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Show UUh 4t? Salt An ociition Pri Third South it Uk ii City, Utah 841 ; 18 To orD LelhiD Rebecca Merrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sterling Merrell of Lehi, will tour Europe this summer with the BYU Ballroom Dance Team. Rebecca, a graduate of BYU pursuing a second bachelor's degree, has been a member of the ballroom dance team for four years. She has toured England in 1977 and Canada in 1975, 1976 and 1977 with the team. She is a graduate of Lehi High School. Valedictorian of her class, Rebecca was a member of the Honor Society, the band, and was lead female in the high school play, "The Music Man." 1977 Under the direction of Emerson and Leger.e Lyman of the College of Phvsical Education, the ballroom dancers have won numerous other awards, including first place at the Canadian Maple Leaf Championships and First Place Perpetual Trophy at the California Star Ball. BYU's ballroom dance program, which is sanctioned by the British As the U.S. Postal Service prepares for delivery during the forthcoming summer months, delivery employees and the public are being encouraged to be especially alert to the potential for animal attacks on public streets or priv;.le premises. Merlin Wright, Lehi postmaster, says precautionary safety measures taken by the public and delivery employees will aid in the movement of the mail during the vacation period and, more importantly, help reduce employee injuries due to dog bites. Across the nation thousands of letter carriers, special delivery messengers and delivery and collection personnel were injured last year-mo- st during the summer vacation period-d- ue to the hazardous condition of unrestrained dogs during delivery hours. This year the postmaster said the postal service will make every attempt well-know- n Vol. No. 18 1 Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance the U.S. Dance Teachers Association, is the largest university-sponsoreballroom dance program in the United States. Approximately 700 students receive proficiency awards each year. Elizabeth Romain, "the Grand Lady of Ballroom Dance" from the Alex Moore Studio in London, England, recently awarded every member of the and d advanced latin dance class at BYU Honors Gold Proficiency Awards, the highest rating possible. Miss Romain said the students displayed the highest standards she has every examined on the gold level. The students lparn modern ballroom dance, which consists of waltz, foxtrot, tango and quickstep; and latin dance, which consists of rhumba, samba, cha-chjive and Paso Doble. a, Postmaster Announces Dog Bite Program While at BYU, she received her first bachelor's in Spanish, and she has been teaching several of the bronze ballroom dance classes. The dance team will travel to London, Birmingham and Blackpool, England; Boulogne, France; Charleroi and Antwerp, Belgium; and The Hague and Amsterdam, Netherlands. They will leave Salt Lake City May 22 and return June 13. While in Blackpool, the ballroom dancers will compete in the British Ballroom Dance Festival, which is the most prestigious world competition in ballroom dance. The daily attendance at the festival totals 8,000 people. The BYU Ballroom Dance Team is a competitor at Blackpool, having won the coveted First Place Formation Team Award in 197i; Third Place Award in 1975, and the First Place Latin Formation Team Award in Becky Merrell and her partner, Randy Clifford, will dance in the British Ballroom Championships in Blackpool, England, May 29 and 30. Compete Dnfernafioncilly Thursday, May to deliver mail as efficiently and safely as ever. "However," he added, "through cooperation on the part of our customers, this task will be much easier to accomplish." In all communities, customers are l)eing requested to keep their dogs restrained during delivery hours, which includes restraint of the animal if the delivery person must make delivery on the customer's premises. All letter carriers and messengers are being encouraged this year to follow safety tips in an effort to reduce the dog bite injury rate. Delivery personnel are being reminded that if an unrestrained animal threatens their safety at a particular residence, they are not required to risk injury by attempting to make delivery. In such instances; mail service will be curtailed to that residence and not resumed until such time as the owner of the dog provides the post office with written assurance that the animal will be controlled in the future during delivery hours. The postmaster also noted that delivery service personnel bitten by customer animals are encouraged by the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs (OWCP) under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA, 5 USC 8101 et seq. ) to pursue a claim against the person or party responsible, r or insurance company. Often such settlements result in damage payments amounting to thousands of dollars. his-he- Effective control of personal pets, however, is the most effective safety precaution a customer can take to ensure his delivery carrier is properly safeguarded against dog bites, Wright concluded. 15' Single Copy 17, 1979 lefai's Woltfmcan Hopes Movie Will Sove His Aoinmals Davis wanted to make a movie that combined the talents of his animal stars adventure story. with an action-packeThe result, "Cry To The Wind," is the story of a boy alone in the wilderness with only the company of three wolf cubs. The film follows the boy's ordeals Lehi's "Wolfman" Jim Davis is, clearly, no ordinary movie producer. When he decided to make a movie, it was with the help of the bears, badgers, coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, rac- coons, and skunks who share his Lehi home. tn klj'...., 'm; : 'r- - "f - a, Vl-- w crr -- t j - 1 AMl M . wS v., t - "iw A 4 (4 ; (mi A ff;-- i ' 'STAll of this costs money, and that's "where ''Cry To the Wind" comes in. "If the movie does well at the boxoffice this spring, I reckon me an' my wolves can move up to the mountains before the summer heat this ' t X YL v . The board of directors and administrators of the Alpine School District discussed dumping over $1 million in federal funding in this week's regular board meeting. The district's director of federal programs, Lyle Tregaskis, had presented the board with a general application for nearly two dozen federally financed programs. The $1.1 million which the district expects to receive from the federal government represents 4.6 percent of the maintenance and operation budget of the district and 3.1 percent of the overall budget. - t fi year," says Davis. "I know I'm gonna lose a couple more animals in the hot j art of the year again if we don't move." Davis' pet problem in Lehi is compounded by visitors unable to resist the lure of the wild, and seemingly blind to the danger signs posted all over his driveway. "I'm afraid they'll see me patting one of my bears or wolves and think they can do the same I . wouldn't want a. teenager to lose a hand," he says. An American Fork Training School film screening next Thursday has been arranged by one of the film's stars, Aaron Card, who formerly was the school's LDS Seminary teacher. In "Cry To the Wind" Card plays the young boy's father, who is killed early on the road to Oregon. His wife, Bonnie, also plays his wife in the film. Most of the other members of the cast are also local. They include Michelle Boswell of Goshen, Lee Atwood and Terry Heath of Sandy, and Garth Hooley of Lindon. Says Davis, "I do hope the film makes money, 'cause I've got these here animals to feed." His gang more than 2,400 pounds of food per month. "I don't want to feed the bears too much, though. As long as a bear is depending on you for feed, he's a friend of yours. But the moment he gets all the food he wants, why, the heck with you." con-,sum- Alpine School Board Discusses Dumping Federal Aid Programs I li Hits Davis' Lehi setup was once called "Utah's Second-Larges- t Zoo," but it is now closed to (he public. Officials told him he needed larger cages. Ideally, Jim would like to move the menagerie out ot the back yard and into a more natural, alpine setting. He pictures a mountain wild life park where the animals could roam freely in sight, but not large enclosures-with- in bite of curious visitors. movie-makin- d c well. and comic misadventures until he is reunited with his brother in Oregon. g But for "Wolfman" Jim is no idle pastime. If this venture doesn't succeed for him, he may soon, in addition to the more than 30 wolves in his yard, have the wolf at his door as Noting that national many organizations, such as the National Education Association (NEA), are percent federal pushing for financing of local education, Board President Phil Shumway said, "I'm horrified by this." "It's guaranteeing we cannot get along without them," agreed Director Leland Priday. "This is the least efficient way of financing education." "And the more federal money we have, the more it controls what we do with the rest of our money," added Vice President Dan Fugal. Superintendent Dan Peterson pointed 20-3- 0 out another disturbing figure which might well affect prospects for eliminating federal funding across the board. About 70 percent of all state board of education employees are paid through federal funding, he said. "With every hand it passes through, there's no doubt you lose a little bit of tax money," Dr. Peterson went on. "But you have to comply with the federal laws regardless of whether you receive one dime. "I think we can't get along without this money without parents coming and complaining why we've dropped the ( Continued on Page 2) Lehi Native Retires As U.S. Steel VP U i V 1 X F v V" Wf ' -- ' A i ; i f I; f . I, . HA !M The retirement of L. Keith Smith, a native of Lehi, as vice president and general manager of U. S. Steel's Central Steel Division, headquartered in Chicago, was announced Sunday by Robert W. Smith, group vice president over stell production. Smith will remain in the Chicago area for a year or two, and then plans to return to the Utah Valley. A veteran of service with the corporation, Smith is a graduate of LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. He came to work for U.S. Steel in 1943 in the accounting department at Geneva Works. He held various positions in the accounting department there before becoming the plants supervisor of transportation. In 1951, Smith was transferred to the Fairless (Pa.) Works, which was under construction at that time, as assistant superintendent of transportation. He was promoted and transferred in 1958 to the Homestead (Pa.) Works as .sUpiTiui ciiiH'iil "Wolfman" Jim Davis plays with one of his wild pets which stars in "Cry To The Wind." m J Rodeo Queen Contest Saturday The Lehi Rodeo Queen contest will begin Saturday at 8 p.m. in the rodeo arena. The whole family can come help select the 1979 Lehi Round-U- p Royalty. Those young boys and girls, 12 and under, who haven't yet signed up for the calf riding which will be part of the call Peggy contest entertainment, to see if there is still a Lewis at calf to ride. There will be barrel racing for the girls. Sign-u- p for this jackpot event will be at the rodeo arena. Another new event has been added this year-gir- l's goat tying. If you haven't seen this event, you've missed & lot of fun. At tirries it may look like the goat is going 768-974- 7 to win, but the girls always come out on top. Girls interested in trying out this event can sign up at the rodeo arena by contacting Donna Anderson. And of course there will be the queen contest. Girls 16 and over may enter by reporting to the Judges Tea at the Lehi Riding Club Building at 5:30 p.m. The girls selected as the Lehi Round-URoyalty will be given the opportunity to represent Lehi at various functions and parades in the state to help advertise Celebration and the Lehi Round-URodeo. p p Family, friends and neighbors can come cheer for their favorite contestant in each event, eat a rodeo hamburger Y i1 i .m-)ii- l i.ll lOII, where in 1961 he was appointed assistant division superintendent of steel production. He became division of structural steel superintendent rolling the following year. Smith advanced to assistant general superintendent at Homestead in 1965 and was transferred to Lorain (Ohio) Works in 1968 in the same capacity. He became general superintendent of a Works in 1969 and remained there until moving to Gary Works in 1973 as general superintendent. In July, 1975, Smith was again promoted and moved to Chicago as vice for the Central president-operation- s Steel Division, and less than a year later he was named to head the Central Steel Division as vice president and general manager, in which capacity he was responsible for the production of stec! products made in the division's three major Chicago area plants and for sales in an area that embraces all or parts of 10 midwestern states. Iorain-Cuyahog- BHMilllSiljeHHHB and help get the 1979 celebration off to a good start. New citizens of Lehi are especially invited to come on down and get acquainted. Pioneers To Play Grantsville For Baseball Championship Lehi will have a chance to avenge a loss to Grantsville in season play when they tackle the Cowboys in the state championship game to be played Saturday at 3 p.m. at Derks Field. All Pioneer fans are invited to come out and cheer for the home team. L. KEITH SMITH Keggers Get Canned After Destructive Party 2 Autograph Party To Honor Local Author 3 County Planning Commission Discusses Cedar Valley Plan 4 Lehi High School Commencement Speakers Chosen 6 Local Boys Earn Eagle Scout Rank 8 Pioneers Shine In State Track, Baseball Competition 1 1 Lehi Takes Second In State Tennis 13 High School Farm Mechanics Team Wins State 14 McKay Opposes 1980 Balanced Budget 15 |