 Arielle
Alley, Lincoln, Nineteen years old; daughter of Shane and
Crystal; graduate of Lincoln Community High School; attends
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In the fall, Arielle
will be a sophomore at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. She is an Animal Science major in the
Pre-Veterinary Medicine Program. After her undergraduate studies,
she plans to attend Veterinary Medicine School at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well. She would like to specialize
in equine and large animal veterinary medicine. Upon graduation, she
has hopes of traveling to Africa and different parts of Europe and
East Asia for exotic animal studies before starting her own
practice.
Arielle is a member of the Jefferson Street Christian Church in
Lincoln. In high school, she was involved in many extracurricular
activities. She was president of National Honors Society and L.E.A.F
Club (Lincoln's Environmentally Active Friends). She was also vice
president of Pep Club and secretary of French Club. Other clubs she
participated in were F.C.A. (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) and
Reality (Teens against Tobacco). She was also a three sport athlete.
She played golf, softball, and was a cheerleader all four years of
high school. In college, she is involved with Big Brothers Big
Sisters and the Pre-Vet Club. She will also be a Resident Advisor
for the upcoming school year and will play intramural softball
again. Next year she plans on joining the Veterinarians Without
Boarders Club. Arielle's Special Honors include: Student of the
Month March 2008, Student of the Year 2008, Academic All Conference
2006-2008, All Conference in Golf 2007, Arthur and Luella Gimbel
Memorial Scholarship, Merlyn and Helen Heyen Scholarship, and the
Community Service Award.
 Emily
Berglin, Lincoln, Eighteen years old; daughter of Jay and Kalyn;
graduate of Lincoln Community High School; attends Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale
In the fall Emily will be attending Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale. There, she will be studying Pre-Law with a major in
Administration of Justice and a minor in Political Science. The
studies that she has chosen will allow her to represent and lead
people in our country, and through this leadership she would like to
raise moral standards and heighten the morale of our nation.
Emily's LCHS activities include: volunteering; D.A.R.E. Role Model;
LEAF club, French club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Pep club,
of which she served as vice-president; basketball, track,
volleyball, cheerleading, soccer, three of these in which she served
as co-captain; Student Government, class president for 3 years and
President of the Student Body senior year; induction into the
National Honor Society, and President of the National Honor Society
senior year. Emily's Special Honors include: Sophomore Attendant;
Homecoming Queen; 3-Sport Athlete Award; State Journal Register
Scholar-Athlete of the Week; LCHS Female Athlete of the Year; CS8
Academic All-Conference; CS8 Soccer All-Conference Honorable
Mention; CS8 Soccer All-Conference Team; American Legion Citizenship
Award; Principal's Leadership Award; Lincoln Jr. Women's Club
Leadership Award, DAR Good Citizen Award; Rotary Student Government
Award; French Award; Logan County Board Student of the Year;
Illinois State Scholar; President's Award for Educational
Excellence; Prairie State Achievement Award; Cum Laude; SIUC Honors
Program; her Scholarships include: SIUC Leadership Council,
Lincoln/Logan Crimestoppers, Shelter Insurance, Logan County Bank
Student of the Year, and the prestigious Chancellor's Scholarship at SIUC.
 Kelsey
Mariah Bunner, Lincoln, Eighteen years old; daughter of Rachel
Bunner and Scott Bunner; graduate of Lincoln Community High
School; attends Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Kelsey will be attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale
in the fall. She is going to be majoring in Pre-Med and plans on
going to medical school to become a Dermatologist/Laser specialist. She would like to have her own business one day or help manage a
business in her field.
Kelsey has been involved in Student Government for many years and
was the Senior Vice President. She has taken part in many clubs
such as Pep and Spanish club, Future Christian Athletes, and prom
committee. She was Captain for the Football cheerleading squad and
was on the basketball and competition cheerleading squads. Through
high school she was also in diving, track and soccer. Outside of
school she participated in 4-H, gymnastics and theatre. Kelsey's
Special Honors include: Pat O'Neill November student of the month,
All conference Track team, Judges choice award for State Speech
contest, Most Improved cheerleader, Certificate of appreciation from
Student Government, Three-sport athlete award, Athlete-Academic
All-Conference honor roll for track and cheerleading, Elite All
American cheerleading award, Honor roll, Prom Queen, and Homecoming
Senior Attendant.
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 Katie
Gosda, Lincoln, Seventeen years old; daughter of Roger and
Sally; attends Lincoln Community High School;
Katie currently attends Lincoln Community High School where she
will be a senior and graduate in May. After high school she plans
on attending college, but is undecided as to where yet. Although
she doesn't know what she wants to major in, she knows that she
would like to work with kids who don't have the same privileges as
most kids do.
At school, she is greatly involved with the theatre. She loves
being on stage and even being behind the scenes working on
backgrounds, lights, or sometimes even sound. It has been a great
experience for her and has opened up her personality more. For two
years, she was involved in the Lincoln Community High School
Marching Railers playing the tenor saxophone. She is also a part of
the LCHS French Club and Thespians. She is a member of Lincoln
Christian Church where she is involved in the youth group. It's so
nice to be a part of a group where no matter who you are, you are
accepted and everybody welcomes you with open arms. Through the
church, she was involved in the youth high school choir, Good News
Publishing Company. Katie is involved in Reality at Logan County
where she serves as the president.
 Ashley
Nicole Green, Atlanta, Nineteen years old; daughter of Wes and
Martha; graduate of Olympia High School; attends Illinois Central
College
In the fall, Ashley will be a sophomore at Illinois Central
College in Peoria where she is working towards obtaining her
Associates Degree in Graphic Arts. Upon graduation, she plans to
seek further education at Illinois State University in Bloomington.
While there, she will work towards receiving a Bachelors Degree in
Graphic Communication. As for the future, she would love to work for
a large company designing their advertisements, logos, etc.
Aside from being a full time commuter student and relatively full
time employee, Ashley enjoys a variety of activities from working on
the farm to designing graphic related arts. Since the age of eight,
she has been involved with 4-H where she volunteered at local
concessions stands as well as throughout the county in various
activities year round. In high school, she played volleyball for two
years, where she was a defensive specialist. She was also on the
yearbook staff and was employed at Timbercrest Vet Clinic, Bonanza,
Titus 2 Keepers and State Bank of Lincoln. At ICC, she is involved
with the Phi Theta Kappa honorary society. Throughout the year, she
enjoys spending countless hours around the farm with her cattle,
goats, chickens, ostriches, cats and dogs. Most recently, she began
volunteering with the Logan County Humane Society. Currently, she
attends West Side Christian Church in Springfield. Here, she is an
instructor for Vacation Bible School and is a part of young adults
ministry. During the summer months, she looks forward to the Logan
County Fair where you will find her showing cattle or displaying her
most recent photography work. Ashley's Special Honors include:
2006 – Grand Champion AOB (all other breeds) in the Logan County
Fair cattle show as well as recipient of Reserve Grand Champion
Overall Female, various 4-H awards, and High Dean's List/Dean's List
at ICC.
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