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Show UMMIT KT E LINTY IN rs avv 5 00 `' Vol. 84 No. 20 INSIDE THE NEWS THIS WEEK Friday, May 17, 2013 South Summit Debate goes National JESSICA SWEETEN Debate Team Advisor Special to the News Kate Boyd, Executive Director Farmers market...See story on Page A8 Coalville, Utah 84017 The South Summit High School Speech and Debate Team has had a banner year. For the first time ever, South Summit will be represented at the National Forensic League Championship Tournament. Members of the team bested students from such Utah powerhouses as Olympus, Skyline, Lone Peak, Highland, East, and Rowland Hall (among others) in the National Qualifying Tournament, held in February and March, for the honor of representing The Great Salt Lake District in several debate categories. The National Tournament will take place June 16-21 in Birmingham, AL. Competing for national titles will be: Sean Lambert-a graduating senior and president of the South Summit squad- in the House of Representatives, Nick Jacobs - a junior and next season's debate captain- in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Hunter Tapp - a junior and next season's individual event captain - in Senate. Honorable mention goes to Alyssa Tia Hanson -a graduating senior and treasurer of the team - who was selected to be an alternate to the National Tournament in Original Oratory. Joining South Summit's team in Birmingham will the Great Salt Lake District's only other National Qualifier in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Sam Scott, a senior from The Oakley School. These students worked diligently throughout last summer and this year's October through March competitive season to achieve statewide recognition for excellence in their respective events. Alongside their team, they competed at tournaments approximately two weekends each month at schools throughout Utah, in a wide variety of competitive speaking and debate events. Lambert has had a successful run in Student Congressional Debate, tackling this mock Congress event with humility and good humor, making him an effective and endearing leader among his peers; his success at the qualifying tournament is largely due to mock legislation he penned allowing death-row prisoners the option to donate their organs to transplant recipients upon their deaths. Lambert was also recognized as an alternate to Nationals in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking. Tapp likewise behaved as a Senator in his Chamber, passing legislation he authored requiring health warnings on smartphones, tablets, and gaming devices, advising consumers of their addictive potential; Tapp is also the reigning Utah State 2A runner-up in Spontaneous Argumentation. Jacobs qualified for Nationals in the extraordinarily challenging and competitive values-centered Lincoln-Douglas debate, achieving a 6-1 winning record by researching and discussing the relative merits of US intervention in foreign politics to stop human rights abuses. Hanson beat out the vast majority of Oratory competitors by composing and presenting an eloquent, engaging, and mature piece advocating for public speaking itself, entitled "Speak." The hard work of these students has already begun to pay dividends in the form of community participation and leadership, academic success, sportsmanship, and citizenship in general. The students continuing on with South Summit next fall will assist Coach Jessica Sweeten with leading the school's pilot academic class in Debate, available for elective credit to students, grades 9-12, during the 2013 fall semester. The success of these students, and the opportunity to represent their hometowns on the national stage, is due largely to the support of their parents and the South Sum- Memorial Day veterans honor ceremonies On Memorial Day May 27, to honor and pay tribute to the deceased veterans that may have served in the Armed Forces of the The United States, American Legion Post 93 from Coalville will provide an honor ceremony at each of the six cemeteries in the North Summit Area. There will be a brief ceremony consisting of the firing of three volleys of rifle fire and the playing of Taps. The Ceremony at the Coalville Cemetery will feature the National Anthem sung by Kylee Jo Stokes and a veteran speaking about the sacrifices made by those who have served this great nation. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be served at the Coalville Cemetery. Anyone interested is invited to attend at one of the six cemeteries at the following times: Wanship: 8 a.m.; Hoytsville: 835 a.m.; Henefer: 9:20 a.m.; Echo: 9:45 a.m., Upton: 10:30 a.m.; Coalville: 12 noon. mit community. The team has participated in several fundraising efforts, culminating in last Saturday's Pancake CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 Seven Districts train to fight fires as a team mit Rockport Reservoir site of burning 71 1E B CHERYL OVARD O SCN Editor 414 Today H68 L43 Cloudy Saturday ) H65 L40 Isolated T-Storms Sunday H60 L35 Isolated T-Storms Friday evening at approximately 5 p.m. several Fire Districts from various districts in the State of Utah met for annual fire / burn training in Summit County. The training included firefighters from North Summit, South Summit, Park City, Wasatch, Duchesne, Roosevelt, Myton, and Lehi. The women and men met and had dinner, then briefed the situation as if in a real fire preparation briefing situation. After breakfast the next morning, the briefing was re- viewed and they departed in their vehicles to the site where they would execute a "controlled burn" to study the ways to prevent firefighters from getting trapped inside a circle of fire, ways to hold the fire away from structures, roads, etc. They then drove to Rockport at the upper end where the Park Entrance road begins. They divided into groups, and worked on black line burning where they surround a house and burn from a circle around it out several feet so it will be easier to fight a fire getting near the struc- ture. They also practiced strategies by which they could use if in a "real" situation. Firefighters were serious about the training, as they have a two-fold purpose of getting together: 1) to learn new techniques, practicing them on the field; and 2) to learn to work together so that when a large outbreak occurs these men and women can work together successfully, already knowing each other's strengths and weaknesses, if any, so that the can readily get the fire under control successfully and in a shorter amount of time. Burning ahead to prevent spreading is necessary, and discussing the "wrong's and rights" they did along the way so as to eliminate these in a real situation. This helps them become a team which can better put out fires, minimize injuries with both firefighters and victims, and to control the blaze - perhaps saving a building, or other objects in the path of the blaze. The training helps them learn what went wrong, what they did right, and what they need to work on to do better CONTINUED ON PAGE A4 Region 14 Track Championships goes to North Summit High School May 9 Monday H64 L57 Partly Cloudy 444 Tuesday H72 L44 Partly Cloudy Wednesday H74 L44 Sunny Thursday H75 L46 Sunny Inside The Summit County News 1 Section 12 Pages Opinion Happenings Obituaries School News Public Notices Classifieds A2 A7 Al2 A5-6 All A9-10 North Summit girls and boys place 1st in Region! These fine young athletes have had an outstanding season - and once again - they came out on top! See more details on the North Summit School page. Checking the wind directions... All photos by Cheryl Ovard/SCN Editor |