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Show 4B The Summit County Bee Friday, March 30, 1990 I Student Likes Four North Summit Braves ffp Sterling Scholar In Foreign Language bj Janet Downard Foreign Language Sterling Scholar. She has been an outstanding student throughout her life. Some of her activities she has involved herself in include 4-four years; "Who's ".f j Day Week by Janet Downard My opinion on the four day week is that it is wonderful and we should keep it! There is a longer time to work during class and also a longer weekend to get things done, so you can work and get your homework done all in one weekend. Another reason I like the four day week is because the teachers have a longer weekend to plan their lessons so we per better lessons and learn a lot more in one hour than we did with the five day week. The only fault to the four day week is that all the sports events need to be held on Friday or sometime during the weekend so no one is missing any of their classes during the week. I hope the School Board realizes how great the four, day week is and decides to keep it H Who Among American High Sctool Students" four years; Honor Roll; National Honor Society, and Business Meets. Kristen has upheld a 3.7 grade point average and has a great out- Kristen Bowthorpe Kristen Bowthorpe, the daughter of Lord D. and Deanna Bowthorpe, of Wanship, is a senior at North Summit this year. Kristen is our look on life. She plans to graduate, get her degree in elementary education, and sometime raise a family. When talking to Kristen's accounting teacher, Barbara Roemmich, she comments, "Kristen is an excellent student and always goes the extra mile to get things done perfectly. She has always been an outstanding student." irl's Dance North Summit Middle School by The FHA sponsored the Girls Choice Dance on March 17. The week before they held an assembly to choose the FHA royalty. During this assembly, the contestants were asked to answer a question and also dance to a certain kind of dance. The FHA would like to thank all of the contestants on their good sportsmanship during the assembly. The winners were announced at the Drug Conference by Shane Boyer and Robbie Pace Everyone enjoys Kristen's cheery outlook, and we all hope that Kristen's plans go as she expects. WHY GO This past Friday and Saturday, seventy North Summit Middle School students traveled to the Salt Palace to attend Utah Federation for Drug Free Youth. It was the biggest Drug Conference ever held Janet Downard in the State of Utah with over 10,000 students attending. Some of the most famous speakers that students enjoyed listening to were Thurl Bailey, Jackie Joyner Kersee, and Lavell Edwards. 1GHIHIS? Local School Growing Space Tomatoes Budding student scientists in the Agriculture Education classes at North Summit High School are planting gardens to experiment with tomato seeds from space. During the spring semester, students will grow and monitor space-expos- ed '"' -- 3 on the recently recovered 11 ton Long Duration Exposure Facility satellite. After, a nearly six year voyage in space, the 12.5 million tomato seeds were rescued by the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia on Jan. 12,1990. SEEDS is a cooperative project between NASA and Park Seed Company, Greenwood, SC, offering to students a hands-o- n experiment to study the effects of space exposure on living tissue. SEEDS has the potential to involve 4 milium stu-- seeds and Earth-base- d seeds, searching for differences caused by long-terexposure to cosmic radiation. Results gathered by the students will be forwarded to NASA by June 15 for a final report long-terFor nearly six years, the seeds were exposed to the harsh environment of space, subjected to cosmic dents and 40,000 educators. radiation, temperature extremes, In March, NASA distributed weightlessness, and die vacuum of 180,000 SEEDS kits containing space. Students will be looking for space-exposseeds and an equal possible mutations to the inmatp number of Earth-base- d seeds to plant such as changes in fruit size teachers from the upper elementary and color, growth rate, and leaf, school to the level for university and stalk shapes, and sizes. experiments and stem, study. v The pink grapefruit is a mutation News media interested hi the exresulting from irradiating the white periment are encouraged to mrarf grapefruit seed. Lloyd Marchant at 336-565-6 for The Space Exposed Experiment more deta ils about North SumDeveloped for Students (SEEDS) mit' participation in the SEEDS was tme of 57 experiments housed project. m were fighting for dance and are as follows: King, Mark Calderwood; Queen, Kimberly McQueen; first attendant, Kristy Casper and Copper Wright; second attendant, Trisha Butters and Michael Brown; third attendant, Becky Bates and Casey Blackburn. The FHA would like to congratulate the royalty, and would also like to thank all of those who came to the MORP. American Heart t one-of-a-ki- Qssa m ed Winner of State F FA Sheep Production Proficiency Award tional winner will be selected from this group, she will receive an additonal plaque, $250 check, and the bpportunity to participate in the International Travel Seminar. The award program recognizes outstanding agricultural education students for adapting updated prac- -. tices in management and marketing of sheep and wool. Twenty-nin-e National FFA Proficiency Award program areas recognize FFA members for achievement in activities leading to careen in agriculture. i The sheep production award program is sponsored by American Sheep Industry Association, Justin Boot Company, and Kent Feeds, Inc. and Evergreen Mills, Inc. as a special project of the National FFA DeAnna Lark DeAnna Lark, of Coalville, and a member of the North Summit FFA Chapter, was named the State FFA Sheep Production Proficiency award winner, receiving a $100 check at the state FFA convention. DeAnna will compete against other state winners in her region. One person will be selected as a national finalist Imagine being talked about on over TV stations, 8,970 . radio stations, 1,645 daily newspapers and premier publications circulating to over 3,154,000 sports-lovin- g homes. Prime visibility across the nation. These statistics add up to over a 190 million advantage the Utah Jazz is giving our area. At Utah tower, we're proud to sup- ply the essential electricity. And wtfre of us. At UP&Lwekeep the Jazz in a spot- light with dependable, efficient electricity, also proud to supply that electricity at rates which have been decreasing... mak- - the power ing the future very brighL.for the state ...for new induslry...for new jobs...for all We have to make Each of the four national finalists will receive a plaque, a $250 check, and travel expenses to the national FFA convention in Kansas City, Mo. in November. The na Foundation. FFA is a national organization of 397,115 students in 7,705 local chapters preparing for agricultural careen. FFA activities and award programs complement instruction in agricultural education by giving students practical experience in the application of agricultural mi and knowledge gained in classes. Developing agricultural leadership, cooperation, and citizenship are FFA's major objectives. . g good things happen. 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