Tiger Talk News
Week of April 4-8
(KENZIE)-Hi
everybody Im McKenzie Yates
(BRITT)-and
Im Britt Roach welcome back from Spring Break.
(KENZIE)-Pope
John Paul II, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died
Saturday April 2 in his Vatican
apartment. He was 84.
(BRITT)-The
pope died after suffering heart and kidney failure following two hospitalizations over the past couple months. Since his surprise
election in 1978, John Paul traveled the world, inspiring a revolt against communism in Poland and across the Soviet bloc, but also preaching against consumerism and abortion.
In his later years however, he was slowed down by ailments that included Parkinsons disease. The world will greatly miss him
for being the great person that he was.
(KENZIE)-In
many ways, children today are doing better than their parents did. They take fewer drugs, commit fewer crimes and have fewer
babies. If they would just lay off the chips and soda.
A
huge increase in obesity and increases in young people living in poverty and in single-parent homes have held back even greater
progress in children's overall well-being during the past three decades, according to the Foundation for Child Development.
The
Child Well-Being Index, which tracks 28 separate measures, shows that since 1993 children have been engaging in less risky
behavior. And while all is not rosy, the report says the overall well being of children is improving.
(BRITT)-
Among these findings, the adolescent and teen birth rate has dropped from 20 births per 1000 girls in 1992 to an estimated
10.9 births per 1000 girls in 2004.
Binge
drinking among high school seniors has fallen from 36.9 percent in 1975 to about 29.2 percent in 2004.
The
number of youth offenders and victims has fallen dramatically since 1993. The number of youths age 12-17 who were victims
of crime in 1994 stood at 120 per 1000 children. The number of crime victims in that same age group is projected at about
45 per 1000 in 2004.
(KENZIE)-
Coming up we will have the highlights from the 2005 Talent Show and some sports information from over the break.
COMMERCIALS
(KENZIE)-
Welcome back, before we went on spring break there was a talent show that was very exciting.
Lets go to some highlights from that show.
SOT FULL TALENT SHOW
(KENZIE)- Speaking of talent, On Thursday April 7th
an area student went to Hollywood to appear on the Tonight
Show with Jay Leno.
(BRITT)- Mark Hatten of Chesapeake
had a life long dream, and that dream was to appear on the Tonight Show, that is what his eight grade teacher wrote in his
year book a long time ago and that is what he did. He showed the world a very unusual way of blowing up a balloon lets take
a look.
SOT
FULL TONIGHT SHOW
(BRITT)-
while some of us were sitting on a beach somewhere or probably sleeping all day during spring break. The dedicated athletes
here at the IHS were either practicing or performing. The softball and baseball teams had several games. The tennis team had
a match everyday of the break, and the girls and boys track team both hosted there home invititational. So in the coming days
go out and support you sports teams. For the full Schedules go to www.tigertown.com.
(KENZIE)-
its spring time the weather is changing and it is getting warmer.
(BRITT)-
Thats right its time to bring out those shorts and sandals
(KENZIE)-
yep well that’s all for this week till next time.
