Mar 10, 2007 3 min read

Interested in becoming a member of the Herald-Standard’s Junior Reporter Club? It’s very easy to join. All you have to do is write a story and send it to the Herald-Standard. It should be typed or printed very clearly.

The stories can be sent to the Herald-Standard, c/o Junior Reporter Club, 8-18 E. Church St., Uniontown, Pa. 15401.

They can also be e-mailed to mo’keefe@heraldstandard.com. Each story should contain fewer than 100 words.

Youths writing for the first time receive a letter of congratulations from Herald-Standard Executive Editor Mark O’Keefe along with a card making them official members of the club.

Youths getting a second story printed receive another letter from O’Keefe and a coupon for a treat from a local business.

Youths getting more than two stories published will receive a certificate of recognition.

All stories must be accompanied by a phone number for verification. Return addresses should also be included with the stories. The age range for the columns is 7-12, but stories can be submitted by anyone under

For more information, call O’Keefe at 724-439-7569.

The topic for March is “What’s your favorite food.’ Youths can also write about other topics.

Halftime

Kelly Rates

McClellandtown

On Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m., my YMCA team played at West Virginia at halftime.

The people on the team were me, Courtney H. Jessica W. Ally R. Courtney K, Katy R. Kaley R, Morgan W. Courtney H, and Egreta S.

Those are the people that played at halftime. Before we played, they said our names and they also said our names when we made a basket.

I made two baskets. Some of us were scared ’cause there was a lot of people and some were not scared. I wasn’t scared because I played musical chairs there at halftime before. We all had fun, but I hope we play at halftime again.

Dinosaurs

James Smith

Smithfield

Dinosaurs were living 65 million years. Ago. My favorite is the velocirapter. It jumps on its prey and bites its neck. My other favorite is the T Rex. It picks up its prey with its powerful jaws and shakes it and breaks every bone in its body.

Winter blues

Brianna Callahan

Uniontown

Winter gives me the blues in many different ways. In winter it’s too cold to go shopping. They cancel school. That takes time off my education. In winter it gets too cold for my comfort. I hate feeling cold, all the time. I eat hot soup to cure some of my winter blues. The snow on the ground gets your pants all wet and cold. Don’t you just hate that feeling? That’s what gives me the winter blues.

Music

Abigail Nickerson

Masontown

Music can make people feel relaxed and rested. People like different kinds of music. Some types of music are: Rock and Toll, Hip-Hop, Christian, Country, and many more. Some music has a Latin origin.

Music is relaxing for many older and younger people.