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Show i l u:;iw.s r 'r ST7 )lume 44 Number L E 7ITY. ,,'E rJT em Thursday July 3, Kanab, Utah 84741 5 eaJ $6.00 per )7i e.u i 5y per single copy Fireworks dagerous says blindness group As the Independence Day holidays approach, the UtahSocietv 'n K. bis small building belonging to the ane County Chamber of Commerce was moved Is week to be nearer a major highway bs junction. Hopefully, it will be in full operation in the next few days. homber moves info center In their regular meeting jesday at noon, the Kane aunty Area Chamber of Com-er- ce reported on the move of fiir information center from est Center Street to a loca-o- n between 200 and 300 South 100 East Street, between the hlllips 66 Service Station and ie coin laundry building. Reason for the move was to lalify for funds through the tab Travel Council for mar ng the center. The Travel ouncil requires that a center, order to qualify for funds cm their office, must be lotted near a major highway Action. The moving of the building as done by the County under te direction of Fred Brueck. he group discussed times to ive the center manned and asts for someone to be there, was suggested that it be open-- 1 from 8 to 11 a.m. and again om 5 to 9 p.m. six days a eek, and in this way most of ie inquirers would be able to ill at the office. Power, phone id water will be Installed very hortly, and Mr. Brueck will egln looking for someone to tan the center. In other business, the Cham 1 . ber moved to send a letter to the County Commission requesting funds to print a movie brochure and also funds to repair the movie streetin Johnson Canyon for upcoming movie business in the area. They also discussed other public relations and advertising problems which will include Orderville girl one of six to get scholarship Six participants in 1975 Utah Girls State have been awarded scholarships to Southern Utah State College. Among the recipients of the tuition scholarships ($300) will be Sally Esplin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Esplin, Orderville. A primary factor in determining scholarship recipients was leadership demonstrated at 1975 Girls State activities hosted by SUSC. All six girls will be seniors at their respective high schools this fall. Red Cliff preparing theater and grounds waist high, covered ce of ground and of vandalism greeted this easons Red Cliff Company fhen they arrived in Kanab. Now, just two weeks later, he weeds are gone and grass The theatre i&s been planted. ias been painted and the grounds ire cleared. Cement has been toured and additions to the ttage are soon to be completed. Weeds, very inch evi-en- Mr. Terral Lewis, director a the companys activities, laid these plans were only the eginning of the project to make lie theatre apermanentfacility. The company members are not only responsible for the work done on the theatre but they are also the actors and actresses in the shows. This season "The Sound of will open July 18; Music "Papa Married a Mormon will open July 19. These shows will continue in nightly rotation until August 11 when "Hello, Dolly" will be added to the season. They will then continue until September 5. For more information write to Red Cliff Repertory Theatre 1. in Kanab or call entertainment brochures and an area guide. The total budget, which was adopted and is to be presented to the County Commission to be funded from the transient room tax, will come to $14,415.00. A nominating committee consisting of Mardean Pugh and Jim Skaggs was appointed to get ready for election of new directors, and advertising committee ol Nyle wuus, Jim Carrico and Marlin Brown was appointed under the direction of President Bemell Lewis. A motion was made, seconded and passed to recommend that no more than 25 of the transient room tax collected in Kane County be forwarded tothe Four County Association of Govern- ments Advertising Committee. KANAB NEWS Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Johnson visited thir daughter Afton Mar Cram in Salt Lake City recently. They also visited with Florians two sisters, Afton Hunt and Nevada Driggs. Later they flew to California where they spent a week with their daughter Iva Lu and family in Napa. Monday Iva Lu brought her parents to Kanab where she visited for a short time before leaving for Salt Lake City to attend June Conference. She is a member of the Napa Stake APYW Board. Following conference, her sister, Afton Mar, accompanied her to Napa for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Johnson and daughter Leslie were recently in Salt Lake City where they visited with their daughter Jeanie and husband. Mrs. Norlean Kelly and her family enjoyed a reunion last Saturday, the first In five years. Mike, George, Barry and Tim Kelly and their families, together with Mrs. Kelly had a cook-o- ut and games at the City Park to celebrate their get 644-523- for the Prevention of Blindness has issued its annual warning ALL fireworks are dangerous, even the smallest firecracker and the seemingly harmless sparkler. "We do not want to spoil the traditional patriotic fun of the Fourth, says Orv Helgeson, Executive Director of the sight conservation organization, but we strongly urge that use of all fireworks be confined to licensed public displays. "Every year, the Society receives far too many reports of eyes injured from the use of fireworks, even in states where they have been outlawed. Many of the injured are children. "The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, since 1973 the Federal Agency responsible for consumer safety, has not yet come up with what the Society, and allied organizations concerned with personal safety, consider to be effective regulations, says Mr. Helgeson. "However, we cant help but believe that the Commission is working towards improved controls. Class Although the larger B fireworks have been Federally banned for some time, the more common "Class C devices are responsible for a tremendous number 'of injuries, an estimated 3,000 during last year's holiday season. Among fireworks identified as Class C are small fireinches long or crackers (1-smaller), sparkers, fountains, Roman candles and similar items. Because all pyrotechnic devices are inherently dangerous, there Is no truly safe way to use them, Mr. Helgeson points 12 out. The Society makes a special FRED011IA FOURTH Plans for the Bicentennial and 4th of July celebrations in Fredonia have now been finalized with the schedule as follows: The festivities will begin at 7:30 p.m. on July 3rd with the presentation of the Bicentennial certification and beautiful Bicentennial Flag. This presentation will be followed by the Miss Fredonia Pageant under the direction of Debra Judd. All unmarried girls between ages of 0 are invited to enter and possibly become Miss Arizona. July 4th starts early with the 16-2- annual ceremony at the City Park at 6:30 a.m. Fredonias firemen will serve their famous 4th of July breakflag-raisi- ng fast from 7 to 9 a.m. The parade will start at 10 a.m. and will feature the Bi' centennial theme. They would like to see enthusiastic participation in the parade from individuals as well as organizations. Following the parade, sports and game events will take place at the park. Noon is again time to Dll those empty stomachs at a good beef Barbeque prepared by those expert chefs, Glenn Lee and Dave Rider, The afternoon will be spent in swimming and relaxing so everyone will be ready and rested for the Patriotic program which starts at 8 p.m. at the park. This program will be followed by a dance for the young, old and Everyone is invited to come to Fredonia for a glorious j to pui cuts to see that then luldrcn aienut permitted to use D tew oiks of any kind, an i to keep their rlilldren away 1'oiu anyone who does. F the innocent bystander ots hurt. It is hard for children to recognize the danger in fun, ai., thing they see as so its up to adults to take the responsibility. the Fourth, the but celebrate it Vision is pru eless. . . Celebrate Society saleh. sas, dont tike needless chances with it. Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie . . . .thats it for Kanab, because tournament type play for bO)s beyond little league has returned, Loyd Speckle and his Showboat Motel of Las Vegas will be in Kanab on July 4th and 5th to play a three-gasenes with the Kanab stars, according to Mike Walker, supervisor of the Kanab 76-l9l- 6 Independence. This will be an outstanding program with numbers from the graduated 5th Grade class, a tribute to Uncle Sam and the Goddess of Liberty. It will be at the program that the winning floats will be announced and awarded. This program is sure to make your buttons pop with pride in our country and in our community. Reaffirm your allegiance by attending the flag raising at 7:00 a.m. at the Kanab Stake House. July At 10:00 a.m. there will be a parade of miniature floats. If your business is not entering one, or even if it is, make a family float to enter. Come to the Heritage House at 9:30 a.m. for a position in line. Build your floats around the theme of the parade "America is Great Because. . . . Help your children decorate their bikes, wagons or horses to ride along in the parade. We would like all the participation possible. to send tilings off. It will end at the Stake House where there will be a "good patriotic program in the cultural hall. on Also starting at 10:00 a.m. there will be games for the children and a bake sale. They will last till 1:00 p.m. So there is plenty of time for everything. At 3:00 p.m. on the lawn by the public pool there will be a huge water fight for everyone who wishes to join in. Bring the burglars gained admittance by piying the screen and breaking through a small restroom window. After gaimng entry they took sever! items out through the back door. Missing from the shop were a large steieo and speakers and other stereo components, JO stereo records, $75 in cashand some car stereos, and an electric guitar and other miscellaneous items. Estimated cost of equipment stolen was around $2,000. simulating major league twilight double header games. The final game of the series will be played the next morning (July 5th) at 10 a.m. All the games will be played on the softball park near the Lions Little League field, and the public is invited to enjoy the contests. recreation program. The first game of the series will be held at 5 p.m. on July 4 (in between all the other July Fourth activity) and the second game will be at about 7:30 p.m. Four new teachers hired for Fredonia Schools Four new Fredonia teachers were named Tuesday by Paul McCormick, School Board president. Faculty aUUlUono Include Mrs. Nancy Weatherspoon for Kindergarten and Physical Education; Stephen Hooper, 4th Grade; Mrs. Judith Anders, Elementary Special Education and Miss upper-elementa- ry Sharon Brownell, High School Special Education. Teacher hirings for the 1975-7- 6 school year are completed, McCormick said. Positions not named above will be filled by returning teachers. Hooper is from Fort Thomas, Arizona, and is a first year teaHe will replace Mrs. cher. Janae Cluff. Miss Brownell taught Special Education in Illinois last year. Her position is a new one on the High School faculty. Mrs. Anders has been teaching Special Education in Kanab schools. Mrs. Weatherspoon, a has done volunteer and substitute teaching in local schools. She also taught part of a year in North Carolina. Fre-doni- In Kindergarten, she will replace Mrs. Florence Williams, who will teach Elementary Special Education along with Mrs. Anders. Fredonia Elementary is required to have two Special Education teachers to qualify for government funds, said Woody Wilson, Elementary Principal. Upper-gra- de Representative Jones reports on legislative week S. teachers have usually taught Physical Education to their own classes in the past but a formal girls program will be organized this year, he said. (SEE PARADE ROUTE ON PAGE FOUR) The parade will begin a little differently this year. It will start from the Heritage House with a devotional for the day ter Street, where Baseball, hotdotgs, apple pie all stars Fourth. This 4th of July begins the celebration of the 200th birthday of our nation, and it is only through the sacrifice and blood of our forefathers that we enjoy the prosperity we have today. The Bicentennial Committee would like to invite you to join with them in celebrating this memorial day of Thieves entered three Kanab businesses in the earl) morning hours last Thursda), June 26, and made off with around $3,000 worth of merchandise and cash. Hardest liit in Kanab was Davis Music Shop on WestCen- - your own buckets, balloons or cups and make sure your clothes can get wet! Then it is everyone to the City Park at 7:00 p.m. for a Picnic. Bring Community your own lunch and tablecloth but save room for the punch and cupcakes that will be furnished by the Legion Auxiliary. And be ready for more than just eating as there will be more than just eating going on for the whole family. It was pre viously announced that assignments for food would be made by geographical boundaries This was in town. incorrect. Bring your Representative Jones reported this past week on the Special Session of the Legislature called by Governor Calvin L. Rampton. Representative Jones felt that there was no pressing need for the legislative session and that the Governor was dissatisfied with the results. F or the most part. Representative Jones was pleased with the action that was taken. First, there was no increase in the tax on gasoline that was threatened. Second, the State Highway Department received one-tionly funds from the surplus to receive matching funds from the Federal Government. Finally, Mr. Jones was the floor sponsor of the amendment that essentially killed the Water Bill that the Governor was extremely anxious to have passed. Jones Introduced the amendment that led to the deThe amendfeat of the bill. ment deleted new language requested by the Governor. This request would change the first in time; first in line type of priority system of water allocation that is currently being This bill would have used. placed more authority in the hands of the State Engineer and It would State Government. have done away with the existing priority rights. "I would like to thank the people of Kane County who care enough about what is happening in the State Legislature to let me know their feelings, stated Mr. Jones. "I am there to represent and vote for you. My actions during the recent Special Session were in response to your expressed wishes. I thank you." Youth group cleans hospital lunch; punch and cupcakes will be ished. furn- At 9:00 there will be a street dance to finish the day for the youth that wont be hard to find. So stay at Kanab and renew your love of America and all it offers. Spend the 4th of July here! own fJo The tlurd place broken into was Ace Hardware in Kanab. 1'he burblars apparently tried to gun entrance through skylights, but once inside decided they were too far off the floor, then pryed open an outside door, here a burglar alarm was tripped which apparently scared them off and they "may have taken some ammunition and one rifle, Time of the break-in- was s estimated at around 4 a.m. According to Kanab Chief of High Priests and their wives of the Kanab Utah Stake are invited to a regular quorum social on Saturday, July 12, according to U.S. Gardner, High Priest group leader of the Kanab Second Ward, the sponsoring group. All High Priests and wives are invited and a special invitation is extended to widows in the stake, Mr. Gardner said. The party will be held at the Kanab City Park and will begin at 6 p.m. with supper starting at 7 p.m. The menu will include barbequed chicken with all the trimmings and those attending are advised to bring their alKint $1,000. utensils. Police Bruce Bunting, law enforcement officers are checking several leads and have several suspects that information has been received about. He is heading the investigation of the Davis Music Shop and Ace Waterman Hardware break-i- n. Welding is in Arizona and investigations there are being handled by authorities in F Lawmen there were unavailable for comment before ia. press time, Mrs. Jerry Davis of Davis Music Shop has offered a $100 reward for information leading to the recovery of items stolen from her store. final decision on concessions 'til study Congressman Allan T. Howe was promised by National Park Service Director Gary Ever-har- dt in a meeting today that there will be no official decision on the phase out of the tourist services in Zion and Bryce national parks until the completion of an economic impact study by the University of Utah and public hearings on the issue. The University of Utah study completion at the end of July, and Everhardt says the Park Service plans to hold the hearings in October. "My meeting with Mr. Everhardt, Rep. Howe said, "was prompted by newspaper reports that the Park Service had decided to phase out the concessions in Zion and Bryce at the end of this year, and that the Park Service doesnt care what either Congress or the people of Utah think about it. Mr. Everhardt assured me that no final decision has yet been reached by the Park Service, and he characterized a newspaper report quoting Park Service spokesman Tom Wilson as saying that, We dont particularly care what Congress has said recently, we rely on our organic act, as a misrepresentation of what Wilson said. Rep. Howe continued, I was very seriously concerned that the Park Service had formulated a policy of phasing out the service not only at Zion and Bryce, but at all the is scheduled for rk parks, and simply hadnt bothered to tell me, or anyone else about it. But Mr. Everhardt said this wasnt the case, that no hard, fast overall policy on park services has been formulated, and that each park will be considered individually before any decision is made on keeping or phasing out tourist services within its boundaries. I think this is a most important point, that it's absolutely essential that each national park be considered individually, and I was happy to have Mr. Everhardt concede this point. national In the Bryce I think keeping the concessions in the parks is the best alternative. I think theres room for services both in Zion and Bryce and in the nearby communities, and I think its important that visitors to these two parks have the choice of staying in the parks overnight or staying in one of the towns close by. Having service in Zion and Bryce, so visitors have the to stay in them opportunity overnight is an important plus for the tourist industry in southern Utah. Rep. case Howe added, of Zion and Rep. Howe concluded, "Mr. Everhardt was most cooperative during our meeting today, and Im hopeful that that spirit of cooperation will continue and we can work out some way to keep the services in Zion and Bryce. Larry Turpen, administrator of the Kane County Hospital, was very pleased recently with a group of about 35 people who went to the hospital on June 24 and spent some good time in cleaning the hospital and doing yard work as a serviceproject. The project was sponsored by the Kanab Second Ward Aaronic Priesthood activity program and was very much appreciated by the Hospital Staff, according to Mr. Turpen. He asked the Southern Utah News to express appreciation to all who participated in the very worthwhile project. GLENDALE NOTE: own Garth High Priests plan social July 1 2th The burglars, apparently the same ones, entered Waterman v elding, just over the Arizona State lorder, by prying open the lart e metal doors. Here they took a chain saw, electric drill, bits and other items valued at FOURTH The following is the schedule for the July 4th Celebration planned for the town of Glendale. The proceeds from this years celebration will go for the development of a City Park. a.m. - Gunfire a.m. - Flag raising ceremony 7:30 a.m. Chuckwagon break fast 9:00 a.m. - Patriotic program 10:30 a.m. - Races for Kids 8:30 p.m. - Movie 6 7 by Alan Howe 200 years ago this week, when the United States was one year away from becoming a nation, there were several major events that contributed to the founding of our country. On July 3, 1775, George Washington assumed command of the Revolutionary army. After the first armed clashes of the Revolution, (Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill), the Continental Congress on July 5, 1775 drafted and adopted the Olive Branch Petition. This petition was the final attempt by the colonists to reach reconciliation with King George in by means short of war. In the event that war with England became inevitable, the Continental Congress signed a statement for Washington to read to his troops on July 6, 1775. This statement, the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of TakingUp Arms, was the precursor to our The Declaration of Independence. The heart of this document read: We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just. Our union Is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which ourbenefleent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perserve ranee, employ them for preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live as slaves. |