Bicentennial Flag Presented to CHS
The Chesterton High School WDSO staff presented an Indiana Bicentennial flag on Monday, Dec. 5 to CHS Principal Jeff Van Drie. The station gave the flag as a gift to the school in celebration of WDSO’s 40th year of broadcasting and Indiana’s 200th anniversary of becoming a state on Dec. 11, 1816. Members of the staff are front, left to right, News Director Sami Bunning and Music/PSA Co-Director Eli Ontiveras. Back, Operations Manager Michele Stipanovich, Assistant Program Director Miles Jablonski, Promotions Director Justin Brinkley, Station Manager Matt Waters and Principal Jeff Van Drie. Absent from photo is Co-Sports Directors Simon Williger and Donovan Lawnicki and Music/PSA Co-Director Andrew Stolz.
Local Businesses Support School Music
The Brassie Golf Club and LanCam Inc., producers of custom golf carts, have once again joined together to assist the Chesterton High School Band Program in hosting the Indiana State School Music Association’s (ISSMA) Northern Regional marching band competition.
This event is the first level of competition for Northern Indiana marching bands wishing to make it to the ISSMA Semi-State level of competition, with the ultimate goal of qualifying for one of the ten highly coveted positions in the ISSMA State Marching Band Finals, held annually in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium.
“We’re very fortunate to have the opportunity to host this event for our state music organization. The revenue made from this one event satisfies a large portion of the total budget needed to field our own Trojan Guard Marching Band each fall,” said Director of Bands Mike Scheiber. “Since CHS has a rather large campus, and because we use almost all of it for the Regional, local support from The Brassie and LanCam Inc. has played a very important role in the operations of the event. We are very thankful for their help, as well as the many other local merchants that assist our program each year,” Scheiber continued.