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Show Page 6 MessengerEnterprise, Thursday, February 27, 992 1 Deseret Industries benefits the needy, and those who give Sortingensured those needs are Gloria Ostler doesnt even glance back as she tosses a yellow sweater into a barrel behind her, hitting her target dead on. A second later, she slings a brown shirt into a barrel to her right, then pitches a faded denim jacket to her left. By the end of the day she will have sorted some 6,000 pieces of clothing into 23 categories. Within a few days the clothes will be further sorted, folded, compressed into dense bales, then shipped to needy people in many parts of the more closely filled. The sortingprocess is simple but physically taxing. In a huge warehouse filled with the vibrant color of a large number of clothes, sorters yank an item from a huge pile in front of each, quickly determine its category, and toss it into the appropriate barrel. When sorting for summer clothes, they have 23 choices and thus 23 barrels. Winter clothing has 12 At peak categories. performance, the 12 first sorters toss about 15 items per minute nearly 1.5 million per sorter pieces a year. world. - Gloria is a part of a team of workers in Provo, Utah, who sort surplus clothing donated to Deseret Industries, a network of 48 second-hanstores owned Church of The and operated by Latter-daJesus Christ of Saints. Clothing contributions exceed what the stores need for Runners empty the barrels as they fill and transfer the sorted clothes to another huge room, where more sorters break the clothing down into 30 more categories, such as youth light coats, girls blouses, and d y their stock, explained D. Weston Thatcher, general cotton nightgowns. The items are then smoothed, neatly folded and transferred in piles to the baling manager of the Sort Center. Until a few months ago the surplus was sold - mostly -- where area, unsorted - to dealers who market used clothing in the -- a machine compresses them into a compact bale that weighs about 130 Third World. pounds. The bales are wrapped The Church recently in waterproof plastic and decided that rather than sell marked with a date, category the surplus, we would put it to code, and bale number, then purely humanitarian use, said stacked on flats, where they will Thatcher. Since December, wait to be forklifled into a truck approximately 600 tons of and shipped to their destination. clothes have been distributed in About 30 percent of the countries such as Uganda, unsorted clothing is not Liberia, Bangladesh, Peru, wearable because it is too worn, Ecuador and the Philippines. too dirty, or for the wrong season. Sortingisessential because the clothes cant be efficiently These go to ten cutters, who used or distributed if theyre slice them into wiping cloths and sort them into 14 categories shipped in a large bundle that could include everything from (fleece, flannel, chenille, etc.) wool suits to flimsy summer for sale to industry. The sorting project helps blouses, said Thatcher. The survivors of the Bangladesh not only the poor, said typhoon, for insta nee, dont need Thatcher, but it employs people ski parkas or flannel who otherwise would find it nightgowns. They do need light difficult to get a job. Gloria, for jackets, mens and womens example, isoneofmanyllispanic slacks, and childrens shoes. immigrants who use the job as a S DAVS ONLY! buffer while they learn English and acquire skills for other employment. Less demanding jobs, such as cutting wiping cloths, go to physically or mentally disabled individuals. For men and women, employment with Deseret Industries is and they gethelpfinding language courses, getting job time-limite- and training, d, setting employment goals. The program blesses three groups, said Thatcher: The poor who are given the clothes, the workers who get a job, and Ephraim Middle School Reflections Winners include, front: Janice Blackham, Anne Armstrong, Erika the givers - the people who Frischknecht, Haylee Maylett, Janice Nuttal; back: Janice Farnsworth, Katie Nilsson, Drew Soderberg, donate. Cameron Armstrong, Lisa Anderson, Dana Walk. Deseret Industries collects about 20 million pieces of surplus clothing each year but has the of space to sort only Next them. year, the sorting New Beginnings. Music: Anne Armstrong, 6th Ephraim Middle School operation will move from its The winners are: grade. current 30,000 square foot announces the winners for the Contest. Reflections This annual Literature: Haylee Maylett, warehouse to a building three Photography: Erika Frisch6th grade; Janice Blackham, 6th times that size. years theme was Exploring knecht, 8th grade. Anne Armstrong, 6th grade; We hope to make the entire Dana Walk, 6th grade; grade; amount of surplus clothing Janice 6th grade. Farnsworth, available to the poor of the Visual Arts: Cameron world, Thatcher added. 6th grade; Drew Armstrong, Deseret Industries was 6th Soderberg, grade; Jonice established by the LDS Church 6th Nuttal, grade; Lisa in 1938 to employ the The lyrics, Were traveling delight: Hobo Stew. 7th Anderson, grade; Katie handicapped and to reduce along, singing our song, side by Either mark your calendar Nilsson, 7th grade. waste by encouraging reuse of side, make a perfect theme song or open your planners to household goods. It now employs for the upcoming singles Ilobo March 7th and fill in Saturday, 2,250 people in Utah, Idaho, Party. The Manti Region LDS the following information: I lobo California, Arizona, Nevada, Singles would like you by their Party, 5:30 p.m., Ephraim 1st Washington and Oregon. side for a delightful evening of and 5th ward, bring empty can, activities and food. and item for stew. American Heart Association in excuse the past, your If, This activity is designed for for staying home has been, I singles of all ages, so bring WE'RE FIGHTING FOR V3URLIFE just dont have a thing to wear! yourself, all your hobo pals and your worries are over. Come enjoy! wearing your oldest duds, and be in the height of fashion. Please bring your own dishes (an empty tin can), and a Ten high school students canned or precooked item which were honored at a reception and will be added to the culinary Position available for Certified Nurse Aide s' irftaMrftiwrtTiiifiTinlliri -- Reflections winners are announced one-thir- d Hobo Party for singles planned for March 7 $ High School Art Show now open awards presentation at the Central Utah Art Center in Ephraim on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event marked the beginning of the High School Art Invitational Show which will run until March 25 and is open to the public. Best of Show was awarded to Eric Peterson, Manti High School, for his cubism abstraction of Eleven Faces. Mastery awards were presented to Jeannie Hart, Wasatch Academy, with an untitled still life drawing, Sean Hales, Manti High School, with his watercolor mixed media painting, Chicken Salad; Rachel Henke, Delta High School with a e, Imagination Climbing," Kenny Hansen, Manti High School, photograph, Ill Tip," and Ashley Austin, Wasatch GmPgjiiL Certified Nurse Aide Wanted stained glass Academy, assemblage, Sky Traveler. Merit awards went to Colby Hurd, Wasatch Academy, with pottery entry, Vase 1; Jesse Liddell, Manti High School painting, Temple;" Lana Du tson, Delta High School, Self Portrait;" Dean Stringer, Delta High School, ceramic sculpture; at Sanpete Valley Hospital.Applicants inters ested in the position should contact the for an application. Must facility at 462-24- 4 have current certificate and two original-curre1 nt letters of recommendation related to the position as advertisied.Appointment for interviews will be arranged upon receipt of application and certificate. 220,27 Purple People Eater," and honorable mention to Cassy Carter, Juab High School, of Elements drawing, Perfection." Jurors for the show were Joe and Lee Bennion of Spring City, Mike Porter was High School Art Show Chairman. The next exhibition of art will be the works of Floyd Breinholt, well known artist, of Provo. Art Metal Ephraim Ornamental Iron 166 E. 100 Ephraim s. Railings, Dividers, Columns, Gates, Porch, Window, Patio Awnings. 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