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Show Emery County Progress Tuesday, November 22, 1988 UDOT Utah Arts group gives to museum public clean iip highways The Utah Endowment for foe Humanities awarded more than $70,000 in grants for humanities programming in Utah during its fall meeting in Salt Lake City. Two southern Utah museums received funding for programs. In Green River, foe John Wesley Powell River History Museum, now under construction, will employ historians and anthropologists to guide the design and production of museum Fifteen volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Sugarhouse, dressed in orange vests and armed with giant garbage bags, kicked off Utahs first litter drive on in Salt Lake City. Working west from 2300 East, the group broke into battle lines and marched along the slopes ay Adopt-A-Highw1-- programs. In Moab, foe Dan OLaurie Museum will present a piles of cans, wrappers, fast food containers, etc. You just dont realize, said worker, mph. Brushing a few thistles off his knees, he grabbed another trash bag and hiked back down the hill to resume his efforts. The Adopt-A-Highwa- v Program is a nationwide effoit to reduce litter on Americas highways. Adopting groups assume responsibility for a section of minimum highway and to pick up litter on that section at least three times a year for a period. Civic church groups, groups, campus and fraternal organizations, Scouts and others are invited to join the program. In exchange, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will ile Volunteers help clean up litter along one of Utah's highways as part of UDOT's program. erect a sign at either end of the groups section crediting them with the litter control. UDOT also provides safety training, warning signs, orange vests, trash bags and picks up the bags when full. Each group is expected to schedule their drives with UDOT and pick-u- p agree to let UDOT schedule one of their days each year. Volunteers are not permitted to work in the median or divided highways nor are they permitted to work on the traveled way. According to Jim Johnston, coordinator, Adopt-A-Highw- ay The citizens of Utah stand to benefit greatly from this program. UDOT is not keeping up with highway litter. A program like this in Texas reduced the litter on Texas highways by 65 percent, and we have every reason to hope for a similar reduction in Utah. As the program grows, Utahs litterbugs should notice their friends and neighbors cleaning up their mess and maybe they will think twice before they throw that can or food container out the window. Maybe they will also cover and secure loads they are hauling to Adopt-A-Highwa- y Already the program has received enthusiastic response from several organizations. Many of these have been hunting for new ways to contribute to their communities and Adopt-A-Highw- fits this ay need beautifully. one-ho- Those wishing to know more about the program should write UDOT, Adopt-A-Highw- Program, Johnson, 4501 Progress editor Superintendent A. Ernest Weeks told the board of education last week that the Emery School District did not have to contribute to the states uniform school fund for the 1987-8- 8 school year. At the board meeting at Cottonwood Elementary School in Orangeville Nov. 16, the superintendent praised the work of Emery District Business Manager Randy Jensen for allowing the district to keep all taxes assessed and collected in Emery County in the county. The state returned $144,148 to the district which had been paid as part of the recapture program. The superintendent also noted that Emery District could find itself back in the role of sending local funds out of the area for redistribution, however. Members of the board were very pleased with the announcement and praised the work of Mr. Jensen and the administration. In other business, Dr. Weeks reported that the District Master Plan is being finalized by the the District Improvement Committee and will be in place by March 1. This plan, among other things, will allow the district to apply for grants. He also said that efforts to get a new water rate from the Green River City Council for the schools in that community have been fruitless. Dr. Weeks pointed out that the district paid Green River city $24,000 in Lwater bills last year, and that it is looking for something less expensive. The superintendent said that the city council has been approached but has offered no alternatives. As a result, the district is considering installing its own system. He suggested hiring an engineering firm to give the district some cost figures on alternative sources. Also, Bill Bacon, a board member from Green River, said he would talk with Green River officials. Also discussed was the possibility of finding funds for expansion projects at Emery High which include new science facilities, a new computer lab, and restrooms which would serve the patrons of outdoor athletic events. Dr. Weeks suggested that it looks like budgeting will continue to be tight, and he suggested that the district apply loan from for an interest-fre- e funds and the lease mineral Board member Board. Impact Wes Curtis, who has worked with this board in getting grants and loans, said that the group doesnt like to loan money unless there is no capacity for bonding. Still, the superintendent is looking into this as a possible source. He said that the district would like to have the additions completed by 1990. Kirk Sitterud, principal of Cottonwood Elementary, gave foe, board a,rpport on the Orangeville school. He said the enrollment is 366 which is up from enrollment a year ago but down slightly from the enrollment at foe first of this school year. This makes for an average of 26 students per classroom. He said that many of the teachers at the school are currently participating in peer coach and mentor teacher training. He said that one of the greatest needs of the school is a new computer for teacher use as well as more computers in the classrooms. Teachers at the school are heavily involved in public relations this year, he said, making calls to parents several times a week to inform parents about positive things their children are doing. He said that foe school is working on the addition of a professional library for faculty use. Also reporting at the meeting was Sam Singleton, principal at San Rafael Junior High. He praised the work of the PTA at ds UEH-funde- the dump. Poorly secured loads are a major source of litter. ay Attention South Jim ur Southern Utah State College sponsor a Soviet Awareness Week, with broad coverage of Soviet culture and history through lectures, discussions and a featuring lecture-conce- rt music of Russian composers. The Friends of foe Unviersity Marriott Utahs of Library received funding for an ongoing series of Sunday lectures Utah authors featuring discussing their works. Finally, two teacher-trainin- g proposals received grants. The University of Utah Middle East Center will hold a twtMlay workshop in March, 1989, to background provide Africa, Ireland and the Palestinian area. The Utah Endowment is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Its purpose is to regrant funds to it organizations in the state for public programs in the humanities. For more information about these programs, contact the sponsoring organizations or the non-prof- Utah Endowment for 2700 West, 84119 or call 965-438- 8. ff CHRISTMAS CRAFT SALE that school and cited several recent examples of how that organization has helped out at the junior high. He said that San Rafael has grown by 43 students over last year and conditions in several areas are very tight. He asked for board approval to reduce 8 who NEW ITEMS: New Wicker, Candle Making Supplies, Christmas Miniatures, Beads, previously Supplies MINI CLASSES & DEMONSTRATIONS Candy-makin- g full-tim- full-tim- approved these recom- mendations. The board also discussed foe possibility of sending more students to Canyon View next year to reduce numbers at San Rafael. However, no decision was made on this. In other action, the board tabled a request presented by band instructors Randy Orwin and Reed Fehlberg for district participation in foe purchase of new band uniforms. 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The Snowbird Institute for the Arts and Humanities offers a three-da- y workshop in June, 1989, to examine ethical issues in South Salt Lake City, Utah Local tax dollars stay local By LARRY W. DAVIS series examining survival strategies at various stages of prehistoric development in the region. Several film and videotape projects were also approved. KUED Channel 7, producers of d foe Issues of Life and Death, broadcast in October, received funds for two additional programs. The Strawberry Water Users Association and the Utah State Historical Society will produce a videotape and study guide from historic footage of Utahs oldest federal reclamation project. Also, UEH contributed to a documentary film about foe journey of 47 Soviets down foe Mississippi River on the Delta Queen. 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