Mom and Daughter Night sparks gym activities and plans
Over 130 girls and mothers attended Mom n Daughter Night on February 7 with the theme Say it with flowers. Teams formed by flower tags competed in aerial darts cage ball and volleyball while GAA president Linda Ratzlaff spoke. Post event, skit entertainment and refreshments followed. Upcoming events include a February 27 basketball tournament and April 15 Lee Rider Romp as German French and Spanish clubs report meetings and planned trips and future homemakers and nurses activities are announced.
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Linda Ratzlaff
GAA
Whiteside County Institute Calendar of February Events
A condensed schedule lists no school at 6:30 p.m. and notes basketball games in Rochelle Dixon Princeton Mendota West Rockford and Rock Falls, a Valentine dance, wrestling regional and state tournaments, and clubs including Science Library German Projectionist Future Homemakers and Future Farmers. Senior recognition day concludes the list.
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Whiteside County Institute
Rochelle
Dixon
Valentine
Morrison
Princeton
Mendota
Warriors Prepare for Hubs and Dukes This Week
Sterling Golden Warriors face Rochelle Hubs in Rochelle on Friday and Dixon Dukes at home on Saturday. Hubs sit 4-3 in NCIC with strong 6 ft 2 in to 6 ft 3 in starters Dan Brown Lyle Ranhan and Ken Peck. Dixon visit looms large as Dukes are top 20 in state but a Sterling win seems likely due to a hurt Kopeck, a large home crowd, and Sterling's prior margin over Rock Falls.
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Sterling Golden Warriors
Sophmore
Rochelle
Dixon
NCIC
Rochelle Hubs
Rock Falls
Dan Brown
Lyle Ranhan
Ken Peck
STHS
Dukes
Duke
Mike Kopeck
Sterling
Hall of Fame Scot Player Among Active Seniors
Scot Player, a Hall of Fame active senior, has participated in football wrestling and golf and is a member of the Athletic Association of Secondary Schools and S-Club National Honor Society Junior Rotarian and famed monitor He plans to study dentistry at the University of Illinois next year Vickie Heckert Busy senior co editor of the annual alto in Robed choir Latin club Future Teachers National Honor Society Rotary junior Rotarian She will attend the year and major in education
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Scot
Cot
Athletic Association of Secondary Schools
S-Club
National Honor Society
University of Illinois
Vickie Heckert
Vickie
Rotary
Sterling
Sterling debaters earn honors at NCIC and prep for tours
Sterling High School debaters placed in multiple divisions at the NCIC event held January 21. The fresh soph team led by Harry Harper and Randall Ricklefs finished third while the varsity squad of Carol Fitzgerald Brett Cassens Mike Heath and Kathy Prescott claimed second with a 6 2 record, trailing Geneseo and Hall Township by two speaker points. Kathy Prescott earned a fourth prize speaking medal as FHA volunteers provided lunch and support for eight debaters and team staff.
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McNamara
Augustana College
SHS
Blue Island
Sterling
Freeort
Rock Island
Moline U Nited Township
Geneseo
Ottawa
East Peoria
Limestone
Galesburg
Harlem
Rockford
Auburn
Guilford
Hall Township
Mendota
la Salle-Peru
DeKalb
Kewanee
Dixon
Newman
Carol Fitzgerald
Brett Cassens
Mike Heath
Kathy Prescott
Hall
FHA
Miss Zink
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Tary
Hitler
Germany
Dad
Chris Tingley
Phyllis Sayer
Northern Illinois Gas Home
Leroy Clark
K. S. B. Hospital
Future Nurses
Dave Hall
Sherry Bouma
Spain
Miss Straw
Guatemala City
Chicago
West Rockford
AVA
Future Homemakers Association
Future Farmers Association
Future Teachers Association
FFA
Warriors
Dixon Dukes
BY Bill Parks
Hall of Fame
Gerdes
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