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Show Upward Bound students gain valuable experience movers." An interesting sidelight to the attitude of students involved in the program surfaced last week. Funds corning out of Arizona to pay students for their working were less than originally expected. ex-pected. The young people i met and voted to sacrifice a $45 stipend to help other students who were not getting payed fully because of the shortage. They also will be selling fry bread, soda pop and crafts at the Cedar City Park on July 24 : 1 Students in the Upward Bound program at Southern Utah State College . are gaining valuable work experience this summer, along with traditional classroom instruction. A new addition to the Upward Bound program is allowing 53 young people to put their talents to good use and receive useful training. Students are spending lour hours in the classroom and four on the job, instead of the usual eight in class. Barbara Starr, job site coordinator, explained the program: "They have to be working for nonprofit non-profit type employers. It's an enrichment kind of a thing. They're really doing good work." Funding to pay students for their work has come through CETA and a National Science Foundation grant. "There was an emphasis on putting students in jobs that were not just menial tasks and where there were student interests," in-terests," Starr explained. "In most cases we were really successful." Job sites being staffed by the Utah and Arizona students include the Cedar City Engineering Office, Pre-School for youngsters with learning disabilities. Cedar Recreation, City offices and Iron County Sheriff's Department. Southern Utah State College work sites include in-clude the Computer Center, Media Center, Braithewaite Art Gallery, Admissions Office, Shakespearean Festival, Video Center, Music Building, Library, Observatory, Science Department and an ar-cheological ar-cheological dig outside the immediate area. It took a lot of initiative and work to arrange for the work experiences. Nancy Robinson, field coordinator, and Carolyn White, director, spent time during last winter putting the program together. Work lor the students will run through July 23 and Starr said several employers have told her they would be interested in having students work lor them later on. Upward Bound is not a program for kids with problems, according to Starr. Students are selected to participate based on family income level and educational opportunities or restrictions. They must attend rural schools. "It's not a rehabilitation type of thing," said Starr. "These kids are |