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Show . 1 A 8A Sun Advocate Price. Utah Thursday March 29, 2001 l" t - ymL'r' V J . - r rr : n - X I r' A r ( : 7:7 l.i "7'V'l W nV 7 .. ;, - . x ?. t; vA.. r t - byMANDYSJOSTROM v ' rS i i , :i - V. ' ' -- Just an ordinary day . .or is it? : A V ' i rI V ; t. - ' V On March 6, students at Mont Harmon Junior High came to '. ofsduxd.butthqrsoonfoundout 3 ;. ; school imqiecting Just another day .7 K , was anything but ordinary Where Mont Hannon's every day teachers i originally stood, now stood plumb-- t V - il 1 V By ANGELA SAMPINOSand ERICA HENDERSON ;?f , era. judges, EMTs, real estate charge ofcontrolli vln amountof heat put into each Maityrelorfulbotafr balloons of different shapes and designs' were treated by 9to grade students. This is an annual projeet forthe 9th grade sdehoe students in Mr. Laurttsoas, Mr. BOaskiss and Mrs. . Nod's classes. This project is used to teach the students about differ- ent types ofweather and how it af-fectsalr pressure, Ingr(mpsoffour,ffiestudentsin all the ciasses were assigned to ere-ate their own unique design for a hot air balloon. ; Then they used 24 sheets of ie paper andglued them together create the body of their hot air ' ' . . f. ':Tv f i , ! ' .XV1 f ' 4 a I t) :. 7:7 , , ' r! "f- I 'This is a hands-o- n activity that "ft thr 1 ; , signing their own structure and learning about how the differences in temperature would affect its flight. All of the Btudents learned a great deal from this project, but to top ltoff they had a greattime. . students used s piece ofwireThe hot air baboons were laundffiddm lngeach class period. Mr. Lauritsen ' - gives fee students experience ln de-t-o y. ' balloon. ' Ib form the base of the balloon, . jaundilnjg.T tfo-.- V , T ... I- : P ? t f ; W-- .. 4 . ' t i - - i 1:' 'i t 9 VT.v it'i; 4 .'irf (i ;; n .7 t 'i' c V. a . . i -- .,yv -- 7 'k 5 . k V S TT ' 1 m J- V. 7nfthetUngsthfiywouldbeddng i.:if . V;: :.1 ' .when performing the job of a plumber. From cutting pipe to showing toe students an about a .toilet, there was nothing these people left out Therewas aoosmetologist that demonstrated how V; to take care of hair; nafla, skin, and other informative toines.in one of toe classrooms there waa, ? even a dog Rescueracame to and toto everyone about toe job of tola dog; whose name la BerUu. They used Berllntohelp And missing people. Mrs. Joanna Bean, accompanied by the Carbon! County Ambulance Service, was In Mr Laurltsens classroom and demonkrated various things that EMT"s do. JenBenS Contracting also showed up with an asaortmeiit of digging equipment !,, Those studmitswdiopartlcipatedseemed to enjoy learnlngaboutthese careers. People came from aU over, with aU aorta of careen that hopefully all toe students gained something fronu Who knows. ..mftybetn our sdmolwe have a future Judge Johannsen, or a great plumber like Dbom Hussey Students at.MHJH seemed to mijoy career day and it la apparmrt(y a day torU we will hopefully haye every year here at Mont Harmon. '"."I uM M ; s ,7 . . j long it takes to complete a law de-gree.Aplumbei;MtDlxonHu88ey canm and showed toe studentssome ' f 77: 4i judge or any other job deaUngwlfli law school He, eq)lalned things from the law classes needed to hmv h 'iav-j- t. 7 thfagoneneedstofctobecome ? 77;-7-- 1 realtors, cosmetoIogists,-Lh- . chiropractors, constructors and B V. evenadogThadterehadthedayoff l and avariiety of people withanum- i ber of different kinds of careers1 were iHYXight into teach the students about their everyday life. The sto ; dents learned about how much1'- : V schooling they would qeed, how 7 would earn, and what 7 much toeywoulddoiftheyweretodwoee .c t' any one of the jobs. Students who participeded found aU of the infor- -' i j mation very useful and hadalot of fun learningabouteach job.There was Judge Scott Johansen who :j j; came in and told the students every- - t. bal- - ? loon so it would rise into the sfy Distant and suooessful flights were In store for most of the hot air baL loona. On the other hand, than were some that caught on fire and were ashes before catching flight 7.: Kellen Spillman stated. TUs ... veiy fun project because 1 likedcreatlngmyownhotairbal-- : loon and watching: some of. them : catch on fire when it was time for : Hi 4' .. t .. 7 nj 1 - '4 r- - ' By MICHELLE MARTINEZ veryexdtedtoreceivetbelrvalentlne8.ManyofthemgBve The student government decidedon a very special and ,uSahugandwishedu8ahappyWklentine'B Day unique service project to do on February 14, -- Valentines The memben of student government were glad togive their Day. Mrs. Marcia Ahmu, the student government adviser, vriantjiw awwy Smn nf thopnpU nf dahnnd that h and several members from the student government, went to waa even sHttiflwnntfamnl, wqwniiyawottwoioriyportpin the nursing home Snd handed out homemade valentines, opened up and teflmrihoottoirlivEg. Not only did they give valentines, they also talked and re- The student government pianimH this activity frv quite 7 ,7 awhile. They tried to make eveiythlnggo as weh as possible. alty communicated with the elderly people.: Those who received these small yet thoughtful gifts were and luckily everything puma through irigntfintiy happy and overjoyed. Alicia Penry a member of Mont dent government enjoyed this experience as well as did the Harmon Junior Hlgh'sstudentgovermnent, said, They werepeople at the home forthe elderly - V' v 5 - 4v. ? ' ' o;77iV: i : ' 4. v sv , .'4' y 'V. ' !, t f . i; ; ; I? J1 : Quiz Bowl i .. if ' Js MUr W a v t . 4 J '77 f . 7' , f. . , rv, i ! ll f f ; :W SV .7 . : V. it. Sr 1 : ' 'ry 'it :.s : J h : ' v I J. Jr I t J 7. A A' V r -- ; i!f i it Jr - .. : '', V i t 7 V' 4 ' V, ; . . W ill X a :;r - ' ' quiz bowl in a meet that will be held in ApriL This year's quiz bowl team consists of flve ninth yaders and four eighth graders. They are: Lindsay Roye, LindsayThtton, Bonnie Blackburn, Laura Bringhnrst, and Mikie Nelson, Alyssa Donaldson, Rlchel Raich, : Kelly Moore, and J3. Arriola. There will be three meets held In Aprfl, the Erst meet Is slated for the 10th, as toe National Honors Society host toe Carbon High meet On April 11 they will travel to San Rafael where they will compete against five other teams. Then on April 18, the Great Southeastern quiz bowl will be conducted In Green River. At this meet the quiz bowl team will go against teams from . Emmy, Grand, and Carbon County The team practices twice a week after school and the members ere very dedicated. HI : 'S, By RACHEUiS GUNDERSON 2000-200- 1 ti 77 11- 7;-7:- , l $ " 7 jA. - 'A . xl i ) v-- J . Ji ''WVHfc ) ' . . . . : V. V ' . The sound of applause was heard every time one of Mont Harmon's students performed their musical talents. This year's annual Solo and Ensemble was held on March 1, at Several students participated either In singing, Instrumental or playing the Cp. plana t i-- - h ':;. f Maithe Montiraonstodrats -- 7777. 1 4t receha suriorrettag, wWch a soore on their performance. By doing these events, the students are given really benefited the schooL aanoe to play in public for many people and also compete against students . Janelle Bates, who sang in a group of four, said, It was fun and a good ' c 7 7. experience for me." Mr. Hoyt, Mont Harmons band and choir teacher hdd. .7 At toe end of toe event there is an award ceremoqywhere toe top . performers in 'This years Solo and Ensemble was very successful 7?:''7;77v;':; V7 -- , each group perform for everyone in attendance. At this year's ceremony Mont Harmons vay own Sarah Glleadl, Tler Dinkleman, and Kim Jenks blew the ?. crowd awaywito a rendition of Hold on to Your Dream."' Each group or solo was given a score. The scorlnewas with numbers one 1 being thihlghest, and five being the lowesLOwas also considered superior rating. If acompetitor received a superior heshe received s blue given fr0?r?1' i . at Solo and Ensemble By ALICIA PENEY ; 1 7 fc team 7 prepares for competition v 7 to : This year's ; i V ' . 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