Members of the Bengals Girls Golf team won the first state championship since 1999 by 48 strokes despite the rain, Tuesday, May 18, at the Avondale Golf Course in Hayden, Idaho.
“We’ve been playing in the rain all year,” said Sarah Sanders, junior. Danny Jagelski, junior agreed that they played all their matches, except for two, [...]

“When I think of him, I will always think of the cheer he does,” Dr. Bob Donaldson, LHS principal, said with a smile. “It’s going to be a very tough position to fill, on a number of levels.” Greg Thompson, physics and chemistry teacher, chose to retire after eleven years of educating students at LHS.
Dr. [...]

Elf (elf) n., pl. elves. (elvz). 1. A diminutive being in a folklore given to mischievous interference in human affairs. 2. A small or mischievous person, esp. a child.
Four feet tall, bells jingling from curly toed shoes, pointed ears, tree houses: the classic elf. North Pole residents, Santa Claus’s helpers, Keebler cookie bakers: the classic [...]

Picture this: A classroom full of half asleep students listening to the teacher drone on about where to place commas and semicolons. Sounds pretty boring, doesn’t it?
Now picture this: Students being rewarded for good work instead of being punished for bad. Living in a real world and being treated like a real adult. Receiving money [...]

Let us play a little game of ‘Guess Who?’ This person sports long, wavy brown hair, slouching tube socks, New Balance sneakers, glasses and plaid shorts, and students know him for his obsessive walking and European cars. Any guesses? Correct: Mike Riedle. Ask any LHS student or faculty member who these adjectives best describe, [...]

Short hair, dress slacks, button up shirt, dress shoes, a belt and a tie. These describe the qualities of the average male teacher in America today. Long hippie hair, blue or black jeans, sweatshirts, walking shoes and owns a Harley. Oh my! Which one of these descriptive groups describes Darrell May?
May retires at the end [...]

Quick, how are Japanese in America in the early 40s and modern-day Mexicans in Arizona the same?  After Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer, recently signed into law the toughest bill on illegal immigration in generations, the door opened for law enforcement officials to racially profile and detain Hispanics if they “look suspicious”. Similar to how police [...]

Pizza, chips and pop (diet or regular) describe the average lunch of the typical teenager at LHS. The common saying, “you are what you eat” illustrates the rise in sick teenagers, due to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
Children learn from a young age what to eat or what not to eat based on example and [...]

Fines, suspensions, mandatory therapy, trades, and other punishments plague professional sports. Just ask National Football League (NFL) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger what he thinks about harsh punishments.
He is 24 years old! He can do what he wants as long as it is legal. Roethlisberger was suspended for the first six games of next season because the [...]

As the year came to an end, this writer found himself conflicted as to the message he wanted to convey with his last column.  There were thoughts about reminiscing over the wonderful times experienced here at LHS, but then he realized that no one would care.  Much like the old man who sits and tells [...]

“Why doesn’t a woman need a watch? Because there is one on the stove.” Every guy has a similar joke that is demeaning towards women. It is a sad fact in this country, men and women are not treated as equals.
Throughout history women have been treated as property-unintelligent and inferior. Women did not even gain [...]

When choosing which college a student is going to attend there are many factors to consider. Cost, how good the programs are and location are a few. However, whether or not the college is a “party school” is not an important deciding factor.
Most students choose their colleges for its programs. Choosing a college with the [...]