June 19 & 20, 2003 Utah
State in the News
Friday, June 20, 2003
KSL NEWSCAST:
USU STUDY SHOES HOW MUCH WATER RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE
WASTING
USU has completed a study which states just how much water
residents and businesses are wasting. The professor aimed to
find out how who is overwatering and by how much. Dr. Kjelgren
says Landscape Water Demand Analysis pinpointed the most efficient
watering. The study found that 80% of businesses in Layton wasted
water and that 20% to 30% percent of residents overwatered their
lawns. The study found that fast-food restaurants with small
lawns overwatered the most. (KSL newscast, 6:30 p.m., 06/18/03)
FILIPINO POLITICIANS
VISIT UTAH TO CHECK IN ON EXPATS
The Honorable Mila Catabay-Lauigan of the Philippines' Cagayan
Province has questions for her country's émigrés
in Utah. And they have plenty for her. Catabay-Lauigan, a provincial
government board member, is one of nine young Filipinos touring
Utah this week as part of a global exchange program run in the
United States by American Council of Young Political Leaders
(ACYPL). It exposes government leaders between the ages of 25
and 40 to other countries' systems of government. ... The delegation
toured Utah State University on Monday. Tuesday, the leaders
visited Temple Square. (Salt Lake Tribune, 06/19/03) click on:
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jun/06192003/utah/67465.asp
FULTON SCHOOL
BRIEFS
Sixty-nine students representing eight Fulton County high schools
have been selected for the 2003 Georgia Governor's Honors Program.
The six-week summer program, at Valdosta State University, is
designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented
students opportunities for enriching their education. The program,
in its 40th year, is open to rising 11th- and 12th-grade students
nominated by their teachers. The nominees compete against more
than 2,400 applicants statewide. Each student selected is provided
tuition, dormitory housing and instructional supplies through
funds appropriated by the Georgia General Assembly. Representing
the Fulton County School System in the 2003 Governor's Honors
Program are Centennial High School, Chattahoochee High School,
Milton High School, North Springs High School, Northview High
School, Roswell High School, Riverwood High School and Tri-Cities
High School. Gosa sub of the year: Colintha Gosa, a retired
32-year teacher who now substitutes in the Fulton County School
System, was named 2003 substitute of the year by the Substitute
Teaching Institute at Utah State University. (The Atlanta Journal
and Constitution, 06/119/03)
Thursday, June 19, 2003
WATER-WISE YARDS
ON DISPLAY
The trend toward native landscapes and water-wise plants might
be a little slow to arrive in Cache Valley, but the local chapter
of the Utah Native Plant Society has set out to speed the change.
Homes with alternative landscapes, from tough, drought-resistant
buffalo grass to plants native to area canyons, are featured
on the third annual Alterniscapes Tour set Saturday. "We
want people to know that, 'yes, you can use native plants in
your landscape' and 'yes, it will look great,' " said Tami
Coleman of nearby Lewiston. Coleman and Loralie Platero of the
Utah State University Extension Service have teamed up to organize
the tour of seven landscapes in Logan and surrounding communities.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 06/18/03) click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jun/06182003/wednesda/67045.asp
HELP YOUR CHILDREN
TO ENJOY SPORTS
Most children will not pursue athletics as a career. However,
participating in organized sports can be enjoyable, and the
things they learn from sports can help them become contributing,
positive adults. (Herald Journal, Ask-A-Specialist, 06/18/03)
CONSUL RETURNS
TO MEXICO CITY: TORRES ADVOCATED FOR MEXICAN NATIONALS IN UTAH
After just 16 months, Mexican consul Martin Torres has been
called back to the foreign ministry in Mexico City. Torres,
who advocates for some 400,000 Mexican nationals living in Utah,
Idaho, Montana and western Wyoming, said his successor has not
been named. Nor does he know what his next post will be in the
Mexican capital. The consulate at 230 W. 400 South has a staff
of 16. ... Torres said many state projects are yet unfinished,
such as Leavitt's education-tracking idea. But "we have
built relationships with the University of Utah and with Utah
State. We've become more active in schools. And we have established
dialogue with members of Congress from Utah," he said.
(Deseret News, 06/18/03) click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,510033461,00.html
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