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Show p (Tlie Page B5 iTunfS-3ni)fpcnn- r p Thursday, September 27, 2001 tt $1 million from foundation earmarked for Utah school administrators The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $1 million grant to help tram Utah school principals and district superintendents in technology leadership. The announcement w as made this ek in Salt Lake coordinated statewide initiative that promotes integration of technology in teaching and learning focused on increased student achievement. He said all S49 district superintendents and principals in Utah qualify for the program. A full description and enrollment information is available on the web at u u'u .ugu edutplus. Mendenhall said the $1 million from the Bill and Melinda City by Tom Vunder Ark, executive director of Education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. to Robert According Mendenhall, president of Western Governor Unnersity iWGlh, the funds will create a Gates Foundation State Challenge Grant for Leadership De velopment are being matched by the State of Utah through funds specifically set aside by the Legislature last year as part of Se nate Bill 61. WGU will deliver the program through its online education system, making it available to the superintendents and principals where they live and work. Not only will it be convenient for the program participants, but they w ill also be given recognition for the competencies they already have," Mendenhall said Like all WGU certificate and degree programs, the Advanced Certificate of Technology Leadership is based on the successful demonstration of competencies w ithin the areas of study. Principals and superintendents will have demonstrated skills in technology integration and technology implementation upon completion of the program," he said. The Utah State Office of Education has determined that 144 points are available to Utah administrators who BLM to send out PILT payments; Grand's share jumps considerably The Bureau of I .and Management will send just over $199 million on Sept. 20 to approximately 1,900 local governments across the United States in accordance with the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PIL'D Act. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton announced this year's payment is $65 million more than last year's payment. In Utah, a total of $ 15,352,775 was distributed. Of that amount. Grand County will receive $492,256 a whopping increase over the $342,723 received last year, according to the BLM. TILT payments offset the loss of tax revenue to localities caused by the presence cf exempt federal land within their jurisdictions. According to Acting BLM Director Nina Hatfield, the PILT payments are important to the economic well being of communities. PILT payments help fund vital community services, such as fire fighting and police protection, and construction of hospitals and public schools," Hatfield said. The BLM has distributed more than $2.7 billion in PILT payments to local governments since the programs inception in 1977. The BLM distributes the appropriated PILT to eligible units of lopayments cal governments across the nation and its territories each year. tax- - Before you da somelhini drastic... call Footprints. We design network systems ICrO l21 n:iM By 00 S. 259-438- 4 knmrirdcr Rcjkxippc Assam. 1 Ccrre store ii lor celebratiy Eve's new prov'kfng car cormuiti wifn tto BELOVED EVE wisfi applaud and ttonf tor for tor efforts b MARd & REC CENTER IS LOSING 1T$ endeavors and tor we! as we ARTS THE MOAB ' MW DIRECTOR. PASSaTtiBl jm Drinks fnftrfitnmtn lySs, Ctlllcs 7:30 ft 9:30 pm Center 111 Coif 100 forth UCbHCSbAV. OCT 3 03 ChS-- cational incentives and programs for teachers, and this w ill ensure and education er-a- that principals and Bureau of Land Management, and the Utah Division of Water Quality. The project will clean up problems caused by past mining activity in the area 10 miles west of Blanding. "This is the first of seven contracts that will be let out over the next year and a half, said Mark Mesch, abandoned mine reclamation program administrator. USFS plans prescribed fire on Elk Ridge The Manti-LaSNational Forest is planning a Prescribed Fire Project on the Monticello Ranger District. The prescribed fire will be located in the Milk Ranch Point area on South Flk Ridge. The legal description is as follows: Township 36 South, Range 20 East, Sections 5 6, and 7. The prescribed fire is scheduled to begin as early as Sept. 16. Depending on weather conditions the project could continue through December 2001 If you should have any qui regarding this matter or need additional information, co- of quality distance-learnin- yiv 3S5 West Kar.e Creek Dennis Peebler at the ntact Monticello Ranger District Office at 435-587-204- or Danny 1 Kellogg at the Moab Ranger trict Office at Bird. Dis- 259-715- to the ter cf the tram dree to the first S3 pecek, the rest trill pep 2 f:r 1 price trip. Caine Weiss triT. speak cn "Domestic Cammanitp". Mirpie Balkans will be released in memarr in ceiebraticr. cf survivors. cf victims 259-581- (la Mar Vp c,I rs I ., n r KJ' October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month for a new ceneralian. (HBQgQ tor l m, Will be in Moab Oct. 18 Sugjwvi with us at Moab Christian Center Sunday Worship Service ot 10 30 am 2651 S Arroyo Road 259-830- 8 Friendly People - Casual Dress Tune in to sound Bible teaching at FM 88 the Calvary Satellite Network in Moob 1 -- Jkamz you! Eastern Utah AHEC would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for donating rooms, materials, meals and voDental lunteer time to the Plan Free Mobile Dental Clinic that was held at the Community Church, Sept. 2001 . We appreciate your support and look forward to confining community partnerships with all of you. EU-AHECFam- ily 4-- 7, KZMU Aarchway Inn -- Medical Representative Bighorn Lodge Channel 6 News Lorraine Erickson RSVP Volunteer City Market Community Church Keith and Diane VanArsdol Dawn Madsen -- Jon Fuller Radio Linda Dixon Banditos Grill -- Julie McDorman -Arches Dental Clinic E Call for an appointment Experience the Love of Jesus Christ! Safety hazards, such as open mine portals, will be sealed and mine waste dumps will be removed from the streambed to improve water quality." C rowley Construction is expected to begin work by the end of the month and this first phase should last for approximately three weeks. 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With just a few clicks at u u w ugu eJu. a student decan find competency-baseonline an catalog gree programs, . s. Oct. 4, 2001 Tiir.c: 6:00 p.n. - 8:00 p.m. Where: Meat's Skyway Tram suj'nntn-dent- ll d ated from use of federal land for li estock grazing and timber harvesting. All states except Rhode Island. which has minimal federal land, are receiving PILT funds for fiscal year 2001, which ends Sept. 30 The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands also receive PILT payments. Die states w ith counties that collectively receive the largest amounts this year are: California: $20,899,05 1; New Mexico: $18,029,532; Alaska: $13,341,403; ftorc, and Monticello company wins abandoned mine project al Please bring an hors d'ceuvre or dessert. Miob Arts & Hec programs, such as income gener a Computer & network design, administration, repair and support for Macintosh & Windows Computers I Ape rienec systems, federal lands adminis- tered by the BLM, lands dedicated to federal water resources development projects, and lands withdrawn from the public domain in ether categories. The BLM calculates the payments using the PILT Act formula, based on population and the amount of federal land within an affected county or census area. Diese payments are in addition to federal revenues transferred to the counties under other Mine Reclamation Project. The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining is conducting the project in cooperation with the Manti-LSal National Forest, Monticello repair available e On-sit- tax-exem- pt Crowley Construction, of Monticello, has been selected to begin construction work on the Cottonwood Wash Abandoned install & Payments are made for federal lands in the National Fark and National Forint an ess to a who will WGU mentor, personal student the through his or guide her customized degree program otTei s Associate s. The untv earn this certificate During the presentation by the Gates Foundation, Governor Mike Leavitt said the T Plus program fits w ithin the State s ov plan to increase technology m schools. We have provided edu- Kate Thompson RSVP Director -- Moab Property Management Moab Diner Moab Chamber of Commerce Nan Mott - RSVP Volunteer Paula Fuller -- Arches Dental Clime Pearle Watson RSVP Volunteer REMAX Progressive -- Real EstateTeam Rotary Club Vonda Louthan Arches Dental Clime Wa'ker Drug -- |