All posts by Brian Winkel
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Main Street preps for holiday shoppers
As we come to December, the Cedar Falls main street is starting to decorate. Recently, Whimsical Twist, which is run by Candice Warby, went around...
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Back to Beijing: Junior Recalls Life in China, Plans to Return
Outside of family vacations around the continental United States, most families don’t get to see the world beyond their television sets. Most American kids grow...
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Emergency response group ready to assist
CPR Certified Teachers Ashley Bass Troy Becker Josh Carnelley Jane Carter Rachelle Compton Matt Flaherty Ron Hoofnagle Judy Kolbeck Karen Miller Lynn Patterson Chris Phillips Brad...
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Real life art
Student’s art is so realistic, people often mistake her drawings as photographs. Rachel Green shares her talent. Rachel Green, a senior, has a passion for...
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Hansel adopts new child from China
After a year of waiting, business teacher Mike Hansel welcomed a new baby boy into his and his wife’s home. They named the little one-year-old...
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Grout Museum features teen heroes
A new exhibit entitled The White Rose at the Grout Museum in Waterloo focuses on leadership, determination and above all, human morals. In the 1940s...
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Pros and Cons of Senior Skip Day
I wholeheartedly agree with the inspiring statement: “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” After all,...
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French students prepare for trip
Summertime brings heat, green scenery, sleeping in and for some CFHS world language students, a trip to France. “I’m very excited to go to a...
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Spending retirement with grandchild, Croatt promises to continuing teaching
True teacher life: 14 years of teaching 24 years of nursing taught at Cedar Falls High School for one year taught at Malcolm Price Lab for...
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Adopted senior finds her biological family
For her whole life, senior Nicole Jeffrey, has known she was adopted. She always felt the desire to know who her biological family was. Finally,...
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30 students square off in Holmes chess tournament
Thirty Holmes Junior High students recently squared off in a chess tournament in ninth-grade science teacher Maria Hoekstra’s classroom during Tiger Time. The winner was seventh-grader Alexander Fuchtman who...
