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Show .Vernal Express, Wednesday, March 9. 2005 D3 A Cameron Beech, Uintah High School Student Body President, prepares for a successful business career early with his campaign for National DECA Presidency. UHS student strives for success Jaylene Spendlove and Jared Hackett Spendbve and Hackett to marry in Salt Lake Temple Camille Kirk and Mark Hunting Kirk and Hunting to marry in Vernal Temple By Carissa Magee Express Writer Cameron Beech, a senior at Uintah High School, is also Student Body President, representative repre-sentative for the School Board, Chapter DECA Officer and President of UHS DECA club. He is now running for National DECA President at the National Conference, first student ever for the state of Utah. DECA is a very large student organization with chapters in every state in the U.S., including includ-ing Alaska and Hawaii. Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and Germany are among other countries with DECA Chapters. The DECA organization provides pro-vides opportunities for high school students to gain skills that will help them in college and in the work force. Students can continue the DECA experience expe-rience in college through the DEX program that has chapters on most of the college campuses campus-es in Utah. "DECA is an association asso-ciation of marketing students who, through competition and leadership, will later most likely like-ly focus on careers in the field of business," says Cameron. Throughout Cameron's DECA membership he has achieved quite a few firsts and continues to do so. He is a fourth year DECA member who ran for DECA state office as a sophomore and became the first student in Utah to be elected elect-ed in their sophomore year of high school. He was elected the Southern Region Vice President. He later became the first DECA State President from a rural community. Cameron will be running his National DECA Campaign from Anaheim, Calif., starting April 5, along with his election team comprised solely of adults from the Basin area. "They will make the wheels turn so I don't have to worry about it," said Cameron. In getting prepared r " (A y 1 Matthew Batty Batty earns Arrow of Light Matthew Batty, son of Gary and Miko Batty, earned his Arrow of Light recognition from the Ashley Creek Ward Troop 1001 Feb. 10. Marriage Licenses Dennis Allen Stewart, of Brush, Colo., and Shannon Lynn Pearl, of Roosevelt, on March 3. Victor D. Simmons and Sandra Miller, both of Vernal, Dn March 4. Clifton L. Perry and Catherine Carla Chamberlain, aoth of Vernal, on March 4. James Robert Percival and Lucretia Dawn Percival, both rf Vernal, on March 7. for his campaign, Cameron and his election team are working work-ing towards a goal of $10,000 to sponsor travel and expenses for the trip. He has created a portfolio to present to business owners around the state to earn support. "The feedback has been pretty good all around but we still have a long way' to go," says Cameron. Anyone wishing wish-ing to make a tax deductible donation to his national campaign cam-paign can contact him through Uintah High DECA. If elected, Cameron will take off what would be his first year of college, to travel with the DECA organization. He then plans to attend one of the colleges col-leges he has applied to, which includes Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth and Pamona, majoring in political science. "I enjoy going to school because I like to stay involved," stated Cameron. Cameron enjoys his studies stud-ies which include social science sci-ence and classes that encourage encour-age discussion, such as AP English. He has carried a 4.0 GPA throughout high school which keeps him busy. Besides his involvement in school functions, func-tions, Cameron also enjoys golfing golf-ing when he has time. His parents, par-ents, Mike and Danna Beech are quite proud of him and very supportive of his goals. Joleen Cotrell is UHS DECA Advisor and has also been of great support sup-port to Cameron's success. Jaylene Rae Spendlove and Jared Craig Hackett have chosen cho-sen to be married Saturday, March 12 in the Salt Lake Temple. A reception will be held that evening at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City from 6 to 9 p.m. The bride is the daughter of Brian and Jodie Spendlove of Vernal. She graduated from Uintah High School in 2002. She is currently attending the University of Utah. She is in the College of Nursing and will graduate in August. She is currently employed at the University of Utah Neuro-Psychiatric Neuro-Psychiatric Institute. The groom is the son of Craig and Beverly Hackett of Salt Lake City. He graduated from Olympus High School in 2001. He served a mission mis-sion for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Concepcion, Chile. He is also attending the University of Utah. He is currently employed with Marriott. The couple will make their home in Salt Lake City and will continue their education. Camille Kirk and Mark Jason Hunting have chosen to be married Saturday, March 12 in the Vernal LDS Temple. A reception will be held that evening at the Maeser Stake . Center, 2745 W. 1000 N. from 6 to 8 p.m. The bride is the daughter of Douglas and Marie Kirk of Vernal. She is a 2002 graduate of Uintah High School and she received an Associate Degree of Applied Science from the College of Eastern Utah in 2004. The groom is the son of Fred and Carol Hunting of Vernal. He graduated from Uintah High School in 2002 and served a two-year two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Morristown, N.J. The couple will make their home in Logan where they will continue their education. Caldwell earns Silver Award Tayler "Alyse" Caldwell, daughter of Dahn Caldwell, granddaughter of Duane and June Caldwell, has earned her Girl Scout's Silver Award. The Girl Scout Silver Award is one of the highest awards girls can earn as a Cadette Girl Scout. When the new Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum celebrated " its opening Day in Vernal ' on May 22, 2004, Tayler Alyse, along with her leaders, Denise Hughes, Rush Harris and Loran Hill, and with the help of other Girl Scouts from her Troop 651, made fossils from plaster molds that were handed out to children on that special day. In advance of the big day, Tayler Alyse and her troop frk If l A -A ' 1 Christy Gardner won the High School Dr. Seuss tongue twister competition. competi-tion. She was awarded a book by Librarian Harriet Dickerson and Bette Dickison, Language Arts teacher. Manila High celebrates ! lr; Seuss biihday V x 2 5 Busy People Busy Schedules Colorectal Cancer? They all got tested for colorectal cancer. Iff they have time, so do you. Peace off mind Is a colonoscopy Screening saves lives. Screening tests can help find precancerous polyps so they can be removed before they turn into cancer. If you're over 50, take time to see your doctor and get screened. Schedule your appointment in the month of March and receive $100 off your Out-Of-Pocket expense through the month of May. Uintah Basin Colon Cancer Project Dr. Gary White: 722-6143 ext. 1255 Dr. Glenn Robertson: 722-6126 Dr. Kent Smith: 722-6143 Dr. David Kryzmowski: 722-61 43 Uintah Basin Medical Center Improving Healthcare for the Basin 722-4691 250 W. 300 N. Roosevelt Tayler Alyse Caldwell met with Mary Beth Bennis-Smith, Bennis-Smith, Education Curator for the museum, and Heather Finlayson of the museum. They learned the secret mixture and how to make the fossils in the plastic molds. On the day of the Museum opening the Girl Scouts from Troop 651, family members, leaders and Heather Finlayson made an assembly line. As the visitors came up to the table, the Girl Scouts were able to make whichever prehistoric prehis-toric fossil mold they wanted. This created wonderful replicas repli-cas for the young visitors to keep as a special memento of the day. The project was a huge success suc-cess with Tayler Alyse putting put-ting in 30 hours of work to earn her Silver Award. She accomplished this by learning the correct ways to make the molds, making prehistoric fossils fos-sils in advance with the rest of the troop and others, and taking tak-ing charge of the assembly line the day of the museum opening. open-ing. The group made hundreds of prehistoric fossils that day. She also spent another few days at the museum, volunteered volun-teered to show visitors around and attempted, to the best of her knowledge, to answer any questions they had. Manila High School celebrated cel-ebrated Dr. Seuss' 101st birthday birth-day by sponsoring a Dr. Seuss reading and trivia contest. The students participated by reading Dr. Seuss books before school, during lunch hour and after school. The student who read the most books during this time won a free lunch and the Cat in the Hat book. The students also could par- t; i bxiB t T .rf ticipate by answering the most trivia questions pertaining to characters in Dr. Seuss books along with facts about Dr. Seuss. This prize was awarded to Lonnie Bills. Throughout the day, the librarian read Dr. Seuss books to all students. In the afternoon an assembly was held to award prizes and to enjoy a piece of birthday cake. This Weeks Registry... RECEPTION 1 Camiiic xk& axi hunting Saturday,March 12, 2005 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Maeser Stake Center 2745 W. 1000 N. Jhu&laBm. Free Gift Wrapping & Delivery 280 West Main Vernal 781-1556 Mon.-Fri: 8-8 Sat: 8-6 Sun:10-5 GETTING MARRIED? 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