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Thanks for all of the Teen Face nominations

Thanks to the loads of people who submitted nominations for the upcoming Teen Face profile. I received more nominations this round than I’ve ever had and the students who readers suggested sound terrific. I am keeping it under tight wraps who will be the subject of my upcoming profile but if it’s not your student, fear not. As promised, I have handed over all of the submissions to the editor of the Teen page so another reporter can hopefully take… Read More »

Teen Face: I’m taking suggestions

just a reminder: I’m on tap for an upcoming Teen Face profile. Like I did with the volunteer feature, I’m taking nominations/suggestions/requests for a great student to profile. Students need not be straight A, class presidents or captain of the volleyball team (but if they are that’s OK, too). An interesting, hardworking student with a story to tell is a great nominee. Think about it and shoot me a few paragraphs about your student (where they go to school, what… Read More »

More from Teen Face Michelle Stone

A Teen Face story I wrote on Ursuline senior Michelle Stone appeared over the weekend the Press Democrat. Read it here:http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100418/LIFESTYLE/100419528 One interesting bit that didn’t fit into the story, Stone apparently took up pole vaulting as a sophomore after watching 1990’s low-budget-sci-fi-horror flick featuring Kevin Bacon. In one scene in “Tremors,” the three main characters are trapped on a cluster of rocks in the middle of the desert by a man-eating sand monsters called “graboids.” The three manage to escape… Read More »