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Show Thursday, June 10, 2004 ZEfre Page A5 Moab's Outward Bound school has developed from European rootsstructure, by Jeannine Wait contributing writer Outward Bounds mission has always been to inspire and develop leadership, compassion, responsibility, respect for the environment and commit-- ' ment to serve. Their core values of safety, service and character education are shown by the example of the instructors, taught through adventure and challenge, and learned through experience. Outward Bound school courses are directed toward achieving their mission and core values. This year Outward Bound has worked in conjunction it with various local agencies to offer 12 summer courses in Moab. Each course is open to about 15 participants and scholarships are available for local students. Outward Bound is already working with local such as the Youth Garden Project, Seekhaven, RSVP, Manzana Springs Gardens, Hospice, the Recycling Center and encourages and Wabi-Sait other organizations to contact them with service project ideas that Outward Bound can help to achieve. They are willing to non-prof- non-profi- ts bi non-prof- te projects, brainstorm with other agencies and offer solutions. The organization was founded by Kurt Hahn, who first opened the Salem School in Zurich, Switzerland. When Hitler imprisoned him in 1933, friends arranged for him to emigrate to England where he founded the similarly progressive Gordonstoun School. When World War II began, the school was moved to Wales where Hahn met Lawrence Holt, the head of a large ship- - ping company. Hahn and Holt joined forces to open a new school, Outward Bound, in Wales in 1941. The maritime term Outward Bound describes the moment a ship leaves its moorings, committing itself and its crew to the unknown hazards and adventures of the open sea. The organization was brought to the United States in the early 1960s and ran its first course in 1962 in Colorado. New Focus Although Outward Bound has been active in this area since 1976, the Moab-baseOutward Bound West was formed in 2003 from a merger of two previous organizations. It holds a charter from Outward Bound USA and is an corpoindependent ration of Utah. The Moab office is run by program director Mike DeHoff and his associate Krista Guss who left the corporate world of navy blue suits and briefcases behind without a backward glance to become known as Special Agent K. These are can-d- o people, spilling over with enthusiasm and energy. Their vision is to put commitment to serve the Moab community at the top of their mission statement. In the past, most of the course work was done in outlying more remote locations with hardly any service projects done in Moab with community members. Mike and Krista feel that, because of its size, location, diversity of other organizations to work with and the positive energy and spirit of the residents, Moab is the perfect place to begin planting the seeds of community service in local youth, teens and adults. They are committed to d non-prof- it hu- providing the man energy and staffing to make this happen. Service project ideas should be of mutual benefit to all involved, have a positive focus, and take place in a safe and appropriate environment. This shift of focus fits in with Outward Bound Wests mission and desire to provide service to the community. Through projects the school will add an element of human interaction to help achieve their other goals of showing students how to betin-to- ter their sense of self-wort- h, have confidence in their own potential and how to individually make a positive difference in todays world. Outward Bound West believes that memories of shared experiences of helping others helps acknowledge ones self and that positive engagement influencing one person at a time is contagious. For information on scholarships, Moab kids can contact Special agent K (Krista Guss) 5 or stop by the at office at 2400 Bound Outward S. Hwy 191. The main office is located in Golden, Colo., and the scholarship manager can be reached there at extension 2428. Money is still available for this year for those aged 14 and over and there is always an especially-designate- d scholarship for at least one Moab student. The office works with each applicant to find the right time frame and area of interest for each individual. Outward Bound seeks to unleash human potential and Krista and Mike are eager to help spread the credo of think big, dream big and you will 259-535- Moab Special Olympians competed . Red Rocks Special Olympics team members participated at the State Track Tournament June 2004 at Brigham Young University in Provo. Pictured, from left, are: Sarah Fetters, Troy Scoville, Jed Taylor, Carlos Castro, Veronica Johnson, Kristen Krummenacher, and Dustin Bowden. The events that they participated in were 1 00 meter Race and Walk, 200 meter Race and Walk, the 4X100 Race, and the Long Jump. The athletes earned numerous metals in these events. They competed with 400 other athletes from all over the state of Utah. A special thanks go to the parents of Troy Scoville, Dustin Bowden, Carlos Castro and Kristen Krummenacher for donating their vehicles to assist in the transportation and coaching needs of the team. 3-- 5 1 Summer begins here June 20 Summer officially returns 888-837-52- live bigger. . . to Utah and the rest of the northern hemisphere on Sunday, June 20th at 6:57 p.m. MDT. According to NASA So- lar System Ambassador to Utah Patrick Wiggins, This AA, Alanon, Narcotics Anonymous Thursdays: Narcotics Anonymous, 12 noon and 8 pm, behind Four Corners Behaviorial Community Health in IOP building; AA Mens Meeting, 8 pm, Triangle House, 84 W. 100 S.; AA Womens Meeting, 8 pm. Triangle House. -- -- Fridays: Narcotics Anonymous, 6:45 pm, behind Four Corners Community Behaviorial Health in IOP building; AA - discussion-closed- , 8 pm, Triangle House. Saturdays: Narcotics Anonymous, 6:45 pm, behind Four Corners Community Behaviorial Health in IOP building. Sundays: AA - Sunday Morning Spiritual, 10 am, Triangle House; Narcotics Anonymous, 5 pm, behind Four Corners Community Behaviorial Health in IOP event, which astronomers call the June solstice, marks the exact moment when the Sun gets as far north as its going to get this year. Local noon on the solstice (about 1:30 p.m. MDT in Utah) also has the Sun higher in the sky than at any other time of the year. Beginning the next day, the Sun will start rising and setting farther and farther south until December when it will be at its most southern point, marking the start of northern hemispheric winter. There are two times a year when the Sun is between its north and south extremes. One is at the start of spring each March and the other is at the start of fall each September. The first day of summer is also the day with the most sunshine of the year, bringing Utahns just over 15 hours of sunlight as compared to the years shortest day in December when the Sun is in the sky for barely 9 hours. While Utahns and others in the northern hemisphere will mark this months solstice as the start of the warmer days of summer, those in the southern hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed, set1 it as the start of the cooler days of winter. Extreme northwestern Utah is home to a solstice monument of sorts called the Sun Tunnels. Built decades ago near Lucin, Utah, Sun Tunnels is the creation of artist Nancy Holt. The tunnels are actually 4 large concrete pipes arranged so that the light of the rising solstice Sun passes through two of the pipes. Later that day the setting Sun shines through the other two pipes. The process is reversed six months later on the following solstice. 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