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Show 1 '" m m W l1 I f ' iitjh r-A- T jsits The tissbtr 56 Vcfcat 21 Titssstsa Ufdi84337 17 Years To Get Here Jep-pese- . . time." The Jeppesens said they initially planned to adopt the youngster but because of Korean law they .were thwarted when he turned 14. Lim's trip to America was further blocked by a Korean requirement that he spend three years in military service. One of those years was spent serving with a Korean unit in South Vietnam. He was discharged in 1969. Meet Set Bear River Valley Water Users Association members will meet Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bear-Rivehigh school auditorium to discuss the value of the present water contract and elect two directors for terms of three years each. r In the interim, the new arrival managed to send himself to school and got married. He worked as a private tutorer in college and worked as an announcer at MBC-Tin Seoul Lim is also a master of the art of Hap Ki do Kuktool in which he has reached the sixth degree. He taught the martial art while in the Army. He also managed to get himself educated in automotive mechanics along the way. 's Three years ago the had a job lined up for him with Andersen Ford in prerequiBrigham City- -a site for getting him into the country. But the job and his trip to the US fell through when Dept. of Labor officials in Denver decided that there were US citizens entitled to the job opening ahead of Lim. Finally, it was actually Lim's wife who made the trip possible. The Jeppesen's succeeded in getting papers for her trip to the US passed indicating that they would hire her as a house girl. Her husband and son were also allowed to come. That final approval was even delayed six months by,, V self-defen- Jep-pesen- v" r a requirement that Lim's wife improve her English. jj H ' " All this time, the Jeppes- en's have been correspond- ing with Lim. "All I think we've done mainly is include him as our son," Mrs. Jeppesen said. "We have sent him some money but not that great an amount... He just had us to depend on." Although Lim is not LDS, Mrs. Jeppesen said they attempted to keep him in close continued on page two LIM KAP CHUL, his wife, Kim, and their son, ill, recently succeeded in coming to America with the help of the Daryl Jeppesen family.' Lim, ah expert in the martial arts, is teaching his son the same skills. Commissioners County Tuesday budgeted $159,000 in federal revenue sharing for projects ranging from participation in a weather to modification program purchase additional parking space at the county fairgrounds. Commissioner Don Chase said the revenue sharing includes $17,000 as the county's share of a summer weather modification program from May thru October. Commissioner Reed Nielsen said the program which also involves Cache and Rich counties and possibly three Idaho counties (Cassia, Onieda and Franklin) will cost about $59,000 for the summer. Chase stressed that it is the strictly experimental first year and that the county isn't committed to a long range expenditure. Commissioner Ted Burt said the dryland areatof Box Elder county will profit most : from the project. The summer program consists of placing six generators throughout the participating area to emit silver oxide into potential rain clouds. A contract has been signed with a California firm. A plane-statioin Ogden-w- ill also be utilized to seed clouds. In addition to increasing rain fall, commissioners say the program will help suppress hail and lightning. Nielsen Commissioner pointed out that one fire on Promontory Point last summer cost more money than the county is putting into the weather modification progned ram. "There's no question of the savings and good this thing can" do if it's effective," Chase added. He noted though, "If you don't get the clouds there's nothing you can do." The revenue sharing money also included $6,000 for purchase of six acres of property from businessman j.D. Harris by the county for parking. The property lies east of the canal adjacent to the fair grounds.. An additional $15,000 has been budgeted for construe- - : tion of a bridge into the property this .summer. Commissioner Chase said the county has had an option on the, property for some time at $1,000 an acre and ' City Must Pay Overtime To Winter's u 2 Gift T88 Wrapping Tremonton City has been ordered by the US Department of Labor to pay $2,759 in overtime due to employes during 1974. OBSESS o MARCH definitely came in like a lion as winter left her beautiful gift wrapping throughout the valley. But according to the old month saying the should go out like a lamb. Let's hope. O SJ If 11 City Recorder Jay Hirschi said the money is due to 11 employes with the largest amount being a payment of $791 to one employe. State Send Off 3-- A 2. i 4a We Serve' By Rupert Blackham By Harry Taylor "We Serve!" Thii motto sums up in two short words the principle concern of Lions International. An Tremonton Gub has done and if doing much to project this motto. Since its inception in 1930, the Tremonton Lions Club on local, state, and national levels has truly "served". Such service, humanitarian efforts, and accomplishments have earned the Club its justified niche in Lions International, an organization composed of more than 1,135,151 members in some 28,929 clubs located in 148 countries and geological areas. The 1930 club, sponsored by Garland Lions, claimed a membership of forty-nine. Is infix- -- Employees "Bear Down To State" will theme a community pep rally, planned by the Bear River high school cheerleaders to take place on the evening of Friday, March 5. The pep rally is scheduled for the high school Memorial Gymnasium from 6:30-- 8 p.m. The rally will give Bear River high's varsity state basketball team a big send off to the state tournament March The Bear River Booster Club, along with Bear River high and junior high students, are invited to the big celebration planned to celebrate the Region One title and state tourney bid earned by the Bears. W ,XL Big intends to exercise it. Other items budgeted in revenue sharing include: -- $59,000 for road department equipment. -$- 20,000 for sheriff's department vehicles and equi" pment. -- $6,500 for floor covering and drapes at he county ., nursing home in Brigham. -- $2,500 for completion of the Sheriff's Annex building (Jeep Patrol and Scuba building). -- $11,000 for surveyor equipment. -- $750 for office equipment for the clerk's office. -- $4,000 for expanding the concession booth near the main exhibit building at the fair grounds. -- $18,000 for the final payment for construction of the indoor, arena at the fairgrounds. The commission also enin tered in the budget $18,000 state bicentennial ' funds granted to the county and sheriff's posse for Construc tion of a museum-worksho- p at the fairgrounds. ' Chase said the county will still have some unappropriated revenue sharing left from the current year. s continued on page three Bctt Rally Will Provide oft Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles dealing with the contributions of various civic clubs to the development of their communities. 4, 1976 From Rovonua Sharing Uterf Korean Orphan Finds Home In United States A Korean orphan has found a new home in the United States-b- ut it took him 17 years to get here. Lim Kap Chul, 28, his wife Kim and their son.Il, stepped off a plane in Salt Lake City Saturday to be greeted by the Daryl Jeppesen family of Tremonton and Mrs. Jeppesen's brother, Chester Mecham of Boise, Idaho, and a new life in the United States of America,. For Lim and his family it marked the first time they had set eyes on the and a reunion with Mecham after a five year interval. The story which took years to unfold began in 1959 in when Mecham-station- ed the Army about north of Seoul South Korea-took a liking to a young orphan who "didn't have a mother or father." Mecham and his Army buddies arranged for the young orphan to become a "tiger"a boy .who distributes the Army newspaper "Stars and Stripes." He liv-- . ed with the Korean KP's on the post. The career military, man who retired last year "wrote and told LaDene (his sister) and Daryl.. .They more or this less carried on all toch The city got hooked in a snare which has nabbed a number of other municipalities including Box Elder County government. Since Jan. 1 1975 the city has complied with the new wage-hou- r guidelines but Dept. of Labor inspectors informed them that the overtime requirements took effect back in May 1974. A Labor Dept. inspector spent several days going over city pay records to determine the amount of back pay due. May Max Mason noted that half of the employes due the pay no longer work for the city. In other action during a brief meeting, the council decided to write letters to each of Utah's senators and congressmen in support of continuing the federal revenue sharing program. The initial five year program is due to expire this year unless congress ext- cont. on page three Tremonton Lions Club's Motto Of this group, fourteen are still living; however, only three - Harry Taylor, Rudy Miller, and Douglas Cannon - are still active Lion members. Realizing that the Tremonton cemetery was much in need of beautification, the 1930 club undertook that beautification as its first major proiect. Largely through Club efforts, water was piped in and the area was to enlarged and planted grass. Roadways were improved, and a fund for per petual care was initiated. Another project, the annual community Christmas visit by Santa and the holiday giving of candy and nuts to the children, also came in 1930. This project still holds high priority among Club services. Support for the Box Elder County Fair and the establishment of the Community Fund are also early projects of note. Currently, the operation of a refreshment stand at the rodeo grounds during Fair days helps supply the club with needed funds for varied projects. Club activities have var- ied much since 1930. As far back as 1934, the Club made substantial contributions to purchase glasses for children. This program and others giving sight care to needy persons are gaining momentum yearly. Today, Tremonton Lions work with all Utah Lions in varied health projects. They contribute to the Primary Children's Hospital Eye Care Center, to the Society for the Prevention of the Murray B. Allen Blind Center, and to the State Library for the Blind and Handicapped. Contributions of local and state Lions to Project Eye Bank have made it possible 175 since 1973 for some to eye transplants people get and regain their sight. Broom sales and the white cane project have also done much to aid the blind, while glaucoma and breast cancer clinics have helped aware many of eye and cancer dangers. Ever mindful of progress, the Lions Club was instru- mental in geting the State to oil the road that runs north of Brigham and extends to Logan. The group had a hand in bringing the CCC camp to the area and aided in gaining for Northern Utah the Migratory Bird Refuge. Lions Club personnel and Lions Club funds have been responsible for many improvements within Tremonton City. In 1931, they purchased and erected the flag pole at the Shuman Park. When the Shuman Monument was erected, Lions tore out sidewalks in front of the Library in order that new walks could be built. The Club donated $500 and labor to help erect the Bowery at North Park and later repainted bleachers in the park area. Painting and repairing street signs, planting of trees on the approaches to the city, and placing "Welcome" signs at strategic points adjacent to continued on page three |