Myra Tessmer is the daughter of Jason and Angela Smith, Lindsay and Christopher Tessmer. Throughout high school she was involved in being an officer of Future Business Leaders of America, a leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a National Honors Society member and the Student Council Senior Secretary within school. Outside of school she is the assistant manager and a waitress at Asianfy Bistro. She also attends Warsaw Assembly of God Church and helps to teach the children’s Sunday School. Tessmer plans to attend University of Missouri- Columbia to get a degree in neuroscience research and help to fix various neurological issues. What she is looking forward to the most next year is meeting new people. If she goes to her ten year reunion she hopes to have accomplished just finishing college and hopefully starting her career. A past teacher she’d like to thank would be, “Mrs. Spunaugle, she gave me helpful advice about college and taught me that stepping out of my comfort zone and meeting new people is a blessing, not something to worry over.” Her biggest achievement in high school was receiving a sponsored trip to New Orleans and France last summer to learn more about WWII history. Her favorite memory from high school is constantly being with her best friends and laughing until their stomachs hurt. What Tessmer will miss the most about Warsaw is how small and close the community is here rather than a big city. To celebrate the end of this era in her life she will be close with her friends and spend all summer together. If she could go back to freshman year she’d change trying harder in the beginning of high school. Her advice to a younger student is, “Do not procrastinate your senior year, everything goes by quickly.”
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Abbey Wilson, News Photography Editor
Senior Abbey Wilson is on her third year with the Wildcat news production. This year as a photography editor, she will be checking everyone’s stories to make sure they have their photos and captions as well as making sure photo assignments are set. She decided to stay on staff again because with it being her senior year, she wanted to keep going with writing and photography because she’s passionate about it. In her free time Wilson enjoys running, spending time with her family, traveling, working, watching “Gilmore Girls” and listening to music. What she loves the most is working towards her goals for the future and being a big sister to her four siblings. After high school, Wilson hopes to go to State fair Community College or Missouri State University to major in social work and minor in journalism.
