The James Logan Courier

LUNCH: Cheeseburger,
Milk, Fresh Fruit, “Fun” Chips

ACTIVITIES:
Interested in joining the wrestling team? Come to the sign up meeting on Thursday in the Mat Room after school. Important papers will be passed out at that time.

Ladies: Got Game? Come to the girls open gym every Tues. and Thurs. 6-8 pm in the Old Gym starting today.

Anyone interested in joining the wrestling team should come to the mandatory meeting Thursday after school in the Mat Room. Important information will be handed out.

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Staff Writer

The Girls Volleyball Team beat The Mission San Jose Warriors by rallying past them with three straight match wins Thursday.

The Colts lost their first match 25‑23. However, they managed to come back and win games two, three and four. The scores were 16‑25, 18‑25 and 22‑25.

"We just worked hard and played as a team" said senior and four-year varsity player Christmie Jonson.

By Krystal Henderson, Courier Staff Writer

Has anyone been to the Apple Store lately? According to technology news, earlier this month Apple released the iPod touch.

For the iPod-lover, the Touch is a treat comparable to a house party free of parents. The new edition to the iPod family is the equivalent to the iPhone-- without the phone. The Touch has touch-screen (pun intended) controls. It has a three-and-a-half inch widescreen display that shows movies, pictures, and t.v. shows,ll as clearly as you'd see it on your computer screen. And you can navigate by the touch of your little finger.

By Tawab Fakhri, Courier Staff Writer

It's that time again folks. When gamers are trampled with hordes of game previews and showered with video game trailers. We can expect to see the shelves hit hard with gaming titles like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. Here’s a sneak peak of some soon-to-come titles that you’ll want to be the first to get your hands on.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

`SKATE'
For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
From: EA
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood and gore, crude humor, language, mild violence, tobacco reference)

After eight years and eight games, the "Tony Hawk" skateboarding games finally have something we've all wanted all along: worthy competition.

In fact, as competition goes, "Skate" is about as best-case as best-case scenarios get. It takes a stale genre into a wondrous new direction, and it arguably shames "Hawk" in doing so.

The concept is simple: The left analog stick controls your skater's body, the right stick controls the board. Various motions with each produce various tricks, while the right and left triggers control your right and left hands, respectively, during grabs.

From wikipedia:
William Pitt Ballinger (September 25, 1825 – January 20, 1888) was a respected and influential Texas lawyer and statesman. His behind-the-scenes life had a major impact on the development of Texas realty and railroad law, furthering the Confederacy during the Civil War, the Reconstruction in Texas, the emancipation of black slaves, and the industrialization of the South.

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