Show Soufli Ceatnat Utah Supplement To: Gunnison Valley News - The Salina Sun Garfield County News - The Richfield Reaper VOLUME 2 THURSDAY NUMBER DECEMBER 17 51 1981 Celebrating 20 Years Sevier Valley Tech: Humble Past Grand Future (Editor's Note: This is the first of a series about Sevier Valley Tech noting its 20th year of operation) s The continued for after- and Smithfield in and 1967 students from 14 counties and five other states attended Sevier Valley Tech that year A feasibility study presented A local board including Twenty years ago in the old to the 1963 Legislature pointed Forsey's ice Cream plant an out that there was a need for representation from various school training community groups governs auto mechanics class began as post-higpart of a pilot program to carry facilities in the Sevier County area vocational centers Each out newly passed area Such factors as proximi- member serves one year but legislaton The Tech’s can be reappointed ty costs increasing enrollment providing for vocational educaboard is Kent Parsons presim vocational courses and intion throughout the state dustrialization trends in the dent with members Max Har-tlFrom that beginning has state were considered George Young Dr Kenneth grown Sevier Valley Tech for Kent Glover Van the past 10 years a state funded Auto body and business Sanders and BlissWiley Brinkerhoff area vocational center now classes were added to the In 1967 the Tech was also apfacili- course offerings in 1964 and for with a proved for veterans training ty 16 courses of study in four the first time bus transportaand for and was tion North a divisions by the state selective serprovided faculty vice board for draft deferments and staff of 28 and several South Sevier students Q driving to Richfield noon classes for students It was personnel The first adult student enrollawarded federal funds for the ed at the Tech in 1965 although Architects from Sharp program funds for Salt of and Associates support The Bureau of Indian Affairs Pinegar Lake City recently visited the were not made available until approved Tech for its employschool year campus prior to designing a the ment assistance program and 10000 square foot building for noted great growth in its 20 years New facility has been Nestled beneath Cove Mountain one of Sevier County’s Nineteen students the state approved it for vocathe nursing program addiin operation over four years Sevier Valley Tech has landmarks most prominent registered for classes in the tional rehabilitation training and contional classrooms school year the first full Manpower individual referrals ference rooms and the WIN program year of the Tech’s designation But back in 1961 when 27 as an Area Vocational Center Most of the school’s departstudents divided themselves It was established to serve ments were operating on a full between the auto mechanics Sevier Piute Wayne and nine hour schedule by 1970 with I class in the ice cream plant Millard counties but according business machine repair and and the drafting class at to the policy developed by the nurse’s aide training added to Richfield High School it would State Board of Education the the curriculum instant purchase along with the - have taken a mighty role and mission of the area The pressure to spend is proway to rationalize a desired burden and anxiety created foresighted Early in 1971 the Legislature person to sense vocational center is to serve the bably never greater than durpurchase” with bills you don’t want If you what was to come needs of high school youth who placed the three area vocaBut for coning the holidays makes Credit Christmas tional can’t pay for it now how will centers under the State are entitled to prime time The sumers who already have trouSuch a person was Dewain C Board of Vocational Education shopping particularly conve- you pay for it later?” ble controlling their credit secondary purpose is to provide Washburn whose experience and nient vocational and related training and authorized the awarding of many stores make usage Christmas shopping is “Credit provides an oppor- as an industrial arts teacher credit to for adult students students charging even more convenient like being on a diet and keeping for immediate satisfachas spanned 16 years He was This action marked the beginnby delaying billing until tunity snack food on hand ” tion adds Burton “Supposing and director instructor drafting “You to still have of Sevier as it Tech February Valley In 1966 the areas of ing I see a compact stereo system for education of vocational ‘“If you see it you want it So pay for it and the interest commercial art presently functions cosmetology stay away from temptation” charges during that period” for $200 and I want it right Sevier School District for seven and building trades were added Funding was provided for the away but I’ll have to buy it on years and has served as direcsays consumer specialist John says Burton credit The credit rate is say site for a R Burton from the University tor of the Tech since the beginn- to the course offerings purchase of a efforts of then the Through I may end up paying 25 percent future building and equipment Dr Afesa of Utah “And people have a lot ing His leadership has been a State Senator Kendrick I could buy six or deciding diesel extra for and an un$50 rental Tech’s in factor the of of ways of rationalizing and the space chairperson Family legislative support con- mechanics and Consumer Studies Department eight good albums Because welding progress and expansion necessary and extravagant in form of a tinued the strong the I’m course I’m now brought offerings up having the stereo purchases ‘On Sale’ is the cautions against going into holds a BS $25000 appropriation for Mr Washburn to 12 areas worst one Sales are often quite Christmas on credit “There is giving up the satisfaction of six in industrial education programs or eight albums In a way the degree ease to spenillusionary because goods were a psychological South in School educaMS District an and Sanpete degree almost never sold at the higher ding on credit” she says “but use of credit reduces your stanArea vocational centers were students were bused to the tional administration He also You have dard of living because when there is a trade-of- f in Roosevelt also established price to begin with But telling served as principal of North (Continued on Page 10) yourself you got a good deal is a the momentary pleasure of an you reach your credit line your Sevier High School for two purchasing power becomes years very inflexible You can’t take Enrollment increases in the advantage of good buys later on because you’re at your limit” school year necessitated adding another auto mechanics Both and Burboth of which met in a class ton note that people fail to label rented facility at Christensen a charge purchase as a loan Machine Shop The drafting which it really is class remained at the high Retail merchants in Utah “And shoplifting accounted “Supposing you had to go to a school North and South Sevier have put in motion a program for 19 percent of all cases of credit office and ask for a $50 students drove to Richfield for to reduce losses in stores due to larceny reported in the city loan” said Burton “Then after the afternoon auto mechanics The core of that Statistics show that shoplifting shoplifting you got the $50 you could go to class program is the vigorous pro- increases by some 40 percent the department store and make secution of persons caught during December of each year Electronics was added the your purchase Would you still following year as growth constealing according to officials make that purchase?” “Shoplifting is a crime And of the Utah Retail Merchants tinued State funds and the ar? thieves Both shoplifters He urges consumers to limit Federal Vocational Act of 1963 Association the city attorney’s office and their credit card usage by makmade possible the construction the county attorney are activeRichard L Shanaman to ing it inconvenient to use their of the association president said ly pursuing prosecution of cards “Leave them at home Richfield faciltiy adjacent Junior High School owned by Sevier County and is used One of the first buildings used bv Utah retailers lost more than shoplifting cases” according to (Continued on Page 10) now known as the “old Tech” for maintenance Mere some of early Tech was this one located at 1000 $135 million to shoplifters last Mr Shanaman of the Retail auto bodv students relax South Main This building is now year Shoplifting is on the in- Merchants Association crease and if present national Shoplifting is not a crime that and Utah trends continue the is peculiar to large cities losses will be even higher this Almost every retail merchant year he said in Utah has the problem to He added that consumers some extent he said the costs of ultimately pay Retail merchants said they shoplifting because theft losses are considered a business cost are better equipped this year than ever before to deal with and are passed along to shoplifting problems Eleccustomers -tronic devices are in use that Salt Lake Police Chief E L will trigger an alarm if an item Jwslj-- s Bud Willoughby said shoplifis taken from the store without ting statistics shoot upward being desensitized sT during the holiday season and £ Surveillance systems now more than 185 shoplifting cases than ever before and are better have been in process since security guards with special '"" November 1st in Salt Lake City '' 4 ' v training closely watch crowds He added that last year 2215 this Tech’s first home was this portion of near Itichlield downtown facility Kich field Its first "real" home as at Fifth uto of the typical for signs were arrested in old Forsey Ice (ream Co plant Junior High Building is now used as mechanics class was started there m shoplifters West ami irst North in Kichfield ’On the First Day of Christmas My Credit Card Said Shoplifting Curbs to Me In Effect by Merchants &H!rl agr& Salt Lake City alone (Continued on Page 10) located just east of Main Street in ll when Tech first began when Sevier alley Tech occupied q part of junior high program |