Last month there was a total of 101 Americans killed over in Iraq, making it the 4^th deadliest month since the war began. Before that, the monthly tolls were 107 in the month of January 2005, 135 in April 2004, and 137 in November 2004. As you can see, since the conflict began in March 2003 there has been a slight variation in death tolls.

A random survey of the Red Rock students says that more than 3/4 of them want our troops to come home. There was a comment stating, "It’s not our war to fight." It promoted lots of discussion and brought lots of opinions. For some people this subject really hit close to home. "Having my son-in-law over there is hard. It proves just how real this thing actually is. Those vicious people are controlling all the helpless ones. It made it even harder knowing we lost a friend to the April death toll. But knowing that we are over there giving up so much of us to help this nation grow to be independent is amazing.", stated Nanci S. a member of the coral unit staff.

SPORTS INFORMATION

by Jesse Land

Monday night RRCS played a flag football game against a group of guys in their mid-20's. It was a good game for the first 6 to 7 minutes, then RRCS dominated. The final score of the game was 36-6, Red Rock.

Red Rock’s team consisted of 3 staff and 8 students. Big Sam, Jason–steel staff, Coach Hernandez, Justin Johnson, Lance Harvey, Jesse Land, Ben Roberts, Elijah Johnson, Alex McCoy, Ethan Myers, and Shay Beatty.

STATISTICS:

Elijah-2 catches and 2 knockdowns

Alex-1 catch and 3 knockdowns

Ethan-1 sack

Shay-1 knockdown

Justin-3 catches, 1 TD, 1 sack, and 1 2pt conv.

Ben-1 knockdown

Lance-3 catches, 2 knockdowns, and 1 2pt conv.

Jesse-4 catches, 1 TD, 2 2pt conv.

Jason->5 catches, 1 interception, 3 TD

Big Sam-1 catch and 1 TD

Coach-1 catch, excellent passing

FAST FACTS

An onion, apple and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are caused by their smell.

Unless food is mixed with saliva you cannot taste it.

EDITORIAL

by Sarah Rovner

Dear STAFF/ADMINISTRATION,

 We would all like to see our units have more co-ed activities where both the boys an girls can participate together to help the students of Red Rock strengthen their social skills with the opposite sex. Some activities that our peers have proposed are perhaps co-ed enrichments, such as art and AA/NA groups. Many students would also like to have more outside time with the different units combined, and play sports together such as volleyball and basketball. Students agree that the lack of contact with the opposite sex has created isolation within their units and creates an even greater atmosphere for note-passing and unapproved communication. Students who can maintain appropriate boundaries say that it would be a good idea to mix the groups to help decrease that problem. Not only the students agree with the idea of girls and boys participating in activities together, but the staff of RRCS would also like to see this step toward integrating the campus socially. The students of RRCS would really appreciate it if co-ed activities could become a part of their stay at RRCS treatment program. THANK YOU!

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