Show x 4 T aH Vf r t a 1 51 r i I r N. N l a P f jw t e a ak 4 k t r 4 f I It A yN r c k t t 2 d t nari a 4 I awl NUMBER EIGHT IS ADDED to the Clean Up award a plaques in Vernal City office e by Alice White year 3 clean up chairman and Buell Bennett city manager The four plaques in a row at left are State Special Awards Award's of Merit clean cleanup up recognition for the years 1965 1966 1969 and 1970 The center plaque was presented In 1971 the bythe Deseret News and League of Cities and Towns in connection with for landscape improvement for forthe forthe the most Improved city The two plaques at right on the wall plus the one being added are from the N National Clean Up mi tolled ll d Distinguished Achievement Awards s' s sin in recognition for r o outstanding community community community com com- Improvement programs gram for t the e years 1969 1970 and 1971 j Nati National nal C dean Up Award ward i H Goes to Vernal City The extensive civic improvement efforts of Vernal City during the past year have won won a Distinguished Achievement Achievement Achieve Achieve- ment Award in the 1971 National Clean Up Contest The city's comprehensive scrapbook entry was selected to receive the award after competing with willi hundreds of entries submitted by other cities of under population from throughout the United States THE NATIONAL Clean Up Contest which is the oldest an and largest such competition in the United States is sponsored annually by the National Clean Up Paint Up Paint Up-Fix Up Up Bureau a profit non-profit foundation established in 1912 This years year's distinguished panel judges were most impressed by the scope arid and var variety ety of the city's accomplishments and the close cooperation shown by various vars var ious fous participating groups groups In recognition of the the city's achl achieve achievements ve ments meats a handsomely designed plaque was sent to the city's Clean CleanUp Up chairman Alice White to be permanently displayed in the Vernal City office building with previous awards AT A time when persons everywhere are arc becoming increasingly aware of environmental environmental environmental en en- problems it is encouraging to see the tremendous results achieved by the people of this city who believe that improvement can be made not by v talking but by actual menton ment on the voluntary as well as as govern govern- me 1 al level said Patricia L L. L Bishop acting director of the National Clean Up Bureau It Is hope that other cities will note this this' outstanding record of achl achievement and follow the lead of this this' moving forward city Each city which entered the contest was was required to submit a scrapbook showing evidence of all civic improvement improvement improvement improve improve- ment activities undertaken during 1971 along with a written report outlining the specifics involved FOR JUDGING the entries were ware divided into three population categories representing the total number of f people covered by their programs under and and andover andover andover over Using a point system the entries were graded by a panel of seven judges based on the degree of achievement and scope and civic civic participation in such ar areas as as as' as wide community beautification property improvement t and youth a activities ti Ten trophy winners were selected in each of the three population categorIes ies les |