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Aug. 2013                                                                                                               NO. 1

Reporters:

Brook Bartmann, Taylor Miller,  Brayton Smith,    

Mr. Vortman

Dennis Allen Vortman is our new principal at Winchester High School for the 2013-2014 school year. Mr. Vortman is 34 years old. He lives in Bluffs and is married with two children. He has worked at Winchester High School for 11 years. He started in August 2002 as a history and geography teacher, recently a PE teacher. Mr Vortman said the reason he wanted to become principal was to further his education. We wish you good luck Mr. Vortman in your new position!

By:Brooke Bartmann

Welcome Back

Football and Volleyball Scrimmages

On Friday August 23, the WHS Football and Volleyball teams had scrimmages to benefit each team.  The admission price was to bring a sports drink; also people donated money to benefit the O’Neal family that had a family tragedy before school started.  

Coach Graham stated “It was a good learning experience.”   Both teams had a good practice session and the total donated to the O’Neal family was $705.  

Pictures by Taylor Miller

Ms. Killebrew

Welcoming New WHS Teachers
By: Taylor Miller

The new young and spontaneous Spanish teacher Ms. Samantha Killebrew is enjoying the atmosphere at Winchester High. She is the daughter of David and Sheila Killebrew and has on brother, Tommy who also attended WHS. Ms. Killebrew stated she was happy about working with her mother and was excited her mother got to assist her in decorating her room. 

Ms. Killebrew grew up in Scott County and was raised in Glasgow. She attended Winchester High School and graduated with the class of 2008. She attended Illinois College and double majored in Spanish and History. In January of 2011 Ms. Killebrew was privileged enough to get the opportunity to go to Europe. She stayed there for six months, five studying and one month of traveling. She also went again in March of 2013 but only stayed for a week of traveling. She plans to go back again in June of 2014 to stay in Spain for a week or so. Ms. Killebrew first started out at Jacksonville High School but was then asked to come to Winchester. She said she enjoys all her classes and the kids. She plans on staying in Scott County and is “along for the ride”.  She is very excited for the rest of the school year and hopes to make it a great first year.

Mr. Perry

Marty Perry, Winchesters new PE teacher.

I asked him what made him want to teach PE he said “The
Influence on other young people.”

I asked him when he decided he wanted to teach PE?
“My sophomore year in college.”  

I asked him where he came from and he said “I moved around
a lot but as a freshman in high school I lived in Springfield.”

The last thing I ask him was why he wanted to teach at our school
and he said “I preferred Winchesters’ small school over other larger schools.”

Brayton Smith

Caleb Burk is a 17 year old student at Winchester High School.  He is a member of the WHS golf
team.  Caleb started playing golf when he was 13 years old.  He is couched by his father, Dan
Burk

Caleb plays golf at Plum Creek Golf Course, and his future plans include attending Lewis and
Clark College and playing golf.  Caleb stated, “my favorite thing about golf is just being outside.
I first started playing for something to do, but then I got good, and I started to enjoy it more.”

Brayton Smith   

Winchester High School Janitor, Lisa Goff

Lisa Goff, is from Winchester, Illinois. She is the daughter of Ester Goff. She has been a janitor at Winchester High School for 5 years.  

You may see her in the halls, or cleaning bathrooms, she always keeps busy. Before she worked in the school she did housekeeping. 

 In her spare time she enjoys fishing and sleeping. Her favorite band is Nickelback, her favorite color is purple. Lisa has a dog named Aggie, who is a Dotson. She has had her for 6 years and likes to do everything with her.

By: Brooke Bartmann

A New Queen
By: Taylor Miller

Victoria Miller was crowned Miss. Winchester at the EMS Homecoming Picnic and Parade on Saturday August 24th. Victoria is a senior at Winchester High School; she plays volleyball in the fall and runs track in the spring. She is also a member of the Jacksonville Volleyball Network where she plays in tournaments on a traveling team.

Her duties as queen are to give out awards at the chili cook out, award trophies, and attend parades throughout the year. She will be attending the Glasgow Parade this Saturday, August 31st. Victoria said she is very excited to get to know her Jr. Miss and Little Miss and hopes to make some great memories. She was recently in the Alsey Pageant but did not succeed. Victoria’s comment was “I was meant to lose at Alsey so I could be crowned queen at Winchester”.  She is a very spontaneous and outgoing girl, that has great things ahead of her. She stated her favorite part about all of it is getting dressed up and getting to wear her prom dress multiple times. Her final comments were “I am greatly honored to represent Winchester as their queen and cannot wait to make it an amazing year!”