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Show UTAH PRESS ASSN. 4o7 SO. SY-3R- SALT LAKE' CITY, UTAH ' SAL'. . ' gj'jHt'E? ,t.bdB-?.Sadler. a Aam Tvler Garcia, Michael . Nlclc , I Yoidlll' f.TCw? Jh Brian Blanchard, Brad Woodman, J Phillip Sainsbury, Dusty Edit, JenMcGonigal, April Garr, Joseph nefer Fisher, Holly Price, Clint Keddington and Kelly Spear. Row Ard and teacher, Mrs. Andelln. Tuttle. Shawn Boone, Amber Christiansen, - JmS?1 im2 Crabtree Shaila Crane faS- 4111 Danielle Bertoch. 00 plctur. for Jennifer M.ldrum from tho Balloon Findors, Janet, the note along with any other message they may have. The balloon release program is sponsored by the Weekly Reader Writing Pals Balloon Contests. The letter received was from Marvin Britenstine of Jacksonville, - Illinois. The letter reads as follows: Dear Jennifer, I am so happy to tell you that on April 21, 1985, I found your balloon message! 1 found the message in a plastic bag in a plowed field near our home. We live about 10 miles south of Jacksonville, in west, central Illinois. My name is Marvin Britenstine . and I am a farmer. My wife, Janet, and I have two children. Marc, age is in sixth grade, and Robert is' months old. I have enclosed a picture of our family and a map of this area with the location where I found your message. j. You may be interested to know that I have found two other balloon ; messages in recent years. However, those messages were sent from school children in the Saint Louis area, only about 75 miles from our home. I found those messages in the 11. 11 fall of the harvesting. year when I mm was party! We will look My family and I were especially happy about finding your balloon message which had traveled over a THOUSAND miles, all the way from J. Howard Stahle publisher of the Magna Times is happy to report he took pictures of the class as they were preparing to enjoy banana to share in the fun by treating you and your class to ice cream or what ever the class would like. Have a fun Vol.72, No. 25 3255-800- 0 again next year for more balloons. Your balloon finding friends, Marvin Britenstine, Janet, Marc and Robert too. Utah! How exciting! We would like USPS The ' Utah' Department Agriculture announced today that it has received word that consideration is being given by Secretary John R. Block in the United States Department of Agriculture to the diverting money from Commodity Credit Corporation for grasshopper control on federal lands in the western states. "of'' realized, The Utah state lf-ad- legislature appropriated $1 million dollars with the legislative intent that it be used to control grasshoppers on state lands. Presently, there is only $1 million federal money available through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for all of added Mr. the western states, Stephens. During 1984, the grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestation caused approximately $11 million dollars damage. The total acres infested were 2,922,020 acres. Edison Stephens, Utah Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture said Senator Orrin Hatch contacted him and asked that anyone concerned about effective grasshopper control write to Secretary Block in support the need for the federal government to make money of . DR' WENDELL R WILKIN now living in San Francisco, was a Magna rosidont from Ho dropped in tho Magna Times office to say hello. He is here on a short vacation. 1915-193- From tha tima tha balloon was roloasod until it was racovarad was only approximately 24 certification standards that are under consideration by the Utah State Office of Education, according to Dr. Vere McHenry, State Coordinator of Instruction and Support. The hearing schedule is as follows: May 7: Logan School District Office, 4 p.tn.; May 8: Provo High School, 4:30 p.m. May 9, Hlllcrest Junior High School, Murray, 4 p.m.: May 15: Sevier Valley Technical Center, Richfield, 5 p.m.; May 16: Weber State College Lund Lecture Hall, Rm. 123, Ogden 4 p.m.; May 16: Southern Utah' State College, Old Main, Rm. 303, Cedar City, 5 p.m.; May 22: Carbon School District Office, Price, 4:30 p.m.; and May 23: Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center, Roosevelt, 4 p.m. Committees on Early Childhood Education, Elementary Teaching, Middle Education Teaching,. Secondary Teaching, Administration Supervision, Communication, Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Pupil Personnel Services have . been drafting revisions of current certification requirements and have submitted their reports to the State Advisory Committee on Teacher Education, except for Pupil Personnel Services. This report is expected by the end of May. Among significant changes being considered a probationary period of e years following initial A Motorcyclist injured Saturday morning A motorcyclist who allegedly was trying to evade pursing S.L. County deputy sheriffs, was reported in serious condition Saturday at the LDS Hospital with injuires suffered when his hnotocycle smashed into the side of sheriffs patrol car. A series of eight discussion hearings have been scheduled to solicit public input on new teacher This included 1,1)41,000 acres on BLM; 22,320 Forest Service; 48,040, Army Depot and BIA; 12,320, Wildlife & National Parks which are federal lands and 1,597,120 acres of private land and 201,220 of state lands. We need all the help we can get from the federal government if we are to adequately control grasshoppers in Utah, said Mr. Stephens. available for use on federal land. Letters should be addressed to Secretary John R. Block, USDA, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Room 200-- Washington, D.C. 20250. It will take the cooperation of the federal and state governments and Kevin Rolfe, age 26, address unavailable, was involved in an accident about 5:10 a.m. Saturday when his motorcycle ran into the side ..of a patrol car driven by Deptuy Troy Naylor. According to Deputy Dennis The Department appreciates the of Senator Hatch, Congressman Howard Nielsen and Congressman Jim Hansen in trying to get money for grasshopper control. Leavitt another deputy had tried to stop Rolfe, when he fled and led the officers on a high speed chase west on 29th south, in the Magna area. Deputy Naylor responded to assist the deputy and began driving north on 87th West to catch the cyclist. As Deputy Naylor entered the intersection of 29th South and 87th West the motorcyclist slammed into the side of his patrol car. Naylor was critically injured and had to be flown to LDS Hospital. efforts of Utah The Department Agriculture has an ad hoc committee in place to coordinate the efforts of all three groups, growers, state and federal, in order to get an effective control that should last for five years. two-thre- certification during which the candidate would be expected to demonstrate competence on the job ; closer, cooperation between school districts and preparing institutions not only during training but in following candidates into the certification field; subject-specifi- c pre-servi- at the level; secondary generalization of requirements; different kinds of terminology to describe the various certification categories. McHenry' stated that; all certificated educators as well as the general public are invited to attend the hearings to voice their support or raise concerns regarding the proposed changes. Written reactions are also encouraged. The public hearings will precede submission so the proposed certification requirement changes to the State Board of Education for its consideration, and should not be confused with public hearings that will be scheduled later on and prior to final adoption of the revised teacher certification standards as required by the Utah administrative g process. , rule-makin- Flood protection reed work on Bids were opened today by the Utah Department of Transportation on a project to raise the grade and do slope protection work on the section of Interstate 80 from Black Rock to Saltair. in Salt Lake County. The work is being done to protect the highway from the rising Great Salt Lake. L.A. . Young Sons Construction Company of Richfield submitted the apparent low bid of $9,940,893. UDOTs official engineers estimate was $12,184,705. The project involves first raising the grade on the frontage road near Saltair four feet from its current elevation of 4,212 to 4,216, and extending it to the west to the Union Pacific railroad grade where it crosses under 180, and to the east to the old Saltair road. The extended sections must be totally constructed and will require about 10 feet of fill material to raise them to an adequate elevation. Riprap, or large rocks, will be placed on the lakeside slope of the frontage road to stabilize it and protect it I-- C0 D!"cJt Rock to Seller from erosion. The frontage road will act as a breadwater and protect I 80 from the flooding and destructive wave action of the lake which results when there are any winds. Once work on the frontage road has been completed the contractor will begin raising the grade on the 3.8 mile section of 180 from Black Rock to Saltair. The highway will be raised two feet from its present elevation of 4,212 to 4,214 and will be paved with a bituminous surface! The work will be accomplished in a manner similar to the grade raising that was done on the section of 180 just west of this project last year. The grade on the outside lane of both the eastbound and westbound sides will be raised first and covered with three inches of pavement. Traffic will be switched to the outside lanes while the inside lanes are raised and paved with the three inch layer, then the final two inches of pavement will be placed over the entire width of the road. The. bituminous pavement is a temporary surface. Preset plans are to have the final concrete surface placed under a future contract, in about five to seven years. The concrete pavement, which will be 11 inches thick, will raise the grade on 180 to its final elevation of 4,215. , It was expressed in a thankful mood that Marvin Britenstine had brought much joy to this class at Copperhills Elementary. Not just for the party but in his answer to the request that was carried in the balloon. Thursday, May 9, 1 985 FORESTS OFFER e qu a t grasshoppers is to be explained Mr. Stephens, Iftdtvtdual grow ers,' of splits. They had a multiple choice of Some of the boys toppings. requested a sampling of each of the toppings. Magna, Utah needed Grasshopper control ' hours. It had traveled ovar 1 200 milas to ner,near Jacksonville, III., shown by tho arrows on tho ' map. 42650. f o)(ollUn A letter received at Copperhills Elementary brought joy to Jennifer Meldrum. Jennifer along with her class sent a ballon with a note in it asking anyone that found it to return Marvin, Robert and More Briton- $tine, R,R. 5 Jacksonville, Illinois A Motorists may wonder why the level of the road is not raised to a height where the lake waters could not possibly flood it, but projects of this ' kind cost many millions of dollars, and UDOT officials do not want to expend any more money than necessary, and just want to keep ahead of the rising lake waters. It is difficult to determine whether the waters of the Great Salt Lake will rise or fall in the next few years. UDOT is working with officials in other state and federal agencies to make future plans for 180. Work will begin very soon. Motorists should expect major traffic interference since traffic will be channeled into only one lane in each direction for the duration of the SUMMER JOBS The Forest Service is offering several hundred job opportunities for volunteers this year within the Intermountain Region. According to Gene Watson, Coordinator for the Regions Volunteer Programs, a recently published Volunteer Directory listing information concerning volunteer jobs is now available. This Volunteer Opportunities Directory lists forty categories of jobs with a variety of several hundred opportunities in southern Idaho, and western Utah, Nevada Wyoming. Listed in the Directory are a variety of jobs ranging from writer-edito- r to archeology In between are such opportunities. opportunities as backcountry hosts, rangers, campground computer programmer, fire lookout, historian, landscape architect, photographer, range management, trail maintenance, wildlife and fish management, and many others. The Directory also provides brief information about the area in which the job opportunity is located and specific information about the job. Some of the job opportunities that we are offering require special knowledge and skills, and others can be done by anyone who likes people and has a desire to help protect the countrys natural resources, said Watson. The opportunities that are available offer something for almost everyone. In the past, we have had retirees, professionals, housewives, students, and young people working with us in this program. project. The contract stipulates that work must be completed by October 15. Also, raising as a result of this grade the Garfield Interchange structure will become a low clearance structure. Legal heights of 14 feet will clear the structure, but loads (those requiring a will be detoured around the permit) structure by using the interchange over-heig- ramps. A separate contract will be to raise that let in the future structure. Magna Chamber Meet today Magnas Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday for their regular noon luncheon. Featured speaker will be Craig Fuller, administrative assistant of the IState Historical Society. The theme of his talk will be on "Mine Disaster. V |