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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1975 Area Professionals Introduce Career Congressional Bicentennial Enrichment Program to Students Forum Page Eleven Accident Rate at Point of the Mountain Below Average Congressman Allan T. Howe announced he will host a Congressional Bicentennial Forum for the residents of the west side of Salt Lake at 4600 South Redwood Road, on Wednesday, October 15, 1975, at 8 p.m. The forum is a second in a series of forums to be held throughout the 2nd Congressional District. As a new Member of Congress, I have become increasingly concerned about the lack of communication between Representatives and the people they represent. Particularly now during our Bicentennial Year, I think it is vital for government to begin to relate directly to those who are its backbone and strength," Rep. Howe stated. We as a country need to rededicate ourselves to the commitment made two hundred years ago by the signers of the Declaration of he continued. Independence, Utahns have long had a tradition for learning from those before them and I need to have the ideas and feelings of residents to truly represent the Utah spirit in Washing- A unique program entitled Car- High School. The Commissioner eer Enrighment Program" has been discussed various aspects of city initiated this year for the first time government such as: finance, in Salt Lake City schools. parks, streets, public safety, and ton. Sponsored by the Salt Lake City water. The forums will be conducted in One student commented that its School District, it will receive of the 11 counties in the 2nd each support by the Chamber of Com- kind of interesting to talk to merce and area professionals who someone who is in a high position. Congressional District with several in the metropolitan Salt will go into the classrooms and It clears up a lot of questions that forums Lake City area. Wednesday's meetshare information regarding career arent discussed every day. Commissioner Greener said he ing includes Magna; the west side opportunities. When teachers are of Salt Lake City, from 5th West to absent, these professionals will feels the program will be a success- 7200 West and South Temple to give students an insight into the ful one. As opposed to having 6200 South; and Murray from 900 someone just watch over the class, business and professional world. to Redwood Road and 3900 East This new plan will be informative if the school board has speakers to students as well as provide an come in and explain their careers, South to 6400 South. The forum in Salt Lake Will be preceded by a insight and better understanding of students will find they have more program for Tooele residents on what is new happening in the than one interest." The area Chamber of Commerce October 14, 1975, at the New school system. Catholic Church Center, 7th and The first professional to take plans to take an active part in Vine, Tooele, at 8 p.m. Rep. Howe part in the substituting plan was career education and hopes to added that forums in the future will City Commissioner Glen Greener stress to students the value of a be scheduled according to when who spoke to students at South free enterprise system. Congress is in recess. The Congressman explained the format for the forums will include a short film on the birth of our nation to be followed by a question and answer session for people to sound hy Clark Webster, Hemington Wild Life Expert off' about what their views are on various local, state and national IZhe Sportsman's Comer mk issues. STILL NUMBER ONE America's number one game Size isnt everything ANIMAL 19 THE SMALL COTTONTAIL RABBIT. proved upon by Though HOST OTHER A BIRRS OP AND ANlMALG.IHE COTTON TAIL- -- IN RECORD NUMBERS BECAUSE IT IS AMAZINGLY PROLIFIC. ONE FEMALE CAN PRODUCE SIXTEEN YOUNG IN HER FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. IF SHE ANO HER OFFSPRING SURVIVED AND BRED SUCCESSFULLY SHE WOULD HAVE A MILLION DESCENDANTS AT THE END OF EIGHT YEARS But, some attention TO HABITAT IS NECESSARY TO IN -SURE GOOD RABBIT POPULATION. THE COTTONTAIL NEEDS AN ACRE OR TWO THAT PROVIDES YEAR-ROUN- D FOOD, NESTING COVER AND PROTECTION This country has a great deal to be proud of in the two hundred years that have transpired, but the people of this country need to make their views known on what they think is right and what is wrong today. We have a great many crucial issues facing us and the determination must be made on where we go from here, he said. One special feature of the program will be a resigning of the Declaration of Independence by those in attendance who wish to rededicate themselves to the noble principles and ideas written two hundred years ago in that historic document, he noted. This gesture would be a personal resolution for people to become involved in Americas future," he said. Invitations to the forums will be arriving in the mail shortly and it is my hope Utahns will feel, as I do, the importance of exchanging ideas and reaffirming the principles which made this country great, FROM WEATHER AND PREDATORS, Rep. Howe concluded. IF . THE COTTONTAIL POPULATION IN VOUR AREA IS SMALL, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT EXPERTS AT REMINGTON ARMS SUGGEST YOU ENGAGE IN A RAB8lTAT " IMPROVING PROJECT WITH LOCAL FARMERS. PLANT CLOVER. SET OUT A FEW EVERGREEN OR SIMPLY BUILD A BRUSHPILE ON AN UNUSED CORNER OF A FARM ...AND THE COTTONTAILS SHOULD BECOME ABUNDANT. Traffic moving along Interstate 15 at Point of the Mountain. Interstate at the Point of the Mountain is safer than most comparable interstate facilities, according to a recent study conducted by the Traffic Safety Division of the Utah Department of Transportat15 ion. Before construction of that section of interstate highway, U.S. at the Point of the Mountain was considered by the public to be extraordinarily dangerous, Traffic Engineer Arthur Geurts said. But the Safety Division study, which was conducted before, during and after construction of the interstate, showed the accident was rate at that section of below the statewide average for 89-9- 1 89-9- 1 comparative multi-lan- e undivided highways. For every million vehicle miles traveled on the Point of the Moun3.7 tain section of U.S. accidents occurred. The statewide average for comparable undivided highways is 4.5 accidents per million vehicle miles. The accident rate 89-9- 1, was reduced to 1.55 accidents per million vehicle miles when the section of at the Point of the Mountain was completed. Expected 1-- nt certain standards for: decent, safe, and sanitary" housing. 89-9- 1 roll-over- s, between apparent versus real hazards. Take This Fire Safety Quiz Every year 12,000 Americans are killed in fires and another 300,000 of them are injured. Yet, if questioned, few people take even the smallest measures to secure their families from this terrible threat. When a few simple precautions can mean the difference between life and death, are you willing to neglect them? General Electric Company, manufacturer of the Home Sentry Smoke that you Alarm, suggests take the following test to determine how well protected your family is. Do you conduct periodic home fire drills so that each member of the family knows at least two escape routes, and knows of a designated meeting place outside? Is your home equipped The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 provides that of an owner- - or tenant-occuparesidential property, including mobile homes, displaced by a Federally-funded project will be relocated into a comparable" replacement dwelling which meets accident rate for comparable interstate facilities is 2.5 accidents per million vehicle miles. at the Point of the U.S. Mountain had a bad reputation because the few accidents which did occur there were spectacular head-on- s said Mr. and Guerts. He added that what appear to the public to be highway hazards are very often not real hazards. For example," said Geurts, most people think intersections controlled by traffic signals are less hazardous than those which are not; when, in fact, there are three times as many traffic accidents at signalled intersections than at unsignalled intersections." Interstate 15 has an accident and fatality rate which is less than half the rate of other highway systems, said Mr. Geurts, but most people think freeways are more dangerous than other highways. The Point of the Mountain study, which was made between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1974, added further credence to what is called The very real difference with smoke sensing alarms such as the new detectors that have recently come onto the market by companies such as General Electric? Are you aware that such devices sense the presence of even small amounts of smoke, at which time they sound a loud alarm? Do you sleep with bedroom doors closed? Did you know that in the event of fire, you will gain precious minutes to escape if you do? Do you exercise extreme care with smoking materials and matches, major causes of destructive fires? Do you make sure that you never leave these where children can reach them? Do you periodically check your home for such fire hazards as old newspapers, cartons, old furniture, oily rags, etc? Do you exercise care in the use of electricity? Do you refrain from loading outlets with too many appliances, using inappropriate fuses, and hanging electrical cords over nails or running them under carpets? Do you make certain that any electrical appliance you purchase is U.L. listed? If you can answer yes to these questions, youre well on your way to a fire safe home. |