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From the Editor
Change can be hard (or not)
Lauren Coughlin
lauren@malibusurfsidenews.com
It’s that time of year.
This week, many in
Malibu will graduate
— be it from elementary
school, middle school or
high school. And while it’s
an exciting time, it can also
be a time of uncertainty
and fear.
For those who are headed
off to college, it’s going
to be one of the bigger
changes in your lifetime,
and it will not always be
easy. There will be tests
of character, strength and
limits. It’s in these moments
that many of you
will realize what means the
most to you, and you will
find your way.
For many, your family
and your lifelong friends
will be miles and miles
away. You will likely be
forced to get outside of your
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trees and vegetable gardens.
You can also make a gopher
barrier around the whole
property. This is a lot of
work but will prove to be
worth it in the long run.
Another way is to
have raised beds and to
gopher-proof the bottoms
with gopher wire. Also,
you should always place
comfort zone in your studies
and in your social life.
You may make some
mistakes, too. But you will
learn.
And, before you know
it, you will once be making
your next big life change.
Change is constant. As
someone who is constantly
reporting on it at every
level and as someone who’s
experienced plenty of
changes in my own life, I
know this to be true. But so
often it’s in how you tackle
that next big obstacle that
you decide what’s next —
sometimes for yourself, and
sometimes for those who
will come next.
Take, for example, this
year’s Malibu baseball
team. While I don’t exactly
consider myself a sports
aficionado, I too have
been rooting for the team
week after week as they
continued to climb toward
making school history.
Stat wise, the odds were
stacked against them, but
it didn’t matter. They may
not have won it all, but they
did reach the CIF finals for
the first time — and that
deserves recognition.
Athletically, it’s safe to
say the senior-heavy team
gopher wire in any holes
before planting.
For squirrels, I would
spray the coffee where you
don’t want them to be. Use
cold brew coffee to spray
your plants and the area.
Do that in combination
with using the beans. Between
the two, the squirrels
will have a hard time
sticking around. Another
useful tool is garlic. If you
like garlic, then you are
in luck, as most animals
don’t. You can either buy
Garlic Barrier which is
a concentrate (follow
instructions!) or make your
own garlic spray.
As a last resort, there are
more drastic measures such
as a product called the Underground
Exterminator.
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com.
put in the time and the hard
work. So, in that sense, I
imagine that changing the
status quo was indeed hard.
But there’s also been
something about the way
the players have been carrying
themselves in recent
weeks. I’ve noticed it in
their post-game quotes.
Like, say, this post-quarterfinal
quote from Alec
Morrison: “If we continue
to play this way, then it
doesn’t matter who we
play — it matters how we
play.” And then there’s this
quote from Tyler Ray on
the team’s championship
mentality: “We just have to
treat it like any other game.
Go out, play hard, and most
importantly, have fun.”
The team’s drive also
was apparent in the scores
in those first three CIF
games — all of which were
shutouts.
Suddenly, the Sharks
started to exude confidence
and positivity, and they
showed a great passion for
reaching their shared goal.
Now, they have an end
result of which they can
and should be incredibly
proud. And, just like, that,
they’ve changed the school
record and set a new standard
for the teams to come
after them.
I’ve been in a co-ed
softball league, and I came
away with knee scrapes and
frustration, but that’s about
as far as my baseball-like
experience goes. I don’t
know what it is like to step
up to the plate or the mound
in a championship game
with hundreds of fans — of
both your team and of your
opponent’s team — staring
at you. But, sometimes,
under pressure, amazing
things can happen.
Change can be tough,
and more times than not it
will take time and effort.
But, in the right hands and
with the proper mentality,
change can appear almost
effortless.
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