Volume 5 Issue 2 - Jackson-Milton Elementary School 5... · asking for Ugg boots and Sperry’s. Most boys this year wanted Nike’s and Vans. Another main Christmas present for 2012

The 2012 elec-

tion has ended, all

votes counted, Presi-

dent Barack Obama

has been elected for a

2nd term! The candi-

dates needed at least

270 electoral votes,

Obama won finishing

with a final count of

332 electoral votes to

Mitt Romney’s 206

electoral votes. This

was one of the closets

elections and was very

unforeseeable.

Since the elec-

tion in President

Obama’s speeches he

has said the best is yet

to come and he is ex-

tremely hopeful about

the future.

In his 2nd term

he has promised to

place a heavier tax on

the rich, reduce the

deficit, reform the tax

code, fix the immigra-

tion system and free

our country from for-

eign oil.

There are many

great things to come in

the next four years

with President Obama,

many people, even the

President all agree,

we’ve got more work

to do.

Election Results by Kristy Carson

Renewal Levy by Haley Markel

In November the Jack-son Milton Local School District proposed 2 levies. The first being an emergency levy for 2.9 mill and to cover operational ex-penses, and the second being a renewal levy for 4.9 mill. This levy would also be for opera-tional expense purposes and is an emergency levy as well. These operational expenses include,

personnel, utilities, educational supplies, computers, special edu-cation costs, and building up-keep.

Unfortunately, the 2.9 mill emergency levy failed losing by 40 votes and the 4.9 mill re-newal levy failed by a larger amount of votes. The renewal levy will be posted again on the May ballot for the community to

vote on.

This levy will not raise taxes and it will be for the same amount, 4.9 mill. Hopefully the community will vote in favor of this to give the Jackson Milton School system some extra funds to help keep learning at JM a fun and easy process for students.

Special points of

interest:

• Blue Jays raise

money for

needy families

in the

community

• JM Students

resolve to stay

safe, healthy,

and smart!

• Volleyball

District

Champions…

AGAIN!

The Jackson-Milton Journal

Volume 5, Issue 2

November 2012 - January 2013

Veterans Day

2

Kyle Maynard: Inspirational Speaker

4

Snow Safety 5

Senior Spotlight: Greta Frost

6

Sports 8

In Memory Donald “Doc” Patton

10

Yearbook 12

Inside this issue:

Food Systems, Turning Technolo-gies, comprehensive logistics, Packer Thomas, Humility of Mary Health Partners, PNC Bank, De-fense Finance and accounting Ser-vice in Cleveland, Farmers National Back, Seven Seventeen Credit Un-ion, and IRS Criminal Investigation were there to answer any questions students had.

In November the Jackson-

Milton School District put on the 9th

annual Veterans Day ceremony.

Every year the students, staff, public

and area veterans come together to

watch the ceremony and remember our

veterans who have served and are

serving.

During the ceremony the band

and choir perform and students do

readings to honor the veterans, this is

followed by a key note speaker, this

year’s key note speaker was Sarah

Lowry who was representing Senator

Sherrod Brown.

Following the key note

speaker a film is played in honor of the

student’s and staff’s family members

who are veterans. This event is one of

the most important things that the Jack-

son-Milton School District does and

everyone puts a lot of work into it both

the students and staff.

Jackson-Milton schools district Christmas presents. The money was also used to buy food for families in the area that are receiv-ing cancer treatment.

The people who have helped to raise the money to make this year’s Elf night happen are thanked greatly. The par-ents were so thankful for the opportunity to buy for their children. The donators were Jackson-Milton’s big four clubs; Student

Elf night is where parents whom have children in the Jackson-Milton schools get the opportunity to buy their children presents for Christmas if they are in

need of some financial help. The third an-nual elf night this past Christmas had col-lected to buy fifty seven children in the

Council, National Honors Society, SADD and Key Club. The teachers, administrators, staff, some local businesses and the First Federated Church and Princetown Church ministry also helped raise the money for this year’s Elf Night.

Elf Night really helped the Christ-mas spirit this year. This event is truly an amazing and a heart-filled act by and for the people in this area.

Business 20/20 by Mackenzie Ervin

Veteran’s Day by Kristy Carson

Blue Jay Elf Night by Leah Evick

Thursday, November 8th 2012. 8:30 am. Over 450 students from all over the Mahoning valley gather in the Chesnut room of Kil-cawley center on Y.S.U.’s William-son College of Business Admini-stration met with the students to give some insight on the various aspects of business offered there.

Guest speakers presented at varied times coming from partici-pating businesses such as; AVI

“It’s never too

early to begin

preparing for

your future.”

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volunteer, save money, and read more. Every year it seems that Americans make the same pledges, but hopefully 2013 will be a year of growth, prosper-ity, and people finally sticking to their resolutions.

Ian Dunlap is to not procrastinate. Ian shed some light on why he chose to pick such a resolution, “Procrastinating is every teen’s issue, but it is good to practice appropriate habits to gets your work done in a timely matter, espe-cially with me going to college in the fall.”

According to policymic.com, some of the top 2013 New Year’s Resolutions are as follows: Eat healthy and exercise regularly, learn something new, have a better work/life balance,

The top items that teenag-

ers wanted for Christmas in 2012

varied from electronics to clothing

and many more. The most wanted

item of this Christmas was the

iPhone, iPad, and other Apple prod-

ucts. Apple has been a huge success

ever since it began, especially dur-

ing the holidays.

The second most

wanted item for girls and boys were

shoes. A lot of girls this year were

asking for Ugg boots and Sperry’s.

Most boys this year wanted Nike’s

and Vans.

Another

main

Christmas

present for

2012 were

Northfaces.

These are

very common and have various col-

ors.

The majority of teenage

boys this year were asking for

Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Madden 13,

Dishonored, and too many to count.

Overall, this holiday season was

very successful and everyone got

what they wanted!

The students were finishing up

with Blue jay Elf Night going into 2013.

Students put together $10 each to make a

large profit to help needy families provide

their families with Christmas gifts. This was

very successful and SADD got the feeling

of giving this holiday season.

SADD (Students against Destruc-

tive Decisions) is one of many great organi-

zations that Jackson-Milton offers that al-

lows students to help out the community

and show a positive attitude. The president

of SADD is Colleen Maskerinec, the vice

president is Taylor Tharp, secretary is Jor-

dan Morelli, and treasurer is Olivia Wolfe.

The next event that took place

was a texting and driving meeting to discuss

the new laws of texting and driving. Officer

Saltsman was in charge of explaining. Stu-

dents who attended received extra credit.

SADD will be participating in many more

activities to benefit our Blue Jay commu-

nity.

New Year’s Resolutions by Rachael Rendessy

SADD by Makenzy Mascioli

Every year, millions of Ameri-cans and people all over the world de-cide that with each year comes a time to make new resolutions for a better self image. One of the top resolutions that people make annually is to lose weight. Even though people say that they are going to stick with it, they fail to get up early in the morning to work out or make the time to cook healthier meals.

Perhaps the main resolution for high school students such as senior

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All I want for Christmas… by Haley Markel and Makenzy Mascioli

the flu this year, there is a much more

powerful strain being reported.

Originating in Australia, this “super

flu” can remain on surfaces for days,

last for days longer, and lead to more

severe symptoms. Keeping surfaces

clean and disinfected, not handling

food for others while sick,

and washing

hands often will

also help to keep

this strand at

bay.

eat lots of fruits and vegetables be-

cause the vitamins in them will help

your immune system. Drink lots of liq-

uids to keep you hydrated. Take the

time to rest; your body needs all the

sleep it can get. If you can, get a flu

shot they can keep you healthier in the

winter. Get lots of exercise; your body

needs to exercise all year long.

These are just a few tips to

staying healthy in the winter months.

In addition to the standard strain of

Kyle Maynard

can be consid-

ered an idol, for

many he is.

Kyle was born

without arms or

legs, a disease

known as congenital amputation. Kyle tried

as much as possible to be as independent as

he could. His parents gave him no slack on

being normal and trying to do as much as he

could.

When Kyle turned 11 he wanted to

be a wrestler. As you could imagine, he’d

have some difficulties, right? Kyle started to

train and train no stop. When his first match

came around he lost and for several others he

did lose. But Kyle never lost his courage with

the help of his father. By the time Kyle

graduated school throughout all four years of

wrestling he won 36 varsity matches. Kyle

was, in fact so good; he defeated many state

qualifiers and champions. Kyle started

weight lifting and training at the same as of

wrestling. He was awarded the title of

“GNC’s World’s Strongest Teen” for bench-

ing 23 repeated 240 lbs. Kyle benched an

astounding 420 lbs. in 2009.

Kyle is now a motivational

speaker for many people and organizational

such as “Wounded Warriors” and grade

school. Within the last seven years he has

traveled to 5 continents for motivational

speaking. Kyle talks about what it’s like to

be him, how it was growing up, dealing with

bullies, and his book “No Excuses.” In his

book he gives kids and adults the hope and

faith that they can do whatever they want to

as long as they never give up and have no

excuses.

During the school year for Middle School and High School students, they are offered the chance to go to Youngstown State University for an extracurricular activity known as English Festival which takes place on April 17,18,19th while they are there they get to interact with students from the same grade who read the same books. 7th through 9th grade’s English festivals supervisor is the 9th grade English teacher Mrs. Morelli and for grades 10th through 12th the supervisor is the 12th grade English teacher Mrs. Yantes.

During the school year, working up till the day they go to YSU they read a minimum of 7 books. They get a different list of books each year, this year the books that

7th through 9th grade they have to read are Mississippi Trial, Get-ting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Athletic Shorts, King of the Mild Frontier, The Battle of Jericho, Fire from the Rock, Bronx Masquerade. The reading list for 10th through 12th grade is Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Deadline, King of the Mild Frontier, The Battle of Jericho, Copper Sun, Bronx Masquerade, and Dark Sons.

When they go to YSU they get to do different activi-ties having to do with the books they read and they get to meet authors! At the end of the day some people even earn ribbons for how they scored in the activities they did.

Staying healthy this winter by Jeffery Voland

Inspirational field trip...Kyle the Amazing by Tori Fox

English Festival by Katie Phillips

“If you can read this, thank

a teacher…”

~Anonymous

Staying healthy during the

winter months seems to be a prob-

lem among a lot of people. Some

people get really sick in the winter.

Of course if you get sick you can al-

ways see a doctor to get a prescrip-

tion, but I am going to give you some

tips on how to stay healthy during

the winter months.

First you should always wash

your hands after you use the bath-

room and before you eat. You should


also said that you must drive slow and

always look ahead of you. You must al-

ways break slowly before you turn. Last,

but not least, you should learn

how to control a skid. These

tips may just save your life so I

advise you take notes.

breaks on your car as well as decent

tires. When you drive you should also

keep an assured distance from the other

people driving around you (at least one

car length). Learning how to drive in the

snow could be essential for some. So it

might be wise to go get lessons if there

is a place near you.

According to Neil Dunlop, “In

extreme snow or ice, you should have

snow tires or chains on your tires.” He

With all the

recent, random acts

of shooting occur-

ring in the past year,

many are left to

wonder, do violent video games cause

aggression and are they the cause to

these senseless acts of terror?

According to an article by

MSN, Newtown, CT’s Sandyhook

shooter Adam Lanza stayed at home

with his mother where he played vio-

lent video games often. Adams favorite

game was a violent fantasy war game.

Lanza reportedly learned how to shoot

after his mother took him to a local

range.

Some believe it’s not the video

games or the kid’s childhood, but it’s the

child’s parents. Saying that the parents

should pay more attention to what the

kid is feeling and what they are getting

into.

There are a lot of opinions on

how video games effect peoples

thoughts and feelings. Also, there are

many studies and universities conduct-

ing tests to see if video games cause

aggression or violence in one’s life.

Studies have shown playing

violent games desensitizes the player

to violence. There is a direct correla-

tion between the aggressive behaviors

exhibited by young players and the

types of games they are playing. Video

games are meant to be entertaining,

just monitor the length of time spent

playing and keep adult games from

younger siblings.

Mr. Sowers who is the 9th and 10th grade science teacher,

he was also the winner of the compettion.

Other teachers who took part in this was the

10th grade American world history teacher Mrs. Reyes and

she is also the supervisor for prom committee. Others

include the health teacher Mrs. Hulett, the 10th and 11th

grade English teacher Mrs. Theis, the principal Mr. Vega

and also the 11th and 12th grade science teacher Mr. Mohr.

The Prom Commit-

tee raised money during the

Thanksgiving season by

having students, during their

lunches, put money in lunch

bags and vote on whose leg

looks most like a turkey leg.

One of the teachers who took part in this is

The students bet on their favorite turkey leg

by placing nickels, dimes, quarters or dollars in each

bag. If a student put in pennies that was a negative

vote for that photo. This is one of the many fundraisers

for Prom Committee. Other prom committee fundraisers

include selling candy, having bake sales and also having

the students pay a small fee to wear pajama pants all

week. Prom takes place on May 4th.

Safe Driving in snowy situations by Michael Guterwill

Teacher Turkey Legs! by Katie Phillips

Winter is the most dangerous

time of the year to drive. With snow and

ice covering the ground it becomes more

dangerous. It increases the chances of

wrecking your car and hurting someone

you love or a random stranger. Either

way you should check out these safety

tips to help increase your chances in

dominating winter:

When you start driving, it’s a

good idea to make sure you have good

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Do violent video games cause aggression? by Nate Kramer

http://www.edmunds.com/how-to/how-to-

drive-in-the-snow.html

All in all Ski club can be quite

an experience.

they can’t get with sledding.” On Satur-

days the students take a school bus up

to Brandywine Ski Resort. It’s about an

hour and 20 minute drive.

Brandywine is made up of one

big mountain split up into 14 paths

divided into difficulty levels of easy,

medium and expert. If it doesn’t snow

at Brandywine then they either make

fake snow or the trip gets rescheduled

to the following Saturday.

Every issue, the Jackson-Milton Journal

selects one lucky senior who exemplifies the perfect

student. This issue, we have selected Miss Greta

Frost. Everyone who knows Greta recognizes that she

puts 110% in everything that she does. Through

school, sports, work, and other extra-curricular activi-

ties, she has molded into a quite amazing young

woman.

When asked how she manages to balance

all of these she simply responded, “I just see what

everyday has to bring and I do what I have to do to

try to be successful and have fun at the same time.”

Although this may seem very challenging

to many, it comes very naturally to Greta. Over the

years she has been involved in a variety of school

and out of school activities. All of her activities

include: 4-H (10 years) where she served as secre-

tary, treasurer, and reporter for her club, Mahoning

County Junior Fair Board (4 years) where she served

as secretary, Key Club (4 years) where she spear-

headed The Christmas Box, Cupcakes for Cancer, and

Teens for Jeans. She has also been an active member

of Speech and Debate and Drama Club for 4 years

each. Greta also served on student council for 3 years

as co-president, secretary, and senior class vice

president. For 3 years each she has participated in

choir, The Youngstown State University English

Festival, and S.A.D.D. Frost is also the president of

National Honor Society for which she has been in for

2 years. Currently she is the editor of the Jackson-

Milton yearbook (2 years), homecoming committee (2

years), teen leadership board (2 years), prom commit-

tee (1 year), and lastly she was active in 2012

Organizing for America Campaign.

Sports have also played a pertinent role

in Greta’s life. She shed some light on how sports

have changed her for the better, “Sports especially

cross country have helped me to learn the true

meaning of hard work and determination. I learned to

team attends and so far they have

done 9. The team’s motto is “little

victories” because they get small

victories along the way but they

are happy with the accomplish-

ments they have made.

Greta Frost has earned a

5th place trophy and at that same

meet, Brooke Bigelow advanced

The Jackson-Milton

Speech and Debate Team,

coached by Mrs. Yantes, have had

a fairly good season thus far. The

speech team has 5 members and

they are, Rachael Jenkins, Aurora

Shaefer, Brooke Bigelow, Greta

Frost and Erin Keich.

There are 10 meets the

to semi finals. Rachael Jenkins also

earned a trophy for 6th place rank-

ing. The speech team is prepping

for districts to try and advance to

finals and state contest.

Good luck Speech Team at Dis-

tricts and State!

Ski Club by Michael Guterwill

*Senior Spotlight:

Speech by Haley Markel

Ski Club is an opportunity for

teens in school to learn how to snow

board or ski. Ski club is offered at Jack-

son-Milton for students in the high

school. The cost for Ski Club is

$200.00 which includes ski rentals and

the lift tickets. It also comes with ski-

ing or snowboarding lessons.

According to Mr. Domino, “It

is expensive but I believe it’s worth it

because it gives the kids an experience


tian, Wednesday,

October 31 at 7:30

p.m. at Solon high

school.

Congratula-

tions to Erica Hughes

on getting her 1000th

kill!

Jackson-Milton is

proud of the Lady Jays and all

they have accomplished this

season.

never give up even

when things start

to get difficult and

that all the hard

work will be worth

it in the end.”

She has

participated in

track (4 year letter

winner), was the

field MVP for track,

cross country (3

year letter winner, captain award, and two coaches

awards), soccer (3 year letter winner and head captain),

and basketball (1 year letter winner).

Senior Ian Dunlap shared a little bit about

how he felt about fellow classmate and friend Greta

Frost, “I find Greta to be a very insightful and intelli-

gent person with excellent leadership qualities.”

Fellow speechie Brooke Bigelow also added,

“She is cool, a nice person, and excels in everything

she does.”

Greta has also received quite a few major

awards. A couple are as follows; Jackson-Milton repre-

sentative for YWCA Women with a Bright Future Pro-

gram, DeBartolo Scholar Athlete of the Week, and a

Jackson-Milton representative at the Franklin B. Walter

All-Scholastic Award Competition.

Greta’s future plans consist of attending

college and majoring in political science. Someday she

hopes to work for the United Nations. When asked what

she will be doing ten years down the road she re-

sponded, “I will be working on Capitol Hill in Washing-

ton D.C. hopefully planning a trip overseas with the

United Nations.”

Here at JM, we know that in whatever

Greta Frost puts her mind to, she will succeed and

achieve her goals and aspirations. Good luck Greta!

razors, shaving cream, winter hats and

gloves, and other necessary items. This

event helped out many children and peo-

ple of all ages this holiday season.

The Key Club is also holding a

“Jeans for Teens” drive until February

10th. The point of this drive is to provide

needy kids with jeans for the year. Eve-

The 2012-2013 Jackson-Milton

Key Club has been very successful this

year. The Key Club advisor, Ms. Amen-

dolara, had planned many events thus

far. One of the many events was putting

together ‘care packages’ for the less

fortunate. These boxes were filled up

with toothpaste, toothbrushes, socks,

ryone has an old pair of jeans they

don’t wear that they can donate. The

next event for Key Club will be the

Bluejay 5k run/walk. This information

will be coming in March. The JM Key

Club will be doing many more things to

help out the community in a positive

way.

Volleyball District Champions

Key Club by Makenzy Mascioli

Jackson-Milton defeated

Wellsville in four games, 25-12, 25-16,

19-25, 25-9.

Erica Hughes led the way for

the Blue Jays with 26 kills, while

Maddy Tomaino and Rachael Obrado-

vich each had 17 points. Paije Kiraly

helped out her teammates with 30

assists.

Jackson-Milton wins the Divi-

sion IV district finals.

The Blue Jays played the win-

ner of VASJ and Kidron Central Chris-

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Greta Frost* by Rachael Rendessy

They only have one new wrestler this year, Bryan Gordon who has been doing well. All other freshman wrestled in mid-dle school, and sophomore and juniors all wrestled on the team last year. Jackson-Milton boys wrestled at a 26 team tourna-

ment in Solon where Mitch Tikkanen placed 8th in his weight class and also Corley Lamb 8th in his weight class. There were many other wins but no other placing. Students also wrestled at Hudson in an 18 team tournament. Few placed including Mitch Tikkanen and Terry Stockton in 5th, and Corley Lamb in 6th, a hand full of other students won as well but did not place.

The girls have been doing amazing this year in basketball. Their game against Crestview had been a chill-ing game, but luckily they pulled through with the win of 43-40. They did a fantastic job not giving up in the last

minutes of the game.

The seniors that play are Brit Schnellbach, Paije Kiraly Zaina Sahli, and Maggie Oblinger. They are all Varsity players. The juniors are Maddie Tomaino, Becca Jones, and Gabby Tharp. Both Maddie and Becca play Varsity and Gabby plays both Var-sity and Junior Var-sity.

The sophomores are Sam LaRose, Sammie Oblinger and Melanie Westfall.

The freshmen are: Natalie Su-sor, Sam Mansfield, Courtney Macphee,

Olivia Wolfe and Ashley Westfall.

All of the players, both Var-sity and Junior Varsity are hard work-ing players. The team is filled with Jackson-Milton’s best.

Wrestling by Victoria Butcher

Girls Basketball by Tori Fox

The 2012-2013 wrestling team had their annual preview on November 19. They have a current score of 1-1. Winning at Brookfield but losing at Po-land. This year they have 25 wrestlers and one returning senior, Adam Jeffries.


A “Thank You” to all those who volunteered on January 5th. The team had a successful annual wrestling tournament sponsored by Johnny’s Excavating. The sponsors of each weight class, including Ted Schmidt, Vinnie Pizzato, and many other generous donors are all Jackson-Milton graduates. A thank you goes out to all the sponsors. As a team Jackson Milton came in 3rd place with 157 total points, Gi-rard in 2nd with 159 ½ and Cardinal in 1st with 160 total points. Mitch Tikkanen took first place, Terry Stockton and Adam Jeffries both took second place, many others also placed.

Team Captain

Senior

Adam Jeffries

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that athletes will be able to stay in

shape during the off-season and

define your skills for the regular

season.

Right now the indoor track

program is just a club because it is

not mandated by OHSAA but

hopefully in the next twenty years

it will be a varsity sport.

Some may wonder,

“What’s the difference between

indoor track and regular track,

besides it being indoors?” The

meets are exactly the same ex-

cept for it being indoors and at a

college. The meets are usually

held at either smaller division

three colleges like Kent State or

bigger division one colleges like

Ohio State.

Some other larger schools

in the area have indoor track pro-

grams. These include Austintown

and Boardman, along with some

smaller schools like Lordstown.

Some benefits of indoor track are

The basketball team had very high

expectations to start the season. The young

team has started off very slowly though.

With only having two seniors this year on

the team, which are Brandon Mitchell (B-

Mitch) and Chuckie Anderson, the team is

playing juniors and sophomores.

The team is 1 and 10 after 11

games with their only win coming over

Southington. They have been close in a lot

of the games and not so close in a few

games. With the second half of the season

coming up the Bluejays hope to finish their

season with a lot more wins. They feel they

can beat a lot of the teams out there.

With a shooting percentage of

below 30% as a team it is hard to win.

They are hoping to boost that percentage to

over 40% and win more games. Coach

Nagy and Coach Clark stress playing

good defense and getting good shots.

The team works to get a good shot but

they can’t seem to finish. Hopefully

they can turn things around before tour-

naments come. So,

how will the Jays finish

their season? Will they

finish with more wins?

Will they make a run in

the postseason tourna-

ment?

Find out in the next

issue...

Indoor Track by Nate Kramer

This year at Jackson-Milton

the winter athletic program intro-

duced a new sport, indoor track.

Nearly twenty kids came out to

participate in indoor track includ-

ing lifting, running, and just work-

ing out. Some different workouts

include ab workouts that are usu-

ally ten minutes long. They work

the upper, lower and side abs.

The team also does light running

and interval workouts. The prac-

tices are usually three days a

week and a half hour each day.

The practices are just like regular

track practices, outside on the

track.

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Boys Basketball by Jeffery Voland SENIORS


“A Prayer” by Max Ehrmann

Let me do my work each day; and if

the darkened hours of despair over-

come me, may I not forget the

strength that comforted me in the

desolation of other times.

May I still remember the bright hours

that found me walking over the silent

hills of my childhood, or dreaming on

the margin of a quiet river, when a

light glowed within me, and I prom-

ised my early God to have courage

amid the tempests of the changing

years.

Spare me from bitterness and from

the sharp passions of unguarded

moments. May I not forget that pov-

erty and riches are of the spirit.

Though the world knows me not, may

my thoughts and actions be such as

shall keep me friendly with myself.

Lift up my eyes from the earth, and

let me not forget the uses of the stars.

Forbid that I should judge others lest

I condemn myself.

Let me not follow the clamor of the

world, but walk calmly in my path.

Give me a few friends who will love

me for what I am; and keep ever

burning before my vagrant steps the

kindly light of hope.

And though age and infirmity over-

take me, and I come not within sight

of the castle of my dreams, teach me

still to be thankful for life, and for

time's olden memories that are good

and sweet; and may the evening's

twilight find me gentle still.

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(Front Row L to R) Bill Radke,

George Martinovich, Bruce Fisher,

Glenn Handwork, Joe Keizle, Joe

Wilson (Back Row L to R) Bill Pat-

ton, Stan Fenton, Don Patton, Tom

Yochman, Bob Wilson, Dick Jones,

and Coach John Massaro

Mr. Donald “Doc” Patton, will fondly be remembered as #1 Blue Jay Fan by all of those whose

lives he touched at Jackson-Milton High School. Always present at JM sporting events to support the

student athletes, offer his words of wisdom, and lead the student body in the Blue Jay Victory cheer. His

positive attitude and love of life has had a major impact on all who had the privilege to know him.

Doc's love of sports originated in high school as part of a six-man football team (pictured

above) and continued throughout his life. He was named to the Jackson-Milton Hall of Fame in 1990. At

the age of 54, Mr. Patton was awarded MVP at a baseball tournament and his success didn't end there.

At the age of 70, he won the State foul shooting competition in the Northeast Ohio Senior Olympics.

Father, grandfather, soldier, teammate, friend, coach, mentor, and #1 Fan are just a few of the

many hats worn by Donald Patton. He was honored to personally award the Billy Patton Memorial Tro-

phy to the most outstanding male athlete at the annual JM Spring Sports Banquet in memory of his

brother. Jackson-Milton High School is honored to dedicate these pages in memory of a man whose

love for his community will continue to impact generations of students, athletes, and educators for

years to come.

Don Patton Gymnasium

dedicated in 2010

New Building

Don Patton Gymnasium

dedicated in 2003

Original Building

Above: Standing in recognition of his enlistment to the US Naval Reserve serving as Seaman, V-6 at the annual JM Veteran's Day Assembly

Pictured above and below: Awarding the annual scholar-ships to de-serving gradu-ates

TRADITION Leading the gradua-tion class in their final Blue Jay cheer as stu-dents of Jackson-Milton

Pictured left: Celebrating the Trophy Game win against Western Reserve Pictured right: Senior's Last Lap

The Blue Jays six-man foot-

ball squad of Jackson-Milton

High School in 1943

If you’re looking for a book to read, and you’re into the mystery types there is a book by Karen Marie Moning. She is an outstanding author and this book is great, it’s really inter-esting.

A girl named MacKayla Lane lives in Ashford Geor-gia, 21 years old. Her life is pretty normal, she works at a diner and is going to college and has a sister that is like her best friend. Until that is she receives a voicemail from her sister Alina during her visit to Ireland. She thought her sister had told her everything, but apparently not. Alina leaves a terrifying and mysterious message, only in time to find out that she had been murdered.

Her family, in such grief and the police not doing anymore searching, MacKayla heads to Ireland in search of her sister’s murderer. She does no plan on leaving till she fined him and shows him remorse. Searching for answers, MacKalya is faced with an even greater challenge yet; staying alive long enough to master a power she had no idea she possessed. Now with this dark force intruding in on her life finding her sister is not as easy as she had hoped. At times she wants to give up and go home, but she knows that, that isn’t possible now. She has a new life, she has changed and she needs to finish what she came to Ireland for… Even if it kills her.

raphy, and page layout. Each student is re-

quired to take on two of these tasks in order to

be graded for the nine weeks.

Firstly, the advertising is a key

component in making the yearbook possible.

Without sponsors, the costs to make or even

sell the book would be sky high. It is these

individual’s job to go to local companies or

businesses to find these sponsors. It is also

vital to find new companies as well.

Next is the copy packaging. Some

may not understand what this entails, but it

means that they are the ones who write the

article for the page. This means that the copy

packager must attend the event for which they

must write.

Photography is perhaps the most

important element in the yearbook. Without

the photos, there would be no yearbook. This

At the end of every year, students

order their school yearbook in order to pre-

serve the fond memories that were made that

year. What people do not realize is all the

hard work that goes into making the year-

book possible.

The yearbook staff has gained a

great deal of technology this year to help

them on their mission: a green screen, iPads,

cameras, and editing software to name a few.

There is even a way students, teachers, and

parents can share photos for consideration for

the yearbook. They can upload directly from

their smart phone using the HJYearbook app,

or use a web site to upload directly from

your computers.

At the beginning of the school year,

yearbook class is broken down into certain

groups; advertising, copy packages, photog-

also means that a lot of out of classroom work

comes along with the job as well.

Lastly is the actual page layout. This

takes a lot of creativity in order to create a year-

book that people will want to purchase and look

through. If you do not have the ingenuity to do

so, then this may not be the right portion of the

yearbook for you.

It does not matter that you may not be

the best at page layout, but you could possibly

be a wonderful salesman. So remember that

when working on the yearbook, there is always

something to do. As you can see, a yearbook is

not all that easy. If one member of the team

does not do their job, then the whole mission

can fail. It is definitely a make or break situa-

tion. So if you think you have what it takes to

be a member of yearbook, join the crew, we

would love to have you!

Yearbook by Rachael Rendessy

Book Review by Leah Evick

There is finally an APP for There is finally an APP for There is finally an APP for There is finally an APP for

THAT!THAT!THAT!THAT!

Students, parents, and teach-

ers now have the ability to

share their pictures of student

and school activities for

publishing consideration!

iPhone and Android APPs are available at the APP store

for free! HJ eShare or you can logon with your computer

at http://www.hjeshare.com to share your amazing

pictures...

An instructional PDF is available on the Jackson-Milton

web site under links and downloads. The APP or web

site will prompt you for a code:

Jackson-Milton High School code: jacksonmilton

Jackson-Milton Middle School code: jmms

Send your

pictures in today!

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