Freshman Ben Everett of Stewart took first place after a cheer-off from the crowd and a nod from the judges. He received the large trophy awarded to Mr. Whitworth and the fame that goes with the title.
With six conference titles and four runner-up finishes this school year, the Whitworth Pirates won the NWC's most prestigious athletics trophy, the 2008 McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy, in recognition of athletic excellence.
Whitworth is set to spend more than $4 million on renovations, construction and maintenance for both current and summer projects. Projects include a new temporary parking lot, installation of new windows in Arend Hall, renovations of Westminster Hall and the Shalom Community Center, installing a new pool filtration system, expanding the track shed and resurfacing the gym floor in the Fieldhouse.
COMMENTARY: A tidal wave of memories sweeps away the cobwebs. You can see it all: the Loop, the squirrels, the broken hot cocoa machine. For a moment, you're back in the year 2007-2008, fragments of your life flashing through the hazy lens of memory...
In the fields around Arles whirly gigs and ferris wheels shimmer in sunshine and children's mirth. A ringmaster on a stage stirs the crowd unnecessarily: already, colorful people slosh about like an flooded ballpit. The rides and the midway say "Relax, relax, you're in Arles and they're coming, they're coming!"
Burtness lived life of faith, friendship
