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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Issue # 1134
Celebrating a Year of Music in Garfield County Schools
PHS Senior Taylor Bennett Wins Zions Bank Award for Great Grades
Beverly Taylor Sorensen Art Program Fosters Musical Development in Elementary Grades; Now Graduating Young Musicians to Secondary Level
Combined orchestras of Panguitch and Bryce Valley schools gram at Ebenezer's Barn and Grill on December 15. PANGUITCH/BRYCE activity last November to build VALLEY - Garfield County funds for the music program music students in Panguitch in Panguitch. The arrival of and Bryce Valley Schools chairs is evidence of the hard have been busy from early on work and team effort of stuat the beginning of the school dents to help the instrumental year last Fall. With funding program continue to grow. from the Beverly Taylor SoPanguitch and Bryce rensen Art Program over 400 Valley Orchestras performed Elementary Students receive together for the first time in weekly music classes that in- a combined concert last Detegrate core curriculum. This cember 4, 2015 at Ebenezers is the first year the program at Ruby’s Inn. Over 50 famihas launched music students lies enjoyed Holiday Music into Middle and High School featuring the abilities of music programs. students at varying levels of Orchestra Students from performance ability. The proPanguitch Middle and High gram featured solos and small School received new chairs ensembles. this past week for their muSeventh grade students, sic rehearsal room. Students who began musical experiwere engaged in a fundraising ences last year as 6th grade
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students with the Beverly Taylor Sorensen Art Program, performed together in the Holiday Concert. The Beverly Sorensen Taylor Art Program is funded by a grant overseen by the Utah State Legislature and must be renewed every year. Elementary students who attend schools that have been awarded this grant have an opportunity to integrate art and core curriculum. Garfield County is in the second year of the program. Nancy Guymon, Music Specialist and Music Director of the High School Instrument Program says, “We have seen exciting growth in our students and are thrilled to see the BTSAP nurture creativity that motivates students to continue developing skills in High School Music Programs.” Elementary Students are now in their second year of music making as they play percussion pitched and nonpitched instruments, and expand to string and wind instruments. Students are developing their own singing voice through performance Year of Music Cont'd on page 2
PANGUITCH - Whether it’s a new “Like” on a Facebook post or a “Snap” message sent on Snapchat, teenagers have become accustomed to the instant gratification of social media. But getting great grades remains one of the few things in life that still takes time and hard work for teenagers to achieve on their report cards. One of these dedicated students is Panguitch High twelfth grader Taylor Bennett, who received a $100 scholarship savings account as a regional winner of the fall drawing from Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s program. Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s rewards those who put in the effort to make their grades count. Scott Campbell, manager of the Panguitch financial center, surprised Bennett with her win during a presentation in an assembly on Jan. 15. “We want to reward the perseverance of students who take the time to do their schoolwork and understand that grades are not just handed out, they are earned,” said Campbell. “Through the Pays for A’s program, we want to show students how they can reap the benefits of doing well in school.” Although students may have to delay gratification to earn good grades, Campbell noted that students could still
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Taylor Bennett, a twelfth grader at Panguitch High, was the winner of a regional drawing for Zions Bank Pays 4 A's. “instantly” share the good news of receiving an ‘A’ grade on social media using the official hashtag for Pays for A’s: #BrainyAndIKnowIt. To help students focus on schoolwork and motivate them to achieve good grades, Campbell offered three tips for parents: · Set small daily goals: Understand that it’s the little things that count. A large goal
like receiving an ‘A’ at the end of the semester can feel overwhelming to a student. It could feel more achievable when broken down into daily goals like attending a class, finishing a homework assignment or studying for a test. · Put away the cellphone: Remove distractions for a set Scholarship Award
USFS to Offer Wildland Fire Bootcamp for Women
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PHOENIX/ALBUQUERQUE - The USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region is seeking a small group of career-focused women to be on-call Wildland Fire Fighters for the 2016 fire season. These on-call positions will provide support to wildland fire operations over the summer when needed and can help pave the way for future employment and career advancement inside of the Forest Service. If you are selected for this opportunity, your first assignment will be a Women in Fire Boot Camp. The Boot Camp will provide comprehensive, formal, two-week physical wildland fire training and orientation. Upon successfully completing this training each person will receive a Wildland Fire Fighter certification and protective gear. Women's Wildland Firefighter Bootcamp will take place in March 4-6 and March 11-13, 2016 in Albuquerque and in Phoenix. The applicaion deadline is February 5, 2016. If you or someone you know may be interested in this opportunity, contact Francesca Chavez: (505) 306-518, fechavez@ fs.fed.us; Joe Scholz: (505) 270-5525, jlscholz@fs.fed.us; or Cory Ball (928) 477-5024. —US Forest Service
It's All About the Games!
Bryce Con Draws Hundreds of Players from Right Next Door and Across the Country to Enjoy a Marathon of Board Game Play HENRY MOUNTAINS Early in the 1800’s, an estimated 30 to 60 million American Bison roamed the Great Plains and valleys of Western North America. By 1900, these wild icons of America had been eliminated from nearly all of their original habitats. Yellowstone National Park harbored most of the remaining animals in the United States. Several attempts during the last hundred years were made to capture a few bison and release them in various states in an effort to re-establish viable populations of these unique animals. However, most of these releases were made on large private ranches. In many cases, they were intentionally co-mingled with cattle in an attempt to breed
them with the cows. In 1941, eighteen bison were captured in Yellowstone National Park and released on the desert in the Robbers Roost area of Wayne County. Several of the bulls wandered off, so the next year 5 additional bulls were added to the small herd. The 23 head were the total animals ever released into this new area. By late 1942, the bison herd had crossed the Dirty Devil River onto the Burr Desert. They remained in that area until 1963, when they moved again onto the Henry Mountains of Garfield and Wayne Counties. This is a very unique area for bison, ranging from 4,800 feet to the 11,500 foot Mt. Ellen. American Icon Cont'd on page 3
REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA
THURS. JAN. 21 - WED. JAN. 27 WARMING A BIT. Partly cloudy Thurs. - Sat. with highs in mid 40s. Sunny but colder Sun. - Mon., highs in upper 30s. Warming again Tues. - Wed. Lows throughout week in upper teens, 20s.
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Shadows over Camelot Board Game. A 4-panel cardboard map which shows the perpetual quests in the game (Camelot, the Tournament against the Black Knight, and the Wars against the Picts and Saxons), with three other one-time quest boards: Excalibur, the Quest for Lancelot's Armor, and the Grail Quest. Very great game for the mid level gamer, ages 10 and up. Game play can last several hours with the forces of good battling evil to win the Round Table.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
BRYCE - The second annual BryceCon board game convention (tagline: HooDoo You Game With?) was held at Ruby's Inn, on January 15-18, attracting hundreds of players from near and far for all day—and even all night— board gaming fun. Event Organizers Gail & Gary Tanner of Cannonville put together the three day gaming event. With tournaments, scheduled hosted games and play to win categories there wasn't a dull moment. The event offered a huge board game library, hundreds and hundreds of games, all free-to-use games. There were several different ways to win newly released games as well as the classics. It was a family friendly event and could be come a destination event for Central Utah.
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