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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, March 27, 1980, Page 4 $&-- l;'r t1. "' w y , , N t V jV ! x$n 4 :sH - fMh in 2sp- o V- -v Hs2? &9i THIS STUDENT HOME should be BUILT completed in the next few weeks and ready for sale. Staff photo by Nancy Lynn Krzton. 'U& Uwkv- tj N f'tx CODY MARTIN AND BLAIR JENSON paint cy Lynn Krzton. the wooden trim before it is fixed to the home. Staff photo by to ..X w- IT - 55 N 1 V4 MOD3 TOGTjfD By Nancy Lynn Krzton EDITORS NOTE: This is the second part of a tinuing series on vocational education at Weber High School. Todays article focuses on the schools home SWR6 v.5Jrf s fcCjy5-'- . Si I ' construction tStafrSSib training program. Driving by a stucco and brick English Tudor house under construction at 164 E. 3100 N., ah observant person might notice that the con- 'SI&: ipsitM & , struction p workers there than usual. seemed younge That is because the house r if .JEACHER EARL GRENshows Rod Ficklin how to cut soffit, which will be placed Wndemeathfhlfe'l'iSVebffhetYoof. Staff photo by Nancy Lynn Krzton. , vt ROY, UTAH 84067 TEL 825-- 1 666 Yes, I would like to subscribe to the only community newspaper exclusively serving North Ogden, Pleasant View, and Plain City. New -- job everything The whole purpose is to expose the students to every aspect of building we can, Mr Green said. They do not come out proficient m any one thing. The house, designed by drafting student Todd Wells Zip:. Subscription Renewal 1 last year, has three bedrooms, two baths, a 2 Years 9.00 Year 5.50 Eighteen students working m two three-hou- r shifts began building the home August 27. According to instructor Earl Green, the boys should be finished with the project in a few weeks. training,on thelearning Address:. .State:. education program. They began constructing the house with little, if any, Name:. City: through the school districts vocational The Ben Lomond BBBCDT? 5388 SOUTH 1 900 WEST is being built by Weber High School seniors and juniors room dining room area, a kitchen and a laundry room on the main floor. Below is an unfinished basement, and to the right, a living PLEASE ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER WITH FORM. oarage. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, available but we don't have sufficient graduates to meet the demand for them The College Placement Departroute isn t the answer ment has over five offers per graduate ...If you've decided that the four-yeto your needs ..you should look into the Stevens Henager College Specialization Program where each enrollee has a course tailored to his or her needs . I go to Snowbird everyday. 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While you prepare for that job enjoy the full LDS Institute Program and LDSSA Activities that are available on campus Wouldn t you rather return home with outstanding employable skills9 If you would, send today for our free catalog and admission package without obligation Stevens Hsncgcr Collctp means business -- ) High School Special Requests H H- C'ly . Yr Grad . several different classes. Every year drafting students compete to have their design selected as next years construction project. The classes are designing next years house to build right next" Mr. Green said. He explained that an Interior Design class at the high school designed the inside of the home, selecting the brick, formica, closets, walltex and so on. "; t PROVO, UTAH 25C fW Centet 84601 Phone (801) 375 5455 themselves. They help the subcontractor pour the concrete foundations, and then build the wooden wall, floor, and roof frames, shingle the house, wire the house, install the plumbing and heating, and lay tile, concrete, sheetrock and aluminum themselves. Because the students are beginners, the job takes nine to months complete, whereas Money for construction materials came from the school vocational funds. Funds from the sale of the student-buil- t home replenish the kitty at the end of the school year. The bookkeeping class handles all our records, bills, and purchase orders, Mr. Green said. We run it just like a little business. Bricklayers from the district bricklaying class lay the brick. Mr. Green, an experienced builder who owns the remodeling and contracting firm E.G. Construction, teaches his students how to build a house from start to finish. Students start by surveying the lot, staking out where the house will be, he When the subsaid. contractors bring the tractor in, the students run the transit and tell them how deep to dig. The school subcontracts the digging of the lot and the pouring of the foundation, but the students perform nearly all the other work a professional building crew could have the job done in three months. It gets real miserable in the winter,-- Mr. Green said. One or our first goals is to get the house framed and the furnace running just as soon as we can. In the meantime, we have propane burners to keep warm. The student builders also have rock music blaring from a car parked outside the house to keep them amused while they work. Dont let that music blow teased Mr. your minds, Green as the group Boston echoed across the front yard. Students seemed to enjoy the class. Senior Craig Smith said, Its neat It makes the day go fast, Its not like going to school. Craig said he hoped to find a construction job in Jackson Hole this summer based on his experience here. Jay Foote, another senior in the class, said, I think it teaches you a lot of things you wouldnt normally learn. Its a good class. Jay said he didnt know if he would seek a job in the Q ODD construction fie'd when he Im graduated, but said, sure itll help me out quite a bit. I took it to do something towards my future. The school tries to place carpentry students with firms when they graduate. Mr. Green said that up until this year, the school has had about a 65 percent placement rate. He feels it will be lower this year because of the depressed housing market and the fact that many of this years students dont plan on making building a career. A lot come back after a year or two and then say, , Maybe house construction wasnt so bad. 1 Hear about them from time to time, he said. Others become interested in specialties such as plumbing, electrical work, or sheetrock work which require additional formal training. own construction firm when they graduate, but that is not always possible Shuman of Roger Harrisville, a student of Mr Greens last year, worked for his company until December when the instructor had to lay him off Roger said he would like to stay in the construction business if he can He may go to college and study engineering if he cant find a construction job It depends on what happens in the economy, he said jOf the class, he said, Youl learn loQwhich helps go out and get a job The argument could be made that there isnt a job market to prepare for, Mr 1 Green said think that would be a mistake People still need places to live You cant just stop because therea slump- - in the market. The Weber Basin Homebuilders Association sponsors a journeyman program through Weber Mr. Green exState, plained. Currently, you have to go two years. Its a fulltime employment with night classes. If a student is interested, we want to get them right into it right away, because then they have a job, too. The trouble is, with most of these kids, until they get out of high school a year, they dont appreciate the opportunities theyve had here. Mr. Green tries to employ the more able students in his Mr. Green said he feels the program should keep looking for innovative building and energy saving ideas to teach to the students. Maybe we should direct our emphasis towards some rental type of property (if the houses are hard to sell this year), he said Mr. Green said he favored building a solar house as well Then well have the students prepared to step in on the ground floor of a new way of thinking NEXT WEEK: A look at Weber Schools High business training program. McDonald runs for state treasurer post State Bountiful resident Leonard McDonald, who recently W. retired after Executive Utah 24 years as Director State of the Retirement Office, announces his candidacy for the office of State Treasurer on the Democratic ticket McDonald says that it would be his intention, as State Treasurer, to use his knowledge and investment experience, together with new cash flow management techniques, to continue the Trust, Snowbird. Ml The project is the work of Nan- outstanding performance investment being the Treasurers now achieved in office. My record as the administrative and in- vestment officer of the State Retirement Board is indicative of my dedication to sound public finance, McDonald stated It is my conviction, McDonald conthat because of tinued, mllation, we are headed into troublesome financial times, both nationally and on the state level. It would be my that, as State hope Treasurer, I could help the administration' and Legislature keep Utahs government on a sound financial basis. In his Utah position, McDonald had the responsibility of administering four state-wid- e retirement programs benefiting 70,000 Utahns, including some 9,000 retired members. He was responsible for the investment and management of retirement funds totaling million, with new funds for investment amounting to $5 million per month at the time of his retirement. A record good management was established with over $3 billion in receipts, investments and expenditures for benefits being handled during my tenure, McDonald observed. He served as president of the National Council on $360 Teacher Retirement Systems and was recognized as an adnationally ministrative authority in the public investment field. Legislation which McDonald drafted opened up major new investment opfor state portunities retirement funds, increasing their yield and income. In 1976 the Utah Retirement Funds investment performance record ranked the top 5 nationally in percent of some 2,000 other public and private pension investment throughout The first "salary" was an allowance given to Roman soldiers to buy salt. United States. This was based upon performance comparisons during the preceding seven year period during which a national rating service had been monitoring the Utah Fund McDonald was appointed by Governor Rampton in 1973 as a member of the Management of Public Funds Committee which drafted the important Money Act and Management sponsored its enactment by the Legislature in 1974. This Act serves as a guide for the State Treasurer with regard to authorized investments. In 1977 Governor Matheson appointed McDonald to the Utah State University Institutional Council for a four year term. Prior Jto his appointment to the State Retirement OGDEN, UTAH 2644 Wash Blvd 84401 Phone (801) 394 7791 portfolios the directorship, McDonald as served Executive Secretary of the Utah State University Alumni Association in Logan, Editor of the Utah Farmer Magazine in Salt Lake City; and Business Manager of the Utah State Industrial School in Ogden He was the founder and first president of the Utah Public Employees Association. In 1973 he was named Educator of the Year by the Utah State University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa The Utah State Retirement Board recognized his service and contributions to the State in 1977 by naming its newly constructed headquarters building after him. The Leonard W. McDonald Building is located at 540 East 2nd South in Salt Lake City. Born in Hinckley, Utah, Leonard W. McDonald was reared in Heber City He graduated with honors from Utah State Universih with a degree in Economics He is married to the former Arola Bott of Brigham City. They have three children: Dr James B McDonald, Professor of Economics al Brigham Youi g University, Mrs. Donald li. (Maty Anm Ebbeler of Ulai cniont, California, and Daid G a graduate McDonald, studenl a i e Univets ly ol Utah. |