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Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
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![One of my favorite pictures from our marching band kickoff show.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_2545.jpeg)
I blinked, it’s gone
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 5, 2023
![A photo of Ellie McDowell](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_9190-900x580.jpeg)
[Photo] Ellie McDowell is trying to spread her love for writing one student at a time
Alysse Calabio, Staff Writer
• May 4, 2023
![I don't think I have ever posted a picture of me crying anywhere, so here we go](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_2539-506x900.jpeg)
I wish I could just stop crying
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 2, 2023
![Approximately 15 days until this cap and gown, and the dress underneath, marks my final outfit as a student at FHC.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_2489-507x900.jpeg)
This isn’t goodbye
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 2, 2023
![These three people are my best friends. I love all of them, and I'm going to miss them so much.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AFBC0BCE-9FCD-4AFF-A7B4-31221E8B3458-900x900.jpeg)
To the three of you
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 2, 2023
![Top: Me and Avery Moore when we were younger
Bottom: One of my senior pictures taken just outside of Castlewood, South Dakota - my home away from home](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/8D4EA448-E9C1-4A3E-AAD9-DF35CA02EAC5-900x900.jpeg)
It takes a village
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• April 19, 2023
![The album cover of "When I'm Older" by Chloe Ament](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8CBD36AE-84FB-43F8-9437-3E7CD9D371E4.jpeg)
Chloe Ament, once again, changed my playlists for the better
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• April 10, 2023
![My ugly green car and all of the things that make it unique (aka the dents and broken door handles).](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/69A3F5EE-CD9B-46DE-B1FD-31F84DFDFE3E-900x900.jpeg)
This car is the end of an era
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• March 9, 2023
![Each column less than 100 words. I can't write.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/4659670C-A6A7-4FA4-92CD-F67DB66C6464-606x900.jpeg)
[Photo] I can’t write
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• March 2, 2023
![One of the earliest pictures I have from back when the scariest thing was the monster under my bed.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/684FA5F1-E460-48E7-943E-D4B6A80DEE2D.jpeg)
I’ve always been afraid of the dark
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 27, 2023
Intro to Business Q&As: Maya Fitzgerald – Why Not?
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 27, 2023
![One of the many images posted by MSU and in support.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/92B3B874-E91C-4728-BDB7-5AFCE88A2B9B-900x886.jpeg)
When will enough be enough
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 22, 2023
![Two of my best friends and I before homecoming. I'm going to miss these two.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6F8258CF-9369-4016-8676-6896C60B97BA.jpeg)
Ada isn’t a tourist town, but for me it will be
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 9, 2023
![From the first day of kindergarten to the first day of senior year, I owe a lot of who I am to the things that made my life what it was.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/296A300C-0A04-4D2F-9650-07C9CEB6B1E2-900x900.jpeg)
A letter to the little things that played a huge role in the girl I am today
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 2, 2023
![One of the smaller moments that make my life what it is. One of the smaller moments that becomes encapsulated by the lyrics of these songs.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/3AB6CA35-AADC-4EF1-8CC6-3B121DEEB2BB.jpeg)
The lyrics that write my life
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 19, 2023
![Some of my hardest goodbyes](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1FC0FD57-40C5-4A33-9822-A84F8097BEB1-900x900.jpeg)
Life as I know it is coming to an end
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 12, 2023
![My favorite pictures from my last marching band performance at Ford Field.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8D3F4919-8982-4D14-9EFF-E8F5B7D9D56E-900x900.jpeg)
Here’s to the second half of Chapter 12
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 8, 2023
![A few picture taken on the way to get the Dairy Queen treats](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220530_213013-900x900.jpg)
[Photo] Dairy Queen’s summer menu pt. 2
Alex Smith, Staff Writer
• June 1, 2022
![The cover photos of some of my favorite stories from this year. That girl has grown, and changed. The next story is starting.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/061F9CDE-7B1F-461C-8AA7-64F89C0324DC-900x900.jpeg)
This story is over, but the series is not
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 30, 2022
![FHC Inspires Q&As: Maggie Schimeck](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_1707-900x600.jpg)
FHC Inspires Q&As: Maggie Schimeck
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 24, 2022
![FHC Inspires Q&As: Olivia Oorbeck](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_1719-900x600.jpg)
FHC Inspires Q&As: Olivia Oorbeck
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 24, 2022
![FHC Inspires Q&As: Penelope O'Meara](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_1713-900x600.jpg)
FHC Inspires Q&As: Penelope O’Meara
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 24, 2022
![FHC Inspires: Fine Arts Center, 7 pm, May 31st.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CF0E72BB-7A13-4A7E-8887-9E11731F6F53-900x508.jpeg)
FHC Inspires continues to change lives
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 19, 2022
![Love is something that makes the world go around. It makes life worth living.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/C91B33BA-8BC3-4243-AE79-6B494DB3D602-511x900.jpeg)
My love for love
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 16, 2022
![This isn't goodbye, this is simply see you later. These memories will never leave. I will be forever grateful. Thank you, Class of 2022.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1C5CA0C8-738E-4763-8A4A-5AE63587AC82-900x900.jpeg)
This isn’t goodbye
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• May 9, 2022
![A picture of my best friend, Ella, and I. We were waiting for the cars to clear out of the parking lot so we could head home.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/6A456D04-E22D-425A-AE1E-75FE51B15E81-489x900.jpeg)
A letter to my seasons
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• April 18, 2022
![The album cover as seen on Apple Music](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/84C36DE8-5FAA-4AE2-8936-E1BC1B9C544E-689x900.jpeg)
Chloe Ament unlocked some core memories with her newest EP
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• March 30, 2022
![Various pictures from the nights of the shows. I will never forget these memories.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/E5CFFB30-33E6-4C70-A165-02AAFBC21998-e1647950318641-900x812.jpeg)
A table, a royal ball, and a new love for theatre
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• March 22, 2022
![A casual picture of Maxime Larmande.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image0-1-1-900x675.jpeg)
[Photo] Maxime Larmande stays true to his own heritage while raised in a different one
Man Cing, Staff Writer
• March 21, 2022
![Various pictures of the girl I used to know and the girl I know now](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/8878CEA0-F5A8-4C78-9287-E22130A4C480.jpeg)
There is a girl I used to know
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• March 7, 2022
![Pit Stop Barbecue's store front at 6479 28th Street.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1B14134C-E516-412B-BA9F-066155595E1F-900x675.jpeg)
Pit Stop Barbecue hits the tables of FHC
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 22, 2022
![My Google Drive storage is full of words I will never let the world see.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/941D1406-A1A6-4F3F-A630-CD01D038A4E0-416x900.png)
I find my escape in words no one will see
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• February 22, 2022
![My copy of Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/859FE0B0-D1F2-45A9-AF19-D877C291B797-e1643629000438-675x900.jpeg)
Kenna’s life and my facade
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 31, 2022
![Travis (back middle) and some of his friends with their football playoff cuts](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/9E985F6D-8E4A-4496-AAA8-C59ADBA37F8D-900x675.jpeg)
Team sports don’t stop at football for Travis Bolt
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 24, 2022
![A picture of the farm my mom grew up on through one of the side mirrors of our car.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/B69B603F-6387-439A-9237-B60131CD0465-e1642652445518-675x900.jpeg)
I long to be a small town girl
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 20, 2022
![The cover of "Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8A3B29EE-0BF4-4BC3-B040-E30B703C4A67-e1642381304860-675x900.jpeg)
The lessons I learned from Aristotle Mendoza and ‘his people’
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 17, 2022
![Here is Julian Hayes pictured in the band room.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_6224-900x705.jpeg)
[Photo] Junior Julian Hayes inhales musical media and exhales art of all kinds
Meghan Kennedy, Podcast Manager
• January 17, 2022
![Me and two of my friends since childhood at Abbie's (middle) graduation party.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5A1886DA-461B-4CE7-806B-55FAD5180A79-710x900.jpeg)
Today, I realized I’m growing up
Ellie McDowell, Staff Writer
• January 10, 2022
![The six holiday themed candies I tried.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FFE9BE91-1651-4718-9B88-C4CF90ECF6DD-e1639406311663-675x900.jpeg)
The holiday versions of some of my favorites pleasantly surprised me
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• December 13, 2021
![The spirit rock outside FHC, featuring Oxford High School's school colors.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/D649A644-82CF-49C0-AFBD-1FCB84EDFA08-e1638760657184-675x900.jpeg)
I am at a loss
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• December 8, 2021
![Rebecca and Eli Lipke on the first day of school](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ABC8B30E-811C-43E3-85C8-1EF3D1CDF3F9-rotated-e1638473432293.jpeg)
Having a parent teaching in the building is an opportunity only a few students get to experience
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• December 2, 2021
![The cover of The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TLL.jpeg)
The Last Legacy has challenged me to make my mark
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 29, 2021
![TCT's The Countless Thanks 2021: Ellie McDowell](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG-5371.jpg)
TCT’s The Countless Thanks 2021: Ellie McDowell
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 23, 2021
![Typical Thanksgiving dinner](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img96o-900x900.jpg)
Chicken is the way to go for Thanksgiving dinner
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 15, 2021
![Jason Majerle and his dog, Jojo.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/599D47C8-0090-40AC-95A3-9EE1370BBFF2-900x629.jpeg)
Jason Majerle has found his love for teaching high school at FHC
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 11, 2021
![The different items on the IHOP holiday menu](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Image-1-3-1-e1636335761298-790x900.jpg)
IHOP’s holiday menu could use some revamping
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 8, 2021
![The ASC work center after school.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D4839D52-8035-47E2-AE37-A033359BD396-475x356-1.jpeg)
The Academic Success Center is changing lives
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 4, 2021
![A picture of me and my best friend, Jadelin, doing something that makes me who I am, even if I don't understand who that is yet.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image0-18-674x900.jpeg)
I still don’t know who I’m going to be
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• November 1, 2021
![Madi and her brother, Nate, posing next to a car.](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/4C5B2D48-2ED7-4A2C-8C0C-CAC4D1177545-900x564.jpeg)
Madi Evans’ relationship with her brother is unparalleled
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• October 26, 2021
![The things I wish I could say](https://thecentraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/3893DA65-2216-494F-96CA-2F9C40CADBDE-678x900.jpeg)
The things I wish I could say
Ellie McDowell, Junior Writer
• September 30, 2021
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