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Shelton-Mason County Journal !!!? WHAT%COOKIN' S 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 6~ 99 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 March 1,2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B'I