The Bucket List

So, this past couple of weeks since my senior year is coming to an end, I have been thinkig of what I want to do in the future, which eventually led me to making my own Bucket List. Due to my nature, and me needing a filler for this weeks photo review, I decided to share my Before I Bite The Bullet Bucket List.

10. Attend and survive The Weirdly Awesome event know as Burning Man 

Dear God, they're evolving. No place is safe.

This event, Burning Man, is simply one of the coolest things I have read about. The event is explained as unexplanable to the people who have not experienced burning man in all its glory. Burning Man is simply freedom no matter what you are: nudist, recluse, or, heck, even if you're furry this place accepts all and turns away none. For one week out of the year they host an event where people all over the world come to be themselves without restrictions or boundries.

9. Fight an honest to God Grizzly Bear

Hey you! I'm calling you out, bub! You, me, like 75 years from now.

So, this part of my bucket list seems odd, but I have always wondered if and how long I would last against Smokey, who always tells me "Only you can prevent wildfires".

8. Get Morgan Freeman to narrate a week of my life.


This is how I would imagine God to be.

 I,  like everyone else, am hypnotised by Morgan Freeman's voice. This man is the only person I know that would make people watch March of The Penguins. This man's voice sold that movie because frankly that movie, while informative, was just us looking at penguins, basically doing what they always do.

7. Participate in the Worlds Largest Thriller

Because really, who dosen't want to dance with fine citizens like this?

This has to be one of the coolest things that happens! A bunch of people dress up like zombies, some require makeup and some don't, and go out onto streets that get blocked off and just dance the Thriller, made famous by the king of pop himself, Micheal Jackson.

6. Witness the birth of the first robot that can think and act by itself.

One step away from the destruction of the human race.

Every litttle kid has dreamt of meeting a robot. When I was little I thought the coolest thing would be to be part robot and even today I wish that I could see the first A.I. driven robot. I hope that I live long enough to see this, but if not, hey at least I get to see the firebreathing monster in the picture above me.

5. Work on a Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ah, so majestic! This is truly nature at its finest.

I come from animal lovers, big and small. I love animals because I have always been around them and one of the coolest people I have ever seen are the people who help run these sanctuaries. I want to help one of these magical places because for an animal lover like me this is truly one of the coolest things in the world

4. Create my own Shangri-La.

This is so cool!

I want to create a place where people can belong. I know that in this world there are people who are lost and need a place where they can belong. I just want a place that anyone can show up and rebuild their lives, become the person they truly want to be

3. Travel to some foreign country and survive there for a year.


So, I'm going to close my eyes and just toss a paint ball to pick where I shall live.

I, unlike most travelers, don't just want to step foot in a country. I believe in order to get a feel for the country and their beliefs that you must reside in that country for more than one week.

2. Live past Eighty years old.

After you reach this ripe old age no one else matters...... opinion wise.

I would love to live a long, fruitful life. I want to get to this age because I believe when you get this old, you truly become free of the wants and needs of others. I also make this oath, when I get this age I will accept that I'm coming to an end and be the funnest old guy around.

1. Have a wonderful family that I will cherish until the end of my days.

The true goal of anyone's life.

This is my true life goal. I want to have a family. I plan for this, I dont know why or when, but I want my own family. I believe that the true purpose in life is for people to give their life in order to make way for someone else. I know that when I have a family, I will truly have acomplished my life goals.

Thank you for for reading this bucket list of mine and maybe some time you can give us your list! Maybe by then you will have lived long enough to have fufiled some of the biggest on the list!

A Day in the Life of Katelyn Crawford

6:00 am. Alarm goes off. So I keep hitting snooze until 7:00 am. 
7:00 am. Hop up out of bed and turn my swag on.
7:01-7-20 am. Get ready for school. And Jay calls to tell me he is at work. 
7:21 am. Leave for school and stop by East End to get myself some breakfast. 
7:50 am. Arrive at school. 
8-8:54. Business math. Mostly just talking.
 8:55-9:49 Office Aide. Answer phones and let the boys do all the running around. 
9:50-10:45. Yearbook. Busy. Busy. Busy. Watch Shane and Colin prank people with fishing line. Talk to Nick. 
10:46-11:40. English 4 Honors. Do some work and talk with my friends. Laugh at Shane and Colin with their fishing line pranks. 
11:41-12:45. Lunch. At Robyn's house. 12:46-3:00. Co-op. Sit and chat with Becky and do a little work. 
3:01. Leave co-op and go to Jays to take a nap.
5:00. Jay gets home and we usually hang out and eat some supper.
9:30. Head home to shower and get ready for bed.
10:30. Call jay to say good night. 
10:31-11. Facebook. Twitter. Ifunny. 
11:01. Turn my light off and go to sleep! :)

World's Largest Rope Swing

World's Largest Rope Swing

by Anna Mattox

            I know that every single one of you have swung on a swing before when you were a kid. Every chance there was, you would get someone to come and push you really high! Well these kids took swinging really high to a new level. Have you ever seen the rocks out in the deserts that are really tall but skinny, and the will have holes in the middle? People rock climb those. They will strap all kinds of gear to them and climb to the top of them. Then tie a single rope to a rock or tree that is sturdy enough to hold them, and run and jump. As they are free falling, the rope will tighten and they will begin to swing back and forth through the open hole in the rocks. This doesn’t take some idiot just wanting to go have fun. These people are so smart, they need to know how to calculate how long the rope needs to be so they wont go flying into another side of a rock. They need to know how to jump just right and have such perfect technique to swing right. One day I hope that I can try this. It looks so fun but so scary! 

Kicking off Track Season! by Lindsey Banks

Track season has started and is in full force! You can see all the energetic students outside on the track every day outside and training for their upcoming meets.

They had the first big meet this past Saturday, The Bracken County Glazier Invitational. All the teams that competed were Owen County, Bracken County, Lewis County, Dayton, Nicholas County, Harrison County, and Ryle (girl’s team). The boys and girls teams from Nicholas County both came in 2^nd place.

Out of all the competitors, Caleb Pope got the Outstanding Performer for boys with 38 points.

In girls competitions many participants from Nicholas County placed. In long jump, Anna Mattox got 1^st and Laken Howard got 2^nd. Competing in triple jump was Laken Howard with 1^st and her teammate Robyn Cohorn getting 2^nd. Elizabeth Johnson got 1^st in shot put while Kendra Letcher received 4^th and in discus, Kendra got 1^st and Elizabeth got 5^th.  Anna Mattox also placed 4^th in the 400 meter dash and Robyn Cohorn placed 6^th in 300 meter hurdles. In the relay races, the 4 x 200 relay team consisted of Lakyn Jolly, Robyn Cohorn, Anna Mattox, and Laken Howard and they placed 4^th and the 4 x 100 team was made up of Destiney Johnson, Robyn Cohorn, Anna Mattox, and Laken Howard and placed 4^th.

 The boys also did outstanding in the meet. Zach Howard got 1^st place in triple jump and Caleb Pope got 2^nd in long jump. Competing in shot put, Randy Hayes got 5^th and Nolan Woosley got 6^th. Toby Howard placed 2^nd in the 110 meter high hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles. Caleb Pope placed 1^st in the 100 meter dash, 400 meter dash, and the 200 meter dash. Dylan Sparks also ran with Caleb in the 200 meter dash and placed 4^th. Spencer Bailey placed 4^th in the 1600 meter run, 5^th in the 800 meter run, and 4^th in the 3200 meter run. In the 4 x 200 relay race, Finn Brutsman, Dylan Sparks, Toby Howard, and Zach Howard received 3^rd place. In the 4 x 100 relay, Finn, Dylan, Toby, and Zach got 2^nd. Lastly, in the 4 x 400 relay, Finn, Daniel McLean, Dylan, and Spencer Bailey got 5^th.

This was a great way to kick off the season and good luck in all the future track meets!

Senior Caleb Pope said "We look like we have a great team this year and I hope we just keep getting better!"

Art Show at Morehead

We put up pictures from an art show at Morehead State University, so I thought that we’d take today to explain what was special about that art show. The art show that Ms. Johnson’s students go to every year at Morehead is a Regional art show, so that means that if you win at Morehead you go to the state level competition in Northern Kentucky.

Why does this matter?

It matters because this is it, for many of the people who went to this competition this is really their last chance to win something big. Because of the nature of the competition, the schools are only allowed to bring 20 pieces to the competition. Ms. Johnson only takes the best of the best to the art show, pieces that she thinks are the crème de la crème that her art students produce. Because of this, many of the competitors are seniors, making this literally the LAST time that they can compete in a High School competition.

What’s next?

What’s next for the students who won? They get to compete in the statewide competition held in Northern Kentucky. Congrats to all those winners!

Waid Jones