Show Ptf Millard Coaaty 2 nan L'SPS Apr 2 1907 others It helps us to focus our attention in a positive manner realizing that we are only who we are because of the others around us It is a process of allowing others to become a part of our life without surrendering our self identity and without being overwhelmed by dependency The process of becoming undrunk is often impeded by fear of the unknown anxiety of an uncertain future and confusion about the process of transition On the other hand it is encouraged by the positive expectations of those who care inspired by those whose ample is based on success and heartened by those who have been there As this process unfolds the fear and anxiety become more manageable and the pain becomes less of a burden It must be remembered that nothing of any consequence is ever achieved without pain For without pain there is no change Without change there is no growth And without growth the process of becoming undrunk would be negated As with any other aspect of life the is undrunk process of becoming governed by inviolable natural laws One such law states that for change to it must be gradual be permanent Perceptible not so much in progress but in result Experience has repeatedly proven the wisdom of this statement It is unwise to move too quickly too soon A second law states that we only have the present One day at a time is the most successful way to move along the continuum of becoming undrunk Granted we must learn from the past and plan for the future but undue preoccupation with either negatively effects the chances of successful involvement with the present A third law states that we become that which we pursue With this in mind it is literally true that we are the masters of our fate By the choices we make or fail to make we are the ones who determine our destiny In essence the process of becoming undrunk is magic At times it almost Just allusive mystically appears beyond reach Impossible to grasp It initially in a tenuous relationBut ship with hope and aspiration when the variables of action patience and involvement are blended together just right it eventually blossoms into a state of stability and confidence The impossible becomes the obtainable and becomes reality the unimaginable Without a shadow of a doubt it’s a gift And it’s magic With a CONFIDENTIALLY: prophesy you don’t get what you want You get what you expect JOHN WATERBURY Dear John Letters Is there a connection between students’ in extracurparticipation ricular activities and their classroom performance? Athletics band drill team and the like are no longer “extra” some educators and parents believe but instead interfere with the academic activities of the whole school— especially of those students who can least afford to go lightly on the books When the US of Department Education set out to learn how the strict enforcement of a C average (20 GPA) would affect extracurricular participation they found 88 percent of the participants in extracurricular activities met or exceeded the requirement while only 72 percent of nonparticipants did Students who ranked high on academic measures were also heavily involved in extracurricular activities In such courses as English mathematics science social studies and computer languages students who took part in four extracurricular activities earned 24 more credits than nonparticipants who participated Students were almost 80 percent more likely than nonto spend three hours a participants week on homework For some students no doubt extracurricular activities do get in the way of studies For many others however extracurricular activities are extremely powerful motivating factors that seem to complement their studies Without such outlets for creativity and expression could suffer these students academically and personally and for parents The challenge educators is clear: We must stretch ourselves to devise and implement policies that encourage successful student participation in both the essentials and the extras If we want our schools’ graduates to participate in life we’ve got to get students off both the academic and the extracurricular sidelines percent The process of becoming undrunk Dear Readers Undrunk! It had such a strange ring to it I’ve always been a big fan of fancy terms and expansive concepts that specify and clarify the recovery process But there is one word I found the essence of recovery To me it meant much more than simply putting the plug in the jug It meant sobriety and sobriety meant more than simply not drinking It meant a new way of life By itself it brought to mind a whole host of ideas that lead to a comprehensive process: the process of becoming undrunk can only be Becoming undrunk described as a continuing process of It entails a growth and development realignment of needs and priorities which allows healing occur It cannot be forced only encouraged and patiently nurtured But though it happens at its own pace certain activities facilitate its development A systematic reappraisal Community Calendar March 5 - April 9 Prenatal classes Delta Community Hospital 7:30 pm Register at Hospital March 10 - April 14 “A New View” traveling exhibition Delta City Library pm S pm 13 March Fillmore City Annual Spring Cleanup April 2 Fillmore Post 61 meeting 8 pm Fillmore Legion Hall April 3 Turkey orders USU Extension or Fillmore Delta Office April 3 & 4 clinic” “Reining and For info & registration contact Cary or Don Bishop Brunson Featured trainer Tim Denton April 4 Spring Bazaar ME Bird Center 10 to 6 April 5 Easter Cantata 7 pm Delta Stake Center April 7 f Banquet Delta Ag Reach Delta City City Council Chambers Building 7:30 pm April 8 Prenatal class begins Fillmore Community Medical Center pm Delta Area Chamber of Commmerce General Membership Meeting Top’s 12 noon Cafe City April 10 & 11 Delta Utah West Stake Relief Society presents Gladys Allen and “Oh No I Think I’m in Charge Here!” April 10 at 7 pm Sutherland Stake 10 am-Center April pm (ladies only) April 10 Pahvant Valley Senior Citizen’s 3rd annual Easter Hat Parade 7 pm Sherrie Ann Shelley and Scott Dean Christiansen open house Fillmore LDS Fourth Ward 500 South 275 East Alfred and Marie Lake 50th wedding anniversary reception pm ME Bird Center Delta April 11 West Millard Pool’s 4th Annual Plant Sale pool patio 9 am to 12 noon Julie Buttars Todd Finlinson open house ME Bird Center pm April 14 Polynesian Program Mr Penney’s students Holden Chapel 7 pm April 16 VF W Field Service Officer Delta City Job Service 2:30 to 3:30 pm Mens Gold League play begins 5 to sign up pm call Polynesian Program Mr Penney’s 10 am North Elementary students Delta 12:30 South Elementary Delta April 21 Polynesian Program Mr Penney’s students Fillmore Elementary 7 pm April 22 Mr Penney’s Polynesian Program students Kanosh Chapel 7 pm April 25 March of Dimes WalkAmerica call for more information WBttTHE Millard County Chronicle Progress The Just for Today USPS located Publisher Editor Susan Outsort Editorial Mark Amott at Large Reporter SB Advertising Sales 1 legal Billing Riley Wood Dawn Carder Sales Design i Fillmore Office Managei Evelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Let's think about when we were told about alcohol and other drugs when we Coffee were children (caffeine) cigarettes (nicotine) whiskey and beer (alcohol) are no good for children Only big people can use these substances Children are going to be big people someday and are told throughout their adolescence and to act grownup mature Part of showing this maturity is to mimick what adults do wonder so why many teenagers are getting in trouble for possession and consumption of tobacco and alcohol? 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In Advance Subscriptions In County SIS 00 per year County $1000 per 6 months Out of County $2000 per year Out of County $1100 per 6 months Single copy 50 cents ANONYMOUS In POSTMASTER P O Send Box 249 Address Delta Advenmnf lUln CiM Pd 2400 PUttll t (’ Utah changes $4624 Sequetl Meetings: Mon to 8 ALANON: & Wed pm Wed 8 pm Delta Mental Health Offices 51 North Center For info call: PR0BLEMS& Call Geno: TEENAGE of the physical psychological and social aspects of life is an often painful but necessary starting point in the process For without going back to the very basics we get the cart before the horse To belong to be loved and to feel to someone else are all important necessary ingredients in developing both a healthy perception of life and healthy life skills But the process of becoming undrunk goes back even one more step Not only does it revolve around what we do but more it focuses on internal specifically makeup Galileo wrote “You cannot teach a man anything You can only help him discover it from within” Therein lies the secret Real change lasting change occurs only from within not in response to outside pressures However the outside pressures work in concert with and are often essential in setting the stage for the occurrence of the ultimate change in attitudes and perception Becoming undrunk increases our tolerance for the vicissitudes of life and in ourselves and the inadequacies Credit: easier to get harder to understand ? by Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer “What goes up must come down” is a cliche that doesn’t seem to apply to credit card interest rates Gasoline prices have come down home mortgage rates have come down but credit card interest rates remain as high as or higher than they were during doubledigit inflationary times Back in the bad old days of 1980 when the prime rate (loan interest rate given to a bank’s best customers) was 18 percent credit card interest rates were about 17 percent Today the prime rate is down to about eight percent but the national average for credit card interest is above 18 percent Many people are wondering why but few are doing anything about it According to Norleen Ackerman consumer economist in the USU college of family life in the bad old days terest rates on everything were rising so fast that most states repealed any laws that would set a cap on consumer when inflaterest rates Unfortunately tion started to decrease the laws were not reinstituted So some credit card issuers can and do charge rates in cess of 22 percent She says one of the most prevalent theories explaining these high interest rates is that credit card issuers simply charge high rates because they can Few consumers because they complain don’t shop on the basis of interest rates In fact most people are just happy that they were accepted to receive a card Ackerman says competition would seem to be the answer to the high terest rate problem but it isn’t turning out that way Credit card companies are competing with each other but on “extras” rather than interest rates The extras are usually convenience of use cash advances prizes insurance product warrantees or gifts she says “It’s true that many people don’t really care about the interest rates charged on credit card balances because they pay their balances in full each month About 30 percent of us do so But that of course means that 70 percent of credit card holders are carrying over balances each month” Ackerman says Pick up a credit card application and you will see very little information about the terms of the agreement You will get this information when you receive the card but it is usually quickly discarded and forgotten TO THE LETTERS EDITOR Where’s the support? Last Saturday was the State Drill and Dance Competition at Spanish Fork High School Our Selgaes looked great and represented Millard very well My comment is this: while other schools had large sections of supporters to cheer them on including many young men in Letterman’s jackets only the families of the Selgaes and a very few loyal fans were in attendance to give them encouragement Where were the football players the basketball players and the wrestlers that the Selgaes cheer on all year long not only here at home but everywhere they compete? Where were all the players whose lockers and homes are decorated before games? Where were the busses full of students who support the teams at their competitions? Where were the administration and faculty? (I saw two faculty members there and one was a parent) Where were all the Millard Boosters? Region Drill Competition was held here at Millard in February and the response was embarassingly the same I am proud of the Selgaes and the excellent way in which they represent our school It is a shame that they are treated like second class citizens at the school they so willingly servef A Fan of ALL of Millard’s Activities Take another look at taxes In regards to Rep Moody sets the record straight on taxes in the Millard dated Progress County Chronicle March 12 1987 Rep Moody stated the gas tax is for a road maintenance onkid to are Who ly Rep you trying Moody? The Highway Patrol funds are transferred to Education then the gas tax replaces the Highway Patrol funds This breaks the law Rep Moody and you know it You and your legislative brothers and sisters do just what the leaders of the LDS Church order you to do tax the working man tax us sinners tax our farmers off their farms tax our old people right out of their homes and make them stand in a welfare line to get food stamps and heat assistance Ralph Ross Delta Job is a sacred (rust As I entered my first year in Broadcasting School I learned that to work in radio or television was a privilege and a sacred trust Professionals work in the media to inform and entertain the listeners or viewers The history of KNAK in Delta is filled with a number of colorful characters Local people are still talking about Joe Mack and Jim Fletcher and their antics From what I’ve been told these two had their own interests at heart rather than the interests of their listeners I’ve been with you at KNAK for a year now this month I thank you for that year I’ve experienced a lot of growth Working at KNAK and occasionally at the Chronicle Progress I’ve got my hands full When came here much was in chaos I spent the first months working from 12 to 18 hours a day organizing things You don’t know how close I came to leaving with the pressure and the little or no cooperation from those around You are my first priority KNAK’s listeners While some spent their time running around pointing fingers and I’m too busy with my backstabbing work to pay attention To those who are paying attention to the current I say good luck This too t shall pass with all the good things to talk about why pass around the derogatory? KNAK has seen people come and go but KNAK is here to stay I’ll have my time too some day Whether it’s a marriage a business a good or with personal relationships working team is valuable and often hard to find Those who are now at KNAK work together as a team We have our differences as we all do but now KNAK works Some have asked me about what’s happening inside KNAK as if there were a big deal or something A few years ago when I was workbefore I fractured ing in construction by back I would come home and love my wife and children I wouldn’t rant and rave about the cuts in my hands the cold weather or a disagreement with a That was just the price I had to pay for caring for my family We at KNAK pay a price every day to give you the best in music and information This is why I’m here Keep listening It will only get better A Henden Jr Robert “RJ” Thanks for opening homes I would like to make this an open letter of thanks to the families and schools in the area who are hosting Youth For Understanding exchange students Many families in the community have opened their homes and hearts to teenagers from around the world and have received in return a deeper awareness of the world and a greater understanding of our own culture But even more important these families have made a contribution to the community that should be recognized and applauded By offering their homes and love to these young “ambassadors of friendship” they share with the schools a valuable resource for the education of our own young people If any families are interested in school year hosting for the they are invited to contact Laurie MacDonald at I Again a heartfelt thanks to these families for the special and unique service they have provided their community Laurie MacDonald Host Family Recruitment Coordinator Youth For Understanding International Exchange So much for fantasy It’s still my favorite city The best town in all of America like Chinatown that starts at the low end of Lombard Street and snakes its way all the way down to the I like the smell of the place It’s all ginseng and bamboo and and Oolong tea And the people are polite That’s what I like about Orientals: they’re polite I didn’t get much done in the city in the way of creative writing Oh I knocked out a series while things were still fresh in my mind I waited around for new stationary to get printed And I looked up a couple of old war buddies (We ran out of conversation in about 20 minutes I was never any good at telling war stories) And I blew BJ Dupree’s $500 on dental work and other incidentals I didn’t learn anything about “Middle America” Nobody here will even admit to having heard of “Middle America” They all claim they were born at the foot of Coit Tower or someplace up on Nob Hill It’s my belief however that at least half of them had their earliest beginnings in places as remote as Strawberry Point Iowa Or Horse Cave Ky three months was all I Whatever could take of Bay at one sitting I wanted to get back to the Northwest a part of the country I had given short shrift on an earlier visit The coast of Oregon was beckoning and I wanted to be there for the gray whale migration And I wanted to get back into high timber and tramp along the banks of coastal streams and watch elk nibble high grass along the roadside and smell pine cones and watch the flowers grow And Oregon was the place to do all of that And that’s what I’m doing or maybe have done by the time you read this Where after here? It’s hard to say Almost any direction except due west will take me to a part of America I haven’t totally explored I’d like to climb Mt St Helens though while I’m still in the neighborhood and view the vista from the top of Mt Hood And make at least one more parachute jump I’d still like to hook into a salmon on the Willamette River sample a bit more of the local wine and follow up on a story about a dedicated female police officer I also want to meet a blind reporter who works for a newspaper out here And then it’ll be time to roll the wheels again— unless somebody makes me an offer I absolutely can’t refuse Time and fate will tell Middle America Search for “Middle America” Fantasy by Bob Thomas Copyright San Francisco 1986 have this fantasy (C’mon gimme a break we’re all entitled to one) where freelance writer I’m a ing on a Chinese junk at the City Marina in San Francisco just beyond old Fort Mason and right inside Golden Gate Bridge Continuing: My routine is to party late sleep late and knock out articles for slick magazines from to 2:30 in the afternoon My secretary is an otic Oriental who wears slitted gowns over legs that go all the way to her shoulders All she has to do is sharpen my pencils make me coffee and keep on telling Johnny Carson that as much as I’d like to help him out I’m beginnFor ing to worry about that I pay her fifteen hundred a week Continuing Part II: Herb Caen the Chronicle’s columnist drops by about three times a week (always asking permission to come aboard) and we sit around debating who serves the best martinis in town We do that while drinking martinis Later Herb (we’ve been on a first name basis for years) tells me he has to run back to the office to meet the pressure of deadline I just laugh as I slip into a Brooks Brothers shirt black Italian silk suit silk hose and tasseled Gucci loafers I polish it all off with a paisley Count Marco tie and matching floppy breast pocket handkie (my trademark) I then phone FiFi and arrange to meet for a late candlelight dinner at the Top o’ the Mark and tell Mei Ling to call me a cab “You’re a cab” she says The kid has a great sense of humor I get as far as the gangplank before I remember Piccard my Lucien chromometer and ID bracelet Both 24K naturally (It’s all this pressure of worrying about my unnumbered accounts in Channel Islands banks) So that’s my fantasy I don’t think it’s all that strange I love the idea of becoming a successful freelance writer I like living on boats and I’m extremely fond of Oriental women I envy Caen his talent enjoy meals with a view and like nice things So sue me! Anyway that’s why I find myself back in my favorite city on a warm afternoon in August of '86 But it’s not quite what I expected Oh there’s a boat here I can use but it’s no Chinese The Oriental on board is a junk Siamese cat who doesn’t sharpen pencils and can barely find her litter box Herb Caen is on vacation and the Top o’ the Mark doesn’t accept boat shoes and blue cord jeans My Bulova is losing about four minutes a day and my ID bracelet is actually an old from World War II I |