Press VOLUME 1 ISSUE 14 DECEMBER 13, 2013

The Panther CLARK

MIDDLE

SCHOOL

Joint Discomfort

Solution By Damian Amayo

There was a recent

discovery for joint pain, it’s

called Instaflex. It’s a joint

supplement that can deliver

significant joint relief. It is

safe to use and it has no ad-

verse symptomology (what a

product does to your body)

or negative effects on gen-

eral metabolism. Instaflex

has given significant results

in joint pain relief. The in-

gredients of Instaflex in-

clude: Glucosamine, White

Willow Bark Extract, Tur-

meric, Hyaluronic Acid, and

Boswellia Serrata Extract.

While using Instaflex once-

day helps: significantly re-

lieve joint discomfort; im-

prove mobility and increase

flexibility; lubricate for

healthy fluid movement; and

protect and enhance your

mobility. Instaflex is a na-

tional sponsor of the Arthri-

tis Foundation. You can find

Instaflex in most pharma-

cies. Instaflex starts right

after the first dosage but

most patients notice the big-

gest impact after the first

week.

New Basket-

ball Fashion

By Drey Clayton and Nick

Passinese

The LeBron 11’s

are the latest shoes in

basketball. They retail

at $275 at nike.com.

The reason why they are

so expensive is because

they are so comfortable

and the ability to fit to

your foot. LeBron wears

them in almost every

game. LeBron being a

top player in the NBA,

4 time NBA MVP and 2

time NBA champion so

of course he would need

a great shoe to go with

all of his success. The

slogan for the LeBron

11’s is “Power Har-

nessed”. Last year Nike

generated $300 million

dollars in retail sales

from LeBron’s signa-

ture shoe, just think

what the LeBron 11’s

can do this year.

Nelson Mandela (1918 –

2013) By Jonathan Trout and April Triplett

Nelson Mandela was the President

of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was

the first black South African to hold the of-

fice, and the first elected in democratic elec-

tion. His government focused on disman-

tling the legacy of apartheid through tack-

ling institutionalized racism, poverty and

inequality, and fostering racial reconcilia-

tion.

On December 5th we lost a contro-

versial but beloved person, Nelson Mandela.

In 1994 he was elected Africa’s first black

president. “I dream of an Africa which is in

peace with itself “said Mandela. He was one

of the most respected men in this nation. He

received the Nobel Peace prize. But it was a

hard process of getting there. He was born

in Muevzo, Africa. His father died when he

was only 9. He was in prison for 27 years

for encouraging African Americans to go on

strike.

NEXT WEEK IS THE HOLIDAY EDITION OF THE PANTHER PRESS!

Addictions By Keilah Sanborn and Skyler Ochoa

The definition of addiction is the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular

thing or activity. According to www.healthychild.net an addiction can affect your health

physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually. We typically consider addictions

to be negative and have consequences, but some addictions might be positive. We inter-

viewed many teachers about their positive and negative addictions and here are a few:

Plastered Faces By Kelsey Driskill and Chasity McKeehan

The 8th grade students are making masks in art. To

make the masks they have to put vaseline on their faces,

and then plaster their faces with gauze. When they plaster

their faces they cover their mouths, eyes, and nose. How

do they breathe? They are given a straw before plastering.

The students are able to choose how to design the masks.

They can use whatever supplies they need. The masks are

displayed in and around the lunch room.

Some students enjoy making the masks. Jilyan

Smith says “I like it because it’s fun to make and design

our own masks; we get to make them our own to show our

personality”. Some of the masks are colorful, some are

scary, and some are funny. The students get very creative

while making the masks. Mrs. Little Finger the art teacher

has been doing this for many years and says she is very

proud of how cool and creative the masks turn out.

Teacher Positive Negative

Cliff Cleaning Eating too much chocolate

Mr. Schuster Eating healthy Drinking coffee

Mr. Razak Correcting his kids to be polite Drinking pop

Mrs. Nelson Eating healthy Going to bed late

Mrs. Finger Swimming a lot Eating too much ice cream

Mrs. Bauman Cleaning Watching too much reality TV

Mrs. Kelley Reading Likes working in a messy area

Mrs. Krone Smiling Drinking too much pop

Mrs. Kalousek Reading Eating unhealthy

Officer Davis Like to help people Eating junk food

Mrs. McCrack-

en

Playing with my kids Drinking too much coke

THIS

WEEK AT

CMS

Monday

FCCLA Cell Phone

Drive Starts

Thursday

End of Second

Quarter

Friday

Winter Break Be-

gins

Special Holiday

Edition of The

Panther Press

Cold Weather By Veronica Smith and Makensie Frank

Winter weather has arrived! Here are

some tips on how to deal with the cold. Do

you notice how slow your parents go on the

road when it snows? Black ice and ice in

general can cause someone to lose control of

their car. It’s best to make sure you are driv-

ing safely. Also, you need to make sure you

dress appropriately because any exposed skin

can release body heat. If there is a snow day,

don’t have your parents drive you anywhere.

School is canceled for a reason.

Although it is a myth that being out-

side can give you a cold, cold dry air can give

you chapped lips. Make sure to put chap stick

on and cover your mouth with the inner part

of your elbow while coughing, but most im-

portantly stay hydrated. Make sure to be safe

and have a great break!

Science Waves Comic Strip By Paige Torset

This comic relates to what we’re learning in sci-

ence because it’s talking about waves and the crest of

waves. In science we are learning about waves and the

EM Spectrum. We’ve learned that there are many differ-

ent types of waves. For example there are radio waves,

microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, and

gamma rays. There are a few more like sound waves,

light waves, mechanical waves, and transverse waves.

Also, we learned there are many parts to a wave like

crest, trough, and wavelength. The crest is the top of the

wave and the trough is the bottom of the wave. Wave-

length is the distance between crest and crest or trough

and trough.

Stack Attack By Isaiah Moeschler and Alex

Wheeler

Jacob Stack is the new

6th grade Social Studies teacher.

He graduated from Mid-

American Nazarene and

brought his talents to CMS. He

always knew that he wanted to

help people and make an im-

pact, but it wasn’t until high

school that he decided

to become a teacher. He

comes from the snowy

tundra of North Dakota

where we think most

people end up farmers

or snow removal per-

sonnel, but he said “I

wanted to be a teacher

since I was sixteen

years old”. He had

“phenomenal teachers

throughout my educa-

tion, which made it an

easy choice to become a

teacher.” He also might

have a future in coach-

ing, after having a great

experience coaching a

T-ball team. He was

inspired by the kids team and

how fast they learned. He says

that “the best part about teach-

ing is watching the children

learn and get better, seeing

them on their way to success is

the most rewarding part about

being a teacher in my opinion.”

Sixth graders, keep up the great

work and continue learning for

Mr. Stack!

New Gaming Generation By Casey Sawyers and LeVoide Simpson III

Microsoft's Xbox One integrates live TV in an

innovative fashion and can control your cable or satellite

cable box, TV, and receiver. Most games present noticea-

bly improved graphics over those on the Xbox 360. The

One has a slightly better roster of exclusive launch games

compared with the PS4's. Inside the Xbox One box is the

console, its power brick, the Kinect sensor, a 6-foot

HDMI cable, one controller, and one chat headset. Like

the $400 PS4, there's only one version of the Xbox One, a

500GB system for $500.

Similarly to the Xbox One's Gamertags,

PlayStation 4's ID allows you to log in to any PS4 con-

sole and access all your content from that box via "Play

as a guest" mode. It's not as fully featured as XB1's sys-

tem, but it does have one feature that Microsoft's console

does not the PS4 you're using as a guest scrapes all your

personal content from the guest box on logout. That

means everything from your credit card info to even your

ID gets permanently removed in one swoop. Sony also

said that the new console will not support external stor-

age units such as USB hard drives or memory sticks, so

gamers will either have to stick with the 500 GB of

memory provided with the standard PS4 unit or swap it

out for a bigger hard drive entirely.

Maximum Ride by

James Patterson

Book Review By Tray’von Nowden

Maximum ride is a

good book. The protagonist is

a part human and part bird

mutant named Maximum Ride

or “Max” for short. She is try-

ing to figure out where she

came from along with her

flock. The flock consists of

Fang, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel,

and Iggy. On their adventure

they fight other mutants called

“Erasers” who are humans that

can morph into werewolves. I

wasn’t able to put it down af-

ter the first page. I became

more and more interested after

every paragraph. I give this

book 10 mutant’s out of 10.

Halo Reach Game

Review By Tray’von Nowden

Warning: this game is

violent. This game takes place

in the year 2552. It is a first

person shooter about Elite su-

per soldiers called Spartans.

The Spartans have to fight an

alien race called the covenant

army. The character you play

as is part of an elite team who

all go by name with the word

noble and a number after-

wards, for example: Noble 2.

He is called Noble 6 and the

human world called “Reach”

is under attack. The noble

team has to save reach from

the covenant army. I loved this

game but it wasn’t as good as

Halo 3. I give this game an

8/10.

Genetically Engineered White

Blood Cells? By Andrew Lawson

At the University of Pennsylvania scien-

tists have taken patient’s T cells (a type of white

blood cell) and genetically engineered them to

fight cancer. Only patients with advanced cases

of leukemia were given the new treatment since

chemotherapy was not working. Two out of

three patients that have received this new treat-

ment have remained cancer free for more than a

year. Scientists say that this is a great accom-

plishment since it shows us how we can use our

own body to fight the evolving cancer. For years

scientists have been working on a treatment that

uses your immune system to fight cancer and

now they have done it.

To make the cells attack cancer they in-

ject the patient’s T cells with a modified virus

that binds with the cancer cells and directs the T

cells to the cancer to kill it. When tested on pa-

tients, the T cells multiplied into 1,000’s killing

many cancer cells. Also, on average each T cell

eradicated 1,000 cancer cells. The cells even

created a memory T cell that would spring back

to life if the cancer was to ever come back. One

side effect is a loss of B cells which are also tar-

geted by the T cells. Information in this article

was found at http://articles.latimes.com/2011/

aug/11/health/la-he-0811-cancer-therapy-

20110811.