NOVEMBER, 25 2008SANDPOINT HIGH SCHOOLVOLUME 86, ISSUE 3page 5

Blood

� e fall Blood Drive at SHS took place Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the gym.

Student Council had a goal of having 76-110 donors, and 85 units were collected.

“We met our goal for this donation,” Student Council advisor Mike Martz said.

� e 85 units collected also exceeded last year’s Blood Drive’s number, even with over 15 of the people who signed up this year not donating.

“Either they wouldn’t come and be ready or they would be turned away for some reason,” junior Student Council senator Mike Richardson

said of those who signed up but didn’t donate. “It’s also possible some people just didn’t show up”.

Historically, SHS has been

recognized for the turnout of students new to the blood drive.

“� e past [two years] we’ve been given an award for the highest number of new donors,” junior Student

Council president John Briggs said.

It is still uncertain whether Student Council will receive this award, the Highest

Percent of First Time Donors, again for this year.

Student Council, coordinating with the Inland Northwest Blood center, puts on the blood drive every year, pulling students in and out

of class, providing snacks a� erwards, and getting as many students as possible to donate.

“Basically we are doing everything besides taking blood,” Briggs, who describes himself as “the king of the blood drive”, said.

Advertising is a crucial part of putting on the Blood Drive, as Student Council sets a goal every year of how many units of blood to collect.

“Posters, the TVs, word of mouth,” Student Council junior Caitlyn Reeves listed as methods they use to recruit. “I tell people about the blood drive, John Briggs tells people about the blood drive.

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Honoring our nation’s veterans on Nov. 11 is one of the most important events held each year throughout the United States. On Veterans Day, stores and businesses across the states close their doors to honor veterans for their dedication and service to keeping our country safe in past generations and for those to come.

� is year, SHS again commemorated the veterans within the Sandpoint community with an assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Hundreds of students gathered to watch the procession of veterans make their way into the gymnasium where they watched a brief video and listened to senior Catherine Aylward talk about her decision to join the military and what it meant to her.

“It’s really important to me,” senior Catherine Aylward said. “I was imspired when I was little when I saw a group of soldiers gathered together.”

Many SHS students enjoyed the assembly and acknowledged its importance to the community.

‘It seems really important to have this assembly,” sophomore Ben Chitlungsei said. “I

mean, its a part of our history.”Several of the veterans present Tuesday have

been regularly attending the Sandpoint High School Veterans Day assembly for many years.

“I’ve been attending the assembly for 10 years now,” one veteran said, “I came to this assembly when my daughter was in high school.”

Events from the assembly brought back many memories of past wars and time serving our country for many of the veterans.

Charles Sinclair, one of the many dedicated veterans, served in the Air Force from 1972-1976, during which the United States was involved in the Vietnam War.

“We thought the war would never end,” Sinclair said.

Although there was doubt that the war would ever end, it eventually did and Charles clearly remembers that day.

“I had my bags packed to go to Vietnam,” Sinclair said, “when they told us it was all over.”

While the Vietnam war did eventually end, service to our country never has. Honoring our veterans has become an important part of American history as a tribute to those who have fought for our homeland for present generations and those to come. ■ PAYING TRIBUTE: Surrounded with respect, area veterans attended

an assembly put on by Student Council at SHS in their honor

Veterans Day assembly shows honor, appreciation for local veterans

KAT VARDELL Copy editor

EMILY THOMPSON Staff reporter

Student Council

National Honor Society

Key Club

Pep Club

Model United Nations

Students take opportunity to give back to the community Adviser: Connie KimbleMeetings: Every Tuesday a� er school in room W14Upcoming Events: Key Club is participating in the Christ-mas Child program which enables students to � ll shoe boxes with presents such as school supplies, stu� ed ani-mals, and books to be sent to children in third world countries. Key Club is also putting together a tree for the annual Festival of Trees in December.

Volleyball, Soccer teams

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Adviser: Wendy AuldMeetings:Announced month-ly Upcoming events: NHS is Conducting a Toys for Tots drive that is to begin Dec 1 and run through Dec 12. � e competition will be held dur-ing second period, A days. Please bring newer gi� s and money. � e money will be used to purchase gi� s and food for families in need. Prizes for winning classes to be announced. Look for NHS at the basketball games selling tickets for the basket drawing.

Adviser: Mike MartzUpcoming events: Seniors! We want prom to the best it can be this year so we need your input. Please bring your ideas to the box in the o� ce. � ank you to everyone who donated blood - we had 86 units donated. � e food drive was also a success. Great job SHS!

Adviser: Nancy MillerMeetings: Tuesday mornings at 7:30Upcoming Events: Pep Club is hosting the Fall sports/hol-iday recongnition assembly towards the end of Decem-ber It’s not too late to become part of Pep Club, come to a meeting to join.

Adviser: Debbie SmithUpcoming events: � e Model United Nations club is prepar-ing for the National Confer-ence in New York City. SHS-MUN will be representing two African Countries; Ethio-pia and Djibouti. We will be working on our Country re-ports and committee reports. We will be continuing to fundraise throughout the year to help fund next years trip to the National Conference. You can support our fundraising e� orts through a purchase of the book Sandpoint: Small Town , Big Heart for $40 with 50% going to SHS MUN.

ChaCha answers all your

questions

ISAAC DUNNE

CARLY RICKARD

Your blood type depends on whether you have an A antigen or B antigen on your red blood cells.

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FAST FACTS

Blood Drive: continued pg.2

■ SAVING LIVES: In an effort to help her community, senior Autumn Wright gives blood at the recent SHS blood drive

Type A blood contains A antigenType B blood contains B antigen

Type AB blood contains both antigensType O blood contains neither antigen

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KEEGAN DUNN

News editor

CASEY DUNN

Staff reporter

COURTESY IDAHO METH PROJECT

Briefl y:News around SHS

� e Idaho Meth Project, a program aimed at reducing methamphetamine use in Idaho, was launched this year as part of the Meth Project campaign in several states.

“� e Idaho Meth Project is a prevention and public-awareness program aimed at reducing � rst-time meth use in our state,” Executive Director of the Idaho Meth Project, Megan Ronk said. “Every day, people are faced with the decision to try meth. Many perceive bene� ts in using the drug, but little-to-no risk. � is is the root of the problem. � e goal of the Meth Project is to arm teens and young adults with the facts about methamphetamine so they can make well-informed decisions when presented with the opportunity to try it.”

� e Idaho Meth Project was started a� er the success of the Montana Meth Project.

“� e Meth Project � rst launched in Montana in September 2005,” Ronk said. “At the time, the state was overwhelmed by methamphetamine abuse.”

In 2005, Montana was the � � h highest state in the nation for meth abuse. Close to 50 percent of inmates were incarcerated for meth,

As many SHS students shi� their attention to winter activities, the administration begins work on a future lockdown drill that will prepare students for the worst. According to Assistant Principal Mike Mitchell, the administration is preparing a lockdown drill that in collaboration with the Sandpoint police department so the drill will be as authentic as possible.

“� e police department wants to become more involved [with drills]; there will be an intruder who comes into the building to create the atmosphere needed,” Mitchell said.

� e administration wants the students to be prepared, and with school violence being a concern, lockdown drills are a necessary precaution.

“I think the students should understand that the more we practice drills like this, the more e� cient they will run in the future,” Mitchell said.

Teachers will be noti� ed which week the drill will happen.

Lockdown drill to commence soon

and 50 percent of foster-care admissions were meth-related.

Now, much of that has changed. Meth-related crime in Montana declined 53 percent from 2005-2007, and teen Meth use has declined 50 percent, according to the Montana O� ce of Public Instruction.

� e Idaho Meth Project seeks to implement some of the same strategies used in the Montana Meth Project.

“� e Idaho Meth Project conducts extensive statewide surveys and focused group research to more thoroughly understand Idahoans’ attitudes and behaviors related to methamphetamine,” Ronk said. “� is research provides the foundation for our messaging programs.”

� e messaging campaign currently includes advertisements spanning television, newspapers, radio, billboards, and the internet. � ese advertisements have sparked some controversy due to their graphic nature.

“You’re going to see disturbing and even shocking images of what meth does to people,” Idaho Gov. Butch Otter noted on the Idaho Meth Project Web site. “� ese public service spots don’t sugar-coat it, because it’s just that

ugly. And Idahoans need to see and hear the truth about this drug.”

“Simply stated, we will un-sell meth to the most vulnerable population: teens and young adults,” Ronk said.

Part of the Idaho Meth Project campaign also is aimed at educating non-users about the signs and symptoms that may indicate meth use. � e Idaho Meth Project Web site cites many signs that a person might be using the drug, including selling or pawning personal possessions, missing school or work, sudden outbursts or mood swings, and changes in physical appearance.

But perhaps the largest obstacle, Ronk said, is educating young people on how to deal with peer pressure.

“Without a doubt, peer pressure is a di� cult thing for any student to deal with,” Ronk said. “Having said that, meth use is one bad decision that a student does not want to make – it is the most addictive substance known to man and I have never seen meth use result in a good life for anyone. Students must be strong and use the information they know to stay away from this drug. It is di� cult to say no, but the alternative is even more painful.”

Idaho Meth Project: ‘Not Even Once’

In a historic victory, Democratic nominee Barack Obama was declared President-elect of the United States on Nov. 4 at 11:04 p.m. paci� c time.

Many analysts credit Obama’s success to his message of change and hope for Americans, a mantra that earned him 365 electoral votes and 53 percent of the popular vote. McCain won 173 electoral votes, even with Missouri adding its 11 votes to his total 15 days a� er the general election.

“I think that he was the right choice. He seemed like he had more of a plan to move forward, not to stay in the same place,” junior Nick Guida said.

Whether or not this is change for the better is a matter of opinion.

“I think America made the choice they wanted to make, and we’ll see if that’s the right one or not,” senior Zack Baker said.

� e Democrats also won 20 seats in the House of Representatives and six seats in the Senate, giving them a decisive majority in both divisions of the legislative branch.

“I think that will help Obama accomplish

Obama elected 44th President of the United States

IMPACTING YOUTH: Hoping to capture youths’ attention, the Idaho Meth Project uses provocative advertising to get its message heard.

what he wants to do,” Baker said.Many students at SHS had hoped for a

McCain victory.“I’m disappointed. I am. I would’ve seen it go

the other way. But [Obama] won the popular

vote and the electoral vote so clearly that’s what America wanted, so they can have him,” Baker said.

McCain supporters o� en disagreed with Obama’s policies.

“I didn’t believe in Obama’s philosophy of ‘spreading wealth’. It sounds socialist,” sophomore Connor Griesmer said.

Many students believe McCain and Palin’s appearances on Saturday Night Live hurt their campaign.

“I think that in the beginning they weren’t a� ected, but as time went on and they kept making fun of things, things added up and people thought ‘Does she really act like that?’ � ey saw more of that than the real Sarah Palin. I think people started thinking that she was actually that retarded. Seeing her talk, she doesn’t normally talk like that,” Guida said.

But students and voters of all parties agree that change is coming.

“I hope he’ll do a good job. I think that he’s a good guy and I don’t think that he can change everything, but we’ll see,” Guida said.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Amidst the cafeteria racket, members of the community cast their votes at Washington Elementary School on Tuesday Nov. 4

CARLY RICKARD

We all use INBC folders for our home work.”

All around participating in the Blood Drive is applauded and encouraged. One donation can sabe up to three people.

“If I asked you if you could save a life, what would you say?” Briggs said. “And you could do that simply by giving blood”.

Junior Kelli Hayes has a special reason for encouraging people to participate- her � ve-year-old sister Amber.

“[My little sister]’s got a blood disease called thalassemia major,” Hayes said. “She has to get blood transfusions every three weeks for the rest of her life. � ere’s no cure for it.”

Amber is active in encouraging people to donate also.

“She comes to [the Blood Drive] every year at the school,” Hayes said. “She’s got her picture on the side of the Inland Northwest blood drive bus. Every blood drive she goes to she hands out the snacks to people [and] thanks them.”

Blood Drive: continued from page 1

Obama Electoral Vote: 365 Popular Vote: 66,882,230

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The Results McCain Electoral Vote:

173 Popular Vote: 58,343,671

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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.

• Thanks to the transitive property, I’ve kissed every guy in this school.

• I’m totally on a Disney binge.

• That’s one thing the nuns never taught me - how to say the letter ‘O’.

• If Cindy McCain were like 40 years younger, I’d date her. She’s hot!

• Oh great - a prime number.

• That’s what you get for carrying a horseshoe in a your backpack!

• I lost my phone number. Can I have yours?

• What good does flashing do if you can’t see them?

• I think we should just spray-paint their eyes!

• Does that album have a song about a pedophile a on it?

• That’s what honeymoons are all about: stork- ing!

• The sky is blue because it’s a Democrat!

• Meat is actually a food group?

Carly riCKardPhoto Editor

Gun vs. Door? Seriously.

Our View

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It’s happened to a few of us in the past week or so. Perhaps you’re coming from a class in the portables, or maybe just trying to break the record for your car-to-class sprint. Either way, your progress is interrupted. By a locked door. Go figure.

Welcome to the school’s latest scheme for safety. It has some weak logic to back up its good intentions: with only one entrance into the school, there’s a smaller chance that a would-be shooter could sneak in through a side door and blow us all to smithereens. But if humanity has learned anything over the eons, it’s that good intentions rarely go anywhere without a little brainpower.

First, let’s be selfish: it’s obviously an inconvenience. For those with a class in a portable, it’s absolute hell. However, students aren’t complete Neanderthals: most would be perfectly willing to get a little healthy exercise in order to forego being shot.

But statistically speaking, shooters are rarely unrelated to the schools they intend to victimize. Any student with a gun could waltz through the front door and exchange good mornings with the attendance office at SHS, without so much law enforcement as a tardy slip.

But if you’re still in doubt about the obvious, let’s take a minute and visualize. A red-eyed,

trench-coated, leather-booted, teenage male storms up to the school doors. Beneath his coat is a gun, a gun he intends to put to use killing other students. He’s angry at them, but mostly he’s furious at himself. His hand trembles as he goes to open the door. He tugs for a moment, confused. Then he sighs, walks to his car, and drives home.

Does anyone else see something strange about this picture?

Anyone with a speck of gray matter floating between their ears should doubt that a locked door is capable of stopping a deranged teenager bent on violence.

Finally, the North Idaho Community Action Network has been silenced! Ha! You lose, NICAN! I’m so happy that this hell-raising, progress-hindering, taxpayer-costing, everyone-annoying organization has been stopped. The Sand Creek Byway is going to be built, and there’s nothing they can do about it.

They’ve put up a good fight. The building of the Byway was put off for I can’t even remember how many years. And they’re still going to try and file for another injunction in a month, after construction has already started. Basically, they’re going to try and stop something from happening that’s already happened. I mean think about it. That’s hardcore stuff.

However, their efforts were all for naught. Now Sandpoint will be forced to see its traffic reduced, its downtown shopping enhanced, and its quality of life improved. I get tears in my eyes just thinking about it. Why, oh why, have we brought this horror upon ourselves? What were we thinking?

It’s nice to know that just because a group has a seemingly unlimited amount of money and misplaced motivation doesn’t mean they get to force their personal agenda on everyone. I would like to thank U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge for shutting up all of the narrow-minded, selfish idiots who for reasons sane people have yet to understand opposed this project and finally allowing Sandpoint to get on with it. It was really

super of him. We should all send him cookies or something.

I mean what is NICAN’s deal? They take pleasure in costing taxpayers close to $100 million in lawsuit delays and increased construction costs? They think the fragile swamp/mud bog ecosystem will be irreparably damaged? Or perhaps they’re concerned about the noise affecting the Seasons condos (the ones that are right next to a set of regularly used train tracks)? How can any of these silly and baseless reasons be cause to delay a project that will do so much good for our community?

Wait. I think I know what it is. None of them actually use any of the roads! That must be it! The members of NICAN must go to work or leave town through secret passageways or something they’ve dug beneath the entire town, and so they don’t notice the traffic problem! No wonder they appear to be so ignorant! They think the bypass is trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist for them. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before.

Well, NICAN, here’s the reality. We do have a traffic problem, and this bypass is going to solve it. Give up! Stop halting the progress that will make Sandpoint a more livable place. Please, do us all a favor: go back to your tunnels and prop up the roofs so that the bypass construction doesn’t make them collapse on all of you. It’s less messy that way.

It seems like the farther I get along with my schooling, the more often I come across lessons that I thought I had already learned, but instead find that what I thought was fact was only something my teacher told me to keep something less confusing, more age-appropriate, or what-have-you.The things that the teacher told me supposedly for my benefit in fact made the learning process a little tougher. Really,it seems a little selfish, unless they just didn’t know the truth. I hope this isn’t the case- to tell one student something that isn’t the whole truth or is missing some pieces in order to dumb it down. When it comes time for that student to learn what the teacher left out, the student has to comprehend something that the teacher, time and time again, assured was not there. It’s not a very nice feeling when one finds out that what they thought was something they could add to their basic foundation of knowledge turns out to be fiction.

Why can’t teachers just settle with a, “Well you’ll learn that later,” instead of making up an answer to satisfy the student. At a young age especially, students will soak up a teachers every word and take it as the most concrete truth, but it seems like it is in elementary school that one is fed the most fiction.

I understand that there are some things that a teacher might not feel comfortable saying and that’s fine, as long as they make sure the student knows that, rather than telling them something other than the truth to avoid the topic. Learning can be hard enough without having to separate fact from fiction.

I am a bibliophile. Yes, it sounds like something that could earn you a jail sentence, but this particular “-phile” word has nothing negative about it.

The true definition, straight from Random House Webster’s is: “One who loves books.”

I have adored books since early childhood. As soon as I could read with ease, I devoured everything in sight. I read myself into myopia, or nearsightedness.

I read everything - my age group, below it, and above it. I read Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and of course, Shakespeare.

I am not such a literary snob that I don’t read more normal genres than classics, though. I read romance, mystery, historical

Red tape cut,Byway started,

NICAN loses. Yay!The lies my teacher told me...

“Please, accept this gift as a token of our appreciation!”

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fiction, contemporary fiction, science fiction, biographies, autobiographies and fantasy.

My room is full of books - books that I’ve read a hundred times each. I constantly borrow library books, and my family is forever sharing books with me.

To explain more fully how I feel about books, I will have to share my emotional moments regarding them. Once, I was watching a movie, and the antagonists burned the school library books that were “evil”. I cried.

When I watched “Fahrenheit 451,” which follows a society in which books are forbidden - (it’s based on a Ray Bradbury story, if that means anything to anyone) I had to look away at a moment when they burned a huge collection of books.

If someone throws books, or hurts them in any way in my presence, they can expect a scolding. I see books almost as entities, a form of energy. To me, they are a piece of the author and should be treated with respect, no matter what it contains.

So does that mean I am against censorship

of every kind? You bet, even if it is some horrible piece of literature that praises murder, or some other monstrosity. If you don’t want to see those kinds of ideas, don’t read it. I’m reminded of a quote by Mark Twain: “Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.”

Even if you don’t agree with what the book says, it doesn’t mean that no one else should read it. You have the choice to say, “I don’t like that book,” and not read it. No one else should be deprived of something they might agree with, just because of your beliefs.

To clarify, and to make sure I won’t have a mob on my doorstep after this comes out, this does not mean I condone murder, or violence, or that just because there are neo-Nazi books out there that they should be taught in school. I think that if a book portrays one side, then other sides should be shown, or the one side should not be shown at all. People must be allowed choices. Once they know the options, they can make an intelligent decision, and choose.

With Casey Dunn

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Page 4Cedar Post November 25, 2008

JENNIFER PRANDATO Assistant editor

JESSE COBB

CHELSEA KARDOKUS

Editor-in-chief

■ SENIOR PRIDE: Determined to wear their shirts, seniors Liara Nosiglia, Abby Helander and Savannah Holt now wear the forbidden senior girls’ shirts to basketball games

� e SHS Student Council recently took a three day trip to Boise for a leadership conference. � e conference, held by the Idaho Association of Student Council was attended by Student Council students from throughout Idaho. � e theme this year was ‘iLead,’ and focused on leadership skills in the school, community and in life.

“Each school had a di� erent genre and a playlist,” sophomore class Senator Max Horn said.

Each day started o� with a general session and a speech by the guest speaker, Josh Sundquist, a comedian with only one leg who is on the Paralympic ski team.

“[Sundquist] taught us some things about life,” junior student council President John Briggs said. “One of his key points was that life is tough, but life is beautiful. He talked about

how we needed to turn our limp into a pimp walk.”

� e conference also focused on raising school spirit. Student council members learned cheers and hand routines. � ey learned sevens, a hand-clap routine, that brings out a lot of school spirit when everyone is participating.

“It sounds funny with just

one kid doing it, and it doesn’t seem like we learned much, but imagine 600 kids with their own school spirit doing it,” Briggs said. “When you come back, you start going through school spirit withdrawls.”

� e IASC conference

leaders helped members think of ideas to raise participation throughout the school.

“One school had people cross-dress for the food drive. � ey would walk around town and ask for money,” Horn said.

� e student council members also watched a magician and attended a dance, as well as other smaller

sessions. Other classes included ‘How to get your groove on without getting your grind on’; ‘Rants of a Political Strategist’, a class about how to get re-elected or promote yourself; and a class about the National Association of Student Council, which Briggs is interested in joining.

� e National Association of Student Council participants meet with leaders from across the United States and around the world and participate in a service learning project.

“� e things we brought back were important,” Briggs said.

Be careful, girls: Sandpoint High School has o� cially entered the hairy season. � at wonderful month-long tradition is underway, and passionate kisses could be just a little bit uncomfortable during No-Shave November. In fact, some students have begun to take part already.

“I usually have a huge beard, but this year I decided to just shave it o� and see

how much it would grow in a month,” senior Cory Repass said. Plenty of other guys have taken a page out of Repass’s book and are conducting their own experiments in beard growth rates. But this isn’t strictly a man’s holiday: some girls are doing it, too.

“I like to see what commitments I can stick to, and I hate shaving because there’s no point if I’m just going to be wearing pants and long-sleeved shirts,” one senior girl, who requested to

stay anonymous, said. However, she bears no

grudges against any other girls who refuse to take part.

“Well, I understand, because I do feel a lot prettier when I’m a little bit smooth, but that’s probably just because I’ve been told that it makes me prettier. I hate to be a conformist,” she said.

She has a message for anyone attempting to give her such attention.

“Hey, there’s no point: I’m not going swimming.”

� e tradition of the classic

“Senior Girls” shirt has been passed down through senior classes for several years. But with time comes change and people who are daring to step out of the box. Senior Marci Griggs did just that by creating a new type of senior girls shirt. On Friday, Oct. 17 40 Sandpoint High School senior girls proudly walked the halls wearing black shirts with pink lettering reading “Class of 2009” on the front and “B*tch we shine” on the back.

“It’s just fun. We’re just tryin’ to be kids, you know?” Griggs said. “We’re just trying to have fun our senior year.”

� e administration did

not view this as “fun”, though, but rather as distracting and tasteless.

“I didn’t think it was appropriate for school,” Principal Dr. Kiebert said. “I think they’re � ne at other places but not at school where our concentration needs to be on education.”

� e girls argued that because the shirt did not have the actual word on it that it shouldn’t matter, but the administrators held their stance.

“� ey were like, ‘You can wear them for the rest of the day, but a� er this day you can’t wear them at all’,” Griggs said.

� e 40 girls were not happy with the administration a� er spending time and money on the shirts.

“A lot of girls paid a lot of

money for them and we can only wear them for one day. � at’s pretty lame,” Griggs said.

� e girls still plan on wearing their forbidden shirts to basketball games and possibly other sports to show their senior pride.

� ese shirts are not the only Senior Girls’ shirts for the class of 2009. Another shirt was created at the same time that said, “Know Your Rank” on the front and “Senior Pride” on the back.

Griggs, along with a few other senior girls plan on creating new senior shirts every month.

“Why not make a shirt for each month of school? It will bring back memories and remind you of things you did that month,” Griggs said.

Students ban blade for No-Shave November

Senior shirts cause controversy with staff

� e SHS Student Council, Pep Club and various dance team members and cheerlead-ers are organizing a school-wide dance-o� with Bonners Ferry High School. � e com-petition, called Moose Mad-ness, will take place Saturday, Jan. 17 at Bonners Ferry High School.

Sandpoint will choreograph a dance that includes synchro-nized dancing of the crowds in the stands. � e Bonners Ferry crowd is planning on lip-syncing to a song. Both schools cheerleaders will mo-tivate the crowds during half-

time of the girl’s varsity game and the dance teams will per-form during hal� ime of the boy’s varsity game. � e choir’s and band’s will be performing as well.

“I think it will be fun,” ju-nior dance team co-captain Laticia Lies said. “We can raise a lot of school spirit.”

� e schools will compete with each other on school spirit, starting during girls half time and will be judged by Dr. Kiebert, Bonners Ferry Prin-cipal Mr. Bayer and citizens from both communities. � e school with the best participa-tion and school spirit will win. � e winning school will re-

ceive a stu� ed animal moose, a prize that will be kept for the remainder of the year. � e scores of the basketball games will not be factored into the competition.

� e goal of this competi-tion is to create a fun-� lled ri-valry between the two schools. Lake City and Coeur d’Alene high schools participate in the same type of competi-tion called Fight for the Fish. Moose Madness will be a an-nual event between Sandpoint and Bonners.

“It will be a good tradition for us and Bonners,” Lies said. “But it will be impossible if people are uncooperative.”

CARLY RICKARD

Student Council learns to raise participation, school spirit

JENNIFER PRANDATO

Assistant editor

‘Moose Madness’ introduced to Sandpoint, Bonners

JADE DONIGAN

Staff reporter

When you come back, you start going through school spirit withdrawls.

-John Briggs Junior

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Daniel Causer

Freshman Daniel Causer immerses himself in professional technical educationEach Spotlight is focused on a randomly chosen student.

■ DETERMINED: Causer gets ready for his carpentry class

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Ask freshman Shane Daniel Causer to give an opinion on something that most teens would have a ready,

passionate answer for, and he peacefully declines. His quiet, taciturn countenance is acknowledged by a classmate, who readily shouts out, “He doesn’t talk!”

Similarly, Causer has no opinion about what he would like to change at SHS. He does have a reason though why he likes the school.

“They have good lunch.” Causer said.

Causer has not always lived in North Idaho. He spent most of his life in Hemet, Calif., but likes it more here.

He has an eight-year-old brother, and two sisters, one five and the other 11. Fifteen-year-old Causer spends his free time watching television (he doesn’t have a favorite show) or playing “regular” video games. He watches movies “once in a while.”

He can easily describe his parents as “hard-working,” but gives only a neutral shrug when describing himself.

Causer listens to heavy metal music sometimes, but he doesn’t yet have a favorite group.

Carpentry would be an expected class to take for someone who likes to work with his hands, and Causer is no exception. It’s his favorite subject and he likes the teacher too. Also, “It’s fun.”

He has not specific course of action planned for his future, but he knows that he wants to build things, reflected by his elective choices: Drafting, Computer Business Applications, and the coveted Carpentry.

Causer truly fits the mold for the “strong, silent type,” but after a few moments conversing, you realize there is more to this ninth grader than meets the eye, or than he reveals.

TALA WOOD

Staff reporter

The world at your fi ngertips New cellular search engine is the answer to all your burning questions

For vegetarians, � anksgiving can be a time of much anxiety. While the rest of the family rabidly devours the innocent � esh of the majestic turkey, vegetarians can too of-ten be found cowering in a corner, isolated in their own valiant dietary restrictions, dain-tily picking at a salad or a roll, searching for something of meatless substance.

Vegetarians of the world, Corporate America has heard your cry! Various compa-nies have risen to the call of duty and are ea-ger to supply your needs for turkey surrogate for a modest price.

So...it exists, but how does it taste? In the spirit of journalistic bravery I dove deep into the world of the Quorn “Turk’y Roast” and emerged a changed man.

Quorn, a company which makes vegetar-ian meatless prodcuts, makes its cruel-free foodstu� s from “mycoprotein” which is just a nice way of saying “fungus”

� e cleverly named “Turk’y Roast” is called a loaf but it looks like an oversized pill and it comes in a vacuum sealed plastic bag that you cook it in.

Biting into the “Turk’y” feels like biting

� e 21st century has seen incredible gains in cell phone technology. Much more than just phones, these hand-held devices have become calculators, calenders, games, mobile Web browsers and chat clients. If mobile application service ChaCha has anything to say about it, cell phones will soon be a source of instantaneous knowledge.

ChaCha, a company that began as a Web browser based search engine, is a service that allows cell phone users to text nearly any question to the number 242-242 (spelling out ChaCha on a numerical key pad) and receive an answer within minutes.

Because questions directed at ChaCha are answered by real people the answers are o� en quirky and have personality that other text message based searches can’t match.

ChaCha questions are answered by people who sign up on ChaCha’s website and are paid 10 to 20 cents for each answer they give. ChaCha guides are required to have strong internet-research skills and receive questions via ChaCha’s Web site.

Initially, ChaCha was a service with unlimited use, but beginning in November ChaCha limited its users to 20 questions per month in an e� ort to cut costs.

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into an eraser. Or maybe a person. Not that I would know.

Turk’y tastes surprisingly like, well, turkey. A turkey that was raised in the Sahara. � e Turk’y loaf is incredibly dry. Eating sand is a more moist experience than eating the Turk’y loaf. If you decide to venture into the realm of tofurkey I would recommend eating it un-derwater, or at the very least with a gallon of water at hand.

Quorn’s “Turk’y” isn’t horrible, but it’s de� -nitely not great. It lives in a tiny shack locat-ed directly on the border between tasty and bland. In the end, it o� ers substance to veg-etarians on a holiday that can too o� en end in hunger.

Spotlight

As the 2008 fall sports season comes to a close, it will not only mark the end of a successful season for all, but the start of a strong year for more SHS athletics. Boys’ varsity soccer and girls’ varsity volleyball rounded up their seasons by each taking a 4A state title.

“We knew we were the underdogs, so we knew we had to work harder at it to have a chance at winning it,” varsity volleyball player junior Emilie Kuster said.

The volleyball team beat out Bonneville, their biggest rival, to take the state title.

“They took it last year so we wanted to take it back from them,” Kuster said.

After losing to Moscow in the district tournament in 2007, the boys’ varsity soccer team took the district title this year and went on to recapture the state title after last winning in 2006.

After a roller coaster season, the Dirty Thirty, the varsity football team, lost in the first round of the state tournament against Mountain Home High School, from south of Boise.

Girls’ varsity soccer, after their second year playing as a 5A team due to the addition of Clark Fork High School player Bailey Hewitt, won the district championships and continued to the State tournament in Meridian. Because of an injury in the final district game, Hewitt was unable to play at state, resulting in a loss of one of their lead goal scorers. The team lost the first round and won the consolation bracket to take fourth in the tournament.

After placing second at districts, the varsity cross country team took a total of 16 runners to state. Senior

Megan Bartlett took second overall for the girls leading the team to a sixth place finish. The boys took 12th.

Twenty swimmers qualified for the state championship this season. The swim team, unlike the other sports teams, competes against all schools in Idaho, not just 4A.

After taking second at districts, the boys team went on to place fourth at state. Freshman Chris Mann took third place in the 500 yard

freestyle and helped Garrett Dunn, Colton Story, and Graham Cole to a third-place finish in the boys’ 4x100 yard freestyle relay.

With their second district championship title in a row, the Girls’ swim team also placed fourth at state, capturing second place in the 2x100 Medley relay with freshman Keeley Pearlstein and seniors Paulina Gralow, Hillari Contor, and Tina Wilson.

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PAULINA GRALOW

Sports editor

Senior Jenny � omas is a key player for the SHS basketball team. � omas has proved herself time a� er time on the court; one of these being her half court shot last year at a Sandpoint game. � omas has a personal record of 34 points in one game. Before moving to Sandpoint she lived in Luxembourg, a small Western European country, and played on a national-level team. She has proved herself as a threat on the court and a player to keep your eye on for this upcoming girls’ basketball season.

Q. How long have you played basketball? A. “Eight years”

Q. Do you play any other sports?A. “Track and � eld; I do discus and shot put.”

Q. What are your other hobbies?A. “I snowboard, but don’t tell my coach. I like four-wheeling too.”

Q. How do you think you are going to play this year? A. “I’ll make the best of it. It’s going to be hard. Im the oldest one on the team.”

Q. Is playing here any di� erent [than Luxembourg?A. “Not really, it’s still basketball.”

Q. What gets you pumped up before a game?A. “Music, and just thinking about playing the hardest that i can.”

Q. What’s your favorite position? A. “Well, I am point guard this year. So, probably guard.”

Q. Do you have a lucky number?A. “17, but I can’t have it for the game.

Q. Do you have any pre-game rituals? A. “Sometimes we have dance parties.”

Q. Do you play in the o� -season? A. “No, but I want to this season.”

Q. How do you stay in shape when you don’t play in the o� -season?A. “Track and � eld, and a couple weeks before basketball season starts, I start running.”

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Although the season is over for some SHS athletes, many students are already beginning to prepare for next year. � ey go about it in many di� erent ways, but the end

result is the same; a stronger, better season next year. Freshman swimmer Keeley Pearlstein continues to swim for

the Sandpoint West Athletic Club club team, the Sharks. "I'm swimming at the club, and getting ready for A champs.

Fall athletes continue training during off-seasonI'm working hard on getting my sectionals cut for 100 backstroke," Pearlstein said.

Girls' Soccer � nished the season by winning districts, but many players still maintain their skill by playing o� season.

Junior Alicia Mertz, a key varsity soccer player this year, is participating in the Olympic Development Program. � is program allows her to travel to Arizona and compete with other players her age. She also plans on traveling to Texas to play with her old team for a showcase.

"Over the summer I went to regional camp; it has about 300

girls and I was selected from that pool to be on a team of 36," Mertz said.

Cross Country runners also keep in shape in the o� -season.

"I run cross country in the fall, and I plan on playing basketball this winter" sophomore cross country member Abbie Prummer said, "I've been running since my freshman year, and I've played basketball since third grade."

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New skate park allows skateboarders to practice throughout the year

Want to become a top rated player in a sport that you can play for decades? Sandpoint West Athletic Club may have the opportunity for you! SWAC is offering a limited number of “spon-sored player” member-ships that any youth be-tween the ages of 14-20 can apply for.

So what is a “spon-sored player”? According to Don Helander, owner of SWAC, “we’re looking for a few naturally gifted and determined athletes that will accept our help to become high level players in either racquetball, hand-ball, squash or all three.Racquetball, handball and squash (court sports) are games that:•are physically demanding•satisfy “competitive drive”•are able to be played

through decades of life•are excellent cross train-ing for all other sports•help maintain excellent physical conditioning for all other activities

So, if you’re selected as a “sponsored court sport player” what does that mean? A sponsored player receives compli-mentary temporary mem-berships that are renew-able-based on continued focus on learning court sports. The player receives initial equipment to get started and can then earn better equipment, cloth-ing, longer term member-ships, friend/play passes, entry expenses into local, regional and possibly na-tional tournaments. In order to maintain “sponsored” status a player must be coachable, accountable to play/train a minimum average of fi ve

hours per week and con-tinually advancing their skill in the game(s). Does it matter if I’m an SHS/SMS athlete?Court sports are excel-lent cross training for varsity sports. Due to the time required to maintain “sponsored” status it is up to the athlete, parent, coach and SWAC to deter-mine the feasibility of long term success as a court sport player. SWAC rec-ommends applying to be a “sponsored” player and, if selected for an interview, can then determine the ap-propriateness of a dual ath-letic role. Athletes that are “off season” will receive strong consideration in the fi rst selection process.

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Schweitzer Mountain Resort has added more snow-making machines to their arsenal this year. With these new snow-mak-ing capabilities, Schweitzer aims for more snow for the mountain and a possible earlier opening date.

“We are definitely ex-cited about adding more snow-making to the mountain this year. If Mother N a t u r e and the tempera-ture cooperate it’s going to allow us to make more snow an it’ll improve our chances of getting towards an earlier opening,” Sch-weitzer Mountain Resort Marketing Manager, Pat-rick Sande, said.

The nine Techno Alpin M18 fan snow-making guns will be placed in choice ar-eas along the front side of the mountain. The guns will be accompanied by 23 hydrants that will supply water to the guns and in-

crease their mobility.“It runs from the bot-

tom of chair two, which is Musical Chairs, and it runs up all the way to the village, through the village and runs all the way to the top of Midway,” Sande said.

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until we get to that ideal range where we can get the snow guns back on,” Sande said.

What the 2008 ski season has in store is still uncer-tain. Schweitzer will take what it can get from the clouds and the additional snow-making capabilities that the snow-making guns bring.

“I definitely don’t want to speak for Mother Nature, but what we’ve seen so far is promising,” Sande said.

Schweitzer hoping to open earlier with new snow machines

STEFFEN SPRAGGINS

Staff reporter

Cedar Hills church, along with Ronald Adams, have built a new addition for skateboarders in Sandpoint.

� e Dethbox, a new skate park, is located on the northern side of Cedar Hills Church, across from the S.T.E.P. training center.

It is “so that people will have a warm place to skate in the winter time. I also want this to be a comfortable place in Sandpoint for people to go and learn to skate,” Adams said of the park.

� e park consists of one nearly six foot half pipe, a box and a seven foot quarter pipe that leads into another twenty foot quarter pipe that is � at against the wall, which comes back to a Euro gap[a ramp with a lip cut into the middle] in a bank.

“Just come down to the shop [Dethbox], I should know when we’re skating.” Matt Splat, owner of the dethbox said.

� e park is not o� cially open yet, so far they have only been hosting "underground" sessions.� e park will be open two days a week all year. � ese two days will most likely be Wednesday and � ursday, although it has not yet been � nalized. � e park is free for anyone who wants to ride, although riders under 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent � rst.

People who have visited the park already have positive things to say about it.

“It was a lot of fun- nice people, de� nitely a good place to go in the winter, and it was warm in there,” Sandpoint high school graduate Brock Wahlin said of the skate park the � rst time he went.

Adams spent nearly three months constructing the new skate park, with a little help from friends and local skaters.

“If I had got all the materials right away I could have had it done in two weeks” Adams said.

Adams encourages people to come to the park, “for anyone who wants a cool place to hang out and skate.”

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Fall Sports State Wrap-UpBoys’ Soccer: State champs

Girls’ Soccer: 4th place (5A)

Football: qualified for state playoffs

Girls’ XC: 6th place

Boys’ XC: 12th place

Girls’ swimming: 4th place

Boys’ Swimming: 4th place

Volleyball: State Champs

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Editors’ Choice:Thanksgiving Recipes

Paulina’s perfect pasteries

5-6 cups all-purpose fl our cake pan of hot water

2 tbl. spoons dry yeast

2 cups hot water

2 tbl. spoons brown sugar 1 tbl. spoon salt

2 cups hot water

Mix 3 cups fl our with yeast, sugar & salt

Pour in hot water

Stir in remaining fl our until dough loses stickines, turn onto fl our surface

Place dough in greased bowl & cover with warm, damp cloth

Divide dough into 2 pieces, shape into round loave

Place in baking sheet with loaves in middle of a cold oven

Place pan of hot wawter on lowest shelf

Kat’s c-apple c-pie Perfect Pate Brisee21/2 cups all purpose fl our1 tsp salt1 tsp sugar1 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut in pieces1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

Mix dry ingredients and add butter piecesWork with h ands until resembles course mealAdd water slowly and continue working together until makes dough ballmix all fi ller ingredients together in a bowl

Thanksgiving Recipes Paulina’s perfect pasteries

5-6 cups all-purpose fl our cake pan of hot water

Find the fl at side of each chestnut and cut a large X with a sharp paring knife all the way

through the skin. Place chestnuts on a shallow baking pan and place in the oven to roast for about 30 to 40

minutes, depending on size of nuts. Shake pan several times to rotate chestnuts so they

will cook evenly. If you just want them cooked enough to peel, roast for 10 to 15 minutes.

Peel roasted chestnuts as soon as they are cool enough to handle. Once they cool complete-

ly, they are diffi cult to peel. However, they may be reheated briefl y to aid in peeling.

Chestnuts may also be roasted on the outdoor grill. Watch carefully and turn them often.

Another favorite method for small amounts is stovetop, particularly on a gas stove. Place

on top of a fl ame-tamer and cover with a deep lid. Roast over low heat until done, about 10

minutes, turning often to cook evenly.

Chelsea’s champion chestnuts1/2 pound chestnuts

Carly’s crazy cranberries 2 (0.3 ounce) packages sugar-free cherry fl avored gelatin mix2 cups boiling water1 (16 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained1/2 cup chopped pecans

Combine the gelatin and boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Mix in cranberry sauce and pineapple.Transfer to glass serving dishes. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Chill until set and serve.

1 red apple, sliced 4 sprigs rosemary

1/2 onion, sliced 6 sage leaves

1 cinnamon stick Canola oil

1 cup water

Tina’s terrifi c turkey

Place bird on roasting rack inside wide, low pan and pat dry with paper towels. Add steeped

aromatics to cavity along with rosemary and sage. Tuck back wings and coat whole bird liber-

ally with canola (or other neutral) oil.

Roast on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and

cover breast with double layer of aluminum foil, insert probe thermometer into thickest part

of the breast and return to oven, reducing temperature to 350 degrees F. Set thermometer

alarm (if available) to 161 degrees. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2

hours of roasting. Let turkey rest, loosely covered for 15 minutes before carving.

Incredible Isaac’s i-lectric ice cream1 1/2 cups light cream6 egg yolks

1/4 cup sugar1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice1 1/2 cups heavy cream1 1/2 cups canned solid pack pumpkinScald cream in heavy saucepan. Whisk yolks, sugar, vanilla in medium bowl.

Gradually whisk in the cream, add the spice. Return to saucepan, stir over

medium-low heat until mixture thickens,10 minutes; do not boil. Remove

from heat. Whisk in the heavy cream and the pumpkin. Strain into bowl.

2 cups water2 cups sugar4 cups cranberries1 cup chopped dried apricots1 orange, zested

Jesse’s joyful jam

Boil the water and sugar together for 5 minutes. Add the cranberries and

apricots. Simmer until the cranberry skins burst, about 6 to 8 minutes. Stir

in the orange zest and cool.

Keegan’s crumbelievable coffee cake 1/2 c. shortening 1/4 tsp. salt1 tsp. vanilla 3/4 c. sugar1 tsp. baking powder 3 eggs1/2 c. sour cream 1 tsp. soda2 c. fl our

Cream the shortening, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time. Add sour cream. Mix together and add powder, soda, fl our and salt. Put 1/2 batter into greased 9 inch pan. Add 1/2 crumb mixture then rest of the batter. Top with remaining crumb topping. Bake for 50 minutes at 350 degrees.

Thanksgiving traditions: What are your family’s favorite thanksgiving traditions?

I’m thankful for...A pocket-size last-minute ‘thankful for’ list

“We watch football, play games, and eat a lot. My whole family comes to visit.”

“Every year we have a pool tournament with our close friends and family.”

“We visit with family, play board games and eat pumpkin cheesecake.”

“We always watch ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ as a family.”

■ Gravity

■ Chapstick

■ Mashed Potatoes

■ Snow

■ Trashy VH1 shows (shout out to Scream Queens)

■ TLC

■ That’s what she said jokes

■ Calculator games

■ Love, love, love

■ Fridays

■ Text messaging

(alliteration is hard)

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Samantha TrulockJUNIOR

Cameron BrownellSOPHOMORE

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