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Show I Standard dJJintah (Basin sT '. i $ i Y : '. '' ''. s M.-- ' ' ; R-- '; , ' y.?; ,'V'v1'' LmL , Ov in . '' j. S KlSS'irWs S 66 . s 1 y? ..." .v quum mM J - . &;. ride- 9ir - vmsc&T&j f $ w,'' L & ' mK jjr iL V v' ..:'? - A:i' .,. 1 -- " .v . . Mrs. Dorothy Moon got her start in teaching school some 26 years ago when she lived in Hanna. The District was unable to find a teacher for the kindergarten class and die was asked to do it This was the start for Mrs. Moan of what will end this May after 26 years of teaching. ties at Roosevelt Element r a period of transferred to tbs nsw Roosevelt school East Elementary, where die started teaching second grads. This year die baa been teaching the rgarten which was what she taught her first year, 26 years prior in Tabfona. When her daughters were old enough to go to high school, the family moved to Roosevelt for the winter and bade to Hanna for the Mrs. Moon commented on the changes, comparing the students she first taught with tbs one she is affiliated with now and in recent years. There is a difference in their home life, they generally are not as polite and respectful as in years pest, she said, out she continued to say that the children now days are more open, they seem to have and ; summer. During this winter stay Mrs. Moon started to work for the Avalon School. She was one of two women and two men on the staff. She went from there to Todd for two summers to run their kindergarten program. Al - . - ;.'i vdi six-wee- k feel more freedom which them more teachable. She said the parent involvement had been about the same throughout the years die has bean teaching From Todd she went to Roosevelt Elementary and taught first grade for 15 years straight. At this point her husband, also a teacher, needed to return to school for his teaching certificate. This took the Moons to American Fork where Dorothy taught for one and a. half years. After he graduated they returned to the Duchesne School District and back to her first grade responsible 32 YEARS! Dorothy AAoon has been in the teaching profession for 32 years now and will be retiring after school ends next week. RETIRES AFTER 1 I like doing tilings for Doro especially for children, thy Moon, relaying the foaling that aha would miss teaching and being in such dose. contact with youth. Olene Poulson retires UBAVC Custodial Seminar from Duchesne high Few teachers at Duchesne High School have probably put up with as many practical jokes as Rene Poulson, Media Center Director, but with her pending retirement only weeks away she says she has thoroughly enjoyed" her work. I wish everyone could enjoy their work as much as I have enjoyed mine, said Dene. She came to Duchesne High in the fall of 1961 s from and taught as the Media Coordinator. She e in 1964. hi began teaching that amount of time numerous students have played practical jokes on her, but die has never lost her sense of humor and smile. She reminiaces that once several young men backed a car up to the front doors of the school and wheelbarrow into the brought library and began to haul books out the door, She sak they dont do this anymore, but they still come up a few bodes short every now and again. There were other times when several students, immediately after a No Food ADowed" sign was posted, began to eat potato chips in the library while playing chess at noon. Even with the few small oblems she has seen at the ary, Mrs. Poulson said her work has been very rewarding. She came to the Duchesne area after teaching in Sanpete County. She has also worked in child welfare. Along with being rewarding, her years of service at Duchesne have seen many changes in the facility. She explained that in 1961 the facility was about half as large as it is now, Bnd they had about 1,850 the bodes at that time. In 1967-6library saw expansion. She said they now have about 6,500 books as well as about 1,000 paper backs. They also have about magazine tides which help keep accreditation. Until 1965 the facility was just a library, but at that tim e it became a media center with a supply of films and film strips. She explained that as the fadlitv has seen changes, so 1961-196- 4 half-day- Education Moon quits after 26 years 4? C .r, ' Mrs. iv-- r v$ K y- 6 full-tim- things she would like to accomplish. Mrs. Poulson said she has plans for genealogy work at BYU. Along with this she is trying to compile a history of Duchesne High School Mrs. Poulson received both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees at the University of Utah. Her Bachelors was in education with a major in sociology and a minor in Her Masters was in' English. Sociology with a certificate in social has she. dont get as exrited about overdue books as I used to, said I Mrs. Poulson. We still have mission bodes, but they dont go out in wheelbarrows. She explained that students have always b een mischiev-ious- , but they have never been I have a tough destructive. constitution. She explained that this is the one thing that has allowed her to proceed through her years at Duchesne, years she has enjoyed. The tiling I will miss the most is working with teachers and students, said Mrs. Poulson. Even though she will miss this interaction, the librarian said there are many . The Uintah Beam Area Vocational Center and Harrison Brothers Company are cosponsoring a Custodial Training Seminar Thursday, June 3 from 9 am to 4 pm. at the UBAVC b Roosevelt. Coat of the y seminar will be $4 which will include a buffet luncheon. Hie seminar is being coordinated by Harry Scott, the head custodian st the Center. Specialists in each area wiU provide training. Exhibits work. and equipment will also be disMrs. Poulson said she leaves played. Duchesne High School with many The areas of training include fond memories and is very thankful nurnfaminni ylmning ; CSTS and for all the friends she had made over storage of equipment; efficient use of products; modern floor and carpet the years. She added that she will miss the interaction at the school maintenance; cleaning windows, walls and ceilings; restroom sanitation; and maintenance, 'of specialized areas. A Certificate of Completion will ..... ..be presented to each participant This will be a program that will assist professional custodians as well as anyone involved in cleaning and maintaining a building. Every one-da- . - housewife or office manager would benefit from the program as weU as states Harry Scott, professionals, seminar coordinator. For mare information contact Scott at The UBAVC is requesting registrations be mads by Friday, May 28. 722-452- 3. Haueter earns 35-4- 0 After 21 years of service to the Duchesne high school, llene Poulson will retire as the Media Director with the close of this school year. RETIRES Dugan, Ross honored by Utah State Patrick Dugan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dugan, Duchesne, and Richard G. Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Ross, Arcadia, received the Chemistry Merit Scholar Award recently in ceremonies at Utah State University. Dugan was nominated by his high school instructor, Phillip H. Miller, and Roes was nominated by his Union High School instructon, Randy Merrill They w ere recognized for high academic achievement interest rale on our Money Market account. accounts yield an annualized 14.490 at a 14.000 rate accounts yield 14. 198 at a 13.500 rate. and aocount. or A minimum $1,000 opens a We guarantee these rates through Friday. May 21, 1982. All Overland Thrift accounts arc protected up to $15,000 by foe Industrial Loan Guaranty Corporation of Utah which is not an mstrumentalilty of the State of Utah or of the Federal Government. 14.500. The Six-mon-th 91-d- ay 91-d- and general performance in istry. Kent E Haueter, son of Leo and Bernice Haueter, Roosevelt, has completed ell requirements for the . degree at Muter of Business Administration at Utah State University. Haueter developed a project of business analysis and entrepreneu-- ' rial planning in partial fulfillment of the requirements. A Union High School graduate, he' received a bachelors degree in distributive education in 1975 at USU. He, his wife (Kay Lewis of Ogden) and their four children live in SmlthfisM- - Krisman retires after 32 years After teaching fin: a total of 32 years, 29 of them at Union, Elaine Krisman will retire from teaching in the Duchesne County School trict. Myton, Murray, Roosevelt Junior School, and Union High Schools were the schools which received some of her talents, hi Myton she taught the ninth grade, High and I taught everything in the 9th grade from PE to math, she said. At Murray she wu able to teach her major, art. She graduated from BYU with a degree in art Elaine started at Union in the tenth grade English department girls P.E., and art She remained in those positions for 15 years. She explained that she was told that she would have to take the P.E. classes for only one year, but it didn't work out that way. It seems like only yesterday, said Elaine, 322-533- 122-248- 6. 2. Overland Thrift A Loan ii a subsidiary of American Savinys & Loan. u she reminisced over her years at Union. She ' said her classes were the first to introduce Cosmo to Union High School. Also, the Cougar Den lights were installed under her direction. Union entered the State Poppy Poster Contests and produced ten state first places and one national first for Gary Scholes. The art department also placed first in the state dental health poster contests for number of years. After 15 years at Uri ion a kiln wu purchased and she started ceramics classes at Union. The interest wu so overwhelming that she wu released from her P.E . and English responsibilities, and started teaching art on a full time basis. We are the only one s in the Slate that .carve toted pole s, she said. Other 'Subjects1 covered are water colors, oil painting, murals, silver smithing, crayons, colored pencils and a little bit of everything. Some of her outstanding students over the years were Alan Nyberg, who went on and majored in art; Sam Fillingham, Sherlyn Hicks, and Frank Arrowchis were some others who have gone on in art. I will min my art' department. Its me, my life, my personality, commented Elaine. She said that she would continue to do what she is doing now, but fin1 herself; Plus I do want to travel she added. Traveling and being with her husband are the main reasons she is leaving the teaching position at Union. I think that 32 years is enough, and I should quit and allow someone else, younger, to come in and teach new ideas, she concluded. Sherry Bolton will be replacing her next fall. Headstart sponsors The article on the Head Start Fair which appeared in the April 29 issue of the Uintah Basin STANDARD wu missing the name of one of the sponsors. Moqui TVading Post also helped with the presentation of the Fair. Head Start would like to expreu their appreciation for the help of all sponsors. BMaWWCH Tcake Time For Yourself Have Lunch Or Dinner With Us This Week chem- Some 55 high school students from Utah, Wyoming and Idaho were honored miring the program which is sponsored by the USU and Department of Chemistry Biochemistry. Students were hosted to tours of the teaching and research facilities on the Logan campus and seminar with associate professor Joseph G. Morse. An awards banquet honoring the chemistry scholars was attended by USU Richard M. Swenson, Dean Ralph M. Johnaon of the College of Science, faculty members, the awardees and their high school chemistry instructors, and some parents. Delicious Tacos 3M49 This . Weeks Special 2 Taco Salads $1.89 Monday - V4 Price Night (Excluding Drinks, Sales items and Coupons) vice-provo- 235 South Main. Salt Lake City. 80 South Mam, Roosevelt. Dis- . Masters 8 Elaine Krisman, Union high 32 YEARS school district this year. She from will the be school, retiring has been over the Art department at Union for the past 29 years. She is helping Mervin Glines with his project. RETIRING AFTER I |