A 1911 Liberty Eagle coin (worth about $1000) was found in a Florida Salvation Army kettle for the third year in a row. The coin, found among the usual mess of wrinkled bills and loose change, was sealed in a plastic case with a note…
Chocolates, cookies, candy canes, fudge...whew! The kitchen comes alive as soon as Christmas rolls around!Take this quiz from The-N.com to find out What Holiday Treat you are. (I was a Gingerbread Man...excellent! One of my favorites...) What are YOUR holiday food traditions? Do YOUR quiz…
District 81 is still set to have school tomorrow even with treacherous snow conditions. Really, 81... do you just love to make us highschool students squirm?
Earlier this week I blogged about a cute little white trash family who named their son Hitler, and are upset that a local grocery store refused to write his name on his birthday cake. See the blog post and story here...And I apologize to any…
It's Santa Claus--L.A. style...At the Beverly Center mall in L.A., shoppers won't find a jolly old bearded elf Fri-Sun nights. instead they will find a 6-foot-1, 185-pound "Hunky Santa" played by Eli Wilhide. Shoppers who sit on this Santa's lap can get nutrition and exercise…
Shopping shopping shopping. That's what many teens' agendas look like in the season of Christmas, no school, and of course, did I mention those 2 beautiful weeks of VACATION! Planning on logging in many hours at the mall? Msn.com reports on a list of the…
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.
