MAY 15, 2012 | features | THE LION’S TALE 23
Whats up with seniors? Neel Patel met the President of the United States.
Optimistic Resilient Strong
Keith McClellan was pulled over to be tested for a DUI while completely sober.
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Alyssa Alers
Cora Campbell broke her leg at Rebounders during junior year.
Alex Perez left his keys in the ignition with his Ford Expedition on until second period.
Shane Ladd works out during every lunch period. Robert McCune fell off the second floor of Ryan Dooley’s house and broke his wrist. The most reptiles Steven Tillis has ever had at one time is 177. Vivian Burgnon ran over her iPhone with her car and cracked the screen.
Alex Worthen has never gone to the first day of school since kindergarten.
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Death brings new perspective to senior by Alexis Sherwood
W
hen the news came in that her stepmother had been brutally murdered, senior Alyssa Alers couldn’t cry because she just couldn’t believe it. Her thoughts flew, trying to recall her last words to her stepmother. Alers had just finished taking her SAT last June when she got out to see she had numerous text messages from family members telling her to come home immediately, only for her to find out the horrifying news. In the beginning, Alers just did not want to talk about the murder. The day she found out what happened, she went to a rodeo with her friends to get it off her mind. That’s where she completely broke down. As soon as Alers got
there, she remembered the times she came to the rodeo with her stepmom, and the emotions rushed to her all at once; she had to go home to be alone to cry. Alers was in complete shock. It still didn’t hit her that her stepmom was really gone. She still went to hang out with her friends, and was always with them. She never brought up or talked about the murder though; she didn’t even talk about it with her mom. Alers attended therapy, where she had the chance to talk about everything. She also took about a month off of work, and rode her horse almost every day. She needed to be alone and just think about the situation. Alers now feels that nobody should ever
Senior Steve: by Jonathan Bohinsky
I’ve had some great memories at OHS, but I can’t wait for college.
hold back from doing what they want with their lives. She believes that everybody should just do whatever they want to do and don’t hold back on anything, because they might not get the chance to live that way again. Alers knows that nobody could ever replace her stepmom, because she was more like a friend than a mom, and was always there for her.
alexiss@thelionstale.com Editor’s Note
One by One features a selected student, whose story is told in only 300 words.
Kevin Price’s biggest pet peeve is when people lick Cheetos off their fingers. Zoe Stapleton applied to 15 schools and got accepted into 10.
Jenna Mitchell hit a parked police car. Omar Mulero took voice lessons for ten months and now he’s going to UCF for music. Ali Hartwig’s family painted the Patriot’s logo on their front yard for the Super Bowl. Nakisa Behi doesn’t have a middle name.
There are two Brandon Smiths in the senior class.
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Oh wait, I have no job, the cost of tuition is increasing on a yearly basis, leaving thousands in crippling debt, and the college I’m going to doesn’t have free wifi....