Give the gift of life

Every two seconds someone in America needs blood. That’s a lot of people in need. In fact millions of people every year need a transfusion. Thanks to four million blood donors every year, there is blood for those in need of it.

Most people who can donate don’t. If you just take one hour out of your day to save another life. Would it be worth it? You might save a baby, mother, dad, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, and most of all a life. Giving blood to a stranger is a priceless gift!                 

When you give blood, you will most likely find yourself in a big room with fans going. The fans keep the room cool. When you come to the blood drive, you are greeted with goodies and juice. Then you are taken to a recliner chair where they put an IV in your arm, so that they can draw your blood; it takes ten minutes to give blood. The person who receives your blood has a three hour transfusion. Then after they draw your blood they unhook you. If you feel weak or dizzy you should tell someone.

When you hear about a big disaster like earthquakes, floods, fires, hurricanes, and storms, most people want to know how much damage there was, and how many people were put in hospitals, or hurt. When people are put in hospitals for big natural disasters, some need blood and some don’t. But most of the people that need blood have diseases like sickle cell anemia, and other blood related diseases.

Sickle cell anemia blocks blood vessels, so that blood can not pass through. It stops blood travel to all body parts, and tissue on arms and legs die. Sickle cell anemia has no cure and people with it need blood every day to live.

Blood is a liquid that goes through the body. Blood carries oxygen to every cell in the human body. It always carries away waist products in the body. Blood is made in the bone. The part in the bone that makes blood is called bone marrow. Bone marrow is a jellylike substance. Most of the adult human body’s blood is made in the spine, ribs, and pelvis.

 The average adult holds up to 10 pints of blood. The bone marrow makes four different blood cells.

 Four types:

Red blood (can last up to 120 days).

White blood (depending on what type of white blood cell it can last from years to days).

Platelets (last up to 10 days).

Plasma.

Blood travels through miles of blood vessels. In fact about 60,000 miles of blood vessels are in the human body.

Most donors give because a friend or a family member needs blood. Some People give just because it’s the right thing to do. But regardless  what you look like, or what you do for a job, all blood is the same.

Julia Stott

Lists found on web page (www.redcross.org

According to legend Bigfoot has been around since 1772, when a man named John Green wrote in his journal about this man-animal. There have been many people saying that they have seen Bigfoot; he is real. While others say they won’t believe in Bigfoot unless they see him. Many wonder is there more than one Bigfoot. Some wonder why they haven’t seen any bones or remains of previous Bigfoot’s. 

Not long ago two men were walking in the woods of Georgia. They came across a large carcass. They dragged this enormous 12 foot tall man-animal out of the woods to their car. When they got to their car they realized that this is the body of Bigfoot. Later they thawed out the body and realized that it was no more then a rubber gorilla suit.

Many people have told stories about Bigfoot existing. In fact local Choteau resident Sharon Guse has a story of Bigfoot going through her barn. She says it was a rainy day, and Sharon and her husband Alvin were building their barn so the roof was not on yet. That night the barn animals started going crazy. When they woke up the next morning there were two large partial foot prints in their barn about 6 feet apart.

There have been many sightings of Bigfoot in Montana in the past. In Lincoln Montana, screams that have never been heard before, were heard around Bull Lake. Also a man and his son, from Lincoln saw a strange creature walking near Lake Koocanusa. In  Silver Bow County some boy scouts saw a creature running through the woods. And in Mineral County a man saw an orange colored creature sitting in an upright position.

People from all around the world have described Bigfoot in ways that can’t be imaginable. They say that his skin is between the color of black and charcoal brown. His palms are said to be lighter than the rest of his skin. Bigfoot does not have fur, but hair. His hair is around 2 to 3 inches long. They say the size of his head is around the same size as a human head, and his nose is like a pug. Bigfoot is nocturnal so his eyes are fairly large. They say he is an omnivore so he mainly eats berries, roots, leaves, and small animals such as squirrels, gofers and fish. Bigfoot is able to make all types of sounds like moans, growls, howls, and hoots.

                  So the main questions that people are wondering. Does Bigfoot exist? Is he out there right now wandering the world? Will the world ever find some true proof about this existing Bigfoot?

 Ellie Zwerneman

http://www.oregonbigfoot.com/gallery.php

Twenty-three year old, Michael Phelps is one of the hottest marketing tools in the United States today. He is the youngest male swimmer to go pro and break a world record. Since he was born in Baltimore and is a very fast swimmer he therefore got the nickname the “Baltimore Bullet.” Right now, he has advertising contracts with Speedo, Frosted Flakes, Nike, and Visa. As one of the most successful swimmers and Olympians, he will get even richer over the years. He is expected to earn forty to one hundred million dollars in his lifetime.  

                  After the Olympics in Beijing, Michael Phelps cashed in big time. For earning 8 record breaking gold medals and setting seven world records (he only does 8 events), he automatically got one million dollars for an endorsement deal with Speedo. Michael Phelps is going to appear in Sporting Goods stores to endorse personally. Speedo is also considering helping Phelps with his further education at college.

 When the United States Swimming Team won the 4x100 men’s relay, they were all wearing Nike sweats. Michael Phelps received 5.3 million dollars for endorsing Nike during the medal ceremony. If Nike wanted to steal Phelps from other endorsements, they would have to out pay them or make a swimsuit that would compete with Speedo.

Visa has sponsored Phelps since the summer Olympics in Athens, in 2002. They have already made a commercial with him starring in it. Michael Phelps is part of Visa’s sponsoring list called Team Visa. This “team” also includes many other Olympians like Katie Hoff (female swimmer), Nastia Liukin (female gymnast), and Bryan Clay (male decathlete).

Michael Phelps even has an endorsement deal with a cereal, Frosted Flakes. In September Kellog’s Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes put Michael Phelp’s picture on their cereal boxes. Some people are getting mad though because Frosted Flakes bought out Phelps from Wheaties. This changes kids’ perspectives on what to eat. Usually Wheaties puts Olympians on their cereal boxes. The worst part of kids wanting Frosted Flakes now is that it has three times as much sugar and only 1/3 of the fiber.

His success in Beijing this year has raised his celebrity status by a fair amount. He is being compared to other great athletes like Michael Jordan, David Ortiz, Tiger Woods, and Roger Federer. He left Beijing a sports icon, and headed to London to train for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He hopes to have as much success in 2012 as he did in 2008.

KYLE GOLLEHON

Katy Marquardt, 5 ways Michael Phelps (And YOU) can manage a windfall, www.usnews.com/articles/business/your-money/2008/08/27/5-ways-michael-phelps-and-you-can-manage-a-mindfall.html August 27, 2008, www.choteauschools.net, 9/15/08

Belinda Goldsmith, Michael Phelps, the major Advertising Vehicle, www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/181business/sponsors.php, August 18, 2008, www.choteauschools.net/ 9/8/08

The story of Stingy Jack was that he invited the devil to have a drink with him, but Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink so he convinced the devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. So the devil did and Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a cross, which prevented the devil from changing back into his original form. After a while Jack freed the devil but only under the condition that the devil would leave him alone for a year just in case Jack died and the devil would not claim his soul.

The next year, Jack tricked the devil again into climbing a tree to pick a fruit, while he was doing that, Jack carved a cross into the trees bark so the devil could not come down until he promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack died. The legend says God would not allow such an offensive figure into heaven. The devil, mad about the trick Jack played on him and keeping his promise not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put it into a carved turnip and has been roaming the earth with it ever since.

The Irish started to call him “Jack of the Lantern” and then simply “Jack-o’-Lantern.” In Ireland and Scotland people began to carve scary faces into turnips and potatoes and placing them into windows or doors to frighten away stingy jack and other evil spirits. In England they used large beets. Immigrants brought the Jack-o’-Lantern tradition to the United States; they soon found that pumpkins make perfect Jack-o’-Lanterns.

Now on Halloween you will know when you are walking past houses with Jack-o’-Lanterns on their doorstep or window sill, or even carving your own pumpkin and putting a candle inside, you will know how the Jack-o’-Lantern started. And you better watch out for Stingy Jack, because he is somewhere out there, if you believe in that.

Rebecca Zullo

BIBLIOGRAPHY
www.history.com