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MAY 30, 2008 SANDPOINT HIGH SCHOOL VOLUME 85, ISSUE 9 Senior Edition MAY 24, 2007 SANDPOINT HIGH SCHOOL KARINA OLSON Staff writer VOLUME 84, ISSUE 8 Excessive theft increases student awareness HANNAH V OGEL Dining Around Town LPO continued/page 2 Rising college tuitions require more decision-making The Lake Pend Oreille Altenative High School has been established for over ten years. It teaches grades 7-12. It runs on a block schedule, and requires 52 credits to graduate. It has142 students and 18 teachers. And, a day care. It’s where the “bad kids” go. At least as far as many Sandpoint High School students are concerned. When discussing the school’s reputation, principal Rick Dalessio, who left his job as SHS vice principal to take the position, said, “There are kids with drug issues, kids on probation, the young ladies who are pregnant. We run the gamut on issues other than academics, certainly. But you would have to define ‘bad’ for me. I wouldn’t say ‘bad’.” Indeed, that faction of SHS students might want to reconsider their biases. In the aftermath of recent school violence, our nation is turning its attention to catching these “bad” kids, and providing them support before they fall through the system. “There’s definitely a place for an alternative high school, for kids who don’t fit in, who are falling though the cracks. I think there could still be 100 kids at Sandpoint High who could do better here,” Dalessio said. With a student/teacher ratio of about 8:1, as compared to SHS’s 16:1, LPO makes it part of its mission to furnish smaller classes, provide students with more individual attention and time with teachers, and more hands-on activities in classes. Dalessio debunked the popular misconception that students can graduate more quickly at the LPO for the Cedar Post. “I thought that when I first came here too,” Dalessio said, “But if you were look at our credit requirements, you would find that they are exactly the same. We can allow students a chance to catch up, with night school or summer school. But it would be just as difficult to graduate early here as at Sandpoint High. You couldn’t come in as a sophomore and graduate in a year or anything.” In addition to offering night school and summer school courses, the LPO also offers a childcare facility, specifically for enrolled young mothers; a day treatment facility, for highly emotionally disturbed students, and an advisory class in the morning, that functions similarly to a home room, but focuses on dealing with problems, issues, and social skills. “The LPO gives these kids a chance to fit in better, to not be labelled. There aren’t as many LEIGH LIVINGSTONE n LIFE IS GOOD: Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School Student Brandon Ferguson holds fellow student Crys- tal Kelley’s son Anthony outside the school as other students are heading to class. SAMANTHA MAY Restaurants continued/page 2 Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School provides positive options W ith rising college tuition costs it is getting harder and harder to afford to go to college. Many students are finding that money is making the decision more difficult. Senior Danny Roop was accepted to University of Washington and University of Idaho. He was offered $15,000 in scholarships to University of Washington, but the cost could have been $18,000 a year. “I can go to University of Idaho and pay $5,000 after all scholarships,” Roop said. “I couldn’t justify paying that much [$15,000 at University of Washington] when I would basically have no tuition going to University of Idaho.” According to the American Council on education, the average private four-year college costs $21,235 annually. Public four-year colleges average $5,491. “Tuition is affecting my decision a lot,” senior Stephanie Bell said. Bell is deciding between University of Montana and University of Idaho. After the scholarships, University of Montana costs $10,000 and University of Idaho would be almost free. “If they were the same price I would not consider University of Idaho,” Bell said. Some students are finding that scholarships can help make the price much more affordable. Senior Pete Gibson was deciding between Redlands, Sacramento State, and Fort Lewis. “I went down and did music auditions,” Gibson said. He received $10,000 in scholarships for music and $5,000 from the school. He also got $5,000 through FAFSA and $2,500 worth of work guaranteed. “It makes it enough that it would be like going to BSU,” Gibson said. Senior Luke Foster received two years of full tuition from Utah State University. The non-resident dean scholarship he received convinced him that Utah State was where he wanted to go. “Price was not a very big factor because I didn’t want to end up somewhere that sucked,” senior Emma Millar said. Staff writer RYAN WILLIAMS ” A culinary scene unprecedented in Sandpoint’s history gives residents diverse choices Sandpoint’s culinary scene is booming and has something for almost all tastes. Over the past decade or so the dining experience has evolved from strictly meat and potatoes (though there is still a lot of that as well) to Mexican, Thai, Vegetarian, Organic, Sushi and fusion foods. The restaurant business, driven by tourism and local enthusiasm for new and exciting dining spots, has led to a boom in niche restaurants that infuse local character with exciting flavors and ingredients to enhance the dining scene in downtown Sandpoint. Old Icehouse Pizzeria: In recent months, since the unfortunate closure of Ricardo’s there has been a severe, almost fatal lack of New York style pizza in this town. However the Old Icehouse, a six-year staple in Hope, has a new location at 321 Oak Street (next to the old Joel’s location). The restaurant will offer pizza by the slice, pizza pies, calzones, breads, pastries and fresh, organically grown vegetables. Many of the ingredients used are organic or locally grown. “I make my own dough, I try to use market produce and I have a greenhouse. I like to trade with people at the Farmer’s Market,” owner Bear said. “All of our dough is fresh and hand tossed, it’s very hand crafted.” The combinations offered on the menu are unique and offer something for every pizza lover whether meat, meat and more meat is your flavor or veggies do the trick. The offerings include more traditional options and other less conventional combinations. how teenagers deal with the issues of title IX Club V. School Sandpoint’s Junior girls compete for scholarships On With the Show: page 6 page 9 Staff writer n FLAMBÉ: Chef Gabe Cruz prepares Southern-inspired food at Cafe Trinity. Annual Junior Edition We focus on fresh, seasonal flavors and change the menu a lot to fit the weather or the mood in the community. -Jennings Waterhouse Dulce Co-owner “ It is the unfortunate truth that here at SHS there are still students trying to gain for themselves by taking from their peers. Enough, in fact, to have stolen items being reported to campus officer Chamberlain about every other day. But there is not much variation in the items stolen or where they are taken from, allowing recovery and prevention to be achievable. “I’d guess we probably get 50-75 percent of electronics back,” Chamberlain said. According to Chamberlain, money and electronic devices are the most common things stolen. Patti Hulce, in charge of the lost and found for smaller items, said that about 20 percent of reported losses are returned. While money, harder to trace, is more difficult to get back, electronics are easier to find. “Things like serial numbers make them easier to get back,” Chamberlain said. “Some things are found, some things through investigation, some things are returned, some things,” he said, laughing, “mysteriously turn up on my desk.” Thieves backing out of stealing something is actually somewhat common at the high school, such as what happened to sophomore Jonas Cafferty. Cafferty said that he left his iPod plugged into the speakers in the weight room, then went into the gym, “and when I came back,” said Cafferty, “it was gone.” But it didn’t take long for the iPod to reappear, slipped under Cafferty’s P.E. teacher’s door with a “sorry” note on it. An important factor for preventing theft is to know where it is common, and in the case of SHS, there are definite areas where items go missing a lot. “Almost everything is stolen out of the locker room,” Hulce said. The other place that is hit a lot is the school lockers. But of course, simply protecting important items is also key to preventing theft. “I would recommend if you have anything that is valuable keep it on your person,” Chamberlain said. “Lock it up.” Jounalism I contributor CHELSEA KARKDOKUS “My favorite pizza isn’t offered on the menu. I like garlic pesto sauce with spinach, shrimp and artichoke hearts,” Bear said. “But the cheese with basil is a good choice. The village or uptown are more non-traditional and the downtown is more traditional. I like all my pizza.” Dulce: The menu at Dulce is designed to fuse ethnic influences with traditional northwestern flavors, creating a constantly evolving menu perfect for light social dinners in a low-key lounge environment. “We focus on fresh, seasonal flavors and change the menu a lot to fit the weather or the mood in the community. We use a lot of wild game and local foods,” co-owner Jennings Waterhouse said. “We are constantly working on creativity and we all work as a team and travel a lot to get ideas from different cultures as well as locals.” Food offerings are diverse and include sushi, gourmet salads and unique seafood dishes with equally memorable names (such as the “Feisty Geisha,” which is a Kali roll with cherries and a spicy peanut sauce). New diners are encouraged to experiment with the sassy combinations and bond with friends over a unique, subtle banquet. Additionally to the regular menu appetizers are available from the adjoining Sandcreek Grill. The Point is fast becoming not only a Sandpoint dining staple, but also cultural hot spot. The Point has all the trappings necessary to become and icon: an eclectic, original atmosphere, wide target audience and genuine note-worthy accomplishments (such as providing the insomniacs of Bonner County with delicious and healthy late-night provisions). “No late night food in Sandpoint was really upsetting to me because I stay up until 4 a.m. every night,” Point owner Jules said. “So for me no to be able to get food after 9 p.m. is well, upsetting.” The Point, while being delicious, is also responsible. Responsible in the sense that everything that goes into a Point burger is balanced to taste amazing and remain healthy. The Point understands (unlike some “fast food”) that healthy customers live longer and buy more burgers. “Hamburgers are surprisingly a balanced meal. They’ve got fat, but some fat is good and it’s good proteins and carbs and some veggies balanced with the healthy fats,” Jules said. “We support organic agriculture and use organic greens and pesticide-free buns and buy this really great pesticide and hormone-free meat that’s fresh, not frozen, from Oregon that comes off of steak cuts. It’s quality hamburger. Our food leans towards really healthy.” The Point offers traditional burgers as well as a vegetarian patty. Fresh ingredients and toppings are offered to mix and match. HEATHER ALLEN
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On With the Show: C Helsea K arKdOKus H annaH V Ogel Annual Junior Edition K arina O lsOn Club V. School r yan W illiams VoluMe 84, iSSue 8 n LifE is good: Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School Student Brandon Ferguson holds fellow student Crys- tal Kelley’s son Anthony outside the school as other students are heading to class. Jounalism I contributor how teenagers deal with the issues of title IX Sandpoint’s Junior girls compete for scholarships Staff writer Staff writer Staff writer
Transcript of May 2007 pdf
May 30, 2008Sandpoint HigH ScHoolVoluMe 85, iSSue 9
Senior Edition
May 24, 2007Sandpoint HigH ScHool
Karina OlsOn
Staff writer
VoluMe 84, iSSue 8
Excessive theft increases student awareness
HannaH VOgel
Dining Around Town
LPO continued/page 2
Rising college tuitions require more decision-making
The Lake Pend Oreille Altenative High School has been established for over ten years. It teaches grades 7-12. It runs on a block schedule, and requires 52 credits to graduate. It has142 students and 18 teachers. And, a day care. It’s where the “bad kids” go.
At least as far as many Sandpoint High School students are concerned. When discussing the school’s reputation, principal Rick Dalessio, who left his job as SHS vice principal to take the position, said, “There are kids with drug issues, kids on probation, the young ladies who are pregnant. We run the gamut on issues other than academics, certainly. But you would have to define ‘bad’ for me. I wouldn’t say ‘bad’.”
Indeed, that faction of SHS students might want to reconsider their biases. In the aftermath of recent school violence, our nation is turning its attention to catching these “bad” kids, and providing them support before they fall through the system.
“There’s definitely a place for an alternative high school, for kids who don’t fit in, who are falling though the cracks. I think there could still be 100 kids at Sandpoint High who could do better here,” Dalessio said.
With a student/teacher ratio of about 8:1, as compared to SHS’s 16:1, LPO makes it part of its mission to furnish smaller classes, provide students with more individual attention and time with teachers, and more hands-on activities in classes.
Dalessio debunked the popular misconception that students can graduate more quickly at the LPO for the Cedar Post. “I thought that when I
first came here too,” Dalessio said, “But if you were look at our credit requirements, you would find that they are exactly the same. We can allow students a chance to catch up, with night school or summer school. But it would be just as difficult to graduate early here as at Sandpoint High. You couldn’t come in as a sophomore and graduate in a year or anything.”
In addition to offering night school and summer school courses, the LPO also offers a childcare facility, specifically for enrolled young mothers; a day treatment facility, for highly emotionally disturbed students, and an advisory class in the morning, that functions similarly to a home room, but focuses on dealing with problems, issues, and social skills.
“The LPO gives these kids a chance to fit in better, to not be labelled. There aren’t as many
leigH liVingstOne
n LifE is good: Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School Student Brandon Ferguson holds fellow student Crys-tal Kelley’s son Anthony outside the school as other students are heading to class.
samantHa may
Restaurants continued/page 2
Lake Pend oreille Alternative High school provides positive options
With rising college tuition costs it is getting harder and harder to afford to go to college. Many students are
finding that money is making the decision more difficult.
Senior Danny Roop was accepted to University of Washington and University of Idaho. He was offered $15,000 in scholarships to University of Washington, but the cost could have been $18,000 a year.
“I can go to University of Idaho and pay $5,000 after all scholarships,” Roop said. “I couldn’t justify paying that much [$15,000 at University of Washington] when I would basically have no tuition going to University of Idaho.”
According to the American Council on education, the average private four-year
college costs $21,235 annually. Public
four-year colleges average $5,491.“Tuition is affecting my decision a lot,”
senior Stephanie Bell said.Bell is deciding between University of
Montana and University of Idaho. After the scholarships, University of Montana costs $10,000 and University of Idaho would be almost free.
“If they were the same price I would not consider University of Idaho,” Bell said.
Some students are finding that scholarships can help make the price much more affordable.
Senior Pete Gibson was deciding between Redlands, Sacramento State, and Fort Lewis.
“I went down and did music auditions,” Gibson said.
He received $10,000 in scholarships for music and $5,000 from the school. He also got $5,000 through FAFSA and $2,500 worth of work guaranteed.
“It makes it enough that it would be like going to BSU,” Gibson said.
Senior Luke Foster received two years of full tuition from Utah State University. The non-resident dean scholarship he received convinced him that Utah State was where he wanted to go.
“Price was not a very big factor because I didn’t want to end up somewhere that sucked,” senior Emma Millar said.
Staff writerryan Williams
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A culinary scene unprecedented in Sandpoint’s history gives residents diverse choices
Sandpoint’s culinary scene is booming and has something for almost all tastes. Over the past decade or so the dining experience has evolved from strictly meat and potatoes (though there is still a lot of that as well) to Mexican, Thai, Vegetarian, Organic, Sushi and fusion foods. The restaurant business, driven by tourism and local enthusiasm for new and exciting dining spots, has led to a boom in niche restaurants that infuse local character with exciting flavors and ingredients to enhance the dining scene in downtown Sandpoint.
Old Icehouse Pizzeria: In recent months, since the unfortunate closure of Ricardo’s there has been a severe, almost fatal lack of New York style pizza in this town. However the Old Icehouse, a six-year staple in Hope, has a new location at 321 Oak Street (next to the old Joel’s location). The restaurant will offer pizza by the slice, pizza pies, calzones, breads, pastries and fresh, organically grown vegetables. Many of the ingredients used are organic or locally grown.
“I make my own dough, I try to use market produce and I have a greenhouse. I like to trade with people at the Farmer’s Market,” owner Bear said. “All of our dough is fresh and hand tossed, it’s very hand crafted.”
The combinations offered on the menu are unique and offer something for every pizza lover whether meat, meat and more meat is your flavor or veggies do the trick. The offerings include more traditional options and other less conventional combinations.
how teenagers deal with the issues of title IX
Club V. School
Sandpoint’s Junior girls compete for scholarships
On With the Show:
page 6
page 9
Staff writer
n fLAmbé: Chef Gabe Cruz prepares Southern-inspired food at Cafe Trinity.
Annual Junior Edition
We focus on fresh, seasonal flavors and change the menu a lot to fit the weather or the mood in the community.
-Jennings Waterhouse Dulce Co-owner
“
It is the unfortunate truth that here at SHS there are still students trying to gain for themselves by taking from their peers. Enough, in fact, to have stolen items being reported to campus officer Chamberlain about every other day.
But there is not much variation in the items stolen or where they are taken from, allowing recovery and prevention to be achievable.
“I’d guess we probably get 50-75 percent of electronics back,” Chamberlain said. According to Chamberlain, money and electronic devices are the most common things stolen. Patti Hulce,
in charge of the lost and found for smaller items, said that about 20 percent of reported losses are returned.
While money, harder to trace, is more difficult to get back, electronics are easier to find.
“Things like serial numbers make them easier to get back,” Chamberlain said. “Some things are found, some things through investigation, some things are returned, some things,” he said, laughing, “mysteriously turn up on my desk.”
Thieves backing out of stealing something is actually somewhat common at the high school, such as what happened to sophomore Jonas Cafferty.
Cafferty said that he left his iPod plugged into the speakers in the weight room, then went into
the gym, “and when I came back,” said Cafferty, “it was gone.” But it didn’t take long for the iPod to reappear, slipped under Cafferty’s P.E. teacher’s door with a “sorry” note on it.
An important factor for preventing theft is to know where it is common, and in the case of SHS, there are definite areas where items go missing a lot.
“Almost everything is stolen out of the locker room,” Hulce said. The other place that is hit a lot is the school lockers.
But of course, simply protecting important items is also key to preventing theft.
“I would recommend if you have anything that is valuable keep it on your person,” Chamberlain said. “Lock it up.”
Jounalism I contributorCHelsea KarKdOKus
“My favorite pizza isn’t offered on the menu. I like garlic pesto sauce with spinach, shrimp and artichoke hearts,” Bear said. “But the cheese with basil is a good choice. The village or uptown are more non-traditional and the downtown is more traditional. I like all my pizza.”
Dulce: The menu at Dulce is designed to fuse ethnic influences with traditional northwestern flavors, creating a constantly evolving menu perfect for light social dinners in a low-key lounge environment.
“We focus on fresh, seasonal flavors and change the menu a lot to fit the weather or the mood in
the community. We use a lot of wild game and local foods,” co-owner Jennings Waterhouse said. “We are constantly working on creativity and we all work as a team and travel a lot to get ideas from different cultures as well as locals.”
Food offerings are diverse and include
sushi, gourmet salads and unique seafood dishes with equally memorable names (such as the “Feisty Geisha,” which is a Kali roll with cherries and a spicy peanut sauce). New diners are encouraged to experiment with the sassy combinations and bond with friends over a unique, subtle banquet. Additionally to the regular menu appetizers are available from the adjoining Sandcreek Grill.
The Point is fast becoming not only a Sandpoint dining staple, but also cultural hot spot. The Point has all the trappings necessary to become and icon: an eclectic, original atmosphere, wide target audience and genuine note-worthy accomplishments (such as providing the
insomniacs of Bonner County with delicious and healthy late-night provisions).
“No late night food in Sandpoint was really upsetting to me because I stay up until 4 a.m. every night,” Point owner Jules said. “So for me no to be able to get food after 9 p.m. is well, upsetting.”
The Point, while being delicious, is also responsible. Responsible in the sense that everything that goes into a Point burger is balanced to taste amazing and remain healthy. The Point understands (unlike some “fast food”) that healthy customers live longer and buy more burgers.
“Hamburgers are surprisingly a balanced meal.
They’ve got fat, but some fat is good and it’s good proteins and carbs and some veggies balanced with the healthy fats,” Jules said. “We support organic agriculture and use organic greens and pesticide-free buns and buy this really great pesticide and hormone-free meat that’s fresh, not frozen, from Oregon that comes off of steak cuts. It’s quality hamburger. Our food leans towards really healthy.”
The Point offers traditional burgers as well as a vegetarian patty. Fresh ingredients and toppings are offered to mix and match.
HeatHer allen
For some staff members at Sandpoint High School, teach-ing is difficult when the attire of their students is less than
modest. “Does it [the lack of modesty] bother me? Oh absolutely! Why do you think I want to look at your butt?” English teacher Nancy Miller said. It is for this reason, which is to say the disruption of the educational environment, that compliance with the school dress code is so im-portant.
“They [the female students] look cute… I don’t think they look bad, it’s just that it [the immodest clothing] is not wanted in the classroom,” Sandpoint High School principal Dr. Becky Kiebert said. Desiring
to enforce the school dress code in a more effective way without being unreasonable, Kiebert asked fellow principals in north-
ern Idaho, Washington, and California how they dealt with immodesty.
“One of the suggestions was uniforms…I do not want uniforms; Oh my gosh, that would be awful,” Kiebert said. Kiebert also hopes to meet with parents, teachers, and even students in a forum where the question ‘What can be done for the dress code?’ will be answered.
“I’d like to get students with a variety of styles,” Kiebert said. Those who have any ideas about reasonable dress code enforcement
or those who desire to be a part of the meeting are encouraged to contact Kiebert.
LPO: continued from page 1
Page 2
May 24, 2007
Dressing DownSpring dress codes are requiring students to cover up despite changing temperatures
Jounalism I contributorRachel Kennedy
Beginning June 1st, cancer patients will no longer need to travel to Coeur d’Alene for Chemotherapy treatments, due to the North Idaho Cancer Center, which will be located at Bonner General Hospital.
“We started talking about it two years ago,” CEO of the BGH Cancer Center Sheryl Rickard said, “But we’ve felt a need for it for years.”
The Cancer Center is a satellite of the North Idaho Cancer Center in Coeur d’Alene.
It was made possible by the efforts of the administration from both Bonner General
Hospital and Kootenai Medical Center. “They got together and knew that there was a
need since patients had to drive to Coeur d’Alene to receive treatment,” Rickard said, “They wanted to provide services in Sandpoint.”
In order to make room for the Cancer Center branch, the hospital remodeled its first floor.
“We remodeled almost 5,000 square feet on the first floor,” Rickard said.
The center will be open Monday through Friday and Dr. Leavitt will be the Oncologist.
“It will really improve the patients quality of life,” Rickard said, “Most of those chemotherapy services will be able to be done right here in our community.”
Renovated cancer center will prevent wearisome travel
Staff reporterTaRa FulleRTon
“I’m really happy with it (The Point),” JULES! said. “It’s already been adopted as a staple in Sandpoint. I just love it. I feel really good about owning a quality restaurant and doing the community a service offering food at a good price.”
Oishii Sushi: For the beginner in sushi Oishii represents a grand opportunity to explore gradually with their offering of less-intimidating cooked rolls and tantalizingly fresh produce-fish combinations.
“Sushi is more than just raw fish, it refers to a type of rice.” Manager Junior Solis said.
“A lot of people are having sushi for the first time, and we offer a more fusion style, the reaction is just awesome,” Sushi Chef Cameron Courrubias added. “The more cooked rolls are the California roll (which is a mixture of crab, cucumber, avocado and sesame seeds) and also the Money Roll (tempura shrimp, avocado, scallions, unagi and brie) is a good training roll.”
“Claudia (the owner) and I have been talking about this for about two and a half years, Its been on the plate for a long time, but we just now acquired the space,” Gabriel Cruz, Head Chef at Trinity said.
The response from the community displays that Sandpoint has been waiting for a sushi place.
“Sandpoint needed one, any good city on the water should have [a sushi restaurant]” Solis said.
Solis is focusing on much more than just the fish; he adamantly insists on acquiring high quality ingredients and often utilizes the local produce at the farmer’s market to guarantee his dishes will be their best. Oishii is also an experiment in fusion.
“I’m trying to blend more than one flavor concept,” Solis said. “For instance, I’ll fuse classical Latin with Asian influences.”
Joe’s Philly Steaks and Hoagies: Finally, a sandwich shop. Joe’s has an authentic lunch counter feel and a menu that is un-fussily familiar. These sandwiches are not brave new concoctions but original favorites. Joe’s specializes in the Philly Steak Sandwich and the Hoagie, both American favorites and doesn’t mess with a recipe that doesn’t need fixing.
“Cheese Steaks are all over the world, they’re in every state in the Union. I was born and raised in Philly where they originated.” Owner Joe Katz Said “Sandpoint really needed a good Philly steak place.”
RESTAURANTS: continued from page 1
cliques. The school works on these issues a little more than Sandpoint [High School] can afford to,” Dalessio said.
LPO senior Kendra Rader’s story echoes Dalessio’s analysis. Rader switched over after her junior year at SHS.
“When I was at SHS I didn’t get enough of the one on one action with the teachers that I needed. I ended up falling behind a lot. I got away with way more stuff over there because the teachers didn’t seem to care as much about what was going on with me
as that the whole class was caught up,” Rader said.
“It’s more relaxed here, there’s not as much stress on you, and you can be more yourself. They pay more attention to you as a person here. And it’s a lot nicer because you really get to know everyone. Everyone isn’t in little cliques, they don’t judge you on what you wear, and it doesn’t matter what you’ve done. Everyone gets along together, and it’s nice to walk down the halls and have nearly everybody
be like, ‘Hey!’” Rader said.
Briefly:News around SHS
Student council elections for the 2007-2008 school year will be held on May 24 and 25. Candidates will present their speeches to the student body on May 24 in the auditorium and voting on the 25.
Student council members organize many school events, including homecoming week, powder-puff football, assemblies, dances, and many others. Mike Martz will be taking over as student council advisor for next year, but Tom Bass will be finishing the remainder of this year. “I’m excited to take over the position, and I’m looking forward to working with some great students,” Martz said.
Student council elections to be held today
n TReaTmenT: Bonner General Hospital, the new home for the North Idaho Cancer Center.
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Society has created citizensthat are numb to tragedy
One of the natural rights of man, as stated in the philosophy of Englishman John Locke, is the right to property. In the philosophy world Locke ranks with Buddha and Socrates. His beliefs are echoed in the Declaration of In-dependence and the U.S. Constitution. How-ever, philosophy often doesn’t equate protec-tion, and the right to property is no exception, as demonstrated by the theft epidemic pres-ent in the hallowed halls of SHS.
While it’s inevitable that when 1400 peo-ple are forced into close quarters there will be things that will turn up missing, whether stolen or lost, at SHS theft has gone beyond the run of the mill money and gadgety tech-nology. Pants and shoes have to be locked up in the girls locker room, pottery is being lifted from the ceramics room and if school property isn’t bolted down likely someone has tried to steal it. The administration has taken action by curtailing time out of class during scheduled periods and by implementing a hallway patrol but with little success. There are very few other measures that can be taken since the majority of the lockers in the school won’t effectively lock and the PE cubbies are the size of large lunch boxes.
The real dilemma, which is not being ad-dressed, is why people feel the compulsion to steal and why it is obviously “alright” to take another person’s possessions.
We’re here to be educated and it’s clear that something in that system isn’t alright in the school system or the society which runs it. This issue highlights that the method soci-ety is using isn’t turning out productive and
healthy individuals. The problem runs deeper than the hun-
dreds of items and dollars lost, and into the core of our culture, which preaches the doc-trine of entitlement.
Every one of us has, to some extent, been raised on commercials, which insinuate that everything we see and want should be ours. Fulfillment has become defined by material wealth and the idea that contentment comes from within has been pushed to the wayside by the gospel of stuff.
Meanwhile, here at SHS theft will remain an issue until those stealing realize that what they will gain by stealing is much less costly than what they will lose: self respect. The perceived need of modern people in this modern society to define themselves by the items they own will continue to wear down the value, which is placed on the individual. Until a more meaningful culture develops, the conscience of America will remain arrested by consumerism, and we still be stealing each other’s pants.
Sometimes the solutions to problems in this school make me stop and laugh. Take for example a fairly ordinary occurrence
pretty much anywhere, vandalism. Now what’s our solution for this problem? We buy whiteboards and put them in the bathrooms. I find this to be a ridiculous solution and a complete waste of money. The whole point of vandalism is to get a point across through abrasive means. Or maybe you just want to destroy things.
Whatever the motivation, I doubt it’s because you just want to doodle on your visit to the restroom. If people want to vandalize the stalls in the bathrooms then they’re going to, some whiteboard isn’t going to stop them.
In some cases the vandalism could be pointless and random and just some person’s outlet of their anger. But maybe there’s a point to it. And instead of trying to stop the vandalism, why not try to fix the reason for the vandalism? Most likely the vandal is angry about something and trying to express his or her anger over it, and maybe he or she has legitimate reasons for being angry, perhaps some injustice in the school or in the government.
Vandalism has been around basically forever. It’s not a problem that’s going to just go away. I think that instead of immediately deciding to try to find and stop the vandalism someone should try to find if the vandalism is just pointless, but if it’s not they should try to find out why that person is angry and, if possible, what they could do to fix it.
I feel it is safe to say that in this day and age a teenager cannot go from breakfast to dinner without hearing about some current atrocity. Even if you read Cosmo Girl or Sports Illustrated rather than The Econo-
It’s not getting dark at four o’clock anymore. I’m not making life or death dashes for the hot shower in the morning, and I’m not weighed down by boots, coat, sweater, hat, scarf, and gloves. Nope, the vitamin D is hitting a sweet spot, and I’m dangling my toes out my window with a good song on the radio. Yet, sometimes at the end of the day, I find myself still feeling a little pang of need.
From the goodbye I shout to my dad in the morning, to the smoothie the barista hands me, to the morning greetings, to the stressed out friend who can’t find their essay or has a big test next period; at lunch, to the goodbyes in the parking lot, the after school study groups, to sun bathing at the beach, or the talk over lemonade on a friend’s back porch, to when I go home at night
Let’s touch each other moredo my homework, eat dinner, and watch TV with my family, to the time when I go to bed, I’m not touching anybody, and nobody is touching me.
Don’t believe me? I didn’t believe it either at first. I’m not a tragic person, or unloved, or socially retarded. I’m outgoing and vivacious and loving. And yet, the more attention I paid, the more I noticed my lack of deliberate contact with other people. I’m not counting accidental brushes of knees under tables, or hands, or jostles in the hall or even the fakey, shoulder-patting, body-arching away hug. I’m talking about one person’s decision to reach out and create a momentary physical (and emotional) connection to another person through contact. In fact, it’s 4:26 p.m. on a normal Tuesday as I’m writing this, and I haven’t had any human contact yet
today.Even more than my lack of contact with people,
I began to notice how novel and even awkward such contact seemed. A hug from my father cued the question “What’s that for?” A teacher’s hand on your shoulder makes you pause.
In a world where we are supposed to “know it’s okay to look” for our soul mate on match.com or any other of the billion-user strong internet dating services; in a world where we have cellphones, texting, instant messaging, e-mail, TV, youtube, and blogging; in a world with planes to take you anywhere, we have ceased actual contact with each other.
The other day, I left a friend of mine with a kiss, and a goofy smile on my face. He kept the kiss, and I kept the smile on my face all afternoon. I smiled at everyone I passed, unable to help myself. And everyone I passed smiled back. Cars honked. I got a few whistles, and in a popular burger place I chatted idly with the employee on shift, about the weather and his jazz CD. When the man had finished his shift, as he left, he impulsively and awkwardly squeezed my elbow where I was perched at the counter, and said “Sweetheart, have a good night. You made mine,” and left, as if he didn’t know what had come over him. I blushed.
It’s funny, how starved for human contact, for affection we all are. When we finally meet someone who is radiating it, we don’t recognize it, but we are drawn to it, like moths, like missiles, like magnets seeking their negatives.
mist, you are bound to hear something from somewhere that about an armed conflict or the struggles of impoverished refugees.
When you hear about these tragedies the reaction is predictable, you stop for a mo-ment and think “how awful,” “how sad.” You might even shed a few tears, but then a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy starts and your empathy vanishes. The sad truth is that, despite the boundless amounts of information available to us in numerous mediums, we remain ignorant and/or un-affected by the array of problems that af-flict our world. I find it appalling that, as a culture, as well as a generation, we find the latest developments on Wisteria Lane to be of more importance than the plight of less
fortunate people in our town, our country, and our world. I’m not saying we all need to drop out of school and join the Peace Corps or that we should let these tragedies take our lives hostage, but we most definitely need to work towards being more informed and compassionate. We need to start car-ing about others and not just for the req-uisite 30 seconds. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that more than half of the students at SHS don’t know where Darfur is located or which Korea has the ability to blow us up. The reason for this is not because the information is not available, that is not the case at all. We don’t know because we don’t care.
There is still a need for our involvement
in the resolution of conflicts even if we can not see how it will affect us directly. How it affects us should not be the question, the fact that it affects anyone should be enough. It is time for us to open our eyes and take a look at the world around us; because if we don’t do it now, we will one day find our-selves in a world that we don’t recognize or understand.
Those who don’t believe their actions can make a difference are mistaken. Our contribution however small and insignifi-cant as it seems can still make a difference. As Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, commit-ted, citizens can change the world, indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
square miles, and with all the worlds’ ecosystems, America is a geologically diverse nation. One of the biggest regrets we hear from most adults is not going out and seeing the country.
If your college plan involves playing video games into the wee hours of the morning while staying in your parent’s basement, then do your parents a favor, and go somewhere else even if it is for a short while. Go visit a national park, where most of the time no one else can hear you and your buddies. National parks offer many different ways to push oneself to the limit and
beyond, both mentally and physically. All parks offer extensive hiking trails and many offer climbing. It is amazing what one can learn about others from a single climb with them. Possibilities for activities on your road trip are near limitless, no matter where you go. Unless you’re nearing a complete vegetative state you can have fun in a national park.
Whether losing your skin on the slick rocks near Moab, Utah, swimming off of Florida, or climbing the peaks of Denali in Alaska, get out of your house and go!
Solve vandalism through means that address the real issue
Why steal?
The trend to steal is growing - and it’s wrong
Sitting in front of the mock interview panel, I talk briefly and passionately about my “cause.” I field a question on how much I value integrity (on a scale of one to 10, to make it easy) like a pro. And then comes the “What color do you see yourself as?” question, and I stutter.
I look at my judges, take a deep breath, and go ahead anyway. I explain to them that while “growing up in our world today” “as a young woman” “trying to find herself” I have a hard enough time trying to find true and meaningful ways to define myself to myself that, no, actually, I really don’t define myself as any sort of color. Or jellybean. Or tree. Or pizza topping. Or kitchen ap-pliance. Or common household pet. Next question.
Of course, at the end of my interview, the lady judge tells me gingerly “You answered very intelligent-ly… but what we’re really looking for, you see, was a sort of an “I’m a yellow, because I’m sunny!” answer.” Then the gentleman judge got up in the lady judge’s face and began cooing “You’re such a blue! You’re just such a blue!”
It was weird. I didn’t actually put my head in my hands, but I came close. I told myself for maybe the hundredth time that this was it: I could now absolute-ly despair. This pageant – excuse me, program – had done me in.
Let me take this moment to clarify one thing. I had a great time with the girls of Junior Miss. It was a lot of fun, and I got to know some great girls in my class. I liked practicing the routines and the Girls’ Nights.
My issue is more with the concept of Junior Miss. The pageant – excuse me, program – is theoretically about parading –excuse me, showcasing – what fine, upstanding, talented young women Sandpoint is send-ing out into the world, correct? Hence the scholarships, hence the jargon changes (Don’t call it “Poise,” please. It’s “Self-expression”).
My whole purpose in participating in Junior Miss was to see if while participating in something so out of character for me I could maintain the integrity of my character, to see if we really only give lip-service to indi-viduality. The answer is: yes.
In Junior Miss, you are supposed to be as individ-ual and memorable as possible… up to a point. You are supposed to be as much you as possible… up to a point. Up to the point when “you” is an uncomfortable fit for the “spirit of Junior Miss.” This isn’t stated, it is seldom even implied, because ‘implied’ implies a subversive awareness. This was just the pervasive expectation.
You are supposed to put your shoulders back, rub Vaseline on your teeth, swallow any objections, and smile at the audience. You are never supposed to say you disagree. In fact, none of the girls could ever bring themselves to say anything even slightly negative, in any sense of the word, without tacking on six different “excuse me’s” and “I’m sorry’s.”
You would think that they are perfectly happy to be herded into a smiling, content, middle-of-the-road, mediocrity. These girls can barely even express them-selves. Perhaps we should have been learning about that, rather than how to shake our hips and walk in an s-curve.
If these scholarships are really supposed to award the type of young woman we want to send out into the world, the type of girl who will be making our futures, then that is a sad statement. But, please, let’s sashay forward anyways. We’re all yellow jellybeans, because we’re sunny. And we’re okay with that, aren’t we?
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“I would have to say my favorite place in town is The Point. Because they have delicious
hamburgers and stay open till 1.”
“Arlo’s. ‘Cause it has good Italian food
and it’s a locally owned family restaurant”
“I’m gonna have say to Ivano’s. The food’s really
good. It’s scrumptious. It brings out the Italian in me.”
“My favorite restaraunt
would probably be Jalapenos because I like
Mexican food.”
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“Ivano’s - my favorite part
about Ivano’s is it has excellent service and the
meals are always good - no mat-
ter what you order it’s always good. I like the atmosphere.”
Describe your favorite restaurant in
town.
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These are phrases Cedar Post staff members have heard from students of SHS. The views expressed in Word for Word are not necessarily shared by the Cedar Post.
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I walked into SMS every Monday and Wednes-day, changed into some comfortable clothes to practice the Junior Miss fitness routine in, and made small talk while sitting on the black and white tile of the lunchroom.
My fellow female Juniors of Sandpoint High hade varying reasons for joining the Junior Miss program, but we were all there, and we all im-proved our “be your best self” skills.
It is often proposed that being your best self is hardly possible within the confines of a program so similar to a pageant.
After all, how unique can a Junior girl be when she is performing the same fitness routine, wear-ing a pretty dress, and trying to be confident just like every other girl in the program?
That’s the point. In Junior Miss, not only are you judged based on how well you performed the routine or how graceful you were during self-ex-pression, but on an individual interview and aca-demics.
Every girl is thus challenged to stand out with-in limits, which is what doing your best is, being yourself without fear in the midst of a crowd.
Yes, some of the interview questions appear to be basic, but certainly not all of them are. When asked during the practice interview what flavor jelly bean I would be, I answered something along the lines of being strawberry-flavored because I was sweet and tangy. Ew. Did I seriously just say that? I could consider that a low point, where I de-scended to the level of those tacky answers meant for self promotion.
But why should I? Not only was I given the op-portunity to take something seemingly unsophisti-cated and turn it into a meaningful self-evaluation, I was taking time away from a heavily academic life and giving myself a new venue to explore.
While on the surface Junior Miss appears to be a program about the girls in society who have it all, this appearance in its very nature encourages par-ticipants to expand their hearts and minds.
From the girls who have it all, we learn accep-tance and that they are human, that perhaps it is unfair to judge them.
From the girls who give the generic answer, we learn that sometimes the generic answer is the truth.
From the program itself, we learn that in this society women who succeed are those who can put on a smile even when they’re not happy, or who can wear Cinderella dresses while talking to a large crowd of people about everything from stem cell research to their favorite color.
And the 22 girls in this program have learned that being your best self can involve joining a scholarship program despite its pageant connota-tion, that it can involve willing to be feminine in an increasingly homogeneous world. Sure, Junior Miss has pageant undertones. But those can only be blamed on a society where, despite its insistence on the beauty of the mind, looking pretty ends up being just as important in societal survival as what is going on inside your head.
If anything, Junior Miss takes the beauty em-phasis off and instead emphasizes truly being your best self: The reward is a scholarship, not a crown, at the end.
opinion when I saw even another occurrence take place. I love to sing along to music, as does a majority of the
school. So why is it such a big deal when someone with Down Syndrome sings along with theirs? She was simply enjoying her music and the others around her found it quite entertaining - entertaining enough to record it. I guess I just don’t understand why people feel they have to video tape it with their phones. Some people may see this as a form of
entertainment, however I think this behavior is unacceptable and people should be more aware of how their actions affect others.
“I love to sing along with music...why is it such a big deal when someone with Down Syndrome sings along
with it?”
Sophomore
Recently in the busy halls of Sandpoint High School, I witnessed something rather disturbing. A couple of freshman boys were messing around with a balloon. They decided it
would be funny to pop a balloon right in front of room E7. For those of you who don’t know where that is, it is the Special Education room.
While they were planning this little scheme one of the students in that class came out for a drink of water.
As she was drinking out of the water fountain, one of the boys murmured the word “retard” and stomped down on the balloon causing the girl quite a scare.
I feel that this school needs a little enlightenment. It is morally wrong to do such a thing to anybody.
Now, with this incident alone I would probably choose not to write a letter to the editor. However, I felt obligated to voice my
Cheesy smiles, poofy dresses, and this isn’t a pageant?
The Junior Miss Program is exactly what it professes to be
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• I don’t really care who rules the world so
long as there are free bagels.
• Can you get that to me ASAP, like as soon
as possible?
• Hey everyone! It’s outside intercourse day!
• What makes you think I give a flying squir-
rel?
•My biggest concern is the soy milk coagu-
lated.
• If you have a panic attack I will just have to
sit on you and wiggle.
• I can’t believe you found my face!
• If it’s pluperfect, imperfect, why wouldn’t
that be perfect instead of preterite?
• Did someone write hope on the board?
• - I love this song! - Shut up. -I hate this
song. - I hate you.
• That National Bingo Night thing is really
ridiculous.
• You know, the Korean letters look like Jap-
anese letters.
• I hate peers. I wish you would just die al-
ready.
• I don’t know how to function
• It’s just like zip zip zoom!
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With the growing rise of 3D animated fea-tures and higher-end videogame graph-ics, the 3D design field has become a new
hot topic for not only professionals in the industry, but interested Sandpoint High School students as well. Among the handful of these students, junior Aaron Herting began taking advantage of the pro-gram as early as he could.
“I took Intro to Drafting in my freshman year. I was in Architectural Drafting in my sophomore year but I switched out of it half way through into Animation because that’s what I was more inter-ested in,” Herting said. “I’m more into the design part of drafting rather than the math skills.”
Students that decide to take the offered 3D ani-mation class soon learn that it is more closely re-lated to an independent study period. Those who take the class must teach themselves how to use the animation programs using only tools such as books and online tutorials.
“You need to be dedicated to wanting to learn,” Hearting said. “It [the program] is intimidating at first. It can take even professionals 12 years to learn how to use the program.”
Students have the ability to use either Maya or 3D Studio Max animating programs. Maya is known more for cinematic animation while 3D Studio Max specializes more in game designing.
“There’s a lot of different styles [of animation]. Most of the time it’s just making a lot of stills. So that’s mostly what I do.”
In mid-April, a group of SHS students from the tech and auto shop departments participated in the Skills USA competition in Boise. Among the many technical contests was 3D animation. Ani-mation contestants worked in pairs in order to ac-complish their objective.
“In our portion there was a professional from the industry who asked us to create an animated logo for a local television company,” Herting said. “Basically, we were open to whatever we wanted to design as long as we stuck to the main logo. We [John Monks and I] created an animated back-ground behind the actual logo.”
Although Hearting’s team didn’t place, he showed no obvious signs of dissatisfaction.
“The team that won was more professional looking and a little more polished than what we had.”
Any student that has passed the Intro to Draft-ing class is eligible to enter the 3D animation class. However, prospective students should take a moment to remember that class is basically self-taught with rigorously advanced programs.
“I would definitely say you want to have an ar-tistic eye,” Hearting said. “Animating is a lot more difficult than what it seems.”
Driving in High School
Missing school
I t’s not a coincidence that, for many SHS students, truancies fall on the same days as tests and major due dates.
Skipping school is a tempting quick deadline extension or a venue to escape a test that a student might be unprepared for.
And although it is SHS policy to count any tests missed because of truancies as zeros, resourceful students easily find ways around that.
“I skip school a lot to study for tests or finish projects,” sophomore Steffen Behrens said. “I guess it’s not good, but even when it’s not excused my teachers never said anything about it... it’s not morally better, but it’s better for me ‘cause I get the grade.”
Although some might not see any problem with cutting class for the sake of a grade, others see it as unfair.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” senior Jamie Diehl said. “It infuriates me to no end when kids skip class and get extensions. They are given an unfair advantage for breaking the rules.”
Despite the best efforts of many to conceal their motives behind absences, teachers may be more aware than the students think.
“If they’re not absent much and they’re just absent on a test day, yeah, it kind of stands out like a sore thumb” chemistry teacher Woody Aunan said. “Do I think they’re making a good decision? No. Do I overly penalize them? No.”
Of a concern to many teachers is the ability of students who have missed a test to get answers from their peers.
“I’d be real concerned if these said students are trying to get answers from other kids and then coming to take the test,” Aunan said.
“If I really am suspicious that somebody’s doing this and copying answers,” Aunan added, “I’ll catch them. Guaranteed.”
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alex GeDroseStaff reporter
Top: Designed by Herting, known as “Runjun”.Middle: Herting works on one of his animations.Bottom: Herting calls this one “Sexy Blue”.
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Though getting a driver’s license and having a car can be a great freedom, students are finding that
it can often be more burdensome than liberating. Car payments, gas, and high insurance costs all take their toll, and many students end up getting regular jobs just to afford it all. As a result, some students choose to wait until later to get their license, in order to avoid being weighed down by the responsibilities of owning your own vehicle.
Senior Dustin Walsh didn’t get his license until he was 18.
“I was reluctant to get it at first,” he
said. One of the reasons was the expense.“I spend every cent I make on gas,” he
said.Sophomore Jesse Cobb also plans on
getting her license when she’s older than the minimum age required to get one in Idaho. “I’m getting it when I’m 16,” she said.
Due to young drivers’ high accident rates, insurance prices for teenagers are considerably higher than they are for adults.Automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for people ages 15-20 in America, and many of those are due to bad driving habits, including speeding.
“A lot of people drive really fast all the time,” sophomore Joe D’Attilio said. “Even
I’ll go ten over sometimes.”The chance of a car accident is also
considerably higher for teens when there are other people in the vehicle while they are driving.
“They [teenage drivers] are easily distracted, especially when there’s passengers in the car,” Walsh said.
So, is all the expense and risk worth it?“I live kinda far out of town,” Walsh
said. “It would put a serious dent in my social life [if I didn’t have a car].”
“It’s easier to get where you have to go,” Cobb said.
And, there’s the whole pride issue. “I won’t have to mooch off my friends,” Cobb said.
Physical necessity for some, social necessity for others
n Fenders and Bumpers: Student vehicles parked outside Sandpoint High School.
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The feeling of amoré swept throughout the Panida Theatre that Saturday night as the lights dimmed and 22 girls prepared themselves for a night they would never forget.
Emcee Jeff Hurst started off the night with an electrifying quote that set the mood for the evening; “There’s love in the air tonight. Can you feel it?” he said.
As the doors flung open and the music was cued, 22 Junior Miss participants, hand in hand with their Little Misses, ran down the aisles onto the stage spelling out the word of the night, each with their own cardboard sign with a letter on it: L-O-V-E.
Three months ago these girls met together for the first time. Some were best friends, some were mere acquaintances, and some were complete strangers. Yet throughout these past few months the juniors would learn more about each other and grow closer to each other than they would have ever expected.
“You just learn so much about every girl, like girls you don’t even ever talk to in school,” participant Janae Linscott said. “Girls that you never thought you’d really be friends with, you end up being really good friends with.”
The girls were also able to share this friendship and love with their younger counterparts through the Little Miss program. The Little Misses came from 4th- to 6th-grade classes across the county. Since the first week in February, the participants met once a week with their Little Misses.
“It was a fun opportunity to have a Big Miss because you get to find out how it is to have a big sister,” Darbey Schrimsher, first finalist Danae Rockstad’s Little Miss said. “It was really fun.”
From attending bowling parties to exchanging gifts and playing games, the girls were able to become mentors and role models to the Little Misses.
“It’s neat to see the impact the Junior Misses can have in the Little Misses’ lives. They’re really important mentors to them I think,” last year’s second finalist, Hope Rainbow said.
As the days passed and the girls practiced more and more, they
discovered that there was a lot more to Junior Miss than met the eye. Between participating in the Little Miss program, creating new friendships, and learning the routines, Junior Miss became a journey to finding their true selves.
“A lot of people think that Junior Miss is just like this pageant where you prance around on stage in a pretty dress and say that all you want is world peace, but to me, Junior Miss-- it’s about being yourself. Winning Junior Miss isn’t just about being pretty or being perfectly in shape or have the perfect body. It’s about being yourself -- being the best person you can possibly be,” Rainbow said.
On May 12, everything that the girls had prepared was put to the test, starting with the first smile and ending with the last bow. The participants competed in five categories: interview, scholastics, talent, self-expression, and fitness. From making a ham and cheese sandwich to performing original poetry, the girls all had a unique
spin on their talents. After all the glitz and glamor
was over and the judges had made their final decisions, senior Callie Fielder handed down the title of Junior Miss to Kaylee Suto. First finalist was Danae Rockstad and second finalist was Lea Black.
“For me [the title of Junior Miss] is a way to represent the Sandpoint community and help be a model kind of, representing everyone who was in our program, and hoping to carry on and just be that light and responsible person in the community to carry on the title,” Suto said.
This year scholarships totaling approximately $8,000 were presented. A scholarship is given to
the Junior Miss, the first finalist, and the second finalist, and one is given in all of the judged categories.
“For the entire four or five months before the program we do fund raisers and get donations from different places around town,” Junior Miss chairman, Camille Fuller said.
There is also a scholarship given out to the Be Your Best Self winner, which is voted on by the board. There is also a winner for Spirit of Junior Miss, which is voted on by the girls. This year there was a tie for the Spirit of Junior Miss that was shared by Devon
Ellsworth and Stephanie Fuqua, while Morgan Wills won the Be Your Best Self award and Hannah Vogel was awarded for best interview.
Although the glamor and excitement may be over, the Junior Miss experience will stay in these 22 girls’ hearts forever.
“I’ve learned to just be myself and to have fun in life and to just appreciate every moment and everyone,” Suto said.
n Dance It Up: Juniors Stephanie Fuqua and Devon Ellsworth fullyexpress themselves during the dance portion of Sandoint Junior Miss.
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“What?!? Teachers can’t have love lives!”That’s the reaction of most teenagers when
they hear the words “teacher” and “relationship” occupying the same sentence. But teachers have been leading real lives under our noses for quite some time: they actually breathe, eat, sleep, and may even flirt on occasion.
To some, this may not be surprising. In el-ementary school, it was only natural that Mr. What’s-his-name would be married to Mrs. What’s-her-name down the hall. And even now some teachers find it impossible to escape the marriage stigma (after all, how many unrelated people named “Smith” can work in one build-ing?) But this poses a question: why is it that teachers always seem to marry other teachers?
“It’s very convenient,” history teacher David Miles said. “If you want...lots of the time togeth-er, then teaching’s a great job to have, because you’ll get the same days off.”
Whatever happened to the saying “opposites attract?”
“I’m sort of the more serious social studies/world issues kind of teacher, and my wife is more of the ‘let’s read English and have a fuzzy good time.’ So I think that opposites do attract still, it’s just on a different level,” Miles said.
However, amorous educators need to be care-ful; after all, they can only work in a high school so long before their minds are irreparably warped and twisted. And before you know it, “POOF!”
There goes a relationship.“It takes a special person to deal with psychot-
ic, hormonal teenagers each day,” science teach-er Jim Barton said. “It makes it hard to decide to have kids.”
As a drama teacher, Jeannie Hunter has also had to deal with significant stress regarding her family.
“On production nights, either they come here or they don’t have me home at all. And now that I’m in grad school, I’m gone two nights a week…plus homework.”
So even some of our most romantic teachers have to contend with a schedule that’s less than rosy—not including all the time that they have to spend around love-vultures who will chase the scent of drama like a shark after a crippled fish.
But if you do like love stories, or are just ad-dicted to the latest drama gracing the high school scene, keep your eyes peeled. You never know what zany romances might spring up.
2007CHelsea KardoKusJournalism I contributer
unior issJ MA lot of people think that Junior Miss is just like this pageant where you prance around on stage in a pretty dress and say that all you want is world peace, but to me Junior Miss -- it’ about being your-self.
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Marital Bliss in SHS It’s clear that opposite educators attract as numerous couples can be found teaching different subjects under the same roof
The Rhodes
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In a county listed as 97 percent Caucasian according the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau, the word “diversity” has to take on a looser meaning. As one of my interviewees later quipped, “Sure Sandpoint High has diversity. We’ve got hicks, and jocks, and preps, and emos. But as far as ethnic diversity? Not so much.”
While the past few years have allowed North Idaho’s reputation as an Aryan haven to fade a little, they haven’t brought a significant demographic shift. What does a lack of diversity mean for Sandpoint High School?
Damien Gooding, sophomore U.S. History teacher who moved to Sandpoint four years ago after growing up in middle class, suburban L.A., admits to being concerned about the lack of diversity in the area, and particularly the Aryan presence. Specifically, he was concerned about whether or not he would find its influence in his students, and how he would deal with that in a history class room.
“I think because of the past presence of the Aryan Nations people are very sensitive to that, so they try to bend the other way, they are shunning it more, and have less tolerance for it,” Gooding said.
Sophomore Steffen Spraggins, who was born in Coeur d’Alene, and checks the “African American” ethnicity box on school forms, replies to my admission that I feel a little awkward talking about race by saying, “That’s okay, I’m a pretty racist person. Pretty much everything I say is racially motivated. Kind of what comes from being the only black kid in our school.”
Spraggins shares that he’s often the butt of racial jokes, but more often is the joke teller. He says he doesn’t mind any of it, as long as he generally knows the kids who are telling the joke. “It doesn’t really bother anyone,” he says. No one else really cares, so he doesn’t care, and it’s just funny.
“If I lived in a big city, if I wasn’t the only black kid
Come by and see Dana, Michelle, and Cami for
your after school treats!“Tastes as good as it looks!”
Deirde HillLiz Evans
710 Pine Street Sandpoint208-263-9012
Redux Beverages is a company that de-cided to hop onto the energy drink bandwagon and has developed a can
o’ fun that claims to be 350 percent more caf-feinated than Red Bull, provide a caffeine high only five minutes after drinking, and does NOT produce typical energy drink side-effects (jit-ters, headaches).
Holy crap! It’s as if someone up there has finally been answering the prayers of every high school student to ever grace this Earth. But wait—Redux wanted to be absolutely, drop dead sure that kids would want to buy this drink. So what could they possibly do to make it seem even more appealing than it already is?
Oh! I know! Name it “Cocaine.” Better yet,
also have the advertising tagline of the drink be “the legal alternative.” Oh stop it, Redux! You’re just too good to us.
But don’t start sprinting to Home Depot for supplies to begin building a shrine to Cocaine’s creator just yet. Boys and girls, I’m here to tell you what health teachers have been drilling through your head for years: Cocaine sucks.
Ever wondered what it would taste like to swallow a cotton ball that has been drenched in acid, sprinkled with pepper, and set on fire? Well, luckily for you, you can get the same plea-sure for a mere 20 bucks. Unless you want to make a quick sprint to L.A., the only way you’re going to get your hands on this beverage mon-strosity is by ordering it from Cocaine’s site. When all is said and done, expect to pay over $17 for two cans. And to be completely honest, that’s $17 more than what it’s worth.
The “high” that the creators claim is actually non-existent. I could have gotten a better ener-gy boost from swallowing a tube of toothpaste.
The drink doesn’t contain any actual cocaine, and somehow I don’t believe that it would re-ally help make things much more exciting any-way.
As far as taste goes, Cocaine really does beat Monster, Red Bull, and Rockstar (all of which taste like liquefied plastic that has been car-bonated and then bombarded with about eight cups of sugar). Cocaine’s major problem arises a few seconds after swallowing in which your throat begins to itch, burn, and generally feel as if a small rodent has crawled down your esophagus. The only problem is, this rodent must have had access to a teeny chainsaw and is now wreaking havoc all over your tracheal tubes and nasal passages.
The creators of the drink claim that the irri-tation is supposed to be there in order to “give the same unpleasant side-effects of the drink’s namesake, cocaine.” This is simply BS and should probably be translated as, “Oh…geez…you know, I have no idea why it burns so bad-
ly. It really shouldn’t do that. Oh! Oh I know! Let’s say that we MEANT to make it taste like a burning river of death!”
Nice try, guys, but if we wanted to spend 20 bucks on inflicting self pain, we could simply go to the theater and watch Lucky You three consecutive times.
OH! And by the way, about six days ago Co-caine energy drink was recalled for an indefi-nite amount of time. And although it should have been banned for simply being the nastiest thing to enter my tongue since strawberry Nes-quik, the FDA is pulling it off of shelves and online stores because of--you guessed it-- ITS FREAKIN’ EDGY NAME.
Yeah, it’s true; Cocaine blows
in school, I wouldn’t matter, and I wouldn’t stand out,” Spraggins said
As is, he occasionally does receive some attention he’d rather go without.
“At school everyone is pretty much used to it, but when I walk into stores, I get stares. And whenever we watch a movie on slavery or something, everyone looks at me like I might freak out.”
When junior Jesse Javanna fills out school forms, he checks the “Hispanic/Latino” box. Javanna, who moved to Sandpoint from Moorpark, California (two hours northwest of L.A.) right as he was entering high school, echoed Spraggins’ reports of racist jokes.
“Mostly they’re playful, but sometimes they do hit close to home,” Javanna says, “Like, oh, in track: ‘You could do a fence hop!’ My family and I do try to follow what goes on down in California, like with the immigration marches.
It’s kind of like living in a bubble, because up here it’s so withdrawn.”
Living separated from any major cultural movement adds a different kind of stress to high school, according to Javanna. “It’s hard to explain. Maybe it’s just high school, just trying to find who you are, but sometimes you kind of lose yourself. You really feel like you’re cut off. It’s kind of subtle, you know you’re different, but you don’t know how. Being of two races, you kind of wonder who you are. Am I the Anglo, or the Mexicano? Am I the white bread, or the Chicano?”
“But then, it really is just a search. Like for a home, but for a group. I think you have to, instead of looking outside, because your culture can only take you so far, you really just have to look in.”
“If you’re a minority in any sense, I think it’s your responisibility, I think you’re an emissiary of what you are representing, and if you hold it up with dignity, and rise above the petty things, then people will see who you truly
Ethnic DivErsity
If I lived in a big city, if I wasn’t the only black kid in school, I wouldn’t matter, and I wouldn’t stand out.
-Steffen SpragginsSophomore
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are and truly represent,” Javanna said.Does that mean the jokes are ok?“I think Sandpoint is a pretty tolerant town. We have
a lot of diversity and a lot of different ideas. I do think we’re in a good spot. But there will always be that one racist guy.”
“If I had enough money, I would just send everyone who has been stuck in the same 45 mile radius to the most distant part of the world to see another culture, and you can contrast everything you’ve been raised on to another culture, and then when you can see that regardless of difference there are tings that you all hold sacred, then you can become a lot more open, a lot better overall,” Javanna said.
HannaH VogelStaff reporter
Examining Sandpoint High School’s bubble of existence
grapHic by Dillon cower
May 24, 2007
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For skateboarders throughout Sandpoint, one board park has become second nature to them. In case you didn’t understand the major hint from the first sentence, that park would be Sandpoint’s own, Second Nature.
Second Nature is a 5,000 square foot skate park. During the brutal winters in Sandpoint, skaters might feel bummed out that they can’t practice their kickflip or heelflip until the sun burns up the three feet of snow. Have no fear, Second Nature is indoors! For only $5, skaters can spend all day in the park impressing their homies by showing off all their sweet tricks. No matter who you are, a helmet is required for saftey precautions although no other pads are required. All this can go on while listening to some phat beats.
However, skateboarding might not be for everyone. When talking with substitute teacher, Mr. Jenkins, he described one of his crazy skateboarding shananigans.
“During the spring of ‘65 I was holding onto a car doorhandle while my friend was driving down the road. I decided to pass the car by pulling myself forward”, Jenkins said.
As well as boasting a 5,000 square foot park, Second Nature also has a store which caters to all a skater’s needs. With everything from skates to helmets, and stocking their shelves with brands like Independent and Element, anyone could find themselves blowing all their money in one spot.
Whether it be grinding a sick rail yo or dropping into an eight foot half pipe, Second Nature is a sure bet for any skater.
Many dedicated athletes don’t stop playing their sports when the high school season ends. Club sports keep many athletes
occupied while they are waiting for the next high school season to roll around.
The Sandpoint Volleyball Club starts in January, just a couple of months after the high school season ends, and doesn’t end until July. The team travels all around, they have been to Minnesota and California this season.
“Club teams scout all around and get tall girls so they’re usually better competition,” freshman Piper Wahlin said. “I like high school better because you’re trying to represent your school.”
In high school sports the end competition is always state, but the club volleyball team will be traveling to nationals later this year.
“We won a tournament in Spokane to qualify [for state],” Wahlin said.
The Sandpoint Strikers is the spring alternative for soccer players. Sophomore Ben Murray prefers high school soccer even though there is much more physical training involved.
“Because you get to take all the best players from all the years, opposed to Strikers where you have to take the players you can get for your age group,” Murray said.
Sophomore Jack Miller also prefers the high school season.
“There are more games and the coaches are better,” Miller said. “High school games are more intense.”
Sophomore Liz Stone prefers the girls high school soccer season because of the intensity of rivalry matches that are qualifying for state.
“High school feels more like a team,” Stone said. “People make high school a priority and we hang out most of the season.”
The Sandpoint West Sharks swim before school all year except for the high school swim season.
“When you go to a club swim meet there’s not a chance that you can win because we’re a small team,” sophomore Tina Wilson said, “in school we dominate.”
There are more games and the coaches are better... high school games are more intense.
-Jack MillerSophomore
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Staff writerRyan Williams
Staff writerWill HugHes
Second Nature skate park is
underway
High School Sports: Club verses School
gRapHic By gRaHam payton
pHoto By leigH livingstone gRapHic By Dillon coWeR
Keegan DunnJournalism I contributerQ: How long have you been doing track?A: I started in 8th grade and I did it last year
and this year
Q: Who introduced you to this sport?A: When I moved here in 8th grade one of my friends did cross country so I was like “ok maybe I’ll meet people,”
Q: What would you say is your best event?A: I like the mile because it’s really fast, it’s only four laps and it goes by really fast.
Q: Do you have any good luck charms or rituals you do before you run?
A: I usually listen to some music that gets me pumped and I dance before I run and stuff.
Q: How much running do you do every day?
A: It all depends. Sometimes we do intervals or 3 mile intervals and then sometimes we do hills. We go on long runs around 6-8 miles it just depends on the kind of run we do.
Q: What sort of training do you do in the off-season?
A: The whole cross country team gets together and we just go on short little runs like 2 or 3 times a week. I run on my own; I have a membership to the health club and everything.
Q: What’s the hardest part of track?A: I dunno. Just going, because it’s around the track in circles, it’s kind of boring. Trying to be motivated enough to get out there and do it, I guess.
Kyle Gibson
Staff writer
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As the school year comes to an end, so does the end of this year’s high school spring athletics.
For the first time in years, girls track and field has won districts.
“I’m really proud of the team, I think we worked pretty hard and we were actually more of a team this year,” senior Chanel Garcia said. Garcia won the triple-jump and was also in the winning 4x4 relay.
“I have high hopes for our team and I hope we at least place in the top three,” she said.
The 12 qualifiers, along with nine male teammates, will travel down to Boise for state on May 16.
The tennis team, qualifying 10 players to state, also won districts, despite getting a slow start in the beginning of the season.
“They started off shoveling the courts the first week and had to wait for three weeks until we got on the courts,” Jane Rockwell, the varsity coach, said.
Rockwell is surprised at the number of young players
traveling to state this year, including freshmen Piper Wahlin and Dustin Pierce.
“I don’t really know what to expect,” Pierce said. Tyler Lichty and Cory
Hawkins, the only two returning starters from varsity baseball, will be leading the baseball team down to state. They beat Lakeland in the district tournament 8-1.
“If they play to their potential then they’ll do okay,” Mike Givens, the varsity coach said.
The baseball team is also young this year, and according to Givens, “Every single player is playing a different position than last year besides Lichty and Cory.”
“We’re playing well as a team,” Givens said. Boys golf repeated a district win from last year. All five
players traveled down to state on Monday, May 11th to go for the state title. Wyatt Pearson and Dan Sommerfield led the team with scores of 77. Pearson also made state in tennis, playing singles.
Girls’ golf finished the season strongly, happy with their improvements.
“We haven’t had a lot of time,” Bonnie Snow, the lead Sandpoint scorer in Districts said. “We’re a fairly new team.”
The golfers also had the same problem the tennis team had with the snow.
“We weren’t able to practice outside until after our first match,” Snow said.
The softball team finished strongly, only two games away from making state.
“It’s something we haven’t done in three years and so it’s a big step,” senior Kyra Crabb, one of the team captains, said.
Think of how tan you could get if you spent a 162 days in the sun.
Major league baseball players, the iron men of professional sports, spend all summer and a little of the fall playing their sport. Imagine doing something for 162 days. Even Morgan Spurlock, the star of Supersize Me could only go 30 days eating McDonald’s food.
There is nothing better than two outs, bases loaded; down by two runs in the bottom of the ninth, the game is literally on the line. If you don’t believe that baseball can be exciting then you should find a copy of the Yankees and Red Soxs,American League Championship Series. Red Soxs made history coming back three games down winning the next four games to take the series over the arch nemesis. Don’t forget the Marlins in the 2003 World Series. A team comprised of a bunch of young guns downed the veteran Yankees in six games, despite the odds being very much against them.
The best part of baseball is the crazy amounts of money that teams are spending on players. Daisuke Matsuzaka, A pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, was acquired this year from Japan for $52 million dollars. The total amount ended up being close to $100 million to get exclusive right to be the only team to speak with Matsuzaka. Even more amazing is the amount the Rangers spent on Alex Rodriguez, this is of before he was traded to the Yankees of course. Anyways, the Texas Rangers spent $252 million on Rodriguez. That’s like getting paid $252 dollars one million times.
Paulina Gralow
Journalism I contributor
I’m really proud of the team. I think we worked pretty hard and we were actually more of a team this year.-Chanel GarciaTrack team senior
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Spring sports finish with a bangSandpoint teams wrap up as their seasons come to an end
Title IX Causes Dispute Among Students
Equality in academics and athletics in government funded schools. That is the goal of Title IX but is
it hindering more than helping student athletes.
Title IX was originally meant to keep school from denying women the chance to be in certain classes not athletics. Title IX has recently been more associated with athletics.
Most recently, the locker rooms in Project 92 were divided to accommodate both football and softball players. This caused an uproar from football players, who felt the building was meant for only them.
“It’s good for younger girls who don’t have cars to put their stuff into,” senior Kyra Crabb said about the new lockers in Project 92, “the lockers in the gym are too small to fit our bags in.”
“That building was built for football players,” junior Ethan Vest said.
The lacrosse team is not considered a high school sport, but rather a club sport because there is no women’s team to counter the men’s team.
“We can’t be a school sport, the school would have to offer a male and female team, but there’s not a lot of interest in girls lacrosse,” senior Nick Johnson said.
Teams like lacrosse have to fundraise quite a bit on their own since they aren’t considered school sports. Unfortunately, all the financial burden falls on the players instead of the school.
“We don’t have any financial help from the school, but as a club sport we don’t have to worry about grades,” Johnson said.
Although Title IX is supposed to give females greater opportunities to play sports, it still hasn’t brought the female sports to the level of male sports.
“It {Title IX} kinds of helps, but guys have more recognition,” Crabb said, “At softball games there aren’t many people there.”
n Struggling for dominance: Senior Darren Thompson clashes with one of his opponents.
Leigh Livingstone
The centennial of Bonner County is here.
Inhabited originally by the Kalispel, Bonner
County has been transformed throughout
the 19th and 20th centuries by steamboats,
logging, and railroads. Excerpts from
newspapers Pend Oreille Review, Sandpoint
News Bulletin, Spokesman Review, and the
Daily Bee give snapshots into the past.
May 24, 2007 Cedar PostPage 10
Albeni Falls Dam begins construction on the Pend Oreille River, later completed in 1955.
1951
Graphics by Graham payton and dillon cower
compiled by: morGan wills
Farragut Naval Training Station is built on 4000 acres at the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille.
1942
F.C. Weskill opens the Panida Theater on Nov. 22 with the film Now We’re in the Air, a comedy.
1927
The first wooden bridge across Lake Pend Oreille is completed, called the “Wagon Bridge.”
1909
Schweitzer Basin opens on Dec. 4 as a community owned ski resort, with one chiar-lift, a three-story lodge, a rope tow and T-bar.
1963
Dennis and Ann Pence stablish Coldwa-ter Creek and publish their first catalog.1988
The SHS Bulldogs football team wins its first state championship.1997
Pend Oreille Review
Break Open A SafeThieves Enter Sandpoint
Laundry and Get Away with $150 in Money.
Steel Door Smashed InOne Burglar Watches Whie
Companion Does Execution With an Axe From the Boiler
Room.
While one thief watched on the outside a second thief entered the Sandpoint steam laundry last Friday night, took an axe, file and hammer from the engine room, and broke into the safe in the front part of the laundry. W.J. Davis, the proprietor, places his loss as a reslt of the thieves’ visit at $150 in money. The money, consisting of three five dollar bills, a ten dollar bill, a five dollar gold piece and the rest in silver, was got to inthe safe by the thief breaking the steel door on the inside of the safe. He took the cash box along with him. The combination to the safe had not been turned at closing time Friday evening and the thief had only to turn the knob to gain admission to the inside steel door. The mark of the axe was found on the steel, which had been broken through at the lock and removed from its hinges and thrown on the floor.
1907
1932Pend Oreille Review
Home Brew PartyPolice Officer Finds Young Folks Drinking Home Brew
Chief of Police Peters was called to break up a beer party Saturday night in the west end of town. When the chief arrived at the scene of the alleged beer party he found serveral young people indulging in the forbidden beverage.
The chief did not make any arrests, but turned the case over to the probate judge who has it under advisement.
1957Sandpoint News
Bulletin
Fighting Boxers of Sandpoint Team Meet Defeat at Hands of
Opponents
Before a capacity crowd at War Memorial field Saturday night, July 6, five courageous members of the Sandpoint Lions club boxing team bowed to defeat in the big intercity boxing card, in which the local team hosted a team of seasoned veterans from the McPherson Athletic club of Seattle.
Cheered on by a host of loyal fans, the outweighed, outgunned, Lions club boxers were courageous in defeat, according to coaches Bud Benoit and Cornelius Poelstra.
From the opening bell when “Bloody” Art Krebs, Sandpoint welterweight, standing hnearly a head shorter than his heavier opponent, Jack Knisely, punched his way to a draw, the die was cast, and the pendulum swung in favor of the out-of-town punchers.
1982Bonner County
Daily Bee
Power of the sun being harnessed to burn to death
potato parasites
Throughout the nation, the sun is being harnessed to heat homes, hot tubs, and industrial headquarters. At the University of Idaho’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Aberdeen, it’s being sicced on potato pests in a process called soil solarization.
James Davis, a UI plant pathologist, has found that covering an infected field with a thin layer of clear plastic tarp for several weeks during mid-summer will bake to death many of the disease pests that plague the soil.
The results: nearly 100,000-pound per acre increases in yield and the possibility that heat-loving beneficial organisms will gain such an advantage that they’ll be able to keep the pests under controll without chemical assistance in future years.
courtesy: sandpoint maGazine
courtesy: bonner county historical society
bonner county historical society
Bonner County Fast Facts
Population: 41,275Land Area: 1,737.67 square milesHigh School graduates over age 25: 85.6%Home to:Lake Pend OreilleSelkirk and Cabinet MountainsSchweitzer Mountain ResortThe Funnel railroad system
2007Spokesman Review
Sandpoint could get UI branch
By Shawn Vestal
A foundation run by the founder of Coldwater Creek has quietly proposed spending $20 million to establish a University of Idaho campus in Sandpoint – something civic leaders have long sought.
. . . “It would certainly be a tremendous benefit to the community,” said Sandpoint Mayor Ray Miller on Tuesday. “It’s going to have a major impact.”
courtesy: us census bureau
heather allen
