May 2023 | Volume 13 | Issue 12
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Local seniors reflect on high school careers, future plans By NEAL EMBRY rom leading a championship soccer team to learning to weld to representing the state of Alabama on the national stage, the Class of 2023 in Homewood has an impressive resume. In honor of this year’s senior class, The Homewood Star is featuring two Homewood High School seniors and one senior from John Carroll Catholic High School.
MADDIE MASSIE
Maddie Massie has been playing soccer since she was 3 years old. Now, as she wraps up her time at Homewood High School, she’ll finish as a two-time captain, two-time state champion and one-time runner up.
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Photo by Erin Nelson.
Right on target: John Carroll’s Veronica Walker excels in archery
Veronica Walker, 16, a sophomore at John Carroll Catholic High School, practices at the Hoover Archery Park. Walker has been selected to be part of the Southeastern Regional Elite Development Team through USA Archery. Photo by Erin Nelson.
By NEAL EMBRY A Girl Scout camp might have changed Veronica Walker’s life. When she was 11 years old, Walker, now a 16-year-old John Carroll Catholic High School sophomore, attended a camp and chose archery as one of her activities. After the camp ended, she told her mom she could not wait a whole year to pick up a bow again.
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So Walker joined the Hoover Archery Club, which allows anyone 9 years of age and older to join. The club shoots twice a week, which allowed her to learn more about the sport she had fallen in love with. “I recognized it was a very mental sport,” Walker said.
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Community Aid
A New Start
Nonprofit Food For Our Journey fills gaps to nourish stomachs, spirits and souls.
Ukrainian soldiers learn new sports and activities at the Lakeshore Foundation.
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