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Show , , . , , v. lvjwww- w'wwww'im -jjyww- yw' nw' nwwr ww&p ypywz-ffif ' I AM vxm ( Advisor J. S. Christensen and students Tonya Judd, David Dotton and Ami Foy attended Project Teamwork seminar in St. George, part Two students from Panguitch High School and one from Es-calante Es-calante High School, along with their adult advisor attended a kickoff meeting at Pine View High School in St. George for this year's "Project Teamwork" activities. . They were among students from 16 area high schools and middle schools and their adult advisors taking part at the meeting on Sept. 25. Attending from Escalante High School were J.S. Christensen, Escalante Es-calante advisor, and David Dutton, club president, and from Panguitch High School, Tonya Judd, Panguitch Pangui-tch club president and member Ami Foy. Project teamwork is a statewide program of Governor Norman Bangcrtcr's. It is administrated by the Federation for Drug-Free Youth to coordinate drug-free activities on of a state-wide effort to encourage a drug-free youth society by encouraging others to say no to drugs. County Students Attend 'Project Kickoff Meeting each of the state's high school campuses. This year the program has been extended to middle school campuses. The meeting was hosted by Trina Roberts of Pine View High School who is the area's Governor's Youth Council Representative. She was joined by the Alcohol and Drug Prevention Specialist Team of Neal Smith and Tom Jackson representing represent-ing Southwest Utah Mental HealthAlcohol and Drug Center. The center has been actively involved in-volved in coordinating the program , in Washington, Iron, Beaver, Garfield, and Kane Counties for the past year. Jackson has been named chairman by the Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth for Project Teamwork. The students will take part in several activities coming up this year, including Red Ribbon Week, Volunteer Seminar, Heaton Ranch Retreat, and many other programs. They decided upon a date for the district-wide Project Teamwork fall conference. A planning committee was selected to meet to discuss detail. |