Spring 2015
C u t t i n g E d g e N e w s F r o m ‘ T h e R i d g e ’ IN THIS ISSUE:
Paper Cut Staff 1
A & E 1
PC Photos 1
Movie Making Club 1
Sports Corner 2
Movie/Book Reviews 2
Photo Contest 3
Comic Zone 3
Special Event Photos 4
Announcements
& Events:
Happy summer,
Eagle Ridge! See
you again in the fall.
PAPER CUT STAFF:
Editor-in-Chief
Margie Emmert
Copy Editor
Jenn Burns
Photography Judges
Jason Alexander
Luisa Nazzaro
Reporters/Writers
Ally Ratigan
Macy Stephenson
Cartoonist
Amanda Hauer
Photographers
Paxton Kianka
Sarah Throne
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Photo by Ashby Ponds
The Paper Cut
Special Events at Eagle Ridge . . .
The Movie Making Club is cur-
rently a very elite club consist-
ing of only ten members. Mrs.
Saunders is the sponsor of the
club, although the club was
originally created by the stu-
dents. It meets every Monday
after school.
This club is very different
from most because students
develop a sense of camaraderie
by working so closely with one
another on a project. They
huddle around computers, gen-
erating ideas to create innova-
tive movie scripts. Once the
scripts have been written and
edited to each member’s satis-
faction, the students will then
determine who will act as each
character, decide what props
and costumes will be used, and
determine a site location for
the filming. Students will then
edit the film in a movie pro-
gram and possibly add some
sounds or music to enhance the
film.
Although this club is currently
small, students have fun using
technology and working togeth-
er. So, if you are interested in
making movies and possibly be-
coming the next big actor, un-
fortunately, you will have to
wait until the fall when the
Movie Making Club resumes!
By Ally Ratigan
Photos by Sarah Throne
Students work together to create
a movie script.
Chili Cookoff
Photos by Paxton Kianka and PC Staff
Book Fair
Honor Roll Awards Ceremony
Mr. Phillips congratulates students at
Honor Roll Assembly.
Book Fair
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Jumping into Action By Ally Ratigan
Amanda Mayer, our fe-
male Athlete of the
Quarter, started somer-
saulting and back flipping
since the age of three.
In addition to gymnas-
tics, Amanda also enjoys
playing soccer.
Since the time Amanda’s
mother enrolled her in
her first gymnastics
class, she has always en-
joyed the sport.
Colin finished the swim meet in
just over twenty minutes.
Colin did not let that dissuade
him from excelling in his sport.
He used that experience to
motivate himself to work hard-
er the next time.
Colin continues to work on
swimming faster and more
smoothly to perfect his long-
distance swims. He practices
five days a week for about an
hour to two hours at a time.
His commitment to his swim-
ming career has helped him to
become one of the best swim-
mers. One day we may be
watching Colin swim on national
TV!
P C S P O RT S C O R N E R
Insurgent Movie Review
By Sarah King
Insurgent is the second in the Divergent series. The
main characters Tris and Tobias are running for
their lives from the government because they are
both divergents, or individuals who do not fit neatly
into one category of humans created by the govern-
ment.
Tris eventually turns herself in to protect her friends
from being murdered by the government. Once the
government gets a hold of her, they put her through
simulations hoping she would be able to open a
special box from the past. This box contains a mes-
sage from the creators of their colony and the secret
to the success and survival of their colony.
The special effects in the movie were a little unim-
pressive this time around. However, the fighting
scenes were entertaining and action packed.
I gave this movie only one star because the movie
was extremely boring and slow moving. It became
very predictable. The actors’ display of emotions
and actions did not excite me either. Although I
enjoyed the first movie, Divergent, I felt the second
movie in the series, Insurgent, was a bit of a let
down. My recommendation would be to pass on
this movie.
Avengers: Age of Ultron Movie Review
By Elizabeth Wolf Avengers: Age of Ultron is the second movie in
the Avengers series. However, the Avengers is
also part of a larger series of movies from Mar-
vel that include Captain America, Iron Man,
Guardians of the Galaxy, and others. This movie
brings together characters from all the differ-
ent Marvel movies in a single film.
Tony Stark creates an artificial intelligence ro-
bot called Ultron who was designed to help keep
the world safe from aliens. Ultron takes his
mission too seriously and believes that the
world can only be safe by eliminating humanity.
The most interesting element of the mov-
ie are the characters such as Ultron and
Jarvis. They were created as artificial
intelligence programs that take on human
forms, and they fight in cyberspace. Ul-
tron becomes a robot, and Jarvis creates
a new character called Vision.
I gave this movie four stars because it
contained so much action, mystery, and
suspense. I never knew what was going to
happen next. It is also more humorous
and suspenseful than the previous
Avengers movie. You will definitely want
to see this movie!
Making ‘The Cut’
Photo by Paxton Kianka Photo by Paxton Kianka
Gymnast Amanda Mayer Swimmer Colin Lewis
A Swimmer’s Dream By Macy Stephenson
Sixth grader Colin Lewis, our
male Athlete of the Quarter,
recently had the opportunity to
attend a swim camp for the
Olympics. Crazy, right? Well,
maybe not if you are Colin.
Colin began swimming at the
age of six and looked for op-
portunities to push his swim-
ming abilities in competitions.
His devotion to the sport paid
off, and he soon began to win
ribbons and medals. He was
very excited when he won
sixth, fourth, and second place
in competitions which included
eighty to one hundred competi-
tors!
One of Colin’s most challenging
times during his swimming ca-
reer was when he tried to com-
plete a free mile in under twen-
ty minutes. Unfortunately,
Amanda loves competing
on the balance beam and
constantly strives to get
even better and stronger.
During Amanda’s most re-
cent competition, she
placed first on the uneven
bars.
Amanda’s favorite mo-
ment as a gymnast was
the first time she made a
perfect standing back-
ward tuck. Her most
challenging time occurred
when she broke her foot
while performing on the
uneven bars. Because of
that, she missed a signifi-
cant part of the season.
Amanda did not let that
slow her down for long.
She continues to practice
at least six hours each
week.
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1st Place—Photo by Kriti Hubli (7th grader) 3rd Place—Photo by Jacqueline Pres-
ton (7th grader)
2nd Place—Photo by Logan Speckhard (7th grader)
‘SPRING ’ P HOTOGRAPHY CONTEST W INNERS !
By Amanda Hauer
The Paper Cut Staff would like to thank all of you who contributed to this year’s edition of our newspaper and to all our faithful readers. Please be sure to join us again in the fall for more exciting photos, school events, and of course, the ever-popular ‘Adventures of Detectives Adrienne and Mitzi.’ Have a wonderful summer!
Sincerely,
The Paper Cut Staff
Meow, I love
Field Day!
Me too.
Let’s go get
a popsicle!
Look! The Ice
Queen is stealing
all the popsicles!
Hey, come
back with our
popsicles!
The Ice Queen begins to fire
icicles at the children.
She’s getting
away!
Quick! Get her
with the Fire
Beam!
ZAP! NOOO!!!
She’s
melting!
Wow! It worked.
There’s nothing left
of her but a couple
drips of water.
Luckily the popsicles
survived. Free popsi-
cle for everyone!
Yay!
THE END!
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‘Alice in Wonderland, Jr.’ Comes to Eagle Ridge . . .
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