Index. Have a fun and safe FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE school year begins August 27, May 31, 2012 Volume 19, Issue #6

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1 Produced by the BIM 2 Class "The Best and Getting Better" PRODUCED BY THE DESKTOP PUBLISHING CLASS AT MHS Volume 19, Issue #6 FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE Tuesday May 29, :30 2nd period exam 9:30-11:04 High School Awards 11:08-11:38 JH lunch/hs 5th period(class) 11:42-12:12 Hs lunch/jh 5th period(class) 12:16-1:46 4th period exam 1:50-3:20 6th period Exam Wednesday May 30, :30 1st period exam 9:34-11:04 3rd period exam 11:08-11:38 JH lunch/hs 5th period(class) 11:42-12:12 Hs lunch/jh 5th period(class) 12:16-1:46 7th period exam 1:50-2:16 2nd period class 2:20-2:46 4th period class 2:50-3:20 8th period class Thursday 8-9:30 5th period exam 9:34-11:04 8th period exam 11: st period class 11:51-12:30 6th period classes 12:30-1:00 lunch Have a fun and safe school year begins August 27, 2012 This issue is dedicated to the Graduating Class of 2012! Congratulations Seniors!! Tiffany Le_Mae Allen Colton Wade Bowers Nicolas Andrew Bracknell Katherine Marie Cowles Austin Levon Crawford Sadie Brianne Davis Joshua Caleb Eoff Jess Carl Godwin Maya Villarreal Goodrich Rance Dalton Grubbs Albert Guerrero Estela Guerrero Justin Guerrero Haley Sheree Hallmark Jacob Hart Sarah Hightower Trinton Tayte Jones Wrangler Jones Brandi Maegan Maher Billy Mack Miller Kasandra Nicole Olivarri Audriana Monique Ortiz Zane Davis Payne James Clark Peeples Taylor Dannielle Poyner Michael Alan Rasberry Felix Hernandez Reynoso Ren William Rieke Arturo Rodriguez Jeremy Ryan Seay Heather Danielle Smith Christna Dawn Ticer Sydney Simone WSright Amanda Yguerabide Index Page 2: Christina Ticer Spotlight Ren Rieke Senior Spotlight Baseball Softball Page 3: Athletic Banquet Heather Smith Spotlight State Track Page 4: Sydney Wright Spotlight Summer Birthdays Scholarship Recipients Page 5: Academic UIL Page 6: Arturo Ramirez Spotlight Yearbook News FFA News Page 7: Awards Assembly M Page 8: NHS NJHS Amanda Yguerzbide Spotlight Page 9: Vital Link Page 10: Superlatives Prom King/Queen

2 Page 2 Senior Spotlight Senior Spotlight The beautiful Christina Dawn Ticer (Tina) was born on March 16th of 1994 in San Antonio, Texas to her parents Ronnie and Debbie Ticer. She has been in FFA and Academic UIL throughout Jr. High and High School, and in the latest years been in PHP, Yearbook, and Inducted into NHS her sophomore year. Tina works at Camp John Marc during the summer. Her favorite movies are, Footloose, Sweet Home Alabama, 10 Things I Hate About You, Mean Girls, and any Disney movie. Some of her other Favorite things are, Jessica Marie Ramsey, Strawberries, country music (She s in love with Springsteen), popcorn, sweet tea, and Jim s baked potato pizza. Her hobbies are reading, showing lambs, spending time with Jessica Marie, and hanging out with her man Colton. Tina plans to go to Tarleton State University to become a family and marriage psychologist. By:Sadie Brianne Davis Ren Rieke was born on September 7, 1993 in Dallas, Texas to his parents, Ron and Madelyn Rieke. He played football, tennis, and has recently been inducted into NHS. Ren plans on attending Texas Tech and going into the mechanical engineering program. He enjoys hanging out with his friends Trinton, Josh, and Nic. By:Sadie Brianne Davis Softball The Meridian Yellowjackets had a great season. They went 4-4 in district but their season ended short with a battle against Moody for a spot in the playoffs after missing out of the playoffs last season. Senior Justin Guerrero had a phenomenal performance on the mound this year and was pronounced district pitcher of the year. They are losing seniors Justin Guerrero, Jake Hart, Colton Bowers, and Jeremy Seay. There are five returning starters, Adrian Rapoz, Nick Prestwood, Chad Crawford, Chase Bowman, and Will Speer. By: Rafael Rodriguez After a rough season the girls did a great job. The seniors did a good job of being leaders and taking charge of the.

3 Athletic Banquet Boys Basketball MVP: Justin Guerrero Offensice Player of Year: Colton Bowers Defensive Player of Year: Zane Payne Girls Basketball MVP: Tiffany Allen Offensive Player of Year: Kasie Olivarri Defensive Player of Year: Sydney Wright Baseball MVP: Justin Guerrero Golden Glove: Jake Hart Sliver Slugger: Will Spear Softball MVP: Tiffany Allen Golden Glove: Alex Hightower Silver Slugger: Haley Hallmark Boys Track MVP Runner: Trinton Jones MVP Field: Seth Barker Girls Track MVP Runer: Sydney Wright MVP Field: Sydney Wright Cross Country Boys MVP: Anselmo Reynos Girls MVP:Kasie Olivarri Football MVP: Billy Miller Offensive Player of Year: Josh Eoff Defensive Player of Year: Austin Crawford Powerlifting Boys MVP: Jeremy Seay Girls MVP: Dani Munoz Golf MVP: Ryan Nieuwenhuis Tennis MVP: Ren Rieke Page 3 Senior Spotlight Heather Danielle Smith was born on May 12th, 1993 in Temple, Texas. She has attended Meridian since Kindergarten. Her parents are Mae and George Smith Jr. She participates in Band and One Act Play. She plans to go to New York Film Academy to become an actress. She loves to spend time with my family and my friends, and her pets. She has a total of 5 dogs and 4 cats. Each of them are named after something, like her cat Ash is named after a character in her mom s book Acheron whose nickname is Ash. Her favorite movie is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She has two favorite actors. Her number one favorite actor is Vin Diesel. She loves him in The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. And her second favorite actor is Brad Pitt. Her favorite is Legends of Fall. Her favorite actress is Nicole Kidman, and her favorite TV Show is True Blood. She loves the TV character is Eric Northman, and her favorite music is country. She loves her some Kenny Chesney. Her favorite Pop star is Michael Jackson. RIP Michael!! Her favorite food is seafood, especially shrimp. (eating steak&shrimp!) My favorite drink is Dr. Pepper! She loves the book Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and her favorite comic books are the Vampire Knight comics. Her best friends include Arturo Rodriguez, JC Peeples, Alejandra Williams, Darren Arnold, and Skiler Merritt. By: Tifferz<3 State Track Sydney Wright went to state in all of her individual events. She got 1st place in Long Jump, 2nd Place in Triple Jump, and 8th Place in the 400M Dash. Seth Barker went to state as a sophomore in pole vault. He practiced hard all year and all his work payed off.

4 Senior Spotlight Sydney Wright was born on September 3, 1993 in Hiedelberg, Germany to Doug and Beverly Wright. She has been attending Meridian High School since last year and has participated in many things. She has participated in Cross Country, Academic UIL (science and Ready writing) and went to state in Track. After high school Sydney plans on going to the Univeristy of Memphis to run track for them and to study exercise science. Sydney's hobbies are reading, writing, and running. Her favorite things are: Color-Purple Animal-Pandas Food-Italian Sport-Track and field After college Sydney wants to go to Physical Therapy school to become a physical therapist. Page 4 Summer Birthdays June Josh Miller 6-1 Nic Bracknell 6-4 Courtney Roberts 6-4 Savonah Watley 6-5 Kacie Jones 6-6 Bailey Jay 6-10 Jarred Childers 6-12 Justin Guerrero 6-12 Joseph Noland 6-13 Tracen Dickens 6-15 Cheyenne McNaught 6-15 Tiffany Lyle 6-17 Bailey Bowers 6-18 Josh Ramsey 6-23 Katelyn Bench 6-24 Darcy Wyatt 6-24 Cameron Crawford 6-29 Alex Munoz 6-29 Jennifer Parton 6-29 Jessica Parton 6-29 Jonda Raborn 6-29 Ricky Dashner 6-30 Page by: Amree Dunn July Tristen Carnley 7-1 Dion Estrada 7-1 Westin gorneau 7-3 Lauren Tweedle 7-3 Dustin Chatfield 7-4 Logan Farrar 7-7 Katie Cowles 7-11 Kasidi Gorneau 7-11 Hope Sharp 7-12 Sadie Davis 7-14 Victoria Tarango 7-17 Beth Dulaney 7-18 Brook Simmons 7-18 Jason Dashner 7-20 Rafael Rodriguez 7-21 Victoria Perez 7-23 Morgan Williams 7-24 Heidi Shelby 7-27 Dani Munoz 7-30 Libby Anaya 7-31 Eric Rabago 7-31 Krista Warren 7-31 August Stevi Williams 8-3 Selena Hernandez 8-6 Cody Renabato 8-10 Jacob Smith 8-10 Emily Speer 8-10 JC Peeples 8-11 Caitlin Malott 8-14 Maria Harbison 8-16 Miguel Najar 8-21 Monica Ramos 8-21 Branna Love 8-22 Will Speer 8-22 Colton Felan 8-23 Jackie Portillo 8-23 Chelsea Shipman 8-23 Blaine Glass 8-26 Senior Scholarship Recipients Lions Club - Taylor Poyner Bill Crofts Memorial Scholarship - Sadie Davis Masonic Lodge Scholarship - Zane Payne and Felix Reynoso Jacket Backers - Felix Reynoso, Christina Ticer, Colton Bowers, JC Peeples Academic UIL American Red Cross - JC Peeples and Felix Reynoso Bosque County Hay Show - Christina Ticer, Austin Crawford, Zane Payne Bosque County Rotary Club - JC Peeoples, Christina Ticer, Zane Payne National Championship BBQ Cook-off - Felix Reynoso Yes Expo - Albert Guerrero National Honor Society - Christina Ticer

5 Academics UIL District Results for Regional Qualifiers Nic Bracknell- Current Issues & events/1st Sadie Davis- Poetry Interpretation/1st Jordan Felan- Number Sense/1st & 1st Blake Gebhardt- Current Issues & Events/1st, Social Studies/3rd Kasidi Gorneau- Spelling & Vocabulary/1st Kensie Hall- LD Debate/2nd Kacie Jones- News Writing/2nd, Headline/2nd Mykala Madson- Current Issues & Events/1st and 1st, Literary Criticism/1st and 1st Billy Miller- Number Sense/2nd and 1st Josh Miller- Ready Writing/2nd Page 5 JC Peeples- Informative speaking/3rd, Poetry interpretation/3rd Lucas Ramsey- Spelling & Vocabulary/1st Felix Reynoso- Number Sense/1st Victoria Tarango- Literary Criticism/1st Bowin Terrell- Current Issues & Events/1st Christina Ticer- Editorial Writing/1st, Spelling & Vocabulary/1st & 1st Ale Williams- Number Sense/1st Morgan Williams- Literary Criticism/1st Jennifer Parton- Literary Criticism/2nd and 1st R e g i o n a l Results Mykala Madson 4th Literary Criticism JC Peeples 4th Poetry Interpretation Kacie Jones- 5th Headline Writing Myakala Madson, Jennifer Parton, Victoria Tarango & Morgan Williams- 2nd in Literary Criticism State qualifiers JC Peeples & Kasidi Gorneau CX Debate in Austin, TX Page By: LIL BILL

6 Arturo Rodriguez Arturo was born in New Lavedo, Mexico on October 31, He has lived in Meridian for 6 years and participated in Cross Country, and Basketball. His plans are to become a graphic designer and make his own comic books or a cartoon series. He holds a job a Cactus Grill in Meridian and his hobbies are to read books, listen to music, text, and draw cartoons. Yearbook News: If anyone woud like to put a prideline in the yearbook, here are the prices: One PrideLine costs $10 Double PrideLine costs $20 If you would like one, please see Coach.K. By: Tyler Etheridge Page FFA Officers President- Jennifer Parton Vice Presidnet- Jessica Parton Secretary- Hannah Kelley Treasurer- Dax Gann Reporter- Jessica Ramsey Sentinel- Tristen Carnley Student Advisor- Kelsey Bracknell 2nd Vice President- Katelyn Wallace Historian- Kamree Kuykendall Chaplian- Tallie Saladiner FFA Awards Jon Henderson Outstanding Senior Award- Austin Crawford Star Chapter Award- Jessica Parton Star Lone Star De- gree- Jennifer Parton Star Greenhand- Katelyn Wallace Special Recognition- Nine members have made it to the final step in obtaining their Lonestar Degree: Zane Payne Colton Bowers Christina Ticer Austin Crawford Jess Godwin Jeremy Seay Dax Gann Jennifer Parton Hannah Kelly

7 Page 7 English I - Kalyn Atchison English II - Katelyn Wallace English III - Hannah Kelley English IV - Sydney Wright Sr. Award - Christina Ticer Algebra I - Maria Harbison Algebra II - Will Speer Pre Calculus - Billy Miller Geometry - Tara Warren Sr. Math Award - Billy Miller Biology - Maria Harbison Chemistry - Lucas Ramsey Physics - Mykala Madson A&P - Michael Rasberry Sr. Science Award - Billy Miller World History - Lucas Ramsey U.S. History - Jennifer Parton World Geography - Nick Doughty Government - Billy Miller Economics - Christina Ticer Sr. SS Award - Billy Miller Principles of Ag. - Katelyn Wallace Ag. Landscape - Jennifer Parton Ag. Range Mgnt - Christina Ticer Ag. Mechanics - Blake Gebhardt Ag. Vet Meds - Jessica Parton Ag. Power Systems - Zane Payne Ag. Work Based - Austin Crawford Sr. Ag. Award - Christina Ticer Health - Mykala Madson Speech - Sydney Wright Art I - Tyler Etheridge Art II - Katie Cowles BIM I - Nick Doughty BIM II - Billy Miller DIM - Kalyn Atchison Web Mastering - Kasie Olivarri Audio Video - Kasie Olivarri Sr. Computer Award - Felix Reynoso Spanish I - Yajaira Garcia Spanish II - Dani Munoz Spanish III - Chase Bowman Journalism - Kacie Jones Presidential Education Award - Mykala Madson & Will Speer John Phillip Sousa Award - Blake Gebhardt Valedictorian - Billy Miller Salutatorian - Christina Ticer All Year "A" Honor Roll: Kalyn Atchison Hannah Kelley Mykala Madson Jennifer Parton Will Speer Billy Miller Zane Payne Christina Ticer Sydney Wright Perfect Attendance: Colton Bowers Jennifer Parton Chase Bowman Jessica Parton Katie Cowles Sydney Wright Austin Crawford Joseph Madson Mykala Madson Courtney McCamey

8 Page 8 National Honor Society Senior Spotlight NJHS Newley inducted NHS members include: Lucas Ramsey Ren Rieke Katelyn Wallace Colton Bowers Joseph Madson These are the 2012 NJHS members: Andrew Berg Bailey Bowers Mackenzie Errington Ethan Hightower Madison Prestwood Makayla Meador Randa Norton Sydney Purcell Leslie Ramirez Seth Riney Hope Sharp Darcy Wyatt Amanda Yguerabide was born on September 22, 1992 in Hillsboro, Texas. She is the daughter of Rosy and Jerry Perez. Amanda has attended MISD since head start:). She has participated in powerlifting, track and field (shot and discus), and band (clarinet). Her plans after high school are to move to Jacksonville, North Carolina to be with her husband, Jaron. She will be attending Coastal Carolina Community College. She currently works at First Community Bank in Meridian I LOVE my job. Her hobbies are rock climbing, paintballing with the husband, playing Call of Duty, and donig Sudoku puzzles with Brandi who I will miss very much and my ricki ticki :). Her favorite color is blue and her favorite movies are "The Vow" and "300".

9 Page 9 SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR VITAL LINKS PROGRAM! Abuelitas Restaurant Ace Hardware Albrechts Assurance Title Barkers Blossom Shop Bosque Automotive Bosque County Golf Course Bosque County SE Cluster School Bosque County Veterinarian Bowman Tire & Wheel Brookshires - Clifton Brookshires - Meridian Clifton Care & Rehab Clifton Tire Cut-N-Up Dr. Reagen, DDS David's DeeAnna Walker, DDS Dr. Hurley, DDS Goodall-Witcher Headstart Meridian Manor Meridian Tribune MISD Mo's Dog Grooming Ranchhouse RARE MotorSports Rudy's Fencing Sulak Bakery & Meat Market Wilkerson's Feed & Seed

10 Page 10 Senior Superlatives Mr. and Miss MHS Billy Miller and Sydney Wright Most Likely to be on "Glee" JC Peeples and Sadie Davis Best Friends with the Principal (pink slips) Brandi Maher and Michael Rasberry Best Shoulder to Cry on Christina Ticer and Colton Bowers Most Valuable Player (Most Athletic) Justin Guerrero and Sydney Wright Most Likely to Get Lost in a Room with One Exit Jeremy Seay and Maya Goodrich Most Likely to Turn That Frown Upside Down Albert Guerrero and Tiffany Allen Biggest Heart Billy Miller and SydneyWright Best Person to be on a Deserted Island with Trinton Jones and Tiffany Allen Best Swag Trinton Jones and Felix Reynoso Most Artistic Michael Rasberry and Brandi Maher Most Likely to Win A Step Battle Billy Miller and Felix Reynoso Best Couple That Never Was Zane Payne and Kasie Olivarri Most Likely to Travel the World JC Peeples and Alex Hightower Most Likely to Argue with a Fence Post Jeremy Seay and Alex Hightower Most Likely to be Late to Graduation Albert Guerrero and Haley Hallmark An Elegant Affair Prom 2012 Prom Queen - Christina Ticer Prom King - Billy Miller