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Show If I f i UINTAH BASIN' STANDARD. July 20. 1999- - Pasel 5 are UBIC BABY SHOW WINNERS-T- hc judge verdicts are in and (he winners in the 0 6 month gc groups Jacee winners in the 0 3 month age category. pictured left to right: McKynlee Price and Mason Hamilton are the in the 3 6 month age group. The youngsters are being held by their winners the are Kenton and Massey, Murray mothers. llaslcm was named Queen in the Miss Ahamxtf Scholarship Come. LONGHORN DAYS ROYALTY-McJ- u 2 Attendant is Amber Henry; Annclisa Burton and Lynetfe Burton tied for Amanda First attendant is Lindsay; Miss Congeniality. The queen and her court w ill reign over the Alumont Longhorn Days festivities this weekend. YOUNG BEAUTIES-UBI- C Baby Show winners in Ae 6 -- 1 2 month old category are pictured left to right Shania PaiT and Royce Cook, winners in the 6 9 month old group. Merrick Beau Doherty and Gabricllc Bud .winners in die 9 -- 1 2 month old group. The UBIC Baby Show was held Saturday. Other baby show winnen will be pictured in next week's Standard. Tobacco settlement money should go to school trust fund Utahs shmro of tobacco settlement money should be placed in tha permanent State School Fund to benefit Utah school children, today and into the future, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association. The Taxpayers Association calls on the Governor and legislative leaders to enact legislation providing for a majority of tobacco settlement funds to be used to restore the millions of dollars taken from the State School Fund during tho 1980s, and support public education with tho interest money earned by the fund aid Association President Howard Stephenson. The State Schoc) Fund is a permanent trust established at statehood. The interest was to be used to support the public schools. The School Trust Lands Administrators have done a remarkable job during the past tea year to increase the size of the fund from a paltry SIS ' millon in 19S3 to nearly 1300 million today. How ever, bees use of past mismanagement the sue of Utah's, trust is meager compared to states such as Wyoming and New Mexico. For example, New Mexicos fund is currently over $3 billion, Stephenson said. The moat recent erosion of tho trust fund ocrurnd in 19S3 when the account was raided by the Matheeon administration and the Legislature with the blearing of a Supreme Court decision declaring the raid appropriate, despite the indemnification against loss requirement in the Utah Constitution. Only one of tho five justices dissented to the ruling. The tobacco settlement provideo a rare, yet painleM opportunity to restore the fund to the level it would have been had the 1983 raid and years of previous mismanagement not occurred, Stephenson Mid. Utah is expected to receive nearly $1 billion from the tobacco settlement over a period of 25 years, providing approximately 133 million annually. Attorney General Jan Graham also won an additional $15.7 million per year for a ten year period beginning in 2008 duo to Utah's early involvement in the lawsuit. "We believe a majority of these funds should be dedicated to tho State School Fund to reconcile the abuse that have occurred with the Fund since statehood Stephenson Mid. It is altogether fitting that these funds be used to do right by our children and grandchildren and - to remove tho shame of the state's failure to administer these funds properly The Utah Taxpayers Association said tho use of tho tobacco settlement money for public education is especially appropriate for tho following reasons: 1. The onset of smoking has been shown repeatedly to be related to poor academic achievement Relevant indicators of achievement in- clude scholastic performance (grades), high school graduation,, truancy rates and future professional or educational aspirations. ( 1994 Surgeon General Report Preventing Tobacco Uao Anumg Young People. Tho report contains six studies showing low school performance m a strong correlate to student smoking.) 2. The percentage of smokers among alternative school students is significantly higher (49) than regular school studenU(12)t show- - mgthatroeking rates are four times higher far low performing students (Stephen Bahr, "Drug Use Among Utah Students, 1997"). 3. Tobacco use is significantly higher among high school dropouts (38.1) than nigh school graduates (13.5 41) and college graduates (4.1) ("July Utah Health Statue Update Utah Department of Health. 19991 The Association also noted that in obtaining the settlement it was argued that tho tobacco companies should repay government funding illnesses through of tobacco-relateMedicaid. Despite budgetary presd sures, the legislature faithfully funded the Medicaid match, arguably at the expense ofother spending needs suen education. It is appropriate therefore, to use these funds to provide a permanent source of future education funding. "Since rules of good budgeting money not bs require that one-tim- e spent for ongoing programs, tho plscement of thceo monies in a trust fund is appropriate, Stephenson said. He said the tobacco settlement money should not bo treated ss ongoing funding because it is anybody's guess ss to whether the tobacco settlement money will actually continue for tho full twenty-fiv- e years. Since the settlement and other class action lawsuits are expected to drive up the price of cigarettes, the companies that are a part of the settlement may or may not bo around in How Tb Help Your Child (NAPS) Is your child losing interest in his or her studies? Does he or she yawn or get sleepy while studying? Dors he or she foil to do assigned homework? You ran help. 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He wrote, "The only rcaton a pet wmi ginre up a wtudy or firown confuted or unable to learn is beeaure he or ii( haw gone poet a U'onl fAoMi w me underwtoniL "Here's an example: It was that when the crepuscule found r CopyL if con- years, especially sumption drops or if new companies ell cigarettes for less. twenty-fiv- e Local cadet makes West Point deans list Cadet Colby C. Jenkins, son of Dennis and Diana Jenkins of Roosevelt, was named to the Spring Semester Dean's List at the U S. Military Academy. To qualify for the Dean's List, a cadet must maintain a 3 0 grade point average. Jenkins graduated from Union High School in 1993. He graduated from the Military Academy on May 29 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army. During their four years at West Point, the cadets went through a rigorous academic regimen, in addition to military training "and a character-buildin- g education that stressed leadership skills. The mission of the US Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty. Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a carver as an officer in the United States Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the Nation. Study for your . GEO at home The Utah State Office of Education is now enrolling students for the August GED on TV program. Tho program allows individuals without a high school diploma to earn an equivalent certificate by studying at home. GED on TV will be broadcast on KULC-TMonday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings from 5:30 8 p.tn. beginning August 23. Enrollment includes three workbooks that compliment the televised lessons and assistance finding help at local adult education programs. After completing the course and successfully passing the GED exam, the student receives a GED certificate and up to five units of high school credit. Classes start soon and enrollment is five. To sign-u- p please call the GED on TV hotline at V Museum of People & cultures focuses on Peruvian cultures The Museum of Peoples and Cultures at Brigham Young University is now taking its visitors back in time to 700 to 1000 AD. to the ancient people ofFrru and southwest America with old native crafts The new exhibits, and clothing. which opened July 2 at the museum located at 100 E. 700 N. in Provo, are "Of Earth, Cora and Stone: The Anaxaai and their Puebloan Descendants and "PVom Riches to Rags: Textiles from Ancient Peru. "Of Earth. Cora, and Stone" allows viewers to learn about the origins of the Anaaaxi, how they and thrived in the desert sur-vive- Southwest. Anasari is a modem term for the prehistoric Puebloan people who had a distinct culture and who lived in the Four Cornets region of Arisons, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah, aid Marti Lu ADen, museum director. The Anasaxi people's pots, baskets, tools and sandals have been preserved for centuries because of the dry climate. Some of tbs baskets were found in dry caves. The exhibit will have earns baskets on display that date back to 100 B.C. Puebloan people still exist today and live in the Four Comers region. The modem Pueblos are the descendants of the Anasaxi and still cany some of the same traditions and crafts ss their ancient ances- tors." said Allen f" ThS AliaSaxi mode all of their needed goods and appliances, such m sandals, prqjectile points, leather, knives, cotton yarn, jewelry and a variety of pota. The exhibit will also display some ofthe recent crafts and things made in the Pueblos in the last 100 years. The museum will feature a video dip on Puebloan culture as well as selections of Native American mu- sk. The other new exhibit, "From Riches to Rags: Textiles firm Ancient Peru," will highlight textiles from the museum's collections, many of which have never been on display. The textiles, which are 500 to 1500 yean old, show a variety of weaving and decorating techniques including samples of ancient tie dyv. said Allen. The exhibit is titled Frtm Riches to Rags. Textiles from Ancient Peru" because, over time, the once beautiful and intact pieces of material have been worn and torn, and the colon have faded, Allen said. Some of the textiles in the exhibit wen found wrapped around ancient people in their graves, Allen said. The textiles ofancient Peru include interesting objects, such as slings, pouches, hats, toys, dolls, pottery, s hairromb, headband, tools to weave, textiles with yarn and complex designs bora indicating s high level of intellectual deliberabright-colore- d tion, Alien said. The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is open Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to ft p.m. Family School sin, Ba- and Mesoamerka. Each kit includes actual artifacts, traditionally made handicrafts, educational books and videos, and suggested lesson plana. Anyone interested in the kits should reserve them in advance by calling (8011 378-669- 8. Area Code Changes FCC launches consumer information campaign By The Federal Com mu nicotians Communion In order to minimise confusion and answer consumer questions, FCC Chairman William E Kennard has launched an areacodeconsumer information campaign. The campaign will explain to consumer the reasons for recent area code changes and how the FCC plans tosignificactly reducethe frequency of area code changes. It is stressful, costly and often frustrating to have to switch to a new telephone area code. For most of this century. Americans were accustomed to homes and businesses with just ore maia telephone Iimu. Over the past two decades however, the use ofwirrleas telephones, fax lines and internet access lines each with thesr own number has exploded and the pool of available numbers is quickiy becoming ex- - hausted. Even small businesses often have dozens of phone lines and homes with two or more lines are common. But increasing demand for numbers by consumers and businesses is not the main rvsson for the recent inervese in ares code changes. The main reason is that the numbering system was designed in and for a monopoly environment. As a result of the FCCs policies in accordance with the 1996 Telecommunications Act. the telecommunications markets are now becoming increasingly competitive. New telephone companies need number to provide service. The good new is that many new telephone companies are seeking to compete. The new competitors, w hich indude wireless telephone service and paging services, need telephone number before they can do business. A key part of any numbering solution will he to find the best wsy to utilize numbers that are not now being used. Interested internet user can End a "Consumer Alert" and a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" on ares code issues pasted on the FCCs internet web site (http Jl rww foe gov). The FCC web site is linked to the (orth American Numbering Plan s Idministrator web site, which information on the status of ill area codes. Additionally FCC tffidals are joining local phone companies and state, local, and representatives to provide information on area code change. The FCC is also working closely pro-ride- con-min- er out proposals to address the area code challenge. In May. the FCC launched a for-ma- l inquiry ins the most economical way to tocrease the efficiency with which tekeommuiucatioaa providers use telephone numbers. This process will lead to a new system of assigning telephone number that will take us well into the next century. The need for a new system is pressing, of the 215 area codes now in use, over 70 mar need new area codes within the next year or wo Americans have long eryoyvd the most reliable and highest quality phone network in the world and the FCC is committed to preserving those qualities. Furthcr consumer information is available by calling the FCCo toll-fre- e number. MWAlITCC, or visiting our internet page at The FCC "WWW.FCC.GOV." interact page includes the complete Consumer Alert on Are Code issues end a page of "Frequently Asked Questions." ! L J Cassifieds THE NEOLA COMMUNITY PARK COMMITTEE Caretakers Uintah Basin Branch Campus 3 fa your child underachieving? Help may bo available from web srhulastics.org. Southwest the GROUNDS Youth Groups INDEPENDENCE DAYCELEBRATION Contact Utah State University I and homo ttudy programs. arrived the children were quieter and when it was not present, they were much livelier. You see what happens. 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The kits explain the native cultures from three ' Those who attended Contributors All the volunteers 4 ; a SCHOLARSHIPS: i Rodeo General Specific Areas of Stud Academic Leadership w ug Applications Available At RooseveltVerrul Offices 3 Students Deadline August I, 1999 SiknUnSq SS a 3 mnMMmMMMnmmMmMMMmMMMamBMMMmMOaainmaMMmsMn For Both Full & Part-Tim- e mt bmecd Is Wwfcwn M haw art thmiy Ah wr Iwunm Faff 4 ft THE NUMEROUS REUNIONS 3 3 3 'J H7iu occupied the pavillions each weekend THEREGULARS Cow Penners Barrel Racers Ropers 4 IVers -- 3 Yc Look Forward to Seeing You Again NeitYcar! : |