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Md Jaudaon, 1 le oftner wdl umt at a Itaiton plfner Iv lueen the city puhec and community-batepiganiationy and public vilely committerv, Col'S AST. named for ity quiet applna lioq proeety. iy one of ieerral programy re yultmg from the Violent Crime Control and I nfowment Atl of IW4. A number of ciIht Uttu citief will alto recetee funding. d r lq ap-pro- eg Knowlton to gain that jazz All handful of kids UWI FARMINGTON 4 ' ; ;f of the ses next school year. When school boundaries were realigned in January because of the Iwo new Davis County elementary schools. Knowlton only gained about 20 new students. i' i Tymk f M if -v--w- r i V ; : i ra.a tigir ..ii boundary Lines - VVT j 1 V v. ' V 1 f to classroom studies to teach her students arithmetic and ge ography skills. Basketball fan and West Clinton Elementary teacher LeeAnn Thompson incorporates stat sheets from a Utah Jazz game in Jazz score A as teaching tool By GINGER MIKKELSEN Correspondent For the last three years the Jazz have been more than a personal passion for the third-grad- e teacher. Jazz games have turned into a fun teaching tool fun for both , teacher and students. Thompson uses the Jazz to work on her pupils skills in geography, math and reading. Thompson has hung a map of the United States in the hall. Her students mark with ' pushpins cities the Jazz arc traveling to or coming from. After seventy-tw- o games the map is getting a little ragged, said Thompson. On the From the time she was 2, CLINTON West Clintonhas been a sports Elementary School teacher said her father used to ' take her to Brigham Young University basketball games even as a baby. I was an only child," said Thompson. He had a daughter, I guess he wanted a son." Nowadays, Thompson is an avid Utah Jazz Fan. I have been a Jazz fan since Karl Malone came on in 1985," said Thompson. , Talking about planes real By RUTH MALAN Correspondent ' as an education specialist. As a volunteer he came up with his own program for teaching elementary school students about the history of flight. But last week he took his show on the road for se- -. nior citizens at the Heritage Senior Center. Using overhead transparencies he . When Bob ArCLEARFIELD nold talks about airplanes, his excitement shows in his voice, his gestures and his smile. Arnold, retired after 24 years in the Air Force, volunteers at the Hill Air Force Base Aerospace Museum . morning after each game, Thompson's students hang the game score up in the hall. The whole school knows Thompsons class is the place to catch the scores . Thompson reinforces math skills by helping the students go over statistics from the game, determining things like rebounding percentages. Thompson loves teaching and has been at it for 16 years now. Shes been at West Clinton ever since it opened, but Thompson teases . that she would give it all up to be near the Jazz. for volunteer pick-me-u- p showed pictures of how mans taking flight all began. The birds started it," he said. ; The first attempts at flying started when men tried to fly on kites and balloons and by tying feathers to themselves, he said. ; Gunpowder was invented in China in 900 A.D. Thinking he could . Windridgc. the new elementary school in south Kaysvillc. will gel about 120 students from Knowlton. said Principal Vclda Morrow. But Knowlton will gain a few students from Fairway Cove and Back Nine subdivisions in Fruit Heights who attended Burton Llcmcntary this year, "Our sixth grade going out is much bigger than the kindergarten classes coming in. which makes a difference in the number of students. This is just an Next year there will be more kindergarten students." said Morrow. Ihc school will lose one kindergarten teacher and have just four kindergarten classes instead of five. The school population will drop from 974 to about 840. said Morrow. Its the third time in eight years that Aloha Peirces children have changed schools, but they adjust easily, she said. Two of her children arc changing ' from Knowlton to Windridgc. 1 thought the boundary changes went quickly and easily," said Pcircc. a member of the boundary committee for Knowlton. Although Windridgc is closer to students living in Fairway Cove and Back Nine, those students were sent to Knowlton to be with students who will attend the same junior high and for safety reasons. Windridgc is a closer school, but those kids just couldn't get there," said Pcircc. Students would have had to walk across a busy highway during morning traffic to get to school if they went to Windridgc. According to Pcircc. it wouldn't have been possible to put a crossing guard on Main Street in that area. Students would, have been too close to be bused. By going to Knowlton they will get bused. off-yea- ROBERT REGANSlall photographer send himself to the moon, the inventor tied 47 rockets to a wicker chair. He didnt reach, the moon, but he had the right idea rockets send the space shuttles into space, ' Arnold said. Leonardo da Vinci studied sea ! : See SCHOOL on page 2 See PLANES on page 2 By LORETTA PARK" Correspondent Park and Gay Myers to help their father, seemed to be going wrong. Then Craig Thompson, 14, of Layton showed up. He (Craig) was just like an angel coming to comfort us." Park said. The St. Joseph High School sophomore just shrugs off his actions. It's just natural, because that's how I've been brought up," he said. Myers, 43, of Layton, and Park, 40, of Syracuse, were moving irrigation pipes on their father's' farm when a main line broke. Their father, Reed Robins, 73. was battling cancer at Davis Hospital and Medical Center. It was horrid. We had moved irrigation pipes before we were married because that was our chore. But we had done it by hand. Rcnon 80-ac- rc - r Layton: The Thompsons for acts of kindness But these pipes had wheels and it stuff. We're just old was high-tec- h farmers," Park said. Craig spotted the sisters and their husbands thyaugh his back ; window. He knew something was wrong because he never saw anyone out in the field except for : i Robins. Craig offered the use of his fathers welder and other tools to fix the main pipe. Craig and his family moved from Germany to Layton in October of 1991. His parents arc retired Air Force Lt. Col. Rodney C. and Linda Thompson. Linda is a resource teacher at Cook . Elementary School in Syracuse. His younger brother is Richard at Thompson, 13, an eighth-gradSt. Pauls Lutheran School in Ogden. Ever since he could remember, Craig watched his father help their 'JH7' gi ( S , 4 urn Stub, Spreading sunshine . . . Sunshine Generation, Inc. rmml returned front iu annual tampan j wide pcii.nuiKc lour in Hawaii -- xtturmed In Honolulu and Maui, Daviv (iHiniy thitjrrn Michelle Burkhart Bryan when? youngvieix Raider, Tert ta rtores, Noie Nolan, Aksha McOade. September Odum and Harriet Haitam, were pet tormere from Kanviv. Artona. Icnnewc. and W yarning. Sunvliuw Generation ic planning a "Sound of Muoe" lour la (icrmjny. Austria, and Swiiriland next year where they have been invited to perform at vcvrral ciiy fevtivak CMiiu. has been nominated av Year for I9)S. xaid Elizabeth Barnes, president of the International Society of Poets. Site has been tnsited Id read her poetry at the single largest gathering of poets in history during the filth annual International Society of Pods Symposium and Convention Aug. 4. There she will be inducted as International Pod of Merit and honored member of the society for I9V5 in Washington. D.C. IVl of the Scholar recognition . . . More than 500 academically outstanding students nationwide were recognized this month for their achievements by the Connie Bclin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa. Brian Dickman of Lay ton was honored for excelling in the National Recognition Program For High School Scholars, e which recognizes students who demonstrate high aptitudes in English, mathematics, reading or science. lOlh-grad- the limelight In . . . Colonial House Portraits, owned by Truman and Kathy Carver, was the highlighted business at the Kaysvillc Area Chamber of Commerce for April. The studio opened in 1979 in the basement of the Carver home. It is presently located at 220 N. Main. Carver started working with Lagoon when they developed Pioneer Village, where he docs e the portraits. The company also docs a lot of company contracts doing photos at company gatherings. The business also specializes in weddings, family and high school senior portraits and groups on location. old-tim- PET OF WEEK a Bandit, Shih mix Tzu and 0 Father: Rodney C. of formerly Thompson, Y ; Washington : 0 Mother: Linda Thompson, also formerly of Washington . 0 Children: Craig. 15; V Richard, 13. Interests: 0 Boating, . snowmobiling, fishing,' hunting, camping, and . building models. ' j cat. would like to be adopted together. The best budarc dies" both male, neutered and arc available from the Da- vis County Animal Shelter for a $25 adoption fee plus a each $10 license for the dog. Adoption arc hours from 4 p.rn. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to I p.m. on Saturdays. Call extension 2, for more information. 2-- 544-835- 5. BEST QUOTE "He (Craig) was just t like an angel coming to comfort us Renon er See FAMILY on page 2 lit rrptt htx ,Ji rttWi White Socks, a FAMILY TIES Family of four known Neighbors I ay tun MoM new faces at Knowlton Llcmcntary fA h : LIVES Way with words will belong in the kindergarten clas- . CENTS . . . Maurtne Fergueton of By RUTH MALAN . CD avis I Ine. but they dMii mate any runtaet at the fcene td tlhgal aetiuiy he ptume iy pruyid-C- d by Cellular , Iheie mil be ygny pq he tary in Kfimiity reudvniy un duly, n. j VOi.14.NO.C9 Having Rved In numerous countries, ths Thompson fsmffy-U- nd row), Crsfg (left rser) and Richard -- affl move to Montana soon. end Rod (front Park of Syracuse on the help received from a Layton teenager during a minor crisis. See story, this page unexected 1 |