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Show Vocational ed proposals OKd tended purpose. Alternatives for vocational education were discussed and the following recommendations were made: A. The career center in Blanding should be developed as a district vocational cen- Several recommendations for San Juan School Districts vocational education program were approved by the districts board of education at its regular meeting last week. The recommendations will be completely developed for implementation by next fall, the board said. The approval of the recommendations followed an evaluation of vocational education, made in response to a letter from Mr. Dan Webb last October regarding his concerns about the vocational education program. Donald V. Jack, district superintendent, presented to the board at last weeks meet- ter. b. The district vocational director, Mr. Winn Westcott, should be the career center administrator. following instructional areas should be offered: Building trades, business education, welding, vocational ag., vocational foods, auto c. The mechanics, deisel mechanics, silversmithing and mining. d. Curriculum development will include flexible scheduling to allow for two and three-ho- ur blocks of time devoted to ing an historical review of the philosophy, funding and purposes intended for the vocational facility in Blanding. Also presented was a current evaluation containing information as to the effectiveness of the present vocational curriculum according to the in- - a specific area. Individualized units of instruction which provided for an concept of education. A seven - period, day will give the students additional class options. e. Extended day and extended year vocational programs will be available for post high school use. f. Special skills may be taught away from school and on the job site. g. Students from the various high schools in the county may be transported to the center for special classes that cannot be taught at their high open-ex- it Man killed Michigan man was killed early Sunday morning when the Jeep he was driving went out of control and plunged to the bottom of Devils Canyon, about nine miles north of Blanding. Sgt. Claude Lacy of the Utah Highway Patrol identified the A school. h. Seventh and eighth grade victim as Alistair Grant Smith, 22, Kalamazoo, classes presently being held in the career center will be- A Bar- Michigan. passenger in the vehicle, held in the regular San Juan High School facility. 1. Adequate programs for or disstudents handicapped will be students advantaged also of Kalamazoo and presently living in Blanding, was injured in the accident and taken to San Juan Hospital in Monticello for treatment. Sergeant Lacy said the vehicle was headed south on highway about 1:20 Sunday morning when it went out of control and over a guard rail at Devils Canyon, plunging some 200 feet into the canyon. Both ' oc cupants apparently were thrown from the vehicle. bara Joan Bennett, A To speak Nursing home addition proposed Gary Wicks, Bureau of Land Management Utah state director, will be the guest speaker at the Monticello Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon next Tuesday, November 27, at the Ten Wheeler Cafe. Members of the Blanding . Chamber of Commerce have been invited to join with the Monticello group for this special meeting. During his visit to this area, Mr. Wicks also plans to visit portions of San Juan Resource Area and to meet with representatives of the local livestock industry. Mr. Wicks assumed the Utah state director duties just last September. He was born in Mullen, Idaho, and graduated in 1967 . from the University of Montana with a degree in history and political science. He was administrative assistant to the governor of and director of Montana (Please turn to Page By Marsha Keele proposal was made last week to Blanding citizens for an 11,000 square foot addition to the San Juan Nursing Home. The addition would be part of a bed - trade with San Juan Hospital, according to Steve Bronson, member of the ConA -- cerned Citizens for Improved Health Care Facilities committee. Bronson presented an architects estimate of $1.6 miU-io- n to add surgery, delivery, labor and lab rooms to the nursing home, along with an attached three - doctor clinic having nine examining rooms. This cost would also include the addition of a long - term care wing at San Juan Hospital, with added dining and recreational facilities and a separate entrance. Cleal Bradford, committee chairman, said his concern 2) , was not with the initial cost' but with the cost of operating and maintaining the Afacility. ' v v A ' v v - The proposed bed - trade would make it possible to use acute-ca- re beds for long term patients when they are not being utilized. This would help correct what he described as a deficit - spending situation at the hospital, which he said has been operating at 33 per cent capacity the past year. The county commission has agreed to sponsor an investigative trip by county health care representatives and administrators to the facilities at Milford, Delta, Kanab and Beaver to help determine the feasibility of the bed - trade and building additions. At the advice of the public attending the meeting, the committee was dissolved and will be replaced by a city health board, to be appointed by the city council. This move will hopefully assure the con- tinuation of the proposed actions and afford the committee the use of the city bookkeepbookkeeping system. . Mexico New 21, provided. school board at last weeks meeting also approved plans for an addition to Bluff Elementary School. Advertising and other preparations will be made to bid the project in the next regular school board meeting on December 10. The project will include an addition of three classrooms, remodeling of one room to become a library, remodeling of the administrative office space and a classroom to become a Title I facility, remodeling of a classroom to become a kinder -garden room, addition of a handicapped classroom facility. Total project is estimated to cost about $340,000. The board also continued its discussion of investigating the The man suf- fered a head injury Monday morning when the Volkswagen bus in which he was riding went out of control and overturned on highway 666 a little over 10 miles east of Monticello. Sheriffs Deputy Jack Kirby, who investigated the accident, said the injured man was Vernon Ellis, 65, of Alamogordo, New Mexico. He was riding in the bus driven by a son, Ronald C. Ellis, 35, also of Several other Alamogordo. passengers in the bus were not reported injured. The injured man was treated at San Juan Hospital and released, the deputy said. possibility of purchasing property in the community of Winners By Nell Dalton In the San Juan County Farm Bureau essay contest, Pesticides--Foo- d or on Marty Bailey, daughBugs, and Mrs. Stan Baiof Mr. ter was first place winner in ley, 1. She is in Joe BarClass tons fifth grade. In class 2, Paul McDonof Blanding won first ald place. Jackie Tate of Blanding won first place in class 3, and Joe Lee Begay won sec- ond place. First place winners re- ceived $15, and second place winner $10. The first place winners are in competition for the state contest and will be judged on state level. There were no adult entries this year. open-entr- y, , Blanding to accommodate future building needs, and it authorized Superintendent Jack to meet with Mr. Kay Lyman regarding the purchase of 13 12 acres of property in the northern portion of town and to contact Grant Bayles regarding the purchase of 2.6 acres of property between the new Social Services building and the career center. It is felt that the acquisition of this property would adequately meet the future needs . for school facilities in Blanding, the board said. Mr. David Yanito was a spokesman for some 15 families represented at the meeting to discuss concerns about the San Juan High School administrative procedure relating to school attendance. After reviewing the problem with Navajo parents who live south of the river in Bluff, the board directed the superintendent to investigate the problem and prepare a report on the re- - (Please turn to Page 12) |