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Show EDUCATION 14 - July 4. 2000 Pace Uintah Basin Standard ladies take part in the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Northern Ute Royalty PRESENT AND FUTURE-You- ng Miss Ute Tribe 2000-0- 1 and Monie Rose Manning Little Miss Ute Tribe . named Burson was Jillian Pageant. Proposed Indian Wellness Center receives donations GOOD BEAT--A drum group from Canada provides musical entertainment during the 2000 Northern Ute Royalty Pageant at Bottle Hollow in Ft Duchesne. TheCircleofWeIlness,Inc,anon-profi- t organization formed in 1998 to plan a new health and aocial services facility for Native Americans in ManningBurson named queens Utah, has received a donation of $100,000 from the George S. and Dolores Dore Ecdes Foundation. at pageant Monie Rose Manning and J Lilian Burton pocketed honors at the 2000 Northern Ute Royalty Pageant, Wednesday, June 28 at the Bottle Hollow Plaza near Ft. Duchesne. Manning was crowned Little Miss She is the daughUte Tribe 2000-0ter of Ernie and Jackie Martinez of Myton. Burson was named Miss Ute Tribe 2000-- 0 1 . She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Burson of Ft. Duchesne. The donation, along with a the LDS Foundation, enable the Circle of Wellness to surpass the $100,000 $10,000 contribution from - Dana Prevedcl models the party hat" she made out of of lunchtime project at West Junior High. newspaper and decorated as part a The activity is part of the summer Read and Feed program sponsored each Tuesday and Thursday by the Uintah Even Start Family Literacy Program and Uintah School District. The program operates in conjunction with the serving of free school lunch at Todd and Lapoint elementary schools and the W'hiterocks Community building. ITS HAT DAY! milestone needed to access $300,000 appropriated by the Utah Legislature for the project. This is a major victory for American Indians in Utah," said Forrest Cuch, director oft he Division of Indian Affairs in the Utah Department of Community and Economic Development. 1 cannot thank the Ecdes and LDS Foundations enough for their support. It came at a very critical juncture in this proposal. The next step is to select one of several proposed sites in Salt Lake County for the Indian wellness center, which will serve Utah's 32,000 Indian residents. Services expected to be offered st the center indude health care, emergency assistance, counseling, education assistance, vocational training, substance abuse programs, and legal services. The facility will also provide space for cultural events, conference, and meetings. The $300,000 legislative appropriation was spearheaded by Sen. Pete Susxo, Lake City, through Senate Bill 44 during the 1998 session of the Legislature. Circle of Wellness is derived from the significance of the circle and its sacred meaning to Indian people. The circle represents a holistic symbol of mental physical spiritual, and emotional health. For more information on the proposed Circle of Wellness Center, visit the Web at D-S- Moroni Manning, son of Dennis C.' and Gloria Manning, has been named a Uniird States National Award Winner in agriculture. Moroni, who attends Union Hi Jh, was nominated for this national award by Kirk Wood, a teacher at the school. Moroni will appear in the United States Achievement Academy Official yearbook, which is published nationally. CONTEST WINNER-Mo- nie Rose Manning sings a song during the 2000 Northern Ute Royalty Pageant at the Bottle Hollow Plaza. Manning was crowned Little Miss Ute Tribe". - LUNCHTIME ACTIVITY Youngsters show off the captains hats" they fashioned out. of newspapers during the Even Start activity held last Thursday over the lunch hour at West Junior High. Foster grandparents who help out with the program are pictured in the background. This is the first year that the schools in westside Uintah County are participating in the free summer lunch program, and what makes it even better, said Suzanne PievedeL Even Start coordinator, is that each Tuesday and Thursday the Uintah Even Start sponsors fun activities for all children ages 3 -- 1 2 at the schools during lunchtime. professors awarded grant for mentor program Two Utah Slate University Col- lege of Family Life professors have fedbeen given a $1 million-dollar (ranging from LeNielson for 2.00 Book Chronicles' HUGE - Author o Bear Claws for refreskmeRts. U t ! he, SooW Enter to win our P to be announced H Co- to 1:30 Discounts every Vi hr. Scrap Book Demo's 1 Signinaly TtTthkOO ms:)iew-t'TheEjrai- y of the Nez Perce Trail. j) retail to 15.00 retail) Pltuat .7 Main Vi ' July 7th at 5:00 pm - 722-216- - Vn i ' eral grant to expand the Youth and Families with Promise mentoring program. USU Extension This program, coadministered by Glen Jenson and Thomas Lee, operates in eight Utah counties. With the new funding, which Utah Sea Orrin Hatch was instrumental in obtaining, the program will be expanded to 25 sites in 22 Utah counties. Each site serves 20-3- 0 youths and their families. The rogram is also funded by the Utah egulature, the Utah Board oT Juvenile Justice and the USDA. The Youth and Families with Promise mentoring program targets youths who have had behavior problems in school or in the community. It is designed to help those youths and their families learn how to improve their relationship with each other and with the community. Jenson said that their goal is early prevention. The program focuses on children 10 to 14 years old and their families. Each child is assigned a mentor and a recently college-age- d retired couple to be grand mentors. Mentors in the program are carefully screened and receive training before they start serving the families. Most of the youths involved have rtU d,,boti4u in Roosevelt . W Vt . Street y ;U f 0 r . Center'eenterJitmL TV is It's not just another Holiday USU Free Gift to every customer! www.deed.state.ut.uaindian been referred to the program by the Juvenile Court or by school districts. Once program staflf receive a referral, they interview the child and the parents to get a commitment to participate in the program. We are different from most mentoring programs because our mentors work with Iheyouth and the family, said Jenson. We are veiy family oriented, Approximately 70 percent of the children involved in the mentoring arc from single parent C rogram Dint's. .What we have found is that when they are involved in our program, the youth's general attitude changes,they behave better in school, and they hangaround less with the peer groups that got them in trouble, said Lee. One parent said that it was a for her child When the mentors are working with the families of the troubled youths, they focus on making changes in the home and in the outlook of the youths. The mentors become involved with the family in stutfy t ime, service projects and recreational activities. In many cases, the youths participate in activities. For information about becoming a mentor, contact Youth and Families with Promise at (435) 3 to be referred to the program in your local area. life-sav- er 1 797-154- Summer Dance Classes A six week dance workshop is available for kids sges preschool through high school who want to learn ballet and jazz technique. It will give students experience in dance, rhythm, and style. Gasses will begin the second week in July. The workshop will include weekly classes with a performance si the end. For more information or to register for classes call Kellce Moon at "Summertime and the living is etsy. r says the song, but in the summertime people are more active, on the go and too often nut paying attention to good traffic safety practices. Vacations, fsmily reunions, good weather for outside activities, a holiday from schooL. these all contribute to a potential for increased traffic crashes. This summer the Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing the laws against impaired driving (especially the under aged drinker) and aggres-- i ve driving with a strong emphasise on seat belt and child restraint use. This year we're asking for your help in the fight to keep our high wavs safe and prevent the tragic deaths thrt affect so many in our community. We believe that by working closely together as partners we can make a difference. The Patrol wUI intensify iU efforts with the use of saturation patrols and active enforcement in targeted areas. Since drinking and riving affects everyone, we ail haves stake in fighting this epidemic. You can help protect yourself, your family and your community by recognizing and reporting the uneor impaired driver. To report an impaired driver call 91 1 or 11 and report: WHO the license plate number, vehicle color. WHAT the driving pattern. WHERE the location, direction of trawl. WHEN how long sense you observed this behavior. Ifa driver weaves once and stopa don't report but irthe weaving or unsafe behavior continues cpll 9 1 1 and make carful mental notes of how the person is driving. Troopers would urge motorist to uw good common sense when traveling never dr4ink end drive, always buckle up. end by working together e can save lives. Uintah Basin STANDARD CLASSIFIED: ADSL . V 'i . or 722-- Si JI |