Issue 1, Volume 13

Story and page by Cady
Armstrong, Zainab Idrees, Daniel
Warriner, Devyn Miller
Ms. Caitlin Engel calls out,
reminding the seventh grade
students to push it. These are the
sounds of the bicentennial torch
relay-Clay style.
This year is Indiana’s 200th
birthday of becoming a state and
seventh grade wellness teachers at
Clay Middle School are honoring
it“15 seconds by combining our state’s
history and the students physical
health.
On September 9, the relay began in
Harrison County, IN. According to the
Indiana Bicentennial Celebration website,
the designated torch bearers, which are
people who take pride in Indiana’s
traditions of service, community
involvement, and Hoosier pride are the
people who run the torch from county to
county.
It is a huge honor to be selected and
hundreds of people apply, but only 2,000 people
got to partake in the event.
Though Engel has never run the race she said,
"It would be really interesting and a unique
experience to learn about Indiana's history and it
promotes physical activity.” Because of that, Engel
and the other wellness teachers are doing it during
class.
Participating in it has a lot of benefits such as “goal
-setting, working hard towards achieving a goal, and
improve on physical activity.” Engel said. Every seventh
grade gym class participates and works towards achieving
the race.
“I enjoy the thought of finishing the equivalent of the
race. I also like working hard and achieving the goal. This
whole experience has taught me that hard work and
dedication pays off,” Mia Greyz, seventh grader said. At the
end of the experience, the seventh graders and the wellness
teachers have run the race and achieved more than just
finishing. The teachers hope that the seventh graders use
these newfound skills to continue to achieve greatness.
Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton,
Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass,
Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess,
Dearborn , Decatur, DeKalb, Delaware,
Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain,
Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene,
Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks,
Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper,
Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox,
Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte,
Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Marshall,
Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery,
Morgan, Newton, Noble, Ohio, Orange,
Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Porter, Posey,
Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, St.
Joseph, Scott, Shelby, Spencer,
Starke, Stueben, Sullivan,
Switzerland, Tippecanoe,
Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh,
Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash,
Warren, Warrick, Washington,
Wayne, Wells, White, Whitley
The name Indiana stands for Land of the Indians
Many of Indiana’s counties are named after the
United States Founding Fathers
No county may be created that is less than 400
square miles
There are less than 8,000 Native Americans living
in the state today
Wabash, IN was the first electrically lighted city
in the world