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Show Page 5 The Garfield County Insider April 30, 2009 IN OUR TOWN... FYI Panguitch Did you hear the sirens Saturday night, another State Champion? This time it was the Panguitch Drama Players. For the second year in a row they received a superior rating on their play. They also received seventeen individual Gold Medals, including Best Actor Shon Osborn, Best Supporting Actress Karli Owens (Easter Bunny) and Best Supporting Actor Colton Smith. The following received individual Gold Medals: Craig Armstrong, Breanne Bateman, Aaron George, Conner Mooney, Camree McCollough, Karli Owen, Kaizaac Porter, Alan Reynolds, Russell Ricketts, Locke Savage, Riley Savage, Joe Sevy, Kaylee Smith and Colton Smith. One girl told my wife this was the greatest day in her life, winning a Gold Medal and being brought into town with the red lights and sirens. The cast members for the play were, Breanna Yard, David Roundy, Colton Smith, Shon Osborn, Joe Sevy, Kaizaac Porter, Alan Reynolds, Russell Ricketts, Jaelyn Gillett, Karli Owens and Camree McCollough. So much work goes in to these productions, Elaine Baldwin and Cheryl Church are to be commended for all the effort and work that they have put in on the students behalf. How can they top this? Well they did with the musical “Grease.” Did you ever go to an event that you didn’t want it to come to an end? This is how good “Grease” was. I have my favorites, but everyone was so good, it would be hard to pick one out. How did Elaine and Cheryl pull this off? How did they get those boys to sing and dance so great? There were 22 members in the cast and even the back ground players were really into their parts. Elaine also had a part in the production. Rock’n Rick Swanger supplied the great sound and the new microphones are wonderful. Many of us combed our hair like Roger in the 50’s, what ever happened to Wild Root Cream Oil and combs? The auditorium seats were filled on Friday and Saturday, the neat thing was about thirty young children were sitting on the floor in front of the stage and were really caught up in the play. After the play most of the kids were dancing to the music, I think Elaine, you have a built in cast for life. Elaine and Cheryl your efforts will be with these students forever. If you missed this production, to bad for you, many of the cast are seniors. PANGUITCH HIGH PLAYERS YOU DID YOUR SELF PROUD. Our Students spend as many hours out of school as well as in school, working to achieve their level of excellence be it Drama, Debate, FCCLA, FBLA, Sports or any other subject they are interested in. It takes teachers that are dedicated to their profession, to prepare the student for each of these endeavors. This comes after school and on Saturdays, and the student learns that if you are prepared you can by Mack Oetting do anything. The student also learns how to dress and conduct themselves in public. I think it was apropo that Panguitch’s 50th State Championship was in Debate. Times are a changing. HEADLINES: PANGUITCH HIGH SCHOOL, KSL # 1 RATED SMALL SCHOOL IN THE STATE. KSL hired a professional research team to come up with the most comprehensive data you can find anywhere. There are no prizes; this is to let you see how your school compares to the others in the state. Panguitch was eleventh over all in the state. (Small schools were defined as having less the 200 students). In the small schools, Panguitch was first, Valley was second and Wayne 5th. These were the only 1A schools, in the top 80. They examined data from dozens of categories in all 115 schools in the state. They use Proficiency, Progress, College prep, (AP), how the students did against themselves, and athletics, to name a few. What hurt most of the 1A schools was the college prep. Why did PHS do so well? It can be summed up in three words, BETTY ANN REMBER. Mrs. Rember is finishing up her 8th year at PHS, she came here with 23 years experience in public education and with 8 years in Administration. When Mrs. Rember was hired, Panguitch ranked last in Garfield County in academics, at the high school level. Mrs. Rember starts her school day at 7:30 am and finishes on many of the sports night at l0:00 pm. She is very supportive of the schools sport program and serves on the State Athletic Commission Board. She is only one of two principles that showed up to State Debate and Drama. She is the pretty one that hands out the All State Academic Awards at State Championships. She does everything possible to bring Academic excellence to the students at PHS. Her teachers love and respect her and they respond by giving the students every opportunity to succeed in life. Four years ago Mrs. Rember wrote a grant, making AP (Advanced Placement) classes available for students. Mrs. Rember talked Mr. Gillett, in math, Mr. Houston in Foreign language, and Mrs. Pollock in English, to give up their summer to become certified AP Teachers, which they did. These class units are transferable to any college in the state. We have Mrs. Rember and Faculty to thank for these accomplishment. About the time Mrs. Remember joined the PHS faculty, Janice Hatch, District Curriculum Director, implemented the IF, (Instruction focus) program. This sets aside 25 minutes a day to study, basic math, language, reading and writing. The goal was to put us in compliance with the President’s “No child left behind” program. For the past few years, all students must pass UBSCT (Utah basic skills competency test) to graduate. Currently we only have one student that has not passed this test for the whole county. Thanks Janice from parents and students alike! Unless you have been involved with the schools, you have no idea how much time and work goes into teaching our students. Education starts at the kindergarten level through the 12th grade. Do you know that they are teaching fractions to second graders and geometry in the third grade. The Elementary School Teachers really give 110% effort and time to develop all brilliant kids that goes to PES. Now that there are two classes for each grade, things will only get better. There is no doubt in my mind if KSL rated elementary schools ours would be #1. Think about it, without teachers we wouldn’t have doctors, lawyers, or business professionals or any other career. Teachers need to be given the highest respect. If you are a professional thank a teacher. Clark Frandsen has been awarded the Silver Bowl Trophy. This Award is given annually to the individual who contributes most to their community on a voluntary basis. Clark delivers “Meals on Wheels” to the shut-in seniors. Way to go Cus. Speaking of volunteers, watch out for Lions north of town on Wed. May the 6th. The Lions club will be out picking up trash on hwy 89. This is their 26th semi annual trek up 89. So honk or give them a loud roar. Steve Marshall is looking for a few good volunteers, about l0, to help hang, hammer, saw and set-up for the art show at the Quilt Walk Festival. He also needs people to help with the host the art work on Thurs. Fri. and Sat. Steve will chair the professional and mature adult portion of the show. If you would like to display your work or volunteer to help, please let Steve know, at 676-2224. Tim Harris (PHS Art Teacher) will chair the high school students art work. Julie Chidester the Middle School Students, and Sherrill Henrie the Elementary School Students art work. This is going to be an outstanding display of our community artists. There will be a new addition to the Quilt Walk Festival this year, a FARMERS MARKET. It will be held Saturday morning from 10 to 2 p.m. Community members, church organizations, youth groups and clubs are invited to prepare and sell items to make money for your many activities. Tents will be set-up between Zions Bank and the Purple Sage Motel on 1st East and Center Street. Items suggested are crafts, food, and plants. This will be free to all venders. Suzanne Jorgerson will chair this event and reservations must be made one week prior to the Festival. She can be contacted at 676-2823. Got any news or events you want in the FYI-Panguitch call at 676-2418. UTAH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ON LOOKOUT FOR SWINE FLU While no cases of swine influenza (H1N1) have been documented in Utah, public health officials are taking a proactive approach in order to be prepared for a possible outbreak. As of this morning, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting 40 confirmed cases of swine flu in five states – California, Texas, Ohio, Kansas and New York. In addition, CDC along with the World Health Organization is assisting the Mexican government in tracking an outbreak caused by the same swine influenza virus. The United States Department of Health and Human Services declared a Public Health Emergency yesterday as a consequence of the outbreak. The declaration will assist public health officials in responding to the situation. As a precaution, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) has initiated the process of ordering 25 percent of the state’s pro-rated share of anti-viral medications and other supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile. State and local health officials are coordinating their response with Gov. Jon Huntsman, the Utah Department of Public Safety, as well as other federal government partners. “Even though we don’t have any cases in Utah, this is still a situation where we need to be on high alert, but not to panic,” said Utah Department of Health Executive Director Dr. David Sundwall. “The UDOH has increased its disease surveillance efforts and asks that all physicians be on the lookout for patients who may be exhibiting flu-like symptoms and report them to public health officials.” Symptoms may include fever, body aches, runny nose, sore throat or cough; some patients may also have nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. The UDOH recommends people who have flu symptoms remain home and limit contact with others unless the severity of illness requires medical care. Physicians who see these patients should collect specimens, such as a nasal swab, and submit them for testing at the Utah Public Health Laboratory. It’s also important for individuals to realize the swine flu virus is not transmitted by food and that you cannot get swine flu from eating pork products. “We recognize that it is difficult to foresee the extent to which Swine Influenza A will affect our local communities,” said Lloyd Berentzen, Health Officer for the Bear River Health Department and President of the Utah Local Health Officers Association. “Because of this uncertainty it is important that we ramp up our awareness and preparedness practices. We will do all we can to protect our communities and empower individuals to know what they can do.” Public health officials also stressed the importance of the public’s cooperation and participation in preventing an outbreak and offered the following tips: • As is the case with any respiratory illness, people who are sick should stay home from work or school to avoid spreading their infection, • Avoid close contact with people who are coughing or ill, • Cover your cough with your shirt sleeve, • If you are sick, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth if possible, • Everyone should wash their hands frequently. Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD) encourages everyone to follow these precautions, and to get their flu shot if they haven’t already done so. While the current flu shot will not provide protection against this strain of swine flu, it will provide protection against other influenza viruses and can aid in early detection. 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Somewhere in my mem’ry, ‘though, it seems it snowed on Sunday. When it gets too windy, ‘though, it’s harder to remember. It seems to me the stupid wind’s been blowing since December. I’m getting set for Easter, but now I hear it’s past. Must have blown right by me on some cold wintry blast. By the next big holiday I’ll be prepared, or I’ll try. Surely it can’t snow no more on the Fourth Day of July!!! Poems written by Ray Conrad www.raymondconrad.com |