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Show Emery County Progress Tuesday, June 7, 2A 1988 cownw imm Shes Ferrons The girl who wore blisters on her hands doing gymnastics has vaulted to the stars. Clareen Olean Jeff3 Nelson received a degree in elementary education commencement SUSC exercises Friday at Cedar City. Her proud family cheered for her her achievements husband, Scott; children, Jason, Jeffrey, Abigail, Corey and Brooke; and her mother, Edith Jeffs. She knows she never could have made it without them. The family was transplanted to Cedar City for nine months while Clareen flexed her muscles, academically, physically and spiritually. Scott, an officer for the Emery County Sheriffs Department, works three days off and three were days on. His taking over actually household responsibilities. At first the family moved into a motel apartment, but after putting up with the noise overhead all night long and the fighting couple next door for a few days, they found a home in a more select area. Scott pulled out the home washer and dryer and reinstalled them in Cedar City. The laundry had to go on, along with the routine of caring for children, who found themselves in a different world. Clareen hadnt counted on spending so much time on helping her three school kids with homework. The school district offered a challenging' curriculum involving much homework. Clareen found that the best way to deal with the situation was to work with the kids, then go to sleep when they did at 8:30 p.m. She would awaken at 3 a.m. and study undisturbed until 7 when it was time to get the gang on the road for the day. She entertained an almost hysterical fear that one of her children would be kidnapped off-da- on-day- s, idumt-iiMj.'.y- A Three Men and A added to her understanding of the Indian culture. and Scott would not be there to By ELIZABETH HANSON Staff writer at mother co-e- d Baby & Critters 2 END JUNE 9 Please call on movies opening June 10. Thank you for your patronage. 687-927- 5 Thank You We would sincerely like to thank everyone for their support of the benefit dinner held for us and an extended thank you to those who donated food, time and money in our behalf. Richard & Bonnie Grahm party, help. She told the schoolchildren to board and return on the school bus together. One afternoon she picked up the little ones from the baby sitter and returned home to find the others missing, alarming her to the core. Fortunately, Taking over the class pletely they arrived about a half hour later, soaking wet from walking home in the rain, having missed the bus after staying Jason with because he was detained after school by his teacher for a' minor problem. Clareen made sure that she should be notified a day ahead in a similar event. Jason hated school the first week. He was teased for insisting the teacher should have help lifting a heavy desk. The turnover of school population pitted the more transient students against kids whose families were rooted in the soil for generations. learned The children for compassion newcomers in school. The children could not roam freely, but had to be escorted everywhere. Clareen took them roller skating, to movies, art g at the galleries, pool and on outings to entertain them on weekends. They only went home twice during the entire time, because it was too hard to tear them out of Ferron for the return to Cedar City. It was better for Daddy to come south. Clareen was able to enroll for all her needed classes. The first quarter she taught fitness for life to a class of 72 college hydro-tubin- Professor Tom Kingsford was the team teacher. She needed the class for a minor in health. students. I found students live on pop and candy bars. That was what they wrote down for a three-da- y food intake. We asked them to hand in nutritional recipes. We got recipes for carmel popcorn, divinity and the like. Next we made a set budget and sent them to the store to buy food for three days. They bought anything in a box that could be thrown in the oven and heated. They said their time and budget would not allow any better nutrition. I told them I have five children. I get up and cook a hot breakfast every morning, pack sack lunches and cook a hot supper every night, do three loads of laundry a day and carry 21 credit hours. The second quarter sweet Grandma Jeffs came to the rescue for a month. Instead of going to school three times a day, Clareen was in the classroom every day for a six hour stretch and then spent three weeks in various schools in Salt Lake, Enoch and Tuba City, Ariz. She lived with an aunt while teaching in Salt Lake, drove every day while teaching in Enoch, about 20 miles from Cedar City and lived in dormitories with other student teachers while working at Tuba City. She gained much insight working with the Hopi and Navajo children. She discovered the dispute over land boundaries that has embattled the Hopis and Navajos a long time is still causing friction among the youth. A tour to the hogans and insight into the matriarchal society, a fill of fry bread, a key chain and volley ball farewell on com- the final day her feeling for developed pressure and how to handle it. At Salt Lake she taught with a former University of Utah gymnast, Miss Ellingson, who became paralyzed from a gymnastics accident. Miss Ellingson taught from her wheelchair. She said her first year of teaching was traumatic. The children tried sticking pins in her legs to see if she really couldnt feel. She couldnt, and she put a fast stop to that kind of behavior. For five weeks she taught in Parowan under Kim Doubek, a fabulous teacher. Finally all requirements were met except the final assignment teaching at Castle Dale Elementary under Janice Spencer. The children had four weeks left in the school year and were able to finish at home. They missed their new friends from Cedar City. The Emery teachers were a bit upset because the Cedar City schools use a pass-fa- il system in contrast to letter grades. They had to evaluate the childrens progress to make up the final grades. Super achiever Clareen juggles a variety of balls, most of them related to her need to teach, whether at home, in the schoolroom, cosmetic business or as a church worker. She was bom September 8, 1953 to Clarence and Edith Beech Slaugh of Castle Dale. She has two older brothers, an older sister and a younger sister. They are Warren Slaugh, Charles Jeffs, Colleen Evridge and Charmaine Sharp. When Clareen was three years old, Clarence suffered a stroke that left him incapacitated for nine years before his death. Clarence died at the Castle Dale Nursing Home where Edith worked for 10 years. Nine months later Edith married Dale Jeffs. He took a wife, three teenagers and a in one gulp. Mom sold and we moved in with home her ten-year-o- ld him, says Clareen. Dale adopted the children which explains the Jeffs name. Life was much improved for the family for several years until to sicken with He spent his last emphysema. years at the Emery County Nursing Home where Edith worked as a nurses aide for 15 Dale began years. In the meantime, the family had grown up. At age four Clareen was standing on her hands and developing the strength, grace, agility, balance and endurance gymnasts must acquire. At Emery High she was top gymnast for Mrs. Jo as well as dramatist, humorous reading being her forte. She excelled in forensics taught by Papa Jo and calculus by Bryce Wilson. She and a classmate, Scott Nelson were best of buds but never dated in high school. Scott, son of Phillip and Doris Nelson, had places to go, things to do and people to see. Marriage was not in his plans. They had one date before he departed on his mission to England. Clareen tried studying accounting at Utah Technical The Scott and Clareen Nelson family of Ferron includes a recent college graduate. at Salt Lake, decided she was in the wrong field and enrolled at CEU. She competed in gymnastics, practicing three to four hours daily in exercises, bar, beams, floor and the horse. At 121 pounds and five feet, nine inches height, she had a College all-arou- nd problem equipment FATHERS DAY SPECIAL Prove you're a Dad & receive $2uok u i: Scott and Clareen married December 28, M the Manti Temple. Both were going to college at Logan at the time. Scott started to work at the power plant during the boom in the county. His wife came to Ferron to student teach at San Rafael Junior High. She had only three classes left to finish, but the nausea of her first pregnancy put her goal to become an educator on hold. She devoted her time, talents and energy to being a homemaker and bearing and nurturing five children in 11 years. Nine years ago Scott was hired in the sheriffs department. They bought a Kapp home, which the company frames and turns over to the owner to finish. The problem was the framing was done two months too late, which threw the g into the winter months. The work had to be completed in a set time. We moved in on a Saturday with no carpets or linoleum down and two babies. Scott left month see Lee's Music for details 381-564- 0 410 Colonial Square E. Main, Castle Dale &MUSIC II E. Main, Price home. After a training period four years ago, she began to hold Chambre Cosmetic classes on Scotts days off. I got into it for my selfesteem. Mothers are inclined to give to the bare threads of our underwear. I needed to feel importance as an individual and to extend that feeling to others. I like to teach makeup artistry. I have always been teaching something. It is nice to see the ladies look and feel good for a day, even if they never bought anything. They did and do, though. Clareen took first place in recruits and sales in the nation for two years in a row. When required to attend seminars, Scott accompanied her. Grandparents and relatives tended the children. However, the Nelsons do not believe in ' who said the yearning of mans brain for new knowledge and experience and for more pleasant and comfortable surroundings can never be completely met. It is an appetite which cannot be appeased. One has the distinct feeling that Clareen will continue to yearn and learn and earn. 1988 Inc. All rights Inc. No reserved. All property of part hereof may be reproduced without prior written consent. Copyright A weekly newspaper, established in 1899, and published every Tuesday. send changes of address to: P.O. Box S89, Castle Dale, Utah 84513 Postmaster USPS ISSN out-of-sta- te Editorial & Classified Display Advertising 381-243- General Manager Larry Davis, Editor Advertising, Cindi Butler In Emery and Carbon Counties of caring for, training and providing for the children. They reviewed their values and were convinced they were spending too much time away from each other and needed to pull the family together. They made the decision for Clareen to return to college, qualify as an elementary teacher and be able to work on a regular schedule, permitting more family time, and augmenting income to educate the children, fund missions and meet the economic responsiblity 1 Dan Stockburger their children donating any more than absolutely necessary. They covet the Her birthday is June 10 per Certain stipulations apply were 1976 in He did come home on weekends, though. Clareen delivered Meals on Wheels to Ferron and Emery for three years. The kids went along, sometimes dressing up in costume for holidays and taking valentine cookies to the seniors who anticipated the service. Clareen also taught gymnastics with Margaret Oveson. She held rhythmic aerobics classes in the basement at demands of rearing a large family. They dipped into savings and took the plunge. The kids reviewed Moms grades with pride a 3.97 the first quarter, 4.0 the second and a superior rating for student teaching. Not bad after being out of the classroom for 12 years. Watching Mom graduate sets the example for the children. In other ways Clareen exemplifies the beliefs of Thomas A. Edison 1 Year 2 $13 Years In Utah, outside area Out of State $18 (Includes APO, FPO) Postal Regulations require scriptions be paid in advance that 637-013- 4 all sub Entered as second class matter at the post office in Castle Dale, Utah. and her family would like everyone to call and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY $21 $16 Member of Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association March of Dimes IMM MM BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION Happy 50th Birthday Katherine Nelson $11 Just A HAIR CUT Example of proof; Picture, child, pregnant wife. For standard set for shorter height. When I wrapped, I had to bend my elbows. That extra two inches killed me, especially when I wanted to point my toes. After graduating with an associate degree from CEU, she enrolled at USU intent on a degree in physical education on a secondary level. Scott returned from his mission in January 1974 and she left for a mission to Ecuador, South America. She learned to speak Spanish fluently during her time in Quito, Manta and Quayaquil. sheet-rockin- RENT ANEW PIANO with the next day for 10 weeks training at the police academy. |
