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- STATE DOCUMENTS 



MAY 6 1971 



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0. M. Ueland, Editor, Capitol Station, Helena, Montana 



OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETIN 



MARCH-APRIL-1971 



BOB ANDERSON - 



PRESIDENT SEZ 



There are several items which I 

 wish to bring to your attention at this 

 time, the first of which is the matter 

 of State & National dues. I know that 

 many of you wonder how this money is 

 used and may question your investment 

 return. Briefly, your State and 

 National Associations provide a link 

 between individual districts and the 

 State and National governments. They 

 provide co-ordination, planning, I iason, 

 etc. in Helena and Washington. The 

 strength of organization must not be 

 underestimated. Since our State dues 

 were raised this past year, I indi- 

 cated that I would like each district 

 to pay at least last years schedule 

 to National. I further urge you to 

 do your best to meet all quotas. If 

 Tu really assess the value of NACD 

 ,JRd your State Associations, I be- 

 lieve that you will find that you 

 are getting your money returned sev- 

 eral fold in programs (cont'd on pg. 2) 



MONTANA ASSOCIATED UTILITIES 

 TO SPONSOR 

 STATE CONSERVATION SPEECH CONTEST 



Yuqo Nayematsu, Chairman of the 

 Montana Association of Conservation Dis- 

 tricts Education Committee announces that 

 Montana Associated Utilities, a state-wide 

 assoiation of Montanas' rural electric 

 cooperatives, is cooperating with MASWCD 

 by providing $500. in college scholarships 

 to winners of a state high school speech 

 contest to be held in conjunction with the 

 Montana Association of Conservation Dis- 

 trict Annual meeting in Missoula November 

 1,1971. 



Speech entry forms together with rules 

 and regulations have been mailed to all 

 districts. Nayematsu urges all district 

 supervisors to contact high school admin- 

 istratiors and speech teachers to distrib- 

 ute entry blanks and request and urge par- 

 ticipation in the contest. There is still 

 time to run district and area contests yet 

 this spring or fall prior to the state con- 

 test, but arrangements must be made imme- 

 d i ate I y . 



This will be the first effort of the 

 Montana Association to conduct a statewide 

 conservation speech contest. Many other 

 states have done so very successfully. It 

 is a good means to get more conservation 

 education in the schools and to create a 

 greater public awareness of conservation, 

 natural resources and environment. 



