Show " ' ' 3 ujj ' wMWJFmj&jmjwwMwwmwLti The Gunnison Valley fomz'MyAXi News Wednesday mfwwrn ) "mrvmm Sept 9 1992 iwjihwp flfj f Realignment for Utah's high schools is finally approved The Utah High School Activities Association has made its final decision on realignment of the state’s high schools and the new ruling will go into effect for the school year Itwillrcamin in effect for the next five years and then will be The study has been underway for more than a year and the decision was based on the size of schools and travel required The state will still have four - school of 1600 or classifications more in 4A those with between KXX) and 1500 students will be in the 3A classifications those with students will be in 2A and schools with less than 175 will be in the A classification The new realignment will affect all activities including sports drill team forensic and business meets Twenty five 2 A and two 3 A schools will be competing in 2A in four regions However Hurricane will move into 3A in 1993 to compete with Cedar City Dixie and the new Snow Canyon High all in Southern Utah There will be two 2A state tourNine schools will comnaments - 2A tournapete in the Division ment while 17 teams will compete in Division 2 of 2A Richfield will compete with Park City North Sanpete Emery Lchi Della Hurricane (1993-9only) Wasatch and Union Competing in Division 2 will be Rowland Hall North Sevier Grantsvillc Morgan North Summit San Juan Beaver Grand Gunnison South Summit Juab South Sevier Kanab Manti Millard and Parowan Decisions have not been made concerning seeding or number of teams competing in each division However it at state tournaments is believed that Division will include 8 teams while Division 2 will include 16 teams for Utah High Realignment Schools is as follows: - Bonneville Clearfield Region Layton Northridgc Roy and Weber CottonRegion 2 - Bountiful wood Davis Highland Skyline and Vicwmont Region 3 - Alta American Fork Brighton Hillcrest Mountain View and Orem Region 4 - Bingham Granger Hunter Kearns and Taylorsville West Jordan There will be 26 teams in 3A in five regions: classification Ben Region 5 - Bear River Lomond Box Elder Logan Mountain Crest Ogden and SkyView Region 6 & 7 - Granite Jordan Judge Murray and Tooele Region 7 - Cyprus East Olympus West and Woods Cross Pleasant Region 8 - Payson Grove Provo Spanish Fork UEA President season contests will Cedar Dixie and Pine View Union Region 10 - Wasatch Unitah (3A) Lchi and Emery Carbon (3A) - Grantsvillc North Region Summit South Summit Park City Rowland Hall and Morgan Region 12 - North Sanpete High Delta Juab Manti Gunnison Millard and Grand North Region 13 - Richfield Sevier Beaver Parowan Kanab South Sevier San Juan and Hurricane Region 14 - Dugway Intcrmoun-taiChristian Manila Meridian Mt Vernon Rich Shiloah Valley Wcndovcr SL Luthcm St JoWasatch Academy seph Tintic Waterford and West Desert Top Flight Academy Region 15 - Big Water Bryce Escalante Valley Enterprise Milford Panguitch Piute Sorenson’s Ranch Valley and Wayne DuchRegion 16 - Allamont esne East Carbon Green River Monticcllo Monument Valley Tabiona and Whitehorse Sign up for Danz Dimensions now! Lily Eskelson speaks out Summer’s almost gone and as the school bells ring families have maybe one more chance to get in another vcckend away from home One more weekend for your children to learn When was littic all our vacations were camping trips There were six kids crowded in the back of a station wagon Mom as navigator with the on her lap and Dad singing off key to the I remember it stations soclcarly And I remember learning a lot I learned that i could only say “Maria’s sweating on me!” about lourtccn times before my mother would start swinging her arm wildly toward the back scat “You’re going to make us have an accident! Stop it or I’m going to scream!” she’d scream Dad hummer ‘Your Cheating Heart’ And I remember piling out of the car when we got to wherever it was we were Dad was a genius at finding lost dirt roads that led to campsites obviously meant just for us Springvillc and Timpvicw Region 9 - Cedar City Dixie Pinvicw Snow Canyon ) and Hurricane ) Unitah and Carbon will play in Region 10(2A) and qualify forstate on the basis of record 3A classification will schedule pre season and There was a feeling that we were all alone and that made it more important that we were all together We learned how to rely on each otheras playmates We learned how to invent our games and adventures And without distractions we even learned to listen as my parents would reminisce I learned things about them I never knew I learned that my Dad got to go barefoot to school in Mississippi and that he picked cotton all summer to buy a coat for his sister I found out that my grandfather in Panama had loved listening to opera on the radio and wanted my mother to be a dancer but couldn’t afford to buy her ballet slippers I Imlearned so many little things portant little things As we got older my parents were able to afford Disneyland vacations And we enjoyed them But you know with all the lights and liens and concessions stands I honestly can’t remember anything I learned is TeriLec’s Danz Dimensions now beginning registration for the Jr Pizazz Dance Team for girls in A team meet5th and 6th grades 11th ing will be held September from South and 150 at pm Main in Ccnterficld Parents encourage to attend The Jr Pizazz Dance team will perform throughout the year at football and basketball games and in state competitions compete c Anyone interested should call before Septemat ber 10th is also The Danz Dimensions offering a Jazz Dance Class for bcginningIntcrmcdiatc students grades 5 th through 12th The class will be held Monday nights from pm starting September 14th at the cost of $10 a month Register with TcriUcc at Phone News Items 9 528-311- 1 Study shows quality child care can be an asset to children The question of whether or not a child should be in child care these days has become obsolete More than half of mothers of infants one year old and younger are in the paid labor force and trends indicate that In this percentage will increase addition twenty years of research on child care has sent the overwhelming message that children in good quality care show no signs of harm and that children from families may actually show improved development The key is ‘quality’ care Most observers care will that good char- of child readily acknowledge acteristics of care go together Researchers have rated quality according to three main categories: group composition and staff qualifications and children’s daily experiences aspects of the program such as setting and staff stability ratios are an important quality indicator When providers work with small groups of children and with fewer children per adult they are more sensitive and effective as caregivers and teachers Through games talking singing physical contact caregivers can offer children opportunities to practice and enjoy social activity learn about the world around them and acquire a If sense of security and self worth there are too many children to care for the provider’s attention for each limited to feeding child becomes and diaper changing Caregivers report that a major cause of stress in their jobs is having to provide care for too many children Better educated caregivers are more likely to be warm sensitive and responsive and to provide appropriate activities as One of the most important pects of development for infants and toddlers is establishing secure relaAn infant or toddler’s tionships sense of security in child care depends on the stability of care givers are fosrelationships Dependable who are warm tered by caregivers A change in carand sensitive egivers can be very painful for a young child We now have a legacy of 100 research studies providing over red links between quality child care and positive child development Research findings comparing quality of care with child development apply regardless of the form of child care whether family day care of center based care Children enrolled in higher quality care are more comemotional petent in their social ianguage and cognitive development than children in lower quality care di- - New rules set by Social Security on child disability Doug Paulson Area Social Security Manager Many people know that there are new rules for deciding whether a child is disabled under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program However there still may be what the new questions regarding childhood disability rules are Under the new rules children are considered disabled and eligible for benefits under the SSI program if aftheir impairment substantially fects their ability to function the way that children of a similar age normally would include specific The regulations guidelines for considering how a child functions as he or she ages and provides examples of the kinds of things children can do at age groups of to 3 3 to 6 6 to 12 birth to age 12 to 16 and 16 to 18 Other new regulations provide Nobody ever listened detailed guidelines for evaluating mental disorders in children and for the first time specifically cover drug disorders and alcohol dependency attention deficit anxiety disorders disorder personality hyperactivity disorders autism tic disorders such and anoas Tourctte’s Syndrome rexia The SSI program now assistance to more than a provides half mil- children with limited family income and resources Social Security Call the number any business day from 7 am to 7 pm If you or someone you know has a child whose SSI claim as a disabled child benefits were terminated 1980 through on or after January February 27 1990 contact the same number fora review of the past claim under the new rules lion disabled himself out of a job —Calvin Coolidge New Teacher at Elementary School Mrs RaNee Jensen is the new 2nd Grade teacher at the Gunnison Elementary School Funds are being provided by the Utah Legislature in an effort to reduce class size for 2nd grades in the state Without Mrs Jensen three sections of 2nd grade would have been held with a 32-- ratio now four sections will be held with a 22-- ratio Twenty Teams hold 2A Football Classification The 2A schools and their battle in football has changed a little this year now that there are 20 teams in this classification The first change came when 20 teams try to work out a schedule and there was no time for practice games only schedules that put them into region action from the first game Although 20 teams comprise 2A this year just 0 teams down from 12 will make the football playoffs The fourth and fifth place teams from each region region 9 and 10 will playoff to get into the quarters Region 9 Morgan has been tabbed as the team to beat by many They run the option game and garnered up 160 yards in their opening game win over Juab Grantsvillc has a very quick backfield while Park City has a lot of holes to fill with good size but little speed Manti has a new coach this year and depends much on one player that plays running back linebacker and punter Three other schools have new coaches Juab Grand and South Summit and most teams feel they will be hard pressed to make the playoffs in their first seasons North Sanpete got off to a good win over South start with a Summit while last years A champ North Summit may find the going rough in its first year in 2A drop3 ping their game to Grantsvillc 6 is also new to this Gunnison league this year but found near success and played the best of the three new schools to the region this year losing a close one to Grand County last week For a new pro- - New ruling out on tax deposits Five million employers easier to know when find deposit will it to taxes withheld from employees’ salawhich ries under new regulations 1993 will go into effect January Presently the deposit requirements can change from month to month depending upon the amount of taxes accumulated Under the new rules employers usually will know at the start of a calendar quarter what their deposit deadlines will be throughout the period For employers the existing rules are complex and require close monitoring of their payrolls to avoid penalties The new rules will reduce much of this burden and will eliminate 20 of the deposit penalties assessed against employers The regulations which were in the Federal Register published May 18 1992 contain special rules for holidays as well as ‘safe harbors’ toavoid penalties when deposits fall short of the require amounts IRS plans to finalize the regulations this year giving employers ample time to put them into action When flounders first hatch they have one eye on each side of their heads as do most fish After it grows a little however one eye migrates till both are on the upper side of its head shows the most gram Gunnison promise to make the playoffs this year Region 10 This region has enough balance that it’s unlikely any team will go undefeated like Delta did last year on its way to the state title The Rabbits opened with a win over Hurricane last week but it took a 4th and 11th pass with 13 seconds left to pull out the win in the San Juan which lost state championship game with Delta returns several starters from last year for what looks like a strong balanced team this year Beaver showed some unexpected win over Millard strength in a41-last week Hurricane has nine starters back and are thought to be in contention for the title this year Richfield has several big players and the biggest of all may be 230 pound quarterback A tough team to have to face Kanab has a very young team and most feel they arc a ways away from being in contention although they had a strong showing against North Sevier last week North Sevier has room for imfrom its mark last provement year They too have a new coach the fifth in so many years and do show signs of improvement with a new offense and new enthusiasm Parowan who has a 220 pounder will be happy for any wins in its first year in 2A as will South Sevier which was drubbed by Richfield last week Steve Says: The only person entitled to be asleep at the switch is the owner of an electric blanket Teacher: Pupil: "I "I hope didn't see you cheating" hope not too" Our friend says she’s been happily married for nine years Nine out of twenty isn't so bad Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers that are within reach Some politicians forget they've been pointed - 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