The Pirate Press Vol 6 Num 4 (1984)

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PIRATE PRESSColorguard tryoutsby Rcnlc PltchfordendWcndr, Prlddy

Apr:ll 5 mrny of thc clghtbgrede g1r1a staycd af-tcn school forth6 f1r!t of Fleg and Rtf]c practlc..Evcry Thursday untlI l(ay 21, the;rw111 contlnue to 8ts.y aftcr schoolfrorn 2:lO untlI l+300. Thcsc 6ir1serC practl.cing fon the tryouts, whJ.ctrwill be heId May 21. Eech one hopesto bc onc of the very fcw cnosenfor co).orguard ncxt ycer 1n thaEerth Elgh School Band.Thc lnstnuctorg erc proviouacolorgucrds. Tbc lntructor forElags ls Necla 0rDon1sy. Tbolnstructor for R1f1cs 1s RoblnAbenathr.. fhctr Job 1r to tcechthc glrls thc slnplc be,!lcs.i

Science fair heldby Fr.ank Whltc

andDavid HooperThe lloath MLddle SchoolSciance Felr was held on Uerch 5.Thc proJectE lrerc done by thcstualonts and Judged by verlouspeoplo from tb.e hlgh school.Thc projects wcrc Ln groups asrrelI as by indlvlduels.Th6 projecta werc Judlged lnseveral cetegorles. Among themw6rc cheml. stry, phyrlcs, andbotony.Th6 flrst placc wlnnersrrerc as follors: ( chemlstryindlvldual) Ched Davldson,(chcmlstry group) J. P. Kc11eyend Kevln Estes, ( phyllc stndlvldual) St6phanl6 B1uc,(physlcs group) Devid Crass endCar} Sururcra, ( geosclencclndtvldual) Jobnathan Mchta,(gcosclcncc group) Scott Wri,ghtand Judy Johnson, (botony Lndlvid-

ua1) Sarah Bekcr, (botony group)Eric l{ob16y and Chrls Tllford,(zoology lndlviduel) ShelmeChumblcr, (zoology group ) SharryJcnning! and Chrj.stlnG Jcnnings.

Stamp CIub meetsby Benj &mln CurIandJohn DevlsAt the March 20 mcotingthc Stamp Club saw a ft1m. Thcfilm was called Tlmbromante .Enis means a craffiGTic-c ists.mps. In this flln bhe Clublsarned that people co116ct stampsfor many different reasons suches: prlcc, bceuty, gaography, ctc.Next month Stamp Club w111have a Stamp Show. Also on Mo.y 10Stamp Club will go to the MelnPost Offi.cc for a tour.

HMS celebrates its talentby Rene Bay1ls, .In tho 1981+ talont show, lnwhlch selected members of thistudent body partlcipet6d, thorowere a. combinetion of danco, sonq.and thoetrlcal conedy.Thc dence acts ccnslsted of8.. Jungle de.nc by Rocky Lyleswhile Debra Collien gol trirltngwi.th a rifle ! _ Durln[ all thccomotlon Brad Ho11end, BrentSandcrson 1nd James Stibbleflaldsterted to br6ak (not in halffolks ) but doing thlngs like tbomoon walk end other body dancctrlcks that decelvc the- eyc.The show continued *ith sono"from Both Sheppard ("Love fJ a- --Bettleflld'r ) , Rachel Lynn (rrf'amerl )Joy Powe11 and Amenda Wirford(rrTota1 Ecllpse of tho Heant;),Joy PoweLl, Amanda Warford, andShayna Chumbler ('rFor Wornen Only'r ) ,and Shayna Chumbler and AmandaWarford ("A L1tt1c Good News To,lavrlWhat a show t And ln betwecn" 'th6 ects was a thoatrlcal c omedystarrlng Reneo pltchford rLnd WairdePridly saying, nWhore I s th6Bxt e rt airment ?nl{hat show ! AI1 ac ts wer6great snd we hope to se moretal-ent ln bhe future as gres.t asthat.


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I P"--e 2"Alice"g611es to HMSby Chrir BurkeJr

-- fhls ycar Mrt. Coopcr andMrs. Blttncr I s precticai ertscLesscs arc producing the playAl1cc_ln Wgndcr1and.. '.[nc ptalr 1s about c youngglrl, who cntcrs hc r. own worLdof-fantesy. Hcr. Bhc 1s treppcdunloss Bhc cen trgvcl *"ro""'thclmeglnery chcss board. Durlngl:r_l9urn:y. shc w111 bc crraiiEngeaby meny obstecles.Thc meln cb.e.r&ctcr, A1lce,1s- portreyod by R&e Ann-Hoseck.Othcr lcadlng parts w111 bc:il'ccn of Heerts, Sandy Ward; andthc 'dhtte Rebblt, Lauilc Ga[Iirn.0thcr class rnembcrs wl11 reprosontsuch lnterostlng charactcrs asthc Cetcrpiller; thc Mad Hatter,Twcedlcdce, Twcedlcdum, endJ{*p.t y Dumpty. A1l, studcnts wlIloo cherectors, or w111 work onthc lmportant bchlnd the scenes!o:1ti.ol: of stagchands, programsend publlcit)r, curtelnr' costimesand make -up, scoucry, and props.Thc plsy will bc prcieniedin Mey.

The yearbooks havecome. by Joey Pcyton- F1na11y, after a long waitof. enxlcty, frustration, [op"and lots of h&rd work, ihc iear-books_havc arrlved, Fi.ldeyr-Apr11Th6 ycarbook, set up-'5y lne19811 Piratc Treasuro staff isbascd on thc idce of the HIIS asa shlp. fn lt, we hevo Joe K.Chunbler as capteln, M:rs. Bctiyowens. es _scribe, thi Janltors isd6ck hands, bus dnlveis fonnavlgators, the caf6terla staffas the ga1Iey cnew, and thetoachors for flrgt matss.The yaarbook is fuIl ofbnlght and colorful peges that!-c11.-gf all thet happens aboardth rrtrMa r . Looklng ihrough i tspeges you wl1l fi,nd lt takingyou back. to the boginning of theycer up to tho end.

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Nlath Count addscompetitionby Brad Edwerds

On Feb. 18th et Rosonth8llE'1l ln PCC, Brad. Edwsrds, ShaynaChumblor, Todd Fermc r and-ScotfHsrr.lson reprosent6d H6ath M1dd1cSchool ln the dlstrlct l{eth CountsConpc tl on.Thesc four brevc studentshed to undergo many trlr'Is a.ndtribulations to be here such esthc formula for flndlng the 1e.tcre1surfece arec fon a reguler polygonmuch lees the corapotlflon from--numerous other seventh and clghthgraders.A1] of the students who tr16dout for }lath Counts hed to takca test conslsting of [O pnoblemsrenglng from 11 dlgit addltlon tofectorin8 a perfect squarctrlnomlal. Then Ms. Kennedy(the noderator of the tcstsj choscthe top 12 ecores to advance tothc noxt round.Thi. s round conslsted of IOproblens given tlro et e tlme rrj.tht$ro minute s glven for eech pro_blem. Then al_I of the studintswho took thet test advanced tothe team round.the round consisted of 10problems wh14h the team hed toflgure out. From there Ms. Kennedvchos. the four students whichshe felt could best representi{eeth,}llddlo School ln the DlstrlctXeth Counts Cornpetl tlon.. The comptltion was muchEnc-s&me as the tryouts. Flrste.40 problem lndlvlduel test wesglven, then I0 problema , Z at iElme, 6tc. Then the results weretabulated and the top 10 ""o""s -lrere chosen to adve.ncr to thecssay round on tho subJcct of!:ll"Io"T"!ionaI geomofry. ButonLy Bred Edwerds renkod in thetop 1O wlth Shayna Chunblerconlng close at llth.-In preparation for the essrvround, each of the 10 stuae"is--,wer6 glven 10 minutes to studtup on th1r transfonmat 1ona1 -geometry. Then they wcro c8lledouE 1n random ord6r to the ncxtnoom end glven a serics of 10Scometrlc figuros to tnenslet6].nto gconetnlc t6rm8... Eech student was Judged bythree Judges fu1Iy capit16 of .undcnatandlng thli teit putEogctrrer by a corps of mathcmatlcelenglnoers. Trophies wer6 glvenIo lhg_top flve scor6.. i{hllcBrad Edr.rards c eJne in sevenths.nd, 1lke the other partfcifantrgot only en official- ',!iaab-6;;;sruler and penc i 1.


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BcnnY CurlThe fourth slx '"roek reportcards agaln showed seventh gradersvlctorious over the e lg'l'tthpradcrs with streigtrt Ars." People wlth straiglrt Ars asfollows:- ( sevpnttr) stephinie B1u6'Chrystel Dl11uorth, Don Elrod,Danicl- Everett, TracY Ford, GalcHlpklss. Hol1]r IIolsaPPlc, SherrY.lennlnci. Susic Mcwhlrter, KlmRced, Shawn RIcc. (etghth) MaquolBarn6s, Shayna Chumbler, Al1ls-on -Gray, iony Kin6, JoY Powcll , ChadScfruitz, Araanda Warford, LesleYWhet 1ay .Several stralght A studentscomrnented thet it was hard workto keep thelr Srados uP.

Qrn^O**&+.;ck u*d Sil4rAr*1'\,p,^ruHMS goes to KMEA

by Shannon Wrry0 Frldcy, March 10, theHeath Midd1c School Band wcntto Paducah Tllghrnan for thoK.M.E.A. contost.Thc K.M.E.A. Contest, whl,chwas supposcd to be beld et MurreyStatc UnlvorElt]r, is e contosthrld where bands from all ovcrtho dlstrtct com6 and compctc,not eg&lnst oech othcr, forr8.t1ngs. Thc retings e,rc superior(1), exccllent (2),-or good j3).Thcrc rrcne two dlvl Elongof tbe contest. Ono wes prepar6drnrslo, 1n whlch thcy playcd muslcthcy had bccn worklng on. Thcyrated a 3 on that. Thc othcr -dlvl'slon was slght rcadlng. ,ulhcnr18ht rcedlng, Irou uc hendrdmuslc you havc never gecn and ercrogulncd to pley tt. Thc bandr.atcd a 2 ln thi! . l{r. Ilobbysa]r!, ItIn my estlnetlon, tbcH.M.S. Ba.nd dcserved a htghcrr-ating. I fcel tbc quallty ofthc eccoustlcs provcntcd enexcollcnt ret ing.E.U. S. Bendrs two prcparednumbcrs warc nCantotr end trAPeacockl s Fancyrr .

Seventh gradersI victorious agoinbY Jeff Gllssonand

CTBS taken at HMSby 3:rry BentonandTerry 3uchho)-zTh6 CT3S test was held onl.iarch Z, B, 9. It r,ras a 5% hourtest, held o1'er e three day period.Thcre wer6 subjects on th6 t6st,such as: math, English, science,soclal studj,a!, and referenceski11s.These tests w6re given toJudgo us wj-th other slhools aroundthe area. Tire rcqul16 I r;r:rdosfor taking this test a.re ),1 ,7 ,l).But the Heath llenontarv andHeath l,li dd] e Jchools give it toa1l the grade s .

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EDITORIALSGraduation corres to H.M.Sby Beckt Dowcll

When wc gradutrtc from Hea.thMj.ddJ.c, 1t w111 bc a blg changof or all of us. llost of us wi.I1bc movlng up to lleath Hlgh Schoo)..No doubt r fcw w111 be golng toothor high rchools.Somc w111 m18s thc mlddIosc!r9o1 ders, thcn of course, somewill bo cxclt6C and also sciredebout mo.ring to high school. Acwc _go thrrcugh hlgh school daysend on through out our livcs,somctlme we will look beck 1nthc E.M.S. yearbook Bnd laughet everyonorg picturc or rc-reado1d rutographs .Graduatlng ls a blg step forall of us; therefore, we mtstteke lt sIow1y. Time !1111 pasr&nd w6 will c,sk oursoLvcs. flWhethappened to Lat r's go to thr busesor Mr. Jenkrffi

Giaduatlng days erc dayathet we lrll-1 nev6r forget. 5owhile your making new memorlas,cherlsh tho ol"d ones _Mix'em and Fix bmb, Sherrl HaII

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The Plrate Press 1s ed1t6d srlduoruiun].catLcns uIass. publlshed by tho oli:hth grsdei]cltorials -nd luest features (such as poems, stories, art work,The l{ccracken county tsoard of Ecuca.tion coes not dlscrimato onth.o -basis of race, co1or, nat,1ona1 orlgln, roliiion, sex, and,/orhandj-cappeC^ in- its educttiongl Dro'r!.ms anC enpioyo6nt pia"fi."es.^. The 1983-81+ s.,aff _is: tenee iia;r1i- s, Gary'3eiton, ierry ;ucnno1z,christina 'lurkey, :len cur1, Joirn Da':is, .lecky' DoweLr, ' r""aily idwards iJacki-e -istes, veronica !\rtre11 , Ronda Girr, iefi Grisson, JL.rerri Ha11,)a-/id liooper, Goorge Johnson, llt adlo;f XelJ ey, DoiCr& f"pi"r, irenna.0.ck1-eIf Jo_oy Peytonr. Ii_en9.e,Jltchlord, l,rLw,nda pridJy, Cinay't.,,a1t


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SPORTSTournment struckseventh grdde Piratesby Voronlca F\rtrc11F'cb. U the Plret.s cfraf f engfeathe Flashes to scc who would eoofl to play the Gneyhounds foithc chanplonshlp.To start out ths flrst halfboth tcams wsrc norvous. Butthc norvousness d.idnrt stop thePirates. Thc Piretos kept thclceC in this ha1f.Aft6r halftimc flIrlhe! plckedup momentum and took the Lced.Flashes took tbc ].cad wlth a 11ttlcholp fron cei.I lllpklss. Sho seldrr I ran down to th6 oppositc 6ndand madc two polnts for thc FlasheslShc algo quotcd, rr I nadc a totelfool of mysclf.tr After thl.s lltt1clncldcnt Plratss ncvcr rcgalnedth6 loed agaln.Hcethe!: Coleman quotesr trldonr t undorstand what happenedw6 wer all pepped up and readyto go.rr

Reidland bombs PiratesbY Clndy WalkcrandDeldra Kepncr

The Rcidland Ilounds tookthc Plrates wlth a scorc of 22'23on February 15. Thc 16ad1ng scorcrwas A11lson Gray wlth e total of9 polnts. Li,sa Ilugtie s took thcIlounrlE f or l+ polnts.The starters of the Semo w6rcA111son Gray No. 33, Llsa HughcsNo. 12, A1]ison Bennett No. J5,Jackle Estes No. [], and Voronlca!1rtrcll No. !4. A}Ilson GraY,A111, son Bennct, and VeronlcaF\rtro11 eech scored 2 Polnts forthe Piratos. The quartcr endedwj.th a score of ?-10 wlth Rsldlerdahead by 3 polnt s .The second qusrter s c orerwas Lera DowdY. She was the onlyscoror for thc Plrstes ln thlsstanza. Thls was Rcldland t squartor with R6ld1and scorlng 10polnts, leaving tbc scor6 9-2O'Plrates 10 s1ng.the thirat stanza wes ageinwith only ono scorcr. Lisa llughe sscored for the Plretss. ThcReidland llounds agaln scored J'Opoints. The score lras 11-30.

A11lson GraY scored 6 bigpoints for Heath Middle in thei*st stanr", whilc Reiclland scor-lng only 2 Polnts. tsut her strongeffort wes not enough for a comc-back and lleath unhaPplly lost lts

Pirates dog Hounds tobecome champsby ',,/anda Pr1ddy

. February 1[ the seventh gradeboys pleyod Reidland at Lone dak.Reldland had beeton thcm at thclrflrst game, but bhc plratos werelookln8 for revenge and that trophy.Thc startcrs wcre Shawn Ric-r-Gregg Gerrison, Ru3s Iilford, KevinMcCann, and John phlIIlps.Flrst quartor actlon wes 11kea teetor-tater; th6 ball wcnt beckand forth, Plrates, Eounds. Sccondquarter actj.on was held to anlnimum expressed bv the halftlmescore of I to 9, Rci,dlandr s Iaad.Ihlrd quartar was a band whcnRuEs TlIf,ord got a thrce-polnt p1av.lrhlch put Hea.h.hced.Fourth quartcr wes a ns.ilbltlng quarter, whcn ell the playeregot vcry nervoua, even Hovckemp.-With about l0 seconds laft thePlrates made e two polnt lead,Reidland hed the bail, but KevlnMcCenn etole 1t. With iour secondsLeft Kevi.n I.lcCann made a shotwhlch gave Heath a four polnt Iead.After all the score was 23-19, ourfavor. And be11ev6 lt o!: notltr. Hovokamp sralled when hc wasgiven the trophy !

Lady Pirates strike backby Wanda prlddy^. __-9" th thth of !'obruery th6:1gnlh grade ilrls wcnt to Loneuak to. plsy the key game whlchwas tolnE to unlock the door forune cournament. At our flrstgame agalnst Lone Oak we wentlnto ovortlrne after Lara Dowdvmade.a shot to tle. wiit-iiieil*rrll.rg by four, thay thounht thcvcouJ.ct whlp us egeln, but we'llke.revengoi end wc got lttl-l'1rIt querter actlon wesspeedy end fast. No one hardlyeven scorgd.Sccond querter wes almost tha:ii: :I:?pL :.:e started ccorlng anarnon c a.uo the r6e1 qaro6. EalFtlncs c ore rrs.s 1l+ t o 1l+ . -..- Thlrd quartcr ues e blest"iIl-":-ahead, thon them, ;h;; "",ntil Al1ison Gray stole lt and--'mad a four polnt 1ead., Fourth quartor ectlon was heldmooerate, and would you bell,cvethe-.last play wai at one secondIel't, whlch was e Jumpball. Ther1naj. score was 22-20 our Iead.

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