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Show Thursday, March 2, 2006 Pag 4 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN notes NEWS AND IDEAS cDiraD gusiird for 25 years off sot oce Barbara Christiansen I -orbes Flenu'iitary Sdvxrt culminated its Safety Week activity's ac-tivity's with activities including an earthrjuake drill, a lx kdown drill and a commendation to a crossing guard who lias been keeping Hie school's students safe for 25 years. Carolyn Anderson was recognized rec-ognized at an assembly Friday morning for her dedication. I lie commendation was a surprise. SIk' had Ixf-n told slie was U'ing asked to sxik to tin' students to give safely tips. Many of the sclrnol s students, teat hers and staff opted to wear orange in honor of Anderson and Ix-r orange safety vest slie wears on the ji4 Slie has leen at the corner of 2M) test and :X) N'orlh for a quarter of a century. Slie sxke to the students at tlie assembly. "You always are so sweet to me," she said "You thank me when you cross the street. I always al-ways think of you as my kids" Anderson reiterated some safety tips for the students. "It is so imxrtant to cross at the cnisswalk," slie said. "IVople go so fast and they are often thinking about other things or talking on cell phones" She told alxHit one person she once saw eating a bowl of cereal while driving past ttie sc!kx and another she saw reading a rxxk Slie urged the students to he cautious. "I would just die if one of you guys got hit." slie said. In an interview following the assembly she said slie had had a lot of close calls. "I try to go Hit in the middle of the intersection and stop traffic traf-fic three ways," slie said. "I have to liave control." Wlien she first started, slie was told not to direct traffic, but Introductory Offers: Exam and X-Rays Vain! tor new cash patients on mrtia visit only Teeth Whitening after mmal ewm, n-rays and cleaning, in absence of periodontal disease Not all patients are candidates tor whitening. 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"People have been really Down month OA. C. J v. grxxi," she said. "They appreciate appreci-ate me directing the traffic. People Peo-ple are more courteous to wait for the kids if they know they are going to go pretty soon." Anderson often goes above and beyond the basic job de-script de-script ion. Slie knows the students and s'aks with them. She even knows some of their pets and has taken care of some of them. "1 have taken dogs and cats home," she said. "One day a bird died on the way to school. I took it home and buried it. That is what the little girl wanted me to do. It was so sad." The other crossing guard at Forbes. Merlene Paskett, agreed. "Once she picked up our dog and brought it home," she said. "She really loves animals." School secretary DeeAnn Francom paid tribute to Anderson. Ander-son. "Slie is so dependable," she said. "Slie is always there, rain or snow. The kids enjoy her. We never have any complaints from anybody." Principal Larry Dean agreed. "For 25 years she has always been prompt in arriving and been so conscientious," he said. "In my nine years as principal I don't think I have had to run out there with my stop sign except ex-cept only once or twice. It never happens that she is not there. "Slie is very observant, not only of the students, but very cognizant of the traffic as well. She doesn't hold the traffic up for long periods of time." When her days ends at Forbes, she heads for work at the American Fork Wal-Mart where she is a greeter from 4 p.m. until midnight. Anderson enjoys it when she has former Forbes students talk to her when they come to the store. ZOOM II $ Teeth (Reg. $399) ALLSCHOOLS No school March 6 There will be no school on March 6 for students. Teachers Teach-ers will be in professional development de-velopment meetings. AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL MathletesgotoAMC Two weeks ago. 56 of the school's math students participated partici-pated in the American Mathematics Math-ematics Competition. The AMC is a national competition exam with 25 questions and a possible score of 150 points. Honors are given to soplioniores more than 120 points on the AMC 10, and juniors and seniors more than Smells like Mason Porter NORTH COUN'Y NEWSPAPERS Common sense and years of experience tells us that everything ev-erything moves in circles. It's karma. It always comes back around. This year at the high school we've seen the triumphant trium-phant return of many things. Some good, some not so much. Take, for example, bowling. Being an alley cat back in the '50s and '60s was hip. But for a while, bowling became sort of a nerdy "don't want to play because it makes me look like a wimp" sport. Fast forward some 40 odd years to 2006, where bowling is the fastest growing high school sport in the nation. This is an example of a good thing. Now, take the resurrection of '80s techno music. Don't get me wrong, the 1980s had its share of good times, but the highlight reel from that era is only about 30 seconds long. And fashion and music definitely defi-nitely play no part in it. This nostalgia has got to stop. But the thing that has had the most noticeable revival recently re-cently is school pride. It took a while after the Across from the Meodbws Shopping Center on Highway 89 Clark B. Hicken, D.D.S. 476 N 900 W., Suite A American Fork, UT 84003 801-756-5522 Modem Denta ftofesstonoj - Utah, PC. one WDfigtiWbaii W''OmialirJeiuBflt. 100 points on the AMC 12. The AMC 12 team did the best ever for American Fork High School with an average score of 87.0 points. The school's team score, composed of the three highest individual scores, was the highest high-est ever: 326 points which earns honors for AFHS. Four mathletes also scored high enough to qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Math-ematics Exam (AIME) on March 7: juniors Devon Stern (top scorer at 111.5 points) and Wenson Kwan (102) and seniors Phillip McKinney (109) and Anthony Morgan (105.5). High scorer on the AMC 10 was Elliott Watkins with 100.5 points. The top five scorers in each grade also qualified to represent repre-sent AFI IS at the State Math Contest at the University of Utah on March 16. school spirit caveman Caveman Crazies fiasco to get the student cheering section back up to par, but two weeks ago when the Cavemen defeated de-feated their cross-town rivals, the north stands were bleeding red. Figuratively speaking, of course. Fortunately this wave of school spirit swept through the following week as students competed in the third spirit bowl of the year. The junior class showed that they were indeed the craziest cavemen, signifying a wonderful won-derful spirit section for next year's football and basketball teams. And most recently, this past Monday, the student body congregated in the gym for a pep assembly to send the boys basketball team to state with a bang. So next time you take a stroll through the halls of AF High, take a big whiff. Smells like teen spirit to me. Have a good day, and a pleasant tomorrow. WCTpN |