May 2011 Hi-Life

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Hi-Life
The Student Newspaper of Henderson High School
Volume 81, Issue 6
May 20, 2011
PO Box 728, Henderson, TX
Students compete in state forestry contest
Understaffed team places first in district
Amanda Rousseau
Staff Reporter
Band
Banquet, p.6
Seniors Trevlynn Russell, Dillon Taylor and Jackson Tully competed at the state forestry
contest in Nacgodoches April 20. The team placed first at the district competition.
photo by Alisha McGee
Seniors Trevlynn Russell, Jackson Tully and Dillon Taylor competed at the
state level in the woodland
contest April 20 at SFA’s
Regeneration Farms.
The district contest was
held in Overton April 14
and Henderson placed first
to advance to state.
“I was glad that we advanced in district,” Russell said. “We can say that
we didn’t just stop at the
district level, but were able
to advance and make it to
state.”
The boys made it to
state by making the highest cumulative score of all
of the teams competing
at the district level. The
team score is based on the
collective individual scores.
Each team member goes
to a station and identifies
different wood products
and fills out a sheet with
choices of what each wood
type could be. His correct
answers are added together
and put together with the
other team members.
These students identified
different types of hardwood
trees, wood blocks, pine
trees, and identified the
volume of a tree.
“I signed up for this class
and I’m glad I did,” Tully
said. “It was fun learning
about all of the different
types of trees.”
In preparation for the
forestry contest, members
watched movies and were
t aug ht by a g r icu ltu ra l
teacher Joe Watts about the
different types of trees and
identifying marks of each
species of tree. They also
walked around campus and
See ‘Forestry,’ p. 6
Senior advances in academic UIL contest
One-Act Play cast, crew competes at regional level
Philip Lowrie
Softball,
p. 7
Soccer
awards,
P. 3
News
Briefs
Correction
In the April issue
of The Hi-Life, it
was reported that
Spanish teacher Diana Duesterhoft organized the Relay
for Life pie-throw
fundraiser. The correct information is
that Angela Porter
organized the fundraiser.
Seniors
Pick up caps and
gowns and turn in
all books and fines
on May 26 in the
foyer.
Graduation
Graduation begins
at eight o’clock on
May 28 at Lions’
stadium.
Staff Reporter
Senior Audrey Prewett
competed at the State UIL
meet on May 7. Audrey
scored a 92.
“I d id r ea l ly wel l,”
Prewett said. “I didn’t
place, but they only rank
first through sixth place.
The person who got sixth
only scored 2 points higher
than I did.”
Students competed in
various academic competitions at the UIL meet
at LeTourneau March 24.
Medalists included seniors
Audrey Prewett and Caitlin
Smith, sophomore Zach
Prewett and freshman Beau
Wyatt.
Coached by Ch r is
Wheeler, Audrey placed
first in spelling and vocabulary for the second
time. She placed third at
regionals in April.
“I am really excited that
I did so well,” Audrey said.
“Each level of the competition gets a little harder.”
Zach placed f ifth in
mathematics and was the
top scorer in physics.
“I feel great,” Zach said.
“I am the second alternate, which means that I
also get to compete at the
regional meet. I won’t get
to compete unless two of
the other competitors can’t
compete.”
Smith was coached by
Alisha McGee and placed
fourth in feature writing
and news writing.
“I was really surprised
that I had placed so high,”
Smith said. “But I am really appreciative of Mrs.
McGee training me this
past year.”
On the computer applications team coached by
Johnny Pino, Wyatt placed
sixth overall.
“I’m very proud of Beau
for earning his medal,”
Pino said. “He has been
very dedicated to learning
the computer applications
since the team started.
He’s learned a lot over the
past few months and I’m
proud that he was able to
place at the district meet.”
The UIL One Act Play
cast competed on April 2.
Seniors Krystall Ross
a nd Ia n Hawk i ns won
All-Star cast medals and
Jake Scarborough won an
Honorable Mention cast
award.
The cast also advanced
to Area competition on
Apr. 4. This is Henderson’s
first time to ever advance.
“It is a great honor [advancing to area],” Scarborough said. “This is Henderson’s first time to ever
advance.”
At the a rea contest,
Hawkins and Scarborough
won Honorable-Mention
cast awards, Ross won the
All-Star cast award and
senior Adriana Rangel won
a tech award.
“It feels great [to win
the award],” Ross said. “I
worked so hard and it’s so
worth it to have a medal or Seniors Krystal Ross and Ian Hawkins perform “Over
trophy that proves to people the River and Through the Woods” at the Administration
Building May 16. photo by Claire Shepherd
that we are all talented.”
interaction with Jake.
“I was a little concerned
about how well the kids
would do with Jake,” Wimberley said. “But I think
they adapted well to his
handicap because if a student disrespected Jake,
another student quickly
He spent his time going between Tracy Allen’s
United States history classes and Wimberley’s world
history classes.
“The way we split Jake’s
assignment made it easier
on him, in that he did not
have to teach two lessons
that covered two
different subjects
in one day,” Allen said.
Ja ke g raduated from ETBU
in Marshall May
7 with a degree
in seconda r y
h istor y. Ja ke
said that United
States’ history is
his favorite subject and that he
hopes to go to
Stephen F. Austin University to
get his Master’s
degree in history,
which will allow
him to teach history at the junior college
level with the potential
to teach at the university
level.
“I thought Jake did an
excellent job,” Allen said.
“He is uniquely gifted; one
of the smartest and nicest
men I have ever known.”
Student teacher, Henderson Twelfth graders
graduate overcomes struggles earn top honors
Amanda Rousseau
staff reporter
A classroom full of rowdy students, boisterous and
loud, draw the attention of
the passing principal. He
walks in ready to take control of the situation, only
to find that the chaos is not
due to hyperactivity
and lack of supervision, but enthusiastic
students who are actively participating
in the history lesson being taught by
student teacher Jake
Keeling.
Ja ke, who is a
Henderson a lumnus, is not like most
student teacher s,
however. Everyday
he has to overcome
his handicap. At age
one and a half, Jake
was diagnosed with
Cerebral Palsy so
now he has difficulty
Jake Keeling
speaking and he uses
a motorized wheelchair to corrected him.”
Jake started his student
get around.
“I had very good, re- teaching in January and
spectful students that made finished April 20.
“I wanted to come back
my job very enjoyable and
to Henderson High and do
easy,” Keeling said.
History teacher Carolyn my student teaching here
Wimberley had concerns because Henderson has a
early on about her students’ lot of good teachers with a
lot of knowledge,” he said.
Hannah Herrera
Staff Reporter
The Senior Banquet will
begin at 7:00 tonight at the
Henderson Civic Center.
The Senior Banquet is
for all seniors and their parents, hosted by senior parents. There will be guest
speakers, food provided by
Tarbutton’s Family Restaurant and a slideshow
created by the high school
BIMM classes.
The Meeting the Challenge Banquet was held
May 18 during 5th period.
Coach Paul Cloutier was
the guest speaker, Coach
Steve Propes was Master
of Ceremonies, and John
Barbe of Graduate Sales
helped prepare select rings
for the students nominated.
The 23 finalists were Callie Allee, Taylor Baxter,
Ty Belvin, Kalynn Davis,
Mary Davis, Alicia Diosdado, William Esters,
Jonathan Gibbs, Hollie
Jackson, Hollie Johnson,
Kyle Johnson, Courtney
Leadon, Guadalupe Luna,
Brianna Mallard, Justyn
Mapps, Ryan Modisette,
Jesse Partin, Ambreshia
Pauley, Megan Philyaw,
A la n Ra mos, A ma nd a
Rousseau, Michael Rousseau, and Jessica Walker.
The honoree for the award
was Ryan Modisette.
“The ‘Meeting the Challenge’ award honors and
recognizes senior students
who have shown a determination in overcoming
adversity, a willingness
to learn and the ability to
excel,” Coach Knight said.
“The teachers and staff
were asked to nominate students for this award, and all
nominations are reviewed
by a committee comprised
of principals and teachers
in order to select the honorees for the year.”
Event organizers and
committee members
were Julia Cassard, Carla
McCauley, Laura Johnson, Louann Standard,
Michelle Cooper, Coach
Steve Propes, Coach Paul
Cloutier, Kristen Jackson,
Ms. Pool, Jan Crow, Alisha
McGee, Scott Hodkinson,
Hardy Dotson, and Peaches
Jackson.
The Senior Awards Night
was held May 17 at 6:00
at the HMS auditorium.
Teachers nominated seniors
for who’s who awards and
each senior was presented
with his or her certificate
at the ceremony.
Recipients for each award
See ‘Senior Awards,’ p. 6
Page 2
Features
Senior attends leadership
conference in D.C.
Hannah Herrera
Staff Reporter
Senior Dlaine Miley attented the 2011 National
Young Leaders Conference
(NYLC) in Washington,
D.C. April 12-17.
“It was one of the most
amazing, eye-opening experiences of my life,” Miley said. “It was such an
amazing opportunity and
I learned so much from
being around hundreds of
people, all with varying
viewpoints.”
Miley participated in
multiple simulations such
as electing a president,
working through a national
crisis, trying a case in the
Supreme Court and passing a bill to become a law
during a model congress
simulation.
“During the Presidential
Simulation, I was Press
Secretary, which was extremely hard because I had
to make sure everything the
President said was okay,”
Miley said. “Also, I got to
be a Court Justice when we
tried a case in the Supreme
Court.”
Students participated in
a Model Congress, where
each of the 225 participants
all held real positions in
Congress.
“One of the biggest
leadership roles at NYLC
is Speaker of the House
for the Model Congress
that was held on Saturday,
and I was the first selected
as my g roups nominee
for speaker,” Miley said.
“I made it past the first
round of interviews with
the head of the conference
and others, and out of 225
people I was in the top five
finalists. Although I didn’t
get Speaker of the House, I
still felt it was an honor to
make it to the final round
of finalists.”
One of the most rewarding and neat experiences
for Miley was the Model
Congress. Each participant
was either a congressman/woman and they went
through all the necessary
steps to pass a bill. They
also met with Texas State
Representative Louie Gohmert.
“It was a very fortunate
experience meeting with
Louie Gohmert,” Miley
said. “I thought it was neat
that he cared enough to
talk to me, even though our
meeting ran him late for a
session in Congress.”
Miley said the experience was well worth it,
as she learned important
leadership skills, different
viewpoints and what goes
on behind the scenes to
keep the country in order.
“I not only gained a
new perspective of leadership, but also an new
understanding of different opinions,” Miley said.
“The most beneficial thing
I learned was to listen to
other people’s opinions and
try to learn from them.”
May 20, 2011
Semester Exams
schedule
Tuesday, May 31
7:50-8:40..........................................................................1st Period Class
8:45-9:35........................................................................2nd Period Class
9:40-11:10......................................................................6th Period Exam
11:10-12:10........................................................................................Lunch
*All students who have transportation may leave for lunch.
12:15-1:45.......................................................................7th Period Exam
1:50-3:20........................................................................8th Period Exam
Leave campus if transportation is available. Bus riders go to the patio
area.
Wednesday, June 1
7:50-8:40..........................................................................1st Period Class
8:45-9:35........................................................................2nd Period Class
9:40-11:10......................................................................3rd Period Exam
11:10-12:10........................................................................................Lunch
*All students who have transportation may leave for lunch.
12:15-1:45......................................................................4th Period Exam
1:50-3:20........................................................................5th Period Exam
Leave campus if transportation is available. Bus riders go to the patio
area.
Thursday, June 2
7:50-9:20.........................................................................1st Period Exam
9:25-10:55.....................................................................2nd Period Exam
*Leave Campus if you have transportation
10:55-12:00.......................................................................................Lunch
12:05-1:30-Bus riders will return to main gym until 1:30 bell
rings.
**Buses will run at 1:30 (two hours early)
Students who are exempt from tests should leave campus. Anyone who
does not have transportation must report to the cafeteria during testing sessions.
Students must attend any class that is scheduled on testing days. Absences will cause students to take semester exams or to lose credit for the
semester.
HHS seniors around the world
students will travel the globe this summer to participate in various activities
“I am going
to attempt to
catch an alligator in florida
because it will be
a great feat to
say we caught
one.”
-- senior Travis
davis
“I am excited
about going to
chicago with
the band because
we get to go to
a major league
baseball game
and a symphony.”
-- senior A’erial
Butler
“I am going to
Uganda, Africa
to help my sister
teach African
orphans how
to speak English.”
--Senior micah
phenix
“I am going on a
mission trip in Arkansas. I’m doing
the construction
track and I am
prepared for a lifechanging experience.”
--senior clay truelock
“I am going on
a mission trip to
Paris. We are doing many prayer
walks and sharing Christ with
the people of
France.”
-- senior hillary
powers
“I am going to the
Ukraine to teach
English and simultaneously share
our faith with
Ukranians.”
-- senior Hayley
brunner
May 20, 2011
Sports
Varsity Softball
Apr. 12
Apr. 15
Apr. 19
Apr. 22
Apr. 29
May 5
May 6
May 12
May 13
Spring Hill
Pittsburg
Carthage
Grand Saline
Lufkin Hudson
Crandall
Crandall
Van
Van
3-2, W
14-1. W
9-2, W
5-2, W
2-0, W
10-0, W
1-0, W
2-0, W
8-0, W
Page 7
Varsity Baseball
Mar. 29
Apr. 1
Apr. 5
Apr. 8
Apr. 12
Apr. 15
Apr. 19
Apr. 22
Apr. 26
Pittsburg
Carthage
Gilmer
Gladewater
Spring Hill
Pittsburg
Carthage
Gilmer
Gladewater
4-3, W
1-11, L
9-1, W
15-2, W
3-13, L
4-3, W
2-3, L
15-8, W
10-0, W
Junior Stephen Reese bats during a game
in the Mahlon Acres Memorial Tournament.
photo by A’erial Butler
Sophomore Tiarra Davis pitches during a
playoff game. photo by Hannah Leitner
COngratulations varsity softball team!
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“Dissecting a snake in Mr.
Leatherwood’s class.”
-freshman Logan Morris
Opinion
Going to all the football
games with my friends and
being able to cheer on the
Lions during their winning
season and state championship, and going to Dallas
Cowboy Stadium.”
- senior Abigail Hudspeth
What is your
favorite memory
from this school
year?
“Taking pictures at the state
game. It was awesome getting to step out on the field
and take pictures up close
and personal.”
- junior Amber Riddell
May 20, 2011
“Watching ‘Lorenzo’s
Oil’ in Biology.”
- sophomore William
Odum
Would you rather...
...graduate a year early and be
done with high school, or
graduate with your class?
63%
37%
Congrats
Class of 2011!
early
WITH CLASS
poll sample included 35 HHS students
Friends Forever
T
H
E
Senior looks forward to making new friends next year
Philip Lowrie
Staff Reporter
Friends. Not the
popular television
show, but the people
who we spend the
majority of our time
with everyday of our
lives. The people
who are placed in my
life have, no doubt,
impacted me and
molded me into the
person that I am today through their
countless amount of
dedication and indescribable friendship.
As cliche as it sounds,
over the course of my
life, my friends and I
have been through so
many good and bad
times that have only
brought us closer together.
As my senior year
draws closer to an
end, the limited time
that I have left with
my friends is cherished more and more.
This year I have had
the privilege of meeting many new people
and getting the opportunity to really
get to know them, as
well as the friends I
have had from years
passed.
Even though each
and every one of my
friends means the
world to me, next
year when I move
to Austin I will be
forced to start all
over and meet new
people. Part of this
excites me, but at the
same time I know I
will miss all of my
friends back home.
Having spent the
last 17 years with
the same people has
lead to us becoming very attached,
and starting a new
life with new surroundings will prove
to be a challenge at
first; however, I know
that after my first
few weeks in classes
and being around a
plethora of new faces,
I will feel right at
home at the University of Texas at Austin.
“Even though we’ve
changed and we’re
all finding our own
place in the world, we
all know that when
the tears fall or the
smiles spreads across
our face, we’ll come
to each other because
no matter where this
crazy world takes
us, nothing will ever
change so much to the
point where we’re not
still friends,” Anonymous.
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Vol. 81, No. 6 • May 20, 2011
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Staff Reporter
You climb out of
bed, realize school
is finally out for the
summer, and immediately change
to hop in the pool.
You throw on your
stunna shades and
thank the heavens
you went tanning
yesterday so you
won’t look pasty
when you’re swimming. You are out
on the f loat, gently sliding across
the water without
a care in the world,
tanning your skin
to a nice bronze col-
or... but you forgot
something! Your
sunscreen!
Whether its SPF
90 or SPF 3, a ser iou s su nbat her
should slather that
stuff on thick. It not
only prevents skin
cancer, but it prevents hours upon
hours of the gnarly,
painful, burning
skin, and the days
and days of peeling. Sunscreen prevents many of these
things, and while
i t m ay p r e v e n t
you from jumping
straight into the
cool beautiful blue
water, it also blocks
ultraviolet rays from
penetrating your
skin and causing
melanomas, or cancer spots, to form.
Most people do
not know that you
can also get melanoma, or skin cancer spots, in your
eyes, so while your
stunna shades may
be super cool and
block out your eyes
so you can stare
w it hout a nyone
knowing it also can
save your eyes from
dangerous cancer.
Skin cancer can
be caused by over
exposu re to the
sun, an overly fair
complexion, family history, and severe sunburns as a
child. Any of these
things can build up
to form skin cancer or melanomas.
Over 60,000 people
in the United States
are diagnosed with
melanomas of the
skin each year, and
every hour one person dies from melanoma. So the few
seconds it takes to
put on some sunscreen may indeed
save your life.
Have a safe summer!
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May 20, 2011
Entertainment
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Page 6 News
Band members receive honors at banquet
Amanda Rousseau
Staff Reporter
The band held it’s annual banquet May 12 at the
Civic Center.
The dinner was catered
by Claudia’s and the jazz
band performed. After the
meal, awards were given
out to band members.
The John Phillip Sousa Award went to senior
Ben Holmes along with an
award from the jazz band,
while senior Dee Dee Miley
was awarded the Director’s Award, Who’s Who
in Music and Outstanding
Marcher.
“I was very honored to
be recognized by my teachers as an accomplished
musician,” Holmes said.
S en ior S a m Wyl ie
was given the Director’s
Award also. The Leadership Award was presented
to Craig Colley. Sophomore Janson Moore was
also awarded Outstanding
Marcher.
“It was my second year
to receive this award, and
althoug h I expected to
get this award, I was still
pleased,” Wylie said.
Outstanding JV Bandsman awards went to sophomore Bennet Shepherd and
junior Jazell Dunams. Outstanding Senior bandsman
awards were given to Philip
Lowrie and Kristine Uyoco. Outstanding Junior
Bandsman awards were
presented to Labradford
Barnes and Tessa Thomas.
Outstanding Sophomore
Bandsman awards were
awarded to Chandler Wood
and Natalie McQuiston.
Outstanding Freshman
Bandsman awards went
John Floyd and Chandra
Hrakless.
“I didn’t really expect
to receive this award, but
was excited about getting
it,” Shepherd said.
T h e J V D i r e c t o r ’s
Award went to sophomore
Chance Neubauer and junior Landon Clayton.
“I felt honored because I
was chosen to receive this
award,” Neubauer said.
“However, I did know I was
going to receive it.”
May 20, 2011
Calendar of
Events
May 20..............................Senior Banquet @ 7:00
May 22.....................Calvary Senior Party @ 3:00
May 23...........................Baseball Banquet @ 6:30
May 27.................................Graduation Rehearsal
May 28.................................................Graduation
May 31-June 2.............................Semester Exams
Senior Awards, cont’d from p. 1
were: French- Amanda
Rousseau, public speakingKlint McCown, theatreKrystall Ross, dance- Carli
Dorman, drill team- Valerie Vaughn, ag co-op- Kayla
Seale, computer applications-Craig Colley, social
studies- Ryan Modisette,
choral music- Jesse Partin,
business- Jesus Elizondo,
English- Travis Davis, instrumental music- Dlaine
Miley, boys athletics- Cord
Fletcher, marketing education- Cour tney Patterson, family/consumer
science- Natasha Neal,
mathematics- Julio Olvera,
cheerleading- Bailey Toon,
agriculture- Clay Truelock,
office administration coop- Shelby Russell, girls
athletics- Ashley Gonzalez,
art- Brooke Moore, scienceKristine Uy-Oco, and journalism- Rebekah McCauley, Courtney Roquemore
and Melanie Williams.
The Tradition of Excellence Banquet was held on
May 16 at 6:30 P.M. at the
Civic Center.The banquet
recognized honor graduates. Honor graduates
are Michael Acres, Hayley
Brunner, Dylan Culp, Travis Davis, Jesus Elizondo,
Ashley Gonzalez, Adam
Head, Tucker Higginboth-
am, Ben Holmes, Amber
Holt, Jared Jones, Klint
McCown, Dlaine Miley,
Ryan Modisette, Crystal
Moody, Micah Phenix,
Scarlett Price, Amanda
Rousseau, Jenna Shorter,
Stephanie Stone, Bailey
Toon, Kristine Uy-Oco,
Valerie Vaughn, John Wilder and Melanie Williams.
“We are very proud of
our 2011 honor graduates,”
Principal Otis Amy said.
“Congratulations to all of
you and your families for
making education a priority.”
Forestry, Athletes compete
cont’d from p. 1
at regional meet
identified nearby trees.
“Our team this year did
better than last year’s team
did,” Watts said. “I believe
that if they had had more
time they would’ve done
even better.”
Usually the teams that
compete in the forestry
contest consist of five members and those teams are
able to take the top three
scores to be judged. Our
team however, had only
three members and were at
a disadvantage.
Even though the forestry
team did not win at state,
they believe it was a good
experience.
“It was fun lea r ning
about all the trees,” Taylor
said. “Sometime it may be
a good thing to know.”
Caitlin Smith
Editor
The track team competed at regionals on May 2-4.
Senior Trey Vallier placed
fourth in 110 meter hurdles
in 15.56 and sophomore
Tevin Vanzandt placed
in the 400 meter dash in
52.07.
“I felt ver y ac c omplished to place fourth out
of the 24 runners there,”
Vallier said.
Vanzandt and Vallier
both missed advancing to
state by one place.
“I was very excited to
go to regionals, but unfortunately a little sad because I only placed fourth,”
Vanzandt said. “But, I still
have next year.”
Other track athletes who
competed at the regional
leve were seniors Cord
Fletcher, Grayland Dunams, K lint McCow n,
Brittany Leatch and Brianna Mallard, juniors Anthony Brister, Adam Bridges, LeMarcus Brown, Tae
Walters, Daniel Marquez,
Jacorria Reese, Jay O’Neal
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a great experience,” senior
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was great getting to see my
classmates place.”
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Students place
Broadway stars born during
at poetry contest Henderson annual Spring Show
Cathy Pino
Staff Reporter
Freshmen Makayla Musselwhite and Cheyenne
Chasteen recently competed and placed in the
Poetry in Schools competition. Chasteen was awarded
the 2nd place certificate at
the ceremony for her poem,
“Fly Away.”
“My poem was about
wanting to be noticed and
going somewhere where
it wou ld be pos sible.”
Chasteen said. “I was nervous after winning because
I knew I had to read it in
front of a lot of people.”
The awards ceremony was
held April 14 at South Main
Church of Christ. Anne McCrady and the Rusk County
Poetry Society sponsored
the contest.
Musselwhite’s “Winter” was awarded the 3rd
place certificate. The poem
was about the similarities
of winter and life’s hardships.
“I entered the contest
to see how far I would go,”
Musselwhite said. “I felt
happy [about winning],
but slightly disappointed
in myself.”
Soccer players
garner awards
Honors presented at banquet
Caitlin Smith
Editor
The soccer banquet took
place on Thursday April 14.
There were many awards
given by coaches Steve
Propes and Evan Dean.
“It’s going to be hard to
see this group move on because I was blessed not only
with great players but team
mates and friends,” coach
Steve Propes. “Although
we did not advance past the
first round of playoffs, these
young men are winners because of their character.”
Sophmore of the year
was given to Christian
Olague, and defensive MVP
was senior Caros Jaime.
First Team was junior
Gerardo Olague, senior
Adam Head, and senior
Travis Davis, and second
team was senior Jesus Elizondo, senior Antonio
Romero, junior Abel Or-
tiz.
“It was such a great honor to receive an award,”
Head said. “We all worked
hard and it paid off.”
Honorable mention went
to junior Hector “Tito” Jaime, junior Julio Elizondo,
senior Guillermo Aguilar,
junior Taylor Tidwell.
Seniors Head, Davis,
Elizondo, Jaime recieved
Academic All-district.
The girls soccer team
a l s o r e c ie ve d d i s t r ic t
awards.
Senior Ashley Gonzalez
was 32-4A Defensive MVP
and 1st team All-district
went to senior Jancy Martinez and sophmore Raven
Partin.
Seniors Morgan McNew
and Amber Holt were 2nd
team All-District.
All-District Honorable
Mention went to seniors
Maranda Cox, Kelsea Maxwell and Shelbi Sipes.
Amanda Rousseau
Staff Reporter
T he a n nu a l S pr i n g
Show, emceed by seniors
Philip Lowrie and Teila
Washington, was held Apr.
30 and May 1 at Henderson Middle School’s auditorium.
The Lionettes danced
to famous Broadway musicals. Altogether, the
girls danced to “96,000,”
“CATS” and “One.” The
Lionette preps performed
to “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Oh the Thinks You
Can Think” and “It’s a
Hard Knock Life.” The
Lionette Officers put on
a performance to “When
You Got It, Flaunt It”
and, with the new officers,
they presented a dance to
“Defying Gravity.” The
sophomore Lionettes produced an act to “Circle
of Life.” The junior Lionettes danced a number to
“Maybe God is Trying to
Tell You Something.” The
senior Lionettes danced
their inter pretation to
“She’s Got a Way.” The
Social Officers were represented in their dance
“There She Goes.” The
tappers produced a dance
to “Beautiful Dames.” The
captains showed their last
dance to “The Call” in
their farewell.
“It was sad to see them
dance their last dance together,” sophomore Holly
Watson said. “But it was
also extremely touching.”
Other performers were
junior Ashton Boone, who
sang, seniors Klint McCown and Molly Salmon,
who performed a duet,
senior Audrey Prewett,
who sang, seniors Travis
Davis and Carli Dorman,
who sang and danced together and senior Kristine
Uy-oco played the piano.
Seniors Michael Acres,
Jared Jones and Micah
Phenix performed “How
He Loves Us.” This song
was the favorite of sophomore Mahlon Acres,’ Michael’s brother who passed
away in September.
“I wa nted to honor
Mahlon,” senior Michael
Acres said. “He and I
were planning on singing
this song together before
he died, and it felt good to
honor his life with Micah
and Jared.”
The freshmen, JV and
varsity cheerleaders also
performed during spring
show. The jazz band performed a medley of Broadway tunes and the favorites
were also announced.
Most School Spirited
awa rds went to freshmen Ravon Mallard and
Timothy Hogan, sophomores Minerva Elizondo
and Cullen Staton and
juniors Collyn Keitt and
Anthony Brister. Most
Beautiful and Handsome
awards went to freshmen
Arriauna Ware and Hector Gonzalez, sophomores
Mandy James and Cristian
Olague, juniors Ashleigh
Walton and Mitchell Hillin
and seniors Kristine Uyoco and Trey Vallier. Most
Popular awards went to
freshmen Jasmine Mapps
and Logan Morris, sophomores Laurel l McNew
and Patrick Brown, juniors Ashleigh Walton and
Del Barnes and seniors
Mackenzi Devance and
Grayland Dunams. Senior
Most Athletic winners
were Ashley Gonzalez and
Cord Fletcher. Senior Best
All-Around winners were
Rebekah McCauley and
Trey Vallier.
“I didn’t expect to win
at all,” freshman Hector
Gonzalez said. “It made
me feel good.”
iPhone app allows users to change physical features
Bridget Carey
(MCT)
Want a new nose? Chin
reduction? Botox? A South
Florida cosmetic surgeon
has an app for that.
After the success of his
iSurgeon app on Apple’s
iTunes, Dr. Michael Salzhauer of Bal Harbour
Plastic Surgery was approached by the United
Kingdom’s version of MTV
to create a similar program
for its website.
Called “Heidi Yourself,”
the new online tool lets
users see what they’d look
like if they changed their
body or facial features. The
name comes from MTV
reality TV star Heidi Montag, who admits to having
10 plastic surgery procedures in a single day.
Heidi Yourself went live
at the end of August and
gets about 200 hits a day.
And about half a million
have downloaded Salzhauer’s free iSurgeon iPhone
app since it launched last
year, he said.
Salzhauer is among a
handful of plastic surgeons
using iPhone apps to promote their practice with
a do-it-yourself-first photo
editing tool. Toronto-based
FaceTouchUp.com, which
created morphing software
for Salzhauer’s homepage,
is building iPhone apps for
plastic surgeons in Toronto
and Beverly Hills and is
slated to release more from
doctors in California and
New York in the next two
months. In March, Dr.
Elizabeth Kinsley of Covington, La., launched the
iAugment app, designed
to show a woman what it
would look like to have
larger breasts.
For Salzhauer and others, the interactive apps
have become a new form
of marketing. Out of the
roughly 1,000 operations
Salzhauer has done in the
past year, about 50 clients
mentioned they changed
their images on the iPhone
app before coming in.
“In this economy, it’s
not like plastic surgery is
on top of everyone’s mind,”
Salzhauer said. Few who
visit the MTV UK Heidi
Yourself site may travel to
see him, he said, but the exposure is worthwhile. And
a few clients who downloaded iPhone versions
have come from out of
town to book his services.
“Cosmetic surgery has
been hurt by the recession
and it’s more of a luxury,” said Steve Ullmann,
a healthcare management
and economics professor
at the University of Miami. “As more people can
see what they are able to
become ... it can generate
more business.”
Like prescription drugs
advertisements and selfdiagnosing websites such as
WebMD.com, the iPhone
apps give patients a sense
of power.
“It’s knowing what you
want to ask the doctor
before you even walk in,”
Ullmann said.
In the case of iSurgeon,
that power comes with a
light-hearted cosmetic surgery spin.
Like competing apps,
iSurgeon requires users to
upload a photo, preferably
a profile shot of the area to
be changed. A finger swipe
or mouse click will stretch,
shrink and lift parts of an
image.
The iPhone app includes
a timed game to see how
quickly and accurately you
can improve another patient’s nose, breast, tummy
or butt. And with every
nip and tuck on the app
comes comical sound effects of moans, buzz saws
and screams.
“I take my work seriously, but I don’t take myself
too seriously,” Salzhauer
said.
While some may use
it for a cheap laugh, Salzhauer said he sometimes
gets about 50 to 100 images sent to him daily from
people who want to show
him what they created on
the app. A few months ago,
about half of those were
sent jokingly, but now 75
percent of the e-mailed
photos he gets are taking
the app seriously.
The technology to morph
photos with a virtual makeover has been around for
some time on the Web and
in professional software like
Adobe’s Photoshop, which
can cost $500. But with
the ease of a smartphone
application, it only takes
seconds to take a photo and
begin editing it.
“Photoshop software is
kind of complicated and
expensive,” Salzhauer said.
“This is free and instant.”
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