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Show 7 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, August 20, 1987 Students Discover Joy Of Living At Mill Hollow by Paula Hut f Green Sheet Stall H riter It's hard to image how such a small insect, which spends most of GRANITE PARK. Believe it or its life cycle eating the soft tissues of not, bark beetles were instrumental evergreens, could start such a sucin starting Mill Hollow, Granite cessful program for the district. But School Districts science summer along with the help of Dr. Ronald Beckstrom they did. camp. at UP THE HILL WE GO . . . These summer students Mill Hollow are heading on a day long hike in the Uintah mountains. In the early 1960s an infestation of the beetles were devistating an Englewood Spruce stand near the Mill Hollow area. The Forest Service built cabins to house employees who were fighting the destruction. But after a while, the Forest Service decided the program was too costly for the amount of progress being made. So the camp site was abandoned. Thats when Beckstrom entered the scene. The Forest Service offered the district use of those cabins The first group of 8th grade boys was shuttled up there in 1964 Since then, the Mill Hollow site has changed, although its in the same general location. But the purpose of the camp hasnt varied The mam purpose is to get students outdoors and do what can t be done in schools, Beckstrom said "We've forbidden classiooms up there. We use the landscape for the learning environment Many of the youngsters attending Mill Hollow have never seen a deer in its natural habitat. Beckstrom said. While about 60 percent of them have never been away from home overnight and a lot of them have never been in the mountains The mountain resort gives them a chance to see a natural environ ment, but they also learn to value life and take care of things. Beckstrom said. We (Granite District1 are in the education business - we teach reading, writing and arithmetics." But there is more to life he said than that. Mill Hollow teaches students to preserve things It convinces kids that if they take care of something it will always be that way. But something other than preservation skills is taught to the kids There are many cases where students with failing grade point averages attend the camp, and return to school to have there grades shoot up, he said They also learn socialization skills since students from different schools mix at the camp of the 64 elementanes in Sixty-on- e the district offer students an excursion to Mill Hollow The three day camping trip is voluntary and costs each student $27 50 While there the youngsters hike, locate fossils, and learn about plant and animal life There are a wide variety of small animals plus deer, elk. moose and mountain lion Conservation programs are also intact Over the years students have planted more than 100.000 trees for the Forest Service We had a big forest fire up there. Beckstrom said We let the kids look at the devistation, then went and planted trees there " Since Mill Hollow started 27 years ago, almost 100.000 students have attended the summer camp And dur ing those many years Beckstrom has always headed the program. But he will be 'relinquishing the helm soon After working for the district 37 years, Beckstrom plans to retire this September That doesn't mean he is putting Mill Hollow full-tim- e where bears have scratched natural phenomenons. trees and other They will view fossils, places Freedom Academy Enhances Student Appreciation Of USA r0 ) r Before I came here freedom for granted Now I feel like I live in a completely different country It feels pretty good " The words came from G anisville high senior Matt Landes, but the sentiment was woven throughout comments made by many of t' e 128 students who spent a week as guests of the Utah National Guard at the 26th annual Freedom Academy held at Camp Williams. seniors from 0'i Utah high schools lived in barracks, ate Army chow, heard speeches, par ticipated in panel discussions and visited several Utah institutions where freedom is the central theme Among those attending were Matthew Garrff and Dave Welder from Brighton high. Heidi Farnsworth, Simone Chadderdon. Kearns; Jeff Bourne, Chris Malstiom, Jordan. Michelle Cragun, Annette Loert-scheGranger, Genme Bnmhall. ing the Warsaw insurrection She also told how many of her fi lends were killed for speaking out against the Communists, and how her father was killed, Because he had no callouses on his hands, he Also. Richard Jenkins. Jason Walker. Taylorsville. Gad Locates, Troy David Sorenson. Bingham, Richard Payne, Brian Schiele, Ryan Spanton, Cyprus; Grant Rust, Alta, Lori Steinfeldt. West Jordan and Eric Watson, Murray The outing having the most effect on students was a visit to the Young Adult Correction Facility at the Utah State Prison, where the guests met a panel of five inmates, not too long removed from high school themselves, who told the students what it is like to be deprived of one's basic freedoms. You miss everything in life- - going to a movie when you want to, or going down to the 7 11 for a coke," said convicted bank robber Darien Rukin. But most of all I miss my two kids. Rukin said he toured the prison while a student at Bingham high I never thought I'd be here. That was only seven years ago. Dont hink it cant happen to you." he said Polish-borLidia Zakrzewski told students of two years she spent in a prison camp in Germany because she fought for political freedom dur They visited Hill Air Force Base, where men and women in uniform keep a constant vigil to ensure America's rights to free choice will not be challenged They torn ed a jet tanker flown by the Air National Guard and learned that thousands of Utah citizens give up a weekend each month to train to protect freedom as members of the National Guard. SALT LAKE I took Jami Nichol, Cottonwood n was branded as a capitalist and ecuted. VALIEV ex- The students heard from Senator Jake Gain about his exploits in space, visited the State Capitol and heard from Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court, Gordon R Hall, Governor Norman Bangerter and members of the House of Representatives as well as other Utahns These kids are tomorrows leaders," said Lt. Col Bart Davis, academy director We want ot increase their awareness of freedom and their responsibility to maintain the freedoms they enjoy. The students learned that freedom comes at a cost and must be protected behind him. I may write two books about Mill he said. One would tell Hollow, about all the human interest things that have happened over the years The other would be a history of the camp The district has had to solve many problems at the resort, Beckstrom said One of the biggest involved disposing of sewage Beckstrom came up with a plan for high altitude evaporation ponds Forest Service people have come from all over the United States to Mill Hollows evaporation ponds One problem the district hasn't dealt with is bark beetles It seems that Mother Nature provides the solution. When the bark beetle population gets too large, lightening will strike and clean out the infested area, Beckstrom said BUSY STUDENT . . . Michael Fisher learns the power of reflection while burning wood with a magnifying glass ot Mill Hollow, Granite School District's science camp retreat in the Uintah mountains. Professional Landscaping Let our experts help you landscape and maintain your valuable property. is too small or large. 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