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Who: Travis Logan, senior
What: won first place in visual merchandising
When: two weeks ago
Where: Union Colege
Why: His goal is taking first place at state so he can qualify for nationals in Florida
How: by winning first place at DECA competition

Summary lead, version 1: Travis Logan, a senior won first place at the district DECA competition.

Summary lead, version 2 : Travis Logan an upperclassmen won first place for visual merchandising.

Summary lead, version 3 : A high school senior  name Travis Logan had just won first place in visual merchandising in a district competition.


Story: Travis Logan, a senior have just taken one step closer to his goal, to compete in the national DECA competition. He just receive first place in visual merchandising that was held at Union College two week ago. Now on his way to the state contest in April, he's determine to make it into the nationals in Florida. 


Along with Travis, Dee Contreas a junior won second place in the written test and Ducan Pfiegger, was mention as a honorable contestant in the role play. As he rose his way up to his goals, his competitor will still be Contreas and Pfiegger. 

Who: Highschool Girls from 10-12 grade

What: Tryouts for Color Guards

When: Tuesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 27

Where: School campus, west of the parking lot

Why: to join marching band starting in fall

How: Contact Ms. Cindy Barker, Color Guard adviser, room 103 

Summary lead, version 1:

68 girls participated in color guard tryouts in order to join marching band.

Summary lead, version 2:

68 girls participated in color guard tryouts in preparation of second round for marching band.

Summary lead, version 3:

68 girls planning to join marching band participated in color guard tryouts.

Story:

Color guard tryouts are going to be held on May 25th & 27th for girls between 10th & 12th grades. 68 were able to participate in the tryouts held last fall. These Color Guard tryouts were held at the school campus on the west side of the parking lot. Next week, a second round will be held in order for girls to join marching band in the coming Fall.

The color guard tryouts are an excellent opportunity to connect with others and support your school. The squads will perform choreographed routines at football and basketball halftime shows. You need to be able to dance and flag-twirl in order to join up. To participate in color guard tryouts, you must contact Ms. Cindy Barker, Color Guard adviser, in room 103.

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Who: Michael and Robert Meeropol and their parentsWhat: Their Father was convicted of espionage conspiracy along with giving bomb/military information to the Russians and their mother was convicted on flimsy evidence both giving them a death penalty as spy's. When: 1953Where: Rosenberg, Lower East Side apartment where they arrested Julius, the boys father.Why: Now The boys stand up for their parents and the injustice that was adduced to them. How: By giving presentation and description to people to let them see how injustice it is. Michael, 65, is a professor and chairman of the economics department at Western New England College in Springfield. Robert, 61, is a lawyer and runs the Rosenberg Fund for Children.

Lead : Adopting their foster parents’ surname, they staked their own claim to radical campus politics in the 1960s. Then in 1973, they emerged to reclaim their identities as the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, determined to vindicate their parents.

Rewrite : By using their foster parents name to hide their real identities, the two boys came back and speak up to the public in 1973 to show that their parents were treated wrong due to America time period in their depression state. 



Who: Owner of a Actions Comics No. 1, Stephen FishlerWhat: Owns an Untouched copy of an Actions Comics No. 1When: Now, during an auction this ThursdayWhere: West CoastWhy: Many people want it because it's the first comic book first appeared on the newsstand for 10 cents a copy in June 1938.
How: 12 year later after he brought the comic book, Fishler left it in his mother's basement, hoping that it will increase its value on how much it cost.


Lead: After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback -- to the tune of about $400,000


Rewrite: The original copy of  "Action Comics No. 1" had been found after being hidden away for years. Many people including experts reader estimate that it will cost about $400.000.

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Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House), Poland 

1. Designed by Szotyńscy Zaleski inspired by Jan Marcin Szancer fairy-tale illustration

2. Built in 2004

3. Sopot, Poland

4. Public building, is part of the shopping center with restaurants, cafes, shops and a radio station.

5. $30 million, completed in two years.

6. Ever sinced it was built, it became Poland's most photographed building

7. The reason why i Picked this building because of the way it looks and shape. The bending building creates a feel that the building was either squished or melted. The glass in the middle also contributed to the way it shape, it is very unique to see glass in the middle without thinking that it's going to break because the other buildings are bending. Also, this building makes a 2-3 D effects like it's kind of moving if you stare at it for a long time.

Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE

1. Designed by Tom Wright of WS Atkins PLC

2. Began in 1994 - finished in 1999

3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

4. Public building, luxury hotel and fourth tallest hotel in the world

5. Information had not been announced but rooms prices range from $1000 - $27000

6.Dubai coastline is a great place for attraction to tourist therefore Burj Al Arab was develop as a legendary and symbolic hotel that attracted international attention.

7. Personally, I like this building because it shape is similar to a windsurf board that surfers use. Also this building is the top fourth tallest building and it's on a small little island. The design and this concept is simple yet it catches the attention of viewers like me and it's located by water, which creates the perfect vacation theme. I like how it's a hotel, very refreshing for tourists if they decided to visit Dubai. 

National Centre for the Performing Arts, China

1. Designed by a French Architect Paul Andreu

2. Built in 2001

3. Beijing, People's Republic of China

4. Public building, an opera house known as The Bird's Egg

5. Original cost was 2.688 billion Renminbi, total cost was ¥ 3.2 billion CNY.

6. Consist of three area, Opera hall, Music hall, and Theater hall. Highest palace of performing arts in China

7. This building is huge looking from the pictures, and it seems to be surrounded by an artificial lake. The concept of the design is pretty cool because the lake reflects the other half of the building. Also half of it is cover with titanium and the other half is glass which makes it look like a half peel egg, the light also brings out the building more, it is an unusual yet unique building.

Habitat 67, Canada

1. Designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie

2. Built in 1964-1967

3. Montreal, Canada

4. Public building, model community and housing complex

5. Cost $17 million Canadian

6. It was an experiment in apartment living. became the permanent symbol of Expo 67 after it close, it was Moshe's experiment to make a fundamentally better and cheaper housing for the masses.

7. This piece of architect is very unique, because of the cubic shapes, Also how it's shape being hold together, just looking at it is already unique because of each cube popping in and out. Also it look like a bunch of cube stacking on top of each other one by one. it creates this feeling like it's about to fall apart any moment. 

Stone House, Guimarães, Portugal

1. Current owner is Vitor Rodrigues. Architecture unknown yet was inspired by the Flintstones family home

2. Built in 1974 as a family's rural retreat

3. Guimarães, Fafe Mountains, Portugal

4. Private building

5. Cost is unknown

6. Built as a family's rural retreat

7. This building is very unique because it's made out of stone, the concept is similar to caveman houses back then. It's very beautiful and it catches my attention because who wouldn't want to live in a stone house?
Also it looks like it's a good house for people who's retired because the background view is perfect since it's located up in the mountains area.