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Show Utah Pl'aaa Association P.O.Box . Lake City, Utah 841X0 13-2- 7 Slt Smithfield, Lewiston, Serving Richmond and Other North Cache Communities VOL. XII, NO. 21, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1976, SMITHFIELD, UTAH, 84335 Skyi View FFA Judging Teams To iV Sky View High School FFA judging team won three of eight possible first place plaques at the state contest last Thursday and Friday at Utah State University. The school earned the right to represent Utah in the areas of milk-qualit- y and dairy foods, crops and poultry at contest next November in Kansas City Missouri. This is the sixth consecutive year Sky View has represented the state of Michael Saunders, Wayne McBride; (top row L to R) Jed Cronquht. Kelly Riadlisbacher, James Merritt, Greg Egaa and Michael Bodily. Photo Courtesy Sky View High School THE STATE WINNING FFA judging teams tram Sky View ire: (L to R) Stan Bodily, Alia Noble, Paul Hansea, Trenton Receives Cache Country Ine. KUDJSrant Keeps Control At the Trenton Town meeting held Wednesday, May 5, representatives from Valley Of m explained that a housing assistance plan is required for the current year and as a goal. Gail Larsen of Valley Engineering explained the estimated project costs they All changes in ownership of the station were actually changes within. Cache Coun- try Inc., Hawkins pointed out Staff of the station includes Hawkins as GM, Doug Whitaker, Lewiston, Utah, sales manager;' Claris Huston, Preston, announcer-salesmaDan Kelly, Preston, program director; Van n; Idaho maintains ownership of radio station KPST in Preston, an announcement from station manager Earl Hawkins said this week. Heber Hansen of Richmond is the president and Hawkins of Preston is the vice president and general manager. Doug Whitaker of Lewiston, Utah, Merlin Fish of Idaho Falls and Leo Higham of Idaho Falls are three other vice presidents. Lowell Castleton of Preston is secretary-treasure- r. have made including the improvements if the final application is approved. The main purpose of this meeting was to get approval from the people of the community to make a final application for the grant Mayor Andrew explained redevelopment of the spring Richard Hansen areas as well as installation of pipe, etc. Also from the handout sheet given at the meeting he explained the that our community was . milk-qualit- y scored on flavor and odor, sediment pads scored on degree of sediment; identification of cheese, milker head units scored on defects present and a written test on milk production and marketing. The state winning crops Lists Park's Needs financing for the proposed improvements. The most direct way the residents of Trenton will be affected from this project is a hike in water rates which would be raised to $8.05 per month. This is the recommended amount to charge for a town the size of Trenton. It was stated that water rates have Richard Hansen, manager of the Blue-So- x baseball team, at the Smithfield City Council's request met to discuss needs at the baseball park. Hansen listed lights as a major problem. Since ting cage, according to Hansen would save considerable wear and backstop damage. Restroom problems at the park were reported, and noted the problem may be in the septic tank. The decision of the council poles are still in good condition it was felt that new, was to repair the backstop lights on the existing poles' immediately, and to get help could save a considerable on the restroom problem. amount in the replacement. New lighting and a batting The backstop needs repair, cage will be considered in according to Councilman future budgeting, Hansen Lonnie Loveday, and a bat was told. remained the same since first begun in 1936. A motion was moved and seconded that the final application for the H.U.D. grant bedrawn up and submitted. While many attending the Cache County School 'Board meeting last week felt they were being discriminated against by the Title IX Code others felt that since it was a law the board should comply with the rules and regulations. There are eight major points covered in the report of a federal investigation into alleged sex discrimination at Sky View High School. Five demand actions which would change school and district policies. The report was submitted last week by an investigating team from the Denver Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). One of the more heated issues concerned the Dress Code now in effect in the district and high school booklets. It states that, Boys are required to have hair cuts above the collar while the policy does not apply to girls. Conversely, girls are not allowed to wear denims while boys are permitted to dd so. Cache County School District is required to change its policies Justice To Speak In Clarkston Allan Crockett, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Utah, will be the featured speaker of the Clarkston Bicentennial program. A former resident of Clarkston, Crockett is now living in Salt Lake City. Sponsored by the Clarkston Town Board, the program will be held May 31 at 1 p.m. in the Clarkston ward chapel. Music will be provided by the Clarkston ward choir. The public is invited. Tickets Available The two musical organizations will perform in USUs Spectrum June 1 at 8 p.m. at 82 each have . Tickets been allocated to the communities on a population basis. The scries of concerts played by the choir and orchestra mark the first . limes the two musical groups have performed together. Community Bicentennial fissu4 .V : .f. In Meeting ... to conform to the law." Section 86.34 of Title IX states that a recipient (of federal funds) shall not provide any course separately on the basis' of sex. This would apply to such courses at Sky View as Powder Puff . Mechanics and Bachelor Survival. Physical education classes are required to be with certain exceptions allowed for participation in sports involving boay contact Hie district is, to therefore, required change its curriculum to come into compliance with the law. At this point one concerned parent asked the question, "What if my boy doesnt want to be in a class? Bryce Draper answered by saying that this was the law. At which time the father concluded, Then my boy is being against." ' girls so long as attendance is truly optional and the program offered is comparable to the regular instructional program . . . Discrimination on basis of sex in employment is prohibinited. A quiry may be made as to the sex of an applicant if such inquiry is made equally of applicants of both sexes and is not used in a discriminatory manner. The present Teacher Application Form' used by the district contains prohibited questions. The district is required to modify this form and any other form, including admission, parental permission, etc., which contains prohibited inquiries. At the present time Sky View has 10 male coaches and one woman coach. Approximately 250 boys participate in athirties compared to discriminated about 50 girls. Effie Shaw, a student at Sky Hew felt that the boys athletic teams had more time available for them to work out and she felt this was a form of discrimina- A district may not conduct . . . any extracuricular activity (excluding athletics) which excludes students ... tion. Bryce Draper pointed out that Sky View was one of the first high schools to iniate a girls athletic program and at the present time SV girls participate in all region activities available to them. He also remarked that an or from participation differentiates in treatment of students. Included in this category would be Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, .boys and girls glee clubs, song leaders, cheerleaders. The district is required to take action to assure that it does not sponsor or support in any of its schools organizations segrated on the basis Verlan Andersen additional woman coach may be hired. Secondary schools have until, 1978 to ' comply with the law. Points 7 and 8 make no demands. Point 7, Assessment of Interest" urges the district to adopt a grievance procedure. The meeting was concluded when a school board member felt that they would comply with the laws as much as they could, but wait until more information is given on the other matters of concern. To Speak At USU Saturday d, City Office 'Building 9 5 p.m.; Trenton, Irvin Merrill. a.m. to . A A or pregnant students are treated in the same manner as other students. This does not preclude the district from offering a special school program for pregnant tic- ket outlets are: Smith-fiel- took first in the poultry district is required to change its policies so that married mittee. through Saturday; Winston Larsen is the FFA advisor at Sky View High School. . criminations were noted. Some of these were: The committees are the Logan concert with the USU Bicentennial Com- - accor- white shell market eggs graded for interior and exterior quality. of sex alone. In the report released to the school board many dis- Cache County Amalga, Sharon Munk; Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Smith Jeff Godfrey; Cornish, Byron O. Hanson; Cove, A. T. Larsen: Hyde Park, Civic Center, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Lewiston, LaVor Smith; Newton, Myron T. Benson; North Logan, City Office to 5 p.m. Building, M-m- Richmond, City Office, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Library, Monday graded ding to USDA standards for quality, two classes of 20 t i Communities and the The team of Michael Bodily, Wayne McBride, Michael Saunders and Greg Egan broiler-fryer- s Cache County School Board Joint Concert Ticket outlets LOGAN for various communities in Cache and Rich Counties for the June 1 concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Owir and Utah Symphony Orchestra were listed Tuesday by Dr. Gerald R. Sherratt, Utah State University Bicentennial chairman. , contest. The contest included two production classes of hens with four brids .of the. same breed, one class each of pullets and breeder broilers, ten ready-to-coo- k who excelled in crop plants and weed identification, seed identification of both crops and weeds as well as comparative seed value of alfalfa, barley, oats, and wheat for planting. Discusses Code KPST Hamilton, Preston, announcer; Joe Perry, Logan, announcer; Steve Brock, Logan, announcer, Jean Seamens, Preston, traffic. three-yea- r grant for culinary water probably considered for the grant because it does not meet state requirements for their culinary water system. This is because we do not have chlorination. At one time Trenton did chlorinate their drinking water, but this was discontinued because of of the the many dead-end- s water line where residents on the ends of these lines would get strong chlorine r approved. The H.U.D. grant application was further explained in terms of the public participation program required as well as the community development program required. A statement of community needs were made as well as . long-terobjectives. It was Region Commission, Bruce King, were present to help Major Merlin Andrew explain the progress made on the Housing and Urban Development Grant application since the town meeting held in January; It was explained that preapplication for the H.U.D. government grant has been accepted. Only ten communities out of some 60 were approved. It was also explained that the town would receive 1135,000 from this and dairy teams consisting of Jed Cronquist, Alan Noble and Stan Bodily won the state contest, which indtded milk and cottage cheese samples f settlement. This H.U.D. grant would be the first step toward getting the towns culinary water system state Engineering, Gail Larsen, and from the Bear Lake The foods team included James Merritt, Greg Egan, Kelly and Paul Hansen Over 80 Concerned Citizens v , Utah in the national FFA judging contest. Concerned citizens wait for the Cache County Board of Education to begin their mreting to discuis the recent report given them on the sex discrimination charges filed. Citizen lhoto II. Verlan Andersen will speak at the USU Engineering auditorium Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on "Individual Responsibility for Good Gov ernment. The special guest lecturer has been brought to Cache County by the Cache County American Party. A |