2013 Graduation - Courier news

Courtesy of the Wednesday, May 15, 2013 on-line edition of the Ida County Courier (www.idacountycourier.com)

OA-BCIG Graduation this Sunday

Commencement exercises for 70 Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove seniors will be at 2 p. m. in the high school gymnasium on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

The program will begin with prelude music and the processional “Pomp and Circumstance” performed by the O-A/BC-IG High School band, under the direction of Eric Wells.

Superintendent Dr. Nick Ouellette will welcome the audience.  Senior choir members will sing “Hold On to Your Dream,” directed by Linda Johnson.

O-A/BC-IG High School Principal Patrick Miller will present the seniors with their scholastic recognition awards and then recognize valedictorian Cailin Carstensen and salutatorian Hannah Gustafson.

BC-IG School Board President Brian Riessen and Odebolt-Arthur Board President Traci Bengford will distribute the diplomas.  Miller will then present the graduates to the audience, followed by the recessional.

After commencement, the graduates will have a receiving line outside, weather permitting.

The seniors have chosen black, purple, silver and white for their class colors. Purple and white Lisianthus is the class flower.  The class motto is “We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”  The class song is “We Weren’t Crazy” by Josh Gracin.

This year’s graduates are Creighton Allen, Carlie Bales, Adam Beckermann, Laurel Bengford, Jehse Boren, Phoenix Brown, Nate Carlson, Cailin Carstensen, Mallory Cates, Mariah Cates and Kailey Childers, Corey Clausen, Lindsey Conlon, Derek Conover, Kara Cowlham, Logan Davis, Ciara Dotzler, Britney Dupre, Nathan Ehrig, Wesley Euchner, Austin Fritz and Erin Glawe, Cody Gray, Hannah Gustafson, Trisha Hayward, Katelyn Heilman, Jillian Hewitt, Alyssa Hinojosa, Doug Hopkins, Lydia Johnson, Victoria Kowalski, Dalton Leinbaugh and Daniel Lierman, Eli Linman, Taylor Luvass, Cassidy Markert, Jeff Marron, Evan Mau, Dillan McKnight, Rachel Meyer, Christian Miller, Dakota Miller, Lexi Olerich and Shannon Patterson, Alan Peine, Jacob Peters, Jon Peters, Jack Pingel, Tasha Reed, Lee Riessen, Jake Roeder, Jennifer Roeder, Royce Rosemeyer, Trever Ryen, Austin Sadler, Justin Sadler, Austin Schau and Brady Schlender, Skye Schmidt, Keagan Scott, Logan Scott, Samantha Sholty, Danny Sorensen, Amy Stangl, Ronnie Sutton, Mackenzie Teut, Alex Veit, Quinn Westphal, Robert Woolard and Kaleb Young.

O-A Elementary teacher Twyla Prall-Wilken will retire at the end of the school year.

Wilken has been at Odebolt-Arthur Elementary for 29 years. She has taught second, third and fourth grade classes, plus was the high school cheer coach for a few years.

She said, “Teaching at Odebolt-Arthur Elementary has been delightful. The people that I worked with for many years became my family. We worked cooperatively at school, we helped each other through tough times, we gave child-rearing advice and we celebrated weddings and cried at funerals. The friendships that I made will last forever.”

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OAK Ministerial plans benefit dance

The OAK Ministerial Group will be holding a middle school dance for the sixth through eighth grade students in Odebolt on Thursday, May 23, from 6-9 p. m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Odebolt.  Donations will go to the Community Basket food pantry in Ida Grove. All students who are current sixth through eighth graders are welcome to attend. It is being organized by eighth graders.

Admission is $2 or two cans of food. Music will be provided by: Muzic Mystro.  There will be hamburgers and hot dogs for sale.  For more information, call 515-851-2457.