Show r Vol 73 No 92 Monday July 12 1976 Logan Utah Water levels studied ’ j t Professor of water lab retires to more research a v th sho !d give information on n gov'-rnroe- " ra ‘ hazards euoh as floods z a n fcno the risk's 'i'U’ vh‘-f- °r to fake thorn p£-op!- ard fU JoH f lc''h‘r ' ii‘ r f U engin“erin i and th" Utah Wat virch Laboratory said CM j u real poopl" should be r q U r or to ahoz potent i n homo huyr-rbuild‘-rfn map made up by the titfn obozmg flood plains of a a dam Th'-ht-- ia-- or Urn prosp"Cf i vc homo owner ftjii a zur'- wheth ( oub) ri‘-- id taka 'bancf- - on b'ing or fo s 1 : r b‘-)- f - r - flood'-'f lif' slab- should al'o provide - n'ruratf information on th- poof a body of tential for th h Salt Lake to vat'T 'ur ii’i or lowr so that anyone budding industrial or rerrration-a- l far llilb-- r an know the possible - l‘-v- Grat nv f onvqu'-n- r Salt Lake rising ffe sees the level of Great Salt of civil and r proF-vo- nt o n v r o n rn mating peak flow for mechancial compacting of snow for controlling snow mold and increasing water supply on winter wheat crops ( Retiring from USU I Irklu-r'expressions on the indication of his an are topic ront Inning informed interest in wain problems in the West as he ct ii s from Utah State University this month Some of tli at work has to do with water levels and water uses in Utah and neighboring states He is a consultant to the State Department of Water Resources on weather modification He is a Co a consultant to the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Great Salt Lake Minerals Company His cut rent USU projects include completing a manual on s I ciosion during highway construction and a manual esti Lake rising another two feet within the next few years That prediction is based on a short-rang- e e cycle of higher-than-aver-ag- precipitation “There is evidence of the cycle in my studies of tree rings and a study at MIT on sun spot activity affecting precipitation” he explains The rising lake level causes him to have questions in his mind about the advisability of the Central Utah Project designed to bring water from the Colorado River drainage into the Great Salt Lake drainage Water wasted “From' 1 300000 to 1500000 acre feet a year is going to waste in Great Salt Lake now This is water of irrigation quality A lot of land could be brought under irrigation with that amount of water with some pumping” he said Fletcher came to USU in 1963 as the first employee of the Utah Water Research Laboratory His first assignment was to help raise funds to build the laboratory His first two proposals brought in half a million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation That plus other grants and State of Utah funds built the laboratory and helped water- launch the far-reachi- related research that has great importance not only in Utah but regionally and internationally One of the early projects he worked on was weather modification research A series of renewals has run the amount of that effort to more than $2 million Seeding potential “If we have a cumulo-nimbu- s cloud mass we can let it go and produce the rain hail lightning or tornadoes that are in its potential he explained Or we can seed it with silver iodide crystals at various known levels and either decrease or eliminate its effect We have the potential to increase or decrease rain hail lightning and water believes American are searching for a modern-dahero Smith who teaches a course on ancient to modern supply” heroes believes Americans have the tendency to quickly His consulting work with the State Department of Water Re- dethrone their heroes sources involves lecturing to municipal and farm groups on the research and possibilities of cloud seeding Weather modification projects in southern Utah (to increase winter snow pack) and in northn Idaho (to ern characstorm summer change with now are working teristics) citizen groups contracting with private films for the work and weather modification scientists such as Fletcher serving as consultants BS from USU After getting a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s in soil chemistry from USUI Fletcher did doctoral work in irrigation engineering at University of California Davis but had that cut short by World War II scholarship fund for Laotian tudcnts to study in the United States will be used at USU When Laos was taken over by the communists last year a grouped Laotians and Americans were afraid money they had collected for scholarships would be confiscated So the money collected by the Association and totaling about $40000 was transferred just in time from a Laos bank to a bank in San Francisco to administer the scholarship monies if the Association were disbanded Official word through the US State Department came to Allen Jan 5 of this year that the organizations had been disbanded according to regulations imposed by the new government cans serving on it”4)e added “The group wanted however to provide more educational opportunities for the Laos people So they collected money to be used by Laotians studying It was these fund that Accounts canceled According to the agreement with the university the interest from the $40000 is to be used to provide scholarships for natives of Laos studying in a USU degree program at any level in agricul- university Lao-Americ- an me” were transferred to Interest to USU Lao-Americ- Hasty retreat About the same time the money was being transferred a USU professor was nuking a hasty retreat from Laos leaving shortly after the May II takeover of the US Agency for International Development compound by the communists l'rofessor Ross Allen was filling a Fulbright Lectureship at Pong IV k College in Vientiane He received a call after he had arrived back at USU from the director ef the Lao-Americ- Association asking if it were possible for Allen through the “The fears of the association administrators had not been un- founded All of the bank accounts the banks were canceled and taken over Also taken over was the school which the association had built as sort of an adult education center” noted Professor Allen Allen said the school had been designed as sort of a cultural in exchange where English was taught to the Laos people and the Laos language was taught to the Americans country residing in the “The school was operate a much Lke an American s choc I having a school board which had a balance cf Laotians and Ameri ture education engineering forestry or public health Alien feels because of the situation in Laos at the present time the scholarship money will probably have to go the Laos refugee y Americans searching heroes are everywhere Modern-da- y Utah-souther- Laotian Scholarship may be given to refugee student A Ron Smith Where are our modern-da- seen in the election search for a y heroes? Ron Smith Utah State University English Department believes they are in our literature on the radio and television and in our presidential campaigns Smith who teaches the course “The Hero Through Time” believes there are certain things a hero will always be Heroes are product “Heroes are a product of society — a result of what society’s intellect thinks a hero should be” Smith said “Some commentators believe the moldinx heroes is with us at birth” He said there were two categories of heroes in Ancient Greece The old hero was physhero ically strong The new disasa his way through thought ters Today there is a blending of the two “Take James Bond” he said “Even Ironsides though not physically powerful himself has an extension of power through his hired helpers” “In ancient times heroes were linked with the gods They had supernatural mysterious ori- gins It is interesting that qften today there is also mystery the backgroud of our £yr-roundi- ng heroes Look at television's All we know about Cannon Frank his herioc origins is he was once a cop” We don’t have too many heroes today because we believe we are too sophisticated We no longer feel we need models for behavior conduct or achievement communists the “It Is typical cf Americans to students because w ill probably no approve permisdestroy their heroes as fast as to come to sion for students they make them” he said We don't want them around too long America to study because we can't all agree on who “It’s set £ gigantic amount cf is a hero We are too heterogenemoney but it is enough to pay ous and a hero can't survive in for at that climate” completely all “I believe Americans are least me student each year” a hero again This can be Allen stated exp-ease- s cra-von- g hero" Election years are interesting Strong candidates fo watch emerge and attempt to make themselves heroes Take Jimmy Carter We know little of his origins — again that mystery about background He has a personality that catches on And he promises to kill whatever dragons we may have If a candidate’s campaign is well organized he will remain a hero throughout” Anchor Beliefs He added Americans are looking for something on which to anchor their beliefs We have reached the furthest end of the permissive age and don’t like the outcomes we are seeing We want to go back to nice solid mutually agreed upon things The search for the hero is part of this Smith’s interest in heroes stems from a greater interest in mythology which he fell Into accidentally “I was asked to teach a course on mythology” he said “Until then the only thing I knew about mythology was what every teacher of English needed to know I developed a tremendous interest in the area and now it ii e occupation” nearly a full-tim- Smith chosen For his interest Smith has been chosen as one of 12 people to attend a postgraduate seminar in New York this summer on modern theories of myth interpretation sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities Mythology is a rue that leads to dark the core of deep mstaudmg — to the roots of dJ--- '“ is i rnportant area of study that is light os ocher things To it i rudhe-sslexciting” t |