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Show 4 Sun Advocate, Price, UtahThursday, May 28, 1992 News Programs assist disabled students By ANN KAY MARSING Staff writer Board members from Carbon County School District heard from two area principals reports at their May 20 meeting Edna Romano, Castle educators. Addressing the board were Creekview Elementary. Valley Center, and Paul Crookston, Romano told the board that Castle Valley features a transitional kindergarten that prepares slower learning children to return to regular school a little at a time. Academics are taught in the morning hours, while social skills and speech therapy are presented in the afternoon. And the program can be individualized to any particular students needs. The center also tries to place handicapped students in job settings upon graduation. But with unemployment so high, Romano stated that was difficult to do. Public school funding ends for the handicapped person at age 22 and without employment, their only means of financial help is social services. '5 L Price Rescue members clean up the area around a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon, which killed a Huntington resident. Accident claims Huntington woman accA crushing head-o- n ident Tuesday afternoon took the life of an Emery County woman and sent two Price residents to the hospital Cynthia Diane Kelley, 42, from Huntington, was killed instantly when her vehicle col lided with a pickup truck being driven by Kevin Low-de37, of Price. Utah Highway Patrol trooper Judy Hamaker said Lowder apparently fell asleep at the wheel, allowing his vehicle to cross the centerline and collide the r, Kelley vehicle. Lowder suffered two broken legs, and an unidentified female passenger received minor injuries. Hamakers report indicates both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident. The accident occurred about 5:15 p.m. south of the junction of State Road 10 and State Road 122 to Hiawatha, and it is still under investigation. Jennmar to move factory to Clearfield A Salt Lake newspaper, the Enterprise, reported in its May 18 issue that Jennmar, a Pittsburgh-base- d mining machinery manufacturer, has announced it plans to construct a 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility on five acres in Clearfield, pending city council approvals, that will provide 20 to 25 new jobs for the area. A Jennmar spokesman said the company intends to close its existing Utah facility, which is located in Helper, once the Clearfield plant is on line. All new employees will be hired for the Clearfield site, he said. The Sun Advocate could not reach anyone at the Helper facility for comment before press time Wednesday. The Enterprise reported that Summit Realty, the construction division of Jennmar, Emery fire district wins $454,000 grant from CIB The newly formed Emery County Fire Protection Special Service District was awarded a $454,000 grant by the Utah Permanent Com- munity Impact Board. The district was represented by Dean Behling, Garth Childs, Lamar Guymon and Mark Justice at the May 7 CIB meeting in Salt Lake City. 25. Jennmar will manufacture mine roof supports at the Clearfield facility, said the spokesman, who noted the company received the best package" from Clearfield city. We did a survey of freight factors and we liked what we heard from Clearfields people, especially Kay Chandler, he said. Chandler is the citys economic development director. The $454,000 will be matched with $230,000 of the districts money and will be used to purchase one large fire truck and eight new The equipment is to be located throughout Emery County to improve fire fighting capabilities of local fire mini-pumper- will construct the facility, which will be double the size of Jennmars operations in Carbon County. Jennmar should be operational in Clearfield by September with a staff of 20 to s. departments. Frank Calandra Inc., Jen- nmars ld mon- manufacturing parent company, employs 480 and logs yearly sales of $92 million, according to Americas Corporate Families 1991, a yearly publication of Dunns Marketing Service. Other Calandra subsidiaries include Jennmar Corp. of Illinois, Jennmar Grand marshals perfect for job By LAYNE MILLER Staff writer If anyone is custom-fi- t for the job of grand marshals of the Black Diamond Stampede rodeo, it is Doyle and Ann Allred of Cleveland. The Emery County couple are steeped in the areas rodeo history, and now their kids and their grandkids are excelling in the sport. You cant talk with the Allreds without swiftly discovering they have a deep love for animals and for rodeo. Its real scary to watch the (grand) kids out there, Ann says, They say it doesnt hurt (when they have a rodeo accident). But when they come home covered with bruises and all banged up, you know it does." As she talks about the successes of her grandkids, Ann gets tears in her eyes and its difficult for her to talk. But she wants you to understand each is successful in their own right One story repeated by Ann illustrates how dedicated the Allreds are to rodeo. She says one of their grandkids was doing well in the high school rodeo circuit and had qualified for the state finals in Heber. Just prior to the event, he broke his leg and had to have it put in a cast. He was so determined not to let the acci- dent ruin his competition, he talked the doctor into building a spur into the cast. He captured the rodeo title with the help of the spur. Doyle now lives about mile from where he was bom on the coast of Desert Lake." Farming, ranching and cattle have always been their livelihood. But when they got into the rodeo livestock business, they found their true love and passed it on to their girls and their boys. Our girls were rodeo queens, and our boys took lots of buckles and money," Ann says. Now our grandkids are excelling in it" The couple believe its an honor to be named the grand marshals of the Black Diamond Stampede. Its great," Ann said. "It will be a real honor." Doyle is pleased, too. But he d seems to miss the action offered by a rodeo. Id cast-imbedd- one-ha- lf fast-pace- rather be in there as a pickup man, he said with a smile on his face. He says working as a pickup man can be exciting and dangerous. He tells about the time a mean Brahma bull used its horns to tip him and his horse over. When asked if he got hurt, he replied, "It didnt make me feel any better. Yes, you can tell they are pleased. As they got up to leave the Sun Advocate office, Ann turned back and said, "My sister gave me a Stetson hat 60 years ago. It was a real nice hat. Maybe Ill see if it will fit so I can wear that at the rodeo." As she thought about the gift given to her so many years ago, she said, We had a fire and it may have shrunken it a little. But maybe it will still fit. Give me some baling twine, and Ill get it to fit," Doyle quipped. So if you attend the Black Diamond Stampede June look to see if Ann is 18-2- 0, wearing her Stetson. And look closely to see if Doyle found some baling twine for her to use. Corp. of West Virginia, Jen- nmar Corp. of Kentucky and Steel Works Corp. Wards Business "Director U.S. Private and Public Company 1992 reported Jennmar logged sales of $95 million. M Without funding, some students are not able to attend the various workshops that would be helpful to their futures. Its a sad situation when theres no help if theres not a slot for those kids in the public school system or social services, theyre on the street," Romano said. Romano went on to share with board members that Castle Valley tries to keep its programs as close to normal as possible. Progress is in inches," she said. And we have to watch that we dont get too special ed and the kids are doing better with this attitude." Crookston reported that Creekview Elementary has some handicapped students, including those with intellectual or behavioral problems, and said the school also can accommodate the blind. Students with milder disabilities are bused to Creekview, and it has become like a second handicapped school for the county, according to Crookston. Creekview employs a staff of 55 which includes seven Chapter One aides for low income students, and enrollment should reach approximately 442 next school term. The school also has transitional programs for first and second graders and special education classes for some students until they are ready for middle school or junior high. Crookston announced that fifth grade SAT scores were higher this year because the students were better prepared to take the test. SAT scores from 1990 to 1991 showed improvements in all areas: math 38 to 65; reading 40 to 41 to 56; social studies 53; language 34 to 52; science 46 to 55. Total battery was 38 to 58. CORE results between 1991 and 1992 also showed improvements in science and math, ranging from 66 to 79 and 68 to 72 respectively, while reading remained the same at 72. Crookston pointed out, however, that SAT and CORE improvements were based on two different fifth grades. Creekview now has a new computer program that tracks each students progress and will be beneficial in the future. Soccer to be dropped at Carbon By ANN KAY MARSING Staff writer Boys soccer at Carbon High School will be played during the 1992-9- 3 season, but will be dropped from Carbons sports agenda in the following school year. This recommendation came from board members at the May 20 meeting of the Carbon County School District. Influencing the boards decision was a request to add girls soccer to the sports curriculum, thereby making an equal amount of activities available for both boys and girls. Superintendent Robert Hanson pointed out that girls soccer and football are played at the same time of year, and both sports have to stagger practice and playing times on Carbons only field. Adding girls soccer to the agenda would ultimately mean constructing another field, which the district cannot fund now. Also, the districts strategic plan calls for a limitation on high school activities. Hanson went on to say that to make either soccer team competitive for region play, the sport would have to be implemented at the junior high level. Again, this would mean more expenditures for the district. Beginning next school term, boys soccer will be available only to returning players and there will be no junior varsity team. Board members also passed Hansons recommendation to have girls drill team and cheerleading remain part of the regular school day for the next term, but to make it an activity for school year 1993-9after-scho- ol 4. Fire danger to be high Large, difficult-to-contr- ol fires are a real possibility in Utahs mountains and foothills this summer. Earlier this month, state fire officials told Governor Bangerter they are gearing up to address the danger brought on by eight years of drought. It is impossible to predict what will happen," said state forester Dick Klason. But we are taking prudent steps to protect lives and property from wildfire." The Utah Division of State Lands and Forestry, USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are bringing on seasonal firefighting personnel several weeks early. "We need to be able to attack every wildfire aggressively and quickly," said Klason. The Division of State Lands and Forestrys goal is to control 95 percent of the fires on state and private lands during initial attack, before fires become large and hard to control." Fire-fightin- g agencies also (Continued on Page It) |