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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
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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.