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South Students Commended Maine South was pleased to learn that seven members of the Class of 1993 have been selected as Letter of Commendation Winners from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students are Cristine Cassin, Ann Gortner, Christine Mytko, Anna Nommensen, Ryan Sipkovsky, Matthew Smolka, and Kyung Yoo. Throughout the nation, 35,000 students were commended for their exceptional performance on the 1991 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), that they took last fall as Juniors. Over one million students took the test, and the Commended Students have shown their accedemic prowess by placing among the top five percent of all high school students who took the test. However, their scores were slightly below the level that was required to be named a Semifinalist so they will not be able to continue in the 1993 competion for Merit Scholarships.
Student Council holds '92 food drive by Joel Gregie Once again, Maine South will be holding the annual Student Council sponsored food drive. It will be held during the week of November 16th-20th. The food drive will be conducted the same way as it was last year, with a competition between the four classes. The competition will be done on a point system, with each cent counting as one point. For instance, a dollar is worth 100 points, while a quarter is worth 25 points. However, pennies are worth negative points, to be placed in opposing classes' containers. Canned goods are worth 25 points each. Throughout the week, there will be containers in the cafeteria during lunch periods, in which to place donations. The class with the Jiighest total amount of points at the end of the ^eek, will be awarded with the Spirit Trohpy. Last year's drive, was the most successful food drive in Maine South history, in which over S5000 in donations were collected. The class of '94 was the winner with 194,091 points, and they will be looking to defend their
victory. Student Council Social Chairperson Linda Hermes, coordinator of this year's food drive, commented, "I hope this year is even more successful than last year. We are looking for another record turnout, and we strongly encourage and hope that everyone will participate."
The proceeds of the drive will be donated to three charitable organizations. They are the Maine Township Food Pantry which assists those in need in Maine Township, the Marillac House which helps the less fortunate on the west side of Chicago, and the Little Sisters of the Poor in Palatine which gives aid to the elderly poor.
South holds largest ever golf outing by Joel Gregie On Wednesday, October 28, Maine South, held it's annual intramural golf tournament at Lake Opeka, a 18 hole, par 54 golf course in Des Plaines. Mother Nature cooperated by giving the participants a beautiful fall afternoon with temperatures in the low sixties, with hardly any wind, and only few clouds in the sky. A record 52 students participated this year which "suprised and pleased" Maine South physical education teacher, and resident golf guru, John Riccitelli. "I was very happy about
the very large turnout, " he commented. Bill Ventruini and Scott Edwards were the winners of the boys' tournament, and Kelly Reaney and Abigail Foster were the winners in the girls' division. The winners were presented with special "Inu^amural Campion" Tshirts. Abigail Foster talked about her victory. "1 was really surprised and excited since it was my first time golfing on a real course. Plus, I didn' t know how I was going to do since 1 was using my grandfather's clubs." Co-winner Kelly Reaney said, "It was a lot continued on page 6