Show "V ' 3 APRIL Utah g-g- mc5ftN cancer society MONTH Delta 0 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley IS rvYWTnS 3 $1800 In out ol months $1000 (In Advance) Senior Citizens (65 and older) $1500 Copy 50c Edith Allred gains state recognition i Gov Bangerter presents award to by Dawn Carder The Utah Association for the Education of Young Children formally recognized Edith Allred of Delta for her outstanding work with children in awards an ceremony early childhood at held in Governor Norman Bangerter’s office on Monday April 11 The Governor personally presented the plaque to Mrs Allred and congratulated her on her accomplishments Only seven people from the entire state were honored Mrs Allred commented “I believe it was about the biggest honor I have ever received!” The Governor participated in the annual awards ceremony because there is a push for programs for the handicapped and young children this year After shaking hands with the honored guests Gov the plaques and presenting through Bangerter proclaimed April April 16 as the “Week of the Child” Further recognition for Edith Allred and the six other awards winners was April 16 A lungiven on Saturday cheon was held in the Emery Building on the University of Utah campus for over 200 early childhood professionals Accompanying Edith for both awards programs was her husband Ches a teacher at Delta South Elementary School When one has devoted nearly a lifetime to the education and care of children as Edith Allred has done it is only right that one is formally Edith Allred honored For the past two years Edith has worked as supervisor of Snow College’s Early Childhood Intervention Service a special preschool located at 347 South 100 West in Delta The program was federally funded through the State Division of Services for the handicapped Working with Edith are Sandra Cutshall Direct Instruction Aid Anita Nisonger Driver Aid and Eda Christensen Driver Aid “I don’t like the title ‘aid’ because we’re all here” said Edith “The staff relationships are very good and we get along exceptionally well” (Edith’s fondness and enthusiasm for her her work and the children were evident throughout the interview) The mother of three children Edith Allred has worked in various capacities in schools For three years she was a parent volunteer in San Juan County Later she served as a teacher aid in an elementary school in Kanab working with children in regular and special education classes She then served as a Chapter I aid for 3rd grade reading and math classes and a 1st grade special education Before math program assuming the position of supervisor of Edith was involved in the preschool the preschool program at Delta High School Christine Schoppe director of the InSnow College Early Childhood tervention program interviewed and hired Edith Allred for the supervisory Christine also position Schoppe nominated Edith Allred for the honor just awarded Need more be said about Edith’s work? As supervisor Edith attended a Early Childhood conference at Westminster College in June 1987 The days were spent in the classroom learning new physical activities along with new techniques of teaching language art and science In November 1987 Edith spent a week in Farmington at the Monte Vista Satellite Research Center working with moderate to severally handicapped children While training she went into Kaysville and worked with handicapand first grade ped kindergarten children Her work was carefully supervised and in order to pass the course Edith had to achieve scores of 85 to 100 percent in all skills “I never worked so hard in my life” she added The local special preschool will close its doors in six more weeks due to new federal rulings (All such programs will now be under the local school district) “The kids will still get the services” observed Edith “but I am sad to see this place close I think we have provided an excellent program The therapists’ services here are of the very best quality” There are currently eighteen Millard County children between the ages of three and five attending the Early Childhood Intervention preschool run by Edith Allred Two infants come on a weekly basis The formal instructional program runs from 9:30 am until noon five days a week an occupational therapist from Salt Lake City and a physical therapist from Provo visit once a month and a speech pathologist provides weekly therapy The preschool is a bright facility Along with various projects which include measuring and cooking with parents the children are taught and encouraged to succeed and to develop “It is really exciting to see a child make even a wee amount of progress and to think have had even' a small influence on the development” Edith said the demise of the Unfortunately program means the end of Edith’s job At this time her future is unknown “I would like to continue in the schools” she allowed “I enjoy working with kids and I am confident I would be good in any school” Hopefully for Delta children Edith Allred will continue to work in some capacity teaching and nurturing After all being chosen out of numerous nominations to be one of only seven special educators in the state of Utah does attest to special capabilities! in county $1800 out by Dawn Carder President of the Glen Swalberg Delta Area Chamber of Commerce continues to spearhead promotional programs designed to bring business to the Delta area Under his leadership Chamber members are planning activities for the spring and summer Ideas were discussed and months outlined at the general membership meeting which was held at noon on Wednesday April 13 at Rick’s Family Restaurant The DACC is planning its second At this time Great Basin celebration ideas are formulating but no definitive actions have been taken As President out organizing and Swalberg pointed executing this particular function involve numerous people and many hours of labor Due to the numbers expected the ArmyAir Force people scheduled to be in the Delta area during July and August will be housed at Intermountain Power Project facilities The advanced team however plans to stay in Delta and during the entire operations the town is anticipating a healthy crease in business Frank Law presented his proposal to extend Highway 91 from Brigham City through Salt Lake City to route 68 in Elberta down to Delta and on to route 257 The proposed route would Mr Law end in eastern Nevada recommended that the DACC adopt which h considers the project-omost beneficial to Delta Further he concluded the plan would make better use of the natural resources in this area There are four reasons why the proaccording to Mr ject is important Law In the proposal the reasons are listed as: ) Extra large vehicles would go over a special heavy duty highway 2) Truck traffic in northern Utah would be routed on the West Belt of and Redwood Road thus reducing congestion 3) The US 91 corridor would be between US 93 in eastern Nevada and US 89 in central Utah 4) Reducing of trucking expanse would allow greater appreciation of ancient Lake Bonneville and therefore increase benefits for citizens Dell Ashby former President of the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce presented a detailed list of tourism promotional ideas for Delta This list cluded the availability of recreational facilities scheduled tours good natural resources restaurants and historical sites Gary Rose of the Intermountain Power Project announced that Sixth Annual IPP Golf Tournament It will be held at the Delta golf course on June 16 and 17 Pat Trujillo owner of Skyways Travel spoke to the Chamber members on the need for all Deltans to be educated as Good Will Ambassadors She further suggested having signs for Delta in key spots such as at Nephi advertising the town as the Gateway to Great Basin National Park and she promoted the historical museum project currently underway Other Chamber members made ‘‘We must positive suggestions capitalize on what we have here” commented Tina Nielson Representative Joe Moody stressed the need for oiganization and direction while promoting Delta County IJSPS 0 Vnl 78 Nn 47 Anril 11 1088 Eliasons selected as Delta area 1988 Conservation Couple The Delta Soil Conservation District will join the nationwide recognition of Week April 24 Soil Stewardship To help focus on conthrough May servation the Delta District Board of Supervisors has selected Layne and Laurel Eliason who farm in the Deseret area as their farmercouple for 1988 reared on a farm and for was Layne as long as he can remember he wanted to be a farmer He started helping his father on the farm at a very young age He can remember driving a tractor while others were loading bales of hay onto a wagon He was so little that all he could do was steer the tractor in a so called straight line between the rows of bales When Layne came to the end of the row someone would have to turn the tractor around for him and get it started in order that the child could DACC continues to promote Delta of steer the vehicle and wagon back up between the rows of bales Layne started leasing ground to farm in 1974 The ground he leases is south and west of Deseret He is leasing about 450 acres of ground at the present time He raises alfalfa hay barley wheat corn and cattle He also does custom machine work mainly combining from Southern Layne graduated Utah State College where he took classes in agriculture and mechanics which help in his farming operations He tries to do most of his own maintenance and repair work and he also strives to practice preventive maintenance especially on his two combines Most of the ground that Layne farms has been laser leveled and some of the farms have cement ditches making farming easier and conserving water Layne says that along with making rigating easier and saving water laser leveled ground produces more uniform crops by eliminating low spots which grow grass and high spots where nothing will grow He stated that we have had a good water supply the last few years but when water is short conservation practices will be more important than ever To improve yields Layne strives for correct plant population proper irrigation and fertility and he hopes for good weather conditions He also tries to keep good records to help himself mak decisions in future years Layne thinks that farming is so competitive now that there is not much room for error However if a farmer works hard is able to sell his products right and can control spending he can still show a profit Layne is married to the former Laurel Lake of Delta The two have three small children: Christi Dustin He appreciates and Matthew the help and support he cooperation receives from his wife and family in his farming practice He also appreciates the good farmers in the area and the knowledge and advice he receives from them Layne is honored by being chosen as Farmer of the Year by the Soil Conservation District although he feels he doesn’t really deserve the honor Farming has been tough the last few years according to Layne Eliason but it seems to be improving now Cattle prices have been good the last couple of years hay prices are fair and grain Most prices seem to be increasing farmers don’t get rich but if you enjoy farming it is still a rewarding life Layne and Laurel will be featured at a steak fry on July 7 which will be attended by state and local conservation officials The National Association of Conservation Districts has since 1955 sponsored the stewardship week as a means of emphasizing the importance of protecting soil and water resources Approximately 3000 districts across the nation participate inthis observance The theme this year is “Stewardship is our future” Materials especially designed to convey this theme are being distributed by the Delta District and may be obtained by calling Wes Peterson Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Delta District Principal Ferguson lost the bet!! In September of 1987 Principal Charles Ferguson challenged the 550 students in the Fillmore Elementary School to read 1000000 pages Mr Ferguson told the students that he was sure that they could not read this impossibly large number of pages He was so sure that they would not reach this goal so he promised to spend a day on the roof if they did This reading had to be done at home and had to be verified by a signed note from a parent After the first month of the contest the principal felt sure he would win The red pole in the media center that marked the progress was not even up to 100000 or of the way there At Christmas it looked doubtful that the students could meet this challenge However a surprising thing started happening in January Students were getting the habit ot reading at home By the middle of March so much progress had been made that the kids knew they could do it Mr Ferguson was almost begging the students not to read at home By April 7 Fillmore Elementary students had read 1000000 pages! True to his word Mr Ferguson spent Wednesday April 13 on the roof the entire Wednesday morning studentbody cheered as Alan Roper with his forklife lifted the principal and his desk onto the roof The Fillmore National Guard Unit sent a howitzer complete with an armed guard to add to the excitement The Middle PRINCIPAL CHARLES FERGUSON was lifted to the roof of Fillmore Elementary School There he spent the day having lost a bet! School band performed for the occasion At 10:30 am a fire drill seemed to be turning out to be the real thing when sirens announced the arrival of fire trucks The firemen quickly unrolled hoses and began spraying water on the roof A drenched Mr Ferguson was finally able to convince them there was really no fire after all Five hundred colored brightly balloons were released at 1:00 pm and drifted east towards the mountains Each student attached a note to their balloon saying they had helped read a million pages this year Shortly after the balloon launch the Millard High School cheerleaders led the in “reading cheers” A planned “field day” complete with competitions between levels and their teachers was held grade during the afternoon Students were surprised to find Mr Ferguson was not all alone on the roof Chip R Munk (R stands for Reading) the school mascot made his first live appearance and remained on the roof most of the day Along with Mr Ferguson and Chip R Munk we also had KUTV News media filming and terviewing Mr Ferguson and students This was special to think we made the Channel 2 news! Students were clearly the winners in this challenge They now know firsthand how much 1000000 is and most have developed the habit of READING at home |