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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1998
Page
6
The Gazette previews Eastern Iowa youths by presenting a representative sample of the Class of 98. The note invites reader feedback on the effort to feature interesting young adults from the region.
Bethany Noyes, 18, of Marion and Cedar Rapids area families, graduates from Linn-Mar High School as a top student and leader. A National Council on Youth Leadership finalist, she served as student council officer, NHS member, SODA president, and tutor to a fifth-grade peer with hearing impairment. She plans engineering at Iowa State University and has overcome early meningitis to read lips and use sign language with interpreter Robin Francois.
Temitope Oyedele, son of an African diplomat, moved between countries before arriving at Prairie High School. He later pursued education in Iowa, impressed by a CNN flood report and noting the presence of a McDonald’s. His brother Michael joined Kirkwood Community College via an international program, as their parents reside in Iowa.
The article profiles Oyedele from Conakry Guinea who graduates among Prairie’s top 188 in Cedar Rapids. He plans to study medicine at Kirkwood then the University of Iowa and notes adapting to life in America, including car culture and friendly peers.
Ernest Nino-Murcia, Iowa City West graduate and school board representative, recalls learning English after moving from Colombia at age 6. He plans a year in Spain studying Spanish before Brown University, defers admission, and hopes to teach English someday while visiting Colombia this summer.
Angie Nissen, standout senior at Central City Community Schools, earned the cheerleaders’ academic award and was nicknamed wackiest cheerleader by peers. A lifelong resident, she balanced academics with activities including choir, drama, track management, speech, and two part time jobs while pursuing music since elementary school.
Angie, a Central City student, joined the band as a sophomore and became rehearsal assistant. At 13 she joined Cedar Rapids Nite Express Drum and Bugle Corps, spending four summers touring. Last year she and a Cedar Rapids friend were two Iowans chosen for Phantom Regiment in Rockford Illinois. She will travel again this summer. Principal Randy Strabala calls her popular and a free spirit. She will study music education at the University of Iowa in the fall and looks forward to going somewhere new where no one knows her.
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