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Show 8A Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday July 1,2003 Ueei Miss Emery County Janell Jones and Miss Utah State Fair Barbara Burke L i . i? x V h" -- ' V i Wv Miss Emery County Janell Jones performs her talent number at Miss Utah. Two Emory County contes-- t ; tants participated in the Miss Utah competition on June 9-- in Salt Lake City. The competi-- ; ; . . Utah. They also need psychologists and more counselors in schools. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in youth, with accidents being first. Jones went on to win the second attendant in the Quality of Life for Miss Utah. This award is given for their work and participation on their platforms. The contestants had to write tin essay and submit letters of rec- tion this year was held in Abravanel Hall. Miss Emery, Janell Jones said, Its been a blast to be here, more fun than I expected. We have had a lot of rehearsals for the production number. Wednesday night I participated in the swimsuit and an onstage cpiestion. My current ommendation. They were also event question was about the interviewed by a committee Main Street Plaza. My platform which chose the top three for is suicide prevention for the awards. Jones was announced youth. did presentations for the as second attendant at the gala ninth graders at Canyon View that was held Saturday night Junior High and San Rafael Jun- after the concluding perforior High during the school year. mance. 1 also did a Jones has been attending-Southerpresentation for high school classes and distributed Utah University this pamphlets and yellow ribbons. past year, majoring in biology. Its important to stay and listen Its so interesting learningwhy to people in need of help. Dont people do the things they do. diminish their problems and want to be a therapist in a school don't give advice. Direct them to and work with adolescent stuget help from appropriate dents. We are visiting the Huntssources. One of the teachers at San Rafael came up to me and man Cancer Center while here told me to keep doing what Im in the city and we are perform-ingou- r talent pieces at the South doing to raise awareness and feel like it has been a success. I Town Expo Center. We have a want to see suicide prevention hostess who is the chaperon for programs in all the schools in five girls and we cant leave the 1 I 1 hotel without her. Her name is Peggy Rluff and shes been great; she runs to get anylhingwe need. "I w as encouraged to niter the Miss Emery pageant by a lady I worked with. So. I gave it a shot and won. It's bet'll tough to co1 ordinate speakingengagements with the schools and going to college, but it's been fun and I've learned a lot this past year. dont get too nervous when performing if cant see the audience and ou do gel used to it. Ive made a lot of friends up here and the girls are amazing'; they are so nice. There are two or three that are real competitive, but thats a lot less than expected. Everyone is just here to have fun. There are 58 contestants. We had a 12 minute interview with the judges and they ask you about your platform and other quest ions. They asked w hat makes you laugh and said being tickled. They asked howl accept criticism and said try to use it to become a better person. They also w anted to know w hat we would do if we were suddenly given 850.000 and I saidl would go fishing. love fishing. said Jones. I I I I I Miss Emery County Janell Jones finishes her talent with a smile. Barbara Burke is participating in Miss Utah 2003 as the representative from the Miss Utah State Fair. Were having so much fun and Abravanel Hall is just amazing. The acoustics are so good. These 5S girls are just the best. I feel more comfortable this year. Last year, the compe? tition was in Orem and this year its so fun to be here in Salt Lake and everything is just so close together. We have our interviews n here at the Crystal Inn and we w can come back to the hotel to rest between our rehearsals and were not stuck at the school like we were last year. Its such an Janell Jones outside of Abravanel Hall by the fountain. ; experience to be here. You just have to be who you are and know that is good enough. No matter what happens. The first year tried to compare myself to the other girls and you just cant do ?! is s 1 I Barbara Burke poses beside the Miss Utah welcome sign in the lobby of the Crystal Inn. ; the kids who are being mentored. We are workingon a Other than my family, my pageant directors have been great mentors for me. They taught me to be myself and know that was good enough. couldn't have accomplished what I have without my mom, she always does all the paperwork and sends it in. My whole family came up to watch the talent competition. There are always things you have to work through and you just go out and do your best. Perron City has been very supportive and they sent flowers to wish me luck and the fair board sent a huge bouquet of balloons and said they were proud that I represent them. Its just been awesome and I love it, said Mentored You, Thank Burke. ; Miss Provo, Stacy Johnson went on to be Miss Utah 2003. ;1 A;, 1 Miss Provo, Stacy Johnson wins Miss Utah 2003. that because were all different. Talent is niv favorite competition and I sang, If My Heart Had Wings, it is always a bit of a risk singing country at Miss Utah. just love being on stage and performingand feeling the energy of the crowd. My most favorite part of being here is meeting all of the gilds. They arent snobby and they are all so nice. Our hostess just spoils us and brings us gifts all the time. This is the first year for the new' Miss Utah board and they are really approachable and they care about the girls. love the change of location because the pageant is a big deal and it feeds into the Miss America pageant. This past year I graduated from Snow College and I'm just starting at Brigham Young University. Im in social work right now, but I might change my major. My platform is on mentoring. I attended the National Mentoring Conference that was held in Salt Lake and I have been involved in using the college community at Snow for mentoring in that community. The conference was great 1 1 Barbara Burke competes in the evening wear event. t Barbara Burke, left, with Carly Tooke, Miss Utah. runner-u- p to and gave a lot of ideas on recruitment. We attended a Stingers baseball game and brought project to create a card that has a mentoring message on it, Who Them and Pass it On. 1 want people to catch the vision of mentoring in Emery County. The Youth and Families with Promise is the program available and w'orks with mentors and youth. They have activities and help the children with their homew'ork. There are so many mentors that help other people throughout their lives. The more support you have the more likely you are to succeed. Barbara Burke finished as number 1 1 of 58 girls. Photos by Patsy Stoddard and Sharree Jensen I |