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Show Mont Harmon to host regional history fair State College and Davis County School District. The Fair will be open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 20th. For more information contact Shannon Hoskins at Utah State. The Family and Community in History is the theme for the Price Regional History Fair March 20 at Mont Harmon Junior High. Students from 4th grade through 12th grade will be in the fair, participating in three age divisions competing for the top awards. Winners in the regional fair will advance to Sate History Competition in April. The Price Regional Fair will draw students from all of Carbon County and East Central Utah. Judges for the event m 7 9 p.m. Fri. TWENTIETH liil-VJJ- l 7.30 9 45 7:30 3rd Week a. SILKWOOD MERYL STREEP KURT RUSSELL CHER year, the Utah History Fair is getting larger each year. The fair is cosponsored and funded by the Utah and National Endowments for the Humanities, Utah State Office of Education, Utah State University, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Utah Historical Society, Weber USPS Staff writer Since it was organized one year ago this month, the United Mine Workers of America Food Bank has helped provide food to about 2,000 people a month but many people who' could be helped have not taken adac- g chairman. Everyone who was willing to struction job at food bank is getting surplus government commodities. The current method of distribution the In- - used to buy food, he said. The buildings the food bank has used have all been donated so the money has not gone to pay rent, he said. The food bank is a private, it organization and is not part of the UMWA. Most of the money to run the bank, however, has come through the dues paid by UMWA members. Companies and individuals have also contributed to the food bank. Many of the union members who could be helped by the food bank are too proud to ask for help, Grames said. These are independant people who are used to working for a living. It is hard for them to ask for help. I just wish we could reach more people who need the help. Another difficulty Grames encountered as chairman of the allocates commodities equally throughout the state regardless of the differences in rates in the unemployment respective counties. They only consider the statewide figures not the area figures,, Grames said. The formula for calculating how the commodities are distributed non-prof- . Tom Grames termountian Power Project in Delta this week, will be replaced as chairman by the food banks treasurer, Rita Martinez. He has been out of work since 1982. The food bank spent $60,000 year H last year, according to Grames. Nearly all of that money was be helped, we have given help to, said Tom Grames, who has been chairman of the food bank since it was organized one year ago. Even union members who have not paid their minimum dues are still eligible for help through the food bank. I established the policy that we should work to qualify, rather than disqualify, people. Grames, who starts a con- KINGIC0AL12 5th Smash Week -7- .10 1 9.10 THIS IS THE STORY OF A SMALL TOWN THAT LOST ITS DREAMS. rc (KING1COAU3H San Advocate By BRANDON FORD out-goin- FOX sen Food Bank open for banks 1 20th CENTURY 1984 Sun Progress, Inc. AM rights reserved A property of Sun Progress, Inc. No part hereof may be reproduced without prior written con Chairman says goodbye vantage of the food bank, Thurs. CENTURY-FO- Fair. cording to the Sat. & SUSAN categories: Historical Essay, Visual Display, Live Performance and Students may also have an Economic History Entry in the Now in its fourth & Sun. SARANDON TH BUDDY SYSTEM follow prescribed guidelines and are entered in one of five Multi-Medi- mi RICHARD DRCYFUSS and professional researchers. Fair entries must closely teachers Cuss 0 7:00 only historians, professional ENOS THURSDAY STARTS FRIDAY local from come will PRICE1THEATRI the should be changed. Working with the state social services has not been easy, Grames said. Its like they say: The state ends at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. Even though his job as chairman has been trying at times and he is very glad to have a job again, Grames said he will miss the work at the food bank. To him it has been very rewarding. ENOS THURSDAY 5263-800- NEVER CRY Published Every Wednesday and Inc., Friday by the 76 W. Main St., Price, Utah 84501. WOLFED Phone (801 STARTS FRIDAY FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS Phone 637 0732 Ext 7 High School Honor Student by day. Hollywood Hooker Dan Stockburger, General Manager Randall Wright, Managing Editor Second Class Postage Paid at Price Utah Post Office Postmaster 76 Send changes of address to West Mam St . Price, Utah 84501 OF THE MEMBER Member of Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association Angel Subscription Rate: In Carbon and Emery Counties, S21 per year, published twice weekly. In Utah, outside area, $23 per year. Out of state, $25. NEW WORLO PICTURES TOBaiEn33n 2 of a Kind Ends Thursday 7:00-9:0- 0 STARTS FRIDAY Matinee Sat. 17,1:00 The Foxiest Most Dog-gon- e Wonderful Movie Of The Year! Economy stats show county slump percent. Within the local By LARRY W. DAVIS Progress editor State business and unemployment statistics released last week painted a bright picture of Utah economics, but one section of the painting continued to be cast in the bleak colors of misfortune. Southeastern Utah, including Carbon and Emery counties, had little to celebrate when the states jobless rate showed a low at 5.7 drop to a district, unemployment figures remained double digit with an of 11.4 unemployment. average Emery County percent finally managed to slip below double figures at 9.4 percent, down from the 13.2 percent of January. Carbon County was also down from the 13.9 percent mark but remained in double digits at 12.6, second highest in the state next to Wasatch Countys 12.9. - dramatic slump in construction. New dwelling units in the district are down by 41.9 percent from a year ago while construction permits dropped Throughout the rest of the district, Grand County shows an unemployment figure i four-coun- ty of 12.1 although scheduled layoffs in industry for March are not reflected. Also, San Juan stands at 11 percent. Both county figures are slightly down from January. percent by 41.2 percent. Non-agricultu- employment also dropped by 17.1 percent over 1983 figures. Statewide, the dollar value of residential construction permits increased 89.2 percent, the increase since largest records were initiated in 1958. Business statistics released by the Utah Economic and Business Review this month show that the Southeastern District is also experiencing a one-ye- ar This movie was previewed by members of the Carbon County PTA and was determined a movie suitable for the whole family. Citi Cinemas will donate 25 to the Carbon County PTA for every admission sold to this fine family j1 feature! OSHA fines Union Oil in two employee deaths Union Oil DENVER (AP) Co. of California has been fined $2,160 for violations discovered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration upon investigating two deaths at the Union oil shale plant in Parachute last year. OSHA released its in- vestigation report Tuesday. John Cole of Rifle and Rodger Robinson of Grand Junction drowned last December when they fell into a plant pond while attempting to take water samples the night of last Dec. 6. A third employee, Ixmnie Castleman, attempted to rescue the two men but had to be rescued himself and was hospitalized for treatment. The Union Oil plant, built at a ThankPTAYou extends a Mont Harmon Jr. High special thank you to the following businesses and organizations for the prizes donated to the Annual Science Fair: Kiwanis Club ElksClub Southeastern Utah Dental Society Carbon County Medical Society Zions Bank United Mine Workers Dan's Pharmacy McDonald's Office Equipment tm Woolworth's Valley Wholesale Veltri's Drug Chuck's Pharmacy Pizza Hut Radio Shack Tolman's Price Floral Gamble's Oliveto Furniture Serendipity cost of $650 million, is the first commercial oil shale project ever built in the United States. It was finished last September, but its startup has been delayed by problems. Fred W. Feuerstein, M.D. Glenn T. Etzel, M.D. announce Expanded Office Hours: Beginning on April m WESTLAND TROPHIES Saturday 9:00am-12:00noo- Tues. & n CALL Thursday office will be open until 8:00 pm &Sansee 637-627- 1 , y Monday-Frida8:30am-5:00p- 2 Awards Trophies Plaques Ribbons We Do Engraving for Lynette and Greg Marsing 637-515- 8 Carbonville appointment W. 1 , . a, - |