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‘EXPLORE SANDPOINT!’ ENHANCES BIKE ROUTESCity committee of volunteers in cooporation with City Council strive to enhance bicycle safety in the Sandpoint downtown core and outlying areas including SHS

DESI STORKS | PHOTO EDITOR

Emily ChatburnStaff Member

SIX THINGS TO KNOW FOR HOMECOMING 2013 2013 SHS DAILY BELL SCHEDULE

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Explore Sanpoint! is a collabora-tion of city council and Sandpoint pedestrian and committee volun-teers, who have been working to designate bike routes in order to im-prove the safety of bike transporta-tion. The main designated route that they have created is to get people from residential areas into either the downtown core or city beach. This route consists of 3rd street going north and south, and Oak Street go-ing east and west.

However, there are other routes throughout Sandpoint such as Ella Avenue and Boyer Road going north and south.

Sandpoint High School and stu-dents biking to school were consid-ered during the planning and imple-mentation of the Explore Sandpoint! plan. Division Street connects with downtown via Larch street on the north side and Ontario/Lakeview at the south. Students are encour-aged to take this route on the way to school.

The goal of these routes are to provide a safer way for bicyclists to move between Sandpoint’s down-town core and outlying areas.

“The question was: how could we get a 10-year old from a residential area to city beach safely?” Bruce Rob-ertson from the City of Sandpoint Public Works Department said.

A sign that is used to help desig-nate bike lanes is the “sharrow”. The sharrow is a symbol of a bike with a chevron on the top that goes on roads without bike lanes. It also can

be put on roads with lanes, but the chevron is taken off the top. The pur-pose of this symbol is to inform cars and bikes that the street is shared for use.

According to Biology teacher and avid biker Jim Barton, the painted lines have been a huge help.

“I have noticed that the painted bike lanes encourage drivers to give you more room, and they do not seem to crowd you to the edge as much.”

Nevertheless, there are still some safety issues that need to be ad-dressed.

A certain issue is the education of both cyclists and drivers. Both need to be aware of when the other one is required by law to stop, and when one is not. For example, a bicycle is required to come to a complete stop at a stoplight but then can continue on, whereas a car must wait for the light to change. This is among other rules that both participants of the road should be aware of.

Although there is some education that needs to be shared, the aware-ness of bikes on roads throughout Sandpoint is improving greatly. Se-nior Austin Diercks is comfortable with Sandpoint as a bike and car friendly town.

“I do feel safe. I feel like the driv-ers around here are pretty courteous and aware of bikers,” Diercks said.

Robertson encouraged students to ride their bikes to school whenev-er possible, describing what a “great deal that is” and how the Explore Sandpont! committee is “delighted to see kids on bikes.”

n LANE LINE: Junior Sara Ahern rides her bike down the bike lane at the corner of Oak street and Third Avenue. This particular intersection is the meeting of two routes (City Loop and East West) on the new “Explore Sandpoint!” bike route around Sandpoint. Explore Sandpoint! also includes a route from downtown to Sandpoint High School.

Bike Myth v. FactSTOP

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Bikes must stop for stop signs in Idaho.

Motor vehicles must stop for bicyclists on their bikes in a crosswalk.

Motor vehicles do not need to stop for a cyclist UNLESS they are off and walking their bike.

Bikes must obey traffic lights in the same way that motor vehicles do.

Bikes are allowed to ride on the sidewalk in Sandpoint

Idaho code allows bikes to treat a stop sign like a yield sign.

Bikes may completely stop and then continue through the intersection.

Sandpoint code prevents bikes on the sidewalk in the downtown

core, but bikes may be on side-walks in the rest of the city.

TYSON BIRD | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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1:10-2:38 FOURTH PERIOD2:38-3:15 AFTERSCHOOL ACCESS3:00-3:10 BUSES ARRIVE

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Everything except the dance has a Hunger

There’s a food drive this year, and food will

Football plays Timberlake on Friday at 7.

Powderpuff practices are on September 16

The dance is at the Events Center. Tickets

The dress-up days all start with the same

Games theme.

be collected in your 2B class.

The Dogs beat them last year.

and 18 at 5:30 pm

are $5 presale and $8 at the door.

letter as the day (i.e. “twin Tuesday”)

Recently at SHSFollowing submission of informa-

tion to the state of Idaho, Sandpoint High School can again referr to them-self as a “Five-Star High School” for the 2013-2014 school year.

Idaho schools with a grade 12 are measured based on academic growth and proficiency, postsecondary and career readiness and student partici-pation in testing.

“I’m happy to report we don’t have to take the banner down out front!” SHS principal Becky Meyer said.

Additionally, Meyer explained that the banner will be able to stay up for two more years.

“Idaho is in transition to the Smart-er Balanced Assessment this year in-stead of ISATs,” Meyer said. “Every student except seniors will take it this year as a pilot year. Whatever students received last year on the ISATs will carry forward and this year the SBAC will just be piloted to norm and refer-ence the new test.”

Meyer also expressed excitement to report that SHS’s SAT results in-creased in all three areas over the pre-vious year.

As part of a district-wide program called “Technology Infused Class-rooms”, the Lake Pend Oreille School district will equip 30 classrooms dis-trict-wide with full sets of Apple iPads.

61 teachers applied for the Technol-ogy Infused Classroom though only 30 received the grant. Eight Sandpoint High School teachers received one of these class sets for this year: Jim Bar-ton, Mamie Brubaker, Kelli Knowles, Mary Bird, Mike Martz, Amy Yost, Erica Haynes and Lori Bocksch.

The selected teachers three days in August training and learning how to best use the iPads in their class.

“My ultimate goal is to connect with another classroom someday,” Spanish teacher Lori Bocksch said. “Whether through FaceTime, Skype, I’m not sure, but that is my end goal for the iPads. I still have a lot to learn before I get to that step, though.”

Following the departure of long-time Sandpoint dance coach Cindy Smith, Alyssa Remsen has been in-stalled as the new dance coach for Sandpoint High School.

Remsen has been a longtime Sandpoint resident and was a mem-ber of dance team herself, dancing under the direction of Cindy Smith.

“I spent four years with coach Smith when I was in high school,” Remsen said during Meet the Bull-dogs. “I’m excited to carry on the tra-dition she started.”

In addition to dancing for SHS, Remsen also spent last year as assis-tant coach, teaching technique, help-ing at events, and getting to know the team.

Along with a new coach, dance is also under leadership of new cap-tains. Senior Hailey Nutt leads as captain, Brelylan Martin as co-cap-tain and Katie Maddux and Jordan Garrett as lieutenant captains.

SHS retains five-star status

Teachers recieve class iPads

Remsen leads dance team

“The best way to think of it is a blend of the first two years,” assistant principal Tom Albertson said of the new for-mat for ACCESS.

Albertson, along with the rest of the Sandpoint High School administration have once again tweaked the for-mat for afterschool academic

intervention.Similar to the 2012-13 aca-

demic year, students will not be assigned a teacher or class-room where they attend ‘man-datory’ ACCESS. Instead, stu-dents not in good academic standings will be assigned ACCESS and will be excused a few minutes early from their fourth period class and sent to the class where they need im-

provement.Students in good academic

standing will be released and free to leave campus at 2:38 pm, the official end of the school day. Students who are assigned ACCESS, however, will be required to stay and work until 3:00 pm.

“[ACCESS] relates back to our RTI process,” said Albert-son. “It doesn’t mean students

can’t miss schoolwork, but it helps with our Tier II and III strategies of helping students at risk of failing or failing classes.”

Like the inaugural year of ACCESS (2011-12), teachers will be able to request stu-dents specifically in a queue. There will not be a posted spreadsheet, but requests will go through what Albertson

called an “ACCESS coordina-tor”, who will assemble a daily queue of students needing to be brought to an ACCESS class.

Senior Jared Presnell feels that the new format will better than the past two years.

“I think this year’s AC-CESS program is greatly im-proved over previous designs,” Presnell said.

2FIRST DAY 2013

ACCESS adjusts again for 2013-14

New year brings in new, returning staff

Find out your Dr. Meyer IQ

Bringing the brush to the beach

Administration chooses format that blends years one and two

Guthrie and students paint mural as part of SURA grant.

Tyson BirdEditor-in-Chief

Emily ChatburnStaff Member

Tyson BirdEditor-in-Chief

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The Sanpoint Urban Re-newal Agency (SURA) is always looking for ways to improve our great city of Sandpoint. One of the recent projects that they have funded is a mural at the City Beach. They asked Heather Guthrie, art teacher at Sandpoint High School, to work on this mu-ral.

“I was approached by Carol Deaner, from the city council to work on this proj-ect,” Guthrie said. Deaner has lead a number of public works projects in Sandpoint, most notably the Sand Creek Arch.

Guthrie then asked seniors Maya Goldblum, and Sierra Scott to assist her in painting this new decoration to City Beach.

“The mayor and SURA really want to get students from Sandpoint High School

involved in projects like this,” Guthrie said. “They asked if I knew of any students who would want to paint a mural, and I said ‘I’ve got the girls!’”

Seniors Scott and Gold-blum have participated in the SHS art program for three years, and plan to continue onto a fourth.

The mural is on the west side of the snack shack at City Beach. It depicts what you would see if you were looking out at Lake Pend Oreille from the other side of it. There is the scenery of the mountains and water with big colorful

umbrellas to show the beach. On the left side there is a hand holding a camera. Guthrie said that this is because, “peo-ple come and take a picture of what they see and then they move here.”

The students and Guthrie finished the mural in just one week.

“I had to get back to work, so the timeline was very short,” Guthrie said.

Guthrie, Scott and Gold-blum all emphasized the bene-fits of taking art as a four-year program.

“You never know, you might just end up getting to paint city beach!” Goldblum said.

This addition to City Beach funded by SURA was a chance to get more students involved, as well as, improve upon the beautiful sights of Sandpoint.

n ART TO HEART: Seniors Maya Goldblum and Sierra Scott discuss the next steps in painting their mural at Sandpoint City Beach. The two girls were selected by art teacher Heather Guthrie to be a part of this community art project. The scene depicts an iconic view from City Beach, with a painted camera taking a picture of the sunset.

They asked if I knew any stu-dents who could paint a mural and

I said ‘I’ve got the girls!’

- HEATHER GUTHRIE SHS Art Instructor

ON THE WEBn Fair recap 2013 (video)n SHS myths and factsn Exclusive content all year

at www.shscedarpost.com

The 2013-2014 school year brings a number of new staff to Sandpoint High School, as well as some returning staff and changes in position.

Arlene Mitton has joined the office staff as the 2013-14 receptionist and AD assistant.Patsy Sletager has moved to Attendance Officer.

Cory Ulrich has joined the math department, which is under leadership of new de-partment chair Wendy Auld.

The English department will also see the installment of a new department chair, Kelli Knowles, and the addition of

instructors Kate Keinert and Paul Mauel.

Social studies will see the return of former student teacher Kristen Hawkins, now as a full-time instructor. Scott Fitchett will also join the so-cial studies staff.

Mary Imaz and Tish Mul-len are both returning to Sandpoint High School. Imaz will teach Spanish and Mullen will teach science.

Renee Lorden has joined the Special Education staff.

Darla Dwinell, Effie Good-ing and Christine Mulgrew were all hired as paraprofes-sionals.

How well do you know Sandpoint High School prin-cipal Dr. Becky Weller Meyer? Find out with this quiz!

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How long has Dr. Meyer been the principal of

Sandpoint High School?

What does Dr. Meyer have her PhD in?

Where did Dr. Meyer want to work when she started her doctorate?

What sport did Dr. Meyer play for just one year her senior year?

How long has Dr. Meyer worked for the school

district?

What year did Dr. Meyer first start living in Sandpoint?

What is the most rewarding part of Dr. Meyer’s job?

What is Dr. Meyer’s husband’s name?

What is the most challenging part of

being principal?

When did Dr. Meyer start hosting

Student Klatches?

What is Dr. Meyer’s favorite thing about living in Sandpoint?

What does Dr. Meyer like to do in

her free time?What is Dr. Meyer’s

favorite drink at Starbucks?

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A. Three yearsB. Five yearsC. Eight yearsD. Ten yearsE. Fifty years

A. PrincipalingB. BiochemistryC. Educational AdministrationD. Sports MedicineE. Counseling Psychology

A. Sandpoint High SchoolB. A prisonC. Moscow High SchoolD. A beauty salonE. University of Idaho

A. BasketballB. FootballC. GolfD. WrestlingE. Cross Country

A. Five yearsB. Ten yearsC. Fifteen yearsD. Twenty yearsE. Twenty-five years

A. 1903B. 1986C. 1993D. 1998E. 2010

A. Watching students progressB. June, July and AugustC. Living in SandpointD. Her parking spaceE. Going to meetings

A. TomB. KrisC. DerekD. IanE. Jeff

A. Remembering namesB. Saying the pledge of allegiance and announcementsC. The amount of time it takes to do everything wellD. Scheduling appointmentsE. Meeting parents

A. This yearB. Last yearC. 1999D. 2002E. 2010

A. Community support of the schoolsB. Lake Pend OreilleC. The weatherD. The small communityE. Sandpoint High School

A. TravelB. BoatC. Spend time with friendsD. Spend time with familyE. All of the above

A. Tall no water chai latteB. Venti soy no whip white mochaC. Grande Pike Place with roomD. Venti passion tea lemonade half sweetE. Grande nonfat iced caramel macchiato

0-5 correct: Meyer mindless

5-8 correct: Meyer mediocre

8-10 correct: Meyer mindful

10-13 correct: Meyer master

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n Funded by the Sandpoint Urban Renewal Agencyn Painted by SHS art instructor Heather Guthrie and students Maya Gold-blum and Sierra Scottn Located on the West wall of the concession stand at Sandpoint City Beachn Completed in one week

n NEW AND IMPROVED: From top left: Paul Mauel, Kate Keinert, Arlene Mitton, Renee Lorden, Effie Gooding, Scott Fitchett. Bottom left: Cory Ul-rich, Darla Dwinell, Chris Mulgrew, Kristin Hawkins, Tish Mullen, Mary Imaz

3FIRST DAY 2013

STAFF 2013-14EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Tyson Bird

NEWS EDITORJulian Kubiak

OPINION EDITORHeather DuMars

ARTS & CULTURE EDITORMeghan O’Hara

SPORTS EDITORSHailey Dunn

Makayla Sundquist

PHOTO EDITORDesi Storks

GRAPHICS EDITOREmily Graham

COPY EDITORKennedy Search

WEB DIRECTORBrighten Miller

WEBMASTERTanner Sheffield

BUSINESS MANAGERKatelynn McConnell

STAFFIan Breuner

Emily ChatburnPreston Cole

Michelle CooperAaron Crossingham

Jordan GarrettDean Knaggs

Bryce LambertAlex Lantz

Madey LynchRachel Royse

Darbey ScrimsherAlicia Walker

ADVISERWilliam Love

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EDITORIAL POLICY

Our View: Walking town on wheels

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In a small town like Sandpoint Idaho, a car is rarely needed to get place to place. With gas prices skyrocketing past the paycheck

of those with minimum wage jobs, bicycles are becoming more and more popular as they are the ecofriendly, cost effective alternatives.

In our small North Idaho town, bike lanes have been popping up here and there in order to ac-commodate the vast amount of cyclists. It is, after all, important to keep them safe and street friend-ly. However we fear this accommodation will do little to solve the pressing issues that accompany this mode of transportation.

The amount of bike lanes hardly solves the is-sue of cyclists knowing the rules of the road and abiding by them accordingly. Even with these new bike lanes, bikes are still spotted cruising down the sidewalks, putting not only themselves in danger, but also pedestrians. There is nothing quite like taking a peaceful walk around town only to be nearly mowed down by a cyclist.

Those of you who drive have probably, at one point in time, had to stop for a bicycle despite the fact that they are crossing the streets at inappro-

priate times. Then there those who misuse cross-walks by riding across them instead of walking their bikes like they are supposed to. It is not as if all of them are purposefully breaking any laws, but rather they simply do not know them.

Lack of education is not limited to cyclists

though. Drivers also do not always realize that they too have to follow rules when it comes to sharing the roads with bikes. Sharrows, for an ex-ample are becoming new editions to our town, but they are not completely familiar or acknowledged.

They are not entirely common to see so when they do appear, drivers do not always pay atten-tion and so seeing a bike on the road can come as a shock. It is easy to forget that the streets are not limited to cars. While bikes can seem a nuisance to drivers, cars that fail to follow street rules can become not only a nuisance, but a hazard to bikers as well.

The bike lanes are not useless; in fact they serve an important purpose of keeping our “walking town” bicycle safe. Already, many cyclists utilize these lanes and sharrows. Overall, they have the potential to be successful additions to Sandpoint. They are a step in the right direction, but merely a baby step at best.

We as an editorial board feel that Sandpoint doens’t have a lack of a place for bikes, just a lack of education. The heart of the problem is that pro-viding bike lanes will not educate citizens on how to follow the rules or enforce said rules. They will do little more than offer safety that people have to choose to use.

Photography is a simple way to express one’s self. I take pictures at different angles because the generic straight, point and shoot picture is very bland to me. I can show you how I look at things through my eyes with my pictures. Through my years in high school, I have slowly progressed in photography through help of teach-

ers and peers but truly, the biggest influence has been myself trying to find new styles of pictures.

The exciting thing about pictures is that they last for so long and you can see how much you have changed your style of shooting. If you are a selfie taker, you can see how much you have changed in the years.

Six months of crutches... Bring it on, senior year.MADEY LYNCH | STAFF MEMBER TYSON BIRD | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

DEAN KNAGGS | STAFF MEMBER

SIERRA SCOTT | CARTOONIST

Injuries are a huge part of sports, any athlete knows this. You can break bones, tear ligaments

and tendons,twist and sprain various joints. I am definitely familiar with all of these. With in the course of four years, I have broken my thumb, a growth plate in my hand, my wrist, fractured my foot, and torn my patella tendon in my knee. I am no stranger to injury. This past year however, was a whole new test of my ability to deal with injuries. Just after Christmas break of the 2012/2013 school year, I discov-ered I had an extra bone in my ankle.

Because I am a dancer, I apparently have been slowly pushing this bone into my Achilles tendon for around thirteen years. Sounds like fun right? Well, this tiny little bone caused a lot more problems than it seemed like it needed to. I ended up in a boot that came just below my knee for five months, and I was on crutches for all of second semester.

The thing that was really the kicker in this whole ordeal is that second semester begins in the snow. I don’t know how many of you have ever had

to walk through the snow on crutches, but let me tell you this: it is one of the worst things you will ever do.

It tests your balance to the extreme as you carefully make your way from one spot to another and it also test your reaction time. If you are falling, how quickly can you catch yourself before you fall face first into snow or

onto ice? Not to mention all the hallways become a death trap because they are wet, and the bottom of crutches are rubber, which does make for a very sturdy mixture.

Being injured for all of second semester was also a great way for people to get to know me.

When all you do is walk on crutch-es, people start to know you by that alone: the blonde girl on crutches. I’m fairly certain over half the people in the school still know me by that.

In the end, I got over it. I got some killer upper body strength and completely decked out my crutches. Not to mention I got some balancing practice.

But these few little perks, very few perks, would never make me want to spend a winter in the snow on crutches again.

As much as I like the long, lazy days of summer, around early August I long to go back to school.

I know, what kind of high school-er am I? But for me, going back to school has so much good attached to it, I always find myself looking for-ward to the first day and everything that goes along with it.

Perhaps my favorite thing is going in and picking up my class schedule, or looking at other’s schedules on Facebook. I’m not sure what it is about a piece of paper with eight classes on it that’s so enticing, but I love getting my schedule.

I also am a huge fan of shop-ping for school supplies. I envy the graphic designer who gets to make the Staples ads advertising things like rulers for a penny and markers for 99 cents.

Even Macklemore doesn’t see prices like that every day.

I love how everything starts new. As students, it’s almost like we get two New Years--one in January and one in September. We come back to clean hallways, new backpacks, new clothes, new teachers and new tradi-tions.

Back to school also means the start of easily my favorite season-fall.

Fall means wrapping up in a Bulldog blanket under the lights at Memorial field.

Fall means watching snow fall on Schweitzer and knowing it will soon be in your backyard.

Fall means pumpkin spice lattes and November, and by that I mean the month without school.

And this year, coming back to school has even more meaning as I

start my senior year. As much as I love going back to

school, I have to realize that this is actually the last time I will be “going back”. Next year, I will be “going away” and starting new beginnings, which just makes me like this year even more.

I’m really looking forward to this year. Sandpoint High School has been good to me for three years, and there’s no doubt my fourth will be any different.

Going back to school has a lot of meaning for me. And now, it means something else: starting to say good-bye.

I don’t know how many of you have ever had to walk through the snow

on crutches, but let me tell you this: it is one of the worst things you will ever do. - MADEY LYNCH

Staff Member

I’m not sure what it is about a piece of paper with eight classes

that’s so enticing...- TYSON BIRD

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

THE EDITORS’ COLLECTIVE OPINION ON THIS MONTH’S COVER STORY

4FIRST DAY 2013

Summer. That one word makes students all over the world

jump for joy. It means days full of fun, sleeping in, sun-shine, and most importantly; no school!

Katie Glaeser, a senior at SHS, went on a five week trip to Spain. The trip started out as a visit to see her former for-eign exchange student, Paula.

The Glaeser family met up with Paula in Barcelona where they spent a couple days look-ing at all the wonderful sites; here they also got to see the Sagrada Familia cathedral, which is one of the most fa-mous cathedrals in Spain.

From there, they traveled

to a small beach town named Sitges, where they stayed for two days before heading to Pamplona to join Paula’s fam-ily. Pamplona is most famous for the Running of the Bulls festival, Glaeser then saw the Roman ruins, castles and ca-thedrals.

The group then trav-eled  two days on the Camino de Santiago trail; a trail that

goes from France up into Spain and is almost 1,500 ki-lometers long! At the end of their trek, they stayed in San-tiago de Compostela to watch a little bit of San Fermin (The Running of the Bulls).

“My favorite part was prob-ably San Fermin, because there were so many people, and it was like the true culture of Spain,” said Glaeser.

After spending one week in a beach town called Alcosse-bre, Glaeser’s exciting trip came to a close. After spend-ing two more weeks in Pam-plona, Glaeser started the long journey home.

#neature #lakependoreille #summer2013

photo by Collin Jurenka

#girlsbasketballcamp #summer2013

photo by Cassie Young

#hosanationals #nashville #summer2013

photo by Blake Dufenhorst

Student Scenes of Summer

Students tagged Cedar Post in some of their best memories of

the summer

#lakependoreille #cabin #hike #mountains #summer2013

photo by Katie Maddux

A Summer in SpainSHS student Katie Glaeser visits her foreign exchange student in SpainMadey LynchStaff Member My favorite part

was probably San Fernin, be-cause there was

so many people, and it was like the true culture of Spain.

- Katie Glaeser, Senior

#spain #spain #elcaminodesantiago #summer2013

photo by Katie Glaeser

Bryce LambertStaff Member

Since 1983, the non-profit Festival at Sandpoint has been providing musical outlets for many groups of people, and celebrated its 31st season of music this year. The Festival offers blues, jazz, world, and folk, along with popular mu-sic. Now, the Festival draws listeners of nearly 20,000 per season due to word of mouth and advertising.

Though the concerts are essentially family friendly, each concert still has a special appeal to different audiences. The Festival offers a family concert, several sit-down-and-listen concerts, and a dance concert. At most of the concerts, all areas in front of the stage are available for seating, but during the dance concert volunteers clear the middle section for people who would like to groove. This year many people got up to move to the music, however “Cake’s [the dance concert] music wasn’t very easy to dance to, so it wasn’t as fun this year,” said student Katie Mares.

Various volunteers help out with the rent-a-chair system, and the overall clean-up of the Festival each night.

“This year was my fourth year helping out at the Festi-val,” junior Aislynn Robert-son said. Going to each of the shows is really fun, and it’s interesting dealing with all of the different people.”

as aside note

Festival Recap

5FIRST DAY 2013

4 WEDNESDAY 5 THURSDAY 6 FRIDAY 7 SATURDAY

8 SUNDAYMeet new people! Exchange students are great

people to meet. They give a great view on other

cultures throughout the world

If you fail an assignment it is not the end of the

world, it certainly will not ruin your grade.Complete

the revisions (if need be) and move on.

Be prepared for anything; keep extra’s of necessi-

ties in your locker.

Do not be pressured to be in a relationship.

No one is too cool for school spirit.

Five things you didn’t learn at orientation

Emily Chatburn | Staff Member

10People to know at SHS

Meghan O’Hara | Arts & Culture Editor

Preview Review8 movies to

see based on their

previews1. Runner, Runner - Fea-turing Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, “Runner, Runner” is about a college student who comes face to face with an offshore entre-peneur. Justin TImberlake. Need we say more?

2. The Family - A family that originates from the mob has a hard time fitting in to witness protection.

3. Prisoners - This horror movie with Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman shows how far a father will go for his little girl.

4. Closed Circuit - A terror-ist case with double agents binds the defense team, and shows that nobody can hide.

5. Battle of the Year - A basketball coach unites a divided dance team to bring the world title back to America.

6. Thanks for Sharing - A group of unlikely acquain-tance’s are brought together among a certain commonal-ity.

7. Drinking Buddies - The classic tale of two best friends that fall for one another. This preview has us wanting more.

8. Salinger - This docu-mentary uncovers the hid-den life of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of the well known book “Catcher In the Rye”. This documentary will be sure to surprise you with its surprising story of the hidden author.Meghan O’Hara | Arts & Culture EditorEmily Chatburn | Staff Member

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6FIRST DAY 2013

Fall Sports PreviewA trip to State remains a prominent goal for teamsMakayla SundquistSports Editor

Sandpoint High School has become a dominating presence in the athletic world, and nothing has changed. Many teams and coaches are looking to compete at state and bring home a banner. Keep your schedules open, as you will not want to miss any of the fall action. Football

Coach: Satini Puailoa Coaching at SHS for eleven seasonsKey Players: Chase Rodriguez (12), Thomas Edwards (12), Nate Loutzenhiser (11), Car-son Paull (12), Dean Knaggs (12), Talon Egbers (12), Jarvis Abbott (12), Quin Pearlstein (11) , Jonathon McCormick (12) , Isaac Johnson (12)Outlook: This will be the Bulldogs second year of rebuilding. The team has worked through many challenges to become better, and are much more prepared this year than where they were last year. “Ultimately the final judge will be the scoreboard.” Coach’s Take: “Our goal as a team is to get better every day.”

VolleyballCoach: Karen AlsagerCoaching at SHS for nine seasonsKey Players: Seniors: Haily Olin, Mariah Kluver, Hannah Nueman, Kennedy Search, Emma LibandOutlook: With only nine players on varsity this season, the team is looking to be a “precise, well oiled machine”. Senior leadership will play a large part in organizing the team sooner and preparing them for the season. Coach’s take: “My goal for the team is to win state.”

Girls SoccerCoach: Conor BaranskiCoaching at SHS for two seasonsKey players: Makayla Sundquist (12), Alanna Robinson (12), Emma Weme (12), Sierra Scott (12), Athena Robinson (12), Corinne Ariss (11), Nan Kiebert (10) Outlook: After a devastating lost in districts, the girls soccer team is looking to bounce back and win every game against Idaho teams. With 10 seniors on the varsity team, leadership and experience is powerful and abundant. Coach’s take: “My goal for the team this year is to have us push for a state title and win state”

Cross CountryCoach: Matt BrassCoaching at SHS for eight seasonsKey runners: Sam Levora (12), Adam Bourn (12), Sam Powell (11), Jacob Gra-ham (10) Sydney Foster (12), Mikhaela Woodward (11), Emily Marshall (11), Corrie McClelland (10), Rainey Woodward (9) Outlook: The boys team missed state last year by two points, so those runners are looking to improve their times and compete for state. The girls team has very strong talent this year and many girls are looking to place higher at the regional and state levels. Coach’s take: “My goal is for both teams to get to state, I know Sam wants to place at a high level as do Sydney and Mikhaela.”

Boys SoccerCoach: Adam TajanCoaching at SHS for four seasonsKey players: Seniors: Joab Logan, Jeremiah Gagnon, Aaron Crossingham, Matthew Burgstahler, Jake Rookey, Ashlend Dills, Zack Couch, Nathan Schwartz, Trevor Franck, Brycen Oaken, Zach Carothers, Christian CookOutlook: After winning state last year, more pressure has been put on the team to repeat the success. The majority of the team are experienced varsity players who are more than capable of the handling the pressure. Coach’s take: “I’m looking for consistency, we can have an undefeated season when we play without any hiccups”

SwimmingCoach: Mike BrosnahanCoaching at SHS for 17 seasonsKey swimmers: Madi Contor (11), Shanna Crayne (12), Jake Sweezy (12), Ben Reich (10)Outlook: With the swim team being smaller this year, more pressure is put on individual events. The team is looking to excel in individual events and push for state. Coach’s take: “Our goal is to get as many kids qualified for State as we can.”

the CALENDERDate Opponent Location TimeSport

Swimming 9/25/13 Coeur d’ Alene SWAC4:0010/9/13 4:00 SWACPost Falls

Volleyball9/10/13 4:00 Les Rogers Post Falls 9/17/13 Moscow 7:00 Les Rogers 10/08/13 Lake City

Lewiston 7:00 Les Rogers

10/12/13 5:00 Les RogersLakeland 10/15/13 7:00

Les Rogers 10/17/13 Coeu d’ Alene 7:00 Les Rogers

IEL 4A Districts 10/26/13 Les Rogers TBA

Boys Soccer 9/10/13 Post Falls 4:30 Memorial9/13/13 Bonners Ferry 7:00 Memorial 9/21/13 Moscow 12:00 Pine Street9/26/13 Lake City 4:30 Pine Street10/03/13 Lakeland 4:00 Memorial10/05/13 Lewiston 12:00 Pine Street

9/20/13 West Valley Memorial 7:00 Football

9/28/13 Timberlake Memorial 7:00 10/11/13 Lake City Memorial 7:00 11/01/13 Lakeland Memorial 7:00

Cross Country

Girls Soccer9/05/13 Coeur d’Alene Centennial 4:30 9/07/13 Mt. Spokane 12:00 Centennial 9/17/13 Lakeland Centennial 4:30 9/19/13 Lewiston 4:30 Centennial

Post Falls 9/28/13 Memorial 6:0010/08/13 Moscow 7:00 Memorial 10/10/13 Lake City 7:00 Memorial 10/11/13 Mead Centennial 4:00

09/14/13 Coeur d’ Alene InviteTBA Coeur d’ Alene 10/12/13 William Johnson Invite10:15 Riley Creek

Welcome back students and welcome to

another fall season of SHS activities. We are incredibly excited about our fall sports seasons, as all our teams are practicing and preparing for their seasons. Sandpoint High School is truly a 5 star high school in every sense, including how we embrace the value of active participa-tion in the overall growth and development of young adults.

We have several new and exciting things hap-pening this fall. As many of you know, our school district is on the cutting edge of concussion manage-ment and treatment for our student athletes. The Lake Pend Oreille School District Board of Trustees accepted a district wide concussion management and return to participation policy last spring which will help

ensure the proper treat-ment and recovery time for athletes with concussions. For the second year we will continue to follow the Idaho High School Activities Asso-ciation guideline of “When in doubt, sit em out” when it comes to suspected concus-sions. I am very proud that our district is the first in the region to take the proactive and positive steps to help monitor the reintroduc-tion of the post concussion athlete.

As we dive into our fall activity schedule and the new school year, the SHS athletic department will continue to grow and

develop our philosophy of the “WE”. Our concept is to have all interested people and participants in SHS Activities know and understand that we are all one large entity working for the betterment of student athletes and our school as a whole. My goal is to have

anyone with a passion for our school to feel like they are a part of the “WE” and be embraced by the SHS family. Maybe the most criti-cal and influential part of the “WE” is our student body. You and your devotion, passion and energy for our school not only motivate our athletes, but create life long memories that will be talked about for generations.

Thank you for all your support and Go Bulldogs!!!

Mr. Knowles

Knowles’ NotesKris KnowlesActivites Director

From the desk of the Activities Director

My goal is to have anyone with a pas-sion for our school to feel like they are

part of the “WE” and be embraced by the SHS family. - Kris Knowles, Director

n DEFENDING THE GOAL: Senior center defender, Alanna Robinson clears the ball from her defensive half in the Jamboree. Robinson has played varsity soccer at SHS for three years while being home schooled. Paul Sundquist | Courtesy Photo

n FUMBLE RECOVERY: Sophomore corner back Caiden Oliver recovers a fumble in the Bulldog’s Red and White day. Oliver is a member of the JV team whose offense and defense scrimmaged each other.

Makayla Sundquist | Sports Editor

7FIRST DAY 2013Daily Doubles, helpful or hurtful?

Both players and coaches weigh in on the strenuous daysEmily ChatburnStaff Member

Only fall athletes are fortunate enough to be able to experience the thrill of Daily Dou-bles. Their practices start before school, so

this lets them practice two times a day, hence the name “Daily Doubles”. These practices are often very intense, and what Varsity girls soccer Coach Conor Baranski calls “pretty difficult training and fitness tests”. Coach Baranski also commented on how important these practices are. “State regulations don’t allow coach-es to coach during the summer, so daily doubles allow me to get a pretty condensed two weeks to assess my teams and pick a Varsity and JV squad,” Baranski said. Some soccer players also have expressed how they feel that these practices are a necessity to the season. Senior Varsity defender Ashlend Dills

said, “I think they are extremely helpful, not only for fitness but to join the team together. When you are pushed to the limit with your team, it creates a bond.” Sophomore Varsity player Riley Couch takes the same stance as Dills. “I think they are [impor-

tant] because you get your touch back faster, you get in shape faster, and you get to build as a team more,” Couch said. However, there is a sport where this option does not come into good use. The students who run Cross Country only get one grueling practice a day. When asked, Coach Matt Brass explained why this is,

”After running and strength training at practice, 24 hours of recovery is important to prevent injury and ensure another quality workout the next day.” Also, in order to be ready for the season, runners are ex-pected to run during the summer, but if this work

is not put in Coach Brass said, “bludgeoning them with 2 distance workouts isn’t going to make up for lost conditioning.” Senior runner Katie Nicolich states, “One practice is better for runners, we don’t need to work on ball handling, just fitness. Besides, only one practice gives a new runner more recovery time” Despite the difficult and demanding aspects of Daily Doubles, many athletes and coaches have expressed their necessity in order to have a success-ful season. However, it is clear that not every sport needs two practices a day, and in fact, the double dose can cause injury. No matter what stance you take on the Daily Double Debate, it is up to the coaches to decide a path for their athletes.

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Junior Mikhaela Woodward, is beginning her third year of varsity cross country, and is looking forward to bringing her team to state. Last year, she medaled at state, which means she placed in the top twenty. This year, she wants to place in the top ten.

When you are pushed to the

limits as a team, it creates a bond.

- Ashlend Dills, Athlete

Q How long have you been doing cross

country? “This will be my third year running cross country.”

Q What is your proudest accomplishment?

“I would say that my proud-est accomplishment was medaling in state last year.”

Q What is your FAVORITE thing about

cross country?“I would say the team aspect, we all bond so well together. It is the perfect mix of individuals coming as one team”.

Q What is your LEAST favorite thing about

cross country?“Hmmm….I really don’t think I have a least favorite, I like everything about the sport!”

QWhat is something unique about you?

“Well, one of my favorite hobbies is writing”.

Q How long have you been playing football?

“This will be my sixth year playing.”

Q What is your proudest accomplishment?

“Recovering from my bro-ken wrist last season and then starting the last three games.”

QWhat is your FAVORITE thing

about football?“Playing under the lights with all my friends.”

QWhat is your LEAST favorite thing about

football? “How sore you get the morning after”

QWhat is your favorite play?

“I play defense, so there aren’t really plays, but blitzing is sweet because you can just go and you don’t have to worry about anything else except trying to tackle the guy with the ball!”

Senior varsity line backer, Issac Johnson is looking to help bring his team to the playoffs. “I want us to win more than one game”, Johnson states.

Hailey Dunn | Sports Editor Makayla Sundquist | Sports Editor Makayla Sundquist | Sports Editor

Before Spring of his eighth grade year, Sam Levora was not

what you would call an avid athlete. As a first time runner, Levora joined the track team at Sandpoint Middle School in 2010. In less than four years, Levora has climbed his way to the top.

As a sophomore, Levora was offered a position as the SHS Cross Country team cap-tain as well as the SHS dis-tance team captain in track. Levora has not only stepped up as a leader to his peers, but a leader on the record boards. In 2012, Levora broke coach Matt Brass’ previous mile re-cord of 4:25 with a time of 4:21, and later in the year broke his own record with a time of 4:19.

Like every other successful athlete, Levora has been faced with challenges.

For the past few years, Sam has competed in Jacey’s Race, a 5K run in Sandpoint sup-porting local kids with life threatening illnesses. In 2011 and 2012, Levora placed sec-ond in the race, closely fol-lowing his tough competitor Danny Pfeifer.

A huge accomplishment for Levora was finally win-ning the race this year, beat-ing his toughest competitor. He finished with a time 15:59, just twelve seconds away from beating his personal record. Levora states that he “just fell into the right pace and felt great doing it.”

When asked how Levora felt about his accomplishment,

Levora said “Winning the race gave me a lot of confidence going into my senior year.”

Levora has inspired many other runners and even his family through his passion and drive. Sam’s mother, An-drea Levora, expressed that “Sam is a student of life and has a profound passion for the things he’s into. This has been the case all of his life and is re-flected in his running success as well as his academic suc-cess. We are extremely proud of Sam and look forward to watching him soar.” Sam is an inspiration to all people, and has taught many that if you have the heart for the sport and put in the hours, you will succeed.

Athletics at Sandpoint High School are one of the most popular events to take place, yet

not all sports share the popularity. What makes Sandpoint a football town? Why do Friday night foot-ball games fill the stands? Is it the lights? Is it Memo-rial Field? Even though the football team has only won two games in the past two years, crowds are always present.

In case you were unaware, SHS has one of the best cross country teams in the league, however, hardly any students or fel-low athletes come to support our runners. Both volleyball and soccer teams are vic-tory machines, but their games hardly ever fill the stands. Our swim team constantly

sends athletes to compete at state, but their fan base is minimal.

At SHS it is clear that the support to our teams is not equal. The football play-

ers should support the cross country team. The basket-ball players should support the wrestlers. As an athletic program, I feel we are divided. Instead of supporting and building up our fellow athletes, we tear them down. We mock and joke about the victories and success of the other teams

that make up our athletic program. It is not fair for the teams that put in the hours of practice, the sweat and dedication to have little support of their achievements. We all wear the colors red and white. Keep that in mind the next time you are given the opportunity to come cheer on your fellow athletes.

Speedy Sam ScoresSam Levora gets first place at Jacey’s Race

Alicia WalkerStaff Member

The view from the stands:A Program Divided

Instead of sup-porting and build-ing up our fellow athletes, we tear

them down.

-Makayla Sundquist, Editor

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8FIRST DAY 2013

Let the Games BeginSHS tries a Hunger Games themed Homecoming

The Game Makers, Collin Jurenka (left) and Tyson Bird (right), designed the themed Homecoming to

promote the food drive and school spirit.