Born April 25, 1981, Nick Watney has been a professional golfer since 2003. He grew up here in Dixon, attended Dixon High School for one year, and after graduating he became a professional golfer.  He attended Dixon his freshman year. Afterwards, he transferred to Davis High. After...

It is a well-known fact that the use of tobacco in professional baseball has been around since the first game was played.  This smokeless tobacco is a common discussion among people who support professional sports. Some think that allowing players to use smokeless tobacco during games is...

Help in India part one of three This is a biographical account of my missionary aid trip to India with the Dixon Living Hope Church. We first meet at the pastor office in Dixon, California, where lots of people from the church said their goodbyes to the India team. Soon, it was time to...

There were plenty of people who showed up for the 12:01 release of Battlefield 3. I went to the midnight premiere to find out just how big the game was going to be, and I was surprised to find around 30 people lined up out front of the local Gamestop by Wal-Mart. Other people went to Wal-Mart...

After slightly more than a year after the the release of the iPhone 4 it’s successor finally hit stores. The iPhone 4S, released on October 14 in North America, and on October 28 for the rest of the world, has been a big success so far. Unlike the iPhone 4, which sold out in a matter of...

The Dixon Living Hope Church offers many groups for people to receive the word of Christ. There is a “Mommy and Me” group, a group for 5th and 6th graders, a single women group, and a group called So Long Insecurity, with the goal of  helping people become secure with...

Here at Dixon High School, multiple advanced placement courses are offered for students who are interested in taking challenging classes. AP classes are rigorous, high speed courses. At DHS, there are a total of 6 AP classes that are available for juniors and seniors. These classes include AP...

There were two hardcore flash mobs the week of October 22,2011. A flash mob is when a group of people all randomly do the same thing at the same time, to either prove a point or to have fun. Young teenagers and I that took part in mob all had lots of fun being a part of this exciting...

Here at Dixon High, we have a pretty wide variety of electives to choose from. When choosing elective classes, students usually tend to select the obvious electives such as fashion, foods, art, journalism, ect. But one elective that Dixon High offers to us, doesn’t quite  stand out as...

Gum is what every student wishes to have in their classroom. But why does every student at DHS want it? Well, gum helps students be occupied, and studies show that it helps a student process what the teachers are lecturing. It seems to have become more of a con rather than a pro now, since it...

When people hear the word “rumor”, they automatically think of it as a negative offense, or a spread of false information about a person. In high school, it is very easy for people to be caught up in someone elses’ business, beacause sometimes the info or gossip is too good...