BEAR TRACKS Sulphur Bluff School —Building Brighter Futures

Amy Northcutt, Elem. Principal Tommy Cummings, JH/HS Principal

Robert Ross, Superintendent

Daily Breakfast Option: Grab n Go: Muffins, Fruit,

Juice, Milk

Monday, February 15

Breakfast—Staff Work Day-No School

Lunch—Staff Work Day-No School

Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only—Staff Work Day

Tuesday, February 16

Breakfast—Breakfast Taco, Salsa, Fruit, Juice,

Milk

Lunch—Turkey Pot Pie, Salad, Navy Beans, Fruit,

Milk

Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only—Quesadillas

Wednesday, February 17

Breakfast—PB Jamwiches, Granola, Juice, Milk

Lunch—Spaghetti w/Meatballs, Corn on Cob,

Green Beans, Breadstick, Fruit, Milk

Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only—Toasted Ham &

Cheese

Thursday, February 18

Breakfast—Oatmeal, Toast, Jelly, Juice, Milk

Lunch—Chicken Tenders, Mashed Potatoes,

Mixed Vegetables, Rolls, Fruit, Milk

Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only—Steak Fingers

Friday, February 19

Breakfast—Blueberry Bagel, Cream Cheese,

Yogurt, Juice, Milk

Lunch—Chicken n Dumplings, Broccoli, Ranch

Beans, Fresh Fruit, Milk

Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only—Sub Sandwiches

February 12, 2010 Volume 12, Issue 23

Upcoming Events

Feb. 12 FCCLA Delivers Val-o-grams; HS Girls

Basketball vs. Miller Grove @ N. Hopkins 7:00

(Playoff game for 2nd in district)

Feb. 13 JH Boys Basketball Dist. Tourney @

Harts Bluff (See Bracket page 2.); Little Dribblers

in Campbell

Feb. 15 Teacher Workday-Student Holiday; HS

Basketball Boys vs. Saltillo @ N. Hopkins 7:00

(playoff for 2nd in district)

Feb. 16 Beta Coke Tab Drive begins; Lady Bears

softball vs. Dodd City 4:00 Home; Girls Bi-

District Game-TBA

Feb. 17 FCS 7:30 AM; Greg Martinez @ 10AM;

Youth Rally/Revival w/Pizza @ 6:00PM, Rally

w/Greg Martinez @ 6:30PM in new gym

Feb. 19-20 FCCLA Region 3 Meeting in Plano

Feb. 20 PTO Pizza Bingo 6:00 PM in cafeteria

Snow Day-Tyler Dotson, 6th grader, enjoys the beautiful snow that fell on Thursday and that will

delay school until 10:00 AM on Friday, February 12. Photo by Brittney Harris

BETA

Last Day for

Cookie Dough Sales is

Tuesday, February 16

Deadline for Yearbook with

Your Name on it is

Monday,

February 15

JH Basketball Tournament Cancelled @ Harts Bluff for

Thursday. Games to be played on Saturday.

See Bracket Page 2.

HS Girls Playoff Game Friday, Feb. 12 @ N. Hopkins 7PM vs. MG

HS Boys Playoff Game Mon., Feb. 15 @ N. Hopkins 7PM vs. Saltillo

Classes will begin at 10:00 on Friday morning due to possible icy conditions of

our roads. Buses will run accordingly. The Jr. High Tournament that is being

held at Harts Bluff has been cancelled for tonight. Saturday’s games are still

pending. Listen to radio stations KSST (AM 1230), FM 95.9 and FM 96.9 for

school cancellations.

Fellowship of

Christian Students

Wednesday Mornings 7:30 A.M.

Come Join Us For Doughnuts

Bear Bear Bear Bear

CardsCardsCardsCards

Now on Sale in

Office

$10 From Mrs. Cox

FCCLA Prepares for

Region III

Competition FCCLA students will be leaving on Friday, Feb-

ruary 19, for competition at Region III FCCLA

meeting in Plano. Those competing and their

categories are Illustrated Talk-Ashley Keen and

Ester Marquez; Fashion Design-Jaime Formoso;

Entrepreneurship-Michelle Davila; Teach and

Train-Minerva Marquez; Applied Technology-

Jackson Dailey, Dustin Lawson; Parliamentary

Procedure-Danielle Jordan, Josh Cannon, Bruce

Marrero, Stephanie Hogue, Jackie Blake,

Amanda Fowler; Leadership Enhancement Test-

Maria Villalon. Winning teams will be an-

nounced on Saturday at the second general ses-

sion. The chapter will also be recognized on Sat-

urday at the meeting for outstanding projects they

have completed this year.

Gregg Martinez To Appear

Wednesday

Gregg Martinez, motivational speaker and singer, will be here

on Wednesday at 10 AM to speak with the student body. He

will also be here for a Youth Rally/Revival on Wednesday

night at the new gym. The rally is sponsored by area churches.

Pizza will be served at 6:00, and the rally will begin at 6:30.

Gregg Martinez—whose blend of blues, R&B and swamp pop

music he describes as “bayou blues and Creole soul”—was

born and raised and still lives in the Cajun country of south

Louisiana—where he began singing in church at the age of

eight. Ten years later, he was singing professionally. His pow-

erhouse voice, which has been compared to Sam Cooke and

Luther Vandross.

The late Ed Bradley of TV’s 60 Minutes—upon seeing him

perform at the new Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in

2005—called Gregg Martinez one of America’s greatest hid-

den treasures. His talent is the stuff of legend and even after

more than thirty years, Gregg is better than ever. He has per-

formed throughout the U.S. and has toured South Africa, Eng-

land, Wales, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and

Vietnam.Gregg has released eight recordings, Wonders Never

Cease- 1991, Love Has A Voice- 1993, They That Wait- 1997,

For The Ages- 1999, All The Days- 2001, Christmas- 2002,

Bring Down The Thunder- 2004, and Big Bad Daddy- 2006.

His music is played on radio stations in the U.S. and abroad.

Gregg has shared the stage with many notable artists including

Stevie Wonder, Foreigner, BTO, Dobie Gray, Shirley Caesar,

Percy Sledge, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Patti Labelle, and

Bobby “Blue” Bland. Gregg and his band, the Delta Kings, are

available to perform at selected venues and festivals. He can

also been seen and heard as lead singer with the legendary

Boogie Kings, for which he wrote the title song for their 2007

release. Never Go Away.

Senior Honor Roll Students

Two senior students were inadvertently left off of the

3rd six weeks “A, AB” Honor Roll. Those students

that were missing were Charles Carns and Royce

Naylor.

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Sulphur Bluff FFA

Shirts for Sale $10.00

FFA Hats for Sale $15.00

Three styles to chose from.

Fitted so come by and pick

one out and try one on.

2 Chances for 1/2 Side of Beef

for $2

Sold by Students

Showing at Mar-

ket Show

Show is Last

Weekend of

February-Get Your Tickets Now!

State FFA Officers were on hand on Wednesday to speak with all of the junior high and high school students about setting goals for their lives. Pictured above are

the state officers along with the Sulphur Bluff chapter officers L-R front row Brittney Harris and Landon Overly; back row Kaleb McLaurin from Big Sandy; Becca

Naylor, Jeremy Coberley, Royce Naylor, Hunter Vaugan, local chapter officers; Allison Grainger from Brenham; local chapter member Travis Allan; and Layton

Norwood from the Prairieland FFA chapter. The state officers travel to Texas schools in their ospecial Texas FFA truck.

Team Show ShirtsTeam Show ShirtsTeam Show ShirtsTeam Show Shirts

Order from FFA Booster ClubOrder from FFA Booster ClubOrder from FFA Booster ClubOrder from FFA Booster Club

$28.00$28.00$28.00$28.00

Playoff Season Begins February 9, 2010

Varsity players are Becca Naylor, Mikayla Potts, Hayley Lawson, Ashley Bryant, Ginger Thompson, Karissa Wolf, Jamie Gold-

smith, Brittany Andrews, Katelyn Brown, Ester Marquez, Stephanie Hogue, Kelsey Dorner, Kaitlyn Hancock.

Sulphur Bluff Varsity- 45 Miller Grove-54

1st Quarter- 14SB/17MG

2nd Quarter- 12 SB/8MG

3rd Quarter- 8SB/20MG

4th Quarter- 9SB/13MG

Scoring was Naylor-2, Potts-2, Bryant-5, Thompson-13, Wolf-15, Andrews-2, Hancock-6.

Offensive rebounds were Wolf-1, Goldsmith-1, Bryant-1, Naylor-1, Andrews-1. Defensive rebounds were Andrews-1, Wolf-10,

Thompson-3, Naylor-3. Assists were Naylor-1, Wolf-5, Bryant-2, Goldsmith-1, Hancock-1. Steals were Naylor-1, Wolf-1. The next

game is a tie breaker between Sulphur Bluff and Miller Grove for runner-up and third in district. The site is at North Hopkins ISD.

The game time is 7:00 PM on Friday night, February 12.

The girls will play again on Tuesday, but other details are yet to be announced until Friday or Saturday night.

The high school boys’ basketball team plays on Monday night,, February 15, at North Hopkins at 7:00. The game is against Saltillo.

JH Girls Defeat Detroit

JH Girls Basketball- February 8, 2010 - Sulphur Bluff vs Detroit

The B teasm is Judy Brown, Lyndsey Calhoun, Shelby Williams, Sarah Williams, Angie Alvarez, Shelbi Hurley, Halie Waid.

Quarter 1- 10-SB/3-DET

Quarter 2- 10-SB/1-DET

Quarter 3- 0-SB/0-DET

Quarter 4- 4-SB/0-DET

Scoring was Hurley-10, Waid-2, Williams, Shelby-6, Williams, Sarah-6, Brown-4.

The A team is Ashton Sharp, Maycee Potts, Kaci Powers, Katelyn McDonald, Cheyenne Bryant, Meagan Coberley.

1st Quarter- 6-SB/2-DET

2nd Quarter- 6-SB/9-DET

3rd Quarter-11-SB/5-DET

4th Quarter- 5-SB/3-DET

Scoring was Sharp-4, Potts-9, Powers-4, Coberley-4, Alvarez-5.

Junior High Boys Basketball Results from Monday

Sulphur Bluff B Team 24

Detroit B Team 40

Sulphur Bluff B Team played tough the whole game with only five players. They ended the

season not giving up and giving a 100 % effort and that makes you a winner regardless of the

score.

Stats

Justin Keen 13pts

Al Fowler 2pts

Hunter Powers 2pts

Jared Burleson 5pts

Casey Gore 2pts

Sulphur Bluff A Team 41

Detroit A Team 26

Sulphur Bluff boys ended the regular season the same way they started it, by playing tough de-

fense to get easy buckets early on offense. Evan though we were out sized down low we still

managed to out hustle the other team for most of the rebounds. That’s what it takes to be suc-

cessful in basketball, you have to out work the other team. The boys came out wanting to

work hard from start to finish and they did just that.

Stats

Landon Dorner 20pts

Dakota Emerson 13pts

Erin Zeringue 3pts

Justin Goldsmith 2pts

Dylan Patterson 2pts

Tyler Raine 1pt

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Boxtops for Education

Ms. Northcutt reminds us to be sure

to check all your grocery products for

the Boxtops for Education labels.

Please turn them in to your teacher.

FCCLA Community Service Project

Go “beyond the limits” and give the children and teenagers of

Scottish Rite Hospital

a smile by donating

Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars and/or handheld games.

A drop-off box is in the library.

Beta Sells Cookie Dough

$14.00/Box See Any Beta Member or Mrs. South

PIZZA & BINGO

Saturday, Feb. 20-6 PM

Great Family Outing

Win

Prizes

An Evening of

Fun and Friend-

ship for Everyone

Eat

Pizza

Sponsored by Sulphur Bluff PTO

Pizza

Dinner

Tickets

$3.00 each

Bingo

Cards

50 cents

each