Students, teachers rely on vehicles as ‘traveling homes’

Gracie Comer, Editor-in-chief|March 28, 2022

“These things show that I like to work on vehicles and it is not always in my own shop which is why I leave them in there incase I am away from home,” Downing said.

The vehicles of students and teachers at WHS often become traveling homes when their lives get busy. Many very active students have cars littered with sports equipment, clothing and the reminisce of many meals on the go.
“I am either at golf practice or my boyfriend’s house in Lincoln so driving 20 miles back home after school or practice isn’t really an option so I keep a lot of things with me to prevent this,” junior Ashley Spry said.
“I basically live out of my car. I spend most of my day away from my house and I am too tired by the time that I get home to carry anything inside,” English III teacher Abigail Bertz said.
“I usually go to the gym or play basketball after school so keeping things in my car that goes with that makes it a lot easier to just go and not have to worry about finding things,” sophomore Riley Taylor said.

Sophomore Riley Taylor
drives a 2011 Chevy Cruze
Things found in Taylor’s car: two basketballs, basketball shoes, air pump, paper towels, and clothes.

“These things are in my car because I love basketball and it just shows that I am almost always doing something involving that,” Taylor said.

Junior Anna Siegel
drives a Red Nissan Altima
Things found in Siegel’s car: Christmas Tree, golf clubs, a bow, the board game clue, and a lot of clothes.

“I definitely think the weirdest thing in my car is the Christmas tree,” Siegel said.

Junior Ashley Spry
drives a White Ford Focus Hatchback
Things found in Spry’s car: little bit of everything, socks, clothes, golf balls, golf clubs, first aid kit, hair ties, sewing kit and shoes.

“I think this says that I am always prepared for anything and also that I need to empty out my trash can,” Spry said.

English III teacher Abigail Bertz
drives a Buick Lacrosse
Things found Bertz’s car: lightbulbs, 3.5 pairs of shoes, bike helmet and bike gloves, lots of hand sanitizers, four pairs of earrings, sunglasses, a mug, and an empty old wallet.

“This says that my personality is that I work so hard during the day that I am exhausted by the time I get home,” Bertz said.

Junior Trevor Downing
drives Red Dodge diesel truck
Things found in Downing’s truck: tons of tools, a guitar, extra hoodies and clothes, and a couple bibles.