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Show utnh PvdSH P.O.Box Association .V5S7 Z&J.i Uiiy, TJtah 04H0 Lewiston, Richmond ond Other North Cache Communities Serving Smithfield, VOL. XIII, NO. 5, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1976, SMITHFIELD, UTAH 84335 Ted Meikle Helps To Translate Book In a small tower room in the Joseph Smith Building at Brigham Young University, two junior students are proofreading and making final revisions of the first complete translation of the Book of Mormon into an Indian language. A publishing date has not been established. Stuart Newton, an education major with minors in German, Spanish, and religion from Bicknell, Utah, and Ted Meikle, a social anthropology major from Smith-fielUtah, have worked at BYU pnd in Bolivia during the past year to translate the complete book into Aymara, a language spoken by nearly one and one-hamillion Indians in Bolivia and Peru. d, lf Spanish-speakin- Bolivia society. g The Aymara language was first Written in the 1600s but BYU students, up- on returning from missions The language uses the Spanish system of the Roman alphabet but it has only three vowels a, i, and u. The . alphabet (sounds) also leaves out the letters b, d, e, f, g, h, o, v, x, and z. The sentences always end with the verb. . to the Ayqtara Indians v in Bolivia, were recommended as translators by Dr. Robert Blair, professor of linguistics at BYU who has been instru- mental in translating parts the Book of Mormon into Quechua, a language spoken by about eight million Indians in Peru, Bolivia, and population can read hired or write, Newton said. ever, in the capital city of La Paz, Bolivia, .with about one million population, nearly d of the population is How- one-thir- Aymara Indian. Several radio stations in the area are the only means of mass com- munications mara. TED MEIKLE (left) and Stuart Newton, both juniors at BYU, who served missions to the Aymara Indians of Bolivia, are in the final stages of proofreading their translations of the Book of Mormon into Aymsra the first time the complete book has been translated into an Indian language. History Of Black, white Days Shown To Richmond Lions spe'oMn,er,, from the beginning to the present time; show dates, executive officers, judges, when the junior show was started, first horse show, rodeo, team pulling matches, etc. He stated there were hundreds of committeemen whose names were not included and that it was the cooperation and work of these men along with the officers of the organization that had made our show what it is today. He suggested the members have a complete history made of the show and have it put in the files. chairman. A large crowd was in attendance. Special guests included Ray Burtenshaw, (County Agent), Wendell Fuhriman, Terry Simmons and Riley Mickelson from Grace, Idaho. Speaker for the meeting was Amos W. Biar. He told something about the early history of dairying in Richmond and the starting of our Black and White shows. He told where the . first few shows were held and how they were handled. He then played a tape on the history of the Black and White show Colored slides of last years show were shown by Stephen Ericiuson. Some suggestions and ideas to improve our show for this year were given by L. B. Caine, Jr. Show dates for this years show are Thursday, May 20, Friday, May 21, and Saturday, May 22. Some improvements will be made in the judging pavillion as soon as weather permits. The Shrine Room will also be completed this spring. The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be Wednesday, Feb. 4. in the Club Rooms. Committees' will be organized and plans started- for this years big event. - Winter Banquet Set For Jan. 31 , The Lions of Smithfield met at the Lions Lodge Thursday evening for their January meeting with Presi- - Citizens Calendar January 30 Program at 2:30 p.m. Arthur Olsen will present a musical treat with the South Cache students. January 31 8:00 p.m., Dance to the music of Clyde Palmer. February 3 2:00 p.m. Shuffleboard. 2:00 to 5:00, Tax Aid Consultant. February 5 (juilting: Quilts will be up and available to be worked every morning from 10 to noon and afternoons when rooms arc available. The center is interested in providing adult education for any senior citizens who have not completed high school and wants to. The classes will lie taught at the center. Anyone interested telephone the center at on 752-945- dent Norman Edwards conducting. Nancy Richards of North Logan gave a flute and picollo musical program. She was accompanied by Ann Battie. Dean Fowler was in charge of the pro- gram. A short business meeting was held on the winter banquet to be held Jan. 31 in Salt Lake City. The Zone A banquet sponsored by North Logan will be Feb. 26.' Some 28 enjoyed the dinner prepared by Lady Lions, Roma Low, Arley Coleman and Shirleen Coleman. Earl Allxop brought a guest, Jaek Sorenson. Ay-- . Newton reported that Bolivias gbvernment is working hard to get schools in each city or village at which the Indians are taught Spanish. But most families have only one person who can speak Spanish thats just and enough to get along in that lf The current generation of and below are the first Aymaras to really have an education up to about the eighth grade. Some go on to high school or normal school for two years to learn a trade or become tea- in altitude villages where it rains six months of the year and is dry six months. About 65 per cent of the Aymaras have tuberculosis, a disease that is their greatest killer. About 60 per cent of the children die before reaching age two, and it is a rarity to see a person between 50 and 60 years old. Their diet is mostly potatoes and rice along with a few. vegetables and meat on rare occasions. Theyve depoveloped a freeze-drie- d tato over the past several centuries that really makes good soup in the Newton said. There are virtually no trees in the area because they live above the timber-line- . Only a few people wear . , chers. ot People in their 20s or older have only about one or two years of formal school- ing. Since the 1952 revolution, the government has worked steadily to improve . educational opportunities. Prior to that revolution, the Indians were virtual slaves in a feudal system in which a small sharecropper program was prominent. ... ..The. current.. President Hugo Banzer has been in office for four years, and thats longer than any other recent president. The country has had 185 revolutions during the past 150 years since it won its independence from Spain under the leadership of hero Simon Bolivar, Newton concluded. Richmond Student To Develope Set Sunday Patriotic Program A The annual membership meeting was held in the club rooms Wednesday, Jan. 21. Chairman LaMar Spackman conducted. Minutes of the last years meeting were read and approved. Financial report of last years show was given and approved. LaMar Spackman and William R. Harris were to the Board of Directors for another three year term. LaMar Spackman was chosen as chairman for our show this year and director Norm Erekson was selected as vice to. the. Newton and Meikle were by the LDS Church Translation Service in November 1974 to work part-tim- e translating while going to school. When school was out last April, the pair went to LaPaz where they worked with Cecilio Parades to complete and revise the translation. The LDS Church has sent missionaries 'to the Aymara Indians for about five years, with nearly 20 missionaries serving there at one time. The Church mission there lanconducts an guage training program for Aymara similar to the program on the BYU campus where missionaries going to women go barefoot most of the time. They wear coats or shawls made of llama or alpaca wool all year around because of the cold weather. There is little snow in the area which is about 15 de--, grees below the equator, but there is usually about one-hainch of ice in the winter. The weather is cold all the time because of the high altitude, Newton added. the Aymaras live ' 12,000-fo- Ironically, only about five per cent of the Aymara shoes as Americans know them. But most do wear sandals made of old tires. About 70 per cent of the er of Ecuador. two Aymara is a strange language that uses about 90 main suffixes which give actual meanings in sentence structure. There are no prefixes and only one gender, A person Newton said. could know all the words in the language, but without knowing the suffixes he couldn't understand the language or be understood. has been revised officially during the past eight years. The Book of Mormon translators used the most accepted orthography. The American Bible Society has already translated the New Testament into Aymara. The two learn Spanish for months. four-stak- Specialized Languages Special Inter- e est program is set Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Preston South Stake Center. There will be a Bicentennial program, set for a 7:30 p.m. start, and refreshments. Those in the Preston South and North, Richmond and Smithfield stakes will participate. Joys Discuss Utah State University and a computer company have entered into a cooperative effort that is producing good results for both with bonus benefits for USU students better learning, career experience and jobs. The payoff. has been in better learning experiences for the students and improved teaching methods for the faculty. For some students it has also provided employment-first in part-tim- e e work and later jobs in the computer industry. full-tim- - Corporation Buttoughs asked the Department of Applied Statistics and Computer Science at USU to develop sane specialized computer languages for use in simulatsituations on a ing real-lif- e computer. The faculty asked sane sophomore, junior and senior students to help out. Computers frequently are sitused to simulate real-lif-e uations. Mathematical symbols can describe the flow of almost anything customers through a market, parts along an assembly line, students through a school, and so on. Computer experts devise a model of some process. The model is then used to find out what is likely to happen as new ed. elements are introduc- For example, symbols could represent an addition- -' al checkout line in a market, a new way of arranging goods in the store. a i Using the computer model, a manager can find out what is likely to happen if changes are made, without actually spending the time or money . to make the changes. In the beginning the model can be tested against the existing activity to see that it truly represents real life. Then components are added or changed to see what happens. USU Professors Grant Eastman and Donald Cooley said the project was a particularly valuable learning experience for the students. We try to put the concepts into class instruction, but it woks better when students can work on a practical project," Eastman says. It gives the students firsthand experience and a picture of what system development is all about Projects Ruth Ann Ryan was hos- tess for the Jaycee Joys January meeting at her home Thursday with President Laurel Woodbury conducting and greeting everyone. Projects old and new were discussed. The present project is the making of tote bag items to be completed in time for the convention in May. Present were Laurel Woodbury, Sally Johnson, Ruth Ann Ryan, Debbie But-tar- s, Connie Wood, Annette Elcock, Linda Eskelson, Sherrie McKinney, and Norma Bennett. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ryan. The next meeting will be held Feb. 26 at the home of President Laurel Woodbury where they plan to complete their R.O.C.K. report so it will be ready to be handed in. t IMIOE. GRANT EASTMAN, right, and Karl Hancock, a senior in computer science at USU, prepare data for a teletype In a cooperative project with industry in USU Computer Krirnce Department. Hancock la a son of Reed and llazel llaneock, Richmond. , |