| Owl Gazette |
| Issue: 58 Page 4 |
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| Top Ten Changes in PAD's 2008
BY: YAXLEY CHAMBERS 10. Removal of SPAM from the BB 9. Introduction of OWLS 8. Summer Herbology with Prof. Bliss 7. Professor O'Connell replacing the will-be-missed Lockhart in Transfiguration 6. Professor Simbi replacing the will-be-missed Lockhart in COMC 5. Introduction of the HYBC 4. Promotion of Professor Tom Riddle to HOH 3. Professor Fairydust return to Ravenclaw 2. Addition of Assistant Head of Houses 1. Invention of PADDINGTON!!! |
| Top Ten Fall Reads
by: Ima Reada (S) 10. Unfogging the Future 9. Break with a Banshee 8. 1000 Magical Herbs & Fungi 7. Astrology Made Easy 6. Astronomy Made Easy 5. Greek Mythology Unraveled 4. The Tale of One Hogwarts Student 3. The Shrieking Book 2. Helena and the Baron 1. My Life as a Muggle |
| Top Ten Stores in Diagon Alley
Sapphire Lyez 10. Gamble and Japes 9. Flourish and Blotts 8. Magical Menagerie 7. Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor 6. Scribbulus Everchanging Inks 5. Weasley's Wizard Wheezes 4. Ollivander's 3. Quality Quidditch Supplies 2. Gringotts 1. Eeylops Owl Emporium |
| Top Ten Reasons Why We Loved the Summer Club Billy Raven 1.) Mom was in charge. 2.) Brain teasers were BRAIN teasers! 3.) Had to know your HP! 4.) Word Finds Galore! 5.) Showing off the 'poet' in you. 6.) Fun working on what F & F = HP meant! 7.) Loved the summery backgrounds. 8.) Did I mention mom was in charge? 9.) Kept some out of trouble. 10.) Didn't keep everyone out of trouble! |
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| Secret Staff Association?
A Crane Word has been getting around school that a secret Head of House and professors association has been formed. They call themselves Head of Houses and Professors That Have Come Together to Debate and Discuss Super Secret Stuff and Other Stuff That Has No Particular Meaning Whatsoever Except That Its Completely Unknown to Everyone Besides Association Members; OR HoHaPTHCTtDaDSSSaOSTHNPMWETICUtBAM. But for new we can just call them the Secret Staff Club. No one knows what exactly goes on in there meeting, but we can be sure that its something that they want to keep a secret. Unfortunately, the secrets of the Secret Staff Club remain under wraps. Apparently they�ve never heard the phrase, 'Secrets, secrets are no fun, unless you go tell everyone.' Perhaps next month one of the members will accidentally let something slip out. And that person might just receive a certain amount of Honeydukes candy. Not that I'm bribing anybody of course! But just in case one of the members is in the mood to treat their taste buds, I'll be at the Great Hall at 11:00 Saturday morning for an interview, erm...I mean friendly 'meeting'. |
| Oh No! She's Got a Firebolt!
By: Imogene Arlownay (S) This reporter has spotted Riley Jake, second year Slytherin, soaring above the grounds on a broomstick that seems to be a Firebolt. However, the Silver Serpents Quidditch captain has been doing so, darting past rule-abiding students at a breakneck pace, cackling, though there�s been no word as to whether she�s been hexing the students. But, this reporter�s advice is to stay away from Riley Jake while she�s on a broomstick. |
| Fountain in the HCR?
By: The Mildmannered Student (S) This Hogwarts student has it under good authority that there is a fountain in the middle of the Hufflepuff common room. I was able to catch a glimpse of the telltale fountain when several Hufflepuff students were leaving their common room. It�s large, amidst greenery, and this reporter is fairly certain that there are fish living in them as well. However, when I asked some of the Hufflepuffs about the fountain, they had no comment. This leaves me with a single feeling � Why doesn�t my common room have a fountain? |
| Disappearing Acts
By Tyler Scott Keegan Jenii Chang, the Senior Prefect in Paddington, has made it no secret she plans on ruling the CR. What seemed to be harmless banter at first about that very thing between her & the other two Prefects, Yaxley Chambers & Brady Lennox, turned into a deadly disappearing act. No one has seen or heard from Yax or Brady for well over a month now! To add to the mystery, Toby McDermont seems to be the only Prefect Assistant showing up for work. The other two, Adrianna La Cerva & Rose Wick, have also mysteriously fallen off the map. To make matters worse, no one has heard from Prof. Kenzie, our Assistant HOH, since her promotion as Arithmancy Teacher was announced three weeks ago! If Jenii really means what she says about ruling the CR, that only leaves two staff members currently in her way to making it to the top - Toby & our HOH, Prof. Tom. It's pretty obvious Toby has nothing to worry about since he seems to be her partner in crime for the time being, but what demise is waiting to befall Prof. Tom? It's anyone's guess at this stage in the game, but we're all hoping he'll find a way to put a stop to Jenii's evil plot & bring back our house staff. Good luck, Prof. Tom! Oh, & Toby? Word to the wise - don't ever stop dating Jenii or you, my friend, will be next on her hit list! |
| Hostile Thread Takeovers!
By Tyler Scott Keegan One of the things the Paddington's love to do is create personal threads for themselves in the Chit Chat section of the CR. These threads used to be thriving with activity, but recently they've been pretty quiet. The reason behind it? Most of the personal threads have fallen victim to hostile takeovers by Toby McDermont & Jenii Chang, Paddington's newest sweethearts. It seems the pair can't restrain themselves from spamming up everyone's threads with their flirting & bantering. It's getting so bad that they're even beginning to spam up our very own HOH's thread now! Just when you think it's safe to post in your thread again, sure enough the dynamic duo charges in & invades once more. It's gotten so bad that I put my own thread up for sale & moved into another housemate's thread thinking I'd finally find a quiet place to post. I was wrong! No sooner after I moved in that very same thread fell victim to Toby & Jenii's spamming, too. Is there no safe place to post in the CR without these two lovebirds taking over? I'm beginning to think not. I've been toying with the idea of decoy threads to entice the pair there so the rest of us can take our rightful places again, but my guess is it wouldn't be long before the two of them caught on & resumed their spreading of spam all over the CR. They really need to get a room! |
| Death Threat - Serious or Harmless?
By Tyler Scott Keegan There's no question that Soma Cruz, one of Paddington's half-vampire students, has a vendetta against Joe Nworb. What's the reason behind this? Although he hasn't come right out & said it, it can only be assumed it's because of Joe's repeated posting of the Paddington smiley in the CR. Although everyone's annoyed about Joe's obsession with that smiley, Soma seems to make it his mission to cut Joe down at every turn. No where Joe posts is safe because Soma will be right behind him dissing him for the continual use of the smiley even if Joe's not posting it. It's become quite obvious that Soma is more obsessed with Joe's posting habits than Joe is of actually using the smiley, a feat not easily accomplished! Recently Soma threatened to release his bat on Joe to his dorm mates one night after he "accidentally" let it loose on Dawlish Ledgerwood who has yet to reappear since the incident took place. Should Soma's threats be taken seriously, or is all this being done in harmless fun? No one knows for sure, but one thing's for certain - stay on Soma's good side or you might be the next victim of his obsession! |
| I'm wearing...
By: Soma Cruz RPGing time for stories or time to tell everyone what you are wearing, and making sure that everyone knows what you are wearing. Lana Laramie, Summer whites, and Christina Annaliesse, have been making sure that you know how they look. Most of there RRG stories are just them taking about what they are wearing! They even have given links so you can actually see what they are wearing. So tell me and my readers girls are you RPGing or just puting on a fashion show for us? Thats it for know i will be back next article on Carrie and the blinking death! |
| The Real Reasons B. Weary (S) Sure, they tell us Professor Lockhart will be travelling, that's why he won't be around, want the real scoop? He's going in for plastic surgery somewhere in France! Appreaently he freaked-out the other day when staring at himself in the mirror and discovered a WRINKLE! Sure, the rumor is that Professor Snape 'eats' first year Hufflepuffs, but the real reasons is the house is so consumed with keeping it's members, they lock them up in the common room and no one ever hears from them again, thus others think the worst And while I'm at it, some in a certain house think that they are the first ever to do interveiws and want to get up in a dander when others do it. Funny how a certain other newish house didn't get all bent out of shape when a certin newer house copied the 'Adobt-a*' idea for their mentor program. Or a certain dark house said nothing when other houses use the 'rumor has it' tag line, or making a separate welcome page for newbies. So, chill out, life is too short, unless you Professor Lockhart who seems to have found a foutain of youth...see another rumor for that story! |
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| Find the puzzle caption in the puzzle. You can move in any direction (including diagonally) one space from a letter to find the next letter in sequence. |
| Puzzles and games! |
| NGOOASIN
RCNGRTOS OANNRICO TNSAGTRN GRLTASAG CNULURSA |
| UOIWI
YUWWN OOUUW NNWUY INWUO |
| THTHTE
THHTTE HHTTTT THTEET THHTEE |
| MEGA
EMAM GSSA |
| Word Search Riddle
PINKEULBSORM BUVEORANGEEW LRROYELLOWBH AEOPRDREHOMY CBLWLYEIRTAY KEULNERRARIN MYVANEERGBOW |
| Q. Where do colours live?
A. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Step 1. Find in the names of the colours amber, black, blue, brown, gray, green, ivory, navy, orange, pink, plum, purple, red, teal, white, and yellow in the above puzzle. Step 2. Write out the remaining letters in the spaces provided; ignore double letters. Step 3. Read the riddle! |
| Riddles and Jokes
Q. How many seconds are there in a year? A. Twelve: January second, February second, March second.... There was a big fight at the local fish and chips shop last night. A lot of fish got battered. Q. How much dirt is in a hole two feet deep, two feet wide, and two feet long? A. None; there's no dirt in a hole. Sign on a music shop: "Gone Chopin, be Bach in a minuet." Q. What do you call a joke without a punchline? |
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| Sudoku
Fill in each square, row, and column with the numbers one through nine. |
| Click below for the Lightning Maze! (Click back button to return) |
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| Up & Down Maze! Move from the platform marked START to the platform marked DOWN, following the arrows as you go, to win! (Click back button to return) |
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| ALL THE ABOVE FROM GWEN OF RAVENCLAW! ~ See answers to the Sudoku *here*. |
| PAD'S Reminders!!! |
| 1.) Start of term has become with means classes are now open! Please read how to register for class and be patient. 2.) We have new professors and other professors in new classes, be mindful of the email addresses to send homework to. 3.) Keep an eye out for some really great Monthly and Inner-house contests! 4.) DO NOT register for the Gradebook fourm, YOU can see them just by going there! 5.) Let's make this a great term! It is our SEVENTH! |
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