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Show Thursday, July 14, 2005 Paeje 4 r. u i T U l, l N i A r; I ! 7 I r I E S w -H Club teaches life skills to kids; county fair is a place to show off Heidi Rodeback ! .i!'. -it i f I pens I mm .ml ' il'ove In I'.agle hi. mi ) u 1 1 j 1-1 1 CIS i ' ii lining .inim.'ils hihitiou ni the Utah i .in ,i I'll; in take ( arc nnd sleet oi a 250- m; '-.ii ! Kent Bushman. K i leader n the I rill mi, i. unions 1 1 1 ( lull. " 1 he i' in : like in do much. A ! i-.ids et up cat Iv in the i-1 .m ii k betoie Ihc heat 'ii'' iiiim.ils," . h' ic in I in- count v. 1 i : i iv, in;; era-tables. 1 1' n i It-is. t nig (tii!ts oi I ii ill;', .i icih e pi' eds tor ,! I he I, III n, lint- :l Hii'V do ll." said i','!!iii- ! tall County l-.x-- n! I'.l Ihc I tall State . mi mm' i program -. 'i vihin lioin aero- ii I , and ( I alls " iiin;'. 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K"ic" 'I'ihiks liursiov (id'Mionn Y,ung hiik row years hen own iii- showing oji thftr hrfinuiship to t lie judges. notes ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT Lunch rate increase A!p!l:e Si In ml I )slriCt stu- .!ei,is ,ind si. ill will pay mute in t at bre.tM.iM sm' huu ii at si hiiul beginning w ith the oca vlnK.hc.r Members oi the district bu n d of education approved the in i ease at their June 21 meeting held at district head-fj'l.i! head-fj'l.i! l.ers m n;ei h ,m 1 oi k. I !!! I p! ii ' s 1m element al'V hile they're young , lX?TZ r 1 ) V m S v ' " ' - i A FRANK BOTT 'North County Four-year-old Jaden Stephens rides Gizmo urouin in u circle with the rest of the competitors ut the Lcht rodeo grounds Thursday ujternoon during the l-H Teeny-Tiny competition. newer options, Ihe emphasis in Ml is on the life skills that come from involvement. Most projects require some form of record-keeping, public speaking speak-ing or demonstration, and ail require responsibility and tol-low-thn nigh. Bunnell explained. " t-I I is learning by doing. It's exX'rien-tial exX'rien-tial learning. The more you get involved in learning, the more you retain it." Typically, adult volunteers some parents, some professionals bring together youth who have common com-mon interests. Then, the youth - both boys and girls Ii om ages h to lh choose one or more students will iik lease bv 20 cents. Ironi 1.3o to SI. 50: secondary lunches by 25 cents troni SI. 50 to si. 75. and adult lunches (nun 2.25 to S2.50, In addition, the t ost of paid elementary breakfast will increase Iron) nil cents to 5 tents, secondary breakfast trom !0 cents to SI. and adult breakfast Iron) S 1.25 to S 1 .50. I hei e v ill be no increase in Clear Creek meals for the 2UII5 2IH; s hooj year. ( Mill nils, in presenting the mi tease to the board, said Nh hi ilas. t he pt imai v dist ribu-tor. ribu-tor. has indicated that food pru es have increased by 1 1 percent during the 2004-2005 school year 1 here wa also an increase m the cost of plastic and paper ;.hh!ui is w hk h v as t (im projects from among KM) project areas offered, or create their own projects. The group enrolls as a club and liecomes eligible to participate partici-pate in year-round 4-H activities and events such as the fair. "The fair is just the culmination culmina-tion of the whole year for my gil ls." said Moana Burgess, leader lead-er of an Alpine Ml club whose members together display more than 200 projects in the fair each year. "My girls get a lot of pride going and seeing their things on display and sharing with their peers." Burgess began her club for reasons she called selfish. "I FRANK BOn hi An COu-i'v during the competition ut the old and up compete with others pounded by increases in transportation trans-portation cost. I $323 million budget approved Members of the Alpine School District board of education educa-tion have approved a budget of S323 million for the upcoming upcom-ing fiscal year 2005-2006 with expenditures of S357 million. The difference, explained Robert Smith, district business administrator, is in the capital account with S.'S; million in bonds sold These were the final bonds of the S200 million approved by voters in May of 2001 for construction of new schools and improvements to others. District patrons will find a decrease this fall in property taxes collected for the district ,i i eduction of about S3. 05 on 4-H office Address: 100 E. Center Room L400, Provo, Utah Phone: 851 8470 Web site: www.utah4h.org wanted something that would motivate my own children to learn things. "This way, it's more fun, with friends and a little peer pressure," Burgess said. "Peer pressure is nicer for them than mother pressure." Once a year, Burgess holds a calendar session with club members to choose projects. She works members' interests into weekly club meetings. This year the club chose main-dish main-dish salads as a axjking project. One meeting each month, the girls make a meal salad such as a pasta salad. "We've become a fast -food people," Burgess said. "Some of the girls who come to my group had never boiled water." "It's fun for me to see a girl who never peeled a potato before be-fore to learn how and to take that skill with her," said Burgess. Bur-gess. "It gives them that good feeling of being able to say, 'Oh I know how to do that. I learned how to do that. I can show you how to do that.'" The public can see how they do that at the Utah County Fail" at Thanksgiving Point. The fair opeas at 4 p.m. on July 27 and closes at 10 p.m. on July 30. a S 150,000 home. The decrease is the result of the tax rate set by the state and county The budget has been prepared pre-pared on a projected growth of 1,683 students and the number of teachers projected to maintain studentteacher ratio. The number of students may be high, however, because be-cause three additional charter schools will open in the district in the fall. I Heaps receives scholarship to study in Japan Aaron Heaps of Orem is the recipient of a scholarship providing him the opportunity to live and study in Japan. Aaron left on June 15 to live with a volunteer host family and attend high school through the Japan America Friend 'Fair Factor' theme to challenge Utah County Fair-goers Event promises to be bigger, better than ever before Sarah Bills NOK1H COUNTY SWF Thanksgiving Point will host the Utah County Fair for the fourth year July 27 to 30 with a "Fair Factor" theme and more livestock, more vendors ven-dors and more carnival rides than the venue has ever seen before. "This is the county's opportunity op-portunity to have a show-and-tell," said John Whittaker, fair manager. The fair opens July 27 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is SI per person opening day. Throughout the remainder of the fair, grounds open at 11 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. AU-day AU-day admission is $4 for adults; $3 for students; $2 for children 6 to 12 years old: S 1 for seniors 65 years plus; children two and under are free. A $15 family pass is also available for up to two adults and four children. Spinning off from the hit reality TV show, this year's official theme is "Fair Factor." Fair-goers can test their bravado bra-vado each evening at 6 p.m. with races, eating challenges and endurance tests. "We're doing all sorts of fun and crazy things," said Make-na Make-na Avarell, who is organizing the fair factor activities. During one challenge, , participants will toss a cow tongue back and forth, increasing in-creasing the distance between them with each toss until only one team is still successfully success-fully catching and tossing the tongue. Everyone is invited to participate; par-ticipate; depending on the number of participants, organizers orga-nizers may divide competitors into categories by age. Winners Win-ners will receive prizes. The venue's extra space may come in handy this year as livestock live-stock numbers are up roughly ::.v5;..-.-: FILE PHOTONorth County Casey Leloux of American Fork rides the Tilt-A-Whirl with his sons, Zaeh, 7, left, andJett, 4, center, at the opening night of the Utah Counfy Fair in July 2004. This year's fair promises more livestock, more vendors and more carnival rides than ever before. ship Scholarship administered through Youth for Understanding Understand-ing USA. He competed nationally nation-ally for the scholarship. More information about Youth for Understanding is available at www.yfu-usa.org. I Page to lobby for students Utah Valley State College student Leland Page, a senior from Orem studying physics, was appointed president of the American Student Association Associa-tion of Community Colleges (ASACC). which represents more than 12 million students nationwide. ASACC is a student-centered organization working to improve im-prove higher education through lobbying at the federal level. Page already lobbies in support sup-port of UVSC at the state level 15 percent, the biggest increase the fair has had in three years. "What's a fair without livestock, really," said Dusty Swank, president of the Utah County junior livestock show. "It's a California fair you're selling hot tubs and motor homes. The animals are where it's at." Future Farmers of America and 4-H youth will show 24 cattle, 36 hogs and 63 lambs this year. Commercial vendors have increased in-creased this year as well, with 95 already signed up to show their wares at the fair. "They're going fast," Whittaker Whit-taker said. "We have room for maybe 12 more spaces. As far out as we are still from the fair, this is probably the most vendors ven-dors we've ever had." Those who are interested in becoming a vendor at the fair can find more information at utahcountyfair.com. Individuals who want to compete in the open class can exhibit items in various categories: fine arts, photography, photogra-phy, horticulture, home arts, and hobbies and crafts. Competitors Com-petitors are divided into youth, adult, special needs and professional profes-sional categories and judged accordingly. Ribbons and prize money will be awarded to the winners. In past years, roughly 400 individuals have contributed to the open class, with youth submitting sub-mitting a quarter of the items. But, JoLene Bunnell, who runs the open class and the 4-H exhibits for the fair, said few items have been submitted as of yet this year. She encouraged encour-aged residents to take part. The competition is open to all Utah County residents who are not 4-H members. There is no cost to exhibit. Those who are interested can bring their exhibit? to the Thanksgiving Point show barn Jub 25 between be-tween 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Participants can find the required paperwork at either the show barn or Room L400 of the Utah County administration administra-tion building, located at 100 E. Center St. in Provo. as Chief Justice on UVSC's Student Government and will expand the lobby audience to the national level with his new appointment to ASACC. "I'm very passionate about higher education," Page said. "This is a great opportunity to work with other students on a national level to promote funding fund-ing for higher education." For more information, contact con-tact the Student Government office at (801) 863-8652 or Leland Le-land Page at pagelefsuvsc.edu. POOR |