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History of Dr Pepper

By JT Bratton and Ronnie Scott

Dr Pepper's got that fizzy bite, it has a very splendid taste and a delightful time drinking it. Dr Pepper was made back in 1885 and has a lot of history and that's what we will be talking about. Our first paragraph will be the start of greatness and where it all started, the name, and the new flavors.

The start of greatness in Waco texas. Dr Pepper was originally started in Waco Texas by Charles Alderton. Dr Pepper was started at a drug store called Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store and started because the inventor liked how fruity all the medicines smelt and wanted to make a drink like that. Out of the major soft drinks, Dr Pepper is the oldest in america.

The name Dr Pepper. The name was called “waco” after he started testing it by giving it to his owner and after he liked it he started giving it to customers at Morrisons soda fountain soon.

They liked it alot and were requesting it by saying “shoot me a waco” and he would give them the now called soda Dr Pepper but wasn't started to be called Dr pepper until somewhere around the 1950’s.

Finally, the flavors. There's a lot of flavors but the second one was red fusion in 2002 then cherry vanilla. In 2006 and 2022 berries and cream flavor and in 2009 they released cherry and heritage. From 2014-2025 they released 6 being vanilla float, dark berry, cream soda, strawberries and cream, creamy coconut, and then blackberry.

In conclusion, our topics are, the start of it and where it started, the history of the name, and the new flavors. Dr pepper is our favorite drink and is an amazing drink with a lot of flavor.

Create your own holiday: Cozy Chaos day

By Allie Janos & Chrissy Freeman

Imagine a day where joy, kindness and creativity take center stage and do a random act of kindness to bring brightness to someone's day. You can do this when you make your own holiday, it could be just for you or your family and friends or even bring it to your school.

Cozy Chaos is where things are not perfectly organized but still feel warm. When people do ridiculous things and you're multitasking, you’ll have things done faster and more fun. Soft clothes only. Bonus points for hoodies, robes, or those knitted sweaters. Snacks within arm’s reach. Embrace the mess you're not fixing everything today, cozy chaos day is about functioning emotionally in a silly little storm. During cozy chaos day you can wear soft things. You could walk bravely, you could wear your pajamas or dress up or whatever you want. Cozy Chaos day is about shaking off the seasonal gloom wearing the weirdest and mismatched comfy clothes. Also doing whatever sparks your joy even if it makes zero sense or bonding over cozy chaos. This day is for you to take a break and relax and express yourself all at the same time, and if you do this you will feel ready to start a new week where you can have fun and be yourself. You can be prepared for the new week and if you have kids you know how they are stressful,

So in conclusion, making your own holiday, like cozy chaos day, you can express yourself in your own way and have a lot of fun while doing it. Cozy Chaos Day reminds us that sometimes the best moments are the ones unplanned. We found connection, comfort, and a kind of peace only chaos can bring. A celebration of beautiful nonsense, crumb-filled joy, and a collective refusal to act our age. Same time next year April 30th 2026.

Things To Do In Summer

Ivan Cruitt

Everything in the world goes through summer except Antarctica so I'm going to show you what people in Minnesota do. I'm going to be talking about the food you eat, the places you go and activities you should do.

First is the food. Many people get hot in Minnesota's humid summers. Many people like ice cream. What better way to eat it than an ice cream truck with almost every delicious treat in the ice cream world. Another good ice cream place is Cullens ice cream shop off hanson blvd coon rapids minnesota.

Next is the fun destinations and places to visit. A very fun and awesome place is valleyfair theme park filled with many nation rated roller coasters such as wild thing, power tower, and renegade.

Another location is the Minnesota state fair. This play comes to the town of falcon heights minnesota on august 21st to september 1st. This fair has many cool eye-catching places such as food places and rides.

First is the food, many interesting and basic but delicious foods, from pickle pizza to the desserts. They have corn on the cob mini doughnuts chicken sandwiches fried pickle on a stick cheese curds chicken on a stick and also nitro ice cream.

Next is the fun activities at the state fair: rides, butterfly cage, face painting, slides, art shows, concerts, Other fun things at valley fair consist of the water park with many tall body slides and a wave pool. There is also a whole kids area called Snoopy land with many kids appropriate roller coasters and many cool statues of kids tv icons.

This is why you should visit minnesota on a summer vacation because they have many eye catching food places and amusement parks and just overall fun places to be where you maybe have never been before.

Barn Owls<3

By Jadyn Ogborn

Maybe you have never seen an Owl before, let alone a Barn Owl. If not, don’t worry! You are not alone. Many people never see these Interesting magical creatures because they are very good at being sneaky and hiding. One reason you don't really see them is because they normally aren’t out during the day. That's because of the fact that they only go out at night to hunt for their prey. Barn Owls Have Impeccable night vision, that helps when they are trying to find their pray. They are an important part of many forest habitats and one of the Best hunters. Many owls make the best hunters, Because they are very flexible, and have really good night vision, they also have the smoothest attack syles.

Barn Owls are found all over the world and on every continent except Antarctica. They have the name Barn owls for a reason, Usually the snow owls can be more found near antarctica. Barn owls require large areas of open land over which to hunt, and also be able to make sure they have all the right necessary Needs that they require to live . Barn Owls though also live in many different kinds of habitats including grasslands, deserts, marshes, agricultural fields, strips of forest, woodlots, ranchlands, brushy fields, and suburbs and cities, Which Is sometimes also make it harder for you to find them because of how many places they have to be able to hide from predators

The Barn Owl’s scientific name is Tyto alba . named for the light coloring of the body and face. And Tyto is Greek for owl. It makes a beautiful meaning and name for the owl, Owls are one of the prettiest creatures. If you are lucky enough to see one in the wild, the best way to identify a Barn Owl is by the white. The Barn Owl’s coloring and pattern helps it be able to blend in and hide from any predators, and it makes it hard for predators to identify them. Barn Owls are known as “ cavity dwellers ” meaning that they like to make small nests in places that are hollowed out or vacant (empty).

Barn Owls eat mostly small mammals , particularly rats, mice, voles, lemmings, and other rodents, they also shrews, bats, and rabbits. Most of the prey they eat are active at night, so squirrels and chipmunks are relatively safe from Barn Owls. They occasionally eat birds such as starlings, blackbirds, and meadowlarks. Nesting Barn Owls sometimes store dozens of prey items at the nest site while they are incubating their eggs to feed the young once they hatch.

Barn Owls are not a threatened species, but habitat loss has limited their population. Specifically, when forests and prairies are converted into urban places for homes and city buildings, and when old barns are removed or even large old trees are cut down these human actions decrease the amount of suitable habitat that Barn Owls and their prey can live in. Another threat to Barn Owls is the use of chemicals like pesticides

Why Retro Bowl is the best game

By Everette Larson

In this article, I will discuss why Retro Bowl is the best mobile game in years. Retro Bowl is a pixelated football game that has been a worldwide sensation since its release in January 2020.

You get to draft players, play games, make the Super Bowl and if you don't want to do all those you can sim games!! For the price of only $1, there are benefits like kick returns, snow/rain games, and the ability to edit players' names and faces, as well as the ability to edit team names and jerseys.

Retro bowl has tons of cool things you can edit, like the quarter length. You can choose 1 minute, 2 minutes, or 3 minutes. Sometimes depending on how good your QB is means the amount of times you can change the play per half.

In the home screen there is a mode called “Exhibition Game” you can choose your team play against a friend or cpu. The ratings for the teams are pretty accurate and players are somewhat realistic stat wise. You can pick between weather quarter length kickoff rules and the direction you play.

Now let's talk about Retro Bowl college. You have 5 save slots and can pick between a small number of teams and build it up to the national championship. Almost all the features are the same from retro bowl to retro bowl college. Now the newest game. It is called NFL Retro bowl 25. It is an NFL approved game and has real players and the same rules as the NFL. It is on apple arcade and costs $6 a month. I tried this game out and think it's great and has most of the good players in the NFL. I think they could adjust the ratings a little bit but it's not the end of the world. This is why I think retro bowl is the best mobile game to exist.

Best Jordan 1

By JT and Ronnie

There are so many Jordan 1’s with so many different styles and colors and it's hard to choose from. Well today we are ranking our top 3 Jordan 1’s the 3 Jordans are Lost and Found’s, Travis Scott lows, Air Jordan 1 retro high OG Patent Bred.

Our favorite Jordan 1 is the Lost and Found are some of the most iconic Jordan 1’s known. They are super well known around, lots of people like to wear them and would like to buy them. So much so that they inspired them with the first pair being made in 1985 called the “Chicago’s” and that's what inspired the lost and founds in 2022. People like famous rappers and athletes, they even made cleats that look like the lost and found.

Secondly, Lots of people like this for its bold and bright red and shiny black. It's hard to scuff them when you walk around with them. They also are pretty stylish, some people enjoy wearing them because they pair with so many outfits.

Last but not least the Jordan 1 High OG Spider Man-Across the Spider Verses. The Jordan 1 High OG Spider Man-Across the Spider Verses are a popular pick when it comes to shoes, they have a lot of fame since the Spider Man-Across the Spider Verse and with the new movie coming out.

To conclude, we love how the lost and found Jordan 1’s, patent breads, and spider verse shoes look. These are all good shoes that people enjoy to wear and go out in public and hangout with their friends with.

Lions

By: Braydon Xiong

Lions are Native to Africa and India. How you can tell the difference between a male and a female lion is the male lions grow a beard-looking fur around their head and female lions don’t. Male lions are also larger than female lions as well. In the wild female lions can live up to 15-16 years but male lions can only live up from 8-10 years.

There were lions called the Barbary lions that used to roam North Africa’s region from the Atlas mountains to egypt. Barbary lions are now extinct in the wild because people would hunt Barbary lions down and kill them. Barbary lions are now only found in the zoo but it is probably safer for them to be in the zoo then in the wild. If Barbary lions were still living in the wild today they would most likely be fully extinct by now.

The Barbary lion's scientific name is Panthera leo leo. The Romans used to use the Barbary lions to battle with gladiators. The Barbary lion was claimed to be the largest lion. The Barbary lion could weigh up to 600-660 pounds.

NEW YEARS ACTIVITIES

Keonte and Owen

Do you want to know other people's traditions for new years? Will you wait for the New Year's 12 grapes challenge if so this is the article for you. We won't be able to tell you every tradition but Keont'e and Owen

(author and co author) will tell you at least 4.

New Year's Eve “sparkling juice” toast is a tradition that occurs in homes, restaurants, and bars across the country. It commemorates the year past and rings in the new one. Sometimes, you even chug it like me.

As the sweet tradition goes, you're supposed to eat the grapes one at a time at each chime of the clock (which, honestly, sounds a bit challenging). If you can finish all 12 grapes within the minute, you'll see luck, success, and positive energy in the new year.

Also there is a thing in the philippines people wear polka dots because they say it’s their time to shine and want to stand out You may not have polka-dot apparel lying around, but if you do, this is it's time to shine. In the Philippines, people love the coin-shaped print to bring financial prosperity.

Believe it or not, eating black eyed peas and collard greens is a new years tradition. 2024-2025 was the first time I had black eyed peas but not collard greens. Black eyed peas look not very appealing to the eye

(see what I did there) but they taste pretty good.

All About Music Culture!

By Alaina Enright

Music is something most people enjoy, it can represent many things, it also can show many emotions, it can be vivid and happy, sad and mysterious, upbeat and different, music comes in all other genres. In this article, I'm going to be going over some of the different kinds of music worldwide. How many genres are there? It would be almost impossible to know how many music genres there really are, but some of the most popular of them are, grunge, rock, pop, indie, rap, jazz, lo-fi, and so many more. (https://www.musicgenreslist.com/) But how does music connect with the world you may ask, music can be brought to life anywhere with anything, whether it's singing, playing an instrument, or even just tapping cups on the table. Some people listen to music when they're sad, or something upsets them, and some people listen to music while they work or are at school.

Let's talk about how music is related to certain cultures, a lot of music connects to certain parts of the Latin part of America, Hispanic and Spanish music is just one of the fun vibrant feelings of music, that is heard all over the parts of America and is just such a beautiful genre of music. One of the most important aspects of the Hispanic culture is its music. Music is a central part of life for many Hispanics and plays an important role in many celebrations and festivals. Flamenco is the most well-known type of traditional Spanish music and is recognized worldwide as a symbol of Spanish culture. Flamenco music originated in the southern regions of Spain, specifically Andalusia and Murcia. (https://www.trala.com/resources/how-music-brings-people-together)

As we learn more about music's connections to different cultures, let's discuss how music can connect to people's everyday lives. Music and culture have always had a close relationship. Long before recording equipment, music symbolized who people were and how they related to one another. Today, music continues to impact our lives and express the values, traditions, and conflicts within and between communities. Music connects people in many ways, whether liking the same artists or so much more.

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