Volume 2 - Issue 4
February 20th, 2009 - March 5, 2009
En Español las páginas 14 y 15
Williams High Victorious In Academic Decathlon....................................................................................................................By Tami Coder
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The Williams High Academic Decathlon Team. Back row (from left to right): Erik Knight, Miguel Puentes, and Clint Knight Front row (from left to right): Garrett Carter, Elsa Mora, Dustin Coder, Cristina Mora, Eyesenia Bedolla, and Marisela Rivera (alt.) (Photo by Tami Coder)
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ompetition in high school is a common denominator in many things. Students compete in sports, student government, and academics. Some schools become super competitive in certain arenas, building dynasties in football, or girl’s basketball, becoming the team to which all other teams aspire. At Williams High School, the top students in academics have been setting the bar high for the rest of the county, becoming the team to beat in the annual countywide Academic Decathlon. For the fourth year in a row, Williams has taken top honors in the battle of the brains, edging out Colusa High to become the 2009 Academic Decathlon Champions. At Williams, the AcaDeca team was formed at the beginning of the school year, meeting twice a week during “zero period”(an hour before school starts). A
month before the county competition, the team began meeting five days a week, honing their knowledge of Latin America and Evolutionary Biology, the focus for this year’s competition. On Monday, February 2nd, the teams competed in the Speech and Interview portion of the competition. Then on Sunday, February 8th , the teams took part in the remainder of the decathlon, a grueling test of knowledge that began at 8 am and did not finish until late afternoon. Subjects covered on Sunday included Essay, Language/Literature, Art, Music, Math, Economics, Science, and Social Science. The last portion of the competition was the Super Quiz, a head-to-head battle between the schools that was open to the public. Honorable John Tiernan, Superior Court Judge of Colusa County, was the moderator of the Super Quiz, posing five different questions to one student from each school at a time. At the end, the scores for the quiz were tallied, with Williams narrowly beating Colusa in the Super Quiz competition. After the judges added up all the scores, individual medals for each event were handed out by Kay Spurgeon, County Superintendent of Schools. Gold, silver and bronze medals were given in each category, with scholarships awarded to hi point individuals. In the end, Williams High School was proclaimed the Colusa County Academic Decathlon Champions for 2009. In mid-March, the champions will head to Sacramento for the State Finals, competing against schools from all over the state. As always, Williams High will be one of the smallest schools in the competition. But what they lack in size, they make up for in heart and dedication. Congratulations WHS, and good luck from all of us at the WPR!
Troughton Earns Second Cook-Off Top Prize
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im Troughton of Maxwell captured the $500 Best of Show award for the second consecutive year at the annual Colusa Farm Show’s Commodity Cook-Off on February 5th. The prize follows her championship at the inaugural cook-off in 2008. Competition entries containing California-grown rice and/or nuts were judged in salad, side dish, main dish and dessert divisions. Celebrity judges included 2008 Miss Colusa County Karla Girimonte and chefs Kathleen Rocha of Chef Colus in Colusa and Doug Baird and Ross Montejano of Colusa Casino Resort. Jim Lemos was master of ceremonies. . From left to right are Colusa Fairgrounds CEO Carolan Meek; judges Troughton scored well in all divisions, taking a third place chef Kathleen Rocha of Chef Colus; 2008 Miss Colusa County Karla Girimonte; Troughton, and judges Doug Baird and Ross Montejano, chefs of in the salad division with her japonica (Japanese rice) salad, Colusa Casino Resort. (Courtesy Photo) a side dish first place for her jasmine rice with peas and year’s competition, sponsored by Colusa Casino Resort, scallions, and second place in the main dish division for a Tri-County Newspapers and Umpqua Bank. brown rice and chicken enchiladas presentation. Division Troughton, a professional meat cutter, owns Kim’s Deli winners received $100 for first place, $75 for second place in Maxwell. and $50 for third place. Eighteen dishes were judged in this