12A Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Tree From 9A the kids' drawings," said Ann Mortensen, art specialist at Venture Academy "They've studied bees, so we have honeycomb for the bees. They've studied butterflies, so they each created a hand-painted butterfly." Student Josh Ahlstrom, of Farr West, said making the butterfly ornaments was the most difficult part of the tree-decorating project. "We had to try our hardest to make it exactly how it looked," he said of each type of butterfly depicted on the painted ornaments. "You had to look at it very hard and draw it very detailed." Once the ornaments were on the tree, one of the students invited the governor to place the artistic beehive they had created at the top. Herbert said he would — if someone would hold the ladder. When the tree was finished, Herbert asked the students if they would be willing to give him four gifts for Christmas. The first gift he wanted was a promise that they would stay in school and graduate, and then get some form of post-high school education. "The second thing is, I want you to recognize that we should be kind to each other," he said, adding that bullying is not to be tolerated. "People who bully are really fraidy cats — they try to overcompensate by bullying others." After asking the students to be kind and love one another, Herbert also asked them to remember to be grateful and think of the blessings they have in their lives as Utahns. December 1, 2014 ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Special to the Standard-Examiner These are some of the ornaments that students from Venture Academy charter school in Marriott-Slaterville used to decorate the governor's library Christmas tree. "The last thing I want you to give to me is the commitment of a gift of service. I want you to find other people who need help — it might be somebody in your class, some friends or some family members. Find somebody you can help this holiday season," he said. "How many are willing to do that? Alright! It looks like it's unanimous." To thank the students, the governor and his wife, Jeannette Herbert, took them on a tour of the mansion. They kids learned about Thomas and Jennie Kearns, who built the mansion as their home in 1902 and donated it to the state in 1937. They looked at photos of past governors and their wives, and heard about a fire that severely damaged the home in 1993. The governor told them that the hat rack in the library, where they had decorated the tree, was made from the horns of animals hunted by President Theodore Roosevelt. Jeannette Herbert pointed out the silver in the dining room and explained that it was purchased with coins donated by schoolchildren for the U.S. Navy ship USS Utah. "Would anyone like to see the ballroom?" she asked the children, adding they'd have to climb many stairs to get there. "Oh, yes," replied a group of girls. All of the children were Line fire leaves 620 homes without power Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN —More than 1,100 residents were without power Sunday in the Ogden area after a pole fire and power line went down, according to Rocky Mountain Power. Crews worked to quickly repair the outages. The power outage initially affected more than 1,100 residents in Ogden, West Haven and Marriott-Slaterville, but by 1U p.m. that number dropped to only 600. The outage began around 6:30 p.m. and affected Rocky Mountain Power customers in the zip codes of 84404 and 84401. It is unknown what caused the outage to occur, although dispatchers reported calls of power lines down and pole fires at 1123 W. 2100 South and 2300 South. Power was estimated to be restored by early this morning. impressed by the ballroom, and by a gingerbread copy of the mansion that they passed on the stairway. "I thought it was pretty cool that we got to come," said student Kessie Fowers, of Ogden, adding she was pleased to meet the governor. "I think he's a very kind man." Churchill said the children were thrilled and could hardly contain their excitement. "It's probably a one-time opportunity," student Alh- strom said, "and I'm glad I got to do it." Contact reporter Becky Wright at 801-625-4274 or bwright@standard.net. Follow her on Twitter at @Re- porterBWright.