Bo Petterson and Sydney Lee traded jabs at each other about their respective schools Thursday afternoon. Lee, who plays golf forTwin FallsHigh School, highlighted the Bruins’ academic reputation and athletic prowess.

“Twin is always better, so we don’t even worry about them,” she said.

Petterson, a junior baseball player for Kimberly, defended his Bulldogs.

“Well, you guys are in a different division so it doesn’t even matter,” he said. “Our school is more laid back, but we still learn the same stuff. Plus, we have a great agriculture and shop program.”

Petterson, sporting brown dreadlocks that fall in his face and Lee, with her Chacos sandals and bright disposition, make a light-hearted couple that doesn’t care about their Twin Falls-Kimberly hook up — despite the smack talk back and forth.

“It really isn’t that big a deal,” Lee said. “A lot of the Twin girls seem to like the Kimberly boys.”

Lee and Petterson, who have dated for a year and a half, are actually more likely to debate whose sport is harder than argue about their high schools.

“She thinks that golf is harder than baseball. I tell her that baseball is more than hitting a ball and going to get it,” Petterson said to a disgruntled Lee. “I don’t think we’ll ever settle that debate.”

Clearly comfortable in their own skin, Petterson and Lee are one of several athlete couples who have dipped into school colors other than their own.

High school dating is a fickle subject. Students run in tight circles. Bring a date to prom — from a rival school no less — and you’re likely to feel eyes on you throughout the night.

Up north inBlaineandLincolnCounties, dating an athlete from another school is almost common practice — it may be out of necessity.CareyHigh School’s graduating class this year is 17.Richfield’s is 12.

“It happens quite often actually. If we don’t have a girl in Carey, we go toRichfield,” said Carey senior Chance Chavez.

The three-sport athlete dates star runner and basketball player Sasha Kent. They’ve been together for a year and have known each other most their lives afterKentmoved from Mountain Home in the second grade.

Chavez said his friends like havingKenthang out in his group andKenteven got Chavez a Richfield T-shirt, which he proudly wore as he watched his girlfriend this season.

“I couldn’t wear that thing in Carey. That would upset some people for sure,” Chavez said.

In March,Kentfaced an awkward situation at the Class 1A Division II state basketball tournament.

Her brother, Stevie, was a freshman at Dietrich, which was searching for its first state trophy since 1966. Carey was aiming for a state championship repeat.

Kentand the Blue Devils beat Sho-Ban in the first round, while Chavez and Carey beat Kootenai, setting up a semifinals matchup between the rival schools.

“People were like, ‘Who are you going to cheer for?’”Kentsaid.

She chose the boyfriend.

WithKentsupporting Chavez and Carey in the stands, the Panthers stormed back from a seven-point deficit with 4 minutes, 22 seconds remaining to break the hearts of Dietrich in a 38-36 win, advancing them to the title game.

“It was a tough day. Carey made it to the championship that day after beating Dietrich and I felt bad. I really did,”Kentsaid. “They had a great season and I was proud of my brother.”

While Carey and Dietrich are bitter rivals, Twin Falls-Jerome is a whole different level. Every year you have theBattleof the Bridge on the gridiron. During the winter the past few seasons, the stands have been packed for games between the Great Basin Conference’s top two teams.

Twin Fallssenior Eric Harr has dated Jerome senior Haylee Burnham for about two months. They went to each other’s proms on back-to-back weekends earlier this month and constantly receive grief from fellow students. And both play basketball.

“I’ve know him for a while because of basketball and I think the whole rivalry thing kept us apart,” Burnham said.

“People will ask where I’m going to sit at the games — theTwin Fallssection or the Jerome section,” Burnham said. “Of course I’m going to cheer for Jerome. I’ll just secretly cheer for Eric though.”

Unlike Chavez, Burnham doesn’t sport anyTwin Fallsblue when she’s secretly cheering for Harr.

“Oh, no way. You’ll never see me in Twin gear,” Burnham said. “I love Jerome. I love where I’m at. I’m always going to be a Tiger.”

Since I recently hit the dating scene again, the difficulties the vegan diet can present when navigating eligible singles has been at the forefront of my mind. Sometimes I think it’s no big deal. And then I read something like this, a question excerpted from the New York Post’s “Ask Ashley” dating column:
“I’m considering going on a date with this guy, but he’s — wait for it — vegan. Am I total bitch for thinking vegan guys are lame?”
Yes, vegans make up a small percentage of the population. But I thought vegan culture was so much at the forefront of general pop culture and fitness culture that attitudes like that one were a thing of the past. Worse yet, here’s the beginning of Ashley’s meatheaded answer:
“Hmm. I don’t think I could trust a man who doesn’t eat red meat! I mean, for men, isn’t it their animalistic nature to crave red meat? I don’t know. I wouldn’t be able to do it, either. Especially if you’re a carnivore yourself.”

Wow! What ignorance! And I found it especially ironic that on the same news day, former heavyweight WrestleMania champion Daniel Bryan discussed in an interview how he maintains his vegan diet on the road. And there was a story about champion boxer Tim Bradley, who turns to a strict vegan diet when he’s preparing for an important fight like his upcoming face-off against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He’s unbeaten in 28 fights with 12 knockouts.
The reader’s silly question and Ashley’s astronomically sillier answer made me wonder what nonvegan Miamians think of the prospect of dating vegans, and how vegans fare on the “meat market.” Here’s a sampling of the opinions and attitudes I found.
My friend Francisco Ferreiro is an intellectual property lawyer in Miami. He dated a girl who went from vegetarian to vegan in the last year of their relationship.
“It had nothing to do with the breakup. To sum it up, I definitely respected the strong feelings and commitment that inspired her going vegan, but it was certainly annoying when the time came to choose a take-out option. We could usually agree on a restaurant [to eat in at], but take-out, for some reason, was usually an issue. She was pretty nonjudgmental about my own dietary habits.”
Would he do it again? Yep.
“As long as they don’t care that I like cheese. I think any vegan that was willing to date me would have to be fairly open-minded,” he joked.
Alex Cuevas, one of Miami’s most active vegans and owner of Choices Vegan Café, said he experienced some serious difficulties in dating as a vegan, but with time and experience, the tides eventually shifted.

“When it wasn’t as prevalent, it was very mysterious to women that I would date. ‘What do you mean? Why don’t you eat meat?’ — all these questions. I have to be honest with you — it made me feel like I was not compatible with these women, and in the long term I knew it was necessary to [be compatible], so in a way, that kind of fueled my playboy lifestyle, because I wouldn’t get serious with anybody. I knew there was no long-term compatibility because there was no awareness. And that awareness or consciousness is very necessary once you live your life a certain way.”

He said a girl he dated when he was 25 made him feel especially weird. She would report to him that her friends “couldn’t believe” she was still dating him because his lifestyle was so boring, there were so many restaurants that were off-limits, and she was “missing out” on so many things. She also told him that he was obsessive about veganism.
“Of course that made me feel really bad. Here’s a hot girl who I really liked — for all the wrong reasons, I know that now. But she’s giving me this really critical feedback, saying, ‘You’re making a mistake with your lifestyle.’ It was tough.”
He says that at the time, though, he was nervous about being vegan because he was hearing so much negativity about the diet.
“It wasn’t until I finally owned it and said, ‘Wait a minute. I am a vegan, and I’m gonna lead with that. And in that energy I put out is what I started to attract after that. And then you start meeting people who have more things in common with you and it works out in a much better way.”
When dating vegan girls, Cuevas said being a vegan guy actually is a major advantage.
“I feel more confident when I date a woman who’s also vegan that I’m not easily replaceable. It’s not like she can go into a bar and meet another Joe Blow or whatever. There are so many other levels of compatibility that are there when you have a diet based on the vegan beliefs.”
Check back tomorrow for the female perspective on vegan dating.

Dating co-stars is natural: Rachel Bilson.

Rachel Bilson, known for her role in Waiting For Forever, feels it’s natural for actors to date their co-stars. She too met her boyfriend of five years Hayden Christensen on the set of 2007 movie Jumper, reports contactmusic.com. She said: “Dating co-stars is natural. When you’re working with someone, it’s habit. I met my man at work. I’m attracted to mysterious men. Every woman can relate to that, right?.”
But Rachel, who also dated her O.C. co-star Adam Brody for three years before they split in 2006, admits she doesn’t play by the rules when she is in a relationship.
“I’ve been in relationships where we’ve said, ‘I love you’ after two weeks. I think it depends on the person and the relationship. If it feels right, go with it. Love shouldn’t play by the rules. It’s all about chemistry.”

Evans picky about dating.

Actor Chris Evans, who has dated actresses Jessica Biel, Amy Smart, says he has a strange choice when it comes to girls.

“I like strange things. I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They’re not the girls you would assume,” dailystar.co.uk quoted him as saying.
“I like girls who are self- deprecating. I like girls who can make fun of themselves and I like generosity. I like compassionate people,” he said.
“I am not looking for some businesswoman who’s out there making millions and just here to take the world by storm. I just want someone with a good soul,” said the 30-year-old.

Hebrew Seal Dating Back to First Temple Period Discovered.

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), in its continuing archaeological excavations of the drainage channel between the City of David and the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden, has uncovered a Hebrew seal dating back to the First Temple period.

The seal was discovered on the floor of the remains of a building also dating to the end of the First Temple period; a building that IAA said was the closest one to the First Temple found thus far in excavations. According to a statement released by IAA, the seal “is made of a semi-precious stone and is engraved with the name of its owner: ‘Lematanyahu Ben Ho…’ (‘למתניהו בן הו…’ meaning: ‘Belonging to Matanyahu Ben Ho…’). The rest of the inscription is erased.”

At an early stage of the excavations, which is underwritten by the Ir David Foundation, the archaeologists involved recognized the potential for significant discoveries in the area, and thus decided that they would painstakingly sift through any soil removed from the site. This decision was vindicated, as the seal was discovered during the sifting process.

Seals were used by individuals in the First Temple period to sign letters and identify their owner, and were set in a signet ring for convenience.

Eli Shukron, the excavation director, said: “the name Matanyahu, like the name Netanyahu, means giving to God. These names are mentioned several times in the Bible. They are typical of the names in the Kingdom of Judah in latter part of the First Temple period – from the end of the eighth century BCE until the destruction of the Temple in 586 BCE.

“To find a seal from the First Temple period at the foot of the Temple Mount walls is rare and very exciting,” he added. “This is a tangible greeting of sorts from a man named Matanyahu who lived here more than 2,700 years ago.”

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