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Show ML ftlgp )4 fvml-- r -- i : Pti.i-L-,:-Vg- J$ r ,u liSrrfi. '; 1 EDUCATION lfv2!IIL Uintah Basin Standard 2002 Prehistory am week poster contest It is time to start thinking about Utahs Prehistory Week that will be in May 2002. Each year Utah celebrates its unique and significant archaeological and paleontological past with informative lectures, programs, activities, Native craft demonstrations, and archeological and paleontological site visits during Utah Prehistory Week. Help promote Utahs exiting past liyenteringtheUtahPrehistoryWeek Poster Contest Cash prizes will be offered in three categories: Grand contest winner: $250; Secondary school winner. $100; Elementary school winner: $100. This contest is open to professional artists, starving artists, and creative citizens of any description. Artists may choose any material or design. The principal elements of the design should depict aspects of Utah archaeology, or both. The posters should be less than 16" wide and 24 long. The winning poster will be reproduced and distributed all over the United States. The poster contest is sponsored by the Divisions of State History and Parka and Recreation, Utah Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, Utah Statewide Archaeological Society, Utah Friends of PaleonForest Service, and Natology, tional Park Service. Posters should be submitted no later than, January 1, 2002, to the Antiquities Section, Division ofState History, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, 84101. Vint the Prehistory Week web page to see previous win- j school bus safety These first graders at A Itainont Elementary seem to be engrossed in a Week. Bus Safely video ihcy walehed during National School AU.liYIiSONTIIK'lllHli - i u t V - h ANCIENT ARTWORK-Ji- m Brown,NRCS, led a four through petroglyphs and explained how the artwork acted as the Indian Newspaper for .Gloria Jones' 31 grade class at Myton Elementary. This was a PAWS on activity hosted by the Duchesne County Soil Conservation and Dinosaurland RC&D. U. ners- JFV" For information, contact Renae 9 or Ron Road Weder (801) 4 at the Diviaion of (801) Slate History. & 533-352- 533-356- GED test offered in Vernal Uintah School District will be GED Test Oct. 26-2- 7 at the Uintah School District Oflice, 635 West 200 South. The test will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct 26. Those interV' ested in taking the test need to fill out an application by 5 p .m. Friday. For the remainder of the 2001 test iTiii administration fee is $40. This will 0 . be increased to $55 beginning Jan. 1, 2002. Individuals who have previously ! taken and passed portionsof the GED ' fi. - a may continue reteBting on the current test series through the end of bus. Mary Bird, First graders al Allamonl Elementary learn how to salcly get on and offaschool 2001 . Beginning Jan. 2002, no previ-- . SAFETY FIRST There- Lui hesne I inmly Scuol District bus dcivcjJo&tructor, is visiting all ofthe elementary schools in the district during ..ousscores will be carried will to examines be after, Week. required School Hus National Safety complete the entire 2002 series GED Test. For questions, contact David John or ElaineGardiner at the Uintah 0 School District office, ext. fL BUTTERFLY BITES- - Third grade students in Gloria Jones class at Myton Elementary display Butterfly Bites they made after studying butterflies and reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. The delicious snack was made with celery, cheese, pretzels, and raisins. Pictured left to right are: Ashton Watkins, Jessica Betts, Kaity Wall, and Travis Henderson. V" :i. it . . 781-310- 111. SOIL LESSON-Gar- th Leishman, NRCS, had students from Gloria Jones 3 rd grade class of Myton Elementary test soil for sand silt and clay as a PAWS on activity. They learned the importance soil has in our everyday lives. In the classroom students constructed a soil profi Ic complete with parent maierials (bedrock) subsoil and topsoil. Different cereal was used. Milk was added and they ate their creation. Pictured are Andrya Fowler, Shantae Day and Travis Henderson. ACT Deadline Graduating seniors, the postmark registration deadline for the ACT is Nov . 2. There is a late registration postmark deadlineon Nov. 1 5 which requires an additional fee. The regular test fee is $24. Students can get information from their school counselor or register online at www.act.org. YOU'VE MADE PAYMEN15 YOUR ROUSE IFOR YEARS, ROW PAYBACK TIME. (rumouNcntfourS 9 ITS GED Test Offered in Vernal m Uintah School District will be offering the GED test Oct. 26, 27 at the district office, 635 W 200 S., Vernal. The test will begin at 6 p.m. on Oct. 26 but applications must be in by 5 p.m. The $40 test fee will increase to $55 in January. 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