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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1992 Pageant Attendance was 116,000 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 50c a copy Volume 107 Number II Manti LDS Temple im" Parents ask Board to reinstate traditional classes at EMS Want algebra and geometry: Board agrees to take the proposal under consideration attended the South Sanpete their students for high school and college. The board will School consider the idea. program. The board also agreed to consider a return nextyear to the 180-da- y schedule instead of continuing with the 172 day schedule that added 15 more minutes to the school day. The board also agreed to A small group of parents Board meeting last week to express dissatisfaction with the Ephraim Middle School core curriculum and new math The new math program focuses on math principles. They want, instead, the traditional math classes, specifically algebra and geometry. They apparently feel that the tradition classes better prepare contribute to $2000 the construction of a masonry storage shed on Manti High Schools sports complex. Manti City will also participate in the project The employment of the following people was approved: Sherleen Christensen as a school lunch employee at Gunnison Valley High School; Martha Olsen as an Ephraim Middle School special ed teacher; Mitzi Olsen as a school lunch worker at Gunnison Valley High School, and Helen Crandall and Tammy Moore as part-tim- e Chapter 1A Manti High School Cheerleaders are, front row: Kim Larsen, Andria Boston, Tori Anderson, Jaml Steed, Amber Plerro, middle row: Molly Petersen, Heidi Christiansen, Tiffany Alder, Robyn Eliason, Danl Neeley (head cheerleader), Jamie Shand, back row; Amy Shand, Brenda Birk, Dyna Folkerson (head J.V. cheerleader), Karen Barton, and Kim Cox. 1 aides at Manti Elementary School. 992-9- 3 Pennies by the Inch Drive saves many lives at Primary Children's Medical Center MHS Cheerleaders win many awards The 1992-9Manti High School cheerleaders attended the 3 Each year, many children come from throughout Utah to Primary Childrens Medical Center for medical care. Many of these children have benefitted from the funds raised from the Pennies by the Inch campaign. or protrusion on their back. This sac occurs as a result of failure of the vertebrae of the spi ne to close. Childrenlike Brandie Stubbs, a daughter of Billy and Janice Stubbs of Santa Clara, who was helped by Pennies by the Inch funds. She was born with a form of spina bifida, called the Open Spine", because babies born with this birth defect have a small sac opening in her spine. Nine days later the family returnedhome to southern Utah. One month later, a shunt was placed in Brandies head to drain excess fluids from her brain. Then a few months ophthalmologist at Primary Childrens operated on her eyes to improve her vision. The cute old is now progressing well. Brandie and her family appreciate the donations to Pennies by the Inch, which have helped pay for her medical care. one-ye- Brandie was flown by Life Flight to Primary Childrens, where surgeons closed the ago, Brandie had another when an surgery, National Cheerleaders Association camp this past July at the University of Utah. ar The squad worked very hard this summer in preparation for the camp. Fifteen squads from Children from many states are treated at the hospital. Pennies by the Inch is the campaign held in ten western states. Volunteers urge families and individuals to give a penny, dime or dollar for each inch of their height One hundred percent of the donations goes door-to-do- or directly to help needy children at Primary Childrens. If you miss the campaign, contributions may be sent directly to Primary Childrens Medical Center, Box 58249, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-024- 9. Brandie and other children in need urge you to come aboard, and give Pennies by the Inch. Weather The Weather Is reported by Lee J. Anderson, cooperative observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau. Date Sept 1 Sept 2 Sept3 Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Septfll Septl 12 Sept 13 Sept 14 Max. 75 79 76 68 Min. 46 48 72 74 78 77 84 81 51 75 75 82 58 49 44 at camp, The cheerleaders have been, and will be, having fund raisers to earn enough money to attend the competition in Texas this winter. Anyone wishing to make a donation to help should sent it to: MHS Cheerleaders, co Manti the cheerleaders also received the Top Team Award, the daily Spirit Stick Award, and the actual Spirit Stick to bring home. They received superior High School. concept should give more personal approach at EMS Teaming" is a word that parents willhearalotatEphraim Middle School this year. It is a concept which assists teachers in giving students a more personal approach to learni ng. Teaming allows students to feel like they are a part of a group of their peers. Students are divided into three major teams, based on grade level, and smaller teams, called Home Rooms. Students have selected a Home Room teacher. Home Rooms are held the first 25 minutes of each day for 7th and 8th graders and 25 minutes following lunch break for 6th non-threate- ni .33 While available. 'Teaming1 graders. Home Rooms are designated as a ngplace where students can be with their friends to talk about activities at school and work on skills needed to succeed in life. Mondays are spent as a time to unwind from the weekend and talk with each other. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are spent learning new ideas. The 51 47 42 46 44 43 48 44 71 Prec. Utah and surrounding states were in attendance. Only three ribbons in every category squads were chosen to compete at the National Competition in Dallas, Texas, this December, with Manti being the only squad from Utah being invited. curriculum for these two days is decided by the students, with teacher direction. The teacher teams are responsible to set a theme for each month to guide these activities. For the month of September, the theme is takenfrom the school motto, Be Prepared. Home Room teachers will be working on skills to help students learn this concept. Thursdays are set aside for reading and study hall. Fridays are activity days, possibly tied into subjects discussed duringTuesday and Wednesday. Another activity of teams is to gain a sense of identity as groups. Each group will choose a (Continued on Page 2) Ephraim Stake Conference will be this weekend The EphraimUtah Stake will hold their Stake Conference this presiding over all sessions. The general session on Sunday will begin at 10 a.m., for all members and in the stake. All meetings will be held in the Ephraim Stake weekend beginning Saturday with an afternoon session at 4 p.m. for priesthood leadership. Other meetings include an evening session on Saturday at 7 p.m., for all adult members ofthe stake. The conference theme is Proclaim the gospel, redeem the non-membe- rs Center. Sunday evening, at 7 p.m., will be the Youth Culture Night at the stake center, featuring dead, perfect the saints." musical and instrumental President JosephNielsen will be numbers by youth of the stake. Not just spinning his wheels Ephraim boy establishes reputation as top competitor in bike racing world BY BRUCE JENNINGS old Louk Gordon For bike season opened the mountain 14-ye- ar with the Spring Fling at Vendover, Nevada. Louk competed in the 5 category and fini shed fifth among the 130 competitors. It was a race. grueling 13-1- 14-mi- le And for Louk the racing season will end with the Flat Tire Festival in Moab on OcL 29 and 30. In between, he has raced at the Golden Spike in Ogden, the above Payson, and the Steel Breeze in Park City. In his races, Louk has always placed in the top five. And his Bike-a-Ra- achievements have won him special notice in NORBA News, the official publication of the d National Association, the group governing bike racing events. Louk says his goa1 is to race in the World Cup in Vail, Colorado, and he is willing to pay the price. His training schedule is In rigorous and summer, he works out on some of MantiMountainstoughesttrails, up New Canyon, perhaps, or across the Face - little known trails that are steep, rocky and rough. In winter, he rides an indoor bike for an hour or so or does a Off-Roa- year-roun- d. few miles cross country skiing. The .workouts, Louk claims, improves alertness, builds e ndurance, strengthens the back, legs and forearms. Louk especially likes his workout on Manti Mountain because they bring him into confrontations with deer and elk, but not yet, he assures his mother, with a bear. He graduated from a tricycle to a road bike, and then, in time to a mountain bike. All my life,", he says, Ive been saving to buy a mountain bike.Thathas meant cutting lawns, repairing bicycles at Skyline Cycle, a family business and his racing sponsor, and working for his dad on face-to-fa- ce construction jobs. The earned money enable him to get a new mountain bike, a top of the line model. Louk is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gordon ofEphraim. He is also a freshman at Manti High School, and is taking an academic course that requires a substantial amount of homework. This means that, counting his after school hours in the Skyline Cycle shop and his daily workouts, Louks got a very crowded schedule for a 14-ye- ar old. Hes not, a friend says, with evident reference to mountain bikes, just spinning his wheels." Louk Gordon takes Ogden. the lead In the Golden Spike Races above |