Students well on way to giving someone a home
November 3, 2009
Building Trades lays the foundation for competition. Calvin Fry, Building Trades instructor, has issued the blueprints of the Habitat for Humanity Home to all of his students, and the students are not wasting a single second in order to be finished by Skills USA spring competition, which judges students’... [Read more]
Senior takes first place in Drug Awareness contest
November 2, 2009
Senior Kelley Chance’s art took first place in the Red Ribbon Billboard contest. Chance first learned about the contest from a poster that was hung on the wall in the art wing at school. “Mrs. Davis put a poster up in the art wing and kept reminding and encouraging me to enter,” he... [Read more]
Lufkin band receives first division at marching contest
October 22, 2009
The Panther Band took the superior rating last week at the Region 21 UIL Marching contest held at Stephen F. Austin State University. The rating comes from weeks of morning practices and Monday night rehearsals to perfect the seven-minute drill. “Monday night practices are a good way to get together,... [Read more]
Students design, build Habitat for Humanity house
October 6, 2009
Smashing fingers, climbing ladders, and pouring sweat in the heat of the day. These are the conditions every Building Trades student has to face in order to construct a proper home for humanity–that is, a Habitat for Humanity. Over the past few weeks, the Building Trades classes have been striving... [Read more]
Band Member Goes To Emergency Room
August 28, 2009
As fans attending the Panther’s season opener last week watched the Panther Band halftime performance, most were unaware that one of the baritone players has fully recovered after being rushed to the emergency room earlier in the week. Senior Ray Flores suffered from a collapsed lung on Tuesday... [Read more]
Swine flu ruins senior band trip
May 3, 2009
Senior band member Eric Smith hangs out on the deck of the cruise ship. What was originally a trip to Cozumel to reward senior band members for their hard work became a trip of nothing but staying on the cruise ship at sea because of the swine flu epidemic. “We did not go to Mexico at all,”... [Read more]
Senior band members travel to Mexico, despite swine flu warning
April 29, 2009
Chasity Monschein Editor-in-Chief According to the Center for Disease Control, 141 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the United States and Americans are urged not to go to countries with swine flu outbreaks. Swine flu is a respiratory virus that originated from pigs and is spread by infected... [Read more]
Lufkin has good showing at Angelina Youth Fair
April 29, 2009
Chasity Monschein Editor-in-Chief The highest bid of $6,000 at the Angelina County Youth Fair went to freshman Kaylee Sullivan for her Grand Champion Steer. “I raised the steer since the beginning of the year and worked on it two hours a day,” Sullivan said. “I had to feed it, walk it, wash it... [Read more]
Powder Puff Football Game Slated for April 23
April 28, 2009
Are you ready for some football? Powder puff football to be exact. More than 60 girls are playing in the annual powder puff game, where the girls take the place of the boys on the field. There will be two teams–The Pink Puffs and the Powder Blues, which are coached by some of the senior varsity football... [Read more]
1 of 4 seniors apply for scholarships, others miss interviews
April 23, 2009
Ca’Shuanika Hoyle Shan Garrett Staff Writer Only 130 out of 514 students applied this year for Alunni Scholarships, a dramatic drop from previous years, according to GO Center Counselor Lyndia Austin. “This is one of the biggest classes we have had in the past 22 years and not nearly as many students... [Read more]