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Show Neola rodeo winners listed Are you destroying your favorite sport? Editor's folio wing letter" ochoda throughout the state by the Utah High School Activities Assodatioa, and wu submitted to us by Richard L. Lewis, principal at Akamont high school, as being worthy of sharing with our readers. Dear Spectator: If someone were to ask you what represents the greatest peril to the survival ofhigh school sports, you might athletics, then keep a few basic points in mind. 1. There is no such thing as a "right" to participate in interscholastic athletics. Math, history, english, physical education and certain other subjects are mandated by the proper authorities, and eaeh student has a "right" to be properly exposed to them. Not so with interscholastic athletics they are a "privilege and the player or spectator who takes advantage of this is expected to conduct "privilege himself or herself in a way so that the "privilege" is not rescinded. 2. Your team does not belong to the community. It belongs to the school, and that school has voluntarily agreed to abide by a certain set of rules, so that aD athletes may compete under the same standards. If these rules offend any special intent groups or individuals to the point where they cannot conduct themselves in a rational manner, then, by all means, these persons should direct all their energies toward some other level of athletics, but not the high school attracts $40.5 million for research in 1976-7-7 (J Av ff Nr ,! say specialization, overemphasis, officials, coaches, administrators. But you would be wrong. For the greatest peril to the continuation of interscholastic athletics is none of those reasons. It is you, my friend, you, the frantic fan. Specialization and overemphasis n, and is, being curbed, officials trained, coaches and administrators guided, but you, Mr. Fan, you answer to no one; no one, that is, until a program has been ruined. tudents penalized, young imai, s shattered, all because you didn't control yourself. Perhaps it's not all your fault, perhaps you have never been exposed to proper spectator decorum. At any rate, a few level 8. Accept the fact that all high school definitive guidelines may serve to make mistakes. They are not athletes the and at same the program protect time enable you to better enjoy perfect, and never will be. There is whatever contest you are viewing. compensation though, for these same High school athletics were not mistakes make high school athletics developed as a sounding board for your exciting and unpredictable. 4. Remember that your coach is also a 3" r immaturity, not developed as a vehicle i on which you may "let off steam", rid teacher. He is a teacher first, and coach yourself of "frustrations, etc. This is second, and any time you join the fine in professional sports, as you are misguided souls in trying to repaying a premium price to vent your verse this order, your program is in the emotions on athletes that are paid a first stages of collapse. Remember, no premium salary to put up with your coach, player or administrator wants to see a program fail In most cases, failure antics. However, your token payment to an can be attributed to the unrelenting, interscholastic contest entitles you to no- mericless pressure of you, the fan, who buildthing the privilege of watching the played little or no part in the more talented students of two schools ing of the program. Small wonder that V exhibit what they have learned in the the high school coaching field has the J'A highest turnover of any coaching level. athletic classroom. v-' T--I 5. Make an attempt to learn the rules K For the athletic field, court or diamond of the game and then leave the officials .. is merely an extension of the classrV ' ' 4? i room, and if it were any different there alone. Unending time and effort is spent in the training of these officials so that a would be little reason for interscontest may proceed smoothly. Historicholastic athletics to survive. FIRST PLACE Dean Bingham, left his bulj as quickly You would not think of entering a cally, the spectator who constantly officials is ignorant of the criticizes game of flask math, history english classroom, possible after completing his winning ride Monday at the ru?:v under which the game is played. on hip, and berate, often curse and Neola Labor Day Rodeo. 6. Finally, keep in mind that you are a physically abuse the math, history or tice falconry, and having such license or while and of the school, that english teacher. Yet, all too frequently guest written authorization on his person. admirable an is goal winning certainly you think nothing of harassing players Persons who practice the sport of and coaches in their classroom, the victory is hollow if it comes at the must be dedicated to training falconry and ethics of just plain expense morals, athletic classroom. and caring for their birds. The are requisense. common High school administrators have red to have good quality facilities and A beloved president once said that the always given you the benefit of the equipment which are subject to inspechis but would soon world words, forget doubt, Mr. Fan, sometimes because you tion by the Division of Wildlife Resources were a players parent, or an influential remember the actions of his soldiers. at any time. a of As the years pass, the score citizen. However, you should be on Before any falconry license is issued in becomes contest relatively unimportant, notice that administrators can no longer the applicant shall be required to tah, sometimes forgotten. However, your tolerate your childish, immature behaanswer correctly at least eighty percent in will forever remain conduct ingrained vior. whether you are a recent graduate, of the questions on a supervised examinathe minds of those who were most a parent or a resident of the community tion provided and administered by the affected. in which the school is located. Utah State Division of Wildlife ReWill they be proud or ashamed? The If. indeed, you are sincerely interested sources, relating to basic biology, care choice is yours!!! in the continuation of interscholastic Hie ancient sport of falconry is becomand handling of raptors, literature, laws, ing increasingly popular in Utah. regulations, or other appropriate subject Falconry is the sport of taking other matter. animals by means of a trained raptor. There are four classes of flaconry Raptors are defined as birds of teh licenses. Upon successful completion of families: Accipitridae, Falconidae, examination, the license holder will be Cathartidae, Pandionidae, Strigidae, and a class designation. This class assigned Tytonidae. In simple terms this means designation will.be stamped aacross the that all hawks, owls, and eagles are face of the license. The license classes individual farms. It is not a loan made to Hie Farmers Home Administration raptors. are: beginning class, apprentice class, office in Roosevelt, is now prepared to groups of farmers. It is unlawful for any person to have in He added that farmers may use the general class, and master class. Each process applications for special drought his possession any raptor without written class has different requirements and resassistance loans for irrigation purposes special drought funds to develop storage authorization from the Division of Wildtrictions pertaining to age, experience, in Bureau of Reclamation project areas, reservoirs, dams, wells, canals, pipelines life Resources or a valid license to prac- - and birds that an with may be possessed. connected need or to Kenneth W. Carrell agency according any other irrigation system. supervisor for Duchesne County. Carrell said his office has been Eligible farmers must hold valid instructed to accept applications from existing water rights for irrigation individual farmers who need to purposes within Reclamation projects, or develop new irrigation facilities Indian irrigation projects or projects because of severe water shortage and developed under the Small Reclamation other drought conditions. Projects act. Carrell added that FHA has been The loans are interest-fre- e and authorized to advance $3 million in payable over 40 years. "These funds must be used for interest free loans to farmers in 17 Carrell western states for irrigation purposes as irrigation only, purposes a result of the drought. The program is explained. "This includes installing, rehabilitating operated by the agency under a and enlarging irrigation facilities . on Memorandum of Understanding with the f Ann Parrish, Open pole bending; Brenda Durfee, open barrel racing and ribbon jerking. In youth events, Mareie McNeil won the racing; Joy Stewart won the pole bending event Lana Davis won for the pole bending; and Tracy Durfee won the barrel racing for Officials of the Neola Labor Day Rodeo have listed the first place winners in 12 rodeo events Monday. The winners are: Kelly Morris, bareback bronc riding; Dennis Kelsey, saddle bronc riding; Frank Grant, calf roping; Leland and Cory McNeil team roping; Dean Bingham, bull riding; Mary Note-T- he wu distributed to high September , W77 STANDARD Federal research grants and contracts awarded to the University of Utah during iscal 1977 have exceeded $40 million for the third consecutive year. Dr. William Partridge, vice president for research, says the U remained a national research leader by attracting $40,501,828 in federal money during the period ended June 30. 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