<strong>COLLEGE CORNER</strong>
* Area residents were recently named to the spring semester 2012 dean's list at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. They are, Amanda Beckwith, of Manteno; and Anna Lesch, of Papineau.
* Thomas Boyd, of Milford, recently graduated summa cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and biomedical sciences.
* Area residents are among the spring 2012 graduates from Marquette University. Melissa Krabbe, of Beecher, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology; and Marissa Caruso, of Monee, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations.
* Area residents were recently named to the spring 2012 dean's list at Millikin University. They are, Beecher, Jonathan Williamsen; Bourbonnais, Christopher Raymond, Meghan Walsh; Braceville, Courtney Gallup; Bradley, Graig Stasicky; Custer Park, Megan Smith; Gilman, Nicole Johnson; Grant Park, Kelly Lorenz; Manhattan, Christy Swanberg; Peotone, Ashley Daniels; St. Anne, Ebony Hughey.
* Area residents are among the 66 nursing students who have met the requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing degree from the Charleston campus Lakeview College of Nursing. Kathryn Jacobsen, of Bourbonnais, is a 2008 graduate of Bishop McNamara Catholic High School and is the daughter of Dale Jacobsen and Michael Jacobsen. Shannon O'Connor, of Herscher, is a 2006 graduate of Herscher High School and is the daughter of Patrick and Rose O'Connor. Kaitlyn Olshefski, of Manteno, is a 2010 graduate of Kankakee Community College and is the daughter of Tom and Cheryl Olshefski.
* Area residents recently graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. Carl McBurney, of Bourbonnais, graduated magna cum laude with a chemistry and biology major and a concentration in biomolecular studies. He was awarded membership in Phi Lambda Upsilon and is the son of Steven and Martha McBurney. Sabine Tegura, of Dwight, graduated cum laude with a social work major. She is the daughter of Augustine Twagilimana and Verediane Mukagatanazi.
* Area residents recently received degrees at North Central College, Naperville. They are, Bourbonnais, Stephanie Brault, Brianna Nelson; Kankakee, Theotis James; Herscher, Sean Lockwood, Brooke Lucht; Manteno, Cody McCullough, Michael Swanson; Martinton, Kelly Rivard.
* Heidi McKean, of Cissna Park, was recently named to the spring 2012 semester dean's list at Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa.
* Alison Kresl, of Kankakee, recently graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Bradley University in Peoria. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Kresl was an outfielder for the Bradley Braves softball squad for four years, was on the AD honor roll all eight semesters, and was a recipient of the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award. She is the daughter of Jim and Candi Kresl and a 2008 graduate of Bishop McNamara Catholic High School. Kresl has accepted a nursing position with the Crown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
* John Kresl, formerly of Kankakee, recently graduated cum laude from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he received a Juris Doctor degree with Certificates in business and intellectual property law. He was a notes and comments editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review and a member of the school's Intellectual Property Law Society. Kresl is a 2007 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a 2003 graduate of Bishop McNamara Catholic High School. He is the son of Jim and Candi Kresl.
* Sarah Fitzpatrick, of Bourbonnais, was named to the College of Pharmacy and Health Science Dean's List for Butler University's fall and spring, 2011-12, year. She was also inducted into and elected historian of the pharmacy fraternity, Phi Delta Chi. Her parents are Bruce and Mary Fitzpatrick, of Bourbonnais.
<strong>HONOR ROLLS</strong>
<strong>Crescent City Grade School</strong>
Crescent City Grade School's junior high recently released its fourth quarter honor roll.
High honors: Cody Carley, Kara Dexter, Justin Hasselbring, Amanda Wichtner, Tristen Kissack and Gabby Wessels.
Honors: Kayley Roth, Rachel Billings, Justin Foschi, Madelyn Garrison, Austin Kregel, Shelby Naese, Sarah Klump, Brittney Koester and Cassie Robinson.
<strong>Manteno High School</strong>
Manteno High School recently announced its second semester honor roll.
High honors: Lucia Andalon, Shannon Angell, Brandon Arbuthnot, Grant Ashby, Kaylie Bartels, Michael Basham, Marissa Berens, Joseph Blanchette, Robert Bortoletto, Michael Brady, Cassidy Cerulli, Trevor Creek, Austin Crowley, Ashley Damm, Abigail Dersch, Leslie Diaz, Allison Diehl, Ashley Ditterline, Britney Ducharme, Paul Dufrain, Jaylan Dunn, Marianne Elmore, Marian Fehrenbacher, Andrew Gaca, Ashley Gaca, Brett Gilbert, Holly Goncher, Aarrieus Greer, Matthew Gregory, Frederick Greifzu, Malory Greifzu, Savannah Guerrero, Kaylee Gullquist, Jeremy Hansen, Natalie Hatalla, Ruth Haynes, Jacob Henderson, Karla Hernandez, Drew Hitson, Ashlee Holcomb, Nicholas Hope, Amber Hopf, Emily Horn, Gina Horn, Melody Jentsch, Logan Jernigan, Kori Johnson, Timothy Johnson, Haily Kaufman, Lauren Kenealy, Justin Kershaw, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Matthew Kleszynski, Kayla Klingerman, Gabrielle Knepper, Jamie Knoop, Kirsten Kruger, Jacob Ledesma, Mitchell Lockwood, Leanne Mazur, Steven Meegan, Alixandra Miller, Austin Miller, Kara Molik, Christopher Moody, Jack Morgan, Jurtis Mraz II, Kelsey Mueller, Adrian Munoz, Thomas Murphy, Caitlin Murray, Marissa Muskievicz, Michaela Muskievicz, Chad Naden, Amanda Nekola, Kyle Neumann, Samantha Neumann, Kayla O'Donohue, Brianna Olmeda, Melanie Pacius, Nathan Page, Jocelyn Peters, Alaynna Piotrowski, Brett Plumley, Courtney Posing, Haley Quinn, Grace Ragain, Mark Reardanz, Sean Reedy, Ashley Rock, Luisangel Rodriguez, Kaitlin Rose, Ryan Sample, Kaitlyn Santoro, Jacob Schafer, Emily Schamber, Adam Schierenbeck, Emma Shores, Stephen Shreffler, Jazmin Silva, Rebekah Skoglund, Conner Stroud, Joshua Swartzentruber, Austin Toepper, Samantha Turner, Mariah Weir, Megan Wendling, Matthew Werner, Wade Williams, Brittany Willie, Jerry Witherow Jr., Morgan Wulff and Zachary Zielinski.
"A" honors: Gabriel Alfaro, Sally Andalon, Haylee Beck, Jaclyn Beck, Samantha Beckwith, Victoria Bender, John Berens, Blake Bisaillon, Jeremy Bobera, Carlie Boudreau, Leegan Boudreau, Fleur Breuker, Nathaniel Brown, Elisa Caballero, Stephanie Childers, Kathryn Collins, Brenten Couch, Keirston Creek, Brock Crews, Brandon Crockett, Meghan Daly, Morgan Daly, Sarah Daly, Carissa Davis, Leeanna Davis, Miranda Davis, Sarah Davis, Krystal Defrank, Timothy Fleszewski, Courtney Friedericks, Emily Gaither, Matthew Gaither, Sarah Gaither, Christine Gesell, Cassie Gibson, Alexis Gilbert, Robert Grassano-Mazeika, Lauren Harnois, Cora Haynes, Logan Hearne, Anna Henderson, Reka Hernadi, Morgan Hill, John Hofmeister, Nicole Horn, Melissa Hoyt, Corey Irvin, Taylor Irvin, Jeffrey Jackson, Robert Jernigan, Peter Johnson, Kylie Jungles, Ethan Kaufman, Christopher Keller, Emily Kenealy, Alyson Kinstner, Nicholas Kirchschlager, Andrew Knepper, Paige Lamore, Victoria Lamore, Mary Lanoue, Zachary Lanoue, Jocelyn LeSage, Jack Liss, William Liss, Praveen Madan, Vanessa Magallanes, Jessica Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Christine Massie, Brittani McCorkle, Dakota Medland, Sophie Meskis, Jason Morgan, Jessica Mueller, Michael Mueller, Katherine Murphy, Jessica Neiner, Michelle Nilsson, Gabriel O'Connor, Hannah Ondrey, Katelyn Peters, Megan Quinn, Gina Ragain, Leeann Randall, Samantha Rapson, Margaret Regan, Kelsey Reiter, Kayla Richardson, Haylie Riner, Lucas Robbins, Hannah Sabey, Raechel Santee, Adam Schaeffer, Nicolette Schimanski, Sophia Schnitzler, Selena Schulteis, Caleb Selk, Karli Shields, Asonta Simone, James Sotiropoulos, Kari Southerland, Courtney Stauffenberg, Scott Stauffenberg, Abigail Toepper, Carly Trepanier, Zachary Valant, Joseph Van Luyk, Annie Vercruysse, Melissa Vodicka, Michaela Wascher, Logan Weaver, Lauren Werner, Brittnay Widdowson, Kayla Wilson, Maren Wiltshire, Trent Wiltshire, Emily Yantes and Rebecca Zielinski.
Honors: Skyler Alverson, Sarah Anderson, Alec Andrewson, Amber Austin, Aaron Ayala, Matthew Bagby, Briana Barth, Christina Belcher, Nicole Beutler, Samantha Blanchette, Calli Bodie, John Bortoletto, Cody Bottoms, Rebecca Bouwsma, Kaytlyn Brady, Douglas Burford, David Carroll, Taylor Christensen, Drew Crawford, Nicholas Dahlman, Jonathan Davis, Mark Deery, William Devitt, Jessika Dziaba, Jordan Egge, Jeremiah Elmore, Nikos Fajdich, Anthony Franc, Natalie Gonzalez, Kelsey Hackl, Steven Hamann, Caleb Haynes, Emily Heflin, Derrick Hosselton, Alejandro Irigoyen, David Jacinto, James Johnson, Cody Knapczyk, Brianna Koskinas, Kaitlyn Lally, Liz Lamilla, Patsi Lamilla, Zachary Lamore, Madison Langlois, Briana Leifker, Sarah Lemonnier, Richard Lind, Abigail Livingston, Jade Mallaney, Bryanna Martin, Brandy Matherly, Donny McGahan, Brandon McKissick, William Meyer, Sarah Miller, William Milligan, Tate Moore, Brian Moser, Morgan Murray, Michael Navarro, Haley Nehls, Samuel O'Reilly, Rebecca Pijus, Tucker Presler, Haley Presto, Jaqueline Rattin, Ashtyn Rees, Scott Ringler, Anna Rogge, Katelyn Rolniak, Sage Rosenbrock, Tana Ruda, Grisel Sanchez, Emily Schierenbeck, Dakota Schipman, Mitchell Schultz, Kyler Seemann, Katherine Shaffer, Joseph Shroeder, Ryan Snider, Brandon Sohl, Alyssa Sumowski, Nathan Toepper, Daniel Tovo III, Paige Trimbur, Krystal Tuttila, Scott Wagner, Thomas Wanless, Jordyn Wasiel, Jake Wayner, Felicia Wendling, George Widdowson, Justin Windeler and Justin Wood.
<strong>Watseka Community High School</strong>
Watseka Community High School recently announced its second semester honor roll.
High honors: Jessica Allhands, Taylor Bauer, Courtney Bossong, Richard Braden, Taylor Buswell, Dillon Carley, Mariah Carroll, Natalie Castonguay, Kara Crabtree, Dalton Day, Daulton DePatis, Douglas Dlouhy, Garret Fernandez, Abby Fischer, Brittany Fischer, Marianne Florido, Dakota Fredrick, Bendino Galderio, Drew Grimes, Kathryn Grimes, Kirsten Grosvenor, Dakota Hampton, Austin Hasselbring, Robin Hasselbring Jr., Kaela Hayes, Zackary Herder, Michael Hodolitz Jr., Morgan Hotaling, Anne Johnson, Kaitlyn Johnson, Allison Kaper, Dylan Kempf, Lindsey Lambert, Ashley Lenhart, Ashley Luecke, Alexandrea Lyons, Meegan Massey, Melissa Maximoff, Emily McCann, Katelyn McTaggart, Salina Mendez, Kate Mueller, Emma Newkirk, Caleb Parsons, Ami Patel, Ankit Patel, Jodie Powell, Clint Pray, Jenna Ripley, Allison Savoree, Dylan Schuler, Bhairvi Shah, Ruitvi Shah, Julie Snyder, Shane Snyder, Jessica Stone, Jessica Thompson, Ryan Torbet, Max Wallace, Jason Ward and Brodie Ziehr.
Honors: Cortney Adams, Emily Allhands, Jakob Anderson, Eric Benoit, Austin Blair, Robert Bolian, Teana Brown, Blake Burd, Carla Butler, Christopher Canady, Olivia Claire, Collin Clatterbuck, Devin Curry, Lucas Dart, Ethan Davis, Cheyenne Denoyer, Kaylee Denoyer, Morgan DePatis, Emily DeWitt, Jamie Dexter, Noah Dietchweiler, Cole Dittrich, Miranda Donahue, Alexandra Duden, Skyler Duran, Michael Ealy, Jasmine Easter, Christie Edwards, Cesar Garcia, Pedro Garcia, Alexander Gocken, Samantha Gooding, Leah Graham, Hayley Gray, Johnathon Gray, Richard Guynn, Christopher Hamende, Brandon Hanners, Zachre Hayes, Breanna Hedges, Alexandria Herder, Christopher Jaworski, Anthony Kiefer, Richard Kochel, Nathan Kunce, Aaron Lade, Brenna Leadingham, Christine Lentz, Haley Loeffler, Robertson Loeffler, Eric Love, Jake Lyznicki, Robert Marion, Noah McCann, Kayla Milar, Samantha Milar, Steven Miller, Cheyenne Miotti, Brock Myers, Noel Netzband, Heather Orland, Caleb Parker, Emily Perce, Sandibel Perez, Brittany Perzee, Dana Pfeiff, Madelyn Pfingsten, Elizabeth Poplawski, Raychell Poplawski, Summer Pournaras, Tyler Pyzdrowski, Alison Quinn, Neil Rhodes, Logan Schippert, Craig Schroeder, Mackenzie Schuler, Cody Scott, Alexis Shoemaker, Haley Shuper, Clayton Smith, Joshua Snyder, Samantha Snyder, Hugo Solorzano, Ashtyn Sorenson, Savannah Stevenson, Tyler Stichnoth, Adam Stoops, Colleen Suchy, Taylor Tatro, Christian Thomas, Patrick Tiffany III, Kathrynn Townsend, Tess Wadley, Joseph Walwer, Tyler Wielert and Brittany Williams.
<strong>Herscher High School</strong>
Herscher High School recently announced its second semester honor roll.
Ashley Absher, Victor Apted, Cecilia Azzarelli, Sierra Barwegen, Natalia Bebenek, Blake Becker, Blake Bisaillon, Paige Bradbury, Kelly Brant, Samantha Brown, Virginia Buckley, Drew Carriker, Michaela Chapman, Ian Charter, Samuel Christiansen, Garret Clevenger, Nicole Collins, Allison Cox, Mark Cox, Matthew Daly, Trey Datweiler, Jeremy Daverin, Marie Denault, Jared Devine, Clayton DeYoung, Danielle DuMontelle, Arielle Dykstra, Michael Engelman, Meghan Foltz, Gino Galeaz, Thomas Gifford, Lauren Grosso, Justin Guimond, Nicole Hart, Sydney Hartman, Miranda Hisel, Kurtis Hoekstra, Landon Hoffman, Aimee Horvath, Ashley Hutson, Abigail Jackson, Megan Kates, Marissa Keating, Katie Kirchner, Michelle Kelina, Emily Knox, Tess Layton, Spencer Limbach, Patrick Long, Allison Lovell, Amelia Maciejewski, Allyxis Mahoney, Kelsey Makkay, Andrew Marcotte, Kyle Mau, Heather Meier, Ashley Meister, Garrett Muhlstadt, Jamie Neven, Larrin Nottke, Kelsey O'Brien, Matthew Olson, Katelynn Papineau, Seth Patchett, Deanna Perkins, Brandon Petry, Ryan Phillips, Ian Powell, Dania Pristach, Meredith Rennewanz, Jonathan Reynolds, Josie Rigsby, Jordan Ruckman, Justin Ruckman, Devin Runner, Deysi Sanchez, Cameron Schwark, Victoria Sellers, Darlene Settles, Grace Shermer, Brett Sparenberg, Allison St. Aubin, Paige Stewart, Amanda Stock, Thomas Sullivan, Carter Tibbs, Colin Tibbs, Austin Tripam, Jyllyan Trumble, Olivia Volkmann, Danelle Wagner, Hayden Ward, Matthew Webber, Carly Wenzelman, Lukas Wenzelman, Caleb Wepprecht, Stephanie Williams, Hannah Wolles, Andreana Zelles;
Austin Bauer, John Bauman, Cassidy Bonnell, James Brandt, Loryn Bruer, Luke Brychta, Kyle Burton, Cody Cadle, Caroline Chavers, Christa Deatherage, Adrianna Denault, Hannah DeYoung, Samantha DuMontelle, Alaina Elliot, Jamison Ferguson, Paityn Fiets, Sara Fortin, Matthew Fritz, Jessica Grove, Matthew Guimond, Tailor Harms, Anastasia Hertz, Molly Hertz, Nicolette Highland, John Hogan, Anna Jurevich, Joseph Kambic, Hannah Kelly, Jarod Kenton, Rebecka Kenton, Cody Kirchner, Kaelan Knepper, James Maass, Ryan Marcotte, Marissa Martin, Tyler McLellan, Austin Mendell, Trevor Merillat, Jessica Meyer, Braden Muhlstadt, Olivia Nagy, Terry Neubeck, Jacqueline O'Brien, Mackenzie O'Brien, Logan Orr, Megan Perkins, Taylor Prince, Morgan Quick, Evan Regez, Haelii Richey, Tyler Roggenburg, Michaela Ronstadt, Jennifer Rosenboom, Taylor Schafroth, Courtney Shields, Dalton Sproul, Daniel Sullivan, Morgan Thomas, Brooke Tobeck, Hillary Webb, Nathan Wenzelman, Abagail Wetzel, Aidan Witheft, Stacy Yoakum, Anne Zerebny;
Devon Alsip, Deven Astrella, Timothy Atkinson, Luke Azzarelli, Jenna Carruthers, Dylan Charter, Matt Clevenger, Kamren Coutee, Abigail Crane, Trenton Cruse Hetherington, Michael Daly, Celina Delgado, Taylre Devine, Lindsay Elling, Briana Fisher, Mikayla Fisher, Travis Fleischauer, Ericka Foltz, Sarah Ford, Anthony Fortino, Robert Frey, Jace Gaddis, Eva Griffin, Jase Hoffman, Skyler Howdeshell, Rebecca Jackson, Lauren Jensen, Rebecca Jensen, Dean Johnson, Morgan Johnson, Brooke Karraker, Victoria Kepplinger, Katelin Kibbons, Amy Kolesar, Morgan Luhman, Megan Mahoney, Jacob Makkay, Brandon Malone, Elizabeth Marcotte, Matthew Marcotte, Mackenzie Marquis, Addie Masching, Alexi Matthews, Zachary Mau, Makayla McGrath, Dylan McGregor, Lauren Moody, Jamie Nicholson, Samantha Nottke, Donald O'Brien, Timothy O'Brien, Nathan O'Connor, Bake Patchett, Adam Resendez, Josephine Rosenboom, Derek Runner, Collin Salisbury, Mitchell Schwarzkopf, Zachary Simmons, Nicole Simpkins, Jacob States, Jude Stewart, Paul Stewart, Courtney Strahan, Emily Terrell, Macy Thomas, Mileena Tomasek, Elizabeth Turner, Emily VanGilder, Brice Wagner, Caroline Walsh, Catherine Walsh, Devin Ward, Victoria Webber, Colleen Wells, Nicholas Wheeler, Kate Zimmer;
Beau Adams, Colton Amerman, Melissa Armstrong, Austin Berns, Skylar Brinkman, Amanda Brozis, Noel Buhr, Coty Castongia, Gabrielle Cinnamon, Ryan Clausing, Michael Cooper, Mariellis Crain, Bianca Delgado, Emma Delong, Joseph Dorsey, Samuel Eutsey, Darcy Ferrell, Brooke Ferrias, Kiara Fields, Trent Fuller, Joseph Galeaz, Mitchell Geister, Sheila Gifford, Zachary Goodrich, Easton Haase, Ryan Hall, Isaac Harms, Logan Harrod, Taylor Hartman, Samantha Henderson McConnell, Alyssa Henderson, Emily Henderson, Amanda Hertz, Logan Hinton, Dana Hodgin, Rebecca Horvath, Leighton Howard, Ashley Hungerford, Nicole Hutson, Somar Jacobs, Darci Jepson, Jessica Jones, Olivia Kaskie, Morgan Limbach, Connor Lockwood, Dustin Love, Alexis Lovell, Jessica Maass, Taylor Manley, Ashten Masching, Benjamin McCarty, Bailey McLaren, Cody Merillat, Molly Mickelson, Abigail Middleton, Julia Mohler, Ashley O'Brien, Christian Offerman, Kayonna Pinto, William Pitkin, Brendan Powell, Samantha Powers, Wade Pritchard, McKenna Rainbolt, Maroly Ramos, Samuel Reifsteck, Brody Ryan, Monica Saathoff, Tai Schlaich, Jessica Strzelczyk, Trent Stuart, Nora Turner, Emily Volum, Colton Walter, Marc Warriner and Elizabeth Webb.