Trojan Times
2012
December Edition
Holiday Greetings from Mr. Megyesi
As our Winter Break approaches, I
would like to thank the students for an
excellent school year thus far. We began
with enforcing a new dress code and cafeteria policy to ensure the appropriate and
respectful behavior that our students
demonstrate, and are pleased with their
outstanding progress. We are challenging
students with high expectations and they
are meeting them.
I look forward to addressing the future
Contents:
needs of our students, and am pleased to
• Veterans’ Day
see that Duneland is enhancing the
• Rocky Marciano
schools with more advanced technology
• Presidential Facts
to be used by our students. iPads may be
• Book Review
available for classroom use next year, in
• Author Review
addition to the mobile labs and current
technology. We are also challenging stu• Musical Group
dents to excel academically, and look for• Recipe
ward to the ISTEP Test in the spring.
• Holiday Word
There will also be some aesthetic changes
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to the building as well, including a possible renovation of the cafeteria. I am excited to be at Chesterton Middle School,
and thank the families of Duneland for
such a great place to work.
Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Mr. Michael Megyesi, CMS Principal
NEWS
2012
On November 8th Chesterton Middle School had a Veterans Day program to honor our country’s veterans. Our schools music program preformed many songs
themed to honoring our country’s veterans.
The winners for the Veterans Day projects are
Written project- Nathaniel Scheerer Multi-media- Molly Mclaughlin
Artistic- Rylie Hickman
Overall winner- Paige Donovan
Trojan Times
2012
Rocky Marciano—the Real Rocky
By Jason Hebblethwaite
Marciano was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts to
Pierino Marchegiano and Pasqualina Picciuto. Both of his parents were immigrants from Italy: his father was from Ripa Tatiana, Abruzzo while his mother was from San Barteleomo, Campania. Rocky had three sisters—Alice, Concetta and Elizabeth—
and a brother—Peter whom they called Sonny. When he was
about eighteen months old, he got pneumonia from which he almost died. In his youth, he
played baseball with his brother Peter (Sonny) and David Rooslet (a neighborhood friend of
Marciano's), worked out on homemade weightlifting equipment (later in his life, Marciano was
also a client of Charles Atlas and used a stuffed mail bag that hung from a tree in his back yard
as a Heavy Bag. He attended Brockton High School where he played both baseball and football. However, he was cut from the school baseball team because he had joined a church
league, violating a school rule forbidding players from joining other teams. He dropped out of
school after finishing tenth grade. Marciano then worked as a chute man on delivery trucks for
the Brockton Ice and Coal Company. He also worked as a ditch digger and as a shoemaker.
Rocky was also a resident of Hanson, Massachusetts; the house he lived in still stands on Main
Street.
In March 1943, Marciano was drafted into the Army for a term of two years. Stationed in
Swansea, Wales, he helped ferry supplies across the English Channel to Normandy. After the
war ended, he completed his service in March 1946 at Fort Lewis Washington. Marciano's amateur record was 8–4. While awaiting discharge, Marciano, representing the army, won the
1946 Amateur Armed Forces boxing tournament. His amateur career was interrupted on March
17, 1947, when Marciano stepped into the ring as a professional competitor. That night, he
knocked out Lee Epperson in three rounds. In an unusual move Marciano returned to the amateur ranks and fought in the Golden Gloves All-East Championship Tournament in March
1948. He was beaten by Coley Wallace. He continued to fight as an amateur throughout the
spring and competed in the AAU Olympic tryouts in the Boston Garden. There, he knocked out
George McInnis, but hurt his hands during the bout and was forced to withdraw from the tournament. That was his last amateur fight.
In late March, 1947, Marciano and several friends traveled to Fayetteville, North Carolina, to
try out for the Fayetteville Cubs, a farm team for the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Marciano
lasted three weeks before being cut. After failing to find a spot on another team, he returned to
Brockton and began boxing training with longtime friend Allie Colombo. Al Weill and Chick
Wergeles served as his managers and Charley Goldman as his trainer and teacher. Although he
had one professional fight (against Lee Epperson), on his record, Marciano began fighting permanently as a professional boxer on July 12, 1948. That night, he notched a win over Harry
Bilizarian (3–6–0). He won his first sixteen bouts by knockout, all before the fifth round, and
nine before the first round was over. Don Mogard (17–9–1) became the first boxer to last the
distance (full 10 rounds scheduled) with "The Rock," but Marciano won by unanimous decision.
Rocky Marciano—the Real Rocky
Early in his career, he changed the spelling of his last name Marchegiano The ring announcer
in Providence, Rhode Island could not pronounce Marchegiano, so Marciano's handler, Al
Weill, suggested they create a pseudonym. The first suggestion was Rocky Mack, which Marciano rejected. Marciano won three more fights by knockout and then he met Ted Lowry (58–48
–9), who, according to many scribes and witnesses, probably managed to win three or four of
the ten rounds from Marciano. Nevertheless, Marciano kept his winning streak alive by beating
Lowry by unanimous decision. Four more knockout wins followed, including a five rounder on
December 19, 1949 with Phil Muscato (56–20–0), an experienced heavyweight from Buffalo,
New York and the first "name fighter" Marciano would face. Three weeks after that fight, Marciano beat Carmine Vingo (16–1–0) by a fifth round knockout in New York that almost killed
Vingo. On March 24, 1950, Marciano fought Roland La Starza, winning by split decision. La
Starza may have come closer than any other boxer to defeating Marciano as a professional. The
scoring for the bout was 5–4, 4–5, 5–5 and Marciano won on a supplemental point system used
by New York and Massachusetts at that time. The scoring system did not award an extra point
for a knockdown and Marciano scored a knockdown in the fight. Referee Watson decided the
bout, scoring it 9–6 for Marciano. Marciano, 28, faced the World Heavyweight Champion, 38year-old Jersey Joe Walcott in Philadelphia on September 23, 1952. Walcott dropped Marciano
in the first round and steadily built a points lead; but in the thirteenth, Walcott used his trademark feint to set up his right hand, but Marciano's "Suzie Q" landed first. Marciano landed a
glancing left hook as Walcott slumped to his knees with his arm draped over the ropes. He lay
motionless long after he had been counted out and Marciano became the new World Heavyweight Champion. At the time of the stoppage, Walcott was leading on all scorecards, 8–4, 7–5
and 7–4. His first defense came a year later, a rematch against Walcott, 39, who this time was
knocked out in the first round. Next, it was Roland La Starza’s turn to challenge Marciano. After building a small lead on the judges' scorecards all the way to the middle rounds, Marciano
won the rematch by a technical knockout in the eleventh round. Then came two consecutive
bouts against former World Heavyweight Champion, and
light heavyweight legend, Ezzard Charles, 33, who became the only man to ever last fifteen rounds against
Marciano. Marciano won the first fight on points and the
second by an eighth-round knockout. Then, Marciano
met British and European Champion Don Cockell. Marciano knocked him out in the ninth round. Marciano's
last title bout was against 38 year old Archie Moore, on
September 21, 1955. The bout was originally scheduled
for September 20, but because of hurricane warnings, it
had to be delayed a day. Marciano was knocked down for
a four count in the second round, but recovered and retained his title with a knockout in round nine. Marciano
announced his retirement on April 27, 1956.
Trojan Times
2012
Weird President Facts
By: Erin H. Grimes
With the election come and gone I wanted to share some weird presidential facts
about former presidents. This is a set of facts about Abe Lincoln and JFK.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was
elected to Congress in 1946.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected
President in 1960.
• Both were shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives.
• Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
• Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
• Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
• Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
• Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson,
who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
• Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln, made by
Ford.
• Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
BOOK REVIEW
2012
A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk
By: Jan Coates
When you think of the war in Sudan, you probably think of all the men
and women that died from the bombs, land mines and shooters from the north.
You never really wonder what happened to the young boys that had lost their
families due to the bombers. You never even thought that while you were at
home lying on your couch watching television, there were thousands of boys
walking hundreds of miles to get somewhere safe. When you go to sleep at night in your comfortable bed, you don’t even pause to reflect on how many boys are staying awake at night having nightmares about the war and their families that died in the bombing.
Jacob Deng was one of those boys. When his village came under attack, he fled with his
older nephew to escape the bombing. After many days, they came across the thousands of boys
trying to walk to a refugee camp and joined them. Then the long, terrible journey to Ethiopia
began.
Are you interested in finding out what happens during Jacob’s journey? Or how he
spent many years in refugee camps and many moon cycles walking? If you are looking for a
great book with true stories, then this is the book for you! You can check out this book at the
CMS library today!
About the Author: Cassandra Clare
By: Mallory Lindstedt
Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood traveling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler
where she spent a month living in her father's backpack. She lived in France, England and
Switzerland before she was ten years old. Since her family moved around so much she found
familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school
years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic
novel called "The Beautiful Cassandra" based on the eponymous Jane Austen short story (and
from which she later took her current pen name).
After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and
Angelina's world travels and Britney Spears' wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on
her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favorite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write
about Paris Hilton again.
Cassie's first professional writing sale was a short story called "The Girl's Guide to Defeating
the Dark Lord" in a Baen anthology of humor fantasy. Cassie hates working at home alone because she always gets distracted by reality TV shows and the antics of her two cats, so she usually sets out to write in local coffee shops and restaurants. She likes to work in the company of
her friends, who see that she sticks to her deadlines.
http://www.shadowhunters.com/mortalinstruments/author.php
MUSIC
2012
ONE DIRECTION FACTS
1 Niall Horan was born on September 13 and is currently 19.
2. Louis Tomlinson was born on Christmas Eve and is 21 years
old.
3. Harry Styles was born on February 1, 1994.
4. Liam Payne was born on August 19, 1993.
5. Zayn Malik was born on January 12, 1993.
6. Louis likes girls who like carrots.
7. Niall is Irish.
8. One Direction was formed on the X Factor on July 23.
Louis Quote’s From the Video Diaries
She Mine!!!
Agghghghh!! The light!!!
Help! …Somebody needs help!!! SUPERMAN!!!!
Energy Juice!!!
My goldfish is dead… :’(
Marry me?...Simple but effective….
We will Always Love those stairs… and we will never forget.
RECIPE
2012
Ingredients
makes 20-25 cookies
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup + 1 tsp. icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar), sifted
2 cups self-rising flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 oz. oatmeal
5 drops of vanilla extract
glaze icing to decorate
Method
1. Cream the butter and gradually beat in the sugar.
2. Sift together the flour, ginger and salt and add to the creamed mixture with the
oatmeal and vanilla extract.
3. Mix to a stiff dough. Either mold into the shape of little men by hand or roll out
the dough and cut into shapes with a gingerbread cutter.
4. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven 350° F for about
20 minutes.
5. Cool on a wire rack, then pipe on faces, features and buttons with glaze icing.
RECIPES
2012
Easy Chocolate Cake
By
Reagan McCoy
Ok so let me start off by saying that this is probably the quickest and
easiest chocolate cake recipe on the face of the earth! You only need four
items! You will need:
a microwaveable or oven safe mug
cooking spray
chocolate cake batter
marshmallow crème
Simply coat the insides of the oven safe mugs with cooking spray. Then fill
the mugs halfway full with cake batter.
Follow the cupcake baking instructions on the cake mix package. The
cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes
out clean or with just a few crumbs. Allow the cakes to cool for about
15 minutes.
Top each mug with a generous dollop of marshmallow crème and serve
with a spoon. One cake mix makes enough batter for 12 of our mugs; if
you want fewer than a dozen, bake the remaining batter in a small pan.
RECIPES
2012
Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes
By:
Reagan McCoy
You will need:
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2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup hot coffee
1 cup milk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 oz cool whip
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus more for melting and drizzling over cool whip
6-7 candy canes, crushed
Preheat oven to 325. Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes. Do Not Overbake. The center of cupcakes will spring back when touched when they are done.
Notes:
Crush the candy canes into bits. If you leave them in large chunks they will sink to the bottom
of the cupcake while baking and make the bottom of the cupcakes stick to the paper. The candy canes will melt while baking.
The cupcakes will not have a coffee taste. The coffee just kicks up the flavor of the chocolate. I
always add coffee to my baked chocolate desserts to enhance the chocolate flavor. Yum!
Preheat oven to 325. Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes. Do Not over bake. The center of cupcakes will spring back when touched when they are done.
Notes:
Crush the candy canes into bits. If you leave them in large chunks they will sink to the bottom
of the cupcake while baking and make the bottom of the cupcakes stick to the paper. The candy canes will melt while baking.
The cupcakes will not have a coffee taste. The coffee just kicks up the flavor of the chocolate. I
always add coffee to my baked chocolate desserts to enhance the chocolate flavor.
Merry
Christmas
From the CMS
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Staff! We’ll see
you in 2013!!!