Denis Johnson

A contractor was hired by the city to trim some pine trees outside city council to touch up the area. However there were bald eagle nests up in the tree and when he trimmed it those nests they fell to the ground and the chicks died upon hitting the ground. In the nests there were a number of feathers and those were suppose to be taken by the government to be given to native americans for their headpieces. The problem was that some bystanders knew that bald eagle feathers are worth a pretty penny…

Killing Lincoln; The Shocking Assassination that Changed American Forever by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard discusses on the collaboration and assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. In the first part of the book, many battles and plans of the Union and the Confederacy are examined. The war lasted for 4 years. The president for the union was Abraham Lincoln and the confederate president was Jefferson Davis. The generals that were in charge were Ulysses S. Grant and Robert e. Lee. The war…

Lima, Ohio is a small, industrial town of just around 40,000 people, located between Dayton and Toledo on I-75. If you were to go to Lima, Ohio and ask who the greatest basketball player ever was you would get one name, Greg Simpson. Greg Simpson's story was that of success and failure. There was nothing stopping him from success, but himself. He was his own poison during his college years. He was featured in the Lima News as an eighth-grader at West Junior High. He garnered coverage due to his…

2008). The group of AC/DC got along pretty good, yes their were some struggles along the way, they got along so well because a couple of them were brothers, and they were all crazy. The members of AC/DC consisted of Phil Rudd who played drums, Brian Johnson who led vocals, Angus Young with the guitar, Cliff Williams at bass, and Malcolm Young who played guitar. The former members of the AC/DC band consisted of Simon Wright at the drums, also Chris Slade at drums, Ronald Belford or Bon Scott…

“Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds,” was quoted by the most famous NBA basketball player around Dubois County, Larry Bird (Top). The “three point king” did not always live the greatest life. In fact, the beginning of his life started rough. Even though Larry Bird may have had a rough childhood, he kept working hard and never gave up to become the person he is today. According the Salem Press, a publishing company, Larry Joe Bird came into this world…

A telltale sign of a good story is when one can identify and relate with the characters. Shakespeare is known as one of the absolute best at creating flawed characters that are still worth caring for. It’s difficult to connect with real people and fictional characters alike when they present themselves as flawless, because human beings aren’t perfect and they relate and bond over these imperfections. One of Shakespeare’s greatest yet most troubled characters is Othello; a courageous man, blind…

time. He was one of the very few players that changed the game. When he played he electrified the court giving him sense power making him seem like he can do anything on the court. Dr.j went up against some of the Nba’s greatest players like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Clyde Drexler and embarrassed them by dunking on them because of his ridiculous athleticism. While he was playing there was no one that could guard him. He was an unstoppable force that dominated almost every aspect of…

“Oh Captain! My Captain!” is about a son who is attempting to inform his father about good news, unaware that his father has just passed away in a battle. Walt Whitman, the author of “Oh Captain! My Captain!” laments over the loss of his hero, Abraham Lincoln and viewed him as the greatest president in United States History. Whitman saw a “grand tragedy that promised ultimate purgation and unification for America” in the death of Lincoln (Reynolds). Because of this view on President Lincoln,…

1. After the Civil War, slaves struggled to define their newfound freedom and what they would do with it. Even though they were technically “free,” the Andrew Johnson administration allowed white Southerners to take away the former slaves new found freedom, creating problems for the former slaves. At first, freedmen were going to be assigned some vacant land in hopes they would be able to start a new life of farming on their own lands. This was quickly taken away from them, forcing them to fall…

Brooke herbst Lincoln The year was 1865, it was January and about two month after Abraham Lincoln had been reelected as the president of the United states; the Civil war had been going on for 4 years. It was a difficult time to be president, yet Lincoln took it in strides. He was loved by everyone and could have easily taken the fastest less opposed path to peace, but he had other plans. He planned to abolish slavery and end the war. All of the above described about the 16th president 's life…