Interviewing Senator Burdick

Once again, the crack political team at the Fried Eagle was on the ground covering the hottest topics concerning Oregon's state government. We gained fascinating insights about the trees, the Presidential debates, and...Senator Burdick's personal life...Way to go team!

Thanks for the visit, Senator Burdick

Our Mascot has Been Busy!

Principal Cindy Roby Travels with the Fried Eagle Mascot! 

Where will our little guy go next? First he was in Paris, then Los Angeles...now our little eagle jetted off with Principal Roby for an adventure in the American Heartland. He landed in  (where else?) The Mall of America and beautiful St. Louis! The kids are pouring over the pictures...

Are these two Eagles standing next to our next Mayor?

Stay tuned! We'll find out soon... THANKS Charlie Hales for a subject in the premier issue of the Fried Eagle!

Passing the Literary Baton

Oh, you knew this might happen.

All good things come to an end, and it's time for this writer to give up the blog for other Fried Eagle duties. And so I pass the literary baton to a new writer with a different style and voice.

And with this final post, I leave behind my favorite behind-the-scenes memories:

1.  The boy who inhaled nine cookies in two minutes and was unable to speak because he was writhing on the playground clutching his belly. In front of Senator Chip Shields, no less.

2.  The very first article, Paper Airplanes, and how it made the zine a reality for everyone. It became a goal we could literally grasp (and fold and unfold and smudge with dirty fingers).

3.  Slappy Cakes, Slappy Cakes, Slappy Cakes

(You'll have to buy the zine to find out why.)

4. The earnest, thoughtful reasons for why each child is voting for a specific mayoral candidate.

(Again, buy the zine.)

4.  And finally, let's not forget those boys with sticks.

Winter's Work

So you think we're sitting around, twiddling thumbs? No need to do that when we have a zine to run! Regardless of sales waiting game, the zine machine keeps rolling.

Here are the articles in incubation for Winter (Volume 1/Issue 2):

--The Fried Eagle Goes to Paris!
--How to Make Snow Globes
--Interview with Senator Ginny Burdick
--Write a Play
--Breakfast Review with Paul Gerald
--Where is Captain Ainsworth? It's a Mystery!
--How to Build a Snow Fort
--Homemade Hot Chocolate and Hot Marshmallow Fudge
--Chinese New Year
--Goats in the Garden

Waiting...

Volume 1/Issue 1 of Fried Eagle has been hot off the press ever since the beginning of September, but we have yet to sell it.

The zine is getting pretty cold. Freezing, actually.

The hold-up is technology (oh, that lovely technology). Regardless, we have a seasonal zine on our hands with articles that will become irrelevant all too soon.

What's there to do?

Push forward and throw technology to the wind. The sales order forms might not be printed, but we have kids who are capable of writing their names and teacher's name on envelopes.

The process will most likely turn out clunky, but our zine will forever be cool.

Long live the eagle.

Thank You Fall '12 Sponsors!

It took more than an idea and hard work to get volume 1/issue 1 of Fried Eagle to fly.

Quite honestly, we needed cash. Not much, but just enough. The hope is that all the behind-the-scenes work by the kids will generate more money out of our seed money. And just like that, we'll have a large sum to donate to our school by the end of the year.

(Well, not just like that. There's work involved, too--and an incredible learning experience for the kids.)

But none of this could have been realized without those sponsors. Our wonderful community sponsors who had faith and believed in us even when we held onto a few food-stained, wrinkly articles and an impossible idea. They came through.

As much as we'll try, we can't thank them enough.

Karen Wehrman

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