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Show Thursday, 2 Davis Standard SPOTLIGHT: EDUCATION REPORT CARD 13 Davis youths honored by council By VIKK1 LEZA Standard Examiner correspondent Thirteen Davis County youths were among 138 high school and junior high students from across the state given Young Achievers Awards at the Annual Black Community Governors Initiative on Families Today (GIFT) Young Achievers Conference. Held Dec. 5 at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake. The conference recognized students who have made a difference in the community and reached academic goals. LT. Gov. Olene Walker presented awards to the Young Achievers for accomplishments in academics, athletics and leadership. The theme of the conference, was Keys to success Begins With the Family. Keynote topics were education, family life, guidance, love and opportunity. Speakers were Dr. Grace Jones, president of the College of Eastern Utah, who spoke on education as the key to success; Darius Gray, of The Children of Genisis, who spoke on the meaning of family and family life as the key to foundation for success; 3rd District Court Judge Tyrone Medley who spoke on back to family basics of discipline, re spect, and guidance; Rev. Corey J. Hodges, pastor of New Pilgrim Baptist Church, who spoke on the worlds problems being solved by Gods love; and Herman Art Taylor, the president and CEO of Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. who encouraged youth that the opportunities are out there for those that stay focused and obey their parents in order to become productive members of society. Medley spoke on going back to the basics of the family, and discipline, focusing on education so you wont have time to get into trouble, facing consequences for your behavior. He encouraged youth not to take drugs and concentrate on building strength within the family in order to become a productive citizen for the community in the future. Walker told the youth that they are the leadership for the community for the future, and to work for a better community. Chelsea McCarthy, a little business entrepreneur of Salt Lake City, talked about her key chain business that she started, its success, and made and sold beaded key chains during the event. The conference is sponsored LAYTON: Winners from Davis listed Here are the Davis County youths given Young Achievers Awards at the Annual Black Community Governors Initiative on Families Today Young Achievers Conference: Layton High Edward L. Thompson Thomasia Adams Billy Calhoun La trice Davis Nik Dixon Melissa Fisher Desiree Hamilton Chantel Kidd Jerome Milner Nikki Trahan Northridge High Cast set for Layton Highs Joseph Kyria Crawford Carmen Daniels Syrecta Ford Christopher Griffin Julian Williams Lynisha Smith Adrien Sanders Michael Hamilton Clearfield High Dannielle McAlister - Academics, Athletics Sunset Junior High Tamika C. Hardy - Academics, Athletics Kelsey Blackwell - Academics Sparks, Director of the Office of Black Affairs. Its important for them to contribute to the community as well as academically and we want them to have family skills as well as academic skills before they leave school, said Sparks. To leave a message Vikki Leza, call for corres-ponte- nt 776-495- 1. its cast for its 1 998-9- 9 Layton High School has announced Dreamcoat to Technicolor Musical, Joseph and The Amazing bC Therole of Josephwill be played by David Teeples. The three narrators will be performed by April Balaich, Amy Shreeve, and Michelle McMillan. The brothers will be performed by Todd Paul Wilhelm Kevin Thompson, Robby Facer, Bret Prall, David Powell, Brandon Gallegos, Hadley, Ryan Love, Bobby Thornock, James Nichols, and Jacob Priest. The role of the Pharaoh will be performed by Joey Dixon. The role of Potiphar will be performed by Brad Stephens, and Mrs. Potiphar will be will be performed by Alicia Marquardt. The role ofJacob West. Zach by performed The musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is a soft-roc- k fantasy from the biblical story of Joseph and his brethren. It will be performed at the Layton High School Dennis P. Ferrin is directing the cast of auditorium March over 1 00 members. Tickets are available at $5 for adults and $4 for students, children and senior citizens and are available at the school. 3. 3 by the Utah Black Advisory Council and the Office of Black Affairs. Next year the conference will be held on Dec. 4. At this time of year when the emphasis is on families coming together, loving each other, supporting each other, and working toward goals, its a good time to recognize the youths role, responsibility, and accomplishments in the family and the community, according to Mildred December 10, 1998 KAYSVILLE: Junior high serves homeless Teachers and students at Kaysville Junior High made a difference for 1 90 homeless people this Thanksgiving. service project where students were asked to A school-wid- e donate their spare change raised enough to feed nearly 200 homeless people at the Salt Lake City Mission at $ 1 .83 a piece. The students can see that a small amount goes a long way, said Nicole Deaton, a faculty member in charge of the project. We have awesome students and faculty here at Kaysville Junior High. CLEARFIELD: Clearfield High senior honored Kenneth Call, a senior at Clearfield High School, Tuesday was given honor recognition by members of the Davis School Board. Call ranked 28 th last year in a National Merit examination among 4,480 students from across the country who took the test. Academically, Kenneth has done the ground work that leads to high achievement and awards, said Wally Hawkins, a district area director, while recognizing Call. Call was named an Advanced Placement Honor student because he took and passed five AP exams in the 1 0th and 1 1 th grades. Currently Call has four AP classes. Calls honors include the Utah Governors Academy, member of the National Honor Society and fourth place in the Utah State Math contest. He is president of the physics club. WSU CALENDAR OGDEN -- The following events are scheduled at Weber State University Dec. 14-1- 9: Tuesday: Mens basketball Seattle game against University, 7 p.m.. Dee Events Center, $7-31- 1, 626-850- or 0 Wednesday: WSUs Ott Planetarium will present a star show, The Winter Sky, 6:30 p.m.; a holiday program A Season of Light," 7:30 p.m.; and a star party, session, g telescope-observin- S1-S- 2, 626-685- 5. Thursday: Curling clinic, an opportunity for the public to tty the sport that will be held at WSU during the 2002 Winter Olympics, 1 1 a.m.. Ice Sheet, $2, Friday (Dec. 18): WSUs 112th 399-875- 1. Commencement: academic processional at 2 p.m. Dee Events Center, free, 626-657- 3. Womens Saturday: basketball game against University of Utah, Dee Events Center, 7 p.m., $2-$- 4, or 626-850- 0 8:30 p.m.; Lind Lecture Hall, SCHOOL MENUS Elementary school lunch menus for Davis County are: j Wood From 1 goes to help wildlife. When you buy a license (to hunt) that money goes back to help with the wildlife, said Jay Waldron, 11. Approximately 200 noisy children in the assembly quickly came to attention as Kimberly, a gray banded king snake, was taken out of her cage. She is about 3 feet long and her diet consists mainly of rodents. She really is as harmless as a puppy, Pettegrew said. My daughter plays with her like shes a little puppy dog. Shes a totally domesticated snake. The orange and gray striped snake that curls around Pette-grew- 's arm as he talks is native to the Southern Texas and Northern Mexico areas. The reason why I'm bringing her is to make kids aware of the low profile species, that we dont realize that we destroy their homes when we build our shopping centers and our roads, and to be aware of that to set aside land for them. Utah is the Northeastern range of the wild California king snake, a beautiful snake with black and white bands. In St. George these snakes are being displaced as new developments Guns From 1 However, restrictions in these areas include laws against discharging a firearm within 600 feet of a street or building and a regulation prohibiting shooting toward the city. If you're abiding by the law, there are very few areas you hunt in, Stevenson said. 1 and shopping centers go up, Pettegrew said. This is a native Utah species that we are impacting. Maybe someone who grows up and has a lot of money can set aside a thousand acres of land and thinks about wildlife issues, because back when he was in sixth grade, someone told him about this, said Pettegrew. He has a certificate of registration for the California king snake from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, a permit for him to possess a controlled species, but as of yet has not been able to obtain one of those snakes, so he uses Kimberly as an example. The impact is the same either way. Were destroying the habitat of low profile creatures, he said. As we became an urbanized society on the Wasatch Front, we began losing touch with nature. The greatest impact for most people has been through TV. I just want kids to realize there is a cycle of life. The farmer, hunter and fisherman participate in this cycle of life. People are developing biases against hunting or fishing, said Pettegrew. If they had to go out and kill and pluck a chicken every time they wanted chicken for dinner, like those of generations before us, theyd have more of an understanding of that cycle of The center of two or three pieces of ground - that would be all you could deal with. Doyle Talbot, Layton police chief, said the proposed law would bring Layton in line with other cities along the populated Wasatch Front areas. We were just one of the few that still allowed it, he said. Talbot said the last time the city changed its hunting ordi said Pettegrew. Animals must be harvested to balance. life, We must manage wildlife to the best interest of the wildlife. These animals are doing well, so well, that we have a surplus, and we can harvest the surplus. e The animals dont have the support, Pettegrew said. Its the little guys, like the frogs, that are suffering. Hunting license fees generate the funds for big game habitats, but nobody pays to look at polliwogs, he said. Pettegrew said there is an emotional aspect that keeps most people from understanding the cycle of life and the necessity of hunting. He tries to explain it in a way that kids can understand. He charts out an example of a farmer with 100 cows, as compared to 100 deer in the mountains and foothills. Money from buying beef goes back to the farmer to help supply the pasture and bam that the cows need to live. Money from the hunting permits goes to the biologist to buy land to set aside for wildlife. e animals benefit along with the deer. Aside from live animals, Pettegrew also uses carved ones he began making six years ago to illustrate his talks. He uses high speed rotary tools, a high temperature wood non-gam- Non-gam- nances, officials had to go to the Utah Wildlife Resources Board first. He plans to approach the board now that hes received a consensus from city officials. They feel like they have some say on some of the hunting things that go on, he said. Its mostly a formality. Stevenson said he plans to bring the issue before the council burner and other tools to create the illusion of trout in their natural habitat, with every tiny detail hand carved. An illusion of reality, its made to fool the eyes. My art is my tribute to wildlife, said Pettegrew. He is a member of the Utah Woodcarver Association. He has turned carving trout into a fine art. He goes to competitions throughout the Intermountain West. Hes taken five best of shows in the last six years at the Utah State Fair in Creative Arts. He sells his work, but sometimes has a hard time parting with them. Sometimes he borrows pieces back for use in his lectures. Prices range from the hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on the amount of lime spent on a piece. It takes a tremendous amount of time.... 500 hours for an elaborate piece. Pettegrew longs for the Davis County of 20 years ago when deer were plentiful along the foothills. As humans, we destroy habitat for wildlife as we create habitat for ourselves, said Pettegrew. To contact Pettegrew to speak to a school or organization, call 546-431- 4. Breakfast h ill be served daily in all schools with a choice of cereal with toast or egg McDavis, fruit juice and milk. Entree choice or Munch-abl- e Lunch will be offered daily. Munchable Lunch choices: 4 ounce yogurt cup, baby carrot sticks, fresh fruit, package crackers, MAM Fun Size package, milk; or mini bun, peanut butter cup, honey or jelly cup, baby carrots, fresh fruit, Skittles Fun Size package, milk. 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