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Man Trains Pigs

Samantha L. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:31:13 +0000

In Taipei, Taiwan, a farmer brang home 12 wild pigs, and trained them to follow his motor scooter. These pets are can also know the “rules of the road” and can even stop at stoplights.

Many time, these wild pigs have been spotted trotting behind a motor scooter, and recently the Taiwan’s Liberty Times newspaper photographed it.

For the original article gog to this website:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090401/od_nm/us_pigs;_ylt=AqctzT3yr.fExK6CR03rd__tiBIF

Richards will be Wild coach

Andrew W. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:30:50 +0000

Todd Richards will be the second coach in Wild history, multiple sources around the NHL tell the Star Tribune.

Sources say an official offer has been made, negotiations are underway and a news conference could come as early as Tuesday to introduce Richards, an assistant with the San Jose Sharks.

Richards, 42, a native of Crystal and a former Gophers defenseman, spent last season in San Jose as Todd McLellan’s assistant. This came after two seasons as the head coach with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where he led the Baby Pens to the Calder Cup Finals in 2008. He was hired to that job by then-Penguins assistant GM and Wilkes Barre GM Chuck Fletcher.

Fletcher is the new Wild general manager.

Richards spent four seasons as an assistant in Milwaukee. The Admirals won one Calder Cup and went to the Finals another year during his tenure.

He won two WCHA titles with the Gophers as a player, a 1991 Calder Cup with Springfield, a 2001 Turner Cup with Orlando (IHL) and a 2002 Swiss-B League title with Servette Geneve. He’s got a track record of winning everywhere he’s been as a player and coach.

Richards is an aggressive, up-tempo coach that fits the style Fletcher wants to play.

Boot Camp to Beat Cancer/5K

Lauren Barry — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:20:29 +0000

Hi!

I hope this email finds you well. My name is Lauren Barry. I am a former graduate of Wakefield and current
volunteer with National Students of AMF, an organization created to
help support college students who have lost a loved one from terminal
illness while away from home.

This summer, on August 15th, our group is entering its 5th annual Boot
Camp to Beat Cancer (BC2BC)/5K and Family Fun Run. I wanted to see if Wakefield may be interested in forming a group to come out a partipate and/or volunteer for this fundraiser.

The boot camp is open to family and friends of all ages and we invite everyone to join in this exercise-based fundraiser. Proceeds from the
event will go towards cancer research and supporting college through programs created by National Students of AMF Support Network. Last year we have over 200 particpants and this year with the addition of the Family Fun Run and 5K, we expect those numbers to increase further.

Involvement will help raise awareness about the benefits of exercise and diet for cancer prevention, raise money for cancer research and establish more college chapters across the nation. Already, the National Students of AMF have empowered grieving college students in
over 21 universities through campus support chapters and are working
with dozens more.

The boot camp stations and 5K that we create are led by college and
professional athletes. These athletes are also part of the work out
groups to help motivate and excite the participants at the fundraiser.

Please let me know if you are intersted in finding out more information, it would be great to have community involvement and a great way to start off your year.

Thank so much!

Please contact me at laurenjbarry@gmail.com for more information.

~Lauren

NC and the Underground Railroad

Haley — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:12:49 +0000

North Carolina was a slave state during the civil war era. The south justified their right to own slaves by saying that African Americans were born to do labor, and that the development of the country depended on it. They also believed that blacks were inferior to whites. Blacks lived in constant fear of being sold or suffering physical punishment. So many attempted to escape.

In the early years, escaped slaves lived in the dismal swamp, but later the Underground Railroad was established. Abolishonists and previously escaped slaves helped runaways north while keeping them safe. These people risked their lives to help others escape the injustices of slavery. It was a brave thing to do.

Haley’s Howl

Haley — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:47:31 +0000

~circkets detect sound through their knees
~human ears evolved from fish gills
~a group of porcupines is called a prickle
~ants can make themselves explode
~a litter of kittens is called a kindle
~yo-yos rode on two space shuttles

It’s against the law to:
walk a pig along the beach in Miami, FL
hoot loudly after 11pm on weekdays in Athens, GA
ride a horse faster than 10mph on a rode in Indianapolis

New Year

Haley — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:23:05 +0000

The new year feels like a new beginning. The new year is a time of new beginning, you can break bad habits and change old routines. You can get on top of your work, or get organized. I, personally, am edeavoring to keep my room and locker clean (for a couple days, at least). I am also trying to improve my typing skills, because I’ll need them for high school and college.
In a new demorcratic county,the Americans must have felt like they were facing a new beginning, too. They had a fresh slate to make their own government and laws. They started a new country and made it all up themselves. So, their beginning was like the new year.

Film Critics Awards: Andrew Y. Breaks it Down

Andrew Y. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:01:09 +0000

Dec. 14, 2008
Los Angeles, California

The Los Angeles film critics association has become populist on its picks for best movies of 2008 choosing the animated smash “WALL-E” as no. 1 and the Batman movie “The Dark Night” as runner-up on Tuesday.

Sean Penn was named Best Actor for his fim biography “Milk,” while Sally Hawkins recieved Best Actress prize for the British comic drama “Happy-Go-Lucky.”

The late Heath Ledger won the critics group’s supporting actor honor for his turn as the Joker in “The Dark Night,” while Penelope Cruz was chosen for supporting actress in the Woody Allen romance “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” as well as her role in the drama “Elegy.” -Andrew Y.

The Book Fair by Andrew R.

Andrew R. — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:18:09 +0000

The 2008 WMS Bookfair has passed once again. There were many old, but still popular books, and yet also many new ones adding to the sagas. The Warriors series from the original books up to The Power of Three collection were included, along with others like the first two Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the newly released Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do It Yourself book! Manga books, such as Bone, were also sold. We had 14 different posters being sold this year, with a blowout on knicknacks and trinkets. Thre were mushroom erasers (Which had a resembalence to the ones from Mario) and bendy pencils, from peace dogtags to plain supplies. Twilight was probally the best selling book at the Bookfair, and even if you didn’t go to the Bookfair, you can tell its popular since there are so many holds on it in the library- it can take weeks to get your hands on a copy! Overall, we have had a very productive Bookfair this year.

Andrew R.

Cynica’s Dance Review

Cynica W. — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:59:10 +0000

I was at the dance. The date was Friday, December 12, 2008. It began at 6:00 pm and all of us had to leave at 7:00 pm. If you want to know my name, it is Cynica W.

The DJ that was set up in the gym was at the far middle. The songs he played were kind of tacky, but they caught on to the kids and they danced. They were playing the songs so loud you couldn’t hear yourself thinking. The DJ played Apple Bottom Jeans, Beyonce’s song “Single Ladies” and many more.

Let’s go extreme! Are you ready to rock? Guitar Hero was the best game at the dance. It was hosted by Mr. Adriance and Kenny. It was held in the theater. Alexander was ona roll, but another student named Chris took it away. The lights were dimmed, and the audience was in their seats and they were cheering!

Moves, breaks–do you know what I’m getting at? Dauron and I were getting at it. I did my stuff and he was doing his stuff. I did a back flip, front flip, Michael Jackson and my best Chris Brown. Dauron did a front flip, pop, and twist in the air. He did a lot of stuff…but not as much as me!

Mr. A’s Class

Tiffany S — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:05:52 +0000

Mr. Adriance’s 2nd period Language Arts class is the best class! We learn and have fun at the same time. We play a game called Boggle. It is fun! You can find all kinds of words like “trust” and a whole lot of other hard words. We also play another game called You’ve Been Sentenced. It is also fun, because you make sentences with the words you have. We take a spelling test every Friday. We get a study guide on Thursday to help use study. We learn about context clues, literary terms and novels. We have to do a warm up which is to find words out of our spelling words. We organize our binders every quarter. Recently, we finished a fable unit project and we used clay to make our characters. Creative projects are made every unit. We are trying to display them in the halls. Hopefully, they will be displayed soon!!!

Cynica, Jordan, Phillip and Kollin are my class mates. They are funny and help each other with their projects and they all get good grades. These are some of the reasons we like Mr. A’s class.