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EntertainmentLion King 3Dby Amber CarltonGoing to the moviesthis weekend? Here aretwo great options!4 ½ starsRated: GTime: 1 hr. 27 min.One of the mostpopular Disneyanimated movies, TheLion King, is nowavailable in 3D andpresents a whole newexperience for theaudience.This movie tells thestory of a lion cub’sjourney to adulthoodand acceptance of hisroyal destiny.Simba, a young lion cub,begins life as an honoredprince, the son of thepowerful King Mufasa. Thecub’s joyful childhood soonturns upside-down when hisevil uncle, Scar, murdersMufasa and drives Simba,who thinks that the death ofhis father is his fault, awayfrom the kingdom andtowards the wastelands. Inexile, the young lionbefriends the comicalPumbaa, a warthog and hisbest buddy Timon, ameerkat. They teach him tolive in the jungle with a carefreelife.All of this changesthough, once Simbareaches adulthood, for heis visited by the spirit ofhis father. From thisencounter, Simbadecides to race back tothe kingdom to defeatScar, who has now takenover Pride Rock, andtake back what isrightfully his.Overall, The Lion King3D is a wonderful moviefilled with laughs, fun,and courage. This is agreat film for the entirefamily to enjoy!Real Steelby Brandon ThompsonMovie Review: RealSteel [PG-13]"Real Steel," starringHugh Jackman, is afuturistic movie likeno other. It is a funfamily movie that allages can enjoy. If youlike robots and movieswith lots of action, thisis your kind of movie.Real Steel is about aman and his son goingon an adventure withrobot boxing. This movietakes place somewherearound 2023, so it's not toofar into the future.I would rate this movie a 9out of ten 10. This moviewould at least make it intothe top 10 of my favoritemovies.I highly recommend thismovie.Page 6 of 8
SportsNew Brighton’s 8th Grade Girl’s Basketball Team Dominates Holy Crossby Amber CarltonOn Monday, October 10th,the eighth grade girls’basketball team beat HolyCross 43 to 13. NewBrighton started the gamequickly, making the firstcouple of baskets, and bythe second quarter thescore was 19-3 in favor ofNBMS.New Brighton’s teamplayed strong defense, aswell as consistentoffense throughout theentire game. NBMSmaintained a 20-pluspoint lead throughout theentire second half.Congratulations to NewBrighton Middle School’seighth grade girls’ basketballteam on completing anundefeated regular season.Way to go Vikings, keep itup!Capitola City Council Discusses Skate Park Siteby Joshua PurkeyIn 2006 and 2007, Capitolaheld a series of meetings todiscuss potential places for askate park, but none of theideas pleased everyone and theproject died.Now, the city is making a newattempt at putting in a skatepark. The city council held apublic hearing on Thursdayand considered using a part ofMonterey Park next to NewBrighton Middle School.“I personally feel we have anobligation to the community toprovide this recreationalopportunity for the kids in thatage group.’’ said mayorDennis Norton in a Santa CruzSentinel article. He wasreferring to the park’s targetgroup of elementary andmiddle-school-aged students.Emily Martin, a Capitolaresident and mother of threewho has supported a skatepark along with othercommunity members, said shelikes the Monterey park site.‘’It’s near a middle schoolwhich is a great place for it togo,’’ Martin said. ‘’Plenty ofkids, including my own,consider skateboarding asport.’’ I know a lot of peopledisagree, but it would befantastic for the kids to havesome place to skate.’’For now, no money has beenallocated for this project and itisn’t likely that the city willmove forward during thesechallenging economic timesunless private donors arefound.The hearing on Thursdaytalked about the suitability ofthe location, and whether ornot more planning should startfor the Monterey Park site.Skate Park consideredright next to NewBrighton MiddleSchool!A basic skateboard park, much like thisskateboard park at Jose Park, isplanned.Page 7 of 8
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