= City Editor: 625-4224 www.standard.net Senior Activities Weber Calendar | Military Update Thursday, November 1, 2001 Standard-Examiner Edison and Lincoln Elementary fifth-graders Amber Houghton, (from left) Camielle Blacken and Amber Valdez plant tulip bulbs at Edison Elementary School. Below) Sarah Green, from left) Julio Ojeda and Camielle Blacken put their green thumbs to work. The bulbs were donated by the Golden Spike Elks Lodge as part of red ribbon week which promotes drug awareness. KEITH JOHNSON Standard-Examiner off drugs By RACHEL J. TROTTER Standard-Examiner correspondent GDEN - The Northern Utah Golden Spike Elks Lodge donated bulbs to the students of Lincoln/Edison Elementary School. “We hope when the kids see the flowers come up... they will remember to stay off drugs,” said Kathleen Berntsen, youth activities coordinator for the Elks Lodge. Fifth-grade students from both schools planted bulbs in front of the school as part of Red Ribbon Week. Kathy Thornburg, one of the principals of Lincoln/Edison, said the project was wonderful. “Most of these kids have never done this before. Our thanks to the Elks,” Thornburg said. The children planting bulbs from Lincoln were fifth-grade student-body officers. Teachers chose students from Edison because they had all their work completed and were top students. “Tt’s like a Pogo stick!” said Sarah Green as she jumped on the side of the long bulb planter.” Green is a fiftherade student from Edison. > See BULBS/2E Youth encouraged to get 5° reminders OGDEN City offers break to Williams The Redevelopment Agency approved offering Williams International $5.3 million in tax incentives to expand its Ogden plant. If Williams chooses Ogden for its $145 million expansion, it will mean an additional 194 jobs for the city in the next 15 years, say officials. About $138 million of the expansion is new equipment. The city estimates that the jet engine manufacturer’s expansion would bring in an additional $16 million in taxes by 2015. St. Paul School gets recognition OGDEN - St. Paul Lutheran School has been accredited by the National Lutheran School Accreditation Commission. One of only 505 schools in the nation has achieved this recognition. The school has also been granted accreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. Local youths chosen for school The Mark Eaton Standing Tall for Youth Foundation selected three Ogden-area youths to participate in eight months of outdoor activities at the Norwegian School, a Park City outdoor program. The foundation’s focus is to help under-privileged youth with opportunities they might not otherwise receive. Eaton, a former Utah Jazz center has sponsored 25-30 children from the Marshall White Center to his basketball camp for the past seven summers. Last month, the school took the three on a fun-filled day of hiking and mountain man events.