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Show 1 ( Page 14 July 28. 1998 : Education Uintah Basin Standard BUSY WORKERSThe walls are up and so is the roof at the new gymnasium at Altamont High School. Students won't be able to use the gym until later in the school year. Work has moved indoors. School will start on August 24. Delay In Equipment Arrival Students wont be using new gym at start of school at Aitamont The Altamont gymnasium is part of a $5 million bond that was approved by voters in February 1997. Other projects include class rooms at East Elementary, renovation of Duchesne High Schools technology lab and reroofing and roadway By Aldan Rachele Altamont High School students wont be using their new gymnasium when school starts August 24. They wil have to wait a few months. The Altamont gymnasium is coming along real well. We ordered one Trane air handler, but the company didn't send it out, said Duchesne County School District Superintendent John Aland. The air handler delay has put us behind a bit. We have to wait until it arrives. It is a big unit that pushes air heat through the building. The unit should be here in August. The late arrival of the unit isnt the fault of the contractor or the Duchesne County' School District Apparently there was some type of miscommunication over the air handler order due to one of the company's employees involved in the transaction becoming ill. Aland reports that school officials are looking at an late Fall completion date and never expected to be in the gym toward the end of August. Students wont use the gymnasium at the start of school. They should be able to use the gym by the first of the year, he said. The walls are up and the roofhas been installed on the gymnasium. Inside work that doesnt involve the air handler is being done as well as additional outside needs. Valley Builders out of Gunnison, Utah, is building the A1 tarn on t gymnasium. They also built the Crossroads Centennial Senior Center in 1 THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT For parade-goer- s who spent Saturday morning enjoying Altamonts Longhorn Days parade. Clouds covered the skies and temperatures dipped slightly providing a respite from the recent heat wave. projects. Once the gymnasium is completed, Altamont will join Union High School as Duchesne County schools with two gymnasiums. Tabiona and Duchesne High School have one gymnasium each. School Fund Raising May End Defunct Public School Foundation to become active By Cheryl Mecham district. All donations coming into the fbundation will be completely tax free, and the only one who loses A local womans interest in resurrecting the Public School Foundation for the Duchesne County School District might lead to the end of work intensive fund raisers that raise so little funds. Korinne Hullinger, the wife of school board member John Hullinger of Roosevelt, says she would like to see the foundation become active again because it could will benefit the school district sig- out by donating she learned is the IRS. A foundation could bring a lot of possibilities for our poor little school district, Hullinger said, saying that the donations would provide for scholarships, teacher training, and pay transportation costs for educational opportunities, such as science camp. The district will provide Hullinger with a list of possible board members, who will be asked to serve the foundation. They are in turn asked to make a donation to the foundation, to set an example, Hullinger said. As yet, the Public Schools Foundation board has not been completely organized, far those interested in serving on the board please contact Korinne Hullinger at nificantly. The Public School Foundation was established 10 years ago by Duchesne County School District for the purpose of generating local donations for educationally-relate- d prqjects. The superintendent at the time also created a board to oversee the foundation, but it was never active, Hullinger says. While I was at PTA training at BYU there was information in the packets they gave us that said that the PTA should not shoulder the job offund raising. I would really like to eliminate the work of fund raising that goes on over and over again and raises just a little piddley amount, a foundation would eliminate that. Hullinger says she approached the school board during Julys regular meeting to express interest in the foundation. The board gave their approval for Hullinger to the Foundation and called her as a Foundation board member. The Foundation Board will be headed by Duchesne County School District Superintendent John Aland. The purpose of a fbundation is to g be the arm ofthe school Roosevelt. The new gymnasium will pro- vide more practice space for Altamont High School athletes, who won't be working out early in the morning and late at night. Athletes will be able to get home at a decent hour. During the winter, Altamont has girls, boys playing basketball as well as a wrestling team. Altamont High School currently has one gym and the new one will be located west of the old one. The present one gym deal has forced Altamont's wrestling team to practice in nearby Altamont Elementae room. ry School's Wrestlers have been running to and from the elementary school to the high school locker room during cold, wet, winter conditions. multi-purpos- 722-292- 4. Dont Miss This One Young Living Essential Oils Demonstration & Get Together To leant more about the miracles of Essential Oils Place: Zioes Bank North Entrance Saw Oil Offices DATE: August 12, 1998 7:00 p.m. For Information Call PRACTICING ROUTINES-Altamo- nt cheerleaders get some Main street in Altamont during the Longhorn Days parade. practice time performing routines on pre-seas- Vocational Law Enforcement New course offered this year to high school students Students will have a study book Union High students have a new elective in their school curriculum which covers 18 chapters dealing this school year. The class, Voca- with topics such as the police role in tional Law Enforcement, will be society, crime awareness, law, juvetaught by Roosevelt City Police Sgt nile justice, patrol tactics and in Wayne Emblcton at the Uintah Basin Applied Technology Center. Embleton is the officer who has been assigned to Union and the UBATC for the past two years to patrol the grounds and handle problems. He volunteered to teach the class to educate kids in what its like to Associated Prtss work in law enforcement. The curriculum was designed by School officials from the Univerthe Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office and has been approved by the sity ofUtah say they lead the nation State Office of Education and the in obtaining research grants on a basis. The university Utah State Board for Applied Technology. The course is already of- secured a record $107 million in fered in school districts on the research grants in the last fiscal Wasatch Front year. of U tops in country for obtaining research grants U per-facul- ty f THE NEOLA COMMUNITY PARK COMMITTEE Pays special tribute to Tiffany Ellingford, Dan Baker & Dale Crozier (435)722-334- 4 fund-raisin- vestigation, law enforcement aa an occupation, evidence handling and court trials. t Students who take the one sewill mester class receive credit. The class is offered for one period each semester. About 70 students signed up for the course. There is room for about 30 students in the class. Embleton will be able to adjust the curriculum to make it more applicable to law enforcement in a rural area, he said. The University of Utah has not totaled its grant figures, but the school had brought in more than $166 million in research grants in the first 10 months of the fiscal year ending June 30. Utah President Bemie Machen said research universities rely on such outside funding to fulfill their missions. Some people think we take the money that the state gives us for teaching students and use that to fond research, but we don't, machen said. If we didn't get these external dollars, we wouldnt be able to do the research that we do." Much of the money comes from the federal government Brigham Young University brought just under $17 million in outside research grants fin- the fiscal year that ended last August. "Relative to our sister institutions, that figure is quite mall, but our charter is different. We are focused on undergraduate instruction, said Brent Webb, executive director for BYlFs office for research and creative activities. Educators at the U. of U. and USU aay the outside funding benefits more than the researchers. These dollars give our graduate and undergraduate students more opportunities to be involved in cutting-edge research," said Peter Gerity, USlTs vice president for research. This gives them training they could not get otherwise and makes them more competitive in the job market. - And extends a heart-fe- lt "THANK YOU" to all those who have helped with our park this year IN VERNAL Under New GROUNDS Caretakers Management, Totally Remodeled, Huge Pool, Shack Bar . and INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Those who attended Contributors All the volunteers Pavilion. z... Qut THE NUMEROUS REUNIONS Who occupied the pavillions each weekend fie THE REGULARS f&HZtyrf $3.50 3ta l- -" a Session WiLDWATERS 1 1 55 East Hwy 40 Youth Groups (Next Vernal. Utah to the Crackd 781-001- Pot) 10 2 -- pm Two Sessions M-S- at And 2:30 - 6:30 pm 1 1 Friday Night Sunday pm to 1 - 1 am 6:30 pm Cow Penners Barrel Racers te Buckie Up and Save A Life! - Ropers 4-H'- ers We Look Forward to Seeing You Again Next Year! jj Public Servlet Aineaecrmeat by the Ulsleh Bede Sunder |