The Pirate Press Vol 5 Num 3 (1982)

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THE telPIRAfE PRESSLanier,Haskins reignas HMS monarchs

by Selona LongH.li.S. rs annual Snowball Dancewas held Docembor 16, 1982.l.lore than half of the kldsenrolled at Heath showed up at thethre hour dance, held in lhe Mfaa1es c i1oo1 g)n4.The inowball was sponsored bytho :itud6nt CounclI who tlocoratedthe gym enci bought nefreshments.Thera wero streamors of all colorsand blinrlj.ng strobe 11ghts to enter_tain tlre dancors along wlth nusicfrom rtDavid !'oather and Frlend.rrThis yearts themo was rchrlstmasin :he irorest . The Student Council

constructed e lLfe-size mural of anaturo scone that demostrated thetheme thoroughly.The pr1c6 of tho Snowball was;1 .00 rstagt or $6.00 a couplo.At the middle of the Snowba11,I'irs. Reyer asked for every one I sattention and then announcod the1982-83 Klng and Queen of Snowball'82'.Congradulatlons to Kevln LsJrier andFe 1l y H8,skins I

Editors for The Pirate Pressannouncedhy labatha BartlettTen students have boonasardod th6 honor of editors-of Tho_ Pirate Press, announcedI,lrs. Uoopor Ja-nuary 11 . Thosopooplo:,rere chosen on thoirpes t worl.: on the newspapor,includlng ski Il- and attitud.e.fhe edltors are (Nows ))o a-nn jicl


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Hat Day sPonsored bY Beta T[re Pirate Pre.sssponsored tlake saley PauJ-a Gl-i s son

)rring the PeP ra11YJanutry il[, for tho HI::i ondLono Cak nth grade Jiamer throopeople frorn the 1]'ota anno'mced'ihe ',,rinnors of Ilat DaY. Thorewere 19 categorles and 211Lrinnors. Tiro winners recoi-veda package of Reosos ?oenut ButterCups. The winners &re as follows:Thrown out of a thoater -Chrls BurkeY.Polar Exploratl-on - Paula Glisson.One of a Klnd - Ron Ruggles andKim BoYd.Costrrr[ Party - Ronda Gi11.Bull light - John '(IniEht.3choo1 lipirlt - Selena Long andRobblo Ilstes.Iiost Groaaly - Laurle Gatlin andRenee Pi tchford.i{ors6 Ilace - }lark 3he1by.Bank Robbery - Shannon llenton.uncral - Suzie Robertson.i'ler - Tina iron,iaw.tl1lvr s - Kevitr Sklnnor.trrLin! Lny - T. J. CrrrroLl andJoY Powe1l..8aby.0ontest - Tra c 5' ThomPson.Tioklb your Cancy - I'Iarla Stone.'3od.p ':)ox Derby - Kovin liaY.Jungle Safari - Kevln Horton.Alrplane Pilot - RtchY llousdon.Demoll tion of a Buildin8 - ]'lonicalio ore and. Steven Owen.

Yearbook to come soon !by Keith SchuotterThls yoart s yoarbook 1sgoing to be comlnB out aroundthe fi,rst of April. There are!6 pages in the yearbook. The

pags a,re 7 3/l+ x lO l/2 LnsLze. A11 of th plcturss areblack end white oxcept for two.There are 2l.r-0 yearbooks ordered.There wl-l1 be ! or 5 extras for:the stuConts that dldntt orderone, that want one.John Lewls, member of theyearbook staff c orumonto d, rrThoyearbock ls goin8 to be thebest over ltrI"lonice Hlne s added, ri Itis going to be exc'lting lrrAccordi-nq to l{r. Mabry,yearbook advl s or , there havebn no major probloms in mak-in;; the yearbook, so far.

by Tabath& BnrtlettandMellssa BroylesTo earn prizo rioney for thePr6ssoetry contes, Tho I'i rB.:eheld a bake sale Jan. IJ.Over fifty dollars werearned, whictr excoeJed the moueynoeded for the prlzos; thereforo,tho class had a pr:rty 3.ni1 wentto Showbiz ?lzza P1sco.There were many di fferent

kinds of goodies to choose from,such as: cookies, candy, popcorn,brownios, otc. . . The pricesranged .trom 5 cents to !10 cents.Tf one person spent over ado1lar at th6 br.ke s416, he orsh6 qualified to pi-ck a balloon'to bust. Each balloon conlaineda piece of paper r^rith a certeinamount of money wrltten or: it.That person could buy iiree goodicslor tho anount shown.Sales Lrro so goo,l thet,unfortun to1y, some classqs '1i.dnr tgot lro p'trtB.ke ln this event.

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entertaincdl)y PauIa clissonAf ter each c ltrs s por t'orm-ance of dramatic cubtings, students

from the C ornnunlc &t i ons - C it ssaro choson to perform for othorc1ass6s. Janurry 111, oi6htperforrers entert&lned in thePractical Arts classes of llr.Mabry and l.Irs. Shel-ton.The performers and th6 irsslectlons are llsted:Deanne Dick (The Odd Couple)PauIa Glisson (A Chr j. s trnirs Carol )Selena LonE (The Odd Couple)Trucy_l,Iagee (A Christnas- Carol )Lori Ramage (Th6 Adding t'tacfrine )Regina Richlrds (The i/a.1rus andthe Carpenter )*Kim llyan ( tfre O,f e C ou p1e ) andD rna l\rhito (Tho Adding }icchine ) .

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Barnes,Dickspell for tfuathby Do anno DlckendJonnlfer Lulgs

illlS I s annual Spe1]lng Beec ame to trn end wlth Deanne Dickninnlrig from the 8th grade andli&quel lJarne s '.rinning f ron tho7th grade.The spelJ--of f , for theBth grade, was held Januery 20th,i,n llrs. ilho ltonf s room. I"1rs.Sholton gavo the words and KimRyan helped $rlth th6 judglng.Tbis spe11-off was botweenpeanne Dick, Laura Kindrecl, andPhyllis Dowdy. Dee.nne had tospe11 tho mj,s sed word rroonstruct-lonrr, and the oxtra wordItpaintingrrto wln.The 7th grade spelIlng boewas )retwoon Maquel Barnes,Veronica !\rtro11, Llsa Hughesand l'atrick Wood. Maqu61 hadto corrsctly spe11 rt faneflclalrrand Icertalnlyrr for her tltleas wlnner .The two w111 go s.gainsttwo competitors, one from LoneOak, and the other from Reidland.Thursday, February 1Oth.

Eight Grade introducedto FHAby Chrlsty RhewThe FIIA ( F\rture Homemakersof Amerlca) held a meeting onFebruary 9, c onc er:nlng geitlng,ei.ghth graders to Join the clubnoxt yan. They explaind th6thlngs you would be cloing sucha.s cooking, sw1ng, child care,keeplng housa, etc.After th6 moeting w&s overthe Corner Stones band fromLone Oek ontortained the eighthgradors. i,Ihile the b and. waiplaying, th6 offic6rs of theFllA took the eighth gra


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EDITORIALSPafie l.[ Th6 !'irato PressFamilies celebrateValentines in many waysby Connie llai a.February 1-11 is a verysnecia.l timo of the year, Its:vhen lriends an i frimilles sharetheir love to one another andgive cards and zlfbs too !People decorate their honesanC schools with rod troarts,paper 1ace, cupj.ds, anrl lovi,ngversea suj,table to tho Cay.Boys an,J gj-rIs st11:1. use papercardboard boxos in which torcieve their l,ra1entinos.Valontirros 1s one of myf&vorit6 holidays. I enJ oygoinq out to dinnor wlth myfanily, maklng hearts , p{rper.1aco, and othor docorntionsttro day l;eforc, and recelvingvalentinos from fan11y anrlfri end s .

Friendship means understandingicar nlitor:Youtre s,r ppo sed to nsl(ofriends, not lose your I'rionds.rrlhen frienris make i'un ofyo,.r, wirat lrinC of f r:eni1s arethey? If they talk br-hinC yourback, what kind of friends s.rothey?But, 1f this hapnens, stoplAnd talk to then. Dont t fi -'.rt.If your friends try to outyou up to fight them, tl.:.oy justwB.nt you to get hurt or getthem hurt. iinc eroly,

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iroop's we're sorrl\The pireto presswishes to na(e correc tl onsin tho 1e.st edi tl on:rrKiCs scoro hlgh on IT.I. P. Tesb[ -Jolee Loibenrood and peruyHolman wero oml t ted.- tr 3askotball 11ne-uprr ,,1Cin.iy Peelar, instead oi iKaran l{al1ace, ls ,".u.o.o 'tof eighth grade gir1s.". .1l- - -. & . r -E=--t:;n- ^- --., --,* ..i People on Earthnrrrnlo') are the.Y

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Chewing gum should beallowedDe er lidi t or ,I bring gum to school toloake my hunger pelns Bo away,but I can only chew gum 1nevery othor c1ass.I can understand why youcantt chew gun ln band. y6umlght get gum caught 1n yourlnstrument.I.ly fr!,ends and I thinkthat wa should bo able to chewgum in every class but band.

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rrrr I,r! .Dear Editor:Thore are entirely toomany people $roarlng purple.Our school color 1s black and6o1d. A11 people over wearis purple. You would thlnkwe lrere from Lone Oak.. Porsonally, f liko purplo.It ls_one of my favorlte'coiors,but all you hear is rwo&r purplotomorrow, okrt. you would thtnkwe w6rs purple people.If the l.Iarti ans c eme toIlarth, thoy would call us thopurplo peoplo. They wouldthi'rl- we flew ln purplo &ir-planes and drove purple cars.I think w noed to w6&r bl&ck

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Girl wants to be noticedDoar Patty,i{611, thls is my problem.Th6ro is e very good-looklng guy thatI, and ho is in tho elghth grtide. Irm onlyand ltd like to Iet hilo to notlce mo. rld6s tho s erneln tho soven se,'Jha t do I do to get hlm to notlce rno without :naklng a fooout of mysolf? I dontt want lt to look too obvious olt

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liany girls he-ve this problon. I'Iy suggestion 1sthe boyrs interests or hobbies. Go up to him ln th6a-nd c omr.rcnt or ask a question on this subject.i.'or lnstance, if h6 Likcs footba1l, ask him, rIJho wenerootlna for in the Super Bowl?rr

Sinc e re 1y,Patty PlrateDoar PB.t ty Pj"rate,

I huvo been going to EMS for quito B, whiLe now. I ilonrthave one tru6 firond I Everyone hore is friendly but no on6 hastried to be my friend. Whenever I get a conversatlon going withsomeone, they seem to want to go back to thlr ttother frlendsrr.I dontt know xh&t it i,s. I dontt thlnk ltrs me becauge I arn apretty fri.endly person. I Just want a friond real badIy.Thttnks for l-ettin8 me rtsteam of f rt .Frien(lly, but 1.'riondless.

Dear Friend1y, But Friendless,You should try to seek out a person whobecause this person 1s probably 1on61y, too.out someone with the same interests as you.

is new like yourselfYou a1s o should seekGood Luck,PB.t ty PlrB"te

Dear Patty Plrabe,I am a elg,hth grade girl , and this guy in the seventh llkes!ne. lltrt I donr t l1ke hlm. I{e 1s crazy &bout me and wants to gowith rne. Ho hes liked rne lor two veera. He is n1ce, and I donltvrent bo hurt hls feelings, irhat should f do?

IIelp ILoved, brrt Unl'ortunately.Dear Lo,reC r But IInf ortunately,LetIs romembor thet boysrcan be i)roken ea.sily; thereforonot ia a rolctntlc way. You mayfe61lngs rnay chunge.

feelin;;s are like fino chlna anal, t611 h1m that you f-iko him, butsLrglest that 1n a few years youriincerely,Patty Pl rate

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a].1 those who wroto lotters. It wouldone; thBrofore, she iras chosen thnoestudonts niEht rolate.

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Page 5Birthday, Junk Foodby l,i&rl-a StoneI.;onth of rlirthdaYJ anurrry!'e bruar..7I'l&l'c t1r'\pri tllrr-rJrr neJu 1y,lrugu s tSeptcnircrOc t o'bo rNovomberDei),1]1i)ef

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I know a lot of seventhgrader feel cheated because mostarrards ;;i.ven 1n the mlddLeschool_ are won by.elghth grad.ers,( example : Hat Day ) . i.I6 seventhgraders know there is a purposelor doinS this, but it stitihurt s .,Jhsnover any .iwards l:_regiven out that thc oighthgraders have holped make thedecislon on, the award.s arepres,onted to moro olghth gradLrsths.n sevonth qrarle rs . I d-on I tknow wh6ther the problem lies1n the fairnoss of the judglng,or if -they feel they are truly-more dosenving then us, Lndtherefore, whould get more ofthe awards? I realize that italso night be that this is thelnlast yoar and Last chance to g6tany of these awards. Even iflt is their last year, t,hoyshould be fair arri square aboutthe decislons that aro to bemade in tho future on all theawards that they sponsor. sllext year, when wo are inei ghth gra.rle, r+e mlght be likothls, l,ut I truly h5pe weremenl)er how we felt as sovonthgradors. ile should try to lookat th6se same situ8.tions &nddeclde who shoulC get the bestp]"ize , not beca.use^ they arc inour i;raile-, but boclrrse- theydeserve the award.

Student ponders mysteriesof the Universc. by Chrlsty Rhewover tho years ttrro h0va beenvarlous reports of U!.0 slFhtings.Sone people say thoy were taken intho spacecraft and exarained., butnot harrne d. O rers have ronortedspacocrafts landing 1nd observ ingth6 area for a short tiure.- -. Ttrere have proirably been manylendings of which w6 have been unlawaro. ^,'or oxarlple, orrL in redesort, oceen, or Ilorth po1o, whichare vory isolabsd places, wou1d.give the alien the impression thereis no llfo on earth.

This rnay be the re&son for ourbellef of no lifo on Ll).6 moon. Thopart worre landinf; on corrlrl 5e adesert or isolatod placo r^rho ro nollfe can 1ive. Did you ev6r con-sld6r that ?thore is anothor mystory whichpuz zl-s s evoryone. Tho BerrnudaTrlangle. Ships vanLsh wlthout atraco. Torrible storms occur.Alrplanes are nu11od .tnler tho Cepthsof tho oc6an. Have yorr. ever con_sldorod that the 3erriula could boa- timewarp, a doorway to the forthdimenslon? Tlme warps supposedlyopen and close uncontrottalty. socould this bo whero our shj.p! andplanes are going? Is iis how somospacocrs.fts ontor the earth? lJil1r.ro 6voll know tho trrrth?Wavs to have funby Deann@ Dlcki(tm RYanond

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The Plrainvolves much workby Phy111s Dowdy

Preperlng a. nawsp&per takes a.nhour e day at school here .at III'1S andthe studonts on tbe newspaper some-tlmes have to i"/rlte up storles atbomo. Stories that make up a. nowspaperare: nows stories, edltorlals, foa-turos , and sports.Hore, at III1S, the newspaper staffcta.rts by gettlng asslgnments fromlirs. Cooper. After tho asslgruaentsare nado tho students bo81n uorklngon thon. If a stuCent gets an asslgn-mont to cover a sport 6vent, bheyhave to Eo and t ake notes. When astory 1s rl one lt is then taken tol1rs. Cooper i:;:. lrer to chock. Thenshe has lt takon to the office tobe typ6d by lirs . Owons . l,Ihen thestories cone back from the office,the students then Lrave to put thetitle on by l6tter1ng. I{hen a.11 thestorles get 1n to Iirs. Coop6r. flnish-ed, rnoaning that, tirey must bo typodand titlod, she thens separates thestorl6s into stacks starting wlthall th news stories and to sports.It'lrs. Cooper thon puts the stories onpeper, in sactions with all th6edltorials, features and sports ineach of their Cilferont sections,heading the flrst page of each withth61r proper heading. If thero Lsany roon left on any of these pages,I,lrs. cooper f l11s therc with Jrawiingsor puzzles. After all of this isfinally complete, tho pags aro thencopied ln tho olfice. Usua11y, onthe day before the paper is to go outtho p\g6s are stapleal togther bIthe steff. The steff forms a lLnecnd goes around desks where pag6s &rosteckod 1n numerlc&l order to gathora complete nelrspaper. They then takebhe prges up to the round table tobe stapled. Aft6r all of thls ls donethe staff cen relax beca.use the paperls rearly to go out for ttre n6xt drLy.

At HMSby Ch-ris by Buchanan, I have been accldont-i)ronol,his yDar. Last June, falllngoff of a skateboard, I brokemy left arm. This Novomber,I fe1l again in band, breaklngth6 same arm, which resultodln surgery for me.Recoming intore s terl lnclutzy peopLe, I present toyou a long llst ln this category.P&uI Mayfield broko hls ankl-epl&ying vo1leybal1 , Sc ot tyRomain puIl6d l-igaments in hlsknoo, Rhonda Iia;soy fe11 '-)Lrou1;lra glass xin,i.r:r,l rrrrd eut herfingor very oad. Daron Crubtreesprained hls right arm, ChrlsBurkey had a l-whe61er accidontLnd 1t hurt the 3-wfr661er, andIodd Farmer. broko his ri8ht arm.ilric Jones had an egg size lumpon hls forehead from not ltftlngwe j.ghts.Thls is our collection ofHl"iS accidents, sorry lf wedidntt get yours .

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The Pirate\4/inter Word Search The Quarter Horse,an allby C arole -Devl s purpose animalA Z B K.t' c Il il I N I\r O P C t KRIVGLIALILWKRHlIIHAYXFIREPLACTI,iSL

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by Phy11 ls Dowdy\.Iintor thls yar Lras boen vorYunusual for many states. Insteadof snow, many states Lrave boenfloodecl due to heavy ralns. Thotemperaturos were some of the tlne

ln ths 50rs. Most winters snowcomes and closes schools and sometj"me businossos. But this yoar aofan schools and buElnesses have notbeon closed for snow, but hafe beenbecause of floodlng. ManY statesare nol, trying to recuperato fromthe floods of wlnter. Food andnecessltls have boen sent to somoof the handest hlt by thls flooding.Anong the ones are Loulsana andUlssouri. Sorne states have evonbeon declared dlsrster areas byPresldent Reagan. This has bentho warmest temperatures for winterthat can be re c aIlo d.

' by Chr j.sty RhewandRhonda [iens6rThe Quarter Horse canbo used for aL1 most anythj.ng.Thot-- can plow a fie1d, pulf "carts and bu.;1ys, be used. asa pack horse, otc.But the bost known usois recin6. Such as barrelra.clng, polo bondirrt, fi8ureeight, calf roping, steerwrestl j,ng, and other oventsln nodeoa and locaI horse

shows. They can beat aThoroughbred in a quartermils race and this ls howthe Quarter Horse equlredits nem6 .The most corrmon usefor Quartor llorses, be slde sthe barrls, is trail rldlng.The Qua.rter horse ls a west-ern horse thet I s strong,built for speed and surefootod oven roulh torraln asopposod to the ljaddlebred(Unglish) h,rrse, who is verydellcate. That - is wtry the11ght ssddles are neeiled.Also they sxe not suitabl efor traiL rides bocause thoyLre more apt to beconre sorefooted after long rides overrough te rrain.The i)uarter Horso alsohas a nole in Amoricen hlstory.They wore used by Indians, th6wagon tra,lns , the pony Expre s s ,regular trrnsportation, anarnuch more .Most wostern horse ownerswill te1l you a euarter Honseis a good all-purpose horsoto heve. So if your 1ookin6for a good westei.n horse,rememb6r th6 quertor llorie.sou*,

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&r.; 1-First PIac6 !I,ty i.,rl endr by Joe LlndseyYourve b99l .y friend, my-- confidonce s.t tines;Youlvo always b6en sweetwiten I wasnr t so kind.Yourve beon tho shoulder._ vrhen I needed to crylYoutve sat a.nd listened andnevor asked why.Youtvo stuck byboen Iow,Anrl that ls why,so.

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only have a few anymore;quess lor ther,r I Just coul lnttnake the sc ore .(I wonder sometimes who myrrtrue I friends are? )-wlth whom I can sharothoughts and sorrow;wonrt go off to tellt omorrow .I you h&ve e frlend like this,hang on;'{hatever you do, you wfnr t wrr.ntthem gone.tsut there arent t verythem around;Th61r breed so 1i t tl-eoftea found.So if -you have a trtrue, trugrrf rir:nd,Hang on and theyrll go withyou t111 tho ond.

Lindsey;Kei{r, Hosackwtn poetry honors'by paula G1i s sonandRegina Richards,. _^ {"rul."y 21 was the d6ad-ii3'" :';;. :f."|ffi:;I ;:l:*il"."ly_ !h" newspaper 6dltors and:1i:".. A11 the enrrios wereg_oocl, but onfy thre couLd bechosen.Thene was a five dollarll1": for.first prize, threeror 3econ,L and two for thlrd.-L'he poctry contost rlnrrer" andtneir poens are helow:

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Ir wonder_ ii irc rememtters thesni I eI_Oi": so rreoly to himiur o.rr_ spocial little b;Iks,,,ir6n al] the Iif,hts w6r6 d1m.l^"ll]:: if lre o,..or stops,ro rnrnk o: mo now ana ifren;i.'o, wonder lrow frm doingAnd itot,/ I h qve been.f wonder if he hurts insidei 1:::1:: theY Pra'Y our sonsi,..,_I:"1". t.t-he yea.rns for f;6;Ynen a couple strolls a1ong.I wonderKeep himf wonder,'/o never

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The Pirato pressFebuary' ce lebratesPresidents,Lovers

by IIelissa BroylesandRhonda NonsorThe month of Februarycontalns ms,ny lmportant dayssuch as Valontlne r s Day, GroundHog Day, and the birthiiiys ofPresidents Georgo i^lashin[ton&nd AbrahB.m L1ncoln._ ooorge .,Iashington ws.sborn on i;'ebruary 22 but hlsbirthday was celebrated on the

21. Some of tho things heacconplished were that h r^ra.sthe flrst.president of th6TIni ted 5t&s, Comrrrand,er in-Chief of Continontsl Army, andwas cot[']i s s ioned l"16uten.ant, general arrd c ommander _in -Chiefof the nor+ United St&tes Army.Abraham Llncoln was bornon !'ebruary 12. He was elocted, to the Il1inols Genoral .lr,ssemb1y,)l olectsd to the II. S. IIo rse ofIiepresent{itivos, and wo.s eloct_ed slxteenth President of th6IJnite d States.February has long been atlme for c6l-ebr&tlng Valentino r sDey. We know that thero weretwo Christlans named yalenti.ne i0116 & prlest errd one a blshop,both of whom were martyred by 'llmperor CLaudlus II . bne stlrytelIs about iloman soldlers;rh6refused to flght in llmpe rorClaudlus I w&r, because thcsoldi.ef dldn I t l^r&nt to leavettreir wives arrll sweethoarts.The Emporor then forbade marriatos-and engagements. A blshop namodVaLentlne helped the lovers bysecretly contlnul-ng to performmaryi &ge s . Whon he was di s _covered, Claudlus had hlm thrownin prison where he died.Another story tell s thatValentine was E pri.est, jailedfor helplng Christlans. ;,Jlrl1ol:n J-alI, ho cured his J a11er. r s

daughter of bllndness. - Somesay ho also fe11 in 1ove wtth sglr1 and wrote her love notes.In any caso, before he di6d,he wrote a final note to her,slgnod ttfrom your Valontiner'.ClauClus was furious when helg"Ia of the glrls cure by aChrlstl&n and had Valentinebeheaded on February 1l+ A.D. 259._ Others say Velentine died.t'o bruary 14. A. D. 27O , tor ?e_fusing to give up Christianity.In A.D. l+95 pope Gelasluiset February 111 as the dat6 onwhlch to honor th6 Good SalniVs.lentine.

Ground-Hog Day pre-dicts weatherby Christy RhewAccordlng to ruralAmorlcan Traditlon on I'eb. 2of eveq'. yoar the ground_hogIeaves the burrow whore lthad been hlbernating to disc6verwhether cold wlnter weatherw111 continue. The legend savsthat.lf the ground -hog-doe s n i[ -. see lts shadow, he w:.II remalnabove ;round concldering itshibernatlon over. But if lts,shadow- does appear, the groundhog .Ii 11 continue.its hlSernat_

1on because six Doro weeks ofbad weathor will fo11ow. So::T"T]?T.Ground-Hog Day, Feb. 2,a.nd nrodic L your o$rn weather t -

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Paee 1lF'lashes slide by Pirates

' by Deldra G1i s sonThe elghtb grado boYs weredefeated by the Lone Oak PurPlelaashes on December 13.At the end of the flrst quarterthe Piratos were a,i.eail by one pointwith Reggle Marshall wlth 2 Pointsand Scotty Romain with 3 Polnts.Tho score at the halftlme was15-20 with the Purple Flashes wlnnin8.

Th6 leadint scorors of the socondquarter were agaln Reggie Marshallsnd Scotty Roma.in, each with l.r polnts.Jinmy Hobby had 2.The third quarter brought thePrrates 1l+ points and tho Flashes 12.The score was 29-32 with the PurPleFlashos ahead by 3 points. JimnYHobby and Greg Armstron8 contrlbutedl+ points. Shannon Benton, ReggleMarshall , and Scotty Romain added2 polnts aplece.In the fourth querter ReggieI1arshall and Greg Armstrong tossedin 2 baskets for L; points each.Shannon Benton arrd Todd Hlte chlppedin 2 points eech. The flna1 scorewas Plrates 1.,r1 and Flashes [!.tndlvidual score : Sirannon3enton l.r- points, Reggie Marshall 12,creg Armstrong 12, Jlmmy Hobby 6,Scotty Romain I and Tod.d llite r,rlth2 polnts.

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Flash strikes pirates' by Paul MayfieldandChri s I,Ia11ory0n December 1l+ at the sv6[-th grad6 Lady ?lrates home courtth6 Lone oak Purple !'lash stnuckthe Lad.y Piratos 8-20.During the flrst balf theLacy Pirates rrere held scorelessbecauso of a tough scrappydfenso thet Lona Oak plaYed.

Unfortlrnatoly, the Purple Flashcame up wlth 5 polnt unanswereclpoints ln tho final mlnutes ofthe second quarter to hold thescore o-6 advantage to the Flash.To start thE thlrd stanzaJackle Estes c arre up wlth a 10footor, but the Ledy Plr&tosvrent on a cold streak misslngthe ir next 11 shot s that thePlrates put up.To start the fourth quarter,th6 Purp1e F]-ash hlt a basketand had a fr6o throw. Tho LadyPlrates hlt 2 field goals and apalr from the llne to ond the ..Eemo. ,Jacklo nstes lead the Plrates-in scoring with 11 polnts andShana Chumbler was second inscoring wlth 2 polnts. AlLisonGray also had 2 points to completotho Lady Pirat6s scoring.

Piratesbyby FlashesIlarla 3ton6Dec. 1l ilea.th Pirate seighth grade 6ir1s had a toughgarie &g&inst l'Iashos. Ib wasa close garne but !'lashos tookvlctory 16 to 18.The first quarter Nelson,ilverette and Griffes each pltch-ed in a basket. Heath foul.ed

i tlmes 1n the l'irst &nd egalnin the second tr.a1f .The first quarter flnalsc ore rras tlod l1 to 11.Tho first helf score with9 to B saw Heath 1n t,ho lead.I'lcKlnnoy, lie 1son, Gatliff,,"lveretto, Burnett, &nd Grif fesnetting the polnts.Th6 thirai stanz& Amy Clauswas the only one scoring.Tho final perlod c a.me ,ar ound wlth I'lcKinney, l.lel-son,Gatliff, ancl Gr.if fes scorlng8.9&in, but not enough to overtake the flashes victory by 2poi-nt s .

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Pirates slipped by Flashes Metropolis winsby Tracy MageeThe seventh gnade boys

faced the flashes on thehome court Dec. 1l+, ald de-foeted Llnem 29-26 .In tho flrst stanza LoneOak took tho Iead, outscor-1ng the Pirates 2-8. BrentJordan 1ed the I,lrates n6t-tlng 2 points. In the socondquarter Lone Oak was st111leadlng 11-16. Joey Marsha1l,Brent Jordan, and DaronCrabtree led the honors wlthMarshall scorlng I markers ,Jordan l, and Crabtree 2.Tho Plrates took thelesd in th6 thlrd p6r1od withMark Shelby and Brent JordanloaClng with 11 polnts apieceand David Wa11e.ce wlth 1,making the score 20-19.In the fin8.1 stanza,Marshel1 16d the Pirates'add-lng I polnts to the scorefollowed by Shlby lrith J andJordan with 2.As the b:uzzer sounded.the finel score was 2p-26Ileatht s favor. Here aro thof inal rosul,ts: llrent Jordan 11,Joey liarshall B, I.la.rk Shelby J,Daron Crabbroo 2, Davld f,/al1ac61.Heath downed byTroians ,, 12-146y Deenne Dlck

and' Klm RyanThe first quartor went bywlthout any scoring r.rntll sbout5 seconds left 1n the quarter,then Karen Devis, for El,iS put'up the flrst points of the game.. Only ono person saw anyaction in the second stanza,whlch was Shayna Chumbler., iorileath wlth the front end of atwo shot fou1, maklng the scoreat half tim6, Heath l, Iietropolls0. After halftlme intermisslon,lietropolis hlt the board w i_th! pointsr topplng the I sunk byJackle -istes and Karon Davi.s.Next came a hot streak by Estes$rlth a 10 foot ,iumper and a topof the key bucket. She alsoras fouled by !1otropolls. Shehlt the charity toes making thofinal polnt of the gam6.Heath had three scorersthrough the game. They wereJeckie f,stes r+ith 7, K;.ren Davj.sr.rith [, and Shayna Chunbler with1.

over Heath by Klm RyanandDoarne Dlck.

n" "tno*"ll dilil$lr;.'fi IHII"i,. ;on the i)ira.tes I homa court.- -The Cerxe startel relative_J_y slow until Heath got hot,wlth Deldra Gllsson Efttrnt'?-ll?1: Eoa1, followea u!-"JuIl ilurnett with a buci


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Pirates stew Bombersby. Iie f ani e I'lelsonIn the Jan. 5 actlon agalnst.tho St. Johns Rornbers, the oighth

[r&de Plr{}tcs over powered itsop ironcn t s by s,,rccssive stealingof the ball a,rd consistont scor-ing of points, J1 to 10.J imny I{oirby stnrted the 12point shootlnA spree. GrogArmstrong, at the charlty stripocontributod 2 polnts. ScottyRor:ai n s ank two points f or thoPirates. The Bucaneers int6r-ceptod :rnd rflain Rorr,trin scored.In the second haIf, the Pir&tesbroulht a new 11noup in. Thecroud. was swept wi.th excitementt}s A&ron Holt made e nice layup.The inrlroClents oi the:jcorors',rere Jlnmy Hobby s l z zllng1! points, Terry Johnson andRoggio I,arshal1 peppering 12points a pi6co, c!.eg Armstrongcenriqs 11 points for the llucs,Todd_ilite and ,)cotty Ronrain tyln6I'or b a picce, Aaron Holt hittingt'wo f or twc f re e throws and a).a5'up, r'rh1Ie Sho.rnon Bontonsirjnered two junp shots. Davldllrovrn dashod i-n ono point fonthe cvorall sterrln8 of the Bombers.

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Reidland overpowers Heathby Amy Claus. _ The pirates wero 1ed by:!? ;scorlng..of Greg Armstroig:i9 Il:gSi? I,1urshat1, combinj.ig|ot 22 points, but it stlll$rasntt anough to hold back theReidLand Croyhounds who defeatedthe.Iir{rLcs Ut-52, }4onrlay Jan. lOon uheir home c ourt .Iieidf und nade 21 field aoal!,nd 1C-20 fr6 Uhrows ior (OZconpar:d to Herrthrs 15 fleidgoals and 111-l! free throws forl+0;;. The Oreyhounds al-so outscored ths piraboo in everyquarter, but they held on iomake_ in 21-21.r. at hal f time,Reldland 1o ad.Scoring from the piret e gincl.ude Irl&rshaLl wi.th 11 and5 of 5 from the strip6, Armstronq11, !9ma:.1 9, Benton O, u.luy- fi,'and Hite 3.

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Iloinbers glide by Piratesby Jennlfer LulgsandRogj,na Ri.chards

- January 6, the eighth.grade ;ir1s facd the Bomberson the home court, but 1ot thellonbers slip by with a scoroof 15-13.Th6 Plratos stnrted offto a^6ood 1ead, challenging tnthe lirst perj-oC with a-J iointlead :naking the scoro 6-lr-withG1i s so:r and llverottc netlingtwo, :u-rd No1son scoring two-c irtrri ty bhrowsAt the end of bhe flrsthalf the sc ors \"r&s 8-9, St. Johnsa:,'.'r.r.tage. In the third stimzaboth beams hed B. hs_rd tino,wj,th lieath not ecoring, andthe 3o;:bers gettlng one freethrow.At tho ond of tho gam6 th6final score r,ras plrates-1!, andSt. John 18. Leading scorersfor the Pirates were-Glisson 6,licKlrmelr l, and Nelson, Everette,and Grllfes all notting twomarkers api,ece.

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Pirates make dog foodout of Grevhoundsby Dand !ftri te

I,londay , January 10the eighth grade girlsbasketball team defoatodthe Reldland Creyhounds., Drrlng the flrstqu&rt6r tho Pirates 1edB to 2 witii l.lcKlnrrevscoring 5 and Everettescorlng 2.The socond perl odwent well with thePlrats stil1 holdlngthe Iead, l.l61son with 2m&rkers and Burntt with[, loaving the score athalf timo 1l+ t0 [.Hoath oarned B polntsin the third stanza.Taking honors were l,icKinneyand Glisson with 2 a pleceand Burnott with 11.As the bvzzlp sound-ed at the ond of the camothe score was 31 to 16with Heath coming out ontop. The final scororsof the g8.ne were McKlnneywith 2, Evorotto with [,and Burnett wlth I freethrows.The Pi rat o s hl t 1l+of 34 fteld goals for l+If.

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ttrounds slip h Piratesby l,Ie lanio Ne l sonTh6 soventh grade p1:".1t


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/-Page 1!Flshes scoot by Pirates

b]r Carole Davi sSee-saw scoring gave

0&k the win January 2[ asPlrates el6hth grade gir:ILonethes lost27 to 29.The Plrates started outsloru and were behind by s1xet the end of tho first qua.rter,but pu116d to within two pointsfrom tho l'lashes makinE thescore 12-1[ by the end of thesecond 9 t&nza..The second half appearedto belong to the Plrates. i,Iiththe hot shootlng of JulieBurnett who scord fifieen polntsHeath h&d a four polnt lead etthe end of the thi,rd qu&rter.They incroased tho logd to s1xin the fourth just bofore thel.'lashes made thsir comeback tohave a victory of two points.Tro,c 1 I'icKinney and MelanleIlelson added five polnts api6ceto th6 score, and Deidra Glisslona,'lded two maklng the score bythe ond of tho game 2J to 29-.

Love euizby Lonl Ramage1. Green or gray parrots.z. A knot or bow of a rlbbonused as a token of 1ove.

Jes6rtei by ones love.JlCt( beceuse ol 1ove.

The Plrate prossFlashes strike Piratesby Deidra GlissonJanuary 2!th action sawsevonth Snade boys defeated byLone oak l+5-77.Bront Jordan and Joeyl'larsha11 porred i,n ! points i,nthe'i:.st .luarter. Javld'.,Ia11acelrud 2.' iloath was tra11lng badlyL2-2$ by the end of this poriod.Ag:tin in the second quarterBronb Jord::n ripped th net for11 points arrd also 2 moro pointsat th6 foul line. Daron Crabtreehad 2, Chad Schultz and Davidl.Iallace each had a fr66 thro!,

epiece. At half tlme tho scorewas 25-lB, Hsath behlnd.Joey !iar8ha11 and. DaronCrabtroo were the only scorersln t,he third qu.:rrter with a totalof ! points.Marshall st:.rted the fourttrquarter with an easy two points.Also Scott Harrison scoroal hlsflrst point of the game 8.t thecherity 1irte. Later, Marsha1l ;and Harrlson scored 2 polnts, butthe l'lashes r defense..was holdlngthem back. In the rnlddle of tb6fourth quarber, Crabtree rippedthe not for 2 points &t thecharity line. Later on 1n bhegamo Crabtree scored. five monepoints and Lon6 Oak downe I Heath)v5-77 .?

[.). _tne tnrobbing novomont oftho he art.

To che ei- up.-,)1ncef e.A J urnLn[ sensation eboutthe he art .

-l *s'$l#:i$1-::*{$'eS;*"O LThe plrate press ls edltcd snd publlshed by the eightb grad.econruEG-fi6iTTL-G.Edj,torj,als and guest features (such. as pooms, storlea, art work,on garnos) w111 be coisldered for poUiic*tro.r.The McCnacken County Board oi Educatlon doos not d.1scr:tma.t6 onhs -basls of race, colorr. n&tIonel origln, relfgfon, -""ir-"iaZoohandicapped rn its educatlonel pooe"*3-""a empioym6ni-pi"iir""".staff : Teba.the._Bartlott, E"af,her Brown, if"fi"s"-niotie",Christine 3uchanan, Julle Burnett, A;y Ct"l-,r, Carolo Davla. DenneDlck, PhylIis Dowdy, 81t,y caie, 6";i"-G;i;; ;;i;;; [iii!1.^, ruur"1lsson, K6vln Hortonr- Frank Infra.rn, 5"1".r"-io.rg,,f"rrr,iiii-iofg",

Trr.cy Magee, chrts,aIlory, oailor llariin, naut"fiaiil"fa]'nforra.Henser, MelsniE Nelson, r,oi.i namagel-6t iritv Rhg*,_ R;gi; ifchards,eenne iiosers, Klmberlv nvan, neiEn'sJiiuett6r, u.irii-Biiri"l'o*r," rJhrre,dvisor: hances Cooler -Typlst: Betty Owens-

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