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Puyallup School District faces lawsuits over student privacy and rights, raising questions about several district policies.

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legal hearing was conducted in relation to the ongoing battle between special education parent Bernie Dalien and the Puyallup School District; an Administrative Law judge from the state’s Office of Administrative Hearings validated the District’s position.

Dalien and other protestors recently began picketing Puyallup High School and district buildings because of a special education controversy surrounding the activities included in each student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP). The district met with the Dalien family, taking all proper actions to assist the student, but unsatisfied parents of the student then sought legal assistance, according to Karen Hansen, district spokeswoman.

The Puyallup School District has been required under special education law to provide transition service in the student’s IEP since 1997 in the form of training, education, employment and independent living skills as defined by Washington Administrative Code 181-82-360.

“In general, the District intends to build self esteem and self reliance among its students and gives special attention to our students with disabilities,” Hansen said. “We absolutely believe that the kinds of transition services we are able to offer, within the safety of our school setting, are proven to be beneficial in helping to meet these individual student needs.”

Transitional activities that special education students participate in vary depending on the specific components of the student’s IEP. Pre-vocational skills such as recycling, landscaping and clean-up services help students develop the ability to work with others, follow instructions and learn task sequencing, according to Hansen.

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Tolo tickets will be sold beginning Dec. 9 in all three lunches and after school at the bookkeeper’s office. Fines must be paid in full before students can attend the Dec. 13 dance.

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Parent Bernie Dalien stands in front of the main building Oct. 13 in protest of the district’s treatment of special education students. Central to Dalien’s concerns are what he considers the abuse of Individualized Education Plans for special education plans that include various vocational education programs, including maintenance and janitorial activities. Though the district met with the Dalien family to discuss his concerns, Dalien was unsatisfied and pursued legal action.

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our current and former Emerald Ridge High School students sued the Puyallup School District Nov. 12 on grounds that ER’s student newspaper, JagWire, invaded the students’ privacy by printing details of their sexual histories.

Though the lawsuit acknowledges that the students granted interviews to JagWire reporters and provided information about their sexual experiences, it also claims that said interviews were granted on condition of anonymity. In the February issue, the four plaintiffs are quoted and identified as having participated in oral sex and sex.

Attorneys Jack Connelly and Nathan Roberts of Connelly Law Offices filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Tacoma seeking unspecified monetary damages after the District did not respond to the students’ complaints, Roberts says.

“The point of the suit ultimately is not money,” Roberts said. “It’s to make it clear that the individual students’ sexual histories are not fair game to be published in the newspaper.”

Monetary damages are also the only relief available to the students, according to Roberts.

When the issue of JagWire was distributed, the quoted students were subjected to “severe, pervasive and objectively offensive” sexual harassment and were called various derogatory names by their peers, the lawsuit claims.

“When the 10-year reunion for these people rolls around, if they want to go back at all, that’s what they’re going to have to deal with,” Roberts said.

But JagWire reporters say they did acquire the students’ permission and that the quoted students were fully aware their names would be used in connection with the story, according to Mike Patterson, the

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ASVAB TO BE ADMINISTERED Students interested in taking the ASVAB can sign up now for the test to be given Dec. 10 at 8 a.m. The ASVAB is a standard test to determine job placement within the military.

Interested? Sign up in the Career Center.

Puyallup’s food drive is slated to begin Dec. 1 and continue through Dec. 12 to benefit needy families in the greater Puyallup area.

Food will be collected in fi rst period classes.

The class that brings in the most food each week will receive a doughnut breakfast.

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The Puyallup School District is offering a Financial Aid workshop at Rogers High School Dec. 3 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Students and families that attend will receive information about federal fi nancial aid and will be able to obtain answers to their questions.

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Help on math homework is being offered every Tuesday and Thursday before school from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. and after school from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. in room LS-9. Help is provided for any student who requests it on a drop-in basis.

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continued from page one backing of Wyatt Holiday Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates funding for disabled children. The foundation is continues to support Dalien and his efforts after the court decision.

The Wyatt Holliday Foundation’s Executive Director and Founder, Therese Holliday, maintains the district ignored Dalien’s requests on a regular basis, thereby enticing Dalien to take preemptive strike by contacting the foundation for their support.

Holliday, questions the school district’s conduct regarding the student’s learning plan.

“If it were truly ‘vocational training’ then the students would be learning about protective gear like gloves, masks, aprons, appropriate shoes. They would learn about OSHA and ADA laws, and unions.

They would learn about ergonomics and insurance,” Holliday said. “The topics and activities would rotate, and it wouldn’t take the entire school year to learn how to empty a waste basket. They would learn about the levels of employment through management.”

In the past, parents from other Washington State school districts, including Olympia, North Thurston and Yelm, have contacted the Wyatt Holliday Foundation for similar complaints regarding special education IEPs. “Many times educators perceive these students as not capable of much, yet they do not explore what the true interests of these beings are. Why limit their future?”

Holliday said.

Puyallup will continue to offer prevocational programs and transitional services to the special education departments, according to Hansen.

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A student poses on the cover of the Feb. 29 issue of JagWire, the student newspaper of Emerald Ridge High School. The issue incited a controversy over the use of quotes highlighting the sexual experiences of four current and former ERHS students. The students have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court in Tacoma seeking unspecified monetary damages, claiming that they were sexually harassed as a result of the story and that they were not aware that they would be identified by name in the article. District attorney Mike Patterson says that the JagWire reporters took extra precautions to ensure that the students quoted in the article were aware their names would be printed.

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“The student reporters were very confident and obviously well-trained because they went back to the interviewees before we printed this and asked a) is it accurate and b) can we use this in the article and use your name,” Patterson said. “If they said yes to both of those, then we went ahead and printed it.”

Because the students consented, Patterson said, they cannot claim damages.

“It is an ancient legal principle that ‘no wrong is done to consents,’” Patterson stated in a letter addressed to the plaintiffs’ law firm.

In addition, two of the plaintiffs now claiming severe trauma as a result of the JagWire article joked about it in a performance of ER’s Hypokritz Comedy Club, according to the letter.

Further, the district cannot be held liable for the content of the February issue of JagWire because at the time JagWire was operating as a public forum newspaper, meaning that all content decisions were made by the student editors, not teachers or administrators, Patterson says.

Prior to the filing of this lawsuit, the district had taken steps to prevent the situation at ER from occurring again, including regulation 3220R, which stipulates that all student publications and productions be placed under the review of an administrator before they can be displayed before the public.

Patterson says the district does not plan to settle and that the case will be taken to court.

“We’ve made it very clear...we have no such intention of entering into any settlement because we didn’t do anything wrong,” Patterson said. “The four plaintiffs absolutely and unequivocally gave permission to have these stories run.”

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Closed campus has been in effect for three months now at Puyallup High School.

Maggie Wall and her Business and Marketing students are benefitting from a closed campus.

Together they run the Student Store and Espresso Bar. “Profits at the start of the year started out strong,” Wall said.

“We’re in a bit of a slump right now, but that always happens this time of the year.”

This year the Student Store was moved to where the nurse’s office was last year.

“Our customers have managed to find us,” said Wall. “They may

have had to look a bit, but they found their way here.”

Profits made from these venues go to DECA and even help out other clubs.

“If we have money left over, it goes to help other programs and clubs within the school,” said Wall. “We do our best to serve our students at Puyallup High School.”

Besides increased profits in the Student Store and Espresso Bar, a closed campus has meant the addition of a third lunch.

Second lunch now splits fourth period in half while students attend lunch.

Alissa Myron has AP Statistics 4th period, which means she goes

to math, stops for lunch, and then comes back to where she left off.

“It sucks because you focus, and get in that mode of learning, and then you have to stop and completely reboot once you come back from lunch,” said Myron.

Vice Principal Lori Hadley felt the transition from open to closed campus went well.

“It went smoother than I ever would’ve dreamed,” said Hadley.

“Everyone has been extremely cooperative.”

There were some difficulties in securing a third security guard, she said, but all was resolved and has worked out well.

“The closed campus makes the school a lot safer,” said Hadley.

“Since nobody is supposed to leave, it makes it a lot easier for our security personnel to do their job.”

Hadley was also impressed by students’ ability to adjust to the new lunches.

“Everyone has adapted well, and picked up after themselves,” Hadley said.

Dennis Edwards, a campus security guard, feels the shift to a closed campus has gone well.

“I’m really proud of the way the kids have handled it,” said Edwards. “Their attitudes been great throughout this entire transition.”

Edwards credits Principal Jason Smith and the administration

team with the smooth change.

“Mr. Smith and this administration team have handled this so well,” said Edwards. “They informed the kids last year as to what was coming and why, so when the time finally came to switch to a closed campus, the students were very compliant.”

Edwards also sees the closed campus as a benefit for students and surrounding community.

“There have been fewer tardies, fewer kids skipping class,” said Edwards. “The neighbors are really happy too. There’s been a lot less trash on their properties so they’re content. Closed campus has worked out for everyone.”

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sat on a padded bench. Everything around me seemed to be padded, a layer of foam beneath my feet seemed to prove my point.

A little girl sat in front of me, I supported her sides to keep her from leaning or falling. Her body was bound in a flexible cast, laced in place to “give her an idea of how her body is supposed to go B. HArrIS together.”

M ANAgINg In front of us was a mirror. The girl looked at her reflection, watching to make sure her head wasn’t tipping to the side at all. I looked into the eyes of the girl as she focused on keeping her head straight, keeping a rubber toy centered on top.

She was weak, it took all of her strength to hold her head balanced, most of the time she barely got past five seconds before the rubber toy went tumbling to the ground and sent her off in a round of giggles. I would reach to the ground to pick it up, she couldn’t contain her peals of laughter.

I couldn’t help but crack a smile.

I placed the toy turtle on her head again.

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Junior year lives up to its reputation as most difficult year

Junior year is your hardest year, but concentration and lips pursed in thought.

I was crossing my fingers that she’d break once it’s over, it’s over. Once you finish her record, but once we made it to 30 those finals, you’re back in the summer seconds, I could feel her neck begin to sun sooner than you thought possible. The bend and see a slight smile creep across past 180 days trying to “keep your head on her face. In an act of exhaustion, she’d straight” has earned you a well-deserved break. send the little toy flying again.

That little girl will be back next I don’t have to think about keeping my head on straight—at least not in a literal Wednesday. The Wednesday after that. sense. But every week, the little child finds When summer arrives, she’ll be back still.

“Do I have to stand three times every herself being pushed through the doors of the Children’s Therapy Unit to face week?” she asked a physical therapist as another hour of what is, to her, an intense she gripped a rail, knuckles white and face twisted in concentration. I workout.

“PESSIMISM could see her knees begin to She sits on a bench flOODS THE SEA buckle and the therapist slid and focuses on keeping Of STUDENTS IN a bench beneath her just in her head on straight on OUr HAllWAyS, time to catch her weight as most Wednesday nights.

EvEry DAy she fell. Her face crumpled While I sit at home, lONgEr THAN T H E l A S T , E v E r y in disappointment. pouring over my ClASS A STr AIN “Three times a week, homework, trying to TO STAy AWA k E .” every week for your whole keep my head on straight life,” the therapist said, in a completely different BECCA HArrIS making a silly face to lighten sense.

JUNIOr the phrase.

Junior year is your Every week of every hardest year. Everybody says so. The seniors that scraped by just month of every year of her life she has to barely warn you of the times to come. The concentrate on keeping her legs beneath current juniors carp and cry about the her, think about keeping her head on workload. The sophomores dread the day straight. Eight months. Eight months I they have to face junior research papers have to endure the stress of junior year.

Ten months and then it’s over and I’m and all-night cram sessions.

done trying to keep my head on straight, I can just relax and let go.

The little girl straightened her brittle legs beneath her and gripped the rail again, pursed her lips again with that signature concentration, trekked onward.

I rooted her on; if she finished, we got to play.

She looked to me and smiled as she realized she’d finally reached the end of the railing.

“Now I just gotta walk back,” she said, giggling as the therapist helped her move her leg. One leg at a time, inching her way back towards me.

Pessimism floods the sea of students in our hallways, every day seems exponentially longer than the last, every class is a strain to stay awake. We spend our days just focusing on getting through the endless hours at a desk. As we go about our habitual routines, we keep our eyes on the prize with greed and a certain lack of enthusiasm.

I looked up from my lap to see that the girl was only inches away from me now, her face bright with joy at having accomplished her 10-foot hike.

I smiled at her stretched out my hand for her to clutch. Maybe if she can keep her head on straight and accompany that with a smile, I can too.

Why so serious? High school can be child’s play again

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he days of my childhood are far from me now, but I can still remember every detail in vivid recollection.

My days were spent curled up on the couch in footie pajamas with a plastic baggie-full of goldfish, my fingers sticky from the juice I had spilled on the floor.

My nights were spent snuggled in bed, my nightlight flickering golden stars on the ceiling, my own private starlit sky.

School projects were made of macaroni, glitter, markers, and some tape thrown haphazardly on, in hopes of preventing my masterpiece from falling apart. games consisted of who could run fastest and farthest, who could jump highest and longest. fast-forward 11 years.

Now every waking moment of my days are spent taking notes, listening to lectures, defining, writing and revising. My nights are spent studying, doing homework, poring over notes, rehearsing, writing and revising.

School projects are made up of three essays, a 10-minute presentation and a Nobel Peace Prize all due no later than tomorrow.

The game is now not who can run farthest or jump highest, but instead who can score higher on tests, get the better scholarships, be admitted to the best colleges. All in the name of being prepared for the “real world.” you’ve heard it many times I’m sure… “grow up.”

“Act your age.”

“Be mature.”

But maybe we had the right idea when we were little.

We tried new things without the fear of failing. We never doubted our abilities, where we could go, what we could accomplish. In fact, many of us knew beyond a shadow of a doubt we were going to have several successful careers, film a movie, break numerous guinness World records and save the world all before lunchtime.

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short to get a slam-dunk, never bowed to the concept we wouldn’t become famous, never let ourselves settle for anything less than the ideal future.

And all this was done without a care in the world.

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When did we begin to turn away from our dreams? When did we begin to put a limit on what we could accomplish? When did we begin to stop aspiring for nothing but the best M. HAMEl and start to think realistically? rEPOrTEr I’m going back to my elementary ways. I’m not going to listen to reason. Instead, I’m going to apply to my “out-of-reach” schools. I’m going to try out for the play without the fear I won’t get a call-back. I’m going to set aside some time for me.

Because after all this seriousness, I need a little child’s play.

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have felt and are still experiencing. Otherwise, if they had not done so it could not have been much of a disconcertion to see the article in print. We completely School District for $1 million understand the student’s desire to attain a reputation reimburse a damaged reputation? lost and for the contemptuous remarks to cease, but will a lawsuit really accomplish these objectives?

The condition of their reputations will not change An article containing personal information regarding the sexual activity of four former and present Em- by granting them between $800,000 and $1.5 million.

This civil suit is a prime example of erald Ridge students’ was printed in the litigious society in which we live. If the February edition of the Emerald “IN THE END, these individuals win the lawsuit, the Ridge Jagwire. A civil suit was filed THIS FIRVOLOuS money acquired will derive from taxNov. 12 on behalf of the four students L AWSuIT W ILL payer dollars, the very money contribby parents Richard and Karen HigNOT mEND uting to several of the students’ educagins Charles Freedle and Lorie Huniu.

AN ALTERED tions. Student’s Attorney, Jack Connelly, The lawsuit is requesting between ImAgE OR claims the suit was filed for reasons un$800,000 and $1.5 million each from R E Pu TAT u ION.” related to any financial compensation. the Puyallup School District.

If this is so, then why are the students OuR VIEW There are differing accounts as to and parents suing for such a hefty sum? whether the four students gave conIn the end, this frivolous lawsuit will sent to the utilization of their name with the intimate details ran in the article. If the stu- not mend an altered image or reputation; however, the dents had requested the exclusion of their names from Puyallup School District will lose between $3.2 million the publication as they are claiming to have done, we and $6 million that should be used for education –a cannot imagine the humiliation and alarm they must stunning achievement in the realm of human greed.

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District teens afflicted kicked out, had lost their parents, homelessness is definitely rising,” Jones said. “There are a lot more people out there clad only in a tank top, shorts and flip flops, senior than we realize who have no one and don’t know what to do. i was one of them.” autumn Jones* left home.

Jones left home in may of last year and has been bouncing she left her mother, her two younger brothers, her father from location to location since then. she has spoken with and her home of 17 years. she walked away from everything with nothing but the child Protective services, officer rob kearny and counselors thoughts that occupied her mind. she wasn’t thinking about who have all helped her get through this part of her life along the homework that would be due the next day or what to get with many peers who have offered support.

“People that i thought hated me have offered a place to for dinner. she was thinking of how she was going to get to stay, opened their homes, brought me clothes, even given school. how she was going to get dinner. me money,” Jones said. “it made me feel horrible to know how she was going to stay warm tonight. that i had been judging some of these people who now she just kept walking and thinking.

For a while, Jones was able to stay with a friend. but offer help. i made judgments about these people that were obviously incorrect.” sometimes, a place to sleep was hard to find.

Juggling work, school and searching for a place to stay can “i had to walk around all night on the street because i had nowhere to stay—that’s when i really started to feel what was get overwhelming, according to renz. helping hand house works to provide new school clothes, shoes and supplies happening to me,” Jones said. along with transportation to after school Jones left because of problems at home, activities, events and counseling. just like many other teenagers. she doesn’t “PeoPle Take “everything they have known has been have an address to put on a job application.

Things For she doesn’t have a home phone number for g r a n T e d w a y T o o taken away from them—rebuilding stability is important,” renz said. “The economy has the school to call when she misses a class much and way because she has no way to get there. Jones T o o o F T e n . d o n ’ T thrown people into this situation who never is homeless.

P u T y o u r s e l F i n were before so they are ill-equipped for it.”

The stability that renz hopes to provide “i was scared because i was a runaway. i T h aT Posi T ion.” for homeless individuals is harder to find was on the wanted list,” Jones said. “cops auTumn Jones than one would expect. homeless students were searching for me and i was in hiding senior can suffer from a loss of self-esteem, for months, i only left to go to school.” multiple absences and they lose the urge to sometimes Jones didn’t even have try, according to Pope. somewhere to leave, let alone stay. “i missed a straight week of school. i went from a’s and “[not having somewhere to stay] felt like when you are by yourself and you hear a noise and can’t get back to sleep b’s to d’s and F’s in one week,” Jones said. “i had to do all – i was paranoid. i broke down and cried, i felt like i was of the current work and what i had missed but because of done,” Jones said. “if i had gotten that low already, how was transportation, i couldn’t stay after or come early when i supposed to get back up? how was i supposed to put a teachers asked me to.”

For homeless students, the stress of keeping up with puzzle together without any pieces?”

Jones’s story is growing more and more common, according school work can be hard enough. getting a job can be near to barb Pope, Puyallup school district director of student impossible. without a current address, according to Jones, services. in 2004-2005, there were 152 homeless students employers are hesitant to hire. after leaving home and in the Puyallup school district. This year, in september and losing her truck, Jones knew that she needed income, but getting caught without a current address could get her in big october alone, the number is already up to 97. “right now, at this time of the year, all the shelters are full trouble.

The problem of finding and maintaining employment and there is no room,” Pope said. “we have more and more plagues not only young individuals, but the heads of people living out of cars or in parks.”

The winter months leave the homeless searching for warm homeless families as well. “if you never know where you are going to be, don’t know places to stay. nola renz, executive director of helping hand where you are going to sleep, you don’t have the time or house, once had to take in a family for the winter months. “i took in a mom with two children, a two-year-old and a opportunity to go out and get a job,” Pope said. some homeless families are able to find shelter with three-year-old. They were living in a tent during a very rainy and cold winter,” renz said. “i took them in, everything friends or family and keep their job, according to Pope. they owned was drenched—she couldn’t keep them warm others, however, can’t even apply because maintaining hygiene is difficult without a permanent residence. anymore. she had no hope.”

Jones’s loss of her home has resulted in something bigger— although some families and individuals have a hard time finding warm locations during the colder months, there are the loss of her identity. “i feel lost—i don’t belong at my own home anymore and many programs and shelters, according to renz. helping hand house, an organization in Puyallup, has multiple they’re my blood. i wasn’t ready to move out and now i can’t programs. They fund emergency housing for 90 days or less, even sleep in the house i grew up in for 17 years,” Jones transitional housing for two years or less and permanent said.

There are ways to help the homeless, even without housing.

“The housing is furnished. From teaspoons to toilet volunteering time. often, there are drives for soap, toothpaste paper, it’s all there,” renz said. “we try to make sure that and other materials that cannot be purchased using food we take care of the initial things that could slow them stamps. gently used furniture, linens, towels and other down from what they need to do. we provide food, linens, supplies that are in good shape can all be used, according to laundry detergent—anything you’d need to set up a home renz. Financial support is the biggest help of all; the expense of rental rates for transitional and emergency housing can is provided.”

The average age of homeless individuals in the united take away from the amount of help an organization can states is nine years old and the fastest growing homeless provide.

“People take things for granted way too much and way too population is families with children, according to renz.

“There was one big family at a shelter i stayed at,” Jones often. don’t put yourself in that position,” Jones said. “don’t said. “The families that were there either couldn’t afford to wait to take action to better your life. The longer you wait, buy a house, make the payments, or their houses burned the bigger the hole is that you dig yourself into. once you take the step to ask for help, you will be surprised how many down.”

The population of homeless families has risen along doors open.” although many people get caught up in the spin of high with the population of homeless individuals. many of the homeless teenagers stay with friends or in their cars, school, sometimes one has to look beyond their daily stress and drama. sometimes it is necessary to look at the bigger according to renz.

Jones is currently staying with her boyfriend and has picture. “it’s not stressed enough—value what you have,” Jones stayed with other friends in the past but some nights don’t work out so well. she spent one night in a shelter in Puyallup said. “i had to learn the hard way. i used to say the same thing until the only thing i had left to value was my life.” when she had nowhere else to stay. *Name has been changed to protect anonymity “at the shelter, there were so many teenagers that had been

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They walk through the line, tell the workers what bread they want and then make their way around the corner to get their dairy products. in Puyallup there are a lot of places to go when things get rough and families need extra help to get fed.

“There had been a 25 percent increase of clients over the last six months,” Julie wiesen said. wiesen volunteers her time at the south hill Food bank every monday, wednesday and Friday. wiesen has says more and more families are coming to the food bank because of the economic crisis and the holidays. The food bank collects food from school organizations, grocery stores and local residents and then donates it all to families who are suffering from money problems. “we put together boxes full of food for the families with the necessities,” wiesen said.

The food bank collects 40-50 pounds of food each year and serves thousands of people monthly. when a homeless person comes in they will try to find them a shelter or another family to live with, according to wiesen. it’s called Freezing nights and any night less than 37 degrees the homeless come in and sleep in the church, a local community member, amy shrine said. shrine works at immanuel lutheran church and helps out with events during the holidays that will better serve the less fortunate in our community. There are seven other churches in Puyallup that will take in the homeless, feed them, give them a bed and play games for one night. immanuel lutheran also serves as a distribution center for Toys for Tots, a donation organization that gives presents to lower income or homeless families for the christmas time. They receive over 200 toys a year and give them out sparingly to 400 families. The church makes baskets that consist of every kind of food they would need to prepare a holiday dinner. The baskets also contain peanut butter, macaroni and spaghetti sauces. The church passes out over 20 baskets a year.

The kiwanis club in Puyallup also puts together baskets for the holidays teaming together with The giving Tree.

The kiwanis club in Puyallup team up with bigger organization to help the homeless and less fortunate, according to dan mcclung.

The kiwanis club has been volunteering with organization for 87 years for every thing they make they will give it back to the community some how. They donate blankets, formula and diapers for babies and school supplies for younger children.

“This is a really rewarding to help people and being consistent givers and being consistent doers,” mcclung said.

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Exchange program broadens perspectives has noticed between his school and puyallup high is the amount of school his year puyallup’s junior class has been joined by nine spirit.

“We don’t have any school sports, but students from Switzerland, germany, Slovakia, New Zealand instead we have city clubs and teams. We and mongolia. they’ve left their families, their friends and don’t dress up in school colors, but here everyone is excited [for their school],” their homes to come learn about the american way of life. ilgert said. ilgert has observed during his short time what he really enjoys is the variety and Some exchange students, however, have here that teens from both countries are come not just to experience a different quality of food. “the food here is so good, especially in really similar. culture but also for the possible benefit of “No matter what, you are going to find the cafeteria,” platt said. “i also really like their future occupations.

Zakk platt, a student from New Zealand, the football games. all the spirit is really people who are nice and funny. everyone wants to have a good time, and there will says he came partly in hopes of improving cool.” always be the popular yannik ilgert, also from his english. people and the weird “back home it will one day help me get a germany, particularly enjoys “there iS a people,” ilgert said. puyallup’s centrality to better job,” platt said. l ot i h av e learNed about For several of because the u.S. is involved in the recreation. the americaN the students from “everything is so close. economy and businesses of countries culture. WheN germany, they enjoy from all over the world, it has become the mountains are nearby, i come home the fact that they have increasingly important for students in you can go hiking and there i’m deFiNitely more of a decision in foreign nations to learn english as early as is kayaking. in puyallup you goiNg to look at people which classes they have everything around you.” kindergarten. di F F e r e N t ly.” take. pruess doesn’t believe that anna pruess, from germany, has the “i really like there are many differences same aspirations as platt. yaNNik ilgert photography class,” “[english] is a very important to learn in between german students JuNior pruess said. “in puyallup’s students, germany. coming to america will help me and but she does believe that Washington’s germany we don’t really get to take fun learn better english,” pruess said. classes, only the basics like history and before coming to america both pruess drinking age is significant. “the drinking age in germany is 16, so math. We definitely don’t have as much and platt’s opinion of the u.S. could be the social scene is a lot different. people freedom.” summed up in one word: big. being here is the u.S. has been quite a “i always imagined america with a lot of my age will go out to bars and clubs to big cars, big businesses and lots of malls,” hang out, which is just something you difference from their normal lives, but because they have been here during the don’t see here,” pruess said. pruess said.

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able to experience an important time in america’s history. this November, the u.S. made headlines around the world by electing their first african-american president, barack obama. along with witnessing this momentous advancement for the united States, the foreign exchange students were able to witness the democratic process first hand. pruess found good and bad things to say about the elections. “people at my school would never get as involved as puyallup students, so that was interesting. but i really shocked at the commercials. We have elections in germany, but none of them ever get so horrible,” pruess said. “it was so great to be able to see a black man be elected president. my host family was very excited, and so i was too,” ilgert said. “they taught me a little bit about what obama would do for america, so i supported him, but if i had been with a family that liked mccain, i probably would have like him.” being a foreign exchange student has really affected the way that ilgert sees people and the world. “honestly, i don’t think that i will have learned much in education, but there is a lot i have learned about the american culture,” ilgert said. “When i come home i’m definitely going to look at people differently.”

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black Friday is one of the largest shopping days for retailers, although it can be one of the most stressful for consumers. last year, about 29 percent of shoppers went shopping on Friday after thanksgiving, which is an estimate of 65, 965,489 adults over the age 18, according to a survey by resourceSelf.com. the day after thanksgiving received the label black Friday because it is typically the day retailers go into the black and return a profit, according to puyallup pacSun manger ian rozmiarek. most retail businesses are in the red, rozmiarek says, meaning they are not making many sales. Stores have these sales to bring in people so that by the end of the day they are in the black.

“We call it green Friday, because it’s the day we make the most money for the whole year,” puyallup toys r uS manager anna Navarrete said. Some retailers are way in the red and wholesale companies are being affected by the economy too, according to marketwatch.com. “it is stressful because of some many people. i had people

[use profanity on] me and actually throw a camera at my head,” Navarrete said. “i pretty much get beaten on that day, because people came looking for certain deals and sometime don’t get what they want.” the Friday after thanksgiving is known as one of the most stressful shopping days. looking at a store like Wal-mart it gets really crazy, rozmiarek says. although the day will provide stress workers are prepared for it. “you think of thanksgiving as spending time with family, but others think of it as hurry eat, clean up, and go to the mall,” rozmiarek said. many stores open between 5 to 6 a.m. these stores include Wal-mart, best buy, target and most stores in the South hill mall. all sale ads are put in the newspaper on thanksgiving, making it one of the biggest issues for the whole year. “know what you want, know what you need, get in and get out,” rozmiarek said. “being in there can make you be exhausted

really quick.” be prepared for excessive crowding in most major department stores according to rozmiarek. most black Friday sales are available online before Fridays early morning sales.

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There’s a casual conversation rebounding its way around a dark room with all light sources focusing on senior Spencer kovacevich and his podium. complete with a green screen, three cameras and multiple teleprompters, the room resembles a professional studio.

The socializing is interrupted by a concealed voice beginning a countdown.

“5…4…3……..snap.”

With the cameras on, teleprompters operating and the nerve-racking thought that the entire student body will be watching within an hour, kovacevich begins reading with confidence and poise. “it’s an everyday thing,” kovacevich said.

With new and returning crew members, PhS TV is already a quarter through the ‘08-‘09 school year.

“We’re doing pretty good this year,” senior aaron brooksby said.

Positions this year are fulfilled by the students: kovacevich and senior Sydnie castillo are anchors, brooksby serves as the director, senior Winston Smith operates the switchers, junior Tanner Smart is the editor, senior craig Taylor is the bump man and senior brooke harris operates the teleprompters. “it all depends on the crew,” Video Productions and autocad teacher ed Showacy said. “They all have different dynamics.”

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“We all get along well,” kovacevich said. “The equipment we use daily is well over $30,000.

We’re running a professional style broadcast.”

The students take gathered information from teachers and administration and produce the announcements.

“People assume that if i read it, i made it up,” kovacevich said. learning how to operate cameras, edit film and operate switchers are all aspects that the class cover.

“What we really try to do is find out how a news program operates,” Showacy said. “it’s their show. They collaborate real well and all seem to enjoy working together.” aside from the morning announcements, video production students film after school events such as plays, concerts and other activities hosted by the school.

“We film anything the school asks us to,” said kovacevich. “it’s all voluntary.” credits are shown daily after the announcements displaying all of the PhS TV crew and often the fun behind the scenes.

These are created and run by the students.

“People always judge us by our credits so we’re constantly trying to come up with something,” kovacevich said. “it’s hard to spice things up.” every Friday the anchors sit on couches, wear casual attire and set a random object from Showacy’s room on a stool. “casual Friday is something we instated to make announcements more enjoyable,” kovacevich said.

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The new coach randy holberg has high hopes for the team. “i think the team will do well,” holberg said. “i officiated a lot of the team’s matches last year and watched a lot of them when i was coaching the team at mt. Tahoma. i could see that the talent was there.”

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Senior alan ryder says that this year the team needs to be more focused.

“We need to have no goof around days and just go full out during practices,” ryder said.

This season will provide the wrestlers and the coach the opportunity to get barneS to know one another better. “he is a pretty cool guy, he is organized and he’s going to do good for us this year,” ryder said. holberg feels that although he’s new

he is making progress with the wrestlers and is getting to know them better.

“We’ve had some good conversations.

The hardest thing is just trying to remember everyone’s name,” holberg said. it may take time for the wrestlers and the coach to get used to each other but they will just have to find a common ground, according to holberg. as far as the wrestling goes this year the team is getting ready with practices and conditioning.

“Practices include a lot of running, a lot of move drills and core work. in wrestling you work till you drop then you work more,” senior James barnes said. one drill used during practices is live wrestling where teammates have

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a small crowd is gathered around four bowling lanes at daffodil bowl in Puyallup. between the four lanes there is constantly someone, either in a purple jersey or black, releasing a ball down the lane. megan curtis, senior, has bowled for most of her life, including throughout high school. “everything matters in a game, especially the little things. People laugh, but the simple stuff, like the position of your feet or how you hold the ball will affect the whole game,” curtis said. ann carpenter is the coach for the girls team. She said she always tells the girls to have fun. “no one plays well when they’re stressed out,” carpenter said. “i always give positive

encouragement, never anything negative. i just want the team to enjoy themselves.” carpenter turns and cheers loudly as someone plays a strike.

The other girls step forward to share high fives and hugs.

The players from the emerald ridge team share their congratulations.

“When the girls are in the lead, they always keep consistent.

They might go through a phase, but they know what they need to do,” carpenter said.

While the players wait for their turn to play, they stand together and talk.

“We’re a very tight knit group and very comedic,” curtis said.

This is senior elizabeth reeves second year on the high school team. “i didn’t like bowling at first,” reeves said. “i did it because it

gave me something to do. now i think it’s fun.” reeves said her goal is to play a 200-point game. “i don’t know if it is ever going to happen,” reeves said. “Probably someday during practice when it doesn’t count.” carpenter said that she expects the team to do very well this season.

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“We use live wrestling during practices because live wrestling is the best way for them to prepare,” holberg said. it seems that one school will give the Viks considerable opposition, according to ryder. “graham kapowsin will probably be the hardest team to beat because they are phenomenal wrestlers. everybody’s beatable though you just have to find their weak point,” ryder said.

The match against kapowsin will be Jan. 21. at the end of their last match holberg wants the team to be able to look at themselves and know that each one of them did their best.

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he Viking ladies volleyball team headed to the state playoffs in kennewick, Wash. nov. 21 where they placed eighth in state.

The girls started off the tournament in the Toyota center with a 0-3 loss against the mead high School Panthers Friday.

The team came back to defeat bothel and rogers both 3-1.

This was the first time the Viks had succeeded in a game against rogers high School.

The girls had played against their rivalry team, rogers a total of three times in the season.

The last game against curtis was a 0-3 loss.

This is the team’s first loss to curits in the season.

The girls are making a new record from last year’s twelfth place finish.

Senior kelsie kolomyjec helped the team with 11 assists and junior alex lavorato completed 10 spikes. after the tournament the team celebrated by going out to dinner to the miners restaurant, according to junior ariel Fralick.

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The Viking Vanguard Editor-in-Chief Danny Serna shared a few of his favorite recipes with his staff. Vanguard then tasted the final product and critiqued it. Enjoy!

Dish Name: Banana Pudding

Prepared By: Danny Serna

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

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In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in condensed milk, pudding mix, cold milk and vanilla until smooth. Fold in 1/2 of whipped topping.

Line the bottom of a 9x13 inch dish with vanilla wafers. Arrange sliced bananas evenly over wafers. Spread with pudding mixture. Top with remaining whipped topping. Chill.

Chief Review: Danny Serna No-Bake Banana Pudding proved to be no problem. i’m not much of a baker (surprise!), so anything no-bake is a plus.

The directions were straightforward and produced a surprisingly cohesive dish for the little effort required in preparation. The only major difficulty i had was counteracting the sogginess of the Vanilla Wafers, a feat i accomplished by replacing the soggy wafers with fresh wafers immediately before serving.

Whereas cooking the mallow bars created a massive mess, this pudding was disaster-free, a trait i greatly appreciated after i spent valuable time cleaning up the chaos created by the bars.

Taste Tester: Chelsea Gray i was pleasantly surprised to learn that my editor-in-chief was not only a fantastic editor, but a fantastic chef! i’m a big fan of bananas (they’re one of my favorite fruits) so the banana pudding was especially delicious. The vanilla wafers were a little soggy, but the pudding itself was splendid. maybe a replacement of the wafers with graham crackers would be a sufficient substitute to give this recipe an extra kick. i give this recipe a b+.

Chief Review: Danny Serna a word of warning: marshmallow crème is exceptionally messy.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mallow Bars, though delicious, transformed my normally immaculate kitchen into a disaster zone replete with organic peanut butter, chocolate chips and devil’s food cake. be prepared for a lengthy period of cleaning. despite this flaw, the bars were scrumptious. The chocolate and mallow blend seamlessly, and the peanut butter adds a nice kick that completes the recipe. next time, i’d avoid the organic peanut butter and instead choose that processed Jif taste i so adore, but i wouldn’t change much else. messiness aside, the mallow bars are gooey, decadent treats sure to please the little kid in all of us.

Taste Tester: Chelsea Gray These bars were delicious chocolatey, peanut buttery, marshmallowy, gooey goodness! The second the bar grazed my taste buds, a party started in my mouth and the hallelujah chorus rang. it was seriously one of the best desserts i’ve ever tasted. i applaud danny and his baking skills (which he claims to not possess). There wasn’t really anything i disliked about this delicacy, except maybe the use of Jif or Skippy peanut butter rather than the organic kind. This recipe receives an a+!

Dish Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Mallowbars

Prepared By: Danny Serna

1 pkg. Devil’s food cake mix

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup milk

1 jar (7 oz.) JET-PUFFED marshmallow Creme

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup PLANTER’S Salted Peanuts

6 squares BAKER’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cake mix, butter and 1/3 cup milk until blended; press 2/3 on bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Bake 12 to 14 min. or until center is almost set. Cool for three min. Mix peanut butter and remaining milk. Spread peanut butter mixture onto crust; top with small spoonfuls of the marshmallow creme and remaining cake mix.

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The scene shows edward and bella in bella’s room taking the risk of the first kiss and then it goes a little bit further to a make out session. everyone who has read any or all of the books in the Twilight saga knows that does not happen until the third book. overlooking the small parts that don’t happen in the book, the movie was still amazing.

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family are vampires. even though they are not like normal vampires, they are what they call vegetarian vampires, they could still kill bella in an instant. kristen Stewart captivates the klutzy, unselfish 17-yearold bella Swan perfectly; she has the uncertainty in her voice that matches the tone of bella’s in the book. robert Pattinson, although not every Twilight fan would agree that they saw him as edward cullen, the loveable vampire bella falls in love with, but i would imagine that everyone who sees the movie will agree that he captured edward perfectly. From the sly looks to the witty comebacks, his acting was impeccable.

The one scene that did sour my taste however was an intimate scene between edward and bella.

Va n g ua r d

*Information found at wikipedia.org

“i have considered radioactive spiders and kryptonite,” bella Swan said.

“That's all superhero stuff, right? What if i'm not the hero? What if i'm... the bad guy?” edward cullen slyly replies. although not exactly like the book, Twilight the movie left me breathless. The two-hour movie captivated the spirit of the book without disappointing fans.

Twilight revolves around the small Washington town of Forks, on the olympic Peninsula. bella had just moved to Forks from arizona to live with her father. once at school she becomes fascinated with a family, in particular one, edward cullen. after a few tantalizing experiences bella soon figures out edwards’ secret; he and his

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•$7 million were made from the midnight screening alone •$35.7 were made on opening day •$69.6 million made from 3,419 theaters at an average of $20,368 per theater

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