Students from throughout the state answered the call when the Idaho Forest Products Commiss ion asked them to participate in a photo contest and share what they see when they “Look to the Forest”. The Commission received over 150 photographs taken by Idaho students. Sophomore Spencer Goffin won first place in the 9-12 grade division and was also named the overall grand prize winner for his photo of a newly planted ponderosa pine seedling which he took on his grandfather’s tree farm near Idaho City. “We were stunned by the quality of the photographs and the thoughtfulness of the student’s statements

about their photos,” said IFPC Director Betty Munis. “The photographs are simply wonderful. They show the many ways Idaho’s forests offer a sustainable future built on a renewable resource.” A panel of judges selected one grand prize winner, three division winners and 17 honorable mentions. In honor of his winning photo, Goffin will receive a digital camera and will be honored at the annual state Arbor Day celebration at 10 a.m., April 29 at Capital Park. A plaque bearing Goffin’s name will be installed next to the kwanzan cherry tree that will be planted during the ceremony. As a first place winner of the grade divisions, Goffin will also receive a $50 cash prize and a tree from the Idaho Nursery and Landscape A s s o c i a t i o n t o p l a n t

at Capital High School. All photo entries can be viewed online www.idahofores t s .o rg . The

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Goffin assists in planting the Kwanzan Cherry tree, planted during the ceremony at Capital Park. A plaque with his name on it will be placed along side the tree as well.

Arbor Day 2011 “Look to the Forest” first place photography contest winner, sophomore Spencer Goffin was honored at Capital Park on April 29 and received a digital camera.

Left: Seniors Erin McDonald and Jacqueline Stearns prepare their table display for judging by the summit committee. Team Ireland placed second in costume and third in table display. Top: Junior Karanyn Wurster consults with fellow team members Jayson Egwuonwu and Trey Thomas on their remaining trading strategy. “It was crazy. My experience was great” Wurster said.

Economics and Human Geography teacher, Steve Faulkner’s students brought home three awards from the Economic Summit a t BSU in the Jordan Ball Room on April 21. All of the students from AP Economics, Economics, and AP Human Geography participated in the event. According to Faulkner, there were 85 different country teams from nine schools, and 20 teams from Capital. The First Place team was Indonesia with: Audrey Holmes, Liam Harry, Holt Jaeger, Luke Bowden, and Michelle Henry-Munson. The Second Place team was Azerbaijan, with:

Bradley Heus inkveld , Alister Tencate, Alexander Harmon, and Jesse Berenter. The Fifth Place team, Mali, included: Victoria Slichter, Kona Estes, Maddy Cullen, Cynthia Tang, and Kyrstyn Rader. Belgium won the Debate Proposal with students: Amanda Donaldson, Adam Jones, Liberty Fleming, Susanne Barnes, Jennifer Allan, and Gregory Klocke. Ireland won Second Place in Costume, and Third Place in Table with students: Jackie Sterns, Erin McDonald, Kami Van Buren, and Kelsey Collins. Scorekeepers were assigned to every team and everything was assigned a point total. Faulkner has been attending the Economic

Summit with his students for “12 or 13 years” and said that this was “Capital’s best performance ever.

The students represented Capital well , and had much fun in the process.”

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Goffin’s winning photo of a Ponderosa Pine seedling inside a mesh sock can be sent as e-card online at www.idahoforests.org.

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The Rotary Club gave their fifth annual Rotary Scholars Award to 23 Capital High school seniors and other students throughout the District on April 19. Rotary Scholars were chosen based on having a G.P.A higher than 3.75 and were ranked the top 23 students in the senior class. Besides being acknowledged in the Idaho Statesman, all of the Rotary Scholars were given a special black tie dinner in the BSU ballroom on April 19. Senior Jelena Borak, who will be attending Vassar University next year, she

said, “It was an honor. It was quite exciting getting to tell my parents. I was thrilled when I found out.” Senior Dunja Subasic, who will be attending Willamette University, thought being a scholar was, “pretty cool.” Subasic now thinks, going into college, she is going to just try to keep up her good grades and hard work in the future and said, “I’m not nervous,” for the upcoming year.

Subasic said her parents were very proud of her. Hungerford, who will be attending idaho State university, said, “i was pretty proud of myself and my accomplishments, i w a s h a p p y t h a t i rece ived th i s honor.” His reaction was, “excited.” referring to the long list of rotary Scholars, Hungerford said, “the program is a good indicator of how good a school is.”

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them on topics such as health and exercise. Many Capital students also have memberships with Planet Fi tness . “They (the CHS student body) support us, we support them,” said Joel Stinton, manager of Planet Fitness’s Boise Club. This donation process started when donations committee member Susan Porter, mother of senior Brendan Porter, contacted

AVID, a class that helps students prepare for college, took their sophomores on an overnight trip on Friday, April 22 to visit the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) in Twin Falls, and Idaho State University in Pocatello (ISU). In total, 45 sophomore AVID students participated. They raised about $3,000 by selling cookie dough, and also received a Federal Grant, called The College

Access College Grant, which helped the students get a charter bus for their trip. CSI is a 2-year community c o l l e g e o f f e r i n g a n Associates Degree in early childhood development, emergency management, nursing, physiology and many more. ISU is a four-year universi ty and offers educational programs in more than 30 health professional disciplines inc lud ing Assoc ia t e , B a c h e l o r s , M a s t e r s , and Doctoral degrees,

as well as cert if icate programs, internships and residencies. The group toured the campus and dorm rooms of both ISU and CSI. The students ate lunch at CSI’s “All You Can Eat” buffet and also had a chance to get to listen to the band, ‘We Shot the Moon.’ Then they proceeded to go to the Outer Limits Fun Zone where the class played laser tag, black light golf, and bowled, rode a roller coaster and played arcade games. The AVID sophomores

spent the night at a hotel with an indoor pool and they went swimming. Next year they’ll be able to visit Lewis-Clark State, University of Idaho, and Northern College of Idaho. They will also get to visit Silverwood theme park. Planning for their senior year AVID will hopefully go on a trip to California. “I thought it was very educational, getting to see what college life is like. Overall I thought it was a very fun experience,” said sophomore Hasma Sulejmanovic.

B r e t t S u l l i v a n a n d Rachel Anderson made the top 16 in the nation in Entrepreneurship Promotion Project at the International C a r e e r D e v e l o p m e n t

Conference in which 15,000 DECA members competed.In some states, students have to compete several times to reach this competition. They were awarded a semi finalist medallion. Their p ro jec t was teach ing entrepreneurship concepts to a 3 rd g rade c lass at Horizon Elementary. They also received a Certificate of Excellence, which students only receive if they make 80% or better i n each compe tency. In addition, the following students also earned the Certificate of Excellence: sophomores Karanyn Wu r s t e r a n d D a l l a s Renick were entered in the Financial Operations Research Project, junior Joel Johnson did Accounting Applications, and seniors

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Poi Phimmasone who competed in Restaurant Management, and Taylor Kaserman who was in Automotive Services . Will Patterson attended S e n i o r M a n a g e m e n t and sophomores Hailey Hinckley and Lexi Albi, a n d j u n i o r s E l e a n o r Collins and Giana Caicedo participated in Leadership Development Academy and each earned a Graduation certificate in those events. All of the other CHS competitors received the Certificate of Achievement. ”It is no small task to compete in this international arena. All in all, it was a great experience and we are quite proud of our s tudents ,” DECA advisor Sandy Wold said.

Jamie Gilderhus didn’t just get to teach German 1, 2, and 3 this year, but had the chance to take eight students to Germany to learn and experience German’s culture. Those students from Capital were German 2 juniors Jordan Braught, Taylor Donglas, Alex Munn, and German 3 seniors Alex Ultican, and Zack Kinze. The group had two chaperones inc lud ing Gilderhus and Timberline teacher Dimas Ferreira. “The students had to fundraise the money in order to go. Some did garage sales

others raffled off items or they had a job and saved money up,” said Gilderhus. They vis i ted many different places in Germany including Berlin, Munich, O b e r a m m e r g a u , a n d Dachau. “We went to a concentration camp, visited a popular brewery/restaurant from October-fest, and we did tours through Berlin and Munich. We also took a day trip to Oberammergau to visit the Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Castles,” said Gilderhus. “It was the best week of my life,” Ultican said. “My German improved so much. I learned a ton and had an incredible time,” Braught said.

The travelers created their own memories. “One student got a double cheeseburger during our free time one day, but didn’t eat it. Every day that burger would be put in someone else’s things. When we got back to America, Ult ican had a double cheeseburger in his luggage that flew all the way from Germany! We call it ‘The Traveling McDouble,” said Gilderhus. For the 2012/2013 trip the German classes will be going again to Germany. Being in a German class is not a requirement, just see Gilderhus in room 214 during periods 1-4.

Stinton. He was glad to be of help for this because he really wanted “to promote young folks to be healthy.” According to its website, Planet Fitness, which was founded in 1992, is by far becoming the largest fitness center with the lowest prices in order to compete with other major fitness companies. With over 400 sites in 38 states and over 1000 clubs in development, along with

its 2.3 million members, Planet Fitness is rising up. From 2003-2005, Inc. Magazine rated Planet Fi tness as one of the fastest-growing private businesses in America. Planet Fitness has something what they call The Judgment Free Zone in which there is a comfortable environment for everyone. They do not cater to the bodybuilder but instead focus on general fitness.

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Top Left: The sophomore AVID classes, taught by Kathryn Guerro, toured the College of Southrn Idaho campus in Twin Falls on April 22 where they took an overnight trip before continuing to Idaho State University.Top right: AVID sophomores enjoy a preformance by the band “We Shot The Moon’ in the College of Southern Idaho cafeteria.Above: Sophomore AVID students Janet Barroso, Kelley Barroso, and Adelisa Mehmedovic look at potential college options in a lecture hall at Idaho State University.

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On page 6, Entertainment, senior Ali Burton was accidentally left out of the ‘N Sync photograph and not listed as a third place winner acting as Joey Fatone.

On page 2, News, the DECA headline said 12 members of DECA had made it to nationals. Actually 24 had made it to the national convention.

These are the first place state winners and their awards:

Joel Johnson for Accounting Services Marketing, Taylor Kaserman Automotive Services Marketing, Jacob Cluff for Internet Marketing Written Plan, Karlie Andrews and Evan Crisp for Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan, Finance Operations Research Karanyn Wurster and Dallas Renick, Hospitality Services Operations Research for Sean Karnow and Kiana Tilley and Rachel Anderson, Brett Sulivan for Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan. All of them also won a award for excellence and were the top 16 in the nation.

The other members that also went to the DECA nationals were:

Heleen Schwartz, Poi Phimmasone, Sara Olsen, Justice Tilley, Mitch Bogue, Katie Foote, Sam Brown, Angela Vongsayarath, Savanna Delavan, Jazzmin Harris, and Lauren Haggerty.

Immediate Plans for 414 seniors:

Attending a 2 year college (20%)Attending a 4 year college (59. 4%)

Enlist in Military (4.1%)Seek employment (7%)Take a year off (3.1%)

Not sure yet (2 .4 %)

Attend career/trade school (1.7%)

Go on a mission (.5%)

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Editor: Kelsie Byrne

May 16, 2011

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Mixed Media1st Huma Aatifi

2nd Serena Minasian3rd Luciana Langdon

Begining Drawing1st Gillian Chandler2nd Cam Carlson

3rd Amanda Maneck

Advanced Drawing1st Gillian Chandler2nd Alyssa Cooper

3rd Alberto Quezada

Design1st Janea Vazquez

2nd Stephanie Stallman 3rd Alex Garcia

Illustration1st Corey Renz

2nd Jhonny Duque3rd Emily Brixey

Best of Show - Chad Miller - Ceramics“It’s awesome to have a class where I can

make any idea or thought into clay.”

Best of Show - Kelsie Jenkins - Photography“I love telling a story through a photograph -

expressing what words just can’t say.”

Best of Show - Huma Aatifi - Art“In Afghanistan I would kill misquitoes at night and use their blood to create masterpeices.

That is, until I discovered paint.”

Best of Show - Gillian Chandler - Mixed Media

“I’ve been drawing and creating for a long time and I just really wanted this piece to be original.”

Beginning Opaque Painting1st Nikki Proctor2nd Abby Larson3rd Alicia Hansen

Advanced Painting1st Corey Renz

2nd Alex Bramwell3rd Liz Saucedo

Begining Ceramics1st Matte King

2nd Amanda Hunter3rd Maricela Abarca

Advanced Wheel Thrown1st Jess Nedeau2nd Chad Miller3rd Marisa Weyn

Advanced Hand Built1st Marisa Weyn

2nd Denise Gutierrez3rd Anna Sewell

Advanced Sculpture1st Christine Loughran

2nd Chad Miller3rd Teague Harry

Beginning Photography1st Kelsey Shumway2nd Kerney Tompson3rd Sam Johnson

Advanced Photography1st Huma Aatifi2nd Kelsie Jenkins

3rd Amanda Donaldson

Honorable MentionMaki YonemiisuSydney Wills

Amanda ManeckAnarely OrozcoJennifer BriggsGreg StoesselAlan VelasquezJackson TurnerSofia ZhenKelsey LayTori Cade

Logan WhitfieldReid TuellerAnna Sewell

Cydney HainesLauren Duplessie

Chad MillerAriah Sargent

Kylie FaceMarisa WeynAdam JonesHolly HawsShawn TikalaJess Nelson

Trevor HopkinsAaron SernaLaura ScottLynsey Heller

Kristen GordenAngelica MoralesTeague Harry

Kelsey ShumwayMegan GiossiSierra TiptonHolly WinburgMataya Taylor

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First Place- Janea Vazquez

First Place- Maddie King

First Place- Jess Nedeau First Place- Cory Renz

First Place- Huma Aatifi

First Place- Huma Aatifi

First Place- Cory Renz

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Movie ReviewsThe Conspirator Source Code

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Ryan RichertENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Source Code is an interesting and very intriguing science fiction movie that takes place mostly in the past. The main character Colter Stevens(Jake Gyllenhal) is a helicopter pilot who finds himself disoriented in a small pod where he is being briefed on a mission in the past by Colleen Goodwin a stale military personal who constantly tells him i ts going to be okay. Stevens mission is to go back in time and take the identity of a man killed in a train bombing, find the bomb and find who planted it. The world Stevens finds himself in takes place in the past, although anything he does in this world does not affect the future as the creator of the source code, Dr.

Rutledge (Jefferey Wright) states “it’s not time travel, it’s time reassignment.” The storyline is obviously not intended for children, not because of profanities but because of a very confusing plot line that can be very hard to follow, it reminded me of the movie Inception. One very cool effect in dialogue, is the movie starts with Goodwin telling Stevens that everything is going to be okay and ends with Goodwin receiving an e-mail from the future Stevens telling her that she is going to meet him and that she should tell him that everything is going to be okay. This reminded me of the novel The Outsiders where the book starts with and ends with the same line. This leaves you with a sense that the movie is not ending but just starting again.

Golden Guys show “what they got!”

Jonathan ReffSPORTS EDITOR

The Conspirator, a historical courtroom drama film directed by Robert Redford and starring James McAvoy (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe), Robin Wright (The Princess Bride), and Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins), details the struggle of a lawyer assigned to the case of Mary Surratt, an alleged conspirator in the plot to assassinate the president, Abraham Lincoln, the vice president, Andrew Johnson, and the secretary of state, William Seward on April 14, 1865. A lawyer, Frederick Aiken, who was played with a surmounted performance by McAvoy, is a Civil War hero of the Union Army who at first is reluctant to take the case. Surratt was performed by Wright, probably the most

stalwart of the film’s actors. Towards the end I didn’t really want it to be what history intended it to be. All throughout the film it was pedantic, yet riveting. The melancholic soundtrack of the film helped add to the post-Civil War setting of despair and misery. Overall, I did not give this movie five out of five stars because of its history class-type dialogue. I don’t really want to know the historical background of already famous incidents that are dramatized in movies. So even if you don’t like studying history, I recommend seeing this movie to understand how the alleged conspirators of the Lincoln Assassination were really tried in the sense of “innocent until proven guilty,” for in this case, they were guilty the minute they were indicted.

STAFF WRITER

The guys dance to a remix featuring Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Lil’ John and Justin Bieber.

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Kevin Hodes surprised to win three district video awards

Kelsie ByrneARTS EDITOR

Kevin Hodes is finishing his senior year with three video awards. One was “Video Student of The Year,” that he shared with senior Daniel Sheldon at the Academic Awards Assembly on April 15. Af te r r ece iv ing the award Hodes said “I was surprised, I didn’t know there was an award for that.”He said this award means, “That I was good at making the videos, I did what I was supposed to and Mr.

Parsons still likes me even though I’m late a lot.” The District Video Awards took place on April 20 in the school auditorium. This was an event held to honor the students in Video Broadcasting who have done exceptionally well. Hodes took home awards for Best Acting and Best Picture. Six awards were given out to three different students. Best Comedy and People’s Choice were awarded to senior Taylor Douglas. Best Drama was awarded to Khoa Nguyen. Best Cinematography was given to sophomore Chad Estes.

Shantel MooreSTAFF WRITER

Music Week is when all the orchestra, band, and choirs in the Boise School District get together and perform as one group. Music Week isn’t just for one particular type of music. In fact Capital has Choir, Band, and Orchestra participating. Choir director Benjamin S i m m o n d s d i r e c t s A Cappella, Mixed Choir, Vocal Jazz, and Treble Cho i r. Band Teache r M a r t y Wo r t h i n g t o n directs Orchestra teacher Sandra Shoen di rec ts the Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra 3/4, and Guitar. “We participate every other year. It’s great for

our students to perform for the Community,” Shoen said. “Orchestra’s from Boise, Borah, and Capital will combine into one united orchestra group.” Shoen has taught her orchestra four selections. They are : Bachanale , F a r n d o l e , Tr i b u t e t o the Mil i tary, and The N a t i o n a l A n t h e m . The choir and orchestras’ performance was on May 6th in the Capital gymnasium. Simmonds has taught his choirs one song called “Wi l l you be There” b y M i c h a e l J a c k s o n . The band performed on May 16th in the Capital gymnasium. They preformed the piece “Mars”. The jazz band preformed “Pick up the Pieces” and “The Chicken”.

Music Week

Senior Kevin Hodes (right) holds the award he and senior Daniel Sheldon both received.PHOTO By AMAndA dOnAldSOn

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We are so used to seeing The Golden Girls represent Capital and strut on the dance floor. Now it was time for the 13 Golden Guys to show what they had at the Spring Show on May 4th at 7:00 in the gymnasium. Golden Guys performed a remix song, featuring Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, Lil’ John and Justin Beiber. The whole atmosphere

about Golden Guys is just to have fun and bringing the school together for a great end- of -the year Spring show. They started 35 years ago, a tradition at Capital High. They get a feeling of what it’s like to be a Golden Girl, waking up a 6:00 a.m. Senior Head Captains Samantha Pittz and Kaylan Williams choreographed the dance for their performance. Coach Julie Stevens said, “They bring a lot of fun and humor to our

spring show, something we look forward to watching. They learn something that they don’t know.” “It was fun teaching them the dance and I look forward to watching at the spring show,” Pittz said. “I real ly enjoyed teaching the guys and they’re a hilarious group of guys,” Williams said. Sophomore Billy Roberts said “It’s embarrassing, tough.” But he was looking forward to performing.

The Golden Guys and Girls pose for the Couple’s Dance. Front Row: Samantha Pittz, Andrew Graziose, Bailey Cullen, Jacob Marshall, Kaylan Williams, Matt Naylor, Terra McBroome, Klayton Johnson. Second Row: Cynthia Garcia, Billy Roberts, Alyssa Strate, Jacob Walters, Sierra Williams, Jeremy Leach, Shianna Tawney. Octavio Munoz. Third Row: Paige Roban, Trey Thomas, Misha John, Anthony Bethen, Makenzie Reinsch, Chris Arnold, Cymerlea Matheny, Hayden Schmidt.

Monday, May 16, 2011 Sports

Editor: Jonathan Reff

Athlete of the Month

Grade: 11

Sport: Golf

Years Playing: 2

Hours dedicated to the sport each week:3

Enjoys the sport because:It’s different for every course

Favorite opponent:Chance to play different courses for free Benefits from playing the sport:New friends, fun

College plan:Anything about math and science

Difficulty level:Hard-a lot of concentration

Activities outside of school that involve the sport:Skiing, Basketball, Bad-minton

One word to describe the sport: AWESOME

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Senior Graduation Party May 24th 10:00pm To 4:00am

at the Boise State University “Rec Center”.

Students can still pay $40 dollars to attend.Must go to main office and give signature.

For any student who paid after April 15 a “first come, first serve” basis will apply to T-shirt sizes.

Cost includes custom designed Senior T-Shirt, admission to BSU Rec Center, food and fun activities like swimming, climbing wall, Casino Royale, ping pong, bingo, laser tag, sumo wrestling, mechanical bull, giant twister, human bowling, Wii games, Monster boxing, money booth, bungee

ball, DJ music and dancing, hypnotist and more.

We’ll accept cash or check.

Scholarships are available, contact your counselor.

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Golf team places first in Ed Thomas InvitationalAdelisa MehmedovicStaff Writer

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The golf team wrapped up the season with a six-league match and four tournaments including district. There were twelve boys and six girls on the team. There were five people on Varsity and five on Junior Varsity. Girl’s placed 1- 4 in the league and lost two games. They also placed first in the Ed Thomas Invitational, second at the Twin Falls Tournamen t , t h i rd in Caldwell, and third at District. Boys placed 3-3 in league, sixth at the Ed Thomas Invitational, ninth at the Twin Falls Tournament, eighth in Caldwell, seventh in Eagle and seventh at District. “Girls had good depth

and boys lacked in depth,” said Coach Ray Wilmot. Senior Justin Ming said that this was his third year playing golf. Mings started playing golf since he was four and his dad made him a club so he can play. He thinks he is going to have a good chance at State.

Despite bad weather track team has successful season

favorite memory of this season is “when I cleared 13 feet in Pole Vault at the YMCA Invite” which put him at 12th in the state. Childs transferred from Mountain View and joined the team in April. “I’m very excited to be a part of the Capital Eagles Track Team; the coaches and the team were really welcoming to me after I transferred. The coaches want to push the athletes positively to get them to compete at their highest level,” Childs said. Childs has been running since she was in 5th grade, and her favorite aspect of running is “the challenge of pushing yourself to get better and the feeling before a race.” This season’s coaches are: head coaches Bryan Stith and Hillary Markley, with assistant coaches Katherine Dallas, Andrew Map, Todd Simis, Candice Bryant, and John Doherty.

The track season has started up and the athletes and coaches together are working hard to make this season a successful one. So far, the girls have won two meets with one at Centennial and the other at Caldwell. Sophomore Julia Taylor now holds two school records in the mile and two mile run, while junior Jade Childs is Boise Relays Long Jump Champion and YMCA Invitational High Handel Champion. Junior Asa Shepherd has been running track since 5th grade. He is currently focusing on the Pole Vault. Shepherd said, “It’s an challenging event that requi res top phys ica l shape and a tough mind.” Despite the bad weather, Shepherd says that the team is doing well. His

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Above: Senior Dillon Lynch sprints during the 4x2 dash at Centennial on Mar. 18.

Left: Senior James Smith jumps during the triple jump portion of the meet at Centennial.

Bottom: Sophomore Malcolm Tencate competes in the hurdle on Mar. 18 at Centennial.pHoto by MArisA HAnsen

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Grade: 12 Sport: Baseball

Years playing:9

Hours dedicated to the sport each week:20 Loves the sport because:It’s competitive and a good team sport

Favorite opponent:Timberline

Benefits from playing the sport:Exercise, Teamwork. Competitiveness College plan:Baseball in college next year-school currently undecided

Difficulty level: Extremely hard!

Activities outside of school that involve the sport:Wiffle ball, dunk ball, football, anything involving competing

One word to describe the sport:Exciting

Athlete of the Month

Mitchell Skaggs

With 16-5 record, baseball team heads into postseason

Above: Senior Michael Howard of the Varsity team gets ready to run to second base during the home game against Boise High on March 11.

Left: Senior Corey Efaw runs toward first base in the game against the Braves.

Bottom: Junior Shawn Powers pitches the ball during the home game against the Boise Braves on March 11.

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With a record of 16-5, the Varsity baseball team is returning to the playoffs with aspirations of finishing what they started last year using a good regular season as a boost. Junior Shawn Powers was happy with the way the regular season went. “We have good team chemistry, which helps a lot when it comes to sports. If our hitting was bad, our pitching and defense would be able to make up for it, or the other

postseason, and Powers is one of them. “We’re pretty hot right now. We started out pretty good, but it seemed to better as the season went along, which is good,” Powers said. Powers also said he feels that they have a better chance of going all the way this year than last year’s team did because “the team chemistry really seems to fit, the guys get along, and we have really good teamwork and a lo t o f t a l en t . ” Simis said, thanks to improved o ffense , “ H o p e f u l l y, w e c a n make a run for state.”

way around,” Powers said. Sophomore Makena Simis said, “We improved on our offense a lot in the middle of the season. It helped us out a lot.” With the regular season completed, the playoffs are now the focus. The playoffs work like this: 5 teams are guaranteed to make it to the district playoffs and the other 6 teams must win a play-in game, making it a total of 8 teams who get into the district tournament. After that, 8 teams play in the state tournament. Optimism and confidence run high among many of the players going into the

Tennis team places 2nd at Capital Invitational

Adelisa MehmedovicStaff WritEr

The tennis team hosted the Capital Invitational on April 29th with 32 teams from Washington, Oregon and Utah. Senior Alex McKean t o o k 2 n d p l a c e a f t e r withdrawing due to injuries. Capital placed 2nd behind Eagle with Boise taking 3rd place. Senior M a s o n B u l l o c k a n d Freshman Tresa Biald took 1st place in mixed doubles. McKean said, “ I’ve been working hard with my coach to improve my game.” McKean added that he is excited to continue his tennis career at Idaho State University. Bullock said, “Our team excelled with beyond belief” Head Coach Tom

Campbell was named the District III 2011 State Boys Tennis Coach of the Year. The JV team hosted a tournament on May 7th with seven teams from around the area. JV coach Alton Stafford hoped to do “well” at the tournament. He said this season the teams have been focusing on the fundamenta ls . One of the challenges has been that “We only have 3 girls and we need 9 to fill all our places for tournaments. We don’t cut anyone at tryouts, everybody makes the team,” said Stafford. Senior Kelsea Lay said, “I love everyone on the team, they’re my BFFL’s for life.”They are going to State on May 20-21. It will be held in various locations around the Treasure Valley.

Shane Alder is District III Softball Coach of the Year

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men’s fast pitch softball at the major level. It’s just a part of my life and it’s my passion,” said Alder. He thanks his father who is one of his assistant coaches, and his wife, Kara Alder who is the other assistant coach. Coach Alder believes that the softball players respect his knowledge of the game. He predicts that they will have a good season next year and he will miss the leaving seniors. The Varsity team already went to districts but they did not qualify for state; only f ive teams from Idaho went to the state tournament. There were 11 girls on the varsity team and 14 in Junior Varsity. The Varsity played 22 games and have finished their regular season and districts. They went 0-2 at districts. During the regular season the team had two to three practices a week and two to three games a week as well.

Coach Shane Alder was named the District III Girls Fast Pitch Coach of the year. Alder has coached softball for five years at Capital.

He coached club softball at BSU for f ive years before coming to Capital. When he was in h igh school he played baseball, football and basketball. “I was raised around softball. My father played

Above: Sophomore Jackson Turner gets ready to smack the ball by getting in his fore hand stance during practice on Mar. 10.

Left: Junior Christopher Gray uses his fore hand to whack the ball into his opponent’s territory during practice on Mar. 10.

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Above: Junior Luciana Langdon stands ready at first base for the run during the home game against the Borah Lions on Mar. 11.

Right: Senior Hadley Clegg winds up for the swing as the ball nears her during the home game against Borah.

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Special thanks to the following who contributed to the senior party Jessica Stein

Jessica, We are so proud of you. We know the best is yet to come.

Love Mom, Dad, and Tyler

Ryan Emerson Hoffman

Keep smiling no matter what! Find out what motivates you, then give it

your ALL. Love, Mom and Dad

Karlie Andrews

Time to go share that smile with the world! Proud of you, Bear!

Love you lots, Mom, Dad, and Michael

Cameron Needham

Thank you for making our job as parents so easy!

We are so proud of you Cam! Love, Mom & Dad

Scott Pierson

Do not follow where the path may lead.Go, instead, where there is no path

and leave a trail!Love, Mom!

Neil McGrane

Follow your dreams! We will always love you.

Mom & Dad

Morgan McClain

Always stand proud, be kind & caring, love fearlessly, laugh forever.

Embrace life’s experiences! Love, Mom & Dad

Sharonrose Helena Dass

Go girl! We are proud of who you are! You fear nothing!

Congratulations! Love Mom, Dad, & Brothers

Taylor Stansbury

My dearest Renfro! You are such a bright light in our lives. Focus on your dreams.

They can come true if you believe in yourself. Love, Mom and Dad

Laci Talley

Acimoer J We are so proud of you and love you very much!

Mom, Dad, Jason and Rahyne

Tori Cade

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

We love you to infinity and beyond!Mom & Dad

Troy Wade

Troy, we are so proud of you!We love you!

Dad, Mom and Cara

Joseph Greene

You make us Proud! There’s more success to come. Always remember:

“Seek His kingdom first.”Love you, Mom, Dad, and Jacob

Taylor Wolfe

We couldn’t be more proud of you! Always stay focused on your dreams

and goals! We love you! Mom & Dad

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I’m so proud of you! I can’t wait to see the next chapter in your life.

Keep smiling. I love you!Mom

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Now the sky’s the limit!! Love, Mom & Dad

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Adam, We are so proud of the man you have become.

You will always be our little boy. Love you!

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and hold fast to your values.Love, Dad & Mom

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“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because

it stands on the shoulders of that generation…” –Ronald Regan

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…Those who have a wise son delight in him…

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Never forget, we will always love you and are always proud of you.

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From your first day to your last day- - you are always in our hearts.

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Your future is as bright as your smile!

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“Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”

Proverbs: 16:3Love you, Mom & Dad.

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and you’ll go far.Love, Mom, Bob, & Charlie

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We “celebrate” the wonderful son that you are. A wonderful life lies

ahead of you! Love, Dad, Mom and Josh

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on your life’s journey.Love always, Mom, Dad, Ashley & Autumn

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Our adorable “Bug” has grown up into a beautiful young lady.We love you, Mom and Dad

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Shoot for the moon.Even if you missyou’ll land among

the stars.Love, Mom, Dad & Ryan

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Congratulations! You are ready for the challenges ahead and we will always be your cheering section!

Love, Mom and Dad

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Congrats, you did it!Now begins your exciting adventure.

Go for it, the sky’s the limit!Love, Mom & Dad

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I am so proud of you and excited for your future!You are an amazing gift!

Love, Mom

Rachel Anderson

Don’t ever underestimate the power of Rachel. You are one of the most

amazing people we know!Love, Mom & Dad

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You are a “whole bunch of mazing”!We love you!

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Opinion Monday, May 16, 2011

Editor: Mark Mouser

For the last two issues, I have interviewed three students on what their political beliefs are. I included my own opinions as well. The articles were both successes and are now a regular for the opinion page. This time, since this is the senior issue, I interviewed three seniors: Luke Obenauf, Olivia Ware, and Kyrstyn Rader. They were interviewed on two new topics: stem cells (a very controversial topic because it has great scientific potential but moral question marks) and the continuation of the funding of NASA (controversial because people are wondering if space exploration is neccesary). I included my opinions on the issues once again.

As an atheist I heavily believe that all religions are in some ways alike, but most people, depending on their religion, take it a bit too far. They bring politics into it, which isn’t very wise. You can’t base facts off of the Bible, just like I can’t base facts off of my opinion. However, just because I am atheist doesn’t mean I don’t believe and disbelieve in certain things. Artificial Insemination is something I do believe in. Why? If you can’t have

kids and you really want them you shouldn’t just have to adopt. If there is any chance of you being able to have kids by actual birth, then why not go for it? It is also harmless. It doesn’t hurt you or anyone else, so why are people against this? I don’t think it’s right to be against something just because a book or a person told you to be. I believe in happiness and this is something that makes hundreds of people happy everyday. Another reason I believe in it is because no one picks his or her traits or heredity, but with this, no matter what, you are still birthing a child, even if your genes tried to stop you. All artificial insemination does is give whatever is needed; it doesn’t take the right to have kids away. Why stop it? I’m not saying that you can’t adopt, but why not try artificial insemination first then go for adoption if it fails. Just give it a chance first. Now you have heard my opinion and have seen the facts. Now you can decide for yourself. Don’t let a religion control your beliefs.

Religion is something that most people base their political opinions off of, but I don’t really see why that is a problem. Everybody has different views and different opinions, no matter what their religion is. As long as you have good facts to support your argument, you can always make valid points. For example, as a Catholic, I don’t believe in artificial insemination, although, I have many reasons why other than just religious reasons. For one, I think that a child is meant to be conceived in the act of intimacy privately by a man and woman. It doesn’t really have anything to do with what the bible says, I just think that’s how it should be, and that’s how we were made. Artificial

insemination completely defeats the purpose of sex. Also, If you can’t have kids, why be inseminated by a doctor, when you can always help a child in need by adopting? In our world today, we have an estimated 1 4 3 m i l l i o n o r p h a n s (www.orphanshope.org/our_vision.html); there are plenty of kids to go around. Then the re i s the controversy about how many zygotes they waste. I believe that life begins right after conception. Most Pro-Life people will agree with me. Artificial insemination creates many little lives, and a lot of them just go to waste. Then there are the costs and success rates of artificial insemination. You could be spending $300-$500 per attempt, with a success rate at about 10-20%. There are people who have attempted m a n y t i m e s t h r o u g h artificial insemination, but never achieved (www.costhelper.com/health/artificial-insemination.html) . So they pre t ty much just wasted money. If you are adopting directly from birth parents at an agency, you will pay for the legal and medical expenses for the child and mother, which you would be paying for yourself anyway through a normal pregnancy or artificial insemination.

S e n i o r s s a y w h a t t h e y t h i n k a b o u t b i g w o r l d i s s u e sRoundtable expresses its views on two prominent topics

Stem cells: How far should we go?

NASA: Should we continue funding?

Debate over artificial insemination highly i n f l u e n c e d b y r e l i g i o u s b e l i e f sMost political, philosophical, and moral beliefs are based off of one’s religious beliefs, and it influences the way people think about many different issues. One of these issues is artificial insemination, which is used by couples when one of them is incapable of conceiving a child.

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I think we should use stem cells to their full potential. Not only do they have the potential to cure nearly all physical diseases, but they can do crazy things, like make you live to be 200 or make all guys look like Justin Bieber and all girls look like Jessica Alba. We could take society to the next level. To some that sounds freaky, but to me it sounds awesome.

Burn victims, amputations, cancer and transplants. All of these things could be easily treated with stem cells-and it isn’t even about aborted fetuses anymore. Think about all the veterans coming home from abroad who deserve above all else a chance to have a “normal” life, but can’t.

At some point, humans must accept their mortality. Technology is not limitless, and while we can continue to push the boundaries of science, there’s a question of morality that comes into play. It might be my scientific ignorance, but I am disturbed by it. The natural balance of population is threatened by extended life expectancy.

It’s okay if they are necessary for survival, but at a certain point they aren’t doing it for survival; they are doing it just to see how far we can go. It’s okay if you need a new organ, but when you start growing back ligaments, it is going too far. The whole thing just creeps me out.

We should continue funding because it has helped further technology in America, such as microchips, and paves the way for America’s prestige as a leading world power. Additionally, the NASA program is less than one percent of America’s to ta l GDP. Compare that to the cost of social welfare and the military.

It is true that NASA can be credited with a lot of technological breakthroughs and, for that, I believe the organization itself needs to continue to be funded so it may continue its research. However, space exploration should not be funded for the time being. I understand pride, but in hard times we need to concentrate on real issues.

We should cut funding. There are a lot more pressing issues that need to be addressed before being the first to do anything having to do with space. NASA would be better being privately funded. Vanity can’t come before common sense.

I don’t want to say cut it completely, but I understand weening off of it. Personally, I believe there are a lot of issues on this planet to be dealt with before we start penetrating the galaxy. However, there are sectors of spending that can be cut before NASA, like defense (which is more like offense).

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