Category Archives: Winter 2016

Girls Winter Sports in Full Swing

By: Nick Smelko

The start of cold weather and snow falling means that winter sports are in full swing. The EHS girls’ winter sports have been practicing hard to get better every day and perfect their game. Both Junior Varsity and Varsity girls basketball as well as the cheerleaders have been in the gym preparing for the start of games and competitions. The competition will be fierce this year, so the teams will really have to work hard if they are to achieve the goals they have this season. Continue reading Girls Winter Sports in Full Swing

Take a Sleigh Ride in Time

By: Brandon Sweet

Christmas, a time of joy, happiness, and coming together.  A holiday that is celebrated in many different ways all over the world. But, how did we stumble upon such a holiday? In order for us to know, we would have to go back in time. According to the History Channel, around   280 A.D. in Patara, or what is now our modern day Turkey, is where the legend is said to have come into the light. A man named St. Nicholas had become an icon, a symbol, and an ideal for us to be inspired by. It is in his time that Saint Nicholas was well known for his virtue and kindness towards the people of the different places to which he had traveled. Wherever he went, it is said that he spent his inheritance to help the sick and the poor. As the years passed on so did he, leaving behind what would give people hope. Continue reading Take a Sleigh Ride in Time