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Volume IX, Issue VII
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Grading Day
March 25-29 Spring Break
April1
Furlough Day >> South - The annual Color
Wars assembly will be on March 22 of this year. Every student is encouraged to dress up in their class’s colors to show their Saxons pride. For seniors, the color is red. Juniors can wear blue, while sophomores can wear yellow. Green is for the freshmen. Teachers can also participate by wearing clothes that are black, or tie dyed.
Dangerous Amounts of Radon in Marion and Polk Counties Causes Concern Radon levels being tested in a South Salem home. Photo by: Kobbi R. Blair courtesy of the Statesman Journal. Copyright by the Statesman Journal.
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Tyler Norbury Reporter
Kevin Martz Elizabeth Ficek
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Candidates for ASB Class Office 2013
Radon’s Valence Shell
ASB VP Candidates-
Pastor Garcia Noah Webster Sarah Cuesta
ASB Secretary
Amy Maltz
ASB Historian
Rachal Meza Rojas Senior Class Pres.
Johanna Sproed Noah Webster Maggie Flood Senior Class VP
Josh Litchfield
Senior Class Historian
Mahala Gilbert
Junior Class President
Jacob Faatz Saad Moro Eric Stephens Mykal Holmes
Junior Class VP
Alexis Limer Abby Jenkins Holly Duvall
Junior Class Secretary
Lesley Alvarez
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Interview with ASB President Candidate: Kevin Martz What is your slogan? “One of the ones I like is ‘Kevin Martz for ASB president. He has fire in his heart and on his head.’ That’s one of my favorites.”