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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Taking readers on existential journey PHOTO PROVIDED The Sisters Outlaws cheer squad is headed to Disneyland for their final competition of the season. Outlaws honored at State competition Outlaws cheer competed at State on February 16 and took home a fourth-place tro- phy in the 4A division. The Outlaws also received the Kim Hunter Positivity Spirit Award out of all schools 4 1A through 6A 4 and coed divisions. Two Outlaws cheerleaders, Roy Gannon and Victoria Shellswell-White were rec- ognized for earning a spot on the All State Cheer Team. The Outlaws are excited to continue to their final compe- tition of the season when they travel to Disneyland to com- pete at USA Nationals. The nugget_2019-02-20.indd 5 team has been fundraising for months and cannot wait to fly out to sunny California on Wednesday, February 20. The Outlaws are led by seniors Roy Gannon, Abigail Busick, and Errin Hongel; accompanied by juniors AriAnne Griffy and Victoria Shellswell-White; sophomore Rachelle Dale; and freshmen McKenna Brinkman, McKenzie Shellswell-White, and Ana Cole. In her fourth year of coaching the Outlaws compe- tition cheer team is Gabrielle Griffy. Megan Griswold is pas- sionate about helping oth- ers find their own path, hav- ing learned from her own. She has logged over 15,000 hours journeying through remedies from the simple to the wild4from the glaciers of Patagonia and the psycho- tropics of Brazil, to academia, the Ivy League, and the study of Eastern medicine. In <The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies,= Griswold reports from the fringe, the alternative, from the backcountry to the front, in stories that trace her life- long attempt to become a more loving, more awake, more durable person in an increasingly complex world. Griswold will visit Paulina Springs Books in Sisters for a reading and book signing event on Thursday, February 21, 6:30 p.m. She has roots in the area; her family maintains a Sisters Country home. Megan Griswold was born into a family who enthusiasti- cally embraced the offerings of New Age California culture 4 at 7 she asked Santa for her first mantra, and by 12 she was taking weekend work- shops on personal growth. But later, when her newly- wedded husband called in the PHOTO PROVIDED Megan Griswold will discuss “The Book of Help” at Paulina Springs Books. middle of the night to say he9s landed in jail, Megan had to accept that her many certifi- cates, degrees and licenses had not been the finish line she9d once imagined them to be, but instead the prelimi- nary training for what would prove to be the wildest, most growth-insisting journey of her life. Often hilarious and, at times, heartbreaking, The Book of Help is an expedition through existential curiosity. Megan9s adventures offer a beacon for readers9 own paths as they, too, grapple with what it means to be a loving human in the world. By lead- ing readers through layers of spiritual and holistic experi- ments and lesser-understood methods of wellness, they feel equipped to embark on their own journey. Wi t h d e g r e e s f r o m Barnard, Yale and the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture, Griswold has trained and received certifica- tions as a doula, shiatsu prac- titioner, yoga instructor, per- sonal trainer, and in wilder- ness medicine, among others. She has worked as a mountain instructor, a Classical Five Element acupuncturist, a free- lance reporter, an NPR <All Things Considered= commen- tator, a spokesperson for egg freezing, an off-the grid inte- rior designer, and the creator of the backcountry-meets- high-style online store Little Moving Spaces. She resides (mostly) in a yurt in Kelly, Wyoming. 2/19/19 10:56 AM