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My Memorial Day Visit to Arlington National Cemetery
by Reporter Kaitlynn Fitzgerald, Academy of Tucson
I spent my birthday in Virginia. It was a hot and humid day at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, but my family sat waiting for President Joe Biden to give his Memorial Day speech. We had arrived to pay our respects and see some of the popular sites at Arlington. We walked to a shuttle area where they had said we can get shuttled up to The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and watch the change of the guards, we all thought this would be easier then walking because Arlington Cemetery is huge and if we had walked all the way up there, we would have gotten even more sweaty and hot. The shuttle returned us to the Memorial Amphitheater and there was a lot of security around. My dad went to get water while my mom and I went to find some seats. While we were waiting I saw a TAPS Advocate (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) needing help carrying all the flowers she had brought to lay on the rows and rows of headstones of fallen soldiers. The advocate gifted me a dozen pink roses to pay tribute to the fallen with my family. When it ame time to hear resident iden’s speech, he addressed all the families of soldiers now and in the past. He spoke about what Memorial Day meant to him and spoke of the many fallen heroes buried there in Arlington. After the speech we walked back to the entrance and placed flowers on headstones of soldiers ho hadn’t been given res e ts yet and I gave my dad two roses. He laid them upon those lost that he had served with in the Iraq/ Afghanistan War. It was a very long and hot walk, but I enjoyed seeing the President, First Lady and Vice President in person and hearing the speech honoring all the fallen soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice for my freedom.
by Elite Reporter Lizzy Barrett
“Dune” is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert une is one of the orld’s best selling s ien e fi tion novels. It is about a young boy named Paul Atreides whose family’s ob is to ta e are of the lanet rra is rra is is a struggling planet with attempts to control the resources for political and economical gain by the Emperor. Arrakis has one of the most valuable resources called the spice, a drug that extends life and improves mental abilities. “Dune” is also a recently released movie, but in my personal opinion I like the book better than the movie. One of the reasons I prefer the book is because the book goes more into depth of why things happened. I feel as if the movie ind of s i ed some of the ey oints and didn’t understand it as well as the book. What I personally enjoy about “Dune” is the character aul aul’s ersonality traits mat h some of my o n li e being observant and quiet. It makes me feel as if I can relate to him in some way. However, I wish this book did go more into the history of some of the most important artifacts, because that was what helped Paul determine his destiny. I got kind of confused because there was only a tiny paragraph describing the artifacts. verall re ommend the boo une but it ould’ve been improved by explaining some of the storylines more. lthough don’t re ommend the movie as it as long and confusing, the rest of my family really enjoyed it.
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Today’s Forecast: In 1984, July was declared National Ice Color the Ice Cream Cone! Sunny, With a Chance of Sprinkles!
Cream Month Fact:
The average American eats about 35 pints of ice cream each year
Kids!
Make Your Own Ice Cream Pops
Ingredients:
int of i e ream any avor • 18 4-inch lollipop sticks • Assorted toppings: sprinkles, nuts, crushed candy, mini chocolate chips
Fact:
Directions:
1. Place 2 parchment paper lined plates in the freezer for 15 minutes. 2. Sprinkle toppings of choice on a baking sheet. 3. Using a half-ounce ice cream scoop or small spoon, scoop 9 ice cream balls and place on the toppings. (return the pint of i e ream to the free er so it doesn’t get too soft 4. Roll the balls in the toppings, pressing in to make sure the toppings stick to the ice cream. 5. Insert sticks into the center of the pop. Place on the frozen plates and freeze until solid, about 30 minutes. 6. Repeat with remaining ice cream and toppings.
There are over 190,000 milk producing cows in Arizona
Fact: It takes 3 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream
Have a Fun and Cool Summer!
Fact:
A cow produces about 6 gallons of milk every day
