YouthEducation
Chile earthquake: ‘Worst feeling of my life’ Davis Clipper • March 18, 2010 • C1
Woods Cross raises funds for Haiti
WOODS CROSS — More than $500 has been raised by students at Woods Cross Elementary to be donated to the Red Cross for help in Haiti. The school will present the Red Cross with the money at the school. The Red Cross will explain to the kids how the donation will be used. The school has a fund-raising spirit, donating nearly $700 to Sub for Santa in December as well. For more information, contact Jade Crown at 801-402-5931.
Knowlton announces choir concert FARMINGTON — The Knowlton Elementary chorus will have a Disney concert at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, and again at 6:30 p.m. that night. For more information, contact Martha Avant at 801-402-3000.
HOSA Leadership Conference announced LAYTON — The State Leadership Conference for HOSA, an organization for students of health occupations, begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The conference will run until 11 p.m., and continues Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will be held at the Davis Conference Center. Students will compete in various events dealing with health occupations — from spelling contests to emergency response. Health education classes are provided for students to attend when they have completed their competitions. For a full schedule, go to http://schools.utah.gov/ATE/hst/Documents/StateSchedule/pdf.
Woods Cross prepares for Math Night WOODS CROSS — A Math Night this Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. will include some “really cool” science and math activities, like how to put a skewer through a balloon without popping it. The night will be held at Wood Cross Elementary School. For more information, contact Sally Sadler at 801-402-5914.
CHS science welcomes speaker
CLEARFIELD — The Clearfield High School science club will host a guest speaker from the Ogden Nature Center at 2:30 p.m. this Friday. He will be talking about native species of Utah adaptations made to the climate. For more information, contact Bonnie Bourgeous at 801-402-8200.
Resource Center announces classes CLEARFIELD — The Davis Community Learning Center located at Wasatch Elementary opened its doors in April of last year and has served more than 1,300 people. Set up like a one-stop-shop, families can access multiple resources at the center. Currently, there are three ESL classes for adult learners. The morning class runs Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon. The night class runs Monday-Wednesday, 5:30-8 p.m. Holbrook Elementary Principal Darryl Denhalter teaches the night class to get involved with the community. The primary reason the center was created was to reduce barriers in education. The center is located at 30 S. 350 E. in Clearfield on the grounds of Wasatch Elementary School. For more information, contact Tiffany Jesperson, Community Learning Center coordinator, at 801-402-8385.
BY HALEY RODGERS Clipper Intern
SANTIAGO, CHILE — It came as an intruder in the night. In its aftermath, relatives of one Davis County family were met by a sea of devastation, another Davis resident missed a planned reunion with her parents, and a third described it as the worst experience he’d ever had. All three had their dwellings and their lives disrupted by Chile’s devastating Feb. 27 earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.8. Jorge and Gabriela Arismendi and their children have lived in Bountiful for 12 years, but friends and extended family members still reside in the hardhit cities of Santiago and San Fernando. They worried for three days after the quake, unable to contact loved ones until daughter Gia was able to connect family members via Facebook. They were lucky enough to have clean water and food, but witnessed destruction all around them after the quake. Back in Bountiful, Jorge and Gabriela intuitively understood the scenes described to them by their relatives — after all, in 1960 they survived a magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the strongest one ever recorded, while still living in Chile. Meanwhile, Sister Candace Evans
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High Notes
CANDACE EVANS survived robbery and the earthquake in recent weeks. was scheduled to return from her LDS mission in Santiago on March 1 — but her parents’ flight to Chile, already booked for Feb. 28, was abruptly canceled. The only information the mission president could give them about their daughter was that she was alive, but not where she was or what condition she was in. “The unknown is always stressful, and the timing was just so ironic,” said Camie Suunderland, Candace’s sister. She was referring to the hardship Candace was already enduring after
her identification and all her money were stolen from her just two weeks before. The mission president did tell them, however, that the roads were damaged, people stood in huge lines for food, endured long waits at gas stations and had to rely on sparse communication. The mission was doing all it could to provide clean water and to send money to the missionaries. With 23 months to go, Johnathan Tanner, another LDS missionary from Davis County, was just getting acclimated to living in Chile when the earthquake struck. Parents David and Kristi Tanner learned from the mission president that their son was safe, but had to agonize for four days before getting an e-mail from Johnathan. “I think the hardest part of the earthquake was the fact that I wasn’t able to tell you guys about it or how I was doing...” he said. Calling it the “worst feeling of my life,” as the earth shook, he then explained that the aftermath left “so much stuff trashed. Houses in the dust.” Tanner is now, “calm and hopeful” and looks forward to continuing to serve the people of Chile. His parents, meanwhile, expressed their relief. “We are very thankful that our son was protected. It has been a blessing to have him serve.”
Campus Club shares their dreams at WX BY LOUISE SHAW Clipper Correspondent DAVIS COUNTY — “There are some things we can’t do no matter how hard we try. But we can dream.” So began an evening of music, dance and smiles as members of Campus Club performed for enthusiastic parents and friends, fulfill-
ing in some way, a dream. Campus Club gives a group of intellectually challenged adults between 18 and 22 a chance to meet together to complete crafts and learn new skills. This annual performance is a highlight, which they “absolutely love doing,” according to Deborah Bowman, who emceed the pro-
gram. As each of the club members talked of a dream – to go to New York City and perform on Broadway, to be a basketball player, to be on American Idol or to be a stand-up comedian, they performed songs or basketball routines they had selected. Students from Woods
Cross High performed with the young adults, prompting and supporting in duets and in dances. Sharene Lloyd, who wrote and directed the production, said the high school students loved the chance to be a part of the program. “When I’d thank them, they all said, no – thank you for letting us help.”
WX tutors art students at Washington Elementary BY JETTA HARRIS Clipper Intern BOUNTIFUL — A new art program has emerged at Washington Elementary: Several students from Woods Cross High have volunteered to give art tutoring to students from the school. Kirsten McNeal, special programs instructor at Washington, saw a great need for more art in the elementary.
There is currently not a full time art program, and McNeal feels it’s important for young artists to develop their talents. The program is designed for students to get 10 hours of tutoring and will continue until the end of the school year. Once each month, all the volunteer tutors and the elementary students will meet as a group to discuss what they have learned. In
between the group sessions, the students will have oneon-one time with their tutors. The curriculum will begin with basic colors, the color wheel, sketching, and shading. As the students progress with their work, the tutors will have the opportunity to introduce their own favorite media and styles. Each group will learn various methods and practice with their own
creativity. The students from Washington were recommended for the program by their teachers and peers. The high school students were introduced to the idea by Lester Lee, an art teacher at Woods Cross. He presented a sign-up sheet to his students and invited anyone to participate. news@davisclipper.com