On February 23, 2011 the Journal Star posted an article about Teresa Scanlan coming home Scottsbluffs after winning Miss America about five weeks ago. She came back with an entourage of security guards while stepping off the plane wearing her shiny, new tiara and a pink dress. She spoke at Community Christian School on Wednesday. She talked about how nice it is to come back to Nebraska and that it is THE place to come back to. After traveling to several states in the U.S., she was happy to be home. Scanlan is the first woman from Nebraska to win the Miss America pageant.
I was sitting in a Buffalo Wild Wings with a couple of friends watching the Green Bay Packers play football on one screen and the pageant on another. When Miss Nebraska was announced the winner, every person in the restaurant clapped and cheered. It was an unforgetable evening.
It's amazing to finally have one of our own win Miss America. It proves Nebraska can produce some pretty amazing people and we aren't just a corn and farming state. We have some pretty amazing things going on here.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
foreverYOU!
foreverYOU! is the name of my magazine I created.
Primary Audience: teens-late 20's
Distribution: mail, news stands, online, stores
3 Articles
1. Trends by YOU!: boys/girls send in pictures and stories about rends they created, follow, like, or dislike.
2. Celebrities Gone Wrong: interview celebrity icons about experiences, outfits, or anthing else gone wrong.
3. Embarrassing Moments: anonymous boys/girls send in gut-wrenching stories that embarrass them to shwo you're not alone, everyone gets embarrassed sometimes. Also get celebrities to offer advice to some of them.
3 Advertisers
1. clothing: Victoria's Secret, Macy's, JC Penny, Wet Seal, Aeropostale
2. personal hygene brands: Secret, Degree, Axe
3. honest food places that aren't all about worrying about your body: Pizza Hut, Healthy Choice, Ice Cream, Sobe, V8, Monster drinks.
Primary Audience: teens-late 20's
Distribution: mail, news stands, online, stores
3 Articles
1. Trends by YOU!: boys/girls send in pictures and stories about rends they created, follow, like, or dislike.
2. Celebrities Gone Wrong: interview celebrity icons about experiences, outfits, or anthing else gone wrong.
3. Embarrassing Moments: anonymous boys/girls send in gut-wrenching stories that embarrass them to shwo you're not alone, everyone gets embarrassed sometimes. Also get celebrities to offer advice to some of them.
3 Advertisers
1. clothing: Victoria's Secret, Macy's, JC Penny, Wet Seal, Aeropostale
2. personal hygene brands: Secret, Degree, Axe
3. honest food places that aren't all about worrying about your body: Pizza Hut, Healthy Choice, Ice Cream, Sobe, V8, Monster drinks.
schools to allow guns for staff
The Journal Star put out an article on February 16th, 2011 saying that Senator Mark Christensen wrote a bill stating that school staff should be allowed to carry handguns on them during school hours. This would allow school boards decide by a two-thirds vote whether to allow guns and weapons. Bill Kuehn said, "We don't want them to be armed. Their mission is not to function as a law enforcement officer. They are not trained law enforcement pros."
Why on Earth would we let teachers and staff carry weapons on school property? We are trying to eliminate that sort of thing from schools. If the adminstration at your high school has guns and weapons then it makes it that much easier for a student to get a hold of one and open fire. Some kids have real issues and they do believe that causing pain to others and using a gun is the correct answer and giving them this chance to use one is not a good idea. I think guns and weapons of such should be used by people trained to carry them, like law enforcement officers. I think this bill is a bad idea. We need more security in other ways, such as metal detectors. This is not the direction we need to go in.
Why on Earth would we let teachers and staff carry weapons on school property? We are trying to eliminate that sort of thing from schools. If the adminstration at your high school has guns and weapons then it makes it that much easier for a student to get a hold of one and open fire. Some kids have real issues and they do believe that causing pain to others and using a gun is the correct answer and giving them this chance to use one is not a good idea. I think guns and weapons of such should be used by people trained to carry them, like law enforcement officers. I think this bill is a bad idea. We need more security in other ways, such as metal detectors. This is not the direction we need to go in.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Hole-in-the-floor Ashtray
On February 2, 2011, The Journal Star posted an article about a house in Portland, Oregan that had caught on fire. It seems like an ordinary fire, but it is not. Tenants had been smoking and using a hole in the ground as an ashtray for their cigarrettes. The housefire caused $30,000 worth of damage. Luckily, no one was hurt in this incident. A Fire & Rescue officer named Paul Corah sad, "That's not careless smoking, that's stupid smoking."
I agree 100% with Paul Corah. That was definitely not smart of the tenants. I'm not in favor of smoking in the first place and I can handle it because my aunt smokes, but that was not the smartest thing to do. What if someone had gotten hurt? What if someone had died? This incident could have turned out so much more worse than what it had.
I can't believe they would use a hole in the floor as their ashtray. I mean, I know people can be dumb sometimes, but this is ridiculous. Were they not thinking about the consequences? Did they not realize how dangerous this was?
They came out of that housefire super lucky that nothing else went wrong. I know $30,000 worth of damage is bad, but someone getting killed or seriously injured could have made this extremely bad and an even more stupid housefire.
I don't think certain people should have accessibility to dangerous items such as cigarrettes or they should be watched, or even stay outside, it's that simple. If you are not in the house smoking, the house has a better chance of surviving and no one gets hurt in the house.
Some people these days, they do stupid things. Maybe we all need to go back to school and learn the do's and do not's.
I agree 100% with Paul Corah. That was definitely not smart of the tenants. I'm not in favor of smoking in the first place and I can handle it because my aunt smokes, but that was not the smartest thing to do. What if someone had gotten hurt? What if someone had died? This incident could have turned out so much more worse than what it had.
I can't believe they would use a hole in the floor as their ashtray. I mean, I know people can be dumb sometimes, but this is ridiculous. Were they not thinking about the consequences? Did they not realize how dangerous this was?
They came out of that housefire super lucky that nothing else went wrong. I know $30,000 worth of damage is bad, but someone getting killed or seriously injured could have made this extremely bad and an even more stupid housefire.
I don't think certain people should have accessibility to dangerous items such as cigarrettes or they should be watched, or even stay outside, it's that simple. If you are not in the house smoking, the house has a better chance of surviving and no one gets hurt in the house.
Some people these days, they do stupid things. Maybe we all need to go back to school and learn the do's and do not's.
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