Messenger-Enterpris- Helping your child Succeed school in by Lily Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association So, Ill admit it. Ive always wanted my sons to bring home straight As on their report cards. Ive always wondered what it might be like to have to shade my eyes against the bright light of an academic star who would come down to breakfast and show proper gratitude to his parents for their patient nurturing and inspired genetic composition. Maggies Mom didnt have to imagine. Maggie was a straight A student. Even as a 5th grader, Maggie seemed destined to become head cheerleader, marry the college quarterback, discover a cure for acne and win the Pulitzer Prize for her cookbook, Fistfuls of Fun with Finger Jello. The kid was good. At everything. Maggies Mom waited outside the door on report card day. She always did. This day she waited until coats were zippered and the room had cleared, and she came in with Maggie. They were both in tears for there, right next to spelling, was a B. Please explain this. I pI ft Li! showed her the grade book. We calculated the scores. 87. B. I simply cant understand this. How can Maggie make it up? I just dont see how this could have happened. Maggie was crying. I asked her to go down to the office to check if I had any messages. When she was gone, I told her mother I was worried about her reaction to a B which was, of course, a perfectly respectable grade. said Mom, Ive dreaded this day. Shes always made straight As and I just dont think she can handle this. Her grades have always meant so much to her. We want so much for our kids. We want to see them succeed. But, it can hurt when all a childs ambitions are centered in a grade, and all a parents ambitions are centered in a child. In all our definitions of success, we must not forget to teach children to understand the difference between what is important and what is not. I know, Richfield tax protester given taxstiff sentence Richfield protester, Edward Dean Christensen, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday and now faces eight felony charges alleging he attempted to convince jurors to change their guilty verdict. A jury convicted Christensen April 16 on eight felony and two misdemeanor counts of failure to file state income tax returns and failure to pay state income Christensen, alleging he had attempted to coerce jurors into changing their verdict prior to his sentencing. Christensen earlier had filed a lawsuit against the Tax Commission, the prosecutor, the judges and the jurors. In a letter to the jurors, the defendant allegedly told them he would drop them from his lawsuit if they would write letters to the court reversing their judgment, the charges allege. Sixth District Court Judge Don V. Tibbs Wednesday Christensen sentenced to consecutive prison terms of 05 years and a $5,000 fine on each of four counts of failure to file a return, and a $10,000 fine and 1- - to concurrent prison 15-ye- ar Jacque Nehrenz is back in her yard clothes now, planting the flowers and trimming the shrubs. Her Army uniform is hanging in the closet. Her Arabian garb - her akyah, black cape, head dress and veil - has and the sand penetrating everything - food, clothing and quarters. I missed Bill and the children terribly." But there were satisfactions, too. A main one," she says," been put away, too. was the sense of unity and Jacque Nehrenz is glad to commitment at the hospital. Our be home. purpose was to save lives. After shes home a few days, We had expected to receive though, shell be back in uniform many wounded. We were again. This time as a psychriatic grateful to have to serve a relative nurse at the Mountain View few. But we were well prepared, Hospital in Payson. we felt, to fulfill the purpose for Lieutenant Nehrenz left for which we had been sent there. Saudi Arabia as a member of The 144 Evacuation Hospital the 144 Evacuation Hospital. was to receive wounded flown The 430 personnel were all from in, stabilize them and then send Utah - doctors, nurses, support them on to hospitals in Germany, people. Mrs. Nehrenz says. It was not a mobile hospital, like the MASH The 400 bed hospital tents facilities pictured on the and prefabricated units, were television show. sited at Riyadh a large city, the Other satisfactions she capital of Saudi Arabia. Mrs. Nehrenz says, was gained, For two weeks or so it was the knowledge that she was in a frightening, she says. A Scud situation where she was needed landed within a half mile of the and could serve and a renewed hospital. Other Scuds arrived appreciation of the American in the area. There were large way of life. When we went and much destruction. -- -- explosions The temperatures reached 110 degrees. The sandstorms were like something we had never before experienced, winds miles an hour blowing at 50-6- 0 downtown to shop, we were asked to wear the dress of the country as a way of showing our respect for the Arabian culture. I wore my black drape, but not the veil or the headdress. More than ever, I appreciate I tell the children that were not heroes, that the people who did the bombing are the real heroes, she says. our freedom. I am grateful to have been a part of history, Mrs. Nehrenz says. Most members of the 144 Evacuation Hospital returned to Utah on May 11. But 70 of the personnel are still operating a smaller hospital inside Saudi Arabia until all the Americans have left. Since returning home Mrs. Nehrenz has spoken at several school assemblies. The little children ask if I carried a gun and how many got killed. The older children ask what it is like over there for kids like me. I tell them the Arabians were polite, were supportive, and expressed appreciation by putting their thumbs up in the peace sign. SecretaryReceptionist Wanted Snow College is seeking a SecretaryReceptionist for the Office of Residential Living, Minimum qualifications are: Graduation from High School, Typing accurately at 50 wpm, excellent English skills, pleasant personality and able to deal effectively with the public. Position will remain open until filled. Those Interested should send Snow College application, resume, and two letters of recommendation to: Snow College Personnel Office, Ephraim, Utah ext. 276. 84627, 283-402- 1, AAEOE Publish May 23,1991 Buckle Up! six-mon- th also ordered Christensen to pay his back taxes IM Wbm HaoBteS and ordered the defendants pension income to be attached for that purpose. Christensen had acted as his own attorney in y trial that began April the a two-da- 15. 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