Image by oregonlive.com By Helen Stelk
Staff Writer An adorable addition has been made to the Portland Fire Department. They have just adopted a cute, black English Labrador named Zeus. The new addition was made January 30th. Lilo, Zeus’s cousin, was getting a little old for the fire fighting position. They then made the switch to the puppy. Zeus will have to go through three to five hours of training just to join the team. He will go through training for a year with his handler, Jackson. The puppy lives with Jackson and Lilo. They train as much as possible, and Zeus gets rewarded with treats. Dogs have been working with firefighters for 600 years! They are a big help to finding people when in fires. But that’s not just what they are good at. Once they have gone through training they can smell out gasoline, lighter, alcohol, and many other dangerous substances. An amazing fact about dogs is, if you were to make a Molotov cocktail, you’d have to wash your hands at least 17 times before a dog would be unable to detect traces of petroleum on your skin. When Jackson was asked about his canine partner in crime he responded. "He's real kind of methodical ... I like that about him. He searches every little nook and corner." When asked, Grace Engel stated “I think this is a cute adorable addition to the fire department. I hope the puppy does well, and succeeds.” Image courtesy of wikipedia.org By Ethan Smith
Staff Writer There is a current militia standoff in the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. One part of the community feels upset and does not feel that they deserve this to happen in their neighborhood. Other people think this is outrageous that the Hammond family was sentenced to 5 years in prison for a fire on federal property. ”What did they do? You HIJACKED what turned out to be a great and peaceful rally,” says Joseph Rice. Some supporters are upset that the Hammonds are getting arrested for 5 years for something that should be less than half as long. Marchers including militia and local residents Saturday headed for the Harney County Courthouse as part of a protest against the government.The dispute between the Hammonds and the federal government dates back decades.This protest obviously means a lot to them because multiple sources report that Robert LaVoy Finicum was shot and killed by law enforcement officers. Other parts of the community feel that this standoff should not happen in the place where they live, They feel that the standoff is pointless and that the Hammonds deserve to be in jail for 5 years because of the arson. ”Armed protesters don’t belong here, I am scared to death” a local woman Shonna Mckay told the newcomers. Photo courtesy of wikimedia.org By Payton Moffenbeier
Staff Writer The Lake Oswego schools combining together has been a possibility for years. Now that it has gone public there are lots of concerns about the school district and the students. A former student from Lakeridge High School, Alex Goldman, has addressed this issue very aggressively. Goldman is looking at this situation from a student's perspective and behalf of the Lake Oswego School District. There are various reasons to why the high schools combining would cause conflicts to the school district. Most importantly involving student's education. Nowadays students can create stronger relationships with teachers. With larger classes students will not be able to ask as many individual questions. Studies show that when school districts have larger classes the school districts will struggle for 10 years because classes are more successful when they are smaller. One of the reasons why the Lake Oswego School district is so successful is because our teachers and the size of our classes. The teachers would still be highly qualified, but they wouldn’t be able to connect with students as well as they are now. Goldman also addresses the problem of the amount of students who get to attend after school activities, or additional activities. For example sports teams would take the better half of the athletes from both sides and make them one team. Therefore half of the students would be left with nothing to do after school. High school sports are a part of the high school experience and it would be different without it for students. This change would affect the former Lakeridge students. Obviously the high school would be LO, that means that Lakeridge students would have to get up earlier and drive to school earlier. Parking however would be a struggle for students that drive to school. It would be packed! It would most likely be hard to find a parking spot a block from the school. Goldman says that he can hardly imagine the hallways. The hallways are already packed at both Lakeridge and LO. With twice as many students it would be a struggle to walk from class to class. Goldman has addressed many issues that would affect both students and the school district. There doesn’t seem to be any issues so why change a perfectly good school district? Photo by petapixel.com By Grace Engel
Staff Writer Two columbia gorge hikers found a mysterious object buried with the rocks around the river. At first Ethan Field and Ron Campbell just thought that they found a bottle but as they got closer and closer to the object they realized that it wasn't a bottle; it was a camera. They brought the camera back and rubbed all of the muck and rust off but the camera still remains. They brought the camera to a camera film shop in Portland. They don't know if the film will work because the film canister was punctured a little. But it will still be good even if there is a little piece of a picture. ”I am excited to see what information the pictures will give us about our past,” says Helen Stelk. They still don’t know how the camera had gotten to the columbia gorge. They are still trying to figure that out. ”I am interested in how to the camera had gotten to the Columbia Gorge," says Bella Yanello. Two weeks into the investigation of the camera they figured out what kind of camera was found by the hikers. They said that it is an the camera is a Exakta camera.They are very excited to be able to know the type of camera. The camera that was found is a cold war-relic. A cold war-relic is an object that was saved from the cold-war era. The Camera had Made in East Germany/U.S.S.R. occupied written on it also it is made for left hand users and is appeared to date back to 1950's. This could help us figure out who this camera is from and why they were using it. |
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