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On February 3 theInteract Club held a benefitbasketball game to raisefunds for the Toni’sBackpack’s project. The EtnaAlumni won the game 95-86against the Siskiyou Enforc-ers, a team made up of thecounty’s police forces. Over$1,600 was raised for Toni’sBackpacks.

As Mr. Jim Isbell,principal commented that,the game progressed into afantastic event. Both teamswere incredible and workedseamlessly.

The Alumni wereconstantly making incredibleshots, although sometimesmissing the backboard en-tirely causing the crowd toerupt in raucous laughter.When they did make itthough, the crowd went wildwith excitement.

The whole gym wasin good spirits throughout thegame as each team fought tokeep the lead. Towards theend of the second quarter, thegame escalated as each teamstruggled to stay ahead inpoints. At half-time, the

Alumni were up by twopoints.

During the thirdquarter, Cooper Branson, shota free-throw while JasonSutter from the Yreka PoliceDepartment held him up tothe hoop. The whole crowdcheered as Cooper made theball into the basket after threetries.

At the end of thegame, the Interact Club gaveout awards. These includedawards such as Smelliest Ten-nis Shoes awarded to RandyBigler. The Tightest Shortswas awarded to NickBranson. The “Is that a shot?”was awarded to Jerry Stacher.The Best Hair Style wasgiven to Mike Murphy. TheShowboat of the Game wasawarded to Jason Sutter. TheBaggiest Shorts award wasgiven to Shane Schneider.The Worst Shot award wasgiven to Ron Quigley. TheMost Fouls was given to JeffFowle. The Most OutrageousPlay was awarded to JesusFernandez, and the “ShotHeard Round the World wasgiven to Cooper Branson.

Over $5000 has beenraised so far to help send

backpacks and school sup-plies to several Mexico El-ementary Schools. Thismeans that there is less than$1000 to go until the InteractClub had reached their goalof $6000.

Interact Club Raises Funds

Photo by Mary McDonald

By Mary McDonald

Toni’s Backpacks is aproject set up by the InteractClub in memory of one of ourformer students, AntoniaCornell-Banke who passedaway in a car crash last June.Antonia was an active Interact

member as well as a memberof the Spanish club. It wasAntonia’s dream to be able tosend backpacks down to thechildren of Mexico who aren’table to buy school supplies forthemselves.

Thirteen studentsfrom the EHS Spanish Clubrecently went on a one weektrip to Mexico. The purpose ofthe trip was to allow the stu-dents to be completely im-mersed in the culture and lan-guage of Ensenada, Mexico.They left at 3:00 am on Febru-ary 18 and spent a week explor-ing the area and culture. Theyreturned early in the morningon February 24.

The students partici-pating in the trip included MacWhitman (senior), Sally Ayres(junior), Emily Carlson (jun-ior), Alyssa Goodwin (

junior), Caitlin Olson(junior), Steven Pearson (jun-ior), Sally-Anne Petit (junior),Raquel Schenone (junior),Emilie Smith (junior), SarahLoogman (sophomore), NickSchwall (sophomore), andChaley Thom (sophomore).The chaperones were SenoraJeffy Marx, Mr. Jim Ayers,who is Ayers’ father, and CoraThom, Chaley’s mother.

First the group trav-eled by van to Sacramento tothe Southwest Airlines termi-nal. Then they flew to San Di-ego and then took bus to a trol-ley and took the trolley to theborder. Afterwards, theywalked across the border, tookanother bus from Tijuana toEnsenada and then took taxisto The Center of Languages.

The students spent alot of time beforehand prepar-ing for their trip. They raisedmoney by selling See’s Choco-late, and tickets for a Mexicandinner, which helped raise the$585 required per student forthe trip. The students alsohelped to put together anImprov. Night at the local

Students Travel to Mexico

Etna Union HighSchool was informed thismonth that certain test scoresused to calculate the schoolsAcademic Performance Index(API) last spring were not in-cluded. The test results for the2006 California High SchoolExit Examination (CAHSEE)were not included in the cal-culations of the EHS APIscore.

The score EHS re-ceived last spring had report-edly dropped 16 points since2005. In 2005 EHS receiveda score of 772 (out of 1,000)and the incorrect score for2006 was 756.

On February 16, theCalifornia Department ofEducation released the cor-rected score. The EHS 2006API score was 807. This is a35 point increase from thecorrected 2005 scores. TheAPI is used to measure howschools are performing aca-demically.

“I was just elated,”said Principal Mr. Jim Isbell.“I put out a memo to the fac-ulty congratulating them.Education is something thathappens between students andteachers in the classroom.”

By Caitlin Olson

EHSRanksFirstinCountyBy Sara Wilmot

Cont’d - pg. 2

At top, the SpanishClub students

delivered Toni’sBackpacks full of

school supplies toelementary students

in Mexico. At right,Sally Ayres (junior),

Sarah Loogman(sophomore), and

Chaley Thom(sophomore)

study a worksheet atthe Center ofLanguages in

Ensenada.Below right, Emily

Carlson (junior) andLoogman shop at themarket stands at the

Bufadora.

Photo by Sally-Anne Petit

Photo by Sally-Anne Petit

Photo by Ms. Leslie Burkhardt

Avery Theater.The students went to

a school for classes everydayat the Center of Languages.They attended classes from9:00 am until 1:20 pm. Therewere between three and sixstudents in each class. There

Cont’d - pg. 2

EHS Alumni Jerry Stacher and Lane Smith block out members of theSiskiyou Enforcers team on an offensive shot.

Bye Bye Pins

TreasureHunt Winners

Junk of the Month

Cottonwood Rodeo

Nicole Westbrook

Improv. Night

NEWS March 5, 2007Etna High School

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GATE Updates

News Briefs

GATE students havethe opportunity to see fourplays in Ashland. They are AsYou Like It by WilliamShakespeare March 13, OnThe Razzle by Tom StoppardMarch 27, The Cherry Or-chard by Anton ChekhovApril 5, and Tracy’s Tiger byWilliam Saroyan May 31. Tosee these plays you need to

go to the library and sign upwith Mrs. Carol Spencer,GATE Coordinator.

Mr. Rick Perkins’guitar lessons will be on holdfor a couple of weeks, but willbe held again today and onMarch 12 and 19.

Spencer also hopesthat sometime in April she cantake a couple van loads of stu-dents to Turtle Bay Explora-tion Park, where an exhibition

of the Titanic is being held.Students would be able toview artifacts brought up fromthe ocean floor and hear sto-ries about the sinking.

The GATE activitiesare initially reserved forGATE students, but when anevent is nearing, Spencer willopen sign ups to all Etna HighSchool students.

By Steven Pearson

FFA Competes at Sectionals

The Etna FFA sent members to the Shasta Sectionals Contest on February 15 tocompete in various contests.

Members competed in Prepared Public Speaking, Parliamentary Procedure, JobInterview, Extemporaneous Public Speaking, and Creed.

Christy Carter (junior) represented the Etna Chapter in the Job Interview Con-test. She placed first in the Shasta Section and received a plaque. Carter will advance tothe next stage of the completion, which will be the Superior Regional Contests. Theywill be held at Chico State.

The Advanced Parliamentary Procedure team competed and placed second inthe Shasta Section. The team consisted of Mitch Eastlick (junior), Aubrey Freckman(junior), Javiar Hanson (sophomore), Shasta Hinkle (junior), Ashley Parry (junior) andRobbie Towne (junior).

Henry McBroom (junior) competed in the Extemporaneous Public Speaking con-test. In this contest, FFA members are given a topic when they arrive at the contest andare given 30 minutes to prepare and give a speech. McBroom Placed third in the sec-tional contest and will move on to the regional contest.

Creed is a contest in which Greenhands, or first year FFA members, recite theFFA Creed and answer a series of questions. Freshmen John Moran and Katie Ringroseattended the contest. Moran placed third in the section and will continue to the regionalcontest as well.

Seniors Erika Schwall and Sara Wilmot placed in the local Prepared Public Speak-ing contest and moved on to represent Etna at the sectionals. There were 10 people in thePrepared Public Speaking contests. Schwall placed fifth overall.

The Regional Contests will be held in mid March.

Blood Drive Scheduled in MarchThe next blood drive that will be held at Etna High School will be on March

13. Those who are interested in donating may sign up with Elli Pynes or AlyssaPearson.

March DanceEHS’s next dance will be held on Friday March 16. There will also be a

Spring Sports Rally on that Friday.

By Sara Wilmot

Etna FFA members traveled to the Shasta Sectionals Con-test.

API Scores-continued from pg 1Ensenada- continued from pg 1

Junior Class Spaghetti Dinner.The Junior class spaghetti dinner will be on March 21. There will also be

a dessert auction.

were three differentlevels of study. The classeswere focused in Spanish ex-ercises and playing gamessuch as charades. After theday classes, the students wentto other places in the area toexperience the culture. Aftereach day, the students wenthome to their families, ate asmall dinner with them andstayed the nights in theirhouse. Most of the familiesspoke mainly Spanish andfew English words, so the stu-dents had to work to improvetheir speech in order to be un-derstood.

On Monday, thegroup went to a carnival, butbecause of the rainy weather,all of the rides were closed.However, the students had theoption to buy gifts at the smallshops and stands that were onthe street. The students had tonegotiate the prices in Span-ish.

On Tuesday, the stu-dents went to La Bufadora,which is a common tourist at-traction in Mexico. LaBufadora is a natural occur-rence that is caused by a deep

underwater canyon that leadsto the cave in the cliff. When-ever a wave comes up, it isheaded through the canyonand forced beneath the surfaceinto the narrow, tunnel-likeentrance of the cave, whichcreates a giant splash of wa-ter spurting out of the top. Thegeyser can reach more than 80feet up into the air. The stu-dents observed La Bufadoraand visited the many shopsthat were located around thearea. They also bought thechurros and coconut milkdrinks that the area is famousfor. Afterwards, the studentswent home for dinner withtheir families, and thenheaded back out to enjoy thelast day of the carnival whenthe rides were working.

On Wednesday, thestudents got on a bus and trav-eled to the beach. The sun wasout, and several students wentswimming and other collectedshells and played in the sand.

Thursday was the stu-dents’ last full night inEnsenada. The studentsbrought about fourty back-packs to an elementary school

to give to less fortunate chil-dren. The money for the back-packs was raised by the Toni’sBackpacks project. There arestill many backpacks that willbe given to other children.They went out to dinner at aMexican restaurant. Manystudents ordered tacos or chilirellanos, and some of the stu-dents were brave enough totry grasshopper tacos. Thestudents then did a little bitmore shopping on the streetand the group decided towatch a movie. The studentssaw Apocalyptico with Span-ish subtitles.

On Friday, the stu-dents went to school for a fewhours, and then said theirgoodbyes and did the reversetrip back to Etna. The studentstook a bus back to the borderand walked across. A few stu-dents got their bags checkedat the border, but the onlyitems that were confiscatedwere fresh fruit. The groupthen took a trolley and a busback to the airport to fly toSacramento for the car rideback to Etna.

This score nowplaces Etna first in thecounty among high schoolsand in the top 10% forschools of similar size inthe state for California.

In 2005 EHS re-ceived a growth target ofonly one point for the nextyear. EHS surpassed this

Many different types of buttons are available for sale for three for $5.Photo by Taylor Dickinson

Drama SellingBBB Memorabilia

The Drama Club isselling Bye, Bye Birdie but-tons, CD’s and DVD’s. Boththe CDs and the DVDs sell for$5 each, and the buttons arethree for $5. The proceeds aregoing to the Drama Club.

There are over 50 dif-ferent buttons to choose from.Everyone in the cast is on abutton, and there are a fewothers like the MacAfee fam-ily, who consist of ChristyCarter (Mrs. Doris MacAfee),

Drake “Doobie” McBroom(Mr. Harry MacAfee), Mel-issa Owens (Kim) and TristanBurns-Edel (Randolph) bothSally Ayres and Sally-AnnePetit, Taylor Dickinson andMelissa Owens, and more.

The buttons and mostof the pictures were taken andmade by Ms. LeslieBurkhardt, Mac Whitman’smother. The CD’s have any-where from 90 to 100 pictureson them. The DVD’s have allthree non-school perfor-mances on them. All the pic-

tures and the performancesare edited.

“Leslie Burkhardt dida great job on the buttons. Shewas very creative, and theywere a lot of fun for the castto wear. If people want but-tons they can contact me,”said Mrs. Madeleine Ayres,Drama teacher.

For more informa-tion, look right outside thedrama room on the bulletinboard.

By Amber Borba

target by 34 points.The CAHSEE test

scores make up for 20% of theoverall Academic Perfor-mance index. API is a com-plicated formula that usesseven different subject areasto measure a school’s aca-demic performance.

Mr. Frank Ely, test

coordinator, was the firstfaculty member to noticethat the code EHS submit-ted to the state was markedincorrectly. It classifiedEHS as Junior/Senior HighSchool, not as a highschool.

A modernization grant has just beenapproved by the state for Etna Union HighSchool’s Portable Classrooms. Etna Highwill be receiving $1,250,240, because of afew new laws the amount may be higher.The current Portable Classrooms are the Ag-riculture room, Art room, Library, and rooms401, 402, and 403. All of the rooms are 20years or older.

Fort Jones Junior High has receivedthe same grant for its portable classrooms.They are receiving$961,340.

The schools have some flex roomas to how the money is to be used, but forthe most part it will be used for moderniza-

Grant Approved for EHStion.

Suzie Birch, Mark Evans, Jeff Fowle,Dennis Honea, Jim Isbell, and Carol Spencerwill be making up the modernization commit-tee. The committee will have their first meet-ing March 14. They will be making plans withan architect to discuss what will be done. Thearchitect will start drawing up plans. By Au-gust of this year they will start on the modern-ization, but most likely it will begin next sum-mer.

By Steven Pearson

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March 5, 2007Etna High School EDITORIALS The Paw

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Mary McDonald - Photographer, Features Editor, WriterCaitlin Olson - News Editor, WriterErika Schwall - Sports EditorBrent Davis-Writer, Photographer

The Paw Print s a monthly publication produced by the journalism class of Etna High School,400 Howell Avenue, Etna, CA 96027 (530) 467-3244. Copies are available at school free of chargeto students and are mailed home to parents of our students and to parents of students at our feeder

schools. This paper is printed at the Siskiyou Daily News.

Editorials represent the opinions of the writer and are not necessarily those of the whole staff,adviser, or school administration. Letters to the Editor must be signed if they are to be printed and are

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Taylor Dickinson-Writer,Photographer Elyssa McDonald-Writer,Photographer Stephen Pearson- Writer Everett Hullquist - Writer Amber Borba - Writer Travis Bishop - Photographer

Pro vs ConShould religion be allowed in public schools?

Religion, what doyou think about it? The FirstAmendment states “Congressshall make no law respectingan establishment of religion,or prohibiting the free exer-cise thereof”. Technically, thatmeans that religion is allowedin schools.

The British edition ofthe English textbook, which isused in English 3 / 4 and APEnglish at Etna High, includesPsalm 23 and the Parable ofthe Prodigal Son. This is astate-issued textbook. Reli-gion should be allowed inschools to a certain extent,meaning that if a studentwants to talk about religion,they should be able to do sowithout totally throwing offthe teacher’s schedule anddisrespecting other students.

Some students expectto be able to pray beforelunch. I know, I know. You’renow asking, “Why can’t theyjust pray silently?” Well, I’lltell you. For some it is reallyhard to pray silently. Like mefor instance. I am not able topray in my head. I can’t evenpray out loud. But that is notthe point; I do know other stu-dents who would love to prayout loud before they eat. Oth-ers think that if they ask, theyshould be able to pray when-ever they want, including outloud prayer before tests too,without interrupting the class,though.

In the words of Rich-ard W. Riley June, Secretaryof Education of California in1998, “Public schools can nei-ther foster religion nor pre-clude it. Our public schoolsmust treat religion with fair-ness and respect and vigor-ously protect religious expres-sion as well as the freedom ofconscience of all other stu-dents. In so doing our publicschools reaffirm the FirstAmendment and enrich thelives of their students.”

According toreligioustolerance.org teach-ers cannot require students torecite prayers in class. Teach-ers are also forbidden to leantoward one religion more thananother. Prayers before Boardof Education meetings andbanning of religious clothingalong with religious symbolsare also prohibited. Further-more, if a teacher’s religiousviews come up in a discussionduring the class, he or she hasto make certain that the learn-ers know he or she is not en-couraging those religiousviews.

Personally, I thinkthat if a student wants to hear

about a teacher’s views theyshould privately ask the edu-cator. After all, they are peopletoo and they have the right toexpress their religious beliefsjust like any other person. Ifthe students are really inter-ested in a particular religion,they can research it or ask ateacher about it (not disruptthe class making fun of thereligion or shutting it down).Some students actually wantto learn the things that teach-ers have to say about both re-ligion and academics.

On the other hand,prayer is allowed at gradua-tion ceremonies, outside theschool buildings, at religiousclubs, and on some occasionsin school speeches about reli-gion. Unfortunately, in mostinstances, teachers cannot dis-play any form of their belief.That would imply state sup-port for that specific religion.However, if they have morethan one religion displayedthey may be able to. Theteaching of evolution is al-lowed to have religion incor-porated into it. Moments ofsilence are also allowed inschools.

If an undergraduatewants to pray out loud, heshould be able to. Studentsalso should be able to worshipwhen they want to. In schoolsyou are allowed to pray, butyou cannot pray out loud.

PRO CON

Senior projects have long been exasperating andaggravating. For seventeen years Etna Union High Schoolseniors have been forced to do just about anything to getan “A” for their senior project. Prior to that seniors com-pleted a project to get recognition on their diplomas. Se-nior Projects shouldn’t be requirement to graduate. Mostseniors pick lame projects that they already know some-thing about.

Personally I put a great amount of time into myresearch paper. My senior project took me forever and Istill didn’t do all that well. I didn’t learn any new informa-tion and my grades suffered from all the time I spent on it.The research paper with 5 or more sources, the 15 hourlong project and the 8-10 minute speech inundated me withbusy work. I could’ve spent all that time doing somethingmeaningful. Doing something worth doing. Senior Projectsshouldn’t be required, they should be optional. SeniorProjects should be about learning and not about “points”or “grades”. I think that seniors would learn a lot more ifwe weren’t so stressed out all the time.

With so much going on for seniors whohas time to do busy work. Applying for colleges, working,and scholarship applications take up most of our free time.With the rest of our free time we should be able to gosnowboarding, or mountain bike riding. Writing a researchpaper takes up so much time that we should put into some-thing else like physically doing something. Woodworkingor welding is so much more useful and we can learn somuch more just by doing something rather than writing.

Senior Project should be about so muchmore than grades. I think we should be judged on howmuch we learned, not how much work we put into it, orhow many words your paper is. Senior Projects shouldn’tbe a requirement to graduate. They should be optional andshouldn’t be so rigid. I think that we could learn so muchmore by not stressing grades so much.

Senior ProjectsUnnecessary

By Everett Hullquist

EUHS Interact Club Thanks Community for Support

Interact President Allison Sturges and members wish tothank the many people in Siskiyou County who made theSaturday, Feb. 3, Toni’s Backpack Benefit Basketball gamea success. Total income for the event was $1645.00 To dateover $5000 has been raised to send backpacks and suppliesto k-3 grades in several Mexico elementary schools.

First, thank-you to Siskiyou Law Enforcement and fami-lies for giving your Saturday afternoon to help the cause:Sheriff Rick Riggins, Undersheriff Mike Murphy, DistrictAttorney Kirk Andrus, CHP Captain Jon Lopey, DetectiveSergeant Randy Bigler, DARE Deputy Ron Quigley, JasonSueter, YPD Pat Dirkson, Detective Bouton, and SheriffJesus Hernandez.

Etna High Alumni, what great folks you were. Even withthe rescheduling you came through: Layne Smith, JerryStacher, Shane Schneider, Jeff Fowle, Andy Branson, NickBranson Jordan Hiett, and Billy Gemaehlich.

Of course we couldn’t have had a game without our illustri-ous refs: Al Branson and Trevor Eastlick. Principal JimIsbell kept us smiling with his narration, and Lindsay Stacherand Bethany Langford kept the score posted.

Cindy and Bill Sheaffer, Toni’s parents, lightened up to daywith the l2 trophies awarded in fun to players from bothteams. From the audience Cooper Branson was awarded“Shot of the Day.”

Finally, sponsors, you made the day possible: Etna Hard-ware, Ray’s Food Place, Off to the Movies, Kristy’s Hairand Nails, Motel Etna, Jaquelin Leary, CPA, Dotty’s KornerKitchen, Martin’s Experienced Items, Bob’s Ranch House,Todd Peterson Attorney at Law, Scott Valley Bank, MarbleMountain Properties, Mountain Village Park, Prime Coun-try Real Estate, Robert L. McNeil, CPA, Scott Valley Drug,Christal Duncan, MD, Country Bakery, Nolan’s Printing,and George Gaskins Awards.

President Allison Sturges

Staff Advisor Melanie Fowle

Letter to the Editor

Etna High School isone of the few schools in Cali-fornia to still offer driver’seducation courses. Eventhough this class does providestudents valuable knowledge,it does take a rather largechunk out of the school’smoney.

Mr. Bruce Bishop,last year’s instructor for EHS,said, “I believe the part thatis most valuable in the classis IPDE.” IPDE is a termDriver’s Ed training teachesthat stands for Identify, Pre-dict, Decide, and Execute.

The school paysaround $13,500 per year forthis class. Having this classofferingt is a privilege.

Driver’s Ed is nottruly an academic class, but itteaches students education forlife. The course helps peopleto refresh their driving educa-tion, allow drivers to get a per-mit or license, and even toqualify for reduced car insur-ance rates.

According to EHSprincipal Mr. Jim Isbell, “Ourschool is not only about APIand STAR tests, but we knowthat understanding the educa-tion of this social activity isvery important to our curricu-lum.”

Driving has more todo with thinking. One can’texactly learn common sensefrom the DMV handbook orpages in the Driver’s Ed book.Etna is very fortunate to havethis course because manystates require that people driv-ing for the first time completea certain number of hours ina driver’s education course inorder to apply for and receive

a permit or driver’s license.Providing this course savesfamilies hundreds of dollarsthey would need to spend ona private driving class. Butsince our school includes thissubject, it is usually manda-tory for students to finishDriver’s Ed their freshmanyear. Students can have anoption to take online classesinstead of having to take it.

According to theDMV and other drivingschools, the students ofschools that do not carry theclass will usually have to goto the local DMV and askabout a driver’s educationprogram. There are severalwebsites that allow one totake classes online. The sitesallow access to driver’s edu-cation classes online becausemost students would rather goonline and complete the sub-ject at their own pace ratherthan attending a class for 30hours. A student can simplylog onto DMV.org and find alot of information on driving,which includes driver’s edcourses.

Drivers Ed: Good or Bad?By Elyssa McDonald

Photos By Taylor Dickinson

Religion in schools isprevalent all around us, but wedon’t even notice it. Your En-glish text books have fablesand stories from the Bible butnone from the Koran or theDhammapada, the BuddhaBible. We are a “nation underGod” but what God is that.

The Christian one.Christianity is inundating ourpublic schools with religiousideals and concepts. Childrenwho don’t even know how tospell their names can recite thepledge of allegiance “underGod”. Even though they don’teven know what allegiancemeans.

Throughout theschool systems teachers and

text books favor the Christianreligion over the others. Po-larized religious views showup everywhere in school. Whyare we a nation under God,instead of just a nation. Whyis it that John and Luke aresuch common names in thevalley? It’s because of Chris-tianity. Prejudice is prevalentin our valley and we don’teven know it. Our childrenthat are growing up aren’t

even exposed to other reli-gions like Christianity. Chil-dren are being blindfolded bythe system.

Conservative Chris-tian views are more pompousthan that of all other religionseven though they teach almostthe same thing. Religion inschools isn’t a bad thing. Itbecomes bad when one reli-gion is favored, like Chris-tianity. Good News Clubs; areligious after school pro-gram, are using school facili-ties across the U.S. whilethere are no such Jewish afterschool clubs. Students don’twant to learn about Luke,John, and Matthew. Theywant to learn about Descartes,Homer, and Plato.

By Everett HullquistBy Amber Borba

FEATURES March 5, 2007Etna High School

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February’s Junk ofthe Month is teacher Mr.Mark Peaty’s blue 1991 4.3Liter ½ ton two wheel W/T1500 Chevrolet. It is amanual with over 200,000miles on it. The pickup gets20 miles per gallon on thefreeway.

The Chevrolet isnormally a work truck, butat the moment Peaty’s VWVan is having engine prob-lems so he has been forcedto use the truck until he getsthe time to pull out the Vansengine and fix it up.

“It’s a really goodhighway truck,” said Peaty.

The truck doesn’treally have a nickname butsometimes is called “OldBlue,” says Peaty, becauseevery family has an “OldBlue.”

The interior is in bad

By Steven Pearson

condition, and only thedriver’s side seat belt works,and that is only because Peatyhad to replace it a while ago.The stereo system has alsobeen blown out, by “teenag-ers,” Peaty said. Peaty says hewould like to put a new ste-reo in, but there is no chancebecause of other priorities.

Peaty is thesecond owner of the truck. Hebought it in 1994 strictly for

the purpose of a work truck.When he got it their were afew small dents, and over theyears it has gotten a fewmore. Now much of theoriginal blue paint is peelingoff. The hood is rusting, andthere are several small dentsand scrapes.

Though this 15 yearold truck looks like a wreck,Peaty says it “runs a lot bet-ter than it looks”

For millennia, worthy contestants have tempted fate with audacious world recordattempts. Here at Believe It or Don’t, you get to decide, real or fake. Two of these factsare correct; one is false.

1. Billy Baxter rode a 1,200cc Kawasaki Ninja motor bike 265.33 kilometers perhour blindfolded.

2. The most piercing on a single body is 643.

3. The fastest furniture in the world can go at speeds of 80 miles per hour and isstreet legal.

Believe Itor Don’tBy Everett Hullquist

4th Jon Ericson

6th Jessica Jenkins

11th Victoria Hache

14th Cole Huha

15th Dean Autry

18th Geoffery Weedon

Birthdays20th Andrea Pearson

22nd Scotty Fitzpatrick

23rd Keith Dailey

24th Steven Pearson

29th Emma Iannios John Moran

Here are the clues for finding the keys. Bethe first one to find the spot and you will leadyourself to victory!

The key is in a place where his story is told.The key shares the place with Atlas, destinedto hold the sky.

The second key is in a place where blue andyellow reign supreme. The key is among thedead, put on display for a greater purpose.

Treasure Hunt

The winners of last moth’s huntwas as follows:

Eli Pynes and Heather Smeltfound one key over by the lockerrooms.Skyler Schneider found the otherkey in the rose bushes out in frontof the school.

Photos taken by Taylor Dickinson.

Photo by Travis Bishop

Mr. Peaty’s ‘91 Chevy sitting in the parking lot.

Travis’ TriviaHow Many hours a day do you watch TV?

6+ hrs. 13%13%40%33%

4 hrs.2 hrs.1- hrs.

Photo by Taylor Dickinson

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Scholarships(Soroptimist Intern.) Scott Valley Bank American Society of Safety EngineersMarch 7 Shasta Lily Quilt GuildMarch 8 Siskiyou Co. Writer’s Club March 9 ACT reg. dead lineMar. 15 No. CA Vet. Matt Solus

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Junk of the Month

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“Super-cool-person-I-made-up-girl. I would want theability to change into ananimal.”

“I’d want to be Superman,because he has super

powers, duh!”

“Cat Woman. I’d be veryflexible, and could see in thedark.”

“Superman, because ladieslove Superman.”

“Spiderman, because hehas an awesome web thing,

and has a cool outfit.”

“Spiderman, because all thebabes check out his awe-some buns.”

Alexadra De Cair(Junior)

Illima Adams(Freshman)

Alyssa Goodman(Junior)

Devin Franco(Freshman)

Hillary Plank(Senior)

Taylor Pehle-Munson(Junior)

Which Super Hero Would You Be and Why?

It takes eight and a half minutes for light toget from the sun to earth.

A person will burn 7 percent more calories ifthey walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

Babies start dreaming even before they’re born.

People who are modestly overweight have alower risk of death than those of normalweight!

If you’re typical, you can guess someone’s sexwith 95% accuracy just by smelling theirbreath.

The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.

If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow anotherone.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ballmade of rubber.

Months that begin on a Sunday will alwayshave a ‘Friday the 13th’.

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea atbirth.

StrangeFacts

Aries (March 21-April19) _ Today is a 5 _ Bynow, you should be justabout ready to take along vacation. If that’snot happening, at leastget somebody to helpyou carry the load.Taurus (April 20-May20) _ Today is an 8 _You’re becoming moreefficient, and not amoment too soon.Hurry and do whateverit is you said you’d havedone by now.Gemini (May 21-June21) _ Today is a 6 _Others believe you canfigure out just aboutanything. Use this toyour advantage, bypretending you alreadyknow.Cancer (June 22-July22) _ Today is a 7 _Read the instructionscarefully, to minimizeerrors. A little extraeffort early helps you

Today’s Birthday (03-05-07). Don’t wait for somebody else to make your life work thisyear, that won’t happen. Do form alliances with skilled people, and save up a lot of money.That will all be necessary, when your big opportunity comes.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challeng-ing.

Horoscopes

Student Opinion’s

relax later.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)_ Today is a 6 _ Unfor-tunately, you some-times have to learnlessons the hard way.That happens again,but you can soften theblow by doing morereading.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.22) _ Today is a 7 _You’re more effectivenow, partially due tocircumstances beyondyour control. This isOK. Keep doing thework and keep haulingin the money.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct.22) _ Today is a 7 _Your work is difficult,partially because you’drather be playing. Thatopportunity will arrivequickly, so get the jobdone first.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21) _ Today is an 8 _Finish a job you haven’t

had time to do untiltoday. You’ll receivemuch more for yourefforts than you everthought you would.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) _ Today is a 5_ Conditions are betterfor partying now thanthey were over theweekend. Unfortu-nately, if you’re likemost people, you haveto work. Fortunately, ifyou’re like mostSagittarians, you’reworking with friends.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) _ Today is a 7_ You’re gaining re-spect and authority, andmaybe a little moremoney. Don’t rely onthe latter, however. It’sway too transitory. Yourreputation is morevaluable. That’s themost important thingyou have.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) _ Today is a 7_ If you got past the lastfew days withoutspending everything,you’ll be delighted tolearn that you can nowrelax. You can evencelebrate with yourfriends. Share thecosts.Pisces (Feb. 19-March20) _ Today is a 7 _Your partner has lots ofgrand schemes. Don’twaste your breatharguing. Request thathe or she come up withthe financing for theproject.

On the evening ofFebruary 27, residents of theScott Valley communitygathered at the Avery Theaterin Etna for the School BoardCandidates Forum, organizedby the teachers of Scott Val-ley. This public meeting al-lowed teachers, students, andcommunity members alike tohear the plans and perspec-tives of each candidate run-ning for a position on the newboard of the unified schooldistrict of Scott Valley thatwill form July 1.

The nine candidatespresent at the meeting wereDon Berry, Terry Drager,Julie Duncan, RandyEastlick, Chuck Kelley, AlanKramer, Scott Pynes,Michelle Rickey, and PamRimmer. Clifford Munson,also a candidate, was notpresent. The candidates aredivided into three groups;Area 1 (Fort Jones area),Area 2 (Etna area), and At-Large. Voters will be askedto select no more than twocandidates from Area 1, nomore than two candidatesfrom Area 2, and one candi-

date At-Large.Mr. Tom Ball moder-

ated the evening by reviewinga list of questions that eachcandidate was asked to re-spond to in a minute and-a-half. Next, pre-released ques-tions were asked. Candidatescould answer them if theywished. Finally, the publicwas allowed to ask questionsby writing them down on pro-vided note cards. The meetingadjourned at 8:30 pm makingit possible to ask all of theaudience’s questions.

Don Berry, born andraised in Fort Jones and anArea 1 candidate attendedShasta College and SouthernOregon University. He hasbeen actively involved withschools in Scott Valley.

“The board’s first pri-ority must be to get ourselvesup and running,” said Berry.“Then, with change, we mustmaintain the integrity of eachindividual school and to allowto maintain its own identity.”

Terry Drager wasalso raised in Scott Valley, at-tended Bay City College, andis now a financial coordina-tor. Drager is a candidate ofArea 2. Although she has no

previous experience on anyboard, Drager believes her at-tributes as a team player willmake her a good candidate.

“My ego doesn’t getin the way,” Drager said.“And I’ll usually be the firstone to admit that I am wrong.”

Julie Duncan, an-other prior student of ScottValley, has been on the EtnaUnion High School Districtboard for two years. She hasalso worked with the districtfor nearly 28 years as ateacher’s aid, bookkeeper, andworking with budgets.Duncan is an Area 1 candi-date.

“Through unificationwe need to find a curriculumto create good, rounded stu-dents,” said Duncan. “Wemust consider every student’sneeds and give each studentan opportunity to get better atwhat they love.”

Randy Eastlick, athird generation Scott Valleyresident and contractor at-tended Chico State to becomea civil engineer. He has servedthe Etna Elementary as amember of the school boardin the past and is currently onthe Etna High School board.

Eastlick is also from Area 1.“With unifying

schools, obviously, some sala-ries may drop and jobs will belost,” said Eastlick. “But wedon’t owe people jobs; weowe students an education.”

Chuck Kelly, a newerresident to Scott Valley andretired Law Enforcer, comesfrom Nevada County. He at-tended Sierra College and hasobtained an AA degree. He iscurrently vice-president of theEtna Police Activities League.Kelly is an Area 1 candidate.

“I like to be very in-volved in anything I do,” saidKelly. “I am prepared to cutback on other things to meetthe hours that it will requireto have this job. It’s going totake a lot of work and time.”

Alan Kramer, an Area2 candidate, attended the Uni-versity of South Carolina andhas four years of college withno degree, by choice.

“Change isn’t a badthing. We need to embracechange and make it beneficialto our education. Through cre-ating a new, unified curricu-lum, we must provide everystudent with that they need,”said Kramer. “Vocational

classes are a necessity fornon-college bound studentsthat need another option forjobs after high school. Youcant buy a doughnut if youdon’t have a dime.”

Area 1 candidate andrancher, Scott Pynes, attendedWestern Oregon Universityand spent time serving in theNavy. His management skillsare practiced through ranch-ing with five other families.Pynes has been involved withstudents of the community byserving as coach to the Var-sity baseball team at EtnaHigh School for ten years.

“Unification takesteamwork and teamworktakes sportsmanship by every-one,” said Scott Pynes. “Thething about sportsmanship isthat it starts at home. We haveto teach our kids to work to-gether for the common goodand strive for education.”

Michelle Rickey, anArea 2 candidate, attendedcollege locally at the Collegeof the Siskiyous. She cur-rently works as a bookkeeperfor Marble Mountain Machin-ery, owned by herself and herhusband. She has also servedas site council president for

two years at Etna Elementary.“I want to be on this

school board because in ScottValley, we have a way of life,”said Rickey. “And I want tohelp preserve it.”

Pam Rimmer, homemaker and an active volunteerto the schools of Scott Valley,is an Area 1 candidate. Shehas served as president to thePTO for six years, is currentlyon site council for the ScottValley Junior High, and is aFort Jones Elementary Schoolboard member.

“We need to thinkoutside the box,” saidRimmer. “This is a new dis-trict, we need new ideas. Weneed to listen to others, com-promise, and be involved withthem so that they can knowwho we are.”

Elections will be heldon Tuesday, March 6. Voterscan either vote through absen-tee ballots or travel to thepolls located at the EtnaBerean Church, Quartz ValleySchool, Greenview Grange,and the Sacred Hearts ParishHall in Fort Jones.

Board Member Candidates Share Their Views At ForumBy Sarah Loogman

Photos by Travis Bishop

SPORTS March 5, 2007Etna High School

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On February 10-11,six EHS students traveled toCottonwood to compete in thefifth District 1 CaliforniaHigh School Rodeo.

Overall, Roy Johnson(senior) brought in an awardfor All-Around Cowboy with69 points. Roy Johnson placedfirst in the saddle bronc, sec-ond in steer wrestling, andteamed with Kayla Johnson(freshman) for a sixth placefinish in team roping with a32.18 combined time. LacyHannah (junior) placed fouthin Break away roping.

Kayla Johnson alsoplaced sixth in barrel racing.

Clint Johnson placedfourth in saddle bronc andplaced in the top ten for thetie-down roping competition.Teamed with Frank Johnson

EHS Students Rumble and Ride in CottonwoodBy Sarah Loogman

By Brent Davis

JV Girls Win LastGame of Season

Varsity GirlsTriumph Over BurneyThe EHS Varsity

Girls Basketball team sentBurney home with one moreloss, when the Lions beat thePirates 62-33, February 16.

The first quarterended with Etna in the lead,16-9. Bethany Langford (jun-ior) saved the ball from go-ing back court about five sec-onds before the quarterended, but the Lions soon lostpossession of the ball to thePirates.

During the first 10seconds of the second quar-ter Lindsey Stacher (sopho-more) stole the ball, givingEtna control. Having onlyfour minutes and thirty sec-onds left before the quarterended, April Hicks (senior)had been blocking out #20 onthe opposing team and thegirl finally got a foul for trav-eling. With the Lions’ defensestaying strong because of

By Elyssa McDonald

their efficient defense andconsistent scoring, Burneyhad fallen behind, 27- 16.

By the time the thirdquarter came around EHS wasstill leading Burney, 41-22.When the game had ended theLady Lions had gained an-other 21 points to leave thescoreboard at 62-33. It is nowonder that Etna won sincethey scored baskets left andright. Their top scoring play-ers included CharmainMortenson (senior) with 22points and Hicks with 14points.

Etna qualified for theleague after this game, andlater tied for fourth place inthe league.

Avery Shepherd (se-nior) said, “It was one of themost fun games of the year.All the seniors got to play forthe last time together; it waslike junior high all overagain.”

(junior), they came in fourthin team roping with a time of26.60.

Frank Johnson (jun-ior) also placed second insaddle bronc.

“The numbers forcompetition were very few,”

said Dean Autry, “but Ithought we did well and it wasgood practice for our big ro-deo next month, Challenge ofChampions.”

This rodeo was origi-nally scheduled for theRedding Rodeo Grounds, but

due to heavy precipitation onSaturday, competition was re-located to Cottonwood. Theweather continued to staywet, cold, and windy on thefirst day of competition, butclouds soon cleared away,opening the sky to a warm andsunny Sunday.

The cutting cattle forcompetition were provided byCow Creek Ranch and judgedby Andy Adams. Events wereannounced by Matt Wolterand Jeff Bindwell.

The next rodeo willbe held in Red Bluff forInterdistrict on March 3-4 be-fore the prestigious Challengeof Champions in Plymouth onMarch 23-25, a competitionfor only the top three in eachevent. National finals will notbe until late July in Spring-field, Illinois.

On Feb-ruary 16, theEtna Lionshosted theBurney Raidersfor a game ofbasketball. In theend the JV LadyLions came outon top 61-48.Both AnnaliesaNadig (fresh-man) and IlimaAdams (fresh-man) led theLady Lions withfifteen points apiece. PaigeFinley (fresh-man) had four-teen points.

Wi t h i nthe first severalminutes of thegame, Nadig wasquick to scorewith a quickjump shot, andan And One (ashot made withthe foul) to putthe Lions on theboard.

The first

The EHS softballand baseball season has be-gun.

The two varsityteams and JV softball team allhave new coaches this sea-son.

The varsity softballteam is coached by Mrs. Bar-bara Thackeray and the assis-tant coach is Mr. Ken Harris.

When asked what theoutlook for the season was,Thackeray stated, “Good,very good. We have five girlsback out [from last season]and a crop of juniors that aregreat softball players,” shesaid.

“We will contend forthe Shasta Cascade League,”Thackeray said. “Our goal isto win the Shasta CascadeLeague.”

“We have a greatbunch of girls that are out toplay,” said Thackeray. “Ithink we are going to be suc-cessful, and have great fundoing it.”

Ms. Frieda Bennett isthe new JV softball coach.

“I think my girls aregoing to be hard to beat,” shesaid.

When asked if sheknew why there were new

coaches, Bennett replied,“I’m not really sure. Our JV[softball] coach left andworks out of town, so it mightbe a little hard for him tocoach.”

“[My goal is] to havethe girls work as a team andhave fun,” Bennett said. “Mygirls are going to win.”

There is no JV base-ball team this season. Theteam needed at least nine boysto sign up, while only seven

Softball, Baseball Season Starts UpBy Taylor Dickinson

Wrestlers Compete in CIFBy Mary McDonald

The wrestling seasonfinally ended when the Etnawrestling team went to theCIF North State Sectionals onFebruary 23 - 24.Although none of the fourboys that went placed, they alldid very well. TylerStrohmeyer (senior) who lost5-8, and Johnny Ojeda

(sophomore), who was aheadfive points until he tried tomake a leg-pin and got pinnedhimself, made it to the secondday. Michael LaMarr (senior)lost two very tough matches.Nick Schwall (sophomore)got fourth in divisions butdidn’t attend the meet becausehe was in Ensenada on the

did.The boys who did

sign up have been practicingwith the varsity baseball team.Some will be playing on theteam, while others will be cut.

The first game wasscheduled for Tuesday Febru-ary 27 at EHS, but due to theweather, the game was can-celled.

There has been noword for when the game willbe rescheduled.

At left, Zoe Szczepanek (senior) makes a free throwshot after being fouled at the February 16 game.

The Varsity Girls Softball teams poses for a photo at their practice toget ready for the upcoming season.

Photo By Taylor Dickinson

Photos By Shelly Johnson

school’s Spanish trip.Before sectionals, the fourboys went to divisionalswhere they all got into the top16, which was required to beable to go to sectionals.

The teams there in-cluded divisions 1-4 which in-clude schools of roughly2,500

Lacy Hanna (junior) attempts to rope a calf.

Clint Johnson hangs on while taming hisbronco.

half was neck andneck, and at theend was scored 30-31 Raid-ers.

In the third quarter,Etna came out strong andwere focused on winning theirlast game of the season. Keydefense and good scoring op-portunities put the Lionsahead. The Lady Lions ended

the third quarter outscoringthe Raiders 19-8. The quarterended 49-39. In the fourthquarter, Etna kept their com-posure and once againoutscored Burney, ending thegame 61-48.

Photo by Brent Davis

Trina Appler (freshman) blocksout a Raider opponent whilefighting for a rebound.

Photo by Elyssa McDonald

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RunningSportsTallies

Updated: February 27

League Record 6-6-0Over All Record 11-14-

League Record 2-10-0Over All Record 5-20-

Varsity BoysBasketball

Varsity GirlsBasketball

Following the JVLady Lions’ win, the JV Boyscame out pumped and wereready to finish the seasonstrong. And that is exactlywhat they did. The Lions de-feated the Burney Raiders51-32.

Etna was ahead prac-tically the whole game and atthe half were ahead by eight,23-15.

In the second half,Etna managed to expand thelead, stay strong and in theend win by nineteen.

By Brent Davis

JV BoysDominateBurney

“It was a good team game. Wehad our mistakes, but weplayed through it,” said RyanHicks (freshman) after thegame.

Hicks put severalearly points on the board andfinished the game with adouble-double. Hicks had agame high twenty points,twelve rebounds, and five as-sists.

The Lions were alsoled by Erik Anaya (freshman)who had thirteen points, andAlex Case (sophomore) whoadded six.

Raiders Defeated in Lions Last StandBy Sarah Loogman

Spring is on its wayand along with it is cominganother season of Spring Soc-cer. Spring soccer is not asanctioned Etna High Schoolsport, but a co-ed club sport.Many EHS students havesigned up on the sheet in theoffice to participate.

According to CoachMrs. Michelle Estrada, thereare 18 spots available on theteam.

“We had more than18 sign up so we will be hold-ing tryouts in early March,”said Estrada.

She is hoping to start

By Sara Wilmot

Spring SoccerKicks It Up

On February 16, the EtnaLion basketball teams madea great final to the league sea-son in a home game againstthe Burney Raiders. Follow-ing victories by both JuniorVarsity teams and the VarsityLady Lions, the Varsity Boysfinished their 2007 seasonwith a 61-59 win.

Burney won the tipoff but a turnover and play bythe Lions stole two points forthe home team with a lay-upby Trevor Eastlick (junior) offof an offensive rebound.Burney scored a pair of threepointers on their side of thecourt before Eastlick put upanother two-point jumper.Both teams played fair de-fense and the score stood 5-6, with three minutes remain-ing in the first quarter.

The Lions put up an-other two-point and a two-hand dunk by SkylerSchneider (junior) on abreakaway made the score 9-6. But a technical called onSchneider sent Burney to theline. The Raiders put bothfoul shots through the ring tonear the score, 9-8.

Logan Dysert (jun-ior) scored on a lay-up but gotmatched up on a Burney threepointer from outside the ring.Several more shots beneaththe basket and from the lineby Dysert and Eastlick madethe score 14-11 before thequarter time-out.

The second quarterkept the Raiders down, begin-ning with a Burney turnover,putting ball possession in forEtna. Brent Davis (freshman)was fouled on a give and go,making one of two from theline. Enthusiasm from thehome team crowd came witha two-point from ThomasJones (junior), also drawingthe Burney foul. Another shotby Burney before the halfmade a four point gap, 28-24,looking hopefully for the Li-ons.

During the half-timeactivities, Clint Eastlick(freshman) and Max Slaught(freshman) were drawn bytickets to participate in thehalf-court shot competition towin one hundred dollars. Bothfreshmen players missed theshot but provided entertain-ment to the crowd until thethird quarter began.

The second half be-gan, Burney in ball possessionand with a quick lay-up. Fol-lowing several scoreless playsand turnovers by both teamsfinally brought around an as-sist by German exchange-stu-dent, Clemens Weber (senior)to Schneider for a two-pointjumper. Burney scored an-other three-point and was fol-lowed by shots by Schneider,Eastlick, and Logan. Thequarter ended on a Burneythree-point buzzer shot, tyingthe score at 43-43.

The pressure was onboth teams in the fourth quar-ter, starting with ball posses-sion for the Lions. A turnoverfor the Lions gave the ballback to the Raiders. Eastlicktipped off a steal on a Burneypass to bring the ball backdown to the home-team side.Davis made a hard drive in-side for a lay-up. ScottFitzpatrick (junior) pulleddown and ripped through apair of rebounds and followedup with a two-pointer.

The Lions played ahard defense against theBurney, pressing the Raidersto use up the shot clock. Thisgave the ball to Schneider,driving it down the court andan assist to Dysert into thebasket. Eastlick put up a pairof two-points and shots fromthe line to make the score 53-50 with three minutes remain-ing. Burney received a tech-nical putting Schneider on theline, putting one for twothrough the hoop. The Raid-ers drove for a lay-up andadded pressure with another

two-point following an Etnaturnover.

With barely a minuteremaining on the clock, theLions were up by one point,55-54. Schneider broke awaywith the ball to the board butmissed on a dunk. Davis fol-lowed the missed shot for alay-up. Logan scored a two-point on the half-minutemark. Several fouls byBurney made a slow digressto 19 remaining seconds.Eastlick scored from the lineon a double-bonus Burneyfoul, putting the Raidersdown by five points, 61-56.With nine seconds left,Burney scored a three point,closing the gap to only two

points. With less than two sec-onds remaining, ball posses-sion was stolen from the Li-ons but good defense andclock-time advantage of justtwo seconds made game over,61-59.

Eastlick dominatedthe game and lead the Lionswith 18 points, 12 rebounds,two blocks, and two steals.Dysert followed with 15points and seven rebounds.Schneider led in assists withfour.

This was the teamslast game for the season, dis-missed with a 2-10 win-lossleague record and 5-20 win-loss overall record.

Local EHS student,Nicole Westbrook (sopho-more), skies for an organiza-tion called Far West. Far Westis not in any way related toEtna High School. The FarWest division has participantsfrom ages 15-20. Nicole, age15, is among some of theyoungest contestants in-volved in the program.

Westbrook has par-ticipated in about 10 fore-runs. Her favorite race was onSlalom in Boriel, CA .

Nicole said, “I havebeen skiing for as long as Ican remember.” And whenasked if it was one of her hob-bies, the snow shredder an-swered with an, “Of course.”

Completing a raceusually takes a contestant allday. For Nicole the shorterthe course usually the betterthe time. But when it comesdown to it, just a matter of

The Snow LifeBy Elyssa McDonald

seconds determines who is thefastest.

Westbrook qualifiedfor states and divisions lastyear, but so far this season herstatus for divisions is un-known.

Nicole’s skiing ad-venture is over for the year,due to sprained ligaments andan injured collarbone. Whileshe was skiing at Mount Hoodlast month, she suddenlycaught an edge and started totumble, landing on her shoul-der area.

practices in mid March to getthe team ready for the upcom-ing season. They will play atotal of 10 games, five homeand five away.

They play teamsmainly from Oregon, such asMedford and Roseburg.

“My hopes are thatwe have fun, and maybe getsome more people to go outfor fall soccer for the highschool,” said Estrada.

The team will prac-tice twice a week at ScottValley Jr. High and playgames on the weekends.

By Brent Davis

The past severalweeks have been hard forthis season’s golf team,here in Etna. With thesudden snow storms,there is no real place topractice.

“I wish we couldget some sunny weather,”said golf coach Mr. BillCunha.

But at least thereis a golf team this year.Recent years were with-out a school golf team be-cause the lack of partici-pants. Etna High has puttogether enough playersto make a team this year.

The players con-sist of Eric Dowling (fresh-man), Jr. Zavalza (fresh-man), Devin Franco (fresh-man), Audrey Peluso(freshman), Emma Iannois(freshman), Ethan Aldrich(sophomore), ArthurPeniaranda (junior), JeffWalker (junior), and ChadBruce (senior).

Both Walker andBruce are returning playersfrom the last golf team inEtna. With experience andsome much-needed sunnyweather, the team should besolid and ready to compete.

Golf Team LooksForward To a SolidSeason

Logan Dysert (junior) waits for the reboundafter a foul shot was made.

Photo By Taylor Dickinson

Nicole Westbrook

Photo by Brent Davis

Ryan Hicks and Clint Eastlick wait for therebound.

Photo by Sarah Loogman

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March 5, 2007Etna High School

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On February 5EHS held its fall semes-ter Academic AwardsNight. Awards weregiven to students whoqualified for Honor Rollwith a GPA of 3.5 orhigher or qualified forHonorable Mention witha GPA of 3.0 to 3.5.

The night beganwith a welcome by Prin-cipal Mr. Jim Isbell. Theawards for honor roll andhonorable mention weregiven out by Isbell withhelp by Joanne Eastlick,President of the EHS Par-ents Club. There was bet-ter attendance at this

awards ceremony than theprevious spring ceremony.

The awards forLion of the Season weregiven out next. Two stu-dents from each grade levelwere given this award.Teachers and staff mem-bers nominate studentswho they believe demon-strate great academic abil-ity while being involved inextra curricular activities.These students demon-strate leadership and arerespected among theirpeers. The awards weregiven out by Isbell, Mrs.Melanie Fowle, Mrs. JeffyMarx and Mrs. Desiree

Kaae.The freshman Li-

ons of the Season wereVictoria Hache andMichael Caulder. Sopho-mores were LindseyStacher and NickSchwall. Junior Lions ofthe season were DrakeMcBroom and CecilliKelley. Seniors were JanaDickinson and AllisonSturges.

The academicawards night for the cur-rent semester will be af-ter the start of the 2007/2008 school year.

9th Grade Honor Roll3.5 or higherTrina Appler

Victoria HacheJessica JenkinsTilly McBroomAndrew MenneAnnaleisa Nadig

Danny Wester

Mae AyersStevie ChiliesBrent Davis

Kassandra FedericoPaige Finley

Melissa GentryRyan Hicks

10th Grade Honor Roll

3.5 or higherJilinda FranklinHilary Hampton

Jannalee Thackeray

Ethan AldrichBen BesoainKeaton Jones

Sarah LoogmanElyssa McDonald

11th Grade Honor Roll

Sally AyresBeau Branson

Kendra Burns-EdelEmily Carlson

Christy Carter BrownMitch Easlick

Scott FitzpatrickAubrey Freckman

Lacy HannahCecilli Kelley

Brittany KistlerNicole Luiz

3.0 – 3.49Alexandra DeCairBethany Langford

Morgan MoranLogan TowneMegan Wiles

Henry McBroomKacey MunsonCaitlin Olson

Chloe PapazianAshley Parry

Steven PearsonSally Anne PetitRaquel Schenone

Heather SmeltEmilie Smith

Tracy ThackerayRobbie Towne

3.5 or higher

12th Grade Honor Roll

3.0 – 3.49Kayla JohnsonBoston NicholsAndrea Pearson

Katelyn RingroseChris SpallinoTeri Szczepanek

Jordan Pehle-MunsonNick Schwall

Vaughn Swanson Tiffani Towne

3.0 – 3.49

Vanessa BrownTravis Bishop

Melissa FranklinDemetri IanniosTyler Strohmeyer

3.0 – 3.49Katie Hunt

Kellianne JonesCharmain Mortenson

Hillary PlankJon Villani

Abigail Zufelt

3.5 or higher

Allison SturgesClemens Weber

Michelle WestbrookMac Whitman

Sara Wilmot

On Saturday, Febru-ary 10, the Etna High Span-ish Club held a fundraiser, inwhich students participatedin a improvisation show, withsome games that are similarto the ones on the show“Who’s Line is it Anyway”.

The show was afundraiser for the SpanishClub’s trip to Enseñada,which took place in February.

The club netted$218, and the audience to-taled about 39 attendees.

The cast includedstudents from the EHS dramaclass, members of the Span-ish club, and three former stu-dents.

During some of thegames, the hostesses of theshow, Sally Ayres and SallyAnne Petit (juniors), invitedaudience members to comeonstage and try their hand atimprovisation. It was clearthat improv is not as easy assome may think.

“It was the most su-per-funnest awesomest nightof the school year ever,” saidRochelle Arruda (freshman),

an actor in the improv show.“We were all funny

in our own way, I don’t thinkanyone was funnier than theother,” Arruda added.

“It was pretty funny.I enjoyed it. It was way bet-ter than I thought it wouldbe,” Corrina McDaniel(freshman) said. “I loved thedating game; that was hilari-ous, and Story, Story, Die,”she announced.

“I thought it wasawesome,” Melissa Gentry(freshman) said. “It was thebest improv night, [with] re-ally good actors.”

Above, Nick Schwall(sophomore), KelseyArnot (freshman),Alyssa Goodwin(junior), and SallyAyres (junior), playthe Slide Show game.Left, Kelsey Arnot(freshman), and NickArnot, play the ABCgame at the Improvnight to raise moneyfor the Spanish Club.

Photos by Taylor Dickinson

Spanish Club HoldsImprovisation Night

Answer to Everett’s Believe It or Don’t(from page 4)

Virtual Enterprise DinnerBy Caitlin Olson

On February 14, theVirtual Enterprise class helda Valentine’s Day Thai Din-ner in the cafeteria at EHSand raised approximately$1,100.

They served sweet-and-sour spicy rice, jasminerice, egg rolls, spicy beef, andcashew chicken. They alsoserved Thai tea as a beverage.

Quite a bit of timewent into the preparation ofthis dinner. Several studentsworked in the evenings thatweek and during the schoolday preparing food.

For $10, adult sup-porters of the Virtual Enter-

prise received an entire mealstarting at 4 pm and ending at8 pm. Take-out was also avail-able.

“It was pretty intense.We were pretty successful,”said Ryan Farrington (senior).

“A whole lot ofpeople showed up,” saidKellianne Jones (senior), “alot more than I expected.”

According to Mrs.Debra Kast, Virtual Enter-prise teacher, the dinner didnot run out of food, but theclass was really successful.

The students whoparticipated included TancyDoane (senior), Farrington

(senior), Everett Hullquist(senior), Demetri Iannois (se-nior), Jones (senior), JoshMcCaan (senior), JoeMongomery (senior), CurtisSweezey (senior), CecilliKelley (junior), along withseveral other volunteers suchas Ryan Lindsay (senior),Johnny Ojeda (sophomore),and Keith Daily (freshman).

The class will use themoney to help pay for a tradefair in San Francisco that theyhope to attend.

The Virtual Enter-prise class also runs the snackshack at the basketball games.

By Sara Wilmot

By Taylor Dickinson

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Spanish Club Delivers Backpacks

The false statement was number 2. The most piercings onthe human body is 263. Did I fool you?

On Thursday, Febru-ary 22, thirteen students fromEHS took forty backpacks toan elementary school inEnsenada, Mexico. The Inter-act Club raised about $6,000for the Toni’s Backpacksproject.

The internationalproject was inspired a yearago by Interact President elect,

Antonia Cornell-Banke.Cornell-Banke died last Juneand the Interact Club createdthis project in her memory.

The backpacks in-cluded school supplies suchas crayons, pens, glue, and apad of paper.

They are designed tobe given to less fortunatechildren between the gradesof kindergarten and third

grade.Three-hundred total

backpacks were bought, andthe remaining total will be sentto another city in Mexico.

A couple of boxes ofabout twenty backpacks thatwere sent were damaged andarrived late, so they were notable to be taken to the stu-dents. They will be deliveredto students at a later time.

By Caitlin Olson

The Spanish Club gives backpacks to students at an Elementary schoolin Mexico.

Academic Awards Given