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Junior High Cheerleading Schedule

Date	Opponent	Boys/Girls
Tues Nov 13	Woodbine	Boys
Thurs Nov 29	Schleswig	Girls
Mon Dec 3	ArWeVa	Girls
Tues Dec 11	Woodbine	Girls
Thurs Jan 3	IKM	Boys
Tues Jan 8	West Harrison	Girls
Thurs Jan 10	Charter Oak-Ute	Girls
Tues Jan 15	Shelby County Catholic	Girls
Mon Jan 21	Manning	Girls
Min Jan 28	ArWeVa	Boys

MS Basketball home games are at 4:00 PM at the Dow City gym
Students will need to sign-up for the shuttle bus.

This Friday

Hey Squad, Coach Pete asked me to remember to focus a lot on the Cross Country Girls going to State Saturday at our pep rally this Friday!!!

Think Positive, it's better for you

The disparity between positive and pessimistic minds is especially prominent in areas of the brain that have been linked to depression. "The same areas that malfunction in depression are very active when people think about positive events," says Tali Sharot, a post-doctorate fellow at University College London, who conducted the research at New York University.

In the study, Sharot had subjects think about emotional events, both positive and negative, like winning an award or ending a romantic relationship. They did this for past events and those that could plausibly occur in the future, while their brains were being scanned in an MRI. Afterwards, subjects filled out a questionnaire that measured their level of optimism. What Sharot found was that when participants thought about positive future events, two regions of the brain became much more active than when they thought about negative events.

Read the whole article at Newsweek.com

Word from "Coach GigglePrincess"

Here's something that my friend Christina, the Cheer Coach at Lutheran High told me about the California fires- Thought I'd pass it along to anyone interested:

"The sky is dark, and the sun is very orange. We weren't allowed to practice outside today because the air is not good. All we can do is pray because although it seems like everything is working against the situation (number of fires, the winds), we know that with God ALL things are possible."

Fire Prayer Request

As you might imagine, since we used to teach at Los Angeles Lutheran Jr/Sr High School, My wife and I are very concerned about our many friends, former students and former colleagues in Southern California. Can you imagine 250,000 people in 7 counties having to be evacuated? An area the size of Washington DC has been burned. From Malibu to Mexico is effected- basically an area the size of South Carolina!

The Buckweed and Stevensen Ranch/Magic Fires have us the me worried. Especially after that wild accident in the I-5 tunnel last week. Basically these fires are each on opposite sides of the Santa Clarita Valley. We used to go to Church at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Canyon Country.

Breathing, driving, and if it comes to it- evacuating are a major dangers that our friends are facing- let alone the possibility of losing life, home, and property.
I was disappointed by the coverage on CNN, so I turned to a local TV station there, KTLA, they had a terrific link to an interactive map of the fires from Google.

Please, it's not just a bunch of rich celebrities in Malibu Canyon, it's real people all over Southern California. If these fires aren't contained soon, this could become LA and San Diego's Katrina.

Please pray that the Lord would protect the residents in the fire's path and that He would guard, protect, and guide the many firefighters, both professional and volunteer and the National Guardsmen and women who help too. Pray that the 70-100 mph winds would die down and that moisture would come so that the fires could be contained and put out.

Thank you.

Cheer this week

No practice this Thursday Oct 25. Since Maple Valley has their Parent/Teacher Conferences are Tuesday and Thursday, I need to take Grace to Dance at Sheri's & Julie's by 4:30.

I know that everybody's sick, but it would be awesome if we could practice everyday Mon, Tue, & Wed since it is the last game and the last rally. Although, as important as stunting might be to you all, be aware that Kensie's MD thinks she may have pulled something in her knee, which is why it caused her so much pain last Friday.

As you know, we need to finish painting the run through and plan a pep rally. Two things to keep in mind besides Seniors are;
It's Woodbine (you could enlist either ex-twiner Straight or Johnsen if you like) and if VB wins on Tuesday there may be post-seasonal pep rallies.

Oh NO! Football sason's almost over!

I just uploaded our team pictures to http://tmal.multiply.com/photos/album/69/0708_Football_Cheerleading
I will put ALL of those pictures, along with lots from the season onto CD's for you each next week. Hurry and download some or order prints from Multiply soon, because before too long, I will narrow them down to the best ones and then move them to my http://tmal.multiply.com/photos/album/26/Cheerleading_ with all of the older ones.

Thanks for being such a great squad,
Watch this space for details about basketball season tryouts.
Good luck everyone who's playing at the All State band competition in Atlantic this weekend.

Finalized Varsity Hoodie design

Unless there are any objections, I'll get on ordering these next week.

JrHI Tee idea

The only other thing I can really think of might be to get rid of the details on the shoes, so that it's just a completely white silhouettes, except maybe for the stripes on the skirt. Any input or ideas? Should it be purple ink on a black tee or black ink on a light purple tee or a gray one?

Tis the season!

Tee Shirt Design Idea

Okay,
Here is a tee shirt/ hoodie sweatshirt design idea.
Which color combination do you like best?

Coach