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Show the salt lake times FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1973 School Administrators Take Course in Environment Education This week, forty two school administrators representing eight school districts and 32 elementary and secondary schools exchanged offices and paper work for sleeping bags and the shady pines. The exchange is part of an Environmental Education prograih designed to acquaint the Administrators with outdoor education possibilities for use in Utahs schools. The week long workshop is being held at the Great Basin Experiment Station located in Ephraim Canyon. The project is by the Utah State Board of Education and the Utah Science Teachers Association. According to LaMar Allred, Science Specialist with the Utah State Board of Education, most of the participants are elementary school principals who volunteered for the workshop in order to increase their knowledge of environmental education. Our major, objective is to prepare school administrators for the task of teaching Utahs students to live harmoniously in the out of doors. A major portion of the workshop, in fact, is devoted to studying environmental relationships such as watersheds, different life zones and mans effect oh the environment, he said. .Several state and federal agencies will help in the instructional' program. The agenda also calls for actual practice in outdoor education projects. For instance, participants will gain skills such as water sampling for pollution detection, rock and mineral identi-ficatiouse of weather instruments and plant collecting. Evening programs include nature lectures and film presentations by the National Audubon Society. The Bureau of Land , . red . nr Mormon Youth Chorus And Symphony on PBS An all Gershwin concert by the Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus of Salt Lake City has been selected as a special of the week by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and will be offered to some 240 public television stations in the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. PBS will feed the show on Monday, August 20 to its affiliated stations, Dr. Jay Welch, musical director and conductor of the symphony and chorus has announced. It will be available at 8 p.m. that evening in all time zones except in the Central Time Zone where it will be available at 7 p.m. PBS will also repeat the show at 8 p.m., Saturday, August 25. In Utah, the University of Utahs education television stachannel 7, will tion, KUED-Tair the show at 8 p.m. Mondap, August 20 and repeat it Saturday, August 25, according to Byron J. Openshaw, program manChannel 11 at ager. KBYU-Tthe program at Provo, will air 10 p.m. Friday, August 31. The concert was video taped live in color when it performed April 27. in the Mormon Tabernacle on' Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Five young soloists joined the 450 members of the Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus in the concert under the baton of Dr. Welch. The Gershwin concert commemorates the 75th jubilee year of George Gershwin, one of the countrys most successful V, V, Management and the Utah troleum Council. Pe- The Administrators will also receive training in the construction of simple outdoor education instruments which can be constructed and used by students in the clasroom. For instance, using an empty milk carton, along with a sewing needle, a straw, one penny, and a human hair, they will construct a hygrometer to measure air humidity. Other projects include the construction of a barometer, an ant maze and a home made weather station. After the workshop, the Administrators will review the information with teachers and the other staff members to initiate the projects in the classroom. The project has been in operation for eight years and has trained nearly 600 teachers and administrators. Arts and Crafts Fair Tempts Local Collectors dont have to be a connis-seu- r of art to start your own pri- You vate collection at Snowbirds weekend Arts and Crafts Fair that runs every Saturday and Sunday all summer up on our cool Plaza deck. Youll see what you like and like what you see in this wide selection of objects d' art created by some of Salt Lakes finest artisans and artists. And you wont bend your browsing and buying budget because many of the items are priced below what you would pay for them at some of Salt Lakes finest stores. These talented folk exhibit their own wares and some even demonstrate their particular art or craft while you watch. Choose from among the useful and beautiful in ceramics, pottery, jewelry, tie dye, wood carving, water colors, oils, lithographs, candles, leather goods and photography. Enjoy the added pleasure of watching and listening to the Utah Shakespeare Players doing selected scenes from our current Snowbird Summer Theatre offering, As You Like It, on the Plaza during the Fair. So enjoy beauty to behold andor buy at Snowbird every weekend during the summer. Art browsing on a full stomach after the Plaza Restaurants Sunday Brunch is especially inspiring. Or begin and end a fabulous Tram ride with a tour of the exhibits. Cougar Numbers Remain Stable Hunters have been among the list of factors blamed for a decrease in cougar numbers in the United States in recent years. Results of a five year study undertaken in Idaho may shed some light on the subject. The project objective was to determine the dynamics of the mountain lion population. Researchers found that the population was stable over the five years it was studied despite the hunting. Dispersal and mortality of young individuals appear to be important limiting mechaso-call- ed nisms. Territoriality within the species acted to limit numbers of lions and mantain population stability, said a project leader. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources game biologists give assurance that the cougar is not endangered in Utah and that the populations are stable in the Beehive State, smo Page Five Robert L. Rice to Act As State Chairman for Jerry Lewis Telethon Robert L. Bob Rice, president and chairman of the board of Health Industries, Inc. with international headquarters in Salt Lake City, has agreed to serve as Utah state chairman of the New Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon for the benefit of Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America. The Jerry Lewis Telethon, the first major program of the new TV season, will be seen in Salt ChanLake City over KCPX-Ton nel 4, beginning Sunday evening, Sept. 2, and continuing non-sto- p until late afternoon Monday, Sept.'S. Mr. Rice, a native of Farming-toUtah, and a graduate of Davis High School in Kaysville, won the Utah Mr. Physical Fitness championship 'in 1953 and went on to found what is now believed to be the worlds largest health club operation. He has been extremely active in community affairs, particularly those involving the University of Utah where he serves on the Presidents Council, on the Deans Council at the Business School, and former president for two years and currently a director of the Bleacher Ute organization. He recently donated $1 million to the U. of U. athletic department. A member of President Nixons Conference on Physical Fitness and Sports, Rice this past June was chosen by the American Academy of Achievement as one of 50 giants of accomplishments to receive the Golden Plate Award during the 12th annual Salute to Excellence in Chicago, . V, n, 111. The supershow, dividone-hoed into packets of comedy, music and drama to be carried on a nationwide network, will feature hourly local cutaways on Channel 4 hostnews-spor- ts ed by new KCPX-TBlack-wel- l, Dave personality who is no newcomer to the Labor Day Telethon, having hosted the show the past two years in Omaha, Nebr. 20-ho- ur ur 150-stati- A reorganization and consoli- dation of the present weiiare system was called for this week by G. Kenneth Prothero, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. By implementing a unified counseling program, a single counselor could advise a family on all aspects of its finances housing, food, employment, and health, Mr. Prothero noted. He also recommended that housing supplements be handled through the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, instead of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. At the present time there is a confusing duplication of existing separate programs. Some of the current assistance programs are geared to income; some are for old people, some for children, some for invalids. Some are for rural areas, others for urban cenetrs, while others are for specific geographic locations. The administration of these programs radiates from a wide number of central agencies HEW, HUD, the Department of Labor, the Farmers Home Administration, Social Security and Veetrans Administration. Much of this confusion is duplicated further at the state and local levels. While many of the programs should undoubtedly remain where they are, there is clearly a vital need for review and consolidation, Mr. Prothero said. An experimental program which would consolidate many welfare related services into one agency has already been recommended by the National Associa tion of Realtors. Mr. Prothero said the plan outlined by NAR goes farther than the Nixon Administrations 1970 Family Assistance proposal by eliminat- ing duplication and confusion. The experiment is similar to one now in operation to test a housing allowance program. It should yield conclusive results over a relatively brief period of time and if it does not work, it should be terminated, Mr. Prothero added. Of course, federal programs should not displace other housing activities by private, state, and local sources, but should instead supplement them, bridging the gap between then. and national housing goals. If each of the tiers of participants in the housing process can be allowed to satiate its natural area, of activity before a higher level interferes, we could minmize overlap and maximize structural efficiency, the board president said. He predicted this would in turn lead to lower government spending at all levels and reduce the waste and misallocation of resources whies frequently occur when decision making is too far removed from the problem. Mr. Prothero said the NAR proposal to consolidate housing with other assistance programs is a response to the Nixon Administrations invitation to provide industry ideas on the government role in housing. Great steps can be taken in housing reform if the federal government and housing industry each contribute its unique resources in order to resolve the various aspects of the problem, he said. . . , on V Film on Patriotism for Your Johnny Horizon 76 Program Patriotism, Oxfords 16mm color film, planned for Kindergarten through the Eighth Grade, makes the abstract word patriotism and the goals of the Johnny Horizon 76 Program, visual and practical. The film shows children planting trees, cooperating in a neighborhood cleanup, being careful of the flowers in a park. The American Revolution Bicentennial Committee has recognized the Johnny Horizon 76 Program as an official activity and a major part of our National Bicentennial Era. The program seeks to stimulate awareness of the opportunities and responsibilities that each citizen has for doing his part in protecting the environment, and to translate this citizen concern into education and action in cleanup, in beautification, and in conservation. Says the film: Patriotism is making your country a better place . . . being proud of yourself and your work . . . being responsible . . . sharing . . . cooperation . . . love . . . really looking and really appreciating. For further information, write to Public Relations Department, Oxford Films, Inc., 1136 N. Las Palmas Avp Los Angeles, Cal. 10-minu- te, 90038. President of Board of Realtors Urges Welfare System Reform Visitors and Convention Bureau To Release New Stereo Record The second of two extensive recording sessions in the famed Tabernacle by the Mormon Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus was completed recently. The group, under the direction of Jay Welch, was assisting in the musical scoring of a unique streo record album commissioned by the Salt Lake Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau. The album, appropriately entitled, In the Tops of My Mountains, will be distributed initially by the Bureau to association executives in the Washington, D.C. area. LaMar Williams, convention director of the Bureau, explained that the highest concentration of headquarters for organizations that hold large conventions is in Washington, D.C. The executives that will receive the album all play key roles in the decision of where their organizations will hold their next convention. The album will be used to assist in enhancing Salt Lakes emerging image as a major convention site. In the Tops of My Mountains, a unique sound tour of the major attractions and charm of the Salt Lake Valley is due to be released late this month. The story line is expressed from Mother Natures point of view as She tells of the delightful blend of natural surroundings and man made conveniences found in the valley. The Mormon Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus play a vital role in setting the stage for this exciting, entertaining vehicle to tell the Valleys conventoin story, said Mr. Williams. Came Division Asks Elk Hunters9 Opinion Applicants for Utahs 1973 open bull elk permits were given a chance to express their attitude toward the annual activity on the application blanks this year. The application stated, the hunter success on the open bull hunts in Utah for the past six years has ranged from 13 to 22 percent. Regular surveys made by the Division of Wildlife Resources indicate elk populations are maintaining themselves under this type of hunt. We would like to know your personal feelings concerning this type of hunt and request your response below. Sportsmen were then asked whether or not they were in favor of the hunt and to make comments. They were also informed that as explained by the Division this is a recreation type hunt and hunter success is expected to low. be comparatively The number of bulls harvested will have no effect on future calf crops, according to Division biologists, because the breeding generally takes place before bull elk are harvested during open n seasons. One golden day redeems one weary year. Thaxter. |