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Show Thursday, February 9, 2006 Pagt 4 111 WS A f J D IDEAS FROM C I A 0 S R 0 0 M 0 AND EDUCATORS Storyteller Donald Davis tells tantalizing tales to kids Marc Haddock II i-ycs wer n on ' l,v's iis II he si rum bed up J 1 his fare ;jri( mim- k ii kfd Id'- voii t- of U Vitus 2 year -old baby brother. I'H- I here wen- squeals of laughter laugh-ter its I ;r is rw ouiited a disas-trous disas-trous lu hv sitting episode ol his hlldluxxj where he ended up (oveniig Joe in pink Calamine lotion lo hide (he red mai k on his loieliead iJiVh, was telling stories lo the sludenl v ol Shelley I. lenient ary, grades kindergarten through sixth as part ol Hie Mid-Winter I vent sponsored by the friends ol tlie Oiem Library Davis and enw storyteller Carmen iJeedy entertained students at eight lo- .il elemeiitarv s hools on J hurs-d.iv. hurs-d.iv. I ridav and Monday. I Ik- event will end with a sto-i sto-i vtein(4 oik ert lor adults and lnldi en 8 and over I riday night at 7 at Mountain View High v hool. (.;' W. ( enter St. Seats an- still available A workshop is also s heduled lor Saturday at t he ( rern ( it v Building and Library. W N State, Orem. l or information or to get tickets, visit www.tiriipfest.org or call the library at 22'-71.'i. Divis said he likes to tell stories sto-ries at elementary schools be- ause he can we the kids starting start-ing to create their own stories ev n as lie seaks to them. "Suppose you need to write .i story," Davis said "What do you see in your head'' You could take anv one of these pictures in vour head and you could wine stones that no one else ( onid write " Davis said the stories he tells an- all true, and either relate events that hap-iened to him or he was there when they hap-pelied hap-pelied "At the lime. I didn't know that tilings that happened to me would make stones." Davis told the hildren. urging them to use his ideas as a spnngJxiard for their own stoi les "You all have stories," Davis said "And when you need to write, think alxmt mv stories anil think alout all the things caveman Students are dancing in the street, church, etc. Mason Porter It seems tlwit ttie students at our In-loved A I- High have fallen in love with a new pastime dancing danc-ing Whetlu-r it's a church dance, a v Ixx,; dance. Dance Dance Revolution Revo-lution or a rain dance, it seems tint evervlxidv is dancing Alter lasl I riday's win over the I Joas, hundreds of kids filtered into t Jk- north gym to re-leav re-leav more energy. 7m l.nosa, a sophomore w!k hit a couple of big free throws in the game, said, "1 know 1 played good, Jnit tliey didn't have to throw a dance in my honor " It's OK. Zach, they didn't. Actually, the stag dance was a surprise to most people, hut the word quickly spread and Ijy the time the jump ball was tossed, people were already practicing dance moves in their heads I.ric Stone, one of the student body of Ik ers, obviously couldn't keep Jus energy suppressed, and went crazy all game long on his way towards winning the Fan of tlie Week honors from tlie Daily Herald "You jus1 have to give 1 13 fx-n em all tJie turn-." said Yx'tc. "I lojx-f ully I can get a scholarship scholar-ship for that or scmething " Jared VogeLstwrg added of his friend. "(Inccame from the slure, for tlie shire " You can interpret that as you may Local Laughs t . ' 'I -4 i U mWm - i- f;-- ' '", I """- ' 1 I t. ',. Tell me a tale: Donuld Ihn is tells u Thursday. Davis is in town jor the people would call trouble and you will have so many pi( tun s you may never finish them all." Davis said he approaches the task of storytelling the same if his audience is made up of scThxjI children, or if he is I know I played good, but they didn't have to throw a dance in my honor." Zach Enosa Regardless, tlie fans were unbelievable un-believable at tlie game, and really were tlie sixth man. I1ea.se continue to supjiort Ixith the boys and girls teams throughout through-out tlie remainder ol tlie season, and you'll get a cliaiu e tomorrow night when (Ik- Cavemen kxk to sweep trie Mountain View Bruias for the seaviri. But bat k to tlx- mam topic dancing If you haven't mrticed girls, MORI' is two weeks away, V) you may want to start asking If you procrastinate, you mav have to resort to Jx-ggmg. And nobody likes a beggar (except around Christmas time, it always seeras beggars are raking in the big bui ks tfien). Well, until next time, have a nice day, and a pleasant tomorrow. i i MARIO RUIZNDfth County story' o children at Shelley Elementary in American York Mid-Winter Event in Orem. speaking to adults. "There's not much that's different." dif-ferent." he said. "I kind of tell them the same like I tell adults, to let them know that they do have stories." As Davis's stories pro Students Barbara Christiansen They may have experienced experi-enced violence themselves; they may know someone who has 'I hey mav just have sympathy sym-pathy (or those who have. A group ol students at American fork .Junior High School gathers each Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon in Ashley McNeil's Mc-Neil's classrixmi to combat violence. I he group is called SAVI., which stands for Students Stu-dents Against Violence Lv-erywhere. Lv-erywhere. Sometimes the students talk and plan activities. At other times they work on projects. One of the most current projects is making baby blankets blan-kets which will he donated to Utah Valley Regional Medical Medi-cal Center. The soft, fleecy blankets can be used in the intensive care unit at the hospital or given to parents bringing babies home from the hospital. SAVL is a national organization, orga-nization, but it apparently is just getting started in Utah. "There are only two schools that we know of that have a chapter." McNeil said. "1 hey are ours and Roosevelt Roos-evelt Llementary." During the days, she is an l.nglish teacher. After school she turns into a mentor for the students. She explained how she got started. "About five years ago, in my first year here, we were going through accreditation and needed to start a student-led student-led safety program," she said. "I had just seen a program on TV about SAVE and sent for gressed, the young audience became noisier, much to the storyteller's delight. I le told the teachers not to quiet the . students, but to take them back to the classroom and let them write their own stories. take a stand against ryA - 1"' ( . . BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Macey Arnold, left, and Ashley Arnold measure and cut out juhric to mule buhy blankets us part of the SAVE Program at American 'orb Junior High School. a packet. The principals really re-ally liked it." One activity the students have chosen was "Mix It Up At Lunch Day." Group members sat with different students during the lunch periods. "We got to know different differ-ent people," member Ashley Arnold said. "A lot of discrimination dis-crimination happens in the lunchroom, and there is a lot of bullying, too. We were trying try-ing to prevent that." They plan on doing a pledge drive again for National Na-tional Safe Schools Week, which is coming up. During Dur-ing that time, they pass out pledge cards for students and others to write their messages messag-es on regarding non-violent behavior. Those pledge cards will be posted throughout the school for a while, us a notes AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL Speed reading class A speed reading class will begin today at 2:30 p.m. in Room 37. the class, which is taught by Laurel Shelley, will run for eight sessions on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The sessions are approximately ap-proximately one hour each. According to Shelley, "Most students double their reading speed in this time." Students interested in taking the class should speak to Shelley in room 37. I Ballroom dance The AFHS Ballroom Dance Team will participate in a competition competi-tion at UVSC in the main ballroom of the Student Union Building today and Saturday. The team will also host a ballroom competition on Feb. 18, According to the team's instructor, Nolan Devor, there will be more than 400 competitors with teams coming in from Idaho in addition to teams from the Wasatch area. The competition competi-tion involves dancers from 4 years old to college age. The competition will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The event involves team competition competi-tion formations and showcases show-cases as well as individual, pre-teen and junior competitions. competi-tions. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. The ballroom team will head to Idaho Feb. 24-25 to participate in the BYU Idaho Ballroom Dance competition. competi-tion. This is the first time the team will compete at this competition. They will participate par-ticipate in team formation, medley formation and team match. They will participate in the same categories at the National Ballroom Dance Championships at BYU on March 9-10. FORBES ELEMENTARY Student Council The Student Council will be selling Heart -O-Grams today and tomorrow before and after school in the PTA room. They range in price from 25 cents to $1.50. The Heart -O-Grams can be purchased for friends, teach I 0 - reminder and a motivator for others. Last spring, members made teddy bears and conducted a drive to collect donations of other teddy bears. They worked with the Parent Teacher Student Association and were able to donate to the American Fork Police Department. De-partment. "They will be used to give away to little kids at the scene of a crime or a fire," Ashley said. "It helps comfort them." They have been able to purchase some of the supplies they used through a grant they received last year. The Alliance For Unity Award offered the group $2,000 to further their efforts. Membership in the group changes with the season and student schedules. At the be ers, sisters and brothers. Parents are also welcome to stop by to purchase one for delivery to a son or daughter. daugh-ter. I Science fair The science fair projects will be on display dis-play today from 4 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. Families are encouraged to come and take a look at all of the projects. proj-ects. I PTA board meeting A PTA board meeting will be held today at 4 p.m. in the PTA room. All board members mem-bers should plan on attending. attend-ing. Anyone else who would like to attend is also invited. The PTA birthday table for February birthdays will be on Friday. Parents are invited in-vited to come and eat lunch with their children. I Swim lessons Swim lessons les-sons for all sixth-grade students stu-dents began on Feb. 6. Other swirii dates are Feb. 10, 13 and 16. I Student Appreciation Day Student Appreciation Day will be held Tuesday in conjunction with Valentine's Day. SHELLEY ELEMENTARY Bookfair A PTA book fair is being held this week in conjunction with ParentTeacher Conferences. Confer-ences. I Parent Assembly An Internet Safety parent assembly as-sembly will be held Thursday Thurs-day from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. All parents are invited and encouraged to attend. The student assembly will be on Friday. Read-a-thon The PTA Jazz Reader read-a-thon will kick off after school on Monday. The AM track will read in the gym from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. and the PM track will read in the gym from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. I Valentine's Day party Class parties for Valentine's Day will be from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. for the AM track and from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. for the PM track. violence ginning of the year, more are involved. As the school year progresses, the attendance often drops. They sometimes get a boost, however, from some who have gone on to attend high school. Dust in Bean was one such high school student who dropped in at a recent meeting. meet-ing. "I know what it is like for kids being bullied," he said. "That is why 1 like to help. I thought maybe I could get into this program and help out." Lacie Tidwell is in her second sec-ond year in SAVE. "1 liked the teddy bear drive," she said. "I had the patterns, but they were really re-ally hard to follow. I figured out how to do it and came back and showed the others. We had 98 total bears we donated." do-nated." When McNeil called the police department to arrange for the pickup of the teddy bears, they came with a car, and had to call the K-9 unit to pick up the large amount. Macey Arnold said membership mem-bership in the group has been good for her. "My history teacher came up to me and said it was good what we were doing," she said. "I felt special." Viri Rodriguez said, "Knowing that you are helping help-ing somebody makes you feel really good. I think it is a good program. It is a lot better bet-ter than just sitting at home." Danielle Whaley said they would love to have more members. "It is really fun to help people," she said. "We need a |