LAKE STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL / APRIL 30, 2014 / [email protected] VOLUME 85 ISSUE 8 the Valhalla FOOTSTEPS TO A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE Picketers shock staff and students pg. 3 Spring sports highlights pg. 4 Students make their own sanctuaries pg. 9 2 NEWS APRIL 30, 2014 FOLLOW US @LSHSVALHALLA ON TWITTER Don’t become a statistic Oso receives help Word of caution from Offi cer Carter As the weather changes carry with them, prison sen- injury impacts not only the and the end of the school tences, even for young teens. person involved in the crash, LSHS held fundraiser in an year approaches, the number Of all the dangers teen- but the family, friends, and of teenage drinking party’s agers face today, underage classmates of those injured increase to celebrate your drinking is among the worst. or lost. The impact of a loss effort to help landslide victims successes. More often than Whether you are consum- is devastating and can carry by Chloe Rowland Re- the Oso victims pick up the pieces, not, teens attending these ing beer, wine, or other li- with it lifelong irreconcilable Photographer cently, the we have also held a fundraiser from gatherings and having con- quor, alcohol presents a se- anguish. I can tell you as a Snohom- LSHS in an effort to raise money for sumed alcoholic beverages rious and potentially deadly parent myself, the emotional ish county area has undergone a those in need. After being counted, get behind the wheel of a mo- threat. Teen alcohol abuse pain from the loss of a child, huge crisis, causing the deaths of 41 the donations given to leadership tor vehicle, thinking they are kills nearly 4700 people each would be devastating. people and volunteers are searching and ASB offi cials were over a thou- ok to drive. Fact is, Impair- year, more than all other These tragic events are for others still listed missing in the sand dollars. More businesses such ment begins with the fi rst drugs combined. Compared preventable. Simply put, Oso Mudslide. Not only are they as Domino’s Pizza have held fund drink, which immediately be- with non-drinking class- don’t drink or use drugs. searching, there are also volunteers raisers for the effort, donating all gins to impair your judgment mates, statistics show teens If you’re attending a party helping organize relief efforts and of their profi t for a full two days at and the ability to make sound who consume alcoholic bev- where alcohol may be avail- encouraging the offi cials whom are the Arlington location. On April 26, choices. Buzzed driving is erages are more likely to die able for your consumption, working in the depths of the muddy Arlington Airport hosted a fun run drunk driving. Motor vehi- in a car crash, get pregnant, resist the peer pressure of wreckage. benefi t donating the proceeds to cle collisions are the leading drop out of school, be sexu- engaging in this behavior. “I volunteered for one day and Oso charities. cause of death for teens, with ally assaulted, become an If you do consume alcoholic helped at the Oso fi re department Construction of a berm began a quarter of those involving alcoholic later in life, or take beverages or ingest any pre- mainly with organizing donations on April 14 in order to drain out the an impaired teenaged driver. their own life through sui- scription or illicit drugs, and packing supplies for those 260 acre area, which was covered If you are impaired and be- cide. please don’t drive. Have a working at the mudslide. Even by fi ve to ten foot deep water. The hind the wheel at the time of In 2012, 10,322 people friend take you home, call though almost everyone there had draining was set into action in order a motor vehicle collision in- were killed and approxi- a cab, or have a designated lost someone they were all very op- to prevent future landslides, fi nish volving injury or death, you mately 345,000 were injured driver who is sober. timistic and stayed strong for each the search and rescue mission and will be arrested and charged in drunken driving crashes Congratulations on your other,” junior Mitchell Mccann said. begin excavation of the north east with a felony level crime. - 1 every 51 minutes. Each success this year and remem- Not only have students been par- side of the slide which is still un- These felony level crimes crash, each death, and each ber, don’t drink and drive. ticipating in the cause and helping stable. FCCLA attends state and brings home awards by Mackenzie McLeod FCCLA niors Hannah Skinner and Sarah Bradley’s News Editor students ad- project STAFF (Students Teaching About dressed wide- Financial Fitness) teaches fi rst and third spread concerns with great success at the grade students the value of the dollar also state competition where students from all placed fi rst in its category. over Washington went head to head with “It’s important because if students learn projects to improve the community, March money concepts at a young age because 25-28 in Wenatchee, Washington. they will hold on to the information for Juniors Amanda Kristofferson and life,” Bradley said. Larisa Kreft took the gold and fi rst in state Seniors Stacey Van Dyke and Yvette with their project “Be a Buddy, Not a Bully” Herrera’s project about the No Child Left in the Focus on Children category. Behind Act received second place in Advo- “My partner and I both want to be kin- cacy, while sophomore Katie Ellis’ portfo- dergarten teachers, so we really love chil- lio about the Career of Fashion Designers/ dren. Seeing bullying taking place in our PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY HAHN Buyers took second in Career investigation. site classes broke our hearts and we knew Next step nationals: (Top left to right) Stacy Van Dyke, Yvette Herrera, Katie Ellis, Hannah Skinner (front) All seven students now qualify for the we wanted to make a change at highland,” Amanda Kristofferson, Sarah Bradley, and Larisa Kreft take a moment to relax before the pressure of the National FCCLA Leadership Conference competition. Competitors gained more speaking expirience in front of a judges panel. “The STAFF project Kristofferson said. is important because fi nances is a big part of every day life, no matter if you are a young elementary school taking place this summer. 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This was the response and attitude of After about a half hour of the picketing, many LSHS students, April 28, during police showed up and the staff separated the lunch period of early dismissal prior the students from the picketers. to spring break. The high school was sur- “My first thought was to get angry, and prised by picketers holding signs that said, go up to them and really start screaming, “Jesus saves” and “Repent or else.” but after a second I realized, it’s all about “I didn’t expect to see something like the love of Christ and spreading the love. that and a lot of people were probably sur- For people to shove religion down other prised because they haven’t experienced students’ throats, especially high school that kind of thing yet,” junior Carly Zellers students, that will only turn people away said. from God even more. I really don’t agree This was a prime example of freedom with it at all,” senior Macray Jerome said. of speech and a reminder that this type of Teachers and administrators stood be- demonstration is allowed in society. Many tween the picketers and the students trying of the One Voice club members who were to keep them separate, but as much as they on their way to their meeting when they tried, a few students snuck past to snap saw the picketers, took the opportunity to pictures to tell friends and family about the talk to the picketers to find out their view afternoon. and purpose behind their actions. It was a shock to everyone at Lake Ste- “When I went up to talk to one of the vens High School, and an interesting way main picketers, they mentioned that what to begin spring break. PHOTO BY MEREDITH BROWN they were trying to do was instill fear in “I felt really sorry for those people, and Free Speech: April 28 picketers from an unidentified location came to Lake Stevens High School to picket about Jesus. Many people thought this was inappropriate for a school setting, and the people. In reality, what I believe is all about I thought that it was really inappropriate One Voice club didn’t agree with the reputation it was giving Christianity.