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Show Lakeside Lakeside Review 3 Thursday, April 1 6, 1 998 Local students to be People to People ambassadors By DICK WALTER Standard-Examin- This summer 11 junior high and 13 high school students from Davis and Weber counties will go to New Zealand and Australia as student ambassadors for the People to People program. This will be an educational experience for the students, said Flora Reiter of Layton, People to People delegation leader. We will be going when it is considered to be their winter, and we will attend school with students from those countries. The students will earn high school credits during their travels, but not all their time will be spent studying. They will tour both countries, visit historical places and engage in activities like scuba diving, snorkeling and visiting animal refuges. More importantly, they will learn about the people as part of a cultural exchange, Reiter said. Students are elected for the program nominations through You dont have to be a straight A student, Reiter said. That certainly is a plus, but if you like to be involved and contribute time and talent to other students and school programs, then you might be right for the program. teachers. correspondent from their They want students who have integrity and can handle themselves when in countries with more stringent laws than in the U.S. The People to People program began a private citizens program that had the encouragement and cooperation of the White House and the United States Information Agency. The Cold War pitted the two most powerful governments in the world in a competition that seemed destined to ignite a global nuclear conflict. It was a time when even an innocent contact between citizens from the Soviet Union and the U.S. could bring serious consequences. When President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev met in July 1955 at the Geneva summit, both leaders were determined to reduce East-Wetensions. in the mid 1950s as The nominations are sent to the People to People headquarters where they are screened for academics and the students involvement in school and community programs. Only a few students are picked from thousands each year, and their nominations must be accompanied with three letters of recommendation, two from teachers and one from another adult. They must also go through a screening interview where they are asked questions about how they might handle various situations while visiting in another country. This isnt a program for the faint of heart, Reiter said. They are looking for students who will be able to handle themselves in all kinds of situations. being successful. In 1996 the program celebrated its 40th year of world service through cultural exchange. From the start. People to People was intended as a grass-root- s effort. Eisenhower said, I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than are governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that governments had better get out of their way and let them have it. In the first five years of the program, more people visited in each others countries than ever before. Most of the People to People ambassadors, however, were adults. Eisenhower stressed the need for young people to become involved with the program. Since they would become the future leaders of the world, he felt it was vital they learn the importance of promoting understanding and friendship between people of all countries. st The idea of People to People came to Eisenhower during this most dangerous time in history and many people in government gave it only a remote chance of In 1963, a delegation leader for adult ambassadors wanted his two high Women Falcettes to teach workshop From 1 Davis Applied Technology Center Foundation, on the Martha Hughes Cannon Centennial Statue Commission, and on the board of the Davis Citizens Coalition Against Violence. She was elected to the Farmington City Council, served as chairwoman of the Farmington City Planning Commission, was elected to the Davis County School Board and has served in the Utah State Legislature. High School will hold a Future Falcette Workshop for dancers through ninth grade on Wednesday through April 24 in the old gym at Clearfield High School from 4 to 5:30 p.m. each day. - Clearfield CLEARFIELD Registration will be upon wear dance clothing and fortable shoes. jazz, leaps, turns, military drill dowm and performance skills. The cost of the workshop is and $18 and includes a maze of government grants and building permits. She is also the details person Darlene is currently president of the Davis Citizens Coalition Against Violence, having previously served as secretary and treasurer. She worked tirelessly for many years, along with Purdy and Dillrec, to secure funding for the battered womens shelter in Davis County. She became the volunteer financial expert who steered the coalition through the responsible for handling the physical aspects of getting The Shelter built and operating. It has been the equivalent of a job, although totally voluntary and unpaid. The public is invited full-tim- e com- I think it should all be 30. We should make the road conditions meet the speed limit, said councilman Robert Rees. David likes doing service projects and has helped to collect toys, food and clothing for orphans in the Republic of Georgia. In the community he has helped to clean parks, plant trees and pull weeds. He is also an Eagle Scout and has held leadership positions in his church. Three voted in favor of reducing the speed before seeing a study of the speed, while two voted against it. He enjoys reading and playing sports, including tennis, basketball and soccer. David's future plans include going to It will give us a sense of the real speed, he said. cause peo- ple to drive slowly, according to Nick Hankins, son of Boyd and Felicia Hawkins of Kaysr ville, was named Student of the Month at a recent Kaysville Area Chamber of Commerce. The Davis High junior has a composite score of 36 on his ACT test. I le took third place overall in the 1998 Academic Olympiad and second place in grade three years running in the State Math Contest. Nick has a 3.98 grade point average and is an Honors Society Member. He tuition scolar-has a four-yeship to Utah Stale University. ment classes and has passed all of the tests. He enjoys history, theory of government and fields of science and the arts. Thompson, who said he would like to do a study. From 1 , We need a study and backup for changing it. We could just go through the city and change speed limits, he said. Some roads are designed to move traffic and you cant move traffic at 25 miles per hour. Road conditions ar- School. Speed Galbriath Dillree r ar Nick sings in his LDS Ward choir and was the president of his ninth-grad- e Seminary class and of the Honors Society. He enjoys playing chess both for entertainment and in competition. He also plays basketball and other sports. His future plans include get.-a master's degree from an university. 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The Student of the Month attends Davis High, where he is in the finals for Sterling Scholar in science. He has been on two champion Academic Olympiad teams. He has taken 1 1 advanced place- For more information call Jana Shaw at Clearfield High rt Darlene Galbraith has been an educator for 37 years and a newspaper reporter and photographer for the Salt Lake Tribune for 25 years. She also was editor of the Aerospace Review. She received the 1998 Utah Womens Lifetime Achievement Award and was named Woman of the Year in 1996 by the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. David Stringfellow, son of Scott and Julie Stringfellow of Farmington, was recently honored during the Kaysville Area Chamber of Commerce lun- rival on Wednesday. Please The workshop will teach stretching, hip hop, traditional The student ambassadors are signed to host families and will live with them while visiting the country. This gives the students the opportunity to understand the daily life and culture of families outside of the United States; The students always bring back a greater respect and understanding for the people of other countries. They find out how much alike the people throughout the' world are, not how different they are And almost always, the friendships created by the People to People program make a lasting impression on interna-- i tional understanding - one person at a ' time. Students Of month performance at the Falcette Review on April 30. The workshop will be taught by the nationally ranked Clearfield High Falcettes. pre-scho- ol d children to have a People to People experience. Keith Tatham, a Peo-- j pie to People coordinator, realized thqt educational value of international travel and developed the student ambassador program. 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