...... WHAT’S HAPPENING......
Outdoor School | 5
Geology Fieldtrip | 8
Fall Sports Photos | 12
Girls’ Soccer | 16
Flying Carp | 20
Incident at the Holiday Inn | 21
A World of Hunger | 22
Animal Testing | 23 PHOTO FEATURE 12 Military Families | 24 TL Fall Sports
Student Artwork | 26 5 8
Exchange Students | 30
On the Cover: Sophomore Alex King pushes past a Horizon Christian defender in Trout Lake’s 3-1 victory over the Eagles early in the season. 26 2 | October, 2010...... WHAT’S HAPPENING...... Principal’s Corner Village Voice Staff “Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier.” ~ Charles Kettering
Hope you are having a great fall season. Like the beginning of any year, there is a good deal of positive energy and activity as well as some great challenges. The year has begun with an excellent group of 205 students. This number represents the highest number of students in my 23 years with the school district and a 12% increase in students from last year. In all, counting our new kindergarten students, we have 45 new students in our school this year. Most of this growth is at the K-4 level. Three years ago Trout Lake K-4 student population was about 47 students. We started the 2010-2011 school year with 82 K-4 students. As you might expect this has created some challenges. To meet this challenge we have added some additional teachers to the existing K-4 staff. In addition, we have added some support staff through the Northwest Service Academy Americorp program. We welcome Lisa English and Kira Fogarty as support to our school programs. Both are working about 25 hours per week in support of teachers and students here at Trout Lake School. With their help and adjustment of our current staff we will be able to provide some extensive one on one and small group instruction in reading and math. Kira will also be working on starting a Farm to School Program in conjunction with the very successful Trout Lake Community Garden. Our Trout Lake School volleyball team has started the year with outstanding Village Voice Staff: Left side (back to front): Helena performances. To date they have only lost one match and that to a 3A school out Rustad, Krissy Yarnell, Anna Klahn, Jessie Robertson, of Oregon. Our soccer team, with many young players, has competed hard and has Caitlin Scott, Maggie Baker, Linda Montavon. Right 3 victories on the season. If you get a chance, come out to a game! Both volleyball side: Lucas King, Eli Caudillo, Ben Vollema, Grace and soccer games are free admission this year as we seek to attract more community Anton, Amy Underwood, Amanda Lee. members to support these fine teams. Congratulations to these athletes and their coaches. This summer began the challenge of replacing our aging roof. The current roof is at the end of its life cycle. We have divided its replacement into five phases and were What’s Happening able to complete two phases this summer. Our hope is to complete the project in two to three summers depending on the money we have available. Speaking of money, as October 13 (Wed.) you know it is a challenging time. It looks like the district may face some cuts mid- Grade Check year from the state, which would be a first in my 23 years. The next state budget cycle looks especially challenging. Increased enrollment and some conservative fiscal October 13 (Wed.) management as well as exceptional community support have allowed us to maintain PSAT Testing our existing programs for the students of Trout Lake. Another facility challenge is our heating and air conditioning system. The board is currently exploring grant opportunities to help deal with this. October 20-22(Wed.-Fri.) As the district does every two years, you will have opportunity to support the Early Releases - PT Conferences district’s levy request in February. This process is gearing up and there will be a community group that will meet in October to look at the school’s financial picture October 27(Wed.) and make a recommendation to the school board. The district appreciates your input into this important decision. More information will be coming in future Village Bookmobile Voice Principal’s Corners. As always if you have questions or concerns do not hesitate to give me a call or stop by. Enjoy the fall season and challenges that you will face! October 29 (Fri.) Doug Harvest Festival 1:30 pm
November 2-6 (Tues.–Sat.) Scholastic Book Fair ...... October, 2010 | 3
...... FIELD TRIPS ......
and had group classes. In the afternoon they went on a long day hike to Outdoor School see fossils, had a recreational time, ate dinner, and sat around a campfire MS students spend three days in the Oregon desert. watching skits and debating various environmental issues. According to On September 17-19, Trout Lake’s 7th and 8th grade classes took the students they learned a lot and had a blast in the process. Student an extended field trip with OMSI. They drove to Fossil, Oregon— Tamaira Huffsmith says that they learned “how to identify whether which they told me was “the middle of the middle of nowhere”—for an animal was prey or a predator from a skull or by just looking at the 3 days of Outdoor School, a program run by OMSI. There students animal, and how to make and use a compass” and much more about the can learn about the environment by being out in it. various plants and animals that were native to the desert environment. Initially, some students were a bit skeptical about the trip—some To Mikayla Philips and Emily Logan, the fact that what is now a desert people knew that they would have soccer conflicts or were a little area was once a rain forest was a big surprise—along with finding apprehensive. However, most were excited to get out of the normal banana tree leaf fossils in the area. school routine. Students were given a detailed list of items to bring, Besides learning about the region, the group enjoyed a lot of growing including; packs, sleeping bags for sleeping in cabins, flashlights, times together. The best parts to JD Cox were singing Puff the Magic ponchos, rain pants, sunscreen, hats, and various other objects to Dragon with Lorraine Underwood (a parent chaperon) around the prepare them for rain or for shine. campfire at night, watching the staff put on funny skits, and hearing a Upon arrival at the Hancock Field Station, they got off the boy in his cabin scream because there was a scorpion on the floor. bus, met the staff working there, and met students from St. Mary’s The twenty-eight 7th and 8th graders that went really had a great Academy who were attending Outdoor School at the same time. All time at the Hancock Field Station. They got out, hiked to some cool of the students present then gathered around a fire and watched skits sites and got to stay dry and warm during this outdoor school. Everyone created by the Trout Lake students. One of the students described who went, including the adults, learned about the great outdoors and that evening as one of the funniest moments because as Abbie had fun learning experience. Veremiere said “Mr. Elyard subbed in for one of the students and was Amy Underwood a singing, dancing tiger with a ridiculous mask.” During the next few days, they had a fairly well set schedule. In the morning they got up, took a morning hike, ate a delicious breakfast, Photos by Lorraine Underwood
...... October, 2010 | 5 ...... FIELD TRIPS ......
6 | October, 2010...... FIELD TRIPS......
...... October, 2010 | 7 ...... FIELD TRIPS ...... Geology Class Field Trips Juniors and Seniors in Geology take field trips around Trout Lake and to the John Day Fossil Beds. One of the best ways for students to learn is through experience. That is why, on September 26th and 27th, the fourteen juniors and seniors in the Trout Lake School geology class went on a field trip to explore the area around John Day in central Oregon. This region is rich with geologic history and is a great place for young geologists to study this particular field of science. We started out in two vans from the school parking lot and made a few stops along the way to look at different rocks before making our first big stop at Smith Rock. Smith Rock State Park is one of the best climbing sites in Oregon. It is composed of welded tuff (compressed volcanic ash)that is smashed up against a wall of rhyolite. It is soft but very firm, perfect for climbing. It was formed about 1.2 million years ago from a pyroclastic flow. Erosion has worn all the soil around it away and left these huge chunks of rocks. It is known for one of its rock formations, Monkey Face, and some of you might have seen the area in a western movie filmed nearby. After exploring the Smith Rocks for awhile we left to go to our camp ground at “The Fish House Inn” in Dayville. We made it there just before dark and set up our tents. After a few “cold” jokes, a soccer game, and a couple of card games we crawled into our sleeping bags and went to sleep. The next day we explored Picture Gorge. It was formed 16 million years ago when dozens of cracks opened up in the earth’s surface and spewed tons of molten lava. Flood basalts like the Picture Gorge basalts spread all over the Pacific Northwest and covered a total area of 2,500 square miles. Over the years this same occurrence happened numerous times. Picture Gorge shows evidence of 17 of these lava flows. The John Day River has eroded a small canyon through these layers which makes
8 | October, 2010...... FIELD TRIPS...... them very easy to see. Opposite page above: This is Eli , on our trip to John Day. There are many fossils here from Then we went to the Fossil Beds museum. We saw Clarno Layers. Maybe you can’t believe it, but the truth is it has nearly 40 million years lots of different fossils and went on a walk through old. ~ Xueyi (Kelly) Peng time, where we got to see the history of this region and Opposite page below: The beautiful hills behind us are the Painted Hills. That’s really an amazing place. The sand there includes red, black and grey. It was made of ash which how they discovered it through the geology. We also got came from the Cascade volcanoes. ~ Meng Zhu (Zoe) Fu to see the inside of a lab where geologists uncover the This page (clockwise from below left): The class is smiling and having fun in Blue Basin. fossils that they find in the field. A park geologist then Many fossils have been found in the mud of the Blue Basin—the class stopped there on the gave us a little talk about the area and showed some of way home. ~ Helena Rustad the different kinds of rocks they found here and what The class looking over Crooked River Bridge. Slater Modrich uses some help to see Sheep Rock at the John Day Fossil Beds National they can learn from it. Monument. Sheep Rock is famous for its fossil finds. ~ Anna Klahn Next we visited the Blue Basin which is a canyon Anna Nakae , Lindsey, Liz and Anna have an abundant view up Smith Rock. It is famous made up of very soft crumbly blue-green rock. It was for free climbing and its geological events. Behind the girls you can see easily the welded formed by ash deposits from a volcanic eruption. Ge- tuff of Smith Rock. ~ Anna Klahn ologists aren’t exactly sure where the ash came from but they believe it could be from the Strawberry Mountains near John Day. The basin is made up of alternating lay- ers of ash deposits and tuff. The tuff layers help keep the ash layers from falling apart. Water has eroded the rock to form small ridges. The Painted Hills are rolling hills that are banded with red, yellow, and black layers. They were formed by layers of ash from the old Cascade Mountains. The rock gets its red color when water penetrates and rusts the iron in the rock. The colors indicate climates that existed there millions of years ago. The red layers show periods of time when the climate was very wet. This hard dry part of Oregon used to be a lush tropical rain forest. Similarly they can tell when it was very dry by the bright yellow layers. After the Painted Hills we made one more stop to
...... October, 2010 | 9 ...... FIELD TRIPS ...... try to find some fossils. A geologist from the museum told us about this spot and we decided to check it out. There were plant fossils everywhere. Each of us found at least a handful of rocks imprinted with leaves and stems. We felt very satisfied as we made the long journey back to Trout Lake. A few weeks earlier in the year on September 15 we had went on a much smaller field trip to look at the geology of Trout Lake. We took a day and explored some of the major geologic sites in our area. The first place we went to was Big Lava Bed at Goose Lake. It formed about 8,000 years ago when lava flowed out of cracks and craters located in the lava bed. It is composed of vesicular basalt, called aa lava, which was very runny. Because it is such a new lava flow it has not had time to erode and its terrain is very rugged with lots of caves and trenches scattered around. Goose Lake is right at the boundary between the new lava of Big Lava Bed and the older volcanic material. The lake was formed when these new volcanic flows dammed up the stream that used to be there. We then went to Mann Butte which is the remnant of an old volcano. It rises to an elevation of 3,976 ft and is 30 million years old. While it was still active, it erupted very thick, light col- ored lava. Because the lava was so thick it piled up on top of itself to form a huge dome. When the lava cooled it formed a grayish yellow rock called rhyolite. Over the years it has been severely weathered and eroded and has been extensively mined for road material. After that we took a little hike up Steamboat Mountain, a remnant of Columbia River Basalts. From the elevation of 5,381 feet we could see a panoramic view of the surrounding areas. We could see Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. St. Helens, as well as Witch’s Wart, and Indian Heaven. We ended the trip with a stroll to Little Goose, which is a beautiful little creek set down in a small canyon. In it we could see three different kinds of rock and where they converged. On one side there was andesite, which is a lighter colored volcanic rock, and on the other side, a cliff composed of dark basalt. The river bed was made up of one continuous red and green slab of ancient volcanic mud flows. Both of these trips were a blast and I felt that I got a lot out of them. I now know the basic geology of Trout Lake, and feel like I can make a better educated guess as to how certain features were formed. We had a good time and I hope we can do it again sometime. Lindsey Scott
Opposite page (clockwise from bottom left): Helena Rustad, Anna Nakae, and Lucas King surround a park ranger holding a gopher snake. Some liked the snake more than others. ~ Helena Rustad Look! Our Geology group was spitting off the bridge. The bridge is 300 feet tall over the Crooked River. And now, focus on Eli’s tongue. You will find something amazing. ~ Xueyi (Kelly) Peng Anna Klahn and Emily Sattig finding fossils of leaves and wood in the Ochoco Mountains. The fossils are from Clarno Layers which are 40 million years old. They were focused on their fossils and didn’t even know Mr.A was taking a picture of them. It was pretty fun! ~ Xueyi (Kelly) Peng 10 | October, 2010...... FIELD TRIPS......
This page (clockwise from top left): This is the place where we set the tents. At this table, we had an interesting night. We shared the Chinese Cold Joke together, and drank some hot chocolate with marshmallows. ~ Meng Zhu (Zoe) Fu Lindsey draws what she sees as she is standing in Little Goose Creek. The scenery was beautiful here—and even if the water was cold, it didn’t stop the students from taking their shoes off and taking a look around. ~ Helene Rustad On a road cut, Mr. Anderson explains about the layers of tuff and basalt above the De- schutes River. ~ Anna Klahn This is me—Xueyi (Kelly) Peng. I am an exchange student from China. In this picture I am saluting to Mr.A at the Mascall Overlook. There are 4 kinds of rocks here; the John Day Formation, Picture Gorge Basalt, the Rattlesnake and The Mascall . ~ Xueyi (Kelly) Peng The boy with black hair is Eli, the taller girl is Krissy, and the smile girl with golden hair is Tasha. The girl on the right is Emily. The mountain behind them is named Mt. Adams which is the second highest mountain in Washington State. ~ Meng Zhu (Zoe) Fu
...... October, 2010 | 11 ...... SPORTS...... 2010 Fall Sports in Photos Trout Lake fall sports are in full swing. For a feature article on the girls’ soccer team, see page 16. Look for features on varsity volleyball, boys’ soccer and middle school volleyball in November’s Village Voice.
12 | October, 2010...... SPORTS......
...... October, 2010 | 13 ...... SPORTS......
14 | October, 2010...... SPORTS......
...... October, 2010 | 15 ...... SPORTS...... Girls’ Soccer
At the end of every day, Anna Nakae, Lindsey Scott, Krista Clark, Ashlee Powell, Caitlin Scott, and Maggie Baker all jump up when the bell rings, dash to their lockers, grab their stuff and run out to the van to make a thirty minute drive to make it to soccer practice on time. Practices started a week and a half before school began—players had to get up at 5:30 every morning to make it to a 7A.M. practice. Morning practices were one hour long fitness practices with another two-hour practice in the afternoon. Anna, Lindsey, Krista and Caitlin all made it on the Varsity team, while Ashlee and Maggie are on the JV team. Maggie also plays in the Varsity games when we need her and when there is no JV team. The first game was on Tuesday the 7th against Ridgefield, in Ridgefield. This team was supposedly the best team in the league because last year they were in the league above us. The JV team played first and was beat 9 to 1. In the first half of the Varsity game Ridgefield scored six goals against us, we were all pretty down on ourselves, but Coach Amy gave us a talk about how we were handling it and how we should be handling it. We went back into that second half and didn’t let them score a single goal and got many good shots off at their goal. That sec- ond half showed us that we can hold a team as good as Ridge- field and next time we play them we will play like we did the whole second half. Our next game was a home game in Trout Lake! This game was in Trout Lake instead of in White Salmon because there was a football game going on at their soccer field. We were playing the team from King’s Way Christian and we beat them 4 to 1, they did not have a JV team, so Maggie came up and played on varsity. Then on Saturday we went all the way
16 | October, 2010...... SPORTS......
Interview with coaches Kasenga and Maya
Village Voice: Do you feel like the team is working together as well as they could? Amy Kasenga: The team is on the way, we still need to be more consistent. We are on a positive upswing though. Jose Maya: Lots of room for improvement. VV: How can the team improve? AK: We need to capitalize on scoring, finish the play, put it in the goal. We have to work on our ability to hold on to our men in defense. Keep our game up to our level no matter who we are playing, don’t mimic what the other teams are playing like. JM: The team needs to work on fitness, communi- cation, get more experience, and support from the experienced players. VV: What is the team doing really well? AK: We possess the ball well, pass well, work the ball up the field well, and have good possession of the game. We make sure that everybody is involved. JM: Recognizing the lacking areas and agreeing that we need to work on those areas. to Castle Rock to win the varsity game 8 to 1. The JV team lost their game unfortunately, 6 to 1. VV: Is soccer your favorite sport? On Thursday the 16th we had a home game in White Salmon against Toledo. The JV team AK: Yes, but like other sports too, such as lost their game 7 to 1. In the varsity game White Salmon scored the first goal off a corner kick, swimming. which Diana from White Salmon put in the goal. We stayed ahead by one for the whole first half. VV: What position did you play? In the second half Toledo scored a goal against us first and right after that Karina, a forward on AK: Goalie. From the ages twelve to thirteen I our team, went in for a header and got knocked out by the goalie who landed on top of her after played on the field until my coach took me to a catching the ball. She was unconscious for about 30 seconds and the ambulance had to come and try-out. At the try-out the coaches asked me to pick her up from the field. After that our team was determined to win the game. Diana scored try goalie and I did. I got accepted to a team in again in the last four minutes of the game and we won 2 to 1. Then on Tuesday the 21st the soccer eastern Pennsylvania at twelve. I focused on only varsity team played Seton Catholic and won seven to zero. goalkeeping from then on; I even got trained by a Seton Catholic has no JV team. bunch of professionals in goalkeeping. Then on Thursday the 23th we played our arch rival JM: Played outside-mid because I could easily talk La Center. The JV team lost their game 8 to 1. The varsity to everybody and could go back on defense when team lost 6 to 2. On Tuesday the 28th we played Kalama needed. and the JV team lost 1 to 6. The varsity team won 6 to 1. VV: When did you start playing soccer? Then on Thursday we went to Stevenson and the JV team AK: Four years old. won their game 2 to 1! Their first win of the season. JM: Very young, at about five years old The varsity team won 7 to 0. VV: What inspired you to play soccer? On the next Tuesday we played Ridgefield AK: My brothers. Also when I was about thirteen again, starting our season all over again. The and fourteen I went and watched Mia Ham and JV team lost 6 to 0. The varsity team lost Christine Lilly play in Pennsylvania. their game 3 to 0. On Thursday the varsity JM: In Mexico, that is what you do. When you team grabbed some JV players, seeing as walk outside there are lots of kids playing. My Kings Way does not have a JV team, and older siblings played soccer also; it was a part of headed up to play Kings Way. The varsity team played everyday life. and won 3 to 2. VV: What inspired you to coach soccer? During this season our teams both JV and AK: In high school I knew that I loved to play soc- varsity have been trying their hardest and enjoying cer and I was very good at teaching people the season even though we have to not won all how to play it, so I just sort of started of our games. Both teams still need to learn some coaching because of it. Coaching soccer inspired lessons, but for the most part we have learned to me to teach normal classes at schools. work together well. JM: What motivated me to coach was to get to Caitlin Scott know the kids outside of school more. There is also a big number of Hispanic kids playing and I thought that I could be a good influence on them and help them...... October, 2010 | 17 ...... SPORTS......
18 | October, 2010...... SPORTS......
...... October, 2010 | 19 ...... STUDENT WRITING...... Holy Flying Carp! have become a big problem in Klickitat County and Invasive species are changing our ecosystems. even at the Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Glenwood. As an invasive species, the bullfrog can Whether it is the brown tree snakes of Guam, European Starlings in the Ameri- be a problem anywhere because it competes with and cas, or Zebra Mussels in the Great Lakes, invasive species have been a problem for ends up eating native species. There are two main native thousands of years. An invasive species is defined as a species that is non-native to species that are affected by bullfrogs in the area: the an ecosystem and that is causing or may cause harm to economic, environmental, or Oregon Spotted Frog and the Western Pond Turtle. human health. One estimate states that invasive species in the United States cost over Oregon Spotted Frogs are considered endangered in 100 billion dollars each year in lost and damaged habitat and control costs. Although Washington State. This native frog species has specific invasive species are a big problem that is costing us billions of dollars every year, a lot habitat requirements and a lot of predators. Bullfrogs, of us don’t think about invasive species as affecting our lives or even being a big issue. as well as other non native plant and animal species As I recently discovered, invasive species are a bigger issue and a lot closer to home are partly responsible for their endangerment. Bull- than you might think. frogs not only eat the Oregon Spotted Frog, but they One example of an invasive species that has been in the news lately is Asian Carp outcompete for food and can displace them from the in the Mississippi River. Asian Carp is the general name but there are really two dif- habitat. ferent varieties causing problems: the bighead and the silver. These fish are not native The Western Pond Turtle is also listed as endan- to the Mississippi or the Americas. In fact, they are native to Asia and were imported gered in Washington State, again mostly because of the here in the 70’s by catfish farmers to remove algae and other plant matter from their bullfrog. The bullfrog has been known to eat juvenile ponds. Many of these ponds overflowed during the floods in the early 90’s, releasing Western Pond Turtles, which makes it difficult for the carp into the Mississippi River basin. This may not seem like a problem but Asian population to survive. Efforts are being made to change Carp are massive fish, weighing up to 100 lbs. and growing to a length of over 4 feet. this. David Anderson, who works for the Department In addition, they consume massive amounts of food and reproduce quickly meaning of Fish and Wildlife, is currently involved in a program they could disrupt the food chain and damage the ecosystem if they made their way to remove bullfrogs from ponds within the Western into the Great Lakes. Pond Turtle’s habitat. They catch frogs and tadpoles In order to prevent this, different groups have decided to take action. Various or- in turtle traps and by hand, and they get the eggs with ganizations, on a local and federal level, have been working to create barriers between nets. Removal of the bullfrogs started in 1991 and a the river and the Great Lakes. These electric barriers are positioned in the Chicago decrease in the number of captured frogs since then ship canal, between the Mississippi and Lake Michigan. In addition to the electric shows that the removal efforts are working. ones, the Army Corps of Engineers are looking into additional barrier techniques, Invasive species are a problem all over the world. such as bubbles or acoustics to repel the fish. They overcrowd habitats, use up food sources, and kill Another group that is helping to reduce the silver carp population is the crowd native species. There are many ways that invasive species that gathers in the tiny town of Bath, Illinois each year for the Redneck Fishing Tour- are introduced into environments, but nearly all have nament. Fishermen gather with their motorboats for this two day event dedicated to some degree of human involvement. We import non- catching the most silver carp. They fish for silver because only silver carp respond to native species by accident in ship’s ballast containers or the sound of a boat’s motor. The sound causes the carp to come flying out of the water in shipments of other materials and species. We have like a missile and hopefully straight into the net of an eager participant. This adds an even introduced invasive species on accident, not know- aspect of danger to the competition, in which the winner comes home with hundreds ing what the effects of their introduction would be. of dollars. Imagine getting hit in the face by a 40 pound fish flying out of the water. Since we have created this problem, then it is mankind’s (For more information on the Redneck Fishing Tournament, go to http://www. responsibility to fix it. Anywhere there are invasive redneckfishingtournament.com.) species; volunteers are working to prevent their spread. In the Gorge, an invasive species that has become a problem is the American For information on how to help out with many of the Bullfrog. Though they are native to parts of the United States, these frogs are not projects going on in our area that work to end these native to the Pacific Northwest. problems, feel free to visit any of the sites below. The frogs were acciden- Maggie Baker tally introduced during trout stockings and
Sources: www.nas.er.usgs.gov www.invasivespecies- info.gov/ www.fws.gov/ www.amphibiaweb.org 20 | October, 2010...... STUDENT WRITING...... An incident at the Holiday Inn The girls soccer team survives a (fake) hostage crisis. On Saturday, September 11 the Holiday Inn in Troutdale Oregon was surrounded by police cars. Someone had called 9-1-1 at 9:35 in the morning reporting robbery. Everybody was evacuated from the Inn, located off exit 17 on I-84, and the Wendy’s Restaurant next door. The 9-1-1 caller had told the dispatchers that the Inn was being robbed and that the manager was taken hostage. Police soon circled the building and searched every corner of it. They found nothing—it was all apparently a hoax. When they tried to trace the call, they found it had been made by a disposable cell phone so there was no way to know who had called. As there was no longer any threat to their safety, the Inn’s guests were let back into the build- ing later that day—many still in their pajamas. Detectives are searching for the caller but so far have been unsuccessful and no arrests have been made. Meanwhile, the White Salmon girl’s soccer team, which has six Trout Lake girls on it, was driving to our game in Castle Rock. Many of the girls had to use the restroom when we reached Troutdale, and our bus driver turned off on Exit 17, to use the facilities at the Wendy’s Restaurant there. When we pulled in we noticed that the Wendy’s Restaurant was closed so we decided to go into the Holiday Inn next door. Right before we got to the door a policeman jumped out of his car and told us to “GET OUT!” Police cars started showing up, loaded with po- licemen, who pulled out their guns, ready for anything. Guests staying at the Inn started running out of the building at about that same time. Obviously, this was a very serious situation and our soccer team sprinted back to the bus as fast as we could! Our coach Amy yelled “GET DOWN!” and we zoomed out of the parking lot and across the high-way to use the bathroom in a safe spot. On our way back to the highway we looked over and saw that the Inn was now surround- ed by police cars and the unhappy guests were now all standing next to the Wendy’s Restaurant. Looking back on it, even though it turned out to be a hoax, the situation was very serious and dangerous. If it had been real then our team could have been hurt or witnessed someone getting hurt. At the time, I just thought of it as some excitement for a rather boring morning. I didn’t think of it as serious or dangerous. I think that since we live in Trout Lake, which seems to have a practically nonexistent crime rate, sometimes we aren’t aware that there are really bad people and situa- tions out there. Caitlin Scott
...... October, 2010 | 21 ...... STUDENT WRITING...... A World of Hunger With almost seven billion people on Planet Earth, we are struggling to meet people’s basic needs. We are told that Siddhartha Gautama at age 29 dis- world, we can truly see how much we have that we don’t need. covered the realities and horrors of life (the four sights). Another cause of the terrible statistics around us is the world’s population growth. He escaped from the walls of his father’s palace and saw The world population reached about one billion in 1900, two billion in 1950, four the suffering of the ordinary humans, an old man, a very billion in 1975, and it is estimated we now have a population of 6.8 billion people. sick man, and a corpse. He could not understand the This gigantic leap in the population strains the resources of the world. It is hard reasons behind such cruelty. So it is generally seems to enough for first world countries to not push the budget and resources of their coun- be with Americans, but unlike Siddhartha, who tried to try so it would be so much harder for a third world country. Without proper funds get lessen the pain and suffering around him, we don’t they can’t afford to feed their citizens. The people get sick from rotten food and from really try to do anything, or we pretend to fix it so we unsanitary water sources. A Dollar Menu burger and small soda would be a feast to can try to ignore it. them. In our world, 100,000 people die each day from It is estimated that approximately 800 million people in the world suffer from starvation; about one person every second. Children hunger and malnutrition; about 8 million of these people die from starvation each under age five account for about 85% of these deaths. year. What if we, as a nation could fix that staggering number of people suffering According to ‘Bread of Life’, a website trying to help from lack of food? Although sending money or food to other countries is a possible starving people around the world, “In 2008… nearly solution, there are several problems with doing so. First, not everyone receives relief nine million children died before they reached their food and help and second, it is not a long-term solution. There are many ideas float- fifth birthday. One third of these deaths are due directly ing around for a permanent solution. One practical solution is to properly distribute or indirectly to hunger and malnutrition.” Americans food throughout the world with lower prices so poorer countries can afford it. In hear these statistics—but do we take action, or even an essay about world hunger by Kerby Anderson he says “The problem lies in the understand what it means to starve? All of us casually distribution of the world's food. The majority of food is produced in economically walk around saying, “Let’s go get lunch, I’m starving!” more developed countries such as USA, but those countries that are really in need of and have no understanding of what it means to truly their share of the food to solve their hunger problems, cannot afford the high prices starve. Every person on the planet has experienced that these farmers charge and can get from other richer countries.” Another rather missing a meal and having their stomach seize up, growl, brutal solution is using the “lifeboat” ethic. This basically means that in a life boat and just hurt. That hunger consumes your mind and you eventually you have to leave some people behind because there isn’t enough space, can’t think of anything else. To starve to death would food, or water. mean that pain constantly. Over time, your body will We need to take a stand against the suffering caused by starvation. The people eat away the fat around your muscles, then the muscles, around our world are dying painful deaths and it is so easy for us to wait for someone then the fat around your organs, and then your organs. else to take initiative. One way or another, we need to put an end to the lack of food To see pictures of starving people is so heart breaking; around the rest of the world. Even if it means us giving up some of what we have especially the children. that we don’t really need for someone else who This world hunger is caused by several factors. It might die without it. seems that helping people around the world has Amy Underwood become a lower priority than helping ourselves. This said, the idea of “every man for himself ” applies to world hunger. Generally, one person will make sure they are well cared for before even considering going out to help anyone else. Most of us Americans never leave the country to a place where we can truly see the horrors around us because we are too busy focusing on ourselves and what we want. When we get out of our borders and see the terrible poverty and hunger in our
22 | October, 2010...... STUDENT WRITING...... Homemade Alternatives Another way to boycott animal testing.
Animal testing is one of the most controversial issues in the world anyone can make themselves. All you need is ½ cup of baking soda today. As a consumer, I was in shock when I realized how many (try not to use Arm & Hammer, they are animal testers!), ½ cup of common household brands perform their testing on animals. Everyday powdered castile soap, and ¼ cup of washing soda. Then combine, names like Arm & Hammer, Axe, Banana Boat, Bounty, Dawn, Glade, and add essential oils for fragrance if desired. Throw ½ cup into each Lysol, and Tide have admitted to using animals, but they won’t tell laundry load for cruelty-free freshness. We have found this to be a you that on their labels. A consumer has to go through a lot of research good, cost effective, and environmentally friendly solution. in order to find out what products are cruelty-free. Other known The use of shampoo and conditioner has been around for ages, names like Aveda, Avon, Bare Essentials, Bath and Body Works, and we all want our hair to look the shiniest and smell the fruitiest. Clinique, Conair, and Nivea, all have been proven to have cruelty-free What the average consumer doesn’t realize is that the shampoo and laboratories. In order to stop using products and giving money to big conditioner combo actually does a number on your hair, and many companies that test on animals, my family and I decided to produce of the ingredients are also used in experiments involving animals. our own laundry detergents, as well as shampoos and conditioners, Hair follicles and sebaceous glands on your scalp produce natural oils which we have found to be a much healthier option. that are needed to maintain healthy, moisturized hair. Shampoos are Most people think that “going green” and using “green” products created to strip hair shafts of all oils, and then conditioners are used would be the equivalent of using cruelty-free products. That is a to replace them with a similarly oily substance. Natural shampoos popular misconception. Many products that claim to be green in the however, are not filled with chemicals so they do not take away oils, wave of wanting to be earth friendly, actually still test on animals. but cleanse the hair. Conditioner is really only needed once every few They also use many unnecessary ingredients that can be harmful to its washes, so that extra oils are not added. Herbs such as chamomile, consumers. In an attempt to be green, Tide laundry detergent created St. John’s Wort, and nettles are all used to moisturize overly dry hair. a concentrated formula as well as smaller packaging so that you could Others, like horsetail, lavender, and lemon balm all help prevent use less soap as well as less water. However green they may claim to overly oily hair. All that you need to do to create a shampoo that is be, they still use animals in a way that seems inhumane, which would healthy for you and your hair, is mix 12 oz. of unscented liquid castile not qualify as being earth friendly. Tide is a known animal testing soap along with 30 drops of the essential oils of your choice. This company, and it turns out that they do not include an ingredient will make a concoction that will be naturally good for your body. list on their packaging. Do they not include the ingredients due As for conditioners, most homemade versions just leave your head to an abundance of harmful additives? The only information that ridiculously greasy and moist. But think about it. If you aren’t using a Tide has disclosed to the public, is that their formula contains no shampoo that strips oils, then you don’t need a conditioner to replace phosphates, and does contain “biodegradable surfactants”, which are them! Just use moisturizing essential oils to keep your hair happy and surface active agents. Anionic surfactants remove oily substances and healthy. We are in the process of making and tying particulates, while nonionic are less affected by water. That leaves different essential oils that make the perfect me wondering what else I am washing my clothes with, and yet combination, and so far we have not yet as a consumer, there is no way for me to find out the additional gotten the key. components. Our family has made the decision to Most detergents are made with use alternative methods, although it is byproducts that are individually sometimes more expensive. The purchase tested on animals that are of essential oils is a little pricey, but they last potentially harmful a long time and it is worth it to stop to you. There are the abhorrent things that large products on the companies are doing to animals. market that fit If we all start making our own my family’s cleaning products, then our new money will not be going to healthy large inhumane companies. criteria, I hope that this information and as has influenced you, and you know, that you can join in the effort they tend to be to boycott animal testing and using higher on the price homemade products instead. list. For those of us Grade Anton with tight budgets, it comes down to a decision between ethics and money. We decided on ethics and found affordable and sustainable solutions that ...... October, 2010 | 23 ...... STUDENT WRITING...... Military Families 2010 Graduate Morgan Smith’s essay on the importance of place my brother was stationed during his tour. military spouses in keeping families together when a loved My mother has been the foundational structure in our one is deployed. Morgan was awarded the Donna Marie family, the constant in the equation that involved different family Wilson Memorial Scholarship for his essay. members serving America in different parts of the world. I am sure that without her during both of my father’s deployments that the My whole life there house would have been no more than an empty building to me. But it has been a strong military never was; when I would return home it was to a comforting mother, influence in my family. When who has always put her family before herself. I was younger I didn’t realize how different my family was Morgan Smith from others. Both of my parents were in the military when they met, (my father in the Army, my mother in the Air Force) and my father was still a soldier when I was born. When I was growing up it was not strange to me that my father was gone during the majority of the day, and often returned home in uniform. My dad was a soldier, so everyone else’s dad was probably pretty similar. However, as the years have gone by I’ve begun to realize how much of an impact the military has had on our family. My siblings and I have all been raised with a sense of patriotic duty, and it never occurred to me that others might think of joining the military as a bad decision. My mother was and is the perfect match for my father as a military man, because of her previous experience with the military (having served in the Air Force for 2 ½ years). All in Community Christmas Program all my mother continued to raise my siblings and I through Sponsored by 12 military schools or training programs, one active duty deployment, and one civilian deployment. Mt. Adams Baptist Church In 2002 my father was sent to the Sinai Peninsula as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Including his training period he was away from home for a year. At the time I was only 12, so Performance—December 18 & 19 much of what my parents were going through never occurred to me until the years following. My mother played a crucial role in (rehearsals to begin in November) supporting my father, as he was obviously nervous about what could happen while he was away. My mother had to be strong for my father, reassuring him that he would be alright and that he had her for support. She also had to be strong for my brother and I, raising us on her own, Some of the challenges my mother Volunteers needed! had to deal with while my father was away in the Middle East (Kindergarten to Adult) included keeping the house and property in good shape, dealing
with two growing boys, and sleeping alone. Six months after my father returned my brother, David, was deployed to Camp Victory in Iraq. Actors In April of 2009 my father was deployed again, this time as a military civilian, to Afghanistan. He was scheduled to stay for 13 months, but decided to return in August. During this Graphic Design time I was working for the Northwest Service Academy, which was the first real employment I have had other than my father’s business. In my last summer vacation of high school, I found Props Costumes myself having to deal with many new experiences and problems that I had not dealt with before, and when I was having trouble I had only one parent left to turn to. My mother was a constant support throughout this time, and when my father returned earlier than planned, she was again engaged in helping my father, who had seen many frightening things in his short stay. Contact: Harmony Allaway 395-2222 Before long another member of my family will be defending our country in the Middle East: my sister is being deployed to Iraq [email protected] in September and will be stationed at Camp Victory, the same 24 | October, 2010...... October, 2010 | 25 ...... STUDENT ARTWORK...... Student Art Work
These pieces of art are done with various mediums while experimenting with shading. These pieces are just the opening art of the year, and hopefully more great work will follow.
Emma Leigh McKinney
Hanna English
Michael Mersereau
26 | October, 2010...... STUDENT ARTWORK ......
Rebekah Goodenough
Nicole Smith
Samantha Thompson Caleb Sheilds ...... October, 2010 | 27
...... HIGH SCHOOL...... Exchange Students
Xueyi Peng, or as the kids around school call her, Kelly, is one of the five exchange stu- dents that are attending Trout Lake School this year. She is residing with the Keller’s here in town. In China, Xueyi lives in Shenzhen, a city that is situated immediately north of Hong Kong. She attends boarding school from Sunday evening until Friday night. Unlike school in Trout Lake, her school has three sessions every day: morning, afternoon, and evening. When asked why she wanted to be an exchange student, Xueyi said, “I wanted to come here to know and learn more about America deeply. America is free, which is a very big thing.” She says that the kids here are all very nice, but she misses home. If she could have anything from home, Xueyi would want to have her dad’s “Hot Pot”, a soup made in a giant kettle with meat and vegetables. Although it is different here, she is adjusting and making friends very quickly.
Fu Mengzhu, or Zoe, is from China, and is from Shenzhen as well. She is staying with the Elyard Family in Husum. Fu Mengzhu does not attend boarding school, but rather a school that she describes as being similar to ours. She has one session, from 7:40 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. She says that school here is much easier, because in China they were required to take a test everyday in their core classes, and homework was assigned every night. Fu Mengzhu wanted to become an exchange student so that she could “know more about the American education system” and she said that she doesn’t think that the Chinese system fits her very well. She misses her family and friends, but she really misses sushi. Fu Mengzhu and Xueyi are put- ting on a Chinese Culture Club for students 7th through 12th to learn about where they live. She is fitting in perfectly and making friends as well.
30 | October, 2010...... HIGH SCHOOL......
Karlotta Sowinski is from Hasleunne, Germany, which is a town close to Bremen. In Trout Lake, she is living with the Cox family. Her school is very similar to ours, but she said that it is much more difficult and they expect more from students. “I wanted to come here so that I could improve my English, and take a break from family.” Karlotta described how thankful she was and knows how big of an opportunity this is for her. She misses her friends, nature at home, and potatoes. “We eat them with every meal,” she told me. “I haven’t eaten potatoes once since I’ve been here!” She is playing volleyball, and she likes the school and all of the kids.
Anna Klahn is from the outskirts Hamburg Germany. She is being hosted by the Templeton’s in Trout Lake. Anna wanted to be an exchange student because she wanted to improve her English and learn about American culture. In Germany, school went until 2:30 p.m. and had much of the same curricu- lum as we do here, although there was much more to do. “The people here are very open and friendly,” she described, “and I knew English since 3rd grade, so that is not too bad.” Anna misses her friends and family, and of course her favorite food, Doener. Doener is meat and salad in a bread pocket with tzatziki. Anna is paying volleyball, and fitting in with kids here nicely.
Helene is from the town of Kristiansand, Norway. Here, she lives with fellow exchange student Anna at the Templeton’s. She wanted to become an exchange student to “experience something that is new and different,” as well as to perfect her English. Helene says that school in Norway is much more dif- ficult, and that here is very easy in comparison. She thinks that people here are very open, much nicer, and very polite. She misses her family and friends, but really misses the Norwegian candy, such as salty licorice! Helene is playing volleyball, and is enjoying this big opportunity that has been presented before her.
...... October, 2010 | 31