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Show School SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS 9 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19, 1994 Freshman Geography class travels the world good grasp of world geography. By Barbara Pyles Last week, Kanab was treated This is what were trying to acto a captivating glimpse of what complish, he said. Susan Wilit would be like to live in another j country. They gazed at exhibits, son and Jessica Drake, seniors watched home movies and sa- at KHS, spearheaded the event. vored food from around the Wilson and Drake wanted to feaworld. Kanab High School held ture an activity to focus attenits first annual World Geogra- tion on the international community and the importance of phy Night on January 11. The enthusiastic freshman geography classes of Mr. Drake and Mr. Brown spent weeks making booths and presentations on countries throughout the world. Many freshmen made and served foods related to that country at their exhibits. Mr. Drake said he felt numerous students in the United States dont know their Geography. All the reports tell us students just dont have a good feel for the world and where countries are located and how they interact and what is important. Drake said the school hopes to have a World Geography Fair each year to give the students a understanding and appreciating the many nations and cultures throughout the world. Students picked countries they knew little about so they could expand their knowledge. Or they selected countries they knew nothing about so they could learn more about that country, said Wilson. Wilson said freshman were selected to present the exhibits because geography is a required subjects, and that three or four Fredonia High School had plenty of winners at the Central Area Career Development Conference students worked together on one next competition will be at the State Conference in March. project. in Phoenix. The wows them at Central Area competition Fredonia We have been planning this DECA event for over five weeks, said Twenty four members of the Drake. It was fun and we had a DECA chapter repre- Fredonia lot of cooperation from everyone. sented their high school well at the 1994 Central Area Career Development Conference in Phoenix on January 6. DECA is an association of marketing stu-dents, nation wide with mem- bership of over 250,000. Attendingthe conference were 15 schools of Arizona DECAs Central Area Division, with Arizona DECA State Career Development Conference in March. At that time, over 1000 of the top marketing students representing 65 high school DECA chapters will meet to determine who will represent the state delegation at Nationals in Detroitthis spring. Only the four first place winners overall in ners The next competition Fredonia each of the 15 events will earn DECA will face will be at the that honor. membership of over 600 stu- dents. Fredonia students en- tered 13 of the 15 competitive events offered at the conference with the following results: 8 First Place Overall Winners 4 Second Place Overall Win- ners 3 Third Place Overall Win- - game t IIIE3III . Are you a single parent? Mohave Community College has offered quality instructional programs to the residents of Northern Arizona and Southern Utah for decades. Through MCC's y REACH and Change) program, many students have been able to gain the skills and needed for today's work environment (Re-entr- self-confiden- ce The REACH program at Mohave Community College is designed for single parents, displaced homemakers and homemakers. If you are an adult who needs assistance with career planning or job skills training, contact Leslie Holt at (602) 9 for information or to enroll in this program. 875-279- Charee Baird and Mandee Glover in front of their display. They highlighted the country of Malawi at the "World Geography Night"" (Not pictured Stephanie Little). Photo by Barbara Pyles. Services that are available include: tuition, books, child-car- e and transportation assistance for single parents and displaced homemakers and vocational training for occupations such as nursing, computers and other high opportunity fields. Other services and topics include individual career counseling and career and assertive planning workshops, job search, stress management, communication training. low-inco- FHA says, Dont waste Kane County! Kane County School Lunches self-estee- m taco wcheese, green salad, pears and pine-applhot cross bun Jan. spaghetti, tossed french bread, peanut butsalad, ter cookie, apple quarters Jan. 21 Midwinter conference, Jan. 19-Be- ef e, Classes for the spring semester will be offered in Colorado City, Fredonia and Kanab. 20-Itali- an The Long Valley FHA i s n o w in the process of Adopting a Highway: On January 7 FHA President Jill Chamberlin and FHA members went above Orderville and picked up trash. The Long Valley FHA asks that people stop throw ingtrash, and take care ofpur county. Dont let us waste away in TRASH! -- NO SCHOOL. Jan. 24-Chick- en I nuggets, french fries, applecherry crisp, North Mohave Center 480 S. Central Colorado City, AZ. 86021 (602) roll stew, Jan. whole wheat bread, cheese sticks, fruit cup o salad, scones-hone- y Jan. butter, orange 26-Tac- 875-279- 9 111011 IIS3III III CilHCf '55. 5 S ;lt 3 a i. n |