John Brown

Dr. Jeffrey Wigand was born in New York City in 1942 and now resides in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Currently Dr. Wigand travels the world lecturing and acting as an expert witness and doing consultant work on tobacco issues. However, his heart lies with his non-profit organization Smoke-Free Kids, Inc. He feels it is his obligation to concentrate as much energy as possible helping children of all ages to “make better decisions and healthy choices regarding tobacco use.” (Wigand) Dr. Wigand holds…

Do you ever watch football? Damir Smith did, a lot. This is a story about Damir Smith becoming one of the best NFL Quarterbacks of all time. Damir was dedicated his whole life, performed well in school even though it was challenging sometimes , and never gave up on his dream of becoming a football player. His long journey started at a very young age, but always had a very big hart. He was born September 7th , 2001 born to Jasmine and Michael Smith. His whole football career believe it or not…

“Hey, Hayley, you should stop now. You have been punching the bag for 6 hours. You shouldn’t be so hard on yourself,” Ricky told me. I did not really care what he said and kept punching the bag. “HAYLEY” Ricky yelled. “WHAT” I stopped what I was doing and yelled back. “Finally you listen,” he said with annoyance “I know being the new leader of the Black Knights is going to be tough. Even though you’re 17, you’re not the only young leaders and without parents all the other gangs have lots…

After his brother left Nava walked down the street and seen a girl named Abby Williams. She had Long chestnut brown Hair and had the most charming Blue eyes That the world had ever seen. She had on a yellow dress with white shoes. Nava walked by her just smiling to himself thinking "she's the most attractive woman I have ever seen in my life. He start to begin to…

away with a frown, he’s already being picked on, and on the first day no less. He looked over his shoulder to see someone already in the seat he was pushed into. The boy he sat next to was staring out the window, he had an undercut while his light brown bangs hung over his eyes. Armin looked closer and noticed he had earbuds in. He must not of noticed, or heard, what had happened. Armin tapped on the boy’s shoulder to get his…

Cold and dreary. This is the feeling that Ava Perkins woke up to every morning. She dreadfully got out of bed and put on her rusty slippers that were immersed in dirt. Everything Ava received was handed down to her from the other children of the orphanage. Ava's parents had left her when she was two months old. Ava always wondered why her parents didn't want her, and where could they be? Ava's daily ritual was to gaze out her shared rooms tiny window, and think about her future aspirations. Ava…

while many discuss the lives and habitats of Alaskan brown bears. The critics will often times state that the lives of these bears are changing, one critic that mentioned this was Suring, who while studying the effects on brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula, pointed out that in many areas bear populations and their habits were declining due to human encroachment and interaction. This assumption was also brought up in a special committee report for brown bears in Alaska, which mentions that while…

Wood Drive, everything was normal. All the house owners slowly sipped there coffee, and the children still slept stung in there bed. Well almost everything right outside the house of Mr and Mis Quinn was an old cheery red pickup truck that had the brown rust were the wheels and doors where stuck out like a sore thumb, as all the cars were put up for the night. The shadow of two men sat shoulder to shoulder in the small pickup truck letting the cold December air pick at there exposed flesh. …

According to Webster’s Dictionary, reveal is defined as “to make known through divine inspiration”(“reveal”). As ever human develop aging we tend to face difficulties and good times in life as, we learn to see what is good and bad. Throughout events that occur in life or even in society we are revealed to all things that we learn from. As we grow we reveal many life lessons that we live through and can affect anyone in several ways. In the novel, “Spill Simmer Falter Wither” by Sara Baume we…

If you were a teen, would you go boating by yourself? Boating is “rowing or sailing in boats as a sport or form of recreation” according to google dictionary. The article “Boating Starts Early for Many South Florida Water Kids” indicates that many children start boating when they’re little. “Parents of Rescued Teenage Sailor Abby Sunderland Accused of Risking Her Life” by Paul Harris and “Families Call Off Search for Missing Florida Teens” by CBS News are the two main articles that will be used…