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Facebook: MHS The Student Newspaper May 2011 Volume73, Senior Special

MARION HIGH SCHOOL

THE STUDENT– SENIOR SPECIAL , VOLUME 73

Final Address from The Student

The Student

Marion High School

1501 S. Carbon St.

Marion, IL 62959

(618) 993-8196

[email protected]

Head Editor: Jordan McBride

Editors: Dakota Evans, Sarah Ander-son, Aaron McGee

Sponsor: Mrs. Presley

Contributing Staff: Kristen Fowler, Essence Kimble, Michael McAnelly, Tay-lor Pankey, Nicholas Rakers

Special Thanks to Mrs. Wofford and Yearbook for contributing pictures!

The Student is a newspaper that is produced by Marion High School stu-dents on a periodic basis.

MHS The Student newspaper

After thirteen years of waiting, doing homework, waking

up early, putting up with teachers and friends, it is time. Whether

or not you are ready, it is all over with. Now you must begin the

rest of your life.

This senior class is unique. They seem to be the crossing

over bridge between the Tom and Jerry cartoons to Hannah Mon-

tana; from Backstreet Boys to Justin Bieber. Many have com-

mented on the social level of the senior class. They are all friendly

with very few cliques. They seem to be happy with who they are

and visually, they are all individuals. They fully lived up to the

phrase: Double the one, double the fun.

Of course there will be those that will be most remembered

by the majority of the student body. However, everyone will be

remembered by someone. Every senior was someone’s friend, and

their memory is guaranteed to remain in the halls for some amount

of time.

It feels strange to be leaving. Many of the seniors will

probably never enter into this building again. But the memories

that are contained in it will last with the graduating class forever. Congratulations class of 2011! In the words of Legally Blonde,

“We did it!”

-The Student

Evan Williams

As I graduate from Marion High

School in

May 2011, I leave the per-

cussion sec-

tion in con-cert band my

drumsticks,

mallets and

the hopes that they will

keep the

drum section

CLEAN!

I will also pass down the torch to Michael Stephens as next years

Friends in Christ President.

I leave my cross country uniform (which I promise I did wash!) to

Coach Baker.

Throughout my years at MHS I hope I have been an inspiration and

a good friend to all the students,

especially the freshmen who I

helped mentor for 2 years. Finally, my last words to MHS and the class

of 2011 would be, “Good luck, and

God bless!”

Senior Wills


School, what an exceptional per-formance. You also mean the world

to me, and beautiful sharing.

Cody Alstat, you’ve tried hard, you make me laugh, and nothing

can stop you now.

Lastly, Rachel Combs, you’re

special and you’re a superstar.

Way to go all juniors, now you’re

flying!

Brett Anderson

I, Brett Anderson, hereby relinquish the following

upon my de-

parture of

Marion High

School…

I leave my

stepz to Mi-chael Owens,

I hope you

wear them

with pride.

I also leave my church league

stroke to Kyle Baker, good luck leading the St. Joe’s Bros to at least

one victory next year….tell Charlie

to retire #2 for me.

Damon Holst

I, Damon Holst, leave my ability

to distract a teacher from

actually

teaching for entire class

periods.

I leave my primo locker

location to

any lucky

freshmen who feels they can handle this

honor.

I leave the golf team to Jake War-

ren and Nathan McGee in hopes that the team will not be in turmoil

for too long.

I leave Shawn Bowen all the good times in Repro doing all the things

we shouldn’t have.

I leave my five AP books to next years AP students in the exact same

condition I received due to the lack

of use.

I leave the library lunch table to

Brooke Reed, Brent Martin, Ashley

Ellis, Chelcee Stearns, Mike Lynch,

Kyle Crider, Nic Sanders, and Ben

Woodard, even though I don’t really

own it. I leave the most annoying instrument, the oboe, to Katie

Baltzell and Lauran Hirschi.

I leave my great personality and wonderful attitude to the upcoming

classes.

I pass on my ability to quickly make myself at home at MHS to

any new students that are placed in

the position I was as a new student

last year.

Oh, and I pass on the title of best

AP Chemistry lab group to no one,

because no one can fill the title as well as Tyler Cypin and I proudly

do. Have fun sitting in school for

another year, or four, depending on

your age of course.

Paige Shevllin

To Ben Woodard,

Nic Sanders,

and Tyler Erwin, I

leave the po-

sition of Drum Major.

Good luck,

guys! You’ll

be great!

Ken Harris

I leave my love of wrestling, my

lunch room

table, and protection

all to my

brother Royce Har-

ris and my

cousin Jer-

rod. I am sure both of

you will

make me proud. Enjoy the rest of your high

school years-they go by faster than

you can imagine. Enjoy all of the

little things and take nothing for granted. Have fun, but don’t go

crazy. Try hard in all that you do

and you will be successful.

I also leave with you the

“persona” of my tattoo and all the

qualities that come with it. Save some energy, pin them, and get it

over with. Make me proud boys.

Autumn Adkins

Juniors, you mean the world to

me. You’ve

discovered the secret to

passing your

junior year,

well done.

Alexa

Bond, you are A-OK

my buddy,

and a real

trooper.

To my guidance staff I’m leaving

behind, you’ve been a real treasure.

Mrs. Barger, you are so precious,

and you are a winner.

To the entire staff at Marion High


owe me $56 worth of stuff.

To Will Pankey, I also leave my

poetry notebook. May my words

inspire you to reach for the stars

(and ask that girl out).

To the poor student who receives

my locker 244 in C-Hall, I leave my locker. I hope its fixed by

then.

To Mrs. Wilson, I leave the work I did for you this year. Please

don’t forget that its still on your

zip drive.

Doug Plumer

I leave

my pencil to Jacob

Allen Ross.

I leave my scrap paper

to Jahad

Riley.

Ali Hill

I leave

my awe-

someness to Alia. I

will miss

my best

friend.

To Kristina Vick, I leave the alto

sax sections. I will miss you!

To Jackson Sprague, I leave my

lunch table.

To all the future AP Students . . .

Yeah, Good Luck! Get some sleep

this summer.

To Mr. Graham I leave my per-

fectly wonderful WHITE drum ma-

jor uniform.

Good luck to all the future

classes!

Katelyn Salzman

I, Katelyn Brooke Salzman, leave my parking spot to anyone with a

nice enough

car to park there, but

that’ll be

hard.

I leave

my b-ball

skills to uh .

. Wait, no one here

will be able

to ball it up

like me.

I leave my girl, Mrs. Sanders, all

my amazing AP Lit quotes.

I leave my reputations as Mr.

Varner’s awesome TA to my re-

placement next year . . Good luck

filling my shoes.

Tayler Cypin and I leave our ob-

noxious yelling after 7th hour to

anyone brave enough to copy us.

I leave my locker to all A-Hall

wannabe students.

Finally, I leave my legacy and the

memories of all of my peers and to

the classes to come . . . Try not to

miss me! :)

Tayler Cypin

I, Tayler Nicole Cypin, leave my tanning obsession to Andrew Moh-

lenbrock and

Logan Hunt.

I leave my

bomb tennis

abilities to Sarah Kessel.

Joke around

with Mr. Wat-

son, it will help you get

through the

season.

I leave the French Club Presidency

to Dustin Dukes. You better major in

French, boy.

Katelyn Salzman and I leave our

obnoxious yelling after 7th hour to

any kid that is brave enough to copy

us.

I leave to all the other classes hours

of ACT prep-you’ll get through it

guys. :/

Good luck to the class of 2012 and

all the classes that follow. You have

big shoes to fill!

Michael McAnelly

I leave my

favorite ta-

ble at lunch to Trevor

Ferguston,

Shelby Wheeler,

and Will

Pankey. I also leave to

Shelby

Wheeler my

favorite pair of gym shorts, may you use them

well.

To Leah Douglass, I leave my Scotty voice, may the voice of our

friend linger for one more year in the

halls of MHS. By the way, you still

Class Of 2

011


Kyle Hester

I leave my

books to the underclass-

men and the

incoming

freshmen.

Zack Farner

I leave

my ginger-

afro to all of the gin-

ger stu-

dents at

MHS.

Troy Stuckey

To Jahad

Riely, I

leave my 1st

team All-Conference

selection.

To Shakirra

Harris, I

leave my wallet

(that’s what you really want any-

ways).

To Malik Stuckey, I leave my

charm.

To everyone else, I leave my best wishes and enjoyment of high

school.

Maggie O’Neill

I, Maggie

Beth

O’Neill, leave my

wonder-

ful sing-

ing skills to all the cool choir kids, in particular, Logan Hunt and Luke

O’Neill.

I leave my old, taped up soccer cleats to all my soccer girls, in par-

ticular Emily Dickman, Kelsey

Lober, Courtney Shotton, Nadia and Alia Aboduleh, and Carley

Crabtree.

I leave all the dirty dishware to whoever is brave enough to replace

me as Mr. Davis’ TA next year.

I leave my Calculus book to the AP Calc kids. Hope it helps you

because it didn’t help me. I leave

all my AP Lit books to the new AP Lit kids. I’m sure you’ll find my

underlining helpful.

Finally, I leave the legacy of the class of 2011 and wish all the other

classes good luck in trying to fill

our shoes!

Sarah Anderson

I leave

the news-paper to

Brent

Martin.

You are going to

be Editor

and you will make

sure this

paper con-

tinues for another year.

I leave being a strong woman

and all the power that goes with it to Alyssa Tarrant. Make me

proud!

I leave the lunch table to Jackson

Sprague and the “smart” juniors.

I leave my outspokenness and

opinionated person to One brave

enough to stand up for what’s

right.

To all the remaining students, be

realistic about high school. If these are the best years of your

life, then you’re not living.

Robyn Neicamp, Mallory Shoukle-tovich, Holden Reel, Colin Soldner, Brett Powell, Brok Webb, Sarah Knight, Taylor Rhyne, and Hayley

Koelz

We, the senior lunch table (1st

lunch: middle table closest to the ramp in the upper cafeteria), leave

this sacred table to the next 9 wor-

thy seniors that will uphold our many traditions: potlucks, talloin

smack, Waltz Friday, singing

Happy Birthday, random yelling

(Hayley Koelz), being cool.

Blake Sti-

gall

I, Blake

Stigall,

hereby bequeath

the fol-

lowing:

To

Shawn

Bowen I leave the lunch table. Good luck

finding people to eat with you next

year.

-

As senior class president, I leave

the school to the Junior’s, so they

can “run” this place.

To my brother Brock, I leave the

eight minute car ride to school, my

smarts, and pretty much everything

else.

Katie Phillips

I, Katie Phillips, leave my drum


major gloves to

Ben

Woodard,

Tyler Er-win, and

Nic Sand-

ers. To these three,

I also leave

cleaning supplies,

which will be helpful when they

have to clean the band room over

the summer.

I leave my laid-back attitude and

carefree approach to my grades to

Alyssa Tarrant, my almost-senior, in hopes that she can relax and en-

joy her senior year.

To my fellow procrastinators, I leave sparknotes.com—although it

is legitimately not as useful as read-

ing the book.

And to the general population of

MHS, I leave this advice: Do your

best, don’t be a jerk, and don’t

worry so much. It will all work out.

Aaron McGee

I, Aaron McGee,

leave my

hopes and dreams to

Todd Gra-

ham.

To Ben

Fox, I leave

the mello-phone sec-

tion and the only bottle of valve oil

we have.

To Jackson Sprague I leave my watch in hopes for further punctu-

ality.

To Michael McAnelly, I leave all my extra credits. I hope you gradu-

ate next year, man.

To Kirsten Moyers, I leave my

status as Mrs. Davis’ TA.

Colin Sold-

ner

I, Colin

Soldner,

leave my football

locker to

Brett Brad-ley because

I know how

much he

admires

and looks up to me.

Brok Webb

I, Brok-ton Kon

Webb,

leave my baseball

and soccer

jersey to

Nick Frey.

Emilee Bowles

I, Emilee Bowels, leave my child

care

O.C.D habits to

Hannah

Boyd and Hayley

Hogland.

Good luck

making your

D’Nealian

and K.C. snack up to my standards . . .try not

to catch anything on fire.

Liz Markley and I leave our awe-some mentor abilities to Carsen

Cash and Zach Bingman, the two

biggest studs in the class of 2014.

I leave my UK school spirit to

Miss Ali Barnes, who I know will

represent Big Blue Nation when

they win next year.

I leave my sweatpants to Mary-

Kate Markley, who I know will

make me proud.

Finally, I leave all the underclass-

men, good luck trying to fill our

shoes and be as cool as us!

Taylor Pankey

To Kate Miller I leave my inabil-

ity to bal-

ance my-

self. When you fall,

may you

always remember

my klutzi-

ness.

To Mrs.

Laura

Sanders

bequeath my love for “dead white men” literature. I hope I was quite

the memorable student.

And last, but not least, I leave my bass clarinet to Kali Hardin, as well

as my position as section leader.

May you never lose interest in mu-

sic.

Nick Rakers

I hereby bequeath upon my graduation

from

Marion High

School

“The Gin-ger Face”.

Myself,

Neil Brad-

shaw, and Tyler

Jacob’s


Senior Memories table to Austin “Twix” Elmore and Bri-tanny Murphy. They may do with it as

they please.

Half of my charm and pizzazz are to go to both Justin Brown and Austin “Twix”

Elmore respectively. They are to divide it

among themselves as they see fit.

All of my bad musical taste goes to all

you scene kids. You now who you are.

Any shred of dignity, and any bit of shame I have left (sorry, its not much) I

leave to Braxton Spence.

Neil Bradshaw

To Justin Brown I leave my hatred for

running.

To Austin Elmore I leave

the responsi-

bility of re-

placing me.

To Megan I

leave the ad-vice not to let

her amazing

talent go to

waste and never to burn bridges.

I leave my love to all of my friends that

get to stay here and I want Laura to know

I will leave with a positive attitude and a

smile.

I want you all to know that its never

impossible to laugh, and I will miss you

all.

A Night in Wonderland



After Prom

Scholastic Book Fair a Success

worth going towards books for

our MHS Library.

The school library held a

book fair from April 12th

through the 15th. This was also

National Library Week.

The book fair had a special

buy one get one free offer. The

school librarian, Mrs. Griffith,

was very enthusiastic about the

book fair and had a lot to

share.

Our library sold almost $1000

worth of books and merchandise.

The sales paid off with $235

Some big sellers were post-

ers and the books Hunger

Games and Lincoln Lawyer.

Mrs. Griffith told me she

thought there was a good turn-

out but not as good as last

year.

Overall, the book fair was a

very successful event. Thank

you to all who went and sup-

ported the MHS Library. If

you couldn’t make it this time,

don’t miss out next year!

-Kristen Fowler


Author Skype Party

Farewell Editorial

and as a proud mother of

two. There were cookies

and juice served and

Simone showed trailers for

both

Per-

fect

Chemistry and Leav-

ing Paradise. This

was the first live

Skype party the book

club has held, but it

went over so well it almost certainly will

not be the last!

- Essence Kimble

On the stormy morning of Monday, April 4th

there was a live Skype Party between the be-

loved Marion High School Student Book

Club and the one and only author, Simone

Elkeles. Simone Elkeles has

written the thought-

provoking books Perfect

Chemistry and Leaving Para-

dise, which

was the

topic of the

live Skype

chat. She

was hilarious and had no

trouble answering the ques-

tions posed by students. She

explained her life as a writer

As the end of school looms over MHS, the ten-

sion in the halls builds. This has been a normal

year for many. Although many exciting and

memorable things occurred, it was just another

year . . . or was it?

Each of us has a different answer for that. A

generalization for

the year would

not be fair for

everyone. We all

went through

unique experi-

ences, from daily

drama to per-

sonal incidences.

A whole year,

more like nine

months, has gone

by. Soon, we

will have three months of freedom. Three

months to sleep in and to let our minds melt in

the hot summer sun. Next year, the process will

start all over again. But it will be slightly differ-

ent.

Freshmen: You will no longer be at the bottom.

Congratulations you survived your first year.

Sophomores: You will get to look forward to the

ACT and being able to say, “Next year, we’ll be sen-

iors.” Juniors: You

get to be on the top.

After twelve years

of waiting, you will

finally be seniors.

Seniors: You’re

back to the bottom.

But at least you will

be in college.

No matter what

grade you are, spend

your remaining

years at MHS with a

good attitude. Do

not hurry it too much. The years will go by almost

too quickly. Then, the rest of your life will begin.

-Sarah Anderson


Wildcats Got Talent

The 2011 Wildcats Got Talent show was a clear success! There was some serious talent among all the performers this

year. Abby Landes and Alison Mcaulliffe also did an excel-

lent job announcing and hosting the show.

Due to a strikingly Broadway-worthy performance of

“Gimme, gimme”, Megan Joyner easily took first place as an

individual. Her performance absolutely brought down the

house with cheers, screams and claps. The runner up for solo artist was Chris Simmons who, as usual, gave a fantastic per-

formance.

Another category of awards were reserved for bands, which was clenched by returning champions Radioactive So-

ciety.

All and all, it was an excellent show and every performer

should be proud of their talents.

-Taylor Pankey

Recently, Mr. Powell and

his guitar class hosted the Chris Duarte Group in the

auditorium. Many students attended the performance

during seventh hour. Chris Duarte, lead guitar and vo-

cal, used the performance to open up the students’ ears to

the forgotten genre of Blues.

Duarte is originally from Texas and has played since he was

17 years old, more than 40 years ago. He recently joined with Matt Stallard, bass, and Jack Jones, drummer. He has six al-

bums released and plays all over the world. He has a special group in Japan that only tours with him while he is there. Al-

though he is very busy with his performances, he offered to

play at MHS for free.

In between gigs, he uses his time to produce instructional DVD’s.

Duarte teaches basic skills but also conveys a message, which was brought out as he attended MHS. He wants students to be exposed

to a variety of music and possibly discover a desire to learn an in-

strument.

With the help of Mr. Williams, MHS acquired a guitar class. After Williams moved to the Junior High, Powell took over the

guitar class. Powell came into contact with Duarte through the use of these DVDs in his guitar class. He enjoys using him because he

is intelligent and articulate.

A video of the performance

is on Facebook at MHSGuitar-

Class. Duarte’s videos are on

YouTube. Check it out!

-Sarah Anderson

Chris Duarte Group Performs at MHS


Joshua Heller

Aaron Henderson

Tess Hendrick-

son

Amanda Herbert

Kyle Hester

Aimee Heyde

Ali Hill

Braden Hill

Ryan Hilliard

Bradley Hilton

Vance Hodge

Derek Holland

Damon Holst

Dustin Howton

Chelsea Hutcher-

son

Tyler Jacobs

Robert Jellen

Brandon Johnson

Patrick Johnson

Brandon Jones

Nathaniel Jones

Destiny Jornlin

Dashawn June

Morgin Kelley

Dustin Kidd

Anna Kir-

schbaum

Sarah Knight

Hayley Koelz

Abigail Landes

Katie LaRue

Lindsay Lenon

Dallas Luo

Samantha Lymon

Kourtney Mal-

colm

Elizabeth Marley

Clinton Marks

David Marin

Tre Martin

Victoria Martin

Michael McAnelly

Lukas McArthy

Jordan McBride

Christina MCClure

Michale McCoin

Aaron McGee

Brocton McGuire

Herbert MCMillen

Joel McPherson

Jordan McReynolds

Brandon Melcher

Keenan Miner

Rebecca Miskelley

Shylan Mofield

Kaitlyn Montogomery

Darin Moore

Sydney Mostinger

James Muck

Conor Murphy

Collin Murrie

Robyn Neicamp

Mariah Nelson

Jessica Newsom

Kelsey Nicholas

Jessica Nicholson

Tyler Norman

Ryan Null

David O’Connor

Maggie O’Neill

Chris Ozment

Rachel Palmer

Taylor Pankey

Amanda Parker

Gabe Parker

Anthony Parrino

Kelli Parrish

Vivek Patel

DeVante Payne

Taylor Pecord

Kyleigh Pender

Corey Petree

Krista Petree

Rachael Petree

Victoria Phelps

Amilia Phemister

Katerine Phillips

Ryan Phillips

Mitchell Phinney

Todd Pizanowski

Doug Plumer

Brett Powell

Lacey Price

Kaci Pulley

Ja’Mia Purdiman

Courtney Quigg

Shalee Rains

Nich Raker

Justin Ramsey

Mich Redinger

Holden Reel

Micheal Reeves

Karen Reynolds

Taylor Rhyne

Davonte Roberts

Brianna Roberston

Brett Rodriquez

Brittany Rooney

Mariah Ryder

Katelyn Salzman

Alina Schoenecke

Travis Scholes

Haley Schultz

Paige Shevlin

Mallory Shoukle-

tovich

Mallori Chamness

Jeffery Clark

Patrick Clark

Katie Clayton

Jeremy Cobb

Rachel Combs

Joseph Conley

Dylan Connell

Brittany Cottonaro

Lena Cowsert

Jacob Crain

Tayler Cypin

Ben Devardo

Patrick Devine

John Dickson

Mason Dodd

Jaci Doss

Karon Drone

Carson Edmonds

Grant Elkin

Zach Farner

Derek Finster

Taylor Fletcher

Cody Foutch

Serissa Garcia

Blake Gibbons

Arthur Grant

Garret Green

Marcus Green

Matthew Griffith

Aaron Groves

Katlyn Groves

Felicia Hamberg

Ken Harris

Caleb Hastings

Katherine Hastings

Ricky Hatfield

Gary Hathocat

Mattew Hays

Nathan Abell

Shawnice Acree

Aaron Adeoye

Autum Adkins

Chelsey Aikens

Brian Allen

Aubri Almaroad

Cody Alstat

Haley Anderson

Sarah Anderson

Kayla Anderson-

Gray

Tabitha Arrowood

Ryan Atkisson

Tyler Atkisson

Joseph Atwood

Fah Sakulkarn

Auyyapat

Taylea Bailey

Alyissa Baker

Kelsie Baltzell

Lindsey Barnes

Travis Barnett

T.J. Barthelman

Megan Bearden

Olivia Beasley

Stephanie Bethel

Caleb Black

Dylan Bloodworth

Jonathan Boan

Victoria Bobell

Kris Boomer

Kelsea Bourland

Angela Bowen

Emilee Bowless

Anisha Bradley

Neil Bradshaw

Colin Brave

Shell Burchell

Jordan Simmons

Brianna Smith

Derek Smith

Ricky Smith

Tyler Smith

Zachary Smith

Christopher Smock

Emily Smoot

Colin Soldner

Nichole Somers

Toren Stanley

Blake Stigall

Eric Stivers

Christiana Stone

Clint Stone

Troy Stuckey

Andriea Sullins

Ricky Tankersley

Collin taylor

Doniqua Taylor

Cashmere Thompson

Jasmine Thompson

Joseph Thompson

Eric Walke

Hope Wasson

Taylor Ridgway

Brokton Webb

Austin Wiese

Ashley Williams

Even Williams

Kathrine Williams

Cody Wilson

Brittney Winstead

Racheal Wise

Tyler Wolz

Meredith Woods

Brettany Yoast

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