Josh Ortgies ’19, Alfred Davis ’17, and Chelsi Parker ’18 laugh during a dance at prom. Prom festivities started with the grand march where they crowned the King and Queen at the high school at seven, and then the dance itself went from eight to midnight at the ’47 gym. …
2018 Prom King and Queen crowned at the grand march
Seniors Zachary Holes and Shavara Kroeker were crowned prom royalty during the grand march held in the BFAC before the dance. Holes is the son of David Holes and Annette Baxa. Kroeker is the daughter of Al and Sharlyn Kroeker. “I didn’t think I was going to get it but …
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A hypnotic end to prom night
Every year, prom is followed by post prom, held in the high school and put on by the parents, and every year, those who attended prom look forward to one thing: The hypnotist show. It has become tradition for a hypnotist show to be one of the last major events …
2018 Prom Candidates
All students from grades 11 and 12 were opened up to voting for the prom candidates last week. After all of the candidates were chosen, only seniors got to vote for their 2018 prom king and queen. The candidates are (left to right) Adam Wasserman and Britney Scheetz, Zach Holes …
FBLA travels to Omaha for SLC
On Thursday, April 5, the Fairbury branch of FBLA travelled to Omaha for the FBLA state leadership conference. They stayed and competed for three days, and brought home several awards and honors. Jacob Johnson ’18, Macy Ohlde ’18, and Isaac Robertson ’19 received 6th place in the American Enterprise competition. …
Trap shooters earn more medals at Nebraska City
On Saturday, April 7, trap shooters traveled to Nebraska City for the second time this season. They had six medalists and one of them was Kyle Gregory ’21. “I was excited because it was my first medal of the season,” Gregory said. The individual scores from this meet are: Lane …
To forgive and to forget or to hold on and regret
Holding a grudge can be one of the easiest things to do. Shutting someone out, pushing the most important people away, and hiding feelings away because it has been deemed “helpful” is even easier, at least for me. But one thing I think is extremely hard? Forgiving. Honestly, maybe it …
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Cheating may become a norm
Unfortunately, many people have experienced the unfair and belittling effects of being cheated on by a significant other. Cheating can be caused by many different things including spending too much time with each other, disagreeing on an important topic, or simply not wanting to be with that person anymore and …
Make memories tangible
With social media and phones with cameras, it is getting rarer and rarer for people to actually print off pictures they take. Many people just keep them in their phone’s camera roll, saved on a computer, or post them in an album on Facebook or on other social media. Doing …
Teachers don’t need more responsibility
To many, school and safety have always been words that correspond with each other. Schools have been thought of as a safe haven, a place where people feel secure, a location of protection. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. In response to the recent Florida School Shooting, a new …
