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Show T Page 14 - T November 10. 1998 Basin EDUCATION Uintah Basin Standard Touch of the button allows you to bring the library home Walk into the local library and look around. Docs it look any bigger than the last time you visited? Maybe not. but it is. Today, libraries throughout Utah have online access to thousands of magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, and thousands of the best websites on the internet on any topic you can think up. The touch of a button allows you to print them and take them home. The source? - PIONEER Utah's Online Library. The implications are enormous. Remember how difficult it was to get information for that homework assignment your child put off until the last minute? Chances are the library cither didnt have a book on the topic you needed, or the one it had was already checked out. You could get the information through interlibrary loan, but it was a process and you didn't have the time to wait. Today, you can use PIONEER to find information at levels appropriate for students from kindergarten to graduate school. You can read a journal article online, and if you want it, print it and take it home. Any number of people can have the same information, so the library never runs out. PIONEER is a cooperative project of Utahs public, school, and academic libraries, the Utah Education Network, and Utah State government, which have pooled their resources to buy Tull text databases that can be used over the internet from libraries across the state. There is a Pioneer library for public libraries, another for schools, and a third for colleges and universities. They share common databases, while each has customized features and information designed to serve specific types of users. Academic Pioneer, for example, has expanded commercial resources required by college students and fac research. ulty for The public library Pioneer combines commercial databases with links to more than of the most informative websites on the internet, all arranged by subject for easy use. Pioneer is not just for students. Health databases provide useful information on every aspect of health from allergies to the latest on corrective eye surgery. Business databases can be used to research markets, vendors, products, and trends. Newspaper archives can be used to research family histories or understand current issues. One of the most important results of PIONEER is that it has increased information equity across the state. That is, a library user in a small, rural library now has access to much of the same information available to a library user in a large Wasatch Front library. Experience this new era in Mile. We have created a much-neede- d picnic facility in Nine Mile that includes public toilets and a pavilion, but there is a lot more that library service for yourself. Using PIONEER to obtain information you need is easy. Ask your librarian for a brief orientation. PIONEER can be used at area libraries including the Duchesne County Library and the Uintah County Library. The internet address for PIONEER Utahs Online Library is Utahns approve suicide prevention efforts Utah experts have joined Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General, to develop the first set of research-based recommendations to prevent suicide. We cannot afford to lose our children, our parents, our neighbors, or our to suicide, said Trisha Keller, manager. Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Utah Department of Health. Eight Utahns attended a suicide prevention conference in Reno, Nevada, that ended Sunday. In Reno, participants collaborated with leading experts from both the public and private sectors to review research, discuss the best practices, and help define what we in Utah can do to prevent suicide. Dr. Satcher has declared suicide a major public health problem. About 290 Utahns of all ages take their own lives each year and hundreds more attempt suicide. Overall, suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the nation, with about 31,000 annual deaths. Research indicates that youth, elderly, persona with mental health problems (such as major depression and substance abuse), the medically ill and specific populations (such as Native Americana) are at higher risk for suicide. Among key points LIBRARY SERVICES-- "! must say this is one of the things I personally use constantly. I probably use it PIONEER three or four times a month to do research on things that I' m interested in or having to comment on, and this is an enormously valuable thing for Utahns. Its not known well enough, and we need to let more people know about it. Nine Mile Canyon coalition to hold public meetings TllfeNine Wile Canyon Coalition, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, is conducting three public meetings on the future of the increasingly popular canyon. ' Issuing a joint statement on the meetings, BLM recreation specialist Dennis Willis and coalition board member Layne Miller said the meetings will help educate the public and members of the coalition on possible future developments in Nine Mile. Three to four years ago there was a great flurry of planning activity for Nine Mile Canyon, stated Willis. The Carbon County Future Plan and the Carbon County Comprehensive Master Plan both stress the importance of Nine Mile Canyon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) prepared a detailed plan dealing with the Canyons cultural and recreation resources. Implementation ofthese plans has been slow, but there have been some significant accomplishments. We have seen road improvements, the development ofthe Cottonwood Glen rest area and further research of the features of historic and p the Canyon. Miller said the meetings are also designed to help form a common vision and common goals for Nine T needs tobe donei Once we are re9' minded what the BLM plan calls for in the canyon, we will talk about the canyon & rsquos future and decide what our common goals and visions are, said Miller. The first meeting will be conducted in Price on Friday, Nov. 13 in the classroom at the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum. The first runs from 3 - 5 p.m. and the second from 9 p.m. We are conducting two meetings in Price in an effort to include as many people as we can, said Miller. A third meeting is scheduled for the Duchesne County building in Duchesne on Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. - noon. All members of the public, especially those interested in the future ofthe canyon are invite that will be included in the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention are: Suicide is not solely the result of illness or inner conditions, and the feelings of hopelessness that contribute to suicide can stem from societal conditions and attitudes. Therefore, everyone concerned with suicide prevention shares a responsibility to help change attitudes and eliminate the conditions of oppression, racism, homophobia, discrimination and prejudice. Prevention must recognize and affirm the value, dignity and importance of each person. The conference. Advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Linking Research and Practice, was organized by the Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network (SPAN) and by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and Solvay Pharmaceutical, Inc. Utah public health, schools and mental health agen- cies. attend-represent- 7-- H A MIXED UP FAIRY TAL- E- Duchesne High student Casey Lance is the narrator in the revised version of popular fairy tales in the school's presentation of Into the Woods. The play needs the narrator to explain why the Bakers wife, played by Karalee Hoopes and the mother of Jack from the beanstalk fame, played by Mary Faust, are in the same story. Duchesne High drama presents Into the Woods By Stacy Mecham Giant, Shelly Killian; Jack and the Duchesne High School students will perform in a mixed up fairy 3 tale, Into the Woods, Nov. at 7 p.m. The play combines several classic fairy tales including. Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty. Many of the traditional roles however are mixed up - witches tell the truth, nice people lie, good people die and characters slay a giant. Lead characters include: Narrator, Casey Lance; Witch, Megan Farnsworth; little Red Riding Hood, Maren Farnsworth; Granny and Cinderella, Lealee Draper; and Rapunzel, Jody Green. This production also deals with many serious issues that teenagers face today, such as: relating with parents or children; taking responsibility; developing a code of morality; and fulfilling wirfhes. Drama advisor and teacher, Mona Farnsworth, directs the play along with Teresa Draper and student directors, Carrie Spencer and Casey Lance. The play also includes fun animals, magic, and live music produced by Erika Skewes, Erin Graff, Mary Poulson, and Lori Ann Burton. 19-2- The Utah History Fair, Utahs d history reoffisearch contest for grades cially began its new season by announcing its annual theme. Students from throughout the state were invited to develop research nationally-recognize- 2, Scholastic Book Fair of energizing interest in the canyon Myton Elementary School is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair on Monday -Fridqy, Nov. 9 13 from 7:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be aspecial session held for parents and grandparents on Wednesday, Nov. llfrom 3:30-6:3- 0 p.m. There will also be a free book drawing that all adults may enter. -- We hope to one day have money to conduct the archaeological studies that are needed in the canyon, explained Miller. Nine Mile contains as much rock art as any canyon in the west and increasing numbers of tourists are visiting every summer. The goal ofthe coalition is to help educate the public about those important cultural resources, while at the same time preserve what makes the canyon special. The executive board ofthe Nine Mile Coalition has scheduled a series of public meetings in the hopes and fulfilling the dreams expressed in the various plans. At these meetings we will blow the dust off the existing plans and review their contents, recount and celebrate our successes, and discuss how we can do things better in future. If the plans no longer serve as useful guidance, we will look to update them, added Willis. For more information on the meetings call the BLM office in Price at Roosevelt Band Parents Roosevelt Band Parents and families will be doing a Fund Raiser to help get needed equipment and materials to keep the band program going in all of the Roosevelt schools. This year we will set up a booth at the Holly Fair. We are asking all band families to help by making as many hand crafted items as possible to donate. We need these items no later than Nov. 12. The Holly Fair begins onNov. 13 and we set up our booth at6am. For Dee Dietz, more information call Leah Howard, 722-250- 4; Valorie Hamblin, 722-357- 7; or Sunny Hatch, 353-401- 8; 353-417- 0. 636-360- 0. Book Fair at EES Book fair at East Elementary will be Monday - Friday, Nov. Parent nights will be Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 - 8 p.m. We will have teacher wishlists and adonation box for the Childrens Shelter. This is a great time to get Christinas gifts for children and teachers. 3. Locally Owned & Operated Dont You Roosevelt Junior High Parent Day Paren t Day at the Roosevelt Junior High will be Wednesday, Nov. 18. Come and join your child for one or all his classes. There will be a drawing at the end of school. Please let school know if you will be eating lunch. Have To Make A Fortune To Live Like a King! 13 tOUPOt with - a Quality I Built Look at the Rest, Then Buy the Best at... 3-S- B I Financing! Terrific 1 Service!! Champion Home I I ttv A 5 TT550 Wes! Rwy 40. Verna! "Drive alittle Save a loti Ringer of a Deal - $1.00 a Peatross; Not vaHd wSti any othsr oflar. LknK one coupon per person. 722-994- 0 ihs Roosevelt location only Oflsr expires 1 projects relating to the theme Science, Technology, Invention in History: Impact, Influence, Change. Scientific study snd technological development have dramatically changed the human condition, and this year's theme challenges young people to explore this aspect of history. Participants will pay particular attention to the human dimension of their topic, showing how it changed everyday life or influenced the course of major events. History Fair brings out the fon in history, said fair director Michael Johnson. Researching the past is like solving a mystery, and its especially fun when you choose a topic that you really eqjoy. Fair participants also get to choose the way in which they present their information. Depending on their interests and abilities, they may write a paper, build an exhibit, create a short dramatic performance, docuor produce an audio-visumentary. Its amazing to see how this process excites students and unleashes their creativity, Johnson al continued. Any Utah student in grades' can enter the Utah History Fair. Entries are judged in the spring at one of nine regional history fairs held throughout the state. Regional winners in grade 6 and above advance to the State History Fair, and state winners are invited to attend National History Day, the national history fair in Washington DC. Students are evaluated on historical content, the clarity of their presentation, and adherence to the theme. We all need to know how to find information and put it into a presentation, said Johnson. Every student can benefit from being in history fair, and for some its a lifechanging experience. For more information, people can call the Utah or visHistory Fair at it its website at www.usii.edu -- utahfairhistfair.html. The Utah History Fair is an outreach program ofUtah State University with mqjor funding from the Utah Division of State History, the Utah Humanities Council, and Brigham Young University. 4-- Off Any Sandwich, Frozen Yogurt, Or Smoothie. West Highway 40 Roosevelt (Inside of Top Stop) SSOEVES Eric Utah History Fair begins new season CONTEST WINNER-Mon- ica Matlock, 2nd grader at East Elementary, took 1st place in the Caring for Animals Contest. Her story about rescuing an injured bird earned her a $100 award. ed. Beanstalk, Oiritah' Basin' STANDARD" lip l80f |