The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Features Page 3 Prom season comes rolling in with exciting ideas Mikayla Moore Staff Writer With spring approaching fast and a little bit of prom buzz and talk in the air, prom committee is kicking in to gear. There are many decorations to be carefully decided upon, donations to be collected, and an intriguing theme to be given justice too! High school students wait three years to get the chance to attend prom and every attending senior has high hopes for it to be the perfect night. In order to create the perfect night a lot of hard work is required from leadership. Upon talking to sophmore, Nicole Renfroe, prom committees dance floor and decorations coordinator; she expressed to me just how stressful planning a huge event like prom can be. Renfroe said, "The hardest part is getting everything to work out the way you imagine it" This year's theme is of a Greek inspired air, labeled "Midnight on the Mediterranean." The base colors of which play a big part in the scheme of decorations are crème, burgundy, and gold. Renfroe said that she feels leader ship is off to a good start and they are excited for the upcoming event, although due Outside the Box Molly Shea Staff Writer Did you know that all chewing gum was made illegal in 1992 in Singapore? The man who made gum illegal was Goh Chok Tong. Tong was the new Prime Minister of Singapore in January of 1992. The ban on gum was made a part of the Singaporean littering law. Singapore has banned gum because of people sticking gum on chairs and tables and people littering their chewing gum wrappers. The small scale damage was done by putting gum in keyholes, leaving gum on elevator buttons, and putting gum in mail boxes. The gum was being put on door sensors of trains which made it not possible for the door to open and allow passengers to enter and leave. Fixing and replacing the doors was very expensive and caused problems with the train services because the maintenance and repair workers had to fix doors and the entire train was unable to be used until the repair work was done.. Gum is still illegal with the exception of having it for dental health reasons or using nicotine gum to help people who want to stop smoking. Importing, manufacturing and selling gum are all illegal. People smuggling gum into Singapore are publicly shamed by government. The ban on gum is so sever because it is part of the littering law. Other punishments for littering gum are being made to pay a fine of $500-$1,000 for first time law breakers. There is a $2,000 fine can be given for repeat offenders along with a Corrective Work Order (CWO). A Corrective Work Order is like community service where the offenders must clean public areas and wear bright jackets while doing there assigned work order. In past cases the media was invited to report about the events to cause more public humiliation for the offenders. The crews follow different workers around to document their experiences. The only places allowed to sell gum in Singapore are pharmacies or dental offices. In order try to buy gum the customer wishing to buy must give their name and ID to the pharmacist or dentist and keep record of the sales. Pharmacists and Dental offices who sell gum without taking down the customers information can be given a fine of $2,940 and be forced to serve a two year long jail sentence. I think that the laws regarding the littering are a good idea but to sever. The idea of a small fine makes sense to me and the thought of making the offender clean public areas as a community service is a great idea. Having a camera crew trail behind you and put the clip of film on the news is excessive and unnecessary form of punishment. The fact that gum is treated as a substance that is harder to get a hold of than items such as alcohol and cigarettes is strange and if a person goes through the ordeal to get gum their name is put on a list and kept record of. to her pregnancy, leadership advisor Stacy Dausse will not be able to supervise coordination for the event the final weeks before and the actual date of the prom. According to Renfroe the committee is working hard to get things done and approved before Dausse is scheduled to leave. One of the biggest aspects of coordinating a prom is having the funds to do so. According to prom committee member and donations coordinator Giuli Colon, Red Bluff leadership does no fundraising for Maryn Spangler the event and instead relies solely on donations and leaderships funds. Colon said, "Most local businesses usually donate quite a bit but it is harder for bigger corporate ones." Colon said that local businesses in past years have been very supportive. Leadership has a list of businesses it visits each year and most are very willing to support leadership and the schools prom. The Red Bluff High School prom is scheduled for Saturday May tenth, Nine to midnight. Tickets will be sold in the student store. Single tickets can be bought for fifteen dollars without an ASB sticker and ten with. Couples tickets can be bought for twenty dollars with an ASB sticker and twenty five without. Sites Council undergoes dramatic changes this year This is one of the changes that is supposed to be brought about in the near future, to ensure that when site council gives their input on a matter, Red Bluff High School's site it is sure to make a visible change on council is a group of teachers, campus. Current member Rochelle parents, classified employees and Barajas described the new changes students that all give input and in more detail. "We are revising the insight to different issues or possible procedure to better model the site changes in relation to the school. council protocol," she commented. Recently, the RBHS Site Council has Each organized group related to begun a new reform to the way its any education system must follow a meetings and set of by-laws, which d e c i s i o n dictate how a group m a k i n g runs their meetings. processes are Meeting structure is run. Members vital to the quality of the expect these output presented by any structural group, including site changes to council. When asked greatly improve why the site council is the actual administering changes, differences Barajas answered, "We that students want to follow more and teachers structured by-laws." will see around Barajas also stated campus. Kim that in the future, Clawson, a "Site council will have former member more accountability in - Mrs. Barajas of site council, the decision making gave an insight process at Red Bluff as to how the group worked in years High School." past. "Administration would bring Regarding the changes the us info about new programs or members themselves will undergo, small things like textbook changes. Barajas stated, "The structural Site council would give their input, changes will give the community but I'm not sure how much of that a chance to ask questions, voice information was structured before concerns, and make decisions for it was given to site council," said Red Bluff High School." Clawson. Members hope for their decisions This means that although and input to be more visible and site council gave valuable input, present in the halls of Red Bluff perhaps the subjects which they High School. The Site Council will, were discussing weren't as well put as always, strive to make the school together as they should've been. the best it can be. January 17, 2014 S partan ound off What did you do over Winter break? Kegan Richards (9) "Go to Nevada for a weekend and got to visit the Nevada College." Klarissa Flowerdew (10) "I slept, slept and played video games." Maggie Tallan Staff Writer "The structural changes will give the community a chance to ask questions, voice concerns, and make decisions for Red Bluff High School."." Singing Valentines! Oscar Camarillo (11) "I went to Disneyland for a week." Cheyenne Breese (12) "I cuddled with my wolves." Mr. Sinclair (Teacher) "I chased reindeer on a quad ride." Surprise a loved one or friend for Valentines Day this year with a singing valentine! Only $5 for an on campus singing valentine. Contact a choir member or Mrs. Hassay to purchase! The Outdoor Adventure club collected trash around Red Bluff to help the community, give back, and clean up the campus. Mrs. Stroud (Teacher) "I moved into my new house that my husband and I bought." Sound Off/Julia Liebert