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Show Utah Press siocUtion 467 Eas t Third South Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111 You Better Believe It Volume 4 No. 25 Thursday. June 24. 1982 20 cents single copy Rodeo Starts Tonight Sally Fowler Takes 4th Place Lehi Roundup Celebration Is Underway In Utah Pageant Lehi's representative in the Miss Utah Pageant, Sally Fowler, was named third runnerup in the contest held last week at Mountain View High School in Orem. The five finalists were Cindy Quinn, Miss Utah State Fair, Miss Utah; Miss University of Utah, Margo Jensen, first attendant; Michelle Smoot, Miss Provo, second attendant, Sally was named third runnerup and Brenda Stuart, Miss Salt Lake Valley, was fourth runnerup. Each of the five finalists were given bouquets of roses. Sally, 20, is the daughter of Betty Fowler and the late Don C. Fowler. She brought the house down Wednesday when she played a jazz saxophone solo, "You're Gonna Need Me," by Tom Scott, arranged by Lon Madsen, with Sally's own improvisation. She wore a stunning white satin costume trimmed with gold and silver beading and ostrich feather trim. Joan Russon made the costume. Her evening gowns were made of fuschia chiffon with a sweetheart neckline and a beaded bodice. For the final night's judging when she was named one of the ten finalists, she wore a lace and chiffon dress beaded ..with crystals:?-- . &- Sally will be the recipient of a $400 scholarship which she will use to complete her studies at BYU. She also earned a ticket on PSA Airlines to anywhere on their several routes. She indicated she will probably visit her sister, Ann, and her family in Tracy, California. Sixty one girls from the state were contestants in the annual Miss Utah Please turn to page 11 Pageant. A graduate of Lehi High School, Sally will be a senior at BYU this fall. She is majoring in Media Sales and is a sales Management Daily representative for the Universe. Her early saxophone instruction came from Kurt Saville, a former music teacher at Lehi. She has played in several jazz groups at BYU and was a former member of a Young Ambassadors Band. A special tape was prepared for her accompaniment by Lon Madsen of Provo. He arranged the Tom Scott selection, and the band made the recording in a Provo Sound studio. Debbie Miss Utah Palmer, County, also from Lehi, was a contestant in the pageant, but a strep throat prevented her from singing her vocal number with the finesse and ability she has previously exhibited. She was ill prior to the talent presentation and yet did her best despite a very sore throat. She still has a bad case of laryngitis. The talent presentation adds up to half of the contestant's points and is the most important phase of the pageant. Miss Quinn sang an aria from the opera Carmen; a Leonard Bernstein r song"Glitter and Be Gay" was Miss Jensen's Solo, and Michelle Smoot sang "Out There on My Own." Miss Stuart also sang a vocal solo, "As Long As You Need Me." Other finalists were: Nancy Ayres, Miss Sandy; Laurie Peterson, Miss U.S.U., Cathy Clark, Miss Utah Tech; Tew Wimmer, Miss Indian Scholarship; and Jamie Lampros, Miss South Ogden. SALLY FOWLER, wearing a fuschia colored evening gown, won fourth place in the Miss Utah Pageant held last week in Orem. Competing as Miss Lehi, Sally played a jazz saxophone solo for her talent presentation. With a purse of over $5,000, plus entry fees, and a big cash prize for the Barrel Race, the Lehi Roundup Rodeo offers a choice plum for competition of top cowboys in World Championship Events. as the With Chuck Parkison inimitable announcer, a rapid and detailed description of each contestant in the five major events will be broadcast to the fans. The three big night performances in rodeo competition will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 24, 25 and 26 in the 41st annual Lehi Roundup celebration. Besides calf roping, steer wrestling, bareback and saddle bronc riding, there will be the spine chilling Brahma bull riding. A special feature will be the girls barrel race. Nationally rated stock assembled from ranches owned by the Cotton Rosser and E.C. Rutherford will play their tricks against the cowboys. The Flying U is the producing concern known above peer throughout the world of rodeo sports. The big shows will begin nightly at 8 p.m., preluded by the Grand Entry, with rodeo banners flying, the national anthem, and the nation's emblem, Old Glory presented for a solemn salute and a pledge for patriotism in observance of the nation's birthday, July 4. The Lehi Roundup Royalty selected will appear, at the Queen-odetogether with members of the committee, the outstanding riding club groups from throughout the state as o well as officers and staff of U Rodeo Company. the Flying Refreshments Refreshments will be provided by Lehi groups.and will be vended at popular home town prices in the stands. This will include plenty of hot hamburgers, hot dogs, cold drinks, ice cream and other apetizing fare. Stock Parade The Western Stock Parade on Thursday, tonight, will begin at Wines Park and proceed south. Sleek and shining horses, the best in the west, will appear in mounted posses, riding clubs and with individual riders of all ages. The Lehi Roundup Royalty, committee members, members of the producers staff and clowns may be seen at close range in this parade. Chuckwagon Breakfast Saturday morning, beginning at 6:30 a.m. the call to breakfast will be sounded by loud speakers and fire bells. Breakfast will be served at Wines Park and the menu will feature all breakfast favorites. Souvenier Programs Programs will be sold at the rodeo grounds all three nights of the Roundup. These will provide the opportunity for fans to keep score of the contestants in the various events, as well as giving the names and pictures of the queen and attendants, and committee members. It was noted by rodeo officials that this year's rodeo has attracted the top names in cowboys from all over the Souvenir nation. 'As Much As $2 Million A Yeai Audit Shows District Wasting Money Results of an operational audit of the Alpine School District conducted by the office of the State Legislative Auditor General was released last week to members of the legislature. Auditors said the district is "wasting as much as $2 million a year in district funds through poor management and absence of policy guidelines. - 4 n Y'd XT'.? These practices include allowing district office employees to buy personal items through district purchasing channels, overstocking some inventory items, and others, and have gone on for years -sometimes two decades, over without being questioned by school board members or others. In a press conference Friday, following release of the audit report earlier in the week, Superintendent Max B. Welcker said he doesn't feel the district is "unique," but that every school district has some that need to be "problems addressed." He said the audit report is being mailed to other districts in the state, and he hopes they will be able to profit by suggestions given. "I hope we are back at base one now and can go forward from this point and progress," Dr. Welcker said. The superintendent, who took over his position almost two years ago, refused to comment against his predecessors in the district when asked by a newsman if he was "enraged" at finding the position the district was in when he took over. "Maybe the practices were good practices back 25 years ago when the district was smaller and they were put into operation. I may have done the same thing back then. I believe they made the best judgement at the time," he said. He said he feels the inefficient business practices noted in the audit are the result of "growing pains" rather than incompetence. The district is now the fourth largest in the state with about 28,000 students enrolled. Dr. Welcker said many of the purchasing and maintenance practices criticized in the audit have been or will be changed by July 1 when a l adminof istrative posts goes into effect. top-leve- "Perhaps 10 or 20 years ago it was cost effective to do things the way it was done. For instance, maybe it was proper to have a purchase order for everything that was bought," Dr. Welcker said. Now, however, because of the volume of items needed, this practice is no longer effective. Dr. Welcker said the district will no longer bid Parkison Is Rodeo Announcer fans and professionals agree that no single phase of a crowd is more pleasing performance important than the work of the announcer. The presence of rodeo's number one emcee, Chuck Parkison, will assure enjoyment for spectators at the Lehi Roundup. While there is no formal rating system for rodeo contract people, the major events which select Parkison to handle the mike provide unquestionable evidence that the man is the best in the business. Rodeo r. 'Darn it, This One Isn't Dirty Either' peers Into the barrel of Sergeant Paul revolver. Ellison inspected the Lehi City Police Department on Monday. Ellison told the officers that they had the respect of the majority of Lehi's citizens and that the city council and himself are proud of the professionalism displayrd by the city police. MAYOR A.K. ELLISON Kirk-patric- First and most important, Chuck has emceed the national rodeo finals several years. The National Finals tabs the best men in rodeo to fill each of the key production positions. Besides his fine announcing voice, Chuck brings to the microphones an knowledge of the and his commentary contests, imparts to the audience his respect for the fine athletes and animals who make rodeo what it is. great-hearte- d items under $100, to save time and money in administration. These purchases now make up over 50 percent of the purchase order workload. will This allow procedure heads write more to department specific speculations on the larger items to be purchased. Commenting on various aspects of the audit, Dr. Welcker said members of the district board of education have already approved reducing of inventories in the warehouse and that the district's maintenance program is to be placed under the direction of a district supervisor rather than being in the hands of individual principals as has been past practice. The audit showed the district wastes $560,000 annually because of purchasing poor unprofessional practices, more than $600,000 a year with excessive inventories and more than $1 million through inefficient maintenance practices. Dr. Welcker said the principals, in assessing maintenance needs at their sometimes have schools, put cosmetic items ahead of needed building repairs resulting in new carpeting instead of roof repairs, for instance. "Now we will have a team of experts and consultants to prioritize improvements that need t obe met," he said. The policy of allowing employees of the district office to purchase personal and school items from the district warehouse was stopped a year ago when officials were told by the auditors the practice was illegal, the superintendent said. When asked how or when that policy started, he said he didn't know but it had been at least 23 years ago if not longer. Also discontinued has been the policy of having maintenance men take their vehicles home with them at night. "We felt it was to our advantage to have the cars and equipment with them in the case of an emergency such as a broken pipe or a broke down bus at 6 a.m. and it does happen - but the auditors told us it was more efficient to do it this way so we will," Dr. Welcker said. Now the district will pay mileage to allow the men to drive to the district garages to pick up the vehicles when an emergency occurs. Other criticisms in the audit are also being addressed or have already been changed, the superintendent said. The superintendent concluded, "Now I hope we are back at base one and can go forward from this point and progress. We have been living in the past and now it is time to move ahead." -- Lehi Miniature Parade Set For Friday Lehi Miniature Parade Committee members announced the route and lineup of the parade which will start at 6 p.m. Friday evening. It will begin at Wines Park, travel south on First East to Second North, West to Second West and South to Main Street, East to the National Guard Armory. All community floats and their queens will be included in this parade. Judges will be stationed along the route to judge floats as they pass by. Float winners will be announced on Saturday. |