OCR Text |
Show Page 3 APRIL 27,2006 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER UTAH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, WALGREEN'S SPONSOR PHOTO CONTEST FOR KIDS The Utah Museum of Natural History and Walgreen's Drug Stores want kids to take a new look at the natural world around us. In conjunction with the museum's upcoming exhibit. In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits, which opens May 13, the museum is launching Kid Focus, a photo contest in which children in grades one through six in San Juan County are encouraged to submit photos they have taken somewhere in the natural world. "The natural world is vast and varied," said Scott Sampson, UMNH chief curator. "Whether kids choose to photograph the wilderness, an interesting geological formation where they live, some type of wildlife, or people interacting with nature, we are excited to see what kids come up with, to see our world through their eyes." Prizes will be awarded for the best photos, including a week at a Utah Museum of Natural History Summer Camp, a backpack, a museum family membership, and a subscription to National Geographic's NG Kids magazine. Every contestant will receive a coupon for a free child admission and discounted adult admission to the museum during the summer. "At the museum, we strive to offer programs and activities that create intimacy with the natural world and eradicate the false line between humans and nature," said Janet Frasier, UMNH director of marketing. "Sometimes the best way to do that is through the lens of a camera. We hope this contest encourages kids-and their parents-to look at the world around them in new ways." Winning photos will be announced June 3 and displayed at the museum through July 15. In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits will feature more than 50 rare color and black-and-white photographs that take the viewer on a decade-by-decade journey through the 1900s with expressive portraits and scenes of life in America and elsewhere. Guidelines for Kid Focus: Children in 1st through 6th grades must submit original film or digital photos they have taken somewhere in the natural world. One photo per child, please. Photos must be submitted in 8 X 10 print format. Pictures become property of UMNH for contest and other purposes and will not be returned. Entries will be judged in the following categories: 1st grade through 3rd grade, 4th grade through 6th grade. Photos must be received at UMNH by 5 p.m., Monday, May 22. For more information, please call (801)581 -6927 or email: photocontest@umnh.utah.edu. Send entries to: Utah Museum of Natural History, Kid Focus, 1390 E. President's Circle, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0050 Carriage House Doors Overlay Garage Doors Custom Entry Doors Interior Doors YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR GUARANTEE! Old World Craftmanship, Engineered for a new world. BUCK HELICOPTER TIME TANNLR'5 IKLA5UKL5 Used Tools, EleclronlcsJIntlqiies and Stuff. BRING THIS AD IN FOR 10% OFF YOUR FIRST PURCHASE. 435-676-8382 46E.300S. • U There was a local lady, her reputation was shiny. The chances that she'd .bend a (aw was somewhere short of tiny. She had no prior legal scrapes. Her rap sheet was, like, flawless, The last gal In this world that you'd ever think of as lawless. And then, one psycho evening, while on her way to supper. She got a freaky phone call. A downer, not an upper. This fellow's volee, like on TV, said, "This Is your FBI!!" You have to come In and talk to us, like some terrorist, or spy." The lady thought ft was a gag. Her leg was being tugged. She laughed and laughed the whole call through. The Federal dude got bugged. He said, "It ain't that humorous, ma'am. You're giggling solitarily. Be in my Federal office by tomorrow," he said, scarlly. By then it wasn't funny no more. Did she need a lawyer, she questioned? The agent asked, "Do you think you do?" That rulnt her digestion. Well, she phoned up an attorney to go In with her the next day. No inconvenience, really. Only two hundred miles away. And when they got to the Federal place, that agent just said,"Damn! You ain't who we thought you were. Sorry about that, ma'am." They were seeking someone, a supposed security threat, So they hauled fn our neighbor, just as wrong as you could get. I'm not just maktn' this story up, as fodder for a poem. I'm talk In' "H6meland Security", unsecuring our home. If this here lady can get hauled in, for something she didn't do, "all better write to your senators, to keep It from happening to you. The lady should sue that FBI. I hope she agrees with that. 'Cause the woman the Flbbles confused her with was semi-ugly, and fat. his poem and others by Ray Conrad are available on CD or by |