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  • Student Showcase: Popularity search limits growth

    By MARY ADAMS

    William Penn said, “Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.”

    Although this is a strong statement, it is based on truth. Many students today hunt for popularity as a desirable goal. This, however, might not be in the students’ best interest. However covetable to him or her, the search for popularity can limit a student’s personal growth.

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  • Student Showcase: 'Live Mas'

    By ALIZABETH GROW

    I know relating to me is difficult, even for those people who surround me every day, and I can’t force them to do so, but despite my “gift,” we share both sorrow and laughter. Every day, I hold my head up and take this world head-on instead of turning and dodging around corners as I did a lifetime ago, before I accepted that Tourette’s syndrome can be both a curse and a blessing.

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  • Student Showcase: Reflections in graphic arts

    Advanced graphic design students at North Hardin High School created mixed media artwork entitled ‘Reflections,’ in which they were to illustrate their personality through the use of the elements and principles. Students enhanced and edited their artwork and included their portrait using Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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  • Student Showcase: 'Running'

    By CORTNI TROUBLEFIELD

    I can feel the scream trying to escape my throat, but it’s too dry. The adrenaline is pumping and I’m too terrified to make a sound. My breathing consists of short, fast breaths, and my heart feels as if it will burst right out of my chest at any second.

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  • Central engineering students take on robotics challenge

    It might not be R2D2 or advanced cybernetics, but students in Central Hardin High School’s principles of engineering class are learning though creating their own robots.

    The class is a part of local funding provided by Project Lead the Way, a national provider of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum in middle and high schools.

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  • Letters to Santa, final 2012 installment

    Compiled by ROBERT VILLANUEVA

    The News-Enterprise

    For many children the holiday season brings images of Santa at his North Pole workshop supervising his elves in their toy-making activities, preparing to fulfill wishes expressed in letters from all over the world.

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  • Letters to Santa: Part 3 of 4

    Compiled by ROBERT VILLANUEVA

    The News-Enterprise

    For many children the holiday season brings images of Santa at his North Pole workshop supervising his elves in their toy-making activities, preparing to fulfill wishes expressed in letters from all over the world.

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  • Letters to Santa: Volume 2

    Compiled by ROBERT VILLANUEVA

    The News-Enterprise

    For many children the holiday season brings images of Santa at his North Pole workshop supervising his elves in their toy-making activities, preparing to fulfill wishes expressed in letters from all over the world.

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  • Schools see flood of Christmas spirit

    By KAREN SKEES

    The Christmas season is a busy time at the Family Resource and Youth Services center thanks to the generosity and giving spirit of many individuals and groups in our community. Each year, before Thanksgiving, calls start to come in to our center from folks who want to sponsor children and/or families for Christmas.

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  • Community lends a hand in student success

    By NANNETTE JOHNSTON

    The adage is true. It does take a village to raise a child. And, the older the children get, the more people it takes.

    We live in a wonderful community where there are people who graciously help our school district with their time, talent and treasure. The village lends a hand to its children so they can become the next generation’s leaders in making the village stronger and even more fruitful.

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