‘Die Laughing’

MINOOKA – Seniors John Bond and Emily Kratz know what it takes to put on a top-notch performance on the stage in Minooka Community High School’s performing arts center.

Living in her shoes

Jessica Galang fulfilled a goal when she landed the starring role in Morris Community High School’s fall play “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

Hunnewell sticks with scouting, earns Eagle Scout rank

Nate Hunnewell, a senior at Morris Community High School, just earned his Eagle Scout in Troop 471.

Spontaenous Wisecracking

MINOOKA – Brian Quast was always a class clown in school. It’s only natural that, years later, he finds himself on stage with a group of individuals doing improv.

It was all in a day’s work for 15 area high students – running three miles carrying 25-pound backpacks, ducking grenades, crawling under barbed wire, scaling a seven-and-a-half foot wall, rescuing a hostage from armed bad guys, and even pulling a wounded officer through gunfire to safety.