The James Logan Courier

LUNCH: Chicken Caesar Wrap, Milk, Fresh Fruit, Fun Chips
All-Veggie Pizza

ACTIVITIES:
Come see the fall play, Talking With, tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, 12/6-12/8, at 7 pm and Sunday at 2 pm! For tickets, see cast members!

Come to the Midnight Mistletoe Winter Ball on Friday, December 14, at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale for $8 w/ASB, $10 w/out ASB during lunch, & $12 at the door.

Guest passes for the Winter Ball are now available in the Activities Office at lunch or your House Office. The due date for returning them is December 12.

By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Kevin Harper was elected President of the Board of Education on Tuesday night and Gertrude Gregorio was elected Clerk. Mr. Harper, who served as Clerk this year, replaces Jenn Stringer as President. On behalf of the Board, Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi thanked Ms. Stringer for her service.

Board Members also agreed on the following appointments (and alternates):
▪ Regional Occupational Program Board: Jenn Stringer (Gertrude Gregorio)
▪ Alameda County School Boards Association: Jonas Dino (Jenn Stringer)
▪ Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Board: Gertrude Gregorio (Jonas Dino)
▪ New Haven Schools Foundation: Kevin Harper (Gertrude Gregorio)
▪ California Interscholastic Federation: Gwen Estes

By Sarena Bains, Courier Staff Writer

Confessions of a Video Vixen, By Karrine Stephans
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Amistad (June 28, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060842423
ISBN-13: 978-0060842420

This book is the autobiography of Karrine Steffans, and chronicles a life full of sex, drugs, and the hip‑hop scenes of Los Angeles.

She is a mother, actress, music video star, and even was a stripper. In her book she talks about her dates and affairs with a range of stars from Usher, P Diddy, Ja Rule and many others.

By Karen Mui, Courier Staff Writer

On Monday morning, James Logan teacher Dee-Anna Ramirez, to her horror and surprise, that her classroom suffered acts of vandalism.

“I care very much about the students here, so it is very distressing and disappointing that they would actually do something like this,” Ramirez told The Courier Monday.

By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Reviewer


The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway is about a Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty‑four days without catching a fish. The fisherman’s name is Santiago, and he is suffering great misfortune.

Even his one and only friend Manolin is told not to fish with him, because the old man is considered unlucky by the town. Santiago has been fishing for his entire life and knows that he has the ability to fish. He feels the need to prove to the world that he can still fish and therefore on the eighty‑fifth day sets out to sea determined to catch a fish.

Despite being old Santiago shows resiliency when he goes out fishing, sailing alone far into the sea. Before long Santiago’s bait is taken by a huge fish, probably a marlin. Santiago is confidant in his fishing abilities and at this point the reader roots for him to pull the marlin in.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Nov. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

MASS MARKET
1. The Innocent Man. John Grisham. Dell, $7.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. Next. Michael Crichton. Harper, $9.99
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
3. Cross. James Patterson. Grand Central, $9.99
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 9
4. I Am Legend. Richard Matheson. Tor, $7.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 4
5. Wild Fire. Nelson DeMille. Vision, $9.99
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
6. Wife for Hire. Janet Evanovich. Harper, $7.99
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 4
7. Brother Odd. Dean Koontz. Bantam, $7.99
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 4
8. Treasure of Khan. Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler. Berkley, $9.99
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 4
9. The Pillars of the Earth. Ken Follett. Signet, $7.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 3
10. The Mist. Stephen King. Signet, $6.99
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 3