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Show 4 1 For performance BOX ELDER Exceptional Performance award and Small Business administration citation as nominee for Small Business Firm of the Year are accepted by Custom Bruce Kidman, second from Manufacturing VENDOR left, and Stanley Checketts, presented by Thiokol Vice President and Wasatch Division General Manager A. L. Savoca, right, and Lyle Stoner, manager of subcontracts management, left. Nursing home not place of last resort (Continued from Page 1) percent said they didnt feel family members visited them enough. But 70 percent said they had visits from others. The fact that they have other visitors besides family Im sure takes up the slack and helps them be happier and more Evans opined. content, Other visitors includes volunteers who come in to fix hair and perform other favors. But not enough. We can always use more volunteers . . . to read, write letters, shop and do other things for our residents, Mrs. McKinistry Sewer pact she stated. Most of those living at Pioneer Memorial are Box Elder county residents. Some come from Cache county which does not have a facility which accepts Medicare cases. When a second county home opened in Tremonton last year, it created some empty beds at Pioneer Memorial. But that gap has now been filled. And the challenge continues, to make the home not a place of last resort but an environment which offers social, spiritual and physical nourishment. (Continued from Page 1) surtace water problems. He estimated there will be 120 to 125 residential hookups in the valley community by the time construction begins. When the project is bid, it will be with two alternates. The first will be to install plastic lining in an abandoned water line down Box Elder canyon. It was originally proposed that this serve as the connecting line between the two communities. The second alternate will ask bids on installation of a new line which would be laid in close proximity to the canyon highway. Hailing said it may be that the latter will be the less expensive of the two said. At the present time, Pioneer Memorial has 74 residents capacity. It was originally designed for and opened in 1963 as a home. Construction of an addition helped to increase the number of persons it could accommodate. The staff numbers about 90 persons with e 50 to 60 employes on status. The weekly schedule reflects a number of activities, from games to fashion show to bus rides to square dancing. Evans heads a relatively new undertasocial interaction king at the home groups, a situation in which residents sit in a gropp aqd talk, h$ explains, JlThy gll storie&r from the past, what they've done, their background and where theyre from. Some good wisdom and said Mary pioneer stories come out, Dawn Huggins who coordinates activities. Mrs. McKinstry is another supporter. Bill gets more out of his group than anyone else. They really open up in there, d Grouse Creek to get drouth relief funds The money is part of that set aside by the legislature for the emergency drouth , program. Funds earmarked for Grouse Creek will be used to renovate and equip an old well, much needed in that region. At the same time, however, Gov. Scott Matheson for the moment turned down a request from Park Valley Improvement district for $40,000 to drill wells. . , program, is presented to suppliers making outstanding contributions to Thiokol in the area of subcontracts. The firm, owned and operated by Stanley Checketts and Bruce Kidman, manufactured more than 3,000 pieces of office equipment for Thiokols Wasatch division under five contracts during December of 1976. The speed with which the articles were produced and their consistently high quality were factors which earned the award, according to A. L. Savoca, Thiokol vice president and Wasatch division general manager. Were Invited Custom Manufacturing was invited last November to bid on production of desktop covers and organizers to be used in office rehabilitation work at Wasatch division. Contract performance covered a period during December, including the Christmas holidays. y pla ns weed tour in Franklin, Idaho area RC&D ysy,: $ K v - I v 1 Utah and Idaho weeks do not respect state or county lines. While weed control programs Before the final items had been delivered, the Custom Manufacturing work force had worked seven days per week for nearly three weeks, taking off only Christmas day. Even many large, companies likely would look twice before tackling such a job, especially if it had to be completed over the Christmas season, Stoner said. Checketts and Kidman, however, looked on it as a challenge and met it with flying colors. are conducted separately Clark Andersen in 11th edition . . courage cooperation across county and state lines in weed control. The three-hou- r tour will assemble in the parking lot south of the courthouse in Preston, at 1 p.m. A short meeting will be held in the Robinson building at Second North and Second West. Box Elder student listed in Who's Who Clark Andersen, junior at Box Elder High school, has been listed in the 11th annual edition of Whos Who Among American High School Students, Fewer than four percent of all upper classmen from our nations 24,000 public, private and parochial high schools are featured in Whos Who each year. Clark is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Wynn S. Andersen, 305 North Sixth East, Brigham City, and was recognized for his activities in the school, community and his church. Active in school sports, he has participated in football, basketball and track, lettering in track when he was a sophomore. He lettered in basketball, cross country and track during his junior year. 1976-197- Competing against an established manufacturing business employing a force of more than 28,000 which had formerly marketed similar items, Custom Manufacturing won the contract despite the fact they had never made units of this type before. Their products were of such consistent quality that not one was rejected due to nonconformance to Thiokol design reCitizens are invited to partiquirements, according to L. W. cipate in a public hearing on the r Stoner, manager of subcon- state plan to Impletracts management."' ment Title II of the Federal Offered relief on contract de- Vocational Education act to be livery schedules, the owners de- held at regional locations on clined. Instead, they increased Thursday, May 19. their work force by 800 percent, Plans for the hearings call for went on a three-shif- t production a discussion by participants in schedule, and delivered every each geographic area to identiunit within the contractually fy their concerns, followed by a specified time. television hookup with the State Known throughout Cache Board for Vocational Education valley as aggressive, quality between 4 and 5 p.m. on KUED. conscious businessmen, Checketts and Kidman have freClosed circuit television camquently demonstrated that eras will relay these messages there is a better way of doing to the state board, with each many things, Stoner noted. regional meeting given about seven minutes on television. For this job, they designed Locations of public hearings and installed new and highly in the local area include Bridg-erlan- d efficient, but low cost, assembly Area Vocational center jigs in new production lines to at Utah State university, Room produce units similar to those 345, USU Library; and Weber the larger competitor had been State college, Room 78 of the marketing for years. Stewart library. The end items were superior Title II of FVEA is primarily in construction, durability and focused on programs for vocaappearance to those marketed tional training needs of indiviby the established manufactuduals and the job market; addirer," Stoner said. tional funding to meet needs of The governor said he wanted more information on the project. Both Grouse Creek and Park Valley areas in western Box Elder county, have been parched by the extended dry spell of this past fall and winter. Recent storms have brought some relief' but, as in most of the state, not enough to offset the prolonged dry period. The governor acted on recommendations from his drouth relief committee. So far some $373,000 has been allocated to 16 Utah communities from $500,000 tagged by the state for drouth relief. He played freshman and sophomore basketball and was on the varsity He was awarded trophies for the most outstanding defensive basketball player and best foul shooter this year as well as earning a letter. Clark is presently on the track team. He is a member of Letter-man- s club and a three year seminary student. 1976-197- Active in the LDS church, he has earned his Duty to God award and various other awards. Presently he is serving as a counselor in the presidency of the Scouting Explorer program. After he completes his senior year he plans to attend college and serve a two year mission for his church. Questions By You And Your Friends Answers from Ray Malmrose Ask Your Pharmacist! QUESTION: I am a man of approximately 30 years of age. As averages go, how much longer can I expect to live, and how much more than normal longevity could be expected if I dont contract heart disease? ANSWER: Latest figures show the average man will live a little hearings slated five-yea- consumer, homemaking and parenthood education; elimination of sex discrimination and sex stereotyping in vocational education; improvement of vocational cirriculum and programs. Mrs. Marjorie Childs of Brigham City, education director for the League of Women Voters of Utah, will be in attendance at the regional meeting in Logan. Also planning to attend is Mrs. Beth Gurrister, chairman of the Governors Commission on the Status of Women in Utah. Others interested in attending the hearings may call them for further information. longer than 40 more years which would see you living into the 21st century. On the other hand, if you do not have heart disease, figures released by the American College of Cardiology show you could expect to live a little over 52 years longer. These figures are a result this of organizations records kept for the past 30 years in its constant struggle to conquer what we commonly call hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). MALMROSE PHARMACY 102 PRESCRIPTIONS E. Forest 723-85- SHIRT LAUNDRY ONE DAY SERVICE The only Laundry In Brigham City TAILORING, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIR rJlGEMERH 36 North Main SMCTLAWDRY Sanitone 723-377- 6 Part of Picture Maintaining the high quality standards and meeting the accelerated schedules were only part of the picture, however. During one five-da- y Custom Manufacturing period, man- agement: leased an additional building to more than double their manufacturing area; deassigned and built sembly jigs; located and purchased all needed available raw material; hired 16 new production workers; increased the work shifts from one to three per day; and laid out, set up and debugged new production, lines. e The assure supervision, the camped out on the job in sleeping bags. SEE US FOR A fool-pro- TAKING PART IN social interaction group at Pioneer Memorial Nursing home are, from left, Mont Hales, Grace Snow, Jeanette Grover, Matilda Owen, Doris I Brown, Pauline Downing, Bill Olsen, Bill Evans and Mary Dawn Huggins. Sessions are held twice weekly and give participants an opportunity to talk about themselves. HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN. full-tim- BATYS INSTRUCTIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM SESSION STARTS MAY 31 (Tuesday) 8 classes in a 2 week period. 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According to chairman Ron King, the Bear River RC&D area-wid- e weed committee will sponsor a tour in Franklin county, Idaho, Tuesday, May 31, to inform the public about area weed problems and en- Vocational act full-tim- The current drouth has brought approval of $18,000 in relief funds for the East Grouse Creek Ditch company. results oriented motivation Brigham City, Utah Sunday, May 22, 1977 Cache company wins Thiokol vendor award Outstanding subcontract performance by a Cache valley firm was recognized this week when Thiokol corporations Wasatch division presented its Vendor Exceptional Performance award to Custom Manufacturing of Providence. A Small Business Administration certificate recognizing the firm as a nominee for Small Business Firm of the Year also was presented to the owners. The Vendor Exceptional Performance award, part of divisions positive NEWS, 734-945- 2020 West 5700 South 773-691- 1 4 Door-sid- e ROY OFFICE: Parking Door-sid- e Parking |