Serving the Aberdeen community since 1911 ********************** FOR ADC 980 Vol. 06100th Year April 13, 2011 Aberdeen, Idaho 466SMALLTOWNPAPERS,12-31-12 INC. 6P **C0052S 80 cents plus tax 217 W COTA ST Th Ab d e er eell 00[[leS Eight will vie for 2012 Distingu!shed Young Women title Program will be Satur002ay, Agril 16 deen High School junior girls' will be competing for Aberdeen's Distinguished Young Women title for 2012. The girls are Stephani Pratt, Cassie Escujuri, Kayla Kisner, Tiemey Warren, Kaitlin Wynn, Kaia Park, Kaelee Palmer and Stacy Roberts. All eight girls are fea- tured in this week's edition of The Aber- deen Times. The program, fomlerly known as Ju- nior Miss, will be held Saturday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Aberdeen Middle School gymnasium. Tickets are available in ad- vance from any of the contestants or they can be purchased at the door. Tickets are $8 per person. Tierney Warren i i Tierney Lynn Warren, daughter of Kev- in and Tamara Warren, is the fourth child of five, having two older brothers, Justin, 23, and Shawn, 20, one older sister, Brit- tany, 25, and one younger sister, Shelbey, 15. She wants to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho or Utah State Univer- sity and major in psychology and minor in music after she graduates high school. She has taken piano lessons for 11 1/2 years, dance lessons for 12 years, vocal lessons for seven years, been in the high school musicals, National Honor Soci- ety, choir, cheerleading, Business Profes- L sionals of America, and her church youth group. She has received a $150 scholar- ship at Idaho State University piano camp, her ten year award in piano, her ten year award in dance, was a member of the state cheerleading champions in 2009, 2010 and 2011, a superior for a vocal solo at festival, All American cheerleading, Tip Toe Walker Award, and the District Cheer Academic Award. Her other interests in- clude reading, skiing, gymnastics, scrap- booking, photography and working with computer programs. Tiemey said she is most proud of her generation for their desire to be educated. She feels her generation judges others too easily and that makes her the least proud. She feels the most pressing problem facing young people today is their lack of motivation. If she could do one thing to improve the school system she would like to have a stronger connection between students and teachers. She is going to perform a piano solo in the talent portion of the program. Stephani Pratt Stephanie May Pratt, daughter of Bryce and Teri Pratt, is the second child of four, having an older sister Jaclin, 23, one younger sister, Haily, 14, and one younger brother, Bryce Jr. (B.J.), 11. She wants to attend beauty school and become a hair stylist/nail technician after she graduates high school. She has been involved in playing volleyball in high school, the high school musical productions, her church youth group, club volleyball, choir, and she was the high school basketball man- ager for one year and played basketball for one year. She likes to read along with au- dio books. She has been on the high honor list, earned the volleyball "Most Improved Player" award and the volleyball "Most Serving Aces" award. Her other interests include fashion and hair style. Stephanie said she is most proud of her generation and the way they use technol- ogy to do many good things. Sometimes her generation has too much drama and not enough real communication and that makes her the least proud. She feels the most pressing problem facing young people today is young peo- ple are too busy. They are missing time with their family and friends. If she could do one thing to improve the school system she would like more vocational classes in high school. She is going to perform a vocal solo in the talent portion of the program. Stacy Roberts Stacy Lyn Roberts, daughter of David and Cherielyn Roberts, is the youngest child of three, having an older sister Sara, 24, and an older brother, Stewart, 21. She wants to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho, Idaho State University, Brigham Young University or Utah State Universi- ty and study neuroscience or psychology after she graduates high school. She has been involved in her church youth group, cheerleading, high school musicals, gym- PTSA meeting will be April 14 The Aberdeen PTSA general meeting will be held Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in the middle school library. All interested persons are invited to attend. Still some Oliver! props that need to be claimed There are still a few unclaimed props from the musical, Oliver! - mainly some wooden bowls and a black blanket with Tiger Power embroidery. Call Monaquita Love at 397-4695 if any of these items be- long to you. Community garden now offering plots Aberdeen Community Garden is now offering plots for the 2011 growing sea- son. Large plots are $35 and small plots are $25. The garden will be located at 668 South 4th West, across from the Catholic Church. There will be water and fertilizer avail- able, but everyone having a plot will be responsible for their own plantings, seeds and gardening tools. For more information talk to Marcus Junod, Paul Adamson, Steve Love or call Stephanie Adamson at 709-2019. nastics, Tiger Club and was volleyball manager. She has been on  the high hon- or roll, was a member of the district and state cheerleading champions, and made All American Cheerleaderitwo. years in a row. Her other interests irtclude, reading, playing piano, cleaning a!ad organizing, playing church baseball, swimming and hiking. Stacy said she is most proud of her generation and how strong they are in the gospel. Her generation has become too reliant on technology and lazy and that makes her the least proud. She feels the most pressing problem facing young people today is the influ- ence the media has on them. If she could do one thing to improve the school system she would like to see a broader variety of classes to choose from. She is going to perform a cheer routine in the talent portion of the program. Amy, 19. She wants to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho and study in the medical field. She has been involved in concert band, playing alto saxophone, the Aberdeen High School musical, her church youth group, jazz band, Aber- deen Pep Band, played on the C team and junior varsity volleyball teams, the National Honor Society, Blackfoot/Bing- ham County Youth Coalition, and played on the C team basketball. She has earned her church Young Womanhood Recogni- tion, her varsity letter in music, scholastic awards in algebra I and II, biology, natu- ral sciences, computer applications I, and English 9. She has received an excellent rating for a saxophone solo in both 2010 and 2011, was named the "Best C-Team Server" in volleyball and "Best "Box- Out" team member" in basketball. She likes to be with her family, cook and bake, play the piano, collect red foxes, reading and journal writing. Cassie said she is most proud of her generation in the way they are not afraid of understanding and using technology. Her generation has grown accustomed to having things given to them and that makes her the least proud. She feels the most pressing problem facing young people today is the world's condition due to political unrest and the national debt. If she could do one thing to improve the school system she would want to once again empower teachers in the classroom. She is going to play a piano solo in the talent portion of the program. Kayla Marie Kisner, daughter of Trina Helmick and Alvin Kisner, has one broth- er, Zachary Kisner. She is not sure what she wants to do after she graduates high school. She has been involved in volley- ball, basketball, choir, club volleyball, and the Blackfoot Bingham County Youth Coalition. She has received a sports letter for playing on the varsity team. Her oth- er interests include camping, hiking and hanging out with friends. Kayla will perform a vocal solo in the talent portion of the program. Cassie Escujuri Cassie Marie Escujuri, daughter of Ar- thur and Carolyn Escujuri, is the young- est of three children. She has one older brother, Jared, 20, and one older sister, Kaelee Palmer Kaelee Alair Palmer, daughter of Rus- sell and Lora Palmer, is the oldest child of four, having a younger sister Kimber- lee, 11, and two younger brothers, Ca- den, 14 and Logan, 7. She wants to attend Brigham Young University and study exercise science/physician's assistant af- ter she graduates high school. She has been involved in National Honor Society, dance for 12 years, piano for six years, her church youth group, Business Profes- sionals of American, cheerleading, choir, musical, gymnastics for five years, Tiger Club, softball and as Homecoming Roy- alty. She has been on the high honor roll, a perfect score on the state essay, student government offÉcers, received her Young Woman Recognition Award, her ten year dance award, was junior intern at Idaho State University, and qualified for state BPA. Her other interests include reading classic novels, hiking, cake decorating, writing essays, exercising, and running Testing started this week at elementary school The Aberdeen Elementary School has announced its testing dates for the Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (ISATs) this spring. They ask parents to mark their home/personal calendars for the follow- ing weeks: • The week of April 11 - Currently un- derway, all third, fourth and fifth grade students are taking the language portion of the ISAT. • The week of April 18 - All third, fourth and fifth grade students will take the read- ing portion of the ISAT. • The week of April 25 - All third, fourth and fifth grade students will take the math portion of the ISAT. In addition to the tests scheduled, all fifth grade students will be taking the sci- ence portion of the ISAT on Friday of the weeks identified. These tests will be given during the morning and early afternoon, so it is very important that each child be well rested, eat a nutritious breakfast at home or at school, and are at school on time each day. The Aberdeen School District asks par- ents not to schedule appointments or fam- ily vacations during these weeks of test- ing. They also ask that parents limit their child's access to video games during this testing period. For additional information about the ISATs being given at the elementary school, contact David Vaughn at 397- 4115 extension 2004. 5K marathons. Kaelee said she is most proud of her generation and their drive to achieve and accept change. Her generation's inability to comprehend and their choice and ac- countability makes her the least proud. She feels the most pressing problem facing young people today is their lack of respect. If she could do one thing to im- prove the school system she would like more advanced placement classes in high school. She is going to perform a ballet en pointe in the talent portion of the program. Kaia Park Kaia Lilya Park, daughter of Kevin and Sheila Park, is the seventh child of 12, having four sisters Mandy, 27, Laura, 21, Amber, 19, and Whitney, 6, and seven brothers, David, 28, Brian, 25, Nathan, 23, Cade, 15, Tyson, 13, Jonathan, 11, and Zach, 10. She wants to attend Brigham Young University -Idaho and become a teacher after she graduates high school. She has been involved in National Honor Society, musicals, her church youth group, and cross country. She took third place in a junior varsity cross country, meet, re- ceived the algebra I award, and lettered in cross country. Her other interests in- clude playing the piano, cooking, reading, camping, and playing with her family.. Kaia said she is most proud of her gen- eration because she thinks they have the most potential for good. Their lack of de- termination makes her the least proud. She feels the most pressing problem facing young people today is the tempta- tion of drugs, alcohol and sex. If she could do one thing to improve the school system she would make sure each student had the help they needed to succeed in school. She is going to perform a vocal solo in the talent portion of the program. Kaitlin Wynn Kaitlin Mikel Wynn, daughter of David and Kimberly Wynn, has three brothers, Nickolas, 20, Michael, 16, and Carson, 9, and one sister, Cassidy, 20. She wants to attend Idaho State University or Brigham Young University - Idaho after she gradu- ates high school. She has been involved in volleyball, basketball, track, softball, National Honor Society and her church youth group. She has been a class officer, and received the advanced math, biology, literature, history, algebra II, Spanish I, and computer apps awards. Her other in- terests include playing the piano, sewing and bicycling. Kaitlin is going to perform a piano solo in the talent portion of the program.