By the Numbers:

Amount of rice donated by

FreeRice.com since October

2007

Place girls golf took at region

Batting average for the base-

ball team this season

Softball ’s region record for

the season

Number of boys that par-

ticipated in the Mr. North

Sanpete competition

Well Said: I was so ex-cited I almost peed my pan--Haley Ence, junior sprinter,

commenting on the recent track team region victory.

This is the third consecutive region title.

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Contents

A & E.................8

Crossword..........10

Features..............4

News...................1

Opinion..............3

Sports.................6

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This Week:Wednesday:

Spring play--1st period

Thursday:

Combined band concert--

7:00 PM @ High school

State girls golf--All day @

Schneiter’s Bluffu

State softball--TBA @

Spanish Fork

Friday:

State softball--TBA @

Spanish Fork

State track @ BYU

State boys tennis @ BYU

Seniors check out

Saturday:

State softball--TBA @

Spanish Fork

State Track @ BYU

State boys tennis@BYU

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BY CY HANA TA HOMPSON

Many seniors do not know what they are going to do with their lives after graduation. Some are sad and others are anxious to be free. But whether or not they like it, they have to face reality and move on into the world of living and planning their lives on their own.

“What scares me the most is being on my own and not being at home with my mom and dad,” said Ken Michie senior of Moroni.“It puts a bigger burden on my shoulders.”

A major decision students face when grad-uating is whether or not they will move out on their own, away from the convenience of living with their parents.

Some inconveniences that come with moving out are actually having the responsi-bility of a house or rent payment, doing your own laundry, buying and preparing your own food, and the list goes on.

On top of all that, and along with the re-sponsibility of having a house payment, is finding a job that will produce the amount of

money stduents will need to follow whichev-er pathway you will travel.

The decisions they will make vary, ,de-pending on the individual, but one questionwill remain the same, “What will I do next?” Some have plans, others don’t. Some plan to go to college, others don’t. Some plan to go on an LDS mission, others don’t.

For example, Michelle Perry, senior from Mt. Pleasant, plans on working at Roger’s as a waitress until she goes to New York in July to audition for the International Modeling Tal-ent Association (IMTA).

Perry will meet with 350 top-modeling agents from all over the world to show them her portfolio and runway walk; she hopes that this will open up opportunities for call backs. She would like to sign on with a mod-eling agency and pursue her dream of becom-ing a runway or print model.

As Perry’s back-up plan, she would like to go to school for hair and makeup for TV and film. She will have to pay for modeling or

Seniors plan their futures

Photo by Cy hana ThompsonTTDavid Harris, math teacher and graduation supervisor, speaks to seniors about the graduation ceremony at a recent senior meeting.

SEE PAGE 2, POST-GRAD PLANS

Photo by By randi PeahlNorth Sanpete track distance-runner Brandi Peahl participates in the steeple run during a recent track meet at Southern Utah Uniersity. The girls performed exceptionally well during this meet, taking region for the third year.

Track takes third region title

BY BY RANDI PEAHL

Track members recent-ly attended Region Champi-onships at Salem Hills High School where they showed that track is one of the stron-ger programs here at North Sanpete High.

Senior Liz Larsen ran the 100 Meter Hurdles and qual-ified for finals, though she was unable to run in finals due to an injury.

100 Meter dash was next with Danaya Morin and Shy-anne Ison both qualifying for finals. Ison placed first in the

event.In the 200 Meter dash

Ison, Haley Ence and Lind-say Bradley all qualified for finals. They all placed in the top four with Ison winning the event.

The 300 Meter Hurdles gave Larsen another shot at

making finals which she didsuccessfully. She placed sec-ond overall. Freshman Paige Francks also qualified for fi-nals.

The 400 Meter dash put Ence, Ison, and Bradley in finals. Again they placedIson second, Ence third, and

Bradley fourth. This made abig impact in the final score.

“There is some inward team rivalry which helps us perform better,” said Leah Gull, a junior from Wales.

Rivalry proved true as the800 Meter run began. Ence, Bradley, Stephanie Hon-ey and Allie Miller were all competing against each oth-er and other schools to make it to the state championships. In a very tense race, Ence pulled through and won theevent. Bradley came in sec-ond, Miller in fourth and Honey in fifth. This race alsohad a substantial impact on the overall score.

“Haley is everything and more to the dot,” said Hon-ey.

The 1600 Meter run was a difficult race due to the af-ffternoon heat. In tough com-petition, Rebekah Boekweg came in first place and Kody Kleven in second.

The 3200 Meter race had Rebekah Boekweg winning the event followed closely by Kody Kleven in second place and Rachel Boekweg in fourth place.

The Medley relay gave

SEE PAGE 2, REGION TRACK

Jared Watts wins Mr. North SanpeteBY BY RANDI PEAHL AND NAUDIANN DOWLAND

After months of training, boys at North Sanpete were able to show off their muscles and compete for the “sexiest body.”ff

For more than ten years, students at NS have had the op-portunity to show off their hard work and dedication. ff This year was no exception when 28 boys, some from each grade level, challenged each other for the title of Mr. North Sanpete. With the title comes a trophy and respect from the student body according to Casey Jensen, the football coach at NS.

Students who participated were judged on size, symmetry, definition and vascularity. Seven poses were held while the judges judged their confidence and muscular structure. The judges were Jensen, Bull Keisel, and Tyler Bailey.

The freshman winner was Cameron Sego. The sophomore title was given to Cameron Weston. Jared Watts won the ju-nior class. Tom Hiltbrun won the senior class.

“I’m shocked actually. I wasn’t expecting it, but I am glad Idid it,” said Hiltbrun.

All the winners were asked back on stage to find the overall winner. After several “final poses,” Watts came out on top.

“It feels awesome ‘cause you’re Mr. North Sanpete,” said Watts.

These athletes worked hard all year in order to support the football fundraiser.

Photo by By randi PeahlTwo finalists for Mr. North Sanpete, Jared Watts and Cameron Weston, pose for judges in the final round.

school herself, and she plans to live in modeling houses if she signs up with an agency.

Michie plans on going to Advance Individual Training (AIT), then travel-ing to Germany for Guard training fol-lowed by an LDS mission. He plans on going to college but he doesn’t know his major yet.

“I want to do something in engi-neering,” said Michie, “But I’m not sure yet.”

Michie would like to go to UVU and the Guard will pay up to 100% tuition, but it just depends on what college and what he’s majoring in. Michie can earn five to six hundred dollars each month for attending a drill.

Michie said that the thing he looks forward to the most about graduating is not having to deal with all the drama, being free, and being able to do what he wants.

Kathrine Kendall, senior from Mt. Pleasant, is going to local Snow College to play volleyball. She plans on working with mentally-handicapped kids this summer to help pay what her athletic scholarship doesn’t.

She admits that she is a little bit ner-vous for college, but only with the finan-cial part of it. She would like to major in becoming a special-education teach-

er. She looks forward to partying and being on her own.

One thing that these seniors all have in common, is that they share a univer-sal ambivalence of leaving their high-school friends.

Many students start small and stay local when deciding which college they should attend, if they go to college at all. Which means that there is a large amount of North Sanpete students that

go to Snow College. One thing is for sure after graduation,

and that is inescapable truth of having to grow up and start being responsi-ble, which is why Michie shared some advice to future graduates and currenthigh-school students.

“Don’t be afraid to have fun, go all out and play sports and be involved, do all you can and don’t regret it,” said Michie.

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While walking down the halls at the school, you hear some bizarre things that make no sense when taken out of context. Here are a few of the funniest ones we’ve heard.

-I am sarcastic and obnoxious but I am not a cheater.

-The baconator beats everything... Even ninjas.

-If she can wear a bra, so can I (said by a male).

-I want to switch skin.

-I looked like a pimpin’ retard.

-We’re women, not middle school girls.

-I want to switch skin with him.

-He’s like pandora’s box, filled with gifts from Jesus or the beard of Zeus.

-She told me that she was extremely attracted to me... That kind of creeped me out (said by a girl).

-I’ve given her CPR like... 6 times already.

-How can he get pregnant? He won’t even hold my hand.

-I feel like a man. That’s not all bad, men don’t give birth.

Freshmen, make SEOP appointments with O Dee Hansen

Sophomores, make SEOP appiontments with Chet Keisel

Juniors you need to sign up to take the ACT at least one time this year.

Seniors, don t forget to apply for scholarships; scholarship applications available in counseling center

Seniors, all outside and EHS credits due by May 1st for graduation.All school work due May 15th for final grades.

IPP scholarship deadline is April 29th. Applications are in Mr. Keisel s office.

tional help with ACT Test Prep, scholarreer exploration, college selection, etc.

visit www.utahmentor.org

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Poto by Hy unter EricksonSenior Steven Johansen poses in his scrubs. Johansen’s hard work has resulted in his becoming a CNA, and has also enabled his success in recent CNA competitions.

BY HUNTER ERICKSON

Steven Johansen has earned the privilege of at-tending the national nursing competition.

The competition, HOSA (Health Occupation Stu-dents of America), will be

hosted in Nashville, Tennes-see on June 23-27.

Johansen, a senior from Mount Pleasant, first en-rolled in the CNA (certified nurses assistant) program at Snow College at the begin-ning of the school year. He passed the required tests and

is now a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Johansen first attended a state nursing competition in Layton on March 14 and 15. 72 competitors from around the state participated; how-ever, 30 of those 72 did not pass the initial test, prevent-ing them from going on to the other events.

The remaining 42 people were then required to take vi-tal signs on patients as part of the event. They also partici-pated in a scenario in which the competitors transferred a live patient from a hospi-tal bed to a wheelchair using a medical device. They had to perform these tasks while judges critiqued them on their performance.

At the state competition, Johansen took third place out of 72 people.

To be able to attend the na-

tional competition, Johansen and other high-school stu-dents in the CNA program at Snow College are holding fundraisers and dances.

At the national competi-tion, all of the participants will have to perform some of the same tasks that were re-quired at the state competi-tion, however, there will be much more people.

He plans to help teach the CNA class at Snow College this summer as well.

After Johansen is finished with his mission, he would like to take part in the Li-censed Practical Nurse pro-gram at Snow College. This program will take two years to complete.

Johansen also plans to have a music career, which hehopes will be funded by ob-taining a job as a registered nurse.

Story continued from page 1, Post-grad plans

Story continued from page 1, Region trackStory continued from page 1, Region trackit all as they took first place due to the team work of both sprinters and long distance runners.

Th e 4x100 Meter race gave NSH a chance at more points

but the team was unable to but the team was unable totake the overall win. The team did have a top spot.

The ending event, the w 4x400 Meter run gave new

runners along with experi-

enced runners a chance to show what the State Cham-pion team really has to off er.ffffAAfter a tense first lap, the run-

ners were able to pull aheadand take the win.

In the fi eld events, Jessica Lindow took the win in the

Shot Put and Discus. Kath- rine Kendall placed third in the Shot Put and second

place in the Javeling Th row.

Lindow broke a school re-cord in the Shot Put.

After all of the scores were tallied, the winner was clear. North Sanpete Lady Hawks.

“I was so excited I almost peed my pants,” said Ence.

This is the third year the Lady Hawks have taken re-gion due to the strong track program at NSH. The team took its traditional victory

lap, taking turns passing offthe trophy as you would a ba-ton.

“Our girls performed be-yond our expectations and we couldn't be happier with the results,” said Jo Francks, a track coach at NSH.

On the boy's side Jeramy Reber made it to state in the Javalin Throw and Will Cruz made it in the 400 Meter

BY ANAAA RAMIREZRR

When one thinks about summer, the general con-notation is the expression of freedom and fun—for-getting about all the stress that school brought the past year. There is one small prob-lem, though—to go out and have fun, one generally needs money.

Money does not, as the common expression would have it, “grow on trees”, and parents are only a temporary and arbitrary source of mon-ey. With no other option, many teenagers have to work during the summer.

Many high-school stu-dents work in the summer to have some extra money, save money for college, pay their cell phone bills, and many more things that money is needed for.

Tori Miller, sophomore, has worked at T-Cee’s for a couple of years now and will continue to work there this summer. Miller makes “pret-ty good” money and has fun because she works with peo-ple that she likes, but she also dislikes it for being inside all

the time.“The worst thing about

working during the summer is being inside when it’s so nice outside,” said Miller.

Another summer-working student is Charlette Holman. Holman works at Autumn Park Assisted Living, cooking breakfast for the elderly. Hol-man works to earn some ex-tra cash and not bug her par-ents about money. Thoughworking in the summer can provide a much-needed ne-cessity, there is also a dark side.

“Getting up early is theworst part about working during the summer,” said Holman.

Other students are al-ready seeking new jobs dur-ing the summer, such as Nal-lely Montano. Montano also needs a job for the same rea-sons other students do.

“I need money to save up for college, gas money, and to spend it”, said Montano.

So as the weeks go by, working students are look-kking forward to their summer jobs to earn the extra cashand have fun during the sum-mer.

Seven students earn associates

Photo provided by Cy hristy By irdSeven NS seniors got a head start on their college plans by earning associ-ate’s degrees from UVU and Snow College while receiving high school cred-it. Rachel Laney, Leah Bartholomew, Benjamin Everitt (Snow), Allison Sego,Cody Sanders, Tyler Allen, and Parker Earl.

NS Times Staff

Editor-in-ChiefJeremy Zabriskie

Managing EditorChana Thompson

AdvisorBen Cox

NewsBrandi Peahl, editor

Hannah AldridgeKatie Carpenter

Christian Lane CarrElisabeth Fullmer

FeaturesJesse Richmond, editor

Katie CarpenterNaudia Dowland

Ana RamirezJeremy Zabriskie

A&EChad McKay, editor

Ethan AldridgeDanielle Hardy

Rachael Howard

SportsValerie De Mill, editor

Caleb ChristensenHunter Erickson

Chana ThompsonRyan Aagard, photos

LayoutSadie Ivie

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V o i c e o f t h e M i g h t y H a w k s

BY JY EREMY ZAZZ BRISKIE

Ah, May—what strange joy you are. The end of the year always brings such a strange

sense of ambivalence and, in a way, confusion. To commemorate that confusion, I am going

to write this article in a stream-of-consciousness fashion—hope to gain the closure that most lack at the end of a school year. At any rate, back to May ambivalence. Maybivalence. AmMayvalence. Whatever.

At once, one is happy to know that school is al-most over—that summer is just a few tests away. That, within the course of just a few weeks, a hand-ful of periods, one can dissolve into three-months' freedom. Staying out in the cool night, braving the heat of mid-day with friends and acquaintanc-es. Sleeping in, yet never missing a second of the endless day and infinite sunlight. Cool basements, warm streets, soft beds. Summer.

Yet despite the sweet anticipation of summer's sanctuary, one is forced to feel a bit of internalized reluctance.

With the passage of the last day of school, one slowly slips away from youth, and gently creeps closer to adulthood, and that which adulthood en-tails.

Terrifying, really.As a senior, I'm suffering from this realization ffff

with a staggering severity. What's worse is that I've never been one of those people who strives for adulthood or responsibility. I mean, why should I? I've a mere 18, maybe 19, years to be irresponsible, and 50+ years to be miserable. Why should I wishto precipitate that? Why should I waste my youth being a miniature adult?

I shouldn't.Though, I concede, that perhaps I might've

pushed my boundaries a bit. I missed too much school (sorry, Terri), I ignored responsibilities,aced tests but failed courses, and made a multitude of stupid decisions.

And though I regret doing those things now, by the same token, I don't regret the experi-ence. Sure, it might be a bad thing that I'm go-ing to Snow college, without a scholarship, be-cause my cumulative GPA is so atrociously low.

Sure, I have a transcript suggestive of mental debilitation and test scores so high that one might think that I cheated, but I can't help but feel a senseless and idiotic pride in that.

I have regrets, yes, but being inadvertently bold and enigmatic has its personal benefits.

I don't know, I suppose if I were to dispense ad-vice based on my own, encompassing experiences, I would implore anyone to do their best to not be like me. I feel that is the best route to take.

Additionally, though, I hope that the so-cial homogeneity I've noticed over the course of my years at North Sanpete eventually crum-bles. With each year that passes, I notice a growing trend toward a cookie-cutter ideol-ogy. It's so dreadfully boring and pedestrian.

The few people who are different in this school ffffseem contritely so. Being a caricature of individu-ality does not an individual make. What happened to the bold few brave enough to be multifaceted and, essentially, human? It's a shame, really, that we should have a student body a la the Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Enough of my bickering, though. I'd like to take this opportunity to praise, for once.

This year has been interesting. You have all done some pretty amazing things, and I am so glad that I am the editor in chief of the NS Times, else I might not have known of the wonderful things you, as a

student body, have done. This really is a remarkable school with a lot of

potential. I can say that in no uncertain terms. Yet, it has taken me four years to realize this. Everyone always believes that the figurative grass is greener, yet I know for certain that it isn't. With a bit of ef-fffort, we could have a wonderful school filled with accepting and united students. Of course, perfec-tion is an unattainable constant, but that doesn't mean that we can't have something at least close.

I have faith in you, NS. I believe that with each year, the student body will become closer, and the pretense of imagined “coolness” will absolve. I hope, anyway.

I truly love each and every one of you. Yes, love. Strange sentiment, I know. I just hope that reform will see a student body composed of people not afraid to be “different”. Perhaps were that the case, ffffhigh school might've been different for meffff —bet-ter.

Regardless, I appreciate your reading this. I ap-preciate your reading the NS Times. We work very, very hard, and your involvement is always desired and appreciated.

I'd like to thank the entire student body for be-ing newsworthy, and I'd like to especially thank Mr. Cox for being stupid and dogged enough to support this arduous endeavor. Heh.

Thank you for your time, Jeremy Zabriskie.

PS Happy birthday Derek Erickson and Nia Ricks. You're both wonderful people. Also, if it's any-one else's birthday, you're special, too. I just don't know you. All apologies.

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Dear peers of North San-pete High School, as editor-in-chief elect I would like to thank all of you for your co-operation. Thank you for your involvement in the pro-duction of the NS Times. We couldn’t have done it without you.

I would like to thank all of our supporters who read the paper monthly. I encour-age those of you who haven’t read our newspaper often, to read our paper in the fu-ture; it is a good way to stay involved and up-to-date with school events.

It has been a success-ful and memorable year and next year will be the same. I pledge to do my best along with my staff to produce a ffnewspaper fit for the student

body with information that is beneficial to you. I would ap-preciate your help and sup-port of our school newspa-per next school year.

I would also like to invite you, if you are interested in the work we do, to join jour-nalism. It is a fun and pro-ductive way to be involved.

Once again I truly appre-ciate the respect of my peers who realized the hard work and time that went into the production of each edition of the NS Times we have print-ed.

I enjoyed being involved in this productive position of managing editor, it has been a gratifying experience, not only because my love of writ-ing, but being able to share the work I do with all of you.

It has been fun interview-ing and getting to know all of the students that I see ev-eryday but don’t necessari-ly know anything about. I have enjoyed meeting my peers and learning about their diversity.

It has been a prideful and emotional year also, to see all of the success and challenges our school has endured. Things have become clearer to me, be-ing the managing editor for the school newspaper. It has opened my eyes, as well, not only how athlet-ics are doing, but also how our clubs, sterling schol-ars, band, choir and other organizations are doing.

I have come to realize that I truly love being a part

of this all, and I hope you feel the same. High school only happens once, live it up and have fun, be involved.

For those of you whoare graduating, congratula-tions—I wish you the best of luck!

Respectfully, Editor-in-chief elect Chantelle Dawn Thompson

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BY RY ACHAELRR HOWARD

Every December twelve people climb into a van to make the three day trip to Mexico. This van’s backseat is full of good clothes and shoes. These people are out on a mission, a mission to give people that they see on the road clothes. This van is full of the Montano families. One of the exited people to go is Karen Montano.

The first day of the trip the family is pumped and ready to help others out. But by the time that the second day comes Montano wants out. Her father has his silly music playing for the whole three

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School attended:

Cyrus High

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Utah

Favorite food:

Spaghetti

Pet Peeves: Liars

Favorite movie: Lord

of the Rings

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Pillars of the Earth

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Attendance offio cer works hard to keep order at North Sanpete

BY KY ATIEKK CARPENTER

Do you know what equita-tion means? How about dis-parity or bastion? If you do, you could be donating rice to millions of starving people… for free.

The website FreeRice.com is a public website that fea-tures a game created to pro-vide education to everyone

for free and to help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people. For free.

Here’s a basic rundown of the game. When first arriving on to the site, there will al-ready be a word in the center of the page with four possible definitions. You pick which definition you think is cor-rect. For each question you answer correctly, ten grains

of rice are donated to starv-ing people throughout the world. Your donation is ac-cepted as soon as you answer the question.

If you’re wondering how FreeRice can give all this rice without your paying for it, the answer is simple. The ads you see at the bottom of Fre-eRice.com are the sponsors who either donate money or

rice to help the cause. Not only can you play

to expand your vocabulary but also in different subjects ffffsuch as famous paintings, French, chemical symbols, world capitals, Spanish and so many more.

The students at North San-pete High School are starting to catch hold of the FreeRice trend.

“I played it a couple times for Dr. [Greg] Wright’s class so that we could learn more and donate too,” said Lindsay Bradley, a junior of Mt. Pleas-ant. “You learn a lot moving through the different levels. ffffAt the end you donated so much and you don’t even re-alize it.”

Stephanie Honey, a senior from Mt. Pleasant, also en-joys spending time on Fre-eRice.com

“I think it’s really cool that you can test yourself and learn but also help out when you’re bored,” said Honey. “No, you can’t inspire people to go quiz themselves. Most people would rather waste their time playing Halo in-stead of doing something good and educational.”

Since it was created in Oc-tober of 2007 by John Breen, FreeRice has earned over 63 billion grains of rice. It wasn’t until March of 2009 that Breen donated the site to the United Nations’ World Food Program so that the rice could be better distribut-ed to those who need it.

The UN World Food Pro-gram, or WFP, is the world’s largest food aid agency and is working in over 75 countries in places such as Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Russian

Federation and the Middle East to feed the hungry. Not only do they create balanced meals with the rice from Fre-eRice, but they teach the people to become self-reliant and escape hunger.

Although it may seem likedonating 10 grains of rice at a time doesn’t do much, it adds up quickly. With 48 grains of rice in a gram, it takes 200grams of rice to make a meal. With only a small few peo-ple playing FreeRice, this can easily be achieved.

Spread the word and go online. With words ranging from help to pontifex, any-one can play.If you’re into more action-packed games but would still like to help donate for a good cause, feel free to visit these other websites.www.food-force.com – “It’s up to you to save a rebuild the island of Sheylan.” In this game, you and your team from the World Food Pro-gram have to help feed the hungry during this major cri-sis.www.darfurisdying.com y g – This site shows an in-depth look at the people of Darfur, who are currently suffering fffffrom genocide. You’ll por-tray one of the camp mem-bers and fight to survive.

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Montano makes difference through donations, schoolworkffff

day trip. But by the time they get there they are pumped again to give the clothes to the people.

Montano was born in Mt. Pleasant and has grown up in Moroni. She is the second to oldest child in her family.

Montano has had some interesting childhood ex-periences. One that she re-members the most is when she broke her arm. “People take their body for granted. Because of breaking my arm I learned to love my body,” said Montano. She learned to value what she had.

Montano has a passion for reading Harry Potter and watching Pride and Preju-

dice. She likes to explore the books and she can use her imagination. She loves to use her imagination.

Montano has some goals that she wants to achieve in life. She plans on going to Snow College and getting a good job. She has a scholar-ship to Snow for being a Ster-ling Scholar. Also she will be an Ambassador so she will have the opportunity to get more students and cultures at Snow. Her fear is that she will not finish college. “I would be ashamed of myself,” said Montano at the thought of not finishing college. It is a very important part of her life.

Montano’s favorite class in school is ceramics. “It gives me a chances to work with my hands.” said Montano. She says that she is not that good, but she loves to do it.

Montano has some things that really bug her. One of them is when pencils squeak. She hates the sound of them squeaking on paper. She also hates messy rooms in homes.

Montano has some tal-ents, like singing, playing the clarinet, and playing the pia-no. She is just a beginner on the piano, so she says that she is not very good.

When people see Mon-tano at school she is very calm and serious while work-kking hard to be a good Sterling Scholar, but she has anoth-er side of her. She loves to be crazy. “I love driving and going crazy to music.” said Montano. In her free time, Montano likes to go to mov-ies, sleepovers, and being with friends.

Montano likes to watch football. “I can’t understand it most of the time.” said Montano. But she still likes to watch it. She also likes basketball and soccer.

During this year Montano has been the Business Ster-ling Scholar.

To Montano, the best part of being a Sterling Scholar is meeting the other Sterling Scholars and getting to talk

to them. A plus to being aSterling Scholar is the schol-arship that she gets.

The worst part about be-ing a scholar is being on the computer a lot. The comput-er makes her eyes irritated.

In the Sterling Scholar competition Montano got runner-up. “It felt good to be runner-up.” said Montano. She is proud that she was able to be a Scholar.

The best part of being a Sterling Scholar was when she went to Mexico to give clothes to people that do not have any.

When Montano was ten years old her family decided that they wanted to help oth-ers out. Every December she and her family get all of the clothes that they have grown out of including shoes. They go to the desert and give the clothes and shoes to the fam-ilies who live in the desert

that are trying to sell things like snake skins and lizards. They are very poor and do not have much. Montano’s family goes through all of the clothes that they do not need that are still in good condi-tion.

Why does she do it? “Idon’t need it and someone else can use it, it is so worthit.” said Montano with a smile on her face.

One time when they went to Mexico, a woman came up to them and asked if they had shoes that would fit herdaughter. Montano’s mom looked at her younger sisterwho had just got new shoes. Montano’s mother took the shoes off her sister and gave ffthem to the woman.

“It made me laugh” said Montano. For the rest of the trip Montano’s sister had

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Cliques exclude students from sense of belongingBY HANNAH ALDRIDGE

Preps, Jocks, Drama Geeks, Ed-Net Junkie… we are all familiar with these groups. But how big a prob-lem is grouping in our school?

“I think cliques are a pret-ty big issue in every High school,” Says Tori Egan. “Es-pecially ours.” Egan believes that we unconsciously form groups and cliques, intend-ing to exclude people we dis-

like.Some believe that this a very negative thing.

“High school should be a time to meet a lot of new, dif-ffferent people.” Says Anna Un-ferdorfer, Junior. Unferdor-fer believes that associating with people outside of yourcomfort zone is a very smart move. “Meeting new people is what our goal should be.”

Meeting new people is in-deed often time viewed as a very good way to make life-

long friends. Though others disagree withUnferdorfer, they believe that we are in groups for a reason, associating outside of ones group is a very bad chose.

“I hate it when people who don’t belong at the Ed-Net come down,” Says Benjamin Everitt, Senior, “I just feel re-ally uncomfortable.” Everittdislikes groups mixing. He believes that we are grouped for a reason, and should stay that way.

It seems to be widely agreed upon that groups tendto be harsher on people they do not associate with, as op-posed to their own group. Teens are often times seen as judgmental, and every now some one gets emotionally hurt.

Whether we are responsi-ble for this stereotype group-ing, or it is just a natural part of life the controversy that comes about because of groups continues on.

Photo by Ry achelRR HowardKaren Montano is involved in many clubs at NS. These include FBLA, Multicultural club and the yearbook staff. Even though she’s very busy, she finds time for her friends and helping others. Every year her family donates clothes and shoes to those in need.

Photo by Jy eremy Zy abriskieIn 2007, John Breen created a new program to help decrease world hunger. This website, FreeRice.com, is real-ly catiching on with teachers and students at NS High. The rice that’s earned is given to people all around the world.

Photo by Ay na RamirezRRTeri Anderson, North Sanpete’s attendance officer, pa-trols the halls, making sure students aren’t sluffing.

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to wear her tennis shoes to church and everything else.

Montano’s Mother told her that it was good that they gave them to that girl because Montano’s family could go and buy new shoes when they got home, but this was the only pair that this girl might have. “We hoped that they fit.” said Montano with a smile on her face.

Who was mad about this? Montano’s little sister. “She was only three and kind of spoiled. She did not like giving her shoes away.” said Montano.

“Karen is a nice girl. She will help anyone. She is very dedicated with her school work and is always a hard worker. She does not just think of herself, she is al-ways thinking of others.” said Ana Ramirez, one of Karen’s many friends.

Montano loves to help others out. Sometime ex-

tended family helps them give clothes also and goes with them.

Montano is also in lots of school functions. She is in FBLA, Multi Cultural Club, and is on the yearbook team.

Montano has learned a lot of skills in FBLA. Because of FBLA Montano has had chances to do lots of inter-views that will help her fu-ture life. She liked going to state with the team. They stayed in Ogden for three nights and get to be withfriends and meet lots of new people.

When Montano grows up she would like to be a Pe-diatrician. She enjoys be-ing with children and help-ing them out. Being with the children would be the bestpart of the whole job.

Montano has accom-plished a lot in her High School years. With her goals set, she is sure to meet them.

Story continued from page 4, Student of the month

BY CHRISTIAN CARR

City pageant queen candi-dates have many things that they have to go through, in-cluding parades, and helping the city. Additionally, they have to come up with a ser-vice project to do, should they win.

This service needs to be of help to the community, in more than just cleaning up trash on the streets.

It can be anything from bringing heritage back to a town, helping kids to raise their self-esteem, to tutoring kids so that they can gain use-ful study habits. This project takes up a lot of time on the part of the winner, and any-one that they receive help from.

Emily Bagley was the win-ner of the Moroni sector. Her project idea is Establish-ing Self-Esteem. To accom-plish this, there is going to be a class at the middle school after school that will aim to help kids get more involved.

“I felt that there was a need for it, because lots of the problems that we have come from self-esteem issues,” said Bagley.

Chante Birch was the win-ner of the Mt. Pleasant sec-tor. Her project is Continu-ing Mt. Pleasant’s Pioneer Legacy. She wants to bring the past back into today. This will have pioneer activities in the summer. She decided to do this because many peo-ple have moved in that don’t know about Mt. Pleasant’s heritage.

“Many people have moved in that don’t know about Mt. Pleasants rich heritage, and many just don’t care. It is im-portant to let the communi-ty know about it before it’s gone,” said Birch.

“It’s important to know where we came from so that we know where to go with our future,” said Birch.

Kassie Nielson is Miss Fairview, and her idea is Fac-es of our Future. In this proj-ect Nielson goes to an ele-

mentary school twice a week and tutors the kids to help them gain useful study hab-its.

“Kids just don’t do theirhomework as often now, and it’s important to be able to do your homework, and I like doing it because teach-ing them is fun, and it wasn’t that long since I was in their position,” said Nielson.

These Queens hope that they will not only be able to help others, but that it might be able to help them also.

“I think it will help me get more involved with people, and I can maybe take these lessons and use them if I ever need them,” said Bagley.

“It will help me to remem-ber, and appreciate Mt. Pleas-ant more fully than before,” said Birch.

“I hope that it can help me to keep my own study habits up,” said Nielson.

Another pageant contes-tant, Cheyene Nebecker, hopes to help children over the summer.

Her platform is “sum-mer fun”. The stipulations of this platform include taking children, age 7-11 and help-ing them do service projects or various other activities. Nebecker wishes to do this inorder to keep kids active dur-ing the summer, and prevent them from being bored.

Hilary Workman, last year’ miss Spring City, still reigning, created the Youth City Council, a corollary of the larger local government.

So whether it be bring-ing the past into the future or helping kids with their study habits, these service projects are of great use to the com-munity.

Pageant queens help community, kids

Emily Bagley: Miss Moroni

Chante’ Birch: Miss Mt. Pleasant

Kassie Nielsen: Miss Fairview

Cheyene Nebeck-er: Miss Ftn. Green

Hilary Workman: Miss Spring City

Short people may think their quality of health is less

Student romances present challenges, have benefits according to couples

BY JY ESSE RICHMOND ANDHANNAH ALDRIDGE

When walking through the halls, talk of the ever persistent “boyfriend/girlfriend” are inevitable. But what are high shoolers real views of dating, and why do most relation-ships not work out?

Opinions on why people get into high school relationships vary. McClellan says he likes having the opportunity to meet new people and make friends. Whereas Sar-ah Clark, on the other hand, cites pressures from friends, which sometimes causes people to start dating before they’re ready.

“High schoolers are immature,” said Bran-di Jensen, Junior. Jensen believes that most students simply can’t handle something so

serious at such a young age.Erika Ence agrees that many break-ups are

due to immaturity, but she believes that some of it comes from the boys.

Ence dislikes relationships; to her, they aren’t very smart, and “never work out.” De-spite this, she says that her favorite part of be-ing in a relationship is when “the guy makes me feel good.” Jordan Merrill sees High School relationships a little differently.ffff

“It’s a good experience to prepare you for real life,” said Merrill.

Sophomore Mitch McClellan also has some experience with High School relation-ships.

McClellan enjoys his relationship with Tiffany Roundy because he has someone to fffftalk to, among other things.“Yes, the making out is good,” said McClel-lan.

McClellan met Roundy, in 8th grade. Until recently, they were just friends, but officially started dating after the Preference Ball. Mc-Clellan says that the relationship “has its ups and downs,” though he declines to say what exactly the “downs” are.

Overall, McClellan is happy with his re-lationship. Perhaps because of this, he andRoundy don’t engage in PDA.

“Making out in the hall is a little much,” said McClellan. He says that the closest he and Roundy come to PDA is some hugging, with the occasional kiss goodbye. McClellan advises those who want to date to “ be careful,” and to avoid the “weird stuff.”ffffAbove all, he advises prospective boyfriends and girlfriends to “not take [yourselves] too seriously.”

Photo by Hy annah AldridgeMitch McCllellan and Tiffany Roundy, sophomores, show their affection for each other in the halls by holding hands.

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Photo by Jy esse RichmondFreshman Alma Moreno looks up at Carl Peckham, sophomore, and Derek Erickson, ju-nior. Short people often feel that taller people look down on them, figuratively.

BY ELISABETH FULLMEFF R

Danny DeVito, Gary Cole-man, Willie Shoemaker, Dol-ly Parton, Jada Pinkett Smith and Joan of Arc. They all have one thing in common. They are all five feet tall or shorter.

From movie directors and actors to French saints, short

people don’t deserve the neg-ative stereotypes that they are so often labeled with. Not all short people are delicate wimps. Joan of Arc was most definitely not.

In Thomas Samaras’ book Human Body Size and the Laws of Scaling, he says thatshort people make great long

distance runners, gymnasts,soccer players, rock climb-ers and figure skaters. This is because short people have afaster acceleration rate than those taller than them. They are also stronger in propor-tion to their body weight.

According to Dr. Chris-tensen at Novo Nordisk, a

Danish healthcare company,short people’s bones have added durability and flex-ibility. Because of this their bones are less likely to break. Students and North Sanpete have identified even more benefits of being belowthe average height.

“Short people are much more fun because they have enough energy for three tallpeople.” said Lincoln Olm-stead, a junior from Spring City.

Other students see differffff -ent pros about their height. “I can get through the halls faster.” said Ashley Olson, a freshman from Mt. Pleasant.

However, it’s not all kicks and giggles. Vertically chal-lenged people also have some difficulties. “People still think you’re in elementary school.” said senior Trisha Butler from Fairview.

A Clinical Endocrinology journal reported that short people are more likely tobelieve that their quality

of health, both mental andphysical, is lower than oth-ers.

This could be because of all of the short jokes and teas-ing that occurs in the short people’s lives. Because of this some short people, especial-ly short men, believe that they must act ‘macho’ in or-der to prove to the world that they are not small, wimpy children. This psychological feeling of inadequacy has a name: Short Man Syndrome. Short Man Syndrome, also called Napoleon Complex af-ffter the short French gener-al and emperor, is common in short males. According to Professor Abraham Bunnk of the University of Gronin-gen in the Netherlands short men are prone to showing offmore than males of an aver-age height. Short Man Syn-drome also triggers aggres-sion and jealousy toward taller people. However, some NS students don’t agree that this problem affects all short ffffmen.

“It’s the short jocks that are like that, not short guys in general,” Said Delilah Re-ece, a junior from Moroni. There are disadvantages for short people, not only in high school, but in the profession-al field as well.

“When you start looking for a job, even if you have a Master’s degree, people are still going to have stereotypi-cal prejudices. It’s a struggle that never stops.” said Paul Olsen, director for the Little People of America, for the newspaper: The Daily Texan. Another inconvenience that short people encounter is shopping. Pants are madefor the average person andsize. Many short people have to hem their own clothing so it fits their body type.

“I hem my own pants or I turn them into shorts.” Said Olson.

Although having more du-rable bones is a definite plus short people have their trials just like the rest of us ‘average Joes’.

BY CY ALEB CHRISTENSEN

North Sanpete went to state against Logan with a record of two wins and fourteen losses. They played a good game but lost seven to zero.

Senior Jacob Lummus says that the reason that they lost was that “Logan kept scoring.” He says that the way that they scored so well was that Logan could make a good split. Lummus says that they had the field set so that they only had one forward, he says that this is supposed to make their defense better and this tactic did not. So the Logan game was the last game of the season. This also made it so that they did not reach their team goal which is to take state. They also say that the heat was unbearable. Jordon Merrill, senior, got dehydrated during the game.

Even though the team is done for the season they are looking forward the next season Lummus says that next year they are going to work more onpassing and splitting.

Through the season the team has had it’s struggles, at a carbon game North Sanpete scored the first goal according to Osbaldo Jimenez a fresh-man, after the first goal they just gave up; but, that is not the only reason that they lost the game. Carbon knows how to play rough, and they are not afraid to play rough, and they pressure a lot .

One of their easier games they played was the one against Manti. “They had good passes and [they] just played good overall,” said Lummu

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BY RYANRR AAGARDAA

The Lady Hawks have steam rolled their way through Region 8 finishing with a 9-1 record and are

Athlete of the month

School’s best tennis player finds success despite tough competition

Softball rewarded for hard work, goes to state

Photo by Ry yanRR AagardJennifer Nuttal, sophomore, goes for a hit in the playoff game versus Judge memorial last Saturday. The Hawks won 5-0 to move on in state.

looking to be geared up and ready for state.

When asked if the team was living up to their expec-tations, junior catcher Alisha Peckam replied, “Yeah, and we’ve done more. We weren’t

expected to do very well, but we’re kicking trash!”

But what lead this team to success?

“At the beginning of theyear we set some goals and we’ve met all of them,” said

Shelby Earl, junior starting pitcher.

One of the Lady Hawks’ major goals was to take re-gion and they did it with ease, with multiple games ending with the ten run rule

coming into play. The team seemed to be firing on all cyl-inders, going undefeated, un-til their last game at Salem Hills where they lost 5-4.

In addition to dominating their region, the Lady Hawks

have also challenged quality 4 and 5 A teams late in the season to help prepare them for sate, such as Payson and Lehi. 3-1 was the final score in the Payson game and the Lehi game ended with an-other 6-4 win.

A major part of their re-cent success comes from the hard work, focus and dedica-tion that the Lady Hawks put into practice everyday.

“We do the same freaking hitting drills every day,” said Earl.

Apparently the drills have paid off because they are one ffof the best hitting teams in the entire state.

“One of our major strengths is definitely hit-ting,” said Peckam.

Defense is also a ma-jor part of the Lady Hawks’ game.

With no real weakness-es in the field and the strong pitching game of juniorsShelby Earl and Swazie Hold-away, the team has been able to excel.

The whole team is look-kking forward to state and for the most part they have high expectations. The ladies are locked and loaded and should have a good showing in the tournament if they can stay focused.

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Boys’ soccer ends, doesn’t reach team goal Girls’ golf placed fourth at region, has a fun seasonBY VY ALERIEVV DE MILL

As she walked up to the 18th hole, Raberta Garlick gripped her club, measured her stanceand was ready to tee off. ffff This was her last hole at the region tournament and she didn’t leave there disappointed.

Garlick, a member of the Lady Hawks golf team was able to walk off the green with a ffsmile on her face as she had just taken sixth place.

“I was excited,” said Garlick. “That’s the best I’ve done this season.” Garlick wasn’t the only team member to advance to state; Ashlee Mower was close be-

hind in eighth place. Both Garlick and Mower had scores of 65 and 62, respectively. “This is a modified scoring system,” said Head Coach Todd Hansen. “The best golf

e today was 71, so both Raberta and Ashlee hit very well.”At this particular tournament the Lady Hawks defeated Delta and Salem

Hills. However the region rankings were based off of all the tournaments ffcombined, which left the Lady Hawks sitting in fourth place.

“We did very well, especially for only having three returning play-ers to the team,” said Hansen. “I’m proud of them. They played hard and learned a lot. They have just totally improved every week.”

Though the season is ending, the girls agree that they’ve had a great time.“[Golf ] has been so much fun,” said Mower. “The girls are really trying

rd and growing as a team. The best part [about golf ] is that we are able to laugh, even when we mess up.”

BY VY ALERIEVV DE MILL

At the end of a long match Mi-chael Lewis stepped off the court fffeeling good about his performance. That was one of the best matches he had played all season. This was the second time he was matched against this Salem Hills opponent; the first time Lewis was soundly beaten with a score of 6-3, 6-3. This time he didn’t succumb to his op-ponent and won with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 score.

“My favorite thing about ten-nis is when you play your best and come out on top,” said Lewis.

Lewis has been able to come out on top many times this season, but earning a win for this first singles player is by no means a small feat. Lewis is playing against the best from each school and is at a disad-vantage, but it hasn’t stopped him.

“He’s doing awesome,” said ju-nior and fellow teammate Tucker Morin. “He’s playing against peo-ple who’ve taken private lessons.”

Privately trained players usual-ly leave their opponents in the dust but many have noticed Lewis’ abili-ty to keep up with his competition.

“Michael can stroke [the ball] with anybody,” said Assistant Coach Ben Cox. “He has more talent than any tennis player that we’ve had in a while.”

Even teammates acknowledge Lewis’ tennis talent.

“Michael is a fiery beacon of awe-someness in a storm of amateurity,” said junior Dyllon Tabler.

Lewis has been playing at the top of his game, but he has sacri-ficed many hours of practicing toget there.

Throughout the summer and even during the girls’ tennis season, one could drive by the tennis courts and see Lewis practicing his ground strokes against the wall or work-kking on his serves. When the snow began to fall and cover the courts Lewis would go to Gold’s Gym andhit with a ball machine. From the end of last boys’ tennis season until now, Lewis has remained focused on tennis by practicing whenever he had the opportunity.

“He has a lot of potential and he works hard,” said Cox. “He’s real-ly competitive. I think his competi-tive nature keeps us more focused.”

Teammates agree with Cox and believe Lewis is a big asset to the team.

“Michael is a good team leader. People look up to him,” said Morin.

Not only does Morin think Lew-is is a great example, but he has a reason to be grateful to Lewis.

“He brings a sense of security [to the team] so we don’t have to play first singles,” said Morin.

Not only is Lewis dedicated to ten-nis, but he has been even more ded-icated to his school work.

Most seniors think that this yearis a time for an easy schedule, to just chill and hang out with their friends. Lewis isn’t like many of these people.

This year he has kept busy bal-ancing 11 college classes and his duties as a seminary council mem-

ber. He will be graduating at the end of this month with not only his high school diploma but he’ll have 32 college credits under his belt.

Although he’s been taking many classes down at Snow College for this past year, he is still anticipating graduation from high school.

“While still being in high school I haven’t really had the full college experience so I’m really excited for

the fall semester,” said Lewis.Like many seniors, Lewis too, is

getting nostalgic. “I’ll miss my high school friends,

the sports and just the overall envi-ronment of high school,” said Lew-is.

After graduation Lewis plans to continue his education for a year at Snow College then go on a church mission.

Photo by Vy alerieVV DeMillMichael Lewis plays tennis against Salem Hills; tennis is just one of his many talents. Lewis is physical-ly talented as well as mentally. He is a good team leader and has earned 32 college credits this year.

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Photo by Vy alerieVV DeMillDerek and Hunter Ericksen, first doubles partners, play against Salem Hills for their last home match. The team has made many improvements this year, despite loss of senior leadership on the team, the players have stepped up. The coaches feel the boys have given what it takes to have a successful season and have exceeded their expectations.

BY VY ALERIEVV DE MILL

The North Sanpete boys’ tennis season is coming to a close, but the Hawks have no intention of slowing down.

The boys finished their last home match of the sea-son with a win against Salem Hills who dominated over the Hawks a few weeks prior. This win allowed the Hawks to tie with Salem Hills for second place in the region.

Even though the team didn’t pull off a region title ffthe coaches are still proud of them.

“We may have slightly ex-ceeded my expectations,” said Head Coach Jeff Erickff -kksen. “Last year we took re-gion, but we graduated a lot of seniors. I wasn’t sure about what kind of team we’d have coming back, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. Every player has stepped up.”

In his final home match of the season Michael Lew-is, senior and first singles player, was paired against Sa-lem Hills, a opponent that had previously beaten him. Lewis started out the match by taking the first game, but struggled in the next two. Al-though his beginning strug-gles might have hindered him, he went on to split sets and eventually took the win.

In second singles senior Parker Earl has also played well. However, he was un-able to defeat his Salem Hills opponent.

“When Parker first start-ed tennis in sixth grade I just shook my head at him. Now

he’s somebody to be reck-kkoned with; he’s come further than I ever though he would,” said Ericksen.

In third singles junior Tucker Morin’s region record of 5-3 helped him tie with Sa-lem Hills for second place.

“Tucker’s work ethic has been phenomenal,” said Er-icksen. “He comes out to the courts 20 minutes before practice starts to work on his

serves and stays after to con-tinue to work on them. He’s improved a lot.”

In the last home match of the season brothers Derek and Hunter Erickson were able to scape their first re-gion win against Salem Hills in first doubles.

In second doubles Jeremy Garlick and Kelton Rasmus-sen also beat Salem Hills.

“Jeremy has the best dou-

bles skills on the team,” said Ericksen. “He has good an-gles and net play.”

Although the region plac-es have already been decid-ed, the Hawks will be still be playing in a divisional region tournament at Snow College. This tournament may bring a challenge for the Hawks be-cause it there will be other schools outside our region also competing in it.

“It is so important that we do well at the region tourna-ment because our seeding for state depends on it,” said As-sistant Coach Ben Cox. “We should do alright, but someof those teams are really tough. Desert Hills is ridic-ulously good and Hurricane and Canyon View are also good teams.”

Even though the season is starting to wrap-up, many

feel that this has been a suc-cessful season.

“It’s been fun. It’s been a good season,” said Ericksen.

This has been Cox’s first year as a coach, he also feels that the season went well.

“I love it. We’ve had a great time,” said Cox. “It takes more time than I real-ized; it pulls me from class more than I wanted, but it’s worth it.”

No state tourney as baseball stumbles to close out season

BY CY HANA THOMPSON

As the North Sanpete Hawk baseball team did their warm ups on the Delta field last Tuesday, in the scorch-ing hot sunlight, realization sunk in. This game would be the last one of the season if they lost; it was the make or break game. But the team went out on the field with a strong mental attitude. Be-fore the game began, cheers of, “Hawks”, and “Bring em’,” could be heard. The boys worked together one last time to put their efforts to ffffthe ultimate test.

But unfortunately their efforts were not enough to ffffwithstand their mentality; the team ended the season at the Delta game, the score be-ing 5-0.

“We weren’t mentally tough, we had the talent,” said Head Coach Lee R. So-rensen of Fairview, “The ath-letes just weren’t mentally tough enough.”

The season was not as suc-cessful as the athletes had hoped it to be in terms of wins versus losses, but So-

rensen, looking at the more positive side, said that it has been the first team in years of coaching, that has played so well together.

“We had a good start but then we had a very bad end,”said Taylor Ricks senior of Fairview. “We had a good preseason but we struggled in the regular season.”

Teammates agree with Coach Sorensen that they couldn’t get past their losing mentality that they have had a lot of years in NS baseball.

Despite these mentalities, some team members found good in their strengths.

“Our strengths were being a good team, working togeth-er,” said Kaden Jorgensen, ju-nior from Mt. Pleasant. “But our weakness was our er-rors.”

According to Sorens-en the team’s batting aver-age was 350, which is good, but in their defense the team struggled.

Sorensen said that chang-es he would like to make fornext year is probably pre-paring more in the off seaff -son, such as attending more

camps and throwing earlier. Next year NS will have a

new region so the team will be really competitive.

“Loss of seniors won’t be that big of a deal,” said Ricks.“At the end of the year the juniors started to step it up, they’ll have a good season.”

Sorensen said that the team is losing five good play-ers that have played a lot of baseball, so the team will be very young.

“I’m proud of the seniors, just the way they got along and their leadership,” said Sorensen.

The seniors believe that the season was successful be-cause they were all friends,they got along and they tried to stay positive. The coach-es and younger athletes look forward to hopefully having a more successful season onthe scoreboard next year.

Coach Sorenson ends the season with words of appre-ciation for the team coaches.

“I’d like to thank the varsi-ty, JV, sophomore, and fresh-man coaches for all of their hard work and help,” said So-rensen.

Photo by Ky athrine KendalSophomore Parker Christensen watches a pitch in the dirt at the Hawks’ final varsity game against the Delta Rabbits; the game ended in a 5-0 loss for the Hawks.

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Despite their success-ful region run, NS tennis found region 9 a bit tough-er than their own. Playing in a division-al tournament for the first time ever, each of the Hawks tennis players lost their first round matches to schools from region 9, which consists of southern Utah 3A schools Desert Hills, Hurricane, Canyon View and Cedar City The divisional tourna-ment was devised, despite opposition from coach-es, to create better seeding at the state tournament. Nine teams from the two regions vied for seven po-sitions in the state tourney. While all NS players lost in the first round, sev-eral were able to win their second round matches. Michael Lewis (1st sin-gles), Tucker Morin (3rd singles), and Jeremy Gar-lick and Kelton Rasmussen (2nd doubles), all qualified for the state tournmant at BYU next Friday.

Hawks qualify for state, struggle with southern region

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BY DY ANIELLE HARDY

Title: Elephant RunAuthor: Roland SmithPages: 318My Rating: 3 starsWould I recommend it? YesOther books by this author: Peak andJack’s RunAvailable at our library? Yes

Elephant Run, set in the year 1941, tells the story of Nick Freestone’s life during the war. When his home in England is destroyed, his mother sends him to live with his father on their teak plantation in Burma, hoping that he will be safer.

Almost immediately after his arrival, the war comes to Burma, and Japanese soldiers invade the country. Nick’s father, Jackson, is taken prisoner, and Nick has nowhere to go. The leader of the soldiers makes a promise with his dad, agreeing to allow Nick to returnto India safely. But as soon as his father is tak-kken away, the Colonel decides instead to keephim there as a servant.

Which Nick is being beaten and forced to obey their orders, Mya, the sister of one of the local elephant handlers, has to put up with much worse. Her beauty puts her in the spotlight, and brings about some unwant-ed attention from a few of their captors. She manages to hold them at bay, but who knows how much longer that will last.

They know they’ve got to get out of there as soon possible, and when word comes to Nick that his father is getting sicker by the day, they agree that it’s time to make their move.

With the help of Mya’s much-respected

great grandfather, they start to plot their es-cape from Burma. Their mode of transporta-tion for the escape is one of elephants from the village. Both of them are determined to save their loved ones from the Japanese’s POW camps, but they also know that by fol-lowing through with this, they risk their own lives. It’s not just the enemy soldiers that they have to worry about though. Between the wild timber elephants and the rugged terrain, the wilderness along the way proves just as dangerous at times.

A quick and easy read, Smith does a won-derful job of showing the readers the horrible effects of World War II, while still telling the ffffstory of one young man’s journey.

Elephant Run has its ups and downs, but always manages to hold the reader’s atten-tion. A great choice for the reluctant readers, along with anyone who loves a good histori-cal fiction packed with adventure.

Elephant Run book review

BY JY ESSE RICHMOND

It was raining on the morning of May 2nd. This didn’t deter the members of the NS band, however. When the bus left at 10:30 am, the thirty-odd students led by Mr. Timothy Kidder began to re-trace steps not taken for 25 years.

According to Randy Shelley, the last time that NS High has made it to the State Band festival was in 1984. The com-petition is held yearly at UVU, (then Utah Technical College) and features the best musical groups from every region.

To earn the right to go to state, a band must perform three songs for the judges at their respective region competition. If the judges award them at least two I, or “Superior” ratings and one I- rating, then the band progresses to the state level. They are again judged, and the marks they receive are their fi-nal scores.

At around 12 pm, the band arrived at UVU. After unload-ing the equipment into their designated room, they dispersed, some practicing parts, others seeking a snack after the long bus ride.

The moment of truth arrived at 1. The band, now seated in the concert hall, received a comforting smile from Kidder, then played the first notes of Rhythm of The Winds by Frank Erickson.

The judges bestowed the band with the scores of II, II, and II-. This would seem to indicate a drop in performance quali-ty, but Kidder doesn’t necessarily believe that is the case. Kid-der says that the judges were “harsh” in their ratings, but he believes the band played well regardless.

Students Chante Birch, Eric Johansen, and Aaron Johnson agree that the judges were especially critical at State. Birch called them “Harsh with a capital H,” while Johnson says that “[The judges] were slamming bands left and right.”

Kidder’s alma mater, Woods Cross High School, seemsto be one of the “slammed bands.” 700 of the 1200 students at Woods Cross are involved in the band program, but that

wasn’t reflected in the two II-‘s and one III- they received. After the competition, the students listened to the per-

formances of two other bands, then posed for group photos provided by the school. As a reward for the students, the bus stopped at Golden Corral, then departed when the students and staff had their ff fill. The weary yet euphoric band returned to the high school at six.

Something has evidently changed in the band this year that

brought about this success. The consensus of Birch, Johansen, and Johnson has one answer: Mr. Kidder.

“I think we’re good, but it’s Kidder that makes the differffff -ence,” said Birch. Johnson says that Kidder’s “new techniques” have helped the band, as well as the band’s respect for their in-structor. Johansen says that the band thrives because Kidder believes in them, also adding that “I’ve never had so much fun in band in my life.”

Band scores well at state despite critical judges

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Dakota Baker

9, Wales

What kind of Ipod do you have? – Shuffle

How many songs are on it? – 540

What’s your favorite genre of music? – Rock

What’s your favorite song on your Ipod? – “Animal I

Have Become” by Three Days Grace

How much do you listen to your Ipod? – 5 to 6 hours a

day

Matthew Daley

12, Milburn

What kind of Ipod do you have? – Nano

How many songs are on it? – 337

What’s your favorite genre of music? – Alternative Rock

What’s your favorite song on your Ipod? – “Mad World”

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How much do you listen to your Ipod? – 12 hours a day

Adeline Galecki

9, Fairview

What kind of Ipod do you have? – Nano

How many songs are on it? – 88

What’s your favorite genre of music? – Rock

What’s your favorite song on your Ipod? – “Show Me the

Money” by Petey Pablo

How much do you listen to your Ipod? – 3 to 4 hours a

day

Sam Allred

11, Wales

What kind of Ipod do you have? – Nano

How many songs are on it? – 3,000

What’s your favorite genre of music? – Acid-Rock

What’s your favorite song on your Ipod? – “Something in

Your Mouth” by Nickelback

How much do you listen to your Ipod? – At least an hour

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Photo by Cy hristian CarrThe NS band plays at a recent concert. The band earned the highest possible ratings at region and were invited to particpate in the state competition for the first time in several years.

SEE PAGE 9, BAND

BY CHAHH D MCKAYKK

The NS Times is taking a look at summer blockbusters coming to a theatre near you. Here are our pre-views for the biggest movies.

Transformers: Revenge of

the Fallen

Opening June 24Synopsis: This time around the

Decepticon’s return to Earth to take Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf ) cap-tive, after he learns about the an-cient origins of the Transformer robots. Optimus Prime and other Autobots join forces with interna-tional armies to fight back against the Decepticon’s.

Why are we so excited for it? Well considering the first Trans-

formers was a huge box office suc-cess, (grossing more than 700 mil-lion dollars worldwide) the visual effects look awesome in the trailer, ffffand director Michael Bay and key actors are returning , expect a big-ger better Transformers movie.

Harry Potter and the Half

Blood Prince

Opening July 15Synopsis: So it’s Harry Potter’s

sixth year at Hogwarts, and in this film Harry is learning more and more about Lord Voldermort and his past, all with the help of Head-master Albus Dumbledore and a textbook marked “This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince.”

Why are we so excited for it? Who doesn’t love Harry Potter?And the movies are one of the big-gest film franchises ever. The action and magic does not seem to be lost in the trailers for this film. Do be warned though, that this might notbe the happy ending you find sum-mer blockbusters.

Up

Opening May 29 Synopsis: All Carl Fredrick-kk

son wants to do is see the wilds of South America and to do this he ties thousands of colorful balloons to his home. But as he sets off, he fffffinds that a young wilderness ex-plorer has stowed away on the trip.

Why are we so excited for it? Pix-

ar. That’s all that needs to be said. Pixar has created timeless movies that will be remembered for gen-erations. Up looks more whimsical and family friendly than their pre-vious movies, (Ratatouille, WALL-E) so be sure to see great visualsand some good laughs.

The Proposal

Opening June 19Synopsis: After learning that she

is getting deported back to Canada Margret Tate (Sandra Bullock) forc-es her assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her so she can legally stay in New York.

Why we are so excited to see it? Bullock and Reynolds are both hi-larious actors, and seeing the two together for the first time should be

a fun time.

G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

Opening August 7Synopsis: An elite military unit

comprised of operatives known as the Global Integrated Joint Operat-ing Entity, yeah, looks to take down Cobra, an organization headed by a Scottish arms dealer.

Why are we so excited to see it? Who hasn’t played with a G.I. Joe action figure? And seeing thataction toy turned into an action packed movie should be awesome to see on the big screen. Expect to see a sequel or two coming from this franchise.

Hollywood heats up with summer flicks

BY KY ATIEKK CARPENTER

This year’s spring play is filled with fashion models,gothic fairies and a whole lot of “to be or not to be”.

Tanya Roundy, the drama teacher and director of this year’s spring play, chose to put on William Shakespeare’s

classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Don’t start imagining boys in tights, though. This version of the play is differffff -ent from what you’ve seen before.

“The setting for the play is in New York City. We have scenes in Central Park, a ka-raoke bar and business offic-es,” said Roundy, “but we’re still using the old Shake-speare language.”

The story of A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream focuses on a complex love triangle between two couples. Being one of Shakespeare’s lighter plays, it’s filled with a lot of humor and magic.

“It’s supposed to be sil-ly and fun. I hope kids can come and have fun and en-joy the play,” said Roundy.

With the play being set in modern times, Roundy is hoping it might be easier

for some students to under-stand.

“We performed it this way at the Shakespearian Festival and it went over very well.”

Jill Coombs, one of the leads of the play, thinks the interpretation of the play will go well.

“I think it’s going to be in-teresting because of it’s really modern twist.”

One of the twists you’ll be able to see in the play is that of the fairies. The fairies are the ones who cause most of the mischief between the couples and turn the story around. These fairies won’t have sparkling wings and wands though. Instead they’ll be portrayed as a clique of Goths.

“You’re used to tradition-al fairies,” said Roundy, “but in New York, that’s not what you’ll get. The closest you’ll

find is a wicken, Goth vibe.”Erica Draper, who por-

trays a super model, has hada fun but interesting time getting ready for the play.

“It’s easier because you don’t have to review an old styled character, you can take on a modern role that you al-ready kinda know. It’s still so stressful because everyone’s running around everywhere. Sometimes its just a big ballof chaos, but hopefully it will turn out good.”

Not everyone is excited for the modern edge on the play. Spencer Henderson, one of the actors in the play, thinks “it ruins the Shake-speare effect”. ffff

Coombs seems to be caught in the middle.

“It’s an interesting con-cept but when people per-form Shakespeare nowadays, they always modernize it. I just wish someone would doit classically,” said Coombs.

So if you’re a fan of the original Shakespeare or wanting to see something new, then come tonight and see how the drama class of North Sanpete High School takes A Midsummer Night’s Dream and makes it one-hundred percent their own.

Tonight is the last show-ing of the play. It begins at 7:00 P.M. Tickets are five dollars or three dollars with your student ID.

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Photo by Ky atie CarpenterSeveral students practice for this year’s spring play. A new version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which will be performed tonight, takes place in modern times but still uses the Bard’s original language.

Kidder has different views concerning the success of the ffffband. He says that they’ve worked hard this year, so much that the comparison between their playing at the beginning and end of the year is like day and night. He also states that the band got more excited for pep band this year, resulting in better performance.

All this is very well and good, but the real test will be to see if the band’s success lasts. Johnson believes that it will, so long as “the section leaders do their jobs.”

“State is definitely in the agenda next year,” said Johnson.Kidder is also optimistic for the future, but he sees some

potential stumbling blocks. Kidder says that when the new re-gion boundaries are set next year, more good bands will come into the region, and many good bands will stay as well. To combat this, Kidder sees the need to keep improving, as well as the needs of more money and band students.

So, State has been an interesting new experience for the band. However, State is not the end. The band played an end-of-year concert on the 7th, and will play at Spring City Ele-mentary on the 14th. After school ends, preparations for Sum-mer Band begin, but until then it seems the band is taking awell-earned rest, reveling in the success of the year.

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Cognitive QuestHow well do you know NS High? Answer all of the questions correctly and

e-mail us your answers. The quiz is open to students and members of the

community. We’ll select a student to receive a bag of candy! Just e-mail your

answers, name and phone number to news@nsanpete.org

Freshman Level:

Name one teacher leaving North Sanpete this year?

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Who are the four new student body officers?

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How many soda machines are there in the school?

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Who wrote the school song?

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your kids are. If you are Ryan’s par-

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her with health insurance?

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