A Knight in Dragonland

High school football, that is … not that prima donna NFL crap that Hank Williams Jr. likes to sing about.
On Friday, August 29, 2008, at Pekin Memorial Stadium, the Pekin Community High School Dragons open up their first season under new head coach George Kaider aginst the Richwoods Community High School Knights under their new [...]

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Congratulations to the 88 Pekin High School students who were honored on Friday morning as Illinois State Scholars and Prairie State Scholars.
What I don’t understand is why the Pekin Times article had to demean adolescents in general at the same time it was congratulating these particular students:
Rare as it is to find a sizable group [...]

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