#1

Due to “phenomenal test scores” over the past three years, RHHS, starting Monday, September 28, will begin to have an open campus lunch policy for all students but freshman, in addition to  giving an extra 10 minutes for their lunch break.

#2

To protest the upcoming construction of a second Super Wal-Mart within only 75 miles, Rock Hill, in fear that this addition will hurt local businesses, has started a petition and will be having a town meeting on October 18.

#3

Because of his genius-level intelligence, Napoleon Dynamite, a 6th grader this year, might be moved up into RHHS under (the Saluda Trail’s principal) Mr. Fred George’s order, since it might help Napoleon be better prepared and get into medical school earlier- supposedly.

#4

A survey released by the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Baltimore reports that there are 2.7 million child abuse cases per year. Not only that,  but three to four children  die every day due to neglect or abuse, half of which are under one and 79% of which were among children under 5.

#5

As a result of a lit cigarette left on a sofa, $76,000 in damage was caused to Kathy Mahoney’s house  in Los Gatos, and she sustained minor burns on her hands and feet. However, after the firefighters arrived at 3:30 a.m., they managed to extinguish the inferno in only five  minutes.