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Show Universal Microfilming Box 2603 Salt- La Ice -City, JJtah Six Awarded Scholarships To Tech College if. It , i - V'.v:,' i A Jl 1, . , 4: . P. - 0.. - - ' Gov. Rampton Views Park Site, Accepts First Contribution Toward Construction Governor Calvin L. Rampton visited the site of an "Adventure "Adven-ture and Learning Park" to be built on 40-acres adjoining Utah State Training School, Tuesday and accepted a contribution of $10,000 which will assure future construction of primary park elements. The $10,000 donation was presented by the Utah Residential Residen-tial Srvices Association for the Retarded by Donald Caffall, president, and Mrs. Elaine Sharp, executive director. This first contribution will be the initial impetus for park constru-, citon, according to Superintendent Superinten-dent Paul S. Sagers, and kicks off a major fund drive for the park. The contribution was raised by a state-wide effort of association members Mrs. Sharp said. The Adventure and Learning Park was approved for study by SB200, passed by the Utah State Legislature. Sponsored by State Senator Ernest H. Dean, D-Arerican D-Arerican Fork, the bill provides pro-vides for completeion of a master plant and development by the State Building Board, the Outdoor Recreation Agency and Utah State Training School. A preliminary planning meeting on park features has been held by the three state agencies and details of actual park construction construc-tion planning are now underway. under-way. Emphasis on the needs of the handicapped will be consideration considera-tion in park plans, according to Supt. Sagers, with the park also serving the residents of Utah State Training School, as well as the general public. ; Great interest in the park has been evidenced by various agency and community leaders who view the park as a step forward in implementing a total normalization effort for handicapped handi-capped people throughout the state. The park will be a year-round year-round facility, built on available state property favorably located between towering Mt. Timpano-gos Timpano-gos and Utah Lake. Existing wells and streams will provide adequate water supply. It is anticipated that the park will be developed with the cooperation and support of Utah County, Utah State University, adjoining cities and the four school districts in the area. Representatives of these agencies agen-cies have previously toured the park site. Special emphasis will be centered of park facilities suitable for use by special education classes, said Senator Dean. "The primary purpose of the park is to give the handicapped person a healthy experience in nature, " commented Senator Dean. "In this favorable environment, envi-ronment, we can promote a sense of personal worth, stimulate stimu-late each child to explore, enjoy and experience all aspects of outdoor living." '-The first phase of development develop-ment is expected to include hard surfacing of existing farm roads, construciton of rustic cabins, ca-bins, campfire circles, play-grojhd play-grojhd facilities and horse barns. Several funding possibilities possibili-ties are now under study and at least partial planning is to be completed by June 1. Governor Rampton said he would meet with the attorney general this week to determine futher action WARNING Notice was given today that the Utah National Guard will conduct annual training at Camp W. G. Williams on 1-30 June, 5-31 July, and 1-4 August 1973. Artillery firing will be conducted conduc-ted during the pe iod 10-24 June. Stockmen are requested to clear the area by 1 June 1973. Because of artillery firing the other live fire exercises, the public is cautioned to avoid entering en-tering the Military Reservation west of Redwood Road (U-68) during these periods. This notice is intended to warn of hazzards at Camp Williams Wil-liams during the training periods indicated and to augment aug-ment posted signs cautioning the public to remain out of the area and to avoid touching, handling, disturbing, or removing remov-ing any mental objects in the entire Camp Williams Military Reservation. - T o: r... THURSDAY, j j-. l -IT.,. m e i i u PA h-, idJSsL GOVERNOR VISITS SITE OF NEW TRAINING SCHOOL PARK - Making the tour of the facility when Governor Calvin Rampton visited last week were Senator Ernest Dean, Governor Calvin Rampton, Elaine Sharp, Mr. Donald Cassell, President of the parents association; Dale Williams, Deputy Director of the Department of Social Services; Jay Stevens and Paul Sagers, Superintendent of the State Training School. Spring An exciting visit to the Wizard of Oz will be a crowd pleaser when the children at Utah State Training School present their annual Spring Festival this weekend. wee-kend. The public is cordially invited to attend the Saturday performance at 6:00 p.m. or the 9:30 a.m. performance on Sunday, Sun-day, according to Mrs. Eve Hen-drix, Hen-drix, assistant principal. The delightful presentation will be directed by the education educa-tion and speech and hearing departments and will include a cast of 400. Special costuming, scenery and production numbers will Alpine Stake Seminary Class Awaits Graduation Friday Night Commencement Exercises for the Alpine Stake Seminary will be held on Friday, May 18, at the Stake Tabernacle at 7:30 p.m. The program and a list of the graduates are as follows: GRADUATION PROGRAM Theme: Make Mine Eternal "... Eternal Life, ... the greatest of all the gifts of God." D & C 14:7 Prelude and March of Graduates Denise Vest Invocation Sherlin Manning Welcome and Introduction of Theme Royce Veater Musical Selection Quartette Rozanne Buhler, Tina Powell, Melba Strasburg, Gayle Bishop Introduction Kim Bec Talk Eternal Life-The Greatest Gift Ken Shortt Introduction Grant Bangerter Talk Keeping The Commandments Julie Jones Introduction Caren McDaniel Talk The Way I Live Each Day Steven Iverson Musical Selection Mixed Chorus Allan Pulley, Deri Beck, Mary Sue McMillan, Jamie Pace, Jeryl Able Tom Priday, Mark Crawford, Edmund Howell, Jim Goff Accompanied by Jill Smith Introduction Jens Day Talk The People I Associate With JaNae Beck Introduction Brad Robinson Talk The Kind Of Marriage I Choose Susan Sawyer Introduction Debra Clements Talk Enduring To The End Lynn Reese Presentation of Graduates Nathan Adams Remarks and Awarding of Diplomas President Leland F. Priday Introduction of Graduates MarySue McMillan Jim Goff Meaning of Pin and Guard Shellie Jacobs Closing Song Graduates and Congregation "God Be With You Benediction Joel Ciements Postlude Denise Vest (See List of Graduates on Inside Page) Shop for the Graduate in American Fork :;j or icr MAY 17. 1973 Fesiiva combine to offer an outstanding festival. The performance will climax the school year and reinforce rein-force numerous teaching concepts con-cepts which are a part of the school curriculum. The beautiful amphitheater will provide a picturesque setting set-ting for the festival and there is no admission charge. Ample parking is available on two spacious areas within walking walk-ing distance of the amphitheater amphi-theater and family, friends and those interested in the Utah State Trianing School are invited in-vited to enjoy the presentation. 1 I at Training School ) VSL x 0 Nrl '3" i t B X - "US S- - ; '"Sic m ' mrm."m FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Sue Geary checks costume detail of Dorothy, left, a ballerina and a flying monkey who are part of the cast of 400 children who will present Spring Festival at Utah State Training School on Saturday and Sunday. Get Your Tickets Now For Pageant of the Arts Am. Fork Jaycees Elect Officers Roy Jensen has been installed as president of the American Fork Jaycees for the 1973-74 club year. Brad John is internal vice president with Jesse Turner as a director. Out-going president, Jerry Seals, will serve as chairman chair-man of the board of directors. The new officers were installed instal-led recently at the annual instal j I o I hr nr- r 1 ) in " f ii awn jwwM n m - .......... . .. ,- f - -,,-,1..i..-.l.f. M1in - -J JED W1SCOM3E, new Jaycee District Program Director, at left, finalizes plans for the up-coming state Jaycee convention with new American Fork Jaycee officers Jesse Turner, director; Roy Jensen, president; and Brad John, internal vice president. Six American Fork High School seniors have received scholarships next year to Utah Technical College at Provo. The scholarships are worth $. per quarter for tuition, lasting last-ing the three quarters of the regular school year providing trie student maintains a C plus (14) grade point average. The students, and the departments depart-ments in which their scholar-snips scholar-snips apply, include: Beverly Driggs, dental assisting; Becky Turner, dental assisting; George E. Hatfield, accounting; Tom Karren, X-Ray Technology; Techno-logy; Melanie Robertson, Business; and Wayne Corbett Wetzel, refrigeration and air conditioning. Applications Being Accepted For New Fireman Applications are now being accepted for a new Fireman for the American Fork Fire Department. Deadline for new applications will be Thursday, May 31. Those interested must be between theages of 21 and 35 and must be employed in American Ameri-can Fork. This is a new requirement require-ment recently passed by the organization and t he city. The new applicant will fill the place of John Varney who has just retired. Applications may be made at American Fork City Hall or through any Fireman. immr . lation banquet. They are now finalizing plans for club members mem-bers to attend the Utah State Jaycee convention to be held in Vernal. At the convention, Mr. Jensen will compete for the Brownfield award as a first year Jaycee. He recently won the award on the district level, it was noted. i '4W' TICKET SALES for Utah Valley Pageant of the Arts officially began today. Accepting assignments in the American Fork area are Wilson Welch, American Fork Lions Club, left, seafed; C. A. Grant, business manager; Neal Savage, chairman of the Pageant board of directors; and Harry Malone, Rotary Club. Standing, from left, Norman Clark, Lions; Tom Griffith, Chamber of Commi t :e; Councilman William M. Pierce, business committee,- and Richard Reisner, Highland. Pageant of the Arts Ticket Sales Start Today Ticket sales for the Utah Valley Val-ley Pageant of the Arts began today, with brisk response to the innovative pageant expected. expec-ted. All seats will be reserved, according to Clarence A. Grant, business manager of the pageant committee. The Pageant of the Arts will be presented in four performances perform-ances at American Fork High School June 13. 14, 15, and 16, with center section seats $2.50 and side seats $2.00. Ticket sales Higher Price For County Farmland To what extent has the value of farmland in Utah County increased in-creased in recent years? How does the local rise compare with what is happening in other areas? Because of the mounting demand de-mand for acreage, by farmers as well as by others, there has been active bidding for most of the land that has been put up for sale. As a result, prices have been shooting skyward. Nationally, in the past year alone, the upward surge has amounted to more than 9 percent, per-cent, states the Department of Agriculture. That was the biggest big-gest annual increase since 1951. In 1971 the rise was 4.2 percent. The developments have had their effect in Utah County. Nine years ago, when the 1964 Census of Agriculture was taken, farm real estate averaged $171 per acre locally. That was for the land and the buildings on it. And, for the State of Utah as a whole, the average was $68 per acre. Since then there has been a major shift upward. The latest report from the Department of Agriculture lists the valuation throughout the state, as of November, 1972, as $101 per acre. On that basis, assuming that the average rate of increase in the state applies locally, farmland farm-land values in Utah County have climbed to approximately $255 per acre. Jed Wiscombe, also of the local club and a past president of the organization, has been installed as district program director. He will serve under the direction of Chuck Fox, Provo, district vice president, and will work with members of Jaycee Clubs in Provo, Orem, Pleasant Grove and American Fork. .h ! ' committee members received their quota of tickets and a seating chart at a special meeting meet-ing at American Fork City Hall on Saturday and will be contacting contact-ing Utah Valley residents in the near future. The pageant will feature paintings and sculpture reproductions with living models. mo-dels. Tickets will be available at each city hall in North Utah County from Lehi to Orem, said The statewide increase in Utah since 1964. 49 percent compares com-pares with 56 percent nationally and with 51 percent in the Mountain Moun-tain States. More than half the land that is changing hands is being bought by farmers who want to enlurge their present holdings to a size that can utilize farm machinery more effectively and profitably. As for the remainder, most of it is being acquired for operation opera-tion as a unit from farmers who are retiring or from the estates of those who have died. In some localities, also, other factors are influencing land prices. Near metropolitan and suburban areas, substantial acreage is shifting to urban use. Rising land values are important impor-tant to farmers, notes the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Chica-go. "Such gains improve their net worth and thus their debt-carrying debt-carrying capacity." Am. Fork Stake Seminary Announces Exercises Tonight Commencement Exercises for the American Fork Stake Seminary Semi-nary will be held on Thursday evening, May 17, (tonight) at the Stake Tabernacle at 7:30 p.m. The program and list of graduating students are as follows: GRADUATION PROGRAM Theme: Make Mine Eternal "... Eternal Life, ... the greatest of all the gifts of God." D&C14:7 Prelude and March of Graduates Denise Vest Invocation Danny Graff Welcome and Introduction of Theme Royce Veater Musical Selection Chorus Sh-rleno Ellison, Christine Terry, Vicky Bills, Charlotte Wimmer Wendy Withers, Debra Bowen, Marilee Durrant, Bonnie Wanlass Christine Shelly, Colleen Fagan, Jill Roundy Accompanied by Irene Ellison Introduction Pam Evensen Talk Eternal Life-The Greatest Gift Boyd Kitchen Introduction Jim Boren Talk Keeping The Commandments Jovculyn Shelley Introduction Zena Olsen Talk The Way I Live Each Day Roy Greenland Musical Selection Chorus Introduction Brad Schear Talk The People I Associate With Ann Nelson Introduction Sandy Nicholes Talk The Kind of Marriage I Choose Teri Ross Introduction Giseie Walters Talk Enduing To The End Mark Reimschiissel Presentation of Graduates Nathan Adams Remarks and Awarding of Diplomas President Stanley D. Roberts ntroduction of Graduates Charlotte Wimmer Meaning of Pin and Guard Kathleen Wagstaff Closing Song Graduates and Cong, nation "God Be With You" Benediction Vicky Bills Postlude ,..,.....,, Denise Vest (See List of Graduates on Inside Page) M il Neal Savage, pageant chairman. chair-man. American Fork ticket sales committee members include Councilman William M. Pierce, also a member of the business committee of the pagent, Mr. Grant and Mr. Savage and the following committee representatives: represen-tatives: Lions Club - Wilson Welch and Norman Clark; Rotary Ro-tary Club - Harry Malone, Tom Scholes; Chamber of Commerce - Tom Griffiths; Ladies Clubs -Mrs. Ralph Smith; schools -Con Brady. Lehi representative is Owen Porter, while Harold Magg represents Orem; and Harold Erickson is the Lindon representative. Richard Reisner will be ticket sales committee member from the Highland area. Lions Club members are also assisting in Lehi, Orem, Lindon and Alpine, said Mr. Grant. Colorful posters have been designed to advertise the pageant and will be placed in many business houses and public places in the area. A four-page brochure has also been prepared to explain the pageant and the non-profit operation of the American Fork Cultural Development Committee, Commit-tee, who with American Fork City, will sponsor the presentation. presenta-tion. Due to the technical nature of the production, tape recorders or cameras will not be permitted permit-ted inside the auditorium, according ac-cording to pageant committee members. Parents are encouraged en-couraged not to bring young children who could not benefit from attendance. Contact the city hall or one of the sales representatives for reservations or further information. |