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Show Page B3 The Summit County Bee November 5 1999 Utah Sfudemtfs Getf Close Up View of D.C. Ms. Amayi Stephens, from North The 2000 election! are just one year away and the debates are heating up. Health care, gun control, campaign finance, and social security are all issues oMhe front burner. As the discussions continue, a group of 119 Utah high school students and teachers will become active participants as they travel next week to Washington to partic(Nov. in the Close Up Foundation ipate studies program. government Utah schools include North Summit in Coalville, Duchesne, Wasatch in llehcr City, Payson, in Spanish Fork, Viewmont Bountiful, Gunnison, Springville, Uintah in Vernal, Enterprise, and Parowan. Participants ate: Ms. Sara Bundy, Mr. Justin Farrell, RN Sheri Farrell, Mr. Dana Hansen. Mr. Russell Judd, Mr. Alex Keyes, Ms. Heather Lorensen, Mr. Tyler Rowser, and Summit High School. During their week in Washington, the students will attend seminars on CapitoLJiill and meet government officials, political figures, lobbyists, of the and a representative Washington press corps to learn more about the federal process. There will he opportunities to tour the city, visit local universities, and attend cultural events. The local students will be combined with students from other areas of the country fur daily debates, discussions, and activities. These workshop groups focus on current events and the governing 3) process. One of the main goals of Close Up is to show students that each person can have an impact on the community," said Steve Janger. president, Close Up Foundation. While Close Up is especially proud that since 1971 we have involved than 500,000 participants in our Washington programs, we have never lost sight of the impact the program has on each individual. We want to show them how to become involved so that they can make a positive difference and to return home with an interest in both national and community affairs." The teachers will accompany the students - not as a chaperone, but as a participant in a program designed to acquaint teachers with issues and innovative educational methods. Close Up provides fellowships for stuteachers and for dents through a Congressional appropriation, with additional support from the private sector. Close Up's work in Utah is sponsored, in part, by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Union Pacific Corporation. The Gose Up Foundation is a low-inco- nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides firsthand opportunities to learn about the democratic process and the role of the individual. For additional information on E Close Up programs, call UP (256-738or visit 800-CLOS- 7) www.closeup.org. GO TEAM Here's a leading economic indicator. My wallet is empty.' . Muscular Joe Probst Banker Dystrophy Association www.mdausa.org .. Mortgage HEPDBUCMOmG Corporation Utahs Largest Mortgage Lender Construction Conventional FHA Equity Lines VA Top, left to right: Whitney Garner, Kerry Birmingham, Audrey Banks, Garrett Rees, Brian Winters, and Jalee Vernon. Bottom, left to right: Kat Pressey, Kamberly OBrien, Stephanie Crittenden, Mary Richards, Sydney Olsen, Rory Vernon, Lyndsay Kirkham, Erin Wilson, Bobi Sue Staley, Maddison lloisington, and Esmeralda Patino. Middle: Alyson Shupe. Kerry Birmingham Gives Eighth Grade Journalism Class a Tour of KUTV Channel 2 Student Writer: Rory Vernon Wednesday, the 13th of October, the eighth grade journalism class at North Summit Middle School went to KUTV Channel 2. We saw a lot of things like the news station, the Fox Den. and the set for the Ronald McDonald House telethon. Kerry Birmingham, a reporter and fill in anchor for KUTV Channel 2 took us on this tour of the station. Some of the people Kerry Birmingham has reported on haxe keep in touch w ith her over the years and gave her gifts for her new horn children. She went to school at Michigan and hopes to some day become a college professor and write a hook. Her favorite story she has covered is over in Nagano for the Winter Olympics. She has worked at Channel 2 for seven ycjrs and has been a reporter for ten years. She likes being a reporter because it is different everyday. but she doesn't like getting up early, sometimes at three o'clock a.m. to do a story. Sometimes it is boring when she has to go watch a trial, and it sometimes takes them four hours just to sec a few people talk about the same thing over and over again. Channel 2 News tries to Call Your Real Estate Le titling Specialist 190 North Main sm qt q tell stories the way that the people in Utah see it. Kerry Birmingham gave us some very important information about the 2U02 Olympics She said that there won't be very many traffic jams or problems. The Japanese government told the people in Nagano not to dnve during the Olympics, and she is sure that the people in Utah are not going to give up their driving abilities. During the Olympics the Japanese government put sensors in the stop lights so that any time a media van pulled up the light would turn green, so that the media wouldn't whine about being held up at the stop lights. The buses weren't as effective as a lot of people thought they would be. During the Olympics, reporters try to find out silly questions like who was the youngest athlete. oldest athlete if any athlete has- nt brought any family members over, and try to find the unusual stones. There will be very high security to keep all the athletes sate. All the athletes will have to wear a badge Ur tell who they are. The badges have a certain number on them that can take them to different places. Even the media will have to where them. There w ill be very- strong gun control in Utah. Utah will probably be bringing more police officers from some of the western states like Nevada. California. Colorado, Idaho. Montana. Wyoming. Arizona. New Mexico. All the towns and counties down in the southern region in Utah will send officers too. NBC has the Olympics for four and Winter straight Summer because they bid on a Olympics I S billion dollars fir package We learned from Kerry that Utah has one of the largest amount ot volunteers every recorded tor the Olympics. The mascots have been going to school all over the state of Utah teaching kids and people about the Olympics in 2002. When the Olympics in 2002 are over with, it will create a legacy here at Utah Kerry feels like nusst of the new Irotcls are going to be doing all nght during the Olympics but afterward there is going ro be a economic decline, and most vf the new restaurants are going to do really good before and after the Olympics. I think that all the eighth grade students at North Summit Middle setroot have learned a lot from this experience and hope ro someday do - it again. Hcber City, Utah SUMMIT COUNTY is currently accepting bids for the following confiscated vehicles: PRINTING FU I CO OR y business cards 1,44 H 141 vi P'J . Ilf Stcxl III) Sunlit hrrl lit I lAMIIli MX 111K 4 (AIMM4 M?l 4 Hi AM StlhS iAikc ' .Jh'- Ixiths. Only 2 years old, cus- tom oak cabinets, tnarUe and tub. Family room, vaulted ceilings, oversized jxitio, large fenced Ixickyanl, 2 car Harare atul air conditioning. NOW ONLY $173,000! ro H..1 IU s. 'tv ? . v ,V ' . W . s s I VA-- A s . 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