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Show IT' 'v iv- 4 Group A i - 1' ' - Delana Anderson FFA reporter er is bad the ride will take tock, land, soil and range. They did very well at this contest. The Emery FFA recently went to Snow College to compete in judging areas. These areas included: horses, lives poets place The ghosts and goblins were out haunting at Ferron Elementary on Halloween. Students, teachers, aides, cooks and custodians all dressed up to celebrate the CASTLE DALE The Emery High School Language Arts Department sponsored a cowboy poetry reading on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in the schools media center. The reading was open to the students as well as the public and featured cowboy poet Kent Petersen of Ferron. holiday. The holiday observance included a lunch menu with goblins goop, Dra-culteech and hangmans noose all eaten in the dark! After lunch students finished their classroom decorations and then participated in the ol as Department chairman Lar- ry Davis opened the program with some thoughts, not only on cowboy poetry, but on poetry in general. He said that poetry is said to be the most perfect speech of man and that in cowboy poetry, thoughts are never written in straight lines but tend to meander, just like cowboys. James Nelson, junior English teacher at Emery High, introduced the featured cowboy poet, Mr. Petersen. A graduate of South Emery High School, Mr. Petersen is a Korean War Veteran who earned his degree at the University of Utah in chemical engineering. He worked 20 years for Hill Air Force Base, traveling throughout Europe. H& is currently residing in Ferron with his wife Janet. They are the parents of four children, two boys and two Halloween parade. With parents watching from the courtyard steps, Wexalina Cowboy poet Kent Petersen takes his hat off as he recites the Cowboys Prayer" at a recent gathering at Emery High School. inspired Mr. Petersens poetry. At the reading Tuesday night, he recited classic poetry such as What Is Reincarnation? Cowboys Prayer, as well as personal poems such as Old Blue about a horse who was like a member of the family for many years, and about how its life affected everyone who was close to it. Mr. Petersen gave some girls. helpful hints to poets, saying, Mr. Petersen has been recitWrite about things that have for classic cowboy poetry happened to you. He also ing several years. His poetry has offered his personal way of taken him to annual conven- writing poems. Write a story and then make it rhyme, he tions in Elko, Nev. As a child, his mother said. Also, he suggested that recited poetry and gave read- the truth should never get in ings to the family. This, and a the way of a good story. high school English teacher, - He then recited his poem Toothache about a toothache which nearly led to his death. Mr. Davis closed the reading and opened it to other local poets. He also recited a poem, After the Harvest about his experience as an boy who gets into a fight with a mean horse. Perry Bunderson, a farmer from Moore who is planning to attended the poetry festival in Elko this winter, recited some of his original poems, including Time to Pay the Fiddler. It was acknowledged that there are many great poets throughout Emery County. Future poetry readings are expected to be held which feature local poets. The public is welcome to attend. Witch led students through every room in the school to see the decorations and then back to their own rooms where PTA room mothers stood ready to entertain students with Hal- - Saturday only. The Emery FFA is also planning a trip to Denver to the livestock show in January. They went two years ago and learned a lot and hope to receive the same amount of education this year. The FFA will be gone on an overnight trailride if the weather permits. If the weath- - Halloween honored Debra Frandsen Special correspondent t. I report FFA ; hears local By Tuesday, November 6, 1990 9 A Emery County Progress Vi-.;- . There are five students going to the National FFA Convention in Kansas City Nov. Those students are Leon McElprang, Cory Allred, Yory Allred, Evan Fillmore and Casey Jensen. loween parties. Although the students were dressed up and enjoyed 0. refreshments in the school, their behavior was super. Students cleaned up after their parties and teachers reported that they worked hard in the morning on regular work to Happy Sweet 16 earn the afternoon of fun. Thanks to the PTA and all who helped with the Halloween festivities. 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QQ1 OQCQ OOI"fcODO CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 40 Tables of Holiday Gifts & Goodies Rural economy focus of meet Project 2000 will sponsor the Conference on Rural Utahs Economic Future on Monday evening, Nov. 26, and all day Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the Seven Peaks Excelsior Resort in Provo and Utah Valley Community College in Orem. Project 2000 has previously sponsored two rural economic summits in Cedar City at SUSC as well as a Rural Expo. Project 2000 Executive Direc tor Stephen Holbrook said that this conference will be an upbeat discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing rural Utah. Governor Norman H. Ban-gertwill host a social and reception for attendees on the evening of Nov. 26, and NBC chief economic correspondent Irving R. Levine will give the keynote address. Of special interest to rural Utah will be a presentation by er Emery jailathon (Continued from Page 1) Sponsored the Holy Cross Mammography Mobile Unit for local cancer screening although no local funding was required. Sponsors and volunteers expressed their appreciation to everyone who supported the program and especially to the local businesses who have gone the extra mile. The organization notes, If you have cancer, or know of someone who does, please contact one of the local volunteers and see what programs are available that may be of some assistance. We want to help. Local volunteers are Peggy Anderson, Sharon Baker, Joan Carpenter, Tracy Dunn, Sherry Jacobsen, Cleon Rita Miles and Jeannie Jensen. Kill-pac- k, Zions Bancorporation presi- dent Harris Simmons on Financing Rural Utahs Future, a presentation on Preparing Tomorrows Workby consultant Roger Vaughn, a discussion of the U.S. West proposal for rural Utahs telephone system to be moderated by KUTVs Rod Decker along with a speech from Global Telematics founder John Niles titled The Information Age in Rural Utah. A significant discussion of Tourism Infrastructure: Destinations and Amenities will be presented by Kent Briggs, assistant director of the Center for the New West, and Thayne Robson, director of the Bureau of Economics and Business research, along with former Congressman Dan Marriott, Bob Reynolds, superintendent of Bryce Canyon National Park, Dr. Harold Hiskey of SUSC and Allan Harrison of the Bear Lake Regional Commission The closing presentation On Leadership: Catching a Vision, Making it Happen will be delivered by President Gerald Sherratt of SUSC, followed by a panel moderated by Friday, Nov. 9 - 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. a.m. - 5 p.m. .Saturday, Nov. 10-1- 0 force Notre Dame School Gym 210 North 600 East Irving R. 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