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Show The Salt Lake Tribune National Bird Authority Visits Salt Lake Festival UTAH “You are never more than 75 yardsfrom a bird anywhere in the United States.” Leads novice birders on Farmington Bay adventure Pete Dunne =a they began to study birds and they THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE would not haveto travel far to enjoy their new activity. FARMINGTON — When anexpert Utah birder learned that na- “You are never more than 75 yards from a bird anywherein the United States and you are usually tionally known bird authority Pete Duinne would lead a beginners tour closer than that,” he said. duting Saturday’s Great Salt Lake He. said the biggest problem most beginners haveis notlack of Bird Festival, he chuckled. “Having Pete Dunnelead a be- knowledge, but lousy binoculars. ginners bird tour would be like Hesaid birders should avoid purchasing binoculars with a zoom lens system and concentrate on a pair with wide focus and good having Michael Jordan teach a class on dribbling,” said the Utah bird enthusiast. But Dunneproved to be a natu- depthof field. The other major tool is a good ral teacher who offered good advicé to a busload of eager new field guide. birders. ‘After a brief lecture on the ba- As Dunne took the behind-thegates tour of Farmington Bay, manylong-time Utah residents ex- sies of birding, Dunne took his charges on a two-hour tour of the Farmington Bay Bird Refuge where they watched thousands of stilts, avocets, Canada geese, Wilson’s phalaropes and yellow- pressed elation and surprise at the bird resource they foundin their own backyard. “Wedon’t realize the great eco- system we have here,” said Terry Lee of Provo. “We don’t’ take headed blackbirds cavort. Dunne, from the Cape May Observatory in New Jersey and a noted book author, also spoke at a enoughtime to see what’s here.” Comments such as those are what Davis County tourism head Neka Roundylikes to hear. One of the main reasons forthebird festi- sold-out international dinner at the Davis County Fairgrounds Saturday night. The dinner represented Great Salt Lake partners in val is to increase public awareness who had representatives at the second annualfestival. Dunnetold the beginners that thirds of our boundaries are in the water. We have nature.” Roundy thought attendance was higher than a year ago when the initial Great Salt Lake Festival drew. about 2,000 participants. While someofthe art vendorssaid business was on the slow side, many werewilling to be part of an event they feel will grow in the future. About 80 runners, bikers and walkers kicked off the day with an educational run-walk at Antelope Island designed to teach them about migration patterns of birds 12-year-old from Jordan Ridge ElementarySchool in BY JOE BAIRD THE South Jordan. SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Manyofthe participants move on to high school TAYLORSVILLE — Urbanization, growth and open space are all hot topics on Utah’s political front this But among fourth- and fifth-graders? Believe it. Elementary and middle school students from around the state gathered Saturdayto orally fence on those very topics at the Utah Debate 2000 competition, held at Taylorsville High School. Morethan 200 students qualified for the state tournament, having arrived in Taylorsville after winning school and district competitions. Championship awards were handed outin six different categories. “Blown awayusuallydescribes the reaction of any adult whocomes and watches this,” said Sunny Dent, the director of programs for Utah Debate 2000. “Most of Dunne, a veteran of many bird festivals, praised the organizersof the Davis County eventforits fo- Laketo increase tourism. “We are the Great Salt Lake,” she said about Davis County. “Two ers” who had not seriously considered studying birdsbefore. of the children are fully committed, she noted, but those that makeit to the state tournament levelcertainlyare. “If they have gotten to this point they are truly dedicated,” said Dent. “They've spent many hours getting ready for this, and they have very supportive “Tt’s fun, because you getcool stuff if you win,” said ll-year-old David Ence, another Upland Terrace competitor. Nerve-wracking comesto mind. Just like those kids who playsoccer, or baseball or softball in the spring, the pre-game jitters are veryreal. with debate basics, they start researchingtheir topics state level. And they knowtheirstuff. Thesubject of growth in Utah“is real, is today and is going to affect all of us,” said Jessica Ellsworth, a tails, use a computer to look at a brine shrimp or build a bird Statewide, debate has caught on among youngsters, according to Dent, with 10,000 students from the fourth through ninth grades competing on somelevel. Notall families and teachers. Andthen there are those incentives. she would have sold more products. More importantly, she would haveliked to participate in one of the15field trips offered Saturday. One of the most popular parts of house. Leatham, a student at Upland Terrace Elementaryin Holladay. kids know about thesetopics. It keeps them very much informed about what's going on.” More fundamentally, debate develops reading, research, comprehension andcritical thinking skills among the 10- to 15-year-old contestants, Dent added. These kids take it seriously. Beginning in the fall during the winter and are formulating speeches and practicingbyspring. Five hoursof debate preparation the festival was a kids education area where children were invited to makea floating duck outof cat: competition; some even knowwhattheywill do with their debateskillsafter that “I want to be a lawyer,” said 12-year-old Drew thefolkssitting at home don’t knowhalf of what these that use the Great Salt Lake. Pot decorator Valerie Amembal of Salt Lake City said she wished the natural setting of the Great Salt for birds found on the Great Salt Lake. A second function is to use Saskatchewan, Canada, and Marismas Nationales, Mexico, Debate Is Hot Topic for 10- to 15-Year-Olds year. 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