a m .v.v.w.v. tttti FHLU Twinkie commercials and all "FromWhere I'm all for Channel I Sit By Allan R. Gibson You forgot to remind me to remind you that Daylight Savings time came to a end last Sunday. Oh well, you werent early for church, were you? You remembered didnt you? I knew that you all had a better memory than I have. The letter from Leslie A. Newell last week, coming to Commissioner Broughs defense was a very knowledgeable letter. Miss Newell, aside from being Commissioner Broughs niece, must spend a lot of time reading Commissioner Broughs copies of the various reports since she hasnt been to any of the meetings that Ive been at and the County Clerk reports she doesnt come to the Clerks office to read any reports in that office. Its either that, or could it be that someone else is helping to write the letters? No, Im sure that Leslie is writing her own letters, she would never sign her name to letters written by someone else. And so it goes. Some more on the political scene. R. C. Smith of Eureka has filed as a write-i- n candidate for Sheriff. You remember R. C. He was the candidate being promoted by Lael Jordan and Richard Brough for race for Sheriff Our the Commissioners seat. Now it is a three-wa- y current Sheriff Dave Carter, Todd Bainter, and now R. C. Smith. Good luck to all the candidates for sheriff, fm sure the best candidate will win this race. And so it goes. Just one more week until the election. If everything works out as planned, we hope to bring you the election results in the morning mail on November 7th. Be sure and get out and vote in the election. ' Vote your conscience, but vote. retain the program if it failed to meet our expectations nor would the district be required to maintain the system. s The reported that after reviewing the available information, the PTA board voted . . . not to support the program. Did they view an actual program? This parent and teacher did. I found Elementary PTA board voted that it offered quality informa10 to two not to support the pro- tion and instruction intentionalgram, yet the joint faculties of ly designed to make sense of the the middle and high schools news to our students and to help voiced no opposition to install- them make the news become a ing it. These faculties represent meaningful part of their illiterate lives. approximately 40 teachers, culturally The PTA argued that watchmost of whom also are parent of students in the aforemention- ing the news is not, in and of Is that a ed schools. In our dual role as itself, education. teachers and parents, we logical statement? Have you especially are cognizant of our ever learned from watching the responsibility to provide the news or a TV special while you most meaningful education were alone? Have you ever read possible for our children. We felt a book or magazine article and that Channel 1 would contribute actually learned something from to that end. We also have been it without having discussed it? students hopeguaranteed that the district Our are fully to would be under no obligation becoming independent learners, since they soon will be autonomous adults. Besides, The Times-New- s Channel 1 anticipated our Nephi, Utah students possible inadequacies October 31, 199C To the Editor: It is time for the parents in this community to start thinking for themselves. The decision to install the Channel 1 education service in the middle and high schools at no charge to the school district soon wiU be determined by the school board. In a recent action, the Nephi p. -- arg- - i U f ' .s 12-min- ol 2 The I Vlip&N Volume 88, No. 44 October 31, 1990 Vance P. and Allan R. Gibaon Publishers forty In Subscription prices Si, months Sift one year, SIS In adJuab County, SIS outride oab County, payable vance. No wbacrlptiom accepted tor leu than ri months Single copy price, 5S AdvertWng rate, available on rcqueet by including a pop quiz section close of each news segment to highlight the important details. The real issue, however, is not whether the news is an important part of preparing our students to become adults, but whether or not we can allow commercialism at the well-inform- into the classroom. In the newscast I viewed, there two commercial segments. One lasted 60 seconds and advertised the AFS student-exchang- e te program and the health benefits of Gatorade. The other last 50 seconds and advertised Doritos and Air Jordans by Nike. Following the commercials, I neither felt compelled to purchase a bag of Doritos nor to send my child to Russia. The PTA inaccurately stated that the total time devoted to advertising would exceed one full day of class time. Actually, the exact amount of the at 110 seconds per tallies up to 5.5 hours, day, which is less than a school day. It also is less than the amount of time I spend taking roll, asking students to be quiet, or com-!mercial- s, two-minu- Mon- while the treal games laid the burden on the taxpayers, nearly leaving the province bankrupt.- Yet, I am certain that no one at the Los Angeles Olympics felt undue pressure to buy a Twinkie! The question was asked: What would happen if a textbook company approached the district and offered books free Please turn to page 3 - t ? Changing 2 of the 3 commissioners You deserve Law and Order You Deserve Effective Government Mike Keith For County Commissioner! lit work Hard To serve article, and photograph, nrimiltted lor ptAHcatlon !trior are mbfect to edlliHg and only will hewed il deem, them nemworthy. The editor temrvmtherightto hold whmHtod new. Hem, tor nee In later editions The TimeeNeuu h not mpoarihle lor the return of article, -or photograph, unlem they are accompanied by rtr- ed, addremed return envelope, ol the proper riae. All l&jf You! Paid Political Advertisement By Candidate e Official Sample Ballot For Juab County Utah For The November s, 1990 Election Judges Initial Sanle Ballet Official Ballot For Juab County, Utah, November 6, 1990 NON-PARTISA- N NON-PARTISA- N V JERRY STEPHENSEN I te mitigated financial success, I Hiet) The TimeeNem (USM j pmMM Sou MMUy by the TimeeNew, PubHehine Co., St l Mein Street Nephi, Utah MW. SeconiU adA POSTMASTIKSend at Nephi, Utah. ciun(e, to The TbneeNewt T O. So, 77, Nephi, Utah at schools YOUR VOTE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE NOVEMBER 6TH 6WS DcadKmc New, Mid dvcrtWnjb doje of burincw, Monday prior to publication. When a holiday jalbon Monday, the deadline la the Friday prior to publication. Better start planning for the Citys Fall Clean-uMayor Steele has designated the weekend of November 10 to clean up our fair city before the winter snows. Its a good idea and if we can get the winter weather to cooperate, the city will be that much easier to clean next v Spring. Times-New- high-scho- Mrs. Chloe Hawkins called last week after I had written my column and told me that she had the prettiest Easter Lily in full bloom at her house. The calendar says its autumn but the plants dont seem to know it. I hear through the grapevine that the Miss Nephi contest will be held this year during the last part of January. That is about 3 months earlier than last year and only three months from now. Senior and older girls should start planning now, and moms start hinting to your girl that it would nice if they entered this year. Lets see if we can get 15 talented young women to try out to be the representative of Nephi in the upcoming year. 1 reteaching because a student missed school to go shopping or hunting. Students lose more learning time by being tardy, through inattention, or through lack of preparation than they ever wiU lose during a commercial. The daily 110 seconds hardly is a significant loss in a students day. Our floundering economic community desperately is trying to entice businesses to locate in the area in order to broaden the tax base. In a sense, the Channel 1 company is offering to locate a small portion of its business here,' but we are either too' suspicious of its motives or too naive regarding the role of free enterprise to allow them in. Does free enterprise have a viable interest in the funding of education? A similar question was asked by the U.S. Olympic Committee in Los Angeles. They chose to fund the summer games through free enterprise, resulting in an un- Q