the pirate press vol 6 num 1 (1983)

7/29/2019 The Pirate Press Vol 6 Num 1 (1983)

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1l!1;;;-2---- The Pirate PressNew Pi rate.iPress staffto publish 4 editionsby Shermon 'dr&y

This year Tho Plrato Pressstaff w111 publish four newspepersfor lleath l{idCle School.The newspaper wi.II :t.gai"n cc:rt25 cer,ts, and there w111 be a luckynumber dr&r,/ing of five do1lars.The sections wj.I1 covor n6ws ovents,oditorlals, features, and spor.ts.Tho Pirate Press staff includosReneoTEifTEl-EEi?-BEnt on, TerryBuchholz, Chrj.s Burkey, Benny C'rI,John Davj.s, Becky Dowol1 , BradEdwe-:ds, Jackle Estes, VeronlcaF\rtre11, Ronla Gi11, Jeff Glisson,Sherri Hal1, Devld Hooper, GeorgeJohason, Brr.d KeI1ey, Deidra. Kepner,Brenna Oak1ey, Joey Poyton, RoneePitchforil, 'ilanda Priddy, C lndyl^/alker, Frank Wn1te, Patrick Wood,.rnd Shannon l.Iray. They are taughtby lIrs. Fr.nces Cooper.Anotiror s.ctivity besidospubllshi-n3 the nwsp&per will bea play 1n the sprlng prosented withthe help ol the Art Class andMrs. Glenrla tsittner.

Students participatgin Black and Gold Dayby Sherri i{411

To build sckrooL spirit, thechserl-eaders organlzed ttBlack andGold Day" at l{eath }1idd1e School.This eventr in which studenisdressed in the school colors ofbl"ack trnd go1d, was held Tue sdaY ,Soptember 13.IIot only did the studentscome ln dressed up ln school color8but even th6 taectrers woro blackand gold. TLrore lrero a fow PeoPlewho didnrt partlclpat6, but mostdid. Where as most stildnts choseto woar black and go1d, Erlc Jonesand Daron Crabtnee unlquely p8'int-ed thelr faces black and go1d.Eric Jones sald, ||I had theschool spiri-t 1n mE. Othorsthought I was stupld, but Ithought 1t vras neat. Thatt s whyI palntod my face.rrDaron Crabtroe explainod,ttI had good school splrlt.rtGary IIa1l lras on6 of themany football- players wLlo worea jersey. I{e seld that h wasexcited about the day.lir. Fletchor, sc j.enc teachersaid rrI feel ltrs a good way toshow school spirit.rlMrs. Kenne dy felt studentspartlcipated very well . rt I wasvery pleased. rr

Eighth graders chosen{or HN,!S yearbookby Rene Bay11!

-_ After much dellberatlonMr. I.l3bry has superbly ctrosenfifteen elEhth qnaderi to organizethe 1983-8[ yeaibook._- The nw staff memberg are:lh3.."rL Chumb1or, Todd Farmer,Beth. She.ppyd - (photographers i;lrll9" Warford, JtlI Llmes, A6bbteuo_rr16r (darkroom)i Buddy Dowdy(].].Iustretor ); Maquel Barnes. '3T"ld" Warford (layouts ); JoiacLreoenrood, Scott Earrlson (layouteand stony ideas); Tera Ash]ev -(plctur6s); Cindy Vleat (1deal andp:'crunes ); Eric Jones (posterldeas )._ nf chose thos6 p6opLe becauseI_lhlqk they_are responllble peop16end..I can rely on them for gooaworktr, oxplslned IIr. Mebryr "whoonJoys his work becauso oi'thochallenge of worklng wlth newpoople each year.Chumbler says that thettMs yearbook is set up so thateveryone wi.ll have a recond of thec 1as srrrate s and-hls/hen activltles.The 1983-Bl+ Heath MlddloSchool yearbook w111 be pubitshedin the second week of lpi.f f .. ^^The- eighth grade ybarbookstaff wlll :uork very hi.nd so that1t msy havo an outstanding yearbookas ln the provLous yaars.

HMS welcomesnew lighth grade students

by Cindy Walkerand.Doldra KepnerThis year new students travearrived from a varlety of locetlonsfar :Lnd noar. Some came fromPaduc sh }lid ile rLnd Lone oak Mld:lle!rh116 othors havo Jolned us fromstetos llke South Car.olina, ILllnol!Alabama and Tennessee.our new eighth gnade stutlents816: Kim Jarboe, Llsa Dyk6, Tr.aciGoodmon, Mll"e s Brown, JennlferDohorty, Rebocca Dow6l1, John ltcGeelElsl.e l"lc Gro gor , Cynthla Wa1kor,Lesley' Whatley, MichaeJ. Wooley,Vonnon Amablo, Jo6y Stone, andWi111efl Knl ght .Many of tho new H.lt.S. student!expressed that they had madenumerous friends B.t thelr nel,

school. As for academlcs, some newstudents felt Heat,h wes esi6r:whi.Ie others felt lt was moredifflcult.Klm Jarboe, & new student,11kes thls school nnrch more thanLone Oak because of the cuto boys.

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The Pirate ProssBeta begins newyear

by Ronoo PltchforCandi.Ianda PnlddyIho flrst Beta meetlng of theyes.r ws.s held Wednesday, Sept. 111,i,n }lrs. Beyors roon 1Ol. Thereason for thls first meotj.n8 wasto choose cormlttoe I s for th6 year.Mrs. Beyer is th6 sponsor ofthis cLub and members are asfollowe: Devld Adams, T6ra. Ash16y,I.Iaquel Barnes, Allison Bennett,Terry Buchholz, Shayna Chumbler,Ler& Dolrdy, Rlchard ib&zlen,Robin Sumaers, Tony King, JoyPowe11, Chad Schult z, JackleYancey, Amanda Warford, Tony PoytonScott Johnson, Veronlc a !-utro11,Clndy Vled, Llsa Hughes, Rhon.laVibbert, II&rk Shelby, Gary IIa11,Al1lson Gray, Cary Vtlentlne,Rose Anne Dillworth, '.nd AngleKing. Offlcers are: Ire s iCent-Robln Sunmors; Vlc e -Pre sident-Allison Gray; Secretary- TeraAsh16y; Treasurer- Lara. Dowdy;

Reporter- Gary IIa11, alld Per1a-menta:1an- Tony Peyton.Robin Surmers, who isprosiilent, gave us her opinion ofthe club rtlt 1s an experience tohelp me with lurthor cllrbsfr.Allj-son Grey and Lara. Dowdy bothbelleve it 1s a bj.r: respons,.Lbilityto be 1n thi"s club.To be 1n this club on6 musthsve a B+ e.verage. The pur p6EE-of the c l-ub is to learn .,nd Cevelo!16 &dership .I\lr. Feiler thinks rritr s a"good ldoa for those r.rho oxcelacademlcaLly to be recogni.zodrr.4. ca

Stamp CIub draws big crowdby Brad Edwards

Fifty-thlroe PeoPle showod uPfor the fl.rst moetlng of Mr.Fellerrs Stamp Club on SePtenber11, 1981 .This yearr Just as last Year,membershlp dues only cost a do1Iar,but membershlp closes 0ctober 11.Mr. Fel16r flrst exPlalnedabout the Stemp Club requlrements.Students mrst co116ct a ml nlmrnof 2lO stamps by the end of thoyear. Ilembe rs also wlI1 be askeCto work at the concessi.on stsndduring basketball games.

Also as p&rt of the Programs. novie, Stamps: A Natj.ons CqllinnCard w!. s shovrn.

Heath celebratesfirst Hat Dayby GarY BntonIlat Day at H .l{ . S . w&s onSepternber 2J. There were gomeunirsuaL h,lt s on Hat DaY. BucdYDowdyts hat sPortd e siren "ndff :Lshlng 1lght. Chris 3urkay worea l.iexican sombrero, wh1Ie Sendy;.Iard modol-ed a weddin3 vei1.Setrr Club wil-l- be sPonsorlnganotLrer Hat Day later ln the Yoar.They will be awardlng Prized -forth. hats in such cateqouries as:Most School Splrit, War, Most

Groad;, ,,Iestern, RainY DaY, Const-ruction, One of a Kind, JungleSafari , ".nd Bank Robber.

by Becky Dowel1L1ttle or: no r:alnfall in theI"lcCracken Cotrnty area has made fora loni!, dry sumrcr. The lasta.pprecigblo ralnfall was on tlreJuly lorth weekond.CloudlneEs ana lfght showersI:.-rvo been mlnlnal ln the B.reas.Albhough Meteoroioglst'.have beenpredlctlng r.aiifal1 for the pasttwo wacka, all we have recelved lsrnore humi d. weather.Due to the lack of raln,fa.rmers have suffered thoueands ofdollars worth of damage to tholrcrops. Not only have the cropsof our area suffenod, but tbepeoplo havo, too. Loss of 1lfeis blB.med mostly on the over-oxposuro of heat.LIe have had. very lltt1c raln-falI in the }IcCr&ckeir Cornty areabut hopes of many ane st1lI hlgh.

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IEDITORIATSStudenf loves to complain ooDungeon s a nd Dragons"

by Patrlck Woodi{av6 you trled opening ansCicino bottle 1ate1y? lbrs l-iketrying to crack a safe I And thosebattries that donr t work when youneed them *"rre most? Ihls is whetmy editorial is Boin8 to be about:things that bug a 1ot of people.Have you ever had the electric-ity out and, being bored, wantedto watch Tr/ and forget that theelectriclty is out? And. whenther6 1s somethi-ng good on onechannel, aront t there always flveother shows that you like to $ratchon dlfferent ch,qnnels? And withcable itrs worse I 0hl Itm reqIlymad now IAnd the s Li ttle tr arf -a"rf rldogs ! You go rlding your biko1e1suroIy down the road; then youget attacked by a bunch of hairand teethl oh-boy, Itm on a rolfnow ! 'dhat about spendinZ S1 .95 ona reall-y f':r.ncy pen wlth an inksupply ttrat lasts about a week?And somebody in your householdalmost aLways gets up at 5:00 A.)i.and uses up rll tho hot water !One thing that red1l-y bugsme !s lirlt lul-bs: two weeks oluse and poof, thoy are out I Then,of course, 1n our houso, when wework ttre toaster, the air condi-tioner kicks off !iJe11, IIve run out of thingsto cornpl.i.n s.bout. Can you a,id

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offers real life fantasyby Terry lluchholzendJohn DavlsvJalking through the ha11 youstumble up to a door. A torchlight can be s6 through thocracks. KnowlnE not why, youkick open the dootr and puLl outyoun sword. But, before 1t comesout of the scabbard., your earshear th6 aound of a crossbow boLt

leevj.ng. Then the pa.ln comes.With a bolt sticking in your side,you faI1 to the ground.A11 the excltemont and d.ramafelt above is whs.t you w111 ex-perience i-f you play the thrillingfantasy game of ,rDungeons andDragons rr .To plry the Eame, flve booksare available: The DunFon Ms.st6rsGuide. Ilonster M.rrrIET:TeiEfes-and DemlRods . Pl.rvers Hr,ndbook.ana-TTe Flena FoTio. '-nDungons*nd-Dragonsrt other-wise known as rrD&Drr, has a tour-nament game. Thiis game 1s cal,ledrrGen Contr, which i.s held ln LakeGeneva, Wi sc ons i n.For further informat loncontact T. S. R. Hobbies, Inc.P.0. Box 756 faye Geneve, I.r1 . 5114?.Press offers solutionto staircase congestionMany HMS students want to beable to go up ,nd down both stalrcases. As of now, the rule stetosthat students ascend the Northstalrs and and descend the Southstalrs. Is thls ruls inconvenient?For 6xemp1e, Bnad Edwards tclasges ar6 on the opposlte onds ofthe approprlate stslrc&s, notgiving him enough tlme botweenclasses. This is the case for manYI{MS students.Veronica ."'utr:e11 adds anottrct:example to th problem. rrAs Icome out of the BJmr I have to goel1 the way to the other s1d6 ofthe bu11ding, aad aSain go up thestairs and go back down to theother side of lhe bullding toree.ch my l-ockerrr.Evon though $re apprec l&tethe administratlonr s ffort toorianize tr& .'f j.c contro)-, the sm&11-

emount of tlm between classesca-1sos tnls con-fuslon. The PlratePress, nfter much discuss j-on,offers this posslble sol-utlon:Stlrd3nts may use any staircase butmust remaln "'lways on thelr rlqhthand side.


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:..'..::.-.--'f ne f r-rate Press--TaR5_BReturn of Jedi big success

by Br8.d Kel1eyThe late s t r1o t i on pic turereles.se 1n the S tgt_@,e. sega j.sRoturn o! tho J6dTlt-f,Ts mJviepromfsEfffS-TEe best one yet,and thls true b611ever feels itls. Jedl lE the thi,rd qnd flneIs t or.y-E-a trilogy lhat has spannedsevon years and bl111ons of dollarsrJedi ls be3lceIly a cllrtax,or grETd-fina16, tvpe plcturo, ihatis, !t &nswers all or- your questionsfrom provious movles such as: IsLuko rea11y Vadert s son? W111Luke and Loia get married? Ana

'iltrat I s next?Thls movi6 s tar.ts on ,.he pL,.nelof Tatooinc where IIan Solo is he1dcaptlve, but as usua.l, he escapes,and every body 1s reJolnd.But the Emplre is constructlnga new cnd improved Death Star, evenmore powerful than the flrst.Ganerel LandoCalr'isslan and otherse.ttack the Death Sts.r, but onIlndor, a sma1I moon from which ai'orc shleld for the DoB.th Star lsgenerated, Luke, Han, Leia andChewba-cca fi.nd and bs.ttls storm-troopers while trylng to destroy thgenora,t or.Return of the Jod:Lr s plot J.spretty good, not to nention all973 spec ts.cular special effects.You truly must experience thispowerful 8.nd e xcitlng new motionpicture. For those of you whohavenrt, you ar6 defj.nitely beingdeprlved of your cultural education.And on6 last thing, 1f youhavenf t sen Jedl yet, Vador isLuker s f atherftfid- get th1s, Lukeend Lela sre tsrlns. How do6s thatgrab you?

SavEr ENE rntl-5-Iz i+ou;lrE e llnp-TOtrr:iCrBz-Ar*r(ner

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