Show ia Page 2 Millard ( ouni I ( (ffnmnuutfe I'm still on the sank' subject my suggestions on the school issue base been thinkiniz about the financing l ot a long time people have been grumbling about the inequities Single people childless couples huge propel tv holders and senior citizens have felt hard hit think that education of the Now concern and youth is everyone’s ev erv one should contribute something A society such as outs only progtesses and even survives depending on the education of its people lint I'm lot a more equitable loimulu than piopeitv laves so that eveivone pays a lair shaie This share think should be used tot buildings operation and maintenance Then parents pay a lee which would go mostly tovvaid salaties This is over simplified but think such a system would pctsonalie the school paieni lelaiionship cachets would he moie responsible to the communities they seive and patents would be more involved Now we pav oui piopeiiv taxes and hen a haze settles in becomes very abstract vvheie the money goes and what it is used loi We iust hear "it ain't enough" When go to he gioceiv stoic know hat each item costs and can make decisions lor what waul and what can all When pav piopeiiv lav have somewhat an idea where the money goes but nothing is deal Can go to a school and say paid for that main biicksa poition of hat salary SS burs Iih - - B j U $ J8b paid the fees the more of the burden of keeping my child in school and dowould ing well would shift to me want my money’s worth more so than now because do not led a part of the process try to do all the supportive things parents try to do but many times feel like an outsider In the past have even been told that am just the parent and leave this school business to the would become If lees were paid more of a mutual admiiation societv Patents would feel mine responsible to teachers and teachers to parents thus accomplishing what both have been saving they want for a long time it stands now the school is the major police I'otce because they get money depending on enrollment and attendance want teachers to Tl ACM amd administrators to make sure the opeiation runs smooth can hear the grumbling now of how lough lees would be lot large lamilies but if properly laves wem down dial could be applied and where do we iliink weget a free education anyway? When we ha1 e children we have die responsibility to take care of them We know we ate responsible financially for their food clothing sheltei clc so why aicn't we financially responsible for Well we are we pay their education piopcrty laves and when everything becomes a blur Yes there are people who fall on hard times and still desire die best for their families yes there are parents who don’t cate none of these situa- East Millard 45 inches of 1986 The Included in the inch of snow received precipitation for Jan average is 145 inches precipitation was Postmarks JSvTAT it 0 WM hy Postmaster Tom Hamilton il £462 Certified mail Return receipts Return Receipts What are they and what will they do for you Return receipts must be used with certified registered numbered insured and mail It can show you that the at tide was received who signed for it and what date it was signed for Return receipts can be used to restrict the delivery and let you know that only that person signed for the article If the person you ish to mail an to has moved mail it to the old address and us a ret inn receipt to get back the cm reel addtess (if the person has filed a forwarding address and the forward has not expired) A return receipt is a good way to let yourself know that the article made its mark Certified mail What is it and what will it do for you? Basically certified mail is designed to provide proof of receipt When you couple a certified article with a return receipt you gel back proof that it was received What certified won’t do for you is provide insurance for what's contained inside It only shows proof of receipt Anything that has “intrinsic" or real value can no be sent by certified mail So don't send that 5 carat diamond or 10000 dollars certified However many people do send their lav ret in ns or important papers by certified mail Ask us what it can do for you Community Calendar - Feb 25 Jan Prenatal classes Tuesdays Delta Medical Center Call Community for information Weight control classes Tuesdays Delta Community Medical Center Call for more information Feb 12 13 Making pleat drapes Deseret fair grounds USU Extension Feb 13 w to “Intervening and Help the person with and Alcohol or Drug Problem Without Making Him Worse” Fillmore Community Medical Center Feb 14 Dixie Lee Pilling and Gene Henrie wedding reception Sutherland Church line pm dancing all evening Merrie Jo Greenwood Richard Lon Smith wedding reception pm M E Bird Center Karen Lee Wood Erick Paul Cox wedding reception pm Holden Ward Feb 14 15 WIZZARD OF OZ Delta High 7 Auditorium pm Adm: Adults $3 children $2 sponsored by West Millard Cultural Council Feb 15 Delta Utah West Stake annual 7 Sweetheart Ball Palomar pm Feb 18 Umpire Meeting Della Patks and Rec 7:30 pm Feb 20 Deseret District Cub Scouts first aid 7 workshop pm Delta 3rd4th8th Ward bldg Deseret District Den caders workshop on First Aid Delta 3rd 4th 8th Ward pm w "Intervention and to Help the Person with an Alcohol or Drug Problem Without Making Him Worse" pm Della Community Medical Center Classroom Feb 22 Horse clinics sponsored by West Millard High School Rodeo Club 9 am Stoekshow barn Feb 23 Elder Robert "Craig" Olson mission report Seipio LDS Ward 12:50 pm Glenn Kimber speaker Leamington Ward 7:30 pm Continued TO THE letters PM EDITOR No need for police action in high school trespass case On November 28 1985 five young people of the Delta area went to see if the school gym was open to play It was observed by them basketball that the school gym was open The time was about 6:00 pm These young people had used the gym on previous occasions at the close of school to play basketball Some custodians at the school have already volunteered that similar use of the building has literally occured hundreds of times before when the gym door has been left open and children have gone into play In those cases the janitor was notified He cither watched the kids play or asked them to leav e without incident On this occasion however without any notice or inquiry two officers from the Delta Police Department carrying a shotgun arrested the young people and charged them with Criminal Trespass The young people were handcuffed and taken to the police station where they were detained and formal charges were made against them The young people’s conduct did not interfere at all with the school’s use nor was there any impropriety causing damage The young people are required to appear and defend against the charge of criminal trespass for the same type of use of the building to which they and other students were accustomed some on a daily basis It is felt that this is excessive police force That the rights of these young people are infringed upon That these young people (all students attending a school) were entitled to a communication from the owner before a forcible arrest am incensed without If as a parent would welcome other cause then citizens to advise me why should not feel it my duly to be incensed But speak out against such indignities and request public expression on such a matter Address written and signed response to: Paul F Sehmanski 217 N 420 K Delta UT 84624 Editors note: The Chronicle Progress has been given conflicting information on the events described in the above ter To clarify it should be noted that on Nov 28 1985 four juveniles and one adult were arrested on misdemeanor criminal trespass charges The charges against the juveniles were dropped They are still pending against the adult who faces a preliminary hearing this month rf IM c rtr XX CT'rT'--' oNx on page 3 O 1 ever- acin r v'W"t yt hi infu i AnvCf' I PtfTiCt VViip Concerned &X Citizen Trimble Teacher to Parent Helping your child succeed fS Betty Condie Utah Education Association by J President Llll J Helping kids want to learn How many times have you said to ourself " could really help my child if could only make her want to learn?" 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Sales Fillmore Office Manager Evelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable A VALLEY BANK IRA IS ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS YOU CAN MAKE OUNfD wit to Those statements and othets which had a positive el eel were description' of the task itself or what the student' he statements were might gel out of it most helpful in motivating learning when they were made with enthusiasm and conviction he comments which undeieut motivation to learn weie threats such as: "If you don’t finish by 10 o’clock you can’t go outside" "3oug scoies will tell me whether you need to stay on multiplication for another week” ol "You won’t be allowed to go to recess until you finish" Ilueats may motivate students to perforin but not to learn Parents and teachers can motivate students to learn by being enthusiastic role models showing students what it's like to have an interest in learning and to enjoy it as a rewarding activity that and produces personal satisfaction enriches life Other tips from the research: It is portant to call students’ attention to the academic benefits they’ie supposed to get out of each task they do struct me activities as learning expci iences rat her than tests stimulate cutiosity the subject and piovidc feedback These suggestions ate valuable lot patents as well as teachcts Alter all parents are teachers |