Baby Chicks are Cute but Samonella isn't

Many families buy chicks for Easter presents, but these little birds may be carrying more than just an afternoon of fun. Salmonella is caused by bacteria in animal feces. Sometimes the chicks get their feces on their beaks, wings, and feathers. When children go to pick the chicks up they get the feces on their hands. Most children put their hands in their mouths, and if they haven't washed their hands they can get food poisoning,(salmonella). The best way to prevent salmonella is just to wash your hands after you handle the chicks. So next time you touch a chick be sure to wash your hands.

by: Seth and Monte

Gun Safety

We believe you need to have a background check to be able to purchase a gun. It is not the gun that is violent it is the person that uses the gun to make violence. Guns such as machine guns, snipers, and other dangerous guns should only be able to be used for wars. We also believe you should have to have a separate gun license to purchase a gun.


Ryan
Daulton
Tanner

Gas Prices

Officials say people are driving less which means there's less money from gas taxes to fix the state. Also according to state revenue department, Iowans used about 19 million fewer gallons of gasoline and ethanol- blended fuels from February 2007 to February 2008 than in the previous 12-month period. Gas is over $3 a gallon, the overriding reason people are cutting back on unnecessary trips.

Heather

Homework

For our blog project we did it on the way we felt about homework and they way a couple of teachers felt about homework. The two teachers were Mr. Mast and Mrs. Orr. First we asked the teachers how they felt about homework. Mr. Mast said he thinks that without it, students are not able to learn and master concepts. Mrs. Orr said she thinks it is important to do individual work but too much can be stressful. We think it refreshes our mind but we shouldn't have too much of it. Another question we asked is how long do you think homework should take. Mr. Mast said he thinks it should take 20-30 minutes a subject. Mrs. Orr said she thinks it should take 2 hours a night at the most for all subjects. We thought it should only take 20-30 minutes for all of it. Mrs. The next question we asked was should we have it or not. Mr. Mast said definitely. Mrs. Orr said yes but not every night, especially Fridays. We said yes but definitely not on weekends. The last question we asked is do you think it helps us get better grades. Mr. Mast said yes if you don't do homework you will probably not do well on tests or quizzes. Mrs. Orr said "I think it helps teachers more than the students". It can help improve grades. We said that it helps us on class work and tests or quizzes. That is how Mr. Mast and Mrs. Orr felt about homework. It is also how we felt about homework.

Jake V.
Jacob F.
Christian W.

School Shootings and Shooting Threats

These terrible shootings are often provoked by the shooter's classmates or former classmates who have annoyed the shooter to violence as a form of revenge.
Some killers will create a false alarm, and in the chaos, open fire on the victims. Other times, there are written and/or verbal threats. The Virginia Tech shooting started with a written threat. In other cases, a threat is received or delivered by an accomplice and the building or area is locked down A.S.A.P. Sometimes the killer will already be in the building and either take hostages or start shooting randomly. Shootings can be any time, any day, anywhere. It doesn't matter if you are the killer's best friend or their enemy, you can be killed even if they don't want you to be. They are shooting aimlessly and don't care (or don't know) who they hit.


Grace
Alex

Chris Carpenter

Chris Carpenter is out of Major League Baseball until late July for the St. Louis Cardinals. He injured his elbow September 30th 2007 playing the Pitsburg Pirates. He will most likely have to go back to the minors until he he is fully recovered. Now all us fans can do is wait and see. Go here for major league stats.

Gage
Harlee
Dallas
DJ