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Show a. :: S ViVvf. j v t-'TO AS LJ - - ii? v.., THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ETC team gives a series of spontaneous responses to a problem in OM competition at Naples Elementary School. Mind gymnastics help teach children creative thinkina Great and wonderous things can be gleaned from the minds of young people peo-ple when they develop the habit of creative thinking. This is proven in a fascinating new concept of competition competi-tion called OM. According to John Anderson, a teacher at Vernal Middle School, OM Association, Inc. who developed the .. .V , 'V: i J. - . . .Vv.-"4"'! , '. .. ' " 1 1 j . i 1 ' - - , ' S- I ' ' . ' , " .... ; . .'a , 1, f v "i r . .: . i x-fc.;,... i A JUMP ROPE ROUTINE is given by Bobbye Skerle, Jotyn Hacking Hack-ing and Jennifer Hall for the Maeser Elementary 4th grade talent show. The students performed a variety of acts for parents and guests Friday, May 9. Art work by the students was on display during the program. ; - rtf ;LCO?E O'.VLS en d' flwo&d were made as Mother's Ojy g4i$ JC PENNEY VERNAL ANNUAL felDEWALK SALE 77ie fees bargains of the year! Judges were teachers and others from Uintah School District. mind expanding activities for youth was originally called Olympics of the Mind. A politician developed a bill stating that the word Olympics was not to be used to denote activities other than athletics, so the name was shortened to OM. The first local OM competition took place Saturday at Naples School as a Glade Sessions listed as national winner the Na'ifna! S"fi-fty t!;r !jfl All Ai-ctif ar, Th? N' l ( h ra : ! f i' 4 .1 Vr ftff !1 I'- j i V :.f 1! ij-2,n f! hnlaf j (rysf tarti a J 3 p? Kl'f fta fwr.1 ftif. ii'r:4. S) ' 'ah I' t'l t;.-a-tt.j (ft l t .S tir an 5'-Jaf J t w -4 f m 1 j J ic pilot for the future. OM teams from Vernal Middle School ETC class under Anderson's direction and Naples Elementary School teams, who are students of Mrs. Kathy Anderson in the gifted and talented class, competed within their age groups. Participants in OM competition are given various kinds of things to think through and respond to. There were three categories of creative thinking for the teams last Saturday: technocrats: where the young people designed, assembled and prepared a product for shipping made from an array of materials they had chosen; humorous interpretations of history which were mainly presented in small plays; and spontaneous responses to subjects given in a problem pro-blem frame. Points are awarded on common responses with higher points given for original responses and style. "It is a fun activity and is open to all kinds of youth. Participation is not based on academic achievement, rather it gives kids a chance to demonstrate creativity," noted Anderson. Anderson and two of his teams have joined the National OM Association Associa-tion and will be participating in a national na-tional tournament in Flagstaff, Ariz., the last week in May. They will be staying on the Northern Arizona University campus. There arc 14 members of the ETC class who are preparing for the OM competition that will be interwoven with a parade, pep rally, tours, programs and other activities. The main concept of OM is to encourage en-courage the development of Individual In-dividual creative skills. In preparing a team for OM competition, a coach puts team members through exercises exer-cises with others so students will recognize many of the limitations they imagined existed in solving problems. pro-blems. Many times they will see solutions solu-tions developed by opposing teams which will ojxn their eyes to new possibilities. One OM coach said, "It is a time for kids, a lime for them to e Moment Mo-ment and reach for the stars if thry wanted, without having to wonder and worry about whclhrr Uwy were riiihlorwrtmg " The Amk-rson's M W competition become an annual even! in the t'tah $rhi.tx hrre ftt lit f,i dit'crrfit trams are no atUvi Paper products in microwave vrn? A. iriiri (---h tr i til ehii)t. tn w al !,-,) tt.ii 1 a- ) than i nit tii1nilr c- 1 t ' teaf nTfi f t l-.nrf t'l" t" 0 Hai? o'l;',,,lJ ftp Shelly Rasmussen USU honors chemistry scholar Shelly Rasmussen, daughter of Dar-rell Dar-rell A. and Clara Rasmussen, Vernal, was among 32 outstanding high school chemistry students from Utah, Wyoming Wyom-ing and Idaho to be honored recently by the department of chemistry and biochemistry at Utah State University. Rasmussen attended an awards banquet in Logan on April 25 where she was named a chemistry merit scholar. A junior at Uintah High School, Rasmussen is a member of the Honor Society and has lettered in Spanish. She was involved in the Knowledge Bowl competition on the state level and won the Chamber of Commerce Science Award. She enjoys volunteer work as a candy striper, music and sketching. Rasmussen was nominated for the honor by high school chemistry teacher, Lyle W. Gillman. A BASKET made from a crocheted doily was shaped over a square box. "Which Crafts" bv Janrl Boh let There are so many things boinft made these days from those crocheted doilies. Thank heaven they are relatively IwxpcnM vc, for thnse of us who can't stand to crothrt them ourM-lvcs. You can tarth them and put them on rti to hang in wintfuwn, make little dcoraiI hat from thrm. and even make baskets from ihcm. Clcnn Mar Arts had thi little Mjuare tw' krt made from h;le ly, Ttu y had uved fabric mir4, pU t an a truMg iluiion of starch tf yrni ih, and h,td haf4 it o rf a hot to riuV r it innate S.nre ti e du ty a n.md t It tin i'h, H kmd A n$U y armiiul t;? - !,;, tl mate Hic fffjty r'trct. Vm can rwt try nt-4w IfimH It h.,!r ,f m (4 IwtAtl fit tiiv T1ry ha'l ncn jt!aH N1 tl" - Tt.u ii!(r t,.-. wi tr,:.4 1 f,:; f!(Trr Ki?-,;rfi f t? ) m-tM be. l! frt!jr (rft-.fi?i ! t.ti a t-n !?. jn .'fTsjf nt t utr,f 14 h!'.-.f f?re wf itKr et r,;gM. NEWS ITtMS t.V! f! g 73 3511 'i f . . ... Wdrsday, Moy is i .... rl CHARACTERS FROM THE Wizard of Expo fill the stage during Naples Elementary 4th grade play. Wizard of presented A play entitled "The Wizard of Expo" Ex-po" was presented by Naples 4th grade Wednesday, May 7 under the direction of Peggy Ence and Arvin Nelson. The cast included Misty Bastian as Dorothy; Ryan Nelson was the Scarecrow; Colin Sadlier played the Tin Man and Lydia Evans was the Lion. Together they journeyed down the Yellow Brick Road to visit the Wizard of Expo played by Mark Teacher to Parent Helping your child succeed by Betty Condie President, Utah Education Association Teenage After a Japanese teenage singing idol killed herself earlier this year, several of her fans imitated her and committed suicide in the weeks following follow-ing her death. These desperate children are victims vic-tims of growing problems teenage suicide. It is ironic that the group which should be most robust and healthy teenagers-has a soaring death rate. Suicide has become the second leading cause of death among teenagers. The number one cause is accident. Last year Utah ranked fourteenth from the top nationally in the number of suicides per IOO.Ooq populations. 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Two solos highlighted the journey to Expo, "Greatest Love of All," by Billie Jo Schwenke and "God Bless the USA," by Dustin Wood. suicide Most young victims come from a family with a history of depression and alcohol or drug abuse. Many of them use drugs and alcohol in attempts to mask their despair and depression. Dr. Dennis Cantweli of L'CLA Medical School makes these observations: Children living in the Western States are more likely to attempt suicide than those in the South or the East. Boys attempt suicide five times more often than girls. Children tend to pick an anniversary anniver-sary date of some sort on which to attempt at-tempt to kill themselves. Children under the age of 12 years rarely attempt suicide. Suicides can be prevented tf those of us who live and work with teenagers tune In to the signs which how they are calling for help. VIDEO USA Amcrica'i Video Library 40 7 -789 8733 rental fc 13 f t ? 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