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Show Plynimi THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday May 10, 1989 - Page 4 WHS student one of 10 finalists in 1989 young entrepreneur search by Leo Platero Wallace Nez entered the 1989 young entrepreneur competition because of a friend. The was among the 10 finalists, as announced by Governor Norman Bengerter. First prize is $10,000; second is $5,000; third is $3,000. The seven other finalists get $500 each. Nezs friend, Loren Holly, mentioned his pottery to Mrs. Beeson, business teacher at Whitehorse High. One thing led to another and an application was submitted. The next thing Wallace knew, he was waiting for a KUED Channel 7 film crew to come from Salt Lake City to interview him. For the occasion, he wore a white tie and a black ld . shirt. Asked about his future, he said, I plan to go on painting pots and hope to have people working for me. I believe anyone can paint if he or she puts in work and is patient. Wallace has collectors in Texas, California, Colorado and New Mexico. His large pot, measuring 12 and 24 inches, with a gold trim sells for $2,000. Mugs go for as low a straight line on the pot, says Nez. Most of his fellow students at Whitehorse High dont know about Nezs artistic ability in throwing and painting pots. They know him as the discus thrower, shot putter and javelin master on the .Whitehorse High track team. Wallace says, It was Coach Rice who made me do my school work so I could be eligible for track. Nez works on his pots after school and on weekends. Right now I am teaching my nephRaifus Nakai, ews, Randlett Nakai, Shawn Kinsel. and They are geting pretty good. The pottery market is still young but more people are getting into it. It is still popular, only it will be more competitive, says Nez. The 10 finalists in the Third Annual High School Entrepreneur Search were selected from 48 school winners. The cash prizes will be awarded during the Governors Eco ld ld ld sented among the finalists other than Nezs pottery business are a bed and breakfast inn, a graphic design shop, and building, selling and leasing storage sheds and playhouses. symbols include bear claws, feathers, pipes and other Indian designs that come into his head. His favorite colors are black, gray, pink, brown and orange. He has traveled to Sante Fe, Albuquer- and to Nebraska and North Dakota on business. Wallace was born in Cortez on April 3, 1972 to Elsie Lansing. However, he now lives in Aneth with Shirley Nakai, his aunt. My aunt got me started two years ago. It was hard. In fact, it took me three weeks before I could draw Names and faces Kay R. Johnson, of lections Recovery Col- Service, Blanding, Utah has been notified of the agencys acceptance for membership in the American Collectors Association, Inc. The American Collectors Association has 3,400 col- ke April 23 v Music & Talk tapes Games Scriptures on Tape Fiction Books of Remembrance Biographies Journals Scriptures o Monticello - 587-281- 8 School Monticello High seniors: awarded diplomas to 15 Carol Bailey, Claire Bartell, Joe Christensen, Jean Bartell, Bill Behunin, Rae Frost, Juan Hansen, Adelina Lopez, Elaine McAlister, Alice Mae Norton, Dahlia Pehrson, Semadeni, Carlos Starkey, Lou Jeanne Summers and Thomas Lyman. Mons L. Smith, of Monticello, and Miss Cora Hawkins were married in the Mesa LDS Temple. Although it rained almost all day, the hardy members of the Lions Club planted 140 trees in Monticello. Work was to be resumed on William Gordon was tried in District Court in Monticello on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor to Indians. have Chrlss Gates tape: Fireside the LDS fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed the six room house and all of the contents of the John Peterson home at Summit Point. To be eligible for membership, the local collection agency was required to meet bus- educational programs for both the credit grantor and the debtor public. Headquarters for ACA is in Minnepolis, Minnesota. Notice of acceptance of the local agency came through the Utah Association of Collectors, a unit of the association. held in Blanding Forty years ago this week a the try and provide extensive Tri-Sta- jjiwntliefast lection agency members located in all 50 states, the Canadian provinces, and 40 other countries. L"Jc of with Dorothy responsibility. Members are pledged to uphold the rules and regulations and the Code of Ethics of the worlds largest international organization of bonded collectors. Members of the association handle credit and collection problems for more than 800,000 retail and professional credit grantors throughout the coun- $25. Reno, Denver, Some of the businesses repre- iness ethics and financial Wallaces que, Utah Inc. the highest standards of 14-car- at as nomic Development Confer-- ' ence on May 12. The money for the first three winners was contributed by Seldon O. Young, president of NICE Corporation. The money for the seven remaining finalists was donated by Metro highway, which was to be oiled as Blanding-Monticell- o far south as the south side of Long Canyon. The Little Theater in Monticello installed 82 new seats deep, comfortable up- holstery. The Foy Lumber Company, which had recently purchased the Moab Garage building, was well underway. Twenty-fiv- e years ago this week the 30 members of the St. Christophers choir in Bluff left by plane from the Blanding airport for Washington D.C. to sing in a cathedral there on Indian Day. Sam Halls was elected to head the Lions Club in Monticello. Grant Leavitt was elected tail twister, and the directors were Eddie Boyle and Bud Corbin. Patty Lyman of Monticello received a call to the French Mission of the LDS Church. Betty Barton and Teresa Frost, students at BYU, spent the weekend in Monticello with their families. Gary Webb and Jonathan Wright of Monticello enlisted in the U.S. Army. An open house was held in the new location of the Monticello Lumber and Hardware. Ralph Robson, Ben Askew .and George Park welcomed everyone. At Bean Capitol Implement Company you could buy a 54 Jeep pickup, four wheel drive, for $400. TWO MINUTES WITH BY THE BIBLE R. STAM CORNELIUS PRES. BEREAN BIBLE SOCIETY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60635 THE BIBLE AND ITS AUTHOR Back on the shelf she herself: "Why did I think placed the book with a sigh. this book was dry? Say, this It was too dull and unin- is some book! I had no idea teresting to wade through. he could write and so She didnt feel like reading well! And thus, avidly, she anyway; in fact, she was ut- continued reading far into terly bored, and didnt feel the night. like doing anything. Yes, it makes a great The next night was dif- deal of difference if you ferent very different. At a know the author and esparty she had met the kind pecially if you love him! of man she could really go How many believers in for. He seemed interested in Christ there are whose most her too, and in the weeks precious hours are spent in that followed they saw more reading and studying the and more of each other, unBible a Book which once til she was sure she loved seemed dull and uninteresthim. ing to them! The reason? One night he mentioned They have come to know and love the Author! something about a book he had written, and somehow Our Lord said: "This is the title rang a bell with life eternal, that they might her. Where had she seen it? know Thee, the only true It bothered her that she God, and Jesus Christ, couldnt remember. When whom Thou hast sent she reached home, however, (John 17:3). But how do we it dawned on her all of a obtain the "life eternal sudden. This was the book with which this knowledge she had found so boring. is bound up? Our Lord said: She hadnt even noticed the "He that believeth on Me name of the author. HATH everlasting life 6:47). Salvation is a Taking the book down (John love from the self again, she bestory to be believed, gan reading. As she read and by which we come to page after page, she asked know Him who loved us and gave Himselffor us. |