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Show October 22. 1997 - The Springville Herald - Page Nine i I cF 1 . v. t i ? yj? V PA The Save A Tree Club at Springville High School is shown here learning about the eco systems in Diamond Fork Canyon. V Toeims in action by Anna Roberts The newly-organized Save A Tree Club at Springville High School has been busy making our world safe for all the helpless trees. The club recently participated partici-pated in an activity to promote the Youth forest which is being established up Diamond Fork Canyon. The forest is a place where students of every age will be able to go to learn more about various types of eco systems. Members of the Save A Tree Club went to the forest on Saturday, Satur-day, September 20, to learn about the different eco systems. On the following Thursday, the club worked with over 100 elementary ele-mentary students that had come Everybody by Keith C. Olsen Lemmings: A small rodent found in most Arctic areas. Most of our knowledge of Lemmings came from the Scandinavian Scandi-navian countries of Norway and Sweden. Their claim to fame seems to be their ability to follow whatever leader or driving urge is presently accepted by the group. For some unknown reason that seems to be connected to over population. . Every 5 to 10 years they migrate out of their mountain home. They are dedicated. They, have a goal, a mission. Cliffs,1 rivers, fiords, bays and die ocean itself will not deter them. Death by drowning or some other means is the only thing that can stop them. This blind dedication to a leader, a cause, or a whim has limitations. If we are going to follow a leader or support a cause, we ought to know where the leader or cause is taking us. Looking back we can find examples exam-ples of people that follow a leader lead-er or a cause to an untimely end. Did they do it just because everybody every-body was doing it? The Jonestown Jones-town suicide, the standoff at Waco, Texas and the people who killed themselves to join the supposed space ship following in the tail of the Hail-Bob Comet, are examples of individuals that were willing to do things just because everybody did it. If you have been watching television you should be aware of the accusations against some people in Washington for breaking break-ing campaign financing laws. As a justification for their action the Democrats are screaming "everybody "every-body does it." IF 3,000 individual individu-al were to take a gun and tomorrow tomor-row blow away their spouse, would that allow me to do the same thing and claim in justification justifica-tion that everybody does it? "Everybody does it, " is a poor excuse for improper behavior. Health notes It turns out a popular children's child-ren's rhyme may be a just a fairy tale'. We all said "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me," when we were young. But a new study says while siblings usually bear no hard feelings over all the choking and biting they inflict on one another, they do carry resentment resent-ment over name-calling and other verbal ridicule. The survey of 202 college students showed that 65 percent had been hit, bitten or choked by a brother or sister, but only 21 percent felt they'd been "physically abused." Conversely, some 32 percent of those surveyed said they felt "emotionally abused" by a sibling. sib-ling. "Some parents may not realize the damaging power of verbal weapons," said study author Carol Wilson of the University Uni-versity of South Florida in Tam-P- , up for the day. "We took the kids through each eco system and did different activities like testing the water of the stream to see how much oxygen is available for the fish," says Logan Hall, one of the club members. Some of the kids that were brought up were handicapped and some were completely blind. The club members worked hard to insure that everyone's experience was rewarding. The club has also participated in activities like installing aluminum alumi-num can recycling bins at the high school and adopting baby trees which will be planted in the spring. All the money the club makes off of recycling will go towards purchasing acres of rain forest for protection and adopting a whale. The club officers are as follows: fol-lows: President, Anna Roberts; VP Public Relations, Tom Tor-gersen; Tor-gersen; VP Activities, Stacie Siddoway; Treasurer, Ryan Vo-gal; Vo-gal; Secretary, Emily Oldroyd; VP Fundraisers. Logan Hall; Senior Representative, Molly Gadd; Junior Representative, Jon Killpack; Sophomore Representative, Representa-tive, Jamilah Gordon. Committee Heads: Youth Forest. Brooke Shiley; Recycling, Taren Burton; Save the Planet Week. Kelli Tornock; Tree Planting, Amber-ley Amber-ley Parker. If you are a student at Springville Spring-ville High and interested in joining join-ing the ave A Tree Club, please contact Anna Roberts at 489-6126. Westside School is pleased to announce this week's winners in the Hogi Yogi Hall of Fame. They are: back row, Devin Marshall, Mar-shall, Josh Brinkerhoff, Daniel Gardner, Donny VanMoos and William Rawle. Middle row, Kenny Brannon, Brady Brockbank, Mario Gonzalas and John VanMoos. Front, Andrew Rios, Erika Esklund and Denesia Gardner.. foreign exchange students experience life in America by Erik Brinkerhoff There are a number of foreign exchange students attending Springville High School this year. They come here to experi-, ence life and education in the U.S. To qualify, they must have excellent grades and be pretty intelligent. Students of Spring-, ville High said, "They're great-they great-they are really smart and they're really fun to be around. We're glad we can have the opportunity to meet kids from other countries." coun-tries." The program most of the students come to the U.S. with is the EF Company. With this group they must take certain tests which quiz their basic knowledge and understanding of English. If they pass the tests, the company finds a family who will take care of the students during their stay in America. Some of these students were interviewed, here are their names and what they had to say about living in America. Katja Munch. Germany: "I am from Germany. I really like it here in America. I like the mountains moun-tains and the countryside here. but I miss my family and friends." Yukari Kumatoriya, Japan: "I like it here in the U.S. I miss my 7 family of course, but I am learning learn-ing a lot here. I like the snow and I love snowboarding. I am looking forward to this winter." Diego Quericole, Italy: "I am from Italy. I like it here but there are some things I really , miss from Italy. I miss the ocean, the people and most of all, the food! But I am having a good time and hope I can stay for a while longer "in Utah." ; Students and teachers agree that these students add a lot to the education program. They give Springville High students an opportunity to interact with kids from other countries. One teacher said, "The foreign exchange program seems to be working quite well in Springville. I hope the program will be in use here jfor a very long time." The Springville High School Red Devil Cheerleaders spend lots of time promoting school spirit. They can be seen at all the games, boys and girls, cheering the athletes cn to victory. Photo by Charles Lowery DISPATCHER WANTED Springville City has an opening for one full-time and one part-time public safety dispatcher. Under the Chief Dispatcher, this position performs normal dispatching duties, coordinating requests for police, fire and ambulance. am-bulance. Must be able to work well under pressure and possess clear speaking voice. Requires graduation from high school. 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