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Setting  Sights



                                                                                       High,  But  Not


                                                                                       Out  of Reach




                                                                                                 -Renae  Caverhill-

                                                                                                It  takes  time,  energy,  hard  work,
                                                                                         determination,  and  self-control  to  make
                                                                                         lifetime  goals  a  reality ,  and  for  three  stu-
                                                                                         dents  they 're  on  their  way  right  now.
                                                                                                Junior Roni  Connell  has  been
                                                                                         working  for  a  year  and  a  half as  a  dental
                                                                                         assistant  for  her dad.  On  Saturdays ,  they
                                                                                         usually  worked  on  the  teeth  of inmates  at
                                                                                         the  county jail, which  gave her a chance to
                                                                                         meet  some  "interesting "  people.  She  was
                                                                                         also able  to  use  some  of her  four  years  of
                                                                                         Spanish  on  patients.   Connell  said,  "I
                                                                                         really  want  to  go  into  engineering,  but  if
                                                                                         all  else fails,  I  could fall  back on  my
                                                                                         experience  as  a  dental  assistant.  It could
                                                                                         also  help  put  me  through  school  because
                                                                                         I'm able  to  put  some  of the  money  away
                                                                                         for  college."
                                                                                                After working day  to  day  im-
                                                                                         proving  her  basketball  skills,  Sophomore
                                                                                         Michelle  Caverhill  hopes  to  come one
                                                                                         step  closer  to  making  her  goal  happen.
                                                                                         Because of her  love  for  basketball,  she
                                                                                         didn't  mind  practicing  six  days  a  week.
                                                                                         Because  of the  experiences that  she  re-
                                                                                         ceived  from  playing  on  the  Girls  Varsity
                                                                                         Basketball  team, she  felt  that  she  was  one
                                                                                         step  closer  to  her goal-playing college
                                                                                         basketball .  Caverhill  said,  "I  hope  that  I
                                                                                         will  get  the  chance  to  play  college  basket-
                                                                                         ball  on  a  scholarship  for  either  UCLA  or
                                                                                         Indiana."
                                                                                                When  it  came  to  deciding  upon
                                                                                         her  career, Senior  Wendy SoreJRn  knew
                                             Christopher  Smith   Scott  Steiger
                                             Wendy Sorensen     Kim  Stem                she  wanted  to  be  a fashion  designer.  She
                                             Cathy  Spear       Bri an  Steventon        took  several  home  economic,  sewing,  and
                                             Aaron  Staack      Paige  Steward           fashion  merchandising  courses  that  would
                                                                                         help  prepare her  for  this  career choice.
                                                                                         She  had  already  been  sewing  for  family
                                                                                         and  friends,  and  last  summer she  was  able
                                                                                         to  work  with  a  local  clothing designer,
     Brian  Shaffer      Nicole  Shook                                                   Marianne  Vaccaro.  "Working  with  Mari-
     Cindy  Sheehy       Nicole  Short
     Ami  Sheffield      Rebecca Sievert                                                 anne  Vaccaro  gave me the chance to  get  to
     Tom  Shimerdla      Nei l  Silberstein                                              know  the  feeling  of being  in  the  fashion
     Juli e  Shimonek    Steven Simpson                                                  industry , and  I hope  that  one  day  I will  be
     Stephen  Shirmang   David  Skid                                                     able  to  have my  own business,  which
                                                                                         would  specialize  in  ladies  formals,"  sai d
                                                                                         Sorensen.
                                                                                                These were just some  of the
                                                                                         students  who  showed that  through  hard
                                                                                         work  and  determination,  life-time  dreams
                                                                                         can  come true.



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