TIGER TATTLER“The Student Newspaper of Herrin High School”

Herrin High School l 700 North 10th St., Herrin, Illinois 62948 l Volume 75, Number 7 l May 2013

Page 2 - Senior Wills & Memo-

ries

Page 3-Editorials

Page 4 - FeaturesArt Class participates in

“For Kids Sake Auction”, the Talent Show, and the Creative Writing Class pre-pares children’s books for elementary students

Page 5-Tiger Paws Events

Page 6 -OrganizationsFBLA goes to State Com-

petition, Student Govern-ment presents check to the American Cancer Society, FCCLA and Math Team at-tend state competitions

Page 7 -FeaturesScholarship Night Win-

ners

Page 8 -SportsFrench Travel Club hosts

ICCW Wrestling Compe-tition, and Senior, Justin Lukens, signs with John A. Logan College

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An Evening in the Emerald CityBy Abigail Craig and Kortney Young

French’s Studio took pic-tures of couples at the begin-ning of the night against the green screen and also through-out the dance.

French's was also taking pic-tures at Promenade, alongside family and friends.

The dance floor was under strict supervision by school officials, due to the many warnings about appropriate dancing the students received during the week before. How-ever, students still managed to enjoy themselves. Those who didn’t feel comfortable dancing stayed at the tables and talked with friends.

Either way, students will look back to this prom and al-ways remember it for one rea-son or another.

Prom is famous for being a memorable evening for all, and the 2013 Wizard of Oz-themed prom certainly lived up to ev-eryone’s expectations in one way or another.

Big dresses, pictures, strap-py heels, tuxes, loud music, fancy decorations, dancing and flowers are just some of the memories of Prom.

Prom 2013 is a night that will be remembered by every-one in attendance from Her-rin High School. It took place on April 27 at The Pavilion in Marion, starting at 7:30 pm and ending at 11 pm.

Some were disappointed by the bad weather that evening. It had been cloudy and dark for the majority of the evening, which was not perfect weather for picture taking. Or driving.

Fog was also a problem for some on the way to after prom.

Senior Lindsey Hewlett said, "I couldn't see anything through it! I had to drive ex-tremely slow on the way to SI Bowl."

While the weather of the night wasn’t perfect, the prom committee, led by Ms. Hick-man, did a great job with the decorations.

This year’s theme was An Evening in Emerald City. The theme was based on the love-able and classic movie The Wizard of Oz, a movie we all know and love from our child-hoods.

When students entered they went under a rainbow and onto the yellow brick road. The dec-orations were beautiful and de-picted scenes from the movie.

Upon entering the building students encountered a magi-cal place of somewhere over the rainbow. Some of the deco-rations included the Tinman, Scarecrow, ruby slippers, the Wicked Witch of the West, the rainbow, and a hot air balloon.

The Great and Powerful Oz overlooked the dance floor. The decorations went in chrono-logical order according to the movie.

The color scheme was green in the ballroom area, and on each table was a mini rainbow made out of glow sticks in wa-ter.

Green gossamer fabric was draped across the ceiling and clear lights were intertwined within it.

The decorations were done by the Junior class prom com-mittee. Crystal Lukens of Crys-tal’s Catering was in charge of decorating this year’s prom. This year’s decorations sur-passed last year's carnival theme, without a doubt.

Prom King and Queen were announced halfway through the night. Former King and Queen, Austin Starkweath-er and Alex McVicker, an-nounced and crowned Prom 2013 King and Queen, Cody Crosley and Christin Ritter. Af-ter being crowned, they danced to the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Promenade started at 11:30 pm. Couples were announced by Juniors Brandy Miller and Gabe Ridings.

The 2013 Prom King & Queen - Christin Ritter & Cody Crosley.- photo provided by French’s Studio

Everyone dancing in the Emerald City. (more prom pics pg. 8)After Prom at SI BowlBy Bianca Hazen

The prom goers shed their fancy dresses and tuxes in fa-vor of the traditional jeans and after prom t-shirts with slogans.

As the lyrics to the Foun-tains of Wayne song ‘Prom Theme’ say, “Here we are at last, the moment soon will pass, we’ll go our separate ways, we’ll vanish in the haze, we’ll never be the same, we’ll forget each other’s name. We’ll grow old and lose our hair; it’s all downhill from there. But to-night we’ll reach for the stars, we’ll rent expensive cars, and-dream our dreams of a perfect night, and we’ll sing our prom theme.”

Herrin High School’s af-ter prom night was a night of tears, laughter, and firsts, and for many of the seniors who at-tended, lasts.

“It’s so crazy! This night….it’s been something else, you know? This is the last time we’ll all be together, having fun. That thought is just so sur-real!” senior Emily Caldwell shouted over the pulsing music and thunks of pins being struck down.

All the girls’ flashy jewelry reflected in the blue, red, and green of the strobe lights as they threw their bowling balls down the lanes. The Scarecrow and the All Powerful Oz were two of the decorations

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Senior Wills & Memorieswww.herrinhs.org/tigertattler

Maddy Kramer: My favorite memo-ry is the Goreville softball game my ju-nior year. Goreville was 27-2 and I was put in to catch Tori Johnson who was pitching. Against the odds, we came through and won the game, despite Goreville’s home advantage.

Shelby Lamb: My best memory as a student at HHS was the anticipation of waiting to find out if we made it to sectionals as a golf team. The memo-ries I made with my team senior year were unbelievable. I wouldn’t trade the friendships I made with these girls for anything.

Justin Lukens: My favorite memo-ries are the Pink Out games for basket-ball, prom and homecoming week.

Jakob Moore: My favorite memories would be when the shop classes went on field trips to drag races and when Josh Russell backed into a car in McDonald’s parking lot.

Nick Nigro: My favorite memories would be prom and the two class hours a day spent with Mr. Grimm.

Michaela Penrod: My favorite memories are the time J.T. Lewis told all of us band members how important we are to him and how much he loves us, the times my best friends and I had at lunch together, the sleepovers, killing zombies until 4 o’clock in the morn-ing, going to the beach and having clay slinging fights, wearing the empathy belly in Mrs. George’s class, achieving things I thought were impossible, writ-ing that term paper, marching from the middle school to the high school in 100-plus degree weather.

Artur Romanishyn: Being a part of the HHS football team meant a lot to me. The night when we beat A.J and made the playoffs is the most memora-ble night. Many memorable things hap-pened on the “H”.

Josh Russell: My favorite memo-ries are the pep rallies – and whenever I backed into a Camaro at McDonald’s during first hour.

Macy Russell: Some of my favorite memories have been eating lunch at the Scholar Bowl table, attending Math Team’s state competition, my Senior Homecoming week, and both proms.

Chais Schumacher: My favorite memories are hanging out with the bowling team, band class, the trip to Disney World, drafting class, and prom.

Emilie Sgutt: My favorite memories include every FBLA State Conference, going to Europe between sophomore and junior year with Travel Club, going to Disney World with the band (“Space Mountain”) and all the memories with my band family at football games and in class.

Jon Snider: My favorite memory is when Sam Klichner “pantsed” Shawn Jaques.

Austin Tolbert: My favorite memory is hanging out with my friends on the weekends and going camping.

Shauna Bayles: “I will my sassy dance moves to my freshmen babies: Jordan, Natalee and Madeline, my mus-cles to Harrison Haake, and my heart to Nick Hays.”

Matt Bowling: “I will my 3D mod-eling and assembly modeling skills, as well as my assembly modeling spot on the Drafting Team to Roger Foss.”

Charsi Kane: “I will what little sense of style I do have and my ability to write a paper at the last minute and receive an A to Jade Martin. (I think that is my one great talent I possess, and it came in handy numerous times in high school.)”

Austin Kern: “I will my fishing skills to Donoven McCarthy.”

James Estes: “I will my Ultimate Frisbee skills to Tucker Dickerson.”

Dylan Ferketich: “I bequeath my good looks to my sister, Cheyenne Ferketich.”

Gabe Garrett: “I will my awe-some welding skills to Dalton Troehler.”

Spencer Gualdoni: “I will my talented singing skills to Bailee Endebrock, Brandy Miller, and Lin-dy Stevenson.”

Mary Kate Herman: “I will my sarcasm to Madison Thompson and Sammy Goot, and my parking spot to Taylor Nugent.”

Marlo Hughes: “I will my kitty cat to Darian Tessone because she will take good care of it while I’m at SIUE.”

Krashawn Knight: “I leave my muscles to the needy – for example, Richard Oakley.”

Maddy Kramer: “I will all of the books in my possession to Laura Guebert, my math skills to Ashlee Kuan, and my spot in tennis to Tina Black.”

Senior Wills:

Farewell, Class of 2013

Shelby Lamb: “I will my awe-some ability to get out of sand traps on the golf course to Maegan Klin-gler.”

Justin Lukens: “I will my hoo-pin’ skills to Trey Stevenson.”

Jakob Moore: “I will my test tak-ing skills and homework skills to Zakary Moore.”

Nick Nigro: “I will my band beat-ing stick to Dylon Richardson.”

Michaela Penrod: “I will my weird personality, my gaming skills and my heart to Brendyn Todd.”

Artur Romanishyn: “I will my strength and boxing skills to Brent Milner.”

Josh Russell: “I bequeath my PE shoes to Scott Smith so he can be fast like me.”

Macy Russell: “I will my Aveng-ers erasers, my sarcasm and my car to Marlee Russell (whether you like it or not).”

Chais Schumacher: “I will the bowling team Tiger-up to Stephen Benjamin.”

Emilie Sgutt: “I will everything bacon related I own to Kaylee Gaumnitz.”

Jon Snider: “I leave my good looks and charm to Tucker Dicker-son so he might get a girlfriend.”

Trevor Thompson: “I will my witty comebacks and my sense of humor to Lindy Stevenson and Tay-lor Nugent.”

Austin Tolbert: “I leave a lot of nicknames to a lot of freshmen in 4th hour P.E.”

The Senior Class of 2013, be-ing of sound mind

and body, do hereby leave the

following items to those they leave behind at Herrin

High School:

Senior Memories

Shauna Bayles: Definitely by far my favorite memory would be the fan section we had throughout the volley-ball season. The best was Senior Night when we swamped our conference ri-vals, Benton!

Matt Bowling: My favorite memo-ries are playing trampoline football with Chais Schumacher, Justin Lukens and Ethan Geiger, going to the state Cross Country meet, goofing off on New Year’s with Hayley Cobb and Kimmy Bennett, and playing Ultimate Frisbee with friends on the football field.

Charsi Kane: My favorite memo-ries include being in Ms. Hickman’s room during lunch for Scholar Bowl. I have the funniest jokes and quotes from those lunches. This year was especially my favorite because of all the inside jokes. I also really enjoyed going to the science symposium this year. It was a really cool, fun experience, and I defi-nitely recommend everyone to do it!

Austin Kern: My two favorite mem-ories are when Donoven McCarthy and I were in a fishing tournament and our coach fell in, and when Josh Russell backed Ferky’s truck into a new Ca-maro.

James Estes: My favorite memory is when Josh Russell hit a Camaro in re-verse.

Dylan Ferketich: My favorite mem-ories include Josh Russell backing into someone at McDonald’s in my truck, a road trip I took with Gabe, Josh and Tolbert, hogging with the boys, weld-ing, and how inspirational Mr. Dun-away is.

Gabe Garrett: My favorite memory is Josh Russell backing into a new Ca-maro in McDonald’s parking lot.

Mary Kate Herman: I don’t have one favorite memory; everything was a wonderful learning experience.

Marlo Hughes: My favorite memo-ry of high school is winning the football game against Marion our sophomore year. We were projected to lose because they were undefeated. It was awesome because everyone loves to beat their ri-val.

Krashawn Knight: My favorite memory is making the basketball team my junior year after trying for six years.

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Editorials

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Editors: Spencer Gualdoni and Luke Hentrich

Staff: Kortney Young, Abigail Craig, Karen Gareg-nani, Ethan Geiger, Chais Schumacher, Bianca Hazen, Gabby Wilson, Luke Hen-trich, Max Goins, Emily Caldwell, Kendall Herrod

Faculty Adviser: Faye Myatt

The Roar of the Tiger: Our Opinion

Hello Summer! By Gabby Wilson

memories have happened here that only you may know about. School has taught us many good and bad things in life.

As much as we may not want to admit it, we need school. We need summer too, though. Summer is the break that keeps us sane and gets us prepared for another year of school.

When summer is here, things will be different. You may not see everyone every day. Everything might seem different. Everything will be alright, though. It has truly been an incredible year. I hope everyone has an amazing sum-mer.

Summer vacation is coming up. Can you believe it? Some will

not be coming back to Herrin High School ever again.

It is crazy to think about how fast this school year has gone by.

I, for one, can remember when this year started. I was so excited to be going into my junior year of high school. I can only imagine how it will feel to be a senior.

Nerves and excitement are probably controlling the seniors right now. Yes, everyone is get-ting close to the end of the year, but the seniors are finished.

The end of this year means more to the seniors than it could for any of us. The seniors are getting ready to start the rest of their lives. Good luck guys. It can't be easy.

With summer approaching, we all need to keep something in mind, though. We only have so much time in school. And yes, sometimes school really stinks. Sometimes it seems like the worst place possible.

But school has brought many wonderful things, too. It is the place where we met most of our friends. Some fond

Gabby Wilson

Racial Slurs in SportsBy Chais Schumacher

In sports, players almost are always smack-talking to each other.

The question is, however, when does the smack-talking cross the line and become just plain offensive?

Recently, there has been a big controversy involving the 2A State basketball champion-ship between Harrisburg and Seton Academy.

The game became heated quickly, and players from both sides received technical fouls after some shoving back and forth.

While trying to plead his case, the player from Seton Academy put his hand on an official and was then ejected.

With another half to play, Seton was down a starter and Harrisburg would go on to when the game.

Word would later come out that a Harrisburg player used a racial slur directed at a Seton Academy player.

Harrisburg has denied these accusations and is sticking by the player and their team.

After the game, more con-troversy broke out when Seton Academy left and did not ac-cept their 2nd place trophy.

Problem or not, the Harris-burg accusations bring atten-tion to the matter of racial slurs.

“I think they (racial slurs) are a problem to a minor ex-tent, but not a huge deal,” said senior Justin Lukens.

Lukens runs both cross country and track, and has played basketball for four years.

Sports differ from each other however. Some get more heated than others. Some are more violent.

“I think that it depends on what sport, such as basketball and football are the worst when it comes to racial slurs,” said se-nior Matthew Bowling.

Bowling has been involved in many different sports over the years including football, basketball, baseball, bowling, cross country, and track.

“I think that it isn't currently a big problem, but it definitely has the potential to be,” Bowl-ing said.

While it may not be a prob-lem, it only takes one incident for the whole thing to be blown out of proportion.

The Harrisburg champion-ship is a prime example of that.

Herrin Elementary students remember a beloved teacher

Herrin Elementary School lost a beloved

teacher on March 26 of this year.

Vicki A. Bundy, 59, was killed in a two-vehicle crash.

She had taught at Herrin El-ementary School for 13 years, and her specialty was math-ematics.

As part of their healing process, students put in writ-ing their thoughts about Mrs. Bundy.

Three students share their personal thoughts about the former teacher.

By Dalton Salter

Ms. Bundy was the great-est teacher ever. She vowed to protect her students. Ms. Bundy gave us treats if we were good. She helped us get through a lot of things.

I liked her.

By Kaitlyn Williams

Did you have the pleasure of knowing Vicky Bundy? She was a wonderful teacher who loved her students.

Ms. Bundy vowed to protect her students, and she made every day special. She was very intelligent, funny, and kind. Every stu-dent who had her was really lucky.

Ms. Bundy was wonderful because she told stories about when she was a kid. Some of her stories were funny and some of them were sad.

No matter which subject we were on she always had a story to tell.

I loved Ms. Bundy and miss her very much.

By Matthew Young-blood

Did you know Ms. Bundy? She was an awesome teacher who loved her students.

She was funny and kind. She was the best teacher.

One time she took us out early so we could have bomb pops. She said we were her best class she had in twelve years.

She always made us laugh. Ms. Bundy told her stories all the time.

From the Herrin Tiger Tattler staff: This is our last edition of the school year. We would like to thank all those who have advertised with us this year: Banterra Bank, Herrin Security Bank, Mandy’s Spoiled Rotten, and Polar Whip. We appreciate the support of our community.

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Features

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A New TraditionBy Emily Caldwell On Monday, April 29, Mrs. Wil-

son and her creative writing classes took a trip down to North Side Primary Center to read stories that they wrote for Mrs. Johnson's 1st grade stu-dents.

The weeks leading up to this memo-rable occasion were spent writing, illus-trating and designing a children's book specifically for the likes of one of Mrs. Johnson's students.

Each first grader had a different style and a different hobby. Some liked pur-ple and giraffes, while others preferred slingshots and camouflage. Each group of high school students incorporated what their child liked and disliked into that child’s book.

Some stories, such as “Lilac and Me” by Seniors Christian Torres, Caitlyn Torres and Megan Benitone, included real illustrations done with colored pen-cils, crayons or watercolor.

Others, such as “A Special Day for Gage” by Julia Matuszczak, sopho- more, contained mostly clip-art and other computer made images.

The high school students not only had fun expressing their creativity to make the books, but they also had fun reading them to the kids.

“I thought it was a good experience and it was interesting to see the ideas other people came up with for their sto-ry,” said senior Nicole Hodson.

The groups all enjoyed one-on-one reading time before reading their books aloud to the class.

“I am pleased with the final outcome of this project. My students made me proud, and I hope to make this a tradi-tion for years to come,” said creative writing teacher, Mrs. Wilson.

The students had fun and gained a good memory of a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“The whole experience of painting the chair was both overwhelming and exhilarating! Working on the chair was very time consuming and tiring, but as an artist, I wouldn't want to be doing anything else! I loved the challenge of trying to figure out how to portray Frida Kahlo's works in an interesting and eye catching way. In the end, what inspired me to keep working everyday was the thought of helping kids through For Kids' Sake!” said Megan Benitone.

For Kids’ Sake Auction uses Herrin students’ artwork

Several of Ms. Janice Southard’s art students created these artistic

masterpieces that were donated to the 13th annual For Kids’ Sake Art Auc-tion.

The month-long charity event raised $16,000 from the sale of 170 pieces of art, gift baskets, raffles and donations. All the artwork came from 10 local schools and five schools from Bangla-desh.

Organizers say this has been their most successful year yet. The money raised will go to fund schools and or-phanages in Bangladesh.

These chairs were painted by Mrs. Southard’s art students. The designer chairs were briefly displayed in the commons area of HHS before being auctioned for charity.

Sophomore Rachel Calero and Senior Josh Davis with a student at the Elementary School

Herrin students show their talentsBy Ethan Geiger

The Herrin High School Talent Show was sponsored by the HHS Travel Club on April 19.

The show started off with French Travel Club advisor MichaelAnn Stan-ley giving an introductory statement about the night and French Travel Club.

The emcees, senior Spencer Gual-doni and freshman Madeline Stanley, announced the night’s acts.

The first act was Miss Brandy Miller who sang “Taylor the Latte Boy” origi-nally by Kristin Chenowith.

The second act was Mr. Conner Gooden who sang “Honeybee” origi-nally by Blake Shelton.

Mr. Kenny Buckingham was the fifth act of the night performing card tricks and solving a Rubik's Cube in un-der two minutes. He even got the audi-ence involved by calling for volunteers to assist.

The show ended with Miss Bail-ee Endebrock singing “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid.

The top three acts of the night re-ceived a $50 reward and were an-nounced in no particular order. The award winners were Bailee Endebrock, Brandy Miller and Kenny Bucking-ham.

The third act of the night was Mr. Greg Antoine who Sang “Crawl” origi-nally by Chris Brown.

The next act was an acoustic guitar duet consisting of Mr. Christian Torres and Mr. Jake Turner. They performed an original song called “Redemption”.

During the 15 minute intermission, the Herrin High School Disney Chorus performed a mash-up of different songs from different genres.

After the intermission, senior emcee Mr. Spencer Gualdoni sang the song “Mama A Rainbow” from the musical Minnie’s Boys. He dedicated the song to all mothers, but especially his own.

The three winners of the HHS Talent Show - (from left) Bailee Endebrock, Kenny Bucking-ham, and Brandy Miller

Senior Katie Russell shares a book with an elementary student

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Tiger Paws Events

Grammy Socks visits Tiger PawsOn Friday, April 27, the last day of

the preschoolers’ attendance, the Tiger Paws Learning Lab had a special visi-tor.

Grammy Socks, who has a pro-found love for all things sock monkey, came to class to share her passion. As a grandmother herself, Grammy Socks has spent a lot of time in recent years spreading love and smiles to a multi-tude of children.

Dressed in a handmade sock-mon-key costume, Grammy Socks talked with the children about sock monkeys as well as read a vintage Sock Monkey Book, “Sock Monkey Rides Again” by CeCe Bell.

Grammy Socks read this book with much enthusiasm. From funny voic-es, yodeling, and jumping around the room, Grammy had the attention of all.

After the reading of the book, Gram-my Socks had all children make a sock

monkey puppet to take home with them.

Grammy spent about 45 minutes with the preschoolers and they loved ev-ery minute of it. This was also a great learning experience for the Tiger Paws Teachers, as they got to see a very illus-trative and enthusiastic way to tell sto-ries.

Grammy Socks has presented her sock monkeys and stories to many chil-dren across Southern Illinois. She has performed at most of the local librar-ies as well as assisted many Girl Scout groups obtain their sewing badges by making their very own sock monkeys!

Anyone interested in having Gram-my Socks join your event, can contact the Marion Antique Mall at 618-993-0020 and ask for further information! Grammy Socks also has a Sock Mon-key Booth set up at this same location.

On Tuesday, April 30, the Tiger Paws Learning Lab held their

annual Graduation/Promotion Ceremo-ny.

This event, which takes an entire day to prepare, is the culmination of a full year of hard work and dedication by students in Mrs. George’s Child and

Day Care Services class. High School students quickly take on

the role of teachers within the walls of the lab. From planning lessons to pre-paring snacks, the high school students carry the weight of it all.

Planning for the Graduation/Promo-tion Ceremony starts in January with the selection of a theme. From that point forward, student teachers are working busily behind the scene on plans for graduation.

Everything that is prepared or done for graduation is done solely by high school students with Mrs. George tak-ing on a supervisor role.

Destiny Hoyle, Coleen Ridings, Kes-hia Robinson, Katie Russell, Jessica Sons, Teresa Watson, Morgan Jennings, Maddie Collins, Chloe Martin and Mi-randa Mezo are all seniors who had the chance to be teachers to the kids before leaving Herrin High.

Collins, Martin, and Mezo weren’t

able to be at the cermony since they graduated early though.

Jessica Bird, Jordan Barnett, Hannah Cockrum, and Janaesha Yarbrough are juniors who have the chance of teaching the children next year.

The air was full of excitement though. The children did their finger plays and took a project to their parents.

You could hear Hargraves yelling “Mommy! Look!” as she took hers to her parents.

The Tiger Paws kids received their diplomas and the juniors and seniors each gave a little speech. You could tell

On the day of the graduation cer-emony, all Tiger Paws student teach-ers spend the entire day in the lab. The morning is filled with food prepara-tion and the set-up of the graduation ceremony. The afternoon is filled with decorating the reception area.

The ceremony started promptly at

7:00 and was filled with songs, diplo-mas, and fun! The theme chosen was Tiger Paws “Makin’ a Splash” which warranted Hawaiian and Tropical themed decorations.

The graduating class included Faith Burgener, Kilby Osborn, Addison Park-er, Abigail Thompson, Lucy Warren, and Rylee Wilson.

Emma Barron, Josie Brandon, Brylee Chapman, Jaxton Faulkenber-ry, Lauryn Hargraves, Adriana Hum-phrey, Nathan Jones, Theodore Osborn, Emma Skeate, Jaxon Yates, and Seren-ity Zimmerman were all promoted. The kids were not the only ones graduating

This year the Tiger Paws chapter won an honorable mention at the

state level for their efforts. The chapter walked away with a

$100 check.

helping to create a safe school envi-ronment.

The Green Room Improv Theater Group from Elgin, IL provided the Fri-day night entertainment.

Overall, FCCLA-Tiger Paws stu-dents enjoyed informative sessions, fun entertainment, hours of shopping and good food throughout the entire week-end!

Grammy Socks reads to Tiger Paws students

Tiger Paws Learning Lab celebratesgraduation/promotionBy Gabby Wilson

Cockrum said, “I will miss your smiling faces.”

While Robinson said, “If we needed a smile, there was always that one kid that made our day better.”

The teachers wished the graduating class well as they moved on, too.

“Good luck to all the kids going to kindergarten,” Jennings said.

Yarbrough said, “I hope they will all be successful.”

Pictures were taken and prizes were given to the parents if they had a foil fish sticker in the back of their program. A reception followed the event to cel-ebrate how far the kids had made it.

“The event went off without a hitch and all students involved acted very professionally. It was truly a job well done,” said George.

TIGER PAWS WINS HONORABLE MENTION Students also had the opportunity

to listen to workshop presentations on current topics.

The keynote speaker for the confer-ence was Heather Schultz from Atlanta Georgia.

Heather challenged the students to “Leave Their Mark” by making posi-tive choice, building resiliency and

Senior Teresa Watson also received the Susan P. Burge FCCLA Foundation Scholarship in the amount of $500.

She was one of only five in the state to be selected for this scholarship.

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FBLA has great successes at stateBy Max GoinsOn April 12 and 13 the Herrin FBLA

team went to compete at the State Lead-ership Conference in Springfield.

It was a great success, ending in four people qualifying for the national con-ference June 27 to July 2.

The people attending nationals are Taylor Eisenhauer, who received first in Business Communications; Emillie Sgutt, who won first in Spreadsheet Applications; Shauna Bayles, who won second place in Future Business Leaders; and Laura Guebert, who won fourth place in Healthcare Administra-tion.

The other people receiving awards, but not going to nationals, are Mary Kate Herman, who won third place in Database Design and Applications, and a group consisting of Max Goins, Zach-ary Bowling, and Joseph Dunkel, who won third in Partnership with Business.

Receiving fourth place awards were Chais Schumacher and Justin Lukens in MIS, Karen Garegnani in Digital Video Production, ando Charsi Kane and Taylor Winn in Community Ser-vice.

Receiving sixth place awards were

Ashlee Kuan in Word Processing, and a group consisting of Josh Davis, Dylan Chrostoski , and Brenden Beas-ley in Entrepreneurship.

A seventh place award went to Matt Jones, Sarah Zwick, and Luke Hentrich in Business Ethics. Gabe Frankel, and Matthew Bowling also received a sev-enth place award in Computer Game and Simulation Programming.

Getting eighth place was Hunter Schullian in Word Processing, Spencer Gualdoni in Electronic Career Portfolio, Haleigh Holloway in Computer Appli-cations, and also the group of Olivia De-lai, Alex McVicker, and Marlo Hughes in Banking and Financial Systems.

Donielle Whitecotton and Landon Deaton were awarded a ninth place award in Marketing. Rounding out the awards were tenth place winners, Kimmy Bennett and Haley Cobb, in Desktop Publishing, Haley Campbell in Parliamentary Procedure, Austin Stall-man in Intro to Technology Concepts, and Adam Barron in Networking Con-cepts.

Congratulations to all those who placed.

Student Government presents check to the American Cancer SocietyBy Mary Kate HermanHerrin High School’s Student Gov-

ernment presented a check to the American Cancer Society for $3,000 during its April 29 meeting.

The money was raised during the an-nual Pink Out basketball game in honor of breast cancer awareness.

Also at the meeting, a Relay for Life team was formed under Captain Doni-elle Whitecotten.

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The Illinois Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FC-CLA) held the annual State Leadership Conference in Springfield.

The conference was held on Thurs-day, April 18, through Saturday, April 20, at the Prairie Capital Convention Center, the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and the Hilton Hotel Springfield .

Students attending from the HHS Tiger Paws Chapter were Jessica Bird, Morgan Jennings, Katie Russell, Jessica Sons, and Teresa Watson.

There were over 1500 students, ad-visers and guests in attendance.

The Relay for Life will be held June 21 and 22 at Marion Junior High School. It will begin at 6 in the evening and continue until 6 a.m.

In other business, these students were elected to the Executive Council: president, Kayla Fann; vice president, Lindy Stevenson; secretary, Christin Ritter; project chair, Kourtney Meyer; and parliamentarian, Elisabeth Elliot.

FCCLA State ConferenceMore than 800 of those students par-

ticipated in the State Proficiency and STAR Competitive Events.

The HHS Tiger Paws chapter had two competitors in this year’s events.

Ms. Jessica Bird competed in the Child Care Provider Portfolio Event and received a Silver Medal.

Ms. Morgan Jennings competed in the Children’s Literature Presentation Event and received a Gold Medal.

Each year, the Tiger Paws chapter also attends the Peer Education and Leadership Training in October and creates a project to raise awareness about distracted driving and car safety.

Math Team fairs well at stateBy Luke Hentrich

Endebrock, Tucker Dickerson, Mae-gan Klingler, Madison Lequatte, and Gracie Collins placed ninth.

The Junior Algebra 2 team with members Caleb Hatfield, Ashlee Kuan, Whitney Woodis, Megan Gooch, Lau-ra Guebert, and Brock Tolbert placed tenth.

The Senior Pre-calculus team placed seventh with members Emilie Sgutt, Madeline Kramer, George Mabley, Taylor Eisenhaur, John Barron, and Seth Griffin.

The Junior-Senior Two Person team of Madeline Kramer and Emilie Sgutt tied for sixth place.

“I’m just very proud of all of you!” Math Team sponsor Mrs. Jeanie Na-grodski told each member of the team after the results were revealed. “Plac-ing in the top ten in the state is a huge accomplishment and all of you worked very hard to achieve it!”

Congratulations to the HHS Math Team for continuing their success!

The Herrin High School Math Team traveled to the ICTM State Math Con-test at the University of Illinois on May 3 and 4.

After months of hard work, dedica-tion, and numerous practices, the Math Team placed tenth in the AA division.

Placing in the top ten was a very big accomplishment considering that Her-rin was only one of three public schools to place in the top ten.

The rest were private selection schools from the Chicago area, includ-ing first place winner University of Chi-cago Laboratory.

Many individual teams from Herrin also placed in the contest.

The Freshman-Sophomore Relay Team with members Maegan Klingler, Austin Stallman, Donielle Whitecotton, and Mary Jones received first place and became state champions.

The Freshman Algebra One team consisting of Austin Stallman, Bailee

Tiger Trait Of The Month:Citizenshipnoun:1) being responsible and respectful to people, animals, and the environment.2) caring about your community and country.3) being informed about the needs withinyour school and community.4) doing your best to make your home, school, and community a better place.

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Sixty-six Herrin High School seniors were awarded more than $1.5 million in scholarships.

Below is a list of those seniors and the scholarships they were awarded at a recent awards night.

Jessica Alongi: Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, Southside Lumber Building Trades Award, Brett Shemwell Charitable Trust, Freeman Spur American Legion, Herrin Veter-ans of Foreign Wars.

Alexandra Banks: Herrin Ro-tary

John Barron: SIUC Fresh-man Academic Award

Aaron Bartels: Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, Brett Shemwell Charitable Trust, Tony Galines

Shauna Bayles: SIUE Cougar Pride Award, Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, HHS Alumni Association, Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars

Rebecca Bayless: SIUC Fresh-man Academic Award

Brenden Beasley: Bank of Herrin Endowed, Marion Memo-rial Health Association

McKailah Berry: Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, JWAZ Vending

Matthew Bowling: Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, Kevin Reveal Memorial, Julia Harrison-Bruce Foundation/Dr. Anantachai

Austin Butler: Millikin Uni-versity, Robert N. Brewer Fam-ily Foundation, Brett Shemwell Charitable Trust

Emily Caldwell: SIUC Fresh-man Academic Award, Maida Melton

Haley Cobb: Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, Dan and Linda Box Snyder, Jared Daugherty, JA Logan College Foundation Academic Award, Herrin Security Bank

Joshua Davis: Robert N. Brew-er Family Foundation, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholar-ship

Austin Kern: Eugene Farley Memorial

Sierra Kincheloe: Tony Ga-

lines, HHS Class of 2013, Herrin Woman’s Club

Christopher Kirchner: Bobby

Hamilton Memorial

Max Klickner: SIUC Fresh-man Academic Award

Madelyn Kramer: SIUC

Freshman Academic Award, Ronald Glenn Thurman Memo-rial, Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars, Herrin Security Bank

Shelby Lamb: Webb/Hall Memorial, Herrin Tiger Foot-ball Alumni, Herrinfesta Italiana Scholarship

Jessica Loyd: Murray State

University, John Miller Founda-tion, Herrin Tiger Football Alum-ni, Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars, Herrin Education Associa-tion

Justin Lukens: John A. Logan

College Athletic Award, Gil Tope Memorial, Herrin Security Bank

George Mabley: SIUC Fresh-

man Academic Award, John Mill-er Foundation, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholarship

Austin Mallow: Prairie Ma-

sonic Lodge #693, Herrin Educa-tion Association, Louis Lattuada Memorial

Alexandra McVicker: Tony

Galines Nicholas Nigro: SIU College

of Music, Robert N. Brewer Fam-ily Foundation

Austin Nelson: Herrin Veter-ans of Foreign Wars

De Na Nesbitt: Illinois Nation-

al Guard Award Danielle Pierce: Robert N.

Brewer Family Foundation Ethan Pullum: Tony Galines Amanda Ranchino: Black Di-

amond Harley-Davidson Jessica Renshaw: Rend Lake

College Athletic Award Sierra Richardson: Murray

State University, Robert N. Brew-er Family Foundation, Carla Shas-teen Family Scholarship, Maida Melton

Artur Romanishyn: S I Coaches & Egyptian Officials As-soc.

‘

Joshua Russell: Egyptian Con-

tractors O.M. Hudgins Katelyn Russell: Child Care

Services, Herrin Woman's Club JALC

Macy Russell: St. Louis Col-

lege of Pharmacy, Fred G. Har-rison, Phil Gilbert, HHS Student Council

Chais Schumacher: SIUC

Freshman Academic Award, Rob-ert N. Brewer Family Foundation, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholarship, Herrinfesta Italiana Scholarship

Emilie Sgutt: Butler Univer-

sity, Jack Angelo Jalowiec, Herrin Elks Lodge

Kylie Shadowens: Herrin Vet-

erans of Foreign Wars Johnathan Snider: Robert N.

Brewer Family Foundation, Rob-ert N. Brewer Family Foundation

Austin Starkweather: McK-

endree University Presidential, Robert N. Brewer Family Founda-tion, Maida Melton

Sierra Stone: Herrin Veterans

of Foreign Wars Dylan Teckenbrock: Robert

N. Brewer Family Foundation, JA Logan College Foundation Voca-tional Award

Trevor Thompson: SIUC

Freshman Academic Award, SIUC College of Agriculture, Robert N. Brewer Family Foun-dation, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholarship, Beta Sigma Phi

Nathan Vaughn: MacMurray

College Founders, Steve Brown Memorial, Herrin Elks Lodge, Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars, Steve Matuszczak Memorial

Teresa Watson: Robert N.

Brewer Family Foundation, FC-CLA Susan P. Burge

Melissa Wilson: Marion Me-

morial Health Association, Herrin Junior Woman's Club

Taylor Winn: Lindenwood

University, Ronald Glenn Thur-man Memorial, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholarship, Her-rin Elks Lodge

Alexis Yates: Thomas W. Haney II, Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars

Karissa Yoast: McKendree

University Presidential, Fred G. Harrison, HHS Student Council

Michaela Davis: SIUC Fresh-

man Academic Award, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholar-ship

Taylor Eisenhauer: Drake University, John Miller Founda-tion, Charles Taveggia-Mary An-tonini Scholarship, Herrin Elks Lodge.

James Estes: Herrinfesta Itali-ana Scholarship

Karen Garegnani: JA Logan College Foundation Academic Award, Herrin Tiger Football Alumni

Katlyn Gobin: SIUC Fresh-man Academic Award, Charles Taveggia-Mary Antonini Scholar-ship

Seth Griffin: SIUC Freshman Academic Award, Fred G. Harri-son, Herrin Elks Lodge

Sara Gualdoni: Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, Her-rin Veterans of Foreign Wars

Spencer Gualdoni: Oklahoma City University, ArtStarts, Fred G. Harrison, Herrin Tiger Football Alumni, HHS Student Council, Freeman Spur American Legion

Dustin Harrison: Herrin Tiger Football Alumni

Mary Kate Herman: SIUC Freshman Academic Award, John Miller Foundation, Williamson County SIU Alumni Association, Herrinfesta Italiana Scholarship, Herrin Elks Lodge, HHS Student Council, Herrin Se-curity Bank

Nicole Hodson: Carla Shasteen Family Scholarship, Herrin Fire-fighters Local #3251, Herrin Se-curity Bank Endowed

Abby Horn: IUPUI Chancel-

lor’s Scholarship, Herrin Rotary Club, Prairie Masonic Lodge #693, American Red Cross

Jaylen Janes: Lindenwood

College Award, Robert N. Brewer Family Foundation, HHS French Club, Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars

Morgan Jennings: Robert N.

Brewer Family Foundation Charsi Kane: SIUC Freshman

Academic Award, Rotary Interna-tion District #6210, Herrin Hospi-tal Auxiliary, Herrin Tiger Foot-ball Alumni, Illinois AHEC

HHS seniors earn scholarships

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Live Pro WrestlingBy Kendall HerrodOn Saturday, April 13, Herrin

High School’s Travel Club spon-sored Live Pro Wrestling Matches in the high school’s Memorial Gym.

The first match was between The Tru Trent Wave and Austin Rose, with Rose winning.

The next was a three way match, Ray Lee vs. Boo Soyer vs. Donte Em-ber. Boo Soyer won.

The third match was a tag team match for the championship. It was Bank Rolls vs. Soul Power, and team Bank Rolls won.

The fourth match was the Prodigy Championship, Black Luk vs. Dalton Diamond. Black Luk won that exciting match.

The fifth match was the ICAW Championship. It was Candy Jewel vs. Savan Summer.

The match ended in a disqualifica-tion.

The sixth match was Mike Moony vs. Brenden Wool. It, too, was ended by disqualification.

The seventh match was Paul Rhodes and Bull Ronson vs. The Thrift Shop. Paul Rodes and Bull Ranson won the tag team match.

The last match was the main event for the ICAW Heavy Weight Champi-onship, Tony Flood vs. Caleb Baquel vs. Zach Sawyer vs. Billy Hills. Billy Hills won the overall match. The whole night was full of excitement, sweat, victories and cheering fans.

The Travel Club did an outstanding job organizing this fundraising event.

Senior Justin Lukens signs withJohn A. Logan CollegeBy Chais Schumacher

On Tuesday, April 23, Herrin High School Senior Justin Lukens signed a national letter of intent to play for John A. Logan College in the coming fall season.

Lukens has been a two-year starter for the Tigers at point guard. In his career at Herrin he scored 885 points and averaged 17.5 points per game.

He was also named All-Conference, All-South, and honorable mention to the All-State team. His father, Herrin Head Coach Irv Lukens, also played for the Vol-unteers.

“It’s an honor to follow in my father’s footsteps, and I’m excited for the upcom-ing season,” said Lukens.

Nathan Vaughn has also signed a letter of intent to play football for MacMurray College. Vaughn will play both as a linebacker and as a full back.

Another Tiger signing his letter of intent was Austin Butler. Butler will play wide receiver for Millikin University.

Track has record breaking season

The Lady Tigers placed fifth out of 22 teams.

East St. Louis finshed first, followed by Cahokia, Troy-Triad, Carbondale, and Herrin.

The girls travel to the state track meet in Charleston on May 17.

The boys Freshman-Sophomore Track Team competed Monday, May 6th, at the Conference Championship meet.

The boys finished a close 2nd to con-ference rival Harrisburg in an exciting meet.

First Place Conference Champions were:

Josh Haynes - 300 Hurdles; Ryan Gottschalk - 2 mile run; 4 by 1 team of Merrill, Haynes, Lannom and Milner; 4 by 2 team of Lannom, Davie, Berry and Milner, 4 by 4 team of Stevenson, Davie, Woods, and Lannom.

The boys Conference Track Champi-onships were held Thursday, May 9, at Sparta.

The Tigers finished 3rd overall with conference champion honors going to the 4 by 8 team of Lukens, Bowling, Richardson, and Ryker.

The Freshman 4 by 2 team of Ste-venson, Woods, Lannom, and Davie and Nick Ryker was barely edged out to finish 2nd in the mile in an exciting finish.

The Sectional Championships will be held on Thursday, May 16.

Senior Justin Lukens sits with his parents, Crystal and Coach Irv Lukens, as he signs with John A. Logan College

Austin Butler - (Pictured far left) is

attending Millikin Uni-versity

Nathan Vaughn - (Pictured close left)

is attending MacMur-ray College

The Girls’ Track Team is nearing the end of one of the most siuccessful seasons in school history.

The girls had a regular season record of 64 wins and 2 losses, with Invitation-al wins at West Frankfort, Benton, Her-rin, and Harrisburg.

The Tigers also won the River to River Conference Championship for the first time in school history.

Recently, the team competed in the Trpy-Triad Sectional where two school records were set.

The 400 Meter Relay Team, consist-ing of Alex McVicker, Ashley McVick-er, Erin Lukens and De’Na Nesbitt, broke the school record with a time of 51.07 seconds.

Kara Martin broke the 1600 meter run school record with a time of 5:29.27.

The Tigers qualified three girls in four events for the state track meet.

Abby Horn won the sectional cham-pionship in the shot put with a throw of 40 feet, 4 inches.

Bralon Mack also qualified for state with a throw of 36 feet, 10 inches.

Kara Martin qualified for state in two events: 1600 meter run and 3200 meter run.

Martin ran the 1600 in 5:29.27, and the 3200 in 11:51.06.

Martin was sectional champion in the 1600 meter run.

Also scoring for the Tigers were Alex McVicker in the long jump, Mau-ra Farrell in the 1600 meter run and the 3200 meter run, and the 800 meter relay team.

The relay team is made up of Alex McVicker, Kara Martin, Erin Lukens and De’Na Nesbitt.

Prom pictures,cont. from pg. 1

Senior Kira Ruhl is stunning in emerald green

Fun with friends in the Emerald City - Prom 2013

Senior Jaylen Janes walks in with her date, Brandon Bates