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Show Thursday, September 20, 2007 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Nebo students break ground Take your kids waterfowl for house they wM build hunting on September 29th MIIIIW .1 li f r 1 i Mountainland Applied Ap-plied Technology College (MATC) broke ground in Spanish Fork in a ceremony ceremo-ny on the lot which building build-ing construction students will build a 2000 sq. ft. home for the 2007-08 calendar cal-endar year. The students come from Springville High, Spanish Fork High and Payson High Schools. - Attending the ceremony were counselors, administration admin-istration and the 16 high school students enrolled in the program from the Nebo School District. Other individuals attending the event were MATC staff, instructors and administrators administra-tors from the Mountain-land Mountain-land Applied Technology College (MATQ. Each year the college participates in the Building Build-ing Construction Program which provides a combination combi-nation of classroom and hands on instruction that results in the construction of a residential home. The program is designed to prepare pre-pare students, to enter the home building profession. Students participate in all phases of construction. Students will utilize curriculum cur-riculum from multiple dis ciplines including drafting, interior design, construction, construc-tion, cabinet making and multimedia and building management. "There is no better program pro-gram available for students desiring to experience and participate in the building trade", states Blake Hendry, Hen-dry, MATC's Building Construction Con-struction Instructor. Students will be exposed to all areas of the building trade which will allow students stu-dents to understanding of building a home. Students are exposed to blue prints, footings, foundations, masonry, ma-sonry, framing, roofing, electrical, plumbing, cabinetry, cabi-netry, sheet rocking and much more. The home will give students stu-dents hands on experience and allow each student to narrow the area into which they would like to specialize. special-ize. MATC partners with Nebo School District and the Home Builders Association Asso-ciation to create a great opportunity op-portunity for high school students and also adults. This year, graduating students from last year's program are returning to continue their education mm:. The Pet Dish For a healthier life Dr. Harold Davis D.V.M. Dog owners lead healthier lives. If you want to live a healthier life get a dog, research suggests. , Dog owners tended to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Regular walks may partly explain the difference. As well as lower blood pressure and cholesterol, the research showed dog owners suffered suf-fered fewer minor, ailments and serious medical problems. There was also the suggestion that dogs could aid recovery from serious illnesses such as heart attacks, and act as early warning to detect an approaching epileptic seizure. It is possible that dogs can directly promote our well-being by buffering us from stress, one of the major risk factors associated with ill-health. The ownership of a dog can also lead to increases in physical activity and facilitate the development of social contacts. For older people, an animal can fulfill the need to be needed, perhaps after children have leu lire nume. and gain more experience. Many students in this program pro-gram will pursue a building construction profession. MATC was founded in 1991 to teach vocational skills; today MATC is established es-tablished to offer associate degree training. It is one of the largest of the UCAT campuses and responds to the needs of approximately 10,000 individuals annually. The MATC provides a comprehensive com-prehensive curriculum of technical training, adult basic ba-sic education and continuing continu-ing education, as well as customized employee training. train-ing. Within the 3 counties; MATC serves the 19 high schools in Alpine, Nebo, Provo, Wasatch, Park City, North Summit and South Summit School Districts. HaDDiness is a Derfume 1 A. A you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. - James Oppenheim There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ha-bitual ways of seeking happiness. - Pierre Charles Baudelaire Happiness mainly depends de-pends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it. - Richard L. Evans Been There Continued from page 7 points for awhile. Granted, some of those good points may be pretty low on the Good Point Totem Pole: I got out of bed and got dressed before three may sometimes be the best I can do. But hey, "I yam what I yam" as Popeye used to say. And I'll be lots better bet-ter if I choose to assume I'm okay. Just sit back and watch those old yoga tapes and think about my good points. A great way to introduce intro-duce your kids to waterfowl water-fowl hunting awaits Sept. 29 as Utah hosts its annual annu-al Special Youth Hunting Day. All of Utah's state waterfowl wa-terfowl management areas ar-eas and federal refuges will be open to hunters 15 years of age and younger that day. To qualify for the hunt, young hunters must complete the state's Hunter Education course, have a current hunting license and be accompanied accompa-nied by an adult. This season, the youth hunt will begin a little earlier. Shooting starts at 6:52 a.m. On Sept. 29. Waterfowl hunters are reminded that the general waterfowl hunt begins on Oct. 6. In Cache, Box Elder, Weber, Davis and Salt Lake counties, shooting shoot-ing starts at 8 a.m. that day. "The youth hunt is a great way to get young people excited about waterfowl wa-terfowl hunting," says Tom Aldrich, migratory game bird coordinator for the Division of Wildlife-Resources. "A lot of ducks are always available avail-able that day, and the kids have the marsh all to themselves. "And, since adults can't hunt that day, they can focus all of their attention atten-tion on these young hunters. hunt-ers. The youth day gives adults more time to teach the kids how to be good, safe and ethical hunters." One change that awaits youth hunters this season is the opportunity to start shooting at 6:52 a.m. "When we started the youth day a few years ago, we were concerned about the amount of light the youth hunters would have early in the morning," morn-ing," Aldrich says. "We were concerned about their ability to identify ducks, and we also had some safety concerns." The DWR has learned a lot about the youth day through the years. "Most of the adults who go into the marsh, that day are experienced hunters. hunt-ers. They've done a great job mentoring the kids and helping them identify ducks," Aldrich says. "Also, many of these young hunters have hunted ducks for at least a year or two. Many of them are really good at identifying ducks on their own." And crowding hasn't been an issue. "Good numbers num-bers of kids and adults turn out for the youth day, but the numbers aren't anywhere near the crowds we see on the opening day of the general gener-al season," Aldrich says. There's an additional advantage to starting the youth day a little sooner. "By 8 a.m., most of the Canada geese have flown out of the hunting areas," Aldrich says. "Starting "Start-ing the day a little earlier ear-lier should increase the chance these kids have of bagging a goose." 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