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Show " U; Heritage March 5, 2003 - The Springville Herald - Page Seven Kerri Weight, daughter of Jared and Valerie Weight, received her Young Womanhood Wom-anhood Recognition Ward Mar. 2, 2003. She is a member of the Hobble Creek West Sixth Ward. Her projects included making mak-ing a scrapbook of her brother's mission, reading the Book of Mormon, coaching coac-hing volleyball and being a youth camp leader. Shelley Priest, daughter of Jeff and Linda Priest, received re-ceived her Young Womanhood Woman-hood Recognition Award on Mar. 2, 2003 in the Hobble Creek West Sixth Ward. For her value projects, she was a youth camp leader, made a photo album after taking a photography class, participated in the Art City Royalty and made a garden. s j- Sir ,i Davian Tranchell, daughter of Dave and Pat Tranchell and a member of the Kolob 8th Ward, has earned her LDS Young Womanhood Recognition Award and will be honored in a special recognition night on Tuesday, Tues-day, Mar. 4. Her family wishes to acknowledge this event with their appreciation apprecia-tion for her accomplishments accomplish-ments and for Bishop Mau-ghan Mau-ghan and Sister Burks and all of the leaders who have served so valiantly in Dav-ian's Dav-ian's life. Computerized Genealogy Conference Genealogy experts and beginners can observe the latest in technology during the sixth annual Computerized Computer-ized Genealogy Conference on Thursday and Friday, Mar. 13 and 14, at Brigham Young University. Workshops, speakers and vendors will provide updated information and training on genealogical software programs, pro-grams, computer databases, e-mail and the Internet to Ryan Francis, son of Samuel Samu-el E. and Marilyn Francis, received his Eagle Scout Award on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003 at a ward Court of Honor. Ryan is a member of Troop 968 of the Maple-ton Maple-ton 8th Ward. For his Eagle project Ryan helped clean up and beautify a local electrical sub station. help genealogists make better use of traditional research methods. Workshops will also review existing computer programs and evaluate new programs genealogists may consider acquiring. In addition the workshops, work-shops, hands-on labs will be offered on the evenings of the conference days and on Saturday, Mar. 15, for an additional cost. Cost is $115 for the two-day two-day conference, with an additional $39 fee for each lab. Attendees must register for the entire conference to attend the lab sessions. For more information or to register for the conference, confer-ence, contact BYU Conferences Confer-ences and Workshops at (801) 378-4853. students Students of American Heritage School of Spanish Fork, a private K-7 school, have won 12 of 18 awards in the annual Americanism Essay Contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Auxil-iary (Spanish Fork Unit 68) for elementary and junior high students. For their essays on "What America's Future Holds for Me," the third-grade winners are Tason Armistead of Spanish Fork (first place) and Kayli Anderson of Spring-ville Spring-ville (third place). Fourth-grade Fourth-grade honors go to Michael Morris, Jr. of Spanish Fork (first), Joshua Brimhall of Elk Ridge (second) and Benjamin Furner of Mapleton (third). Fifth-grade finishers are Rochelle Rudd of Spring-ville Spring-ville (first) and Sariah and Rachel Peterson of Mapleton (second and third respectively). respective-ly). Sixth-grade honors go to Emily Morris of Spanish Fork (first) and BreAnn Brimhall of Elk Ridge (second). (sec-ond). First-place winners in the junior high category are Stephen Peterson of Mapleton Maple-ton (seventh grade) and Gail Wignall of Spanish Fork (eighth). "For our school of 30 students to win so many honors out of all the entries is an affirmation of the rich curriculum we teach," says Susan Morris, school director. direc-tor. American Heritage offers a classical, Christian curriculum, curricu-lum, but from a distinctive Latter-day Saint worldview. "The LDS Church's teachings teach-ings about the inspired founding foun-ding and prophetic destiny of America are an important part of our program," says Morris. The historical emphasis, combined with rigorous instruction in language skills, prepares students to reason and express themselves effectively. effec-tively. American Heritage students begin reading, writing writ-ing and spelling in kindergarten kindergar-ten using a comprehensive phonics program. "Ordinary children can do extraordinary things when they are taught with methods based on correct cor-rect principles of learning," adds Morris. And beginning in kindergarten, the curriculum curricu-lum includes scripture study, English language, mathematics, mathemat-ics, history and geography, classical children's literature, science, art, music and physical phys-ical education. Enrollment is now open for the 2003-04 school year. Monthly tuition is $225 per student for half-day kindergarten kinder-garten and $275 for other grades. Class sizes are small and enrollment is limited. For information and registration, registra-tion, visit or call 798-3444. The school is located at 722 E. Center in Spanish Fork. ...... 1 0 D 1 J 1 u i MITC clivery Service! now available at The Springville Herald 161 South Main, Springville 41r8S-5B51 Packages $1. 50 Letters $1.00 Large packages $2 Packages in by 4 p.m. weekdays delivered to the MTC the same day. No balloon bouquets. Flowers must be boxed up. No perishable foods accepted. No special packaging required. No Saturday delivery! 0 D M D - 0 I 1 a in IQll SI IN These students at the American Heritage School in Spanish Fork won 12 of the 18 awards in the annual Americanism Essay Contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary in Spanish Fork for elementary and jr. high students. Several of them are from Springville and Mapleton. Junior High Mews weed free Springville Junior High is incredibly proud of the academic aca-demic success of many dedicated dedi-cated and determined students. stu-dents. Students in science and math are representing SJHS in various competitions throughout the state. Eleven 8th and 9th grade students earned the right to compete in the state math competition. Good luck to the following when they compete at Weber State on Mar. 20: Lauren Richey, Melissa Griffin, Heidi Anderson, An-derson, Greg Chipman,' John Hickey, Kyle Simonsen, Nolan Pope, David Lewis, Morgan Robertson, Chris Hall and Brandon Tullis. Twenty SJHS students entered their projects with 250 other students from various local schools, into the Nebo District Science Fair on Feb. 21. These 20 projects were selected from the 500 projects entered in the school science fair in Jan. Each project was judged three times. As part of the judging process, the evalua-tors evalua-tors personally interviewed the students. Approximately 250 projects were presented at the district fair. The school was well represented among the winners. The following students won and are now invited to participate in the Central Utah Science and Engineering fair to be held at BYU April 2-3. Congratulations to, 8th grade: 'Chris White, Koti ' Arns, Jessica Swanson," Rachelle Haden, Jeff Bates, Lauren Richey, Caroline Larson and Bailey Stewart; 9th grade: Taylor Snarr, Daniel Young, Stormey Dorsey, Winston Larson and Rachel Jacobsen. Lori Tenney's 9th grade Earth Systems classes were recently featured on an Intel Education website. A unit on stars was submitted to Intel and accepted to be part of their Innovation Odyssey in Education. This Intel program pro-gram encourages the use of technology in the classroom. In Earth Systems, using technology is a part of the curriculum. To view this page, go to http:www97.in-tel.comodysseyindex.asp. http:www97.in-tel.comodysseyindex.asp. Springville Jr. Hich is profiled pro-filed on Day 252. If you scroll to the bottom of the website page, you can look up this day in the Story Index. These are wonderful scholastic programs and competitions that they love supporting and encouraging the students to participate in; however, funding for such academic endeavors has been drastically cut. All support and monetary donations from the community are greatly appreciated. If you are looking for a culturally rich evening, look no further! Come to "Fiddler on the Roof" held in the auditorium. Everyone is welcome. Performances will commence at 7 p.m. on March 6-7 and 10. Students with ID cards will be charged $3. Individuals without school ID cards will be charged $4 and families will be S24. Students interested in participating in the annual talent show are encouraged to- try out on Mar. 12. To engage in this extracurricular activity, students must have a 2.0 GPA, no unsatisfactory citizenship grades, must be currently enrolled at SJHS and have appropriate attendance. atten-dance. The talent show will be held during school on Apr. 9. An application form order signed Regional Forester Jack G. Troyer signed an order effective effec-tive Feb. 11, 2003 requiring ind viduals possessing, storing stor-ing or ransoorting non-pel-letized hay, straw or mulch on National Forest System lands in the Intermountain Region to have documentation documenta-tion it is weed free. Under the order, each bale and container must be tagged or marked as weed free, or the individual must have original and current evidence of weed free certification certifi-cation present. In addition, all markings must meet State andor County standards for certification as weed free. The order applies to all National Forest System lands within the Intermountain Region, including the Ashley, Ash-ley, Boise, Bridger-Teton, Caribou-Targhee, Dixie, Fishlake, Humboldt, Toiya-be, Toiya-be, Manti-LaSal, Payette, Salmon-Challis, Sawtooth, Uinta and Wasatch-Cache National Forests. Violation of this prohibition is punishable punish-able by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individualor individu-alor $10,000 for an organi-zation-andor imprisonment of not more than six months. Persons will permit specifically spe-cifically authorizing them from the effect of the order and any member of an organized orga-nized rescue force in the performance of an official duty are exempt. is available in the attendance office and must be turned in to Ms. Jensen by Mar. 10. Upcoming Events: Thursday, Mar. 20: Last day of Third Term. Friday, Mar. 21: No School-teacher Work Day. Springville Area Chamber of Commerce "Commitment to Youth" Conference "DARE TO SOAR!" Featuring these Great Speakers and Entertainers a John Bytheway Noted Autlior and Youth Speaker 77 A Ha 1 hlwrlene Hawkes ESPN Broadc aster, Author, Former Miss America A The Magic of Paul Brewer a Chris vvuddcll Paralympic Silver Medalist Motivational Speaker Also Scheduled to Appear Reno Mane BYU Football Team vj A a Miss Springville Mapleton Celeste Bales Saturday, March 8, 2003 Doors Open 8:00 am Springville Highs School Auditorium & Gym For ALL Junior High and High School Students REGISTRATION EXTENDED at SHS, Springville Jr. High and the Chamber Office s5 includes; T-shirt, lunch and conference materials Fabulous Door Prizes - must be present to win! Questions? Call Keri Gordon 489-3455 |