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Show Page 8 Times Newspaper Wednesday, June 20, 2001 New School Continued from front page schools. Mountainland Applied Technology Center is one of the five receiving a large portion of funds, which will be a great assistance to applied technology education in the Alpine School District. "It looks like it will pass either today or Thursday," said Senator John Valentine, of Orem. The Utah College of Applied Technology will be composed of the 10 following regional applied technology tech-nology colleges: the Mountainlands Applied Technology College, which covers Alpine and Provo school districts, dis-tricts, the Bridgerland Applied Technology College, the Ogden-Weber Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College, the Davis Applied Technology College, Col-lege, the Salt l-akeTooele Applied Technology College, the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College, the Central Applied Technology College, the Southwest Applied Technology College, the Dixie Applied Ap-plied Technology, and the Southeast South-east Applied Technology College. Winn also said that the college would provide the opportunity for students to work at their own pace and complete course work as quickly as they can. Students have to pass a competency-based exam to demonstrate they know the skills in the area of their studies to graduate. Each of the regional applied technology colleges will offer a post-secondary and extra-secondary applied technology education curriculum. Low tuition costs will be a huge incentive tor residents to move forward with their education educa-tion at the Applied Technology Schools. Each sc hool will offer their curriculum at a low cost to adult students and at no cost to secondary second-ary students within the college's jurisdiction ju-risdiction The curriculum and education will result in appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training, and qualification quali-fication for specific employment in business and industry. The schools will also be required to maximize the availability of facilities to local school districts lor instructional use Senator Valentine said that the At $C You know how K goes. Checking account number. Checking account balance. Savings account number. Savings account balance. Credit card number. Credit card balance. Payment due date. Debit card number. PIN number. Mortgage loan number. Mortgage loan balance. Payment due date. Social security number. Credit rating. Credit score. Are you a person, or a body of numbers? Depends on your bank. At Central Bank, you have a face, and we recognize it. You have a name, and we know it. You have a business, and we're familiar with it. You have a family, and we ask about them. You live in a community, and we live there, too. You have interests, and we have the ame interests. You have talent and potential, and we consider that more important than numbers. It's all 1 1 fil I '" CENTRAL That's how we do qi " fo " "1 ii-Jw "Tin. Jfe I it' , 'Prrs Representative Bradley Winn said, "Under the new model, Utah County will see more funding for ATE (Applied Technology Education) programs." pro-grams." schcxjl will be seeking accreditation in time. Applied Technology Colleges will not offer any courses outside applied technology education and will not be participating in intercollegiate inter-collegiate athletics. The legislation started months ago but the first ideas were stopped on the House floor because of the end of the 2001 session. Legislators went back to the drawing board and came with a whole new idea. Governor Michael Leavitt called for a special session today. Winn realizes the new system will now be without its drawbacks. Under the current system a student stu-dent at Mountainland Applied Technology Center could switch over and take UVSC classes with relative ease. Now under the new bill, new bureaucratic red tape will be created to make the process of switching from MATC to UVSC more difficult because they will be separate schools. "We will do our best to avoid hindering hin-dering students," Winn said. "We want to make the transition as smooth as possible." Other items need to be worked out, such as the transferring of credits to another state school. The act also lays out duties and powers of the college's officers including in-cluding the President and the Board of Trustees. about you. a k things at Central Bank. Signs of support... Miss Orem Melissa Homer takes a minute to pose in front of signs at Mountain View High, showing suDOort for candidates in the Miss Utah Pageant. Miss Utah Continued from front page ties; and Amy Merrill, Miss Red Cliffs. Joining Jaclyn Hunt as royalty were Ashlee Shaw, first runner-up; Holly Isaman, second runner-up; Natalie Johnson, third runner-up; and Amy Merrill, fourth runner-up. runner-up. Hunt, who has played the piano for approximately 15 years, performed per-formed Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Pi-ano Concerto for her talent number. num-ber. She said she plans to play the same piece in the upcoming Miss America competition. Her evening gown was a sleeveless black satin with accents, and she wore a two-color two-color pink and black sectioned swimsuit. Pageant hostessemcee Sharlene Wells Hawkes, a former Miss Utah and Miss America, handled her duties du-ties deftly and with a sense of humor, hu-mor, moving the show along at a good pace with well-timed comments, com-ments, quips, and stories. Behind the scenes, at a press conference interview held earlier in the week, Rhea Kiisel, president and executive director of the Miss Utah Pageant, said the event had gone wonderfully well. She said she has emphasized with the young women what she called the life-changing life-changing nature of "the pageant experience . Kiisel's words were echoed by Miss Orem Melissa Homer, who said the best part of the pageant for her had been "getting to know the other girls". She said it had been amazing to find 58 such women all talented, sweet, and kind. "To think we have a generation genera-tion of a group like this is incredible, incred-ible, and encouraging." Asked if the competition was what she anticipated, or more difficult dif-ficult than she expected, Homer said her talent performance had not turned out as she hoped, but the hardest part of the pageant for her was "finding the balance of being focused and being friendly." No sleep, irregular meals, and many "hurry up and wait" experi Oofapeasfi Gin Oikzes The Division of Youth Corrections Correc-tions is looking for volunteers to serve in various capacities, positively posi-tively influencing the lives of at-risk at-risk you'-h. In order to make the greatest impact, volunteers are encouraged encour-aged to work individually with youth or as group leaders. Opportunities Oppor-tunities are available serving youth in the Observation and Assessment As-sessment Unit. Volunteers will plan activities and be a role model for at-risk youth. Volunteers are also able to tutor youth at Lightening Light-ening Peak, enhancing the students' stu-dents' educational skills. Volunteers are further encouraged encour-aged to help organize Tuesday scouting activities at the Lightening Lighten-ing Peak facility. Experience with scouting is preferred. Volunteers are also invited to teach dance or art, in addition to participating in arts and crafts with youth. Additionally, the Division of Youth Corrections is making gift bags for the 2002 Olympic Athletes. Ath-letes. Volunteers are able to teach youth to make stuffed animals, frames and glass etchings, which will be added to athlete gift bags. ences had all taken their toll, but Homer said there had been "lots of surprises" and "good experiences experi-ences all around." Orem's pageant representative delighted in the evening gown that she found a long-sleeved, beaded, turquoise number that she discovered at the last minute, and after she and her mother, Kathe Homer, had shopped everywhere and finally purchased some red satin for a gown. "I love turquoise, and I love sparkle," Homer declared. "The dress has over 30 hours of beading. I love it! It's modest, and I feel good." What about the red satin? "I guess I'll have to try to convince con-vince my mom there will be some use for it," the beauty queen smiled. Homer's platform is strengthening strengthen-ing literacy through the family. She has spoken mainly to church groups about how to assess reading read-ing skills and access resources in the community, and has given recommended rec-ommended reading selections. She is pursuing a linguistics degree at Brigham Young University and hopes to earn a master's degree in international relations. Future plans include a career in public relations, re-lations, travel, and teaching English En-glish as a second language, as well as marriage and family. The pageant was a homecoming of sorts for Amannda Muir, Miss West Valley, who lived in Orem until she was four years old. From there her family moved to Ohio and South Carolina before landing back in Utah at West Valley. One of her main memories of Orem is the view of the snow-capped mountains in spring. Muir said that before she came to the pageant, she heard the judges were "mean". "I have found the opposite to be true," Muir said. "I felt they listened lis-tened to what I had to share, in a nervous situation where you are there by yourself. The girls have been very friendly. It has been a wonderful experience." Another opportunity includes contributing original artwork for 2002 Olympic Athlete gift bags, which will be made into postcards and donated to the Olympic Committee. Com-mittee. Other volunteer opportunities include assisting the volunteer coordinator with a newsletter, training, fund-raising events and creating manuals. Volunteers are also asked to answer phone calls at Youth Corrections' Springville office during lunchtime. Group volunteer opportunities include organizing a book drive for the Youth Corrections library. Books obtained through the drive will be dispersed among various centers. For further information regarding regard-ing this and other volunteer opportunities op-portunities available in Utah County, contact the United Way Volunteer Center weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 374-8108. Otherwise, contact via e-mail (volunteer unitedwayuc.org) or by searching the Volunteer Opportunities Op-portunities database on the United Way of Utah County Web site (www.unitedwayuc.org). i ) , ' A "lucky charm"... Newly crowned Miss Utah Jaclyn Hunt, Lehi, celebrates success with her "lucky charm" her sister, sis-ter, Suzy. Suzy won a gold medal at the Utah Summer Games on the day of the pageant finals. Former Orem resident, Amannda Muir, Miss West Valley, shares a moment with Miss Utah pageant director, Rhea Kiisel. According to folklore, when a candle gives forth a spark, a letter is coming to the person sitting nearest it. A LOOK AT NEWS AND EVENTS FROM UVSC News UVSC's summer classes are seeing high enrollment. About one-third one-third of UVSC regular semester students taking the opportunity to get some classes done in a quicker paced summer school environment. environ-ment. Students like the less crowded campus and cheaper tuition offered by the summer classes. UVSC's growth is gaining them national recognition. The student body is increasing by about 2,000 per year ad the number of four-year four-year programs is growing also, which currently stands at 24. Among all this growth, UVSC is committed to keeping their standards of excellence high. UVSC is offering off-campus classes to students who desire to take general education courses at a closer location with smaller classroom sizes and free parking. UVSC is extending three different programs to accommodate student stu-dent needs. The first, weekend college, provides over 25 academic credit courses during the summer term. The courses are held every Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The library, computer labs, testing center and food services are open for student use. The second is the University Mall Center, which offers over 35 credit courses to students during the summer term. The third option is UVSC's course offerings at Spanish Fork high school. The courses are taught by a UVSC instructor. Twelve courses are offered during the summer term from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more information on courses being offered at any of these options call (801) 222-8449. f p- i mm J 1 Miss Mountainland, Ashlee Shaw, was a preliminary winner win-ner in the swimsuit category, and first runner-up to Miss Utah. mm . . car- ' ,'"-"JI - ; 1' r'nfe 'I . f A $ , s I? v , I. |