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Show Graduate Towed Heavy Load by Nick Drake It s been a long and rough year find a place to live because I dont have that much money, so Ive been living off the streets for the past year, said the Grantsville senior. He has worked odd jobs for the past year to pay for food and some clothing. What he couldnt earn, he pawned off Christmas gifts, various for one graduating Grantsville senior. While all of his classmates were going to dances, proms, athletic events and cruising Main Street, Richard Nielson had only one thing in mind trying to graduate. But it hasnt been an easy road for the Cowpoke senior to hoe. Hie last year has been filled with more downs than ups and a lot of adversity. Still, he didnt give up, Richard kept trying and now will reap the benefits of graduating with the rest of this 1985 classmates. The ceremonies will be in the Grantsvile High School gym at 7 p.m. Thursday. "Its been very important to me, possessions and other personal items for food. Richard says he does manage three meals a day. "Ill eat a sandwich in the morning and maybe a banana or apple later. I can spend approximately added the $10 a week on food, GHS senior. "But the best meal of the day is in the school cafeteria. What he hasnt received from odd jobs or a pawn shop, Richard said there are some people who donate some funds to him at school and throughout the community. "There are some great people here that have helped me out. They will give me five or ten dollars to live on and that has really helped Richard said about his quest to graduate in four years. "But most of all its important to my family. My brother didnt graduate like I will the regular way and my sister wont graduate. So it means a lot to me and my real family. But it hasnt been easy. The last year has been a living nightmare for the Grantsville youth, yet he kept his focus, goals and as of Thursday will have reached what most youngsters of today might have given up on a long time ago. Most of his turmoil began when his parents split up and divorced. Richard Nielson ousted him from the house last June. In the last year, Richard has moved from Kirk Hotel, to a cousins home, to numerous shelters throughout the city of Grantsville. Currently he is sleeping on a grain pile in a bam on the north side of town. After his parents separated, "Its really been hard for me to Richards father tried raising him and his brother without any help. After a few months of trouble, the state stepped in and placed each in a foster home. For six years, advanced English course in the second term, Richard still wanted to graduate this year. After talking it over with his counselor he was accepted into an English course in Tooele. For three weeks, Nielson walked to Tooele in an attempt to pass the course. But this wasnt the first "We encourage all farmers, whether they participate in our program or not, to file an acreage report and protect or build their crop acreage bases, John Sagers, County Committee Chairperson said. By certifying crop acres, farm- ers establish documentation for future crop acreage bases as well as eligibility for different benefits if they participate in farm pro- Ever wonder why so many drivers insure with State Farm? grams. Mr. Sagers said it is important for farmers who are participating in the 1985 programs to file an acreage report, because without an acreage report, farmers are not really participating. "We must have the report in order to determine the level at which farmers are eligible for price support Ask any one of them about our service, protection, and economy, then give me a call. MICHAEL GUBLER, Agent 7S. Main, Suite 302 loans, deficiency payments other program benefits. Program participants are required to report crops and acreages planted, the uses to be made of these crops, and cropland acres to be devoted to the acreage conservation reserve. When farmers report to the county ASCS office, they can review aerial photographs of their farm and pinpoint the fields in which the crops are grown. This information is then documented for program compliance and crop acreage bases. In addition to history purposes, the reports are also necessary to prove crop yields. The final certification date for program crops in Tooele County is Luau Slated For Young Adults Tooele, Utah 2 A luau has been planned for the Stilt Farm Mutual . Automotnlt Insurance Company ' Home Office Bloomington. Illinois you could find Richard leaving Tooele at 9 or 10 a.m., in time to get to classes on time, and headed back to the hotel, after football, at 10 p.m. every night. Sometimes he received rides between the two cities. But most of the time he did not. Still he managed to garner a 2.5 GPA under adverse conditions. Yet, this did not dash his incentive to graduate and work hard for a better life than he has been living in the past 365 days. He hopes to get a job he has been looking at beginning June 17. If it works out and he can save enough money, Richard said he would like to go to college. "I want to work this summer and try to get enough money for college, maybe next fall or maybe the following fall, he stated. "But I would like to get into college. I still might have to go to the military. In the future, Richard desires to succeed and get a better life. "Im just working hard to succeed and make ends meet, he noted. "This has been really hard on me. Im on my own and trying to do the best I can with what I have. I want a good life. Im going to work hard and try to get my life straightened out. But its going to take a lot of time. young adults of the Tooele region. A dinner, dance and program will be set around a Ha- waiian theme. It will be held June 15 in the 12-16- th Ward building, 1100 Sky- line Drive beginning at 7 p.m. All singles 18 to 25 are invited. The dress is casual and there will be no charge. 15. If you have any ques8 or stop by the tions, call office at 7 South Main, room 103. If you would consider assisting a handicapped child in Korea by committing to a monthly sponsorship contact JoAn Coon for more information. 882-357- 6 JW no EVERY FLAVOR IS mm 1985 FBESH da'lw JUNE SUNDAY SPECIAL Large 10 xo OFF AndMedium, Extra Large S,zes Any Popcorn Flavor FATHERS DAY!! DECORATIVE POPCORN TINS - All Sizes - New Store Hours: For Summer Monday-Saturda- y 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. -- 12 noon to 5 p.m. Open Sundays 882-736- 0 ' aoxn 94 West Vine, Tooele ' ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Now Available, o On all o o Full size, 2wd Pickups. o M o DEALER o o PREP. ADDED! KTOPBEM STS! o o o WERE OVERSTOCKED! o o . . 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After flunking an time he had hoofed the roads between Grantsville and Tooele. Last fall, when the only shelter he could find was at the Kirk Hotel, Kim Soo Hee lives at II San in Korea. She is a beautiful bright girl, 10 years old, who has severe spastic cerebral palsy. She used to spend all day lying on her back until a Mulholland wheel chair was provided by caring United States sponsors. Now Kim Soo Hee is able to sit, can feed herself and is able to speak in short sentences. Through the Holt Sponsorship Program, a sponsor assures that sufl,n m 002-22- 533-937- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo g o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o |