the Talon Volume 2, Issue 3

March 1, 2013

page 16 NEWS the Talon

Scholarship Watch

AnyTime Fitness: Deadline, March 13, 2013 North West District Nurses Scholarship: Deadline, March 15, 2013

Hebron Community Scholarships: Deadline, March 22, 2013 Patricia Linder Memorial Scholarship: Deadline, April 5, 2013

Red Ribbon Scholarship: Deadline, April 5, 2013 John Blank Memorial Scholarship and Hebron Lions Club Memorial Scholarship: Deadline, April 19, 2012

The Professional Educators of Porter County Scholarship: Deadline, April 20, 2013 Timothy A. Wielgus Memorial Scholarship: Deadline, May 14, 2013 Lincoln College of Technology Scholarship: Deadline, May 20, 2013

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One of the advantages of

having a small community is

everyone is able to be involved

with something. Hebron Art

Teacher Karen Jania has found this out

first had through her experience with

Empty Bowls.

This is the fourth year for the Empty

Bowls fundraiser, and every year, more

and more people become involved.

Jania originally got the idea from Sue

Spurr‟s sister, a retired art teacher.

“She had mentioned the idea and it

stuck in my head for a while,” Jania said.

“Then later after I had been teaching for a

while, one of my art magazines did an arti-

cle about it, and I took it as a sign.”

Jania has been doing Empty Bowls

since 2009 and every year they make more

and more money, which all goes to the

Hebron Country Pantry. The event is com-

posed of many things. For all who attend

the event, they receive a bowl and enjoy a

chili dinner with dessert, entertainment, a

silent auction and have the opportunity to

participate in the raffle at the basketball

game.

This year the Empty Bowls efforts

raised $3,123.28.

“It‟s great that so many people are

involved and the profit is able to stay

within our community,” Jania said.

Fourth annual Empty Bowls another success By Hailey Hernandez Jania definitely doesn‟t do it alone

though. The whole school and town are

involved. Her art classes hand-made all of

the 241 bowls that were distributed this

year. People from the community, parents,

grandparents and even teachers stayed

around to help make bowls after school

one day.

“It was wonderful to see how many

people showed up to help because I was

worried we wouldn‟t have enough bowls,”

Jania said.

Many students were involved with

Empty Bowls in more than one way.

“I made 8 bowls, and I enjoyed mak-

ing them because it went to a good cause,”

senior Sydnee Bartz said. “I also made

chili and cornbread in foods and I was glad

to help out in any way I could.” Bartz also

volunteered to clean up after the event,

earning service hours for National Honor

Society.

The English, Foods, and Business De-

partments all contributed to the success of

the event and organizations like Student

Council, National Honor Society and Na-

tional Junior Honor Society were also in-

volved.

Jania would like to thank Mr. Calvert,

Mrs. Klenk, Mrs. Locket, Miss Morris, Mr.

Cheek, Mrs. Roy, Mrs. Spurr and

Mrs.Walker for helping her in any way

they could.

“They are great people to work with

because they were so generous with their

time and always made it fun,” Jania said.

Empty Bowls was earlier this year

than last year, taking place on February 1

rather than February 9 and Jania said she

felt very rushed this year.

“The hardest part was getting all of the

bowls made and fired,” Jania said.

Although this year did not make as

much money as in the past, Mrs. Schaper

still felt like there was a great turnout.

“We did run out of chili because we

had the wrong size bowls, but it was still a

very successful event,” she said. “I was

glad to help in any way I could to help get

the students more involved.”

Overall, Empty Bowls went well this

year, and Jania plans to do the event every

year as long as the interest is still there.

“Every year Empty Bowls gets bigger

and bigger,” Jania said. “It‟s a nice thing

for such a small school to be able to donate

such a large amount.”

Many people benefit from participat-

ing in Empty Bowls. From students learn-

ing how to coordinate and organize the

event, to learning how to make a bowl, it is

a great service project for everyone in-

volved.

The Food Pantry greatly appreciates

the donation every year.

So, I, Jon Moneta, got caught.

In the last issue of “the Talon,” I

published a story concerning ath-

letes and grades, and what it takes

in order to participate in athletics. In that

story, I quoted two athletes, senior Spencer

Sheets and sophomore Drew Wheeler. I fab-

ricated every part of those quotes. Sheets

never said any of the quote I published.

Wheeler never told me any information in an

interview concerning his grades or his study

habits. I made up each quote because I was

too lazy to set up and conduct interviews for

‘Talon’ retraction and apology By Jon Moneta my story. I had no intention on interviewing

someone for my story, so I did what I thought

was funny, and made up quotes. I realize

what I did was wrong and unethical. I apolo-

gized to both Sheets and Wheeler, and now

I‟m apologizing publically, and assuring you

that I will not do that again. From now on, I

promise all of you that every article written

by me will be unbiased and factual. I will no

longer be lazy when it comes to interviews,

and I will quote everyone to complete accu-

racy. I‟m sorry for taking advantage of my

position on the newspaper staff.

Daniel moves to varsity, team prepares for sectionals By Amber Wolfe

According to boys‟ var-

sity basketball coach John

Steinhilber, the last few

game have been rough.

“We lost against Kankakee Val-

ley,” Steinhilber said. “We did win

against River Forest, which was away

and a tough place to play at.”

With sectionals around the corner,

the players and the coaches are getting

ready.

“The team is still continuing to

work on defense because when sec-

tionals get here, we will be missing

shots, so the main thing is defense,”

Steinhilber said.

With the start of tournament play

approaching, the team is being pushed

to its limits.

“The practices are much harder

than usual, and [we‟re] making sure we

know all the plays inside and out,”

Sutherland said.

Some big talk was about freshman

Ryan Daniel dressing and possibly

playing varsity against Hanover Cen-

tral.

“He [coach Steinhilber] told me I

would be dressing for varsity PCC, but

I didn‟t think that I would be playing,”

Daniel said. “My first varsity game

ever was the PCC tournament, and I

had one block against a 6 foot 7 inch

guy and one rebound.”

Daniel is humble despite his as-

sent to the varsity team.

“It feels pretty cool and an honor

to be playing with the upper class-

man,” he said. “I would have never

thought about playing on varsity as a

freshman in my life.”

Skipping the junior varsity team

entirely was an exciting move for

Daniel.

“From being on the C team and

skipping junior varsity and going

straight to varsity was shocking and

very thrilling at the same time,” he

said.

Moving from C team to varsity

can be a difficult move.

“Daniel‟s C team season was

over, and I thought it would be good

practice for him and to help prepare the

team,” Steinhilber said. “Bringing him

along will help with the future.”

According to Steinhilber, replac-

ing guys from last season had its ups

and downs, but said there is a young

and talented group of guys coming up.

Each season has its ups and

downs through, and this year has been

no different.

“All in all we had a good season,

and I wish we could have done better,”

Sutherland said.

The boys take the court against

Winamac in tonight‟s sectional game

action.

Good luck tonight, boys’ basketball! Beat Winamac!

What’s inside ...

Columns: page 2

New Courses: page 4

Choir and Band ISSMA: page 6

Winter Sports Awards: page 9

Photos: page 10

Sports: page 11

Steinhilber Honored: page 14

Basketball Sectionals: TONIGHT

‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ By Elizabeth Medrano

Ten words. Ten short, simple

words. These ten words, when

strung together in front of a

question mark, make up the very

question that we have been asked as early as kindergarten.

“What do you want to do when you grow

up?”

There are some people, very lucky peo-

ple, who have known the answer to that ques-

tion almost as long as they have been asked it.

Others took a bit longer to figure out what

they desire for their lives but figured it out by

the time they reached high school. These

lucky few know what they want, and, by the

time they graduate high school, they know how to go about getting what they want.

These individuals are able to figure out

the best colleges that meets their needs in

every aspect, and they are able to plan out

their lives after high school with some detail.

Some people don‟t know what they

want for their future. However, they have

an area of interest in which they know

where to head. These people are still able to

pick out a college that meets their needs. Once in college, they are able to figure out

exactly what career best suits them.

Then, there are others, people much

like myself. The unlucky few who do not

know specifically what career they would

like to pursue, but also do not even have

their choices narrowed down to an area of

interest.

If you are anything like me, you have

an interest in several different areas. For

me, I always thought I wanted to go after a career that had something to do with thea-

ter, but then I thought, “No, I really enjoy

history and could possibly do something

with that.”

After more consideration, however, I

changed my mind and thought that the

study of psychology was something I would

like to pursue.

Now, I don‟t know at all. I go back and

forth with each day. When I hear the ques-

tion, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” (Which has now been modified

to, “What do you want to do after high

school?”), I instead hear the question,

“What do you want to do for the rest of

your life?”

That‟s a loaded question!

If my interests change day to day, how

can I possibly choose a career to do every

day for the rest of my working life?

I used to think that this stage of my life

would be rather simple, that I would know the answer to this difficult question and be

narrowing down potential college choices.

Instead, I find that I am still where I was in

kindergarten, day dreaming about what it is

I might one day become.

page 2 COLUMNS the Talon the Talon SPORTS page 15

2012-2013 Talon Staff Editor-in-Chief: Hailey Hernandez

Managing Editor: Kyle Joyce

Layout and Design: Dani Heath

News Editor: Liz Medrano

Assistant News Editor: Matt Hernandez

Sports Editor: Zack Neely

Assistant Sports Editor: Colton Jones

Photo Editor: Jon Moneta

Photographers: Kate Vaughan &

Amber Wolfe

Social Media: Sam Brumley

Features Editor: Hunter Barbian

Copy Editors: Mitch Burgess &

Travis Morales

Financial: Jenna Giacomin

Reporters: Tiffany Berdine, Hope

Bontempo, Brittany Dopiriak,

Jarrett Majcher, Kaylea Malcolm &

Nicki Seabolt

Technology: the good, the bad, the ridiculous By Tiffany Berdine

Technology, is it a good or a

bad thing? Technology is evolving

too quickly lately. People always

want the next new thing, like the

latest IPhone or gaming system,

trying to outdo each other. We are spending

more and more money on things that are not

needed but wanted, things people could live

without.

Technology is something that is changing

the way kids are growing up in today‟s society. I

see more 8 and 9-year-olds with smart phones or

tablets. They spend less time outside playing in

the dirt and sun, never experiencing the world

around them and being kids.

Teenagers have become used to using their

cell phones for everything. Lately there are more

teenagers starting relationships through text mes-

sage and having all of their conversation via text

message, but when they talk in person, it is al-

most like talking to a stranger. Then to end

this pseudo relationship, couples break up

through text message. It seems that relation-

ships are becoming more about technology

and less about the relationship and social in-

teraction.

Some teenagers have mastered the art of

texting without looking at what they are typ-

ing, and most of the time, it is usually right.

Some have learned to type so fast they can

text a three-page message in barely a minute,

which amazes me.

Even when a group of friends hang out

with each other, they spend most of their time

on their phones; they text each other and are

only a couple of feet away from one another.

When some people hangout with each other,

they spend more time posting about it on

Facebook or Twitter than they do having

conversations with each other.

Some new cell phones have the ability to

do everything a computer can do. People can

write a paper on the way to a game while in a

car, they can create a presentation while at a

restaurant, and even print at home while relax-

ing on a Florida beach. All of this can be done

on a device that is primarily designed and

used to call someone and have a conversation.

Students are always complaining about

how tired they are. Some say it is because they

stay up late for thing for school. But, a large

number say it‟s because they stayed up late

playing video games. Students attending

school all day and then going home and play-

ing a video game until 2 or 3 in the morning,

of course they are going to be tired.

In short, people every day spend more

time staring at a screen then seeing the world

as it passes them by, which is depressing

situation if you ask me. Break away from

technology addictions and experience the

world around you.

Hustle and drive fuel boys’ JV basketball By Jarrett Majcher

The Hebron Junior Var-

sity boys‟ basketball team

had a rollercoaster of season

this year. There were win-

ning streaks during the season, but

there were also losing streaks. The

Hebron Hawks junior varsity basket-

ball team currently holds a record of

seven wins and 10 losses.

The Hawks played at Kankakee

Valley on February 7. Despite their

efforts, the boys recorded a tough loss.

The JV boys went into the JV Por-

ter County Conference with high ex-

pectations, with coach Brian Anderson

optimistic of a win. However, things

didn‟t go as hoped.

The boys lost in the first round of

the tournament to the South Central

Satellites with a close score of 34 to

29.

“It really hurts because we beat

them once, and then they beat us in the

tournament game and end up winning

the tournament; it is a game I may

never forget,” Anderson said.

Losing the first round of the tour-

nament was hard to cope with for start-

ing sophomore Zac Hernandez.

“It was a disappointing loss, losing

in the first round of the tournament, but

we took the loss positively and focused

on what to work on and improved for

the rest of the remaining season,” Her-

nandez said.

This year the Hebron Hawks

had a rough time cooperating on and

off the court.

“Our team chemistry is sometimes

there and sometimes not,” Hernandez

said. “A lot of arguments break out

during practices, and they also break

out during some of our games.”

Part of the struggle with this year‟s

season was finding people to step in

and fill the spots left by those who

moved up to varsity.

“Losing our starting point guard

was probably our biggest struggle,”

Hernandez said. “Our freshman guards

are now stepping up to fill his old posi-

tion.”

Coach Anderson is already think-

ing ahead about what needs to happen

to improve next year‟s season.

“Our success is going to have to

start in the off season; we need more

open gyms and more guys working on

their game during the summer,” he

said.

The JV team only has two more

games left this season: February 12

against Boone Grove and February 19

against Westville.

With the highs and lows in the sea-

son, Anderson is proud with aspects of

his team.

“I‟m proud of the team‟s attitude

and hustle,” Anderson said. “They

never hang their heads or give up.”

C Team boys see improvement with new coach By Nicki Seabolt

The Hebron Hawks Boys

basketball C Team started out

the year with a new coach.

David Ortiz graduate in 2010

and has been coaching for about a year.

This is Oritz‟s first year of coaching, and

he loves it. He also coached girl‟s junior

varsity volleyball.

Boys‟ varsity basketball coach John

Steinhilber offered Ortiz the position to

coach the boys‟ C Team.

Oritiz looks up to Steinhilber and

coach Krzyzewski from Duke, but admir-

ing other coaches hasn‟t given him much

help in the transition from coaching vol-

leyball to basketball.

“[It‟s] harder [to coach basketball]

cause of more planning and plays,” Oritz

said.

Ortiz said that his mom pushed him to

try coaching and he found that he loved it.

Playing on the C-Team was fun for

freshman Brandon Maksimovich.

“Well, it‟s not the best, but it was

fun,” Maksimovich said.

Compared to last year, the team has

done better.

“[We did] way better than past years,

not too good, but way better,” Maksi-

movich said.

But for sophomore Drake Earley the

season did not go as planned.

“I didn‟t want to play C Team,” Ear-

ley said. “[It was] fun, but I‟d rather be on

JV.”

Ortiz‟s favorite part of coaching bas-

ketball was watching each player, looking

at ability and how they started to how they

ended.

The team ultimately ended up win-

ning eight out of the 12 games this season

and also won the South Central Tourna-

ment.

“[I] definitely got better,” Maksi-

movich said.

Earley also saw improvement.

“I didn‟t make stupid passes [this

year],” Earley said.

For the rest of high school, Earley

plans to work on getting faster and getting

better at shooting the ball. Maksimovich

plans on getting more competitive and try

harder.

This being the first year of coaching

in general for Ortiz, many challenges still

exist. He said some of the major chal-

lenges for next year are getting everyone

on the same page, communicating and

executing.

The C Team boys ended their season

with a tough but close loss against Grif-

fith, their toughest opponent. Oritz

thought the team worked really well to-

gether, especially since this is the first

season they played together.

As Ortiz continues with his career

with Hebron athletics, he wants to con-

tinue coaching both girls‟ JV volleyball

and boys‟ basketball.

“I enjoy the game,” he said “I en-

joyed playing it. I like watching it and

have looked up to past coaches.”

Maksimovich plans to continue play-

ing basketball for the rest of his high

school career because according to him,

“Basketball is the best sport ever.”

page 14 SPORTS the Talon the Talon NEWS page 3

HHS grads: not big shots, but potentially big influences By Tiffany Berdine

Who are some of the most

successful students to graduate

Hebron High School? Perhaps

you‟re not familiar with many

who once graced the halls of HHS.

“There are so many past graduates

do so many good things,” said Phyllis

Schaper, Family and Consumer Sciences

teacher. “They should be recognized.”

So many past students have gone on

to do such great things that they deserve

the right to be recognized.

“There is such variety in what some

of the former students are doing,”

Schaper said. “Form doctors to business

owners to teachers to ministers, the list

just keeps going.”

So many of the graduates have

moved all around the county, and some

have even moved around the world.

“Megan Kreegle is a translator for

the Ice Hockey Federation and is study-

ing for her doctorate degree,” Schaper

said. “Sarah Garcia was accepted in the

doctorate program for nursing. Brianna

Smith is a reporter on TV in Mortal

Beach.”

Schaper was very happy to see how

so many of the students had succeeded

after high school. She is also hoping that

the career classes can us this and go

shadow some former Hebron students.

Part of the reason Schaper is at-

tached to this project is because not eve-

ryone went and did something right after

high school; they waited to figure out

what they were going to do for them-

selves.

Schaper is also working on find a

place for a display where anyone who

comes into the school will be able to see

it. This is something she has wanted to

do for a while and she just decided to do

it.

This will be an ongoing process,

students are always graduating and she

doesn‟t only want to focus on the ones

that graduated a while ago but also on

how the recent graduates are doing.

“There are so many students, it is

almost hard for me to keep up with all

the information I am getting,” Schaper

said. “Trying to respond to everyone and

taking note of everything it can be con-

fusing but it makes me happy to see how

well some of them are doing.”

She has been getting a lot of infor-

mation from teachers and even some of

the retired teachers.

“Some of the teachers that have been

here for a while have been really helpful,

and Mrs. Nelson has been a great help

too,” Schaper said.

Other teachers are excited about the

graduate project.

“I think this is a really neat idea;

this something that may encourage other

students that do not care,” Spanish

teacher Melissa Summerville said. “It is

so nice that some of them (past gradu-

ates) care so much about Hebron, that

they are willing to share their stories.”

BPA competes at district, advancing several to state By Hope Bontempo

Business Professionals of

America competed at the Dis-

trict Leadership Conference

held at Lake Central High

School on January 12, 2013. Overall, the

results were very good.

“District went very well,” business

teacher Laura King said. “It was proba-

bly our most successful year yet.”

Having two new BPA members

qualify for state was a big deal for the

team.

“It was amazing and really good,”

sophomore Kelly Steffan said.

There were many exciting things

happening throughout the whole day,

which made it enjoyable.

“I liked the whole day,” King said.

“It was exciting at awards to see who all placed.” King said.

Although most of District was a fun

experience, “It‟s hard to see someone

who worked so hard and put everything

they had into an event and then not

place,” King said.

Junior Jenna Giacomin placed sec-

ond in Desktop Publishing and eighth in

Parliamentary Procedures, Steffan placed

second in Advanced Interview Skills and

tenth in Parliamentary Procedures, junior

Sarah Witt placed second in Parliamen-

tary Procedures and ninth in Interview

Skills, senior Cassy DeYoung placed

third in Prepared Speech, freshman

Melanie Smith placed third in Desktop

Publishing, freshman Jordan Burke

placed fifth in Prepared Speech and sen-

ior Dylan Fishburn placed fifth in Entre-

preneurship.

Steffan, DeYoung and Smith ad-

vanced to the State Leadership Confer-

ence in March, which happens in Indian-

apolis. Witt, freshman Jourden Bixen-

man, freshman Rachel Young and junior

Hope Bontempo will also advance to

state in “straight to state” events.

“The anticipation of waiting for my

event was my least favorite part,” DeY-

oung said. “I really enjoyed going to

Taco Bell, though!”

It was a great first experience for

many of the new members.

Smith was one of the few freshmen

that advanced to state. She agreed that

over all everyone did an awesome job

and gave it their all. She did well for a

freshman, but she thinks she could have

done better.

“I could have practiced a little more,

and knowing due dates could have

helped as well,” Smith said. “Now, I am

preparing for state by working on Excel

in Mr. Bechtold‟s class.” She is looking

forward to the bigger challenges she will

face at state.

All BPA members are working hard

and preparing for the harder competition.

“I‟m having mock interviews with

my uncle who is a professional inter-

viewer,” Steffan said.

Not only are they looking forward to

the challenging competition, but they are

excited for amount of fun that happens

during the three days in Indianapolis.

“I‟m looking forward to meeting

new people and having a good time,”

Coach Steinhilber named Coach of the Year By Kyle Joyce

Before this past baseball

season, there was a 35 year

long period of time when the

Hebron boy‟s baseball team

had not won a sectional. Before this

past baseball season, there had never

been a Hebron boys‟ baseball team that

had won a regional or were one strike

away from a trip to a state champion-

ship.

But, last year‟s baseball team ac-

complished all of these achievements,

so it makes sense that baseball coach

John Steinhilber recently received the

baseball Coach of the Year Award for

our district.

The district that Steinhilber

won is one of 21 different districts

throughout Indiana. This particular

district being one of the more competi-

tive districts as it includes larger

schools such as Crown Point, Lake

Central, Portage and Chesterton. With

all of these competitive schools, it

makes it that much more of an accom-

plishment to win this award.

The awards ceremony for this

award was held down in Indianapolis

on Friday, January 21; however, Stein-

hilber was not able to attend because

there was a basketball game scheduled

on the same day.

“I wish I was able to attend and

receive the honor,” Steinhilber said.

Although it was attempted to have

the game switched to another date, the

opposing school disagreed and would-

n‟t switch dates.

Although an individual award,

Steinhilber doesn‟t look at it like that.

He believes that it‟s an award he can

share with the whole school.

"It's a school award type of thing,”

he said. “I take pride in that. Nobody

wins alone. I share it with every one of

the guys from last year and the guys I

have this year, my coaches. It has a lot

to do with the community. I love Heb-

ron. I feel good about being repre-

sented by Hebron.”

All of the players from last

year‟s team think that Steinhilber de-

serves every bit of this award.

“To take this program from not

even a sectional competitor, to a state

competitor is amazing,” former base-

ball player Damon Wallace said. “I‟m

happy for him to receive the award; I

feel like it‟s another accomplishment

for our team.”

There is no doubt that this is a

great accomplishment not only for

Steinhilber but also for last year‟s

baseball team and the whole town of

Hebron. Last year‟s team will always

be remembered as the team that put

Hebron baseball back on the map, with

a sectional championship, regional

championship and now a coach of the

year award.

Phan advances to regionals to end wrestling season By Hunter Barbian

The Hebron Hawks boys‟

wrestling team competed in

the Crown Point wrestling

sectional on January 26. The

sectional consisted of eight different

teams throughout the region, including

power house and host team, Crown

Point, who ended up winning the sec-

tional for the 11th straight time.

Leading the way for the Hawks

was junior Giovanni Phan. Phan was

the only wrestler for the Hawks who

advanced to the regional meet, which

also took place at Crown Point High

School the following weekend.

Phan won two of his four matches

on the day. He won both of his

matches by pinning opponents from

Boone Groove and Lowell High

School. Phan ended up taking fourth

place in his weight class and clinching

the last regional spot for the weight

class of 113.

“Just two wrestlers have ever made

it to the regional meet before from our

school, so it feels good to make it,”

Phan said.

The Hawks however did have a

few alternates who qualified for the

regional meet, placing 5th in their

weight classes. Jordan Giacomin at the

106 weight class, Danny Wallace at

145, Danny Titak at 160 and Brandon

Sanches at the 220 pound weight class.

Overall, Coach Todd Adamzyck

was pleased with the results of the

meet.

“It went very well,” he said. “I‟d

give us a „B‟ grade overall. However,

it could of gone better, but we did bet-

ter than everyone expected us to do.”

The Hawks finished the meet up

with 61 points and came in 6th place

out of the 8 teams.

That following Saturday, Phan

competed in the regional meet. Unfor-

tunately, he couldn‟t come out on top

with a win to take him to the semi-state

meet.

“I plan on putting in a lot of work

and training during the off season,”

Phan said. “My goal for next season is

to be in the top 16 in the state for the

106 weight class.”

Even though the Hawks didn‟t

have any wrestlers who advanced their

seasons beyond sectionals, besides

Phan, the Hawks had four guys who

had at least had 20 wins at the end of

the 2013 season. This has never been

accomplished by any team in our

school‟s history.

The successes of this year have

fans anxious for years to come.

“I was happy to go out and watch

the team for a few meets, and I can‟t

wait to see how the team progresses in

the following seasons,” senior, JR

Young said.

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Valentine’s Day: a history on the day of love By Sam Brumley

Hearts, red roses, and Cu-

pid. Almost every red-blooded

American knows what this

means.

Valentine‟s Day is just around the

corner.

February 14, is a celebration of love

for couples all over the world. People

who would like to have a romantic rela-

tionship with somebody may use the

occasion to make this known, sometimes

anonymously. Many people give cards,

letters, flowers or presents to their

spouse or partner. So, how did this fes-

tivity happen to be?

The Catholic Church recognizes at

least three different saints named Valen-

tine or Valentinus, all of whom were

martyred.

One legend opposes that Valentine

was a priest who served during the third

century in Rome. When Emperor

Claudius II decided that single men

made better soldiers than those who had

wives and families, he banned marriage

for young men. Valentine, recognizing

the unfairness of the ruling, disobeyed

Claudius and continued to perform mar-

riages for young lovers in secret. When

Valentine's actions were discovered,

however, Claudius ordered that he be put

to death.

Another myth is that Valentine actu-

ally sent the first “valentine" greeting

himself after he fell in love with a young

girl who visited him during his confine-

ment. Before his death, it is assumed that

he wrote her a letter signed "From your

Valentine," an expression that is still in

use today.

Although the truth behind the Val-

entine legends is unknown, the stories all

express him as a compassionate, heroic

and romantic figure. It was then that Val-

entine‟s Day became one of the most

romantic days of the year.

Cupid, now, is the god of desire and

love. Cupid is usually portrayed as a

small, winged figure with a bow and

arrow. In mythology, he uses his arrow

to strike the hearts of people. Individuals

who have fallen in love are sometimes

believed to be “struck by Cupid's arrow”.

To some people, Valentine‟s Day is

important and needed to show their part-

ner how much they are cared for and

loved.

“I love it because I have someone to

celebrate it with,” sophomore Jessica

Roe said.

While some people cherish Valen-

tine‟s Day, others do not. Sophomore

Zach Halajcsik tells his reasons of not

liking the celebration.

“It‟s a waste of time and money,”

Halajcsik said. “If you already have

someone you care about you should

spend money on them every day because

if you truly love someone, you should

show it every day instead of one.”

Students to see new courses during class scheduling By Brittany Dopiriak

Students can expect have

more class options and differ-

ent scheduling for the 2013-

2014 school year.

The new classes are AP Psychol-

ogy, AP U.S. History and AP Biology.

They are not open to all grades just the

juniors and seniors.

“A.P. classes are open to juniors

and seniors, and the seniors get first

pick,” guidance counselor Michelle

Morris said. “A.P. History is special

though, juniors will pick first and sen-

iors will get what‟s left.”

Indiana passed laws requiring stu-

dents to take four years of math if they

are a freshman in the 2012-2013 school

year. Because of this, the school had to

add classes to the schedule that are

math based. If students do not want to

take one more traditional math class,

they have the option to take qualitative

reasoning.

“We are adding a new math class

called finite mathematics,” Morris said.

Some of the freshmen are not sure

if they are excited for new classes to

start or not.

“I‟m not sure because I‟m going to

miss my freshman classes,” freshman

Vivian Sykora said.

On the other hand, there are seniors

who are reflecting on the past four

years. Some seniors are wishing that

they would‟ve taken other classes,

while others don‟t. Seniors like Jon Es-

tes are happy with the schedules that

they had and wouldn‟t want to change

them.

Students start the process of mak-

ing a schedule their freshman year and

usually that consists of classes that they

have to take, which leaves little room

for classes that students usually want.

As high school continues, usually stu-

dents get more of a choice with each

passing year.

Some students look forward to cer-

tain classes that they can take as elec-

tives.

“I want to take Mr. Grigsby‟s year-

book class,” Sykora said.

Scheduling for freshmen can be a

new and exciting times even a bit over-

whelming. Then when students become

seniors, it becomes natural since they

have been doing it for years. The sched-

uling is usually hectic at the beginning

of the year with students switching out

in and out of classes.

As the year goes on it makes both

teachers and students lives easier since

there is not as much moving around and

the students really start to get to know

both the teacher and what is expected of

them in the class.

Eighth graders are currently meet-

ing with Morris, and high school stu-

dents will get their course request forms

on March 12.

Sectional loss ends girls’ varsity basketball season By Jenna Giacomin

The Hebron High School

girls‟ varsity basketball team

ended its season with

a record of 8-12 and 4-3 in

the PCC. During the week of February 4, the

Lady Hawks played their final game

against the Winamac Warriors in the

Class 2A sectional hosted by Hebron.

Even though Hebron had a “home

court” advantage, the girls could not

pull out a win. The Warriors beat Heb-

ron 72-45. “The kids came out ready to play,”

head coach Stephanie Schulte said.

“The girls always play with a lot of

intensity. The season went too quick,

and we all enjoyed it as a basketball

family.”

The team lost three seniors this

year. Emily DeFries, Bre Lewin and

Rylie Shrum will graduate this spring.

Next year‟s team will definitely miss

these players. “Bre Lewin was our scoring and

steals leader,” Schulte said. “Emily

DeFries led the team in assists. Rylie

Shrum led in rebounding.” Shrum admits that she will miss

pretty much everything about basket-

ball. “The worst part of the season, I

would say, is just that it goes by so

fast, and being a senior seems to make

everything go by so much faster,”

Shrum said. “We all do random, goofy

things together and just have fun.” Even though she does not plan on

playing in college she still wants to

play recreationally. “I‟ll definitely be playing intramu-

ral basketball at Purdue,” Shrum said. Junior Katie Clemens is sad the

season is over but is also looking ahead

to next season. “I really enjoyed playing with eve-

ryone a lot, and I will miss the seniors

because I really looked up to them and

learned a lot from them,” Clemens

said. The team may not have ended with

a winning record, but according to

Clemens they still had fun with each

other throughout the season. “The best part of the season was

the sleepovers, parties and team bond-

ing stuff,” she said. “Another great part

was when we got down on our knees

and sang “America the Beautiful” to

coach. Also, when we got the Kup.” With the season over, now what? “We will work throughout the

months of June and July to prepare for

next year,” Schulte said. “We will be

doing a lot of shooting, practicing and

game playing.” Schulte hopes the summer prac-

tices will prepare the team for next sea-

son. “Players are developed in the sum-

mer,” Schulte said.

Junior varsity girls basketball already planning for future By Dani Heath

The Lady Hawks junior

varsity basketball team fin-

ished its 2012-2013 season

with a record of 10 wins and

8 losses. The season overall brought

many new experiences for some play-

ers, as well as influenced the team to

become closer as a whole.

The JV Porter County Conference

games were hosted at Hebron High

School this year. The Lady Hawks had

the opportunity to enjoy a home court

advantage where they faced South Cen-

tral in the first round.

However, playing their hardest and

giving it their all just wasn‟t good

enough.

“Every loss is a tough loss, but the

worst part is that the game was so

close,” sophomore Joann Keys said.

“Being so close to a victory and then

failing is something we had to struggle

to overcome.”

As much as the Lady Hawks would

have loved to have the chance to win

the tournament on their home court,

they cannot be too disappointed with

this loss because of the team‟s success

this year, making it a great season. Be-

cause of dedication, hard work and

commitment, the team‟s expectations

were high.

As every athlete knows, hard work

pays off, for the Lady Hawks working

hard to accomplish their goals through-

out the season was not easy. Maintain-

ing a strong relationship with your

teammates is always an important as-

pect that each individual must remem-

ber. As for the Lady Hawks, this task of

togetherness was truly expressed.

“No matter how many games we

lost or who we lost to, our team always

tried its absolute hardest to make every-

one feel welcome in our family,” Keys

said. “The main thing is that we‟re

friends and enjoy the game, and then

we start to work on everything else.”

Even though the junior Lady

Hawks fought hard to overcome many

struggles and challenges, much im-

provement can still be done for the

years ahead of them.

As the 2012-2013 season has come

to an end, players are already eager and

excited to make goals for themselves,

which include working hard and keep

making improvements in the off season.

“Improving in the off season is

what we need to work on,” Keys said.

“We each have strengths and weakness

that we need to work on on our own

before we come back for next year‟s

team.”

Others feel the same as Keys and

are reflecting on their seasons.

“I‟m going to improve myself as a

teammate to work harder and get along

with other teammates better,” freshman

Darlene Chenault said. “Also, I am go-

ing to improve by going to all of the

summer basketball open gyms.”

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English classes to see Shakespeare in Chicago By Colton Jones

For the second consecutive

year, Melissa Pearce‟s sopho-

more classes and the Honors

English 11 class will go on a

field trip to the Shakespeare Theatre in

Chicago to see a play. This year‟s pro-

duction is “The Tragedy of Romeo and

Juliet.”

“Last year went very well, especially

being the first year going on the trip,”

Pearce said.

Planning for the trip wasn‟t some-

thing that happened overnight. Pearce

spent many hours making sure tickets

were purchased, lining up chaperones,

and getting the students ready for the

trip.

The trip also was fun for the students

last year.

“I had a lot of fun on last year‟s trip

to see the play, and I am excited to go

back again this year,” junior Mike Miku-

lich said.

Because of how well the students

enjoyed last year‟s trip, Pearce is happy

to take this year‟s group.

“The students last year ended up

being happy with the trip and asking me

to go again,” Pearce said.

Now that Pearce has the experience

of organizing a class trip like this, she

expects things to be even smoother this

year.

“This year the trip should even go

smoother because it‟s the second year, so

we know what‟s going on and what‟s

going to happen,” Pearce said. “We also

have more chaperones this time

around.”

For the past weeks, and weeks lead-

ing up to the trip, all 10th grade English

classes have been going over some of

Shakespeare‟s work.

“In class we are reading “Julius Cae-

sar,” and will be going over a shorter

version of “Romeo and Juliet” before the

trip,” Pearce said. “But, most of the stu-

dents have already read “Romeo and

Juliet” last year,” Pearce said.

Some are wondering why they are

going to see “Romeo and Juliet” when

“Julius Caesar” is typically the text stud-

ied as a sophomore.

“We are seeing „Romeo and Juliet‟

because the theatre is showing an

abridged version of the play, which

would permit for us to be able to get

back in time,” Pearce said.

This trip also is going to help stu-

dents understand Shakespeare plays bet-

ter.

“A big part of me going is to be able

to understand what we are working on

now better,” sophomore Madison Bell

said.

Expectations for Hebron High

School students and their behavior are

high.

“We are supposed to dress in clothes

that are suitable for the occasion,”

sophomore Ty Ruschak said.

The field trip happens on Monday,

March 4.

Student teacher takes over, classes put trust in Trusty By Elizabeth Medrano

Hebron High School,

home of the Hawks, now

houses a Red Devil!

Over the years, Hebron

High school has opened its doors to out-

siders for all kinds of reasons, including

foreign exchange students and student

teachers.

A short time ago student teacher

Bronwyn Trusty joined the Hebron

staff. Originally a Lowell Red Devil,

Trusty has come to Hebron to receive

training in a class room to complete her

degree in secondary education in Eng-

lish Language.

“When I graduate in May, I will

have gone five complete years,” Trusty

said.

After graduating high school,

Trusty went on to attend Purdue Calu-

met. There, she began preparing for a

life spent molding and adapting the

young mind. In order to get to where

she is now, she first had to take more

than 20 English classes.

“This is the very last thing I have to

do, so I‟m done with classes,” Trusty

said.

As far as the students go, they really

seem to have had no trouble at all ad-

justing to the new addition in the class

room. Freshman Payton Schatz feels

having Trusty around has been a nice

experience.

“She‟s nice, she‟s strict sometimes,

but she‟s nice,” Schatz said.

Though her teaching styles may be

a bit stricter then the students are used

to, she seems well liked.

“She‟s a good teacher, very profes-

sional and organized,” junior Mike

MacNeil said.

Student teaching is not as easy as

some may think. There is a lot of work

that goes into it. On top of teaching,

Trusty also has projects and reports she

has to turn into her supervisor.

“February 22, I will be recording

the class,” she said. “It will be an uned-

ited video I will send into my supervi-

sor.”

Every week she has to write a

weekly reflection, or a report, describ-

ing things that did or did not go well

and how she could make them better for

the future.

“You always have to be planning

ahead,” Trusty said. “You‟re doing eve-

rything the students are doing, just

ahead of time.”

Upon completing her work here and

graduating from Purdue, Trusty plans on

applying to schools in this area and

hopes to get a teaching job shortly after.

“I‟m getting married Nov. 30, so I

would like to stay in this area,” Trusty

said.

For Trusty, teaching has always

been what she has wanted with her life.

Both English literature and working

with teens are two things she enjoys,

and teaching seems to suit her perfectly.

Cheerleaders show strong sides in preparation By Jenna Giacomin

“We‟ve got spirit, S-P-I-R

-I-T, SPIRIT! Let‟s hear it!” The high school cheerleading

team has a lot of spirit! Dur-

ing the week of the Porter County Con-

ference the team competed against the

other PCC cheerleading teams. The

cheerleaders‟ and lifters‟ theme was

monsters of the PCC and showed their

scary side to win the 2013 Spirit

Award. The spirit award competition has

helped to prepare the team for their

next competition. One Direction‟s

“What Makes you Beautiful” can be

heard blaring from the High School

Cafeteria as the team prepares for their

upcoming competition at Portage High

School on February 24. “The team has been practicing for

about six weeks now,” cheerleading

head coach Kristy Stephens said. During the past six weeks, the

cheerleaders and lifters have been prac-

ticing their tumbling, stunting and

cheering. The routine consists of two

songs with dancing and stunts, a chant

and a cheer. The team has been work-

ing very hard so they can wow the

judges. “The judges look for difficulty,

execution, creativity and overall ap-

peal,” Stephens said. There are also some new stunts the

team has been working on. Both

Stephens and senior Zac Frey agree the

double cupie will be a crowd pleaser.

Frey will hold and balance two girls,

one on each hand, above his head.

An old but exciting trick is the bas-

ket toss. Four lifters will toss junior

Sydney Marrs into the air as she does a

toe-touch in the air. “I am excited for the basket toss

because it is really fun,” Marrs said. “I

get to go really high and feel like I‟m

flying.”

Marrs and Frey will also be com-

peting together in a separate partner

stunting competition. Frey is stepping

up his skills and hoping for a personal

win at the competition. “I‟m more excited for the partner

stunting competition because it‟s my

last year and I want to go out with a

bang,” Frey said. He has been prepar-

ing for the competition by lifting extra

weights on his free time. Even though Frey says he is not

nervous, Marrs on the other hand is

nervous for both the team and partner

stunt competitions. She may be nervous

but is also confident in the team and

knows they will do a good job. “We have been working on the rou-

tine and it‟s finally starting to come

together,” Marrs said. “With more hard

work, we will be ready to win.”

Senior spotlight fittingly finishes dance team’s season

By Zack Neeley

The dance season is

dwindling down and is al-

most at a close. Most dance

routines have been designed,

learned and preformed already. A few

key highlights remain to finish up the

season. These key highlights include a

dance competition and the senior spot-

light routine on February 19, 2013.

“I‟m really excited to perform our

last routine, which is the senior spot-

light routine,” senior Gina Ramos said.

“I got to choreograph a lot of hip hop

routines this year.”

The combination of a long high

school career in dance and the opportu-

nity to choreograph is all paying off in

the end. This routine will finish up the

seniors‟ last year of dancing for the

Hawks. The routine will be performed

at Hebron‟s Senior Night. This event

will likely draw a large crowd that will

be center stage for the dancer‟s new

routine.

The senior spotlight routine was

choreographed by the group of seniors

themselves. This will give them a

chance to show what they are made of

and finish off the season strong. The

routine will include songs picked out

by the seniors. This will create and

exciting and creative routine for all to

watch at the basketball game.

The underclassmen this year have

looked up to the seniors for guidance

and support during their season. The

seniors have been able to help under-

classmen with moves they have not

quite got down or the timing of each

individual move.

“They‟ve helped make a lot of the

dances,” junior Sara Jen said. “They

helped the underclassmen and just

helped keep the team going.”

Jen will be the one stepping up

next year for her senior year to lead

next year‟s dance team.

The team has developed and im-

proved together as a whole this year.

They have developed not only each

individuals dance skills but became

more fluent as a group.

With the season coming to an end

the underclassmen will have to take

over the reins for the next coming

years and help future Hebron dancers.

The senior routine and the upcoming

dance competition will leave a mark on

the future for the dance team and will

show next year‟s team how to perform

with high expectations.

Fans have grown accustomed to

having the dance team there for enter-

tainment during basketball games.

They have represented our school well

and their hard work shows during each

and every one of their routines.

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Choir students take voices and songs to ISSMA By Nicki Seabolt

Every year for the past 16

years, the Hebron High School

Choir has entered students into

a solo and ensemble contest

organized by the Indiana State School

Music Association. Hebron‟s choir direc-

tor, Carol Roy, takes groups of singers

and soloists to this competition at Valpa-

raiso High School.

Every school in the immediate area is

invited to enter and compete with each

other for bronze, silver and gold medals.

Senior Riley Walsh has been competing

at ISSMA for seven years. She prepares

for ISSMA by singing in the shower and

in her car.

This year between the middle and

high schools, Roy entered 13 soloists and

three ensembles to the district ISSMA

competition. Brittany Dopiriak, Riley

Walsh, Ashley Rumford, Eli Magiera and

the small ensemble of Riley Walsh, Eli

Magiera and Nicki Seabolt, achieved gold

and advanced to the state competition.

This was freshman Melanie Smith‟s

fourth year doing ISSMA.

Smith‟s favorite part of going to

ISSMA is watching other people sing, she

said.

The high school choir started practic-

ing for ISSMA after its Christmas concert

in December. The competition is the first

weekend of February, so the choir worked

for a while.

To prepare for ISSMA, the choir stu-

dents who participate work side-by-side

with Roy whenever they get the chance. It

takes away from some class time but most

of the choir was either in a group or doing

solos, so they benefited from the individ-

ual practice with Roy.

“Lots [of time] is spent [on

ISSMA],” Roy said. “An extreme

amount.”

Not only do the students get class

time to rehearse, they also come after

school to Roy‟s elementary classroom to

practice. Roy also made a CD for each

student who was participating so they

could practice their pieces with the piano

music.

Roy is the schools only pianist, so

therefore she has to walk from room to

room all day at ISSMA, but she said it

doesn‟t bother her as much as it used to.

“I‟m used to it,” Roy said.

To prepare for ISSMA, Smith prac-

ticed a ton. She ended up earning silver

on her solo because her least favorite part

of going to ISSMA is singing in front of

the judges, she said.

Walsh‟s favorite part of ISSMA is

seeing all the hard work pay off, but there

are downsides to the day.

“Seeing the disappointment in every-

one involved in the large ensembles when

we don‟t get gold or go to state is the

least enjoyable part of the day,” Walsh

said.

To sound better and to be better pre-

pared for future ISSMA competitions,

students should practice more often and

not procrastinate. According to Roy, stu-

dents can benefit from one little thing.

“Better time management,” she said.

Five band soloists earn medals at solo and ensemble By Jon Moneta

ISSMA, something many

people aren‟t very familiar

with, unless you‟re in band

or choir, of course. ISSMA

stands for Indiana State School Music

Association, and the organization holds

an annual for instrument soloists and

ensembles. This year‟s district contest

that was held this previous Saturday at

Valparaiso High School, in which Heb-

ron‟s band members participated.

This contest included more than

1000 students from different schools

from our region‟s middle and high

schools, so winning a medal in this

contest was not exactly what one

would consider an easy feat.

Participating in this contest is no

easy task; freshmen Darlene Chenault

and James Bixenman recognize the

hard work put in by their fellow band

members.

“I don‟t ever want to participate in

ISSMA,” Chenault said. “It just seems

like it‟s so much work. But, I really do

respect the people who participate in

ISSMA because of that also.”

As some people may be willing to

put in the hard work to participate in

ISSMA, some may just be frightened

by the pressure of the whole experi-

ence.

“I won‟t ever partake in the

ISSMA competition; it just seems so

pressuring, and I wouldn‟t be able to

memorize songs and play how they

do,” Bixenman said. “I really admire

the people who can perform at such a

high level in front of so many people.”

Although Bixenman and Chenault

won‟t ever perform in ISSMA, many

people will, like sophomore Zach

Singel.

“I did not perform (in ISSMA) this

year,” Singel said. “Instead, I helped

perform for our Empty Bowl‟s to help

raise money since we needed it, but

I‟m really excited to perform in it next

year. I set my expectations high, so I

plan on coming home with a gold

medal, too.”

However, Hebron, being competi-

tive, had five different students earn a

medal of some sort.

Senior Allison Lewis earned a gold

medal on her oboe solo, senior Ashley

Martin received a gold medal on her

clarinet solo, freshman Rachel Nellett

earned a silver medal on her clarinet

solo, freshman Bobby Pagan earned a

gold medal on his trombone solo, and

sophomore Mathew Gertz achieved a

gold medal on his string bass solo.

Band director Rick Cheek, and the

school, are proud of all the participants

and their accomplishments.

Spring athletes need paperwork for participation By Jon Moneta

In order to participate in a

spring sport, athletes must

have numerous forms com-

pleted and on file with the

school. These forms include the hand-

book form, concussion form and a

physical form must all be turned in be-

fore participating in even a practice.

Some athlete‟s do not understand

why it‟s necessary to get all these forms

filled out.

“I think it‟s pointless,” said Bryce

Hanaway, a sophomore cross country,

basketball and baseball participant.

“Why can‟t we just play the game with-

out these forms?”

Many other athletes feel the same

way as Hanaway about this topic. How-

ever, for multi-sport athletes, there only

needs to be one of each form on file for

the year, not just for each sport.

Although many athletes disagree

with this, Athletic Director Rhonda

Walker likes how things are done

around here.

“In light of today‟s concerns with

concussions, we can never be too cau-

tious with them,” she said. “Even minor

ones, concussions don‟t only occur in

contact sports, they do happen in non-

contact sports as well.”

Getting these forms filled out isn‟t

only a Hebron High School rule, it‟s

also an IHSAA rule, and they‟re re-

quired by the state of Indiana. If a

player does get a concussion, they must

also be cleared by a medical profes-

sional before they can participate in a

practice.

Concussions are not only a high

school threat, many athletes in profes-

sional sports have this problem.

“Jim McMahon, ex professional

Bears Quarterback, is suffering big time

from concussions when he played,”

Walker said. “He‟s not old, and he‟s

having memory loss, which they‟re say-

ing is dementia, and he‟s incoherent.

He‟s not the same man because of con-

cussions, and playing too soon after

having a concussion. No one‟s life is

worth a game. If you get a concussion,

sit out until you get healthy, and don‟t

rush it, it‟s just not worth it.”

Many athletes don‟t rush it. Ex-

Hebron basketball player Damon Wal-

lace recently suffered a concussion and

did the right thing. Wallace sat out one

month of college basketball to get

healthy, and it worked. He got healthy

and got into the starting lineup as a

freshman because of his smart deci-

sions.

Taking risks as a teenager because

you just want to play the game isn‟t a

smart decision.

“We‟ve learned from past experi-

ences, so now we take no chances when

it comes to head injuries, it‟s just not

worth it,” Walker said.

Bowling teams enjoy season; girls end with regionals qualifier

By Amber Wolfe

This bowling season was an

amazing one according to many

of the bowlers.

“I think the season was amaz-

ing, and I had a great time being part of it,”

freshman Rachel Nellett said.

While the season was fun and had

some incredible parts, some feel they could

have worked harder.

“We have done really well, but we

could have done better if we had taken the

tournaments more seriously,” freshman

James Bixenman said.

The team continued to bond and grow

stronger as they worked together, support-

ing each other at the meets.

“My team was very supporting of me,

and even though we didn‟t make it to re-

gionals, … we did our absolute best as a

team,” senior Sawyer Kekelik said.

Over the course of the year the girls‟

team had their highs and lows.

“I thought sectionals was going to be

horrid since we were missing players be-

cause they were sick, but we did really

well in the end,” Nellett said.

Missing some of the players didn‟t

stop the girls from going out and putting

on a strong performance.

“If we had our full team and nobody

sick, we would have had a good opportu-

nity to go on to regionals,” coach Frank

Berdine said.

As his first year as a coach, Berdine

enjoyed the season.

“I had a very gratifying season and

[am] ecstatic about how the season went,”

Berdine said. “[I‟m] very surprised with

the position we ended up in.”

They first year to play on a team can

be challenging. This year the girls bowling

team had a few freshman on the team.

“I was expecting myself to suck really

bad, but I really surprised myself with

this,” Nellet said.

According to Berdine the freshman

superseded his expectations and had one

qualify for regional competition.

“It‟s hard to think that I‟m good

enough to make it to regionals, and I was

really confident with my ability to advance

to semi-state,” freshman Anna Wilson

Many athletes didn‟t want the season

to end.

“I really love each member of my

team; I gained some close friends, and I

definitely think we came a long way,” Nel-

lett said.

Bonding together can be challenging

for some people.

“I could have been more open, but

near the end of the season we started hav-

ing more time together,” Wilson said.

The freshman look forward to next

season and coming together again.

“I‟m looking forward to next year and

hopefully we take first all around,” Bixen-

man said.

Being a senior can be hard to leave the

team but they players will always have

their memories.

“I‟m very proud of the freshman this

year,” Kekelik said. “They aren‟t just good

bowlers, but they [also] make a great at-

mosphere to bowl in.”

According to Indiana High School

Bowling Suburban cite, the girls won 11

and lost five games, and the boys won 12

and lost four games.

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PHETA has call outs for 8th annual festival By Mitch Burges

At Hebron High School,

many of the students know

that PHETA is the little skit

that shows up on their study

hall projector screen every once and a

while and tries its hardest to make

them laugh. They also know that

these videos are created by those in

the PHETA club.

To further understand the mean-

ing behind both PHETA and the up-

coming film festival, one must look

further into their history.

“It was created because one

young man had the vision and desire

to create a television show about the

school and the community,” said

Cynthia Brown, Hebron High School

science teacher and the PHETA ad-

viser.

Ever since 2001, PHETA has had

some form of program running for

almost every year, and since 2006,

with the new technological capabili-

ties that the new high school pre-

sented, the program has hosted the

PHETA Film Festival.

“We didn't [do the festival] when

we were over in the other building

because the auditorium just couldn't

handle it,” Brown said. “It didn't have

a sound system we could connect to,

it didn't have a projection system, so

we couldn't until we moved over here

and had the ability to, but the idea

was there long before.”

Each year the PHETA team calls

out for videos created by the student

body to be presented on the night of

the festival. The films are then judged

on a number of different criteria and a

few are chosen to receive awards, but

to Brown, it means quite a bit more.

“[The film festival is] So that stu-

dents can have an outlet to show their

creativity,” Brown said. “It's different

than some of the other things, and it

involves a lot of the skills that you

learn in you other classes, and it gives

you a chance to showcase what you

can do.”

This year will be no different than

the previous years in that it will also

host a film festival, both for the pur-

pose of entertaining the audience, and

making the young film directors

proud of their work. As Hebron High

school gears up for the 7th annual

PHETA Film Festival, Brown keeps

her speculations to a minimum.

“I expect to see at least five films,

and a crowd, and an auditorium full

of people,” Brown said.

Scripts were due to Brown at the

end of the day on Tuesday, February

22.

Pizza kits lead to 16 blankets for organizations By Kate Vaughan

Hebron High School Na-

tional Honor Society made

fleece tie blankets for babies,

teens, and adult women of the

Caring Place. They complete this pro-

ject about every other year. NHS voted

on what to spend their fundraiser money

on, and they chose to make the blankets

again this year for the Caring Place.

The Caring Place provides a

shelter for men and women who have

been victims of domestic violence and

sexual assault, A Women‟s Recovery

Program and an Emergency Response

Volunteer program.

NHS used the money from their

Little Caesar‟s pizza fundraiser to pur-

chase the materials for the blankets from

Wal-Mart. For each pizza kit sold, they

made $5. NHS did not use all of the

fundraiser money; they only used some

of their funds to purchase the materials.

NHS officers, seniors Rylie Shrum,

Emily DeFries, and Bre Lewin, picked

out the different fabrics. NHS made a

total of 16 blankets. The different prints

on the blankets include: Chicago Bears,

Chicago Cubs, zebra, dinosaurs, jungle,

camouflage, baseball, striped, puppies,

Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty, tie-dye,

princess, ducks, and butterflies.

The blankets were made after

school on February 5. About 15 NHS

members helped make them, and all 16

blankets were done by 4:30 in the after-

noon.

“They were easy to make and it was

really fun everybody helping and we

had music playing,” junior Sarah Witt

said. “It was a cool and easy service

project and it didn‟t take a lot of time.”

The members of NHS really seemed

to enjoy this service project.

“We got to make new friends while

helping others,” Witt said.

Each member who attended re-

ceived two service hours.

“It was a good way to bond as a

whole group,” sophomore Madison Bell

said.

This project is very unique com-

pared to the other service projects and

events that the NHS does.

“Out of all the other projects, this

one is probably my favorite because

we‟re spending time with our friends

while giving back to the community

through a fun activity,” Bell said.

The people at the shelters look for-

ward to the blanket donation.

“Everybody really enjoys getting

them,” NHS sponsor Barbara Kraker

said. “The kids love taking them home”.

The blankets are meant to be taken

to the childrens‟ homes and not kept at

the Caring Place, so the children get to

keep the blankets.

“It was a fun experience and I feel

like I personally helped a lot of people,”

Bell said.

In f light ... Hawks doing their things.

Above: Nice balance! Senior Spencer Sheets practices his spinning skills while walking around the Empty Bowls fundraiser.

Right: Attention to detail. Junior Sydney Marrs carefully adds texture and detail to her teapot in her 8th hour ceramics class.

Below: Get them outta’ here! Possibly not pleased with the refs or one of her friends, junior Natalie Kaczmarski wants someone to take a hike.

Above: What’s the meaning of life? Seniors Mikey Upchurch and Ashlyn Tomerlin reflect on the deep, philosophical musings of Mr. Eriks.

Right: Music makes it better Sophomore Drake Earley catches up on some late work with the help of some Justin Bieber.

Below: Da’ plane! Da’ plane! Freshman Sam-uel Ziants is tired of Ge-ometry while freshman Zack Hillestad pluggs and chugs away.

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College visits help make decisions, take them By Hailey Hernandez

Choosing the right college

is a difficult decision to make.

There are many things to con-

sider when narrowing down

your choices and visiting the college you

are considering is one way to do it.

Taking a college visit can help you

get an idea of what living life on campus

would be like at that specific college and

guidance counselor Michelle Morris

highly encourages them.

“Take advantage of the days you are

given for college visits,” Morris said.

“They can show you many things that

can help you make your decision.”

Each student is allowed two college

visit days a year and they do not count

against the students‟ attendance. They

are easy to set up as long as students fill

out the arranged absence form two days

prior to your visit with Mrs. Sheets and

have proof and confirmation that you

visited the college.

The best time to use these college

visit days is in the fall or spring of your

junior or senior year.

“It is a good idea to go on campus

wide visit days because they cater infor-

mation specifically to you and give you

more information,” Morris said.

To see when these visitation days

are scheduled, check the website of the

school you wish to attend.

“There is no right or wrong way to

use them,” Morris said. “They can help

you decide if you‟re interested or not in

that particular college or program.”

Junior Sydney Marrs has not yet

begun the process of scheduling a col-

lege visit, but she plans to this spring.

“I haven‟t gotten around to going on

one yet, but I want to go on a college

visit to a big school like IU or Purdue to

see what it would be like to go from a

small town to an environment with a lot

of people,” Marrs said.

On the other hand, senior Audrey

Sutherland has made up her mind to

study fashion business at Columbia Uni-

versity in Chicago.

“On my visit there were a lot of stu-

dent activities going on, and I could see

what it was like to actually live there,”

Sutherland said. “That was the kind of

environment I was looking for and it

helped me make my decision.”

Morris also advises students to bring

their parents.

“They can give you a whole new

perspective you wouldn‟t have had be-

fore,” Morris said.

Also, she encourages students to

visit more local colleges as well, such as

Purdue North Central or Indiana Univer-

sity Northwest.

Before going on your visit, Morris

suggests visiting the following link to

see what questions you should ask,

which can be found on the school‟s web-

site: http://www.usnews.com/education/

blogs/the-college-solution/2010/10/19/36

-q u e s t i o n s - t o -a s k -o n -a -c o l l e g e -

visit_print.html.

Readers reap rewards at 100 Points Club party By Kaylea Malcolm

For those of you that are

unaware of what the 100

Points Club is, it is a special

club for readers based on

Scholastic Reading Counts! points. The

100 Points Club is for those students

who have read 100 points or more in

books.

“The students that read a100 points

or more for that semester are recog-

nized at the end of the semester,” media

specialist Barbara Kraker said. “We

have a party and sometimes some con-

test. We give away prizes and we have

refreshments, ice cream and brownies.”

There are many great things that

come along with reading books at Heb-

ron High School. Some of these include

books, candy, pencils and lotion for the

girls, and scented bookmarks.

“The more books you read, the

more prizes you get,” Kraker said. “At

the very end of the year, the person who

has the most points overall gets recog-

nized at awards night and gets a plaque

as well as a $50 savings bond.”

Overall, 50 students qualified for

100‟s Points Club and 10 read 200

points or more. This semester, the top

reader was freshman Rachel Nellett

with 2,122 points and junior Haley

Sowles was second with 628 points.

“I like to read a lot and find many

books interesting,” Nellett said. “I usu-

ally try to read every night for a while

unless I have too much homework. I

don‟t really see it as a competition

though, just a fun hobby.”

Sowles has been the school‟s top

reader the past two years, so it was a bit

of a surprise that someone else came in

and took top point honors. This doesn‟t

bother Sowles, though.

“Although I got out-read, I found it

nice to have some competition and was

happy for Rachel,” she said. “I‟ll still

keep reading and maybe I might read

more than her next semester, but I‟m

okay with it if I don‟t.”

According to Kraker, Hebron High

School is encouraging people to read

with these rewards, hoping more will

find it enjoyable.

The party for 100 Points Club took

place February 8 during study hall and

many people had fun and enjoyed them-

selves according to Kraker. Another

party for 100‟s Points Club will take

place at the end of next semester during

study hall too, so don‟t be dismayed if

you didn‟t get in this time.

“I think it shows how hard work

and dedication pays off,” Kraker said.

“It also helps to be able to do something

fun and enjoyable for the students who

read a lot. We‟re slowly getting more

people in the 100‟s Points Club each

semester so maybe being rewarded does

encourage students to read more.”

A class that teaches real world problems By Kate Vaughan

A new class featured at

Hebron High School that

started this semester is

taught by FACS teacher

Phyllis Schaper. Adult Roles and

Responsibilities is a semester long

class that is offered to sophomores,

juniors and seniors, though it‟s

geared more towards juniors and

seniors.

“I think juniors and seniors can

relate to it more because they are

getting ready to go out in the

world,” Schaper said.

The class focuses on money

management and financial responsi-

bility. They watch videos by Dave

Ramsey about how to handle

money, debt, credit, budgeting, bar-

gain shopping, insurance and sav-

ings.

“A lot of his ideas make a lot of

sense, and I‟m learning a lot from

it,” junior Kenneth Struven said.

Something different about this

class is that there is no text book;

the students only have a workbook

that stays in class. They may, how-

ever, keep the class workbook at

the end of the class to use for a fu-

ture reference.

“The only bad thing about the

class is that we can‟t take our books

home, which I found it hard to get

used to,” Struven said.

Adult Roles and Responsibili-

ties prepares high school students

for financial troubles and teaches

lifelong lessons about managing

money.

“I‟m definitely going to remem-

ber it, and since our books are our

own, we can take them home at the

end so I‟m probably going to keep

mine,” Struven said.

Hebron High School is now of-

fering this class to better prepare

high schoolers that are starting to

get into the financial world and

teach them about being responsible

with money to prevent debt in the

future.

“People have thousands of dol-

lars in credit card debt and are hav-

ing a difficult time getting out from

under it,” Schaper said. “If they

knew a little bit before they started

using those credit cards and real-

ized what was going to happen to

them, maybe they wouldn‟t have

done it.”

Winter sports athletes to be feted on March 19 By Dani Heath

For more than 30 years,

Hebron High School athletics

has put on an annual Winter

Sports Awards Program for

all athletes who participated in a winter

sport. The program will be held on

Tuesday, March 19, in the high school

auditorium.

The awards program is important to

all the student athletes. Any athletes

who cannot attend this program must

notify their coaches in order to avoid

forfeiting their awards.

The winter athletics consists of

those individuals who are in dance,

cheer, boys‟ basketball, girls‟ basketball

or wrestling. Certain teams will hand

out special awards which may include

Most Valuable Player, Most Improved,

the Hawk Award, etc.

As you may ask, what exactly is

this program? And why is it set up this

way? Many people don‟t see the true

meaning behind the program and simply

see it as a way of just getting an award.

“The Winter Sports Awards Pro-

gram is brought on to honor and recog-

nize student athletes for their accom-

plishments and achievements on their

current season,” athletic director

Rhonda Walker said.

During the awards program, athletes

will receive either varsity letters or par-

ticipation honors for the sports that they

were currently involved in or been a

part of. The significance in the awards

program allows each athlete to be ac-

knowledged for their involvement in the

sport.

The student athletes find the awards

program to be a nice, formal night of

recognition; however, it is not a quick

program, seeing that each athlete from

each team must be recognized on stage

by a coach.

“In the past few years, the Winter

Sports Awards Program has always

been extremely long,” junior Lauren

Carlson said. “Hopefully this year, the

coaches can make it short and to the

point so that we student athletes can

make it home with enough time to do

our homework and get ready for school

the next day.”

Past athletes who have already been

a part of many of the sports awards pro-

grams, feel it is respectful to all athletes

that people stay until the program is

over. Each athlete, first or last, is recog-

nized and it is important to those ath-

letes last to have just as much glory as

those first.

“I feel that the team that had the

best season should start off first because

there are more people there to acknowl-

edge the success that the team had,”

sophomore Bryce Hanaway said.

Some other athletes feel that the

team with the best and exciting season

should be presented last so that parents

will want to stay throughout the pro-

gram.

It is important to share this special

night with all winter sports athletes.