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Show " I S. It r Loire Cit7, CTt 04UO Serving Smithfield, Lewiston, Richmond, Trenton, Newton and Other North Cache Communities SMITHFIELD, UTAH, VOL. 1 include Dixie Wheeler, first; Cindy Checketts alternate; and Lori Griffin, second attendant CACHE COUNTY RODEO QUEEN Queen of the Cache County rodeo is Jodene Rieka (center). Her attendants 3, NO. 21 , THURSDAY, MAY 26, Sky View western suit First was attendant awarded a $20 gift certificate from Smithfield Implement; second attendant a $10 gift certificate from Jenson's Ranch Wear and Saddlery.' The girls will each receive a trophy at the Cache County Rodeo. Other girls trying out for the honors were; Shawna n Lockwood, Smithfield; Moser, Logan; Beckie bred classes. Grand Champion Cow, Darby", was awarded to Fisher Dairy Farms, Fort Jo-An- Collins, Colorado. Basset, Wellsville; Pam Leatham, Wellsville. Each girl received a neck scarf as a token of appreciation from the Richmond Black and White days. Seven trophies were awarded to the winners parFavorite ticipating in the registered Holstein, owned by How-E- l Acres Farms, Fort Lupton, Colorado, received the Reserve Champion Award. Local winners in other events were Betty Stover, Lewiston, in the Senior Yearlings. The Harris Brothers, Richmond, for the bull honors. The highlight of the days 4-- H activities was the Little Buckaroo Rodeo with bare-bac- n, Allen Wheeler, Lewiston, was chosen first attendant. lx)ri Griffin, lfi year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralf Griffin, Lewiston, was second attendant. Alternate was Cindy Checketts, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Checketts, Providence. The girls were judged on per cent; per cent; and horsemanship, 60 per cent. in- conjunction with the Richmond Black and White Days. In the Best Food Category, First Best Food winner was Melisse Finchum and Lori Brown. In Best Food Cate- gory: Karren Ripplinger, Carrie Finchum, Debbie Murray, Richmond, and Kathy Hansen, Smithfield. Points were totaled on flavor, appearance, texture, ease of preparation, dairy product used, and recipe neatly displayed. received a $s.oil from Foleys Bye and Bye for the Best Baking raornL te Skill Award. favorite Along with the food show, an open food show 4-- H for Richmond residents of all ages and sex was also held for its second year. The winners were: Grand Prize: air Harris, Gam Chowder, $20 gift certificate Smithfield Implement; 2nd place, Ellen Mopley, Chicken Broccili Casserole, $10.00 gift certifi- Smith, Richmond, received a $5.00 gift certificate from Foley's Bye and Bye, Rich- cate Foleys laundromat; 3rd place, Gloria Thompson, Butterflake Rolls, large package cheese; 4th place, Table Award. Valerie Bar- ter Pie, small package A third grader, Elise mond, for the Originality tholomew, Richmond, received a trophy for the overall Table Setting. Betty Murray, 8th grade, Rich- - Luann Cooper, Peanut But- cheese, and 5th place, Vivian Spackman, Original Strawberry Dessert, one pound of butter. Studies RC&D . at 8:00 p.m. Three student speakers, Darlene Draper, Bryant Neilsen, and Carrie Gark, will address the audience based upon the theme. Other speakers are Dr. James Kearl and Kathryn Israel-seDouglas Myler will offer the invocation and Saundra Henrie will give the benediction. The Senior Choir will perform two musical selections during the program. The Diplomas will be awarded by members of the Cache County School Board, following a presentation of the graduates by Principal John Hansen. Admission will be by ticket only. n. The Coveville and Webster irrigation company sprinkler system and reservoir near Richmond was among the proposals approved by the RC&D board recently. The board also discussed conservation projects in the Bear River RC&D area. DROUGHT HAS stimulated several conservation projects in the Bear River RC&D area. At the meeting of the Bear River Resource Conservation and Development Executive Board, nine water-conservin- g projects were approved for investigation. Paul Gilette, Drought Relief Coordinator for Utah, stated at the meeting, held May 17, 1977, that the drought this year is bringing water conservation to the attendtion of urban .legisla tors. Five million dollars, which was reserved aTThe beginning of the year, will be appropriated by the state legislators when they meet the last few days of June. Gillette expects about $3.5 million of this to go toward drought relief. . OUT OF THE previous appropriation, loans have been approved- - in northern Utah to renovate an abandoned well in Grouse Creek and to drill wells in Park Valley and Rosette. Gillette stressed the fact that this money is only available for communities in danger of running out of water for household use. Several federal programs $500,000 are available for drought relief, including: Bureau of 20 20 Miss Checketts was chosen Miss Personality and Miss Appearance, and was awarded a saddle blanket from Cantwell Bros. Lumber and a belt buckle from Virginia's Western Store. Miss Griffin was awarded a saddle blanket from A & R Western Simp for winning By TIIAYA DAVIS Sky View high school is now all paid for, and to a newcomer in the area, one would surmize that there has always been peace in the Cache county school system. Thirteen years ago, the valley was nearly torn apart over the prospect of building a new high school. Following World War II, it was evident that most of the old school buildings needed overdue remodeling.; in fact, new buildings were needed to handle the increasing enrollment of students. IN 1955, a survey was to be made but the Board couldn't agree as to whom should make to survey. So a committee was appointed by State Superintendent Allen Bateman, Chairmaned by E.A. Joacobsen, Dean of Education, USU. Lloyd M. Theurer was Superintendent of the Cache School District at that time. Three plans were offered by the committee: Plan 1 two senior highs-- 4 junior highs; Plan 2 two senior highs-- 3 junior highs, and Plan 3 which was preferred by the committee, was one senior high and 2 junior highs. The cost estimate was million. The void was put to the INHiple in a bond election June 5, 1956. Because of the strong findings of parents in both ends of the valley the lxnid was defeated 1197 in favor and 2453 against. $2 AFTER MUCH contention and strain, and as a result of his position, Supt. Theurer died while in office. Glen Winn was then appointed as Acting Superintendent for 5 months. It was shortly after that, in July 1959, that Oral Ballam was selected and appointed as Superintendent of the Cache County School District. third bond election was Votes- came in for 2,717 for proposed by the board as and 2,668 against, a differthere was much dissension ence of 49 votes! Despite the over the new building being a passing of the bond, the junior high. Many thought election was protested. It they should go 'ahead and was felt that some who had build the high school not a voted were not registered junior high. A third election voters, nor tax payers and was held on November 21, court cases insued. 1961 and this time it passed. A - JOHN MICKELSON Construction placed a bid of $1,882,000 for Phase II and began in 1962 constructing .the gym, auditorium lunchroom, additional classroom and swimming pool. Well into the project, a new school board attempted to halt the construction in 1963. A Salt Lake Court ruled the contract to be legal and construction continued. Very influential in the decisions, in getting things well underway, seeing through this project with all the problems, initiating two Contiiatd Or Bick Pi(i Under the direction of Supt. Ballam, a second bond election was put before the people for a vote. Again it was defeated by a vote of 2088 for and 2462 against. This time the legality of the election was debated. The need for a new school was getting to be tremendous and so the Board voted to take it upon themselves to begin construction on Phase I on a basis ($700,000 on hand) with the first phase to be temporarily used as a junior high for seventh and eighth grade students. There was more controversy brought up over this decision. PLANS GOT underway with the appointment of Architect Keith Wilcox of Ogden in 1960. Land was also purchased on the southeast side of Smithfield at per acre. $800-$10- bids submitted for construction, ten bidders were present on December 20, I960, where Ace Raymond was awarded the low bid of $847,500. Construction began on With Phase I on January 1961 (picture) which comprised of the girls gym and the classroom wing. Reclamation loans, to he paid back within five years, for farmers to buy water; FmHA low-intere- st loans for improvements to culinary systems; ASCS grant funds are available to both individuals and groups for irrigation projects. An emergency livestock feed program is also available. Atmospherics, Inc., the company conducting the weather modification program in northern Utah and southern Idaho, was represented at the meeting by Richard Leblang, meteorologist, and Wayne Wilkinson, pilot. Counties included in this program are Box Elder, Cache and Rich in Utah, and Oneida in Idaho. THE MAIN OFFICE of Atmospherics, Inc., is located at the Ogden Airport, with ten generators scattered over the project area and a , bald, Smithfield, placed 2nd. In the calf roping competition, Hugh Straat-masucceeded in roping his calf in 9 seconds, and his brother Clint, in 20 seconds. Saturday evening's schedule dealt with the medium and heavy weight team pulling matches. Miss Jodene Ricks, 19 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Ricks, Benson, was crowned Cache County Rodeo Queen Saturday evening at the Richmond Black and White days. Dixie. Wheeler. 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. personality, appearance, Dairy. Fpod .show, held The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It will be the theme for the graduation exercises for the S ty View Seniors this i.ig. The ceremony will be heuTin the Fine Arts Build- ing at Utah State University Sky View Paid For , Not Always Peaceful Times k riding, sheep riding races, calf riding and calf roping. The contestants, whose ages ran from 8 to 16 rode like real troopers trying to hang on before the whistle blew. Steven Jeppson, Richmond, was 1st place winner in the bareback riding competition. Andy Archi- s Western Store. ial Pavillion in Richmond this past weekend. Activities began with the judging of aged class, fitting and showmanship in the purebred bulls, and pure- A from-T.J.- " in the exhibits at the Black and White days. Her owner is The Citizen Photo Jim Fisher of Colorado. COVE PROJECT OKEHED Graduates i Miss Horsemanship. The queen ' wasgiven a 977 CHAMPION TAKES A REST Darby the grand champion cow enjoys a time off her feet after a day of being (back) 62nd Black and White Ends With Queen, Winners Named Excitement mounted as each activity in the 62hd Annual Black and W'hite Days events began to unfold. All went as scheduled at the George B. Caine Memor- 1 radar installation at Little Mountain near Ogden. Leblang explained that since the project became operational at the end of February, thirteen days have been appropriate for cloud seeding. He reported that they had seeded the clouds in the area during the recent storm from May 14 through 17. MEASURE Iaiketown. PEACEFUL CAMPUS View cRDinm rfm t - The peacefulness at the Sky ' 1 r i,r rnri. ,,,,nl-- v ,ho01 schools was underway. ,3 R when the war over high The Citizen Photo PROPOSALS approved for Cache County were: Coveville and Webster Irrigation Company Sprinkler System and Reservoir, near Richmond, which will convert a flood irrigation system to a pressure sprinkler system along with construction of a reservoir. The project is designed to conserve water, control erosion, and reduce operational costs; Paradise North and South Field Irrigation Project, will replace open ditch with pipeline to reduce seepage loss and erosion; Porcupine Irrigation Company Regulating Reservoir Enlargement, consisting of installation of needed structures and embankments to creat a functional regulating reservoir; Wellsville City Park Improvement, construction of new tennis courts to improve outdoor recreation facilities for residents. In Rich County, the Iaketown Irrigation Company Pipeline was approved, to pipe water from regulating reservoirs to sprinkler irrigate land in and around |