The Prairie Press A Writing Playground for Thurston Students * A Thurston Student Council Publication

Advisor/Editor-In-Chief: Ms. Deborah Morton * Principal: Ms. Natasha York * Articles By Thurston Students * Volume 26 - 2016-17

Matt Damon by Emily Hu

He was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston Massachusetts. His acting career started by starring in and writing 1997’s Good will hunting with Ben Affleck. He became an famous actor and was in many movies including Jason Bourne and The Martian. His real name is Matthew Paige Damon. Matt Damon went to Harvard University but left to pursue his acting career. Matt married Luciana Barroso in December 9, 2005. Matt Damon has been in at least 63 movies.

Game On! By Bianca Sotorrio and Tiara Prince

The Thurston Play was started by John and Nancy Keller. They thought it would give everyone a chance to be in the spotlight. The first play that was made was called “ The Great Cat B ’’. The play was still a continued project during 1977. The play this year is called “ Game On ”

Dan The Diamond Minecart By Mina deRoo

Dan is famous he hit 13,00000,0000,000 subscribers! he likes diamonds and he is a youtuber. A youtuber is a person that posts videos on Youtube.com Dan plays many games. I watch his videos and like him! When he is playing games he plays minecraft a lot. And run 27 miles per hour.

Muhammad Ali By Saumil and Ashton

Muhammad Ali was a famous wrestler. He is still well known person today. He came from Africa and is an African American. Here is a picture of Muhammad Ali as a young wrestler. He was an okay wrestler at first then he became one of the best wrestler’s the world has seen. He died recently and everybody’s friend Ashton Brann in Mr. Liedy’s class was in the state he died. Muhammad Ali was everyone’s hero!!!!!!!!! Pudu Deers By Evelyn Ostergren

What is a Pudu? A Pudu is the world’s smallest deer! They are 26 to 30 pounds, a foot tall, and 4,5 or 6 inches long, when they are fully grown. They are found in the forests in the South America. Mostly in Chile and South Argentina.

Questions and answers about Pudu deers. The reason Pudu deer are the earth’s smallest deer is because in the areas they live in most all of the animals are small that is how they developed. They are mostly normal deer even though they are small they are like normal deer. The male deer even have teeny antlers.

Facts about Pudu: Pudu deer have long fur unlike most deer They use to be great pets before people weren’t allowed to have wild animals for pets.

The Dingo By Johnpaulo and Victor

A dingo is a type of wild dog that lives in Australia. The dingo was brought to Australia about 4,000 years ago. They are golden or redish in color. The dingo is a dog that travels long distances in packs and sound and act like wolves. They can live in the wild from 5-20, and 18-20 years in captivity or as a pet. Most people don’t keep the dingo as a pet because they act like wolves and is a wild animal. Tonadoes By Robert Shannon

How do tornadoes form? Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms. You need warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool, dry air from Canada. When these two air masses meet, they create instability in the atmosphere. A change in wind direction and an increase in wind speed with increasing height creates an invisible, horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere. Rising air within the updraft tilts the rotating air from horizontal to vertical. An area of rotation, 2-6 miles wide, now extends through much of the storm. Most strong and violent tornadoes form within this area of strong rotation. What is the difference between a funnel cloud and a tornado? A funnel cloud is a tornado that does not touch the ground.

Fastest tornado form: The fastest tornado that formed, formed in 20 secs… In Joplin, MO

Would you like to be in that tornado????????????????????????

Bees By Xander

They have honey comb made of wax. They make honey. They use their back legs to collect pollen. Lifespan: 122 days—152 days. Scientific name: Apis. A bee is a insect. Bees are flying insects. like most insects, bees have six legs and four wings. Bees have a lot of hairs. There are many thousands of kinds of bees. They are found in most parts of the world. There’s 3 types of bees a queen, a drone, and a worker. I am a bee keeper. Despicable Me By Éloïse Cras

Despicable me was made in 2010. It is an Universal studio film directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud. Here is a fun fact: It was made in a French animation studio called “Mac Guff”. The music was made by Pharrell Williams and Heitor Pereira “Gru” who is a super-villain adopts 3 girls. He wants to steal the moon. To do that he uses the help of the Minions. Now these Minions are not ordinary, they are yellow and have one OR two eyes and they also talk funny. I especially like Bob, he is short and young.