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Show 4A Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Wednesday, May 7, 1980 I Sun Advocate History of county should be recalled Most of the persons who listened to the Carbon County history lectures occurring in March and April will probably agree that the region's historic perspectives are as vast as its coal deposits. It is a past in which dynamic, pragmatic answers were found for the pressing problems of the day. Certainly many of the decisions of the past will be helpful in gaining insights in solving the future challenges we will be faced with in the future. With this in mind perhaps it is time to make the gathering and presentation historical of memorabilia and recollections a higher priority. Other regions of the state, which have had a slower growth rate, have already seen the need to preserve and understand the issues and times of the past. For instance the small community of Fairview with a population of less than 1,000 persons has made a closed school a museum. It is true that Carbon County has a prehistoric museum and Helper has a fine museum centered on its mining past. However neither museum has been able to make a comprehensive social history of Price or the rest of the county. The first step to maintaining the interest level that the lectures have stimulated would be to participate in the Carbon County Historical Society. They will be having a organizational meeting later this month. We certainly support the aims of this organization and encourage residents to get involved in utilitizing the experiences and products which have been produced here. LETTERS budget our requests for improvements much needed at the also represent many years of teaching experience in English. 3. One of the five full time teachers will be leaving at the end of this school year. The replacement is an English major. 4. Of the remaining four, three have an English major or its equivalent and one has a masters degree in communication. 5. The accreditation team did not call the department inadequate.' That label was fixed by the Sun Advocate. In fact, the team listed commendations as well as recommendation. The Sun Advocate buried those on a secluded page. Why? 6. Your editorial remark that we wonder just how qualified they are to teach these all important communication skills was a regrettable choice of words. It unavoidably cast aspersion on a heretofore reputable staff. The accreditation team was evaluating the English department as an organizational entity, not the competence of its several members. next time get the facts Please before going to press. Sharing misinformation with the public only compounds the problems of education. David Wing this Carbon High School try the true facts with positive attitude. This would be healthier for our schools and Editors note The Sun Advocate believes there is much to praise BE POSITIVE Dear Editor: We as the officers of Carbon High PTA, feel a responsibility to the community, to respond to the articles on April 30, concerning the accreditation of Carbon High School. The writer of these articles has printed personal opinion instead of facts. The fact is the complete evaluation results have not even been reported to the school board. Does the editor have top priority or a secret in with the evaluating committee, that he would receive results before even the school board? The PTA has worked many years to establish good rapport with the community, school board, administration, faculty and students. We feel an article such as this can destroy years of hard work. When the final results are completed you, the public, will be the second to know. The school board will be the first. We would like to thank the school board at this time for approving and including in your 1980-8- 1 high school. In conclusion we offer suggestion to the editor, printing community instead of so much negatism. Carbon High School PTA Officers: Diane Olson, Pres. Marsha Lee, Vice Pres. Jan Sinner, Secretary Karen Fidell, Commissioner Mary Ghirardelli, Commissioner INACCURACIES CHARGED com- munity? is the 12th grade comtest, petence given in order to graduate, written on a 7th grade level and not a 12th grade level? 3. Why do students have to self instruct themselves during some of 2. Why their classes? 4. Why do students have the pleasure of studying at their own pace instead of being taught at a challenging rate? 5. In 1977, Utah spent $1274.00 a year on each student. Since these figures have climbed in the last three years, why are the statistics stating the school system and undermining democracy. Education is the backbone to a free society. Mary Kessler within all governmental private institutions in the conflict in American history, and how he or she returned to be treated like scum and with malice. No one can tell me this isnt happening, for I also am a disabled Vietnam veteran and I see it and hear it everyday in one form or another. Harry Mangus is right, I no longer belong to any veteran organization. That is because I feel I can make better use of my time and effort than sitting around patting one runners. another on the back as to how Hope to see you all again next many Gooks I had killed. Some of us veterans wish to year! Nancy J. Carlile & forget the war and look to see what Catherine Barrows we can do to aid our future Race Coordinators generation. Also Mrs. Wahl lets not forget if WE ARENT SCUM it hadnt been for our great forefathers, many of the veterans of World Wars I, II and Korea, there would never had been such a Editor: GOOD JOB Dear Editor: like to express our the for response we gratitude received from different townspeople and organizations when we asked for assistance with the first Annual Girl Scouts on the Run Wed Community Race. Especially pleasant was the ability and willingness of those we Maybe I didnt make my point clear in my letter to the Editor on April 2, 1980. I had no intent of criticizing the many honorable achievements of our various veteran organizations. Instead I was attempting to show the treatment the Vietnam veteran are narrow - minded people with one rigid viewpoint who cannot believe that anyone should be allowed to have another point of view. What they want is for everyone to be forced to live by their standards, be judged by their rules, and accept their goals. How do they plan to accomplish this? First they are going to make sure that everyone sees only the sort of movies the Brain Police think they should see. They will limit the magazines available for sale. Then they will choose which books we will all be allowed to read, which records we may hear, and what sort of ads can be placed in the local paper. Does this scare you? Then join the fight against censorship now! Esther Trease Scofield FEET WASHING Dear Editor: The other day as I was driving out of East Carbon, I noticed quite BRAIN POLICE a number of ducks and seagulls on the new sewage lagoons. Dear Editor, Do you supposed they fly up to Who are the Brain Police? What our drinking water reservoirs to has received throughout this do they want? And how are they wash their feet? Think about it! country. How he or she had gone to serve going to get it? W. Dinkelman I will tell you who they are. They his country, in the most hated East Carbon thing as the Vietnam Conflict. Richard N. Aragon ! and com- munity. However, difficulties are noted on our pages in hopes that improvements can be made. Wing is correct on the inadequate label being leveled by the newspaper. contacted who referred us to other individuals and organizations who could help. This volunteering of information came as a very welcome surprise to Nancy, who is a relatively recent immigrant to Price. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped and a special vote of appreciation to Sid Hansen of the Price City Police Department. He took charge of organizing traffic control and lent his P. A. system for the last minute instructions to the Price English Teacher The wording should have been ...has been listed as having inadequacies by a decennial accreditation team. We apologize to our readers for this defect. Dear Editor: Last weeks news article about the CHS English Department failed to present the facts. In was inaccurate on the following counts: 1. There are eight English teachers at Carbon High, not ten. None of these are physical education majors, nor do any have an athletic coaching assignment. 2. Only five of the eight teach English full time. The other three are accredited, prepared, and competent by law to do so. They are not accredited in our to the Editor SOCIETYS BACKBONE Dear Editor: After reading the articles in the April 30th Sun Advocate on Carbon High School and the money appropriated for athletics, I must ask the following questions: 1. If an accredited school (CHS) has eight teachers who arent teaching the subjects in which they received their degrees in, then what is going on in the schools that A W if When Utahs sugar refineries were ap- final closure with sugar beet farmers facing financial ruin there was much proaching talk in Utahs capitol city about producing gasohol at the sugar plants. Our governor showed mild interest and a few legislators got into the act with positive statements about the need for alternative forms of energy. The state energy office initiated a quick study. experts flew into Salt Lake City to tell everyone that gasohol production from sugar beets was not economically feasible and interest began to fade on the subject. Now it has all but died out and there s little talk of gasohol production in the Beehive State. At the same time, in Nebraska, Governor Charles Thone not to be by any state in gasohol research, ordered that a j:orn alcohol gasoline blend be used in all Nebraska owned vehicles. Thone then ordered a study, similar to one pioneered by Utahs Calvin Rampton in the 1973 energy shortage. Rampton had several state vehicles converted to propane in his Out-of-to- out-do- ne search for an alternative to gasoline. Following this and similar examples, Thone had vehicles tuned to use gasohol. After 2,000,000 miles of testing Nebraska determined, though gasohol was more expensive to buy and produce, it returned better mileage which offseUhe higher prices. When Thone ordered Nebraskas 2,000 vehicles to use only gasohol there wasnt enough fuel around to run them all. But independent producers, in and outside of Nebraska, greared-u- p to meet the demand. Now every Nebraska state owned car is blend and theres using the gasoline-alcohol plenty left for the citizens. Perhaps most disappointing to Governor Thone has been the lack of positive response from his fellow governors, and the President. For example, the Carter Administration recommended a Baltry. $500,000 for research into gasohol production this year in its 1981-8- 2 fiscal year budget, as compared to the 1979-8Farm Bill from Congress that recommended $24,000,000 in research for the next four years. Governor Thone speaks most highly of the 0 people of Nebraska. Though gasohol is mori expensive than the pure gasoline product Nebraskans are turning by the thousands t n the and produced energy supply., Originally, the Governor says, the citizen: had no guarantee that using gasohol would d anything but save gasoline supplies. With thi increasing price of gasoline, however, thej are actually seeing a savings in the price the pay for transportation. Here in Utah a Juab County man introduce a low cost alcohol stUl for private productioi as a mixture to stretch gasoline supplies.! said then he could produce alcohol for les: thanT cents a gallon. We in Utah, with a pioneering heritage must demand more from our leadership, botl in private industry and government, to shov some of the imagination for which we havi become famous. Utahns are the most highly educated, people in the nation. Why should we follow the lead of any other people in the development of energy alternatives? man-grow- . I m a i ft! I |
