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Show (Elic (Tinu'S-i- S clus Wednesday, February 28, 1996 Nephi, Utah for bodies councils are Advisory Regional National March 4 10 is wildlife management Juvenile Arthritis week citizen input into greater its assistant director -- influence from a nnd i life management principles and Last spring, in an effort to en Hasenvager. wildlife active more and public, sions for children and teens with hance and streamline wildlife for the Utah Division of Wildlife objectives, species biology in Utah will be more curand histories agement and siblings. arthritis, parents rule and policy making, the Utah Resources. In turn, the Board has the re- rent wildlife topics. With a more closely aligned with public According to the Foundation, Legislature dissolved the Board if a child avoids using a particu- of Big Game Control and the old sponsibility through the Regiongroup of decision mak- - es. stiffness to of seek Councils shows publar limb, signs Wildlife Board and created a new al Advisory or complains about aching joints, seven member Wildlife Board. In lic input and put their personal UTAH COUNTY it may not be just growing addition to the new Wildlife biases aside and be altruistic' and Juvedecision be in arthritis. their making. pains it may Board, the Legislature created holistic NEW ft USED GUNS nile arthritis is a painful, some- five Regional Wildlife Advisory The Division has the responsibilWHOLESALE AMMO best the to times debilitating condition that Councils to collect local biological provide ity GUN SAFES -affects as many as 285,000 Amerinformation available to the AdKNIVES Wildlife and Councils ican children. With early djagno-si- s Regional Advisory Councils visory SCOPES Fairgrounds ISpanishTorkf and proper support, children which arecom prised of land own- Board thereby better enabling HOLSTERS and their families can learn to ers, consumptive and non con- them to make good quality wildSat.9a-5- p Sun. 9a-4- p BUY BOOKS ft PARTS full a and JA with decisions." RELOADING GEAR life enjoy cope MODERN TO sumptive sportsmen and women, ANTIQUE SELL on JERKY a activities. of position All accepting lTpon All Calibers, range federal land management agenBrands, TRADE HUNTING GEAR Wildlife Board and ReA child who has arthritis might cy representatives. ..have the re- the new off! forTi find climbing steps, throwing a sponsibility to solicit local pub- gional Advisory Council, each, ball, opening a door or even walk- lic input and formulate recom- member is given a course in pubing very difficult or impossible. mended actions to the new Wild- lic involvement techniques, wild Along with the pain, arthritis life Board. brings fatigue. Arthritis can be "Through the Advisory Counworse on some days than on oth- cils and the expanded Wildlife ers, flaring up when least expectBoard, conscientious sportsmen Marriage. Divorce. A baby. Buying or selling a ed. now have a better avenue to inRetirement. When your life changes, so do home. outThe good news is that the fluence wildlife decision making taxes. is JA with your look for children optiand also a new responsibility to mistic, even though there is no voice their opinions about wildCome to H&R Block. We can help. We will work to cure. Early diagnosis and prop- life issues at Regional Advisory a er treatment can go long way Council meeting. says Bob get you all the refund youre entitled to. We do it for in preventing significant disabilover 10 million people every year. ity in later years. Treatments include medication to control inflammation, rest, exercise and Because its your money. proper nutrition. For more information on juvenile arthritis, the free Juvenile Arthritis Family Education Day or to register for the JA Educa623-460tion Day, please call the Arthrior 623-140- 7 tis Foundation at 48 North Main, Nephi outside of the Salt Lake City callHour: 9 to 3 p.m. Mon. - Fri, Saturday and evenings by appointment ing area toll free at Iddsldilisiislb I Arthritis, a disease which is usually associated with the elderly, is also frequently diagnosed in children. According to recent estimates, as many as 3,000 children in Utah and Idaho may have some form of arthritis. March 0 is Juvenile Arthritis (JA) Awareness Week, and durn ing this week the Arthritis F is launching a nationwide wish-educate- 4-1- oun-datio- public-input- educational campaign to tell America that Kids Get ArthriToo. To kick off JAAwareness Week, tis, the Arthritis Foundation, Utah Idaho Chapter and Primary Childrens Medical Center are sponsoring a free Juvenile Arthritis Family Education Day , GUN SNOW MARCH 2 3 If your life changed, 9 so did your taxes. Subscribe Today, only $19 per year in Juab County Continued from A6 Scores irA'XlSEELVl&E over last year and is equal to the highest score in 1992 and 1993. The eleventh grade science score of 66 is the highest subject score recorded in Utah in the six years of the testing program. The reading score is also excellent and for the first time went above the 60 mark, scoring 61, three points higher than in 1994, the report CALL 486-499- 3 WR BLOCK 8 Phone !2r3U states. Christensen emphasizes that too much can be read into these test scores. The SAT, or any test for that matter, cannot possibly provide a complete measure of academic performance or overall quality in Utahs public schools. The test measures only a limited range of the skills taught in the classroom. Test scores not only measure the quality of education, but are highly correlated indicators such to characurbanrural as income, comracial type, teristics, family position, language, etc. Looking at test scores and concluding that some schools are better than others is too simplistic. The report points out another important point about statewide tests, The state averages for the testing programs do not tell the story of the disparity in test scores among various schools. For example, in the Salt Lake City School District, there are 26 elementary schools. Of these schools, 17 scored in the 40s or below on their total basic battery. At these schools, the percent of students on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program or free lunch program ranged from 38 percent to 84 percent. By comparison, there were seven elementary schools that ' ; " v' Leap-Yea- r. It j ust gets more more commercia socio-econom- ic had total basic battery test scores of 60 or better. The percent of students at these schools on AFDCfree lunch ranged from 4 percent to 30 percent (all but one school was below 21 percent). Such facts highlight the challenges of overcoming the teachining obstacles related to low Christensen. stated come, The Utah Foundation report also discusses other test scores in which Utah students participate. One such test is the American College Testing Program (ACT). Over the last eight years, Utah students (generally have not only consistentabove the national scored ly norm, they have gradually widened the gap. In 1988, Utah scored 20.9, while the national norm was 20.8. In 1995, Utah seniors scored 21.4, while the national norm remained at 20.8. Such a trend is significant and positive, the report states. A more exclusive college entrance exam is the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). An eight-yea- r trend for the SAT shows that Utah students have exceeded that of the nations each year. But what is impressive, the report states, is that the spread between Utahs scores and the nations has been widening almost every year for both the verbal and math tests. In 1995, Utah students had an average verbal score of 513 and an average math score of 563. Nationally, the average SAT verbal score was 428 and the average math score was 482. It appears that those Utah students planning on college are improving their position in relation to the college-boun- d seniors nationwide" concludes the report. college-boun- i 0T clipad a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at Primary Childrens Medical Center, 100 North Medical Drive. The days activities will include educational ses- - from . d) UTAH Leap-YeaIt Sorry, but we couldn't help ourselves. was just too perfect. Three great CDs with three great rates. A one day sale. How could we possibly resist such a tantalizing combination? 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