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Show 6 The Magna Times West Valley News, Thursday, April 8, 1993 1993 Granite Writing Great Balls of Foil winners Festival to be bigger to be announced April 24 and better than ever largest ball of aluminum foil. Hie winning entries will be on display throughout the day. The Great Balls of Foil! contest is sponsored by Reynolds Metals, KISN Radio, KSL Televisions Spirit of the Nineties, and Smiths Food & Drug Centers. Winners of the Great Balls If you were a young person with dreams of becoming a successful professional writer, how would you like to be able to rub elbows in person with over a dozen renowned Utah authors? At the fifth annual Granite Writing Festival, aspiring Granite District authors will have the chance to do just that. On Saturday, April 17, at 8:30 a.m., about 400 Granite District students, ages five to 18, will gather at Eisenhower Junior High to learn from real pros in the writing field. Leading the agenda will be a 9 a.m. keynote address in auditorium the by distinguished Salt Lake City writer Ivy Ruckman. She will talk about her career and what its like to be a writer in todays competitive market. There will then be a series of workshop sessions during which students will get to personally meet and confer with Ruckman, as well as Gloria Skurzynski, Dilleen Marsh, Alane Rick Walton, Dean Hughes, Ferguson, Dorothy Solomon, David Schierer, Susan Howe, Leslie Norris, Carolyn Campbell, Ann Edwards Cannon, and Renon Hulet. All are professional authors who earn their living by writing. STUDENT AND CLUB VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP WITH THE ANNUAL MAGNA APRIL CLEANUP For information, call 250-908- 1 (Darrell) or 250-248- 7 (Warren) of Foil! recycling contest will be announced at Hogle Zoos Pavilion area on Satur- day, April 24, at 10 a.m. The contest gives elementary and middle school students a chance to earn cash for their schools by recycling and building the Utah Parent Center to present conference The Utah Parent Center Salt Lake City. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. The conference is free but is required. The deadline for registration is Monday, May 3, at 5 p.m. Space is limited. For more information, call the Utah Parent Center at will be presenting a Conference on Transition Planning: From NO Where to KNOW Where or Planning for Success After Graduacontion. This is a day-lon- g ference to help parents of students with disabilities gain information that will help on them work effectively with other team members and agencies in planning for their childs future. The conference will be held Friday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hilda B. Jones Center, 382 East 3605 South, School News Lots of titled students at Truman part of their study of the Middle Ages and the As Renaissance, sixth graders at Truman Elementary have participated in many interesting projects. For example, teacher Gloria Munns says that, on March 10, all sixth grade students enjoyed a traditional medieval feast, eaten without utinsels. Following the feast, principal Sue Greenlief, acting as queen, bestowed titles of nobility on worthy students. Greenlief knighted boys and pronounced girls as ladies in waiting. However, only those students who had fulfilled duties outlined in their individual contracts were titled. Durstudy of the Middle Ages, students coning their tracted to perform extra tasks both at home and at school. In addition to Munns, sixth grade teachers are Marsha Norris, Sheri Sorensen, Steve Page, and Marla Merrill. two-mon- th Bennion still undefeated in games In March 30 competition, Bennion beat Churchill 1 to claim the undisputed first place spot in League One of the Granite-PepAcademic Uames. In fact, Bennion has been undefeated throughout the entire school years action. Wasatch captured the number two spot in League One with a 2 record. Churchill took third with a 3 record. The League Two championship is still up in the air. Jefferson and Evergreen are tied for first place. Hunter took third with a 2 record. Bryce Bushman, Jefferson, emerged as the leading scorer with 67 points. Competitors with individual cumulative scores of 30 points or more are: Stephanie Warenski, Brockbank, 55; Joey Katz, Bennion, 50; Justin Ellis, Bennion, 45; Adam Kolowich, Eisenhower, 41; Matt Smith, Bennion, 39; Eric Goebel, Churchill, 37; Tarrence Warenski, Brockbank, 35 points; Ben Wilson, Jefferson, 32; Vicky Lewis, Wasatch 31; and Nathan Armstrong, Churchill, Sarah Cheek, Jefferson, and Greg Midgley, Wasatch, 30. 58-4- si 5-- 4-- 5-- 272-105- 1. USU honor students announced Students on the winter quarter honor roll at Utah State University have been announced by Val R. Christensen, vice president for student services. A student must carry 15 or more credit hours and earn a 3.5 or better grade point average to achieve bonorrojl noassa Honor students include: 34th annual high school art show The 34th annual Granite District High School Art Show, chaired by Joyce Rawson of Taylorsville High School, will be held in a store area at the north end of Valley Fair Mall. From Tuesday, April 13, through Friday, April 16, all entries will be shown. From Monday, April 19, through Thursday, April 22, show winners will be displayed. . Business: "Attysbir'irfnr 'day Jurors for the show are from the Utah Arts Council and the Allen, Rachel M. Baca, Jill Marie Graham, Debbie A. Sparks. Education: Julie Green, Audra Ann Kasparian, Jeffrey B. Larsen, Melissa McBride, Rebecca Naegle, Noel Marie Sprouse, Tamara L. Vanroosendaal, Adam P. Zamora. Salt Lake Art Center. Funds for the first place awards in each category have been contributed by the Granite Education Foundation. A reception honoring the artists is scheduled for Wednesday, p.m. Awards will be presented at that time. April 21, 30 Home and School: Vital Links Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: Casey L. Brown, Tahne K. Buer, Jana L. Dilley, Tauyna L. Frank, by LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah Education Association Annalisa Jensen, Danni Sylvia Liese, Shauna Neely, Melinda R. Porter, John Ed Stastny. Natural Resources: Nicole Marie Showell. Engineering: Lisa Jep-peso- n, David Harold Witbeck. Family Life: Carrie Marie L Hodges. has to be an explanation. Adults are reading the newspaper regularly. What could we all be looking for? In a nutshell, we're seeking information of a thousand different types. We're searching for facts, figures, details, people, places. And prices. It should come as no surprise that people read the newspaper for the latest prices. And they trust and rely on it as the best source for the most current price information. When people turn to their paper, they turn there with interest. Which means that's where your advertising message needs to be. With all the choices available, it's difficult deciding how best to advertise your business. But everything becomes a little simpler when you remember one rule. Science: Travis Q. Talbot, Angela Williams. So, Ill admit it. Ive always wanted my sons to bring home straight As on their report cards. Ive always wondered what it might be like to have to shade my eyes against the bright light of an academic star who would come down to breakfast and show proper gratitude to his parents for their patient nurturing and inspired genetic composition. Maggies mom didnt have to imagine. Maggie was a straight A student. Even as a 5th grader, Maggie seemed destined to become head cheerleader, marry the college quarterback, discover a cure for acne, and win the Pulitzer Prize for her cookbook, Fistfuls of Fun with Finger Jello. The kid was good. At everything. Maggies mom waited outside the door on report card day. She always did. This day she waited until coats were zipped and the room had cleared, and she came in with Maggie. They were both in tears, for there, right next to Spelling, was a Please explain this. I showed her the grade book. We calculated the scores. 87 percent. I simply cant understand this. How can Maggie make it up? I just dont see how this could have happened. Maggie was crying. I asked her to go down to the office to check if I had any messages. When she was gone, I told her mother I was worried about her reaction to a B which was, of course, a perfectly respectable grade. I know, said Mom; Ive dreaded this day. Shes always made straight As and I just dont think she can handle this. Her grades have always meant so much to her. We want so much for our kids. We want to see them succeed. But, it can hurt when all a childs ambitions are centered in a grade, and all a parents ambitions are centered in a child. In all our definitions of success, we must not forget to teach children to understand the difference between what is truly important and what is simply symbolic. A report card should never become a defining experience for a child. - Host families needed for B. foreign students American host families are being sought for high school students from Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia for the 1993-9- 4 school year in a program sponsored by the American Intercultural Student Exchange (AISE). These students, age will arrive in the U.S. in August, attend a local high school, and return to their home countries in June of 1994. The students, all fluent in English, have been carefully screened by the local representatives in their home countries, and have their own medical insurance and spending money. Host families participating in this program may deduct $50 per month for income tax purposes. For more information, call 15-1-8, B. i . Volleyball tourney April 10 Central City Community Center is hosting an Easter coed volleyball tournament on Saturday, April 10. To register or for more information, call Nancy Taylor at 538-206- 2. The registration fee is $80 ' !' P : i:: per team. The tournament begins at 9 a.m. and games will be played at West High School, 241 North 300 West, Salt Lake City. Awards will be given to the first and second place teams. Deadline for entries is April 5. |