Good by Mr Martinez

One of our best has left us for a new place and a new position. Mr Martinez has gone to Pasco HS. He will now teach and inspire a new group of students in a new location, but he will always be remember here, with us, in our hearts.

He was our teacher, our mentor, our counselor. He believed in us and was there for us when others wouldn't stand by us. When we needed him he became our shoulder to cry on, our chauffer, our chaperone, but mostly our friend. He will be missed, and we await the day when he returns to teach us once more.

4-H Teen Conferance

Fourteen students participated in the Washington State 4-H Teen Conferance, from June 28 to June 30. Classes included subject matters varing from wind, solar and hydropower to teen entrepenership. Local Horizons Coach Tony Garcia was on hand to give a presentation on Alternative Financing to Your Education.

Community Survey

Students assisted the North Columbia Community Action Council in distributing and acquiring the 2009 Community Survey. The survey a pamphlet 15 pages long consisting of 45 quetions gathering knowledge of community members experience, participation, invovlement of thier community and people's ideas of how to improve poverty in their region. Students acted as interpretors for those who spoke and/or read only in Spanish. The students handed out 250 surveys in the first round. In return North Columbia Community Action Council sponsored 14 studetns to attend the 4-H Summer teen Connference, held in Pullman.