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Homecoming is upon us, but just what is homecoming and where did the tradition originate? The NCAA, Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit have officially sanctioned the University of Missouri as the originator of homecoming.

In 1911, Missouris athletic director Chester Brewer wanted to inaugurate the schools new football field and so he invited all alumni to come home to see the new field and attend the football game against the University of Kansas. Brewer chose the game against Kansas because the state rivalry between the two states had existed since before the Civil War days when they frequently battled in border wars.

The event of 1911 was a huge success, drawing in more than 10,000 alumni and fans who attended various celebrations such as a parade, pep rally, parties, and of course, the football game. It is from this first coming home that schools around the country adopted the tradition.

Homecoming at Carson High includes many facets of the traditional event founded by Brewer but many more events, making homecoming at CHS a week-long celebration.

Blair Roman, head coach of the CHS football team will be undertaking his fourth homecoming. Under his coaching, the team has won every homecoming game, and we hope another win is in his future. While the football game is the culmination of the weeks events, other sports and activities keep the students and community entertained.

This years homecoming theme is reality, having some basis on the cultural phenomenon of reality television. Students are invited to take part each day in dress up days to show school pride and enthusiasm. Here are the daily activities for the week:

Monday: Class colors day students wear a particular color T-shirt to show class unity. Freshmen: yellow. Sophomores: green. Juniors: red. Seniors: blue. Staff: pink (in honor of breast cancer awareness). Monday also includes a student assembly during the school day and the evening event is the popular lip sync competition at 7 pm

Tuesday: Twin day where students partner with a friend to dress the same. Sporting events this day include cross country at Damonte Ranch, girls soccer at Wooster, and volleyball at Spanish Springs. There is also a game of Amazing Race at 6 pm that requires teams of three students to participate, one of whom must be a driver.

Wednesday: Crazy colors day in which students are encouraged to wear as many colors as they can. Sporting events for the day include boys soccer at Wooster and volleyball at home against Manogue. Evening brings a Cake Boss event planned for 7 pm at the high school.

Thursday: Match your float day in which students are asked to wear something that matches the theme of their classes float. Recalling the theme of the week as reality television, floats are designed by class to match a particular show

Sporting event of the day is volleyball at Wooster. The traditional homecoming parade and bonfire takes place in the evening at 6:30 pm

Friday: Blue and white day where all students, staff and community members are encouraged to show their school pride and support by wearing as much blue and white as possible. Evening events include the football game at 7:30 pm versus Spanish Springs.

Half-time show will include the parade of class floats, the crowning of homecoming king and queen, and the announcement of the class winner of best float.

Saturday: The week concludes with boys and girls soccer matches at Manogue. The evening brings the traditional homecoming dance at 7 pm in Senator Square at the high school.

One of the newer additions to homecoming events was the tradition of naming a royalty court, whereby senior students pick members of their class as king and queen candidates. We congratulate the following seniors as our 2011 Homecoming Royalty Court. King candidates are Zach Bruce, Tim Grunert, Austin Pacheco, Logan Peternell, Chance Quilling and Dylan Sawyers. Queen candidates are Emily Collins, Camilla Dudley, Kristen Good, Amber Holbert, Sarah Hernandez and Leah Wegner.

We invite our community to attend all sporting events and evening activities. Come show your support and pride for the Senators.

TEST DRIVE A CAR FOR CHS

The girls basketball and girls cross country teams are joining forces with Carson City Capital Ford to raise money for their teams. Drive One 4UR School is free to the public and only requires a person to test drive a new Ford car.

Ford Motor Company donates $20 back to our programs for each test drive taken. The event will be 9 am Oct. 22 at the CHS north parking lot. Con

tact Coach Todd Ackerman at tackerman@carson.k12.nv.us for more information

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

CHS honors Grocery Outlet as the Business of the Month for September. CHS appreciates all of the generosity and support throughout the school year of Grocery Outlet, including the use of their parking lot for car washes, as well as providing the supply of water which helps cut the costs for our clubs and athletic teams.

Other donations of food and supplies have been greatly appreciated by our students and staff.

Thank you Grocery Outlet for supporting CHS education!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

This week, CHS is spotlighting senior Sarah Meckes. She has a weighted grade-point average of 3.89. Sarah participates in Link Crew, ProStart and Skills USA. Two years ago, Sarah won first at the state ProStart competition for Management, and last year she won second in the state for the Front of the House competition in Culinary.

She also works part-time for Carson City Parks and Recreations Latch Key program and devotes much of her time to her church. Next year, Sarah plans to attend UNR where she will major in geological engineering.

CHS is proud to call Sarah a Senator!

STAFF FACTS

Answer to last weeks fact: Wendy Tims, special services educator.

New Fact: This person was asked to represent Lincoln County in the 1982 Miss Nevada Pageant.

Angila Golik is a government and sociology teacher at CHS and a member of Senator Pride.

Players honor loved ones

Bohemia Manor High will participate in two sporting events this
week as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Tuesday,
the Eagles volleyball program welcomes Perryville to Chesapeake
City for Dig Pink! with JV starting at 3:30 pm, and varsity to
follow. Players will wear pink and dedicate the matches to loved
ones who have suffered from the illness. The event, which features
raffles and prizes, benefits the Brenda Reynolds Scholarship
Fund.

I have learned much since becoming mayor and have been exposed to many great events and promotions. I have become particularly interested in the many regional and state sporting events and competitions held here in Cape Girardeau. As I reflect back over the last 18 months and look to the near future, I am pleased and excited about how these events impact our Cape Girardeau economy.

I recently contacted Chuck Martin, executive director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, to get his input on current and future sporting events hosted by our community.

For the first time in more than 75 years, Southeast Missouri will host a Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) state championship. From Nov. 3 to 5, the Show Me Center will host the Missouri State High School volleyball championships. In addition, Dalhousie Golf Club will host several classes of the state golf championships next spring. Cape Girardeau also hosted in August, for the second of four years, the Missouri Special Olympics State Outdoor Championships. These events will bring hundreds if not thousands of visitors to our city.

Cape Girardeau also hosts many other regional amateur sporting events including, but not limited to, baseball, softball and basketball tournaments. Amateur sporting events typically generate approximately $110 per person per day according to Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates. In addition to athletes and coaches, friends and family also travel to watch the competitions. One regional weekend softball or baseball tournament with 25 to 30 teams competing can bring more than a thousand people to our city. Those visitors are staying in our hotels, eating in our restaurants, filling their tanks at our gas stations and shopping in our stores.

Cape Girardeau is a great sports market. We were recently featured in a two-page spread in Sports Destination Management Magazine. The article was titled Cape Girardeau, Mo. The city of infinite possibility. The sports travel writer, Juli Anne Patty, from Atlanta actually came to Cape Girardeau to tour our facilities and to visit firsthand with those interviewed for the article. Our great facilities make a huge difference as we recruit events to Cape Girardeau. The Convention and Visitors Bureau uses this article and our facility guide as it promotes our city throughout the Midwest.

I want to take this opportunity to thank many people for making all of these programs successful, including: our Convention and Visitors Bureau led by executive director Chuck Martin, our city parks and recreation staff led by Julia Thompson, Scott and Penny Williams, and all of the many volunteers within our city who give their time in assuring the success of each event. My thanks to all.

Harry E. Rediger is the mayor of Cape Girardeau.

From the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

MYRTLE BEACH, SC This
October, both the 2011 State Farm Myrtle Beach Triathlon and the Myrtle Beach
Mini Marathon will return to the Grand Strand, attracting around 6000 athletes
and thousands more spectators. But to make both events a success, over
1000 volunteers are cumulatively needed for a variety of volunteer positions.

The community stepped up in a
big way last year to help make these first year events outstanding for the
athletes and event organizers, and were looking now for that same community
support again this year, said Mark Beale, Sports Sales Manager for the Myrtle
Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Right now, were still in need of
more volunteers for both events.

Approximately 325 volunteers will
be needed on Oct. 8 as Myrtle Beach hosts the 2011 State Farm Myrtle Beach
Triathlon. Volunteers will also be needed during the week leading up to the
event, with opportunities ranging from race bag assembly to course set up to
management of water stations and more. All volunteers will receive a
volunteer t-shirt and lunch. Groups are encouraged to sign up together to
fill positions requiring larger number of individuals. There are also opportunities
for business promotion should groups choose to volunteer.

For more information on the State
Farm Myrtle Beach Triathlon, or to sign up to volunteer please visit www.myrtlebeachtri.com or contact
Mark Beale at (843) 916-7264 or Mark.Beale@VisitMyrtleBeach.com.

Approximately 750 volunteers will
be needed prior to and during the second Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon Weekend
to be held Oct. 21-23. A variety of positions are available based on
interest levels and abilities of volunteers. Individuals are
encouraged to participate as well as groups signing up for team
responsibilities. Volunteers will receive a volunteer t-shirt and a meal
when working four or more hours.

For more information on the Myrtle
Beach Mini Marathon or to sign up to volunteer, please visit www.runmyrtlebeach.com or contact
Mark Beale at (843) 916-7264 or Mark.Beale@VisitMyrtleBeach.com.

About the State Farm Myrtle Beach
Triathlon

This event is expected to attract
between 1,500 and 2,000 athletes and several thousand spectators. The
State Farm Myrtle Beach Triathlon festival will consist of two championship
races USAT Halfmax National Championship and USAT Club National Championship.
The Halfmax Long Course Triathlon requires all athletes to qualify to compete.
The Intermediate and Sprint events are open to any athlete. The course distance
requirements are as follows:

Event
Swim Bike
Run

Long Course

1.2 miles
56 miles
13.1 miles

Intermediate
0.9
mile
24.8 miles 6.2 miles

Sprint
500 yards 13
miles 3.1 miles

Also new this year to the Myrtle
Beach Triathlon is an Elite Series Race taking place on Sunday, Oct. 9. This
new component of the weekend event is a closed-course triathlon for 200 elite
athletes competing for a $50,000 prize.

About Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon

Approximately 5000 runners and
walkers are expected to participate in this destination race for competitors
throughout the United States.

The weekend will consist of the
following activities:

• Two-day health and fitness expo
• Coastal 5K race
• One-mile Doggie Dash to benefit the Grand Strand Humane Society
• 80-meter High Heel Run to benefit the Grand Strand Humane Society
• 13.1-mile Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon

To make sporting events safe, alcohol is banned at MU stadiums in accordance with NCAA policy.

With the possibility of MU leaving the Big 12, the alcohol policy could change depending on the conference. The Big 12 conference handbook does not have any rules enforcing the alcohol ban.

The concern for alcohol abuse linked to intercollegiate events is a primary reason for the NCAA policy banning alcohol sales at championships and advertising must also be covered as much as possible throughout the venue.

“We’ve had that rule in place for years,” NCAA spokesman Cameron Schuh said. “NCAA championships are the ultimate experience for our student-athletes, the pinnacle of their career, and we want the entire championship, the events, the venue and all other ancillary things going on, to focus on these student-athletes getting to this point in their careers.”

The institution’s alcohol policies for the regular season and conference tournaments are created by the individual school and their affiliated conference. Some institutions permit the sale of beer at sporting events, but this decision depends on the location of the game, not solely university personnel giving the green light.

“This is really based on if the facility is on university-owned property or off-campus facility, along with many other factors that decision makers need to evaluate before approving such a change,” MU Director of Game Operations Colleen Lamond said.

The Big 12 conference currently does not have any members allowing the sale of beer or alcohol within campus-owned stadiums. MU allows for the consumption of alcohol inside the private suites, the press box and the Tiger Lounge. For those of legal drinking age, tailgating is permitted in designated areas surrounding the stadium and parking lots, according to mizzoutailgating.com.

“Here at Mizzou we only serve alcohol in the football press box, which is a controlled area,” she said. ”Although there is no rule preventing schools from selling alcohol at sports events, it is highly recommended from the NCAA as at all NCAA Championships there are no beer sales.”

Instances with alcohol as a major issue at games have yet to arise. This might be due to MU’s ban on alcohol in the stadium and precautionary steps taken to ensure the safety of all who attend MU football games, Schuh said.

“We work with our event staff, specifically our gate bag checkers and ticket takers during their training sessions on how to screen our fans coming into the stadium for not only alcohol but other prohibited items,” Lamond said.

The athletics department disperses pamphlets at the beginning of the year informing students that alcohol is not permitted inside the stadium.

But alcohol consumption prior to entering the stadium during the season’s kick-off game sparked a few alcohol-related issues.

“Sometimes alcohol can lead to people getting sick or they don’t hydrate enough if they’re drinking alcohol,” MU Police Department Capt. Scott Richardson said. “During the first game we had a lot of medical emergencies due to the heat, but that also could’ve been contributed to drinking too much alcohol and not drinking enough fluids to replenish the fluids theyre losing because of the heat.”

MUPD will have officers assigned on each side of the stadium to check for alcohol and banned substances from being brought into the stadium.

“It’s not something that’s new,” Richardson said. “We’ve always done that.”

MADISON, Wis. — Officials with the state Department of Transportation are reminding fans driving sport events around Wisconsin this weekend to take heed.

Officials predict roadways will see heavy traffic levels for those headed to Miller Park this weekend for the Milwaukee Brewers? playoff games or to Lambeau Field for the Green Bay Packers game on Sunday, or for the University of Wisconsin Badgers football game on Saturday night.

Theyre asking motorists to schedule extra travel time because of predicted heavy traffic on major highways.

Near the states capital city, they believe traffic will be heavy in the Madison area before and after the game, while traffic also might be heavier than normal on Sunday morning.

Significant planned freeway closures are scheduled to occur starting Saturday at 8 pm in the Interstate 43/94/894 Mitchell Interchange in Milwaukee County lasting until 9 am on Sunday.

WisDOT officials are urging drivers to be patient, cautious and attentive while traveling this weekend. They should be on the lookout for sudden traffic slowdowns and backups, they said.

BUTTE — With the Butte schools administrators strike entering
its second day, and no end in sight, Butte Highs athletic programs
are facing some difficult times.

The Bulldog football team was scheduled to play at Missoula
Hellgate on Saturday. Butte Highs soccer teams were to host
Billings Senior on Friday and Billings West on Saturday. The Butte
High golf team had been scheduled to compete in the Bozeman
Invitational on Thursday, and the Bulldog volleyball team had been
slated to compete in a tournament in Great Falls over the
weekend.

As of Wednesday night, all events are officially canceled for
the Bulldogs.

Butte High athletic director Chuck Merrifield, a member of the
administrators union, and on strike, deferred comment to Keith
Miller, assistant principal at East Middle School and spokesman for
the administrators.

We were informed by Mr. Fleming (school district legal counsel)
that all schools are closed and all activities are canceled,
Miller said Wednesday evening. Were hopeful to come back to work
as soon as possible.

Miller said he didnt know specifically how the Montana High
School Association dealt with athletic issues dealing with
strikes.

Mark Beckman, Executive Director of the MHSA, said Wednesday
that Butte Highs fate in each event lies mainly in the hands of
the Bulldogs opponent.

Its a forfeit, unless the other school or team decides that
they want to reschedule, Beckman said. When (the strike) starts
to last longer and longer, its hard to make up.

Beckman said that in the case of football, players are
restricted to playing 10 quarters per week, and a team cant play
more than two games in a 48-hour period.

The Class AA football schedule has a solid schedule from its
beginning through the playoffs, leaving mid-week makeup games as
the only option. Whether Missoula Hellgate would allow its players
to participate in two varsity games in a week is unknown.

The golf and volleyball tournaments will almost certainly not be
rescheduled, though the football and soccer games might. In the
case of soccer, Butte High will still play at Billings later in the
season, and games could possibly be added during those road
trips.

BERLIN, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Major sports events like the
Olympics and soccer World Cup should retain tight security to
counter terrorist threats, but policing should be less visible
and more flexible, a top international security expert said on
Friday.

Security at the worlds biggest sporting events has
increased sharply the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in 2001,
squeezing budgets by hundreds of millions of dollars.

I think terror threats will always be a challenge for
sports events organisers, Helmut Spahn, former head of security
for Germanys Bundesliga soccer league and the 2006 soccer World
Cup in Germany, told Reuters in an interview.

Terror threats are something that have to be part of any
planning for major events, said Spahn, now Executive Director
of the Qatar-based International Centre for Sport Security
(ICSS).

The 2004 Athens Olympics, the first summer Games following
the Sept. 11 attacks, pumped more than a billion dollars into
security arrangements, the highest ever paid until that point.

The figure for the Beijing 2008 Olympics is unclear while
the London 2012 Games have earmarked close to half a billion
pounds for security next year.

You need to offer as much as necessary but it needs to be
in design and planning and not just on the streets, said Spahn.

It is the basic feeling to have a sense of security but it
is equally important not to exaggerate. Not to curtail the
rights of those visiting. Not to have seven or eight controls
and have 2-3 hours of travel time, said Spahn.

BACKGROUND SECURITY

You dont have to see security. It can operate in the
background. Successful events will be those that have flexible
plans, prepared for every scenario.

London, which suffered its own bombing attacks only hours
after being awarded the 2012 Games in July 2005, have an Olympic
security budget of about 475 million pounds, with a further 125
million pounds available.

British police estimate they will have some 12,000 officers
on duty while Games organisers say they will have between 10,000
and 15,000 private security guards.

Athens had about 75,000 police and military personnel
working the Games.

No doubt, London faces a global focus and of course
possible terrorist threats are there. London with its heavy
traffic will also be a challenge for organisers to ensure people
can move around, Spahn said.

But I feel they know these problems and have been working
very hard on the right solutions.

The German, a former special police unit leader tackling
kidnappings, terror threats and arms dealing, recently travelled
to Brazil as the country prepares for both the 2014 soccer World
Cup and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer Olympics, the first to be
staged by a South American country.

Brazils biggest challenge is infrastructure, building a
transport system for fans to access the various venues. That is
crucial given the variety of events and the Olympic Games in Rio
has different challenges than the World Cup, he said.

UNIFIED SYSTEM

The Olympic Games will be hosted in Rio, one city, and the
World Cup is spread across the country. There are some locations
for the World Cup that are not really that easy or problem-free
to access.

Brazil has…a similar setup to Germany, with a number of
states and each state having its own police force. It is
important to bring all these police forces to one table to have
a unified policing system for the event.

A fan travelling to Rio must find the same security in
Sao Paolo, he added.

The ICSS will also be closely involved with security
preparations for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the first major
sports event to be hosted in the Arab world.

Spahn said while visitors at the Qatar World Cup would have
to cover short distances given the small size of the country,
this also provided added security challenges.

Qatar will benefit from short travel times and at the 2022
World Cup you really have the chance to see three games in a day
because of the short travel times, Spahn said.

It is concentrated, all teams in a smaller area. Fans are
in a smaller area. Clearly this is different to bigger countries
where fan groups that could potentially cause problems are
isolated and kept 500 or 800 kilometres apart.

The security concept will have to be different than in
larger countries like Brazil or (2018 World Cup hosts) Russia.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Alastair Himmer)

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As our spaces get a little more cramped, it can be hard to find enough room to actually play our favorite sports.While most gyms these days have been built so that you can play two or more sports in the same area, there is generally some time consuming conversions to go through.Even when you have finished the conversion you are still dealing with the possibility of having different painted lines that can cause confusion.

A new company based in the Netherlands is showing us just how much technology can aid the sporting world.Weve seen some abstract combinations of technology and the sporting world with the use of Twitter when it comes to promoting specific UFC fighters.The NFL is starting to embrace the use of Twitter to bring the action and their fans closer together.However, that kind of integration doesnt really hold a candle to what LEDSSPORTS has managed to come up with.Using the companys technology you can literally have several different kind of playing fields at the same location with the push of a few buttons.

The secret is that instead of painting the lines onto the floor for the tennis, or soccer, or volleyball or basketball court, the lines are made with LED lines.This allows you to finish up the nightly leagues basketball game just five minutes before the volleyball game starts with nary a worry about line confusion.The LED lines are bright enough that they are just as visible as the regular paint or tape lines that currently reside in most gyms.These particular lines allow people who are implementing them to both avoid confusion with several lines and the sloppiness that can come from trying to play several different spots in one area.

Weve already seen that more gyms are installing basketball hoops that actually raise up into the ceiling when the game is over, this is simply a progression of that sort of removable accessory.The company has apparently also come up with a complete projected LED scoreboard, meaning that you dont need to invest in an individual scoreboard for every sport you want to play as well.

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Edited by Jennifer Russell