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High School Spotlight: t INA CHOI, seated right, will represent the county at the state music teachers' convention this summer. She was selected at piano competition where Thi Nguyen, was named first alternate and Stacey Ozga, was tapped as second alternate. Choi judged top pianist- again ina Choi won the piano playoff competition March 12 in the spring audition and honors reci- tal presented by the Mason (oun- ty (hapter of the Washington Stale Music Teachers Associa- tion (WSMTA). This is the second year in a row Choi was selected to repre- sent the county at the WSMTA convention this June at Whit- man College in Walla Walla. in fact, Choi has gone to the state convention fot, r of the hast five years, losing the competition to her brother (',had in 1997. The 18-year-old Shelt(m tilth School senior l)layed the "Hungarian Rhapsody Number 6" by Franz Liszt betbre adjudi- cator Janet Mooney. Choi has been studying piano since she was 5 with Gary Bensen. The playoff competition fea- tured 12 adwmced piano stu- dents. '['hi Nguyen, 16 and a stu- dent with Gary Bensen, was cho- sen first alternate. The foreign exchange student from Berlin, Germany, played "Toccata" by A. I. Khachaturian. Another of Bensen's students, Stacey Ozga, a 14-year-old Shelton Middle School eighth-grader, was named second alternate afl, er her performance of "Toccata in F Minor" by Robert Vandail. ADVANCED stude.nts receiv- ing special recognition from Mocmey at the playoff included Joseph Sartori, first honorable mention, teacher Carole Bensen; ,John Smith, second honorable mention, teacher Gary Bensen; Alyssa Coker, honorable men- tion, teacher Kathryn McLin; Beth Sartori, honorable mention, teacher Gary Bensen; and Hil- ma Yantis, honorable mention, teacher Gnew Silva. Others competing in the play- off were Gary Bensen s student Jane tiong, McLin's student Natalie Gilliom, and Melba O'Neill's students Caitlin ttan- sen and Jessica Mabey. In addition to the playoff com- petitors, other music students au- ditioned before Mooney on March 13. "Our adjudicator did an exellent job this year listen- ing to and educating 66 stu- dents," observed Gary Bensen. All students played in an honors recital March 14. Students of Gary Bensen's to audition were Elizabeth and Samuel Eat(m, Cathy Brooks, Erin Bolender, Bryden McGrath, Tracy and Nancy Yuan, and ,lames and Jessica ttong. ALSO PLAYING at the audi- ti()n were Carole Bensen's stu- dents Rachel Goida, Simon Rog- ers, Samantha Ehrich, Dan Golda, Lauren Smith, Juli 13olender, Elizabeth Rusher, Amanda King, Kate Wang, Mitchel Buendel and I)anny Haigh. O'Neill's students were Amy Thorton, Taylor and Peter Sloane, Hannah Carroll, Kris- ten Farrell, Jordan McComb, Lauren and Lindsay ()rme, Kyle Mortensen, Joymarie Olels, Michele Hunter and Anna Geb- hardt. Students of McLin's who played were Charissa Rogers, Shanna Crumley, I:tayley Barn- ard, Tyler Ensiow, Alana Brew- er, Nicole Newell, Emilie Schnabel, Aaron Murdock, Katie Mahony, Lily Stewart, Amy Wallace and Jessica Kent. Sliva's students were Jennifer Hess, Kati Jot mson, Jennifer Beeby, Conor Wing, Emma Yantis, lieidi Kover and Saori Hattori. Students of Carol Bradtbrd who performed were Emilia and Saara Snow and Bridgette Losey. The event, held at Shelton's United Methodist Church, in- volved 66 students and six teach- ers from Mason County. By Ca00ly. You know how kids act out when they've got their friends t)ver. Last night it was like that at our house. Things were going ahmg fine, everyone was more or less getting along, and then sud- denly it all broke loose. There was screaming and yell- ing. You could hear muttered threats, bangings on walls and the furniture being thrown around. So I checked it out. And sure enough, the guys had one of their friends over. There they were, the scottie and the sheltie, screeching and clamoring at the living room door. And there, outside, wagging his tail, was a German shepherd the size of a small Percheron. And no, I didn't invite him in. Beth eyes counseling By MARY DUNCAN A soft-spoken Shelton senior says with a chuckle, "Pretty much everybody calls me any- thing they want. I have a lot of nicknames. Most people know me as Beth. My close friends know me as Beth Ann; my fami- ly knows me as Beth and then there's my teachers and some ac- quaintances that know me as Elizabeth." Although she is not sensitive about her first name, there is one moniker Beth Potter cannot imagine living without - Chris- tian. "I can't imagine why any- one wouldn't want to," Beth ob- serves of her faith. "It's really the truth. A lot of people don't un- derstand why I am the way I am, but I just am. I wouldn't want to be any other way." She attributes her spiritual commitment to her family. "Both my parents are Christians and they raised all three - I have two older sisters who are both Christians," she interjects, "and they've raised us very well, I think. They've always told us they don't really care what kind of boyfriend we have, they just (:are that he's a Christian. They always support us in everything we do. And then I have my grandparents and my aunts and uncles are Christians, most of them." Beth says she has lived in the same house on the same road all her life and notes her dad grew up here. IIER PARENTS are Jim and Nancy Potter. He is a commis- sioner for Mason County Fire District 4 who works at the post office in Olympia, Beth says, and her mom works at Allstate Insurance. "She's a secretary right now but she's working to become an agent," she adds. Her oldest sister, Jaime, is 21 and a junior at Northwest Bible College in Kirkland, one ot" the schools Beth is considering "since most of my family has gone there." Beth has been ac- cepted at a small Christian col- lege in Southern California, but even with a scholarship, she is not sure she could afford it. Her other ister, Colleen, who's 19, is living at home and working at a daycare downtown. "They both were in the Spotlight thing too," Beth notes. She laughs openly at the idea of a Potter fe- male tradition. 'Tm spoiled," Beth admits, "but I think we all three are. I like being youngest. I kind of wish I had some younger si- blings once in a while but I do a lot of babysitting so I see a lot of young kids." BETH'S CAREER goal re- flects her compassion and car- ing about others. "I want to be a youth counselor, tbr maybe trou- bled youth or just youth in gener- al," she states firmly. Beth explains why she would like to work with youth. "There's Smith leads genealogy workshop A genealogy workshop by Shirley Smith called "Traveling to the Source" will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, located at the corner of 12th and Connection streets on Mountain View. The free classes are presented as a service to the community by the Shelton LDS Family History Center. 4th and Railroad • 426-8615 Hurry in --- Last three days of our ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 25, 26, 27 Last chance to enter our PRIZE DRAWINGS Page 6 - SheltomMason County Journal - Thursday, March 25, 1999 BETH POTTER thinks most people would be surprised to learn she has a temper and certainly is not perfect. a lot of them out there. They don't know what they want or where they're going or what they're do- ing and they just need somebody to talk to," she observes. "! think I could be that person. If my friends have problems, I just sit there and listen to them and hopefully try to give them advice that they need. Sometimes they don't take it and sometimes they do. But I enjoy helping peo- ple. If I can help someone, it makes me feel good," Beth com- ments. Beth says she will probably major in psychology but "I was thinking about minoring in art." She says, "I like to draw. My freshman year I took an art class and I've taken three more. I enjoy doing it. I do it for fun. I'm good at it but I'm not as good as some people." WITH A LAUGH sneaking out, Beth confesses, "I draw when I'm bored. And I write; I like to write poetry and stories. I like to read." She tends to indulge in Christian romance or mystery books. At school Beth is a member of the concert choir. "I enjoy sing- ing. It's a fun class but other than that, nothing really," she says of her school involvement. "I'm busy. After school, I tutor for three days out of the week and then two days out of the week I ba- bysit." The future counselor offers some advice about succeeding at high school. "Don't stress out about it. I mean, high school is hard homework-wise, but if you go home and get it done, then you'll be okay. And set your pri- orities straight, but don't try to conform to the crowd. Be yourself 'cause if you're yourself, most of the time people will like you for you. "That's basically it. I don't try to be like anybody else. I just to be myself and if somebody doesn't like me, then they don't like me. If they like me, they like me," she continues matter-of-factly. "Normally I don't have any trou- ble with anybody." BETH PAUSES and quickly adds, "Don't throw your life down the drain by doing some- thing stupid, like most of the kids do." While there are some people who consider Beth "perfect," she protests, "I'm really not. A lot of people say, 'You're happy. I can't imagine you mad.' I have the worst temper you've ever seen. Beth explains, "I'm not that bad at home, either. I do lose my temper. I do get mad. It's like, 'Oh you cuss? No, you don't cuss.' Yeah, I cuss once in a while, be- lieve me I do, but not a lot. I don't like it." Sharing her self-insight, Beth says, "I act different around my friends. I don't mean to. Even around my friends I'm a lot more hyper and outgoing so even they don't know how I sometimes act at home. I'm a lot more seri- ous at home than I am around my friends so they've never seen my serious side. "I think people overestimate me. They think I'm a lot better than I am, and I'm not. I have my ups and downs all the time," Beth concedes. "So I have my moments. I think people would be surprised if they sat down with me and actually spent some time with me and got to know me." • New shipments of plants coming in weekly • Lots of new gifts! OPEN EVERY DAY 920 East Johns Prairie Road 426-3747 Depoe, Rogge to wed in Aug ust, STAR LAKE RESIDENTS Karina Pauline Dep0e : Timothy Nathan Rogge will be united in mar  on Sunday, August 8, at a private reside.Cfl:~ Johns Prairie Creek Road in Shelton. The brlde'f be is the daughter of Weldon and Cynthia DeP° ; Lake Limerick. She is a 1998 graduate of S heJ d High School and attended South Puget S0 Community College in Olympia. She is ernP! 01 l in Shelton by Evergreen Drug Center and Cat t Community Services Home Care. The groo " tl is the son of Peggy Rogge of Mount Rainier ll Daniel Rogge of Chicago, Illinois. The 1996 '0€' graduate is foreman of a crew for Whitney'S estry. March 29- April 3 Monday through Saturday Women's Clothing Accessories 50 °/° EASTER ITEMS 500/0 Men's Suits, Slacks & Dress Shir00s 28 °/° TREASURES THRIFT 305 W. Railroad Avenue, Downtown 427-3858 Volunteers needed. Accepting donationS, FOUNDATION Proceeds benefit the Mason Oe High School Spotlight: t INA CHOI, seated right, will represent the county at the state music teachers' convention this summer. She was selected at piano competition where Thi Nguyen, was named first alternate and Stacey Ozga, was tapped as second alternate. Choi judged top pianist- again ina Choi won the piano playoff competition March 12 in the spring audition and honors reci- tal presented by the Mason (oun- ty (hapter of the Washington Stale Music Teachers Associa- tion (WSMTA). This is the second year in a row Choi was selected to repre- sent the county at the WSMTA convention this June at Whit- man College in Walla Walla. in fact, Choi has gone to the state convention fot, r of the hast five years, losing the competition to her brother (',had in 1997. The 18-year-old Shelt(m tilth School senior l)layed the "Hungarian Rhapsody Number 6" by Franz Liszt betbre adjudi- cator Janet Mooney. Choi has been studying piano since she was 5 with Gary Bensen. The playoff competition fea- tured 12 adwmced piano stu- dents. '['hi Nguyen, 16 and a stu- dent with Gary Bensen, was cho- sen first alternate. The foreign exchange student from Berlin, Germany, played "Toccata" by A. I. Khachaturian. Another of Bensen's students, Stacey Ozga, a 14-year-old Shelton Middle School eighth-grader, was named second alternate afl, er her performance of "Toccata in F Minor" by Robert Vandail. ADVANCED stude.nts receiv- ing special recognition from Mocmey at the playoff included Joseph Sartori, first honorable mention, teacher Carole Bensen; ,John Smith, second honorable mention, teacher Gary Bensen; Alyssa Coker, honorable men- tion, teacher Kathryn McLin; Beth Sartori, honorable mention, teacher Gary Bensen; and Hil- ma Yantis, honorable mention, teacher Gnew Silva. Others competing in the play- off were Gary Bensen s student Jane tiong, McLin's student Natalie Gilliom, and Melba O'Neill's students Caitlin ttan- sen and Jessica Mabey. In addition to the playoff com- petitors, other music students au- ditioned before Mooney on March 13. "Our adjudicator did an exellent job this year listen- ing to and educating 66 stu- dents," observed Gary Bensen. All students played in an honors recital March 14. Students of Gary Bensen's to audition were Elizabeth and Samuel Eat(m, Cathy Brooks, Erin Bolender, Bryden McGrath, Tracy and Nancy Yuan, and ,lames and Jessica ttong. ALSO PLAYING at the audi- ti()n were Carole Bensen's stu- dents Rachel Goida, Simon Rog- ers, Samantha Ehrich, Dan Golda, Lauren Smith, Juli 13olender, Elizabeth Rusher, Amanda King, Kate Wang, Mitchel Buendel and I)anny Haigh. O'Neill's students were Amy Thorton, Taylor and Peter Sloane, Hannah Carroll, Kris- ten Farrell, Jordan McComb, Lauren and Lindsay ()rme, Kyle Mortensen, Joymarie Olels, Michele Hunter and Anna Geb- hardt. Students of McLin's who played were Charissa Rogers, Shanna Crumley, Hayley Barn- ard, Tyler Ensiow, Alana Brew- er, Nicole Newell, Emilie Schnabel, Aaron Murdock, Katie Mahony, Lily Stewart, Amy Wallace and Jessica Kent. Sliva's students were Jennifer Hess, Kati Jot mson, Jennifer Beeby, Conor Wing, Emma Yantis, lieidi Kover and Saori Hattori. Students of Carol Bradtbrd who performed were Emilia and Saara Snow and Bridgette Losey. The event, held at Shelton's United Methodist Church, in- volved 66 students and six teach- ers from Mason County. By Ca00ly. You know how kids act out when they've got their friends t)ver. Last night it was like that at our house. Things were going ahmg fine, everyone was more or less getting along, and then sud- denly it all broke loose. There was screaming and yell- ing. You could hear muttered threats, bangings on walls and the furniture being thrown around. So I checked it out. And sure enough, the guys had one of their friends over. There they were, the scottie and the sheltie, screeching and clamoring at the living room door. And there, outside, wagging his tail, was a German shepherd the size of a small Percheron. And no, I didn't invite him in. Beth eyes counseling By MARY DUNCAN A soft-spoken Shelton senior says with a chuckle, "Pretty much everybody calls me any- thing they want. I have a lot of nicknames. Most people know me as Beth. My close friends know me as Beth Ann; my fami- ly knows me as Beth and then there's my teachers and some ac- quaintances that know me as Elizabeth." Although she is not sensitive about her first name, there is one moniker Beth Potter cannot imagine living without - Chris- tian. "I can't imagine why any- one wouldn't want to," Beth ob- serves of her faith. "It's really the truth. A lot of people don't un- derstand why I am the way I am, but I just am. I wouldn't want to be any other way." She attributes her spiritual commitment to her family. "Both my parents are Christians and they raised all three - I have two older sisters who are both Christians," she interjects, "and they've raised us very well, I think. They've always told us they don't really care what kind of boyfriend we have, they just (:are that he's a Christian. They always support us in everything we do. And then I have my grandparents and my aunts and uncles are Christians, most of them." Beth says she has lived in the same house on the same road all her life and notes her dad grew up here. IIER PARENTS are Jim and Nancy Potter. He is a commis- sioner for Mason County Fire District 4 who works at the post office in Olympia, Beth says, and her mom works at Allstate Insurance. "She's a secretary right now but she's working to become an agent," she adds. Her oldest sister, Jaime, is 21 and a junior at Northwest Bible College in Kirkland, one ot" the schools Beth is considering "since most of my family has gone there." Beth has been ac- cepted at a small Christian col- lege in Southern California, but even with a scholarship, she is not sure she could afford it. Her other ister, Colleen, who's 19, is living at home and working at a daycare downtown. "They both were in the Spotlight thing too," Beth notes. She laughs openly at the idea of a Potter fe- male tradition. 'Tm spoiled," Beth admits, "but I think we all three are. I like being youngest. I kind of wish I had some younger si- blings once in a while but I do a lot of babysitting so I see a lot of young kids." BETH'S CAREER goal re- flects her compassion and car- ing about others. "I want to be a youth counselor, tbr maybe trou- bled youth or just youth in gener- al," she states firmly. Beth explains why she would like to work with youth. "There's Smith leads genealogy workshop A genealogy workshop by Shirley Smith called "Traveling to the Source" will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, located at the corner of 12th and Connection streets on Mountain View. The free classes are presented as a service to the community by the Shelton LDS Family History Center. 4th and Railroad • 426-8615 Hurry in --- Last three days of our ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 25, 26, 27 Last chance to enter our PRIZE DRAWINGS Page 6 - SheltomMason County Journal - Thursday, March 25, 1999 BETH POTTER thinks most people would be surprised to learn she has a temper and certainly is not perfect. a lot of them out there. They don't know what they want or where they're going or what they're do- ing and they just need somebody to talk to," she observes. "! think I could be that person. If my friends have problems, I just sit there and listen to them and hopefully try to give them advice that they need. Sometimes they don't take it and sometimes they do. But I enjoy helping peo- ple. If I can help someone, it makes me feel good," Beth com- ments. Beth says she will probably major in psychology but "I was thinking about minoring in art." She says, "I like to draw. My freshman year I took an art class and I've taken three more. I enjoy doing it. I do it for fun. I'm good at it but I'm not as good as some people." WITH A LAUGH sneaking out, Beth confesses, "I draw when I'm bored. And I write; I like to write poetry and stories. I like to read." She tends to indulge in Christian romance or mystery books. At school Beth is a member of the concert choir. "I enjoy sing- ing. It's a fun class but other than that, nothing really," she says of her school involvement. "I'm busy. After school, I tutor for three days out of the week and then two days out of the week I ba- bysit." The future counselor offers some advice about succeeding at high school. "Don't stress out about it. I mean, high school is hard homework-wise, but if you go home and get it done, then you'll be okay. And set your pri- orities straight, but don't try to conform to the crowd. Be yourself 'cause if you're yourself, most of the time people will like you for you. "That's basically it. I don't try to be like anybody else. I just to be myself and if somebody doesn't like me, then they don't like me. If they like me, they like me," she continues matter-of-factly. "Normally I don't have any trou- ble with anybody." BETH PAUSES and quickly adds, "Don't throw your life down the drain by doing some- thing stupid, like most of the kids do." While there are some people who consider Beth "perfect," she protests, "I'm really not. A lot of people say, 'You're happy. I can't imagine you mad.' I have the worst temper you've ever seen. Beth explains, "I'm not that bad at home, either. I do lose my temper. I do get mad. It's like, 'Oh you cuss? No, you don't cuss.' Yeah, I cuss once in a while, be- lieve me I do, but not a lot. I don't like it." Sharing her self-insight, Beth says, "I act different around my friends. I don't mean to. Even around my friends I'm a lot more hyper and outgoing so even they don't know how I sometimes act at home. I'm a lot more seri- ous at home than I am around my friends so they've never seen my serious side. "I think people overestimate me. They think I'm a lot better than I am, and I'm not. I have my ups and downs all the time," Beth concedes. "So I have my moments. I think people would be surprised if they sat down with me and actually spent some time with me and got to know me." • New shipments of plants coming in weekly • Lots of new gifts! OPEN EVERY DAY 920 East Johns Prairie Road 426-3747 Depoe, Rogge to wed in Aug ust, STAR LAKE RESIDENTS Karina Pauline Dep0e : Timothy Nathan Rogge will be united in mar  on Sunday, August 8, at a private reside.Cfl:~ Johns Prairie Creek Road in Shelton. The brlde'f be is the daughter of Weldon and Cynthia DeP° ; Lake Limerick. She is a 1998 graduate of S heJ d High School and attended South Puget S0 Community College in Olympia. She is ernP! 01 l in Shelton by Evergreen Drug Center and Cat t Community Services Home Care. The groo " tl is the son of Peggy Rogge of Mount Rainier ll Daniel Rogge of Chicago, Illinois. The 1996 '0€' graduate is foreman of a crew for Whitney'S estry. March 29- April 3 Monday through Saturday Women's Clothing Accessories 50 °/° EASTER ITEMS 500/0 Men's Suits, Slacks & Dress Shir00s 28 °/° TREASURES THRIFT 305 W. Railroad Avenue, Downtown 427-3858 Volunteers needed. Accepting donationS, FOUNDATION Proceeds benefit the Mason Oe