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Show The Thunderbird Monday , January 30, 1984 Page 3 Newsman nets singular honor by Kent Johnson has been awarded the McGavren Guild Scholarship by the Utah Broadcasters' Association for his extensive experience in radio." Johnson received a plaque commemorating the $1000 scholarship at a UBA banquet in Salt Lake City Jan. 20. Fletcher Matson The Utah Broadcasters Association recently recognized Kent Johnson, a senior SUSC communications major, as the sole recipient of the McGavren Guild Scholarship. Johnson was honored Jan. 20 at a UBA banquet in Salt Lake City; he received theactual scholarship during the summer. The award, sponsored by McGavren Guild Radio, a national radio marketing firm from New York, provides $1,000 toward furthering his education. Johnson was one of three winners selected by the UBA; the others declined the McGavren scholarship to accept other awards. According to Dave Miller, past president of the UBA, the five Utah colleges and universities with broadcasting programs had chosen 15 finalists from the applications submitted. A UBA committee selected the winners after reviewing the applicants scholarship, grades and commitment and participation in broadcasting. Miller indicated that Johnsons extensive experience in radio was a determining factor in his selection. Johnson began his broadcasting career at age 16, when he joined the staff of KOHS, the educational radio station at his high school in Orem. His news and disc jockey work there led to an internship at KEYY in Provo after he graduated in 1976. In 1977 he came to SUSC and worked for low-pow- KGSU, the campus station, and became the news director at KBRE in Cedar City. The following year he transferred to the Utah State University and worked for 18 months as an announcer for KYNU. Then an AM-Fstation offered him the chance to become its program director, so he left school and worked full time for KBLQ. He returned to Cedar City in 1982. Being a program director is a lot of fun but its a lot of work. 1 was burning out and I wanted to . get back to school, he says. Johnson returned to his former position at KBRE; he now works there part time. H. recently stepped down as editor of The Thunderbird, a position he undertook because I wanted the experience of print. He is currently the assignment editor for Color Country Weekend, a half hour news magazine produced by SUSC students and telecast on KDLTV in St. George. Johnson hopes to become a program director in major market after he earns his bachelors degree but cautions radio enthusiasts to have a strong liking for noodles and other inexpensive dinners. a job-seeki- pre-cook- Its not easy to get into and theres really no money in it, especially if youre a disc jockey, because youre only working four hours a day. Still, he says people who enjoy broadcasting usually stay because it gets in the blood, and he has no immediate plans to switch careers. SUSC Centrum architect is weeks Convocation guest by Dawn DeBusr. Several spans of light from rooftop windows of the massive building shoot into the infinite sky. Sound like a future story? It is, in fact, the story of the Centrum, the special events center classroom facility. soon-to-be-bui- lt Ray Kingston, the architect for the SUSC Centrum, will be the speaker at Thursdays Convocation. His topic will be Architecture, Aesthetics, and The Nature of Things. Kingston is a principal in the Salt Lake firm of Fowler, Ferguson, Kingston, Ruben and has been involved in the master planning of such major buildings Salt shaker tells history A trash and heap is often a gold mine for archeologists historians. Galen Allred was digging a trench near the Southern Utah Animal Hospital when he uncovered what looked like the remains of an trash pile. In the pile he found stoneware salt and pepper shakers evidence of an early Cedar City fort. Allred picked up the salt shaker the pepper shaker was shattered and gave it to a neighbor of his. It was later brought to the attention of local historian Morris A. Shirts and finally made its way into Library Special Collections. Art curator Thomas Leek identified the stoneware as having been fired using techniques popular around the 1850 s. The shaker is the one solid piece of archeological evidence we have as to the location of the old fort, Inez Cooper, SUSC special collections librarian said. It substantiates measurements Shirts has made, and so far as we know, its the only physical piece of history we have from that period. Shirts, professor emeritus of education at SUSC, has done a considerable amount of work to determine just where the fort in question is located. The first group of Iron Mission pioneers came into the valley in a blinding snowstorm on Nov. 11, 1851. They camped north of the knoll, the projection of land northeast of the animal hospital, 1203 North Main, a general area selected to provide protection from storms that blew in from the south and for its favorable soil. Wagon boxes were removed from the wagon frames and were used as shelters that first winter, small brush enclosures were built around the front opening to provide additional protection and some privacy. A permanent fort and homes were being built at the same time near where the veterinary hospital now stands, but the exact location was never reported. Shirts, however, had a pretty good idea from looking over old maps and deed books at the Iron County courthouse. Allreds find helped substantiate his measurements. The Bicentennial Symphony Hall and Arts Center in Salt Lake City, The Cliff Lodge, Iron Blossom Lodge, Mid-Ga- d Valley Restaurant in Snowbird, and the University of Utahs Special Events Center and Marriott Library. Not only does Kingston design buildings, but he has, as Convocation coordinator Lana Johnson describes, a as keen interest in higher education and arts in Utah. Hes a friend of the school. Although he was born and raised in Utah, Kingston has traveled in England, Scotland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Iran, China, and Japan. He was a consultant in the planning of the Ferdosi University campus in Iran. Airline offers student discount byT racy Hopkins SUSC and Cedar City are now being served by a new airline. Air Nevadas the new face and its bringing competition to Sky West Airlines for the first time since 1976, offering alternate air travel to both Cedar City residents and SUSC students. Air Nevada, based in Las Vegas, is a company that originally began as Capair, an operator, but has been in operation as Air Nevada since 1978. The airline has served over 80,000 people through Grand Canyon scenic tours and provided service to nearly 50 other destinations. After a three-yea- r study of the Cedar City area, Air Nevada has decided to open operations here. According to Bob Grove, Cedar City station manager for Air Nevada, the airline is going to offer a special youth rate to students who can verify their eligibility through I.D. cards. The exact amount of the reduced student price is yet to be announced, Grove said. The airline is tentatively planning on a discount on their regular fare of $62 one way, $112 round fip, the going rate for Las Vegas. The special rate will be for all Air Nevada designations. Wtre in kind of a testing period to test the area market, but with Brian Head, Zion, and Bryce Canyon in the area we expect to have a very marketable operation here. We dont expect to have a large passenger load capacity right now, but as word of us spreads around we really think well do well, said Grove. air-ta- One nice thing about Air Nevada is their attitude, said Grove. We have a very good attitude. We want to work with the community and local business. We want to work well with them because we feel we can possibly do a lot for the area. Were a very community oriented business. Grove said he believes people in the Cedar City area will respond very well to Air Nevada and should greatly appreciate their services. Air Nevada has offices over much of America and in many European areas. Grove said this will enable them to bring people from all over to see this areas attractions. Air Nevada hopes to serve the college not only by commuting students home and back but also through charter service, said Grove. We want to charter planes for any club that may need to travel by air. Although our planes are only we would be more than happy to take several planes. We would even fly to destinations outside of our regular service. We could fly them to any place in the country. The airline is currently using Cessna 402 planes for all air service but will soon be purchasing larger Dorn Air planes in early summer. Through Feb. 14 Air Nevada is offering a special fare to Cedar City residents for their Las Vegas service. Air fare to Las Vegas round trip will be $56 if three day notice is given. Grove said for more information on destinations, times, and fares for Air Nevada, they have a toll-fre- e number in Las Vegas you can call at r, nine-passeng- |