Winter Edition 2013

WINTER EDITION 2013 VOLUME 91 | ISSUE 5 SANDPOINT HIGH SCHOOL SANDPOINT, IDAHO

IN THIS ISSUE: Near Peer Sean Lyon........................... 3 What to do in winter............................ 4 Choir’s upcoming concert.................... 4 Student profile..................................... 5 Schweitzer’s 50th................................ 5 All about Moose Madness................ 6/7

Stories of Bill Bender........................... 8 Wrestling workouts.............................. 8 Volleyball coach resigns....................... 8 Our view: Holidays............................... 9 Point/Counterpoint: Madness............ 10 Holiday gift guide............................... 12

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Introducing the Near Peer Sean Lyon Caliegh Wyzevich Staff Member Sean Lyon has recently taken the new position of the Near Peer Mentor at SHS. This program was just introduced to Sandpoint High as a grant from the state of Idaho. It is a pilot program that is being tested at Sandpoint as well as Timberlake, Post Falls, and Lakeland.

Lyon knew he wanted to do something that involved helping and teaching high school students for the past couple years, and when opportunity came knocking, he took it.

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New position helps with senior planning

ing the seniors an idea of what they might like to do after high school, figuring out colleges, expenses, jobs, and helping them through it from there on.

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Lyon isn’t just focusing on the students that may have a plan or any knowledge of what college they would like to attend post-high school.

“I’m helping the kids that really don’t have a plan yet.”, Lyon said.

Although his main focus is to help get all seniors into some kind of post secondary plan, like college or getting some type of degree, he’s also focusing on the students that may not even be planning on going to college.

“I’m pushing the college idea quite a bit,” Lyon said.

But he knows not all students have this idea. “Even if they don’t want to get a degree, I am still apart of helping them figure out a plan.”

Council decides prom date Seniors choose May 24 as 2014 prom Emily Chatburn Staff Member In a recent vote, the senior class has decided that prom will be held on Memorial Day weekend, May 24. The other option was May 31, but this is the weekend in between finals.

The senior class officers and administration decided it would be best to put out a ballot to the senior class just to make sure that students would be able

to attend.

Now that the date is decided, student council is deciding the place and theme. According to Senior Class Secretary/Treasurer, Katie Mares, the location is most likely going to be Panhandle State Bank.

“We are open for suggestions, but Panhandle State Bank is looking like our best option,” Mares said.

Nothing is official yet but the hopes are to have location decided by win-

ter break and presented to the school board at the first January meeting.

Beyond just the date and location, the senior class officers are working hard to ensure that seniors have a prom to remeber.

“I think we are going to have an amazing prom,” Mares said. “Our class is really unique and we have worked so hard for the past four years, so we are really hoping to make it an amazing prom.”

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Tuesday Jan.21Regular class 1 and 2B, finals 3 and 4B Wednesday Jan. 22Regular class 1 and 2A finals 3 and 4A Thursday Jan. 23- 1 and 2B final Friday Jan. 24- 1 and 2A final

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North Idaho winters can be chilly and snow filled, but what is there to do?

Students find their own way of coping with the cold.

Some go up to the local Schweitzer Mountain, which offers around 2900 skiable acres, to ski, board, or tube.

However, there are many activities that don’t require a $499 season pass. Being as simple as staying indoors next to the fireplace or heater drinking hot chocolate is one. Movie marathons can make the hours go by faster.

Bring friends or loved ones to watch movies you haven’t seen since childhood or series of movies such as, Harry Potter.

The winter is a great time to reconnect with family members. Such as, family game nights where everyone

picks their favorite board games and enjoys the presence of each other.

Baking delicious goodies can help distract from the snow outside. “I like to bake for other people because it is the giving season,� junior Aislynn Robertson said.

If the outdoors are calling, there are large hills and fields available for sledding, snow forts, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing just to name a few. “I go up to Lightning Creek to snowmobile,� senior Adam Finney said.

Students with 4x4 vehicles can see how far they can make it on snowed in dirt roads. Just be prepared to call for a tow.

To really get in the holiday spirit, Western Pleasure Guest Ranch offers sleigh rides for the family.

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Sandpoint’s beloved local ski resort, Schweitzer Mountain, celebrated its 50 Anniversary on Dec. 14. Schweitzer has become incorporated into the culture of Sandpoint for not only locals, but also for people from all over. For locals, time spent on the mountain seems to be an everyday pastime rather than just a weekend one. Many of the locals who enjoy all the mountain has to offer are SHS students, spending most of their winter weekends up skiing and enjoying the snow rather

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Schweitzer called their 50 year celebration Founders Day in order to recognize and appreciate the founders who have contributed to the resort. To celebrate the day, employees on the

mountain sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Schweitzer and cut up two delicious cakes that were handed out around the village to people skiing by, and to eager teenagers waiting in the lodge.

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tion a timeline for the resort was set up in the lodge for whoever wished to add their memories and experiences from over the years. A collection of so many people’s thrills and spills shows how Schweitzer is not just the average ski resort, but it is a home, a place of laughter, friendship, happiness and let’s not forget, a place for the best North Idaho skiing there is.

The community of Sandpoint has the founders to thank for creating an incredible place for all to enjoy and call home a unique place like Schweitzer.

SHS alumni gather together for one last concert Brighten Miller Staff Member On Dec. 28, the Sandpoint High School alumni choir will be performing at the Panida Theater at 7 p.m. Under the direction of choir director Jon Brownell, past and present performing and men’s choir members will come together to give a memorable performance.

The reason for the gathering of past choir members is to celebrate everyone

coming back home and getting together to sing again and reconnect. Also, this year is the 25 year that Mr.Brownell has been teaching.

Past choir members from Oregon to Belgium will all gather at the Panida to celebrate 25 years of making music.

Each choir will be performing a range of music, from classical to pop.

There will be over 100 returning members of Performing and Men’s choir participating, not including the

essa Lebow graduated in 2003 and said how she was excited to sing with her little sister and old friends.

The alumni choir gives past members an opportunity to reconnect with people who they may not have seen since they graduated. Also, it gives them an opportunity to introduce their family to old high school friends.

“I am most excited to have dinner together with them [the choir members] and to be able to meet their

Drama to State

Recap of state drama Brighten Miller Staff Member

On December 7, the state finalists for drama competed in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Out of six acts, five continued on to semi-finals. Tobia Massey, Brandon Hunter, Ellis Gaddie and Zach Quimby went to state with “The Producers”, a musical theatre act which was the only act out of the five to make it to the finals.

“The best part of state was defying what other schools thought we couldn’t accomplish,” said senior Tobia Massey. “At districts we placed last. But at state we beat the majority of the same musical groups that didn’t even make it to the finals.”

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Senior Thomas Edwards is looking to bring a greater intensity and speed to the game and to his team. Edwards is looking to utilize his leadership and experience to move the Bulldogs to the state level.

Q. What is your proudest accomplishment?

“Being the waterboy on varsity my sophomore year” Q. What is your favorite thing about basketball?

“My favorite thing about basketball is Coach Love” Q. What motivates you to be the best?

“Every member of my team and how hard they work” Q. Do you enjoy playing at Moose Madness?

“Yes I like it, I like the atmosphere and the crowd” Q. What is something unique about you?

“I’ve only been pulled over four times”

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Four-time varsity player Nikole Alamillo is starting for the Bulldogs and looking to bring strength to the team. Alamillo wants to bring experience and support to the team, and to bring them to state.

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“Lettering all four years”

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“All the people watching me, I want to work hard to be impressive” Q. Do you enjoy playing at Moose Madness?

“Yeah, I like it, it is a chance to see how well you do under pressure” Q. What is something unique about you?

“I really like old sweaters”

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Dean Knaggs Staff Member Wrestling is a sport that constantly exhausts the body and causes blood, sweat and tears. If you are looking to build muscle, get stronger and become faster, here are some workouts that will have your body burning.

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Back Arches are used by wrestlers to work out their lower back, quads, and endurance. Begin by throwing the 50 lb bag over your back/shoulders and continue for a two minute period. This helps with returning opponents to the mat. Demonstrated by Junior Tyler Brown.

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Resistance Running builds up a wrestler’s endurance and leg power. With a resistance band tied to a loop in the wall, you run as far out as you can with a box and continue to try and reach the box for two minutes. This helps with taking shots on opponents. As shown by freshman Zack Alamillo.

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Bulgarian Bags work the back, shoulders and arms, vital components to wrestlers.

Start in a wrestling stance and work the weighted bag around the head, switching directions while also using other variations.

This drill is carried out for 2 minutes and it helps when tying up with an opponent.

Demonstrated by sophomore Tyler Presser.

Who is Coach Bender?

Karen Alsager Resigns

Emily Chatburn Staff Member hroughout his years of an aviation career and coaching, Bill Bender’s wide variety of experiences have taught him many life lessons, and strengthened his values as a person.

Bill Bender was born and raised in a small town in Indiana until he was 22. He received his first teaching and coaching job in Bridgeport, Conn., at a junior high.

After coaching for a while, Bender started working in the airline industry.

During this time he traveled and met a variety of people: Magic Johnson, Kurt Rambis and Tom Abernathy, to name just a few.

“Heck, I ran the shores of the Mediterranean with Israel’s only Olympic runner,” Bender said.

The two hours he holds most highly is the time he spent with legendary coach John Wooden. In fact, he has played against Mike Warren, one of Wooden’s favorite players, three times and held him to 44 points.

Makayla Sundquist has been to state eight times, Sports Editor the only loss coming in her first After nine seasons of coach- coaching year. Even though ing and two state champion- the team was very successful, ships, volleyball coach Karen Coach Alsager states that this Alsager has resigned. With was not her sole reason for three high school kids, her heart coaching. was telling her “The success has The were sucit was a time for never been a part cessful before I change. of the equation, came, and will be Becoming a or why I decided successful after I varsity coach to coach,” Alsager leave.” is a huge sacri- - Karen Alsager said. fice for family Departing after time, and Alsager decided that nine years leaves behind a hisshe needed to spend more time tory in the school and in the with her family before they all volleyball program. Though left for college.

Coach Alsager lead her team “Having three kids in high to victory many times and is school is a unique situation, now leaving, she believes that and I want to be around more the team will continue their acoften for them”, Alsager said. complishments.

However, despite her sacri“They were successful before fice of family time, Alsager has I came, and they will be suclead a very accomplished team. cessful when I leave,” Alsager Throughout her nine years, she said.

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He has met and has had lunch with Bill Gates. After a practice they met and Bender babysat Gates’ children.

After his aviation career and many years of coaching, Bender has been influenced by the many famous people he has met. Bender noted the importance of why one should want to meet famous people. He says it shouldn’t be because they are stars, it should be because they have values, beliefs, and information that can help you as a person.

“I don’t ask for any autographs,” Bender said. “I don’t go looking for stars. I go to see what that person can offer me so I can improve myself, and what values they have that I can pass on to myself, my kids, and to anybody that I work with.”

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hristmas break becomes winter vacation and Christmas trees are renamed holiday trees.

Christmas used to be just another holiday, widely celebrated and no different than the others. Yet, due to the fact that some kids don’t celebrate this, as they come from religions who participate in different traditions around this time, Christmas has to be kept separate from school.

If you look into the history of the majority of holidays, they originate from religious practices. Despite the religious backgrounds, they are accepted and celebrated in school. The wonderful thing about holidays is how they have evolved into traditions that anyone can enjoy, not just those who are directly affiliated

with the religion they originated form.

Holidays are also the perfect time to teach culture and tolerance. Due to the fact that there are other holidays celebrated around this time like Kwanzaa and Hanukkah, there is a wonderful opportunity to teach students about different religions and beliefs. Schools shouldn’t be trying to shield their kids from Christmas, but instead should be embracing it and the other holidays as well.

Students should also realize that in no way is the holiday meant to pressure them into celebrating it themselves. If a student does feel this way, it has less to do with the holiday and more to do the the school itself.

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s we continue our rivalry of Sandpoint High School and Bonners Ferry High School, we have come to realize that there is a fine line between harmless pranking and serious crimes.

This year, Sandpoint was involved in an incident where SHS students removed the Moose Madness spirit trophy from Bonners Ferry High School.

Bonners allegedly (we can’t say for sure this is who it was) retaliated by decorating Sandpoint High School with blue and white, including chalk on the sidewalk and writing on the windows.

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number one concern, and “pranks” such as these certainly cross a fine line regarding safety at the schools.

Senior Leikyn Moore explained her view on the difference.

“Pranking is in good fun and humor, and vandalism is more of a violent act to get back at someone, like making a statement about something in a more aggressive way,” Moore said.

The whole purpose of Moose Madness is promoting a friendly competition with a neighboring school, as well as raising as much money as possible for a worthy cause.

English teacher Sarah Miles (who’s husband works at Bonners) said it best with regards to what Moose Madness should really be about.

“Having a friendly rivalry is not a bad thing, in fact I think it can promote positive school spirit,” Miles said.

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ypically, I love going to drama competition. Everyone is usually very friendly and fun to be around. Yet, I feel like this year was full of cheating.

Many schools have been complaining about unfair competition for the past couple years, but this year was just especially noticeable.

We’ve been told by reliable sources that there was dirty judging, where certain schools were told to judge really harshly. Also, you know something is up when someone says that they are not allowed to talk to you, or you ask someone where they are from and they say Sandpoint when they clearly aren’t. I love theatre, and I love competition, I just wish it was actually based on talent and having fun.

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SHS Holiday Spirit

Students express the importance of the holidays and what it means to them Sophomore: Ariele Larson“Happiness and positive energy, and lights and lots of tea and mittens.”

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Senior: TJ Alsager“The birth of baby Jesus and spending time with family.”

Compiled by Preston Cole Who was your childhood hero?

My brother, he went into the marines.

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Freshman: Tyler Connolly“Family, caring, and thanks.”

Point and Counterpoint

What’s your favorite thing about Moose Madness?

The school spirit and all of the cheer Ellis Gaddie (10) What are your thoughts on Nelson Mandela’s recent passing We lost a very positive figure.

Brandon Carlin (11) What’s your favorite Christmas activity?

Opening presents on Christmas Eve Carmen Ayla-Morris (12)

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Junior: Sadie Nitcy“It means family.”

Is Moose Madness worthwhile?

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Each winter SHS students’ excitement level goes through the roof. Students anxiously await a Sandpoint tradition--Moose Madness.

Moose Madness is an event that brings students together. It teaches us to join one

another in order to accomplish something great. It is an amazing feeling sitting in a gym full of a range of students. We are able to join together with a diverse group of people as one. It is a time to bond with our peers and grow as a school. The opportunity we have to grow closer to our peers is one I will never forget.

Moose Madness is not just a Sandpoint tradition or a way to show our unity as a school.

Moose Madness is and forever will be a legend.

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stomp competition, and couldn’t participate this year either.

Although Bonners is a hard working team and always put up a good fight, they are a 3A school that isn’t in our Emily Chatburn league. The most supStaff Writer port the basketball team The excitement of the receives is for a game that does not even matMoose Madness game does not make up for the ter, and we can’t fill the stands for district games. multitude of problems that exist with this event. Instead of focusing all Some of the spirit of our school spirit in competitions take place one event, it should be during the half times of spread out to support the teams in their long the basketball games.

Last year I missed the term goals--state.

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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Holidays always seem to be everyone’s favorite and most stressful time of the year. Most of the time it’s a mix of the two because of holiday gifts and not knowing what to get each other. Some relatives like food, others like small items, and a few like hand made items. Below are a few suggestions for holiday gifts to give one another.

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DIY Gift Ideas

Simple Lemon Hand Scrub: Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup olive oil 5 tablespoons lemon juice zest of lemon

Directions: 1. Mix all of the ingredients together 2. Put it into a small mason jar 3. Seal it tightly.

Gingerbread Men Ingredients: 3/4 c dark molasses 1/2 c packed brown sugar 1/3 c cold water 3 Tbs shortening 3 1/2 c all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 ground all spice 1 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground clove 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Directions: Cream molasses, baking soda, water, and shortening. Mix in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 2-24 hours.

Preheat oven at 350* Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on floured surface Cut cookies with floured cookie cutter Place on lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes

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Handpainted Holiday Mugs Supplies: Plain Mug Tape Permanent Marker(s)

Directions: 1. Use the tape to draw a line around the mug 2. Repeat step 1 3. Draw a message on one side of mug 4. Draw an image on opposite side of mug 5. Bake mug at 400 degrees for 30 minutes 6. Let mug cool for 1 hour 7. Wash mug to make sure design stays

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