Entertainment, Movies

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Disney’s Dumbo

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By Gianna 1.Did you know that Dumbo is Disney’s shortest film? 2. The movie was based off of a book by Helen Aberson. 3. The original film was Disney’s fourth animated film after “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Pinocchio”, and “Fantasia” 4. In the 1942 Academy Awards, the original Dumbo won an Oscar for best music and scoring of a musical picture. 5. In the original, Mrs. Jumbo is called a mad elephant as well as in the new film. 6. In the previous film, Timothy Q. Mouse encourages Dumbo to fly with help of a murder of crows … Continue reading 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Disney’s Dumbo

Donating, Food drives

Sparrow’s Nest: Please Donate!

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Recently, a team of Girls On The Run in Georgia hosted a food drive for a Sparrow’s Nest. On May 22, 2019 they took a trip there after school to deliver the canned foods. But when they went, they came back sad because of the shelves. Continue reading Sparrow’s Nest: Please Donate!

Climbing

Mount Everest Becomes a Trash Can

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by Gracie Jane Climber Dragana Rajblovic says that you don’t a need a map to climb Mount Everest. Just follow the trash. After years of climbing, our favorite mountain is covered with trash. That’s right. Mount Everest is a trash can. Over the decades, garbage has been left behind on this beloved climbing area. Even bones have turned up on Mount Everest. In February, China even banned non-climbers to descend in an effort to reduce the numbers of unwanted trash. Luckily, some heroic and fit volunteers have started an almost impossible clean-up. 3 tons or 6,613 pounds of rubbish have … Continue reading Mount Everest Becomes a Trash Can

Hurricanes, Natural Disasters

Hurricane Michael’s Impact

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By Gracie Jane Hurricane Michael struck Florida in October 7th-16th, 2018. In this article, you’ll find the impact and ways to help survivors. Florida’s Devastation:  Florida got hit hard. Port St. Joe, a town there, left the town and it’s neighbors covered under water. In 2016, Matthew looked bad. In 2017, Irma left Matthew looking like an ant. Well, Michael is an angry elephant if you thought Irma was terrible. Toucan’s is a restaurant at Mexico Beach in Florida. Or… a former restaurant. Toucan’s roof got torn off during the hurricane. Sad is an understatement. The flooding began later. You … Continue reading Hurricane Michael’s Impact

Entertainment

Christ in a Dance World: Part 2

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Remember the latest article Christ in a Dance World? Remember how I left you guys with only half of the show, needing more? Well, here’s part 2! Get ready to experience the other half of Come Alive! So we left off after Real Love, didn’t we? After that, we approach Faith performed by Barbara Coleman and Christina Godwin herself, where they do a really cool tap number. Then there is A Million Dreams, where there is a lot of dancing and 3 wonderful girls singing. Now we are hitting Never Enough, a beautifully sung by Gail Flexer, your real estate … Continue reading Christ in a Dance World: Part 2

Entertainment

Christ in a Dance World

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By Gracie Jane Are you ready to go backstage during the dress rehearsal of Come Alive!? Come Alive! is a production show put on by Christina’s Dance World at the Ritz Theatre at Brunswick, Georgia. It will show dancing, singing, guest appearances, and worshiping God all in one show. Backstage, you can find the cast waiting for their turn to dance and backstage hands helping them fix their accessories and giving them props. As soon as you enter the world of the show, you will see magnificent dancers dancing around, making it a performance you cannot miss. Christina Godwin, the … Continue reading Christ in a Dance World

Fun Stuff

Fun French Facts

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by Gracie Jane Do you want to hear some facts about France that’ll blow your mind? Well, if you do, you’ve come to the right place. Maintenant pour les faits! On April Fool’s Day don’t be surprised if you find a fish on your back. Children run around with paper fish, sticking them on the backs of unsuspecting people. This is one of the many pranks part of Poisson D’avril. France has 12 different time zones, more than ANY other country in the world! Thanks to all of their land scattered across oceans, this fact is true. There was only … Continue reading Fun French Facts

Sports

Running for a Hospital

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By Gracie Jane On Saturday, January 26, 2019, the Wolfson Children’s Challenge took place. In Jacksonville, Florida, teams of runners gathered up to run a relay of 34 miles, also a 55K. The teams raised money for the Wolfson Children’s Hospital.   One of the teams, Iron Oaks, had 6 divided teams, one of which was made entirely out of kids. Chase B., one of the 55 honored kids who were served at the hospital, ran his first 5K that day. The fastest kid runner on Iron Oaks’ kids team was Liam K. Jonathan R. was one of the fastest adults. … Continue reading Running for a Hospital

Entertainment

Mary Poppins is Back!

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By Gracie Jane We probably all know about Mary Poppins Returns by now. It made its way into theaters right before Christmas, and is a great sequel to the classic book and movie. I bet everyone who saw the movie Mary Poppins as soon as it came out witnessed the miraculous audio animatronic bird that was a mechanical miracle.Who knows what Mary Poppins is up to in the time beyond the 8 books? First we meet up with Michael and Jane Banks, the children we loved in the first movie. But now, they’re grown up and Michael has children! We … Continue reading Mary Poppins is Back!