Environmental/Personality Profile

Madeline Meikle, 17, has owned her horse Marty since February. She competed at first show on him, April 24 - April 25 in the 2-foot-six-inch hunter jumper division at the Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia. Her favorite part of showing is being in the ring, but right before she goes in she gets nervous that she will forget her course. This has never happened. Her favorite part of owning a horse is being able to ride whenever she wants too. “If I’m leasing one I don’t really have a say with what’s going on with him,” she said. “Now I can actually take him places like to my cabin and stuff. It’s up to me.”

Icebreaker Assignment-Question:What would you never consume again?

Kimi Smith, 17, a student at Shorecrest High school and future Western student visiting her friend in the Fairhaven dorms on April 21, said while in Japan she had gourmet cow testicles and cow tongue. “The idea of it is super weird,” Smith said. “It didn’t taste that bad. It tasted like something chewy and white.” On the topic of weird food her friend’s dad also tricked her into eating a dog biscuit.

Matthew Enertson, 6, who attended the Bellingham Farmer’s market with his father and brother, said he would never drink soy milk again. He said it was really spicy and did not like it because it looked weird. “I tried it once and I’m never ever going to have it again,” Matthew said. His brother Zach, 4, was having soy milk and that was the reason Matthew had to try it. Zach disagrees with his brother about soy milk, he likes it. What he does not like is mushrooms. Matthew of course likes mushrooms.

Gloria Shannon, 55, who is a vendor at the Bellingham Farmer’s Market, said she would not have sea urchin again. She and her husband were visiting San Cruz, Calif., and went out to dinner with another couple who told them sea urchin was wonderful. “[I’ll] never, never do that again,” Shannon said. “People swear to me if you get it fresh right out of the ocean it’s to die for.”

Western sophomore Gabi White, 20, attended the Bellingham Farmer’s Market April 17 with a friend. She said she would never consume a fig again. Her parents made her try the fruit four years ago. “I just didn’t like the texture or the taste of them,” White said.

Gus Kenney, 3, played with the hula hoops April 17 at the Bellingham Farmer’s Market. He said he would never eat sweet potatoes again because he didn’t like them. The orange color does not bug him though, “Orange, yeah, I like orange,” Kenney said.

At the Bellingham Farmer’s Market April 17, Rich Buford, 50, said he would never consume Totally Insane hot sauce made by a company in California. “Most painful experience of my life, where I actually wanted to amputate my tongue,” Buford said. “Once if definitely enough.”

Disposable Camera Image

The assignment for my Photojournalism class was to take a good photo that tells a story. The only catch we were required to use a disposable camera. Which by the way cost about $15 dollars, who knew? I had not bought one for at least six or seven years.

Cutline: Miss Poulsbo Erika Scott, 19, handed out stickers April 3 before the Raab park Easter egg hunt. Hannah Duffy, 4, wearing a crown she got for her birthday, rushes to show her mom the sticker she received from Scott. A combination of candy and eggs were hidden in the grass for children 11 and younger. The eggs were turned in for prizes like stuffed animals, crazy straws and toothbrushes. Scott participated in an egg hunt at Raab park when she was younger and she said that this appearance meant just a little bit more. “One of the prizes I got was a little yellow yo-yo that I’m pretty sure I still have,” Scott said. “Good times at Raab Park.”