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Prevention CoordinatorStephanie Decker was a verycurious little girl at a veryyoung age. When she waslittle, she would roamthe hallsof Zeller Mental Hospital,where her mother worked. Decker was hired for the2002/2003 school year thissummer after former preven-tion coordinator Sheila Stewartresigned. “I like being the newprevention coordinator becauseit is very full of life and full ofpotential. Plus, there are reallygood sudents here.” Decker first started her loveof counseling people at home.

“My mother was a counselor.My whole life my mom has beenin social services, so sheinspired me.” Decker started her schoolingfor psychology in the halls ofNorth East Missouri StateUniversity. All of the studentsat Limestone know this schoolfor the name of TrumanUniversity. “After my fouryears at NESU, I went toBradley,” said Decker. After she finished college,Decker became a child andfamily therapist. “I knew Iwanted to get into counselingwhen I was in college. I workedin a women’s shelter and that is

when I knew I wanted to helppeople,” explained Decker. After her work in child andfamily therapy, Decker realizedthat she wanted to work in theschools. “I really enjoy workingwith teens, and I saw it as agreat opportunity to do a lot ofthings.” Decker had many teachingjobs before she came to Lime-stone. Before becoming aRocket, she worked at Washing-ton Gifted, Lindberg GradeSchool, and Bartonville GradeSchool. At the end of the yearat Bartonville, Decker washired by Peoria Alternative atthe YMCA. “I worked at Peoria

Alternative full-time, and Ireally loved working with thestudents there. I reallyenjoyed that job a lot.” After jumping from school toschool, Decker then foundherself applying to work atLimestone Community HighSchool. From Peoria Alterna-tive to the halls of LimestoneHigh School, students can nowsee Decker in Room 14.

For information on Snow-ball, see Mrs. Decker inRoom 14 during theschool day.

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other group there, and theywere willing to share thatknowledge,” explained Tinnon. Tinnon spoke on behalf of theyearbook staff, and the groupran a game of yearbook jeop-ardy during the workshop. Tinnon is excitedfor the futureof the yearbook. “We are solooking forward to this year.The staff I have now is evenbetter and more knowledgeablethan last year’s staff, and weare so excited to get this bookunderway,” stated Tinnon.

Amulet co-editor JessieFoster, who attended theYearbook Workshop 2003, isready to work hard to make the2002/2003 Amulet a success.She said, “We really have ourwork cut out for us this yearbecause, in my opinion, lastyear’s yearbook was awesome!”

By Casey Verkler

Decker brings new ideas, revamps old program

The Amulet staff was featuredas guest speaker at a yearbookworkshop held at the GatewayConference Center on Friday,October 11, 2002. Taylor Publishing, thepublisher of the LCHS year-book, chose Amulet advisorMiss Kristen Tinnon and herstaff to be the conference’s guestspeaker because of their qualityperformance in putting togethera yearbook. The honor of being chosen tospeak at the conference waswell deserved. The Amulet,which has been nominated as asemi-finalist to appear in theYearbook Yearbook, is advancedfor being a high school publica-tion. “At the workshop,

Limestone staff definitely knewas much, if not more, than any

Amulet staff speaks atyearbook conference

King and Queen reignover Mole Day festivities

Let the games begin...

The annual mole day extravaganza took place on October 23, 2002. Thefestivities began with the commencement breakfast at Hammers at 6:02 a.m.where the Mole king, junio Mike Ding, and the Mole queen, junior EmilyLieshiedt were crowned.

OpinionOpinionOctober 31, 2002October 31, 20022

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The Limelight is the student newspaper of Limestone Community High School. It is published monthly byjournalism and media methods students. The Limelight is a member of the Quill and Scroll, National ScholasticPress Association, and Illinios High School Scholastic Press Association. Students are responsible for the content ofthe Limelight. Views represented do not necessarily represent, in part or in whole, those of the LimestoneCommunity High School administration or faculty. Editorial policy is determined by the Editorial Board of theLimelight, and views expressed in editorials are those of the majority of the editorial board. Columns that carrybylines are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily represent that of the Limelight. The paper isdistributed free to students and staff. Subscriptions are available by mail anywhere in the US for $5 per school year.Address: Limestone Community High School, 4201 S. Airport Rd., Bartonville, IL 61607. Telephone: (309) 697-6271,ext. 106. Reach us on the Internet at: http://limestone.k12.il.us. Email: limelight@limestone.k12.il.us. Printed by P& P Press, Peoria, IL.

Editorial Board: Liz Brignall, Ryan Linsley, Kathleen SheldonReporters: Liz Brignall, Ryan Linsley, AJ Lund, Kathleen Sheldon, Jake Stewart, Tara Turner, Jerry Turpin, CaseyVerkler;Graphic Artist: Jerry Turpin Photographer: Ian LookStudent Business Advisor: Kathleen Sheldon, Casey Verkler;Business Advisor: Jill Warren Advisor: Roni Oleson

The Limelight is the studentnewspaper at LimestoneCommunity High School. It isa laboratory for journalismstudents designed to serve thetotal school community. As a liberator, the newspaperprovides staff members withindependent writing opportu-nities and individual evalua-tion. Writing is based on awide variety of research for abroad and often criticalaudience. The experiencedemands responsibility andcooperation. Business skills are learnedthrough the needs to selladvertising and to remainfinancially solvent. While the newspaper isresponsible to the Board andsubject to state and federallaws, contents reflectingstudent thinking is notnecessarily in agreement withadministrative policy. Anunderstanding of administra-tive policy should be reflectedin articles relating to it.

Limelight Editorial Policy

Americans will always debategun control and any other issuethat could harm people. Somepeople were afraid to fly afterSeptember 11, but people rarelytalk about the danger ofdriving. Cars can be verydangerous, too. It seems lately a lot ofLimestone students have beengetting in car accidents. Whenincidents like this happen,people want an answer of why,but there really is none. It isjust that sometimes bad thingsbeyond our control happen, andwe are left to wonder why. There is no one factor that wecan fix that can solve thisproblem. There are actions wecan take to help. I am notrallying to modify driver’seducation because I do notthink that any changes wouldhelp that much. An instructor

can only train these futuredrivers so much. They (drivers)have to face the challenge ofdriving on their own. Some people think that wecan protect everyone by notallowing new drivers to get alicense until they are 18 or untilthey graduate high school. Ifind that an interesting pro-posal. The state is happy theyearned a high school diploma,so the students get theirdriver’s liscenses. The most important factor indriving, in my mind anyway, isbeing responsible. Age is just anumber. We do not wake up onour sixteenth birthday withanymore knowledge or conceptof responsibilty than wepossessed at fifteen. There aresome twelve year olds that aremore responsible than someeighteen year olds. Driving isabout making decisions quicklyand effectively. We must be

able to take responsiblity forour actions. The objective I think thatmost needs to be changed is theteenagers’ mind set. When theyare young, people tend to thinkthey are invincible. They thinknothing can hurt them and thatcars are just really expensivetoys. They want to see how fastthey can go and how quicklythey can stop. I have no problem with that.If they enjoy racing andworking on cars, more power tothem. They just need to do thiswhere innocent people cannotget hurt. Everybody is human;it only takes one bad decision toend everything. Nobody livesforever. I just hope everybody drivesresponsibly and remembers hehas the power to hurt aninnocent person if he does notpay attention to what he isdoing. Nobody is invincible.

Nobody Is InvincibleBy Ryan Linsley

Letters to the Editor Readers are encouraged tosubmit letters to the editor. Allletters must be signed by thewriter (however, they may beprinted anonymously if re-quested) and turned in no laterthan the 15th of every month.The Limelight editor reserves

the right to reject letters whichmay be viewed as controversialor are in conflict with theLimelight Editorial Policy.Submissions may be turned intoRoom 212, or they can beemailed at :

limelight@limestone.k12.il.us

The primary audience for thenewspaper is the student bodyat Limestone Community HighSchool. However, the staffrecognizes that the paper isread by and must speak to thefaculty, to the administrators,to the parents, and to thecommunity as a whole. The first function of thenewspaper in serving theaudience is to accurately andfactually report significantaspects of school life andsubjects of interest and concernto the readers. Due to the factthat straight news stories arebased on fact and should beunbiased, they may not besigned. The Limelight shouldstimulate thinking and provideleadership for the school. Asan independent observer, thenewspaper should use itsunique access to a new andbroad perspective to lead theschool community towardconstructive accomplishment.Editorial comments reflect the

thinking of the editorial boardand are not signed. Reviewsand opinion columns byindividuals must carry by-lines. The Limelight provides itsreaders with a public forum;students, faculty, administra-tors, parents, and others inthe school community areencouraged to react to mate-rial printed through signedletters or articles. Names will sometimes bewithheld from publication fora good cause. Outside con-tributors are subject to theusual restrictions of libel,defamation, slander, andobscenity and must conform tonewspaper policy. The newspaper need notagree with or endorse thecontents of outside contribu-tions. Contributions may berejected if considered unsuit-able. Any questions to thispolicy should be directedtowards the newspaperadvisor and/or the editors.

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“When the waitress at Alex-anders asked Brad Wright howhe wanted his steak cooked, hesaid he didn’t know because his

mom always did it for him.”- Sophomore Ashley Pumphery

“ The second night of thevariety show, Brian Jordan fell,and the people performing the

show thought that he washurt. But when they foundout that he wasn’t hurt, they

couldn’t perform for fiveminutes because they were

laughing too hard.”- Senior Becky Mooney

“In the parade, we were singingthe snowball monkey song, andsomebody tripped on the sign.”-Freshman Mackenzie Jones

“ It was a very special momentof getting together with

friends.”Sophomore Andrew Capati

“What was your favoritehomecoming experience?”

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NewsNotesTech-Prep student ofthe month named

Senior Jennifer Gross hasbeen recognized as October’sTech-Prep Student of theMonth. She was nominated bythe Business Department. For her her efforts, Grosswill be awarded a savingsbond, and her picture will befeatured in the LimestoneIndependent News.

Academic student ofthe month named

Senior Anna Aaron has beenrecognized as October’sAcademic Student of theMonth. For her efforts in theclassroom, Aaron will beawarded a savings bond, andher picture will be featured inthe Limestone IndependentNews.

LCHS to host collegefinancial aid meeting The Limestone GuidanceDepartment will be providing afinancial aid meeting onNovember 14 at 7:00 p.m. in thehigh school library. This meeting will be offeringhelpful information no parentsor college-bound students wouldwant to miss.

LCHS graduatereceives award

Limestone graduate JimThome received the 2002Roberto Clemente Award. Theaward is for his outstandingplay and work within thecommunity. John Hancock, the sponsor ofthe award, will donate $25,000to the Steve Palermo Chapter ofthe National Paralysis Centerin Leawood, Kansas, in thename of Thome’s nephew, juniorBrandon Thome.

Students recognizedfor academic success The following students wererecognized for academicexcellence at the ScholarsRecognition Night held Wednes-day, October 30 at 7:00 p.m. inthe LCHS auditorium.SeniorsAnna Aaron, Marcus-AllenBarlow, Natalie Blunier,Elizabeth Brignall, RyanBrunsman, Edwin Burnette III,Brandon Calder, Justin Closen,Lane Dieckow, Danielle Duhs,Noah Durham, MichelleEmerick, Patrick Faggett, KyleFlessner, Christine Florey,Jessica Foster, Keli Foster,Molly Friling, Brett Gann,David Grindle, Jennifer Gross,Bridget Heitman, ColleenJohnson, Jeff Johnson, NikkiJones, Brian Karl, TeraKohlbuss, Patrick Kohlmeier,Emily Lenart, Lizbeth Lenart,Stephanie Markle, KimberlyMartin, Michael McLaughlin,Andrew Mercer, Mark Miller,Rebecca Mooney, JacquelynNelson, Angel Pederson-Davis,Kristina Phillips, Heather Post,Adam Quine, Scott Reader,Angela Rendleman, Ashley

Madrigal ticket sales Madrigal tickets go on saleSunday, November 3, 2002.The cost is $25.00 per ticket. The Madrigal dinner will beheld Thursday, December 12through Sunday, December 15. Tickets sell out, so make sureyou are there and able topurchase the tickets you want.

Salm, Adam Smith, JonathonStegner, Alicia Thomason,Anthony Thomason, StephanieTigue, Rachel Traxler, RolandTung, Laura Varichak, AngelaVollmer, Jeffrey Wendling, JohnWikoff, Kellie Wood;JuniorsKathleen Atwell, BrookeBarnabe, Leslie Bazhenow, AmyBorland, Elizabeth Brodt,Wesley Burke, Jeremy Carter,Timber Clemons, MeganDaxenbichler, Michael Ding,Wade Dooley, Paige Ensinger,Michael Flatt, Jennifer Griffin,Courtney Hampton, GilHarmon, Adam Heien,Kelsy Jones, Elizabeth Lappin,Ryan Linsley, KristinLofthouse, Cala Lohman,Courtney Lowe, Michael Lucas,Ryan Lucas, Dane Marcussen,Shane McSimov, Kiley Moore,Christina Moran, Tyler Mullen,Scott Mulvain, Jessica Nelson,Tara Neltner, AdamNiedermeier, Ryan Oedewaldt,Chelsey Otten, Robert Pierce,Amanda Purdum, MonicaRager, Derrick Rasbury, AshleyRisius, Eric Roberts, TiffanyRobertson, Matthew Rupert,Holly Sanders, James Sellers,

Emily Shaw, Gary Shields,Katherine Sholty, ChristopherSimmons, Jennifer Sprowls,Kristen Stoens, MichelleStoller, Nicholas Swanson,Sara Swanson, Diana Taylor,Robert Terlesky, Jr., BriceTurner, Nicole Turner, DanielVernon, Rachel Williams,Joshua WrightSophomoresNathan Applegren, MichalaAtkinson, Emily Ayres,Rachael Barlow, Barbara Berg,Kimberly Brooks, JessicaBrosmer, Sahra Campen,Keith Corpus, AllisonCranford, Brittany Crichton,Lisa Faulkner, Tyler Flessner,Christine Grosse, NathanHeiser, Andrea Hess, AshtonHirst, Kayla Innis, CourtneyJackson, Tiffany Jarbo, SaraKetcherside, KayleighKluesner, Stefani Koeppel,Andrew Lauterbach, AndrewLund, Robert Markle, LeslieMcElhiney, Adam Monroe,Alex Motsinger, Joseph Mott,Wesley Murphy, LindseyOtten, Ashley Pumphrey,Stephanie Redmon, MatthewReynolds, Amanda Ross, BrianScheffler, Lacelynn Seibel,Zachary Stein, StephanieTaylor, Tara Turner, RichardVelde, William Zilch

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Little Miss MuffetSat on a Tuffet,Eating her curds and whey;Along came a spider,That sat down beside her,And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Many people react the sameway because, just like MissMuffet, manypeople sufferfrom the fearof spiders,otherwiseknown asarachnophobia.Phobias tauntmore thanfifty millionAmericans,with themajoritybeing women.The mostreasonableexplanationfor this is that without cases,statistics cannot exist, andwomen are more likely to admittheir problems to receive help.People may believe they aresuffering from a phobia, but theperson may actually have anobsessive-compulsive disorderor post-traumatic stress. Theseproblems may get worsewithout treatment, and onlydoctors can properly diagnoseeach condition. Phobias are categorized intothree groups: social phobias,panic disorders, and specificphobias. A person may sufferfrom a social phobia, if he feelsa paralyzing fear at the pros-pect of social or professionalencounters. Someone that isblind-sided periodically byoverwhelming fear for no

ment at the patient’s progressbecause too much can be bad.Gradually, the patient willlearn to cope with the phobia.According to psychologistSteven Phillipson, “Just aspeople become habituated to thenoise of traffic or backgroundchatter, so too can phobicsbecome non-responsive to thething that once frightenedthem.” Virtual reality pro-grams are sometimes used tohelp treat phobics with fears offlying and heights. According to a 2001 issue ofTime magazine, social phobiasaffect more than thirty-fivemillion Americans. Poundingheart, weak knees, sweating,trembling, and nausea are somesymptoms a person with asocial phobia may experience.Depression and alcoholism mayoccur if a patient avoids orisolates himself from thephobia. A successful twelve daytreatment of cognitive-behaviortherapy will cure a socialphobic. The patient is exposedto his fear and learns to cope

with it.Becauseotherscanrelate toaparticu-larphobia,thera-pistsrecom-mend

phobics to do group therapy. Iftherapy does not work, drugssuch as Paxil and Prozac canhelp make patients feel wellenough and relaxed to trytherapy.

The ABC’s to Phobias:

abutophobia: fear ofbathingacousticophobia: fear ofnoiseacrophobia: fear ofheightsaektorophobia: fear ofchickensagoraphobia: fear ofopen spacesaichmophobia: fear ofneedlesailurophobia: fear ofcatsallodoxaphobia: fear ofopinionsamaxohpbia: fear ofriding in a caranemophobia: fear ofwindarachibutyrophobia:fear of peanut buttersticking to the roof ofmoutharachnophobia: fear ofspidersataxophobia: fear ofuntidinessatelophobia: fear ofimperfectionatychiphobia: fear offailureautomatonophobia:fear of ventriloquistdummies, wax statuescacophobia: fear ofuglinesschionophobia: fear ofsnowchronomentrophobia:fear of clocksclaustrophobia: fear ofconfined spacescoimetrophobia: fear ofcemeteriescoulrophobia: fear ofclownsdecidophobia: fear ofmaking decisionsdentophobia: fear ofdentistsdomatophobia: fear ofhousesdoraphobia: fear ofanimal fur or skinsdromophobia: fear ofcrossing streetseisoptrophobia: fear ofmirrorselectrophobia: fear ofelectricityemetophobia: fear ofvomiting

apparent reason may sufferfrom a panic disorder. Specificphobias are the most common,such as the fear of snakes,enclosed spaces, and flying.Because specific phobias are theeasiest to understand, they arealso the most curable. According to a 2001 issue ofTime magazine, researchersbelieve phobias are genetically

inherited. Phobicparents influencetheir childrens’phobias, butphobias may also betriggered bychildhood trauma orsecond-hand fears.Experiencing atraumatic event orwatching someoneexperience one cancause the brain toregister the objectas a threat. Aperson trying toeliminate a phobia

should never avoid the object. Specific phobias branch offinto four sub-categories: fear ofinsects or animals,fear of naturalenvironment, fear ofblood or injury, andfear of dangeroussituations. Specificphobias may betreated by visiting aclinic for a few days.During the session,the patient will beexposed to his fear. Amagazine photo ofthe phobia is shown to thepatient, then is replaced by agraphic photo, and then theactual phobia will be placed infront of the patient. A therapistwill use this method of treat-

By Liz Brignall“For some people,even the house be-comes too big. Theymay limit their worldto just a few rooms.”

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A person with the third typeof phobia, or panic disorder, willhave unpredictable attacks,unlike a social phobic. If aperson experiences a panicattack with a certain place,then he will remember thatplace and try to avoid it. Thiswill continue to worsen withouttreatment, until there is noplace left the person has nothad an attack. Agoraphobiawill occur when the only placeavailable for a sufferer is hisown home. According toFordham University psycholo-gist professor Dean McKay, “Forsome people, even the housebecomes too big. They maylimit their world to just a fewrooms.” Cognitive-behavioraltherapy and medications maybe used to treat patients withagoraphobia. Individualtherapy once a week for ten totwelve weeks is the besttreatment for agoraphobics. Instead of running away froma spider like Little Miss Muffet,next time think of the spider asa harmless arachnid. Do notavoid the situation by runningaway. According to David H.Barlow, director of the Centerfor Anxiety and RelatedDisorders at Boston University,“The things you do to reduceanxiety just make it worse.”

Teen Perspective:Teen Perspective:“I’m afraid of drowning.”

-Sophomore Luke Rosenbohm

“Definitely afraid of spiders.”-Junior Alyssa Ricca

“Going under a bridge when a train isgoing over it.”

-Junior Matt Routt

“I’m afraid of clowns.”-Sophomore Nicole Waag

“Carnees. Carnival folk...small hands.Smell like cabbage.”

-Junior Dan Vernon

“I’m afraid of choking.”-Sophomore Ashley Pumphrey

“I’m not afraid of nothing.”-Senior Brett Jones

“I’m scared of death.”-Sophomore Stephanie Taylor

What are you afraid of?

What you need to know about your phobias

Phobia: exaggerated and inexplicable fear

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ARE YOU PHOBIC?Take this quiz to find out.

enochlophobia: fear ofcrowdsentomophobia: fear ofinsectseosophobia: fear ofdawn or dayighteremophobia: fear ofbeing oneselfglossophobia: fear ofspeaking in publichemophobia: fear ofbloodhydrophobia: fear ofwateriatrophobia: fear ofdoctorskathisophobia: fear ofsitting downkoniophobia: fear ofdustkopophobia: fear offatigueleukophobia: fear of thecolor whitelogophobia: fear ofwordsmisophobia: fear of dirtor germsnecrophobia: fear ofdeathnoctiphobia: fear ofnightnomatophobia: fear ofnamesnosocomephobia: fearof hospitalsnumerophobia: fear ofnumbersodynophobia: fear ofpainohpidiophobia: fear ofsnakesoikophobia: fear ofhomeombrophobia: fear ofrainornithophobia: fear ofbirdspediophobia: fear ofdollsphalacrophobia: fear ofgoing baldpteromerhanophobia:fear of flyingpupaphobia: fear ofpuppetssamhainophobia: fearof Halloweentonitrophobia: fear ofthundertrikaidekaphobia: fearof the number 13trypanophobia: fear ofinjections

Yes or No?Yes or No?Do you . . .Do you . . .

...Have a persistentand exces-sive fear ofan objector situa-tion, suchas flying,heights,animals,blood, orbeing inpublic place fromwhich there is noescape?

...Experience symp-toms, includingpounding heart,trembling, short-ness of breath,

lightheadedness,weak knees, drymouth, feelings ofunreality, feelingsthat you may go

crazy ordie whenyouthink ofor en-counterthe ob-ject orsituation

you fear?

...Fear that you willbe judged or willhumiliate yourselfsocially?

...Fear travelingwithout a compan-ion?

...Fear that peoplewill notice that youare blushing, sweat-ing, trembling, orshowing other signsof anxiety?

...Have an excessiveandongoingfear ofsocialsitua-tions,such asgoing tothe mall,the mov-ies, or a restaurant?

...Take elaborate,excessive steps toavoid the object orsituation you fear?

...Find that yourfears or your reac-tions to them haveinterfered withyour ability to func-tion at home, pro-fessionally, or so-cially?

If you answeredyes to thesequestions, con-tact yourhealth-careprovider. Aphobia is hardto bear but istreatable.

Adapted from Diagnos-tic and StatisticalManual of MentalDisorders, AmericanPsychiatric Associa-tion.

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of a particular object or class of objects

FeatureFeatureOctober 31, 2002October 31, 20026

Faculty welcomes new facesto hallways of Limestone

Remember the fright you hadwhen leaving the life you knewin grade school to come toLimestone for the first day ofschool? Imagine the frightassociated with not only leavingthe life you once knew but withleaving the country as well. Senior Suvi Kankaanpaa andsophomore Mioko Nagasejourneyed to Limestone thisfall. “I had a very warmwelcoming,” Kankaanpaastated. “Kendal Moon helpedme get acquainted with theschool.” Nagase also had apositive experience with thestudents; she felt that Lime-stone students were veryfriendly and open. When asked to compareLimestone to the schools theyonce had known, their educa-tional backgrounds differed.“The rules and regulations atLimestone are much stricter,”explained Kankaanpaa. “Backhome, there is no dress codeand passes are not needed toroam the halls. Lunch food wasfree, but the food quantity andquality was similar to whatLimestone offers.” Nagase summarized herviews on Limestone in oneword, “Awesome! My old schoolwas an all girl school, so I enjoyhaving the company here.”

Both students agreed thatthey are very happy with theclasses offered at Limestone asopposed to the classes they wereoffered in their country. Whenasked to describe a normalschool day in Finland,Kankaanpaa explained that theschool day varied each day ofthe week. For example, onMondays she went to schoolfrom 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. butthen only had to go to school onTuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to12:00 noon. “We had a student loungewhere there were severaltelevisions, VCRs, PlayStations,a snack bar, pool tables, andcouches. We spent some time inthere,” Kankaanpaa said with asmile. Plus, “in Finland, wehave no football team that isassociated with school. Allsports are played outside ofschool, usually for a nonprofitorganization. So I enjoy thedifferent games here at Lime-stone.” For Nagase, Limestone isn’tthat much different from herold school. She described herschool as being comparable toLimestone in size and hours perweek. Not every student has thecapability to pick up and finishtheir education on the otherside of the world, but these twostudents are doing a fine job.

Foreign exchange studentsstart new life at Limestone

Name: Kelly Jo Funke

Position: LCHS Principal

Birthday: September 27

College Attended:Augustana College, BradleyUniversity, Western IllinoisUniversity

Favorite Quote: “Theeducation of man is nevercompleted until he dies.”-Robert E. Lee

Favorite Food: Ice cream,chocolate

Biggest Accomplishment:Marriage, Family, and twogreat daughters- Megan (10)and Sarah (7 1/2)

Name: Robert Fitch

Position: English/ Speechteacher

Birthday: February 5th

College Attended: BradleyUniversity

Extra-curricular Activities:Speech Team coach andAssistant Soccer coach

Favorite Quote: “Laughteris the hand of God on theshoulder of a troubled world.”

Favorite Food: Peach Pie

Biggest Accomplishment:“This morning I woke up.”

When most high school kidsimagine what they do in theirfree time, a few choice wordscome to mind: TV, food,shopping, etc. When seniorJayma VonBehren thinks of freetime, it is a little more challeng-ing than that because she hasnext to none. Whether she istrying to balance a volleyballgame with a cross country meetor just running to stay in shape,it is amazing that VonBehrenhas time for anything else. Butshe does: she is also a Madrigalsinger, a member of the trackteam, a cast member of thespring musical, and devoted toher newest hobby- road races. Running seems to be a familyaffair. She and her sister havecurrently taken up road racing.VonBehren just recently won2nd place in her age division fora 15K run. She has beenrunning, however, for a longtime. “My dad first got mestarted in running when I waslittle,” she said. She ran ingrade school and her first twoyears in high school just to havesomething to do. Her father has played a veryimportant role in her runningcareer. He coached her whenshe was younger and is at every

meet, cheering her on. Sheloves running so much thatshe tries to make it a point torun three miles everyday. With all that she does, hercoaches even have to make aspecial schedule for her.Volleyball and cross countryhappen to both be fall sports,so she tries to use her talentsin cross country as often aspossible. Volleyball is a mainpriority, though. “I haveplayed volleyball since I wasin 5th grade and have alwaysenjoyed it.”

Sports are not her onlyconcern. She is also veryactive in the fine arts. This isher second year of being aMadrigal/Show Choir per-former. “Madrigals hasalways been something I havealways wanted to do eversince I saw my other sistersinvolved in the Madrigal. As

By Tara Turner

Up Close and Personalfeaturing

Jayma VonBehren

What are you doingfrom 6:00 p.m. on FridayNovember 22nd until 6:00 p.m.on Saturday November 23rd?Hopefully you are making plansfor you and your friends toattend Snowball 2002-2003. For those of you students whodo not know, Snowball is goingto be different this year. It is anew year with a new preventioncoordinator, so several compo-nents in this year’s Snowballhave been revamped. Thestudent prevention staff has awhole new set of warm bodiesand ideas. Everything that Snowball wasabout before has totally beeneliminated. The topics that aregoing to be discussed at thisyear’s Snowball are unlike anytopics that have ever beendiscussed before. While someof these topics are the sameroutine subjects, some are notevery day discussions, such as“communication, peer pressure,relationships, depression, drugand alcohol awareness, andfriendship building,” said

student prevention coordina-tor Mrs. Stephanie Decker. Many students want toknow why they should go toSnowball? Snowball is apositive learning experience.According to Decker, “Snow-ball helps high school studentslearn to make healthy lifechoices.” Who can go to Snowball?Anyone in high school can signup to attend. “We invite all ofthe people that have beeninvolved with Snowball beforeand hope to see many old andnew faces,” said Decker.

Finally, what is going to be sodifferent about it than yearsbefore? Well, for starters, theprevention staff is not going topack twenty-five different eventsinto one night. The staff is goingto spend time and effort withtheir individual small groups toget to know one another. Plus,participants will not be able topick out the staff from thestudents. The staff is only thereto keep everything organize, thatway everyone can discuss on anequal level. The prevention staff board,consisting of senior MichelleEmerick, senior Brett Gann,senior Shannon Pumphrey, andsenior Jeff Wendling, has beenworking a great deal on thisyear’s future Snowball. The main goal of teen staff, atleast what Decker is hoping for,is to have a great learningexperience and to make Snowballa lot of fun. Registration will be availablefrom the Teen Staff StudentPrevention team, or any inter-ested student may see Mrs.Decker in Room fourteen.

By Casey Verkler for show choir, it was just an“added bonus,” explainedVonBehren. Spring is almost as busy as fall.Yet again, her two major activi-ties conflict, the spring musicaland track, conflict. “Mr. Gross(track coach) is understandingand lets me join two to threeweeks late.” There is also show choir (whichhas been changed to jazz choir)practices and performances.VonBehren explained, “I believethat if I were not in all of theseactivities, I would be up to nogood. I would come home afterschool and have nothing to do.” VonBehren takes her job asboth a good student and a goodathlete seriously. Most impor-tantly, everything she has donehas been a major learningexperience for her. She said, “Ilove everything I am involved in,and it keeps me busy. Teachersand other adults constantly sayto stay involved and teenagerslaugh at them, but the truth isthat if we don’t, we find otherthings that aren’t as constructiveto keep us busy. All of theactivities I am involved ineducate me and help me maturein many ways.”

“I believe that if Iwere not in all of theseactivities, I would beup to no good. I wouldcome home afterschool and have noth-ing to do.”

-Jayma VonBehren

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Healthy living leads to happy heartSnowball encourages leadership, healthy choicesBy Katie Sheldon

“Snowball helpshigh school studentslearn how to makehealthy life choices.The key to thisyear’s snowball is tohave quality notquantity.” .

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EntertainmentEntertainment October 31, 2002 October 31, 2002 7

RELAX.... I’m here I’m yoursDecaying in this bleach

Dying I’m dead been laying here for weeksHow does it feel to know I’m not there?I know how it feels when nobody caresForgotten, alone nobody gives a sh**

That’s why I’m gone and this is the end. By Jon Van

Gone

Writer’s BlockWriter’s BlockFeaturing Jon Van

Senior Jon Van has had sometrouble in his life, but he hasfound that life always works outin the end. He wrote this poem“Gone” while he was depressed,hoping that he would be able toget himself out of his mood atthat moment. Van said, “Nomatter how bad life may be atone point, everything looks upeventually.”

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LCHS thespians present Alcott’sLittle Women November 8 & 9

Are you a writer? Have you ever wanted to see your

name in print? Have you ever wanted to brag that you

had one of your creations printed in a newspaper?

Now is your chance to be published!

Submit an original poem or short story to Mrs. Oleson

in Room 31. Articles must be school appropriate and

must be the original work of the student.

See Mrs. Oleson today so you can have your chance to

be printed in the Limelight today!

Attention All Students

The LCHS theatre department will present its latest play Little

Women on November 8th and 9th. Above: Anna Aaron, Angie

Rendleman, and Kiley Moore act out a scene from the play.

As a freshman, I was excitedto go to my first variety show,and I think it was definitelyworth showing up for. The freshman had a skit Ican’t believe was even ap-proved, but then again, isn’tthat typical of the freshmanclass. Their act was a mess,and the only funny part was themock act of the Mellow Yellowcommercial, in which AdamUnderwood was in a dress andDonny Myers was the guy whoripped his pants. The sophomore skit wasbetter though. It had TobyThomason as Stuart from MadT.V. , and it was more of a skitthan the freshman flop.

Variety Show 2002: You had to be thereBy Jake Stewart

The juniors, who won firstplace, had an act, which for mewas a gag and also very cleverbecause they had an E! onlocation with “Brooke Burke”(Tierney Modglin) showing uswhat prize you got if you won acontest. The best was RyanLinsley as Coach Peacock andBrian Beach as his dad. The seniors, who were alsoinvited back to perform Fridaynight, had an alright skit, but itwasn’t that funny. The onlyfunny part was the “coach”played by Andrew Bender. The filler acts, which were myfavorite part of the show, weregreat also. First place winnerjunior Kiley Moore sang anAlanis Morisette song called

“Uninvited,” which was a verystrong performance. SeniorBecky Mooney sang “At Last”by Billie Holiday. That was alsoa great performance. Sopho-more Stephanie Taylor had anice voice, but she sang differ-ent songs, and it got way tooconfusing way too quickly. The final performer, JoshHedden, sang “I” by Cold. Thiswas my favorite song the wholenight. It was a little depresing,but I think that was the feelinghe wanted. After all, my first varietyshow experience was good evenif it did have a few minorsetbacks.

Msn.com’s favoriteMsn.com’s favoriteHalloween CandyHalloween Candy

1. M&Ms2. Snicker Bars3. Skittles4. Peanut M&Ms5. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups6. Blow pops7. Tootsie Rolls8. Dum Dum Suckers9. Mars Bars10. Twix Bars

Casey’s FavoriteCasey’s Favorite Halloween Candy Halloween Candy

1. Snicker Bar2. Twix3. Mars4. Hershey’s5. Pixie Stix6. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups7. Crunch Bars8. M&Ms9. Butterfinger Bars10. Tootsie Rolls

Tara’s FavoriteTara’s FavoriteHalloween CandyHalloween Candy

1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups2. Blow Pops3. Twizzlers4. Sour Punch Straws5. Everlasting Gobstoppers6. Dum Dum Suckers7. M&Ms8. ButterfingerBars9. Pixie Stix10. Almond Joy

With Halloween just around the corner, we decided to keep with the theme of all theghosts and goblins and other spooky treats we associate with October. Even though we areadults now (we are sophomores), trick-or-treating is still pretty cool. What can be betterthan a night when you receive free candy?! We found an interesting poll on msn.com that listed the top ten candies. The list gavenames of some pretty yummy treats, but we did not always agree. Listed below are ourfavorites, plus those favorites of msn.com. Have a safe and happy Halloween! Beware of the tummy aches and rotted teeth!!

Sports Shorts

SportsSportsOctober 31, 2002October 31, 20028

By Ryan LinsleyVarsity beats Washington,

ends losing streak

Volleyball serves one up

Three new members were inducted into the Limestone AthleticHall of Fame, which originated in 1987. Scott Behrends was athree-year all-conference basketball player. In 1989, his senioryear, he averaged 18.1 points per game and led Limestone to thesectional Championship game. Julie Getz-Harris graduated in 1981 and was a three-year all-conference basketball player. She earned state tournament secondteam in 1979 when the Lady Rockets advanced to the statetournament. Getz-Harris is in the Top Ten in career assists andpoints. Shelly Lane was a two-year all-conference basketball player andthree-year all-conference softball player. She pitched a perfectgame and recorded 19 strikeouts in that game.

Limestone inductsthree new membersinto Hall of Fame

Limestone competed in the golf regional at Kellogg Golf Course(par 72). All Mid-Illini, Mid-State 6, Bloomington, and Galesburgwere in the tournament. The top four teams and top eight indi-viduals of schools not in the top four advanced to the PekinSectional held at Lick Creek. Bloomington finished first, shooting a297. They were followed by Notre Dame, Galesburg, andRichwoods. Limestone finished 14 overall. Robbie Terleskey led the way witha 88. Steve Blahnik, 90; Noah Durham, 91; and Travis Dixon, 93,finished out the Limestone foursome.

Limestone finishes14th in golf regional at

Kellogg Golf Course The Limestone football teamgot their biggest win of theseason. They beat a toughWashington team, 39-36, atBabcook Field in Washington.Limestone ended a 11 gamelosing streak to Washington.The loss puts Washington injeopardy of missing the playoffs

for the first time in five years.Brandon Rodgers completed 19of 33 passes for 337 yards.Matt Sage had nine of thosecatches and 237 receivingyards. Sage caught five touch-downs. Limestone now has a record of3-5 overall and 3-4 in the Mid-

Illini conference. Limestone hasroad victories over East Peoria,Illinois Valley Central, andWashington. They have lost toLaSalle-Peru, Metamora,Canton, Dunlap, and Morton onHomecoming. Limestonefinishes the season at homeagainst Woodruff on October 25.

The Limestone volleyball team is 6-7 inconference after defeating IVC at home onOctober 22 (pictured above). The winimproved the Rockets to 15-13 overall. Ashton Swearingen and Kim Martin aretied for third in the Mid-Illini Conferencein blocks. Both are averaging 1.1 pergame. Ashley Thome is fourth in assists.She is averaging 5.4 per game. Congratulations to senior captain andsetter, Colleen Johnson, for being named aJournal Star scholar athlete.

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