Show 9 October 23 2002 Gunnison Valley NewsSalina Sun Monroe Jewelry Maker has International Flare This is part of an occasional series by the Sanpete Country Travel and Heritage Council on the people and places along US Highway 89 "Once I found a lot of patience few Russian bears made of beau- tiful stones but I didn't have enough to do anything with them It took me three years beFrom the basement of her fore I finally accumulated eight home in the tiny town of Mon- of them enough to do a neckroe Utah Sallee Kesler offers her lace and some earrings Another customers the world time I wanted to do something Kesler is a maker from some beads from Bali that five of fine jewelry And the materireading curriculum had inlaid carvings and it took specialist for Sevier School Disals she uses to design her me four years to accumulate trict pieces enough to do a necklace I ended She will continue to serve as — coral jade gold and silver up bartering that necklace away e the special programs to name a few — come from for marble tile for floors in my coordinator at Salina Elemenhouse but now I have really places like Bali Indonesia ThaiRoene Anderson land Africa and Hong Kong beautiful marble tile" she says tary School while fulfilling her "I also use a lot of materials new duties that include chairing Pahvant with a laugh "I do a lot of barthe district literacy team The district literacy team will that are made by other people tering in this business" She is the Kesler says that she has alreview and analyze literacy like reading curricugemstones I even found one man in Tahoe ways been interested in jewelry achievement test data by accesslum specialist and Roger Williams a teacher at Red Hills ing a computer program set up who does fossil carvings in Ivory design "I've been making jewand I incorporate his work into elry since junior high school" Middle School will continue as by the State Office of Education But she started her career as an the language arts curriculum called Cognos The team will my pieces" she says "I have made pendants from artist designing quilt patterns for specialist for grades six through also make recommendations of from materials and pieces pottery making quilts and dolls twelve for the district staff development left over from the Ming Dynasty She switched back to jewelry The "When the position of reading curriculum from African beads that are 200 when became is new to the reading curriculum specialist specialist position "Nowato 300 years old and I even have a big school district because of a new came open early this spring I some beads from Persia that are days you can go into a discount law presented by President Bush applied for the job and was one 400 years old that I am mixing a quilt made in and store buy and passed by congress called of several applicants interinto some pieces I always look China for $50 and I can't even viewed have a reading minor for the "No child left behind" unusual I check out all get the material for that" she " The reading specialist and have taught reading for 25 of the antique stores that I see says "So I have decided to job was created by the school years I am looking forward to and I hit the estate sales" make jewelry again and started district to meet the lofty goal of the challenge of serving as the But finding those unusual experimenting" of the stureading curriculum specialist" items — and enough of them — having Kesler gets some assistance dents reading on grade level by she said to use in her designs requires a from her husband Vaughn "He the end of third grade The readis better than I am at wrapping ing specialist position along wires and working with clasps with the literacy coaches is funded through the Title I program" Anderson said One of the directives given to The Utah Safety Council driving hazards defensive charged with certifying private Anderson is to assist in the prowhich serves as a statewide cess of adopting a researched-basetechniques speed control driver education schools Flexible scheduling allows for Chapter of the National Safety Utah laws peer pressure drivliteracy program Council has developed a completion of the Driver Educaing at night alcoholdrug use Reading textbooks will be course within a two week tion driveducation driver car maintenance pro- braking and this year adopted law requires all ing in adverse conditions lane time period Anderson's job is to coordinate gram Utah for driver usage the importance of occusuccessfully completing Upon applicants literacy training at the district licenses to have completed a pant restraints speed control both classroom and behindlevel and to establish district littraining students receive program Open avoiding collisions and freeway eracy goals a Certificate of Completion to to all individuals the Utah dnving A literacy coachlead teacher The classroom and driving obtain their drivers license Safety Council's Driver Educaat each elementary school will There are several ways to registion Program consists of com- skills curriculum has been develd help to ensure that the prehensive classroom and be- oped based on standards and ter for the Utah Safety Council literacy program is being hind skills curricumaterials obtained from the Driver Education Program Proused They will mentorcoach lum Students must be at least American Driver and Traffic spective students can register by the most effective reading prac15 years and 9 months old to Safety Education Association phone by calling tices and will serve as an adminor over the Internet at enroll and the National Safety Council istrator when the principal is The curriculum consists of 18 The program meets the requirewwwutahsafetycouncilorg absent h t t p They are Selena hours of classroom instruction ments of the Utah Department of Public Safety which is wwwutahsafetycouncilorg Marquardson Salina Bruce six hours Warren Ashman Ted Chappell drive sessions and six hours of observation sessions Monroe and Don Sudweeks The Department of Community and Economic Development will Utah Safety Council Develops A Driver Education Program The topics include: identifying Sanpete County Farm Service Agency Election Notice Sanpete County Farm Service Agency is announcing the election for the County Committee person to represent Local Administrative Area 3 that consists of Gunnison Centerfield Axtell Mayfield and Fayette The FSA County Committee system provides a good opportunity for people who are involved in agriculture to work with the farmers of the county and to become acquainted with the government programs that are administered on the county level to get involved by We encourage women in agriculture serving on the committee They are eligible if they own or operate farmland in this LAA 3 area If they have joint interest in farmland with their husbands they are eligible to run for office and vote They do need to be on the eligible voter’s list and they can do that by having their name and We social security number added to the farm information encourage you to notify the office immediately Nominations should be made on official forms that can be obtained at the Sanpete County FSA Office 50 South Main Suite 4 Manti Utah 84642 You can nominate yourself or someone else The last day to make a nomination is October 28 2002 Election ballots will be mailed to eligible voters on November 19 2002 and they should be returned by mail or dropped off to our office no later than December 2 2002 will show that you are interested in doYour participation ing your part to support agriculture in Sanpete County in Published the Gunnison Valley News October 23 2002 begin operation of the Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Pro2002 The HEAT Program is a federgram on Friday November ally funded energy assistance program that helps eligible households pay a portion of their winter home heating bills 2002 APPLICATIONS WILL BE TAKEN FROM NOVEMBER THRU MARCH 30 2003 FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY DISABLED AND 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Off Our Already Low Prices on Quality Name because his hands are stronger special in mind They may have than mine He was an electri- a necklace from their granny cian in the military so he knows they want modernized or are how to do a lot of things to help looking for a special piece" "1 love me like tie knots so haing customers I I things don't fall off" she says come by to see what do and love designing for people and I with a laugh Kesler's love making jewelry" Currently Kesler shows her future plans include de eloping jewelry at her home by appointment only and attends a few a web page to help her market special jewelry shows a year her jewelry to a wider audience throughout the Southwestern "I would like to sell more of my United States "Most people jewelry and be free to continue who come to me have heard of living in rural Utah enjoying the what I do and have something beauty of this wonderful place" rtnftrrtim- LtH |