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Show Davis County Clipper A2 Thursday, September 23, 7 999 Choruses tune up for competition Pts&fflkPIlMtBS BY MARK WATSON Clipper Staff Writer More than 800 singers many of will be them from Davis County belting out tunes this weekend at in School Bonneville High Terrace of as the Washington part Rocky Mountain Fall Convention & Contest for choruses and barbershop quartets. The annual event will feature 18 choruses and 27 quartets from nine states including Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. Singing begins at 7 a.m. on Friday and runs until 10 p.m. On Saturday, the competition will start at noon and continue until 9 p.m. The finals is scheduled from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Last year's competition was held in St. George. The Rocky Mountain district is part of an international barbershop quartet organization which includes nearly 40,000 members with STUDENTS from many countries learn English at 3,000 chapters. Its the largest mens singing organization in the world, said Lew DATC. Macfarlane of Layton, who has helped to organize this weekends Visiting Kosovo students learn English at DATC KAYSVILLE China is teaching It's a ventable melting pot of languages: Someone a person from Brazil to read, and together they help one event. The international group from of the tional competition. a member of the Beehive Statesmen chorus which will be part of the competition this weekend. Members of the Statesmen come d from along the Wasatch Front of those from Davis County. Our chorus has 86 members. We usually have 45 members on stage, Macfarlane said. We wanted to hold the competition in Layton but couldnt come up with 450 hotel rooms, Macfarlane said. He was hoping that the conference center and hotel would have been completed by now. There are plenty of places to hold the competition in Layton, but we didnt have enough hotel rooms, he said. We devote a majority of our Macfarlane BY ADAM C OLSON Clipper Staff Writer Students Achieve. Woods Cross presents beautification awards W'OODS CROSS Woods Cross City presented plaques to 10 home-owneand businesses Tuesday night as Community Development Awards. The awards were given to those who accomplished the most in the city's beautification effort. rs Recipients and their awards include: Mountain America Credit Umon. the Community Development Award; Floyd Meads, Community Improvement Award: and Roger and Patricia Bredsguard, Bob and Sherri Strickler, Ronald and Sandra Hatch, Michael and Annette Snelgrove, Terry and Jennifer Turner, Clint and Connie Webb, Dave and Judy Greene and William and Judy Hammond; Mayor's Community Pride Yard Award. A committee chose the award winners. based on different criteria for each award. . South Davis Junior High School is providing parents with a publication entitled 52 Ways You Can Help 593-233- 2. Clipper Stuff Writer For the Community Development Award, businesses which were begun and completed within the past year were evaluated on how well they to the overall appearance of Woods Cross. Principal Karyn Bertelsen said, Now is the time for parents, teachers and students to form a link of support and commitment to create a productive school environment. The booklet offers 52 tips on ways parents and others can become more involved in children's education. Bertelsen said the school would provide one tip from the booklet each week to help parents and others become more involved in children's education. We are about promoting excellence in student achievement, said Bertelsen. The booklets suggestions are broken into nine headings: Home, Newspaper, Family Time, Starting School, Building Improving Academic Achievement, Working with the School, Family Values, and Preparing for the World of Work. According to the book, Between birth and age 18, children spend just 9 percent of their time in school. Thats why your home environment is so important. Some suggestions offered to help children leam during the hours they are home are: (2) Spend time every day talking with your child about her interests, hobbies and friends. Children leam and spoken lanlanguage at home guage gives children the foundation for better reading and writing. As children grow older, they need daily conversations as a way to develop values, test ideas, and share their thoughts. (10) Discuss an editorial (from a newspaper) on a controversial issue with you child. Discuss whether you Self-Estee- con-tnbut- The Community Improvement Award was given to an existing development which showed substantial improvement over the past year And, the Community Pride Yard Award was determined by dividing the residential areas into sections and choosing the most beautiful yard. It was tough in some areas, said City Planner Tim Stephens. We just had to bite the bullet and choose one. He said because they had so many to choose from, some who were considered this year may be chosen next year. Following the presentation, a man praised the city for its work in beautifying the city park, providing motivation for residents to take better care of their yards. ut of all denominations. We sing for the Festival Trees of Salt Lake churches City. Our 'One More Tune' quartet has sung at hockey games and Jazz games; Macfarlane said. The Beehive Statesmen present a concert in the spring at Layton High School Once a a year the group presents a concert at Ogden Regional Flospital which helps fund programs at the program was first organized as a joint venture between groups from the Catholic Church and LDS Church. Although the group has more than 80 members, some prefer only to sing at practices and not compete. During the competition, each cho 1 rus will perform two numbers, onei number will include choreography and the other number will be a ballad i Twelve judges which were appointed: by the international organization will t judge each group.. i If you enjoy singing, you certainly J will this competition: enjoy Macfarlane said. j The cost of each performance is $10 Wives of members of the Beehive , Statesmen (Queen Bees) will provid-- 1 l ed ushering for the event Other Utah groups include the Saltaires from Salt Lake City.. Bridgerland from Logan, a group' from Provo and a group fro St. George. For more information, call i Rich Allen. or Lew 544-998- Macfarlane, 544-307- 0. ' agree or fThe 'ptibfication (s' based disagree witlfthe pqirif'btalid fcrberome acfive 'participants in view expressed. Then, listen to your their education through community American Association of School ( t child's point of view. Encohfage him Service television programming. Administrators 101 Ways Parents to write a letter to the editor in Always Kids produced the book-- t Can Help Student Achieve. To volunteer to help children call. response to what you read. This is a let in partnership with the 15.000- member American Association of Always Kids, at Or good way to share and explore values. School Administrators, an organizacall the Volunteer Center, at tion representing school leaders the United Way of Davis County (14) Dont think you need to have all the answers. Kids ask zilacross North America. Volunteer Center, at lions of questions. Thats how they leam. Say, I dont know lets go look it up; (That way, youll both leam something.) (30) Be aware of your expectations. Parents who assume boys are naturally better at math or sports Over 308 Years of Superior Value and girls are better at reading may be limiting their childs future accomplishments. A recent study by a University of Colorado psychologist found, for example, that parents beliefs may lead girls to drop out of math courses. That, in turn, can prevent them g from entering many careers. Girls dont get worse grades Will take LTHI30 than boys at any level of math, the blade author of the study said. But they drop out of it much sooner, and heres FREE DELIVERY JFORTHE MONTH OfvSERJEMBER! where parents expectations are haveffect. an ing We service ALL Sales & Service Alt booklet has . The small Malta AI1 Makes We service been distributed across the country Opel MonFri RIGHT 9am - 6pm and is produced by Always Kids, a Saturday 135 North Highway 89, North Salt Lake 295-044- 4 9am 3pm nonprofit organization located in Salt 497-955- 5. Husqvarna RIDING LAWN MOWER $i 74999 high-payin- PICK-UPLAN- D 1 Lake City. 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The Beehive Statesmen rehearse once a week at Central High School in Salt Lake City and perform at least once each month. Its a lot more fun to participate in a chorus or quartet than it is to listen, Macfarlane said. We have a standing invitation to anyone who wants to sing to come join us. We try to have one sing-oper month and usually perform 10 times during Christmas. We perform at the Ogden Mall, various wards, and MANY CALLS Emergency Neighborhood Evacuation drill cancelled In the registration packets given out to parents at the beginning of the year. parents filled out a form entitled Emergency Neighborhood Evacuation Plan. BEEHIVE STATESMEN chorus presented a concert in Page Arizona three years ago. The singers posed for a photo Arches National Monument. This weekend they will perform at Bonneville High. Booklet provided by SDJH to help parents .. l BY MELINDA WILLIAMS is one-thir- ... ,593-2311- ., known and Encouragement of Barbershop Quarter Singing International. Winners of the Rocky Mountain District will advance to an interna- new Kosovo students to understand basic English. Recently this was the scene in the Davis Applied Technology Center's ESL class, a scene that is repeated constantly This experience is available only in an English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. For the past several weeks, the Davis Applied Technology Center (DATC) has hosted 15 Kosov ar citizens in the ESL class on the Kaysville campus. These students have joined others from around the world to begin learning English and experiencing the American culture. Of late, several of these Kosovo students have been able to return to their home country. Some of the countries represented in the class at the present time are Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Thailand, Taiwan, France, Yugoslavia, Russia, Guatemala. Biazil, China, etc. With at least 45 people attending class every day speaking all of the vanous languages represented by the different nations, they hav e one thing in common they are all trying to leam English. So. when they come to the ESL classroom they are greeted by a sign that states Only English Spoken Here." The ESL program at the DATC is available for beginning to advanced students since they practice speaking, listening, reading and writing in small group format. Students who apply and receive Visas through the DATC may participate in the ESL program. basis English as a Second language is available on an with students beginning at any time. A student does not need to be enrolled in a DATC program to participate in the ESL classes. No fee is charged for U.S. residents. or those who just need more information on the program mav contact Darece Sperry at (801) Davis ' Applied Technology Center serves. Davis County and surrounding areas with training courses in industrial and technical programs. These programs consist of courses in auto collision repair and refinishmg, automotive technology, business technology, clinical lab technology, computer technology, culinary arts, dental assisting, diesel technology and transport refrigeration, drafting and CAD technology, farm business management, health science technology, heating, ventilation & air condition (HVAC), industrial electronicsmaintenance, machine tool technology-medicaassistant, nursing (PN & RN). nursing assistant & home health aide, plumbing and welding technology. The DATC also provides apprenticeship cnortumties in a number of the programs offered at the center. The Davis Applied Technology Center is located in Kaysville and offers courses with open entry that are available both during day and evening hours. DATC also works closely with industry and local businesses in designing programs to meet their specific needs. 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