SANDPOINT HIGH SCHOOLVOLUME 89, ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2011

As we approach winter once again, the people of Sandpoint are in eager preparation for the up-coming ski season. This year, Schweitzer has made a few im-provements to chair lifts, lodges and and a few of the other shops around the main village.

When it comes to the chair lifts, they have upgraded the speed drive on the Musical Chairs chair lift and replaced the chairs on it as well. They have also add-ed a restraining bar, since many younger children ride this particular lift. The ultimate goal for upgrading Musical Chairs was to make it safer and more user friendly. They also upgraded the elec-trical system on the Great Escape Quad lift to make it a more efficient and more re-liable lift.

“We are excited about another round of resort upgrades specifically designed to enhance the

overall guest experience,” said Tom Chasse, Presi-dent and CEO of Schweitzer Mountain Resort.

Schweitzer is in process of doubling the size of the Gourmandie Market to make more room for the growing popularity of the store, including

adding additional seating to accommodate more guests.The Ski and Ride center is being remodeled for more convenience and better organization. The Source clothing store that was attached has

been moved to the south side of the building.The White Pine Lodge and the Selkirk Lodge

are being enhanced as part of the upgrading pro-cess as well. The upgrades include new bedding, new tables and chairs, new LCD HD televisions

and new media chests in each of the rooms.

A new activ-ity has also been added to Schweitzer for those who do not enjoy skiing or boarding. Sch-weitzer will now have two Surly Pug-sley snow bikes. You will be able to ride these bikes on the cross country ski trails. Rules and routes will be de-termined at a later date.

Schweitzer has spent a total of $1 million on various improvements this season and an ex-citing season is sure to follow this wide range of improve-ments.

When asked about these improvements though, some students said they hardly noticed them. “All I saw that was different was that the Bunny Hill chair lift had new chairs. That was it,” junior Brighten Miller said.

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SCHWEITZER STEPS IT UP

BasicallySpeaking: What do you think of the changes at Schweitzer for this season?

SophomoreJared Cooper

JuniorHannah Baker

SeniorJustin Wilkerson

“They are really cool and I really like the new rental

place.”

“The park looks really good for being

this early in the year.”

“I like that the really ghetto chair gotfixed.”

“I think it makes Schweitzer a

safer place for everyone.”

FreshmanGrace Hefley

Madey LynchStaff Member

• CHAIRLIFT FACELIFT: One of the most noticeble improvements at Schweitzer are new chairs on the Musical Chairs chairlift.

• SKI AND EXPAND CENTER: The inside has been re-organized for faster service, and The Source has moved to the Mill Building.

• GOURMET GOURMANDIE: With increased popularity, Schweitzer added a larger space for guests to gather

TYSON BIRD | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

1. Loudest cheer -Parker Davis

2. Spirit contests -Anna Andruzak

3. The scream-off -Sami Brown

4. Beating Bonners -Jake Rookey

5. School spirit - Faith Nelson

6. The energy - Brock Coppess

7. The stomp - Behka Fry

8. I’ve never been - Cooper King

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This year, Schweitzer has spent about $1 million on improvements around the mountain, from fixing chairlifts to redesigning facilities.Below is a a breakdown of major and minor changes.

Major Improvements

Minor Changes

Painting and renovation of the Ski and Ride center

Improvements to lodge guest roomsChanges to Gourmandie market

New chairs on Musical Chairs liftUpdates to Great Escape

Recently at SHS

Seniors meet with advisers

Madness scoring changed

Walker selected for All NW

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 was the first meeting for seniors to meet with advisors for the upcoming Senior Project that will be presented to the public March 5, 2013. This con-ference was to introduce the three or four students that each staff member was paired with for the upcoming project.

All seniors must pick a topic that they are interested in and present it to the public. The project is to be based off of a passion, job career or an argu-mentative topic.

The advisor is to get contact infor-mation from each of their seniors and give handouts that are on the research paper and presentation requirements, a checklist of what the students are supposed to have for March 5, and the rubric on how each demonstration will be graded.

The next advisor/senior meeting will be to discuss the draft of the re-search paper and will be held on Janu-ary 14, 2013.

Following a meeting between Bon-ners Ferry and Sandpoint High School student councils, the scoring for the 2012-13 Moose Madness tournament has been altered. In the past, fundrais-ing dollars have been divided by the number of students at each school and multiplied by ten, with this num-ber being the number of points added for a particular school.

This year, total fundraising money will be divided by students at each school and multiplied by five, result-ing in fundraising having a smaller impact on the competition overall.

“Even though Moose Madness is mainly about spirit and fundrais-ing, it’s really good that that part of the competition is now balanced with sportsmanship and other spirit events,” ASB President Brooke Obai-tek said.

Senior tenor s a x o p h o n e p l a y e r Christian Wa l ke r was se-l e c t e d recently to be a part of All-North-west Band, an audition-only ensemble made up of top players from Washing-ton, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. Band director Aaron Gor-don said only five tenor saxophone musicians were selected out of all of these states, with approximately 6,000 musicians auditioning to be a part of the All-Northwest Band in total.

“Instrumentally, [Sandpoint High School] qualifies one or two people on average. The choir gets about five on average. Not very many people make it, it’s that prestigious.” Gordon said.

-Kelly Omodt, Staff Member

-Tyson Bird, Editor-in-Chief

-Tyson Bird, Editor-in-Chief

North Idaho College has a new addition that has been added to its grow-ing campus. A partnership has been created that now offers NIC classes at the Sandpoint Events Center. Located just off Highway 2, this exten-

sion offers several classes in art, history, english, math, business, science, sociology and even yoga. Most of the classes can be taken online or through video conference, and with bigger offices and more computers now available, the options are continu-ously growing.

“The new satellite campus is great for students who are working, live at home, or don’t want to travel everyday,” said Jeralyn Mire, the post-secondary counselor here at SHS. “It’s a great way to get your pre-requisites out of the way or just take a few classes that you’re interested in.”

NIC is a community college located on the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene. It offers a wide variety of classes in academic transfer, professional-technical, and general

education programs. With approximately 6,700 enrolled students, NIC operates through both the traditional classes to online or video programs, while offering as-sociate degrees in arts, science, and professional-technical programs.

Former SHS student, Jacque Carter, is currently a student at NIC. After graduat-ing in 2010, she first went to school at Lewis-Clark State College, before transferring to NIC. “I chose NIC because of the financial difference it would make,” she said. “I watched my older sister go to college far away and she wasn’t able to make it back for family matters that often. The financial aspect is better and I wanted to be close to my family. NIC even helped me graduate on time and I was offered a job right in the administration office.”

“NIC is an academically sound college,” Mire said. “It’s affordable in this econo-my and offers the same education that you could get anywhere.”

North Idaho College still offers each of its credits for $130 each, and soon, it hopes to be able to offer an associate degree right in Sandpoint. However, this first step to expanding the campus is one very beneficial to Sandpoint’s residents: post-secondary education can now be found right at home.

September 2012, as the school year began for most, Freshman Roan Allen’s fight was just beginning after he was diagnosed with stage three Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer.“I was mad I only got to experience high school for two

weeks,” Allen said.Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer is the spread of disease from one lymph node to

another. It can be treated with radiation or chemotherapy depending on the stage it is in.

The community of Sandpoint has been showing support every step though. Run for Roan was a walk or run fundraiser held at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, that included a haircut station accepting donations and a silent auction, with the $35,000 in proceeds going to the Allen family. Allen said, “..I had no idea how many people care about me.”

The haircut station was a popular attraction, drawing many people, girls and boys, to get Allen’s initials, “RA”, shaved into their heads. “It was the least I could do to show support.” SHS Senior Kayla Kassa said.

Freshman Shania Lies pitched in her help by selling “A Cure For Roan Allen” bracelets around the school. Selling for $5 each, she has raised approximately $400 and still has many left to sell. “..doing something that will benefit their family, is just right.” Lies said.

During Halloween night, sophomores Jean-Luc Albertson and Jared Cooper sat out front of Albertson’s grandmother’s house asking for donations and made about $120 for the night.

“It’s crazy that a small town can raise so much money,” senior Nick Nizzoli said.Allen had his last chemotherapy treatment November 28 and was checked De-

cember 13 to see if the cancer is gone. If the cancer is not gone, Allen will have to endure another six weeks of radiation therapy.

Allen plans on being done with chemotherapy and to start physical therapy to regenerate much of the muscle lost from the battle. He hopes that through hard work to get back to his natural, he may be able to get some ski boots and make the ski season.

“We have an awesome community of people here in Sandpoint,” Allen said.

NEWSpage 2 December 2012

On Nov 6, 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize mari-juana for recreational purposes.

This legislation directly contradicts federal law which may result in contradictory enforcement issues.

Idahoan law enforcers are especially concerned with these new laws and how they might affect Idaho, a bordering state of Washington. “I think we will see a lot more possession cases. I think unfortunately we will see a lot of under the influence cases,” Kootenai County Sheriff ’s Lieutenant Stu Miller said.

Police officers are concerned that these laws will make it more accessible for people to traffic this drug from Washington, where it is legal, to Idaho, where it is still considered illicit.

Police officers plan on seeing more people under the influence across state lines.

Community Aides in FightThe Sandpoint community has joined together to support freshman Roan Allen’s fight against cancerKevin Hill, Dean KnaggsStaff Members

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On Nov. 10, 144 of Sandpoint High School student’s gathered in a frigid warehouse for a non school sponsored dance.

Put on by juniors Aria Horowitz, Samantha Brown and Katie Maddux, the group considers it a huge success and attendees tend to agree.

“It was really cold,” senior A.J. Bur-rato said. “But it was fun and darker than homecoming.”

The lights were a common com-plaint about the SHS dance, for which 684 tickets were sold.

“It was way darker, and the lights we had on were pretty cool.” Saman-tha Brown said.

Senior Marisa Rains had similar sentiments. “It was fun, but freezing cold.”

The group put on the dance for lack of activities for high school stu-dents in Sandpoint. “We just wanted something for people to do, a sober option on the weekend.” Horowitz said.

The group made over $300 from the event, and are planning on using the profit from the ticket sales for the next dance. “We think we will have another in February,” Brown said. “A lot of people asked us to do it again.”

Star Wars VII?

Too Cool For School

NIC moves to Pine Street locationSandpoint sattelite campus now to provide greater variety of courses.

— Kevin Hill, Staff Member

Not long ago in a galaxy far, far away, creator of the Star Wars legacy, George Lucas, announced that he wouldn’t be making anymore movies dealing with Star Wars.

However, that didn’t stop Disney Studios from buying the rights to the stories that Lucas created so many years ago.

Now Episode VII is underway and will be led by Lucas’s right-hand lady, Kathleen Kennedy, and her dream to keep the Star Wars story alive for years to come.

Many ideas have popped up about what Episode VII will be about but there is no set storyline for the up-coming film in 2015.

For reassurance, “Mickey won’t be wielding a lightsaber, and the films won’t be drawn up as cartoons,” Mi-chael Arndt said, a screenplay writer for the upcoming episodes said

— Cymbre Martin, Staff Member

Lake Pend Oreille School District employees and professionals within our community are currently in the process of pooling togeth-

er ideas for how to best protect the Sandpoint High School students, parents and faculty from the chaos of the Michigan and Division Street intersection.

In an effort to bring in new and fresh ideas, mem-bers of the planning group wrote and received a grant

in order to bring in professional consultants to make recommendations for the intersection during the morning commute. The consultants then met with community members and leaders to discuss the fol-lowing ideas as possibilities for the area. However, the project is highly fluid and subject to change.

Possibilities include the placement of a crossing guard at the Michigan and Division intersection from 7:15 to 7:45, creation of a carpool incentive for SHS stu-dents, or the creation of a right turn in and right turn

out entry/exit to the high school and middle school for arriving traffic.

Long term plans include the possibility of a turning lane on Highway 2 and entrance from Highway 2 into SHS for buses only.

The members involved with the planning process are currently advocating for community ideas and are encouraging anyone wishing to contribute an idea to contact Brenda Woodward at the district office or at brenda.woodward@lposd.org.

Traffic Woes ScrutinizedPlans are in place for traffic congestion to be remedied at Sandpoint HighKaitlin WallisBusiness Manager

n PARKING PROBS: For years, the entrance and exit to Sandpoint High School’s parking lot has been a congested disaster zone. Projects have been proposed to improve this issue.

n PARKING PROBS: For years, the entrance and exit to Sandpoint High School’s parking lot has been a congested disaster zone. Projects have been proposed to improve this issue.

JULIAN KUBIAK | NEWS EDITOR

DEAN KNAGGS | STAFF MEMBER

Melissa MioneSports Editor

All chess players are invited to come to Mr. Aunan’s classroom, S6, every first lunch and every Wednes-day in Access to play, or learn to play, chess.

Both newcomers and experienced chess masters can come to brush up on their mental skills for the upcom-ing chess tournament that will be held in March.

The tournement includes $1500 in cash prizes distributed to three brack-ets.

There will also be free food and drinks for all SHS students that attend and everyone is guaranteed to play at least three games.

Anyone seeking more imforma-tion can contact Mr. Aunan in room S6.

Chess Tounament

— Marissa Vinson, Staff Member

The weekend of December 1st, Sandpoint High School’s drama department attended the state drama competition in Pocatello, Idaho.

Senior Hunter Price was the only one to make it to the finals round of the competition.

“The competition slips away, and it is just a bunch of kids having fun doing what they love.” Hannah Osk-oui, a state competitor, said.

State Drama

— Madey Lynch, Staff Member

Weed Legalization ContradictionLegalization of Marijuana in neighboring states may cause problems for law inforcment in Idaho

Cymbre MartinStaff Member

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The editors’ collective opinion on this month’s cover story

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Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should an opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as opinion or policy of the administration, unless so attributed.

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OPINIONDecember 2012 page 3

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Tyson BirdJulian Kubiak

Emmett JonesKristen McPeek

Melissa MioneNathan Schwartz

Marissa VinsonKristina Gall

Tanner SheffieldBrooke Obaitek

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Lexi DeMers

Cymbre MartinDesi Storks

Dean KnaggsGrayce BrunnerJames Jones

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Kelly Omodt

Kennedy Search Kevin Hill

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The Mission of the Cedar Post Editorial Board, through the Opinion Page, is to provoke thought and discussion among the student body regarding issues of social, political, and educational concern.

Our beloved ski hill, Schweitzer Mountain, has been around for awhile. They’ve won some prestigious awards in the past and they’ve earned the love of people all around the world

for the excellent skiing experience they offer. Over the years, Schweitzer has done a lot of expanding, the most

recent additions being the Idyle Our T-bar on the back of the mountain and the front-side Magic Carpet for beginning skiers.

However, for all the expanding and building that Schweitzer has done, they’ve spent precious little money on improvements over the years.

Certain parts of the mountain haven’t changed since we took our first ski lessons down the Bunny Hill, tethered to our parents by spe-cial ski bands.

Even basic elements, such as chair cushions, look like they’ve been around since the moun-tain first opened decades ago. Chairlifts often grind to a stop for no apparent reason and move slowly when restarted, the most notorious example being Snow Ghost, or Chair Six.

One would think that with the heavy increases in ticket prices over the last few years, Schweitzer would be able to afford such basic im-provements and comforts for its loyal customers. Instead, they seem to

believe that new bedsheets and LCD televisions in the lodge are more important than refurbishing chairlifts; adding minor amenities holds more weight than the safety of their supposedly valued customers.

While Schweitzer did replace the outdated and difficult to access Chair One recently, chairlifts like Sunnyside, or Chair Four, and the chairlift on the Bunny Hill remain somewhat frightening to use. For

being meant for beginning skiers, the lift on the Bunny Hill stops suddenly whenever it stops, which is frequently.

The jolt from the sudden halt is enough to knock a small, amateur skier from the chair-lift to the ground, which is a pretty lengthy fall. One would think Schweitzer could find the money to make sure the stop was less sudden or even didn’t occur at all.

According to them, they have spent money on improving the chairlift on the Bunny Hill, but the change is close to unnoticeable. The best com-

parison we can come up with is improving the chairlifts is like buying a new car: very few people go out and buy a new car that runs the same as their old one.

If Schweitzer is going to spend money on a new chairlift, it shouldn’t have the exact same problems the old one did.

When winter hits I become e c s t a t i c a l l y

excited for Chris... or excuse me, Holiday Break. I would have to say that changing the

name “Christmas Vacation” to fit the needs of everybody’s fairness in any public title is unnecessary.

The popular holiday was brought to the newly developed United States from Europe and was reconstructed to symbolize a time of family and peace.

Now that doesn’t mean that Christmas has nothing to do with the Christianity religion, but considering that about 80 percent of the United States is Christian, the holiday still

buries its roots deep into the oil of our family trees.

Christmas is just a part of our cultures and traditions; movies, stories and themed products are a big part of our business’s profit during the holiday season.

Christmas isn’t just based on Christianity either. The origin of Santa Claus originated from Turkey and rose in popularity in European countries, especially Germany and Russia, for a symbol of simply gift giving.

The Celtics saw the mistletoe as a symbol of peace and it was said by Romans if enemies met under the mistletoe they would lay down their weapons and embrace.

In Scandinavia the people use Christmas as a time to recognize the return of the sun after winter solstice.

Feasts would take place all over Europe, which played a part in bringing the tradition to America.

So really, just because the word “Christmas” has the word Christ in it, does not mean that we need to take it out of titles to make names fair for everyone.

Overall the holiday can be interpreted and celebrated in different ways, not necessarily following the Christian tradition.

Censoring the word Christmas in any local, national, or educational event is unreasonable because Christmas is interpreted in many different ways.

When we think of Christmas we think of Santa Claus, snow-

men, reindeer and other festive symbols which characterize this time of year.

However, the true purpose of this holiday was created hundreds of years ago to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. In fact, Christ-mas is a compound word that origi-nated from the term Christ’s Mass. However, what constitutes the Christmas Spirit is very different to a lot of people and to the large ma-jority of people in this county, it has very little to do with Jesus’ birthday and much more about feasting and receiving gifts. If the meanings and importance of this holiday are so different to so many people in this nation, why don’t we simply re-name it to the holiday season?

Now, if you still want to call Christmas Christmas or Hanuk-kah Hanukkah or whatever specific holiday you celebrate this time of year, that’s fine. But any public in-stitution such as a school, a court-house or any level of government organization, which represents the entirety of our nation, should stop using the term Christmas and adopt either holiday season or an-other all encompassing terms to la-bel this holiday.

In fact, using Christmas not only excludes many people who populate this country, but it is also against the first amendment right which prohibits Congress from es-tablishing a national religion.

Personally, I’m not very spiritual but I still like celebrating the holi-day and I feel that if you want to still celebrate Christmas or Hanuk-kah or whatever in any religious

way that is your right as an indi-vidual. But as a nation, America is in the 21st century and is made up of many different sects of religious and nonreligious beliefs. We can no longer adopt an idea of a combined stereotype to what

exactly people do during the holi-day season.

This nation is known as the melting pot and is made up of all cultures and peoples in this world. To adopt simply a western idea as a national label for this time of year goes against the idea that this nation does not have one cultural standpoint, but is a cultural melt-ing pot.

In the end, renaming Christmas is not a war on Christmas and how you like to celebrate it; it is a mat-ter of what is right as a democratic nation.

Sandpoint High School students, teachers and staff share their opinion on a

variety of matters ranging from the absurd to the serious.

The opinions reflected in Sound Bites do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Cedar Post staff or

Sandpoint High School as a whole.

WE’RE WAITIN’ ON A WINTER WONDERLAND

“Any public institution must

stop using the term ‘Christmas’”

Compiled by Emmett Jones, Opinion Editor.

THE LEVY“I don’t like it. If it didn’t pass, I would have to pay to play sports and my mom

would possibly lose her job.”Thompson Alsager- JUNIOR

“Christmas is just a part of our culture...it isn’t just based on Christianity.”

The Cedar Post strongly encourages you to voice your opinion through the paper. Please e-mail your letter to shscedarpost@gmail.com or bring a copy to room E-8.

SoundBites

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS“I feel that they give a good opportuni-ty for people to set goals that they will hopefully accomplish in the next year.”

Pilar Herrera- SOPHOMORE

REGIFTING“I am totally cool with regifting, even though I don’t really regift anything of

mine.”Dylan Potter- SENIOR

GLOBAL WARMING“My feelings in scientific research is ir-relevent and to state otherwise would

be propagating ignorance.”Jim Barton- BIOLOGY TEACHER

“It’s a great event and it gets all the stu-dents involved and helps show kids’

school spirit. ”Meghan Pagano- SENIOR

MOOSE MADNESS

DRESS CODE“We should’t have to wear shirts. We shouldn’t have to wear shoes either. The homeless don’t and neither should we.”

Mitch Wallace- FRESHMAN

For all the expanding and building ... Schweitzer has ... spent precious little money on improvements... Cedar Post Editoral Board

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LEGAL MARIJUANA“I don’t really care. Legalizing weed is not any kind of a big deal, especially to

me.”Katie Nicolich- JUNIOR

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The content of these letters do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Cedar Post or Sandpoint High School.

I like to play with kendamas but I kend-ama at home because a lot of people make fun of me. I think the reason for this is that a lot of stoners play with them. I guess the kendama has been called the stoner’s toy. I am not stereotyping, what I say is the truth. The junior thats holding the kendama [in the picture] might not be a stoner but there are a lot of people who are.

-Sunkmanitu Little Brave

HALLOWEEN ISSUE KENDRAMAI think the Halloween issue, last month’s

copy of the Cedar Post, was sloppy. There were a great deal of things wrong with it. The graphics weren’t good, sources weren’t cited, and it just looked as though it had been made in a single day. I wish there had been more oversight before the paper was done. I’m re-ally very disappointed.

-Hannah Gustafson

HALLOWEEN ISSUEI am writing this to talk about the most

recent issue of the Cedar Post. I feel it was extremely well done. The front page had all fall colors, which was cool because the front page usually doesn’t have a color scheme. The back page, however, wasn’t that interesting. I thought it was kind of pointless. Overall, the entire paper was great though.

-Rachael Royse

SIERRA SCOTT - STAFF MEMBER

POINTCOUNTERPOINT : “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”?

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ARTS & CULTUREpage 4 December 2012

It’s gettin’ hot in here!

Tall tees:If you are of male birth, start by increasing your normal shirt size by four larger sizes. Pile all of this on so you have plenty of layers for that cold winter breeze.

1Desi StorksStaff Member

B eing on trend this winter is easy, even if you don’t have money to spend on expen-

sive items. Find all of the latest trends at local thrift stores by altering clothes already owned, or even by rummag-ing through grandparents’ closets. As some prepare themselves for the com-ing ski and snowboard season, tall tees with XXX-Large hoodies enter the classroom. Here is some inspira-tion for trend finders and fashion en-thusiasts.

10 world ending ways

High waisted shorts with tights: Pants? What are those? This season, throw on a pair of tights under your favorite high waisted shorts for the perfect combo of cute and casual.

Girls wearing dudes stuff:Forget about borrowing your best friend’s clothes this season. Steal a guy’s clothes! This season is all about change and what better way to switch up your attire.

Tucked in shirts:Show off most of your accessories including your belt! The best way to do so is tuck in your shirt for extra edge. Also if you have a longer skirt, you can pull it up as a way to dress up your outfit.

Karlee PetersonStaff Member

SHELBY BAUGHN | STAFF MEMBER

Desi Storks, Kelly OmodtStaff Members

The temperature isn’t the only thing rising; the trend of hot yoga is hot as well

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*Solar flare: The largest star in our solar system will emit a flare that will envelop earth, burning it to a crisp and killing everyone instanta-neously.

*Alien attack: Extraterrestrials will finally show themselves, ready to take over all the major cities of the world: Moscow, Rome,London, Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro and Washington D.C., taking humans as slaves.

Death of sun would expand the yellow star into an astronomi-cally large size turning it into a Red Giant, engulfing the Earth and all its inhabitants with it. Again, we would be burned to a crisp. The death of the sun has a legend dating back to the 1600’s.

*Ecosystem collapse: Starting with a significant event, most likely an asteroid hitting earth, a toxic element will be introduced into earth’s atmosphere and infect all of its inhabitants, slowly eliminat-ing each species until complete eradication of life on our planet.

Global war: Michel de Nostredame-a 16th century French seer- made ten major predictions of world disasters, one of them being a global war. According to science.discovery.com, the chaos would begin with Russia and several Middle Eastern countries taking over Europe.

Robots take over: The real question here is how would ro-bots take over the world? Robots could take over if the servant became the master, a nanobot plague, human-like intelligence and the need to conquer, cyborg assimilation, or they may have already won.

Mentos/Diet Coke collision: Picture this: A truck carrying Diet Coke loses control and breaches the Mentos factory’s walls. The explosion sends Mentos sky-high, obliterating neighboring buildings and releases massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Dinosaurs dine on human: In 1996, scientists created the worlds first live clone: Dolly the sheep. Why not bring back dinosaurs with our scientific knowledge? If scientists are able to work around this, dinosaur population could rule the world and have us for lunch.

Artificial intelligence outsmarts creators: There are predictions that we’ll be outwitted by the artificial intelligence that we create. So, be nice to any potentially lethal androids you meet. (Just in case.)

Waking up and realize it’s all a dream: Have you ever wondered if your existence is all a dream? If we can manipu-late our dreams, it could mean that we’re simply dreaming up life as we know it.

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n FULL FOCUS: Junior Maya Goldblum does a pose warming up for classes to start in the studio. Goldblum prac-tices hot yoga three to four days a week as an alternative form of exercise to heal injuries.

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Infinity Scarves:Throw away your old scarves from last year and throw on your new infinity scarf for that extra accessory on a cold day. Infinity scarves go on forever, but not that breeze your neck is feeling. As soon as you put that scarf on, it will be gone.

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A new form of exercise is captivat-ing students at Sandpoint High School, known as hot yoga.

Bikram yoga, another name for for hot yoga is known throughout the globe. It is said to be one of the most effective forms of exer-cise, with participants burning from 400 to 1000 calories per session. This amount of calorie burn is accessible due to the condi-tions of the room, which ranges from 105 degrees or higher and 40 percent humidity. The reason for the high temperature and humidity is to allow the body to achieve maximum flexibility in motion. “Its not only about flexibility and strength its actually

work-ing our body systems; lymph, respira-tory and even hor-monal, and the heat speeds

the process up,” Zest Hot Yoga instructer Jennings Waterhouse said A warm body is a flexible body, so even those who claim inflexibility can achieve newfound motion in this practice. The session lasts from an hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and a half. All the while, the instructor directs you through the move-ments, creating alternative moves for those who are not as experienced. “Come with an open mind and know that it’s [hot yoga] all a learning process” Waterhouse said. Any participants who suffer from an injury and feel like they are unable to partic-ipate should not feel like Bikram yoga is not for them. Junior Maya Goldblum partici-pates for just that reason. Other then par-ticipating for the fact that “it’s relaxing”, she mentioned that “I used to exercise a lot and then I got into hot yoga so I could be able to stay in shape with my injuries. The point of Bikram is to strengthen the body from the inside out and there are modifications for those who cannot complete the positions to be able to get the same results. “It’s also ben-eficial mentally because you incorpourate dicipline and a mind over matter attitude.

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Kristen McPeekArts and Culture Editor

Sandpoint High School senior Hunter Price recently placed third out of 21 climbers at a local Spokane Bouldering Com-petition. Price and several other students at Sandpoint High School have started climbing at the local rock gym near Evans Brothers Coffee.

Price had first started climbing around November of last year.

When asked how he got involved Price stated that, “there was a free climbing day at the rock gym, we go there and there’s a bunch of hippies all standing around and this guy named Christian who owns the Sandpoint Rock Climbing Gym, and I climbed, and I was hooked. I couldn’t stop, its just what I do now.”

Price and several students including Grant Kennaly, Alvaro Garcia Rios, Rylee Langton, Rio Pedersen and Adam Bourn routinely climb at the Rock Gym.

“I’d say my main rock climbing partner is Grant Ken-naly”, Price said. “In the real world when you actually go out rock climbing, you need a partner because its dumb to climb alone.”

Price, who now works at the rock climbing gym, has become a strong advocate for the activity and hopes that he can enter into the competition circuit within USA climbing.“If you com-pete in them, they’re some of the funniest things I have ever

competed in, in my life,” he said. He also hopes to try to make a rock climbing club.

“I highly recommended everyone to try climbing, said Price. “I enjoy climb-ing because it just gives me a time when I don’t have to think about anything. So I just climb for cleansing the mind I guess.”

Fellow friend and rock climber Adam Bourn who frequently climbs with Price said, “ I would say its a pure experience, you don’t really have to deal with too much, its just you and the wall and you just kinda climb and do whatever.”

Bourn and Price have both enjoyed the culture and people at their new found hobby. “The people you meet and the networking you get to do with people is super cool,” said Price. “I’ve met so many cool people and it’s taught me a lot about myself in what I can and cannot do. Also gives you really cool muscles. It’s a side effect.”

The Sandpoint City Rock Gym currently charges a

drop-in rate of five dollars per day. For ages 14 through 17, a prepaid membership costs $150.00 for the year, $125.00 for six months and $85.00 for three months. The rocky gym also in-cludes community shoes to borrow for anyone interested.

Price emphasized that the only thing you need to start climbing today are, “hands”. Price added that, “you don’t really need anything but some arms.”

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Inside survival guide to the holidays

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Takin it to the topStudent advances into bouldering

Holiday havoc? Here is some advice from your good ol’ Cedar Post

n CLIMBING AROUND: Hunter Price “hangs out” at the Sandpoint Rock Climbing Gym. The gym is located on Church Street by the grain tower across from where many SHS students are discovering a new love for climbing.

Is it icy outside? Cut off two slices of fruitcake and strap them to your shoes. Traction control to the max.

Forget throwing sand in the bed of your truck to weigh it down for winter! Throw a couple loaves of fruitcake back there and enjoy the safe ride.

Can’t reach the top cabinet? Stick a fruitcake on the floor and use it as a step stool.

Scared of the dark? Stick a fruitcake under your pillow and if you hear a bump in the night, grab it and use it as a terrifying weapon of dry, stale destruction.

Is that wobbly table bugging you? Just slice off a piece of fruitcake and stick it under the short leg. Problem solved.

Can’t quite see over your car dash? Got a little kiddo coming over for dinner? Not to fear! A fruitcake loaf is perfect as a booster seat. Just plop it on your seat and sit.

When the holiday season comes, we imagine snow in the air, Christmas lights brightening up the night, presents under the tree, and then... our smile fades. Oh yeah. Fruitcake. Thoroughly debated about whether the gifter knows the mon-strosity they’re gifting or truly believes in it’s good doing, fruitcake is a part of most every holiday event. So what do you do with it after feigning happiness upon receiving it? Take a look at seven awesome ways to use that fruitcake.

Sam LevoraStaff Member

There is a flawlessly wrapped package with your name on it. The excitement is building as you tear the shining paper to pieces. Lifting the top of the box, you see what’s inside. In the event that is something less than desirable, here is how to fake joy.

Start with a prolonged and sincere “wow!” or “oh my goodness.” This will give you time to settle your disappoint-ment and think of a few posi-tives. Then, give it a compliment! Although a set of owl figurines were not on your wish list, they may be a lovely shade of brown. Since, in this case, there won’t be too many positives, quickly move onto another subject. Instead of disposing of the gift, make sure to keep it and to sport it the next time the gift-giver comes around.

The holidays are a time of gathering, these usually included a grand dinner. Unfortunately, they’re not always the most ap-pealing of meals.

When going to one of these holiday dinners, the first thing is to grab a seat next

to someone you can trust, it will be beneficial later. As the dishes are brought to the table, you are faced with a plate of unsettling food and the dreaded “three bites to be polite” rule. But, there is a loophole. Bite number one goes in your nap-kin. The second can be slyly passed off onto your trusted table mate. The third ending up on the floor in an incidental elbow bumping. Now you can prepare for the dessert.

The first step you should take is to turn out the lights and stay very quiet. Assuming you may be off to bed, the carolers may leave. If that doesn’t help try blaring any music other than christmas music, though that could inspire them instead of deter them. If all else fails, walk out with a robe or towel, normally a stranger would recognize by this visual that now is not a good time. If even that doesn’t work, pull out the cell phone and claim an extremely important matter at hand. Yell “I can’t hear you, the carolers are singing!”, do this until they leave the property. Side note: If they harass you further, call the police!! Even prisoners might appreciate a little holiday spirit.

KRISTEN MCPEEK | A&C EDITOR

There is nothing more excit-ing than knowing the season of giving is on it’s way. There is also nothing more dreadful than re-alizing it’s here and you still have not purchased any gifts. Here is how to get those gifts in a hurry.

Go to a store where you may be able to get gifts for multiple

people in one stop. Time is ticking, so don’t look for the perfect item. Try to find some-

thing any person would appreci-ate or enjoy, such as a nice pair of winter socks or picture book full of funny cats. Unfortunately, you may find that procrastina-tion has lead you to barren shelves and limited choices. In this case, a cheerful note and gift card will more than suffice.

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Remember back in elemen-tary school when you felt that urge to toss that snowball? Now that you are older, it’s your chance to go big or go home and win a snowball fight.

Before finding the appro-priate opposition you want to inspect the snow. Stick a twig or sharp utensil into the snow to see if there are no ice chunks to see consistency of the snow. The best temperature to make the snowball is 5 to 32 degrees. Now that you’ve made your globe of snow you want to es-tablish a base camp. Look for a spot with good sight lines and a lot of fresh snow, building a wall all around you so you are fully protected. Game on!

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Freshman Madi Schoening provided an attacking presence for the girls soccer team this fall, and she looks to continue this scoring for the girls varsity

basketball team.

Q. What position do you play? A. I am a shooting guard.

Q. What is it going to be like as a freshman on a upper-classman dominate team? A. I think it is going to be really fun. I know most of the girls, so I am not too nervous about being the only fresh-man.

Q. What have you done to prepare yourself for basket-ball season? A. Soccer has prepared me for basketball season because we condition frequently. Also, going to basketball camps has helped me sharpen my skills.

Q. What is one thing in Lewiston that is different from Sandpoint?

A. The Sandpoint teams are a lot more bonded and ac-cepting. Also, it smells better here!

Q. Are you excited to contribute to the girls basketball team as a freshman?A. Yes, because I get to have a varsity experience as a freshman and get to know different girls other than the soccer team.

Q. What is it like to move to a new school? Have people been welcoming ?A. Yes, everyone has been really welcoming and it’s nice to have a change. Joining the sports team has really helped me with making friends; I’m more known as a soccer girl rather than the new girl.

Q. Do you have any pregame rituals? A. Before a basketball game, I always run my hands under warm water to get them warmed up and ready to play. In soccer I try to find some sort of clover and I stick in my shin guard for good luck.

MADDIE RUSSO | STAFF MEMBER

New measures of unhealthy teen-age male weight loss and muscle building have recently alarmed pe-diatricians throughout the country. In a recent survey published in the Journal Pediatrics, more than 40 percent of middle school and high school boys said that they regularly exercise with the goal of gaining more muscle mass.

One of the most stereotyped groups for rapid gain and loss in weight and muscle are wrestlers. Many high school wrestlers cut weight in order to compete at a lower weight bracket in a match. The idea behind this is that a person with more muscle mass and less fat will generally be able to win easier over a smaller, less fit person. Some wres-tlers have gone as far as sitting in showers wearing a rubber suits try-ing to sweat off pounds or starving themselves in order to cut weight.

However, for the wrestlers at SHS, a healthier and safer alternative has been made.

“I just watch what I eat, stay away from fatty foods, lean towards leaner meats and eat some vegetables and fruits,” wrestler and team captain Lewis Dunton said. “If I got to make weight, I just kinda watch what I eat. It’s all about how far away I am from

weigh-ins.”“Most of it’s when you’re wres-

tling, you’re in prime shape,” said Sandpoint High School wrestler Adam Weindl. “It’s not like you’re sit-ting on the couch every day. You’re in prime shape and that’s how much your healthy body weight is going to be.” said Weindl.

Both Weindl and Dunton em-phasized that much of what they do comes down to a healthy diet and keen awareness of what’s essential and what’s not.

“If you want to keep your weight down, you have to stick to stuff that’s not high in salts or sugars,” said Wiendl. “Just the normal necessities of what everything is based on.”

When it comes to the education by coaches on what’s a healthy rou-tine. “Randles doesn’t really influ-

ence weight training that much,” said Dunton. “Usually he just makes sure we drink a lot of water and stay hy-drated before games.” Wiendl also added that, “he believes in that if you say you’re going to wrestle a certain weight that you’re going to make that weight.”

Even without any risky routines, several wrestlers have still been able to drop their weight considerably as Dunton has gone from 138 pounds this season down to 126 this year and into a lower weight bracket. Fifth place state medalist last year, Adam Wiendl, also hopes to drop around four pounds and make a run for at least top three in the state.

This year’s wrestling team hopes to “make sure they achieve more suc-cess this year than they did last year,” said Coach Randles.

Weighing in on wrestling

Sam LevoraStaff Member

Sandpoint wrestlers choose alterna-tives to traditional style of weight loss

Check out sports on SHSCedarPost.com! This month featuring:

An exclusive interview with Coach Haynes Moose Madness stomp preview

An exclusive interview with Coach Randles

As basketball season begins, Bill Bender has taken over the head coaching job for the girls team. Bender has been coach-ing for 42 years and has coached in places as far as Connecticut. Bender is a seasoned coach, hav-ing two state titles and one run-ner up at St. George’s in Spokane, Washington. He has been to state 13 times with not only basketball but also volleyball and softball teams.

Along with Bender being a great coach of skills, he is also very kind to his players. Junior guard Maryah Delgado said “I think he is just what we needed to lift our spirits and help make our team a team again.” Sophomore guard Lily Martin says that Coach

Bender motives the team in a way Martin has never experienced.

When asked about the upcom-ing basketball season, Bender said, “ It’s going to be a new ex-perience for them; development takes time.” Bender says that the first part of the season will be dif-ficult. The team will be faced with tough 5A competition before starting into league play in Janu-ary. Bender says that playing the 5A competition will be, “the first true capsule of improvement.”

While the girls team has stand-out players in junior forward Hai-ley Olin, who Bender describes as the “catalyst” and senior point guard Jordan Speelmon, the “con-troller”, Bender says all his players play an important role in helping this team go to state.

Bending the program

Veteran coach looks to lead lady Bulldogs to state

Kennedy SearchStaff Writer

n COACHING STAFF: Head coach Bill Bender, center, analyze the girls team during a game with assistant coach Melvin Speelmon, left, and JV coach Chris Chatburn, right.

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Moose Madness: Beating the BadgersSandpoint players, fans, and community look to bring home the antlers

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The boys basketball team takes to the court this winter being led by junior Matthew Burgstahler and senior Nick Nelson, with a young junior filled team in their trails.

With key games against school rivals Lakeland and Moscow, the team looks at other games as practice for districts.

Coach Tyler Haynes said, “We are preparing for districts and pre-paring to get ourselves to state.” This year the boys team will be at-tending a Lake City tournament over the holiday season and match themselves against some of the best teams in Northern Idaho as well as in Washington.

Haynes looks forward to the support from the student body as al-ways, commenting on how the students of SHS always come out to support the team. “Players feed off of that,” Haynes said.

The girls basketball team laces up this winter with a very young team, with sole senior Jordan Speelmon and junior Hailey Olin lead-ing the team this season.

With the new head coach William Bender taking the reins, Bender points to the key games being against Lakeland and Moscow.

“These kids are pushing, learning and growing,” Bender said.Bender pointed that the keys to success in these games is by having

all 10 players knowing their responsibilities.Hoping that the student body can fill the stands a little more this

year, Bender knows that winning also supports more student activity. Bender said, “The fans give them motivation to keep trying and to keep working.”

Moose Madness is finally here. Basically it means hundreds of screaming, sweaty, excited fans from two different schools in a very confined space fighting over antlers.

This game is considered a “rivalry” game. But between a 4A team and a 3A team? Bon-ners Ferry is the underdog team. They aren’t supposed to win and our teams are expected to win. So how exactly is this a rivalry game? Would it not make more sense to have a rivalry game between opponents our same size? Maybe like Lakeland or Moscow?

However, the basketball games have been quite even over the years, so really, school size doesn’t matter when it comes to winning the game.

But what about actually bring-

ing home the antlers? Obviously, Bonners has done fairly well in the past. Three of the four years they have taken the trophy from us, yet they are quite a bit smaller. That’s the good thing about the points system.

It equalizes the David and Goliath match up. It makes the whole com-petition, well... more competitive.

It is more fun to have a close competition, rather than one team running away with the lead. It leads

to a down to the wire finish where both players and fans have racing hearts and sweaty palms. But don’t you think the fan turnout would be much greater if it was a game against one of our actual rivals? When

defeating Bonners Ferry, there is of course satisfaction, as their is every time we pull out a victory, but the feeling of accomplishment if we were to defeat Moscow or Lakeland would far surpass that of Bonners Ferry. The bar would be raised even higher for our student body and the school spirit would most likely rise to an all time high.

But you can’t deny, no mat-ter what happens, that Moose

Madness is an exciting event where everyone is a part of the competi-tion, not just the players. It gives the entire student body a chance to defeat another school.

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Let’s Define RivalryThe view from the stands:

Lakeland

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Boys Basketball Girls Basketball

nBASKETBALL: Top: Junior Collin Jurenka shoots over a Timberlake guard in the season opener. Bottom: Junior Cassie Young looks to shoot over a crowd of Kellog players.

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We are now hours away! Sandpoint High School stu-dents and community members will soon have the op-portunity to travel north to Bonners Ferry for the fifth annual Moose Madness spirit competition.

The girls JV team and both varsity basketball teams will be playing, with the first game and activities start-ing at four, and continuing on into the evening. Although the basketball games are a main point of emphasis, the schools also compete in spirit, sportsmanship, fundrais-ing and various activities that focus on student involve-ment.

“We’re going to kill those badgers!” senior Bailey Scrimsher said.

The band, choir, and dance team are also contribut-ing factors, while students who do not participate in such activities can lend a helping hand with the moose call, moose drawing, and stomp routine. Each of these aspects are scored based on enthusiasm, sportsmanship, creativ-ity, and technical ability.

Tickets cost $5 and will be sold at the bookkeeper until two o’ clock on December 20 or for $8 at the door.

Both schools put a huge emphasis on giving back through this event. One of the largest portions of the competition is based on money raised for Toys for Tots. Student Leadership partnered up with National Honor Society to fundraise for this organization. Second-peri-od B day classes are also competing with each other to see which class can raise the most funds for chairty and in support of SHS for Moose Madness.

Buckets will be passed around at the competition and during lunches to collect additonal money for Toys for Tots. How well the school fundraises and represents at the competition will determine who wins the moose ant-lers that will be placed at the winning school for the year to come.

This year, the total number of points added for fund-raising will be found by dividing the money each school raised by the number of students at each school, multi-plied by ten and added to the total score.

This event has become a well loved tradition at SHS, incorporating both the community and the student body into a night of fun-filled activities that bring all of Sand-point together as one.

Get ready to bring your A-game and keep those antlers here, because Moose Madness is especially a great day to be a Bulldog!

Melissa MioneSports Editor

Cymbre MartinStaff Member

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While you’re on a roll getting your credits, perhaps it’s time to put them to use and start filling out college applications

As winter break approaches, college application deadlines tag along. Sandpoint High school seniors join the hundreds of thousands of teenagers putting it all out there to vye for acceptance at colleges and universities

everywhere. “The key is to not procrastinate and put your best foot out there.” SHS counselor Jeralyn Mire said. “This is your first impression the admissions people get of you.” Mire and the rest of the counseling staff are

hard at work sending transcripts and completing secondary education reports. “This is an important step in stu-dents future, and they should take it seriously.” Mire said.

Do not procrastinate! Get on it as soon as possible. Starting as early as you can allows time for editing and perfecting your application and essays. Give people enough time to write letters of recommendation, and

remember, deadlines are very important.Narrow down your list of schools. applying to a lot of schools can give you more options and back ups, but a

smaller amount of schools means that you can perfect the applications you really care about.Make it personal. College applications and essays are the first impression colleges get of you. You do not want to be seen as a cookie cutter high school senior. Sell yourself, and don’t just tell them what they want to hear. Make it count! This is your future that you are working on. College seems like a long way away, but where you

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