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Headlight Herald The following are opinion pieces written by students in Mrs. Shepard’s Third Grade Class at Garibaldi Grade School. Dear Readers, In my opinion Marine debris is harmful and despicable. It needs to stop. It harms fish, whales, birds, jellyfish, turtles, sea lions, seals, tuna, fish, crabs, sharks, dolphins, coral and seaweed. We are the cause so we
can also be the solution. There are a lot of reasons why we need to stop. My first reason is marine debris can harm us. When we eat fish and fish eat plastic it could harm us. But we don’t have enough information to know yet. There is a 70% chance that they do harm us. So we should stop. A lot of people of people eat sea food and a lot of people can get sick or die. My second reason is they have just as much
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den. If you leave something on the beach it can become marine debris. If you drop something on the sidewalk or road it can be blown by the wind or carried in storm drains that lead to the ocean then it can become marine debris. If you leave something by the river it can also become marine debris. In conclusion marine debris is harmful and despicable. It needs to stop.
Anna Roddy 3rd Grade Mrs. Shepard’s Class In my opinion Marine debris is bad. It will harm animals. It won’t make people go to the beach because it’s dirty. It will harm coral reefs. Why it can harm animals? Debris can get around sea lion or turtles neck and kill them. Or turtles think
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will harm you. My third reason is that marine animals think they are toys so the put them around there finn or neck. Then they grow and it gets tighter and tighter until they die. For example the rings holding soda together can harm an animal because they think it is a toy. You may think a live far away from the ocean or I’m just one person. But it could happen when you’re taking a walk or planting a gar-
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Headlight Herald plastic bags are jellyfish. Debris can kill western gulls because they think plastic is food and plastic doesn’t go away. • Glass takes 1,000 years to go away. • Plastic doesn’t go away. • Metal takes 50 years to go away. Marine Debris will stop people from going to the beach. Because the beach can harm people’s feet by stepping on plastic and glass making them bleed. In conclusion, my opinion is marine debris is bad because it’s harming creatures. It’s blocking rivers oceans and other water sources. How can you help? People should help clean out the marine debris so animals don’t get harmed. Don’t throw out garbage on a boat. Don’t put trash in a full trash can. Help out! Joshua Keller 3rd Grade Mrs. Shepard’s Class
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have a choice but to live in it. I also have three reasons on how it hurts them and maybe you will think about how you can stop it. My First reason is, sea turtles eat the plastic bags that are floating in the the ocean water.The plastic is buoyancy so it floats in the ocean water. The bags look like jellyfish because on how they are shaped. The handles on the bags look like tentacles on the jellyfish. They can die because the plastic doesn’t digest My Second reason is, sea lions get plastic on their necks. They will play with it and other sea lions in the area by the water. The plastic can choke them they will dive down and their necks will get the plastic on it. The plastic can cut their skin and hurt them badly. My Third reason is, sea equipment can trap sea animals for a long time and then they can get extinct and then the food chain will collapse. Fish can get caught in lost nets that has been in the
ocean for a long time and they will not be able to get free. Crabs can get caught in lost crab traps that came from a boat that lost it. Sea lions can get caught in lost nets that a person lost off of a boat. In conclusion, we need to stop marine debris by using the 3 R’s reuse, reduce, and, recycle. I know you think that it is just a waste of time, but they are equally as important as you are. The animals are superior and we have to help them just like you have to help a baby. Avery Davis 3rd Grade Mrs. Shepard’s Class In my opinion, I think marine debris hurts the environment because people leave their trash, don’t recycle, and they don’t reuse material. What are some ways we can help? For example, we are harming sea animals and gulls by throwing stuff in the ocean because turtles mistake bags for jel-
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lyfish and they die immediately or choke. We are also hurting animal’s habitats. Western gulls eat trash from the beach and end up dying because they eat too much trash! On my field trip, my class found trash and wildlife, we even found a vellela vellela. Sea turtles eat debris like plastic bags that is bad because it can kill them. One reason is people need to recycle more because they are not picking up after themselves or recycling. We can fix this by making our own garbage bags and recycling bins for people all over the world. We can also reuse any kind of bottle so
we don’t waste good things! Trash hurts because things like bags can get digested by turtles and turtles can die. Also creatures can get stuck in bottles, tires, and metal. It is a problem for everyone because habitats like Tillamook estuary can be filled with trash that’s not even used anymore. Another reason is we need to pick up after ourselves because we our hurting habitats. We can fix this by putting a lid on the garbage can and if it doesn’t go on put the rest of the garbage in a different garbage can. We should do everything we can to help! The last reason is we
need to reuse bottles because people throw things away that we can still reuse. For example, all you have to do is wash it out and then put different drinks in it over and over again! You can reuse everything by making it into art like a sculpture. In conclusion, I think we need to take better care of our environment because we are harming sea animals and gulls. We can fix this by recycling, reusing, and reducing! Madison Graham 4th Grade Mrs. Shepard’s Class
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Why does it happen? It happens Because people leave their trash on the beach. Or trash goes into sewer drains and goes into rivers and then the ocean. For example a turtle Would mistake a plastic bag for a jellyfish. Who can help? You could help by not putting trash out on the beach. Could also tell people to help get rid of Marine debris! You could also get a big group of people to start picking up trash off the beach. Because one day my class took a field trip
to Netarts Bay and we found some garbage. How Can you help? You could help by doing three simple things. • Reuse! • Reduce! • Recycle! In conclusion, the next time you go down to the beach recycle. and do not throw stuff onto the ground. Normally there trash cans. You could throw stuff in the trash can. David Rieke 3rd Grade Mrs. Shepard’s Class
In my opinion marine debris is horrible. My first reason is because you are killing animals and a lot of people like animals and they get tangled in the debris. Sea lions tangled in plastic and nets around their necks. Turtles get metal strips on their necks. Western gulls they eat plastic thinking there food so they eat it and think they’re full and die. My second reason is the ocean is getting destroyed. Coral reefs are getting destroyed. Fishes home are falling
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apart and fishes don’t have a place to hide from their predators. The plankton disappear and there is no food for the marine animals and they die. My third reason is it makes the beach dirty. The tourist won’t want to come to a dirty beach and that means that our town won’t have that much money. A lot of people like the beach but then pretty soon a lot of people won’t want to come to the beach because of the Marine debris all over the beach. All of our town will have anything to do during the summer because of the beach dirty we won’t have any entertainment during the summer. In conclusion if we don’t stop the Marine debris the whole world will be a trash can and you will see a lot of marine debris everywhere even in your yard a way to prevent this is to recycle a lot of people don’t care
about this and that is bad so we can make them care by showing that the is a clean world.
Mariana Rivera Lozano 4th Grade Mrs. Shepard’s Class I think Marine Debris is a big problem! The first reason why I think Marine debris is a big problem is because it is harmful to other animals. Also it kills our ocean wildlife and animals, and it makes our beaches dirty so people or animals won’t want to take walks or play in the water. Also, for example we have a plastic container full of Marine Debris. The kind of Marine Debris that it has in it is rope, cigarettes, bullet shells, and bottle caps, and all types of plastic. All of that plastic doesn’t belong in the ocean or the beach. The second reason why we need to stop Marine Debris
is because coral reefs get destroyed and and the fishes don’t have a place to live because it is destroyed. Also think of this we won’t have this beautiful coral reef any more when you go scuba diving in the ocean where the coral reef is and all the fish. The third reason is that people don’t go to the beach any more because they don’t want to walk on a dirty beach. In conclusion is that when you go to the beach next time please remember to get gloves and a garbage bag and go out there and make our beach clean! Have a little fun and invite some friends and family and go pick up the beach and make other people happy! Also who knows you might inspire other people to go pick up the beach!
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or Tillamook head football coach Kye Johnson, the annual summer youth football camp is some thing he looks forward to each year. This year, he has approxiately 60 future Cheesemakers learning some of the skills and techniques that he is hoping they remember and hone before they arive on campus as students in several years.
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Local student scholarship winners Fibre Federal Credit Union/TLC scholarship Two Tillamook students were among the recipients of Fibre Federal Credit Union/ TLC scholarships for 2016/2017. In all, seven students excelling in academics and community service were chosen. Annually, the credit union has traditionally given out five scholarships. After the acquisition of TLC Federal Credit Union in 2015, the number of students eligible to apply increased. Two additional scholarships were granted this year. These scholarships support the educational aspirations of the recipients and help prepare them to be the future leaders, professionals, and business people of our community. The credit union received 113 applications. Fibre Federal awarded six $1,500 scholarships and the $2,000 Jim Stacie Memorial Scholar-
ship, named in memory of Jim Stacie, an influential Fibre Federal Board Chairman who served for 16 years. These scholarships have no restrictions on career choice or course of study, and are awarded based on academic standing, extracurricular activities, financial circumstances, and the quality of the application. The Jim Stacie Memorial Scholarship also considers leadership qualities. 2016 Tillamook High School graduate Louis Gibson is the winner of the Jim Stacie Memorial Scholarship. Louis plans to attend Oregon State University and major in computer/electrical engineering. Tillamook High School graduate Leandra Putman was one of the recipients of the six $1,500 scholarships. She currently attends Oregon State University where she is pursuing a double major: Bio Health and Kinesiology. She plans to become a physical therapist.
Tillamook High School Alumni Scholarship The Tillamook High School Alumni Scholarship committee awarded six scholarships to graduating seniors at the THS Honors Celebration. Selection was based on scholarship, leadership, and service to the school and the community. There were many qualified applicants making the selection difficult. This year’s recipients were: Steven Tomlinson, Louis Gibson, Ken Pablador, Madison Stephenson, Kara Main, and Bailey Grant Norris. The funds for scholarships are provided through generous donations of class reunions, memorials, and support of the community. Donations are always gratefully accepted and are tax deductible. Anyone wishing to contact the committee may do so by writing to P.O. Box 195, Tillamook, Oregon 97141. If you
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2016 Eugene Schmuck Scholarship Recipients This year three NeahKah-Nie High School seniors were awarded the 2016 Eugene Schmuck Scholarship Recipients. Each scholarship is for $1500 per year for 4 years, as long as the student maintains a minimum 2.5 GPA. The scholarships were presented at the Annual Awards Night at NeahKah-Nie High School on Tuesday, May 24. The scholarship recipients for 2016 are Alaina Holm, Jamey Sherman, and Ariel Breazile. Neah-Kah-Nie Dist. 56 Graduate Scholarships The Neah-KahNie Dist. 56 Graduate Scholarships, Inc. Board of Directors met recently and awarded $16,500 to several past
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graduates of NeahKah-Nie High School. Awards totaled $16,500 this year. Taylor Winder, class of 2014 is a full time student at Western Oregon University where she is earning a Degree of Criminal Justice with a minor in Forensic Anthropology. Her award is $4000. Kellie Marie Woodward, class of 2012 will graduate with a Bachelors of Science Degree in community health. Her goal is a Nursing Degree. Her award is $4000. Jennifer Quintana, class of 2000 has an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice and her Oregon Transfer Degree from 2005. Since 2015 she has been enrolled at Portland State University working towards a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. She was awarded $3000 toward her goal of becoming a juvenile probation officer. Maya Vanebo, class of 2001 has returned to school and is enrolled at
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n Continued from Page 8 vide scholarships to any graduate of NKN High regardless of the year of graduation. Some of the funds awarded are from the Newberg Honorary Scholarship in honor of John and Carole-Jean Sather, class of 1974. Donations may be made to the NKN Dist. 56 Graduate Scholarships, Inc., P. O. Box 373, Rockaway, OR 97136. Women’s Club of Manzanita-North County Scholarship Award Jamey Sherman, senior at Neah-Kah-Nie High School has been selected to receive the Women’s Club of Manzanita-North County Scholarship Award for 2016.
Jamey has been an outstanding student in her career at Neah-KahNie High School. Jamey is recognized by one of her teachers as having a “tremendous work ethic and serious drive all with a smile.” Another teacher recognized Jamey for her “intelligence, work ethic and communication skills to succeed.” She is a National Honors Society and Leo’s Club member, and has been a teacher assistant for the English Department. She has begun pursuing her passion in culinary arts by taking college courses at Tillamook Bay Community College in Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts. She plans to attend the Oregon Coast Culinary Insti-
tute in Coos Bay and receive an AAS degree there. After completing her internship she will attend Southern Oregon University and major in Hospitality and Tourism and earn a Bachelors Degree. She intends to pursue a career as a Pastry Chef either here or abroad. The Women’s Club of Manzanita -North County Scholarship Award was originated by Jan Markle to recognize graduating female students of Neah-KahNie High School and was established under the Presidency of Chris Bloom in 2007. The Women’s Club of Manzanita-North County Scholarship is awarded for accredited vocational, technical/ community college or university to a cur-
rent female graduating senior of Neah-KahNie High School. The $1,500 award will be forwarded to the school of choice for tuition, fees or book expenses. Scholarship applications for next year will be available through the high school’s counselor’s office spring 2017. Tillamook County 4-H Association scholarship Steven Tomlinson, a senior at Tillamook High School, is the 2016 winner of the $500 Tillamook County 4-H Association scholarship. This scholarship is set up to aid in the continuing education of Tillamook County 4-H members. All graduating seniors,
who have been members of 4-H for the past four years and planning to attend a college, trade school or business college were eligible. The scholarship was determined based on the 4-H member’s application, their 4-H record, an essay and interview. Tomlinson also received the $100 4-H Small Animal Leadership Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a 4-H member who exhibited leadership and continued participation in the 4-H program throughout high school, in addition to exhibiting at the Tillamook County Fair. Tomlinson (THS) received $200; Victoria Elligsen (NKN) received $300; and Noah Palter (THS)
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received $500 4-H/ TCCA Ice Cream Booth Volunteer scholarships. This scholarship is based on the number of years a 4-H member volunteered in the 4-H/TCCA Ice Cream booth at fair. This scholarship is one of the projects/activities funded through proceeds from the TCCA/4-H Ice Cream Booth at the Tillamook County Fair. For more information about or to donate to the Tillamook County 4-H Association for the Tillamook County 4-H program, contact the OSU Extension Service at 2204 Fourth Street in Tillamook, 503-842-3433 or visit our website at http:// extension.oregonstate. edu/tillamook/.
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‘Multiplication Masters’ at South Prairie The superheroes of South Prairie Elementary School are, in every sense of the word, multiplying. On May 27, students from Scott Rodman’s third grade class received hand-sewn capes in a ceremony honoring them as “Multiplication Masters.” Throughout the school year, as students reach certain requirements, they are admitted membership into the illustrious mathematical club, according to Rodman. “This is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, because I probably won’t have the time or money to make capes again,” he said with a laugh. To celebrate with the class, Alan Walker, the owner and CEO of Multiplication.com was present. He is also Rodman’s step-father and has been given the nickname “Multiplication Man” in his step-son’s classroom. “I started in the early days of the internet. I was days away from getting addition.com and subtraction.com,” he said. “I’m just a goofball that tried to do something to help.” According to Walker, a retired fifth grade teacher, “Three in 10 students know their times tables by the end of the fourth grade. It’s sort of like an epidemic.” Understanding that people can have difficulty conceptualizing numbers, especially multiplication, Walker said he created a visual, word-play system. He wrote books to help kids connect with numbers easier and, ultimately, put the information on his website. “We help millions and millions and
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Local schools make mark in school, sports Nestucca finished in the top 10 among 2A schools last year. Tillamook was 11th, just missing a top 10 spot among the 4A schools by less than eight points. NeahKah-Nie placed 29 th last year in the 2A level. The competition was the Oregonian Cup, which tries to meld the scholastic, athletic and sportsmanship into a single award. The Oregonian Cup
started in 1999 as a way to recognize both the academic and athletic excellence of schools in Oregon. The Oregonian took
over sponsorship of the program in 2002. According to the
guidelines for the awards, schools earn points for participating in the state championship events in sports as well finishing with top10 results in the OSAA Academic all-state program. There is also a sportsmanship portion to the scoring where teams earn points for each season where they do not have any ejections. The results are updated after each season, then are totaled at the end of the school year. In the 2A level, Santiam Christian won the top spot in the Oregonian Cup competition for the first seven years
of the award. Over 17 years, Santiam Christian has won the 2A Cup 10 times – the last three at the 3A level. Now competing at the 3A level, Santiam Christian was fourth this year, behind St. Mary’s of Medford (first), Blanchet Catholic (second) and Cascade Christian. Nestucca, Neah-Kah-Nie Kennedy won the 2A crown this year with a total of 2,320 points, followed by Burns (2,077.5), Bandon (1,997.5) and Regis (1,762.5). Nestucca had 1,622.5 points to edge ahead of Union (1,607.5)
. Delphian, a Northwest League athletic rival of the Bobcats, placed seventh with1,595 points. Vernonia, another NWL rival, placed 14th in the results, while Faith Bible was 24th. Neah-Kah-Nie scored 957 points to be number 29 on the list, just 5.5 points behind Enterprise in the standings. The Pirates were able to beat rivals Knappa (32nd), City Christian (37th), Life Christian (38th) and Gaston (40th). Tillamook Cowapa League rival Scappoose won the 4A Cup with a total of 3,090 points. North Bend
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Tillamook troubadours travel For Ryan Hamilton, going to Greece and Italy this spring was something special. It was even more so for the 19 Tillamook students who made the trip with him during Spring Break. They liked it so much, he is planning to do it again with even more students. Although most people would consider it a trip of a lifetime, it was also part of an international travel program at Tillamook High School where students had to research the locations and the history, as well as organize and fundraise money to pay for the trip. The teacher has named the group and program the Tillamook Troubadours. “Troubadours are wandering musicians or storytellers. I would like the kids to embrace this idea of learning culture and disseminating it – to build cultural bridges in a sense,” he said. The group even has a website (www.tillamooktroubadours.com) where people can go
to find out more about the program as well as donate. In addition, the group now has booths at the Tillamook Farmers Market every Saturday, in addition to other locations and events. “They can enroll. They can check out our itinerary and it has pictures and slide shows as well. We also have a travel blog so friends and family can follow along while we are traveling,” he said. College credit The tour is part of the Education First travel/study program which combines expert guides and tour directors at each location to help students earn credit as they learn on their trip. The program uses software called WeShare, which can provide college credit through Eastern Oregon University. “They can earn three college credits that are transferable. They can also get high school credit.” The credit is earned by completing a project. Students develop a research question before they
go and while on the trip they conduct their research through interviews, photography, etc. Then, when they come back, they put together a multimedia project together with a presentation. After presenting their project, they can then apply for high school credit or college credits,” he explained. However, There is an additional cost for getting the college credits. This spring the students flew into Athens and then proceeded going west, leaving from Rome 10 days later, Hamilton said. “We stopped in Delphi, Sorrento, Pompeii along the way,” the teacher said. “We saw some really amazing Olympic stadiums and other ancient ruins. We were really fortunate. It is set up as an educational tour, so everywhere we go we’ll have a local guide who facilitates the learning on the location,” Hamilton added. For example, “We’d be at the Acropolis and we’d have a local Greek university student walking around
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with us, giving a tour and challenging us.” Hamilton teaches history and philosophy at Tillamook High School. “So, taking the kids to Athens after teaching them about Socrates and Plato adds so much to my curriculum.” First day toughest
The Tillamook students left on the 10-day trip on March 18. “The first day was the toughest because we make a rule, ‘no naps on the first day’. When we get there, we got to hit the ground running and everybody is dog-tired by the end of the day. Then, we’d go to sleep
that night on European time,” Hamilton said. The goal was to acclimatize the students to European time as quickly as possible, he added. “We spent the first two-and-a-half days in
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They or five days in each counOn the also try. Students were able to next trip the Athens. We saw the took learn some basic phrases. 43-student Acropolis, the Para side Just about the time we are Tillamook thenon, the Temples trip to leaving, the kids are getgroup will of Athena and Nike, the isting comfortable (with the start in Parwent to a museum land of language). is and after and saw the big Capri. “Hopefully, in the future two days Olympic stadium. “It is a we could push it into the of visiting Then, we traveled really summer and do some lonthe City by bus to Delphi, the beauger trips and have more of Lights’ site of the Oracle of tiful yet ritzy Mediterin-depth cultural experiattractions, Delphi. That was really ranean island,” Hamilton ences,” he added. “These they will one of the highlights of added. first couple of trips are take an the whole trip. We had a Another one of the trips’ really the building blocks overnight really amazing experience highlights was when the for a program that will train to there. We had a wonderful group hiked to the top of hopefully be able to offer the famous guide and teacher there Mt. Vesuvius,” he said. international experiences Italian city that put the whole place in “We got a chance to stare for Tillamook youth well of Venice. The students perspective for us. down into the volcano, into the future.” will also visit Florence “We took an overnight then got down to the city Instead of starting in and Pisa before going ferry across the Adrithat was enveloped in ash Greece and crossing the to Rome. For those who atic (Sea) from Patras in (Pompeii). It was a pretty Adriatic Sea on a ferry, decide to take the twoGreece to the Italian city amazing experience.” the Tillamook students day extension, it means a of Brindisi. That was kind Part of the preparation participating in 2017 will chance to stroll through of fun. Everybody had for the trip included a lan- get a slightly different Pompeii, take an island staterooms and we’re all guage focus, the teacher view of Europe. cruise and visit Capri. crammed in on this over- said. “It was a pretty short Hamilton even got a night ‘fast ferry’. trip so we only had four Next trip in Paris chance to post some of his
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reflections about the trip on the blog. “For me, as a young teacher, this trip really feels like the single most important thing I have every been a part of. On all accounts, the trip was a success. Was it perfect? Far from it. We definitely had our moments,” he wrote on the blog.
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