Artisan Accents

Interview with Amanda Depew

By Ashley Price

Amanda Depew is a Senior at Susquehanna. Many may know her as “Midget” or “Peppy Depew,” but anyone who has seen her artwork knows her as an amazingly creative person. I was lucky enough to snag an interview with this up-and-coming artist in order to provide you with some background to her creations.

CE: What do you enjoy most about creating art?
Amanda: There are no rules to art. You can just be yourself. As Andy Warhol said, “Art is anything you can get away with.”

CE: What do you want to do with your art as far as college or a career?
Amanda: I would like to work in an art gallery. I would like to also study art in Italy, Greece, Paris. I want to see art everywhere.

CE: Who inspired you to produce art?
Amanda: As far as artists go, I am very inspired by Salvador Deli due to his surrealist yet realistic art, and Andy Warhol has the best theories and opinions about art and life. He is just really funny. The first person to really support me and encourage me to get into art, though, was Mrs. Grabowski.

CE: What do you hope to accomplish through your art? Is there a message that you try to convey?
Amanda: Yes there is a message in my art. I just want people to understand different points of view. I want them to see things in a different way. I want them to look at my art and actually think about what they see; actually think about things rather than just judging them.

You can find more of Amanda's work along with projects and art peices from all the students enrolled in Susquehanna Community High School's Art program Directed by Jime Grabowski at the following website:

http://www.artroom.jgrabowski.com/

Athlete Interview: Dusty Barton

By Mary Jo Cotter

CE: What first got you interested in golf?
DB: My grandfather, otherwise known as Duane “Bart” Barton.

CE: How long have you played golf?
DB: Competitively, since the seventh grade.

CE: How would you sum up this last golf season?
DB: It was a real roller coaster ride. I got real unlucky, and lost a couple of tough matches. But played exceptionally well in the post season at pre-districts and districts.

CE: How did you qualify for districts?
DB: I had a bad front nine at pre-districts, but put together a strong back nine. I finished with a 79 which meant I place 15th in field of 142. Only 50 of those qualified.

CE: Was it hard work qualifying for districts?
DB: I put myself into deep hole early. But, I knew I could easily make the cut with no sweat.

CE: Does the team have a good outlook for next year?
DB: Honestly, no, not really. The team is losing five starting seniors (Brent Keyes, Craig Soden, Kirk Fallon, Matt Parsons, and myself), out of six. The sixth being Aaron Soden.

CE: Is there anyone whose helped you in you success at golf?
DB: Well there is several people. First, my grandpa, then my best friend and teammate Kirk Fallon, and my lifting partner Justin Ross. They all have helped in different ways.

CE: Why do you play golf?
DB: Even though I have to grind hard to shoot my best round possible, I find golf fun and it relieves some of my stress.

CE: Is golf you favorite sport? Why or why not?
DB: I would say yes because I’m just amazing at it.

CE: What other activities do you participate in?
DB: I bowl, play volleyball, and I enjoy ATV riding. I also spend some time hunting and fishing.

CE: What will you miss the most about your high school golf years?
DB: I will miss my Coach Ficarro, and my teammates. We have had four great years together.

CE: What will you miss the least about you high school golf years?
DB: The Wilson Black Jack golf balls, because I found them inadequate for a player of my standard.

Faculty Focus: Andrea Sanders

By Kristy Tyler


CE: Where did you graduate from?
AS: Bloomsburg University

CE: What field is your degree in?
AS: I have two degrees, special education and elementary education.

CE: Where did you go to high school?
AS: Mountain View School District

CE: What are your hobbies?
AS: I like Photography and Scrap booking

CE: What do you teach during the day?
AS: I am a learning support teacher and the SADD Advisor.

CE: How did you come to find Susquehanna Community High School?
AS: My aunt is a third grade teacher in the elementary school. She told me to apply so I did.

CE: Why did you want to become a teacher?
AS: There are a lot of reasons I wanted to be a teacher but I definitely wanted to be a learning support teacher because of my sister.

CE: Have you taught anywhere else?
AS: Yes, I taught learning support at Fell Charter School in Simpson for one year.

CE: Did anyone inspire you to be a teacher?
AS: Yes, My Second Grade Teacher Mrs. Reynolds.

CE: How do you like Susquehanna High School so far?
AS: I love it. The faculty, staff, and students are great to work with.

A New Beginning

Welcome to the 21st Century Sabers!!! Here it is, the newest edition to cyberspace -- The Cutting Edge, your High School Newspaper has gone digital! Now known as The Cutting Edge Journal this will allow for reporters to post articles as they happen, hot off the press!!! As an added bonus we can incorporate photo journalism under the umbrella of the high school newspaper. Because we are using Blogger from Google we have the ability to post YouTube as well as host virtually an unlimited amount of photos from school functions such as sporting events, dances, graduation and award ceremonies.

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