January 1999
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| From the Editor: Trevor Leckie Welcome
to the winter months!! Along with these cold times comes important responsibilities, such
as the all important advice of Don't Eat Yellow Snow!! I still haven't gotten any submissions to the Pelican Feathers!! C'mon fellas!! Just write a little commentary or mockery of a stupid action that someone performed. Give it to your patrol leader before the Greenbar and he will relay it to me. Then you can see your name on the American Establishment known to the elite as Pelican Feathers. Ski trip coming up!! Yeah, that's what I'm talkin about!! I can't wait. Hope you're going. I would hate to have anybody miss this once a year chance to ski with some of your Swiss Army knife-toting friends. All who are going, enjoy yourselves. There will be articles on the trip after it has happened. There may even be a "Best Falls and Spills" Contest!! I can't wait!! More on the trip to follow. And so, as I cannot add anymore to my list of advertisements that I call a "From the Editor" Column, I must end with a personal note. It is rather sad. My girlfriend just told me that she wanted to see other people. I was devastated. So I went and bought her a People Magazine. The column stops here. |
ATTENTION ALL Devon 50 SCOUTS!!!! |
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Gettysburg Trip By: Craig Mackie On October 23, the boys of Devon 50 went on an historic hike around the landscape of Gettysburg. It was a journey through the past as we learned about this pivotal battle, and even got to converse with some "authentic" fighters from the war. Our first stop was the Cyclorwna, a 360-foot circular painting depicting the scene that infamous day. Then we went to the visitor's center. We looked at guns, bullets, cannons, and random
items that were used in the battle and found afterwards in the field. One such object was
two bullets that had fused when they hit each other in mid-air. Then we saw an overhead
view of a chronology of what the battle basically looked like. Afterwards began the real
part of our trip. For two days we walked around the hills of Gettysburg and wondered how
the militia could possibly run around with all that equipment and not keel over from
exhaustion. However, it was quite humbling to see all the grave markers of those who had
fought that day, and the state memorials located around the park.
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COMEDY SECTION By: Kevin Coffey Top 10 Dumbest Things Said By Human Beings. (This is not a joke. All of the statements were actually said by the persons indicated.) 10. "It depends on what your definition of "is" is." - President Clinton, being questioned in front of a Grand Jury on whether he had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. 9. "The Internet is a great way to get on the Net." - Former Presidential Candidate/Politician Bob Dole. 8. "It's not pollution that is harming the environment, it's the impurities in our air and water that's doing it." - Former Vice - President Dan Quayle. 7. "POTATOE." - Former VP Dan Quayle (again), spelling "potato" for a 5th grade class. 6. "I'm the Hiroshima of love." - actor Sylvester Stallone. 5. "I was in Latin America recently, and my only regret was that I didn't take more Latin in high school so I could converse more with the natives." - moron Dan Quayle on his visit to Latin America. 4. "Smoking kills. And if you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." - Actress Brooke Shields, her statement showing why she should be the head of an anti- smoking campaign. 3. "79, 78, 71, 70,..60, 59,..wait, did I say 73?..49, 48.." - TV star Tim Allen, when asked to recite the numbers from 79 down. He pleaded NOT guilty to drunk driving when cops pulled his car over for weaving on the road. 2. "I've been up and down so many times, I feel like I've been in a revolving door." - Cher, on her acting career. 1. "Hey, it's only gonna be a 3 -hour tour." - Gilligan |
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