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                                                   The American Flag in the sunlight.

                   The Troops going down town.

                                                        

                                                                                   The Troops heading to the Airport.

                                               The Troops final goodbye to the Community.


         On September 4, 2012, the Nicholas County Schools and Communty, came out to send off our troops to the horn of Africa. On those three buses you see above, there were 109 troops heading out. The division that the troops are in the the Second one hundred twenty-eight Field Artilary. These troops will be in the horn of Africa for nine months.




                          The Troops coming in to Main Street.




                                                                           
                           The banner on the bus.



The  Staff of The Bluejacket Buzz would like to join the community in saying that we hope that the troops will come back safely.


                                                                                    Pictures by: Haley Blankenship

College Football

    

Picture of the colleges and the states they are in.

       The 2012 college football season kicked off this weekend. There were some really good games over the weekend. Starting off was the #8 S. Carolina Gamecocks vs. Vanderbilt Commodores. The game was close throughout. The Gamecocks pulled out the win 17-13. The #1 team in the pre-season poll, USC, took on Hawaii. The game was never close. On the first play from the line of scrimmage, Barkley threw a TD pass. The Alabama Crimson Tide, the number two team in the nation and the defending National Champions, took on #8 Michigan Wolverines. Alabama dominated the game from the opening snap. Bama was very impressive in their opener.

     The unranked Kentucky Wildcats played at the 25th ranked Louisville Cardinals this past Sunday. The Wildcats put in a new offense over the offseason. It is a new passing offense, that has a lot of short completions, usually around 3-4 yards every catch. Maxwell Smith threw 35 for 50, with 280 yards passing with 2 TD's. The Wildcats were held to 100 yards of total rushing. The Kentucky defense allowed Louisville's sophomore QB to throw 19 for 21 and 232 passing yards. The Wildcats also allowed 213 total yards rushing.

     Overall it was a great opening weekend of college football. I look forward to the opening weekend of the NFL next weekend.

" The Hunger Games" Review



             The Hunger Games is the first novel in the popular book series by Suzanne Collins. The popluarity of the novels have led to a successful movie franchise and the first movie has just come out on DVD. The story is set in the future and in this future there are twelve districts in the United States. There were thirteen districts, until district thirteen rebelled and the capitol destroyed them. Ever since then, the capitol has a "reaping" every year. This is where the capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district, to fight for their lives in an arena. This is to prove the power the capitol has over the twelve districts. The tributes are sent into the arena with nothing to help them along the way. While in the arena they have the oppurtunity to fight other tributes for rights to food and supplies. Katniss is the main character. She is a strong-willed, determined young lady who stands by her beliefs. Originally, Katniss' sister Primrose is chosen as tribute. But, according to the rules of The Hunger Games another citizen can volunteer as tribute in place of the other. Katniss volunteers as tribute, in order to save her sister. Peeta Mellark is the boy tribute chosen from district twelve. Katniss uses her strengths with archery in order to stay alive in the games. Peeta secretly helps Katniss along the way. In the end, though, only one tribute can survive.

Reviews

David Edelstein of New York magazine writes, "Watching The Hunger Games, I was struck both by how slickly Ross [the director] hit his marks and how many opportunities he was missing to take the film to the next level - to make it more shocking, lyrical, crazy, daring."

Ross, of The New York Times, "has a way of smoothing even modestly irregular edges. Katniss, who for years has bagged game to keep her family from starving, was created for rough stuff -- for beating the odds and the state, for hunting squirrel and people both -- far rougher than Mr. Ross often seems comfortable with, perhaps because of disposition, inclination or some behind-the-scenes executive mandate."

Katniss and Peeta during The Hunger Games.



Katniss using her archery skills to before the games.