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Show Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, April 3, 1991 Page 10 Golden K concerned for children's welfare Members of the Orem Golden K Kiwanis Club find satisfaction in living up to the traditions of the Club to the benefit of the community. com-munity. Kiwanis, International was founded in Detroit in 1915, as a service organization. The club motto, "We build," symbolized members' service to the community. com-munity. Among the club's activities are the promotion of human and spiritual, rather than material values of life, encouragement to live the Golden Rule in all human relationships, and the promotion of idealism in order to increase righteousness, justice, patriotism, and good will in human affairs. There are now more than 8,000 Kiwanis Clubs in the United States, and many in Canada and other parts of the world. There are two in Orem. The Orem Golden K Kiwanis Club was chartered 11 years ago with 25 members. The Club now has 34 members. Club officers include in-clude Lowell Christensen, president; presi-dent; Leo Rowley, presidentelect; president-elect; Don Hobbs, vice-president; I . k if ft it-' L W fA) P- f'l Club officers include Lowell Christensen, president; Leo Rowley, president-elect; Don Hobbs, vice-president; Tom Adams, past-president; Leo Bastian, secretary; and Wally Kendall, Ken-dall, treasurer. Tom Adams, past-president; Leo Bastian, secretary; and Wally Kendall, treasurer. The Club meets each Monday from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. in the Orem Senior Citizen's Center, with the exception of the third Monday. On this Monday a din ner meeting for husbands and wives is held at Prestwich Farms Restaurant, at 6 p.m. Anyone who would like to attend the meetings is welcome, and new members 55 or older are invited to join. Club service projects are financed through earnings on member sales of refreshments at the Snack Shack during soft ball games, from late spring through mid-summer. Games are played at City of Orem diamonds south of Mountain View High School on Fourth South. Since its founding, the Kiwanis Club has placed emphasis em-phasis on the welfare of children in its service projects. Youth activities ac-tivities sponsored by Golden K this year include Key Club at Mountain View High School; Hugh O'Brien Award for Outstanding Out-standing Leadership among high school sophomores at Mountain View High School; Circle K Club t one of the area junior colleges; Know to Say No to Drugs at Geneva Elementary School; coats, shoes, and jeans for needy children at three elementary schools; a tutoring program in reading at Scera Park Elementary Elemen-tary School; a Sub for Santa program pro-gram for several families at Christmas; helping with Safety City at the University Mall in August; and assisting handicapped hand-icapped children in swimming at the Orem City Fitness Center. SCERA Shell outdoor theatre announces auditions The SCERA Shell outdoor theatre in orem is holding auditions audi-tions for "The Sound of Music," directed by Jerry Elison and "Into the Woods" and "Man of La Mancha," both directed by Syd Riggs. Auditions will be held at Orem High School and participants will be asked to sing a prepared song of their choice. An accompanist will be provided. 'The Sound of Music" auditions are April 11 from 8-10 p.m., April 12 from 6-9 p.m. and April 13 for children ages 7-15 from 10-12 noon. Performance dates are June 14-22. Adults, young adults and children of both sexes are needod "Into the Woods" and "Man of La Mancha" auditions will be April 15 from 6-9 p.m., April 16 from 4-7 p.m. and April 17 from 5-8 p.m. Performance dates for "Into the Woods" are July 12-20 and "Man of La Mancha" August 16-24. Participants may be in all three shows if they are chosen and wish to do so. The SCERA Shell Outdoor theatre has been providing quality performing arts "under the stars" since 1984. Auditions are open to the public. For more information, please call 225-2569 or 226-3603. Clothing plays important role in teens' development, says BYU professor A simple Esprit T-shirt may take every penny of your daughter's hard-earned baby-sitting money, but if it's worth it to her, let her buy it, says a Brigham Young University expert on the social psychology of clothing. "Sometimes it's more important impor-tant that a teenager own the right item of clothing than a lot of clothes," says Charlene Lind, a professor of clothing and textiles. With high-top shoes, at least the "truly awesome" ones, costing around $100 and the popular blue jeans just slightly less, this may be hard advice for parents to swallow. But after analyzing the relationship between clothing and teen social development, Lind has concluded that young people may have come valid reasons for insisting, "But Dad, I can't wear that!" In a review of studies conducted con-ducted about adolescence and clothing, Lind found thatclothing plays a significant role in an adolescent's social acceptance, participation in school activities, leadership potential and positive self-esteem. She does not advocate, however, how-ever, that parents go into debt to finance their children's wardrobes-only that they listen to their children and allow them to help choose which items of clothing they most need. "Some parents cannot provide what others can," she acknowledges. acknow-ledges. "And no child should be allowed to spend an inordinate amount on his or her appearance. But parents need to realize just how important having the right clothes is to teenagers." Lind suggests that parents set a budget for their children and then let them help pick which items of clothing to buy, understanding under-standing that the brand names are going to eat away a lot faster at that allowance. "I can still remember the Christmas that I asked for a Jantsen sweater," she says. "I knew how expensive they were, and I knew it would be my only present. But that was what I wanted. And come Christmas morning, I was very happy with that one gift." Of course, not all teens consider con-sider it important, or even want to dress like their peers. In fact, research has shown that while clothing plays an important part in teenage boys' achieving leadership leader-ship positions, it is of little importance impor-tance once they have reached them. "This is why parents need to look at each child's situation differently," dif-ferently," says Lind. "One child may have a strong social support network and not place much emphasis em-phasis on clothing. But another child may feel quite insecure and need that extra reinforcement." For instance, in tracking the acceptance of social isolates into friendship groups among 9th to 12th grade girls, researchers found that an important way for the new girl in school to find acceptance ac-ceptance was to wear the same clothes that the popular girls were wearing. While parents may shrug this off as superficial, Lind emphasizes em-phasizes that too often teenagers are rejected by their peers because be-cause of their clothes, before they ever have a chance to prove their worth as individuals. Other researchers found that especially between the ages of 13 to 15, teens based their own self esteem, in part, on how much they dressed like their friends. Some respondents said they would participate in more types of activities if they had the right type of clothes, and others admitted ad-mitted that they sometimes refused to go places because they were embarrassed by their cloth-1 cloth-1 ing. While the high cost of clothes may be one reason adolescents don't dress like their peers, there is also the problem of parent-child conflict over dress. In general, teens argue that their parents are "out of date and out of touch," while parents contend that most teenage fads deviate too far from what is socially acceptable. Lind does not discount that real consequences can result from adolescent clothing choices, but she urges parents to have a long memory when criticizing their children's dress. Parents need also to keep in mind that dressing a certain way today may mean something entirely en-tirely different from what it did when they were young, she says. For instance, five years ago, an all-black outfit might have been a sign of rebellion, while today it is simply regarded as chic. Lind also notes how the backpack, back-pack, once a symbol of rebellion on college campuses, has come to be accepted as part of a college student's uniform. Pierced ears on females is another fad that has gone through a perceptual change. "How many mothers do you know who have pierced ears who initially ini-tially wouldn't hear of their daughters getting this done?" asks Lind. "Again, the problem was one of timing. A few decades ago pierced ears had a very negative connotation. Now it is done more out of practicality than anything else." Such conflict, however, is not new to this era. When the hobble skirt of 1908 and the flapper styles of the 1920s came out, parents were aghast and even sought to control these teenage fads through dress codes and legislation. "Even then, experts on adolescence adoles-cence saw such rebellious behavior be-havior more as a reaction to the pressures of impending adulthood adul-thood and counseled tolerance for a behavior that might be annoying annoy-ing but not dangerous," says Lind. "This is good advice for today. 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