Death penalty costly – in dollars and in ethics
April 1, 2009
Editorial:
Cal Brown’s reprieve from death row two weeks ago presents an opportunity to re-evaluate the value of the death penalty in Washington State. We can understand a desire for justice to be served, but on balance, capital punishment does not deliver.
Letters 4-2
April 1, 2009
Girl’s story
Wildcats impress in field events at first home meet
April 1, 2009
A big day from Kyle Stevens, and an all-around impressive day in the field events, led the way for the Mount Si boys track and field team in its first league meet of the season March 26 at home against Issaquah.
Stevens won two events on the day, one of which included an eye-popping number. The senior not only captured first in the javelin, he tossed it 181 feet, 3 inches, more than 30 feet better than his closest competitor and within five feet of the best-recorded throw in the state this spring. Stevens also won the triple jump with a leap of 36 feet, 10 inches.
Mount Si’s Kyle Stevens hurls the javelin during the Wildcats’ meet with Issaquah on March 26.
Softball team rolls past Cedarcrest
April 1, 2009
The Mount Si softball team picked up an easy win with an 11-4 beating of Cedarcrest March 30. The win made the Wildcats 1-2 on the season.
Mount Si got started early, scoring two runs in both the second and third innings. Cedarcrest countered with some offense of its own and managed to get within 4-3, before the Wildcats completely punched them out with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Benefit concert to celebrate Morgan Penry’s life
April 1, 2009
Mount Si High School freshman Morgan Nicole Penry passed away at 9:35 p.m. March 12 at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. The 14-year-old, who had been hospitalized for a month, had a tumor in her lung.
The eldest of three children, Penry was born to Heather and Jason Penry June 7, 1994. Her father, who goes by Jay, recalled his daughter’s love for singing and dancing.
“She was always smiling,” Jay said. “She always wanted to dance with somebody. She was a really happy baby.”
