P The Prairie Press P 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 17 - 2014 Going Places Washington, D.C. By: Melinda Mei Washington D.C. is named after George Washington [the first President of the united states]. The White House is there. The President lives there. If you have time to visit, go to the White House and see the president Washington D.C.’s National Air and space Museum is one of the most visited museums in the world. It gets about nine million people each year! Walt Disney World by Nora Gibson Walt Disney world is an amusement park in Florida that’s very popular throughout the world. It has a lot of parks to visit, things to do, and many, many rides. Some of Disney World’s rides are named the Buzlighter, Cinderealla’s Carosel, and the Aladin. The newest ride is called the Toy ride. There are also Disney characters that you can actually meet walking throughout the parks. Here are some questions about Walt Disney world for you to answer... 1. Have you been to Disney World? 2. Do you like to get on the rides? 3. What’s your favorite ride? Page 1 Going Places continued Germany by Vivianna and Audrey Hoffman Germany is a country in Southwest Europe. It has many different foods, religons, holidays, and more. It has a type of soft pretzels called Brezel. Germany is famous for its sausages such as bratwurst and weisswurst. In german, “wurst” means sausage and the name of their sausages end with “wurst” to mean sausage. There are a lot of wonderous places to see in Germany. Five animals that live in Germany are the wild boar, brown bear, wolves, lynx, and European adder (a snake). These are all predators. Women in Germany sometimes wear dresses while men wear shirt and pants. Germany is a very different country from ours. It has many different foods, religions and more. Germany is a very interesting country. Did You Know... Avicii by Rachel Salamone by Lila Ryan Here are some facts Nike is a about one of the brand name that most popular E.D.M is popular all over the world. Phil Knight (Electronic Dance invented the brand Nike that’s used to Music) or electronic promote items such as hats, shoes, DJ. gloves, watches, shirts pants and other 1. His real name is Tim Bergling accessories. 2. He was born on September 8, 1989 Later on Phil Knight went to Japan 3. He wrote one of the most popular songs in Ann on a world tour. He became interested Arbor, Wake Me Up in selling shoes to American runners. 4. He has been nominated 2 times for a Grammy Nike began by the late 1970’s, Knight Award. had earned over $10 million dollars. The 5. He has some really good songs like Wake Me Up, costumers wanted more. So he gave them more. The “swoosh” became Hey Brother, Levels, Edom, Addicted to You, Fade famous as a trademark in 1971 It was into Darkness, and I Could Be The One developed by Caroline Davidson. Please listen to a song by him. He’s very good! Page 2 Did You Knowcontinued... I am from... I am from little kids ringing the bells on their bike. I am from the sound of dogs barking. I am from the smell of lavender. I am from cars all around. I am from the smell of freshly cut grass blood. I am from deliciously pan fried egg whites. I am from the sweet fish. I am from the juicy steaks. KomodoDragons by Aidan I am from white rice. I am from the best fried chicken. Komodo Dragons are the worlds I am from “ Iʼll be out in ten”. largest lizards. They live on the I am from “ see ya!” island of Komodo. They grow to be I am from ʻPIERCE”. I am from “HARRIS”. I am from “goodnight” a maximum length of about three meters. They can weigh up to I am from many types of wars 150lb. It was thought until just I from the board game Checkers. recently that they only had toxic I am from Monopoly. saliva, but we know now they also I am from Battleship. I am from the game Hot lava. have actual poison. The Komodo I am... Dragons scientific name is Varanus Komooensis. A big Komodo Dragon Pierce Edmondson mainly eats deer but also eats carrion. They mate between May Tigers by Dhrithi Tejasvi You can find tigers in India. Tiger babies are called cubs. Tigers eat all animals and they are the largest wild cat in the world. Tigers wait until it is dark to hunt for food. Tigers have been known to eat up to 60 pounds of food. The whole species is in danger. Page 3 " Gaming Sushi Cat 2 by Lila Ryan Sushi cat 2 in my point of veiw is one of the best games EVER!! I am warning you before you play it. It is VERY addicting. This is how you play; 1. click new game (or if you have started all ready click continue) 2. Watch the short video 3. Drop the cat over the spot with the most sushi in it 4. Make sure that you get a full belly 5. Try and get all the golden sushis for ccostumes 6. Try and finish the game. I dare you Please try this game at home. p.s. everything has a super cute face on it. Minecraftʼs Fishing Rod By Aidan The fishing rod is an item in Minecraft. It is crafted by putting three sticks diagonally and two strings going down in a crafting table. Of course it is used for fishing. You can get fish and other items from it. There are four fish you can catch. They are Pufferfish, Salmon, and Clownfish. There is a bob that will go underwater when youʼve caught something. You can cast it by right clicking. It is very useful. There is an 85 percent chance you will catch a fish, a 10 percent chance you will catch junk, and a 5 percent you will catch something good. You can also enchant it. Page 4.