| Show Opportunity Opp Center Names New New Director Director Directo r The Opportunity Center in North Salt Lake is under the direction of a new administrator tor Beverly F F. F Welch who was appointed last week She re replaces replaces replaces re- re places Eugene C C. C Smith Jr who resigned to accept a fellowship fellowship fellowship fellow fellow- ship to study mental retardation at the University of Utah MRS WELCH was born and educated in Logan She is a graduate of Utah State University University ver- ver sity where she majored in elementary elementary elementary ele ele- education She has taught all of the lower grades In both Utah and Arizona elementary elementary elementary elemen elemen- tary schools following her graduation from college In 1962 while residing In Cache County she substituted for the director at the Cache Training Center and experienced experienced experienced working with trainable and educable students for the first time ONE ASPECT of working with such children appealed to her con considerably sid era b 1 y she s said aid I Theres a challenge in working I with the trainable child One I looks for some spark in the child which can be taken and de developed developed de- de developed so that the child does learn something Also she said during my high school years the field of ot medicine strongly appealed to me Among the trainable children children chil chU- dren there are many clinical types which adds to my interest in working wi with th children In this area IN 1963 MRS Welch Velch became director of the Cache Training Center where she remained until 1965 when she and her family family family fam fam- ily moved to Bountiful She taught the educable children at South Davis Junior High in Bountiful from 1965 until she accepted the post of director forthe for tor forthe the Opportunity Center The new assume the double duty of both administrator administrator adminis adminis- and curriculum supervisor supervisor supervisor super super- visor because of ot her previous two years' years experience in Cache MRS WELCH is married t to o David N. N Welch who works fo for forthe forthe or r the Civil Service Commission The couple has two children a aboy aboy boy 7 and a girl 5 1 Ik lk k |
