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March 3, 2021

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4th grade Editorials Newspapers in Education

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Expansion To Mars

Overpopulation is a serious problem now, but in the coming years, it could become an international crisis. So why stop at Earth for living space? We need to expand farther into our solar system if we want to solve long-range problems like this one, and the easiest planet to colonize is Mars.

Scientists are already working on this and it’s going to become very real very soon.

The process would go something like this: First we would set up some basic laboratories. Then we would start adding greenhouse gasses to Mars’ atmosphere. After it’s warm enough we’d add small oceans with plankton that would help turn carbon dioxide into

Stella, Grade 5, Mrs. McKern, SMS

oxygen, strengthening Mars’ atmosphere even further. We would also transplant lichen and maybe some grass. After a while we would start bringing non-scientists to mars to live there, although they would have to use oxygen tanks. We would also start bringing trees that are used to a low atmosphere. This terraforming process would take many generations but the reward would be a new planet to easily live on. It would also be the beginning of a new age when like all children we leave mother Earth and set out into the great beyond.

Micah Watters, Mrs. Bogan, Corvallis Primary

Helmets

Why you need to wear a helmet.

One day my mom was at a girl scout meeting. I had to go with my mom. I brought my scooter but I forgot my helmet and I was going to go down a hill. My friend was going to watch me go down the hill. It was a bad idea because they took a poll out of the ground.

I went down the hill, hit a crack in the ground and flipped off my scooter and face plant into asphalt.

I was knocked out for five minutes.

One side of my face was all blood and had a concussion. That is why you need a helmet.

Cullen Allen, Mrs. Brogan, Corvallis Primary

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4th grade Editorials More space exploration

One day the sun will burn all its gasses and explode and we’ll have to move into space and we need to see more of space when at one point we’ll have to live there. And I think we will need to explore where we might live. I would like to live in a place that people have been and discovered. here’s a plus there might be aliens that we can discover and possibly befriend.

Another plus is we can mine for iron on asteroids and titanium. So thats why I think more space exploration is mandatory.

Dimitri Rakitin, Mrs. Bogan, Corvallis Primary

Be kind to nature

If you are someone who hates nature don’t hate it.

But if you are someone who loves nature, teach others to love it too.

So be kind to nature, and it will be kind back.

And also so many animals have lost their homes because people have been shooting and destroying their homes, so many animals such as monkeys, leopards, foxes, deer, and other animals have lost their homes because of it. So be kind to nature and stay safe.

Lily Tuso Mrs. Bogan Corvallis Primary

Brady Hixon, Grade 4, Mrs. Jameson, Corvallis Primary

Bullying

Are you having the experience of being bullied? Well you’re not the only person. Bullying is just wrong!

If you are bullying STOP! Because you are NOT gonna get attention with bullying people. If you think it’s funny it’s not! Think of it this way, how would you feel if you were being bullied and being called names?

Then maybe you would find out it’s not fun or funny. Especially not kind either. There is a difference between playing with someone and bullying someone. I am sorry for all those people being bullied. Tell them to stop. If you are a bully knock it off.

Be a friend not a bully.

Chloe Arias Mrs. Bogan Corvallis Primary

Covid

I think that covid is getting out of hand! First of all people NEED to wear masks if they don’t they have a higher chance of getting covid.

Secondly, it will help make covid go away. They only need to wear a mask for a little longer because there is a vaccine. Another reason is so we can protect the elderly because they have a higher chance of getting sick and dying!! Also, it will help with not so many people having to go to the hospital because they are getting too full. Those are the reasons I think we should be more safe about covid.

Ben Beare Mrs. Bogan Corvallis Primary

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6th grade Editorials

A School Garden

I think that our school should make a school garden. we could get volunteers to help build it and grow it. We can also get some animals such as chickens, goats and quail. It would be easy because we could grow the food to feed us and the animals. We can also sell some of the animal products like the extra eggs, the goat milk, and butter. It would also help as the students learn how to make butter, purify milk, feed and provide water for the animals, collect and hatch eggs. It would help our school in ways like help us make money. Some ways we could make money by doing this is we can sell the chicks to places like Cowpoke and other small businesses. It would allow kids to learn responsibility. Every day a group of volunteers can go and feed the

Caedon, Grade 5, SMS

animals, And water the plants, and make sure the animals are healthy.

Plus, it would influence other kids to join groups like 4H, FFA, The Humane Society and more. Also It could provide healthier lunches and the school wouldn’t have to buy nearly as much produce to provide lunches.

They could have a group of kids pick the lunch. In conclusion, I think our school should have a garden with animals and crops.

Cannon Berkfield, Naughter, Corvallis Middle School

Sports For All

I believe that we should have teams for both genders with every sport. The two main ones I would like to do are Volleyball and Football. There is not a boys volleyball

team. I believe that there should be a team for boys because there are many boys that I have known that are really good at volleyball and have wanted to play on a team, but were unable to because there was no team for them. I also believe that there should be some sports for girls that boys get to do. In my opinion, girls should be able to play football on a girls team. Lots of girls are really good at football and have wanted to play on a team but like for the boys this time girls weren’t able to play.

There are many other sports that are separated by girls and boys but I couldn’t do all of them so I will discuss the two main ones, in my opinion. that I thought were pretty popular for everyone and I think we should start seeing a change and being able to play any sport no matter

what gender you are. We may need to take it slow to start with and to convince people, but I believe we can make a change for everyone. I played volleyball on a team and we let boys play on our elementary school team but the older you get the less they let other genders play the certain sport.

I also really want to play football, but I haven’t been able to because I was a girl and I couldn’t play. That is one of the many reasons I have wanted to push for all genders to be able to play sports no matter what gender you happen to be. I still think that we should keep the teams separated for the sake of fairness of the teams, but there should still be a team for each of the genders and each of the sports. As I said before, there are many other sports that are segregated by gender but I think that they all

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6th grade Editorials should be addressed and there should be teams for everyone!

Kaia Benson, Ms. Naughter, Corvallis Middle School

Bullying Solutions

I feel that some bullying solutions aren’t correct. Such as telling students that if they are being bullied, that they should tell the bully to stop. They’re many reasons why this doesn’t work, bullies aren’t kind people who will stop at your command, they’ll most likely keep doing it because they found out that you don’t like it. Telling a teacher also might not work, because some bullies threaten the victim not to “or else’.

The student being bullied might not be able to do anything about it, which means consistent bullying see-

ing that the victim is helpless to the situation. Bullying is usually a thing that happens more than once, which usually hurts the victim mentaly more than physically. Bullying can lead ‘to things that can be really bad, such as Anxiety, Depression and eventually death.Known victims of bullying are people in the LGBTQ+ community, or sometimes disabled people both mentaly and physically.

I think a better solution would be to have someone go with them, which might make the bully do it less because there is someone else, such as a friend or a person they know.

Remember there is always someone there for you, deceased or living, in the darkest moments.

Ivy Martin, Ms. Naughter,

Claw machines should be banned!!!

The reason claw machines should be banned is as follows: In my opinion, claw machine manufacturers should make it so you can at least get a prize for forking up one to three dollars. Most of the time when you get it at a perfect angle, perfect velocity, perfect everything, you pick the stuffed animal up and nearly get it, it falls from the claw. And do not even get me started on the prices, they have it at lowest a dollar, but you feel unsatisfactory so you do it again and again it is just like gambling, you risk money and do not get anything. If kids are allowed to play with claw machines, how come we can’t gamble? I mean, they are basically the same thing .

Sometimes the arcade owners tweak

Shane Ayers, Grade 5, Mrs. Erockson, Stevensville Middle School

around with it so they can make a profit, but why? The stuffed animals are like one dollar for every five animals. JUST GIVE US THE ANIMAL! I mean nobody even uses the claw machine anymore because they know it is rigged . If they make it easier they would still make a profit and we the people would be happy, so it would be a win-win Bret Selzer, Ms. Naughter, Corvallis Middle School

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7th grade Editorials Passing

Do you hate when you’re at school and boys never pass to you in P.E.? Well you’re in luck because I am writing a whole piece on just that! When you’re in P.E. and you’re playing a sport that is considered a boy sport and the guys never pass to you what do you do? Well wouldn’t you try to get more involved. The sports that boys usually don’t get us involved in is usually football or basketball. Personally I do not play football but everyone tells me I am good at it. I do play basketball and sometimes I think guys put us down just because were girls. That doesn’t mean that we can’t be just a strong as them or maybe even stronger. What also makes me upset is that when you watch basketball or football

games its only guys [NFL, NBA] and one day in my life time I want to see a girl on the court/field. Ladies let’s make this happen!! Lets get more involved when we are at P.E. and we play those sports that are considered boys sports.

Mariah Domingo, Mr. Sparks, HMS

Skatepark

I think the graffiti at the skatepark is a problem, I think the community needs to be more aware of the problem. I think the kid(s) who are doing it need to be held accountable, not arrested. But they need to be scared by having Hamilton Police put them in cuffs and in the Police car and then have their parents get involved in the punishment. They

should have to scrub the walls until the paint is gone. They also should have to write an apology letter to the city of Hamilton. My concern is that there are little kids at the skatepark, and they write inappropriate stuff on the walls that the little kids should not see.

Treton Griggs, Mr. Sparks,HMS

SNOWBOARDING

I think that snowboarding is better than skiing. My whole family snowboards, because we think that it is more fun than skiing. I say that because I skateboard which makes it easier to control the snow board.

There are some dumb parts about snowboarding. If you lean too far forward you could crash and do a

Laura Nelson, Grade 11, Mrs. Falcon, Hamilton Christian Academy

scorpion. You also have to take one foot out of the binding to get on the chair lift or on a tow rope. Sometimes you can get on a tow rope without taking your foot out of the binding. For skiing you sometimes have to carry sticks, but they do help when you are on flat ground. You can have sticks when you are snowboarding, but most people don’t have them when they are riding. There are two ways to snowboard: they are goofy and regular. In the skis there is only one way to ride. On a snowboard you ride sideways. On skis you ride straight.

Overall I just like snowboarding more because I have been doing it my whole life Ben Johnson Mr. Sparks,HMS

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7th grade Editorials Baseball

a bat. But the schools could provide To start off, baseball is my favorite their own bats. You could play ten games in the start of the season, sport and I think everyone should then there’s a season ending tournalearn how to play it. ment. Then there could be a State It is a very competitive game for championship. Since there are no people of all ages to play. I think sports during the last couple months that all middle schools in Montana of school, baseball could be during should build a baseball field, and those months. In Hamilton, they baseball could be a school sport. It could play middle school baseball teaches kids and adults how to use on the red sox fields, or at the fields teamwork. Baseball can also teach hand-eye coordination. Also it would just beyond the red sox fence. In be very fun to compete against other conclusion, baseball is a fun sport for middle school baseball players. schools in baseball games. It may be Jackson Lubke far down the road, but it could be a Mr. Sparks,HMS good thing for all middle schools to do.

Secondly, baseball is a lot cheaper than a sport like football. The only expensive part of baseball is to buy

Reagan Ayala, Grade 6, Mrs. Fett, Hamilton Middle School

Try SNOWBOARDING

Are you a skier or a snowboarder?

If you are a skier then you should stop and start snowboarding. Snowboarding is much better than sking. I would know I’ve done both.

First of all snowboarding is much more fun. In my opinion you could do more things on it. It is easier to get creative with it. If you try snowboarding you will believe me. After you’ve tried tried there is no reasson you shouldn’t with it because it is more fuin.

Secondly. Everyone I know who was a skier and switrched to snowboarding thought that is was much better. This supports my opinion that snowboarding is more fun. If this was not true then they would

probably stick with sking. However, then they would be boring.

Finally, snowboarding is easier to master. It may be a little bit harder to learn but it’s okay because it is much easier to get up on a snowboard.

This is because your feet can not get tangled up because they are attached to the same board. This is why it is easier to get up on a snowboard.

In conclusion, Snowboarding is more fun, not boring, and easier to master.

Pierce Yaskus Mr. Sparks,HMS

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Kindergarten

Weather Drawings

Ali Lukasik, Mrs. Pickering, Florence Carlton

Amelia Osen, Mrs. White, Florence Carlton

Claire Boswell, Mrs. White, Florence Carlton

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Treston Lawrence Mrs. Koemer, Florence Carlton

Maesa Neuman, Mrs. Pickering, Florence Carlton

Lauren Chinikaylo, Mrs. Koemer, Florence Carlton

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1st gradE WEathEr draWiNgs

Kaisley Weidow 1st Grade - Hamilton Christian Academy

Luke McCreg Hamilton Christian Academy

Treyzen frost, Grade 5, Mrs. Lewis, Stevensville School

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Nia Gonzalez 2nd Grade - Hamilton Christian Academy

Taylor Andersen, Grade 5, Hoffner, Corvallis

Alex Jaccard 1st Grade - Hamilton Christian Academy

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2nd grade Weather Drawings Max Leonard, Mrs. Gillespie, Florence Carlton

Landon Holcomb, Grade 6, Mrs. Fett, Hamilton Middle School

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Silas Koerner, Mrs. Gillespie, Florence Carlton

Jade Jimenez, Grade 6, Mrs. Fett, Hamilton Middle School

Christina Matveev Mrs. Allen, Hamilton Christian Academy

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Pig for butcher

Have you ever wanted to eat delux pork in the winter? This is special pork; it came from Oinky and Meaty both very tasty pigs. Her name is Meat stick Don’t get too attached to the cute name because you will be eating her. If you would like me to butcher them that will be an extra fee. Meat Stick is a girl she knows lots of tricks like sit roll over, that one is sometimes a struggle because she is very fat, also she can stay. She will eat anything that you give her; she might be part goat. She once ate a whole six pack of beer, she was a little tipsy after that. She might be mentaly challenged due to the fact that she eats everything including you. I am missing a finger because of her. That is why we call her meat

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stick. She has never given birth so that she would be nice and tasty for you to eat. If you would like to purchase her you will have come to our address which is 134 hog life lane.

Make sure that you make an appointment by phone at the number 146-HOG-LIFE I really appreciate you taking my pig.

Jackson Kirkbride, Mr. Sparks, HMS

Beautiful Pure bread German Shepherd

Me and my husband walk home after a long day at work chatting quietly. “But puppy’s? Mark, that’s a huge commitment.” “I know Eliza but I think that Blue is ready, after all she is three now.”

Abigale Harper, Grade 4, Mrs. Mazer

We continue to talk like this for some time. “Alright blue may have puppies but we would need a male to breed her with.” Mark stops and thinks for a second.

“Well you are right, how about that dog across the way?” “MARK! That dog is vicious!” Mark lets out a small chuckle. “ I suppose you’re right. But what dog?” just as we start to think a brown chestnut colored german shepherd leads a blind young lady across the street.

“Him “ I pointed to the dog. Me and Mark run across the street to ask the lady with the dog. As we approach the dog nudges her hand and she turns.

“Hello? Who is there?” She is calm but her dog is on point. “Hello, I am Eliza Lemore and this is my

husband, Mark lemore.” “Why hello Eliza and Mark Lemore. How may I help you?”

I took a breath. “Well we noticed that you have a well behaved dog that is helping you and .. “ “and what” she snapped “wanted to buy him?” her voice was frantic and scared. I let out a good natured laugh. “Oh no. We would like to breed him with our therapy dog, she works with patients at the hospital.” she sighs “Well what breed is your dog?” she had calmed down and sounded interested. “She is a white german shepherd. Her name is blue.” she let breathed in. “Yes i will I will charge either one puppy or 1000 dollars to bread Tequila.” The next day we picked Tequila up

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and drove to our house. Months passed and blue had three perfectly happy healthy puppys.

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because we live in Montana and the weather might eventually ruin the furniture. I bought the furniture about five years ago at the furniture Macy Morgan, store in Missoula, I think it was Mr. Sparks,HMS at the store that is kind of close to Costco. I am moving to Florida in FREE AD about 2 weeks so if nobody comes to The reason these items are free is pick them up in that period of time because I just won the lottery and I am going to donate the furniture don’t feel like moving my furniture to the Good Will. YOU BETTER out of my house, I am moving to HURRY!!

Florida. I thought I would make a Landyn LykinsMr. little bit of money and sell my house Sparks,HMS so I did that but I am going to leave Cheap RV the furniture outside of my old I need to sell this cheap RV behouse so if anybody wants to come cause I want to buy a dirtbike. Sure and pick it up it will be sitting out it’s cheap, but I still need the money front. The items are in pretty good so I can buy a Honda CRF 250. I condition and if you want them to stay in good condition I would come really want to go mud bogging down and pick them up as soon as possible in the muck at painted rocks after

Blake Borden, Grade 4, Mrs. Studer, Corvallis Primary

it’s been drained. I went once with my friend and it was really fun. I love the feeling of blowing through the muck and streams on a powerful piece of machinery. Also if you see a bunch of red stuff in the camper it’s only blood from a deer carcass I skinned in there once.

I tried to clean it as best I could but there is still a small amount of remnants. It works pretty well and only has a small radiator leakage, but it’s totally fixable.

Regarding that I am only willing to lower the price by $200 any more. than that NO DEAL. I do think you will enjoy this camper because it works great in snow, mud, and even rocky uphill. I put a 5” lift kit on it and put some large BFGOODRICH tires on it so it can go offroad and in almost

every terrain. It is a diesel so if you’re a redneck I think you’ll enjoy this product very much. Overall, this RV is an awesome adventure van and I think that you’ll really enjoy using it if you buy it.

Finn Kemp Mr. Sparks,HMS

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2nd grade Weather Drawings

Naomi McCrea Mrs. Allen Florence Carlton

Connor Weston, Grade 4, Daly School

Rodger Stokes Mrs. Gillespie, Florence Carlton