When I told him I had, he said, “Wow. Most of the stuff I get from high schools is garbage and looks like something an eight year old would write. T...is is really professional.”That was my introduction to one of the most influential men I’d ever meet in my life. Richard “Dink” Jones was the editor and publisher of The Dispatch. (And in case you are wondering, “Dink” was the name for a half roll of news print.) In later years, I would met other men in the newspaper and printing business with the. We don't need to contaminate the floor so it'll be unsafe for anyone else to use. Ellen, you'd better get breakfast started. I know no one is going to be interested in eating, but we need to stock up, because we'll soon be unable to eat and we need to consume as many calories as we can to help us survive over a long period. Alice, get some orange juice started. And forget the coffee. The last thing we need now is caffeine. It probably won't make any difference, but there's no sense trying to. We took their base, then blew up a destroyer, captured a light cruiser and the freighter that had been sent to take another shipment of slaves."Ted picked up his glass of water, and took a sip and then continued, "The Federation condemns these kidnappings and will use the might of our Navy, even as weak as it is now, to strike back at them. We hope in nine weeks, a task force will attack their primary mining world where hundreds of thousands of humans are being forced to mine for the. Plus you know Winston has a thing for her too," another smaller boy said."Shut it you chicken! Not after what that bitch did to Stacy! We just need to take her unaware, take out D first, then we can take our time teaching that damned lizard a lesson," Flint replied. He was obviously in charge and had a serious axe to grind."Yeah OK ... well we better head up it's nearly registration time," the other boy said nervously."Sod that," spat Flint, "Let's bunk off down at the shops, I'm sick of school.