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Show Thursday, January 24, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Eileen Quintana honored for hen work with Indian students in Nebo f ; f: t Utah State Office of Education Edu-cation Life Skills specialist, special-ist, Alan Griffin, surprised , Eileen Quintana of Nebo School District, with the first ever State of Utah award for Life Skills. This award is given in recognition of exemplary efforts and programs promoting pro-moting education for the whole child and the seven domains of Life Skills. Life Skills' central purpose of education is to develop the intellectual, emotional and social understanding of all students. This purpose is accomplished by providing provid-ing a system of aesthetic, physical and cognitive education that enriches the individual lives of students, prepares them for the world of work, and promotes pro-motes the common good of a democratic society. Quintana was nominated nominat-ed by J. Lynn Jones, Director Direc-tor of Special Education and Federal Programs of Nebo School District. "It is difficult to describe the dedication and passion with which Eileen does her job. She works countless count-less hours, visits hundreds of classrooms and homes, and is a very effective advocate ad-vocate for the students in her program. I have been the district administrator for the Title VII (American (Ameri-can Indian) program for five years. In that time, I have dozens of examples of written and verbal praise for Eileen and her work in the program. Based on the descriptors for your award, I cannot imagine anyone more deserving of this award than Eileen Quintana," said Jones. UDOT releases 2007 ;i SALT LAKE CITY- The Utah Department of Trans-portation Trans-portation (UDOT), the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Zero Fatalities Fa-talities presented the fatal crash statistics for 2007 today. The report identifies the major causes of Utah's traffic fatalities, what ages have the highest number of fatalities, and where they happened. As part of the press conference, authori- n n f ... HIB Km W.1.1KJ blU to)! (0itcrn MO, omnium When Quintana started her part-time job as Title VII American Indian program pro-gram coordinator, her task was to try to teach American Ameri-can Indians to live in two worlds - the white man's world and their native world. Now, nine years later, Quintana, a Navajo,-has Navajo,-has seen high school graduation grad-uation rates among the Indian In-dian population soar from 37 percent to 97 percent in the Nebo School District. These students have high moral values and contribute con-tribute in academic areas as well as visual art, dance and music. They easily find employment due to . their diverse training and focus on people skills. For that success, Quintana recently re-cently received an award from Forest Cuch, director of Utah Division of Indian Affairs for her involvement involve-ment in the Nebo Title VII, American Indian Educa ... r Ml J. Lynn Jones, Federal Programs Director; Eileen Quintana, American Indian Title VII Coordinator; Alan Griffin, Utah State Office of Education Life Skills specialist' Chris Sorensen. Nebo District Superintendent' and Dr. Chuck Foster, Utah State Office of Education American Indian Education Specialist are shown here at the occasion of honoring Quintana for her work in Nebo district ties also honored emergency emer-gency responders for their life-saving efforts on Utah's roads. An analysis of the traffic traf-fic fatalities shows that the number of fatalities since 2000 dropped by 24 percent to 285 fatalities in 2007. However, in recent years, that number has remained re-mained relatively steady. "The good news is that fewer people are dying on our roads," said John Njord,UDOT's executive director. di-rector. "While 285 fatalities on our roads isn't something some-thing to celebrate; it does show great progress, especially if you consider how many more people are on our roads and how many more miles they are driving every day." According to the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles, vehicle registrations grew by more than 141,000 between be-tween 2004 and 2006. In addition to releasing the fatal crash statistics, j w J 'w' J Safety with T3 fo) fr3 fc ! ot tmmissions lesi Expires 3 - SMARTPRICE GUARANTEE: If you can find a smarter advertised price on any vehicle that is comparably equipped and has passed an equally rigorous inspection, inspec-tion, SmartPrice will beat it and give you a free home DVD player. tion Program. The Indian program operates Tuesday and Thursdays at the old Grant school in Springville after af-ter regular school classes have been dismissed and in June during the optional summer program. Quintana Quin-tana brings in specialists to teach youngsters from preschool to age 18 a wide range of subjects, including includ-ing Navajo, English, math, history and other subjects from an Indian's perspective. perspec-tive. The goal is to help them graduate and function func-tion in both worlds. Many go on to college. Most students are Navajo, but a smattering of Pai-utes, Pai-utes, Shoshonis, Goshutes, Cheyenne River Sioux, Utes and Chippewas also attend. Title VII, an American Indian grant program, dates to the 19th century and is one of the last re NS 'V. M k rsxv fatal crash report UDOT, DPS, and Zero Fatalities Fa-talities honored emergency responders for their efforts to save people who have either ei-ther made careless choices behind the wheel, or have been victims of someone driving carelessly. "These emergency responders re-sponders are doing their best to help us get to our ultimate goal of Zero Fatalities," Fa-talities," said Njord. "But they are a last resort. We need to take preventive measures to make sure we don't need to rely on their services." ser-vices." UDOT, DPS and Zero Fatalities Fa-talities representatives say that the top five behaviors that are killing people on Utah's roads are drowsy driving, distracted driving, aggressive driving, impaired im-paired driving, and not buckling up. More than 114 people died by either not buckling up, or not buckling properly. prop-erly. Drowsy driving also n r purchase j! l l 31 - 07 L(pbS)J maining Indian treaty rights. The American Indian program also gives students stu-dents opportunities to perform at major events such as the 2002 Olympics and national conventions. Among the performances is the annual Nebo-Juab Title Ti-tle VII Powwow held each April, which allows parents, par-ents, families and youths to share their songs, dances and traditional teachings. During that event, more than 25 different tribes gather in Nebo School District Dis-trict to compete in dance competitions in traditional regalia. Just this fall Quintana and two other Title VII stalwarts represented Nebo School District at the National Title VII Conference Confer-ence held in Hawaii. They received rave reviews and have invitations to present in many other parts of the i l" I If K turned out to be just as deadly as drunk driving in 2007, with 37 fatalities attributed at-tributed to each behavior. To view the complete 2007 traffic fatalities report, re-port, visit www.ZeroFatali-ties.com. www.ZeroFatali-ties.com. 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