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Show February Snow Pack, Water Content Below Normal 1 Water content of the snow cover on watersheds above Sanpete, Juab and Sevier counties is several percentage points below the long-teraverages, according to snow survey data reported this week by the Manti Soil Conservation Service office. important watersheds in the three counties at the end of January, according to Lorin Hunt, SCS director. The data covers measurements made at 14 courses on One of the many areas where snow measurements are taken periodically to determine snow depth and water content at various times and places. Information is extremely valuable in predicting runoff during the coming year. Templars MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, Volume 90 FEBRUARY 5, 1976 Number , 31 Friday Forum Beckons Dean Jarman Dean Jarman, acting division coordinator, Utah Salt Lake Division of seminaries and institutes of the LDS Church, will speak on the subject, HELP FOR THE HANDICAPPED was the goal of this meeting held Tuesday to organize a program to assist I handicapped persons in Sanpete County. Committee I Communication with God a Reality, Friday at noon at the Ephraim LDS Institute. , Mr. Jarman was born in '"North Bend, Ore. He received a B.S. degree in history from the University of Utah in 1957, a masters degree in the history and philosophy of religion from Brigham Young University, and an Ed. D. degree from the University of Southern California in higher education. He is first counselor in the presidency of the Salt Lake University Second Stake, has been a bishop and high includes: Steven Higgins, Lois Tuttle, Betty Carver, Lonnie councilor and served a mission to South Africa. He has written Wintch, Elliot Arnoldsen, Rodney Anderson, Jan Giunta. articles for the New Era, Well of Living including Water and Seek Ye out of the Best Books. Friday Forum talks are now broadcast over Snow College radio station KEPH, 89.5 on the dial, according to Garth Mon- The will next be held Mr. meeting any person or group, 24 10:30 is who on interested Feb. at at the a.m. said, Aycock in helping or who has concerns, North Sanpete School District to contact a member of this Office to discuss funding. On committee. We need to identify March 2 at 10:00 a.m. the group resources as much as we need will meet at Snow College to hear reports from each of the to locate the handicapped committees. persons in the area. Help for Handicapped Organized In a meeting held Tuesday at the South Sanpete School District office in Manti, a number of citizens, public service, and school representatives began planning for help to the handicapped in Sanpete County. Mr. Rodney Anderson, Curriculum Director in South Sanpete School District, called the group together. Now is the time," Mr. Anderson said, for us to work together to solve problems that we could never handle alone. Those in the Rehabilitation; Elliot J. Curriculum Director, North Sanpete; Rodney Anderson, Curriculum Director, South Sanpete; Jan Giunta and Max Aycock, Learning Resource Center, Snow College. "We do not have the resources available at this time," Mr. Anderson stated, "To provide a full service to the handicapped. However, we can complete some initial stages. To begin these first steps, several committees were organized: Population Identification and Analysis, Community Wallace Mrs: were: group Wintch, South Sanpete Board Involvement, Physical Facility, of Education; Betty Carver, and Funding. Serving on the Community Parents for Academically Limited Students; Steven Higgins, Involvement. Committee are Division of Family Services; Mrs. Wintch, Betty Carver, and Lois P. Tuttle, Vocational Max Aycock. 'We encourage Arts and Crafts Class Popular at Manti High You learn to recognise what is well done, and if you feel that youve done a good piece of work, gain a feeling of accomplishment Julane Russell to Perform On Talent Showcase Julane Russell, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Russell, was at a Salt Lake television studio Monday for the taping of dance which a will be presented on a future Eugene Jelesnik Talent Showcase performance. Miss Russell, who is attending Snow College, does her own choreography. She was a Utah Farm Bureau Talent Find finalist at the state fair last fall and has been an attendant at both Miss Ephraim and Miss Sanpete. Manti High School students not in any call it a fun class-b- ut derogatory sense. "Its fun because we learn by Lynda Bessey says. doing, "There's a special satisfaction in starting with a piece of leather or a coil of silver and, ending up with a wallet or a bracelet. The class is called arts and crafts, and Morlin Cox has been teaching it for more than 20 Its my most popular years. There are he class, says. to get in more wanting always than I can handle because the classwork is so individualized. Students in the class get involved in several projects, basically doing their own thing. One material they learn to work with is wood. Colleen Cox, for example has built a cedar made several ecology boxes. ballet-gymnast- chest. Other students have constructed tables, bookcases and cabinets. Debra Snow has Another project involves working with leather. The outcome is usually a belt, a wallet or a handbag. They make great gifts for birthdays or at Christmas time. Making jewelry similar to the native American kind so popular now is another favorite activity. The silver is bought in coils and strips and the rough stone used in the settings at rock shops. The students learn to cut and polish the stone and to form the silver into rings, buckles, necklaces and bracelets. They often create their own designs. "We couldnt afford this jewelry if we had to buy it, Some that I've Colleen says. made .I've given as presents and some I've sold. That way the project has almost paid its way. vs. Bulldogs Senator Frank E. Moss and representatives from several federal agencies will be in Manti Tuesday for further discussions on the Manti Canyon slide situation and a public meeting in the high school auditorium. The, senator will bring with him from Washington Ed Johnson, a Forest Service State Exceeds 1975 Savings Bonds Quota Utahns topped their dollar U.S. goal in sales of Series E-for W. 1975. Bonds Mr. Savings E. Gile, State Chairman and Mr. B. Z. Kastler, 1975 Take Stock In America Chairman, sales for Utah report year-en- d amounted to $28,216,539 which is 102 percent of the assigned goal of $27,800,000. Ten of the states 29 counties exceeded their goals: Garfield led the field with 209 percent followed by Carbon 157; Grand 145; Washington 124; Wasatch 20; Salt Lake 111; Summit 109; Box Elder 108; Morgan 103; 1 Uintah 102. December Sanpete CounMcGarry chairman, reported bond sales of $4,155 bringing the years total to $58,004, 60 percent of the assigned goal of $97,000. Utahs 1975 Take Stock In America Campaign Chairman B. Z. Kastler said the vigorous and enthusiastic campaigns to promote Saving Bonds sales through payroll savings and In ty, Dr. W.H. throughout the year resulted in the addition of hundreds of new bond buyers or the increases in allotments for regular bond buyers. He praised Utah employers and employees for their cooperation and participa1975 tion in the Bond Drive. quota-breakin- Silver is now $7.00 an ounce and has been higher Mr. Cox says. "That makes it too expensive for student use in constructing items like cups and plates, The he says. students make free form articles, particularly jewelry. Debra Snow, who will represent Manti High in the arts and crafts class of the Sterling Scholar competition, says one of the values of the class is giving students opportunity to learn new skills. "You learn to use tools," she says, and you learn to use care, because tools are often fragile and the materials you work with are expensive. She also thinks that there is deep satisfaction in creating. "You learn to recognize what is well done, she says, and if you feel that youve done a good piece of work gain a feeling of accomplishment. See story on Page 2 Public Meeting Will Explore Manti Mud Slide Proposals purchases Dean Jarman Sat., 7 p.m. g Forest Service has completed a report on the slide at the direction of the Senate Interior Committee and that this report will form the basis for the discussion at the public meeting. I have acquired a copy of the report, but dont want to uty administrator for water comment on it until I have had time to make a thorough resources for the Soil Conservation Service; Jerry Olsen, analysis of it and also compare its information with some I have Region 8 federal flood insurance director, and Donald collected on previous visits to Manti. Senator Moss said. Garrett and Lt. Col. Robert "1 want to have the people of Kremer, Jr., representing the Manti know what the federal Army Corp of Engineers. In addition, state and local agencies have learned about the situation in the canyon, Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service personnel will what they propose to do and what they recommend, he attend. The visitors will go into the added. "The citizens need to know about the possibility of mud slide area Tuesday mornthe see to afternoon flooding, the projected damage ing and situation first hand, will attend to agricultural lands, the a luncheon hosted by Manti availability of federal flood City Tuesday afternoon at 5:00, insurance and other items. Senator Moss said that the will meet with county and city slide appears to have slowed to officials following the luncheon and will then be present at the a virtual stop. This decreased public meeting in the high movement may be attributed to he said. We school auditorium at 8:00 to frozen ground, report what measures are do not know what will happen proposed in coping with the this spring, but we must be various problems posed by the prepared. I am confident this town meeting will be very slide. Senator Moss said that the useful to that end. watershed and mineral areas management officer, who has been assigned to the slide, and Miles R. Howleet, staff director of engineering for the Forest Service. Also coming to Manti for Tuesdays meetings will be James Mitchell, assistant dep- Alcohol, Drug Division Opens Sanpete Office The Central Utah Division of and Drugs under the direction of the Six County Commissioners Organization e office in has opened a Sanpete County. Mac McGuire has been the area of alcoholism and drug Mr. McGuire said. One of the greatest obstacles to overcome in the treatment of the alcoholic or other abuser of drugs is the appointed assistant program sweep it under the rug, explained. Alcoholism full-tim- director and coordinator of the Sanpete County office, which is located in the First State Bank building in Manti. The purpose of my office is to provide public education, counseling and rehabilitation in abuse," tendency of the public to he "If we can be of any help in the areas of community education, public information, counseling or rehabilitation, please contact us, he added. Mr. Cox says that one of the main purposes of the class is to teach avocational skills. "I spend most of my day teaching vocational skills like drafting he explains. and welding, "But avocational skills are important, too, especially in a day when there is so much leisure time, frustration and anxiety. Many people sense that there is more satisfaction to be had in building, working with the hands, with tools and with materials like wood and leather, than in sitting in front of the tube. He adds that the class seems to have considerable carryover. "People who had the class 10 or 20 years ago drop in to the shop to buy a few pieces of cedar or some silver or to use he says. the tools, They evidently are continuing some of the interests they developed in high school. SILVERSMITHING is one of the interesting programs Manti High School. Pictured braising a piece of jewelry Lynda Bessey, Cathi Bailey, and Kelly Jo Christensen. at are |