Kalla Gold honored for scoring 1000th point

Congratulations to Kalla Gold who scored the 1000th point in her basketball career last week versus Mahomet-Seymour.  Kalla, who is a junior, is the daughter of Holly and Bob Gold.  Follow this link to see her interview http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/sports/Gold-Rush-114682594.html?vid=a

EHS Competitive Dance Team



Congratulations to the EHS Competitive Dance Team for placing 1^st in both their Lyrical and Jazz Routines.  They also earned Illinois Drill Team Association State Qualification and will be attending IDTA State on March 12^th at U of I.  Allicia Mooberry (center) was also selected by the IDTA Head Judge as a Rising Star.  Rising Star Recipients are awarded medallions for their outstanding showmanship and performance.

Scholastic Bowl places third in the CBB Tournament

Congratulations to Scholastic Bowl for winning Third Place in the Cornbelt Tournament Saturday!  Eureka beat Olympia, Pontiac, and Central Catholic, falling to 1st place U-High and to 2nd place Mahomet-Seymour.  Top individual team honors went to Evan Stalter, with Caleb Sylvester in 2nd and Belle Moushon in 3rd.  The team is 9-6 for the season.

Denver 2011 –Eureka FFA Livestock Judging Team Competes at National Western Stock Show and Rodeo

The Eureka FFA livestock judging team competed at the National Western Livestock Show and Rodeo on January 8^th in Denver Colorado.  The team was selected by the Illinois State FFA Association to represent Illinois in the competition based on its Runner-up Performance at last spring’s State FFA Contest held at the University of Illinois.  The team spent the last 3 months practicing for this prestigious event.  The National Western show is one of the longest running livestock shows in the country.  It is often referred to as the super bowl of the livestock industry.  The team competed against other state championship caliber teams from all over the country.  On Saturday, the team evaluated some of the highest quality livestock many of them have ever seen.  The morning consisted of evaluating 10 different classes made up of cattle, hogs, sheep and goats.  In the afternoon, the team gave 6 sets oral reasons on the classes they evaluated in the morning.  The team consisting of Dan Leman (Sr), Gavin Arvin ( Sr), Brad Krumholz (Jr.) , Katie Krumholz  (Fr) and Josh Robinson ( So) placed 11^th overall.   The team was 2^nd overall in the Swine Division, 9^th overall in the Sheep division, 4^th overall in the Goats Division and 6^th overall in the Reasons Division.  Individually, Katie Krumholz placed 8^th overall in sheep, Dan Leman placed 9^th overall in Swine, and Brad Krumholz placed 8^th overall in Goats.  The trip offered a great learning experience to all the team members by allowing them to evaluate such outstanding livestock.  Other team members making the trip were, Allie Miller and Andrea Hunt.  The team could not have had this opportunity without the support of the schools administration, school board, and community sponsors.  The trip was funded by these great sponsors: Gold Level- Reel Livestock Center-Dickenson Angus, Silver Level-Carroll Oil-Chad Leman- Sam Leman Eureka-Blackmer Farms- Windmill Creek Ranch-Yoder Oil –EHS Solutions          -, Bronze Sponsor-McKenna Vet Services-Martin Equipment-Kelsey Farms.  Thank to everyone who supported the Eureka FFA Livestock Judging Team this winter.

Pictured left to right: Allie Miller, Andrea Hunt, Katie Krumholz, Brad Krumholz, Dan Leman, Josh Robinson, Gavin Arvin,Mr. Bachman (Coach), Jessica Robinson

FFA Canned Food Drive

Pictured are the FFA Members and the Eureka Food Pantry Members who unloaded the canned food collected in this year's FFA Canned Food Drive. Thanks to all.



Eureka Business Association Santa Event at EHS

The Eureka Business Association held its Santa Event at EHS on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The Student Council and the Abe Club at EHS helped out in many ways with the children's activities that were going on that morning.

"Recycle With Style" Contest

Pictured are the people responsible for sponsoring the "Recycle with Style" contest recently held at EHS.  L-R: Jim Haste from Bradfield's, Jodi Sullivan from Goodwill Industries, Josh Prosser, Kyle Hinrichsen, and Mrs. Terri Kuebler.



T's For Threes T-Shirt Design Winner

Ellen Wuethrich is this year's "T's for Three" t-shirt design winner. Ellen is pictured with Ken Baxter from Century 21.



State Agronomy

State Agronomy

By: Jodi Blunier
The Eureka FFA Agronomy CDE team competed at the state level on Saturday at The University of Illinois. Larae Zimmerman, Jodi Blunier, Nathan Steffen, and Lana Wettstein spent the day identifying live crops and weeds. They also took a test and completed a soil practicum. The team is currently waiting on results as to how they did.

FFA Christmas Meeting

‘Tis the Season to be Jolly!

By: Ellynne Vance

In order to spread some hope and Christmas cheer this holiday season the FFA hosted their Christmas party this past Thursday night, the 9th of Dec.
The 60 members present kicked off the night by collecting cans door-to-door to help benefit the FFA Tons of Fun Canned Food Drive. After collecting the cans the FFA members returned to the High School to weigh and sort them. The members collected a total of about 670 lbs.
The members then proceeded on to a night filled with fun, food, and friends! The FFA officer team updated the members on what is currently going on in their chapter and encouraged members to get involved. To wrap up the evening everyone assembled in the high school auditorium to watch a festive movie.
In honor and thanks to the armed forces that are serving overseas during the holiday, the Eureka FFA in conjunction with the Illinois FFA are making and shipping care packages to the troops. The FFA collected more than enough items to fill the 19 boxes they had, plus a few extra!
The night was packed full with lots of laughter and Christmas cheer. From collecting cans to eating cookies the Eureka FFA members enjoyed lots of fun and fellowship this Christmas season.

Clint Schumaker and Brett Boertline

 

EHS's Rhea Keller in the Nutcracker

Pictured is Rhea Keller (in the center) after performing in the Nutcracker Suite in Peoria. The Girl's PE classes traveled to Peoria to watch Rhea perform. Great job, Rhea!!

EHS Speech Team

Leading this year's Eureka Speech & Drama Team are captains Melissa Raney and Gretchen Schlossler, secretary Savannah Boisseau, and other officers Caleb Graber, Erik Slingerland, Brad Zehr, and Mark Crenshaw.

Helping to score for the Speech & Drama Team at the Limestone Speech Tournament are Constance Moushon, Jamie Wiegand, Corey Dewald, Colin Dewald, Courtney Moudy, Rachel Fehr, Katelyn Ellis, Derek Jennings, and Gretchen Schlossler. Seated is Mark Crenshaw.



Toys For Tots at EHS

Programming A New Perspective

Click on the following link and read comments by Mr. Glass and other interesting things.
www.bradley.edu/inthespotlight/story/?id=116606

Free Hugs

The EHS Student Council sponsored a Free Hugs Day.

Honoring a Teacher

Ms. Zeller was honored by a former student who attends Western Illinois University as their most inspirational teacher.

Marching Band receives another honor

EHS marching band was named Division III band of the year according to the official website for all things "marching band" in Illinois. See details in the link below. This is the third year in a row that they have received this honor.

http://http://www.ilmarching.com

FFA Agronomy Team

The FFA Agronomy Team traveled to Metamora on Monday, December 15th, to compete in the section event. They identified weeds and crops and also observed land plots and what soils were on them. Overall the event was successfull and a fun time. The team placed 4th overall. The Eureka participants were Lana Wettstein, Jodi Blunier, Harrison Frank, Ally Miller, Nate Steffen, Larae Zimmerman, Madelyn Torri and Sara Molzof. The Advisor was Andrew Blackmer.

In the picture above, Larae Zimmerman is identifying a weed.



Scholastic Bowl

A big congratulations to the Fresh-Soph Scholastic Bowl team on winning their first tournament of the year at Midwest Central Saturday! The team beat IVC, Porta, Midwest Central, and Peoria Heights, only falling to Peoria Christian. Top individual honors went to Anna Boggs with 9 tossups and Ross Hettinger with 4. Also medaling were Erick Slingerland, Rebekah Coons, Jonah Martz, Dylan Knapp, and Steven Slingerland. The JV team of juniors was 3-2 for the day, also beating IVC, Midwest Central, and Peoria Heights. Thompson Zhuang won top honors with 9 tossups, with Belle Moushon second with 5.

FFA Day of Service

Day of Service at Maple Lawn

By: Ellynne Vance

This past Saturday the Eureka FFA held their annual day of service at Maple Lawn Homes in Eureka. During this time FFA members replaced a Retaining Wall and built a Pergola at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Center. With the many hands that came to help out, work was light and their goals were accomplished in only about 5 hours! Everyone had a great time working together to benefit their community!

Top: FFA members work on pulling out the existing retaining wall and then replacing it with a new one.
 
Center: FFA members work on building a pergola for the Noah's Ark Children's Center.
 
Bottom: Harrison Frank shows off his muscles while shoveling rock out of a dump truck.