On December 17,2010 a first grader was on trial because he

decided to change the amount of money in his check. He admitted that he changed the check. The 1st grader was found guilty and

sentenced to community service. The staff at the Uptown City

Court are: Tia Edmond, man-ager, Ivori Martin, lawyer, Kobe

Kuykendall, judge, D’Quendre Williams & Brandon Williams. Tia’s job as the manager is to make sure that everybody is supposed to be doing their

assigned job. Ivori’s job as a lawyer is that she seeks jus-tice for citizen’s on trial and she makes sure the law is

followed. Uptown City Court would like to remind all citizens of Uptown City that it’s alsoim-portant to pay your tickets on

time.

By:Ashli Holsey & Kevin Jackson

BREAKING NEWS!

The Check Changer Is Guilty!

Inside this issue:

Uptown City Court/Fines

Thanksgiving Day

Sports

Spelling Bee

Theater Review

Personal Ads

Employee of the Month

Trusted source of news for Uptown City since 2010

The Uptown Times TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2011

ISSUE 3

Price: 10 dollars

Parents and Students

Share a Thanksgiving Meal

Wonder why you got that ticket? Here is a

list of reasons and the penalty:

Misdemeanors: (Citations/Tickets)

Chewing gum $3.00 I.D. Badge-not showing or having your I.D. badge

$4.00 Moving violation-running, pushing $7.00 Disturbing the peace- yelling, unusually loud

$4.00 Littering-placing trash in places other than the

trash can $4.00 Loitering-standing or hanging around $3.00 Soliciting-asking others for money or purchases

$4.00

Repeat offenders(one additional time) fined again Repeat offenders(more than two times) $14.00

COUPONS

INSIDE!

are some things are different about the play. Did you know that Readers Thea-ter’s actors don’t have to me memo-rize their lines; they read them!

On Tuesday we went to see The Gingerbread Girl at The Reader Thea-ters. The actors put on a performance for us. There were many different characters like the ginger-bread girl and the sly fox. If you have read the book there

Theater Review: The Gingerbread Girl Joke Corner

What do frogs eat in France?

French Flies!

Joke By: Jayla Walker, 4th gr

Picture By: Destiny Mays

ISSUE 3

To: Porschta Perkins

Thank you for being

such a fabulous

friend . From Luzinda Rodriguez

To Jakya

I hope you have

a happy

New Year

From: Quondarius

To: T’yunna

Have a Good New

Year

From: Jemaine

To: Ms. T.Jones

Thank You for be-

ing such a terrific

teacher.

From: Leanna F

To: Ms. P.Jones

I hope you have a

Happy New Year

From: La`Derrick

To: Mrs. Michel

I hope you have a

Happy New Year

From: Lyric

By Joshua Cunningham

I asked the yoga studio

questions about the change that

has happened. The yoga studio

is now the dance studio. They

do pop, rock, and hip hop danc-

ing. They thought they would

get more customers and they

did! They got the idea from the

times that Mrs.Urquhart let

them dance. I asked the employ-

ees and they said that they really

like the change!

The Uptown Times

Sports in Uptown City

LinZen Yoga Studio becomes a Dance Studio!

Tyrie Hewell Wins Spelling Bee!

On, January 19, 2011 at Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy one morning at 8:30am a spelling bee was held. Third graders through fifth graders were there to watch the competition to see who the best speller in the school is. The spell-ing bee took place in the lunchroom. Our guest, Mr. Schwartz read the rules ,and gave the contestants a practice round. The first word given was turtle ,and the first missed word was worry. In the end, Destinee was the runner up and Tyrie won the competition with the word humidity. By Jesse Baker and Kevin Jackson

NOW PLAYING: Reader’s Theater

Buy Your Ticket to participate in The Gingerbread Girl $20

Receive a mask with each performance!

And be your own actor!

Christmas Poll by Joshua C. and Jesse Baker We ask citizens of uptown city what they wanted for Christmas, the results are here: Toys 16 Game 21 DVD 12 Sports 10

Others 12 Dolls 2

Original Work by Omari Washington

Christmas is Here

Christmas is here with joy of cheer & people are waiting to get their presents. They wake up in the morning ready to open and go outside to play all day . Children are outside playing with their cars ,dolls, balls and some people might be in the house playing their new video games!

Our Staff:

Ashli Holsey, Manager

Joshua Cunningham

Jesse Baker

Jada Webb

Destiny Mays

Selah Woodward

Kevin Jackson

Shamya Hill, Bookkeeper

J’Qualian Townsend

Naryiah Copeland

Joshua Hargrove

Treyvon Lockett

Mrs. Michel, Facilitator

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH:

Willie Williams, The Post Office

The employee of the month for the post office is Willie Williams . He is the bookkeeper for the post office. His favorite book is Arthur’s Mys-tery Envelope. His favorite thing to do on the weekend is to go to the movies and skate . His favorite movie is Clash of the Titans and his favorite food is broccoli. His favorite animals are frogs and lizards. By: Treyvon Lockett

CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of the

employees of the month!

Asiah O., Jakayla D.

Allissa Q., Queyn Dariyus F., Zanye S., Jazz’Myne F.,

Alex W., Jakya W. Shamya H., Emily L., Aziza H.,

Marquala J., Caleb P., Jordan M., T’yunna S., Shir-

lecia L., Scakeriah W., Jewelyonne W., Kobe K.,

Christopher B.,and Willie W.