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Voice of the Mighty Hawks Your thoughts, your words: “Girls don’t care as much about sports, and they cry a lot.” Jayson Neilson commenting about gender differences. CONTENTS News..............p. 1 Opinion.........p. 4 Features.........p. 5 Sports............p. 8 A & E............p. 10 Writers at NS explore careers Hawk baseball wins one, drops one See page 8 BY KIM DRAPER A new source of revenue and entertainment could be coming to Sanpete County; Mt. Pleasant City Council has set aside one acre of land near the airport to build a skate plaza. e idea came from Steve and Kathy Kunik from City Slickers Sport Shop, located in Mt. Pleas- ant. “We want to give a place to kids where they can skate without get- ting in trouble,” said Kathy Kunik of Mt. Pleasant. e skate plaza is designed to let skaters and other, non-skating members of the community enjoy themselves. e plaza is planned like a park but would accommodate skaters and could also be used for many other things. e main hope for the whole plaza is to provide a safe environ- ment for entertainment and per- formance. Any skater that entered See page 3, Plaza BY KRISTINE BUSBY AND BRANDI PEAHL North Sanpete High School will be a different place next year because many teachers and other faculty members are leaving for other job oppor- tunities. e impact this change may have on the school is uncertain. “It’ll work out,” said Vice Principal Jim Bowles. Despite Bowles’ positive outlook on the change, there are quite a few drawbacks with the leaving of these teachers. e teachers benefit person- ally, but there is no benefit for the school. Replacements will have to be found for all the teachers leaving by the end of the school year. “Qualities [they] brought to North Sanpete are hard to replace,” said Ja- son Strate, the future vice principal of NSHS. “It will take time and effort to get [them] back.” e teachers are leaving for reasons varying from retiring to beer job opportunities to changes in scenery. NEWS BRIEFS Esteem Team Prevention e NSH Esteem team is scheduled to hold a prevention night entitled Prevention for Ev- eryone for families on May 5 in the high school auditorium. e night will include free dinner from Caviler’s pizza, entertain- ment and on-sight childcare for children of 0-6 years of age pro- vided by Headstart. is event is free of charge and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Glen Hansen, Professor in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Univer- ity of Utah. Dr. Hansen will be speaking on the effects of alco- hol, tobacco and other drugs on the developing brain. PHOTO BY KRISTINE BUSBY Principal Ericksen, pictured here, is one of the staff members leaving at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. Ericksen is retiring as principal. More money, more fun PHOTO BY KIM DRAPER City Slickers, a board shop owned by Steve and Kathy Kunick of Mt. Pleasant, will be the sponsoring organization raising money for a new skate park that would be located near the airport in Mt. Pleasant. Several NS teachers tossing in the towel See page 3, Staff c e o f t t h e M s See page 11

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  • V o i c e o f t h e M i g h t y H a w k s

    Your thoughts, your words:

    Girls dont care as much about

    sports, and they cry a lot.

    Jayson Neilson commenting about gender dierences.

    CONTENTSNews..............p. 1Opinion.........p. 4Features.........p. 5Sports............p. 8A & E............p. 10

    Writers at NSexplore careers

    Hawk baseball wins one, drops one See page 8

    BY KIM DRAPER

    A new source of revenue and entertainment could be coming to Sanpete County; Mt. Pleasant City Council has set aside one acre of land near the airport to build a skate plaza.

    The idea came from Steve and Kathy Kunik from City Slickers Sport Shop, located in Mt. Pleas-ant.

    We want to give a place to kids where they can skate without get-ting in trouble, said Kathy Kunik of Mt. Pleasant.

    The skate plaza is designed to let skaters and other, non-skating members of the community enjoy themselves. The plaza is planned like a park but would accommodate skaters and could also be used for many other things.

    The main hope for the whole plaza is to provide a safe environ-ment for entertainment and per-formance. Any skater that entered

    See page 3, Plaza

    BY KRISTINE BUSBY AND BRANDI PEAHL

    North Sanpete High School will be a different place next year because many teachers and other faculty members are leaving for other job oppor-tunities.

    The impact this change may have on the school is uncertain.Itll work out, said Vice Principal Jim Bowles.Despite Bowles positive outlook on the change, there are quite a few

    drawbacks with the leaving of these teachers. The teachers benefit person-ally, but there is no benefit for the school. Replacements will have to be found for all the teachers leaving by the end of the school year.

    Qualities [they] brought to North Sanpete are hard to replace, said Ja-son Strate, the future vice principal of NSHS. It will take time and effort to get [them] back.

    The teachers are leaving for reasons varying from retiring to better job opportunities to changes in scenery.

    NEWS BRIEFSEsteem Team Prevention

    The NSH Esteem team is scheduled to hold a prevention night entitled Prevention for Ev-eryone for families on May 5 in the high school auditorium. The night will include free dinner from Cavilers pizza, entertain-ment and on-sight childcare for children of 0-6 years of age pro-vided by Headstart.

    This event is free of charge and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Glen Hansen, Professor in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Univer-ity of Utah. Dr. Hansen will be speaking on the effects of alco-hol, tobacco and other drugs on the developing brain.

    PHOTO BY KRISTINE BUSBYPrincipal Ericksen, pictured here, is one of the staff members leaving at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. Ericksen is retiring as principal.

    More money, more fun

    PHOTO BY KIM DRAPERCity Slickers, a board shop owned by Steve and Kathy Kunick of Mt. Pleasant, will be the sponsoring organization raising money for a new skate park that would be located near the airport in Mt. Pleasant.

    Several NS teachers tossing in the towel

    See page 3, Sta

    c e o f tt h e M

    s See page 11

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    During the 2008-2009 school year, NSH scheduling will attempt to broaden the horizons of a Sanpete education. Changes, including a new attendance policy, new teachers and several new classes will be offered.

    AP English Language and Literature:AP English will be taught by Catherine Carney and will

    be available to seniors starting in the fall of 2008. This is worth college credit upon passing the AP exam at the end of the year. This course will focus on the students ability to read and analyze various text. Students will also have the op-portunity to learn to write and respond to various genres of literature.

    AP English Language and Composition :Benjamin Cox will be instructing this class for juniors.

    Students will have a chance to earn a college English credit if the AP exam is passed at the end of the year. The course will focus on composition; students will learn to write with pur-pose, appeal to an audience and use appropriate tone/style.

    Speech and Debate:Tanya Roundy will teach Speech and Debate, which will

    focus on communication skills and persuasion. The class will compete in debate competitions. Students will learn how to research arguments. This class will either be an elective or senior English credit.

    Calculus 1210:David Harris will be teaching this class through Snow

    College. Although calculus has been offered as an Ed. Net.

    class, students will now be able to take it through the high school, making it easier for teacher-student interaction. Al-gebra 1050 is a prerequisite for calculus 1210.

    Foods II:Teresa Connelly, the current foods and nutrition teacher

    at NSH, will be offering a continuation to Foods I . Foods II will focus on mean planning and understanding the prepara-tion of food and good nutrition. It will allow students the opportunity to learn about creating meals and the keys to smart shopping. They will also learn more about cultural awareness and the diversity of food.

    Marketing:Ricky Stewart started teaching a marketing class during

    the 2007-2008 school year and will continue it through the 2008-2009 term. In marketing students will learn about pricing, promoting, production and distribution.

    Journalism:Benjamin Cox recently resurrected the NS Times. Cur-

    rently it is offered as a 0-hour course, but at the commenc-ment of the 2008-2009 term the class will be offered during the regular school day.

    In this class students will have the opportunity to be a staff writer and contribute through writing, photography and lay-ing out the school paper.

    Yearbook:The yearbook staff has been around for years but next year

    it will be turned over from Catherine Carney to Tina Mitch-ell, a current business teacher. With more computers, the yearbook staff will be able to get more done at a faster rate.

    Classes may continue to be added before the commence-

    ment of the 2008-2009 school year. With a large number of staff members leaving at the end of the school year, the dis-trict is working to hire for available positions. New teachers could mean new classes.

    It really depends on who they hire. They all [the teachers] bring something different to the table, said ODee Hansen, NSH guidance counselor.

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    NEW CLASSES AT NORTH SANPETE 2008-2009

    BY JOHN ALLEN

    Counselors office crowds at the beginning of the school year will be a thing of the past when North San-pete High School adopts the new online Class Choice registration system.

    At North Sanpete many students change classes several times before they decide which classes they want to take. Previously, to change a class, students would have to go to the counselors office with their parents and decide on a schedule with a counselor. This has been very time-con-suming, as there are only two counselors for hundreds of students.

    Ive known of students and parents that would wait in line for hours to change their schedule, said ODee Hansen, the senior and sophomore counselor at North Sanpete.

    With the ability to register for and change classes on-line, students will have a much easier time getting their schedule set for the next school year.

    Students would see their schedule for the first time when they came for registration, said Hansen. But with the new system they have all summer to choose their classes.

    The Class Choice program allows students greater op-portunities to control their own schedules.

    The Class Choice system works in conjunction with Power School, an online system that allows students to

    check their grades. Students will first request classes at their yearly SEOP meeting with the counselor, and their schedules will be created over the summer. Then, dur-ing school time , students will be able to select and delete courses from their schedule by accessing Class Choice online.

    The Class Choice system wont show classes students cant take, and it wont let students select classes that are already full, said Hansen.

    This relieves some stress on counselors since they wont have to worry about students selecting classes not suited for them. A display on the right-hand side of the Class Choice screen directly shows students how the classes they select affect their graduation requirements.

    Another benefit of Class Choice is that it prepares students for college where almost all class registration is done online, said Hansen.

    Class Choice helps high schools prepare students for college by letting them use online registration with counselors.

    Any time a student has special circumstances, we will work with them, said Hansen. This way they can use the online registration and also meet with the counselors if they need to.

    Phoenix Learning Systems, the provider of Class Choice, indicates that Class Choice will make registra-tion much easier for faculty members and students.

    It makes things a lot simpler, said Hansen.

    Online registration to lessen crowds and stress

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  • 3NEWS BRIEFSAttendance effortsThe proposed attendance-policy chang-

    es mentioned last edition will be put into effect for the 2008-2009 school year.

    This policy will allow 15 absences, with contact for the intervals before fifteen.

    After five absences a letter will be sent home to the parent(s). After ten unex-cused absences poor attendance must be mitigated or corrective measures will be taken. After 15 absences a student can be recommended to a juvenile court.

    FBLA State ConventionThe NS chapter of FBLA recently at-

    tended the state conference in Ogden. The event was held April 1-2, and members from across Utah competed in a business-related contests. NSH members placed in seven competitions: Benjamin McCulloch of Fountain Green placed ninth in Spread-sheet applications; Parker Earl of Mt. Pleas-ant, Jared Jakins of Fountain Green and Drew Kleven of Mt. Pleasant placed ninth in Network Design; Brette Richmond of Mt. Pleasant placed seventh in Web Design; Brittany Campbell of Mt. Pleasant and Re-bekah Larsen of Fairview placed seventh in Emerging Business Issues; Campbell placed third in Electronic Career Portfolio; Larsen placed third in Economics and first in Personal Finance. Campbell and Larsen qualified for the National competition. It will be held in Atlanta, June 26-29.

    Some just want to go home, according to Bowles. He holds nothing against the teach-ers who want to leave because hes not going to stop anyone from returning home.

    If it wasnt for the fact that it was home for me I wouldnt be going, said Richard Peter-son, a shop teacher at NS.

    Although these teachers are planning on leaving North Sanpete, they still have happy memories of their job.

    Ive been very happy here, said Dr. Roy Ellefsen, who will be retiring and taking a teaching job at Snow College.

    Many of the teachers share Ellefsens view on the school and are very sad about leaving, but not sad enough to make them stay.

    The changes in store for next year are weighing on some students minds.

    Im nervous how next year is going to turn out, said Chante Birch, a junior from Mt. Pleasant.

    With the teachers leaving, many students are asking the same questions as Birch and are wondering how they are going to manage without the same class opportunities they have this year.

    Whatever the reason or the cause, North Sanpete High School is in for a difficult change that will have to be handled with pa-tience.

    BY CALEB ROSE The 2008-2009 school year will see many

    new faces and some old faces in new places.Jason Strate, a graduate of North Sanpete

    High School class of 1990 and current teach-er of Multimedia I, Multimedia II and Foun-dations of Technology, will hold the position of vice principal this coming fall.

    I look forward to doing my job and work-ing with Mr. Bowles, said Strate. I want to see and help the staff keep generating good students.

    Upon graduating from North Sanpete, Strate attended Snow College where he ob-tained his Associates Degree. Strate then at-tended USU and received his Bachelors of

    Sta, continued from page 1 +BTPO4USBUFOBNFE71GPS

    Science (BS), and Masters of Science (MS). Strate then worked for two years in the Da-

    vis County School District. A job position at North Sanpete Middle School opened, and he applied and was given the position of the new TLC (Technology/Life/Careers) Tech-nology 1 teacher. He taught there for three years before moving to the high school where he currently teaches. He obtained his Admin-istrative License from SUU, with which he could hold any administrative position in a K-12 setting.

    Last summer I finished my internship; I earned the 24 credits I needed to get my ad-ministrative license, and with that I applied for the vice principal position here and the Mt. Pleasant Elementary rincipal position,

    said Strate. They gave me the vice principal position here.

    Strate went into education as a career be-cause he had good role models that influ-enced his life goals. He considers himself a major people person.

    Strate is looking forward to the coming school year and changes, such as the new at-tendance policy.

    Before, we didnt really have an atten-dance policy to work from, but now the school district has developed one that will be very effective, said Strate. What I want to do is get more kids involved cause then they have a less chance of dropping out, they need friends and need to be involved in sports and clubs to stay focused.

    PHOTO BY CALEB ROSEJason Strate, teacher and new vice principal of North Sanpete High School for the 2008-2009 year, helps a student in a Multimedia class.

    to wear a helmet for safety and have an ID card. This is to ensure the protection of those who enter the park.

    The plans also include a roof for winter ac-tivities.

    It would still be cold, yes, but at least they would have a place to skate, said Kunik.

    In addition to entertainment, the skate pla-za could help boost the recreational economy and raise revenue for the valley.

    We want to help out our valley and our economy, said Kunik.

    Pro skateboarders would likely come for

    Plaza, continued from page 1

    competitions or to shoot films for companies. The plaza could be used for concerts and can hold concessions or booths.

    If you build it, pros will come, stated Kunik with a smile.

    The plaza will cost $600,000 to $750,000 to construct. City Slickers would like dona-tions. Donors will be rewarded for their gen-erous contributions with a name-engraving on a wall in the plaza or an etched colored block in the cement.

    The plans are still in the works, but if ev-erything goes as intended, Sanpete residents could have a new source of revenue along with some fun.

    Math CompetitionOn April 7, nine students traveled to a math

    competition at Snow College.At the competition students took a test

    with 40 questions. Each right answer gave the students up to four points, while each wrong anser deducted one point from the students overall score. There were 160 points possible.

    Schools were split into divisions, the NS division contained nearly 300 stu-dents.NS sent Todd Johansen, Landon Carter, Hilary Workman, Tauni Suther-land, John Allan, Tanner Allen, Cody Sand-ers, Benjamin Everitt, and Diana Robison.

    Senior Todd Johansen, the 2007-08 math Sterling Scholar, received 2nd place at the competition.

  • 4V o i c e o f t h e M i g h t y H a w k s

    NS Times Staff

    &EJUPSJO$IJFGBrittany Campbell

    ManagingEditor Rebekah Larsen

    Photography Editor Jeremy Zabriskie

    AdvisorBen Cox

    NewsKristine BusbyChad MckayBrandi PeahlJohn Allan

    FeaturesNia Ricks

    Hilary Workman

    A&EKatie CarpenterSara LaFollette

    Caleb Rose

    SportsScott Bentley

    Chana ThompsonKim Draper

    Cheyenne Syme

    Our View As seniors across the country apply for admission and scholarships to higher-ed-ucation institutions, some are being rejected and some are being accepted because of one factor that should never matter: race. Affirmative action, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, refers to positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education and business from which they have historically been ex-cluded. Even though affirmative action is meant to rectify past wrongs, it is committing even more of these preferential crimesit is inadvertently sustaining what it is fighting against: discrimination. Along with this major point, affirmative action also has many other detrimental effects on the areas it manipulates business environment, reputa-tion of workers, etc. The theory of affirmative action was formed from good intentions. It has been ar-gued that desirable diversity cant be obtained in any other way; women and minorities need an advancea pushto help them overcome years of unfair bias. Affirmative ac-tion might have helped set right some of these wrongs at first, but now the practice has gotten to the point of reverse discrimination. Better-qualified men and Caucasians are being passed over in college admissions on basis of race only, businesses are hiring to fill a diversity quota, and this is wrong. On the other hand, affirmative action can put a blemish on the accomplishments many successful, driven women and minorities. Some skeptics may argue that they made their way while holding the hand of a political action committee or a policy that opened doors for them. This may be absolutely false, but there will always be that little niggling thought at the back of the mind of the skeptic. A person may be perfectly competent in his or her area of expertise with no outside help, but affirmative action in effect gives this cynical view some substantiation. Affirmative action is wrong; it is a form of injustice . Ability and determination should be the yardstick for success of the journey, not skin color or gender.

    THE PUBLIC FORUM Your comments, questions and letters are appreciated!

    HOW TO SUBMIT LETTERS Email: news @nsanpete.org

    OrGive letters to Mr. Cox

    LETTER POLICYThe NS Times welcomes let-ters on any topic. (Appropri-ateness will be determined by

    the editorial staff.) If pub-lished, work may be edited

    for length, grammar, accuracy and/or clarity. Letters must

    include writers full name and phone number, though only

    name will be published.

    CORRECTIONS Apart from a few grammatical mistakes, there were no factual errors in the NS Times issue 5.

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    I think the jazz band and the concert band deserve more recog-nition. They have done very well at state for the first time in three years, and nobody seems to know anything about it.

    ~Charlotte Larsen

    New policy disagreement

    I feel that the new attendance policy should be reconsidered. Al-lowing students only 15 absences is going to be hard on all students, especially if the excused absences count as well. If a student becomes very sick or goes on a trip, it could become a trip to juvenile court. Also, if tardies add up to an absence as well, then keeping the absence count low will be even harder. I feel we should be allowed more than 15 absences.

    ~Cathy Bench

    Same old, same old

    I am sick of seeing the same faces time and time again in the NS Times. Why not notice all of the students? It seems like the same Sterling Scholars and lame football players are in the paper every time. Everyone has a talent. Why not notice others for a change?

    ~Whitney Mckay

    Block schedule

    I feel that the block schedule at North Sanpete works really well. It gives students more time to do homework by switching days. It also makes it harder for students to sluff.

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  • 5V o i c e o f t h e M i g h t y H a w k s

    BY REBEKAH LARSEN

    On April 15, fourteen of the best and brightest students of North Sanpete competed in one of the most prestigious scholarship programs available to Utah students: The KSL Sterling Scholarship.

    Richfield High School hosted this years central region competition at the Sevier Valley Center. Over a hundred students from Delta, Gunnison Valley, Juab, Manti, North Sevier, Richfield, South Sevier, Millard, Piute and Wayne competed in several areas for scholarship opportunities offered across the state.

    Its a great program; Im glad I did it, said Scott Bentley, the Science Sterling Scholar for North Sanpete. We met a lot of well-qualified people competing.

    North Sanpete had runners-up in three categories, and one winner overall. Whitney Ison, Rebekah Larsen and Brittany Campbell were all runners-up in the Dance, Business and Mar-keting Education and English categories, respectively. Scott Bentley was named the 2008 Sci-ence Sterling Scholar for the Utah Central Region.

    The Sterling Scholar program has been a part of North Sanpete since 1972. Each year, stu-dents can apply to represent their high school in one of 14 categories: English, Speech and Drama, Mathematics, Social Science, Science, Foreign Language, Visual Arts, Computer and Information Technology, Trade and Technical Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Business and Marketing Education, Music, Dance and General Scholarship. Each nominee usually has much experience in the particular area to which he or she is chosen.

    After school-level scholars are chosen, they must prepare for the region competition, which is held in the spring of their senior year. Scholars prepare portfolios detailing their involvement in their categories, the community and school.

    Its very time-consuming, said Nan Ault, the Sterling Scholar advisor at North Sanpete. But its also a way to close the door on high school. The best part is what the students learn about themselvesthey get to collect and put it all in a book.

    And many NSH scholars agree. The collections, prided on being unlike scrapbooks, allow scholars the opportunity to shine in citizenship, leadership and academics.

    Even though I didnt win, Im glad I did a portfolioI can look at what I did, said Tabitha Morin, the North Sanpete General Scholarship Sterling Scholar 2008.

    Scholars submit their portfolios for judging in the spring, and the scholars then head to the hosting school for interviews. Depending on the category, performances and presentations can be a part of the interview.

    A week after interviews, the Sterling Scholars from every school in the region assemble for the presentation of awards. Region Sterling Scholars and their runners-up are presented with scholarships to schools across the state. Most scholars are given full-tuition waivers to many of the secondary schools in UtahUniversity of Utah, Brigham Young University, etc.and

    PHOTO BY NAN AULT

    The NSH 2007-2008 Sterling Scholars pose after the Central Utah awards ceremony on April 15. NSH had three runners-up and one first place winner.

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    runners-up receive half tuition. Cash prizes are also awarded.Since North Sanpetes first year of participation in 1972, the program has since become a

    significant part of school history and tradition. Many of the current staff at North Sanpete were Sterling Scholars in their high school years; names and portraits of the current scholars are hung at the entrance of the school.

    The 2008-2009 North Sanpete Sterling Scholars have already been named, and participants are excited for the upcoming year.

    Ault is ready for the new crop of scholars, and feels they will represent North Sanpete well.I am excited for everyone. They all have good attitudestheyre very excited and enthu-

    siastic.

    Battle of the Sexes at NS: Dierences in many areas, but also similarities

    BY JEREMY ZABRISKIE AND KATIE CARPENTER

    Over the course of history, the line between boy and girl has begun to blur into androgyny.

    Other than obvious anatomical differences, which have remained unchanged, there are a number of other differences that are still prev-alent in this andryogynistic era.

    Such examples include learning differences and infantile development.

    Girls develop linguistic skills more quickly and readily than their male counterparts, whereas boys develop better visuospatial skills. This explains boys general acclima-tion to math and science, and girls skill in pedantry.

    Proof of this comes in the form of toddler examination. About 21percent of boys were able to build a bridge of blocks, whereas only 8 percent of girls could do the same.

    Also, boys and girls develop motor skills differently. Boys develop motor skills more quickly while developing, as opposed to girls

    who develop more slowly, thus increasing their fine motor skills.

    Because of this, boys are better at physical activities,

    whereas girls are better at handwriting, zipping jackets, and doing all of those things that require intricate finger maneu-vering.

    Girls dont care as much about sports, and they cry a lot, said Jayson Nielsen, sophomore, Ft. Green.

    Also, girls tend to pay more attention to people, while boys focus on mechanical things. This explains why girls play with dolls, and boys play with trucks.

    Other than biology and development, boys and girls differ sociologically.

    One study found that boys are generally ruder than girls, in that they are more inclined to voice their opinion.

    When given lemonade that was tainted with salt, boys were more inclined to state their opinion, whereas girls would politely lie.

    On the other hand, it has been shown that girls are often subtle when it comes to showing their discontent.

    Boys are more violent, but girls are meaner to girls, and its harder at school, said Jillian Coombs a junior from Fountain Green.

    So, even though times have changed and equality is in-stinctual, there are still perceptible differences between boys and girls.

    PHOTO BY JEREMY ZABRISKIEChad Mckay of Mt. Pleasant and Nia Ricks of Fairview display some characteris-tics of the gender war, including interests, motor skills and social skills.

  • 6 BY BRITTANY CAMPBELL

    The NSH Student Library Advisory Board and the Mt. Pleasant Public Library are team-ing up, once again, for the creation of a summer reading program for Sanpete County.

    The theme, Books for the Road: Travel the World and Beyond, includes several genres that are both satisfying for the junior high summer reading assignments and for the eagerness of the avid reader. The genres include fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction; three books per category have been selected.

    The birth of Books for the Road, a community reading program now on its second year, works to encourage reading among families and individuals busy summer lives.

    PHOTO BY NAN AULTThe 2008-2009 Student Library Advisroy Board poses as they voice new goals and select new books for the school year.

    Books for the Road back and with new advisorsThe 2008 summer theme begins each summer month with the introduction of a far-off

    fictional world. Each of the three months, starting in June, has the potential of taking many community members on road trips to the far corners of creativity. The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, Stealing Freedom by Elisa Carbone and Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi are just a few of the selected books.

    The North Sanpete Student Library Advisory Board consists of students who are passion-ate about reading and the many benefits a literary-centered life has to offer. Promoting read-ing, gathering funds for their local libraries and generating creative communication are the core aspects of their goals. Specifically, the newly installed 2008-2009 advisors are working to bring an author to North Sanpete High, promote reading during the 2008-2009 school year through various competitions and to purchase new pieces for the high school library.

    I think students forget what its like to actually hold a book, sit down and read it, said Nan Ault, the Student Library Advisory Board advisor. The advisors help remind students that reading is a part of life, and its a skill that is necessary in college; they help keep this a priority.

    Comprised of various high school students, these enthusiasts invite all to participate in a literary centered blog. This Readers Blog encourages community members the opportunity to write about their latest literary journeys. With high hopes of many participants in the Readers Blog the collaborating parties hope to invite several authors to participate.

    As well as the monthly selected book, Books for the Road supports the 7th, 8th and 9th grade school reading requirements. Sanpete supporters hope to allow students the opportu-nity to enjoy and accomplish without pain, the set summer assignment.

    Because this is a summer program, the three novels are available at the Mt. Pleasant public library. Due to the summer closing of North Sanpete high schools library, the high school has allowed their copies of the summer books available at the public library. With these contributions the North Sanpete High library hopes to provide as many copies possible for summer check-outs. Prizes and incentives to meet set reading goals are allotted by the Mt. Pleasant public library. Last summers prizes included gift certificates and an ipod.

    A community reading program, though on its second year in Sanpete County, has been successful in larger surrounding counties. The North Sanpete School District, student li-brary advisors, and Mt. Pleasant public library hope to bring this popular reading success to our local communities.

    For more information about Books for the Road, and access to the Readers Blog and view the lists of favorites from the library advisors, visit http://www.nsh.nsanpete.org~nan

    BY NIA RICKS

    Only once during the school year at North Sanpete can students paint toenails with their teeth, run around with grapefruit between their legs and stuff their faces with flour on a stage.

    Every spring, students at North Sanpete High School participate in the Student Body Of-ficer elections; whether they campaign for office, eat the breakfasts provided by nominees or cheer at the election assembly at the end of campaign week. This year, April 14-18 was the week set aside for candidates to campaign.

    Candidates for SBO must have a 3.0 GPA. All potential runners are narrowed down to eight runners, four on the S team and four on the N team. The S team for this year consisted of Allison Sego for President, Taylor Ricks for Vice President, Valerie Demille for Secretary and Landon Carter for Activities Agent. The N team consisted of Ryan Aagard for President,

    Chante Birch for Vice President, Cheyne Christensen for Secretary, and Jared Bailey for Ac-tivities Agent. All nominees were juniors.

    After being nominatde and separated into teams, the candidates then spent many rigorous hours after school campaigning for their teams and themselves. This year, on the breakfast days, the S team made pancakes and the N team made scones. At lunch the teams played mu-sic and gave out suckers. The teams also set up video games, including Guitar Hero, next to the freshman hall for everyone to play. Candidates hung posters throughout the halls and passed around slogans for their teams.

    At the end of the week, the student body voted and the elected officers were announced at the conclusion of the Inaugural Ball. For the 2008-2009 school year, Ryan Aagard was named president, Taylor Ricks was named Vice President, Valerie Demille was named Secretary, and Jared Bailey was named Activity Agent.

    PHOTOS BY NIA RICKSNewly elected Student Body Officers, from left to right: Ryan Aagard, President; Taylor Ricks, Vice President; Valerie Demille, Secretary; Jared Bailey, Activity Agent. Officers were elected on April 18, and the winners were announced at the Inaugural Ball.

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  • 7BY KIM DRAPER

    When peering through the halls at North Sanpete, a variety of fashion styles can be ob-served. Clothing, accessories, and hairstyle all play a part in determining fashion, and each style has a different historic background.

    One of the most common styles at North Sanpete and in Utah is the preppy fashion. Prep-py is a term that refers to old preparatory schools in New England. These schools had strict dress codes where polo shirts, skirts and khakis were required. This style spread across the country and can still be seen in 2008. The preppy style is now commonly identified with brands such as Hollister, American Eagle and Old Navy. Preppy style started to modernize when people started wearing sportswear with addition to the standard polo. Why do fans like this style?

    I like my own style because its comfy, and I like clothes that fit my personality, said Ali Stallings, a junior from Mt. Pleasant who wears such brands frequently.

    Another common style in Sanpete is known as skater. It started in the early 1950s at the coast of California with the advent of the skateboard. Cheap baggy shorts and big, print t-shirts are usually seen on wearers of this style. Today most professional skateboarders wear what their sponsors have provided for them, and many teens copy the pros style; the skater style is a utility style, meant to make skating comfortable. Many students at North Sanpete sport the skaters trend every day.

    I dress the way I do because I like skateboard brands, said Jorge Morales, a junior from Mt. Pleasant who wears skater brands.

    My style suites me and my personality. It expresses who I am, said Manuel De Leon, a senior from Mt. Pleasant and also a wearer of the skater style.

    Some of the less common styles at North Sanpete are big in other areas of the country. One such style, gothic, is a name for a fashion that originated in an ancient Germanic tribe that was known for predominant black hair and dress, with white faces and black makeup. This style has evolved to include a few additions. The black makeup and clothing still exist, but a mixture of darker reds and blues have crept into outfits. A few students at North Sanpete display this style, but it is not common.

    Another fashion that isnt very common at North Sanpete is the emo (emotional) style. This style didnt make its first appearance until the late 1980s. Purposely uncut hair and stud belts with tight shirts are common features of this style. Some have argued that emo has peaked, but the style has been evolving and many are still going strong with the traditional features.

    Indie is an up-and-coming style that has recently been growing more popular. Indie start-ed when small, alternative bands with independent record labels began to attract more and more fans who imitated their fashion styles. Indie is characterized by a lack of print tee shirts, but a lot of vintage clothes or dresses with older jewelry.

    Many students appreciate the variation in fashion that can be seen at North Sanpete. I think people should try something different, said Michelle Atwood, a sophomore from

    Fairview.Ashlee Mower, a junior from Fairview, feels style is meant to please the wearer. I think that people dress the way they do because it is the most comfortable, said Mower.Perhaps sophomore Karen Crosland from Moroni sums it up best. I dont think much about how people feel about the way I dress, but I hope they are com-

    fortable and feel like themselves around me, said Crosland.

    NEWS BRIEFSFFA State Convention

    Spring Break has come and gone and while many students went to warmer places to vaca-tion, 19 FFA members put on their blue and gold and headed to Cedar City for the 2008 Utah FFA State Convention.

    Located on Southern Utah Universitys campus, members from across the state gathered at the Sharwin Smith Center to attend various leadership workshops. The state convention marks the end of NSHs 2007-2008 FFA year. Various honors were awarded and state officer candidates were interviewed and elected. Members attended five general sessions and a key-note session, which featured the National FFA Advisor and member of the National Board of Education, Dr. Larry Case.

    This year North Sanpetes FFA chapter received a Superior Chapter Award, which is need-ed to compete in any of the CDE (Career Development Events).

    This year four members, Brittany Black, Julian Kelso, Shawn Brinkerhoff and Tanner Al-len earned their state degrees. A state degree is the highest award a student can achieve on the state level. FCCLA State Competiton

    Every year the FCCLA competes in STAR events (Students Taking Action for Recogni-tion). Each student attending works on a project dealing with family and consumer sciences throughout the year. They then in-turn enter in one of the many events.

    The students first present at a region level or area competition. At the region level the students are given suggestions before they move on to the state level.

    At the state level, after presenting their projects, the students voted for the new state FC-CLA officers as well as attend workshops.

    The students attending this years sessions were Percinda Anderson, McKenzie Procter and Ashley Cook. These girls competed in Illustrated Talk. Kassie Nielson and Alyssa Hall competed in Entrepreneurship and Trisha Butler and Kayla Shelley presented their projects in Interior Design.

    At the end of the competition the students received STARS, according to the points earned for their projects. Hall, Nielson, Cook and Butler received bronze STARS while Anderson and Procter received silver STARS.

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    PHOTOS BY BEN COXShort stop Kenny Rawlings attempts to make a tag at second base against Delta last Tuesday. The Hawks won one and drop one against the Rabbits. They will play the Rabbits at Delta again on May 6.

    Hawks claim victory after defeat

    PHOTO BY SCOTT BENTLEYSenior Brian Anderson prepares for a first serve in a match earlier in the season. The tennis team completed a sweep of Delta in a home match last Thursday. With the win, the team is currently in 2nd place in region.

    BY SCOTT BENTLEYThe North Sanpete boys tennis

    team rose to the occasion Thurs-day, April 24 as they returned home from Delta with a decisive 5-0 vic-tory.

    Senior Josh Benson, first singles from Fairview, looked to rebound from two tough losses on Wednes-day against opponents in Lehi and Manti. Benson played a flawless first set despite strong winds, end-ing in a 6-0 win.

    As the wind proved to being chal-lenging, Bensons opponent adjust-ed accordingly and stole the second with a 6-3 victory.

    Benson maintained his compo-sure as he blew through the final set, 6-1.

    The coaches had to fiddle with the varsity lineups once again with Michael Lewis out because of an

    injury.Colton Clark, a senior from

    Spring City, was the decided choice for second singles. Clark proved to be a challenging opponent in the first set but fell 3-6.

    After the disappointing set, Clark displayed a personal best in the re-maining matches. Clark drove the second set into a tie-breaker and was able to win 7-3.

    Clark continued in Bensons win-ning stride finishing the evening with a final 6-3 win.

    Brian Anderson, a senior from Fairview, looked to maintain his momentum from a strong victory Wednesday, April 23 against Manti.

    Anderson, however, managed a two set victory early in the evening finishing with a 6-2, 6-1 victory.

    The ever-changing doubles teams changed once again for the Hawks

    NS tennis team perfect in region sweep of Deltaas Parker Earl, a junior from Mt. Pleasant, and Tucker Morin, a sophomore from Fairview, teamed up.

    The 1st Doubles duo stumbled out of the gates in the first set as they lost 4-6.

    Despite a disappointing first set, Earl and Morin proceeded to win with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph.

    Jarryd Seely, a senior from Moun-tainville, and Jeremy Garlick, a se-nior from Fairview, rounded out the varsity line-up to play 2nd Doubles and pulled through with a decisive 6-4 and 6-1 win.

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    BY SCOTT BENTLEYThe NSH Hawks baseball team was able to stay at

    home this week as they faced the Delta Rabbits base-ball team in a region eight double-header with home-field advantage.

    Senior Shaun Seely, pitched for the first game lead-ing the hawks in a strong first and second inning. Se-nior Tyler Daniels suppotred the hawks at bat with a double and a triple.

    The first game ended 10-9 with a Delta win.The Hawks looked to even the score as Daniels

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    pitched for the second game. The Hawks came back with several big hits

    by Seely, junior Taylor Ricks, senior McKenzie Brown, and senior Karl Bailey all of whom hit doubles.

    Sophomore Ben Davis played a strong game leading the hawks to a 7-6 victory .

    The Hawks played Carbon on Friday April 25 and Emery Tuesday April 29. Results and statis-tics for these games were unavailable upon press release.

    BY CHEYENNE SYME The Lady Hawks Varsity Softball battled hard to jump

    out of their rut, last Thursday. Unfortunately, luck was not on their side.

    The girls started out strong in the 1st inning with Shelby Earl hitting a homerun, followed by Alisha Peckham who hit a double and Erika Mays single giving the team some points.

    Despite the Hawks attempt to combat the weather, the violent winds tore at the players. The girls experienced sun, snow, extreme cold and wind all in one game. Thanks to this cruel weather players hands were numb and the ball was impossible to hold on to. Which helped Carbon increase their points.

    On the offensive side the pitchers Shelby Earl and Swa-zie Holdaway were firing strikes as much as Carbon would allow.

    Late in the game Coach Chad Larsen-Moroni gathered in the girls and said. Come on, step it up and complete our goalsyou got to fight for it.

    Taking the challenge on themselves the girls cracked their bats against the neon balls, sending them high and far into the air. For what could have been doubles or triples, except Carbons mitts seemed magnetized to the ball. Ev-erything the Hawks hit out into the field Carbon caught.

    The girls kept up the fight and refused to give up. Erika May sent a double; Alisha Peckham did the same sending Erika home. Then Amanda Poulson hit a homerun giving the Hawks some hope. Still Carbon continued to snatch up possible homeruns. The final score was Hawks 5 and Carbon 7.

    In better conditions the Freshman-Sophomore, pulled out a victory despite the weather. Hawks 8 Carbon 5. J.V. also triumphed with 4 to 0.

    Win, lose, sunshine or snow the girls kept trying, and gave it all. They came and left that field true Lady Hawks.

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    NS offers girls golf for the first time, coach and players are encouraged by improvement

    BY CHAD MCKAYThis spring at North Sanpete High School, a new sport joined the roster of baseball, soccer,

    and track team, and that is the girls golf team. This will be the first year at North Sanpete that they will be offering a girls golf team. In addition to North Sanpete, Juan Diego and Delta have also started girl-golf teams. The team began practicing on March 10, but had some difficulties because of the cold

    weather. The usual driving range was covered in snow, so the team went to Skyline Golf s driving range to practice. This spot has since become the teams usual practice spot.

    The girls golf s first match was at Delta on April 2. The team scored a 225; individually, Malinda Sorensen hit 71, Raberta Garlick hit 67, Percinda Anderson hit 72, Ashlee Mower hit 79, Julie Holman hit 79, and Krista Hudson hit 81. Delta Scored a 176 and Juan Diego scored 215.

    On April 23 the girls hosted Delta and Juan Diego at Skyline and did very well there. Mal-inda Sorensen hit a 57, Raberta Garlick hit 66, Percinda Anderson hit 62, Ashlee Mower hit 59, Julie Holman hit 71, and Krista Hundson hit 72. Overall the team scored 187, and Juan Diego and Delta scored 177 and 175 respectfully.

    Todd Hansen of Moroni is the coach of this new team, and he is very excited about this new sporting opportunity.

    Girl sports do better than boy sports, so why shouldnt be different? said Hansen. There are six girls on the golf team, and they consider themselves the most improved

    team. Starting out we had some of the worst scores, but now we have improved a lot, said Ash-

    lee Mower, a junior from Fairview.The team will be going to Juan Diego on April 25 and to Delta on the 30th. State Golf will

    be on May 14.

    PHOTO BY CHANA THOMPSONSophomore Leah Gull jumps hurdles during a recent track meet. Several Hawk runners have been successful in meets so far.

    Track prepares for strong showing at region

    BY CHANA THOMPSONFor the NSH track team, the season pushes onward with success. The home track meet on April 15 ended with freezing temperatures, but NS athletes per-

    formed well in the adverse conditions.The home meet was a good turn-out, but according to head track coach Scott Butler of

    Fairview, the weather was colder than a mother-in-laws kiss. Seven different schools attended and participated in the meet but many left early due to

    the bad weather. The schools that came consisted of Juan Diego, Emery, Richfield, Carbon, North Sanpete, Wasatch Academy, and Delta.

    With region and state in sight, preparation is still a priority. New coaches and training proves successful for NS track athletes. Coach Butler says that exercise is increasing flex-ibility and strength.

    The track team is doing a lot of drills specific to running and throwing mechanics. Hours and hours of practice running, jumping and throwing have been statistically beneficial. The track members times are dropping, and distance is increasing.

    As coaches we try to convince the athletes that they can do what we ask of them and we try to build their confidence, said Coach Butler.

    For the rest of the season, seniors Hayley Carr, Sylvia Bedford and Katie Curtis continue to fulfill their role as leaders on the team; pointing the way for younger athletes to follow.

    Over the next four weeks we expect several of our school records to be broken. From this point on we expect to see improvements, BIG improvements from the athletes. We hope to

    win Region but it will be a battle with Delta. We also expect to qualify a lot of kids to state, said Butler.

    Some of the accomplishments obtained by the NS track team include having a very strong core of distance for the boys headed up by Senior Shaun Russon.

    They also have a lot of depth in all the girl events. The freshmen girls and sophomores did really well at Provo against 3A, 4A and 5A schools. The track team has placed high in all the invitationals that they have competed in.

    Currently Jessica Lindow is ranked 3rd out of state in the shotput and 6th in the discus. Also, junior distance star Stephanie Honey continues to dominate our region in distance races.

    The North Sanpete track coaches have high expectations for the rest of this season and hopes that the athletes will perform to their greatest ability.

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    V o i c e o f t h e M i g h t y H a w k s

    Three 1s and State is in the air

    A successful year with superiors at StateBY SARA LAFOLLETTE

    On April 11-12, the State Drama competition at Emery High brought students from across Utah to-gether to compete and several of North Sanpetes dra-ma students came out on top.

    Region drama competition took place on March 27 at Carbon High School. Most of our NS competitors qualified for State, including the one-act play, He Said, She Said, which placed first over-all. Allison Phillips also received an award for best supporting actress. The North Sanpete Drama club placed third overall.

    State was much more competitive, with 16 schools competing at Emery High, but North Sanpete stu-dents still did exceptionally well.

    It was awesome, said Tanya Roundy, the current drama teacher at NS. I think [they] did a superb job. It was a very good experience.

    Roundy has reason to be pleased. The success this year was substantial in comparison to some of the past years at state. Haylie McFarland, a NS senior, has no-ticed the difference in results.

    We had a lot more straight superiors this year than

    previous years, said McFarland.McFarland, partnered with Erin Cowley, received a

    superior rating at state and took third in region with their scene from The Person I Once Was.

    Students were given approximately a month and a half to prepare their scenes, monologues, panto-mimes, the one-act play anda new addition to the State competitionmusical exhibition pieces.

    At state, the one-act play He Said, She Said received an excellent rating. McFarland and Cowley received superiors, and Dawnica Gull and Dominick Keifer received an overall excellent with their scenes. Mat-thew Daley and Kjarsti Todd received superiors with their pantomimes. Brigham Blackham, Laurel Bailey, Summer Spaulding and Chad McKay received supe-riors for their monologues. Blackham and Bailey did humorous monologues, while McKay and Spaulding performed dramatic monologues. Robert Peel and Heather Barker performed a duet for musical exhibi-tion, and Sara LaFollette performed a solo. Both per-formances received superiors.

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    NSH Drama competed at the State Competition on April 11-12 at Emery High. Several members received superior ratings. Dramas closing ceremony will be on May 16 in the high school auditorium at 7 p.m.

    BY SARA LAFOLLETTE

    After twenty-eight years under the direction of Dr. Roy Ellefsen, the North Sanpete choir has had its share of success. The choir achieved excellent ratings once again at the Region Choir Competition held at Emery High School on April 17.

    On a scale from 1 to 5, 1 being the highest, the NS choir received 1s from all three of the judges. Such a fine choir!! Ambitious program, and Thanks for a great performance are only a few of the comments the judges gave the choir.

    [Its the] best choir weve had in years, said Ellefsen. Its been several years since NSH has received a state-wor-

    thy score, and Ellefsen is pleased that this year turned the tables.

    Im retiring, said Ellefsen. Its nice to come out on top.Ellefsen selected pieces designed to impress the judges, and

    its apparent that they did. All of the pieces have foreign text, are challenging to play

    and require a great deal of focus to properly execute. They have their individual difficulties as well.

    Hanacpachapp Cussicuinin is sung in an ancient Incan lan-guage and uses a rich and impressive blend of percussion in-struments. O Fortuna demands that students reach high notes, with incredible pace and intensity; and In Paradisum is chal-lenging for its soft, angelic nature.

    The choir competes at state on May 9. Regardless of regions impressive results, Ellefsens expectations for state remain neu-tral.

    Sometimes you win, sometimes you dont, Ellefsen said. You dont want to take too much of it personally.

    The end-of-year concert is on May 14. All three of the choir competition pieces will be performed, including solo and en-semble pieces, and a few others the choir has prepared.

    PHOTO BY REBEKAH LARSENDr. Roy Ellefsen leads the NS Concert Choir in preparation for region competition. Ellefsen has led the choir for more than 25 years. The choir received perfect scores from all three judges at region and will compete in the state competition on May 9.

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    Drama, continued from page 10It was pretty good competition, McFarland said, referring to state.

    There were some really amazing scenes that were performed up there. I think we did pretty well. There were a lot of winners.

    Roundy has confidence in the future of the drama department. Ive learned a lot from this year, and I plan to make it better next year,

    said Roundy. Some of the changes Roundy plans to implement into the class are on a

    level-based scale. She seeks to separate the students according to experi-ence, hoping to tailor the classes according to the students individual skill and familiarity levels.

    The Drama clubs final event is the closing social, which will take place on May 16 in the high school auditorium, where seniors one acts will fol-low dinner at 7:00 p.m. accompanied by awards and performances.

    Seniors explore careers in EnglishBY JOHN ALLEN, KRISTINE BUSBY, SARA LAFOLLETTE,

    BRANDI PEAHL

    As graduation draws near, North Sanpete High seniors are considering what careers they would like to pursue.

    One of the many career options that interest several stu-dents revolve around the many avenues of writing. However, writing is a difficult career to start and publishing work is challenging. It is important for aspiring authors to establish a good literary background.

    I plan to major in creative writing, said Katie Healey, a senior from Spring City. Healey hopes to become an au-thor and publish novels for a living. Currently, she has writ-ten several poems and is working on a few novels. However, she is aware of the difficult publishing process, and knows that most writers see many obstacles and work through struggles.

    If I fail in writing I want to be an English teacher, said Healey.

    Because it is so difficult to be successful, many writers have a back-up plan. Various writers find other employment to add to the income they earn from writing.

    Though Healey intends to make a career of writing, there are other writers at NSHS who write simply for enjoyment. One such writer is Allison Phillips, another senior from Spring City.

    Right now I am writing for myself, said Phillips. Phillips takes pleasure in writing lyrical poetry and is also

    working on a novel. Though she mainly writes for herself, she is also aware of

    the publishing process.Ive been to writing conventions, said Phillips. I know

    that it can be difficult. Phillips is not overly concerned about being published,

    but she is not opposed to the idea.If somebody likes [my book], then okay take it, said

    Phillips. It is unlikely, though not unheard of, for an unknown

    young author to publish a bestselling book, but a few have done it.

    One such author that experienced success in the pub-lishing world was 19-year-old Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. She was essentially the first young author to publish a popular novel, doing so within the challenges of 1818. A few others have followed her example, such as Christopher Paolini who wrote the renowned novel Eragon and its sequels..

    However, these authors are an exception to the general rule-of-thumb. Most authors, especially young ones, are al-most ignored by publishers. It takes thousands of hours and many years to do well in writing.

    But another aspect of writing that publishers look for is style. And for many writers style is what comes naturally. Phillips appreciates the beauty of the words and uses a po-etic form of prose. Her writing is carefully constructed to sound musical to the ear. While Healey, on the other hand, uses writing as a way of developing relationships, and under-stands the importance of good characters.

    The connections your character makes, make your char-acter, said Healey. Often publishers will be drawn to a cer-tain prose by characters and the way they are portrayed.

    Healey and Phillips are both passionate writers, and un-derstand the time and commitment it takes to produce a good piece of literature.

    Do you want to get your work published? Here are a few tips.Have a completed manuscript. If someone in the publishing industry shown interest in your work, youd better have it ready for them. Revise, revise, revise, and edit, edit, edit. Your work must be as per-fect as you can get it. Write query letters to publishers and agents with examples of your writing.Dont expect to publish your first novel. Keep hoping and keep work-ing.

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