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Valley News
& Views
The Laiken and Taylor Column
Drayton Elementary News and More - With Commentary on the Passing of Cosmo the Frog
Hello people of America
and other various countries.
This is week three of the
"Laiken and Taylor Column."
We're finally halfway to our
special 100th column! (Or
the special sixth, but really
how special is that?)
Congratulations to the
third and sixth graders for
passing the C.A.R. track.
C.A.R. is short for "Children
Acting Respectfully."
Teachers write out slips
for students and classes
for doing nice things and
behaving. The track has
twenty-four spaces, if you
pass the track once; you get
ice cream! Each extra time
you pass the track the prize
gets bigger!
The latest update on the
fourth, fifth, and sixth grade
boys' basketball team: they
lost again. They played
against North Border-Neche,
The fourth, fifth, and
sixth grade boys' basketball
team will have a game on
Thursday, November 17th,
andTuesday, November 22nd
here in the Drayton gym at
5:00 pm. If you're looking for
something to do, then why
don't you come down and
cheer them on.
Now I'd like to get serious
for a moment. Mrs. Parker,
the fifth grade teacher, had
three frogs this year, with a
few tadpoles also. Now, she
only has two frogs (plus the
tadpoles.) The frog that died,
Taylor's favorite, was named
Cosmo, named by Taylor
herself, when she took it
home one summer. We'd like
to have a funeral through
this Newspaper Article, even
though Cosmo's body is not
present. Mrs. Parker flushed
him already. Ahem.
"Dear Cosmo, even though
you are not with us, we hope
you are looking down at us
right now. We have suffered
a terrible loss. And though
we could not meet at this
funeral in person, we hope
you appreciate it all the
same. I doubt many people
have been to an Underwater
Frogs funeral. I now wish
Taylor to say a few words."
"Cosmo, I remember
when you first came to my
house. I hope you had a
good view from my dresser.
I also remember when you
first "croaked" at night. It
sounded like some sort of
telephone. I thought maybe
a television was on, and a
phone was ringing on it.
But obviously it wasn't. My
mother and I concluded it
was you, Cosmo. But it took
us awhile, anyway. I heard
you chirp many nights after
that. Thank you, Cosmo."
Okay Amen Cosmo! Thank
you folks, I bet Cosmo
appreciated that.
I know we said we'd write
about the third grade science
experiment this week, but
they haven't done it yet; so
we guess we can't write about
it yet. We'll try to next week.
Don't like that? So sue us.
So ends another week
with Laiken and Taylor. I
hope you join us next week,
where we could write about
ANYTHING! Wishing you
good weather and safe
journeys!
Kid of the Week Continued From Page 1
doesn't bother him. This
winter he is looking forward
to building snowmen and
snow forts, lots of them. He
is also looking forward to
ambushing his sisters with
snowballs .... Except for his
baby sister.
Speaking of winter, he told
me that he's looking forward
to Christmas and thinks that
he just might get a remote
controlled car this year.
Inside, Alden likes to watch
some television, his favorite
television characters being
Itchy and Scratchy from the
Simpsons. He also has two
Star Wars light sabers and
enjoys an occasional dual
with his sisters.
When it comes to meals,
Alden has two favorite meals.
He loves chicken, or turkey
with stuffing and mashed
potatoes and for that reason
is really looking forward to
Thanksgiving. He also really-
really likes it when his room
makes macaroni and cheese
with cut up hotdogs in the
mix.
Somehow we got on the
subject of pumpkin pie.
He told me his mom was
making the real deals this
year, cooking down some
pumpkins that didn't get
turned into jack-o-lanterns
and making homemade pies.
He must pay close attention
when she's making them,
because he describe boiling
them up and removing the
skins, adding eggs to the
mix and lots of cinnamon.
He really enjoys it when his
mom gives him the mixing
spoon to snack on.
What was the last thing
Alden did, that his folks told
him not to, but did anyway?
It was a bad one.., he played
with fire and he got caught.
I said, "I bet that didn't go
well, did it?"
Alden shook his head and
told me it wasn't good.
So, I asked him how long it
• was before he could sit down
again and he told me about
a day.
We both ended up agreeing
that playing with fire was a
bad idea.
We changed the subject
and from there it all got quite
scientific.
Alden told me he'd like to
be a doctor when he grows
up. I asked him why a doctor
and he told me, "because
he's never got to see a heart
and he'd like to see one."
Apparently he's considered
the problem some because
he explained that you can't
just open someone up and
look at their heart. He said
you have to make them pass
out first and then you check
out their hearts while they're
asleep.
If he could change one
thing in the world, what
would it be? He'd like to take
the moon and smash it. Not
out of meanness, but out of
scientific interest. He'd just
to see what would happen.
He noted that the Earth
could end up wobbly and
off kilter, not to mention the
loss of tides.
If he couldbringsomething
back from the past, what
would it be? His great-great-
great grandfather, because
he never got to see him.
We really covered a whole
lot more ground than noted
here. To compile it all would
have required volumes. By
the time we were finished,
Alden had pretty much run
me through the mill. So, we
took the traditional picture
and Alden returned to class
and I left trying to figure out
how I was going to gather it
all together.
So thanks Alden for
the challenging thoughts.
This old brain hasn't had a
workout like that for a long
time. I really think you'll be
a good doctor some day,
although I can also see
you wandering the world
with a big magnifying glass
studying bugs. Maybe have
your own television show.
Thanks too for taking the
time to talk to us and for
being this week's Kid of the
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Thursday November 17th
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