Some main dish which represent Korea

Korean food

by Hyemin S.

Bibimbap

Bibimbap is a signature Korean dish. Bibimbap means 'mixed meals'. Americans may think it is ridiculous, but Bibimbap is very good and healthy. It is also delicious.

This picture is some ingredients of Bibimbap. You sure can add other ingredients. Bibimbap is served as a bowl of a warm rice, and topped with namul(general term for a Korean seasoned vegetable dish) and gochujang(chili pepper paste). Also raw egg or fried egg and sliced meat(usually beef) are common additions. Those ingredients are mixed together. You can eat this dish at a Korean Restaurant. There are many Korean Restaurant in America! So, you can try it! 'Cho Sun Ok Restaurant' is one of the Korean restaurant in the U.S.A. Bibimbap is $6.95 in 'Cho Sun Ok restaurant'.

Kimbap

Kimbap is a Korean Style Sushi Roll. Kimbap is a popular meal for lunch in Korea. In Korea, You can find it everywhere : picnics, schoolchildren's lunch boxes, convenience stores, etc. The idea was borrowed from the Japanese, but Korean Kimbap is slightly different! Even I like Kimbap more. You may buy it in U.S.A too. Or, You may try make it with the parents! Because you can find a recipe on the internet.

A Couple of Green Tips

By Emma C.

Our school has done a good job staying green. Why don’t you try to green up your homes we have at our school? Here are a few tips for starters:

1. Recycle: buy a recycling can

2. Reduce paper: use both sides

3. Eat healthier: to stay unwrapperish*

4. Reuse plastic bottles: buy a water bottle

5. Reuse newspaper: for making fires, paper mache, wrapping gifts, and other things

6. Decrease pencils: pick up the pencils on the ground!

7. Plant gardens: like Holmes school!

8. Compost**

9. Use bird feeders: (to attract birds)

10.Don’t litter: it destroys the animal’s ecosystem

Don’t forget the Three R’s! And remember, be waste free every day, not just on Wednesdays.

*Unwrapperish means to not have more manufactured wrappers on your food than necessary.

* *Composting means to have an outside tub full of dirt, garbage (orange peels, banana peels, eggs shells…), and worms. Even though composting takes a while for results, the soil turns out VERY rich.

A woman tried to sends a puppy through ‘home delivery’!

By Hyemin S.

About three months ago, 39-year-old, Ms. Champion went to a Minneapolis post office with a package that she wanted to send to her son who lives in Georgia. She said to the worker behind the counter, she needed to ship the box quickly and chose a two-day priority mail service.

A reporter from the Daily Mail said, Ms. Champion gave 22 dollars to send the box. Then the package began to move by itself on top of the counter! And it fell to the floor.

Minneapolis Police Department said, “At that point, the clerk and supervisor could hear a sound like panting coming from inside the box. They could hear it in the box, they opened the box and discovered a live puppy in there with no food or water.”

She was mailing a four-month-old Schnauzer gift to her son.

A postal inspector said the package was wrapped so tight and was without air holes. And he also explained if the package shipped, it would be sent by air without being pressurized and unheated.

Luckily the puppy wasn’t hurt in the fall though. And it was taken into safe keeping by animal control.

When Stacy Champion first brought the box to the post office, she said it is toy robot. She lied.

Meanwhile, Stacey Champion has been charged with animal cruelty. She wants to request getting the dog back, but the request was denied. A hearing officer told her in CNN report, "You cannot tell me that you thought you were doing the right thing." But Champion explains that she intended to send the puppy to her son on his birthday because she said she “wanted to surprise him really, really good.”

[ Source ]

Zelman, Joanna – “Stacey Champion, Woman who tried to Mail Puppy, wants Dog And Postage Back” (Web. 24 Mar. 2011)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/10/stacey-champion-mailed-puppy_n_821256.html

Lussenhop, Jessica – “Stacey Champion will not get her Priority Mail puppy back” (Web.7 Feb. 2011) http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/02/stacey_champion_loses_priority_mail_puppy.php