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Pioneer kids turn teachers
at school te,c:hnology night
By JEFF GREEN
Pioneer School Technology
Integration Partners hosted an
open house on the evening of
Thursday, January 14, to show
the community different as-
pects of modern technology
and how Pioneer students use
them on a daily basis.
Intermediate and middle
school students stuffed the
hallways of the original
Pioneer School building, built
in 1952, with examples of tech-
nologies they use in their
classrooms.
A lot has changed since the
days when the building was
new.
EIGHTH-GRADER Kindra
Bitzig's video editing demon-
stration was the rage for mid-
dle school students. Bitzig con-
nected a video editing camera
to a COmputer running Avid
Cinema software to produce a
product for a class project.
Further down the hall, stu-
dent Walter Hunt manned two
new Apple iMac computers
and demonstrated software for
parents. The two machines
were received as part of a
grant this school year that en-
courages students to read
through the Accelerated Read-
lng program.
"I can sign you up for a free
e-mail account," said seventh-
grader Spencer Jones. "But
Hillary will have to help you
with the digital camera stuff.
She's the pro in that area."
STUDENTS TAUGHT
classes, both planned and im-
promptu, throughout the eve-
nmg. "I slaved over my hand-
outs for my presentation, and
hardly anyone walked away
with them," said Bitzig.
Ruskin Jazuk and Todd
Ramsfield, both eighth grad-
ers, were the co-facilitators for
the Tech Fair. They invited
students from all grade levels
to showcase their projects and
coordinated the other Technol-
ogy Integration Partners stu-
dents.
Eighth-grader Ryan Camp-
bell worked as the technical
organizer for the event. "I had
a master map where we had to
"TECH NIGHT" at
Pioneer last week
brought out a number
of parents, students
and teachers. At left,
Nat Hoss and Lerisa
Petersen work at a
computer terminal;
above, Kate Reece,
Lindsey Owen, Liesl
Plomski and Kathy
Owen discuss some of
the technology the
students use every
day in their class-
rooms.
even figure out how many
plug-ins we'd have," he said.
"We used a lot of extension
cords."
Josh Cramer, another
eighth grader, who serves as a
student network manager, set
up a mini-network so students
would be able to walk through
their on-line projects.
THE STUDENTS work out
of advisor Kate Reece's class-
room/lab during their sixth-
period exploratory class. Tech
Night gave them a chance to
share with the community a
little of what they do each day.
It also gave them a chance to
talk about the technology.
"It's crucial for these young
people to learn all aspects of
technology integration, espe-
cially the human aspect," Re-
ece said.
Southside's dinner,
auction, carnzval set
Southside School will hold its Stephanie Boysen, a spokesper- services including bulldozing,
Timberwolf Tales"
By MELISSA SPEIGLE
Progress on the 1998 99 ear CROSS COUNTRY, for both
bok r" • - - guys and girls, will begin March
m_golng very well. Banand 1.
Week. p Ctures were taken last
annual dinner, auction and carni-
val starting at 5:30 p.m. February
6,
It will be the sixth year in a
row for the school's largest single
fund-raiser, which last year drew
a crowd of over 250 community
members and raised more than
$7,000 for the school.
Tickets for the spaghetti din-
ner are currently available at the
school before and after school
hours for $6. On the night of the
event they will cost $7, noted
son for the fund-raising commit-
tee. "Dinner tickets are limited
and may be sold out before the
event," she advised, "so if at all
possible, purchase your tickets
early."
This year's auction will include
a handmade cedar chest with a
custom carved top by Andy Wil-
bur and Randall Custom Lumber,
a Stihl electric leafblower, a
brand-new Simpson entry door,
an evening's yachting with dinner
for six, a weekend at an Everett
hotel with dinner two nights, and
As next fair approaches:
crushed-rock delivery and more.
A carnival event will be held in
each classroom for children of all
ages. Carnival events include a
cakewalk, arcades and fishponds
with live fish as well as a special
garage sale for children. "There is
a prize every time," Boysen noted.
Carnival tickets cost $3 tbr a
packet of 10 presold, with the cost
rising to $3.50 per packet at the
door the evening of the event.
The festivities are open to the
entire community, Boysen said.
MMK dinner honors
history project team
The Mary M. Knight School
District gave a dinner January 11
to honor the volunteers who put
together the annual Old Timers'
Fair and maintain the west coun-
ty's logging museum on the school
grounds.
Although all the community
members involved in the program
were honored, Rand Iversen and
his fellow directors of the Mary
M. Knight Area Historical Pro-
gram were particularly honored.
MMK Superintendent Fred
Yancey told the volunteers that
when he walks around the fair,
people ask him, "Why do people
do this?
"There's no money in it," he ob-
served. "Very few people ever
thank you. So why do you put in
countless hours, sweat and
labor?"
THEN HE ANSWERED his
own question. "I believe you do
and did it because of your vision."
Volunteers who have kept the fair
going and growing for more than
10 years, he said, "have the abili-
ty to see the positive effects of
what this event and the museum
project has done."
In inviting the event's past and
present volunteers, Yancey noted,
"You do not have to bring any-
thing but your memories and
your appetite."
And there were memories ga-
lore at the event, which focused
on a program that Iverson noted
is unique in the state. There are
SMS yearbook is progressing
teachers.
To receive their report cards,
students must pay all fines or the
report card will be withheld until
all fees will be taken care of.
With no school on Monday this
week as well as tomorrow, stud-
ents have been making the best of
a three-day week by hurrying to
get last-minute projects, tests and
assignments turned in before the
quarter ends.
WHILE THE REST of school
is bustling about in preparation
worked in small groups to find a
recipe, bake their food, and serve
it during the fair. Recipes were
taped on the tables alongside
samples. Thanks are due to all
the parents who took time out of
their day to assist with the set-
ting up, taking down and serving
at the food fair.
TODAY IS the end of the sec-
ond quarter, and with it, the first
semester.
Grades will be done tomorrow,
which is a no-school day for stud-
ents and an inservice day for
for the quarter's end, band classes
have been progressing rapidly,
and have recently received
several new pieces of music. The
eighth-grade and advanced band
recently acquired Disney's
"Aladdin," "Jailhouse Rock," and
the traditional band piece, "Suite
from the Planets."
Mr. Huff has been teaching all
three bands some music theory
lately, instructing them on half
steps, whole steps and tricks for
playing by ear.
I I II I
WHAT'S NEW AT SHELTON :HIROPRACTIC?
SOME GREAT I00,T00LP2,0..0000I
All five student members, as
Well as their instructor, Greg Jen-
An ASB card, insurance waiv-
er, and a current sports physical
will be needed to participate, so
those who are planning to turn
out should keep these factors in
mind. Passing semester grades
and remaining on the upper hon-
or levels are also required.
The annual Explorers Team
Middle-Eastern Foods Fair took
place on Friday last week. The
food was great and ranged every-
where from the traditional bakla.
va to an eggs-and-leek dish.
All Explorers team members
HOMES
ey, have been working hard to
eep caught up with the picture-
taking, name-recordin and a e
desini,,,_ . g P g-
fa n :- -.s aat will eventually all
P ogether and create this
:'i SChool Year's annual yearbook.
Members of the yearbook staff
r:stiK:nny Wilson, Chris Olin,
- Shull, Tara Weaver and
Vanessa Nelson. All five of them
are trom the eighth grade.
Pictured from left to right are: Bill Ottaviani, Total Health
Ernst, Chiropractor and Clinic Director; Shannon Ernst, Office Manager; Carolyn Hearn,
Chiropractic Assistant; Teresa Shafer, Chiropractic Assistant, and Steve Costlow, Shelton
Massage Therapist. Not pictured: Greg Fulling, Total Health Physical Therapist.
SHELTON CHIROPRACTIC
Full-Time Chiropractic, Massage Therapy and Physical Therapy
Providers for 426 8060 °r426"PAIN
most major ,,, Sat. Appt. Available
medical plans N. 7th & W. Alder
l
plenty of museums and historical
groups, he explained, but Mary
M. Knight's is the only one that is
an actual school program.
"We have a logging museum in
an early school building," he ex-
plained. The program began with
a project of capturing oral history
and the equipment and memora-
bilia of the logging camps and op-
erations that marked the early
days of the west-county area.
NOW A DECADE of success-
ful Old Timers' Fairs on the
school grounds, an outgrowth of
the museum and history project,
is a part of the Mary M. Knight
area heritage.
Historical program directors
who were honored at the gather-
ing last week were Harold Beer-
bower, Teri Beerbower, Jill Hall,
Wynona Howard, Iversen, Bill
Johnson, Linda Johnson, Glen
Pritchard and Kelly Lester. So
were the members of the board
who are also members of the
Mary M. Knight School Board,
Kurt Kingman and Steve Wood.
Past directors honored at the
gathering were Gene French and
Merv Wharton, and the group re-
membered the late Lawrence
Hanson and the part he played as
well.
Iversen, in the aftermath of the
event, noted that the directors are
MMK board
will meet
on Monday
A regular meeting of the Mary
M. Knight School Board will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Janu-
ary 25, in the social-studies port-
able at the school.
stoking up a head of steam to put,
together the next Old Timers'
Fair in Matlock the first weekend
in May.
Perfect for: ,"o",'",'",",''"''
[)¢St¢ avtag)l(")
weddings
vow renewals
theater groups
prayer meetings
music recitals
Seating for 200
with an area tot catered rec(.,ptor)s
Located at: 421 West E Street
across from Callanan Park
on Mountain View.
1360) 42 6-0607
BAKERY
DELl
NEW HOURS:
Bakery 7:00-5:30
Dell 1 1:00-3:00
405 West Railroad
Shelton, WA
427-4368
Come in and try our desserts
between 3 and 5:30 p.m.
and the coffee's on us!
Boca Burgers
Veggie Pizza
Veggie Lasagna
Veggie Deli Sandwiches
Enjoy Batdorf & Bronson
espresso or coffee.
We also feature fresh loose-leaf teas.
Take-out orders welcome. Call ahead.
Limited delivery (to downtown Shelton only) available.
Thursday, January 21, 1999 - Sholton-Mason County Journal - Page 23
Pioneer kids turn teachers
at school te,c:hnology night
By JEFF GREEN
Pioneer School Technology
Integration Partners hosted an
open house on the evening of
Thursday, January 14, to show
the community different as-
pects of modern technology
and how Pioneer students use
them on a daily basis.
Intermediate and middle
school students stuffed the
hallways of the original
Pioneer School building, built
in 1952, with examples of tech-
nologies they use in their
classrooms.
A lot has changed since the
days when the building was
new.
EIGHTH-GRADER Kindra
Bitzig's video editing demon-
stration was the rage for mid-
dle school students. Bitzig con-
nected a video editing camera
to a COmputer running Avid
Cinema software to produce a
product for a class project.
Further down the hall, stu-
dent Walter Hunt manned two
new Apple iMac computers
and demonstrated software for
parents. The two machines
were received as part of a
grant this school year that en-
courages students to read
through the Accelerated Read-
lng program.
"I can sign you up for a free
e-mail account," said seventh-
grader Spencer Jones. "But
Hillary will have to help you
with the digital camera stuff.
She's the pro in that area."
STUDENTS TAUGHT
classes, both planned and im-
promptu, throughout the eve-
nmg. "I slaved over my hand-
outs for my presentation, and
hardly anyone walked away
with them," said Bitzig.
Ruskin Jazuk and Todd
Ramsfield, both eighth grad-
ers, were the co-facilitators for
the Tech Fair. They invited
students from all grade levels
to showcase their projects and
coordinated the other Technol-
ogy Integration Partners stu-
dents.
Eighth-grader Ryan Camp-
bell worked as the technical
organizer for the event. "I had
a master map where we had to
"TECH NIGHT" at
Pioneer last week
brought out a number
of parents, students
and teachers. At left,
Nat Hoss and Lerisa
Petersen work at a
computer terminal;
above, Kate Reece,
Lindsey Owen, Liesl
Plomski and Kathy
Owen discuss some of
the technology the
students use every
day in their class-
rooms.
even figure out how many
plug-ins we'd have," he said.
"We used a lot of extension
cords."
Josh Cramer, another
eighth grader, who serves as a
student network manager, set
up a mini-network so students
would be able to walk through
their on-line projects.
THE STUDENTS work out
of advisor Kate Reece's class-
room/lab during their sixth-
period exploratory class. Tech
Night gave them a chance to
share with the community a
little of what they do each day.
It also gave them a chance to
talk about the technology.
"It's crucial for these young
people to learn all aspects of
technology integration, espe-
cially the human aspect," Re-
ece said.
Southside's dinner,
auction, carnzval set
Southside School will hold its Stephanie Boysen, a spokesper- services including bulldozing,
Timberwolf Tales"
By MELISSA SPEIGLE
Progress on the 1998 99 ear CROSS COUNTRY, for both
bok r" • - - guys and girls, will begin March
m_golng very well. Banand 1.
Week. p Ctures were taken last
annual dinner, auction and carni-
val starting at 5:30 p.m. February
6,
It will be the sixth year in a
row for the school's largest single
fund-raiser, which last year drew
a crowd of over 250 community
members and raised more than
$7,000 for the school.
Tickets for the spaghetti din-
ner are currently available at the
school before and after school
hours for $6. On the night of the
event they will cost $7, noted
son for the fund-raising commit-
tee. "Dinner tickets are limited
and may be sold out before the
event," she advised, "so if at all
possible, purchase your tickets
early."
This year's auction will include
a handmade cedar chest with a
custom carved top by Andy Wil-
bur and Randall Custom Lumber,
a Stihl electric leafblower, a
brand-new Simpson entry door,
an evening's yachting with dinner
for six, a weekend at an Everett
hotel with dinner two nights, and
As next fair approaches:
crushed-rock delivery and more.
A carnival event will be held in
each classroom for children of all
ages. Carnival events include a
cakewalk, arcades and fishponds
with live fish as well as a special
garage sale for children. "There is
a prize every time," Boysen noted.
Carnival tickets cost $3 tbr a
packet of 10 presold, with the cost
rising to $3.50 per packet at the
door the evening of the event.
The festivities are open to the
entire community, Boysen said.
MMK dinner honors
history project team
The Mary M. Knight School
District gave a dinner January 11
to honor the volunteers who put
together the annual Old Timers'
Fair and maintain the west coun-
ty's logging museum on the school
grounds.
Although all the community
members involved in the program
were honored, Rand Iversen and
his fellow directors of the Mary
M. Knight Area Historical Pro-
gram were particularly honored.
MMK Superintendent Fred
Yancey told the volunteers that
when he walks around the fair,
people ask him, "Why do people
do this?
"There's no money in it," he ob-
served. "Very few people ever
thank you. So why do you put in
countless hours, sweat and
labor?"
THEN HE ANSWERED his
own question. "I believe you do
and did it because of your vision."
Volunteers who have kept the fair
going and growing for more than
10 years, he said, "have the abili-
ty to see the positive effects of
what this event and the museum
project has done."
In inviting the event's past and
present volunteers, Yancey noted,
"You do not have to bring any-
thing but your memories and
your appetite."
And there were memories ga-
lore at the event, which focused
on a program that Iverson noted
is unique in the state. There are
SMS yearbook is progressing
teachers.
To receive their report cards,
students must pay all fines or the
report card will be withheld until
all fees will be taken care of.
With no school on Monday this
week as well as tomorrow, stud-
ents have been making the best of
a three-day week by hurrying to
get last-minute projects, tests and
assignments turned in before the
quarter ends.
WHILE THE REST of school
is bustling about in preparation
worked in small groups to find a
recipe, bake their food, and serve
it during the fair. Recipes were
taped on the tables alongside
samples. Thanks are due to all
the parents who took time out of
their day to assist with the set-
ting up, taking down and serving
at the food fair.
TODAY IS the end of the sec-
ond quarter, and with it, the first
semester.
Grades will be done tomorrow,
which is a no-school day for stud-
ents and an inservice day for
for the quarter's end, band classes
have been progressing rapidly,
and have recently received
several new pieces of music. The
eighth-grade and advanced band
recently acquired Disney's
"Aladdin," "Jailhouse Rock," and
the traditional band piece, "Suite
from the Planets."
Mr. Huff has been teaching all
three bands some music theory
lately, instructing them on half
steps, whole steps and tricks for
playing by ear.
I I II I
WHAT'S NEW AT SHELTON :HIROPRACTIC?
SOME GREAT I00,T00LP2,0..0000I
All five student members, as
Well as their instructor, Greg Jen-
An ASB card, insurance waiv-
er, and a current sports physical
will be needed to participate, so
those who are planning to turn
out should keep these factors in
mind. Passing semester grades
and remaining on the upper hon-
or levels are also required.
The annual Explorers Team
Middle-Eastern Foods Fair took
place on Friday last week. The
food was great and ranged every-
where from the traditional bakla.
va to an eggs-and-leek dish.
All Explorers team members
HOMES
ey, have been working hard to
eep caught up with the picture-
taking, name-recordin and a e
desini,,,_ . g P g-
fa n :- -.s aat will eventually all
P ogether and create this
:'i SChool Year's annual yearbook.
Members of the yearbook staff
r:stiK:nny Wilson, Chris Olin,
- Shull, Tara Weaver and
Vanessa Nelson. All five of them
are trom the eighth grade.
Pictured from left to right are: Bill Ottaviani, Total Health
Ernst, Chiropractor and Clinic Director; Shannon Ernst, Office Manager; Carolyn Hearn,
Chiropractic Assistant; Teresa Shafer, Chiropractic Assistant, and Steve Costlow, Shelton
Massage Therapist. Not pictured: Greg Fulling, Total Health Physical Therapist.
SHELTON CHIROPRACTIC
Full-Time Chiropractic, Massage Therapy and Physical Therapy
Providers for 426 8060 °r426"PAIN
most major ,,, Sat. Appt. Available
medical plans N. 7th & W. Alder
l
plenty of museums and historical
groups, he explained, but Mary
M. Knight's is the only one that is
an actual school program.
"We have a logging museum in
an early school building," he ex-
plained. The program began with
a project of capturing oral history
and the equipment and memora-
bilia of the logging camps and op-
erations that marked the early
days of the west-county area.
NOW A DECADE of success-
ful Old Timers' Fairs on the
school grounds, an outgrowth of
the museum and history project,
is a part of the Mary M. Knight
area heritage.
Historical program directors
who were honored at the gather-
ing last week were Harold Beer-
bower, Teri Beerbower, Jill Hall,
Wynona Howard, Iversen, Bill
Johnson, Linda Johnson, Glen
Pritchard and Kelly Lester. So
were the members of the board
who are also members of the
Mary M. Knight School Board,
Kurt Kingman and Steve Wood.
Past directors honored at the
gathering were Gene French and
Merv Wharton, and the group re-
membered the late Lawrence
Hanson and the part he played as
well.
Iversen, in the aftermath of the
event, noted that the directors are
MMK board
will meet
on Monday
A regular meeting of the Mary
M. Knight School Board will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Janu-
ary 25, in the social-studies port-
able at the school.
stoking up a head of steam to put,
together the next Old Timers'
Fair in Matlock the first weekend
in May.
Perfect for: ,"o",'",'",",''"''
[)¢St¢ avtag)l(")
weddings
vow renewals
theater groups
prayer meetings
music recitals
Seating for 200
with an area tot catered rec(.,ptor)s
Located at: 421 West E Street
across from Callanan Park
on Mountain View.
1360) 42 6-0607
BAKERY
DELl
NEW HOURS:
Bakery 7:00-5:30
Dell 1 1:00-3:00
405 West Railroad
Shelton, WA
427-4368
Come in and try our desserts
between 3 and 5:30 p.m.
and the coffee's on us!
Boca Burgers
Veggie Pizza
Veggie Lasagna
Veggie Deli Sandwiches
Enjoy Batdorf & Bronson
espresso or coffee.
We also feature fresh loose-leaf teas.
Take-out orders welcome. Call ahead.
Limited delivery (to downtown Shelton only) available.
Thursday, January 21, 1999 - Sholton-Mason County Journal - Page 23