The Covington Catholic Times Volume XXVII-Issue VI 1600 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Kentucky 41011 March/April 2015 (859) 491-2247 Page 2 Arts Page 4 Clubs Page 6 Student Life Page 8 Sports Mr. Bill Snyder Recognized for Years with Special Olympics Mrs. Jill Franxman Mr. Snyder began teach- ing at CCH in 2001 after 30 Covington Catholic High years in the business world dur- School is proud to announce that ing which time he was a partner Mr. William (“Bill”) Snyder was in two businesses and served recently chosen as the recipient of on the Boards of two banks and the Dave Hester Special Recogni- many community organizations tion Award from the Special Olym- including the Ft. Wright City pics of Northern Kentucky. Council. Prior to completing Mr. John Foppe, Special his undergraduate degree, Mr. Olympics of NKY Basketball Snyder attended seminary for Coordinator, and Ms. Jan Castle, two years and served four years Special Olympics of NKY Awards of active duty in the Navy. Mr. Coordinator, surprised Mr. Snyder Snyder was chosen Diocesan with the presentation of the award High School Religion Teacher at an all-school assembly at Cov- of the Year for 2013 and Hix- ington Catholic on March 27th. Mr. son Corporation Teacher of the Snyder was recognized for his fif- Year finalist for 2012. Mr. Sny- (L to R): Mr. John Foppe (Special Olympics of NKY Basketball Coordinator), Mr. teen years of leadership of the CCH der is a Covington Catholic alum- Bill Snyder, Ms. Jan Castle (Special Olympics of NKY Coordinator) Community Service Program. The nus (Class of 1964) and a graduate program, began by Mr. Snyder in of Xavier University (1987). He 2000, has enabled CovCath stu- teaches Religion and Psychology, dents to serve Special Olympics, and also serves as moderator of the as well as many other agencies and popular Fishing Club at CovCath. programs in the community. Aidan Donaghy Shows His Writing Talents at the State Level Robert Lilly tries from Cov- ington Catholic The writing abilities of have not al- Covington Catholic sophomore ways taken the Aidan Donaghy were recognized first place prize th March 20 , at the Kentucky Sweet but have been Sixteen Tournament at Rupp Arena known have in Lexington. Aidan won the pres- numerous en- tigious Secretary of State’s Annual tries placed Essay Contest. The contest is open in the top ten to grades 9-12 with a winner from throughout each grade level. The point of stu- the state. Mrs. dents entering essays is to get a feel Ruth was proud for the democratic process with the to have yet an- enticement of monetary prizes. other student from her class This year was the 26th year win accolades for the contest, and the prize was for their hard one $1000 for the winner from work. “Aidan each grade level. Each winner is a special stu- was presented a check form Sena- dent with vi- tor Alison Lundergan Grimes and sion beyond his her representatives. The prompt years. I am just for 2014-2015 was the interfer- happy to get ence and role of the media in elec- my students into these many com- Above: Aidan with Senator Alison LunderganGrimes. tions and if voters would be better petitions, so they can see that their informed if newspapers were still writing is important beyond Eng- loyal to candidates as in the past. lish class. “ Aidan is not the first win- Congratualtions to Aidan ner to come through the halls of for his hard work and to Mrs. Ruth Covington Catholic. Junior Coire for her endeavors with her stu- Ayres won last year, and Norb Wes- dents. sels in 2011. In years past the en- Arts/Entertainment Page 2 Rixton Bursts Onto the Scene Trevor Bowman who was born to be a lead singer. took all the burden and was His voice is catchy, and he is gifted the one hurting the most. Rixton is a new four-piece as an artist. These types of songs are group hitting the charts with their catchy in the pop world right first album Let the Road. They are The group as a whole is a now. Artists like Ed Sheeran a unique group who is from Man- pop band that has a likable style. and Sam Smith do similar chester, England. Their music is They do not want to be known as work to Rixton and those art- catchy, making them hot for the pop the new group in the music world, ists have seen much success. scene. but as the main group in the music world. The style of songs they cre- Rixton will continue Their first album features ate are songs that many people can their catchy songs and make one of a major hit singles from 2014 relate to, mostly songs about rela- the charts. This group is “Me and My Broken Heart.” This tionships. In their song “Hotel Ceil- something to watch in their song reached all the way to number ing,” they sing about a failed rela- upcoming into the music in- 6 on the US charts. Their success is tionship where the point of view of dustry. They will be in the no surprise with natural front man the song is from the person in the spotlight with this new al- Jake Roche. Roche is someone relationship that was the one who bum, and they hope that it will keep them in the spotlight. Strangers to Friends to Musical Duo Trevor Bowman up in the same row at the movie the- encouraging fun. The duo also is atre and ever since they have been currently on tour which begun on Kalin and Myles are two working together as a duo. February 17th and in throughout friends who have created something North America. unique with their talents and ear for Their style of music is Hip- music. Hop/Rap. The duo’s songs all have The duo is not hitting any dance beats and send off party top charts yet, but with their Kalin and Myles have not vibes. This type of style usually is house party music and up beat always been friends since they only a reflection of what the artists like songs they will catch some ears met in 2011. Myles was having a to do in their free time. Since Ka- soon. I would not be surprised if party at his house and one of his lin and Myles met at a house party perfect example of their style of after their first tour they are known friends brought Kalin along and the it is only fitting that their music music is their song called “Trampo- throughout the music world. duo met and instantly connected. A reflects house party type music. A line”, which is a dance song that is few months later they both ended McFarland USA a Box Office Hit Grant Guenther willing to give him a teaching job. the squad set their sights on a state ple because there are so many as- The family feels like they are un- championship. pects of the movie that help when McFarland USA is a movie welcomed into their community. a championship. This sports drama that was released in February about Suddenly, White has an epiphany The whole story is about is certainly one to watch. The jour- a historic cross country team lo- one day when he sees his students the struggle of these kids to go on ney is how they make it to the state cated in California. This movie was running from their early-morning to win back to back champion- championship since it is Disney, so directed by Nikki Caro and had farming jobs to school. They ran ships. On the journey there is fun, you clearly know they will some- many positive reviews with the star so fast that he thought they would romance, and angry parents who how win. Kevin Costner who plays the role of be amazing cross country runners. appear as obstacles. The budget the coach. In this inspiring Disney Soon enough, White is connecting for this movie was 17 million but The actors include Kevin sports drama of a true story, Kevin with his young charges, particularly has already made 35 million in box Costner (Jim White), Maria Bello Costner plays a high-school football a gifted athlete named Thomas, and offices to give them a huge profit. (Cheryl White), Morgan Saylor coach who ends up leading a cross- It is appealing to all types of peo- (Julie White), Martha Higareda country track team made up of poor (Lupe), Michael Aguero (Damacio Latino students to a state champion- Diaz), Sergio Avelar (Victor Puent- ship in the state of California. es), Hector Duran (Johnny Sameni- ego), Rafael Martinez (David Diaz), Jim White (Kevin Costner) and Johnny Ortiz (Jose Cardenas). finds his days as a football coach What makes this movie so good is numbered when an incident with the emotion behind it; every char- a player leads to him being kicked acter shows emotion in the movie from the school. In order to keep his to make the viewer love most of the family supported he finds a new job characters in order to be connected in California where he once again to the characters. The reason of its is a high school coach. This new success seems to be that there is no town is called McFarland, hence blank spaces in the movie and the the name of the title of the movie. fact that it is about a sport other than It is a rural town that is predomi- baseball or football yet still teaches nantly Latino and the only place great values.