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Tigers Take a Tough Loss during Homecoming

Tigers Take a Tough Loss during Homecoming

The Homecoming game didn’t turn out that great for the Tigers last Friday. The game resulted in a loss to Arcadia 34-38. It was a cold night, but the Tigers kept fighting down to the last few seconds. With this loss, it puts the Tigers to an overall 4-2 record.   There were a lot [...]

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Methodist Church Shelters Flood Victims

Methodist Church Shelters Flood Victims

In response to the flooding on Thursday, the American Red Cross sheltered a total of 20 people. Residents of the Grove Apartment Buildings and homes close to the rising river were asked to leave their homes for their safety. “We began evacuation[September 23] at about six or seven,” said volunteer Jane Ramey. Initially, the evacuation [...]

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Taking On A New Scene

Taking On A New Scene

Traveling across the world to an entirely new environment can be very new, frightening and overwhelming. However, four exchange students here at BRFHS have signed up just for that. For some of the exchange students it has been a long-held hope to come to the United States. “I basically always wanted to come [to the [...]

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Tennis Season Comes To A Close

The girls tennis team works to improve their record as they move into the end of their season. Thursday, September 16, the Lady Tigers traveled to West Salem to take on the Panthers in their final conference match. The Tigers won and improved their record to 2-5. The following Saturday, September 18,  the tennis team [...]

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Meet Your New Senators

Meet Your New Senators

It’s a new year for the Student Senate with a new set of senators to get the program started. The results are in. The freshman class is represented by Kjell Bakken, Chaz Churchill, Christian Schmitt, Emily Stewart and Sheena Voge. Sophomore representatives are Nathan Helstad, Maria Lee, Martin Roundstone, Delaney Skelding and Zayta Thundercloud. The [...]

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Virtual Schooling

“It’s kind of the wave of the future. Many college classes are offered online,” said Tom Chambers. “[The goal is] to offer advanced students more opportunities of enrichment that are above and beyond what’s offered here…We [also] hope to encourage students who are choosing to take online courses through other virtual schools throughout the state [...]

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New teachers settle into new school

The new school year brings new things for many people; new clothes, new supplies and at BRFHS there are four new staff members this year, replacing business teacher Amy Yaeger, resource teacher Orv Bystol, and band director Barb Olson. The first new staff member is Tyler Schroeder. He is a student teacher with English teacher [...]

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The Latest Fall Programs: What You SHOULD Be Watching

As the school year kicks off, TV shows are starting up again too. Here are just a few that students are looking forward to this year. One of the shows that took the music department (but not only them) by storm last year was Glee. It’s about 12 kids who join Glee Club, which is [...]

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Welcome Back Mr. Chambers!

No one was sure how long our school would go without hearing German every Tuesday morning, but it wasn’t as long as it could have been. Principal Chambers was absent due to personal issues, but is back and ready to lead BRFHS once again. “I was out with an illness, so it was a medical [...]

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FCCLA Travels to The Windy City

Over the summer, the FCCLA chapter traveled to the National Leadership Convention in Chicago, Illinois.  ”In Chicago, we attended all of the general meetings, many people competed in STAR events and went to breakout sessions, “said senior Caitlin Nelson.  STAR events are a big part of the FCCLA experience. “STAR events stand for Students Taking [...]

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