Marching Band Preview
August 31, 2010 • Cora Jaeger, Staff Reporter
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A word of warning to attendees at parades and football games: the marching band has attained some new style with this year’s show. Craig Manteuffel, band director, chose the Latin-influenced piece Cuban Coffee as the opener for this year’s show. “I generally use a Latin opener for Marching Band,” ... Read more »
Western Kansas Tech Fair
May 10, 2010
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April 30 was the 51st Annual Western Kansas Technology Fair at the Fort Hays Gross Memorial Coliseum. Gold Medalists were: Ben Davidson – woodworking Entry description: bed Adam Goetz – woodworking Entry description: dining table Chase Polifka – woodworking Entry description: gun cabinet Dakota... Read more »
Tornado Safety for a Stormy Season
May 6, 2010 • Lauren Wright, Staff Reporter
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Spring is the season where ominous weather can produce a tornado at any moment. Tornadoes most often form during spring and early summer from April to July each year. The area where tornadoes are most likely to occur is “tornado alley,” a region ranging from Texas to Nebraska. “A tornado is a rotating... Read more »
N.M. Mission Trip
March 24, 2010 • Kit Schwarz, Staff Reporter
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Over Spring Break, I spent my time driving a total of 22 hours to and from Smith Lake, N.M. and waking up at 6:30 every morning to be ready for breakfast by 7. A few short months ago, Celebration Community Church invited me to go on a mission trip to New Mexico to work with the Navajo people. Of course,... Read more »
Spring Play
March 3, 2010 • Lauren Wright, Staff Reporter
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Spring marks the beginning of many new opportunities. For some students it might be their favorite sport or perhaps a music contest, but others may look most forward to the Spring Play. This year the cast will be putting on Chateau LaRoach and have been working on the production since late January. The... Read more »
A dangerous addiction
February 11, 2010 • Anna Shippy, Online Reporter
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
You check your phone the second you wake up, and right before you go to bed, but what about during school? The urge to text has caused problems at home, on the road, and now at school. The school policy clearly states that there are no cell phones allowed out from 8:15 a.m. when classes begin until... Read more »
The tip of the cup
February 4, 2010 • Micayla Greathouse and Jackie Balzer, Staff Reporters
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Vomiting, slow breathing, hypothermia and mental confusion are just a few symptoms of someone who has had alcohol poisoning. Drinking five or more standard alcohol drinks for males, and four or more for females within a short period of time, is the exact definition of binge drinking. “Binge drinking... Read more »
Don’t Step On That Crack: Superstitions, wives tales generally far fetched
February 2, 2010 • Cora Jaeger, Staff Reporter
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Do you ever cringe when a black cat crosses your path or someone opens an umbrella in your house? What about when you swallow your gum, do you worry about how long it might be in there? “I used to believe that every time you step on a crack, you’d break your mother’s back.” junior Julia Jordan... Read more »
The exact measure of education
February 1, 2010 • Jackie Balzer, Staff Reporter
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The four long, never-ending years complaining to parents that you shortly would be moving out have finally passed. Life is now yours to live however you want, but you may realize later that you were not fully prepared for the real world. At our school there are classes that are provided, taught by a... Read more »
Senioritis beginning to set in
January 29, 2010 • Kit Schwarz, Staff Reporter
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Wake up, go to school, sports practice, go to work, complete homework, pass out in bed, do it again. This is the most common and redundant schedule for your typical high school student. Of course, each student has his or her different variations of busy school-week schedules. For example, some students... Read more »
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