Talawanda Student Starts Her Own Charity
The civil war in Syria has inflicted hardship among millions of children who are without homes or basic necessities. Chandler Metcalf, a Junior at Talawanda High School, has created a charity called “Stars for Syria” to help raise money to support the children of Syria. Her charity sells sunglasses, as well as other seasonal handcrafted […]
Fresh Baked Cookies Delivered to Your Door
The doors open and the smell of grandma’s homemade cookies wafts out and electrifies the senses of everyone who walks by. Could it be grandma? No. It’s Justin Craney and his crew in their new uptown shop, Baked Sweets. Craney started Baked Sweets alongside his fiance, Jennifer Ward, and Quiznos’ owner Justin Elgie. Baked Sweets, […]
Jim Gaffigan: White Bread Tour Comes to Oxford
Actor, author, and comedian Jim Gaffigan will be performing at Miami University’s Millett Hall on Saturday, October 5 at 8:30 pm as part of his nationwide “White Bread Tour”. Up and coming comedian Tom Shillue will be opening the show. Shillue has appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and is currently touring with Gaffigan. […]
Talawanda Offers Google Training for Teachers
The future is here with Google Drive and all of it’s perks. Slowly, Talawanda students and faculty are starting to do more of their work through Google Drive and on the Internet, rather than through old-fashioned textbooks. On Wednesday, May 16th, Mr. Jim Vajda held a Google Training session in the media center’s computer lab […]
Lady Braves Softball Plays Their Last Game
Coming off of last Thursday’s win against Northwest, Talawanda’s varsity softball team was hoping to come out of the first tournament game with a win. The game was close for the first two innings with Indian Hill only scoring one run. In the third and fourth innings Indian Hill kept a tight defense against the […]
New Sculpture in the Cafeteria of THS
You might have noticed the new sculpture in the cafeteria here at Talawanda High School, but did you notice the fine print? For the past few weeks students in Jim McWilliams 3D art class have been planning and putting together this new sculpture. “We wanted to include everyone, not just the students in art.” said […]
How to Bake a Perfect Graduation Cake
What’s the perfect sugary centerpiece for your graduation party gastrointestinal cornucopia? Why, a graduation cake, of course! This from-scratch all-natural recipe for “Lemon Chiffon Flavorexplosion Doublerainbow Beautymelt Ice-Cream Cake Miracle” was our Editors’ favourite: Serves: Ten Bake Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: Generic Chocolate Cake Mix (4 lbs.) Red #456 (14oz.) Fluorocarbon Isooctane (3 […]
Joseph DeVaughn Reviews The Heist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Macklemore, I want my mind back! Ever since I started listening to The Heist, by rapper Macklemore, my mind has been owned by the wonderful music on the album. “Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till’ it’s over/ So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us,” from “Can’t hold us.” plays […]