OCR Text |
Show 1 1 S,.. ,i .: - '7--? 1-p ) IIIIMiniP . II l l I . Ml III I f Vif? if ; .V I " -issjto; .... I - I i ii mim wiiiiiliiiiiiiffl--tffiwffMMiWiinriirrfliOi s& Hihim nnmiiniiiiiiiiiMiiiiiMrf"iig'linf " "1 fr jHfeUft Wfi Students that beldng to the Future Busi- recent competition with many other high ness Leaders of America at Springville schools in the state. - High School took second place overall in FMM take 2in mm On Friday, Feb. 6, the Springville High Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America attended and competed com-peted at the Central Region FBLA competition at Utah Valley State College. Overall, Over-all, they won 2nd place in competition among all Utah County high schools including includ-ing Wasatch in Heber City and all of the South Salt Lake County high schools. The following students won awards: 2nd Place, roger Paystrup, Business Procedures; 1st Place, Ian Hansen, Computer Concepts; 2nd Place, David Lewis, Computer Concepts; 3rd Place, Matt Maliwauki, Computer Concepts; 4th AGY,.SAT:fo.add writing sections by Christi C. Babbitt Staff Writer Today's high school sophomores may be required to write an essay 'as part of their college entrance exams as plans go forward to add ; writing tests to both the ACT Assessment and the SAT exam next year. A 30-minute writing test., asking students to write an essay will be added to the ACT Assessment beginning in February 2005, affecting students who will be applying to attend college in the fall of 2006. The writing test will be optional; colleges and universities decide whether to require it, and students can decide if they want to take it. A similar test will be added to the SAT exam in March 2005. However, this new portion of the SAT will be required for all who take the exam. Representatives of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young Univefsity and Utah Valley State College said they are undecided whether or not they will require students to take the ACT Writing Test. For both the ACT Assessment Assess-ment and the SAT, the new writing portion will present a question and ask students to write a response. In both cases, the essays will be graded by trained individuals; individu-als; the addition of the writing writ-ing test will increase the cost of both exams by $10 to $12. The College Board, the nonprofit organization that administers the SAT, has heard for several years from colleges and businesses that students and new employees didn't have the writing skills they needed, said Kristin Carnahan, College Board associate director of public affairs. Until now, the technology . to grade the essays didn't exist, Carnahan said. Last year, 2.2 million students took the SAT. Essays written as part of the SAT writing test will be: scanned in and graded online, by people all over the country- "We are hoping that with the emphasis on writing on the SAT, we do hope to see that that will help schools to be able to focus a little bit more on writing in the classroom," class-room," Carnahan said. The SAT currently has two sections-a math section and a verbal section-each given a score between 200 and 800. The new writing Place, Ian Hansen, C Programming; 5th Place, Michael Page, Business Calculations; 2nd Place, MacGregor Whiting, James Benson & Margaret Milius, Entrepreneurship Team Event and 4th Place, David Lewis, Introduction to Business. 4th Place, Kevin Swan, International Business; 4th Place, Adam Boogaard, Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures; 4th Place, David Lewis, Java Programming; 5th Place, Catherine Glea-son, Glea-son, Job Interview; 1st Place, James Benson, Marketing; 2nd Place, Ian Hansen, Networking Concepts; 1st Place, Ian Hansen & Khem- portion, which will include some multiple choice questions, ques-tions, will also receive a score between 200 and 800, raising the SAT's perfect score from 1,600 to 2,400, Carnahan said. ' The verbal section is . being renamed the critical reading section, she said. Ken Gullette, spokesman for ACT, said ACT had also considered adding a writing test for some time but found the technical limitations daunting. He said the decision deci-sion to add the writing test to the ACT Assessment was triggered when a higher education official in California Califor-nia expressed a desire for the SAT to add a writing test. The ACT Assessment currently tests students in four areas: English, math, reading and science. Students electing to take the new writing portion will receive a combined Englishwriting score on the 1-36 scale now used for other areas of the exam. Gullette said ACT made the test optional so colleges could decide if they wanted the test scores and so students stu-dents wouldn't have to pay to take an extra test they didn't need. He recommended students contact the colleges they are interested in and learn if the schools are requiring re-quiring the new writing test. Tom Gourley, director of admissions at BYU, said his university is waiting for more data about the new writing portion of the ACT Assessment Assess-ment and for ACT to get more experience administering administer-ing it before making a final decision. "We're not initially going to require it," Gourley said. Beginning in the fall of 2005, UVSC will require students under age 21 to take the ACT Assessment before registering for classes. The college is currently evaluating evaluat-ing a computer program called e-Write, an ACT product that assesses students' stud-ents' writing skills with a computer doing the grading. Colleen Sorensen, director direc-tor of testing services at UVSC, said UVSC English students wrote essays that were graded by e-Write and college faculty. Those grades are now being compared. . If the college determines that a writing sample is an effective tool for placing students in appropriate English Eng-lish courses, UVSC will then mer Porter, Net Work Design De-sign Team; and 2nd Place, Catherine Gleason, Matt Maliwauki, Adam Green, James Benson & Margaret Milius, Parliamentary Procedures Proce-dures Team Event. 3rd Place, Mark Tingey, Public Speaking II; 2nd Place, Ian Hansen, Technology Technolo-gy Concepts. 1st Place, David Lewis, Visual Basic Programming; 4th Place, Matt Maliwauki, Visual Basic Programming; and 5th Place, Adam Boogaard, Visual Basic Program. The above students will continue their competitions at State in Provo in March. evaluate whether to require the writing portion of the ACT Assessment or to use e-Write, e-Write, Sorensen said. For more information, visit www.coIlegeboard.com or www.act.org. Mapleton Police Mapleton Police are reporting activity from Jan. 27 through Feb. h Last week, Feb. 3-10, they cited' Dane Devey 189 "Fan-view Circle, Alpine, for driving on a suspended license. Tools were taken from a home under construction on Birch Circle; a cell phone was taken from a vehicle parked at a church; and a wooden sign was taken from a yard. Police are investigating investigat-ing identity fraud involving. phone bills from Missouri and check fraud with attempts at-tempts to clear checks written writ-ten for large amounts on a business account. Also missing miss-ing is a checkbook. Police conducted tobacco compliance checks and no violations were found. The previous week Reagan Rea-gan Mories, 644 W. 300 South, Payson, was arrested for DUI, and two male juveniles juve-niles were arrested for illegal consumption of alcohol. Tools were taken from a business on Alvey Drive; and deer, elk and moose and bull antlers were stolen from a home as well as tools estimated esti-mated to be worth $2000. A sanyo cell phone was found and turned into police and another cell phone was lost in the area of Alvey Drive. Contact police at 489-9668. 489-9668. America is another name for opportunity. Factory Authorized Dealer & Service Center Snow Blower and Chainsaw Repair and Sharpening, Small Engine Machines, etc. Carpenter Seed Company 1030 So. State Provo 373-3740 ' """""" I I Student Sixth graders at the Springville Sprin-gville Middle School enjoyed a real treat on Wednesday,, Feb. 4. Jmichael Crank, a student at the school brought his family and performed a Native American program. Jmichael was born to a Comanche Co-manche mother and a Navajo father. His Indian name "White Owl" was given to him by his grandfather. This wide-eyed wonder has already captured the hearts of many people throughout throu-ghout the world with his ability to dance. At the age of five, he began to grass dance, then he learned the Pueblo Eagle Dance. But it was not until he learned the Hoop Dance that he found his ability to express his full self. Jmichael maneuvers a full set of 22 hoops, creating forms of animals, birds and other intricate symbols of nature. While Jmichael is perfecting the Hoop Dance, he is also pursuing his interest inter-est in singing Native American Ameri-can songs at the drum. He enjoys sharing his talents with his audiences and is especially interested in his Native American cultures and traditions. Jmichael's sisters performed per-formed "The Fancy Dance" and showed examples of native dress in color and a jingle dress (used to simulate rain). His grandmother, Arlene Nofchissey Williams, coauthor co-author and original performer of the song "Go My Son," performed and taught the song to the audience. She brought and passed out Native Na-tive American instruments to some students to accompany her. Jmichael's father served as the master of ceremonies and explained many interesting interest-ing facts to the students about the Native American culture. The highlight of the program pro-gram was Jmichael performing perform-ing the Hoop Dance for which he currently is the 2nd place World Hoop Dance Mountain Hospital honors tenured employees Over 50 Mountain View Hospital (MVH) employees were honored at an awards banquet held on Jan. 27, at the Chillon Reception Center in Spanish Fork. Employees who have reached service milestones in their careers at MVH were recognized. The honored employees along with their partners were treated to an exceptional exception-al evening. The festivities began with a reception where the five and ten year recipients recipi-ents were recognized. Those honored for five years of service are: Roni Baker, Helena Curtis, Ro Davies, Miho Ipsen, Glen Judd, Stacy Koyle, Gail Mattinson, Brent Packe, Julie Sacco and Matthew Wright, fen-year honorees include Dalayn Bing, Anna Briggs, Amy Dart, Susan Evans, Kimberly Gonzales, Susan Lehnhof, Tobbie Lopez, Maria Munoz, Peggy Ostler, Shane Patten, David Poulsen and JoAnn Winn. Kevin A. Johnson, Mountain Moun-tain View Hospital CEO, welcomed the gathering. Johnson also served as master mas-ter of ceremonies and awarded award-ed certificates of merit. "Our tremendous staff add the personal touch to healthcare at Mountain View Hospital," said Johnson. "They really are the heart of the hospital. As an administrator, I simply can't thank them enough for their dedication. We applaud them for their life's work at Mountain View Hospital." JoDee Stott, Today Show "Super Star" talent competition competi-tion finalist, dazzled the crowd with her singing talent. tal-ent. Following the ' entertainment, entertain-ment, the presentation of awards began with honoring the 15-year service recipients. recipi-ents. Those honored were February 12, 2004 - The Springville Herald - Page Thirteen performs mil -HY :w Hill i-iif;Mift Jmichael, a sixth grade student at Springville Middle School, performed his Native American dances for his peers along with his family members. Jmichael is ranked 2nd in his age group in the World Hoop Dance competition. competi-tion. The students also learned lots of interesting facts about Native Americans. performer in 2003, for his age group.' He was headed to UVSC Woodbury Museum Fifty-five Utah artists .filled the doorway of the UVSC Woodbury Art Museum Muse-um from morning to evening on Jan. 15. Some carried large paintings, some varying sizes of photographs, others heavy sculptures. Still others brought an envelope of slides instead of the actual piece. Of the 145 pieces entered, 89 were accepted. "This being our first year, we were impressed with not only the amount of entries, but the quality as well. It was also such a delight to see a nice variety of media and style," said Elizabeth Nelson, assistant assis-tant curator, some of the accepted works include a ring that looks like a mouth and a self-portrait made from 52,000 painted Q-tips. View Kimball Anderson, Kay Johnson, Paul Lemon, Kathy Moore, Roberta Moore, Norma Morgan, DeAnn Oryall, Kathleen Sparrow, Linda Spencer and Steven Yamada. Twenty-year awards were given to Norval Braithwaite, Susan Hales, Jerry Ann Lance, Christy Metz and Steven Schramm. Those attaining 25-years of meritorious service include Tammy Binks, Evelyn Clow-ard, Clow-ard, Virginia Moore, Sus-anne Sus-anne Rosenbaum, Karen Smith and Patricia Swenson. Steven Hancock, Karen Hoover, Nedra Peart, Marguerite Mar-guerite Smith and Yvonne Sutherland were honored for reaching the milestone of 30-years 30-years at MVH. Wayne Lin-dsey Lin-dsey was presented an award for 35-years of service and Jerry Shelley was honored for 40 years of dedicated work at MVH. Lorene Burke and JoAnn Peay were also recognized as retirees. Both have worked for over 22 years at MVH. "MVH is a unique workplace," work-place," said Kevin Allred, MVH Human Resource Director. "Most of our employees em-ployees are long term. They give of their time and talents to benefit others and our hospital is more than work to them. We are more like a family." Special recognition was given to four individuals who were employed at MVH at the time of their passing. Those honored were Linda Spencer, Alex Nackos, Marilyn Mari-lyn Fullmer and Linda Fala-bella. Fala-bella. During the Middle Ages, many towns had public ovens because large numbers of people did not have an oven at home. for peers A Ufw K?K" Phoenix, AZ on Feb. 6, to compete again. Royden Card and Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw, who both received BA and MFA degrees from BYU, will be the featured artists of this show. The exhibit is free of charge and open to the public. pub-lic. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6-8:30 p.m. This is . a chance for the public to meet and mingle with the artists and enjoy some entertainment enter-tainment and light refreshments, refresh-ments, again free of charge. The museum is located in the University Mall with an outside entrance between The Gap and Nordstrom. Call (801) 426-6199 for more information about this or othe$ upcoming exhibits. Call 511 for travel info The Utah Department of Transportation's (UDOT) 511 Travel Information line saw a record number of users during this past December. "It's very satisfying to see Utah motorists taking advantage advan-tage of the technology that is in place to help them navigate navi-gate our transportation system," sys-tem," UDOT Executive Director John Njord said. The total number of calls to Utah's 511 during December Decem-ber was 138,833 easily surpassing sur-passing the previous month's record of 51,902. Over 83 percent of callers were seeking road condition information. "Much of that can be attributed to the record snowstorm snow-storm we had during the holidays," Njord said. Dec. 26 saw the single day usage record set with 28, 390 calls. "We're glad that we have a system in place that can help provide motorists accurate, accu-rate, timely information during such critical travel times," Njord said. Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless. bound-less. Karpov We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. Braun It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life. Niebuhr To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. Chinese Proverb The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably comfort-ably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. Johnson Kindness is the one commodity com-modity of which you should spend more than you earn. |