The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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"... has a lot of great advice he gives to the staff writers, page editors and editors..." Features Page 3 February 17, 2017 Pink Out brings RBHS together Holiday Rider (11) "My favorite part is secretly buying all of the big teddy bears for myself." Clara Perez (12) "My favorite thing is to give to others." Gustavo Rivera (9) "You get to experience new things with people you love." Stephanie Mills (10) "I actually hate it because I hate seeing cute couple's pictures." What is your favorite thing about Valentine's Day? Sound Off/ Sarah Herrera Mr. Twitchell (Teacher) "Buying my way to my wife's heart." Mrs. Palubeski (Teacher) "I don't need Valentine's Day because every day with my husband is Valentine's Day." partan ound S off The history of Pink Out and why it is important to not only our students, teachers, and community is an essential piece of knowledge that brings us together. The first ever Pink Out at Red Bluff High School was held in 2011 by our very own Girls Basketball Program and quickly became extremely successful in bringing our school and community together. It promoted breast cancer awareness and stressed the importance of how to prevent breast cancer. Every year this event continues to grow and become more popular and has raised approximately $11,000 Amanda Waugh Staff Writer in donations to the St. Elizabeth Imaging Center, which continues to help those through check ups and diagnosis. It was held on February 2 of this year and after interviewing each leader, Allyson Drury, Kennedy Sandow, and Ella Dotson, it became clear that they agreed that bringing the school and community together to stress the importance of awareness was important to them. Wendy Drury, a counselor at Red Bluff High School, has been with this event ever since the beginning and has put much time into it. Mrs. Drury says, "Pink Out is encouraging students to be aware and involved in helping others, so I believe it has been a great success." We all couldn't agree more with her. Outside the Box Logan Carver Staff Writer Valentine's Day has just passed, and average Americans ran to the florist, jewelry store, clothing store, or searching all over the internet to try to find the perfect gift. The most common gifts purchased are jewelry, gift cards, flowers and candy. However, while the shelves had been filled with everything from heart shaped boxes of chocolate to plush teddy bears varying in size; not every country goes straight for the American standard of chocolate and flowers. Denmark's younger generation celebrates the special day by the tradition of 'Gaekkebrev'. They write a memorable love poem to their special someone using rhyme, and signing the paper by leaving multiple dots, making it a mystery for the woman. If the woman is able to guess the writer of the poem she will be rewarded an 'Easter Egg' that same year. In France, a very common tradition is the custom of loterie d'amour, more commonly referred to as the "Drawing for love". What takes place in this tradition is that unmarried young men and women would pile into houses across the street from each other, and call out to each other trying to charm the women across from them. South Korea celebrates Valentine's Day three different days on the fourteenth of February, March and April; it all starts on the fourteenth of February when it is up to the women to impress their man by giving him chocolates, candies and flowers. Nonetheless, when the month of March comes around the holiday known as White Day shows up, and the role switches to the man of the relationship to shower their sweetheart in gifts. Not only does South Korea show the holiday of love to the women and the men, but it even shows tenderness to the singles in South Korea known as Black Day. These are just a few of the different ways love is shown to one another throughout the world on Valentine's Day. Whenever Valentine's Day comes to mind, people think of chocolates, f lowers, members of the Lonely Hearts Club, and at Red Bluff High School, Singing Valentines. Every year, Concert Choir and Forte spend February 14 serenading people and giving them f lowers and chocolates from friends and admirers. With 5 classic songs and 2 contemporary songs of choice, Choir has a variety of songs they can sing to any type of person. You can be sung sappy love songs such as "L-O-V-E" from the 'Parent Trap' or "Unchained Melody" from the movie 'Ghost', or cheerful beats like "Hey Good Lookin" and contemporary songs such as "Count on Me" by Bruno Mars. Not only do Concert Choir and Forte perform for everyone present, they also make sure to do every Valentine no matter the trouble. No matter if they have to sing through the phone, go to the hospital, or sing at a stranger's home, Choir's motto is "no Singing Valentine goes undone." For the performing groups in Forte and Concert Choir, this will be a great experience to look back on and to grow closer with their classmates. As for the newcomers, this will be an experience that they'll never forget. Fellow Forte members practice songs and have fun while singing in the car the day of, or as Adam Kinner remembers, preparing the song "You're the One That I Want" from the movie 'Grease' in 45 seconds and singing it 5 minutes later. Perhaps, not surprisingly, the group sung with no difficulty and sounded great. One of Julia Zumalt's best memories from Singing Valentines was at the Chico University campus, and though it was embarrassing she still remembers it as a great time. Zumalt states, "We once Singing Valentines showcase talent Katie Louisell Staff Writer FFA's Ag For years our FFA Chapter has been known for their skills and respectability as a whole. Upcoming Ag Field Days are where Red Bluffs FFA Chapter can demonstrate their skills in a major competition. At the Field Days, the competitions are separated by category determined by teams. Some teams that participate are Farm Power, Forestry, Horse and Livestock Judging, and more. February 4 was Ag's Arbuckle Field Day; however, the Livestock Team could not participate in the Field Day because it was not a large enough event for the group. The teams placed extremely well, Floral took fourth place at the field day, fifth High Independent being Hailey Leonard. Forestry took fourth high team; Mariah Shaved being fourth High Independent and Daniel Crispino being sixth High Independent. BIG took fourth High Team and tenth High Team, sixth High Independent being TC Drury. Light Horse was eighth High Team. Farm Power and Ag Mechanics also did really well. In the near future, there are a few more Field Days that our FFA Chapter will be participating in. March 4 is the next Field day, and all teams are supposed to be joining in. Aly Smith Staff Writer the new generation of writers and designers. Austin left Red Bluff High to pursue a career in social work at UCLA in 2012, and finished his college degree in 2016. However, instead of leaving Red Bluff High behind, he came back to its boundaries to be apart of Bluffer once again. The reason was so that he could give back to a class that had given so much to him. Austin asked for Mrs. Pelanconi's permission to help out with Bluffer and it was given. Austin has a lot of great advice he gives to the staff writers, page editors and editors of the Bluffer. He has mentioned before that the most empowering thing you can do for yourself is to admit to yourself that you have limits. You always need to know what you don't know and what you do know. While Austin isn't an official Bluffer member, he is like family to the Bluffer staff. when you got there." In Austin's last year in Bluffer, that belief was challenged. In 2012, long term Bluffer advisor, Mr. Evans, retired from his position and was succeeded by Mrs. Pelanconi. The change was hard on the students who had Mr. Evans as their advisor for most of their Bluffer experience. Bluffer students were especially impacted when Mr. Evans died from a heart attack. With all the flared emotions running in Bluffer at that point of time, it was important for Austin to leave Bluffer in a good place. He did just that. Austin made sure that the Bluffer was in prime condition before he passed the reins to Mrs. Pelanconi and The Bluffer was founded in 1901 and has been home to thousands of students writing and designing its pages to perfection. Among those thousands lie Austin Chase, a twenty-two year old UCLA graduate. Austin started his career with Bluffer in 2008 as a staff writer with Mr. Evans as the class advisor. Austin spent a year as a staff writer before transitioning to a page editor for his sophomore year. He then proceeded to be an editor-in-chief for his last two years. Through those four years, Austin helped develop dozens of Bluffer issues and helped the Bluffer maintain its reputation within the community. Austin believes that you should leave the Bluffer in a good place, as if you were camping. He states, "...leave the environment as good as it was Flash to the past for Bluffer with the return of an editor Rebeccah Smith Staff Writer 2017 Pink Out rally in large gym at school students showing their school spirit for girls Varsity basketball team. had to sing for this guy who worked at campus, and all I can remember is seeing him get really embarrassed because his friends were all laughing at him. We were in front of a really big crowd, so we got embarrassed for him and started laughing ourselves when we were singing the song "What I've Been Lookin' For" from 'High School Musical'. Though we were unaware, someone had videotaped us and I saw the video later on Facebook." Whether you may be a hopeless romantic or a misanthropist, Choir will impress you and brighten your day, whether you celebrate Valentine's Day or not. during displays strength meeting Left to Right ( Julia Silvera, Jessica Walters, Brianna Chase, Kristin Helser, Megan Bullert, Gracie Jones, Lily Alverez-Sanchez) Singing Valentine Ladies. Photo Credits / Britney Miranda Courtesy Photo / Yearbook