AUDIT REPORT -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Dept. of Education last week in an audit report of ICC Federal TRIO projects recommended that ICC be required to refund $204,622. ICC President Judith Hansen said she will contest the recommendations. The OIG said the recommendations were based on their findings that ICC "did not always administer its Federal TRIO projects in accordance with Federal regulations."

ADVISEMENT DAY -- Tuesday is advisement day at ICC. All students are to make appointments to meet with their advisors in the Field House that day. Advisement hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ENROLLMENT -- ICC’s fall enrollment is up slightly over last year, but down some 14 percent from the fall of 1999. According Dixie Scherlman, ICC full-time equivalency was 688 on Sept. 17, up from the 665 last year, and down from 803 in 1999. FTE is figured by dividing the number of credit hours being taken by 15. Total students enrolled for this fall is 1,017. Headcount last fall was 1,024.

UNEMPLOYMENT -- According to the U.S. Labor Department, American businesses shed 199,000 jobs in September. The was the biggest monthly job loss in more than 10 years. The nation’s unemployment rate, at 4.9 percent, is expected to show a big increase in October statistics.

QUEEN NEELAH -- Tara Olson, Fredonia High School senior, was crowned the Queen Neelah 2001 Tuesday night in ceremonies at Independence’s Memorial Hall. Molly Brown, daughter of ICC Instructor Ken Brown, was the runner-up.

LIFE EXPECTANCY -- Life expectancy in the United States has risen to an all-time high of nearly 77 years, while infant mortality has dropped to the lowest level on record, the National Center for Health Statistics said earlier this month. Life expectancy is 77.4 for whites, and 71.8 for blacks.

FHSU ENROLLMENT - Enrollment at Fort Hays State University is up 2.2 percent this fall over last year with 5,626 students enrolled. FHSU had 5,506 in the fall of 2000.

KU ENROLLMENT - The University of Kansas, with more than 28,000 students, enrolled 4,000 freshman this fall semester. Of the 28,000 at KU, 19,015 are from Kansas.

PUBLIC RELATIONS - According to news from the President’s Cabinet, ICC is looking a proposals to advertise on area billboards, and a PR campaign focusing on the college’s technology and technology offerings.

JOB OPENINGS - ICC will soon advertise for a foreign language instructor, cosmetology specialist and child care specialist.

By Mandy Smith, Buccaneer Editor

Independence’s Neewollah celebration is in full swing.

Neewollah, which is Halloween spelled backwards, is an Independence tradition that has grown tremendously since its start. Annually held the last full week of October, the celebration attracts thousands of out-of-towners for a variety of parades, concerts, and food stands.

The first Neewollah was held Oct. 31, 1919. According to an article from the Independence Reporter from that date, Neewollah was the first municipal Halloween celebration held in this part of the United States. The Independence Chamber of Commerce Civic Committee instituted a town-wide party in order to have a "sane Halloween" in Independence. The main concern was to keep unruly citizens from destroying property around town.

A success, the event was scheduled again for the next year. By 1922, Neewollah was known as the Kansas Mardi Gras. In 1923, a contest was held to officially name the event. Neewollah became the attention-getting winner.

Neewollah has made it through some rough times. The celebration took a brief break from 1931 to 1934 due to the Great Depression. World War II cancelled the event from 1936 to 1947. From 1950 to 1957, financial support to fund the festival was lacking.

Neewollah has expanded greatly since its debut 82 years ago. Instead of a one-night diversion from ornery Halloween pranks, the celebration packs activities into 10 days. Local talent is showcased in

musical productions. Past musicals have included "Oliver," "The King and I," "Peter Pan," and "Cinderella." This year’s musical, "Annie," kicked Neewollah off last Friday and ran through Sunday. Gary Mitchell, ICC instructor, played President Roosevelt in the play. Ray Rothgeb, ICC dean of instruction, appeared as a member of the president’s cabinet.

High school senior girls from the area compete for the crown of Queen Neelah in a talent review and coronation, which was held Monday and Tuesday evenings.

Big-name recording artists grace the stage for performances at the Memorial Hall. Previous acts got their start in Independence, including Roy Clark, a country music recording artist. This year Neewollah officials have contracted the country trio The Wilkinsons to perform Saturday night.

There are parades to fit everyone’s taste in the downtown area. Children dress in costumes for the Kiddie Parade while "kids at heart" participate in the adult version called the Doo-Dah parade.

The traditional Grand Parade includes a variety of colorful floats and bands. The Grand Parade begins at 11 Saturday morning. The parade will start at the corner of Penn and Chestnut and will travel south to Main Street, east to 6th Street, south to Maple Street, west to 9th Street and north to Laurel Street. Area high school marching bands will compete in the 23rd Annual Marching Band Competition following the parade at 1 p.m. at Shulthis Stadium in Riverside Park.

In recent years, a new contest was introduced called the Neewollah Medallion Treasure Hunt. The Neewollah Medallion is hidden somewhere in Independence and clues are given daily until it is found. Clues can be found in the Independence Reporter, at www.neewollah.com or at Neewollah Headquarters at 117 W. Main. The winner receives a cash prize. The hunt began October 17 with clues revealed at 3 p.m. daily.

All food stands and the carnival opened Wednesday in downtown Independence. The ICC Blue Notes band performed on the bandstand Wednesday. Tonight the Doo-Dah parade marches through downtown Independence starting at 6. Before the parade at 5 p.m., the ICC Trends will perform on the bandstand.

By Trish JuAire, Buccaneer Assistant Editor
and Jutaporn Gib Chaipornkaew, Buccaneer Writer

ICC students continue to watch and listen to the world news, keeping abreast of how the war on terrorism is progressing. Afghanistan continues to be attacked, but are Osama bin Laden and his cohorts attacking the Americans yet again, this time with anthrax through the mail?

President George W. Bush last week said the anthrax case have not been traced to bin Laden and/or the Taliban in Afghanistant, but added he "would not put that past them."

I talked to several students to see how they feel about what is happening. Many students at ICC face the possibility of going to war with U.S. armed forces, and/or know people who will.

Here’s what they say:

Justin Fields, freshman from Neodesha, does believe that the anthrax cases are related to the terrorist attacks. He isn’t concerned personally, but he is worried on a national level. Justin is registered with selective service, but said he would not quit college to go to war unless he is needed. (Presently, college students cannot be drafted.) Justin doesn’t believe it will come to that, though. He feels there is enough U. S. support that the terrorists have no chance of keeping up with it.

Justin Brown, freshman from Fort Wayne, Ind., also believes the anthrax is probably related to the terrorists. He is keeping up with what is happening, making sure that the U. S. is still bombing Afghanistan. He isn’t worried about a draft, but will go if necessary. His brother fought in Desert Storm, and Justin isn’t afraid to fight for his country. He doesn’t feel that this war will get to Kansas, specifically Independence. He thinks it is too small an area for the terrorists to mess with.

Daniel Williams, freshman from Fredonia, is keeping current as well. He believes the anthrax scare is a continuation of the terrorist attacks. "I think a few cases wouldn’t be suspicious, but the same scenario over and over shows it is definitely connected."

Daniel doesn’t feel that southeast Kansas needs to be concerned, probably none of Kansas. He thinks the Homeland Defense program will do it’s job and that is why he isn’t worried about the war getting here. Daniel thinks that President Bush is doing the right thing in pursuing the responsible

sible parties. He feels it could be a long campaign that won’t be over until Osama bin Laden is captured or killed. He does believe that keeping the terrorists busy dodging bombs is a good idea so they can’t get worse terrorist attacks going.

He is worried about Kansas being a target because of McConnell AFB in Wichita and the Wolf Creek Power Plant near Burlington. Daniel also felt that the federal buildings in Kansas City and Oklahoma City are vulnerable.

Vickie Hoover, sophomore from Fredonia, feels that if this is the terrorists’ idea of biological warfare, she isn’t too concerned because anthrax is basically treatable. She is more worried about what else they (the terrorists) may be working on. Vickie isn’t worried about any letters here, but if she worked in a mail processing place, her attitude would be different.

She isn’t worried about Kansas being a target because she believes the coasts and Washington D. C. are more likely to be hit. Vickie says that "bin Laden has been hampered by the attempts to freeze all bank accounts, but he isn’t frozen." She thinks he has supporters that no one knows about who have the funding and whose accounts have not been frozen.

Annie Stark, sophomore from Independence, says she is keeping up with the news on the terrorists. She isn’t convinced the anthrax is connected to bin Laden, but thinks it is possible. She also thinks it could be a different terrorist group not affiliated to bin Laden taking advantage of the situation. She believes a lot of people are overreacting to the anthrax cases, since it isn’t being passed to others by the victims.

Annie isn’t worried about the war coming here, but points out that we have been affected, and will be affected again, by the panic that comes with war and terrorist attacks, even though she does think that because Kansas is the center of the nation it may make an attractive target for the terrorists. She is a little worried that the terrorists would target this area to prove the they are after everyone, even average Americans, not just the government or big business areas.

As for President Bush, Annie thinks he is doing what needs to be done. "He is leading the country. He is sure of what he wants to do and knows that he is in a leadership position, which is good. He is keeping people who may not know what to do focused and keeping the people who believe we should bomb all Muslims in check. Bombing all Muslims is not the way to go."

Holly Thomsen, sophomore from Independence, feels for the people involved and the victims, she isn’t concerned personally. She doesn’t think the war will get to Kansas, but she admits it is possible that it could. Holly thinks President Bush is handling the situation pretty well except "he should have started the attacks sooner. As soon as we knew who was responsible, we should have started bombing them."

She thinks the anthrax cases are part of terrorism because of who and where have been affected, but she isn’t worried about her own mail. When asked if she thought Kansas might be a target for the terrorists, Holly wasn’t sure. "I don’t think there is enough population to draw their attention, but this is the middle of the country so they may attack here just because it isn’t expected."

She does believe the war will take a while because "even if bin Laden is dead, others will come in to take his place." She believes the only way to avoid future attacks is to wipe out Afghanistan. "I feel bad about the civilians who aren’t really involved, but sometimes you have to sacrifice a few to save the majority. Sometimes you have to worry about saving yourself first."

Andrew Whittley, freshman from Altamont, listens to the information on the news, but isn’t making sure to watch the news morning and night anymore because he thinks President Bush is doing a pretty good job. He thinks the anthrax has something to do with the Taliban and that Osama bin Laden is behind it. Andrew doesn’t think this will be WWIII, and isn’t really concerned with war getting here. He thinks terrorism has been contained on U. S. soil for the most part. He thinks the war will be controlled and remain mostly overseas, in Afghanistan. He is worried about the possibility of a draft in the future. Andrew is also worried that there is someplace local that could be a major target for the terrorists. "The ammunition plant in Parsons is a major producer of the tomahawk missiles."

Jessica Francoeur, freshman from Independence, is part of a military family, so she is very concerned with what is happening. She has a sister stationed in Japan who told the family that when the Sept. 11 attacks first happened, the base was completely shut down. "No one was let in or out of the base except the trash truck, which was escorted by military police." Jessica thinks the anthrax could be related, but she isn’t sure. She thinks the terrorists would choose something bigger, something incurable.

Jessica does believe that Kansas will be directly affected by this war. "During Desert Storm, the reserve unit from Cherryvale was the first to go." She also thinks this war will get much worse. Jessica does feel that President Bush is doing very well. "He’s great."

Catherine Ellis, sophomore from Neodesha, is still concerned about what is happening. She is frustrated with President Bush. "Bush hasn’t done anything really to get Osama bin Laden. He’s bombing the country, yeah, but what about bin Laden, the leader?"

Catherine thinks the anthrax is definitely connected to the terrorists. She feels it is being used as a distraction while they (the terrorists) plan their next big attack. She thinks the war will wind up all over the U. S. "The terrorists and the guys supporting them will eventually bomb, or try to bomb, the entire nation." She doesn’t think the heartland is a concern right now, but will be later in the war. What she worries about most is "this thing could turn into WWIII real quick and then everything is over."

Kaori Hiwatashi, 23-year-old student from Japan said "At the moment, the Japanese government is ready to support the U.S. by transporting and replenishing the goods. I think the biggest impact on Japan is that the new bill which is a measure for terrorism is about to be formed. Therefore, it will be possible for Japan to send self-defense force abroad when the combat will occur" she added.

Russian student Sergey Chernokov, 18, said " I don’t think the war in Afghanistan could be called a war against terrorism. The war in Afghanistan is an attempt not to lose the public support of the American society and world opinion. The Russian government has already given its support to the US., but it is just ideological.

In Russia, we have our own war against terrorism in Chechnia. Therefore, we have gained pretty good experience fighting terrorism. The USA will not accept Russian help for ideological reasons. The war in Afghanistan will not have an impact on my country."

Jutaporn Gib Chaipornkaew said I think living at ICC is a safe place for me, thanks to the small community, the terrorist won’t be interested in this area. My folks, however, want me to come back to my country, Thailand. First of all, they are afraid of the effect on living in USA. Even worse, they’ve seen the news about the bioterrorism and that makes them really worry about me.

By Jamie McManus, Buccaneer Staff Writer

Halloween, as we know it today, has stemmed from many different cultural practices and traditions.

According to the History Channels website, Halloween was first celebrated by the Celtic people 2000 years ago. They called their celebration Samhain, (pronounced sow-in) and it was celebrated Oct 31.

On the night of Samhain, the Celts believed that the world of the dead could cross over into the world of the living. They believed that the dead were free to roam the earth on this night. Costumes were worn when the townspeople would go outside. They hoped that the costumes would make the roaming ghosts believe that they were one of their own. This is one of the sources of where we got the idea to dress up on Halloween.

This night was also a night of rituals for the Celtics. They would build sacred bonfires so that the people could burn their crops and animals as a sacrifice to the wandering ghosts. The Celtic people believed that the presence of these ghosts allowed a clearer vision of the future to the Druids and Priests.

Trick-or-treating, another Halloween tradition, is believed to stem from England. Parades were held on a Halloween-like celebration called "All Souls Day". The poor citizens would beg for food at these parades, and they would often receive "soul cakes". The givers would hand out these soul cakes in return for the poor people’s promise to pray for the givers dead. The practice, then, was known as "Going-a-souling", and has evolved to "trick-or-treating", over the years. Eventually, the practice was taken up by children who would go to neighborhood houses. The children were given food, ale and money at these houses.

Another Halloween ritual that we do today, making Jack o’Lanterns, comes from an Irish folktale. According to www.jack-o-lantern.com , a stingy drunk named Jack was at a pub when he devil appeared. Jack offered the devil his soul for one last drink. The devil then turned himself into a sixpence in order for Jack to pay for the drink. Jack placed the sixpence into his pocket next to a silver cross, making the devil unable to change into his original form. Eventually, Jack freed the devil under the promise that he would leave Jack alone for another year. After the year was up, Jack tricked the devil again, this time the devil was lured into a tree, by Jack, to pick a piece of fruit. Once the devil was up in the tree, Jack carved a cross into the bark of the tree so that the devil was unable to come down from it until he promised to leave Jack alone for another 10 years.

When Jack did die, as legend has it, neither God nor the devil would allow Jack into their dwelling. Jack was then sent of into the dark night with only a lump of coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved turnip, and has been roaming the earth every since.

The Irish potato famine that swept the land in 1845-50 drove many Irish to the Americas. With them, they carried their tradition of the Jack O’lantern. Turnips were not as abundant in America, so the tradition shifted from carving turnips, into carvin pumpkins. The carved Jack O’lanterns are set outside of houses, with intentions of scaring off the wandering spirits of Halloween night.

This information was found at www.historychannel.com  and www.jack-o-lantern.com

By Trish JuAire, Buccaneer Assistant Editor

Jennifer Hackett, ICC tennis player from Independence, and Steve Brown, ICC football player from Kansas City, were crowned Fall 2001 ICC Homecoming Queen and King.

They were selected king and queen in a student election of five finalists. The remaining four finalists for queen were Emily Hamlin, Phi Theta Kappa president, Garden City; Jessica McKee, ICC volleyball player, Silver City, New Mex.; Courtney Feagler, ICC basketball player, Garrett, Ind., and Carmen Martinez, ICC softball player, Independence.

The four finalists for king were Marcus Walker, ICC basketball player, Kansas City; Steve Disbrow, ICC baseball player, Manhattan; Matt Escobar, ICC baseball player, Topeka, and Caleb King, ICC football player, Hodgenville, Ky.

The ICC Student Senate sponsored the contest and provided the flowers, crowns, and medals that were given to the finalists.

The 10 finalists were introduced during halftime of Butler County football at Shultis Stadium Oct. 13 by Dixie Schierlman, dean of student services. She gave a short list of the candidates individual activities at ICC. Immediately after the introductions, the winners were announced. As soon as the winners were crowned, the participants were hurried off the field for the second half of the football game.

The football game wrapped up the week-long homecoming celebration. Spirit Week was a week of theme days and had some students and staff dressing up for pajama day, camouflage day, 70’s day, Independence (red, white, and blue) day, and Pirate Blue and Gold day. A pep rally was held on campus Friday, Oct. 12.

Prior to the start of the football game, ICC sophomore football players and their parents were recognized in a brief ceremony. Various staff members escorted those players whose families were not present.

The ICC Pirate Volleyball Tournament was also held in conjunction with homecoming. The tournament was played Oct. 12 and 13 at the ICC Field House.

By Trish JuAire, Buccaneer Assistant Editor

ICC AMBASSADORS this year are, front, left to right: Emily Hamlin, Trish JuAire, Shannon Beason, and Sarah Sailsburg. Back, left to right: Ambassador Director Cindy Neises, Cortny Schlorholtz, Nick Hernandez, Shawna Ogden, Tony Friends, Cortny Prezel, Jason Decker, Courtnee Demo, Stella Quiel, and Joycelyn Shaver. Members not present for the photo were Ashley Parham, Graham Nesbitt and Kristi Brooks. (Buccaneer photo)

The ICC Ambassadors program is a scholarship program for students attending ICC. The program is under the direction of Cindy Neises. The goal of the Ambassadors, according to Ms. Neises, is to promote a positive image of ICC and to serve as role models, both at the college and in the community.

The group is also in the early stages of organizing a toy drive to benefit one of the local charities. Another idea was a costume contest for Halloween next Wednesday. The Ambassadors also served as ushers for the recent play in the William Inge Theater.

To become an ICC Ambassador, students must fill out a scholarship application and the student must maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average (GPA). After the application is reviewed, an interview with Ms. Neises is conducted. There are a limited number of these scholarships available.

As part of the scholarship, Ambassadors spend one hour each week helping Ms. Neises in her office. Duties may include preparing recruiting packages, which Ms. Neises takes with her to high schools, answering phones when Ms. Neises is out of the office, and helping organize the many responses from high school students requesting information about ICC. Ambassadors may be called upon to serve as an escort for a campus visit or to help other departments, as in the case of the play. The Ambassadors also meet once a week, to plan activities and report on the progress of any service projects.

By Trish JuAire, Buccaneer Assistant Editor

Are you hungry, but short on cash?

Do you want to feed about five people for less than $3 per person? Here’s a recipe that won’t cost a lot to make, doesn’t take a lot of time, and doesn’t require a cooking degree. I got this from my grandmother about two years ago.

This goes well with green beans and garlic bread. It’s called Spaghetti Hot Dish.

Here are the utensils you will need: A 10" skillet, large pan (to cook the spaghetti in), large bowl, and a 9 x 13 casserole dish. The ingredients you will need are: 1 ½ pounds of hamburger; one 10 oz. can each of tomato soup, cream of chicken soup, and cream of mushroom soup; one 10-12 oz. package of spaghetti; one green pepper, chopped; one onion, chopped; two stalks of celery, chopped; 1 ½ cups shredded cheese; one tsp. Chili powder.

It is always easier if you read the whole recipe through first, then start making the dish.

Preheat the oven to 350*. Brown the hamburger, green pepper, onion and celery in skillet. Drain the grease.

While browning the hamburger, cook the spaghetti according to the package. In the large bowl, combine all three cans of soup with the chili powder and shredded cheese. Add the drained hamburger and vegetables.

Mix this together. Add the cooked and drained spaghetti. Mix again. Pour this into the casserole dish. Cover and bake for one hour.

This dish will cost less than $10. If you serve it with a can of green beans and a loaf of garlic bread, the additional cost is less than $5. An added bonus is that you will have extra celery to fill with peanut butter, to use for snacks.

(Do you have a recipe you can share with ICC students? The rules are simple. It has to be easy to do, and be cheap. Send it to us in Room 101 of the Academic Building, and we will share it with Buccaneer readers. )

By Ryan Wade, Buccaneer Sports Editor

Larry Bale was hired a week before school started to teach math courses at ICC for the 2001-2002 school year.

If it had not been for the fact that he was remodeling his house this summer he would have taken a job offered to him by the U.S. Navy. The Navy wanted Mr. Bale to teach aboard the U.S.S. Nicholas in the Mediterranean Sea.

Mr. Bale was born in 1943. He was raised in Dewey, Okla., about 35 miles south of Independence. When he started college in 1961 he attended Miami (Oklahoma) Junior College before moving on to North Eastern Oklahoma University in Tahlequa.

He originally was going to be a music major, but changed his major to teaching about his sophomore year in college.

"I like kids. I like people period," Mr. Bale said about his reason for becoming a teacher.

After graduating from NEO he started teaching at Collinsville High School in Collinsville, Okla.

At the end of the 1966-67 school year he got a job teaching at Salina, Kansas.

When the 1967-1968 school year came around Mr. Bale had a new home in Caney. This time his home would be permanent. He taught algebra, geometry, and applied math at Caney from the fall of 1967 until he retired at the end of the 2001 school year.

In 1975 he left Caney to attend the University of Arizona. He attended classes at AU so that he could get his Masters Degree. In 1978 he graduated from the University of Arizona as a Master Scholar.

Mr. Bale is here for the fall 2001 semester and the 2002 spring semester.

He says he is undecided about where he’ll be after this year, or what he’s going to do when he gets there.

"My offer on the U.S.S. Nicholas still stands, but I don’t want to be shot at," said Mr. Bale about his options for next year.

By Jacqueline Cueni, Buccaneer Staff Writer

Stress is America’s number one health problem.

According to the American Institute of Stress, 43 percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects due to stress.

Stress comes in all shapes and sizes, and is so pervasive it seems to permeate everything and everybody.

Time magazine’s June 6, 1983, cover story referred to stress as "The Epidemic of the 80’s", as if it were some kind of new plague. However, numerous surveys confirm that the problem has progressively escalated since then. It’s hard to get through a day without hearing or reading something about stress.

Stress is anything that stimulates you and increases your level of alertness.

Life without stimulus would be incredibly dull and boring. Life with too much stimulus becomes unpleasant and tiring, the experts say, and may ultimately damage your health or well-being. Too much stress can seriously interfere with your ability to perform effectively.

The problem of stress can be caused from several major sources. Four of them are:

• Survival Stress: This may occur in cases where your survival or health is threatened, where you are put under pressure, or where you experience some unpleasant or challenging event. Here adrenaline is released in your body and you experience all the symptoms of your body preparing for "fight or flight".

•Internally generated stress: This can come from anxious worrying about events beyond your control, from a tense, hurried approach to life, or from relationship problems caused by your own behavior. It can also come from an "addiction" to and enjoyment of stress.

•Environmental and Job stress: Here your living or working environment causes the stress. It may come from noise, crowding, pollution, untidyness, dirt or other distractions. Alternatively stress can come from events at work.

•Fatigue and overwork: Here stress builds up over a long period. This can occur where your try to achieve too much in too little time, or where you are not using effective time management strategies.

You can recognize stress from physical symptoms such as a faster heartbeat, cool skin, cold hands and cold feet, rapid breathing, a dry mouth, a change in appetite, or aches and pain. Also, you can recognize stress from performance effects such as diminished ability, reduced enjoyment of work, damages of the positive frame of mind, frustration and temper or some people start to see difficult situations as a threat, not a challenge.

Making decisions in such situations is also not easy. The greater the stress, the greater the likelihood that a decision maker will choose a risky alternative.

The proportion of workers who reported "feeling highly stressed" more than doubled from 1985 to 1990.

Job stress is estimated to cost U.S industry $ 300 billion annually. 60 – 80 % of industrial accidents are due to stress.

The market for stress management programs, products and services was $ 9.4 billion in 1995, and increased to $ 11.31 billion in 1999.

The William Inge Festival Foundation announced the winners of the 2002 logo contest at a picnic held at Riverside Park on Oct. 13. The five finalists were notified earlier this month. They then made suggested revisions and resubmitted the entries. The logo committee felt that there were two exceptional logos; therefore, for the first time, two winners were chosen. One winner, Mike Johnson from Dallas, Tex., is a current ICC student. The other winner, Larissa Scammey from rural Independence, is a former ICC student.

Mike Johnson’s artwork will be placed on the Foundation letterhead and envelopes and will not be changed from year to year as the buttons and t-shirts are. Mrs. Scammey will see her logo on these items, as well as watermarked behind Johnson’s on the letterhead and envelopes.

Mike is a freshman art scholarship student at ICC. He was very pleased to be one of the winners. Upon completing his time at ICC, he will be transferring to university.

Mrs. Scammey earned her Associate of Science degree from ICC in 1998 and her Bachelor of Science Technology in Commercial Graphics and Printing Management with a minor in business administration. She works in Independence at Grass Roots Design Group and was "thrilled to be one of the winners."

The logo committee was William Inge Theatre Festival Director, Peter Ellenstein, his assistant, Shannon Neeley, William Inge Festival board member and ICC humanities instructor Ken Brown, ICC theatre instructor David Sherlock, ICC art instructor Janelle Null, ICC Public Relations Coordinator Lois Lessman, ICC receptionist Pearlene Barker, and Independence resident and sculptor Sharon Viets.