Volume 2 Issue 3 November 2014
In This Issue
 Basketball—p.2
 Powerlifting—p.3
 To This Day—p.4.
 Schedule & Stats—p.5
 Guess Who—p.6
 YouTube—p.7
 Fashion Trends—p.10
 Recipes of the Month— p.11
 Fate Reforged—p.12
 Fantasy Life—p.13
By: Morgan Tucker

The Vidor Lady Pirate Basketball Varsity and Junior Varsity teams participated in a scrimmage held at Silsbee. The Varsity took on the Silsbee Jaguars first and defeated them 29-24, and then faced the Westbrook Bruins and came short 27-19. The JV
Lady Pirates also played the Jaguars first and lost 21-19, but then came back and defeated the Bruins 22-19. Both teams played very well in this preseason scrimmage, and are hoping for a great season!
The Vidor Lady Pirate Junior Varsity recently competed in a tournament held at
Hampshire Fannett High School. First they faced Dayton and came out with a win, with a score of 29-27. However, they took a tough loss to Hampshire Fannett, the score was 42-29. To end the tournament they faced Splendora. They fought till the very end and defeated the Wildcats with a score of 32-20. The JV Lady Pirate Basketball
Team played with their hearts and came out with the third place trophy.
By: Bethany Bolinger

By: Brooklynn Burton
Powerlifting is a sport that is all about:
Dedication and Determination.
Some people think its just lifting weights when really there's a lot more to it than just that. You workout to loose all the fat that you want to loose and for you to gain more muscle. Just because were not out there playing football or softball, doesn't mean that we don’t work as hard. We give it 110% when we lift at meets or to make it to regions or even state...
Especially nationals.
Think everything we do is easy? It takes nerve, hard work and a lot of heart to go and lift over 100lbs in front of hundreds of people. Go talk to
Coach Burkes or people that have been to state like Brittany Burton or
Makayla Conn, they can tell you how powerlifting really is. You also might think that you have to be big to do the sport but people all over the world of all different sizes do power lifting and a lot of small people pack a lot of heart and game. Another thing you don’t have to be is a guy, girls and guys do this sport together like a team should.

To this day high school students face more than bad grades, friend drama, parent problems and self doubt. To this day we battle a war inside of us. To this day, at any moment, a teenager could choose to end everything by their own hands.
“To This Day” is a project based off of the talents of word artist
Shane Koyczan.
The project faces problems such as how to deal with bullying, depression and anxiety. He lives in Yellowknife, Canada whenever he isn’t on tour telling crowds about his projects.
The video of the To This Day project has had millions of views ranging from social media sites to his tour sites. The project has saved many people from making rash decisions by raising up their self confidence. www.tothisdayproject.com
By: Texie Freeman

Final record: 2 and 8
Final Record: 2 and 11
Girls Basketball: Boys Basketball:
Dec 2 nd
@ Orangefield Dec. 2 nd
@ Home
Dec 5 th
@ Jasper Dec. 4-6 th
@ Nederland
Dec. 11-13th @ Silsbee - Varsity Dec. 9 th
@ Anahuac
Dec. 11-13th @ Central H.S. - Freshman Dec. 11-13 th
@ Pirate Classic
Dec. 16th @ Home
Dec. 19th @ PNG
Dec. 12 th
@ Legacy Christian
Dec. 19 th
@ Hampshire-Fannett
Dec. 27 th
, 29-30 th
@ Bridge City
By: Katlyn Hill

By: Bethany Bolinger

Tube
YouTube is a site online that you yourself can go to and share & watch videos. Videos are composed of different categories from music, sports, gaming, education, movies, TV shows, News, and
Spotlight. YouTube can recommend videos related to what you watched and see if you like that channel. Or it will show you videos that are most viewed and popular to see if you might choose to watch it. YouTube is a site for anything you want to know or to just entertain yourself.
BY: Dyllon DeWitt
You create an account and upload appropriate videos.
You can choose to be a part of the educational filter only, if you prefer.
However you cannot download videos directly from
YouTube, you must use a converter. There are many websites that will convert the URL for you into a video format so that you may download a video of your choice to your own device.

A story by Destinee Carpenter & Cheyenne Jarrell
Previously… “
Guinevere finally couldn’t run anymore. She collapsed next to the nearest tree, pulling herself to be sitting with her back against it. She was gasping for breath, putting a hand on her chest as she waited a few moments to catch her breath. Her plain white t shirt was stained with dirt, her light blue jeans were torn with holes in them, and at the moment she was completely barefoot. She ran her right hand through her messy red curls, before looking around at her surroundings. Where was she? How deep into the woods had she ran? She gave a deep sigh as she realized she was lost. Oh well, at least they couldn’t find her. Hopefully...
Another tree, another bush, all this forest and I have no idea where I'm going. Great. “I couldn’t go back now if I wanted too” I mutter. I wouldn’t though even if I could, id take never-ending forest over those who called themselves my parents any day. Another tree. “I hate them, I honestly do. It’s not a phase or teenage rebellion, I hate them” I continue muttering to myself. My face hurts so bad. The marks will fade I know all too well, but the pain in the meantime sucks pretty bad. I guess I could have stayed… no I had to get away from the yelling and the abuse. “I mean seriously what did I do to deserve that kind of treatment? What did I do that was so bad? Ok, I guess burning down my school didn’t help. It was the principles fault really, if he hadn’t of called my dad I wouldn’t have been so mad. After it was just coincidence that I was the one with the lighter.” I'm talking to myself I know, but it helps.
I go to step over a limb and trip, landing face first into the roots of another tree. “Great! Just great!” I yell at the treetops. I don’t know if I expected them to fix my now broken nose but it makes me feel better yelling at something. “this is your fault” I sneer at the tree as I pass popping my nose back in place. I’ve been walking for around two days now, trough cities and woods alike. I stopped a few times in the cities, mainly to snag a meal. People say stealing is wrong and that I shouldn’t do it, but who are they to say what I should and shouldn’t do? The only ones who can are my parents and their abusive drunks, so I don’t even listen to them. I owe anyone anything , as far as
I'm concerned the world owes me for all the wrong I’ve been dealt. So yes I steal food or clothes every now and then , deal with it.
The trees keep getting thicker and it’s starting to get dark now, and cold. “what next? Rain maybe?” I shout to the sky. I stop and wait, regretting it as soon as I’ve said it, thankfully no rain though. I should make camp somewhere, I’m tired and my legs feel as if they will give any minute. I start to snap limbs of the trees and gather fallen leaves until I start hearing more snapping than I’m making. That’s when I see her, running as if her life depends on it. Man, her hair is like fire red. Is that color even possible for hair to be? She disappeared in the forest a few seconds after I saw her. I feel like I need to go find her and see if she's ok, if nothing else get away from here. I don’t want to meet whatever she was running from. I stumble through the woods cussing at every root and branch I run into. God I hate these trees, their in my way and now I cant tell where she went.
What was she running from anyways? There's nothing that scary out here. Ok well I guess if you’re a scrawny girl like her you could get scared of the animals out here. Still running through this is a bad idea, she could have got hurt. That’s the last thing I need a whiney, scrawny, injured girl. “Ouch!” I hear as my boot hit something soft. I feel a hand land on my pant leg and then there's fire. Like real fire. I'm on fire. “I'm on fire!” I scream as I try to smother the flame that has engulfed my left leg. The fabric is burning my leg as I pat it out trying to see what started it in the first place. “I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry” I hear from my left. “would you shut up and help me!” I growl at the voice. With help we finally put out the flame that was my pant leg, which is half gone now I might add.
The moon light replaces the light from the fire and I can see it’s the girl, the one from early. “hey” I mutter. “ I'm so sorry” she ‘s shaking her head now shrinking back against a tree. Man what I have got myself into.

By: Carla DaSilva
T he Top 5 musical choices from student to student is back this issue with more suggestions for you.
YOU ME AT SIX —
British rock band formed in 2004, the singles “Save it for the Bedroom”, “Finders Keepers” and “Kiss and
Tell” brought success for the group in 2008.
Suggestion by Bridget Love
MATTHIAS HARRIS —
YouTube sensation, known for a variety of A Capella covers .
Vidor is very happy to present this is-
Suggestion by Porter LaPray sues Good Samaritan, Tyler Danna. One day at
CASTING CROWNS — lunch, a special needs student was walking in the hallway when he suddenly dropped his
Christian rock band formed in 1999. They currently have seven members. Their song “Praise You in this
Storm” was the fifth most played in 2006 according to
R&R magazine .
binder and all of his papers flew out. He bent over in frustration to pick them up and it was
Suggestion by Laine Campbell clear he was having a hard time and a bad day.
CASEY DONAHEW BAND —
Country band lead by Casey Donahew that was formed
As I went to go set my food down on my table, in 2002. Their most popular songs are “Let You Down” and “Love You Like I do” .
I watched people walk passed him without
Suggestion by Dakota DeWitt even taking a second look. Tyler stopped in his
ANARBOR— tracks and was the one who took his time to
American alternative rock band from Arizona, together help pick up the students papers. It was very heart warming to experience and made me since 2003 they first signed with Hopeless Records in
2008 while still attending High School. Good songs are
“You and I” and “18” .
thankful for the kind people in the world that Suggestion by Marissa Mumford put others before themselves.
By: Rockell Leger
“ Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good and just and beautiful.” Plato

Styles for the cold weather this year are lots of baggy shirts, scarves, and you cant forget the super cute boots!

By Lori Bailleaux
Ingredients
1 package (16oz) of sugar cookie dough
1 tube of black decorating icing
1 bag of large marshmallows
12 orange tic tacks
1 can of white icing
2 rolls of fruit by the foot
4 packages of m&m’s
1 bag of straight pretzels
Step 1) heat oven to 350 degrees. Place cookies 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 11-14 mins let cool.
Step 2) use black icing to make eyes and mouth on marshmallows press 1 tic tack in between mouth and eyes.
Spread white icing on cookie place marshmallow on top
Step 3) cut fruit snacks to fit around the marshmallow to look like a scarf. On each cookie place M&Ms right below the scarf to look like buttons. Then beside the buttons on each side put a pretzel to look like arms.
By: Lauren Balla
Spanish- leer entre lineas
Italian– sotto il tempo
English read between the lines
French– chat a obtenu votre tounge
English– under the weather
Hawaiian– maika ’I na ‘oe
English– cat got your toungue
English– good for you
Portuguese– mais cedo ou mais tarde Norwegian- lykke til
English– sooner or later
German– nicht von dieser welt
English– good luck
Dutch– maakt niet uit
English– out of this world
English–never mind

By: Zackry LaFleur
A board wipe in mono black? I think yes! I know the fact that really the only use for this card is to kill all dragon creatures. Honestly though, what card doesn’t it hit in the type 2 format?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the only card it doesn’t hit is Stormbreath Dragon. Now this card I believe is the bomb … yes mono black does have board wipes, but none on turn with a CMC of 5. There is no downside, even with Fate Reforged being a set based around the dragons of the past coming back, it has an option for the dragon based decks with “destroy all Dragon creatures”. Crux of Fate opens a whole new world for mono black to once again rule the format. I love this card and I hope to see more out of this set as more of it comes out.
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Old and New
By: Jonathan A. Horn
T he Nintendo 3Ds is rather lacking in the RPG department. Sure, we’ve got things like
Bravely Default, and some Shin
Megami Tensei games, but that’s about it. Fantasy life is extremely refreshing in this aspect. It’s the giant, highly re playable RPG the 3Ds has been needing.
In Fantasy Life, the first thing you’ll do is create an avatar with a hefty amount of options. No matter what, however, they’ll probably be adorable do to the game’s graphic style. Right after creating the appearance of your character and naming them, you’ll be able to choose a
“Life” from twelve different lives. A
Life, in the world of Fantasy Life, is basically your class. However, it’s a bit more than just “what weapon do you want to use”, as Fantasy Life will allow you to be things such as a Chef,
Alchemist, or even a Taylor!
As a non combat centric class, you’ll probably be spending most of the game gathering resources from across the land of Reveria, the game’s world, for crafting, and selling your crafted items for “Dosh”,
Reveria’s currency. To some it may get boring, while to others like myself it’s a refreshing take on an RPG.
You’ll still have to fight monsters of course, however, you’ll be using your skills in your Life to fight. Like crafting Bombs or making especially sturdy armor.
With all of the “Lives” you can play through (and switch between at will), the re playability of this game is staggering. Seeing as the level up system blocks you from becoming the master of everything, you’ll be able to have several different characters that play completely differently.
Seeing as my space on this page is limited, I can’t go into the
Multiplayer aspects or even the story.
But trust me when I say Fantasy Life is definitely worth the buy.

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Editor-in-chief: Breanna Domingue
Anthony McGowan
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Brooklyn Burton
Carla DeSilva
Destinee Carpenter
DeVon Noe
Dyllon Dewitt
Gavin Foy
Georgie Allen
Jerrich Rollins
Jonathan Horn
Jordan Camp
Jordan Green
Katlyn Hill
Lauren Balla
Lori Baillueax
Mikayla Borque
Morgan Turner
Rebecca Davenport
Rockell Leger
Tate Lapray
Texie Freeman
Zackry Lafleur
By: Carla DaSilva
Families gather every year on the last Thursday of November to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that Is supposed to make everyone feel grateful for what they have. I believe they do, but the capitalistic voice in our heads influence us to give in to industry’s manipulation schemes with the so expected ‘Black Friday’, making us alternate from people who appreciate what they have to and share what they own, to shellfish people in desperate need of material goods without even noticing it. I don’t think it’s wrong for people to go Black Friday shopping. What’s actually wrong is for you to have double-standards when it comes to being thankful and generous one day, but greedy and materialistic on the next. The timing of both events is definitely ironic, but maybe it will remind us to be grateful and kind in every situation.