“Go Local!”

“Go Local!” is GWN's motto, starting from May 27, 2008, a motto started by GWN Founder Diane Zhou's dad. “So many big chain companies, like McDonald's, own newspapers that turned from local to national or worldwide. That loses the meaning of 'local news', so I support GWN,” Diane's dad told GWN. GWN is being motivated by this motto. Without it, GWN would have disappeared long ago in November, 2007!

Volume I No. 14

Extra News!
Gingerbread Weekly News has extra news this week! If you would like to add your news to GWN, send to: GingerbreadWklyNews@gmail.com

Table of Contents
New News
Debate Time
Mail Pail
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Debate Time

GWN Blog Site
Should Gingerbread Weekly News have a blog site?

Diane Zhou's dad thinks Gingerbread Weekly News should have a blog for everyone to see GWN issues. We already have a website but it is hard to update. Should GWN have a blog instead?

Send all answers to: GingerbreadWklyNews@gmail.com

Yes!

It's easy to update and now everyone uses the Internet! GWN should create a blog to be up-to-date now that everyone has blogs. GWN can then save more paper and money.
No!
Blogs aren't used that much. It takes time to make good blogs and that's what GWN editors don't have much of. It takes electricity too. It would take a lot of time to make and update a blog and do GWN issues on a writer than just make GWN issues on a writer without a blog. No!

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New News

Lunar Eclipse
Did anyone see the lunar eclipse on February 20th? Our GWN editor, Diane Zhou, saw it with her astronomer dad. It was cloudy, but it was visible.
“It was my 2nd time seeing a lunar eclipse, but it was still cool seeing one. It also marked the full moon date, meaning the next day would be the last day of Chinese New Year,” Diane told GWN.
Alex says, “Cool! A 'moon' eclipse! I never saw one. But too bad I had to eat white balls in soup again the next day.”

February Birthdays!
From now on, Gingerbread Weekly News will add birthdays at the end of each month. Here are February Birthdays:

  • Gingy: February 16th - Happy 1st birthday to our gingerbread!

  • Alonda: February 23rd - Happy 1st birthday to Gingy's bear friend!
Happy Chinese New Year!
The Chinese New Year celebration just ended! It started on February 7th and ended on February 21st. Diane Zhou's family ate white balls in clear soup on both days. She loves it, though her brother, Alex, hates it. Both of them got red envelopes under their pillows! Yay!
Diane was excited. She told GWN, “It's finally the year of the rat, which was the year I was born (1996)! I'm finally, in Chinese years, 13 years old! A teenager! In China, you are one year old when you are born, and then everyone grows a year together during the Chinese New Year. That way, since I'm 11, in China I'm 13!”
Alex wasn't as excited. He told GWN, “Yay! I get money! But yuck! White balls in soup! I'd rather have muffins. I am so jealous that it's my sister's year. It'll be my year in the dragon.”

Events:

  • February 23rd: Gingy's friend, Alonda's, birthday! Just like Gingy's birthday, send any Happy Birthday presents or quotes to Alonda. Happy Birthday, Alonda!

  • February 26th: Diane Zhou's CM piano theory test. Good luck, Diane!
  • February 26th - 29th: Green Grass Education Center's Chinese presentation, writing, penmanship, and character recognition; math; and drawing. Good luck to our GWN editors who go to Green Grass: Diane Zhou and Amanda Chang! Good luck also to their brothers: Alex Zhou and Andrew Chang.
  • February 29th: Comes only once every four years! Sadly, Diane's dad has a dentist appointment!!!
  • March 2nd: Amanda Chang and her friend, Grace Ching's, CM test date. Good luck Amanda and Grace!
  • March 6th and 7th: Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) writing test dates. Practice, practice, practice everyone! Good luck!
  • March 16th: Diane's CM piano playing part test. Good luck, once again, Diane! Also could be Diane's ice skating test date. Good luck, for the third time, Diane!
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Mail Pail

Here's all the mail GWN received this week:

Debate Time (Should violence be in video games?):
“If you have violence then, kids may think it is real. Sometimes parents try to handle kids but they don't listen! It is the kid's fault! NO VIOLENCE!” Chloris Li, 5th grade
“I think there should not be violence in video games because it makes the players get interested in violence and then bad things happen. Also, if you're addicted to those kinds of video games, your parents might not let you play them (because they always want the best for you...right?) and life will be really hard!” Sara Ye, 4th grade
Violence in video games? Yes! The video game will be no fun without any violence at all.” Cynthia Yao, 5th grade
“No violence! You see, kids like to follow games' rules, but do they listen to parents' rules? No. Basically, games are their role model. If there is violence in their role models, they will like violence. So, NO VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES!!!” Carol Zhang, adult
“Yes, because there wouldn't be any fun.” Emily Wang, 4th grade

Happy Birthday, Gingy!:
“Happy 'Early Bird' Birthday, Gingy! Here's a gift (a token for Gingy, thank you Amanda)!” Amanda Chang, 5th Grade, 2/15/08
“Happy Birthday, Gingy! I made a book just for you!” Diane Zhou, 5th grade, 2/16/08
“Happy 'Belated' Birthday!” Deanna Wong, 5th grade
“Tell Gingy I said 'Happy Late Birthday!'” Grace Ching, 5th grade

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