Bowling teams head for sectionals

Bowling may not be as widely known as the other natural sports favorites, but the boys’ and girls’ teams are just as serious and successful.  Although the sport has a large individual component, the teams are strong, practice together, and support each other. Junior Kendra Stakelbeck, the captain of the girls’ team, is enthusiastic for the upcoming sectional competition.  Stakelback won state individually last year, and will carry the fifth (anchor) spot on her team Jan. 23 in sectionals. “I’m very superstitious,” Stakelbeck said.  She goes prepared to each game with her bowling... Read more

Safe Winter Driving Tips

The winter season has arrived, and with it comes the dangerous road conditions that students must face every morning and afternoon as they make their way to and from school.  Those students choosing to drive need to be aware of the potential dangers, and prepared for the worst.  Preventative measures are crucial to avoid finding oneself in a bad situation on the roads.  The Mill Stream has compiled a list of winter driving tips from weather.com and cartalk.com to keep students safe on the streets this winter. Check Anti-Freeze: Flush your cooling system every two years.  Cooling system failure... Read more

The Blind Side is predictably wonderful

John Lee Hancock's heart-warming Southern sports drama stars Quinton Aaron as Big Mike and Sandra Bullock as his adoptive mother, Leigh Anne Tuohy. Not only did John Lee Hancock’s The Blind Side make me watch the Orioles’ game to see the real Michael Oher at work, but it also made me want to adopt my own 6’ 6” orphan. Big Mike (Aaron), facing the world with an incompetent mother and no father, finds himself in a private Christian school environment even though he has failed at many schools in his past. If it weren’t for the offered help from a few of his teachers and the Tuohy family,... Read more

Is there a darker side to NHS?

Crowded hallways, bright lights, the squeak of chalk, and the humming of over-heads: all descriptors of NHS by day. But what is the school like after hours, when the corridors are dark and empty, without a student in sight? The third shift custodial staff knows best. Without declaring the existence of spirits or ghosts, every person may have experiences they simply cannot explain, and every building has its haunted history. Now Noblesville High School’s is revealed. According to building supervisor Bruce Games, before the high school building was constructed in 1996, the County Farm occupied... Read more

Q&A with Improver Taryn Parker

Mill Stream: Why did you join the improv team? Taryn Parker:  I joined last year off a whim and was put back on the team this year.  MS:  What do you enjoy the most about the team?  TP: The practices right before the shows.  They’re always the most fun.  MS:  Do you get nervous during the shows?  TP:  I got nervous the first time, but not really any more.  MS:  How have you improved while being on the team?  TP:  With practice I’ve gotten more confidence performing and learned how to play the different games.   My skills interatcting with the audience have gotten better,... Read more

Q&A: Matt Cooley

Mill Stream: How did you injure your knee, and what was the extent of the injury? Matt Cooley: The summer before my sophomore year at a football practice, I was playing quarterback, and after I made a pass, I went to lead block.  I jumped over a guy on the ground, and my foot landed in a sprinkler hole on the other side.  My weight shifted, and I ended up tearing my ACL, PCL, LCL, MCL, my lateral meniscus, both of my bicep tendons, and my perinial nerve.   I have five inches of dead nerve, and permanent foot drop. MS: What were your goals/feelings about the season before your injury? MC: To... Read more

Whooping Cough Cases Are Kept Private

Trevor Blossom practices good hygiene by coughing into his elbow rather than his hands. Letters have been sent home. Warnings have been made. Whooping cough (pertussis) has made its appearance at NHS. According to Nurse Cindy Hosking, 20 students in the district are being or have been recently treated for pertussis. Not all of these cases, however, have been confirmed by the state. The students have been treated with regard to their symptoms. Pertussis is extremely contagious. According to www.noblesvilleschool.org, it “is transmitted by close contact via droplets from the respiratory tract... Read more