Education

Museum announces workshops -- The Hutchings Museum workshops for the 2008 winter season have been released. More information on the workshops is available at the museum, 55 N. Center St., Lehi, at its Web site, www.hutchingsmuseum.org or by phoning 768-7180. January workshops include a Great Depression Kit mystery, medicine bags and Native American culture, a Victorian Pocket Heart, trilobytes and survival skills.

As a police entourage left Lehi High School campus, sirens screaming and lights flashing, the holiday "miracles" began.

The snow glistens all around us, and bells can be heard in the distance. Friends and family are exchanging gifts and warm sentiments; 'tis the season!

The Lone Peak High School Student Council braved cold temperatures, rain and frozen ground Dec. 18 to raise money for cancer research.

Well, Christmas is over. The Yule log is now merely Yule ashes; the Christmas wrapping has become recycling, and the Christmas cookies have found a home where only hours of exercise will find them. It is definitely the time of year for reflection of the past year's successes and mistakes and the time to make resolutions to improve our lives in the coming year.

Karina Torres, a junior at Timpview High School was named the Youth of Year by the Boys and Girls Club of Utah County.

Not only was Amy Smithson named the outstanding high school teacher of the year by Alpine School District for 2007, but she had a day named for her in Pleasant Grove. Nov. 21 was proclaimed "Amy Smithson Day" by Mayor Michael W. Daniels and the City Council at a recent City Council meeting.

I hope that you all had a very wonderful Christmas. Before you know it, it will be here all over again.

Students have left for Christmas break at Timpview High, and when they return for the start of their third term the class schedule will be the same as it was when they left.

Story and photos by Mark Johnston

For the past 12 years, Janet and Harold Paulsen of Provo have opened their home to share what started as a family tradition with friends and neighbors.

It's college admission deadline time, but once students have been accepted to their dream school they'll have to find a way to pay the price of a college education, a number that's rising at about double the rate of inflation.

In a child's life, a birthday is one of the most important occasions. It may not rate quite as high as Christmas, but it's that child's day. In whatever ways his family chooses, the day is a special one, marked perhaps by presents, decorations, special attention or treats.