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From: Lorna.Kropp@f6.n346.z1.fidonet.org (Lorna Kropp)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Accident Kills Three and Injures 2
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 21:47:39 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:346/6 - Macs BBS, Spokane WA

To: Global Village News
From: Discovery School, 5th and 6th grades
 
 
        Three people were killed in an accident.  Two people were hurt.  They 
died in a car accident on high way 99.  The people that died were Jan ,age 29, 
 James ,age 46, and Rusty ,age 18.  Crystal Wickenhagen ,age 14, lost her
right leg and is suffering back injuries.  This accident accured when Brad and 
his car went sliding on wet cement and hit Jan's car.  Brad was lucky .  He
only sprained hisright knee and ankle.
 
         I think that it was domb Brad ran into the wet cement.  He should
have been more careful but I do think it's kind of scary to have people like 
driving on the road.  people who aren't very carefull.
 
                                                  By,          
                                                     GINA SCHNEIDER
Lorna Kropp, Discovery School, Spokane.WA


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From: Ernie.Del.Rio@f83.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Ernie Del Rio)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Re: Global Village
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 15:13:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/83 - Morningside K12 BBS, Brownsville TX

A Brownsville police officer witnessed a armedrobbery at a             
convenience store. The robber bought a pack of cigarettes,then         
went up to the counter,picked up his shirt and pulled out a            
revolver. The police officer tried to catch him but he got away        
with an undetermined amount of money.                                  
I chose this article becuse i like intresting stories.........         
  THANK YOU , BY: ERNIE, IVAN                                          


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From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
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Subject: Re: project
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 08:46:35 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX

Hi John,

*** Quoting John Feltham to Chris Rowan ***

JF> Kids in Oz and NZ know what a taco is! We even have MacDonalds,

No offense intended.  I was just trying to make an example.  There _was_ an exchange last year between one of my students and an Australian student in which food was described.  As I recall, "taco" was one of the foods described, along with "enchilada," "burrito," and "guacamole."

Do you have Little Caesar's down there yet?  GREAT pizza at a reasonable price. How much do you have to pay for a burger, fries, and a coke?  What does a medium-sized pizza cost?  What is a "typical" Australian dinner?

Just curious.

Chris


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From: John.Chisholm@f2.n255.z1.fidonet.org (John Chisholm)
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Subject: WESTRAY MINE DISASTER
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 15:36:45 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:255/2 - NEWBED, Fredericton NB


                               Westray Mine Disaster          
                                     May 1992                 
                                                              
    On May 1992 a gas leak formed in Westray mine killing 26 
miners.


    Public hearing into Westray Mine disaster last May was 
put on ice, for about a month.


    Gerald  Phillips (vice president and general manager ) 
presented the speechs less then 24 hours after his lawyer  
succeeded in delaying the start of public inquiry because of 
last May's minor explosion.       


    The RCMP seized the documents as part  of the 
investigation .                                               


    The judge a member of the superior court trial division 
also noted that Westray position seems that of its employees 
and asked its firms lawyers to point out its differences in 
their approach.


    Westray and its Parent Company Curragh Inc. of Toronto 
will go to court in mid October to try to prevent the 
Mounties from examining three sealed cardboard boxes of 
internal Westray documents seized under a search warrant.
 
An update to this story is that the Department of Labour in Nova Scotia has 
laid 52 charges against the company and officials that run the mine.
The RCMP are still investigating the disaster.
 
From Group 1 South Woodside School
Dartmouth Nova Scotia.

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From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
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Subject: Re: Govornor Weld
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 06:28:40 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX

Hi Tessa,

*** Quoting Tessa Avery to Chris Rowan ***

TA> asked him a question. Our class's question was there is a need
TA> for money in Western Massachusetts. What do you plan to do about
TA> this? I do not think he addressed our question fully.

Why?  Was he evasive?  How did you arrive at that particular question?  Just wondering . . .

GREAT post.  Thanks!

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From: Ernesto.Del.Rio@f83.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Ernesto Del Rio)
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Subject: Murder Trial in Brownsville
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 15:26:35 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/83 - Morningside K12 BBS, Brownsville TX

The jury trial of a 25-year old Brownsville man charged with murdering 
a man who died two days after he was found with a fractured skull 
began Monday.  He was found in a downtown alley.
        
I chose this story because I like to read about murders.
        
                                                Ernie


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From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Updated GVN Participants' List
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 07:06:13 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX

This is the Global Village News participants' list as of 10/9/92.
Please feel free to post your articles on Channel 11.  The topic for
this project period is "Events in your Community."   I would
sincerely appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have about
this project.


Participant's Name           Location                   Grade Lvl
------------------|------------------------------------|---------
John Chisholm     |  Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada    | 6
Roberta Hawkins   |  Seattle, WA                       | 10-12
Cal Hauserman     |  Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada     | 4
Cindy Cole        |  Charlemont, MA                    | 6
Carol Hooper      |  El Paso, TX                       | 7-8
Zelma Gragg       |  El Paso, TX  (?)                  | 4-6
Tom Winn          |  FIr Island, WA                    | K-12
John Feltham      |  Townsville, Queensland, Australia | 8-12
Ann Bradford      |  Agawam, MA                        | 4
Jeff Benedict     |  Chimacum, WA                      | 9-12
Rebecca Mctainsh  |  Brighton, Otago, New Zealand      | 4-6
Phil Spooner      |  Gaston, OR                        | K-6
Nancy Bucher      |  Bonners Ferry, ID                 | 2-6
Lorna Kropp       |  Spokane, WA                       | 5-6
Dave Lehnis       |  Lacey, WA                         | 9
Diana Campbell    |  Bernardston, MA                   | 6
Deborah Roussell  |  Hatfield, MA                      | 6
Elliott Mitchell  |  Nashville, TN                     | post grad
Bob Anthony       |  North Sydney ,Cape Breton, Canada | 6
Jean Churchill    |  Easton, MA                        | 7
Janice Kibbe      |  Holyoke, MA                       | 4
Chris Rowan       |  Brownsville, TX                   | 6
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From: Ben.Strohm@f5.n394.z1.fidonet.org (Ben Strohm)
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Subject: Reason for name
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 12:52:00 PST
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Hello, My name is Ben Strohm. I found your name in a list and I 
wonder why you call yourself that. Please call back.

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From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
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Subject: Re: Information
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 06:58:37 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX

*** Quoting Ben Strohm to Chris Rowan ***

BS> Hello, My name is Ben Strohm. I just read some of your meassages
BS> to
BS> all and I'd like to get to know you better. But I would like to
BS> know  where you live.

Hi Ben,

It would be best if you posted chat messages in the Elementary Chat area.  I'd be happy to correspond with you there!

Chris


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From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
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Subject: Re: Interaction
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 18:33:53 PST
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Hi Diana,

*** Quoting Diana Campbell to Chris Rowan ***

DC> We spent a week at Cape Cod, MA at a program called Nature's
DC> Classroom.  Its an environmental camp staffed by science people

Wow!  That sounds like it was a wonderful experience.  We live right by the Gulf of Mexico, but rarely get a chance to take the children there.

I asked one of your lucky students to describe _in detail_ what he experienced at the environmental camp.  We hope to re-live it vicariously through your students' posts.

Thank you for the wonderful news!
               Best regards,
                    Chris


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From: John.Feltham@f706.n640.z3.fidonet.org (John Feltham)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: NZ Teacher visits USA
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 15:21:42 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:640/706 - Coral Sea, Townsville Qld Australia

G'day,

As some of you will be aware, I have just spent two weeks holiday in
New Zealand. While there, I came across the following news item.

From "The Daily News", Rotorua, New Zealand. 23/9/92

Some pupils at Rotorua's Lynmore Primary School are going to have to do
without their teacher next month. Lorraine McGee is going to teach New
Zealand maths to American children.

Lorraine leaves for Michigan at the end of next month as part of an
exchange programme between the two countries, teaching New Zealand's
unique "Beginning School Maths" (BSM), to her American counterparts.

It will be the third such trip Lorraine has made to the States, where
she will be helping American teachers to set up BSM resources and class
lessons.

BSM is an activity based learning programme that uses practical lessons
and games rather than text books to teach children about maths.

 * SLMR 2.1a * Coral Sea Views, Wulguru, Townsville, Australia


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From: Jennifer.Moore@p0.f725.n322.z1.fidonet.org (Jennifer Moore)
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Subject: Magazine Drive
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 19:26:52 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:322/725.0 - School Forum, Norton MA

We have here at the Junior High a special and annual Magazine Drive.
This Magazine drive is to help raise money for extra cirricular activities.
          You get an envelope full of  pamphlets that have many things you can  
buy, for instsance-MUSIC-We have over 200 different kinds of tape  
selections.You have your choice of either a tape or a cd.
         Then there are of course, magazines. There are over 700 different  
kinds of  magazines from Sesame Sreet to the magazine Seventeen.They  basicly  
have everything for almost every age.
         In this magazine drive every sale you make you get a  ticket and you  
get to pick your own prize.The magazine drive is fun for all ages. Ihope they  
continue this fundraiser.This  is not only a fundraiser, but people actually  
get something good out of it!
Grade seven Easton Junior High School,North Easton,Mass.,U.S.A.



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From: John.Chisholm@f2.n255.z1.fidonet.org (John Chisholm)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: GVN FROM SOUTH WOODSIDE
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 15:11:57 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:255/2 - NEWBED, Fredericton NB


         Fifteen Year Old's Long Ordeal Finally Over
                              

Fifften year old Carmen youngs long wait ended on Wednsday 
Oct 7 after a 13 hour double lung transplant in a Pittsburg 
hospital. Unfortunatly Carmen's life ended shortly before 
three thismorning. At Pittsburg  hospital. Carmen was from Cape Breton which 
is part of Nova Scotia.    Even though Carmens gone. Her spirit will always 
live. 
By Erin Turetzek
Grade 6 


        Female Place Kicker Kicked Off Football Team
                              
Jadranka Crnogorac was kicked off Prince Andrew football team 
The day after playing on Tuesday the school found  out she 
was an illegial player.But the game could not be protested 
since Prince Andrew won.
By Jessica Eaton
Grade 6

 
               Nova Scotians Go Peace Keeping
                              

    Nova Scotia militia menbers and equipment left the 
Halifax Armouries for C.F.B. Gagetown Sunday,October 4th  on 
the start  of  a trip that will eventually take some of them 
to former Yugoslavia to work with U.N peace-keeping forces 
there .                  

    The contingent from the province includes menbers from 
all over the province.  


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From: Zelma.Gragg@f64.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Zelma Gragg)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Billy the Kid
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 21:26:33 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:381/64 - Academy K12 Net, El Paso TX

  In fron to the old jail in San Elizaro, Billy the Kid rescued 
Marqueres Segura this last Sunday.  This is in a play put on by San 
Elizaro school kids.  It happens every Sunday at 1:00P.M. in front of 
the old jail in San Elizaro, part of the El Paso area.  Billy the Kid 
really is said to have rescused Marqueres Segura from the jail around 
1876.  This is an re-enactment.

                     Eddie Medina(4th)
                     Nelson Rodriguez(3rd)
                     Sandra Rubio(3rd)
                     Resource Reporters-El Paso, Tx.
                          Transcribed by:
                          Zelma Gragg
                          Editor-in-Chief


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From: John.Feltham@f706.n640.z3.fidonet.org (John Feltham)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Cassowarys in rain-fores
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 20:51:36 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:640/706 - Coral Sea, Townsville Qld Australia

G'day All in GVN,

Tropical rain-forest tree seeds are notoriously slow to germinate, in
particular the seeds of the quondong tree, so North Queensland Forestry
Department staff are trying to speed up the process by feeding the
fruit to a local cassowary.

Not only are these endangered rainforest giants, strange and wonderful
birds, but they are credited with playing a major role in preserving
plant species by distributing the seed in their wide wanderings.

Enter the resident cassowary at the Billabong Wild Life Sanctuary, just
south of Townsville. Ingham Forestry Service  nursery staff singled out
this cassowary as a suitable subject for their "experiment".

Last Friday they delivered to their chosen bird, 30Kg of silver
quandong fruit and another 8Kg of mixed rainforest fruits like Kuaranda
satin ash, all of which has been devoured with great relish.

Today nursery overseer Gary Seatonby and seed collection officer Geoff
McLachlan are going back to the sanctuary to pick up their "spoils".
"Now that it has kindly processed them for us, hopefully they'll
germinate more quickly," Mr seatonby said. "It hasn't been
scientifically proven but it is assumed there is a chemical process in
the birds gullet which encourages these seeds to strike."

It's the latest in a long line of seeminglywhacko schemes to get
rainforest seeds going.

"We've tried roasting seeds in a moderate oven, dipping them in weak
acid to imitate the conditions in a birds gut.... we've even tried
running over them in a car after being told that they will germinate
more quickly after being cracked," he said. "We haven't had any
successes."

The nurserymen got the idea of feeding a bird from observing how
readily gympie stinging tree seeds come up in cassowary droppings.

They expect to recover about 10Kg of "final product" today and will
leave another consignment of fruit to keep the trial going.

"The Townsville Bulletin", 9 October, 1992.


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From: John.Feltham@f706.n640.z3.fidonet.org (John Feltham)
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Subject: Re: project
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 10:11:38 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:640/706 - Coral Sea, Townsville Qld Australia

G'day Chris,

CR>Australia, and New Zealand.  Imagine having kids describe
CR>what a taco is to kids in New Zealand!  Are there any Taco
CR>Bells in Australia?

Hey there, hang on a mo!

Kids in Oz and NZ know what a taco is! We even have MacDonalds, KFCs
and Pizza Huts.

Must admit taco bells haven't reached here yet though!

ooroo


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From: Zelma.Gragg@f64.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Zelma Gragg)
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Subject: Benito Martinez Elementary
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 21:32:35 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:381/64 - Academy K12 Net, El Paso TX

   We are a large elementary in El Paso, Texas.  We have 1,300. kids 
at our school.  We have more kids than the other elementaries or Jr. 
Highs in our district.  There are too many gangs in El Paso; so our 
school has been doing "Stop the Violence".  We don't want  

people to do graffetti or drive-by's.  We haven't had any at our 
school; but we don't want any either.
                            Jimmy Donohoe(4th)
                            Eric Bustos(3rd)
                            Sandra Rubio(3rd)
                            Resource Reporters-El Paso,Tx.
                                  Transcribed by:\
                                  Zelma Gragg
                                  Editor-in-Chief


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From: John.Feltham@f706.n640.z3.fidonet.org (John Feltham)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Updated participants' li
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 13:54:40 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 3:640/706 - Coral Sea, Townsville Qld Australia

G'day Chris,

Here is an amendment :-)

CR>John Feltham      |  Townsville, Queensland, Australia | ?
                                                            Yr 8 - 12

ooroo

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From: Diana.Campbell@f120.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Diana Campbell)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Re: Interaction
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 18:36:26 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:321/120 - SpaceMet Internet, Amherst MA

Hi Chris, I'll check with the students doing the sharing on your board regarding having them share their experience at Cape Cod in Massachusetts for the wee of Sept28th.  It was wonderful.  Our school has been going to the environmental camp for about 12 years, the kids raise money beginning in first grade and by the time they are in the 6th grade they have about the 200.00 necessary for the trip.  Its a great school tradition and a very popular activity for kids in New England.


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From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Re: English Police Visit Spokane
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 06:34:28 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX

Hi Lorna,

Thanks for the interesting article about English "bobbies," I think they're called.  Why did they choose Spokane in which to train, I wonder?

*** Quoting Lorna Kropp to All ***

LK> I don't think the English police are prepared enough because if
LK> the criminals
LK> did have a gun, they wouldn't have much of a chance.

It sure does seem that way, doesn't it?  I wonder, though, what the crime rate is like in England.  Do they have more crime than us, or less?  Criminals may be less likely to carry and use firearms if they know that policemen do not carry them.  It would be interesting to hear from John Feltham about this.  I wonder whether Australian policemen carry sidearms?
GREAT post!

Chris


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From: Zelma.Gragg@f64.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Zelma Gragg)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: re: Updated GVN Participants' List
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 21:12:49 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:381/64 - Academy K12 Net, El Paso TX

Sorry, message 44 was suppose to be to Chris Rowan!  Hope this clears 
things up.  By the way, my school is Benito Martinez Elementary if 
that helps for the update.


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From: Ben.Strohm@f5.n394.z1.fidonet.org (Ben Strohm)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Information
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 13:00:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:394/5 - Ch A D D/K12net BBS, Hammond LA

Hello, My name is Ben Strohm. I just read some of your meassages to 
all and I'd like to get to know you better. But I would like to know 
 where you live.

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From: Sarai.Olvera@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Sarai Olvera)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel11
Subject: Stolen Baby in Matamoros
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 09:50:18 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX

     A Brownsville woman has been trying to find her baby boy after two sisters stole him.  They tricked her into having a Cesarian section in Matamoros, Mexico.  She thought she was going to a checkup, but when she got there they started giving her tranquilizers.  Next thing she knew, she was being cut open and she had a baby boy.
     When a nurse went to get her baby boy, she came back and said that her baby had been stolen by one of her sisters.
     We chose this article because we thought it was interesting.  It showed things that can happen in Matamoros.

                                   By Pamela, Esme, and Sarai



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