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Show T Page 14 - November 24. 1998 Basin EDUCATION Uintah Basin Standard Audit questions States programs career-ladd- er Associated Preu A state the students at East Elementary INSIDETHE learned about costumes, sets, props and more at workshops conducted by members of the Utah Opera Company Ensemble. A LOOK OPERA-Third-gr- ade East Elementary awarded $250 grant in contest The Utah Pipe Trades has announced winners of the Building Up Education in Utah program, and East Elementary in Roosevelt is on the list. Utah Pipe Trades is donating $25,000 in grant money to elementary school teachers and students throughout Utah. The money will be awarded to the schools in $250 increments. The winningapplication from the Duchesne County School District was submitted by Jacqueline Loertscher, a first grade teacher at East School districts in which elementary schools are being awarded a $250 grant include: Alpine, Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Granite, Jordan, Juab, Kane, Logan, Millard, Morgan, Murray, Nebo, North Sanpete, Ogden, Provo, Rich, Salt Lake, San Juan, South Sanpete, South Summit and Tooele. Educators at the schools with winning classes have been notified by Utah Pipe Trades officials, that award individual, presentations began Nov. 15. We are excited to participate in this program, which enhances education throughout the state ofUtah, says Wayne Hunting, committee chairman for the Building Up Ed- - -ucation in Utah" program. This"" was a very difficult decision for us to make because we had so many excellent entries. Every application we received needs the money and could have used it to benefit elementary kids. The Utah Pipe Trades, representing United Association (UA) Plumbers and Steam fitters Union Locals throughout the State ofUtah, selected the winners on Tuesday, About 550 applications were sent to elementary schools throughout Utah, with the teacher applicants asked to describe how they would spend the money if it were awarded to them. Nearly 500 applications were entered to win the grant money. The Utah Pipe Trades has provided quality workmanship since it was established in 1890. The union offers dependable, experienced craftspeople, who are certified and licensed in their specialty fields. The Utah Pipe Trades are proud to stand behind the workmanship of their members, with an unprecedented warranty and coupon program, which was introduced earlier this year. reer ladders, educators did much of that work on their own time and audit has concluded that program is failing to meet its goal of rewarding the best teachers. Three or four times a year, schools have a career-ladde- r day. Children get a day off while their teachers earn extra pay to develop lessons or get additional training. That is a legitimate benefit to education, but it is not what lawmakers had in mind 14 years ago when they developed the program that has grown to cost taxpayers $45 million annually. Utahs Career Ladder Program was created in 1984 as a way of rewarding the states best teachers with extra pay . The money was supposed to be used as an incentive to help educators move up the career pay ladder. However, according to the audit presented Thursday, less than 12 percent ofthe 1998 funding was given to teachers for superior classroom performance and even that small percentage is not truly merit-base- d pay raises. Principals and teachers have long complained that giving merit pay creates too much divisiveness, while schools must depend on teachers to work with and supporting one another. Faced with teacher complaints about merit pay during the early years of the program, district administrators slowly shifted how career-ladde- r they used the er co-ch- Review your duties and responsibilities, developing curriculum and preparing lessons for the classroom. Before ca medicare booklet when it arrives More than 200,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Utah received the booklet Medicare and You in the mail this week. This booklet contains some very vital information for Medicare beneficiaries. It also describes the new Medicare Choice program and the new health pla options which may be available to beneficiaries in the future. None of these new options is currently available in Utah. Most Utahns will continue to receive their Medicare benefits uninterrupted. About 20,000 Medicare beneficiaries enrolled with the Medicare HMO (Pacificares Secure Horizons or IHCs Senior Care) will need to decide which Medigap policy meets their needs since those plans will no longer be available after Dec. mental 31. Meidicgap SuppleMedicare ben- eficiaries impacted by the IHC or MAKING GOOD ON A BET-Pa- ul McQuivey (or Miss McQuivey) honors a bet he made with his Roosevelt Middle School classes to wear a dress and walk down the halls with a sign reading, My class rules. He challenged his students to pass him up in reading points. They did and he paid up. PacifiCare terminations have been notified by their HMO plan. For additional information please contact your local Area Agency on Aging, State Division ofAging and Adult Services at 538-39or Department of Insurance at (800) 5 outside ofSalt Lake CountyFor further information you may contact Sally Anne Brown at (801) 439-380- Education ia not preparation for life; education is life itself John Dewey GED Test Uintah School District will be offering the GED Test December 4 & 5, at the Uintah School District Office, 635 West 200 South. The test will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. Those interested in taking the test need to fill out an application by 5 p.m., Friday. There is a fee to take the test If you have any questions call Elaine at 781-310- 0. 538-825- 0. Get Ready For Your Holiday Travel! PENNZQ1L Plus Tax Stop. Go. FeratzofK Full Service Up To 5 Quarts Turkey Trivia: fun facts about Americas favorite bird centerpiece (ARA)A long-tim- e ofAmerican holiday feasts, the turkey has a colorful and delicious history. Here are some intriguing facts about our nations favorite bird, provided by Woodbridge Vintage Bar- rel er sate teachers for assuming extra CULTURAL OPPORTUNITYThe Utah Opera Company Ensemble , to rave reviews. performed Opera mania for students at East Elementary g money. The average Utah teacher received $1,765 in career-laddpay in 1996. Auditors said 80 percent of the money now is used to compen- school-by-scho- Nov. 3. without pay. The shift is one reason the lawmakers on the Public Education Appropriation Committee asked for the audit. While most ofthe career-laddactivities appear appropriate, audit supervisor Michael Ely said some uses are questionable and may violate program intent. State law forbids using the money to pay teachers for extracurricular or administrative activities. At a legislative-aud- it subcommittee meeting Thursday, some members talked about terminating the career-ladder program. Why not do away with it and give the money to school districts? said committee and Senate President Lane Beattie, At least lets do away with the guise (that this is merit pay), he said. Lets call it teacher-traininmoney if that is what it is. The committee recommended that lawmakers and state education officials look at a possible redesign of the program. State education officials do not want to lose the teacher-traininReports and studies show that teachers need more time to plan together and collaborate. They no longer can be isolated in their own classrooms, said Linda Alder, who oversees the Career Ladder Program. West Hwy. 40, 722-57- Roosevelt 47 Classic Lube Next To Stewart's Thrift way (www.woodbridgechips.com), you probably didn't know: Chips that Turkeys originated in North and Central America, and evidence indicates that they have been around for over 10 million years. Until 1863 Thanksgiving Day had not been celebrated annually since the first feast in 1621. This changed in 1863 when Sarah Josephs Hale encouraged Abraham Lincoln to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day for national thanksgiving and prayer. In Mexico the turkey was considered a sacrificial bird. Domesticated turkeys (farm raised) cannot fly. Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at up to 55 miles per hour. Wild turkeys are also fast on the ground, running at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour. Only male turkeys (toms) gobble. Females (hens) make a clicking noise. The gobble is a seasonal call during the spring and fall. Hens are attracted for mating when a tom gobbles. Wild toms love to gobble when they hear loud sounds or settle in for the night The heaviest turkey ever raised about weighed in at 86 pounds the size of a large German Shepherd and was grown in England, according to Dr. Sarah Birkhold, poultry specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Mature turkeys have 3,500 or so feathers. The Apache Indians considered the turkey timid and wouldnt eat it or use its feathers on their arrows. More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and 525 million pounds of turkey are eaten during TTianks-giving. Ninety percent of American homes eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Fifty percent eat turkey on Christmas. North Carolina produces 61 million turkeys annually, more than any other state. Minnesota and Arkansas are number two and three. Benjamin Franklin, the great American statesman, thought the turkey was so American it should have been chosen as our national symbol rather than the eagle. The fleshy growth from the base of the beak, which is very long on male turkeys and hangs down over the beak, is called the snood. Zions Bank gets tree trimming help from students Zions Bank will continue its long-hel- d holiday tradition this year, inviting elementary students from throughout the state to decorate a Christmas tree with homemade ornaments in the lobby of their local Zions Bank branch. Zions Bank will provide the tree and lights, and the students will contribute ornaments which they have made themselves. In addition, the Bank will make a monetary contribution to each participating school. This year, students from Conamore Training Center in Myton and Todd Elementary in Roosevelt will decorate a tree inside Zions Banks Roosevelt office (156 North 200 East) on December 2. At 6 p.m. that evening, students, teachers, parents and Zions Bank employees will gather in the branchs lobby for the Lights On ceremony. As a part of the ceremony, students from Neola Elementary and Jessica Hirschi will perform a short program, Mr. and Mrs. Clause will visit with the children, and light refreshments will be served. The tree will be on display in the Banks lobby through the holidays. A contribution of $50 will e donated by Zions Bank to both Conamore Training Center and Todd Elementary as a part of the ceremony, and a contribution of $25 will be donated to Neola Elementary. Moon Lake's Office Hours Will Be: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Monday Through Friday students from that afternoon, students, teachers, parents and Zions Bank employees will gather in the branchs lobby for a short program and light refreshments. At 5:30 p.m. Santa will arrive to visit with the children and hand out treats until 7 p.m. The tree will be on display in the Bank's lobby through the holidays. A contribution of $50 will be donated by Zions Bank to Duchesne Elementary as a part of the ceremony. We have been doing this for many years, and the children and their parents look forward to their participation, said Duchesne Branch Manager Jennifer Adams. This year more than 70 Utah and Idaho elementary schools will participate in Zions Bank's Lights On holiday celebration. In addition, anumberofZions Bank brandies have invited homeless children orstudents from a neighborhood to decorate the tree in their lobbies. Zions Bank has been inviting students to participate in this annual holiday event for more than low-inco- 30 years. needed BusinessHours week beginning Monday, November30th. e representative Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc. ur Second-grad- Duchesne Elementary will decorate a tree inside Zions Banks Duchesne office ( 19 West Main) on Dec. 2. At 2 Community Notice to Members of Since much of our work is outside. . .and because December, January, and February are colder months with more hours of darkness. . .Moon Lake Electric will return to five8-hodays per Since 1977 the Lights On program has been the highlight of the year for our staff, said Roosevelt Branch Manager Dennis Wilcox. . World Heritage, a nonprofit student exchange program, is seeking local representatives to provide high school students from several coun.-trie- s, including Germany, France, Spain and the former Soviet Union countries, with local program support. The ideal candidate should enjoy fostering new international friendships, be community minded, and erjoy working with teenagers. World Heritage is in the process of building their team of reputable community representatives. If you would like to join this growing number and become involved iit a most rewarding experience, please call or Mary at 303252-821- 5 PO |