Inside this Edition

Viewpoints & Opinions 2

Tribute to Marie Cromer

LHS Quill & Scroll

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Remember When???

Honor Graduates

Presidential Goodbye Gifts

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Who’s Who & Who’s What 5

Seniors & Picnic Photos 6-8

Candid Senior Awards Pix 9

The Back Page

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Leeds High School Quill and Scroll Honor SocietyLeeds High School Quill and Scroll Honor Society (established October 10, 1947)(established October 10, 1947) May 2013May 2013 International Honor Society for High SchoolInternational Honor Society for High School Journalists Journalists Volume 7 No. 4Volume 7 No. 4

Published QuarterlyPublished Quarterly

The Vision of Leeds City Schools is Promoting Achievement, Respect, and Success.

2013 Senior Standout

Achievement Awards

Taylor Anderson Abbie Ellison

Nicholas Marbury Hannah Smith Dean Williams Ronald Woods

(Senior Standouts are selected by faculty vote)

LHS student witnessed Boston tragedy Just for the Record:

Senior Picnic May 15

AMAZING

Awards Night May 19

LHS Auditorium

AWESOME

Graduation May 19

Church at Brook Hills

SPECTACULAR

the first explosion and thought it was a cannon or fireworks to commemorate Patriots Day — the Boston holiday coinciding with the annual mara-thon,” he added. “When I heard the second tremendous boom, I ran to the window and saw the smoke and the chaos in the street. I started yelling for my step-dad because my mom was out there somewhere — she had gone to purchase snacks after the race and we were terrified for her safety. We had direct vision of the site of the explosion from our hotel room as you can see from my photographs,” he said. Richey thankfully added, “My mom came into the room about five minutes after the second explo-sion. She had been less than half a football field away from the site of the second bomb.” According to Richey, all the hotels in the area were evacuated with the exception of his hotel, The Westin, which had been transformed into the FBI Command Center. The hotel was in “lock down mode” and guests were issued official passes to move about the hotel. Guests were not allowed to leave the building until midday on Wednesday — almost 48 hours following the tragedy. Richey has numerous photographs of the mara-thon, before, during, and after this horrific event. Richey’s family was among the thousands of peo-ple who submitted photographic evidence to the FBI. “I am so thankful that my family is safe and I pray for all the people who were affected by this tragedy,” Richey said.

By Alexandria Shorter

LHS freshman Payton Richey was a wit-ness to the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. Richey and his family were staying at The Westin Hotel — one street away from the second explosion. “My stepdad had crossed the marathon’s finish line about 35 minutes prior to the first explosion and was in the shower in our hotel room when the explosion oc-curred,” Richey said. “I was watching television when I heard

LHS freshman, Payton Richey, took this photo of the devastating aftermath of the second bomb in Boston from his hotel room .

Crown Photography

We MADE It

Opinions and Viewpoints

PurposePurpose

The focus of The focus of The GreenWave News The GreenWave News is to provide a school and community informational service highlighting activities of Leeds High School.is to provide a school and community informational service highlighting activities of Leeds High School.

Additionally, the publication seeks to provide a public forum for the opinions of students, the newspaper staff, and faculty.Additionally, the publication seeks to provide a public forum for the opinions of students, the newspaper staff, and faculty.

Articles and opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of Leeds High School nor the City of Leeds Board oArticles and opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of Leeds High School nor the City of Leeds Board off Education.Education.

The editorials are the opinions of the Editorial Staff.The editorials are the opinions of the Editorial Staff.

Corrections:Corrections:

Errors appearing in Errors appearing in The GreenWave News The GreenWave News should be reported to the advisor. If a correction is warranted, one will be published in the next edition.should be reported to the advisor. If a correction is warranted, one will be published in the next edition.

The GreenWave NewsThe GreenWave News Senior Editorial BoardSenior Editorial Board

1500 Greenwave Drive1500 Greenwave Drive Senior News Editors: Maya Everett & Alexandria Shorter Senior News Editors: Maya Everett & Alexandria Shorter

Leeds, Alabama 35094Leeds, Alabama 35094 Senior Academia Editor: Kelsey Mitchell & Mikal WilliamsSenior Academia Editor: Kelsey Mitchell & Mikal Williams

205205--699699--45104510 Senior Opinions/Viewpoint Editors: Chace PearsonSenior Opinions/Viewpoint Editors: Chace Pearson

Fax: 205Fax: 205--699699--45154515 Senior Features Editors: Lupita BeltranSenior Features Editors: Lupita Beltran

Email: Email: mshannon@leedsk12.orgmshannon@leedsk12.org Senior Sports Editors: Abbie Ellison & Nick MarburySenior Sports Editors: Abbie Ellison & Nick Marbury

Advisor: Maggie ShannonAdvisor: Maggie Shannon Senior Clubs Editor: Alexis KylesSenior Clubs Editor: Alexis Kyles

Fashion Editor: Rachel StovesFashion Editor: Rachel Stoves

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OUR MISSION The mission of Leeds City Schools is to develop confident, productive young people and enable them to become independent life-long learners. We will accomplish this through a dedicated professional staff committed to continued learning. A relevant curriculum will be taught based on thinking and reasoning skills. This will take place in a positive environment recognizing the individual differences in children.

Special Thanks to

The Leeds Herald

Online Staff Publisher, David Hogan Sr. Editor, Jake Hogan

Sr. Reporter, Justin Hogan Sr. Photographer, Sean Hogan

The Leeds Herald has graciously granted exclusive & limited rights to The GreenWave News (while under the supervision of Sponsor Maggie Shannon) to reprint The Leeds Herald photographs giving proper credit to The Leeds Her-ald.

By Mikal Williams & Kelsey Mitchell

We are finally SENIORS at LHS! There may be some questions about what we need to do to prepare our-selves for our last high school year. Since the first day of freshman year, we thought we had a long road ahead of us. With our last year of high school on hand, overwhelming thoughts may be entering your head. Do not fret. We are here to provide you with the secrets to having a successful senior year. First things first. You will need to consider the financial aspect of the upcoming year. Senior fees are due at registration. This money will go to the graduation ceremony, senior picnic, t-shirt, senior awards program, and other senior activities. You also have to keep the $200-300 Herff Jones graduation package in mind. This includes graduation an-nouncements, cap and gown, etc. You’re going to want to have the year-book from senior year, so that’s an-other $55. And who could miss out on senior prom? Ticket prices and dress/tux money should be acknowledged. Graduate Chace Pearson advised, “Enjoy every minute, because it goes by so fast.” Alex Shorter reminded us to “Treat the teachers right, because you’re go-ing to need recommendations.” Don’t panic, this is just another new beginning!

Photos in this edition were provided by The GreenWave News staff, Miriam Turner, and Susan Stovall & Julie

Hubbard of Crown Photography.

Things Graduates Need to Remember

By Laurie Rappeport

Education

Look for ways to continue your educa-tion wherever you find yourself. Learn from your mistakes View a failure as an opportunity to learn from your mistake. Put failures behind you and move forward. Excel Push yourself to excel by surrounding yourself with people who challenge you. Put yourself in situations that force you to exert yourself to succeed. Mentor Find a mentor. A mentor can guide you, help you find new perspectives on issues and events, and open doors for you. Perseverance Persevere in pursuing your goals. Many people give up too early and never experience the challenge of pushing though difficulties to reach the finish line. Get to the finish line.

Congratulations 2013

Graduates

Leeds High School

Underclassmen Awards Day May 7, 2013

The Quill and Scroll International Hon-orary Society for High School Journalists, Leeds High School Chapter, was char-

tered on October 10, 1947. Marie Cromer was instrumental in forming the LHS chapter and served as its first editor.

Taylor Anderson

Lupita Beltran Ashley Blackmon Kimberly Byers

Adam Brown Tori Carr

Abbie Ellison Maya Everett

Marisa Falletta Blaise Herman

Vanity Jones Kelsey Mitchell

Kayla Murry Molly O’Barr

Savannah Payne Jonathan Prinsloo

Brianna Rose Madison Russell Chelsea Schlitz

Alexandria Shorter Hannah Smith Rachel Stoves

Rebecca Strange Elise Turner

Jimeria Williams Mikal Williams

LHS Quill & Scroll International

Honorary Society for High School Journalists

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By Maggie Shannon and The Leeds Herald

The Leeds High School Quill and Scroll International Honorary Soci-ety for High School Journalists Chapter honors the contributions made to our school and to the State of Alabama by the amazing Marie Cro-mer. A born journalist, Marie always found room in her loving heart for students, the community, and the state. As a student at LHS, Marie’s interest in news reporting began to blos-som. She was instrumental in securing the Charter for the LHS Chap-ter of the Quill & Scroll honor society in 1947 and served as Editor-in-Chief. Her first news articles were pounded out on manual typewriters and copied on rickety, purple ink mimeograph machines! How proud she was to distribute the first newspapers, The Greenwave, produced by Leeds High School. She contributed school news to The Leeds News Publisher/Editor Edmund Blair for city and community news distribu-tion. Her love of journalism led her through a lifelong career of writing. While studying at Jacksonville State College (University), Marie served as front-page editor of the college newspaper and was on the staff of the college yearbook — in addition to working part-time in the advertising/layout department of The Gadsden Times. During her stay in New Orleans, LA and Gulfport, MS, she worked as a freelance writer and contributor to The Gulfport Herald and The Times Picayune. Marie was a news correspondent for The Birmingham Post-Herald and later for The Birmingham News. She was the Life Style Editor for the St. Clair News-Aegis and Education Editor for the Talladega Daily Home. Marie also worked as a freelance writer for a number of state and national publications. Marie Cromer never “officially retired” — she continued writing for The Leeds News and the Leeds Daily Herald, our local online maga-zine. Her book, Modern Indians of Alabama: Remnants of the Removal, won the non-fiction book category of the National Federation of Press Women award presentations. This book and her published research of Alabama’s Indian tribes garnered attention by the state’s Indian Af-fairs Commission. She was subsequently “adopted” into the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama and given the Indian name, “Talking Leaves” — the Sequoyas’ descriptive words for “the white man’s printed pages”. Marie’s adoption into the Tribe was the first in the state since the Indian Removal on the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. Marie was a playwright as well. Her play, Listen to that Cold Steel Ring, honoring the legendary railroad tunnels in the Dunavant com-munity, was presented for five consecutive years at the Leeds Down-town Folk Festival. Marie organized the Leeds Historical Society in 1998 and led the group in numerous projects — many funded by grants she secured: Historic Stagecoach Route through Leeds, restoration of the historic Rowan House, state historical markers honoring Leeds Depot and rail-road steel-driving icon John Henry, renovation of The Wright Com-munity Center, and monument in Leeds Memorial Park honoring Leeds’ three Medal of Honor recipients. Her commitment to community earned her recognition by the Leeds Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Committee and Marie was twice nominated by the community for the Leeds Chamber of Com-merce for Citizen of the Year. Eight years ago, Marie returned to the scene of her alma mater and “declared” that The GreenWave News was back in business. She spent countless hours at LHS over the course of those years guiding students (and this sponsor) in the revival of our school newspaper. (I can hear Marie correcting me right now regarding the use of her first name throughout this article — “Maggie Shannon, you know you are only to use the last name in subsequent references to an individual in a news article!” — but she will always be Marie, my friend and mentor, and I simply could not type last name Cromer in mention of this great lady!)

In Loving Memory of Marie Cromer

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Remember when... Remember when Brandon McDaniel wore his light blue Easter Basket Suit in November? Remember when Nick Marbury carted a gallon of lotion around with himself throughout freshman year? Remember when Abbie Ellison put on her seatbelt in her desk in Ms. Shannon’s class? Remember when Deandric Tho-mas (aka Oh Great One) was absent one Thursday because he was trying to bring peace to the Middle East, then absent on Friday because he was trying to solve World Hunger, and, again on Saturday because he was getting help from God on his 3-point shot? Remember when Earl Webster’s little friend, Jimmy Russell, was kidnapped? Remember when Lewis Edwards got mad at Starr and drove off for school leaving her to look for a flag that belonged to Mr. Wise? R e m e m b e r w h e n A s h l e y Blackmon said, “Man, I love ba-nanas. I really want that banana on my sandwich”? Remember when “someone’s” car caught on fire in the parking lot? Remember when Coach Carlisle gave out that nasty hand sanitizer in the hallway? Remember when Luke Kantola and Earl Webster snorted sour skittles through a dollar bill and were in pain for the next two hours? Remember when Tyler King and Dakota Creel got into a wreck in the parking lot after school? Remember when Jonas Webb “remembered” he was 20? Remember when Ja’Larria Wil-liams flipped Nathan Vickers upside down in his desk? Remember when Coach Carlisle made Abbie Ellison cry every sin-gle day in 9th grade history? Remember when the police “turned off” Mike Chattman’s “Turnt Up”? Remember when Nate Franklin only wore the color purple for an entire year and got into a fight over a cafeteria roll? Remember when Reagan Adair shaved his head? Remember when one of the drug dogs had to “potty” in the hallway?

Remember when we had to practice Intruder Drills in Ms. Shannon’s class by sitting on the counter while she hid behind the closet door with a baseball bat to protect us? Remember when Megan Phillips threw up on the Army truck? Remember when Jamie Finch and Cassidy DeShazo fell asleep in the library and Ms. Shannon left them in their for over 30 minutes? They had good naps but got zeros for the class assignment. Remember when Andre Porter got fired on his day off? Remember when Frank Bernklau forgot to wear his boots? He actually wore tennis shoes on March 15, 2013 — last day before Spring Break! Remember when Katie Wilkin-son nicknamed Deijon Smith her “Honey Mustard”? Remember when Tiambra Clark and Alexis Klyles had an “altercation” in Coach Reese’s class? Remember when Adam Isbell called Joseph Isbell “Sir”? Remember when C. J. Rose broke his hand on somebody’s face? Remember when Mr. Goldberg called Chelsea Goodwin ‘Nurse Ratched’? Remember when an air horn was used to wake up Rie Falletta in class? Remember when seniors produced a dance video for Mrs. Angela Walker’s birthday? Remember when everyone dated ‘Cletus’ the skeleton? Remember when birds flew in a window and scared Joey O’Neill? Remember when Alexandria Shorter told Nick Marbury to “Shut down and sit up!”? Remember when we were sopho-mores and only three people were on A/B Honor Roll? Remember when Savannah Payne had a car accident BEFORE she even had her driver’s license? Remember when we were scared of Mr. Turner because he paddled kids in middle school in the cafete-ria? Remember when Mr. Windham wore a coconut bra in a school pro-gram? Remember when LHS won the state championship 2 times in 3 years? Remember when ‘Ant’ McMillan was proud of his ASVAB score?

Goodbye Gifts By Mikal Williams

On April 23, 2013, Abbie Ellison sent her class off with personalized goodbye gifts. Ellison, class president all four years of high school, saved money throughout the year to purchase mementos for individual goodie bags for each senior. The goodie bags were crafted to fit the personality of each graduating senior. Each goodie bag included a class wristband, a specialized card, “Roll Greenwave” chocolates, candy, specialty trinkets, and a raffle ticket for a chance to win grand “Senior Trip” prizes — one prize for a boy and one prize for a girl. In addition to extra candy and other treats, sun-screen and sunglasses completed the giant grand prize goodie bags for the all-important summer vacation sea-son. Ellison stated, “I felt like my class-mates deserved a little something special to mark our four-year jour-ney through high school together.” Ellison’s gifts were her way of wish-ing fellow students great achieve-ments and success.

(Alphabetical Order)

Jessica Bullig Dakota Creel Rie Falletta

Vanity Jones Jonathan Prinsloo

Madison Russell Chelsea Schlitz

Alexandria Shorter Hannah Smith Dean Williams

Top Ten Honor Graduates

Leeds High School

2013 Valedictorian Jonathan Prinsloo

2013 Salutatorian Hannah Smith

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2013 Who’s Who at Leeds High School Mr. and Miss Leeds High School Hannah Smith & Nicholas Marbury

Most Likely To Succeed Madison Russell & Jonathan Prinsloo

Most School Spirit Corrie Musgrove & Mike Chattman

Friendliest Ashley Blackmon and Devin Braxton & Joseph Isbell

Best Dressed Josseline Andonaegui & Brandon McDaniel

Most Artistic Chelsea Schlitz & Chace Pearson

Most Athletic Abbie Ellison & Jonathan Hagler

Biggest Flirts Kayla Murry & C. J. Rose

Teachers’ Pets Savannah Payne & Lewis Edwards

Class Clowns Breanna Allen & Earl Webster

Most Outgoing Abbie Ellison & Mike Chattman

Loudest Tanya Sandoval & Andre Porter

Quietest Starr Edwards & Lewis Edwards

Most ‘Turnt Up’ Breanna Allen & Mike Chattman

Biggest Rednecks Taylor Anderson & Jacob Carr

Most Outspoken Madison Russell & Katie Wilkinson and David Alford

Funniest Breanna Allen & Earl Webster

Best Hair Corrie Musgrove & Reagan Adair

Most Stylish Breanna Allen & Katie Wilkinson and Brandon McDaniel

Most Dramatic Jessica Gill & Anthony McMillan

Prettiest Eyes Abbie Ellison & Rie Falletta

Most Confused Jessica Gill & Tyler King

Most Eccentric Katie Wilkinson & Luke Kantola

Most Changed Kim Byers & Joey O’Neill

Most Awkward Allison Colburn & Michael Hill

Most Aggravatin’ Katie Wilkinson & Andre Porter

Best Smiles Corrie Musgrove & C. J. Rose

Most Accessorized Katie Wilkinson & Mike Chattman

Biggest Airheads Chelsea Goodwin & Andre Porter

Best Sense of Humor Allison Colburn & Mike Chattman

Best Laugh Ashley Blackmon

Most Likely to Invent Something Jonathan Prinsloo

Most Likely to Become Famous Juan Luna

Most Likely to Become a Millionaire Dakota Creel

...and “Who’s What” at Leeds High School

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Crown Photography

The Graduating Class of 2013 Crown Photography

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Senior Picnic Fun

The Senior Class of 2013 enjoyed a day of fun at the park on May 15th. In addition to the Chick-fil-A picnic lunch, the group enjoyed activities and games — with a big emphasis on “water battles”! Sponsors Walker and Shannon an-nounced the 10th Annual Llama Awards accompanied by laughter from the seniors as embarrassing moments were remembered.

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Even teachers (and a teacher’s pet) en-joyed the day. Left to right: Mrs. Camp-bell, Mr. Goldberg with Zeus, and Senior Sponsor Angela Walker.

The Boys of Summer

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Valedictorian Jonathan Prinsloo

Salutatorian Hannah Smith

Senior Awards Ceremony 2013

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GRADUATION

May 23rd

7:00 pm

The Church at Brook Hills

Mrs. Lisa Hudson, LHS Counselor

Call 699-4510 for an appointment

The Counselor’s Corner

The GreenWave News

Advice to 2013 Graduates from

Counselor Lisa Hudson LHS Administration and Faculty

Desiderata By Max Ehrmann Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

DESIDERATA (latin for "desired things")