By Caroline Frey Staff Writer The community is coming together to support a Red Lion graduate, Brooks Argento, who is currently battling a brain tumor. Brooks, a 2016 graduate, was a former football player for the Lions, co-host of Hall Talk and an honor roll student. He was just starting his freshman year at Pennsylvania State University when something did not seem right with his vision. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Since then, he has been staying at Hershey Medical Center on the road to recovery. While he is there, the community has stepped up and is helping in every way possible.
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By Rachel Lau Staff Writer DaNica Shirey, 2007 graduate, is making a statement in song. As she progressed up the ladder of the show, “The Voice”, those who knew her at her alma mater remember her fondly as someone who loved to sing. Miss Katherine White, a math teacher at Red Lion High School had DaNica. She taught her CP Algebra 2, and had said she participated well in the class. “I knew she was into music,” said White, “she sang at the Apollo Center and cut me a Demo CD that was signed by her.” “I’m proud of her,” she said about the competition. Along with many other students and teachers from Red Lion, she was surprised to hear a past graduate was on a major singing competition. History teacher, Mr. David Danner also had the Red Lion star. He knew she was into music at the time bringing up that she’d take trips to singing camps. Danner recalled when he had her and she performed at the school’s talent show. “She crushed everybody, just anialated them.” He didn’t have much knowledge or interest in “The Voice” until he heard of DaNica’s audition and success. Flipping on the show, he didn’t recognize her, and he couldn’t get over her being on it. “Wow,” he said after watching her perform. “It was really cool having a Red Lion person on TV,” said secretary Mrs. Sindy Smeltzer. She knew DaNica from some of her visits to the office and knew that she was into music. “Her being on the show made it more interesting.” Smeltzer attended the latest concert DaNica performed at the Apollo Center. “It was awesome.” Not only was DaNica into music, but she was also interested in art. Mr. Dave Hopkins taught her drawing class. Last year, he had seen her at Lowe’s and she revealed she was going to audition for “The Voice”. “She’s the only reason I watch the stupid show,” he said. He loved her performance of “Radiohead” on the show. “It blew me away.” Danica progressed to the top 8, but missed the top five. She then returned to York to give a mini concert inside the Pullo Center, singing four songs that she prepared for “The Voice.” She sang Whitney Houston’s “I have Nothing” and Radiohead’s “Creep.” She also performed “Help Me” by Legendary Joni Mitchell and “Big White Room” by Jessie J. In the future, Shirey plans to work with Pharell Willilams, her voice coach from the show and play concerts locally, including ones at the Pullo Center early next year
“Temple was the perfect fit for me. It’s in the sixth largest media market in the United States,” he says. “There’s a lot of sports teams that can be covered and there’s always news coverage. It’s great because Temple is just in the middle of it all so you can get involved with many different opportunities.”
After being encouraged along with other classmates from the School of Media & Communication, the Red Lion Class of 2011 graduate was one of many students to submit their work to the NATAS Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards Committee in late May in hopes to receive an Emmy nomination. A few months later Otte received a message from a Temple studio worker that his submission had been nominated by the committee in the Collegiate Sports Production category. The video work Otte submitted highlighted former men’s basketball guard TJ DiLeo as a student athlete. Working together with reporter Tanya Hubbard, the submission also gave a behind-the-scenes perspective of the atmosphere of last year’s Temple Men’s Basketball team’s trip to the NCAA Tournament in Dayton, OH. Now with the nomination at-hand, the 2013 NATAS Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards Committee will host a dinner on September 7 to announce the winners within the various categories. “Although it is a huge honor to be nominated for this award, I unfortunately can’t make it to dinner because I’m previously committed to film a wedding on that same day,” explains Otte. “It is an accomplishment by itself to be nominated for this award. Either way, I’m very excited to see what the future holds.” Many say it’s Otte’s passion and dedication that got him to where he is today. “This would’ve never happened without Mr. Deprator and doing all the TV and video work I did in high school,” he says. “That’s how it all started.” |
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