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Shelton-Mason County Journal
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By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun~y.com
It's not every day a
teenager from a small city
achieves a national ranking,
Riana Grout said, and she's
excited about her accom-
plishment.
"I've never been in the top
10 nationally with the hors-
es," she said.
Grout, a 15-year-old
sophomore at Shelton High
School (SHS), recently
learned that she was ranked
fourth in the nation, with 74
total points, in open two-
gate specialty competitions
in the Western Internation-
al High Points program for
her skills showing her Ten-
nessee Walking Horse Gen-
eral Maximus.
Grout said she competes horses General Maximus,
in about six horse showsor Max as she calls him, and
each year, in WashingtonCruising in Black Satin or
and Oregon, showing her Satin for short. With Satin,
Shelton High
School
sophomore
Riana Grout
holds
national
awards for
showing her
Tennessee
Walking
Horses Max
and Satin.
Journal photo by
Natalie Johnson
she is ranked ninth nation-
ally.
During the past five
years, Grout has won more
than 100 awards for show-
ing both Max and Satin.
While Max is strictly a
show horse, Grout shows
Satin as a trail horse, com-
peting in timed versatility
competitions such as bar-
rel racing and pole bending.
Grout said Max could not
compete in the trail com-
petitions because he wears
special shoes, which accen-
tuate the Tennessee Walk-
ing Horse's unique gait.
"It makes him walk like a
model," she said.
Tennessee Walking Hors-
es are a unique breed, Grout
said, and while not uncom-
mon in horse shows, are not
expected in timed versatil-
ity competitions like those
Satin competes in.
"When you think of bar-
rel racing ... you think of a
quarter horse, not a walking
horse," she said. "They don't
trot, they speed walk."
Every day after school
Grout works with her hors-
es, as well as other horses
at the barn on Binns Swiger
Loop Road. The barn is
owned by Ronny and Mi-
chelle Clark.
"I'm never home," Grout
said. "I work other people's
horses for fun. It keeps me
out of trouble, it keeps my
mind off stuff."
Ronny Clark is Grout's
trainer, she said.
"I've learned everything
from him," she said.
Grout compared her be-
loved horses to dogs, and de-
scribed them as loving fam-
ily pets.
See Horse on page B-7
NARSTINENEWS
nng
T ast Sunday
| , The morning was
.K-Jcloudy and cool, then
by 11 a.m. the skies cleared.
I started to do some work in
my yard and it hailed. A lit-
tle after noon I found a lawn
chair and sat in the sun -- I
did have a coat on, but still
I was sitting in the sun feel-
ing its warmth.
Then around 2 p.m., I
was raking and it snowed
for 20 minutes, turning to
rain. That evening around
4 p,m.
the sun
came out
again and
stayed,
leaving
the sky
clear.
That
night ev-
By MIKE cry star
CALLAGHAN in the sky
shined
and a crescent moon trav-
eled west along with its
Mars friend.
I think we had a whole
year's weather in that one
day.
Remember that March 6
you can tour Pioneer School
and meet the new superin-
tendent, Marty Brewer. The
tour will run from 9 a.m. to
noon. This is a great oppor:
tunity to see where your tax
dollars go.
They have a new menu in
place for the March Senior
Lunch and as usual, it is
going to be good. On March
7 the crew will be getting
you ready for St. Patrick's
Day with corned beef and
cabbage served with car-
rots, horseradish cream
sauce, colcannon, soda
bread and honey butter. For
dessert there will be pista-
chio cake.
On March 21 they will
have hot pork sandwiches
with mashed potatoes and
gravy. There will be crudit6s
and applesauce, and they
plan on having fruit crisp
topped with whipped
cream. As usual the doors
open a little before noon to
allow people time to mingle,
talk and enjoy. There is a
See Harstine on page B-7
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
SHS Helmet Crew members from left, Chris Wiley, Jordan Riley and Ashley Englebright demonstrate the correct
way to wear a bike helmet. The Helmet Crew started out as a senior project, and now has a goal of giving out 200
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free multipurpose helmets they hope to collect by March 30 to give out at their Bike Rodeo at the Shelton skate
park.
SHS students plan to hand out bike helmets
By NATALIE JOHNSON "I'm surprised at how much we've got
natalie@masoncounty.eom done," senior Chris Wiley said.
The students, including seniors Wiley,
Tyler Faulkner, Larry Campbell, Jordan
Wearing a helmet while riding a bike can Riley and Layci Thompson, and juniors
reduce an individual's chance of sustaining Georgette Dominguez and Ashley Eng-
a brain injury by as much as 88 percent, lebright are led by mentor and SHS educa-
according to research done in King County, tion advocate Hanna Franks, and formed
which passed a law in 2003 requiring all the group in October 2011.
bikers to wear helmets. As an education advocate, Franks works
For seven Shelton High School (SHS)" with homeless or disadvantaged students
students, that message hits home. The at the school. HoweVer, she said not every
students, known as the Helmet Crew, are member of the Helmet Crew falls in that
working hard to make sure everyone with category.
a bike, skateboard, rollerblades or even a All the members but Faulkner plan to
scooter has a helmet, use their work in the Helmet Crew as their
Thursday,
senior project.
By March 30, the Helmet Crew hopes
to have 200 helmets to give away to local
children at a "Bike Rodeo." The crew orga-
nized the event to educate youth about the
importance of helmets.
'Tfe're just trying to get as many hel-
mets as possible," Wiley said.
According to the Washington State De-
partment of Transportation (WSDOT),
Shelton and Mason County do not have
laws requiring helmets for bicyclists.
Washington state also does not have a law
requiring helmet use, but 24 cities and
counties in the state de.
However, the students in the Helmet
Crew believe that everyone on a bike
See Helmets on page B-7
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