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NO. 2 RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LOST CREEK, KY 41348 OCTOBER 2009 25 CENTS

100 Years as “A Light in the Hills”

Riverside’s yearly Red Rib-

bon Week, sponsored by the

Student Council, took place

here Oct. 26-29. It was a

week where the Students wear

bracelets, stickers, red rib-

bons, and so on to pledge they

are drug free.

Red Ribbon Week was The Lower Lights, River-

side's traveling school choir,

has just returned from a week-

end concert tour in Indiana.

We really enjoyed ourselves.

Some people think all we do is

just sing, but we do much

more.

In total, we sang at three

churches. One on Friday, an-

other on Saturday, then on

Sunday morning. The

churches we sang at were

called Flora First Brethren

started here at our school to

try to encourage students to

pledge to stay drug free.

We also had a speaker to

come in on Monday during

chapel to talk to us. His name

is Maco Deaton. He shared

with us about his horrible ex-

periences with drugs, and his

testimony about how the Lord

delivered him from drugs.

Church, Loree Brethren

Church, and Mexico First

Brethren.

All the churches provided

meals for us, breakfast, lunch,

and dinner.

One of the things we did,

was we went to Chuck E

Cheeses. It was Erin Butters

14th birthday, so we had a

birthday party with Chuck the

mouse himself. Each student

got 10 tokens and played

games. We ate a little snack of

pizza, ate some birthday cake,

then left.

We also stopped by a petting

zoo place called Apple Or-

chards. Everyone got a chance

to ride a pony, feed the goats,

and just walk around and look

at all the animals. There were

horses, ponies, big goats,

pigmy goats, baby goats, cats

and kittens, turkeys, ducks,

and many more. Everyone

also got a free apple to eat.

Riverside faculty and staff

members are finalizing plans

to attend the fall Association

of Christian Schools Interna-

tional Convention.

This Regional Convention

will be held Thursday and Fri-

day, November 12-13 in Lex-

ington, Kentucky.

The theme of the Conven-

tion this year is, “ Beyond.”

The corresponding scripture

is, “Now to him who is able to

do immeasurably more than

all we ask or imagine, accord-

ing to his power that is at

work within us, to him be

glory in the church and in

Christ Jesus throughout all

generations, forever and ever!

Amen. Eph. 3;20-21. NIV.

Lower Lights sing at Indiana churches

Faculty, staff to attend Christian school convention

Remember Red Ribbon Week

One part of Red Ribbon Week was a day designated for

everyone to wear a red shirt. Those that did gathered on

the gymnasium floor and formed a giant R, for Riverside’s

Red Ribbon Week. Student Council trusts that will be a

giant reminder to everyone to Say No to Drugs.

By Marilee Strong

Beacon Staff

By Marilee Strong

Beacon Staff

The Ram Mascot was a big attraction on Alumni Day.

2 THE BEACON October 2009

In case you’re wondering,

C.I.A. stands for Christians In

Action. As you may or may

not know, other schools, such

as S.M.S. and B.H.S have a

club called, “Teens For

Christ.” In these groups, the

teens go out into the commu-

nity and give help wherever it

is needed. Riverside didn’t

have one of these teen out-

reach programs so we decided

to start one!

The club is called CIA.

Marilee Strong is the presi-

dent, Erin Butters is our treas-

urer; Lilly Badarak is our sec-

retary, and John Paul Neace,

RCS staff, is our advisor. In

all, there are 11 members.

So far, the group has been

working on raising money for

a canned food drive at a near

by church. We are also dis-

cussing about visiting the

nursing home. Since almost

half of the group are musically

talented, and can play an in-

strument, we may sing and

have a Bible lesson for the

people at the nursing home.

But whatever our plans may

be, none would be possible if

not for the support of you, so

please keep us and the school

in your prayers. We feel God

will do great things with our

group this year, and we’re so

excited to see what He has in

store for us. “I can do all

things through Christ who

strengthens me…” Phil.1:14

compass and pacing, and for-

estry tool I.D.

The two training sessions

Riverside students attended at

the Wood Center paid off as

all of them won ribbons in

individual events.

Breathitt and Laurel and

other county schools com-

peted in the competition and

Mr. Monroe said, “Everybody

enjoyed it and Rebecca Bar-

nett was the one who won the

most ribbons.”

“I enjoyed the competition,

talking with other forestry

people,” Mr. Monroe said.

“We plan on going back next

year and do some more train-

ing and be even better at the

competition next year.”

Riverside’s Class of 2010

attended the College Fair at

Hazard Community and Tech-

nical College on October 29.

There were many colleges

represented at this Fair, from

HCTC, Morehead, Transylva-

nia, and many more. .

The seniors appreciated this

trip in hopes that it will help

them decide on their future

college plans.

Honorable Mention

Patric Haddix 90.5

Wesley Noble 87.6

Tommy Moore 87.5

Jeremy Southwood 87.3

Chris Noble 87.2

Junior High

Principal’s List

Lilly Badarak 95.7

Erin Butters 95.6

Amanda Campbell 95.4

Honor Roll

Kaitlin Haddix 94.4

Michelle Barnett 94.0

Michael Francis 92.1

Hannah Claussen 92.0

Honorable Mention

Zack Watts 90.6

A number of sophomores

and juniors trained for two

weeks about tree identification

and tools used in forestry.

This training was to prepare

them for the Win With Wood

competition.

The biology and earth sci-

ence classes traveled to the

UK Wood Center on October

15 to participate in the forestry

competition called “Win With

Wood.”

About 60 students from sev-

eral county schools competed

in up to 10 events, such as tree

I.D., invasive species I.D.,

Honor Roll

THE BEACON

Published by the Riverside Christian School

Journalism Class, monthly September through May

Staff 2009-2010—Brian Baker, Carrie Banks,

Beretta Roberts, Marilee Strong, Justin Tapio and Eric Whitt

Photography and technical support—

Becky Baker, Nancy Hostetler, Larry Monroe

CALENDAR Doran Hostetler Memorial Tournament………….….Nov. 2-6

Regional Cross Country…………………..………..….Nov. 7

PTF/Booster Meeting………………………………….Nov. 9

Eat at McDonald’s, support Riverside………………..Nov. 10

ACSI for Staff, no school………………………….Nov. 11-13

State Cross Country Meet…………………………….Nov. 14

Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes due…………...Nov. 17

Basketball Pan-A-Rama at Riverside…………………Nov. 21

Lower Lights at Hopewell Church in Beattyville…….Nov. 22

Thanksgiving Dinner and program…………………...Nov. 24

Thanksgiving break………………………………..Nov. 25-27

During one stop in the nearly non-stop action on Alumni

Day, there was a recognition of Alumni. The one who trav-

eled the farthest was Susan Gummer Brown from Dayton,

Ohio. The youngest alumni present was Joey Gross. The

oldest alumni present was Bobby Begley. There was a tie

for the parents with the most children currently enrolled.

Jim and Cindy Bowling have three, Justin, Alden and Say-

lor. Ryan and Jessica Hamblin have Lilly, Grace and

Haylee enrolled.

SIX WEEKS HONOR ROLL

High School

Principal’s List

Jammie Napier 96.9

Bethany Butters 96.8

Kristian Patrick 96.7

Brittany Claussen 96.5

Rebecca Barnett 96.2

Carrie Banks 95.3

Beretta Roberts 95.0

Honor Roll

Kerrie Combs 93.9

Justin Bowling 93.6

Lacey McGuinn 93.5

Kayla Noble 93.5

Justin Tapio 93.2

Deanna Noble 92.1

James Cundiff 91.5

Zane Watts 91.1

By Marilee Strong

Beacon Staff

By Brian Baker

Beacon Staff

Michelle Wilson, Angel Fugate, and Kayla Noble are seen

doing leaf identification at the UK Wood Center.

Juniors and sophomores compete

in local forestry competition

Seniors attend

College Fair

L-r:J. Gross, B. Begley, C. Bowling, R. Hamblin, S. Brown

Students form

C.I.A. group

THE BEACON October 2009 3

Senior Spotlight

Jennah Badgley

me to graduate.” His favorite

subject is Home Ec, “because

we get to do a lot of different

things.” Brandon’s favorite

thing about school is getting

to see Beretta. “She makes me

smile.”

Brandon said, “My most

memorable moment about

school would have to be going

to state my sophomore year

with the cross country team.”

He also said that he will miss

some things about school like

his friends but what he will

miss the most is, “picking on

Beretta with Justin; it’s always

fun.”

Brandon's plan after high

school is to attend HCTC, but

he is still undecided as far as

what he wants to do. He also

said, “Going out into the

world is my biggest fear.”

Brandon’s mom thought it

would be a very good experi-

ence for him to come to River-

Jimmy Brandon Potter is the

nineteen year old son of

Jimmy and Lisa Potter. Bran-

don was born November 7,

1989 at Hazard ARH. He also

has one younger brother

Ethan.

In Brandon’s spare time he

enjoys staying on the com-

puter and playing World of

War Craft.

Brandon was asked “Who

has had the greatest impact on

your life?” He said, “My mom

and dad because they strive

every day to make me do my

very best.” He also mentioned

the nicest person he knows is

Beretta “because she is always

there when I need her.”

kindest person you know. His

answer was, “The kindest per-

son I know would be Beretta

because I can tell her all my

secrets and I know she won’t

Thomas was asked is there

any single person who has had

the most influence on your life

and he quickly said, “Yes, my

mom, because no matter what

she is always there to support

me with what I do.”

He was asked who is the

Gary Thomas Herald is from

a family of six. His mother

Lisa, step dad Gary, two

brothers Jordan and Josh, and

his older sister Kay.

In Thomas’ spare time he

enjoys 4-wheeling, playing

video games, and sitting on

the computer. He is also part

of the Rams basketball team.

Thomas thinks humor, mu-

sic, and sports are a very im-

portant part of his life. He

said, “They keep me amused

and without them I would be

extremely bored.”

The biggest disappointment

Thomas has ever faced he said

with a grin was “The night I

wrecked my truck; it broke my

heart.”

Thomas can sometimes be

easily embarrassed depending

on the situation. He said, “My

greatest fear would have to be,

being alone for the rest of my

life.”

side, especially where it is

such a small school.

He said, “For the most part I

like school, but it’s time for

By Beretta Roberts

Beacon Staff

By Beretta Roberts

Beacon Staff

By Marilee Strong

Beacon Staff

Senior Spotlight

Riverside has just recently

welcomed a new teacher, Her

name is Jennah Badgley, and

she moved here from Parish,

New York.

And how is the country life

here for her, opposed to life

in the city? Well it’s the same!

Mrs. Badgley didn’t really

live in the “big city” part of

New York. Parish has much

the same countryside as Lost

Creek does.

While she was in New York

she attended Oswego State

College where she received

her Bachelor Degree in Busi-

ness.

Later she went to Liberty

University where she worked

on her Masters Degree in Sec-

ondary Education and Social

Studies. She has nearly com-

pleted that.

Why did she come to River-

side? She replied, “It just felt

like a good Christian School,

and I felt called to come here.”

Mrs. Badgley teaches

American and U.S. History,

Geography, American Gov-

ernment, English 9 and Eng-

lish 10. What does she like

best about Riverside? “The

say a word.”

Thomas’ favorite subject in

school is Drama. He likes

Drama because, “It’s fun to

act out things with everyone

and not only make a fool out

of myself but watch everyone

else as well.”

Thomas enjoys school for

the most part he said. The rea-

son he decided to come to

Riverside was because it

would be a good learning ex-

perience.

Thomas’ future plans after

high school are to attend Haz-

ard Community and Technical

College and go into auto me-

chanics.

diversity and the students, and

the Christian atmosphere,”

was her answer.

Mrs. Badgley has been

saved since she was 9 years

old. She is currently 23. So if

you add it all up, she has been

a Christian 14 years.

Mrs. Badgley is also hap-

pily married to a nice young

man by the name of Josh

Badgley. They have been mar-

ried for 2 years. He currently

works as a production associ-

ate in a check printing fac-

tory.

Some of the things Mrs.

Badgley likes to do for relax-

ing are scrapbooking, bowl-

ing, photography, and she en-

joys watching a good movie

now and then.

Pictured above are Riverside’s fabulous cooks, John Paul

Neace (an RCS grad), Dorothy Moore, and Shirley Neace

(John’s mother), standing in front of the cafeteria’s new

stove. A mission team from the Olive Branch Church of

God in Roann, Indiana came to campus to help for several

days. They saw the desperate need for a stove, and went

back home to launch a campaign to help get the stove.

Brandon Potter

Thomas Herald

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Meet Mrs. Badgley

4 THE BEACON October 2009

POLLS

Eric Whitt (4th from the right) is pictured here with other

“Yankees.”

Erin Butters and Amanda Campbell represented Riverside

Eighth Grade at the Heritage Fair Spelling Bee.

The reenactment of the Bat-

tle of Leatherwood took place

October 23, 24 and 25. Sev-

enty five volunteers, including

myself, participated in the re-

enactment.

The Battle of Leatherwood

wasn’t about freedom and

state rights; it was about the

salt works at Brashearville,

now known as Cornettsville,

located at the mouth of

Leatherwood in Perry County.

The salt works produced ap-

proximately 250 bushels of

salt a week and was strategi-

cally important to both armies.

The salt works was origi-

nally the Confederate’s terri-

tory but the Union came in

and took over, resulting in 5

Confederate deaths and one

Union death, with the sus-

If you were the President,

what would you change

about America?

Justin Tapio– Make gay

rights against the law in every

state.

Brian Baker– That schools

had a longer summer, a four

month vacation.

Erin Butters– Keep the coal

business open.

Robbie Rios– More Taco

Bells.

Heather Neace– Change the

wars.

Jimmy Strong– Everything.

Michael Roberts– So there

would be no war.

Zack Watts– Change the

taxes.

Dennis Jackson– Install

prayer and the Ten Command-

ments back in school and fed-

eral buildings, and abolish

abortion.

participants from the 6th and

8th grades (no 2nd or 4th

graders participated this year)

went to the event.

The 6th grade participants

were Tyler Hudson and

Beacher Noble. The 8th grade

participants were Amanda

Campbell and Erin Butters.

Each student received a cer-

tificate and a goody bag for

their participation.

Riverside Christian School

participated in the Breathitt

Heritage Fair’s 5th Annual

Spelling Bee for 2nd, 4th, 6th,

and 8th graders, on October 1,

2009.

The Spelling Bee was held

at the UK Quicksand Commu-

nity Center, and two Riverside

tained firepower of 140 men.

It is quite an experience

and we would like it if any-

body who is interested in par-

ticipating in the reenactment

would come down for the bat-

tle and participate or watch.

I first became involved in

the reenactment when a

neighbor invited me to join

them. I enjoy meeting new

people and shooting the gun.

The next reenactment will

take place in October, 2010.

Gentle winds of autumn brush

The painted leaves from the tree

In a shower of colors drifting softly

Down upon you and me.

I realize that my Savior is showing

Me how he makes me clean

By tenderly removing the old things

So his light in me can be seen.

Just as we bloom in our walk

With the good Lord above,

We shed parts of our old lives to

Be able to share his love.

So when you see a falling leaf

Please don’t think of it as death.

Be thankful that he changes us

And renews us with each breath.

By Mrs. Dawn McIntosh

By Eric Whitt

Beacon Staff

By Carrie Banks

Beacon Staff

First grader Saylor Bowling won the Beauty Supreme award.

Riverside elementary basketball team participated in the

Heritage Fair parade.

Riverside elementary boys enjoy pioneer children’s games at

Camp Nathanael.

Eric Whitt has part in Civil War battle reenactment Riverside students take part

in Heritage Fair activities

THE BEACON October 2009 5 CLASS NEWS

Top, standing l-r: Austin Edwards, Laurie Mullins, Audrey

Clemons-Combs; sitting l-r: Saylor Bowling, Parker Miller,

Brianna Cody, Anthony Clair, Curtis Watts, Malin Voth,

Savannah Baker. Missing from picture: Dalton Collins.

French class, everything

Austin Edwards- P.E.

Parker Miller– Music, art,

lunch, play time

Anthony Clair- Recess,

lunch, math, science, reading

Brianna Cody– Math, art,

recess

Laurie Mullins- Math, color-

ing, art, French, everything

Malin Voth– Math, lunch,

pizza parties, plays

Curtis Watts- Lunch, recess,

chapel, art, P.E. entertainment using grace

hoops, stilts, small wooden

toys, etc.

Several third and fourth grad-

ers shared their favorite parts of

the field trip. Alden Bowling

enjoyed buying things at the

gift shop. Haylee Badarak,

Sherida Marshall, and Colton

Smith loved the hay ride. Zach

Miller’s favorite part was “we

got to see the deer.”

Emmanuel Wilson was thank-

ful for lunchtime since he

worked up quite an appetite

during the morning. Vanessa

Noble thought learning the art

of candle-making was fascinat-

ing.

When asked for one word to

describe the trip, they re-

s p o n d e d w i t h “ f u n , ”

“awesome,” and “cool.” They

are all agreed that it was a great

experience.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE

BEST ABOUT SCHOOL???

Savannah Baker- Spelling,

reading

Saylor Bowling– Art, P.E.,

recess, reading group, every-

thing

Dalton Collins– Go outside

and collect leaves

Audrey Clemons-Combs-

Work, play time, gym class,

WHAT WOULD YOU

LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU

GROW UP???

Savannah Baker-veterinarian

Saylor Bowling- nurse, vet-

erinarian

Dalton Collins- paleontolo-

gist

Audrey Clemons-Combs- a

veterinarian

Austin Edwards– a police-

man

Parker Miller- a fireman

Anthony Clair- video game

maker, or doctor or vet

Brianna Cody- Angel Care

and veterinarian

Laurie Mullins- a veterinar-

ian

Malin Voth– Doctor or a

nurse

Curtis Watts- a soldier

Fifth and Sixth Grades

This is Red Ribbon Week.

We are learning about how to

stay off drugs. Special speak-

ers have come and talked

about how not to use drugs.

In science class we’ve been

writing essays about protect-

ing our water. The essays have

to be 500 to 1,000 words. It’s

really fun!

Kindergarten

Things have been happening

in the Kindergarten room. We

have added new letters and

words to our collection and our

numbers are coming along as

well. We have learned about

Abraham, Isaac and Joseph,

sang new songs, danced along.

We have worked on new fall

art and decorated our room.

We are kind to one another

each day as we learn and play.

We are excited to begin each

day, and every day is full of

new and old activities that help

us learn and grow.

We began October with a trip

to the Pumpkin Patch. We

learned about the lives of

pumpkins and some of the

yummy things you can make

with them. We each got a

pumpkin to keep for our own.

We finished our trip with

McDonald’s for lunch and a

special play time on our play-

ground.

First and Second Grades

This month the 1st and 2nd

graders are pleased to welcome

a new student Dalton Collins.

We have been a busy bunch

of little people learning about

our solar system as well as life

cycles and working on a book

about Thanksgiving that will be

published. Keep us in your

prayers. Proverbs 3:1-11

Third and Fourth Grades

The 1-4 grades recently had

the opportunity to spend the

day at Camp Nathanael. They

had a great time learning about

and experiencing pioneer life.

In the morning, the boys trav-

eled through a variety of sta-

tions dedicated to men’s work.

These included learning how to

be a cobbler and blacksmith,

plowing, barn raising, etc. At

the same time the girls were

traveling through women’s

work stations learning how to

make candles, dye cloth, quilt,

etc.

Following lunch, the boys

spent some time learning about

women’s work while the girls

did the opposite. The day

ended with round robin pioneer

games. The students rotated

around the field experiencing

In health we are learning

about the circulatory system.

Mr. Monroe needs to collect

milk jugs for an experiment in

the greenhouse.

Our class are saving shoe-

boxes for Operation Christmas

Child. We are very excited

about the shoeboxes.

We went on a trip to Camp

Nathanael. It was about pio-

neer days. We had fun.

Do you know the 1st & 2nd graders? Elementary students learn about

pioneers at Camp Nathanael

Savannah and Audrey help make candles.

Students participate in a “mini” barn raising.

Making applesauce helped pioneers preserve food for winter.

6 THE BEACON October 2009

ances. They used to stay on

the road for three months at a

time, but now they just stay

out a month at a time.

They travel from Florida to

Maine to California.

The largest group that they

have ever performed for was

8,000 people at a big gospel

festival in Martinsburg, Penn-

sylvania.

In her spare time Barb oil

paints, and in his spare time

Rod schedules places to min-

ister, and learns new songs to

sing.

What Barb has enjoyed

most about their ministry is

“When we get into a Church

where I can feel the Spirit and

can minister there.” Rod likes

it when he sees lives are be-

ing turned around through

one of their songs.

What God has shown them

through there ministry is that

they are enhancements to

churches and not substitutes.

Barb’s words of advice for

teens are “Know the Lord as

your savior and serve him

faithfully. Know and count on

God’s word; it’s very impor-

tant to have the Lord in your

life.”

but he couldn’t do that, and

has been playing ever since.

Rod and Barb’s only occu-

pation is singing and travel-

ing. They first came to River-

side because Rod’s dad got an

invitation to come and sing,

and they have been coming

back ever since.

During their stay, they

sang for the Open House at

Riverside, held chapel ser-

vices Monday and Wednes-

day, sang at Ned, and sang at

the Drushal Church.

What they enjoy most about

coming to Riverside is the

peacefulness of the place.

They also like the fact that

they can get to meet the new

staff, but see the older staff as

well. Also the fact that they

get to stay in one spot for a

couple days.

The Thomas Family travels

mainly for weekend perform-

Barb and Rod Thomas

are from Lebanon, Tennessee.

They have two children Tim

who used to play the bass, and

Tiffany who used to play the

drums for them.

They pastored churches for

17 years and have been travel-

ing for 18 years. Since they

sensed that the Lord was di-

recting them to a full time

traveling musical ministry.

They have been married for

40 years.

Rod has been influenced by

music practically all his life.

He has been playing the piano

since he was 10 or 11. He en-

joyed playing the piano at

first, but he got to a point to

where he wanted to give it up.

So his father told him to

never touch the piano again,

Throughout the evening of Alumni Day cake walks were held

and more than 30 cakes were given away. Another popular

event was the competition to make a basket shooting from the

center line on the floor. The winners received gift certificates to

Little Caesars.

By Carrie Banks

Beacon Staff

It’s full time for them…

Family continues music ministry

Tyler Francis won a trophy

in the Alumni Car Show.

Michael Roberts won a trophy

in the Alumni Car Show.

More Alumni Day pictures...

The Art and History and Appreciation class went to Haz-

ard to see Barrage. It is billed as “a high-octane fiddle-fest

that features an international, multi-talented cast perform-

ing an eclectic mix of music, song and dance. Class members

are seen here with members of the Barrage cast.

THE BEACON October 2009 7

SPORTS From there on the action was

centered in the gym. The Riv-

erside grade school girls com-

peted on the ball court against

the LBJ Blue Team girls. The

Blue Team took the win by a

wide margin.

The RCS grade school boys

took on the LBJ Gold Team

boys. The game was nip and

tuck and the victory went to

the LBJ boys, 25-20. Zack

Watts scored 16 points.

The third game of the eve-

ning, the varsity Lady Rams

took on the Alumni women.

The Lady Rams played a very

good game and took home the

win, 39-36. Alumni Lisa

Martinez Miller scored 27

points for the Alumni women.

DeeDee Noble scored 17

points for the Lady Rams.

The last two games of the

evening featured varsity Rams

against Alumni men. The

hustle and shooting would

have nearly matched district

action. Those Alumni just

never seem to lose their touch.

Some of the older Alumni

played junior varsity Rams

and squeaked by with the win

27-25. Bob Bagley ‘64, the

oldest alumni present, led his

team with 10 points.

The varsity Rams played

with the younger alumni very

well for three quarters. But a

weak first quarter cost the

Rams a sizable lead. Brandon

Hudson and Brett Stacy, both

of the Class of 2007, led the

Alumni with 23 and 21 points.

The varsity Rams were led by

Jared Robison with 18 and

Justin Bowling, 12.

The Riverside Cross Coun-

try team has run in eight

meets; that is twenty-four

miles of running. This is how

much they have run in compe-

tition. This does not include

the countless miles they have

run in practice as well as run-

ning alone.

Coach Andy Keck of the

Cross Country Team was

country coach, was the first

alumni runner to cross the fin-

ish line. Lisa Smith was the

first alumni walker in and fol-

lowing behind her, Brenda

Johnson and Penny Francis.

An awards ceremony fol-

lowed in the cafeteria.

The next morning there was

a small version of a Car Show.

This was because of the cold,

wet and muddy conditions.

Kevin Roberts won Best of

Show with his Rat Rod.

James Combs took home a

new emergency kit for doing

the best burnout. By the time

he finished, you couldn’t see

his truck through the smoke.

It may have been raining

rain drops outside, but inside

it was raining greetings,

cheers and laughter inside. It

was Riverside’s annual

Alumni Day.

It really began with the

Alumni Ram Run on Friday,

October 16. There were 26

participants, some of them

runners and some walkers.

The first runner to finish the

5K Run with the time of 18:00

minutes was Jimmy Noble.

asked how he felt the team

was progressing. He replied,

“Once they decided to work

hard they improved. Some

have more than others.”

The Regionals will be

hosted this year by Fairview

High School in Ashland, Ky.

There will be four runners

from Riverside competing.

This is the biggest step for

these runners outside of state

which they are looking for-

ward to.

overall cross country winner

in 22:44.

Also one RCS runner had his

best time. That was Patric

Haddix in 23:50. Patric was

so excited and said, “I felt like

giving up and walking so

many times, but I pushed

through and finished.”

Andy Keck, RCS cross

Jimmy has been running for

five years and has run at Riv-

erside three times. He said, “I

love this course and this is the

best time I have ever run.” He

also said he would like to run

a marathon.

Not only did this event con-

sist of some alumni, but also

most of the RCS cross country

team. Katie Haddix was the

By Beretta Roberts

Beacon Staff

By Justin Tapio

Beacon Staff

Name OBI Buckhorn Home Cordia

Middle School

Beacher Noble 19:17 30:40(23) 15:09(10) 20:19(3)

Tiffany Johnson 20:13 31:41(8) 14:54(1) 16:52(1)

Emmanuel Wilson 22:00 30:49(25) 15:08(9) 17:19(2)

Kayla Watts 25:13 37:30(11) 17:19(4) 21:03(3)

Rose Haddix 27:32 40:46(15) 17:00(3) 21:02(2)

John Tincher 28:23 41:51(29) 20:37(21) DNR

Varsity

Katie Haddix 23:40 25:15(1) 24:56(1) 30:31(1)

Kristian Patrick DNR 29:33(5) 28:24(8) DNR

Erin Butters DNR 32:52(10) 28:27(9) 36:12(5)

Patric Haddix 29:32 29:56(21) 26:49(32) 30:30(8)

Runners prep for Regional

Coach Hamblin talks strategy with the elementary girls.

Lisa Smith, Brenda Johnson, and Penny Francis were the

first, second, third place walkers in the Alumni 2 Mile Walk.

Runners and walkers lined up for the Alumni Ram Run Walk

8 THE BEACON October 2009

The team tackled a variety of

tasks during the week. The

men renovated a bathroom in

a visitors apartment. Several

of the young people helped

teach soccer skills in Miss

Bakers PE classes.

Others went all over the

school disinfecting all the

classrooms, halls, busses, etc,

as a precautionary measure

to prevent flu invasion. They

also assisted in classes as well

Beacon staff members in

their interviews asked, “If you

could stay at Riverside for a

year, what would you like to

do here?” Here are some an-

swers: Kathy– help more in

the classes; Ben– start a soccer

team; Carl– fixing things, lin-

ing up missions; Thomas- help

teach soccer;

MariElla- anything to be

with the younger kids; Meg-

work with the little kids;

Greta—a teachers assistant:

Misty—I would love to do

something with music, Span-

ish, basketball, theatre and

drama.

Lani said she would do,

“whatever needed doing,” plus

she and David both said they

would enjoy hiking the moun-

tains.

They met in the middle (not

quite) to share and care.

Five members of the Koons

family came from Waterloo,

Iowa. They were part of the

pastoral family at the Mt.

Olive Church in Mc Gaheys-

ville, Virginia. Now they are

serving at the Brethren Church

in Waterloo.

The other five members of

the team came from the Mt.

Olive Church to re-unite with

the Koons and join them in

sharing their talents to help in

various ways at Riverside.

All but one of the team

have been here a number of

times. “We just love being

here with you all,” Lani said.

“I schedule a week of vacation

so I can come down here,”

said David.

“The kids are so much fun

to be around. It is really sad

when we have to leave,” said

Mari Ella. “I’ve enjoyed eve-

rything. It’s been amazing,”

said Meg. She has also taken

trips to New Zealand, Mexico

and Guatemala.

Misty, the first timer here,

has also been to Peru and Af-

rica. “I’ve especially enjoyed

meeting new people.”

They surely don’t need a

GPS to find Riverside any

more. They know the way

very well from Mexico, Indi-

ana to Lost Creek, Kentucky.

This mission team of seven

from the Mexico Brethren

Church just concluded their

fourth trip to Riverside.

The group included six re-

turnees-Rick and Sue Brooks,

Kerry and Vicky Deardorff,

John Lorenz, Carl Hatfield-

and first timer Nicole Robison

In two very full days they

installed breakers, ran electri-

cal wiring, and installed elec-

trical outlets in the exercise

building. The men also put

down laminate flooring in one

staff apartment and repaired

some plumbing in another

staff apartment.

The ladies did cleaning and

painting in Wheeler Home and

fixed meals for their team.

The Mexico Church has

chosen Riverside Christian

School as an annual mission

project. They raise funds so

they can buy supplies and fix

whatever needs done here.

They also help with commu-

nity projects in Mexico.

“Every time I’ve come down

here I loved it,” said Carl.

Kerry, too, enjoys the trip. He

and Carl agreed that if they

could stay longer, they would

like to do maintenance here.

Rick and John enjoyed the

group being together as a team

and seeing old friends.

The ladies especially en-

joyed “seeing the kids, sitting

down to eat with them and

interacting with them.”

“Everything,” said Nicole.

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Pictured above back row l-r: Lani Koons, Thomas Koons,

Misty Newman, David Raynes, Ben Koons; front row l-r:

Greta Koons, Carl Gooden, Mari Ella Koons, Meg Gooden,

Kathy Good.

By Beacon Staff

Two groups meet in the middle;

Riverside is doubly blessed

Mexico church sends team of seven

Front, l-r: V. Deardorff, R. Brooks, S. Brooks; back, l-r: N.

Robison, K. Deardorff, C. Hatfield, J. Lorenz.

These men from the Cerro Gordo Brethren Church in Cerro

Gordo, Illinois know how to multiply. First there were two,

then three, and this time five came to tackle several plumb-

ing projects. They are front row, l-r: Joe Voorhies, Mike

Martin, Kent Smith; back row, l-r: Dick Marvin, Greg

Mowry.