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Halloween Dance Announcement

by Eileen Roco HTAʼs New Hiking
Club!
On Saturday October 30, at The Ocean’s Resort in Waikiki, The
Student Government Association invites you to HTA’s first dance of By Cara Coleman
the year…The Halloween Dance! There’ll be food, drinks, a DJ,
Thatʼs right, HTA has decided to
prizes for costume contests, and (for a fee) a photo booth to take
host a brand new hiking club!
memorable pictures with friends. The fun lasts from 5:30-10:30pm
The club is open for fourth grade
and tickets are only $10, including the food and drinks. Remember
through twelfth grade students.
the rules: Only HTA students are allowed, Costumes are Space is limited so only students
MANDATORY, and students must be picked up promptly at 10:30. will be able to sign up for hiking
Tickets are on sale downstairs in the LC Lobby at 7:30-9:00am and club—sorry parents! The hiking
1:00-3:00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Need a ride? will be on trails all throughout the
No problem—for information on Carpooling find the SGA’s blog at island. Hiking as a new club was
www.myhta.org to select a ride near you. decided because a lot of people
have not seen the scenery as
Missed the deadline? Don’t worry, tickets are being sold at long as they have lived here. It is
the door for $10. also healthy and enjoyable. And
just think, if you bring a lunch,
you can have a picnic with a
A Letter From Mrs. Wynn view. A lot of the trails allow you
to hike to a waterfall such as
I am proud to announce the release of Waimea Valley. Waimea is
the first HTA newspaper-- Hawaii Tech special because you can actually
Times. This electronic publication will be swim in the waterfall! Where else
can you do that? Some trails
issued monthly. I would like to thank the
also allow you to pick the fruit off
newspaper staff for all of their excitement of the trees to eat. Make sure
and energy. A special thanks to our editor, you donʼt pick or eat anything
Brooke Adamson, who made sure everyone before asking an adult first!
met their deadline, encouraged staff When you go hiking you want to
members, and spent hours formatting the make sure that you have the
following: plenty of water,
newspaper! The HTT staff are a talented
sunscreen, bug spray, and
group of students who have worked hard to sneakers! More information on
make the first issue of Hawaii Tech Times. sign-up, locations, and dates will
Happy reading! be coming soon. If you have any
Hawaii Tech Times Advisor, more questions you can ask the
Mrs. Tiffany Wynn hosts Mrs. Wynn, Mr. Goodwin
or Ms. Kim.
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 Dixie Grill
Barbecue and Interview with Carly Button
Crab Shack By Cheyenne Cromer and Charis Ahn
By Sean Dolan
If you’re from the south 1. How did your organization get started?
or you enjoy southern
A: When I was 11 years old, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was really
food, then you’ll love this
place. It’s full of all hard, and took a toll on our family. We thought that we wanted to help people who were
kinds of seafood toO, such in the same or similar situations that we were in. It started with helping families with
as crab, shrimp, fish, etc. cancer, and now we have broadened our range and now our organization helps kids in
You don’t even have to go
to Dixie Grill, they can need around the world.
bring it to you SINCE THEY
ALSO OFFER catering 2. What is the main purpose of your organization?
SERVICE. You can feed up
to 500 people with THEIR A: The main purpose of our organization is to help people in need and children like us.
catering ORDERS. DIXIE If we feel that there is a cause that needs our help, we go for it. We earn money through
GRILL OFTEN HAS SPECIALS little things, bake sales, garage sales, donations. It all adds up in the end. Over the
GOING ON SO KEEP AN EYE
ON UPCOMING EVENTS. summer, we had raised enough money to buy a van for an orphanage in Uganda.
Dixie Grill isn’t on its own,
it has a sister restaurant 3. Why did you write the book Special Delivery, and what is it about?
called Auntie Pastos --an
Italian restaurant. Well A: We wrote the book Special Delivery because we wanted to write a book to help people
you can’t get here with or people who know people with cancer. It is filled with good recipes, mostly made
without theIR location by the people who made food for our family when my mom was having chemo. When
and contact
information. Dixie Grill you receive Special Delivery, you get a bunch of amazing recipes, and some personal
is located in Aiea at 99-016 messages from my family.
Kamehameha Hwy. If you
would like to contact
4. How can people learn more about your non-profit organization?
them just call 808-485-2722,
and for more info go to A: People can learn more by going to our website at www.dreamofabetterworld.org We
www.dixiegrill.com. If are in the process of developing a new website to include all of our other websites, but for
you would like to see the
now at least that would explain how Dream of a Better World was started, and give
full menu go to Dixie
Grill Menus. people a chance to order the cookbook.

About Carly
By Charis Ahn and Cheyenne Cromer
1. What is your favorite color?
My favorite color is purple. It’s just a happy but neutral color. :)
2. What is your favorite thing to eat?
I like to eat meat--turkey, steak, bacon, anything! I was a vegetarian for almost a year...I
don't know how I did it!
3. What is your favorite thing about HTA?
My favorite thing about HTA is that I can go ahead in my work and take my time at the
same time. It gives me the freedom to take my time in certain subjects and go ahead in
others.
4. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I like to stand up paddle, swim, dive, and listen to music. Last week I broke my diving
record: 35 feet.

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 Did You Know? Guess that
By Becca Burnett
HTA
More than 480 million people have played Employee
Monopoly? By Charis Ahn and Cheyenne
Cromer

A large python can swallow a goat whole? Read the questions below and guess
who the HTA staff member is. See
green box on bottom left for more
information.
Pigs can get sunburned?
1. If you found a magic lamp and had
three wishes what would they be and
A tigers skin is striped like itʼs fur? why?

A: Chauffeur: I hate driving and I would

At least 12 rocks from Mars have landed on love to have a personal driver!
Personal Chef: I LOVE to eat! Need I
Earth? say more?
A huge walk-in closet full of heels,
heels, and more heels!!!
Horseshoe crabs lived before dinosaurs?
2. Who was the most influential person
in your life?
Dragonflies can see in all directions? A: My mom

3. If you found $1,000 what would you

The worldʼs heaviest onion weighed more than a do with it?
humanʼs head? A: I would go on a shoe shopping spree.

Favorites
Facts from
http://www.sarah.fincher.org/CoolFacts.shtml 4. What is your favorite food?

A: I love to eat! This question is

impossible to answer!
The student who wins the Guess That HTA 5. What is your favorite book?
Employee contest will be eligible to win a $10
A: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Jamba Juice gift card.
6. What is your favorite color?

This award is sponsored by New City Nissan. A: Dark Blue

7. What is your favorite sport?

A: Me play sports?!?! I wear heels

everyday!

To vote go to the front desk.

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 Entertainment! By Trinity Chapin

 Have
you
guys
heard
of
the
latest
movie
Step
Up
3?!

Well
if
you
haven't,
here
is
some
info
on
it!
Here
are
some
opinions
about
Step
Up
3!

''Step
up
3
was
awesome,
if
you
like
to
dance
then
you'll
like
Step
Up
3!''



''Step
up
3
was
really
good,
especially
because
it
was
in
3‐d!



''It’s
a
contemporary
movie
musical
that
makes
you
feel
genuinely
sky‐high.''



''The
dance
moves
were
amazing!
After
i
watched
it
i
wanted
to
be
a
dancer!''



I
thought
it
was
awesome,
it
has
become
one
of
my
favorite
movies!




 Sharni
Vinsin
(main
character
girl)
said
the
hardest
part
of
the
movie
was
speaking
American

English
since
she
has
a
thick
British
accent
and
had
to
work
hard
acting
without
it
during
the
making
of

the
movie.




 Rick
Malambri
(main
character
guy)
said
the
hardest
part
of
the
movie
was
the
choreography,
he

thought
he
was
a
good
dancer
until
he
got
their
and
saw
the
other
dancers.


Celebrity Poll
BEST
POP
SINGER

BEST
RAPPER


BEST
ACTRESS

















KATY
PERRY:7





EMINEM:8






ANGELINA
JOLIE:6

BEYONCE:3









LIL
WAYNE:2




MEGAN
FOX:4

USHER:2













DRAKE:2









JESSICA
ALBA:1

LADY
GAGA:1






FLO‐RIDA:1





KRISTEN
STEWART:1

BEST
COUNTRY
SINGER














BEST
ACTOR





















TAYLOR
SWIFT:7























TAYLOR
LAUTNER:5

CARRIE
UNDERWOOD:3
















ROBERT
PATTINSON:1

RASCAL
FLATTS:2






















WILL
SMITH:2

LADY
ANTEBELLUM:2


















ADAM
SANDLER:2


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 The First Ever Youth Olympic Games
By Douglas Nettle

This summer, over 3,500 young athletes ranging in ages 14-18 participated in the first ever Youth
Olympic Games. You may or may not have heard this, because unfortunately the events were not
broadcast in the United States or in Canada.

I first learned about the Youth Olympic Games this past winter while watching the Vancouver
Olympics. My entire family was glued to the television for weeks, event after event, cheering on the
United States. When the Olympics ended, I found myself online looking for more information and
came across the Youth Olympic Games.

The Youth Olympic Games, also called YOG, is an international multi-sport event just like the regular
Olympics but for ages 14-18 years. The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Jacques Rogge was presented with the idea back in 2003. He was finally able to put the idea to work
in 2007 when he announced that Singapore would hold the first ever Youth Olympic Games. YOG is
held every four years just like the Olympics, with a summer event every four years and a winter event
every four years. The summer events are scheduled for 12 days and the winter events are schedule
for 9.

YOG 2010 took place from August 12 – 26, 2010 hosted by Singapore. The opening ceremonies
were held on the Float at the Marina Bay. The Float is a stadium literally floating on the Marina Bay.
Singapore’s own youth athlete, Darren Choy, lit the Olympic flame that traveled through at least one
country in every continent, before being sailing into the Marina Bay on a boat. Over the 12 days,
3,500 young athletes from all over the world came together to compete in over 26 different sports and
games. The YOG games created an additional program that encouraged the athletes to talk to each
other and learn about each other’s cultures and lives back home, when not in competition. Many
friendships formed during these times. One young athlete from Australia and another from Kenya
became best friends from this time together. Another interesting story that came out of these
competitions, was about two young athletes that had been swimming and training in a lake their
whole lives, swam in a swimming pool for the first time when they came to the YOG games.

Although YOG is about competition, it seems to be much more than that. It’s about young people
coming together from different countries and cultures, to learn about each other. Maybe, if we really
get to know each other, we will actually see that we have more in common than we knew: eventually
living in peace and getting along.

A reason for starting YOG can be summed up in a statement made by IOC President Jacques
Rogge. “Communicating with athletes in their teens, who are potentially more receptive than their
elder peers, is crucial.” Maybe the world with not only be a healthier place because of YOG, but we
will learn to communicate and get along better. Rogge also said “If the Youth Olympic Games can
help provide the world’s youth, one athlete at a time, with a path to better, brighter, healthier futures,
we will have succeeded. And very soon the Youth Olympic Games will become as much an
indispensable fixture of the Olympic calendar as its ‘grown-up’ brothers.” To learn more go to
http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg/2010/en.html.com.
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 Gummi Bear Diaries!
By Brooke Adamson and Patricia Crisp

Todays Episode: Gummi vs. Banana Peel

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 Amber Trail
By Eileen Roco
*This is part one of a continuing series for middle and high school students. Hope you like it..

Amy listened to the breathing.

Quiet breathing...

slow,
relaxed,
completely unaware of their surroundings...

Breathing of two...

No...three people.

Under the covers, she smirked.

Perfect.

After counting to 10 she softly threw off the bed-sheet covers and sat up.
Unlike all the other girls in her dorm, she wasn’t in her sleeping clothes.

She was fully dressed, jeans, black t-shirt, sneakers.

Her hair tied up in a high ponytail.

Silently, she breathed a sigh of relief.

...hmm...

Her brown eyes darted around the room at the sleeping figures in the beds. They all were breathing softly, either caught in a web of
dreams or completely unconscious. Paralyzed, either way.

...so far, so good....

She cautiously checked the room again for any movement before she reached under her bed and pulled out a small black backpack.

Quietly as she could, she lifted the strap onto one shoulder, slowly and quietly standing up.

Her eyes riveted to the door.

Quickly she made her way across the room, breathing softly, focusing her eyes on the frame of the door. when she got there, she
placed her hand on the doorknob, and turned it.

Thankfully the hinges didn’t squeak as she quietly opened the door and peeked out.

The hallways, unlike in the daytime, were quiet and dark. No voices of school were heard...footsteps, laughing, bells...it was
quiet as a graveyard’s death. The shadows engulfed everything and there were only a few patches of the moonlight to light the way,
down the...

Amy’s body froze, suddenly aware of the watch-guard on patrol just at the end of the hallway.

What...?! Today of all days, on patrol...she thought annoyed. She had been sure she checked the schedule of the patrollers, and she
thought there was none on duty today...she was wrong.

She sighed in the shadows.

This would only slow her down.

To be continued...
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 Sports News!
By Sarah Powell

• Chipper Jones is out for the season with a knee injury.

• The Atlanta Braves picked up first basemen Cliff Lee from the
Cubs.

• Kyle Busch sweeps all 3 Bristol Races! (called Trifecta) He has

been trying to win this since he first entered NASCAR.

• Brett Favre preps himself for his 20th season; people are asking
everywhere “Is Favre going to hold back the team?”

• Albert Haynesworth (Defensive Tackle for Redskins) was diagnosed

with a muscle condition. It causes muscle breakdowns and usually
happens in well-conditioned athletes. It’s called rhabdomyolysis
and it could be serious if not treated. But he uses rest and
hydration as a treatment. Doctors say it can be fatal if
untreated so he is currently undergoing treatment.

• Tampa Bay Lightning’s center, Vincent Lecavalier, has to undergo

arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

• Glen Coffee has retired from the NFL to join a ministry. He said
“I found God in college.

Want to wish a friend Happy Birthday or

honor a special event? We will be adding a
new “shout-out” section to the newspaper.
Put your shout-out in the green voting box
in the front office by November 1st.
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