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Show Utah's Outstanding Craftsmen to be honored at Banquet Governor Calvin L. Rampton has set Tuesday, March 30, 197(i as the date for a second Appreciation Ap-preciation Dinner to honor outstanding men and women in the crafts. The banquet will be held in the Three Seasons Room at the Salt Lake Hilton. " As Utah celebrates her 80th Anniversary of Statehood in our nation's Bicentennial Year, it is fitting to pay tribute to those whose hands have helped expand industry, construct new buildings, tap our vast energy and mineral resources and create the prosperity we all enjoy," thge Governor said. CRAFTSMEN AWARDS A number of outstanding craftsmen selected from all fields of skilled labor will be recipients of the Craftsmen Awards presented by Governor Rampton at the banquet. Nominees must be senior craftsmen who have displayed outstanding proficiency in the exercise of their trade and have demonstrated exemplary conduct con-duct and work habits. The candidates must be recognized by their peers lor vocational competence and must be respectqd citizens of their community. "LOST SKILLS AWARD" In addition, a special "Lost Skills" category has been added this year as a tribute to Utah's Statehood and the Bicentennial. Craftsmen who labor or have retired from a career in such fields as stained glass making, saddlery, coopering, blacksmithing, latheing and plastering and other historically-orineted historically-orineted handwork are eligible for nomination. Nominations for both awards categories may be made by any business firm, organization or individual in the State of Utah. All nominations must be accompanied ac-companied by two additional letters of reference. VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS A featured complement to the . Governor's Craftsmen Awards is the vocational scholarship program. "We must urge our youth to emulate these fine tradesmen and build an ever increasing force of skilled labor to insure an even greater future for Utah," Governor Rampton stated. Thirty scholarships contributed con-tributed by technical colleges throughout the State will be awarded to high school students who have demonstrated technical ability and the desire to pursue a career in the trades. Students must be nominated by their vocational instructors or school principal. GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE Final selection of award and scholarship recipients will be made by the Craftsmen Awards Committee. Committee members mem-bers are: President Jay L. Nelson, Utah Technical College at Salt Lake; Walter E. Ulrich, State Board of Education, Vocational Technical Education Education; Jack Higbee, Advisory Ad-visory Council for Vocational and Technical Education; Robert Halladay, Utah Manufacturers association; Frank Lay, AFL-CIO; AFL-CIO; Kenneth E. Kefauver, Kennecott Copper Corp.; Dean Kerr, Utah Mining Assoc.; Jack Alder, Utah Associated General Contractors; and Jack Gallivan, Publisher, Salt Lake Tribune. The program is under the direction of Milton L. Weilen-mann, Weilen-mann, Director, Department of Development Services and Dale B. Carpenter, Director, Urtah Industrial Development Division. Nomination forms are available from Mrs. Raye C. Ringholz, Information Specialist, Utah Industrial Development Division, No. 2 Arrow Press Square, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 48101. The deadline for nominations is February 9, 1976. |