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Volume 3, Issue 7 October 28, 2005
Witness to a stick-up! By Leticia Heredia On the evening of Friday October 14, I was working in Video Lupita’s, a Mexican store on East Avenue. It got to be around 8:00 pm and two guys came in. I thought they were kind of weird because one of them had his cap all the way to the middle of his face. I could not see his eyes and he was wearing winter gloves without a jacket. The other one had a jacket on, but I didn’t see any gloves. They went to the fridge to get some juices and then they came up to the counter to pay. When I opened the cash register I saw one of the men running towards me with a gun and his face was covered with nylon. The first thing I heard him say was, “Give me all the money you got.” I got really scared and I started crying. I told him, “Please don’t take the money.” The man didn’t even have a bag for the money so he started to put all of the money in his pants! He set the gun down while he was stuffing his pants. I thought to myself, “I should grab the gun or else he is going to shoot me.” I grabbed the gun and pointed the gun at him. I told him, “Leave all the money!” (Continued à)	Video Lupita – Site of a recent robbery The man pushed me back and we wrestled for the gun. That is when I felt his gloves on my lips. He told me not to scream while covering my mouth. My boss came out when he heard all the commotion and the man ran out of the store. I pushed the alarm and my boss called the police. The police got there fast and started to ask me what the robbers looked like. I told them all I could remember. Then the neighbor came in and told the police what the car looked like. The neighbor went with the police and about ten minutes the alleged thieves were caught. Later, I got to see the whole thing on video. It was scary and I still feel fear for my life. My boss and I went to the police station to declare what had happened. The investigator told me that I was very brave because I held the gun. But the investigator also said not to grab the gun if it ever happens again. (Continued on page 2)

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Witness to a stick-up Continued from page 1 The following information later came out in the Worthington Globe. Jairon Wilfredo Sandoval Lopez, 21 of Sioux Falls SD was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery. Also arrested was Jeni Lynn Garcia, 25 of Sioux Falls, and a 17 year old juvenile male also from South Dakota. They made their first court appearance on October 25, 2005. I feel so happy now that the cops caught the robbers and hopefully they will be spending a long time in jail.
The ALC Insider turns two years old The ALC Insider, quite possibly the best on-line student newspaper in the State of Minnesota, turns two years old this week.  What began as a vague idea back in 2003 has turned into a vibrant weekly publication with 63 back issues, containing nearly 400 pages of student-written text, currently available on-line. Student newspapers were once commonplace throughout Minnesota high schools.  However, printing/publication costs drove most such newspapers out of business in the 1990s.  When web-publishing was made available to the Worthington Area Learning Center (ALC), staff and students asked, "Why not publish a newspaper on-line?"  The total cost for two years of on-line newspaper publication has been precisely zero.  That's right, The ALC Insider has not cost District 518 one cent! District 518 provided four hours of webpage training to Insider advisor Ray Lowry back in 2003. That got the process started. District computer-guy Tom Ahlberg also helped a lot. Other expertise and advice for putting together The ALC Insider was provided by the American Association of Newspaper Editors (AANE).   They have also assisted seven other Minnesota school newspapers in their efforts to go on-line. You can read any of these schools' publications by clicking on the AANE's site below, then tell us if The Worthington ALC Insider is not the best on-line newspaper in the state. Click to read other on-line papers…

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ALC Myth Busters Ye Old Dayton House By Shanna Dehning The Dayton House is a historical landmark in the town of Worthington. Although it is beautiful, huge and attracts a lot of attention, not everyone knows just what went on with the owner George Dayton, and why the house was left as a relic in the town of Worthington. The myth for this house is that George Dayton, a man looking for new opportunity, came to Worthington and started a general store. The store was not so popular, and needless to say the revenue wasn’t very good. So Dayton picked up and left town penniless, leaving his large home vacant. He then went to Minneapolis and started the series of Dayton’s Department Stores there, becoming a rich man. Apparently, this wasn’t the case. George Dayton came to Worthington in 1890. He first owned a bank that was located where the Cow’s Outside is today. Through this bank he worked as a real estate agent, and thus made plenty of money to build the Dayton House. (Continued à) George Dayton Pictures courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

Historic Dayton House in Worthington After this house had been built, he started to look into Twin Cities real estate. After becoming an extremely wealthy man in Worthington, Dayton decided to move his efforts to Minneapolis in 1902. George started a Dry Goods store (like the general store mentioned above—meaning it sold just about anything) on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. Eventually, this store grew and became Dayton’s Department Store, which is now known as Marshall Fields. So, as you see, not everything you hear is true. After our research on the Dayton House, we realized that this man’s life wasn’t as tragic as it sounds, and in real life he was quite the prominent business man, not only in Minneapolis, but in Worthington, as well. Dayton and family during Worthington period

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What’s up with the Pumpkin Carving? By Jookie Xayphanto Wednesday October 19, was a fun day in Mrs. Schreiber’s science class. The whole class was carving pumpkins. The point of doing it was to gather information and begin an experiment on the sizes of the seeds, and how that related to the size of the pumpkin you choose. Every student in science class had a chance to take a lucky guess on how many seeds there might be inside their pumpkin. Once they were done carving their pumpkin, the students counted the seeds and compared that to their lucky guess. (Continued à)	Nery Perez carves a pumpkin for Science Another reason for this was getting students involved in plant growth and development. The students also planted potatoes and beans and recorded growth data on a daily basis.
Mrs. Scrieber makes Science class a fun class…

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Why do Mexicans celebrate Dia de Los Muertos? (Day of the dead) By Esmeralda Rodriguez Mexicans began celebrating the Day of the Dead about 500 years before the Spanish landed in what is now called Mexico. The Day of the Dead festival starts with a lot of decorations. They make skull masks and clothing having the design of a skeleton. They also make a lot of special food, including the favorite food of dead loved ones. Day of the Dead traditions eventually were combined with Catholic traditions. For example, Mexicans make alters with pictures of dead loved ones and burn candles in their honor. They say that the dead come on October 31, and leave again on November 2, to rest their souls once again and wait to wake the next Oct 31. They celebrate with their loved ones and talk about good memories. When the Mexicans think about death or their dead loved ones, they don’t have fear. They experience joy and happiness. Yes, they are afraid of death, but they walk alongside it during this celebration, and they learn to accept death in their lives. During the Day of the Dead festivities, children play with toys made in the shape of coffins, undertakers and skeletons. (Continued à)

They mold candles to look like “La Calaveras” (the skeletons of death). They make pictures, costumes and special dances for this celebration. They sing special songs, as well. People buy candles and gifts to please Los Muertos. Both the economy and the spirit gets a boost during this celebration is this year. The Aztecs believed that death was another existence of life, sort of a mystical occurrence, and if they could reunite with the dead, they would celebrate that reunion. So I say to you, you should join us in our celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Streaming video comes to the ALC You can now watch the following streaming videos if you have broadband Click to see Prom 2005 Click to see Graduation 2005

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Pan de Muerto, "Bread of the Dead"

In celebration of Mexico's Day of the Dead, this bread is often shaped into skulls or round loaves with strips of dough rolled out and attached to resemble bones.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup water, 5 to 5-1/2 cups flour, 2 packages dry yeast, 1 teaspoon salt , 1 tablespoon whole anise seed , 1/2 cup sugar ,4 eggs

Heat the butter, milk and water in a saucepan until very warm but not boiling. Measure out 1-1/2 cups flour.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the 1-1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt, anise seed and sugar. Beat in the warm milk until well combined. Add the eggs and beat in another 1 cup of flour. Continue adding flour until dough is soft but not sticky.

Knead on floured board for ten minutes. Place dough in a lightly greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place for about 1-1/2 hours. Shape dough into loaves resembling skulls. Let these loaves rise for 1 hour.
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Bake in a preheated 350 F degree oven for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and paint on glaze.

Glaze:
1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup fresh orange juice, 2 tablespoons grated orange zest

Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, and then apply to bread with a pastry brush. If desired, sprinkle on colored sugar while glaze is still damp.

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