Turning Point

This month In ELA Times, I’ll be sharing a story about the 2011 General Deer any weapon season. But first We’ll have to go over the rules for on and off the field. We’ll be according to  the 2011 Utah Big Game guide book.
Hunter orange
Utah Code § 23-20-31
You must obey Utah’s hunter orange regulation  if a centerfire rifle hunt is happening in the area where you’re archery hunting. If you’re hunting in an area where a centerfire rifle hunt is occurring, you must wear a minimum of 400 square inches of hunter orange material on your head, chest and back.
A camouflage pattern in hunter orange meets this requirement; however, the Division strongly encourages hunters to continue using solid hunter orange whenever possible.
There are some exceptions to the hunter orange rule. You’re not required to wear hunter orange if you’re participating in a bighorn sheep hunt, a bison hunt, a moose hunt or a mountain goat hunt—or a hunt that requires you to possess.  Unless You are on private property.

This year we went to the north eastern region of Utah. We went to vernal, or LaPoint Utah.
 It was 27 degrees every morning or lower, frost on the ground. The first three days were rough, We saw big bucks every day. The deer were so pressured from the previous week of hunters, by this time of the hunt the rest of hunters were back to work and have already got their deer. The deer you could tell have been pushed, which makes it A lot harder on us. The first day we saw probably 4 decent size bucks, they were either to far or in brush to the point that I could not shoot. We hunted from 6:00 in the morning till 3 in afternoon, and the deer only move from 6 till 9 o’clock. But we kept trying. The second day we saw the same deer same spot. Third day same thing. Now... its the fourth day, Last day of the general deer hunt. I had a dream the night before that today was the day. The place we were hunting was along a canal. Where we saw the deer every day was in my uncles friends field and gave us permission. We woke up at 530 in the morning got ready ate breakfast and hopped in the truck. Maybe 2 miles from my uncles house was our spot. Parked the truck walked up the road, still dark, Sat up against the fence and spotted four doe, just waited for 10 minutes, you don't want to spook off the doe because the bucks rely on the doe, they watch them feed and make sure its safe before they come out of the trees. so we held still waited and a little fork and horn walked across, about to shoot the small one and in the corner of my scope there was a 4x3 walked up from the ditched put the cross hairs on him and slowly squeezed the trigger and shot him right behind the left front shoulder, a little high, he walked 5 feet and dropped. Now im stoked and really happy. We walked down to him and started to clean him. What a good hunt, just had to be patient.

DEAR FELIX

Do you have a question about something but don’t want anyone to know you have it?  Well, now you can ask those questions! The monthly Dear Felix column gives you the freedom to ask any questions (appropriate to the ELA audience) anonymously. Please: do NOT use anyone’s real name in your submission!  Instead of your real name, consider using a nickname that fits your situation (examples below).  A Dear Felix box for submissions is in Mrs. Hancock’s room (#325) on the bookcase by the door. 1 to 5 questions will be answered in each month.

There are many topics for questions.  Here are a few examples:

*Issues with your parents or siblings

*Issues with our school

*Drama with your friends

*Boyfriend and Girlfriend issues

Please don’t be too shy to ask a question.  Remember, if you are wondering, chances are other students are, too!

Dear Felix,

The boy that I like totally ignores me. I really want him to like me or at least be my friend! How can I get him to notice me?

--Crushing Heart

Dear Crushing,

That always is a problem with crushes. What I suggest is that you go and talk to him— NOT text—talk in person! When you make the effort to talk to him in person, he will think that you are being friendly and kind, and will want to talk with you. Good luck!

Dear Felix,

I found out that my friend was saying bad things behind my back! I really trusted him not to do that! What should I do?

--Backstabbed Friend

Dear Backstabbed,

I am very, very sorry that your friend was gossiping about you. My advice is to ask that friend NICELY (when no one is around) why he/she said those things. Hopefully, it was all a misunderstanding. If not, you should continue being polite, but you should probably find a new friend.  Good luck!

PHOENIX PHAVES!!

This month I polled two different classes in the elementary school. I polled Mrs. Berry’s 4^th  class, and Mrs. Worth’s 5^th grade class. The question I asked was “Would you rather watch Tangled or Cars?” The classes polls looked liked this:

Tangled: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll  33

Cars: llllllllllll 12

Obviously Tangled won the poll of the 4^th and 5^th graders. This movie is a great movie for any age! Even parents would love this movie! It is a classic Disney movie about a prince and a princess. The story goes a little bit like this…

After receiving the healing powers from a magical flower, the baby Princess Rapunzel is kidnapped from the palace in the middle of the night by Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel, must lock Rapunzel in her hidden tower. Rapunzel is now a teenager and her hair has grown to a length of 70-feet. She is curious of the outside world. One day, the Flynn Ryder scales the tower and is taken captive by Rapunzel. Rapunzel makes a deal with the charming thief to act as her guide to travel to the place where the floating lights come from that she has seen every year on her birthday.

            In the Junior High the question I asked was “Would you rather watch Cars, Tangled, Arthur, or Inception?”

The polls look like this:

Cars: lllllllll 9

Tangled: lllllllllllllll 15

Arthur: lllll 5

Inception: lllll 5

            As you can see Tangled won the Junior High poll also! 

SERVICE STARS--Hailey Stringham

Has anyone done some service lately? “Service Stars” will be a monthly column in the ELA Times. If you or anyone that you know participated in a community service, (like hospital service or any kind of nice thing for someone in need), don't be shy:  write it down! There will be a box in Mrs. Hancock’s room (#325) on the bookcase near the door:  put your Service Story in there--and don't forget to include the name of someone that I can talk to about the service! Here is an example of a what I will be doing every month--

     This month’s Service Star is Madi Hicks. In December 2010 there was a really bad car crash that included Katie Allen (Jared Allen’s sister), Lauren Crane, and another girl named Ashley McAdams. They carpooled to their school, Herriman High School. Katie was driving and as she was turning into the school parking lot she didn’t double-check to see if a car was coming and a truck hit her little car. Katie broke her collar bone, Lauren broke her back and had to have a lot of back surgery’s, and Ashley was hurt the most: fter the crash she went into a coma. 
     She was still in a coma when Christmas Eve rolled around. Her mom and two little brothers had to stay in the Hospital for Christmas. Madi’s family decided to give up there usually Christmas Eve and give it to the McAdams family. They made a wonderful Christmas dinner and brought it to the family. They were so happy to not have to eat hospitial food for Christmas! Ashley was out of a coma 2 weeks after the car crash and is doing very well. Way to go Madi!!:)

I need your service ASAP and by the 10th of October. You can put your service in any the box any time of the day. In the ELA Times, I will share 1-3 Service Star stories each month depending on the story's length.  We want students in our school to be proactive and do good things for our community and other people. I hope you enjoy reading about ELA's Service Stars in this newspaper each month!

DEAR FELIX....

How many of you have questions that you are too scared to ask and don’t want anyone to know who you are? Well now you can ask those questions. This colum, Dear Felix, gives you the freedom to ask anything “appropriate” that you want without having people know who you are. This advice column is completely confidential so please do not put your name or the name of anyone else in your letter. Instead of your name, you may use a nickname that fits your situation.

In Mrs. Hancock’s room (325) there will be a box for you to put all of your questions in. There will be 5-10  question’s that will be answered in each month.

Some topics that you can write about but aren’t limited to are:

*Issues with your parents or siblings

*Issues with our school

*Drama with your friends

*Boyfriend and Girlfriend issues

Please don’t be shy to write your questions. This colum is supposed to be fun but give you advice at the same time.

Dear Felix,

The boy that I like totally ignores me. I really want him to like me or at least be my friend! How can I get him to notice me?

-Cushing Crush

Dear Crushing Crush, 

That always is a problem with crushes! What I suggest is that you go and talk to him! NOT in text though! When you go and talk to him in person he will think that you are being friendly and kind and will want to talk to you! Good luck :)

Dear Felix,

My sister and I have been fighting so much. She is going into 6th grade and she is turning into a total snob. I really want to have fun with her but it is really hard when I don’t want to be around her snobbyness. What should I do?

-Bratty Sister

Dear Bratty Sister,

I am sorry that she Is being a brat to you! My sister started acting like that too! What I suggest is that you try and talk to her when she is being kind. That way you wont have to deal with her attitude but you still get to talk to her. Usuallly the best time is at night. Just go into her room and ask if she wants to play a game with you hopefully she will say yes. Good luck!

Dear Felix,

I found out that my friend was saying bad things behind my back! I really trusted him not to do that! What should I do?

-Gossiping friend

Dear Gossiping Friend,

I am very, very sorry that you found out that your friend was gossiping about you. My advice is that go and ask him (NICELY) when no one is around him and ask him why he said those things. Talk about it and try to make it better. Good luck!

Dear Felix,

I am trying to find a dance studio to dance at. I have never danced before, what do you suggest?

-Dancer

Dear Dancer,

Thats awesome that you want to dance! It is a great sport. What I suggest is you look at our colom on dance. There will be many studio’s being showed. You can also talk to some of your friends that already dance and see what where they go and ask them questions about there dance place and the other dance studio’s that they have competed against. I Hope you find a dance place you enjoy :).

Dear Felix,

My Parents are fighting and I don’t want them to fight! I try to go and talk to them but they say nothing is wrong and I know something I wrong because I hear them every night. What should I do?

-Trouble with parents

Dear Trouble with parents

I am really sorry that your parents are fighting. What I suggest is that you don’t get into there fight’s. They are probley stressed out and are just grouchy. Maybe you can help out around the house and they won’t be so stressed out and things might get better! Good luck!

PHOENIX PHAVES--Dominique Stout

        Has anybody ever wondered what the schools favorites are? Now is your chance to find out! Every month there will be an article describing some of the schools favorites! Every month the Phoenix favorite will be determined by the whole school. I think you would want to read this because it would be interesting to find out what your school favorites are!
This months topic is, what artist would you prefer to listen to? Justin Bieber,  Selena Gomez, or Chris Brown? I don’t take the whole schools votes just a portion of the school! The one that the school voted for was Selena Gomez!


The votes looked like this:
Justin Bieber: llllllll
Selena Gomez: llllllllllllllll
Chris Brown: llll
None of the above: lll


        Selena Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas on July 22, 1992. She is the only child and was born when her mom was sixteen. She started her acting career when she was younger in the T.V. show Barney. Later on she stared in the T.V. show Wizards of Waverly Place! She is now known for her band Selena Gomez and the Scene which she is the lead singer in! Selena is also a fashion designer! She has gotten many awards such as the Teen Choice Award for Music Star-Female. Her favorite subject is science and her favorite sport is basketball. Selena also likes to cheer, surf, and skateboard! Her favorite thing to snack on is chocolate chips. She has  four pet dogs named Chip, Willy, Fina, and Wallace. Selena went to Danny Jones Middle School, which is in Texas.  In our school the voted most popular song by her was “Love You Like a Love Song!”


Below are some examples of what some people in our school have said:
    Brooke Hancock wrote  “She is VERY pretty and an amazing singer.” Her favorite song by her is ’I Love You Like a Love Song,” and she hasn’t been to one of her concerts!
    Drew Miczo wrote: “She’s hot. They all suck but at least she’s got the looks.” He didn’t know any songs by her, and he hasn’t been to one of her concerts.

The topic next month is what is your favorite movie out of Cars, Tangled, Arthur, and Inception?

From The Editor --Kaelyn Whitman

This year there has been very many changes to make our school a better place to learn, and have fun at the same time. Some of the changes that we have made Dress Code, For example your not allowed to wear zippers( or buttons) on your sweaters, unless you zip/button them all the way up. If there are not zipped up all the way they are not allowed to wear to school. Logos are also not allowed on clothing wear to school if you wear a logo you would have to call home and they would have to bring you another polo shirt without a logo. Girls: Skirts have to be at knee length or you will have to call home for a change of pants. Boys & Girls: No cargo pants allowed. 

Junior High Changes: The hall way madness has decreased, more people have been getting to classes on time. The Doors in the breakout rooms, have kept from people messing around in between classes. Also the breakout rooms have now been used for extra little class rooms. 

New Teachers in the Junior High:

 Mr. Ace Whitmore(Math Teacher): Ace loves music, sports, drama, and flying; especially flying. He is also a private airplane pilot, cyclist, guitar player, song writer, actor, and according to his kids "world's best dad".

Mrs. Darci Cordero (Science Teacher):. She and her husband are both teachers and have 5 children, they enjoy spending their time at softball tournaments, camping, traveling anywhere there is a beach, and laughing together. 

Mr. CJ Kavanagh (P.E):Once graduated, he spent time performing Search and Rescue along with Ski Patrolling in the winter. It was a year later that he started to guide fly-in, fly-out back country hiking trips into the wilderness of Alaska. 

Lunch Behavior:

1. Food needs to be eaten inside.  No food/wrappers/garbage should be taken outside
2. They are able to go outside but that privilege will be taken away if they leave any trash outside, trample the plants, or are unruly.  We like to let them have some freedom and go outside on the gym side, but not at the expense of aide's sanity or the landscaping!

 (Coming Soon New Elementary Teachers)

HOW-TO-- Samantha Bennett

  In this column it’s going to be giving some how-to’s on some fun stuff going on every season. Some of the stuff in this column will be How-to Make a Superhero Jack-o-lantern. This is going to be a column on some fun how to's . So since its almost Halloween we are going to show you how to make a superhero Jack-o-lantern! This is a really fun project especially since its almost Halloween!! The jack-o-lantern came from England and Britain where they would carve faces into vegetables like the turnip and the cabbage plant during halloween time. Then they found out that the pumpkin is a lot bigger and easier to carve. Typically you would carve a scary or funny face into your pumpkin, but I’m going to be showing you how to make a superhero pumpkin.

So now lets start!

What you will need:

1 medium pumpkin 

2 spoons (a small and a big one)

1 knife 

1 pumpkin carver- you can get that at Walmart or other grocery store during halloween

a lot of newspaper

a bowl

sharpie 

1 candle

STEPS:

1st: Lay the newspaper wherever you are going to carve your pumpkin, then set your pumpkin down.

2nd: Get the knife or the pumpkin carver, and cut a circle around the stem, get your spoon and get everything out of the pumpkin.

3rd: Once you have everything out then get out the sharpie and draw whatever superhero logo you want, I chose batman. You can do whatever one you want, for example Batman (which is the easiest), Superman (which is medium) and spiderman (which is more complicated then the others)

4th: Once you have your superhero logo get the pumpkin carver and carve out the shape. try to follow the lines that you drew.

5th: Once you have the logo completely carved out, bring it out side and set it wherever you want it. 

6th:  Then grab your candle and light it, then set it in and put the top on.

Then you have a superhero pumpkin!!!

Tips:

-If you can’t find a pumpkin carver than a knife is ok too.

-If you have a template for your logo you want to do than use that.

-Plus if you want to you can spray paint your pumpkin black.

    

FOR PHOENIX PHANS--Cameron Youngblood

        In Early Light, we have quite a few sports: cross country, volleyball, basketball, cheer, and soccer. This column will cover everything about school sports for all you Phoenix Phans. This will include interviews with the players and coaches of the teams, some stats about the games, and sports events coming up. Stay tuned for this column that will be in the ELA Times once every two months. 

First off, congratulations to everyone who made the volleyball team and thanks to everyone who came out for the volleyball and cross country teams. Second, congrats to the volleyball team for winning their first two games on September 12 to Hawthorn and Channing. The first game started at 4:30 pm. Volleyball is played in terms of games to 25. The first team that gets to 25, wins the game. If one team wins two games in a row, they win the “actual” game. If one team wins one game then the other team wins the next, they will play one final game to decide the final winner. In the first game against Hawthorn, both teams won a game and then ELA won the last game taking the victory 2-1. In the second game against Channing, ELA won the first two games, Channing did not win any, and ELA took the victory once again, the score 2-0. Everybody on the volleyball team played exceptionally well and it all payed off for a great victory. 

Also, our cross country team raced on September 13 at North Star  Academy against North Star, Hawthorn, and Monticello. Our top boy runners were: Anthony DeGaston  who came in 1st and Logan Snedaker who came in 6th place. Our top girl runner was Annalise Anderson who got 5th place. Great job Annalise! Anthony DeGaston was in first for the first part of the race until he took a wrong turn. Anthony had to turn around and catch up to everyone else and he still took first. Great job Anthony! There are lot’s of upcoming games and meets for both of these teams. Be there to support the volleyball and cross country teams in upcoming events! Here is the volleyball schedule...

Fall 2011 Volleyball Schedule

Date	@...	time	opponents
September 19	ELA	4:30 pm	Providence-2 Summit
September 21	ELA	4:30 pm	APA North Star
September 28	Providence	4:30 pm	Monticello Providence-1
October 3	Summit	4:30 pm	Hawthorn Summit-2
October 10	APA	4:30 pm	Summit-2 APA

USA SPORTS--Ben Sieber

     USA Sports is going to be a column that comes to the newspaper every two months. It will talk about college and professional sports, such as baseball, football, soccer, basketball, etc. The column will update you on news going on in sports, single player news (which includes injuries, interviews, etc.), and coach news. This weeks column will be about football.

     BYU chose to be an independent team for the beginning of this football season. Which means they aren’t in a specific conference, so they can play any team. For example they were in the Mountain West Conference last year and mostly played other teams in the same conference. Now that they are independent they will play teams in no specific conference. They decided to do that because they were not getting paid very much. They now get paid as much money per game, as they did the whole season last year ($2,000,000)

     Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts) had a third neck surgery in the past two years. This will bring Manning out for at least 2-3 months, which is half to three quarters of the season. This change will put the second string quarterback Kerry Collins in. He was only signed up to be Manning’s backup for a week before he got his surgery, so this is a big thing for Collins. “He’s going to play a lot,” Colt’s coach Jim Caldwell said. Collins played for Penn State in college and had a total of 5,304 passing yards. Collins has played for the Carolina Panthers, the New York Giants, the Oakland Raiders, and the Tennessee Titans as a starter, so being a backup is different for him. But it wont be so different for at least the first half of the season. 

     Tueni Lupeamanu, from the Herriman Mustangs football team, is already being scouted  by the BYU coaching staff. Last year he was playing quarterback, but he is also a great linebacker. But since he was quarterback last year they didn’t want to risk him getting hurt playing linebacker. BYU’s offensive and defensive coaches are going to have to decide what side of the ball he will play on, because he is great at both positions, that is if he accepts the offer to play for them. 

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DRAW?--Jessica Hanson

So You Think You Can Draw?

   This Month I will be writing about artists, I will ask them what is they’re favorite kind of artwork, what kind of art do they do, is it hard, and why they draw.