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Show Guisker 7, 1974, THE HERALD, Prove, Uiah—Page § Commission Names Director E Of County Government Study Carwin C. Williams, a widely canmittee consisting of county consider gevernment forms and will make recommendations published expert ‘on iocal earning possible strengthening of the House of Representatives, administration of local county President of the Senate, and government others Authority for the Dr. Hickmaii reports that the Commission was granted under a new staff director has neld law passed in 1973 by the Utah similar appointments in the past The study commission was Legislature appointed recently bya selection ¥ JOHN O'HARA,atright, makes peisine: as he presents a few instructions to Springville Junior High Sehool students prier ts their going on stage for spontaneous, unrehearsed, improvised bits of drame from real life. At left is schooi pricaipai Delmoine Christensen. Mr. O'Hare fs visiting Uteh from his home in Belfast, Ireland. irish Performer Uses Local The study commission will maior local government study i By GENITA SUMSION SPRINGVILLE — John O'Hara “wowed” the youngsters at Springville Junior High Schoo! in much the way he does the kids in Ireland — with his unrehearsed, spontaneous, improvisedreailife scenes. Mr. O'Hara, in Springville as a guestof Mr. and Mrs. Russell N,Stansfield, is the senior announcer with Ulster Television in Belfast. Heis also widely known as a ‘childrens’ actor" and performsextensively in schools in Treland At age 30 and one of Ireland’s mostbeloved television personalities, this young man seems to have the uncanny ability to bring out ihe actor in even the shyest of youngsters. TheIrish personality has been in Utah for the past three weeks visiting friends, vacationing and conducting business. whatwith his new Indian moccasins, he looks as American as the guy next door. Springville Visit Friday morning at the Springville school, just prior to an assembly in which be appeared, Mr. O'Hara met privately with nine students to briefly tutor them on the roles they would help him play on stage. Andbelieveit or not, mostof the kids came through with a pretty good performance. Once the initial stage fright shock was off, most of the would-be actors really hammedit up and played their parts with enthusiasm. Mr. O'Hara is an extremely friendly person who opens up casily ves Of himself to youngsters the world over. He has performedin Canada, Holland and the United States, in addition to hundreds of performances in schools all over his native ireland, Out of all the schoolshe has performedin, he says Springville Junior High has the “most professional” auditorium yet. He was impressed that a junior high should have such excellent lighting facilities, sound system and seating arrangements. EmergencyExits Very often while performing in distressed areas in Ireland, he noted, bullets might come whizzing through the room, necessitating immediate evacuation. He has been an actorsince childhood, but ironically, it was here in Utah where he got the idea for his improvisational performances. While on a visit in Centerville, a young friend asked him if she might take him to school for ‘show and tell.” He willingly obliged and while standing on display in the show andtell episdoe, he conceivedthe ideafor his present type of acting Deveted to ‘Kids’ “Kids are mylife,’ he mused. Then added, “t hope the day will come whenI can devote kids,”" In fact, Mr. O'Hara wouldliketo set up a ree dramatics school in Utah giving youngsers the opportunity of “‘expression through drama and music, giving them total freedom, within reason.’ He feels that his improv-performances have an educatonalvaluefor the students involved in them, He has discovered that they are one of the best examples of therapy for the painfully shy youngsterthat he has found. He cites the exampie of Joseph, a young boy in ireland whom teachers said they had not heard speak a total of 19 werds. aes was drafted to help Mr. O'Hara in a school performance and subsequently turned out to be the best actor of the lot, ‘The secret jies in the initial 20 minutes he talks to them privately before the performance, he says. “It’s here that| either lose them or win seat LbsPinned shy “TL try to y eal thot he has at least one important friend,” Tt has been noted by somecirites that he hasa touch of“magic” which brings out the best in ehlidren those lives hetouches. he invites all younsters whoperform with him te correspond with him. Many of them a he declared. “And it’s amazing how important a child can suddenly become with his peers when he knows a celebrity.” Mr. O'Hara, a convert to the LDS Church, confessed that he loves America and would like to come back again in the spring on a tour of junior high schools. “All freland is tired of fighting,” he conclued in the interview. ieue is heartbreaking, indeed, fo watch “young people growingold in a country filled ith despair.” Plans for Weekly Activities in adition to the weekly activity schedule, the Provo ‘A class will begin Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Social Dancing. A soacharge will be made atthe list of this week's activities follows. He also worked with the New York Commission 08 Governmental Operations and was assistant director of the National _Gvil Service League FPiaie ioclobies refers iv the movement of huge segments of 1982, and in 1972 received the Dr. Ballif received the B.S. degree in 1953 and the M.A. in 1960 from BYUand the Ph. D. in 1961 from University of Calitornia at Las Angeles in geanhysics and planetary Should te replaced. A damaged ysies. He was 2 lieutenant in wheel can ruin a new setof tires the Air Force, 1954-1958, serving quickly, He joined the BYU faculty in Marl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award, He also has served as chairmsn of the Faculty Advisory Council. 1964. A residuat of fr, Williams is inaricd to the formes fT Margaret He has co-authored two textbooks and has published extensively in scholarly journals, primarily on interplanetary magnet:¢fields. Dr. Bailif is known to thousands of students throughhis development of an innovative, imaginative method for teaching Physics 100. which achieves hottar raguite of students who can ‘progress at their own rates increase the effectiveness a local government while at the same time keeping it small and responsible to the people is a worthygoal Mr. Williamsfeit ihe first task af the staff and ission would be to consult with county and city officials whe have served Utah County residents well over the past years. Other members of the commission are Mrs. Bruce Dixon, vice chairwoman, Dr. Ariel S. Ballif, Melvin #1 Beckstrand, Hal M Ciyde, Winston M Crawford, = Hansen, Mi Russell Innes, 15 Stevenson, and Dr Stan x ‘Taylor. a Elects Trustee Raymond W. Sundquist, general superintendent of United States Stee! Corporation's Geneva Works at Provo, Utah has been elected to the Board of ‘Trustees of Westminster College. His appointment was announced by Charles T. Kiein, Chairman. ‘Mr. Sundquist was graduated from the Universityof Minnesota in 1938 with a degree in metallurgical engineering. p.m., sewing class with Sybil: 4 p.m. organ instruction class; 8 p-m., weekly senior citizen dance Wednesday At 1) a.m., seniorcitizen flu shots (membership card required); also harmonica band and matinee dancing; cultural program, “Dr Hansen will be guest speaker, “Achieving Our Goals in Adulthood”: 2 p.m. book by Mrs. Odessa Cullimore,“The White Cliffs of Dover’’: also free travelogue film; 3 p.m., square dancingclass. Thursday From & a.m.to 5 p.m., social hours at the Eldred Center; 1:30 p.m., table games and shiffle board; 4 p.m., pianoinstruction elass; and advanced conversational Spanish class; also seniorcitizen bowlingat the Regal Lanes. Friday From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., social hours at the Eldred Center, 10 a.m., quilting and needlecraft classes; also, beginhing conversational Spanish class; noen, senior citizen planning meeting for teard mmebers, staff, church representatives, committee leaders and interested citizens; 2:30 p.m., creative writing class with Ora Paie Stewart. Monday From 6 a.m.to 4 p.m., social hours at the Eldred Center; 10 am., exploring books class; noon, ceramics and billiard classes; 2 p.m., education hour for the visually handicapped; 4 p.m., senior citizen bowling at the Regal Lanes, conversational advanced Spanish class; 4:10 p.m., beginning conversational Spanishclass We stored some treasure here last summer - to keep you warm next winter Above ground at this typical western plateau location there is little to indicate the treasure we stored here last summer 2800 feet below the surface: Four billion-cubic feet of natural gas! And someof it will be withdrawn from the storage reservoir next winter to help keep you warm. This is Leroy, Wyoming, not far from the 1-80 freeway between Evanston and Ft. Bridger. Early attemptsat finding natural gas at this location were unsuccessful, but the drilling gave indication that an “aquifer” suitable for gas storage might exist in the underground formations, An “aquifer”is a porous and permeable rock formation hoiding large cuantites of water. For it to be suitable for gas storage,it must also be covered with an impermeable cap rock to prevent the upward escape of gas. When wells are diilled into an aquifer, gas can be injected under high pressure to displace the water. The water then serves as a cushion to prevent the downward or lateral escape ofthe gas. Further drilling and testing proved the suitability for natural gas storage of the Leroy aquifer. It was extensively used for the first time in the winter of 1972-73 and was used again last winter. Gas is injected inte the reservoir in summer months when demand is low, then is withdrawn in winter months when the weather is cold and demandis high to help meet peak-day requirements. Today there are nearly four billion cubic feet of natural gas safely stored underground at Leroy, some of which will be withdrawn this coming winter to help keep you warm. Natural gas storage reservoirs are needed today to help meet peak-day requirements on the coldest days of winter. They also provide other benefits: They allow the producing wells to operate at a more evenrate all year ‘round and thus keep expensive equipment from lyingidle, and they permit a more uniform rate of production from the gas fields which will extend their productivelife. Byanticipating the needs of its customers and the growth of this area, Mountain Fizel has kept ahead of demand since Ghat weylong into theth: itit that way long into ‘Tuesday PESKS & CHAIRS j “ff you'e in bynianss fe conve the poe we're in buvinass fo sive youl” College | From @ am. iv 5 p.m, social hours at the Eldred Center; 2:30 STAMBARB OFFICE SUPPLY 40 W. 100N., Prov373-5350 RAYMOND W. SUNDQUIST full time to visiiing schools and entertaining Prove Senior CitizensTell Senior Citizens organization has announced some plans for later in October. Dinner day at the Eldred Center will be held Wednesday, Oct. 16 at noon. This is a weekearlier than usual. The cultural programwill follow the meal. Reservations are in order this week. A weekfrom Monday, Oct. 14, will be observed as Columbus Day and the Eldred: Center will be closed. Fund raising activities will continue at the Eldred Center and contributions arein order. A bake sale will be held Oct. 16. ‘Those bringing baked goods are asked to have them ready early Wednesda; morning. ‘The Senior Citizen bazaarwill continue each Wednesday as in past weeks. Contributions are still being accepted. A limited number of reservations are still available for SeniorCitizens to attend the BYU Frolics Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Marriott Center. lecture, which will begin at 16 a.m. inthe Marriott Center the earth's crust to form ocean basins, mountain ranges and other geologic features. Dr assemblyTuesday Ballif said he will refer to the ‘The public is invited to the penon in a discussion of how truth is reveaied io Searctung men (hroughfaith and Tire Check practice to inspect the wheels whenever new tires are bought foracar A wheelthat doesnot lie flat or Toll straight on a smooth surface ty in accepting his enyrongt Mr Williams declared si goal of studying passible asa meteorologist. DETROIT (UPI) — 1s good * Students in Improvisations Iastit Administration & He was field project director on a BYU Dean to Address Forum f ihalt Ga tet Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Brigham Young University, at the BYU forum Atlanta, Ga. cia MOUNTAIN FUEL d 4 § _ 7‘ |