{"id":9945,"date":"2018-09-19T19:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=9945"},"modified":"2018-09-19T19:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:14:48","slug":"abbie-heaphy-finds-inspiration-in-valley-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/19\/abbie-heaphy-finds-inspiration-in-valley-nonprofit\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbie Heaphy Finds Inspiration In Valley Nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Emilee Mae Struss<\/em><\/p>\n

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Abby Heaphy. Photo courtesy of Abbie Heapy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Abbie Heaphy, Wood River High School senior, is a busy student, juggling dance, tennis, three AP classes, volunteering and being actively involved in two clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly cannot believe I am a senior this year,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cIt has been a blur because I keep so busy, but I like it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heaphy is currently taking three AP classes\u2014<\/span>government, environmental science and statistics. She is also taking college English, and her favorite subject, zoology.<\/p>\n

Heaphy started dancing when she was three years old. She joined Footlight Dance Centre a year later and has remained with Footlight ever since. She has tried many different styles of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz and modern. When she joined tennis her freshman year, she had to drop modern dance due to conflicting schedules, but continues to practice her favorite discipline, ballet, as well as tap and jazz.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty random that I joined tennis,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cBut it turned out to be really natural for me and I made varsity my first year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heaphy went on to attend districts and state finals in tennis the following two years. She hopes to continue playing tennis and dancing post-graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBallet is the basis of everything,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cFrom there, you can branch off into other styles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her dance teacher (director and founder of Footlight), Hilarie Neely, creates a new dance theme each year. Some previous themes have included compassion and the mountains. Heaphy has performed in solos, including one called \u201cDevotion\u201d in which the dancers portrayed different Greek goddesses.<\/p>\n

Heaphy is the co-president, along with her sister, Britta Heaphy, of WATER, an environmental club. Model UN is a club based on the United Nations that teaches students how to understand and search for diplomatic solutions between differing countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cModel UN can be difficult because you have to find a way to defend your country, even if you don\u2019t personally agree with the country\u2019s values,\u201d Heaphy said.<\/p>\n

She enjoys being a part of a club that teaches you how to understand others with different values or opinions.<\/p>\n

When Heaphy isn\u2019t studying, engaged in model diplomatic disputes or dancing on stage, she is volunteering. She has learned about agriculture by volunteering with The Hunger Coalition\u2019s Bloom Community Garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have taught me a lot,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cThe Hunger Coalition staff just chat with me while we\u2019re in the garden and I like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In particular, Lynea Petty, Hunger Coalition food production manager, has invested a lot of time into teaching Heaphy more about agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to take the easy path in life just because it\u2019s there,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cI desire to take my own path in life and Lynea inspires me to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heaphy does not have set post-graduation plans, but is open to new opportunities that may arise throughout her senior year, though she\u2019s looking at some colleges on the East Coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I love this little town, I know there is so much more to learn by experiencing a new culture,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what I\u2019d like to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Emilee Mae Struss Abbie Heaphy, Wood River High School senior, is a busy student, juggling dance, tennis, three AP classes, volunteering and being actively involved in two clubs. \u201cI honestly cannot believe I am a senior this year,\u201d Heaphy said. \u201cIt has been a blur because I keep so busy, but I like it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sponsored","7":"category-student-spotlight"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}