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If you were to look in the hallway during a passing period, your eye might immediately be drawn to a figure in a furry red coat and tall sea-foam green heels working the hall as if it were a runway. This figure would be none other than Nate Kissingford, whose life is their stage.

As the Ouray School calendar winds down, students have their summer plans foremost in mind. Traveling, working, sports, and hanging out are the sought-after activities that students are looking forward to.

Morgan Joan Clark was born in Middletown, Connecticut and, after going to Ridgway school for 5 ½ years, has attended Ouray for the last 2 ½. Morgan loves fried rice and everything bagels with cream cheese, and she hates seafood: “Here's my thing,” she quipped: “Seafood can die. Which doesn’t make any sense because it’s already dead.”

Here is a list, in no particular order, of all the things I don’t like about journalism:

“In third grade,” senior Cason Joseph Coats reminisced, “we took a field trip to Mouse’s and everyone in my class ordered milkshakes and chocolates. I walked up there and said ‘can I just get a black coffee please?’ and I got my black coffee.” An old soul from a young age, Cason was born in Georgetown, Texas and moved to Ouray 10 years ago. He loves Cup o’ Noodles, Van Helsing, and drawing.

Pallen (Pal) McArdle is one of the original members of the class of 2023, attending Ouray School since kindergarten. She said that it has been “very comforting to have this community of people I’ve known forever that I can always talk to,” but now she has set her sights on the wide world.

“He’s pulled over to the side of the road to pick me up on my walks home,” said senior Cason Coats, grateful for Clifford Utech’s benevolence. “I never even ask for him to do it.”

By now everyone should know about the little town of Ouray. But what is it about this little town that makes it so cool? This town is known as a really cool town because of its location and topography. All of us in Ouray know how steep 8th Avenue is. But all the tourists that come to town are amazed that we can even live in such a place.

Horses are a big part of Anna Krickbaum's life. She enjoys spending time with them and says that they are very healing. “I first formed an interest in horses when I was 4 or 5,” Anna said. She works at a ranch Sundays and goes there “every once in a while” during the week.

Almost all of the teenagers in Ouray know about the popular third-person shooter game Fortnite. It has affected all of their lives whether they like it or not. My question is how much does it really change their personalities and are the changes beneficial or harmful for them? Fortnite has multiple features, including a creative mode that allows the players to build their own worlds and structures, a voice chat, text chat, and thousands of different game modes, with the main being Battle Royal. This was the original multiplayer game mode and remains the most popular among players.