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May 2010, Volume 5, Issue 10
NFL
Draft
By Jalen
Nichols
The NFL draft is where
NFL teams acquire new
players from college.
This year’s NFL draft
took place on April 22,
2010, in the great Madison Square Garden in
New York. The worst the
team did the previous
season, the better the pick
they get in the draft. That
is unless they happen to
trade their pick for someone on another team.
The draft was exiting. No
one knew for sure who was
going to pick whom. So it
was very surprising to see
what happened. I myself
couldn’t wait for the draft.
Football analysts were saying Sam Bradford was going
to be first pick to the
Rams; then Ndamukong Suh
to the Lions, Gerald McCoy
to the Buccaneers, Russell
Okung to the Redskins, and
Eric Berry to the Chiefs.
Those predictions didn’t all
come true. Gerald McCoy
was third pick and went to
the Bucs.
If you didn’t watch this
year’s draft, now that you
know some stuff about it,
you should watch it next
year. It’s always really exciting and surprising.
Northside Middle School, Columbus Indiana
Northside Players Prepare for
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
rehearsal periods of 8-10
weeks, this cast
They are back!
is putting toThe Whimsical
gether a full
characters from
production of
Charles’s M.
Charlie Brown
Schultz’s comic
in six weeks
Strip “Peanuts”
with long rewill come to life in
hearsals that
a full production of
are held daily.
the Broadway hit
The cast, howon stage in Northever, is taking
side Middle
it all in stride.
School’s Gym # 2
Joshua Thompon May 14 and 15,
son said, “It’s
2010. The two-act
fun to be with
musical with a cast
Picture List: Caiti Morris, Joshua all these people and
of eight will present the
Thompson, Logan Rivera, Amanda work on the scenes.”
characters we have all
Frensemeier, Anna Guse, Jared What does the cast
come to know through the
Vierkandt, Soren Hendrichson, want the audience to
famous comic strip. CharAnna Horak
get out of “Charlie
lie Brown, Lucy, Linus,
Brown”?
According
to Anna Guse, who
Snoopy, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty,
plays Lucy, she wants “the audience to
Marcie and The Little Red-headed Girl
have the ultimate Peanuts experience,
will all be there to entertain young and
with a musical twist.”
old alike. Cast members are working
hard to make this the best Northside pro- Mark Owens, director, says, “This show
is for all ages and backgrounds.
duction ever. Caiti Morris, who plays
It will bring out the child and the child
Peppermint Patty, says that she really
within for all that see it.”
enjoys the chance to “express herself,”
Show times are 7:00 P.M. on Friday
while Logan Rivera, who plays Charlie
and
Saturday with a Saturday matiBrown, “enjoys running scenes and the
nee.
warm, friendly cast.” There has been a
short rehearsal period for the young cast Tickets are $3.00 for students and
$5.00 for adults.
of eight. While most productions have
Submitted
by
Mark Owens
In this issue…………
Dwayne Wade + Sports….1
Roman-era Mummy + Lego Creations…..3
New York is Awesome + What not to do when it’s windy….4
NMS Alum in the NFL: Stevie Brown + Travis Alan Pastrana….5
Newly Discovered Creatures + Top 5 NBA Free Agents…...6
CNHS Girls Basketball New Coach + The Cat and the Rocket, Part 4….7
Back Then + have You Noticed + My Pet Protector….8
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Get to Know Dwayne Wade
By Jalen Nichols
Who is Dwayne Wade? He is one of the best players
in the NBA, and that is a fact. In the 08-09 basketball season, he was the leading scorer in the league. He is also my
favorite basketball player. He is a 6’ 4’’ guard for the Miami
Heat. He has one the skills challenge in all-star weekend
two times in a row. He was drafted in the first round of the
draft to the Detroit Pistons but got traded to Miami.
In his college days he played for Marquette University. Marquette is a catholic school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He was one of their best players ever. He is one of their
leading scorers of all time.
Growing up his favorite team was the Chicago Bulls.
His favorite players growing up were Michael Jordan and
Scottie Pippen. He was born and raised in Chicago. Growing
up in Chicago was kind of rough. His mom was addicted to
drugs growing up. Therefore, his grandma helped raise him.
However, he grew up fine. He has had some hard times but
thanks to his grandma, it was fine growing up in the rough
town of Chicago.
Now at the Miami Heat he is doing great. He has won
a NBA championship already in his 2006 season with the future hall of famer Shaquille O’Neil. He plans on getting
many more NBA championships in his basketball career. So
I will continue to watch him become an awesome player.
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List of sports
By Brendan Dudukovich
Sports keep us fit and happy but
everyone seems to play the
same 15 sports in America!
Here’s a list of crazy sports
played.
1.
2.
3.
4.
cricket
curling
water polo
Wife carrying (where
men carry there wives’
through obstacle
courses)
5. bog snorkeling
6. toe wrestling
7. under water hockey
8. ice golf
9. fist ball
10. chess boxing
11. mud belly flopping
12. bossa ball
13. snow polo
14. camel racing
15. ostrich racing
16. extreme unicycling
17. extreme ironing
18. elephant polo
19. buddy tossing
20. lawn mower racing
21. Sepak Takraw (volley
ball with your feet)
22. swamp foot ball
23. under water rugby
24. mud wrestling
25. mud volley ball
Any more weird sports you can
think of?
__________________________
Dwayne Wade smiles at the crowd
during a Miami Heat game.
Source: http://blog.newsok.com/gossip/
files/2009/01/dwyane-wade.jpg
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The Roman-era Mummy
By Lece
A 3ft tall female Roman-era mummy was discovered unearthed in a Bahariya Oasis cemetery, about 186 miles southwest of Cairo. Mahmoud Afifi led this archeological digging site.
He doesn’t know when the mummy was dated, but it belonged to the
Roman’s long rule in 31BC. It is unclear who them mummy is, but she
looks like she is a wealthy and a member of high society. This mummy
was covered with plaster and then decorated to resemble Roman dress
and jewelry. It shows that she is wearing a tunic, headscarf, beaded
necklace, bracelet, and shoes. The colored stones in the sarcophagus’s
eyes look like she is awake. The archeologists are still trying to find out
about who this woman was.
Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/04/13/mummy.egypt/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/12/roman-era-mummy-egyptian-oasis/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1265602/Mummy-tiny-wide-eyed-woman-discovered-Egyptianoasis.html
Roman-era mummy pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1265602/Mummy-tiny-wide-eyedwoman-discovered-Egyptian-oasis.html
Lego Creations
By Olivia King
Lego Pharaoh
A constructed 16 feet tall
model of a Pharaoh that
looks like King Tut. It is
made up of more than
200,000 Legos and
weighs a ton.
Lego Wall-e It is made entirely of Legos and fully
automated and animated.
A Lego version of Venice, Italy
The model shows the water-laced landscape, with the Grand Canal and St. Marks Square.
See More LEGO creations on the next page!
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C3PO and a Clone Star Wars Trooper in Lego These are life-sized models made of an unknown number of
Legos.
<—A Lego Bird Nest Stadium
This is the Beijing Stadium nicknamed the Bird Nest made of
300,000 Legos and 4,500 Lego
mini-figures.
Lego Space Ship
Two Japanese Lego smiths used
65,000 Legos to build this space
ship in 1,590 hours. It has flashing
lights and a vocal countdown.
A Lego church This church is made from more
than 75, 000 Lego pieces. It took
18 months to plan and build it. It
New York is Awesome
What not to do when it’s
windy outside! :P
By Tierney McAlister
Going to New York changed my life. It wasn’t all
By Wendy Windy
because of the mission trip I was going on it was beDon’t!
cause of the people. Not the ones walking on the
*Eat hot soup
streets in business suits, those were personally an*Wear a hat
noying. It was the homeless people the ones we
*Shoot hoops
helped. The ones sleeping on park benches they
*Comb your hair
looked so happy when you gave them a peanut butter
*Put up a tent
sandwich. Not all of them knew what their names
*Apply lip gloss
were because somebody hadn’t talked to them that
*Try a hair flip
long. We get nice beds with comforters and fuzzy
*Have a picnic
sheets in the winter and a roof over our head. They
*Throw grass in the air
might have a cardboard box for their shelter and
*Take pictures
maybe a blanket but they defiantly didn’t have a nice *Talk to the person across the field
warm place to stay unless it is in a church. Be thank*Finish your homework
ful for what you have. Don’t complain about what
*Play fetch with your dog
you don’t have think about the people in New York.
*Throw the Frisbee
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NMS ALUM DRAFTED: STEVIE BROWN
Northside and East alumni drafted into the NFL.
Round 7
Overall pick: 251
Ht:6'0"
Wt:197 lbs
40:4.39 secs
Shuttle:4.31
Vertical:34 inches
Is it just me or is it awesome that Brown is going to the NFL. I remember him playing at
East and being the highlight of every game, whether he was playing WR, Safety, Linebacker, Cornerback or Running back he always showed the opposite team what was
up. When Stevie went to Michigan they got him to play the safety position at that time
he was ranked 7 in the nation as a safety and 2 in the state. Stevie and my step brother
were good friends and I recall him coming over to the house and playing play station
and him saying he was going to play in the NFL one day and look he is.
Brown when he played at
East HS.
Brown playing tough D against Ohio State’s
QB Terrelle Pryor. Photo: http://
Brown beats Pryor again playing against Michigan. Photo: http://cache.daylife.com/
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Travis Alan Pastrana: INSANE DUDE
By Brendan Dudukovich
Apparently, dominating free style Moto was not enough
for this man because now he is on the Subaru rally car team and
has his own t.v
show (nitro circus)! Only 26
and still dominating everything,
he is on the Subaru rally car team and killing it! He was only 15 when he
graduated high school because he was home schooled and
was the first person ever to do a double back flip on a dirt
bike. DC, Red bull, Subaru, Smith optics, Ogio, Suzuki,
alpine star, Nixon, Thor, and Pahr sponsor him. He is a
cool person who’s always looking for the next biggest
thrill.
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travis_pastrana_Fmx_News_021677_g.jpg
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Check it out: New Creatures Discovered!
By The New Creature Watcher
*Ninja Slug
*Fiery Snake
*Color Changing Frog
*Spectacled Bird
*Reddish ant that’s name is too long to write
*Fish that’s name is too long to write
*Orchid
Point your browers here for details!
http://www.csmonitor.com/
Science/2010/0422/Wow!-Ninjaslugs-color-changing-frogs-andother-weird-new-species-discovered
Top 5 NBA Free Agents
By Kristian Linville Jalen Nichols
LeBron James
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Chris Bosh
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Amare Stoudemire
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Dirk Nowitzki
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Manu Ginobili
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http://www.ihigh.com/100/article_21197.html
The Cat and the Rocket Part 4
By Gary Drake
Columbus North Girls Basketball:
New coach.
By Morgan Johns
Last basketball season
Debbie Marr
expired with
222-137 record. She had
coached North
girls for 17
years. Pat
McKee is now
named the
new girls basketball coach of Columbus
North. McKee has over 20 years coaching
experience with all different age groups:
College, High School, and Middle
School. Word says McKee has lead most
to all of his AAU traveling basketball
teams to national championships.
If you are interested in coming to
any basketball camps all you have to do is
register on the BCSC website. Here is the
schedule.
Girls Basketball Camp Week of June 7, Monday - Thursday
Camp Registration Form
5th - 8th grade (1:00 - 3:00) gym 1
(registration code - 53043 1B)
2nd - 4th grade (3:30 - 5:00) gym 1
(registration code - 53043 1A)
Mooresville Varsity Summer League
Schedule
Contact: Pat McKee [email protected]
http://www.ihigh.com/100/article_21197.html
Orange did not know what happened to
the Death Star. They could still detect it
on radar. It was right in front of them. It
had used an invisibility cloak. Their ship
was much more powerful than the Death
Star. Orange hit a random button and the
Death Star’s invisibility cloak went
down. Orange hit another button. The
ship started charging the ultimate
weapon. The Death Star could not hold
that power hitting it. Orange fired the
weapon. The Death Star exploded. Orange found the super computer after the
explosion. It said the Earth was alive. It
was in the Life Star. As they searched for
the Life Star they, had a party. They celebrated with fireworks. They Found the
Life Star and landed on it. The Life
troopers explained they were on their
side and saved the Earth. Everybody was
ok.
To be continued…
Source explosion: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/
thesnitch/explosion.jpg
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Back Then...
Have You Noticed?
By Emily Dial
My friends and I were thinking
the other day in resource
about the old kid shows we
watched when we were little.
We believe that the shows
have gone so downhill. We
had Blues Clues with steve,
now we have his cousin. And,
there is the backyardigans, but
back then we had power rangers. Things have changed
since the late 90’s. Here is
some of the shows that we
watched.
By Halie Mouser
Have you noticed lately that people
have gotten their haircut? Have you noticed people are really in to Air Jordan or
Converse? What about skinny jeans and
dark makeup. Or extremely baggy sweatpants? I watch people, not like a stalker
but “people watch”. I see how some girls
act when they are in a group then when
they are by themselves. I don’t write anything down or follow them I just watch.
Guys are the same way, different around
friends but totally opposite alone. Its
weird, the human mind. I believe that
people think they can only be happy
around friends but when they are by
themselves its like they become depressed. I’m a person who is happy whenever mad or sad no matter who’s around.
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Catdog
Dexter’s lab
Loony Toons
Tom and Jerry
Johny Bravo
Sesame Street
Roadrunner
The Big Comfy Couch
The Jetsons
The Flinstone’s
Max and Ruby
Lazy Town
Teletubbies
Veggie Tales
Zoboomafoo
Dragon Tales
Hey Arnold
Rugrats
Mighty Duck
Barney and friends
Arthur
Land Before Time
My Pet Protector
By Player 1 and Player 2
My Pet Protector is the coolest adventure game to ever walk this earth. You
start out by choosing what your character
looks like, then, you can venture out into
dungeons, rest at home, or do work. All of
these have certain benefits, for example,
is you go into a dungeon, you can loot
cool weapons and armor, if you do work,
you get money, but work and adventuring
is hard work, so you can rest at home, just
to lower your stress levels a bit. Every
time you do something, a week passes,
and with the new weeks, you age and
with your birthdays, you get a birthday
present. It just depends on how you live
your life.