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Show SCS District Board Honors Moab Teacher for Efforts I The Board of the Grand Soil Conservation District has named a local teacher for a national environmental education award program. Mrs. Louise Hetzel, of the Helen M. Knight Elementary School faculty, has been nominated no-minated for Conservation Teacher of the Year, an annual competition, co-sponsored co-sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts and the Allls Chalmers Chal-mers Corporation. Mrs. Hetzel's work in the establishment of an environmental environ-mental education program for the Grand County School District and promoting the use of the Wolfe Cabin Environmental En-vironmental Study Area at Arches National Park have long qualified her for recognition recog-nition in this field. The selection of Utah Conservation Con-servation Teacher of the Year will be made from a roster of candidates submitted sub-mitted by soil conservation districts from around the state. The winner will go on to regional competition. Then, regional nominations will proceed to conslderatton for the national title. In announcing this nomination, nomin-ation, BUI Boulden, Chairman Chair-man of the Board of the Grand Soli Conservat Ion district dis-trict said, "We are pleased to have this opportunity to acknowledge meaningful e i vlronmental education. f( t urge other teachers tn tie district to contact us Uta any conservation projects which we might partlcto. We can be reached at Px, Box 509, Moab." |
