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High School Spotlight:
Ik •
Texan Margu00,.rite appr ec,lates arts
TRANSFERRING FROM Houston, Texas, as a high-school
junior, Marguerite Johnston is having fun on Shelton
High School's yearbook staff, tennis team and other pro-
grams. She hopes to promote art and music as a profes-
sional career.
taking pictures and making a story
out of it," she says.
Her yearbook advisor, Cami
Baugh, taught her class some tech-
niques in photography and editing.
And in the meantime, people
started telling her she was good at
taking pictures. Still, Marguerite
considers one of her brothers, who
is studying photojournalism at the
Boston Institute of Art, to be the
real photographer in the family,
since "he has all' the gadgets."
This year, she's using her camera
skills to help support the yearbook
by taking senior pictures for her
friends and donating the proceeds
to the yearbook fund.
"I just love taking pictures of
people," she says.
MARGUERITE ALSO enjoys
0
By REBECCA WELLS
Coming from the tburth-larg-
est city in the country, Margue-
rite Johnston chose to experience
small-town America by finishing
high school in Shelton.
"I wanted to see the cultural
differences," she explains. Though
she still lives part time in Houston,
Texas, where she grew up, she's
currently residing on Hood Canal.
It was her good friend and neighbor
Jennifer Hoss who influenced her to
give Shelton High School a try last
year. So as a junior she exchanged
her ritzy high school thronged with
4,000 students for Shelton High's
down-to-earth atmosphere with a
mere 1,300 or so students.
"Coming from the tburth-largest
city to a rural town was definitely a
culture shock," she adds.
BESIDES HAVING fun compar-
ing the social differences between
Houston and Shelton, she also loves
exploring the area around her Hood
Canal home.
"It's amazing, because I love to
kayak and hike?" she says.
"But we don't have a sailboat
here and it's really depressing,"
adds Marguerite, who has sailed
her whole life. Her father, Peter
Johnston, is a longtime member of
the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club,
where he served as last year's com-
modore. When he was younger, she
ys, he had actually taken part in
aeOl,ympic trials for sailing.
He s a pretty good sailor," she
adds proudly.
Her parents sailed all over the
World and her mother, Kathy Fer-
tta, helped crew for him once.
race they are both remarried now,
arguerite also has step-parents:
Henry Fertitta and Weezie John-
Ston.
1 MARGUERITE STARTED
earning to sail, beginningwith a
Small boat at age 6. Now she has
graduated to a two-person 420, a
ginners' racing sailboat. Her sis-
er is currently captain of the Uni-
Versity of Texas women's sailing
team.
. And last year Marguerite par-
ticipated in the Texas Youth Race
r eek Regatta, racing a sailboat af-
r Just three days of lessons.
, t was reallv fun, because we
Land a shower radio attached to the
.oat and we had waterproof cam-
eras,, she remembers. Through the
eXPerience she also met a lot of"re-
ally. cool people" from neighboring
Yacht clubs around Texas•
It was really fun. It was like, the
.tt:xperience of my life," Margue-
ntinues. She plans to use this
experience to count for her senior
project this year.
• BESIDES INSTRUCTING her
m the basic sailing skills, over the
summer her dad also taught her
how to surf waves with her boat.
_ It Was a fun thing My dad and
! bonded a lot this summer," she re-
calls.
At school, she enjoys record-
iag and arranging her classmates'
era°ries as editor-in-chief of Sa-
alie, Shelton High's yearbook
,LThis is her second year working on
me yearbook staff.
"I just picked it up and I loved
and so I was asked to be editor
a L' this year," she explains. Being
:me to document her and her class-
ates' high-school life and match,
. rdiaate and organize photos and
[°rmation to create a big scrap-
k commemorating everyone is
..)at she likes best about helping
"lth the yearbook.
bo ER INVOLVEMENT in year-
. ok, which introduced her to tak-
ing and editing photos, also sparked
uer Znterest in photography. "I love
contributing her energy to Climb-
er Crew, where she helped sopho-
mores adjust to high school during
orientation; Big Buddies, involving
mentoring an elementary student;
and Pep Committee, where she co-
ordinates planning for pep assem-
blies.
Pep Committee has done about
three assemblies so far and is in
the process of planning another one
right now.
"They've all been really creative
this year," she says. Her committee
invited a magician to perform for
one event and they had big plans
for the Christmas assembly, though
it was canceled due to last month's
windstorm. The group had schemed
up a "Dr. Seuss" theme, complete
with a rhyming script and someone
dressed in a "Grinch" costume.
"It didn't go through, but it was
really fun," she says of the plan.
SINCE LAST YEAR, Margue-
rite has also participated on the
Highclimbers' tennis team, playing
doubles. Like sailing, tennis is a
sport that runs in her family. This
time, it was Marguerite's grand-
mother who set the example.
"She's 78 and she still plays ten-
nis to this day and gives lessons,"
Marguerite says. Along with be-
ing a successful tennis athlete, her
grandmother also teaches golf and
is artistic.
"She's very active," Marguerite
says affectionately. "I love her!"
Following suit, Marguerite is
currently working in the pro shop
at Alderbrook Golf Course. But her
Cha!itable Non-cash
00Contrnbutuons Changes
(Effective I/I/07) The Pension Protection Act of
2006 was signed into law in August 2006. Deduc-
tions may NOT be taken for donations of used
clothing and household items that are not "good
used condition or better/' Note that the new
!ule applies only to used clothing and household
Items. Art, collectibles, and other non-household
items are not subject to this rule. The law does
not define what "good" is.
something that's good ibr America."
INSTEAD OF endorsing cheap
entertainment, she says she would
prefer to introduce America to the
arts.
And where does she want to go to
study for her profession? Speaking
like a true Texan at heart, she says
the University of Texas is her first
choice.
"It's always every Texan's first
choice," she explains. She has also
applied to the University of Wash-
ington and Washington State Uni-
versity, whose communications
school is currently ranked iburth
Class o: 1967
seeking grads
Members of the Shelton High
School Class of 1967 are preparing
for their 40-year class reunion.
They ask those planning to at-
tend to send their names, address-
es, phone numbers and e-mail ad-
dresses - along with those of any
other classmates with whom they
are in contact - to Shelton1967@
yahoo.com, or to Shayne Larson
Frankel, 1220 Sabal Drive, San
Jose, California 95132. Frankel's
phone number is (408) 251-5435.
in the nation, she notes. Western
Washington University's "amaz-
ing" women's sailing team also
qualified that school as a potential
choice. The University of Texas is
still her top choice, since she says
it's "in Austin, which is the best city
in the world!"
IoMww I
"
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Specializing in
brakes, exhaust
and custom work
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360.462.1040
grandmother wasn't the only one
to influence her in golf. Her father
and stepfather are both golf fanat-
ics, so she has spent plenty of time
caddying and driving golf carts for
them.
"I loved it," she remembers.
Thinking about her profes-
sional career, Marguerite is look-
ing into the communication field.
Already she's earned college credit
for English 101 through a program
the high school offers with Central
Washington University. She plans
to take the second course before
graduating. English is her favor-
ite subject and she really likes her
instructor for these two particular
English classes, Randy Baugh, who
often provokes heated discussions
in class.
"I LOVE ARGUING," she says.
Right now, Marguerite has main-
tained a 3.5 grade-point average in
school•
Specifically, Marguerite wants to
major in mass communication, in-
cluding journalism and public rela-
tions. Her goal is to plan, organize
and promote music, film and art
festivals. She would especially like
a job promoting Austin City Limits,
a music festival in Texas.
"It's huge and it's amazing!" she
says of the annual event, known for
introducing new bands to the music
scene. But she's not limiting her-
self. Marguerite could also picture
herself promoting art galleries, too.
Coming from an artistic family with
her grandmother, her two brothers
and her sister all either practicing
or studying some form of art, Mar-
guerite says she loves being around
artists.
"It's so cool and Austin's just an
amazing town," she adds.
"And I don't know, I just like be-
ing around people," she reflects. "I
just love planning and being a part of
Keep the home fires burning
with a gas or woodstove or insert by
FIREPLACE PRODUCTS
Even with the
power out...
you stay warm!
Don't let the
next bout of
bad weather
catch you
without heat!
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St,)v,, & Fan Center
2118 Pacific Ave., Olympia • 943-5587
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Saturday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
LOOSE
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AND STILL CANT CHEW?
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American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
William J. Busacca, DDS, PS
1525 Olympic Hwy. North, Shclton,WA 98584
The Smile Express
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 15
m
High School Spotlight:
Ik •
Texan Margu00,.rite appr ec,lates arts
TRANSFERRING FROM Houston, Texas, as a high-school
junior, Marguerite Johnston is having fun on Shelton
High School's yearbook staff, tennis team and other pro-
grams. She hopes to promote art and music as a profes-
sional career.
taking pictures and making a story
out of it," she says.
Her yearbook advisor, Cami
Baugh, taught her class some tech-
niques in photography and editing.
And in the meantime, people
started telling her she was good at
taking pictures. Still, Marguerite
considers one of her brothers, who
is studying photojournalism at the
Boston Institute of Art, to be the
real photographer in the family,
since "he has all' the gadgets."
This year, she's using her camera
skills to help support the yearbook
by taking senior pictures for her
friends and donating the proceeds
to the yearbook fund.
"I just love taking pictures of
people," she says.
MARGUERITE ALSO enjoys
0
By REBECCA WELLS
Coming from the tburth-larg-
est city in the country, Margue-
rite Johnston chose to experience
small-town America by finishing
high school in Shelton.
"I wanted to see the cultural
differences," she explains. Though
she still lives part time in Houston,
Texas, where she grew up, she's
currently residing on Hood Canal.
It was her good friend and neighbor
Jennifer Hoss who influenced her to
give Shelton High School a try last
year. So as a junior she exchanged
her ritzy high school thronged with
4,000 students for Shelton High's
down-to-earth atmosphere with a
mere 1,300 or so students.
"Coming from the tburth-largest
city to a rural town was definitely a
culture shock," she adds.
BESIDES HAVING fun compar-
ing the social differences between
Houston and Shelton, she also loves
exploring the area around her Hood
Canal home.
"It's amazing, because I love to
kayak and hike?" she says.
"But we don't have a sailboat
here and it's really depressing,"
adds Marguerite, who has sailed
her whole life. Her father, Peter
Johnston, is a longtime member of
the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club,
where he served as last year's com-
modore. When he was younger, she
ys, he had actually taken part in
aeOl,ympic trials for sailing.
He s a pretty good sailor," she
adds proudly.
Her parents sailed all over the
World and her mother, Kathy Fer-
tta, helped crew for him once.
race they are both remarried now,
arguerite also has step-parents:
Henry Fertitta and Weezie John-
Ston.
1 MARGUERITE STARTED
earning to sail, beginningwith a
Small boat at age 6. Now she has
graduated to a two-person 420, a
ginners' racing sailboat. Her sis-
er is currently captain of the Uni-
Versity of Texas women's sailing
team.
. And last year Marguerite par-
ticipated in the Texas Youth Race
r eek Regatta, racing a sailboat af-
r Just three days of lessons.
, t was reallv fun, because we
Land a shower radio attached to the
.oat and we had waterproof cam-
eras,, she remembers. Through the
eXPerience she also met a lot of"re-
ally. cool people" from neighboring
Yacht clubs around Texas•
It was really fun. It was like, the
.tt:xperience of my life," Margue-
ntinues. She plans to use this
experience to count for her senior
project this year.
• BESIDES INSTRUCTING her
m the basic sailing skills, over the
summer her dad also taught her
how to surf waves with her boat.
_ It Was a fun thing My dad and
! bonded a lot this summer," she re-
calls.
At school, she enjoys record-
iag and arranging her classmates'
era°ries as editor-in-chief of Sa-
alie, Shelton High's yearbook
,LThis is her second year working on
me yearbook staff.
"I just picked it up and I loved
and so I was asked to be editor
a L' this year," she explains. Being
:me to document her and her class-
ates' high-school life and match,
. rdiaate and organize photos and
[°rmation to create a big scrap-
k commemorating everyone is
..)at she likes best about helping
"lth the yearbook.
bo ER INVOLVEMENT in year-
. ok, which introduced her to tak-
ing and editing photos, also sparked
uer Znterest in photography. "I love
contributing her energy to Climb-
er Crew, where she helped sopho-
mores adjust to high school during
orientation; Big Buddies, involving
mentoring an elementary student;
and Pep Committee, where she co-
ordinates planning for pep assem-
blies.
Pep Committee has done about
three assemblies so far and is in
the process of planning another one
right now.
"They've all been really creative
this year," she says. Her committee
invited a magician to perform for
one event and they had big plans
for the Christmas assembly, though
it was canceled due to last month's
windstorm. The group had schemed
up a "Dr. Seuss" theme, complete
with a rhyming script and someone
dressed in a "Grinch" costume.
"It didn't go through, but it was
really fun," she says of the plan.
SINCE LAST YEAR, Margue-
rite has also participated on the
Highclimbers' tennis team, playing
doubles. Like sailing, tennis is a
sport that runs in her family. This
time, it was Marguerite's grand-
mother who set the example.
"She's 78 and she still plays ten-
nis to this day and gives lessons,"
Marguerite says. Along with be-
ing a successful tennis athlete, her
grandmother also teaches golf and
is artistic.
"She's very active," Marguerite
says affectionately. "I love her!"
Following suit, Marguerite is
currently working in the pro shop
at Alderbrook Golf Course. But her
Cha!itable Non-cash
00Contrnbutuons Changes
(Effective I/I/07) The Pension Protection Act of
2006 was signed into law in August 2006. Deduc-
tions may NOT be taken for donations of used
clothing and household items that are not "good
used condition or better/' Note that the new
!ule applies only to used clothing and household
Items. Art, collectibles, and other non-household
items are not subject to this rule. The law does
not define what "good" is.
something that's good ibr America."
INSTEAD OF endorsing cheap
entertainment, she says she would
prefer to introduce America to the
arts.
And where does she want to go to
study for her profession? Speaking
like a true Texan at heart, she says
the University of Texas is her first
choice.
"It's always every Texan's first
choice," she explains. She has also
applied to the University of Wash-
ington and Washington State Uni-
versity, whose communications
school is currently ranked iburth
Class o: 1967
seeking grads
Members of the Shelton High
School Class of 1967 are preparing
for their 40-year class reunion.
They ask those planning to at-
tend to send their names, address-
es, phone numbers and e-mail ad-
dresses - along with those of any
other classmates with whom they
are in contact - to Shelton1967@
yahoo.com, or to Shayne Larson
Frankel, 1220 Sabal Drive, San
Jose, California 95132. Frankel's
phone number is (408) 251-5435.
in the nation, she notes. Western
Washington University's "amaz-
ing" women's sailing team also
qualified that school as a potential
choice. The University of Texas is
still her top choice, since she says
it's "in Austin, which is the best city
in the world!"
IoMww I
"
FULL SERVICE
AUTO REPAIR
Specializing in
brakes, exhaust
and custom work
FREE ESTIMATES
& FLUID CHECKS
"Quality and Trust
That's Hometowne
Service"
1635 Olympic Hwy. N., #I02A taxfx@hctc.com
360.462.1040
grandmother wasn't the only one
to influence her in golf. Her father
and stepfather are both golf fanat-
ics, so she has spent plenty of time
caddying and driving golf carts for
them.
"I loved it," she remembers.
Thinking about her profes-
sional career, Marguerite is look-
ing into the communication field.
Already she's earned college credit
for English 101 through a program
the high school offers with Central
Washington University. She plans
to take the second course before
graduating. English is her favor-
ite subject and she really likes her
instructor for these two particular
English classes, Randy Baugh, who
often provokes heated discussions
in class.
"I LOVE ARGUING," she says.
Right now, Marguerite has main-
tained a 3.5 grade-point average in
school•
Specifically, Marguerite wants to
major in mass communication, in-
cluding journalism and public rela-
tions. Her goal is to plan, organize
and promote music, film and art
festivals. She would especially like
a job promoting Austin City Limits,
a music festival in Texas.
"It's huge and it's amazing!" she
says of the annual event, known for
introducing new bands to the music
scene. But she's not limiting her-
self. Marguerite could also picture
herself promoting art galleries, too.
Coming from an artistic family with
her grandmother, her two brothers
and her sister all either practicing
or studying some form of art, Mar-
guerite says she loves being around
artists.
"It's so cool and Austin's just an
amazing town," she adds.
"And I don't know, I just like be-
ing around people," she reflects. "I
j ust love planning and being a part of
Keep the home fires burning
with a gas or woodstove or insert by
FIREPLACE PRODUCTS
Even with the
power out...
you stay warm!
Don't let the
next bout of
bad weather
catch you
without heat!
90 Days Same As Cash
( apital City
St,)v,, & Fan Center
2118 Pacific Ave., Olympia • 943-5587
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Saturday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
LOOSE
DENTURES?
HAD LOTS OF RELINES
AND STILL CANT CHEW?
WE HAVE
THEANSWER!
• Affordable • Fast • Easy
Call today for a comp/'00entary consult.
(3eo) 426-9711
DOCS
American Dental Association
Academy of General Dentistry
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
William J. Busacca, DDS, PS
1525 Olympic Hwy. North, Shclton,WA 98584
The Smile Express
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 15
m