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The Buffalo FFA Chapter will hold it’s Award Ceremony and Banquet on Friday, May 22nd 2009, in the PAC. There will be food and beverages, as well as an excellent Powerpoint created by the outgoing President, Lacy Swearingen. There will be new officer inagurations, as well as State participant awards and some “goof off” awards. The chapter is excited to welcome it’s new officers, and sad to see it’s old officers departing. NEW OFFICERS- PRESIDENT-…

Beginning over a month before the May 6th Supreme Court visit, the Cultures United group along with Denise Wahlin-Fiskum’s CIS Literature class read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, relating it back to the Meng Vang trial. The book was set in the 1940s and was about an African American man, Jefferson, who was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Jefferson was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to the…

On May 17  Buffalo High School’s Globally Minded Student Activists group hosted their second annual community benefit. The event was organized to spread knowledge and donate to the “Not for Sale” foundation on Human Trafficking. The event consisted of a silent auction, and booths with jewelery, frames, hats and Henna tattoos, followed by student performances. Many acts were similar to last years event performed such as student bands Icicles to Eskimos and Undefined Purpose. Performances also…

A high school administrator died last Sunday at Flushing Hospital Medical Center from H1N1, or Swine Flu. Mitchell Wiener, 55, was sick for nearly a week with the virus after students came back from spring break. According to USA Today, the outbreak in New York started three weeks ago when students returned from vacations in Mexico to a Catholic school in Queens. The school was closed immediately due to the risk of infection. Several other…

Today seniors got a big surprise when they got their “Got to be me” books from 8th grade. What makes the these book so special, and what impact do they have on seniors? Eighth grade teacher Jan Heyerdahl,  who’s been doing this for 25 years, said ” It’s as successful as the students make them. They reap the rewards, and under it all they become better writers.” Natasha Leech who has only been doing this for four years…

May 28th the art show takes place in rooms F101 and F102, and a few steps away in front of the PAC a auction is going on. Biding starts at 7:45, and all profit goes to the benifit o VSA arts of Minnesota for more information about VSA check out thier website. They even mention Buffalo for all the donations over the many years (VSA.com.) The art department at Buffalo takes pride in the art…

On Monday, May 11th, the Buffalo FFA Chapter held its yearly Officer Elections in the Ag Room, D105A. Twelve applications were accepted, and 10 new officers were elected, some replacing themselves. The newly elected President is Junior Jordan Pahl, and taking over his place as Vice President is Junior Tanner Bauman. Resuming her job as Secretary is Junior Leah Petersen, and Sophomore Melissa Neske is replacing herself as Reporter. Sophomore Allison Mustonen is Replacing Tanner…

Third block ends and the seniors file into their locker bay area, some gathering items for their next class, however many are filing toward the parking lot. This year because of the budget cuts and the limited number of classes many of the seniors are allowed to leave at 12:30. Not all have been given this option though; many are forced to be in elective classses and are expected to pass them while many others get…

The set up of a court room, crowded the stage with seven perfect name cards accompanied by seven perfectly placed water bottles indication where each of the state’s Justices would assemble for the day. After prolonged moments of silently waiting, the Marshall crosses the floor, bangs her gavel and demanded, “All rise for the Justices of the Supreme Court of Minnesota.” Immediately, more than 850 members of the audience obeyed as the seven Supreme Court…

Every year www.rockthebelt.org has a Buckle Up Teens! contest.  Minnesotan teenagers make their own T.V. commercials educating their peers about the importance of buckling up.  Eventually there are six finalists, and this year two of the six are from BHS.  Juniors Neil Gleason and Michael Bonde both made it to the top six, and now they are waiting for the results.      “I entered the contest last year and got into the top three,”…