This action has backfired on the school administration since it has further polarized many Minonk residents, many of whom were for the consolidation in the first place. Wenona has displayed their trophies in their library and Toluca has displayed their trophies in the bank basement. They made their choice. Minonk residents should be allowed to make their choice as well. It is not unreasonable for Minonk residents to want their trophies displayed in the Fieldcrest gymnasium where most of these trophies are won.
Trophies belong in a place where they can be viewed easily and in the proper context.
A case can be made that trophies from all the communities should be displayed in the Fieldcrest gymnasium. Not only is it the proper place but it also allows the trophies to be more easily seen and can be a source of inspiration for the present Fieldcrest players to try to live up to the great teams of the past. With the departure of Dr. Capassso as superintendent and with a new incoming school board, now is the time to adopt a new philosophy and bring the trophies out of the bus barn and back into the gymnasium where they belong.