As the March voting date nears, Sandpoint educators are working increasingly hard to rally support behind the largest levy in the Lake Pend Oreille School District’s history.

At $13,646,624, the proposed levy would fund one third of all district staff, as well as all extracurricular a c t i v i t i e s , c u r r i c u l u m materials and technology for 2011 and 2012.

Although a failure to pass the levy will mean no sports teams or other extracurriculars next year, that is not the primary goal for the funding.

“The mistake that people sometimes make is they think all this money is going just to extracurricular activities, but the reality is that about 12 million of this goes directly for staffing,” said Superintendent Dick Cvitanich

Athletic Director Tom Albertson explained that the school puts academics first, so no funding for sports comes out of the general budget. LPOSD school rely entirely on funding from levies for athletic programs.

“If all that goes away, there’s just nothing there to run the programs on,” Albertson said.

District officials have proposed this levy to be $470,000 more than the current

one because of millions of dollars in state budget cuts.  Owners of the average $250,000 property will see school taxes increase $3.44 per month from last year.

Many community members have voiced concerns about higher taxes in a tougher economy.

“The constant requests for supplemental levies seem to have lent a crutch to the district even though nearly half our property taxes go to schools,” said Lawrence

Fury, a Sandpoint property owner.

He is not alone in suggesting that district employees take pay cuts and accept higher insurance rates as other workers have been forced to do.

“Even if the levy passes, we’re going to have to make cuts,” said Cvitanich. “I

think if we were a business we’d be able to say that we’re developing a product that’s far less expensive than our competitors and in many ways better,” he added, pointing to correlations between low taxes and high test scores.

Voting will take place March 8 at regular county precinct polling sites.

“This might be the first opportunity for many seniors to vote,” government teacher Derek Dickinson said. “Vote in this and build those habits, and then hopefully it becomes a life long thing you do.”

Cvitanich remained optimistic that it would pass, saying, “By and large I think there’s a lot of pride in what happens in the schools.”

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n showiNg growth: The LPOSD school district continually improves standardized test scores each year, beating the state average.

n the cuttiNg edge: LPOSD employees are concerned over the possibility of losing their jobs. LPOSD is one of the largest employers in the area.

n A sMAll step for MAN: Property owners can expect to see small increases per month on their taxes. This increase will maintain extra curricular activities, employee salaries and school sponsored sports in the middle and high schools. More financial information can be found on the district website.

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Recipient of both a Purple Heart and an X games silver medal, Brandon Adam is a true hero.

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Headlines across the world have highlighted the recently developed confl ict throughout the Middle East. President Hosni Mubarak was ousted from his position as President in Egypt on Feb. 11th. what many Sandpoint High School students didn’t know is that this confl ict hits close to home. Nichele Blanchard has family near the confl ict and has answered a couple questions about it for the Cedar Post.

Saturday, Feb. 5, a new run opened at Schweitzer Mountain called will’s Runout. Th is run, located in the Outback Bowl parallel to Lakeside Runout, is named aft er sophomore william Johnson, who died while skiing last winter.

Johnson learned to ski soon aft er he started walking and always had a season pass as he grew up. On Dec. 22, 2009, he was found unconscious in the North Bowl at Schweitzer. He suff ered a sudden cardiac death, a rare condition that is almost always fatal and very diffi cult to diagnose.

Aft er his death, his sister Rebecca and his friends, juniors Jonny Prandato, Buddy Chambers and Riley Hadeen, collected more than 500 signatures on a petition to ask Schweitzer to name a run in his honor.

Th e run can be found by riding Chair 6 to the midway point and then following the Bluegrass Trail.

will’s Runout is the sixth trail named in honor of people with connections to Schweitzer and the Sandpoint community. Th e other trails include Kathy’s Yard Sale, named aft er community activist Kathy Pelland; Heather’s Run,

named aft er cancer fi ghter Heather gibson; Jack’s Dream, named aft er resort founder Jack Fowler; K-Mac’s, named aft er Schweitzer owner Keith McCaw; and Bud’s Chute, named

aft er “community-minded” East Hope Mayor Bud Moon.

Tom Chasse, President and CEO of Schweitzer Mountain Resort said there is no formal process for naming

a run aft er someone, but he does not anticipate cutting any new trails in the near future so the chance of us naming another trail aft er someone in the community is unlikely.

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Avid skiier and former student commemorated with creation of “Will’s Runout”

Below are a list of some other coun-tries that are struggling with similar

political uprisings to Egypt’s.

tuniSia a 26 year-old university gradu-

ate set himself on fi re aft er having a fruit scale stolen by a government worker. Th e incident promoted a civilian uprising calling on presi-dent Zine el-abidine ben ali to step down aft er 23 years of authoritarian rule. He resigned on Jan. 14.

yemen tens of thousands marched

through the yemeni capital, Sanaa, demanding that president, and u.S. ally, ali abdullah Saleh resign aft er 32 years of rule. Selah has been ac-cused of allowing u.S. military to commit drone strikes on suspected al-Qaeda bases in Southern yemen. Th e u.S. invasion has angered many yemeni people.

baHRainTh e people of bahrain chose Feb.

14 as the day to hold their protests, demanding changes to the constitu-tion. Hundreds of civilians intended to march through the capital, how-ever were stopped by excessive police forces. over 60 people were injured and at least three were killed.

lebanonHezbollah, a political party that

has been labeled a terrorist organi-zation by the u.n. has gained control in lebanon.

Los anGELEs TiMEs/McTn we’Ve got tANKs: The Egyptian military makes is prescence known as the protests progress. This was mainly to help enforce the curfew, and to help to discourage any violence.

Egyptian confl ict hits homeFamily of student aff ected by recent political rebellion

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bUDDy chaMbErsn iN reMeMberANce: Schweitzer’s standard blue sign marks the run that honors former SHS student William Johnson. The local ski resort commemorated the run on Saturday, Feb, 5 with friends and family in memory of the fallen skier.

Fift een students from BPA (Business Professionals of America) will travel to Boise in March to compete in the state competition. Seven seniors, seven juniors and one sophomore qualifi ed for state. Among these were club president and senior Brad Baker and junior Scott Cook. Cook, who meddled in every competition he entered at regionals, is expected to do very well at state.

“He’s really talented,” said Baker. “If he wants something, he works really hard at getting it, so I could defi nitely see him qualifying for Nationals.”

Cook noted that he is very excited for state and said that “if you are interested in business, BPA is a good club for you.”

Th e state championship takes place at Boise State university. If any Sandpoint High School students medal there, they have the opportunity to go to Nationals.

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Q. who do you know that lived near or in the Egypt/middle east confl ict?

Th e main people I know personally that are living in Egypt are my two great aunts. One of them is more like a grandma to me and even bought me my prom dress.

Q. How close were they to the violence?

Th ey are directly near the violence, mainly in Cairo and Alexandria. My mom and I were even reading a story of violence in Heliopolis, which is the neighborhood she grew up in.

Q. How do you think this is important to high school kids?

I think that high school students, and really everybody for that matter, should be educated on world news. It’s too easy to ignore it until it aff ects you directly, and I don’t think it should be that way.

Q. Is there anything else you would like students to know?

I think that we should simply value our freedom. Th e government in Egypt shut down the Internet there for days and even censors

the phone lines and mail, and I think we need to appreciate the freedom we have.

i think that high school students should be educated on world news.

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A citizen police academy started in Sandpoint Feb. 7. Although the course is intended for adults, high school seniors are welcome and will receive high school credits if enrolled. Police chief Marc Lockwood runs the academy which “essentially was created to inform the public about what a police offi cer does,” said school resource offi cer Ian Hoyland, who will be a guest speaker at the eighth session on March 21.

Hoyland said that in Idaho, anyone can arrest anyone at any time if they see someone else committing a crime, “so it is important for everyone to know how to handle this type of situation.”

All courses are held at the police department on Mondays from 6-9 p.m. Students and adults enrolled in the academy will cover how to use Tasers, pepper mace, cuff s, take downs and control holds. Instructors will cover the use of fi re arms, however; students will not use them because of possible “safety hazards.” Rather than fi rearms, there will be a live air soft fi re course on march 7.

Th ere are 11 sessions total and the graduation will be on Th ursday, March 31.

— Mackenzie Jones, Business Manager

Question and answer with Nichele Blanchard

Civil unrest spreads

Battle of the Bands is back in March

Battle of the Bands will be held at the Panida on March 19. Last year, Defi nition of Sex Appeal came in fi rst place for the high school division. If you’re interested in competing or going to watch, see Mr. Brownell for details. — Mackenzie Jones, Business Manager

Citizen Police Academy starts in Sandpoint

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• I want myself another one of those dirty hippies!

• I haven’t eaten in 12 hours!! Rawwrrrr!

• Th at’s like saying, ‘Oh, you’re such a condom.’

• And I’m like, ‘How is Jew a color?’

• Roman, men, mean ... romance? what-ever.

• what are you doing? Sucking the soul out of this orange.

• why do you keep calling your boy-friend ‘what’s-his face?’

Because I keep forgetting his name.

• You know what people say about reality, right? It’s for people who can’t handle drugs.

• Th at’s saying I’m Swiss. Swiss? Isn’t that a cheese or something?  

• You smell like a Luna bar.

• why do you keep calling me your boyfriend?

• we’re playing video games, we don’t have lives.

Ya we do, we have 46 lives.

• with my butt, that’s how I get things done.

• Dude, that guy was, like, totally skit-tled!

• Jeez, how long does it take Mormons to pee?

Sorry, we don’t get out much.

• I keep hitting my head against the wall because it feels so good when I stop.

• You should put that quote in the Cedar Post.

Dude, my life is a quote.

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carToon by EVan METZ

Friday nights under Hollywood lights

Let’s make keeping trash out of our children’s minds as important as keep-ing trash off of our streets.  

For a large portion of Sandpoint residents, funding waste management is more expensive than school taxes, and as a result, that is the in-dustry we chose to support. Th at is the indus-try where we funnel our tax dollars, and that is the industry we prepare children to work in.

On March 8, the district will put a levy before voters, asking for more than $13 million to support area schools for the next two years. Instead of opposing this because we fear a dismal economy, consider the impact that this vote will have on the community.

Like Quest or Coldwater Creek, LPOSD is a business that responds to a suff ering economy with layoff s. Of over 1,000 people who receive some form of pay through the school district, one third of them will be let go. Th e economic impact alone that such job loss could have in a town the size of Sandpoint should be reason

enough to support the levy. Th e 15 percent of the levy that does not

pay salaries makes the best parts of our school possible. without this funding there will be no Bulldog football on Friday nights in the fall, or any sports on any nights for that matter. Th e Cedar Post will cease to exist. Access to tech-nology will fall even further behind.

Th is money is not an addition to any levies from prior years, but rather is a replacement. Property owners with an assessed value of $250,000 will see an increase of only $3.44 each month in school taxes.

we urge everyone, eligible students includ-ed, to support our schools in March. with the levy, the system will still see signifi cant cuts; without it, cut backs will be shattering.

without education we have nothing. Th e system collapses without a foundation.

It’s the most important investment that anyone will ever make. Th at should be worth a lot more than a few dollars a month.

Meet Brad

womack, age 38, and the Bachelor 2011. Th is hunk of man-candy made his debut Dec. 15 when he showed up on the

scene in attempt  to fi nd his one lady love. Lucky for him, he was greeted by 30 women willing to rip each other apart over his aff ections.

All I can say is, I hope those girls realize one day that they are all complete bimbos who allow themselves to be publicly objectifi ed.

First, they are all chosen based on looks, which is apparent as soon as you see those short dresses and the excessive make up they put on for the camera. Th is drama-soaked reality show doesn’t do much

justice to these women’s’ brain substance, considering it only showcases their complete willingness to fi ght over one egotistical bachelor.

why don’t they spend time considering why he is almost 40 years old and still a lonely bachelor? I mean, the guy has some serious social issues if the only way he can land some chicks is if they get the added bonus of appearing on television.

If he has so much irresistible sex appeal, why does he need someone to pick out 30 women for him to date? And why should he be allowed to  say he is “more in love” with one girl over another?

what a joke. Let’s not forget the cherry on top: Th e girls, of course, must be eliminated one by one as he fi nds them inadequate for his own personal pleasures.

So folks, meet Brad womack, age 38, public embarrassment and chosen womanizer of 2011.

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Another football column? 

Really, Jessie?Yes. At least this

time you enter it knowing my love for the sport, and again I write in its defense.

In defense against sports movie critics and their harsh fallacies of football movies.

“Th ey’re all the same.” “Someone always dies and then the team always wins. Bor-inggg.”

I say nay! Let us end this blasphemy! Let us defend the good ole movies we all know and love. who could forget “Remember the Titans” and the triumph over discrimina-tion? How can one ignore the genius of “Th e Express” (my personal favorite) and the struggles of Ernie Davis, the fi rst African

American to win the Heisman, and his eventual death from leukemia?

Th ese movies inspire us and have for generations. If they weren’t so good, why would so many people have watched them? Th ese movies are for everyone, not just foot-ball coaches and the reminiscent alumni of championship teams. You don’t have to be a boy to like sports. You don’t have to be a girl to like sappy inspirational speeches.

For a sports fan there would be no better feeling than to have your own team see vic-tory like the ones of our favorite fi lms. If I were attending Ole Miss while Michael Oher was there, I would be ecstatic to have an athlete and overall good human being like that playing for my alma mater.

So for all you haters, go fi nd your happy place and meet the rest of the populous under the Friday night lights. we’ll all be waiting and cheering on our own Titans.

Maybe your par-

ents got divorced, maybe your friend or family member died, or maybe you lost your innocence to pressure. May-

be your family lost their house or maybe your girlfriend/boyfriend broke up with you.

whatever it is, it’s there, an indelible and oft en painful imprint that refl ects the ever present challenges that life presents us with. Sometimes in our face and other times following us like shadows. And even if our problems are not tragic, they are still real. Th ey still hurt, they still generate fear and they still generate pain.

It is easy to let life control us. It is easy to

cave into pressure. It is easy to fail, and to fall. But nobody said life was supposed to be easy.

It is true that obstacles, oft en beyond our control, occur in our lives.  But is this not beautiful in some way? Th e reward of over-coming an obstacle is everlasting. It almost always puts us in a better place than we were before. It is not these circumstances that determine who we will be, but rather how we deal with these circumstances. And how we deal with whatever life sends our way. we are stronger than we appear when we want to be.

I wish I could say it will be easy to fi ght life’s obstacles, but that would be a lie. It might not be easy, but it’s worth the work. It’s fi ghting that leads to succeeding.

So next time life blows a blizzard your way, don’t fall with the wind. walk against it.  It can’t blow you down as long as you don’t think it can.

Brad Womack, egotistical womanizer

Overcoming obstacles is a part of life

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Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry

Imagine being a 5-year-old child skipping off to your grandmother’s house. You get to her front door but you trip and tears begin rolling down your face. Your grandmother sees and brings you inside saying she has something to cheer you up. She puts a cassette into the VCR and presses play.

Th is is how Osaze Ogbeide fi rst discovered the musical Cats, a Broadway hit that continues to inspire her to this day.

Now a junior at Sandpoint High School, Ogbeide has been involved with theater since the fourth grade and has performed vocally since fi ft h grade.

She has performed vocal solos for both choir and band competitions, as well as medaled at state competition in theater.

Ogbeide has also competed in a variety of 4H events such as drama and showing rabbits and sheep.

“Th e only thing I can say about Osaze is that she does so many extracurricular activities and she’s so talented at all of them it’s spectacular,” sophomore Hunter Price said.

Her roles at SHS have included everything from a dim-witted Detective Penelope Th orton in the last year’s production of “Mystery at Shady Acres” to the lead girl ginger in this year’s silent movie “Th e New girl”.

Ogbeide also has a collection of accents and voice dialects that she uses regularly. If asked, she will proudly speak to you with a Nigerian, Russian, British, New Jersey or “ghetto fab” accent.

“Osaze is that quirky person that you can always come to when you’re sad and she will cheer you up,” said freshman Logan Clad.

Anyone who knows her knows that her largest source of inspiration is singer and actress Beyoncé Knowles.

“I look up to Beyonce because she is a great example of how all women should be,” Ogbeide said. “She is independent and does not rely on others to get what she wants. She’s confi dent in all that she does and she is a miraculous performer.”

unlike her role model, however, she has plans to move to New York City, major in theater arts and audition for Broadway roles.

Ogbeide acknowledges that her chances of getting a lead part in a Broadway production are slim.

“I’m not auditioning for the glory, I’m auditioning because I love to perform in front of people and I would be fi ne with being an extra in a nonspeaking role,” Ogbeide said.

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Stop by after school and quench your thirst with a smoothie or

McCafe espresso drink! Don’t forget to grab something off the

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we had to change our picture because of the controversy over whether or not my colleague and I were kissing. You heard it from us: we were not. Th is issue of Th e

Munchies will be serving you a hearty breakfast! Th is recipe is quick and easy and will leave you full until lunchtime. Jasper’s dad has been making this for breakfast for as long as he can remember, so Th e Munchies thought they would pass it along to you.

2 or 3 slices of lunch meat turkey2 slices of cooked bacon 1 English muffi n (2 if your feeling hungry)2 or 3 thinly sliced pieces of cheddar cheese1/4 cup of shelled sunfl ower seeds

1. Pop your 2 halves of English muffi n in the toaster and toast them to preference2. Turn your oven on broil3. Take your English muffi ns out and place the turkey on the muffi n halves, followed by the cheese4. Stick them in the oven and wait for the cheese to start bubbling and browning, keep a close eye on them (they’ll burn fast)5. garnish your muffi ns with some sunfl ower seeds and enjoy!Munch on!

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nflAshiNg lights: Osaze Ogbeide fl aunts her stuff on the school stage. Ogbeide has been in many school productions and also sings with the performing choir.

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Jenna Faude compares preferred water bottles Battle of the bottles

Multi-talented Osaze Ogbeide weighs her options

Many students take water bottles with them to every class. Th e question is, which water bottle is the best?

Historically, Nalgenes and Camelbaks have been

the most popular amongst teens. Recently, however, Hydrofl asks and Alexes have become increasingly popu-lar because of their ability to keep hot things hot and cold

things cold. Here we compare four dif-

ferent types of popular wa-ter bottles so you can decide which is your favorite!

Biking to school in the middle of February may sound crazy, but some teachers and students at Sandpoint High School do just that. Not only are they doing it in February, but January, December and every other month of the year.

Outfi tted with snow tires, helmets, warm clothing and r e f l e c t i v e g e a r , t e a c h e r s w o o d y A u n a n and Jim B a r t o n a n d freshman P a u l M e y e r and senior Jimmy Matthews bike to school almost every day, despite long distances and inclement weather.

“It sounds weird but, the worse the conditions are, the more fun it is,” Barton observed about his daily bike trips. “It’s kind of like being a little kid who goes out and gets dirty; if you have the right clothes on, it’s fun.”

Aunan agreed that the “dynamic weather” which is “always diff erent” adds to the pleasure.   He compared his daily bike trips to school recesses, and he says that by commuting to work on a bike, he enjoys two recesses a day.

Single digit temperatures are about the only weather condition that limits their motivation, and both

teachers have skipped commuting very few times this year because of the temperature.   Aunan noted that when the temperature is zero, he won’t bike.

Barton said he’s getting “too old” for subzero weather. However, Barton’s record for biking to school was negative 2 degrees.

Meyer, on the other hand, has biked to school every single day, even in subzero weather. He lives in

Sandpoint, so his

c o m mu t e is shorter, but the w e a t h e r is no less s e v e r e for him. M e y e r ,

wearing a T-shirt with

a picture of a bike that reads “24 hours around the clock” and with rubber bands around the cuff s of his pants because  they were ripped by his bike chain, says his goal is to bike to school every day throughout his high school career.   Paul Meyer’s elder brother, junior Andy Meyer, who catches a ride to school in a car most days, predicts that his brother will continue to bike to school “even aft er he gets his driver’s license.”

Aunan, Barton, Meyer and Matthews join the 1.6 percent of Americans who commute to work or school by bicycle. According to the greenfeet

website, biking more and driving less makes sense. Commuting by bicycle causes no pollution, and it’s cheaper.  Th e average cost of a new car is $20,000; where the cost of a new bike is $300. And approximately 12 bicycles can be parked in the space occupied by one car.

Th ere are also health benefi ts because of the exercise. Aunan observed that “people should realize that biking is not so much a sacrifi ce, but rather an opportunity.”  Aunan points out the potential for mental therapy.   He says he uses the time on his bike “to refl ect on the day going in and the day coming back … no phone calls.” Th e benefi ts explain why they all intend to continue biking to school on a daily basis.  

“I hope that when I’m as old as Mr.

Aunan, I still can ride my bike to school,” said Barton.

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Staff reporter

Spanish class goes international

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when I think of Anthony Hopkins, I can’t help but think of Silence of the Lambs, and classic horror in general.

unfortunately, Hopkins’s new movie, “Th e Rite”, did not quite live up to his legacy. I walked into this movie expecting to soil myself, instead I fell asleep.

Th e movie begins with a boy, played by Colin

O’Donoghue, leaving for a priest school. He is the son of a mortician, which isn’t as scary as it sounds. Th e movie then skips to the same boy about to graduate, but he is doubting his religion. By some turn of events he leaves for Rome to become an exorcist.  At exorcist training he meets Anthony Hopkins’ character, who practices exorcisms regularly. 

Th is may seem like a long rising action; it is. Th e biggest problem with this movie is its lengthy buildup for a climax that doesn’t deliver. Th e scariest part of the movie comes when a cat jumps into a closed window.

Th e movie does deliver on humor, however. At one point in the movie a man is being exorcised and the demon inside him just yells, “BALLS! BALLS!” He is meant to be yelling the name of the Arch demon Baal, but it is hard not to laugh. Th is simple hilarity ruins what is supposed to be a serious turning point in the movie. 

Th e theme of the movie is the struggle between faith and giving up on one’s beliefs. It is explained well, but it is terribly obvious. 

Overall, this movie is worth renting. It has a few thrilling parts, but they are few and far between. Also, watching Anthony Hopkins slap grade-school-age children is not entertainment. Th e movie is slow, but it has some meaning. Th is column writer simply hopes Hopkins will make one more dynamite movie, so that he can be remembered as the excellent actor he is.

Th e Rite: alright

Th e Spanish IV class is expanding their learning experience by increasing their interactions with others in the Spanish language.

Spanish teacher Mary Imaz has arranged for the class to communicate solely in Spanish with pen pals from Th ree Forks, Mont. Along with exchanging letters back and forth, students also “skype” one another.

Imaz is also trying to create these connections with students from a private school in Spain, but it is currently an attempt in progress.  Imaz has received positive feedback from her students who are enjoying getting to know “real students their age with a common interest in Spanish.”

Senior Katie Chambers describes the program as a “memorable experience that is diff erent of those of any other class.” 

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All Northwest is a highly competitive musical organization in which students from six states are auditioned and chosen to be a part of one of the most selective bands or choirs in the Northwest. Th is year, Sandpoint High School has the privilege of sending six students.

From the women’s performing choir, seniors Sophia Meulenberg and Rachel Owen, and junior Osaze Obgeide have been selected. From the men’s choir, senior Cameron Brownell and sophomore Ryan wolfe are also attending. And from band, trumpet player senior Brita Olsen will attend.

Aaron gordon, SHS band director, speaks highly of all these students and applauds them on their terrifi c performance.

“Th is is a huge accomplishment for all of these kids,” gordon said.

— Molly Rickard, Sta� Reporter

— Elaina Arriondo, Distribution Manager

Students to perform at All Northwest

Getting into gearCommuters choose the bike

Since the death of North Idaho Community Express, many people have found the lack of local transit very inconvenient. However, u.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Community Transportation Association of Idaho District 1 mobility manager Cliff warren are working on a solution for the near future.

NICE provided rural transportation services in Shoshone, Bonner, and  Kootenai counties, and intercity bus service between Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint, but was shut down in December of last year due to a lack of funds.

warren is now looking for an organization to help restore NICE, but is having trouble with certain regulations of the Federal Transit Administration. Fortunately, u.S. Senator Risch is cooperating with the FTA to help approve an organization to fund the new public transit system as soon as possible.

— George Wood Jr., Sta� Reporter

NICE looking to come back

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n eAsy rider: Woody Aunan pedals his bike hard. Aunan rides his bike to school every day, no matter the weather.

i hope that when i’m as old as Mr. aunan, i can still ride my bike to school.

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science teacher

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Emily Curtiss is a junior on the dance team. She has been dancing for many years, and considers it a major part of her life. She dances with a private studio as well as the school team.

Q How long have you been dancing?

Since I was about four years old.

Q Do you dance at any studios in town, other than SHS?

Yes, I just started dancing at Allegro Dance Studio right by Subway in Ponderay.

Q what’s your favorite dance move?

I like fouttes a la seconde. It’s where you do a lot of turns with your leg up.

Q Do you like dancing for fun or competition better?

I think I like dancing for competition better even though it’s more pressure. It’s really fun getting on a bus and going down to Boise with the team atmosphere.

Q what’s your favorite style of dance?

I think my favorite style is contemporary.

Q Do you have any future aspirations for dance?

well, I don’t think I will like to dance in college but I’d defi nitely like to keep it in my life as a hobby.

Q Do you accredit your success to Cindy Smith, the dance team coach?

Most of it. Ninety percent of it.

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Spring sports previewTeams begin practice in preparation for upcoming season

Th e expectations are high for the 2011 soft ball team. with many key returners including juniors Maggie Kirscher and Kayanna Quigley and seniors Kym DaVault and Jamie Elsfelder, Coach Derek Dickinson believes his team should be in the hunt for a state showing. Because of his seasoned team, he thinks the girls will come out with a positive outlook and will reach their state goal. Th e soft ball team will be ready for action as soon as the snow melts.

Softball TennisTh e boys’ team plans to have another strong fi nish in the

state championship this season. Co-captains junior Kevin Kirby and senior Steven gavin are looking to dominate throughout, along with other key players senior Drew Buckmiller and younger brother, sophomore Micah. All are strong hitters and have been practicing throughout the winter in preparation for a great season.

Th e girls’ team is lead by co-captains and seniors Sophia Meulenberg and Susan williams, who are also the number one and two players this season.  Th ese seniors are backed up by a strong younger team with great potential. Both teams believe an undefeated season is in reach, as well as a good show for state.

 A strong unit will be taking the fi eld this spring as Coach Chris Young’s baseball team searches for a state fi nish. One of the goals this year is to bring home a banner for the gym, as well as having a strong season. Th e boys are beginning practice in the gym, and are planning on having a fun, successful season.

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Nine wrestlers earn state bids

Last weekend, the school’s top wrestlers traveled to Nampa to compete in the 4A state championship.

Coach Mike Randles’ team had four athletes win in the fi rst round of the tour-nament in garret Belgarde, Kyle Csizmar, Peyton Dillon and Justin Pepperdine.

Other competitors in-cluded Dakota Blaese, Troy goodman, Josh Allen, Josh wren and Matt Lockey. All fi ve were eliminated from the tournament aft er losing in the consolation round.

Th e weekend’s fi nal re-sults were not available at the time of publication.

Moscow ends boys’ season

Th e boys’ basketball sea-son and state hopes were dashed Th ursday, Feb. 24, in a 55-37 loss to Moscow in the Bear Den.

Th e boys had previously lost to Moscow in the dis-trict tournament 47-38.

Th e Sandpoint team also beat Lakeland twice at Les Rogers Court, fi rst 44-41 and then a 51-32 victory to knock them out of the tour-nament and close the team’s home games for the season.

Th e Bulldogs ended their season 11-13, improving

their record fi ve wins over last season’s record.

Girls cut short in Bear DenTh e girls basketball team’s

season ended Saturday, Feb. 5, with a 41-24 loss to Mos-cow in the Bear Den, despite being tied 16-16 at halft ime.

Th e girls had also lost to Lakeland on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in the district tournament 58-48 in a high-scoring event at Lakeland’s home gym.

Th e team improved to 6-15 on the year, a large im-provement from last year’s one-win squad.

Boys lacrosse starts season

Th e boys lacrosse team has begun tryouts for the 2011 season, looking to im-prove on last year’s solid performance. Coach Nick guida has eight returning varsity players looking for-ward to the season.

Th e Bulldogs boast senior captain Hayden Shuster, who plans to attend wells College in New York next year to play lacrosse.

Th e senior defender is teaming up with co-captain Connor griesemer, who is looking forward to return-ing to the sport aft er missing last season to knee injury.

Th e boys team is stacked with many experienced seniors this season including Evan Rains, Brandon Hawkins, and Danny Pfeifer. Junior Anthony gold is also looking to have a strong season in sprints.

Th e girls team boasts a strong team, with athletes of all ages including Senior Melinda Van Dyk and Junior Mikaila Bristow.

Coach Dave Demers has high expectations for both teams, and believes that top individual state fi nishes are well within reach. Th e teams should be ready to compete against the other top schools with hard work and the strong leadership from the seniors on both teams.

Track and Field

Coach Jim Alsager is entering this golf season with a handful of new competitors and strong senior leadership. Senior captain Jessie webster is excited about both new-look teams. “we’ve gotten a lot of new girls this season and we have lot more inter-squad competition. Th e top spots for both the boys and girls teams should be highly contested,”

said webster. Captain Mike Lewis, along with brother Chris, also look to capitalize on their fi nal season with the Bulldogs.

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In 2001, Brandon Adam was a junior in high school. On Sept. 11, he decided he was going to join the military. A 2003 Sandpoint High School graduate, Adam is now a mono-skiing X-games champion. His journey in between the two is what makes him so unique.

Adam served one full tour of duty in Ramadi, Iraq in 2004 to 2005. On May 5, 2007, during his second tour of duty, Brandon lost his legs to a roadside bomb.  He returned to the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio and began recovering immediately. Th ere he was able to cope with his injury physically as well as mentally.

“I pretty much used rehabilitation for more mental stuff ... [It was] kind of a mental mind game down there,” said Adam.

Aft er being awarded the Purple Heart for his second tour of duty, Brandon began focusing his training on monoskiing.

“I picked it up really fast,” he said. So fast, in fact, that he fi rst competed

the same year he learned the sport. “I was actually only on skis for

about three weeks total before I did Nationals for the fi rst time,” he said.

despite the skis being foreign to him, but he beat half of the fi eld.

Recently three rookies stood on the podium at winter X games 15. Taking home the silver medal, Adam undoubtedly had the roughest road to the top. Next to his battles in Iraq and the recovery room, Adam shorted the fi nal jump to the fi nish line, crashing

into the knuckle for a long crash. Brandon slid his way across the fi nish line, but as always, didn’t fail to get up.

Residing in woodland Park, Colo. Adam hones his skills at Breckenridge Ski Resort, although this year hasn’t had many ski races besides the X games. Instead, Brandon has stayed home with his wife, Shannon, in her pregnancy with their baby girl, Elaina.

“we just went and bought a new car for a baby wagon with X games

money,” Adam said.

A l t h o u g h Adam is only a one-time veteran, he already has loft ier goals than a podium repeat in X games 16.

“I also want to push this sport into the Olympics because it’s not in the Olympics yet. Before I get out of

this sport my goal is for this sport to be in the Olympics. Th at’s the future,” Adam said.

Th e Cedar Post caught up with Brandon for more information on his past in Sandpoint, his time in the military, and his emerging monoskiing career:

Q what made you decide to join the military?

I was in high school during 9/11.

I thought I could put everything on hold until I did that. Th ought I should do that, and that’s what happened.

QSo how did you lose your legs?

um, I got hit by a roadside bomb when I was a gunner and I just got ... um pretty much chopped in half. So

that’s about it.

Q what was it like recovering from that? Did you have the ultimate goal of becoming a

world-class athlete?

No, I pretty much used rehabilitation for more mental stuff . Kind of a mental mind-game down there, in Texas. So my way of showing other people really how to deal with this type of stuff because a lot of people don’t deal with it too well. You know, staying in shape and feeling a lot better about yourself. Th en I went skiing like six months aft er I got hurt. I learned how to ski, then ... I just didn’t stop. I just kept skiing.

Q what was that learning process for you then? was it diff erent than anything else

you’d done?

No, not at all. It was actually pretty natural. I picked it up really fast. My very fi rst year I competed was the same year that I learned. I was actually only on skis for about three weeks total before I did Nationals for the fi rst time.

Q Th en what was it like fi nishing at the highest stage at the X games, considering

your journey?

I think it’s a pretty cool thing. Th e reason I think it’s really cool is because it was my fi rst year and I got second. And a lot of people think I should have gotten fi rst. Th at happens, but I defi nitely was one of the faster guys and I proved that to the rest of the world. I’d skiied with all of my competitors before in alpine skiing. And I’m friends with pretty much everyone there ... People just didn’t really know how I was going to do and it was just nice to show how well I could perform.

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Monoskiing: A different way of ridingSHS grad Brandon Adam is the recipient of a Purple Heart and an X Games Medal

BLAIne sHULTZ

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day with the president ◗

Shortly aft er he returned to the u.S. from Iraq, SHS student Brandon Adam met President Bush at the Cen-ter for the Intrep-id in San Antonio, Texas. Regarding the President, Brandon noted, “A really genuine person, I’d say was what came

medal winner ◗

Brandon proudly donning his silver medal over his dog tag necklace. Bran-don had a scary moment over the fi nal “Money Booter,” where he slammed on the knuckle of the jump and slid his way across the fi nish line on his side.

Support system ◗

Before a heat at the X games, Adam and his wife, Shannon, pose for a photo. Th ey are two weeks away from the birth of their baby girl, Elaina. Brandon’s X games winnings went to a new Audi wagon.

on the podium ◗

Adam, left , rais-ing his arms with gold medal win-ner Josh Dueck. “I’m friends with pretty much everyone out there,” Brandon said. “People just didn’t really know how I was going to do, and it was just nice to show how well I could perform.”

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n ridiNg solo: Brandon Adam skiis down a powdery slope. Adam is the recipient of both a purple heart and an X games silver medal.

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A Day to Remember, Bring me the Horizon, Pience of the Vail & We Came as Romans

Febuary 2011

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Iron & Wine

Bassnectar

Chromeo

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Local NativesThe Rocket Man is landing in Spokane. On Friday, April 8 the stage at the Spokane Arena will be electrifi ed when Elton John and his band play all the hits, all night long. As part of his Greatest Hits Live tour, Elton John will take guests on a musical journey through his fi ve-decade ca-reer as he plays all his number one hits and classic album tracks.

This well known alternative grunge rock band will be headlining for Sasquatch 2011. This group has been around since their 1994 debut in Portland. They showcase booming choruses and mini-malistic- inspired lyrics.

Friday, April 8 at 8:00 PM Tickets $27 $77 $137

This indie rock band originated in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The group has recently grown in popularity due to the melodic style and easy list-

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These Washington native indie rock-ers formed their band in 1993 when they decided to add fl avor to Alterna-tive rock. Their 2000 signing with Epic Records led to the release of some of their most monumental material.

The mellow yet intriguing sounds of Iron and Wine is led by musician Sam

Beam who tells stories of love, life and religion. In the past ten years Iron

& Wine has compelled and inspired audiences across the nation.

Using complex techniques to integrate Dubstep into the mainstream scene , Bassnectar impresses its listeners with changing speeds and interesting layers.

P-Thugg and Dave 1 make an elec-trifying combination when this arab-

jew companionship play their mixture of hip-hop and electrofunk. The two

have sparked listeners’ interests since their fi rst high school band.

The poppy sounds of this dynamic duo will be blasted across the can-yons of the Gorge this may. Since their song “Daylight” was debut in 2009 Indie music fans have been rejoicing.

Formally known as ‘Cavil at rest’ this Sasquatch returning band will feature

new insight to psychedelic folk with its team of fi ve seasoned artists.

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