25 Years Ago This Week

Lovington High School graduate Martha Smith-Taylor was honored by the state of Utah as Volunteer Administrator of the Year. Smith-Taylor, a 1969 LHS graduate who began as a volunteer at the Children’s Center in Salt Lake City two decades ago, now oversees 12 to 16 volunteers working daily in the center’s facilities in Salt Lake and Kearns.
The News Progress won three awards in the 1996 Southern Illinois Editorial Assn. Better Newspaper Contest. Managing Editor Dan Hagen won the first place award in the Charlie Feirich Original Column Competition with his column entitled “Oh sure, she can fly, but can she cook?” Sports Editor Ed Nelson won an honorable mention in the large weeklies category for his opinion piece “When voting is vexing.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.