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Show Davis County School District Salaries Above Average - offered in A teacher with a bachelor's degree starting his career in Davis County schools earns slightly more than his counterparts throughout the state on an average, a recently the top of $18, 122 Tooele, however. THAT DAVIS teacher would be paid $10,672 compared to the state average of $10,452. In fact, that salary is only $105 below the highest paid -iand is Carbon County nearly $600 above teachers in the lowest paid district of North Summit. This information is contained in a teacher for those with bachelors degrees included: Granite, $10,394 and $16,527; Jordan, released study shows. n salary schedule research bulletin prepared by the Utah Education Association. The maximum salary offered a bachelors degree-holdin- g teacher in Davis County stands at $16,846, well above the state average of THE REPORT showed Davis teachers to stand in good stead compared to those in neighboring districts, though. High and low salaries $10,211 and $15,417; Morgan, $10,251 and $16,025; Salt Lake City, $10,432 and $16,162; Weber, $10,386 and $16,867 and Ogden, $10,434 and $16,550. The minimum increase available for bachelor's instructors degree-holdin- g in Davis District was reported at $652, or 6.51 percent, compared to the state average of $682, or 6.98 percent. $15,971 and the low of $13,690. THE MAXIMUM allowable in the district listed at $1,031, But Davis teachers have a ways to go before reaching or a 6.52 percent increase, compared to the state 40-di- trict average of $1,058, or 7.09 percent. That placed Davis in seventh place when compar- ing increase minimum allowed and ninth place for maximum, according to the report! A teacher with a master's degree in Davis District could receive a maximum salary schedule and increment increase of $1,486 or 10 percent compared to the state average of $1,540 and 11.13 percent. The district was ranked 24th for an increment increase and 27th for an average schedule increase. THE difference between a beginning and top salary for a master's degree was listed at $7,463 compared to the state average of $6,591. Davis teachers and counterparts around the state received a general salary increase of about seven per" cent, the report noted, tb Christmas Means.. OLD FRIENDS TEACH TOGETHER template and rotate it on the By WANDA LUND CLEARFIELD . - Two men whose friendship began nearly forty years ago while they were rockhounds" are sharing their knowledge of cutting and polishing stones with other senior citizens. Myron Mabey and Emil Rosenau, both 73, teach lapidary classes at the Heritage Senior Citizens Center here every Tuesday. New classes will begin Jan. 8, and interested persons are invited to call the center for further inlormation. BERT BRAGONJI, described by Mr. Mabey as "a master mechanic, who keeps all the machinery going Boun-titu- l, asslstS'im 'pfeffecfiyy,r'aTso fo leoy Is'o! gnmiiR teachirigf Mr. Rosenau originated a system to teach beginners. IT IS SO simple, he said in an interview. After the stone selected is fastened to the template (which is unilorm so it can fit all standard mountings), I teach the student how to hold the grinder, to get the proper bevel. If you hold your hand and arm at the right angle, you can work on the thickness ot the stone just as if you were operating a lathe. of my women One students ground three stones in two hours, using the techniques she learned in class. STUDENTS HAVE access to lour grinders and three sanders, in addition to the new saw which slices the stones into sections. Mr. Rosenau has served as president of the Northwestern Federation of Mineralogical Societies in the Western States and Canada and was responsible for naming the Golden Spike ' Gem and Mineral Society, in which both he and Mr. Mabey have been active. MR. ROSENAU and his wile, Clara, have demonstrated making silver chains, and they also do silver filigree work. He has conducted numerous workshops in in several wes tern states. He conducts classes in lapidary at the Golden Hours Center in Ogden on Monday and on Tuesday night and teaches - Lisa JorCLEARFIELD gensen's essay about what she liked best about the Christmas season won a first place award in competition for boys and girls under the age of 12. She is eleven years old and is a sixth grade student at the South Clearfield Elementary School. Myron Mabey and Emil Rosenau, both 73, work at preparing stones for polishing, as Fred Omura works on grinder in background. Mr. Mabey and Mr. Rosenau teach lapidary at the Heritage Center for Senior Citizens in Clearfield. New classes will begin Jan. 8. at the Heritage Center on Tuesday mornings and afternoons. MR. MABEY recalls that he and his wife, Lucille, became interested in collecting rocks shortly after their marriage in 1932. Both have been officers of the Gem and Mineral Society in Ogden, and Mrs. Mabey has also served as treasurer of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies. "Students bring the type of material they want to work with to class, and we teach them how to cut and polish it," he said. Both men and women attend thecfasses, and some of the students have purchased their own equip- ment after they became interested in lapidary in the class. SHOULD WE call these rocks semiprecious? he asked. The way I look at it. after they are polished, they are very precious, although they are not like rubies or diamonds or emeralds. "1 think agate is my favorite you can find it anywhere, and there is such a - variation in it. You never find two pieces just alike. It is almost as if each, agate has its own special personality. I get such a kick out of cutting into a piece of agate, because I never know just what the next piece is going to be." MR. MABEYS uncle, ' Charles R. Mabey, former Utah Governor, was a rockhound too, Mr. Mabey still has some rocks that were cut and polished by his uncle. He displays some of his favorite pieces in showcases in the basement of his home: mHe said agate; ai variety ul quartz with variously colored stripes or clouded colors, is formed in a thermal process. Hot water absorbed silica, and the hotter the water was, the more silica it absorbed HE AND MRS. Mabey have .both been active in work with citizens. the senior Mr. Mabev was named Outstand ing Senior Citizen and later as Outstanding Clearfield Citizen (1979). "1 have enjoyed doing things for people, and lhave never felt that I wanted to make money at the expense of someone else, he said. SHE STARTED it by say"Christmas means a lot to me cause it means that Jesus Christ was born." Second place, winner in the same category ,was Mike Henderson, 9, a 4th grade student at Wasatch Elementary School. ing, MRS. MABEY IS a member ol the Utah Council on Aging and is State Chairman of the Council of Agings Nutrition Program as well as chairman ot the Davis County Nutrition Committee. Both Mr. Mabey and Mr. in they are going to start lapidary when they retire, but that is too late," Mr. Mabey observed. He confines his teaching to the autumn, winter and spring months of the year. But when summer comes, he and his wife go traveling. They visited Mexico twice last summer, went then 6: 00 their "ONE MISTAKE we have observed is that people say Canada. to junior at the same school, said she likes to hear cheery people laughter and ringing LDS Mission Cal! " : and see what I got. Christmas is just as fun to see the expression on there face to get what they always wanted. Then everbody in your tamily will be happy and that will be a good Christmas not just a good Xmas a great Xmas. That's the best Xmas anyone can ever have. The hostages should have a Merry Xmas to they should be let out for Christmas. Thank you." In the 13 and older group, first place award went to Jeanne Griffard, 16, a junior at Clearfield High School. 491 250 East, Kaysville have accepted a mission call for the LDS Church. They will serve in the be for northern Utahns without the brilliant light displays at Ogdens Municipal Gardens or Temple What would Christmas Square in Salt Lake City? WE GOT a hint at what it would be like during the energy crunch several years ago. But fortunately, the lights have been more than turned back on at both sites and, if anything, offer more than ever with additional lights and displays added. The tradition started in 1961 at Ogdens Municipal Gardens surrounding that, citys Municipal Building. It has evolved to include five major display areas and 127,000 lights accentuating a Christmas theme. ACCORDING TO Ogden City Parks Director Clair Bennett, the project was initially sponsored by the Greater Ogden Area Chamber of Commerce but was soon takdn under the wing of the parks department, where able hands have created a wide array of Yule-relate- d displays. Efforts have been made to create lif elike figurines and displays that would tnake you think it was the real thing. Each year weve added. At first we had 17 or 18 fantasy land buildings and Santas castle and then we decided to have a nativity scene and religious section." THAT NATIVITY scene includes a church and animated characters to boot. Add to that the individualized lighting techniques" and it can easily be imagined We found the as the real thing. characters where we tried animation first accentuated them much greater since there was some type of movement," Mr. Bennett explains. divided into five areas including the religious section, artistic lighting, fantasy buildings, playground area and prairie scene. see the Ogden display each year, or equal to about half the states population, Mr, Bennett says. Among the most popular displays for the children is the playground. Utilizing equipment kept on the site all year, it is transformed during Christmas into a miniature zoo. It started with two elephants but now includes reindeer from Santas herd right down to AN ESTIMATED 650,000 people the jolly mans sled. And while most $vho visit the display are from the area, people are drawn from as far south as St. George up into southern Idaho and western Wyoming, Mr. Bennett " says. others get a more detailed look, a tour guide service has been set up, Mr. Bennett says. Last year we had ten woodsmen and Mrs. Santa lqad the people about. This year, guides included some of the famous Star Wars" movie characters. ' And the original space suit used by John Glenn is also on display, something the kids just eat up, he says. TO HELP these people and IT was "quite a hard job" to put it all together, finding volunteers and others able to build the displays, Mr. Bennett says his crews are able to do "quite a good job even though much of ALTHOUGH the designing just comes from ideas created in the head rather than on paper. Is it appreciated? Mr. Bennett says let ters are received from all over the country. And often when he attends TO GIVE AN idea of just how many lights can fill an area, Mr. Rogers says 10.000 lights are used on just one of the conferences compliments are received from people from areas as farflung as New Orleans, La., or Florida. "There were some people from Kansas City taking pictures of it who had gone out of their way to come and see it, for example, he adds. make it a place where people walit to go at this time of the year. It creates a good Christmas image and is a neat place for people to spend their leisure time. We try to stay away from commercialization," he emphasized. And lest taxpayers and others worry about the cost, Mr. Bennett says miniature lights are utilized to reduce the cost h of and notes that it costs about a penny for everyone who goes through." three large Christmas trees. "These are tiny lights that use very little electricity. We did cut way back in 1972-7- 3 and had just ground lighting but we had quite a few complaints."' There shouldn't be many of those now. Among improvements are a nativity WE WANT to one-tent- YOU .... CANT beat those prices nowa- : scene between the North Visitors Center and the Tabernacle. The scene is built so that as a narration is played, lights illuminate the characters as they are introduced. AND LIGHTING has been made to look as natural as possible, helping visitors perhaps get the feeling they are actually in Bethlehem where it all started nearly 2.000 years ago. The Temple Square display has received national recognition through many magazine and newspaper days! Many north Davis residents also travel to Salt Lake Citys Temple Square, now in its 15th year of providing a colorful light . display. , articles. ITS A GIFT from the LDS Church to the community and we're hoping that anyone who comes to Temple Square will be delighted with the lighting and that it will help create the Christmas spirit," says Temple Square Buildings Manager MY HOPE, and certainly that of those creating the displays, is that the special holiday spirit will bring peace and joy to the hearts of everyone, no matter what your religious belief or station in life. It would appear that peace on earth is an impossible dream, as of now, whether it be due to war-tor-n regions of Southeast Asia or some of our own citizens being held hostage in Iran. But at least we can hope for a small bit of peace within our own hearts. Dan Rogers. This year, some 180,000 lights have been e ablaze on the square with some ten-acr- additional lights generally added every year, Mr. Rogers says. "The area between the Tabernacle and the Assembly Hall is probably the most colorfully lighted with thousands of different colored lights." 1 Bloods Accept Orin and Rhea Blood of With the addition of music nearly every dimension was utilized to bring out the Yule message, he said. The display is 1 bells. North By TOM BUSSELBERG "1 LIKE TO see pretty Christmas trees, streets filled with decorations and glistenlike to see love ing lights. amt togetherness," she added. f he contest was sponsored by the Clearfield Recreation Department, wwl "1 LIKE TO give gifts as well as get gift," he wrote. Sometime I want to get up at Rosenau believe people should start developing their hobby interests working years. SHE WROTE, "It's fun to be with family and friends on Xmas because everybody is so cheery!" as part of her essay. Sherry Roberts, 16, also a California-Sa- n Church positions serving in the various offices of the Priesthood Quorums. He also served as Sunday School teacher and a counselor in the - Diego Mission. YMMIA. MR. AND Mrs. Blood will speak in sacrament meeting, Sunday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. in the Kaysville Third Ward at 555 North 100 East. They will enter the Mission Training Center in Provo on Jan. 10. Mr. Blood was born and reared in Kaysville. He was educated in the Davis County Schools and graduated from Davis High School. He filled a mission to the Southern States Mission for 2'2 years returning home in 1927. MRS. BLOOD Rhea Harris of graduated from School, attended MR. BLOOD is a retired farmer and rancher. Later he accepted the position of parking attendant for an Ogden bank where he worked for five years and later for the Weber County Board of Education in Ogden. He has been active in LDS . College, is the former Layton. She Davis High Weber State received her bachelor of science degree from the University of Utah,! She taught school for 25 years, having taught in California, Wyoming as well as the Davis County School District. She taught remedial reading in her home as well as at school the past 16 years. SHE HAS served as counselor in the Primary and also worked in the Primary organization for many years.; She served as Sunday School! coordinator for three years.,;; They are the parents of one son, J.R. Blood of Centerville and ten grandchildren and four np , Elder Blair Barton To Report On Mission 5 Blair Barton arrived home Sunday, Dec. 23 from serving on his mission to the Costa Rica-SaJose Mission. ELDER BARTON will give his mission report on Sunday, Dec. 30 in the Kaysville Ninth Ward at 12 noon at 201 South 600 East. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Barton. Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. Burton Winters were members of her family, Mr. and Mrs. Alden S. Adams, Dr. and Mrs. Reed Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Don where he has accepted a new, position. Doyle L. Buhler left Wednesday morning to return tg his home in Mendota, Cal if T after spending the past fiye, n Both displays will be ablaze helping add to that special spirit prevelant this time of the year through New Years. HAVE A happy holiday season and a blessed New Year! Adams, all of Kaysville; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pike of Salt Lake City and their families. Mr. and Mrs. Dale L. Bar- ton returned home from a week at San Jose, Calif, visiting with their daughter-in-laand son, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Barton. Byron and family will be moving to England in February to make their home days with his sister and brother-in-laMr. and Mrs.' Joe F. Preece. He visited Bountiful with his mother and; with his brothers Russell Buhler, Kaysville; Verle Buhler, Farmington; Glen L, Buhler, Centerville and their, families and in Salt Lake City with his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Georee Hensler. |