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Show J BOX tt X. 260d m B4101 Mark Williams, Obww YOUR DOG-GON- E WRIGHTS ir dm, wiifM The annual winters convention of the Utah Press Association (no longer Utah State Press Association) is now recorded history. Some of those activities will remain highlighted in memory because of their importance. For example, Wes Cherry will always remember it for the year he received the Master Publisher Award. Jack Wallis will remember the convention as the one where he was installed as president of the association. (Martin Conover will probably remember it equally well with Jack for the time when he left the office of President. Aside from the awards luncheon, there was one session that will stand out above all the rest. It will be one where a speaker representing an organization called ABLE stood before the group of publishers and quoted numerous statistics which revealed an appalling picture of crime in the State and write as well as the 4th graders used to do. Although Helen M, Wllberg Hearkened words of a respected teacher trainer, not until she became a mother could she realise their full significances "Hem-emb- er that you work with parents' most priceless possessions. " For 18 years she has worked with "priceless possessions" In the primary grades . The last nine years have been as second grade teacher at Cottonwood element- to the She notes the contrast from her first teaching assignment of about 50 fourth graders at Huntington Elementary alone, where she was expected to prepare all the seat work, to the new era of program- med reading, work books, televisions , record players, visual aids, and, happily, a teacher's aide to do the tasks which once drained away teaching time. ary. She prefers second graders because they "bubble, unfold and blossom in showing their progress, " "Children can astounJ you, " She feels that second graders are now more knowledgeable and can read, spell of Utah. According to the figures, Utah not only is keeping pace with other states in crime rates, but, in most cases, actually more than doubles the national crime ratio figure. ABLE members are convinced that a good beginning point to lower the crime rate is to get the funds to hire more law enforcement officers. According to figures quoted the standard ratio of law enforcement officers to citizens is one to one thousand. Figures also indicated that there isnt one area in Utah which meets that ratio. If you want a part in helping in the fight against crime, Write: Alliance for Better Law Enforcemtnt, 22 South Main Salt Lake City, Utah 84101; and find out what you can do. Back to the awards..... The newspapers are divided into 3 groups. Group one is newspapers with a circulation up to about 1300 (it varies some in order to keep the groups divided about equal). Group two includes newspapers with circulation from 1300 to about 2500. Group three includes those newspapers with a circulation of more than Course Finished FT, LEWIS, WASH; Army Private Don O, Noyes, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs V, M. Noyes, Rural Route', Morgan, Utah, recently completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft, Lewis Washington. He received specialized instruction in small unit tactics and in firing such wae-pomachas the M-- 1S rifle, the M-ine gun and anti-tan- k weapons. Pvt. Noyes entered the army in Sept. 1970 and completed basic training at Ft, Lewis. A 1964 graduate of Morgan High School he received his B.S, degree in 1970 at Utah State University, Logan. His wife, Linda, is living in Fenon with her parents, Mr and Mrs Ralph The only child of Cheney and Edrla McNeil, Helen was bom in Hiawatha, Carbon County, and soon moved with her parents to Orangeville, She was a member of the last graduating class of the old Central High School at Castle Dale, attended Carbon College for two years and finished at BYU with a BS degree, majoring in elementary education and minoring in sociology. After that first traumatic year at Huntington, she married LaMar Wilberg and moved with him to Castle Dale, where she taught a combined third and fourth grade with a smaller class load. After three years, she retired for five years to bring Julie and Mack into the world. The school, alluringly close, enticed her back when Mack was three, A good woman came into the home to care for the children while their mother taught. She also directed and accompanied the school musical programs and operettas. Besides writing and directing several MIA road shows, shw was stake drama director for a year. In 1964 LaMar was fatally injured in a tractor accident at the Wilberg Mine. The role of breadwinner and mother to the talented children is a challenge she meets daily. Being the mother of composer-musician Mack has meant many hours of chauffeuring duty to and from music lessons, (Mack turned 16 Sunday, which will help). Julie is a freshman at ns 60 BYU. Helen M. Wilberg At present Mrs Wilberg is a building representative for the Emery County Educa ation Association, and is attending language art workshop aimed at writing a guide lor language studies for Kindergarten through grade 12 in the Emery County School District, Const. Starts oil Highway 10 2500. Usually the greater the circulation the bigger the newspaper; and the keener the competition in the Better Newspaper Contest. So Id like to hand my neighbor. Bob Finney, a bouquet of flowers. In the group where competition is the keenest, Bob came out with something like two second place awards, three third place awards and several honorable mentions. Congratulations Bob. Preliminaries on the 4. 261 miles of new toad construction on Highway 10 south of Huntington are slated to expend into actual construction by March 1, Victor E. Stuart, project engineer for the Utah Highway Department, indicated Monday that he will signal die start of fence work this week and that the contractors will start rolling March 1. Weather conditions have been unfavorable for an earlier start. The L.A. Young Sons Construction Co. has a time limit of 175 working days in which to complete the project. The roadway will be re -- aliened in cer- - tain areas, will follow existing align- -, ments in others. It will eliminate the sharp curves, dips and narrowness now bedeviling it. In general it will be a boon to all Emery County and the through traffic. de First the will be built and then covered with a catalytically blown membrane. Over the membrane will be spread a 4 inch untreated base course, (gravel). The gravel will be topped by 4 12 inches of hot bituminous plant sub-gra- mix. As an experiment to prevent future buckling of the surface, one mile will be treated with a different method. membrane and untreated The base will be omitted and 5 12 inches of cat-blo- wn the hot plant mix will be lifted directly the subgrading. Engineer Stuart and associates hope this method will prevent water from welling through the blue shale and causing those unsightly, dangerous bulges. Mr, Stuart was engineer from Devil's He exCanyon to Ghost Rock on pects to be working out of the Huntington office for the remainder of the year. The power company has set new poles along the proposed route. The new poles must be wired and old ones removed soon. Survey crews have been on the job for several weeks and road construction warning signals have been posted. Cost of the project is tabbed at $556, 589.65. onto 70. Conservation Projects Viewed by Joe Dale, Conservation Officer During the month of February the local conservation officers completed two more aspects of work. First was the fish stocking recommendations. Each water within the district is evaluated and recommendations submitted as to what kind, size and number of fish should be stocked. With this recommendation, the hatcheries can determine how many fish they must produce. If there is not sufficient funds available some of the stocking quotas must be John Funk Camille Stilson Camille Stilson adn John Funk, students at Emery County High school took honor at Price Saturday in the oratorical contest on citizenship sponsored by the Am -erican Legion. Camille, a senior, took first place in the region meet and was presented a $25 savings bond from the Price American Legion Post. She also took first place in the local meet and was presented a bond of $25 from the Post here, John, a Junior, placed third in the region meet and was presented a $10 savings bond. Other winners on the local level was Sue Hardee and Susan Bean. 1 Green River S. C. District Compleats 1970 Annual Roport Supervisors of the Green River Soil Conservation District recently completed their annual report for 1970. This report is sent to the Secretary of Agriculture and interested agencies, and is a summary of some of the activities and accomplishments occuring during the year. Serving as supervisors this year were Chairman Howard Silliman, Vice. Chairman Lorin Wilson, Secretary Dean King, and members Gene Dunham and Sam Howland. One of the major activities this year and reorgwas to assist in anizing the Green River Drainage District. The purpose of this district is to restore and maintain the drainage system which benefits a large portion of the irrigated land in the valley. The board is also working towards organizing the landowners of the valley into a hunting unit which would charge for hunting permits. In the past, landowners have suffered damage to livestock, equipment and facilities from hunters. It is hoped the control this organization would give landowners would reduce the damages, or at least provide funds to pay for damages. There are now 42 farmers or ranchers cooperating with the district. During 1970, five farmers were assisted in developing or revising their conservation plans. Twenty four applied one or mote conservation practices. The following are some of the conservation practices completed by district 700 feet; Irrigation water management, 2140 acres; livestock ponds, 7 each; floodway, 900 feet; Structures for water control, 10 each; Proper pasture use, 1000 acres; pasture planting, 8 acres; Proper range use, 143, 751. The above listed activities were mainly carried out with technical assistance provided by the Soil Conservation Service and with on part of these practices through the Agricultural Conpipelines, cost-shari- ng servation Program, Talk Sot at S.E. Jerry Carney will be at the South Emery Junior High auditorium on Tuesday, Mar- ch 9, at 1 pm. Mr. Camey knows well what life is like behind prison bars. His innocent appearance belies the fact that he was once branded the most incorrigible of social outcasts. It is hard to believe that one so young ' has led a life so full. He speaks from and with all his heart and what he has to say makes sense, Mr. Camey has the unique ability to "get through" to adults as well as to youth, for whom his message is so im- portant . He recounts his experiences- - shares them with the audience. There is no humor in his vivid talk, for there is nothing funny in knowing "no one caret". irrigation His enlightening program is an outstanding example of one man trying to help his fellow men. Mar U. Grange receives Conservation Facts packet from Merlin Geary. Packets will be distributed to all of the schools in the Emery County School District. Crop rotation, 1970 acrest The second aspect is the completion of the pheasant winter sex ration count. With this count it can be determined whether the roosters have been over shot or under shot during the hunt. If the cock-h- en ne then ratio is around more cocks could have been harvested. If the ratio is one cock to forty hens then too many cocks have been taken, and the hunting pressure should be reduced. The ratio in Emery County is one cock to four liens, and shows no problem. More cocks could have been harvested and still not hurt the population. one-to-o- Homemaker of Tomorrow Named at Green River High Green River High School's 1971 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow is senior Christine Franklin. Selected for her performance in a written knowledge and attitude examination administered to senior girls on December 7, 1970, Miss Franklin will receive a specially designed award from General Mills, sponsor of the annual education program. In addition, she is now eligible for state and national honors, including one of the 102 college scholarship totaling $110, -000, State judging centers on scores of school winners in the December test, with personal observation and interviews during the tour as added factors in national selections. Second --ranking Homemakers of Tomorrow in each state receive $500. educational grants. The school of every $1,500 scholarship winner receives a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. The Betty Crocker search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow is the only national scholarship program exclusively for high school senior girls. Miss Christine Franklin Schools to get Packets on Conservation Facts Each of the Emery County schools will be receiving Conservation Fact packets within the next few weeks. These packets contain pamphlets, mot ion picture catalogs, teaching outlines and other information aids to be used by teachers and students, "We hope that by making this material available, there will be an increased in our environment and the protection of it, " said Merlin Geary, soil conservation district secretary. "The schools will find this to be very valuable information and I'm sura much of it will be used, " said Mar U, Grange, Counselor for the Emery County School District. These materials were made available to the schools through the efforts of the San Rafael Soil Conservation District and the Soil Conservation Service. |