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Remembering Jake Johnston

May 19, 2025

Nixa student Jake Johnston was supposed to graduate with the class of 2025. Video produced by Hannah Schiman

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“You have to recognize that you have a problem and it's affecting your life in a seriously harmful way, but you also have to take the steps to avoid [bed rotting] and also to put yourself out there,” Missouri State University sophomore Marielle Chu said.
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“The Help Desk at the high school is primarily students getting experience with computer repair,” David Liss, Executive Director of Technology for Nixa said. “This is accomplished with the oversight of Mr. Hill through his technology class.”
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“On some level, we're all going to have to conform to a job that we're doing,” Palomo said. “But it is also important to be yourself because, like I said, you want this to be a good fit for you as well as for the company.”
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“We definitely had our struggles in the beginning. We had a hard time getting started at the beginning of the season, but after the first competition, I think I felt pretty decent that we were going to go pretty far. In Georgia, we got second place, so going to Mississippi, I had a good feeling that we would be able to do the same, if not better.”
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“[Finis Gold] is actually the founder of sucker days,” Cayman Ott, events coordinator for the Nixa Chamber of Commerce said. “In 1957 … they would go get all the sucker fish and bring it back and have a big fish fry for the townspeople.”
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“Yes, I enjoyed it [choir],” junior Molly Vaughan said. “It was a nice experience. It can be stressful at times, but you quickly overcome those stressful times.”
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