Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Edition 3
Around Town
Explore Wabashiki Event at Dewey Point
By Sierra Sinders
After enjoying a nice stroll on the Boardwalk Walk or after participating in one of the runs at Explore Wabashiki, walking over to Brad’s BBQ located on Bill Wolfe’s parking lot adjacent to Dewey Point would be a great place to go to satisfy your stomach’s cravings. Brad’s BBQ offers three main meal courses. You can
either get grilled chicken with spaghetti with a side of green beans for $10, a pulled pork sandwich, green beans, and a bag of chips for $8, or a hot dog with chips for $5. All the proceeds will go towards funding the Wabashiki Turtle Research and Rescue and the Boardwalk Walk, previously known as Emily’s Walk. After eating a delicious meal at Brad’s BBQ, don’t leave quite yet because there is more to
explore! You can enjoy doing activities such as rock painting or pumpkin painting. There will also be a scavenger hunt hosted! If you choose to take advantage of the beautiful nature surroundings you can bird watch, bike, or row. Fishing and using air rifles will also be available All of the food and activities are accessible to visitors from 10:00 A.M to 2:00 P.M. Make sure to come and enjoy the fun on September 24 at Explore Wabashiki!
Explore Wabashiki
By Michael Montgomery
Have you ever wanted to get your blood flowing? Have you needed something to do rather than sitting at home and doing nothing? The 3rd annual Explore Wabashiki event is for you! You heard it right, we are going to celebrate withloads of fun and excitement. FMI (For More Information), details will be covered below:
When is the event starting? The Explore Wabashiki event will be hosted on September 24th at 8 am. Please mark your calendars on this day so you don’t miss out on the day the event is being hosted. If you have any friends, family, relatives, etc, tell them to mark this event on their calendars. Otherwise, they’ll miss out on all that event celebration you’ve wanted to come to.
How do I enter the race? You must enter the race by registering online so that you’ll be lucky to enter the race. Don’t freak out though. You don’t have to pay to register for the race; the registry is completely free of charge. Please note that you won’t be able to enter the race after September 24th at 8 am.
What activities will be at this event? There will be many activities your family and friends can participate in:
– Running – Walking
– Bicycling Rides – Pumpkin Patching
– Rock Painting – Scavenger Hunts
– Fishing Lessons – Air Rifle Safety lessons by 4-H
Why should you join Explore Wabashiki? They recommend you to join Explore Wabashiki because they encourage every human being to learn the development of communication and imagination in the Bicentennial Park and the Wabashiki Fish and the Wildlife Management Area. There will also be BBQ and food there. Be ready for your taste buds to enjoy the craziness of the food because everyone will surely be ravenous after the race. So what are you waiting for? Join the Explore Wabashiki near West Terre Haute to enjoy all the great experiences.
Click the link below to register for races and for more information about the event.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-explore-wabashiki-tickets-400932428687
Meet the Staff
By Brionna Myers
Do you ever wonder what exactly our front office staff does? We see them all the time yet we may not even know anything about what they do. We also don’t probably know all of the work and effort the front office staff does without us even knowing. Here you can get to know one of them a little better.
Mrs. Petscher, but many of us may also know her as Mrs. Jennie. Mrs. Petscher’s job is athletic secretary, but since the school is so small she also does payroll. She has been working for Vigo County “Schools” for 30 years, but has been working at West Vigo High School for eight years. Mrs. Petscher’s favorite thing about her job is being able to get to know the students. One of the hardest things about her job is trying to keep up with all of the technology changes since it changes so often. One of the most important things she does is payroll which is very important to the rest of the school staff. The most rewarding thing for her is seeing students succeed and also being able to see some of the students she worked with in elementary school and now being able to see them graduate. Outside of school Mrs. Petscher enjoys spending time with her family and going for walks.
Don’t forget to say hello to Mrs. Jennie when you see her at the front office!
Photo of Mrs. Petscher, courtesy of Mrs. Petscher.
Meet Mrs. Anderson
By Emma Barbour- Morley
Mrs Anderson is an educational assistant for the special education department and is part time in the office. She schedules conferences and enrolls and withdrawals students for school. She loves her job very much. Mrs Anderson has three kids and eight grandchildren. She loves spending time with them. She loves playing with
her yorkie and loves baking in her spare time. Her favorite sports teams are West Vigo and the Chicago Cubs. She likes watching softball and basketball. Her children are 40, 36, and her daughter passed away at 18 years old. She has been doing her job for 29 years. Thanks for all you do, Mrs. Anderson!
Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Lindsay
By: Red Bell
You may be very familiar with this teacher spotlight, Mrs. Lindsay! Mrs. Lindsay teaches Geometry, Algebra Lab, and Quantitative Reasoning. Last year she taught Algebra 1, and Algebra Lab. Mrs. Lindsay is also the freshman class sponsor, Spark sponsor, and Link Crew Coordinator. She’s known to have a very busy schedule, but always makes time for her students when they need her help. Mrs. Lindsay has been teaching for 10 years, this year is her 5th year teaching at West Vigo High School. Mrs. Lindsay plans on teaching through retirement, which she’s not sure when retirement will be for her, but she still has a long way to go. When Mrs. Lindsay started her career path, she started as a business major, and realized she wanted to work with a younger audience, which made her switch to an elementary major, she found this was too young of a group, and switched to teaching for high school math. Once she started teaching high schoolers, she found that’s what she wanted, and has stuck to it. She went to North White High School in Monon, Indiana (her mascot was also a viking!) and North White Middle School which was connected to the high school, just like West Vigo.
Mrs. Lindsay views herself as a teacher that can explain well, but over-explain, which is not a bad thing, but she wants to find a middle ground so her students can think for themselves a bit more. Over-explaining is better than under-explaining. A word of advice from Mrs. Lindsay; teachers care more about your effort than how much you retain. Mrs. Lindsay states, and I quote, “I don’t care how much of what you learn in my class, I care about how you learn.”
I asked Mrs. Lindsay a few bonus questions for fun, just to know basic things about her outside of teaching;
Mrs. Lindsay’s favorite colors are purple and teal (as you can tell by her classroom). She enjoys Chinese food, and likes to listen to older music from when she was in middle school or high school. Mrs. Lindsay is also the mother of four kids, her oldest in his freshman year, and the youngest a toddler.
Mrs. Lindsay’s favorite quote:
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer
Photo of Mrs. Lindsay, courtesy of Mrs. Lindsay.
Trading Places
By Garrett Hawthorne
As a freshman I walked into this building knowing Mr. Covert as the
dean of students and Mr. Kendall as a current events, U.S. History, and AP
U.S. History teacher, but what I later found out was it was not always this
way. I learned that Mr. Kendall was the dean last year, and Mr. Covert
was the history teacher also teaching World History and AP World History.
That made me wonder why they did this. This led me to thinking about
talking to them. This was easy seeing as I had Mr. Kendall for current events
class, and Mr. Covert is pretty easy to get a hold of.
I interviewed Mr. Kendall first, he told me that he started teaching in
2002. IN 2017 he was told that the job of dean was opened up. Mr. Kendall
has four degrees, Masters in education and school administration, and a
bachelors in social studies and communication. He graduated high school
from Terre Haute South and got all of his degrees from Indiana State
University (ISU). I asked him what the process of switching was, and he said it
was pretty complicated. Seeing as there where no open jobs at West Vigo he
had to apply at North for Mr. Covert to take his job as dean, then he would
take Mr. Covert’s job as a history teacher again. I asked him if he liked
teaching or being a dean better. Of course he answered teaching. He was
motivated to become a teacher because he loved his government classes in
college and high school and liked being around the students while student
teaching. This year is Mr. Kendall’s first year being back in the classroom since he took the job as a dean in 2017.
dean of students and Mr. Kendall as a current events, U.S. History, and AP
U.S. History teacher, but what I later found out was it was not always this
way. I learned that Mr. Kendall was the dean last year, and Mr. Covert
was the history teacher also teaching World History and AP World History.
That made me wonder why they did this. This led me to thinking about
talking to them. This was easy seeing as I had Mr. Kendall for current events
class, and Mr. Covert is pretty easy to get a hold of.
I interviewed Mr. Kendall first, he told me that he started teaching in
2002. IN 2017 he was told that the job of dean was opened up. Mr. Kendall
has four degrees, Masters in education and school administration, and a
bachelors in social studies and communication. He graduated high school
from Terre Haute South and got all of his degrees from Indiana State
University (ISU). I asked him what the process of switching was, and he said it
was pretty complicated. Seeing as there where no open jobs at West Vigo he
had to apply at North for Mr. Covert to take his job as dean, then he would
take Mr. Covert’s job as a history teacher again. I asked him if he liked
teaching or being a dean better. Of course he answered teaching. He was
motivated to become a teacher because he loved his government classes in
college and high school and liked being around the students while student
teaching. This year is Mr. Kendall’s first year being back in the classroom since he took the job as a dean in 2017.
Mr. Covert was the last interview I did. He told me he has a masters
degree in school administration and supervision. He also has a principal
license. He was motivated to become a teacher and dean because he was a
police officer for six years and arrested lots of people. He felt like he wasn’t
helping anyone, but at the same time, he coached a freshman girls basketball
team and loved the experience of being in the school. He was motivated
enough to become a teacher and dean. When he was teaching and Mr.
Kendall was dean, Mr. Kendall had told him that he was going to leave the
dean position and joked around about Mr. Covert becoming dean again. To
Mr. Kendall’s surprise he actually wanted to become dean again and told him
he would. In order for Mr. Covert to become dean again the spot had to be
open. Mr. Kendall applied at North so Mr. Covert could become dean
again and Mr. Kendall could take his position. Mr. Covert likes the dean
position better because he wants to help all students and not just the kids he is
teaching. When he was teaching he had mostly juniors, and felt like he didn’t
degree in school administration and supervision. He also has a principal
license. He was motivated to become a teacher and dean because he was a
police officer for six years and arrested lots of people. He felt like he wasn’t
helping anyone, but at the same time, he coached a freshman girls basketball
team and loved the experience of being in the school. He was motivated
enough to become a teacher and dean. When he was teaching and Mr.
Kendall was dean, Mr. Kendall had told him that he was going to leave the
dean position and joked around about Mr. Covert becoming dean again. To
Mr. Kendall’s surprise he actually wanted to become dean again and told him
he would. In order for Mr. Covert to become dean again the spot had to be
open. Mr. Kendall applied at North so Mr. Covert could become dean
again and Mr. Kendall could take his position. Mr. Covert likes the dean
position better because he wants to help all students and not just the kids he is
teaching. When he was teaching he had mostly juniors, and felt like he didn’t
know anyone except juniors. Mr. Covert has been at West Vigo for 20
years and keeps students on time and keeps the building under control.
Thank you Mr. Kendall and Mr. Covert!
years and keeps students on time and keeps the building under control.
Thank you Mr. Kendall and Mr. Covert!
Photo of Mr. Covert, courtesy of Mr. Covert.
Photo of Mr. Kendall, courtesy of Mr. Kendall.
Photo of Mr. Petscher, courtesy of Mr. Petscher.
Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Petscher
By: Audrey Evitts
Mr. Petscher is the printing and graphic design teacher that has been here for 46 years! He taught my parents when they were in school, and he might’ve taught some of your family and friends! Mr. Petscher’s wife, Jennie, also works at the school. She’s a part of the office staff.
Petscher’s class usually makes designs for fliers, business cards, and t-shirts. Some of our WVHS shirts were designed or printed by him.The reason he’s been teaching for so long is because he wants to make differences in people’s lives. His favorite school year so far is this one. Mr. Petscher has three college degrees!
He says the good side of his job is working with and teaching kids, while the bad is coming back to school and assigning tests. He said if he had to choose another subject to teach, he would choose art. This is his first year not coaching track, and he thought it was strange at first, but he said it’s nice to have free time to work on other projects.
Thank you Mr. Petscher for teaching and supporting our school!
Cars and Trucks of West Vigo
By Mallorey Fischer
Student: Nick Cooper
What do you drive to school? Truck
How do you like your car or truck? Love it
Do you like to drive yourself to school? Yes
Describe your car:
Color: Red
Type: Dodge
Year: 1997
Any other information you want to share: I like to work on my truck.
Does your car have a name? No Name
How many miles does it have on it? 100,000
What do you like about your car? It’s loud
What’s your dream car? 79 Chevy pick up truck with 5.9 liter Cummins
Student: Alex McKinney
What do you drive to school? Ford Explorer
How do you like your car or truck? It runs
Do you like to drive yourself to school? Yes
Describe your car
Color: Red
Type: Ford
Year: 98
Any other information you want to share: It’s old
Does your car have a name? The Explorer
How many miles does it have on it? A lot
What do you like about your car? It runs
What’s your dream car? 69 Ford Mustang V8
Vikings Question of the Week
By Darcee Garrett
We had our very first question of the Day September 6th. The special question was “When it comes to coffee, what is the best flavor?” We had a hard fight between Caramel and Pumpkin Spice! Overall, caramel won by 8 votes, 31 to 39. We had the option to write your opinion and we had some good responses… and some funny responses. We had some that said they don’t like coffee, some that said tea or chocolate milk, cinnamon, white mocha, and hot chocolate was better. We also had some comments that said…”ranch”, “coffee sucks, get tea or hot chocolate”, “Coffee is nasty” and even links to some videos and songs. Our favorite song that was sent in would have to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ. It was all great! Thank you Vikings for the responses, we will be doing another poll this week. Make sure you take a moment to give your input!
Find the Viking Winner
Congratulations to Michael Ping! Our first find the viking winner! Michael earned the prize of leaving 5 minutes early for lunch on Friday, August 26th.
The viking will be hidden on mornings the newspaper will be published. The finder of the viking will earn a prize. Who will be our next winner?
Congratulations to September 2nd winners Janelle Sullivan and Alivia Stark!
Congratulations to September 13th winners Isaiah Roush amd Lynsie Dubois!
Boys and Girls Cross Country
By Sara Callecod
On Saturday, September 3rd, the boy’s and girls’ cross country teams competed at Lavern Gibson for the State Preview Invitational.
There were ninety-nine girls competing in the girl’s race, and leading the lady vikings was Madelynn Wrin with a 25:01. Audree Bauer was right behind her with a 25:08. These ladies were followed by Sara Callecod, Gwen Garman, and Laikyn Luttrell. The team placed tenth overall.
In the boy’s race, 141 runners were competing. The boy’s team had strong
performances from Liam Campbell and Bryland Pape. Liam Campbell came in fourth with a time of 18:04, and Bryland Pape came in ninth with an 18:30. They were then followed by Cameron Nunez, Kyson Daugherty, and Kyler Sullivan.
On Tuesday, September 6th, the boy’s and girl’s cross country teams competed at Clay City High School for the Clay City Invitational. There were 43 runners in the girl’s race, and Madelynn Wrin placed 19th for the girls with a time of 25:58. Audree Bauer placed 20th with a time of 26:10. Following these two were Gwen Garman and Laikyn Luttrell. Unfortunately, the girl’s team did not place because they did not have enough runners to qualify as a team.
For the boy’s team, Liam Campbell placed second with an 18:31, and Bryland Pape
placed 5th with an 18:58. Following behind them were Kyson Daugherty, Cameron Nunez, and Kyler Sullivan. The boy’s team placed fifth out of seven teams.
On Saturday, September 10th, the boy’s and girl’s cross country teams competed at the Brown County Invitational. Leading the girl’s race was Cassie Roush with a 47th place finish and a time of 23:17. Following her was Madelynn Wrin with a new personal best of 23:58. These ladies were then followed by Audree Bauer, Sara Callecod, Gwen Garman, and Laikyn Luttrell. The girl’s team placed 13th.
Liam Campbell once again led the boy’s team with a 7th place finish and a time of 17:36. Bryland Pape placed 17th with an 18:07. Following these boys were Kyson Daughtery, Cameron Nunez, and Kyler Sullivan. The boy’s team placed 8th.
The team’s next race is September 22nd at Edgewood for the conference meet.
Photos courtesy of Sara Callecod
Viking Soccer
By Emily McKinney
On September 2nd and 3rd, the West Vigo boys and girls soccer teams went to
Bloomington, Indiana. In Bloomington, the teams went head to head against three
teams. The girls team played Friday, September 2nd, at 6:00pm against Martinsville and the boys team also played Friday, September 2nd, at 10:00pm against Bloomington North JV. The girls lost their first game on Friday. The boys lost their first game on Friday. Both teams’ games on Saturday, September 3rd got canceled due to bed weather.
Even though both teams lost, the Vikings fought hard in their games. Both teams went against North Putnam on Tuesday September 6, 2022 the girls were away while the boys were at home. The girls won their game 11-3. The boys lost their game 1-1. They went into overtime into penalty kicks and lost.
Friday Night Under the Lights
September 2nd Events
Photos taken by Audrey Evitts
Football Update
By Jacob Lovell
The West Vigo Vikings played a game against Greencastle on Friday, September 2, West Vigo got to play on their home field losing 14-46.
The Monday game for JV was canceled for labor day.
Friday, September 8 the West Vigo Vikings played against Northview and the Vikings got a score of 6-46. The West Vigo Cheer Team was there alongside the marching band showing support to the football team.
JV had a game Monday, September 12 against Northview’s JV. The score was 47-0
The next game for the Vikings is away this Friday, September 17th against Brown County High School.
