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Show Volume Eureka, Utah 84628 Eighty-Si- x THS news by Nancy Drussel Last Friday, the Student Council sponsored the Getting Acquainted Dance. Audio Visions provided the entertainment. Many came out for the first dance of the year. Senior Privileges is September 4. Senior Court will be on October 4 followed by the Autumn Ball that night. Audio Visions will DJ the Autumn Ball and pictures will be taken. English and Drama students will be going to the play, "The Grapes of Wrath" on Wednesday, September 25 in Salt Lake. The band students will go to Cedar City on Saturday, September 21 to play with various other bands from around the state. The photographer will be here on Tuesday, September 17 to take all the high school students pictures. The baseball team played two games last week, winning both of them. On Tuesday they played Mount Vernon and won 9-- On Friday they played Manila and won 18-They will be playing Tabionia today at 2 p.m. at the new baseball field behind the high school. Next week they play on Tuesday at Wcndovcr and Friday at Rowland Hall. The volleyball team went to Dugway last Thursday to play their first game. All the girls did well, though they did not win. They played Wcndovcr home yesterday and will play Rowland Hall on Thursday. Springs National Refuge (NWR) will hold an "Open House" on Saturday, September 21. The open house is scheduled from 10 am to 4 pm. Activities will include airboat The Fish 8. Workshop draws county officials The Utah Association of Counties held the fall workshop last Thursday and Friday, at the Excelsior Hotel in Provo. Attending from Juab County were Commissioner Joseph Bernini and County Administrator Randy Freston. Sheriff Dave Carter also attended the 9 a.m. session Friday morning, dealing with Legislative Appropriations for County Jail Reimbursement. Speaker was representative H. Local dog wins ribbons rides, refuge tours, birdingexpedi- tions, wildlife movies, speakers on the history of the Pony Express and the history of Indian occupation in the area, environmental activities for adults and children alike, and a duck stamp sale. The purpose of the open house is to give the public an opportunity to discover the refuges diverse wildlife and habitat resources and to better understand the management practices that are used in the operation of c at the refuge the refuge for additional lion about access and scheduling during the open house. Anyone interested in attending of events. Additional information this celebration of wildlife and can be obtained from 7:30 am to wetlands Ls encouraged to contact 4 pm on Monday through Friday, will be available and Mrs. Terry Pierce the area. attended Bonneville Basin Kennel Clubs Dog Show on Sept. 7th in Fish Springs NWR Ls a 10, (XX) West Jordan. marsh located in acrc spring-fe- d Their Mastiff, Belle, won first western Juab County. The area is in her Class and Best Opposite home to a wide array of marsh o Mr. oVscpr8m?hcauEcnf-cd the Utah Valley Kennel Club's Belle again won a first in her Class and Best ribbon place Opposite Sex. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce were pleased with the ribbons won. At the Utah Valley Kennel Club Show, Best of Breed was won by Mccncr-n-Hcc- l, a dog of the Pierces own breeding, cur- rcntly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hansen of Wellington, Utah, oasls ,n lhc dcscrt-Show- . Thc Fish Springs NWR can be reached from Salt Lake City or Provo area by tnc old Pony press Route which begins just F1 V !L 'rvi, i U!? be 36. refuge can reached from Delta via State Route 172. Interested persons arc cautioned that no services arc available in the vicinity or at the refuge. A small food concession Seniors enjoy regular meeting by Grace Chatwin The Eureka Senior Citizens Club held their regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon in the Memorial Build- with President Leah Towers Prcsidin8- - Pat Brady offcrcd lhc invocation, followed bv the Pledge Young-at-Hca- rt interested arc asked to contact Joan for further information. She also pointed out the Golden Age papers were available for all. Leah thanked everyone for their help with the dinnCr and announced that a "Thank You" note had been placed in the Eureka Reporter. fund-rais- er adRSpfdT ca" was sung by the group, direct- - that an open house for Alice Fox, cd by Marian Scamons, with hosted by her family on the occa- - piano accompaniment by Mabel Butler. Reported on the Sick List were: Clara Bates, not feeling well, Dora Rose, having eye problems; Don Treloar, recover- ing from surgery performed at Mountain View Hospital in Pay- - sion of the 80th birthday, would be held that evening, from 6-- 8 m., at the Eureka Holiday House, and invited everyone. Sharon Scamons announced there would be a senior citizen social Sept. 21, at 1:00 p.m., in the Stake Center in Santaquin-Tinti- c All seniors arc invited Vniemhersoemsinhcuen, Santaqum. and if anyone needs transporta- popular month; fourteen of our non, they arc asked to call Mr. members arc celebrating birth- days. They arc: Alice Fox, Ned Allinson, Lynn Tilby, Don Tre- Craig Moody. Some of the other sessions bar, Lavcrn Holman, Harold Clara Bates, Betty focused on "Elected Officials Salary Survey"; "County Histories", Cones, Tom Judge, Betty Walker, Kent Powell, Utah State Histori- Henry Wall, Ada Schmidt, Carlos cal Society, speaker; "County Rife, and Lova Jones. "Happy Solid Waste Planning; "Grazing Birthday" greetings, in song, were Competition on Utah Public extended to each celebrant. Minutcs of the previous meet- Lands"; and "District Attorney ing were read by Grace Chatwin, Task Force Recommendations". Thursday evening, attendees secretary, and approved by the enjoyed dinner at the Sundance membership. A treasurers report Resort Creekside Room in Provo was given by Joan Dale. Joan also Canyon, and the musical "I DO, I addressed several items of interest to senior citizens; among which, DO", at the Sundance Theater. was information on applying for Additional workshops were held Friday, winding up with scholarships; and she told of a lunch at 12:30 and adjournment at senior legislature which will be held on Sept. 24, 25, 26. Those 2:00 p.m. Scnon Number 37 house pln) ?feh Springs 30-Octo- 7. 40 September 13, 1991 Jim and Bessie Toonc haw m0ved to Evanston. Wyoming. and were presented with a gift from the club prior to their lcav- ing. Jim and Bessie have been very faithful members of our senior citizen organization and will be greatly missed. We wish them will in their new home. Leah expressed our sincere thanks to Fawn Fife, Barbara Sorensen and Dorothy Allinson, (assisted by Edna Jasper) for the delicious luncheon they prepared and served to the 54 people present today. We also appreciate Joe Bcr- nini, who read blood pressures, and Ada Schmidt, who recorded informa-Wildlif- Utah generally receives good value for the education dollar expended. This was the bottom line of an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, of public school issues in Utah. Bccausc of Utahs heavy school load and limited financial resources, the state has had to special care in the spending education tax dollars. The 0f legislature adopted measures as (such encouraging year-roun- d schools and greater use of existing school facilities) which have reduced capital expenditures and utilized limited state and local tax resources for school operating purposes. In addition, other steps were taken to encourage greater productivity in educational operat- ing programs. Foundation analysts point out that despite all of the problems encountered in financing public education in Utah, the state docs very will in overall student performance. Utah students score somchal higher that the national average on standardized achtevc-ing- , ment tests. A highcr percentage of Utah students arc also involved m aavancca placement classes aad ba a- - throughoutthc United slates. This trend is expected to continue in the decade ahead. Thus, Utah is producing a growing, ed workforce at a time when many parts of the nation will be experiencing serious labor short- ages. 4. National companies are beginning to recognize Utahs favorable economic and demo- graphic trends and arc establish ing new operations in the state, Over the past 12 months, nonfarm employment in Utah increased by 28,000, or 3.9. Nonagricultural wcll-educa- t- the employment throughout United States, on the other hand, declined by 578,500 jobs during this same period. Last year, Fortune Magazine rated Salt Lake City and Utah as the best places to do business in America. School district tells agenda Tintic District Board of EducaJion wiN meet on 16, 1991, at - CP 7.30 p.m., in lhe Dislrict Board Room. The agC"da f0r ,hC mCC,ing f0U0: 1. Approval of Minutes of August 19, 1991 of claims report of Business Official 3. Conduct a board hearing dTrnn.Vrin the past, the Founda- 4. Communicationsfrom board non predicts that some of the 2. Approval , d f thi nntimism. i ser lhc past decade and this is beginning to be reflected in lhc growlh of slow(1wn if enrollments publlc schoo continue, prcnl enrollmcnl.s .,ll lcwl and sfh1 beg'ntodcclmeshgMIydurmgthc 1 dccadcku1, Parl at the enrollments contrast, school national level arc edging up. Thus, the wide disparity between Utah and the rest !VPn should narrow during tnc 1 wus. 2. Utahs economy has rc- mained strong during the recent nationwide recession. As a result, state finances have produced sizable surpluses over the past several years while many of the other states are struggling to balance their books, 3. Over the past ten years, the number of high school graduates produced each year rose by 19 the readings, prior to the meeting, in Utah but declined by 17 lc - members 5. Report on student enroll- ment 6. Request to bid on 1979 Ford School Bus and other items 7. Report of Utah School Boards Association Workshop for board members and superintendents 8. Letter from Northwest Association of Schools and Col-Chatwi- n, jCgCS 9 jqcw education strategy, American 2000, For Our Nation education funding c. Problems in USOE Education funding d. Need to found a dis- trict foundation to receive funds c. Water system violation - West Desert f. Comdex Meeting Plans g. Report on State Testing planned for next month |
