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Show 4 Davis Sturvlard Thursday Duremtwf 31. t" k . v job magnifies love for children Day-car- e By MAnOAnCT SOWCRBY S'jnOxO corrMfxyvMrS OCiDLN - There k says, In the infant department where she works, babies from as young as 6 weeks to toddlers take up her and another is not a lime Piper can remember in when she did mu love You woikers time. "We never have more than eight between us," she says, Lvcn though this work is not stress-free- , it "leaves time for a lot of hugging," Piper says. "That is just as important to me as it i to the kids." Above all. Piper believes that love, along wuh patience anj safely, must be e tops on the list of pnomics for kids. e work because thats "I love where the kids are." she tays. Just married this past summer, Piper inicnd on having a larnily of her own some day. "One of the things about my job is you get to bring your own kids to work wuh you, and at a diveount," she says, She works at the Wevley Academy in Washington Terrace, a nonprofit e center sponsored by the Methodist Church. Piper works with the infants and toddlers, a choice she feels particularly suits her. "I am too nice for the older kids," she says. "I think they know they can gel things over on me." The infants allow her to hold and love them, something she docs freely. "I get very attached to the kids," she says. and they get attached to me." Sometimes, she says, the babies bond w ith her and reach their arms out for her even when the parents come to get them. Piper works in a center where a strict ratio of children to staff is followed. "We have four kids per worker," she day-car- vfarJv, day-cur- though. logo Kids will ahiisswpriseou Playtime and toys are part of the center and part of the job. Piper says, "I love to interact with the kids. We teach them things like finding their nose and cars, and it is amazing how fast they learn. 1 think if is handled properly, a child will really benefit from the stimulation and association with othday-car- e er kids." e The low pay that workers receive is a problem, Piper admits. "I really feel what we do is important work and the government should subsiday-car- dize workers so they can living," she says. make a decent Additional training and standard would not be objected to by most workers, Piper says, if the government mandated them in return for subsidies. "This is still what I want to do," she said, adding that she does odd jobs durto help with family fiing her nances. Often she baby-sit- s on her own time for parents of babies she cares for off-hou- de . By CHARLES F. TRENTELMAN Sunoco Ewmmor fUl This allows them to write a check to themselves for any amount they want. Bills, receipts and other account information from utilities and credit cards can also be used to obtain fake identification cards, he said. This amounts to stealing someone's identity. It can, over time, give the person who it was stolen from considerable legal and financial trouble. Some victims have had to hire lawyers and go to court to clear their names and credit histones after having their identities sto- With all the bills from holiday spending coming due in the next couple of month, law enforcement officers are warning people to be wary of mail thefis that could cost them a lot more than the amount of their electric bill. Weber County Sheriffs Department spokesman Leslie Townsend said thieves are targeting outgoing paid bills that contain account numbers and signed len. checks. Sheriff Brad Slater said people Their favorite method is to often dont even know they were steal the mail from a home mailrobbed until several months latbox, he said, but thefts from free er, when they get a notice that standing postal mail boxes, their bills weren't paid. sometimes by stealing the whole People are upset, understandbox, are also increasing. ably, about the possibility that Thieves can use sophisticated their mail could be subject to solutions to "wash" the checks, theft," said Slater. "Mailing a lethe said, leaving the signature but ter used to be a wony-fre- e task. thats now making the rest of the check Unfortunately, blank. changed." He recommended the , registration continues 625-422- !. follow- ing precautions: b Mail any important items containing personal information at the Post Office, not from your home mailbox. b If you use a mailbox, check the times when the postal employees empty it and put your mail in shortly before that. Mail bills and other important items from work, giving it to the mail carrier in your budding if there is one. b Do not use the red flag on a rural mailbox. This advertises to thieves that you have outgoing free-standi- mad. b When possible, pay bills electronically. b When writing a check, use a felt-ti- p pen. The ink will penetrate the paper more deeply, making the check harder to wash. b Use checks made of tamper-resistapaper. You can reach reporter Charles 2, Trentelman at or him at ctrentelmati'h stamhrd.net. LAYTON - Layton City Parks and Recreation will take registration for coed competitive and recreation and womens recreation volleyball (six person teams) through Monday. Registration will be accepted in person only and on a basis. The cost of $140 must be paid at the time of registration, which includes nine league matches and a tournament. Leagues are limited to 11 teams. first-com- e, first-serv- Coed competitive and recreation begins Jan. 1 1 and womens recreation begins Jan. 13. LAYTON - A new Toastmasters Club is forming in Davis County. The first meeting will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (come at 6 p.m. to get acquainted) on Jan. 16 at the Holiday Inn Express, 1695 Woodland Park Drive, Layton. Interested individuals are welcome to join the club. Toastmasters International is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality. Members will learn how to give extemporaneous and prepared speeches, parliamentary proce nt 625-423- dure (motions, seconds, all those thing they do at city council meetings) and how to give evaluations of speeches. You will meet people, hear interesting, funny, entertaining speeches and learn about new topics. Toastmasters is a participation sport. There will be experienced Toastmasters in this new club to show the way. 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She; be a worker sjys, "I would raihcr just reculls one little boy plus mg pretend and be able to conccnirjie on my kids." house wuh a group of children and de- By the end of the day when all the ; itunding that he finish his ptcictid j . parenis have come for the babies. Piper beer" bciorc he did another flung additional lime cleaning spends toys, Other children wring her heart with checking bedding and making sure all is ; fhetr honest accounts ol trouble at ready lor the nest day, home. "I am tired when I get home," she says, "but it is a good tired." "1 cant help but get attached to them j Some days seem like a situauon comand 1 worry about them and think about ' edy on television where evcryihmg that them w hen I am aw ay from them." ; can go wrong dtes, she says. Put Piper r uch day is different and Piper looks . says she is blessed wuh a calm dispose turn and can take things "pretty much in forward to her job. stride." This gets more difficuli. howev"I know day care gets a lot of bad , j, er, when she is holding and trying to things said about it." she says. "But I J ; -comfort a fussing baby anj two loJJIcrs arc wrapped around her legs, begging for honestly know from working where I do, that the workers do their best and they ; attention. J. love , the kidv I know 1 do." "That must be what it feels like to be a mom." she laughs. There are days Tor now, she says, she will stay at hep, when all the kids seem cranky, and if job. "I have thought of going into teach-- ; i bad there is weather and they cant get s mg. but 1 dont think 1 ever will. 1 like out. it is a challenge to keep them occuwhat I am doing and I think I am good pied. she says. at it." ? Books, puzzles, games and sometimes You can reat h correipotnh til Margaret just holding a child seem to work at one j time or another. Sacrby by aung a meemge at New Toastmasters Club forming in Davis County Volleyball . 4. ', k things to go per- fcdly, though," Piper says. "Kids will surprise you, "You cant expect Guard against mail theft With so many holiday bills coming in, now is the time thieves will strike v j- StephanUPIpor day-car- workers. Weekly meetings are held at the center for the staff to prepare lesson rlans, even for the infants, and they are followed by the staff members. "I really appreciate the fact that, despite low pay, our center has a low turnover of stafT. That makes things run better for all of us," she said. Pipers day starts in the afternoon when she comes in just in time for the children to have snacks. "With infants it is hard to have a definite time for naps, so we work our schedule around their needs," she says. Playtime follows for the todJIers, depending on the weather. The babies are "aired, but if it is too cold, a judgment call must be made by the care providers, Piper says. cant expect things tn the center. 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