dont the cops and government buerocrats have any real criminals to chase down???? Original Article Paper found in wallet not school hit list, girl, 13, says Katie Nelson The Arizona Republic May. 21, 2005 12:00 AM TEMPE - Maria Daniels' answering machine spewed an outpouring of anger and support Friday. Call after call came in from parents who heard their children were named on a suspected "assassination list" at McKemy Middle School. Daniels' 13-year-old daughter was removed from McKemy because the vice principal found a list of names tucked into the girl's SpongeBob SquarePants wallet. As word spread, some of the parents were furious, Daniels said, tears coming to her eyes. Others expressed concern for the girl and her family and offered comfort. "I'm so sorry it ever happened," Daniels said. "But I want people to understand it's just some stupid thing done by a bunch of kids. There's no way there is any way they could have carried out a threat. The only weapons in this house are three little knives, and two of them don't even cut tomatoes." The Arizona Republic is not naming the girl because of her age. But she and Daniels talked to The Republic Friday. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean for this to get this serious," the admittedly headstrong girl said. "We were just bored." The list was written a month ago, she said, while she and some good friends were sitting in their language arts class. They had finished their work sheet so they started writing down a list of people they liked and disliked on a piece of notebook paper. Eventually, the list consisted of 18 students and six teachers, and by each one was also a code word, or nickname, the kids made up for each person. Sometime the same day the list got folded into her yellow wallet among library cards and Tiger Bucks, used in the school's award system. That's where it remained until this week, she said. "But the list still isn't what they think it is, and I do accept my discipline," she wrote in a statement about what happened. "But I would want discipline for what I did and not didn't do. And we never thought about hurting anybody." The girl was detained after school on Wednesday after the list was found. Police and school officials jumped into action, working to determine the validity and seriousness of the situation. By Thursday the girl and three other seventh-graders were removed from school, district officials said. Administrators and police sent a note home with the 930 McKemy students telling parents they were investigating a list of names and the list's purpose. Daniels' daughter now sits at home, waiting to hear if and when she can go back to school and back to playing clarinet in the band. Reach the reporter at katie.nelson@arizonarepublic.com.