The Lincoln Junior High speech team competed in the Area 17 state contest in Green Valley. The team earned 19 first-place ratings in 23 events. There are 29 members on the team, which is coached by Kathy Litherland, Karen Lee and Karolee Johnson.

Small group:  Joey Papuga, Greg Gandenberger, Sean Weaver, Eric Knutilla

Chorale group:  Josh Larson, Brady Gerdts, Brandon Davis, Holly Phillips, Lyndsey Robbins, Elise Valdez, Erica Nelson, Megan Prather, Marc Arulfo, Joey Papuga, Sean Weaver, Greg Gandenberger, Eric Knutilla, Steven Griswold

Solo:  Sonya Twist

Improv solo:  Lauren Perring

Duets:  Steven Griswold/Marc Arulfo, Aaron Brown/Tyler Casper, Holly Phillips/Elise Valdez, Rachel Kasa/Ixel Hess, Brady Gerdts/Brandon Davis, Lauren Perring/Lyndsey Robbins, Sonya Twist/Hannah Snyder, Mindy Malerich/Brittney Hurley, Kourtney Thompson/Ariel Lopez

Improv duets:  Marc Arulfo/Steven Griswold, Tyler Casper/Aaron Brown, Greg Gandenberger/Joey Papuga, Lauren Perring/Lyndsey Robbins, Rachel Kasa/Ixel Hess, Elise Valdez/Erica Nelson

Improv solo:  Andrew Herrington-Gilmore

Duet:  Megan Prather/Amanda Metz

Improv duet:  Marc Arulfo/Steven Griswold

Duet:  Cody Simmons/Kevin Kirk

Washington-Monroe School’s Honor Roll

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High school volleyball

Letter winners

Katie Wrage (grade 12)

Beth Guy (12)

Tasha Williams (12)

Brandi Carter (12)

Sarah Struebing (11)

Jaci Cross (11)

Valerie Tillman (11)

Amanda Cheatham (11)

Carrie Rayburn (11)

Ashley Luken (10)

Danielle Bergman (10)

Nikki Chapman (10)

Special awards, varsity

Kill leader:  Katie Wrage, 310

Blocking leader:  Katie Wrage, 101

Best all-around athlete:  Katie Wrage

Assist leader:  Jaci Cross, 347

Defensive leader:  Danielle Bergman

Best serving percentage:  Danielle Bergman, 259/265

Rudy Lolling Sportsmanship Award:  Valerie Tillman

Special awards, junior varsity

Best serving percentage:  Natalie Coers, 180/181

Kill leader:  Natalie Coers, 103

Blocking leader:  Megan Leesman, 68, and Krista Ubbenga, 68

Most improved: Vicki Tuttle

Special award, varsity

Lowest average:  Kris Wildenradt, 36.4

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High school golf

(Co-op Hartem/Delavan)

Letter winners

Kris Wildenradt (11)

Jason Fisher (11)

Nick Simmons  (10)

Josh Allen (10)

Tim McCoy (10)

Chip Wagner (12)

Brian Lechleiter (10)

Dan Mammen (9)

High school cross-country

(Co-op Delavan/Hartem)

Letter winner

Shane Westen (10)

Junior high baseball awards

Most versatile player:  Scott Ubbenga

Leading hitter:  Drew Olson

Best defense:  Tim Guy

Most improved:  Jason Rohlfs

Junior high softball awards

Most valuable:  Jenna Leesman and Erin Dial

Best defense: Erin Dial

Leading hitter:  Jenna Bergman

Most improved:  Erin Semple

Brittney Dobson, a sophomore at Lincoln College, has been named Student Laureate to the Lincoln Academy, a private, non-profit organization established to honor Illinois citizens whose contributions have brought honor to the state.

The 26th annual Student Laureate award ceremony was in Springfield on Saturday, Oct. 28. Winners are selected by top administrators of their schools on the basis of academic success, extracurricular activities and contributions to their school.

Lincoln College, the state's only two-year private college, is included in the Lincoln Academy program because of the college’s original charter as Lincoln University in 1865.

Lincoln College President Jack Nutt commented that Dobson is a very positive addition to Lincoln College. "We are proud that Brittney chose Lincoln College, and we are delighted to see that she is receiving this recognition."

Dobson, a 1999 graduate of Lincoln Community High School, is an honor student who is studying music and theater. She has performed in Lincoln College theater productions, music concerts and dance recitals. She received the Arian Award for outstanding high school music student and represented LCHS in honors bands and choirs.

Dobson plans to continue her education by pursuing a bachelor's degree in music/theater. She has aspirations of performing in an opera. She is the daughter of Kay Dobson of Lincoln and the late Carl Dobson.

[Lincoln College news release]

Brett Conrady of Lincoln is this year's recipient of the Helen Heiserman Scholarship at Lincoln College. The Heiserman Scholarship is given in memory of Mrs. Helen Heiserman, a longtime teacher at Lincoln College. The scholarship is awarded to students from Logan or DeWitt counties who are in good academic standing.

Conrady, a freshman, is a 2000 graduate of Lincoln Community High School. He is taking liberal arts courses at Lincoln College with an emphasis on courses in economics. He is the son of David and Lisa Conrady of Lincoln.

The winning haiku at the 2000 Midwest Buddhist Temple Ginza Festival Haiku Contest have been reported by the judges, Joseph Kirschner and Charles Trumbull. Working independently, each judge reviewed all 72 entries blind — that is, not seeing the names of the authors — and made his selection of the top haiku. They then met on Wednesday, Aug. 23, and to discuss the many fine entries, debate favorites and select the final list of winners. Lee Gurga of Lincoln won first place in the general category. 

This is his winning entry:

Blackberry picking —

the touch of the setting sun

on my unshaved cheek

This verse, the judges felt, has everything a classic haiku needs: a specific reference to the season (blackberry picking); two images (in this case, one from nature, one from the world of humans) set together in a way that resonate with each other (the brambly blackberry bushes played against the roughness of the poet’s unshaved cheek), and an appropriate touch of emotion (the nostalgia of blackberry picking in the wistful light of the setting sun). A textbook haiku!

Lee Gurga, Illinois’ most prominent haiku poet, is associate editor of the journal Modern Haiku and past president of the Haiku Society of America. 

With his winning entry, Gurga took first-place honors at the contest for the second year in a row.

For information about another haiku contest, click here.

For a February article about Gurga, click below:

http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/020100/features/artsbook.htm 

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