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Show Garfield Development Center Aids Health, Cultural Needs The Garfield Development Center' main concern is for the health and learning and progression of the educational, emotional and cultural needs of the community under the leadership of Dr. Joseph M. Jerome, project director and coordinator and councilor. There are three areai represented in the center: a day care center for the Senior Citizens of Garfield County, a center for the students needing special educational experiences and an Art Center for the students In high school and community residents. The Senior Citizens Center will be open to all Senior Citizens in Garfield County under the organization of the Council of Aging, chaired by Afton Church. There will be a J. number of programed activities for the Senior Citizens throughout the county such as field trips as well as movies and other programs during the evenings. The Senior Citizens are invited to spend the day, an afternoon or evening or even just an hour during the day. There are places to sit and relax, an art center to use and eventually will be a library, and people to socialize with. This center will be open all day and evenings seven days a week. The Art Center section of the development center is under the direction of Garfield County School District traveling art instructor, Michael James Clark, living in Cannonville. Formerly the Panguitch Hospital, this building is now a community development center. It houses an art center, senior citizens High school students will hold classes in the center during scheduled hours of the day but all other times can be used by the citizens in Garfield County, the Senior Citizens and the children in the center. The mobile ceramics lab will also be used in connection with the Development Center under the directin of Mr. Clark. The traveling lab is equipped with potters wheels, sculpturing tables and electric kiln for firing pots and other ceramics. The educational portion of the center is operated for children with certain learning programs. This special education program is open to eligible children in Garfield and surrounding counties. Dr. Jerome will work very headquarters and special education facilities. Other programs for the entire community will be available in the center. 1 closely with the children. There is a certified full time teacher, Catherine Boyce assisted by an aid, Rose Elaine Deuel. Eventually the facilities will be expanded enough to take care of six to eight live-in children from outlying areas and will be attended by a live in couple. These children will participate in field trips, arts and crafts and programmed activities. The exciting part about the arrangement is the opportunity the senior citizens will have to work with the children by teaching them special skills, reading to them, helping to care for them. All this will be funded by federal and state sources. At the present time $15,160 will be provided from the Title 20 fund through Development Disabled Council, through the Five County Organization. Another $22,783 will be generated from the Utah State Board of Education. The center encourages volunteer help, and donated fundings in helping to operate. The bulk of work in converting the old hospital into the center was rendered by Pat Dix and Merwin Brown, who put in many long hours of hard labor and the students of the Panguitch vocational class under the direction of Jack Soper. Dr. Jerome spent the hours necessary in making the plans and arrangements for the I center I |