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Need Drivers Education? Your place is the Adult School. There are two offerings – April 2, 3 & 4 or June 18, 19 & 20 – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $125. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for application/information.

The popcorn cart is now open Monday through Friday near the Career Center and Memorial Court near the Little Theater. Mmmmm….. good!

Yes, we are open! Colt Necessities is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday during 4th & 5th period lunches. Baseball hats, knit caps, and a variety of good looking hoodies. Stop on by!

By Paul Tran, Courier Staff Writer

The fourth and final book of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle, commonly known as the Eragon series, appropriately titled Inheritance, was recently released in November of 2011. As a fan and long-time follower of the series, it was an instant read for me.

With colorful descriptions of exciting action scenes and suspenseful plot twists, it was fairly decent as far as fantasy novels go. The book was tediously thick,a whopping 839 pages from the first book’s 528. It was also disappointing to Eragon fans in many areas, it unfortunately wasn't a satisfying book.

A large problem, and one of my pet peeves, was the book’s the long periods of dull and boring conflict. Until approaching combat with the almighty Galbatorix, no major battles occur between any of the characters. Much of the fighting consists of pages describing the senseless slaughter of common soldiers. Though another “boss” exists in the form of Eragon’s half brother Murtagh, direct battle, though it constantly feels imminent, never commences.

Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.

Life
Langston Hughes was born James Mercer Langston Hughes in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Carrie Langston Hughes, a teacher, and her husband, James Nathaniel Hughes. After abandoning his family and the resulting legal dissolution of the marriage later, James Hughes left for Cuba first, then Mexico due to enduring racism in the United States. After the separation of his parents, young Langston was left to be raised mainly by his grandmother, Mary Langston, as his mother sought
employment. Through the black American oral tradition of storytelling, she would instill in the young Langston Hughes a sense of indelible racial pride. He spent most of childhood in Lawrence, Kansas.

Read the some of the poems of Langston Hughes, free from the poetryfoundation.org.

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