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Movin’ on up
Sugary sodas banned from school machines By Jennifer Chu and Christian Tooley HAWKEYE staff
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Terrace juniors move to fill the senior section of the Terraceum in yesterday’s Moving Up Assembly. The assembly, which is new to Terrace procedure, included sentimental round of applause as the seniors exited.
Holocaust survivor visits Terrace By Sharon McClintock HAWKEYE staff
Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman visited MTHS last Wednesday to share his experience with students. Friedman came from the Washington state Holocaust center. At the beginning of his presentation he said, “When I tell you my story I do not want you to feel sorry for me or think I’m a hero.” When he was 11 years old Friedman lived in a village where his family owned a textile store. When Germany made a pact with Russia and his town was invaded the store was taken away and he had to move onto his family’s farm outside of the city. It had no electricity or running water. In the invasion 250 of the Jews in his village were shot. One month after the occupation the soldiers took all their belongings and within that month forced all Jews to wear armbands to identify them. If a Jew did not wear his armband then he was punished harshly. If they did wear them, they could be raped, beaten up and receive other horrible treatment without punishment to the oppressor. One day his mother and cousin went to town without their armbands. The new authorities found out and beat his mother’s arms and made his cousin clean
“When I tell you my story I do not want you to feel sorry for me or think I’m a hero.” ~Henry Friedman Holocaust survivor
out an outhouse with her bare hands. This labor left her sick. In February 1942 a young Christian woman heard that his father was going to be taken by the Gestapo and put into camp. That same women found hiding for his father and the rest of his family consisting of a mother and younger brother. They lived in a barn with no space to move for many months. They had barely any food to eat. Friedman said, “I can’t describe to you what it feels like to be so hungry.” At first they were fed two tiny meals a day but after 18 months that was cut down to one small meal. He also explained, “When we went into hiding we thought the war would soon be over but the war went on for a long time.” One of the horrors he experienced had to do with his mother. She was pregnant
when they went into hiding and Friedman was given the choice to let the baby live or die. His mother gave birth to a girl. He is now remorseful that he let his sister die. Living was becoming so hard for them. They were in terrible living conditions with fleas all over them so his father suggested suicide. That idea was forgotten. Soon afterward the Germans were ordered out of their area but before they left they raided as many homes as possible. When they were finally gone Friedman’s family walked down from their hiding place. They were incredibly skinny, had yellow teeth, long hair, and millions of scars from flea bites. Two weeks after Liberation he got Typhus and a German doctor helped him get better. In July of 1944 Henry Friedman walked back into his home city to see the a;; destruction. Many of the homes of the Jewish people were inhabited by different people and no one survived from the ghetto because all were liquidated. He came to Washington in 1949 because the Jewish community of Seattle were “obligated to take care of [them].” Here he worked several different jobs to make money and made a family of his own.
Soda and sugary beverages will not be sold in all schools, including public, private, and parochial a soon as existing contracts expire. This is because of an agreement made between the soda distributors and the William J. Clinton Foundation. In addition, whole milk will not be accessible in any schools. Companies will only sell water, unsweetened juice and low fat milk to middle and elementary schools. High schools will have access to diet sodas, sports drinks, flavored milk with up to 150 calories, and “People should one hundred-percent just exercise juice with no added sweeteners. and be selfHigh schools will governed, still be able to sell because even low-calorie drinks if you eat that contain less than healthier foods ten calories. Drinks will be considered it won’t make a nutritious if they are difference in a limited to 12 ounce person’s weight servings. unless they Much of this agreement is highly supexercise.” ported by former ~Kyle Sargent president Clinton. Renaissance sophomore He believes that if we [schools] eliminate the selling of high-caloric beverages the U.S. can have a better fight against high cholesterol and other health problems. He has struggled with these problems himself. In the U.S. approximately 16 percent of all youth are overweight. “People should just exercise and be self-governed, because even if you eat healthier foods it won’t make a difference in a person’s weight unless they exercise,” said Kyle Sargent, a Renaissance sophomore. “We should have these high caloric beverages sold in schools. We need to address the obesity and health problems with kids. I would like to see students with apples, fruit, and sparkling water. However, when we substitute these beverages with healthier choices, we need a substitute that kids will enjoy,” said Maureen Fordney, MTHS staff member. Doctor Robert Eckel said, “The soda ban won’t reduce childhood obesity. You have to address the physical activity side of things, and calories-in vs. calories-out, and overall eating habits.” “The agreement should reach an estimated eighty-seven percent of the public and private school drink market.” The change in beverage selection is because of the United State’s problem with obesity. These associations are particularly adamant about not selling sodas because of its “high caloric content and popularity among children.” This agreement will not hurt big companies that sell sugary drinks but this agreement only prevents schools from selling the described beverages on campus on a regular school day and also after school ninth periods. By the school year 2008-2009, the vending machine rule will be enforced in seventy-five percent of schools and it will be implemented in all public schools the following year.