Issue 4 Vol. 93 - Vincennes Community School

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The Old Post Sentinel
Issue 4 Volume 93
Vincennes Lincoln High School’s student newspaper...since 1924
Seniors take College GO! visit to VU campus
September 26, 2015
HOMECOMING 2015
Tradition of floats makes
parade special
By ANASTASIA KELLER
OPS staff writer
Senior Aaron Kelly greets guest speaker Liz Murray at Vincennes University’s Red
Skelton Center on Friday, Sept. 18. Murray is the subject of the film “Homeless to
Harvard” and spoke to area students about her experiences. OPS photo by Julia
Zhu.
By JULIA ZHU
OPS features editor
On Friday, Sept. 18, Lincoln High School seniors
took a field trip to Vincennes
University for the kick-off of
College GO! week, a statewide intitiative to encourage
students to consider postsecondary education.
They arrived at the Red
Skelton Performing Arts
Center, along with seniors
from Rivet, South Knox,
North Knox, and Pike Central.
Introductions for the day
were made by Charles Johnson, interim president of
HOMECOMING
CELEBRATION INFO
The parade will kick off
at 3:45 p.m. on Oct. 2 at
First and Hart streets and
follow the usual route
down Hart Street, turning
right onto Fifth Street,
turning right on Main
Street, and then on to
Second Street where it
will disperse after the
Pavillion.
The Vincennes Educational Foundation will
host an open house of
Adams Coliseum on Oct.
VU, and Brent Magruder, associate director of admissions.
The students were shown
the movie “Homeless to
Harvard: The Liz Murray
Story.” It is based on Murray’s life as a homeless teen
in New York with drug-addicted parents and her journey to becoming a student at
Harvard University.
After the movie, the students were treated to lunch,
catered by Sodexo. When returning to the Skelton center,
Liz Murray herself arrived
as the guest speaker.
Murray told her story in
her own words and gave
2 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., and
then after the parade until
7 p.m. The open house
will continue Oct. 3 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Highlighted will be the newly
refurbished gymnasium
and the newly established
memorabilia room.
Lincoln High School
will have a spirit days
throughout the coming
week. The are, Monday
through Friday, Safari
Day, Dynamic Duo,
Neon, Blackout, and Ultimate Alice.
words of advice to the students. She talked about overcoming obstacles in life and
working hard for success.
Afterwards, the students
were given the chance to ask
Murray their own questions
and meet her themselves.
Murray finished four years
of high school in two, and
received a scholarship from
The New York Times. She
attended Harvard University
and now travels the country
as a motivational speaker.
“It’s an amazing yet heartbreaking story,” senior
Makenzie Harrison stated.
It's that time of year again
for Vincennes Lincoln High
School. Homecoming is Oct.
2 and Lincoln is excited. One
of many traditions at Lincoln
is the yearly Homecoming
parade with floats made by
the students at Lincoln.
The tradition of the floats
and parade go back to 1947.
Carol Updike won Homecoming queen. Updike and
her four attendants rode on a
float decorated with leaves
surrounding the queen on her
throne. The throne was set
under an arch to display Updike.
The senior class float in
1947 was an enormous open
book. The book read "Welcome Grads." The float was
moved to the beginning of the
parade. Surrounding the float
were many decorated bicycles
which made the formation of
a V.
But not all floats from Lincoln Homecoming have been
flawless.
In 1991 the sophomore
class’ float was a train with a
whistle. The whistle was
made using carbon dioxide
and a rope had to be pulled to
keep it safe. The float made it
half a block into the parade
when the rope got tangled as
someone released carbon
dioxide, causing an accident.
English teacher Steve Toy
and retired English teacher
Deborah Kolb were the class
sponsors that year.
Toy and Kolb were riding in
a car in front of the float.
When they realized what was
going on, the front of the train
was torn off to get the students out. Many students
went to the hospital for cuts
and bruises. Kolb even broke
her leg while helping to get
kids out of the float.
They decided to put the
float on the football field
prior to that night’s game
without using the whistle or
movements.
While the students were
being treated at the hospital,
some of the senior boys fixed
the front of the train for the
sophomores. That year the
sophomores did win the float
contest.
“Some people think it was a
sympathy vote, but I like to
think we earned it,” said Toy
of the win.
In 2001, all the students of
Lincoln pulled their money
together to make one float in
honor of the the victims of
9/11. The only float in the parade that year was a large,
cascading American flag.
The 2001 float has been one
of the most remembered
floats because of the honor
and sincerity that went into it.
Lincoln alum keep tradition alive as teachers
By KARLIE PUMMEL
OPS copy editor
Lincoln High School has always made Homecoming one
of a kind for its students and
community members, but
Homecoming seems to be
just a bit more special for
those teachers who graduated
all those years ago.
Lincoln currently has over
fifteen staff members who are
alumni, some who have been
here for over 40 years. These
include principal Steve
Combs and assistant principal
David Hill.
Homecoming gives alumni
ANOTHER WEEK MARCHING ALONG an opportunity to reminisce
with friends from their class
and reflect on old high school
memories. It is a time to reflect on the deep history and
pride that students take in
their school.
Hill expressed that Homecoming at Lincoln is “like
Christmas morning when you
were little.”
Although Homecoming has
not really changed in the
overall aspect, teachers now
get to experience Homecoming in a different way. InSophomore Seth Arnold warms up with the Pride of the stead of dressing up for spirit
Green Marching Band before taking the field at North days and building class floats,
Posey on Sept. 19. The band placed third. Contributed they look forward to seeing
photo by Tom Bartholomew.
old classmates, and take pride
in watching their students get
involved and make their own
memories.
Homecoming is extra special this year for art teacher
Amy Lane.
Lane was
crowned as Homecoming
queen 25 years ago, and now
gets to watch her own daughter, senior Sophia Lane, be
apart of her own Homecoming court.
“This gives us a common
high school bond that not
many mothers and daughters
have the opportunity to
share,” Lane stated. “Whether
she is crowned queen or not
I’m so proud of what she has
accomplished in high school.
She represents Lincoln and
the students who attend here
very well.”
As former members, all
these staff members have
their own special memories
regarding their Homecoming
in high school.
“My favorite Homecoming
memory was my junior year
when we played Washington
and beat them 66-0,” gym
teacher Matt Collins said.
“Then their coach tried to
fight Coach [Mike] Hidde
after the game.”
Social studies teacher Jared
Blue expressed, “Nearly
every school has a Homecoing, however, it seems to
mean a little bit more here.”
Lincoln also has social
studies teacher Michael
Hutchison specifically recongized has a distinguished
alumnus.
After being selected by a
special committee, distinguished alumni are featured
in the parade and give a
speech at a ceremony after.
All distingushed alumni have
a plaque in Lincoln halls in
their honor.
“To be recognized by the
school and community as one
is a great honor, and is something I’m as proud of as anything else I’ve done,” stated
Hutchison gratefully.
Lincoln is praised for its
Homecoming traditions and
uniqueness, as Lincoln is the
only school that has such a
large amount of returning
alumni, with alumni teachers
included.
Principal Steve Combs
sated, “Tradition is what
makes our Homecoming special.”
Homecoming truly means
something to these teachers
and staff members, and this
Homecoming is no different.
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Question of the Week: What’s your favorite homecoming tradition?
“The football game because I play football.”
Jalen Cardinal
freshman
“Performing the halftime
show at the football
game.”
Brett Bauer
sophomore
“I love the parade!”
Diana Coffman
junior
“Getting out of school
early.”
Jade Montgomery
senior
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Feminism helps
men and women
aleiGHa SCHiNGeCK
opS Staff writer
Feminism: the advocacy of
women’s rights on the
grounds of political, social,
and economic equality to
men. Feminism began all the
way back in 1848. in 1848
there was the first Women’s
conference held in Seneca
Falls, new york. They talked
about how the Women’s
Movement evolved out of social reform groups such as the
abolition of Slavery, the Social Purity, and Temperance
Movements. equality had always been a problem when it
came to men and women.
Feminism is so much more
other than slapping on a title.
it’s about standing up and getting equality for all.
Feminists are not taken seriously. everyone believes we
are a big joke, and we’re just
trying to get attention. Feminist just want to be equal with
everyone else.
Feminism has always been
around, but you might have
seen that word a lot more recently. emma Watson has
often spoke about feminism.
at the age of 18 she realized
she was a feminist. Watson
spoke at a campaign that was
launched in 2014 called
“heforShe.” Watson was appointed to speak about feminism and what it means to
her, and how everyone can
help. Watson also said, ‘i will
continue to fight for women’s
and men’s rights until things
have changed.”
Men take feminism as a
joke because the word
“menimist” has been heard a
lot recently too. a twitter account with that name started
tweeting things that got the
attention of boys, such as,
“go back to the kitchen,
where you belong”
Making girls feel like the
only thing we are capable of
doing is making food and
being little princesses, or that
claiming girls cannot do the
same jobs boys do because
we’re girls is what feminism
fights and the menimists promote, still. you can also get
Menimist apparel, which
boys wear just to make fun of
us more.
We need feminism because
of catcalling. Men believe
they are just complimenting
us, but in reality, they are just
degrading us even more. if
women fight back and say
something about this we get
called names or we get body
shamed.
When women go outside
we have to worry about protecting ourselves because of
what we hear about in the
news. Women have even
been attacked because they
did not accept a man’s catcalling. Men believe we want
this attention, but we Do
noT.
not all men are meninists
and not all men promote violence against women, but
feminism also helps men.
Men are worried about others thinking they are not men
because they try to help gain
women’s rights. it makes
them seem unmasculine show
show emotions. in our society
men are seen as humans who
go through life without ever
having emotions and just
being strong men. Feminism
wants to stop that stereotype.
i believe in feminism because everyone deserves to be
treated with respect.
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Homecoming means
more as a senior
by SCHae JoNeS
opS news editor
For the past two years i
have served as the president
of the class of 2016. During
homecoming there is a lot
pressure to have the best
float. nevertheless, homecoming time and time again
proves to be one of my favorite times of the year.
i enjoy competing with the
other classes and being able
to show everyone how much
hard work we put into making
our float. Last year, my first
year as as president, we won
the homecoming float competition with our alice in
Wonderland themed float. it
was so exciting to hear our
name announced and i really
want our name announced as
a two-time winner.
being a memeber of the
Pride of the green, homecoming is a very important
time. The Pride pushes themselves to put on our best per-
formance for the alumni of
the band. We work hard and
like the alumni to see how we
carry on the traditon. The
homecoming parade is always my favorite parade that
we participate in. i love to
see the interaction kids have
with the band who want to be
just like the Pride. it was during the homecoming parade
when i was in elementary
school that made me want to
be a member.
being a senior is all the
more important because this
is our last chance to participate in festivities before becoming alumni.
To me, the best thing about
homecoming is our tradition.
During the parade it's amazing to see all the alumni who
come home for our homecoming festivities. i like to
see the all the tradition and
where people have needed up
to come back over the years.
it is amazing to see how
many people come from all
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Review: Colorfy app will bring calm to your life
by HaNNaH williaMS
opS staff writer
one of the newest trends
making its way around the
world is zen coloring books.
Mostly geared towards
adults, these coloring books
include sometimes hundreds
of pages of different patterns
and pictures that are designed
to calm whoever colors,
paints, or doodles on them.
Zen coloring books give
users a throwback to what
they probably spent most of
their childhood doing: coloring and having fun.
Studies have shown that
zen coloring is a form of art
therapy and it's actually helping stressed-out, anxietyprone adults. it is nice to have
something so fun that is also
helping your body and mind
relax for a change!
now apps have been created based off of these new
stress-relieving
coloring
books. one app in particular
is colorfy. colorfy was created by Fun games For Free
and the app is just that. it is a
fun, interesting game that
anyone with an apple iPhone,
iPod, or iPad can enjoy for
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The colorfy app does
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more portable way. instead of
an actual coloring book and
whatever art supplies you
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all on any phone or tablet you
have the app on.
colorfy, like most of the
popular zen coloring books, is
full of patterns, mandalas,
floral prints, and animal designs that can appeal to almost anyone. The sections of
different patterns in colorfy's
library are mostly free for the
first two volumes. all designs
and pictures past the second
volume can be purchased
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Don't let the in-app purchases scare you away from
colorfy though. There are
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once you finish a coloring
page, you can save it to your
device and share it on social
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colorfy is an app that i
have been using for a while
because it helps me relax and
it is so much fun at the same
time. i enjoy colorfy and zen
coloring books in general and
i would recommend it to anyone that feels like they need
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after a long day. between
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stress is a big factor on my
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colorfy is a fantastic app for
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Sports
Lincoln Scoreboard
BOY'S CROSS-COUNTRY
at Barr-Reeve, Sept. 22
Eleventh out of 16 teams
Justin Goodwin - 14th place - 17:36
Lukas Jones - 39th place - 18:44
Curtis Crowley - 65th place - 20:29
Bob Blakeslee - 67th place - 20:54
Luke Lange - 79th place - 21:43
at South Knox, Sept. 19
Fifteenth of 25 teams
Justin Goodwin 20th place - 17:48
Lukas Jones 62nd place - 19:04
Bob blakeslee 101st place -20:24
Luke Lange 103rd place - 20:27
Curtis Crowley - 120th place - 21:57
GIRL'S CROSS-COUNTRY
at Barr-Reeve, Sept. 22
Fourth of 12 teams
Kaylee Lange 6th 20:52
Autumn Yang 15th 22:13
Raychel Mattison 24th 22:48
Aliegha Punturi 25th 22:49
Paige Jones 36th 23:43
Victoria DeBrock 79th 31:37
at South Knox, Sept. 19
Ninth out of 18 teams
Kaylee Lange 12th place - 21:07
Rachel Mattison 43rd place - 23:02
Autumn Yang 44th place 23:03
Paige Jones 61st place 23:49
Alisha Punturi 62nd place 23:52
FOOTBALL
Varsity
vs. Jasper, Sept. 18, 20-0, lost
Junior varsity
at Jasper, Sept. 21, 19-6, lost
GOLF
at CCOV (home) , Sept. 19th, won
BOY'S SOCCER
at South Knox, Sept. 19 5-4, lost
GIRL'S SOCCER
vs. Jasper, Sept. 17 4-0, won
at South Knox, Sept. 19 4-0, won
BOY'S TENNIS
vs. Mount Vernon, Sept. 16
4-1 won
vs. Washington, Sept. 17
5-0 lost
at Jasper, Sept. 22
5-0 lost
VOLLEYBALL
At Barr-Reeve
Varsity
Lincoln 16 11 19
Barr Reeve 25 25 25
Junior Varsity
Lincoln 11 21
Barr Reeve 25 25
at Gibson Southern, Sept. 17
Varsity
Lincoln 24 25 26 25
Gibson Southern 26 12 24 21
Junior Varsity
Lincoln 16 25 15
Gibson Southern 25 19 14
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Student trainers part of the team
By GABRIEL
QUINTANILLA
OPS staff writer
This year for the football
season Lincoln high school
has new trainers and some
returning trainers.
The athletic trainers play
an important role during the
football season. They make
sure everyone is healthy and
not hurt.
Sophomore Jessica Pfoff
said, "As an athletic trainer, I
provide basic first aid to injured athletes which may include wrapping ankles and
wrists, getting ice for the
players, and providing them
with water."
Junior Madison Franklin
added," The trainers stay
after school and wrap ankles
and wrists, we help take care
of minor injuries and get ice
for athletes. We also attend
the football games to help
out on the sidelines."
There is some good that
comes out of being a trainer.
Some trainers learn more
about being a better trainer.
Junior Sydney Leonard
says the best thing about
being a trainer is learning
how to help athletes out
when they get hurt.
Being a trainer can be a
year-round job. Some trainers only train for one season
and others train for all three
seasons.
Pfoff trains for the football
season and also the baseball
season.
Leonard said, "As of right
now I'm only training for
football season."
Training can become an
extracurricular activity
throughout your high school
career. This year is Pfoff’s
second year as being a
trainer for the football season.
This year for Leonard and
Franklin is something spe-
cial; it's their first year as
being a trainer.
"Student trainers have
been a part of the football
team as along as I have been
teaching and coaching at
Lincoln, so 2003 or earlier,”
said coach Jon Heiden.
Heiden said, " The student
trainers are great at getting
our players taped and ready
to practice or play in a game.
They are an important part
of our football team."
Senior football player Anthony Hughes-Smith has
been helped by the trainers
multiple times.
“The trainers are very
helpful. My knees have been
banged up a lot of times and
the trainers are always there
to help me,” he said. “The
trainers are always at our
practice and the games. They
give us water and tape us up
if needed."
Athlete of the week: Isaac Lane
By WINSTON CARSON
OPS staff writer
"My advice for younger
athletes is to be nice to the
upperclassmen and to always
be respectful so you can give
a good name for yourself, "
said freshman Isaac Lane,
this week’s athlete of the
week for tennis.
He is the son of Jason and
Amy Lane. He has two sisters, Sophia and Amelia
Lane.
Lane's most memorable
moment this year in tennis
has been starting varsity his
first year playing. His most
inspired athlete is Lincoln's Photo courtesy of Lincoln High School Sports Pictures
own Ethan Claycomb.
Lane has learned from your breaking point because
"The way he plays tennis
sports "to never quit even never quitting you always
really impresses me, and he
when it's hard and you're at make you better.”
always gives it his best.”
Volleyball working through the season
By MACEY TIGHE
OPS online content editor
Coach Jill Ballinger is
pleased with this year’s volleyball team. Having a
smaller volleyball team this
year has made them "develop
a stronger bond.” Coach
Ballinger says the team is
positive and plays well together.
Goals for this season include being better than last
year’s team, having a higher
conference finish. and a better
record. They plan to win one
of their of their tournaments.
The last time they achieved
this was by winning the
Evansville Central invitational.
Some of their toughest opponents have been Jasper,
Boonville, Princeton, and Mt.
Vernon.
Their practices currently
consist of a lot of drill work.
The team likes to focus their
drill work on where they
lacked in their previous
matches. They also like to
Kyndra Smith is another
add in some conditioning.
Ballinger said they need to back row leader with Junod
receive better and work on and the team looks for both of
game situations where they them to lead in that area.
Kacy Kramer is hitting
leader and is one of two set“We still need to
work on both hitters ters along with Lena
Stephens. Abbie Lunsford,
and become more
Alexis Hein, Mattie Franklin
consistent in what we and Chasity Trueblood have
all been factors in helping to
do.”
lead the hitting attack.
--Coach Ballinger Kobi Kays and Leah
Thomas are other back row
players that help make their
defense go.
need to "fight back.”
This will also be the sevThe team have some good
hitting games and have enth year for Playing For a
Purpose, the team’s annual
served well in matches.
“We still need to work on fundraiser for breast cancer
both hitters and become more awareness. It will take place
consistent in what we do,” on Thursday, Oct. 8 against
North Knox.
said Ballinger.
They will be selling t-shirts
Co-captains this year are
Hannah Junod and Paige Lett. and leaves again, and there
Lett has been one of their will also be a silent auction
leaders on offense while the night of the game.
Junod is one of the back row
There will be a survivors
leaders. They have a large and fighters ceremony bejunior class that have all con- tween matches along with
tributed to helping win many other events that
evening.
games.
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Features
2015 Homecoming Queen candidates
Shelby
Boger
Emily
Frederick
Hannah
Junod
By ASHLYN SPRINKLE
OPS staff writer
By STACY VIERRA
OPS staff writer
By RACHELLE WILLIAMS
This year’s Homecoming
court will be graced by Shelby
Boger.
Boger is the daughter of of
Brian and Alicia Boger.
She has been involved with
Interact Club for the past two
years and is also part of the
cheer block. Boger has played
basketball and softball all four
years of high school.
She is known as a softball
standout here at Lincoln High
School.
During her junior year, she
was awarded All-Area and
All-Conference in softball.
Boger considers it an honor
to be selected as a candidate
for Homecoming queen. One
thing she looks forward to
will be riding in the parade
and the walking onto the football field during the celebration.
“I’m very excited to be with
my closest friends on this special day!” Boger exclaimed.
“It’s an honor to be selected
by my fellow classmates.”
In the future she’d like to
study biomedical engineering
but she is undecided on what
college she will be attending.
Emily Frederick is the
daughter of Ted and Pamela
Frederick.
She is involved in Random
Acts of Kindness club and
Cheerblock and is also part of
the soccer team.
In 2014 Frederick won the
Most Spirited Award in Volleyball.
Frederick plans to attend the
University of Southern Indiana for a degree in elementary
education.
Homecoming
"Lincoln
gives the LHS alumni a
chance to see how much has
changed, while also reconnecting with past classmates,”
she said.
She is excited to be on the
court.
"It means so much to me,
I'm honored to be on court. I
honestly wouldn't care if I win
or lose. It's just awesome to
even be nominated," Frederick exclaimed.
"I'm excited to be in the parade with Shelby, Hannah,
Sophia, and Taylor! This
should be fun since we're all
so close,” she added.
Homecoming queen candidate Hannah Junod is the
daughter of Duke and Joanna
Junod.
Junod is the president of
student council, treasurer of
the Interact Club, involved
with National Art Society
and is in Fellowship of
Christian athletes.
Junod is a one year letter
winner in track, and has
played volleyball all four
years of her high school career and has won three letters
for that.
She has visited the University of Mississippi, but has
not committed to a school.
Junod has an interest in
studying elementary education but is still undecided on
a major.
"It is such an honor. I am
very grateful to have been
chosen to represent the senior class. For us seniors, it is
a day we will reminisce on
years to come" said Junod.
"I'm most excited to have
the opportunity to be on the
court with friends I have
known since elementary
school. All the girls are so
deserving."
OPS staff writer
Sophia
Lane
Taylor
Pinkstaff
By IAN ROGERS
OPS staff writer
By AUTUMN RHODES
OPS staff writer
Sophia Lane is one of this
year's Homecoming queen
candidates and is the daughter of Jason and Amy Lane.
She has been a member of
student council for three
years, National Honor Society for two years, and National Art Honor Society for
three years. She is also the
senior president of the National Art Honor Society.
She has played both soccer
and softball for four years.
She has won many awards
including McDonald's Soccer
Student Athlete, Big 8 All
Conference Soccer, All area
Soccer, and awards in the
Scholastic Art Competition.
She plans to attend the
University of Indianapolis
for occupational therapy.
“It’s such a blessing to be a
part of the court! I’m so honored to be given this once in
a lifetime opportunity and
make memories I’ll never
forget,” she said.
Her biggest fear is a rational one.
“I just hope I don’t fall.”
Senior Taylor Pinkstaff,
daughter of Sonny and Kori
Pinkstaff, is one of this year's
Homecoming queen candidates.
Pinkstaff is involved in
many things at Lincoln. She is
in cheer block, Random Acts
of Kindness club, and National Art Honor Society.
Pinkstaff has played four
years of varsity softball and
two years of volleyball. She
has been in National Art
Honor Society for two years.
After high school, Pinkstaff
plans on going to Oakland
City University to play softball and major in biology to
meet the pre-vet requirements
needed before going to Purdue University for veterinarian school.
"Lincoln homecoming is a
time for alumni, current students, and community can
come together and have fun
and support the best football
team around,” said Pinkstaff.
Pinkstaff is most excited
about experiencing court with
old friends.
"I'm so thankful for having
the opportunity to experience
Homecoming in such a special way!" said Pinkstaff.
The 2015 Homecoming escorts are, from left, seniors Braeden Field, Daniel Black, Lincoln Homecoming freshmen attendants, Emma
Garrett Lane, Trent McCrary, Ryan Combs, and Charles Ellis. The gentlemen will es- Besing and Spencer Corrona, will present the queen her
cort the queen candidates and past queen in the parade and ceremony. OPS staff crown and flowers. OPS staff photo.
photo.
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