Hearts and Kaitlin Littlejohn

APRIL/MAY 2017 Holly Ridge Middle School HORNET HEADLINES The sixth grade finalists were Ella Inside this issue: HOOPING IT UP for Wilson, Staci Williams, Aliyah McLean, Faith Purdie, Leah Brown, Allison Majka GLOBAL NEWS 2-5 Hearts and Kaitlin Littlejohn. Seventh graders By Pooja Surti and included: Nick Calleri, Jarrett Huff, Con- HORNET NEWS 6-9 Sumaiyah Abdul Nur nor Smith, Landon Sykes, Jake Fields and Trevor Volk. HORNET SPORTS 10 On Thursday, March 30th, all grades at Holly Ridge Middle School SCIENCE & 11 participated in the Hoops for Heart Tour- TECHNOLOGY nament within their physical education TRENDING NOW 12-13 classes going against their fellow peers to recognize one winning team from each EDITORIALS 14-15 grade level. The competition was fierce and everyone played with all of their FEATURES 16-19 might to try to claim the winning spot. The three teams then went on to compete against each other for a final playoff on April 4th, 2017. Congratulations to the eighth grade team for beating the others and taking the Hoops 4 Heart crown! The team included Joey Phillips, Gary Williams, Lathan Harris, Solomon Kiger, Thomas Harris and Ty’rek Barnes, who played against the faculty at the spring pep rally. HRMS raised more than the annual goal of $10,000. We appreciate everyone who helped raise donations for the American Heart Association, a great cause that benefits those with heart com- plications. For every ten people, $100 is raised, so imagine how much was raised. The games and the games all went really smoothly. We hope to have a great Hoops 4 Heart tournament next year as well and thank you all participating! Hornet Headlines Page 2 NEWS North Korea Missile Launches Syrian Missile Strike By Claire Dates By Ben Kingsland Recently, North Korea has been launching mis- At 8:40 PM on April 6th, 2017 President siles. Although, this is nothing new, they have been Donald Trump authorized a missile strike on a testing missiles since 1984. Some missiles have en- Syrian Airbase with fifty-nine tomahawk cruise tered Japan’s zones, which has caused some conflict missiles. The air base was called Al Shaxrat Air between them. Field. This is the first direct military action tak- The most recent test was on April 16th, 2017. en by the United States military. In the airstrike, They fired an unidentified ballistic missile that ex- six people were killed. President Trump took ploded almost immediately after launching. So far, this action in response to the gas attack. North Korea military have already launched three Oil prices escalated after the missile strike. missiles in 2017; one in February, one in March, Thirty-six tomahawk missiles were fired from and again in April. The one in February was on the the USS Ross and the other twenty-three were 12th, and was an intermediate-range Pukguksong-2 th launched from the USS Porter, though one of ballistic missile. On March 6 , 2017 they fired four the missiles didn’t make contact. The president ballistic missiles, three of which landed in Japan’s of Syria is deciding whether to attack the Unit- exclusive landing zone. Also, North Korea has ed States. completed a total of five nuclear weapon tests. The United States military has not taken mil- The first ever missile launch was a first Scud-B itary action against Syria in six years. Trump is missile test firing in 1984. Then the additional ones debating on whether to attack President Bashar took place in 1988, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, al-Assad and if the president of Syria is at- 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The first ever tacked, it could result in a worldwide conflict, missile launch was a first Scud-B missile test firing such as a World War III. The time of the air- in 1984. Then the additional ones took place in strike was chosen at night because airfields are 1988, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, not active at that time. The U.S. warships were 2015, 2016, and 2017. in the east Mediterranean Sea and the United America is an ally of Japan and South Korea, States is awaiting Syria to take military action. who are strongly against the missile tests. Current- ly, US intelligence agencies are closely watching North Korea for signs of another underground nuclear test, or a long-range missile test. The Air Force Strike Command also announced that a US long-range nuclear missile was test fired from Van- denberg Air Force Base, California, on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Table (left) [https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/15/15640968/north-korea-missile-test-guam] Hornet Headlines NEWS Page 3 Syrian CHEMICAL ATTACK St. Petersburg Metro Explosion By Anthony Guevara By Shannon Carroll “Chemical Attack” in Idlib, Syria kills 58. On At least eleven were killed in a metro explosion April 4th, 2017 people were awoken by the sound of an which took place in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 3, explosion at approximately 6:30 AM. When the citi- 2017. Three agencies responded to this incident. The zens reached the scene, there was not any smell, but train left to another station when the explosion sud- people were lying on the ground, unable to move, and denly occurred, and fifty-one were injured due to this their eye pupils were constricted. and the metro system soon shut down for the sake of other’s safety. The metro system was a transportation The Syrian citizens of Idlib, Syria were scared service for over two million people. Nobody was by this said “chemical attack” that occurred on April th blamed for the explosion but a few responders have 4 , 2017. This could be for a number of reasons, in- stated that this was a “terrorist attack.” President cluding Syrian conflicts and possibly a Russian attack. Vladimir Putin laid roses during a makeshift memori- They said that people were lying there silently, chok- al for the remembering of the eleven people who were ing to death. Some people believe the exhaust from killed. Putin has been working with security to help Russian jets had caused choking of many people. The receive more information about the investigation. symptoms were similar to those of a gas attack. Medics Many passengers have described the incident as “a said that they had “been treating people with symp- horror” while others have said that they’ve “felt the toms including fainting, vomiting, and foaming at the explosion coming”. It was a possibility the train con- mouth.” ductor could’ve saved people’s lives. He stopped at In return, it seemed that the United States an unexpected station, where many people could’ve bombed them right after the gas attack. Trump gave evacuated to save themselves. the order to bomb Syria on April 7th, 2017. He did it to The question if a “terrorist attack” was taking place take military action to the civil war in Syria. "Tonight, still remains unquestionable. Russia has been a trou- I ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in ble area in recent years for terror attacks. In 2013, a Syria from where the chemical attack was launched," suicide bombing in Volgograd took place at a bus sta- Trump said as the strike was on its way to Syria or tion killing sixteen people. In 2010, two suicide possibly had already arrived. bombers killed themselves in Moscow which in return killed forty people. This concludes the news for the tragic incident in St. Petersburg. [https://www.google.com/] Syrians found dead or near death from a supposed “gas attack” on April 4, 2017. [CNN News] Hornet Headlines Page 4 NEWS Protests in Venezuela New York Flooding By Claire Dates By Ben Kingsland The people of Venezuela have been protest- On May 5, 2017, the state of New York received ing against the government since the beginning of heavy rain throughout the day. A heavy rainfall shut April, in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela and other down roads and highways. Some motorists were left stranded and transit systems were shut down or de- major cities. layed. Different areas of New York received two to The people in Venezuela want Maduro (the three inches of rain and Central Park received about current president of Venezuela) to resign and want three inches of rain. That is two thirds of the the government to set a date for the delayed govern- monthly total rain in Central Park. ment elections. They also want economic reform and better security. College students were protesting and a twenty year old guy, Daniel Queliz was shot in the neck during a protest (he attended a local university). More protests broke out because of Daniel’s death. There are one-hundred political prisoners in jail. “I need an answer from the highest level of state,” Alexander Queliz said in regards of his son’s death. The US government hasn’t gotten involved. Protestors won’t be expected to stop until they get what they want. Two transit systems were closed and the rest were delayed, and some of the tracks at Penn Station were closed. Water had gotten onto the subway system tracks. Cars were stuck on two bridges that had been closed, as well at the John F. Kennedy Airport hundreds of flights were delayed due to water being on the runway. Some of the flights were even can- celed at other airports. Rivers and streams caused flooding on roads. The streams would rise very quickly and lower very quickly. New York wasn’t the only state that received heavy flooding.

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