High Schools that Work is a Work In Progress A Week Long Stay in

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lainsmen
ress
Evergreen High School
14300 NE 18th Street Vancouver, WA 98684
November 4, 2002
Vol. XXI Issue III
A Week Long Stay in Paradise
John Hanson
court and the events to football game. Excitement men pride. Facing off with
come. Following the as- mounted throughout the Fort Vancouver, the unhe glitter has gone, but sembly was a week of week as Homecoming stoppable Plainsmen
the memory remade an asmains. A week-long
tounding vicspectacle of spirit,
tory with the
games and the glamorscore of 43 to
ous finale of the annual
0. Aside from
semi-formal Homecomthe grand vicing Dance. An evening
tory,
the
that can only be rememHomecoming
bered as beautiful and
game held
fun, with non-stop
more than just
“Almost Paradise” was the theme of Homecoming 2002
music from all over the
football. The
decades, super charged
annual crownwith teens dancing the night specially themed “Spirit weekend drew closer.
ing of the Homecoming
away and the lasting memo- Days.” Between pajama
Ladies, gentlemen King and Queen occurred
ries of bombastic entertain- and tourist day, students and everyone in between at halftime. Anointing
ment.
and faculty alike showed made a miraculous appear- Brig...
It all began on October off their school sprit ance to the highly awaited
14th, with our annual Home- along with the inevitable Homecoming game on FriStory continuted on pg.2
coming kick-off assembly count down to the much day, October 18th, to dis- To see more Homecoming
with the announcement of anticipated Homecoming play our ebullient PlainsHighlights, Go to pg. 8
Staff Reporter
Pierott sets the beat
for Kane Dancing
Pg.3
Will this movie make
an “everlasting”
impression?
Pg. 4
Photo by Ashley Powell
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High Schools that Work is a Work In
Progress
By Sarah Ackerman
Business Manager
and willing. They were
surprised with how well
the faculty and the student
body interacted with each
other.
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his year, the
student body at
Evergreen won’t be the
only ones receiving
progress reports. With
the “High Schools That
Work” program the
staff will be receiving
them also.
A team of experts,
from the Southern ReThe Classes Square Off:
gional
Education
Has Pop Culture crossed the Board (SREB), visited
line?
our school earlier in the
Pg.12-13
month. They evaluated HSTW uses “Key Practices” to improve learning.
how well we are doing
However, we have a
academically and the student/ grades such as honors
staff performance. They con- classes and AP classes few challenges to meet
ducted interviews with stu- were regarded favorably, also. We need to have
dents, parents, teachers, and and they felt that we did a higher expectations, comcounselors and made class- good job in planning mon goals and assessroom observations. Then, ahead. They noted that the ments, and better commuthey got together and made a C.A.P.S classes and nication with other schools
list of our strengths and weak- Freshman Academy were and the district office.
Snow looks towards his
The EHS staff denesses as a school.
bright future in golf.
exceptionally good proPg. 16
The report wasn’t scored grams. The team said that cided on two major goals
in letter grades, but we did the faculty was positive they wanted the school to
Photo by Jeff Smith
Homecoming Highlights
Pg. 11
pretty well. They liked the
fact that our school offered extra help to students through the twilight
school. Our academic up-
work on this year. First,
they wanted to set a higher
standard in literacy and
numeracy (boosting expectations in English and
Math). And secondly,
improve instructional
strategies. This means
moving from teachercentered instruction to
more student- oriented
learning. Twice a
month each department
will get together (at one
of their fun and actionpacked learning improvement days) to discuss strategies and key
practices to meet individual department
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In Loving Memory
Sammy Nord
WASL: Yay or Nay?
Filip Pietrzak
dents in explaining answers and
concepts. But are these preparations enough to help a student
or some it may just be a chal through something so important?
lenging test but for most, it Starting with the graduating class
is much more difficult to cope of 2006, a new requirement for a
with. The WASL (Washington high school diploma in the state
Assessment of Student Learning) of Washington will be passing the
is the standardized test of mea- WASL exam in the 10th grade.
suring a student’s achievement. In the class year of 2001- 2002
What makes the WASL test so only 1/3 of Evergreens’ sophodifferent from all the other tests? more class passed. Now it is said
Although the WASL is format- that if the freshmen (class of
ted almost identically to other 2006) fail in their sophomore
standardized tests, it employs a year, then they don’t graduate
new method. For some of the from high school. Teachers are
questions on the WASL, there is continually being trained to show
a space provided for students to their students how to answer quesshow steps and procedures that tions “WASL-style” so that the
he/she used to arrive at their fi- students have a better chance of
getting a
passing
score.
“Class of 2006...they [won’t]
One of
the main
graduate from high school...”
reasons
w h y
nal answer. This can be a hassle many did not pass the WASL was
but the good part is that even if because they had never been
an answer is incorrect, one can taught how to explain their anstill get some credit for explain- swers and thinking processes.
ing it. The WASL demonstrates Also, prior to the current class of
how well a student can convey 2006, the WASL had very little
knowledge and apply it to vari- impact upon ones’ academic fuous situations. This is a new spin ture. But now, with it as a graduon the usual multiple-choice, ation requirement, students everyguessing game that is traditional where are realizing the imporstandardized tests. Although the tance of the WASL.
WASL is a good way to assess Now with the help of teachers
how much a student actually each student should have no reaknows, is it fair to place so much son to do poorly on the WASL.
emphasis upon something that is The WASL is a good challenge,
rarely taught in classrooms? and it requires thinking, rathern
There are many new tactics that than just regurgitating informahave been used to prepare stu- tion.
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
cially saddened with the tragic news
n October 1, 2002, a of their former coaches death; she
friend, a coach, and a had been coaching at Evergreen for
mother passed away. While giv- 14 years and at Shahala middle
ing birth to her son, complica- school for only one year. She always
tions arose, and 41-year-old had a passion for sports.
All that knew her struggled to
Karen Lyn Daltoso died.
swallow
this stone with hearts full
She left behind not only
of anguish but
her newborn son
knew that they
M c K a d e n
must move on and
Woodward, who
support the her
did manage to
grieving
family
survive, but also
members as much
many other famas they can. This
ily and friends all
poignant event is
over the commuone that will not be
nity. They will
soon
forgotten,
not soon forget
nor the woman bethis tragic event
hind it. “Life is
or the wonderful
pleasant. Death is
woman
that
peaceful. It’s the
passed on.
Daltoso will be fondly
transition
that’s
T h e r e
remembered in the hearts of
troublesome.”
wasn’t a person many.
Isaac Asimov said
that knew her that
wasn’t deeply grieved upon these words. Not only is it all to true,
hearing the news of Daltoso’s but also these words are some that
death. Members of the EHS can correctly emanate the emotions
gymnastics team, where espe- of this heartrending event.
Photo courtesy of Columbian
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Homecoming:
Cont. from pg.1
Walker
and
Danya ever seen in all the years we’ve
Clevenger Evergreen royalty. been at Evergreen,” says Marie
Juxtaposed with some of the Lockwood, ASB/Activities Coorschool’s finest students, these dinator. The elaborate decorations
two shine brighter than all the and the rockin’ DJ was more than
stars in the Heavens, creating a enough to make this night somelasting glow over the magical thing to be remembered. With
week of homecoming.
songs like “Staying Alive” and
It didn’t stop there. The fi- “Shout”, an eclectic taste of munal event was yet to come in this sic from every decade was the
wonderful week, and everyone soundtrack to the incredible
was anticipating the arrival of the evening. Who could contest, with
Homecoming dance. Homecom- such an oustanding turn-out of the
ing 2002 was the best four-hour student body, creating the best
tropical paradise get away any Homecoming ticket sales we’ve
student could ask for. Almost seen in a while. The night was an
Paradise is an understatement, wonderful success and everyone
perhaps they should drop the al- seemed to enjoy themselves.
most.
Filled with magic and sparkle,
“This is the best Homecom- Homecoming 2002 was truly a
ing that Norm Sanford and I have night to remember.
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Kim Dang
but it’s really not. It’s lots of fun, ers Andy Boyd and Neil Musser
and when you
first began
join, your part
this team.
hump, Thump, Thump are
of a big famT h e
the amazing beats you will
ily.
We
alMulticultural
hear from Evergreen’s Kane
ways have
Club adopted
Dancing Team.
lunch
with
it later. There
Kane Dancers will be doare no tryi n g each other on
outs and evsome performance
days,”
says
eryone can
perjoin. All you
f o r - Ray Pierott. It
involves
arithneed to do is
mance
a t metic tunes by ....The sounds of Kane-Dancing.... have a good
attitude and
b a s - using a stick.
The
goal
this
year
is
to
have
at
work
hard.
If
you
would
like to be
ketb a l l least 16 people on the Kane a part of the Kane Dancing team,
games, Dance team. About nine signed contact Ray Pierott or Leilani
up for Kane Russell.
Dancing
Thump...
Team last
year. Kane
Dancing
to pep assemblies, and to a
started here
very large event like the taltwo years
ent show. Kane dance meets
ago. It only
Wednesdays and Fridays right
had
two
next to the student center.
people
to
Kane Dance, inbegin with
structed by senior Ray Pierott
...Thump....
and the sciis an African base dance.
...led by Ray Pierott.
ence teach“Kane Dancing looks hard,
Staff reporter
Photos by Adam Shumaker
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Plainsmen:Get Keyed in to Key Club
Andrew Kendall
Opinion Editor
K
Also, this community involvement looks very good on a college application, but still make
sure you are getting involved for
the right reasons. Key Club takes
dedication and it is a necessary
component that people do this to
feel better within, rather than a
superficial gain.
Photo Courtesy of Google.com
ey Club is one of the most
active clubs for helping the
community, and they want you.
Even with a great turnout of 50
people attending their first
meeting, this group is always
looking for new members.
For those of you who have
never heard of Key Club before,
Key Club is an affiliate of the International Kiwanis
it’s a community service club that
plans or attends events to help out
the local area. They are affiliated
with the International Kiwanis
Group, which is a volunteer-based
service group. You may see them
doing various things around Evergreen from their ice cream sales
in the student center to doing various things to help our school.
One of the Key Clubs’
many projects was the recent remodeling of the Forum. Prior to
its makeover, the forum was
adorned in the traditional yellow
orange and green of the rest of
EHS. The members of Key Club
spent days hard at work repainting the walls an inviting shade of
blue/gray.
If giving back to your school
and community, sounds like something you would enjoy you can sit
in on one of their meetings, which
occur every Thursday at 2:05 in
the forum. There is a $10.00 registration fee, but they are more
about the volunteer work than the
money. However, if you do become serious with Key Club, you
will most likely want to become a
member.
And this year, you can even
run for a position as one of the Key
Club officers, but they are only going by nominations, so get out
there and start participating.
EHS
Band
Triumphs
Brittany Bishop
Staff reporter
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nce again the Evergreen
Marching Band is victorious. They won nine awards at
The Tournament of the Stars on
Saturday, October 12 at Kiggens
Bowl Stadium.
They won first place from
the preliminaries. They won high
auxiliary, high general effect, high
visual, high music, directors
award for auxiliary, directors
award for winds, Sweepstakes
award and people’s choice award.
They got a score of 81.58 out of
100. Evergreen has been working
hard and has already learned al all
“The marching
band rocks my
socks!”
of the last movement of their fall
show. Medusa consist of 4 separate movements. The entire performance is about 8 minutes long.
The band has spent the last few
months polishing to perfection
those crucial 8 minutes. The band
invests many hours of practice to
being the best, and it certainly
pays off.
They practiced diligently
on the several days before The
Tournament of the Stars competition. Their regular practice times
are Tuesday and Thursday nights.
They also have gone to a show in
Photo by Brittany Bishop
The Amazing Beats of Kane Dancing
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High Schools That Work:
Cont. from Pg.1
goals. “The technical visit
identified many outstanding practices here at Evergreen and also
identified weaknesses and challenges”, said Jim Hudson, principal.
The High Schools that Work
Program is a long-term installation
in our school. Throughout the next
few years, HSTW will be continually working with the students and
staff to improve our school as a
whole.
Band members salute before a
performance.
Everett, WA. Evergreens’ band
is proud of their work and success.
Whether it be trumpet or flute, all
Plainsmen band members proudly
proclaim themselves “Band
Nerds”. Drum Major, Elizabeth
Buskuhl, says “ The marching
band is doing a great job this season and they really rock my
socks!”
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Does
Breaking the rules of
“Tuck
attraction
Everlasting”
ever end?
Chips and
salsa, that’s
it
John Hanson
Staff Reporter
Deanna Redr
★★★★ out of five stars
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photo courtesy of www.jacksonbrothers.com/tuck2.html
his is the hardest thing I
have had to write. Why?
Because I am falling asleep.
Why? Because I just saw
“Tuck Everlasting”, a movie
that lasts way too long. Based
on the classic novel by
Natalie Babbit, it tells the tale
of Winnie Foster, who is suffocating under the expecta-
Jonathan Jackson and Alexis
Biedel get close in ‘Tuck
Everlasting’
tions of a “proper young lady”
in Victorian society. When
she learns that she is to be sent
to a stifling school for girls,
she flees in anger to the
woods nearby. There she is
kidnapped by the Tuck family, and is brought into further
adventures when she learns of
their terrible secret. To bring
credit to the film, I have to say
that the camera shots were
lovely, the perfect setting for
a magical tale. But, I did not
feel the enchantment that I felt
in the book. Part of the problem was the music. Music can
either make or cripple a
movie. In this case it crippled
it. Its mellowness gave it a
slow, sleepy feeling that made
me want to scream. Reading
the poetic text from the book
should have had a wonderful
effect, but didn’t. We needed
something more to keep us
awake. When I watch a powerful movie I want to get up
and dance! I want to sing! I
want to jump right though that
screen. I wanted to love
“Tuck Everlasting”. But this
one didn’t quite make it
through the Danielle detector.
Forensic Files: science,
police stories, death and
depravity
Rachel A. Camp
Staff Reporter
i i i i stars out of five stars
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orensic Files on Court TV is a
program that uses specific
homicide cases to
demonstrate the
process by which
crimes are solved
by
forensic
science.
The
narration
is
excellent. The
grave
and
dramatic male
voice assists in
creating a spooky atmosphere. It can
get a bit cheesy at times, but that is
an entertaining element in my
opinion. The show is consistently
good. Some episodes will be
better than others for those who
prefer stories of the evil deeds of
the severely purulent of mind.
However, each show promises a
bloody story if not a twisted one.
Since it is a basic-cable program,
it is closely edited to
avoid offending
viewers.
The
description of the
crimes is worth
hearing, even if there
is little to see past
defiled dresses in
plastic bags. Watch
Forensic Files if you
like science, police
stories, death and depravity, or if
in general, your brain is a blood
sponge.
★★ out of five stars
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hevys is disappointing.
The service
is bad, the food isn’t really all
that adequate and well, face it,
you don’t see all that many
A lonely view of Chevys from
the outside
photo courtesy of http://google.com
★★ 1/2 out of five stars
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Photo courtesy of www.therulesofattraction.com
Staff Reporter
rom the author that brought you with her ex-boyfriend, Victor, who
American
Psycho
and happens to be out of the country.
After
Glamorama
several miscomes The
understandRules Of Atings and nutraction, a
merous obd a r k
stacles, this
dramedy
book delivoriginated
ers nonstop
around colinsight to
lege co-eds
what everywho do evday posterything exadolescents
cept go to
go through
class. Love
in their daytriangles are
to-day life.
all over the
The hardpages in this
ships and
realistic
h a p p y
view of coltimes, the
lege life.
trials and
Based
tribulations
around cerare all major
tain charac- Go see The Rules Of Attraction in theatres now
themes of
ters and read
through their perspectives, this eroti- the roller coaster of literary work.
cally charged novel hits the deep end This book gives a delightfully
of love and of life while trying to point twisted performance told through
out the “rules of attraction.” Paul is a handful of disturbing, sexually
in love with Sean, while Sean is in overdrawn young adults, that you
love with Lauren who is still in love can now see on the big screen.
Photo Courtesy of Google.com
Danielle Lee Hutchinson
Staff Reporter
smiling faces looking to greet
you once you make your way in
like on TV. Usually it takes
forever to be seated, and when
you finally are, there is no
guarantee that you will actually
receive that friendly face to
serve you. The only positive
thing that I have to say about
this restaurant is their chips, and
maybe the salsa. That is the only
thing that they should stick to
making. Their restaurant should
be re-named “Chips and salsa,
“that’s it.” Almost every time
that I have visited, they either
messed up my order, or that of
the person I was with. Not only
that, but the person that served
the food wasn’t too kind-hearted
either. When simply asking if
there might have been some
error in the order they took, a
response was that of an angry
one, not a calm apology. Appreciation does not come from a
place that takes forever to be
seated, with the acceptance of
those guests who got there after
you, having the better seat. Nor
does it come from a rude person
refusing to apologize for what
was their mistake in the first
place. They seat people in the
order in which they arrive. If
there are problems they should
address with the old adage, “the
customer is always right.”
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Common Rider “This is
Unity Music”
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Grand Theft Auto retail
monster
Music Review
Video Game Review
Adam Shumaker
Staff Reporter
Adam O’Brien
★★★★★ out of five stars
peration Ivy exploded into
the music scene in 1989
when they rocked the world with
their political ska influenced punk
rock. After the band’s break up
the members went their separate
ways. Guitarist Tim Armstrong
and bassist Matt Freeman went on
Staff Reporter
photo courtesy of .commonrider.com
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VOTE!
ALL VOTES MUST BE IN BY NOVEMBER 5
★★★★★
out of five stars
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ast years’ Grand Theft Auto
III took the world by surprise.
It was innovative yet nonlinear, allowing a lot of freedom while
playing the game. The appeal of
the series was based upon the
mature themes that are present in
the game. GTA III had unparalleled success, selling more than
seven million copies to date. Now
a year has past and Rockstar
eighties so you will be listening to licensed tracks from that
era. There is even some rap in
its infancy.
Rest assured though the
music is top quality with
names like Ozzy Osborne,
Hall and Oates, Flock of
Seagulls, Judas Priest,
Michael Jackson and many
more. If eighties music isn’t
your bag just flip off the radio. The visuals in the game
are top notch,
all the characters are fully
skinned, which
means little to
no jagged edges
on the character
models. The
damage models
for the vehicles
are right on and
look realistic.
Now your vehicles tires can
be shot out,
which makes your vehicle
very unresponsive and difficult to maneuver. Bailing out
of your vehicle has been added
to get out in a hurry in case you
might need to get away
quickly.
Some new vehicle additions are motorcycles and helicopters, which add a twist to
the gameplay. Another issue
that Rockstar addressed was
the artificial intelligence or
A.I. The police opposition is
quite a bit more aggressive
than last years GTA III that
makes causing trouble much
more exciting. Mission design
has been improved a great deal
over last year’s game. The
missions involve multiple
steps instead of a, go pick up
a package or something of that
nature. Many new weapons
have been added to disable
your foes, even a katana sword
and chainsaw, in one word gruesome. The game is versatile and open-ended and just
a lot of fun to play. If you are
old enough to handle the
coarse language and violence
then you should definitely pick
this game up.
photo courtesy of www.gamers.com
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release hit stores September 3rd on
Hopeless Records entitled “This is
Unity Music.” The album is very
catchy and with hooks and melodies
that will get you singing along. Unlike most other bands, Common
Rider rocks for a reason, not to make
money and sell themselves out but
to try to spread a positive
message. They are currently on the Plea for Peace
tour where bands play for
charitable causes.
The band’s music is
influenced from many different styles such as ska
[up-tempo reggae by
repetative upstrokes on the
guitar], indie, reggae, classic rock, and old school
punk. Jesse Michaels’
Look for this CD cover at a store near you!
heartfelt lyrics are based
to form Rancid. Drummer Dave around change and awareness as
Mello went on to play in Schlong. well as the personal connection he
Vocalist and songwriter Jesse feels with music. The rest of the
Michaels walked away from the band is the rhythm section from
music business to pursue other in- Screeching Weasel. Mass Giorgini
terests such as Buddhism, martial on the bass and saxophone, Dan
arts, and film. A few years later Lumley on drums, and Philip Hill
Jesse decided to re-ignite his mu- on guitar. The combination of styles
sic career by forming the band and the legendary musicians behind
Common Rider. Common Rider’s them create a powerful new brand
style is far from the generic, sta- of rock and roll. Anyone who entus quo, mainstream punk rock joys punk, ska, or just rock music
that you hear in this day and age. should check out this release, it is
It is not fair to call them a punk everything music was meant to be
rock band since they are so much and it is the next step in rock evolumore than that. The bands latest tion.
games newest edition to the GTA
series has been released on October 29 entitled Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City.
Everything GTA III did well,
GTA VC has improved on and
made it better than anyone had
imagined. GTA VC fixes the minor flaws that were in GTA III,
and expands on the concepts of the
previous version. The game is
based in 1986 in a locale similar
to Miami, Florida but is called
“Vice City”.
One of the main improvements in this game over the last is
that this time around the lead character has a name and voice.
Tommy Vercetti is the lead character in the game and he is voiced
by veteran actor Ray Liotta. Ray
Liotta isn’t the only Hollywood
star in the game, some other big
names voice some of the supporting characters, such as Dennis
Hopper, Gary Busey, Luis
Guzman, and Philip Michael Thomas. This cast of talent really
makes the game come alive. Another draw to the game is the superb audio effects and music.
There are nine hours of music recorded on the game. Remember
though, the game is set in the
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A night at the Paris
Jeff Smith
Staff Reporter
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photo courtesy of Steven Taylor
he New Paris Theatre is an all
age venue on SW 6 th and age anthem “Mistakes” and
Burnside. It’s a great place for walked off stage to a great aplocal bands to get their name out plause from the crowd.
Up next to deliver a slower
to the public, and for teens in the
Portland/
Vancouver area
to hang out and
listen to good
music. The 19th
of October, Two
Cent Solution,
Core 13, Two
Man Riot, and
Hyperstar
rocked the Paris.
Far From First
was also scheduled to play, but
couldn’t due to
their drummer EHS Junior Matt Hallet rocks out with
having an emer- his band at the Paris
gency.
The first to play was Two tempo, more powerful “emo”
Cent Solution. Unlike the punkier sound was Hyperstar. Although
youths that made up the majority the crowd wasn’t as rambunctious
of the show, Two Cent Solution for this band, they still sent out a
was a hard rock act with each good vibe. Finishing the show
member of the band looking con- was Core 13 who similar to
siderably older than the members Hyperstar, had a really powerful
of the other acts. They definitely sound, with the drums being a
got the crowd on their feet early heavy factor in their music. Their
in the show though, even with heavy, percussive choruses
both their lead, and rhythm gui- complimented the quieter verses
tarists breaking strings early in the very well and they ended the show
set. After they played, next was on a very good note.
With great local shows like
Two Man Riot, with Evergreen’s
own Matt Hallet on bass. Their these it’s a good thing we have
fast skate-punk sound was in rare an all ages club like the Paris to
form that night as they sent the get local high school bands’
crowd into a frenzy with songs names out in the open. And give
like “Better Than Us” and “Goat.” teenagers something to do on the
They closed the set with the teen- weekend.
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Scott Ruitenbeek is Alex has a Major Personality
Senior Profile
one fun nerd
Photo by Brittany Bishop
his favorite classes include
Wind Symphony, Paint
Studio, and Algebra.
Rachel A. Camp
Outside of school,
Staff Reporter
Scott enjoys yo-yoing and
Scott Ruitenbeek, the listening to Led Zeppelin
youngest of four children and Aerosmith. At home,
in his family, was born there is a pet bird (Scott
July 23, 1984 in Portland, did not name) called
Oregon, but has lived in Hootie. Scott loves instant
oatmeal and hot apple
cider. CSI is his favorite television program,
and he enjoyed the novel
Harry Potter. When
asked his favorite
movie, Scott reported
Lord of the Rings and
Princess Bride. An acquaintance giggled at his
reply from across the
table and Scott defended
himself with a smile,
“I’m a nerd, leave me
alone.”
Scott describes
himself as “fun,” and
would not like people to
think of him as a mean
Scott has fun in the EHS band.
guy. Post-high school
Vancouver most of his life. plans include four years at
For the last 9 of his 17 BYU, after which he is
years, Scott has been play- considering a career as eiing the trumpet. He is a ther an engineer or a fireman. In
part of
concluthe Ever“I’m
a
nerd,
leave
me
sion, afgreen
alone.”
t e r
H i g h
asked
School
how he
w i n d
symphony, and a section would like to die, he releader in the marching plied, “Old. Really old-in
band. He also swims, and my sleep.”
yourself in one word
what would it be and
why: “Crazy, because I’ll
do just about anything.”
What are your Pet
Peeves: “Self-righteous
people and people who
break into other
people’s cars.”
If you could
change
one
thing about
yourself, what
would it be:
“Stop talking
when appropriate.”
If you could
have one superpower, what
would it be:
Flying.
Favorite Class:
Marketing and
Economics.
If you could
send message to the
world’s youth, what
would you say: “Your
only young once, so live
it up.”
Photo by Jeff Smith
Musician of the
Issue
Metallica,
Charley
Daniels.
John Hanson
Staff Reporter
Hobbies: Weight Lifting,
DECA project.
Full Name: Alex Major
Role Model: Arnold
Age and Birth Date: 17; Schwarzenegger.
August 14, 1985
Favorite
Food: Protein Shakes.
Favorite
Drink:
Sobe (flavor
unknown).
After High
School
Plans: Joining the Air
Force and
eventually
becoming a
fire fighter
in California.
Major enjoys weight lifting and DECA.
Favorite
T.V. Show: Dragon Ball Favorite Color and
Z.
Why: “Baby Blue, beFavorite Musician: Tim cause it can be both
McGraw.
happy and sad.”
Other Favorite Bands: If you could describe
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Amber Marie Mullins is one of a kind
Student of the Issue
Staff Reporter
Getting her beginnings in
Billings, Montana, Amber
Mullins is a girl that has
been making, and continues to make, memories of
her lifetime. Although she
is a senior this year, she is
yet to make her greatest
memory of her time here
at EHS by walking across
the stage at graduation,
and the last dance, prom.
Mullins looks forward to
Photo by Brittany Bishop
Sammy Nord
these last days of her time other, important parts of even manages to squeeze
in high school, but says life like shopping, friends, in some time and relax
she is more than any thing, sleeping, eating, and she with a good book.
going to miss her friends
once they’re gone.
She loves to have fun
but has a very busy schedule. Mullins is not only
part of Honor Society, but
she is also involved in
DECA. Between balancing out her time between
school activities, she also
has homework and a job
she has to toss in there
someplace. Of course, she
can’t miss out on all the
Mullins is still searching for her best EHS memory.
She sums herself up
in three words, Amber
Marie Mullins, “Because
that’s me!” With memories to make and a busy
schedule to keep up with,
Mullins still wants to manage to enjoy her last
months of high school.
She plans to move onto
college and maybe even
travel to Italy. Mullins is a
girl that loves life and
hopes to go far, so look out
world, because in a few
months she’s coming,
ready or not.
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Long walks on the beach, and Pulliam wants to be
Kutcher
helping others
Junior Profile
and what three things
would you bring? “I
Editor-in-chief
would take Jackie off That
Full Name: Casey Will- 70’s Show, a sharpie
iam Pulliam
marker, enough food for a
Born: Oct. 30, 1985 in million years, and a typewriter.”
Sydney, Australia
Bethany McNutt
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H
will hopefully start his
own business.
Outside of school
however, Holmes keeps
himself busy by being a
server at Shari’s restaurant, working hard to become an Eagle Scout (the
highest award you can
achieve
i
n
Boy
Scouting),
and a
hospital
volu n teer.
When
n o t
busy
servi n g
food
and helping hospitals,
Holmes enjoys playing
pool, reading and long
walks on the beach.
With all his accomplishments throughout
the years, and all his major plans for the future,
Holmes lives the busy
life. The next time you
see Holmes walking
down the halls, congratulate him for his actions towards the school, other’s
health and his future.
Photo by Brittany Bishop
and
Junior/Senior
Strength, and an active
Student of the
Honors Society member,
it’s hard not to challenge
Issue
yourself. With an aweAshley Powell
some college résumé like
Staff Reporter
this, Holmes hopes to be
aving fun while accepted to Stanford. If he
is not attending the school
maintaining good
grades
is
what
Joe
Holmes, senior, plans to
do with his
last year at
Evergreen.
Born
on
March
8,
1985
in
Vancouver,
Washington,
this Northwest native
has accomplished a lot Holmes sets himself high goals in life.
during his attendance at he dreams of, you will
Evergreen. “I feel I chal- probably find Holmes
lenged myself while keep- somewhere nearby like the
ing good grades, contrib- University of Portland or
uted and dev e l o p e d “I feel I challenged myself while
myself in
keeping good grades, contribKey Club
and
in uted and developed myself in
D E C A , ” Key Club and in DECA,”
s a y s
Holmes. With classes like
AP Calculus, AP Govern- University of Washington.
ment/Politics, Marketing, After graduating from a
French, AP Senior English major university, Holmes
Casey settles some issues over the phone.
Hobbies: “Trying to
skateboard, baseball, basketball (but not for
school), and I would play
football, but I’m way too
lazy.”
Role Model: Ashton
Kutcher
Favorite Color: “Black
and orange because I love
Halloween.”
Favorite Food: Chinese
tacos
If you were stranded on
a deserted island, who
would you take with you
One word to describe
your personality: Random
Favorite TV Show: That
70’s Show
Favorite Movie: Harry
Potter
What do you want to do
after high school? “Join
the circus and become a
trapeze artist.”
If you could send one
message to the world,
what would you say?
“Cheese molds quickly, so
eat it fast.”
Peggy McNabb has always dreamed of teaching
Teacher of the Issue
Staff Reporter
P
eggy McNabb has
been teaching at
Evergreen since 1986,
almost 17 years. Prior to
teaching here, McNabb
taught at Loma Linda
Academy in Southern
California and Columbia
Adventist Academy in
Battle Ground. Both of
these
schools
are
Christian high schools.
She also taught at Mt.
Hood
Community
College. Other than
teaching, McNabb has
been a nurse’s aid in a
nursing home and a
convenience store clerk.
Here at Evergreen,
McNabb teaches Health,
GRADS, which is a class
for pregnant women on
campus, and KIDS, which
is where the students here
at Evergreen get to work
one-on-one with kindergartners. She has also
taught Child Development, Foods & Nutrition,
and Life Relationships.
McNabb says the most enjoyable thing about teaching is “working with my
awesome, wonderful students! They are great!”
And as far as the least favorite aspect goes, it
would have to be grading
papers in the evening,
“Yuck,” states McNabb. If
she could have any other
job besides teaching, it
would have to be “Queen
of the world!”
Photo by Jeff Smith
Melissa Sandeen
Just one of McNabb’s many
friendly smiles.
The most memorable
moment in teaching was
when a student sat in her
office chair crying because
he thought the body lice he
had were incurable. “He
thought he’d itch for the
rest of his life! I also fumigated my chair!”
As
a
child,
McNabb’s dream of her
future job was being a
teacher. When asked what
led her into teaching, she
replied, “several wonderful teachers I had in high
school.” Her high school
English teacher, Pam
Dietrich, is one person
who inspired her. “She
made school fun and
learning exciting!”
Of course her life
isn’t all about teaching. In
her free time, McNabb
likes to read, cook, do
cross-stitch, cross-coun-
try skiing and hanging out
with her friends.
McNabb had the following to say about Evergreen. “EHS is a really
great school and has great
kids. I enjoy my students
very much. I love seeing
my students develop relationships with their kindergarten buddy. They really make a difference for
the kindergartners. I am
also very proud of my
GRADS students. It’s so
hard to come to school
pregnant or if a baby has
kept you up all night. It
takes a lot of willpower to
keep it up and graduate
from high school and be a
good parent.”
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Staff Reporter
D
uring those cold November
nights, when you can’t go
out because it is too dark, come
down to the Evergreen Auditorium and watch the latest production from the drama department,
“Godspell.” After many months
of being in the works, on November 14th, the show will finally be
ready for audience viewing.
If you attended the fall choir
concert, you have already gotten
Photos compliments of Mr. Guitierrez
a taste of what the whole show
will be like. Sophomore
Stephanie McAlexander says,
“It’s really just a lot of fun, kind
of a once in a life time experience.” “It’s just a lot of fun for
everyone, audience and cast
alike,” Vanessa Allen-Bond adds.
There is not only entertaining
song to listen to and enjoyable
choreography to watch, but there
are also fun costumes that help
bring the musical to life.
The cast of the show has
been putting in many long hours
during practices and is eager to
show everyone what the show is
made of. “The best part has
been…knowing that we can make
an impact on our audience,” says
Sean McQueen, who plays Jesus.
It even has a place in Jim
Gutierrez heart, “It really is my
favorite show. It just speaks to so
many people on so many different levels. Even though some
people in the past have been worried about the religious aspect of
the musical, it just hasn’t worried
me.”
So, when you’re sitting at
home on November 14, 15, 16 or
21, 22, 23, remember to go to the
auditorium a little bit before 7:30,
and get caught in the magic of
“Godspell.”
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Each grade has their say: How far is too far...
P
Photo by Jeff Smith
Brittany Bishop
Staff reporter
op culture is
g o i n g
too far with
some of their
songs. The way
Britney Spears always dresses is way too
out in the open. Her lyrics put people in a
trance. Eminem’s lyrics are full of nasty
things such as vulgar language and chopping people’s heads off. These artists need
Sophomore said...
Staff Reporter
Photo by Jeff Smith
Tia Dunham
They say music can
alter moods and talk
to you, well can it load
a gun and cock it too?
Well if it can, then the
next time you assault a dude, just tell the judge
it was me and I’ll get sued.” Eminem says it
perfectly in his lyrics for the song “Sing For
The Moment.” The problem in today’s youth
is not pop culture; it’s in the responsibility of
today’s youth and society’s views. Instead of
facing up to their actions, they blame the media. Nobody has absolute power over another
person and can’t force them to do something.
It is true that music is an important influence
for our youth, and not just of today but in
history’s youth as well. It is a way of expression and a release of emotions that otherwise
would build up and eventually, explode. The
“
to be more conscious of what they are doing,
and wether it is appropriate or not. People
would do anything to get a poster or CD of
these stars. Darren’s Dance Video is a video
that teaches you how to dance like a pop star.
It teaches you how to dance to Britney
Spears’s video “You Drive Me Crazy.” The
only problem is that most people think it’s an
opportunity to get to be Britney Spears. These
enthusiasts want to know how to dance like
Britney Spears to, in a sense, become closer
to being her. Some people who idolize her
want to be just like her and look like her so
when they see this show they get to dance
like her too. They sing, dance, and even look
like her to become her. Eminem is a bad influence on people because his lyrics are very
gruesome. He sings about chopping off heads,
doing drugs and all sorts of things that should
not be aired on the radio, put on TV or even
CD’s. I think that the directors need to edit
their songs and not let them use those songs
at all. I think the artists need to change how
they present themselves, such as how Britney
dresses, what she sings, or how she dances.
The writers and stylists need to make sure that
the artists they work for keep some integrity.
I think that this should really be taken into
account because it’s really affecting some
people’s lives.
idea that all teens that listen to heavy rock or in the actions. The writer puts his/her own
violent type lyrics will react the same as the ideas to paper and publishes it, after that, they
music is a STEREOTYPE. For example, dur- aren’t responsible for who buys it or listens
ing a book signing in Burlington, MA. for to it, that choice lies with the public. The teenMarilyn Manson, who just might be one of ager is the one who chooses to buy it. Nobody made them. And nobody
the most controversial people
told them that they must listen
in the music industry, a witness
to it or must follow the ideas of
told free! that “although there
the lyrics. The theory of “secret
were hundreds of fans in the
messages” in music is a paraparking lot they waited peacenoid person’s excuse for his or
fully. No trouble. No impresher guilt over the death or acsion of them being evil and intion that they feel they could
flicting harm on others. Just the
have prevented. I agree that
samekids as any others.” I also
parents should be aware of
don’t believe that when somewhat their children are listenthing goes terribly wrong in a One of today’s most
ing to, and I do agree to parenparent’s son or daughter’s life controversial artists,
Eminem.
tal advisory warning stickers or
they should blame the culture
censoring explicit word content
that he or she participated in.
They obviously didn’t have a big enough for public listening. In fact, participating in
problem to stop it in the first place. Besides, the life a teen could decrease problems later
it isn’t the fault of lyric writers for the death in life, so I encourage it. I do not encourage
or actions of teenagers anyway. That respon- taking the easy way out by blaming someone
sibility rests on the people who participated else for your problems.
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Freshman said...
Have Public Displays of Affection gone too far?
Sammy Nord
Staff Reporter
A
s you walk down the halls, you can see
it all around you. A high school relationship just isn’t what it used to be. When you
see couples together in the halls, it’s not just
the simple hug and hand holding anymore. In
reality, many student relationships tend to become more and more physical as the relationships last. Public displays of affection, or
PDA’s are more common among high school
relationships all over.
In numerous relationships of people all around
the school, you can see what I’m talking
about. There’s no way that you can avoid the
couples on either side of the halls making out.
During lunch, there’s making out. Before and
after school, you guessed it, there’s making
out. This action of “love” between the couple disgusting to watch, and no one wants to see
is one that is unnecessary in public places such it, but it can’t be avoided with the leniency
as school.
toward PDA’s.
Shakespeare said that, “All the
world’s a stage” and for some
PDA seems to be their way of
“acting.” There are so many other
things that they could do to “perform” the amount of love they
have towards each other—besides
making out.
The line has been continually
pushed back on what is too much
PDA for a public place. The continual pushing back needs to be reversed, or at least stopped. It is the
couples business and nothing
more, so with that, they don’t need
to make out to show everyone. It’s
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...Is Pop Culture clouding our views of right and wrong?
Staff Reporter
D
Photo by Jeff Smith
John Hanson
irty, slutty,
trashy, revealing, and disgusting
are all the brazen
words that today’s
society uses to describe pop life. Artists such
as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera may
be accused of prancing around in barely there
outfits, which is true, however it is because
of the people who love them who allow them
Jeff Smith
Staff reporter
V
Photo by Vincci Lam
Senior said...
iolence, suggestive
themes, and profanity are seen all throughout
pop culture these days.
But I think that instead of blaming the industry itself for our youth being influenced by
this, we need to look at the parents. The parents who are throwing their kids in front of
the TV set to be raised by the entertainment
industry are, at the same time, complaining
about that very thing. The bottom line is, if
you don’t want your children to be influenced
by pop culture then be a good parent and talk
with them about it, or don’t let them be surrounded by it. As our society changes everyday, pop culture needs to find ways to be different and keep people interested. So an easy
way to do this is to put out violent and sexual
themes, which interest people and also are
more true to real life. Many people know that
our lives aren’t like Full House with G rated
language and easily solved problems. So many
controversial themes in TV, movies and mu-
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Junior said...
to take part in what can only be termed as a are having a problem with the fact that these
“striptease”. Between record sales and sold out celebrities are just doing their job, which is to
entertain, and I believe they are
concerts all over the
doing an outstanding job, they
world, these A-list stars
should learn to ignore it. These
are doing something right
celebrities know what they’re
to be getting so much
doing when they walk on stage
fame and fortune, and
with nothing but a pair of thigh
that’s why they do what
high boots and some scotch
they do. If their behavior
tape, singing a song about havis as awful as everyone
Britney and Christina Presenting
ing a good time with unholy insays, don’t you think they
at the 2000 MTV Video Music
tentions. If it’s such a horrible
would be unsuccessful, Awards.
thing, why doesn’t anyone do
instead of being one of the
something about it besides commost powerful people in
plain?
Stop
making
such a big deal about
the public eye? Granted, this may be inappropriate for the eyes of children, but they people doing what they do best, even if you
shouldn’t be watching it. If so many people don’t approve of it.
sic are being praised and awarded because they ing popular on programs such as the Disney
are so true to life. Sometimes youth doesn’t Channel, are showing kids that you don’t need
need to know what real life is like, so those to work hard or be creative to be successful. I
parents that don’t want their children to be a really disagree with programs aimed at youth
part of it, need to be responsible and not blame that promote idolizing people just because of
an industry that is forced to change due to so- their looks and voice. The show American Idol
is about becoming a famous person that evciety changing.
Although I believe that creative contro- eryone looks up to based on your voice and
versy is good in pop culture, I am in no way looks alone. The most popular Halloween cosadvocating blatant sexual or violent themes tume this year for girls is a Kelly Clarkson
without creativity. An example of this is costume, which means that in these kids’
Britney Spears. Although I have nothing minds, creativity and song writing ability are
not even an issue
against
of who they
Spears as a
should look up
person, I
Britney
Spears
deserves
no
credit
to. I think that is
think that the
one of the biggest
for where she is at today
fact that she
problems with
came to be
pop culture and
looked up to
when
the
children
grow
up
and
realize that it
by millions of people based on looks and other
songwriters’ creativity is ridiculous. Spears de- takes more than good looks to get ahead in
serves no credit for where she is at today. The the world, it’s going to be a painful realizaonly thing she does is look good. Although tion for them.
I’m sure her head is big enough now that she Hopefully in the years to come, parents can
thinks she can write her own material, in her have more of a say in what their kids are exearly years she lip synched every performance, posed to, and pop-culture can use controversy
and didn’t write one note, or one word of “her” in a more creative way and shows that hard
music. I don’t mean to go on a rant about just work and determination is what makes people
her, but I think a lot of acts similar to her, be- great, not good looks.
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Kielty loves to see
successful people
Melissa Sandeen
Football wins
touchdown after
touchdown
Staff Reporter
Adam O’Brien
Coach of the Issue
Staff Reporter
ture and the table collapsed!
Kielty was led into being
a coach because of the love
of the game, and the impact his coaches had on
him. “I wanted to pay that
back.” He became a
teacher because, “I had to
grow up and get a real job.
I love the school environment, and the impact
teachers have on students.”
Growing up, Kielty was
inspired by his father, because of his work ethic and
his commitment to his
family.
If Kielty could coach any
other sport besides football he would choose
girls softball or basketball. “I want to challenge
myself with coaching
girls. It would be so different.”
The best thing about
coaching, says Kielty, is
“The relationships I’ve
formed with my students
and players.” Kielty also
had this to say about Evergreen: “I feel very
blessed to be at Evergreen. It’s a great environment and a great
school.”
arsity
football
has set its
sights on becoming the
league champions as well
as the possibility
to
make
a
strong showing in the
post season. Football getting ready to start play.
The team is
on their way
to doing so
with a record of 4-1 and
remains undefeated in effort and help the team
Class 4A of the Greater succeed any way I can.”
St. Helens’ League. The Quarterback Kyle Miller
October 11 th Battle junior, had a successful
Ground game was an im- game with 13 of 17 passes
portant 40-6 win. Battle completed for 251 yards
Ground had a strong of- with two touchdown
fensive game but Ever- passes to Coad during the
green rose to the chal- first half. The perforlenge and played a great mance shown in the Battle
defensive game. The Ground game shows the
defense was key in the potential of this football
team’s victory, particu- team and the game prolarly the blocking. vided an example of how
Mountain View is ex- well these players can
pected to be the work together. If EverPhoto by Ashley Powell
Kielty enjoys coaching football and teaching
US History.
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Photo by Ashley Powell
Congratulations
Will Snow!
Bethany McNutt
Editor-in-Chief
Evergreen golfer,
senior Will Snow, is the
2002 co-district champion with David Gregory
of Heritage shooting a
73. Alternate for state is
junior James
Football trying to score a touchdown.
Vukanovich.
Evergreen’s varsity team
scored 321 and placed
third behind Battle
Ground’s 312 and
Skyview’s 313. Great
job, boys!
Remember to come out and cheer on
our boys at the football game against
Mt. View on Thursday, November 7th!
Plainsmen’s biggest opposition. Junior Kevin Coad,
wide receiver for the team,
was one of the many who
led the assault offensively
against
B a t t l e
Ground. He
said, “I am
going to put
forth my best
green performs this well
every game, that could
mean trouble for the rest
of the teams in the league.
EHS tackles opponent.
Photo by Ashley Powell
an Kielty has been a
coach and teacher at
Evergreen for the past 12
years. He graduated from
Linfield College in
McMinnville, OR with a
degree in history. He also
coached at Linfield. At
Evergreen, Kielty teaches
U.S. History and coaches
football. His favorite thing
about coaching is “seeing
my players meet their potential and learning how to
be successful. I also like to
see them working together
as a team.” In teaching, his
favorite thing is “when
students really start to care
about the subject regardless of their personal
grade.” Kielty says that it
is hard to be a coach and a
teacher at the same time,
but you adjust. “You learn
to balance the two,” states
Kielty. His funniest moment while being a coach
and a teacher was when he
was a student teacher and
he sat on a table to do a lec-
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Boy Athlete of the Issue
Tia Dunham
Jeff Smith
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Filip Pietrzak
Staff Reporter
B
oy’s tennis did well
this year and is about
to wrap up their season by
the end of October. The
team has a record of 7-5,
and had some big wins
against Prairie, who was
the team to beat last year,
Evergreen toppled them,
5-0. Derek You was a
key player for the Plainsmen all season and was
rated number one the entire season. Several players had winning records,
Lucas Sakr and Joe
McClanahan were just a
few who did. In a recent
tournament the team
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Boys tennis
serves
Prairie a big
one
Evergreen tennis player getting ready for
the serve.
placed second out of eight
teams. “I enjoy the relationships developed between the players and like
seeing them become more
mature through the years,”
said Coach Beers. Coach
Beers is busy throughout
the year with his Biology
classes as well as his coaching. Beers has been coaching tennis for seven years,
and has earned some very
high ranks in the past and
plans on continuing the tradition. “The toughest part
of coaching is observing
players not working to their
full potential in the offseason. I try to teach
more match strategy over
play mechanics. The
drills require hitting
many balls.” Coach
Beers hints at this year’s
team being the toughest
team mentally he has
ever coached. Josh
Smith, junior, and new to
the tennis scene, said, “I
have had an enjoyable
time with tennis this
year. I thought it was fun
and exciting.” This season has been a good one
for the team.
T
come in, out of all their car
washes the squad only
made about $300-400, it
was not nearly enough to
pay for two squads, JV
with ten cheerleaders and
Varsity with 13.
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Powell
undefeated
so far with
Snow as a
main player
for
the
team’s succ e s s .
Snow’s best
score this Snow won the Mountain View
year was at Thunder Invitational golf
tournament this year.
practice,
where he
shot 31 (5
under par.) In his best
league match he hit 68,
which is 4 under par.
In the future, Snow plans on travel agency to help
attending a four-year col- support Snow and his
lege, hopefully San Diego mother.
State where he will major Even if Snow’s future
in Fire Science. Snow looks doesn’t involve golf, Evup to his Grandmother who ergreen is sure happy to
will be turning 73 next have him as a star player
week and still has a job at a this year.
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A
s he swings the
Titleist 975D driver
golf club, the ball soars
through the air 300 yards
down the fairway. But as
most people would see
this as an amazing feat,
it’s just another day on
the course for Will Snow.
Snow has had many great
sports accomplishments
throughout his life. One
of them being his soccer
team, the Missiles, being
state champions in 2002
with 20 wins and zero
losses. Also, he won this
year’s Mountain View
Thunder Invitational golf
tournament. In 2000 the
Evergreen golf team
which included Snow,
won districts and league.
This year Evergreen is
he uniform and the
ponytail complete the
look but these girls aren’t
the media’s stereotype of
all cheerleaders. They
work hard and practice
from 2:15-4:15, every
school day if they aren’t
Evergreen cheerleaders are very spirited at the games.
performing for a game.
This just shows some of
the dedication that they
have towards the squad
and the teams they support. Dedication is also
shown in the cost that is
invested into this hard
working and rewarding
sport. An average cost of
a season in cheerleading
is anywhere from $300700! Over the summer,
some fundraising was
done, which did bring the
camp to $155, but
Roxanna Raatz, sophomore, says that it didn’t
really help much. “The
money from what we
were selling was spread
out equally to all the
girls. This made it so
someone who had sold a
lot of products was helping to pay for someone
who hadn’t sold anything.”
During the carwashes
they held over the summer they spent hours out
in the sun, put under the
pressure of hollers and
whistles, which didn’t
help fundraising either.
Only approximately one
out of 20 cars would
Cheerleading isn’t all
about money though, it’s
about teamwork. Stunts
are precise and the importance of each position is
equaled among those who
are participating. There
must be a certain amount
of trust for those who are
supporting the flyer and
the back up who should
help relieve weight and
pressure. Cheerleading is
about pep and spirit, which
is important to any sport or
school that is being supported. But most of all, it’s
about attitude. Cheerleaders must be supportive of
each other even when jealousy or conflicts compromise. This is not restricted
to their own squads either,
it extends to other school’s
squads and competitor’s
teams. Once they put on
that cheer uniform they are
representing our school.
The amount of time and
effort are definitely proving the dedication that
these girls comment to the
sport. One thing is for sure,
you won’t find our cheerleaders sitting on the sidelines chewing bubblegum
and twirling their hair.