THE LIBERTY POST

March 13, 2012 Volume 1 Issue I News for the students by the students

Hannah Kipple names school newspaper THE Liberty Post REPORTER: What inspired you to come up with the name Liberty Post? Hannah: Liberty comes from Liberty Valley and Post is a cool word for news. I thought it worked. REPORTER: Did you think you would win? Hannah: No, I thought there were just too many people voting, I never thought I would win. REPORTER: How did it feel to win? Hannah: I was so excited. As soon as I got home I told my parents, and they were so proud of me.

Mac-n-Cheese Mania Sweeps Through Valley Reporter: Hannah Marsh

I love mac and cheese because of the I conducted a survey where students at Homemade mac and cheese sweet, warm taste of the melting cheese. Also, Liberty Valley were able to vote on which kind Box mac and cheese the smell fills the air of the room once you take of mac and cheese you liked the best. When the wonderful cheese covered noodles out of the votes were counted, the winner was 90 the oven. If you are very sneaky and if no one homemade macaroni with 84 votes; boxed mac is around, you can carefully and quietly sneak and cheese received 67 votes. Students at into the kitchen and take a piece of the Liberty Valley seem to like that steamy 67.5 steaming noodles. Some people in the world homemade goodness! like homemade macaroni, and other people like boxed. I think that people like homemade macaroni because you can add as much cheese Over the Rainbow Mac and Cheese 45 and noodles as you want. Also you can add anything into it like spices and ham. I think the 1 lb. cooked noodles; 1 stick of butter; 1/2 cup each of Munster, Medium Sharp, and reason people like boxed is because you don’t 22.5 have to take too much time to make it, and Monterey Garlic cheeses; 1 cup of Velveeta because kids can even make it themselves. My Cheese, cubed; 2 cups of half and half cream; 2 favorite kind of macaroni would probably be large eggs, slightly beaten; salt and pepper to 0 homemade. taste. Mix it all up and put it in the oven until it is golden brown and delicious! Hannah Connuck and Sam Kennedy report on how their class celebrated Chinese New Year Do you usually decorate your classroom with During our celebration, thanks to John’s Asian gigantic Chinese dragons and lanterns? Well, on Cuisine, we enjoyed fortune cookies, spring January 23rd, Mrs. McCormick’s class rolls, and oranges. We played a game where you celebrated Chinese New Year with these had to use chopsticks to move grapes from one decorations. bowl to another as fast as you could. This would Making them wasn’t easy...It took chaos, have been a real challenge if Mrs. Brookhart, confusion and clutter to create these decorations, Director of Curriculum, wouldn’t have taught us and a whole lot of team work. At some points how to use them! The teams tied, so every Mrs. McCormick did not think it would work, student was awarded a red envelope with a coin and to be honest, neither did a lot of us. But it inside! did and now when you walk in the door you are stunned by a ginormous Chinese dragon hanging Mr. Johns also stopped by our celebration. He from the ceiling. said, “It was so great to see the whole class To make the dragon we used lots of material: working together and being involved in such a crepe paper, fabric, tissue paper, markers, and unique experience. The amount of work that lots of tape. First we decided as a group how we went into creating the dragon must have been would make it and who would be responsible for amazing.” making each section. An extreme topic of debate was how to make the body. The decision was made to sew the body onto a tube. We then broke into groups to create the head, body, tail, and background. For the finishing touch, we hung it from the ceiling!

Reporter John Maize hits the beat asking, “What Makes Liberty Valley a Great Place?”

Jayden Koser 4th Zack Norfolk 5th Reid Coppola 3rd Ben Malloy 4th Mrs. Patterson “All of the of the specials, the “I think it is the teachers who “Sometimes teachers let us “The teachers are nice and the “It’s the way people treat each classes , and lunch.” help us.” do origami!” food is great!” other as a family.”

1 What’s Hot In Spring Fashion 2012 ? Below: Kylee Cush Alana Urban- resident Designer Look- The designer look is all models the punk princess about having the latest fashions. The look is look. fashionista expensive, but really worth it. If you love to Head of the Class Look The preppy look shop and need a new wardrobe with every is finally back! I guess that means you’ll season, this look is so you. You are always need to catch up with the world in some looking for the latest trends and the hottest sporting Polo shirts, cable chord sweaters, designers. Your favorites are premium and deck shoes. Although the look has jeans, high-end dress coats, and a good changed over the years, it is still the same handbag or clutch. concept: plaid, tennis inspired dresses, Punk Princess Rock on girls! This year, slacks, and argyle sweaters. So if you are the punk look gets a little bit funkier and a looking for a schoolgirl look this is for you! whole lot punkier. Think bling, black and Fun, Funky Look The fun and funky look red, and even pink. Mix in some feminine is for you if you are that girl who has loads colors with some traditional rock like black of personality and loves to stand out in a and white stripes, skinny jeans, sparkly crowd. This look has no rules, limits, or converse, and some glam rock bling and boundaries because it is all about you you’ve got the 2012 Punk Princess Look. expressing your personality, Achieving the look is easy; have fun pairing up patterns, Above: Hannah bright colors, and fun accessories to come Photos by Alana Urban Connuck models the up with a look that is 100% you. fun funky look.

Restaurant Critic Sam Betz Gives Local Danville Diner 4 Stars

The other day I had lunch with my own fries. The fries were just how I like them: lovely mother at Pappas which happens to be extra crispy, fresh cut, with lots of salt and my favorite restaurant. Pappas is located at ketchup. The cheeseburger was hot off the 312 Mill Street in Danville. It is truly a town grill and served on a nice soft bun. To drink, icon. It is a diner-like restaurant that opens at I had a scrumptious cherry coke made the the crack of dawn and closes soon after old fashioned way with fountain coke and lunch. When you walk in you notice right real cherry syrup. away that it is smallish; one may even say, a hole in the wall. There is only one row of The menu at Pappas is just perfect. It is a booths and a long counter with spinning little bit of everything, but not too much. I padded stools, just like the old time soda know for a fact that their pancakes are also fountain places. delicious. I think everyone should give Pappas a try. Tell your taste buds to be ready. My mother and I chose our seats at the I give our local diner a perfect 4 stars! counter. I decided on the cheeseburger and

What are Box Tops? Costa Concordia reporter Reporter Emily Heath Cora Charlton

The box top business was started by General Recently, the 1,000 foot cruise ship the Mills in 1996. In 1998 more than 30,000 Costa Concordia, hit a reef off the coast of schools participated in the program. In 2002, American Idol News Italy. box tops doubled in size to include Pillsbury The captain was having dinner at the time of and many other brands. In 2004, 100 million Tabby Reedy Reporter the wreck. He managed to get to safety dollars was earned by over 82 thousand before everyone else was off of the ship. schools in the nation. Since 1996 box tops Here we go again! It is now season eleven of It was the largest ship in Italy, and it was have helped American schools by donating American Idol! Can you believe it? This built in 2006. The shipwreck is very similar over 400 million dollars! season started back on January 18th and has to the crash of the Titanic. The Titanic hit an been full of surprises. I caught up with the Liberty Valley box top iceberg and sank. There were more than coordinator, Mary Heath and asked her The judges are Jennifer Lopez also known 4,200 people on board. about the process. She checks every as J.Lo., Steven Tyler, and of course the People around the world are very angry that expiration date and keeps track of how many veteran Randy (the Dawg) Jackson. each class brings in. They are put in bundles the captain left the ship before all of the of 50. Each bundle of 50 is worth 5 dollars. So many voices, some good and some, passengers were off and safe. Many people Then she ships them to General Mills in well...not so good. Also, some of the same are sad about the loss of life. Golden Valley, Minnesota. General Mills people from last season are trying out again. sends a check to Home and School twice a Some of the new talent for American Idol is year. In 2011 our school received over 1,800 even from our own back yard. Let’s hear it dollars. The box top bins are in the main for the black and yellow Pittsburg, hallway by the teachers’ mailboxes. Pennsylvania! Remember to put your teachers’ name on the Battle of the Books - Third Grade Who knows maybe the next American Idol bag when you turn the in. The class who has will be from right here in good old Danville! Reporter Jordan Brookhart the most box tops will get to D-U-N-K Mr. Johns! Look out Mr. Johns, it’s on like Donkey Kong! In Battle of the Books for 3rd grade, twenty teams competed. This year two teams tied for 1st place. The teams were School Store Up and Running from Mrs. Kline’s class and Mrs. Mohr’s class. There were 7 or 8 students on a team. Reporters Abigail Calvert and Kira Snyder The 1st round was for the odd numbered teams. The 2nd round was for the even Liberty Valley Intermediate School has their very numbered teams. The 3rd round was the own school store! They sell loads of pencils, pens, grippers, and lead refills. The spending limit championship round. On the computer, is $2.00 per person. You can visit the store at questions were made up for the kids to lunch. It is open on the last Friday of every answer with their clickers. Battle of the month. It rocks to have a school store! All of Books was held in the gym. Next year’s the kids love it! contest will probably be even better than this Photo by John Maize 2 Saying Goodbye to a Joe Paterno by Erin Cope and Nathan Snyder

Joe Paterno, known by many as “JoePa” has Under his leadership, the Nittany Lions won “His loss leaves a void in our lives that will died at the age of 85. Joe Paterno was born on two national championships, went undefeated never be filled,” his family says. He will be December 21, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. five times and finished in the top 25 national missed dearly by many. While attending Brown University Joe played rankings 35 times, according to his official for the football team. Penn State biography. Joe had 409 career Joe had plans to become a lawyer, but the wins. Among his other accomplishments, he head coach of Brown was moving to Penn has donated millions of dollars to Penn State State and persuaded Joe to join him as the University. The library at Penn State is named team’s assistant coach. Later he became the after him. head coach of Penn State and remained in that He is also famous for his “grand experiment”, position for the next 46 years. which was his idea of holding his players to high moral and academic standards.

Super Bowl in Review By Peyton Persing

A great game almost everybody knows When the Patriots get the ball back in the Ninkovich causes to about is the . This is the game second quarter, they drove down and make his second making the between the winner of the National Stephen Gostkowski hit a 29-yard field score now 17-15 Patriots were winning Football Conference (NFC) and the winner goal to improve their score to 3. ending the third period. of the Conference (AFC). The NFC winner was the New York Next, the Giants get it after the field goal Early in the fourth, line backer Chase football Giants. The AFC winner was the and punt the ball away to and Blackburn grabs an interception. Each . This year a local his Patriots. team had another drive and they both punted on them. boy participated in it, too. His name is The drive ended up in a 4-yard touchdown . He is from Southern pass from Tom Brady (number 12) to The Giants got the ball back starting Columbia. Danny Woodhead (number from their own 12-yard line. The drive was 39). That puts the Patriots up 10-9, and it a success when a great play occurred; it The game started out with the Patriots winning the toss. They decided to defer stayed that way for the rest of the half. was Manning to Mario Maningham and the Giants received the ball. The kick (number 82)-a 38-yard reception that Bill New England got the ball back for the Belicheck challenged and the challenge off got the Giants to their own 33 yard line. halftime kick off. They ended up driving Then Manning (number 10) had a 19-yard failed. Finally the Giants score a down the field and the Patriots increased touchdown from on the pass to (number 88). The the score to 17-9 with a touchdown. Giants had to punt a few plays later. ground, putting them up 21-17. When the Giants got the ball after the When the Patriots got the ball after the It stayed that way and the New York kick off they drove down to the Patriots 20- football Giants won their 4th franchise punt, they were pinned against their goal yardline, but some mishaps occurred and line. blitzes the goal line and a Super Bowl and won the they had to kick the field goal. Lawrence MVP for the game. Henry Hynoski also safety was called. Tynes (number 9) made it so it wasn’t a had some good plays. Not bad for a boy When the Giants got the ball after the waste of a 37-yard field goal. The score is from central Pennsylvania. “safety punt”, they drove down and scored 15-12, but the Pats are still winning. a 2-yard touchdown pass. It was from Eli When the Patriots got the ball, Justin Manning to Victor Cruz (number 80). After Tuck had a sack on third down forcing a 3- Cruz’s salsa dance, the Giants got the ball and-out. through the up rights, and that put them up 9-0. The giants drive back into scoring position but a third down sack by Rob

Coleman Cush: Ironmen end up on top of Shik Photos by Kylee Cush

There was a clash of two very good teams powerhouse led by Ross Litz only let Shik The fourth quarter was back and forth, but recently at Danville High School: Danville score seven points in the second quarter. with Danville pulling out to a seven point Ironmen versus Shikellamy Braves! Tyler Number 4, Ernie Tyler for Shikellamy would lead with a minute to go, the only thing Shik Pratt and gang jumped out to a 6-0 lead for go down with an injury in the last minutes of could do was try. The final score was 59-54 Shik, but Andrew Andreychick brought the the second quarter. with Danville on top. Tyler Pratt would finish Ironmen back, scoring 10 points in the first Shik came out strong in the third quarter to the game with 21 points. quarter. Shik was up by four at the end of tie it up, 43 all at the end of the third. Brett I think that it could have been a whole the first. Berg truly had an amazing game, some different game if Ernie Tyler didnʼt get spectators said after. He would finish the injured. Some people might say thatʼs the Danville came back in the 2nd to go into game with a total of 23 points. championship game right there. halftime leading by three. The defensive

3 March is Women’s History Month

Het Patel doing laundry. Bessie was inspired by a French her last flight across the Atlantic Ocean, she Dr. Gertrude Elion is a famous biochemist. pilot in World War I. Unable to fly in the US never arrived at her destination. She nor her When she was 15 years old her grandfather died because she was African-American, she went to plane have ever been found.-- from cancer. She wanted to do something about Europe to train. She flew for the Red Cross it, so she became a scientist and developed drugs during the war. She returned to the United States Olivia Huron and flew in stunt planes. Her life goal was to that saved many people’s lives. She worked for a Emily Dickinson was a poet who was born in create a flight school for African Americans, but company where she studied the make up of 1830 and died at the age of 56. She wrote she died in a plane crash in 1926. human cells to see the differences between them over 1,700 poems. She was shy woman from and cancer cells, viruses, and bacteria in the Massachusetts who wrote about nature, love, body. Hannah Marsh and dying. She never published her poems Amelia Earhart was the first woman to cross the when she was alive, but her sister found them Katie Miller Atlantic Ocean solo. She flew over 2,000 miles around the house and sold them after her on her first trip from Newfoundland to Ireland. Bessie Coleman was born in 1893 in Atlanta, death. -- Texas. She helped her family picking cotton and She crossed the ocean in less than 24 hours. On Movie Madness Miracle at Midnight I think it is so amazing that one family saved Dolphin Tale so many lives! I give this film five stars! Olivia Crumb Hannah Kipple Megamind This movie is very emotional and plays with “Dolphin Tale” is a true story about a boy who your heart every time you watch it. This film Olivia Crumb finds a dolphin with a rope tied around her is based on the true events of the most horrible tail. The boy is instrumental in rescuing the event on Earth, the Holocaust. The setting is a This movie was created by Dream Works dolphin. After being rescued, the dolphin is Danish town in 1943. The main characters are Studios. It is the most outgoing movie for all taken to an aquarium to be cared for. The boy a non-Jewish family who are members of the heros and villains. The villainous hero with becomes very close to the dolphin. She ends Nazi resistance. They hid Jewish people inside the gigantic blue head has the voice of Steve up losing her tail because the rope cut off her an attic-like closet space and gave them food Carrel. I personally give the movie three and a circulation. She has to get a fake one called a and whatever they needed to survive. This was half stars. The movie has you on the edge of prosthetic. It took a couple of tries to make the against Nazi law to help or hide the Jews. The your seat at some parts. I still believe that it right tail for her. The whole time the boy stays family’s biggest mission was to get the Jewish could have had more action and suspense by her side, going to the aquarium everyday. people to the boats that would take them to scenes. I think the moral of the story is you He helps her learn to swim with her new safety in Switzerland. The Nazis were can change no matter what your past was. prosthetic tail. I encourage you to watch the expecting 7,500 Jews to arrive at the When I saw previews of this movie I thought movie “Dolphin Tale” because it is a family concentration camp (a horrible place where it would be the same as any other; villain stays movie with a happy ending. Jews are put to death) but thanks to the efforts villain and the superhero, Metroman, is the of this family the number was lessened to 436. biggest role of the movie. I was surprised that this movie was different. I think this movie stands out from other Dream Works creations.

Should Fifth Graders Be Able to Play Video Games Rated Mature?? Momoko Rolle Essayist Ty Hummer Essayist Liberty Valley Responds... Many people don’t realize but I have come Fifth graders should be able to play M rated Calla Reader:No video games because it teaches them to be to the conclusion that fifth graders should Carson Shultz No mature. It also lets kids have fun. Lastly, it not play video games rated M for Mature. gives kids a bigger choice of games to play. Ryan Brouse: Yes They are not appropriate for kids. I also believe that other games that are not rated M Fifth graders should be allowed to play rated Jacob Nelson : Yes are a lot better, and also that video games are M video games because it teaches them to be Kellen Mills : Yes as long as they are altogether unhealthy. mature. If your parents don’t allow you to responsible play any rated M games then that means you Mature rated video games are not can’t play any war games and even some Emily Oswald: No appropriate for kids because they could be violent. They will set a bad example for football games. Mrs. Furguson: No behavior. Also, killing in games will give Another reason fifth graders should be able Bridget Finn: No kids bad ideas. to play rated M video games is because it Briana McCormick : Absolutely not gives the gamer a wider selection of games Other games can be a lot better than Mature to choose from. And when you are eleven Kaiden Kurzawa: Absoutely yes rated games. Educational games like Study Island, can teach better things. I also think you don’t want to be playing talking animal Tate Berkey: Sure I guess games. that kids can spend their time gaming in Kailey Getz: No better ways. Fifth graders should be allowed to play M rated video games because they are fun. Priya Barua: No Games are altogether unhealthy. Playing outside is more fun. If you read books, you When it is raining and you don’t have Sophia Muccillo: Probably not anything else to do you probably play a can have fun reading and learning. You video game. When you look at your games could study for a test. and they are all boring that just makes your Fifth graders should not be allowed to play day worse. M rated video games because they are not In conclusion that is why fifth graders appropriate, other games are more fun, and should be able to play video games. they are unhealthy.

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