1 Volume 74 Issue 7, April 8th, 2016 Table of Contents Get in the car! Page 2 By Beatriz Bernini but it’s right there that pean parameters. With you can find all kinds of the really thin streets, Looking forward -Mulch Fundraiser people, and just turn the modernization need- to know a little bit more th right and 5 Avenue is ed to adapt quickly to about United States’ his- -Garden Corner shining with all the dif- host college students tory, I decided to do a ferent brands that you and tourists all over the week road trip with 80 Page 3 could possibly imagine. world. The Harvard other exchange students Central Park is just like Yard is right there in a -Haunted Locaons to Washington D.C., in the movies, people do block between the Bos- New York and Boston. run there and have pic- tonian traffic and the Page 4 Our first stop was nic with their friends movement of people. at Washington D.C. -Flooding and family. There are It’s really hard to see From the suburbs I not as many monuments any of the Harvard stu- could already see the -Youtube and Televi- as the Capital, however dents with Harvard out- majestic and power that sion the 9/11 one is there, fits, the tourist that make the government wants to packed with emptiness this market grows. Bos- show. As soon as you Page 5 and sadness. The Memo- ton is also where get to the mall, a ton of rial by itself is beautiful Dunkin’ Donuts Compa- governmental buildings -So ball but bring all the tears ny were founded, so if appears. Also monu- back. you find a Starbucks, -Baseball ments, museums and Boston is known God bless you! memorials. For every for its cuisine and col- Page 6 war that U.S. had you leges. The city was de- can read every single -Video Games veloped with the Euro- name of the soldiers that Page 7 fought for their flag. The silence through those -Pee Wee Herman memorials reign, re- specting all the pain and -Cool Pet Ideas blood poured in the Page 8 fields. If you want to go -Ask The Fode shopping, New York City is the place. It’s true that you can hurt your eyes just walking through Times Square, 2 LHS Athlec boosters gather funds by selling mulch By Gavin Morris bag) and Black mulch ($4 per bag). tling team uses the fundraiser to LHS athletic programs are This fundraiser has been help pay for their hotel rooms that successful in the past and this will they stay in when competing rather starting up the mulch fundraiser again this spring. The order dead- be the 6th year. Last year they than parents donating money. line is April 22nd and the mulch raised around $4,500. This year the The mulch is brought from fundraiser hopes to raise $5,000 or the Smith Brothers to the High will be delivered on May 6th and 7th. The orders will be delivered more. School to be delivered. A couple of and an option to have them spread Originally, the fundraiser students, or parents, are bringing was for the wrestling team, but trucks to load it up and deliver to it for you at no additional cost. The mulch will be supplied by Smith since, the fundraiser raised more people who ordered the mulch. Brothers, selling 2 different kinds, than they needed, and is now for Natural Brown mulch, ($3.75 per other athletic programs. The wres- The Garden Corner: Growing your own crops By Draven Beans grower. Good things to grow are shrubs or potted plants, you may Nowadays people like to be gourmet garlic, herbs and unique want to make an appearance at lo- house plants like aloe, bamboo and cal festivals and events. able to just go buy their fruits, ber- ries and vegetables at the store. bonsai trees. There are plenty of I you don’t want to or are They don’t like to grow their own others that you could grow and not unable to sell at these locations, food or just simply don’t know how to mention on a small amount of then you can set up a roadside stand land too. if you live near a busy road. The easy it is. What consumers do want however, is to save money. Not on- Once you pick out what roadside stand method most likely ly do they want to save money but plant, tree, etc. that you are going will only be generously productive they want to make money. If you to be growing, you want to find in the summer and early fall when are one of the many who want to your market. To start you could tourists and travelers will pass make money like Bala Fodor does, fork out a little money and put an through. If you are selling plants you are reading the right article. advertisement in the local shopper that are to be planted, you should The first thing that you want or newspaper. If you don’t have the expect to sell mainly during the to do is pick something to sell that money to spend to do this then you spring and early summer or when- is in high demand or will be in high can go straight to the next step ever they are meant to be planted. demand but it also must not be in which is to go to a nearby farmers Now with all of this great market or you can go to several. If knowledge, go out and make your- high production. Having a niche crop makes you stand out as a you are growing bushes, trees, self some money. 3 Spooky happenings and locaons in Ashland county By Megan Ryals reported seeing handprints on the their rooms. trunks or backs of their vehicles Even though it’s not Hal- Katotawa Creek - The that were not previously there. loween, it is still fun to explore creek near the site of Katotawa Many have reported a heavy or om- haunted places in your free time. Community Club (formerly the inous feeling around the tunnel. Here are some favorites. Riddle School) is said to be haunt- Orbs and mists allegedly show up Brookside West Park - ed by an Indian by the name of Ka- in photographs taken at the tunnel. The area around an old bridge just totawa. Katotawa was killed and southeast of the pond is said to be Landoll's Mohican Castle beheaded by a white settler who haunted by a girl who was hanged - The land that the castle was built thought a good Indian was a dead in the adjacent wooded area. on was previously the site of an Indian. His head was then thrown Screams can sometimes be heard English/German church. At some into the creek. Katoawa's body was coming from the woods, along with point in the 1800s, the church dis- buried on a hill near the Riddle the sound of something heavy be- puted over which language to speak School. Katotawa's headless ghost ing thrown into the pond. during worship services. The Eng- is now said to haunt the creek at lish won the dispute. The Germans night. Mohican State Park - The decided to dig up the bodies of their Park is said to be haunted by an Perrysville Haunted relatives buried in the cemetery and Indian looking to kill his next vic- House - There is an abandoned move them to another location tim. An asylum occupied the park house in Perrysville that no one has down the road. Not long after that, in the 1800s and a mysterious light lived in for long periods of time the church mysteriously burned to has been seen there for over 20 due to the paranormal activity. The the ground. The current owners of years. home is reportedly haunted by a the site have been plagued by fires young woman who was murdered Haunted Tunnel - Just off ever since acquiring the property in by her jealous boyfriend. Her im- Route 42 on Township Road 1536 1991. None of the fires were ever age appears in the window and is a haunted tunnel. Legend says officially solved. Some believe the mysterious groaning sounds have that if you stop just inside the tun- land is cursed. Guests of the resort been heard. One couple who had nel heading west, turn off your have reported seeing a girl wearing purchased the home began renova- headlights and put the car in neu- a blue dress in the graveyard. Peo- tions, only to abandon their half - tral, your vehicle will be pushed or ple have reported hearing crying in finished project and flee. pulled through the tunnel even the cemetery and pool building at though the ground is completely night. Guests have also reported flat. Some eyewitnesses have even seeing Civil War era soldiers in 4 Major flooding in the south By Jordan Washington that goes through the state crested in Hammond Louisiana has at just over 21 feet, this is the opened gates and is now releasing In the past 3 weeks there highest it has been since tropical 1.5 million gallons of water per has been major flooding down storm Allison in 2001. Thousands second. By releasing all of this wa- south in the states of Texas, Ala- of homeowners in north and cen- ter it will help bring the water lev- bama, Mississippi, Georgia and tral Louisiana have lost their el down getting all the water off Louisiana.