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Show r rWir SPARE Provides Opportunity For Youth, Environment Too v fvv the objectives , of the en- "v vironmental movement and the poor peoples movement clash If so, can the two work together for a common goal Economically-disadva- n ? jaSf-'-'- x tC CV t i'i K A. . 'I'.$ VF ' . ' V I By Stephanie Schorow IN Correspondent Do v 3. - : a M- tt yr. ni " v v;vv Vs""- -. : -- taged young people and juvenile court referrals, 14 to 18, are working to answer that T question V;' " Am1iv' V"-- - ' 4? Through the Summer Program for Action to Renew the Environment a (SPARE), funded project federally through the Office of the Mayor, these young people have obtained summer jobs to improve the environment of inner Salt Lake City and City Creek Canyon They have been provided with needed summer jobs and are also involv-- d with helping the accomenvironment, plishing a goal of the environmental and poor people s movement, too - v 4 f .. K jsf s4 ' No Conflict Utah has not had great conflicts of interest between the two movements but Peter Grundfossen, director of the Salt Lake County Governmental Study Commission and a former director of the Model Cities Program, said there have been some clashes between the poor and environmentalists in the Salt Lake area. He said, m his opinion, government money spent in park development was sorely needed m public works proj- , .v:c4w - ' jhf , SbrSaltCakfEribnnr ects The lower income groups have a real complaint about the shift m emphasis to the he said. Other environment, things should be done before getting into a park To some of the 80 SPARE workers, the program provides just another job Besides cleaning up parks, crews of 10 members each will clear citv fire hazards, haul away abandoned cars for recycling and board up condemned buildings frequented by chil- dren. The SPARE program is meant as an educational experience as well as a job, explained director Mike Mar-ell- i. The crew supervisors act as counselors as well as work supervisors. More Than Job To some workers, its more than just a job. I like the fact that Im up m the mountains, said Mike J., a member of one of the seven crews hired so far this year, the second of the program. Id spend my summer up here anyway. He works m Jim Millers crew, one of three in City o t L Creek Canyon. They are clearing the stream of rotting logs, cleaning and tnmming picnic areas and painting picnic tables The cews dont of environmental work was just words on paper to their crews What they do understand is that the park is a mess, said Bernice The two crews are presently cleaning up the stream and weeding and trimming the Japanese section of the Peace Gardens. spend all day working, though. Supervisor Charley Swirdler said they spend some time each day rapping about problems or subjects the kids would like to discuss. Free And Easy most of the Although crew did not know each other before the program began on July 16, they joke and kid each other easily about their work. I dont tell them what to do very often, said Charley. We sit down and discuss it. The two supervisors for the Jordan Park Peace Gardens cleanup, Bernice Benns and Caerl Bean, said that the idea f; n Friday, August - Mm&U f The youngsters often have and suggestions complaints about the program. e dont want it (City Creek Canyon) to look like a resort, said Federally funded SPARE program . has given economically disadvantaged youths and juvenile court referrals, aged 14 to 18, an opportunity for summer work and a chance to do their part in cleaning up the environment of inner Salt Lake City, Here some youths in the program partiMike cipate in City Creek clean-up- . Marelli, program director, says SPARE provides kids with educational experience and a job, too. V Mike . Perhaps the kids will not come away with an earth- shattenng awareness of all ' - 24, 1973 4 f yi.'tSpfe'v They are constantly discussing how things should look, she said Page One Section D y, fiyv environmental problems But they might just be a bit more aware of the role ecology plays in their lives. Tribune Photos by Earl G. Conrad THE BULL PEN Village . . , Fashion Place . Valley Fair t your figure witk tlii . emmine NOW ong dress HEAR trimmed in lace. Skirre Lodice. Multi color floral scatter print on natural Navy boll botfem dungarees -t- hey're here! CUFFED The ship's ire And it's with authentic Navy bell bottom dungarees . . . now with cuffs. They're th real thing too . . . heavy duty blue denim with paten pockets fore and oft, and no outside seam. In waist sizes 25 to 36. Come and loaded , cotton-polyeste- r: Sizes & 5-1- 3. get 'em! JCPenney We know what Downtown vValley 4 Cottonwood Mali Center-Bountif- ul you're looking for. Valley Fair-Grang- er Mall Orem-Universi- ty t Sugar House, Provo Midvale, I FASHION THIS! PLACE COTTONWOOD VALLEY FAIR ROSE PARK I $9.00 |