Atchison County Mail

February 5, 2015 Page 9

Blue Jay Corner

Hamburg, Iowa
Chris Gebhards

Lexington, Missouri
Abby Palmer

Omaha, Nebraska
Shawn Shineman

Massena, New York

Craig Walker

Fairfax, Missouri
Lynn Hunter

Hamburg, Iowa
Reven Herron

graders Kalen LaHue (top left)

and Brooklyn Jakub (below
left) enjoy a game of mat ball
in seventh grade P.E. P.E. is one
of the classes that changed with
the semester for seventh graders; the students currently in
P.E. had a quarter of keyboarding and a quarter of Spanish
first semester. Students who had
P.E. first semester are currently
in keyboarding or Spanish. Seventh graders also have a class
period that trades off between
reading (a semester course) and
ag and health (quarter courses).
Eighth graders have a similar
experience. This allows students to take classes in a variety
of electives during junior high
so that they can better choose
classes to suit their interests
once in high school, in addition
to allowing students to have a
semester of P.E. that meets every day.
Learning to play mat ball is a
long-standing Rock Port tradition of an intense and active
game.
Brooklyns favorite thing about
seventh grade P.E. is the new
games. Classmate Jessica Hunter shared that her favorites are mat ball, free-for-all dodge ball, and
badminton. Photos by Montana Martin.

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PRESIDENTS DAY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16,
WITH A 12:05 DISMISSAL FOR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT~~
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St. Joseph, Missouri

Trudy Heitman

WILL BE

Fairfax, Missouri
Shauna Farmer

CHAPTER 4

Pushy sports parents

wasnt good enough.
I do think being overly
harsh on your kids can cause
a lot of unsettlement between you and the child. In
my childhood, I was never
forced to do any sports. My
mom would love for me
to be involved, but never
pushed me beyond my willingness to participate. My
dad would always want me
to do my best, no matter
what it was. Being a senior
and looking back at it now,
I have no regrets. I just wish
I would have tried harder.
While I would have been
more successful if my parents had pushed me harder, if
they had we might not have
the positive relationship we
have today.
In conclusion, parents
should have a better relationship with their children.

By Shelby Bremer
Did you know that being
an over supportive parent
to your kids can cause long
term damage?
In recent studies, scientists
have found in young children that being overly pushy
can off-set their social, mental, and physical balance.
Parents are taking the enjoyment and fun from school
sports, and theyre damaging
childrens confidence.
Most parents have the
thought that theyre trying
to make their children more
competitive. However, this
can cause parents to lose the
sight of seeing what is most
important; good sportsmanship is. Parents also set bad
examples to the spectators
around them, young and old.
It hurts the children mentally
to know that what they did

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Hamburg, Iowa
Crystal Goins

Swing, Run, Slide. Seventh

Blue Jay

Where Were RP Teachers born?

By Amber Cook

Kansas City, Missouri

Amy Skillen

The student newspaper of

Rock Port R-II Schools.
600 S. Nebraska Street
Rock Port, MO 64482
Layout: Dayle Davis Adviser: Amy Skillen. Staff: Amber Cook, Shelby Bremer, Jade Lemmon, Chloe Sierks,
Kaleigh Farmer, Jackie Bradley, Jamie Lansdown, Montana Martin, Abbie Hale.

Bible Explorers Begins

DATE: Wednesday, February 4 & 18
TIME: 3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
PLACE: First Lutheran Church
801 S. Market St. | Rock Port

Written by Carolyn Mueller

Come join in the fun and learning. There will

be snacks and activities for everyone.
Hope to see you there!

BIBLE EXPLORERS CLUB

For more information please call the
church office at (660) 744-2530.

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Pepper Martin and I never did

make it to Novus Scofus, and Frankie Frisch
never did put a squash on all our fun. If there
was ever fun to be had, the Gashouse Gang
Cardinals of 1934 were having it.
Why, I remember one afternoon, Mr. Frisch
was just standing outside of our hotel on the
sidewalk, shooting the breeze when BAM!
A whole bag of watermusta been a big,
old laundry bagexploded right at his feet.
Frankie looked up, and who could it be, but
Pepper Martin grinning in the window right
above him.
That was a slip, Pepper says. Honest it
was. Now if youll just forgive me this
once, Ill go out tomorrow and hit
a home run for you and win a ball
game.
And dont ya know, thats exactly
what that crazy boy did.
Yes siree Pepper Martin and me
sure got into a good load of fun.
Martin was a different sorta
fella. Not only was he a wiz on
the ball field, but he also had
a mild interest in midget racers.
Martin went and bought himself his own
racecar, and he named that thing The Martin
Special. When we was out on the road,
Pepper was gettin bugged day and night
with telegrams about that darn car! But Ol
Diz likes to stand by his friends, so I was real
supportive of my buddys unusual ambitions.
Ill tell ya, Mr. Frisch was none too happy
when he found out that Pepper and I ended
up having to push a busted up Martin
Special around a Chicago racetrack before
going out to play a doubleheader the next day!
Pepper and I got up to quite a few high jinks
in our time. We had a knack for discovering
the source of the loudspeaker in any small
town stadium. Pepper and I, wed climb up
there to that microphone and entertain the
crowds with our own colorful commentary
on the game, introducing our Gashouse
buddies and inviting them to come on out of
the dugout and give the folks a wave!

Why, I remember one game in the dead heat

of summer. One of them 110-degree days
when a fella might be just be one pitch away
from melting into a giant puddle on the
mound. Well, Pepper and I decided just to
mess with the fans a little bit. We collected
sticks and scraps of paper and built ourselves
a small fire, right there in front of the dugout.
We found ourselves some blankets and
wrapped them round our shoulders and sat
there, squatting, warming our hands by the
fireside, I must admit, much to the crowds
delight.

and a fella on a washboard was jamming near

the rubbing room. Frankie declared it might
be a tad easier to discuss the game strategy
without all that hillbilly racket, but in the end
our good manager conceded and allowed
Pepper Martin to enjoy one more song.
Frankie Frisch sure did put up with the
Gashouses own breed of crazy. At the end
of the day, some things he was better off not
knowing at all. One day, a rodeo came to St.
Louis. Pepper and I showed up to entertain
the crowd! We had to play a big ball game
the next day, but that didnt stop us gogetters from mounting a few lively
steeds and jumping right into a calf
roping competition. But Ill tell ya,
them horses were not quite fast
enough for Ol Diz here, so what
really happened was I just jumped
right off my mount and pursued that
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A FROZEN HOMECOMING ~ Feb. 2-6

Wednesday, Feb. 4- Gender Swap Dress Day

Thursday, Feb. 5- Time Hop Dress Day ~ Vo-tech trip to
NW Tech 8-11:30 am ~ Wrestling @ Tarkio 6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 6- BLUE & WHITE Dress Day HOMECOMING BB
(JV/V) vs. North Nodaway, 5 p.m.~ BB Coronation follows
Saturday, Feb. 7- JH Winter Ball 7-9 p.m. JH and 8:30-11
p.m. HS Homecoming Dance
Monday, Feb. 9 - BB (JV/V) @ South Nodaway 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 10 - TAB Meeting 7:30 a.m. ~ Maradi Mifflin
Spelling Bee 9:00 Elem Library ~

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