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Show TIMPANOGOS TIMES July 27,2011 Patriot Camp Teaches Youth About the Founding of America by Geri Taylor It didn't take much for Amy Porter and Julie Knudsen to embrace the idea of a Patriot Camp for their children and then run with the idea. With secular schools shying away from teach-ing the founding of our nation, these local mothers saw the per-fect venue to instruct their chil-dren about the Founding Fathers and their belief in a Divine Provi-dence that guided them in estab-lishing this great nation. While acting in their ap-pointment as State delegates, the two were introduced to the Constitutional Champions Foundation and were immedi-ately impressed with the goal of promoting true patriotism through "American history edu-cation, particularly as it pertains to the Constitution and Found-ing generation." With the option to conduct their own version of the pro-gram, Knudsen and Porter chose to purchase the foundation's kit that contains curriculum and a detailed outline of how to run the camp. With little more than their belief in the mission of CCF and knowing other par-ents who would support the en-terprise, they began a word of mouth campaign to attract par-ticipants, volunteers and youth leaders. The daily 2 12 hour classes were held at the John Hancock Charter School during the week of July 11-1- 5 and drew in more than 100 children and 40 vol-unteers and youth leaders. The overwhelming response was evidence of the great need for this type of education, and that "Patriot" continued on Page 5 frr - ' M" v iWrj. T ' f A-- 1 7 Win - Youth attending the Patriot Camp, raise a historic American Flag and then lead other participants in reciting the Pledge ofAllegiance. Youth learned about the founding ofAmerica while attending the camp. Photo courtesy of Geri Taylor i The Casual Critic by Daryl Austin see how far they've come in weight and depth truly grounds the entirety of their efforts deep within us as we step back and appreciate the conclusion of this epic series. Content: Rated PG-1- 3 for fantasy violence, including a couple of scenes that are disturb-ing enough that I highly recom-mend not taking any young chil-dren to the theater with you. Other Opinions: 57,762 "Average Joes" give "Hairy Pot-ter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II" a rating of 8.5 out of 10 while 255 professional film critics give the film the most glowing re-views of the entire franchise, an average score of 96 percent out of 100 percent. Should you see it? Yes, if you're a Potter fan you must. If you haven't read the books or seen any of the other movies though, you'll be a bit lost all the way through. For more reviews by The Casual Clitic please visit www. casitalcriticmovies.com. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Casual Critic Score: 8.5 out of 10 Release Date: July 15, 2011 Rating: PG-1- 3 Length: 130 minutes Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fan-tasy Harry Potter, the boy who lived. His story is concluded remarkable well in this last in-stallment of the highest-grossin- g movie franchise of all time. Join Harry and the gang for the final time as their story builds to its inevitable finish, revealing the results of their efforts in this good vs. evil adventure. Reading the final book mes-merized me, especially in its final chapters. The images of battles and exciting duels raced through my mind as I tried to imagine what those scenes would look like on the big screen. Having just seen the realization of those imaginations, I'll confess that some of my expectations were exceeded, and some of my ex-pectations left me disappointed. I won't say anything to spoil any plot points in case you're one of the last 14 people who haven't yet seen the film, but the demise of key characters weren't given the screen-tim- e they deserved. Also, some important characters and the actors representing them didn't have nearly the impact on us we were hoping for. Nonethe-less, Harry, Hermoine, and Ron were given plenty of breathing room to connect with their loyal audience for a worthy goodbye. The result is deeply satis-fying and emotionally endur-ing. The transformation we've witnessed in these young actors from their first film together until now is indescribable. To The Tale of Two Pyramids and a Plate family, I am using the new and improved, "MyPlate" program which was released in June. The plate replaces the 2005 MyPyramid, which nu-trition experts had devalued as tential health risks and a quick charting of our energy levels. The children we will use com-paring energy levels as BWI fluctuates widely with their growing patterns. by Davison Cheney Ah, the food pyramids of youth. Many an hour I spent at my desk not doing my assign-ments, drooling over the food pictured in graph-for- m on the board. Now those images are pushed aside because the USDA has come up with a new symbol in their latest effort to get Amer-icans to eat healthier. Good for them. And just in the nick of time, because my family eats like locust. In fact, they actually ate locust with a little butter on a dare. They plumage and forage like they haven't seen a refrigerator in weeks. Several of them haven't. Their allowance money is spent at the "Fast 'n Go" to purchase sloshed ice and hot dogs. You would think getting them to eat right would be no problem being that they have demonstrated a willingness to eat anything. When they are hungry they consume every-thing in their way, and it's my job to put the right stuff in their way. And there's the rub. My first attempt to help my family eat right was several months ago to help my youngest son to learn correct grocery shop-ping skills. He, for his "cooking and let dad do the cleaning" merit badge was responsible for the grocery shopping for a week. We ate nothing but mini-pizz- rolled into giant burritos for five days in a row topped off by cupcakes. We both learned. He learned that sugar and chocolate can be considered its own food group. I learned not to let him have the debit card. I need a better plan. In an endeavor to reconfig-ure nutrition guidelines for my .vMjPIaQG confusing and somewhat vague using colored stripes to repre-sent the food groups instead a picture of actual food. "My Plate" is divided into four different sized quadrants, with fruits and vegetables tak-ing half of the space, and grains and protein making up the oth-er half. Dairy is sitting close aside in a cup. So far so good. Frankly, I have never con-sulted a food id before I have made my choice for dinner. This new MyPlate cost the government $2 million, so I thought I would try to get my money's worth. I had thought to revamp my families eating habits this sum-mer anyway - the USDA beat me to it. I mostly go for color, and sometimes for finances -- got money? Then meat is on the menu, boys." No money? Ramen and peas. Here is my plan. First we will have to have a standard to compare to. The older ones will use Body Mass Index, an estimate of body fat that is based on height and weight that doctors use, along with other health indicators, to assess an adult's health and po- - Second, we will be a quick measurement of the plate as a tool - as in "can we quickly chart our meals?" And third, just for the heck of it, we may learn a little about different kinds of food during family time. Today, I explained the new chart. I took an old plate and colored in the new chart. Then I hot glued it to the refrigerator. Then I pealed it off the refrig-erator when my wife got home and made another out of paper. So far so good. My daugh-ter wants ice cream for her dairy. Every day. And no, but-ter is not dairy even though it comes from a cow. Rice is good, and cheese on the top of everything makes for a bigger plate - which my son actually recommended. In fact, he suggested we just add another plate for cheese and croutons, which I apparently approved without thinking be-cause that's what's for dinner. I am on a roll, which, as per my new chart, is 30-4- 0 per-cent of dinner. Next week Part Two - Imple-mentation. I .i ii .... nun -- i i mum .,,-- ,..- - ... 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