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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS School WEDNESDAY MARCH 10, 2004 Fredonia Science Fair explores mission to Mars Tuesday, March 2, marked the annual Science Fair in the Spendlove, Chris Sellers, TLynn School District. With a gym full of student projects and curious friends and Johnson, Ethan Bowler, Jon Black, Bryce Johnson, Cody Iulliam and Skyler Thomas will take their winning projects to the Northern Arizona Re- evening. The theme for this year was timely, Two planets, one sun - the mission to Mars. gional Science and Engineering Fair in Prescott on March 27. I n conju nction with this years Fredonia-Moccasi- n family, it was an exciting Several class projects about the current mission to Mars were complimented by decorations set up to and a special e access the current images from Mars on NASAs website. Student and class projects also included research about plants, volcanoes, electricity, flight and many other topics. Mrs. Youngs first grade plant project, Sabrina Coxs popcorn project and Bryce J ohnsons hydroponics project all received grand prize awards for their categories. The following middle school students - Ty Griffiths, Cierra Bradley, Tessla Willis, Murissa Cox, Crystal LaBatte, Todd Jim, Jordan Goodnow, Danielle on-lin- -- p fair an (splat!) contest was held during school on February 25. Many raw eggs survived the 75 foot drop from the egg-dro- Fredonia Fire Dept, ladder truck, even those that drifted onto the roof of the school. Thanks to the Fire Dept, and Duane Baird for coordinating that fun event. Many thanks to the great judges who spent the afternoon visiting with students about their projects and evaluating the students, efforts. This commu- nity support is invaluable. Thanks again to the parents, staff and administrators who always support this learning event. LarrisCjio to.CtsIcl ycrcl cciIo ' t f ' 'h, The Larriettes are going to the Nationals end are'having yard sale, Hease come and support them, everything helps. The yard sale will be hild at the Kanab Saturday, March 20 from 8:00 a,m. to 12:00 p.m. ' a . Eleven Fredonia High School students participated in DECA competition held last week at UNL V. Pictured above in the UNL V Student Union Building are back row ): Devin Nez, Chris Jim, Raymond Black, Justin Johnson and Dusty Mackelprang. Front row ): Kynlee Iverson, Denalie McCormick, Jake Pratt, Sarai Colson, Siera Bundy and Mariah (l-r- (l-r- Webb. FHS students excel at DECA Competition Eleven Fredonia High DECA sented the project to judges at students attended the Nevada the competition. State Career Development ConDenalie McCormick, Dusty ference at UNLV in Las Vegas, Mackelprang and Kynlee Nevada on March 2, 2004. DECA Iverson placed second in the stands for the Distributive Edu- Civic Consciousness Event with cation Clubs of America and is their project of advertising and studies, f . Thank you Boyd Corry for promoting the Festival of Trees and Symphony of the Canyons sharing your expertise on techDinner. The team also wrote a nical selling. Thank you Victor Cooper, paper and presented the to project judges. Vicky Cooper arid Mr. Livingston took Black for the hours you spent critiqufirst Raymond reMarketTechnical in the tion, marketing, product place ing and helping us polish our search, and career development ing Sales Event with his sales presentations. skills. We are so fortunate to live in a presentation on pocket computFHS students participated in ers. community that expects the the following events at the comDECA students would like to youth to succeed and supports e petition: Restaurant, thank their parents and the com them in their efforts. Apparel and Accessories, Food Services, Civic Consciousness, Quiz Bowl, and Technical Marketing. The Quiz Bowl team of Justin Johnson, Siera Bundy, Jake Pratt, and Chris Jim placed third. Mariah Webb placed third y in the in Apparel and Accessories. Raymond Black scored the highest on the Technical Marketing test. The competition was tough, and all the students did a great job representing Fredonia High School. Seven Fredonia High DECA students qualified to compete at the National Career Development Conference held May 1 through May 4 in Nashville, Tennessee. Mohave upgrades ITV Justin Johnson, Chris Jim and Mohave Community College recently completed a $60,000 upgrade of its Jake Pratt placed first in the Interactive Television System. The system joins all four MCC campuses, as Civic Consciousness Event. The well as the Fredonia Center, into the same videoconference. team collected and refurbished ITV makes it possible to offer classes in remote areas where a live class bicycles for the Sub-- Santa pro- would not be feasible because of low student numbers or a lack of qualified gram. They also planned and teachers. conducted a Bicycle Rodeo to This investment speaks of Mohave Community Colleges commitment to teach children bicycle safety. To education on the Arizona Strip, said Susan Hammon, campus dean. Several conclude their project, they classes are currently being taught over the ITV link, enabling area students wrote a e paper and pre a wider variety of classes than ever before. associated with high school marketing classes. Career Development Conferences have been held annually since 1946 and have assisted students in developing leadership, communica- Full-Serv- role-pla- That's the percentage of lung cancer that's caused by smoking. With those odds, are you still willing to put your family at risk? Just another example of how smoking affects us all. To quit, call 1- -8 8 8-- 5 or visit UtaBlQ&ElRet.COISt. The TRUTH munity members who have encouraged and helped us prepare for the competition. . Thank you teachers for being patient with us when our minds were on DECA instead of our 4 30-pag- -- 30-pa- ge |