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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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Eagle Valley Middle School sixth-grader Collin Jenkins took top honors at the school's recent Geography Bee competition. For the 24th annual event, all EVMS students participated in a written pre-test of 50 questions that encompassed topics such as U.S. geography, continents, cultural geography and world geography. Forty-four students qualified for the Geographic Bee held at EVMS Jan. 12. After eight exciting rounds, the competition was narrowed down to eighth-grader Remington Beveridge and Jenkins. Jenkins proved victorious and was crowned the 2012 EVMS Oral Geographic Bee Champion. Jenkins will now take a written test prepared by the National Geographic Bee committee that will be sent to Washington, D.C., for scoring. If he qualifies, Jenkins will be invited to participate at the Colorado Geography Bee held in Denver on March 30. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the state champions across the country and teacher-escorts to participate in the National Geography Bee on May 22-24. The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the society and a trip to the Galapagos Islands, courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Best of luck to Collin Jenkins!
Eagle Valley Middle School sixth-grader Collin Jenkins took top honors at the school's recent Geography Bee competition. For the 24th annual event, all EVMS students participated in a written pre-test of 50 questions that encompassed topics such as U.S. geography, continents, cultural geography and world geography. Forty-four students qualified for the Geographic Bee held at EVMS Jan. 12. After eight exciting rounds, the competition was narrowed down to eighth-grader Remington Beveridge and Jenkins. Jenkins proved victorious and was crowned the 2012 EVMS Oral Geographic Bee Champion. Jenkins will now take a written test prepared by the National Geographic Bee committee that will be sent to Washington, D.C., for scoring. If he qualifies, Jenkins will be invited to participate at the Colorado Geography Bee held in Denver on March 30. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the state champions across the country and teacher-escorts to participate in the National Geography Bee on May 22-24. The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the society and a trip to the Galapagos Islands, courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Best of luck to Collin Jenkins!ENLARGE
Geography Bee winner
Eagle Valley Middle School sixth-grader Collin Jenkins took top honors at the school's recent Geography Bee competition. For the 24th annual event, all EVMS students participated in a written pre-test of 50 questions that encompassed topics such as U.S. geography, continents, cultural geography and world geography. Forty-four students qualified for the Geographic Bee held at EVMS Jan. 12. After eight exciting rounds, the competition was narrowed down to eighth-grader Remington Beveridge and Jenkins. Jenkins proved victorious and was crowned the 2012 EVMS Oral Geographic Bee Champion. Jenkins will now take a written test prepared by the National Geographic Bee committee that will be sent to Washington, D.C., for scoring. If he qualifies, Jenkins will be invited to participate at the Colorado Geography Bee held in Denver on March 30. The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the state champions across the country and teacher-escorts to participate in the National Geography Bee on May 22-24. The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the society and a trip to the Galapagos Islands, courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Best of luck to Collin Jenkins!
Happy Birthday to Izaac (left) Zoe (middle) and Cameron (right) Rucker of Flagstaff Arizona. These three turned 7 years old on Jan. 11 and celebrated their birthdays with a swimming party with some of their friends in Flagstaff, Ariz. Aunt Tammy Conway and Nana Pam Schultz helped the children celebrate and enjoyed a short visit with them over the holiday weekend. It seems like just yesterday these guys were born and now here they are 7 years old.
Happy Birthday to Izaac (left) Zoe (middle) and Cameron (right) Rucker of Flagstaff Arizona. These three turned 7 years old on Jan. 11 and celebrated their birthdays with a swimming party with some of their friends in Flagstaff, Ariz. Aunt Tammy Conway and Nana Pam Schultz helped the children celebrate and enjoyed a short visit with them over the holiday weekend. It seems like just yesterday these guys were born and now here they are 7 years old.ENLARGE
Triplets turn 7 years old
Happy Birthday to Izaac (left) Zoe (middle) and Cameron (right) Rucker of Flagstaff Arizona. These three turned 7 years old on Jan. 11 and celebrated their birthdays with a swimming party with some of their friends in Flagstaff, Ariz. Aunt Tammy Conway and Nana Pam Schultz helped the children celebrate and enjoyed a short visit with them over the holiday weekend. It seems like just yesterday these guys were born and now here they are 7 years old.
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Hayley Beard
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Hayley Beard

Back to the future for Project Graduation

Members of Eagle Valley High School's Class of 2012 soon will be accepting their diplomas and setting out into the world. Along with all the traditions that come with EVHS graduation, one of the biggest is the school's Project Graduation.

This year, EVHS is returning to tradition. Project Graduation will be celebrated Saturday, June 2, the night of graduation. For the past 10 years, Project Graduation was held on the night of graduation practice but this year, the Project Graduation Organizing Committee decided to return to the event's original intent — to keep kids safe on one of the biggest nights of their lives.

“By holding Project Graduation on the night of graduation and eliminating potential parties with drinking and other harmful activities, we are keeping underclassmen safe as well,” said Cindy Spence, one of this year's Project Graduation organizers. “If these parties were to happen on a Saturday night, then freshmen, sophomores and juniors would most likely attend. So, perhaps we are helping to protect them as well.”

The primary aim of Project Graduation is to organize an event with activities that are alcohol and chemical-free that give seniors a chance to enjoy their last night together. Project Graduation aims to increase the awareness of the dangers of drinking, drugging and driving, and to reduce the number of youth involved in alcohol and other drug-related highway crashes.

Spence noted that in order for Project Graduation to happen, a lot of fund-raising has to occur with the help of parents and kids.

“We are planning on having a ‘restaurant night' every month, at a different restaurant in Eagle. Our first one was held in January at the Dusty Boot,” Spence said. “We are also doing bingo nights and working on combined Project Graduation fund-raising with Battle Mountain High School by putting together a dodgeball tournament in late February or early March.”

For more information about EVHS Project Graduation, contact Spence at (970) 343-0291 or email caspence67@hotmail.com.

Dancing with the Devils

Girls in kindergarten through eighth grade can join the Eagle Valley High School Dance team to learn a fun routine on Friday, Jan 27, and then perform it for the crowd at an EVHS basketball game.

The Devil Dancers will be teaching the dance clinic from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday and the performance of the routine will come during halftime for the boys varsity basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 28, at approximately 3 p.m.

Both the clinic and the performance will take place at EVHS and participants will receive a T-shirt. Cost is $25 and participants can register today by calling WECMRD at (970) 777-8888.

Speaking of Devil Dancers ...

EVHS Devil Dancer Hayley Beard has been awarded the prestigious Virginia Lorbeer Spirit Leader Scholarship.

The scholarship is awarded annually to one Dance/Pom leader and one Cheerleader in Colorado. Aspen Ruane, a Windsor High School senior, received the cheer award.

Beard plans to major in nursing and minor in dance. She has spent the past four years on the EVHS varsity dance team. She also danced for nine years at the Eagle Dance Academy and the Red Rocks Academy of Dance.

The girls will each receive $1,000. Congratulations!

Russian Reading

If it's February and it's cold, then it's time for another Russian classic from the Eagle Public Library.

This year's Russian literature reading club selection is “We” by Evgenii Zamiatin (1884-1937). A dystopian (or negative utopian) novel, “We” is frequently cited as being the inspiration for George Orwell's “1984,” Ayn Rand's “Anthem,” Ursula K. Le Guin's “The Dispossessed,” Aldous Huxley's “Brave New World,” Kurt Vonnegut's “Player Piano,” and Vladimir Sorokin's “Day in the Life of an Oprichnik.”

“We” was completed in 1921 but not approved for publication in the Soviet Union. Zamiatin smuggled the manuscript of the novel to Marc Slonim in Prague where it was published in 1927. Zamiatin emigrated to Paris in 1931 with Stalin's approval, and died there in 1937.

“We” readers will gather Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagle Public Library for celebratory zakuski (hors d'hoeuvres) and discussion. Register an email with Jaci by calling (970) 328-8800 before Feb. 1 to receive daily fascinating facts about Zamiatin's classic. Copies of “We” are available at the circulation desk at the Eagle Public Library.

Valentine's Day dinner theater

Just in time for Valentines Day, the Porchlight Players' dinner theater production of “I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change” is returning to the Brush Creek Pavilion Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 10-12.

If you have ever been in love, or know someone who has, you are sure to find plenty to relate to in this hilarious, touching look at “everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.”

Get ready for an evening of laughter celebrating the thrill of romantic victory and the agony of love's defeats. Parental guidance is suggested because the production does include some adult language and content.

The cost is $45 per person and includes dinner, dessert and coffee bar, three drink tickets (beer, wine and soft drinks) plus the show. Tickets are available now at www.porchlightplayers.com. All shows sold out last year, so get your tickets early.

Around town ...

• The Gypsum Recreation Center has launched its 2012 Membership Referral Contest. GRC members have the opportunity to win an annual membership for one year or an iPad 2. For every new member that a contest participant refers, he or she will be eligible for the grand prize. The more referrals received, the more chances to win. Visit www.wecmrd.org for additional information.

• Three members of the Parker family of Eagle have been named to the fall Dean's List at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. Alexandra Parker, a junior College of Arts and Sciences student, William Parker, a junior College of Arts and Sciences student, and Nicole Parker of Eagle, a fourth-year School of Pharmacy and Health Professions student, all earned a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale to be eligible for the Creighton University Dean's Honor Roll. Congratulations!




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