THE CODY HIGH SCHOOL Comforting the afflicted and See World Language, pg. 8EQUUS afflicting the comfortable. CODY HIGH SCHOOL • 1225 10TH STREET • CODY, WY • 82414 • VOLUME 66 • ISSUE 11 • FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 SPREAD THE WORD TO END THE WORD Sara Cappiello because of his disability but he found his voice and I wanted to be just like them,” Goldsby said. “I Section Editor began to stand up for himself. didn’t want to have a disability. I didn’t want to be “My parents told me some people were just different. Please think about this the next time you When a student walks through the halls of Cody mean and to stay away from them. Do you know want to say or do something mean to somebody High School, he or she wants to feel safe, accepted, how hard that is to do?” Goldsby said. “In high else.” respected and appreciated. The lines that divide school, I found some friends who stood up for me Ms. Jessica Allman, a teacher at CHS and active students based on personalities and abilities needs and I started fighting back. I found my voice and leader in Project Unify and the Spread the Word to be blurred. With guest speaker Beau Goldsby, I told people that I wasn’t going to let them pick Campaign was inspired by Goldsby and enjoyed the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign on me or my friends either. And I haven’t stopped seeing students’ reactions to his speech. has impacted each student in the high school. fighting.” “I thought it was great how excited he was and Goldsby has Williams Syndrome: a rare Students at the assembly were able to see up I was really impressed with our student body hereditary disorder causing learning disabilities. close the struggles and hardships Goldsby faced and their reaction to him, so I think it was a really He shared his story with each person in CHS on growing up and what he still deals with each day. positive assembly,” Allman said. “I think students Wednesday, March 2. From early in his childhood, “People wanted to take advantage of me because will be more aware of the power of their language.” Goldsby was bullied and separated from others I wanted to be liked, I wanted to be accepted, See End the Word, pg. 3 PLEDGING TO END Cody High School students sign the “Spread the Word to End the Word” banner after the assembly on March 2. During the assembly, students pledged to stop using the “R” word. The campaign was led by students and facilty at CHS and will continue to be a part of CHS’s community. CHS is free of the “R” word forever. EQUUS PHOTOS/Trisha Gail Index News/ 3, 8 Opinion/ 4-5 Sports/ 10 STATE ALPINE MUSIC REVIEWS STATE INDOOR COWTOWN CANDY NEWS/2 FEATURE/11 SPORTS/7 FEATURE/6 Feature/ 2 Inside Advertisements/ 6,11, 12 Entertainment/ 9 MARCH 11, 2016 EQUUS NEWS 3 End the Word, from pg. 1 Sharing gun Goldsby explained and shared how each time I think seeing how one person can have that impact someone uses the “R” word, he or she is hurting the of a group of people will help us make our message feelings of someone else. He has dealt with this his stronger here at CHS.” belief, logic entire life and is taking action to stop it. Everyone in the auditorium took an oath led by “You see these kids everyday in school,” Goldsby Goldsby to never use the “R” word again and show said. “You can’t just ignore them. There were some respect and kindness to everyone. It is important with the nation days that I hated to go to school. I don’t ever want to recognize the talents of others and help them to hear anybody in this room say the ‘R’ word ever through difficult times. Maddie Waidelich again. No ‘R’ word ever again.” “We are all special and unique,” Goldsby said. Raindrops on Roses Allman is working with Mrs. Sarah Call to “We all have our gifts and our difficulties. What may continue to end the word and build an environment be hard for you may be easy for me. What might filled with respect and unity. be easier for you may be hard for me. Take the time “It starts with us here,” Allman said. “I’m to get to know people and find out what their gifts hoping that it also happens in the middle school are.” and elementary school and high school but we’re Project Unify is ongoing, so there will more young now and so if you make the change now, then opportunities for students at CHS to spread the maybe it will be something where we won’t even word and become aware of their language. Allman is need a campaign in the future. We have people in hoping to have another Spread the Word Campaign our school who can be affected by the use of the ‘R’ next year to continue the journey to a world without word. It affects families, friends and individuals, so the use of the “R” word. Mar. 13, 2016, 7:00 a.m. This is the exact time and date that part of the Cody Clay Crushers team will be aired on national television. CBS This Morning to be exact. The Cody Clay Crushers are a team of youth shotgun shooters who compete in statewide and regional shooting competitions, a part of the Scholastic Clay Target Program, a nationwide organization. The Scholastic Clay Target Program has teams all throughout the U.S., our Cody Clay Crushers being one. Anyone can be a part of a Scholastic Clay Target Program team, as long as they are going to school, this includes college/university. Ted Koppel, a famous CBS journalist, best known for his role as the anchor for Nightline from 1980 until his retirement in 2005, visited our quaint town of Cody on an assignment to find the opinions on gun laws from us. Koppel is native to the east where gun control laws are generally favored. For this program, he wanted to gain insight on how we use guns out here. He knew the opinions of the citizens of Cody differ from the opinions of the population back east but he wanted to know just how different our opinions truly are. EQUUS PHOTOS/Trisha Gail On Saturday Feb. 20th, three members of UNITED the Cody Clay Crushers team headed out to Cody High School students join together as part of Project Unify to raise awareness of the Spread the Word to End the Cody Shooting Complex on the Belfrey the Word campaign. Students of all ages joined forces to bring the student body together with guest speaker Mr. Highway. These members included sophomore Beau Goldsby. CHS students pledged to end the “R’ word. Reese Romero, his younger brother and eighth- grader, Dillon ‘Pickle’ Romero and myself, junior Maddie Waidelich. Personally, I do not use firearms to hunt. I only shoot for sport and have yet to kill an animal or bird in my life. Even so, they are a huge part of my life. Since joining the team, I have become horribly addicted to the sport. I think this will be an interesting addition to the segment because a good portion of it is most likely going to be old men ranting about Obama. I think it’s going to be interesting because back east guns aren’t as important as they are here. People are going to see this segment and open their eyes to the gun controversy, possibly even realize guns aren’t all bad. A lot of people in America today believe guns are killing- SHARING INSPIRATION machines, but when they watch this program, (Left photo) Cody High School guest speaker Mr. they may realize not everyone uses them for Beau Goldsby speaks to the student body on March violence. Some people use them as a way of 2 to share his struggle with Williams Syndrome. feeding their family and some of us use them Goldsby is part of the Spread the Word to End the for a competitive sport. Word campaign and is fighting for the ending of the I would personally like to give a huge “R” word. thanks to our coaches Marty Romero and Tiger McNeil. Without them, we wouldn’t be a team Upper right photo: The CHS student body and facility and I would never have found my passion for pledges to stop using the “R” word. shooting without their influence. 2 NEWS EQUUS MARCH 11, 2016 Alpine skiers exert individual determination at State Maddie Waidelich scoring higher in points with an work over the last five years is over points and my all-state points if I had Reporter overall total of 116. now, but I wouldn’t have wanted to a problem,” Bragonier said. “This The best time and score for our finished the season any other way,” weekend, for me, was about skiing Cody High School’s alpine ski Fillies came from senior Suzie Tope, Bragonier said. smart and conservative and having team led by coach Rick Stonehouse, with a time of 2:49.81 and an overall Although Bragonier was seated and clean finishes, even if it meant I might competed in Jackson for their state point total of 43. predicted to come in first place at state, be back a place or two because of it.” races on March 4 and 5.