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Show Area Men Honored By Conservation Districts Supervisors of the Alpine, Nebo ,and Timpanogos Soil Conservation Districts will be attending the annual meeting of the Utah Association of Conservation Districts at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, November 12-14. The first session begins at 7:30 p.m. November 12 with presentations covering the blocking of State lands and soil and water conservation activities in selected soil conservation con-servation districts in Utah. "M.E 'Bud' Mekelburg, vice president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, will be the keynote speaker at the Friday morning session beginning at 9 a.m. November 13," stated Boyd Sunderland, UACD President. Remaining sessions on Friday will revolve around discussions concerning responsibilities respon-sibilities and activities of soil conservation districts. Winners of the Goodyear Conservation Awards Program and the National Association of Conservation Districts -- Allis Chalmers Environmental En-vironmental Conservation Con-servation Education Awards '-Program will-be will-be recognized at a 7 p.m. banquet Friday evening. Dick and Dale Saunders of Spring Lake will receive the Goodyear Conservation Award representing the Nebo SCD. Max Sum-sion Sum-sion of Springville was selected by the Timpanogos Tim-panogos SCD as their Conservation Farmer of the year and will also be presented his award at the convention. Grant Smith, from Lehi, will also be presented the Goodyear Conservation Award for his leadership leader-ship and conservation work in Alpine SCD. Temple A. Reynolds, Executive Director, Utah Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy, will be the guest speaker at the concluding con-cluding session Saturday morning. Two Utah Stale Senators and two Utah Representatives Represen-tatives will participate in a panel discussion on "Future Legislative Policies and Funding ' for " Soil and Water ; Conservation Programs." Progra-ms." "Anyone wishing to attend this meeting may do so," stated Sunderland. Sun-derland. A $14 registration fee for the Convention is requested. UACD membership consists of 195 locally elected soil conservation con-servation district supervisors who help direct soil and water conservation activities in Utah's 39 Soil Conservation Con-servation Districts. |