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Writing the bo()k bam," "Mr. Orca&apos;s great Avenger," and "The Puppy Ellie," about a puppy who lives right next to the Ring of Fire. While they sound playful, and are, these Stories also contain serious information about themes in their science class, includ- ing volcanoes, tectonic plates the biosphere and many more. The students in Conover's class said that the project was hard, but said that the end product was worth all the stress. "It was worth it," Molly Mackintosh said. "It was hard during crunch time, but it was worth it." The students also said they also got a lesson on procrastination. They had two months to work on the project, but some said they waited until the very last minute. "But we're not encouraging that are we?" Oakland Bay Junior Conoverstudents. said, causing laughter from his Students also learned a lot from teaching High students pen their younger peers, and enjoyed teaching their own natural science books By NATALIE JOHNSON What if junior high school students wrote their own textbooks? The student's in Roy Conover's natural resources science classes at Oakland Bay Junior High school, totaling about 120 stu- dents, have come close, recently writing their own books, filled with stories creative- ly explaining themes they learn about in class, and definitions of science vocabulary words. Last Friday, every student in the class walked to Mountain View Elementary school and sat down with a few fourth grad- ers to read their stories. "They used to have a to do a research pa- per ... but I ended up flunking a lot of kids," Conover said. "The new philosophy is ... you take what you know and you incorporate them into a story." Conover's classes have written their own books before, he said, but this is the first year they've been published. Students also illustrated and had the books bound by a professional publisher. Many of the stories were well written, and some very funny, Conover said. Some of his personal favorites included "The Not- So-Great Adventures of Chichi and Bam- them. "They were asking a lot of questions," Brianne Dusharme said. Another student commented on her time with the fourth graders. "It's great knowing that the kids knew the definitions afterwards," Caitlyn Borys said. The students were surprised how inter- ested the fourth graders were, and liked the experience of teaching them, much to their own teacher's delight. It was very impressive to see these guys sitting on the floor, reading their books and talking about plate tectonics and subduction zones," C0nover said. "It was very touching for me because they were doing the motions of teaching like I have done with them." The students are going to upload their stories to a computer and use video editing software to turn them into mini-movies. Courtesy photos Pictured above is Megan Ranney reading to Wyatt Pratt and Eryn Ben- nington. Right, Nic Verson and Kim Toothaker reading to Noah Benson Courtesy photos The wildkatz junior cheerleaders performed at the Relay for Life kickoff event. Relay kicks off By NATALIE JOHNSON Relay for Life of Shelton held their fi- nal kickoff event for 2011 Tuesday eve- ning, adding eight teams to this year's relay. Tuesday was the last chance for teams to save 50 percent on the relay entry fee. "It is an event to get people going for the upcoming year's relay so it's kind of like a ralley," Vickie Gonzales, a team development volunteer for Relay for Life Shelton. "We always do it, usually six months before the relay actually starts." The event took place at the Olympic Middle School commons Tuesday night, from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. "It's a celebration, it's not a meeting." Gonzales said. Teams who attended were entertained by junior cheerleaders and a showing of the Wizard of Oz, to go along with their movie theme this year. Volunteers also helped teams com- plete their online sign-up on Tuesday as well, so they could get started fund- raising as soon as possible. All past participants, team.captains and survivors were invited to the event, Gonzales said. "We have survivior/caregivers speak as to why they relay, just to give people an idea of... how much they appreciate what everybody does to earn money to help them," she said. Last year, Relay for Life Shelton raised $112,161 $12,450 of which came from sponsorships, and included 41 teams and 159 survivors, Gonzales said. This year's Relay for Life will take place on June 24 and 25 at the Shelton High School track. The relay has a goal of raising $116,000 with $13,000 .from sponsors with 45 teams and 175 survi- vors this year. While pre-registration is ideal, there is no cutoff day for team registration, Gonzales said. Teams can sign up until the very last minute. Team captain meetings start in Feb- ruary, Gonzales said, and continue on the third Thursday of every month. "Anybody on the team can come but its information mostly for the captains," she said. Teams can either sign up by going online at www.relayforlifeofshelton.org, or by contacting organizers of the event. The entry fee is $100 without a sponsor, and with a sponsorship, entry is free. For more information, call Dave and Toni Hauge, Relay for Life co-chairs at 360-490-9490 or inothauge@yahoo.com, Judy Foster, team development at 360- 426-1601 ext. 3150 or jfoster@pcfu.org, or Vickie Gonzales at 360-426-1601 ext. 3142 or vgonzales@pcfu.org. Send news i deas to :p r@ma so n co unty. co m. Miracle-Ear Digital Hearing Aid Sale Alpine Way has private apartments, chef-prepared meals, and private parking spaces. 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