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Show Trkjtsu & A ft? TX.Lakesidc 10 1OT? Skate From 3 mmeumei a pvwh." said Dunn, lltf treats rark W far r the one in front of to ltd to aers "Ihe both suk Vaue theyre small," Marcus tolmler com. M the skate (io mingion, from ftpenrmc, 'jk,(ifbAr4r ud io N a tiwuied with 4Pjitim, You iwd ia has a bad image tf were a kncK4rJcr. 4s wm. a dcdudicJ (hip hoarder, at of K.' Ugh Dul tins is shagm because boarder have learned when ihr can gel away with skateboarding 'll a!l depend on whos woik-ithe lime of night and h you k.4," Queruhn said, mil n, in. Ik a lhai if a hoarder Ih4s more "clean oil" than others, the cop sometimes wave and smile at they dm by. Thu aUo happen if ihe Kwrder looks older, around age 24 a opposed 10 age 17, Querubin saiJ he believe the cop are biased because of the dillerence m how he and oilier hoarders are treated. Although the odd are in hi favor of not getting slapped with a trespassing ticket, he thinks that the oidtnance should he enforced the same for everyone." So what are the alternatives if a hoarder can't use free hread from Great Harvest as an eveuse to board down 25th Street, where skateboards are illegal? plains. to holer Is a Nurder 4)earold rm Hv, flat that may change. The city of toei Haven is considering the possibility of a skatepaik, and council members may add it to their hud get - rest year, budd-n- "Where's West Haven, though?" a confused tohisler aked when he heard the newt. Wet Haven may have prob. lem with attendance if they de cide to build, Rex Bingham, owner of Skate Street in Koy, is on an Ogden (uy committee that was devcl oped cpcsifleally f.r gathering in l.irmanon and begin the project of building a skaiepark in Ogden. The commmce is conducting surveys, both written and over the phone, to see who will use ihe park, if people will pay to ue it. ir there t a need for one and where a good location for a ska lepark would be. (tight now. (tingham said the committee is hiking at the new park by Washington High School on Washington Boulevard. and lorin larr I'ark by 17th Street young hoarders, kids who help for the skaiepark. with the planning and decisionThe information is currently making processes. being compiled and sorted. Also on ihe committee are They don't want just old farts like us to build them a skate-park- ," Bingham said, grinning. The main goal of the committee is to build a pork where, ac Ace your ACT test with these hints suggestions can boost scores on college entrance exams A semester-lon- g course, it involves an study in all four exam categories. Clearfield High English and reading in- preparation. Helpful BY ANGELA TX The best aJiec I could th DRICGS Is it possible to ace the college entrance exam? On Saturday, April 12, thousands of high school students will wake up early and fill testing centers located throughout the state. With pencil in hand, they will battle to achieve a high score on the American College Testing (ACT) assessment. Answering questions in categories of Eng- Prqwation class life-savi- before Bradshaw said to pass the lest, a student must score a 19. A score of 22 is an honorable score." he said. To achieve thJt high on the ACT is The American College Testing Program prints a booklet annually and distributes it to high schools across the nation. Called Preparing for the ACT Assessment," it gives helpful strategies to students. The are examples from this following suggestions their score with a high school grade-poibooklet and to anyone apply taking the test: average to obtain a number, used for en1. Pace yourself. trance requirements. 2. Read the directions carefully. In September of 1994, the Readers Digest 3. Answer the easy questions first. printed an article stating that the average 4. Use logic in difficult questions. score was 20.7. The of composite 5. Answer every question. article showed that only a tiny percentage of 6. Review your work. students actually score above 30 on any sec-tio7. Mark each answer precisely. 8. Erase completely. Many students who want to take the ACT As difficult as the ACT test is, becoming successfully look for ways to prepare themselves. Where can these students find help? familiar with it is one of the best strategies. Because of the great competition for high Weber State University's Continuing Education program oilers a course in test prepascores, it is important to get to know the test. ration for high school juniors and seniors. Through diligent study and commitment, it is possible for a high school student to pass one Promising to help develop winning strategies and confidence, instructors teach for the price of the most difficult tests around, the ACT. Most students struggle with the ACT. of $220. In five short Saturday sessions at the Weber-Davtt Center in Layton, a student can Clearfield High School seniors Michael become familiar with actual ACT exams. and Clint Layton shared their thoughts An alternative choice for preparation may about the exam. be found in selected high schools in Davis Eggett, 17, said, The ACT is definitely and Weber counties. not a fair way to test After taking it again Clearfield High School is one of the few and again and not raising my score from 26 high schools that offers a course in ACT to at least a 27, 1 was angered. You work so hard for your high school grades, and one test score can destroy everything youve worked for." "I hated the ACT," said Layton, also 17. I don't think it tests how well you can perform in college. Some people just struggle with tests like that." Many students know how important the ACT exam is for the future. Wendy Baldwin, a old from West Point, is attending Fran Brown Beauty School. "The ACT was very important to me because after I finish at Fran Brown I would like to take a few classes at Weber State University," she said. I had no idea what I would be doing when I took the ACT. Syracuse resident and recent Roy High graduate Jessica Ludlow now attends Weber State University. Entrance to WSU required her to score a 19 on the ACT. I took the ACT cold turkey, she said. Roy High did not offer classes during the day to prepare me. There were after-schoclasses, but I couldn't attend. The best advice I could give anyone is to take some kind of ACT Preparation class before taking the test-taki- nt 17-ye-ar test-take- rs n. is . ol Eg-ge- test." Angie Driggs is a junior at Clearfield High School. Driggs is honing her writing skills for TX. by working on the yearbook at her school. III project brings AtaooMd Preu - In the weeks before it died, Utah State University's Spirit III orbiting telescope watched two U.S. missiles blast off from Virginia, deploy mock nuclear warheads and splash into the The exercise provided a drill on what it would be like to operate a Star Wars-lik- e system to attack. detect a nuclear-missiIt was the next step closer to doing it for real. said John Mill, head scientist for the Pentagons Midcourse Space Experiment satellite, which carried Spirit III on a $900 million le He was quoted in a copyright story by The Salt Lake Tribune. Spirit III - the S74 million Space Infrared Imaging Telescope III - died Feb. 26 when its coolant ran out 1 months earlier than expected. The heat- - than half of nations recalled buses had not fixed problem Weve More The had several close calls, said State Pupil Transpor- still tation Specialist Pat O'Hara. But no one in Utah has been killed." The death of Carey Chipps Associated Press - touched off a national safety recall of buses with space between handrails and bus doors. But a recent Associated Press analysis of the government statistic The Associated Press showed Utah SALT LAKE CITY school buses are inspected twice a year to prevent accidents like the one that took the life of Carey Chipps in West Virginia in 1991 when a drawstring from her clothes got caught on handrails of a school bus. unsafe handrails on nearly 200,000 buses - nearly half of those the ones that were recalled. At least six more children have been killed and 15 injured in drawstring snaggings since Carey Chipps died in 1991. The most recent was in December when Brittany Nichole Marcum died in Georgetown, Ky. After this recall has been out so long, theres no excuse for it now, OHara said. Although Utah has had.no deaths, buses continue to be tested twice a year. The nut test involves drag ging a string with a plastic nut on the end between the guardrail and the wall of the bus. If the string gets caught, the bus is taken out of service immediately and fitted with a plastic or metal plate that keeps strings from getting caught again. Besides the tests, OHara has distributed fliers to districts, who send them home with children. The fliers tell parents children could be killed if their clothes get caught. I TT.A. designs unlimited 96 South Fort Lane Uaa purchase L ASSORTED Layton: Breakfast Bar and Regular I Only JuiceFor visible-lig- ht sen- board approves plans for health center The Associated Press PROVO - Brigham Young has approved plans for a new health center on campus. The facility will replace the Howard S. McDonald Health Center, and serve BYU students and missionaries at the Missionary Training Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Construction will begin immediately and is expected to be completed by May 1998. 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"Were very pleased a small university laboratory in Utah was able to fly the most complicated and largest infrared telescope to date, said Harry 8600 South 8 Any Meat on the Mena with large drink Despite failure of an instrument designed to study globdl warming and ozone depiction, the USU telescope carried out most of its mission to test better ways of detecting enemy missile attacks. 1780 West r 'shoneys Is Senior Every APRIL 15, 1997 detecting telescope demise came 10 months after it wa carried into orbit when MSX was launched from Vandcnbcrg Air Force Bave. Calif. ROY LAYTON 877 East Hillfield Rd. 844-484- about touchy, contrwerdal subjects BYU Universitys Board of Trustees Battle continues to fix school bus handrails enjoys writing articles telescope SALT LAKE CITY ." lish. math, reading and science, these students will be assessed for how well they will perform in college. The ACT is scored on a scale of 36 points. It consists of four separate scores and one composite score. Colleges in Utah combine LOT and sees Star Wars Tiw taking the test -- Jessica Ludlow, Syracuse resident and recent Roy High graduate lives. USU scientists one step closer to 'doing It for real some kind ofACT teacher who expects his students to use the suggestions he gives. Comparing strategy to devices, he tells students: If you will grab hold of them, they will save your Dennlda lihider, a Junior at Riy High S htHl, says the hkes male A Spirit gvcaiyoncistotalx structor Don Bradshaw said he's a strict OCfWpOf'OB'l cording to Bingham, "Kids don't get run ofT." gc Kathleen Dickinson Hill Field Elementary at 774-74- 08 jPOOU ( |