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My Christmas! My older sister bought me a Ouiji board for Christmas! My mom went ballistic. I am not allowed to play it in the house. That sucks. If you don’t know what a ouiji board is it is a game that you ask questions and bad spirits tell you the answers! You can get a Ouiji board at Wal-Mart for 10 dollars.(cheap). That’s why my Christmas was great!!!!

By Shelby

My New Year

My New Year was fun, because I spent time with my family, and partied till 6:00AM, well my cousins and I. Some of my family played 21 with money and I lost 3dollars. We also had Posole for dinner and some other stuff. The food was like a buffet to me. We also saw T.V. and some movies. Adrian

My Christmas was ok. I got to spend time with my family. My dad was clean of drugs. I am really proud of my dad because he has 1year clean. I played games with my family. I played Yahtzee and Monopoly. Just my dad and I played Yahtzee. I won the game. When the whole family played my mom won. By Lizzy

The Hobbit

I thought this book was ok, but I didn’t understand it. It’s about a hobbit called Bilbo Baggins that is visited by an old wizard called Gandalf and some dwarves. They want to reclaim the treasure that a wise and nasty dragon stole from Thorin’s father. They used Bilbo as their robber. They travel a long distance to a mountain where the dragon, Smaug lives. Bilbo confronts him. Then the mighty dragon burst out of the mountain in rage and then he attacks the lake men and a different man kills him. Then every one wants the treasure.

Shawnee

THE HOBBIT

The Hobbit is a very sophisticated book. To read it and be able to understand it is easier if you are on the specified reading level. I myself have read the series and found them very fascinating. Now the story I am about to relay to you is the story of the adventures of a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. He was a respectable Hobbit of sorts before the mysterious parade following the wizard Gandalf. On his first encounter with danger he uses his brain to outsmart some trolls who want to eat his companions. He goes through rough terrain and storms, gets caught by goblins, meets Gollum, and finds a ring. Now he finds The Ring in the Smokey Mountains. This particular ring helps him escape from the goblins keep and Gollum’s clutches. Then he ends up having to save them from some Elves. After sailing down the river on top of a barrel him and his company arrive at the Lakeside village that’s in the shadow of the Lonely Mountain. I’m not sure if that’s the name because I haven’t read it for a while but still. Then he ends up in the mountain tricking a dragon. He pisses the dragon off and he goes on the rampage. That’s when a guy comes up and shoots the dragon in the breast where there was a bare spot is at. Once the horrid dragon Smog was dead another war started brewing up. Bilbo is knocked unconscious and wakes up to a victory. A victory he had not helped to earn. Then he heads home and adopts Frodo who would later be the heir of the one ring. Then he, too, must go on a very long and perilous adventure where he starts with 9 companions and only one goes the whole way to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. -Krystal

My Christmas was fun, because I got to spend time with my family. I got a lot of money for Christmas, but I had to wait to spend it. On my birthday I turned 13. We didn’t do a whole lot of any thing for it, but I got a lot of presents like clothes. On New Years we lit fireworks off and played games like Carbon. Josh

New Years resolutions

Every New Year's Eve millions of Americans make New years resolution,s some say that they're going to try to stop smoking, but the top ten on the list world wide is to get organized. I would put that on the top of my list. Many Americans make resolutions to make their life better, not just during the year, but through the weeks.

My New Years Well for my New Years my family writes up a list for everyone. As they do that they write down things other people need to work on, we go over the lists as a family and talk about what other people need to work on. We also give gifts that could help them accomplish those resolutions they have made. Also we stay up really late and watch many numerous movies, pig-out on food and soda. We have a fun time, we take down the Christmas stuff and clean the house, to me it’s fun.

By Sharon

Book review

SNAKE SKIN SANSHIN

This book is about a sanshin that was found at the scene of a murder. And the sanshin is a three stringed instrument that could give Investigators some clues on how he died. The sanshin was played 300 years ago by a really good sanshin player. The investigators went to a restaurant and looked at every sanshin player playing. Eventually they find the person. This book is written by NAOMI HIRAHARA who also is the writer of GASA-GASA GIRL and SUMMER OF THE BIG BACHI.

JARRELLE

Music reviews

The last CD from Dr.Dre is the Green Lantern. It will be out in April 27, 2007. The guests are Snoop Dog, The Game, 50 cent, Nate Dog, Dub C, and more people on the CD. It will be the good CD for ‘07 in my eyes. All the people should put any CD down and put up the Dr.Dre. CD. Warren 1-2-07

How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

First you grab two-pieces of bread, then you put the bread away. Then put peanut butter on one side of the bread then put it away. Last but not least put the jelly on the other side of the bread. Then you have a sandwich. Jessie

My school break

My school break was fun. I had a really good Christmas. I got lots of presents. I got two big boxes of makeup. I also got an mp3 player, a radio, an alarm clock, a purse, three jackets, four outfits, a CD, and a DVD player. For New Years I went to my aunt’s house and played games with my little cousins. I also went to the park and had a huge snowball fight with my cousins and my sisters and brother and with my friends too.

By Monica Z.

Pink “I’m not dead “

Her newly released album is not only very personal, but a great listen containing her top hits “Stupid Girls” and “Who knew”. She uses her soulful tune to express her kept emotions. Personally my favorite song is “Cuz I can” because it uses a lot of things that I relate to and not only that I really love her rocker chick attitude, because as the song says we need outcast girls with ambition. By Tyler Matthews

Sandy 1-2-07

My new years resolution

1. Lose weight 2. Don’t let people influence me in a negative way. 3. Don’t let people control my emotions. 4.Stay positive. 5.Focus on my treatment 6. Get better 7. Don’t pretend to be sick to get out of things. 8. Face my problems. 9.Think happy thoughts. 10. Graduate from Artec 11 Live with my grandma 12. Ignore negative comments 13.pass all of my classes 14. Be a happy positive person

For the new years I was babysitting my sister's little kids. I took my nephew, Austin, across the street over to my Uncle Mikes, because that’s were the New Years party was and I let him play with the little kids that were there. He was the youngest kid there, he is 2 years old, but he had fun with all the older kids. They are about 4 years up to 7 years. At about 9:00 I took Austin to my house across the street so that he can go to sleep, because it was getting late. When I dropped off Austin my niece, Gracie, was already sleeping, she is almost 6 months old. Then I went back across the street, back to the party and hung out with my family and friends. It was awesome sitting around the campfire telling jokes and my New Years resolution was to not make New Years resolutions anymore. I got home at around 2:00 in the morning and then I went to bed.

Techn9ne is coming to concert January 11th with the Subnosie Soldiers and Blaze Ya Dead Homie. The show is at The Bricks and tickets are $25.50 at the door. So go see Techn9ne on Saturday. Then go to Graffiti and get a Faygo. I think this will be a wicked concert. By Tommy

I am writing a little letter to inform everyone that I am leaving in a little over a week and that I would like to let everyone know that if you use the skills that ARTEC has taught you then you should have no problems in the real world and that every thing should go good with you. When I leave here I am going home and am going to live with my parents and siblings until I can get an apartment then I will move out and live on my own, also I will be working at Joe's Crab Shack in Jordan Landing and will be working full time instead of part time. I will also be doing out patient therapy and have a tracker, also I will be doing classes on the internet and will graduate high school in May. When I am done with high school I will then move on and start looking for colleges that I may be interested in going to. I will put applications in for Dixie State and Snow College. I will also put some applications in at the U of U, even though I don’t want to attend the U, I will also have my license so that I can drive to my places and not take the bus or have others take me to where I need to get to. Jessica

New Year Resolutions

1. Save $6000 in the bank 2. Make the high school soccer team 3. Learn “Stairway to Heaven” and “Heart-Shaped Box” really well on the guitar 4. Get my license 5. Go to at least one prom and school dance 6. Get my tongue and ears pierced 7. Get out of the system 8. Lose weight

By Amanda

My New-Year resolutions:

1. Get out of the system 2. Get my drivers license back 3. Get my life back in order 4. Fall in love 5. Get caught up on credits 6. Go to every concert this year that I missed last year if possible 7. Get the hell out of Artec for sure. 8. To stop making resolutions that may not be achievable

By: Brittani

The c.d. The Genie in the Lamp by Mac Dre is a really tight c.d. It is my favorite c.d. by him, all the songs on it are classics. If you haven’t heard any of his music I suggest listening to some and if you have heard him and don’t like him listen to this c.d. and I guarantee you will. He is the person that started all of the hype Bay area music. Mac Dre keeps all his music real and doesn’t surgar coat any of it. by Cody



How to get out of ARTEC with the quickness. All you have to do to get out of ARTEC is brown nose as much as possible. What I mean by this is help out with any thing that the staff wants you to do. And give as many compliments as you can. And this is a simple way to get out quick. -Steven

What’s hot Burritos are hot when they come out of the microwave. So are volcanoes. Pizza from the oven. A car’s engine is hot after going about 120 mph for 1 minute. Fire is also really hot when you touch it.

What’s not Ice cream is not. Yeah butter is not either. So are ice cubes they are very cold. Windows during winter are pretty cold. Snow is really, really cold because it is snow.

By: K.F.

What I got for Christmas is …

I got a remote control car with neon lights under it. I also got the dvd X-Men 3: The Last Stand, oh and those little things called magnetix. I also got two blankets, a pillow, 1 stuffed koala bear, candy, pants, a shirt, Snoop Dog's Blue Carpet Treatment cd, a jacket and last but not least an MP3 player.

By Larry

Christmas Day

On Christmas I didn’t want to wake up, but I did so I wouldn’t get into a fight with my dad. When I got upstairs my family was already handing out their presents to each other. I handed out my presents to them after everyone started to open their presents. I got a lot of money from my dad, so I bought a cute ball python.

Nikki

January5, 2007

Dear Artec I am going to a group home in a couple of weeks. I have mixed feelings about going there, because I won't get to see my family as much as I do now. I am going to miss all the people at Artec that helped me and all my friends. I am afraid that the kids won't like me or they will try to hurt me. But I am happy, because I will learn to live on my own and learn how to take care of myself. Please tell me how I can handle my anxiety. By Justin Smith.

My New Years resolution is to graduate from my proctor home and be able to transition home from it. I will also be able to continue to come here for my therapy here at Artec. I have now been here for three months and have almost completed my treatment here at Artec. Good luck and have a happy New Year. P.S. My birthday is on March 26, ( I will be 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) By: Aaron L.

I want to get out off school and get a good job. Like roofing and get paid a lot of money. So I can go on a vacation to LA and Mexico the big city. And take my friends with me. We will go to expensive restaurants.

Jc 1/5/07

My Christmas Break I had a good break. I got some new shoes. I got a Game Boy Micro. I loved to be out of school. I got to go home for Christmas. I went with my aunt's. Then I went home for New years. I am glad to be back in school. I missed my teachers. By Kris

Presteige My holidays During the holidays I had a lot of fun. For Christmas I went to my grandpa’s house. My grandpa likes to spoil my sisters, my mom, and me so we were overloaded. On New Years I had to come back to the unit. We had a campus party, but only the girls house and boys house came…no one else was prepared.

Drama is funny To most people, drama sucks. Most of the time, it makes people get in a few predicaments. But for me, it is extremely cool. To me it is the very thing that makes ARTEC not so lame. When I hear he said that she said, that he is going out with her sister and is cheating on her with her sisters, cousin's boyfriends, best friend’s, girlfriend, I love it! It is hilarious to me that people have such a lack of life, that they need to criticize other people's life.

Jonathan S. Haskin

Fish. By Ashley H

I have a fish and his name is Fish.Hhe is blue, yellow and green and I love him. He will stay mine forever seeing as he can never get away, because he is in fact not a real fish. He swims in my pocket all day long and feeds off munchies and whatnot that gets lost in my pocket of goodness. Sometimes I put him in the washer so he feels more at home. But when he comes out he squirts me in the eye with waters of soap. He hurts me, but I still love him. He’s my fish.

I have no freaking idea what to write for my news article. So I will just sit here and push the Shift button randomly&gt; while I Type tO MyseLf. soMe tImeS I feel lIKe hurting JohN. This whole shift thing isn’t working very well so I will stop.

joe

This Christmas  I got shoes and some  pants and $500 and that is it. My xmas sucks. My bother was there and started a fight with me. My dad came form CA to see my and my sis. I got my girl friend a present for Christmas. By Frank

MY CHRISTMAS WAS GREAT. FOR CHRISTMAS I GOT A SLEEP OVER CLOE BRATS DOLL AND A BRATS PRINCESS DOLL. AND I ALSO GOT A CARE BEAR WATER BABY DOLL. I ALSO GOT A DVD AND THIRTY-TWO DVD’S. I ALSO GOT SOME NEW GRAYS FOR CHRISTMAS. AND A PLAY STATIONS TWO WITH FIVE OR SIX GAMES TO GO WITH IT AND A BATH SET WITH PERFUME. PRISCILLA

Dear A.R.T.E.C

TP
 * 1) 1 Why do we have to have P.S.G?
 * 2) 2 Why do we wear grays?
 * 3) 3 Why do we have A.S.R.?
 * 4) 4 I have a concern about things leaving skills group!
 * 5) 5 What does A.S.R. stand for?

New years resolution Lose 17 pounds Work on positive attitude

Self discipline

Better at reading Going home

Be a good kid

And do good in school

By SARAH.T

I’m leaving and I’m going to Hunter High School. I’m going into a Procter home for two mouths until they think I’m ready to do what I need to do. Like be drug free and commit to follow the rules and try to make clean drug free friends that are a good example on me that won’t try to get me in to trouble. I also need to go to therapy and get rid of all my issues and go to the programs that I’m required to go to that help me get a good job and that will help me graduate from high school. Melanie