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Show -- UTAH STATS U7 HESS ACS.', CAST iO 0 SC, SALT L.US CIU, 7 UT I FOOD MARKETPLACE President of the Layton Hills Mall .Merchants, Tom Whitesides is bubbling with optimism. Fruit salads, the fruit of die harvest, make refreshing treats. section C HUMBER TWENTY-FOU- VOLUME R SEVEMY-SEVE- North Davis Voice Of Davis COMlty ri Being an artist, but lacking the confidence to teach was most frustrating to Sharen Oldham of Kaysville. SHARE.N WAS approached by a friend who wanted to be taught how to paint. Although she could paint a beautiful portrait, landscape and do any type of Tole painting, she lacked the confidence to try to teach someone else. She enlisted the help of Artist Pat Morey of Idaho who came to Alpine, Ut. once a year to teach painting portraits. She later studied with Artist Lucille Stock of Layton and Ben Meyers of Sandy. In Summary in several places and presently has her work hanging at both banks at Hill AFB and at the Cottonwood Hospital. A portrait of her brother is among her favorites. SHE ENJOYS teaching children as well as adults her talent did not come easy she has worked hard to excell. She said, There is a great deal of satisfaction in achieving something you want to do so much. Everyone was so patient in teaching her the proper brush strokes and blending techniques and she willing shares this with others. SHE NOT only does beautiful self-taug- ht SHAREN DOES landscapes in oils, portraits in pastels and tole paint of childrens toys, such as the rocking horse and the piggy bank pictured in the picture above. She has exhibited husband, Leon, and their four children. She works in many church organizations and is always willing to help others. Sharen was bom in Salt Lake City and graduated from Jordan High School. He husband spent four years in the military and they moved from Sacramento, Calif to Kaysville. They reside at 574 N. 320 E. Sharen loves Kaysville and the relaxing atmosphere it affords. She has shared her art work with the Heritage Harvest Festival and the 4th of July Kenneth Atwood Honored With Governors Award KAYSVILLE Kenneth Ward Atwood of West Jordan, the father of Mrs. Margaret Brough of Kaysville, was the recipient of the first Governors Award for Folk Art. The award was presented Aug. 21 at the annual meeting of the Utah Historical Society at the Denver and Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City. The award gives recognition to an individual whose art has made a contribution to Utah Folk tradition in craft or performance. HIS TALENT is in storytelling and singing of folk songs. He has spent much of his time in talking to small groups, in schools or religious organizations and his songs and stories are more than entertainment, history and culture, his folklore is an informal way to teach values and morals. Songs, which are part of his repertoire, include old English ballards and others which have the flavor of the setting of the west. Some he has comThe Old posed are Turkey Trail, and The Dryland Time Trapper, Farmer. IT WAS while he was freighting lumber in the Unita Mountains that he composed them. Mr. Atwood keeps a low profile but was invited to perform at the 1976 Festival of American Folklore in Washington, D.C. and at the Fife Folklore Conference at USU in Logan. He is a retired employee of Kennecott Copper Corp. and he and his wife reside in West Jordan on a small farm. MRS. MARGARET Brough started the musical productions for the July 4 Heritage Harvest Festival in Kaysville and spends many hours in exercising her talents for the benefit of Kaysville. We now know she inherited much talent from her father, np Layton, Utah 84041 Phone 544-913- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stahle, Jr Publisher By TOM BUSSELBERG WOODS CROSS A teachers attitude and what she communicates to her students is the biggest contributor to a childs education or lack of it. THAT MESSAGE came from Dr. Curtis N. Van Alfen, former teacher, counselor and superintendent of schools who now serves as BYUs education college dean during the annual teachers convention Thursday. Speaking to about 1,500 teachers and other faculty in the new Woods Cross High School n auditorium, he quoted philospher William James who said circumstances can be changed by changing attitudes and added, The mind is made up by what it feeds upon. well-know- AND AS another author said, Its the actions of teachers in individual schools that carry out What teachers do in Oak that difference. Crest (or any) elementary think they should do is probably the most powerful influence on what children do. Noting his teaching career started in Weber School District under then superintendent Ted S. Bell, he noted innovation was the key to really a wild, great professional experience that involved everything from team teaching to carpeting on floors and walls. BUT WHEN he arrived at Huntsvilles Valley Elementary School as a young, principal, he thought the school had made it with installation of TVs in every room. Such innovations, added to his desire to present teachers with a one hour opening speech that ended up instead by teachers who reminded him he was young enough to be their grandson, led him to realize its relationship between principal and faculty and faculty and students that counts in the end. HE CITED two recent studies indicating area schools resuccess in ghetto-probleschool the sulted through learning climate that reflected a positive climate and highest expectations for students by teachers. He noted studies comparing reading ability from across from a sample 63,000 the country in 1971 and 1975 and indicated improvement in the latter group. Another study compared students 30 years ago who took the Iowa Silent Reading test with contemporary counterparts and found improvement in todays students, as well, although todays are Vz years younger for the same grade. m ME HAVE a lot to improve on, and we THE KAYSVILLE WEEKLY REFLEX 197 V North Mdn St, Attitudes Influence Child Behavior - paint- ings but keeps a lovely home for her THESE ARTISTS taught her how to take the work out of painting and how to relax. They built her confidence and today Sharen is an art instructor for a class. Sharen has always enjoyed painting a and her mother-in-lato her pursue the art artist, encourage talent she knew Sharen had. THURSDAY SKPTEMBER 2, 1982 A teachers attitude is the biggest factor in a childs education. Painting Came Easily, Teaching Was Much Harder By NORMA PREECE section A Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION 50 per year Out of State 550 per year Overseas Subscription 15 00 Payable in Advance M cant shirk our responsibility but the key to the whole thing is the way we think, he emphasized, quoting from former LDS President David O. McKay, also an educator, who said, I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you dont have to think. Teachers are responsible for feeding the minds of believing children. He asked teachers to "think about what you think of when youre teaching? CONSTRUCTIVE thoughts can show in a persons face, he said, reflecting on the students who performed during the Thursday program, including the Woods Cross Wildcat Band and musical numbers by Knowlton Elem. School fifth graders and Fremont Elem. student Emmett Ricks. A man with such a positive outlook who found the good in everything was Lloyd Callis-te- r. Dr. Van Alfen recalled, who showed him around Tooele after hed been named superintendent. They had stopped for root beer and later, with Dr. Van Alfen at the wheel and Mr. Callister as guide, stopped abruptly at a light just as Mr. Callister was taking a drink. Instead of treating the deluge of root beer that covered his suit as a disaster he commented, Oh, how refreshing! It was Mr. Callister who his kids wanted to see when they visited the district office rather than their dad because this new friend always had surprises and showed such interest in them, Dr. Van Alfen recalled. DAVIS SCHOOL Board Members Sheryl Allen and Marda Dillree both stressed importance of parent involvement in schools and that theme was continued by Supt. Lawrence Welling. Volunteering parents could do everything from help publish a school bulletin to assist at back-t- o school nights. Itd be a chance for teachers to teach their fellow citizens what schools are all about, as well, he said. MOST (PARENTS) have gone through the system but many forgot what school is all about. They only remember the good old days and preceive its not that way now. Principals are challenged to involve parents and volunteers with the end result of strengthening the program. He also asked teachers to expand expectations of writing experiences for students, indicating if students can write effectively about auto mechanics, English and football they will do better in school. MAKE EFFECTIVE use of all available resources, Dr. Welling asked, recalling that while the district has had to scrimp the last few years to meet severe budget restraints, he emphasized thats not past I suspect we will (now) always have it that way. We could be criticized where we dont effectively use what resources we have. Speaking of teacher training opportunities he said the district anticipates expanded opportunities and added he hoped it would be voluntary participation involving as many teachers as possible. THEN STRESSING academic excellence, he called that probably the most important need, not to just pound information in to students, but to set high expectations for high student achievement. Theyll (students) try to talk you out of the hard stuff but will come back and thank you for (making them do some of the hard things of life. . |