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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1899 SCHOOL FFA Chapter Valley Long FFA inghens. If established The Chap- Long Valley te in conjunction with the EH- of Wildlife Resources and local farmers and ranchers, re- leased 72 wild turkeys in three different locations in the Long Valley area. These are Rio popula- tions continue to grow and cur-visio- n rent and future transplants thrive, wild turkeys will one day be part of the wildlife scene, These aren't domesticated birds; strong-flyinthey are native North American wild turkeys. g, long-legge- d, tree-roostin- g, The Division of Wildlife Resources works cooperatively with private landowners in transplanting wild turkeys and protecting and enhancing critical habitat. The FFA helps by Until now few people have ing with the local landowners enjoyed the sights and sounds of about the turkey transplant gobblers and attend- - gram. talk-fiftie- s. pro-strutti- ng 7 can now stand in front ofa group without swaying, nsaidJ.D. Horlacher. 7 can chair a meeting, commented Monique Just two of the successes from the students in Mrs. Hollidays Marketing Class. During October and November learned the techniques of speaking. The students were part of Toastmasters eight week Youth Leadership they Program. When the class competes at DECA they need to be able to be concise during the impromptu part and also present an organized speech during the marketing segment. Both these areas were addressed during the eight weeks. They also learned how to chair a meeting, make a motion and vote. If you are interested in any of the picture above are the 20 Eagle Scouts who were recognized for their efforts Toastmaster programs, contact Joy at 644-- 2 175. The local Toastmaster Club meets every Friday morning (7--8 a. m.) during a banquet at the Red Hills Convention Center. at the WorkForce Services building. Allen. Ten reasons to support public . education: 1. An educated populace is the cornerstone of democracy. In a democratic society, the well-be- ing of the nation depends on the decisions of an educated, in- formed electorate. 2. Education reduces costs to taxpayers. Every dollar spent to keep a child in school reduces the future costs ofwelfare, prison and intervention services that i t 164 E 300 S 644-880- 0 Kanab cost of retraining and remediation to prepare a worker for his or her tasks is paid by both employers and consumers, The process raises the price of American products and makes it more difficult for our nation to compete in the marketplace. 8. The cost of school dropouts effects us all. Our nation loses more than $240 billion per year in earnings and taxes that drop- outs would have generated over their lifetimes. public schools can engage all stu- Well-support- ed terns. than 95 of our fu-- 1 ture jobs will require at least a high school education. An educated workforce will be essential. him feufcd jfcimjnbriijf J 7. The nation pays a high price for poorly educated workers. The Cox. What a great job these boys accomplished. We are excited for our future Eagle Scouts for 1999. This year the Paria River District awarded its top award to Ross Ray of Fredonia. Ross contribution to the program and boys throughout the years have been significant. His efforts have taught boys skills that will fol- low them all their years. To Ross Ray, the District Award ofMerit was given Also recognized for their ef-forts and given the Second Miler Award were: Terril Honey, Trent Glazier, Christine Olsen, Ed Robbins, and Lisa Reese. The District recognized all ofthe munity for their support in the 1998 Friends of Scouting drive, To all of these award recipients and supporters of Friends of Scouting, we congratulate and thank them for all their support and look forward to wor king with them in the future. Finally, thankyou to all those who made this banquet a success, com-fec- ?&, IIS 6. More ihuatil I Twenty Eagle Scouts were rec- ognized for their accomplish- ments on February 11, 1899, at the Red Hills Convention Cen- ter. Each boy was praised for accomplishing the Eagle Scout rank that only 2 of boys in scoutingnationwdde receive. One of the requirements as a Life Scout to earn the Eagle rank is to organize and lead a commu nity service project. This year many great projects were com- pleted, totaling over 2,500 ser-dents in learning and graduate vice hours, with savings of over I productive and competent tax- - $30,000 for their communities. The Eagle Scouts for 1998 are: paying citizens. 9. Children are our nations Daniel R. Gilberg, Kohler S. future. Their development af-- Johnson, Jeremiah V. Church, all of us. Good education is Thomas E. Cram, David Stevens, not cheap, but ignorance costs Lance Brown, James Hoyt, far more. Christopher R. McDonald, Mat- 10. Public education is a wor- - thew J. Pepper, Matthew D. strong public schools. In 1954 thy investment of public funds. Kelly, Anthony S. Chatterly, there were 17 workers to pay the We can invest now, or we can Kyler V. Ray, Jerry C. Johnson, social security cost for each re- - pay later. This is the simple fact TobySorensen, Clayton Howells, tiree. By 1995, there were only of the matter. Johnathan Downward, CloydW. three for each retiree. The pro- Roundy, Isaac S. Spencer, I ductivity of these three workers Developedby the California PTA Michael H. Kelly, and Dustin will likely depend on the f strength ofour public school sys- - rr.rrrr"T FRESH FOOD r j correlate so highly with school dropouts. It costs far less to edu- cate a child now than to support a teen parent or a repeat of-fender in the future. Education expenditures help secure the future of all citizens. 3. Public schools are the only schools that must meet the needs of all students. Public schools serve children with physical, emotional and mental disabili- ties, those who are extremely gifted and those who are learn- mg challenged, and everything Parse River District aq!e Scout banauet aaniif Himitsiii, P IQ) m Mm 'itm ts |