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Show 10 STANDARD May 6. 1976 Runners call attention to basic values in our great nation Roosevelt City Council News During the recent meeting of the Roosevelt City Council it was decided to appoint Lynn Mitton aa City Attorney since George Mangan expressed a desire to be released from the position. It was decided that the City would furnish gravel to the Horae Racing Association. The association is to haul the gravel and the city will spread it. The council wished to encourage store owners to black top alleys and the City would be responsible for maintaining them. However, if the store owners did not want to black top the alleys the City would grade and gravel them. Other action taken by the council was to appoint Shirt J. Rawlings, Chairman of the U.N. Association, U.N. Day is October 24. Mayor Hollis G. Hullinger has also proclaimed and signed a proclamation designating May as radio month. A "Bicentennial Run", from San Francisco, Calif., to Washington, D. C., is planned as one of the highlights of the nation's 200th birthday anniversary. The two runners will travel a distance of 2,979 miles in 58 days, and carry a message of encouragement for the nation's leaders, building on the theme God and Country." The runners, Joel and Tony Ahlstrom, left San Francisco April 24, and plan to arrive in Salt Lake May 12. They will stop in Fruitland May 14, and in Myton May 15. The two will run sue days per week, and rest on Sunday. They will leave the county Monday morning. Rallies are being planned in Duchesne and Roosevelt, at which time local .residents are ivited to add their support to the bicentennial project. The runners will be carrying a bible, and copies of the Delcaration of independence. Local residents wQl have an opportunity during the rallies, to add their names to the . Declarations of Independence. Dave Bailey is chairman of the rally in Roosevelt, being sponsored by the Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce. The rally is to be held Monday morning, May 17, the time and place to be announced later. . Joe and Tony Ahlstrom are graduates of Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois. As students at Trinity they, organized and carried out three other projects of significance to their community and to - i UHS students to present song of Hiawatha Song of Hiawatha" will be presented by a group of students from Union on Friday, May 14. Performances will be at 5 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. in the Union auditorium. Admission will be $2 for adults, $1 for students and 75 cents for children 12 and under. Proceeds from the play will go toward PTSA funds for the air conditioning system for Union auditorium. their nation. In the fall of industry. Tony, the younger, at 27, stayed in the Chicago area to organize and direct the Plymouth Foundations. He too is now married and in 1975 was ordained to the ministry. 1970 they began their in career what was called the running "Solution to Pollution" run. That was alO-da265 mile run from Chicago to Detroit. They carried with them Chicagos newly passed phosphate ordinance and a letter from H. W. Poston, . commissioner of environmental control, urging Detroit's mayor to pass a similar ordinance. Along the way, the Ahlstroms talked with other mayors and distributed literature to dramatize the nations environmental crisis. Not only did this run receive national attention through the news media, it succeeded in prompting Detroit to pass a phosphate ' ordinance which was almost identical to Chicago's. The Ahlstrom brothers followed up the "Solution to Pollution run by organizing the "Chicago. . .We Love You" campaign. On April 21, 1971, known as Earth Day 11, they mobilized 500 students and faculty from Trinity College at the Civic Center Plaza. In a brief rally the students dedicated themselves to demonstrating Gods love to Chicagoans in word and deed. From there they dispersed into eight Chicago neighborhoods to do clean-u- p work at 48 locations, many in ghetto areas. These projects were, however, only warm-up- s to what lay ahead for. the Ahlstroms the following summer. On May 81, 1971, Joel and ony set out on foot from Long Beach, California, destined for Long Beach, New york. They called it the "Save American Run." After 94 days of running, 2,958 miles, and five pairs of shoes each, they splashed into the Atlantic Ocean on September 16th, right on schedule. The purpose of the "Save America Run . was to spread the word about pollution "both enviromental and spiritual. The brothers carried with them some of the most progressive pollution legislation from across the country. Along the way they met with government offcials in 110 cities to share this legislation. They also spoke to 86 service clubs, and in churches each Sunday as many as seven in one day. Their purpose was not merely to inculcate and motivate, but to regenerate. "The problem," they would say, "is people, and you cant regenerate society with unregenerate people." Since college Joel, who is 30 years old, ' moved to Minneapolis, got married, and has . been working. in the grocery j -- 1 3 0qOsqud ' Todd-We-st FTO meeting All parents are invited to attend the PTO meeting on May 6, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be at Todd West in the room. Everyone is urged to attend, to elect next years officers. Todd-We- st multi-purpo- Escalante expedition subject of lecture and Tony Ahlstrom began a coast to coast run last week, aimed at carrying a message to the White House from the American people. The schedule calls for the duo to spend some three days in Duchesne county, arriving in Fruitland on May 1 4, going on to Myton on the 1 5th, and staying over Sunday before running on east. They plan to arrive in Washington D. C. on July 1 . BICENTENNIAL Monsignor Jerome Stoffel will talk on the expedition of Fathers Escalante and Dominguez through the Uintah Basin Monday night, May 10 at Uintah high meeting is open to the public and all interested people of the Uintah school. This Basin are encouraged to attend. Monsignor Stoffel will also speak before a joint session of the Roosevelt and Vernal Area Chambers of Commerce. Monsignor Stoffel is director of the Newman Club at Utah State University at Logan. He serves the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. Monsignor Stoffel is a native of Utah and has studied the Escalante Dominguez expedition for many years. He is considered one of the leading experts on the expedition. Monsignor Stoffel is a graduate of Gonzagi University. This series is brought to the people of the Uintah Basin by Utah State University Extension. Monsignor Stoffel's talk is open to the public for no charge. The seventh lecture is this series will be given by Dr. Charles Peterson who will speak on the "Origins of the Uintah Forest Reserve. For more information 722-229- call 789-610- in Roosevelt, 4 Duchesne. ... fcs 1 ' in 0 and ii . 738-555- . i ; 1 Vernal, in . , aJL.. . a Travel tips given to veterans The Veterans Administration jieriodi-call- y reminds veterans that they should check with the agency before making a trip or establishing residence abroad. A recent reminder explained that certain VA benefits cannot legally be provided in foreign countries, and knowled gable veterans will be able to plan mine wisely. d For instance, a veteran with disabilities should obtain a statement as to those disabilities from the VA office which maintains his medical records. This entitles the veteran to emergency hospitalization, paid for by the VA, when the statement and a proper application for medical benefits is presented to the United States embassy or consular office in the foreign country. The application should be made within 72 service-connecte- . , (FCDFDaSOtBFG May 9th ,s her day S UqsOqfoo Whirlpool APPLIANCE 1 RUN-J- oel hours of need, VA explained. Only in the Philippines, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Manila, is care available for veterans with disabilities. As in the U. S., those veterans will be admitted to the basis hospital only on a and only if they are unable to afford other hospitalization, VA pointed out Only veterans who are retired from military service are eligible for medical benefits from military hospitals and dinics overseas, VA said. . Certain education benefits are available overseas to eligible veterans, their spouses and children. The type and availability of these benefits should be ascertained before traveling or moving abroad, VA advised. 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