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Hi! We are back again with the first issue of the year!
This month’s issue is about the environment, how to
go green, honoring 9/11, and a whole lot of other
awesome stuff! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!!!
Laptops @ School
Page Guide
Fun Page ~ 2
Letters to the
Editor ~3
Articles &
Interviews ~ 4-7
Fiction
Stories~ 7-8
The idea of using laptops at school is nothing new.
Schools in Silicon Valley have been using laptops at
school since the late 90’s. However, those schools
have the money, time and resourses to buy and
maintain laptop computers. But what stops us from
bringing our own laptops to school? Nothing actually,
but the idea that our computers would be stolen is
enough to make most pepole leave theirs at home,
but what if we had a place to put them? Like those
lockers near the gym? I, personally think that if we
convinced the pricipal to buy a lock and put it on one
of the lockers, we could all bring our laptops to
school and do things like take note in a more eco
friendly way, and take tests and keep track of
homework more easily. If you think we sould be able
to bring our laptops to school and have a laptop
storage place then send an email to
[email protected] or send a letter to the editor.
By Patch Murphy
Famous Birthdays in…
September!!
September 7 ~ Queen Elizabeth 1
September 8 ~ Pink
September 9 ~ Adam Sandler
Semptember 13 ~ Roald Dahl
September 18 ~ Lance Armstrong
September 21 ~ Stephen King
September 25 ~ Will Smith
September 27 ~ Avril Lavigne
Septmber 28 ~ Hilary Duff
September 30 ~ Mr. Olson &
Fran Drescher
Going Green
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Your newspaper ROCKS !!!!!!!! Yes it does. I love all the articles, and especially the
fun page! Thank you journalism staff and Mr. Olson for making this awesome!!!!
- Pink Girl
Dear Pink Girl,
Thank you for replying to the new Letters to the Editor page. I also thank you for
the compliment. For everyone who doesn’t know, letters to the editor is a way you
can talk to the editor of the paper. You can write about anything from comments
about our paper and school to something totally random. It’s your choice!!! To
begin with, write or type a letter with a fake code name to replace your name. After
that, take your letter to the office and hand it to Marie. Simple, right?
When we get your letters, we’ll go through them and pick out 4 or 5 to go in the
newspaper. Don’t worry if your letter isn’t in the paper that month. You will have a
chance in any of the other papers we put out. If you have any questions, just ask
any of our staff or just simply write a letter.Thank you. The Editor
Staff of the Month
Lisa Ortega
Mrs. Du Bois
Lisa was born on July 5, in Warham,
Massachusetts. Her favorite color is purple.
The school that she went to was Hogan
Senior High in Vallejo. The job she had
before she came to Riverview was medical
billing. She was also a stay at home mom.
The job that she would like to have if she
wasn’t a teacher would be to work with
animals. The reason she became a teacher
was so that she could help kids. The 3
places she has traveled to are Guam,
Hawaii, and Tahiti.
Mrs. Du Bois was born on April 13 in
Sacramento, CA. She went to school at
Isleton Elementary then Rio Vista High
School. Before she was a teacher here at
Riverview, Mrs. Du Bois worked in Stockton
for 6 years as a preschool teacher, worked at
the Pizza Factory, Fosters, and Rio Vista
Florist. On October 18th she will start her 18th
year here at Riverview. She said that if she
didn’t work, she would be a stay-at- home
mom. Her favorite color is blue, and if she
could travel anywhere in the world it would
be Europe or England.
By Jennie Claudianos, Lacey DuBois, and Alyssa
De La Rosa
By: Alyssa DeLaRosa and Lacey DuBois
Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy, age 18, is now
starting her career as a popular country
singer. Most of you know Jennette
McCurdy from the hit Nickelodeon TV
show, ”iCarly”,playing as the roughhousing, tomboyish, funny Sam Pucket.
And unlike most TV stars, singing things
like Hip-Hop, Pop, and Rap, Jennette
McCurdy has chosen to sing Country.
Who would have known that Jennette
has such an amazing range! If you
have ever heard her first song, ”So
Close”, you know about her amazing
voice range.
Right now, Jennette has seven songs
but only five are active. Her first two
songs, “So Close” and “Homeless
Heart”, where not as popular as her
other five songs, “Not That Far Away”,
“Stronger”, “Break Your Heart”, and
“Put Your Arms Around Someone”.
“Homeless Heart” was written for
Jennette McCurdy’s best friend, Cody
Waters, that died of Brain Cancer last
year. She wanted it to be very popular,
but sadly, it wasn’t.
Jennette’s brand new music video of
“Not That Far Away”, was shown on
CMT and Nickelodeon on August
17,2010. Her new Album, “The Story of
My Life”, will be realesed in September
2010 including all of her songs except
for her first two. I would definitely
recommend buying her album for
anyone who likes Country music, or
someone whose just looking for
something new and uniqe.
Articles &
Interviews
BP Oil Spill
By Lacey Du Bois
On April 20, 2010, a fire folowing an explosion,
erupted on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of
Mexico called the Deepwater Horizon, which had
just completed an exploratory well 52 miles from
shore in 4,992 feet of water. The incident led to the
death of eleven workers. The fire destroyed the rig,
which sank on April 20, 2010. The sinking rig
damaged the oil well, and the oil spill resulted from
the failure of the blowout preventer, a safety device
intended to stop the flow of oil. It has taken BP more
than 2 months to clean up their mess. Many jobs
have been lost, and many animals have lost their
lives.
Vampire’s Suck Movie Review
By Justin Hagan
What sucks more than vampires? Lame, lazy
movie parodies. Everyone else will wanna
drive a stake through their heart watching
this stupid parody of “Twilight”—despite the
short 80-minute running time. So any way
it’s just a very stupid movie that nobody
should see.
Rottentomatoes.com- 3 out of 54 people
give “Vampires Suck” a good review.
Eco Phones
Looking for a new cell phone? Here are some
types of eco-friendly phones and ways you can
save the environment after you’re done with them.
If you look around, you can find a lot of green
phones like the Samsung E200 Eco, Moto 233
Renew, and the LG Remarq.
These phones are all made with eco-friendly
materials, packaged in recyclable boxes and bioplastic. The phones themselves even have green
features, such as the Samsung’s alarm that tells
you when recharging is finished so you’re not
needlessly using electricity.
If you already have a phone, how do you get
rid of it when you already have a new one? Here’s
how.Electronics that have been thrown away has
become one of the most serious threats to our
environment. When cell phones are simply
chucked in the garbage, lead, mercury, and other
harmful chemicals leak from them into landfills,
which can become really serious environmental
and health hazards. To solve the problem, you can
recycle phones through the maker of seller.If your
cell phone seller doesn’t have a recycling
program, the phone manufacturer probably does:
AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Apple, Motorola, Nokia,
Samsung and T-Mobile all have cell phone
recycling programs.
Another thing you could do is give your phone
to someone else. Make sure to mention cell phone
recycling to the reciever so they can recycle it
after use. Lastly, you could donate it to a charity
group or other organization.Many charities accept
old cell phones as donations including
CellPhonesforService.com and
TheSupportNetworkforBatteredWomen.. Find
other organizations that accept old cell phones at
Charitable Recycling . And also, why not
organize your own cell phone recycling drive if
you want to get further involved? We can all
make a difference. Start now.
By Enid Partika
Bass Derby 2010
Bass derby 2010 is almost here
with so many new and fun stuff
including an Idol Contest, a firework
cruise, a race, dunk tanks, open mic
time, live music, and street painting ! To
get into the street painting, please
contact Kerrison or Demi Stewart if you
would like to reserve a spot. (1-916-7751510) And as usual,they are having a
carnival with traditional rides like the
Tornado,The Zipper, and Ferris Wheel.
Heads up! If you want tickets or an all
day half price, tickets are avalible at the
Delta Pharmacy and Lira’s Super
Market for $15. You could trade the
ticket pack for an all day pass for either
Friday or Saturday! Make sure you buy
‘em before time runs out on October
3rd!!!
Palentologists Find a New Breed of Dinosaur,
Related to Velociraptor
An Error in Semantics
By Patch Murphy
By Eliza Partika
Coal Power; a cheap, easy, and very old way to
produce eletricity that’s very abundant. What chould
be bad about it?
Coal is a very dirty, and inefficient way of
producing power. When making this kind of power,
we burn fossil fuels that pollute the air and cause
asthma and acid rain. Acid rain causes plants to wilt
and die. The bad news is that almost half of the power
of the world is made from coal power. Scientists
prodict that in a matter of years we may use coal for
most of our power needs.
Coal and fossil fuels have caused much of the
greenhouse gasses. Other better, friendlier ways to
make energy is through hydroelectric energy,wind
energy, and solar power.
You can help reduce coal plants by turning off
energy appliances before you go anywhere, turning
off your lights when not in use, buy energy star
appliances, and use energy saving lightbulbs. If we
do these things, we could make a step towards saving
the planet.
Rio Vista Rams
Football Game Scores
September 3rd Rams VS East
Nicolaus
Lost
14
-
21
September 10th Rams VS Esparto
Lost
28
35
th
September 17 Rams VS Cows
Won
48-14
It was a dinosaur with two hooklike claws,
ferocious, carnivorous, eatign animals much larger
than itself. It was Balaur Bondoc, the “ stocky
dragon.”
This newly found dinosaur is the first complete
skeleton of predator dinosaurs from the late
Cretaceous period in Europe. Scientsts say that
Balaur’s discovery may provide further insight into
the development of dinosaurs and their ecosystem
at that time.
Before the end of the Cretaceous period,
Europe was a series of small islands in higher sea
levels than Europe is in today. Previous fossilks
found fromtghis period state that life here
followed the “island effect,” which is when
animals in isolation evole smaller than their
relations on big continents. Balaur did but at the
same time didn’t fit the pattern. Since it was not
geographically indigineous, Balaur had relations in
North America and Asia, which were continents at
the time. It is unclear to scientists whether the
“island effect” was expressed in Balaur’s species or
not.
“We have been waiting for something like this,”
Mark A. Norrell, of the American Museum of
Natural History, explains about Balaur “and it’s
really, really weird.”
Something scientists have noticed about the
Balaur skeleton is that it has some characteristics
that other dinosaurs of prey don’t. The most
noticible trait is that there’s a claw growing out of
the second toe and the big toe. It’s stout limbs
were used to grasp and disembowel prey. Stephen
L. Brusatte , a grad student at Columbia University
, who analyzed the fossil said
“Compared to veloceraptor, Balaur was probably
more of a kickboxer than a sprinter. It might have
been able to take down larger animals than itself,
like carnavores today.”
This is a new breed of dinosaur, unlike anything
we have ever known.
9-11
Never Forget……
September 11, 2001
It was a normal day in New York City, like any other day. Then tragedy struck. The news
flared with the shocking story - the World Trade Center ahd been hit by terrorists. Many
thought the world was ending. Others thought that we had just been taken over. As the world
watched in shockled silence… the great World Trade Center went up in flames. On that fateful
day, many people and firefighters were killed saving others, and serving their country. This is a
reminder, that whatever hardships our daily lives bring us, and even if we are too busy and
wrapped in the action of life…… We will never forget those who gave their lives for us.
By Eliza Partika
Fiction Stories
The Legendary Story of Pickleitis
Once upon a time there was a gladiator named Pickleitis who lived in a town called Pickletopia. Pickleitis
had green skin and white hair with streaks of gold. One eye was red and one was yellow.Pickleitis was
extremly fast,strong,and couragous. The top of his spear was solid Platinuim and the bottom was solid gold.
His sword was gold at the top and the grip of the sword was the shape of a lions mouth with a Blood red
ruby inside it. His sheild was circular and was made out of platinuim and gold swirled together and in the
middle was a spike made out of pure titanium. Around the edges was more titanuim spikes for extra
protection and damage. Pickleitis had a girlfriend named Jennifer. Jennifer had green skin, blue hair with
streaks of red. One eye was red and one was blue. Jennifer had the same weapons that Pickelitis had. Made
out of the same things and was as strong, fast,and couragous as Pickleitis.
One day in the middle of summer in Pickleforest. Pickleitis and Jennifer got lost with only a
sword, food, and water. They had forgot there map so they had travel for hours long and this is how there
epic adventure starts. Jennifer said to Pickleitis “what should we do.” Pickleitis said “travel through the
forest until we end up in a town then ask how to get back to Pickletopia.” “ok.” “ok ” said Jennifer. Five
minutes later the mighty Pickledragon appeared. Jennifer had luckily brought Pickledragon treats just in
case this happened because they had attacked people before. Jennifer threw the treat into the Pickledragons
mouth and the Pickledragon instantly befriended them. So Jennifer and Pickleitis climbed onto the
Pickledragons back and the he took them to the Pickledragons nest.
The Legendary Story of Pickleitis (continued)
In the nest the pickledragon showed them the room filled with Pickledragon eggs. In the king and queens
Pickledragon’s thrown, they saw the queen Pickledragon eating a little Pickledragon. They went to the
Pickledragon’s room and the Pickledragon said “the queen eats most of the Pickledragons and is five times as
big as a regular Pickledragon.” “Do you want us to do something about the King and Queen Pickledragon?”
said Pickleitis. “Yes I want you to slay the King and queen Pickledragon” “ok” said the Pickledragon. We need
a sheild and spear both of us” said Jennifer. Good thing I have an armory in my room in the closet; enter it and
grab what you need. ”.So Jennifer and Pickleitis opened the closet and saw weapons that looked like there own
weapons so they each grabbed a spear and a sheild each and flew off to slay the king and queen in there own
thrown.
Luckily for Pickleitis and Jennifer the king Pickledragon was asleep so they quietly walked up to the King
Pickledragon and cut his throat and The king instantly died. Now they were off to the queen’s thrown to slay
her. The queen was awake when they got there so this was going to be harder for them, then killing the king.
So they jumped in the queen’s thrown room and threw their spear at her and got her in both wings so she
couldn’t fly away. While the queen couldn’t fly both Pickleitis and Jennifer attacked the queen and cut her legs.
The queen couldn’t fly away or move so Jennifer cut the queen’s throat and the queen had died. The
Pickledragon said “Thank you for slaying the king and queen Pickledragon for me.” “Why did you want me to
slay the king and queen Pickledragon so badly ” asked Pickleitis. “The king and queen ate all my brothers and
sisters one by one ” replied the Pickledragon.” I hated them for that and hoped one day they would be slayed
for eating my family” said the Pickledragon. “ Ok” said Jennifer.
“Since we slayed
them could you give us a ride to Pickletopia?” said Jennifer. “yes I can give you a ride if you give me another
treat” replied the Pickledragon. So Jennifer gave the Pickledragon a treat and they flew to Pickletopia and
every one was wondering where they were so Jennifer said “we went on a picnic and explored the forest.” One
year later they saw the Pickledragon again and the Pickledragon told them he needed some help.
The story will be continued in story 2 The Pickledragon’s request. THE END
Story by Tyler Williams And Ben Smulo
The Tunneling Platypuses
Fiction By Jake Hagan
The Story takes place in Australia in 1822. People killed many platypuses. So the Queen Platypus
and the other platypuses dug under the Pacific Ocean to California. They will arrive January 1, 2011.
The day was Friday when the platypuses arrived. In LA hundreds of little platypuses came out of the
ground causing earthquakes and mass destruction. They were attacking everything except for the U.S. Bank
Tower, the tallest building in LA. Millions of people died.Has the destruction continued in LA in
Washington DC the science people knew that the tiny platypuses were the least of the bad stuff. At the time
of January 2, 2011 at lunch time a Queen platypus will erupt out of the ground right under the US Bank
tower the only thingy left in LA. They also knew that super earthquakes and super tsunami and Super man
will destroy any human living in LA! Back in LA an earthquake started shaking and the sunami was in sight
and so was super man! Togther they will wipeout all of LA if any one did not do anything and no one did
any thing so LA is know platypus territory.THE END