The dreaded, exciting, scary freshman year
TAYLOR COLSON GRANDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL It started out as fear. It was the fear of moving on to a place where bigger and better things are expected. What it was next was the excitement of knowing that this was the place where the beginning of our futures would be built upon. What it [...]
Read more »Zillah dedicates field to honor former student
LAUREN SANDLIN ZILLAH HIGH SCHOOL It is remarkable when a community comes together to celebrate a special event such as it did in Zillah during a Friday night football game on Oct. 14. Even the opponents from La Salle respectfully took a knee during the heart-warming ceremony. Why was this a special event? Because the [...]
Read more »Breaking down “Breaking Dawn”
HANNAH SOUERS WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Vampires and were-wolves are hardly a captivating interest for teenage girls. Of course, when the vampires and werewolves are gorgeous young men with abs that look airbrushed on, it is an entirely different story. When “Twilight,” the first of Stephenie Meyer’s four book series, came out in 2005, I [...]
Read more »Flavor, crispness both critical to enjoying the perfect apple
SEAN NAGLE-MCNAUGHTON DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL Apples are my favorite food. To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure how exactly I became addicted to them, but I have a feeling it comes from my parents feeding me healthy fruit as a child instead of candy. Instead of being given a candy bar, I was given an [...]
Read more »Every movie ticket stub a fond cinematic memory
GEORGIA GEMPLER DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL In my room there is a bulletin board holding awards, postcards and trinkets. But, most importantly, movie tickets. To be exact, 83 movie tickets. I have been collecting these stubby, rectangular pieces of paper for six years. I cannot remember exactly why the collection was started, although I have a [...]
Read more »Miss Sunnyside contest offers challenges, rewards
ABBY RAMOS SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL “The new 2011-2012 Miss Sunnyside is…” The audience held its breath in anticipation as Teri Alvarez-Ziegler was about to announce who was going to be crowned. That was in September. But first let me take you back to May, when all this started. At that time, Alvarez-Ziegler’s high school science [...]
Read more »Fast food isn’t only unhealthy, it’s also more expensive
CALVIN GARRETT ELLENSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Fast food has long been a source of both pride and agony in the United States. In Ellensburg, there is an entire road seemingly devoted to convenient meals prepared by McDonald’s and its competitors. This fact is probably just a manifestation of the reality that Ellensburg is located at the [...]
Read more »Escaping modern life: Camping trips let us reconnect with Mother Nature
LAUREN SANDLIN ZILLAH HIGH SCHOOL Why do I love camping? Why would I not love camping? The chance to get away from normal household routine, put down the electronics and battle the enterprise of the great outdoors. Some kids may not enjoy it, but I do. Now, I’m no Girl Scout. I usually have my [...]
Read more »Facebook rules: If you wouldn’t do it in person, don’t do it online
ABBY RAMOS SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL With technology nowadays, it’s possible to do anything, learn about anything and post anything. There are a variety of social networking sites that allow people to keep up with their friends. For many teenagers, it’s Facebook. Recently, the story of how Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004 was the subject [...]
Read more »Six months of rebuilding : The White Swan fire
WHITE SWAN, Wash. — “Is that a fire going on over there?” That was the first thing my great-grandmother said when she saw flames on Feb. 12 in my hometown of White Swan. The blaze took place a mere quarter-mile away from my home. It was moving fast because of the wind, which made the [...]
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