Show douglas dou d a s merk ey nets ne ts merit neeri t award places third tard in national beuglas foug laa L merkley voca dional agricultural teacher at wasatch Wasat cli high school in heber city last month was honored as a recipient of a national merit award the award was from the thor research center for better rr farm living non profit agricultural organization headquartered at marengo Marc ngo Illi illinois mr merkley Is ono one of educators from 30 states to receive thor awards to date mr merkle Mer klei a son of mr find and mrs asher merkley of vernal also just returned from kansas city with a judging team while there h he e took third place in national judging the national farm merit awards recently were established to honor persons making exceptional contributions to agriculture including the training of the farmers of tomorrow in rural mechanics and electrification and the development of new methods and techniques for the farm donald R director of the thor research center said the awards will be made on a continuing basis with the selection committee committe already considering the names or of other nominees in a variety of agricultural fields award recipients are being selected from the no na tion eions s farmers and ranchers those active in agricultural communications media edu cahors and other leaders vocational agricultural teachers are chosen for the no na lional farm merit award on the basis of their students achievements in farm youth activities and on the teachers overall contribution to tile the training of future formers farmers |