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  • Student Activist is nationally recognized

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Sage Daugherty, Layout Editor

    Senior Mary Leet has accomplished much in her high school career and is finally being acknowledged for her superb writing on the nationally recognized Whitman Word, as well as her activism in the comm

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  • Dragon Tattoo takes the cake in 2011 cinema

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Mark Combs, Staff Writer

    When I was growing up, I had an avid fascination with mysteries along the lines of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. These were classic investigators who could solve some of the most baffling of cas

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  • Grimm takes a dark spin on familiar stories

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Mary Leet, Print Editor

    What if all those stories we loved so much as children weren’t intended to be stories? What if they were really warnings? This truth, only known by a scarce few is the propelling theme of the new seri

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  • NBA 2K12 is better than ever

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Ryan Johnson, Staff Writer

    On October 4th 2011, 2K sports released their newest addition of the phenomenon known as NBA2k12.This year‘s NBA2k12 added many new additions and also improved many of their recent game modes. One of

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  • There’s more to Hawaii than paradise

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Sage Daugherty, Layout Editor

    One of the most emotional, funny, heartbreaking movies that I have seen all year would have to be The Descendants, starring George Clooney and Shailene Woodley. Adapted from a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmi

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  • Be Our Guest

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Cailtyn Bailey, Staff Writer

    "It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you" to be our guest on Sunday, March 18th for a special brunch and children celebration in honor of our production of Beauty and the Be

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  • The circus came to town

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Jessica Mussaw, Staff Writer

    Welcome, boys and girls of all ages, to the circus! On January 31st 2012, we held a circus in the gym. It was a big success. Billy Martin and his crew preformed acrobats, dog show, plate spinning, hum

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  • Teenagers should continue to voice their opinions

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Mary Leet, Print Editor

    In this modern age of technology, there is no excuse for anyone to be ignorant of the world around them. The access and flow of information is always at our fingertips, thanks to smart phones, iPods a

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  • Trapping season is close to the end

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Graysen Betts, Photo Editor

    From October 15th to February 18th, trapping season is open in upstate New York. In the section we live in, anyone with a trapping course certification can legally trap animals. For those who do not k

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  • Annual basketball tournament brings together the community

    Thursday, February 09, 2012 By: Casey Dean, Staff Writer

    Beginning on February 17th and ending on February 19th, 2012, the basketball boosters is holding the annual boys’ traveling basketball tournament. Each year, the head of the tournament, this year’s be

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The Wissick farm is home to alpaca! Most of the time we’re use to seeing farms with cows, chickens, and sheep, so this might be an interesting place to check out. Dr. Susan Wissick went to a high sch
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Beginning on February 17th and ending on February 19th, 2012, the basketball boosters is holding the annual boys’ traveling basketball tournament. Each year, the head of the tournament, this year’s be
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Thank You to the following businesses and families for helping the Leadership class with the charity Toy drive: Rushco Federal Hollow Smugglers Corner St. Georges Grocery and Deli Naples Valley D
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From October 15th to February 18th, trapping season is open in upstate New York. In the section we live in, anyone with a trapping course certification can legally trap animals. For those who do not k
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In this modern age of technology, there is no excuse for anyone to be ignorant of the world around them. The access and flow of information is always at our fingertips, thanks to smart phones, iPods a
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Welcome, boys and girls of all ages, to the circus! On January 31st 2012, we held a circus in the gym. It was a big success. Billy Martin and his crew preformed acrobats, dog show, plate spinning, hum
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"It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you" to be our guest on Sunday, March 18th for a special brunch and children celebration in honor of our production of Beauty and the Be
full story 

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