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The Informing Feathers August, September, & October, 2018 Issue 1 Welcome to the 1st Edition of our school’s online newspaper! Our team is dedicated to giving you past, current, and future information about Miller Middle School, in Riverside, and even worldly news! Macaw Happenings By Marsha, Aiden, Quincy, and Evan On August 13th, 2018 was the On August 29th we got new official start day of the 10th year schedules, because of anniversary of FAMMS. We had overpopulation between classes. picture day on August 21st. If you We hope that everything went couldn’t make picture day on the smoothly between switching 21st, hopefully, you made it on classes. On August 30, there was September -26th, SO SMILE. a fire drill during !st period. During the day of August 31 Back-to-School dance. The theme was the glow dance. It featured a photo booth, glow items, Kona Ice, dancing, music and more food. Check out some of the pictures taken by our publication staff. On September 3rd there was no school, because we were all celebrating Labor Day. Tuesday, September 4th is where all the ASB Members dressed up as their future career. In your planner on page 12A, you will fill out your progress report for math. In October, some of the events will In October we won’t have a include HALLOWEEN, the end of Halloween dance, but you will be the semester, The Great American able to wear your costumes. Shakeout, and National Unity Day. Make sure you don’t bring any The Great American shakeout will mock weapons, blood, or gore. be on the 18th of October. On Keep it clean so you don’t scare October 24th, National Unity day, anyone. Yearbook photographers we wear orange to show our will be out and about, find them support for preventing bullying at wearing a badge to get your FAMMS and in high school. picture taken. TRICK-or-TREAT Worldly News By-Alyssa, Coryssa, Angie, And Maya -The Holy Fire- -Hawaii- On August 6, 2018, around 1:15 PM Hurricane Lane a 51-year-old man named Forrest When you hear the word Hawaii Gordon Clark started The Holy Fire you think of an island filled with in Holy Jim Canyon Community. palm trees, coconuts, pineapples, The Holy Fire is described by and lots of sunshine. Well not in Orthodox Christians as a miracle this case. For the past week, that usually happens every year at Hawaii’s Islands have been hit with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre heavy rains and vast winds in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, flooding their streets, damaging or Holy Saturday, the day the main parts of Hawaii’s Islands preceding Orthodox Easter. The leaving it very dark and cold. areas of Horsethief Canyon, Glen Hurricane Lane dropped 52 inches Eden in Corona, McVicker, Rice, of rain on Hawaii from August Canyons, and Lake Elsinore had to 22-26. It is the second highest evacuate as the fire rose to 64 rainfall total from a tropical feet leaving their neighborhoods cyclone in the U.S. since 1950. A covered in Red phos-chek. The Holy flash flood watch also remained in Fire burned more than 22,986 effect for Oahu, home to the state acres and 12 structures. More than the capital, Honolulu, and 70 1,500 firefighters tried to hold it percent of Hawaii's 1.4 million off. We can all agree residents. https://www.cnn.com/2018/ 08/28/us/hawaii-tropical-st orm-lane-flooding-wxc/inde x.html that there was nothing holy, about this fire. The Holy Fire finally ended. Forrest Clark faces life in -Hurricane Lane- prison for multiple counts of arson and criminal threats. A few weeks before the fire Chief Mike Milligan warned State and Federal officials about Clark and his threats. He said, “if you don't do something now he’s going to kill somebody or burn something down”. Forrest Clark was feared and avoided by almost everyone around him. Officials have been warned by many people in that -Flooded streets in Hawaii- area about this suspect they said: “We have worked to address the community's concerns within the Confines of the law”. Update: Today on August 27, 2018, The Holy Fire has reignited itself when a flare reached outside of its containment area and grew to about 40 acres. The Orange County Fire Authority tweeted. “The Fire Is currently no threat because it is in unburned fuel surrounded by already burned -We can only hope Hawaii vegetation”. Evacuation orders have been lifted and full containment is will flourish just as predicted to be reached on Beautiful- September 1st. Since the fire is predominantly not a threat, Firefighters strategy is centered around keeping the fire within its containment lines. Halloween Typhoon Jebi: around the world: “ Typhoon Jebi landed with "very Belgium strong" force in Tokushima During Halloween, Belgians believe that it is unlucky for a black cat to prefecture Tuesday afternoon, the walk by, enter someone’s house, strongest typhoon to hit the or travel on a ship. Belgian children also light candles during Halloween country's mainland since 1993, night in memory of their loved ones. said Akihiro Kikuchi, from Japan's Meteorological Agency. Winds lashed buildings and whipped up the sea, yanking an 89-meter-long tanker, the Houunmaru, from its anchorage and ramming it into the bridge connecting Kansai Airport with the ● Typhoon Jebi mainland. Images showed the ship's upper decks smashed against bridge, dislodging a portion of the road and forcing authorities to close it to traffic. Eleven crew members were on board, but no one was injured in the incident, Coast Guard spokesman Keita Sakai said.” Source; https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/asia/japan-typh oon-jebi-intl/index.html Sports By George N, Kyle A., Jaxsen .F, and Justin T Current Standings for NHL www.nhl.com The top 3 players in NHL history are: 1. Sid Abel who played for the Detroit Wings was the best center in the game during 1952. 2. Syl Apps who played for the Toronto Maple Leaves and was a major idol in the NHL. 3. Andy Bathgate who played for the NY Rangers was tough and looked nice all the time. LAST YEARS WINNER OF THE STANLEY CUP Last year's winners of the Stanley Cup were the Washington Capitals who beat the Nashville Predators with a record of 4-1. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Anze Kopitar voted the best defensive forward in the NHL. He was born in August 24, 1987 Jesenice, SVN. He shoots left and was first round pick by the ` He also has 290 goals since 2006. But he has 538 assists. Current Standings for MLB By Jaxsen, Justin, Kyle, and George www.mlb.com Upcoming in the MLB events are: Playoffs are coming in October and the World Series!! American League Currently, Boston leads their division giving them a spot in the playoffs. The New York Yankees are fighting for the wildcard against the Oakland Athletics in the wildcard. The Cleveland Indians currently lead their division. National League Chicago Cubs lead the National League in wins by 5 games but, are still fighting for a spot in the playoffs. The St. Louis Cardinals fighting for the wildcard spot against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Player Spotlight Currently, the new Los Angeles Angels rookie Shohei Ohtani is making his way to a new rookie of the year, Ohtani is a pitcher and DH. He is batting .276 with 16 home runs and 6 stolen bases. Recently Shohei was told that he should receive a brutal surgery called Tommy Johns. Ohtani says he will most likely get the surgery at the end of the season. Angels coach Mike Scioscia says Ohtani will still hit but not pitch. Baseball News Next, the Cubs are having trust issues. The Cubs pitchers are struggling. Cubs starting pitcher Mike Montgomery let the starting batters reach a base in his 4 innings of pitching. Now Cubs shortstop Addison Russell just came back for a myriad of injuries. Will the Cubs get it together to win the World Series or get blown out of the water in the playoffs? A’s ace Sean Manaea has to undergo shoulder surgery on his left shoulder. A’s manager Bob Melvin says he is worried about his chances to make the playoffs. Manaea currently is 12-9 with one complete game. He has a 3.59 ERA and 64 ER. Also he has 27 starts with 108 strikeouts. Current Standings for NFL By: George and Justin www.nfl.com The NFL The NFL started in 1920 In Canton, Ohio. There were only 8 original teams. It was the Giants, Bears, Cardinals, Packers, Lions, Redskins, Eagles, and Steelers. More teams were later added to the NFL and they started calling the finals the Super Bowl. The First two Super Bowls were won by the Green Bay Packers against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders. The Pittsburgh Steelers lead all teams in Super Bowl wins with 6 and a Super Bowl record of 6-2. Team Spotlight This months team spotlight goes to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Philadelphia Eagles are the current NFL champions and they are looking to win back-to-back Super Bowls for the first time in team history. They recently got back there star quarterback back from a brutal ACL injury and he is looking to lead his team to the Super Bowl. So far this season the Eagle ar off to a 1-1 start with a win against The Falcons and loss to the Buccaneers .