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A collection o f views from people on the streets
Back to the future, when
“An astronaut The new frontier. I w as
into Star Trek and all that stuff, still am.
But going where no man has gone before,
to step foot on a piece of land that
nobody’s stepped foot on just to explore.
But that’s another means of being
nomadic, too.”
you were a k id ...
Lonely Kinda Beauty
By Leo Rhodes
The air is fresh
Could be hot as a dryer
Or bitterly cold.
— TYRONE
“I had different things,
alloween is primarily a holiday for
probably the medical
children. It is a time of year when,
profession, like a nurse, or a
even for just one day, people can be
social worker, I would say
different, dress-up, alter their own
identities and dream of being something social
or worker ... working with
people and helping less
someone else. With this youthful idealism
fortunate people.”
in mind, Street Roots decided to ask
individuals living on the streets; What did
you want to he when you were growing up?
“I wanted to be someone
who would he a significant
“A Roman Catholic P riest I was named
individual who would play a
after a Roman Catholic P rie st”
very high profile role ... like a
— PETER
reporter or writer or somebody
who was maybe in the field,
“A racecar driver. I just wanted to drive
the military, someone who was
the car.”
— MICHAEL doing something in leadership.
Someone who was at the top of
the line, not someone below.
“What I wanted to be when I grew up
My father was a West Point
changed over the years. When I was really
Officer. My older brother’s in
little it was everything from nurse, teacher,
the army, so he’s a high
princess, horseback rider, horse racer,
ranking individual, he’s got a
jockey, but I got too tall. I wanted to race
and train horses but what I ended up doing lot of character respect That’s
what I wanted to do, military,
was being a professional cook. And I loved
th a t I love food. I’m not cooking right now, maybe history, politics is
another interest”
It’s a job for a younger, stronger body. I
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just can’t do it anymore. I did it for a long
time ... If I had become an executive or
something I could still be in the field but I
never got that far... The knives, the sautee
p a n s... it’s really heavy. It used to be easy
to pick up 120 pounds, I just can’t do it
an y m ore ... You’ve got to b e young and
strong,” '•'•. .
“It’s hard to remember. I wanted to be'
an airline pilot because you could fly in the
skies and fly anywhere you wanted to fly
to.”.
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- PAIGE
PUZZLES
Crossword
beach
46. Two-story condo
49. Annoy
50. Military decoration
51. Birthplace of Otto von
Well, almost,
Three months out of the year is
Monsoon season:
Giant raindrops, flash floods,
Lightning dancing
Across the sky.
The thunder crashes with a giant boom.
If you are ever there at 4 a.m.
You will see Mother Nature
At her best.
That’s when the birds start chirping
And the wild life awakens
To greet another day.
The mountains are like giant spheres
On an endless flat horizon.
Blue, sometimes purple in color
At the right time of day.
The best part I like
Are the sunrise and sunsets,
With their yellows, oranges, reds,
Whites blues and purple colors.
RADFORD FRENCH
“A farmer, maybe a fireman and a
doctor. I like farm animals and I like
working with vegetables and fruits and stuff
like th a t I like working with the soil,
getting out there and doing i t I’ve spent
most of my life working on a farm, going
out there, planting corn. I do miss being on
a farm. If anything, that’s what I’ll be doing
if l ever get my own placer alittle flat with ~
a little yard of my own. Starting a little
back yard farm.
My uncle calls it God’s country
I call the desert my home.
Compiled by Cole Merkel
Answers on page 6
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8. Minimum level needed
to sustain life
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13. Imply
14. Ancient assembly area
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15. Reagan Supreme
Court nominee
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16. Auger
17. Present
18. Bacchanal
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20. Marsh
21. Clean metal
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24. Deschutes Green
Lakes or Rogue 21
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25. Oui
26. Main arteries
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28. Fix firmly
31. “To hear and
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determine” in English law
32. Mountain range with
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jagged peaks
34. Consumed
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35. Bauxite, e.g.
36. Soup of mutton or
lamb
Bismarck
41. Permanent decoration _
52. Ebay actions
42. Farmer’s place, in
song
43. “Go team!”
44. Like some bodies on a
The sky is always blue-purple
The sun always shines.
Down
1; Desktop pictures
2. Caffeine bean
3. Famous
4. Holiday___
5. Long, long time
6. Along a bar
7.
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8. Fails out at five, for a
quarter
9. “A long tim e__ _ in
galaxy far far away."
10. Food preservative
11. Loose, connective
tissue filled with blood
vessels
12. Generous bestowal of
gifts
19. School groups
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The objective of Sudoku is to fill all the blank squares with the
correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must
include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order.
bridging equality
22. Textile worker
23. Laid up
27. Bakery selections
28. Heavy hydrogen, e.g.
29. Optical illusions
30. Dung or Scarabs
33. Be present
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