Emilee Roberts attended Hoosier Girls State, conducted by the Indiana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary, in June on the campus of Indiana State University.
She participated in a program designed to educate young women of Indiana in the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of citizenship. It was a week of living and learning the political system through a mythical city, county and state.
Roberts was elected Baker City Chairman of the Federalist Party and was appointed Baker City Smile Police. She also participated as the Flag Ceremony Pledge Leader. At the Honors Day program on the final day of the program, she received the Good Citizen Award of Baker City.
She is the daughter of Loree Roberts of West Terre Haute and the late Samuel Roberts. She attends West Vigo High School.
Jeri Stark of West Vigo High School was the contributing sponsor.
Contact Vickie Koutz, Hoosier Girls State Director, at (812) 897-2689 for more information about the annual program.
• South Vermillion High School Honor Roll for the first nine weeks, first semester 2009-2010:
Distinguished Honor Roll (3.85-4.0)
Seniors: Kayla Battaglia, Vance Blake, Alexzandrea Coulter, Patrick Harpenau, Lucas Lane, Logan Laswell, Mikella Laughlin, George William Martin, Kailyn McCullough, Allie Milam, Cody Mumaw, Kayla Pepelea, Logan Pollaro, Meghann Reardon, Lauren Samuelson, Christian Spires, Mark Stevens, and John Andrew Walsh.
Juniors: Lindsay Baggerly, Brandon Bekkering, Briana Clark, Georgia Diener, Nathan Gossett, Briana Harvey, Elizabeth Hodson, Breanna Jenkins, Scott Johansen, Jacob Jones, Amanda Kelly, Shearie Kummerer, Mercedees Leister, Jacob Martin, Amanda Payton, Dylan Reyher, and Austin Thomas.
Sophomores: Leah Benson, Ashley Farrington, Jacob Gilman, Lauren Gilman, Casey Gossett, Courtney Hancock, Phillip Harpenau, Nathaniel Harrison, Nicholas Harrison, Caitlyn Hire, Erin Holbert, Kendall Kirby, Margarete Kline, Maurissa Neeb, Austin Russell, Morgan Samuelson, Allene Swick, Alexander Thomas, Caitlyn Waldrop, and Brittani Wright.
Freshmen: Conner Blake, Tyler Harrison, Lyndsey Hixon, Brianna Lawson, Kaden Lawson, Kelly Meadlo, Matthew Piper, Dylan Sisson, Payton Thomas, Alexia Van Ness, Bryce Welker, and Mariah Wright.
High Honor Roll (3.50-3.8499)
Seniors: Ashley Baxendale, Kayla Blackmore, Kara Bovair, Shelby Bridgewaters, Amanda Bruner, Alisha Coddington, Brandi Crane, Ashley Ellis, Kaci Hixon, Ross Hoggatt, Matthew Junker, Andrea Lientz, Douglas McDowell, Dalton Millikan, Samantha Nichols, Caitlin Pickens, Taylor Powell, Jordan Sudduth, and Dylan Vrzina.
Juniors: Jalen Brower, Katelyn Bruce, Erin Bumgardner, Logan Burdick, Krystina Cobb, James Craigmyle, Tara Dickerson, Elizabeth Emery, Hillary Eup, Joshua Farley, Brianne Griffin, Amber Johns, Kristen Lewis, Terryn Randolph, Dion Scott, Allison Shafer, Michael Thompson, Alexander Von Kelsheimer, Randi Wagner, Morton Wright, and Chelsie Young.
Sophomores: Brooklynn Altheide, Stormi Baker, Tylee Baysinger, Kenzi Cheesewright, Breanna Cooper, Bailey Craft, Collena Dailey, Haylie Davenport, Gabrielle Ellis, Hillari Falls, Alexander Foltz, Amanda Grimm, John Gross, Akia Hedges, Hallie Holt, Brianna Jones, Mikala Katzmarek, Domenic Nepote, Aric Repp, Gretchen Riggen, Shelbi Rigsby, Tre Strayer and Joshua Vaughan.
Freshmen: Amanda Cox, Sabrina Dailey, Seth Dickey, Kiefer Dunham, Kathleen Foltz, Zachary Harlan, James Hickey, Erik Hire, Franklin Hurlow, Brittany Leach, Bailey Mack, Dayci Millikan, John Natalie, Karmyn Newburn, Brianna Nickels, Michael Novak, Troy Price, Brooke Sudduth, Faunia Szczepanski, Cailee Thompson, Sean Thurman, Marissa Vandergriff, and Sabrina Wilburn.
Honor Roll (3.0-3.4999)
Seniors: Nicholas Alfke, Briton Beaumont, Austin Bowling, Whitney Bruce, Allyson Buffo, Bradley Cottrell, Nancy Marie Daniels, Jared Emery, Karli Emery, Brittani Falls, Dillon Furry, Megan Galloway, Jessica Gohman, Michelle Guest, Jerret Hastings, Chelsie Hodson, Ashley Hogue, Erica Ivey, Christopher Perry, Andrea John, Destiny Jones, William Christopher Kelly, Jordan Lowry, Malia Martin, Alexandra McMasters, Patricia Musall, Chelsie Nasser, Daniel Rowe, Kalli Uselman, Brittany Watts, and Brice Webster.
Juniors: Brittni Ashby, April Bergfeld, Jordan Brower, Kolton Bruce, Ila Creekbaum, Scot Del Mastro, Tori Earehart, Joseph Fenoglio, Marion Freeland, Taylor Godfrey, Dylan Haltom, Harley Hamke, Brooke Hickey, Harley Jackson, Jessica Jammes, Brandie Johns, Robert Kelly, Tyler King, Jessica Leach, Lynnea Maloney, Lindsey Reed, Erik Rowe, Stephanie Smith, Michael Wallace, Emily Walters, and Jessica Wright.
Sophomores: Max Catterson, Bradley Chambers, Kayla Crouch, Brody Crum, Christopher DeLong, Natalie Draper, Michaela French, Nicole Giovaninni, Caitlyn Griffin, Cassidy Herman, Austin Hines, Jessica Hughes, Angellee Jammes, Adam Kelsheimer, Amber Kennedy, Savannah Klinge, Jessica Lubovich, Kari Mendenhall, Megan Mills, Mackenzie Nichols, Meghan Pepelea, Michelle Pepelea, Jennifer Pupilli, Sean Reardon, Jerred Richardson, Kaitlyn Rosnett, Samantha Vitaniemi, Morgan Willhite, and Kyle Willis.
Freshmen: Holly Alward, Trace Anderson, Victoria Azmanova, Jadie Bowman-Shaw, Hannah Clark, Daphne Dunegan, Matthew Evans, Nathaniel Fisher, Ashley Frazier, Taylor George, Casey Glaspie, Curtis Haase, Megan Harrison, Margaret Hoctor, Drew Hodson, Brenna Hoggatt, Dylan Jaggers, Molly Laswell, John Major, Brooke Erin McMullen, Taylor Nasser, Damon Reiber, Christian Rennick, Chance Rollins, Dalton Rowe, Tyler Smith, Jordan C. Wallace, T’Yonna Warren, and Bradley Wright.
Schools
Goals, Pride and Achievements: Nov. 4, 2009
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Valley educators cautious on Indiana’s ‘No Child’ waiver
Indiana is one of 10 states to receive a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements.
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Driver dies after Illinois school bus crash
“Brace yourself. Brace yourself,” Fay Pickering shouted to her students just before the school bus she was driving crossed U.S. 40 and landed in a ditch Thursday morning.
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Official: Indiana among first 10 states to get ed waiver
President Barack Obama today will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
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Letters from Debs
Cinda May sat with the phone to her ear listening as the auctioneer in New York City said “Holding, holding.”
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ISU presents Sycamore Hoopla; activities kick off Friday
Indiana State University’s Hulman Center will host its sixth annual Sycamore Hoopla Friday and Saturday.
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: This little-known compromise may have saved the union
When the Constitution was signed in September of 1787 and sent to the Congress that then existed under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was instructed to send that Constitution to the states to be ratified … or not. The message to the states was clear: Accept the Constitution or reject it, but don’t try to change it.
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College plans Prom Expo on Feb. 19
Get the scoop on the latest in prom fashions and services during Lincoln Trail College’s Prom Expo Feb. 19.
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ISU offering tech ed scholarships to VU grads
Indiana State University is offering $1,000 scholarships for graduates of Vincennes University’s technology programs to pursue their bachelor’s degree.
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Fort Harrison State Park to host winter wildlife workshop
Our culture’s most celebrated survivalists are often men with an accent, a trusty knife, and a tagalong camera crew filming their every move.
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Riverton Parke's winter king and queen
Seniors Gary Secuskie and Taylor Mansinne were named King and Queen of the Riverton Parke Winter 2012 Homecoming.
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Four alumni receive GOLD awards from Indiana State University
A former collegiate football standout and a trio known for selling humorous holiday apparel received the Indiana State University Alumni Association’s Graduate of the Last Decade Award this year.
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Indiana State students hear view from Cuba
Carlos Alzugaray, who spent 40 years representing the Cuban government around the world, wishes NBC newsman Brian Williams had asked a different question during a recent Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.
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College to celebrate homecoming
Lincoln Trail College will celebrate homecoming on Feb. 18.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 9, 2012
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Valley middle schoolers ready for MATHCOUNTS
Weeks of early-morning and after-school problem-solving sessions for about 100 Wabash Valley middle school students will culminate on Saturday in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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Indiana State education major takes teaching to Siberia
Christin Keirn wanted a challenge and she does enjoy winter. So for her, it seemed an obvious choice.
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Lincoln Trail College honors
Lincoln Trail College has released its academic honor lists for the Fall 2011 semester.
- ACROSS THE WABASH VALLEY: Feb. 9, 2012
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Vigo schools see grad rate rise
The Vigo County School Corp. 2011 graduation rate improved nearly 4 percentage points and surpassed the state graduation rate, according to information from the state Department of Education.
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Rose-Hulman to help address need for advancing railroad technologies
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is stepping back into its past and addressing a need to advance the nation’s transportation system by educating the next generation of railroad engineers.
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Take the Plunge for Special Olympics on Feb. 11 at ISU
Join Mayor Duke Bennett, Indiana State University Police Chief Bill Mercier, Terre Haute and ISU Police departments, GFS Marketplace, Mix-FM, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha and the ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha at the Fourth Annual Terre Haute Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana on Feb. 11.
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Valley woman’s recipe featured by Taste of Home
Taste of Home magazine has honored a Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School Foods Services employee for her recipe.
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College Goal Sunday set for Feb. 12 at Ivy Tech
Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute and 39 other Indiana sites to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday, set for 2 p.m. Feb. 12.
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College to offer aeronautics classes at Robinson airport
Lincoln Trail College is flying high this spring with two aeronautics classes taught at the Robinson (Ill.) Community Airport.
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Agreement to further college’s international initiatives
Harrison College, a private sector college serving 6,000 students at 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio as well as online, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Siva Sivani Institute of Management in Hyderabad, India.
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Otter Creek Middle School to celebrate 50 years
Otter Creek Middle School turns 50 years old this year. In 1962, the newly formed Vigo County School Corp. opened the current Otter Creek Middle School as Otter Creek Junior High School.
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College savings campaign kicks off statewide
Students in Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties are joining students across Indiana to launch Learn More Indiana’s 2012 Cash for College campaign this week.
Eighty percent of students who attend college receive financial aid.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 2, 2012
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: Freedom of religion — beliefs and actions
Because religious faith is, arguably, the quintessential example of our right to privacy, to say nothing of its prominent place in our First Amendment, throughout our history court cases involving the free exercise of religion have been handled with great trepidation and with particular care. One of the milestone “free exercise” religion cases, Davis v. Beason, was decided by the Supreme Court this week (Feb. 3) in 1890.
- Across the Wabash Valley: Feb. 2, 2012
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Valley educators cautious on Indiana’s ‘No Child’ waiver
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Greece Passes New Austerity Deal Amid Rioting
Coroner: Houston Autopsy Results Weeks Away
Pop Music Superstar Whitney Houston Dies at 48
Raw Video: Child Rescued After Kosovo Avalanche
Raw Video: Whitney Houston's Last Performance
Reaction to Houston's Death at Clive Davis Party
Whitney Houston's Church Mourns Her Passing
Severe Cold Wreaks Havoc in China
Police: Houston Found Dead in Her Hotel Room
Fans 'Speechless' Over Houston's Death
Fuel Removal Under Way on Capsized Italian Ship
Snow Strands Italian Towns
79 Turtles Seized at Shanghai Airport
Video of M.I.A's Obscene Halftime Gesture
Paul Suffers Narrow Loss to Romney in Maine
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
Recording Superstar Whitney Houston Dead at 48
Today in History for Tuesday, February 12th
Stocks Fall Sharply As Greek Deal Is Held Up
'Rumor Has It' Adele's Rolling in the Grammys
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson after the Pebble Beach Pro Am-2/12
Exclusive Video: Bobbi Kristina Leaving Hospital
2012 Grammys: Rihanna
Raw Video: Aurora Borealis As Seen From Space
2012 Grammys: Taylor Swift
Exclusive Video - Whitney's Bodybag
FUEL TV: Punk Payback Gym tips
Whitney's Final Days - EXCLUSIVE
Romney Tops Santorum in CPAC Straw Poll
First glimpse of Blue Ivy Carter
Angry Dad Shoots Teens Laptop
Peek inside Barbie's closet
Absolute Lin-sanity
Madonna's Daughter Shaves Head
5 Killed in Wrong-way Crash on I-10 in La.
Test on Comforter in Powell Unit Shows Blood
Hero Driver Saves Kids From Burning Bus
