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Show Thursday, August 14, 2008 Page S NEWS AND IDEAS FROM ClASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS '"" m '' " ' "' " . J IB fe m j f Z'.X'Z - i! s -'fc Mfr-u -: t. n -: ' ;"'V-7',"V . 1 f ft tLjL' - j - ' , ' : '.- if I j l tC -fr" sr---"J; - - .4' i , - I " i -rftfJ i P ' - . "i -4 ! Jordan Lundell of Spanish Fork jumps from a si'h;.'(i' 7 at Cump Williams. The Freedom Acwlciv.v is n government from around the state. The vcu'!rm and (lie Army National Guard. Freedom Academy leaches leadership skills Camjlle Elison NORTH COUNTY STAFt Ninety-three high-sch(xj! student body officers gathered from around the state to attend at-tend the 47th annual Freedom Academy at Camp Williams last week. Each high school in Utah is invited to send all of their student stu-dent body officers to a week long leadership training camp. The academy is free for participants par-ticipants because it is entirely funded by the honorary colonels, colo-nels, who range from members of the National Guard to public figures such as Ken Garff. "The wliole thing costs about SlO.OtM) to $15,000, but it s such a good opportunity for them." said Col. David Osborne, one of the honorary colonels who also works with the students at the academy. Each day the student body officers were subject to a variety va-riety of different experiences such as rifle shooting. Uumvee rides, a speech contest, a pris am 3 l5;Vj FURNITURE DIRECT Home TICKETS OR ACCIDENTS? NOPROBLEA At i I i t on tour, a visit t'j (! ' it tal. a leadership p.h" u and a demonstratr-; In guard. The student h i:' , ficers also had t lie p;-!r to tour the I'tah St;it-' "Everything h ,jn but the thing l'v- J t! are the spttU'Ts w i-'vp !' so far." said .lot eh :i SI""1 I'aik City 4 Created in l' ;s liber li-ber of the N:icn;l i i-.r.i ' Ereedom .-i--.i"r - u" cart ;'h! t!v r!"rf-1 ' : '' Eound-ti'in w U'V.-iv v. only foui stinli'n! I"' !v lers. Siix e the n tin- - rt J has HkI as n'uy !r,; lvxly olficfi s. v hi: !i !' ferred to as deku:!''""1 "Allnf tlK'S(b'-., inti public and p: iu -n : :r snidtol. Ikivid M-.tv-. i e nt are certain sc!ko!s v. , it h a doubt send delegate1; ; er year, but some choose it t to. ' Most scIkioU thai vei e represented rep-resented at the iuad'W. vent between two and H m' nt body officer s. li.jfiiMlvrJi'i-iiltfl -f Auto Life I ASHLEY FRANSCELtDa.iy Hef i o r ' ."v Ik-then guides him out during the Freedom Academy Aug. U !' i-mln -:hip i ump for high auhool seniors involved in the student - !"vn ' 'k;; on since VMU and is put on by both the Air National Guard t'- 'J he g'ml of the Freedom .. uiemy is to teach the del-i del-i , i!es aifrut the ideals of freedom free-dom hen- in America, vty Our hope is that they take ,1 ... - it tjn v learn and go back tin t, !; i t,, i,K)ls and hold free- ' 1 1. tn :tpmb!ies and things like i ! t Nit. which we love to help out t '. ;tl'." said Col. Osborne. 'A'hen the students first ar-i ar-i 1 ".! ;in Sunday, they were i - j"i' aied into small groups .n,i remained in thtise groups -'nigh' nit the week. We've made really great " i' nils, which is good because !( M r are kids from all around ( ' t ! 'tab that we usually wouldn't -p the opportunity to meet ml thev've got a lot of the -'me interests and goals that i' do." said Jocelyn Shulz. I'he 1 1 eedom Academy is sta'fell entirely by members of ih ; National Guard, so on top i( all the other experiences the delegates also get a small taste si w hat military life is really like " We've had all these cool , - P INSURANCE AGENCY Business i n opportunities, but at the same time we've also been able to see the sacrifice all these men and women make when they leave behind their families and come out here. You don't really see what it's like until you get here and you talk to them," said Ali Washburn of Timpanogos High School At the beginning of the week the delegates had the opportunity to hear from John Valentine. IVesident of the Utah State Senate. "I loved John Valentine's speech," Washburn said. "I It-talked It-talked all about dreams and believing in yourself and other people." On Friday the delegates graduated from the 1 reedem Academy and heard from public speaker Scott Anderson who has been speaking at the academy for many year s. 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