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H G H SCH OO L5 POTLIG HT From band to By DEAN SIEMON Alyssa Beck, Shelton tligh School senior, grew up play- ing soccer but eventually had to quit sports after wearing out all the cartiledge in her knees. I was a little too aggres- sive," she said. "So I don&apos;t do sports. I do marching band." Beck is in the marching band and concert band at Shelton High School, playing the flute. She brings her love of mu- sic to Southside Elementary School in Shelton and teaches a band class. After teaching in her junior year, Beck decided to return in her senior year fbr her senior project. I just enjoy the kids," Beck said. Beck teaches" the "big band" class, where the students al- ready know the basics of their instruments. She shows them new notes to play on Tuesdays and Thursdays. "Last year i did four days a week," Beck said. While she enjoyed teach- ing foul' days a week last year, Beck said she prefers the two- day week. "It's a lot easier with the two because I call spend more time with my homework," she said. Beck said she was goint to pursue teaching but now is in- terested in earning a degree as a Registered Nurse, moving on to work in oncology - a medi- cal field that focuses on tumors (cancer). After watching the movie "Letters to God," based on a young boy fighting cancer and writes letters to God, which in- spires hope in a community "1 want to help people like him," Beck said. "l get more | nursing Alyssa Beck out of it than helping people who are just hurt. I'm not so much blood and guts." Beck is deciding between Boise State University in Idaho or Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. Beck grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho until midway through the fifth grade and still have family in Idaho, which play into her consideration of at- tending BSU. Beck said she is also a fan of the four seasons that Idaho gets, which is more than she gets in Shelton. "I like the tbur feet of snow, the 100 degree weather, the flowers and the leaves I can jump in," she said. But she said she has kept PLU in mind due to it's close vicinity to home. "It is closer to home and I'm not sure if" I'm quite ready to leave the nest," she said. Beck said one other thing she would like to do is travel to different parts of the world, in- eluding Africa. "I think it would be cool to go with the Red Cross once 1 get my RN," Beck said. Joul hal photo by Natalie Johnson The SHS SADD club displayed this car, which was in an accident because of text messaging. SHS SADD club hands out tickets [ By NATALIE JOHNSON I Last week at Shelton High School some student [ drivers got traffic tickets, but not from the police. I SADD club (students against destructive decisions) ] members handed out $124 dollar tickets to students i wearing their seatbelts while driving. The tickets could later be entered nito a raffle to win , $124 worth of prizes, said club advisor Gerald Apple. "What it's doing is rewarding people fbr good deci- i sions," he said. I Apple said that only a tw students were caught not i wearnig their seatbelts while driving in the parking i lot. "It's not thinking before they make a decision," he said. The ticketing program is part of SADD week at the school +vtuch a]s, ,iudci< ,u, ;,iM)!t J! a car that crashed Mter it's l.-year old driver received a text SADD club member Isaac Wilson said that students at SHS really respond to the program. "They do," he said. "We also do a program called Little Stars... and present it to kindergarten and first graders." Wilson said that he joined SADD club because he saw that destructive decisions were a problem at SHS. "I wanted to make a difference for students in the high school," he said. Students in SHS's nationally acclaimed SADD club are also planning to produce a video about distracted driving this year, Wilson said. Also, the club will soon be presented with a $2,000 check from State Farm insurance for being one of the top schools in the country for satbty. Apple, who has been the club's advisor since 1985, stud that the SADD club at SHS plans to go to nation- al conferences this year, and hopes to achieve a first place national ranking, as they did last year. Inquiring Minds second program "Reading Between the Lines: The Sto- ries That Old Buildings Tell Us" tbatur- ing Michael Herschensohn is the Second in the three part 2011 Inquiring Minds series sponsored by the Harstine Island Commu- nity Club and Humanities Washington: The program is on FebrumT 27 at 2 p.m. at the Harstine Island Community Club. 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His presentation exam- ines historic buildings across the state--from the Donald House to the Stimson Green Mansion to the Red Barn to Maryhill. He talks about the buildings themselves as well as about the context of the people who have occupied hem, helping us understand the similarities and differences'between the past and our contemporary lives. Pioneer School District honor roll These are the Trimester 1 honor roll stu- dents fbr Pioneer Intermediate/Middle School. Sixth Grade Highest Honors: Kobe Bogh, Morgan Leach, Tessa Wood, Jake Kramer, Victoria Ferebee, Kayla Mallette, Taylor Toney, Skyler Lenhoff, Crystal Car- roll and Chloe Colello. Sixth Grade High Honors: Alexan- dria Petrowski, Rym Youngquist, Brittney Calhoun, Carly Nelson, Carol Renner, Da- kota Burke, Jewelianna Graden, Aleksandr Lindeen-McDermott, Arionna Smith, Karen Garcia Juarez, April Hanson, Jessica Klauk and Sireena Graden. Sixth Grade Honors: Kaylee Jackson, Conrada McGrath, Samantha Sinks, Skyla Knudsen, Gina Simon, Austin Wood, Jenelle Beem, Gabriel Wood, Kenneth Easton, Alexis Browning and Kory Collins. Seventh Grade Highest Honors: Me- gun Jacobsen, Kyra Raezer, Brooke Tins- ley, Daynah Anderson, Julia Morris, Lillian Tratmck, Connor Wilcox, Cheyanna Chesser, Trevor Handyside, Grace Phelan, Nicholas Riccobene, Dylan Rogers, Taishia Stephens, Guy Beaudom and Caroline Ray. Seventh Grade High Honors: Madrona Greenwell, Nicholas Howard, Jay Morse, Natalie Zieber, Amanda Rhoads, Matthew Vercoe, Austin Lee, Allison Morey, Kianna Johnson, Analise Scott, Anna Preston, Jar- ed Beem, Skylynn McEachern and Ashley Drake. Seventh Grade Honors: Brittany John- son, Timothy Metcalf, Brianna Bell, Bani- halim Mohammed, Dylan Welch, Matte Whitley, Cydney Truax, Ty Fisher, Alexis Jacobs, Triston Ward, Jymie Garrison, Isaac O'Connor, Lorelei Oster, Monic Equihua and Tamara Harrah. Eighth Grade Highest Honors: Jared Coulter, Kyle Mitchell, Hannah McLeod, Me- gan Van Marter, Brennan Berry, Richard Fe- rebec, Bryce Taunt, Jessica Johnson, Kaylee Wright, Megan Elliott, Andrew Kilmer and Sarai Sandoval. Eighth Grade High Honors: Dan- iel Overson, Krystie Kohler, Brian Reeves, Trenton Hughes, Alexis Leonard, Austin Re- necker, Jacob Gallaher, Emily Valley, Ezra Spaet, Haley Borys, Scimidar Johnston and Zane Taylor. Eighth Grade Honors: Shawn Dry (Johnson, Wesley Rusher, Destany Williams, Dakota Rapp, Serena Hernandez, Colby Crumley, Nathan Lemieux, Kailey Gould, Lamar Swagerty, Brittany McKern, Aaron Roberts and Michael Hensley. Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Mason County Senior Activities Center at 826 W. Raih'oad Ave. The senior center hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon- day through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. The center's telephone desk (426-7374) is closed for lunch from noon till 12:30 p.m. Thursday 8:05 a.m., gentle, restorative yoga. 9-11 a.m., intermediate/advanced line dancing. 9-11 a.m., EZ Crafters. 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. blood pressure 11 a.m., bridge - signup the day betbre. Noon, lunch: pot roast 1 p.m., bingo. Friday 8 and 8:30 a.m., tai chi. 9-11 a.m., open line dance. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., sewing circle. 11 Member Social 12 p.m. lunch sponsored by MCSAA 1 p.m., open painting. Monday - Closed for Presidents' Day Tuesday Foot care by appointment 8:05 a.m., gentle, restorative yoga. 9-11 a.m., intermediate/advanced line dancing. 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. sewing circle. Noon, lunch: chili with ground turkey 12:30 p.m., bridge signup day before. lp.m. bingo with Adele Wednesday 8 and 8:30 a.m., tat chi. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. AARP tax aide 9 a.m. Lucky Eagle Casino bus trip 9 a.m., beginning line dancing. 10 a.m., intermediate/advanced line danc- ing. Noon, lunch: chicken pot pie 12:30 p.m.,game day. 1 p.m., pinochle