BMS Bulldog Times

FCA (Fellowship of Christian Anybody's) meeting is in RM 228 on Wednesday mornings starting at 7:30 a.m. Bring a friend!

Donuts and OJ will be provided. :)

My name is Cassie Simon and this year marks my 25th teacherversary! This summer I spent time camping and relaxing at the Frio river. I am excited to be teaching eighth grade science and biology this year!

Guess what Zelda enthusiasts? Nintendo is creating a new game called The Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. You get to play as Princess Zelda herself, isn’t that amazing? The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a remake of Link's Awakening. The people who play can control Princess Zelda who can use the power of the Tri Rod to create “echoes”, which are imitations of objects and monsters. Echoes may be used freely throughout the world,though; a limit exists to the amount that may be summoned,as shown by the number of triangles visible by the fairy Tri. In addition, the player has the ability to "bind" objects, such that an object moves as they move (or vice versa: they move as an object moves, allowing them to float.)

Zelda can travel using a variety of methods including: echoes, fast travel sites, or a horse. Also, she may change outfits or equipment and can combine ingredients to purchase smoothies.The back story is that While rescuing Zelda from Ganon, Link disappears after being sucked into a mysterious rift, with similar rifts appearing throughout Hyrule and causing others to disappear. Zelda sets out to save Link and Hyrule with the help from the mysterious fairy Tri, who gives her the Tri Rod. Many of the people of Hyrule are present in the game's version of Hyrule, including the Deku Scrubs, Gerudo, Gorons, and both river and ocean Zora. Don't forget to try the other Zelda games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

Gaming Enthusiast and Co-Editor, Alice Nelson

The Case of Trump assassination attempt was a big talk going around back on July 13th, 2024.

The reasoning for all the talk was because of Trump's speech in Butler, Pennsylvania. When there was an assassination attempt towards Trump. The Republican Party candidate and former President. Additionally, when Trump got shot in the ear, they had told him he was shot in more than just the ear, Trump refused, saying that he was not shot anywhere other than the ear. In an interview on Twitter, Trump said that his thoughts were ”He needed to get up to show the people that he was okay.” Many people thought the shot was on the left ear but it was actually on the right. Another thing is that the shot happened at the beginning of the speech and not the end.

However, there are many different theories going around. For instance, someone named Mark Violet was involved in the shooting of Trump. Mark Violets later posted a video saying ”I was not involved.” When Mark Violet posted this video people commented and/or started saying “You were caught” “Don't lie your way out” and just spamming rude comments. Another, theory would be that Thomas Mathew Crooks shot alone. Many people believe that he wasn't even the one that shot Trump, but others believe he was. Thomas Mathew Crooks was only twenty-years-old during the shooting. Now, we can't confirm that the shooter was Thomas Mathew Crooks because there was a leaked picture saying that the dead body looked more like Maxwell Yearick, a thirty-year-old left-wing extremist from Perry South. Information people might want to know or may be asking could be “what type of gun did Trump get shot with?” Well, here's your answer: Trump was shot with an AR-15 rifle that was legally purchased by Crook's father. There are many different theories behind the assassination attempt and we will touching on other speculative theories in our ongoing column.

Political Correspondents, Maci Findley and Rehnahta Gomez

The Total Solar Eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs about once every year at any location around the world. On April 8, 2024 the total solar eclipse crossed over North America. The solar eclipse passed over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The last eclipse before 2024 was on August, 21, 2017. Astronomers predict that the next Total Solar Eclipse will occur on August 23, 2044. That being said, how exactly does this event occur?

The total solar eclipse is an astronomical event where the moon passes between the sun and the earth. Completely covering the sun’s face. The ring of light we see around the sun is called The Diamond Ring. It was given this name for the fact that it looks like a ring with shining diamonds on it. The diamond ring occurs during the beginning and end of totality. The diamond ring has multiple names, the ring is also called the Ring of Fire. It's given this name because the bright ring of light around the moon looks like fire, or a ring of fire. During the total solar eclipse the sky gets really dark as if it's night time. It's unsafe to look at the solar eclipse with your bare eyes. You should get special glasses that can protect your eyes. Some facts about the total solar eclipse is that on the 5th of March in 1223 BC was the first ever recorded solar eclipse. More facts are that the duration of totality in a total solar eclipse can only last up to seven minutes.

Amateur Astronomer and Totality Lover, Lillian Binder

Interviewed by Marcus Castro and Joseph Gonzales

Billie Eilish is a famous singer who has been on tours and been loved by many, mostly because of how pretty her voice is and how her words are very soothing. She was a small singer who randomly went viral for her first song which was “Ocean Eyes" in 2015. Her producer was mostly her brother who helped get her find her voice and made her even sing the hard parts, especially those crazy lyrics.

Billie recently released an album that has been streamed a lot since becoming available on spotify, like can you believe how many fans she has? I'm one of them, so I can actually believe it. She is famous so you would expect her to be friends with many celebrities, who have been with her while she won Grammys and sang songs at concerts. I would say that she did deserve those Grammys since all of her

albums were a hit, just like “Don't smile at me” and “When we fall asleep”. Those are the ones that were a hit and made her a lot of money. Billie releases samples of her songs so we can hear what's coming, since she has had us all waiting. She has the fans in the palm of her hands, since the new album is trending people have used it in many videos on tiktok, instagram, etc. The most popular songs - mostly

all of them - but in reality it's more like "Lunch" or "Blue", since one of those songs were sampled. I'm just saying that over these pack few years, she has been really successful and

this recent album has solidified her legacy.

Music News Correspondent and Billie Eilish Stalker, Juliana Morua

Did you hear? In this year's 2024 Paris Olympics USA tied for the most gold medals. They also won the count for the most medals in all! You are probably saying that's no surprise, but the competition was very tough this year. If you don’t remember, we tied China for gold medals and China has amazing athletes that they are probably proud about. They were definitely a competitive team! Of course, we pulled it through in the end. USA set many Olympic records and worked harder than ever! USA started the Olympics with full hearts and inspired minds. The team knew that if they didn’t win, it was still such an honor to even be picked to go to the Olympics. That represents USA even better knowing we have such a good, strong, and dedicated team. Competing in the Olympics wasn’t the only thing to look forward too, they got to go to the Eiffel Tower, enjoy the food (especially the croissants), and they got to be able to enjoy a vacation of a lifetime. For us knowing that our country's athletes are one of the best in the world, it feels like we ourselves are winning a gold medal, and that's the best kind of victory. Also, as a fun fact the medals all had a piece of the Eiffel Tower in them!

Olympic Feature Writer and Chairwoman of the Simone Biles Fan Club, Everly Vanderzee

The same shark attacked four people. They had to go to the hospital because

they got bit. The people got mistaken as fish by the shark. Two people were bitten, the

third person was grazed, and the fourth one was fending off the shark. Tabatha Sullivent

was one of the two people that got badly bitten. Tabatha Sullivent is 47 years old from

Celina, Texas and she had to go into surgery. There was a 35 year old man from La

Vernia, Texas who also had to go into surgery. The other victim is a 49 year old man

from Celina, Texas. He did not have to go into surgery, he just had to get treated. The

South Padre Mayor Patrick McNutly said “ it is an unprecedented event that has never

happened before”. The last shark attack was five years ago in South Padre. This all

happened on the fourth of July weekend. Tabatha Sullivent thought it was just a big fish

and she was going to kick it away, but then it grabbed her. She thought it had let go of her and then

she was able to swim away with one leg and two arms. Her husband tried to fight the

shark off, but the shark also bit him, but not as bad as his wife. The shark followed her back to shallow

water, because she was bleeding. The shark bit her left calf off and her leg is pretty much

gone. But, overall; the four people survived after treatment and surgeries. Tabatha Sullivent posted

a video about what happened about her online.

Current Events Columnist and Sharknado Fangirl, Kylie May

Hurricane Beryl was a natural disaster formed on June 28, 2024. The hurricane had wind gusts around the Freeport-Galveston area of up to 94 miles per hour. It lasted about a week or June 28th - July 9th of 2024. Beryl's center crossed the coast at 4 a.m. CDT July 8 near Matagorda, Texas knocking down houses and buildings and flooding cities as well as causing a billion dollars to $1.5 billion in insurable losses produced in the Windward Islands, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands. Mexico sustained less than a billion dollars in damage. For several of the Windward Islands, Beryl was the worst storm to impact the region since Hurricane Emily in 2005. While people were worrying about the hurricane and trying to track it down, many news reporters were saying that it was possible that it may go many different ways. Hurricane Beryl was a landfall as a Category 1 Hurricane near Matagorda, Texas, with impacts continuing North/Northeast with strong winds, heavy rainfall, and flooding. Texans who sustained damage caused by tropical weather are encouraged to report damage through the Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool (iSTAT).

Weatherwoman and Elite Storm Chaser, Carina Luna

On August 26, 2024 the first volleyball game of the season happened. The first game was led by the 8th grade B team. They played in a different gym, but the Lady Bulldogs hosted the Pearsall Lady Dogies for a last minute win in 2 sets which was 25-10 and 25-16. They were all very proud of them, because they stayed open to last minute lineup changes.

8th grade B team: The Lady Bulldogs had to overcome the fear of playing their first game of the season, but they won in both of the sets with 25-17 and 25-14. Overall, the entire team did an amazing job and worked really well together for their first game of the season.

Riding the wave of the B team finish, the 7th grade A team hosted their first game of the season and won in both sets of the game. There was a lot of nerves playing in front of the home crowd, but all of the volleyball girls gave it their all.They completed their first pass, set, and hit of the season,and each girl got to be a big part of the win on August 26, 2024 as a Bandera Bulldog's 7th grade B team and 8th grade B team volleyball girls had to face off the B team of Pearsall on Monday, August 26, 2024, and got to play their first game of the season. First set was a loss, but the team continued to work hard and find a way.

We Are One.

BMS Volleyball player and feature writer, Allison Palacios

Lebron James Jr. has gotten into the lakes, some people think it is because of his dad Lebron

James. Lebron James Jr. will be in the 2nd round of the 2024 NBA draft. Lebron James Jr. says

that he never really thought about teaming up with his dad, Lebron James Sr. Junior or "Bronny" will be making $1,157,143 this year and then the following year he will be making $1,955,377. Bronny is from

Southern California.

Bronny was selected 55 overall in the 2024 year draft. He was born on October 6, 2004 in the state of Alcorn, Ohio. By 19 he was the NBA Rookie of the Year. When he was a kid, he played several sports including basketball and soccer, but his dad did not want him to play hockey or football. When he was 10, he was in youth basketball gaining attention nationally. In high school, Bronny was transferred to Sierra Canyon School, a private K-12. As a sophomore, James played in his first preseason, he scored nine points for his team. In his junior year, James scored 19 points in a varsity basketball game. It was a 71-53 win. Later in the year, he lost a game 82-59, but by the end of the season he finished with a 26-5 record. In August of 2022, while in Europe, in the Sendand game, Bronny James was leading scorer with 25 points. This is why Bronny James has been selected to play for the Lakers.

NBA Analyst, Brutus Haight

I believe us Bandera kids should have a janitor appreciation week/day and raise money for cleaning supplies. I believe we should raise money for cleaning supplies because money is being deducted every week from the schools money and it's because immature kids don't know how to not use a little bit of soap. I also think that we need to get new brooms and trash cans because they are all old and raggedy. I feel like the janitors are a big thing to our school. You like a clean school right? You don't want to work in a dirty school because it will be hard to concentrate because you would be worried about the bugs. That's why we need to thank the janitors. We should decorate their door(s), throw a little party, and get them food. I believe we should do this sometime in September - October so we can have about 2 months to throw it and raise the money. I believe this is important to viewers so that they can realize that the janitors aren’t your mamma!! But wait, I have more ideas... We should get them signed cards from every classroom and every student and teacher gets to sign them. Also, we should have a huge assemble and let them share staff stories of appreciation. I believe that we should notice what they're doing and why they're doing it. We should buy them coffee, donuts, random gifts, and highlight them in a newsletter.

Appreciative student and P3 member, Haisley Wright

Banana bread

This crumble “cookie” decadent dessert is not really a cookie, however; the Banana bread

“cookie” is miniature so the sweet treat can fit inside the crumbled cookie box. The mini banana

bread is topped with a crunchy cinnamon brown sugar streusel.

The Afterlife Cake ft. Beetlejuice

This crumble “cookie” is ironically not quite a cookie, but is a two-tiered cake layered with

vanilla and dark chocolate cream cheese frosting. The cookie is also topped off with green and

purple sprinkles in collaboration with the new Beetlejuice movie coming to theaters September

6th.

Churro

This crumble cookie is flavored with inspiration from the international treat---the churro.

This cookie is served warm and has a cinnamon flavor base topped with a swirl of silky smooth

cinnamon buttercream frosting.

Strawberry shortcake cookie

The flavors of this cookie are inspired by the strawberry shortcake. This cookie has a cakey

texture and has whipped cream frosting and freshly chopped strawberries with a strawberry jam on top.

Triple chocolate chip

This crumble cookie is packed with semi sweet chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips

and milk chocolate chips and has a chocolate cookie base.

Semi sweet chocolate chunk

This cookie is taking the spot of the “original” crumble cookie this week. This cookie has a

chocolate chunk classic cookie dough base and is lightly garnished with flaky salt on top. This

cookie has melty chocolate chunks throughout it and is irresistible.

Food writer and Delicatessen Expert, Oxton Rigelsky

As of October 31, 2043 small green human-like creatures with large pointy ears and pompous noses called “goblins” began raiding the small town of Bandera Texas. Recently, officials have captured a goblin soldier to interrogate him. The goblin’s exact words were, “We Gobbos’ have suffered in these lands for long enough. We think it time to bring glory to us”. Though people's lives may be at stake due to the goblins, officials have given very clear instructions on how to survive.

1. Use rusty metals as weapons. Goblins don’t have access to vaccine technology so can easily be defeated by tetanus and other diseases.

2. Barricade all entrances to your residence. Goblins are short, so as long as they can’t reach your door knob, you’ll be fine. But sometimes they will stack on top of each other so it’s still important to prevent the doors from opening.

3. Keep your distance when possible. Goblins excel at close quarters combat, often

swarming in large groups to overwhelm people. If you follow these three steps, you will survive the goblin onslaught. As of January 24, 2044, the goblins have claimed the lives of 5 people and have injured 23 people. At the beginning of the raid, there were 30,000 goblins. Now, there’s only around

1,000 who aren’t captured or dead. Citizens, you can be rest assured that your safety is our top priority in these times. Specialized care personnel will be going from house to house with supplies to help ensure your safety.

Conspiracy Theorist and Stranger Things aficionado, Alexander D’urso

Summer days are fading fast, School bell rings, a mournful blast. Books and backpacks, pencils sharp, A heavy burden to bear.

Early mornings, sleepy heads, Math equations, lessons dread. Homework piles, a mountain high, Teachers' eyes that never lie.

Yet, in classrooms, friendships bloom, Shared laughter, joy, and gloom. Learning new things, growing strong, As the school year marches on.

Punny

• Why did the middle school graduate get arrested? Because he was out on de-tention!
• What did the middle school say to the calendar? "June, you've gotta be kidding me!"
• What do you call a group of excited middle schoolers on summer break? A social studdy.

Situational

• Teacher: "Class, settle down! We still have finals next week." Student: "Finals? I thought we were celebrating surviving middle school!"
• A student is packing their locker. Friend: "Why are you bringing all those textbooks? Summer break just started!" Student: "Just in case they change their minds and need us back."
• A parent asks their middle schooler, "How was the last day of school?" Kid: "It was emotional. I cried tears of joy, and the teacher cried tears of relief."

Teacher vs. Student

• Teacher: "Remember, summer break is a time to relax and catch up on reading." Student (thinking): "Catch up? More like escape!"
• Student: "Is it okay if I wear sunglasses in class today?" Teacher: "Why?" Student: "Because my future is so bright!" (Teacher rolls their eyes)
• Teacher: "Have a great summer, everyone! Don't forget to practice your math skills!" Students: (crickets)

I’m a feeling, a dread, a sigh, When summer ends and school is nigh. Early mornings, homework loads, A heavy weight that no one knows.

What am I?

... The Back to School Blues ;)