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Soaring Eagles

TeniaEllisKindergart-ner Tenia El-lis has been nomina t ed by teacher

Mrs. Crain. Tenia cooper-ates well and loves to help others. She excels in math, handwriting, and reading. She is just an exceptional student!

Elementary Students Excel at UIL District

Academic Meet

ZackTrueloveZach True-love was n o m i n a t -ed by his

teacher Mrs. Davis for be-ing an excellent student. He is highly motivated to exceed the expectations set before him and always puts forth his best effort. He has exceeded his AR reading goals every mark-ing period with a 96% correct on his tests for the year.

Soaring Eagles are ran-domly drawn from all teacher nominated stu-dents.

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THE EAGLE EYEVol. 1, Issue 9April 5, 2007

Channing ISD Channing, Texaswww.region16.net/channingisdRead us online at

By Leah FordPhotos by Mrs. Ziegler

Eagle EYE Staff

Channing ISD Kindergarten Roundup

for 2007-2008April 25, 2007 @ 1:00 P.M.

Please provide: Copy of birth certificate, social security card, and immunizations

At 6 a.m. on Thursday, March 22, Channing stu-dents boarded the bus and left for the annual UIL aca-demic meet in Lazbuddie. The academic meet is an opportunity for students to showcase and compete in ar-eas outside of athletics such as speech, debate, mathemat-ics, spelling, and computers. The day began with a trip

through the rain to make the directors meeting at 8 a. m. Students then went straight to events and remained busy throughout the day. This year Channing’s UIL district was reorganized and now consists of Naza-reth, Lazbuddie, Kress, Hap-py, Hart, Hartley, Texline, and Adrian. Even though the district was different, eleven students individually quali-fied for the regional meet at Levelland on April 13. Out

of the nine schools compet-ing, Channing is the second smallest with 30 high school students enrolled and placed 2nd overall in the district. The UIL one-act play cast performed, “The Danc-ers” by Horton Foote, at the district level on March 29 at Amarillo College. It is a story of two young people in the 1930’s who gain con-fidence as they get ready to begin life after high school.

Josh Lowe and Justin Gordon watching videos between competitions.

Monty O’Hair after giving persuasive speech.

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School board elections are canceled. Only two peo-ple, Benny Moore and Dan Shipley, applied for the 3 open positions. This leaves one position unfilled. The board has 180 days from the May 12, 2007 election day to appoint a member to fill the one year position. The board approved to extend Channings’ deposito-ry contract with Happy State Bank for another 2 years. The district owned property at 719 Greenwood will receive some updates that consist of new siding, & windows. The next school board meeting will be Tuesday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m.

The Channing 4-H members have been busy this month in local, county, and state events. On April 2, the Hartley county 4-H Council del-egates Monty O’Hair, presi-dent, Corinna Browning, vice-president, and Breanna Hall, secretary, attended the ribbon cutting for the new Happy State Bank opening in Dalhart. Happy State Bank ex-tended a thank you gift of $500 to the Hartley County 4-H Club. The bi-county fashion show was held in Dalhart, April 3. The fashion show incorporates many areas of

competition including fash-ion design, garment con-struction, purchasing, and modeling.

Local 4-Hers, Corinna Browning, Madie Womack, Emma Womack and Rylee Barber participated in this year’s clothing project. Corinna placed 1st in buying

4-H UpdatesBy Monty O’Hair

and also received the best model award in the senior category. Madie placed 1st in buy-ing and received the best model award in the interme-diate category. Emma placed 1st in con-struction. Rylee placed 2nd in con-struction, 1st in design and received the best model award in the junior catego-ry. At her first Houston Livestock Show, March 9, Rylee Barber exhibited her 1,250 pound registered Her-eford steer. She placed sec-ond in the lightweight class. Over 130 Hereford steers were exhibited, and in a show this size, placing in the top 10 is a big accom-plishment. Her hard work and dedication bring great pride to the Channing com-munity.

Corinna Browning practic-ing the Tyra Banks look.

Emma Womack (left) and Rylee Barber (Right) pose with the Jr. Division contestants. 4-H Fashion show contestants

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UIL Results Continued from page 1Although it was an excellent play that was very well per-formed, it did not advance. This year the play was

directed by Judy Barber and Cheri Grant. “It was an ad-justment working with new directors, but we appreci-ate them for volunteering,” said Brooke Moore. “Now

that we have adapted, hope-fully we can pick up next year where we left off,” said Corinna Browning.

Individual ResultsComputer Applications2nd – Leah Ford4th – Heath Enlow7th – Megan McLainCalculator Applications5th – Mariah Harbert10th – Tisha BarberComputer Science1st – Heath Enlow4th – Leah Ford5th – Josh Lowe6th – Dana KunzeEditorial Writing3rd – Megan McLain6th – Kayla NelsonFeature Writing1st – Brooke Moore

CommunityHeadline Writing1st – Megan McLain6th – Kayla NelsonInformative Speaking4th – Kade Kistner5th – Tisha BarberLincoln Douglas Debate1st – Corinna BrowningLiterary Criticism2nd – Breanna HallMathematics4th – Leah Ford9th – Heath EnlowNews Writing6th – Mariah HarbertPersuasive Speaking3rd – Monty O’Hair Poetry Interpretation1st – Haley Nelson2nd – Breanna HallProse Interpretation1st – Brooke MooreBiology4th – Blake NelsonChemistry9th – Justin GordonScience10th – Blake NelsonPhysics10th – Justin GordonSocial Studies8th – Jessica McCoySpelling and Vocabulary2nd – Corinna Browning3rd – Megan McLain4th – Kayla NelsonReady Writing2nd – JT Truelove6th – Jared LoweTaking a break from contests at Lazbuddie

9th – Cody PowellTeam Results

1st – Spelling and Vocabu-larySpeech1st place over all2nd – Informative1st – Lincoln Douglas De-bate2nd – Persuasive1st – Poetry Interpretation2nd – Prose Interpretation2nd – Cross Examination De-bateComputer1st – Computer Programing1st – Computer Science

One Act Play AwardsBest Lighting – Kade Kist-nerBest Sound – Jared LoweHonorable Mention – Heath EnlowAll Star Cast – Brooke Moore and Corinna Browning

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The junior high and high school track teams re-cently competed in the Wol-verine Relays at Springlake-Earth. Thursday the junior high portion of the meet was held; however, due to inclement weather, Willie Morris was the only member of either team to participate prior to the meet’s cancella-tion. Morris placed 1st in the 1600 meter run with a time of 6 minutes. Friday the field events were cancelled due to the muddy conditions, and the track meet was moved up enabling the high school

runners to finish before bad weather created more prob-lems. For the high school girls, the 400 relay team of Jessica McCoy, Jayda Ra-mey, Chelsey Messick, and Shae Sanchez came in 4th place, with a time of 57 seconds. Megan McLain won both the 100 and 300 hurdles, running a 16.2 and a 47.7, respectively. For the boys, Jonathan Truelove finished 2nd in the 800 meter run, with a time of 2:24. Jared Lowe also earned a silver medal in the 200 me-ter dash and a bronze in the 100 meter dash. Next on the Eagles’ agenda was a track meet scheduled for March 30 and

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By Megan McLainPhotos by Mrs. Morris

Channing Staff

Carla Zamudio crosses the finish line in the 800m re-lay

Richard Miller listens for lane instruction

31 in Miami. Once again, however, the track meets for both the junior high and high school were cancelled. The Eagles’ teams have been preparing for various district competitions coming up in the next two weeks. Due to UIL realignments, there are several new faces to go along with the usual Adrian, Hartley, and Texline

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opponents at district spring meets this year, including Happy, Hart, Kress, Lazbud-die, and Nazareth. The district golf meet was held in Vega on April 2nd. Competing all day, the boys’ team consisting of Brayden Aistrup, Cody

Powell, Justin Gordon, Jared Lowe placed 6th as a team with Aistrup placing 7th in-dividually. Brooke Moore was the district champion in the girls’ division and will be advancing to the regional meet. Next, district track will be in Hart April 6th, and district tennis will be in Her-eford on April 9. The junior high recently participated in their district track meet April 3 at Dalhart. Results listed below: Jr. High BoysTeam placed 2nd overall Zach Barr - shot put 1st, discus 2nd Richard Miller - 800M 1st, 1200M 1st, 800 relay 1stEdgar Alvarez- 800 relay 1st, 200 dash 3rd, shot put 6th, 100 dash 4th

Daniel Henderson- 100 dash 3rd, 800 relay 1st, long jump 5th, 200 dash 5thWillie Morris - 2400M 1st, 800 relay 1st, triple jump 2nd, 1200M 2nd Eric Alvarez-200 dash 4th, 800M 3rdMichael McCoy- 400M 3rd, 100 dash 6th

Jr. High Girls Team placed 2nd overallMackenzie McLain - 800M 1st, 400 relay 2nd, triple jump 2nd, high jump 4th Emma Browning- 200 dash 2nd, 800 relay 3rd, long jump 3rd, discus 5thHannah Hipp-200 dash 4th, 800 relay 3rd, triple jump 3rdBreanna Burch- 200 dash 5th

Alex Joslyn-100 dash 2nd, 400 relay 2nd, 1600 relay 1st, discus 4thCarla Zamudio-100 dash 3rd, 400 relay 2nd, 1600 re-lay 1stDanae Parman-high jump 6th, 800 relay 3rd, 1600 re-lay 1stKim Gambrell-800 relay 3rd, shot put 3rdAllyson Ford-shot put 4th, discus 6th

Willie Morris taking a leap of faith at the triple jumpRichard Miller, Eric Alvarez, Michael McCoy, and Daniel Henderson waiting for the track meet to begin

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“A delicious pasta and chicken dish with garlic, sun-dried to-matoes and fresh basil. INGREDIENTS1 tablespoon butter 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped (or the dry packaged sun-dried tomatoes)1 cup chicken broth, divided 1 cup heavy cream 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 8 ounces dry fettuccini pastaDIRECTIONS In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter; add gar-lic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and 3/4 cup of the chicken broth; increase to medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 10 min-utes or until the tomatoes are tender. Add the cream and bring to a boil; stirring. Simmer over medium heat until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. In a large skillet over medium

heat, warm oil and saute chick-en. Press on chicken occasion-ally with a slotted spatula. Cook for about 4 minutes per side or until the meat feels springy and is no longer pink inside. Trans-fer to a board; cover and keep warm. Discard the fat from the skillet. In the same skillet, over medium heat, bring 1/4 cup chicken broth to a boil; stirring the pan juices. Reduce slightly and add to the cream sauce; stir in basil and adjust seasonings to taste. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add fettuccine and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain, transfer to a bowl and toss with 3 to 4 tablespoons of the sauce. Cut each chicken breast into 2 to 3 diagonal slices. Re-heat the sauce gently if needed. Transfer the pasta to serving plates; top with chicken and coat with the cream sauce; serve.

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Healthy People Need a Healthy Weight:

by Blake Nelson and Brayden Aistrup

Healthy weight can re-duce the risk of many diseas-es like high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease. Being overweight does not always mean you have ex-cess body fat; sometimes it is muscle development, like athletes have. This is not considered a health prob-lem. Currently 50% of people in the U.S. are considered either overweight or obese. Reducing this percentage has become a national health goal. Obese people also have a greater risk of Type II dia-betes, arthritis, respiratory problems, and certain types of cancer. The more extra fat a person carries, the more likely they are to have prob-lems. Besides health prob-lems, overweight people can have social and emotional problems. Some people can be very cruel to those who are obese, and this can cause a great deal of stress, and could cause overweight peo-ple to have a low opinion of themselves. Personal value

is not based on body weight. Overweight people are not less worthy than people who have a normal weight.

Unsafe Weight Loss Prac-tices:

by Dalton King People who think they need to lose weight often want to get quick results. They often look at the weight scale three or four times a week and think that the weight is not coming off fast enough. Therefore it leads them to look toward crash diets, or fad diets. New weight loss schemes turn up each week. They promise fast, inexpensive, painless results. Consumers spend millions of dollars on these fads each year. Some examples are pills, body wraps, fasting, or “eating all the protein you want.” Such diets may lead to fast weight loss, but they are not healthy and can not be maintained over a long period of time. Crash dieting can lead to a lifelong cycle of weight gain and loss called the yo-yo syndrome. People often end up gain-ing more weight than they lost, and then they search for yet another unhealthy crash diet. Fad diets don’t teach people better eating be-havior. Most of the weight comes back, and they return to their old eating habits. People should not think of losing weight as “dieting.” They should stick to healthy, nutritious eating habits as a lifestyle. People should en-joy food, but they should en-joy it in moderation.

* Avoid eating a large amount of food at one time, spread your calorie needs out throughout the day.* Eat three to six small planned meals instead of eat-ing haphazardly. * Keep your portion sizes small, this will help you avoid binges.* Make breakfast a habit, it keeps you from being ex-tremely hungry in the morning hours, so you won’t overeat at lunchtime.

* Keep low calorie, nutritious food in the cabinets and re-frigerator, and keep high calo-rie foods out of sight.* Eat slowly, lay your fork down between bites, you will feel full with less food.* Avoid taking second help-ings of food.* Drink a glass of water before a meal, to help make you feel fuller, so you will eat less.* Use a smaller plate so mod-erate portions do not look so small.

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Bi-weekly Schedule sponsored by Jimmy Fincher Body ShopDATE EVENT TIME April 2 District Golf at Vega Language Development Intervention 9:00 a.m.

April 3 TAKS 5th grade math Cassidy Horn’s birthday

April 4th Six weeks test Heath Enlow’s & Bailee McKay’s birthday April 5th Six weeks test End of the 5th six weeks Students will be allowed to wear shorts on this day. Shorts must be as long as fingertips.

April 6th NO SCHOOL District Track meet at Hart Trinity McCarty’s birthday

April 7th High School Prom

April 9th No School HS District Tennis meet at Hereford

April 11th HS Area track meet at Panhandle

April13th HS Regional UIL competetion in Levelland

April 16th Blood Drive in the Home Ec building from 3 to 6:30

April 17th TAKS 3rd,4th,6th,8th,10th Math SDAA grades 3-10 Math

April 18th TAKS 4th,6th,7th,8th Reading, 11th Math SDAA grades 3-10 Reading

April 19th TAKS 5th,8th,10th,11th Science 9th Math

April 20th TAKS 8th,10th,11th Social Studies

April 23rd Language Development Intervention

April 27th &28th HS Regional Track Meet at Levelland

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