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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
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."
Contributed photo
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,
“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
“Ten years of
musical theater
that just keeps
getting stronger
each year...”
-Gretchen Bruner
director
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