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Show GUSTY TIMES - JULY 1992 . 5 attention and the individualized pace of learning. Some of the children had been labeled “slow learners” yet blossomed here. Laura told me about one little boy who was not yet reading (but “should” have been ). He enjoyed a book she had presented to the kids on the Anasazi, so he took it home and retumed it after having mastered the complex history laid out in it. Children of all ages cooperated well in play and in study, older children helping and guiding the younger ones. Here Kiri taught Emily to read. Children who had been labeled “difficult” came to love school. Selfesteem flourished. All of the kids who reminisced with me have fond memories of this school, which lasted only the year: “It was fun, you felt free." “We worked at our own pace and everyone ended up ahead.” The last two weeks of the school year, the children were brought in to Red Rock Elementary for a series of academic tests. All scored above average. “I got done with school and still had half a day to play and be with my family . . . . Now when I get home, it’s dinner time and I go to sleep.” “We did a much better job with the curriculum than the school system.” But several parents told me “People moved on, changed.” Momentum faltered Time to Recycle Canyonlands Community Recycling (CCR) is using the last half of July to inform Moab and Castle Valley residents about recycling and to raise funds for its ongoing work Recycling July/Aug Sky Show information will be distributed by CCR representatives, and feedback will be July ’92: (all times MDT) solicited about CCR's present direction 25th—Moon is 4' north of Mars 10 pm. 28th—Southem Delta Aquarid Meteor and what changes might be necessary to serve the community better. Contributions of ideas and/or dollars will be welcomed and put to good use. At present Canyonlands Community Recycling is accepting these items at their main site (1000 E. Sand Flats Rd.): aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars, corrugated cardboard, computer paper, white ledger paper, newspapers, steel (tin) cans, and scrap metals. Hours are M-F 8—4230 & Sat. 9-3. Staffed hours are M-W-F 12-5z30. Additional drop-off sites (open 24 hours) are City Market parking lot: aluminum cans, glass, newspaper, and steel “tin” cans and Slickrock Bike Trail parking lot, Sand Flats Road: aluminum cans and glass. For more information or to comment, please call 259-CCRC (2272) or write to CCR, Box 97, Moab 22nd—Last Quarter Moon 4:12 pm. Shower peaks. As many as 20 meteors per hour in early morning sky from southwest 29th—New Moon 1:35 pm. August: 5th—First Quarter Moon 4:58 am. 12th—Perseid Meteor Shower peaks late evening. The associated comet Swift-Tuttle, last observed in 1862, may remm this year, altho‘ astronomers have watched for it since the early 19803. 13th—Full Moon 4:27 am. The bright moon will not help in observing the Perseid Meteor Shower. This is the month to observe Saturn. It will be at its brighter for the year, rising about sunset and visible all night in the southern sky. —Sam Welch UT 84532. when the Metzlers moved away and the group lost their location. Now, 99 years after Castle Valley’s first school, families still face the school question/dilemma. In the next issue of CV. Times, I’ll be talking about what valley kids are doing now (commuting and home schooling), how they like what they are doing, and the alternatives now and for the future. —Jil Kulander Dashlel Kulander TRANSFORMATIONAL BODYWORK Castle Valley 0 Inn Swedish, Deep Tissue, Lymphatic MASSAGE ENERGY BALANCING RADIANCE BREATHWORK Eric Thomson Lynn Forbes Thomson Innkeepers CVSR 2602 Moab. Utah 84532 801-259-6012 LAURA MACERSKY, Ms.T. CVSR Box 1705 MOAB, UTAH 84532 801-259-8702 |
