Photographer - Miranda Little After the Sophomores beat the Freshmen in their Macho Volleyball game, the Juniors and Seniors got ready for their turn. The Seniors brought in a victory for their class. They are now officially undefeated and have a 4-0 record!
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Writer/Photographer - Miranda Little A little over a year after the U.S.A’s initial lockdown for COVID, Le Roy High School held their homecoming parade on Sunday, March 14th, the day before homecoming spirit week began. While the parade was not as long as past years’ parades have been, students and families alike were excited to partake in the event. The parade started off as most of Le Roy’s parades do with the Le Roy High School Marching Band. They did a rendition of One Direction’s “Drag Me Down.” Following the band was the Le Roy High School Cheerleading team, who was followed by this year’s homecoming court. Each pair rode in their own car with signs detailing which pairs were which. The pairs went in the following order: Morgan Shreves and Ty Egan, Emmy Tarr and Kamrin Givens, Colin Griffin and Maren Graybeal, Abby Anderson and Nathan Perry, and Angelika Campbell and Logan Petersen. Closing out the parade, the homecoming court was followed by many groups, including the Le Roy High School Football team, the Le Roy Junior Football team, the Le Roy High School Volleyball team, Le Roy’s Ambulance and Fire departments, and many others. The parade was a fun time for marchers and viewers, but this event is just the tip of the iceberg for this week. Sunday night at 5 p.m was the Freshman v.s Sophomore Macho Volleyball Game, and at 6 p.m Junior v.s Senior Macho Volleyball Game. Wednesday night will be the Homecoming Court King and Queen announcement with the Powder Puff Game happening right after. The powder puff game will be open to all who wish to come, so stop by and watch to support our panthers at the fun game. Writer/Photographer - Lily Monigold Yesterday night, the Freshmen and Sophomore boys faced off in a game of volleyball to see which class would win. This event followed right after the parade, and kickstarted the homecoming week. The only spectators allowed to this game were the Freshmen and Sophomores that were not playing in the game. However, the game was streamed on NFHS. The Freshmen were all decked out in green, and the Sophomores were decked out in yellow. The Freshmen side was coached by Mrs. Loy. On the Sophomore side, Mrs. Cooley coached the team. Starting off with the first game, the final score was 25-19 with a victory for the Sophomores. However, in the next round the Freshman beat the Sophomores 25 - 6. In order to break the tie, one more game out of 15 points had to be played. Many of the boys from both sides had some really good serves and returns. Noah Company, for instance, got the Sophomore team ahead with points with his powerful serves. The Freshmen boys were not able to hit them back. After going back and forth between points, the Sophomores finally won 15-13. The two teams were fairly evenly stacked, and there were intense moments of uncertainty on who would bring home the victory. The Macho Volleyball boys weren’t the only ones having a good time. The other class members, most of them being the class’s girls, were standing in the bleachers cheering on their classes. They got into the game; for instance, the Freshmen girls had some great cheers like ‘Go Bananas,” and the Sophomore girls had yellow towels to wave around in the bleachers. After the Sophomore’s victory, the rest of the Sophomore class gathered around the players and cheered them on for their win. Quickly after the game, both classes had to clear out for the Junior and Senior game. Macho Volleyball was a great way to get the high school hyped up for the week to come. Be on the lookout for the news to come on Powder Puff, spirit week days, and more fun homecoming activities this week. Macho Volleyball Games: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/leroy-high-school-leroy-il/gama3a155974e Getting to do the musicals
What things you are looking forward to after graduation? Being able to move out so I can get a cat Who is your favorite band/musician? Beartooth What is your favorite food? Goldfish Crackers What are your plans for after graduation? I plan on pursuing a BSN at Parkland If you're going to college or trade school, what's the name and where is it? Parkland Community College in Champaign, IL What is your favorite subject/interest? Science Interesting facts about yourself/anything else you would like to say? I still can't spell the word "restaurant" correctly on the first try Writer - Lily Monigold
Right now, there are a lot of debates about whether or not the minimum wage should be raised to $15 an hour. This is the question that everyone is trying to answer right now: would raising the minimum wage, potentially to $15 per hour by 2025, be a good thing or a harmful thing? There is no right or wrong answer to this question as it is entirely based on an opinion. This is an opinion and topic that is important to care about and pay attention to right now because this is a debate that is happening amongst our government at this moment. For instance, at the start of 2021, 20 different states raised their minimum wage. They all varied on how much they increased. Illinois went from $10 to $11, while Minnesota only increased by 8 cents -- $10 to $10.08. However, the federal minimum wage has been at $7.25 an hour since 2009. The state that currently has the highest minimum wage is California at $14. Washington DC’s minimum wage is $15, but is not considered a state. The states with the lowest minimum wages are Wyoming and Georgia; they are both at $5.15. Since they have to follow the federal minimum wage, however, most are paid $7.25 per hour. If you have a job that pays minimum wage, you may be thinking “of course I want the minimum wage to go up; I will make more money!” While it sounds like an obvious answer, there do happen to be negative consequences. For example, if the minimum wage is raised to $15, then some places may have to lay-off some employees. Then those fired employees definitely won’t be making a wage that is livable. The 2019 CBO report states an estimate that 1.3 million jobs would be lost if the minimum wage is raised to $15 an hour by 2025. It would cost more money for small businesses to pay their employees and this could really impact them. To continue, since small businesses would have to pay their employees more, they may have to increase their prices. This could result in just adding to the inflation already going on. Many argue that doing this would just increase salaries overall; which would then increase prices of goods and services overall. Inflation and loss of jobs are two big issues that would occur if/when minimum wage is raised to $15 an hour. These are some large issues. However, the positives, depending on your opinion, may out-weigh the bad. For instance, the main argument as to why minimum wage should be raised is because it would improve the standard of living. This means that more people would have an appropriate amount of money to live off of comfortably. A 2019 CBO also estimates that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2025 would result in an improvement of standard of living for 17 million people; bringing 1.3 million people above the poverty line. A higher wage could also generally improve employee morale. Workers may put more work into their jobs when making a higher salary. If someone is working a job that isn’t earning them enough to live comfortably, it may discourage them from working as hard as they can in their jobs. Lastly, raising the minimum wage would also have a positive effect on the economy. It would boost it because consumer spending goes up when people have more money to buy things. This then stimulates the economy. To recap, the main benefits of raising the minimum is an improved standard of living, higher employee morale, and the growth of the economy. As you can see, there are extremely valid points on both sides of the argument. This is what makes the decision so tough. Most likely, however, the near future will involve seeing a gradual rise in the minimum wage. It is only then when we will truly see all of the positives and negatives that this will have. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/business/minimum-wage-2021-states/index.html https://www.paycor.com/resource-center/minimum-wage-by-state https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090516/what-are-pros-and-cons-raising-minimum-wage.asp#:~:text=Opponents%20of%20raising%20the%20minimum,and%20resulting%20in%20job%20losses |
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