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Apr

03

2025

The End of an Era: The Poston’s Story

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Whether it be a trip before school or a run before practice, many students at Federal Hocking are familiar with our little town’s convenience store Poston’s. Originally owned by Donnie and Sue Poston, this store has been a staple of the community for 34 years, and has just recently undergone renovations after being sold to Brent and Cindy Hayes. When he was running the store, Donnie and Sue would wake up and open the store, and after an hour or so, Donnie would head back home to their farm to tend to the animals. During his hour at the store,…

Feb

10

2025

Stressed for Success

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We all have that one student in our school that studies during free time and always goes above and beyond for everything. Federal Hocking High School has plenty of them, one being Mason Bobo. Bobo moved to FHHS for his sophomore year and he is now a junior. Before coming to FHHS, Bobo attended Athens High School. Working hard in school is nothing new for him as he has worked extremely hard in school for his whole life. This year, Bobo believes that the class he does the best in is math. He is taking Algebra 2 with Paul Golter.…

Feb

05

2025

Remembering Lester Green

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On January 5, 2025, Lester A. Green Sr., a wonderful man and staple of the Federal Hocking community, passed away at the Belpre campus of Marietta Memorial Hospital. Many people within our district would know Green as a board member, putting in 19 years as a Federal Hocking Board member. During his time around Fed Hock, he was a bus driver as well as a founding member of the Athletic Boosters Association. Back in 2016, the Fed Hock football field was renamed to honor both Green and his wife, Betty. This change was brought about to recognize the both of…

Feb

04

2025

Pat Tabler from Start to End

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If you know Pat Tabler you know him as a bus driver or the nice and friendly guy walking around school. He may give you a fist bump, he may just say hi. But he is a very welcoming guy. Pat Tabler is a transportation maintenance worker and has been working at Federal Hocking for 41 years. He oversees the transportation for students from point a to point b, and arranges the transportation for extra curricular activities. Tabler went to FH. He was a well known athlete, played basketball, baseball, and football. He graduated from FH and he had a…

Jan

30

2025

The Awesome Jessica Allen

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Kind, caring, helpful, and funny: these are four words to describe Jessica Allen. Allen is the secretary at Federal Hocking High School; she has been working here for 24 years, and doesn't plan on leaving anytime soon. Allen is a mother of two daughters, Cynthia and Dominique. She also has a fiancé. She has two dogs, one Boston terrier and a pug mix, and the other is a bulldog mix. She also has a cat. In her free time she likes to spend time with her family and just chill. She enjoys going outside and feeding animals; she loves animals…

Dec

04

2024

Joyful Jarrell

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Kaitlyn Jarrell, the ninth and twelfth grade English teacher at Federal Hocking High School, was born in Gallipolis, Ohio and grew up there. She is 23 years old. Jarrell has seven siblings, she’s close with her mom and always has been. She knew she wanted to be a teacher from a young age, but she had thoughts of being on Broadway in high school. Speaking of high school she did cheer, dance, show choir, theater, Model United Nations, and track. She graduated from the University of Rio Grande with a degree in seventh through twelfth grade Language Arts Education. She…

Nov

25

2024

The Unpredictable Pickrell

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Christina Pickrell, a new teacher at Federal Hocking is very enthusiastic and is always eager to teach and spend time with her students. She obtained her BS in accounting and she was three classes away from her MBA, and also six months pregnant, so she started subbing for extra money. Pickrell decided she wanted to teach, so she went back to college to get her Master’s of Education with a Mild to Moderate intervention specialist (K-12) Certification at Notre Dame College. Pickrell always seems to click with students who need extra help. “Truth be told, I was every teacher’s worst…

Nov

06

2024

From Flight School to High School

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Evin Stotts is a three-year staff member at Federal Hocking High School. In the past year and a half that he has worked here, he has done college and career readiness. This year Stotts moved to a different job: math intervention specialist. If he were not doing the job that he is now, Stotts believes that he would still be doing what he did last year. Stotts was born in Athens, OH in January of 1996. He grew up in Nelsonville, OH until around third or fourth grade. Now, he still lives in Logan, OH with his girlfriend and dog.…

Nov

04

2024

Born to be a Teacher

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Spontaneous, kind and friendly. These are three words that would describe the best geography teacher, Lindsay Abdul-Karim. She was born in Long Island, New York on October 2, 2002. She went to school at Oceanside High School. She has been on the soccer team since she was five years old, but stopped after high school. She was part of Sports Night at her school. There were two teams in the school that are called the “White” team and the “Blue” team. Karim was part of the white team. The “Blue” team was mainly made of the popular girls and the…

Oct

16

2024

The Secret Life of Our AD

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By: FH Journalism Students Adventurous, smart, and caring; these are three words to describe Federal Hocking Local School’s Athletic Director. Stephanie Evans was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1981. However, she grew up in Southeastern Ohio, where she graduated from Eastern High School. “It’s one of those small schools where everyone knows everyone”. Becoming an athletic director was nothing surprising for Evans. She was involved in administration and she has always been involved with sports. Evans loved going to watch games and playing in them. Her father, being an official, was a great influence. Her father made sure she…