CLEAR Newsletter Spring 2014 Session I

CLEAR Newsletter
March 1, 2014
Spring 2014, Session I
2014 Winter Olympics
Snow Boarding
by Rachel
Lindsey Vonn
by Melissa
Shawn White Lives in Longmont, Colorado
and started snowboarding at the age of 6.
He was the amateur competitor from
California and then he started going professional at the age of 13. Shawn White trained
for the Turin, Italy Olympics. On the 12th of
February which is on Sunday and he did the
half pipe
competition
and he
finished 7th
place in his
heats with a
score of 45.3
points.
Lindsey Vonn is 29 years old. Lindsey was
going to compete in downhill skiing in the
Olympics. Lindsey was practicing in November and December and she injured her right
knee. She announced on Jan 14, 2014 she
was going to have surgery. She announced
that she wasn’t going to compete this year.
It sounds like she is disappointed.
Chris Witty
Olympics Security
by Jennifer
Chris Witty was a basketball
player and then she became
a speed skater. Chris went
to her first Olympics in
1994. She won her first
Olympic medals in 1998 at
Nagano, Japan. Her first
gold medal was won in
2002 at Salt Lake City.
by Renae
President Vladimir
Putin has an army of
thousands of police
and military personnel. Threats of bloodshed have been made
by Islamic militant
groups. US officials have plans to get Americans to safety if something happens. I want
everyone to be safe at the Olympics.
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2014 Winter Olympics
Mao Asada:
Top Figure Skater
American
Bobsled Team
by Marlena
Mao Asada was born in Nagoya Aichi. She
was named after a Japanese actress Mao
Daichi. She took ballet but took figure
skating in 1995. She uses triple toe loops as
her signature jumps. I think she is a great
skater.
by Mathew
America has a bobsled team. 4 men in a 4
men bobsled. They go down a tunnel-like
track. They have American flags on their
suits. They wear a helmet to keep them
safe if they hit their head. They go fast.
Speak to American People
What I want in life is to stop oil spills in oceans
& lakes. It kills mammals in captivity and also
no more littering on peoples’ properties as
well. I want to stop having guns to minor
teenagers and adult children as well. I want to
stop drug smuggling on boats, neighborhoods,
businesses as well and also on more bomb
threats in mail carriers packages as well. I
want this earth to stand and not blown up in
by Rachel
pieces. I want all of the soldiers to come home
in one piece and stop fighting each other even
in Iraq and Israeli army in the Gaza strip and
this is causing the problem in the first place. I
want to stop cancer from children from ST.
JUDE HOSPITAL and CANCER treatment of
America if there is a cure and fight it. What I
don’t like is young pop stars popping pills and
driving with expired tags on the license.
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Grandma Dip
by Melissa
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3 egg yolks (yellow)
K.U. Basketball
by Jennifer
KU is doing good so far in basketball. I love
watching them on TV, and cheering them
on. Wiggins is my favorite player. This is the
best team in college to cheer for.
Cook in double boiler until thick
Cool slightly
Beat in large cream cheese (8oz)
Add med. onion chopped
½ green pepper chopped
½ jar pimentos
After you mixed everything together put it
in a bowl and put it in the refrigerator.
Medical Bracelets
by Marlena
Medical bracelets
are common in the
U.S. because they
save lives when it
comes to an illness
or allergies that
people have.
Bracelets tell people
that a person has an illness. All people with
illnesses should wear one so people know
what kind of illness they have. I would like
to get one so that people know that I have
seizures.
Basketball Clinic
at K.U.
by Renae
The first KU basketball clinic was held in
January 1984. Upon the death of the great
Wilt Chamberlain, the clinic was named the
Wilt Chamberlain Special Olympics basketball clinic. Only 100 Special Olympians can
attend the clinic each year. In addition to
being part of a team, Special Olympics has
extra cool things athletes can do. The
athletes were divided into groups and
rotated among stations, headed by KU
players.
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CLEAR Newsletter Staff
Jennifer, Marlena, Mathew, Melissa, Rachel, Renae