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Show Thursday, November 4, 1982 - Page 19 Eagle project creates nature trail for handicapped when Joe Orchard looking for a was oroiect to complete for L Eagle Scout rank, he recalled seeing a nature trail for the blind and handicapped t Yellowstone Park wondered if such a trail could be built here. The next step for the l5.year-ol- d youth was, logically, to think of Adventure and Learning Park on the pus of the Utah State Training School, and to wonder if such a trail could be developed there. Now, thanks to the help of Joe's in Troop 51 of the Provo Community Church and the generousity of several area business-men, the dream is becoming a reality. Joe still needs $2,500 to purchase braille plates to place along the trail, however. To aid him in obtain-ing this, a chili or stew dinner is being held on Friday, Nov. 5, at the Provo Community Church from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cost is $2.50 for adults; $2 for kids 11 and under; or $10 a family for up to 7 members or $15 for 8 or more members. All proceeds go to Joe's project. The trail, when com-plete, will afford the sightless person total unaided access, Joe said. It will also permit use for wheelchair visi-tors and other hand-icapped persons, meeting federal and state requirements in these areas. When com-pleted, it will also be listed in the national register for the blind and handicapped. Joe says the paved trail is approximately one-quart- mile long, winding through a heavily wooded area of the park, past water-falls, streams, benches, and foot bridges. Sightless visitors will be led by a guide rope, and each support post will bear a name-plat- e printed in braille and large English characters, identifying plant growth nearby. Sets of highway lane markers will guide people across trail intersections and will also permit use by wheelchairs. Work has already been started on the project and prepara-tions made for the setting of the guide posts. Watts Lumber in Lindon-Ore- have donated lumber for 74 4x4 posts. AMFAC Electrical Supply in Orem and Salt Lake City donated three-quarte- r inch rope for handguide rails. Wallace Harding of Pleasant Grove dona-ted equipment for the drilling of the holes. The lane marker buttons were furnished, in part by Riley's Striping Service of Martinez, California. Work has all been done by boy scouts in Troop 51. The scouts have al-ready earned money for other materials that are needed for the trail, and all money received at the dinner will be used for the purchasing of the braille plates. '' " " ' 0 rt ... i).---- 1 V i J NATURE TRAIL at the Adventure and Learning Park is being constructed by Joe Orchard, a member of Provo Community Church Troop 51, and his troop members. They need $2,500 to purchase braille signs to be placed along the trail. Your Schools J and You by Bob Hunsaker I Executive Director Utah County Educators I work on setting up summer training J sessions is underway. j Another difficulty is 1 the change in attitudes J that will be necessary. I In this age of per- - 1 missiveness, many kids are accustomed to taking the easiest course. The new requirements demand more effort. Given the shortage of teachers, it may be found that 1987 is too early to set this plan in motion. However, this is an J appraoch that demands I excellence, and there's nnthinu urnno with that Utah students are going to be required to take tougher courses in high school. That is, the ones headed for college are. The reason for the stiffer requirements is a new set of standards set by the University of Utah. Beginning in 1987, any student admitted to the U of U must have satisfactorily two years of mathematics beyond elementary algebra to be taken during grades two years of biological andor physical science - with laboratory experience in one; a year of American history and government; two years of a foreign language -- plus additional requirements. It's important to know that these requirements do not impose a grade point average higher than 2.0 or "c" average. Nor do the requirements call for a minimum ACT (college entrance) test. The emphasis is on preparation, rather than test scores. What happens when the largest state-operate- d university sets standards such as this? It means that high schools will set requirements in line with the university's. It means students will have to determine if they are college-boun-and do it at an early date. It means some problems for the students, the high schools and the colleges. 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