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Lowry High School Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Winnemucca, Nevada New class and school officers elected for 2011-12 academic year By Hana Etcheverry fore. must score at least a 50 points on that excited to work with these students in Estes cannot wait to step into this of- speech. In addition, they have to deliver Leadership and Student Council. We On February 22, Lowry High held fice, he thinks it will be a great experi- the speech to their class, and depending will be taking many of them to the State the 2011 school elections. ence being the “head honcho” of Lowry on if they ran for student body offices, Student Council Conference March The only office running opposed high, that is, second to Mrs. Watts. they must read speeches to the entire 24-26th at Arbor View High School in was student body treasurer. Sarah Gil- Candace Comeau ran for senior class student body. Las Vegas. They will receive training lespie ran against Julia Dufurrena, and president and has high hopes on getting Chase Estes said it’s worth it though, for their new roles as officers as well in the end Dufurrena came away with more students involved in their school. getting to be the “head honcho” and ev- as have the opportunity to attend work- the win. Comeau hopes to win class of the year erything that goes along with that. shops, hear motivational speakers, and Chase Estes ran for Student Body for the first time in four years. She is in Mrs. Tanya Grady said, “We are very network with other student leaders.” President and he hopes to create mind charge of creating the agendas for class blowing pep assemblies unlike any be- meetings, assemblies, and fundraisers. These students are responsible, en- ergetic, and maintain every leadership quality they need to be in their office. To run for an office the candidates must maintain a 2.5 GPA and must be in the leadership class taught by Mrs. Grady and Mrs. Dawson. The students are re- Hana Etcheverry • THE BRAND Chase Estes and Anna Gutierrez give their quired to write a speech and present it campaign speeches. to a panel of judges (teachers), and they Making money without spending it on education By Desiree Cardenas and Cordet all the various ranching occupations. Gula Travelocity is even hiring but they re- quire the typical reading, writing and The end of my high school career math skills. Some employers look for is almost here. I’ve been pondering multi-tasking skills, and certain experi- Miranda Buttram • THE BRAND whether or not I want to follow my ences depending on the type of job that PUCKER UP...in an approved public display of affection, English teacher Matt thirteen years of schooling with two- is being sought after. Felshaw “won” the Kiss the Pig contest held during Winterfest by Lowry NHS. to-eight more. With the economy in The Lowry CTE (vocational) its current state, many young people teachers, such as, Mr. Luca Bernardi, 2016. There is a need to replace the working for a smaller or local shop. cannot afford to attend college. The Mr. John Aberasturi, Mr. Don Walton, older workers in this field who are look- Mechanics in the big corporations standard rate for a four year tuition and Mrs. Rebecca Hill, help students ing to retire. Florists with less than five will earn around $15 an hour, while plan will cost around $9,000 a year. through their classes as they teach par- years experience can make between mechanics in a smaller shop will earn The tuition to attend a private school, ticular skills that could be helpful to $24,502-$29,504 a year. When a flo- $8-$10 an hour. The number of the job or out of state school will cost roughly students looking to get a job without rist has more than twenty years experi- openings for auto technicians is expect- $35,000 a year. For me, that’s a pretty attaining a college degree. These four ence in this field they can make around ed to get slower as the economy slows. hefty price tag to pay, especially when teachers mentioned options that a stu- $49,132 a year. These numbers varies Another point of interest in salary for I’m not sure what I want to do. To go to dent may take into account if they are state to state and the current health of mechanics is that they are paid for 12 a junior college or community college, looking to make money without spend- the economy. minutes of work no matter if it takes the price drastically drops to $3,000 a ing it on college. Mr. John Aberas- him/her five minutes or five hours. year. Mrs. Rebecca Hill turi has been teach- “For those who have chosen not to The average person without a high said that people can be- ing classes dealing go to college, they can start out as weld- school diploma is expected to earn come vet technicians, with automotives for ers, auto mechanics, welders whom go about $16,000 a year, if a person grad- or they could work in 19 years. When asked to ranches and work on certain types uates from high school they can be ex- the farming industry. what jobs there are of equipment, typically in the welding Most ranches do not re- Courtesy • WINNADA pected to earn around $24,000 annual- dealing with cars, this John Aberasturi. program,” said Bernardi. ly according to allbusiness.com. Don’t Courtesy • WINNADA quire their employees is what he gave us: Bernardi mentioned jobs that are Rebecca Hill. let the numbers seem bleak; there are to have college degrees. “Auto technicians, obviously, there’s based in welding. To go into this pro- many well paying jobs out there that Hill also mentioned specialty shops, muffler shops, trans- fession; high school classes in blue- are available for people who choose the career choice of a florist. That one mission shops, break shops, and engine print reading, shop mathematics, me- not to follow the college path, these caught my attention very fast. repair shops.” The pay for a mechanic chanical drawing, physics, chemistry, jobs include: welding, mechanics, law The US Census Bureau has predict- depends on whether the employee is metallurgy, auto mechanics, enforcement, contracting and of course ed this job choice to be good through working for a corporation or if they’re SEE JOBS PAGE 2 Opinions Sports Student Life Arts and Entertainment INDEX News.......................1-2 You can, but Boys basket- Winterfest Lowry Drama Opinion....................3-4 should you ball returns to recap. performs make the per- state. “Alice in Won- Sports......................5-7 INSIDE fect baby? derland”. Student Life...........8-10 A&E.....................11-12 2 News The Brand, March 2, 2011 Effects on our weather: climate change and global warming By Maria-Elise Kitras ception to this one. It is February and by the Industrial Revolution and the process. According to Discovery.com we had a pitiful amount of snow fall to black smoke that filled the sky during studies of hurricanes over the past fifty In the past few months the weath- the ground until recently. this time. Global warming is not the years have shown them to be more “in- er has seemed to differ from its usual In the east, snowstorms have actual problem here; the problem is tense and destructive.” Also the current course of action. In the spring we usu- scourged the coast making driving al- the greenhouse gas effect. Greenhouse in the Gulf Stream is slowing down, a ally have plants starting to bloom with most impossible. There has been cold gases trap light from the sun and this bad sign since this stream keeps Eu- the occasional rain shower. Then we weather and snow in Australia, where keeps the globe at a relatively warm rope from resembling Alaska and helps move into summer with its warm sun- usually temperatures are warm during temperature. The problem is that too regulate the temperature of the earth. shine and bright blue skies. Next is au- December. There have been floods in many greenhouse gases are going in The possibility that the Gulf Stream tumn; the leaves change colors and the Pakistan. Is it possible that changes in to the atmosphere, trapping too much is slowing would help to make clear the air becomes more crisp and clean. Last the climate and global warming have energy. Increasing temperatures cause fact of why strong blizzards occurred of all we have winter, the snow starts affected our weather and played a part the polar caps in the Arctic and the in the east. It could also clarify why to pile up, making Winnemucca seem in these strange weather occurrences? Antarctic to melt. This in turn causes we have had intermittent snow storms. frosty and white. The plants still bloom To answer this question we need to sea levels to rise. If rising sea levels are This could also explain the tsunamis, in spring but the rain seems more know the definition of global warm- unchecked, they could potentially sink hurricanes, and other various, destruc- scarce. The summers seem more dry ing and climate change. According to any cities at or under sea level; for the tive storms that we have had in the past and hot. Autumn hasn’t varied much. Eoearth.com “Global warming is the United States that would mean our cit- few months. Winter feels colder than ever, with ex- combined result of anthropogenic (hu- ies on the coasts and much of Hawaii.