The Community Experience of Rocky Mountain High School

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The Community Experience of Rocky Mountain High School

The Highlighter
The Community Experience of Rocky Mountain High School

The Highlighter
Rubi Aspen-Holloway

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer

Rubi is a senior at Rocky Mountain High School. She is outgoing, adventurous, and an aspiring photographer. She likes the outdoors, but she also loves watching Netflix. Rubi also works at the daycare at Raintree Athletic Center.

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Seniors and Freshmen – Is There a Difference?

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
March 27, 2019
And, of course, there's also trusty Netflix. Netflix can be a very addictive and consuming way to keep from getting work done. It's a very dangerous way to take a break, but it can be done. Set a timer or give yourself a limit and stick to it.

Suffering from not Wanting to do Anything?

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
March 11, 2019

Senioritis at Rocky Mountain High School

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
March 8, 2019
A helpful tip for tracking gas mileage and such is tracking your miles on the odometer. This can be helpful when figuring out how many miles one tank of gas gets or for checking if the gas meter is off it can let you know how many are left before empty.

Helpful Car Tips

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
February 25, 2019
Many gas stations will have a free or very cheap tire filling station. The filler will be placed on this small tube on the tire (after the cap is removed, of course).

Tires are obviously an important part of the car and need to be taken care of. Sometimes a tire might have gotten low and needs to be filled.

Cars can sometimes be a little bit intimidating when it comes to taking care of them.

The oil level can be easily checked with this oil dipstick. The yellow circle is used to pull it out and there will be a thin piece of metal with a couple markings showing different levels. There will be oil on the metal which is how you know how much is left. Be sure to wipe it off first and then put it back in to get an accurate reading. If oil is needed, do not hesitate to put it in. Oil is essential to a well running engine.

Another helpful thing to know is where to fill steering fluid. Steering fluid is what helps turn the tires with the steering wheel. To fill it, fluid is placed where steering fluid is marked.

Inside the hood can be overwhelming but it's really good to know where oil goes in. There is usually a small picture of an oil can, as shown above, or sometimes just the word oil. If oil is low, it needs to be filled and this is where you do it. It's helpful to have a funnel to pour the oil into that way it's less likely to spill on the engine.

Sometimes the lever to open a hood can be hidden. Often times it will be somewhere by the bottom of the driver's seat. It's very important to know where your lever is so that you can open your hood and check your oil.

These small personal tire filling kits are very useful to have just in case a tire some how got too low to drive on. This hand dandy kit plugs into the cigarette lighter of a car and can fill a tire using just that.

On the side of the tire there will be a number with PSI after it. This number should be used to know how much to fill a tire that way it isn't under or over filled.

The Perennial Gardener is a quaint little garden and nature inspired gift store located in downtown Fort Collins.

Shop Local

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
February 21, 2019
The good ol' regular Oreo is a classic with great creamy flavor and hard chocolate cookie. The regular Oreo was a good balance of sweetness in the cream and more savory with the cookie. A solid 7/10

Oreo Taste Testing

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
February 20, 2019
CJ states, "My piece is titled 'Testosterone' because I am a transgender man and I underwent hormone replacement therapy where I inject testosterone every two weeks. It being in the flowers signifies to me that it's this beautiful thing and source of growth for me, it's a very positive image where as the connotative piece of it is you assume it would be heroin and people sometimes think that I'm just destroying my body by taking testosterone when in reality it's like the thing that saved me. So it's kind of that play on juxtaposition."

Scholastic Art Winners

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
February 20, 2019
Ragstock can be pretty fun to look around and they are usually decently priced. It's a good place to shop and stay within your budget, but the styles are usually more current than other thrift stores.

Things to do in Fort Collins for Under $10

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
January 30, 2019
Getting a tattoo will be painful, but not every one will experience the same level of pain. Different spots on the body are more or less painful. Each person's pain tolerance is different as well.

Let’s get Stabbed! Tattoos of Rocky & the Process

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
January 17, 2019

Highlighter Staff Goes to Waffle Lab

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
January 9, 2019
Some people get a little more creative with their Christmas lights and decorate things others might not.

LIGHTing Up This Christmas Season

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
December 16, 2018
As soon as Thanksgiving ends, sometimes even before it does, Christmas lights are up everywhere, and Fort Collins has a great variety of lights.

Many houses around town line their roof's with lights. This house decided to go with another popular decoration style and just decorated trees and bushes.

Another cute scene is made here with reindeer, a sleigh, and the trunk of a tree decorated (rather than the branches).

There are often quite a few "scenes" of lights, usually showcasing snowmen and reindeer.

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While others go a little more extreme by not only lining their house, but also decorating outdoor trees as well as bushes and plastic figures.

Some houses go for a much more simplistic look by just outlining their house with solid colored lights.

Here the classic lining of a roof is seen, but with a twist--instead of solid colors these people use multicolored lights as well as icicle lights on the top level.

Some go for more of a mix of simple and extravagant. This decoration set up was still Christmas-y but had a dash of individuality with a rainbow and unicorn.

Light projectors have been quite popular the last couple years, usually projecting moving patterns onto garages or the sides of houses.

Make Gingerbread Cookies With Us

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
December 3, 2018
Different people who fire dance often have different preferences on their "tools." Pictured is a double wick fire staff which is often balanced on the shoulders and swung around.

Dancing with Flames

Rubi Aspen-Holloway, Photographer
November 28, 2018
When dancing with fire, the clothing worn is all natural materials like cotton, wool, and leather because synthetic materials can cause possible burns to be much worse than with natural materials.

It takes lots of patience, concentration, and risk taking. Pictured here is fire dancer Michelle Hindman.

To be a fire dancer, one can be trained or learn on one's own. It takes lots of patience, concentration, and risk taking.

This photo of a Dustin Grove using poi shows the risky, strange, unique thing called fire dancing.

Different people that fire dance often have different preferences on their 'tools'. Pictured is a double wick fire staff which is often balanced on the shoulders and swung around.

When a dancer is finished with their performance they will either spin the fire out or suffocate it with this designated cloth.

These are just a few different "tools" that some fire dancers use. From left to right - two doubled wicked staffs, two fire fans. and one dragon staff. Each has it's difficulties and different effects.

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