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Show Kids visit Russia Five high school students and one coach will spend 10 days in Russia in June, as high point winners for the Academic Olympiad at Utah State University. Univer-sity. A member of the Russian olympiad team won a one-year scholarship to USU, as well. Carl Wadsworth, Bountiful High School, high point winner in the science competition; Nathan Simpson, Layton High School, high total point winner, and Cal Harris, one of the coaches to win a lot in the seven-year seven-year history of the USU olympiad, olym-piad, are among the entourage headed to Russia in June. Harris' Bountiful High team garnered the most points in the day-long mental Olympics. A second part of the Olympiad, Olym-piad, Star Wars, consists of rapid-fire team questions that challenge deductive reasoning, logic, problem-solving and general gen-eral knowledge capabilities. Hyrum's Mountain Crest High I won this event for the second time in three years. The cost of sending the students and coach to Russia was mostly donated by Chevron USA's Salt Lake City office. Individuals In-dividuals traveling with the winners will pay their own expenses. ex-penses. Science winners include Wadsworth of Bountiful, gold; and bronze, Alex Eastman, Viewmont High School. In language arts Michael Busse, Bountiful High, won the silver. He also won the silver in the High Individual Point category. Seme $45,000 in scholarships to Utah State also were presented to the winners. Gold medalists in each academic area and the gold and silver medalists in High Total Points received four-year tuition scholarships worth $36,000. Silver and bronze medalists in the academic areas received one-year scholarships, scholar-ships, valued at $9,000. "Many businesses throughout northern Utah contributed to the cost of bringing a Russian team to the Academic Olympiad this year, ' ' a spokesman for the Olympiad said. "The presence of an international team heightened the excitement and uniqueness of the competition. ' ' Contributors included Phi Delta Kappa International and the Utah State University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, several local industries, Logan Kiwanis, the College of Education Edu-cation and and Uintah Basin Continuing Education Center. Together, they raised some $6,000 to fly the Russian entourage en-tourage from Washington, D.C, to Salt Lake City and provide all ground transportation for the 10-day 10-day visit. |