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Show AFHS Citizen of the Week: Tristy Guercio Tristv Guercio W enrolled at American Pork High School for a little over a year, but it's been long enough to capture the attention of the faculty and earn her a nomination as the school's Citizen of the Week. She and her family moved to American Fork a year ago January and just moved to Alpine last week. Tristy is the oldest of the four children of Prank and Gayle Guercio. Guer-cio. She has three younger brothers, broth-ers, the youngest of which is nine. Her family had been living in Pennsylvania while her father received re-ceived training as an anesthetist That experience has helped Tristy decide on acollegemajor. She plans on studying pre-med in preparation prepara-tion for a career in dentistry or eye surgery. "Right now I am leaning toward dentistry," she said. "It takes about six years schooling after college." Her family's travels have taken her into most of the states and they have enjoyed such activities as camping and river running. She said they could not name a favorite vacation spot since they had so many good experiences. Tristy said she enjoyed the move to Utah. "We really like Utah," she said. The people are wonderful. They are friendly and open." She has been a participant in sports since coming to AFHS. "I have played on the volleyball Relief Society conference planned The American Fork North Stake Relief Society Women's Conference will beheld Saturday, March 17, at 10 a.m. at the Stake Center, 975 N. 60 East. The theme of the conference will be "Sisters in Zion 1842-1990." Keynote speaker for the conference confer-ence will be Joan Child of the Relief Society General Board. Mrs. Child is from Syracuse, Utah, and has been a member of the Relief Society board since 1984. She is currently the chairman of the Strengthen the Family Committee, the Historical Committee, and the Relief Society Sesquicentennial Celebration in r1992. , Shea married to Sheldon. F. Child, who is the president of the Syracuse Stake. They are the parents par-ents of six children. She has been . active in community affairs, hav- ' ing served on the Davis County Homemaking Council and in the PTA for over 20 years. and basketball teams for the school," she said. "I do like to run a lot and have been active in track and cross country. This year, however, I chose to do soccer instead." Also interested in music, Tristy plays the clarinet and was in both the marching and concert bands while in Pennsylvania. She also plays the piano. Named as a top scholar by a Pennsylvania Kiwanis Club, Tristy has also been awarded a full scholarship schol-arship to BYU. She has been active in the community com-munity with membership in both 4-H and Girl Scouts. She has also lectured about AIDS to an elementary elemen-tary school. "It was a good experience," she said. Spanish teacher Stan Reid nominated her for Citizen of the Week. He said, "She is a great young lady. She is very courteous, conscientious, consci-entious, and academically competent. compe-tent. When she had fourth year Spanish, during basketball season when she would normally have to miss a lot because of games, she was still able to keep up by making special arrangements." Other of her favorite teachers include Max Reese for biology and Rial Allen for history. "Rial Allen is really dynamic," she said. A biology class is among the highlights of her school days. She JlilP Joan Child The general meeting with Mrs. Child as speaker will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. From 11 to 12:15 p.m. there will be two groups of seminars semi-nars offered. Each group will contain con-tain six classes. Those attending may pick the topic of their choice. Luncheon will be served at 12:15. There will be various displays that may be visited until 1 p.m. All Relief Society members and their guests are invited to attend. Lions honor scholars In a recent meeting, the American Ameri-can Fork lions Club honored- the 12 Sterling Scholars and their parents from American Fork High School. The program was under the i direction of the Lions Publicity ) Committee Francis N. Mortenson, t Dale Peterson and Emil Jones, j In the absence of Lion President Kelly Hall, who was in the hospi-l hospi-l tal, vice president Keith Adams S conducted the meeting. Accompanying the Sterling I Scholars were Principal and Mrs. ;- Vernon Henshaw, and school counselor coun-selor Donna Barnes and her husband, hus-band, Marlin. Lions Tail Twister and Alpine School Board member Blake Evans presented Lions certificates of accomplishment ac-complishment to each scholar. As part of the program, each Sterling Scholar gave a presentation presenta-tion of his or her field of accomplishment. accom-plishment. This year's Sterling Scholars are Paige Nielson, general scholarship; Jordan Roberts, English and literature; lit-erature; Tad Davies, speech and drama; Tag Baron, mathematics; Mark Dubois, social science; Mike Manwaring, science; David Ritchie, foreign language; Amy Burton, visual arts; Stephen Anderson, vocational education; Amy Gray, home making; McCall Smith, business; busi-ness; and Tavia Zylstra, music. St f 9 " -t," The Uptown DownhomeSteakhouse' 458 E. State, American Fork 756-9221 - Dwight Powell PartnerManager Tristy Guercio said she will long remember a trip "gathering leaves, hopping fences and writing the names down. That was a good experience and kind of fun." She tries to pattern her life after her father. "He always told me to put things into perspective," she said. "All through medical schooling he was able to stand the pressure and take one day at a time." Special thanks go to Spanish teacher Stan Thompson and science sci-ence teacher Ken Sayer. "They still gave me a chance and let me try out on the team. It really helped as far as making friends. They have been such good people." "I also thank my friends who have made the move so easy for me," she said. Citizen - Wednesday, March 14, 1990 - Page 5 Nathan Powell to participate in Utah State Geography Bee Nathan Powell was notified March 8 that his score on a written geography test had qualified him to participate in the Utah State Geography Bee. After becoming the Highland Elementary School winner, he was eligible to take a written test to see if could compete with other school winners around the state. One hundred of the top scorers are now eligible to compete in Utah's State Bee March 30. Nathan and his teacher plan to attend at the University of Utah that Friday afternoon. One winner from each state and territory will advance to the national na-tional competition which will be held May 23 and 24. The National Geographic Society with its co-sponsors co-sponsors will provide an all expense ex-pense paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the state champions and their teachc. escorts to participate in the National Geography Bee finals on May 23 and 24. The first place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, schol-arship, the second place winner, a $15,000 scholarship and the third place winner, a $10,000 scholarship. scholar-ship. He is the son of Gary and Andrea An-drea PowelL f ' ' ' Mi ivy I i umsm:A':WBmmm itii . . I ArCD CIIDDI V of UTAH one day service Cannon PC Copier , unnoges Reconditioned! Only. XJt"Jww 1 1 60 South State Street ' A .Suite 160 'B' Orem 226-1590 t .CO Nathan Powell Ml' Democrats to hold fundraiser The Utah County Democrats are holding a St. Patrick's Day Party Saturday, March 17. It will be held in the Steelworkers Hall on Columbia Co-lumbia Lane in Orem. Irish stew, biscuits and dessert will be served at 6 p.m. Funds raised will be used to support Democratic candidates in the November elections. elec-tions. Tickets are $3.50 for students, stu-dents, $5 for adults and $20 for a family. , , People are requested to bring their own dishes. Entertainment will feature the CB Jazz Band from Alpine, an Irish fiddler, and dance numbers by the Dance Club from Orem. Chairman Robert Stringham will hold a "Kangaroo Court for Candidates" who have filed to represent the Democratic Party in the fall. LaVon Laursen from American Fork can be contacted at 756-2281. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Door prizes will be awarded. Democrats are urged to be part of this "Fun-Fundraiser" to support their favorite candidates and the county party. 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