Winter Banquet

This Monday there was a gathering held at the Rockford High School. It started with a pot luck meal at 6 P.M. and continued with awards to fallow at 6:40 P.M. The winter sports included were, Wrestling, Boys and girls basketball Jv and Varsity, Wrestling Cheerleading, and Basketball Cheerleading. Everyone who participated in a winter sport received a participation award, and those who played an exceptional amount of time on the Varsity squad received a letter award for their letterman jackets. Those who received additional awards, were Spencer Kelly who received his state wrestling awards, Matt Fullerton who was acknowledged for leading his weight class in the state with 32 pins. Sadie Wyborny receiving 1st team all conference and all district honors. Madison Wood receiving 2nd team all conference honors, and Ryan Turner with 1st team all conference honors and Travis Johnson received honorable mention honors.

The Vow: Movie Review

The vow was about a couple so who had gotten married, and was head over heels in love with one another. One night after seeing a movie they were at a stop light and his wife had taken her seat belt off a moment, and a truck had come up behind them too fast and they tried to stop but when it hit the back of there car and the wife ended up going into a coma and when she woke up she didn't remember her husband, or her friends, just her life before her husband and all of them. This movie was about the struggle for the husband to regain what he once had with his wife, and to make her fall in love with him all over again!

This movie was so heart warming because of everything they did with one another and what the husband ended up doing for her. It was also heart breaking at the same time just because of what the husband had to go through just to keep on going! The whole story line was amazing, and how just one person can feel so much for someone that'd they would help them through the confusion and pain. Loving them just as much as they did before whether they'd regain there memory, or if they didn't. If this really happened, from all the emotions that were apparent in this movie.

It all made sense I could see it actually coming to all that, in the end I found out it was based on a true story, which made it even more amazing. From something like that a husband keeping his word, and sticking by his wife after she lost her memory, and in the end tries to have her fall in love with him all over again, that is true love. That is the number one reason I love this movie, honestly if you have been thinking on seeing The Vow, I say go. You will NOT regret it, I promise you that, that eight dollars will be worth it! :)

What's the better product? The Kindle Fire? Or the I-Pad 2?

By: Jocelyn Arends

Many wonder what is the better buy, a Kindle Fire or an I-pad. They are essentially the same thing but why is the I-pad so much more expensive? And which product exactly is the better deal or the better product?

There are many theories to why the I-pad 2 is so much more expensive than the Kindle Fire, but the real reason to why the I-pad is more expensive than the Kindle Fire is simple, the I-pad holds greater weight and the people at Apple headquarters like to get their money from the customer right away rather than Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

Kindle Fire’s get their money through out time. The consumer buys apps and many other products through the Kindle Fire and that is the way Amazon gets most of their revenue. This may be a better strategy for Amazon business wise since they can get a greater value than an I-Pad over time while sustaining customers to buy their product.

I-Pads cost $469.99 while a Kindle Fire only costs nearly $200.00. This is a huge difference. The Kindle Fire also has only a 7 inch screen with a weight of only 4.6 ounces, while the I-Pad 2 has a 9 inch screen with the weight of 1.33 pounds. The Kindle Fire is much easier to move around but the I-Pad has the advantage of a wider and bigger screen with more quality to the customer. Another turn off by the Kindle Fire is that unlike the I-Pad 2, it has no camera, so captioning memories can not be found on the Kindle Fire. The giga bites between the two products are different as well, the I-Pad ranges it’s giga bites from 16-64 and the Kindle Fire has giga bites ranging from 8+, which gives the Kindle Fire much more use for movies, TV shows, video games, and apps.

I guess it is up to you on which product you would end up buying if you ever came down to that decision. Just remember all the different qualifications and realize what product better fits your lifestyle or what cost is more suitable for your budget.

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Amusement Parks Started: Small And Grew Big!

Pleasure Gardens was how this idea of amusement parks started, pleasure gardens had a few rides, dancing, games, and live entertainment! This sort of amusement park was located in Medieval England and was popular till about 1700's when alot of political problems came about making most of the amusement parks like Pleasure Gardens shut there amusement park down!

The Unites States took hold of amusement parks in the 1800's, most of the amusement parks were built at the end of the trolley line. A lot them had dancing, picnic areas, games, and a few rides, and of course it grew popular immediately becoming a big success by the 1890's. The world's Columbian Exposition in Chicago introduced the ferris wheel, and the midway (has a variety of diffrent ride's, and concessions.)

In 1894 things continued to change, Paul Boynton ended up making the world's first modern amusement park. As it continued to grow they started to charge people with admissions, and used the rides to draw the people in. Later in 1895 he opened a park at Coney Island, and over the years it grew even bigger, and amusement parks started to show up all over the place. New rides opening up, and being created as well, by 1919 amusement parks were opened in the United States. The great depression decreased the number of amusement parks, and people who went to them in such a bad time zone around 1935 there were only about 400 amusement parks. When World War 2 came around that didn't help the business either! A ton of amusement parks closed during the war, and no more new rides were made so the amusement park able to stay open.

After World War 2 amusement parks became popular once more, and quickly. More amusement parks opened, and new rides came back around. Around 1955 Disneyland was created, and thats when amusement parks became the most popular when everyone started to copy the success from Disneyland creating there own amusement parks and to this day there popular as ever!

NBA All-star game.

The NBA all star game shows the actual talent the NBA has. The players get chosen to play at the game. The NBA league chooses the best fit players that could put on a show. They choose a certain amount of people from each side of the United States. They have two teams, a team from the West and a team from the East.

The 2012 All- Star game was a very exciting game to watch. Getting chosen to play in the All- star game is a very big achievement. They announce an MVP for the night, and the MVP award went to Kevin Durant from Oklahoma City. Kobe Bryant passes the hall of fame, Michael Jordan in all-star game points. Kobe later gets hurt from Dwayne Wade on a layup attempt. The game resulted in the West coming out with a win over the east. 152-149. Kevin Durant(West) and Lebron James(east) with 36 points.

Rockford Bridge

The summer of 2012 will be hectic in the small town of Rockford. The city plans on taking out the only bridge that connects the East and West sides of town. This is a major problem to many people who have jobs on the other side of the bridge, and will have to take a different route to work. The major problems have already been taken care of such as how the West side will get fuel. Express Mart has opened pay-at-pump, pumps downtown and may turn it back into a full station selling tobacco, and many other necessities. Although it will be a mess it will only last a short time to rebuild, and everything will be back to normal.

Fundraiser to help Senior class project.

By: Jocelyn Arends

Next week the senior comm. skills class will be sponsoring a Taco Day. Taco days have been quite popular over the years here at RRMR and have raised good amounts of money for many great causes. The proceeds will help out and benefit the comm. skills class to raise money for a good cause. In April the senior comm. skills class will be creating a fun day for the residents of Opportunity Village in Clear Lake, Iowa. The day will be filled with games, a dance, prizes, a photo area, and possibly a Tiki Bar since the theme will be Hawaiian. This will bring light into the residents lives and teach the students a little sense of community service and hard work as well. The class project will eventually be turned into scrap books that will have the residents remember the day and create memories that last a lifetime. On Tuesday March 6, 2012 will be the day of the Taco Day. So if you like tacos or just good food, bring money and give back! Be a part of our senior project!