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Show Thursday, December Payson teacher h onored for his positive influence then I teach the concerned, By CARIN GREEN Payson Correspondent subject." Nebo School District has named Douglas Houghton as Teacher of the Year. teachers influenced Houghton. One was Crista Two Amos, his ninth grade English Houghton was nominated by his fellow teachers, and voted on by the association. More than 3,300 students have been influenced through his 17 years as a teacher at Payson Middle School. He decided to teach in the secondary field after his student teaching teacher. "She turned me around, and brought me to the world of reading. She taught me reading was important." His favorite book is Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables." The second teacher was Middle School. At Payson Middle School, he teaches core classes the first taught me confidence, she taught me I can do what I set my mind to." Another strong and positive experience at Spanish Fork three periods to the sixth grade, including reading, English, spelling, and social studies. The second half he teaches English to the seventh grade. His philosophy is to teach the students first. "After they know I am sincere, that I care about them and want them to succeed, after they know I am Georgeann Huff, his English teacher in high school. "She influence in his life is his wife, Evelynne and their five children. "She was very supportive of what I wanted to do, and with her help, I knew I could accomplish it (go to col- lege)." He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1971 with a composite in Elementary The estimated 2 million to 4 million birds began arriving about 15 days ago, attracted to the Rennes area by stockpiles of feed by ers. The heaviest damage to crops was within a radius of the village of 25-mi- le Saint-Mauda- n. The starlings, which eat insects rather than grain during the warmer months, migrate each winter to eastern France from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslavakia, where they Arrangements have been made to take April 30 students from to April 22 of 1988. 17 Activites will include class 11 "It's a surface growth that can cover the CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Endangered green sea turtles are developing wart-lik- e tumors, which baffled marine biologists plan to study. animal, restricting its movement, and it can cover their eyes," he said recently. Researchers plan to study the condition ai the Clearwater Marine Science Center. Scientists think the growths are caused by a viral infection, but they don't know what is causing J the infection, Huff said. The disease has been seen in green sea turtles on both coasts of Florida and in Hawaii and the Cayman Islands, scientists say. The tumors, called "papillomas," have been found only on green sea turtles, although similar growths have been found on some loggerhead turtles, said marine biologist Alan Huff of the state Department of Natural Resources. -- . 35-4- role-playi- I'ftwu ng deserve a homeowners policy that's worth a lot more, without a lot more cost. The Prudential Premier Policy goes above and beyond ordinary homeowners insurance. It provides up to $5,000 in coverage (with a $1,000 limit per item) on valuables like jewelry and furs. Plus expanded personal prop erty, theft and casualty coverage. It even guarantees full replacement cost for vour home. So call your Prudential repre- sentative now tor a Tree, no --a policy. Check the phone book tor your local learn." protected. They protected in France. During the winter of , You not 1984-8- 5, Brittany residents undertook an extensive and highly successful campaign to exterminate the birds. Officials said a similar extermination campaign would be conducted again this year, weather permitting. - x -ww Prudential office. 1987 PruOemial Property The Prudentsal and Casually Insurance Company Students may trave! Vv7LnJ JLLLn J to space camp in '88 A trip to Huntsville, Ala., NASA's Space Camp Facility, is being planned for 1988. Any student in fourth grade to seventh grade, with a desire to learn more about America's manned space program, should contact Steve Greene or Fred Olsen, both teachers at Sunset View Elementary School in Provo. A meeting for those who wish to be included in this activity will be Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sunset View Media Center. Paj?e ." in France Starlings damaging crops animal are are France farm kept RENNES, (AP) Thousands of starlings have descended on Brittany in eastern France, causing substantial damage to crops and bothering residents in the area around Rennes. THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sea turtles develop growths - Education and minor in Social Science and English. He is again attending BYU in graduate work in administration and counseling. With his teaching in Middle school he hopes to create a good environment. "I want the students to warm up, I want them to not be afraid. If the environment is good, they become Houghton's only concern with the teaching field are 0 stuclasses which have dents each. "I wish I had more time to spend with the individual student." Every day the students are learning something new from his as characters in poetry and stories, his creativity, or positive attitude in teaching. "It is exciting to watch their eyes light up when they learn the concept. If the learning process is fun, the students success-oriented- 3. 1987 All ABOVE AND BEYOND rights reserved 2(0) yJMCClf room instruction and simulated training with qualified NASA employees. The cost will be $650, which includes lodging, food, instruction, flight from Salt Lake City to Huntsville and back, a and visor. The group will be applying for tax exempt status with the hope that businesses will find this an opportunity to provide the students with an excellent learning opportunity and the students in return can help the businesses with any kind of work, such as snow shoveling, sweeping, emptying trash, window washing, etc. irt Anyone interested should contact Greene. f Xel li mummim! III iff II fl ill 1 I Ntal Social work director at Y receives award The Utah Conference on Hu- man Services recently present- ed W. Eugene Gibbons, director of the Brigham Young University School of Social Work, with its "Honorary Life Membership" award for outstanding commitment to Utah programs. Gibbons received a similar honor in October when the Rocky Mountain Council of Community Mental Health Centers named him for "Outstanding Commitment and Service to Mental Health in Utah." At BYU, Gibbons has had impact on university programs as a force in the creation of the undergraduate and graduate social work programs. In addition to his administrative achievements, he has been named by students as a "Teacher of the Year" for the past three years. appointDuring an ment to the Utah State Board of Mental Health, Gibbons 111111111 il HE served as the chairman of the board for three years. He also served as a member of the Accreditation Commission of the Council on Social Work Education. With three others, Gibbons wrote the proposal for Utah's first comprehensive mental health grant while he was serving as chief of Social Work Services and director of Outpatient Services for the Central Utah Community Mental Health Center. He has worked in child welfare in Weber County, as a case worker at the University of Utah Alcoholism Clinic and as a psychiatric social worker at the Utah State Hospital. He also spent eight years on the State Licensing Board for Social Workers. 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