Jon Shamla

Cigarettes motive behind juvenile burglary

Editor-in-Chief Cigarettes seemed to be the main motive behind a burglary believed to have been perpetrated by three juveniles in Buffalo. The three juveniles confessed to entering the home on January 24, then...

North Central Association sought for local approval

Editor-in-Chief The North Central Association, or NCA, is an honor society for schools. Currently BHS is seeking accreditation. The NCA offers its services to colleges and schools in 19 states including Minnesota....

Drawing the line on National Holidays: School, government should not take MLK day off

Wrath of Jon

Arsenio Day. The lives of countless numbers of people have been guided and nurtured by this man. He believes in the equality of all people, and the non-violent, humorous resistance to all racial...

Greed is good: The great motivator of actions is at its peak right around the holiday season

The Wrath of Jon

The holiday season is when people are most selfish--and that’s why I like it. Christmas time has always been cheerful for me, although I haven’t always been able to say why exactly. It’s not that people aren’t...

Myths debunked on Halloween: less hocus-pocus in reality

Time to end all those superstitions that frighten true-believers away from reality toward intolerance

Halloween is the perfect holiday to cut loose. Some of my earliest childhood memories connect to this holiday, and it was a time to fantasize, dream, and lose my perception of reality for a night. How my childish,...

Ability sets students equal, not donations

Applications are American. When you want a job in America, you apply. When you want to attend a specific college, you apply. When you need a scholarship, you apply. A section of the American application centers...

Conference status lost: Scheduling as independent to confront Buffalo

With our conference dissolving around us, BHS sports and activities will find themselves in an uncertain season next year. State law states that within 90 days of receiving a written request from a high school, The...

Three million dollar renovation near completion

"When the question was asked of us, 'If you could do anything at the high school in this bond issue, what would you do?' we came up with three million dollars worth." said Principal Nick Miller. Due to a growing...

Former BHS students dismayed over reduced sexual misconduct charges

The sexual assault of two 87 graduates while they were students in a ride-a-long Explorer Scouts program has led to the sentencing of a former Wright County Deputy.

"I'm just surprised he got off as easily as he did," said one of three teenage victims Criminal Sexual Conduct case against former Wright County Sheriff's Deputy Jeffrey Yates. At one point, Yates was charged with...

Students attend mission trip

A group of BHS students, along with five adults, and Monticello students, participated in a ten day mission trip to Texas which ended the first week of April. While in Texas, the group's base was in a church in...

One Act goes to State

They're going to State--again. This year's One Act play, "The Serpent", has experienced a non-stop advancement through the ranks of competition thus far and will compete at the U of M for state recognition on...

Daily schedule changes considered for future

The School Board and the administration of BHS are holding meetings to decide the future status of the school's daily schedule. The Building Schedule Advisory Council (BSAC) is exploring the possibility of finding a...

Rumors of tragedy dispersed by memo

Four Buffalo teenagers were involved in a car crash, which, for one, Jerad Naser, turned out to be fatal. BHS administrators handled the situation in a unique way by distributing memos to teachers which were read by...

BHS of top priority to Journal Press

Cheryl Meyer, photographer and writer for the Wright County Journal Press, was on the golf course May 6, taking pictures of BHS golfers. This was all part of the Journal Press' coverage of BHS sports and other...

Curfew law turned down, but not dead in Legislature

A bill has been introduced into the Minnesota State Legislature which would prohibit high school students from working late on school nights. The bill which was introduced by Senator Bill Diessner from Afton is...

Senior makes airwaves

Rocking with Slim Whitman: Working her shift at KRWC radio, senior Ann Peterson works on her future career.

Saturday mornings tune in to Ann Peterson reporting to work at KRWC studios in rural Buffalo. Peterson arrives at the station around 11:30 in the morning, at which time she receives instructions for the six hours she...

Memory lane revisited

“Love is not ambitious, is not self-seeking, is not provoked; thinks no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:5) Valentines Day conjures up images of stolen kisses, and candy hearts. Of Cupid, that naked gremlin who spears the...

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