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Show Muir School celebrates Red Ribbon Week hi KyH j Red Ribbon Week was an event ful time for students at Leo J. Muir Elementary School. There was an activity or assembly planned each day. The week started Monday morning morn-ing with a flag-raising ceremony, a rap presented by the Bountiful High cheerleaders and football players and comments by Mayor Bob Lin-nell. Lin-nell. The Mayor pointed out the importance im-portance of the commitment to live a clean, healthy life. He left certificates cer-tificates with commendations from him and Gov. Bangerter to the students for choosing to be drug free. The students were all given a passport to put information in that they received throughout the week. The students signed a constitution constitu-tion pledging to live a great life. They ran an obstacle course with warnings of what to avoid in life to remain drug free. A play was presented in which a dragon came to tell the children about how smoking had destroyed his race. Students played special games and colored grocery sacks for grocery stores encouraging others to be drug free. A former student, Elizabeth Tayler Katoa, now a BYU track star, and her husband Fotu Katoa, who is on a BYU football scholarship, scholar-ship, came to Muir and spoke on 'The best life is a drug-free life." The Woods Cross 'Cats came and taught a rap and presented skits helping the students to learn how to live a drug-free life. The week's activities ac-tivities concluded with an assembly where each grade presented a rap that they had written. Students were impressed with the strong message on Living a life free from drugs. Special thanks to Marilyn Thompson and all those who helped with organizing and presenting the week's events. Students at Muir Elementary signed a Constitution pledging to life a "great life" during Red Ribbon Week celebrations at the school. |