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Show ja j or " i . Thursday v . . softer.. i July . 26,2001 109th Year . i''itiffrtr''mvy fry.- - rr'-- P -- grrth if rvi fN -- ,' Price, Utah 60 No, 500 Cattlemen visit Tavaputs Ranch, 4 ?., j Mr 1 ntf nig J f ftt- , on art By JACKIE ANDERSON SCaffreporttt.-'Vj;- ' ; tory at the Western Mining and Railroad Museuyn-- , ' Shealso encourages people to visit the museums booth at the festival, where prints of Carbon County historical photographs will be available for purchased On die second floor of the mu--, seum hang 17 WPA works pur- -' chased by therity of Helper following the Great Depression. After the Whll Street crash of 1929, the American dream was shattered. The economic &ecu--: tijy, the hopes and the aspirations of the American people were replaced with bread lines and re- -, lief rolls.; Unemployment engulfed the nation, and many AJtahns, including artists, found , thdmselves out of work. .. Responding to the emergency, Pfesident Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced a number of initial, lives under his NewDeaT pro- gram to control the-- economic, crisis. Among his many concerns was the plight of the unemployed artist. In 1933 he began a series of programs to provide assis-- ; lance The WPA program was initiated primarily to furnish work for unemployed artists jn the decoration of buildings and parks. The project was organized in Utah in the spring and summer of 1935. (Continued on page 2) . Carbon County is unique to Utah. Having recently cekirated Pioneer Day.it may be significant to remember that the local arcawasnotscttledty Mormon pioneers only, but by immigrants bom a multitude of nationaoom-in- g toworkfor the coal mines - airi railroads that have remained the center of county econom ics andcuhnre. . . These immigrants brought with them a hunger for a better life. The American dream may . not have been realized in their lifetimes, but they would do all that they could to make it a possibility for their children. And so the small mining and railroad communities of Helper and Price were among the first Utah com munities to open art centers under the Public Works of Art Project in Utah. Art continues to be thc soul of the Helper community, and is reflectedin store front windows emptyofthcwarcsthatwereonce sold there. As the Hclper Arts Festival brings renewed life to die towns Main Street on Aug. 19 and 20, ' Madge Rnnsic urges residents to Visit the paintings that are representative of Helpers rich art his . . ; Three victims killed In violent collision Wednesday afternoon In Cat Canyon mantled Lincoln serivs as a graphic witness to a fatal collision on ili. Highway 6 near Wellington on July 25.The Wednesday afternoon accident killed throe unidentified occupants traveling inside the newer model vehicle, The vnlent accident invotved the Lincoln lowficar. a Ford Taiaua registerad in A the state of North Carolina and a tractor-trailrig owned by a Green River company. The Lincoln came to rest on the west side (ri the roadway, where the transaxle was completely separated from the vehicle. Two additional victims : le were apparently injured jn comectionwith the collision. er . - three-vehic- - , - nbn-feder- al . mission, By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter : onmrn mas. The first principle is that this is a community college. Its not a college dial exists to do pri-- ; mary research. Its not a college that exists tomeet the educational needs of the people around the world. It is a community college and it exists to serve the communities that it is focused on. Those from San Juan County in the The mans office is simply decorated; a desk, workstation, a set of book shelves and a couple of paintings on the walL On top of the desk is a dictionary, writing materials and an old coal miners lamp. That minerslamp reminds me everyday of my roots, wherel came from, comments the College of Eastern Utah president with a smile on his face. My was a miner and my grandfather was a miner," The mans name is Ryan Tho--. mas and he has a doctorate degree. However, unlike many people in higher education, hu emphasis is not on the doctor part, but On the fact that he wants CEU to be the best it can be as a - : fa-th- er srs A ' A fc-- 4 wi ; I south up through Carbon County with the mayor of Blanding and the college president came away with distinct impressions about the town and how the residents are struggling to keep the economic tse.viable, . , toe kinds of conThose versations we as an institution need to be involved in, points out Thomas, For instance, we need to ask ourselves what the rde of technology is in a city like ' - The counties he refers to consist of San Juan, Emery, Grand and Carbon, an enormous geographic area coveringone-quar-tof the state of Utah. , ; I think our college has things to Offer to students from annmd the state, so I am certainly not going to disoourage anyone from coming to CEU " indicates Thomas. But in terms of where we as a college get our direction, we need to be looking toward our ttue community college. . Dont call me doctor or presi- an--j1 ' ' ; ' -- Thomas, who has spent the last few years working at Utah st , ' A'tt; communities. dent Thomas-jucall me Ryan, arc his firstwords. A refreshing approach to what some consider a stuffy office and title. The presidents vision: to .'bring CEU into the realm dfbe ing a community college that connects and is attached to the Community period. There are a couple of initiatives that the college needs to ad--. dress overthe next few years and both of them comedownto some essential principles, states Tho i "" V it takes to make a school grow and prosper. He also knows some of the pitfaQs in that growth. He knows the way to growth is by providing what individuals want and what they will need to sue- ceed in the workplace and in life. - mtheworid. So maybe what we need to focus on is those sorts of industries, be states. Or maybe even y light industries such as one that went to Cedar Gty and started manufacturing small air- craft parts for Boeing. Another comjnyfrom central Utah has' Ryari Thomas assumed the hebn at CollegB of Eastern Utah on July 1. With a County heritage, Thomas hasafeel for the local arsa and has some definite ideas about CEU should be ta) the eastern Utah community . persroalCartion-Ema-y com-pan- .Partofwhatweheedtodois not only respond to the existing needs df the communities in our area, but to work with them to riiape visions of possibilities for the future,"he relates, So we re-ally need to be involved in eco- - ;; , ncanicdevelopment efforts for all of those communities. .4 ' Not long ago, Thomas met mA t US; : Data compiled by Fkmflles USA and Public Citizen dispute on marketing; advertising and The Public Citizen reportRJ administration than on re- Myths: The Case Against the the drug Industrys claim that search and development Drug Industry's R&D Scare . 1 : ; ; community, ; : 'm Succeed. : , , . , "V That translates into pro- -. grams that really help students to . feet involved with the institution, explains the collegesheW leader. We know from a lot of national studies that involvement in the institution insures persis-- 1 tence towards a degree. We need to be sure the students have the skills, whatever they might be, to make sure students have the support to succeed. (Continued on page 14 7 TS A V: ' RXMyths exposes the indus--: try lobbying groups misleading campaign to scare policy . ng Pal-lac-k, Care, explores at the problem fromteepenpecttveofthediar-- . maceutical industrys lobbying tactics. The report shows that the drug conqwnies spend approxi-maiel- y h of what the industry claims on research and development . record-breaki- . one-fift- r ' As for the second principle, Thomas believes that individual achievement is what will make or break an institution and a . In 2000, the drug industry high prksar needed to sustain research middevdopmenL wad, once again, the most profHie findings of the studies In- itable in the United States. . Profit margins in the drug indicate that drug companies do ; not spend neariy what the in- dustry were nearly four times dustry claims on research and the average at the fbrtune 500 development companies. A consumer health organfra-- ' The executive with the hightkm. Families USA recently re- est compensation package in leased Off the Charts: Pay, 2000, exclusive of unexercised Profits and Spending InDrug stock options, made $402 mil' lion. Companies: The report points out that Pharmaceutical companies are ; drug companies spending charging skyrocketing drug f significantly more bn marketprices like to sugar coat the pain ing; advertising and comparar by saying those prices are tively lavish compensation needed for RAD. The truth is -padcages for executives than on high prices are much more associated with research and development Key findings of Off the profits and enormous compenCftorteindude: sation for top drugcompany exAmong the nine drug com- ecutives, maintains Rem Families USA executive panies examined, all but one spent more than twice as much ... ty When we get anyone involved in our educational proBlanding and what kinds of. grams, we need to make sure that s: diingsneed tobe available tohuve they succeed,emphasizes Our focus is on learning.' indiutry relocate to such a dace. Are there things that could hap- not teaching, VMs ooukl be supeib pen in that city that could revi- te8diers, and students could still talize the economy? Whatever not learn. If that becomes true the answers are to those kinds of then, what is the value of the en.?;'! conversations, CEU needs to step terprise?"; The CEU president feels that, up and say. OK. we can prepare " people to do those kinds of when a person comes to the campus, the customer service,the fo. . Thomas suggests that daces cus on learningand the focus on like Blanding might be a good die support for the student ought area for people to live and do tobe si that that individual will computer programming, because it is not site based. As long as a community has access to tivcly fast Internet service, pro-- , gramming can be done anywhere Vblley State College, knows what -- com-muni- Tho-ma- ' oH- -iiiii.?1 er ' now moved to San Juan and is hoping to do basically the same thing. fe need tobe there to help with that - response to the is the first principle. , makers and the public by claiming that research and develpp-- . ment efforts win suifer If measures to control drug costs are successful Highlights ol RXMyths In--' dude: The actual after-ta-x cash outlay - what drug companies spend on research and develop- ment for a new drug , including (Continued on page 7) ' gtoUHiriN ? V . i Carbon students register for. school, classes stall Aug. 21 Carbon High counselor Rick Deaton and Avalee Chavez assist Gilbert Madrid with completing the school regis- - tration process last week. Registration continues for : sophomores and Carbon High students making changes in class selections. Classroom sessions are scheduled to start Aug. 21 for students in the Carbon County district I . i ' r . i . - V. 'r ' . : - |