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Show Soil service slates volunteer program CEDAR CITY - In these :" belt-tightening times when almost every day brings new cuts in programs and services, the Soil Conservation Service is responding to public need through a volunteer program. "Thanks to the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, the Soil Conservation Con-servation Service now ' can accept the volunteer services of any person of any age or skill in helping with soil and water , conservation programs," said Peter r.C... Myers, Chief of the USDA's Soil Conservation Service. Anyone interested can contact Lorin Hunt, 586-2429. 586-2429. SCS volunteers are unpaid and will definitely not displace any USDA employee. According to George D. McMillan, State Conservationist in Utah, volunteers can help with field surveys and layout of conservation practices, help train students for soil and land judging contests and help with conservation, education programs. They can help construct outdoor learning areas, help with public information in-formation campaigns or with routine paperwork. "Freeing SCS employees to concentrate on priority work helps us give the public more for each tax dollar," McMillan said. "Since we announced the program in mid-May," mid-May," Myers said, "the response has been excellent. ex-cellent. More people are signing up every day." One of those volunteers is along-time friend of resource conservation, actor Eddie Albert who recorded radio spots to help promote the volunteer program. Many skills are needed and volunteers are permitted to perform a wide range of services on a part-time basis. "With the help of volunteers, we can be more responsive to farmers, ranchers and other land users, |