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Scary story contest yields thrilling results
October 29, 2012
This year, when we put out the call for scary stories from students in elementary, middle and high schools, we weren’t disappointed. About 200 writers tried to spook us, and many did.
Double Take: Be proactive to prevent political disputes at family gatherings
October 29, 2012
Dear Dr. Wes and Katie: I am dreading the holidays. All summer my family argued about politics. I was home from college, and I’m more liberal than my family. By Thanksgiving, we’ll know who wins the next election, and either way it’s going to be horrible. My family doesn’t argue about these things in a civil way. They argue like they’re on Fox News, and it always gets personal. Suggestions?
Scary story contest elementary school winner: Maria Matamoros
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest middle school winner: Ryan Leibold
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest high school winner: Carolyn Weiler
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest high school runner up: Katie Guyot
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest high school runner up: Caleb Woodard
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest high school runner up: Conor Hiatt
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest middle school runner up: Noah Haas
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest middle school runner up: Stephanie Reed
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon, when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest elementary school runner up: Raeleigh Heck
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Scary story contest elementary school runner up: Marian Frick
Bella’s Ghost”
October 29, 2012
I was walking home from school on an unusually dark afternoon when I felt a pair of eyes staring right at me …
Double Take: Balance interests, job market when choosing major
October 22, 2012
Considering post-secondary education as little more than an ATM absolutely detracts from the greater and permanent good it can do for each young person it touches. But likewise, treating it only as a path to self-actualization (or worse, a path to the ultimate party) misses the point every bit as much. Instead, late teens must strike a balance between what fulfills them intellectually, spiritually and emotionally, and what will yield a real paycheck.
Children’s book ‘The Pillow Fairy’ helps parents solve problem
Story gives kids incentive to sleep in their own beds
October 15, 2012
Local resident, educator and now published author Marcia Riley is sharing one of her parenting secrets in her new book, “The Pillow Fairy” (self published at CreateSpace, 2012), the story of how she got her two sons to go to sleep in their very own beds.
Double Take: Parents, assume your teen will have sex
October 15, 2012
Here’s what we know: 47 percent of high school students have had sexual intercourse, and 35 percent report being sexually active at any given moment. The average age for first intercourse in the U.S. is 17.