Show Pftgt 4 - Md!4 (mibiv (fcrwuk f'frtv lP M Ifewr- $ IVW Utah N e wspap er in Education Week West Millard History Historical society meets in Delta and Memer Drg buid-rFactory Ro was displaced These Last rhree projects ere from the C LG grant Great Bairn Sovety held a very rrcc'rg V circvJcy March at the rrsem in DeL’a Dvr o: h ) Reports were gv en Roger KdLpak on ork at tre Anderson recored on exhbits Kevin Chapman and Mar ’yn LIeTcr-larsome photos ' tom the h to share V or I on the Banker hose CLIMBER continued usah) just go up and come down If vou went up 'ha' fast an j s'aved there vou d develop real problems” Some experienced Acu'e Moun'am a more severe illness rela'ed Suiness to thn ar Symptoms went awa a“cr 'he team decerded the mountain fu'ure plans include a trip to M' Rarier in ashng'on this summer for gdaicr excruses ard cravasse rescue H'oraI J through Hstorica! 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We are studying Several Utah weeklies newspapers” were sent to the class The high school dropout rate in West Virginia is 28th highest in the nation at 24 8 percent In New Mexico it is 23rd - - - inn Slot Water Without Soaked! cs at 277 percent in South Dakota it is 43rd at 18 5 percent In Utah is is 40th at 197 percent - Here in Millard County several programs make use of newspapers in education They are used in the language classes In taught at the Delta City Library Delta Middle School teacher Dave S' vler uses the newspapers as part of his US history lessons (See stories os this page) Dutson told fellow publishers at the Utah Press Association annual convenin Salt Lake City tion held Feb that newspapers fit many niches in schools “I’m not big enough to run my own seminars” she said “but when the Deseret News does theirs I offer to pay the tuition for two teachers to go about it They’re pretty lukewarm because they associate newspapers with current events and I say whoa that’s The not what I’m talking about kindergarten kids can pick up capital lettters do their alphabet cut and paste As they get a little older they can read headlines and figure out which words have been left out They can read ball scores and they can do percentages” One teacher used public notices to teach kids land descriptions Dutson said “The onJy limitation to teaching out of the newspapers is the teacher's imagination” DMS uses paper to study events Dave Styler uses the Chronicle Progress in his two 8th grade Delta Middle School US history classes Last term students used the Salt Lake Tribune Styler said “When we had the current events class last semester" he said “we had all the things going on about the waste deposit in and we had some very plant coming good discussions going then” But during the past month his students have been getting the local paper “Now when they can work it in” he said “they read the Chronicle and we’ll pick articles out of it things that catch their interest most and discuss them” Styler teaches two classes of about 30 students each He gets 30 papers weekly To date students in the class get to read the paper when they get their work done “We're going to work it more to the curriculum” Styler said “Right now the schedule has been so full that we haven’t had time What I’d like to do is give them at least half a period to read it and then discuss things in it” Styler said students look for stories about people they know “They aren’t overly interested in murder cases a lot of the times” he said “They look for the things stories about the high school and school activities” Students enjoy reading the newspaper Styler said “A lot of them read it at home” he said “by the time get it to them which is usually Friday many of them have looked through it at home They enjoy it” Credit union changes name $75 cash rebate on a new electric water heater FREE SAVER PACK to help you cut the cost of electric water heating Call for details The M E A Credit Union has changed it’s name to the Millard County Credit Union The name change was based on put at last years annual membership It was authorized several meeting months ago by the Utah Department of Financial Institutions The credit union started business 33 years ago with 25 members and a few hundred dollars It operated from a single desk in a corner of the old Millard High School building At the time was for school membership district employees It has since grown to more than 4800 members with assets of more than $8 million There is an office in and another in Delta Fillmore Residents of Millard County and surrounding areas may join Credit unions are not connected to thrift or savings and loan banking oragnizations The credit union is localIts members ly owned and operated are its only stockholders Deposits in the credit union are sured to $100000 by the National Credit Union Administration your participating dealer for details Delta Lliurdi Lumber & Noah Hardware Sears Losee True Qualm alue Home Center Ace Hardware & ft power CRAFT BAZAAR $ Saturday March & 18 10 AM-- 3 Call PM ricft' and order in advance - ft Sugar ft 6 m ME Bird Center PM 21 tables Entertainment 11 AM-Bake Sale & Craft Items Tanulei for $160 a dozen Eggs Personalized Luna by Ken Kand The classes being taught at the Delta City Library are using the Chronicle Progress as one of many learning tools Librarian Deb Greathouse said 11 students take the classes They are mostly Mexican but the class also cludes a three Laotians Czechoslovakian and a Spaniard The Laotian students attend Delta High the others are adults The program is in its second year Greathouse applied for a $7200 grant from the Utah State Library for this She got $5300 The year’s program state money itself comes from federal sources Students pay no fee to attend the classes The grant is used for material and other things salary equipment “This year I’m going to buy a new computer and some literacy software that people can come in and use” Greathouse said “Spelling reading writing math that kind of thing” The library has bought a VCR a TV a lecture stand video cassette tapes a and 400 tape player with earphones paperback books “that have gone out like hot cakes” with funds for the program “I got materials that you can’t believe" Greathouse said “It really benefits the whole library everybody” Classes are conducted Wednesday evenings at the Library by Dave Noah who teaches Spanish at Delta High School “We got some literacy materials that he uses” Greathouse said “and we use the Chronicle Progress and we get stuff from the schools Still he’s kind of on his own” Some of the students have a better command of English than others and learning rates differ adding to the challenge for Noah “There is such a wide range” Greathouse said “some have lived here and have quite a mastery of the language but some have little So we’ve split the classes and put the more advanced students in their ft ft uteli George Cesar Luna Federico Luna Newspapers help teach English or isit our nearest I ’tali Power office ft See Left to right: Dave Chaila Skeem Jk ft ft £ $64 5090 for no additional & charge tz Deb Greathouse own group” Students work together helping each other over the rough spots A typical lesson combines in exercises vocabulary grammar pronunciation reading speaking and writing skills The Fillmore Library had the program for two years but did not apply for a grant this year The program there is now an inlormal one “Volunteers have come in there” Greathouse said “so the’ve had them use the materials they got from years before” Whether the program will continue next year depends on several factors “I have to apply every year” Greathouse said "It depends on if the funds are still there and how they evaluate the last program the year before” It also depends on whether a need can be shown tor the program Murder suspects back in Arizona Two people held in the Millard Coun'y jail in Fillmore who are in with an suspected connection Arizona homicide have signed waivers of extradition 18 Jones and Carol Tracy Ray 18 both of Lynn Henneberry Bullhead City Ariz are suspects in the shotgun slaying of Rodolfo Baltazar 19 of Needies Calif The two were stopped on Interstate 15 near Holden on a routine traffic violation Thursday Feb 23 A loaded shotgun was found in the vehicle The vehicle and shotgun were owned by Baltazar Millard County Sheriff Ld Phillips said Arizona authorities came to Fillmore Monday Feb 27 He said the two suspects signed waivers of extradition Wednesday Match and returned to Arizona |