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Show Eagle project creates nature ! trail for handicapped i when Joe Orchard ! was looking for a oroiect to complete for L Eagle Scout rank, he recalled seeing a I 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-old 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 co-scouts in Troop 51 of the Provo Community Church and the generousity of several area businessmen, 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 obtaining 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 complete, com-plete, will afford the sightless person total unaided access, Joe said. It will also permit use for wheelchair visitors visi-tors and other handicapped handi-capped persons, meeting federal and state requirements in these areas. When completed, com-pleted, it will also be listed in the national register for the blind and handicapped. Joe says the paved trail is approximately one-quarter mile long, winding through a heavily wooded area of the park, past waterfalls, water-falls, streams, benches, and foot bridges. Sightless visitors will be led by a guide rope, and each support post will bear a name-plate name-plate 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 preparations prepara-tions made for the setting of the guide posts. Watts Lumber in Lindon-Orem have donated lumber for 74 4x4 posts. AMFAC Electrical Supply in Orem and Salt Lake City donated three-quarter three-quarter inch rope for handguide rails. Wallace Harding of Pleasant Grove donated 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 already 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 I 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. |
