Trees in front of the school were all “TP’d.”
By 11 a.m. there sometimes was almost more toilet paper on the ground than in the trees. [Binnie photos]
By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
In the past it was often popular to toilet paper the trees at fellow high school students’ homes for Homecoming, but this year the focus seemed to be on the high school itself. As students and staff arrived for school on Friday, October 4, they found that essentially every tree or large bush in the front and sides of the high school had been toilet papered. While traditionally the goal seemed to be to cover each tree as thoroughly as possible, in this case the objective seemed to be how many trees could be minimally decorated. Approximately fifty trees were targeted.
Principal Brent Mansky and Athletic Director Justin Crandall displayed no irritation while cruising the campus in a golf cart to retrieve paper from the lawn on Friday afternoon. “They have to learn to do it better,” Mansky told The Banner. Noting how the perpetrators seemed to hit each tree only once, he continued, “Next year we’re going to make it into a competition between the classes; each grade will be assigned a section. They’ll have to clean up what’s on the lawn by Friday evening.”
Principal Brent Mansky (L) and Athletic Director Justin Crandall recovered paper from the lawn on Friday afternoon.
Justin Crandall demonstrating his mastery of the grabber
Editor’s note: The Banner wishes to thank Kay Robers for the news tip.
