Rachael Davenport
December 19, 2018
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The Franklin Lions Club, in conjunction with the Franklin Community Unit School District #1, recently conducted a very successful Christmas food basket drive. For over 50 years, the Franklin Lions Club has put together food...
Bethany Bergschneider, Editor
December 19, 2018
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At some time in our lives, we’ve all faced a daunting problem. Facing adversity is something we all have in common as part of the human race. Still, as we all know, mental health has been a tough and sometimes uncomfortable top...
Bethany Bergschneider, Editor
December 7, 2018
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Mental health--it's not exactly the easiest issue to talk about. However, in order to address an important topic, we may need to go outside of our comfort zones. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2015), 20% of...
December 7, 2018
Bethany Bergschneider, Editor
November 13, 2018
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Michael Phelps, Prince Harry, Demi Lovato, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga—this may seem like a random, unorganized list of famous people. You may be surprised to learn that all of them share one thing: they’ve recently become advoc...
October 31, 2018
Bethany Bergschneider, Editor
September 28, 2018
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This has been a year of change for Franklin CUSD 1. Not only do we have a new school building, we also have three new administrators: Mr. Simonson, the interim superintendent; Mrs. Willman, the new Pre-K-5 principal; and Mr. ...
Bethany Bergschneider, Editor
September 20, 2018
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Bittersweet. That’s the word Kathy Kiefner, who taught at Alexander from 1995-2016, used to describe the closing.
“It’s sad because I really enjoy the building with the teachers and the memories I have here, but it’s p...
Abigale Trout, Staff Writer
August 27, 2018
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*Homeroom*
Sophomore class meeting Tuesday, August 28, in Mrs. Stocker’s room.
The National Honor Society meeting will be Wednesday, August 29, in Ms. Isaacks’s room.
Junior High Student Council elections wil...
Madie Kesterson, Staff Writer
April 23, 2018
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On Tuesday, April 3rd, staff members at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, started reporting gunshots fired in the YouTube HQ building.
“The San Bruno police report says that officers arrived on s...
Kyle Jennings, Staff Writer
April 23, 2018
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If you are reading this, you might be concerned about what happened at FHS. Sorry folks, this is fake news.
The topic of fake news is growing every day and can have the ability to ruin peoples' lives. In order to figure ou...
Madie Kesterson, Staff Writer
March 13, 2018
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As Tennessee Williams once said “Luck is believing you’re lucky”. St. Patrick’s Day is international festival that occurs every year on March 17, in memory of St. Patrick. The celebration started in 1631 when a church r...