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Show PAGE 3 To be or not to be (Turkey) by:ColIeen Lindsay Hi. My name is Tommy Turkey. Im here to relate a story to you. Have you ever wondered how I got my name? The story' is full of curiosity, laughter, murder, and beautiful America was. They broke into a shriek of laughter as they described the most hideous creature theyd ever seen. This creature had a fan of tails w here his behind is, an orange beak, a red thing that hangs down to the side of the beak, and webbed feet. They were laughing so hard they were crying like little babies. honor. You all know how the pilgrims landed in America; by ship. What the pilgrims didn't know was that they were being watched every' moment of every day. You My might be asking yourself spies, indians, wild animals? No. None get the idea) grandpa just those. of They were being watched about flew the coop. He was so angry that he was molting. How by the Hybertnikcr. My Loose rocks stumbled down the side. The Turkish man began to sweat. He was scared of an animal he didn't even know the name of!! My grandpa moved toward him and the Turkish man fell of the cliff. The last sounds uttered from his throat was, My grandpa gobbled in amusement and looked at the Russian. He gobbled a warning. The Russian took him serious and quickly ran off to find the rest of his people. DARE they make fun of my When in the village, he rew them that as one red counted the story and since he was of hangy thing!! My grandpa grandpas n it. know the name of the creathose not didn't tall, grandpa was going to take gaping at creatures. He He strutted out from behind the ture that killed the Turkish man, faced, was overcome with hysteria when trees and the two men jumped with he decided to honor his friend and he first saw a pilgrim. He gobbled fright. What a sight to see. My name the creature after him. He until his head hurt and fell to the grandpa, a small animal with a red took Turk from where he came hard ground. He had never seen hanging thing, scaring the crap out from and EEEEEEYYYYY g in his of two fully grown men. The men from his last sounds and there vou something so whole life. quickly moved away from my have it!! TURKEY!!! Now you One day he heard a Turkish grandpa but he backed them into a know the real story of how we were man and a Russian man talking. cliff. My grandpa backed the Turk- named!! They were commenting on how ish man right to the edge of the cliff. pale-gree- two-legg- ed funny-lookin- MHS cheers power outage by:CIaudia Lemus A cry of pure delight rang through the halls. Pinata Festival to take place The cement building went byiCatherine Soderborg Students in four Manti High pitch black at 9:55 a m. WednesSchool clubs will be participating A November few 5th. moday, ments later the safety lights began in Ephraim Citys Pinata Festival to put their fluorescent lumines- this year. Students participating cence sucking the darkness out of are members of the SWIFT club, Prevention Manti High School halls. Talk of Art Club, and w school NHS. as mur- Team, being let out of The Art Club will be making mured from student to student however, no one would have ever pinatas to display and sell. Other realized the ultimate dream would clubs will be selling, decorating, and helping in other ways. come true. 10:40 The Pinata Festival was At a m. students were let out of Manti High School. The started four years ago by Ephraim for children wave hit middle schools and el- City as a in the The schools several minutes community. proceeds ementary reclater sending workers and students have gone to reational for activities home on an unexpected holiday. children, and Child-Abu- se Woo-we- e! The power outage was caused a by driver w ho lost control of the wheel causing him to swerve into an electrical pole. This pole controlled the electricity through out Manti, Sterling, Ephraim and other communities. Fortunately, we could get back to talking on the phone, microwave cooking, or watching television by 1:00 p.m. that same dav. by.Dana Walk Imagine a world where people were sent to different schools for having the w rong color of skin (Racism). Imagine if people w ere slaughtered for believing in the wrong concept or idea (World War II). Imagine if people w ere taken out of Manti to a different continent and forced to scrub grime out of the toilet w ith their own toothbrush, and then, beaten for getting their toothbrush dirty (Slavery ). Imagine if when you went to the grocery store you were forced to buy wheat bread because white was never an option (Russia). Imagine a world where people drink diarrhea infested waters and go for days without eating because they have to (Ethiopia). Imagine if the world around the protected minds of the students at Manti High School was bombed because someone else felt that the land should belong to them (Bosnia). Imagine a war being fought for a freedom that was being taken away (Every day). Wilbur Braithwaite, a veteran of World War II, was the guest speaker at the annual Veterans Day Assembly held on November . He reflected upon his experiences 1 years include a giant nutcracker, an angel, and a drummer boy. Other objects ing clude a goose and a plant. In past years, many groups man-eatin- have performed at the festival. The high school show choir has performed two years. Center Stage America, Willy the Clown, and other local groups have also been on the program. The festival will run Friday fund-raisand Saturday, December 5 and 6, at the Greenwood Student Center at Snow College. On Saturday there will be performers, and the Ephraim Public Library. pinatas will be broken at various The pinatas are made and do- times during the day. Plans also nated by organizations and fami- include having authentic Mexican lies in the community. They are food for sale. Festival director sold in a silent auction the first Paula Soderborg said, The Pinata night of the festival. Besides Festival not only raises money for pinatas, other papier mache cre- children, but also brings together ations are also displayed and sold. many different aspects of the Some that have been made in past er Freedom Week held 1 in Europe during the war. Friends, deaths, pain, hopes, dreams, and songs; were all remembered. At the close of the assembly he asked his w ife, Jane, to play a medley of anthems representing each branch of the United States armed forces. The students stood in tribute of their fathers and grandfathers who have served in the armed forces. As Freedom Week drew to a close last Friday, November 14th, the students at MHS experienced a Freedom Restriction Day. The National Guard came in HUMMER's and camouflage and assisted in applying restrictions according to the ranks of under- Wilbur Braitbwaite was this years guest speaker in the annual Veteran's Day Program. without their tag they were punished w ith the duty of doing ten The students were allowed to w ear hats on this dav; but underclassmen had their hats taken aw ay at the end of second period and were left with messy hat hair for the rest of the day. Only American made cars were allowed into the parking lot, a few foreign cars managed to get in but they were announced over the intercom and received punishment for parking in the w rong area. These were just a few of the restrictions that were placed upon the student body at push-up- s. MHS. On this day, students received a small taste of what it is like to have their freedoms restricted. Students found fun in this game, but in the real world restrictions are not games. In the real world, even today, people live life in fear classmen, upperclassmen, and Se- of w hat they won't be able to do niors. The students were forced to tomorrow. Fortunately, the stuwear a colored tag around their dents at Manti High School will necks to identity the grade in which never experience this type of they are in. If students w ere caught Lucky Lockers Hey you! Yes you, today may be your lucky day. Four locker numbers have been chosen and will receive a prize. If one of the following numbers matches your locker , contact Mr. Dettingcr right away. 34, 27, 88, 209 1 |