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Show The beautiful new home of Kids On The Move is located south of Orem Community Hospital on land donated by the hospital. Community wide donations of labor, materials and financing made the construction possible. See page 7 for more pictures. pic-tures. An open house and ribbon cutting cut-ting held Tuesday afternoon announced an-nounced the move of Kids On The Move (KOTM) to their newest and final location at 475 W. 260 North, Orem. The event has been scheduled for weeks to show appreciation for all those who donated time and money to help construct the new building, and to give everyone a Orem Jr. High students stand before mural they recently completed. Kneeling are, from left to right: Angela Mount, Jocelyn Harbaugh, Adam Lichfield. Middle row, from left, Heather Braithwaite, Elizabeth Hodson, Melanie Heaton, Aaron Lichfield, Lindsay Lichfield (Aaron's twin), Marie Barry. Back left, John Young, and back right, Myra Dalton and Eric Allen. Kenneth Mackey is missing from the photo. Orem Jr. High mural worth looking at By Melanie Heaton (Orem Jr. High) and Jeanne Thayne YouH have to look for it, but the mural painted by Orem Junior High Students on the north wall of the east end of the lunchroom, is well worth the search. Designed by Aaron Lichfield, the mural is a symbolic depiction of Indian Lore and Utah Valley (Orem to be specific). Since last year the art department depart-ment at OJHS has looked for a new and exciting way to get students stu-dents not only involved in beautifying the school, but in art as well. The mural was the perfect per-fect project. Myra Dalton, one of the art teachers at Orem Jr., presented rem Volume 62 Number 21 look at the facility. Karen Hahne, KOTM board president, said the new building has more room, specialized areas, segregated class rooms for age groups and activities, eating and food preparation areas, and even has "kid-sized" furniture. Hahne said KOTM has been "counting down the minutes" until the day they can finally the mural idea. The kids loved it. Aaron Lichfield, a ninth grader, was assigned to come up with a design. It took Aaron about a month to draw the design and develop the color scheme. Then Dalton, Aaron, Melanie Heaton, Marie Barry, John Young, Elizabeth Hodson, Kenneth Mackey, Heather Braithwaite, Lindsay Lichfield, Adam Lichfield, Jocelyn Harbaugh, Eric Allen, and Angela Mount went to work. Each of them not only took the time in class to draw and paint the mural, but almost all of them took the time to come frequently after school and on Saturdays. The mural was finished about eight weeks after the first line was drawn on the wall. Colors were mixed from red, yellow and Imps VP i i Wednesday, May 27, 1992 move into their new home. "With the new building we are able to accommodate more children and better meet their needs," she said. Currently, KOTM has about 83 students, but the number has been increasing. The new building build-ing makes it possible to teach up to 200 children, since they now are able to work throughout the day, instead of the half-day blue latex house paint. Everything in the mural is symbolic, said Aaron. The centerpiece, center-piece, the jaguar, is the school's mascot. The two snakes framing the piece mean "creation"; the two suns mean "happiness"; the leaf means "wealth"; the rain cloud stands for "bright prospects" and the tepee means "temporary home" (the school). The symbols on the snake's back stand for the medicine man's eye "wisdom", and the mountain sheep on the left means "steadfast." The wolf on the right means "guidance" (starsteachers). "The message is significant to me," said Dalton. "We've taught Indian art all year. The medicine wheel is a visual prayer." The viewer also can see Mt. Timpanogos, Utah Lake, and - uf mm schedule they have worked under. Fund-raising efforts for the past two years have come from Orem City, as well as from other various corporations and private donations in Utah County. "Without the help," Hahne said, "we would still be bouncing around from place to place, trying to find a home." Hahne said dona some stacks representing Geneva Steel. Dalton said a 12-hour painting paint-ing party was held the final Saturday to complete the mural. .The students and their teacher expressed thanks to their parents for their help and support, sup-port, and Aaron says, "Thanks to friends, family, and especially Myra Dalton. We were able to beautify the school lunchroom. It was a fun and new experience and I think it helped us get to know each other more. It took a lot of hours and paint to get it just perfect, per-fect, but Fm sure everyone would agree it was worth it." The students are proud of their accomplishments and learned that just a few people can turn an ugly blue wall into a masterpiece. tions are still being accepted, and can be mailed to Kids On The Move at P.O. Box 1764, Orem, UT 84059. Kids On The Move is an early intervention preschool that serves ser-ves infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities or delays. Educational programs are designed to meet the social, emotional, emo-tional, physical and cognitive See page 6-7 for Graduates list. Board and tassle came hard for Mt. View grad By Jeanne Thayne Three years ago Brent Lee Wursten wasn't given an icicle's chance in a desert of lasting out the night. He had no vital signs and no heart beat. A short-lived motorcycle ride on a 500 MX dirt bike left Brent with his main artery severed and femur shattered just two weeks before his sophomore year at Mountain View High. Brent had been visiting relatives rela-tives in Hooper, Utah and wanted to take a spin on his uncle's big bike. After gunning it extra hard to balance speed and weight of the huge bike, Brent shot out of the driveway about 30 yards, lost control con-trol and hit a parked truck. His leg was pinned against the truck and the cycle. When Brent made it through the first critical days, surgeons debated about amputating his leg. They decided instead for a patch job and put a metal plate in Brent's leg. He was hospitalized for more than a month with no feeling in his foot. More surgeries were to come. Seven in all. After three months Brent returned to school for half days and no P.E. classes. By 11th grade he was able to walk with a brace on his leg and returned to school full time. When summer came there was no vacation for Brent. He BRENT LEE WURSTEN tribute. i v - if pit r---' ' MM " - - needs of each child, as well as their parents. Administrators and teachers stress the importance of teaching children to adapt to their handicaps hand-icaps at a young age when the learning process is more accelerated. ac-celerated. To this end, the student body consists of both "normal'' and handicapped children. spent the next two summers taking as many summer school classes as were available to make up credits. He also went to night school. Classes included science, English and whatever gave credits. For P.E. he took bowling at Brigham Young University. Now Brent, naturally athletic, ath-letic, also plays baseball, golf and tennis. "Fm not quite as fast as I was, but I'm pretty good," he smiles. Brent will be out there looking for his first employment now that the grind and pain it took to graduate are behind him. He plans further schooling-maybe in electronics-and also plans to go on an LDS mission. Brent's had a good role model. His older brother David is now serving a mission. He also has a younger sister, Andrea, who is in the 10th grade. Brent is the son of Larry and Marilyn Wursten. He resides in the Aspen 6th LDS Ward and was more than grateful to be included with this year's graduates when his bishop passed out the annual ward tributes to the young grads, a replica of the Statue of Liberty with the inscription: "Hold high the Gospel light." Brent says he didn't see any tunnel or light when he "died" that night. Guess he just wasn't ready to give it all up. However, he did give up riding motorcycles. with well-earned graduation |