Fort Jones Elementarynominated for National

Blue Ribbon SchoolRecognition

FORT JONES - State Superintendent ofPublic Instruction Jack O'Connellannounced on November 15, 2006, thathe has nominated Fort Jones UnionElementary to the 2007 No Child LeftBehind (NCLB) Blue Ribbon School'sProgram. Fort Jones Union ElementarySchool is one of 35 schools in the state ofCalifornia who was nominated and thefirst in Siskiyou County. Jack O'Connellstated, "I nominated these schools fortheir National distinction because theyhave students across all demographic cat-egories who made impressive gains orscored at the top tier on California's stan-dards-based tests." He further stated,"Everyone involved in these students livesdeserves credit for this honor. I applaudeach of the nominated schools for imple-menting a successful combination of rigor,relevance, and relationships that is con-necting with student and helping themsucceed."

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Siskiyou County continues Holiday Celebrations

YREKA - Over 100 peoplegathered under the ChristmasTree in front of the Yreka FireDepartment last Friday night toparticipate in the MadroneHospice "Light up a Life" eventand Christmas Tree Lighting.The "Light up a Life" is anannual memorial of lightingcandles to remember a lovedone lost, to support a loved

one who is struggling with alife-threatening illness and tocelebrate life.Each memorial donation is anexpression of support whichhelps Madrone Hospice pro-vide quality and compassion-ate care to their clients.There was an invocation byKaryl White, Catey Olivolosang "You Shine" and Mark

Mitchinson did a presentationfor the Siskiyou CountyHIV/AIDS Foundation.

Over 260 names were read outloud to the crowd to honorthose who have passed orthose who are struggling with aterminal illness. The names on the list were:

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Madrone celebrates ‘Light up a Life’to remember loved ones

SISKIYOU COUNTY - Holiday events took place all over Siskiyou County this last weekend, including Christmas tree lightings in Yreka,Etna, Fort Jones and Weed. The Yreka Christmas tree lighting was held along with the Madrone Hospice "Light up a Life" events whichincluded World AIDS Day recognition. Dunsmuir had a Christmas parade on Saturday as part of its annual Candles in the CanyonCelebration, and you can find lots of great photos on the back collage to see all the parade highlights.

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>Continued from Page 1Frank AmaralJackson Robert AmensTeri & Wes AndrewsJohn ArnbergCraig AtwellMarjorie AuldRobert L. AustinLarry BaconMay BagleyLloyd J. BakerBela BanathyA.D. BanhartLoren & Ruth BarklowBessie BatesNorman BerryhillVirgil BisagnoDonald BlanchardLetitia BlanchardRoy BlanchardCarl BontragerEthel A. BorbaMace BrattMay BrownAlbert BryanElla BryanJim BryanLee BryanElisabeth BrynerEdward "Buddy" BuchnerBill Cadola

Willard R. CaldwellAnne CarterRichard CartwrightJerie A. CastleEunice CheslerHenry CheslerFamily of Vera Clements:Son-Christopher Sister-Verna Father-RolandMother-EuniceOlga Clemons

Irene ColburnBill ColePeggy ColemanBarbara CollierJohn CollierThe Stanford CooleyFamilyAl CottarLouise CottarMary CraddockMelvin Cramer

Bernie CrechriouSondra E. CrewsNancy CullisonEarl CumminsMarjorie CurtiusJuanita DayRichard DayLouella DeppenGeorge DeSozaTom & Ruby DeSozaJames Dickhart

Judy DickinsonElva DillmanMyrtle DoakPriscilla "Sally" DoakNellie DorsettWarren DotyDan DrakeAugust DuchalaDorothy DuchiClarence DudleyLillian DurandClarence & EleanorDzombaWilliam ElliottStanley ErbeckPeggy J. FaveroDonald FerrellEvelyn & Martin FinsesEverette FiockLeslie FiockNorman & May FiockSherrie L. FisherJeannette FlowerMarianna FosterBarbara FoutchJoliene M. FraserLillian FreemanElizabeth FullerHelen GardnerWilliam "Don" GarlandBenjamin Gladney

>Continued from Page 1Schools selected for NationalBlue Ribbon Recognition mustmeet NCLB Adequate YearlyProgress (AYP) requirements for2005-2006, and must meet 2005-2006 schoolwide and subgroupAcademic Performance Index(API) growth targets. In additionschools must show increases instudent achievement in the years2004 through 2006 in bothEnglish-Language Arts andMathematics. The schools' stu-dent body must be comprised of40 percent or more of disadvan-taged students whose level ofproficiency places the school atthe 60th percentile in English-lan-guage arts and mathematics inthe highest grade listed whencompared to other schools testedin the state. Schools may also benominated if the student profi-ciency level places the school atthe 90th percentile in English-lan-guage arts and mathematics inthe highest grade tested whencompared to other schools in thestate. All schools nominated thisyear were 2006 CaliforniaDistinguished Schools."As a school we're absolutelydelighted and excited with thisnomination for National BlueRibbon School's Recognition."stated Superintendent Gary

Lampella. "We have workedextremely hard to insure that allstudents receive a quality stan-dards-based education that pre-pares these students for the rig-ors of junior high and high school.We have known for some timethat our efforts and planning isexemplary. Now we have real evi-dence of staying the course thatbest meets student learningneeds. I am confident comeNovember 2007 staff memberswill be present in WashingtonD.C. to receive this nationalrecognition."Nominated schools must com-plete an application package duein February 2007 and meet 2007AYP and API schoolwide and sub-group targets available in August2007. These schools will also berecognized at the May 2007Distinguished School ceremonyin Anaheim. Awardees will beannounced in September 2007.In the past three years Fort JonesUnion Elementary has been rec-ognized as 2004 HonorableMention Distinguished School,2005 California School BoardAssociation Golden Bell StatePreschool Award, and 2006California Distinguished School.For further information one mayc o n t a c thttp://www.cde.ca.gov/index.asp.

Blue Ribbon

ETNA - This past week seven-teen county law enforcementofficers completed a three-dayPOST approved program onSurvival Spanish. The coursewas taught by Etna resident AlFerguson, retired from the USBorder Patrol.Officers learned how to controlSpanish speaking encountersand do felony stops and arrestsin Spanish. Also covered were

other key Spanish words andphrases to help in emergencysituations such as domesticviolence, medical aid, trafficcitations and accidents, andfires. Attending officers came fromTulelake Police, SiskiyouCounty Sheriff, Shasta CountySheriff, Yreka Police, and war-dens with the state Departmentof Fish & Game.

Local Law Enforcementlearns Survival Spanish

Local NewsSiskiyou Source Wednesday, December 5, 2006 A3> Names continuedVivian E. GladneyRuth CostingJan GrafmillerMabel GraceRobert GrantWesley Graves & LloydLeaAlbert GrayJay M & MarguerietteGrenstedJeanette GrootersSandra GuseJohn HaasAdelaide HagermanGerald "Wayne" HallBertha HamakerDennis HanonJames HarningJim HarveyEllen HaydenMerle Hegler Deirdre Hemmingsen Richard "Boot" Hill Harriette Holt Sterling F. Holt Russell D. Homer Jayne Home Donald Horning Delores Hottendorf Nellie Hudson Gordon Hughes Charles Hurley Frank Houghton Phyllis Inghram Amy Ireson Alden and Mary James Donna James Harry James, Jr.

John & Gladys Janson Laura Marie Johnson Robert Johnson Ruth Johnson Ronald G. Johnston Alice & Kenneth Jones Elizabeth Kearney Bernice & Gene Keefer Joann Kessler Patricia Killingsworth Leo Krikorian Yvonne Krone Ted Kuccera Dorothy Kyle Richard LaCom George La Joie Jack Lange Milly Laurent Mary Laws Otto "Larry" LeachMinnie I. LemosJohn J. LenzRay LewisSarah LewisBetty LightleTrella LouquetLois LowellCalla & Lew LukesRoger LukesSteve LymanEverett "Sonny" LynnLawrence McAllisterGloria McDonaldJohn R. McDonaldHarry McLeanMargaret McLeanWalter McLeanBeraice MachadoCharles Maplesden

June MaplesdenMissy MappAlice MarriottDon MarshClarence B. MarshallViolet "Connie" MartinTony MattosSue MarvinBettye Page MaupinAnnaMarie MeekZoa MelloRay MillerDorothy MisfeldtLouellen Judith MitchellFrank "Les" MitchinsonGustave & Marion MoellerConstance MontzLillian MorganLogan MorrisPaul Nair Hank Neely Patricia Newport George Njaa Katherine Nobles Dolores J. Novello John Olivolo John N. Owens Carmelina & Felix Palisi Paul Parsons Arlette Partida James L. Perry John H. Peterson Vonetia Phipps Jack R. Piersall Pearl Plumb Elizabeth Porter Jerry Powell Donald H. Pugh Lynette Purdy

Ethel A. Ramus Avanel Ravenscroft Frank Ravenscroft John Ravenscroft Jessie RayBill & Trudy Redding Brace Reynolds Winefred Reynolds Bob Reynolds, Jr. Flora Riccomini Earl & Irene Roberts Edward S. Roberts Marlene Roberts Ozzie Roberts Freda S. Robinson Edward Rohl Verle L. Root Joseph RoseEda RuffaloMartha SardochBetty SauerDennis SchwarzCharles SeatonWarren SeifertIva Jean SetzerEugene SharpCharlotte P. ShearerLarry SheppardSean ShinarBob ShoemakerKenneth ShortJanis Lee SiglerSherri SilvaBrad SimasChuck SimasKerry King SimasMarion SimonsonMilton SmithRobert Mars Smyser

Genevieve SpannausStephen R. StaceyE. Lucille StoppWalter SuraLucille SuttenAgnes SylviaSylvia & Leonard SylvaMary TholckeJames ThomsonRobert ThomsonTrueman TracyButch TrimmEvelyn TylerHonorable George G. TylerDeena UmbargerAnne Valentine Ellis Varcoe Feme Varcoe Alvin Vaughn Karl von Buchau Jackie Wada Beulah Wales Louise Walker Paul Walker Elizabeth Wallick Melvin J. Walls Inez Waterson Patricia Whitman David Wilder June Williams Frances WilsonSiskiyou County HIV/AIDSFoundation would like toremember David and Tom.In honor of: Roger Lukesloved ones, Jan Anderson,the Hospice Staff , FredaWilson and the SiskiyouCo. HIV/AIDS Foundation

ETNA - Nearly a packed houseof 200 people attended theSunday matinee at Etna HighSchool to hear Old-timeCowboy Songs by MontanaBalladeer Duane Dickson andmusic from local 10-yr-oldresident J.T. Murry. Duaneplayed songs about life of theold west, ranching and the cow-boy way of life, while JT enter-tained the crowd with JohnnyCash tunes like "Folsom Prison"

The event was sponsored bythe Etna FFA and raised nearly$300 for their program andprojects.The following was written forDuane Dickinson by ScottValley's Willie Munson:

Along our history's traila cowboy comes to mind;

riding a lonesome trail,a new place he looks to find.

Home for the cowboyis where he hangs his hat;whether it be a campsite

or a shingle-covered shack.

He has left his markas he traveled along the way;stacking rocks to mark a trail,

his name carved in a tree.

A horse to keep him company,harmonica to pass the time.

Words to make a song, a picture comes to mind.

Without their songs and poetry,History fades away.

Just sit and listen to theirwords

And what they have to say.

So listen to the cowboy.If you like, just sing along.

for he is saving historywith his stories and his song.

Etna treated to Old-tyme Cowboy musicwith Duane Dickinson and J.T Murry

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YREKA - The YMCA will beoffering a Senior BeginningBallet class in January, as partof the Active Adult program.Gift certificates are now avail-able at the YMCA. Certificatescan be purchased for mem-berships, fitness classes,t-shirts and personal trainings.

The YMCA will have a GivingTree again this Christmas sea-son. Community memberswho would like to supply a giftfor a local child may stop bythe YMCA and pick up aname, and then bring the giftback to the YMCA. Gifts will bedistributed the week beforeChristmas.

SCOTT VALLEY--- The time isdrawing near for the annualFort Jones Christmas Parade.Slated for December 9th,2006 (always the secondSaturday of December), theparade will commence at 1:00pm as in the past. Applicationsare in the mail to previous par-ticipants but anyone wishingto be in the parade iswelcome. Look for a printedapplication in upcomingissues that can be completed

and submitted to the paradecommittee. As always, theFort Jones Volunteer FireDepartment will be hostingtheir annual breakfast and theCraft Fair will be in full swingbefore, during and after theparade. This year's theme is"Holiday Homecoming." Fordetails regarding the parade,call either Mark Eayrs at 468-2162 or John Fitzpatrick at468-5781

MOUNT SHASTA - The Siskiyou ArtsCouncil’s Arts Bus Project and CaliforniaArts Council are committed to arts educa-tion for ALL (including) special needs kids inSiskiyou County in grades elementary thrumiddle school. Through their Special ArtFor Special People program. The purposeof “Special Arts for Special People, is toinstruct six weeks of fine art and hands ontechniques art classes for the special edu-cation students in our diverse county.Pamela Newman, Arts Bus Coordinatorsays " The art instructors have created anexciting educational fun-filled curriculum forthis session that is intended to provide amodel that will establish this “Special Artsfor Special Children” as a permanent pro-gram for the future" says Newman.Participants will be instructed by two teach-ers per session in drawing, painting and col-lage techniques using fine arts materialsincluding but not limited to drawing pencilsand charcoal, pastels and watercolor.Theart instructors will teach art theory and tech-niques with the expectation that the stu-dents will then explore their own potential

and expression with guidance and mentor-ing of the instructors. The classes will con-clude with an art exhibit and reception onJanuary 25th from 12-2pm. Which will beheld at the Shadow Mountain Mobile HomePark and anyone interested is invited toattend.Classes will begin week of December 5thand end week of January 23rd, no classduring Christmas vacation, Dec. 23rd -January 9th. 1:00 to 2:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.All classes will be held in the Club House atShadow Mountain Mobile Home Park 1934South Old Stage Road, Mount Shasta. Class Lesson PlanWeek 1 - The Line & Form pastels, char-coal & pencil and paper, and plastincineclayWeek 2 - Color & Design - pencils andmarkers on paper-creating a personal logo& design their own gallery show invitation Week 3 - Composition & Negative Space -paper collage & stencils Week 4 - Perspective - pencils, pastelsmarkers etc.

Week 5 - Painting techniques - Water colorand acrylicsWeek 6 - Finish projects and prepare forPresentation, framing and matting tech-niques - Prepare for art show and receptionJanuary 25th 12-2pm

Each student will receive their own SketchDiary to keep. Modeling clay will be available at all class-es for students.

* Note to parents: Making art is messy. TheArts Bus will provide the students withsmocks, but art materials can damageclothes. PLEASE CONSIDER HAVINGTHE STUDENTS WHERE OLD CLOTHESTO ART CLASS.

For class registration, to conduct an inter-view or for more information about this veryspecial and unique program from TheSiskiyou Arts Council’s Arts Bus Project andThe California Arts Council, please contactLauri at 938-0130.

Special Art For Special People Winter Art Series

Senior ballet classes & Giving Tree at YMCA

Fort Jones Christmas Parade

Business & TechnologySiskiyou Source December 5, 2006 A5

Autos1992 Buick Park Avenue - $1700

22mpg, Excellent condition, $800 in recentmaintenance work (541) 292-1620

1986 Pontiac Fiero - V6 SE 2-doorGood Condition, Needs Minor Work

Fast & Fun - $500 As Is(530) 467-3086

MiscFOR SALE: LOTS of Womens Square

Dancing Clothes -Like new:shoes,blouses, skirts, you name it! Gloria

841-0717

Camper for SaleOlder cab over camper for full size

truck (8ft bed) - $500 or will trade for3 cords of split, stacked Fir or Cedar

firewood. (530) 467-5752

Alaskan Husky Puppies for sale.$75.00 to $150.00 - Call 467-3009 for

more information. Beautiful short hairedracing stock. Some with blue eyes.

FOR SALETools for Sale: band saw, chop saw, tablesaw, assorted hand tools, and many otherthings. Starritt Studio, 1557 S. Main, Yreka.

842-1439.

FOR SALEUnder counter hot water heater. Doublestainless steel kitchen sinks with faucets.Bathroom fixtures, tub, stall shower, washbowles,and camodes-all white and in good

condition, with most of the hardware.Phone 467-5126 for information andlocation. Mac Gowan Davis Ranch

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Sending food for the holidays???

Try Netgrocer.comNetgrocer.com has a slogan "Groceriesand more, delivered straight to yourdoor!" and it's true. There's a fullGrocery Store with a Baby StoreBakery, Beverages, Breakfast, Canned &Packaged, Cleaning Products,Condiment & Sauces, Dairy, Ingredients,International, Meat & Seafood, Paper &Plastics, Pasta, Sauces, Grain, Pet Shopand Snacks.The Health & Beauty departmentincludes products for Baby Bath & SkinCare, Baby Medications, Bath & Shower,Cold & Allergy, Cosmetics, Deodorants,Diet & Vitamins, Digestive Aides, Eye &Ear Care, Feminine Products, First Aid,Hair Care, Intimate Care, Oral Care, PainRelief, Personal Care, Shaving Care,Skin Care and Sleeping Aids. The otherdepartments include Kosher items,Natural-Organic items, Gift Cards and aKosher section. They even have aLifestyles Package section for Campingand Backpacking, Timeshares, a CollegeCare Package called "Smile in a Box"and a Military Care Package called "Lovefrom Home".I think you get that picture that they havejust about everything you could belooking for in your local store and more.Just like in the store, they show you theitem, the price and even the Price/oz or

equivalent breakdown when it can apply.The shopping cart constantly displays onthe right and shows a listing of all theitems and you can easily click on any toreveal the details. Netgrocer acceptsMasterCardTM, VisaTM, AmericanExpressTM and the Discover CardTM,and all order information is encryptedbefore being transmitted over theInternet to their secure commerce server.The products are packaged to preventbreaking items and are shipped FedExright to your door. Netgrocer.com can save you time andoffers the convenience of shippinganywhere to anyone (within the 50 statesas well as APO/FPO and DiplomaticPouch zip codes : ) - it's certainly oneway to get your shopping done!

Maintenance Tip - Clearingout the junk…Every computer gets "junk" files due to nor-mal use. Whether it's tons of temporaryinternet files from surfing the web or justyour average *.tmp file that is unnecessari-ly taking up space on your hard drive, thereis lots that happens behind the scenes thatneeds cleaning up on a regular basis.One basic way to do this is to use the DiskCleanup Utility that comes with theWindows Operating System. This can bedone through the following steps:

Click on the Start MenuGo to All Programs

AccessoriesSystem Tools

Disk CleanupThe computer will then ask you the diskdrive, defaulting to the current hard drive,and then do an analysis of how much "junk"can be safely removed from your systemwithout jeopardizing anything. Dependanton how long it's been since your last tune-up, the analysis may take a while. This typeof maintenance is a good thing to do regu-larly on your PC - the frequency dependson your usage but once every week or socan keep your system fairly "junk" free.

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For any information leadingto the arrest & convictionof persons responsible for

vandalism of HilltopLogging's equipment onOctober 1, 2006 west of

Hilt.

Any information regardingthis matter

PLEASE call Siskiyou County

Sheriff Dept.530-841-2908

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Ask a Librarianby Rick Perkins

In this installment of Ask a Librarian I willdelve into the mysteries of the all powerfulonion and reveal the origin of our favoriteholiday sweet. So get your hankies out andgrab a candy kiss here we go!My wife Suzanne and I had the pleasure ofhaving her mother stay with us for theThanksgiving holiday. While Madeleine,Suzanne's Mom, was cutting up the onionsfor our turkey stuffing she asked, "Why doyou cry when you slice or chop onions?"Well, Madeleine this is what I discoveredabout those annoying onion tears.According to howstuffworks.com, when wecut or chop an onion, we break into theonion's cells. Among these cells are onesthat have enzymes inside of them, theybecome airborne when they are slicedopen. When these enzymes are releasedthey interact and decompose some of theother substances in the onion. The result isthe creation of amino acid sulfoxides whichform sulfenic acids turning the escapedvapors into a volatile gas. When this gascomes into contact with our eyes it reactswith the our water in our tears and thechemicals produce a mild sulfuric acid,which irritates the eyes. The sulfuric acidacts as the irritant that stings our eyes. Ourbrain tells our tear ducts to produce morewater in order to wash the nasty stuff out ofour eyes. If we rub our eyes in reaction tothe stinging we actually make the situationworse particularly if we have onion juice onour hands! I have a great amount of person-al experience to back this theory up! It is a bit ironic that the volatile eye irritant inonions is also the key factor for a lot of theirgreat taste. Sulfenic acids are also releasedwhen we cut up garlic, chives and leeks butthey only form a strong smell and don'tbother our eyes at all. The good news is

that there are some ways to minimize thoseonion tears. So, Madeleine and all you culi-nary types out there chopping and slicingwhile furiously fighting off the tears, hereare some strategies that I have used to betear free: Before chopping or cutting theonion try placing it in the refrigerator for afew hours. Better yet, remove the skin thenplace the onion in the fridge before prepar-ing it. The absolute best way that I havefound to stop the crying is to wear goggles.I use my swim goggles and they work great!I look utterly ridiculous, and so will you, butour eyes will be spared those evil oniontears! Now I ask you, what would the holidays bewithout hot chocolate, Advent Calendarchocolates, See's chocolates? I can almosthear the foil being unwrapped from theDove chocolate you just grabbed! Thankgoodness Jeff asked, "How was chocolateinvented?" It turns out that had notColumbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 wemay never have discovered chocolate at all.So Jeff here is the story on the origin ofchocolate. According to /www.uwm.edu, asearly as 1500 BC the Olmec Indians wereapparently growing cocoa beans as adomestic crop. When the Mayans migratedinto South America in 600 AD, they estab-lished cocoa plantations. These plantationsprovided cocoa beans that were used tomake an unsweetened cocoa drink. Thisconcoction was sacred and was associatedwith fertility and wisdom and the consump-tion of which was restricted to the Mayansociety's elite. When the Aztecs becamethe dominant culture in the 14th Century theMayan drink became the beverage ofchoice among the Aztec upper class. TheAztecs called the drink "xocalatl" whichmeant warm or bitter liquid. WhenColumbus arrived in the "New World" in theearly 16th century he and other Spanishexplorers were introduced to cocoa. It didnot take long for the drink to catch on inSpain and Portugal. According to inven-tors.about.com in 1544, Dominican friarstook a delegation of Kekchi Mayan nobelsto visit Prince Philip of Spain. The Mayansbrought gift jars of beaten cocoa , mixed

and ready to drink. Spain and Portugal keptthe drink to themselves and did not exportthe beloved drink to the rest of Eurpoe fornearly a century. So, Jeff without theSpanish conquest of Mexico and SouthAmerica, and their introduction of chocolateto the rest of the world, none of us would bewhipping up any hot chocolate today! Bythe way, the Spanish were the first to addsugar to chocolate in the 16th Century, thusinventing the first sweetened chocolatedrink. The rest, is history!And here, for you edification, are someChocolate firsts:1765 - Chocolate was introduced to theUnited States. 1780 - First chocolate mill in the UnitedStates and BAKER'S ® chocolate companyis born.. 1819 - First Swiss chocolate factory.1847 - First Chocolate bar 18471851 - First chocolate bon-bons.1861 - Richard Cadbury created the firstknown heart-shaped candy box forValentine's Day, 1868 - John Cadburymass-marketed the first boxes of chocolatecandies. 1876 - Daniel Peter of Switzerland devel-oped a means of making milk chocolate foreating. 1879 - Daniel Peter and Henri Nestlé joinedtogether to form the Nestlé Company.

Katie came up with the correct answer toour last 'win a cup of joe on Rick' question.Abe Lincoln was the president who madeThanksgiving a national holiday, he did it toboost patriotism during the Civil War, andKatie is right, the holiday did not becomeofficial until 1941. Congratulations Katie!You too could win a 'cup of coffee on Rick'from Wildwood Crossing if you can be thefirst to email me at etnalibrary@yahoo.comwith the correct answer to this question:Chocolate is made from the tropical treeTheobroma cacao. What does Theobromamean? I shall patiently await your answers!

Got a question? Ask a librarian atetnalibrary@yahoo.com.

Tears and Sweets!Community Contributions

A6 Siskiyou Source Wednesday, December 5, 2006

YREKA - Thanks to the generosity of somany helping to make the new spay/neuterclinic a reality we have lots more to sell. Wehave reached our half way mark towardsour anesthesia machine that is needed.Come support the clinic and make ithappen for the community.

Xmas gifts, man tools, lots of women'ssquare dance clothes, bake sale items, etc.Friday and Sat, Dec 8 & 9 from 10-2Behind Gil's Old Farm & Garden @ 100Payne Lane, Yreka "Look for the signs" orcall 841-0717 for information.

Another 2 day Xmas Bazaar & Indoor Yard Sale forPurr-Angels Yreka Homeless Cat Project

Child SafetyAh, it's that time of the yearagain. Families traveling to visitdistant relatives in strangetowns and cities, kids visitingtheir friends when off of school,folks shopping together with thechildren running off to dream ofall the toys they hope Santa willbring them, and to me the bestof all, the first snows to enjoy.But an advertising card thatcame in the mail just the otherday made me stop and think.The card accompanies theadvertising papers and showeda child missing for five years

from Lynden, WA with age pro-gression. The flip side hadsome warnings from Wal Marton protecting your kids. Askyourself: did you take the timeto look at the photos or justthrow it into the trash with theads, as so many folks routinelydo? Don't take the chance on ruiningyour Holidays; spend some timewith your youngest childrentoday and teach them somebasic safety behavior. Theyoften need to be repeatedlyreminded in the large stores likeWal Mart, not to run off. I sug-gest parents hesitate having

older kids look after youngerones, as they can too easily bedistracted in the crowded storesand not see a younger siblingbeing snatched. If you are traveling elsewhere, itis even more critical to empha-size safety and security, for yourkids will be in an unfamiliar areawith other people they don'tknow. This can make themeasy prey for some pervert.With some thought, planningand communication, the entirefamily can enjoy a safe andmemorable Christmas. For more tips you can go to thesite for the National Center for

Missing and Exploited Childrenwww.missingkids.comPREPAREDNESS TIP: Therush and excitement of holidaytravel can make us forget thebasics, especially if traveling bycar. The midwest storm a cou-ple of days ago trapped travel-ers in their cars for days, and itcan happen here. Have food,water, warm blankets and extraof any essential medicine(s).Keep the tank filled as often aspractical.

Al Ferguson 467-3752 or

siskiyousourceferg@gmail.com

Neighborhood Watch Column by Al Ferguson

Local NewsSiskiyou Source December 5, 2006 A7

KLAMATH RIVER - What do Bigfoot,insect-eating plants, and a 200' tallflagpole have in common? The answer isthat they all appear in a new book aboutSiskiyou County. Just in time for theholidays, Living Gold Press announcesthe release of A Coloring Tour of SiskiyouCounty. Published with the help of a JEDIStewardship Fund grant, the 40 pageeducational coloring book/county guidetargets both kids and adults.The coloring pages feature scenes fromall over our diverse county. In the back,

resource pages detail driving directions aswell as history and nature notes, andprovide contact information. An illustratedcounty map fills the centerfold spread.The book will serve handily as a guide forvisitors and local residents alike. Living Gold Press has published a num-ber regional titles on history, nature andother topics. A Coloring Tour of SiskiyouCounty is available for purchase at TheBook Store and Siskiyou County Museumin Yreka, Scott Valley Drug (Etna),Quigley's Store (Klamath River), in Mt.

Shasta at The Art Center, LanguageQuest and Village Books, or fromwww.livinggoldpress.com.

Living Gold Press releases ‘A Coloring Tour of Siskiyou County’

ViewsA8 Siskiyou Source Wednesday, December 5, 2006

Finding the silver lining…Well, my car issues continued last weekwith a car accident (fender-bender)followed the next day by another flat tire.That would make 2 flats in 2 weeks, and 2accidents if you count the tree hitting thecar.I always try to remain positive duringtimes like these and to look for the silverlining or meaning of it all. It's interestingthe twists and turns that life presents uswith, that after working through andlooking back they seem to all make sensein leading us to where we are today.I feel that every turn of a corner, everyshake of a hand has significance in God'splan. So when I feel that things seem tobe going not as I had planned, I alwaysput it in God's hands and go with God'splan. I believe the plan is perfect, though

too complex for us to understand, and allwe can do is do the best we can to followthrough with what each of us is here to do.I think many of the challenges weexperience help us to grow and move towhere we need to go. It's all too often thatmany people stay in jobs they hate andunhealthy relationships until somecatalyst comes along to propel them tothe next point in their lives. Again, it'smuch easy to see when looking back…I truly feel our lives are what we surroundourselves with and if focus on positivethings, then positive things will come intoour lives. I know that everyone experi-ences difficulties throughout their lives,but I feel it's important to focus forwardinstead of dwelling in the past. Thingshappen because they were meant to hap-pen, it's only our own expectations thatcause us to think differently and quiteoften create disappointment. I say acceptthings in life, don't expect thing from life.Also, be as kind, caring and generous asyou can to everyone you meet along theway and everyone will have a better day.

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I'm going to dance in the windAnd like a willow I will bend

Live each day as my lastEver grateful for the past,

All I've learned I am findingIn the light of the Silver Lining

~ Gypsy Soul

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

~ Bernhard Berenson

If you can imagine it you canachieve it. If you can dream it,

you can become it.~ William Arthur Ward

Word of the Weekfirmament

(FUR-muh-ment) noun

Definition: The sky; the heavens.

You solve a sudoku puzzlewith reasoning and logic.There's no math involved. The grid has numbers, butnothing has to add up toanything else.

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2 8 5 1 9 6 4 3 7

Are We The Same?Are we the same; you and I?In some large way we are.Within us there's a light,

that shines; we are all one flame.But, it is he; the one eternal;much brighter then we by far.

Where our sameness seems to alter;is based on how we live.

Our choices all have consequences,to live to love, not war.

Teach yourselves to control urges that you feel;

neglect to choose the wrong andthe evil deal.

Keep pure thoughts in your mind, too; for if you do not curb them soon,

they'll get a hold of you.It really does matter what you say

and do;keep it positive because negative

ways come back to haunt you!

SHARON L. GRIFFITHS"THE POETRY LADY"

Indians inside

Lion grapplers battle at Phoenix

Strohmeyer impressesBy Ray WolfSports Source EditorPHOENIX, Ore. - The Etna Lion wrestlingteam competed in a dual meet at PhoenixHigh School, last Friday. More accurately,members of the team were plugged intovacant spots on other teams competing atthe meet.There was confusion on the part of theorganizers concerning Etna, and the Lionswere unable to compete as a team.Instead, team members competed as partsof other teams, in order to still have theopportunity to wrestle.Senior Tyler Strohmeyer was plugged intothe South Medford team at 152 pounds.Strohmeyer went 4-1 at the meet.

See Lion Wrestling Page 13 >

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Lion JVs 47, Indians 25By Ray WolfSports Source EditorHAPPY CAMP - The Etna Lions varsityand JV teams swept the Happy CampIndians in boy's basketball, on Tuesday,Nov. 28. The varsity game was close throughmost of the first quarter. The Indiansjumped on top 4-0, with buckets byMeeko Sanchez and Dave Schmidt.With the Indians leading 8-4 late in thefirst quarter, the Lions ripped off 14points to end the quarter up 18-8. ScottFitzpatrick had eight points in the run,including a 3-ball, for the Lions.A hoop by Skyler Schneider to open thesecond quarter extended the Lion run to16-0, and gave them a 20-8 lead. NickBryant temporarily stopped the bleedingfor the Indians, with a hoop to make it20-10.The Lions' Geoff Weedon picked upthree the hard way, when he stole theball and was fouled during his lay up.The basket counted and Weedon hit hisfreebie, to give Etna a 23-10 lead.Sanchez nailed a three and Bryantadded a bucket to close the gap to 10points, 25-15, but Etna pulled furtheraway, and led 33-19 at the half.The Lions built their lead to 21, at theend of the third quarter 50-29. TheIndians battled back in the fourth, andcut the lead to eleven, 59-48, on a hoopby Bryant. Bryant brought Happy Campto within eleven again, 61-50, towardsthe end of the game, but the Lions wenton to win, 63-50.For the Lions, Fitzpatrick had a careerbest 18 points. Trevor Eastlick dom-

inated in the paint, scoring 16, andSchneider had 10 points.Happy Camp was led by Sanchez with17 points, and Schmidt who had 12.In the junior varsity boys game, the Lionstook advantage of a young and inexperi-enced Indians squad and dominatedfrom start to finish.Etna led 15-6 at the end of one quarter,30-16 at the half, 36-16, after three quar-ters, and finished up 47-25.Ryan Hicks led the Lions with 18 points,including multiple bombs from 3-pointland. Erik Anaya scored 13.Despite the lopsided score, severalIndian JV players showed good poten-tial, including Seth Jordan who put up 14points.

Etna 63, Happy Camp 50

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Happy Camp JVs ripEtnaBy Ray WolfSports Source EditorHAPPY CAMP - The Etna LadyLions and the Happy CampIndians opened their basketballseason, on Tuesday, Nov. 28. TheLions came from behind to win in atight, tough contest 46-41.Behind the hot shooting ofCassidy Hammon, the Indiansbuilt a 15-8 lead at the end of thefirst quarter. Hammon nailed two3-balls in the quarter including ashot at the buzzer.Another Hammon 3-pointer and apair of freebies early in the sec-ond quarter put the Indians up 20-10. Then, the Lions' TraceyThackeray took control in thepaint, scoring six straight points toclose the gap to 20-16. TheIndians, however, built their leadback to eight points, 28-20, byhalftime.With the Lions again trailing byten, 30-20, Beth Langford starteda run of 15 unanswered points forthe Lions. A bucket by BrittneyPotter put Etna up 31-30. Potteralso dialed long distance to pushthe lead to 35-30. A hoop at theend of the quarter by the Indians'Samantha Jordan ended the Lion

run, and made the score 35-32.Angelise Peters scored at the startof the final frame, to make it 35-34.Jordan went to the foul line, whenthe Lions' Potter fouled out, and hita pair to give the lead back to theIndians 36-35. The Lions quicklyregained the lead, 37-36, on a pairof April Hicks free throws. Threemore free shots by Langford gavethe Lions a 4-point cushion, 40-36.A basket by Misty Gayle wouldbring the Indians to back withinone, 42-41, with under two min-utes to play. But, a bucket and twofree throws by Thackeray sealedthe win for the Etna, 46-41.Thackeray led the Lions with 18points. Potter had nine, and Hicksdropped in seven.Hammon led all scorers with 23points, and Jordan chipped in withsix for the Indians.In the girls JV contest, the HappyCamp Indians ripped the EtnaLions, 53-35. Happy Camp domi-nated the first half, leading 20-9 atthe end of one quarter, and 35-15at the half.The Lions played considerablybetter in the second half, outscor-ing the Indians 20-18, but neverposed a serious threat to theIndians' chance for a win.

Lady Lions nip Indians, 46-41

Carly Hammon had 17 points for the Indians.Sami Jo Goodwin put in 12, and Aja Conrad had11.Annaleisa Nadig led the Lions with 23 points.

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VARSITYTulelake, 3-0Weed, 2-1Yreka (JV), 1-2Big Valley, 0-3

JUNIOR VARSITYYreka (Frosh), 3-0Weed, 1-2Tulelake, 1-2Big Valley, 1-2

Weed VarsityGame 1: defeated Yreka (JV),52-51Rita Kenessokkhamsene - 17Hannah Hervieux - 8Anousone Ngouyaphanh - 8

Game 2: defeated Big Valley, 42-37Kelsie Moser - 9Christy Gamache - 8

Game 3: lost to Tulelake, 24-44Hannah Hervieux - 6Anousone Ngouyaphanh - 4Rita Kenessokkhamsene - 4

Weed Junior VarsityGame 1: lost to Yreka (Frosh),20-33Lori Garcia - 8Amanda Greene - 7

Game 2: lost to Big Valley, 17-22Nicolette Neel - 8Lori Garcia - 4

Game 3: defeated Tulelake, 29-23Amanda Greene - 7Mindi Curran - 6

Yreka Junior Varsity (played as varsity)Game 1: lost to Weed, 51-52Carrie Watson - 21Samantha Stegall - 8Jaylene Phillips - 7

Game 2: lost to Tulelake, 43-47Carrie Watson - 18Samantha Stegall - 8

Game 3: defeated Big Valley, 41-34Carrie Watson - 23Samantha Stegall - 9Jaylene Phillips - 9

Yreka Frosh(played as JV)Game 1: defeated Tulelake, 45-19Kristine Sherman - 10Michelle York - 6Adriana Scala - 5Kaitlyn Willis - 5

Game 2: defeated Weed, 33-20Ashley Lemos - 10Kayla Redman - 8Adriana Scala - 5Kaitlyn Willis - 5

Game 3: defeated Big Valley, 48-17Ashley Lemos - 24Adriana Scala - 7Michelle York - 6

Weed High School Cougar Classic round robin results

Miner JVs fall 33-76By Ray WolfSports Source EditorYREKA - The Redding Christian Lionsran into Miner gym, last Thursday, andran home with a convincing win overYreka 79-48.The Lions opened with intense defensivepressure and took advantage of severalearly turnovers by the Miners to sprint toa 10-0 lead. Jeremy Turner scored thefirst points for Yreka, with about 3:30 leftin the first quarter, making it 10-2. With the Lions leading 14-2, the Minersmade some noise by outscoring the visi-tors 9-3 in the last three minutes of thequarter, and cutting the deficit to 17-11.Andrew Ward picked up a bucket for theMiners to open the second quarter andcut the Lion lead to five points 17-12. Itwas as close as the Miners would comefor the remainder of the game.Redding Christian steadily pulled awaythroughout the remainder of the quarterand built a 43-23 lead, at the half. TheLions increased their lead to 61-35, at theend of three, and went on to win 79-48.

For the Miners, Turner and Ward eachhad 11 points. Jimmy Kutzer and BrettKile scored eight a piece.The Miner JV squad had an even toughernight against the Lions. It was Lions 34 -Miners 11, at the end of the first quarter.Redding Christian was up 52-20 at the

half, and finished on top 76-33.David Ellison had seven points for Yreka,and freshman Branden Cone picked upsix.

Miners 48, Redding Christian 79

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> Continued from Page 9 "Tyler was pretty impressive," said EtnaCoach Kyle Kaae. "He beat Corning,Mazama, Grants Pass, and Phoenix, andonly lost to Eagle Point."Jonathan Ojeda also wrestled at the var-sity level and went 2-2. Ojeda lost his firstmatch and then won the next two, beforelosing the fourth match. Ojeda, ham-pered by a shoulder injury from football,chose not to wrestle his fifth match.Nick Schwall, normally a varsity wrestler,competed at the JV level because noteam had an open spot at 119 pounds.Schwall went 2-1.Junior varsity wrestler Ethan Aldrich,wrestling for the first time, won his firsttwo matches, at 215 pounds and went

2-1. Aldrich said after winning his firstmatch that it felt, "nice."Aldrich was on the Etna team last sea-son, but did not compete in any meets."It was a good start for Ethan. Lookingdown the road, it's going to be fun towatch him improve," said Kaae.Also wrestling for the first time was CecilliKelley, one of two girls on the Etna team.In her first match, wrestling at 140, Kelleypinned her girl opponent from Mazama."It felt pretty good, but I'm tired," gaspedKelley after the match.Kelley went 1-1 at the meet.Etna's Megan Wiles, who was the sixthranked girl wrestler in California last yearand competed at Nationals, lost both hermatches against boys. She left the meetearly to go to a girl's tournament.

Kaae was happy with the results of themeet and is looking forward to a strongseason."Nobody quit, and they wrestled hard. Ican work with that. Everybody is ready tocome back and go to work. They're hav-ing fun," said Kaae.Etna travels to Alturas this weekend forthe Modoc Classis.

Lion Wrestling

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JVs take firstBy Ray WolfSports Source EditorMCARTHUR - The Weed HighSchool Cougars varsity boysfinished third in the Block-F var-sity and JV tournament held atFall River High School, lastweekend. The Junior varsitysquad came home with achampionship.The varsity Cougars poundedBig Valley in the opening game,65-30. Jeffrey Williams led thescoring with 22 points. AnthonyFilice had 13 points and 11rebounds, and Marcus Newbyadded 10 points.The Cougars hit a bump in theroad against Liberty Christianin their second game, falling40-59. Williams had 14 points.Filice scored eight points andhad 17 rebounds. Newby also

had eight points.Weed prevailed in a tight con-test for third place over HayFork, 50-49. Marcus Hortonhad a big game with 17rebounds and 12 points.Williams scored 14, and Newbyhad 10 points.Williams and Filice were select-ed for the All-TournamentTeam.While the tourney went well forthe varsity, it was even betterfor the JV Cougars.Weed demolished Big Valley inthe first round 60-20, squeakedby Modoc in game two 21-18,and beat Fall River 40-32 in thechampionship game.Aaron Power-Bearden tookhome the Most Valuable Playeraward. Zack Vogel, DakotaMcCullough, and DannyCasorla were All-Tournamentselections.

Local Fishing ReportEagle Lake

Fishing has been great, with manynice Rainbows in the 2-4 poundrange. The best bite is first thing in themorning. It starts to slow after 10 a.m.,but there's no problem catching limitsby trolling a Blue Tire Track SEP's orcopper and multi colored copper.Small Rapala's on the edge of thetules also works well.

The best spots are the Youth Center area, the tules near Spalding, andEagle's Nest. Be prepared to release the smaller fish in the 1 ½ - 2 poundrange, or you'll be done fishing in no time because the limit is only two.The fish are near the top at this time of the year. So, downriggers andlead lines are not necessary. Troll slowly and use lightweight tackle andyou may catch more fish.Note: It has been very windy almost everyday at Eagle Lake.

Lake SiskiyouLake Siskiyou is still offering some of the best trout fishing around,whether you are fishing from the bank or trolling from a boat. If trolling,use a SEP's Side kick Dodger, which is a lightweight single blade thatyou put a 12 - 16 inch leader and a half of a night crawler on, and trollslowly. This rig will easily go 10-12 feet deep and that's where most ofthe fish are being caught. So, a lead line or downrigger is not necessary.In fact, you may catch more fish with this lightweight trolling setupbecause you can feel even the slightest bites, when the fish are not realaggressive.The north shore is always a good choice for bank fishing, with easylimits. The ¼ oz. Kastmasters are great lures to use. Panther Martins,Blue Fox's, and rooster tails are also good. If you like using bait, nightcrawlers and Power Bait will work also.

McCloud ReservoirMcCloud reservoir has been consistently good all year for Rainbows andBrowns. Use the lightweight SEP's, like you would at Lake Siskiyou.Also, the Kastmasters make great trolling lures to get a little deeper forBrowns.

Klamath RiverThe Steelhead are here! Good reports are coming in, especially downriver from the Horse Creek, Scott River, Seiad and Happy Camp areas.Spinners such as Panther Martins and Blue Fox's work well. RebelCrawdads, Brads Wigglers and Hot Shots are great too, as well asbouncing roe.

Winter bass fishing reports coming soon.

Weed varsity third inBlock-F Tourney

Lady Bears get"Consolation Crown"By Rick MartinANDERSON - It's early, but theMt. Shasta Bear varsity basket-ball teams look pretty good.The Lady Bears ran their recordto 3-1 last weekend, snaggingthe "Consolation Crown" at theAnderson Tournament with winsover University Prep andHayfork.Ron Borges' Bears opened theseason on Nov. 28, posting animpressive 55-28 home winover Central Valley. Then onThursday, Mt. Shasta drew pow-erful Union Mine High School ofEl Dorado, and suffered a 66-48loss.However, the team reboundedon Friday night, pastingRedding's U-Prep 70-37 behinda 19-point outburst from seniorLibby Grace. On Saturday, theBears finished off the consola-tion round by nipping Hayfork41-37.Mt. Shasta was scheduled toplay at Dunsmuir on Tuesday ofthis week, and in another pre-season tournament this comingweekend. The Lady bears' next

home date is Tuesday, Dec. 12against Anderson-the last tuneup before the Mt. ShastaHoliday Tournament.For the boys, the opening weekalso saw a couple of productivewins. Dan Hansen's team had adifficult opener, falling at CV 70-50, last Tuesday.And, it didn't look good in theopener of the PierceTournament two nights later. Mt.Shasta saw Winters blow opena tie game at the half with a 17-6 third quarter run. But down 11,with 10 minutes remaining, theBears knuckled down ondefense, holding Winters to justa single bucket in the finalframe, en route to a 44-38 win.In the Pierce Tournament semi-finals, Mt. Shasta saw itsoffense stifled by eventualchampion Willows in a 53-30setback. That dropped them intothe third place game with thehosts from Arbuckle, and Mt.Shasta eked out a 44-37 win.That left them at 2-2 after theopening week. They were alsoscheduled to visit Dunsmuir onTuesday, before traveling to theYreka Tournament this week-end.

Bears take third at tourney

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1. West Cottonwood2. Sequoia3. Jackson Street4. Sisson5. Scott Valley J.H (Consolation)6. Weed

Three-point shooting champion: Kismet Prosper, SissonHot Shot champion: Kalina Betts, Yreka

Yreka Girls "A" Invitational Tournament results

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Junior Varsity takes ConsolationBy Ray WolfSports Source EditorLOS MOLINOS - The Etna Lions varsitybasketball team went into last weekend'sLos Molinos Tournament as defendingchampions. They left with a seventhplace finish.The Lions took on Gridley in their firstgame, and found themselves in a 21-8hole after one quarter. Etna put forward abetter effort in the second quarter, butwound up going into halftime trailing 27-44.Gridley increased their lead to 22 points,60-38, by the end of the third quarter.Both teams scored 18 in the fourth, andGridley took the win, 78-56.Brent Davis had 10 points for the Lions.Logan Dysert picked up seven points andeight rebounds. Geoff Weedon, MitchEastlick, Beau Branson and SkylerSchneider each had six points. Weedonalso pulled down eight rebounds.The Lions got off to a better start againstHamilton City in their second game of thetourney, leading 18-17 at the end of onequarter. Each team scored 13 points inthe second quarter, and the Lions took aslim 1-point lead into the locker room, 31-30.Hamilton City, however, outscored Etnain both the third and fourth quarters to

win the game, 71-61."We ran more in the second game, buthalf of our turnovers were unforced. Ourrebounding improved, but we still neededmore offensive rebounds," said EtnaHead Coach Jeff Fowle.Skyler Schneider put up 17 points,including four 3-balls. Scott Fitzpatrickused the 3-pointer three times on his wayto a 17-point effort. Trevor Eastlick addednine points and cleaned the glass for 13rebounds. Schneider had nine reboundsand Weedon grabbed seven boards.Etna got back on track Saturday morningwith a win over Bishop Quinn, 65-62.Etna held a slight lead, 13-12, after onequarter, but Bishop Quinn led at the half34-32.Both teams put 12 points on the board inthe third quarter, and Bishop Quinnretained a 2-point advantage 46-44. Thefourth quarter went Etna's way as theyoutscored Bishop Quinn, 21-16, to takethe contest."We had three guys crashing the offen-sive boards most of the time in our thirdgame," said Fowle. "We were much bet-ter on our fast break. Logan Dysert tookfour charges and that was a real moralebooster for the team. I think he drewseven charges during the tournament.Geoff Weedon was outstanding ondefense."

Skyler Schneider led the offensive attackwith 21 points, including four 3-point bas-kets. Trevor Eastlick scored 18, andBeau Branson contributed 10 points.Eastlick led the clean up crew on theboards with 16 rebounds. Logan Dysertpulled down nine boards. ScottFitzpatrick and Geoff Weedon had eight,and Schneider grabbed seven rebounds.Schneider was selected for the All-Tournament Team.

Lion JVs take ConsolationAfter a rude wakeup call in their 31-60loss to Gridley, the Etna Lion JVsrebounded with wins over Live Oak 32-31, and Williams 57-48 to capture theConsolation prize at the Los MolinosTournament.Erik Anaya led the Lions in scoringagainst Gridley with nine points. RyanHicks had six. Charlie Kelley and AlexCase each chipped in with five points.Against Live Oak, Hicks tallied 16 pointsand Anaya had eight.Anaya and Hicks both put up double fig-ures in the Lions' win over Williams.Anaya scored 25, and Hicks had 22."Erik's defense was unbelievable, andRyan was a scoring machine," saidFowle.

Lions finish seventh at Los Molinos

Happy Camp girlswin one, lose twoBy Ray WolfSports Source Editor

DORRIS - The Happy CampIndians boys and girls varsityteams competed in a roundrobin tournament at ButteValley High School, last week-end.

The boys opened up with aclose win over Triad (KlamathFalls, Ore.), 51-49. DavidWard led the Indians with 13points. Dave Schmidt hadeight points.In another tight contest,Happy Camp fell to ButteValley, 52-54, in game two.Meeko Sanchez scored 18points, and Ward had 17points.

The Indians rebounded ingame three to take out NorthLake (Silver Lake, Ore.), 54-43. Jeano Wright poured in 13points. Joey Polmateer,Sanchez, and Schmidt eachcontributed 10 points.Happy Camp's girls fell in theirfirst round match againstTriad, 40-46. SamanthaJordan led the Indians with 15points.

The Indians also had a toughtime against Butte Valley, los-ing 34-48, in game two.Cassidy Hammon had 16points, and Jordan put up ninepoints.In game three, Hammon andJordan each put 16 points onthe scoreboard, and theIndians beat North Lake, 43-35.

Indians go 2-1 at Butte Valley

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Varsity beats Trinityand Eagle PointBy Ray WolfSports Source Editor

WEAVERVILLE - The YrekaLady Miners upped theirrecord to 2-0, with a 56-49 winover the Trinity Wolves, lastThursday.The Miners had trouble deal-ing with the pressure defense

of the Wolves and got off to arough start, trailing 17-9 afterthe first quarter. Trinity main-tained the 8-point lead at thehalf, 29-21."Trinity is young but scrappy.We had 26 turnovers in thegame, and had trouble deal-ing with their pressure," saidYreka Coach Bill Mittan. "Weworked on that at practice onFriday."Yreka came out strong in the

second half and closed thegap to a single point, 37-38, atthe end of three quarters. TheMiners outscored the Wolves19-11 in the fourth, to win 56-49.Kaitlin Weckerle led Yrekawith 16 points and sevensteals. Jennifer Hopkinsscored 12 and had four steals.Sara Ford cleaned the boardsfor eight rebounds, and hadeight points and four steals.

The previous Tuesday, theLady Miners opened theirseason in Oregon againstEagle Point, where they pre-vailed 55-41.Weckerle put 15 points on theboard, and had four stealsand four rebounds. Hopkinsscored 11, Ashlie Smith put ineight, and Stephanie Rokescontributed seven points andfour rebounds.

Lady Miners win a pair

The sine qua non of sport is competition. Thegoal is winning. This infatuation with winningis seen at various levels of sports from peewee leagues to the professional, intercolle-giate and high school ranks. It all seems tobe about winning, or is it?I recently took an ASEP (American SportsEducation Program) mandated for highschool coaches in the state of Washington.Their motto is "Athletes First and WinningSecond." I believe in this, but being a verycompetitive person is my nature. I admit I'mold school and tend to come from the VinceLombardi institution of, "Winning isn't every-thing, it's the only thing." Here's one of the scenarios posed in thecoaching principles handbook. The Wildcat'sare down 14 to 10 with one minute to play.The fans scream as "Record-book Rodney,"their star tailback, spins away from two tack-les, dodges another, lunges forward, and istackled six yards short of the end zone.Cheering teammates surround Rodney,who-unseen by the officials-takes a cheapshot to the kidney of his tackler. WhenRodney gets to his feet, he spits toward thetackler, who is in obvious pain, and thenglances to the sideline to find his headcoach's eyes fixed upon him.It's obvious to both of them that his actionshave flown squarely in the face of the team's philosophy and rules. This is notRodney's first offense with conforming to therules.

See Tom Webster Page 18 >

Tom Webster's 24/7/365 - “Just win baby?”

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Shorthanded Etna goes1-2By Ray WolfSports Source EditorGOLD BEACH, Ore. - TheEtna Lady Lions went to theGold Beach Tournamentmissing two of their seniorstarters, April Hicks andCharmain Mortenson, as wellas key reserve player SarahLoogman. Being shorthandedtook its toll, and the Lions fin-ished sixth at 1-2.Etna struggled to score points

in the first game, losing 22-38to Gold Beach. TracyThackeray was high point forthe Lions, with five.Well balanced scoring helpedthe Lions defeat CascadeChristian (Jacksonville, Ore. )in game two, 42-28. BrittneyPotter, Tracy Thackeray, andBeth Langford each scorednine points. Lindsey Stachercontributed eight.Etna fell to Bandon (Ore.) ingame three, 39-50. Stacherled the Lions with 14 points,and Thackeray had 10.

Lady Lions compete in Gold Beach

>Tom Webster continued from Page 17The refs move the sticks to first down andgoal. The PA announces, "This is it Wildcatfans! Six yards away from the first state title inHuntsville football history."What do you do?A. Sit out Rodney?B. Hope your backup tailback runs it in?C. Ask Rodney why he did that and put himback in the game on fourth-and-goal from the one.There are a few holes in this scenario. Theofficials obviously were watching the cheer-leaders and did not see any of it. Did they alsomiss a personal foul on the tackle of Rodneyor a verbal exchange between the two? Wasit just a rabbit punch?

None of this really matters, but a lot can go onin the heat of battle, especially at the bottomof the pile in a football game. The fact of thematter is this decision will affect the coach,Rodney, other players, the school and thecommunity. It is without doubt a major deci-sion.What do you do?A coach polled from the state of Texas mightsay, "Of course I put him back in ole son. If Idon't win this game, they burn my housedown and I'm selling insurance on Monday."I say Rodney is done for the night and possi-bly the season. I will definitely take a loss ifnecessary to not compromise my principlesand what I believe in.One a side note, without "Record-book

Rodney" to sniff pay dirt, I would call a doublereverse pass and score the game winningtouchdown. Rodney would learn a valuablelesson in life and I would be a genius!In conclusion, sport is not an island of purity-a privileged sanctuary from real life. Sport is areflection of society. Sport has within it thesame problems as the society in which itresides. To stress that sport mirrors societydoes not justify any compromise of athleticmorals and principles. School sport needs torid itself of a "win at all costs" mentality andrethink the causes and effects of the truenature of sport.What would you do?E-mail T. Webster in Port TownsendWashington at nike_cat7@hotmail.com.

Dear Readers,Know what? Tail wagging is good exercise.I have gotten some wonderful letters, andeven a phone call, from some of you in thelast couple of weeks and my wagger is get-ting a workout! I love hearing from you -and I answer every letter and email person-ally. It might take me a few days - I'm a verybusy doggie, you know - but I get it done. Iespecially like to see photos of your petsand hear about their special talents or theiradventures. Special thanks to Scott, Lillian,Marie and Kathleen and Jonnie, her cuteJRT.

In my last column I introduced you to mysister, "Bungee". One of her photos got lostsomehow, and I wanted you to see her"doing her thing" in camp. No, not huntingor digging, but planning an ambush onDad's dinner. If he doesn't pay attention, itwill be grabbed and gone in a Jack-Russell- second. Is the Jack Pack everenvious of her tenacity and talent!

I told you that I was going to a Dirt DogPlayday and Dad was going to "teach" meto race. Like, I don't already know how -duh. Sometimes I just do it the 'Tracks'way. I decided to humor him, though, andof course, I blew away the competition. Ieven caught the lure a couple of times.Here I am, ahead by a mile. What speed,what style, what grace, what...OW, Mom,OW! Quit that - I was just getting warmed-up. That's prob'ly abuse, you know.Grump! LOL

The idea of Dirt Dog playdays is to practicefor the events at Jack Russell, or other dirtdog trials, and/or for people and doggies tohave fun together. One of the best events,

I think, is the Go-to-Ground. Usually, a tun-nel is made with plywood. It has turns in it- only one or two for puppies and more forthe more experienced. We have to start afew feet behind the entrance and then wescream through that tunnel because weknow there is a RAT at the end! The rat isprotected, (darn it!), by bars at the end ofthe tunnel and it's also in a small cage thatthe judge can lift up and away from anydoggie that escapes from it's handler.We try digging, whining, barking andgrabbing at that rat. Any doggie (?)thatdoesn't try to get the rat is sent for psychi-atric evaluation. Just kidding. WMTO

Some doggies came to the playday andgave a "flyball" demonstration. The dog-gies run down a course over a series of hur-dles. Then they hit the platform on the fly-ball machine and a tennis ball pops out ofone of the 3 holes. The doggie grabs it andraces back over the hurdles to the finishline. It's a team event and it's timed. Itlooked like a lot of fun! Any size doggie cando it.

We sure enjoyed the flyball demo. Thatwould be a fun thing to try!

We love racing. Obviously, the emphasisis on fun and not perfection, as you cansee. WMTO

As you can see, playdays are a laugh aminute. Maybe you can bring your dirt dogto the next one. We are thinking of havingone in Yreka in the spring. If you are inter-ested, please let me know!

In case you've been wondering, mycolumns come out the 1st and 3rd weeks ofthe month. Usually, that's every otherweek, but sometimes, on some months with5 weeks, there are 2 weeks betweencolumns. That gives me a little more time tobe a Jack Russell Terrorist!

AskTracks@siskiyousource.com or AskTracks, P.O. Box 603, Ft. Jones, CA,96032.

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Dunsmuir Candles in the Canyon

Holiday Parade