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V “We’ve seen some increase in but not much” Usher said uWe tend to see die same risk facton in teenagers (who are infected) that we see in adults — men having sex with men drug usage second-highe- questioned whether it stems from a conservative Utah society where religious undertones discourage premarital sex to die point drug-relat- that people fear purchasing condoms ed teen-age- rs It is certainly a problem said Gough but the bulk of HIV and AIDS cases in Utah —63 percent — are caused by homosexual contact The fre public school teacher said Web gleaming computers were put Continued from Page in classrooms only to sit unused the teachers afraid or 1 I market for grades 2 was an estimated $13 billion in 1999 and is expected to hit $69 billion by 2003 Several companies are tryK-1- ing to make it easy to stay connected Edventions Inc sets up servos in schools that manage student data records and proaccounts to stuvide dents teachers administrators and parents Customized Web sites for each school include homework assignments online lessons and newsletters "We’ve missed something as a society if kids don’t see the Internet as a source of learning” said Lois Scott die company president Daniel Watts of d commueChalk a ail co-foun- Web-base- nications system that offers similar tools for schools said his company started with the idea that that had to be a way for computers to help teachers parents and students stay in touch — and learn in the process Watts a former New York ' unable to use them companies try to bridge that gap with software or Web sites user-friend- ly that walk teachers through the creation of lesson plans and teach them how to make their own home pages Edventions and eChalk are and genboth advertising-fre- e erate revenue from setup or subscription fees Several other companies that offer school Internet connec- tions display ads on their pages Some track where children parents and teachers are going on die Web for marketing purposes Pati Mazzeffi a teacher and technology coordinator at St Andrew School in Chicago said some teachers were skeptical of using the Internet at school for fear that children’s personal information would be tracked or they may stumble onto pornography sites Sl Andrew ended up using Edventions’ intranet system which links only to approved Web sites and is unavailable to outside users She said she has seen a change in the interac and multiple sex partners” ' Most cases he said for both ad adults juveniles been have 6n the diagnosed Wasatch Front between Ogden and Provo and But beyond die teen-ag- e adult spectrum of HIV lies a much younger population — infants and children' In Utah a relatively smalt the summer of 1996 using 1160 soldiers Fires that year Fires had burned 3 million acres by July 23 so far this year fires have burned 26 million acres Buck did not know how many soldiers would end up on lines The fire in the Mesa Verde Continued from Page 1 Montana Gov Marc Radcot to encourage businesses and state agencies to let employees volunteer for fire duty “There’s more to do than can be done then when somenumber of babies are born fires hit each year with HIV But the thing like two large said Joe it worse” gets you cases still exist Hartman fire a management Six Utah infants for examteam commander on the blaze' ple are currently suffering that has charred 23000 toes from the virus Another 16 Mesa Verde National Park children have moved into the of in southwestern Colorado advanced stages of AIDS The In hopes of gaining ground cause? Perinatal transmission on the fires Army soldiers Five other children have courses in also been infected in Utah will attend crash orgatechniques firefighting from blood transfusions Interanized the National by Blood transfusions' are a Fire Center in Boise common Concern Usher said gency Idaho Center spokeswoman but since 1987 all blood has Lorraine Buck said the solbeen tested for HIV The prodiers should be ready to join cedure is now “99 percent” fire lines next week safe he said The last time the fire crater mobilized military units was in tion between parents teachers and students since the system : began in January One teacher started a student who kept forget-tin- g his supplies so be would Continued from Page 3 be prepared the next day Mazzeffi said Parents who rarely spoke to their children’s teachers now on a regular basis Students meanwhile enjoy National Park the nation’s largest archaeological preserve was 23 percent con- tained Wednesday Among the other large fires in the West are a pair of wildfires totaling 18000 acres near Helena Mont that have fenced dozens of families from their homes and a 9 500-aclightning-sparke- d fire in northeastern Washington state that has charred more than 30 strucre tures Buck of the fire center in Idaho said another setback is that summer monsoons have not hit Arizona and New Mexico so ae fire danger remains - strained resources there because firefighters are being called to Foundation and has been ranked as one of the top 100 attractions in North America Bus Tour the regulated chat rooms by the American Association for five years in a which Mazzeffi likened to a row "legal way” of passing notes The American West Heritage “I just use it to chat With my is home of the Cenfot: otto friends mostly about Northern Utah homework” said Jem Sievers Welcome the Jensen Center 13-ear-oly d a St Andrew alumni Both Watts and Scott con- The festival is closed on ceded that not all students have Internet access outside of Sunday libraries or friends homes Patti Loe filer a mother of two in Crested Butte Colo said she her fourth teacher for grader’s help on a homework assignment tough while the family was vacationing in the West Indies “Within a couple hours I had my answer” Loeffler said “It’s great” groups seniors students children 12 and younger and fami- dents also can log in at counts are available Season lies passes otto states 243-60- reach a threshold where we’ll say 'Sorry we have to keep these folks hoe”’ said Gary Benavidez fire management officer for the Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico where about a dozen lightning-ignite- d fires were burning Wednesday Overall about 5600 federally financed firefighters are in the field — jq addition to those from state and local agencies ' In Idaho Gail Baef of the Forest Service tod this fighting crews recruited from as far away as Maine New Hampshire Pennsylvania Connecticut and Georgia to help with to state’s Nazes “That’s why we have a shortage because everybody is busy on a fire” said Vi Hillman of the Bureau of Land Management in Utah “We are stretched pretty thin” Continued from Page 1 He was wearing i white blue with a shirt over it and silver rim sunglasses “The girls did really good-n- o T-sh-irt for long-slew- ed ‘ question about that” Auman said “It was good that they were a little older 10 and that probably helped” Police continue to investigate Parents are reminded to make their children aware of what to do in such a situation Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the police department at 753-76- 00 For Information and the location of your nearest are Troop Pack or Team Call 30 BOY SCOUTS Of AMERICA mmm J t t V' -- li ' urn i : li" U ' ' 1 inlvi c r" 1 O j A consultation gfoOAvs Call 713-453- Sr design Origham City & Preston i— pr In-ho- Lcan lAiiiW'n'Arf'iS ‘A r cstimate and vina fciiw I—’ pen cssii cmi'cruTi : V- C- ' O' : 1 “k 3 JI wto "X - s f tvjLVfcZsas : - ’ h ' r 4 To! -- 1- - r ml 'V ‘M tr m ewe0 m wm rar r?" 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