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Show ic1) ...,-.. , ,- I j - v " " . ifilll 1 y 1 Sm 4 'I'llJiBilllllllilililii DirEcs On Campaign Steve Dirks, Mayor of Ogden, and candidate for the United States Senate is off this week on a campaign swing through central and southern Utah. Dirks, who is Ogden's youngest Mayor, and the first to run unopposed for re-election is seeking the Democratic Party nomination nomi-nation against Salt Lake attorney Dan Berman. Born in Salt Lake City, the 37-year-old candidate can-didate was educated in California and at Weber State College, where he majored in mathematics. For eight years, Dirks was Business Development Develop-ment Officer for the Bank of Utah. In 1979 he served as the Executive Director of St. Benedict's Hospital Foundation. Presently he is associated with Asset Exchange, an Ogden Real Estate-Investment Firm. In six years as Ogden's Mayor, Dirks has been instrumental in the establishment of the Ogden Industrial Park as well as securing a new downtown shopping mall (the largest in Utah). Under his direction Ogden was the first city in the state to use tax increment bonding for downtown improvement. im-provement. Mayor Dirks, although al-though a product of urban Utah, has a special affection affec-tion for rural Utah. His mother is the former Mary Delong of Panguitch and he is engaged to Barbara Bruhn, whose parents hail from St. George and Parowan. Some of the teachers involved in the advanced placement program at Orem Higli School are (above, L to R): Ed Tomsik, Donna Eisenhart. Adrienne Morris, and Alan Nielson, director of the program; (below): Dee Allred, Fred Nozawa, and Kent Runolfson. Aduineed Plicemeiii Effective M rem High At Orem High School a student can take courses which are designed to give him college-level credit as well as college-level challenges. The school's Advanced Placement (AP) classes offer motivated students the chance to gain additional skills and knowledge in the fields of English, physics, math, biology, chemistry, American history, and European history. his-tory. Dee Allred, the AP American history his-tory teacher, is proud of his part in the program's growth. He said, "We started with two boys who took the class in a back room. That was about 11 years ago, and now there are about 92 students who are taking AP American history. Mr. Allred added that although many of the students approach the class with apprehension, he doesn't know of too many students who walk out of the class without saying they have had a positive experience. Mrs. Eisenhart, the AP European history teacher, indicated that she tries to help the students get involved as much as possible with the history they are learning about. Her class has planned plan-ned a trip to a monastery by Huntsville, Utah, so the students will better understand under-stand the influences of the Catholic church on European history. She said that because most of the students aren't too familiar with the history of Europe, she encourages them to do research into topics that interest them and then share their findings with the class through role-play techniques. tech-niques. Because most of the AP students are self-confident and out-going, this is an effective way to keep them involved as they learn about the past. The AP English teacher, Adrienne Morris, said that she tries to help her students "enjoy and understand literature liter-ature and be able to express their understanding." She said that many of her students find it difficult to express themselves in writing, and she feels this is partially par-tially because some parents don't set a positive example. "Kids see their parents watch TV, phone relatives, listen to the radio, and only write their name to sign a check. Then parents complain that their children can't write." She added, "I'm not worried about the literacy of today's students. If parents will be concerned and direct the children there will be no problems." Fred Nozawa, the AP chemistry teacher, mentioned that students in AP classes tend to get better grades than most students in other classes. He explained this by saying, "The AP students are more enthused and more dedicated than many of the other students. I feel they think they're spending spend-ing their time more efficiently." The AP math teacher, Kent Runolfson, Runolf-son, agreed that the AP students are definitely more motivated than other students. "If you put it to them, they will perform," he said. Mr. Runolfson said his AP class teaches calculus on a level equivalent with the first two semesters of college calculus. This class is designed primarily pri-marily for students who plan to enter any of the engineering fields, physics or mathematics. Ed Tomsik, the AP physics teacher, said that his course is designed for students who are currently taking calculus. cal-culus. He added that the course is similar simi-lar to the engineering physics courses frequently taught during the sophomore year in college. Mr. Tomsik also mentioned that he expects a great deal from his students. "It's a college level course and I feel they should be producing on a college' level. They know if they're going to come into the class they're going to have to produce," he said. "I think one of the main problems is that the highly-qualified students aren't challenged enough and so they get part-time jobs and get distracted from their education," he concluded. Kary Heuston, a 1979 graduate of Orem High who was involved with the AP program, agreed that students need to be challenged. She said, "I think on the whole, Orem High does a good job providing the curriculum. If students are self-motivated, the school provides the structure, but if they're not, they don't learn anything, but still get good grades." She said that compared to regular classes the AP classes are quite rigorous, rigor-ous, but she said that compared to the college classes she has taken at BYU, the AP classes were a little "watered down." She explained this by saying that the pacing of the AP classes is slower than it is in college classes and added that many of the AP teachers don't demand enough from their students. Miss Heuston said she did feel the AP program is very beneficial, though. "The most helpful thing it does is start a student thinking that learning is hi;; 6wn responsibility," she said. She concluded con-cluded by urging high school students to become involved with the AP program pro-gram because it provides "a taste of college." Parents also seem to be enthused about the AP classes. Larry Lawlor is the father of two students who benefited bene-fited greatly from being in the program. His son, Gary, was able to start as a sophomore at BYU because of the AP credit he received at Orem High. Mr. Lawlor said,. "It was just a tremendous boost in getting college credit. When students take the rigorous AP classes I think they're better prepared pre-pared for college." Alan Nielsen, the Orem High School counselor who coordinates the program agrees that it gives the students a head start into their college education. He explained that the students take the AP classes to prepare tor a final evaluation. In May the students are tested in the specific AP areas they have prepared for, and if they do well, the $34 they pay to take each test can buy them up to six hours of college credit. He encouraged parents and students who are considering a college education to investigate the program, and become involved in the AP classes which provide pro-vide "a taste of college," complete with credit. Based upon principles set forth by such notables physicians as Link, Cyriax, and Stoddard, Dr. Carr utilizes a technique tech-nique developed by Dr. James M. Cox, Director of the Chiropractic Associates Asso-ciates Diagnostics and Treatment Center of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The technique tech-nique is based upon a type of traction treatment called "distraction" which has been found to be successful suc-cessful in relief of low back and leg pain. Quoting a report by Dr. Bernard E. Finneson, MD, professor of neurological neuro-logical surgery at Hahnemann Hahne-mann Medical College, Dr. Carr said that in 1976 70 million Americans had low back pain and that 7 million received care for it every day of the year. Estimating that 2 million are added to these 2 categories cate-gories each year means that in 1980 over 15 million Americans will be treated for low back pain every day. Never throw water on a fire involving electricity, elec-tricity, such as a grease fire in an electric fry pan. Instead, pull the plug first, then, use a Class C. fire extinguisher (for electrical elec-trical fires) or a dry chemical extinguisher. Water travels through electricity and could cause dangerous shocks. LOUIS CARR Carr To Hold Open House Dr. Louis S. Carr, an Orem doctor of chiropractic, chiroprac-tic, will hold an open house Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. in his office at 1219 N. State. Dr. Carr brings to this area a new approach in the care and treatment of low back and leg pain without surgery or drugs. A member of the American Ameri-can Chiropractic Association, Asso-ciation, the Sacro Occipital Occipi-tal and Parker Chiropractic Chiro-practic Research Foundations, Foun-dations, Dr. Carr uses a mehtod of chiropractic which has not been available avail-able in Utah County. 100 Posr Off ! ill rapes Specially Priced A G95 Ml t y a pair Hotel Sole 241 West Center, Provo & 10-6 Mon. -Sat. ICerecman Selected As Truman Scholar Orem-Geneva Times" -May 1, 1980 CEDAR CITY - A Southern Utah State College Col-lege student has been named the 1980 Truman Scholar for Utah. Chris Kerecman, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kerecman, 175 E. 350 N., Orem, will receive the scholarship May 4 in ceremonies cere-monies held at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, MO. Kerecman was selected select-ed to receive the award by the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation which has been established, estab-lished, by Congress, as a living memorial to the 33rd President of the United States to honor students with long range career interests in government gover-nment service. Kerecman is majoring major-ing in communications and political science at SUSC. He plans to pursue a law career at Stanford, Georgetown or George Washington universitites following graduation. V ; 1 CHRIS KERECMAN Kerecman will begin a three to six month intern ship in the Washington, D.C., offices of Utah Senator Orrin Hatch on April 28. The SUSC honor student will return to SUSC to resume his studies next fall. . Kerecman has maintained main-tained a 3.80 grade point average at SUSC while being very active in college col-lege forensics and Phi Beta Lambda activities. He recently earned recognition recog-nition as one of the top 12 students in extemporaneous extempor-aneous speaking at the Individual In-dividual Events Nationals held at the Air Force Academy and placed in national rankings in that same event lasf year also. Just recently, he won second place honors in job interview competition and in parliamentary procedures pro-cedures at the State Phi Beta Lambda Convention held at SUSC. Last year he placed first in extemporaneous extem-poraneous speaking at the state PBL conference. ' The Sterling Scholar in Speech and Drama graduated from Orem High School in 1978 where he was a member of the National Honor Society, the Orem High Legislative Council and served as president of the National Forensics League. Most people's knowledge of electricity is limited -flip a switch, a light goes on. Fort Lewis Sets Eighth Annual Basketball Camp Chuck Walker's eighth annual Fort Lewis College Col-lege basketball camp for boys 10-18 years of age will be held In two one-week one-week sessions this summer, sum-mer, June 8-13 and June 15-20. The June 8-13 session will emphasize shooting coached by Don Hays of Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Emphasis Empha-sis will be placed on position po-sition breakdown (guard, forward, post) in the June 15-20 session. Coaches will be Kent Smith, championship cham-pionship coach of Boulder Bould-er (Colorado) High School, and Dave Wax-man Wax-man of Kiverside (California) (Cal-ifornia) City College. Waxman played at UCLA for John Wooden. Cost for boy s.who participate par-ticipate in either session of the FLC basketball camp is $160 for those who live on campus for the one-week session, or $95 for boys in the Dur-ango Dur-ango area who live at home. f ' j i it mL-, Tim Wayrhent Manager Vance. 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