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Show Professor tells students to set high goals and go after your dreams By CHERIE HUBER Contributing Writer The keynote speaker at the second annual Youth Issues Fair held on April 20 at Woods Cross High School was Larry Christensen, a professor at Salt Lake Community College. When he was in seventh grade he was just four feet seven inches. My goal in life then was to weight 120 pounds. It was a challenge being tiny and not being able to get into sports, he explained and that p" ff r , ' i' unhappiness he felt makes him understanding and fears. of teens, their hopes Eventually he did grow and become a probation officer and a probation supervisor before going to Salt Lake Community College. His own childhood, he said, helped him to recognize two very basic human needs, to feel important and to be loved. All of you here want recognition and want to be listened to, he said. $500 DONATED TO DARE: A $500 check to assist the DARE (Drug Abuse) program in Davis County is presented to Sheriff Glenn Clary by J. Dell Holbrook, Bountiful Kiwanis Club President. Phil White, vice president of medical affairs IHC, said his organization welcomes an opportunity to be a part of the community and glad to be a part of the DARE program. Additional funds will become available from the Kiwanis Club's 14th annual golf tournament on June 9. Graduates not prepared to face real world Kiwanians told Because graduates are not prepared for the real world, an integration of academic and programs is needed. Jack Dellastatious ic of the Davis School District, reported to Bountiful Kiwanis club members at their weekly club meeting. An answer to this problem, he said, is to integrate academic and apprentice programs. In these days, we are hearing more and more about businesses, large or small, working with educators. Remediation and training by industries, he added, costs billions of dollars. Teach-Prea program to link businesses to p, and training through an schools, develops work-skilcould save those billions of apprenticeship program, dollars. Dellastatious sees a growing emphasis on Teach-Prels grades are improved, they can make money while in school, they can take courses related to future jobs, they will have job security, and they will have a certificate recognized by industry. He offered many details based on his lifetime experiences as a principal and continuous education after his Ed.D from George Washington University. For the first time, the DATC Human Race will be combined with the annual Kaysville FunFest Days celebrations! In the past, the DATC held the Human Race and the Spring Bazaar on the school grounds. The Human Race and Spring DATCs Turning Point program. This year, the Kaysville Chamber of Commerce has kindly agreed to combine efforts and hold their for Saturday, May 28. The races will be held at Kaysville City Park instead of DATC. Registration forms can be picked up at the Turning Point office at DATC, 550 E. 300 S., Kaysville. Cost is $10, $5 for seniors (60). Four races will be held including a 100 yard dash for children under 7; a Bazaar were fund-raise- rs Rhyme & Reason There Is No Capsule Like TV (with apologies to Emily Dickinson) There is no capsule like TV To stimulate false hopes, Nor any tablet like an hour Of mesmerizing soaps. This journey may the dullest take Without oppressing thought; How terrible the medium That binds the souls weve got. Bonnie S. Gudmundson Poetry submitted by members of the Bountiful Chapter, Utah State Poetry Society. For mem- bership information, call Larry Christensen SL Community Cottege Professor p, because of several advantages to students: Human Race, FunFest Days combined Days and DATCs FunFest Inside us we all have a special gift to give away. . .You can get anything you want, if you want it bad enough. Human Race together! This year, the 5th annual Human Race will be held mile run for youth under 15; a one mile walk for all ages; and a 5k fun run for all ages. The 5k run will be held: 9:15 a.m.; the one mile walk at 9:30 a.m; the 100 yard dash at 10:15 a.m; and the one-hamile run at 10:30 a.m. Kaysville FunFest Days will be holding a variety of activities ranging from a craft fair, food fair, antique auto show, and carnione-ha- lf lf val rides. Theres something for everyone! The proceeds of the Human Race will cominue to benefit the Turning Point program for single parents and displaced homemakers. He said sometimes children get into trouble and even injured just so they will be touched He pointed out that when a teen goes to a dance it can be either wmnderful or terrible. The difference is who you dance with, he said The problem that young people have he said is that their perception of life is that it should be smooth and it should be easy. You believe you want to take all the pain out of life, but life isnt meant to be that way. Christensen told the audience a Tw ilight Zone story. A bank robber is shot and dies. After his death he finds himself with a guide who tells him that everything he wants can be his for the asking. He decided he wants to play pool and every time he hits a ball he makes a perfect shot, no matter what he does. Pool and everything else he tries becomes completely boring because there is no challenge. Well, at least I am not in that other place, he remarks to his guide. UMTA to hold closing social Davis Chapter of the Utah Music Teachers Association will hold its closing social and final meeting of the school year on Wednesday, May 4, 11 a.m. This will be held at Performance Pianos, 70 S. Orchard Dr North Salt Lake. A luncheon will be served, election of officers will be held, and then teachers within the chapter will perform in solos and ensembles. Music teachers in the area wishing to join UMTA can call Alecia Racker at 295-925- Daughters of Ephraim luncheon set The annual Daughters of Ephraim luncheon, for former and present residents of Ephraim, will be held Satuiday, May 7 at the Red Flame Restaurant, noon. 1342 S. 500 W., Bountiful, beginning at 1 1 am , with lunch at Reservations should be made by April 29. To do so, please call Ruth Blaine, 581-100- The cost of the luncheon will be $10. What do you mean, other place? This is the other place, the guide explains. This place is Hell The truth is that when life goes down, Christensen said, it makes up better. Spring is so nice simply because winter is so bad He pointed out that in some homes children are raised with no conflicts whatsoever. Childien need some conflict, he said. When children are very small, he said, all of them can dance and sing and they do it all the time. But at 15 they cant do it. They cant get up in front of anyone and sing or dance. What happens9 As we grow older we become afraid to be the real us, he said. Every quarter at Utah Valley Community College issues a challenge to the students. He has a Dreams do come true program that they can enroll in. The basic premise of the class is to focus on something you have always wanted to do, a dream you have always had. Then you go to your best friends, people you can trust and who wont laugh at you. Ask them to sit down and help you find a way to get what you want. In ten weeks you can do it, he said. Christensen said he has seen people start a new business, write books, reach travel goals or reach many other kinds of goals. You need to ask How can I get it? Then do it, Christensen said. He said that in one class a girl said her dream was to sing publicly. First she sang for the teacher but insisted he had to turn his back while she sang Then she sang for the class while they turned their backs. Eventually she could sing while they looked at her Now she has a recording contract Inside us we all have a special gift to give away, Christensen said You can get anything you want, if you want it bad enough. In life all you know is all you know, he added. Christensen said he had read The Closing of the American Mind by Allen Blum with some concern. Blum said that young people cannot name who their heroes are, they cant name books that have influenced them and they cant tell you what evil is. In a survey of college students, he found that 80 percent of them could not name any heroes Again. 80 percent of them could not name an inspirational book, (The Bible was excluded from the survey). While they could name evil people like Adolph Hitler, Charles Mansen and Ted Bundy, they dont have an answer when asked what evil is. Christensen pointed out that murder and suicide, the taking of a life, is wrong in our society because we are destroying a living being "So w ho has the right to destroy the self confidence of another person? he asked. Some people believe that they have the right to murder the emo- tions of another human being. Think about it and you will realize that it is w rong And, therefore, do you have the right to kill your own self esteem9 To motivate the students to look for ways to improve their lives, he ended w ith a quote from Dr. Seuss, If you always do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got. |