New Moon Review

By Liz Chase

The new movie from the Twilight Saga is New Moon staring Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) as the vampire and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) the werewolf. If you have not seen the movie you can also read the book. 

Edward and Jacob are a little different in this movie Edward is still the same, but Jacob changed. How he changes, I can't tell you until you see the movie. 

Don't worry Bella (Kristen Stewart) is there too. She and Edward spend a lot of time together. Then all of a sudden Edward disappears so maybe you will get an idea of where he went. By the end of the movie Edward and Bella are reunited and Bella tells Edward that she wants to be a vampire, but then Edward ask Bella a very important question what do you think it is?

 Well, you will have to either read the book or go see the movie. Trust me, if you love the Twilight Saga, then you will want to see the movie, After you see the movie you'll want to read Eclipse the next book in the Twilight Saga. 

''New Moon was the best,''said Shania in 8^th grade. When you go to see New Moon get to the theater early because the seat will be full of Twilight fans.

While I was there, a lot of the girls were getting excited because Edward and Jacob were taking off their shirts. To me, some parts of the movie were somewhat scary, like when all of a sudden, Jacob turns into a big wolf. Well, that's my opinion on New Moon.

 

Cooks Corner: Peanut Butter Cookies

by Andrew hunt

Try these peanut butter cookies that will send your taste buds on a journey.

The utensils you will need are... A large mixing bowl, measuring cups, a wooden spoon, a ruler (optional), cookie sheet, pot holders, pancake turner, and a wire cooling rack. The ingredients are... 1 egg, ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup packed brown sugar, ½ cup peanut butter, ¼ cup shortening, ¼ cup (½ stick) of butter or margarine soft enough to spread, 1¼ cups all purpose or whole wheat flour, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt.

Step one: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Crack the egg on the side of the bowl, letting the egg slip into the bowl. Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, and margarine/butter. Stir with the wooden spoon until mixed.

Step two: Add in the flower, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir until mixed. Shape the dough into 1 ¼ inch balls, slightly smaller than a golf ball and if you need to use a ruler. Put the balls about 3 inches apart from each other on the cookie sheet. The sheet does not need to be greased.

Step three: Dip a fork into amount of granulated sugar firmly press the fork in a crisscross pattern on the balls.

Step four: Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until the cookies are light brown. Use potholders to take [the] cookie sheet out of the oven. Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Using a pancake turner, take cookies off cookie sheet and put them on wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

Step five: Enjoy, savor the flavor, chew slowly and maybe have a glass of milk!

Variation: [the cookies] Taste awesome with chocolate chip ice cream wedged between two cookies! If you like, roll the edges in small candies, chocolate chips, or chopped peanuts. Put in plastic wrap until firm (about 1 hour).

Opinion -- UP Movie Reveiw

By: Matt Davis

Hahahahahaha was the most common sound I heard when I saw UP for the first time about two months ago. For the month of November the student of the month trip will be watching the Disney movie UP. All the Students of the Month will watch it on Friday, December eleventh at the town hall. Basically, the movie is about an old grump named Mr. Fredrickson who loses his wife. One day he is told he must move to a retirement home. In the meantime, a young Wilderness Explorer named Russel turns UP at his front door. Russel needs to earn his last Wilderness Explorer badge, assist of the elderly. Mr. Fredrickson doesn't like that idea. When the owners of Shady Homes Retirement Homes show UP he commits his plan. Mr. Fredrickson attached thousands of helium-filled balloons to his house so he didn't have to go the Shady Homes. Once he got high enough he opened his front door and who was pressed up against the wall hanging on for his life? Russel! After Mr Fredrickson let Russel in, Russel and Mr. Fredrickson go on an adventure. That's all I'll tell you. Watch the movie to see exactly what happens. Overall, I think it was a sometimes sad but very funny movie.

Lucky -- Comic by Angie Lafave

Player Profile 2: Candice Parker

By: Matt Davis

Who’s a 1^st round draft pick in the WNBA (Woman’s National Basketball Association) and had a record breaking 34 point WNBA debut game? That would the Los Angels Sparks star forward, Candice Parker.

She attended Naperville Central High School with her brother Anthony Parker who is currently a guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers. She graduated in 2004 but not without leaving memories at her school. Her team went on to become champions in 2003 and 2004.

Candice played on the Tennessee Volunteers which is the woman’s basketball team for University of Tennessee. Her first year there she won the south-eastern Rookie of the Year award which helped her team win the 2006 SEC Tournament Champions. In that game with 17 seconds on the clock she hit a game winning clutch shot and earned her the tournament MVP. In all her time on the Volunteers there record was 101 wins and only 10 losses.

After Candice’s time at Tennessee she got drafted in the first round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angels Sparks. In Candice’s debut game she scored a record breaking 34 points breaking the previous record set by Cynthia Cooper who scored 25 in her first WNBA game. At the end of the season she became one of the most well known WNBA players of all time. She also amazingly won WNBA Rookie of the year and WNBA MVP that year.

Candice was selected to play for the U.S.A team in the 2008 summer Olympics at Beijing. U.S.A went on undefeated to take home the gold.

Player Profile 1: Chase Utley

By: Matt Davis

Who’s a three time Silver Slugger award winner and World Series champion? That would be the second baseman for the Philadelphia Philles Chase Utley.

Chase (Cameron) grew up in Long Island, California were he played as a star at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. After earning his degree he moved on to collage. He was accepted into UCLA and played baseball there for three years. On his third year of collage he combined playing on the UCLA Bruins and Cotuit Ketleers (a amateur baseball league team). Chase played for three other minor league teams before breaking through to the Philadelphia Philles.

In Chase’s first Major League game he recorded his first hit, and was it a big one. He hit a grand slam which was four of six runs his team scored on a win versus the San Deigo Padres on August 1^st, 2003. He was bouncing from the minors to majors until 2005. The spot was almost clear for him to be the starting second baseman exept for one man. That man is Placido Polanco. To Chase’s luck Placido was traded to the Detroit Tigers mid-way through the 2005 season.

In 2006 Utley proved himself as one of the best batting second basemen in the National League. That year he had a .309 batting average and a record tieing 35 game hitting streak. With those numbers he earned the 2006 NL Silver Slugger award.

On January 21^st 2007 he got married and also signed a new 7-year $85 million dollar contract. For the second consecutive season he won the NL Silver Slugger award. This year with a .332 batting average and 103 RBIs.

2008 was by far Utleys greatest season. At the end of April he had 11 homers and the Phillies first winning April since 2003. For the record breaking third time in a row, Chase Utley won the NL Silver Slugger award. By the end of the 2008 season the Phillies swept in the Divison and NL Championship series. They ended up beating the Tampa Bay Rays and becoming world champs!

A quote from his manager, Charlie Manuel. “He is always the first to show up and last to leave. I just like his style.”