RRMR blogger, Jocelyn Arends (left), along with fellow pine-cone bird-feeder maker, Lauren Parcher pose with the finished product.

RRMR blogger, Nicole Brady (center), waits her turn at musical chairs with the 4th graders.

RRMR blogger, Wes Winters (second from right), is busy on Aaron Eilerts Service Day.

 RRMR blogger, Darrin Kingery, prepares to bake the bread he made with the sixth graders.

RRMR get new students

Rudd Rockford Marble Rock community school district gets two new students.

Dalton Stevens is a senior. Dalton enjoys sports, hunting, and cars. Dalton explains that RRMR has a lot more students than his other school. He enjoys hanging out with his new friends.

Samantha Stevens is a sophomore. Samantha enjoys basketball, softball, cheerleading, dance, hanging out with her friends, fishing, and coon and squirrel hunting. Samantha explains that RRMR has a lot more students and the students are nicer and they have more sports.

Dalton and Samantha moved to Iowa from Humphreys, Missouri. They moved because their dad got a chance to get a better job.

Facebook: pros and cons

Pros:

*You connect with friends you might not see daily.

*Meet new people.

*Helps you pass time when you have nothing better to do.

*You can send private messages if you don't want others to see your conversation.

*You can update statuses and send messages quickly.

*You can make things private (if you don't know someone and you don't want them seeing everything you can change your settings so friends can only view ).

Cons:

*Once you put your picture up there's a chance it'll never be all the way deleted from the internet.

*May encounter cyber bullying.

*Inappropriate stuff might be said.

*Facebook might get boring.

*Friends you talk to may not get on Facebook a lot.

BAKE SALE TOMORROW!

Tomorrow Tuesday, February 28, 2012 the Comm. Skills class will sponsor a bake sale to help profit their class senior project.

The bake sale will be during period 3 and 4.

Bring your money!

Eat tasty treats and give back!

Spencer Kelly

Ever since he was a little kid Spencer, had a dream of winning a state wrestling title. Although he fell a little short, he was still overwhelmed with his 7th place finish. Spencer says, "this was just a way of showing off all of my hard work that has finally paid off." Spencer was ranked 8th in the state near all of the season, and to place above his rank was a goal of his to accomplish, proving he was not overrated, and he proved that he belonged on the podium. Placing at the state tournament isn't something that is an easy task, only 6 students have placed at the state tournament in school history.

Writer fired for racist slur as Lin an the Knicks go up and down.

By: Jocelyn Arends

Former ESPN writer Anthony Federico was fired last week when he called the young NBA sensation Jeremy Lin a “Chink in the Armor.” Federico was fired by ESPN and is saying that his comment was an “honest mistake” and he did not mean any harm. Although Federico may seem sincerely sorry for his actions, many people are not convinced that his statements were a mistake. Many are offended by Federico’s comment saying that it’s racist to all Asian Americans and not just rising NBA superstar Jeremy Lin. Lin meanwhile has still been on a constant tear on the basketball court scoring nearly 30 against the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and 21 points against the New Jersey Nets. Even with Lin’s best efforts scoring those 21 points was not enough to beat Kris Humphries double-double along with the amazing 38 point performance by point guard Deron Williams. The Knicks lost to New Jersey and have some people wondering whether or not Lin can play along with Carmello Anthony since the New Jersey game was the first game that Anthony and Lin have played together in. Some are wondering whether the Knicks should trade Carmello Anthony since he does not mesh with the system that new York has to offer at the moment and with Anthony’s salary being extremely expensive, it may just be a logical idea. As of right now I would say that it is way too early to tell whether or not Lin and Anthony can play with each other but the verdict is still out there and it will be interesting to see where this New York Knicks train ends up.

The Delicious History of Cupcakes!

In the 19th century was the time cupcakes made it’s way around to the United States, at first we called them “number cakes” alot of the time because of how easy it was remembering the mesurements of each ingredient it took to make each of them. Today the cupcakes have increased in the variety of ingrediants, measurements, shapes, and the creative decorations we make on the cupcakes. Cupcakes were revolutionary back in the 19th century because of the time it took and saved in the kitchen, they were very convenient because of how quick they took compared to original sized cakes. Since the making of cupcakes and with our more improved pans and utilities, cupcakes have become very popular to make. Now you can find them in local bakeries, and blogs, dessert magazines, cookbooks, and also homemade recipes from homes, and the decorations and diffrent types of cupcakes go on with no end. The cupcakes will always be popular because of how yummy and easy they are!