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chosen

THE

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Nelson,Romain take charge!
by Lorl
Rarna6e

Student Council members

by Rhonda llenser and Christy Rheu reprosentatlvos lor the 1982-83 scbool year. On October 26, two students from oach homeroon were elected by secrot baIlot.
Twenty IIMS studonts will serve Lho studonb body as Studont Council

Marla Stone

and

The Student Counci1 members from the 8th grade are as follows: (Hovskarnp) Doidra GIlsson, Kim Potts i (Shelton) Scotty Romaln, Ivy Monse; (Nage1) I'161ani6 Nelson, Kevln Lanler; (liaury; 8111 Lynn; ulka Kel-ley! and (Long) Tracl Thompson, Shannon Benton. The Studont Council rnembers from the lth grade &re &s follows: ( i.'letcher ) Carl Summers, Garry HaIIi (neyer) ShBn Shelby, Suz16 MoBsi (Blackwell ) Vlctorla A1oxandor, EPlc Jones; (t'eiter) Tera Ashley, Joseph Lelirenrood; and (Kenoedy) Joey l4arshaI1, Jody Troy6r. The officors of tho Student Council sre Prosl,dent, Vice-Prosldent

Treasuror, Socrotary, .Ind Re porter. Th6 duties of the Proslclent are to be iri charge of org.1nlzj.n8 or calling a meeting, prosidln8 ove the meetlngst and delegatlng co@rlttees. The dutles of Vi,ce-Presldent are to work c1-oso1y wlth ttre Presidnt, sot the date for: th meatings, and' preslds over the meetlng when tho Prosidont is absent. The dutles of tho Treasuror are to koep finicisl reports. The dutlos of the SecretarY ane to koep tho mlnutes and ro11 caLL. The dutles of tho Roporter are to keaP the newspapor inforlled about the happenings of the Student Council. The Cuties of the members of the student counciL are t o listen, discuss, and voto on motlons. Also they are to roport the l-nformation back to their homerooms .

Aftor a long anticipation of waiting, th6 studont body linally heard tho resuLts of tho student council offlcor election held ln the gyn l.Iednesday, Nov. lrd. After listening to ertch candldLte dollver a speech, HMS studonts elected for presldent }iol-anio llelson, for vlco-president Scotty Romain, for secretary T6ra Ashley, for trelsurer Kevin Lanier, ald for roporter Bill Lynn. Tho studonts voted by secret ballot ln their fifth hour. Each of th6 candidates also wor6 lnterviewad by Marla Stone at tho &ssembl-y. Th6 other candidates were Shannon Benton, Mlka Ko116y, Joey i{a.rshaII, Ivy Morse , arld Doldra Gllsson. In her speoch I*Ie 1anj. e llelson thanked God for thiis opportunlty to run a.nd cornrentod that she was vory norvous. Scotty Romain named somo of the duties of h1s office. Ho also added e note of humor statlng that he enjoyed rrflirting wlth the gi.rlstr. 0rl th6 serious si-de he addod that running for bhls office was a challenge. All nomimles showod good sportemanship by lrj-shing his or her opponent good Iuck.
Beta club to use committees by Chuck Ingram

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}lartin Ttrls year the Bta Club is dividlng into connlttoes, as declded ln the l{ov. 6 Beta Cl-ub meeting ln Iirs. iloye r t s classroom. Thors 1s to be certain cormittoe for eacLr month. Tho connltteo for tho month thj-nks ol somethlng to do for the Bota Club or IIMS. For lnst3"nco, th6 l.iovombor cor,lxlttee is collecti.ns lor lhe Telethon of Stars. 'Jhe n each- c omni t teeJEffii-6f-s-o-m6l thlng to do, they bring 1t up in front of th c1ub. The cl-ub motlons It and 1t comca lnto effect.
)amon

and

rlt

Six 51p6.nts

made

straight A,s
t

by Rhonda M"rl"",

Su@ers.

Tbe slx weeks ended November 5 and thls meant that report car-s would c orne out on tho 10th of Nov. TSfr time only s1x students made stra18h1, 4tg. Tho elghth gredors Lead the sevo-nth graders wlth four ma.king perfect grades. They are phyllis Dowdy, tori Ee:rris, james Eo6by, and John Lewis. The seventh are Slrayne ChumbLor aad Bobln 6i6.aers

Fletcherls students to watch weather by Tabatha Bart lott

Connlo
and
Gala.

HMS

yea(books ordered

by Reglna Rtchards and Jennlfor Lulgs

Tbe Heath Ultldle School yeanbooka were ondcred Tuesday, Oct. 12, Plrate Troasuro wl11 lncludc school EdEffiECs-6f-Eus. The yearbooks cost $U.50 on $12.00 wlth a plastlc c ovor . I1r. Mabry sponEors th6 yearbook. Ihe yearbook staff lncludes: Shaune B6y6t , Tl,ns Fondan, Wl11 I'reeman, Veronica Gatliff, KeUey Easklns, !,lon1ca E1nes, Mercle Elnton, Jotrn Lerle, Connle Mltchel)., Klm Potts, Temnls Bced, Tracey Thompson, Klm Turaor, John Wrlght, and Joellyn

Thls falI Mr. li,letchorrs oighth grade students are enJoying theli opportunity to prCict lnd for6cast we attre r. ltr . Fl-e tchor r s goal for the elghth grade students ls to j.ntrod_ uce students to meteorology and to famlLlarlzo them with some- technlques for forecastln8 weather. IIe feels thls rrl1L ho1p tho students 16arn to forecast ieathen t 6ven though no ono cen be 10OS sure of hls predlction. r.rom thls project the students r,r1ll know what ofi.ec[s blBh &nd 1ow pressure syslems and col-d fronts hrtve on our weather. In thls proJect the students have reali,zod that most of them dontt watch tho televislon w6ather forecaat nor pay Lny ettentlon to weather patterns or .;hy ihey occur. So, thls is sonething new Uo thern. The students have nj oyed watchln8 T.V. r,roathsn and-c6l-1ect1ng weather mir.p s .

Stamp Club elects officers

by Kevln Eortor: - Meeting Oct. 12, the Stanp Club elected offl,cers to preside oven the 82-Bl year. The offlcors sro: I9"fol Hlnes, Prosldent; Kev!n IIorton, Vlce_President; Benny Cur, Secr tB.ry; and Dee Doe Wright, Prognam Dfrector. Mr. F611on told the rlght w&y to hend16 stamps and the propor ways of storing them. Ee said th;t collectlng can cost as much st&;p or Il-tt1e as you went t6 pay. He as told about Lccessorls that youalso mi6ht need, such_ as a performatlon 6"rg"] a watermark det6ctor, tonqs, iatii_' Ioguos, and more. The next meeting wt11 b hId

fhe yearbook staff ls now collectlng money for tho yearbooks; however, the deadllne for buylng thenr has not been set yet.

Young.

Kids score high on T.I.P. Test

by
PauI MayfleLd
Damon Martln aad

llov

9.

Class favorites elected

by Jennlfr Luigs
and

Stevsn Davis, Shayna Chumbler, Davld Eooper, and Richard Fralzer all have the I am thlDg ln cor@on, that ls, they are lnvolved ln the Talent fndentlflcatlon Program, othorlrlse known as T.I. P. Thls 1s e .group of klds that have scored 97% or above on ttrair echlevement tosts ln the slxth grade. They had to score ft, 97% percnt1le on Total Readlng, Readlng Comprehension, Languege, Total Math, end Total Rattery. Then, aftor bsing selected to teko th6 A.C.T. Test, and lf they nake above 97fi o thi.t test, they cen got a scholarship to Duke
Unlver
s

Budcly Dowdym Brad Edwards, David Ada.ms, Mequol Barnes, Ci.ndy Vled,

Patrick Wood, Strannon Wray,

Regl,na Rlctrards

Melenio Nolson, and Shen6 Wilsoi. The elghth grsde boys cless favoritas are_: Shennon Benton, Kvin Lanier, Bi11. Lynn, Reggle Mirshal1, and

1!. Repre sentlng the elghth gr&de g1rls, the classfavorltos are as follows: KeIIy Hasklns,-,Iiika Kelley, Ivy Morse,
e1ected.. November

The EMS class

favorites

were

1ty.

. - Represeqting the seventh grade g1r.1s class favorltes are: Teri. Ashlev Shayna Chunbler, Lara Dowdy, n.cirei--" J,ynn, and Allison Gray. The seventh gr.ade boys class farorites are Dallon Crebtroe, Tod,d l..armer, Eric Jonos, Jooy IriarshalJ-, snd Shine Shelby. '

Scotty Romain.

Newspaper entertains Yearbook

by
116Ll s sa

Jennifer Luigs

BroyleB

Stamp Club members to strive for rankings

by Kovln Eorton

Rsgina Rlchards

as to whsn thoy are to know th61r! momorlzatlons. tben they penforn in front of the class and get a grade. Sho plcks some students to perfom in front of Mn. Mabryrs yearbook staff. Sh6 sald that 1i. thay can perform 1n front of thelr claismates, th6y can porform ln front of almos t B.nyon6 . Ono memorizatlon ls over lrith and tho people w6ro plcked. No one had to perform 1n front of Mr. Mabrvr r class unl-ess they wanted to. Thosewho dellvored th1r momorlzatlons thls timo were a.s follows: Tabs.tha Ilartlott (rtThe Poon Man and the Rlch Iianrt), Hoattror Bnolrne (rprayer befor.e Blrthrr ), Deanne Dlck(selecti,on from Jaws ), Jennlfer Lulgs and Reglna ffiEards ( solection from llxodis). Tracy Mageo ( seloctlon frffiTE6' Premature Burialrr), Rhonda Menser (selectlon from rtThe Promature Burla1{ llelanie NeIson (r'Supen-Duper Marketrr ) and Marla Stone (nThe Drlving Lossonnl.

Mrs. Cooper I s newspap6r class performes two mernorizatlons & semester Mrs. Coopor glves tho class a date

Card.

Th6 St s.mp Club sponsor, Mr. FelLer., told them about the rankingE they rouId. b6 trylng to echolvs: boginner, Junlor, end s6nj.o!'. Only a few elghth graders trave completed ths beglnner rank so far. Mr. Fe11er asked for volunteerg to work the concesslon stand at four basketball gam6s. Ee also sbowod a f1]m ca11ed S

,, PresLdent llonlca Hlnes caIlod the Stemp Club to order at tho thlrd meotlng of the Stamp Club on oct. 9.

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Beta to orgirruze wday by Paula Glisson

Thorapson,

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Nov. J1

Beta Club Presldont, Tracey calIed th6 m6eting to order

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The December c omnl t tee talkecl about what they planned to do for the month of Decembor. They are

to

make

plans fon

December.

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planning a. dress up day'for Decemben IJ, the last day of school. Also the whole student body w111 go 1n the gym and sing Chrlstmas carols. The Beta Club talkod about tsk1ng a red line tour and also touring P.C.C. The club ls golng to exchangc geg gifts, Just for fun. Th6 B6ta Club also dlscussed a possible Februany d.anc6.
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.M.S. skating party enjoyed by many

by Ghuck Ingram
'rTho skatln8 P&rtY wes ono rb&dl partyri was how Solene Long JescrlboC -

Yearbook Class hsld Nov. B, at

ths ovent

spons

ored by the

H.1.1. S

Kinlsway Skato 1and.

Tho party lastod from I to 6:00 I'.I'1., and students particlpated in such gamos {rs spoblight and limbo, oven bhe sponsor Mr. Mabry. AL1 students onJoyed thoms 1ve s . Melanie llefson surnned up the experi6nc6 as rrtong of funrr, and she r.ri,shs thore could be one every woek.

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Book Fair held

by Phyllis
Tracy
week
and

in library

Computers come to HNIS

by
i.le

Dowdy Mageo

annei Dlck

Se16na. Long

and

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Tuosday Nov. 16 started tho of the Book iralr that H.M.S. sponsorod, in the lj-brary, and contlnued until Nov. 19.
Sorro

books lncluded adventure, mystery, rom&nce, Lnd scienco fj-ctlon. Some of th6 authors lncluded Judy Blurno, Beverly Cleary, Louis Lamoui,, and f1na11y ttro cartoonist that everyone Ioves, Jj.m Davis. -The prices ra.nged from .i1.25 $l .g! and Garfleld ranged I'rom ,i;i+.95

of the different types of

ro $7.95.

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the computor. the many tapes Mr. t-ellcL1l:-lo" Algobra, English, Number-Liue s sl'ng, Sclonce Studles-of Dlnosours An Engllsh tape of tfre peris ;i";;;;;; -- -- vvvuvris
Among_

_ - Aro',rnd the ond of October Mr. Feiler recelved a computer for his room. ft is a TRS-80 Model III comDube The school purchased it i"".-n"ji5*"Shack. Fe11er seys ^. EI{s permanentlv. this will stay ac ,-,tr. _ Algebra teacf,er, Mlss Kennedy 11:9 got e computer. srie got her"s a rew weeks before Mr. Felfer. Miss . fenSedyt s l.ra.s just on loan so-i;-hea. Eo-_oo returned. Miss Kennodyts w&s a Mod-91 IIf Mlcro computor. M:r. Feiler has two Rnmes Drogrammd ln on hls. ffre y"a re -si"if."r, nnd Swamp War. If you went ri, gane, lt costs sy' i,or eachto Dlev ca;e-" 'lne money will be used to buy-new protra.ms for
also being ordored.
.

Band members go to euad State

by Amy C1aus

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Young, and K1E

to particlpato 1n tbe euad Stato Band Contest held at H.S.U. Out of the - were plcked 2000 name s entened 100 at ra.ndom from the four gtate area incIud1nf, KentuckvTnnoss6e, I1linois, and-Miseouri'.' Those states have three bands e&chr_-p1ayj.ng f lve songs. The band membens ;ttend1n8 thls contost were: phyI1le Dowdy, Soanne D1ck, Reglna Rlchards, Tori-Harrls, Jennlfer" Lulgs, Tracy }Iagoe, .foeiii.,
RJraJr.

Elght band mernbers left H.M.S. on -_ Monday r. November 22 af TtOO A.M.

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The Pirate pn6ia ls edj.ted and publlshed by the elghth gnad.o com.miTETi6i?TraiT. Editorlals eIrd guost features (such. as pooms, storles, ert .[ork, or games ) wlII be coisldered for puUficatron. Tha Mccnackon county Board oi the.besls of race, co1on, netlonel Educatton d.oes not dlscrr.mate on o"igi", relrgron, -""i1'*iaZoo -pi*J'ir""" handlc eppod 1n lts educ abloner. p*ogn"mr-"ia Staff: . Tabatha _Bant16t t, Heafhen Brolrn, ilelissa Sioyio", . "rpioyr6"i tsuchanan, Julie Burnett, Amv c1;;;; cir"i"-oiiil]"o""r*. !fr-Lst!-ne Dlck, phy-I,is Dordy, Bllly Gaia, con,ie G;i;; ;;1;;I 6ii"^ii", r"ur" G11sson, K6v1n llorto3r_ Frinf Ingra.n, Selena_iong, .l"r_:.iei-iutgs, ..Tracy Magee, Chris Maltory, Dafron l,lartin, fauf"llayfieli,-nio.ra. Mensar, Me1an16 Nelson, n_araage, crr,rity ni..-"r"n"ii.i ficnaras, Deanne Rogors, Klmberlf _Loi.i Kelf,h'sciruett6r, l,rrir" Ryan, 3i.i" ,'o.rr* r{hit6, Advlsor: lyancas Cooler' Typlst: Botty OwensL

ET}ITORIALS
Tampered pills, treats bring danger to our lives
by Ue11ssa. Broyle
Paula GLlsson
ancl
s

Christmas,is

it taken for granted

Dowdy

by Phyl1ls

to take a blte out of s pleco of candy. It I s al]. bece.u.se of a fer bail people in thls worLd ! R6c6nt1y, in the news, we trave all treard of the Tylenol d.oaths, drugs or razor blades in chlldronrs candy, and tamperlng in othor medlcines. Some people aro laughing at the mattor. But they wontt wLren they take a bite out of somethlng and find a neatlle or razor ln it. Then theyrll thlnk twlcs bofore thoy 1augh. Sclentist are wor:klng hat:der to make tampon proof bottles end tablets. Unfortunately, thls wll.lcaus6 prlces to go up. Eopefully by th6 tlme we are grown up, thls problem will be solvod uncl ttrose
people w111 bo caught I

People are afrald to +- ake the medlclne they need. Kids ars afrald

oplnlon, Chrlstmas sbould b6 e tlnc to think about the blnth of Jesus end thank Elm fon all the wontlerful thi.ngs Ee has done for you. Hy nottrer teIls m6, n It doesntt matter lf you got very nany glfts on Ch:rlstmag becausc that is not tho roason for thlE very spoclel ho11day.n

lily mothor aluays says that nobody thlnks of Chrl8tnes as thoy should. Poopl these days thlnk that Chrlstmas ls Just a t1m of glvlng or rcel,vlng .glf ts. WoII, ln ny

'fhanksgiving
1. rl gmpLl 2. rekytu
? t,

Scramble by Christy Rhew

prefers [,.f. KnigUt Bidcr,"Eye of theTiger"

by Paula GIls
Tracy
and son
Ma8ee

HMS

p6

i pinkrpu

dnlans

PmtouhlyokcR

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The Plrato ?resE took a po11 ln 0ctober ove!. tlre favorlt6, TV shows, and necords. The vrinnor of the Dovies 1s E.T. and tho contest of tho TV showg riE--

4cog qq,nour.(Id ' 5 ETTBTPUI 't e1d ul4drund 'f X,e{.rn? '7 tu1"r811d '1

steps snggsted to make good grades

by Robln
Sulnmo!'s

vrv c 1os6 vrlth Knlfrt Rlder flrst then Square Pens. tdhen lt c amo to records, n Elre of the Ilgerr b&roIy beat rJack and Dlanerr by 6 votes. Out of the 2l1P students thet took the poIl, here ere th6 flnal
re su]-t s :

Moviss: 1. E.T.

VotEs
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Hany people wonden how to get good grades in school. Well ltrs easy. Al-l you have to do 1s rtlearn to loarn'r. In othor lrords, Just keep your mind on Your uork. Ileret s four easy steps to follow to make good grades: 1. Llstn ln c1&ss. 2. Dontt goof off in cl"asa. I . Ge t all of Your homo:,rork f ini shed.

2. Frlday ths 13tb. Pent lII in 3-D 3. ilelloween II 1+. Annls T.V. Showg: 1. Knl8ht Rld6r 2. Square Pegs 3. Fame l+. Saturday Nl8ht Llve
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up f or tests. So lear"n rr11 of these stoPs and f j.nd a i1&ppy roport card and happy
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Abracadabra Take me Dorrn

Eye of the Tlgor Jeck and Dlan

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FEAIURES
Rhew pictures

first Thanksgiving Day

RheH

by Chrlsty

The flrst Thanksglvlng took plec rrhon tbe Pl1Ar1;s erilved at Plynouth Rock and becamo frlends wlth the IndlanE. fn thc fel1 , thcy lnvlted th6 fndls.ng over ior e blg feast under tbe otd hickony troe. Tbe fndlens brought corn and bread;. the Pllgrans prepaned turkey, many dlfferent klnds of vegetables, cek6s, ples, cranberry sauCe, Jellier and more. But boforo they began to eat, they made a speclal then[s to God. for glvlng tbom tho opportunlty to be here todey, and a plentlful the th1n8s they nEed.. :gPply of feasted Tlen they and had. a JolJ_y t1m B.f terward!.

Students involved in horseback ridine by BlUy Gata

and

st
Winter Word Scramble
by Tracy
1. nrstcaiht 2. !rasoblnls ). sc 1lce1
Magee

aneas and flelds. Most of students have bsen rldinE iive or Inoro ysars.. The popular rldj-ng h,orse ls tire quartor horse. S;rre nave even partlclpat,ed in races or
shows .

Kelth Schuetter Horseback ,:ldlnA 1s a verv -popular hobby at E.H;S. IIarIa" Stons. lvl.elen16-_Nel son, Chrlsty Rhew, and t(nonoa menser 6nJoy the hohby of hortebeck rlding. Many have said th6y enJoy horseback ridine in woodo -these
.

-__ ,-Chi"ty Rhew 1s b6n to st;rt ror 5 yeers. She hesgolng rldlng barrel. racing in sprlig. -sire is-ais, golng-to train hen quarter horse for

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10.

,. etEprnse 5. tnE c osglk 7. dsels 8. vesLo 9. naycd c snae

mOrurtgflA

raclng is when you r&ce ^_- -_?q.I.l around three barrels ln a tiiengular shapo. Barrel raclng ls a r.ace" ag-alnst tlmo. Country plasuro ls i";a;-;eiikl:e your hor:se waric,'The favor:1te ga1t. 1g-llr lriag.s d,ocldc- the wlnnen by which frorJe Soes

month.

^ for about 10 years. Sh6 1; rldinc i;--"' country pleasure and barrel raclng. Rhonda has been rldlng L" pleasure fo:r about one year arld. iras "o"rri"y'been bar:reI riding fon i.bout one

Daryo].. recln8 1n sprlng. Rhonda lr:ensr has-been

!I ya1k, trot, and''f""o.it"-c"it the best.

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All I tvant for Christmas is...

by Tracy
I,lB.Be6

Student remembers frierul

by Sherrl lla1l

L'or Mr. Ilovekanp to 6et his halr cut in a Mohqwk (tsrenne 0ak1ey)

to see I.1r. Hovekamp and Voronlce G&tliff kiss undor the mi.stletoe
(

Jolona Long)

to see l1r. Nalel drlnk his Tylopop

(

Paula Glisson)

to s6e Christy Buchanan g6t marrld to Benny Curl (Ktm Ryan)

I'or my lnd hour Engllsh cless to be ablo to follow dl!.octlons (l,Ir. poller) to make fun of Mr. Hovekamp at the basketball bonquot 1lko he dld no last year (Kevin Lanier ) to soc lirs. Beyer make a mistake 1!ko
we

dog, Patchesr was e very smart, bright and verY PlaYful dog. W6 hed lots of fun. When rry mol was &t horne, I would let h1m 1n. We watchrd T.V. togethor. We walked together. We rldo blkes together. Patches lras a very specl&I dog. Ile was the one that was thero when I needod hln. A couplo of months ago he got very s1ck. one n18ht aftor ttrY grandmother dlad, he dled. It was very sad for me bcause both of mY friends died. liy dog was burlecl bohlnd !ry house. I rrill sti1l love hlm.
My

do gomebimes (Rhonda Gi11)

ffi,tr'11

Lo

hs

seo IIr. Ilovekamp bo imperfoct ll.ke is (Lana Dowdy )

e
So

Dowdy (Lori

to see Jaron Crabtree marry

11enbo

rger

Ls.re

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health and happiness to 6veryon6 (Mr. Chunbler )

I'or l1r. Hoveknxlp to his halr" ln errouth hair (Jl11 Llme s )

:let an &fro evon though he .Joosntt have

t:

tq-

for !Irs. 31ack*e1L to Leern a new joka (Rachel Lynrr) llor the sevonth grade boys baskotball team to 3o undofeated (Mark Sholby)

The Christmas Crossword

by Paula Gllsson

Aeross:

Itrs cold and white and come out of the sky. They fly ln the alr guldlng Santat s s1e1gh. People tran8 it ov6r the door, and klgg somson whon they c ome 1n. The nl8ht before X-mas clay ls X-mas A 1ittl fat rns.n in a rod sult that eaye horho
ho.
TLre season that comes &ftor f411. The holiday I.r ceIbrato ln tronor of Chrl st bi.rth. q. '!his is a song The irlrst rl[ ?. You docorato this wlth decorations and llghts 10. Those rj.n8 and J1n81e.
t

snBIC aluBs

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fho Plrabs Press

Finish the song

by Ptiy1lls
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E.T. craze slyeeps nation

top

by I'lol-&nio Nelson

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E.T. has swept the nabion. rlrrbore you go you see tlrat r winnlng smi1o, thosB brown eyes, and that l,r1nkl6d body of his. E.T. 1s oa posters, shlrts, buttons, dol1s, shoostrlngs, nightllghts, an, other mlscells.neous items. HMS studonts have variod oplnions e,bout E.T. Tracey Toy sei( she trIoved ttre movj.eri, but-Tracl McKlnnoy d.ldntt like tt et a1I! Kevln Lanler coEtrentod he was glad E.T. went homo. Deanne Dlck broko 'i, out 1n smlIes nnd said, rtE.T. 1s so cut6 end cuddly It Greg Armstrong had the nost quo lmpres8lon of E.f . , ttg6 lrnl looks Ilke &n overgrolrn wormrt.
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The Day

It

Happened

by Jonathan Mehta

It happened 1n Novembor, In the yar of r6J. It was a ter:r.lbIe thing bhet happonoi The death of Kennocly ! Ee was rldj,ng ln a motorcade, On his waXr to make a spech. Thore was a large crowd, On each slde of tho str66t.
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New Year celebrated with many

customs

by Phyllts
January

There was laughing and shoutlng; The s.lr was full of cheer:. Thy dldnrt know that vory soon, Tho natlon would loose someono so der

Dowdy

1of every yoar ls calIed New Yeart s Day. The nlght before 1s New Yearrs Eve. l{ew Yearts ls celebrated all over the wor1d. In different languagos ldB !r Ysars 1s seld ln Hewall IIauoJ i Makahlkl lloun , and In Gernany trcutea
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Mrs.

aly cr1ed, n 0h t No ln The motorcade drove to the hospltal, As fast as lt cou1d. go.
Kenne

When

the ghots were flred,

Th6 alr waE ft11ed wlth sadness; Prayers rrere belng sald. Thcn the bed n6r,s lront around the
Ke nne

Eore 1n the U.S. Eome tradltions on New Yearrs Eve are to go to church, be wlth falIllly and frlend.s, slng Auld Lang Syne, have partj-es to weLcome the old year: out and the neu y6ar 1n, glve a 116l, Yearrs resoLutions and havo a New Yartg Day parade.

Neues Je,hrn.

net 1on i cty wag dead.

Yes, 1t happened ln Novamber, In the year of 163. It was e terrlble thing that happoned The deeth of Kennedy.

:Pop" Hobby directs band

by ChrlstY
Buchanan and Dana White

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Jlm IIobbY, Eeath Mldttle School Dlroctor, knows his muslc well I Ec haa playcd the trumpt slnce flftb grade and all through hLgh school end colIege. rPopr Eobby, as he 1s affectlonet6ly cal1ed by hls students Ls a
Band good' band

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dlrector. l,lho l1kes rrtrork1ng wltb young peoplerr. Davld Crass adds tbat ho is also xa good Pa1n.
I'1r. Eobbyrs j.ntsrests also 1nc1ud6 reeclngr sportsr end fishinS. Ho v111 Leed the EMS band 1n concrt parforned for thls school, Concord, and lleath Elementary Dec. 1!r16rand 1J.

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expresslons as rrtotelly awesom6r!, rgeg me wlth a spoonrr, nfer sure, fer sure[, and nob rlght, Lrurt me,

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New Year's Resolutisrs by Eoather Brorrno

Kis

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anne Dlck

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Kitlt Ryag - To go with Gregg Bobo beione tho Yeer ls over. Gregg. Traci MoKinneY - To 8o wlthgets-hitt' Bobo, beiore Klm RYan Joev Mershall - To betrave ln aIl hi'8 - clesses, lf Posslble. tsrent Jordan - To lmProve bis base-

- Val1ey t1rls aro totalll t ecky. Brent Jordan - Va11ey glr'-s aro cool . Benny CurI - Va1ley glrls meko me want to technicolor yawn, Mr. Eobby - Va11ey glrls are funny. 8111 Lynn- VBLIey glr.ls talk funny. Aaron llolt - Val1ey glrls aro Broady to tha max. Reggle Mershall - Valley g1rIs have more ac t lon. Scotty Romain - Val1ey girl-s w6er1 too-much mako-up. K6vln Lanler - Val1ey girls are tota)-1y groady. Chrls Jordan - Ya11ey girls 81vo it all thoyrve got. Shsnnon Benton - Val1ey girls stlnk. Eeether Browno - Val1oy girl-s are 11ke, well Ilke, totally tublarl I mean ltke, canrt handle ! Like
Tony Peyton

ball (catchlhg) skllls. wltb Carl Sumners - Never to flirt another 81rIr un198s ncossarY' Mr. Ilobby - I{ever to Put enothorple6e of gun undor his chelk board. Eeethor Browne - To marrY numbor lJ, (TonY Dorsett) of the Dallas ConboYs, algo to become a Dallas
ConboYs Chccrleadcr.

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SPORTS
Pirates pound Hounds
by Carole Davis
8,nd

Solena Long
EI'IS t s sevontb grade took charSo over Reldland by leadlng the flrst cluarter 5-0. Janle Jones and Richlo Crenshaw rnaio a f6H xcellent runs bo helP Jooy }iarshall score Heathr s flrst

Pirates take over Hounds

by Clrole Davla
Selena Long
and

Jamie Jons trled for the convorsion, but no Bo. At the end of the flrit stanza, Eeath Ied 6 to Reidland I s z lp. llrent Jordan, qu&rter back, ran the ball l0 yards. Coach Fletcher in his new stratogy, wsnt out to talk to the teem. Evldently, lt worked t Joey Marshall ran !0 yards for anotber oxcltln8 touchdown. Aftor the second quarter, ttro score w&s Plrates 12, and Reidla.nd 0. To be8ln the second half, Ileatb klcked off to Reld1and. Reld1snd $tarted from their orvn 30 yard 1lne. A flve yard ponalty was ca1led Heeth. n1dIand galnod ground but fumbled. Boath recovened. At thls tl.no, both coaches went out on the fleld to t alk to each t6am. 0n the flrst play for scrltleage, Piratos scored a touchdown. The bal.1 was carrlod by numbe r 16, Joey Marsha1l, and a two polnt conversion was scored after the touchdown. In tb6 fourth quarter tho be1l was rgcovered by the Plretos. Carl 3unmers caught a p&as and made a touchdown to mak6 the f1neI score,
3l+-0.

t ouchdown.

Sklnner punted to Reldland ^- ^.X"Ii, )cotry i.tomej.n tackled th nocoiver^ putting. h1m out temponarll y 1n the _ Latestarted fourth qrli"t"", Reldl&nd to galn yards.' Coe-ch !,letchor loft fo" talk. . Heath intorcepted"ioifr"" pup pass, but nthsners tlre Refdfanis. tU,;\t,',', I Heath wins"o""tao""iovor Reidland
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Blv6 Ileath the ba11. Shannon Aonton roade arrothen touchdown pass. Eeath made a two polnt convorslon. leavtnc the score Heath 115, Eounds

got the convoraion. to lloatb.. Reggle .- . Reldland pInX"6After a Marshall r6co1ved. few plivs K6v1n Sklnner matte a touch down. Plrates also mad.e a two polng conve rslon. Rog61e Marshall ran for two mo-re touchdorns plug one convorgion, glklng th6 score of the flnst quart5r 22-B, _PJrates 1eadlng. the soCond _ E:'Ily ln brok two 'quarter, Kevin Sklnner tackles io r:un for a touchdown. Wlth the con_ vralon, IIeath 1ed l0-8. 8111 Lynn roc ovened a Reidlard fumbLe and ran to the ! yard I1ne. Shannon Benton trled for a touchdorn, but got tec kl-ed. Laton on Kovin - about 6 players, Sk1nn6r, tackled by sat out for a whi 16 . Is Kovln Sklnner out of the game? We shall see. During the second quartor Shanrlon Benton thn6w an oxcell,ent touchdown pass to Kevln Lanlen. ieatfr also took the c onversion. Now t,hat Kevln Skinner was sitii"g 9,1!, Greg Arrostrong got punt to Reidland. Reldland trfaa to irate to a complete pass, but 1s was knocked down by Kovin Lanier. So Roidland decltted. to punt to the ff,rates, Uut never fear ttArmstrong ts horer. fhe pJlI i{es blocked by creg Anmstront. brna.t a spectacula.r p1ay. The hali tLne score was plrales-fB, no"na"-g. the . At the bs8lnntng quarter, SkJ.nner, bac[ of the thlrd qana 1n $rent out to punt. Roggle Marsfal1'lntercepted rmd Rerdliid pr"""a-ii

- . ._Eeathts olghth gnade boys let Reldland score oarly-ln tho quartsr. Reidlandr s playorsilrst also

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Lone Oak downs
Pirates
by Carole Davls and Helanle NeLson

Lone Oak slips bY Pirates

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by Deld:ra Gllsson
Selena Long
and

Lono Oak moved the beII wel-l egainst tho Pirates defense. But when they woro clcso to scor1n8, the ileath dofonse tou8honod up aJrd dldnrt ellow Lone Oak to score. At the end of th6 flrst ha1f, Lone Oak moved the ball down to tho 1! yard 1lne before lleath shut thm dovrn sgain as time ran out. The thlrd quarter began with the kick-off from Lone Oak to Eeath. neggie llarsha11 received on the l5 yard 1lne. Nsarin8 the end of the thlrd quartor, Aaron troIt funbled to glve tne bau. to ton6 Oek. The !-lash carrleal the ball to thoir own 20 yard l1no . The beginning of the fourth quartor, thE Game was atlll scoreless, , Hith 6:30 left in the ga.me, Kevln Rav stopped an almost touchdown et rhl 5 y;i.d lino. Lone oek tri6d e6ain, but the Piretos Pushed them back. Scotty Romain nadlo an excellent tackle lritn 1:OB l-eft in tkre 88rn6. wor the Piratest'rith maklng the !'lashe s trfizzlerr. 2l secontis 1n the game, Regglo Marshall carried the f,aII-to ione Oakts 28 Yard 1ine. In or,'er t imo , Reggle made a touchdown Pass to Scotty Rom&in. Heath trlod for tho converslon but fai,1e d . Lone Oak movod the baLl to th6ir own 11 )'ard Ilne. Lons oak scored and made tha conversion. Final scoro was 3-6, Lone Oak ln overti-mo.

tho first ha1f. To begln the secoad half Lone Oak kj.cked off to lleath. Recelving, Janlo Jones ran for a touchdorn. The attempt for the extra polnt r"ras unsuccessful. Lone Oak scored a touchdown on a pass. Lone Oak mlssd tho extra polnt. An off sides penalty aBalnst th6 Plratos was caIled. Lone Oak took over: on their own l8 yard l-lne. After the thlrd quarter, the score was 5 all. Ileath stoppod Lon Oakrs drlve and got the ball l)ack on tholr own [5 yard 1lne wlth ].5 seconds left 1n bhe gam6, Lono oak scored a touchdown, to broak th6 tlo. The sttempt for the e xtna polnt was nulllfled by an llIega1 motioB. Flna.l score was 5-12, Lone Oakts fB.vor.

In the flrst quartsr the Eovonth gttedo Plrates klcked off to tho Lon6 Oak !-Lashes. Jooy Marshall ta.ckl-ed tholn rec61ver. In th6 flrst dorn Lono Oak threw an lmcomplete pess. Tb6n ln thg fourth down the ball was turned to Heath, but tho plratos furubled and tho Flashes recovered. In the socond quarter and the firot down, Bront Jordon lntercspted th6 ba1I. Jamlo Jones ran eLeven yards. The Plrates rturneal the ball to Lone Oak on the first down. Excltemont fllled the stands agein &s Eeath intercepted, and thero was a penalty on the Flashes. Ilolthor team was 8.b1e to s core

Vikings sneak by pirates

by Deldra

- Scorlng 28 points, Heath elghth t^ Brada boys were defoated by the 5t. Mgylt Vlkings in tb.etr fii.st gane Q,, of tho soason. At tho end of the finst quar:t6rth Pirates wer:e ahe ad. 7-5. Scottv ' Romain 1ed the flnst quarier wlth ' Basketbal I tryouts concluded 4 polnts, Greg Armstrong wlth 2 and trovln Lenier wlth a frce throw. by Chrlsty Buchanan The score at halfttrne wae 1Z-9 and wlth Heeth winnlng by 8 polnts. Da.na l,Jhlto . scorrs ln the second quarten rrero Jlnmy october $rss tho month lor basket- RoggleIlobby r.rlth 2 f1eId goal.s, Manshall wlth l and Cre! ball tryouts. Teams of 1-2-11 wereArmstrong wlth 1 a1so. seloctod during th6 wo6ks of oct. ]8.2a The thlrd quarter bnought the for tho girls 1nd Oct'. 25-29 for tho Vlklngs 11 polnts rhl1e tho plratos boys . scored only I wlth Arnstrong and Coaclies Fletcher and HovekarnP l{arshall wlth one flold goal a piecc. feel thts'season will be a good one. Shannon Benton scored throe a ch&nco IlaDy players foel they have fleld goals and one free throw to for the charnpionship. Joey Marshal)-, make the score a the buzzer 28-31 soventh grade player, sums uP hl3 St. Marytg favor. as feelings about tho Eeath Pirates
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EIGHTE ORADE

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by Hether
c1r1s

Browne and Klm Ryan Boys

Doldre Gllason Veronl'ca Gatllff Solene Long JulLe Burnott

Amy Claus

Shauna Beyer

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Kevln Len16r Terry Johns on

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Karen',,Ia11&c6

Iracy l.lc Klnney MeLanle Nelson Sand.'f Grl ff e s Clndy Everette

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D&vld Brown Jl.rray liobby Shannon Benton Rodney Sparks Ite ggle Mar.sh&ll GreB Armstrong Todd lllte Scotty Ronain
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Kevln Skinnor
Aaron

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SEVSNTI{ GRADE

by

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anne Dlck
and

Klm Ryan

Girls
Shayna Chumblor A111son Gray

tsoys

Jackle Estog

Veronlca Futrell Ksron Davl8 Susle M6ss Julle cole Bobblo C 01116 r Lorl Gat1ln
Rhonda Rhonda

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Brent Jordan Shane Shelby Scott Earrlson

Jamle Jon s Chad. Schultz DavLd. Walloce Joey Mershall

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Daron Crabtr:e6 Mark Shelby Jeff Gllsgon Anthony G&1neE

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Managor: Jackle Gaines

Yiking,s sink

Managen: Todd Faruer

The thlrd quarter Et&rted off !r1th-G11sson scorlng one field goal . The Vlkings scored 6 points early in the quarter. Then Gatliff scoroh [- notnts 1a.to 1n the thj.ral qu&rtor. The VlklnBS scored 3 mone to make

Pirate ship
Dowtly

by Phy111s
and

. Selena Long
The elghth grade glrls baELetball teem of Ledy Plrateg playeil a.Bel,nst tho St . Mary Viklngs Nov . 22 at St. Marys. To start off the flrst quarter, Trecl McKlnJIey out Juraped St. Us.ry I r center to Blv6 lleath the baLL. Deldra Gllsson Bcor.ed the flrst two polnts of tho game. then o'lt of the b1ue, llelanie Nelson rlpped the n6t for two mone polnts. Traci McKlnney got fouled to score 1 polnt. Then St. l{ary took the be11 and scored 9 points. At the entl of the flr8t guarter, Viklngs led 9 to 7.

the 16-22, I/iktnBs. _ Deldra GLlsson scored, the 2 potnts 1n tho fourth quarter only for" Heath. But St. Mary scored 5 points to make the fina.l score, 18 to-28, Vlklngs. Indlvidual scor6: Deldra Glisson ^ polnts, Me1a.n1e lielson 2 polnts, -U Voronlca Gatliff I points, i,my C15,us L polnt, Sandi Griffes 2 poinis, Tracl McKlnney 1 polnt.

During the gecond stanza, Ileeth scored only three freethrows, 2 by Sendl Griffes, and 1 by Any C1arr.s, But the Viklnga scored 1 field goal and 2 freethrows which nade the score, 11 , vlklngs. !q1f ,

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Pirates whip Hounds

by }lar1a Stone

Hounds slip by HMS

by Any Claus to vlctory agalnst EMS elshth crade bovs Nov. 2! on thelr second gane of thesea.son. As the flrst qu&rt6r ended Hoath was down ?-9.. The scorens were Shannon Benton ulth 2 Dolnts. GreS Arnstrong wlth I anct Siotty ' Romaln wlth 1 free throw. Endlng tho socond, qu&rter: gcored 10 polnts but ras stj.11 Beath down by two at helftlme wlth tho Bcoro belng 17-19 Reidlandts favor. Reggle Mershall nad6 thro6 fleld
Reidlancl Greyhounds went

The thlrd qua.rtor swung around fast r{lth 2l to 16, H6ath 1n the 1oad. llcKlnney, Glisson, Gat11ff, and Griffos put up the baskots thls t1me. Then the fina.l pe:rlod c a.me wlth McKlrmey, Nelson, and Grlffes acttlng in ths.t winnlng quanter.

and Gatllff chlpplng-ln 9 polnts wlth a scoro of 9 to 6. Ileath hel-d on to the lead with 15 to 1l+ at half time }IcKinney, G1j.sson, trnd llverette contributed. to our c1aim.

Lady Plrates made dog-burgers out of tho Reldlc-nd Greyhounds rrith a 13 polnt Iead, the Pirates r.rl nnlng 37 ro 24. The flrst quarter Heath took a lead with McKlnney, G1lsson, NeLson

November 29

the elElrth grade

l,

mad.e

Hourds nip Pirates by Chris l"ia11ory In the first stanza Heath was ahaad l-2, Dav:-d Wallace maklng our only polnts. In the second part of the flrst half the Hounds camo b&ck to tako the leo'd 15-19. The leaders were Joey llarsha1i and J&mle Jons rrlth 7 points. Brent Jordan added 2. After halftlne both teams lnade 11 polnts to make * 26-30 wlth Joy lIarsha11 leadlng the scorers wlth 5. Jamle Jones ancl Brent Jordan both nelted 2 and Chad Schultz 1. In the 1r.st flvo minutes Roidl-and nade 3 fleLd goels wh1le wo were held to two baskets. Th6y lrere

Arrnstrong flnlstrod the scorlng wlthbui it ] polnts,w6nt up wasnrt enoug[ as Reld1and by flve to Eol.d olto the lead, the flnel score belng lt2 -l+7 Heathr e 1oss.

Shannon Boaton and Jlrmy llobby wlth polnts each. Scotty Romaln tosEod 1n elght polnts snd-Regg16 MarshaLl slx. Grcg
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. ..Ileath made elght polnts comparetl to the Greyhounds flfteen wlth

goals while Benton and Armstrong sc orod one ap.Ioce .

Tornadoes sweep up pirates

by Paul l{ayflcld
The nL6ht of Dec. 2 the Eeath Plretos wer6 hosts to the Paducab l11ddIe SchooL. Woether condltl,ons wero c old, and gloomy and th6 fansr splrlt ras no better as the Plratee wer.e bcat by the Tornadoes 19-38. To stert tho gamc H6ath got tbe flrst .jump ball and after Heathh mlssed lts first ! shots, Veronlca Gatliff c srn6 up with a st6a1 at l+:12 left irn flrst quarter. But vrlth I minutes left ln the lst quarter Paduceh c amo up wlth 111 unanswered. polnts to mak tho scor:e Heath 2, Paducah 1! at the end of the flrst quarter:. To start the second quarter Hea.th Bot the lump baLl and wlth l1:!B left in tho second, Ju11e Burnett h1t a 1l footer to make tho scoro Heath 5 and Paducah 15 and wben l:11.1 was l-eft Deldra cllsson h1t a ! footer to mako the score Eeath 8 and Paducah 16. At tho end of th6 flrst ha1f the score was lleath 10, Paducah 18. To st&rt the second half paducah got th jump ball and wlth lt s oasy 1ay up and Sandl Griffes blt a 10 footer wlth l+:18 left. And ulth 2:25 lett 1n the third qus.rter Ju1te Burnett hlt a layup to nake tho scor6 Heeth 15, Paducah jO and the scoro stayed the same t111 thc end of third quarter. came th6 ump . - - Paducahfourthup wlth and. icoi.ed ball in the stanza 5 strai.ght points to make Heath IJ and Paducah 15. 0h1-y Melanie [elson end Veronlca Gatl-1ff scored et tho
J

Jones. The Ilounds won J0-J6. Joey Ilarshall- was the l6ed scorer wlth 12, followed by Jamie Jones with 8. Rront Jorden lrad I and Davld Wa]-1ace contrlbed 3. Chad Schultz added 1.

by Joey l,larshal-l and Jamie

Reidland grabs Yictory from Pirates

by Jennlfor Luigs
Reglna Rlchards
On November 30, at Hoaths home court, Reidland romped tho seventh gra.de gi.r1s by a score of 1l to 50. Flnst quertor actlon rssulted ln Reldl;indl s edvantage of 2 to 12. In tho second quarter lt was lleath 5 and Reidland 2!. The lrd quartor rasulted in Reidlend having a l0 polnt rrdvantale 61'61. Heath wlth th6 score 9 to 39. The final score waa 1l-50 Reldland over Eeath. The highest scorer for th Plrates lrs.s Jackle Est6s scoring 5 for the Plratas, A111son Grsy witir l+ anC Ju1le Cole and Rhonda GiIl wlth 2 polnt! epleco.
and

charity strlpe hlttln one a pleoe to make the scoro Eeath 19 arrd Paduca:r lB. ft stood that way t111 end ol the Bane.