October 2010 Chatterbox - Ruston High School - Lincoln Parish ...
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<strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>October</strong> 21, <strong>2010</strong> Page 8<br />
Name: Walter Moss<br />
Family: Michee (wife) and two kids<br />
Position at RHS: Band Director<br />
<strong>High</strong> school attended/year: Ouachita <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> back before Super Wal-Marts<br />
College attended/major: LA Tech - music, ULM - Masters<br />
Teaching experience: 18 years at RHS<br />
Favorite childhood memory: I was never a child<br />
Favorite quote: ―In God we trust… all others pay cash.‖<br />
Name: Rebecca Strickler<br />
Pet peeve: Lying, cheating, and stealing<br />
Family: Jay (husband), Chris, Anna (children), Dan, Chris, Michael (step kids)<br />
Position at RHS: Art 1<br />
Clubs/organizations advised: Art Club, Yearbook (Resume‘)<br />
<strong>High</strong> school attended/year: Homer <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> 1983<br />
College attended/major: LA Tech, Art Education<br />
Teaching experience: 7 years<br />
Most embarrassing moment: While in a European art museum, I hooked arms with a man who I thought was my husband, but wasn't!<br />
Favorite childhood memory: Traveling with my family in my dad‘s plane<br />
Favorite team/sport: New Orleans Saints… Who Dat!!<br />
Name: Mindy L. Martin<br />
Pet peeve: When people say ―at‖ at the end of a sentence!<br />
Family: My dog Jasper<br />
Teaching experience: 7 years<br />
Position at RHS: Choir and piano<br />
Favorite team/sport: <strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Bearcats!<br />
<strong>High</strong> school attended/year: Vanderbilt Catholic <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> 2004<br />
College attended/major: LA Tech, Bachelor in Music Education<br />
Most embarrassing moment: I fell backwards in a chair while teaching and a student caught me.<br />
Favorite childhood memory: All the camping/ hiking trips in the mountains with my dad<br />
Favorite Quote: ―Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.‖ -Ludwig van Beethoven<br />
If you had one wish it would be? Unlimited funds for traveling<br />
Is there anything you would like the students to know about you? It would be great if I said ‗I‘m tone deaf.‖<br />
Cats and Dawgs in Harmony<br />
by Emily Moore<br />
Arts Reporter<br />
LA Tech Bulldogs and <strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong> Bearcats make our union stronger<br />
through music. <strong>October</strong> 8, <strong>2010</strong>, the Tech drum line came to <strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
during second period to speak with the Bearcat drummers. There were even<br />
some <strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong> Alumni in the Tech band! The <strong>Ruston</strong> drum line took<br />
away with it some great new techniques. Senior Matthew Sanders, a snare<br />
drummer, said, ―It was AWESOME!‖ Another snare drummer, senior<br />
Bradlee Martin, shared Matthew‘s enthusiasm saying, ―It was COOL!‖<br />
Junior and first bass drum, Ora Cater, answered, ―It was nice and there was<br />
one cute guy.‖ Most all percussionists stated that it was a good experience.<br />
On Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 9, <strong>Ruston</strong> <strong>High</strong>‘s band, along with other local<br />
high school bands, joined at the Tech stadium. Band members from Sterlington,<br />
Neville, Rayne, and others joined the Tech band in playing<br />
―America the Beautiful‖ on the field at half time. The Tech drum line<br />
joined forces again with the Bearcat band again on <strong>October</strong> 13, <strong>2010</strong>, at<br />
Tech‘s band room. With all of the time these two <strong>Ruston</strong> school bands are<br />
spending together, there is no question that the Cats and Dawgs are most<br />
certainly singing and playing in harmony.