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Mar. 5, 2015
Index
Homecoming
Etna High School Newspaper
By Kayla Strong
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FFA
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This year Home- the girls varsity game,
coming week was very royalty was announced.
rainy with an astonish- After which we had our
ing 10" recorded.
Homecoming
We had dress
dance, which
up days Monwas the best so
day
through
far. We played
Friday. We had
limbo
with
the food bazaar
Kayla Strong
on Thursday.
(sophomore)
We had the door
coming in third,
At the food bazaar
decorating conMadison
Altest judging on Thurs- len (freshman) coming
day and the winner was in second, and the winMs. Dickinson and her ner was Jenny Rickey
third period class. We (sophomore). Last but
kept our school spirit not least, we had a
up and battled hard on dance-off. Luis Pahua
the court. In between and Shelby Foster were
the boys JV game and the winners.
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Vol. 11, Issue iv
Food Bazaar Dress Up Days and the
By Toni Little
Elusive Spirit Stick
As a part of
Homecoming, there
was a food bazaar on
Thursday, Feb 5. A food
bazaar is when each
class makes a certain
kind of food then sells
it for lunch. The freshmen sold ice cream sundaes, the sophomores
sold sodas, the juniors
sold tamales and churros, and the seniors sold
pizza. Kids are always
excited because they
have a variety of foods
from which to choose,
and each class keeps the
profits.
By Kayla Strong
Dress-up Days
were held during Homecoming Week, Jan. 2-5.
Monday was Western Day, Tuesday was
Dress To Impress Day,
Wednesday was Hobo
Day, Thursday was Fake
Injury Day, and Friday
was Spirit Day. The most
popular day seemed to be
Dress to Impress—students did impress. The
boys wore suits or button
up shirts with ties. The
girls dressed as if they
were ready for college
admissions interviews.
During Homecoming
week Mr. Helsley writes
the clues for the spirit
stick. On Monday the
spirit stick was found
by the juniors. The spirit
stick was not found on
Tuesday due to an elaborate clue. On Wednesday the spirit stick was
found by the sophomores. On Thursday
the spirit stick was not
found. On Friday more
clues were handed out
and the seniors found it.
Rally Time
By Toni Little
Page4-5
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Features
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Wrestling
Freshmen class serving sundaes at the
food bazaar.
Caroline Emerick
on Fake Injury
Day.
Royals Reign
By Toni Little
This Homecoming our princes were
Luis Pahua (freshman), Quinn McGonigal (sophomore), Hank
Sutter (junior), and
Ruben Jaime (senior).
Our princesses were
Toni Little (freshman),
Korbyn Horner (sophomore), Brenna Black
(junior), and Brianna
Dean (senior). There
was a full crowd in the
gym on that Saturday
night. As the princes and
princesses walked in,
pictures were taken and
the crowd was cheering. After the biographies were read, Becca
Menne announced the
new Homecoming king
and queen for 2015. The
king was Ruben Jaime
and the queen was Brianna Dean. After they
were announced, the
crowd took pictures of
the royalty.
Senior Royalty: Ruben Jamie and Bri Dean
Junior Royalty: Hank Sutter
and Brenna Black
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Basketball
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On Friday, Feb.
6, as part of Homecoming week, the ASB put
on an entertaining rally.
The royalty walked in
and Renee Finley (senior) and Tania Burrone
(sophomore) gave the
royalty their shirts, and
the princesses their tiaras. Next it was game
time.
The princes
played a little basketball game against our
rally
commissioners
Zac Hansen, Kent Johnson, and Wade Thackeray (seniors). Payton
Dickinson (sophomore)
gave the play-by-play
to make things interesting. Luis Pahua (freshman) scored the first
shot. With the battle
going back and forth,
the princes put up a big
fight to win the game.
After that, the rally
commissioners said it
was time for war between the royalty with
a little relay race. At the
end of the race the royalty had to chug bottles
of chocolate milk. Of
course, juniors got first
place having Hank Sutter on their team to chug
the chocolate milk, but
freshmen came in second, seniors came in
third, and the sophomores came in last. The
rally ended with a group
photo of the student
body for the yearbook.
Students showing off their Hobo style.
Lions Club Speeches
By Indica Dunbar
On
Thursday,
Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. the
Lions Club held the
78th Annual Student
Speaker Contest. There
were two contests. One
was in Etna, and held
at Bob’s Ranch House
and the other was in Fort
Jones, and held at the
Fort Jones Community
Center. The topic this
year was Water Conservation: Reuse, Recycle,
and Reclaim.
In Etna there
were six participants (in
order of appearance):
Cecyl Stout, Delaney
Black, Henry Hanna,
Katie Turner, Amber
Rightmyer, and Trey
Bradford. In Fort Jones
six students also participated (in order of
appearance): Tara Bur-
rone, Melissa Greenhalgh, Luke Schwall,
Adam Schott, Ben Morris, and Molly Schaefer. The four judges for
Etna were Jodi Aceyes,
Andre Economopoulos,
Jim Frey, and Molly
MacGowan. The judges
for Fort Jones were Jim
Ayres, Madeleine Ayres,
and Sherma Isbell. In
each contest, the Lions
stated that choosing the
winner was hard because the speeches were
high caliber. The winner
for Etna was Trey Bradford, and the winner for
Fort Jones was Luke
Schwall. There will be a
zone contest at the Fort
Jones Community Center
on Thursday, Mar. 5, at 7
p.m. where Bradford and
Schwall will face off.
Trey Bradford receives his
first place award.
Luke Schwall receives his
first place award.
Etna Lions Club contestants after presenting their
speeches
Fort Jones Lions Club contestants after presenting
their speeches
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Sacanime
Sophomore Royalty: Quinn McGonigal and Korbyn Horner
Freshmen Royalty: Luis Pahua and Toni Little
Ruben Jamie (senior) showing Wade Thackeray and
Kent Johnson (seniors) how
to play basketball in a dress.
The Paw Print
Mar. 5, 2015
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EDITORIALS
The Death Penalty Debate
In this edition of the
Paw Print we asked
Miss Dickinson’s third
period Honors English
class to give us a good
debate and they did!
By Benita Borba and
Indica Dunbar
Pro:
capital punishment is
blamed for this tragedy.
This problem is not with
the death penalty, but
with the particular murder investigation.
The death penalty costs are said to be
more than life in prison,
but if you eventually
add up the costs, life
will cost 1.2 million3.6 million more than
death cases. Over time
life cases are more expensive than death penalty cases. New York
City paid $167,731 per
inmate to feed, house,
and guard prisoners.
Some
people
believe that it is unjust
to execute a criminal,
so they suggest life in
prison. However, there
are problems with keeping people deserving of
the death penalty (by today’s standards) in prison for life. For instance,
a man who robs a bank
with a loaded gun gets
sent to prison for life
and there needs to be a
greater punishment for
criminals who kill, rape,
and/or torture countless
victims. This “greater
punishment” necessary
to uphold justice in our
country is the death
penalty.
Society has always used punishment
to discourage would-be
criminals from unlawful action. Since society
has the highest interest
in preventing murder, it
should use the stongest
punishment available to
deter murder, and that
is the death penalty. If
murderers are sentenced
to death and executed,
potential
murderers
will think twice before
killing for fear of losing their own life. The
death penalty deters
The death penalty has
been a subject of controversy for many years
now. There has been a
lot of debate on whether
or not a person should
be executed for murder.
Obviously, the death
penalty should be active
in our justice system because it deters criminals,
is a productive use for
tax payers’ money, and
rightly serves justice. If
justice means executing
a malicious murderer,
then let justice be!
The death penalty serves many purposes
in the U.S. legal system.
One of those is the fact
that it deters crime.
Studies on deathpenalty.org have shown that
on the state level, if capital punishment takes
place one year, the next
year will have a significantly lower crime rate.
This data can also be
reflected on the national
level. Unfortunately, in
certain cases the wrong Pro team left to right: Henry Hanna, Brenna Black, Rylie
criminal has been ex- Munn, Tara Burrone, Kortni Bennett, Thane Forrester, Morecuted. Often, however, gan Bahen, and Will Poling
Etna FFA Speaking Contest Invitational
By Grace Duerr
This year’s annual FFA
speaking competition
was a success. A lot of
people showed up to
participate in the contest. Our students gave
great effort and did
very well in the contest. Juliana Gamache
(freshman) received 2nd
in Creed out of 30 contestants, Tania Burrone
(sophomore) received
4th place in Impromptu,
Hayley Kaae (senior)
received 1st in Prepared
Speech, Ben Morris
(junior) received 3rd in
Prepared Speech, Frank
Hurlimann (junior) received 2nd in Job Inter-
view, Brenna Black (junior) received 1st place
in Prepared Speech for
Etna, Angelee Dowling
(sophomore) received
2nd, Makina Jones (junior) 3rd and Lexi Morril
(junior) 4th place. Etna
FFA is proud of all their
members. FFA would
like to thank everyone
who helped out.
At sectionals on
Thursday, Feb. 26,
Angelee Dowling took
first in Impromptu, Jen
Apland took second in
Extemporaneous, and
Maddie Meyer third in
Creed.
Etna FFA Speaking Invitational competition team
The Paw Print Staff:
Editor-in-chief, writer: Grace Duerr
Page layout: Carson Dickinson, Grace Duerr, Toni Little,
Taryn Ebersole and Kayla Strong
Photo editors: Taryn Ebersole, Indica Dunbar, Benita Borba,
Natasha Suehead, and Kayla Strong
Editorial editor: Kayla Strong; Features editor: Grace Duerr
News editors: Toni Little and Taryn Ebersol; Sports editor: Carson
Dickinson; Contributing writers: Benita Borba, Carson Dickinson,
Payton Dickinson, Grace Duerr, Indica Dunbar, Taryn Ebersole, Emma
Forrester, Dianne Hasemeyer, Toni Little, Katie Morris, and Kayla Strong.
Contributing photographers: Mr. Bahen, Katie Morris, John
Theofanides, and Mr. Forrester
The Paw Print Advisor: Ms. Lynn Karpinski
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from committing crime,
it is a productive use of
tax payer money, and
rightly serves justice.
cent. The death penalty
makes it so that we are
committing crime ourselves (murder), and
that makes us no better
than the criminals themWe are opposed
selves. Everyone makes
to the death penalty
mistakes, and we can’t
for three main reasons:
punish them by killing
cost, morality, and the
them. It is not equal.
potential of killing the
Another probinnocent.
lem with the death pen
To effectively
alty is that it hasn’t been
execute the guilty, it
proven to be a deterrent
takes a lot of money.
to crime. Most killers
California has spent
usually are not in a sane
more than four billion
state of mind when dedollars on capital punciding to commit their
ishment since it was
crime. They just don’t
re-instated.in 1978. Stathink about the consetistics have proven that
quences of their actions.
death penalty cases are
Eighty-eight percent of
20 times more expenthe country’s top acasive than trials seeking
demic criminological
life in prison without
experts rejected the noparole. This is mainly
tion that the death penbecause in the death
alty acts as a deterrent
penalty cases the judge
to murder. States that
must personally interhave the death penalty
view every potential
do not have lower crime
rates than states that do.
In our opinion there has
been no credible evidence proving the death
penalty works, so why
would we have it when
it’s not effective?
Looking at these
points, we believe the
death penalty has a lot
of complications. It is
very expensive and is
morally wrong. In fact it
th
Con team left to right: Indica Dunbar, Abby Whipple, Jen violates the 8 AmendApland, Ben Morris, Makina Jones, Molly Schaefer, and ment lastly, it does not
Delaney Black.
deter crime.
Con:
candidate for the jury,
which may be upwards
to 100 people. Also,
those selected for the
jury spend significantly
more time looking at
evidence. Lastly, our
tax dollars foot the bill
up until the execution.
We also believe
that the death penalty
is morally wrong because there have been
several cases where
the innocent had been
killed. According to
www.deathpenaltyinfo.
org, since the nation’s
r e - in s ta te me n ts , 1 4 0
people have been released from death row
with evidence of their
innocence. Also, four
people may have been
wrongfully executed. In
the last 35 years, about
50 innocent people have
been killed. Also , about
120 of the 3000 inmates
on death row are inno-
Drama Class Workshop
By Benita Borba
On Jan. 13-14,
Kate Jopson, a 2005
alum, came to the Etna
High School drama
class to lead an acting workshop. She led
a series of exercises
that helped students
focus. Though
it was an intense
workshop, it was
also a lot of fun
and taught the
class to work
as an ensemble.
Students said
the class affected them because they felt
a heightened
sense of awareness in their other classes. The first thing many
students asked after the
workshop
concluded
was”When is Kate coming back?” It was an excellent workshop and
Kate said she’ll come
back again when she’s
visiting Scott Valley.
A Little Background on Kate Jopson:
Before graduating Etna
High School in 2005,
Kate Jopson performed
in 35 productions at the
Siskiyou
Performing
Arts Center in Yreka
in addition to studying
music and ballet. She
went on to UC Berkeley to study Arabic and
Anthropology and spent
a year abroad in Cairo,
Egypt. After Berkeley,
Kate became a professional actress, director,
and teaching artist in
the Bay Area. she went
on to graduate school
and, in March of 2014
she received an MFA in
directing from UCSD.
After finishing graduate school Kate became
the assoc. artistic director of Circle X Theatre
in Los Angeles. Camille
Brown (now Schenkkan), who graduated
from Etna High School
in 2002, is the managing director of Circle X
and brought Kate into
work with the company
starting in 2012.
In the spring of 2014,
Kate was selected as
one of the National
Arts Strategy’s Creative
Community Fellows to
adapt The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov to reflect
life in Siskiyou County.
Throughout
2015,
Kate
will be interviewing
people about
changes happening in the
area, and what
future
they
think Siskiyou
County will
have. In the summer of
2016, she hopes to perform the play on a ranch
in Scott Valley and take
it on tour to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego
to raise awareness in
urban areas about the
complexity of rural life.
Drama class students showing off their workshop skills
Ski Season
News
By Regina Hanna
High School for their
opinion about the beginning of the ski season. Kaitlyn Aldrich
(sophomore) said there
were some dirt patches, a few rocks and it
was icy but overall the
snow was all right. Carson Dickinson said, “It
was pretty icy and there
weren’t too many people there, which made it
fun.” Claire Olson said
she had fun “gnarin the
shred” and can’t wait to
go again.
Since the ski park
opened, there’s been no
new snow, so it closed
again. however, one
never knows...it could
snow the entire month
of March. Wishful
thinking.
Carson Dickinson, Dakota Watton, and Madie Meyer
(freshmen) shreddin some snow on Mt. Shasta.
Gracie Duerr, and Claire Olsen (sophomores) about to
kill it on the mountain.
Poetry Out
Loud County
Competition
By Natasha Suehead
Siskiyou County high
schools including Etna
High School, Golden
Eagle Charter School,
and Weed High School
competed in the countywide Poetry Out Loud
competition. This competition occurred on Friday, January 30. It was
held at the St. Mark’s
Preservation
Square.
Trey Bradford (senior)
won and Cecyl Stout
(senior) was runner up.
In the next stage of the
Poetry Out Loud competition, Bradford goes
onto the state competition. The dates of the
finals are April 28-29,
2015.
March 5, 2015
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Counselor’s Corner
By Grace Duerr
Mount Shasta Ski
Park opened on Dec.
20, 2014, with 22"
being their top measurement in snow and
12" being the lowest
amount measured. I
was dying to go that day
it opened, but I had to
wait until that next Friday when I went with
a group of friends. Because the Mount Shasta
and Mount Ashland ski
parks hadn’t been open
since 2013 it made the
day a perfect one. The
snow was kind of icy
but it was just good to
be back on the mountain. There were a lot
of people but you never
had to wait in line for
the lift.
I talked with a few
students from Etna
The Paw Print
“Well done is better than well said.”-Benjamin Franklin
oWe had some awesome events in January: info planning nights,
FFA Speech invitational, Siskiyou Daily tour, and Siskiyou Public
Health tour. It’s great to get out of the office. I hope to organize
an Oregon Tech Tour soon. Signups will be announced in the
bulletin. And, our local Scott Valley Family Resource Center plans
to have a weekly Teen Support Group on Wednesdays. Signups and
information are in the bulletin.
oSeniors: Make sure that you create a student portal account at the
colleges you’ve applied to and check them often. This is how
colleges will contact you with info they need. Take placement tests
as early as you can, or check your EAP results, high ACT, or SAT
scores to try to opt out. Whether you plan on San Diego State or
Shasta College, it is likely you will need to take a math and English
placement exam. See Mrs. Hanna for assessment info. Also, look
into housing deadlines at the schools you are considering. It’s
scholarship season, have you submitted any yet? I have many listed
on my website. Is your activity chart updated? Have you e-mailed
it to yourself? Download a copy of it at the EHS Lion Bites website
(just Google the name). If you didn’t finish at Cash for College
Night last month do it now and finish your FAFSA!
oJuniors: Pick a date to register online for the ACT and SAT. Use
your PSAT results that we went over in our workshop to help you
prepare. I also have test prep books you can borrow to make copies
of practice tests. Here are some free sites that can help you prepare:
www.khanacademy.org/sat and http://www.prepfactory.com/
oSophomores: Plan to sign up to take the PSAT this fall. It will
assess your reading, math, and writing skills, provides excellent
practice for the SAT, and connects you to scholarships and
personalized online tools. Signups will be in your English class and
the test will be given Oct.14 (tentative). You can practice for the
PSAT here: https://www.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt/preparation.
The test runs around $15 and we can help pay for fees if needed.
oFreshmen: Come see Ms. Hanna for career exploration (we’ll do
some things in Comp Apps) and start thinking about signing up to
take ACT PLAN next year. Mrs. Hanna will talk about it in your
classes soon.
Interact’s Heart A Warm Welcome
Of Gold Shines
on Valentine’s
By Benita Borba
By Benita Borba
Thursday, Feb. 12, Interact stayed after school
to write every single
student a Valentine’s
Day card while the rest
of the student body left
to enjoy the four-day
weekend. Interact went
around the school, slipping the cards into each
and every locker. Tuesday, Feb. 17, when students returned to school,
they were greeted with
cards and candy. Each
student got a personalized Valentine card. Inside each card were special little messages for
each student.
Saturday, February
21, the Interact basketball game between the
police and senior boys
was cancelled because
use facilities permit and
other necessary housekeeping requests were
not submitted.
The Interact Club working on the Valentine’s Day poems
and candy grams.
The FFA purchased
a new sow in January
from Texas. She’s out
of Doc Logan so she’s
simply called “Doc.”
Doc’s piglets were born
on January 30 and are
growing strong. The
piglets enjoy eating,
sleeping, and running.
The class is happy
with the way the pigs
look, and students who
participate in caring for
them are taking them to
the fair. The class feels
Little piglet all worn out.
Mama pig gettin cozy with
the camera.
they have a good chance
at getting a Grand
Champion out of this
group.
The Paw Print
Mar. 5, 2015
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Features
treasure
HUNT
By Grace Duerr
Go to a place
that hosts the Lions.
The key is hidden
where the opponent
is cryin’!
If you find one of the keys to the Treasure Hunt, bring it
to Grace Duerr or Ms. Karpinski and receive a prize.
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By Kayla Strong
Who
Who Art
Thou?
By Natasha Suehead
Q: What is your favorite color?
A: Pink…duh.
Q: If you could go back in time
what year would you travel to? Why?
A: I would go back to 2012 because
that was a pretty good year.
Q: What do you like to do in your
spare time?
A: Watch “Prison Break.” Ha ha.
Q: How many siblings do you have?
A: I have one half-brother.
Q: What country would you like to visit?
A: I want to visit all the countries in
Europe.
Q: What is your favorite saying/phrase?
A: “You go Glen Coco.” from Mean Girls
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: I don’t have one, really.
Q: If you were stranded on an island,
who or what would you want with you?
A: I would want a cat and a Taco Bell.
Q: Who is your favorite song artist?
A: My favorite song artist is Hopsin.
A
Golf ers Need ed !
23 Annual
Rotary Golf
Tournament
rd
The 23nd Annual Rotary Golf Tournament of Scott Valley
will be held at the Weed Golf Course on April 18th. The format is a 4-person team scramble handicapped tournament. If
you do not have a handicap, one will be assigned. There will
be an entry fee of $65, which includes green fees, golf cart,
donuts and coffee in the morning, and a BBQ lunch featuring Randy Eastlick’s famous sausages, hamburgers, and soft
drinks. Weed Golf Club members’ fee is $40 but need to arrange their own carts. Carts will be assigned in the order of
paid entry fees received; so, sign up and pay early in case the
club runs out of carts. Also, please register early so we can
make hole assignments. The tournament will start promptly
at 9 a.m.
This is the biggest fundraiser for the year and the money
raised supports: Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Academy), 4-way Speech Contest, dictionaries for all third grade
students, scholarship to “Most Improved Student” graduating
from Etna High School, Scott Valley Jr. High School “Student
of the Month” awards, and the community lunch program.
Call Bob McNeil at 468-2608 for entry forms or questions.
Pick up entry forms at the course or request them at : [email protected].
405 Main Street / Etna, CA / (530) 467-5544
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Think you know the answers to our
riddle or who the student are in our
mystery photos? Submit your guesses
to The Paw Print mailbox located in
the office. If you guess right, you will
receive a prize.
Features
The Paw Print
Mar. 5, 2015
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Junk
By Aarika Croy
1.In 1996, a Swedish couple tried to name their son
“Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.”
They would have pronounced it “Albin.”
2.In the Caribbean there are oysters that climb trees.
3.Mark Twain didn’t graduate from elementary
school.
4.Charlie Chaplin once came in third in a Chaplin
look-alike contest.
5.Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
6.China has more English speakers than the United
States.
7.You are more likely to be killed by a champagne
cork than by a poisonous spider.
8.Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into
windows.
9.In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in
the world died after he tripped over his beard running
away from a fire.
10.The largest snowflake ever recorded reportedly
measured 15" across.
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www.strangefacts.com / facts.randomhistory.com
Featured Artist
By Aarika Croy
This month’s
Featured artist
is senior Ruben
Jaime.
Q: Do you think
of yourself as an
artist?
A: I think
everybody
is an artist;
however, those
who express
themselves
through their
own creations are
labeled as artists
thus confirming
my label.
Q: Did you like
playing guitar as
a child?
A: When I was
real little I’d
pretend I could
play, but it wasn’t
until I was eleven
I picked one up. I
saved my money
to buy an electric
guitar and taught
myself to play.
Q: What is your
favorite type of
art?
A: Musical
art because it
encompasses
more than visual
observation. It
can be heard,
seen, and felt.
Q: What is your
inspiration?
A: Life.
Q: How long
have you been
interesting in art?
A: Since I
conceived selfawareness.
Q: Who’s your
favorite artist?
Why?
A: Tool,
APC, NoFX,
Propagandhi,
Good Riddance,
Black Flag,
Born Against,
Minor Threat,
Rage Against
the Machine,
Alice in Chains,
Smacking Isaiah,
the Offspring,
and Chevelle.
Why? –Because.
Q:Do you
see yourself
continuing to
pursue art in
college and
beyond?
A: I do. I think
that if I take the
necessary steps
to achieve my
goal, I’ll be able
to do anything I
desire.
This month the Paw Print staff chose the district bus fleet
since they are such an integral part of our school. The
interviewee is Dianne Hasemeyer, Transportation Crew
Leader.
Q: Does the bus have any names?
A: Bus 67 is our oldest bus on a daily route. Her name is
Baby Girl.
Q: How many miles to the gallon?
A: She gets nine miles to the gallon on the highway.
Q: What is your most memorable moment with it?
A: She was the first bus I drove since I started driving.
When all the newer buses broke down last winter due to
the freeze, my old Baby Girl kept on going and got the kids
to school.
Q: Is there anything else you would like to add?
A: Bus 67 has a new motor, new transmission, and new
floors inside, all replaced within the last three years.
She is the largest bus on our daily routes and carries 81
elementary school size passengers.
Q: How long have you been driving the bus?
A: Kim has been driving this bus for 16 ½ years, her whole
driving career.
Q: How old is the bus?
A: Baby Girl was manufactured in 1996, which makes her
19 years old.
Kim Stacher standing with “Baby Girl.”
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Sports
The Paw Print
March 5, 2015
Page 6
Lion Of The Month
By Toni Little
JV Boys Basketball
By: Carson Dickinson
Q: What sport are you
playing this winter?
A: “I am playing basketball.”
Q: What position do you play?
A: “I usually play small forward,
power forward, or center.”
Q: So far this season what was
your best game and why?
Adam Schott (senior)
A: “My best game was against
Maxwell because I played good
defense in the middle and helped contribute to a solid
team win.”
Q: Are you ever nervous before a game? How do you prep
yourself?
A: “Yes, I’m usually nervous before games. I prepare
myself with an intense warm up, and remember that the
world won’t end even if I have a bad game.”
Q: If you could go to any college for sports, what college
would you attend? What sport(s)?
A: “I would play basketball at COS or Feather River College because those are probably the only schools where
I’d even see a minute of court time.”
Q: Why do you like this sport?
A: “I love the flow of the game. There’s no break between
plays; it’s continuous, and is therefore a very emotional
sport. It’s also a perfect combination of athleticism and
finesse; basketball athletes must be very well-rounded.”
The pre-season for
the JV boys’ basketball
team went very well.
They had three tournaments and placed first in
one of them and second
in the other two. Their
record was 10-3.
The boys took home
their first league win on
Tuesday, Jan. 6 against
Weed at home. For the
first half of the game,
the lead went back and
forth between Weed and
Etna but by half-time the
score was 18-10; Etna
was up. The boys came
out at the second half
ready to play. Tristan
Branson
(freshman)
scored a three-pointer to
start off the second half.
The Lions played aggressive defense and got
a huge lead on the Weed
Sweet Victories For Wrestling
By Taryn Ebersole
This wrestling season
has been going great so
far and there has been
lots of learning over the
pre-season according to
our Etna High team. The
boys have been to eight
tournaments; these were
held in Chester, Riddle,
Mazana, Eureka, Corning, Durham, and twice
in Modoc. I asked a
couple of the wrestlers
what their goals for this
season are. Both Morgan Bahen (junior) and
Isaac Martin (sophomore) said they hope to
be able to place top two
in sections and go to
State. Both teammates
met their goal in this
last tournament held in
Durham. Isaac placed
Morgan Bahen (junior)
Trinity
Weed
On Friday, Jan. 23,
the JV boys’ basketball
team won against Trinity at home. At the beginning it looked like it
was going to be a close
game. By the end of the
first quarter the score
was 14-10. The boys
were going up against
players who were extremely tall. But by
half-time, the score was
34-25, Etna with the
lead. During the third
quarter, the boys took
a huge lead and started
playing more aggressively and smart. The
score was 58 to 27 at
the end of the quarter.
Trinity came back in the
fourth quarter, but the
Lions held their ground
and kept the score to
their advantage. Robert Thom (sophomore)
racked up the points to
help stay in the lead.
The final score was 7567, Etna with the win.
Lane Clark (sophomore)
Tristan Branson (freshman)
shoots a reverse lay-up.
Cougars. Brice Black
(freshman) said, “We
played better in the first
half than in the second.”
It seemed like the refs’
calls were a little off for
all the games. In this
game in particular, the
reffing wasn’t as bad,
but it wasn’t the best.
The final score was 7047, Etna with the win.
Robert Thom (sophomore) draining a 3-pointer.
JV Girls Basketball
By: Carson Dickinson and
Toni Little
Weed
Trinity
On Friday, Jan. 23,
the JV Etna girls’ basketball team played a
close game. First quarter they fought hard
to take the lead, 12-2.
Trinity answered back
with determination and
by halftime the Wolves
were leading, 13-10.
By the end of the third
quarter, Trinity was still
on top, 20-18. Our girls
wanted this win bad so
they fought for the win
as hard as possible. Megan Dean (freshman),
taking every opportunity she could, stole the
ball time after time to
jack up the score. Finally, the Wolves gave up
the fight and the Lions
could call themselves
victorious with a final
score of 37-31.
The JV girls preseason went pretty well,
placing second in the
Etna tournament and
first in the Tulelake
tournament. Their preseason record was 7-2.
The JV girls also took
Isaac Martin (sophomore) in position to start.
home the win Tuesday,
in first, Morgan placed three will be moving on Jan. 6 against Weed.
in second, and Thane to masters/sections and The girls played hard
Forrester (junior) joined hopefully onto State af- and held them in the first
them in fourth. These ter that on Feb. 27-28.
quarter—Weed didn’t
score a single basket. It
was a low scoring game
with a score of 39-24.
The Lady Lions played
aggressive defense and
stopped a lot of shots.
Caitlin Bennett (freshman) played a good offense game as a post.
In the fourth quarter,
the girls were in bonus
on both teams for fouls.
Thane Forrester (junior)
“We made 70 percent of
our free throws,” said
Megan Dean (freshman) shoots from the free throw line.
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Varsity Boys’
Basketball
Sports
By Grace Duerr
Weed
Tuesday, Jan. 6, Etna
Lions Boys basketball
team played Weed Cougars. With the Lions
having the home court
advantage they battled
to the end and won.
The boys played great
defense on the Cougars
and even better offense,
and worked together to
get the points they needed to win. At the end of
the third quarter, the
score was 24-21, Etna
barely ahead. But then
they made a tremendous
lead with 19 points in
the fourth quarter, ending the game 43-31.
Zac Hansen (senior) shoots.
Varsity Girls’
Basketball
By Grace Duerr
Mt.Shasta
Going to battle against
the Mt. Shasta Bears,
the Lions knew they
were in for a fight. The
game started off well
for the Lions, leading
by four points the first
quarter. At half time the
Lions were still ahead,
36-33. Entering the
third quarter the boys
continued to dominate
the boards and played
incredible defense. By
the fourth quarter the
shots slowly rattled
out, giving the Bears
a chance to take the
lead. Mt. Shasta gradually made their way to a
6-point lead and showed
no signs of giving it up.
Two seniors, Zac Hansen #5, and Wade Thackeray #21, fouled out
late in the fourth quarter and made it harder
for the Lions to take the
lead back. The Bears
took the victory this
time, but the Lions are
anxious to meet them
on home court during
senior night.
Tuesday, Jan. 6, the
Etna Lions varsity girls
basketball team hosted
their first league game
against the Weed Cougars. Like Renee Finley
(senior) said, “This is
the game we look forward to all season long.”
Both teams had great
defense and aggression.
Coach Helsley said the
team won defensively
with their 3-2 defense
and their press against
the Cougars. They also
went 14/26 from the
free-throw line. It was
a brutal battle all game
long. Sage Gomes (senior) had 11 points and
Hannah Little (senior)
had 12 blocks with those
just being a few of the
main stats; the whole
team worked together.
Many of the Lions were
in foul trouble toward
the end of the game
having to put in Kaitlyn
Aldrich and Grace Duerr (sophomores). With
a controversy on the
clock there were seven
seconds to go, Etna up
four points. Cougars
gained the ball dropping
in a 3-pointer, but because of the free throws
earlier in the game, the
Lions won the battle by
one point. Having the
home court advantage
and the heart of the fans,
the Lady Lions couldn’t
have been more excited
for the win.
The Paw Print
March 5, 2014
Page 7
Lion Of The Month
By Toni Little
Q: What sport are you playing right now?
A: “I am playing basketball.”
Q:What position do you play?
A: “I play guard and post.”
Q: So far this season what
was your best game and why?
A: “Our best game was
against Clear Lake over
break. We had six players,
Natalie Aldrich (senior)
played like a team, and won.
I was lead scorer with 19 points.”
Q: Are you ever nervous before a game? How do you
prep yourself?
A: “Nope.”
Q: If you could go to any college for sports, what college
would you attend? What sport(s)?
A: “I would go to the University of Oregon to play
basketball.”
Q: Why do you like this sport?
A: “I like basketball because it is a good team sport and
it’s fun to run.”
Hannah Little (senior) goes
up for a shot.
Renee Finley (senior) goes for a reverse lay-up.
Almost a Sweep at
Basketball Homecoming
JV Girls
By Carson Dickinson
Saturday, Feb. 7, the
Etna Lady Lions JV
basketball team continued their undefeatable
streak in league with
their game against the
Modoc Braves. At the
end of the first quarter Etna was up 12 to
4. Karisma Radford
played excellent and
had 11 points total in
the game. Although
Etna was ahead, Modoc continued to fight
back. Modoc scored
nine points in the second quarter and Etna
only scored five points.
The Lions kept their
lead. At the end of the
second quarter the score
was Etna 29, Modoc 17.
After half-time the Lions came out fired up.
Megan Dean played
outstanding defense and
got quite a few steals.
The score at the end of
the third quarter was
43- 23, Etna with the
Devonn Layton (freshman) dribbles past some Braves.
lead. The Lions started the fourth quarter
pumped up and ready to
take the win on Homecoming night. The Lady
Lions put pressure on
the Braves and played
tough defense. As the
end of the game came
closer, the Lions knew
the game was theirs.
The final score was 30
to 58, Etna with the win.
JV Boys
By Payton Dickinson
The talented JV boys
took the court hosting
the tough Modoc Braves
on Feb. 7, for the annual
Carson Dickinson (freshman) drives to the basket.
Homecoming game. As
expected the boys came
out hot, shooting the
lights out and leading the
whole first half. At halftime the score was Lions
34, Braves 29. With the
game too tight for comfort the Lions knew what
needed to be done, and
continued to play with
everything they had. By
the end of the third quarter, the Braves had taken
the lead with a score
of 50 to 47. The fourth
quarter had everyone in
the stands on their feet
and biting their fingernails. Unfortunately, the
boys couldn’t quite pull
out the win. Although
the Lions defeated the
Braves earlier in the season, the Braves came
back strong with revenge
on their minds and were
lucky to come out with
the victory this game.
The Lions look forward
to the next game with
the Braves, and eager to
return the favor that was
put on them this Homecoming.
Varsity Girl
Varsity Boys
By Grace Duerr
By Payton Dickinson
The Etna Lady Lions played the Modoc
Braves Homecoming
night. The Lions took
a great advantage from
the first whistle, pulling
ahead 16-8 at the end
of the first quarter. The
Lions upset the Braves
letting them score a
few more points but
still keeping the lead
25-18 at the end of the
first half. The Braves
may have had hope but
it was surely destroyed
in the third quarter
outscoring the Braves
with 19 points, making the 44-24 into the
fourth quarter. The Lions had a trio of points
ending the game 50-35
with the win, which
keeps the Lady Lions
in second place behind
Weed.
The Etna High
school gym roared with
spirit and excitement
on the annual basketball Homecoming on
Saturday, Feb. 7. The
varsity boys came out
with great intensity
against the mighty Modoc Braves by leading
the whole first half with
no problem at all. With
the boys playing so well
the crowd stuck around
and cheered them on
every second of the
game, and watched the
Lions bring home the
win. With the Lions defeating the Braves for a
second time this year,
that made for a 2 and 0
season vs. the Braves.
Although they won’t
meet up again this season, the Lions are hungry for the matchup of
next year.
Natalie Aldrich (senior)
dribbles to the corner.
Larry Lampert (junior)
shoots the ball.
Grace Duerr (sophomore)
gets ready to pass.
Dom Villagomes (junior) dribbles the ball looking for a pass.
News
The Paw Print
March 5, 2015
Page 8
A trip to Sacanime
By Indica Dunbar
During winter
break, Colleen MacLeod went to Sacanime down in Sacramento. Sacanime is a
smaller version of San
Diego Comicon. There
are thousands of people there, working on
similar projects or the
work of others. Here
is what she had to say Colleen MacLeod (junior) dressed as Terezi Pyrope and
about the convention. posing with others from “Homestuck.”
Q: What was it like to
be there?
A: It’s always fun to be
surrounded by friends
I don’t get to see very
often, and the whole
weekend is a lot of late
nights and early mornings to get ready and
grab Starbucks on the
way to the conven-
MacLeod having fun
dressing up at Sacanime
tion center. Throughout
the day there’s always
something going on.
There are back-to-back
movies, crafting panels
and workshops, karaoke, speed dating, and
contests. In the halls,
there are people who
have music playing
to start spontaneous
dance parties and there
is singing to popular
songs. Overall, there is
more going on at once
to not be busy. Even
just sitting in the hall
can be fun.
Q: Were there any famous people there? If
so, who was there?
A: Yes, there were sev-
eral well-known voice
actors from the anime,
“Shingeki no Kyojin” or
in English, “Attack on
Titan” along with Yaya
Han, a professional cosplayer who does it for
a career. Sometimes the
guests are more popular
like Andrew Hussie or
Chris Hemsworth. Stan
Lee is a common occurrence in San Diego
and many times there
are popular Manga artists and self-promoting
comic artists.
ternate versions of what
I had started with, ranging from a simple shirt
and jeans to a ball gown
for the Starlight Ball.
Q: Would you recommend other people to go?
A: Absolutely! If you
like anime, Marvel,
or even a popular TV
show, like Supernatural
or Doctor Who, then
there’s something there
for you. There is the
Resident Tardis and billions of cosplayers from
every video game and
TV show constructed
from high-end Worbla
to Duct tape. Going to
a cosplay convention is
also a great way to get
official
merchandise
as well as new pieces
of costuming.You can
also buy special figures
or signed/autographed
items and prints.
Q: How long did it last?
A: The convention itself
was three days long:
January 2-4, 2015, but I
arrived a day early and
left a day early.
By Taryn Ebersole
The American Legion
speech contest was held
on Thursday, Feb. 19.
For the first round the
participants recited their
speeches from memory,
which were based on
any aspect of the constitution they wished to
address.
In the second round,
contestants were handed
one of four amendments
including Amendment 5,
Amendment 6, Amendment 8, and Amendment 19. They had to
talk about the amendment they were randomly given for three
minutes.
Thane Forrester won
the contest and now has
moved onto the county
competition which will
be held Sunday, March
1 in Woodland, CA.
Senior Project
Update!!
March 17: Conference Record with Mentor
Meet with mentor: Provide an up-to-date
project log. Turn in completed form and
project log to Manu by March 17.
By Benita Borba
through the press and
has to be thrown away.
Once printed, they start
all over again the next
day. When not all the
papers are sold, people
may come in and pay to
use the leftover newspapers for fire starter.
Sean McDonald, the
publisher, discussed the
business side of running
a newspaper.
The class had a great
time and was impressed
by all the work that goes Robert Monteith giving the grand tour.
into producing a newspaper.
Sean McDonald, publisher
Q: Any other comments?
A: Sacanime Winter
2015 is the first convention of the year on
the West Coast. It begins the year with a sort
of “Cosplay party” Friday night with a concert/Rave. It’s one of
the best ways to kick
off the year.
Q: Did you dress up?
Who did you dress up as?
A: Of course! I took five Q: What was the highCos players dressed as
full costumes with me. light of your trip?
characters from “Attack on
Most of them were al- A: It’s hard to say Titian.”
Siskiyou Daily
News–Putting It
Down On Paper
On Wednesday,
Jan. 28, the publishing
class went on a field
trip to the Siskiyou
Daily News office in
Yreka. Robert Monteith, editor-in-chief, took
the class on a tour of
the facility. The class
learned how the newspaper was printed and
what the staff put on the
online version of the paper-- many stories in the
newspaper are not on
the online version. They
also learned that the
newspaper doesn’t have
its own photographer,
so the writers often take
their own photos for
their stories.
The class got to see
the many stages of producing a commercial
newspaper. The computer files are output
onto negatives. Plates
are burned from the
negatives and then are
attached to the press.
Large rolls of newsprint
paper are fed into to the
press. The paper goes
through four passes on
the press. In the first
pass yellow (Y) ink is
put down, the second
pass adds magenta (M),
the third cyan (C), and
the last black (K). This
is called CMYK. Sometimes the paper may
get ripped on its way
there’s a highlight because there was a concert, a Rave, a ball, several photo shoots, along
with several spontaneous meet-ups where
hundreds of people
gathered around taking
pictures.
How Well
Do You
Know
the U.S.
Constitution?
The newspaper press working on the daily newspaper.
The publishing class gathered outside of the Siskiyou Daily News building.
2015 Local American
Legion participants (l-r):
Megan Menne, Morgan
Bahen, and Thane Forrester
Beef Ambassador
By Katie Morris
The Siskiyou County appropriate attire, preBeef Ambassador con- paredness, delivery, and
test was held in Yreka their ability to think
on Sunday, Feb. 22. quickly.
Four Etna High School
A total of seven high
school students from students competed this
Yreka and Etna High year. Jen Apland (juSchools competed in nior) and Hayley Kaae
two categories: Con- (senior) were the senior
sumer Promotion and contestants and Claire
(sophomore)
Media Interview. Junior Olsen
competitors are aged 12- and Angelee Dowling
16 and Seniors are aged (sophomore) were the
17-22. In the Consumer junior competitors.
Kaae and Dowling
category, competitors
are asked questions by were the winners in their
divisions.
a mock consumer as if respective
they were at a state fair They will both go on
or a grocery store hand- to compete at the State
ing out beef samples. level on Saturday, April
In the Media category, 25 in San Jose, where
they are interviewed as an additional written
if for a newspaper ar- category is added to the
ticle, a radio show, or competition. One State
a TV spot. The contes- winner from each divitants are not given the sion will be selected at
questions ahead of time, that competition and
but study facts about will go on this Septembeef and cattle produc- ber to compete for the
tion in four categories: national title in Denver,
Beef Nutrition, Cattle Colorado.
Care, Environment, and
Preparation
& Safety.
They are
judged on
their depth
of knowledge, composure,
confidence,
manners,
Hayley Kaae and Angelee Dowling