February 26, 1969 (12 pages)

4 the Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, February 26, 1969 Operation Sea Otte eto ates WE “NEW SEAS FOR THE OTTER—The playful sea otter, which wears the world’s most valuable fur, was on the verge of extinction at the turn of the century. Fur traders had slaughtered the vast herds that ranged from the outer tip of the Aleutians on down the Pacific coast of North America to Mexico. In 1911 the Fur Seal Treaty was signed, and sea otters, along with other animals, were protected. The few remaining otter herds then began to grow again, but the process has been painfully slow. The easygoing animals apparently do not migrate and are now overpopulating the few areas where they still exist to a point where the food supply no longer sustains the herds. They must either be hunted on a controlled basis or transferred to other areas, otherwise they become stunted and die. Such is the case at FIBRES Why The Christian Science Monitor recommends you read your local newspaper on oes what happenin od area— community even your viemiy. These you can’t and Shouldn't — do How The specializes in and interpreting national and wor news . . with exclusive dispatches from one of the largest news bureaus in the. nation’s capital from Monitor news experts in 40 overseas countries and all 50 states. TRY THE MONIVOR — IT’S A PAPER THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY 2 ay Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 02115 Please start my Monitor subscription for the period checked below. { enclose (U.S. funds), YEAR $26 1 C) 6 months $13 3 months $6.50 State ZIP Code___. tna) Dees) Wei! GENS Guat Re eo Gm ed a az ieee Amchitka where the Atomic Energy, Commission is developing the island as a possible supplemental underground test site. In an effort to repopulate one-time sea-otter habitats, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, with the assistance of the AEC, recently transplanted 360 of the animals from Amchitka by plane (above) and by boat to southeast Alaska: and.to the Pribiloff Islands. It is estimated that one-tenth to one-twentieth of the world’s sea-otter population lives in the Amchitka area. The transfer program, which was carried out under the direction of Alaska biologist John Vania, transplanted about ten percent of the herd. The transfer opens the way for the bewhiskered animals, like the one on the right, to repopulate some of their former habitats. (Photograph by R. T. Wallen) Bank America planning new NC building Bank of America has ed 3 E az 28. 5 E af has to 1876, when it was known as ~ the Citizens Bank, Fashion parade by 4-H girls coming March. 1 Girl members of 4-H Clubs of Placer and Nevada counties will present a fashion parade March 1-at the Lyman Gilmore School, chairman Wendy George announced today. Other members of Miss George's committee are Delores Farley, Mrs. Farley, Patti Fetz and Becky Gallino. The County Extension Service and the Simplicity Pattern Co, will present a preview of spring's newest silhouettes. with 4-H girls as models. Modeling will be Patti and Phyllis Lester, Marion Cleminson, Sue George, Linda Prochaska, Maggie Jones, Nancy _ Netzker, Eileen Rose, Jenifer and Joan Smith, Debbie Peterson, Sandy Bandimere, Patti Fetz, Carol Erickson, Dawn Weigman, Carol Fusek, Debra Lewelling, Karen and Denise Olds, Leslie Taglio, Pam Tay_ lor and Carrie Bishop. We need no poet now to convince us that the proper study of mankind is man--Edmond W. Sinnott, INSIDE YOUR SCHOOLS More Pupils Using When the 44symbol Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) was first introduced to the United States about five years ago as a reading-teaching tool, it received much newspaper and magazine publicity. What’s the status of i.t.a. today? Dr. J. R: Block, chairman of the Psychology Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N. Y., who has examined over 50 research projects comparing the. use of i.t:a. with the conventional alphabet, reports the following: e The i.t.a. alphabet, which has been used by over 500,000 tykes in learning to read, works as well or better than the traditional. ABC’s. : e There are i.t.a. classes in every state, and in every Canadian province: e Ten per cent of all U. S. school systems have at least one i.t.a. class. ‘ e@ One out of every ten children in New York were enrolled in i.t.a. classes this past fall. e At present, there are more than 1,000 titles of school books printed in i.t.a. In reporting on the 50 studies involving more than 25,000 chil* dren at a cost in excess of 1 million, Block, in an article in a recent i.t.a. Bulletin, published by Initial. Teaching Alphabet Publications». Inc., points out that few educational innovations can claim \as much research over as long’a period of time. He comments: ~~ “If the evidence on hand is not convincing, additional evidence will not convince.” Block .claims the research ~ shows that most children learn . to read more easily with the use of the i.t.a. alphabet. One of the reasons is that i.t.a. has a separate symbol for each of the 40 sounds in the English language. This eliminates much of the confusion associated with the 26letter alphabet in trying to put the symbols with sounds. Because they don’t have to struggle with contradictions and confusing sound symbols, i.t.a. children seem to like school better, learn to read more easily, write more stories using any words’ they can. pronounce, teachers report. Block says that teachers also report that “. . the children’s behavior in i.t.a. groups reflect -high levels of self-confidence, independent behavior, and generally positive attitudes toward schools.” In a separate report, involving Bethlehem, Pa., schools where i.t.a. got its start in the U.S. in 1963, Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, reading adjustment teacher, said that there fias been a 57 per cent drop in the number of children who need remedial reading in grades one through six. The drop is 75 per cent in the third grade. Of course, there is some resistance to i.t.a. Although fears that children would have difficulty shifting to the regular alphabet have proved unfounded, some critics argue that gains made by i.t.a. “wash out” by the fourth or fifth grades. Block argues, however: “Let us suppose that there is absolutely no effect beyond grade two, no matter what we do. My question would be, then, if childing and writing ae a sa 2 By Seng, See ee a en 26 & Fe a ae @ © 8s ren om = em ee ms 8S ee ee oe oe

4 the Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, February 26, 1969 Operation Sea Otte eto ates WE “NEW SEAS FOR THE OTTER—The playful sea otter, which wears the world’s most valuable fur, was on the verge of extinction at the turn of the century. Fur traders had slaughtered the vast herds that ranged from the outer tip of the Aleutians on down the Pacific coast of North America to Mexico. In 1911 the Fur Seal Treaty was signed, and sea otters, along with other animals, were protected. The few remaining otter herds then began to grow again, but the process has been painfully slow. The easygoing animals apparently do not migrate and are now overpopulating the few areas where they still exist to a point where the food supply no longer sustains the herds. They must either be hunted on a controlled basis or transferred to other areas, otherwise they become stunted and die. Such is the case at FIBRES Why The Christian Science Monitor recommends you read your local newspaper on oes what happenin od area— community even your viemiy. These you can’t and Shouldn't — do How The specializes in and interpreting national and wor news . . with exclusive dispatches from one of the largest news bureaus in the. nation’s capital from Monitor news experts in 40 overseas countries and all 50 states. TRY THE MONIVOR — IT’S A PAPER THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY 2 ay Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 02115 Please start my Monitor subscription for the period checked below. { enclose (U.S. funds), YEAR $26 1 C) 6 months $13 3 months $6.50 State ZIP Code___. tna) Dees) Wei! GENS Guat Re eo Gm ed a az ieee Amchitka where the Atomic Energy, Commission is developing the island as a possible supplemental underground test site. In an effort to repopulate one-time sea-otter habitats, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, with the assistance of the AEC, recently transplanted 360 of the animals from Amchitka by plane (above) and by boat to southeast Alaska: and.to the Pribiloff Islands. It is estimated that one-tenth to one-twentieth of the world’s sea-otter population lives in the Amchitka area. The transfer program, which was carried out under the direction of Alaska biologist John Vania, transplanted about ten percent of the herd. The transfer opens the way for the bewhiskered animals, like the one on the right, to repopulate some of their former habitats. (Photograph by R. T. Wallen) Bank America planning new NC building Bank of America has ed 3 E az 28. 5 E af has to 1876, when it was known as ~ the Citizens Bank, Fashion parade by 4-H girls coming March. 1 Girl members of 4-H Clubs of Placer and Nevada counties will present a fashion parade March 1-at the Lyman Gilmore School, chairman Wendy George announced today. Other members of Miss George's committee are Delores Farley, Mrs. Farley, Patti Fetz and Becky Gallino. The County Extension Service and the Simplicity Pattern Co, will present a preview of spring's newest silhouettes. with 4-H girls as models. Modeling will be Patti and

Phyllis Lester, Marion Cleminson, Sue George, Linda Prochaska, Maggie Jones, Nancy _ Netzker, Eileen Rose, Jenifer and Joan Smith, Debbie Peterson, Sandy Bandimere, Patti Fetz, Carol Erickson, Dawn Weigman, Carol Fusek, Debra Lewelling, Karen and Denise Olds, Leslie Taglio, Pam Tay_ lor and Carrie Bishop. We need no poet now to convince us that the proper study of mankind is man--Edmond W. Sinnott, INSIDE YOUR SCHOOLS More Pupils Using When the 44symbol Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) was first introduced to the United States about five years ago as a reading-teaching tool, it received much newspaper and magazine publicity. What’s the status of i.t.a. today? Dr. J. R: Block, chairman of the Psychology Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N. Y., who has examined over 50 research projects comparing the. use of i.t:a. with the conventional alphabet, reports the following: e The i.t.a. alphabet, which has been used by over 500,000 tykes in learning to read, works as well or better than the traditional. ABC’s. : e There are i.t.a. classes in every state, and in every Canadian province: e Ten per cent of all U. S. school systems have at least one i.t.a. class. ‘ e@ One out of every ten children in New York were enrolled in i.t.a. classes this past fall. e At present, there are more than 1,000 titles of school books printed in i.t.a. In reporting on the 50 studies involving more than 25,000 chil* dren at a cost in excess of 1 million, Block, in an article in a recent i.t.a. Bulletin, published by Initial. Teaching Alphabet Publications». Inc., points out that few educational innovations can claim \as much research over as long’a period of time. He comments: ~~ “If the evidence on hand is not convincing, additional evidence will not convince.” Block .claims the research ~ shows that most children learn . to read more easily with the use of the i.t.a. alphabet. One of the reasons is that i.t.a. has a separate symbol for each of the 40 sounds in the English language. This eliminates much of the confusion associated with the 26letter alphabet in trying to put the symbols with sounds. Because they don’t have to struggle with contradictions and confusing sound symbols, i.t.a. children seem to like school better, learn to read more easily, write more stories using any words’ they can. pronounce, teachers report. Block says that teachers also report that “. . the children’s behavior in i.t.a. groups reflect -high levels of self-confidence, independent behavior, and generally positive attitudes toward schools.” In a separate report, involving Bethlehem, Pa., schools where i.t.a. got its start in the U.S. in 1963, Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, reading adjustment teacher, said that there fias been a 57 per cent drop in the number of children who need remedial reading in grades one through six. The drop is 75 per cent in the third grade. Of course, there is some resistance to i.t.a. Although fears that children would have difficulty shifting to the regular alphabet have proved unfounded, some critics argue that gains made by i.t.a. “wash out” by the fourth or fifth grades. Block argues, however: “Let us suppose that there is absolutely no effect beyond grade two, no matter what we do. My question would be, then, if childing and writing ae a sa 2 By Seng, See ee a en 26 & Fe a ae @ © 8s ren om = em ee ms 8S ee ee oe oe