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Show THE SALT- - LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1972 $10 Milion in Grants Awarded To Child Mental Health Services Page Five Scoutin Around With Sue A Grant awards totalling nearly trating on high risk and undermillion for staffing childrens served school populations. mental health services in Utah, Other programs will focus on Colorado, Montana, and Wyo- day care and nursery school ming were announced this week facilities and staff, attempting to by Dr. Abel Ossorio, director of identify problems early and to the Health Services and Mental provide early help. These proHealth Administration in the grams will call for close coopDepartment of Healthy Educa- eration with local Head Start tion and Welfares Region VIII. Programs; of the 60 grants made The awards launch a special 44 have varying degrees of inprogram to. stimulate the de- volvement and cooperation with velopment of: community based Head Start and include family mental health care for children. consultatoin as an integral part A total of. 60 facilities in 36 of the projects. states and the District of ColumThe grants are being awarded to set the bia recevied grants up under Part F of the Community innovative services and collabo- Mental Health Centers Act that rative arrangements with other authorizes federal support for organizations. staffing, construction, training, Nationally, HEW is allocating surveys or pilot project for mennearly $10 million to the effort. tal health services to children. In many of the programs the The grants include: $1 , Weber Mental Health Center, Ogden, Utah, to receive $26,355 to expand consultation to schools and initiate a preventive preschool program for Chicano chiln dren, with a strong component. Northern Wyoming Mental Health Center, Sheridan, Wyo., to receive $59,207 to expand out- parent-educatio- reach services to schools, homes, social organiations, courts and day care centers to change attitudes and develop new skills in handling children with focus on high risk children from the dis- turbed families. al Poetry painting is vocal painting, as is silent poetry. Si- monides of Ceos. Experience iswhatmakes you wonder how it got the reputation of being the best teacher. ... dances. i Following the program the convention was moved to the school cafeteria, where every one ate a delicious luncheon - typical of the meals served in all Indian Boarding Schools. After lunch, Kitty Liddle presented the slate of new officers for 1973. They are: President, Mrs. R. H. Nickerson, Salt Lake City; ' Mrs. Robert t, Mrs. Clark Ogden; Giles, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. R. J. v V deJong, Provo. An important part of the meeting was ' the awards. Mrs. Lyle Gaskill of Qgden and Mrs. Wayne Rider of Salt Lake City were presented with the highest honor in Girl Scouting the Thanks Badge.. Miss Cornelia Benton and Miss Ariel- Frederick both of Salt Lake City were presented with. 50 , year pins in recognition of their many years of' outstanding service to the Girl Scouts. Mrs. Olga Brpw.ii of Salt .Lake was presented a pin for 30 years of outstanding service to the Girl Scouts. The Personnel Committee recognized h&r our, own Joan Francyck-fooutstanding recruitment posters and campaigns.' Joan is Neighborhood chairman the; of Blue Spruce,' which encompasses most of the Avenues... ... .. ... . The busy day was brought to a close with a beautiful performance of the Lords Prayer done in Indian sign language by. Clarissa Lowry, and a moving flag ceremony by Senior Troop No. 407 of Brigham City. Chairman of the 1972 annual meeting was told to be "proud, but on one told him "what to be proud of. "My ancestors had a way of life, said Mr. Mills, and they made a commitment to that way or life physically, mentally, and spiritually. As they were defeated, their philosophy was destroyed, and they rejected the the whtie mans philosophy; so today the Indian has no philosophy. Mr. Mills said sports had sports had helped him to develop his basic philosophies and some of them could be applied to Scouting; know, how to accept defeat, learn how to set goals, and develop a good mental attitude. Scouting has to be real to the Indians way of life. Be aware of her situation , culturally, socially, and economically. We can have a better tomorrow by having empathy, total commitment and accepting failures. x Mr. Mills, himself a a Indian is Director in the Office of Recreation, Physical Education and Athletics for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Also featured in the program was Cathy Buss of Orem and her 72 Traces Through Time Team, who spent two weeks in the Vernal area last summer recreating the life style of the Fremont Indians. Eleven girls recreated through slides, tape recordings and song their experiences making baskets, pottery, arrow heads and sandals; and and Mrs. Barbara Johnson of. Salt discovering petroglyphs pictographs while hiking and Lake. Nancy Jane Bales of Brigbackpacking. Some of the In ham City was chairman of the dian student beautifully arrayed Brigham City Arrangements., Vice-Presiden- ts, Mar-quard- 1 Billy Mills, a 1964 Gold Medal . Olympic winner. ! community health centers and service agencies will join in providing a comprehensive plan of treatment and follow up services for children. A major goal of the federal aid is to help develop preventive programs that will reach out to cthildren and their families in their daily lives. The grants bring together national: priorities in both child mental health and local community needs. A variety of, approaches will be tried and used as models else where if successful. Parent-chil- d walk-i- n and centers, pre-natwell baby clininc programs, parent education and consultation, and collaboration with the court are among the services being funded. In several communities, the local school system will share in providing the services, concen in their traditional dance and' ceremonial costumes entertained the delegates with songs and The annual meeting of the Utah Girl Scout Council convened on Nov. 9 at the Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City. (As the 9th was a Thursday, and I was unable to escape the confines of a certain Salt Lake City School, I asked my mother, Judy Smith, to write my article for me). President Lorraine Nickerson welcomed the guests and delegates and the meeting opened with a flag ceremony by Junior Troop No. 493 of Brigham City. Almost 300 Girl Scout volunteers and staff members listened entranced as Billy Mills, a 1964 Gold Medal Olympic winner, shared ' his philosophy of life with them. Mr. Mills won his medal in the 10,000 meter run. While training for his Olympic miles a week; run he ran 100-11- 0 He hopes to help others realize if their potential for success one more time theyll just try As a young boy growing up on the Indian Reservation he was . - half-Siou- . r . !. hdlp mmmv ooirgy o iow jnoifiKsy, too. you : ouni The wise conservation of America natural resources is everyones concern. A very efficient use of natural gas is to use it directly to produce heat. Among the least efficient ways to provide heat is to use fuel to generate electricity and then heat the flameless way. So use natural gas for household heating, water heating, cooking and clothes drying. 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