Show 't- I If t' tL Monday 6 2003 Octal ' 5®:'? v A3 Local state V s ir A y" v i 'i1 '£m ' s 'V K' - Sunrise Elementary partners with I ocal biz Drivers’ ed ? classft lets : ® A®?® 5 - ' 1 m WESTVALLEY CITY Utah (AP) — You can tell a teenage driver what to do if his car starts to skid —or ® you can put him behind the wheel of a Camaro and let him find out for 'V A and regional news ' ' v Wmsctf' V A drivers’ education program that visited die Salt Lake City area during the weekend opts for the latter abroach letting young drivers get : V behind-the-whe- el experience in har-rowing driving conditions Driver’s Edge is a Las Vegasased : education program founded by for-tn- er Formula car racer Jeff Payne that teaches drivers what to do in V emergency situations by simulating ' them Participants learn about skid 'A ' control and panic braking or V rather how not to panic while brak- - ' ’ ' ing:v'' Seventeen-year-ol- d Dalian Duggar a Jordan High School student from Sandy said he wanted to learn some things he didn’t get from regular dri--v V--' SMITHFIELD— Not every day ® does a teacher sit down with a busi- ness owner and sign a business : r ngnyirwnt pmi partmrghip And not eveiy elementary school has a program that helps integrate community businesses in everyday: ® school life v For the past eight years Nancy ® principal of Sunrise Elemen-v ® tary has been working at finding A-ways far area hiMnww to help sup-not schools just through money but dinmgh teaching and donated time1 - j “When they donate we don’t ask for money We ask for influence and ask them to share how they use read- ing and math in their business" ® Bartelt said This year 20 Cache Valley busi- nesses have agreed to partner with the Smithfield elementaiy school which teaches kindergarten through second-grad- e students As schools throughout the state struggle to find resources Bartelt said that the program has helped bridge die often tight gap For exam-pie some businesses have donated coupons good for fine food redeemable at grocay stores or restaurants This provides reading ® : J incentives or rewards that die school would otherwise not be able to afford Some businesses have even gone so far as to pay employees to come and help out in the classroom It is important that each business donates the way it can and donates in a way that is comfortable Bartelt said principle Later the students take a field trip to the Smithfield ICON plant to view a real assembly line “They talk about what it takes in the business world and why an edu- ' cation is important” Hoopes said Businesses sign an agreement that outlines what support they will pro- vide to the school and oftentimes a specific classroom while a teacher details what the school can give back Wood said that business ners get advertisement space in a ‘: Julie Hoopes a second-grad- e teacher said that representatives from businesses usually come to school and give hands-o- n lessons For example representatives from ICON Health and Fitness visit class- rooms and demonstrate teamwork and quality control by putting togeth- er something on an assembly-lin- e Valley schools - : ' I part-Bart- elt school newsletter and parents are also encouraged to patronize busi-po- rt nesses who support the program ’ See PARTNER on A6 I: ff -- 1 r av A i 'Cver edL ‘It just doesn’t give you every- thing” he said “If you get thrown into a skid you really don’t get expe- rience with that and in what to do” ® ' ® Behind the wheel of a Chevrolet ® Camaro Duggar gripped thewheel 0 floored die accelerator and bolted ' d patch of ' struct for a : r water-soake- asphalt® A®®®®®®®®: 7 He jerked the wheel sending the car into a tailspin wicked enough to 7 put a lump in your throat If he had been on a real road and notthepark-:'vo ing lot of die Rocky Mountain Race--wa- y in WestValley City he probably I would have gotten hurt ® ® : ' The nonprofit program which ' started more than a year ago teaching Nevada drivers now is finishing up its Erst J4city national tour It is ' Maimed primarily at young drivers y yin Utah a teenager is involved in a crash about every five minutes : ( according to Rolaynq P Fainclough legislative representative for AAA of ' f - ' - ' Mark Paiios assistant director for Safety’s Highway Safety Office said the rea-- ‘ son young people are in a disproportionately high number of fatal accidents is because of a lack of dri- - ’ ving experience not necessarily a ® lack of reqxmsibility ‘ first Saturday’s program exposed drivers to an accident film But then unlike driver educa-- v tion participants hopped into Camaros and skidded and glided ' across a course set up with cones on the parking lot ’s i’ v the Utah Dept of Public MHch MascareHeraW Journal '' “'I v Dorse Burt right presents certificates for free ice cream to students in Carla Randall’s second-grad- e class at Wilson Elementary The certificates were a way to make students aware of a grant Randall sitting received to purchase educational videos for her class aim -- : - ' n© Foundation rewards kids and teachers In brief NASA exhibit to land on campus transNASA’s traveling space portation exhibit designed to give visitors a look at human space flight as it might exist 40 years from now will be on display at Utah State University Monday Oct 6 through Wednesday Oct 8 on the Taggart Student Center outdoor patio NASA’s traveling space exhibit is a mockup of a futuristic space liner not a blueprint for a specific future vehicle Starship 2040 provides a glimpse into the future Visitors board the “spaceship” d conand move through trol passenger and engineering compartments Audio effects — engine noises computer and crew voices — add to the realistic ambience of the experience j Utah State University is a member of the Rocky Mountain-NASSpace Grant Consortium an education alliance that promotes education through the pursuit of science and technology Starship 2040 crisscrosses the nation's highways bringing NASA’s messages and mission to schoolchildren educators and the i American public Visitors touring the exhibit will learn about NASA programs such as the Orbital Space Plane the nation's next space transportation system for crew rescue and transfer to and from the International Space Station i The NASA exhibit also visits Hill Air Force Base Oct 10-1- 1 and the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City By Darrell Edward Ehriick staff writer Students may not remember what the Logan Schools Founda- tion does In fact they may not even remember its name But one - ' students can thing elementary-ag- e remember is a free ice cream cone Doree Burt the newly installed foundation director hopes that the elementary students will remember that because their teacher did something special they got a treat Burt said that oftentimes students don’t realize when special supplies are purchased they are bought : using foundation money More importantly students parents and the community don’t realize that teachers work hard twisting arms soliciting donations and writing grants to get classroom extras So starting this year the foundation is trying out an experiment Teachers who receive grants or awards from the foundation get a visit from Burt who passes out coupons good for ice cream or other treats She said she’s working on rewards for secondary teachers “We can’t afford 210 ice cream cones for high school students” Burt said Nonetheless at Wilson Elementary in Carla Ran- dall’s class seemed excited about second-grade- ra free ice cream cones Randall received a grant to purchase videos that explain things like Veteran’s Day and Memorial in second- Day to second-graders grade terms One title of another video is: “What is Agriculture?” ' She said that students will take the coupons home and explain to parents why and where they received them She said this will help spread the word to parents that teachers are going the extra mile The note attached to Randall’s coupons read: “LOGAN SCHOOLS’FOUNDATION happi- ly gives your child this treat because CARLA RANDALL applied for and received a grant from LOGAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION to purchase some cool VIDEOS mating your child’s classroom an even better place!” : : ’ The second-grade- rs though seemed even moe excited about the prospect of a scratch-and-sni- ff scented sticker on the coupon “Does anyone know what I havg in my basket and why I have stars on it?” Burt asked Randall’s sec on Wednesday before telling them about the coupons “It’s almost Halloween” one student blurted out “Good guess” Burt replied “I A it hope if I took it would fill up Why the stars?” “Money?” “That’s a good guess” ond-grade- rs : : trick-or-treati- “We’re bright?” “Yes I love that” Burt said “It’s because your teacher is a superstar at making you bright” Burt explained that the founda- - -tion had given them money to buy ' videos “And we brought a special prize for you because you’re winners” Burt said “But it’s nothing big Not like a bicycle” A few barely audible groans sounded “I am going to give you a couple of clues as to what it is First it See CREAM on A6 full-size- A Oct 14-1- 7 Solar homes in Cache Valley’s future? Not yet Editpris note: Each week The Herald Journal republishes articles that ran in the newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 years ago Today's Utah Then is from Oct 6 1978 Spelling and grammar appear in the story as it was originally written By Laura Starrett staff writer What are the chances of solaf heating for your home? In spite of the clouds overhead there’s still a ray of hope for solar energy in Cache Valley The Cache County School Board planners the the new Logan Hospital and some homeowners are working to reserve a future warm spot her for the world’s most abundant permanent energy source Innovators in the field agree that several obstacles must be overcome before solar energy can enjoy greater local acceptance Two of these obstacles are Mountain Fuel Supply Company’s current practice of charging more for a supplemental natural gas service and the need for further solar research “The Public Service Commission must do something with the utilities” Cache County Attorney and solar energy user Burton Harris told The Herald Journal “Mountain Fuel and Utah Power and Light want to anybody who uses solar energy Until you change that situation you're not going to see much solar re-ra- te C energy Utah Power and Light Co does' not have a supplemental use rate to charge its Cache Valley customers utilizing another power source such as solar energy and the Public Service Commission has reviewed Mountain Fuel Supply's rkts structure but as yet has made no recommendations for change Until they do Mountain Fuel will continue to charge those who use alternative energy sources on a special basis the F-- 3 supplemental use rate Under the 3 rate a residential customer using solar energy who also has a 130000 BTU furnace and a 40000 BTU water heater on standby would still have to pay Mountain Riel S23 a month even if no natural gas was used This customer would also be F-- charged $121 for every 1000 cubic feet of gas used “Should all the other customers pay the fixed cost on die investment of this supplemental system?" Jim Tanner Mountain Fuel Supply’s rate and planning director asked “Supplemental users should come under the 3 rate or else they would be a burden and have to be subsidized by the test of the customers” be said ' The F--3 rate is determined by the maximum capacity of the furnace equipment plus initial charges and the unit cost of the natural gas “A rate structure which rewards a gas user with lower rates for high volume consumption and penalizes a conservative gas user with higher F-- See THEN on A6 3 VI-- : v4- - |