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Show Some of the 4tX) winners in the Utah Civic Beautification Awards program gather at the awards ceremony where they received plaques and certificates Gab fron the garden A successful year for beautification program H. Folsom ly Genevieve Tribune Garden Editor THE 1982 Civic Beautification Awards program was tbe most successful ever with some 460 winners of district certificates of merit and 45 state plaque winners. About 375 of these winners received their awards at a special awards ceremony and tea held in the Garden Clubs Center in Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. The program is sponsored by The Salt Lake Tribune with the cooperation of the Utah State University extension services, the Utah Association of Nurserymen and the Utah Associated Garden Clubs. It is Utah's oldest continuous landscape improvement and much has been accomplished since its inception in 1947. This year, a new and worthwhile award was presented for the tidiest town in Utah. Named the Tidy Town Award winner this year was Enterprise, a community of about 505 people, located in the southwest corner of the state. On hand to receive the award were Stan and Jeannine Holt, who for the past nine years have directed the landscape improvement program in their town. However, since the judges found it most difficult to select the top award in the "Tidy Town competition, honorable mention certificates went to Fountain Green, Orem, Brian Head, Price, Roosevelt and Smithfield. The nurserymens valuable awards of tree plantings worth about $400 each went to Price to the most entries in the over 3,000 population class. Tom Behling, Utah State University county agent, and Theressa Frandsen, councilwo-ma- n and beautification chairman of h Price, received the award. received the tree award for the most entries in communities with populations under 3,000. Elaine Baldwin is beautification chairman. Minersville received the award for trees for the most improved community in a years period. Grace Bealer heads the landscape improvement in the community. WE THANK THE many citizens of the state and the communities that participated in the program in 1982 and whether you were a winner or not, your project has added much to the beauty of our state. We thank each and every one of the judges who gave so freely of their time and talents to personally visit each project to judge it. There were 44 judges who spent approximately 600 hours and traveled about 2500 miles to accomplish the task of judging. Speaking of judging, some have asked how the projects are judged. Each is judged separately on a scale of these possible points which Pan-guitc- 8 II The Salt Lake Tribune Home Magazine, Sunday, October in each case add up to 100 percent. In classes A, Garden clubs, Bl, Civic clubs, B2, Commercial landscaping, B3, Governmental and B4, Churches, there are a possible 35 points for general effect and value to community; a possible 25 points for design; 25 points for effort; 15 points for use of resources. In class C, private gardens professionally designed, the points are 35 for general effect, and value to community; 60 points for design; 10 points for effort and 15 points for use of resources. In class C2, private gardens nonprofessional, the points are a possible 20 for general effect and community value; 25 points for design, 40 points for effort and 15 points to use of resources. Class D community beautification and clean-up- , the points are 40 points for general effect and value to community; 10 points for design; 30 points for effort and 20 points for use of resources. In classes El, E2, E3 and E4, which takes in junior gardening, ranch and farm improvement and neighborhood improvement, the points are 25 for general effect and value to community, 5 points for design, 60 points for effort, and 10 points for use of resources. In E5 tree plants, the points allowed are 45 for general effort and value 17, 1982 to community, 5 points for design; 40 points for effort, and 10 points for use of resources. In each case these add up to 100 points. So if your entry was perfect it would score 100. The judges take off points where they think the project could improve in the category. These scoring points are on each entry blank. Another question raised is about the five-yea- r continous improvement award. It is necessary to first receive a state plaque to compete for this award. Then you should receive fpur continuous improvement bars which makes a five-yea-r period. This award brings a tree of your choice from a selected list and a plaque for placing near the tree. You must keep track of this yourself and sign up for your tree at the awards ceremony held each October. Presenting awards were John Cummins, public service director, and Genevieve H. Folsom, garden editor, Salt Lake Tribune; Ken Bowers, president, Utah Association of Nurserymen; Dr. Wayne Rose, state coordinator for the program for the Utah State University extension services and Mrs. David Greenhalgh, president, Utah Associated Garden Clubs. Also present were Steve Pendleton, Native Plants, Inc., and Peter Lassig, state judge and landscape architect for tbe LDS Church. Our thanks also go to Mrs. D. C. (Zola) Coleman, who is tea chairman, and her committee which works diligently to arrange the delicious food served at the beautiful tea for those who come to the awards ceremony. Assisting Mrs. Coleman are Mrs. M. D. (Bessie) Bartholomew, Mrs. Douglas (Sandra) Ridges, Maxine Hamby, Mrs. Herschel (Eva) Bullen, Mrs. E. S. (Helen) Alston, Mrs. Fred Marge (Faye) Memmot, Mrs. Robert B. (Ginger) Folsom, Katie and Colleen Folsom and Karen Coleman. We hope that those towns that didn't win the Tidy Town award this time will enter again next year. This is a worthwhile prize as are the three tree plantings from the Utah Association of Nurserymen. Dr. Rose feels this is one of the most outstanding programs in tbe state and says he is proud to be part of it. It has had a great effect in improving the entire appearance of Utah for landscape improvement is contagious. When one neighbor starts to improve his place, others follow suit and this pertains to communities as well. As Wade Bitner of Tooele re- You haven't heard the marked last of Tooele. This community has an ongoing landscape improvement program each year. 91 |