Show Millard County Chronicle Progress February 22 1990 Pan 7 Northern Utah Publisher Named President of Utah Press Association Actress Mary Ann Mobley with r f i Adam Daines 40th annual Mother’s March raises over $200 GOO in Utah Every two minute with birth defect If t child is bom sobering thought that so many children each day are bom with birth defects but this thought is also the catalyst behind a nationwide event that takes place every year The Mothers March For 40 years mothers across the nation have gone to raise money for the March of Dimes InUtah more than 16000 volunteers went to to 200000 homes between Jan raise money to improve the health of our children This year more than 5230000 was raised locally One child whose life has benefuted from the efforts of the March of Dimes is Adam Daines Adam was bom with severe spina bifida the most common crippling birth defect and this year he will represent the a Greater Utah Chapter of the March of Dunes as its ambassador Seme of Adam's interests include horseback riding and going to school Adam had the opportunity last month to meet former Miss America and national Mother’s March Chairwoman Mary Ann Mobley Mobley said “Too many children are bom too small too soon and loo many are bom with severe physical andor mental problems" Mobley added that the Mothers March the March of Dimes oldest fund raiser last year brought in more than 510 million nationally The first Mothers March helped fund development of the Salk vaccine that defeated polio Mobley has been actively involved with the March of Dimes for 25 years the last two years has been the National Mothers March Chairwoman In 1959 she was selected to be Miss America UTAH' PRECIPITATION SL George- - Morgan County News Publisher Ken Adams has been elected president of the Utah Press Association by fellow newspaper owners at their annual convention held in St George February 8 9 and 10 Adams succeeds American Fork Publisher Brett BezzanL The Association represent 44 weekly newspapers and readership of 800000 "It's certainly an honor to serve the papers of Utah" remarked Adams at the closing banquet “publishers and their families are some of the finest people my wife and I have ever had the opportunity of knowing" Adams and his wife Marie have been with the NEWS since 1979 and became owners of the paper in 1983 Both hold teaching degrees and he a Master of Science degree from Utah Slate University He has served as a Morgan County Commissioner past president of the Golden Spike Empire past president of the Morgan Lions Club and past president of the Morgan Economic development Corporation Serving with him will be Vice President Brent Sumner Times Secretary Larry Stahle Weber State Signpost Treasurer Alan Gibson s and board members Nephi Brett Bezzant American Fork Citizen Kevin Ashby Salina S un Susan Dutson Millard County Bob Lloyd Call Mantl Messenger Price Murray Eagle Adrien Taylor Moab and Lane Henderson Spanish Fork Press During 1990 the Association plans to increase stare wide awareness of the value of weekly newspapers work with daily publications in better serving the reading public and promote Utah with both editorial and advertising content in member publication The Utah Press Association is the oldest trade organization in Utah and will celebrate its 100th birthday in 1993 The Chronicle Progress has been a member publication for over 50 years and publisher Susan B Dutson has been active in the Association for 20 years February 25 through March 3 has been declared as “ State Reading Week in Utah’ Shown with Governor Bangerter is (from left to right) Judith State State College Nancy Livingston-UtaOffice of Education Ray Young John University Principal State Reading Convention to be Major Event of Utah Literacy Week Governor Bangerter has declared February 25 through March 3 as “State Reading Week" As part of the week’s activities the Utah Council of the International Association Reading (UCJRA) will be hosting many national and local reading experts at their annual reading conference March 3 at the Salt Lake Red Lion Inn Each year hundreds of parents and teachers administrators from Utah and the intermountain region meet in Salt Lake City to participate in Utah's largest conference dedicated for the sole purpose of building literacy This year’s conference “Links of Literacy" will feature some of the nation’s top reading experts: Robert Tierney Professor of Education at Ohio Garn Him to the air The first helicopter finds a moose and the passenger shoots the moose with a tranquilizer dart gun As soon as the moose goes down a second larger helicopter lands nearby several DWR wmkers exit the copter sling the moose attach the slinged moose to a helicopter cable and the helicopter then transports the moose to the base station Once at the base station veterinarians and biologists examine the moose collect data fit the moose with appropriate ear tags and collar inject the moose with drugs then load the moose on the transport vehicle Five hours later the moose is released at its new home (in this case southern Utah) In the first year of operation 29 moose were released on the Fishlake Forest Last year 10 additional moose were transplanted and this years 31 moose topped off the effort Bowden feels that this number of moose should provide a stable base herd from which a viable population can grow Since a high percentage of the public supports moose transplants game managers and biologists areexamining additional habitat in southern Utah in an effort to decide if additional transplants can take place announces Air Force projects The water supply outlook for southern Utah is mostly unchanged from last month with below to much below average runoff expected and forecasts ranging from 30 to 60 pen ent of average That was the force t as of February for the region according to the National Weather Service In the NWS monthly report northern and eastern Utah areas were also expected to see below normal water supply For northern Utah the report said the outlook for spring it for much below exaverage flows with most streams 70 perpected to yield between 30 and cent of average It was noted that this is the fourth consecutive year of below average forecasts for northern Utah In eastern Utah the water outlook t Many was percent of average forecasts woe reduced 5 to 10 percent from those issued last month for the area In southern Utah including the Sevier River drainage the report said January precipitation in the area was below average with the region as a whole receiving near 70 percent of average Seasonal precipitation for remains much below aver average of about age with 45 percent These total are substantially lower than the percent of average accumulations received last year by this time the report said Feb snowpacks in southern Utah remain much below average with a average near 35 percent Some basin averages include the Upper Scv ia at 34 percent the Lower Sevier at 49 percent the Beaver at 38 percent and the Virgin at 30 percent January and seasonal runoff in southern Utah has ranged from below to The Sevier River near near average Hatch recorded 73 percent of average for January and 71 percent for Piute Reservoir on the Sevier recorded 101 percent of average during January and 79 percent for Reservoir storage in the Sevier basin is near average with the combined contents of Piute Oucr Creek and Sevier Bridge reservoin at about 56 percent of capacity or 104 percent of the (1961 1985) average This total is about 78 thousand less than last year at this time ihf session which will be held 730-30 Thursday evening pm March 1990 in Saloon 2 and 3 of the Red Lion Inn Paperback books tomp'i ments of Scholastic Inc will be given to the first 100 children who bring their parents Reading activates will be held for the children The speaker for parents will be Dr Jim Jacobs of Brigham Young University who has a vast bjtk ground in children's literature and has been a part of the Caldecott Award Selection Committee This activity is free to the public Those interested in attending the conference may register at the door or by February 6th through the mail by contacting Dr Judith Mitchell conference chairman at Weber Slate College mcrican (dancer Sot iflv allot atetl IWal rar for tht fci? its fund- - y 5GBEESQBG itkiwtatk? iokui ij U ii -A ffiluSTl j HMin S’Tt hi Ki PRlMRUt h r T IT s f CONTEL :! 1 OFFERS SERVICE GUARANTEE Phone out of service? 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Well And that's a guarantee in Nephi Kanab The Air Force will be initating site searches around Nephi and Kanab for communication relay towers or Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) relay nodes to replace existisling militowers which tary communications could not survive a nuclear attack announced Senator Jake Gam Gam said the Air Force announced two years ago that it would select two sites in Utah for the towers but only released the Nephi and Kanab sites this week He said the radio relay nodes with the GWEN towers are similar to those used by commcrical broadcast station transmitters and are part of the PresiProdent's Strategic Modernization gram to upgrade and improve the nation's communications systems as a way of stengthening US deterrence to a nuclear war The senator said “the towers represent a significant military deterrent The upgraded towers will siren ghen our and encommunications capabilities hance our military detgerrenL Even though we're witnessing trends toward peace in the world we cannot afford to let down our guard or settle for less than the best for our national defense" He said the Aif Force's present communciations towers are more vulnerable than the upgraded towers (There will be a total of 96 towers throughout the country when the project Teachers" State University and formally with the Center for the Study of Reading Lyndon W Scarfoss Professor at Arizona Stale University and author of Helping Children Learn to Read Bill Martin Jr and John Archmabault well known authors of children's books and popular speakers Joan Irwin Language Arts consultant in Canada and coauthor of a popular reading senes in Canada plus other well known reading educators In addition to these presentations over 50 workshops will be offered by local university and school educators who are experts in the area of literacy development Also major publishing houses will have representatives attend to exhibit their latest products Also a special “Parents as Reading 1990 Moose Transplant The 1990 moose transplant from northern Utah to southern Utah has just been completed by the Division of Wildlife Resources A total of 31 moose were captured and then transported to Fishlake National Forest near Salina Utah Norm Bowden DWR Game Manager from Richfield stated that he was very pleased with the health and composition of the moose There were 8 adult cows two adult bulls five yearling bulls one yearling cow three heifer calves and two bull calves Many of these moose were fitted with ear tags and radio collars that will allow biologists to follows their movements and monitor their survival This transplant was a supplemental transplant providing a larger population to the last two year’s effortsThis transplant should provide stability to this new population according to Bowden The transplant efforts not only help to establish a new population but reduce the existing population of moose in northern Utah which is at canying capacity This new populat ion is the southern most moose herd in the world Trapping and transplanting moose is no easy operation After establishing a base of operations two helicopters lake Bonnie Middleton-UtaCouncil of the International Reading Association (UCIRA) and Colleen Educational Advisor To end the week s celebration UCIRA will hold its annual convention at the Salt Lake Red Lion Inn March is complete Many f them arc already operational) Gam said the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear attack would put the environment in a kind of electrical flux that would destroy the present tall towers The new signals underground and would be able to withstand a nuclear explosion Gam said he was pleased that before announcing the specific sites to be viewed the Air Force has found no evidence to show any adverse health impacts from the lower but because of public concern the Air Force is continuing to study the potential health risks The Utah senator said the Air Force is committed to making all possible efforts to hear the 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