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Show March23,2011 5 "UCAS" continued from Page 4 on those categories, she illus-trated the life of each audience member. Shelby then described how nearly a billion people are not able to read or sign their name, and that two-thir- of them are women. Most of these women have little hope of ac-cess to education because of their culture, or the treacherous rural areas they reside in. The essays were judged by Keith Snedegar, a UVU his-tory professor, and Connie Lamb, BYU social sciences librarian, on the students' writing quality, their use of source material and their oral PowerPoint presentations. "We chose the papers that best addressed the theme of the conference," said Snedegar. "Shelby did just an outstanding job." Shelby stated, "I got to meet seven ambassadors from around the world who were promot-ing their country's issues. That was really cool to meet people like that." She added, "I real-- . ized how much I didn't value my education." She continued, "At first when I had to write the pa-per I was kind of mad because I thought it would take forever to write this five page paper when I could be watching TV or face-booki-or something. But then I realized, at the end, how blessed I was even to be able to write a paper, especially me because I get to go to an early college high school and get a college educa-tion. I just realized that I was pretty lucky to get an' education and I should probably go out and do something with it," she con-cluded. Shelby is considering pur-suing a career in engineering because she'd like to help people around the world by using engi-neering solutions. But for now, she is happy at UCAS, an early college high school that is lo-cated on UVU's Orem Campus. Many UCAS students, including Shelby, participate in a concur-rent enrollment program by si-multaneously taking courses at UVU with the goal of graduating from high school with an Associ-ate's Degree. Arts Festival Is a Creative Fund Raiser For Manila Elementary School mil. - " "", j f ; ? i ! " . v ." T , it sr ri by Angie Walker Manila Elementary held their Arts Festival on Thursday, March 17, to raise funds for a new sound system for their au-ditorium. , Dr. Nancy Sorenson feels strongly about the arts. "We have a couple of weeks where each class focuses on an artist and does an art project around that artist," she stated. The art projects created by the students were for sale during the Arts Festival for $ 1 . The Manila Magic Cho-rus, Film Festival, and Wax Museum were free activities. The school chorus, directed by Anita Elliott, performed three numbers on the stage. For the Wax Museum, each fifth grader dressed as a hero from history and posed for the public to view. Along with a costume, each student was required to have a lamp, a prop, a picture and quote on the person they chose. In conjunction with the Wax Museum, students had to type a six paragraph report and present a Hero Power Point Kids learn how to do blow art at the Manila Arts Festival. The festival was held to raise funds for a new sound system for their auditorium. Photo courtesy ofTimpanogos Times project to their class. Fifth . grade teacher Karen McNew said, "I feel like it is so compre-hensive, it's writing, performing and doing PowerPoint. It is their creativity that is involved in it. They have studied the people thoroughly and have really learned a lot on who their char-acter is and learned from the other kids about their heroes." For the Film Festival, sixth graders did trailers for a book they read. The public walked the red carpet to the pre-miere where the trailers were viewed. After the presenta-tion the winners were an-nounced and presented with Golden Smiley trophies. Tickets were required for the art activities, snack foods, face painting, Karoake, Dance Revolution and pop walk, which students do-nated decorated pop bottles. A silent auction of baskets and other goods were sold as well. It was a fun night to cel-ebrate the children's achieve-ments and a creative outlet for all. Subscribe Today to Che i I Timpanogos Times! j Give him a git! that keeps on giving. Enroll him in the Missionary Tic Club. Monthly necktie shipments w ith inspirational messages. Providing More Meaningful Mail for Missionaries. . 'lMroifel-'4iT4t(l'- i "Artists" continued from Page I High School where she is in-volved in National Honor Society. Her favorite classes include English and art, and she has also enjoyed playing on the volleyball team. Emily has a great passion for music. She says she is best able to ex press herself through music, especially through composi-tion. Emily plays violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Utah Valley Youth Symphony. She has played the piano for eight years and the violin for 12 years. tend Brigham Young University in the Fall where he has been ac-cepted into the School of Music. Joey's love of piano started before he could talk. He was born with an insatiable desire to learn as much as he could about everything including music. He started piano lessons when he was three years old. He now is studying with Dr. David Hatch. Born in 1994 in Minneapo-lis, Minnesota Rebecca Devo-- nas began studying oboe at age 12 with her first teacher, Kris-tin- e Baird, and then followed with Sarah Holden. Rebecca is a member of the Timpview High School orchestra and band and member of the Lyceum Philhar-monic of the American Heritage School. In 2010 and 2011 Re-becca was selected to serve as first oboe in the Utah All-Sta- te Orchestra and performed this Spring in Timpview's Con-ert- o Aria concert. In addition to oboe studies, Rebecca has played piano since the age of eight and participated for the last four years in the Heber Val-ley Piano Festival, earning supe-rior ratings in all categories each year. Besides music, Rebecca enjoys running varsity cross-country and is an excited BYU basketball 'fan! One might also catch her rubbing noses with the family goat, Lucy. Briton Hainsworth, 16, is a junior at Pleasant Grove High School. He has been playing the cello since age five and has stud-ied with Denise Willey, Carey Cheney and Patie Pinkston. He is a member of the school swim team and advanced art classes. In his spare time, he loves to do elaborate flips on a trampoline, in the water and on skiis. He is an inventor and creator extraor-dinaire, owns a 40 lb. rubber band ball, is a yo-y- o expert and loves graphic design. Briton is the son of Reed and Becky Hainsworth of Lindon. Brennan Burnett, a sophomore at Pleasant Grove High School, has been playing the piano since he was six. Even at a young age Bren-nan showed strong musical talent. Under the direction of his piano teacher, Becky Hain-sworth, who introduced him to some of the great classical composers, Brennan has al-ways loved to play the classics and today enjoys the process of learning, mastering, and per-forming difficult compositions. In his spare time, Brennan can be found either running with the Pleasant Grove cross coun-try team or traversing the slopes of the local ski resorts on his snowboard. Brennan is the son of Kevin and Raelene Burnett and currently lives in Lindon. Dallin Ivan Corbridge is an "A" junior student at Pleas-ant Grove High School. His hobbies include mountain bik-ing, scuba diving, photography, a love for all sports, and he is currently excelling in his high school weight-liftin- g competi-tion. Dallin has been raised in a musically inclined family, pro-viding him with the opportunity to develop great talent on not only the piano, but the trumpet, guitar and percussion as well. He has composed numerous original pieces and enjoys play-ing for family and friends. Strom Truman Clark, 16 year-ol- d junior from Karl G. Maeser Prep Academy, has been playing piano since he was five years old. He loves music and occasionally plays guitar in his mother's rock and roll band. Strom is a third de-gree black belt in Tae Kwando and is studying his third year of Chinese. His real passion is science and in 2010 he took first place at CUSEF (Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair) in the senior division for Chemistry and was awarded a trip to the In-tel International Science and Engineering Fair and won an $80,000 scholarship to West-minster College. In addition to his love of science, he let-tered in debate as a freshman and debated with the Maeser Prep state team last year in St. George where they were 2A state champions. He loves to travel and has been to Eu-rope and South Africa. Best of all, he loves to learn about the world and is worried that he doesn't have enough time to explore all of the subjects that interest him. Emily Livingston is the daughter of Lee and Suzanna Livingston of Lindon. Emily is a junior at Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove High and Junior High School Calendars Wednesday, March 23, B Drill A Gym Region Chamber Festival at Brighton, 6 p.m. Boys Tennis at Alta, 3:30 p.m. JVSoph Baseball at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. Soph Softball vs Alta, 3:30 p.m. Track at AF, 3:30 p.m. Miss PG Pageant Reherseal, 6 p.m. Lacrosse JV vs Juan Diego Catholic', 5 p.m. Lacrosse vs Juan Diego Catholic, 7 p.m. OCJHS Orchestra Concert, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, A Drill ts A Gym Varsity Golf Varsity, TBA Senior Dinner Dance- - Boys Tennis at AF, 3:30 p. m Softball at Alta, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball at Alfa, 5:1 5 p.m. PGJHS Grand Concert, 7 p.m.. OOHS Track vs Vista Heights, 3 p.m. Friday, March 25. B Fnd of Term 3 Drill ts A Gym State Jazz Festival at Jordan Boys Soccer vs Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer vsHillcrest, 5 p.m. Lacrosse FreshSoph at LaxFever Tournament Lacrosse JV ot LaxFever Tournament Saturday, March 26 State Jazz Festival atjordon HS Lacrosse FreshSoph at LaxFever Tournament Lacrosse JV ot LaxFever Tournament Baseball PG vs. Skyline at SLCC Baseball PG vs. Viewmont at SLCC Miss PG Pageant, 7 p.m. Monday, March 28, A Beginning of Term 4 JV Baseball vs Hillcrest, 5:30 p.m. Soph Baseball vs Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Banquet 6 p.m. Varsity Lacrosse at Waterford, 4 p.m. Tuesday. March 29. B JV Golf at Fox Hollow, 2 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. Boys Soccer vs Jordan, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer vs Jordan, 5 p.m. Boys Tennis vs Brighton, 3:30 p.m. Softball at Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball at Hillcrest, 5:1 5 p.m. Wednesday. March 30 A Soph Softball vs LP, 3:30 p.m. Soph Softball vs Jordan, 5 p.m. Baseball at Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. Boys Tennis at Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. Track at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. JV Lacrosse vs LP, 5 p.m. Varsity Lacrosse vs LP, 7 p.m. PGJHS Advanced Orchestra Festival PGJHS Track Meet vs Oak Canyon, 3 p.m. OGHS Advanced Orchestra Festival Thursday. March 31. B Varsity Golf at Cascade, 2 p.m. Boys Tennis vs Jordan, 3:30 p.m. JV Baseball at Hillcrest, 5:30 p.m. Soph Baseball at Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. Softball vs LP, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball vs LP, 5:15 p.m. Friday. April 1,A Soph Softball at Sp. Fork Round Robin Elections Stomp Baseball vs Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. JV Baseball vs Hillcrest, 5 p.m. Boys Soccer at AF, 3:30 p.m. OGHS Intermediate Choir Festival Saturday, April 2 Soph Softball at Sp. Fork Round Robin ; N C O L N A C A D E M Y PRESENTS 1 Jli' ( x - : 1 . " :.v' h - - v U m litf 'vr- - ; T - to m n . ..... Lincoln Academy to Present 'The King and I" Lincoln Academy Charter School will present the enchant-ing classic Broadway musical "The King and I" by Rodgcrs and Hammerstein on March 30-- 3 1, April 1 and 4 at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove Junior High au-ditorium. Tickets for March 30-- 31 are $3 per person, April 1 and 4, $5 per person and $20 for a family for all perfor-mances. For more information or group sales, call 9. "Moments" continuedfrom Page 2 not be the woman I am without God, tine friends, family, and my dear husband. It is miraculous to see my progress and when it seems hard, I try to think about the outcome. Sometimes placing yourself out of the situation and looking in from the outside can be hard, but it is a good way to see clearly. Look for help if you need it. I know that I've always been independent when it comes to my feelings and my problems. I don't like to trust people with what I'm truly feeling or why. I don't like people to think I'm weak or that I'm lousy. Truth is I'm not any of those things, but it's been a long road for me to re-alize I can trust people. My dear husband is the one who showed me it's okay. I know now I can rely fully upon him. He has had his work cut out for him. He's had to pry to get answers on how I truly was feeling sometimes because of everything I mentioned before, and I can be stubborn. I've never been that vulnerable because I was afraid of getting hurt or be-trayed. But as he reassures me of his love and that he wants to be there. He wants to help. He wants to shelter and protect me. I see that we, as people, can't get anywhere without the help of oth-ers. At one point or another you have to let someone help you. It's not healthy to keep things in and hate that you "can't" tell anyone. There is someone that loves you who can understand. I'm so grateful for these things I've learned. I'm grate-ful for life and how it teaches me with God's direction. I am grateful for the blessings that have been endless in my life. I'm grateful for support from my fam-ily and friends. I'm so, so grate-ful for my wonderful spouse. I'm truly joyful in my life and even on my bad days, I eventually wake up and smell the roses. My life is fabulous and though hard times come and things I don't want to learn force themselves upon me, it is grand and learning is just a step in the right direction. It is just a step to who I can become and who I truly do want to become. Let yourself understand that you are never alone and though it may be hard, you will be blessed in the end. |