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Show T t Page APRIL 30, 1986 2 . 4 issues Top discESsed through and shouldnt have been on the agenda in the first place. Browning replied that there is a third victim of high insurance costs, the rate payer. Once the benefits were doubled it is necessary to double the threshold. The changes had nothing to do with the insurance industry. They asked that they not be made to begin with but the insurance lobbies were ignored. He added that the bill was not slipped through quietly as it was on the agenda four days. Continued from front page CENTERVILLE MAYOR Dean Argyle asked if all this equipment was available two years ago to do something. Rep. Browning answered that the legislature delegates these jobs and "the mind set of the people looking for the answers says weve done the work and this is the only way to do the job." REP. HENRY J. Dickmore said that before a decision on the lake can be made, We need more information than we have ever been with blingiven. There are people in the state the area ruin and lake the we If on. ders pump for Hill Air Force Base will we have lost more revenue than we gain? BEIIY ANDERSON WILL exhibit flowers in the American Violet Society of Utah spring show May 3 and 4 at the Sugar House Park Garden Center in Salt Lake City. Show times are Saturday, p.m.; and Sunday 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Senator Haven J. Barlow reported that a bill was passed that was a step toward torte reform. With the new bill, so called "deep pocket groups will pay only the percentage of their liability. Previously, even if an entity had only three percent of the fault in a situation, it might pay 100 percent of the judgment because of its deep pocket. Government and government agencies fall in this group and as a result are losing their insurance coverage or paying much higher premiums. He felt that this would send a message to insurance companies that Utah is doing something about torte reform. seniors plan dance MUSIC WILL be by the Washington Terrace Senior Band from p.m. All persons 40 years and older are welcome. A of $2 is requested. There are porcelain classes held Friday at 10 a.m., pinochle at 12:30 p.m. and ceramics class at p.m. FOR INFORMATION call ley Lynch at 1 Shir-donati- 546-985- 3. ACCORDING TO Dee Forbes of the School Board who was present at the dinner those cuts were an administrative decision and not a school board decision and there will be more meetings to find out where Davis County stands with money for education. When Senator Dona Wayment spoke she said that the legislature did fund $2.4 million for special education. Speaking of national cuts that may be coming she said, We can not act on issues when we dont have the facts to act on. Any figures anyone is using at this point is guesswork. She also said Davis County may also have students brought here from the state training school which will put more students in the district. In that case she believes that the funds should move from Alpine with the students. ON INSURANCE, Rep. Browning said that the next crisis will be in the personal insurance market. Individuals will see their premiums Cyclops start to climb rapidly next year. Now the torte threshold has been raised and the benefit level raised. He said that although there is a move to bring the insurance issue up in the special session and change the level back to a lower one he felt there was no palce for that in the special session. Lighter Side I Speaking of recent problems in educational funding which have been in the news in Davis County, Senator Barlow said that 60 million in new money was put in the education budget despite the limited amount of financial growth the state has had. The largest share of state dollars goes to education. There was a six percent increase to Special Education. According to the analysis done by the legislature, Davis County will receive $374,500 more than last year. There is some other reason than funding for the elimination of jobs. ON INSURANCE -6 The Layton Senior LAYTON Citizens will hold a dance Saturday. May 3 at the Layton Senior Oliens Center, 410 Wasatch Dnve. Layton. ON EDUCATION By Bryan Gray SHE POINTED out that Mary Ann Williams in Davis County has the finest Special Education program in the country and has received national recognition. If people are migrating in to be part of that program then perhaps special REP. SCOTT Holt commented that when the bill was passed and the limits changed it was fine from insurance point of view but it limits a victims recovery of medical expenses. He said the insurance bill was snuck no-fau- Consider Marcos? lt allocations should be made also. A Davis County schoolteacher was explaining her case for increased wages. It's awfully hard for a teacher to make ends meet," she said. I countered, Maybe the Davis teachers need some financial counseling-a- nd Ive read about one such man who could be of great help. Who would you suggest? Ferdinand Marcos, I replied. "You're kidding, aren't you? You mean Marcos, the expresident of the Philippines? Sure. Unlike you teachers, he didnt sit around and grumble about wages. Instead he showed the entire world that its not how much money you make, its how you invest it! According to news reports, Marcos was paid only $5,500 per year. Thats of the average schoolteachers salary in Davis County. And yet Marcos was amazingly frugal." How do you mean? Well, despite his meager salary he was able to buy his wife Imelda some 3,000 pair of shoes... He socked away an estimated $300 million in New York real estate. ..He bought his wife a carved emerald necklace for $280,000.. .Gee, in one day alone he spent $273,000 at an art gallery, $40,650 at a floral shop and $10,340 for linen bedsheets. And he did all of this on only $5,500 per year. No, Ferdinand Marcos is a towering example of proper money management. The teacher snickered. And you think teachers could do the same thing? Probably even better," said. Ferdinand Marcos couldnt open an IRA account. You teachers can. You realize, Mr. Cyclops, that Ferdinand Marcos didn't earn his money, he stole it from his people. I agree that Marcos had some advantages. But then teachers do, too. Teachers can use the school copying machine free of charge. Marcos never had a copying machine. But Marcos was a crook. "Maybe. But, then again, he was able to take advantage of his position. Teachers can do the same." top-notc- Caryn: Hobby becomes habit h one-four- th 1 How?" By using insider information. Take an elementary school teacher, for example. She could buy stock in the company that makes Crayolas-a- nd then force her students to buy new If term. every crayons every teacher in the U.S. did the same the teacher could cash in her thing, then sales would soar-a- nd stock for a nice profit. Its perfectly legal. The Republicans wrote the book on taking advantage of high political office: Marcos merely read the book. I realize youre being silly. But understand that teachers have a decisive effect on the children of Oh, Marcos was decisive, too. One time Mrs. Marcos told the pilot to turn around her airplane and return to Rome after she developed a craving for cheese. You can't get much more deci- sive than that. And we teachers have great responsibility-- So did Marcos. What greater responsibility is there than jailing 2,000 men, women and children, torturing one person here and another there, hacking a hand off this guy and a finger off the other guy. ..And still receive American aid? Thats responsibility for you!" Youre being stupid. "But Marcos wasnt. He's retired to a luxury beachside palace in Hawaii. You call that stupid? She laughed. Okay, so what do you expect teachers to do? Call your Dee Burningham at the Davis Education Association and tell him to book Ferdinand Marcos for a summer seminar on money management. The teacher shook her head and left. But this Marcus stuff makes snse. Three weeks ago an enterprising graphic designer in Manhattan escorted 40 paying customers on a tour of the jewelry stores, the furriers and the penthouse where Marcos once spent his largesse. Upon their return, all 40 people thought the trip was well worth the $5 tour fee. Now I wonder.. .Would anybody pay $5 to visit the site where Dee Burningham had lunch? Of course not. The teachers could do much worse than invite Ferdinand Marcos to Davis County. He could teach them a thing or two Imelda could put on a fashion show for about invcstments--an- d the spouses. Just make sure the folks at Five Points Mall are advised of the Marcos visit. ..Theyll need time to stock their display cases. Files for state race Continued from front page Walt Bain, 72 W. State, Farmington, has filed on the Republican ticket to run for the state representative seat from District 17, which includes the Farmington, Centerville, Fruit Heights and Kaysville areas. DISTRICT 17 cities have really been hurt by state sales tax re- venue sharing methods, sold well until one of the most serious recessions known in the lumber country of the Northwest hit. All sales dropped as people bought only the necessities of life-fo- od, limited clothing. Another setback to the craft pattern business is the trend we all see of more women working leaving less time for sewing. This has seriously affected the sale of all patterns, material, sewing machines and related articles. In the summer of 1985, the Davidsons moved to Fruit Heights, Caryn immediately became in- said The volved with a Festival of Trees project and she supplied ideas and patterns for one of the best selling trees in the festival. Its theme was the Nutcracker Ballet. Bain was a Farmington City Councilman from 1981-8and has been both a county and state Republican delegate, and has been the chairman of Republican District I . He is presently serving on the Board of Directors of the Davis County Council on Aging and as AN ARTISTIC person, Caryn was dancing with a ballet company at the age of 14. Many of her patterns reflect her love of dance. One doll. Sugar Plum Fairy, has special ballet legs that are quickly recognized as correct position" by any ballet dancer. Now Caryn is settled into her life in Fruit Heights, she is starting in earnest to follow her dream of making the Greatest Little Pattern Company a successful business. By August she hopes to have her patterns available in local stores and possibly in some of the chain stores. She is in the process of creating some new bear patterns that look like ballet dancers. Bain, a small businessman. cities in my district are basically bedroom communities with very little industry. 5, chairman of the Farmington-Centervill- e Cancer Society. AS OWNER of Farmington Drug, for the past 23 years, he has gained a broad understanding of' the problems and concerns of the small businessman and the need to encourage more businesses to locate in the district. While serving on the Farmington City Council, Bain helped work out a major shopping center plan w hich helped to safeguard the standards of the community while encouraging development. DAVIS County, particularly District 17, will see our population base double by the year 2000. We need to begin planning now for the future of our school. By looking at innovative ways to use our schools while reducing class size and ensuring quality education, we can help offset some of thefuture stresses, Bain said. Our senior citizen population will triple by the year 2000. We need to begin today to play for recreational facilities, housing and long term care needs as well as expanding services such as meals on wheels and alternative medical services," he continued. BAIN IS a graduate of the University of Utah Pharmacy School, and past member of the Lions Club, Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce. He is married and the father of five children, kj I SAID I would never make a bear pattern, Caryn confesses. "There are so many already on the market but then I had this idea fora pretty face and some dancing legs. I just had to develop my ideas into something." The bears are wonderful and very different from any now being sold. Developing a pattern is a lengthy process. Caryn says she has been forced to learn things she had no desire to learn and to do things she never thought she could do. Before a pattern can be sold, it must be designed, laid out, written up in understandable technical terms, illustrated, photographed, printed, packaged and marketed. Fabrics have to be tested and compared so that the product works up satisfactorily. EACH PATTERN is kept in a file from the beginning sketches to the final pattern. The actual pattern is made up by Caryn and photographed in color for the cover so the consumer can sec what they will be making. Face transfers have to be designed and produced using sublimation ink that goes into the fabric and wont wash out. Each pattern is typed out carefully. A computer cant be used because of the lay-owork that inut volves sketches. FINALLY everything is tested by a person who isnot a professional but who enjoys craft sewing. Suggestions are made and wording in the instructions are changed if the information isnt clear. Caryn says once the patterns are sold she is faced with another ma- jor m. People just don't realize how many hours is spent and how much money is invested in one pattern. It just isnt problem-plagaris- fair for them to have quick copies made and distribute them instead of buying more patterns, she states. INSPITE of the many problems associated with the Greatest Little' Pattern Company, Caryn is convinced that she can do it, that someday, soon, the Greatest Little. Pattern Company will be well-- ,' known and that her original, de lightful, creative pretty things to! play with will be sold in major' fabric and craft shops nation-widCaryn deserves this. She has put. together a good product. e. Letter To Editor May I offer my sincere congratu- lations to Mrs. Norma Sturgeon and to the drama and productions students of Davis High School. This evening I attended their production of The Teahouse of the August Moon with my family. We spent two hours being delightfully entertained. FROM THE well built and beautifully painted scenery to the last well executed bow of the performers, the production was one of excellence and evidence of hard work by directorfcstudents and pro duction staff. And a special thank; you to a devoted husband who took ' a weeks vacation from work to ; offer the needed assistance in j building the set. Our only regret is that so many ' chose not to avail themselves of" some outstanding entertainment" 'J. It was deserving of support and packed audiences. j whole-hearte- d CONGRATULATIONS and our-tha- nk you. Patricia Hirschi Davis High PTA President1 |