Show Page Millard County 12 Chronicle State Science Advisor Announces Grants for 2008-0- 9 Science Camps Name the Place Name thin location in Millard free and win a xubvcription to the Millard County Prior winners Chronule are excluded for a period of 12 months after successfully identifying a mystery location The first caller to correctly identify the location wins (allKf4 24X) or ( utility A subscriber and a will be named as winners each week Congratulations to Koberl Nielson of ynndyl and Kiley Chase of Delta for correctly identifying the flume running over the Sevier River near John's Ponds in eammgton T®fts© (QXm WflHDOtfy (BJmHlflnwi art Roll mvwnilHrsrdsspcom A Now in U third year Summer St lent e ( amp have benefited hundred of I luh t htlJren Over the past three years the ASH C Summer Science (amps have increased from five camps to sixteen The camps stretch statewide from as far South as Mashington Monlicello Castle Dale and as far North as I ogan and have offered a wide variety of hands on science Space experiences such as Astronomy xploration Dinosaur Paleontology Math and Robotics fjuarry Dig Computing Technology Organizations that are interested in offering camps in their communities should note that grants for the AST (’Science Camps are now being accepted All grants must be received by 5 0) pm Triday April 18th Please visit www science Utah gov for pertinent grant submission informatioiv forms The ultimate goal of the ASTI C Summer Science Camp Program is to increase the motivation and interest of middle school and secondary students to take science and rnalh classes in technology and to encourage grades participants to eventually pursue higher education opportunities in those fields by pros iding projects that will develop and implement informal learning experiences designed to increase interest engagement and understanding of science technology engineering and mathematics for additional information please contact Dotlic Henderson (801) 5 djhenderson'r Utah gov ApnJ 2 2008 Progress Willet lh an Draper The Millet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) is a shore bird one can be looking directly at and not see until it moves Millets have distinctive black and white feathers on their underbodies but their brown backs blend right into the muddy shores of ponds and lakes In flight they can he identified by looking for its flashing wings and white tail Mhen alighting on the shore M diets send a signal by lifting their wings high above their heads and waggling them before they fold them down at their sides After disappearing from view they can still he tracked by their try of The Millet was named for this territorial call The Millet lives in most parts of the United States southern Canada ant) the Mest Indies during the breeding season M inter migration takes them as far south as Brazil and Peru Millets are a large wading bird They are 13 $ inches long with a b wingspan They weigh in at about pound The sexes are similar in appearance They have a long thick with straight bill black or darker tip The tail is whitish with a dusky terminal hand Their legs are f astern Millets are darker colored than the light brown gray birds seen in Millard County Similar looking birds include Yellowlegs which are smaller and slimmer with much more slender bills and yellow legs and lack the striking wing pattern (mtl wits have much longer thinner upturned hills with a pink base and dark tip Millets feed with other on mud flats and alkali shorelines They primarily eat aquatic insects worms mollusks and small fish They gather in large docks to sleep hut most foraging activity occurs in A tup to dear Lake or a drive fields of around the west Millard County could reward the avid bird watcher with a sighting of this interesting bird Remember they will mix with other wading birds small groups Nests arc built on the ground lined with grass and eeds in marshy areas female incubate about about tour eggs in late spring Both parents lend the young On-ll- We're great at adverualaluuig yuur business Call for more riubMrlpttoM ir now available f! 6o to h liCCDOV ‘I 01 riii U llVmiK'm Mullen Individual Men's eague play has started Team play will start April 20th M KK OS April 5th Millard Oi MOM KMT Amateur KKKI ( f Uitcif IIUsIUjU IihIiI County adies un Night April 10 ifree Clinic 5 30) Hirst ever Della High (nrl's (mlf match to he held here at Sunset View on April 2nd 3340 or I Watercolors of Millard County Book 64 pagat of art with brisf history by Jcroid Blihop IIKW-f- ifiSnitINO Till Ml WMlMMr M(iNS KKKI'TAKIMM IIM l WIIII MM It I IKK KKKI Oil ok sorrwoirr iimoftik(Mi:u - miiMxm Ls Books can be purchased at the Chronicle office Delta Drug Service Drug West Desert Collectors or the Great Basin Museum STOP BEING GOUGED BY CABLE & Pay Just per Month Act Now $1999 Free DVR Free Internet Available Everywhere No Activation Fee 1 - 888 - 851 - 1177 Call POrfim MMtBiTfo fflRtt ‘fatfTfc 1 J tan Newspapers Building With Steel? 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