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The Lamplighter Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Lexington, KY
Issue Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009 Issue: April 2009 Last Update: Saturday, May 02, 2009
  • Newspaper Connects Uganda and PLD

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Holly Brucken

    Life in rural Africa is nothing like life in America. While families in the U.S. have countless luxuries, some in Africa find themselves in extreme poverty. They live with no clean water, almost no mo

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  • Jason Mraz Review

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Melissa Simon

    “I’m yours.” Jason Mraz’s hit single that titled his tour, and also put him on the map as an artist, was one of the biggest crowd pleasers on Sunday April 26th. This was Jason Mraz’s first headline to

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  • The Classic

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Alex Riggs

    The article highlights the classic American muscle car belonging to senior Steven Willis

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  • The Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Katie Kraska

    Feelings of both joy and grief were felt at the Rolex eventing competition this year. Women swept the competition placing first, second, and third, but the death of an experienced equine competitor, K

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  • Peer Mentoring Program a Win-Win Situation

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Jennifer Grasch

    Senior Laynie Boland is one of several students who serve as peer mentors in Dunbar’s special education classrooms. Peer mentors work with mentally and physically challenged students under the superv

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  • Bulldogs Take a Bite Out of The Big Apple

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Leah Yingling

    While the most of Dunbar’s students were CATS testing last week, twenty-eight seniors spent the week catching subways and climbing the Empire State building in the Big Apple.

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  • Swine Flu Sweeps Mexico

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Parvathy Murukurthy

    There is something clearly wrong when a disease begins to be spread human to human when it began as animals to humans. It’s mutating! The problem: For those of you who remember getting the “flu shot,”

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  • Softball Season

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Ellen Rehm

    The Dunbar Softball team is getting close to districts and state. With many games already won, they team is only improving.

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  • Marketplace Mayhem

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Kelsey Bone

    Doors opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, April 22, to a line hundreds of customers long, all waiting for the unveiling of the new Kroger Marketplace. Situated adjacent to the old Kroger grocery store

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  • Students Give "FAME" to Teachers

    Thursday, April 30, 2009 By: Annalise Michael

    The FAME awards is a program that allows high school seniors to nominate a teacher, coach or any mentor that has impacted them over their high school career.

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Life in rural Africa is nothing like life in America. While families in the U.S. have countless luxuries, some in Africa find themselves in extreme poverty. They live with no clean water, almost no mo
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Senior Laynie Boland is one of several students who serve as peer mentors in Dunbar’s special education classrooms. Peer mentors work with mentally and physically challenged students under the superv
full story 
The huge event at the end of many students’ calendar, filled with joy, glamour and of course chaos, is rapidly talking over the halls of Dunbar High School. You guessed it: PROM! With the craze of pro
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"Personal Ads" for prom...
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Cinco de Mayo is a regional holiday in Mexico that celebrates the Mexican army’s defeat of the French forces in the Battle of Puebla. Most people in the U.S. think it is to celebrate Mexico’s independ
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While walking down the grocery isle there is a variety of food on the shelves, many consumers choose to grab the food item and do not bother to read the back. Americans are trying to eat healthier and
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The Classic
The article highlights the classic American muscle car belonging to senior Steven Willis
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What are you going to do with the free time you have for two months this summer? Many students enjoy wasting time and relaxing, but some students want to be productive and maintain a summer job.
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Freshman year can be one of the most memorable years of school in every student’s life; it is a change from the restrictions of middle school to the freedom of high school, and is filled with memories
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