Thursday, May 31 2007 Page 14 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS First Utah County Academy of Sciences class graduates Cathy Allred The first Hrailuittinf? cfci.ss ol tin-1 tiih County A iiiJemy of S H-iK-fs h;ul ils (.omnii'iice-rm-nt cxi'iriscs 1;iv 2'i ;il the lYovn I iilicrnai !c. A sense of community and c itemenl could be seen in the families, students and faculty and their looks of anticipation an-ticipation as the first 1,'CAS lraduatinn ( lass prepared to receive their diplomas "What has tx-en so ureal alxiut UCAS and how small it is, is how everyone basic ally knows everyone and we are all li lends," said Alvssa Mulli-ner, Mulli-ner, sludenl ImkIv president. DtahV.illev Stale College Col-lege president and keynote speaker Kill Sedei bur said he had a solt spot foi college campus hih schools, having graduated I nun a similar Ivpe of school "You and the stale and the entne communit v look a i isk in crealinn I .' AS, and it is a risk that has paid oll'and will continue to pav off," Seder-burg Seder-burg said lA'SCparlneied will) Alpine, Al-pine, I'ruvoand Nebo school Class of 2007 Utah County Academy of Sciences Graduating class: 55 Class motto: All glory comes from daring to begin - Eugene F. Ware Interesting fact: First UCAS graduating class districts to create UCAS. "Many students, influenced by their own inhibitions, left within the first few weeks of the school's owning." noted Amanda McClellan, senior c lass president. "But many more stayed lo see the emergence emer-gence of an experience that was truly greater than the sum of its parts." ( .raduation speaker Derek ( iurr wasn't sure about attending at-tending a high school based on academics. I alternated between appreciating ap-preciating and regretting that choice," he said. "I felt I was in an environment where the people in front of me, behind me. to my left and to my right www.couga outclassed me in almost every respect." Gurr graduated with honors and a New Century Scholarship, Scholar-ship, one of 36 UCAS students to earn one. Five received Centennial Scholarships, 14 students earned UVSC scholarships schol-arships and two students got Brigham Young University scholarships. The presentation of the diplomas also presented the graduate to the audience. Their school counselor who was also one of a team of three assistant principals at UCAS would say the graduate's name; scholarships received, collage attending or accepted to, major and career goal. Some gratis were yet undecided. "Our first graduate was actually Brianna Hall who graduated nearly a year ago as a junior to accept a scholarship and to pursue her education," UCAS Principal Prin-cipal Clark Baron said. "This group contains my risk takers, tak-ers, my pioneers, my 'he who hesitates is lost' students ... they study the available data and if it looks good, they jump in with both feet." 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"She would take the time to learn and grow from the experiences that she had." After four years in her position, posi-tion, Gardner left Sunday to take another District Ranger spot in the Suislaw Nation in along the central coast of Oregon. Or-egon. In her time serving in the position, Gardner has worked to implement various programs aimed at improving the overall condition of the forests in her district. "This ranger district covers from Draper down to Spring-ville," Spring-ville," Gardner said. "There are nine communities that we work with to help maintain the forests for-ests that border their area." One of the projects that Gardner help to begin was to protect the Wasatch footlands from damages. In recent years, motorized vehicle use in those areas have damaged the boundary bound-ary area, where the National Forest land borders several cities. The A TV use has caused problems in terms of the moving mov-ing of vegetation, creation of channels where erosion occurs more frequently, and the reduction reduc-tion of habitation for animal. One of the most notable projects proj-ects that Gardner has helped to establish has put fences and boulders that serve to block access ac-cess to the areas most used by ATVs. "We are still in the progress of trying to block access," Gardner said. "Right now, though, there are less places for people to enter." Gardner has also worked to implement the recreation fee program in the American Fork Canyon, which requires payment pay-ment for use of the land, which she said has been a very positive posi-tive influence to that area. Her staff has also seen the changes to the district, and to the position that Pam has brought about. "She was able to pull the ' ranger district a little closer together," Velarde said. "She has that skill, to bring people together and to work to bring a positive influence." Gardner also said that she has seen changes in the position since taking over four years ago. The previous District Ranger, Bob Easton, served the position for 14 years. Gardner said that today, technology has a much stronger influence than it did during Easton's time. "He was much more comfortable comfort-able on the back of a horse," Gardner said. "Previous rangers rang-ers didn't have to spend as much time in the office, they spent much more time out in the field." Although she is leaving the district, Gardner said that work will still continue in the area. John Logan, a staff member from the Forest Supervisor's office in Provo will serve as the acting District Ranger until an official District Ranger will be employed in the fall. "I have been rewarded by the community support that we have received here," Gardner said. 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