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New Public Library......................................................................................................3Mahon in China .......................................................................................................4Pep Rallies, School Parking Lot.................................................................................5Don!t Ask, Don!t Tell....................................................................................................6USA"Education vs Japan Education..........................................................................8Snow Days, Greed..................................................................................................10Kinect vs Move..................................................................................................11How to Make a Difference in Community, Mr. Frye.............................................12FBLA/DECA............................................................................................................13Helmet to Helmet Contact, Softball..........................................................................15Jordan and Paul Galewski, Bowling.........................................................................16College Football..................................................................................................17Titan Problems, Lady Trojan Basketball...................................................................19College Basketball.............................................................................................20A Christmas Promise............................................................................................21Narnia..................................................................................................................22
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Contents
EditorsEmma Caylor
Savannah JohnsonAndrew LeganMcCord Pagan Ginny RoperHunter Todd
Section EditorsJackson Lay- News
Sean Stapleton- OpinionLauren Brooks- Features
Sam Shankle and Chris Wagner- SportsWalt Carter- Design Assistant
Business ManagerHunter Todd
Business AssistantCorena Hasselle
Photography ManagerJill Vondy
Production ManagerChris Wagner
Circulation ManagerShelby Andrews
Circulation AssistantAubrey AndrewsKatherine Keller
ReportersAubrey Andrews
Mary Elizabeth HamiltonCorena Hasselle
Anna HornKatherine Keller
Lauran OldsHunter PerryJean TurnboYuki Zhang
AdvisorsSuzanne Edwards
Laura Wright
Trojan TorchDyersburg High School125 Hwy. 51 By-PassDyersburg, TN 38024
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Maria YousufReporter
An old, brick, two-story building witha spacious main floor and the chil-dren’s section in the basement is
probably what springs to the mind of manyupon musing about McIver’s Grant Public Li-brary. The library is an undeniably aged build-ing and has resided within Dyersburg formany years.
“McIver’s Grant was first opened in 1958 asMcIver’s Grant,” library director SharonSimpson said. “It started out as a small, three-room building. In 1969, they opened in thecurrent building, which was built in 1912.”
“The library that we’re in right now wasbuilt originally as Dyersburg’s post office,” li-brary board member Carol Harris said. “I re-member going there as a little girl.”
However, McIver’s Grant will not be in thisbuilding for much longer. A new building ison its way, thanks to a federal grant from theU.S.D.A., the United States Department ofAgriculture. That may seem a shade strange,but all one must do to qualify for a grant iscomply with the criteria, which the library ev-idently accomplished.
“Well, Carol Harris started writing [thegrant] and was basically the driving force be-hind it,” Simpson said. “The loan and thegrant together are worth 2.65 million [dol-lars].”
But why was a library in a small town likeDyersburg chosen to receive such a heftygrant?
According to Simpson, a lengthy, complexapplication had to be completed with variousrequirements and particulars. As trivial as itmay seem, she stressed the significance andintricacy of the application, acknowledging itas a definite challenge.
“The need for a new library was there, and[the panel] recognized that,” Simpson said.
The library’s new building is across fromCity Hall and already contains an occupant,Cable One. There are plans to completely re-construct the site, and McIver’s Grant andCable One will end up sharing the building.
“We’re hoping to start breaking ground,maybe, in April,” Simpson said.
The library will be purchasing more comput-ers and new books for the transition, which
makes some students at DHS shiver with an-ticipation while others shrug with indiffer-ence.
“I feel like the [library] we have now is goodenough,” junior Thomas Degennaro said.
“I’m glad that they are making changes tomake (the library) better,” sophomore AprilDunevant said.
Simpson and Harris have considerably morepositive attitudes.
“It’ll be nice to have the space for books, ma-terials, parking spaces and programming,”Simpson said.
“We’ve worked for a long time to get this farwith it,” Harris said. “I’m excited for this townand hope for the future.”
McIver!s Grant Public Library
Photos by Maria Yousuf
Future Plans: Engineers designed this model as a visual representation of thefuture library for the community of Dyersburg and the surrounding area.
prepares for new beginning
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Yuki ZhangReporter
Principal Mickey Mahon went to China on a December trip -
“The New Start” - a meeting of the 2010 Chinese Bridge for
American schools’ principals. Twenty-five teachers from Ten-
nessee went on this trip. They spent ten days in Beijing and Wuhan
(a major city in south China) to visit Chinese schools and places of
interest. They saw the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Yellow
Crane Tower.
They visited the Hubei University, Wuhan Foreign Language
Middle School, and a primary school in Beijing. They discussed the
schools with Chinese delegations in several meetings, which gave
Mahon much information about the Chinese education system. In
China students must pass the school entrance exam which places
them in several different types of schools.
The top schools are for those who have scored higher on the
exam. The regular school is for students who have not scored
high, and there is another school for students who do not go to
colleges. Therefore, every student in Key schools becomes
a part of the class and pays close attention to every sin-
gle word the teacher is saying.
Mahon was surprised by the number of people
in Beijing and the rigor of the education sys-
tem with only top students receiving a qual-
ity education. “The Imperial
Examination System decides the future
of the students,” Mahon said.
“China is the most wonderful country
that I have ever traveled to,” Mahon
said. He was excited about this trip,
saying, “The Chinese people show
great respect toward the visitors.”
As for souvenirs, Mahon brought
back some gifts from Chinese students
such as a Chinese dictionary, maps,
chopsticks and a lot of pictures.
The Chinese teachers were also
very inspiring through the
way they taught the
English language
by meeting
American
teachers through-
out this “culture
bridge.”
“I will try to impress
on our students what im-
pact the Chinese language
and the culture will have on them
some day,” Mahon said.
Mahon attends Chinese Bridgemeetings in Beijing, Wuhan
Photo submitted by Mickey!Mahon
Shelby PleasantReporter
The school parking lot is chaos. From students who like to walkslowly across the parking lot to students and parents squealingthrough the parking lot, conditions are hazardous at best. Are
we going to wait for some student to be plowed over by a carelessdriver or do something about the problem now?
There are students who decide to walk as slowly as possible becauseeither their pants fall down if they walk too fast or they just do not feellike walking any faster than a few steps a minute. Added to that areparents who decide that their child cannot walk more than twenty
paces to get tothe car, so theypark in front ofa student park-ing space topick up theirkids and blockanother studentfrom getting
out of his orher space.
Parents also avoid the traffic in the mornings by the east side doorby pulling into unoccupied parking spots to drop off their kids. Theproblem is that parents want to have a whole conversation with theirkid while still parked in the space. If the student who parks there ar-rives while the other car is still there, then the parent holds up traffic.
One problem that can be addressed is that parents have no clue whereto go to drop off their kids. This is a problem primarily because thelines that once existed are almost completely gone now. These lines areimportant because they show cars where the lanes are. Plus, if therewere arrows showing which way to go, then even the most challengedof drivers could safely follow the lines. But even if we had darker lines,we need someone to enforce the rules.
Also, having a designated spot to drop off students would cut downon congestion. Currently there are about four drop off spots, cloggingup the line of parents. In the parent’s mind, she can only drop off herchild at a certain spot, so she waits in line until she reaches that spot todrop off her child.Another problem is that the parking space numbers are almost com-pletely faded as well. Students tend to procrastinate. Young peoplesquealing into the parking lot and rushing to get to class do not wantto worry about slowing down to look for a faded parking number.Brighter numbers would cut down on students’ rolling through the
parking lot searching for their numbered spot.A little foresight, planning, communication, enforcement and
paint could turn a hazardous parking lot into a safe one.
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Elizabeth BumpasEntertainment Editor
The sound is deafening. Hundreds of students are crowded intothe gym, and only a conspicuous few are not on their feet yellingat the top of their lungs. The lights get low and the noise from
the stands grows impossibly louder as the spotlight follows the footballteam out. Oh the glory, oh the awesomeness of the Mighty Trojan Foot-ball Team and the school spirit of the students surrounding them.
The pep rallies at DHS are well known for the excitement they create.But why is football the only sport we encourage excitement about? Ofcourse we take pride in the Mighty Trojan Football team, but shouldwe not take pride in the Mighty Trojan Soccer, Cross Country, Volley-
ball and Golf teams as well? There are many other sports teams, in-cluding the ones mentioned, that are not getting nearly the recognitionthat the football team is getting and are just as deserving.
We have countless pep rallies for the football team, and yet we cannoteven squeeze in one for all of DHS’s other sports. Multiple other DHSsports made it to state and were not rewarded with a pep rally. Thenwe wonder why other sports do not have as good a turnout to theirevents. It is because we do not encourage it. Why is football the mostimportant sport at our school? Because we make it that way.
We have it in our power to make other sports just as important asfootball. We could give all the sports their own pep rallies at one timeor another. Why not?
Pep rallies: Only for football?
Parking lot problems become hazardous to student safety
Photo by Torch Staff
Illustration by Aubrey Andrews
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McCord Pagan
Editor
In 1993, a law commonly known as “Don’tAsk, Don’t Tell” was passed that wouldlimit gays and lesbians and for better or for
worse, would define the United States militaryfor the better part of the next two decades.However, thanks to work by President BarackObama and other legal groups, the law was re-pealed and signed on December 22, 2010 by anoverwhelming vote of 65-31.
The law signed by President Clinton was de-signed to be a compromise that would allowgays and lesbians to serve, a change from theprevious policy that prohibited homosexualsfrom the military and allowed recruiters to askabout an applicant’s sexual orientation. Bothhouses of Congress had solid, veto-proof mar-gins that forced Clinton to sign the bill intolaw.
However, Colin Powell, then-Chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff who opposed Presi-dent’s Clinton’s wish for an end to the blanketban on homosexuals, changed sides and hasopenly announced his wish for the end to theDon’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.
In 2008, candidate Obama made a campaignpromise to work on ending the policy. How-ever, until his victory in the Lame-Duck ses-sion of congress, his actual progress had beenfrustratingly slow. In 2009, a group of legal ex-perts determined that Obama could end thepolicy with a simple Executive Order, just asPresident Truman did to desegregate the mil-itary in 1947. According to Obama, Congresspassed the original law, and Congress should
be the one to repeal it. In fact, Obama’s Justice Department had
been vigorously defending the law in court,while at the same time, advocating for repealin Congress. The reasoning for this perplexingapproach is that many officials want a gradualphase out of the law, something the adminis-tration would lose in a court decision rulingthe law unconstitutional. Many believed thatif Congress did not act soon to repeal the law,then it would soon be ruled unconstitutionaland struck down.
For the first time, both a sitting Chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen,and the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates (aholdover from the Bush Cabinet), supported arepeal of DADT. Both men have testified be-
fore Congress about repeal. “I’ve been serving with gays and lesbians my
whole career,” Mullen said during a senatehearing on a repeal of the policy. “I went towar with them aboard a destroyer off the coastof Vietnam. I knew they were there. Theyknew I knew it. We never missed a mission,never failed to deliver ordnance on target.”
Senator John McCain, a Vietnam War vet-eran, has led the charge against repeal sayingthat it would undermine the effectiveness ofthe military and place an unnecessary burdenon them during wartime.
On November 31, 2010, a military survey of
the effects of repeal was released and the re-spective heads of each branch of the militarywere brought before Congress to testify onwhat they believe is the right course of actionfor the military to take. The much-awaited re-port found that a repeal of the policy wouldhave little to no effect on the unit cohesion andbattle readiness, two of the main reasons thelaw was enacted. While the majority of combattroops opposed repeal of the policy, the overallresults were positive. Of the 115,000 troopspolled, 70 percent said that a repeal wouldhave either no impact, mixed, or positive.
Three of the five military chiefs said in thehearing that they do not support repeal of thepolicy. However, the Army commander, incharge of the largest branch of the military,found that he sees no reason to continue thepolicy. All commanders said that they if nec-essary, they would obey any law by Congressand discontinue the policy.
In addition, a recent poll of adult Ameri-cans found that 72% believed that the govern-ment should repeal the law. Furthermore, themajority of America’s allies around the worldhave no such policy in their militaries andhave had almost no problems with unit cohe-sion. Before Congress repealed the law, theUnited States and Turkey were the only mem-bers of the original NATO treaty that had apolicy against homosexuals openly serving intheir respective militaries.
Discriminatory military policy on homosexuals
comes to end in United States
Meeting in the Oval Office: Obama
talks with his Joint Chiefs of Staff about
Don!t Ask, Don!t Tell.
“I’ve been serving withgays and lesbians my
whole career. I went towar with them aboard adestroyer off the coast of
Vietnam. I knew theywere there. They knew I
knew it. We never misseda mission, never failed to
deliver ordnance ontarget.”
-Admiral Mike Mullen
Ending of an Era: President Obama
signs the bill that will provide for the re-
peal of Don!t Ask, Don!t Tell in Washing-
ton on December 22, 2010.
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Even in the military, there is no longer a consensus on the DADT policy.Many units on deployment will tell their gay soldiers that they are toovaluable to be discharged and do not attempt to discharge them if a gaysoldier is outed. There are also gay soldiers who have said that theirfellow soldiers have told them that being gay does not matter and thatthey will still support them.
One main hypocrisy of the now-extinct law is how some soldiers’ sex-ual orientation mattered mattered and others’ did not. If this policywere applied fairly, then all service members would have been dis-charged for discussing their sexual orientation.
In addition, 92 percent of those polled who said that they had servedwith someone they knew or believed to be gay also said that their unit’sperformance was better or the same as it was before.
One argument for DADT is that it works. The compromise workedout under President Clinton allowed gays to serve, as long as they keptquiet. In return, no one would be allowed to question anyone’s sexualorientation.
However, the military has, in the past, taken steps to find out aboutservice members it believed to be gay, resulting in abuses of the policy.Also, some service members are harassed and abused because theywere suspected to be gay, and they would out themselves just to stopthe abuse.
The military has spent millions over the years on this policy, from theprosecution of homosexuals to the training of replacement officers.Some estimates put the cost in the hundreds of millions. According tothe Palm Center and later on, the Williams Institute, the cost to date ofthe DADT policy could be as much as $555 million. However, both or-ganizations warn that these are conservative estimates.
If one includes the costs of ousting gay service members since Presi-dent Carter’s ban on homosexuals went into effect in 1980, the costcould easily be as high as $1 billion, not including the administrativecosts and the court costs of the policy.
Fortunately, there was progress even before Congress acted in Decem-ber. Since the policy was first overturned in October in Log Cabin Re-publican vs. USA et al, there had been no expulsions because of thepolicy. Before the case, there was an average of eight service membersdishonorably discharged due to DADT every week.
Until the military under-stands that homosexualswant to serve their countryas much as other soldiers,there will not be a change.The former policy harmedmorale by preventing serv-ice members from beingable to trust each other onthe battlefield. A gay ma-rine will prove no more of athreat to morale and unitreadiness than a femalesailor on board a battleship.Each person has beenthrough training andknows what is expected ofhim or her and what is not.The idea that a homosex-ual will harm military readiness is flawed and only continues negativestereotypes.
Homosexuals are just like anyone else who may walk into a recruitingoffice; they just want to serve and are proud of who they are.
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Working Together: Soldiers from the 3rd Armored CavalryRegiment police Tal Afar, Iraq in 2005.
Fighting For Justice: Protestersgather in!Times Square in 2006 overthe Don"t Ask,!Don"t Tell policy.
No More: A 2001 poster for the military shows the proceduresfor reporting someone they suspect to be a homosexual.
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17TrojanTorch Volume 43 Issue 3Sports
Chris Wagner
Sports Editor
This college football season was one to remember, with almostevery week bringing a new and exciting twist on the way welook at the sport.
The Southeastern Conference was a powerhouse as usual, withAuburn and Arkansas leading the way, both going to BCS bowls.
Auburn was the dominant power, with Heisman trophy winner CamNewton leading the team in almost all areas of offense. Newton, de-spite all the allegations of fraud, threw for 2,589 total yards, 28 touch-downs and only six interceptions. Newton capped off a remarkableseason with six total touchdowns in Auburn's 56-17 rout of South Car-olina in the SEC championship game. Auburn’s season ended victori-ously with a close 22-19 win over speedy Oregon in the NationalChampionship.
However, life in the SEC was not as good as it seemed for two teamsthat were looking to grasp hold of another National Championship.Pre-season favorite Florida found out quickly that the road to the Na-tional Championship would be a little tougher without their star quar-terback Tim Tebow. They stumbled to a record of 7-5 after they sufferedan embarrassing 31-7 loss to in-state rival Florida State. Florida wontheir final game under Urban Meyer, beating Penn State 37-24 in theOutback Bowl.
Alabama, despite their struggles during the season, finished the year
with a strong 49-7 win over Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl. Between them, Alabama and Florida -- the last two BCS national
champions -- lost seven SEC games this season. That’s four more thanthey lost in the 2008 and 2009 seasons combined, and two of thosethree losses were to each other.
Despite Alabama and Florida’s struggles in the SEC, Auburn man-aged to go undefeated, beating South Carolina in the SEC champi-onship, finishing the season 13-0. Auburn will have their hands fullwhen they play against the speedy Oregon offense led by LaMichealJames.
The PAC-10 also saw many teams emerge as powerhouses. Oregon,Stanford and Arizona all showed the rest of the nation that they arejust as strong as Auburn, Arkansas and many other SEC teams.
Oregon went undefeated, with big wins over Stanford, USC, Arizonaand Oregon State. However, when it mattered, they could not over-come Auburn’s powerful defense, led by Nick Fairly.
Stanford finished the season with only one loss, suffered to Oregon,and finished the season with eleven wins.
Other teams surprised college football fans as well. Texas provedeverybody wrong, as they stumbled to win only five games, only twoof those from the Big 12 conference.
Overall, this college football season proved to be one that will neverbe forgotten with every week bringing exciting games, stunning up-sets, and break-out performances.
College football season comes to close
Working Hard: University of Tennessee running back Tauren
Poole battles for extra yardage as he fights off University of
Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins.
Making the Play: A University of Oregon player dives to
make a catch in the endzone for a touchdown. The Oregon
Ducks finished the season 12-1 after they lost to Auburn in
the Tostitos BCS National Championship.
Photos from bleacherreport.com
Maggie Feith
Reporter
Imagine this--you cannot drive, so youleave your home by 6:30 every morning tocatch a two-hour subway ride to school.
While on the subway, you are not allowed tochew gum, eat snacks, read books or even sitdown.
Once at school, you stay in the same class-room for the entire day and study all of the re-quired subjects. When the school day is over,you stay for an hour to clean up. After clean-ing, you go to your after-school club or sportfor as long as two hours.
This is the daily life of a student in Japan.In some ways our daily life is like theirs, but
in many ways it is different. US students areblessed with educational opportunities thatother countries, such as Japan, do not offer.
In the United States, we do not consider ed-ucation as something for the privileged. Edu-cation is for everyone.
In Japan, some students do not get to go toschool past junior high. If a student does not
make a certain score on a standardized test, heor she is not allowed to enroll in high school.
Our country cannot do things in this way.With acts such as "No Child Left Behind,"there is simply no way possible to teachstrictly to the "smart kids" or the “motivatedkids.”
Also, is it really fair to deny high school ed-ucation to those who are unable to pass a dif-ficult standardized test? Many students in ourcountry benefit greatly from their high schooleducation, whether it is academically or evensocially.
Another difference in our country's school-ing system and Japan’s is the amount of free-dom students have.
By Japan’s not allowing their students to at-tend high school when they do not pass a test,they are denying a great learning opportunity.Those students are being denied a freedomthat every child of our country is promised.
Also, our students have a large amount oftime outside of school to spend with friends.Japanese students have less than thirty min-
utes per day because of their rigorous sched-ules.
Japan is first in the world for the numberof days per year they attend school (243). Weare second to last with 180 days.
Japan is focusing on education for theirbrightest students and seeing that they are notdistracted from it. At the same time, they areignoring the students who genuinely need abasic high school education.
Our country provides education to all. Be-cause of this, the exceptional students’ educa-tions are held back by the students who needmore help. This is a sacrifice we are willing tomake.
Our school system seems fair and open-minded while Japan's looks unfair and critical.
The bottom line is that Japan's schooling sys-tem is possibly more challenging than ours.But when one considers all the opportunitiesthis country's students have that Japan's stu-dents are missing, one realizes how lucky weare.
US education: Blessing in disguise
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Shelby AndrewsCirculation Manager
With the winter weather upon us, the student body onceagain questions the reasoning behind having only twosnow days for the whole year.
We get up and go to school every week day from the the end ofJuly until the beginning of June with only three two-week breaks the
entire time. As hard and difficult as school is, should we not be al-lowed more than two days in case of bad weather? Who makes thesedecisions?
It all comes down to state requirements. All schools in the state ofTennessee are required to be in the classroom for 180 days with fourdays for the superintendent to designate.
“The board of education has the authority to have students makeup excessive days missed, but never over 180,” Neel Durbin said.
“The state says that a school day must be at least 6 1/2 hours perday. Those [additional] minutes can and are used on occasion forsnow days and professional development.”
So what about the teachers? Are they paid for their extra time putin?
“Teachers sign a contract for 200 days, including 180 student days,ten inservice days and ten vacation days for a day beginning at 7:45and ending at 3:15,” Durbin said.
For the 2011-2012 school year, the schedule has been set for 180days with two inclement weather days. The make-up days are set forMarch 14-17.
If the snow and freezing rain come our way, we need not just tolook to our administration but also to the state for the unreasonablenumber of inclement weather days built into our school year sched-ule.
Lauren BrooksFeatures Editor
Many have read Charles Dick-ens’ A Christmas Carol, inwhich Ebenezer Scrooge
must undergo the transformation frombeing heartless to being compassionate.And we have all heard the expression“Don’t be a Scrooge.” Though a classicChristmas tale, it is a year-round truth.One cannot seem to turn on the five o’-clock news without seeing negative im-ages of war-torn countries or hatecrimes and murders. In such a dark andforbidding world, when does the lightappear?
In the midst of all this darkness, thereare still rays of hope. A simple smile or“thank you” is what makes the differ-ence on a bad day.
We should encourage others to prac-tice generosity and avoid committingthe deadly sin of greed. There is enoughavarice in society without othersadding to it, and there will always beunfortunate people around us. The very
least we can do is assuage their suffer-ing and try our best to not increase it.
A number of studies have shown thatthose who give back and help othersare more likely to be happier individu-als. Being greedy is only a negative fac-tor in our lives because it benefitsneither the victim nor the aggressor inthe long-term. No one can gain long-lasting satisfaction from desiring morethan what he or she needs or deserves.So why practice it?
Archbishop of Canterbury WilliamTemple said, “Humility does not meanthinking less of yourself, nor does itmean having a low opinion of yourown gifts. It means freedom from think-ing about yourself at all.”
We should all practice humility andremember others and their struggles.We must make the effort to help othersand rid ourselves of the greedy portionof our lives. Small efforts make a hugedifference in the long run. By simplyshowing a humble spirit, we canchange the world.
Changing world one humble deed at a time
Mo! days fo! snow days
Photo submitted by Maggie Feith
Bringing Smiles to Less Fortunate Children:Senior Amanda Jones paints faces in Nicaragua.
Illustration by Aubrey Andrews
11TrojanTorch Volume 43 Issue 3Features
Rick Van SantReporter
Microsoft and Sony have been competing with one another to produce
better gaming for the consumer. Recently, Sony has invented Move for
PlayStation, and Microsoft has invented Kinect for Xbox 360. Through
years in the technology business, both companies have proven themselves to be
advanced in the gaming industry.
Microsoft’s Kinect, also known as Project Natal, was announced to the public
on June 1, 2009. One day after the announcement of Kinect, on June 2, 2009, Sony
presented Move to the public.
These new technological devices vary in several ways. Kinect is a controller-
free gaming device that allows the player to use his or her entire body as a con-
troller.
Three cameras track up to 48 different body motions. These cameras provide
full-body 3D motion capture, facial recognition and voice recognition.
All that is needed to use Kinect is an Xbox 360, Kinect sensor device and a
power source.
Move uses the PlayStation Eye, a PlayStation Move motion controller and a
PlayStation Move navigation controller. The PlayStation Eye only has one cam-
era, but it can still track precise movements.
Move has an orb at the top of the motion controller which changes colors to fit
the surroundings. The glowing orb serves as an additional sensor to help the
PlayStation Eye track the motion of the player.
The requirements to use Move are a PlayStation 3 (PS3), and a PlayStation
Move controller. The motion and navigation controller are both required to be
charged and can last up to seven hours when fully charged.
The prices of these products are a consideration. Sony's Move costs $99.99,
which includes the PlayStation Eye, a game and PlayStation Move. Microsoft's
Kinect costs $149.99, which includes the Kinect sensor device and a game.
These new gaming devices are designed to be fun entertainment for all ages.
Wireless Competition: Microsoft and Sony has come out with a new controller-free device by developing the Kinect(below) and the Move (above). The Kinect can be purchased for $149.99 and and Move costs $99.99.
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Lauren Brooks
Features Editor
“We make a living by what wedo, but we make a life bywhat we give.”
These famed words from British Prime Min-ister Winston Churchill give meaning to beingactive in one’s community.
One thing all humans havein common is the simple factthat they all need help atsome time or another. Manywonder what they can do tohelp others, and the answer issimple: get involved.
There are many opportuni-ties to seize, and all it takes toget involved is a little bit oftime and effort. One place tostart is here -- at school. Thereare a variety of clubs and ac-tivities to become involved insuch as Key Club, GlobalYouth and the Humane Soci-ety Organization (HSO) toname a few. “Getting involved is easy. Youjust have to care about othersand have motivation to makea difference,” co-president ofHSO Kopper Harris said.
People can also become in-
volved with other organizations around Dy-ersburg, including the local Union Mission.
Students agree about the importance ofcommunity service.
“Getting involved in community servicehelps teach responsibility. It also shows peo-ple that others are not as well off and that it isimportant to help them any way we can,” jun-
ior Luis Portillo said.Another area students can devote time to is
the church. Marla Kennedy of First ChristianChurch said, “In my opinion, (the church) iswhere making significant differences hap-pens, whether it be on the streets, in places ofbusiness, in the workplace, at the schools, inhomes or on the sports field.”
Many places are alwaysneeding help. They urgeone to just show up (andeven bring a friend), will-ing to work. It is as simpleas that.
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Jon Frye – an attendee of the University of Tennessee at Martin, theUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville, Union University, LambuthUniversity and Trevecca Nazarene University; a major in mathe-
matics and secondary education and a minor in physics; an assistantprincipal at Dyersburg High School and now new principal for 2011-2012 school year– is someone you may not know.
Frye has been in the work force since his high school years when heworked for Coca-Cola Bottling in Jackson, Tennessee. In college, heCO-OP-ed for Jackson Utility and wrote computer programs. He hasbeen a football and baseball coach at Lambuth University, has taughtmath and physics at both DHS and Jackson Central Merry High Schooland has been a principal since 1999.
Frye has been at DHS since 2007. His title as “assistant principal”had him doing much more than just the regular responsibilities of anassistant principal. He is the athletic director; with this job, he helpscoaches with paperwork, makes sure all games are run correctly andsmoothly, and makes sure money is accounted for.
Frye is also the facilities manager. He makes sure custodians get all
the supplies they need, helps them plan their work day and makessure they use their resources in the best, most efficient way possible.“They [custodians] do all the work – I have the easy job,” said Frye.
Frye also supervises the Career Technical Education (CTE) program.Since he has been at DHS, the CTE program has added a teacher forthe agriculture courses. This trimester, an engineering class that fo-cuses on math, science and technology has been added.
During his time here, Frye has changed lunch from three shifts tofour so that class times could even out and the lunch load would notbe so heavy. Also, he helped research and implement the two-year-oldtrimester system.
When Frye is not working, he enjoys watching football. “I am one of the few people who roots for Tennessee and Alabama
at the same time – I follow football religiously,” said Frye.Frye has been a valuable part of the school since he has been here.
Many changes to the school could not have been made if it were notfor his help and many more changes are yet to come.
“When somebody has something to do, I help them make sure it getsdone,” said Frye.
Making a difference: One step at a time
Jon Frye takes position as new DHS principal
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13TrojanTorch Volume 43 Issue 3Features
Corena Hasselle
Reporter
Recently, both FBLA andDECA traveled to Wash-ington, D.C., for confer-
ences. DECA left first onNovember 11 and FBLA left thefollowing week on November 18.The excitement and adventurefrom the trips have not faded.Both groups have shared funmemories together and a trip thatthey will never forget.
“We go to the conference yearly,but it rotates different places.We’ve been a lot, probably tenyears in a row at least,” sponsorof Dyersburg High School’sDECA Judy Henry said.
“It’s our Fall Leadership confer-ence, and we love to travel. It wasall good; everything went reallysmoothly. Everyone got sickthough,” Henry said.
Although it was FBLA’s firsttime to go to Washington, FBLApresident Ricky Kirby seem eagerto try to go back next year.
“Well, we had a choice among
three conferences, one in DesMoines, New Orleans, or Wash-ington D.C. I had never been toWashington, and I really wantedto go. I was actually consideringgoing to New Orleans, but I askedthe group where they wanted togo, and they all wanted to go toWashington,” Kirby said.
Both trips were good, and thestudents came back home tellinginteresting stories from Washing-ton.
“Everyone made fun of oursouthern accents. One guy evenasked me if I watched NASCAR,”sophomore FBLA member AlexAgee said.
“My favorite memory was or-dering room service ice cream: icecream was $3.75 in the menu, butI’m not good at reading direc-tions. On the bottom of the menu,it had all the extras on giving a tipand the price for room service.They didn’t mention this over thephone, so when I got my icecream it ended up being $12.00,”junior DECA member Ashten
Maldonado said.“There was a phone found in
my friend’s room, and when theytook it to the front desk, theowner of the phone had neverstayed in that hotel, nor were theyan employee there,” junior DECAmember Bailey Tidwell said.
“Never stand on the right sideof an escalator, because peoplewalk on that side, and they willrun over you,” freshmen FBLAmember Lindsey Dunn said.
“An Arabian guy gave me a freelaser pointer, and I found out theyare illegal there after shining it onthe FBI building,” junior FBLAmember Jacob Pope said.
Both FBLA and DECA touredWashington and went on nightlight tours. Students said they en-joyed the tours and learned a lot.
“Seeing the monuments and thememorials was so amazing andinteresting. The Lincoln Memorialwas so neat,” junior DECA mem-ber Aura Mae Northcutt said.
“Touring Washington and see-ing everything was my favorite
part. It was so beautiful!” sopho-more FBLA member Ellen Staggssaid.
“My tour guide on the nightlight tour was Mr. Arrington ofmonuments. I learned so muchand I was so fascinated. Youknow when you watch NationalTreasure about all the secrets?Well, in Washington there’s somuch symbolism, like the symbolfor the Capitol building and allthe monuments. It’s like thebuildings were built all around tobe the United States capital. It’sreally cool,” Kirby said.
DECA and FBLA students areexcited and cannot wait for thenext trip they will each take.
“It was a great group of studentsand a great trip. I’m really lookingforward to the next DECA trip forthe second trimester.” Henry said.
“Everyone was great, and therereally weren’t any problems at all.I would also like to thank Mr.Frye for his help,” Kirby said.
FBLA and DECA visit Washington
Enjoying the Trip to the Capitol: DECA students Faithe
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for upcoming softball seasonKatherine Keller
Reporter
With two new coaches taking
over, the Lady Trojan softball
team seems to have promising
plans for the future. They lost a few key
seniors last year, but they have a deter-
mined group of girls ready to play.
“We are working really hard this year. I
am looking for the whole program to step
up,” new head coach Steve Wilder said.
Having junior Shelby Andrews return
will be a big part of the season’s success.
Junior Kayla Wright will also play a big
role in helping the team.
Some goals the team have set for the sea-
son are to win the district championship
and to continue to improve throughout the
season. Their ultimate goal for the season
is to make it to the state tournament.
“My personal goal for the season would
be to break the homerun record. I also want
us to make a statement in our district and
compete at state,” freshman Hannah
Wright said.
Brighton and Westview are big chal-
lenges, while the team faces their biggest
rival in Covington.
“They (Covington) set the bar very high
every year,” Wilder said.
“My favorite part of softball is playing the
game and working together with my
girls,” senior Leia Barch said.
“My favorite parts of softball would have
to be getting to throw the ball, being com-
petitive, hitting and being with the people
I love,” sophomore Cortlyn Westbrook
said.
All in all, the girls have many expecta-
tions to meet and a talented team to accom-
plish those goals.
“I am very blessed to be in this position,
and I hope we can build a program that
Dyersburg can continue to be proud of,”
Wilder said.
High expectations
Warming Up: The Lady Trojans are alreadyout practicing their pitching and hitting.
Chris Wagner
Reporter
The NFL has recently issued new rules
concerning punishment for helmet-to-
helmet contact hits. Even though some
of these hits are considered legal under NFL
regulations, Roger Goodell, the NFL commis-
sioner, is issuing heavy punishments for those
players making the tackle. The NFL will imme-
diately begin suspending players for danger-
ous and flagrant hits, particularly those
involving helmets.
The rule is meant to prevent head and neck
injuries of defenseless players, for example, a
wide receiver or punt returner making a catch,
or a defender prone to a blindside hit on an in-
terception return.
The issue of concussions in the NFL has been
a recurring problem. During week six of the
2010 regular season, four tackles jumped out at
Goodell, causing him to crack the whip on dan-
gerous tackles--legal or not.
“The helmet is not to be used as a weapon,”
Goodell said.
The new rule went into effect week seven of
the NFL season. Although Goodell is happy
with this new rule, most of the players disagree
with it, calling it “wimpy” or “childish.” They
feel that the NFL is restricting their ability to
play football the way they have been taught
since pee-wee league.
Also, the new rule is a little inconsistent.
James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers made
a helmet-to-helmet hit on Josh Cribbs of the
Cleveland Browns, unintentionally, causing
Cribbs to leave the game. Later on Harrison hit
Mohammad Massaquoi, also of the Clevelend
Browns breaking up a pass leading with his
shoulder and giving Massaquoi a concussion.
He was fined $75,000 for the hits.
Brandon Meriweather, of the New England
Patriots, intentionally launched his helmet into
Todd Heap, of the Baltimore Ravens, while
breaking up a pass, injuring him on the play,
and was only fined $50,000.
Although the new rule is unpopular with the
players, it will continue to remain in effect
throughout the rest of this season. The league
officials will most likely get together after the
season to form a more specific rule that helps
clear up anything that needs to be reviewed.
NFL tightens rules on helmet-to-helmet hits
Changing the Rules: Roger S. Goodell,NFL commissioner, will be in charge ofreviewing the new helmet-to-helmet rule.
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Photo by Katherine Keller
16 Volume 43 TrojanTorchSportsIssue 3
Andrew Legan
Design Editor
Months of preparation and hours ofrigorous training paid off for Ten-nessee Bicycle Racing Association
(TBRA) competitors Jordon and PaulGalewski. Both won major state titles dur-ing the latest biking season, lasting fromMarch to late August. West Tennessee hasyet to become involved in the TBRA, so theGalewskis are part of an eight-member teamin Bristol, Tennessee. However, they havenot allowed this long distance to become anobstacle to their training.
“A lot of the times, we have to train byourselves,” Paul said. “We practice with ourdad and our brother.”
Paul is a 2010 best area rider (BAR) firstplace jersey award winner in road racing,and he is also a 2010 district bronze medalwinner.
Jordon has also been working her way tothe top of the charts. She has won a districtgold medal in time trial and criterium (bike
race held on a short course) races. She hasalso won a 2010 State Championship Jerseyin time trial and criterium races as well as a2010 BAR award first place jersey.
These successes have not come withoutsacrifice. Paul experienced several bicyclecrashes as a result of the heavy rain duringlast season. Even with some serious “roadrash,” he never quit training.
“We have a twelve-mile course laid outaround our house,” Paul said. This commit-ment is what has contributed to theGalewski’s biking success.
Training even took them out of Tennesseeto advanced biking camps. “We went toGeorgia and did a biking camp there, andwe went to Wisconsin for a national camp,”Jordon said.
“My favorite part has been meeting all thedifferent people,” Jordon said. Biking hasintroduced the Galewskis to numerous fel-low racers from around the country and theworld.
Lauran Olds
ReporterThe Dyersburg High School bowling teamfaced problems from the start of this season.The team goals were the same goals set everyyear - team unity and having fun.
"Of course, as a coach, I would like to have awinning season, but the way I see it, these kidsare here having a good time and not gettinginto any kind of trouble. Winning in the processwould just be a bonus," bowling coach JeffHartleroad said.
Going into the season, the main issue was get-ting enough students to play for both the boysand girls teams. If enough people do join, thereis usually a problem getting all players to showup to all of the games.
"Some of these kids do other things in school,and it is very hard for them to decide which oneis more important," Hartleroad said. Theseother activities make attendance mandatory."Some players choose to miss games with usbecause I am not going to put that much pres-sure on a student," Hartleroad said.
The biggest obstacle the team faced this sea-
son was the loss of one of their team membersat the beginning of the season. "That is hard foranybody," Hartleroad said.
"Senior Rashee West stepped up big time thisyear," Hartleroad said. West increased his aver-age significantly. He also demonstrates goodsportsmanship. "Not only did his game im-prove since last year, but Rashee matured a lotas well," Hartleroad said.
Hartleroad considers Hardin County to be thehardest competition for the team. "They have acoach that owns his own lanes and makes itmandatory for players to join his leagues toplay on the team," Hartleroad said. This allowsHardin County to practice year round, whilethe Trojan bowling team had to schedule prac-tices whenever the team members have sparetime.
"The team I have at the moment is young, butI see them being a major competitor in the nearfuture, even against Hardin County,"Hartleroad said.
Hartleroad encourages students to come outand support the bowling team next season.
Students win state awards in bicycling
Dedication: Jordan (top) and Paul (bottom)
Galewski make all their hard work pay off as
they compete at the State Championships.
Bowling team faces rough season
Working Towards Perfection: DHS
bowling team member Sophomore
Patrick Barch works during practice to
perfect his game.
Photo by Lauran Olds
Photos contributed by Paul Galewski
17TrojanTorch Volume 43 Issue 3Sports
Chris Wagner
Sports Editor
This college football season was one to remember, with almostevery week bringing a new and exciting twist on the way welook at the sport.
The Southeastern Conference was a powerhouse as usual, withAuburn and Arkansas leading the way, both going to BCS bowls.
Auburn was the dominant power, with Heisman trophy winner CamNewton leading the team in almost all areas of offense. Newton, de-spite all the allegations of fraud, threw for 2,589 total yards, 28 touch-downs and only six interceptions. Newton capped off a remarkableseason with six total touchdowns in Auburn's 56-17 rout of South Car-olina in the SEC championship game. Auburn’s season ended victori-ously with a close 22-19 win over speedy Oregon in the NationalChampionship.
However, life in the SEC was not as good as it seemed for two teamsthat were looking to grasp hold of another National Championship.Pre-season favorite Florida found out quickly that the road to the Na-tional Championship would be a little tougher without their star quar-terback Tim Tebow. They stumbled to a record of 7-5 after they sufferedan embarrassing 31-7 loss to in-state rival Florida State. Florida wontheir final game under Urban Meyer, beating Penn State 37-24 in theOutback Bowl.
Alabama, despite their struggles during the season, finished the year
with a strong 49-7 win over Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl. Between them, Alabama and Florida -- the last two BCS national
champions -- lost seven SEC games this season. That’s four more thanthey lost in the 2008 and 2009 seasons combined, and two of thosethree losses were to each other.
Despite Alabama and Florida’s struggles in the SEC, Auburn man-aged to go undefeated, beating South Carolina in the SEC champi-onship, finishing the season 13-0. Auburn will have their hands fullwhen they play against the speedy Oregon offense led by LaMichealJames.
The PAC-10 also saw many teams emerge as powerhouses. Oregon,Stanford and Arizona all showed the rest of the nation that they arejust as strong as Auburn, Arkansas and many other SEC teams.
Oregon went undefeated, with big wins over Stanford, USC, Arizonaand Oregon State. However, when it mattered, they could not over-come Auburn’s powerful defense, led by Nick Fairly.
Stanford finished the season with only one loss, suffered to Oregon,and finished the season with eleven wins.
Other teams surprised college football fans as well. Texas provedeverybody wrong, as they stumbled to win only five games, only twoof those from the Big 12 conference.
Overall, this college football season proved to be one that will neverbe forgotten with every week bringing exciting games, stunning up-sets, and break-out performances.
College football season comes to close
Working Hard: University of Tennessee running back Tauren
Poole battles for extra yardage as he fights off University of
Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins.
Making the Play: A University of Oregon player dives to
make a catch in the endzone for a touchdown. The Oregon
Ducks finished the season 12-1 after they lost to Auburn in
the Tostitos BCS National Championship.
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19TrojanTorch Volume 43 Issue 3Sports
Hunter Perry
Reporter
The 2010-11 season was a devastatingone for the Tennessee Titans, withmany problems not just on the field but
in the locker room also. The result is a stressedteam who needs a change before the next sea-son--a team that has lost a quarterback andneeds a leader to step up and take control.
In addition, Titans owner Bud Adams hasevaluated head coach Jeff Fisher’s contract be-cause Adams has been disappointed byFisher’s coaching. Then there is Randy Moss’slackluster performance.
Quarterback Vince Young’s episode of walk-ing off the field after another injury has leftfans wondering what was wrong with him.
Young came to the NFL after winning a Na-tional Championship at Texas. He was the Ti-tans’ first round pick in the 2006 draft. Hestarted for the Titans, and he took them to a(6-5) record. The year after, he was elected theteam captain of the Titans, but he was lookedupon this season as the owner’s pet. No oneknew, really, what was wrong with Young.
Then Young was fired from the Titans. It isundecided where he will go and if anyone willeven want him.
Jeff Fisher, coach of the Titans, almost losthis job because of a feud; however, owner BudAdams has confirmed that he will stay withthe Titans as head coach.
Eddie George, a former Titan player, tried to
reach out to the team. George was recentlyhonored for being the 12th Titan, placing himon the list of the team’s all-time greatest play-ers. However, George had concerns for theteam:
“The energy I saw, it didn’t seem like therewas a sense of energy from anybody. No oneseemed to want it. You want to go in therewith a purpose. They have to want it. I sawnone of that,” George said in a interview withNFL.com.
George also said, later in the interview, thathe was concerned about Coach Fisher.
The Titans’ latest pick up, Randy Moss, maynot be what they were expecting, considering
Moss’s recent playing history with otherteams. He has not been playing well since hewas picked up by the Titans. In the game ver-sus the Houston Texans, Moss had three re-ceptions for 23 yards. In the game versus theJacksonville Jaguars, he had one reception for18 yards. Moss’s season is not turning in hisfavor, as he had only 375 receiving yards thisyear by week 13. Last year Moss had caughtfor over 1,000 yards by the end of the season.
The Titans have many problems on the teamthat have affected the team’s performance.The Titans will have to make major adjust-ments or promote new leadership for nextseason if they want to be successful.
Jean Turnbo
Reporter
The 2010-2011 Lady Trojan basket-ball team has launched their sea-son with a great start. “This
season has begun very well for the LadyTrojans with a record of 15-2. Thoughyoung in several positions, the squadhas talent. The program has returned todoing things the ‘Dyersburg’ way underhead coach Randy Coffman, and the fu-ture is bright for this year’s team,” StateGazette sports editor Mike Smith said.
“Our main goal as a team is to go toMurfreesboro and win a gold ball,”sophomore Sydney McNeill said.
“The team is off to a solid start, butthey must continue to desire to improve
each day,” Coffman said.Over the years the team has pro-
gressed to become what it is today. “Inmy first season covering the Lady Tro-jans, the squad advanced to the statetournament and eventually played for astate title, losing to undefeated Mt.Juliet in March of 2005. With the suc-cessful run, expectations have been highevery year since to make it back toMurfreesboro, and they are headed inthe right direction,” Smith said.
“I want our players to understand theimportance of being focused every mo-ment we are in the gym. Champions arenot ordained. They are the hard work-ers who are goal-driven with tremen-dous focus,” Coffman said.
Titan problems: Young or Fisher?
High hopes for Lady Trojan basketball team
Preparing for Victory The girls! basketball teamworks to perfect its plays in a team scrimmage asCoach Jackie Wilder supervises.
Facing Ups and Downs: Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson sprintspast Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Antonio Dixon. In this 36 to 19 win, the Ti-tans received one of their largest victories of the season despite recent troubles.
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College basketball teams setstage for big games in March
Scoring: Tennessee junior CameronTatum takes it to the house and dunks.
Focusing: Duke freshmen Kyrie Irving lines up to take a foul shot before his seri-ous injury that could have an effect on the defending National Champs in March.
Photos from ESPN.com
Sam ShankleSports Editor
The first half of the 2010-2011 collegebasketball season has set the stage forone of the most exciting in recent his-
tory. Preseason tournaments, freshman fa-natics and, thus far, undefeated teams havegiven college basketball fans the buzz theyhave been yearning for all off-season. It is ayear of historical giants all seeming to stepforward at the same time--Kentucky,UCONN and Duke--yet with local favoritessuch as the Universities of Memphis andTennessee also emerging as national cham-pionship contenders.
This season tipped off with some memo-rable preseason tournaments. The preseasonMaui Tournament showcased two top-fivepreseason teams in Michigan State and Ken-tucky. Unranked Connecticut emerged victo-rious and is currently among the elite incollege basketball.
Duke returns strong as ever this year as
they attempt to uphold their 2010 NationalChampionship title. Coach Mike Krzyzewskicurrently has his squad in the top five with asingle loss to Florida State. They are led bysenior Kyle Singler and have a great upcom-ing talent in their scoring leader freshmanKyrie Irving. On the other hand, people arewondering if Duke can still complete theirmission and defend their championship withthe graduation of All-American Jon Scheyer.
“I do not believe Duke is capable of achiev-ing a second National Championship in arow, because it is extremely tough to repeatas a National Champion. Teams are deeperand better these days, which makes it toughto win one, much less repeat. I will say,though, they have all the pieces to repeat asNational Champions,” basketball coachJared Street said.
Although the freshman talent from a yearago might not be lighting up the headlines asoften, rookies are still making a huge impactin college basketball. Kentucky has freshmenBrandon Knight and Terrance Jones doing
their best Wall and Cousins impressions.Ohio State’s freshman Jared Sullinger, as wellas local favorites Tobias Harris of Tennesseeand Will Barton of Memphis, all have legiti-mate shots at being high-round draft picks,but more importantly, assisting their teamson a national title run.
“Terrance Jones is my mid-season pick forplayer of the year,” freshman Caleb Hinsonsaid.
The college basketball season is underwaywith plenty in store for the 2010-2011 season.If North Carolina can step up their progressunder freshman Harrison Barnes, this seasonwould be packed with countless historicalpowerhouses as well as the emergence of thesurprisingly undefeated San Diego State. Theadrenaline is pumping as March draws nearand teams fight to remain undefeated.
“College basketball is ten times more ex-citing to me than professional basketball,”Chandler said.
21TrojanTorch Volume 43 Issue 3Entertainment
Emma CaylorEditor
The cold wind has blown in, the Christmas season has faded
away, but the meaning of Christmas is present year-round. The
new year is settling in, and now is the perfect time to live a
changed life. In Donna VanLiere’s novel, The Christmas Promise, Gloria
Bailey lives an inspiring life, always putting others first. It is time to
make a change and put others first. You can spread joy to the world,
even after the holidays are over.
This book depicts the story of two people during the Christmas sea-
son. It tells of the struggles they face and the dilemmas they overcome–
the hearts that are shattered and the healing that is found.
Gloria Bailey lives a hectic, selfless life– a life that shows she cares by
helping others. She holds a secret: a heart-breaking past which drives
her to make a promise to her deceased husband. She will never give
up. She holds the spirit of Christmas year-round. Gloria opens her
home to the homeless, feeds the hungry and finds jobs for the jobless.
Chaz McDonnell never stops moving. He does not want to stay in
one place too long. He does not want to connect to people, even worse,
to love them. Chaz is an alcoholic who has made nothing of his life. It
takes a job at Wilson’s and a five-year-old named Donovan to show
Chaz he needs to turn his life around.
VanLiere shows agonized people enduring life’s curveballs but re-
ceiving their heart’s biggest desires in the end. The comic relief from
Gloria’s high-maintenance neighbor and the blunt Donovan keep the
serious tone light. However, the hardships of Gloria and Chaz are ones
that make the reader connect to the characters and make the reader
feel like she has known these two forever.
Each chapter starts with an inspirational quotation, while the content
within the chapter inspires one to do more with one’s life. Gloria and
her constant love for others make the holidays seem more about the
relationships in our lives and not so much the material possessions.
I enjoyed reading this book, and it made me want to have a life of
giving to others. It made me appreciate the people in my life and the
beauty of getting to know the ones about whom we have pre-con-
ceived notions. You never know what someone is going through or
how beautiful that person is inside.
The book is inspiring. I highly recommend this Christmas story.
“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however,
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Latest Narnia transports viewer to magical world
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Ginny RoperEditor
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the latest movie based on the beloved Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis.The story opens with the Pevensie children separated from each other. Susan is in America on vacation withher parents, Peter is away at college, and Edmond and Lucy are stuck in England with their uncle, aunt and
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