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Show THE SAN JL'AN RECORD WVdnesday, April 28, 2000 - Officials challenge: Dare to be free, Page 4 Monument Valley High hosts 6th Annual Heritage Conference by Leo Platero About 600 educators from around the San Juan School District and neighboring school districts: Duchesne, Utah; Red Mesa, Arizona; Wingate, New Mexico; and the Utah State Education Office, attended the 6th Annual Heri- Conference. Superinten- dent Gary Cameron and San Juan County Commissioner Mark Maryboy were seen eat- ing Navajo tacos in the nearby tent in the wind. Michael Lapapa, keynote speaker from Holbrook, Arizona, thrilled the crowd with his storytelling. Excel in both languages. In our day and age, both are necessary. Tell your story in your own words and redefine who you are. Mr. Lapapa, a writer and illustrator of his own childrens books, is Ilopi and Apache. Douglas Spottedeagle enter- tained with flute playing. It was a successful confer- according to host Prin- cipal Patricia Seltzer. Teachers added to their knowledge by the various presenters. The student clubs also made money at their concession stands, various Indian dubs from the nearby elementary schools and high schools showed off their talent throughout the day, including the Monticello Spanish Club. Parents and visitors mingled with the festive crow'd. One of the presentations was the film Return Of Navajo Boy. In 1952, William Kennedy came to Monument Valley fora UCLAfilm project. He worked with the Cly family, who earned their living by posing for tourists. It is said that Happy Cly, the Navajo mother in the film, was the most photographed woman in re-ta- graduate from Snow College. Graduates from Blanding are Sean Hunt, Andrea Lyman, Nathan Moses and Kelle Bernice Shearer. Graduating from Monticello are Trisdan Boyle Faucett, Susanne Eardley, Jeremy Jones, Collete Randall, Troy Smith, and Jodi Camille TYacy. to success in school and the ge main thing that keeps kids from reading is TV. The aver- age child in America spends 28 hours each week watching TV. Thats almost as much time as they spend on learning tasks school. What are they learning from TV? Too often, they learn un- healthy ideas about sex, about the way they should" look, and about how much stuff" they need". Messages from shows and ads can lead to early sexual exploration, eating disorders, and excessive spending. One of the biggest concerns is the amount ofviolence in TV programming for children. A research team monitored tele- ised violence for 13 years and found that 80 percent of childrens shows included close to 18 violent incidents every hour. Another study identified over 800 cartoons with ex- - tremely high levels of violence, usually shown as being funny . TV also depicts aggression as an effective, acceptable way to get things you want or to get things done, TV can be a great thing. It can help us learn and show us oth-things we could never see erwise. TV can also be a bad thing. It can take up time w e could spend on other things, and it can show us things we d be better off not seeing. Making good choices about howr much TV we watch, what we watch, and how wre watch helps us tame our TV7. The staff of the 21st Century Community Learning Center at Blanding Elementary School is at inviting both students and adults to participate in National TV Turn-Of- f Week from April 24 to 30 by issuing the challenge, Dare to be free dont watch TV7! To encourage participation, the 21st Century program is providing rewards to BES stu dents and their families who turn off their TVs for one, three, or seven days. Call 2 Sheila Sakizzie at for complete information. Tips for taming your TV7: How much you watch: 1. Make a list of things that you want to do each day before you watch TV7 (be sure to include 20 minutes of reading!).-Wauntil theyre all done before you turn the TV on. 2. Make a list of things 678-232- it youd do if you had time. Then keep track of how' much time you spend watching TV7. Which things on your want to do list could you have done during that time? 3. Turn off the TV during meals. Family conversations will be much better, and those conversations help kids learn and do better in school. 4. Give each family member tickets for 30 minutes of TV time. When the persons tickets are gone, thats it for the week. Dis-enc- e, DECKS STAIRS PORCHES ANY SHAPE We provide custom order sheds delivered and at wholesale prices! Built on site! Let Us Give You A Quote ANY SIZE SAN JUAN BUILDING SUPPLY set up 970-564-07- 57 1050 S MAIN BLANDING 435 - 678 2000 Hwy 666 & CRL (South of Graffis Motors) Cortez GEYSER IN YOUR YARD? pvc pipe plumbing supplies Planning a home or farm project? GARDEN Need some financial help? Come in SUPPLIES Lets talk! LAWN & Ten local students are set to good reading ability is the key him John Wayne Cly, and that is how he got his name. He never returned. Sometime later the son, who was now 43 years old, was living in Zuni, New Mexico and read in the newspaper about his family. He always wanted to go home but now he wanted to connect with his biological family. His sister, Elsie Cly Begay, set up the reunion in 1997. It was a tearful reunion, Elsie was in the Conference audience and answered ques- tions. I never gave up praying for his return. Thank you, Mr. Kennedy for bringing my brother back. There was also a high school art show. Deanna Benally of Whitehorse won Best of Show award, with her water color named, Tree into the Pond. Every school in the district sent in a square cloth with art- work, including the name of their school. The quilt will be on display at the School trict office in Blanding. America at that time. The film remained on a shelf in California till Mr. Kennedy died and one day as his son was going through his possessions he found the film. So he decided to bring it back to the Cly family in Monument Valley. 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