Announcements for 5-05-08

Attention students! Remember to Vote for Iowa Youth Congress Representative during your lunch today. This is your only chance to have a voice in Iowa law and how you are treated by it, so Vote today. The four remaining candidates are Katie Beale, Alli Clay, Tequeshia Brown and Sarah Landsteiner. 5-5

Congratulations to the Varsity Girls Track & Field team for their 4th-place finish Friday night at the MAC Championships. The team scored in 13 of the 19 different events to beat Assumption, West, North Scott, Muscatine, Clinton, and Burlington. Individually, Alexis Mitchell was the MAC champion in the long jump and the 200; Ebonie Butler was a dead-heat 2nd in the 100; Nikki Miller was 3rd in the 400; Nicole Watts was 5th in the 400; Kesley VandenBerg was 6th in the 400 hurdles; and Melanie Louis was 6th in the 800. In relays, the 800 medley was 2nd; 4-by-200 was 3rd; the shuttle hurdles was 4th; the 4-by-100 was 4th; the 4-by-400 was 4th; the 1600 medley was 5th; and the 4-by-800 was 6th. Members of those relays were Butler, Louis, Miller, Mitchell, VandenBerg, Watts, Kenya Bostic, Jazmine Constantino, Mallory Cross, Desiree Davis, Caitlin McCullough, Jayomie McGowan, Sarah Peterson, Lauren Portz, Tiffany Taylor, Joei Turnmeyer, and Jessi VandenBerg. 5-5

We will have representative from Western Illinois University at 10:40 am in the Barb Hess Community Room today. Stop and get a pass if interested in visiting with them. 5-5

A huge congratulations and job well done goes out to the entire Army JROTC Battalion for their efforts on Friday and Saturday at the Rock Island Arsenal. The cadets hosted many different schools and teams from around the mid-west to include all of the Army JROTC teams from Iowa. The manner in which they planned, executed, and accomplished this big task is to be commended. In addition to all of those cadets- there are some individuals that need specific recognition for going above and beyond the call of duty. They are Kathryn Gaskin, Keon McVey, Charles Duhaime, Ryan Klien, and Clint VanDamme. Great Job. 5-5

Sometimes great effort is hard to measure. Sometimes it is seen in medals, trophies, and awards. Sometimes great effort is hard to see? But let me tell you- if you were at the Army JROTC Raider challenge on Saturday at the Rock Island Arsenal, you would have witnessed and been impressed by the great effort of some 100 cadets. Whether is was doing pushups and sit-ups in the rain and cold, running two miles along the Mississippi River in a blistering wind, executing 6 different team events to time, and running a 10K road march carrying equipment and doing it in a little over 60 minutes, the Army JROTC RAIDER Team members of the Blue Devil Battalion from Central and West gave their all for their team. These dedicated Team members are as follows: Team Captain Nick Watson, Ryan Wilson, Daniel Lemus, Josh Wall, Josh Conder, Paige Gomez, Adam Nguyen, Dominic Herrig, Ryan Mena, Megan Watson, Andrew Lemus, Jesse Duran, and Arthur Carter. Again, Great Effort and Congratulations on a job well done!! 5-5

Congratulations to all four Vocal Music ensembles for their performance at the Iowa High School Music Association's State Large Group Contest held at Bettendorf High School. Women's Choir, 10th Grade Choir, and the 9th Grade Choir all finished with Division 2 EXCELLENT ratings and the Concert Chorale finished with a Division 1 SUPERIOR rating. Congratulations to all of the the groups! 5-5

The choirs will close out their year with their annual JUST DESSERTS concert held on Thursday, May 22nd, 7:00 PM in the beautiful Kahler Auditorium. 5-5

Do you want to be a part of an organization that serves your school and community? Do you want to be a positive role at Central? Do you want to have loads of fun while you are doing all of this? You need to sign up of the Student Council at Central. If you are interested pick up the forms in the LMC . You can make a difference at Central and in your community. 5-5