February 2017 Issue

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AIRPLANE

GONE WHERE? Take a look at what the ACES Aviation Club has been doing with their aircraft

Sarah Bourn and Niah Brass marched from Panida to City Beach for the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21. | Photo Courtesy of Saydee Brass

POLITICS GETS PERSONAL How has the current political tension impacted SHS? Amanda Wikoff Editor-in-Cheif

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ccording to SHS sophomore Sarah Bourn, the crowd gathered for the Women’s March on Jan. 21 was full of passionate and angry energy as women, men, and children marched from the Panida to the Statue of Liberty at City Beach. Officially the march was to stand in solidarity with “partners and children for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health, and our families,” according to womensmarch.com.

“For me, the march was very political and very anti-Trump,” Bourn said. “I know some women saw it as a less anti-Trump thing and more a pro-women thing, but honestly, I truly believe that if you are prowomen you are also anti-Trump.”

It is with this personal attitude that many students and adults have approached politics this election season.

“Everyone seems to have a personal story behind the ‘wrongs’ Trump wants to do or has done,” junior Shelby Flathers said.

The classroom is typically somewhere where neutrality is valued, but when students become involved in politics and protests, discussions can become much more heated.

“We [had] a few instances where things got out of hand,” government teacher Kent Leiss said. “Some students felt disrespected by other students because of their opinions.

Some of the students who accused others of being disrespectful treated others just like they were being treated. They had a hard time understanding they were guilty of poor behavior.”

Students have also noticed the “poor behavior” and tension present in classes.

“I have seen so much tension in classrooms,” Flathers said. “I’ve had substitutes tell me to stop talking when I’m

sharing my opinion and I’ve heard from many of my friends in government classes [that they] are afraid to talk.”

Bourn believes that outside factors, including DeVos’s position as Secretary of Education, have contributed to “an intimidating mingle of education and politics.” “[Politics have] also impacted a lot of social atmospheres, even breaking up friendships due to opposing political views,” Bourn said.

The quick evolution from respectful discussion to personal attack can be seen on social media as well as in person. Teachers have also seen that becoming more true in the classroom, though principal Tom Albertson noted that he did not see the tension spreading into the halls.

oppose mine, I have no problem cutting them off and not being friends with them.”

Despite this, Bourn still believes it is necessary and healthy to be challenged by a diverse makeup of perspectives, and a 2003 study published in the American Educational Research Journal on discussionbased approaches to learning would agree.

According to the study, “results suggest that when students’ classroom experiences emphasize high academic demands and discussion-based approaches to the development of understanding, students internalize the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in challenging literacy tasks on their own.”

When arguments get personal, discussion is stalled and students find it more difficult to participate, shutting down

“[Politics have] also impacted a lot of social atmospheres, even breaking up friendships due to opposing political views.”

SARAH BOURN, SOPHOMORE “At times, I can sense that students are too frustrated with the opinions of others to speak their own,” government teacher Kristin Hawkins said. “In my classroom, I have set an expectation that all conversation needs to be respectful.”

While teachers encourage students to stay away from personal attacks, some students don’t believe that personality and politics are really separate issues.

“I usually have the mindset that personal is political and vice versa,” Bourn said. “For me, someone’s political views are their world views, or how they think the world should work. If someone’s views strongly

diverse opinion and the ability to learn from the challenging of ideas.

“Hearing other opinions, even if you will never agree with them, can strengthen your own idea and perspective,” Bourn said. “Listening to someone else’s point of view can even change your own, and that’s totally okay.”

The recent political season has been tense and Sandpoint High School has not been immune to that tension, but teachers and many students are still dedicated to creating an atmosphere that encourages healthy discussion, even about hot topic issues.

WHAT’S ON SHSCEDARPOST.COM? SANDPOINT’S ART SCENE

From visiting local coffee shops to keeping up with the Panida, here are four ways to explore the art scene in Sandpoint.

WINTER DANCE WOES

Creating a consistent winter dance has always been a challenging feat for student council. Find out why online.

DIERCKS & COMPANY

This episode of Diercks and Company features discussion on upcoming baseball season, NBA Trade Deadline, and Gonzaga.

Aviation club built the main part of an airplane last year. | Photo by Mackenzie Packer, Asst. Photo Editor

Jacob Aanes Business Manager Over the past two years students from the ACES Aviation Club have participated every Saturday to build their own aircraft. To build this students had to draft plans, obtain supplies, and even install the parts in order to produce a functioning aircraft.

“We are about 90 percent finished with the plane,” junior club member Ronnie Korn said. “All we have left is fueling, brakes, and some minor details until it will be fully functional.”

However, while the students began developing the plane in the high school and are almost finished, they recently had to relocate it to the Sandpoint Airport and finish their construction in one of their hangars.

“The plane used to be at the high school but when it came to the point where we had to attach the wings, we realized that once the wings were on we wouldn’t be able to get it through the garage door. So instead we had to move it to the Sandpoint Airport for completion,” Korn said.

When finished with the plane’s construction students will be able to utilize the plane if needed for requirements in acquiring their pilot’s license. These prerequisites range anywhere from flight hours in the plane to activities like fueling and maintenance training.

The ACES Aviation Club meets at the Sandpoint Airport for a couple of hours every Saturday, so any student interested in a career in flight can join the club and participate in the activities needed for a pilot’s license.

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Graphic of the most recent modifications to the ESSA. | Graphics by Cienna Roget, Design Editor and Hannah Fingel, News Editor

POLITICAL INTERVENTION Do government acts help schools achieve their full potential?

Erin Meek Copy Editor

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ith Betsy DeVos serving as Secretary of Education for the Trump Administration, changes in the education system are expected, and it begs the question: does political action help schools achieve their full potential?

In order to adequately answer this question, past education reforms must be considered.

‘No Child Left Behind’ (NCLB), passed in 2002 by the Bush Administration, set high standards and focused on student accountability in an attempt to catch U.S. students up to 21st century learning standards.

It made the state responsible for

children’s attempts to learn the federally mandated requirements.

Critics argue that this act relied primarily on test scores to evaluate schools and held a rigid ‘one size fits all’ style of teaching.

More recently, the Obama Administration passed the ‘Every Student Succeeds Act’ in 2015, which repealed some negative elements left from NCLB. ESSA gave more local control of

FAST FACT: Every Student Succeeds Act replaced No Child Left Behind in 2015 as a result of action by the Obama Administration.

“To mandate certain numbers, like to say that [...]100 percent [of students] must show proficiency. They had some things in place to punish schools....to go to the extent of closing the school down,” Vice Principal Derek Dickinson said.

education and required students to be taught at high academic standards that would better prepare students for the workforce.

“Basically it gives more leeway [to the state] into making some decisions which

fits their population more so than NCLB... to me, that’s a good thing,” Principal Tom Albertson said.

Critics of ESSA state that even though it gave more local control, there is still government control in the schools.

The government still has some control in certain areas of the act, like the authority to mandate standardized tests.

The state is required to intercede in certain schools that are in the lowest fifth percentile of standardized testing.

With the new Secretary of Education, schools nationwide can expect changes, whether or not they will be beneficial is yet to be decided.

“Good teaching is good teaching, and learning so I don’t know if [the future] is that much different,” Albertson concluded.

IN SHORT Compiled by Kelly Curtis, Web Editor • Band Concert There is a band concert in the auditorium on March 9 at 7 p.m. Concert and symphonic bands will be preforming until 8 p.m.

• Solos and Ensembles There will be choir solos and ensembles on March 11 at Post Falls High School.

The event starts at 8 a.m.

Lunches are pre-planned by food service directors for each of the nine schools in the district. | Lauren Sfeir, Photo Editor

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? Learn how the school lunch menu is decided Lauren Sfeir Photo Editor While most students are familiar with the common movie depiction of school lunches being unhealthy and disgusting, Idaho’s Department of Education, Child Nutrition Programs, and My Idaho Plate have strived to encourage otherwise.

In attempt to reduce child obesity, these programs have enacted nutrition requirements that apply to Idaho school lunches.

That being said, the lunch menu at Sandpoint High School is not decided by the kitchen staff, but by Child Nutrition Director Bobbie Coleman.

“There are requirements that she [Bobbie Coleman] has to meet and a lot of them depend on the age or the grade.

So for high school, we are required to give them [students] 10-12 oz grains for lunch and 9-10 oz grains for breakfast per week,” kitchen manager Dottie Davis said.

Protein and milk are offered twice a day.

Dark greens, fruits, grains, legumes, and items that fall under the starchy category must also be provided every week.

Spokane.

According to Davis, food service directors from Northern Idaho meet once

“Sometimes it is hard to do certain foods because we know that they aren’t popular with students.”

DOTTIE DAVIS, KITCHEN MANAGER “A lot of this can be balanced out throughout the week...It allows you to get a little more sodium or a little more grain on one day and not on the next, but as long as it balances out in the five days. And if there are only three or four school days in the week it still has to be the same amount of requirements.” Davis said.

In addition, the lunch menu is recycled every six weeks so that students can be provided with a variety of food choices and do not get bored of the same food options.

Kitchen resources are brought in from a variety of places, like Southern Idaho and

a year to examine what to purchase and divide it among nine school districts.

While Davis enjoys providing healthy food, she expressed that she would like to see restrictions lightened up a little.

“Sometimes it is hard for us as food service workers to do certain foods just because we know that they aren’t popular with students. It’s not our choice to make that. It’s part of our job and with any job sometimes you are faced with certain things that you don’t like. There are other things that I very much enjoy because I know students like it,” Davis said.

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• Academic Decathlon The Academic Decathlon team competed at Regionals on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Sandpoint High School. The State team will travel to the state competition held in Boise, Idaho on March 16.

• Once Upon a Mattress The drama department will be preforming Once Upon a Mattress March 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at the Panida.

Shows start at 7 p.m. and each night as well as a matinee on March 18. The matinee will start at 2 p.m. Student tickets will be 12 dollars on March 16 and $15 other nights.

• Distinguished Young Women The Distinguished Young Women of Sandpoint had a fashion show at SHS on Feb. 18. The final show will be in the Sandpoint High School auditorium on March 25. Tickets are available from participants, at the door, or from Julie Nolan, DYW committee chair.

• Drama Auditions Auditions for the spring play are on March 21 in the SHS auditorium at 3:30 p.m. The performance will be for the play Murdered.

• MUN New York Trip Model United Nations takes their trip to New York to participate in a mock UN conference and brainstorm solutions to real world problems. They will be gone March 13 - 19.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Amanda Wikoff NEWS EDITOR Hannah Fingel OPINION EDITOR Liz Marshall

The Our View represents the majority opinion of the Editorial Staff on a particular issue.

LOST ART OF LISTENING Making a conscious effort to listen is a skill that benefits everyone

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egardless of who they are, everyone wants to be heard. That is the reason for speech, protest and voting. People are great at those things, but do they listen when it is their turn?

People today have a bad habit of listening to reply, not to understand, and that is where the art of listening gets lost.

So many people today seem almost unable to listen to different perspectives or are simply too distracted or involved with their own lives to hear others. This inability to listen has aided in creating a hostile political environment in the US. There may be informed and civil political debates everyday on the floor of the House and the Senate, but schools and workplaces lack the same types of discussion.

This lack of listening isn’t always intentional; people are often so concentrated on their own lives and beliefs that they don’t see those of the people around them, and this problem isn’t limited to politically charged discussions.

Interviews and observations of many who have worked in corporate America show that even the most professional, accomplished and hardworking people can have a difficult time listening and comprehending the viewpoints and ideas of others.

“People are so often concentrated on their own lives and their own beliefs that they don’t see the people around them.”

Listening may be the most underrated quality in a leader or just in people in general. In order to truly understand a subject, your main goal should be to listen and learn from someone who may be more educated than you. Even if a person isn’t as educated as you, hearing them out might be to your benefit. If their argument is good, you’ve learned something. If the

argument they’re making is bad, then you can them help them understand how and why their argument is flawed and solidify your own. Some of the best arguments actually start as counterclaims to an argument given.

So often people’s ideas are discarded and ignored in group discussions and it’s not always obvious that this is happening. Maybe there wasn’t a pause to let someone speak, maybe there wasn’t time set aside for discussion, or maybe someone’s ideas are blatantly ignored. This begs the question: How many misunderstandings could have been avoided if the ideas and warnings of others had been paid more attention to?

The best solution to this problem is to start by thinking about what you personally can do better to listen and learn more. For some people that means trying to make a conscious effort to not get distracted and for others it means listening to perspectives that are different from yours. Either way, listening well will be a skill you won’t regret gaining.

LIFESTYLES EDITORS McCalee Cain Lydia Welp SPORTS EDITORS Sam Aguirre Sam Diercks DESIGN EDITOR Cienna Roget COPY EDITOR Erin Meek PHOTO EDITOR Lauren Sfeir ASST. PHOTO EDITOR Mackenzie Packer SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Liz Parsley BUSINESS MANAGER Jacob Aanes MULTIMEDIA EDITORS Patrick Rockwell Taran McLaughlin MULTIMEDIA STAFF Aubrey Stevens Chloe Edwards Preston Bunty WEB DIRECTOR Kelly Curtis ASST. WEB DIRECTOR Sarah Donnelly WEB STAFF Max Edmundson Sam Hendricks Brooke Holten Emerson Kanning Claire Keener Jade Neitzke Finnegan Treadaway Jacqueline Owens

Many students and young adults feel as if their voices aren’t heard. | Emerson Kanning, Web Staff

THE BARE MINIMUM

AM I WHITE? A look at racial identity in a whitewashed town “This complex internal dialogue encompasses elements of biological heritage, cultural upbringing and personal identity.”

Credit requirements need to be simplified

McCalee Cain Lifestyles Editor Brooke Holten Web Staff The high school credits needed to graduate are over complicated and confusing. Credit requirements could be simplified by having all students take the same amount of credits in each core subject.

The way the credits are now people only have to take three years of math and science but four years of English.

That differentiation leads to some confusion. Why should it be less for math and more for English? Why are they not the same?

When it comes to credits we need to graduate, many students get confused as to what the requirements actually are.

Math credit requirements should be explained in your sophomore year so that if you do not wish to take four years of a math course you will not be stuck doing one your senior year.

When it comes to the different credit requirements, it is not Sandpoint High School who decides but the state decides for all schools.

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I am a quarter Japanese and three quarters European, with a dash of Cherokee Native American Indian.

Technically, I am white. But I don’t necessarily identify as such. Recently, for the first time, I directly and openly posed myself with the question: am I white? I have yet to fully answer it. This complex internal dialogue encompasses elements of biological heritage, cultural upbringing, and ultimately, personal identity.

Even though I am predominantly Caucasian, I have always been very aware of the fact that I have an ethnic makeup unique to my community, being brought up in a primarily white area that lacks much diversity.

Throughout the entirety of my schooling, I have been consistently reminded that I looked different than most in a wide array of ways, from rude racial slurs to curious friends asking about my heritage. For a while, I did not know how to respond to the more malicious reminders, and my reactions ranged from angry to deeply insulted to humorous. Is my ethnicity so outstanding simply because any dash of color would drastically stand out in a white population? When I look in the mirror, I don’t see myself as white.

Yet sometimes, people are exasperated

and unbelieving when I tell them that I am Japanese. Depending on whom you ask, I am sometimes white and sometimes Asian.

Being adopted, I am not familiar with my Japanese lineage, despite the fact that I know my biological families well. Though I do not identify as white, I have not been raised with any association with Japanese culture, and culture is the foundation upon which ethnic identity is built. Is it inappropriate for me to openly sport my Japanese and Native American heritages if my links to them are culturally nonexistent, even if they are present genealogically? How can I feel so separated from the white culture in which I have grown up when I really know nothing else?

I still do not know the answer to these questions, and that’s okay. My ethnic identity affliction will most likely be resolved upon attending college; this confusion will be alleviated in an area of diversity. But even then, I think the only answer to these questions is that there is no real answer. I don’t have to identify as white nor Japanese exclusively. I am mixed. I look forward to exploring and connecting with my heritage, and expanding and evolving my ethnic identity. Acknowledging one’s lineage and coming to terms with who it makes us is anything but black and white.

EDITORIAL POLICY The Cedar Post is governed by the same legal rights as the professional press. Under the First Amendment, we reserve the right to free expression and freedom of the press. The student newspaper of Sandpoint High School is an open public forum for the students of Sandpoint High School and the community of Sandpoint, Idaho, with its editorial board making all decisions concerning its contents; it is not subject to prior review by administration, faculty, or community members.

Unsigned editorials express the views of the majority of the editorial board.

Letters to the editor must be signed, although the staff may withhold the writer’s name upon request. The paper reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and clarity, and all letters are subject to law-governing obscenity, libel, privacy and disruption of the school process, as are all contents for the paper.

Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should an opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as opinion or policy of the administration, unless so attributed.

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KNITTING FACTORY CONCERTS Compiled by Lydia Welp, Lifestyles Editor The top ten list is a recurring element cataloguing the Cedar Post’s favorite things in pop culture.

Friday March 3 Unleashed Tour, Sick Puppies, Devour the Day

Saturday, March 4 Young Dubliners, Buffalo Jones, Dawn of Life

Rachel Meyer and other Distinguished Young Women contestants have been practicing for the show. | Photo by Amanda Wikoff, Editor-in-Cheif

DISTINGUISHED DEBATE Opinions vary on the Distinguished Young Women program Hannah Fingel News Editor

Thursday, March 16 Donavon Frankenreiter, Grant-Lee Phillips

Thursday, March 23 STRFKR, Psychic Twin

Sunday, March 26 DAN + SHAY, Jackie Lee

Friday, April 7 Grouplove

Tuesday, April 18 Beats Antique

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t was nerve-racking. The girls had worked so hard for this moment, this time. They watched the others perform and wished and hoped for the best, fighting between excitement and anxiety.

It was in this moment that last year’s Distinguished Young Women (DYW) winner Nichol Reed found her favorite experience of DYW. Others, like senior Cheyenne Nicholson, watched from the audience and tried to reconcile the program with their feminist values.

This year’s juniors have already signed up and begun practicing for the DYW final show on March 25, and people are again faced with conflicting opinions of the program.

Come the final show, participants will be judged on scholastics (grades, extra curriculars, etc.), interviews, talent, self expression, and a fitness routine.

According to the DYW mission statement, the DYW program seeks to provide scholarships, encourage education and excellence, inspire others, and develop self-confidence, but many view the program and show as little more than a beauty pageant.

Reed recognizes that the program is perceived as a pageant, yet she believes it is much more.

“DYW is definitely not a pageant,” Reed said. “The reason it looks like one is because we wear very elegant dresses for the category Self Expression and we get a question that we answer to the audience.”

Reed points out that DYW is about more than just these two aspects and is a very beneficial program for junior girls to partake in.

women and I feel like this is just a step back in saying that you can still get money for walking around stage and looking pretty,” Nicholson says.

Nicholson mentions that there are plenty of other options for girls to win money for scholarly attributes such as Girls’ State which she herself participated in, and she does not believe that DYW is one of these options.

“50% of [DYW] is grades and interview, but that means that 50% of it is doing an

“Not only is [it] helping me pay for my college tuition, but the experience has helped me grow into the strong young woman I am today.”

NICHOL REED, SENIOR “DYW is such a beneficial program to have,” Reed said. “Not only is DYW helping me pay for my college tuition, but the experiences I had helped me grow into the strong young woman I am today. DYW has helped thousands of girls like me reach their true potential.”

On the other hand, Nicholson feels that DYW is not a program that girls should be encouraged to partake in.

“We have made such huge strides for

exercise routine and doing a talent and walking around on stage in a pretty dress,” Nicholson said.

Nicholson also points out that students active in sports and other extracurriculars, though they are encouraged to participate, would not have time for the DYW program and all that it entails.

The views on DYW are very conflicting, but one can judge for oneself at the final show on March 25.

SUNNY m e e k ’ s SIDE UP

Erin Meek, Copy Editor

EATS

Brighten up your morning with this rainbow recipe

Waking up is hard, especially as teenagers. Mornings are rushed and trying to find the perfect breakfast is always a daunting task. With the weather changing into more rainy days, finding a way to brighten your day also becomes a hard task. With this edition of Meek’s Eats learn how to make a recipe that not only is the perfect breakfast, but also brightens up your day!

Monday, April 24 The Expendables: Blackout 2017

Saturday, May 13 The Flaming Lips

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Step 2: Slowly pour wet ingredients over dry, whisk until there is a smooth texture.

Step 4: Turn on stove and put some butter in a pan to avoid sticking. Pour ¼ cup batter into the pan, cook till lightly browned.

Step 5: You’re done! Enjoy your daybrightening pancakes with some syrup, fresh berries or Nutella.

• 1 cup all-purpose flour • 2 tablespoons white sugar • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 egg, beaten • 1 1/4 cups milk • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil • Food Coloring

Step 3: Separate batter into separate bowls, and put 2-3 drops of food coloring in each bowl. Mix color into the batter.

Wednesday & Thursday, May 17 & 18 Odesza

Step 1: Mix together dry ingredients into mixing bowl.

STUDENT LIFE

MOM BEFORE PROM Young mothers speak out about the realities of teen pregnancy McCalee Cain Lifestyles Editor

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een pregnancies occur in every community, and are well in 2014, understood in the realm a total of of statistical analysis. The factors that cause them and their implications in babies were born to society have been studwomen aged ied for years. However, with a teen the young women pregancy rate of that unexpectedly years become teen mothers can assure you: per every the statistics are so 1000 women, much more than Idaho is ranked just numbers.

Carrying a child as a teenager is stressful on the lowest in body itself, and is the nation also incredibly taxing emotionally. In our society, teen pregnancy is looked down upon and criticized, making the experience all the more arduous.

Brielle Cecil, who gave birth to her daughter Claire at Graphic by Cienna Roget, Design Editor age 17 last year, experienced this societal chastisement firsthand during her pregnancy. “I actually had a lady in Walmart look at me and say that me and my child were damned to hell because I

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was so young,” Cecil said. “Teen mothers are very much looked down upon...Everyone expects teen moms to be bad moms but not all of us are.” Cecil has earned her GED, and plans to attend NIC. Sophomore Shilah Cordero gave birth to her son at age 15, and took the route of open adoption. In adoption arrangements that are open, the biological parents are free to have a relationship with their child. “I think that in the old days they didn’t really have open adoption, but nowadays it’s better because you can go and see your kid whenever you want.

So I feel like that’s a better option for teens than to keep the kid, but that’s your choice,” Cordero said. Today, Cordero occasionally babysits her son.

Chelsey Davisson had her daughter Véra at age 17, and graduated early. She is holding off on college until Véra is older.

“My unplanned pregnancy [was] a roller coaster of emotions! And a sling shot into being an adult with a lot bigger responsibilities,” Davisson said. “You can never prepare yourself to have a child so you have so many emotions running through you at first.”

Experts have directly correlated the declining rates of teen pregnancy with increased contraceptive technology and widespread availability, including the development of Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) and the emergency contraceptive, or “Plan B” pill. With impending threats of a limitation of access to these birth control options, the future of teen pregnancy rates are uncertain.

“My unplanned pregnancy [was] a roller coaster of emotions!”

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A LATTE YOUNGER Average coffee drinking age has been decreasing

Graphic by Cienna Roget, Design Editor and Hannah Fingel, News Editor

Hannah Fingel News Editor Nothing says coffee like being 14.7 years old. At least this is what new statistics from Bloomberg tell us. Coffee consumption overall has increased with the millennial generation, and as a result the age that people begin drinking coffee has decreased even within the generation.

Older millennials began drinking coffee at an average of 17.1 years, yet younger millennials began drinking coffee at an average of 14.7 years, according to Bloomberg.

Clearly coffee is becoming a large part of American culture, especially for younger generations, and more and more people are turning to it to push through the daily grind. On the grounds that coffee consumption continues increasing, people could begin drinking coffee at earlier and earlier ages continuing the trend of age decrease.

The Cedar Post Twitter and website poll supports Bloomberg’s findings with 49 percent of the 74 participants citing that they began drinking coffee between 14 and 16, 34 percent before 13, and only 17 percent at 17 or older.

PARKING LOT SPOTLIGHT What’s happening in the SHS parking lot?

Compiled by Mackenzie Packer, Asst. Photo Editor

CHRIS JONES, JUNIOR Truck: ‘91 Dodge Diesel Alterations: “I created a stack rack exhaust in welding because it looks cool.”

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GRIFFIN STEARNS, JUNIOR Truck: ‘86 body, ‘92 front clip, and an ‘89 motor Alterations: “I just put a new five speed transmission in it, but I don’t work on it a lot.”

REBRAND YOUR BAND Claire Keener, Web Staff

Looking for a way to spice up your current wardrobe yet still keep your look cool and comfortable? The 90’s grunge era is making a comeback in today’s pop culture. From Doc Marten’s to denim and flannels, this trend’s influence can’t be left unnoticed. A great way to incorporate and personalize this look is by creating your own clothes. Integrating your own characteristics, such as taste in music, is easy and affordable when you create your own band tee as inspired by sophomore Sloan Woodward.

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PICK YOUR PIECE

FIND YOUR FAVE ALBUM

APPLY TRANSFER

ENJOY YOUR SWAG

Buy a t-shirt, or even better, grab a piece of clothing you already have.

Make sure the color is dark enough to bleach, or if you want to dye your t-shirt, go for lighter colors. Bleach, dye, or otherwise alter your t-shirt and then wash and dry before moving on to step two.

To create a classic band tee you’ll need an album cover to showcase.

Pick a cover that is fresh and funky, something to go along with the vibes of your shirt. You will need to find an image of the cover online and re size it to fit your shirt and be sure it will fit on the transfer.

Stop by Walmart or Staples to pick up t-shirt transfers. Your album cover will be printed onto this transfer, then ironed onto your t-shirt. For darker colored shirts use a dark tshirt transfer and for light colors use a light transfer. Make sure to not to use steam when ironing.

Once you have designed and created your t-shirt, show it off! These band tees add a unique touch to your wardrobe and will go great with anything! Feel free to add texture to your piece by making rips and tears. This will add an extra edge to your band tee.

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SPRING SPORTS PREVIEWS Season outlooks, key events, and key players for the upcoming season SOFTBALL

BASEBALL

Coach: Elizabeth Hawkins

Coach: Chase Tigert

Who will be some of the key players?

Kenzie Crabb, Sam Holland, Lindsay Guthrie, Bri Baldree, Kaitlin Ward, Sierra Nicholson and Brianna Barlow.

Who will be some of the key players?

I’m expecting everyone to play a key role this season. We must work together and execute our roles in order to be succesful.

What is your outlook on the season?

I am excited for this season! We have many returning players and the team is close-knit.

Many players, from all levels, have already shown their commitment and dedication to the program and to each other this year. They are trying to spend more time together, which is more important for team success than simply practicing and playing together.

Programs are built like a house, from the foundation up, so having strong JV and JVII teams that feel like they are important to the program is essential to our success every season. I am seeing lines blur more and more between the different teams, which makes me very optimistic about this season.

What is your outlook on the season?

We definitely have some challenges. Memorial field is unusable, so the majority of our games will be on the road. Not to mention, the weather doesn’t look like it’s going to cooperate anytime soon. That said though, I believe the best teams shine when faced with adversity. We have tenacious players on this team who believe in the vision. I’m confident we are going to upset many teams this season and Sandpoint baseball will be a force to be reckoned with.

What is your end goal of the season?

My end goal is to win the 4A IEL again this year and go to the State Tournament.

What is your end goal of the season?

My goal for this season is to work together to create synergy. Synergy is what takes good teams and turns them into great teams. Once that happens, winning just becomes a by-product.

TRACK

GOLF

Coach: Matt Brass

Coach: Tom Tharp

Who will be some of the key players?

Hannah Davidson, Pole Vault, Medley, 800. Jezza Hutto, Long Jump. YeoWon Yarnell, 800. Zack Alamillo, Shot Put. Spencer Bassett, Long Jump, Triple Jump. TJ Davis, Medley, 110 hurdles. Cole Hooper, Pole Vault. Fin Lund, 1600.

Who will be some of the key players?

Key players for girls are Nina McDonnell and Hannah Hurst. Hannah has improved a ton over the years and she’s really developed into one of our top golfers. Nina really came through with perfect timing at districts by shooting her lowest ever and we won by one stroke. For boys it would have to be Nick Crowley, Lake Wilks and Damian Fitzpatrick.

What is your outlook on the season?

This year we have some dedicated and talented athletes coming back. The girls have enough depth to retain the Regional Trophy they brought home last year, the boys will need to gain some depth to make a run for the Regional Championship.

What is the end goal of the season?

We would like to see at least 12 girls and 12 boys qualify of the State meet and we always like to win the team Regional Titles. Our end goal each year is to help each athlete reach their full potential so that they are ready to achieve their best results by Regionals and State.

What is your outlook on the season?

Our season outlook is hopeful. Last year we lost the Reeve boys and Dylan Dufenhorst so the boys really had to step it up to find solid players. This year the girls lost Maddie Albertson and Ali Creighton so we are struggling to find a solid person to fill in.

What is your end goal of the season?

For the boys, probably win districts and place at state, but for the girls we are really pushing for the state title since girls golf has never won a state title at SHS, additionally last year was the first year we won districts in over a decade so our goal is really to change Sandpoint history for women’s golf.

TENNIS

LACROSSE

Coach: Kent Anderson

Coach: Ken Hutchings

Who will be some of the key players?

Logan Temple, Patrick Rockwell, Jacob Jackson, Reilly Wolfe, Laney Search, Khloe Kyllonen, Liz Parsley & Allura Livingston.

Who will be some of the key players?

I don’t know who my key players will be because our practices haven’t started yet. At the moment I only know a few of my players.

What is your outlook on the season?

We will be playing our toughest schedule ever this year. Our first four matches will be against some of the best “large-school” programs in Idaho & Washington. These matches will really give the kids an opportunity to push their games to the highest level. I would expect the team to go undefeated following these first four challenges.

What is your outlook on the season?

This is my first year coaching the Sandpoint Lacrosse team so I don’t completely know how previous seasons have gone and how this season will go. I do expect for our team to win more games than they have before and improve the Sandpoint Lacrosse program. I am excited for the team to play better teams in the league like Couer d’Alene.

What is the end goal for the season?

Our goal is to win Districts. I fully expect that to happen. Our next goal is to do well at State, hopefully finish top five.

What is the end goal of the season?

I want to improve and teach my players as much as I can and make a name for Sandpoint Lacrosse.

WHAT ARE E-SPORTS? With the recent surge of participation in eSports will a new field of viewership become the next trend?

Jacob Aanes Busisness Manager

Whether it’s basketball, baseball, or football most individuals see sports as showing great physical abilities. While it is very true that physical expenditure is one way to define a sport, there are also sports that don’t require special physique but still allow players to show their skill.

One example for people showing this skill is through eSports. eSports, or electronic sports, are defined as competitive multiplayer video games for people with unique skill in areas such as reaction time, precision, tactics and teamwork.

Games such as Hearthstone, League of Legends, and specifically

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) are utilized by players all across the globe for a venue to become the best they can be. For juniors Silas Gaddie and Samuel Jackson, eSports have become their passion over the years and has become something they enjoy watching or participating in frequently. “I have been following CS:GO and eSports for about 2 years now. I think CS:GO especially is getting bigger and is even up there with sports like basketball since the biggest CS:GO tournaments have over one million dollar prize pools,” Gaddie said.

In addition to large tournaments and money involved for participating teams, some of the more wellknown CS:GO teams like SK Gaming and Astralis receive sponsorships

“CS:GO is even up there with sports like basketball since the biggest CS:GO tournaments have over one million dollar prize pools.”

SILAS GADDIE, SENIOR

Silas Gaddie browses his CS:GO inventory. | Photo by Mackenzie Packer, Asst. Photo Editor

from popular companies like Visa or Audi. With big companies participating in professional eSports, teams are now getting even more benefits than ever before.

“It’s great that teams are getting these sponsorships and more brands are supporting eSports. It

provides more content for the viewers while also spreading the word of eSports,” Jackson said.

To find out more about eSports, head over to YouTube Gaming or Twitch to watch live streams and unlimited content of eSport players all across the world.

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SOCCER COACH DEPARTS Tajan departs from the soccer head coaching job

Cheyenne Nicholson prepares her serve. Nicholson is one of the many one sport athletes at SHS. Photo by Mackenzie Packer, Asst. Photo Editor

ONE SEASON ATHLETES SHS students explain why they only play one sport Jacob Aanes Business Manager

I spend my time on the sport I like the most,” Dewey said.

Although Dewey decides to only play baseball, his coaches do however encourage their players to participate in other sports as well.

“My coaches definitely like us to do other sports throughout the year because that way they know we are always training and are always active. However, in some cases like mine they know that I will try my hardest whether I’m in another sport or not, so it really depends,” Dewey said.

“Between club ball and beach volleyball it’s very difficult to fit any other sport in your schedule. Since all the other schools’ varsity ost people know about the all-star athletes play club volleyball, our coaches athletes that decide to play and strongly encourage us to play club volleyball. train for a different sport every If you don’t play year round, the likelihood of season. However, what about the students making varsity is very low since you’ll be behind that participate in only one sport every year? the rest of your teammates,” Nicholson said.

Students like baseball player Talon Dewey and In addition to the coaches protecting their volleyball player Cheyenne Nicholson only play players from falling behind in their skill level, one sport a year but are still involved in countless it can also be said that the varsity coaches are amounts of pressure and even consider it as also looking out for their players by making difficult as playing a different sport for every sure they don’t get injured. However, not all season. the time has this For senior varsity attempt to prevent player Talon Dewey, injury proven to “My coaches definitely like us to do other he likes to spend the be effective. Even sports throughout the year, because that way year training for the though it may seem they know we are always training” one sport he enjoys that playing one the most; baseball. In sport would deter TALON DEWEY, SENIOR Talon’s case, instead players from injury, of choosing to play studies have been a different sport, he shown that athletes works constantly to condition himself in peak On the other hand, for students like varsity who practice the same motion consistently often performance leading into the following spring volleyball player Cheyenne Nicholson this is are more likely to get injured in the muscles that baseball season. While this does give him free not the same case. Rather than playing other are constantly stressed. Unfortunately, these time and the flexibility to hone his skills in areas sports, volleyball coaches of teams across the injuries can be found in students in a wide range such as batting, throwing or catching, there’s state instead encourage their players to stick to of sports including volleyball and baseball. still additional rationale by which he chooses to volleyball so they can become better at a faster “Our coaches do want us to train for only participate in baseball. rate. volleyball all year round, but this doesn’t always “I’ve played other sports like basketball, Even though volleyball begins in the fall, prevent us from getting hurt. If you practice wrestling, football and soccer but I just never players are given many opportunities to practice serving all the time, after awhile you start had any interest to continue. Baseball was the with the team as most participate in club to stress out those muscles in your shoulder one sport that always kept my attention, so volleyball in the winter or beach volleyball in and soon after everyone starts to get shoulder rather than spending my time on other things the summer. injuries from a lack of variety,” Nicholson said.

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BASEBALL COACH ARRIVES Chase Tigert brings his coaching experience to the SHS Baseball team

Sarah Donnelly Assistant Web Editor

After 15 years, Adam Tajan will be leaving his head coaching position for the boys soccer team. Over the years he has coached both boys and girls soccer for Sandpoint High School and Strikers.

Tajan has spent eight of his coaching years with the girls soccer team and seven with the boys. After these many years, he feels he needs a break from the soccer scene and wants to spend more time focusing on his family “I also believe that the program would benefit from some new energy and ideas,” Tajan said.

Although he is not coaching the SHS team anymore, he is still part of the SSA board of directors and plans on helping out once in awhile. The decision to leave his position was not an easy one, and he said there will be a lot of aspects he will miss.

“I’ll miss a lot of things, mostly the camaraderie...practice, games, bus rides, team events,” Tajan said.

Tajan led the 2016 SHS varsity boys soccer team to the state championship and has left a great impact on many of the players. Dylan Baillie, sophomore, is a member of the team and has had Tajan as a coach for his time in high school soccer.

“He was such a great coach and we had such good chemistry, the whole team and everyone… he’s like a role model, very inspiring,” Baillie said.

It is unknown who will take over his position, but the school will be searching for someone to coach next year’s team.

HANGING OUT Junior Ellie McCray practices the art of aerial silks

Kelly Curtis Web Editor

Coach Tigert has begun meetins and practices with the baseball team this spring. | Photo by Lauren Sfeir, Photo Editor

Taran McLaughlin Multimedia Editor This upcoming baseball season the team will be directed by a new coach, Chase Tigert. Tigert’s goal is to use his coaching experience to put Sandpoint High School’s baseball team back on the map.

After being around baseball for years, Tigert has learned to love the game. He was born and raised in Southern California.

As a player, Tigert was a four year varsity player in high school and played college baseball at the University of San Francisco and Cal Lutheran University.

He transitioned from player to coach when he was hired as an assistant coach to the University of Napa Valley’s baseball team. After a couple years, he transitioned to the school’s Athletic Director.

After taking a few years off from sports to focus on his family, Tigert missed being a coach.

Sandpoint would be a great place to raise a family.

Tigert plans to create a family culture

“No doubt this year we are going to state,”

CALEB EDLUND, SENIOR “I missed it. I missed being with the players] on and off the field and seeing their growth as individuals...” Tigert said.

Tigert had been wanting to move from for a long time, and fell in love with the small town feeling of Sandpoint.

After being offered a job as a health teacher and baseball coach, Tigert decided

on the team to elevate the level of play.

Senior Caleb Edlund claimed that he was very excited for the upcoming season.

“No doubt this year we are going to state,” Edlund said.

With a new coach and big goals the SHS baseball team is looking forward to a bright 2017 season.

Not many people do aerial silks and fewer still know what it is. Aerial Silks is where one or more people perform aerial acrobatics while suspended by silk fabric.

Junior Ellie McCray has practiced aerial silks on and off since the eighth grade.

Having previously been a gymnast, the skill required for aerial silks intrigued her, which is what inspired her to start.

Her favorite part is how rewarding learning a new trick is, but the hardest part is how much arm strength is needed to master and practice each trick.

“You start by doing a basic climb, Russian climb, or other various climbs by wrapping the silks around your feet and pulling yourself up with your arms.

After you get as high as you need you’ll transfer into which ever trick you may be starting,” McCray said.

McCray currently trains by herself and with her coaches at S.T.E.P Training Center, the local gymnastics arena.

“My hardest and favorite trick that I’m working on accomplishing is called a “fallen angel,” McCray said.

McCray continues to practice and hopes to potentially perform one day.

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Fold School

Upcycle an outdated spread from the Cedar Post into a fashionable hat or a cool crane with these tutorials in the ancient art of origami.

By Cienna Roget, Design Editor & Hannah Fingel, News Editor

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fold in half horizontally

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fold farthest bottom flap away

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fold one side to the center seam

fold closest bottom flap upward

fold along one diagonal and unfold

fold sides to center

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fold sides to center

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fold point to tip to form neck

fold in half with neck facing out

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fold right and left sides to form a point

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flip over

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fold point of neck halfway to form beak

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pull neck and beak upward

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