Hospital volunteers on fast track to careers: High schoolers with eye on medical field learn on-the-job skills

March 16, 2009 by Adriana Janovich  
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By YOLANDA ALTAMIRANO
UNLEASHED STAFF
Some students volunteer with their high school clubs, some join church groups that serve the community, and some spend their time helping out at the hospital.
Tate Foster, a 16-year-old junior at Riverside Christian High School, can be found among that last group. She’s one of the many young volunteers at Yakima Valley [...]

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Senior photos earn WV student a modeling stint in Las Vegas

March 10, 2009 by Adriana Janovich  
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By ALYSSA PATRICK
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Danielle Ball decided to get her senior pictures taken at PhotoNuvo for no other reason than a suggestion from a friend.
How was the West Valley student to know that the owner of the  Ellensburg studio, Linda Hamilton, was a member of the Senior Portrait Artists?
She didn’t until a few months later, when [...]

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Barbershop quartet is a family affair

March 6, 2009 by Adriana Janovich  
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By HANNAH NAUGHTON
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A melodious tune streams through the air. Cheeks flush a rosy pink.
Four men in black tuxedo jackets, red bow ties and glittering arm bands sing some of their favorite love songs: “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” “I Love You Truly,” “Heart of My Heart.”
It’s the barbershop quartet that calls itself My Three [...]

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Remembering Unleashed

March 3, 2009 by Adriana Janovich  
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By ANDY CARROLL
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May 1, 2009. This date was going to offer one of the toughest “goodbye” moments of my senior year: The due date of my final Unleashed column.
But now, with the ending of the Unleashed program, which was in its tenth year, May 1 is now a day I will spend simply on [...]

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Remembering Randall Marquis

March 3, 2009 by Adriana Janovich  
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By GEORGIA GEMPLER and SEAN NAGLE-MCNAUGHTON
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In every hero story, there is a person who has done everything and is willing to teach you what they have learned.
For nine years at Discovery Lab School, the hero was Randall Marquis.
The former district judge taught young actors all he knew about acting and theater. He volunteered his [...]

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Teen gains new perspective by going on immersion

March 2, 2009 by Adriana Janovich  
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By KATERI TOWN
UNLEASHED STAF
A lot of people miss out on great opportunities because of fear of failure or something different than the norm. I have always tried my hardest not to be one of those people.
That’s why I began applying for the service immersion trips offered by my school, La Salle High School.
Each year, students [...]

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