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Show Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday July 20, 2004 3B Community News Run Across America V .toto By WESTON BRINKERHOFF Student Writer J An international race jogged right through Emery County on June 29. The race is called Run Across America 2004. This race is the hardest foot race in the world said Alan Hath, race director. The race started in Huntington Beach. Calif. On June 12 and will end on Aug. 21 in Central Park, New York City, N.Y. The total miles of the race is approximately 3,100. The runners are as follows Bob Brown of England, Russell Allison, USA, Luc Dunont, France, Kazuhiko Horiguchi, Japan, Don Winklev, USA, Oliver Forti, France, and Takasumi Senoo, Japan. The runners have to be in top shape for the race since they run an average' of 29 to 54 miles a day at a pace of at least 3.5 miles an hour, so they run from six tol2 hours everyday. This is not a cheap race the entry fee alone costs 82,000. You would think that the $2,000 entry fee would at least pay for some food and accommodations, it doesn't though. The overall cost of the race can v A ,j 0-- 3 v Av to V ' ; ' J 'N . k to AA'A:'AA to tor.-'to- 's' M'j..'Qm xvv: yy A 71 3 ?y it ' L 1 9 riW ' 'to Sti Run Across America participants will 't ' fY ,"'5: v I , k v A: ' , to, '' JV . to A' Yv's''to x . ri end the race in New York. range from SS.500 to $10,000. Three of the runners are running for causes: Louis Rodriguez for breast cancer awareness, Olivier Forti of France for children with leukemia, and Bob Brown, CHICKS, Country Holiday for Inner City Kids. The remainder of the runners are running for the challenge. Run Across America travels through Emery County. Photos by Weston Brinkerhoff Emery School District Health Career Camp College in High School A Real Bargain The senior year for many students is often viewed as relax time. Students work hard to got through their junior year, since that is when they are assessing college options. When they reach their senior year they have few' credits left to finish. Many times they takers chaU lefiging courses or graduate t early and leave. Although recent proposals by state and local school leaders w'ould require high school seniors to take more rigorous courses in math, science and language arts during their senior year, many students are choosing to do it on their own through a program called concurrent enrollment. Concurrent enrollment allows students, usually during their senior year, to earn college credit while in high school. College courses are taught by high school teachers with masters degrees who are approved by a college to teach for college credit. Students can also take college classes through distance education over EdNet. These courses are taught by college professors through the use of interactive technology. "One of the great advantages of concurrent enrollment is the saving in tuition realized by parents, says J.J. Grant, Emery District's supervisor of secondary education. ; During the 2002-200- 3 year Emery School District students completed 387 college courses, earning 1,109 college credits at a savings of school nearly $94,000 in tuition to par- ents. Last school year, 425 courses were taken for 1,239 college credits, a savings of over $99,000 in tuition," reported Grant. In most cases the only cost to students is a one time recording fee of $20. In some cases, a well prepared and academically disciplined high school student can complete an associates degree (two years of college) before graduating from high school. In these cases Local Students Attend the savings to parents is even greater in that the state offers a New' Century Scholarship to these students to cover the high percent of costs to finish their bachelors degrees. KirkSitterud, Superintendent of Schools for the Emery County School District indicates that one of the major goals of the1 school district is to provide in-- . creasing opportunities for Emery District students to realize a greater level of equity in education with students in large urban areas of the state. This has always been the challenge of rural schools. One of the ways to accomplish this goal is to work to provide access for our students to higher level core academic courses through concurrent enrollment and advanced placement programs. Additional information about concurrent enrollment classes and how it can benefit your children can be obtained by contact-ingvohigh school counseling ur office. Health Career Camp Jennie Dennis, Treasa Colby and Candice Smith of Emery High School recently attended the sixth annual Health Career Exploration Camp at Southern Utah University on June 14 - Hi. The camp, which is designed to help high school students learn more about the health care hands-o- " n expe- riences and learningopportuni-tie- s for those who attended. Social activities as well as an extended field trip to Salt Lake were also part of the camp. At the camp, participants were divided into two tracks and rotated among 10 different workshops. Some of the workshops featured health career skills where participants learned to suture, cast arms, hematocrits, take a blood pres- sure, intubate, and more. In science experiments, students dissected sheep eyes, looked at blood smears through microscopes, did chemistry experiments and made their own chapslick. Careers that were featured included, medical tech nologist, physician assistant, nurse, respiratory therapy, veterinary, dentistry, exercise science, physical therapy, pharmacy and forensic science. Selected students also participated in an extended field trip, where they went to Salt Lake City and visited the University of Utah School of Medicine, AirMed, Moran Eye Center and Shriners Hospital. to Carrie According AHEC Program Co- rJennie Dennis participates Torgersen, ordinator for the camp, This in the health camp. camp is designed to give students from rural areas opportunities to learn about health care careers in a hands-o- n way that is not always available to them. Our hope is that by introducing students from rural areas to health care, they are more inclined to go back to a rural area to work after their education is finished. The Health Career Exploration Camp will be held again next year at Southern Utah University in June. For more information about future camps, Candice Smith looks at please visit the website at blood smears under a vvvv:suneduahec or call Trustees Perform Community Service Trustees from the Emery County Sheriffs Office have been performing community service behind the scenes of the county. They recently helped put up the booths and awnings The trustees will at the Heritage Days celebration in Huntington. They also helped put up awnings at the American Cancer Society Relay for Life held in Castle Dale on July be called out to help with preparations when the Emery County Fair comes to town on Aug. The trustees are under the direction of Lt. Bill Downard from the Emery County Sheriffs Office. The trustees are inmates at the jail who have earned a place of trust. The trustees cook the meals for the other inmates and do a lot of the cleaning at the jail. They do the laundry and other jobs. When a project comes up out in the community the trustees can 9-1- 0. 3-- help with it during times when other people are not present. In the fall, the trustees will help with a cleaning sweep of the San Rafael Swell where they 7. pick-u- p roadside trash along the county roads on the Swell. Photos by Patsy Stoddard if |