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Granger High School an open forum for student opinion and expression INSIDE Oct/November 2007 Volume L, Issue III Tri-Color Times Page 3.What’s happened to Grangers School Spirit? Catch the monthly editorial by Joe Page 4.Have you read Twilight? Check out Ka- tie, and Megs reviews Page 5. Read spooky Halloween specials Page 6,7 MORP! Look at all the Morp Pictures Wedding dresses, guests, and invitations are not normal thoughts for high school students. Yet for a few drama students these thoughts have become commonplace. Tryouts for the school play, Father of the Bride, a romantic comedy written by Caroline Francke, were weeks ago. The experience for many was nerve wracking. John Wallis simply said he was “scared.” The tryouts began with the monologue portion followed by multiple callback sessions. Most of those who auditioned tried out for fun and their enjoyment of acting. When the cast list was posted the excitement ran high. Our story line: The father, Mr. Banks (Gabriel Torres) is upset when he hears of his daughter Kay’s (Heather Sundblom) engagement to Buckley Dunstan (DavidWaterbury). As Mrs. Banks (Brittany Turnbow) tries to be the mediator between father and daughter family tension thickens. Kay insists she wants a small wedding, but Mrs. Banks and the brothers Ben (John Wallis) and Tommy (Joel Whitmer) want to invite many friends and relatives. Mrs. Banks hires a wedding planner Mrs. Massoula (Erika Ehlers) who causes more havoc. In a moment of heated argument Kay calls off the wedding. Yet Mr. Banks is able, after many more problems, to guide the bride and groom to a happy wedding. Portraying the story isn’t easy. Practices run until 5 p.m. every day, and many days the cast stays longer playing games. A favorite is “If you love me baby smile.” As the cast bonds, acting becomes easier. Life outside of the play doesn’t. Students are involved in other activities ranging from Madrigals, French club, and baseball, to fashion and AP classes. One of the hardest things is leaving all of those things behind to become the character. But is one of the most rewarding things when it is done well. Practices will become more intense as the performances come closer. It will be showing November 15, 16, and 19. Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! Happy Halloween ladies and gents! Get your Halloween scare because it’ll be the day to remember. Maybe check out the haunted house or some kind of fun activity. Speaking of activities, MORP was a fun place to be the night of Oct 20th. It was dancing, costumes, and nonstop fun. Every- one was dressed to impress with their creative costumes. There was everything, and some people took their style back to the 80’s with wild looks. Zombies, fairies, vam- pires all in one place! It’s a shame if you didn’t go. The music was bumpin’ from wall to wall. People were danc- ing to the great music that was play- ing. It’s probably been ages since people have done the Macarena, but that night everyone was doing the Macarena: hands out, flip em’ over, down to your waist, and shake your bum bum. They played everything from techno to rap. Everyone really got into the whole Halloween theme. With their creative costumes, make-up, and awesome hair styles. Some students went as matched pairs like a police and a jailer, Rodger and Jessica Rabbit, Mario and Princess Peach. Sounds like fun right? Not to worry they’ll be other dances coming up. Now to hear from students who did go: What did you like most about MORP? “The costumes! Everyone got really dressed up, which made everything better! I wish I brought my camera because pictures were a necessity that night.” Lea Mendez (12th) “It was fun when everyone was doing the Macarena. It brought back memories and fun. I was surprised everyone still knew how to do it.” Sarah Hart (11th) Who would you say had the best costume? “I liked the couple that dressed as Rodger and Jessica Rabbit. They looked so much alike the movie “awesome costumes!” to whoever they were.” Mayra Landeros (11th) The costume that caught my eye was Mario and Princess Peach. They had the look with the whole blue over- alls, red had, and mustache. Peach with her cute pink dress looked as cute as ever. I just wish there were more dances where we all have to wear costumes. But all in all I had fun.” Refija Kavazovic (11th) Wedding Bells Shyanne Jackson Heather Sundblom We all know about how there was a threat to Granger High on Friday, October 12th. Everyone reacted differently to this news; some went to school, some stayed home, and some used it as an op- portunity to sluff. This situation affected many people that day, both at our school and in our com- munity. The West Valley Police station sent several officers that day to ensure our safety. “When I got to school that day, I saw a lot of police officers everywhere, and it made me more scared. I knew about the threat before, but when I saw that there were police there, I realized that this could really hap- pen.” said Dalena Tran. Every- one’s point of view is different, but we all agree that we were glad the security was so responsive that day. “I first heard about the threat on Thursday after our game against Cottonwood. My first re- action was not to come to school, but I decided to anyway. I didn’t think that anything would actu- ally happen, but I was glad that police were there.” said Fredrick Lolani. I talked to Mr. Murdock about the situation and asked him what his thoughts were. “The prank was used to cause a big dis- turbance, but it was a prank that cost the West Valley Police a lot of money. They had to send sever- al police over to Granger High all ay so that if anything did happen, we would be safe. We took this very seriously, and it had to be looked into regardless of if it were a prank or not. Either way, it was a safety to everyone’s safety.” When situations happen like this, we are reminded how lucky we are to have such a great faculty, school, and community that respond so quickly when any- one may be in danger. Nothing happened that day, as we all know, but we are glad that everyone took this in such a serious manner to help keep our school safe. Are We SAFE? Nichole Butters Morp

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Grange r High School

an open forum for student opinion and expression

INSIDE

Oct/November 2007 Volume L, Issue III

Tri-Color Times

Page 3.What’s happened to Grangers School Spirit? Catch the monthly editorial by Joe

Page 4.Have you read Twilight? Check out Ka-

tie, and Megs reviews

Page 5. Read spooky Halloween specials

Page 6,7 MORP! Look at all the Morp Pictures

Wedding dresses, guests, and invitations are not normal thoughts for high school students. Yet for a few drama students these thoughts have become commonplace. Tryouts for the school play, Father of the Bride, a romantic comedy written by Caroline Francke, were weeks ago. The experience for many was nerve wracking. John Wallis simply said he was “scared.” The tryouts began with the monologue portion followed by multiple callback sessions. Most of those who auditioned tried out for fun and their enjoyment of acting. When the cast list was posted the excitement ran high. Our story line: The father, Mr. Banks (Gabriel Torres) is upset when he hears of his daughter Kay’s (Heather Sundblom) engagement to Buckley Dunstan (David Waterbury). As Mrs. Banks (Brittany Turnbow) tries to be the mediator between father and daughter family tension thickens. Kay insists she wants a small wedding, but Mrs. Banks and the brothers Ben (John Wallis) and Tommy (Joel Whitmer) want to invite many friends and relatives.

Mrs. Banks hires a wedding planner Mrs. Massoula (Erika Ehlers) who causes more havoc. In a moment of heated argument Kay calls off the wedding. Yet Mr. Banks is able, after many more problems, to guide the bride and groom to a happy wedding. Portraying the story isn’t easy. Practices run until 5 p.m. every day, and many days the cast stays longer playing games. A favorite is “If you love me baby smile.” As the cast bonds, acting becomes easier. Life outside of the play doesn’t. Students are involved in other activities ranging from Madrigals, French club, and baseball, to fashion and AP classes. One of the hardest things is leaving all of those things behind to become the character. But is one of the most rewarding things when it is done well. Practices will become more intense as the performances come closer. It will be showing November 15, 16, and 19.

Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! Happy Halloween ladies and gents! Get your Halloween scare because it’ll be the day to remember. Maybe check out the haunted house or some kind of fun activity. Speaking of activities, MORP was a fun place to be the night of Oct 20th. It was dancing, costumes, and nonstop fun. Every-one was dressed to impress with their creative costumes. There was everything, and some people took their style back to the 80’s with wild looks. Zombies, fairies, vam-pires all in one place! It’s a shame if you didn’t go. The music was bumpin’ from wall to wall. People were danc-ing to the great music that was play-ing. It’s probably been ages since people have done the Macarena, but that night everyone was doing the Macarena: hands out, flip em’ over, down to your waist, and shake your bum bum. They played everything from techno to rap. Everyone really got into the whole Halloween theme. With their creative costumes, make-up, and awesome hair styles. Some students went as matched pairs like a police and a jailer, Rodger and Jessica Rabbit, Mario and Princess Peach. Sounds like fun right? Not to worry they’ll be other dances coming up. Now to hear from students who did go: What did you like most about MORP?“The costumes! Everyone got really dressed up, which made everything better! I wish I brought my camera because pictures were a necessity that night.” Lea Mendez (12th) “It was fun when everyone was doing the Macarena. It brought back memories and fun. I was surprised everyone still knew how to do it.” Sarah Hart (11th) Who would you say had the best costume?“I liked the couple that dressed as Rodger and Jessica Rabbit. They looked so much alike the movie “awesome costumes!” to whoever they were.” Mayra Landeros (11th)The costume that caught my eye was Mario and Princess Peach. They had the look with the whole blue over-alls, red had, and mustache. Peach with her cute pink dress looked as cute as ever. I just wish there were more dances where we all have to wear costumes. But all in all I had fun.” Refija Kavazovic (11th)

We d d i n g Be l lsWe d d i n g Be l lsShyanne Jackson

Heather Sundblom

We all know about how there was a threat to Granger High on Friday, October 12th. Everyone reacted differently to this news; some went to school, some stayed home, and some used it as an op-portunity to sluff. This situation affected many people that day, both at our school and in our com-munity. The West Valley Police station sent several officers that day to ensure our safety. “When I got to school that day, I saw a lot of police officers everywhere, and it made me more scared. I knew about the threat before, but when I saw that there were police there, I realized that this could really hap-pen.” said Dalena Tran. Every-one’s point of view is different, but we all agree that we were glad the security was so responsive that day. “I first heard about the threat on Thursday after our game against Cottonwood. My first re-action was not to come to school, but I decided to anyway. I didn’t think that anything would actu-ally happen, but I was glad that police were there.” said Fredrick Lolani. I talked to Mr. Murdock about the situation and asked him what his thoughts were. “The prank was used to cause a big dis-turbance, but it was a prank that cost the West Valley Police a lot of money. They had to send sever-al police over to Granger High all ay so that if anything did happen, we would be safe. We took this very seriously, and it had to be looked into regardless of if it were a prank or not. Either way, it was a safety to everyone’s safety.” When situations happen like this, we are reminded how lucky we are to have such a great faculty, school, and community that respond so quickly when any-one may be in danger. Nothing happened that day, as we all know, but we are glad that everyone took this in such a serious manner to help keep our school safe.

Are We SAFE?

Nichole Butters

Morp

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Nichole ButtersArianna Chacon

Joe FataniChristy Gomez

Shyanne JacksonAdam Johnston

Denny SoundaraHeather Sundblom

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Brin Nelson

JournalistsAdvisorJohn

Co-Editors-In-Chief

Granger HIgh School3690 South 3600 West

West Valley, UT 84119801 646-5320

The Tri-Color Times serves as a student forum for student opinion and student expression. The views expressed herein reflect neither the opinions of Advisor John Carl-isle and Granger High School, nor those of Granite School District. The Tri-Color Times invites and publishes letters to its editorial board; all letters will be edited for taste, length and legality.

Meg McManamaJoseph Fatani

CartoonistNacho Vega

Oct/November 2007

Carlisle

Do you like comics? Even better -- do you like creating comics?This year the newspaper staff is asking for students who like creating comics to submit them to Mr. Carlisle in room 216. The editors and advisor will, after careful evaluation, pick one or two for each month’s edition of the Tri-Color-Times. Also, if your comic is put in the

Wanted!!!

newspaper we will put a beautiful photo of you next to it.

Do you consider yourself talented or special? You could be a Spotlight in the Tri-Color-Times!Once a month we will be spotlighting someone at Granger High. If you would like to be spotlighted, you may submit to Mr. Carlisle a poem, photograph, drawing, short story, an article of your own, or a paragraph about yourself explaining why you should be the spotlight! We will send a reporter from the staff to interview and take pictures of you.

Do you have a story to tell? Did something funny happen

this weekend with your friends?The TCT wants to share your stories with the school! Everyone loves telling stories about themselves, and Granger’s newspaper will listen to yours. Whether you tripped in front of your hot crush, or your best friend and you found the greatest weekend getaway, your stories can be the life of the paper.

Do you have something you want to say? Any suggestions, compliments, or complaints? Write a letter to the editor and deliver it to room 216. Of course, all letters will be edited slightly for taste, length, and legality.

Do you belong on the staff? Why aren’t you?If you have a desire to examine, explore, report, and write, we want you! Switch into Journalism now! Even if you don’t have room in your schedule for the class, you can still work with us to make the school newspaper the best it can be.

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School Spirit to schools means not only support for it, but funds for it. As you look at other schools in the district, you see them having two bleachers on each side of their football fi eld. As for Granger, we have one bleacher to seat us at foot-ball games. We are half-par to other schools because we only have about half as much spirit as them. Our teams struggle as hard as any other team in our region. Our teams practice just as much as our rival schools. Our teams deserve to have just as much support from us, the students, as other schools do for their teams. But that is just too hard for us to do for some reason and that needs to change. Now, school spirit is more important than just having people support our team. More school spirit

means a better image for our school. This means more support form our district. This, in turn, means bet-ter facilities and supplies. Look at Skyline High School for example. Skyline High School has nice school grounds, great facilities, and has gen-erally nice supplies for their students. School spirit is a major part of that. Almost all sports games are crowed to the teeth. They have a nice school because they are about it. Even though it seems like it, they are no better than us. It’s not be-cause of where we live that we don’t have not as good facilities or supplies, but because we don’t care about our school. If we don’t even care, how are we supposed to make some high and mighty person from the district care or anyone who doesn’t attend our school care about us?

Part of the lack of school spirit is because we don’t make a big deal of supporting our teams. We also don’t inform the students enough about the time and place of events. Some students complain that they can’t go because they don’t even know where it is. We look at events casually instead of taking them seriously. Teachers can make an effort to help students have an incentive to go to the game. English teachers can have them write a fi ctional story about the game or a report on it for extra credit. Art teachers could have the students attend the dance co. or drill team events and write about their ex-perience. History teachers can have their students research the history of Granger. There’s a lot that the teachers could do to have students care about the school.

But a way to solve all these problems is to have a club set up to deal with the school spirit, a pep club of sorts. They could set up fl yers, put up posters, and mainly just make a big deal of Granger’s events to gain school spirit. The club would also help the kids who are apart of it show service projects on their applications toward college. To the players of other schools, Granger is the “nice” school. We don’t intimidate them at all. To the referees, Granger is a nice change of environment. They don’t yell over the crowd, and their job is substan-tially easier. Granger should not have this reputation. Unless we do some-thing, Granger will just have to settle as being the “nice” school and not the G-HOUSE it could be.

Joe Fatani

Running 3 miles may seem impossible to some people. Most kids now days don’t even want to walk up to the T.V and switch the channel. Granger girl’s soccer team wanted to change this and decided to try something new: they wanted to run a cross country meet. This meet was 3 miles long and most of the girls on the team didn’t think they could make it. For many it would be the fi rst time they ever ran a meet .Tawni Butte said, “Man I actually fi nished! I wasn’t so positive I’d make it, I thought that after I fell I wouldn’t be able to get back up and fi nish, but I did and it felt good!” Parents from the other schools were amazed that Granger’s soccer team would take the time of day to go and

accomplish things other than soccer. Although running the cross country meet was a challenge for the girls, Leamsi Cuandon said, “When I fi rst heard the soccer team was going to run a meet I was like (WOW, I can’t wait!) I thought it was really long, there were these hills we had to run up and it was a challenge but fun. I was tired and happy I fi nished in the top 20 and I can’t wait till we do it again next year!” They still took it to the next level and ran! Most of the girls thought that a cross country meet was like track but it turned out to be different. In cross country you get to run on all kind of surfaces like hills, sand, roads, and other types of ground. Not only did the girls run

in a meet totally unexpectedly, but some soccer girls got to run in the region meet. In fact most of the girls ran in the cross country region meet. It was so exciting for them.

Cristy Gomez

They got to run against girls from schools like Cypress, West, East, Olympus, Murray, Cottonwood, and Highland. Rochelle Protti said, “I’m so glad Opie let the soccer girls run the cross country meet. Running is a challenge and it was hard at fi rst but I kept on telling myself I could fi nish and I did!”

Unfortunately they didn’t make state but were very close. Maybe next year the soccer girls will reunite with the cross country team and run meets with them again. Adriana Garcia said, “I was pretty excited our soccer team was running the meet. I love to try new things and running that meet was tough, I’m so proud of the girls on the team trying something new. Never underestimate the soccer team because they can do anything if they set their mind to it”

Running the Distance

GO-O-O-O-O GRANGER!!!

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“I honestly never thought I’d read a book agai n, and I fel l i n Love w ith th is story.”

Megan McManamaKatie Rubio

It’s a choice we al l must

make. Wi l l we be the si mple average qu iet

side character of ou r l ives? Or...We can be the strong

heroic women of

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Reading can always take you on a journey with your imagination taking you to worlds you would’ve never dreamt of, but it seems as we get older we lose interest in taking the journey in school. We realize how much books bore us to another level, how you can never read anything worth reading; it’s always what the teacher wants you to read not something you choose. It’s quite amazing how one simple book can change your opinion about things. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer seems to be the new Harry Potter. Everyone has it in their hands, fl ipping the pages like a crazed person. Why? Maybe it’s that people are so into the “impossible love” stories or who knows what else but when it comes down to “twilight”, you can’t help but get hooked on the book. It’s the impossible love story of Bella and Edward, two teenagers starting out their junior year in high school. Somehow the two seem to build an attraction for one another the moment they set eyes on each other. The problem is

When I started the Twilight series I was hooked. The author, Stephanie Meyer has a way of placing the reader in the story. And with a turn of a page, the most beautiful man she has ever seen is in love with her. However; there is one twist, Edward Cullen is a vampire thirsting for her sweet-smelling blood. She fi nds herself in a war of violence and evil; but who cares, she is in love right? This is the story of Bella Swan’s life in the Twilight series. The thing that puzzles me is not the lack of character depth but the obsessed fan club of teenage girls, myself included. Besides the fact that it is just a gateway to romance novels, why do we love this

that Edward is a vampire. It’s the thrill of the story that takes you on a ride. Once you hear about Edward you can’t help but to keep fl ipping the pages. “He made her feel comfortable and made her happy about herself,” said Di-anna Singh (10th) about Edward. Stephanie Meyer has a great way

of portraying Edward it leaves you imagining (even dreaming) of him and how wonderful this “Edward” is. The story is beyond amazing, the covers are simply beau-

tiful, and you’ll want to pick up the next book in the series in a heartbeat. I honestly thought I would never read a book again, and I fell in love with this story. If you thought you would never read again I encourage you to read the series. I have never enjoyed any book as much as I enjoyed Twilight. Harry Potter can never compare to this story. To me everyone is a Bella and an Edward: two teenagers unaware and caught up by their emotions and inten-

tions, lost and looking for a way out of their problems. Either way the book will leave you wanting more, there’s more to the story, more than you could imagine. You just have to let your imagination run free.

piece of literature? Why is it we idolize Bella Swan? Bella Swan has a lack of self confi dence. She described as average, not beautiful, and she

is constantly putting herself down. When she falls for Edward Cullen she says she is a slave to his beauty and love. She is nothing compared to him and his glory! This girl’s life before her new boyfriend was nothing. Bella is saying that her parents, friends, beliefs, and she don’t matter. To need someone and be “slave” to them is not love. Bella clings to the strength, confi dence and protection she has been missing her whole life. So that means we girls, all need a man to make us safe right? No. However, many of us are constantly in search of a new boyfriend. Why can’t girls be strong alone? Do we need a dangerous new man to complete us? Where is the social rule commanding teenage girls to feel so insignifi cant? The media does put a lot of negative pressure on girls. But we do not have to succumb to their lies. We don’t need anyone but ourselves to be happy. It’s a choice we all must make. Will be the simple average quiet side character of our lives? Or we can give ourselves some gumption, some independence. We can be the strong heroic women of our stories. Twilight was a fun read, but the heroine wasn’t someone to pattern our lives after. Read and enjoy, just don’t take it to seriously.

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Fashion has gotten weirder these days. Different types of clothes or colors that bring you out are cool now. “The brand of clothes I like to wear is baby phat. My favorite colors to wear are green, red, white, and pink. I like to keep it girly yet tomboyish.” Ashley Faamafi .

Almost everything that was old is new again. Isn’t it crazy how the 80’s are coming back? It’s actually pretty cool because it’s creative. Random colors that bring out your skin tone can defi ne you. Skinny jeans are in style too, which were weird to wear back then. Now that I see it on a lot of students it

doesn’t look bad at all.Style affects the types of

shoes you like to wear. From old school converse to ballet fl ats it seems to differ with your type of style. “I like to wear Nike’s and converse. I like to keep it gangster.” Adilene Hernandez.

If you look around and pay attention to what people’s styles are, you’ll see it’s not that bad at all. The mismatching has become a great style. Mix colors and styles that look cute. Rock your style. Everyone looks good in whatever they wear. If people don’t like what you wear, don’t worry about it. Now most people don’t mind, especially your friends because they accept you for who you are and what you like.

Hairstyles are different with all shapes and sizes. A lot of styles these days really come from the music you listen to and the things you like to do. Your style comes from the things you’re interested in. Personality and attitude are important parts of your style. Style is also a big part of how people see you. As for cosmetics, maybe you’re wondering how to bring out your eyes but you’re not really sure how eyeliner and eye shadow work to do that. There are so many colors you can wear. Dark and light eye shadow look good all girls. This might sound weird but eyeliner can even look good on guys. There are some dudes that wear eyeliner --

they can pull it off and look good. As for girls, mascara is the greatest thing to wear. It is so pretty because no matter how small or thin your eyelashes are, mascara will always make them look long and beautiful. Now there are different colors of mascaras you can wear that make a great difference. Whatever you choose to wear, be confi dent and you will look great. The styles now are cool from what they were before. If you look around everyone has their own unique style that represents every individual.

Rock your Style!Arianna Chacon

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At the stroke of twelve, every night, three screams would come from nowhere while they would sound seemingly from everywhere. This suddenly began to happen in a small town in the middle of nowhere; the air always smelled musty there, no one had quite fi gured out why. The town’s atmosphere seemed to send chills down your spine no matter what you do or don’t believe in.

The midnight screams had caused the town to empty; everyone, so far, had evacuated. Except for Gertrude Crumb, the most stubborn old woman you would ever meet; she had been so un-movable that she had divorced her husband in the process, but she was not completely unpleasant. Her home was situated next to the town’s only church building and a park across the street; her home smelled of peppermint, Pepto-Bismol, and mothballs, and was fi lled with empty walls and dusty furniture.

“I will move when I’m damn well and ready for it!” she had spouted angrily to her husband when he begged her to move, “Now good riddance!”

Her husband, Harold Crumb, loved Gertrude and had left with his heart broken in two. The poor man had her best interest at heart and had been shot down by the stubborn woman. For many a night he would sit up and cry, thinking she was to die, that she was forsaken by her own selfi shness.

One night old Gertrude was sitting by herself in her living room where there were

no windows that she could see through and where there was no peep-hole for the door (for which there were no need). She was sitting in her comfortable and plump armchair in front of the fi replace, when she decided that, due to the cold weather, she should light a fi re. So she got the matches, some oil, and an armful of dry logs from the old tree she used to have in her vast backyard.

After lighting the fi re, she felt sudden sting of pain of arthritis causing her to fall to her knees upon the hearthrug. About a minute or two later she got back up to sit back in her armchair when the fi rst sudden, bone-chilling scream came . . .

Two seconds later came the second scream . . .

Two more seconds later there came the third scream, which was choked off as if someone had been strangled, and then it died to nothingness.

“Those people never realized that someone is pulling a hoax, trying to get people to move away just for the hell of it! It’s all in their heads!” Gertrude mumbled sadly.

Suddenly moaning voices made Gertrude jump for she hadn’t expected the sudden sound. After all, who could have been moaning in this deserted town she lived in?

“Who-o-o-o-o shall we-e-e re-e-ap tonight, who-o-o-o-o?” there came the singsong moan what sounded like two men and a girl.

“Why can’t they just leave me alone and

let me live here in peace?” Gertrude nearly cried.

After a moment or two the voices moaned again from just down the street:

“Who-o-o-o-o shall we-e-e re-e-ap tonight, who-o-o-o-o?”

Gertrude began to grow scared of the converging voices; sweat rolled down her forehead, and her hands began to shake.

Before Gertrude could think about where the voices would pop up next they came again, moaning from her large backyard:

“Who-o-o-o-o shall we-e-e re-e-ap tonight, who-o-o-o-o?”

Gertrude was now past the stage of being terrifi ed, she was now overfl owing with horror. Her mind was wandering, hoping for all of this to be a bad joke; so bad was her wish for someone to jump out and yell, “Surprise Gertrude!” That is when she began to regret her divorce. She began to cry, tears cascading down her cheeks in a steady river; the torture was now too much for her to bear. . .

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!“Hello, who’s there? Gertrude asked,

voice shaking; fear fi lled her like an over enthusiastic tea-drinker overfl ows the tea saucer.

No one answered her.Again she tried, “Hello is anybody

there?”Once more only silence greeted her like

an everyday friend.Gertrude got up slowly from her

armchair, and moved cautiously to the front door. She waited for some sign that there was a person on the other side of the door, but when none came she slowly opened her door whose hinges were well-greased, and ever silent.

When she opened the door she came face to face with . . . nothing; on the other side of the door were the empty streets with their dimming light bulbs.

“Is anybody out there?” she asked.When only the crickets’ chirping

sounded she screamed at the top of her lungs, ”STOP TRYING TO SCARE ME!!”

She slammed the door and turned around to return to her armchair when she saw, standing in front of her three skeletal fi gures.

“Who-o-o-o-o shall we-e-e re-e-ap tonight, who-o-o-o-o?” they moaned looking at each other in turn.

Finally all three turned to Gertrude and grabbed her arms and torso, “WHY NOT TAKE YOU?” Gertrude screamed with fright, and her soul was taken from her. Quickly, she passed from the state of the living to the dead; the haunts had done their work. Gertrude Crumb was not seen, or heard from for a long time . . . until people began seeing four skeletal people moaning into the night for their next victim. They say the one older looking woman was the leader; she had gray hair and moaned the loudest.

Okay so everyone “loves” Halloween right? You get to be all dressed up and do your make-up really scary or even cute. Then you have the Halloween dance at your school, -always fun- with lots of laughing and dancing and you can get your picture taken with your Halloween sweetie or your friends. Then you have all the haunted houses that you can go to all through October. Everyone defi nitely loves those, especially on Halloween night. But of course no one goes until after they go Trick-Or-Treating and get all the candy. “I love Halloween it is my favorite holiday. The thing I like most about it is dressing up and having fun with all my friends. There is one thing I hate about Halloween though and that’s the stomach ache I get after I eat all my candy that I got from Trick-Or-Treating. All my friends and I are dressing up. My boyfriend and I are going to be jailbirds. Last year on Halloween I made my cousin Cheyenne go Trick-Or-Treating for me, I thought it was funny. I am going Trick-Or-Treating with some of my friends this year, but I usually

go with my best friend April. Lots of people I know are dressing up this year, I just don’t know what yet. Some people are dressing up in things like this: Jailbirds, Captain Jack Sparrow, Shred, Spiderman, Pirates, Fairy’s, Witches, and even Babies. I think the most used costume this year will be Captain Jack Sparrow.” “I think we should be able to dress up for school on Halloween. Us students like to express who we are and what we like to do, but it seems like the school is not allowing us to do that.” Said, Emy Powers. It would be pretty cool to be able to dress up for school. Yes, I am sure we all know why we certainly are not allowed to wear masks or face paint, but why not let us dress up and express ourselves? Ally Peacock said, “I love going to haunted houses they are awesome. I think the hottest haunted houses this year will be the new Asylum or something like that.” (the old Insane Asylum, just made newer and better). “I also think The Haunted Forest in American Fork is going to be another on of the hottest haunted houses this year.” If you haven’t been to The Haunted Forest before you have to go it is so much fun. The only bad thing about it is it’s outside and its pretty cold, but once you get in there where all the scary stuff is you get warmed up really fast. “I will be going to the haunted house on Halloween night. I am only going with a couple

of friends, but it is going to be tons of fun.” Halloween can be tons of fun if you make it that way or not. It is so much better to go Trick-Or-Treating in big groups, the bigger the group the better time you will have with all of your friends. So go Trick-Or-Treating, go to the scariest haunted house you can fi nd, or just sit at home and wait for all the people to come knocking on your door and say, “Trick-Or-Treat” so you can give them candy, but always remember to have fun and have a Happy Halloween.

Three Haunts and Their ScreamsAdam Johnston

We all remember what it was like to be a kid on Halloween night- all dressed up in our costume and hap-pily going from house to house getting free candy! But we’re not kids any-more. Does that mean the fun stops? Can’t we still go trick-or-treating? Here’s a list of sixteen fun things that some people like to do for Halloween:

1. Go to MORP.2. Go to a Haunted House.3. Carve pumpkins.

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4. Dress up.5. Go trick or treating! (If you are too embarrassed, take your younger brother or sister around the neighborhood and score candy for yourself!)6. Give out candy to trick or treaters.7. Watch scary movies.8. Go to a corn maze.9. Scare people that work at the corn maze (the ones who are supposed to be scaring you!) when they’re not watching… believe me, it’s hilarious!10. Make Carmel apples. (Then you can feel a little healthy between all of your candy!)11. Go to a Halloween party with your friends.12. Throw a Halloween party if none of your friends are having one!13. Bob for apples.14. Hang out with your friends at a mall or a restaurant, but all be dressed up. 15. On Halloween, wear Black and Orange to school!16. Just have fun!

Now that you have a lot of ideas, whether it be going to MORP with your friends or simply gibing out candy, make sure that you fi nd a way to have fun this Halloween!

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Aries (March 21 – April 19) The time has come to make new friends; let go of those things that have been holding you back.

Taurus (April 20- May 20) Your many hidden talents will become obvious to those around you.

Gemini (May 21- June 20) Love is closer than you think. A secret admirer will soon send you a sign of affection

Cancer (June 23- July 22) Tension between someone close to you may build up. Take it easy and try not to make things worse.

Leo (July 24- August 22) You will receive a call from someone you haven’t heard from in long time.

Virgo (August 23 –September 23) Money may be important to you now, but getting too carried away in it will slowly drift you away form the things you love.

Libra (September 23- October 22) It may seem as though your losing something by giving it all away, but in reality you’re gaining something you can’t buy in stores.

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November

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21) This month, good things will come to you. They may start out a little shaky, but with time it will be worth it.

Sagittarius ( November 22- De-cember 21) An essence of your past is calling out for attention. Trying t lock it up and throw away the key wont solve any-thing.

Capricorn (December 22- Janu-ary 19) This month will be a good for you, good things will happen to you keep up the good work.

Aquarius (January 20- Febru-ary 18) YOU will go on a short journey, no need to go very far, its just someplace you’ve been wanting to go for a while

Pisces (February 19 – March 20) Start listening well, pay attention to what you hear, its going to be interesting.

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