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Editor’s Letter KUR Magazine Dear KUR readers, Welcome to the very first issue of Ketchup Upon Request. Our magazine, however random it may seem, is fulled with interesting stories about topics ranging from the dangers of teen drivers (Page 16) to the dangers of reality TV. (Page 6). The fun we had in making this magazine was, at first lost, when our third staff member left KUR. We were the only two left. This is why we dedicate this issue of our magazine to Tralae J.

The Story of Brigid’s Shorts Brigid and Michaela left the Sci-Tech classroom and headed upstairs to the Band Hall.

They needed to change into shorts and t-shirts for the afterschool marching practice that took place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Michaela, as usual was already wearing shorts and didn’t need to change. Brigid however, was wearing skinny jeans and was going to have to put shorts on unless she wanted to burn up outside. Luckily, she had brought shorts to school that day. The only problem was, they weren’t in her bag. Michaela and Brigid searched the enitre band hall and Brigids locker, trying to find her shorts. It was already time to be outside and drum majors were running past them telling them not to be late. They were freaking out, they had never missed a practice before and were unaware of the consqeuences they would face if they did. But, Brigid knew that she would be horribly uncomfortable if she did not find her shorts! So after persuading Michaela, the pair headed off to all of Brigids previous classes, feeling like rebels and delinquents for skipping marching for the first time. The first stop was Mr. Scaccias room, where Brigid remembered pulling her shorts out of her bag for a short period of time. But upon trying to enter the dark, empty room, the girls realized that the door was locked. They saw a janitor down the hall, and asked her to help them. Reluctantly, she stopped her work and went to unlock the room. When Brigid went in, she searched everywhere, under the desks, on the couch, even in the recycling bin, but the shorts were no where in sight. So, thanking the janitor, Michaela and Brigid went to another class, Mr. Lowensterns World Geography. This time, they didn’t want to interrupt someone else to unlock the door, so they just looked in. No sign of the shorts. Brigid was pretty sure they weren’t in there anyway. Next they went back down to their most recent class, Sci-Tech. Luckily, Ms. Earnhart was still there, and they were allowed to go in and look around. But once again, there were no shorts. By this point, Brigid and Michaela had missed almost 30 minutes of the 2 hour marching practice. They became frantic, and decided to go check the lost and found. First they went to the LASA one upstairs, but when they told the secretary they might have been lost downstairs, she told them to go check the LBJ lost and found. Once there, they were directed to a janitors room down the hall, but the lost and found wasn’t there either, and they were told to go back to the LBJ office. At this point, they were tired of searching for something that seemed to have literally dissapeared, so they went outside, already hot from running around the school. The band was practicing on the far field, so they had to walk even farther. Mr. Burks, the marching director looked angry for them missing fundamentals, so they hurried up. As they were approaching, their friend Michelle came running up to them yelling, “Brigid! Brigid! Where have you been! I have your shorts!”

- Brigid F. and Michaela B.

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Contents

Ketchup Upon Request June 2010

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Foovie!

Pies vs. Cookies Fruit Pizza Jelly Bean Meals

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Reality = Bad

How is reality TV influencing teens and young adults? Negatively? Positively?

A Second Chance at Life

Take a look at the animals and volunteers at the Town Lake Animal Center and see what’s next for the shelter.

Rock Camp

A camp held at the Austin School of Music every summer, learn what it’s like to be in a band and what its like to perform on stage.

A Drivers Dilemma

What are the new driving license regulations, and why are they causing so much controversy? Will these unfair rules be better in the long run?

Contributors Creators of Ketchup Upon Request

Brigid F. Brigid F. is most likley the coolest person in the world, the exception being her amazing 25 year old sister who also went to LASA 10 years ago, and her 9 year old miniature dutch dwarf rabbit Clover. Brigid loves to swim, play softball, and ride horses. She currently has 1 puppy, 1 cat, 2 rabbits, and a goat, who lives in Denver, Colorado. Brigid is also cool because she is diabetical, like Nick Jonas. She wishes this magazine made more since, but since it doesn’t...too bad!

Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Treats: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup white Karo syrup, 1

cup peanut putter, 5 cups Rice Krispies Put Karo syrup and sugar in a pot until they are thoroughly combined, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and quickly stir in peanut butter. Pour into bowl with Rice Krispies and combine well with hands. Try not to crush any cereal when you do this. Press into the cookie cutter of your choice (My favorite is a 5 inch long bear!), making sure as much treat goes into each cutter as possible. Remove from cutter and let cool. Enjoy!

Michaela B. Michaela B. is a very amazing person. She might even be the most amazing person ever, what with her suberb singing skills and all (seriously). She has one beagle puppy named Bailey and a tortoise named Wally who randomly showed up on her door step. She plays the Clarinet, because it is obviously the superior instrument, and is in marching band. She also plays guitar. She is seen here playing leap frog with her friend Rocky.

Snickerdoodle Cookies: 1 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 2 3/4 cups Flour, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, Cinnamon Sugar Mix the ingredients in the ordre that they are given. Form the dough into balls. They shouls be about 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Roll the balls in cinnamon sugar (mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl. Place the balls on a baking tray. They should be at least 1 1/2 inches apart. They will spread out. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Enjoy!

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Reality = Bad By: Michaela B.

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here are 830, and counting, reality shows on television today. That means there are 830 shows that can change the way teens think of themselves and others around them. According to the ABC News website in the Entertainment section, the top ten reality shows are Survivor, The Bachelor, Flavor of Love, The Apprentice, America’s Next Top Model, Extreme Makeover, The Biggest Loser, The Amazing Race, The Hills and Jon & Kate Plus 8.

In my opinion, shows like the top ten mentioned above, are just a way to fill up TV space because shows that have meaning and teach lessons have been forgotten. Although, these shows can be entertaining, I think that there are many other ways to entertain the American television watchers. Family shows that used to air like The Cosby Show were funny to watch and easy for people to relate to.

They discussed issues that popped up in everyday life. I believe that reality TV is a bad influence on teens as well as adults.

I think reality TV is a bad influence because it’s becoming way too important in the lives of teens and some adults. One day, my classmate, comes up to me and says, “Last night when my aunt and I were

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Above Left: American Idol is a reality shows that allows contestants to compete though a series of singing competitions.

Above Right: America’s Next Top Model allows young girls to compete in a series of modeling competetions in order to get a modeling contract with Ford Models.

watching American Idol, we were also switching between Cake Boss, Little Miss Perfect and Ace of Cakes.

Then my mom saw a show called 16 and Pregnant and we watched that for a little bit too.” Immediately after my classmate told me this, I wanted to laugh. I couldn’t what a major role reality television played in their life.

Most people, who watch reality TV, watch it because it can be entertaining. The shows are so bizarre that sometimes people just turn them on to have a good laugh. It may seem harmless to watch an obese woman

figure out she is going into labor or watch a bachelor try and find love for the 7th time but it is still hurting teen minds.

Cheryl Dellasega, the author of “Mean Girls Grow Up”, is lobbying against a reality show, “Queen Bees”. She wrote a public letter complaining that girls don’t need another show glorifying female bullying and rivalry. In this letter, she writes, “Girls don’t want to be mean -- in fact, on any given day about 5 percent of the young women I work with say they stayed home to avoid such behavior.” Dellasega also wrote, “A similar number couldn’t concentrate once they were in school for the same reason, and some even reported feeling physically sick over it.” Young girls who are watching theses shows are not only hurting themselves. Because

Above: Little Miss Perfect allows little girls to compete in beauty pageants. Right: The Cosby Shows was a comedy shows about a lawyer wife and her doctor husband and their children.

of the behavior they see on TV, they begin to treat others badly.

Margaret Bernstein, who wrote the article for Cleveland Entertainment “Does reality TV for teens induce bad behavior?”, wrote that shows about Queen Bees, influence teenage girls to treat others badly. If famous teens are bullying on television, then girls will follow that example and treat their friends and classmates badly. She also writes, “For many parents, the reality TV trend is probably a bit like having your teen’s most troubling friends hanging out, cursing and smoking, in your living room -except you can’t kick them out.” Many of these shows not only affect the teens but also the parents. They are the ones that have to deal with the misbehaving teens.

If shows could come out that were good for entire families to watch, then both the teens and parents would benefit.

Reality TV is also extremely fake. Nothing about it is real. To me, the drama on the shows seems to be scripted. Every show seems to follow the same pattern.

If teens see famous women wearing trashy outfits, they might begin to follow the bad example because they think that it’s okay. They have role models that are on these shows and if they see them doing something that is wrong, no matter how fake it is, they might start to believe that it’s okay for them to do drugs or make bad choices because someone that they look up to is doing it on TV. According to the article written by Margaret

Bernstein, “child-development experts agree that adolescent brains aren’t wired to understand much of the vast world explored on reality television today, and that this can be a problem.”

Homework is also being neglected so that trashy shows can be watched.

Many of the reality TV shows come on late at night, so students stay up late to watch them which makes them loose sleep and puts a damper on their performance in school. This could hurt them in the long run academically because it could damage their chances of getting into a good college. Dellasega even said that students couldn’t concentrate in school due to the problems they are facing with bullies because of reality TV. Even my classmate, who is pretty much addicted to some reality shows, believes that TLC is even becoming way too trashy, with new things like a special on the Secret Life of Tiger Woods. Shows like this are way too personal. They uncover secrets in celebrities’ lives that should not be viewed or heard about by people other than their friends and family. Not the entire American public. Although becoming a star is an invitation for a life in the spot light full of exposed secrets, I think that stars deserve privacy. There are also many reality TV shows that celebrities star in. I think this is especially wrong

because they might be role models to teens. If they turn on the television and see their celebrity hero doing something wrong, they could either be heart broken because they thought they were such a good person or they could begin to copy them and make some of the same bad choices that they see being made on television.

Reality TV airs 24/7. I think that television networks should come out with new shows that are enjoyable for the whole family. Shows like The Office, although this is more of a teen and up rated show, The Cosby Show and Full House are great shows that are funny and appropriate for people of all ages.

If television could focus more of its energy trying to come up with shows that have meaning, instead of shows that just make money, I think that some of the bad behavior in teens could be corrected and manners and ethics could become important again.

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A Second Chance at Life By: Brigid F.

Photo by: Brigid F.

beats down on the pavement, flies buzz past.

Gusts of wind blow by, carrying the scent of hand sanitizer, grass, and dog food. A lone dog barks in the distance. Soon, there is an eruption of noise, dogs barking in almost every cage. After a while, they all quiet down, giving only an occasional whimper. Eventually, they will erupt again, but for now, it is quiet. The people will come and go, every day, bringing up the hopes of the dogs when they walk by and look in, but many will then just continue on their way. Volunteers may take them out for a jog or a bath before returning them to their cage, but many dogs must wait a long time before being placed in a forever home. Some may never even make it that far.

The Town Lake Animal Center, or, TLAC, is a non-profit animal shelter that rescues stray and unwanted dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Each year TLAC takes in over 20,000 animals, and will not turn down a single one for the opportunity to take a temperament test, to see if it can be put up for adoption. TLAC is located in down town Austin, on 1156 West Cesar Chavez, near Town Lake, but is going to be moving in a few years to a bigger and better location, which will be located in East Austin. The new shelter will also be non-kill.

This large move will require help from many people, just like the shelter does every day.

The Town Lake Animal Center thrives mainly on volunteers, and although there are real employees, their salary is small “I love animals and I want to help them,” says Carey Gannon, an employee at TLAC’s intake and adoption office. Carey began working at the TLAC 4 months ago. Her job is to help people who bring in animals that they can no longer care for, and also to help peo-

Photos by: Brigid F.

The hot sun

Above: One of the many dogs at TLAC waiting to be adopted by a forever owner 9

ple who are trying to adopt an animal, by going through pamphlets and flyers about the care and training of an animal with them. She has adopted from another rescue before, but the dog she adopted had actually been pulled from TLAC earlier.

Another volunteer, Teresa Winemiller, who works only with the cats at the shelter, says that she got involved with the shelter when her 14-year-old son wanted to volunteer there 8 months ago, and she had to supervise him until he was 15. She fell in love with it, and has been working there ever since. She works 2-6 hours a day, spending the rest of her time as a teacher.

She says she’s happy to see cats get adopted out, even if she had become attached to them. She remembers very well the day 10 years ago, when she adopted a dog from TLAC. She said it has been a wonderful experience, and today he is a healthy, happy, 10 year old mutt.

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every day, or on a regular schedule, but some only go occasionally, just to help out. Anabelle and Evan, volunteer like that, going to the TLAC as often as they can, but not regularly. Mostly they do this because they want to help out all the dogs there, but they also have a special connection with the Town Lake Shelter. 8 years ago, when they were turning 5 years old, their parents, David Bole and his wife Jodi, “thought that [they’d] find a perfect companion there that was looking for a home [at the Town Lake Animal Center] [so they] went there to explore”. When they got to the shelter, it didn’t take long before they fell in love with a small, few month old, white and black border/short-haired collie mix puppy.

“We saw Crystal and fell in love at first sight and luckily we qualified to adopt her and she was still available.” David said. They filled out the papers right away, and took her home later that week.

Although a bit timid about the car, she was happy to be going

to a new home, and to get out of the pound! When “Crystal” arrived home, she seemed very happy to be out of a cage, and loved to run around in the Bole’s big backyard. “She is the best dog ever.”

Evan tells me, “She is part of our family”. Today Crystal is a happy, 8 and a half year old girl, who loves to patrol the neighborhood with full freedom, and play with her best friend, the neighbor jack russell terrier, Sparky. She lies under the house to cool off, and loves to play with her toys. “She is an awesome dog, and she’s very loyal [to each member of her family]” Anabelle says, and has never been aggressive at all. David agrees, and says, “She exceeded our expectations. She’s a great family dog, wonderful with the kids [and] very trainable. [Overall] she’s just been a really great dog.”

Two other volunteers that work at TLAC are Linda and David, who exercise and walk the dogs, as well as answer questions about the dogs especially those who seem unfit for adoption. Linda

Above: The Bole’s dog Crystal (after earning her therapy dog certificate) came to visit Brigid in the hospital with David, Anabelle, and Evan

also takes all the pictures of the dogs to put on the TLAC website. Some people see pit bulls, especially ones that have been abandoned or abused as very scary and evil dogs. David says he thinks that “pit bulls are beautiful animals”, and that it’s all about what the owner does with the dog.

Also, some pit bulls are bred specifically from powerful, and possibly out of control dogs, so it’s in their genes too. He says it irks him that there is always stuff in the news about how bad and dangerous pit bulls are. Linda says that although she was scared of pit bulls when she first began working here, she now realizes that they are actually very nice dogs, and is no longer scared to work with them. “I think they’re awesome,” Carey says. “[It’s all about] proper training and a good owner. They have a higher prey drive,” so Carey feels they can be more dangerous if they are not trained properly, which is one reason the shelter tries hard to make sure that all new adopters know all the training and hard work that will be involved in getting a dog.

When not at the shelter, Linda stays at home taking care of her 14-year-old son, who also volunteers at TLAC. David not only volunteers for the TLAC, but also at Habitat for Humanity. He started working at TLAC 9 months ago, because when his dog got lost and taken to TLAC, he came to pick it up, and felt bad for all the sad dogs in their cages, and decided to start volunteering.

There is a woman walking a big, fluffy, cream and beige colored dog around.

She is talking about how “Charlie” is recovering well from his neuter surgery.

Volunteers are constantly taking out dogs, and one that stands out is a smiling girl wearing a volunteer shirt, running around in a pen with an overjoyed dog at her side. Although they may be best friends now, that girl was probably thinking the same thing as all the other workers there. She just wants him to get a home.

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Jelly Bean Meals Blueberry Muffin 1 buttered popcorn + 2 blueberry

From drinks to desserts, jelly beans can make it all.

With the help of 13 different Jelly Belly flavours, an open mind, and this sheet of paper, you can create 8 new flavours.

Rootbeer Float

2 french vanilla + 1 A&W rootbeer

Shirly Temple

1 very cherry + 1 lemon lime

Fruit Cocktail

green apple + very cherry + watermelon + tangerine + blueberry

Roy Rogers

1 dr pepper + 2 very cherry

Peach Cobbler with Ice Cream

1 buttered popcorn + 1 peach + 1 french vanilla

Lemon Cookie Chocolate Covered Cherry

2 lemon drop + 1 buttered popcorn

1 chocolate pudding + 1 very cherry

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Rock Camp By: Michaela B.

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what not,” Sebree said. This way, each band member has the same taste in music as the others that they are playing with.

“It was easy to get along with the band, but choosing songs was difficult at first but became easier as we went along,” said Trace. The instructors at the Rock Camp are also good at making sure that each student is given one-on-one time with the instructors, so that each camper can improve.

“Yes, they are very helpful in making sure everyone gets some spotlight, and tips for choosing the right songs to benefit everyone’s skills,” Trace said. The teachers are so helpful to the students because before they are hired, they are put through an extensive checklist that Sebree has created to ensure that students are given the best education. “First thing is they have to have had a notable career or having a notable career as a musician and they have to be very accomplished players,” said Sebree. He also requires them to have a real desire to want to give back what they know about music. He says that a lot of times great musicians don’t make great teachers because they don’t want to help others. He also requires them to be able to handle being managed by him. Sebree said, “Another thing that is important is whether or not they have bad management skills, which a lot of musicians do unfortunately and they almost use it as an excuse. They have to at least be able to take direction from me or whoever the directors are nationally.”

Student musicians who participate in the Rock Camp, rehearse their songs for two weeks at the Austin School of Music. If there are too many bands to fit in the rooms, because the Austin School of Music is also still giving lessons to people, then they spend their 4 hours everyday at Music Lab. During the second week of the camp, campers get to use the recording studio at the Austin School of Music, to record two of their songs. These songs then get put on a CD that the musicians get at the end of the summer. On the Friday before the live performance in front of hundreds, which takes place at Antones, the

Photo by: Michaela B.

Photo by: Tim B.

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he room is dark, with a stage and several spotlights. Posters of famous musicians and sponsors line the walls. The vocalist turns around, with butterflies fluttering in her stomach, and motions to the drummer. He starts out with the beat, and the song begins. No, this band is not well known, in fact, they hardly even know each other. They have only been rehearsing for two weeks together through a summer camp called the Rock Camp, and already they are getting the chance to play at the well-known blues club, Antones.

The Rock Camp is a camp that allows teens and younger children to gain the experience of being in a band and performing in front of an audience. Campers are put into bands with people in their similar age group and assigned one of the many talented teachers at the Austin School of Music. They rehearse at least 3 songs over two weeks and even write one of their own and at the end of the camp, they perform at Antones.

Dave Sebree and some of the current teachers at the Austin School of Music at the time, founded Rock Camp in 1995.

“The current teachers back then and I were teaching guitar student or drum students, so we’d teach somebody “Highway to Hell” or a Led Zepplin song and they’d go home and practice but we noticed that they weren’t getting together and playing,” Sebree said. They decided to create a two-week camp where kids could come and play music together. “All of a sudden we have created Rock Camp, and over the two weeks, they form a band, they play in a band, they record a CD and then they perform a live shows at Antones, and at the end of it, in all the years we’ve done this, so 15 now, and thousands of kids there has not been one that hasn’t grown in someway, most in a tremendous way,” Sebree said. The point of the Rock Camp is to empower young teens and to teach them that they can do anything the set their minds to. “[The point of the Rock Camp] is to empower the kids and get them to realize that regardless whether they want to go on and be musicians in life that they can accomplish a pretty big goal,” Sebree said.

There are many other camps throughout America that have the same idea that the Rock Camp does. Camp Jam and Paul Green School of Rock are some of the major competitors of the Rock Camp.

The Rock Camp is a place for young musicians to get to know one another. “If you like playing alone then your world will be rock by the sheer fun of it,” said Trace T, 15, a camper in the first of four sessions of the 2009 summer. Trace’s favorite part is how ”you can get a bunch of people together and play some good music.” The camp starts out with all of the campers meeting up on the first day in the rehearsal hall at the Austin School of Music. After quick introductions to the instructors, the campers are separated into different groups depending on what instrument they play. Then, all musicians talk about what music interests them, how many years of experience they have on their instrument, and they play a little bit for the instructors. During this process, “the director then would go around and they would pay attention to you and then they’d go to the room where the drummers and bass players were, and they were sort of auditioning and talking about music they liked and

Photo by: Abigial B.

Left: Rock Camp singer, Michaela B, singing at the Saturday performance that happens after two weeks of rehearsal and recording time. Right: A trailer with the Austin School of Music logo. The camp is held at the Austin School of Music.

students that participate in the camp, put on a small show in front of their peers at the Austin School of Music to get a sense of what the actual performance will be like. Opportunities to get a taste of life as a musician are not only available in Austin, the Rock Camp is also internationally known, with camps in Austin, Fort Worth, Rio Grande Valley, Davenport, Chicago, Miami, New York, Poughkeepsie and Hawaii. A new camp is opening in England as well.

The Rock Camp is an opportunity for young musicians that are looking for their chance in the spotlight. It gives young teen the chance to discover new music and to meet new people.

Photo By: Tim B.

Above: Musicians who participate in the Rock Camp, rehearse and perform a pre-show in the rehersal hall at the Austin School of Music. Below: One of the bands, Mickey B and the Marshall Combo, performing at Antones, the blues club in downtown Austin.

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Some of our favorite movies here at KUR, and our idea of the best foods that go with them.

A Walk to Remember

Now and Then

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Hot Chocolate Chicken Noodle Soup Heart Shaped Cookies

Wedding Cake flavored Jelly Beans Wedding Cake Ice Cream Hot Dogs “Chipper’” Chicken

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A Drivers Dilemma What are the new driving license regulations, and why are they causing so much controversy? Will these unfair rules be better in the long run?

By: Brigid F.

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very year in America, according to Car-Accident.com, 12 percent of fatal car crashes are caused by teens or involved teens even though only 10 percent of our population is teenagers. 36 percent of all deaths of 16-19 year olds are caused by car crashes, which is the leading cause of death for teens. Per mile driven, teens 16 to 19 years old are four times more likely to crash their car then older drivers. These terrifying statistics, although easily covered up or ignored, are the truth, and we must pay attention to them.

If teens were exposed to more difficult driving lessons before they hit the road, as well as more vigorous tests and practices, these incidents might decrease. According to Car-Accidents.com “Each Year over 5,000 teens ages 16 to 20 Die due to Fatal injuries caused Car accidents.” I think that making teens go through harder driving tests would increase safety, and decrease the number of crashes in teens and adults (If provided with better car education when they’re young, people might be the number of crashes in teens and adults,

Above: On a foggy morning, a car crashes into a tree and then is abandoned. The real cause of the crash is not known, except some guesses are that the roads were slick, there was a sharp turn in the road there, and it was hazy. Left: A teen accidentally drives their car into a telephone pole and up a fence.

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although “About 400,000 drivers age 16 to 20 will be seriously injured… The risk of being involved in a car accident the highest for drivers aged 16- to 19-year-olds than it is for any other age group…”, (If provided with better car education when they’re young, people might be less likely to have a crash when they’re older) as well as road related deaths. Teens are not only risking themselves when they don’t drive safely, but are putting others lives on the line too. Often another car will get crashed into, or by trying to swerve out

of the way, someone will flip or crash their own car. I’m glad drivers ed. is becoming more difficult and precise, and i hope it will help make the roads a safer place for everyone. these startling facts all show why myself and so many other people are interigued by the new driveras license program.

Yes, this defiantly does make getting a drivers license way more of a hassle, and many teens (including myself) would rather be done with the class as soon 16

Photos by lib_rachel, Ian Hampton, foreversouls, Orayzio found on Flikr.com

as possible, instead of spending the extra hours now requiered in drivers ed., but it makes the roads safer, which is very important.

Through a poll conducted on Ketchupuponrequest.blogspot.com, it was shown that 9 out of 13 people would say that “If someone is intent on not following the rules of the road, do you think that extra hours of drivers ed. will make them “change their ways” ?” is not a true statement, and that if someone is already intent on not following the rules of the road in the first place, extra hours of driving school are not going to change anything for them. All though all of these points are very viable, they just don’t seem like the safest and smartest choices. Yes, the extra hours of Drivers Ed will be tedious and more difficult, but if someone can’t stand to be driving like that for extra time, they will never be comfortable with really driving for long periods of time. You can’t give up a cause prematurely, especially when people’s safety, and even lives are at stake.

I think that the pros of this new program outweigh the cons, and that if teens really took a chance to see all of the facts and statistics about teens driving, the roads might become a safer place again.

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Top Right: Teenager crashes into a house but it rescued and pulled out of the car as shown in the picture. Top Left: After a car collides with an telephone pole and splinters itself and the pole into pieces.

Fruit Pizza A sweet twist on the traditional pizza pie.

Fruit Pizza 1 pkg, (roll) sugar cookies ¾ c. Cool Whip Chunk Pineapple Fresh Strawberries 8oz. Cream Cheese Mandarin Oranges Sliced Peaches Fresh Bananas Sliced Kiwi Sliced Bananas Soften and flatten cookies into pizza pan.

Cook according to package directions for at least 20 min. Cool. Combine cream cheese and Cool Whip and spread on cooled crust.

Add fruit mixture. Glaze. Chill.

Glaze ½ c. Orange Juice 1 TBS. Corn Starch 2 TBS. Lemon Juice ½ c. Sugar ¼ c. Water Bring to a boil and continue boiling for 1 minute. Pour over fruit and chill.

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Ms. Richey Katherine Nesbitt Dave Sebree Trace Turner Town Lake Animal Center The Boles Family Jelly Belly Jelly Beans The Austin School of Music