The Old Post SentinelIssue 29 Volume 92 Vincennes Lincoln High School’s student newspaper...since 1924 May 23, 2015

Lincoln students earn George Rogers Clark internship opportunityBy AUBREY HUDSONOPS features editor

This summer five LincolnHigh School students will beinterning at the GeorgeRogers Clark Memorial. Theinternship came about fromthe partnership between Lin-coln social studies teacherMichael Hutchison andGeorge Rogers Clark Memo-rial Park Ranger JasonCollins. Lincoln juniorsOlivia Hackney, TamaraGreentree, Halle Risinger,Emily Bono, and seniorAustin Stearns will be partic-ipating in the summer intern-ship.

Hackney was interested in

being an intern because she isinterested in the opportunityto meet different people andlearn about the history of Vin-cennes.

“Learning about my home-town is very exciting to me.There are so many amazingsecrets to discover,” Hackneyexplained. “I am so super ex-cited about the new Fall OutShelter exhibit.”

They will be doing a varietyof jobs including giving toursof the memorial and assistingwith student groups whocome through the parkthroughout the summer. Theinterns will also work on de-veloping activities and mate-rials to provide a more

enriching park experience forvisitors. The interns willwork with the park’s JuniorRanger program and pilotvarious new educational re-sources developed by Collinsand Hutchison.

The 2014-2015 school yearwas the beginning of the“park stewards” partnershipbetween Hutchison’s Ameri-can history class and the Me-morial. Hutchison hopes thatthe program will continue inyears to come. The NationalParks Foundation elected notto award grants for the pro-gram in 2015, but Hutchisonsays this will not stop thepartnership.

“We will find ways to con-

tinue the partnership as we goon into next school year,”Hutchison explained. “I be-lieve this has been a great ex-perience for the students, andwe don’t want this to stopwith this year.”

Hutchison also hopes to ex-pand the partnership nextyear to include the studentswho will be enrolled in Ad-vanced Placement Govern-ment their senior year.

“We’d like to involve theAP Government students inactivities that focus on thelegislative side of things in-cluding Indiana’s statehoodand the Northwest Ordi-nance,” Hutchison said.

Collins says that the park

has enjoyed the students’commitment to the park.

“The projects that the kidsworked on this year will be abig part of the park’s interpre-tive operation for many yearsto come,” said Collins. “Weare definitely looking for-ward to continuing this intothe future. The kids will alsobe working on some exhibitsfor the memorial and the vis-itor center.”

“We also hope they’ll gainskills in historical interpreta-tion and the use of technol-ogy as we hope to have themdevelop technology-rich re-sources that can be used at thepark,” said Hutchison.

Duke is a Peabody Leader in Education

By ZACH HORRALLEditor-in-Chief

Shea Duke, a Biology IIand environmental scienceteacher at Lincoln HighSchool, was named aPeabody Energy Leader inEducation and received$1,000 from Peabody Energy.

On the Peabody Leaders inEducation website, it states,"One educator can make aprofound difference. Educa-tors inspire, guide, teach, andlead. They also transformlives. That's why PeabodyEnergy created the Leaders inEducation program. By hon-oring education professionals- from teachers and coachesto librarians and counselors -we recognize the heroes ineducation who help our chil-dren achieve their true poten-tial."

After being nominated byLincoln Vice Principal DaveHill, a representative in-formed the school that shewould be showing up to theschool on May 11 to giveDuke the award. Hill organ-ized a group of students,teachers, and administration,and called in Duke's family tobe there and in her classroomwhen she received the award.

Hill said, "Mrs. Duke worksnumerous hours to make herclasses the best that they canbe. She also finds the time tohelp sponsor the StudentCouncil, and even stepped upto coach our [girls’] tennisteam last year when it lookedlike nobody else would. Theaward honors her hardworkand dedication to LHS."

Hill also noted that it wasDuke's willingness to go theextra mile and help students,some that she doesn't evenhave in the classroom, thatmade her extraordinary.

Also, in last week's editionof the Old Post Sentinel, theQuestion of the Week askedfour students what teacherthey looked up to the mostand why. Two of the studentsasked chose Duke.

“I love this job, the peopleI work with, and most impor-tantly, I love these kids. Wehave some amazing studentsat LHS. It’s an honor to knowthat some of those kids lookup to me,” Duke said of heraward and students.

It was with the help of herstudents that she received the$1,000 check. The Peabodyrepresentative asked Duke'sstudents in the class at thetime of the minor ceremony

four questions, each worth$250. The questions focusedon coal, energy, leadership,and Duke herself.

“It’s very humbling,” Dukesaid of her award. “I workwith some amazing teachershere at LHS that I really lookup to. Every single one ofthem deserves to be recog-nized.”

The next phase for Duke'saward is a banquet in Evans-ville this summer, which willfeature Peabody Leader inEducation award winnersfrom Illinois, Indiana, andOhio. There, the grand prizewinner will be announced andgiven a check for $5,000.

There were three otherteachers and staff in the Vin-cennes Community SchoolCorporation that also re-ceived this award and willalso attend the banquet: JillLopez, Chris Clements, andKatherine McCammon

VCSC Superintendent GregParsley said, "These [nomina-tions] are principal driven andI am proud of our four win-ners this year and also appre-ciative of Peabody Coal forallowing us this opportunityto recognize our staff."

Fourth in corporation to be selected

POTG marching into a summer session; ready for a new seasonBy REID McCLUREOPS staff writer

The Pride of the GreenMarching Band is alreadyplanning for the summer andtheir next marching showcalled "Ascension."

The show’s theme involvesa group of people as they goon a journey to and throughthe gates of heaven givingthem a chance to "earn theirwings" while they are in-volved in an eternal cycle.The show will touch base onemotions including happinessand sadness, and they are try-ing to bring an uplifting feelto it.

The songs for the show are"Magnificat" by John Rutter,"Hymn of Acxiom" by ShihCynthia Yih, and "October"by Eric Whitacre. The showwill feature tarps that repre-sent the path of the journeyand a golden city and gates.

As of now the band is al-ready working on basicmarching techniques andmovement exercises. Theyhave already been practicingand will continue through thesummer. The band will be re-

porting to band camp startingon July 13 through July 17th.

"We should have the major-ity of the show on the field bythe end of our last mini-campin August,” band directorWilliam Marsh said.

There are a total of 105 stu-dents who will be marchingthis year in the Class C band.

"The practices have beengreat. The new members arereally getting the hang of thetechnique. Our band will begreat this year!" drum majorAly Graves said.

The band will use thistheme and the equipment toperform in the upcomingshows and compete againstthe other high school bands.

"I am most excited to see allthe amazing things this bandwill do this year and for allthe things I know we will ac-complish,” fellow drummajor Rowena Labo said.

POTG will also be takingpart in The Knox CountyBand in this year’s Fourth ofJuly parade. The combinedband features Lincoln andSouth Knox students.

From left, Logan Carnahan, Ben Weber, Joseph Woodward, and Avery Parish practicetheir tuba in a practice room on May 18. As members of the Pride of the Green, theyare already practicing for their next season. Photo by Kara Hedrick.

By MEGAN JONESOPS staff writer

This summer, LincolnHigh School will be updat-ing and repairing the air con-ditioning in the auditoriumand the gymnasium.

The project will take ap-proximately the entire sum-mer. Performance Service,out of Indianapolis, will startrepairing the air conditioningafter Memorial Day.

The gymnasium has neverhad air conditioning. Princi-pal Steve Combs said, "I be-lieve it was left out of thebuilding project in the mid1980s to save money."

The estimated cost of theproject will be $4.3 million.Superintendent Greg Parsleysaid the project was quoted

for 20 years. That calculates to

$872,940 in savings over thelength of the contract.

Combs has no concerns onhow the air conditioning per-formance will turn out.

"I'm excited about havingcool air in the gym duringthe summer months and es-pecially during graduation,”he explained.

All summer sports andphysical education programswill take place at GeorgeRogers Clark Middle School,except for athletes who needto use the weight room. Thatroom will still be available.

Summer school for Lin-coln students will also takeplace at Clark.

More air conditioning coming to Lincoln building;

Gym and Ader to be much cooler

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OpinionsOPS 2

Question of the Week: Seniors, what will you miss the most?

“ The wonderful teach-ers and staff of LincolnHigh School.”

Will Quintonsenior

“I will miss my friendsand color gaurd themost.”

Alyssa Likesenior

“I will miss all myfriends that I have classwith.”

Connor Campbellsenior

“I will miss the closebond I’ve created withmy friends and teach-ers.”

Emily Daubsenior

Hilarious Holidays With Yours Truly No. 27

Weigh the benefits of weighted gradesBy KAITLIN HOLTOPS staff writer

Currently, Lincoln HighSchool does not use aweighted grade or class rank-ing system, which is very un-fair to students takingAdvanced Placement or col-lege credit courses.

As a student who has takensuch courses throughout highschool, I find it extremely un-fair for a student who takesgeneral credit courses or isgoing for a Core 40 diplomato be ranked higher in theclass than someone taking APor CC courses and going foran academic or technical hon-ors diploma. It's possible fora student taking no AP or CCclasses to have a higher GPA

than those who take almostall courses for honors or ad-vanced credit, as the classesare easier to pass. This iscompletely unfair to thosethat work very hard in theirhigher level classes, andmakes those individuals feelas though their work was fornothing.

According to an article inWilton Bulletin earlier thismonth, a school board inConnecticut is pushing forweighting of this nature atWilton High School. Thestory listed some advantagesof weighted grading, such asstudents becoming more en-couraged to take higher levelcourses, the reward studentswill get from earning a GPAboost from the difficult

classes, the ability to give col-leges two GPAs and allowingthem the choice between thetwo, and giving students bet-ter odds at earning scholar-ships.

While the benefits are posi-tive, some may argue thatweighted grading will makestudents who are not capableof completing high levelcourses feel inferior. How-ever, I don't believe this is thecase. I feel that any studentthat wants to strive for great-ness and is willing to put inthe effort and time to earn agood grade in a high levelcourse can do so.

As a student taking courseslike English Literature andComposition for collegecredit, I feel as though un-

weighted grades gives somestudents an unfair advantagetowards earning scholarshipsor getting into some schoolsas they are ranked higher thanthose taking more difficultclasses.

Scholarships--especiallyhigh dollar ones--are are ex-tremely competitive withmany students applying. Withunweighted ranking andgrading, students in more dif-ficult classes have less of achance of being selected thantheir counterparts in the gen-eral courses.

Implementing a weightedgrading system would solvethis problem and make it sim-pler and more fair for every-one.

By STEVE COMBSLHS principal

Another year has come andgone. We just finished our27th year in the “new school”

and we have sent our 142ndgraduating class out into thereal world. Summer schoolbegins on June 1 and soon wewill announce the date forfreshman orientation.

Each class leaves its partic-

ular mark on the school. Theclass of 2015, in my mind,will always be rememberedfor their passion for all things“Alice.”

This particular class was aclass of championships and

champions. From themarching band field, to

the athletic court, to the class-room the class of 2015 ex-celled in all aspects.

When this group enteredhigh school, we were labeledas a “D” school by the depart-ment of education. As theyexit school, LHS is an “A”.The class of 2015 was in-

volved with a great amount ofpositive change and energy atLHS. We wish them all thebest and great luck. Go Al-ices!

Combs Corner

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Seize the day, seniorsBy KAELA SPEIGNEROPS Staff writer

“The spotted hawk swoops byand accuses me— he complainsof my gab and loitering. I too amnot a bit tamed, I too am untrans-latable. I sound my barbaric yawpover the roofs of the world.”Those are the words of WaltWhitman, a poet who inspires meto go and capture the meaning ofcarpe diem … “seize the day.”

First, what is a barbaric yawp?It is one’s voice and ideas, loudand strong that only they can ex-press. Second, how can we findour barbaric yawp? We wouldneed to find the spotted hawk, amentor to teach us how to usetheir time and talents wisely. Fi-nally, how does this tie in withcarpe diem? In order to succeed,we must find our individual voiceand purpose in life.

Take a moment to think aboutthe mentors that you’ve had inyour lifetime.

An example of a man whoseized the day was Steve Jobs,the founder and driving force be-hind Apple. Until his untimelydeath in 2011, Jobs had an inspi-

rational thought that made a hugeimpact in the world of technol-ogy. Without his mentor, AndyGrove, we wouldn’t have ouriPhones, iPods, or those iPads wejust love so much.

In conclusion, you don’t haveto seize just today, you can seizeEVERY day! Here’s three wayson how you can do so.

First, my grandfather, JerryGerwig, always says, “Knowl-edge is power!” Seize the day bycontinuing your EDUCATION!

Second, get involved in yourcommunity, church or helpingothers. Seize the day throughSERVICE!

Third, everyone wants to betreated well. Do you know theGolden Rule? Treat others theway you want to be treated. Seizethe day! BE KIND!

When given an opportunity, donot hesitate to SEIZE IT! Besomeone who will follow theroad that no one else may evertake, like in Robert Frost’s poem,“The Road Not Taken”:

“Two roads diverged in a wood,and I— I took the one less trav-eled by, and that has made all thedifference.”

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Sports

By MYRA BAUEROPS staff writer

This year, Lincoln hasadded a new sports offeringfor Lincoln students inter-ested in track who may nototherwise go out for the tradi-tional team.

According to the IndianaHigh School Sports Associa-tion website, "Unified Sportswas first developed by Spe-cial Olympics as a means ofproviding a quality experi-ence of sports training andcompetition in an inclusiveenvironment that allowsfriendships to form. It is thevision of this joint IHSAA /Special Olympics Indianasports project to allow highschool students with andwithout intellectual disabili-ties to collectively representtheir high school in anIHSAA sanctioned activity byparticipating together."

Darrell Stephens has

coached Special Olympics inKnox County, and five ofthose years he served as KnoxCounty Coordinator. SinceStephens has been involvedwith these organizations, hewas familiar with the Unifiedconcept. Stephens' passionfor Unified Sports is contin-ued as the Lincoln HighSchool Unified Track andField coach.

Stephens says, "I am verypleased with the team and itsprogress."

Practice began May 5 andwill continue until their sea-son is over. They have hadtwo meets, one at Boonvilleand Mt. Vernon. They willcompete in a sectional May30 at Boonville. If the teamqualifies, they will participateat Indiana University forState on June 6.

Stephens says, "I like ourchances at our upcoming sec-tional."

The students athletes have

bonded quickly and supportnot only each other, but theiropponents as well.

Members of the UnifiedTrack and Field team are Eve-lyn Crowley, Lauren Hipsher,Haleigh Hipsher, JosephBauer, Daniel Black, CharlesEllis, Marlon Cooper, Bren-non Davis, Doug Burden,Gary Hardman, and DenzelEarly.

Ellis said, "I have had somuch fun on this team. I can'twait for sectionals."

Hardman said, "I will beapart of this team next year. Itis fun!"

Stephens hopes to continueto build this program. Uni-fied Track and Field is now inthe history books for Vin-cennes Lincoln sports as thevery first Unified Sportsteam.

Stephens has set up a Face-book page called "UnifiedAlice," which shares manyphotos of the team.

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Athlete of the week:Katie Lunsford By ZACHARIAH KIRKOPS staff writer

Coming from the tenniscourts is this week’s athleteof the week, Katie Lunsford.Lunsford is the daughter ofChris and Olivia Lunsford,and has one sibling, Christo-pher Kent.

Lunsford has played tennisfor two years and has beenawarded the Mental AttitudeAward in 2014.

“I try to be a leader to theyounger players on the teamand help them whenever I’mable to,” Lunsford added.

When on the court,Lunsford is inspired byColts quarterback AndrewLuck.

“He leads his teamthrough wins and losses. Nomatter the circumstances ingames he maintains one ofthe best attitudes, and hedidn’t let his age or experi-ence, determine his ability.”

Lunsford recalls a fondmemory from the season:“When my three-sets winmade the difference in our 3-2 victory against Rivet thisyear.”

Lunsford is undecided onwhich college she is goingto, but she plans on goinginto the medical field.

She was asked if she isgoing to play tennis in col-lege and said, “Not for any

school ... but sports will al-ways be a part of my life.”

She added, “Sports havetaught me that hard work al-ways pays off. Tennisspecifically has taught meit’s okay if your team winsor loses, as long as you re-main a team, and if youthink you can do somethingthen you can.”

Aside from hitting theneon ball, Lunsford is in-volved in Student Council,

Interact, Key Club, YouthLeadership Knox County,powderpuff football, andcurrently has a job as a life-guard at Rainbow Beach.

Lunsford’s advice toyounger athletes is, “Alwaysgive 100% with anythingyou do. Most importantlywith any sport that you playmake sure to have fun play-ing it.”

Summer sports camps and conditioning aboundBy BETHANY EVANSOPS staff writer

Lincoln High School has abusy schedule for this sum-mer involving sports. Therewill be sport camps forcross-country, basketball,volleyball, soccer, and foot-ball for area youth, and highschool athletes will beginconditioning for sports.

As long as students haveupdated physicals on file,they can take part in condi-tioning. Physicals must besigned after April 1 to begood for the 2015-2016 ath-letic calendar.

The Future Alices FootballCamp will be held at LincolnHigh School and InmanField. The camp will takeplace on July 27-30. For onechild it will be $20, for asecond child to be added itwill only be $10, and for athird child it will be $5.

All who attend will be re-ceiving daily supervised in-struction in footballfundamentals with a focuson “Heads-Up Tackling.”There will be a chance topractice and drill individualskills, and the students willalso receive a 2015 SummerCamp T-Shirt. The applica-tion form can be obtainedfrom the school or online.Return the application formand payment to Jon Heiden,head football coach. AnyQuestions can be answeredby coach Heiden at schoolby calling him at 812-882-8480 or 812-887-3722.

Girls’ soccer will have abusy summer. June 8, 10,and 12 will be at open fields,4-5:30 p.m.. On June 15-19,team camp with coach DaveWeiss is required. This costs$40 and that includes shirt.

For boys’ soccer, July 27-31 begins the twice a dayconditioning 6-7:30 a.m.and4-5:30 p.m.. August 3 willcontinue the daily practicefrom 4-6 p.m.. There will beadditions of several scrim-mages with local teamsthroughout July. This sched-ule allows six weeks of dailypractice before the firstgame.

Youth Summer SoccerCamp will be June 22-25 atLincoln for both boys andgirls third through eighthgrade. Third through fifthgrade will meet 5:30-7 p.m..

Sixth and seventh grade willmeet 7-8:30 p.m. It will be$20 a camper and will in-clude a t-shirt. Make checksto Vincennes Soccer Boost-ers and send them toMichelle Pitcher, 207Roland Street.

Girls cross-country condi-tioning will begin in themiddle of June. The usualmeeting area will be in park-ing lot C at Lincoln HighSchool at 7 a.m., generallyMonday through Friday. Ifthere are any questions orconcerns talk to coach RalphConnor atralphconnor@yahoo.com

Lady Alices VolleyballCamp will be held at ClarkMiddle School’s Gym onJuly 27-30. The camp isopen to all girls in the Vin-cennes Community SchoolCorporation that are enrolledin grades four through eight.The times for fourth andfifth graders is 5:45-6:50p.m., and sixth througheighth graders will meetfrom 6:45- 8:15 p.m.

For one child it will be$30; each additional childwill be $10. If the paymentand application are notturned in by July 15, the en-rollment cost will be $35.Send both to Jill Ballinger,LHS Volleyball Coach, 1545South Hart St. Road.

Girls’ basketball will havetwelve team workouts andskill development sessions atClark in June. Workouts areoptional and will be basket-ball fundamentals focused.They will include strengthdevelopment and agility, anda lot of ball handling andshooting.

They will be playing threeteam shootouts: Ball StateShootout, Fishers Shootout,Plainfield Shootout. Alsowill be playing at the Vin-cennes University TeamCamp. For additional infor-mation contact Coach TravisConnor.

SPORTS SCHEDULE

SOFTBALL5/18 vs. Gibson Southern 5/19 at Washington 5/20 vs. Wood Memorial

BOYS’ TRACK/FIELD5/21 Sectionals at

Princeton 5/28 Regionals at Evansville Central

GIRLS’ TRACK/FIELD5/19 Sectionals at Princeton 5/26 Regionals at Evansville Central

VARSITY BASEBALL5/19 vs. Northview 5/20 at Terre HauteNorth5/21 at Gibson South-ern

JV BASEBALL5/22 at Barr-Reeve

TENNIS

5/20-21 Sectionals at Lincoln 5/26-27 Regionals atJasper

GOLF5/19 at Oakland CityGolf Course vs. WoodMemorial5/27 at Country Oaksvs. Washington

5/30 Country Oaks Invitational 6/1 Knox County Invitational Tournament at BicknellCountry Club6/5 Sectionals at Country Club of OldVincennes

Unified track and field takes off for first year

All high schoolathletes must

have a physicalon file before

participating inconditioning.

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By ANAIIS ACUNAOPS online content editor

Freshman Abby Mercer isartist of the week. She is thedaughter of Lisa Hughes andScott Mercer. She is theyoungest of her siblings, Con-nor and Garrett.

Mercer is being recognizedfor her vocal talent. In herfirst year at Lincoln, Mercerhas participated in the musi-cals and is in the advancedchoir, Lincoln Singers. Priorto Lincoln, she was part of thechoir at Clark Middle Schooland took part in the middleschool musicals “Suessical,”“The Little Mermaid” and “AChristmas Carol.”

Mercer was introduced tomusic by her parents. Theywere both musicians and shegrasped their love of musicever since she was young.She enjoys vocal music be-cause “it expresses so manyemotions and I love listeningto others’ voices.”

Her mentors in music areher choir director, Mark Sny-der and her vocal teacher,Lisa Miller.

Mercer explained that herfavorite singers are Marinaand the Diamonds.

“I love her voice and howshe writes her own music,”she exclaimed. Her favoritesong is also by the sameartist, called “Happy.” She

enjoys it because she findsthat she can relate to it.

“It’s an all around beautifulsong,” she added.

Mercer aspires to major inpsychology to become a childand family therapist. She doesintend on continuing her per-forming career.

“I love performing andmaking people smile,” shesaid.

Mercer is also a member inthe Pride of the Green ColorGuard.

“Follow your heart andcontinue to do what youlove,” she encourages otherperformers, “because there’sno better reward than beinghappy and proud of yourself.”

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Ask Big A: Advice for every Alice“Dear Big A: I’m super

depressed. I’m graduatingthis year, and I’m gonnamiss all my friends who arestill in high school. Is thereany way I can get over los-ing all my friends?”

Signed,Seppa Ray Shawn.

Shawn, just becauseyou’re going away doesn’tmean you’re losing yourfriends. Just stay in touch!

Decades after graduatingfrom Mascot High, I still oc-casionally hit up TrailblazerWillie for a quick game or tohang out on the VincennesUniversity campus. I still re-member the day that he and Itook down the green-hairedweirdo who tried to replaceme back in 2001.

I always see my MascotHigh rival, Sparty, at theSouth Knox games, but Imake sure to ask him how

his 300 kids are doing. If I’m not cutting it up in

the Alice Arena, I’m proba-bly chatting with one of myfavorite teachers or athleteson Facebook.

All it takes is to give themyour phone number or email(if you youngsters evenknow what that is anymore)and throw them a line everynow and again. You’ll besure to remember yourfriends, and you'll probablysee each other even moreoften outside of school thanbefore you graduated.

Make sure you rememberyour old friends, But makesure you save room for allthe new ones you’ll meet inand after college as well!

I made lots of new friendsat Mascotion University, andwhen I became the Vin-cennes Lincoln mascot, theykeep in touch with metoday! They all come to see

the Alices and I at thegames.

Once after a big game,Sycamore Sam and I Uberedto a presentation by theworld renowned Cardinalmascot, Fredbird, to hearhim squawk about his manyyears mascoting for the fa-mous baseball team.

Trust me Shawn, whenyou’ve been mascot as longas I have, you see plenty offriends come and go. Everyyear I say goodbye to dozensof my favorite athletes andfans as they move on to big-ger, Greener (ha!) pastures.But I always know they willremember me as the biggest,greenest ball of cheer they’llever meet.

I promise that your friendswill remember all the goodtimes you have had, and youwill enjoy all the great timesyou will have in the future!

Signed, Big A.

Senior Spotlight:Taylor Mitchell

By KARLIE MESSENGEROPS staff writer

"Success means doing thebest we can with what wehave," is this week's seniorspotlight's Taylor Mitchell'sfavorite quote by Zig Ziglar.

Mitchell was born in Lin-ton, Indiana and lives withher grandmother DixieRickard. She has one olderbrother, Jordan, and one oldersister, McKaliah.

Mitchell enjoys listening tomusic, reading, and art. Sheis the president of both bookclubs here at Lincoln, the El-liot Rosewater club and TheReading with Friends club.She also takes a paintingclass.

Mitchell is also involved ather church, volunteering tohelp the kids during Sundayschool class.

Mitchell is a member of theNational Honor Society, andplaced second in Lincoln's artshow in the watercolor/tem-pera painting category.

She has also received theAcademic Honors DiplomaScholarship and laptop awardfrom Indiana State Univer-

sity, where she plans on at-tending ISU to pursue a majorin Spanish education. Oncefinished, she hopes to obtainher master's degree at ISU orBall State University.

Her favorite class is Span-ish IV with Spanish teacherKaitlin LeGout.

Mitchell fondly remembersall the fun times that herfriends and she had when theywere together. Most of thosememories happened at dancesand "especially at Denny's."

Her most embarrassing mo-ment would be when she fellup the stairs at school.

"I tend to fall up the stairs alot. I never fall down thestairs, always up them," saidMitchell.

Her favorite movie is the"Wizard of Oz" and her fa-vorite TV series is "TheWalking Dead."

Mitchell truly enjoyed all ofher teachers and all of herclasses here at Lincoln HighSchool.

Mitchell advises under-classmen to "be yourself, dowhat makes you happy, andjust have fun!"

Senior Spotlight: Zach Horrall

By CLAIRE DILLONOPS opinions editor

The final senior spotlight ofthe year is our very own Edi-tor-in-Chief, Zach Horrall.Horrall is the son of Russ andCheryl Horrall. He has twosiblings, a brother, BobbyHorrall, and a sister, CarrieCary. Also in his family are

two dogs, Buddy and Jas-mine, and a cat named Gor-don.

He has been involved in theInteract club, National HonorSociety, student athletictraining, served as studentcouncil vice president andthe class of 2015 vice presi-dent. Horrall is a summervolunteer at the Migrant Ed-ucation Program at GeorgeRogers Clark Middle Schooland works as a public addressannouncer for Lincoln Ath-letics. In his free time hishobbies include running, bik-ing, walking the dogs, spend-ing time with friends andfamily, watching NASCAR,and attending any kind ofauto race.

Some of Horrall’s achieve-ments include receiving theTom Ernst Award, the HillMemorial Award, the VigoAlumni scholarship, theAmerican Legion Post 73scholarship, and being namedthe Francis Vigo ChapterDaughters of the AmericanRevolution Good Citizen forLincoln.

Horrall’s most memorablemoments come from serving

as an athletic trainer duringthe boys’ basketball section-als his freshman, sophomore,and senior year, and regionalsand semi-state this year. Hismost embarrassing momentcomes from when he was an-nouncing this year’s home-coming court and said“Bwandt Nowaskie” insteadof “Brandt Nowaskie.”

His favorite books are JaneAusten’s “Pride and Preju-dice” and David Mitchell’s“Black Swan Green.” The tel-evisions shows he most en-joys watching are “The BigBang Theory,” “The Voice”and “America’s Got Talent.”

Horrall plans to attend But-ler University and major insports media with the goal ofbecoming a NASCAR jour-nalist for ESPN.

“Be who you are and saywhat you feel, because thosewho mind don’t matter, andthose who matter don’t mind”by Bernard Baruch is his fa-vorite quote.

“Enjoy your time in high-school and cherish what youhave,” he tells underclass-men.

Vigo’s festival of creativity a successBy WESTON FRISZOPS staff writer

Francis Vigo ElementarySchool held its end of the year"red carpet event" on May 12.The school's' Festival of Cre-ativity is an art show and anopen house in one, displayingall of the students’ works.

All students and familymembers were invited to seethe displays. This year there

were over 120 students andparents in attendance.

All grades, from kinder-garten through fifth, had vari-ous works on display. Theartwork was created to goalong with the festival's gardentheme. They made colorwheels in the shapes of flow-ers, portraits of fruits and veg-etables, and many other worksof art.

Each classroom also createdvarious projects, such asposters, dioramas, and researchpapers, to put on display withthe artwork. All students hadbooks on display which theyeach created, wrote, and illus-trated with the help of the vis-iting artist Bonnie Stahlecker.The school choir, Vigo Voices,also performed at the event.

Art teacher Khelia Brinkcommented, "We started hav-ing this one big event at the endof the school year because weseem to get better attendancefrom families and communityinstead of having severalevents throughout the schoolyear."

All teachers and custodiansare involved in planning andcreating "a fun evening toshare our students' creative tal-ents," said Brink.

Artist of the week: Abby Mercer

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