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Show Altamont students share Holiday celebrations from around the world penguins when they held up liie-eipenguin pictures and sangtheir Pen-guSong."Fifth graders enjoyed singing Silent Night in Spanish, French and English. It is believed that the tradition of decorating Christmas trees began in Germany, so faculty members joined in singing O Tannenbaum in both German and English. As always, the holiday presentation is a joint effort, carried out by all taiHantaiendBtaff.MiMip.tBBcher Paula Jenkins gave special praise to Reva Patterson and Janet Lee for decorations, high school student Lee Meeks and friends for technical expertise with sound and music, principal Larry Henry for his wonderuil help, and to the entire Altamont community for their complete and ongoingsupport of school programs. xe Altamont Elementary students and teachers sangholiday songs from around the world at their traditional annual program for parents, grandparents, and communi ty friends. Since the world will soon be coming to Utah for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, this years musical presentation in- m cluded songs from many lands. Holiday songs of Chanukah, Kwanza, and Christmas were presented. Students at each grade level study about a specific continent, so each number was introduced by children in native costumes giving fascinating facts about countries on their conti- nent All voices joined in for the rendition of Around the World at Christmas Time," led by music directors Paula Jenkins and Beth Gardner. Kindergarten kids were as cute as little SONGS OFCELEBRATION Altamont Elementary students sing songs the world. Front, left to right, Carl Christensen, Sydni Samuels, and Rachel Bess. of celebrations around Irrigators learn water law and latest conservation techniques Story Ideas? See a story? See if in Prinfl Call us The Becond annual Water Management Training for Irrigators held in Duchesne was a huge success. Thanks to the efforts ofWater Commissioner John Swasey, valuable water conservation messages were shared. "If farmers would employ these techniques, several acre feet of water could be saved realizing a several thousand dollar reduction in our DRESSING THE PART er 722-513- 1 Representing South America, Rylce Goodrich is appropriately dressed in scrape and sombrero. project water bill. Troy Cooper, USU Extension agent, started the day by sharing water websites. Farmers can find out how much their crops are consuming and therefore determine the amount of water needed by visiting the Dinosaurland RC&D website at: "A Minute www.Ubtanet.com dinosaurland red. Btf JoAhk Audiences can always depend on Brent Draper, NRCS, to provide an entertainingbut informative session . Brent explained that plants can only use so much water and after the optimum level is obtained, the rest ofthe water is wasted. The BOR provided measuring cups for participants so they can avoid Gayle McKeachnie, attorney-at-la- for Parents tfibbefi ffamAon, Trash talk epidemic in teens I could not believe what I heard "The principal, teachers and ad- over the back fence at my home! ministrati ve staffjoined forces on this Btated a teacher of a high school class, issue. At the beginning of the school couldnt answer questions fast He continued, I know the parents of year, students were told they would enough as he tried to explain water those teens. They are my neighbors, serve detention, and their parents be rights. The law is complex and Those youth attend church regularly . called, the first time they used proMcKeachnie did an excellent job of I could not believe the profanity they fanity anywhere in the school. Parsimplifying it in common words. The used as they talked to one another. ents would be told exactly what the irrigators had a lot to discuss as they Even the girls used that language. I student said. Hensley Marachand broke for lunch provided by Harward am sure those parents are totally says this step was important, because Irrigation Systems. Jean Landers and unaware. none ofthe kids wanted their parents staff prepared a delicious lunch as A guy joined in and added, "But to know they were using foul laneveryone enjoyed the Christmas deco- Sister Hamilton, when girls swear, it guage. Repeat offenders were susrations in the Senior Citizen Center. is worse than any guy. I dont know pended and lost all credits if establImmediately after lunch, everyif this is true or not Even more ished absence limits were exceeded. one got their hands dirty as they and A critical element was the commit-casuupsetting to me is the non-sto- p name lyzed Boil moisture. Brett Prevedel, and menton the part of teachers, coaches of Gods profaning NRCS, demonstrated how moisture the general acceptance of swearing, and staff to refrain from using content can be determined by graboften comment about a fanity themselves. (Ibid.) bing a handful of soil. Boyd Kitchen, The results were dramatic. In one movie, "Its okay. Its just got profan- USU Extension, pulled out a bunch of ity and we hear worse than that at there was a 54 decrease in year sophisticated instruments that will school." profanity use; a 60 decline in com- analytically measure soil moisture. Today, the use of profanity, by bative acts and gestures; a 27 and old alike, has become so crease in insubordination; and a 24 Participants completing the workfoot of commonplace in our society that .decline in fighting (Ibid.) shop will receive two-acproject Water thanks to the generous words the average person would never And. what was the contributing donation from the Central Utah Wa- - ., have used even 10 years ago are ban- - factors for the decline in student d ter Conservancy District. The State of about in casual conversation guage? Movie, television and music Utah, Department ofEnvironmental without so much as the blink of an industries are the biggest culprits, Qualify needs to be thanked for makeye from those who say and hear but parents are on the list if they are them. The problem is especially naive enough to think that children ing this water workshop possible. The Moon Lake Water Users will prevalent in schools, where 'trash teens can be exposed and it not make be sponsoring the next workshop in talk has grown to epidemic propor- a difference. .Roosevelt on Feb. 6 in partnership How to minimize profanity expotions., stated Pat Centner, Ameriwith Intermountain Farmers Assocan Family Association Journal, Sep- sure: ciation. The workshop will be limited tember 2001, p. 18. She goes on to 1 .Monitor movies and TV programs. to the first thirty people so make your int out that "profanity and "vio-nce- " 2.Dont allow children to see reservation today with Ilene at were nearly always linked. movies or even PG-- 1 3 or PG movies if Dinosaurland RC&D, 722-08ext. The principal and teachers of they have bad language. 102. Southport High School in Indianapo- 3. Teach children to express frustraOverall the workshop was evalulis, Indiana, noticed a yearly increase tion and other emotions without usated as a success. Many people wished in both casual and abusive profanity. ing profanity. more water users could attend so a Further investigation revealed that 4. Be a good example. concerted effort couldbe made to save 99 of the school's physical violence 5.- Become with your acquainted project water and money. The day incidents (fist fights, pushing shov- childrens friends, making sure they concluded with Lee Moon winning the ing) had begun with verbal conflicts aren't being influenced by kids who leatherman tool donated by Harward liberally salted with profanities. The freely use profanity. (Ibid.) Irrigation Systems. principal, Hensley Marachand, reasoned, that if they could eliminate verbal violence and trash talk, they could decrease the physical over-waterin- al pro-You- th re -- lan-die- YES! I HAVE A QUESTION Irrigators who attended the Water Management Training meeting were very interested in Gayle McKeachnie's presentation on water rights. McKeachnie is a Vernal attorney whokpec ializes in water-relate- d issues. ' 84 Preparation for the MAT (Miller Analogies Test) EDUC 5560 Brent Draper, NRCS, demonstrates how plants use water WATER DEMONSTRATION during the 2nd annual Water Management Training workshop in Duchesne. Costs of higher education rising in Utah, but compare well to other states Utah Foundation has released a new research report entitled Setting the Price ofHigher Education in Utah. This report analyzes several factors and trends in higher education finance for Utahs state colleges and universities, including: - How tuition, fees, living costs, and other expenses compare for students in Utah and other regions of the United States, - How tuition rates have grown in comparison to inflation, Utah family incomes, and financial aid, Reasons why tuition has increased, including rising costs faced by the higher education system, State financial contributions to education over time, and higher Challenges and constraints faced by Utah policymakers, including a population comlarge college-ag- e pared to other states. The report finds that tuition at Utah's state-ru- n colleges and universities has risen significantly in the past two decades, outpacing growth in inflation, family income, and financial aid growth. Tuition at Utah 's four-yeuniversities grew 1889 - ar from 1983 to 2000, while inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, rose 73 during that period. Another measure of inflation, the Higher Education Price Index, which measures cost increases specific to higher education, rose 97 during that period. colTuition at Utahs two-yea- r leges grew slower than at the four-yeschools, rising 1379 over the 17 years examined. Financial aid to students kept pace with tuition increases through this 1980s, but dropped dramatically after 1992. Costs of attending Utahs universities are low compared to schools in other regions of the United States. Among Utahs universities, only the University of Utah ($12,680 a year) ar exceeds the national average ($ll,329)in total costs of attendance, although its tuition is lower than the national average. It is the cost of books, supplies, and other items that raise the total cost of attendance above the national average. Utah's colleges costabout the same as the national average, at two-ye- ar about $2,300 per year for tuition, books and supplies. Although tuition has risen rapidly, ao has the states binding of higher education from tax revenues. State support has grown nearly as fast as the tuition rate, rising 1659 since 1983 to a level of $425 million in 2000. These high rates of growth in both tuition ami state government support are due to Utahs unique demographics, with a large and rapidly growing population of college-ag- e individuals. In Utah, 18- - to olds make populaup 24 of the working-ag- e tion, while nationally, this group is populaonly 16 of the working-ag- e tion. This means Utah not only has a higher proportion of students needing education services, but also a smaller proportion of people in the e labor force to pay taxes to support these services. Utah Foundation is a nonprofit, research organization. Our mission is to encourage informed public policy making and to serve as Utah's trusted source for independent, objective research on crucial public policy issues. 24-ye- ar ftill-tim- y Apprehensive about taking the Miller Analogies Test? h Basin is offering an eight-wee- k course providing practice with strategies and skills essential to success on the MAT. The couse will meet on Monday evenings from 5:30 to 8:00, January 7 through March 4. For more information, contact Dr. Alan Blackstock, 722-229- 4 USU-Uinta- (e-m- ail aianbext.usu.edu). |