7 April 2013

Senior Nicolette Jessen placed second overall in Medical Reading at the state Health Occu-pations Students of America (HOSA) competition.

Jessen’s event directed her to read five different books throughout the school year and take their respective comprehension ex-ams during the state competition.

“Out of the five mul-tiple choice tests and the essays, I had expected the multiple choice to be easy and the essays to be hard, but it was flipped,” said Jessen.

Jessen will be traveling to Nashville, Tenn. this June to compete in the nation-al HOSA competition.

Sandpoint has had two students place in the national top ten out of 6,000 com-petitors in years past. HOSA adviser Kathy Holm feels that Jessen has the abil-ity to perform just as well.

“Nicolette is very studious and ac-countable,” Holm said. “Knowing her, she will reread all five books.”

Fourteen of the 18 students who at-tended the HOSA state competition placed in the top ten overall.

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BasicallySpeaking: How much should students be expected to pay for activities?

SophomoreReagan Rockholm

JuniorKatelynn McConnell

SeniorNik Feyen

“Itshouldbefreebecausenoteveryonecanaffordit.”

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Hallways receive new look

Miles moves on to BFMS

The school’s administration recently put up 22 inspirational signs, 11 in each hallway.

“I first saw the idea at Lakeland High School and was inspired to create some for our school,” SHS Principal Becky Meyer said. “They are intended to spread positive messages and provide a peaceful and happy school environment.”

Meyer began saving money for 4-5 years for the signs. The funding came from a variety of sources, none of which, Meyer said, came from taxpayer dollars. Last year’s seniors donated a portion and the SHS facility fund provided the remainder.

Meyer worked with her daughter, freshman Nan Kiebert, to come up with the slogans for the signs. Meyer hopes to save up for more signs in the future, and is inviting students to create their own quotes for SHS to use on the next round of signs.

“I think that they would be even more meaningful for our school,” Meyer said. She has received positive feedback so far on the signs.

Effective next school year, teacher David Miles will be the principal of Bon-ners Ferry Middle School.

“I saw the opportunity to further my career, move up the ladder, and help as many as possible in the education field,” Miles said.

Miles has worked at Sandpoint High School for the last 10 years and has been teaching in Sandpoint for 11.

He will most miss the “interaction with students, environment with stu-dents at events, and sports.”

Miles will leave a profound impact on the students of Sandpoint High School.

“He is so good at teaching and mak-ing things interesting...it makes me want to go to class,” freshman Ellis Gaddie said.

-Kaitlin Wallis, Finance Manager

-Desi Storks, Staff Member

-Melissa Mione, Staff Member

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Funding athletics and activities at Sandpoint High School is not an exact science, and budgets for the

year are not set in advance. Contrary to popular belief, the school

does not decide a set amount of money with earmarks for certain activities. In-stead, money is divided first to necessi-ties like transportation, facility usage, and coaches’ salaries, and the remainder is di-vided by “needs”.

“There is no priority when it comes to Sandpoint High School sports, we weigh needs versus wants,” Sandpoint High School Athletics and Activities Direc-tor Kris Knowles said. “We address every need, if every needs has been met, we try to spread the money out for wants equal-ly and look at who has not had as many wants met.”

Often, the needs align with state re-quirements or rules that govern all high school sports. For example, regulations require football helmets be reconditioned every two years, and can only be used a total of 10 years, so that is a continuous need. Some team’s uniforms are replaced more often due to rule changes.

“Uniforms are not always a need, some clubs pay for their own. Some sports can get new uniforms more often when rule changes require them,” Knowles said.

Other recent needs have been a soft-ball field on campus to complement the baseball field, and rain jackets for the golf team. All sports have the need for trans-portation and housing met for state com-petitions.

For athletes, however, “needs” run deeper than a financial necessity for things like uniforms.

“I think in terms of money, my needs are met,” golfer Jared Presnell said. “How-ever, you could also say we ‘need’ an actual

practice facility or golf ‘needs’ to be a fall sport.”

In order to bridge the gap between school-funded “needs” and activity-de-sired “wants”, programs use a variety of sources to gain additional income. Last year, football held a car raffle. Volleyball asks their players to purchase a “spirit pack” which provides each athlete with shirts, a water bottle, a jump rope, sweat-shirt, and journal. Soccer has a similar set-up, and also requires players to purchase their own shin guards.

Band works with the Bulldog Band Boosters to organize fundraisers and pro-vide money to purchase new instruments or fund travel expenses.

The Drama department does not have to pay for state use or utilities like lights, but must fundraise to support their choice of production or props.

Other sports, such as track and boys basketball, use only the money they re-ceive from the school.

“[Boys basketball] is holistically very affordable,” basketball player Matthew Burgstahler said. “Though, yes, fundrais-ing could better us in terms of basketballs and if we wanted new gear.”

All participants in athletics or activi-ties must purchase a $40 ASB card before participating, though Knowles expressed that money should never get in the way of participation.

“If a student comes to me and says they cannot afford to play a sport, we will find a way to make it happen. It would re-ally bother me if a student decided they couldn’t play a sport because they couldn’t afford it,” Knowles said.

Knowles is confident that SHS pro-grams are funded equitably and the needs vs. wants system is working.

“We’re in an environment today where there’s a lot of things we can do for pro-grams, and those things cost money. We’re weighing these needs vs. wants on a daily basis,” Knowles said.

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Though sports and activities receive school funding, many

SHS organizations supplement their school contribution with money from other sources

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$500-700

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ASB card, required for all athletes or

activity participants.

SwimmingIndividual spending on a

player’s swimsuit and team sweatshirt.

Cross CountryRunners must purchase their own shoes, which average about $40/pair on Amazon.com. Runners often purchase multiple pairs.

VolleyballThough the exact figure varies from year to year, players purchase a “spirit pack” which includes t-shirts, a water bottle, journal, jump rope, and sweatshirt.

Dance TeamDancers fundraise between $500-700 each year to help with team costs, because uniforms are custom-fit and can’t be reused like other sports. Coach Cindy Smith also applies each year for a $2,500 grant for choreography.

Raising the Funds Above & BeyondThough they aren’t required to, many athletes also spend personal dollars to-ward their programs. Below are three athletes identified by Cedar Post as be-ing dedicated in both time and money.

The shapes below represent the amount of money certain sports fundraise or collect from players in order to purchase equipment or other assets to their pro-grams. This information was collected from SHS coaches and student athletes.

Meghan O’Hara, Madey Lynch and Cymbre MartinStaff Members / Advertising Manager

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JaredPresnell

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Cheer Team

Golf Team

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$530

$675

$305

“Practice at other courses, lessons, balls, course membership and gas to get to practice.”

“$500 for my uniform, $90 for my pom-poms and $85 for my shoes.”

“A jacket, cleats, socks, sliding shorts a glove (bought a year ago)

and Under Armour.”GRAPHICS BYTYSON BIRD | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The year 2013 will see a change in the Lake Pend Oreille School District

School Board, with the departure of current trustee Vickie Pfeifer and introduction of trustee-to-be Barb Oler.

Oler has been a familiar face at Sandpoint High School for the last several years, serving as a vol-unteer, substitute and receptionist during her time at SHS.

“I will bring a unique perspec-tive to the great work the board al-ready does,” Oler said. “I’ve been in the schools, interacting with stu-dents and teachers, and I’ve gained a sense for how our schools really work.”

Oler made the decision to ap-ply for Zone II trustee after hear-ing that Pfeifer would retire when her term expires this July. Oler said she felt a great sense of support for her candidacy, and because she ran unopposed, will officially step into the board position this July.

“I’m glad I didn’t have to cam-paign, but I definitely felt I had support if I needed to,” Oler said.

Though Oler has been involved in local schools for a number of years, she will have large shoes to fill with the departure of Pfeifer. Pfeifer has been on the school board since July 2002. During that time, she served as chairman of the board from July 2003 to July 2012 and has weathered a number of changes in the school district and state policy.

“When I first came onto the board, there was little trust in the board, morale was low, and com-munity support was wavering,” Pfeifer said. “I am leaving a board that is trusted by staff and commu-nity, student achievement is high, and LPOSD is a district that is a role model in the state.”

Pfeifer speaks positively of her time on the board, both in the de-cisions she has been a part of and the experiences she has gained.

“I have worked with so many excellent people during my time on the board. I will most miss the connection that I have had with them all,” Pfeifer said.

Both Pfeifer and trustee-to-be Oler cited hard working, dedicated staff as the most positive attribute of the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

“Our teachers are so passionate about what they do, it’s just incred-ible,” Oler said.

“I am constantly in awe of the great job [LPOSD staff] do every day,” Pfeifer said. “Kudos also to our hard working students, which is why I chose to serve on the Board in the first place.”

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AcaDeca to attend national competition

AcaDecanational

competitors

Honors:Senior Tim RedfordFreshman Sarah WellsSenior Kaitlin Wallis

Scholastic: Senior Dylan PotterJunior Katie HarveySenior Rylee Langton

Varsity:

Senior Adam MurrayJunior Paul MeyerJunior Noah Hay

Academic team sends 9 to nationals

Nine members of the Sandpoint High School Aca-demic Decathlon team traveled to Minneapolis on April 23 to attend the national competition.

Due to new national rules, Idaho can take the top two teams to the national competi-tion; Sandpoint and their longtime rival Centennial High School are attending this year.

This rule change is due to a deci-sion by the United States Academic Decathlon Board that 50 teams should be permitted to compete at the national competition. Not all states have an AcaDeca program that allow for representation at the national level.

“I think the team is excited to go to nationals but I’m not sure if the excitement will translate into success at nationals,” freshman Sarah Wells said.

Some of the new rules have worked against the Sandpoint AcaDeca team.

Oral Super Quiz is a chance for decathletes to answer six orally directed questions. Traditionally, the ques-

tions were pulled from the Super Quiz section of the infamous ‘binder,’ or the decathlete’s collection of all 10 resource materials. The new format, though, pulls from six of the 10 sections.

“I don’t like it at all, it has been discouraging,” coach and teacher Mary Bird said.

Sandpoint lost the state award for first place in oral Super Quiz this year for the first time in six years and

Bird attributes this loss to the new format.

The nine members at to the national competition were de-cided upon by who was on the state main team.

Within AceDeca, teams are divided based upon grade point average into three different categories: honors, scholastic and varsity. Within the three main divisions, each member is

ranked by how well they score within all competitions. The nine member main team takes the top three in

each division. Due to the size and competition at the national level,

Bird has set the nine members to studying their best in-dividual topics. She feels that this will allow for more individual medalists.

Kaitlin WallisFinance Manager

A hefty budget will accom-pany the drama depart-ment’s spring production

of the classic musical “Guys and Dolls” this year.

Jeannie Hunter, the drama teach-er, budgeted the play at $15,000. But the props, sets and costumes, all needed for the play to be a success, have ex-ceeded the origi-nal amount an-ticipated.

Besides these essentials, the drama depart-ment spent $700 for advertising with posters, banners and ra-dio, $2,300 to rent the printed and recorded music, $2,600 for the choreogra-pher, $2,500 for the programs, and $1,900 (which was a re-duced rate) for the rental and royalty fees to use the script of “Guys and Dolls.”

The SHS drama department is funded ,in part, by grants, such as the $2,000 grant from Panhandle Alliance For Education (PAFE).

Grants, sponsors, and pre-ticket sales are the main source of income that allow the drama department to produce a musical every other year at Sandpoint High School.

The items listed above are the

most expensive, but there are oth-er minor costs that bring the total above the $15,000 budget.

Hunter stated that “we are look-ing at an overall cost of $15,090.” The musical, “Guys and Dolls” follows the relationships of Nathan Detroit, the head of an illegal floating craps game, and Adelaide, his fiance of 13 years who desperately wants to get

married. The other cou-

ple is Sky Mas-terson, Nathan’s friend and fel-low gambler and Sarah Brown, a woman on a mis-sion from God to help wrongdoers repent their sins. The play shows the comedic turn of events for these two couples.

Alex Krames, the Assistant Di-rector, explained that “Months of preparation are needed to make the show a suc-cess.” The actors rehearse in class and have vocal and choreography

practice everyday after school. Af-ter spring break, run-throughs are from 3:30-5:30 and dress rehearsals can go until 9 or 10 p.m. as opening night approaches.

“Guys and Dolls” will premiere Friday, May 10th at 7 p.m. in the SHS auditorium.

Pre-show tickets are available through cast and crew and at Eve’s Leaves on First Avenue.

Drama department works to organize and fundraise spring musical showKelly OmodtStaff Member

Sandpoint High School ecol-ogy and horticulture teach-er John Hastings has gained

state recognition as Idaho Environ-mental Educator of the Year.

The Friends of Scotchman Peaks, a nonprofit organization involved with Hastings and his students, made the nomination earlier this spring.

Hastings received the award dur-ing the Idaho Environmental Edu-cation Conference in Boise.

The last project he was involved in was the restoration of vegetation and the reconstruction of the wild-life habitat in the Pack River Delta, near Clark Fork. He was granted the Environmental Educator of the Year award after the accomplishment of this project.

“I am so grateful for the ad-ministrative support and commu-nity partnership we have here in Sandpoint that enables my classes to stay active in the field,” Hastings said.

Hastings’ curriculum vitae in-cludes a degree in biology obtained at the University of Minnesota and a career in the school district that began 1996.

Along with biology and horticul-ture, Hastings has also taught Eng-lish.

His work with the school is not the only element that Hastings can include in his resume, as he also has been running “All Seasons”, a gar-dening shop located in Kootenai,

for the past 15 years. Despite the multitude of activi-

ties, Mr. Hastings still has some free time which he likes to dedicate in coordinating volunteer activities with some of his classes.

In the future, Hastings is plan-ning to work on the “Idaho Green School” challenge which involves finding ways to make the campus more efficient.

Sandpoint High School is far from this achievement but Hast-ings is positive that his classes will be able to make steps towards this award.

Hastings will continue to help, through his work, students inter-ested to get in the “green” field to achieve the job of their dreams.

Lorenzo De BernardiStaff Member

Hastings earns state-level awardEcology teacher named “Idaho Environmental Educator of the Year”

Thespians stage ‘Guys and Dolls’

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New face on school board

Tyson BirdEditor-In-Chief

Pfeifer stepping down, Oler stepping up

SHELBY BAUGHN | STAFF MEMBER

n HONOR FOR HASTINGS: John Hastings was recently nominated by the Friends of Scotchman Peaks and earned a state educational award

I think the team is excited to go to Nationals but I’m not sure if the excitement will translate into successSarah WellsFreshman, SHS AcaDeca

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Budget breakdown

$2,600:choreographer

$2,500: programs

$2,300: music

$1,900: script

$700: advertising

A dissection of the “Guys and Dolls” production budget.

ShowingsMay

Tickets10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25

$10 in advance, $15 at the door-all shows begin at 7:00pm and will

be held in the SHS auditorium-

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OPINIONApril 2013 page 3

The mission of the Cedar Post Editorial Board, through the Opinion Page, is to provoke thought and discussion among the student body regarding issues of social, political, and educational concern.

Athletics at Sandpoint High School can often be a bone of con-tention between students, coaches, parents, administrators, and community members. Usually arguments revolve around

records, enrollment and media coverage, but an issue often overlooked by most is how much athletes are asked to personally pitch in for sports.

Take baseball, for example. Players are asked to pay close to a hun-dred dollars for a “spirit pack,” which includes shirts and caps. Yes, required to pay money in order to take part in a sport here at SHS. The same goes for volleyball, where players are asked to buy a banner, water bottle and shirts directly from their coaches to fund the program.

And those aren’t the only examples. Other organizations, such as choir, expect their mem-bers to pay to take part and that simply isn’t fair. Complaints from other activities abound as well.

Another constant issue revolves around the underfunding of our award-winning band, where musicians are expected to pay for their own repairs. And there’s the fundamental problem. While some sports, like the aforementioned volleyball and baseball, have large fees involved with playing, other sports and activities, like track or basketball, have absolutely no fees.

So why the disconnect? Why do some programs require so much from students while others require so little, or even nothing?

Is it because some are more expensive than others? Is baseball, or

volleyball, or other sports that require fees, so much more important or prestigious than other sports? Is the budget for sports that require fees so incredibly low that they need to make money wherever they can?

It’s reasonable to suggest that there should be some level of equality between sports. When we have players paying hundreds of dollars to take part in one sport, but not a dime to take part in others. There’s a problem within the system.

While it is true that students have to pay fees to take part in certain classes, such as Basic Art, this money goes directly to purchasing art supplies and equipment, not special t-shirts and water bottles. Some students may have the occasional complaint, but fees for art classes and the like are fairly inexpensive, usually around $15, not a hundred or more.

So let us propose a solution. Rather then charge massive amounts of money for some sports, and absolutely none for others, why not just charge a flat activities fee, like many colleges do, to support all

teams? If our ASB card fee isn’t doing this already, it’s time that it does. It’s not unreasonable to ask everyone to chip in for the betterment of all sports programs.

While coaches and administrators might call paying to play purchas-ing a “spirit pack,” or other euphemisms like that, players and their families know exactly what to call it: personal money going to fund sports and activities in a public school.

What is the most important lesson we can take out of high school? After four years of seemingly relentless homework, countless tests and numerous teachers,

which we either found enjoyably meaningful or pointlessly drab, what can we take away from this whole experience? In my view, it’s discovering what are passions are and what interests us as a pos-sible career.

This is why I was so happy to see the Senior Project Fair and learn that every single student in this high school has something that they are uniquely inter-ested in as well as show that there is a job that they can do and enjoy everyday.

The freedom of picking what exactly sparks our interests through the senior projects is one of the first steps that many will make in deciding what their path in college will look like and what their future job could be.

Now, we have all heard those stories of seniors who didn’t care the least about their project or felt that it was a punishment to do. However, there is a job for every pas-sion and you shouldn’t have to be forced to express what that passion is for you. When we find what we are passionate in, it is something that we can’t help but get excited for and be willing to dedicate ourselves to without any form of demand.

So for those that felt that this was the worst punishment that a school could make before finally saying goodbye in the next several months, then I say, you still need to find that passion that you are willing to work lovingly for as a job. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it himself: “Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.”

It won’t be long until our generation will be faced with many dif-ficult tasks. The senior projects are our insight into these elements and the beginnings of solutions to confront them. For us to learn how to improve our society is a lesson that should be taught in all schools in our country.

Sandpoint High School students, teachers and staff share their opinion on a

variety of matters ranging from the absurd to the serious.

The opinions reflected in Sound Bites do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Cedar Post staff or

Sandpoint High School as a whole.

Compiled by Lexi DeMers, Social Media Editor

“We did them because we needed those projects to graduate”

The Cedar Post strongly encourages you to voice your opinion through the paper. Please e-mail your letter to [email protected] or bring a copy to room E-8.

SoundBites

MACKLEMORE

“I went down to Southern Idaho to visit family and played as much frisbee

golf as I possibly could.”Dave Miles- HISTORY TEACHER

“I love Macklemore. He speaks to my heart.”

Morgan Fulton- JUNIOR

SPRING BREAK

GRAD NITE“I’m pretty freaking stoked

about Grad Nite.”Cody Oppelt- SENIOR

Why do some pro-grams require so much ... while others require so little, or even nothing?

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MARCH MADNESS“It’s fun to watch and it’s not all

that important to me.”Grace Hefley- FRESHMAN

BASEBALL“It’s the American pastime, but it’s not

as popular as it used to be.”Sean Van Ness- SOPHOMORE

Organization is the enemy of improvisation”--a well known quote by an unknown author that couldn’t describe this year’s senior projects more perfectly. I know that I don’t stand alone when I say that I love the idea of seniors having

to execute a project that solely deals with the life they would like to pur-sue, but that’s not what the SHS senior project was.

This year, us seniors were told a number of different things that did nothing but confuse us about what our projects really needed to focus on. Some teachers said it needed to be about our professions, some advisors told us that it was about things we were passionate about, and some counselors told us that they had no idea.

So, what did we see at the exposition? A mix between what people wanted to do, what people thought they liked, and support for the legalization of marijuana. Af-ter we have been in school for 12 years, I think that it’s fair to say that the staff should have at least practiced what they were preaching by being more organized on what they really wanted us to do.

We are constantly reminded that we need to “unleash our potential”, but how can we do that when we really had no idea where to start?

Some disorganization was expected since we were the first class to ever do a project of this magnitude, but isn’t it fair to argue that there should have been more structure to something that determines whether or not we walk across that stage in June? We didn’t do the projects be-cause we were excited about the jobs we think we want, and we certainly didn’t do them because we were passionate. We did them because we needed those projects to graduate.

We haven’t gone through four years of seemingly relentless homework, countless tests or numerous teachers to do a simple project that dictates whether we graduate or not. It’s just not fair for the state to leave our graduation in the hands of one single project.

And that’s why, when our teachers told us that we “wouldn’t be able to do this project the night before”, out of the 218 seniors in the class of 2013, I estimate almost 80 percent of the participating students told them “chal-lenge accepted.”

“It is something that we can’t help but get excited for”

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 admin-istration, faculty, or community members.

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Letters to the editor must be signed, although the staff may withhold the 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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Tyson BirdJulian Kubiak

Emmett JonesKristen McPeek

Maddie RussoNathan Schwartz

Marissa VinsonKristina Gall

Tanner SheffieldAlexus Ahrens

Kaitlin WallisCymbre Martin

Lexi DeMers

Brian MillarDesi Storks

Dean KnaggsGrayce BrunnerJessica Bovee

Karlee PetersonKelly Omodt

Kennedy Search

Lorenzo DeBernadi Madey LynchMayla Millar

Meghan O’HaraMelissa MioneMia SchroederSam Levora

Savannah PittsShelby Baughn

William Love

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Marissa VinsonPhoto Editor

Sam LevoraStaff Member

Dean KnaggsStaff Member

HONOR FLIGHTThe article titled “Honor Flight Club

Works to Honor Veterans,” really made me think about what our world would be like if those brave veterans had not taken the act of valor and gone to war. Ever since the last World War One veteran died, the way I look at veterans has totally changed. We need to gather all of the knowledge they have because they won’t be around much longer. If we lose them, we lose an important part of our his-tory. - Hayden Hillman, Freshman

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In response to the column, “Legalizing Marijuana,” I do not agree with Sam Levora and how he believes marijuana should be legal. He says that our nation could save $14 billion a year. People could abuse legalization and we could lose that money trying to fix the problems caused by their abuse of legal-ized marijuauna. - Catherine Gula, Freshman

LEGALIZING WEED

Everyone has their own definition of photogra-phy and why they enjoy it. Personally, I take photos to capture fast moving moments in

one frame. Getting that one good shot of someone at their peak, just going for it. Being in multiple sports and knowing their instincts gives me a slight edge in knowing when to capture that moment.

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HOWto

Spring weather is warmly greeting us a little earlier than normal this year. Do you know what that means? Sum-mer is getting closer! It’s time to start on that summer

body. If you are looking for an easy workout that costs abso-lutely nothing and will ensure significant results, this is for you!

Body languageHeavy costsHeading to college and to the bank accountSam LevoraStaff Member

No magical powers needed for mind reading, here’s some tips!Desi Storks Staff MemberKennedy Search

Staff MemberSpeaking is the most common form of language, but

what most don’t know is body language is just as impor-tant. People aren’t always talking, and one cannot help but wonder what they are thinking. Body language can indi-rectly tell you what you want to know.Confidence

Defense

Lying

Fitting In

• Posture – standing tall with shoulders back• Eye contact – solid with a “smiling” face• Hands – purposeful and deliberate• Speech – slow and clear• Voice – moderate to low

• Hand/arm gestures - small and close to the body• Facial expressions - are minimal• Body - physically turned away from you• Arms - crossed in front of body• Eyes - maintain little contact, or are downcast

• Eyes - little or no contact, may have rapid move-ments with pupils constricted

• Hands - in front of chest when speaking• Posture - turned away or unnatural body gestures• Breathing - rate increases• Complexion - changes color; red in face or neck area• Voice - pitch change, stammering, throat clearing

• Sitting- body angled towards a person• Eyes- holding eye contact for five seconds with a

smile• Preening- men and women both fix their hair, lick

their lips and enhance posture• Touching- accidentally touching legs, or purposely

giving their arm a light tap while laughing

EXERCISE:Heels to Heaven

Heels to Heaven is an exercise that will concentrate on your lower abdominal muscles, and target that hard-to-work area of your stom-ach. You don’t need anything extra for this! Lay on your back on a flat surface, and bend your knees. Roll your knees up so that you are on the middle of your back, and ex-tend your legs into the air. Bring your legs back down to a bend, and extend them outward. It’s that easy!

DO: 4 sets of 10

EXERCISE: Squat Calf Raisers

This dual exercise is fun and works very well. Take two gallon jugs full of water, or anything else that has weight to it, and hold them in your hands. Make sure that your squat form is good so that you can prevent straining mus-cles. Keep your back relatively straight, and don’t let your knees go over your toes. Remember, keep your head up and BREATHE. If you need to, you can use a chair as a reminder how far to go and as a precaution. Squat with the water jugs, and on the way up fully extend up on your toes to do a calf raiser.

DO: 3 sets of 10-15DO: 3 sets of 10-15

EXERCISE:Triceps Chair Dips

All you need is a couple of chairs. You can do a few different variations of these. Start with two chairs, place them a little more than shoulder width apart on a carpeted surface to avoid slipping. Stand between the chairs, and hold onto the back of the seat. From here, lift your-self up, then raise and lower yourself at your own pace. If you only use one chair, place your hands on the sides of the chair and lower yourself off of the seat. These are like backwards push ups on a chair. To increase intensity, straighten your legs or use only one leg.

DO: 3 sets of 10-15

As the year comes to an end, many seniors are wondering how they can afford college.

College tuition has been on the rise in the last 30 years. The average cost of a in-state public university is $9,450. Al-though this price tag won’t “break” the bank right now, after graduation many students will be left in extreme amounts of debt.

Similar to the housing crash in 2008, many graduating college students are experiencing similar issues entering the job market. With very few available jobs and high amounts of debt from student loans and nothing but a degree, these students are put with a tough situation.

According to NPR, college costs have increased because the state is scaling back their funding for many public col-leges and universities. CBS Money, also said since 2008, when the recession hit, total public funding for higher education has declined by 14.6 percent. This means a dramatic rise in college tuition for many students of lower or middle income families.

Many of these students, faced with the requirements of a college education in our current job market have to take out student loans in order to pay for the rising tuition costs. This has led to severe consequences for many students as they aquire a mortgage sized debt. in this case instead of having a house to come home to they only have a piece of paper in hand, and no way to pay it off.

Entering into this tight job market with staggering college debt, many students of four to even seven years of college have no choice but to return home to live with parents or relatives.

Forty percent of all graduates returned home last year in a new trend known as boomerang graduation,said a study by Incharge Solutions. According to another report 53 percent of college students from the ages of 18-24 years old said that they live at home or are temporarily living at home.

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M a y2Open Mic Night

Monarch Mountain Coffee, 208 N. Fourth St., hosts an Open Mic Night from 6-9 p.m. with host Scott Reid. Open Mic Night is held on the first Thursday of every month.

10Guys and DollsThe Sandpoint High School Mime and Masque

students present Guys and Dolls at 7 p.m. each night in the SHS Auditorium. Set in mythical New York City, this romantic comedy brings together the spirit of Broadway and characters.

16Lost in the ‘50sGet lost all weekend long. Locals and visitors alike

step back in time to the days of hot rods and poodle skirts during the Lost in the ’50s celebration.

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Alice in WonderlandThe Pend Oreille Playhouse Community Theatre,

hosts a presentation of Alice in Wonderland with performances at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Annual All You Can EatChocolate Extravaganza

Ponderay Garden Center, on Highway 95, hosts the 4th Annual All You Can Eat Chocolate Extravaganza from 5-7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Healing Garden Clean UpThe Healing Garden at Bonner General Hospital

hosts a Clean Up Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

n WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR GOAT: Sophomore Kyle Stevens holds his goat in his backyard. Named “Pepper”, he has been a pet of Stevens for at least two years.

SHS sophomore Kyle Stevens grew up sur-rounded by animals most couldn’t imagine having as a child. Stevens says they changed his life and continue to everyday.

As a young boy, his first exotic creature was a tiger salamander he was trusted with when he was 6. Animals on his ranch include ducks, a goose, goats, cows, a chinchilla, fish, a hamster, a guinea pig, roosters, a mule and horses.

Stevens’ family ranch, Woods V-X, is one of the largest in Sandpoint, cov-ering around 4,000 acres. The ranch also includes Western Pleasure Guest Ranch, Woods Crushing and Hauling, and Woods Meat Processing.

Stevens has had animals his whole life, his oldest is a horse named Joker. Joker is Stevens’ closest pet and always has been.

“My love for animals hasn’t changed and never will, and I cannot imagine a life without them,” Stevens said.

Stevens also can’t name a single animal with a greater impact than another.

“I don’t have a favorite, they’re all my babies,” Stevens said. And his dream pet? ”Even though it’s illegal in America, I would love to have a red panda.”

Stevens plans to go to college and major in Ani-mal Sciences with the intent of becoming a veteri-narian. While in college, Stevens wants to intern at

a zoo with plans later on in life to run a zoo of his own.

Stevens’ inspiration comes from his animals and his everyday routine with them, as well as the responsibilities they place on him. “Every day, I am responsible for feeding my animals. I am very passionate towards them,” Stevens said.

“If I didn’t grow up with animals and on a ranch, I would’ve never become who I am,” Stevens said. “My life is perfect.”

The next addition to the Stevens family could possibly be a flying squirrel, chipmunk, skunk, teacup pig or an iguana.

Stevens continues to expand his animal inter-ests, yet still holds dear to him his upbringing on a ranch.

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April 2013 page 5ARTS & CULTURE

The ‘wheel’ dealAs high school students, our cars

are our freedom: It is one of the first steps we take towards independence. No more depending on mommy’s and daddy’s schedules when you want or need to go somewhere; no more horrible bus rides that have awkward conversations with strang-ers and vacant seats. Nothing. It’s all over. At a school like Sandpoint, it isn’t hard to notice when one of our peers’ freedom is far from average.

Here are three examples of Sandpoint High School students who have spent a great deal of time and money to make sure that their rides stand out.

Chris Turnbull VW Golf GTI

Senior Chris Turnbull’s car stands out. His 1996 Volkswagen Golf GTI is very unique. Turnbull has put an estimated $2,500 into his car.

However, most of the money he has put into it has been to repair damage and replace parts.

“I’m actually looking into selling my car. I want to get something that is more ‘Idaho friendly’ like a 4X4 Subaru or something.”

Alex Baker Fiat 124 Spider

Sophomore Alex Baker’s 1971 Fiat 124 Spider will catch anyone’s eye. This little red car, also known as Victoria, isn’t your typical high schooler car. Baker acquired this car after his dad told him that he could “get the sickest car he could find,” so he did.

“I love my car. She gets me where I need to go--and she gets me the la-dies,” Baker said.

Chance Eberley Ford Bronco

For senior Chance Eberley, a re-done car is something that he can take pride in. The refurbished tur-quoise 1966 Ford Bronco that you will see him driving on sunny days is a real success story. What else would you expect? He has worked on this car for four years. Eberly is taking his knowledge of cars and his skills in repair past high school and has enrolled in a NASCAR school located in North Carolina.

Some students go above and beyond to fashionize their vehiclesMarissa VinsonPhoto Editor

Love at first sight does not only apply to lovers. In many cases love can be found in two friends: best friends. This special bond becomes even more rare in those who have nurtured their friendship for years. The term “best friends forever” may be used loosely, but when it is meant and backed up with two true best friends, it is a bond that can’t easily be broken. The Cedar Post went through SHS and found four sets of these rare

friends and asked them how they managed to keep their friendship strong and healthy for so many years.

Second grade at Sagle Elementary was the first year of friendship for now ju-niors Cody Millard and Jack Armstrong. Ever since Sagle, they have had numerous memories of staying in the “honda classic/prowler/shanty.” These two have recently accepted another brother into the broth-erhood, “Dean Byron Knaggs.” “We wouldn’t really call each other friends, it’s more like family”, Armstrong said.

Lani Wahl

Cody Millard

As friends grow together, the feeling of being “sib-ling-like” grows too. Maryah Delgado and Lani Wahl’s friendship goes above and beyond that. They have been best friends for nine years and have actually lived together for almost two. “We are just compatible. It’s like Yin and Yang.” Delgado claims. “We can just sit around and have the best time.” Both juniors have an impeccable sense of humor which makes being best friends and living together that much easier.

Friendships are often started by sharing similar in-terests. Kevin Hill and Chris Turnbull are a great example of that. “We became friends in elemen-tary school when we were playing football on the playground,” Hill explained. These two seniors have been the best of friends for eleven years, and are going stronger than ever. They claim that the basis of their friendship is the trustworthiness they share, the respect they demand, and the loy-alty they have both showed each other.

“We’ve been friends forever. Literally. We haven’t lived a day without each other. Oh goodness that’s cheesy,” laughs freshman Bella DeCecchis. DeCecchis and fresh-man Sage Jeffries (pictured above) have been friends since the day they were born. Since they have always been together, ev-ery day is a new memory. Both mention how they hardly ever fight, and it’s good for friends to, “be real with each other.”

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n BOYS AND THIER TOYS: At top left, Alex Baker models in front of his 1971 Fiat 124 Spider. At bottom left, senior Chance Eberley stands in front of his refurbished 1966 Ford Bronco. Chris Turnbull sits at top right on his unique 1996 Volkswagen Golf GTI.

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Senior Casey Bottomley is expected to do well this year as the softball team’s only pitcher. Bottomley has proved to be a dependable softball player in past

years. Not only do her skills shine but her leadership abili-ties stand out as well as a team captain.

Q. When did you first start playing softball?A. Competitively, when I was 8. I started playing in Cali-fornia and continued playing in school. When I moved up here [Sandpoint], I continued playing.

Q. What do you like most about softball? A. I like the competitive aspect and reliance on team members. It’s needed to have a good team.

Q. What is the most difficult thing about softball?A. I think the most difficult thing is having an unified team because if there is any disconnection in the team, everything will go downhill.

Q. What position do you play?A. I am the sole pitcher on the team.

Q. What gets you in shape for softball?A. I go to the gym and run 2 miles every other day. Offseason, the team has open cages. I attend every one of these and practice pitching when I am there.

Q. What are your plans for softball in the future?A. I would like to play in college. I’m not sure whether I would want to be a walk on or just play intramurals be-cause my major of interest is very time consuming.

Q. Are you excited about the new field? A. Yes, it is right behind the middle school. It’s supposed to unify our school more. I am excited because the new field is a varsity only field, so that will be nice.

Q. What are your goals for the season? A. Well last year we broke a record for winning more games than we have in the past five years. This year we are looking to improve on that. The main goal this year is to beat Lakeland and Moscow, and go to state.

KENNEDY SEARCH & SAM LEVORA | STAFF MEMBERS

Schweitzer has been hosting the “Sled Fest” for four years, and April 19-21 marked the fifth an-nual outing of this end-of-winter event. The sled fest consisted of more than 450 riders all compet-ing on snowmobiles and snow bikes. In the past, the track has been set right in the middle of the village, in front of the Basin Express. There were many events including RMSHA hill climb, hill cross, snow bikes, and hill drag. Major sponsors like Klim and Rockstar were be at the event with prizes to throw to the crowd.

Sandpoint soccer now has a new indoor turf field that’s allowing local teams to practice during the winter. After years of space limitations, Sandpoint Soc-cer Association leased out one of the Bonner Fair-ground cattle buildings to lay out a turf field for six months out of every year. With its enclosed layout, and the removable turf, soccer players throughout the Sandpoint area now have a place to practice when the outside fields are unavailable or full of snow.

“I really like the new field,” said senior soccer player Meghan Pagano. “It’s nice to have an indoor space where we can practice during the winter, and still get the feel of playing on grass.”SSA president Adam Tajan, the health teacher and boy’s varsity coach, worked hard to get the money and the volunteers in order to finish this project. An open house was held last week to promote the new field, with a barbecue and two exhibition games played by the U-18 girls and boys Strikers teams.

Tajan is proud to say that the turf fields will be-come an annual event, so that every year the teams can have some grass to practice on while the snow stays outside.

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Aching for a change Knowles creates new bill geared towards athlete concussion education and safety

Sandpoint High School Athletics and Activities Director Kris Knowles re-cently helped draft the Youth Sports

Concussion Bill, a bill focused on prevent-ing and protecting students against con-cussions and helping sports programs and schools become more educated on the topic of concussions. As of 2012, Idaho legislature passed the bill.

“The bill mandates that every school district needs to have a plan for concus-sion management,” Knowles said. This means that high school, middle school, and elementary athletes will all be aware of concussions. Coaches will also be edu-cated starting in the fall 2013 season. In the Concussion Management Implementation Guide, it is highly recommended that sport administrators create a document that ath-letes and parents read that informs them on what a concussion is and how to treat a con-cussion. By signing this document, coaches and parents can understand how to pro-tect athletes from head injuries. Also, each athlete will go through IMPACT testing to make sure that they are no head injuries be-fore each season begins.

Knowles said that this year will be differ-ent if a student-athlete sustains a concus-sion.

“[Sandpoint High School] is way ahead of the curve in our region and the state,” Knowles said. He plans to communicate with area doctors to ensure that if a player does get a head injury, he/she receives med-ical attention right away. A new addition to

concussion management this year is that an athlete must be cleared by a medical doctor to start playing again. Athletes are then on a cautionary basis for the next seven days, therefore student-athletes are less likely to get another concussion. “If symptoms of

any concussions come back in those sev-en days, the athlete must be reevaluated,” Knowles said. By being extra cautious and educating sports programs, Knowles be-lieves that Sandpoint High School Athletics will be very aware of head injuries.

n IN A HAZE: This photo illustration depicts what it can be like in school for kids with concussions. SHS Athletics and Activities Director Kris Knowles recently worked on a bill to manage concussions in schools.


Kennedy Search Staff Member

North Idaho sports banquetSandpoint High School athletes and teams

from a variety of sports were recently honored at the North Idaho Sports Banquet on April 13.

For Sandpoint, the following athletes were nominated: Hailey Olin (girl’s basketball), Nikole Alamillo (track and field), Tim Pays (football), Corinne Ariss (girl’s soccer), Meghan Pagano (girl’s soccer), Anthony Fox (boy’s soccer), Joab Logan (boy’s soccer), Kennedy Search (tennis), Sam Levora (cross country and track), Mikhaela Woodward (cross country), and Chase Rodriguez (Male Athlete of the Year). Junior Hailey Olin said, “ I think the banquet is a good way to honor a lot of people for their hard work and dedication to what they participate with.”

Adam Tajan won 5A-4A North Idaho Male Coach of the Year, while Sam Levora won the 5A-4A North Idaho Male Cross Country Athlete of the Year. The Sandpoint state champion soccer team was also nominated for the 5A-4A Male Team of the Year. — Kennedy Search & Sam Levora, Staff Members


When Kris Knowles took over the athletic department this year, he stepped into a more divided commu-nity. Each team was known as their own individual sport, the soccer play-ers, volleyball players, football players and so on. This was OK, but Knowles wanted to take Sandpoint’s programs to a whole new level. His goal is to bring SHS programs into a tight knit community. Instead of being on the Sandpoint basketball team, he wants the players to be a part of the Sand-point High athletic program, not just a specific team.

“My philosophy is that this is a WE, not an I situation, we are all in it for the same thing and that is for the betterment of our student ath-letes,” Knowles said. Knowles has been working on bringing programs together and has had very little resis-tance from the coaches, saying that this is what they want out of SHS ath-letics as well. They’ve all agreed that it’s not something that just happens, Sandpoint as a student body must get people together, get them excited about the games and supporting sports other than their own.

Knowles has taken steps to start this movement, such as regular coaches meetings and buying all the Varsity coaches gray sweatshirts that specifi-cally say “Sandpoint Athletics,” rather

than “Sandpoint,” and then their sport. Another thing they’ve done for the summer time is when they sign up for gym time, it will be under “Sandpoint Athletics,” and the coaches will have to work together to reserve their spots.

“One of my biggest concerns is that we have equitable time for all the stu-dents and that all of our facilities are student athlete friendly,” Knowles said.

Knowles believes that one of the most important things about a school is its culture, and what he is trying to cre-ate in Sandpoint is that, “this is Sand-point, we are Sandpoint High School.” He wants others people too look and say, “Holy cow, I want to be a part of Sandpoint High School.”

“The bottom of the line is this: we need to get more people at the games,” Knowles said. “I was dissatisfied with the amount of people at volleyball, soc-cer, and basketball games and that’s something that I need to work on, it’s a culture thing.”

Although Knowles has taken on the responsibility of creating this culture of unity, it’s not something he can do on his own. He needs help from the staff and the students, most impor-tantly. If it’s a nice day, go on and sup-port the baseball, the softball or tennis team. Help Sandpoint High be the best school it can be and create that culture of “WE.”

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The Sandpoint High School colors are red and white. You may be thinking that

statement is quite obvious, which it is, but have you ever thought of the Sandpoint High School colors being red, white, and black? Probably not, but look at the the large painting of the bulldog on the gym wall, it is red, white, and black. The school lockers are red and black. A lot of aspects of this school incorporate black... why not the uniforms?

Now, all of the sports team uni-forms and jerseys at this school are red and white. You will not find a black jersey that is being used (the girls soccer team has black jerseys but they are not allowed to wear them). Many Sandpoint High School sports teams have jerseys that contain black accents on top of the main white or red jersey color, but the amount of black is quite minimal. The volleyball teams wear black spandex yet the tennis girls aren’t allowed to wear black skirts. As the libero of the volleyball team this year I (Maddie Russo) was wearing a black jersey at almost every game where I could of easily worn the opposite color of what my teammates were wearing. The system seems a bit inconsistent. If some sports teams are allowed to have

black present on their uniforms, why not all the teams?

Well, the administration says that the Sandpoint colors are red and white, not black. That is a good answer, but we feel like it is time for some change. Red is the most common team color in professional baseball, basketball and football. Red and white is one of the most common color combination in sports. We fit in those categories quite well. As sports players of this high school, we think it would be intimidat-ing to see a team walk out onto the field or court in an all black uniform kit.

Have you ever heard of a blackout or whiteout game? Many colleges such as Penn State, Georgia, Florida State and Boise State have had foot-ball games in which the team and the fans wear all black or all white. Just look at Boise State’s logo: It has blue, orange, and white. You could say that their school colors are blue, orange, and white. So why are they wearing all black for one of their games? Because they can and it’s fun. Personally, we

think it would be extremely exciting to see our football team wearing all black jerseys when they step onto the field, but that intimidation factor includes all sports teams.

What about shoes? The school does not regulate what color shoes a player wears. Then again, the school doesn’t pay for these shoes. But if we are red and white, shouldn’t the administra-tion be cracking down on the bright neon yellow and orange shoes so many athletes wear?

Even if people are saying that play-ers can only have uniforms that are red and white, shouldn’t coaches have to abide by this rule? If you look at coaches of teams at this school, you see them wearing colors other than red and white. The athletic department even has matching grey jackets. The baseball coaches have grey warm-ups with a red strip. Last time I checked, Sandpoint wasn’t red, white, and grey. Coaches and players alike represent Sandpoint High School. If people don’t mind that coaches don’t wear strictly red or white, why should the players have to only wear red or white?

The issue of jersey color is not the most prominent concern in Sandpoint sports. We just think that jerseys that varied from the usual red and white should be acceptable considering the amount of non red and white aspects around the school.

Our view from the stands:“Black and white and red with anger”

Red is the most common team color

in professional baseball, basketball and football.“ “

Team vs. ProgramSeparation between different sports teams has brought forth the idea of athletic unity

1 Hold the ball on the palm of your hand. Push the ball into your neck, your neck should be sore after work-

ing with the shot put. Get into an athletic stance (bend your knees and be on your toes) with your back facing where you want to throw.

Most people know how to run, but not everybody knows how to throw shot put. This year’s throwing team makes it look easy; however, chucking a canon ball is not as easy as it seems. Here are a few step to throwing the shot put. WARNING: Don’t try this without the supervision of a trained thrower.

2 Face away from where you want to throw and place your block hand (the non dominant hand) in front of

you and rock forward a little.

3Take a big step back with the opposite leg of the hand holding the shot put while rotating your block

arm. This should cause you to open up.

4Turn the toe, knee, and hip of your plant foot inward. Explode through the hips.

5The arm and the ball should be the last to go for-ward, and should leave at a 45 degree angle.

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