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Show Thursday, October 23, 2008 Reagan Academy awarded grant to attend Body Worlds Last week, 6th eraders from Reagan Academy attended Salt Lake City's Body Worlds exhibit at The Leonardo thanks to a grant from Kohl's department store. Students first got to attend a press conference where Kohl's awarded University Uni-versity Health Care a big check to support Utah students stu-dents attending the exhibit at a reduced price. The students toured the exhibit described by the museum as, "an eye-opening journey through the inner workings of the human hu-man body." The field trip concluded with a question and answer session with a museum administrator. Sixth grade teacher Jennifer Jen-nifer Jensen said, "I loved this field trip! The exhibit went perfectly with our curriculum this year. We study the human body and the students were able to see and learn a lot during their visit." According to 6th grader, Porter Christiansen, "It was really cool. I learned the most from seeing the smoker's smok-er's lungs. Too bad that smokers aren't required to see this. I think I'll remember remem-ber it for a long time." Deer present unique challenges to drivers The high season for car crashes with deer is October Oc-tober through December. Each year, they account for more than 150 human and nearly one and a half million deer fatalities. Experts Ex-perts attribute the problem to the combination of deer mating and migration habits hab-its and shortened daylight hours. "More drivers are on the road at dawn and dusk, the very time when deer are most active," cau I came across an interesting article the other day and thnnp-ht I would share it with vou. It seems that a group of German scientists that suggests that cows can sense tne Lartn s mag-ntir mag-ntir fiplH Thw line un their bodies to face either north or south when they The scientists studied uoogie tartn sateuire pnotos of about 8,500 cows in over 300 pastures throughout the world and recognized a pattern in that the majority major-ity of cows faced in a north-south direction. This was regardless of how the wind was blowing or what direction di-rection the sunlight was shining on them. You might be wondering why scientist would be studying this sort of thing but it was actually an accidental acci-dental discovery. The researchers were really trying to study humans by analyzing the position of camping camp-ing tents. The tents proved too small, but groups of cows showed better and when they focused in they found this to be interesting, as welL Apparently, deer do something similar. In previous studies, results showed that mice also sense the Earth's magnetic field. Bats and some migrating mi-grating birds use this field for navigation, but the German scientists will need to do more research to understand what benefit this sense provides for cows and deer. 410 South 450 West Springville, Utah 84663 801-489-9676 DOG & CAT When you're out of town, recr n:siirfH vour Det is having a good time with us! We provide' pets with loving care, proper nutrition and plenty of exercise in a safe and healthy environment! Veterinary Supervision Individual Outdoor Walls Group Play Individualized Feedings Indoor & Outdoor Runs Heated & Air Conditioned Facility j 1 A 1 j I k-. Regan Academy 6th grade teachers Tracy Young, Amy Jenni and Jennifer Jensen took their students to the Body Worlds exhibit in Salt Lake after obtaining a grant tioned Ray Palermo, director direc-tor of public relations for Response Insurance, a national na-tional car insurer. "A car striking a 200-pound adult deer can not only result in the death of the deer, but also incur an average of two thousand dollars in damage to the vehicle." Palermo suggested a few basic cautions for drivers. Scan a wide swath of the roadside. Slow down when approaching a deer standing near the side of The Pet Dish Wlmt about cows? Dr. Harold Davis D.V.M. WMff: m. west animai hospital discovered new evidence are grazing or resting. Dr. Harold Judd Davis D.V.M. Veterinarian BOARDING! i . l - I, - f it ' ' i ' f " ' " , I II II. Mil j SPRINGVILLE HERALD : m a road and be prepared. If startled, the deer can bolt onto the road and into your path. If necessary, honk your horn and flash your lights to try to scare it away. Be alert for more deer than you may see at that moment. Where there is one deer, there are often more nearby. In many instances it is best not to swerve around the deer since the deer may move in the same direction. 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