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Homecoming This year Home-coming week was very rainy with an astonish-ing 10" recorded. We had dress up days Mon-day through Friday. We had the food bazaar on Thursday. We had the door decorating con-test judging on Thurs-day and the winner was Ms. Dickinson and her third period class. We kept our school spirit up and battled hard on the court. In between the boys JV game and

By Kayla Strongthe girls varsity game, royalty was announced. After which we had our

Homecoming dance, which was the best so far. We played limbo with Kayla Strong ( s o p h o m o r e ) coming in third, Madison Al-

len (freshman) coming in second, and the win-ner was Jenny Rickey (sophomore). Last but not least, we had a dance-off. Luis Pahua and Shelby Foster were the winners.

Dress-up Days were held during Home- coming Week, Jan. 2-5. Monday was West-ern Day, Tuesday was Dress To Impress Day, Wednesday was Hobo Day, Thursday was Fake Injury Day, and Friday was Spirit Day. The most popular day seemed to be Dress to Impress—stu-dents did impress. The boys wore suits or button up shirts with ties. The girls dressed as if they were ready for college

By Kayla Strongadmissions interviews. During Homecoming week Mr. Helsley writes the clues for the spirit stick. On Monday the spirit stick was found by the juniors. The spirit stick was not found on Tuesday due to an elab-orate clue. On Wednes-day the spirit stick was found by the sopho-mores. On Thursday the spirit stick was not found. On Friday more clues were handed out and the seniors found it.

Dress Up Days and the Elusive Spirit Stick

As a part of Homecoming, there was a food bazaar on Thursday, Feb 5. A food bazaar is when each class makes a certain kind of food then sells it for lunch. The fresh-men sold ice cream sun-daes, the sophomores sold sodas, the juniors sold tamales and chur-ros, and the seniors sold pizza. Kids are always excited because they have a variety of foods from which to choose, and each class keeps the profits.

Food BazaarBy Toni Little

Lions Club Speeches On Thursday,

Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. the Lions Club held the 78th Annual Student Speaker Contest. There were two contests. One was in Etna, and held at Bob’s Ranch House and the other was in Fort Jones, and held at the Fort Jones Community Center. The topic this year was Water Conser-vation: Reuse, Recycle, and Reclaim.

In Etna there were six participants (in order of appearance): Cecyl Stout, Delaney Black, Henry Hanna, Katie Turner, Amber Rightmyer, and Trey Bradford. In Fort Jones six students also par-ticipated (in order of appearance): Tara Bur-

rone, Melissa Green-halgh, Luke Schwall, Adam Schott, Ben Mor-ris, and Molly Schae-fer. The four judges for Etna were Jodi Aceyes, Andre Economopoulos, Jim Frey, and Molly MacGowan. The judges for Fort Jones were Jim Ayres, Madeleine Ayres, and Sherma Isbell. In each contest, the Lions stated that choosing the winner was hard be-cause the speeches were high caliber. The winner for Etna was Trey Brad-ford, and the winner for Fort Jones was Luke Schwall. There will be a zone contest at the Fort Jones Community Center on Thursday, Mar. 5, at 7 p.m. where Bradford and Schwall will face off.

By Indica Dunbar

This Homecom-ing our princes were Luis Pahua (fresh-man), Quinn McGoni-gal (sophomore), Hank Sutter (junior), and Ruben Jaime (senior). Our princesses were Toni Little (freshman), Korbyn Horner (sopho-more), Brenna Black (junior), and Brianna Dean (senior). There was a full crowd in the gym on that Saturday

Royals Reignnight. As the princes and princesses walked in, pictures were taken and the crowd was cheer-ing. After the biogra-phies were read, Becca Menne announced the new Homecoming king and queen for 2015. The king was Ruben Jaime and the queen was Bri-anna Dean. After they were announced, the crowd took pictures of the royalty.

By Toni Little

Senior Royalty: Ruben Ja-mie and Bri Dean

Freshmen Royalty: Luis Pa-hua and Toni Little

Sophomore Royalty: Quinn Mc-Gonigal and Korbyn Horner

Junior Royalty: Hank Sutter and Brenna Black

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On Friday, Feb. 6, as part of Homecom-ing week, the ASB put on an entertaining rally. The royalty walked in and Renee Finley (se-nior) and Tania Burrone (sophomore) gave the royalty their shirts, and the princesses their ti-aras. Next it was game time. The princes played a little basket-ball game against our rally commissioners Zac Hansen, Kent John-son, and Wade Thac-keray (seniors). Payton Dickinson (sophomore) gave the play-by-play to make things interest-ing. Luis Pahua (fresh-man) scored the first shot. With the battle going back and forth, the princes put up a big fight to win the game. After that, the rally commissioners said it was time for war be-tween the royalty with a little relay race. At the end of the race the roy-alty had to chug bottles of chocolate milk. Of course, juniors got first place having Hank Sut-ter on their team to chug the chocolate milk, but freshmen came in sec-ond, seniors came in third, and the sopho-mores came in last. The rally ended with a group photo of the student body for the yearbook.

Rally TimeBy Toni Little

Ruben Jamie (senior) show-ing Wade Thackeray and Kent Johnson (seniors) how to play basketball in a dress.

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Freshmen class serving sundaes at the food bazaar. Students showing off their Hobo style.

Trey Bradford receives his first place award.

Fort Jones Lions Club con-testants after presenting their speeches

Caroline Emerick on Fake Injury Day.

Etna Lions Club contes-tants after presenting their speeches

Luke Schwall receives his first place award.

At the food bazaar

EDITORIALSThe Paw Print

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The Paw Print Staff:Editor-in-chief, writer: Grace Duerr

Page layout: Carson Dickinson, Grace Duerr, Toni Little, Taryn Ebersole and Kayla Strong

Photo editors: Taryn Ebersole, Indica Dunbar, Benita Borba, Natasha Suehead, and Kayla Strong

Editorial editor: Kayla Strong; Features editor: Grace DuerrNews editors: Toni Little and Taryn Ebersol; Sports editor: Carson Dickinson; Contributing writers: Benita Borba, Carson Dickinson,

Payton Dickinson, Grace Duerr, Indica Dunbar, Taryn Ebersole, Emma Forrester, Dianne Hasemeyer, Toni Little, Katie Morris, and Kayla Strong.

Contributing photographers: Mr. Bahen, Katie Morris, John Theofanides, and Mr. Forrester

The Paw Print Advisor: Ms. Lynn KarpinskiThe Paw Print is a monthly publication produced by the publications class of Etna

High School, 400 Howell Avenue, Etna, CA 96027, (530) 467-3244.Copies are available at school free of charge to students and are mailed home to

parents of our students and to parents of students at our feeder schools.This paper is printed at the Siskiyou Daily News.

The Paw Print won a First Place with Special Merit award from the American Scholastic Press Association in 2006, and a First Place award in 2005, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.Editorials represent the opinions of the writers and are not necessarily those of the

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The Death Penalty Debate

Pro: The death penalty has been a subject of con-troversy for many years now. There has been a lot of debate on whether or not a person should be executed for murder. Obviously, the death penalty should be active in our justice system be-cause it deters criminals, is a productive use for tax payers’ money, and rightly serves justice. If justice means executing a malicious murderer, then let justice be! The death penal-ty serves many purposes in the U.S. legal system. One of those is the fact that it deters crime. Studies on deathpenal-ty.org have shown that on the state level, if cap-ital punishment takes place one year, the next year will have a signifi-cantly lower crime rate. This data can also be reflected on the national level. Unfortunately, in certain cases the wrong criminal has been ex-ecuted. Often, however,

capital punishment is blamed for this tragedy. This problem is not with the death penalty, but with the particular mur-der investigation. The death pen-alty costs are said to be more than life in prison, but if you eventually add up the costs, life will cost 1.2 million- 3.6 million more than death cases. Over time life cases are more ex-pensive than death pen-alty cases. New York City paid $167,731 per inmate to feed, house, and guard prisoners. Some people believe that it is unjust to execute a criminal, so they suggest life in prison. However, there are problems with keep-ing people deserving of the death penalty (by to-day’s standards) in pris-on for life. For instance,

a man who robs a bank with a loaded gun gets sent to prison for life and there needs to be a greater punishment for criminals who kill, rape, and/or torture countless victims. This “greater punishment” necessary to uphold justice in our country is the death penalty. Society has al-ways used punishment to discourage would-be criminals from unlaw-ful action. Since society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the stongest punishment available to deter murder, and that is the death penalty. If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, potential murderers will think twice before killing for fear of los-ing their own life. The death penalty deters

from committing crime, it is a productive use of tax payer money, and rightly serves justice.

Con: We are opposed to the death penalty for three main reasons: cost, morality, and the potential of killing the innocent. To effectively execute the guilty, it takes a lot of money. California has spent more than four billion dollars on capital pun-ishment since it was re-instated.in 1978. Sta-tistics have proven that death penalty cases are 20 times more expen-sive than trials seeking life in prison without parole. This is mainly because in the death penalty cases the judge must personally inter-view every potential

On Jan. 13-14, Kate Jopson, a 2005 alum, came to the Etna High School drama class to lead an act-ing workshop. She led a series of exercises that helped students focus. Though it was an in-tense work-shop, it was also a lot of fun and taught the class to work as an ensemble. Students said the class af-fected them be-cause they felt a heightened sense of aware-ness in their other class-es. The first thing many students asked after the workshop concluded was”When is Kate com-ing back?” It was an ex-cellent workshop and Kate said she’ll come back again when she’s visiting Scott Valley. A Little Back-ground on Kate Jopson:Before graduating Etna High School in 2005, Kate Jopson performed in 35 productions at the Siskiyou Performing Arts Center in Yreka in addition to studying music and ballet. She went on to UC Berke-ley to study Arabic and Anthropology and spent a year abroad in Cairo, Egypt. After Berkeley, Kate became a profes-sional actress, director,

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candidate for the jury, which may be upwards to 100 people. Also, those selected for the jury spend significantly more time looking at evidence. Lastly, our tax dollars foot the bill up until the execution. We also believe that the death penalty is morally wrong be-cause there have been several cases where the innocent had been killed. According to www.deathpenaltyinfo.org, since the nation’s re- instatements ,140 people have been re-leased from death row with evidence of their innocence. Also, four people may have been wrongfully executed. In the last 35 years, about 50 innocent people have been killed. Also , about 120 of the 3000 inmates on death row are inno-

cent. The death penalty makes it so that we are committing crime our-selves (murder), and that makes us no better than the criminals them-selves. Everyone makes mistakes, and we can’t punish them by killing them. It is not equal. Another prob-lem with the death pen-alty is that it hasn’t been proven to be a deterrent to crime. Most killers usually are not in a sane state of mind when de-ciding to commit their crime. They just don’t think about the conse-quences of their actions. Eighty-eight percent of the country’s top aca-demic criminological experts rejected the no-tion that the death pen-alty acts as a deterrent to murder. States that have the death penalty do not have lower crime rates than states that do. In our opinion there has been no credible evi-dence proving the death penalty works, so why would we have it when it’s not effective? Looking at these points, we believe the death penalty has a lot of complications. It is very expensive and is morally wrong. In fact it violates the 8th Amend-ment lastly, it does not deter crime.

and teaching artist in the Bay Area. she went on to graduate school and, in March of 2014 she received an MFA in directing from UCSD. After finishing gradu-ate school Kate became

the assoc. artistic direc-tor of Circle X Theatre in Los Angeles. Camille Brown (now Schenk-kan), who graduated from Etna High School in 2002, is the manag-ing director of Circle X and brought Kate into work with the company

starting in 2012. In the spring of 2014, Kate was selected as one of the National Arts Strategy’s Creative Community Fellows to adapt The Cherry Or-chard by Anton Chek-

hov to reflect life in Sis-kiyou County. Throughout 2015, Kate will be in-t e r v i e w i n g people about changes hap-pening in the area, and what future they think Siskiyou County will

have. In the summer of 2016, she hopes to per-form the play on a ranch in Scott Valley and take it on tour to Los Ange-les, San Francisco, Sac-ramento, and San Diego to raise awareness in urban areas about the complexity of rural life.

This year’s annual FFA speaking competition was a success. A lot of people showed up to participate in the con-test. Our students gave great effort and did very well in the con-test. Juliana Gamache (freshman) received 2nd in Creed out of 30 con-testants, Tania Burrone (sophomore) received 4th place in Impromptu, Hayley Kaae (senior) received 1st in Prepared Speech, Ben Morris (junior) received 3rd in Prepared Speech, Frank Hurlimann (junior) re-ceived 2nd in Job Inter-

view, Brenna Black (ju-nior) received 1st place in Prepared Speech for Etna, Angelee Dowling (sophomore) received 2nd, Makina Jones (ju-nior) 3rd and Lexi Morril (junior) 4th place. Etna FFA is proud of all their members. FFA would

Etna FFA Speaking Contest Invitational

like to thank everyone who helped out. At sectionals on Thursday, Feb. 26, Angelee Dowling took first in Impromptu, Jen Apland took second in Extemporaneous, and Maddie Meyer third in Creed.

By Benita Borba and Indica Dunbar

By Grace Duerr By Benita Borba

Con team left to right: Indica Dunbar, Abby Whipple, Jen Apland, Ben Morris, Makina Jones, Molly Schaefer, and Delaney Black.

Pro team left to right: Henry Hanna, Brenna Black, Rylie Munn, Tara Burrone, Kortni Bennett, Thane Forrester, Mor-gan Bahen, and Will Poling

Etna FFA Speaking Invitational competition team

In this edition of the Paw Print we asked Miss Dickinson’s third period Honors English class to give us a good debate and they did!

Drama class students showing off their workshop skills

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Counselor’s CornerBy Regina Hanna

“Well done is better than well said.”-Benjamin Franklin

o We had some awesome events in January: info planning nights, FFA Speech invitational, Siskiyou Daily tour, and Siskiyou Public Health tour. It’s great to get out of the office. I hope to organize an Oregon Tech Tour soon. Signups will be announced in the bulletin. And, our local Scott Valley Family Resource Center plans to have a weekly Teen Support Group on Wednesdays. Signups and information are in the bulletin.

o Seniors: Make sure that you create a student portal account at the colleges you’ve applied to and check them often. This is how colleges will contact you with info they need. Take placement tests as early as you can, or check your EAP results, high ACT, or SAT scores to try to opt out. Whether you plan on San Diego State or Shasta College, it is likely you will need to take a math and English placement exam. See Mrs. Hanna for assessment info. Also, look into housing deadlines at the schools you are considering. It’s scholarship season, have you submitted any yet? I have many listed on my website. Is your activity chart updated? Have you e-mailed it to yourself? Download a copy of it at the EHS Lion Bites website (just Google the name). If you didn’t finish at Cash for College Night last month do it now and finish your FAFSA!

o Juniors: Pick a date to register online for the ACT and SAT. Use your PSAT results that we went over in our workshop to help you prepare. I also have test prep books you can borrow to make copies of practice tests. Here are some free sites that can help you prepare: www.khanacademy.org/sat and http://www.prepfactory.com/

o Sophomores: Plan to sign up to take the PSAT this fall. It will assess your reading, math, and writing skills, provides excellent practice for the SAT, and connects you to scholarships and personalized online tools. Signups will be in your English class and the test will be given Oct.14 (tentative). You can practice for the PSAT here: https://www.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt/preparation. The test runs around $15 and we can help pay for fees if needed.

o Freshmen: Come see Ms. Hanna for career exploration (we’ll do some things in Comp Apps) and start thinking about signing up to take ACT PLAN next year. Mrs. Hanna will talk about it in your classes soon.

NewsSki SeasonBy Grace Duerr

Mount Shasta Ski Park opened on Dec. 20, 2014, with 22" being their top mea-surement in snow and 12" being the lowest amount measured. I was dying to go that day it opened, but I had to wait until that next Fri-day when I went with a group of friends. Be-cause the Mount Shasta and Mount Ashland ski parks hadn’t been open since 2013 it made the day a perfect one. The snow was kind of icy but it was just good to be back on the moun-tain. There were a lot of people but you never had to wait in line for the lift. I talked with a few students from Etna

High School for their opinion about the be-ginning of the ski sea-son. Kaitlyn Aldrich (sophomore) said there were some dirt patch-es, a few rocks and it was icy but overall the snow was all right. Car-son Dickinson said, “It was pretty icy and there weren’t too many peo-ple there, which made it fun.” Claire Olson said she had fun “gnarin the shred” and can’t wait to go again. Since the ski park opened, there’s been no new snow, so it closed again. however, one never knows...it could snow the entire month of March. Wishful thinking.

Carson Dickinson, Dakota Watton, and Madie Meyer (freshmen) shreddin some snow on Mt. Shasta.

Thursday, Feb. 12, In-teract stayed after school to write every single student a Valentine’s Day card while the rest of the student body left to enjoy the four-day weekend. Interact went around the school, slip-ping the cards into each and every locker. Tues-day, Feb. 17, when stu-dents returned to school, they were greeted with cards and candy. Each

A Warm Welcome The FFA purchased a new sow in January from Texas. She’s out of Doc Logan so she’s simply called “Doc.” Doc’s piglets were born on January 30 and are growing strong. The piglets enjoy eating, sleeping, and running. The class is happy with the way the pigs look, and students who participate in caring for them are taking them to the fair. The class feels

Mama pig gettin cozy with the camera.

Little piglet all worn out.

Interact’s Heart Of Gold Shines on Valentine’s

student got a personal-ized Valentine card. In-side each card were spe-cial little messages for each student. Saturday, February 21, the Interact basket-ball game between the police and senior boys was cancelled because use facilities permit and other necessary house-keeping requests were not submitted.

By Benita Borba

they have a good chance at getting a Grand Champion out of this group.

By Benita Borba

The Interact Club working on the Valentine’s Day poems and candy grams.

Gracie Duerr, and Claire Olsen (sophomores) about to kill it on the mountain.

Siskiyou County high schools including Etna High School, Golden Eagle Charter School, and Weed High School competed in the county-wide Poetry Out Loud competition. This com-petition occurred on Fri-day, January 30. It was held at the St. Mark’s Preservation Square. Trey Bradford (senior) won and Cecyl Stout (senior) was runner up. In the next stage of the Poetry Out Loud com-petition, Bradford goes onto the state competi-tion. The dates of the finals are April 28-29, 2015.

Poetry Out Loud County CompetitionBy Natasha Suehead

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Who Art Thou?

Think you know the answers to our riddle or who the student are in our mystery photos? Submit your guesses to The Paw Print mailbox located in the office. If you guess right, you will receive a prize.405 Main Street / Etna, CA / (530) 467-5544

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If you find one of the keys to the Treasure Hunt, bring it to Grace Duerr or Ms. Karpinski and receive a prize.

By Grace Duerr

Go to a placethat hosts the Lions.The key is hidden

where the opponent is cryin’!

Q: What is your favorite color?A: Pink…duh.Q: If you could go back in time what year would you travel to? Why?A: I would go back to 2012 because that was a pretty good year.Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?A: Watch “Prison Break.” Ha ha.Q: How many siblings do you have?A: I have one half-brother.Q: What country would you like to visit?A: I want to visit all the countries in Europe.Q: What is your favorite saying/phrase?A: “You go Glen Coco.” from Mean GirlsQ: What is your favorite book?A: I don’t have one, really.Q: If you were stranded on an island, who or what would you want with you? A: I would want a cat and a Taco Bell.Q: Who is your favorite song artist?A: My favorite song artist is Hopsin.

23rd AnnualRotary GolfTournament

The 23nd Annual Rotary Golf Tournament of Scott Valley will be held at the Weed Golf Course on April 18th. The for-mat is a 4-person team scramble handicapped tournament. If you do not have a handicap, one will be assigned. There will be an entry fee of $65, which includes green fees, golf cart, donuts and coffee in the morning, and a BBQ lunch featur-ing Randy Eastlick’s famous sausages, hamburgers, and soft drinks. Weed Golf Club members’ fee is $40 but need to ar-range their own carts. Carts will be assigned in the order of paid entry fees received; so, sign up and pay early in case the club runs out of carts. Also, please register early so we can make hole assignments. The tournament will start promptly at 9 a.m. This is the biggest fundraiser for the year and the money raised supports: Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Acad-emy), 4-way Speech Contest, dictionaries for all third grade students, scholarship to “Most Improved Student” graduating from Etna High School, Scott Valley Jr. High School “Student of the Month” awards, and the community lunch program. Call Bob McNeil at 468-2608 for entry forms or questions. Pick up entry forms at the course or request them at : mcneil-cpa@sisqtel.net.

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FACTS

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F e a t u r e d A r t i s tBy Aarika Croy

observation. It can be heard, seen, and felt.

Q: What is your inspiration?A: Life.

Q: How long have you been interesting in art?A: Since I conceived self-awareness.

Q: Who’s your favorite artist? Why?A: Tool, APC, NoFX, Propagandhi, Good Riddance, Black Flag,

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MonthBy Kayla Strong

Junk

This month’s Featured artist is senior Ruben Jaime.

Q: Do you think of yourself as an artist?A: I think everybody is an artist; however, those who express themselves through their own creations are labeled as artists thus confirming my label.

Q: Did you like playing guitar as a child?A: When I was real little I’d pretend I could play, but it wasn’t until I was eleven I picked one up. I saved my money to buy an electric guitar and taught myself to play.

Q: What is your favorite type of art?A: Musical art because it encompasses more than visual

Born Against, Minor Threat, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, Smacking Isaiah, the Offspring, and Chevelle. Why? –Because.

Q:Do you see yourself continuing to pursue art in college and beyond?A: I do. I think that if I take the necessary steps to achieve my goal, I’ll be able to do anything I desire.

1.In 1996, a Swedish couple tried to name their son “Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.” They would have pronounced it “Albin.”2.In the Caribbean there are oysters that climb trees.3.Mark Twain didn’t graduate from elementary school.4.Charlie Chaplin once came in third in a Chaplin look-alike contest.5.Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.6.China has more English speakers than the United States.7.You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.8.Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.9.In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.10.The largest snowflake ever recorded reportedly measured 15" across.

This month the Paw Print staff chose the district bus fleet since they are such an integral part of our school. The interviewee is Dianne Hasemeyer, Transportation Crew Leader.

Q: Does the bus have any names?A: Bus 67 is our oldest bus on a daily route. Her name is Baby Girl.

Q: How many miles to the gallon?A: She gets nine miles to the gallon on the highway.

Q: What is your most memorable moment with it?A: She was the first bus I drove since I started driving. When all the newer buses broke down last winter due to the freeze, my old Baby Girl kept on going and got the kids to school.

Q: Is there anything else you would like to add?A: Bus 67 has a new motor, new transmission, and new floors inside, all replaced within the last three years. She is the largest bus on our daily routes and carries 81 elementary school size passengers.

Q: How long have you been driving the bus?A: Kim has been driving this bus for 16 ½ years, her whole driving career.

Q: How old is the bus?A: Baby Girl was manufactured in 1996, which makes her 19 years old.

Ruben Jaime (senior) rocks out on a song for the Lions Have Talent assembly last fall.

Kim Stacher standing with “Baby Girl.”

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Q: What sport are you playing this winter?A: “I am playing basketball.”

Q: What position do you play?A: “I usually play small forward, power forward, or center.”

Q: So far this season what was your best game and why?A: “My best game was against Maxwell because I played good defense in the middle and helped contribute to a solid team win.”

Q: Are you ever nervous before a game? How do you prep yourself?A: “Yes, I’m usually nervous before games. I prepare myself with an intense warm up, and remember that the world won’t end even if I have a bad game.”

Q: If you could go to any college for sports, what college would you attend? What sport(s)?A: “I would play basketball at COS or Feather River Col-lege because those are probably the only schools where I’d even see a minute of court time.”

Q: Why do you like this sport?A: “I love the flow of the game. There’s no break between plays; it’s continuous, and is therefore a very emotional sport. It’s also a perfect combination of athleticism and finesse; basketball athletes must be very well-rounded.”

By: Carson Dickinson and Toni Little

JV Girls Basketball Weed The JV girls pre-season went pretty well, placing second in the Etna tournament and first in the Tulelake tournament. Their pre-season record was 7-2.The JV girls also took home the win Tuesday, Jan. 6 against Weed. The girls played hard and held them in the first quarter—Weed didn’t score a single basket. It was a low scoring game with a score of 39-24. The Lady Lions played aggressive defense and stopped a lot of shots. Caitlin Bennett (fresh-man) played a good of-fense game as a post. In the fourth quarter, the girls were in bonus on both teams for fouls. “We made 70 percent of our free throws,” said Bennett.

JV Boys Basketball By: Carson Dickinson

Weed The pre-season for the JV boys’ basketball team went very well. They had three tourna-ments and placed first in one of them and second in the other two. Their record was 10-3. The boys took home their first league win on Tuesday, Jan. 6 against Weed at home. For the first half of the game, the lead went back and forth between Weed and Etna but by half-time the score was 18-10; Etna was up. The boys came out at the second half ready to play. Tristan Branson (freshman) scored a three-pointer to start off the second half. The Lions played ag-gressive defense and got a huge lead on the Weed

Dakota Watton (freshman) passes to a post.

Megan Dean (freshman) shoots from the free throw line.

Robert Thom (sophomore) draining a 3-pointer.

Tristan Branson (freshman) shoots a reverse lay-up.

Adam Schott (senior)

Trinity On Friday, Jan. 23, the JV Etna girls’ bas-ketball team played a close game. First quar-ter they fought hard to take the lead, 12-2. Trinity answered back with determination and by halftime the Wolves were leading, 13-10. By the end of the third quarter, Trinity was still on top, 20-18. Our girls

score was 58 to 27 at the end of the quarter. Trinity came back in the fourth quarter, but the Lions held their ground and kept the score to their advantage. Rob-ert Thom (sophomore) racked up the points to help stay in the lead. The final score was 75-67, Etna with the win.

By Taryn Ebersole

This wrestling season has been going great so far and there has been lots of learning over the pre-season according to our Etna High team. The boys have been to eight tournaments; these were held in Chester, Riddle, Mazana, Eureka, Corn-ing, Durham, and twice in Modoc. I asked a couple of the wrestlers what their goals for this season are. Both Mor-gan Bahen (junior) and Isaac Martin (sopho-more) said they hope to be able to place top two in sections and go to State. Both teammates met their goal in this last tournament held in Durham. Isaac placed

Isaac Martin (sophomore) in position to start.

Sweet Victories For Wrestling

Morgan Bahen (junior)

Cougars. Brice Black (freshman) said, “We played better in the first half than in the second.” It seemed like the refs’ calls were a little off for all the games. In this game in particular, the reffing wasn’t as bad, but it wasn’t the best. The final score was 70-47, Etna with the win.

Trinity On Friday, Jan. 23, the JV boys’ basketball team won against Trin-ity at home. At the be-ginning it looked like it was going to be a close game. By the end of the first quarter the score was 14-10. The boys were going up against players who were ex-tremely tall. But by half-time, the score was 34-25, Etna with the lead. During the third quarter, the boys took a huge lead and started playing more aggres-sively and smart. The

Thane Forrester (junior)

in first, Morgan placed in second, and Thane Forrester (junior) joined them in fourth. These

three will be moving on to masters/sections and hopefully onto State af-ter that on Feb. 27-28.

wanted this win bad so they fought for the win as hard as possible. Me-gan Dean (freshman), taking every opportu-nity she could, stole the ball time after time to jack up the score. Final-ly, the Wolves gave up the fight and the Lions could call themselves victorious with a final score of 37-31.

Lane Clark (sophomore)

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By Grace Duerr

By Toni Little

Lion Of The Month

Q: What sport are you playing right now?A: “I am playing basketball.”

Q:What position do you play?A: “I play guard and post.”

Q: So far this season what was your best game and why?A: “Our best game was against Clear Lake over break. We had six players, played like a team, and won. I was lead scorer with 19 points.”

Q: Are you ever nervous before a game? How do you prep yourself?A: “Nope.”

Q: If you could go to any college for sports, what college would you attend? What sport(s)?A: “I would go to the University of Oregon to play basketball.”

Q: Why do you like this sport?A: “I like basketball because it is a good team sport and it’s fun to run.”

Tuesday, Jan. 6, the Etna Lions varsity girls basketball team hosted their first league game against the Weed Cou-gars. Like Renee Finley (senior) said, “This is the game we look for-ward to all season long.” Both teams had great defense and aggression. Coach Helsley said the team won defensively with their 3-2 defense and their press against the Cougars. They also went 14/26 from the free-throw line. It was a brutal battle all game long. Sage Gomes (se-nior) had 11 points and Hannah Little (senior) had 12 blocks with those just being a few of the main stats; the whole team worked together. Many of the Lions were in foul trouble toward the end of the game having to put in Kaitlyn Aldrich and Grace Du-err (sophomores). With a controversy on the clock there were seven seconds to go, Etna up

four points. Cougars gained the ball dropping in a 3-pointer, but be-cause of the free throws earlier in the game, the Lions won the battle by one point. Having the home court advantage and the heart of the fans, the Lady Lions couldn’t have been more excited for the win.

Hannah Little (senior) goes up for a shot. Renee Finley (senior) goes for a reverse lay-up.

Weed Tuesday, Jan. 6, Etna Lions Boys basketball team played Weed Cou-gars. With the Lions having the home court advantage they battled to the end and won. The boys played great defense on the Cougars and even better offense, and worked together to get the points they need-ed to win. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 24-21, Etna barely ahead. But then they made a tremendous lead with 19 points in the fourth quarter, end-ing the game 43-31.

By Grace Duerr

Varsity Boys’ Basketball

Varsity Girls’ Basketball

Zac Hansen (senior) shoots.

Saturday, Feb. 7, the Etna Lady Lions JV basketball team contin-ued their undefeatable streak in league with their game against the Modoc Braves. At the end of the first quar-ter Etna was up 12 to 4. Karisma Radford played excellent and had 11 points total in the game. Although Etna was ahead, Mo-doc continued to fight back. Modoc scored nine points in the sec-ond quarter and Etna only scored five points. The Lions kept their lead. At the end of the second quarter the score was Etna 29, Modoc 17. After half-time the Li-ons came out fired up. Megan Dean played outstanding defense and got quite a few steals. The score at the end of the third quarter was 43- 23, Etna with the

JV Girls

The Etna Lady Li-ons played the Modoc Braves Homecoming night. The Lions took a great advantage from the first whistle, pulling ahead 16-8 at the end of the first quarter. The Lions upset the Braves letting them score a few more points but still keeping the lead 25-18 at the end of the first half. The Braves may have had hope but it was surely destroyed in the third quarter outscoring the Braves with 19 points, mak-ing the 44-24 into the fourth quarter. The Li-ons had a trio of points ending the game 50-35 with the win, which keeps the Lady Lions in second place behind Weed.

Varsity Girl

The Etna High school gym roared with spirit and excitement on the annual basket-ball Homecoming on Saturday, Feb. 7. The varsity boys came out with great intensity against the mighty Mo-doc Braves by leading the whole first half with no problem at all. With the boys playing so well the crowd stuck around and cheered them on every second of the game, and watched the Lions bring home the win. With the Lions de-feating the Braves for a second time this year, that made for a 2 and 0 season vs. the Braves. Although they won’t meet up again this sea-son, the Lions are hun-gry for the matchup of next year.

Varsity Boys

The talented JV boys took the court hosting the tough Modoc Braves on Feb. 7, for the annual

Homecoming game. As expected the boys came out hot, shooting the lights out and leading the whole first half. At half-time the score was Lions 34, Braves 29. With the game too tight for com-fort the Lions knew what needed to be done, and continued to play with everything they had. By the end of the third quar-ter, the Braves had taken the lead with a score of 50 to 47. The fourth quarter had everyone in the stands on their feet and biting their finger-nails. Unfortunately, the boys couldn’t quite pull out the win. Although the Lions defeated the Braves earlier in the sea-son, the Braves came back strong with revenge on their minds and were lucky to come out with the victory this game. The Lions look forward to the next game with the Braves, and eager to return the favor that was put on them this Home-coming.

Mt.ShastaGoing to battle against the Mt. Shasta Bears, the Lions knew they were in for a fight. The game started off well for the Lions, leading by four points the first quarter. At half time the Lions were still ahead, 36-33. Entering the third quarter the boys continued to dominate the boards and played incredible defense. By the fourth quarter the shots slowly rattled out, giving the Bears a chance to take the lead. Mt. Shasta gradu-ally made their way to a 6-point lead and showed no signs of giving it up. Two seniors, Zac Han-sen #5, and Wade Thac-keray #21, fouled out late in the fourth quar-ter and made it harder for the Lions to take the lead back. The Bears took the victory this time, but the Lions are anxious to meet them on home court during senior night.

Carson Dickinson (freshman) drives to the basket.

Almost a Sweep at Basketball Homecoming

lead. The Lions start-ed the fourth quarter pumped up and ready to take the win on Home-coming night. The Lady Lions put pressure on the Braves and played tough defense. As the end of the game came closer, the Lions knew the game was theirs. The final score was 30 to 58, Etna with the win.

JV Boys

By Grace Duerr By Payton DickinsonBy Carson Dickinson

By Payton Dickinson

Grace Duerr (sophomore) gets ready to pass.

Natalie Aldrich (senior) dribbles to the corner.

Natalie Aldrich (senior)

Dom Villagomes (junior) dribbles the ball looking for a pass.

Larry Lampert (junior) shoots the ball.

Devonn Layton (freshman) dribbles past some Braves.

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A trip to SacanimeBy Indica Dunbar

During winter break, Colleen Ma-cLeod went to Saca-nime down in Sacra-mento. Sacanime is a smaller version of San Diego Comicon. There are thousands of peo-ple there, working on similar projects or the work of others. Here is what she had to say about the convention.

Q: What was it like to be there?A: It’s always fun to be surrounded by friends I don’t get to see very often, and the whole weekend is a lot of late nights and early morn-ings to get ready and grab Starbucks on the way to the conven-

tion center. Throughout the day there’s always something going on. There are back-to-back movies, crafting panels and workshops, kara-oke, speed dating, and contests. In the halls, there are people who have music playing to start spontaneous dance parties and there is singing to popular songs. Overall, there is more going on at once to not be busy. Even just sitting in the hall can be fun.

Q: Were there any fa-mous people there? If so, who was there?A: Yes, there were sev-

Siskiyou Daily News–Putting It Down On Paper On Wednesday, Jan. 28, the publishing class went on a field trip to the Siskiyou Daily News office in Yreka. Robert Monte-ith, editor-in-chief, took the class on a tour of the facility. The class learned how the news-paper was printed and what the staff put on the online version of the pa-per-- many stories in the newspaper are not on the online version. They also learned that the newspaper doesn’t have its own photographer, so the writers often take their own photos for their stories. The class got to see the many stages of pro-ducing a commercial newspaper. The com-puter files are output onto negatives. Plates are burned from the negatives and then are attached to the press. Large rolls of newsprint paper are fed into to the press. The paper goes through four passes on the press. In the first pass yellow (Y) ink is put down, the second pass adds magenta (M), the third cyan (C), and the last black (K). This is called CMYK. Some-times the paper may get ripped on its way

through the press and has to be thrown away. Once printed, they start all over again the next day. When not all the papers are sold, people may come in and pay to use the leftover newspa-pers for fire starter. Sean McDonald, the publisher, discussed the business side of running a newspaper. The class had a great time and was impressed by all the work that goes into producing a news-paper.

Robert Monteith giving the grand tour.

The newspaper press working on the daily newspaper.

The publishing class gathered outside of the Siskiyou Daily News building.

How Well Do You Know the U.S. Constitution?

The American Legion speech contest was held on Thursday, Feb. 19. For the first round the participants recited their speeches from memory, which were based on any aspect of the con-stitution they wished to address. In the second round, contestants were handed one of four amendments including Amendment 5, Amendment 6, Amend-ment 8, and Amend-ment 19. They had to talk about the amend-ment they were ran-domly given for three minutes. Thane Forrester won the contest and now has moved onto the county competition which will be held Sunday, March 1 in Woodland, CA.

By Taryn Ebersole

By Benita Borba

eral well-known voice actors from the anime, “Shingeki no Kyojin” or in English, “Attack on Titan” along with Yaya Han, a professional co-splayer who does it for a career. Sometimes the guests are more popular like Andrew Hussie or Chris Hemsworth. Stan Lee is a common oc-currence in San Diego and many times there are popular Manga art-ists and self-promoting comic artists.

Q: Did you dress up? Who did you dress up as?A: Of course! I took five full costumes with me. Most of them were al-

ternate versions of what I had started with, rang-ing from a simple shirt and jeans to a ball gown for the Starlight Ball.Q: Would you recom-mend other people to go?A: Absolutely! If you like anime, Marvel, or even a popular TV show, like Supernatural or Doctor Who, then there’s something there for you. There is the Resident Tardis and bil-lions of cosplayers from every video game and TV show constructed from high-end Worbla to Duct tape. Going to a cosplay convention is also a great way to get official merchandise as well as new pieces of costuming.You can also buy special figures or signed/autographed items and prints.

Q: How long did it last? A: The convention itself was three days long: January 2-4, 2015, but I arrived a day early and left a day early.

Q: What was the high-light of your trip?A: It’s hard to say

Cos players dressed as characters from “Attack on Titian.”

Colleen MacLeod (junior) dressed as Terezi Pyrope and posing with others from “Homestuck.”

The Siskiyou County Beef Ambassador con-test was held in Yreka on Sunday, Feb. 22. A total of seven high school students from Yreka and Etna High Schools competed in two categories: Con-sumer Promotion and Media Interview. Junior competitors are aged 12-16 and Seniors are aged 17-22. In the Consumer category, competitors are asked questions by a mock consumer as if they were at a state fair or a grocery store hand-ing out beef samples. In the Media category, they are interviewed as if for a newspaper ar-ticle, a radio show, or a TV spot. The contes-tants are not given the questions ahead of time, but study facts about beef and cattle produc-tion in four categories: Beef Nutrition, Cattle Care, Environment, and Preparation & Safety. They are judged on their depth of knowl-edge, com-posure, confidence, manners,

appropriate attire, pre-paredness, delivery, and their ability to think quickly. Four Etna High School students competed this year. Jen Apland (ju-nior) and Hayley Kaae (senior) were the senior contestants and Claire Olsen (sophomore) and Angelee Dowling (sophomore) were the junior competitors. Kaae and Dowling were the winners in their respective divisions. They will both go on to compete at the State level on Saturday, April 25 in San Jose, where an additional written category is added to the competition. One State winner from each divi-sion will be selected at that competition and will go on this Septem-ber to compete for the national title in Denver, Colorado.

there’s a highlight be-cause there was a con-cert, a Rave, a ball, sev-eral photo shoots, along with several spontane-ous meet-ups where hundreds of people gathered around taking pictures.

Q: Any other com-ments?A: Sacanime Winter 2015 is the first con-vention of the year on the West Coast. It be-gins the year with a sort of “Cosplay party” Fri-day night with a con-cert/Rave. It’s one of the best ways to kick off the year.

MacLeod having fun dressing up at Sacanime

2015 Local American Legion participants (l-r): Megan Menne, Morgan Bahen, and Thane Forrester

Senior Project Update!!

March 17: Conference Record with Mentor

Meet with mentor: Provide an up-to-date project log. Turn in completed form and project log to Manu by March 17.

Beef Ambassador

Sean McDonald, publisher

By Katie Morris

Hayley Kaae and Angelee Dowling