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media type="custom" key="6242615" Hello, I am Graham Reitz and I am running for the Justice of the Peace in Precinct 3, located in Tarrant County. The 8 Justices of the Peace in Tarrant County, as well as all justices, are required to serve as a judge for Class C misdemeanors committed, perform civil marriages, and serve as an administrative court judge for many other procedures. Also, they may hold inquests and act as notaries public. As the Justice of the Peace, I pledge to properly judge those who have committed minor crimes, or Class C misdemeanors to the best of my ability. Also, when I am requested to, I will perform civil marriages as all justices may perform. I pledge to do all that I am required and more to make Tarrant County a better place. I will be running against Russ Casey for the Justice of the Peace for precinct 3 which serves both Hurst and Grapevine. I will serve this precinct in a 4 year term under the municipal form of government. I know with my experiences with leadership, my moral, my manners, and my experience; I can help our precinct, the towns of Grapevine and Hurst, become a better place. These skills I deem as a necessity in order to fairly judge those who have commited misdemeanors, to perform high quality marriages, and to judge in other situations required by the position. I hope I have your vote for the Justice of the Peace to make our precinct a better place. Sincerely, Graham Reitz
 * __ Social Studies Voki (Until it can be moved) __**

**__Sum it Up "Sugar Overload: Curbing America's Sweet Tooth"__**
The article "Sugar Overload" is about how American's consume too much sugar which can lead to bad health. The article then talks about why to cut back on sugars (the side effects) and it lists the amounts of sugar in foods consumed every day by Americans. This article was obviously written for Americans. In the beginning, the article talks about how Americans consume too much sugar. Also, the title even addresses that the audience is the American citizens. Because of the persuasion used in this article to get Americans to consume less sugar; this article's purpose is to motivate them.

**__Sum It Up "The Case of Jordan Brown"__**
This article is mainly about the suspect of a murder case who was only eleven years old, Jordan Brown. The article tells what happened and how people handled the situation. For example, people weren't sure whether or not to imprison an eleven year old for a murder suspision. There is some evidence for Jordan's crime, but people are in both shock and awe that such a little kid like him would do such a thing. Seeing that the article was published on CNN, it was intended for the public. It allows the curious to receive an interesting story and the concerned to learn what happened. Because of this, this article's purpose was to inform people of this incident.

**__Sum it Up "Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie__**
The article "Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie is about Sherman Alexie's childhood and his prodigy of reading at such a young age. Sherman also ties in the importance of reading books.

I believe that the article was written for a general audience of those who are interested and want to learn more about Sherman due to the publication in a public magazine. Also; the articles seems to contact a special audience. This audience is the Spokane Indian descendants. I believe this because Sherman Alexie constantly mentions the importance of reading to save the culture of the Spokane indians; almost as if he is trying to persuade them.

Because of this, I believe the author's primary purpose was to persuade. He did inform, however, he focused mainly on the necessity of reading books.

Utopian Society
Act. 2 - A Utopian Society is a perfect place for its creator, but not necessarily a place built for others. When Utopian Societies are structured, their based off their creators wants and needs for a "perfect" society. These wants and needs may not match yours, though. Because of this, Utopian Societies are not always great places to be.

STORY
A. Within the text of Redwall, I noticed that my scene makes you pay attention to the motifs by adding exclamation marks. You read these motifs over and over again with excitement because of the signs at the end. They stick in your mind because of their excitement.

B. I think the author drew my attention to the motifs in this story because they help you visualize the scene. This scene is a battle scene so all the motifs of screaming and other stuff, allow you to better visualize the scene because these motifs would occur in an actual battle. I believe the author put these in because he generalized that these motifs would occur in an actual battle.

C. I agree with the author's generalization. In this battle scene, there would truly be screaming and taunting. There is a lot of death on the battle field, and a lot of adrenaline. I believe this because battle is a life or death situation, they are going to be loud and full of energy. If they aren't full of energy, they could die. I displayed this response in my cut out by making my cutout of a character beaten up and yelling.

VOKI
media type="custom" key="4620050" This Voki both symbolizes and represents the Spanish explorer Narvaez. The dolphin tells his story and his major acheivement - exploring between Mexico and Florida. The Voki is a dolphin because Narvaez came here by ocean, and died by ocean. He died while trying to raft to Mexico since his ships left him. He's today remembered for exploring between Florida and Mexico, despite his unfortunate death.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

__Celebrating Texas__, James V. Reese, 2003