Pro-Life for Life
February 16, 2011
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On Monday, Jan. 24, you may have noticed a few missing students and perhaps even a teacher from class, work or home. That would be due to the anti-abortion rally, March for Life, in Washington D.C. that many Ottawa Sacred Heart parishioners attended. The devoted Sacred Heart members endured two 24-hour... Read more »
The New Sickness: Junioritis
February 15, 2011
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We have all heard about the ever dreadful disease present in nearly all seniors: senioritis, the disease that causes seniors to lose all motivation and the only math that they have any desire to do is subtraction…the subtracting of days until graduation that is. But lately the groans and moans have... Read more »
MLK Day: A Day On, Not a Day Off
February 7, 2011
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” and after a long struggle, legislation was signed in 1983 making Jan. 17th, Dr. King’s birthday, a federal holiday. Schools are not in service and many... Read more »
Stuco Store: Coming within the Next Week
February 7, 2011
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With the new 10 minutes in between second and third hour, many students are left with a sense of confusion. What in the world does one do with a random set of 10 minutes? To occupy the student’s time, administration has approved the lingering idea of a StuCo Store. This “store”, sponsored by Student... Read more »
Winter Weather Worry
February 4, 2011
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful! This statement is no longer just a popular holiday song, but it is becoming an icy reality in states across America. American citizens are experiencing blizzards, snow, ice, freezing rain and record low temperatures. It seems abnormal to some but routine for others.... Read more »
AVID Program Opens Doors for OHS Students
December 17, 2010
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By Jaime Birzer Ivy Hiner wants to make a difference—a difference in herself and in others. It is her first year at Ottawa High School, and already Hiner talks about her goals for the future and plans out the steps she will take to achieve them. The goals Hiner has for herself are not limited to post-college—such... Read more »
A Halloween Story
October 27, 2010
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It is a dark and stormy night. The treacherous clouds hang low in the twilight sky. You are walking down the beaten, gravel path, passing “The Old Jones’” house—the most haunted place in town—and suddenly, an owl hoots overhead, startling you so that you almost drop your bucket of candy! Aaaaaahhhhhhh… Time... Read more »
O-T-T-A-W-A! We have Spirit!
October 4, 2010
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On Sept 24, Ottawa High School varsity football team played versus Paola High School. There is no need to tell the final score, but we did end up losing the game. If a person were to look at nothing else but our student section, they would find it hard to believe that we had the losing team. AS we all... Read more »
From a Cyclone to a Bulldog: Coach Lewis’ coaching career
September 29, 2010
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Football is America’s most watched game. From professional to high school football people love to watch the sport. Being able to coach a winning team feels just as good as being on the winning team. Some coaches are lucky enough to coach the high school team they have dreamed of coaching. Coach Wendell... Read more »
Fall Musical
September 17, 2010
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This year’s 2010-2011 fall musical will be Little Shop of Horrors. It will be showing on Nov 12, 13, and 14. Friday and Saturday it will start at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy about a young boy with the name of Seymour, who is played by senior Paul Thomas. Seymour... Read more »

