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Show OUtEBSU. COSP. ICWM 84101 iuyr? y J Wihi Vol. 3 No. E ftmii firiikinif DON'T BE AFRAID of this cute, little Halloween youngster, Karen Jones, a girl whos rehearsing for the Night of Spooks Tuesday. Children in the area will be celebrating the holiday either asking for treats or attending local parties held on the night of horrors. (Photo by Glen Perrins) . street festival in the Ogden business district A traditional of the parade the new feature of Weber State College's 1978 is Homecoming, scheduled for Nov. 1 through 4. Stage shows, a film festival, alumni banquet, dances and a fireworks display are other attractions which will be part of the celebration. Student chairman Layton Smith said students decided to vary the format by having a street carnival instead of the traditional parade as the downtown attraction. the "Through street festival we can tiring the campus downtown, so to speak, and thereby provide a for convenient place residents to get a good insight into the college, Mr. Smith said. Festival events will lake place Nov. 4 on Washington, between 24th and 25th, from 9 a m. to noon. A majority of the shcools. departments, and other organizations will demonstrate their functions through group activity booths and other displays. For example, student nurses will take blood pressure readings, the y Engineering-Technolog- will set up an automotive activity, cheerleaders will conduct a clinic, and foreign language students will sell foods with foreign countries. Carnival attractions will include also a miniature parade though Ihc block, headed by the Homecoming queen and her attendants, the Wildcat Marching Band, and a section of vintage cars. Riding in the vehicles will be WSC President Rodney H. Brady, other college of- ficials, representatives of the Board of Regents, and municipal officers. Opening 'ill h mourn rifcrEMl H- - ..USaLU by Carol Shaw Beacon Writer North Ogden City Council approved annexation of the Hutzley. property near the Lake View Heights subdivision, set a public hearing for zoning ordinance change, approved a bid on the Green Acres Park, discussed the proposed sprinkling system for the new detention reservoir, and talked about the new garbage service. Public Works Director Dennis Shupe reported there have been some problems with people not getting their garbage out early enough in the morning, causing the driver to backtrack. He said he thought when people got used to the new service, they wouldnt have that problem any more. Mayor Eldon McColley suggested part of the problem was that the garbage collector began his rounds at 6 a m., and that he ought not to start until the announced time of 6:30 a.m. A group of citizens, led by Mary Ann Thompson, appeared at the city council meeting to protest to having to pay for garbage service in June, which they said they didnt receive in the Green Acres area. there is Mayor McColley said nothing I can do about it. We realize that it was a problem. I had many days that I had no garbage pickup. We did everything we could to keep that man going until we were in a position to take over. Mrs. Thompson said In a six week period, we only had the garbage picked up three times. In the meantime, they had to contend with litter, flies and smell. She Homecoming plans underway for Weber State College School yupiyi ht North Ogden, Utah 39 L" instead in ta Eta Lome BULK RATE I.S. POSTAGE PAID GDEN, UTAH 84401 PERMIT NO. 278 aywwppw yj) the fo'r-da- observance on Nov. 1 will be York the New Harp Ensemble from New York. The group will perform in the WSC Browning Cultural Center at 8 p tn. Admission fees will be charges. A second stage production arranged by the Cultural Affairs Office, "Abrasevic, described as an exuberant Yugoslav youth ensemble," will be presented in the Browning Center Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. Admission fees will also be charged. Students will present the traditional "Feline Follies, of composed variety, musical, skating, and other acts, in the Browning Center Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. WSC Alumni The will hold its Association annual banquest Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the WSC Union ballroom. A high point of interest will be presenation of the distinguished alumnia ward the distingusihed sendee awsard. A dance will follow, open to all former and present students. Banquet tickets are $4.75, and include ad- mission to the dance. The dance only is $1.50. Trior to and following the alumni banquet, reunions will be held by the calsscs of 1954. '55, 56 and 57 in Room 338 of the Union Building. Four motion starring Rudolph Valentino, screens the leading romantic male actor during the 1920s, will be shown in the Union Building Theater Nov. 3. Screenings will be from 8 a.m. to noon, and from 7 p.m. to midnight. Small admission fees will be charged Also on Nov. 3 will be a jazz stomp at 8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom, and a fireworks display at 9:30 p m. at the Ada Lindquist Ilaza. Send in a news tip for your local newspaper 15$ 1 Sample Copy Thursday, October 25, 1978 if JtJ HIMI narirfr1n said it wasn't the money, but the principle they were fighting for. Councilman Lee Erickson explained that the residents are billed directly for only a fraction of the actual cost to the city for garbage collection, which had to be paid irregardless. Councilman Don Colvin further explained we had to have some kind of service. He said that the city had been preparing to take over the garbage collection for several months, but a truck had to be built and a driver trained. The Green Acres Park, next to the Green Acres school, 640 E. 1900 N., had the bid approved by the council for $6,500 for leveling and excavation, submitted by Forest Waters Construction Company. The only other company that submitted a bid was Mecham Brothers, for approximately $18,000. The school district will be installing the sprinkling system and the city will put in the grass in the spring. A Halloween poem. Heres . . To The PTA Children A Halloween Poem to the PTA orphans Whose mothers are always away Doing good for somebodys children. (Shell be home for Mothers Day!) Those sweet children locked up in their bedrooms Never daring much further to roam Councilman Larry Dolman added, Consider the principle of support of your city. Until at some late, sleepy hour, Their mother says softly, Im home! Ive helped the Legislature with budgets; I have helped the Governor with treaties. Youve not eaten, you say, well, my goodness! Have some powdered milk, dear, with your Wheaties! Im tired, my dears, so be angels My, the houseworks a little behind. I know that next week I can clean here. Here, help me, my bed I must find! "There it is by what once was my dresser, Stacked high now with books and with mail. Just move off those books on convention Reach them up on the seven-foo- t pile! Til be glad when theres time to do washing. Dirty sheets can be really a drag. But its nice to come to my loved ones And climb in the old sleeping bag. So heres to the PTA orphans Whose mothers still love them I know. . . Cause they bore everyone with your pictures And brag how thev h pined vou to grow! Hearingplanned public hearing or rezoning has been planned for Nov. 14 at 6:15 p.m. at the city offices. The city wants to have better control of the manufacturing zone. They are considering enlarging the zone or adding another manufacturing zone and actively soliciting businesses which would be compatible with the citys needs. A DR The city officials feel strongly that this needs to be done because of the threat from Ogden City, to keep all of the sales taxes collected there, as Riverdale is already doing. We would probably be hit the hardest, asserted Mayor McColley, Because we have practically no commericial businesses." We need to throw our hat into the ring, he said. School board adopts guidelines for dances Leaving the option of whether to have afternoon or evening dances to the individual junior high schools and administration, the Weber School District Board voted 1 to adopt new guidelines for these events. 3-- Offering the motion was Board member Shirley Carver, who said she would like to let the community, along with the school and students decide whether they wanted to keep the two night dances as currently allowed in the district, or to opt for one afternoon dance instead. This policy will then be reviewed in one year. The contract for the Valley School addition was awarded to the J. Ron Stacy Construction Company by the School Board, with the adjusted bid of $520,098 in other business. They also approved the working plans for the shop addition at T.H. Bell Junior High. Final plans must still be approved by the board before going out for bid on the project. Following the items listed in a letter by the South Ogden Junior High PTA to the School Board, Mrs. Carver said that it was part of her motion to encourage and see that the suggestions were followed in all district junior high schools. All Board members expressed the desire to see these recommendations were followed which include discouraging dating and requiring students to attend the dance slag; discouraging formal attire, flowers and commercial photography; keeping decorating cost at a minimum; charging no extra fee for students and using funds accumulated through the collection of student body fee to pay for the event; discontinuing the election of royalty; and leaving the transportation of the students up to the discretion of parents. Seconding the motion was Henry Mat is, who said that he would like to see the format of the dances improve, with perhaps dance instruction being given. I feel that the dances are a necessary part of the student's social calls from residents, and some are for night dances and some for afternoon. Theres good on both sides," he said and said that the schools should deviate from the policy of two night dances, try new things, and this would be evaluated in a year. Offering the first motion on the matter was Gary Crompton, who stated that he felt stronger than the other board members that the schools should retain the night dances. "The values that come to the student in the night dances will just not come during an dance. He indicated that these values included learning the social customs for later life. He also said he w anted an individual letter to be sent to parents of junior high students telling them that these dances should not be date affairs 'This may help the students to stand up to the peer pressure. I have a lot of faith in the students that they will correct this problem." Mr. Crompton's motion was seconded by Acting Board President Pat Baggs. but was defeated 3 1. life. I have received many picutres Precision teaching now used at Plain City school Students at Plain City School are a relatively new teaching concept known as precision teaching. Basically, precision teaching is a series of one minute timings on a small segment of any given subject. For instance, a child is having a difficult time w ith speed and accuracy in math. A goal is set for the child to achieve a specified number of digits written within Ihe slotted one minute. The speed with which thought is transferred to hand is increased as the child Strives to achieve his goal. No child is allowed to remain stuck on a plateau for longer than three days. If the goal is too high, it is lowered so that Ihe student can achieve that goal, thereby giving him a pnsitive reinforcement. Goals (hat some of the Plain City students have achieved are reading fluency and without error at 180 words per mtoute. Writing numerical digits in sequence B0 digits per mmute and performing well with spelling dictation at 0 words per minute. These timings are designed to improve the student's skills. to perfect Involved in 45-5- the childs ability to listen, retain and wnte quickly and accurately. This project began in Great Falls. Montana, in the Sacajawea School District and has since been implemented into many schools. Three in the Weber District are now using the program extensively. In the five weeks that these students have been using this particular method, Kathryn Lyman, generalist working with them, has noted a marked improvement She said there has been an increase in speed and accuracy to the eventual goal of going beyond mastery to proficiency for long term retention of skills. This carries over to the students performing another task as the time spent to complete the task has decreased thus increasing Student motivatnn. Perhaps the greatest plus for this program comes to the students because they can actually see and feel their own personal growth and improve which spurs them on to bigger and greater things. PLAIN Ct Y STUDENTS scfewfc. partkate to prectotoa tea di tog. a m cki to tog tried to toer tor ttetor Ctss |