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The town of Buffalo offers a large variety of locally owned restaurants, and chain restaurants. Buffalo has “small town” restaurants of all different types of cuisine. Including El Mocajete, Bucks Pizza, and J’s down under. The city also has chain restaurants such as Perkins, and Applebees. El Mocajete is one of 2 family owned Mexican restaurants.It’s located off of 25 in the old burger king. They opened in 2007, and have been doing so well…
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People think its weird to have animals on Instagram, but some think people thinks its cool. A lot of famous people have their pets on Instagram with thousand of followers. When people see that animals on Instagram have more followers, and get more like on pictures then them, they tend to get mad because its just a dog. Sammy Johnson, a senior, made an Instagram for her dog Peppie, “I love my dog, and I…
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Walking in the Monticello high school field house, seeing guys and girls all different sizes practicing and mentally preparing to do their best. The jitters and nerves are building up, waiting for the competition to start. Weighing in determines what group you’re in with the close to the same weight. St.Michael, St.Francis, Big Lake, Monticello and Buffalo all in the Lifting Competition. Once you figure out what weight section you’re in, they split up the…
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As the state of Minnesota has slowly revised it’s standardized testing requirements, our school has seen changes to the way that we take these tests at school. Last year, Freshman were not required to take the MCA Writing Test but instead they devoted a day to creating a Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) and touring the Wright Tech Center. This year, more changes are being implemented for the junior class: the ACT is going to be administered…
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Cigarettes. Cigarettes kill 400,000 Americans per year. They are legal, but very lethal. It is said that one of out every five Americans are addicted. There is now an alternative product called E-Cigs. An E-Cig is a “battery powered vaporizer which has a similar feel to tobacco smoking.” There is limited evidence suggesting that e-cigarettes are more safe than traditional cigarettes. Electronic cigarette usage appears to be similar in toxicity to the use of other nicotine replacement products. No long-term studies…
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In the 1980’s a law was passed to set the drinking age to 21 to lower the rate of drunk driving accidents. Still, today the drinking age is 21, however there has been contemplation on whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18. This law is being considered to lower the amount of college rape. American 18 year olds have the right to marry, buy guns, and join the military. So, why not be…
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The girls basketball team played on Friday, January 27th at 7:15 p.m. at St. Francis. Buffalo’s record this year is 15-10 and they are 7-5 in conference going into Friday night. “The season is going pretty well,” said Head Coach Scot Sorenson. “We lost a couple close games but we also beat some very good teams. We finished 3rd in conference and we are the fourth seed going into sections next Tuesday against Moorhead. ”…
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The rumor is that girls take longer in bathrooms than boys. We sat outside the bathroom doors and timed people from when they went in, to when they came out. There are different factors that go into how long people take in the bathroom. Sometimes people go into the bathroom, but don’t actually use the bathroom, or maybe you have to wait in line, they could also just be going in to socialize with friends. “I…
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The annual spring blood drive is coming up and they’re short for donors! When? Friday March 6th Where? BHS West Gym (gymnastics gym) For? The Red Cross Why should you donate blood? Donating just one pint of blood can save up to 3 lives! If we reach our goal, 141 donations, our school can get $1,000 scholarship. Currently we have 57 people signed up to donate. Even if you make an appointment to give blood,…
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Updating your Twitter feed, liking photos on Instagram or you can’t stop watching Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix … A couple minutes turns into hours when you are on your phone or laptop at night. “I go on my phone before bed and then realize I’ve been on it for a couple hours.” said Junior Sabrina Kumlin, The next morning you wake up with less than the recommended amount of sleep because your phone kept you awake.…
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