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Show mm i ir i 0 89th Year No. 36 Wednesday, April 30, 1980- - -- Price, Utah 36 Pages 20 Falls under truck Youth's life claimed d A WELLINGTON Wellington youth was killed Saturday morning near his home, when he fell under the wheels of a loaded semi-trucJeffrey Palmer, age seven, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer of Wellington, was killed at 11:05 a.m. when struck by a truck driven brother, John. by his 14 year-ol- d of the Utah Bean Grant Trooper Highway Patrol said John was moving an Amerigas and trailer from a fueling area at d the Dry Ice plant to the house, approximately 150 feet away. His brother, Jeffery, was riding on the outside of the vehicle and apparently slipped and fell under the right duals, Bean said. He was killed instantly, he added. John had told his brother to get off the rig, neighbor Mary Rush said. But his sister, who saw the whole thing, said he climbed back seven-year-ol- perhaps this wouldnt have hap-pened. It was really nobodys fault, said Bean. Its just one of those things that happens sometimes. He noted that both parents were aware that their son was moving the truck. k. t t ; semi-tract- r or family-operate- John Palmer discusses the accident that claimed the life of his son Jeffery, 7, with UHP and Wellington Police Chief Eddie Chavis look on as Mrs. Palmer walks away. Trooper Grant Bean. Price officer Syd Hansen on. J Educators cite English needs The Carbon High School English department has been labeled as inadequate in a decennial accreditation of the school by a team of educators from throughout the state. Forty educators from various . i l institutions and organizations in Utah formed the basis of an evaluation process through the Accreditation Northwest Association. The team concluded their evaluations of both Carbon High and East Carbon High School last week. According to Carbon High principal, Eugene Crocco, the accreditation process is equivalent to the Good Housekeeping Seal of and Approval determines whether a school has a quality program. The accreditation is important to a school, he said. It tells the community the school has met high standards in terms of teachers, course offerings and curriculum. After first becoming accredited in 1959, the school has undergone two accreditation full-sca- le evaluations. Crocco said the school does get evaluated on a yearly basis but not as comprehensively as the decennial evaluations. Its too encompassing on a yearly basis, he said. The primary purpose of the process is to improve the school in every area that is evaluated. Well review the list of recommendations and commendations and make whatever changes are necessary, he said. Although the official results of the evaluation will not be available in written form for another three weeks, a copy of the English evaluation at Carbon was obtained by the Sun Advocate. The evaluation, conducted by Dennis Van Avery of Westminster College and Jewel J. Bindrup of the Utah State Office of Education, identified several areas in which the English department is deficient. They said teachers with English majors need to be hired in order to maintain a quality program. At present there are 10 teachers in the English department at the school, they noted, with only two of those having majored in English in college. One English instructor at the high school said, The evaluators felt the teachers should be stronger in English and could teach in other areas as secondary classes. Rather than hire persons who are strong in areas such as to cover English, coaching the hiring of real English teachers was recommended, the teacher added. Those English teachers who did not major in English had been graduated in areas such as physical education, speech, speech and drama and music. Van Avery and Ms. Bindrup also identified a need for variations in instructional materials and learning opportunities. Other recommendations made by the evaluation team to enhance the English department at the school included: The need for coordination and ( Continued on Page 5A ) As soon as the boy was aware that he had driven over his brother, he ran from the scene, Bean said. We found him later in the city park, he added. He was naturally scared and upset, he said. He asked me what I was going to do, and I told him I was going to take him home where he belonged. Mrs. Rush said she took John to the hospital later for shock since he obviously treatment, needed some help. Its really freaky, she said. The boy was my boys age and had been over to play earlier in the day. If he had been with my boy John Palmer comforts his wife as they walk to the house son. after learning of the death of their seven-year-ol- d Power plant construction continues Construction of Hunter unit 3 near Castle Dale will move ahead on schedule, following a rate hike granted Utah Power and Light last week, according to UP&L officials. In a rehearing of a general rate hike case, the Public Service Commission Thursday last week granted UP&L a $32.7 million increase. The utility had requested a $54 million rate hike. -- Energy sufficiency given a substantial boost through a continuation of Utah Power & Light Co.s construction be program, said UP&L President Harry Blundell Friday. This has been a difficult decision for the company in a period of high inflation and unprecedented interest rates for the borrowed capital necessary to proceed with the construction. It is and also a difficult decision for the economic well - being of Utah will Utah Public Service Commission and the community generally, many of whom testified at the hearings concerning necessity for energy, Blundell added. UP&L said it will continue with its construction program as scheduled. That means the utility can go ahead with construction of third unit its Hunter in Emery County, scheduled for operation in The utility had to decide by May mid-198- 3. (Continued on Page 5A) Students battle to restore Jim Thorpe Olympic records One wouldnt think an Olympic athlete, a man who was voted the Athlete of the Best in 1950, would need the help of a group of sixth grade students. But the special reading students at Sally Mauro Elementary School in Helper are working to help Olympian Jim Thorpe. half-centu- All-arou- ry The six students in Dee Ann Wilsons special reading group learned through a newspaper clipping of the fight by the Thorpe sisters to have their brothers Olympic records restored. The late Thorpe won a pair of gold medals in the 1912 Olympics in the decathlon and pentathlon events. Sally Mauro sixth grade students appropriately run for the restoration of Olympic greaf Jim Thorpe's 1912 records. His amateur status and records were withdrawn after it was learned by officials Thorpe played two summers of After officials discovered he had played professional baseball for two years prior the summer games, they stripped him of his amateur status and took away his medals. The sisters, both students at University of Tennessee and in their 60s, have initiated efforts to have Jims status returned to that $60-a-mo- of an amateur and have him working together toward a comreinstated in the Olympic rolls. mon goal. They were instructed by the Enter the Sally Mauro students. to contact the Ohio Jaycees sisters They contacted the sisters and who are spearheading a national offered their assistance. movement to restore Thorpes The effort by our students has records. been a positive, educational one, After receiving suggestions by Ms. Wilson mentioned. Theyve the Jaycees, the students have learned about compromising and circulated petitions and have written letters to elected officials and plan a letter writing campaign to the 43 social clubs in the Price area requesting their support. In doing research for this project and devising ways to ap- Students involved in professional baseball for the restoration movement are Baron Biersdorf, Albert Sacco, Bernadine Madrigal, Vicki Nielsen, Sherry Myers and Teri Saccomano: proach people and groups, the students creative thinking has been enhanced, Ms. Wilson noted. Its really exciting to go around and get people to sign petitions, Teri Saccomano said. I like writing letters to the governor, clubs and all that stuff, she added. Two of the more than 500 names listed on the petitions are those of Governor and Mrs. Scott M. Matheson. The signatures were solicited during the governors recent visit to Price. Sherry Myers had a little difficulty locating the governor when the students went to Price City Hall where he was scheduled to meet with local officials. I passed him up, I didnt know who he was. My mom told me I passed him up and he was really nice, she said. I gave him my pen and he said What do you want me to do with the pen and I was staring at him and didnt answer so he asked me again, Miss Myers said. My friends were laughing and I had him sign a petition and gave 4 i - - - - -- -1 pil r i1 ,f rf i r.i him another to take back to Salt Lake with him, Miss Myers noted with satisfaction in gaining the governors signature. The meeting with the governor was a noteworthy event in the young girls life. My mom took pictures of us and she let me call my grandma in Iowa , she said. The students want people to write to the U.S. Olympic Committee and the two American . members on the International Olympic Committee protesting Thorpes absence from Olympic records. The letter writing effort has already reached one U.S. member of the IOC, Julian Roosevelt, who responded in a handwritten letter commending the students actions. But, he did warn the students he thought there could be little done to have Thorpes standing restored. Thorpes supporters base their request for the restoration on the Amateur Athletic Unions decision in 1973 to restore Thorpes amateur standing. All seems to be going well, according to Ms. Wilson who said awareness of Thorpes fate is becoming known in Helper. The students put posters up on store windows in the community and gave presentations to other rooms at Sally Mauro. Third grade Sally Mauro teacher Edna Romano has chosen a movie based on Jim Thorpe to be used in a money making project for Helper girl scouts. Other students at the school have also become involved. Fifth and sixth grade students have taken petitions out to the community for signatures, Ms. Wilson noted. i |