The Sailors' Log, October 14, 2011

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Volume 50, Edition 2 Friday, October 14, 2011

Ce l e br a t i n g

50 Y EARS

Mona Shores High School 1121 Seminole Road Muskegon, Michigan 49441

Benefit for athletic trainer held tonight at football game By Taylor Jones Sports Editor Athletic trainer Heather Harrison may be missing from the sidelines this fall, but she has not been missing from the thoughts of Shores personnel. Harrison, who has colon cancer, will be the recipient of a KICK benefit held in conjunction with tonight’s home varsity football game against Reeths-Puffer. “Heather is a friend and has a great connection to the Mona Shores family since she is the athletic trainer,” KICK adviser Lori Foley said. “Many student-athletes have great respect for her and so do many staff members.” The benefit includes the selling of ribbons for colon cancer awareness for $1 at tonight’s game. KICK has been selling these ribbons at school for two weeks. Additionally, KICK students will be doing face painting for donations at the game. Harrison said she is grateful for all the school has done for her and her family. “Mrs. Foley has been a great person of support

throughout this whole process,” Harrison said. “I am truly touched that she and the kids would put on this fundraiser for me, and it is deeply appreciated.” Foley said the goal is not only to raise money for Harrison but also to show her the Shores community cares about her. “Our goal is truly to show Heather we care, whether we make a lot of money or not,” Foley said. “The fact is she is part of our school community, and this is what we do for family. I want we, as a school, to achieve a sense of family and pride in showing Heather how much we care by making the night dedicated to her.” Harrison, who has been continuing her chemotherapy treatments (5 of the 12 total so far), said she is hoping to finish treatment this year and be back to school in January. “I have been blessed with all the love and support that the staff, students, and parents have shown me,” Harrison said. “I want to say thank you and that all the thoughts and prayers don’t go unappreciated.”

A year later, Homecoming controversy continues By Michelle Robinson Co-Editor-in-Chief Last year, Oak Reed, a transgender student, walked Shores hallways as a female. Today, Reed can be found walking Muskegon Community College’s campus as a male. And it is because of Reed that change happened to a 50-year tradition at Shores: the crowning of a Homecoming King and Queen. It all began last fall when Reed’s classmates gave him enough votes to win the crown, but because he was female, his votes were invalidated by school administration. This led to a firestorm of controversy with media around the country picking up the story to report Reed’s “stolen crown.” Because of this, Shores administrators decided to do away with the traditional Homecoming festivities. So after a loss for Shores football team against Grand Rapids Union on Sept. 23, Shores new Homecoming “representatives” were announced. No King. No Queen. Just representatives. That title, “representatives,” began last spring when the Please see HOMECOMING, page 10

Good luck tonight Sailors!

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Fatty Lumpkins sandwich shop, owned by Shores’ alumni, is reviewed by co-editor-in-chief Jonah Stone.

Keeping clean. Seniors Caidy Stressman (left), Eric Sanders (top), Jamie Kuziak and Rachael Harding (middle), Paige Graves, Evan Brewer, and Heather Hoover (bottom left), and Tyler Morton, and Jordan Guminski (bottom right) help clean the beach. (Michelle Robinson)

Ecology class cleans Pere Marquette By Mandy Versalle Staff Writer Sara Busken’s ecology students stood fully equipped with trash bags, charts, and rubber gloves on Saturday, Sept. 17, ready to tidy up one of Michigan’s best attributes, Pere Marquette Beach. “We’re having so much fun,” said senior Justin Wilkie as he picked up trash. Wilkie and his classmates are just a few of the more than 400,000 volunteers who clean coastlines worldwide every year, picking up approximately 6 million pounds of debris

that affects more than 267 species worldwide. “The trash has such a large impact on the lake,” senior Heather Hoover said. “It’s killing it. Parents don’t want to bring their kids here when it’s covered in trash.” When recounting what item of trash was found the most, senior Adam Lindstrom said cigarette butts filled most of the garbage bags that day. Other interesting findings included bottle caps, pills, and condoms. “It is nasty finding condoms on the beach,” senior Paige Graves said. “It’s a disgrace. Condoms should be

Two Shores’ students and one teacher tell what makes them happy, ranging from the day a student gave birth to a student attending a Michigan State football game.

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kept in the bedrooms, not thrown on our beaches.” The more than 40 ecology students covered the area from the dunes to parts of the public beach, making sure not a spot was missed. However, it was not only ecology students in attendance. “I read about the Alliance for the Great Lakes’s Adopt-a-Beach program in an environmental news listing,” Busken said. “When I looked at the list of people to contact, I realized that Jamie Cross, the head of our area, is also my neighbor.” Cross, the program manager for Please see BEACH, page 10

Junior Jessica Kennedy is not only female; she’s a female who plays football. Although she’s had difficulties, she is now viewed as “one of the guys.”

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