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Capitol Reef Natural History Association Receives Numerous Awards
Thursday, March 20, 2014 • Issue # 1040
Panguitch High School Sterling Scholar Finalists Announced Awards Ceremony at Dixie State University on April 3rd
Macey Stephenson Computer Technology
Max Smith Skilled & Tech Sci Ed
McKayla Heaton Family & Consumer Sciences
Natalie Birch Social Science
Rowdy Miller Speech/Drama
Donnie Corwin English
Kambree Josie Business & Marketing
Kennedy Barney General Scholarship
Kenzey Veater Dance
ST. GEORGE - One hundred ninety students representing seventeen high schools and five school districts will compete for awards and honors in the Thirty-Sixth Annual Southwest Utah Sterling Scholar competition on the Dixie State University campus in St. George, Utah on April 3, 2014. This year, Ed Rogers will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the Awards Program scheduled for 7:00 PM in the Cox Auditorium. Prior to the Awards Program, a banquet will be held to honor the Southwest Utah Sterling Scholar finalists and their families. Students involved have been selected as finalists from the following high schools: Beaver, Bryce Valley, Canyon View, Cedar, Dixie, Desert Hills, Enterprise, Escalante, Hurricane, Kanab, Milford, Panguitch, Parowan, Pine View, Snow Canyon, Tuacahn, and Valley. The fifteen categories for the competition include: Agriculture Science, Business and Marketing, Computer Technology, Dance, English, Family and Consumer Sciences, World Languages, General Scholarship, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Science, Speech and Drama, Skilled and Technical Science Education, and Visual Arts. Each of the 190 finalists will be judged on personal achievements and awards compiled in their portfolios as well as their interviews with the judges. The finalists will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and
citizenship. The three judges in each category come from local communities, Dixie State University, and Southern Utah University. A winner and two runnersup in each of the fifteen categories will be announced at the evening program. Each will be given a Sterling Scholar pin or charm along with a cash prize. Finalists from each high school will also receive a Sterling Scholar Certificate. Colleges and Universities in Utah offer scholarships to both the winners and the runners-up. Following is a list of this year’s nominees from Panguitch High School by category along with their parents: Business & Marketing, Kambree Josie, Ryan & Lucinda Josie; Computer Technology, Macey Stephenson, Brandon & Marni Barney; Dance, Kenzey Veater, Monica & James Veater; English, Donnie Corwin, Tammy Corwin & Chuck McEwan; Family & Consumer Sciences, McKayla Heaton, Kevin & Melanie Heaton; General Scholarship, Kennedy Barney, Lewis & Sue Barney; Mathematics, Kyler Norris,Troy & Ann Marie Norris; Skilled & Tech Sci Ed, Max Smith, Tim Smith & Cindy Harp; Social Science, Natalie Birch, Richard & Teresa Birch; Speech/Drama, Rowdy Miller, Arthur & Sheri Miller. Sterling Scholar finalists from Escalante and Bryce Valley High Schools will be posted next week. —Southwest Utah Sterling Scholar Competition
Capitol Reef staff proudly present awards for their children’s book: Why the Moon Paints her Face Black. L to R are: Sales Technician Lee Grundy, (Capitol Reef Natural History Association (CRNHA); Assistant Director (CRNHA) Diana Elmer; Superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park Leah McGinnis; Executive Director (CRNHA) Shirley Torgerson, Sales Technician (CRNHA) Rachael Brown. CAPITOL REEF N.P. Director of the Capitol Reef Natural History Association, Shirley Torgerson, is proud to announce that a new book was awarded four prestigious awards at the 2014 Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL) convention in Albuquerque. The Natural History Association brought to life a children’s book, Why the Moon Paints her Face Black, which won the Award for Partnership Program or Project, Award for Children’s Media, Award for Excellence, and the National Park Service Director’s Award of Excellence in Interpretive Media. The APPL convention provides those organizations which support our public lands a forum to exchange ideas, discuss trends, and showcase products they have developed for their particular agency. The creation of this book, which demonstrates the highest qualities of content, design, and enhancement of the National Park Service interpretive mission, brought together people from numerous walks of life, backgrounds and agen-
cies. In 2012, linguistics student Chloe Brent conceived an idea for a project to preserve endangered languages which resulted in an illustrated bilingual children’s book based on a traditional Paiute cosmological story, Why the Moon Paints her Face Black. Chloe contacted Capitol Reef National Park, and Dava McGahee, Cultural Program Manager (now retired), arranged for an internship for Chloe through the Colorado Plateau Ecosystems Study Unit which provided funding for an internship through Utah State University. With approval from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Southern Utah, Paiute elder Eleanor Tom of the Cedar Band told the story, as Chloe transcribed it in English and Southern Paiute. Southern Paiute is not a written language, and this book and its accompanying CD preserves the spirit, tone and expression of this Colorado Plateau language. Southern Piute children then created the illustrations. The book’s layout and design was accomplished by JoAnn Dawson,
Visitor Use Assistant at Capitol Reef National Park. Shirley Torgerson, Director of the Capitol Reef Natural History Association, enthusiastically nurtured the project through editing, production, printing and distribution. “This was a very special project for all of those involved,” said Leah McGinnis, Superintendent at Capitol Reef National Park. “It is a great example of what a successful partnership is all about.” Why the Moon Paints her Face Black has drawn on the talents and efforts of many individuals and organizations to produce a book which expands our understanding of Paiute tradition, develops our relationship with the universal language of storytelling, and contributes to the preservation of this thread in the fabric of our culture. The book is available at the Natural History Association bookstore at Capitol Reef National Park’s visitor center, and online at www. capitolreefnha.org —National Park Service
Wayne County: Support Scouting for Food, March 29-30 WAYNE CO. Please join the Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America in the fight against hunger by filling a bag with nutritious nonperishable food donations, then leave it on your porch or door knob by 1:00 p.m. Sunday March 30th. Due to Loa Utah Stake Conference on March 2223, the food drive will be conducted Torrey Ward Cub and Boy Scouts preparing for upcoming Scoutin Wayne County ing for Food Event. Picture taken March 9, 2014. Pictured left to March 29th and 30th. The food right: JT Potter, McClayn Nelson, Christopher McNey, and Tommy drive will accept Vandyke commercially packaged non-perishable food items. Please no glass items. Most needed food items include: soup, beef stew, chili, peanut butter, boxed meals, canned fish or meats, and canned fruits and vegetables. Bags will be passed out to homes on Saturday March 29th for pickup on March 30th. If the local Boy Scouts missed your home, please bring your food to your local LDS Ward house Sunday afternoon by 3:00 p.m. For more information contact Riley Taylor 425-3807
Thurs. MAR 20 - wed. MAR. 126 PARTLY CLOUDY Thursday through Saturday with highs in the mid to upper 50s. A little sunnier Sunday through Wednesday, but with temperatures about the same. Lows all week around freezing and breezy throughout the week., with winds 7-15 mph.
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One More Scholar from Wayne High
Katelynn Torgerson Science RICHFIELD - In the March 20 Sterling Scholar Competition at the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield, Katelyn Torgerson will compete in the Science category. Her parents are Eric and Trudi Torgerson of Loa. Sorry we missed listing you last week, Katelynn! Phone: 435-826-4400 Fax 1-888-370-8546 PO BOX 105 Escalante, Utah 84726 snapshot@live.com
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Kyler Norris Mathematics
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