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Show October 16, 2003 - The Pyramid - Page Three Rare artifact collection to visit Sanpete County MANTI-- - include a display s? h, Alainna Wright, daughter of Kevin and Julie Wright, Mt. Pleasant, celebrated her first birthday, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003. Grandparents are Steven and Joan Car-soand Wayne and Marianne Wright, all of Mt. n; Pleasant. Sue Ann Cook, daughter of and Jeannine Lawrence recently Cook, Moroni, returned from serving in the Japan Hiroshima LDS Mission. She will speak at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, in the Moroni LDS Stake Center. Grandparents are Morris and Betty Cook, Moroni; and the late Reed and Mildred Lasson. Local educator reinvigorated with mathematics n LAKE Mt. Ledingham, Pleasant, who teaches geometry and college algebra at North Sanpete High School, joined other math teachers from the region at the NaKyle Don Johansen, son of tional Council of Teachers of Mark and Sue Johansen, Mathematics (NCTM) WestMt. Pleasant, has been ern Regional Conference in Salt Lake City, Oct. called to serve in the ArThe conference theme, LDS Resistencia gentina Mathematics Mission. He will speak at "Ignite the 10:45 a.m., Sunday, Oct. Within" was consistent with the councils commitment to 19, 2003, in the Mt. Pleaswith teachers ant Fourth LDS Ward. providing and Don and challenging exciting Grandparents are Dona Jeanne Johansen, Mt. ways to teach mathematics in Pleasant; and LaMont and an effort to improve mathematics education for all Olive Blackham, Moroni, students. will enter the MTC Oct. lie Hosted by the Utah Coun22. cil of Teachers of Mathematics (UCTM), the conference offered more than 225 workshops, sessions and minicourses, featuring nationally-know- n speakers from the region as well as throughout the U.S. and Canada. conference The three-da- y attracted math educators from the preschool through the university level to exchange ideas on how students learn MT. PLEASAN- T- Red math and to look at new Ribbon Week is slated Oct. ways to solve old problems. 4 at Mt. Pleasant Ele"The regional conferences mentary. Each day has a provide seasoned teachers dress-utheme to help stuwith an opportunity to bedents remember to "say no to come reinvigorated and grow drugs". SALT CITY--Shaw- 2-- 4. Red Ribbon Week 21-2- p On Tuesday, Oct. 21, Boot out Drugs, students may wear any kind of boots to school. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Tie Down Drugs, wear a wacky tie to school. On Thursday, Oct. 23, Dont let Drugs Turn You, wear clothes inside out. Friday, Oct. 24, Red Day, wear as much red as NAP- S- Medicare beneficiaries deserve a modernized Medicare program that offers them meaningful prescription drug coverage, one that includes the same choices in coverage as prescription those in the private and Sergeant Lance Graham, Mt. Pleasant Police Department, will give a drug and alcohol presentation for parents on Thursday, Oct. 23, from p.m. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life. Niebuhr TTT Central Utah Public Health Department will be celebrating Cancer Breast Awareness month. Breast exams and free mammogram vouchers for those who are eligible. Call 435-462-24- 49 for an appointment. professionally while preparing new teachers to put NCTMs Standards into action," said NCTM President Johnny Lott. "NCTMs Principles and Standards for School Mathematics provides a comprehensive and coherent set of goals for stimulating and challenging students to learn more and more advanced, mathematics. " NCTM will hold four regional conferences in 2003 throughout the U.S. and Canada.- -' Each conference features sessions presented by nationally-know- n speak- ers, as well as workshops, lectures, panel discussions and exhibits of the latest mathematics education materials and innovations. "The task of teaching has changed. We no longer simply transmit information. This new situation requires new expectations, new tools and new ways of teaching and learning mathematics," said NCTM Executive Director Jim Rubillo. "The regional conferences provide an opportunity for both new and seasoned teachers to grow professionally, reflect on the art of teaching and gain ideas to use in their classrooms." Seniors deserve benefits possible. : Brigham Young University professor emeritus is hoping to bring his extensive collection of petroglyphs inscribed with an ancient Islamic alphabet to Sanpete County. James Harris, an ancient scriptures scholar, is engaged in talks to have the rare artifacts exhibited in a museum in Manti. The Manti Destiny Committee is planning to build a museum that would focus on the pioneers and American Indians and rw, Kaylee Anderson, daughter of Casey and Jill Anderson, Fairview, will celebrate her first birthday, Friday, Oct. 10, 2003. Grandparents are Chad and Janet Johnson ; and Norm and Ilene Green-halgall of Fairview; and the late Ivan Anderson. A ee health plan enrollees were up to 53 percent below the regular cost at retail pharmacies. Simply put, PBMs have been trusted to provide both and government employees with comemgovernment-sponsore- d prehensive prescription benehealth fits, benefits which should be plans. ployee That is the opinion not expanded to our nations only many Americans, but of seniors. health care experts as well. But, without the right Amerfeel that also PBMs cant help setools, Experts icas Pharmacy Benefit Man- niors. 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What Harris hopes to share with Sanpete County residents, as well as the rest of the state and its visitors, is a collection of petroglyphs from the Western United States, including Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado that are and California, inscribed with symbols and signs of an Islamic alphabet. The petroglyphs have been Harris passion for more than a decade. The retired professor has made numerous research trips to Israel both during and following his tenure at BYU. During the early 1990s, he was working in Negeve. 22-sig- ns "The inscriptions are 99 per cent of the same alphabet," Harris says. "Its the same script and the words are spelled the same way," he lays, explaining that the signs and symbols are identical to those discovered in Negeve, including the meno-ra-h, the Star of David, a sun shield, and the same icons and abbreviations for the God of Israel. There are many theories about how American Indians came to know and use an alphabet of Islamic origins, Harris says. They range from the Bering Strait theoiy (since Alaska and Siberia were once connected in the distant past, some people believe ancestors of Native Americans crossed the land bridge to North America) to n migrations. "But how the alphabet got here isnt important," Harris says. "Whats important is the fact are that the nefrno1vnh here." Harris spends much of his time doing presentations on his research and presenting papers at professional gatherings. His goal with the exhibit in Manti is to make people aware of the petroglyphs and explain the interest Utah pioneers had in them when they arrived. trans-ocea- "The unique situation with the pioneers is they considered the American Indians they encountered as remnants of Israel," he says. Officials hope to open the museum, which is still in the early stages of development, in the next two years. Kanab artist speaks for trees Older heroes wanted SALT CITY--BamLAKE Thomas waited in vain for a phone call. It wasnt a date or a job she wanted, but a heart. This mother died in August, because the call never came. People may assume that she needed a young heart to keep pace with her life, but actually an rolder heart, even a bi 70-yea- old heart, could have saved her life. Kurt Haycock was a donor when he saved three lives. Della Payne was a donor when she saved one life. And Elman Helquist was 71 years-old when he saved lives. three The shortage of organs for transplants has taken a new blow, according to a new study that shows many older Utahns are of organ donation opting-ou- t on their driver license renew-- life-savi- al. The reason is surprising. They mistakenly believe they are too old to be a donor. The study, gathered from driver license data and the Utah Donor Registry, shows that potential donors over are 20 percent less likely to say "yes" to organ donation on their driver license than people under People under join the registry 73 percent of the time, while people over join only 53 percent of the time. people "Unfortunately, assume that their organs wear Actuout after ally, we can recover organs up to the age of 80," said Alex McDonald, public education director for the Utah Donor Registry. "But whos to say that a heart cant beat for 100 years; or a liver, which can regenerate itself, cant last potentially longer. Given the right conditions, organs may ones body." easily Because of this misinformation, the Utah Donor Registry is launching a TV ad with LaVell Edwards as well as reaching out to older Utahns through community organizations. "Ive seen in my own family how donation and can save transplantation LaVell said Edwards, lives," for coach Brigham legendary football. University Young "Youre never too old to be a donor. Youre never to old to be a hero." For information about organ, eye and tissue donation, visit the Utah Donor Registry at www.yesutah.org AH. or call out-la- st "It was during this trip that we found some inscriptions of an alphabet that had and symbols," he says. It was later discovered that the same alphabet was inscribed on rocks found in the Western United States. "It was a very marvelous discovery, and the only discovery of this alphabet writing in the Americas," he says. Harris began searching for and collecting petroglyphs inscribed with the alphabet. "I now have more than 500 inscriptions, mostly from Utah, Arizona and Nevada," he says. Harris has also been in correspondence with people living in Australia, Brazil, Mexico and Hawaii who have found similar petroglyphs. She turns many of them, as well as her tree drawings, into note and greeting cards, Her pastels are mostly por- KANA- B- Laurali Note- man has spent many an hour lying beneath crooked, old trees, gazing up at the bran- ches with one thought in mind: I wish they could talk, "Trees could tell you the history of what theyve seen through the generations," says Noteman, a Kanab resident for 30 years. "Ever since I was a child, trees have always intrigued me. They are record keepers of what has gone on around them, of how the Earth has They are sentinels of time." Since trees cannot talk, Noteman has become a "Lo-rax" of sorts, speaking for them through her art, much like the beloved character in the Dr. Seuss story. Her "feel-goo- meticulously drawn, capturing every branch and weathered section of bark, "When you sit and draw a tree, you get to know every little line of that tree, and you can feel their stcry," she . So For the first time, Note- man is sharing her tree "con- versations" with the general public. Several of her pen-an-- ink tree drawings, along with some pastels and photo- graphs, are on display at the State Bank of Southern Utah, 98 West Center Street, Ka- - . nab; through the month of pen-and-i- nk V.' started taking a The crudest lies are often told in silence, Robert Louis Stevenson d- own, Noteman spends her evenings and weekends working on her art. Notemans art was given the "stamp of approval" from the U.S. Highway 89 Alliance, which sanctions and promotes the work of artists and artisans located along Utahs Heritage Highway. Noteman uses a croquill pen to create her tree drawings. "It has the finest tip you can get, which you need for all the lines on a tree. Drawing trees takes an unbelievable amount of time, there are thousands of little lines." Its not uncommon for her so spend more than 20 hours on a single drawing. "I will draw just about any tree, as long as its not straight," she says with a laugh. "I like them to have personality." She also, does drawings of animals, mostly wildlife. I d. camera along to remember the tree, and the shading and the light. My photos just started getting better and better." says. August. A full-tim- e human re-sources director for Kane County hospital, Noteman says she has "dabbled" in art off and on since she was a child. After she had three kids, "life got crazy and I put art on hold for a while." Now that her children are grown with children of their d" photog-evolve- pictures pen-and-i- traits of people or animals, and her photographs tend to focus on people, "With a photo, you can catch something very warm and human, which is what I try to capture. Some of my portraits of my grand kids are so warm you just want to giggle. Its a type of photography." Noteman took up raphy as a result of her fascination with trees. She and her husband, Mike, often horseback ride into the wilderness, When she finds a tree she likes, she takes photos of it in order to preserve the memory. "Some of the loca-ar- c tions are so remote that once you get in there, its just about impossible to go back again, The first airplane "in- flight movie" was shown on Trans-continent- al in October 1929. . Nearly six million women belong to labor unions in the United States, Its estimated that in the the population of 1650, year the world was 500 million. |