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Show a- t I Page 18 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. March 17.1998 P fill Children of the Baby Boomers are going in another direction younger generation as it emerges ByR.A. Zaldioar Knight-Ridde- i r into adulthood," said Susan News Service The Baby Boomers took to the streets and vowed to change the world. Then came Generation X, who saw a world not much different. Now, a new generation is emergless starry-eye- d ing in America than the Boomers, more confident than the Xers. Theyre called the Echo Boomers. Bom roughly from 1977 to 1994, the overwhelming majority arc children of the Baby Boomers. The oldest turn 21 this year and many are in their teens. Their generation is much more numerous than Generation X, and almost as big as the War II boom. Weaned on video games, Echo Boomers are the first generation to claim the computer as birthright. They troubleshoot the home PC and teach their parents the fine points of and Internet navigation. Ethnically, they're more diverse than the Baby Boomers. They believe education is a lifelong endeavor. They have no problem looking to women as leaders. They know about family break-u- p and the tragedies of drugs, guns and gangs. For the most part, they have not rebelled against their parents. In many ways, Echo Boomers seem ideally suited to carry America forward in a wired world, where the pace of technological change and economic competition ever accelerates. "Even when I was small, I was never afraid of technology," said Francisco Farrera, 17, a high school senior from Houston. It was always our Baby Boomer parents that had some fears about breaking the computer." "Something that will define our generation is the assimilation between computers and people," said Farrera, who plans to Btudy computer science. We are going to be so connected with computers. We wont even think about it. Peter Morrison, a demographer at the Rand think tank in Santa Monica, Calif., agreed: The latest data show that of are using computers on a regular basis a really big formative experience is the notion of a connected generation." The Baby Boom generation commands attention because ofits size, and the same will hold true for the Echo. It accounts for 26 percent of the U.S. population, compared with the original boom, which accounts for 29 percent. Generation X represents just 16 percent. "Attention is going to shift to this post-Wor- ld two-thir- non-adul- ts Mitchell, a Mississippi-base- d demographic researcher and author of The Official Guide to the Generations. "The generation of todays children and teens is going to be almost as important as the Baby Boom was," she said. Besides their ease with technology, there are other distinctive characteristics about the Echo Boomers: d of Echo Boomers are minorities particularly Latinos and African Americans of Baby compared with Boomers. More Echo kids are children of mixed marriages. Baby Boomer women overturned gender stereotypes by streaming into the work force. Some experts predict that for Echo Boomers, the most significant change in gender roles will come from men picking up a bigger share of household chores. Class divisions are clearer among Echo Boomers, even as racial and ethnic lines are somewhat One-thir- one-four- th productive. A total of73 parcels were offered, totaling 69,052.62 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the BLM. Fourteen of these parcels are within the Manti-L- a Sal National Forest, located in Carbon, Emery, and Sanpete Counties, and are administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Bids ranged from the minimum of $2 per acre to $105 per acre and averaged $7.94 per acre. Yates Petroleum Corporation, from Artesia, New Mexico, submitted the highest more muted. Comparing the childhood economic status of the Baby Boom generation and the Echo, U.S. Census Bureau demographer Don Hernandez found a significantly higher proportion of Echo kids are living in affluence. But the share living in poverty also has grown, while the middle has shrunk. The Echo Boomers impact is being felt in record school enrollments, most notably in the South and West, the parts of the country that have grown most rapidly in population. Their influence will spread steadily throughout society, with consequences for the family, politics, the economy and the American lifestyle. While Baby Boomers tried to break with their parents, the generation gap is less relevant for Echo Boomers. A survey of 15- -, last year for Drexel University in Philadelphia found 63 percent rated their parents generation positively, 29 percent were neutral, and only 7 percent held a negative view. ly 16-a- re 18-2- re 539-400- 1. Judy Rawlings. Ellen Rawlings, Rachelle Laris, and Colleen Clements were hotesaea for the evening. The program was conduct--' ed by Ellen Rawlings and honored BPW "Woman of Achievement. Leona Cotonuta. Leona Michelle Cotonuta was bom April 21, 1957 to the late Harry Cotonuts and Develia Cess pooch, San Juan in the old Roosevelt Hospital. She is a member of the Ute Indian Tribe. Leona was raised in Randlett until the age of 10. After she was baptized a member of the LDS Church, she went on the Indian Placement Program, which was sponsored by the LDS Church. She was raised in the Salt lake area and later graduated from Davis High School, in Kaysville. Leona attended Brigham Young University for two years mqjoring in Elementary Education. She then returned home to the Uintah Basin to get reacquainted with her family. She was then employed by the Ute Indian Tribe working in the Accounting, Tribal Courts, and Education Programs. She also worked as a Teacher's Aid for the Uintah County School District Leona served an LDS Mission to the Hawaii, Honolulu Mission for 18 months. Leona worked for First Security BankandtheUte Indian Tribe total bid in the amount of $42,120 for a 1,560-acr- e parcel located approximately 20-2- 5 miles southeast of Vernal, in Uintah County. Turner Petroleum Land Services, Sandy, Utah, submitted the high per acre tract lobid of $105 for a 240-acmiles 0 cated approximately southeast of Duchesne, Uintah County. Ballard Petroleum LLC, Billings, Montana, also submitted a high bonus bid of $38,600 for a 771-acparcel, located approximately 20-2-5 miles southeast ofMoab. Parcels not sold at the auction are available for noncompetitive filings on the day following the sale. On the day following the sale, the BLM received 38 noncompetitive offers on 11 parcels. A drawing is held to determine priority for parcels receiving multiple filings. Both competitive and noncompetitive leases term and are issued fin: a ten-yeof rental $1.50 per yearly require acre for the first five years and $2 per acre thereafter. More information concerning the sale is available from the BLM State Office Public Room, 324 South State Street, 4th Floor, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 841454)155 or telephone (801) ar 9 k BPW held its February meeting on Feb. 9, at the Frontier GrilL Members enjoyed dinner with entertainment by Natalie Taylor and Public receives benefits from public lands The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a total of bonus bids for Federal oil and gas lease rights on 33 parcels involving over 29,798 acres of land in Utah during an oral auction held on February 23, 1998, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to the bonus bids, the sale netted $44,716.50 in first year rentals and $2,475 in administrative fees, for a grand total of $283,860.50 in revenues from this lease sale. The State of Utah will receive 50 percent of all monies collected on the leases from this sale, in addition to any rentals paid per acre annually for the life of the leases (up to 1 0 years) or any royalties paid to the U.S. Government if a lease becomes XI r-TSin- RECOGNITION--Leon- a Cotonuts receives the honor of Woman of Achievement from the Roosevelt Chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. Pictured left to right: Judi Smith, Leona Cotonuts and Ellen Rawlings. Sev- erance Tax Department and for the WIC Program. Her total baking experience has been 10 years and 10 years for the Ute Indian Tribe. About seven years ago, Leona became certified to be a foster parent. Since then she has given a loving home to nine wonderful kids. She currently has five children living with her. She finds it very rewarding and sometimes is a little hard on her heart, but it gives her great satisfaction and she hopes that she can make a difference in these kids lives. Most recently, she was awarded the "Governors Foster Family of the Year Award. This was the first year that Governor Leavitt has presented this award to anyone in the state of Utah. UMMM GOOD After reading a story about bread making, the 1st, and 2nd grade class at Myton Elementary made bread on Friday, March 3. The children did the measuring and mixing then each child got to form a small individual loaf which was baked and then eaten. 1 Buckle Up and Save A Life! Public Service Auueuiicemeat by the Uintah Bails Standard POOR " |