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JTHE PARK RECORD A-9 www.parKrecora.com bWEDTHURSFR I, JANUARY 15-17, 2003 EDUCATION EDITOR: Sarah Wilcox 649-9014 ext.1 18 educationparkrecord.com 3 c Nominal your L.-c". 3 school volunteer for the p- "Cz'.lza Appla Award" for oitlrsJ 3 cixUcrs. Winners of the award rccc:v3 $1,CC0 end are honored hon-ored by the governor and the presidents of the Ulr.h C-jcc'Jcn Accoclction and the ut-h nv T f"A, lu.3 r-h pta and KUZD-C ., : 7 iu . 3 pclnored to honor rcxa. : , L; 3 v J jr.: for the past six years du.ipg KUZD's annual "Golden Apple A "if telecast. Visit www.utrxcrj f.T C.3 norrinCJon form. All forms rnu.t t3 pectmarked no later than Feb. 23, 2CC3 to be considered. Call (CCC) iz ! ." ; 3 f sr questions. ' .V. . . J . . uwVUUUU . Ifch :;r C:verly Evans and Utah tata F.c,:: "Natives David Ure and Scott Dzr.L'.3 will be available to answer questions and hear comments, during a public forum on Wed., Jan. 15. The forum is meant to give citizens a chance to voice their views to the legislators before they begin the 2003 general legislative session on Jan. 20. The forum will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held in the Park City Council Chambers in the Marsac Building. - Ney .class offering Park City Schoof District Community Education is offering the course The Very Great Outdoors" on January 15 and 18. Participants will cover tour planning, preparation, and identifying avalanche terrain in two sessions taught by Freddy Grossn. Then, they will put the skills to the test on a day trip to Iron Mountain Pre-register by mailing in registration form to 2700 Kearns Boulevard, Park City, UT 84060 or call (435) 645-SS23 for more information. . Moving Moved! NEW SHOWROOM NOW OPEN Wal-Mart shopping center, next to pier l We're Park City's largest furniture showroom, with the widest selection of leather, lodgepole, wood, iron and copper fixtures and furnishings plus unique accessories and gifts. Twice the inventory for a fraction of the price! Living Room Dining Room Bedroom New location at Wal-Mart Shopping Center, next to Pier 1 - -v Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday Saturday Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ' t 6541 Landmark Drive,. Suite A , ; r i www.mountaintimber.com ' Drug bust Kids seem unconcerned by Monday's surprise drug search at the school By SARAH WILCOX Of the Record staff At lunchtime on Monday afternoon, it was business as usual in the Park City High School lunchroom. Students buzzed around the room, grabbing grab-bing food, gossiping with friends, and sniffing sniff-ing the mystery meat du jour. Judging from the unconcerned attitudes of the kids, it would be hard to guess that only a few hours earlier in the same building, police dogs were also doing some sniffing searching for illegal drugs in lockers and cars in a bust that combined the forces of the Park City Police Department, the Utah Highway Patrol, and the Summit County Sheriff Office. . . The surprise bust that unearthed two drug paraphernalia items in parked cars, according to PCHS principal Hal Smith, did not seem to alarm the students. In fact, the majority of the students at the school seem unconcerned with or unaware of changes to the high school meant to root out illicit behaviors, such as the drug bust and the recently installed video cameras. Hal Smith, principal at PCHS, said there is a reason most students are unconcerned with recent enforcement activities: they have no reason to fear them. "The vast majority dont have any reason to be scared," he said. "They are great kids. You are going to have people, just as in any society, doing the wrong thing. The vast majority of the kids are doing the right thing," he concluded. Joe Ellis, parking and safety official at PCHS, agreed with Smith. "It's a minority of kids that express concern," con-cern," Ellis said, noting that the students are "wondering why the need is there" for such measures. Ellis expressed that the drug search was "unrelated" to the cameras, which have yet to be turned on. When queried about the happenings of the morning,tudents noted they knew they were in a lock-down and were not able to leave their classrooms, and though they knew little additional information about the drug search. "Our teacher couldnt tell us," sophomore sopho-more Eric Higginson said in reference to Monday morning's search, adding that the teacher mentioned the police were in the Moving Kilims & Area Rugs Lighting & Fixtures Simmons Mattresses 7 'Mountain Timber) Furnishings Park City's Largest Furniture Store & 647-5880 at PCHS leaves students unfazed schools. Senior Ryen Schlegal remarked "Everyone thought it was a drill. They never tell us until after they are over." He noted he had not heard any of the information regarding the search results. "They keep it on the hush-hush," he said. They've got to keep the students quiet and calm," he said. Ellis said that while the search was announced, the results will not be made public. pub-lic. "As far as results, that is confidential," he An example 1 I i . ' A 1 1 I , v Vr ' : s. v,. : SCOTT SINEPARK RECORD Chris Waddell, a paralympic athlete, speaks to members of the Jump In! organization at the annual diversity module mod-ule on Friday night. At the 24-hour event, the students listened to presentations by the National Conference of Community and Justice, an organization "dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in America." Jump In! director Lisa Cilva Ward said the module will teich the kids to "respect and value" different skills and people. M I Mk I i-n- ' . v-.-r A. 1 i llll said, noting that the results will bring specific specif-ic individuals and students into the equation. While the students seem indifferent to the search and the new cameras, the "proactive" "proac-tive" methods have raised provocative questions, ques-tions, according to Jim Fleming, social studies stud-ies teacher at PCHS. "It provides for more interesting discussion discus-sion in my government class," he said, noting that the class has been talking about civil liberties, lib-erties, and search and seizures. They are always interested to know what their civil liberties are in school, Fleming of diversity ' ' t 4 - - - f ' J x 1 1 4 said. Even though there was no evidence of rampant drug use in the school from Monday morning bust, PCHS is prepared to continue all aspects of a "three-pronged" approach to cut at the root of illicit activities, according to Smith. The first prong, Smith says, is using education edu-cation for "comprehensive guidance" on what makes a healthy lifestyle. 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