The Old Post SentinelIssue 1 Volume 93 Vincennes Lincoln High School’s student newspaper...since 1924 September 5, 2015

Community service class now offered at LincolnBy ANASTASIA SHARP-

KELLER

OPS staff writer

Vincennes Lincoln High

school has a new class this

year. The community service

class, taught by Tanya Stoll,

has students getting involved

in the community.

Stoll was approached by

Principal Steve Combs to

teach this new class because

of Stoll’s success with the

Random Acts of Kindness

club at Lincoln.

RAK first began six years

ago when a group of stu-

dents wanted to make a dif-

ference. RAK has lead blood

drives, participated in tor-

nado clean ups, and con-

ducted fundraisers for

individuals with leukemia

and emphysema.

Currently, ten juniors and

seniors are involved in the

community service class.

These students can earn up

to two high school credits if

they complete the required

hours of service and partici-

pation in the class.

Currently, the class is col-

lecting baby and family

items for the Tecumseh-Har-

rison Principal Jono Connor

and his wife Jessica. Jono’s

sister-in-law, Bessie Connor,

served as a surrogate for

Jono and Jessica and gave

birth to twin girls on Aug 28.

RAK has received several

baby items, such as clothes

and toys. A pack-and-play

toy set was also donated for

the cause.

“I’m surprised by how

many things have been do-

nated!” said junior Haleigh

Hipsher. “The babies will

never run out of clothes!”

The class is also helping a

meal train to provide meals

for the families. They will

soon begin biweekly visits to

the Colonial Assisted Living

Community to do many ac-

tivities with the residents.

Hipsher is looking forward

to the many acts of service

the group will do.

“I would like to accom-

plish several things to help

out the community, from

raising money to collecting

items or doing a clean-up.”

The community service

class plans on teaming up

with many organizations

within and outside the school

system.

Stoll said,“Getting students

involved in serving their

community will foster a life-

long process of serving in a

world where people need to

be willing to look past doing

everything for themselves

and put others first.”

“This class has changed

my attitude and the way I

look at people in my com-

munity,” said senior Jasmin

Mares.

Early College for an early start

By HANNAH WILLIAMS

OPS staff writer

This year, 197 students are

participating in the Early Col-

lege program at Lincoln High

School. Students have the

chance to receive college

credit for 30 courses over the

entire year. Eventually the ul-

timate goal is for students to

complete their first year of

college and to receive a 30

credit-hour certificate.

Lincoln is teaming up with

Vincennes University to cre-

ate the best program possible

for students to receive college

credits while still in high

school.

Principal Steve Combs said,

"It creates a pathway and a

goal for students to achieve."

According to Kim Neal,

Early College coordinator,

most sophomores, juniors,

and seniors participating in

the Early College program are

taking six to 12 credits this

year. The students in the pro-

gram save significant amount

of money on tuition. In this

program, each credit hour

ranges from $25-$75, while

each regular credit hour costs

$164.56 on VU’s campus. A

three-credit hour course

taught at LHS could save a

student $418.68.

The class of 2017 will be

the first class to have stu-

dents completing the goal of

the 30-credit hour certificate.

Junior Britton Dudasko is

taking American Studies,

precalculus and trigonome-

try, and speech as college

credit courses. For her, the

biggest challenge concerning

the Early College program

are that the already difficult

classes are also "still hard on

the wallet," Dudasko said.

Dudasko is looking for-

ward to completing the pro-

gram because it will put her

a step closer to her goal of

being an English major. She

plans to attend VU after grad-

uating Lincoln.

The 30-credit hour certifi-

cate is an opportunity that not

every high school offers.

Lincoln is VU’s seventh part-

nering school, and there are

13 in the state.

"We hope to add an associ-

ates degree in the near future.

We're continually going to be

looking to expand our offer-

ings," Combs said about the

future of Early College.

New faces at Lincoln in the new school year

From left, junior Jenna Cummins, senior Courtney VanMatre and junior Abigail Fred-

erick sort through donations for the community service class’s Connor Care Package

project. The class collected and sorted donations of baby items for VCSC employees

Jono and Jessica Connor, who recently became parents to twin girls born via surro-

gacy. OPS staff photo.

By RACHELLE WILLIAMS

OPS staff writer

Here at Lincoln high

school there are four new

faces walking around the

halls. Every school year

brings additions to the fac-

ulty and staff.

Cheryl Clemens, a veteran

VCSC teacher, has joined

the Lincoln staff. She has

worked for VCSC since

1987.

"My favorite part about

working with VCSC would

have to be the students! I

have had many students who

have stopped by my class-

room at LHS just to say

‘hello’ again,” said Clemens.

Kellie Cargal isn’t neces-

sarily new to Lincoln’s halls,

either. This is Cargal's first

year working with VCSC,

but she is an alumna from

Lincoln. Cargal is now

working in the office as a so-

cial worker, helping students

with issues like attendance.

"This is actually the first

office I have been able to

claim as my own," said Car-

gal.

Emily Heller is a new art

teacher at Lincoln and was

in art herself in high school.

She found out mid-May she

would be teaching here at

Lincoln.

Lincoln is well known for

its spirit and dedication, and

the new teachers know that

as well. Some of their rea-

sonings on choosing Lincoln

were because of those two

characteristics.

"I chose Lincoln for their

dedication to the arts, and

the esteem of its teachers"

Heller said.

Cargal added, “I had a

great experience at Lincoln

during my own high school

years, and you can’t beat the

school spirit here."

Jennifer Craig is also a

new face around the halls.

Craig is an English teacher

and had student- taught for

two years before becoming a

full-time teacher.

All of the new teachers said

that they have felt welcomed

at Lincoln since they have ar-

rived.

"Everyone I have met so

far is very friendly and help-

ful," said Craig.

All of the teachers seem

very pleased with becoming

a full-time teacher at Lin-

coln. They also have goals

set for the school year. Not

many of the students here

know them well yet, and

they all agreed getting to

know the kids is their top

priority.

Jennifer Craig, left, speaks to students in her world liter-

ature class on Wednesday. Craig is a new member of

the English department this year. OPS staff photo.

“This class has

changed my atti-

tude and the way I

look at people in

my community.”

-Jasmin Mares

HOMECOMING PARADE

ENTRIES SOUGHT

This year’s homecoming

events will be held on Oct. 2.

As per tradition, the homecom-

ing parade will start at 3:45

p.m.

Any present-day Vincennes

Community School Corpora-

tion group, club, team, or or-

ganization as well as related

alumni groups are invited to

enter the parade. However, no

commercial or political entries

will be allowed. Anyone inter-

ested in submitting an entry

may contact Shea Duke.

Deadline for entry is Sept.

25. The contact person of the

group will be notified of their

exact curb numbers for parking

location on Monday, Septem-

ber 28.

Duke asks that the following

information be sent to her: the

name of team, club, class, or

organization, the contact per-

son’s email and a phone num-

ber, and the type of

vehicle/trailer combination.

This information can be sent

to Duke at

dukes@vcsc.k12.in.us. If

email is not possible, please

call 812-882-6107 and leave a

message with the above infor-

mation.

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Question of the Week: What are you looking forward to this school year?

“I want to do good insports and have goodgrades all year.”

Louis Pricefreshman

“This school year I am look-ing forward to supportingour school’s extracurricularactivities and participatingin them as well.”

Katie Lunsfordjunior

“I’m looking forward to

going all out for home-

coming and basketball

spirit weeks.

Sophia Lane

senior

“I am excited for the out-come of the marching bandseason and the upcomingseason of winter drumline”

Dalton Crabtree

sophomore

Working part-time puts

stress on studentsBy BETHANY EVANS

OPS staff writer

On January 25, 2013, Carrie

Coppernoll published “1 in 4

high school students work,

U.S. Census finds, including

many in Oklahoma to support

families,” in Newsok. Her

findings show about 3.1 mil-

lion students 16 or older are

working nationwide. Some

for extra cash and others to

pay bills. Whatever the situa-

tion is, these students have to

balance work and school. Di-

viding time for studies, work,

social, and personal time can

put a lot of stress on a person.

However there are both

pros and cons to having a job

as a student. An obvious ben-

efit is the paycheck for extra

cash in pocket for the needs

and wants in the world.

Students can beef up their

college resume by demon-

strating multitasking skills

and handling responsibility.

Some jobs even help the stu-

dent develop skills physically,

socially, and mentally.

However, there can be a

downside to having a job

while in school. Some jobs

leave little free time to study,

resulting in lower grades. It

can also kill a personal social

life, and can simply just ex-

haust a student worker.

Students under 18-years-old

can work twenty-five hours

maximum a week in the state

of Indiana. This could be

great for a student that has

quite a load of homework;

however some jobs still work

a student until about 9 p.m. or

9:30 p.m. on a school night.

Students are probably going

in at 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. but that

still leaves hardly enough

time for completing all their

homework. By the time the

student gets home from their

part-time job, they may need

a shower or eat dinner while

still getting enough sleep for

the next school day. If the stu-

dent is good at organizing,

then this could be no problem

for them at all.

Sometimes when there are

exams to study for and six as-

signments for every class are

due at once, the world just

seems to cave in. With little

time to oneself, the stress may

be overwhelming.

It is not a bad idea for a stu-

dent to have a job as long as

it doesn’t overwhelm them.

There needs to be a balance,

or else they may crash and

fall. School is important, and

the world revolves around

money, but the health of a stu-

dent is more important.

ODU banners part of

a bigger problemBy MACEy tIGHE

OPS staff writer

On August 24, 2015, the

Sigma Nu Fraternity of Old

Dominion university hung

three sexually suggestive

banners that read "rowdy

and fun hope your baby girl is

ready for a good time,”

"Freshman daughter drop

off", with an arrow pointing

to the front door and "go

ahead and drop off mom too.”

Images of the banners have

since gone viral.

According to a report by

Fox News, university Presi-

dent John r. broderick has

said he is "outraged" over the

banners and the incident

would be investigated "im-

mediately.”

"I said at my State of the

university address that there

is zero tolerance on this cam-

pus for sexual assault and

sexual harassment," said

broderick. "any student

found to have violated the

code of conduct will be sub-

ject to disciplinary action."

The ODu Student govern-

ment also addressed the signs

in a Facebook message as

well, speaking against the

banners.

The fraternity was sus-

pended from taking part in all

activities.

Sexual assaults upon

women on college campuses

have become a huge topic.

Several colleges, including

those in New york and Cali-

fornia, have adopted a "yes

means yes" policy of consent

for sexual interactions

amongst students.

The university of Colum-

bia might need to take on this

policy, seeing as in April of

2014, there were 23 Colum-

bia and barnard students fil-

ing complaints on how the

university mishandled sexual

assault cases, according to a

Time article. A major case in-

volves Emma Sulcowicz, a

now former student of Co-

lumbia university, who said

that she and two other women

reported the same attacker.

you might remember

Sulkowicz from the "Carry

your Own Weight" move-

ment, in which Sulcowicz

carried the same mattress she

was assaulted on around the

school and even on gradua-

tion day, claiming she would

carry it as long as she was in

the same school building as

her attacker.

Sulkowicz’s attacker was

never punished for his ac-

tions.

While I am ecstatic to know

that Old Dominion university

is taking matters into their

hands to address sexual as-

saults and harassment by pun-

ishing the Sigma Nu chapter,

I believe more universities

should be working to prevent

these assaults on their stu-

dents before they happen. If

more universities listened to

these students, did more in-

vestigating, and disciplined

those who needed it; hope-

fully the rate of sexual as-

saults will go down.

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By IAN ROGERS

OPS staff writer

"The Mega Man Legacy

Collection" is a compilation

what is considered the golden

age of Capcom's long-run-

ning series, as well as a cele-

bration of the history of the

character, and the 28-year

legacy left by the granddaddy

of platforming shooters that

dates back to the beginning of

gaming as a whole.

The game features faithful

reproductions of the series'

origins, with the original six

Mega Man games from the

Nintendo Entertainment Sys-

tem. The collection will re-

mind long time fans of why

they loved Mega Man so

much, and introduce new-

comers to what made the

games and Mega Man so

popular and iconic in the first

place.

In addition to the six Mega

Man games, the collection

features new ways to experi-

ence the classic side-scrolling

fun of the games in new ways

with Museum Mode, a new

Challenge mode, and leader-

boards. Challenge Mode

remixes gameplay segments,

with plenty of scaling diffi-

culty to make some of the

more difficult levels a real

Challenge, or some of the

easier levels harder, as well as

objectives for experienced

players to conquer, but still

serving as a good starting

point for new players wh

have not have played any of

the games.

Museum Mode contains a

comprehensive collection of

the games history, high reso-

lution art, and original con-

cept art from the games

development team and cre-

ators, as well as the ability to

fight any robot master or boss

you want to which is good for

making a strategy to fight

them in the real game, and

put your high scores against

others across the world.

For me, the best part was

getting to relive the joy of

playing the games I enjoyed

as a kid. I also appreciate the

work and effort that went into

making the games.

However, playing with the

keyboard on PC is not the

easiest thing to do if you're

not used to playing games on

a computer. If possible, I

would suggest getting a con-

troller to use or rebind the

controls to better work for

you.

Most of the real fun of the

game is finding its secrets,

like hidden canisters and

extra lives, and finding out

the different masters weak-

nesses and using it to your ad-

vantage. I only wish they had

included Mega Man 7,8,9,

and 10 so it could be a com-

plete collection of the original

series.

The game is an incredible

collection of the best games

to come out of Capcom in

years, and is an amazing love

letter to the series and its cre-

ators, Akira Kitamura and

Keiji Inafune. The game is

available for download on

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and

PC through services such as

Steam and is rated E for

everyone.

“The best part

was getting to

relive the joy of

playing the

games I enjoyed

as a kid.”

Review: Mega Man dons the Mega Buster once again in new collection

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FOOTBALL

Varsity

vs. Boonville, Aug. 28

35 - 18, loss

Next game: at Mt.

Vernon, Sept. 11

Junior varsity

At Boonville, Aug. 31

12-0 win

BOYS'

CROSS-COUNTRY

At Salem invitational,

Aug. 29

28 - Hayden Connor -

20:12

40 - Lukas Jones - 20:51

58 - Luke Lange - 23:13

60 - Bob Blakeslee -

23:44

61 - Curtis Crowley -

23:45

At Sullivan invitational,

Aug. 27

17 - Lukas Jones - 20:13

22 - Hayden Connor -

20:57

40 - Bob Blakeslee -

22:27

42 - Curtis Crowley -

22:53

52 - Luke Lange - 24:14

Next meet: Today at

Terre Haute Invitational

GIRLS' CROSS-

COUNTRY

At Salem invitational,

Aug. 29

5 - Kaylee Lange - 22:04

9 - Autumn Yang - 23:21

22 - Raychel Mattison -

24:22

32 - Paige Jones - 25:42

34 - Aliegha Punturi -

25:47

62 - Victoria Debrock -

33:18

Next meet: Today at Terre

Haute Invitational

VOLLEYBALL

vs. Rivet

Varsity

Rivet 21 19 25 25 15

Lincoln 25 25 17 19 11

Junior varsity

Rivet 8 13

Lincoln 25 25

SPP Classic at Lincoln

North Knox 25 10 18

Lincoln 21 25 16

Flora 14 18

Lincoln 25 25

Rivet 21 25 15

Lincoln 25 20 13

vs. Evansville Center,

Aug. 27

Varsity

Ev. Central 29 23 25 25

09

Lincoln 31 25 22 22 15

Junior varsity

Ev. Central 12 15

Lincoln 25 25

vs. Mitchell. Aug. 25

Varsity

Mitchell 10 20 25 25

Lincoln 25 25 13 27

Junior varsity

Mitchell 12 20

Lincoln 25 25

Next game: Sept. 8 at

Jasper

BOYS' SOCCER

At Northview Aug. 29,

3-0 win

Next game: Today at The

Hoosier Cup, Blooming-

ton

GIRLS’ SOCCER

At Terre Haute South

Aug. 27, 11-0 loss

Next game: Today at The

Hoosier Cup, Blooming-

ton

GIRLS’ GOLF

At Rivet Invite, Aug. 29

3rd - 347

Ellie McClung - 81

Susan Skinner - 87

Lexi Thomas - 88

Sydney Mathias - 91

Pike Central, Aug. 27

181-186 win

Ellie McClung - 42

BOYS’ TENNIS

At Boonville, Aug. 27,

4-1 win

vs. Evansville Central,

Aug. 26, 5-0 win

At Barr-Reeve, Aug. 24,

3-2 win

Next match: Sept. 9 vs.

Castle

By GABRIEL

QUINTANILLA

OPS staff writer

It's that time of the year

again: students are going

back to school, and it's time

for fall sports. Lincoln High

School football kicked off

their season against Owen

Valley High School on Aug.

21, but opened with a loss,

22-20.

However, Lincoln is com-

ing off of a really good sea-

son last year with a 8-2

record as conference

champs.

There is one thing head

coach Jon Heiden is very

clear about what he wants

this year. "Leadership. We

lost a great group of seniors

from last years team. We

need players to step up and

lead our younger guys."

The Alices team captains

this year are seniors Braeden

Field and Garrett Lane, and

junior Grant Oexmann.

Lincoln has high hopes for

the football team this season.

Some of Lincoln's goals for

this season are to be back-to

back-conference champs,

win sectionals, and to get

better each and every prac-

tice and game.

Oexmann said, "For this

team to be successful this

season we have to work hard

day in and day out"

But Lincoln's football sea-

son has not started the way

they wanted, with another

loss, 35-18 against Boonville

last Friday.

Lane said, " I think the

season will end well."

As of now they are 0-2,

but still have plenty of

games left to play.

Field says, "We will have

our ups and downs, but all

around it's going to be a

good season."

Lincoln played Wood Me-

morial High School last

night, but due to publication

deadlines, we cannot publish

the score at this time. See

the Sun-Commercial sports

page for coverage.

Lincoln Football: New Year.

New Team. Same Dream.

By ALEIGHA SCHINGECK

OPS staff writer

This week’s athlete of the

week is cross-country runner

Bob Blakeslee. Blakeslee is

a junior at Lincoln High

School. He is the only child

of Thomas and Rebecca

Blakeslee.

Blakeslee has been in-

volved in cross country for

two years.

He is also involved in

track and field during the

spring. Blakeslee’s most

memorable moment was at

track regionals. He was with

his teammate and friend

Alec McGuire, who was vi-

olently ill.

“He was puking a lot, and

showed his dedication to

winning.”

Because of this, McGuire,

also a junior who runs track

and plays football, is his

most admired athlete.

Blakeslee enjoys running

cross country with his

friends and teammates, and

he hopes to continue to do

cross-country until he gradu-

ates.

During the off season,

Blakeslee enjoys snow-

boarding.

He’s learned an important

lesson from sports.

“I have to work hard and

improve myself,” he said.

After Blakeslee graduates

from Lincoln High School,

he hopes to go to Purdue

University. Blakeslee says

he will not continue with

sports during his college

years because his main focus

will be on his academics. He

hopes to become a pilot.

Blakeslee’s advises

younger athletes, “Always

give it your all.”

OPS staff photo

Athlete of the Week: Bob Blakeslee

Cheer team tumbling and twisting into new experiences, new competitions, new routinesBy ASHLYN SPRINKLE

OPS staff writer

Over the summer the Lin-

coln cheer team attended the

Universal Cheerleaders As-

sociation cheer camp at Indi-

ana University.

The Lincoln cheer team re-

ceived the Super Award for

Extreme Routine, which in-

cluded a stunt sequence,

dance, and pyramid.

While attending the UCA

camp, Caitlyn Limbach, Mi-

randa Ryder and Sydney Isler

made All American Cheer-

leader.

It is a national honor to

make the All American

Cheerleader. The All Ameri-

can Cheerleaders have the

opportunity to travel and per-

form at places like the

Macy’s Day Parade, London,

Disney Christmas Parade and

more.

Isler stated, “It feels great to

be a part of the All American

Cheer Team; I was very

happy when I made the team,

and got the chance to go to

London.”

The cheer team has already

competed at the Indiana State

Fair where they earned sixth

place, and they will be com-

peting at Purdue University

in September and at Indiana

State cheer competition on

Oct. 31. This will be the first

time Lincoln’s cheer team

will compete at both events.

“This is the big one!” said

Holly Bane, Lincoln cheer

coach, of the Indiana State

Cheer competition.

They will have to complete

a 2 minute, 30 second routine

that will include a chant,

jumps, tumbling, and a dance.

It will take place at Lucas Oil

Stadium.

To prepare, the team will

practice at least four hours

each week, in addition to ap-

pearing at games.

When not practicing, the

cheer team gives back

through community services

by volunteering for the SIS

Try triathlon and volunteer-

ing at the animal shelter.

LHS students and fans will

get to see more talent of the

LHS cheer team, not just at

football or basketball games.

“LHS cheer team is plan-

ning to attend at least one

home game in each athletic

event,” said Bane.

Members of Lincoln’s cheer team root on the Alices from

the sidelines of the Aug. 28 football game against

Boonville. The cheer team has lots in store for the

school year. Photo courtesy of Lincoln High School

Sports Pictures.

Lincoln Scoreboard

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By WINSTON CARSON

OPS staff writer

"If we're playing dodge-

ball, just give me the ball

and follow me on Instagram

@chuck_tru,” is the advice

Charles Ellis has for the

freshman for this week’s

senior spotlight.

Ellis was born in Adrian,

Michigan and is the son of

Charles and Kari Ellis. Ellis

has three siblings, two older

sisters and one older brother.

He is very involved in ex-

tracurricular activities here

at Lincoln. He is in Interact

club, Student Council, and

National Honor Society. He

is also part of the football

and baseball teams.

He enjoys studying 3D art,

and thinks studying under

art teacher Amy Lane is one

of the best parts of attending

Lincoln.

"Mrs. Lane is an amazing

teacher."

Ellis says his greatest

achievement is being part of

the football team when they

won the Big 8 conference

last year, and he considers

the whole season to be one

of his greatest memories as a

Lincoln student.

After high school Ellis

wants to attend Brigham

Young University and be-

come a lawyer. He also plans

to go on a mission trip.

His favorite class is Ameri-

can studies with Kevin

Myers, who is also one of

his favorite teachers.

"I like rapping, but my

parents won't let me be a

rapper,” he added.

So, if you ever hear him

slinging beats in the halls,

you know why.

Senior Spotlight: Charles Ellis

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Senior Spotlight: Haley RiddleBy AUTUMN RHODES

OPS staff writer One of our first senior

spotlights of the 2015-2016

school year is Haley Riddle,

daughter of Jim Riddle and

Sarah Fry. She has three

younger siblings, Emily

Riddle, and Gabby and

Grant Fry.

Riddle is active in Future

Farmers of America of

Washington, Indiana and the

Random Acts of Kindness

club at Lincoln High

School. She is also involved

in community service, a

new class at Lincoln.

She works at OfficeMax,

619 Kimmel Road, and her

favorite movie is “Step

Brothers.”

After high school, Riddle

would like to go to Univer-

sity of Southern Indiana to

study education.

Her favorite class this

year is yearbook with Amy

Shoemaker.

Riddle's most memorable

moment of the school year

happened just the other day.

"In Chaz Hendrix's inte-

grated chemistry and

physics class, my pants

caught on the desk and

ripped!”

She likes the atmosphere

of Lincoln High School.

"It's very laid back and

easygoing,” she said.

She advises underclass-

men, “Don't waste your

time worrying about the lit-

tle things when you have

the rest of your life to

worry.”OPS staff photo

Artist of the Week:

Andres AyalaBy STACY VIERRA

OPS staff writer

Junior marching band

member Andres Ayala is the

son of Juana and Rodolfo

Ayala and brother of Rudy,

Gustavo, Fatima, and Em-

manuel Ayala. He is this

week’s artist of the week.

Band director Bill Marsh

and band assistants, Hayden

McClure and Jason Sulliman,

are his mentors in marching

band.

Ayala has been working

hard, playing the baritone and

euphonium for three years in

marching band and two in

concert band.

He was intrigued by

Marsh's offer to join the band

while a student at Riley Ele-

mentary School, so Ayala

signed up.

"I love the thrill of compe-

titions and I thoroughly enjoy

the satisfaction of completing

the show," said Ayala.

His favorite artist is Selena

Quintanilla, and he enjoys her

song, “Amor Prohibido.”

“She never let her fans get

to her head, and she was an

overall compassionate indi-

vidual,” he explained.

In May 2015, at a concert,

Ayala won the Overall Best

Sophomore award.

He plans to attend Indiana

University and major in or-

thodontics and minor in

French.

Even though Ayala doesn’t

plan to play his instrument

anymore after high school, he

plans on maintaining the dis-

cipline and responsibility that

marching band has taught

him, and will forever cherish

the memories made while he

was in the band.

"Andres is a very outgoing

and uplifting person. He al-

ways comes to rehearsals

with a positive attitude and

works very hard on the field

to set examples for the

younger players," said Marsh.

Currently, Ayala is in the

Tri-M Music Honor Society

as well as the Student Coun-

cil.

"Get involved with the

arts,” Ayala advises. “I be-

lieve it unlocks the creativity

inside an individual, and

everybody should be in-

volved in it."

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Around the VCSC: Clark to perform classic showBy LUKE BLACKBURN

OPS sports editor

With the opening of a new

school year for the Vincennes

Community School Corpora-

tion, comes an opening of an-

other season of theater arts.

Beginning this years shows

will be the George Rogers

Clark Middle School produc-

tion of “Chitty Chitty Bang

Bang,” a musical about an in-

ventor, Caractacus Potts, who

builds a play vehicle for his

children, Jemima and Jeremy.

This vehicle leads the Potts’

on an adventure into a far-off

land.

The performances will take

place Nov. 13 and 14 at 7

p.m. and Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. in

Ader Auditorium

Not only is this the opening

of another theater season, but

it also marks the tenth an-

niversary show for the Clark

Drama Department. Direct-

ing this special occasion is

the Lincoln High School fine

arts director Gretchen Bruner.

“Ten years of musical the-

ater that just keeps getting

stronger each year,” said

Bruner. “Quite an accom-

plishment at any level but es-

pecially at the middle school

level.”

Prior to the Saturday per-

formance, there will be a re-

ception in which the public

can meet and greet with cur-

rent and former cast mem-

bers of Clark productions.

Before each performance, a

slide show will play, high-

lighting moments from past

shows.

Playing the part of Caracta-

cus Potts will be Colton

Neighbors. Jaleigh LaBrec

will play Truly Scrumptious.

Alaina and Caleb Lowrey

will play Jemima and Jeremy

Potts. Grandpa will be Trevor

Robbins, and Brian Sievers

and Meredith Joyce will play

Baron and Baroness Bom-

burst. In all, there are 71 stu-

dents in cast and 20 students

as members of the middle

school stage crew.

Helping Bruner this year

will be Wendy Smith, Lafe

McCracken, and Josh Freder-

ick for the design team.

Parker Newman will also

help with backstage work and

Keegan Tucker will do cho-

reography.

The budget for this produc-

tion will be right around

$22,000. This is moderate

given the budget of “Beauty

and the Beast” was around

$50,000 in 2010. Fundraisers

will be held to raise as much

money as possible. Bruner

encourages any and all to be-

come a Patron of the Theater

Arts and have their personal

name or business featured in

the shows’ programs. Those

interested in becoming a Pa-

tron can contact Bruner at,

brunerg@vcsc.k12.in.us.

“While our school corpora-

tion funds generously what

they can, we are dependent

on patrons to continue to pro-

vide the level of theater we

have within the VCSC.”

Bruner is excited to see this

years musical be performed

for an audience.

“It’ll be a ‘Truly Scrump-

tious’ time for all!” said

Bruner.

Tickets can be purchased

for $10 for adults and $5 for

students at Lincoln by calling

812-882-2516. For more in-

formation, contact Bruner at

brunerg@vcsc.k12.in.us.

“Ten years of

musical theater

that just keeps

getting stronger

each year...”

-Gretchen Bruner

director

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