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Show Juab County helped with Red Ribbon drug campaign 4-H- ers Last weeks Red Ribbon e prevention campaign was a success due to a cooperative effort of many agencies and volunteer groups in Juab County. Included with those groups NBS4 UTAH drug-abus- was the EAST SALT LAKE v organization, which took an active role in carrying out activities for students in county schools. r8 3 .1, IX V 4-- H U ASSOCIATE SOUTH 300 CITY, UTAH&4111 T w Jenny Worwood, Michael, Katie Thalman, Heidi Cowan, Noreen Malquist, and Catherine Mai quist assisted the county Extension office in distributing red ribbons to many businesses in the Nephi and Mona areas. The ribbons were donated by the Nephi Kiwanis and Lions clubs. teen council members Tina Taylor, Ann Winn, Holli Skiner, Carin Coray, Heidi Cowan, and Heather Cowan helped the Department of Mental Health present a puppet show featuring a drug-fre-e message by The Safety Kids to children in the Nephi, Mona, and Eureka elementary schools. Red ribbons for the students in these schools were donated by the Juab County Sheriffs Department and the Nephi City PRESS 467 4-- H Rachael ill GX) Carin Coray, left, Holli Skinner, Heather Cowan, and Heidi Cowan, members of the teen council, display puppets used to help elementary school children understand the harmful effects of using illegal drugs. 4-- H Serving East Juab County A Nice Place to Live ! November 2, 1988 The Extension office also dangers of using illegal drugs worked closely with local school and also promoted the pro' personnel, PTA representatives, gram as a positive alternative to parent-advisor- y council drug use. 4-- H representatives, and the Juab County Sheriffs Department to take assemblies into all schools q the county except Juab High School. The high school planned its own series of activities under the direction of its student coun-Pliccil. The programs discussed the e. The Juab County Extension office thanks the groups who an opportunity to take gave an active role in Red Ribbon Week and to show their support of the campaign slogan, The Choice for Me Drug Free! 4-- H Back to the drawing board For citizenship policy A revised policy for dealing with late or unexcused students has been rejected by the faculty at Juab High School. The citizenship policy will be discussed further, the Juab School District Board of Education decided, but no decision was reached about changes at the October board meeting. The policy was produced by a committee composed of school board members, parents of high school students, high school student-bodofficers, and high y schooLteachers.-- '- v -'- - : Students at Juab High School earn citizenship credit in each of their classes and must have a specified number of such credits in order to graduate. The school districts present policy provides that students who are habitually tardy or have unexcused absences lose citizenship credit. To regain each needed citizenship credit, they must perform 40 hours of community mended allowing teachers to keep track of their own tardies and not just limit each student to four a quarter. Under the present system, students lose Peterson. He said teachers want to have a unified, consistent citizenship policy. In addition, time is set aside for students who citizenship credit after four need extra help. Mellor said the unexcused tardies. teachers did not like the idea of The revised policy also recom- taking time to help tardy or stufmended that any student with fing students when other an unexcused or uncleared students who really needed the absence would be sent to the of- help might. not get the fice. A recent decision that all time they needed. late students no longer have to The teachers also did not like report to the office prior to goidea of having tests adthe ing to class , has caused the in a central area. ministered number df tardies to jump; said Todd Peterson," a teacher at the They want their tests ad' rooms in their ministered by school. Students who missed them, said Mellor. The teachers want something assignments or missed taking tests because of absence would like the present program, Mellor make them up after schools. said. It was either that or forget Tests would be administered in the whole program, he said. a central area. No student would The original program was be excused from the makeup. Teachers would set up their designed by Supt. Kirk L. when he was JHS prinown, individual attendance Wright cipal. Wright said that many policies. similar There were two or three schools had now adopted with for dealing policies things the teachers were con- absences and tardies. said Chuck cerned about, Mellor, a member of the revision Any attendance policy, said committee. With such an open-do- Wright, is designed for a small policy, the teacher becomes number of students. A few more the whipping boy, he said. may skip classes but if the We dont want our own policy were dropped altogether, thing. A nation divided will fall it would affect only a small and so will a faculty, said number of students. after-scho- ol : one-on-o- r Pat Greenwood, left, and deputies Gae Sperry and Ruth Ann Garrett look over County the ballot for Tuesdays election. clerk-audito- Voters will pock com- mossooner, board rep Tuesday, Nov. 8 is election day, and voters will go to the polls to select two county commissioners and three local school board representatives. They also will vote on their choices for state and national office; whether to keep two supreme court justices, two district judges, and two circuit court judges; whether to back two propositions; and whether to accept three tax initiatives. Probably the most hotly contested local race is between inr GOP county cumbent commissioner Richard M. will meet at the community center of the county courthouse, beginning at 7 p.m. They should enter through the east door. Judges of election are: Nephi running No. 1, Linda Steele, Karen Pax-ma- In Precinct No. 1 of the Juab School District, incumbent Kar-re- n R. Newton, school board president, is being challenged by Dale B. Fowkes. Terry Menlove is Susan Painter, Doris The committee recommended unopposed in school board A. 2 Laraine Belliston, No. and communiWoodbury, Jerry precinct reducing the school and JoAnn in is Bosh Tolley; Nephi No. 2, service time unopposed per makeup ty Ruth Carla No. 3. Howard, board Ogden, 20 lost to credit precinct citizenship The polls will be open from 7 Mildred Belliston, Joyce Mem-mothours. They also recommended Arlene Griffiths, and a.m. to 8 p.m. Here are the pollallowing students to sign up for Na1, No. Doris Anderson; would Nephi No. 3, Nephi a $15 class which ing places: replace tional Guard Armory; Nephi Natalie Orme, Ada Oldroyd, five hours of citizenship credit. No. 2, Nephi City Hall; Nephi Ivan Tidwell, Jean Westring, The committee also recom No. 3, Juab County Center; Blanche Pexton, and Corrine Nephi No. 4, Juab High School; Jenkins; Nephi No. 4, LeAnn ' and Mona, Mona Town Hall; and Stoddard, Elwood Hall, Alice Democratic Brough Max K. Williams. Franks, Debbie Wilson, Levan, Levan Town Hall. challenger The Republican party will Winagene Eyre, and Claudia Democratic incumbent two-yecommissioner James M. meet for an election night vigil Whiting; Mona, Lily Mae at the Nephi Elementary Pehrson, Lynnette Gooch, M. Garrett also is seeking but is running unop- School, begiiming at 7 p.m. Clark Newell, Reva Bryan, drug-trafficki- ng posed. His GOP challenger Jack Those attending should enter Sarah Neilsen, and Ina Kay; and Levan, Kerma Jensen, Olive Robu has withdrawn from the through the northwest door. members Its marijuana harvest time in and the cars were stopped in received permission to search race for health reasons. Poulsen, Nina Morgan, Connie Democratic party the vehicle and found the pot Arizona and Mexico, and for succession. Dubinski, Irene Mangelson, and The first car was a 1976 Buick stuffed in duffle bags in the Sgt. Paul Mangelson of the Mary Rosquist. cars trunk. Utah Highway Patrol, its drug driven by Timothy Louis The second car stopped was a trafficker harvest time as well. 29, of Tucson, Ariz. He 1976 Chevrolet driven by David had 40 pounds of marijuana 111. It Mangelson made two unrelat- valued at approximately L. Barrett, 27, of Peoria, of 70 about was in his of trunk the for pounds carrying ed arrests drug smuggling $64,000 him worth on about the were $112,000 car. men Both drug, stopped Mangelson stopped is the no later than 6 p.m. on SaturFriday. Reading is Dino-Mit- e on speeding charges on In- - speeding charges and then on the street. Mangelson also theme for childrens book week, day, Nov. 12. They will be on Electrical power in the terstate 15 east of Nephi, both noticed the smell of raw mari-car- s smelled the raw marijuana in to be held Nov. 14 to 20 at the display at the library during received and then car He from this northwest car. perthe were carrying marijuana, juana coming quarter of Public Library, says Bar- childrens book week. be will off for about mission to search for the drug. Nephi Nephi Prizes will be given for the picbara Lovell, librarian. three who didnt know hours Both men Monday night, l, The library is sponsoring an ture representing the 7 Nov. as crews each other and were not travel- art contest city repair 12 children for all friendliest, meanest, a transformer at the subing together were booked into and under. They are asked to smartest, ugliest, prettiest, and station. the Juab County Jail. Their bail create a dinosaur. picture of a best-rea- d Lee Fowkes, superintenwas set at $10,000 each. Dont forget to stop at the The picture Readosaurus. dent of the city power In addition, the two mens must be on an 8.5 x 11 sheet check of library during book week, system, says those living The Jaub School District classes free of charge. High cars, valued at approximately paper and must incorporate a out some books, and get a free between Center Street and Board of Education has raised school students who take a class $1,000 each, were seized. book into the artwork. surprise, Mrs. Lovell tells area 9th North and between with of Possession flunked in it because adult marijuana day the fee for those taking they All entries must be submitted children. e Main Street and 4th West a is distribute be to will intent school $25 and Cher evening charged education per will be affected. class. felony, punishable by imclasses. re-elect- ed The outage will begin at In addition, the board raised prisonment of up to five years Last yeai fvening school 11 cerfines of extended and of $10,000. p.m. the salary day patrons paid 912 per The highway patrol continues class. They will now pay $15 per tified instructors from $7.25 per its search for drugs. A week ago hour to $8 per hour. class, a raise of 25 percent. Friday, two Montana cars were Adults who are out of school imiiiiiiiiitiniiiuininiiiimBtiminuiiuitmiiniinni I stopped. One had 56 pounds of Daniel W. Kostenko, ad- - profit organization representing but have not graduated, care facilities in i marijuana and the other had 90 ministrator of the Canyon Hills 86 long-terhowever, still will be able to take and south- value the street for total a Care central, southern, in Center Health The Nephi. pounds, the classes free of charge. of $233,600. has been elected to his second eastern parts of the state. It cost of educating these students Signup for Little League With the marijuana harvest term as of the sponsors health care education is picked up by an adult educawill be held Thursday, members for and wrestling both and in Mexico, Arizona on Utah Health Care Association. programs going tion grant from the state. Nov. 10 in Nephi. be of will organizathe the drug going through High school and middle school Kostenko also is a member of here like wildfire, said the executive board of the Utah tion and is affiliated with the Boys in grades three through students who are taking night American Helth Care Associa- five should be at the high school Mangelson. The harvest will Health Care Association. classes will be required to pay of tion, headquartered in Washing- from 6 to 8 p.m. The signup fee continue through the first the the fee. Previously, some high is $10. is a The association said. he ton, D.C. school students could take the DiiimnuimumiiuimuiiimunimniiuniiiumRiui year, service. 40-ho- ur or n, t, four-yea- It's marijuana harvest time for growers, troopers Sgt. Mangelson nets two cars in counts a row on ar Dinosaur drawing contest set at library San-dife- r, School board raises night class fees 25 Power to be off Monday most-colorfu- third-degre- Kostenko 18-ho- ur health care group VP w m Vote as you please, but please vote!!! t.j ig 5I2IIUL) vice-preside- non-membe- rs not-for- Jtl |