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Show Sun Advocate Poce. Utan Tuesday March 16, 2004 5A Whose problem is this whole drug thing, anyway? Coi.t.mit J iioai Mi So why should you become involved. Simply pul. be-- s aime tins is important to you and everything you know Sometimes it m easy tosu b.uk and see things .is i sparring partner, and sadly these are not isolated cases. -- People like this live dow n the street, next door and sometimes in y our ow n house and you don't even realize it But it you can't relate to someone else's problem, that cost, then relate to this one Most ot the property dime in this county is caused by chugs There's a good chance that it someone stole that lawnmower out ot your gulden shed a couple of summers ago oi those CD's ott the seat ot your car when you let t it unlocked to go into the stoic last week, they did it because they needed money tot dings But that's gist small stul compared to how much money police deputtments. and it we couldn't do that about some things we'd all lot ol us tend to go nuts. do ih.it about ding pioblems in our community, it's someone else's problem oi someone eKe's kid's piob-leBut the cost to all ot us. both now and in the is so high that we can't ignoie it any moie Li-ti- hat aie those costs aie expensive, both m human suttenng and dolluis W hey I had the expeiieiice ot sitting in the middle ol a bunch ot young women dining a I Local winners named in history fair The Eastern Utah Regional History Fair was held March 3 at the College of Eastern Utah. Students from Cat bon and Em- ery counties in grades four through 12 piesented history research projects, competing'for the opportunity to ad ance to the state contest. Winners were announced at an aw ai ds ceremony at the close of the day. This jear students were encouraged to address the theme "Exploration. Encounter, and Exchange in History." They looked at topics such as explorers and expeditions, scientific discovery, and cultural ex- change. Students competed according to their age group in four different categones: his- torical papers, exhibits, peifor-mance- s. and documental y media. The Southwestern Utah Re- gional History Fair was pre- sented by the Utah History Fair, the College of Eastern Utah, and the Caibon School District. The Utah History Fair is a program of the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University. It is funded by the Utah Division of State Historj and the Utah Humanities Council. Winners, their teachers, and their schools include: Castle Heights Elementary -- Cody Anderson, along with Troy Munns placed third with an exhibit on September 11. Their teacher is Marih n Bell. Petersen Elementary Kennedi Oldroyd, along with Marki Hunt placed first with their exhibit on Martin Luther King. Cody Hunt placed first his presentation on the Fremont Indians. Their teacher is Karen Houser. Mont Harmon Junior High All Baum, along with Kortnev Stevenson and Mary Blackburn Flight. Ethan Mangum. exhibit on the Faneiy Tunnell. Mmdi Luke, with her exhibit on The Match of the Mormon Battalion; Jessie Jew hex with her exhibit on the in st flight. Ehse DeBory ami Augusta Beagley on the Women in the Milituty; Mundv Langston and Tavloi Jewkes on the Polygamy Raid, Jakes Sehestedt on Woild Wai II, Mathew BehhngonThe Ten on Putriaich Stevie Keepler social serv ices and even the in our aiea spend to deal vv ith the pioblem. W hen it comes dow n to it. millions of dolluis ot tax money aie lost each year because of it Instead ot that money being spent on things that would benefit the community, it is being spent on something that benefits none of us at all This truly is my piob-lc- Caibon County Commission meeting a couple ot months ago as they told then stones about being on dings, losing then kids because ot it and how they have had to snuggle to get back on then teet on the Black Hawk W.u. and Maik Sundstiom on Jim Bndger. Winneis imm emeiy High School includeLindsuy Huntsman. Chandler Iunnei. Moigun Miller. Daniel Luke. Jackson Pace, JD Jenson. Rachael Soiensen. Allen Waddoups. Amy Langston. Lrin Anselmo. Tient Guy moil. Ciena Jones. Ty ell Jewkes, and Sumike schools Some told ot getting then kids back attei lighting the addiction, othcis weie still ti y nig to convince otticials they should get them back Most still laced black days ol avoiding the addiction that still stalks them and will lor the test ol then lives I had teais m my eyes listhen st oi ies ot to tening xtiueele with a veiv haul neighbors pioblem my and your pioblem And it's time we all woke up to it. You may not have made the choice to introduce meth into your body, but you are pay ing tor it just as if you had So whose problem is it am wav ? i Tudehura. w ith -- placed first with their peifor-manc- e The Three Riders. Their is Joe Cha. Ferron Elementary and Emery High School took the majority of the awards. 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