain from Arizona called the move “unacceptable”, while other republicans including Florida Senator Marco Rubio and and Rep. Scott Taylor both called on congress to pass a legislative solution. House Minority Leader called the move “ act of political cowardice”, the 2016 Democratic nominee for Vice President, Senator Tim Kaine called the move “heartless”. The ACLU called the move “a cruel day for DREAMers, our families and all Americans” while also adding there is no humane way to end the program before having a legislative solution in place . Victoria Heverling
Belron Staff Writer Sept. 7, the community came together for the annual Northern Lebanon Community Pep Rally in order to welcome the fall sports teams. Each team’s players and coaches made stands to help raise funds for their team. Some stands consisted of baked goods and t-shirts while others were games with chances to win prizes. Exciting!!. The cheerleaders stood at the entrance welcoming all the guests into the football stadium where the people met up and walked around checking out all the stands. The soccer team set up a shot-on-goal game, the football team had a throwing game where you could win an actual football jersey. (Give me one, please!!). At 7 p.m. the community was introduced to the NL fall teams for 2017 while the cheerleaders cheered them on, doing a few cheers for the teams and raising some school spirit for the beginning of what will be an amazing year. After the last team was introduced everyone was able to enjoy the rest of the night chatting with friends, buying good treats to eat (yum), and winning prizes. The night came to a nice close and an excellent start to the year. (totally dude). Best of luck to all of our fall teams! |
october teachers of the month Kris Miller is an Algebra I and Honors Geometry teacher from Quentin, PA. He is involved in extracurricular activities at NL and loves sports. Mr. Miller went to Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster and later went to Lebanon Valley College and received his Masters Degree at Millersville University. He has been teaching for 7 years at Northern Lebanon. Mr. Miller teaches Algebra I and Honors Geometry in room 40, and is accompanied this semester by student teacher Mr. De La Ronde from Lebanon Valley College. He offers tutoring in his room from Monday to Thursday after school from 2:30 until 3 PM. Mr. Miller is involved in extracurricular activities at NL. He is an assistant coach for the varsity football team and head coach for the junior high wrestling team. Mr. Miller is also a freshman class advisor along with Mr. Beidler. Outside school, Mr. Miller also enjoys golfing. He often visits his family’s cabin and loves to play with his two daughters, Breana and Reagan. Breana is 3.5 years old and Reagan is just 7 months. Mr. Miller’s wife, Steph, is a nurse at Hershey Medical center. He also has one younger sister named Alicia. Mr. Miller’s favorite movie is “Rudy”, a football movie by David Anspaugh, and his favorite book is Tuesday’s with Morrie by MItch Albom, a memoir. When asked about his growth as a teacher, Mr. Miller said, “I have spent a lot of time trying to make my math class more engaging through the use of hands-on activities and the use of technology.”
Mr. Jack Beidler is the 10th grade world history teacher. He is from Annville, but now lives in Fredericksburg. Mr.Beidler has been teaching for 19 years at Northern Lebanon. Mr. Beidler teaches 10th grade World History in room 15. Tutoring is available after school if you ask him. Mr. Beidler does not currently have a student teacher, but has had about seven in past years. Mr. Beidler has been involved in extracurricular activities at NL. Currently he is a 9th grade class advisor. He is also a former head football coach at NL. Mr. Beidler also coaches football at Lebanon Valley College. His hobbies include playing football, watching the Hershey Bears hockey team, and The Washington Capitals. Mr. Beidler’s favorite movie is “Remember the Titans”, another football-based movie by Boaz Yakin. His favorite book is The Art of Smart Football, an analytic and strategic book studying different football strategies, trends and plays, by Chris Brown. Mr. Beidler has four older brothers and two children, and all of their names start with the letter “J”. His two children are Jacob, 14, and Joseph, 12, and he is married to NL English teacher Julie Beidler. After 19 years teaching at Northern Lebanon, Mr. Beidler has learned that, “success breeds success”.
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