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“State Revs Up for A New

Speed Limit” is what I

found in the Great Falls

Tribune. The state has de-

cided to bump the speed

limit up from 75 MPH to 80

MPH. The people of Great

Falls are debating weath-

er this is a good idea.

Some say that it’s a good

idea because you will get

places faster. Others say

that it’s a bad idea be-

cause of more and more

people texting while driv-

ing. This may or may not

be a good idea but I

guesses we’ll have to wait

and see. Happy driving, if

you could. Well that’s all

folks (loony toons)

by Bree H.

1. I was famous for having over 80 pair of pants.

2. I smoked 20 cigarettes per day.

3. I never got marrried.

4. My father was the first vice president.

5. I played the saxophone.

6. I once owned part of the Texas Ranger baseball team.

7. I led the Army during the American Revolution.

8. My middle name was one letter—lterally.

Contributed by Marissa McMickle;

courtesty of Mr. Faulk

1. Chester Arthur

2. Ulysses S. Grant

3. James Buchanan

4. John Quincy Adams

5. Bill Clinton

6. George W. Bush

7. George Washington

8. My middle name was

Air Traffic Controller: Chris Kidd

I work at the airport, in a tower 14 stories tall. I

have a bird’s eye view of the city and of the airport run-

ways. Each year Great Falls Air Traffic Control Tower

handles over 48,000 operations. Air Traffic Controllers

(ATC) talk to each other, the pilots and other airports to

coordinate air space. This allows them to manage the

flow of aircraft and insures safe travel. Communication

is key in Air Traffic Control. They are responsible for giv-

ing accurate directions, information and weather con-

ditions to pilots, as well as coordinate with ground crews

in the event of an emergency.

Currently ATC’s in Great Falls, Montana, work 40

hours a week on a shift-like schedule, but could poten-

tially work up to 56 hours if there are not enough quali-

fied controllers. The facility is open 24 hours, so it has to

be manned at all times.

Every day is different as an ATC. Planes are sometimes

early or late, have mechanical issues or emergencies.

Often there are military pilots practicing, landings and

take offs in between commercial flights and cargo

planes.

This makes for more fun when sequencing their arrivals

or departures.

ATCs go through initial training at the

FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, Ok. For 3 months. Up-

on successful completion, they are sent to a facility for

extensive on the job training that lasts for about 18

months. Most ATCs have a military background, an avi-

ation degree, or just a strong interest in aircraft. I had

military experience. Most often I helped jets land on

aircraft carriers in the middle of the ocean. I enjoyed

that so much, I decided to continue as an ATC, and

have been able to live in various parts of the country.

Technology has improved in the last 20 years,

most times for the good, but occasionally glitches

cause big traffic jams. For instance, pilots once carried

40lbs worth of maps with them on flights, but now use

IPad. However, if the IPad app fails, flights are delayed

or cancelled.

ATC is fun, it’s like playing a video game all day

and despite the shiftwork and frequent changing of

days off, I enjoy it. It can be challenging to balance

that with a family, but we manage because I have a

super awesome wife.

Career Interview: Jeremy Virts

Firefighter/Paramedic

By Abbie Virts Jeremy Virts,

who is also known as

my DAD, is a public

servant to the city of

Great Falls. His main function is fire suppres-

sion. He also provides advanced life support

to the sick and injured. A firefighter/

paramedic’s major job responsibilities are

structural fire-fighting and paramedic care.

On average, he works about 48 hours a week.

All of the additional duties are per-

formed around 911 calls to the public. They

keep busy when not responding to calls by

doing duties around the station such as equip-

ment maintenance and cleaning. They also

are constantly training to make sure all of our

skills are practiced. Firemen also do inspec-

tions on businesses for fire prevention.

For two weeks in the fall, they teach fire

prevention to elementary schools in Great

Falls. There is not a set routine as a fireman.

Firemen should be personable, physically fit,

and be able to think on your

feet because every day is different and you

never know what to expect.

To get where he is today, Jeremy has

done a lot of training and continuing educa-

tion. Fire-fighting techniques have changed

since he started his career. There have been

some changes, such as how to attend to pa-

tients whose hearts have stopped beating.

My dad enjoys helping people on a day

-to-day basis. He also balances his work and

homelife by focus on family and spend quality

time with them when not working.

P A G E 3

The Raven’s head coach is brother

with the 49ers head coach. However only one team will win this Super Bowl. This Su-per Bowl took place in Mercedes-Bens Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. These teams were the first teams to be featured in undefeated Super Bowl titles. This Super Bowl was nicknamed the Blackout Bowl. This was because in the 3rd quarter the lights went out without a flicker.

Also because of the power outage delay this Super Bowl was the longest in history at 4 hours, and 14 minutes long. At the end the final score was 34-31 Raven’s. Raven’s head coach John Harbaugh said “how could it be any other way? It’s never petty. It’s never perfect. But it’s us. It was us today”.

Team 1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Total

Ravens 7 14 7 6 34

49ers 3 3 17 8 31

Ravens vs. 49ers

By Conner Brost

CMR is the best high school with green and gold, the

mascot the rustler and with principal Kerry Parson. The

doors opened on September 7 1965 with a total of

1,400 students. This school has about 1,515 students

and most of them attend the games. I am going to

interview the CMR Wrangler coach Jeanne Myers

about her.

1. When did you began playing your sport? She be-

gan playing it in 2010 and started dancing since she

was born.

2. What are the inspirations and aspirations? She has

always loved to dance and she enjoys people suc-

ceeding.

3. What challenges have you faced? She has faced a

group of girls working together. She has also

sprangred her own ankles a lot and she treated it and

battled through.

4. What routines do you follow? Her routine that she

follows is she has practice with her team, then she

goes to work then goes home, next she does home-

work with her kids cleans house, and last she goes to

bed and does it again. With her team they train for 2

hours a day and 8 a week. The two things that help

them succeed is that she accepts a lot from her team

and appreciate everyone.

5. What have they learned about their teamwork?

They learned that it comes out a price when someone

gets hurt. They do team meetings and discusses there

problems .The coach has not any troubles with par-

ents. For her one endurance she has learned that she

works with her team and the role of her parents were

to always be positive and helpful.

6. What words of advice or encouragement do they

have to share with younger athletes? They would

have to say to be the better person.

7. I asked some other questions so here is a few of

them. She started coaching because the other coach

was leaving so she decided to help out by taking her

place. Her favorite dance they did was Love Runs Out

in 2014.she has also had not traveled out of the state

with her team. Now you know some things about the

school and the coach.I hope you can ented the foot-

ball games and basketball go CMR!!!

By Ireland Osentowski

Contributed by John Huestis &

Teague Furr

My Sister by Olivia

My sister, Taylor is in 12th grade at CMR.

She plays the violin and has been doing this for 7

years. She still finds playing enjoyable.

Taylor also likes running cross country with

her favorite coaches! From her teachers, she has

learned how to be a responsible student through-

out life. However, the biggest challenges facing

students today is paying for college. She is going

to go into the Air Force so she won’t have to pay.

They will pay it for her.

Teachers are more insistent on making kids be

more persistent on making kids more focused

and getting good grades. Teachers are allowing

kids to get away with more.

Kids should be involved in activities after

school because it will keep them busy and let

them try new things.

Taylor said she thinks KIDS SHOULD KEEP

PUSHING THROUGH EVEN WHEN

THINGS GET TOUGH!

Rosalie, My Rosalie

By Camebrie Brost 1. What was the book about?

The book was about a duck’s life. 2. List 3 things you liked about the

book and why.

I liked it when a hawk

attacked Rosalie.

I liked it when Rosalie

chased kids at Hallow-

een.

I liked it when a girl

named Henry got Rosa-

lie. 3. What was your favor-

ite part and why?

My favorite part of this book is when

Rosalie attacked the mail man be-

cause it was funny. 4. Explain something you did not like

and why.

I liked every part of the book. 5.Who was your favorite character

and why? My favorite character is

Rosalie because she is

a duck. 6. Who would you rec-

ommend this book to

and why?

I would recommend this book to my teacher because she always says that she will have to read Rosalie my Rosalie sometime.

My movie review:

Grant Grady

Movie: The MARTIAN

The Martian is based on the book

and tells about a group astronaut sci-

entists who blast off from the planet

Mars. They leave behind Mark Watney,

who they thought was dead after a

sand storm. With only a few supplies,

the stranded botonist must use his sci-

ence knowledge to survive. He is really

funny and sarcastic.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, mem-

bers of NASA try to bring him home.

When his crew finds out he’s alive,

they make their own plan to rescue

him.

I thought this movie was awe-

some. I liked these three things best

(It is in chronological order) First, I

like when Mark gets the plants to

grow. Second, it brings suspense

when the HAB explodes and all the

plants die. Last, I like it when he

blows a hole in his suit to get to Her-

mes.

...have no Cell Phones or no Internet?

We did a survey of Riverview stu-

dents. When asked the above question,

we got some interesting answers!

The results are in! _In my class, 8

students said no internet; 11 voted no

cell phones. What WOULD YOU RATHER

go without? By Robyn Mathison

1. Car hop girl 2. Southern belle 3. Firefighter 4. Indiana Jones 5. Ghost Busters 6. Robin Hood 7. Michael Jackson Thriller 8. Baby Tinker Bell 9. Baby Pumpkin 10. Minnie Mouse

By Brooke Romney

The Fennec Fox S

arah Faulk

The Fennec Fox is a mammal with ears

up to 6 inches long. It’s the smallest of all

foxes and weighs about 2.2 to 3.3 pounds. They mostly live in North Africa. Since it is a de-

sert to stay cool they build underground dens for

their family.In this environment these nocturnal

(sleep all day awake at night) animals can live for

about 14 years. A horrible thing is their predator

a Eagle Owl is nocturnal too! The Fennec Fox is

an amazing ,interesting animal.

Snickers: The classic caramel filled choco-

late bar a lot of people love

Cadbury SCREME egg: the favorite crème

filled egg gets a new Halloween theme in

the Cadbury SCREME EGG

CRUNCH: People love peanuts, especially

when it’s a chocolate bar with peanuts in

it with the CRUNCH bar at number 3

M&MS: The bite-sized Chocolate candies

that everybody knows with M&M’S at

Number 4

Jelly-Bellies; These jelly-beans have flavors

gross-pop with the Jelly Bellies at number

5

Peanut butter cups: Ms. Warneke loves

REESES!

Light at two lights is a beautiful

painting don’t you think? Here are

some facts about Light at two Lights

and its creator. Edward Hopper was

born in Nyack, New York. Edward

Hopper lived from 1882-1967. Edward

Hopper painted Light at two Lights in

1927. Get this Edward Hopper had an

art studio in New York and he lived

and painted in the same studio for

over 50 years!! I chose this because

my mom likes lighthouses.

The windows make right angles

on the left side. The lighthouse might

be a cylinder. The roof of the shack is

a right angle.

Thank you for reading my arti-

cle.

By Kyle Gilbertson

A YOUNG HARE PAINTED BY ABRECHT DURNER

I will be giving 5 facts about Abrecht Durner

and his portrait called the Young Hare. The artist

was born in Nuren Germany .He had 17 brothers

and sisters and only 3 lived there years. His father

wanted him to do something different but he

wanted to paint so he did

painting. Abrecht started

doing self -portraits so he

made he first one in 1484

was when he was 14

years old. His first painted

self portrait was done

when he was22 and then

he married Anges Fray.

He made thousands of

drawings , watercolors,

and was the best print maker of all time. Now you

know some things about Abrecht Durner and his

amazing painted the Young Hare thank you for

taking your time and reading this.

I see a triangle in the hares ears,nose,and in

the signiture.Also you can see a circle on the hares

back legs.Between the ears you can see a vertex

angle. By Ireland Osentowski

WORDS FROM AN EXPERIENCED

TEACHER: Mr. Goosen

By Norah Allen

“My fifth grade teacher led me into

teaching and I’ve wanted to become as

funny as him someday. I’ve been teaching

for 16 years and have taught in Riverview

and Longfellow. I find teaching more re-

warding than when I started. I don’t have a

favorite student, but I like the kids who are

hardworking and funny.

My students have taught me pa-

tience and empathy. The most compelling

challenges to me are rising to the difficulty.

The positive and negative changes are

more difficult material and students pro-

gressing rapidly.

I do see changes in the future, but don’t

know what they’ll be. The most valuable

lesson I would give right now is think before

you make a decision.”