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Bay Cliff should be exciting, wonderful adventure

Bay Cliff — an exciting adventure awaits! You can choose classes, go outdoors, tell spooky stories and play fun games with your cabinmates. My class and I are going to the Bay Cliff Health Camp in Big Bay in May. Most of my classmates have said they are quite excited, though some say they are a little nervous. This adventure will be my first camp ever. I do have to admit, I am quite nervous, but also very excited to see how the experience turns out. I personally picked Arts and Crafts for my number one class I want to go to. First off, I’m quite excited for it because of ...

Snow days: Something that seemed so good doesn’t feel that way anymore

We are all wondering why it keeps snowing, and snowing, and SNOWING. Even children are starting to dislike snow days, because now, instead of feeling like a break, they feel like a burden, with all the snow piling on top of the old layers of the white stuff. The old record for snow in ...

We finally made it to Alaska!

Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of Jack Flaherty’s family trip to Alaska to visit his grandparents. This picks up with the family’s arrival by airplane to Alaska. The walk to exit the plane was super tight and crammed. But then we got to the airport. It was smaller than the one back in ...

A deep dive into the Olympic journey of U.S. women’s hockey team

Now that the 2026 Winter Olympics have concluded, as a hockey player, one of my favorite sports to watch is hockey, especially women’s hockey. It’s been 28 years since women’s hockey was introduced to the Olympics. The main rivalry is the United States vs. Canada. Considered the top ...

The long and winding roads to Alaska, part 2

Picking up on last week’s part of my family’s trip to Alaska: Finally, we came into the city, that being Minneapolis. We pulled up to our hotel. It was pretty easy to picture in your brain. It had four or five floors. It was a Hampton Inn Suites. We unloaded the car and headed over to ...

Adventure in Alaska starts with trying to get there

I have been to Alaska three times now, and I am going again. If you've ever gone on a big trip like this, you probably have been really excited. But it all starts with driving and driving. Then you are really bored. That is exactly how I felt when I went to Alaska. The reason is that we had ...