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Show 2 Sun Advocate Price; Utah Thursday July 26. 2001 Recapping Carbon County's unique focus on art: (Continued torn page 1) ; ; Initially projects were selected ' through a sales pitch by thc art director who approached city governments, sdix)U and libraries to try and persuade them to purchase artwork. The director emphasized ' It was in this manner that the excellent bargain available in purchasing original Utah art fix', only the pries of materials. This . was possible because the artwork was subsidized by the federal government which paid the salaries of the artists. . '.Kevin Ashby v 1 Salts (435) Editor I.ynnda Johnson Reporter Publication No. (USPS 174460) twice a week at Price, Utah. Periodical .postage paid at Price, Utah, and at tional mailing office PO Bor 589, Castle .V Dale,. Utah. 84513.; . Jackie Anderson . Richard Shaw oral Office Manager Thayn Receptionist . Darla Lee Circulation ' Lynda Bamctl. ; ' Internet: hitphvww jimadcom . editori&sunadcnm.adstifcunadxoin linda managing editor or the Sun Advocates publisher. 8:30 a.m. .to 5 p.m. , ra : i I ' . tmw' ' . Ss i;V r r - .; means of focusingtlie viewers attention away from wortdly problems to the awe inspiring scenery. Butcherspaintings. represent pastoral scenes depicted realisticalty, yet with ah T aura of dreamlike quality. Tomsk tuges visitors to the up coming Helper Ms Festival to view the inspiring work. historically involved n die exhi-- ; titled,! fortheMilUons. He was ; bition of art, but was home to sig- 'invited to eak to die Helper City Council and discuss details. nificant artists as well .. an auditoriu. . Bird was familiar Price resident lynnlusett aswhich Helper sumed the position of Director fur m-gymnasium the Federal Art Ptmect in 1942, had recently completed and sug- Bud-whehe. gested that remodeling dm first replacing Elzy J. armed .floor would make the building ah the forces. jorned Lynn Rusett produced four ideal aiteenter. After heexplned , A project, in- that the operating expenses and muralsfbrthe firr one cluding tlf University at tranxxtatioo charges on exhibiWyoming Union' Building in tions would amount to $25 per Laramie, the Barrier Canyon month and that $225 would take' MuraTandone fiir the White Pine care of oonstnictioa costs, the act-in- g mayor ariced, is there any reateipiece, however, was created for son wt tire city Helper cannot his home town (d Price This mu afford this sum fix the expendi- -. rat included eighty-tw- o figures ture toward culture for the wi : n ensu-;ingyeair-;v. perspective. Utahs Na--' and represented a panorama of. tive American culture was early Utah pkmccr histoiy. in painted scCnes and por- ; Of all of the programs of the traits as well as sculpture. The art project, the community ait cenwork ters were probably the mo6teffro-- ; CCC, government-funde- d camps for the unemployed were tive attempts to integrate the ails alsOdocuinented through ait the Ufr ofthe community. Art The Helper museum displays classes as well as traveling exhibi-tios were presented in paintings byWPAartists Elzy J, i;.V-- de-pict- ed Friday Night Special Navajo Taco . wi wtih'Sdad , ns nnalcoro-munitie- Cold Mon.-Thu- Bwr PoolThbfcs Antiques www.balancerock.com 10 30 am --8pm, Fii.& Sat, 8:30 am 10pm, Sunday ff:3Q r. 148 S. Main St in Historic Helper 0 ' pm Bird, Roy Butcher, Gordon Cope, Josej A. F. Everett, LynnFhusett, Will J. Parkinson, Howell Carbon County was not only 1 LLS' - ffj- ' iW i v f centers opening odiibition. T Price was impressed with '.: Helpers comminpenttothe am and feh that foe oonyetitionnextiJ ' door had beat them (o the draw cp . agreat movement of culture. Not ' to he outdone, Price established ' an art center on April 15, 1940. ; ; : Theartccntenprovkledanjn- portant diverskm and social out-l-et for peopteotiicrwise preoccupied witiiwar. The passionate plea by foe Utah Institute ofAmto the ; nwso .. of Uumoil and stress address die longevity of art m the histoty of foe Castle Vhlky: There are those,who will say , foat in these days of impending ' warfare, all of this peoplescner- - ' gjes, resources and treasure riiould be concentrated upon foe need to aimfortiieprotection ofdemoc- racy. But is nrt Democracy a wqy .: of Ufle? Wie cannot gb out to de. fend a way of life and at the same time abandon that way rif life. Hence, ait, music and culture too must be defended and filtered in ... . : preparation fix the time wfaen mankind will arise to a new and higher plane of existence. Days of doubt and gloom must be lightened by the ministration of art. Men cannot fight heroically without havingsomething to fight fix. whiskey would take the stain off. But Bird allayed doubts about If Democratic society cannot the centerYsuooess: Helper, with maintain those institutions of art a population of 2,700, proudly ' and culture, which alone differen- -' boasted an attendance of 3B17fbr tiate man from beast, foen it does the first three weeks of the art not deserve to live. I (Continued from page 1) ajpxmdmatety $110 million. The 2000 actual aftercaah outlay markedly contrasts with the $500 miQion figure frequently touted by PhRMA An internal National Institutes of Health document obtained by foe Public Citizen organization confirms foe crucial role reaearxfo plays ta devetoping drugs in the United States. ; V According to the Natfonal Institutes of Health document, sden-tls-ts funded byUAtasqiayerg monies conducted at least 55perceot of foeresearch projects leading fothe discovery and devclqiinent of the top five seUlng drugs In I PhRMAlobbyistswereaidedingainlngacoesstoomigressioiiiit " representatives thnnigh the indu8trys$20millk)n in campaign con? tributioil8,mafotaimfoeUSAFhmilie8aridPuMlcCitizenrq)(xtaIn addition, PhRMA purportedly spit millions more for isie ads at laddngpolitlcal candidates opposed by the natinno dniglndiHfry I Health care advocates have long beat aware the financial diffi cutties many Americans and raridents across the state have in a fixdfogmefoGfoes, points old Utah Issues. In an attempt to aSeviatd the situation, Utah Issues and AARP have Joined ranks to find way to hknwinoHne senior citizens obtain better aoce88todnigS,drawe Ingfromexperienoesofotherstates. Iheserepmfewmputour.efffofefoperspeetivtiandhepefuIIy give tbemaboost,"ejqdains Utah Issues heatthpolky JudIHflmaiL."W will continue to explore the possibility f(xa State jxesotkmdrugassistanoe program with our Coalition part, nera. Bid weneod to remenfoor tiJat such an approach' will ontyscratdi the surtaoeid a far deeper problem In foe drug Industry itself-a- s described in these reports. Utah IssuestemrtragedbythesefiiMlingB. Consumers haveaW QKxe to be angry about than the unaffordable price of drugs; we and pdkymaken are being atddabin of goods when the drug industry lotfoyiate use thefr scare tactics and defeat ptDconsumer ' feitures-i- s A & ' ... some guy, testing his strength, punched a hole through the top of spedestal with his fist. Somdxxiydseniinedaseremiby seeing ifthe alcohol in a bottle of : V i ri ' r, : . . ' EwP7lnfe ' AmotionwasmadeinfavKxof the proposal and the council room resounded with Ayes. Conse- -. quently, Birddaimed therecord for the fastest sdlingof an art tiie history of the WPA Art Program. . Brdbterquestioqediftiietawn what had been done, ' appreciated J : oonaaenngwnainappeneaDcast die opening on Dec, 29, 1939. ocn-tCT- in through the application ofartoenters. Elzy Bird discussed the beginning of the Helper and Price ait centers In letters for a book en- - Rosibaum and Paul Smith. 472-040- 3 . ' ,4 Western Mining and Railroad Museum volunteer Madge Tomsk indicates there is a national ronewaW interests) the. WPA art that followed the Great Depression. The Hetpermu- turn displays 17 of the period's paintings. Roy H. IButcher was among the artiste who used the landscape of Utah as a . - . i'-- rt-alit- Entire content copyright ' C2001 $an Advocate Inc, All rights reserved. No parf-v- f the publication may be reproduced in any form with out tbe express coesent of HOURS Monday - Friday .1. . self-dou- bt Subscription rates: 50 cents per copy, 37 per year, in CartXnj arid Emery counties, $40 in Utah and $54 outside of Utah per year by mail. F.UITORIAL - : : Classifieds, Urgals Lynda' liamett. '. it . 63T-271-6l Classificds deadline: Monday a 10.m. ' for Tuesday's publication and Wednesday at. 10 a m. forThursday' publication. Lynneitc lesser Shirley Stubbs,. Christ Kaminski . A.- major categories. ' The first consists of scenes and figures from Utahs historical past, Tbe historical narratives and portraits reflect nostalgic attitudes in Utah's culture of die 1930s of a turning back to the ideals of the.' past The Depression had created : and a profound sense of inadequacy. Returning to the past served as a reminder, that economic hardships had been overcome before and provided hope and despair that the ' caused bydifficulty the Depression could .' ' also be overcome. Thesecondcategotyofsubject matter iscomprised ofkenes representing Utah in the 1930s, It is similar to historical art in that both suggest a return to a more peaces ful, idyllic existenceTbe grim of the time were also de- -: picted with strong statements of the subject on the drought and ; despair which accompanied the Depression. The third categosy represents . Postmaster Send change of address to 845 East Main Street; Price, Utah 845019. : Dim-to- Advertising Sue Mosher 637-073- Fm Aiamisisifi . Addrcu: 845 East Main. Pitce, Utah. Telephone: (435) ' . phone calls are received from across the nation from those in viewing the Helper WRdisplay; . Utah Art of the Depression exhibits a wide range of subject matter which can be divided into three The voice of Carbon County since 1892 .. i Helper obtained the pieces that are currently on display in the mu-- . seum. 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