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Show f T T T FT ""I " 1 I ; I r" Thursday, December 8, 1994 D Page C6 The Park Record D Section C TT Briefs Scholarships are available Each year individuals preparing prepar-ing to go to college or graduate school face the dilemma of how to pay for tuition, room & board, text books, lab fees and other expenses. expens-es. That's because college costs have sky rocketed and continue to increase yearly, putting extra strain on family budgets and assets. For information on how to receive academic funding and scholarships send a No. 10 self-addressed, self-addressed, double stamped envelope enve-lope plus $2.00 to cover handling to the National Academic Funding Administration, 815 Middle Street, Suite 1300, Portsmouth N.H. 03801. Christmas activities coming soon The Treasure Mountain Middle School's 6th, 7th and 8th grade bands will be performing its annual annu-al Christmas concert along with the middle school Jazz Band and Chorus Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The Park City High School Band. Jazz Band and Chorus will be performing their Christmas concert Dec. 20th at 7:30 also. The TMMS Holiday Social (for 7th and 8th graders only) will be held Friday Dec. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door. Honor students Junior Katy MacQuoid and freshman Anna Bower were inadvertently inad-vertently left off last week's honor roll. Katy pulled a 3.67 and Anna made the high honor roll with a 3.81. 7 t ' ft iitiwaraiiritrmnwmnff-i"""- g" - j - a V t , 4 'As - Mim Nellermoe (far right) is the director of the Sports Life programs being offered for elementary-aged kids in the Park City School District. Sports Life giving kids after-school fun, education and self-confidence by Matt Ott Record staff writer There's an old saying that says sports are a metaphor for life, and that is exactly what Mim Nellermoe, director of Sports Life, is trying to get across to the groups of elementary ele-mentary school students who sign up for her after-school sports programs. Nellermoe started the Sports Life activities this school year and will run them through spring and summer, then start again next year. Sports Life is an extension of Young Life, which runs programs for high schoolers based on Christian values. "We are focusing on developing athletic skills and integrity in the lives of the children," Nellermoe said. "We focus on a Christian character quality each time they come which we want them to apply in school, at home, in friendships and sports." According to Nellermoe, some of those qualities are respect, patience, self-control, endurance and courage. The program tries to develop Self-esteem and confidence in the kids so when they are confronted with difficult decisions deci-sions especially ones involving peer pressure they will be able to make the right choice. Currently, the athletic programs are being offered at all three of the elementary schools in the Park City district: Parley's Park, Jeremy Ranch and McPolin. Basketball started Nov. 14 and will run through Dec. 20. There will be a floor hockey tournament during Christmas break, and then a six-week program in February and March. Snowboarding and skiing at Wolf Mountain will begin in January. The average cost of putting one child through a program pro-gram is about $30-$35 according to Nellermoe, who will also be in charge of spring programs like softball, baseball and golf. Generally each activity is assigned one day per week and Nellermoe and the coaches rotate between the schools. Typically, the activities are aimed at kids in the 9- to 1 1 -year-old age group, although some are younger. Nellermoe was a P.E. teacher and coach for ten years, and has a wealth of experience, both on the sidelines and between the lines, so to speak. She was an All-State selection selec-tion in four sports while attending Brighton High in Salt Lake City and went on to play four sports in college as well. She also played in an international volleyball league in Japan and was a professional ski instructor. Other coaches include her husband, Jeff Nellermoe, a former college and semi-pro baseball player who has also coached soccer, volleyball and basketball from little Continued on Page C7 Utah has opportunity to pay teachers well ' In my first two articles dealing with education, I have concentrated concentrat-ed on the need to restructure high schools and how to increase academic acad-emic rigor in all grades. The question ques-tion was essentially the same: what do we have to do in order to increase the quality of education? This article is also about quality and the effect that inadequate teacher salaries have on that quality. qual-ity. As an educator I believe that the work of teachers molding the future through our children and youth is the most important impor-tant job in our society. It is through our schools that our culture cul-ture is transmitted from one generation gen-eration to anoth er and that we train our young people to enter adulthood and to become contributing con-tributing members mem-bers of our society. soci-ety. What could be more meaningful mean-ingful and important? Unfortunately, in our free enterprise America is that we have the best basketball players in the world but a declining educational system. sys-tem. Isn't this the opposite of the way it should be? Shouldn't it be the other way around? The problem with underpaid teachers is worse in the West than in other parts of the country and the problem in our state is alarming. alarm-ing. In 1993-94 Utah ranked 43rd in the United States in average teacher salaries. For those who think that because of Park City's affluence local teacher salaries are substantially better than this, a close look reveals this to be untrue. The average salary for teachers in the Park City School District in 1993- 94 ranked 38th compared to all of the states in the country. Perhaps a more dramatic way to express this difference dif-ference is to Dr. Donald J. Fielder P3"5 the 5MiM-rlmfMliri of ImmI average teacher salary in the country for 1 ' if system, importance has little to do with compensation. Instead, we reward people who can bounce a basketball, sing a song, model clothes or perform on the big screen with millions of dollars while the true heroes, like our ministers, police officers, fire fighters and teachers are undercompensated. under-compensated. What happens in a society when one occupation is rewarded and another is not? The obvious answer is that more people enter the rewarded profession and fewer enter the career which is under-rewarded. Over a period of time the end result is less commitment, com-mitment, less caring and less competence from those who enter and remain in the under-compensated profession. The result in 1 993-94 of $35,723 to Park City's $29,772 a difference of $5,951. Over the lifetime of a thirty-year career, this would amount to $178,530 which, if invested in tax-sheltered annuity earning an average of 7 percent per year, would total $562,136 upon retirement. Part of the rationale given by state legislators for not increasing teacher salaries is that the cost of living in Utah is significantly lower than in other parts of the country. This rationale would hold some validity until one compares com-pares the average teacher salaries in Utah to those in the immediate area where the cost of living is comparable. For 1993-94 Utah ranked sixth among the eight bor- Continued on Page C8 ON NEW AND USED CARS AND TRUCKS ARE NOW IN PAKE CITY AT MIKE HALE CHEVROLET Odsrrpbile WHY GO TO SALT LAKE WHEN YOU CAN STAY HOME AND SAVE MONEY 25 NEW UNITS IN STOCK 86 Mazda 323 LB 89 SAAB 900 3dr 87 ChevX-cab S10 4WD 87 Toyota 4. 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