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        Issue 4                        Children’s Dental Health Month                                             February
   February 2010
 www.baker.k12.or.us
                                  By Kayla Davis
                                  People around the world are sending messages and materials to              Fun Facts!
   ------------------             millions of community’s across the country. Each February, since             By Clifton Brown
                                  1949, the ADA (American Dental Association) has sponsored the
    ...DAWG BLOG STAFF...                                                                                 There are lots of fun facts in
                                  month to raise awareness among families about the importance
          Kristi Boman                                                                                    February, here are some of
                                  to children of good oral health. The ADA provides
         Clifton Brown                                                                                    my favorites:
                                  free dental exams, teeth cleaning, and dental fillings
          Kayla Davis             for people without insurance. To contact the ADA                           February Celebrates
        Havanna Dowdy             go to www.ada.org. Remember to brush your teeth,
                                  no one likes bad breath.                                                 International Friendship
         Tiffani Fisher                                                                                       National Grapefruit
        Michelle Freese                                                                                      National Snack Food
           Bailey Hill
        Sharon Jackson              February is...      Black History Month                               National Wild Bird Feeding
                                                                                                           Responsible Pet Owners
      Heather Mazzagotte                                             white man which was illegal               National Cherry
                                  By: Hanna Miller
      Brittany McConnell          This month is Black History        during that time. She was then       February--------------------------
       Ashley McMurray            Month. We acknowledge              arrested for this. After she got     3 = Elmo’s Birthday (the day
          Kylie Melton            people such as Martin Luther       out of prison she started a boy-           to celebrate the beloved Elmo)
         Hanna Miller             King Jr., Rosa Parks, and many     cott against riding buses. She       9 = Hershey’s Chocolate
                                  more.                              gathered about a thousand Af-              Founded
        Cassidy Palmer                                               rican Americans, including
        Janelle Shankle                                                                                       = Toothache Day (a day to
                                  Martin Luther King, Jr. was a      Martin Luther King, Jr. and even           learn or review the cause of
          Josie Skidgel           prominent leader and he            some white people. Buses ended             toothache and tooth decay)
                                  made speeches about how Af-        up having no people on them          10 = Umbrella Day (honors
                                  rican-Americans should be          and the business began to                  one of the world’s most
        ...Advisor...             treated the same as white. He      loose money. Many people                   invaluable inventions)
     Mrs. Sam Sullivan            had many followers but he          walked to school, work, and          13 = Get a Different Name
                                  was assassinated during one        many other places just to show             Day (for those who are not
     ...Administration...         of his speeches on April 4,        how wrong it was to make Afri-             fond of the name given to them
      Mr. Gary Shermer            1968. He is remembered today       can Americans give up bus                  at birth)
                                  as a very important person in      seats.                               20 = Hoodie-Hoo Day (you are
      Dean of Students            black history.
                                                                     We celebrate these people for              supposed to go outside to shout
     Ms. Minda Vaughan            Rosa Parks was an African-         their actions and courage and              “Hoodie-hoo!” to scare away
                                  American Civil Rights Activist.    we appreciate what they have               winter and make way for
         Principal                                                                                              spring!)
                                  She is remembered for refus-       done. Happy Black History
                                  ing to give her bus seat up to a   Month!                               21 = Love your Pet Day (this
                                                                                                                day is a day to show your love
                                                                                                                to your pets)
Cancer Day                        AMERICAN HEART MONTH                                                    27 = No-Brainer Day (the day
                                                                                                                for you to do all those “no
By Kristi Boman                   By Heather Mazzagotte              The American Heart Association             brainer” tasks and activities)
This day is marked on the 4th     Cardiovascular diseases,           works with the administration            = Polar Bear Day
to raise awareness for deadly     such as stroke, heart attack       to draft and sign this annual              (celebrates the world’s largest
diseases. It encourages pre-      or heart failure, are the          proclamation. During American              carnivore - a polar bear)
vention, detection, and treat-    nation’s number one killer. So     Heart Month, thousands of our
ment. International Union         to urge Americans to join the      volunteers visit their neighbors.
Against Cancer leads this day     battle against these                  Their goal is to raise funds
in a hope to become a politi-     diseases, in 1963                     for research and education
cal priority. So mark this day    Congress required the                 and pass along information
on your calendar, give to your    president to proclaim              about heart disease and stroke.
favorite charity and help fight   February “American Heart            So stay active, eat less, and
against cancer.                   Month.”                             keep your heart healthy.
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 Valentine’s                             International Friendship Month
     Day                               By Josie Skidgel
                                       Have you checked your
                                                                              car rides, secret keeping,
                                                                              hysterical breakouts, sharing
                                                                                                                    to celebrate all the wonderful
                                                                                                                    friends you have. Why?
                                       calendar lately? Did you know          embarrassing moments,                 Because friendship is man’s
By Brittany McConnell
                                       that February is not only for          crying on each others                 greatest miracle, being able to
Do you have a special someone?
Then buy them a Valentine! You         valentines but also for                shoulder, having somebody             take a stranger into your life
all know that on February 14           yourself, chosen family, and           who’s always there for you no         and treat them like family is
you celebrate love and friend-         your friends.                              matter what or having a           surely nothing less than a
ship and buy that special some-                                                   person that knows what’s          wonder. So let these miracles
one a card or flowers or some-         Have you ever thought                      on your mind without you          unravel and have a happy
thing of that sort, but why?           about what life would be                   even telling them?                International Friendship
                                       like without all those                                                       Month!
Well, since the beginning of           gossip sessions, crazy                      Take time out this month
time, the male penguin has
been searching the beach for
months, sometimes years to
find the perfect pebble to give                           R.A.K. Day                                                                 History of
to their beloved mates on that                               Random Acts of Kindness
special day in February. Now,
that’s true love! I know what
                                                               By Sharon Jackson                                           Valentine’s
you’re thinking: “Oh my gosh,          It’s February!
that’s such a great story! I want to
get my special someone a present,
                                        I know there are lots of cool holidays this month, but                                   Day
but I don’t know where to find that    I think one of the most important is National Random                              By Havanna Dowdy
perfect pebble! I don’t know what to     Acts of Kindness Day. If you haven’t caught on as to                       Have you ever wondered why
do!” Leadership has your solu-           what a R.A.K. is, go look it up, or ask our lovely Mrs.                    every year on February 14 we
tion! Buy a BMS Valo-gram for              Lee. Anyhow, it’s on February 17 and it’s a special                      give gifts such as flowers and
them! Available for sale at             day to perform R.A.K.s. Although, I’m not saying you                        chocolate to our loved ones,
lunch in the gym until Febru-                               shouldn’t perform them everyday!                        and all in the name of Saint
ary 11.                                                                                                             Valentine? And who exactly is

Valentine’s Day                                                    Remember to mark your calendar                   Saint Valentine? Well there
                                                                                                                    are many stories but the most
                                                                        and make someone’s day!

Dance
                                                                                                                    commonly believed is...

                                                                                                                    Saint Valentine may have sent
      By Cassidy Palmer                Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.             the first ‘Valentine’ himself.
As we all know there is going                                                                                       While jailed he fell in love
to be an Annual Valentine’s
Day Dance this year. The dance
will be held on Friday,                             VALO-GRAMS                                                      with a girl believed to be the
                                                                                                                    jailers’ daughter. He decided
                                                                                                                    he would tell her how he felt
February 12, and just like any                                   By Bailey Hill
other dance it will begin at                                                                                        and sent her a note, signed
7:00 p.m. and end at 9:00 p.m.              HEY! Have you heard? Valo-Grams are on sale!                            ‘Your Valentine’, a term still
This year the dance is provided        What are Valo-Grams you may ask? They are basically Valentines               used today. Although people
by Rachel’s Challenge which is         Day cards and gifts! You can buy these items and have them                   are unsure on how the date
led by the much loved Mrs. Lee.        delivered to your “sweetie” (PRICES RANGE FROM $1 TO $5 AND WILL BE          was chosen, most believe it
If you know Mrs. Lee very well         DELIVERED 8TH PERIOD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12). The price list and items are
you know that she is a very                                                                                         may have been his death, and
                                       listed below:                                                                Valentine’s Day has
caring teacher. Anytime that
you need anything - Room 1 is             Small card and a heart shaped swirl sucker                =    .50        continued to be
the place to go.                          Big card and fancy double heart sucker                    =   1.00        celebrated ever
                                          Big card and chocolate valentines candy                   =   1.00        since 270 A.D.
One thing that is often needed
from students is pencils. The             Little white bear and big card                            =   2.00
school does not provide                   Valentine bear (med. size) and big card                   =   3.00
pencils to just hand out to
people, so Mrs. Lee is asking
                                          Big white or cream huggable bear and big card             =   4.00                        Advancing Toward
                                          Big bear, big card and your choice of candy               =   5.00
every student to bring a box of                                                                                                            the Future,
pencils to the dance and they          The proceeds will go toward painting our lockers purple!!
will get a dollar off of the                                                                                                       One Paw at a Time.
admission. Bring your pencils
and join the fun!                                                                                                   Printed/Design - Baker School District 5J - Printshop
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 Birthdays in February                                                       Celebrities Birthday’s
                         By: Hanna Miller                                    of February
If your birthday is in February, your name will be in this article.          By Ashley McMurray
Guaranteed. Also, you will receive a sucker from the leadership              February–
class. Have fun and eat lots of cake on your special day.                    1 = Lauren Conrad – Actor
                                                                             2 = Farrah Fawcett – Actress (R.I.P.)
        7th Grade                            8th Grade                       3 = Elmo – Famous puppet
4 =    Cheyenne Miller             2    =   Liz Quigley                      4 = Rosa Parks – Fought for equal rights (R.I.P.)
5 =    Robbie White                2    =   Madysen Young                    6 = Bob Marley – Singer (R.I.P.)
6 =    Brooke Duby                 7    =   Josh Christensen                 7 = Charles Dickens – Author (R.I.P.)
7 =    Kim Pettit                  14   =   Kristi Dethloff                  11 = Taylor Lautner – Actor; starred in Twilight
8 =    Jacob Rammer                16   =   Austin Mitchell                  12 = Abraham Lincoln – President (R.I.P.)
13 =   Mikayla Jones               17   =   Brynn Haun                       17 = Paris Hilton – Famous Singer/Actor
14 =   Kayla Davis                 24   =   Jared Brady                      18 = John Travolta – Actor
16 =   Elizabeth Hardy                                                       19 = Haylie Duff – Singer/Actor
20 =   Matea Huggins                         Teachers                        20 = Rihanna – Singer/Actor
20 =   Havilah Strommer            6 = Mr. Johnson                           21 = Ashley Greene – Actress; starred in Twilight
23 =   Torry Good                  13 = Mrs. Lee                             22 = George Washington – President (R.I.P.)
25 =   Austin Nickens                                                        23 = Dakota Fanning – Actress
                                                                             24 = George Thorogood – Singer
 Now, there is only one thing left to do       – go sing them                25 = George Harrison – Member of the Beatles (R.I.P.)
  Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, you guys! Happy                            26 = Johnny Cash – Singer (R.I.P.)
                 Birthday to YOU!                                            28 = Mario Andretti – Race-Car Driver


            Elmo’s Birthday!                                            can’t forget Elmo’s crayon that       The Day the
                                                                        he happens to
By Havanna Dowdy                   mark it on your calendar and         carry every where.                    Music Died
Hi ya kids! Don’t you remember     kick back and enjoy an               Doo-doo-da-doo.                    By Sharon Jackson
watching Sesame Street? Well,      episode of Sesame Street, and        Doo-doo-da-                        February 3, 1959. An aircraft
the beloved puppet, Elmo, who      stay in tune for Elmo’s World.       doo Elmo’s                         crashes in a small field five
                                                                        World!                             miles away from the Mason
made his first appearance in                                                                               City, Iowa airport. All three
1979, is celebrating his 31 st     Re-familiarize with Elmo,            Watch it!                          passengers and their pilot
birthday on February 3! So         Dorothy, Mr. Noodle, and you                                            died instantly. In that moment,
                                                                                                           early rock and roll lost Buddy

  Leap Day                                                                                                 Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
                                                                                                           “The Big Bopper” Richardson,
                                                                                                           three of the greatest musi-
By Josie Skidgel                                                                                           cians of their time; the genre
A leap year only comes                            Have you ever been tired                                 would never be the same.
around every four years. This                     of your same old name?
occurs because of the                   I know I have. Have you ever wanted to change it?                  For those of you who don’t
gregorian calendar. It repeats                                                                             know these musicians there
every four hundred years. A        Even if it’s just for a day. Well,   and become twins. Become           may possibly be something
leap year happens on only          if you haven’t, why not start        Rob and Bob, Tia and Lea,          wrong with your brain. Buddy
years divisible by four. Leap      on February 13?                      Blake and Jake, Brian and          Holly’s music inspired many
day will usually occur on a                                             Ryan, or Thing 1 and Thing 2.      later artists, notably The
Monday or a Wednesday              February 13 is a day for kids        Maybe even name yourself           Beatles, The Beach Boys, and
more often than any other day.     to have a unique, new, crazy         after Mr. Johnson or Mr.           The Rolling Stones. Ritchie
In a span of four hundred          and fun name for a day!              Mitchell. I don’t think you’ll     Valens’ career lasted only
years leap day will occur 15       Sounds fun right? You can            pass for look-a-likes, but it      about eight months, but dur-
times and on Monday or             name yourself Bob Henry, Betty       sounds fun. So pick a new          ing those months he recorded
Wednesday, 14 times on a           Spaghetti, MJ Jr. or Pikachu         exotic name for February 13        several hits, including “La
Friday or Saturday, and 13         from Pokémon. You could even         and have fun!                      Bamba”. As for Richardson, he
times on a Sunday, Tuesday or      buddy up with your friends                                              started with a radio show, and
Thursday. The longest time                                                                                 turned himself into one of the
between two leap years was                                                                                 greatest musicians. All of
eight years, between 1896 and                                                                              these artists had a rather short
1904. Leap day is an added day                                                                             career, but they will be remem-
to the calendar in February.                                                                               bered as some of the greatest
That day is February 29.                                                                                   and most influential musi-
                                                                                                           cians of their time.
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                                                                       The Abused
                                                                       By Tiffani Fisher and Heather Mazzagotte

By Tiffani Fisher                        vaccinated, make an           Have you ever seen a more            Some can’t
You may think that                       appointment         for       horrible sight? Every day            afford to
February 20 is just a                    February 20, Love Your        hundreds of animals are              feed them
regular day, but it’s not.        Pet Day. It’s not as fun as          abused by owners that don’t          all or take What did I ever do to
February 20 is called “Love       playing together, but at least       care. We’re telling you this         them to a vet you to deserve this?
Your Pet Day.” To celebrate       you’ll feel really good about        because we care and want you         for daily check ups.
Love Your Pet Day in a fun way,   it.                                  to care too.
do what your pet loves to do!!                                                                               Other people are animal
                                  Another great way to celebrate       Animals deserve a home with           hoarders and have more pets
Here are some ideas for           Love Your Pet Day is to do           a loving family, healthy food,        then they can care for. Animal
different types of pets. If you   something for the pets that          fresh water and a warm place          cops save as many as they can
can’t find cat toys, make your    still need homes. While you’re       to sleep everyday. What they          and try to stop the farms and
own. Just take a piece of paper   picking up food and litter for       don’t deserve is to be beaten,        hoarding. The more animal
(not too large) and fold into a   your pet, grab an extra bag and      starved, or                              cops and vets we have the
fan. Tie a long piece of string   donate it to your local animal       put in a dog                             more animals survive. If
to it and you have got the best   shelter.                             fight (which                             you want to help stop
cat toy ever.                                                          is illegal in all                        animal abuse either go to:
                                  Of course Love Your Pet Day          fifty states).                           www.Humane Society.org
You can love your dog too by      isn’t just for cats and dogs, it’s   Everyday                                 or www.ASPCA.com. They
having your dog groomed or         for exotic pets as well. Show       all around We never did anything wrong. give you tips on how to find
                                                                                              Why?
do it yourself at home.            your love to your fish by           the world                                and prevent animal abuse.
What better way to                 cleaning the bowl. Show your        dog and cat farms raise and           One more thing you can do to
show your pet love                 love to your hamster by             breed cats and dogs. They try         help prevent this is to get your
than to make sure he is                    cleaning the cage. All      to sell them and if they don’t        cat or dog neutered or spayed
clean and comfortable. In                  pets deserve love and       they leave them in their cages        so they won’t have
addition to being clean, it’s             attention.                   to rot and die. Some farms            more babies and
important for your pet to be                                           choose to euthanize animals           more animals
healthy and free of disease. If                                        and dispose of them in barrels        get abused.
you’ve put off having your pet                                         instead of taking them to a           PLEASE
                                                                       local shelter for adoption.           HELP!!!!



ASK CARL                                                                           Healthy
  I appreciate all submissions I received                                                   Valentine
       and I apologize if your letter isn’t
                       featured this time.                                               Snacks
                                                                                               By Michelle Freese
  Dear Carl,                      Dear A,
  I want to punch a kid, what     First off, I’d like to commend       1.  Chocolate Truffles                    Chocolate is a good and
  do I do? I want to punch him    you on your language choice.         2.  Milk Chocolate                                   healthy treat in
  cause he was talking some       On a more serious note, you          3.  Dark Chocolate                         moderation. It contains
  serious junk to me and my       should neither kick his behind       4.  White Chocolate                                a natural health-
  buddies and it really           nor make his life heck. I do         5.  Chocolate Covered Almonds                promoting substance
  grinded my gears. And this      suggest that you talk to             6.  Chocolate Bark                               called Flavonoids.
  guy said that he could beat     someone such as Mr. Turner           7.  Mint Chocolate                        Flavonoids seem to help
  me and my buddies up but I      or Ms. Vaughan about your
                                                                       8.  Chocolate covered Cherries               prevent heart disease
  find that very unlikely and     situation. They can help you
  highly impossible. So can I     sort out your problem with this      9.  Peanut Butter filled                   and cancer. The idea of
  just kick his behind or do I    person. I understand how                 Chocolates                            eating chocolate sounds
  need to deviously make his      frustrating situations like this     10. Raspberry Swirl Chocolate                   like a tempting and
  life heck?                      can be, but you have to keep             (just to name a few)                    delicious way to better
                                  your cool.                                                                        health. Remember the
          Sincerely,                                                                                             darker the chocolate the
           Agent A                            Sincerely,                                                                better it is for you.
                                                 Carl
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   History of                          l O V e Quotes
                                            By Ashley McMurray
    HersHey                           “When you are in love you can’t fall                                       By Kylie Melton
By Heather Mazzagotte                 asleep because reality is better than             Hey Everybody! It’s time for Hoodie Hoo Day!
Have you ever wondered where,         your dreams.” –Dr Seuss
                                                                                              Hoodie Hoo Day (February 20) is a national copyrighted
how, and even who invented            “If you judge people, you have no time to               holiday known around the world. This year it falls on a
Hershey chocolate? Well if            love them.” –Mother Teresa
                                                                                       Saturday, so there aren’t any excuses not to celebrate this day!
that’s the question - I have
                                      “The greatest things in life aren’t                    You could even wake up at 11:59 and without scheduling
answers. Hershey chocolate             seen, that’s why we close our eyes
was invented by a man named                                                                   anything big can still participate! How cool is that? The
                                        when we cry, kiss and dream.”
Milton Hershey. It started when                      –Unknown                               traditional thing to do on this day is to gather a group of
he was eighteen. He was an                                                              people, go outside at high noon, and all together yell “Hoodie
                                              “The best thing about me is you.”              Hoo!!” to chase winter down and welcome the oncoming
apprentice to a chocolate                                   –Shannon Crown
maker. He went on to open                                                                                                        spring one month away.
factories in New York, Chicago        “If you love something, let it go. If                                                  This holiday is unique and
and Philadelphia, before                    it comes back to you, it’s yours                                                 has been celebrated for 17
                                         forever. If it doesn’t, then it was
working at the Lancashire                 never meant to be.” –Unknown                                                        years in small towns. Let’s
Caramel Corporation.                                                                                                                 make this holiday a
                                      “We are all a little weird and life’s a little                                         celebration for all of Baker
                                      weird, and when we find someone whose
However, he didn’t want to make       weirdness is compatible with ours, we                                                    City to enjoy, if only for a
caramel, he wanted to make            join up with them and fall in mutual                                                          few seconds at noon.
chocolate. Hershey became             weirdness and call it love.” –Unknown                                                      Happy Hoodie Hoo Day!
fascinated with the fine                   “Love is never wanting to lose
instruments used to make                  faith, never wanting to give up,
chocolates in Germany and
Belgium so he sold his caramel
                                      and never truly moving on. Love is
                                              knowing and praying in the
                                                                                               Girls Basketball
business for one million dollars       deepest part of what’s left of your             Baker Middle School Girls Basketball has just started.
                                         heart that they feel the same.” –             Mr. Ramos, 7th grade coach; and Paul Gambleton, 8th
(an incredible amount at the time),                      CourtneyJo Wright             grade coach, have been teaching the girls plays and improving
and reinvested the capital into
                                                                                       their skills with practice after school and in games. The 7th graders
a chocolate factory and
research of chocolate.                   SUPER                                         have won 2 games and lost 3 while 8th graders have won 1 and
                                                                                       lost 4. Some girls are bruised up and others have slight injuries
Milton Hershey built a                 BOWL XLIV                                                    from hustling during games - way to be tough girls.
                                                                                                    The cheerleaders will also be cheering on the girls
chocolate        factory         in     Sunday, Feburary 7!                                         for support. I hope we will see you at the next game to
Pennsylvania and named the                                                                          cheer them on too.
                                      By Michelle Freese
town Hershey (after himself) at the
                                      The two NFL teams that are
conclusion of his experiments.                                                           8th Grade                7th Grade             Intramural
                                      playing at the 2010 Super
It was an immediate success.
                                      Bowl championships are the                         Erin Bachman              Kate Averett         Elizabeth Calder
He also included homes for his
                                      Indianapolis Colts led by                         Alisson Brown           Elizabeth Cahill         Elizabeth Hardy
workers in the surrounding
                                      Peyton Manning and the New                         Brittni Catron            Kayla Davis          Jennifer Hibbard
town, a transport system, aid
                                      Orleans Saints with the                          Sutton Comstock          Michelle Freese            Tabitha Hull
for schools and specialized
                                      amazing Reggie Bush! This is                      Jessica Hacker          Michelle Lehman         Jewellia Kerbow
doctors. Working for him was a
                                      the 44th Super Bowl in History!                     Kayla Kirby          Katherine Oglesbee          Aryn Osborn
dream job in early America.
                                      This could be a fun event to                     Elizabeth Quigley        Kimberlee Pettit        Jessica Overbay
Eventually, his vision expanded
                                      watch with family or friends!                        Kyra Rowe            Cailan Sherman              Lydia Scott
to build a park for the town, a
                                      Don’t miss it!                                      Sami Searles            Kylie Skidgel          Elizabeth Titus
place which soon became the
famous Hershey Park. Finally,                                 New                      Samantha Steele            Emily Tatlock          Nikki Waldron
he left his entire legacy to the                                                           Erin Parker         Madison Richards
Hershey school system before
                                                              Orleans
                                                                                                                LaKalyn Thomas
passing away in 1945 at age 88.                               Saints
You can celebrate Milton                                      Led by Reggie
Hershey’s accomplishments by
purchasing some of his
                                                              Bush                     Winter Olympics
wonderful chocolate for that
special someone on Valentine’s
                                       Indianapolis                                    By Kayla Davis
                                                                                       The winter Olympics start February 12-28. The Olympics occur
Day, February 14.                             Colts                                    every four years. This year the Olympics occur in Vancouver,
                                                                                       Canada. You can watch them on NBC. My favorite things to watch
                                        Led by Peyton                                  are Snowboarding, Bobsledding, Ice Hockey, and Cross Country
                                             Manning                                   Skiing.
                                      P.S. Sorry Coach R, your
                                      Steelers didn’t make the cut!                    Make sure to tune in and cheer on your favorite athlete.
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                                                 Movie Releases for
                                                February and March
                                                                                                                                                         by Bailey Hill
ALICE IN WONDERLAND                              PG-13           THE LIGHTNING THIEF                                 PG-13            VALENTINES DAY                                          PG-13
                        Tim Burton takes a stab at                                          It's the 21st century, but the                                        An all-star ensemble cast
                        Lewis Carroll's timeless tale of                                    gods of Mount Olympus and                                             comes together in 'Valentine's
                        a young girl (Mia Wasikowska)                                       assorted monsters have                                                Day,' following the intertwining
                        lost within a fantasyland with                                      walked out of the pages of high                                       storylines of a group of Los
                        this 3-D production of Alice in                                     school      student      Percy                                        Angelinos as they find their
                        Wonderland. The Lion King's                                         Jackson's Greek mythology                                             way through romance over the
                        Linda Woolverton provides the                                       texts and into his life. And                                          course of one Valentine's Day.
                        script, with Hollywood heavy-                                       they're not happy: Zeus' light-
                        weights Richard Zanuck and                                          ning bolt has been stolen, and                                     Directed by veteran filmmaker
                        Joe Roth heading up the pro-                                        Percy is the prime suspect.                                        Garry Marshall, the film stars
                        duction team. Burton veteran                                        Even more troubling is the sud-                                    Jessica Alba ('Fantastic Four'),
collaborator Johnny Depp co-stars as The Mad Hatter in           den disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy adapts                 Academy Award winner Kathy Bates ('Misery'), Jes-
the Walt Disney Productions picture.                             to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father             sica Biel ('I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'), Bra-
                                                                 is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the bat-               dley Cooper ('The Hangover'), Eric Dane (TV's 'Grey's
                                                                 tling titans of Mt. Olympus. He and his friends embark on            Anatomy'), Patrick Dempsey ('Enchanted'), Hector
FROZEN                                           PG-13           a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning                Elizondo (the 'Princess Diaries' films), Academy Award
                          A typical day on the slopes            thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more                  winner Jamie Foxx ('Ray'), Jennifer Garner ('Juno'),
                          turns into a chilling nightmare        powerful than the gods themselves.                                   Topher Grace ('Spider-Man 3'), Academy Award nomi-
                          for three snowboarders when                                                                                 nee Anne Hathaway ('Rachel Getting Married'), Ashton
                          they get stranded on the chairlift                                                                          Kutcher ('What Happens in Vegas'), Academy Award
                          before their last run. As the ski      TAKERS                                              PG-13            nominee Queen Latifah ('Chicago'), Taylor Lautner ('The
                          patrol switches off the night                                    'Takers,' directed by John                 Twilight Saga: New Moon'), George Lopez ('Beverly
                          lights, they realize with grow-                                  Luessenhop, revolves around                Hills Chihuahua'), Academy Award winner Shirley
                          ing panic that they've been left                                 a notorious group of criminals             MacLaine ('Terms of Endearment'), Emma Roberts ('Hotel
                          behind dangling high off the                                     (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I.,            for Dogs'), Academy Award winner Julia Roberts ('Erin
                          ground with no way down.                                         Chris      Brown,        Hayden            Brockovich') and award-winning singer-songwriter Tay-
                                                                                           Christensen and Michael Ealy)              lor Swift.
With the resort closed until the following weekend and                                     who continue to baffle police
frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is                                  by pulling off perfectly executed
forced to take desperate measures to escape off the                                        bank robberies. They are in and
mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make                                       out like clockwork, leaving no                           Be kind.
their move, they discover with horror that they have                                       evidence behind and laying low
much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they             in between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one                    It’s hardly ever the
combat unexpected obstacles, they start to question if
their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the
                                                                 last job with more money at stake than ever before, the
                                                                 crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened                         wrong thing to do.
worst ways to die?                                               detective (Matt Dillon) who is determined to on solve the
                                                                 case.
GHOST WRITER                                     PG-13
                          When a successful British
                          ghostwriter, 'The Ghost,'                                                         Liz Quigley,                                            Robbie White
                          agrees to complete the mem-                               Valo-Grams start     Madysen Young     The Day the        Cheyenne Miller               B-Day           Brooke Duby,
                          oirs of former British Prime Min-                              selling                            Music Died                B-Day                                   Mr. Johnson
                          ister Adam Lang, his agent
                                                                                                                 B-Day                                           Disaster Day
                                                                                                        Groundhog Day                                           Frozen movie release                B-Day
                          assures him it's the opportu-
                          nity of a lifetime. But the project
                          seems doomed from the start-                  Kim Pettit,                                                                               Valo-Grams          Mikayla Jones,
                          -not least because his prede-                                  Jacob Rammer Toothache Day Umbrella Day          Last day to buy           Delivered
                                                                  Josh Christensen                                                                        Valentine’s Dance                 Mrs. Lee
                          cessor on the project, Lang's                      B-Day               B-Day                                    Valo-Grams                                           B-Day
                          long-term aide, died in an un-                                                                                                  Valentines movie release Get a different
fortunate accident.
                                                                SUPER BOWL
                                                                XLIV                                                                                                               name day
The Ghost flies out to work on the project, in the middle              Kayla Davis,
of winter, to an oceanfront house on an island off the               Kristi Dethloff Pet Day            Elizabeth Hardy,       Brynn Haun                 Ghost Writer movie         Matea Huggins,
U.S. Eastern seaboard. But the day after he arrives, a                       B-Day                        Austin Mitchell           B-Day                 release                  Havilah Strommer
former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authoriz-       Valentine’s Day                                   B-Day R.A.K. Day                                                             B-Day
ing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing                                                                                                                        Hoodie Hoo Day
them over for torture by the CIA--a war crime. The
controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming
to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his            Love Your Pet Day                      Torry Good B-Day        Jared Brady      Austin Nickens Takers   movie release   No-Brainer Day
wife, Ruth, and his personal assistant (and mistress),                                                                               B-Day              B-Day                           Polar Bear Day
Amelia. As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover
clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled
on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA--and that some-
how this information is hidden in the manuscript he left                                                        February 12 - 28 = WINTER OLYMPICS
behind. Was Lang in the service of the American intelli-
gence agency while he was prime minister? And was
The Ghost's predecessor murdered because of the ap-
palling truth he uncovered?

						
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