As all of the Batesville residents know Friday night a horrendous chain of storms blew threw, tearing up most of Batesville. The author's main purpose of writing the article "Storms damage airport" was to inform the people of the dangers that can lurk in the storms. "It had damages similar to a war zone" said Rober Griffin. The storm blew threw an airplane hanger at the BatesvilleRegional Aiport in Southisde, Batesville destroying two airplanes and an old car. This storm destroyed everything in its path as well as knocking out  seventy one thousand people's electricity. The winds got up to eighty miles per hour. I know how it felt losing power in a storm like this because I was one of the seventy one thousand people that did. To become a more active participant in my learning I could help inform people about the dangers of storms and help them be prepared.

Travis's Reading Bucket List

1. Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25- By Richard Paul Evans: The third or fourth day of Mrs. Gillmore's class she got up and gave a quick summary of this book and it sounded like a very, very good book. I know they say never judge a book by its cover but I usually do and this cover made the book look interesting. I also enjoy reads where the main character(s) around my age, it makes it where I can connect and get involved in the book a lot easier.
2. Old Glory Stories- By Cole C. Kingseed: Mrs. Gillmore said we could look around to find a book to checkout and read well I just looked around and read the back of some books and this one just stood out to me, so I put it on my bucket list. Anything about the wars interest me. I enjoy reading them because many of my family members were in the army and I can make real life connections so I am looking forward to reading this book.
3. Heat- By: Mike Lupica: Ever since I was a little kid my parents encouraged me to play sports, my favorite was baseball. I have played ever since I was 5 years old. So any book that involves the sport sparks my very interest. I also started reading this book a few years ago but I could not get into it so i put it down, but I look forward to trying again and hopefully finishing it.
4. The Hobbit- By J.R.R Tolhein: I have heard many good things about this book and considered reading it then my English teacher showed us the book and talked a little bit about it and I was hooked right away. I love fiction books because there are no limitations on what they can right about.
5. Last Shot- By John Feinstein: One of my very good friends read this book and said it was an amazing book. Sports has always been very close to me so anything about sports I enjoy. But the only sport I dislike is basketball and this book is about that very one, but because of the wonderful things I have heard I am going to try and give it a shot.
6. Lord of the Flies- By William Golding: In our English class we saw the top 100 books for teenagers and this book was on there. It Sounded very mysterious and creative and being the curious person I am, I decided to try and figure out what all this book is about by reading it. Maybe it will happen and maybe not. I have also heard good things about the author and I hope he prevailed in writing this book.
7. Alligator Bayou- By Donna Jo Napoli: I am a very outdoorsy person and I love alligators and swamp creatures. They seem very interesting to me just because the structure and age. I am not really sure what this book is about besides alligators but I am very interested in finding out.
8. Rachel Papers- By Martin Amis: Since I needed more books for my bucket list I decided to look up books online that I had heard about before. This was on that list and I remembered one of my old teachers saying it was an amazing book with great content so I read the book review on it and looked up the author. The author is a well known author with some great books that never disappoints. So I am hoping that this is a great book. The fact that no one in my school has the book makes me wonder more about it and makes me want to read it more.
9. Paper Towns- By John Green: This sounded like a very, very good book so I have been trying to find it since Mrs. Gillmore showed us the top reads for teens. But again no one in my school has it which is very weird. This author is very respected and I have read a couple of his books and I think this is the next one I need to read by him.
10. Comes the Blind Fury- By John Saul: I looked up a reading list for teens online to try and get some good ideas for my bucket list and I came across this very intriguing title. It is about a blind child who falls off a cliff and comes back and haunts the town. I have always loved ghost stories and I am hoping this is one of the ones that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Remembering 9/11

In the building of the new WTC(World Trade Center) they wanted to show that the USA is a free country no matter what anyone does to try and stop that. This remarkable building is going to be built to a whopping 1776 feet tall. Does this number look familiar? Well it should because that is the year that America gained its freedom. This tower is not only to get back a World Trade Center, or even to show that we will retaliate, but also to show our patriotism and also show respect for the deceased. We are showing that they can do anything in their power but nothing is going to make America fall, we will still retaliate and get back on our feet. It might take 12 days or even 12 years, like this did, but we will fight again.