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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JANUARY 24, 2017
Tara Child, Leading Lion Resurgence
The Cottage Grove
Lions girls varsity bas-
ketball team has found
a dominating force in junior guard Tara Child.
Throughout the season so far, Child has proven
she is one of the quickest and most electrifying
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point guards the program has had in
a long time.
“Tara’s strongest attribute
as a player is her work ethic. She
is constantly working hard to get
better and improve and be more
disciplined. I think it has already
shown from the beginning of the
season to where we are now,” said
assistant coach Alyssa Eggen.
As a fi ve-foot tall guard, she
is typically the smallest girl on the
fl oor, but arguably the fastest player
and best ball handler out there. What she
doesn’t have in height she makes up for with
heart.
“Breaking a girl’s ankles and having
her land on her face is probably one of the best
experiences I’ve had on the court,” Child said.
While the main focus of the players
and coaches is to win, typically, everybody
loves a highlight play like a good fast break, a
block, or in Child’s case, an ankle breaker.
“Big plays like that really get ev-
erybody excited and create momentum for
our team. It gets the crowd pumped up and
it brings confi dence to all of us,” said Keara
Murphy, a senior on the team.
On Friday, January 5th against Stayton, Child
fi nished with 10 points which is her highest
scoring game this season.
“I have off games where I tend to
revert back to some old habits but I try and
push myself to be better every game and I’ve
improved a lot because of that,” Child stated.
Just as Eggen said, Child’s work ethic
really pays off and she is aware of that herself.
“My freshman year I swung all three teams,
Dean of Students battling
chronic absenteeism
Book battles
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CGHS Battle of the Books team of Dayna Harris (from left)
Isavel Edelblute, Kayley Crits, Lauren Myler, and Kaylee Yeo.
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High School. These competi-
tions are at the regional level,
Last year Cottage Grove High
and if the Cottage Grove High
School welcomed a new club,
School team wins they will
Oregon Battle of the Books
(OBOB). This team of readers be going on to state compe-
titions which are still to be
is led by the fearless Sarah
announced.
Leonard. Leonard explained
Leonard says the goal for this
that OBOB is a statewide
competition from grades 3-12. year is to make it to the state
competitions. With luck and
To participate students read
some hard studying they
a certain number of books,
should be successful.
traditionally 12, and then
OBOB is a great way to keep
compete in teams of four.
young people interested in
They are given 15 seconds to
quality literature. If each
answer questions about the
books they’ve read. Competi- member of the team reads all
12 books they will have read
tions range anywhere from 20
4,315 pages and 1,075,997
minutes to 30 minutes.
words, quite a bit more
Last year was Leonard’s fi rst
reading than the average high
year coordinating, “It was
school student.
mostly learning the ropes,
Taylor Henry, a member of
this year we’re more experi-
the current OBOB team said,
enced… The genre of books
that the students read includes “I would defi nitely recom-
mend OBOB to my peers, it’s
everything, the coordinators
a great experience and I can’t
do a good job of including
wait to start competitions.”
every genre you can think
If students wish to join this
of,” she stated. She describes
wonderful group of people
the competitions as “intense,
they should see Mrs. Leonard
quiet, fun and full of antici-
at the end of the 2018 school
pation.”
year so they can join next
The fi rst competition is Sat-
year’s team.
urday, February 24 at Elmira
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of mental wellness of stu-
dents. Besides these stressors,
students face a wide variety
of obstacles in their everyday
lives and South Lane Mental
Health programs help relieve
them to an extent.
Jessica also made the point
that the founder decided
to collaborate with CGHS
because she had a passion
for these services and wanted
teenagers, as well as young
children, to have access to
their services or even just an
adult they can trust. They offer
one on one sessions, as well as
group sessions, to offer even
more support and connection
to those around them who
could be facing the same trials.
The process of making ap-
pointments is made easy and
convenient. Referral forms are
located in the offi ce for stu-
dents to make appointments.
If students don’t feel com-
fortable doing this, they can
talk to any staff member and
they can refer them. However,
drop-ins for crisis counseling
are always accepted to ensure
students get the help they
need when in crisis. “These
are really good options for
those (students) who wouldn’t
be able to access this help..
who couldn’t talk to people
at home, get transportation to
counseling or other reasons.
There are a lot of reasons that
it is nice to have this opportu-
nity at school” says Jessica.
There are three counselors
that w-pork within the school
during the regular week;
Girin Guha, Davide Costley
and Jessica Williams. Jessica
stated, “I feel very fortunate to
be here (CGHS) just because
it has been a very smooth ride,
and the staff is incredibly sup-
portive..” The goal for South
Lane Mental Health working
within the school is to make
students feel like they have
the ability to seek help and
the resources to improve their
well-being. A healthy state
of mind is key to a benefi cial
education and having a well
rounded school experience.
Recognizing you need help is
the fi rst step and getting it is
the next, South Lane Mental
Health makes this possible
and helps ensure that students
are successful. The room for
South Lane Mental Health in
CGHS is located next to the
nurse’s offi ce.
Contact information;
South Lane Mental Health
Information:
541-942-3910 1345
Birch Avenue, PO box 5, Cot-
tage Grove, OR 97424
www.slmh.org
Jessica Williams: 541- 767-
4088
Davide Costley: 541- 767-
4215
Girin Guha: 541-767-4272
Remaining Varsity
CG Basketball Sched-
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JV2, JV, and varsity playing for all of them,
and working my way up to playing full time
varsity.” said Child.
Driven by her passion for the game, she has
been working since her freshman year to better
herself and become a better player and team-
mate to be successful when she takes the fl oor.
“She’s a good teammate. She always
is supportive of the entire team even when she
has bad days of her own. No matter how good
or bad we do, her effort never stops and that
really comes in handy when others are down,”
said fellow teammate Kate Bachelder.
The team is currently is ranked fi rst in
the Sky-Em league, and during preseason they
were 4-7, but as Child stated the team pushes
to improve every game and it has paid off so
far as they are 3-0 in league play.
Cottage Grove High School Dean of
Students, Chris Wells is working to com-
bat the statewide trend in rising chronic
absenteeism rates. “I do a lot of stuff.
Besides tracking the attendance and stuff
like that, I meet with unexcused kids, I
talk with parents about getting the kids
to school more. I also do some online
school stuff. I track activities, sports,
clubs. I do a little bit of discipline, some
supervision, a little bit of everything.
Nothing is ever clean cut to one thing,”
said Wells who has been on the job for
six months.
Wells got involved because he wants
good attendance to be a good habit in
the student body. “I think it’s easy to get
behind, attendance wise, miss a couple
of days here and there, and it really adds
up to really impact education. I think
helping kids improve their attendance is
a good way to help them improve how
they feel about themselves, how they feel
about school, and stuff like that. It’s a
good habit to have now, Good attendance
is a good habit to have now, and for the
future.”
With him in charge now attendance may
improve, but that’s not the only goal
Wells is trying to achieve. “We’ve seen a
little bit of an uptick, but I think it’s more
making kids aware. Everyday I walk
around and have a conversation with
every kid who had an unexcused absence
from two days ago, so we’re educating
kids, ‘Hey there is a system, there’s
somebody watching.’ Most of the time I
have things working out pretty well. We
solve problems for kids. But you know
there are about 750 kids, so it’s a little bit
of education you have to do.”
Getting in depth about attendance Wells
explains what ‘chronically absent’ is.
“Chronically absent is missing 10 percent
of school...” Wells also researches how
attendance can affect your education.
“There’s research that says anything over
fi ve days during the year dramatically
impacts the ability to learn, to retain and
to do well.” Wells also explains the con-
sequences if you’re chronically absent,
“There’s a variety of things. You can
lose some privileges like prom, dances,
even graduation if you’re a senior. So
if you don’t meet that marker then we
could say ‘Well, it looks like you won’t
be attending one of these things.’ As well
as if it gets really bad, and we can’t seem
to solve it within here then we have the
ability to ask the Cottage Grove court
system to fi ne parents $500.”
Wells does a lot in Cottage Grove High
School. Attendance is very important for
one’s education, and managing it is a way
of keeping it in track. Wells even enjoys
his new role and how it is affecting stu-
dents. “...I meet with every kid with an
unexcused absence, so that’s about 20-30
kids everyday... Sounds like a lot of work
in the morning, and it is, but also I have
some of the same kids come back ‘Okay
I want to do better, help me do better.’
That’s really been the positive aspect.”
Wells hopes that with him monitoring the
attendance, that it will increase and the
kids will realize the impact of missing
school.
"Eleemosynary" opens at CGHS
she would tell
people to, “read
the synopsis, be-
cause it’s a little
bit confusing
because it goes
back in time and
the time-frame
jumps around.”
“A lot of fl uctu-
ating emotions,
a lot of yelling,
there’s some
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pretty cool costumes, and it’s short so
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Galbreath, who describes her character as
“crazy, passionate, and determined.” Gal-
Student-director Keiara Faville makes
her directing debut with “Eleemosynary,” breath plays the youngest character in the
play named Echo, who is the daughter of
written by playwright Lee Blessing.
Russell’s character, whose name is Artie.
This is a play about the relationships
Russell said her character described in
between three generations of women,
three words would be “sensitive, angry,
how the power of words can control life,
and caring.” The oldest character of the
and how the lack of words can say much
three is played by Owens. Her charac-
more. “Eleemosynary” opens Thursday,
ter’s name is Dorothea and is the mother
January 25 and goes through Saturday,
of Artie and the grandmother of Echo.
January 27, starting at 7:30 p.m. each
night with the doors opening at 7. Tickets Owens said in three words that Dorothea
is “essential, wacky, and loving.”
cost $5 for students and seniors and $10
Director Faville states she hand-picked
for adults in the CGHS Cafetorium.
this show for very specifi c reasons. She
This three-woman show, starring Keely
says that she, “chose ‘Eleemosynary’ be-
Galbreath, Madison Owens and Cayla
Russell, is described as, “A unique show, cause for my fi rst time directing a small
and easy to manage cast. I wanted their
with a lot of really funny parts,” said by
full attention on the girls.”
Galbreath. Owens says she would tell
Since early December these three actors
people coming to see the show for fi rst
have
vigorously worked on perfecting
time, “to sit back and really pay attention
their
characters
and performance for the
to some of the things,” and Russell says
show. Stage-manager, Shaye Fuller, says
that she is most looking forward to, “hav-
ing everyone see these glorious actresses
act their hearts out.” When interviewed,
Keiara Faville said she’s really excited
for the show to open and says, “I really
hope we have a good turnout and that
people will like it and see all the hard
work we have put into it.”
Being confi dent in her actors and di-
recting skills Faville isn’t worried about
much when “Eleemosynary” is being
performed, except she is concerned that
not as many people as she’s expecting
to show up will. With Cottage Grove
being a small town, and arts programs
not being the center focus of Cottage
Grove High School, Faville is hoping
that whoever does come to see the show
will enjoy themselves and tell their
friends and family to come see the show.
While Faville is worried about how many
people will be there, Technical-director
Kesley Tucker is worried that a major
prop, that is handmade by her, will rip.
A large pair of wings worn by Cayla Rus-
sell during the show is one of the largest,
and most important props. Tucker has
said that she struggled making them and
struggled with trying to fi gure out how
they work, but she is excited to fi nally be
able to see these wings in action.
Eleemosynary has been highly recom-
mended by all of its cast and crew, so
don’t miss your chance to experience the
product of hard work, dedication, love
and time.
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presume about the quality of clothes in the closet,
there are a lot of long-lasting, high quality brands, “We found
a lot of nice clothes for both boys and girls, in varying sizes.”
stated Dahlen, “The styles vary from casual blue jeans to
classy button ups.”
Some of the brands of clothing found includes Columbia, Levi,
Hollister, American Eagle, Victoria Secret and Pink. On the oth-
er hand, undesirable items were donated to the local Goodwill
store, some of the donations were not of good quality or just out
of style.
The funding for the clothing closet comes from Oregon Ballot
Measure 98 which was voted into place in the 2016 election.
This measure helps prevent students from dropping out and
funds career and college readiness in schools. It assists with
starting initiatives which encourage kids to come to school,
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and stay in school.
For those wondering how to access it, Adler stated, “If you
need clothes, the process is to tell an adult and we’ll fi nd you
the person to talk to, it’s a quick little form, and then you go
shopping.”
Plus, every staff member in the high school has a key to open
that door, so it’s even easier for students to access.
The closet is an opportunity for CGHS to show how much it
cares about their students having the necessary tools to strive,
they believe that no student should be prevented from coming
to school because they have nothing to wear.
The Clothing Closet is in a room on the second fl oor in between
the library and the computer lab, and although it is small in
size, its impact on our school is not.
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staff feels obligated to also cover the news in between good and bad such as kids who couldn’t
be the town’s sports stars because they had after-school jobs, or the students who were homeless,
etc. The Lion’s Roar aimed and still aims to cover the people who are in a tight spot, who often
do not have it quite bad enough in the eyes of the public to be worthy of news coverage.
The job of anyone seen by the public, whether it be journalists, reporters, fi lmmakers, writers,
or television show hosts, is to keep society aware of and thinking about their lives and the lives
of others. It is impossible to think objectively about the big picture when you only know half or
less of the information. The Lion’s Roar is here to show whatever is most relevant to the public
regardless of its inherent popularity. News is pointless if this is not done.