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Show November 27, 2U03 - The Springville Herald - Page Three mlsnts by Caleb Warnock Utah County Correspondent Claudia Jensen, director of the Springville City Out Reach to Students program, has bad news for her 20-plus students-Bluey Louie, the pet bird that lived in the SCORS classroom, managed to escape its cage over the weekend and drown in the indoor koi pond. Two students-and Jensen herself--cry at the news. Jensen asks for suggestions on preventing a similar accident acci-dent in the future. One student stu-dent suggests using a twist-tie to close the cage door and another offers to bring a padlock and key from home. The students vote to bury the bird in a shoe box. "You guys are great," Jensen tells the students. "We'll get this solved-see how we learn from the situations situa-tions in our lives?" Started last year, SCORS, located at 110 S. Main in Springville, is a place where sixth-through ninth-grade Springville students can come to eat a hot meal, do homework, home-work, participate in educational educa-tional activities and even learn karate, all at no charge. There are no special qualifications qualifi-cations to join the program and any Springville resident may enroll his or her child. The program is sponsored by Springville City and the Nebo School District. Martial arts are taught once a week and students have lessons in animal care, art, music, photography, first aid and various indoor sports programs. A special electronics electron-ics class allows students to build their own miniature motorized toy cars. A three-year three-year $50,000 grant from the state funds the program. "The main reason we are here is to keep the kids from failing school," Jensen said. "We want good grades. " Open Tuesday through Thursday, every student who has attended the program full time has seen an improvement improve-ment not only in grades but in behavior and attitude as well, she said. Five teachers work with 20 students from 3 to 6 p.m., and SCORS instructors in-structors are in the process of meeting the parents of 34 additional students, a required re-quired first step before a student can start the program. pro-gram. Teacher Meghan Miner said SCORS teaches academic academ-ic success. "We try to get them to live up to their full potential," poten-tial," she said. "We provide a support system so they have someone they can talk to, someone they can trust." Students begin by discussing discuss-ing their day with teachers, then they have a snack before spending at least an hour doing homework with tutors. The supervised group atmosphere atmo-sphere gets kids excited about doing homework, Miner said. "They want to show us that they are improving," she said. "They get excited when someone shows them what they are doing right because so many people point out what they are doing wrong." Instructor Julie Applegate said special lessons instruct students on the pitfalls of bullying, how to make friends, and how to respect people in authority. Attendance Atten-dance in school shoots up because students are told they cannot come to SCORS if they did not go to school that day. "We would like to see a lot more kids come," Apple-gate Apple-gate said. "This is the age when they begin to find themselves when they are not quite a child and not quite adult. This helps them find out what they want to be as they grow older. And it's a blast." For information about enrolling students in the SCORS program or to donate or volunteer, call 319-7469. '- A -jEf 7 . ' " v J pi v y AARP endorses Medicare to bill Earlier this week, AARP, the leading advocate for older Americans with 35 million members, endorsed the Congressional Conference Committee's Medicare Rx bill. The bill represents a first step in the nation's commitment to strengthen and expand health security for its citizens, resulting in legislation that will help millions of older Americans. "This is about getting vital help to people who need it most," said AARP Utah State Director Rob Ence. AARP and its members call on all the members of the Utah Congressional delegation to vote for the Conference Report that establishes estab-lishes a prescription drug benefit in Medicare. In a survey conducted Wednesday of this week, 83 percent of AARP members polled supported enactment of the Medicare legislation. Further, 75 percent of respondents re-spondents said that the proposed pro-posed Medicare legislation should be passed because it will help low-income elderly and those with high prescription prescrip-tion drug costs. Among middle and high-income individuals, 80 percent were in favor of passing the legislation legis-lation for this reason; support for the bill was evenly split among Democrats and Republicans. Re-publicans. Every day, AARP receives re-ceives letters and calls from our members recounting how the high cost of prescription drugs is hurting their financial finan-cial and physical health. We believed that the legislation that has emerged after long negotiations is the right start to relieve these burdens for millions of older and disabled Americans and their families. Though not perfect, the bill represents an historic breakthrough break-through and an important milestone in the nation's commitment to strengthen and expand health security for current and future beneficiaries. benefi-ciaries. This Medicare legislation legis-lation guarantees a voluntary drug plan is available for all Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of where they live. "People and families are counting on the Utah Congressional Con-gressional delegation to vote for the Conference Report and establish a prescription drug benefit in Medicare," said Ence. "This legislation is not perfect, but millions of Americans cannot wait for perfect. They need help now. This is about getting vital help to people who need it-people it-people whose high drug costs have become a heavy burden to them and their families." Elder and Sister Jerry and Linda Cluff of Springville are serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eastern Iowa. 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