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Show Snow College Band Has New Director, New Direction O Snow College Band, now under new direction of Wayne E. Ericksen. Farmers Union President Attends Lapitol Briefing Holman, president of the Farmers Union, recently attended a White House briefing regarding the action taken by the President to embargo grain sales to the Soviet Union. Holman and the national board of directors for Farmers Union were invited to a luncheon at the White House to meet with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland and other White House officials. The purpose of the meeting was to consult the farm leaders on the action and to solicit their recommendations. Roy Utah-Idah- o levels to $3.90 on wheat, $2.50 on corn, $6.25 on soybeans and $.62 per pound on cotton, w ith adjustments to reflect the parity index. 2. Prohibit CCC resale of stocks at less than 10 above the call level, or 20 above the loan level, whichever is higher. e 3. Permit a or paid diversion program for 1980, singly or in combination. 4. Amend section 1002 of the 1977 Food and Agriculture Act, which requires price support loan rates be raised at once to 90 of parity when there is suspension of exports due to v situation, to include all instances where there are suspensions or embargos for national security or other reasons. 5. Provide economic protection for related commodities such as livestock, which are impacted by the trade stoppage. Provide effective safeguards to assure that the embargo or sanctions are not nulified by shipments through third countries or trading firms. 7. Provide adequate appropriations for farm programs, for production of alcohol fuels from feed grains diverted from export shipments and major e of the Program, with particular emphasis on market development activities. Holman added that the Farmers Union at its January annual convention called for immediate production of alcohol fuels. In view of our dependence on foreign sources of energy and the surplus of feed grain from the embargo, it is imperative that we produce alcohol fuels as soon as possible." he concluded. semi-annu- shorl-suppl- the wake of the decision by President Carter to embargo sales of grain to the Soviet Union, the domestic market has witnessed continual price drops," Holman said. In a year when farmers are hit hard by increasing production costs, I want to see that farmers are not going to be asked to bear the burden of American foreign policy. It is the goal of our national board of directors to see that the burden of foreign policy be shared by all Americans equally and not by any one economic sector." he continued. Holman noted that the National Farmers Union is calling for legislation which w ill protect the farmer w hen their is any interruption of trade for national security reasons. The Farmers Union has urged Congress to adopt a seven point interim program to offset the economic losses to farmers," Holman said. The follow ing are the recommendations made to Congress at the White House meetingon Tuesday, January 15: I. Increase 1979-8support loan In 0 Food-for-Peac- Utah-ldah- Aaron Jackson Accepts Call to Korean Mission Aaron Jackson, son of Bishop and Mrs. Kenneth Jackson, of Ephraim, has been called to serve in the Korean Seoul West Mission. He is a graduate of Manti High School and the Manti Seminary. During his high school years he participated on the football, basketball and tennis teams. Aaron recently completed a semester at BYU where he attended on a Presidential Scholarship. His farewell was held in the Ephraim South Ward January 20th. He enters the Missionary Training Center February 7th. Vaeion Realty A Great New Concept in Real Estate Sales Check it out. . . . . 835-956- 1 Aaron Jackson o E',hraim Rancher Named to Board Len Miller, a Sanpete ease of the Salers cattle," County cattle raiser who Mr. Miller says. In fact, he makes his home in likes to dwell on the Ephraim, was to the board of directors of the American Salers Salers, a breed relatively Association and named the association's national secretary history and desirable characteristics of the during the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo., new to the United States and to Utah. Salers have existed for centuries in an isolated mountainous area of south-centrFrance, acMr. to Miller. The cording Salers name was attached to the cattle in 1840 for a town in the area where It is they originated. suspected that at this time Salers contributed to the establishment of British breeds. last week. Mr. Miller took heifers and club calves to the Fifth Annual National Salers Sale held in conjunction with the National Western. He continues to raise Charolais, but has used Salers bulls for three years with his heifers and commercial cows with Salers cattle registrawhat he says are excellent tion was begun in France results. in 1906. The red, rugged I'm impressed with cattle come from an the fertility and calving isolated mountainous region with rough climate, poor soil and high elevations, causing the breed to be extremely hardy and Since their importation to North America in 1973, they have adapted Shaun Harrop and Mike well to a variety of Lesue skated past the old environmental conditions record of 322 hours here. Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. They took the skates off Cattlemen are impressWednesday night at 12:00 ed with the high fertility midnight setting a new rate and maternal charrecord of 400 hours on acteristics of the Salers skates. breed, Mr. Miller says. Shaun, a student from Tests in France show them East High in Salt Lake to have higher conception City, and Mike, a student rates and more pounds of from Mt. Vernon High, calf per cow exposed than started their any other breed tested. Missouri, attempt January 7, over Salers bulls are known for two weeks ago. The two their excellent fertility have slept, ate. worked, records and are generally and gone to class in able to cover 60 or more skates. Both felt they cows. Cows which have could have gone another difficulty settling with week or two, but they were other bulls are often quick glad to break the record to settle with Salers. and take off the skates Calving ease is another anyway. A city official will plus for Salers. The small verify their attempt and heads and extreme length send it to Gulness Book of combine to contribute to Records. the high rate of unassisted Shaun and Mike are births. Once on the both members of the Interground, Salers have shown a remarkable collegiate Knights, a service organization on the growth rate. With Salers Snow College campus, crossbred females, cattleand were collecting men expect fewer acres pledges for each hour they per cow, more live calves skated for the March of at birth, and higher Dimes. They both will go weights at weaning time. to Salt Lake this weekend Salers cross readily with to present the money to existing breeds in North the March of Dimes. Both America with fewer diffiboys are happy and in culties in a crossbreeding good spirits over breaking program than with any is other exotic breed. the record. Shaun "You can see that Im majoring in General Education and Mike is very pleased with my majoring in Business. Salers," Mr. Miller conBoth are freshmen at cludes. Im sure they're Snow College. going to make a significant contribution to the success of mv cattle operation." Skaters Set Record The Snow College Band Program has a new director and a new direction. Wayne E. Ericksen, a 1969 A.S. degree graduate of College of Eastern Utah, a 1971 B.M. degree graduate of Utah State University, and a 1979 Master of Music Degree from the Brigham Young University, is the director. The Snow College Band program, based around the concert band, has a recruitment goal for the current year of 65 students. The satellite programs from the concert band include the jazz band, which makes instruction possible in jazz style and in improvization in addition to providing entertainment for groups through the Snow College Program Bureau. The jazz band will attend a jazz festival to culminate the years work. The Pep Band for athletic events has met with audience acclaim at football and basketball games. A third program is the establishment of a community band. "We want to meet the need of those people who become proficient on an instrument in schools and then have little opportunity to continue playing," Mr. Ericksen said. This band will have an open enrollment for adult members of the community and for aspiring high school students as well as students from the Snow College community. Snow College will be enhancing opportunities for music majors," Mr. Ericksen states. Artistic and musical effectiveness will be the primary objective. A full two-yemusic theory program is available and Mr. Ericksen is a woodwind specialist and has contracted with guest performers and teachers for individualized instruction in brass and I! ' percussion. this Other programs on drawing board includes a summer marching band clinic for high school bands. This will be in addition to the highly Junior High Band Camp sponsored by Central Utah Educational Services on the Snow College campus which has brought aspiring young musicians to the campus for intensive small group and individual inwith struction master artists in brass, percussion, and wind instruments. Mr. Ericksen is married to Carolyn Selman Ericksen and the couple have four children:Douglas, 9, Tammy, 5, Wendy, 1 , and Elisa, two months. Mr. Ericksen is currently the Varsity Scout Leader in his ward. As a Seventy, he expects active involvement with the Mormon Miracle Pageant. Bantam Basketball Bantam basketball is underway and coaches Jim Braithwaite and Ted Johnson of the JCs and Cliff Hughes and Richard Kimball are at work showing the 1 through 13 year olds how to go in for s abd pass and dribble the ball. Over 25 boys are enrolled. Last week the two teams played at the Snow College Activity Center, with both showing promise. This week they play each other at 9:30 a.m. at the Manti Armory. THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE Richfield Nephi ANY fSTATE RETURN IS EXTRA 9 N. Main, Ephraim 283-401- 6 or I I 283-441- 5 Appointments Available but not necessarv Jerry Mary Bradley 595 S.Main one-tim- year-roun- LHOMElERO: homes me Machines! Machines! Machines!. Because machines are so important to civilization, the second grade students at Manti Elementary School have been studying them under the direction of their teacher, June Cox. The study of machines, Mrs. Cox pointed out to her students, is not only important to an understanding of society but is also an introduction to subjects like general science and physics. The students have studied six simple machines that help people with the work they do. things high. The third is the wedge, which has a tapering edge to push into something and force it apart. The fourth has threads and turns. Its a screw. The fifth is the axle and wheel. Theyre a most helpful pair in making work lighter, The sixth, the pulley, helps in lifting and lowering and changing direction. the even simple ones Machines children learned have helped people in many ways have helped, for example, make travel, farming and and have lead mining more efficient to the development of even more complex machines, like airplanes and automobiles. The first machine is the lever to lift and pry. The second is the enclosed plane. Since its sloped like a bell it can lift Manti Elementary School second grade students pose with some examples of machines which they have been studying. Shown are, (above): Front row, Tim Squire, Jon Cluff, Billy McArthur. Back row: Mathew William Nallian Graham, Tammy Meyers, Maria Garbe, Rebecca Jorgenson, Below, front row: Tony Conover, Loren Thompson, Matt Keisel. Back row: Daniel Luke, Kristine Eliason, Rebecca Larsen, Michelle Hewko, Jeanette Lund. School Will Commemorate Vocational Education Week The South Sanpete School District will commemorate National Vocational Education Week with a banquet on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Gunnison Valley High School cafeteria. The purpose of the banquet will be to give special recognition to Manti and Gunnison Valley high school students who are involved in the districts cooperative education program and to employers who are providing them with apprenticeships. Dr. F. Lynn Bills, district vocational director, said. He explained that about 50 students and 25 employers are in the cooperative program. The banquet program will include musical numbers and a guest speaker, Dr. Bills said. Certificates of appreciation will be presented to the firms which are providing the apprenticeships. These apprenticeships are the culmination of the students vocational training and represent a very worthwhile contribution to our educational program, Dr. Bills said. 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A list of the amounts of checks unaccounted for follows: 6.27 14.17 30.51 13.29 10.81 5.00 11.94 17.96 3.56 1.00 37.71 16.26 18.60 20.98 70.88 6.22 17.52 5.64 1.00 5.90 11.42 47.40 6.67 53.00 11.83 50.75 3.15 Williams & Smith Manti Lumber |