Fall musical preview
Volleyball takes region championship for 4th straight year
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volume 9 issue 2
WELL SAID “This is the best job I’ve ever had; I have no intention of leaving. I absolutely love the students here. We have a great student body.” –Technology specialist Enoch Brown on his job at NS and the students
UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, Oct 19 Football Morgan @ NS 7:00 pm UEA Break Oct 19-24 Wednesday, Oct 26 Fall Choir Concert (Auditorium) 7:00 pm Wednesday, Nov 9 Hawk Strong Prevention Night (Auditorium) 6 pm-8 pm
BY THE NUMBERS
4 The number of years in a row the volleyball team has taken first in region play
82 Percentage of NS students who feel that neither major party canidate is fit to be president
7 Place junior Joseph Garlick took in the state golf tournament
41 The percent of NS students who think the math program ALEKS is a useful tool
CONTENTS Features................5 Sports...................7 Arts......................10 Crossword...........12
Marching band begins competing for first time BY
NICOLE BURTON
Well into their third season, the NS marching band is competing like they never have before. For the first time, 41 NS students are competing against other schools in marching band competitions. “[The first year] was just getting something on the field so people knew what we were talking about when we talk about marching band,” said band teacher, Timothy Kidder. “[Last year] we were trying to build fundamentals and get some experience. This year is building off of that and bringing it to a new level.” This new level has brought them to multi-
ple competitions where they compete against all sizes of schools. Unlike most sports, marching band competes based on the size of the band, not the size of the school. NS falls under the 1A division with 45 marchers or less. This means the band can compete against 1A to 5A schools. “It’s been really interesting to see how we stack up against programs that are a lot bigger that are drawing from a lot bigger overall band program,” Kidder said. “Some of these programs have a lot of money and they put a lot of money into their equipment and into their props and different things and yet we’re actually outscoring some
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The marching band prepares to perform at the Payson Invitational. Although marching band has existed for three years, this is the first year they have competed in tournaments. Their state tournament will take place at Dixie State University the week after UEA break .
of those bigger schools Kidder credits the “Marching band’s that have put forth a lot students in the program See Marching of money.” for the results. Band, page 2
NS students weigh in on upcoming election BY
A BR AHAM BUNTING
As the November presidential election comes closer, NS students express impassioned dissatisfaction with the state of the race. Even though nearly all students are too young to vote, they still have strong opinions and most of them are critical. The vast majority of students (82 percent)
feel that neither major party candidate is fit to president. Additionally, 63 percent of students who are asked to make a choice for president report that their choice was made in response to a dislike of other candidates. “I don’t think that either of the candidates would represent the United States well,” said senior Cody Booher. “I don’t think [Trump] is good as a person; I don’t
like his standards, morals, and how he treats people. [Clinton] treats people better, but I don’t like her policies.” Senior Brenden Blackham has similar negative feelings about both candidates. “Trump is a wild card,” Blackham said. “He’s probably going to start another war and cause another recession. Hillary is completely corrupted, but at least you know what you are
going to get.” This idea of voting for the lesser of two evils is the attitude of most of those actually voting in the election in a month. A New York Times poll reports that 85 percent of Americans plan on voting for one of the two major party candidate. In that poll, Gary Johnson polled at less than 10 percent, with other third parties candidates polling at even fewer numbers. At NS, though,
third parties are considered a viable option. Over half, 55 percent, of students at NS would vote for somebody other than the two major party candidates. Senior Brenden Blackham would vote for Gary Johnson, and he feels that a third party ballot is a viable option. “For my conscience, I don’t want to vote for someone who is com-
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Communication system makes New online math program contact with parents easier added to curriculum BY
M AKENZY PALMER
This year, the NS staff will be moving to a different method of communication with parents, and potentially students. Alert Solutions is a program that works with PowerSchool to notify parents of any important information alerts including report cards, progress reports, application deadlines, senior letters, as well as emergency notifications.
“We were mostly interested in adding this on to our PowerSchool program so that we could establish some readymade emergency alerts,” principal Nan Ault said. For example, if the school has a lockdown or any other problem, staff can alert parents quickly by simply clicking a previously prepared message. Messages will be sent through email, voice message to home phone and cell phone, or text.
See Alert, page 2
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This year a new math program has been added to the curriculum alongside Mathematics Vision Project. Assesment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) is a math program that is supposed to help students learn and master specific math skills at their own pace. Students start by taking a knowledge test to determine
their skill level, then ALEKS decides what knowledge they are lacking and assigns topics to master. From the first knowledge test, ALEKS creates a customized path for each individual student. This helps ALEKS to find what students’ strengths and weaknesses are. Then students are given routine knowledge checks to improve the student’s path. Because of this, ALEKS is able to do what
See ALEKS, page 2
2 news Marching band, continued from page 1 kind of a dual problem because, on one hand, you have music so we’re doing musical rehearsals…but there’s also the visual aspect… Perfection is our goal and excellence will be tolerated,” Kidder said. With practices twice a week and such a young program, the marchers and color guard work hard to make their show the best it can be. “We do a lot of cleaning [in practice]. We’ll make sure that there are no big mistakes in the way that forms are dressed or in the way that horn angles are or the way that it sounds,” said drum major Abraham Bunting. As drum major, Bunting helps the band keep time and helps clean up the performance during practices. “I’m the dude that stands on top of the podium and pretends that he’s important,” Bunting said. “I wave my arms around and keep time. I’m basically an oversized metronome.” Despite the practicing, any pro-
gram as young as the NS marching band faces challenges. One of these challenges being the change from noncompeting to competing. “Setting up the competition and getting ready for those it’s a different process than last year when we were just marching at halftime at football games,” Kidder said. “We could just kind of focus in on that two-and-a-halfminute performance instead of putting the whole eight minutes together.” Another challenge the marching band has faced their past two seasons was a lack of uniforms. This season, that problem was solved by seeking help from the district to cover uniform costs. “It ended up that [the district] raised all the money for the uniforms and the district didn’t actually have to put forth any money for uniforms for marching band,” Kidder said. The new uniforms not only help the band compete, but helped kick
Alert, continued from page 1 However, emergency situations aren’t the only way that Alert Solutions will be beneficial to our school. “Mailing report cards and other letters home gets really expensive,” Ault said, “and we can almost pay for the program twice this year with how much we save by not mailing them.” Besides saving money, Alert Solutions is a more efficient way of making sure everyone gets the information they need. It also works within PowerSchool, a program that everyone already uses, so no one has to worry about downloading, updating, or checking a different app.
Alert Solutions can also be used to get specific class information to students. If parents choose, they can enter their student’s cell phone numbers into the program. Teachers can create groups, but still won’t be able to see individual numbers. This feature will work essentially like the Remind app, but will be self-contained in PowerSchool. “Alert Solutions is fantastic because we save money, we improve communication dramatically, and we are better prepared for an emergency,” said counselor Ben Cox. Just like any program, Alert Solu-
ALEKS, continued from page 1 teachers cannot. “You have a classroom full of thirty kids; you can’t individually select what that kid needs to work on,” said math teacher John Sadler. Not only does ALEKS customize what students are learning, it also ensures that they know and fully understand the topic. It requires them to answer a certain number of questions correctly, and if they don’t quite grasp the idea, it teaches them how to do it. “It gives you a full, in-depth explanation,” said senior Chloe Dyches. Dyches, along with 41% of the NS student body, thinks that ALEKS
is a useful tool to not only learn, but also understand, principles of math. However, not everyone at NS thinks ALEKS is a useful tool. In fact, nearly 30% of the students think that ALEKS is useless, and another 30% of the 147 students that completed the survey were indecisive as to whether they thought it was a useful tool or not. Included among those who do not like ALEKS is sophomore Kendall Grasteit. “It’s super frustrating when you can’t pass things,” Grasteit said referring to the way ALEKS works when you answer incorrectly. “Just when you feel like you
have the subject down and need only one more problem to pass, you make some stupid little mistake.” When an incorrect answer is given, you must complete more problems for that topic, even for simple errors. While students feel that ALEKS is frustrating, Sadler explains that students can come to the math teachers for help. “If they’re having troubles… and they’re learning, and going through, and actually spending time with [those topics], they can come in and we’ll work through it during flex,” Sadler said. In addition to doing ALEKS, classes also have
start the program. “The uniforms have helped a lot just in terms of an established program because when we’re marching around in our shirts we can say that we’re in marching band but once we have the uniforms we look like a marching band so we feel like a marching band,” Bunting said. With the help of the uniforms, the marching band has been able to compete and place in various competitions. “Our first competition was a few weeks ago and we took 7th place which we thought was quite good, considering we beat out five established programs,” Bunting said. With such a positive beginning to their season, the marching band is looking forward to future competitions. “From now until the end of the season we want to continually improve and getting better scores,” Kidder said.
tions has had its issues, and the first attempt reached only about half of the parents. This problem can be easily fixed, but it will require parents to make sure their email and phone information is up-to-date, as well as setting preferences. “Theoretically it’ll be an amazing communication tool with parents,” Cox said, “the trick is making sure that parents do what they need to do on their end to get it set up correctly.” The first quarter report card will be the last one that is mailed home, along with instructions guiding parents on how to get set up on their end,
to complete modules from the Mathematics Vision Project book and test on those concepts. This is difficult for some students because what they are learning on ALEKS can completely differ from what they are learning as a class. For students who miss class, it is especially difficult to catch up to the class and complete ALEKS at the same time. “It is hard because I have other classes to catch up in too,” said sophomore Isabelle Johansen. However, Sadler says using ALEKS in addition to a book is no different than it has always been. When students miss class it is still their
“[October 11] we were able to outscore ourselves from the first competition. If we continue doing that then we’ll be at a really good place by the state championship.” The band is also planning for the next few years, hoping to keep the program running and improving. “We want kids that are doing this for three or four years so they have experience and can become leaders on the field,” Kidder said. “We want to grow and get as many people involved in marching band as possible.” Despite any limitations or setbacks, the marching band has a positive outlook for the rest of their season. “I think we’ve made a lot of progress,” Bunting said. “Obviously we’re not perfect and we’re not going to be perfect, but I think that we’ve done a very good job and that we’ve done great things and will continue to do great things.”
NS is using Alert Solutions with Powerschool to make contact with parents easier.
which will help everyone get the most out of what this program has to offer.
ALEKS is an online math program that NS is adpoting this year and adding to the previous curriculum. It allows students to learn different concepts at their own rate.
responsibility to make up any work they have missed. Along with this, some people question why students are required to do both ALEKS and the MVP modules. Sadler explains
that the modules, and the tasks in the modules, are for students to learn how to problem solve. ALEKS then refines those problem solving skills, and builds upon them.
NS brings suicide prevention assembly for parents and students have this assembly. This is due to the fact that suicide is the second leading cause of death Next month, NS will be for people ages ten to twentyhosting a suicide prevention four, giving Utah the seventh assembly in the auditorium. highest suicide rate in the naCounselor Ben Cox will be tion. This is the first year that the main teacher in charge of the law has been in place. Prevention Night. “We held the assembly NS has held this assembly for a couple years before just for a few years, but this year because we felt it was imporbecause of a new Utah law all tant,” Cox said. Utah schools are required to The purpose of this asBY
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sembly is to educate students and parents about bullying, suicide, internet safety, and drug use. All of these are major problems in today’s society. The teachers in charge of this want as many students and parents to come as possible. The assembly is being held the same day as Parent/ Teacher Conference because they want it to be easier for
parents and students to attend. The school wants parents to be able to come in and talk to the teachers during Parent/ Teacher Conference. After doing that, they can go to the assembly and have dinner afterwards. “We’re hoping for a group of at least five hundred people,” Cox said. A few years earlier almost
six hundred people showed up to the assembly. Youth groups from different churches are also invited to attend this assembly. The assembly will be held on November 9 at 6 pm. The school wants parents to be aware of what is going on in the community. They want them to know what their students are going through and how to help them.
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NS student enrolled in trade class on Snow College campus B Y AVERY BRIGGS
More and more high schools are attempting to prepare their students for college by offering college-level classes in the high school or allowing students to learn from a college professor by streaming the college class to a building on the high school grounds. NS is involved with Snow College in these endeavors. They have a new program, called Building Trades, which allows high school students to drive to Snow College and take a class on the Ephraim campus. Once the students have learned enough, they will begin practicing the trade they
have been studying and get college credit for it. Senior Waylen Atkinson is the only NS student who is currently involved in the Building Trades program, in the Construction Management section, and is enrolled in the Framing Methods class. According to Atkinson, he has learned “wall layout, like load-bearing walls, how to build a certain wall a certain way, how wide you can have your studs for how much weight they’re holding,” and so on. Framing Methods has only six students in it, including Atkinson. At the beginning of the class Atkinson would drive down to Snow College for the class, but the students
now work framing houses. They are currently working on a basement in Moroni. “I thought it would be a lot of work for only six people, but it’s really not,” Atkinson said. “We each get a wall, pretty much, and just build it from the ground up.” Once the basement is finished, the class will move and work on a garage in Ephraim. The skills Atkinson has learned in class have helped him outside of school already, as he has been able to help two of his uncles with additions to their own homes. Atkinson plans on becoming an architectural engineer, and believes Framing Methods is helping prepare him for that. “An architectural engineer
draws the houses and actually designs houses,” Atkinson said. “You can make it easier for people that are framing houses and dry walling houses and stuff like that, because you’d make walls a certain length so you don’t have to waste more wood.” Besides helping students decide on and begin pursuing their future career, allowing students to take college classes while still in high school makes college less unnerving. “I was kind of nervous that [college] was going to be hard to get used to and the work was going to be really hard, but it’s really not too hard of a transition to make,” Atkinson said. Additionally, high school students are able to realize that college students aren’t as different from them. “It was kind of weird being
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A view of the inside of the basement Atkinson and the other students in the Framing Methods class are working on.
in the class with college students because they’re just like us,” Atkinson said. “You know they’re older and some of them are more mature, but a lot of them act just like high school students.”
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Every month, the junior class gets a chance to go on a tour of Utah colleges, thanks to the Gear Up program. Gear Up is a fairly new organization that follows a selected grade from middle school to their graduating year. Its focus is to prepare, excite, and inform students about college. A different Utah college is selected each month, depending on where the majority of students most want to visit. Gear Up wants everyone to participate, but only 20 stu-
dents can go on each trip because of limited supervisors and funding. Craig Clark is the Gear Up coordinator at NS, assisted by John Hafen. Clark goes on all the tours with the students, and manages most Gear Up affairs. Gear Up doesn’t require schools to visit a college each month, but Clark made it a priority to get as many tours in as possible. He hopes that if students can get on a campus and see what they’re like, their college decision can be positively influenced. “These visits are made to
be more specific to colleges that kids are really interested in,” Clark said. The tours aren’t limited to specific colleges. They’re student focused, so students can request any college they are interested in, and the Gear Up program will do their best to comply. “If it’s really a college you want to visit then we’ll do it,” Clark said. Clark doesn’t want kids to tour colleges they don’t have any interest in, he wants them visiting the ones they are serious about, so students are allowed two college visits per
year. That way, they only go to the colleges they are committed to. Clark also hopes that with smaller tours, they will also be more personalized. The most recent tour was to BYU, and though only 3 kids attended, Clark believes it turned out to be the best tour he’d been on so far. “We got a golf cart tour of the entire campus, and we got to do things we normally wouldn’t have with a larger group,” Clark said. Some of those things included going in private buildings, getting free BYU apparel,
and eating in the college cafeteria. Junior Trevor Ence was one of the 3 to go on the BYU trip, and he said the trip was valuable. “I learned a lot about college,” Ence said. “I want to be an engineer and they showed me what I needed to do and where I needed to be at.” Clark aims to organize an overnight stay in Southern Utah, and visit Dixie State and Southern Utah University. Participants would get a chance to stay in dorms, and get a small taste of what college life would be like.
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2016 pletely corrupted or someone who is completely inexperienced,” Blackham said. “Voting to stop someone is a dumb reason to vote. I would recommend writing someone in.” Although many students don’t like either candidate, some students do like a specific person. Sophomore Coldir Cox is one such person. He has strong feelings about this election, but if he could vote, he would cast a ballot for Donald Trump. “I think [Clinton] is kind of a liar,” Cox said. “I think Donald Trump is more of an honest person. At this
point, the US needs a man that is not afraid to speak his mind.” Although Cox admits Trump has little executive experience, to him this is not a big issue. “I’m pretty sure he could learn very quickly,” Cox said. “[Trump] has an understanding of how to lead things.” Some students, though are anything but positive about the political landscape. Freshman Tawnee Allen is one such student who, for once, is glad that she’s still a minor. “I’m just glad I’m not eighteen so I can’t vote,” said Allen.
“I know everything is just going to go downhill; I might just leave the country.” Allen’s solution is extreme, even for students at NS. Booher, though, is confident about his generation’s influence in the future. For him, that future voice is a good enough reason to be an informed citizen. “It’s up to us next election; we do have real power,” Booher said. “Following politics is part of being a good citizen.” Blackham also expresses the belief that students should be involved, and learn about
politics. “Politics affect everything in your life,” Blackham said. “You should care about what is happening in your country. If you don’t care about it now, are you really going to care about it later.” When students are too young to vote, it may seem meaningless to become informed. Speech and debate, and drama teacher Alex Barlow holds that the rising generation has the biggest reason to become involved in politics. “The policies that the older generation are making are affecting the younger genera-
tion more than it does them,” Barlow said. “These issues stick around for a long time; I don’t think they are going to go anywhere.” Barlow also offers ways for students to participate in the decision process, while giving his plug for the speech and debate class. “I wish that [students] would research and form their own opinions, opinions separate from their parents,” Barlow said. “Form opinions and take stances on issues that concern you… [you] students do have a voice.”
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features 19 oct 16
NS recognizes value of technology specialist
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Enoch Brown with cybercorps students at a recent technology convention. Brown is a vital part of the technology staff at NS. BY
CARLI JOHANSEN
With the transition to the use of iPads at NS in the past two years, there have been difficulties, but thanks to technology specialist Enoch Brown, we have been able to stay afloat. “Enoch keeps the school running,” said Justin Morley, business teacher, “When Enoch is gone, it is very noticeable.”
Brown has a hand in many things at NS--he co-teaches Cyber Corps, runs and manages the school website, and is in charge of technological help for the iPads, computers, projectors and other equipment in and around the school. No one sees all that Brown does behind the scenes. He is constantly working to improve the technology at NS. “[Enoch] has a lot
on his plate, but still works very hard to take care of people’s problems individually,” Technology specialist Dax Higgins said. Despite Brown’s talent and love for his job, this is not what he originally planned on for his career. In high school, Brown was determined not to pursue any career that involved math or English. “After I [graduated
from college], I started a business with my boss writing news,” Brown said, “and you can’t get more English [than] that.” Brown’s career path strayed even farther than expected when he went back to school to become a teacher, but he applied for a different job originally than what he got. Even though he ended up in a different position than planned,
he does not regret teaching and assisting with technology at NS. “This is the best job I’ve ever had,” Brown said, “and I have no intention of leaving.” Brown loves working with youth, and he especially enjoys the students here at NS. The student body’s appreciation and gratitude for the technology available does not go unnoticed by Brown. “I absolutely love the students here,” Brown said, “We have a great student body.” If Brown wasn’t here, the school would struggle to run as smoothly; his know-how about his work and methods of assistance would be extremely difficult to replace. Brown’s benefit to the school is undeniable. Brown has committed almost as much to NS as he has to his family. He is the father of four; two girls and two boys. His wife Rachel shares Brown’s interest in technology, and is studying to be a programmer at Snow College. Brown’s family has their fair share of technical experience. “I attend an annual
tech conference,” Brown said, “and every year it is like a family reunion, at least 4 members of my family are always there.” Brown’s family of five has seen the world in an interesting way, as his family lived in New Zealand for 1 year back in 2012, when he had a job teaching there. “If I could have the position I have now in New Zealand, I would go back in a heartbeat.” Brown said. Fortunately, New Zealand’s loss is NS’s gain. “I have always felt like if Enoch wasn’t here, the school would implode,” said Higgins. With a school as dependent on technology as ours, Brown is very crucial. Although we don’t always see what he does, we would notice if he didn’t. Friendly, honest, and helpful are 3 words Brown would use to describe himself. It is needless to say that they are very accurate. “You ask him to do something and it’s as good as done.” said Darin Johansen, business administrator for NS.
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North Sanpete has had lots of excitement this year hosting two foreign exchange students, but it now it welcomes a student all the way from England. Vee Bennetts is a junior this year. She moved here to live with her cousins for this simple reason of disliking England. “Schooling in England is hard,” Bennetts said. “You get five hours of homework most nights.” Bennetts enjoys doing things that are inventive and require imagination. “I like art, I like to play the piano, I like to write songs, and I love acting,” Bennetts
said. “Basically, if it’s creative I probably like it.” Bennett’s older sisters played a big part in making her love to do art. “My older sister was the first student in England to get an A+ on her art GCSE,” Bennetts said. “And then my second oldest sister was really good at it.” In England, students are required to take a test called the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Bennets compares it to our ACT test, but much harder. The high-pressure test took its toll on many of Bennetts’ friends and family. “Everyone is miserable and grumpy,” Bennetts said. “When my sister was doing
her GCSEs I had to be like super nice to her.” By the time that it was Bennetts’ turn to take the test, she didn’t have the kindness from her older sister that she showed. “By the time I was doing my GCSEs she was doing her A Levels, which are even worse,” Bennetts said. “I had to be super nice to her and she could be an absolute swear word to me.” Moving to new places often has its downsides. But she is able to keep a positive attitude in part because of her pets. Bennetts has two pet ferrets, an albino male named Achilles and another called Addeline, who according to
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Vee Bennetts and her friends from England pose for a selfie. Bennetts has a variety of interests including art, music, and acting.
Bennetts is a ‘little brat.’ “My ferrets are monsters,” Bennetts said. “They like to nip toes. It’s their way of trying to get you to play with them but it hurts. They have very sharp teeth.”
While she dislikes England for its crazy tests, she does miss the weather. “I miss the rain,” Bennetts said. “It doesn’t rain here.”
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Terrifying clown craze comes to Utah BY
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On Sunday, August 21, a terrified mother in South Carolina called the police because her sons said that they saw a scary clown. She said that her younger son had said that a man in a clown costume asked if he wanted to go into the woods and his older brother confirmed it. Clowns have been in the news a lot recently, including rumored sightings in Payson High School and in Ephraim. The rumors about what the clowns are planning to do have frightened many people. Some say they dress up as clowns either to be cool or to have school cancelled like has happened in some states.
“I think they are super scary and if I saw one I would run and never look back,” sophomore Katie Kjar said There has been a total of 16 other events that have been caused by the clowns; some involving breaking and entering, murders, and kidnappings. Many reports say that the way the clowns’ work is simple; they ask if you want to go into the woods and offer you some cash. Many other reporters say they do this for many reasons, some being anxiety, it’s a reality game, a social media fad and some even say it’s make believe. Some think that kids are just copying one another so they look cool.
“I think a lot of it is just copycat,” said Greg Peterson, officer at NS. “They hear about it across the nation and think it would be smart to do it here.” One of the problems is they can’t identify any of the clowns so they can’t investigate it. They have no real evidence and no real people. Every time they think they have a real killer it turns out to be some teen pulling a prank. While there are many pulling pranks, many states are starting to ban hoods that cover your entire face and masks. This new law is enforced for anyone 16 years or older. “This is still the land of the free and the home of the brave, so they can’t just take
away the right to dress up; we all have the right to carry a gun,” Peterson said. Speaking of weapons, most clowns have been spotted with knives and machetes; there are some students that think they may or be able to hold their own against the clowns. “First thing that I would do is my job; who brings a
knife to a gunfight?” Peterson said. At the same time, there are those who just don’t really care. They feel as if they don’t need to do much to survive. “Well you know, I usually have my door locked, so they won’t be able to get in anyways,” said math teacher Jed Brewer.
NS students share plans for upcoming five-day UEA weekend B Y LYDIA M ADSEN
The leaves are red and yellow, the breeze is crisp and cool on your face, and there is no school for five days. Your family and friends are making plans and you’re sleeping in. This is UEA break for many students at NS. As October begins and the first quarter comes to a close here at NS, UEA break is quickly approaching, giving students and faculty the opportunity for a little time off. Junior Kailee Burgess is going big with her break and going to Disneyland with her family.
“We haven’t had a vacation together in three years, so we figured go big or go home,” Burgess said. The family is going to be at the park for three days. This is Burgess’s third time going to Disneyland, but she still has something to look forward to. “When I was younger I didn’t go on all of the rides, so my goal this time is to go on every ride I possibly can and I’m really excited for that,” Burgess said. While Burgess is spending her time in California, other students will be spending their time here in Utah. Senior Hannah Howard plans on spending her weekend down in St.
George with the girls in her church group. They are going to go to Tuacahn and play in the sun. “I’m super excited because I love watching plays and I cant wait to get out of town,” Howard said. She is not the only one who’s going to St. George, though. Senior Candice Clark is also going to the south end of the state for the weekend. Rather than going to Tuacahn though, Clark is going boating. “I’m excited because there’s no school and I love boating with the fam,” Clark said. While both Clark and Howard
plan on leaving town for the break, other students plan on staying in town and enjoying themselves. Senior Audrey Oldroyd says she is just going to stay home, watch YouTube and work over UEA. “I’m basically just doing my antisocial stuff I always do and I’m just fine with that,” Oldroyd said. Some other plans and ideas for UEA are going to Frightmares at Lagoon, visiting family members, playing concerts, going hunting, and of course, catching up on sleep. Whether you are going out of town, or staying home, there are lots of things to do this UEA.
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sports 19 oct 16
Lady Hawks win 4th straight region title
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The NS volleyball team poses after their final region victory over Richfield. This is their fourth straight region championship, meaning that the seniors have not gone a year without winning the title.
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complishment to be a part of a team that has With their win over won so many region tiJuab earlier this month, tles,” senior Jentry Ison the NS volleyball team said. took their fourth straight Just because they’ve region title. won region for the past This year’s seniors three years doesn’t mean will have never known a it is always an easy ride. year where they did not In their game against win region. Juab, NS had to dig “It’s a pretty cool ac- themselves out of holes BY
they had put themselves into. They started off really well winning the first set 25-15, but during the second set they started to struggle on the offensive side of their game, only winning the second set by two points. “Not just one person was struggling with
hitting, but the whole team was really struggling,” head coach Rickie Stewart said. “This is something we need to work on before our next game.” With a total of 23 hitting errors, the team had to make up for the mistakes with great defense. Ison, as libero, was
a major part in holding the defense together. Ison has taken on a mindset that will help out her team. “I’m focusing on one game at a time; my goal is to get 2 percent better every game,” Ison said. With the win against Carbon on Thursday, NS moved to 6-0 in region.
NS picked up the offensive side of things really well in this game. Junior Madisyn Allred, right side hitter for NS was able to get 6 kills with a .380 hitting average. This was the highest hitting average of the night. “I played my best. I’m trying to help my team become more confident,” Allred said. With a lot of these girls having played together since middle school, it feels like a big accomplishment for them to have come this far together, but they’re not done yet they still have state. “We’ve never really done well at state, so being ready for state is a goal going into these next games,” Stewart said. The volleyball team participated in the Sevier Valley Center tournament, and were able to take first. They played 8 matches winning all of them. NS finished their perfect region record after beating Richfield. With region over, the lady Hawks will be competing for state on October 26-27th.
NS girls soccer’s winning season comes to an end BY
CARLOS NAVARRO
Girls’ soccer ended a strong season last Wednesday with a tight loss to Tooele. The week before, the team played their last region game on October 6th and beat Richfield 4-3. Coach Tew will be leaving a proud coach. Tew has seen nothing but teamwork on and off the field, she is a coach who wants to see the love of the sport that everybody should have when playing soccer. “I’m happy for the girls, I’ve built connection which each one of them, even the managers and my assistant coach,” Tew said. “They’ve taught me lots of ways on how to improve my coaching skills.” The team ended their season in the first round of the state playoffs. They played a tight game, but lost 0-1. “The game was incredible,” said senior Avery Briggs. “We all played extremely well, so even though we lost, we finished our season with really good game.” Although Briggs is satis-
fied with the quality of the game, she regrets that it was her last game. “I’m going to miss playing with these girls,” Briggs said. “We’ve grown very close over the last year.” Maribel Serrrano, a senior at NS, has played all four years and is also sad about soccer coming to an end. “I know this is my last year at NS and playing for them which really sucks, because I loved representing the school and showing that there is talent in small little Sanpete,” Serrano said. NS took second in region this year trailing right behind Canyon View. McKenna Murphy, a senior at NS, played for the team and got the job done well. Murphy was a varsity starter she played as a defender and in the defensive line as the “sweeper”. Her job is to hang back, and help defend anyone who gets past the other defenders. “Nobody likes being a defender, they all want to score and be the spotlight,” Murphy said. “But for me playing as a
defender is actually fun! You can still score, you just have to be smart when you move up.” The girls’ soccer team this year has been occasionally training with a coach who comes down and helps as much as possible. They are grateful for all of the support that they receive.
Recently, the girls soccer team went up against Carbon for their senior night and turned out to be a perfect day for a massacre to occur. That night NS beat Carbon easily with Clayton scoring five goals and Serrano scoring one of them. “Although it sucks that this
is my last year, I wouldn’t want to change it any way,” Serrano said. “I would keep the same teammates that I have right now and keep the same coach that has been teaching me all season long.”
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Senior Makenzy Palmer approaches the ball during last Wednesday’s loss to Tooele. NS placed second overall in region with a winning record.
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NS football winds down after a tough season BY
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NS football has had an interesting season far. They’ve had plenty of ups and downs, but despite a losing record, head coach Rhett Bird is not disappointed with how his first season coaching the Hawks turned out. “When you look at wins and losses, it’s easy to say to say that we haven’t had success,” Bird said. “[However,] one of the biggest things we’ve seen as coaches among our players, is unity.” NS ended September with a dominant win on homecoming over region opponent Richfield, 40-6, bringing their region record to 1-2 “We were really able to beat their run defense,” Bird said. “We knew that they had nine people in the box, trying to stop our run game, but we were still able to have a lot of success [in that area].” Just one week later, the Hawks fell to Juab 6-26. NS struggled especially on the offensive end, and didn’t score in the second half. “Juab is a really good team,” assistant coach Andre Rainey said. “They had a great gameplan against us, and we didn’t play well up front. We’re never one to make excuses, we’ve had some injuries in key positions, but what it came down to was the line of scrimmage, and they controlled it.” NS has been missing some key starters for the majority of the season, including junior running back Shawn
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Senior Waylen Atkinson heaves a pass during a home loss to Juab. A more recent loss against Canyon View knocked them out of state playoffs. Their final game will be Wednesday against Morgan.
Taylor, and junior quarterback Spencer Steadmon. Taylor returned in the loss to Juab, and Steadmon returned at the game against Canyon View Thursday. “We’re to the point where any game we play is do or die,” Bird said. “It’s kind of hard coming back from an injury, [because] you’re a few steps behind all the other guys. So we’re taking
it day by day with Spencer.” “[As we prepare for Canyon View,] we’re just trying to fine-tune some of the things we’ve been working on,” Rainey said. NS fell to Canyon View 27-30, with a last second field goal flying just right, giving the Hawks a 1-4 region record. “From a cultural and attitude standpoint, we couldn’t have asked for
a better season,” Rainey said. “Coach Bird has done a phenomenal job at putting us in a good position to come together as a team. He’s got some great things he’s doing, and the [players] are really buying in.” NS will play Morgan Wednesday, just before the UEA break.
Girls tennis ends season with 2nd place finish at region by Nicole Day
The NS girls tennis team finished up their season on Oct. 7 at the state competition where they tied for tenth, a big
improvement from last year. Even though NS didn’t win, assistant coach Craig Clark was happy with how they played.
“We did a lot better than last year--we weren’t at the bottom and we had some really good matches,” he said. First doubles, Janey Christensen and Mck-
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Junior Hannah Ostraff serves to her opponent at the state tourney in Salt Lake City.
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enna Nielson, won their first match against Union, 6-1 6-4, but came up short in their second match against Bear River, 1-6 1-6. Second doubles had a close match but ended up losing 5-7 6-7 (5). First singles Lydia Madsen lost to Grantsville, and third single Nicole Day lost to Pine View. Second singles Hannah Ostraff also had a close match but lost in a third set 6-2, 3-6, 4-6. Ostraff has been battling a shoulder injury the last two weeks. “I had to really focus on my placement of the ball instead of power,” said Ostraff. In the first set Ostraff moved her
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opponent a lot, but as the game continued, the balance shifted and her opponent moved her instead. If Ostraff could change anything about the season, she would go back to the state tournament. “I was up 4-3 in the third set, and I should have pulled it out,” she said. Ostraff is excited because she is only a junior and has the chance to come back next year. NS had high hopes going into the region tournament but fell just short of their goal with a second place win. “We had a lot of close matches and a couple of disappointments, but overall we
did good,” Clark said. At region, Madsen and Ostraff both took third. Day and second doubles team Howard and Candice Clark took second. Christiansen and Nielson were region champions in the first doubles category. NS is losing eight seniors this year, five of which were on varsity. Even though they only have two varsity members returning next year Clark isn’t worried. “We had really good depth this year,” he said. At the JV tournament NS was able to walk away with eight medals, sweeping the upper singles category. NS is ready to come back strong next year.
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Golf finishes one of their best seasons ever
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Senior Jayce Burningham competes at the state competition. The team did well. BY
A LEX L ARSEN
NS Golf Team pulled out a big win this season.
The NS golf team finished their season on Oct. 6 with some hard work and fantastic results. The team finished second in region and moved on to perform well at the state competition in Soldier Hollow with a ninth place overall finish. NS Golfer Garrett Christensen felt great about their performance. “[It was] one of the best seasons in North Sanpete golf history,” Christensen said. Golfer Joseph Garlick placed seventh individually out of all one-hundred and two participants. “I could have done better,” Garlick said, “and I would have had a chance for first.” This was a very big year for our golf team as this is the first time in a long while that our team moved on to the second day of state. The State tournament had a par of 72 and the
golfers of NS scored as follows: Joseph Garlick 7768, River Dillman 75-74, Garrett Christensen 84-85, Jayce Burningham 80-89, Tyler Hadley 90-88 and Gavin Cox 91-92. The team has taken the time to realize their strengths and weaknesses of this season and plan on fixing these mistakes in the near future. Garlick feels that he has recognized these imperfections and will move forward to improve on them. “My biggest weakness is probably just with my mind,” Garlick said. The NS Golf team has big plans to strengthen themselves and come back better next year. “As a team we can definitely take region and all varsity players can place in the top ten,” Christensen said.
Cross country reflects on season and prepares for state meet BY J ASMINE
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As the NS cross country season is coming to an end, runners find themselves preparing to race at state, which is this upcoming week in Highland. “I need to make sure I do my part, to get the team to go to state,” said senior Benjamin Palmer. With state very near, the runners are already feeling nervous and anxious for the races. Some are intimidated while others are hoping to beat their personal records. “[Beating] your time and seeing how much you improved compared to your last race, that’s going to be
the best part,” said sophomore Elijah Bowls. Even as much as they practice, surprises will always come their way. Senior Jessica Boekweg once experienced the feeling of giving up while racing up a hill, and at that moment she thought about what motivated her. “I thought about my cousin Katie, who died from cancer, and how much she loved to run, and that kept me going,” Boekweg said. One day during practice, when Boekweg was running out behind the school and tripped. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain, as she looked she found that she had landed on a cactus. Luckily the cactus had small thorns so noth-
ing major had occurred. giving their all in the next few races The atmosphere surrounding the runners is full of positivity and friendly faces; this makes it easier to bond with everyone. This year’s cross country team, according to Boekweg has been incredible and has created friendships that never would’ve occurred if it wasn’t for the team and the motivation they shared with one another. As they follow their goals, the one thing they won’t forget to do is have fun and create new memories. Through all of their hard work and practice, NS qualified several runners photo by Hannah Ostraff for the state races. However, their purFreshmen Orange Peahl races pose is not to win, but to succeed in forward at a recent meet. challenging their personal records and
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NS students prepare for Wizard of Oz musical BY
A DDIE A NDERSON
Every year, NS’s drama productions put together a musical that captivates the community and the school. This year, the musical is The Wizard of Oz, is directed by NS drama teacher, Alex Barlow. “I’ve been doing theater and drama since I was eight years old,” Barlow said. Barlow participated in drama all throughout his junior high school and high school years which allowed him to get a performance arts scholarship to Utah Valley University where he graduated with a degree in theater. Having such an extensive background in drama has prepared him for the demanding task of leading the musical. “I direct the show,” Barlow said. “I’m in charge of coaching all the students and helping the show come together.” The making of the musical requires a lot of work for both the director as well as the cast members. “If you’ve ever played a sport or anything, it’s a lot of preparation,” junior Emily Hill said. “It’s the same for drama.” Hill plays the part of the Wicked Witch in the musical and is excited for her role. “Being evil’s fun,” Hill said. “I like being evil.” Senior Jennifer Boekweg tried out for the part of the Wicked Witch because, like Hill, she enjoys playing an evil part, but luckily for her, she got the second part she
wanted. Boekweg plays Glenda the Good Witch as well as being the choreographer for a couple scenes and agrees with Barlow and Hill that the musical is very demanding. “The high school kind of becomes your second home,” Boekweg said. The cast for the musical typically spends two to three hours of practice every day after school with some Saturdays for four to six hours. They also have to build the sets and get all the costumes and props together. “Last year we built the majority of our sets every day over UEA break from eight in the morning to five at night,” Barlow said. “That will be similar to this year.” Trying to find the time for the musical and school work is a tough challenge that all the cast members face. Fortunately, they are able to squeeze homework into their practices when the director is working with someone else. “Just don’t have a social life and you’re good,” Hill said. While the production of the musical is a lot of hard work, it always seems to pay off. “We had good turnouts last year and a lot of people saying they liked the shows so they’ll be coming back to see it,” Barlow said. “We always get really good support from our community.” Although Barlow is happy about the
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Kelsen Spencer, Brynne Lamb, and Jonathan Fletcher rehearse for upcoming fall musical. The musical premiers the 17th of November.
support from the community, he wishes that more students would come to the show. “One thing I’d like to work on is getting more students to come see it,” Barlow said. “We, in the past, haven’t always had a lot of students come.” The show is running two days longer than last year in hopes of getting a big-
ger attendance. The Wizard of Oz is a big name and a popular show which allows for more students to be involved in it as well as being a show that people will want to come see. “It’s a ton of work,” Barlow said. “But it’s always worth it.”
New Tim Burton film does not disappoint viewers BY
M EGAN A LDRIDGE
Fans of Ransom Riggs’ bestselling novel, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” lined up outside of theaters all over the country a few weeks ago, each one eager for a spooky story. The movie starts with Jake, a teenager who lives in Florida. “Do you ever feel like nothing you do matters? You make footprints in the sand just to find them washed away the next day,” begins this fantastically peculiar story. Jake feels out of place in the town where he lives, until one day, a promise he made
to his grandfather drives him to Wales. His grandfather tells him to seek a bird in the loop, and other sort of gibberish. At first, Jake suspects that he has forgotten to take his medication, but then something changes his mind. He remembers stories that his grandfather used to tell him when he was young. The stories are about a childrens home that his grandfather claimed he used to live in when he was young. He describes his friends there as very peculiar, each one with his or hers own unique abilities. There are kids who can float and make anything they touch
burst into flames and more are all watched after by a wise bird named Miss Peregrine. Jake decides that he is going to try to find the children’s home from ‘his grandfather’s stories. However, when Jake gets to Wales, he quickly realizes that the stories are not just stories. He fights to save his new found friends in a story that stretches through time, from the 1940’s to present day. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” captured the audience in the same way that the book did. It was charming, odd, and of course, creepy. The ending in the movie differs
from the ending in the book, but is still a good way to end the story. The movie was very creative and I enjoyed seeing the ways that they incorporated themes and ideas from the book into the movie. The movie has a more modern feel to it than the book did. This movie seems to be just in time for Halloween. Famous director Tim Burton took over to make this movie include all things creepy, from clowns, to circus performers, to monsters, to severed doll heads. There is something sure to give everyone goose bumps.
Halloween traditions thoughts and opinions from Hawks by Salem Kimball Halloween, known originally as All Hallows’ Eve, is the time of the year when ghouls come out to play, ghosts walk among us, and witches soar through the air. Halloween is part, and has been part of much of the world’s culture for quite some time. Halloween may very well be the best holiday ever rivaled only by Christmas. It’s a well known fact that millions of people love Halloween, but the real question is, why do people love the holiday so much? Could it be the trick or treating? The spooky atmosphere? Maybe the joy of dressing up in funky costumes without the fear of being judged?
The latter is one of Halloween’s most defining features, and every year thousands of people dress up in frightening or goofy costumes and enjoy munching on chocolate while making their rounds about the neighborhood. A survey was taken with NS students reveals that a majority, 68 percent, of them stated that they do usually dress up for Halloween. Though these students do usually dress up, some of them are abandoning tradition and not dressing up this year. However, of the students who are dressing up there is no shortage of variety. One of the more interesting responses for what their Halloween costume was going to be that was received was “Probably a
gargoyle, not up to me, up to dad, he takes it pretty seriously.” This response stood out from the others, as most are either dressing up in their own choice of costume, and not having family members oversee them. Other costumes include: Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Vampires, dudes dressed as women, Old men, Starman Junior from Nintendo’s hit 1994 game Earthbound, and a plethora of other costumes. The last question that these students took on the survey was “If you are planning to dress up, why did you choose the costume you did?” Many of the reasons for these students dressing up as how they are going to dress up is because they are participating with a group of friends whose
costumes relate to theirs. Other reasons range from persuasive siblings to the Power Rangers being awesome. The best reason of all would have to be one of the most used responses, “Why not?” Scaring away the demons on Halloween is the original purpose of dressing up but today it is arguable that we dress up for fun much more than to scare away demons. But we have fun doing it either way. Have a great time trick-or-treating, loitering, or whatever it is you crazy kids do these days, but whatever it is you’re doing you must make sure to have fun. Happy Halloween!
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The story of the new video game, “Beyond Two Souls,” is an interesting story that will capture your interest and keep you playing ‘til the end. The main character, Jodie Holmes, has a life colored by an invisible force that never strays from her side. You follow her down a path where her identity is always in question. People around her try to understand and use the entity attached to her, and other entities that may come about. They do not understand the difference between them, whether they are good and kind entities or evil, mischievous ones. Scientists try to use them to fulfill their own selfish needs, with little regard to their actions. Jodie is the only link between the human race and these entities. And through the struggles that she undergoes, you see the fragility of human nature and develop a strong bond with Jodie. Aiden is one such invisible entity. He has been a
part of Jodie’s life as long as she can remember. An invisible entity, he hovers nearby and is connected to Jodie although he has a mind of his own. You are also able to view the world through his eyes, switching between him and Jodie with just a push of a button. You are able to play as both characters throughout the game. As Jodie you move like a human would, inspecting items, walking into rooms, and interacting with people. Your actions are restricted compared to playing as Aiden. He has more freedom in how he moves about the world. Not bound by ordinary rules, he flies unhindered through the air, gliding through walls, throwing things in anger, and inhabiting the bodies of oblivious people. Communication gives you a better understanding of the people in Jodie’s life, and Aiden can eavesdrop on conversations out of Jodie’s earshot. By shifting between character you understand each of their perspectives. Jodie is usually exhausted by
having this entity always connected to her, she just wants to live a typical life with relationships, but feels as though Aiden prevents her from doing that. She may mutter to Aiden under her breath, urging him to behave when she wants to be normal, such as the time she’s cooking dinner for her date. She is kind to Aiden but resents the fact that she doesn’t have complete control over him. Aiden is trapped in a plane of existence that is not his own. Unable to commute clearly, he resorts to destructive ways to get his point across. Either he is mad and wants to get his
point across, or violence is the only way he knows to get her attention. You decide the action of Jodie, how she responds to a situation, she can be aggressive or sarcastic, she is able to evade the truth or be honest about Aiden. There are limits to how Jodie can react but overall you get to shape the way Jodie acts and thinks. There are intense fight scenes, and the fighting mechanics are fairly easy and simple to understand. There are quick time events that can be tricky at first, but you eventually get the hang of it. There is always a struggle
with Jodie’s morals and beliefs, and what other people expect of her. She is always pushed around and pressured into using Aiden for selfish reasons. She is often struggling with her identity, and doesn’t know how to handle certains situations. “Beyond Two Souls” is a interesting game that doesn’t get lost in the supernatural theme that so many other games do. It’s Jodie’s transformation from a young scared child to a confident adult ready for anything is amazing. You grow to care for her as you become invested in her. The acting and interacting that the
characters do is smooth, facial emotions are also able to be read, you are able to understand their feelings and thoughts. “Beyond Two Souls” is easily one of the best games that will ever be played. The mechanics are easy, and the story follows smoothly. You quickly become invested in Jodie and how her life has been. It’s a game that you will easily begin to love, and always eager to advance in. Once you start you will not regret playing, and will hate to put it down.
NS seniors perform with all-state choir in Tabernacle Seniors Audrey Oldroyd, Lydia Madsen, Brenden Blackham, and Abraham Bunting were the four representing NS at All-State. The choir rehearsed for hours at a time, which, understandably, led to considerable fatigue to the participants. “There was one time, when I looked over, and a whole row of tenors was asleep,” said Madsen. “Dr. [Rollo] Dilworth gave us three minutes to photo provided by Tim Kidder relax, and the entire choir fell Audrey Oldroyd, Lydia Madsen, Abraham Bunting, and asleep for fifteen minutes.” Brenden Blackham outside of the tabernacle. When the choir wasn’t falldents from NS had an amazing BY TRAYSON THOMPSON opportunity to go to All-State ing asleep, they were learning how to sing in a choir of 590 Two weeks ago, four stu- Choir.
voices. “It was different than singing in our choir,” said Bunting. “We had to be very sensitive to what Dr. Dilworth wanted, because if we were not all engaged, it fell apart.” The choir performed songs in languages from English to Latin to nonsense. “There was a song we sang,” said Madsen, “that was composed of nonsense syllables, like “di ri,” “wao wao,” and “na na. That was definitely our hardest song.” Even though the days were full of concentrated focus, the breaks between rehearsal were
filled with enjoyable memories that the four will never forget. “Once, where we were at a stoplight,” said Bunting, “where Brenden accidentally yelled at a homeless person. I thought he was going to come over and do something violent.” All of NS’s representatives enjoyed working with Dr. Dilworth. In particular, Bunting grew to respect him. “Dr. Dilworth was very good at teaching such a large group,” said Bunting. “With such a large group, it would be very hard to always stay positive and keep making progress. Dr. Dilworth managed that.”
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