SPECIAL OLYMPICS Know Or Recognize Including Daniel Who Was Bowling on Same Lanes I Was
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS know or recognize including Daniel who was bowling on same lanes I was. After waiting for several Special Olympics 2019 By: Sean Waterbury minutes, the practice before the real bowling started. Ten more minutes passed and the real On the weekend of June 15th, I bowling began. joined Our Place for my fifth trip to Special Olympics bowling. It started when I got up at 5:30 am when I slowly got ready because I was not used to getting up at this time. I took my shower, ate breakfast, and hit the road to Our Place at 7 am. There I met Aidan and the others. After waiting a bit for the others who haven’t shown up yet, we hit the long road to Addison, IL to the massive Stardust bowling alley which house 84 lanes, arcade games, and some lounges apparently. It took us about an hour to get there. Once we arrived all of us grabbed our stuff and entered the facility. We found Ultimately I bowled 3 games and our lanes pretty quickly. I was on scored 141, 158, and 149 which put lanes 55 and 56 with Chris. While I me as the second best bowler on was there I ran into several people I the lanes I was at. And one of the more consistent bowlers as well color. I wore a blanket when I despite dealing with a blistered watched them with my family. We thumb on my throwing hand. went swimming in the lake and we When it was all set and done, I hung out and stayed home. We had brought home silver for Our Place fun. My mom spent time with me after bringing home gold the year and we made dinner together and before. It was a successful and helped cut vegetables for salad and pleasant time this year. And helped me. definitely not as crazy and chaotic it was the year before. Yet dropping Fourth of July a score of 213 with Our Place the By: Jack Croley Thursday beforehand has me brimming with confidence for the We had a good time on the fourth years ahead. Overall, the silver of July. First, I woke up at 9:00. lining was golden. Second, I got dressed. Third, I had PopTarts and cereal for breakfast. FOURTH OF JULY After breakfast, I sat and waited for Mr. Bill’s car. When I got into Mr. 4th of July Cookout Bill’s car, we went to New Trier to By: Katie Livingston work out in the field house. I walked the treadmill for 15 minutes On the 4th of July I had 2 cookouts at 3.0. I and Mr. Bill went to a with my family and cousins and Panera to have a snack. I had a they came in town to stay over at lemonade and Mr. Bill had “Pick my house. We had fun and watched Two”- ½ salad and ½ sandwich. Wilmette fireworks on Wednesday Fourth, I went into Mr. Bill’s car and the Evanston ones on and go home. Fifth, I had a BBQ Thursday. We watched them at my with my mom’s friends. Sixth, we house outside. We ate vegetables had fruit pizza for dessert. After we and we ate hotdogs brats and salad had dessert, we drove to see the and bread with asparagus. We had fireworks. I covered my left ear 4th of July on Thursday one night because it was loud. After the and we went out to dinner. There fireworks were over, I was sweaty were all different fireworks in the and hot and we walked from the sky and they were all different Glencoe Beach to my house. colors, some multi colors, some one 2 July 4th and My Family POETRY By: Frank Craven Atlantis For the fourth of July I saw By: Sean Waterbury fireworks at the Winnetka Play Fields with my mom and dad and Are we in too deep? before the fireworks we had dinner. Have we gone too far? For dinner we had fried chicken In the depths of the ocean and Caesar salad and a red pepper Where no one can see and corn and basil salad. We had The things that remind me of you chips and guacamole to eat with Hiding beyond the gates of Atlantis our dinner. My mom and dad and I Safely in the deep drove our car over to the Winnetka Safely in the deep fireworks. We had a good Fourth of July. The weather for the fireworks On the vast horizon was good and not hot. It was just Where we watch over the waves the right weather for everyone to Wondering who we could save see the beautiful fireworks and I But we are all at the mercy like to see the fireworks a lot. Of the restless tides Which hold the things that remind GOLF OUTING me Of these timeless days Optimist Club Golf Outing Where it’s all okay By: Frank Craven Safely in the deep The Our Place golf outing with the Wilmette Optimist Club is on July MOVIE REVIEWS 24. I am going to eat lunch and (SPOILER ALERT) dinner there and talk to the optimists. We are going to have a Toy Story 4 fun time at the golf event. I will By: Andrew Sautel thank them for raising money for Our Place. Thank you to the From seeing Toy Story to Toy Story Optimists for the money you are 2, Toy Story 3 comes an actual raising. sequel of the 1st one called Toy Story 4 when it started out with a flashback from the 1st one, 19 years ago and also from the 1st one when 3 Woody was discovered. That was movies with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen where You Have A Friend in Me and actually it was and it will comes in just like it did from the forever be a classic. beginning of Toy Story and that was until Molly had Bo peep and Yesterday that was from the 1st one when By: Andrew Sautel Molly used to have Bo peep and that was where she took off. Woody In June we went to see a Beatles threw garbage out and finally made movie with music and songs. There a toy himself and it was made from is this guy that does Beatles music, Woody, also known as Forky, a Jack. Ever since the power went friend of all of the old classic toys out around the world John and like from the 1st one from Toy George had passed away and the Story. Forky decided to hit the hay only ones that are alive now are and finally had a hay day when Paul and Ringo. Jack started amused by an amusement park. writing names of the songs from That was when Woody and Forky The Beatles on post it’s and put both went on an adventure and them on the wall. Later that was that was when an antique shop when he became famous like turned out haunted like the Toy Freddy Mercury and Elton John Story Halloween one. That was and started going on tours. Jack when there were dummies like as went to Liverpool to get inspiration in actual dummies they were the from the Beatles. Starting with ones that took over and it turned Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, out that Bo Peep was there ever Eleanor Rigby and there were these since 19 years ago so they had to widows that came to see him and vanquish the dummies and save told him about the love of The the world famous Second Chances Beatles. Jack also went to go visit Antique Shop. It also had this old John Lennon. Jack was living a lie classic toy from Canada called that he himself didn’t really do Duke Ka Boom. The voice over was those songs himself, but it was done by Ted Theodore Logan from really John, George, Paul, and Bill. Woody decided to stay with Bo Ringo. That was all of The Beatles Peep and Duke. The best part was that did the songs and from visiting with the prizes and laser beam eyes John Lennon in which leads into that was the best part of it all. The the end of the movie when he told 1991 film Toy Story actually the big everybody in that big crowd from favorite of all time funniest classic when he did his last tour. He knew 4 he was living a lie so he told the golf and we split into two teams. truth in front of everybody. Jack Me and Elizabeth and Scott and found out that all of things like then Ethan and Wes. I did pretty Oasis, Coca-Cola, Cigarettes, and good but I felt sorry for Riley Harry Potter didn’t actually exist because every time I hit the ball in and he knew when he had things to some kind of water trap. Riley had Google. to get the ball for me every time and I did not hit it hard enough at all. We had a good time and went OUR PLACE PROGRAMS to the lake after. Lunchtime Connections By: Katie Livingston On Tuesdays, I am in LTC, we make our own pizzas. We also went to the store with Our Place to buy the stuff at the store. I got hot peppers, onions, extra cheese and it was good. I had it with no sauce because I don't like it with sauce.