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Connor Deeks
of what would be better."
Staff Reporter
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I have the role of president
and I have to take care of
the school like it is my first
bom child. I have to meet
with the administration, help
with ASB funds and make
decisions on the spending.
This entails dances and
events."
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"As president I will plan
more assemblies as well
as more fun ones. I will
help plan dances and other
presidential stuff. I will do all
this by yelling and getting my
point across as well as asking
the student body what they
want because ultimately my
ideas and actions would be
over the top in money and
reality. I can't wait to run the
school as a dictator. '08."
Connor Deeks
Hillary Obye
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I am ASB vice-president
and I am the only returning
member from this year ('06-
'07). Next year I will know
how everything is run, and I
will hopefully make sure ASB
stays organized and on track."
Michael Bemert
Michael Bemert
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I have to opportunity to be
public relations officer for the
2007-2008 ASB. This role will
entail communicating news to
media outlets and managing
community relationships."
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"I believe that the West
Linn community has
tremendous opportunities to
address past difficulties and
build on traditional strengths.
Increasing student service
opportunities and instilling
a sense of pride in our
community are two specific
and pressing opportunities
for West Linn. Creating an
environment conducive to
communication is the first
step to achieving these goals.
Accordingly, I encourage all
students and faculty members
to share their ideas with
incoming ASB members and
to become active participants
in the discussion about the
kind of school we want to
create."
Charlie Steele
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I am Charles B. Steele, I
am the new Deputy of Spirit.
My job is to get people excited
and spirited for up coming
events, like home sporting
events. Also, I hope I can
improve attendance to other
major events that occur at
our school. Drama and Band
are two examples that we are
lackluster in attending. That
is my role; I am in charge of
spirit."
Hillary Obye
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
T think that we should
improve upon the relationship
between the student body
and ASB, meaning that the
students get more of what
they want. I will accomplish
this by making students more
aware of what is happening
at West Linn and see if they
have any ideas/suggestions
to raise not only awareness
but a willingness to solve
this global climate crisis. I
hope to make recycling a
major thing at our school. I
want to hear kids upset when
the can’t recycle their soda
can or water bottle. I hope
to bring more recycle bins
from outside and out of mind
inside and into the minds of
the students and staff. I hope
we can make recycling easy
to do and throwing garbage
away hard.
The other goal that I
am very interested in is to
bring students and staff
back to sporting events.
Many students work very
hard all year on their sport
with many of us playing
more than one. When the
student body doesn't show,
our performance can reflect
it. Nothing beats coming
to school after a big win
and having the student
body already know your
achievement.
I hope that with help from
the student body, I can start
to achieve my goals. Spirit
has always been something
we try to increase every
year. However, hopefully
this year it will become a
reality. But most important
to me I want this school to be
an outstanding example of
what it means to be "green"
I think there are many ways
this school can not only be a
"green school" but can be the
shinning model for the rest of
the county, and state to follow.
We already are a city on a hill,
so to speak. Let's be the school
on the hill as well."
Charlie Steele
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"My goals for next year
are to make our school a far
"greener" place. My aspiration
and dream for next year, is
Ben Morrow
Ben Morrow
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"My role on ASB is
Secretary Treasurer. This
entails managing how our
money is spent and ensuring
it is spent wisely. In addition,
I will help with the general
duties of ASB and assist in
any way needed."
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"I feel West Linn could
improve in several areas.
First, I think we need fair
funding for all sports at
our high school. I plan to
encourage recognition of all
sports and make sure they
all have proper funding. In
addition, West Linn needs
better rules at lunch. For
example, I hope to allow
underclassmen more off-
campus opportunities during
lunch. And, on campus, let
everyone eat in popular areas
such as the new building.
Lastly, I feel our high school
can improve on our school
activities such as assemblies,
dances and other events. I
plan to make these events
more fun and enjoyable so
more students will want to
participate."
your plans to accomplish
that?
"I would like more school
involvement!"
Alyssa Aramaki
Alyssa Aramaki
Maddie Kiely
Maddie Kiely
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I will be Activities
Coordinator. That means I'm
going to being working with
assemblies and all the fun
stuff!"
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"I would like to get
everybody more involved
in the community. There
are people who need help
all around us every day,
and I think we can work on
trying to see these people
and extend a hand. My plan
to address this issue is to
make school wide public
community service options,
and to do a different issue
awareness campaign every
month. That way, not only
do we have the ability to take
part in our city's community,
we can also give ourselves
an active and knowledgeable
role in the global community
as well."
Courtney Sunderland
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"As a junior officer next
year, I won't have a specific
role. The four juniors will
assist the seniors and work
with them on whatever needs
getting done."
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"I think our school needs
more pride. I don't just mean
more school spirit, cheering
at football games, or having
fun at assemblies, but actually
taking pride in ourselves
as a school. We are really
lucky to have such a nice
school to attend, with a great
academic program and great
extracurricular activities,
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that. I think having more
schoolwide service projects
would be a great way to bring
our school together and show
that we appreciate what we
have and that we will give
back. I know it sounds cheesy,
but serving can help us have
more pride in ourselves as
individuals and as a school."
Amber Arrigotti
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I'm basically just here to
do whatever anyone needs
me to do, and put in some
good ideas. I'm going to be a
junior officer, so I don't have
an exact position."
What is your role on ASB,
and what does it entail?
"I am the Homeland
Security Officer, I will be
making the videos that inform
the student body on what's
happening."
Amber Arrigotti
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
your plans to accomplish
that?
"I think that we could
improve on having activities
Courtney Sunderland
What do you feel WL could
improve upon? What are
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