Show Extension Service Officials Explain Budget Problems Utah State University Extension officials of met with local leaders Tuesday morning in an informal sound off oU breakfast meeting and explained the tight budget problem of operation in the three-county three area with persons doing do ing the job that seven have previously previous ly done DR LLOYD Drury associate director dir ector of Utah State Extension stated We cant can't restore the services we have given in the past the money just isn't there we will have to further cut personnel if the extension budget Isn't increased II The overall budget received a aU 11 U per cent increase this year but the extension budget just received a 42 per percent percent percent cent increase This isn't enough to keep ahead of inflation stated Dr Drury FEDERAL FUNDS used in It the ex tension budget are earmarked to be used us ed in fields such as nutrition and youth work This takes more attention away from the stockman and farmer larmer explained explain ed Dr PI Drury It U was explained that local leaders will ha e to fill flU in with services they can perform such uch as 4 H direction shows and other activities leaving the specialists fr free e to do the work they are trained for tor DR VAUGHN Hunsaker lo local al exten slon sion agronomy specialist Introduced the following visitors R R. R L L. L Smith soils expert Delbert Purnell who is being transferred to Ogden Paul Emmons Em Em- mons area coordinator of the trl county tri county area succeeding Mr Purnell Art Jones youth development and student services director and Colleen Thomas local family fam fly ily life service director Several cattlemen and stockmen present pre sent expressed concern about what they felt was the lack of help from the Extension Extension Ex Ex- tension Service They said they were disappointed because they were not get get- tong enough attention front from the Extension Exten slon sion Service Farmers are poor people people peo pea pie they need more attention stated one farmer larmer The extension officials stated they were trying to spend their time where they thought it would do the most good but because of staff reduction they coul could t not do all they used to do do Those assigned to Uintah Duchesne and Daggett Counties are Dr Hunsaker Miss Thomas and Morrell Mathis full time an ant amt l Art Jones on a half time basis with youth services MR PURNELL told of the growth of the Uintah Basin Center for Continuing Education starting four years ago with less than collected in tees fees to now pow over in fees this academic year |