Muse yearbook staff members spend time with Franklin College’s namesake prior to the Friday convention sessions. Left to right: Emily Underwood, Beka Swope, Megan Drew, Tori Savoy, Kristin Shank, Ann Marie Wolfe, Kayli Burke, Kristen Miller, Allie Harvey, Elizabeth Richards, Amanda Fisher, Trish Hamilton and Jacque Duran.

    Members of the Muse yearbook staff brought home eight awards from the Indiana High School Press Association State Convention held at Franklin College over Fall Break, October 22-23.
    According to IHSPA records, this was the first time in about 20 years that the staff had competed at the State level. LHS competes in Division 1, with other Indiana schools with enrollments under 1,000. Because the State awards are for the 2009 book, some of the students honored graduated last year.
    In the state contests, Kailey Ash, Kristen Miller and 2009 grad Emily Shook took second in the Club Spread category, and Karissa Tomlin and the Muse Staff placed second in Advertising. Melinda Alvarez, Kelsea Black and Miller took third place for their People Section Spreads, while Caleb Ringwald earned two individual third places in the Feature Photo and PhotoJjournalism Portfolio categories. Miller, who served as editor last year and this year, earned an honorable mention for Overall Theme. For more of this story please subscribe!

Semi and Car Collide at US 40 and State Road 1

No one sustained serious injuries Thursday afternoon when a semi driven by Zendell Lee Reece, 50, of Brownsville, IN and a van driven by Jerald Vanroeker, 75, of Sioux City, Iowa, collided in the intersection of U.S. 40 and State Rd. 1.

Reece told authorities he was stopped eastbound on U.S. 40 in the middle of the intersection when the light turned red and he began to turn north.

The driver of the van was not injured, however, the two passengers Donald Vangorp and Alvina Vangorp of Mt. Video, Minnesota, were both injured. Donald received a knee and lower leg and foot injury and Alvina complained of chest pains. They were transported to Reid Hospital.

The new floor in the gymnasium at the former Central School, now OSCI Health Foundation, has been replaced with the theme for the center featuring the Hickory Huskers taken from the movie Hoosiers.

Central School Coming to Life Again

By Janis Buhl
    Dr. Bill McDonald is young and energetic. He has a daughter, Kendall, that likes to play basketball, and hopes to play for a college someday. With her interest in mind, the first area to be fixed was the gymnasium and that is where I found the two of them - playing ball Friday morning. The shower rooms have been reworked also.
    Dr. McDonald spoke to the morning Kiwanis on October 23 and outlined the steps he had taken to make the building better. He is planning to make the classrooms into offices or business locations and is currently advertising space for rent with a sign in front of the building.

Dr. William McDonald, owner of Central School is an orthopedic surgeon from Connersville and has taken steps to make Central School look good and hopes to get the entire building used instead of sitting empty.

At the Cheesecake Factory in Greenwood, senior yearbook staff member Amanda Fisher shows off her dessert. The group ate in Greenwood before competing in the Thursday night contests.