Show (J f 'J r : U V ' ' Delta South Elementary Heilth fact that they made do with what they ees did for recreation He stressed the ihldien was lha when had One interesting point he told the school for the children under the grand were a Tanforan they held were only told students stands a the race tracks Mr Basse tha most of the Japanese- who were enemes and Coyote Creations rJlrA ' J" j T few j : Fair Students receive recognition for their projects Mmluv Miah 27 2(86 Mrs Michelle Nielsen presented all students ( ovote Creations" with a special certifiparticipated in the he theme lor this year was "W hat Would You Do If You recognition ail Students were very creative and came up with Knew Inn Would Not mans unique ideas to represent this theme in art photography and writing We express appreciaWe wish to commend our students on their projects tion lo Mrs Michelle Nielsen lor planning and organizing this program for our students a lx cate r I the Health limn' ' v el ol Topaz Days caiulio mm : CIM??’11'' r ihihtnn h ill n mi ilmut it Inin Mi' hyyiein Stt ' 7Tb tui Mr i a i Bassett tells children about everyday Internment Camp ally lit phyt iM 7) living r at the Amertcans were loyal to America the barracks layout from Mr Lance Tounh grade students learned about the chalkboard of the dimensions of Atkinson Mr Atkmson had a draw ng on fee to show students the actual size the units He had a student walk off the hold 6 families He told the would barrack one He dial said a of unit there He also told them about about how dry and dusty it was at tmes He said tha die lam lies were given how cold die barracks were n the winter made any other furniture they had the that internees and cols and mattresses ou name tags o each student from scraps of wood Mr Atkmson then passed into groups and read histoThese names were actual mtemees Children got name lug After a representative nes about the name of the person on then about that person Mr learned had from each group told about one thing they real people and this was how Atkinson told 4th graders that these people were U S history m our time this they had lived during with the fourth grade stuMs Beckwith discussed the h story of Topaz and high schools at dents She told students that she had attended elementary and its history She is glad that our about heard Topaz Delta and had never an opportunity to learn about this imporementary students today are having told about her 982 journal sm class tant part of the h story of our area She were so excited about the of students who would “run" to class because they articles Ms Beckwtth research they were doing about Topaz for their news r policy on immigration and its discussed history Japanese briefly far behind other were that realized they the In 1870's they in the 800’s She talked about the significance of the 1906 tions and changed this policy m the clean up efSan Francisco earthquake and the Japanese who helped students and said that forts She discussed naturalization and citizenship with for the Japanese to become citizens in 1924 there was a law that made it illegal could become citiof the United States but the Chinese and other nationalities She talked about zens She discussed the term “prejudice" w ith the students were placed in the attack on Pearl Harbor and how those of Japanese descent that there were three types of camps the assembly students told She camps U S for the western in (located center (Tanforan Race Tracks) justice camps internment men only who spoke Japanese and had been trained in Japan) and camps Ms Beckwith showed some delicate artifacts to students She told students that the Japanese liked beautiful things and they used their imagination and and She showed a copy ofajoumal creativity to make pins and other jewelry the read some entries from the journal She encouraged students to remember Golden Rule Topaz for an assembly by the Following the presentations students met in the gym Taiko Drummers The drummers talked about their drums and playing them Alice Htrat has three generations of her family who play the drums It takes great power and Dorothy’s son who is 8 is just learning to play to leam the patterns The drumstrength to play the drams and it takes time mers demonstrated several numbers They showed beautiful style and finesse dance that told a in their playing They had students participate in a Japanese able to try playing the drums story After fourth grade students were Fourth grade students on Thursday or Friday also visited the Della Museum histo see a Topaz barTdcks as well as other displays depicting Millard County as a part of their Topaz tory They then visited the Topaz Relocation Camp site Days experience Students from the fourth grades of Delta North Delta South and Fillmore I lementary Schools w ish to thank Mrs Stefanoff for coordinating and planthe displays at Delta South Llementary ning the presentations and setting up Ms Beckwith for sharThey wish to thank Mr Bassett Mr Atkmson and the students They w ish to thank their ing important historical information to teachers for planning this interesting and informative field trip about this significant part of not only our Utah history but our Millard County history Dficin ic itzvr CTonf or M rx qTq “The Nuclear West” Exhibit phenson Great Basin National Park will "The Nuclear West" from April June 4 2006 at the Great Basin Visitor Center in Baker Nevada The Great Basin Visitor Center located in baker on Nevada Highway 487 is open daily 8am to 4 30 pm PT The Nuclear kest exhibit is a senes of contemporary landscape photographs from Altered Landscape The Carol Frank Buck Collection of Nevada Museum of Art The photographs represent the work of a verse group of photographers working in the Western states where there has been an ongoing history of atomic weapons nuclear energy and miliThe Nuclear West extary land use hibit is part of the Nevada Touring Initiative a program of the Nevada Arts Council and is supported by the National Fndowment for the Arts and the Nevada Museum of Art The exhibit of 31 photographs reflects i relatively new interest in documenting landscapes altered by human presence and politics the subjects of the photographs draw attention to politically charged imagery that breaks dramatically from the romantic tradition of landscape photography Works by Sharon Stew art help to set the political and env ironmental tone of the exhibit through her use of text excerpts fron interviews she conducted with local communities impacted by the uranium industry Richard Misrach’s color photographs of southern Nevada's Bravo 20 Bombing Range and the dead animal pit offer haunting images of a topography Tableaus by Patrick Nagatam merge the artificial and real while suggesting an air of science fiction reality The exhibition also includes images from Michael Light's new senes 00 Suns in which the original role of photography within the history of host 3 to ' if' 'a i'n '! n it s i‘ 'if tuna yrarnid i ui ni‘Q ln‘tt: s s ''ll shows a copy Internment Camp Ms Beckwith p In K ' of a student journal from the Topaz n ' " cl Ml Turning Pointe M Dance M K i' u rl I' 'J'C for students 4'h etude students trom Delta North Llementary uuned nh students troin IXdta South lementary to he esent was liosted hv IXIla South Llementary Davs p p iOh pile in Mrs StcfanolT under the duoc'ion ol Mrs Susan Stetanotl arranged an Ktise d'sp' o which included a model ot the Topcz Internment Camp Nvks mmi lopaz a he ititul kimono wall haneme quilt and other artifacts from she had a short iz she us d splo cd pic totes in the hubs about Topaz idco plus me about Topaz as well students isited three sessions in' 'esiine a v spec ii curst isitors tu'ked to them about various aspects of the Topaz ntment histo-He M’ Scott Hues!' talked to 4h graders about evervdav living at Topaz sed excerpts trom ' loumev to Topaz “ Mr Bassett discussed the corn! tions the Tantoran Race Tracks where the c't taken at iNnil the barracks tst H then d s issed hte at Topaz He told 4th and lu'rriee He had studetits mi leme how thev would "e riee g ihest itcnislrics He told them about the tlemcntx'v schools 'v' h He said that the !otball d puz and aNut the hospital there u Id come m to TXdta to plav teams porn H nek lev Hgh i"1 Topi about whj the intern s1 M and IX H eh School He ta’ked to Ta !'u'" ' ' ' ' pLll Ml Mb ' ni p K 'Ml M Mil - " ' ' - ''id in) IK lb hsci) it' h nlv 1‘f and n ” ko dnimmers perform Miuh2‘ 2"b announce Wcd’iesdav and more lemon! Studio is proud to the "i in h' atomic testing ts reintroduced INing digital photography to reproduce heighten and isolate actual photographs of nuclear tests taken for the U S National Archives the photographs force the viewer to experience atomic explosions as formal objects America's nuclear test program has thnved in southern Nevada for the past 50 vears Pnor to signing the Limited Test Ban Treaty on August 1963 which effectively banned mospheric testing of nuclear weapons the Department's predecessor agencies conducted more than 1100 nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site - a 640 square mile testing ground approved by the Atomic Energy Commission Most of the test explosions were documented by unnamed government photographers but at the time these images were not considered as works of art The earliest treatment of nuclear imagery as tistic subject matter came in the mid 1960s with works apocalyptic in ture and using the mushroom cloud as a symbol of absolute destruction The Nuclear West exhibit is presented as part of the Nevada Touring Initiative a program made possible by the national Endowment of the Arts Challenge America Program and through partnerships w ith the Nev ada Arts Council Nev ada Museum of Art and Western Folkhfe Center Nevada Touring Initiative is designed to crease access to cultural events and experiences at the local level particularly in communities that have typed while supically been porting the work of artists Great Basin National and the National Heritage Partnership are sponsoring this exhibit at the new Great basin Visitor Center located on State Highway 487 in Baker Nevada Admission is free irv EXCEL an Advanced Competition Team for! serious dancers 9th grade and up will be required Try-ou- ts Ilf you love to dance and are serious! about competing WE WANT YOU! 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