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Show 1 3 Page 12 - Aueust 5. 1992 QUICK TURTLES --Children try their best to come dut winners during a turtle racing game at the UBIC event in Roosevelt Pilot Project New state law means school will STICK" ACTION-YoungsFriday afternoon. start work on winning a contest during childrens games during the UBIC, ; ters particularly helpful for educators age children, Abplanalp stated. The preassessment test results will also provide a guideline for the compilation of a Criterion Reference Test to be administered to kindergarten students beginning in 1999. Currently only students in grades 6 taka the annual Criterion Reference Tests. Kindergarten teachers across the state are being trained in the pilot testing prqjeet this month. Parents who may be hard to reach are asked to contact the school to set up appointments with their childs kindergarten teacher. The testing does not replace the traditional registration for students. (See education briefs for registration times.) ByLezleeE. Whiting Nations Largest Sculpture IfyouVetheparentofachUdwho kindergarten this year, start explaining to them now that they wont be heading off to school at die same time as everyone else. Because of a new state law kindergarten students must be tested on their comprehension ofnumbers, letters, literary familiarity and social skills before they sit down in the classroom. The testing will beon Aug. 20 - the first day of held 56 the class of reunion during gin school in Duchesne County - and the summer of 1996, and he com- will push back the start of regular mented that the high school grounds for kindergartners to Sept. daises were so bare out front During the 2. reunion Johnson proposed his idea The testing will be done by kinto build a sculpture and asked the teachers, explained Larry dergarten with him. alumni to be Abplanalp, assistant superintendo said. to "Excited he are: They it dent forthe Duchesne County School Johnson, who now resides in District of son is the Scottsdale, Arizona, Teachers will contact parents of Ercel and Anna Johnson, who homethe students in their class to make steaded in the Vernal area and later to administer the pre- settled near Whiterocks. A sister, appointments LeannCallister and brother, Wayne Johnson have made their hordes in the Uintah Basin. Union grad, Snell Johnson to sculpt Cougar, MGM lion Snell Johnson, an artist for ART Enterprises, a Scottsdale organization, has been awarded the contract to sculpt and produce what is believed to be the nations largest bronze sculpture, a 45 foot high by 50 foot long custom bronze lion to be placed at the front entrance of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Johnson is a 1956 Union High School graduate, who will also be doing a memorial monument .for that school. The lion, currently being sculpted in foam, towers over the ART will never be the same." The massive bronze lion is being builfin the middle of the night and has been drawing a nightly ritual of gawkers with lawn chairs and coolers watching the work. Sculptor Johnson and his 11 helpers have been carving the giant hunk ofplastic foam for more than six weeks, and have given neighbors something to stare at every night Johnsons crew works seven days a week, 6 pm. to 6 a.m., to avoid the heat, using giant yellow lights to illuminate the lion. The new king Enterprise building in the on the Scottsdale skyline is about Scottsdale Airpark. In December of five stories high. 1997 the lion will assume its perART Enterprises got the contract manent location at the MGM Grand when Mary Gennaula, general manand will weigh 100,000 pounds and ager of the company, read in an be placed upon a 25 foot high platarticle that MGM Grand was knockform surrounded by water feature. ing down its old lion ss part of a The total height of the entrance $250 million renovation. She called feature will be 80 feet. the hotel and offered to build a new The sculpture requires 900 molds lion. ART Enterprises specializes in approximately 2 ft. by 3 ft., which bronze monuments that are life-siare welded together to form approxor larger. Union High School will be the imately 56 12 ft. by 8 ft. cast bronze panels which will be shipped to Las recipient of a custom bronze sculpVegas. The panels will be welded ture of their mascot, the cougar, by together, polished and sealed on the artist Union alumnus Johnson. The site. The grand opening and unveilsculpture will be dedicated at the ing of the sculpture is scheduled for Homecoming ceremonies this fall. December 15, 1997. The work entitled 110100 of the Snell Johnson has created heroic Cougar' will depict a massive cousized monuments across the nation gar leaping out of the letter U, Prinbut never a monument ofthis mass. cipal Lloyd Burton said. The couTo create a custom bronze that will gar's body will be nine feet long with have a finished weight of over the tail adding several more feet. Johnson said that the idea to 100,000 pounds is quite a feat I love it . . .what a challenge. Las Vegas donate a sculpture came about at ze GIANT CLEADANGE SALE who work with will begin 1-- ROOSeVelt JUniOr High Junior High School registration win be Wednesday through Friday, August 13, 14, and 15, from 8 a.m. 1 p.m. Roosevelt Ask A Specialist Proper disposal of pesticides and containers Altamont Elementary Altamont Elementary School registration w01 be held Friday, August 15, Monday, August 18, and Tuesday, August 19. from 8 un. - 4 pm. pesticides. Do not discard pesticide containers in unapproved areas, and do not reuse pesticide containers for other purposes. Always read product labels for special dipna1 instructions. Use the triple rinse procedure when preparing to dispose of pesticide containers. Empty pesticide container into a spray tank and allow the container to drain for 30 seconds. Add rinse water to the container so it is full Rinse thoroughly. Pour rinse water into pray tank and drain for 30 seconds. Do this three times. Some counties and cities sponsor household hazardous waste collection days where home and gar- den pesticides are accepted for disposal Check with, your county or city to see if this is available to you. Answer by: Howard Deer, Utah State University Extension pesticide specialist Before disposing of pesticides, consider reducing the need for disposal through careful planning. Try to purchase only the amount needed for a single seasons use, then calculate and mix only the amount needed to treat the intended site and apply it with properly calibrated equipment Ifyou are not able to use all the pesticide yourself collider giving it in its original container to someone else to use. If it becomes necessary to dispose ofyour pesticides or containers, follow these guidelines. Do not pour pesticides down the drain, into water or on the ground. 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