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Show Page Two - The Pyramid - January 10, 1996 iglniijUiiii,rAniAnJtfii Commentary Merrill Ogden by Natasha R. Madsen semester ends cards will be available around Jan. 22. Parents are encouraged to take the time to review their students prog- - MANTI-- - Fall Jan. 12. Report side as boy stuff Friday night as I sat in the Crane Theater and watched Snow Colleges excellent dramatization of Alcotts "Little Women", I again received affirmation of something Ive always suspected. There is such a thing as girl stuff and boy stuff. At one point in the show, I glanced at my daughter Sally and her girlfriend on my rights They were spellbound with the scene being played. I looked to my left and Diane appeared to be captivated by the feeling of the action on stage. I on the other hand, thought the scene was OK but it was girl stuff. I found myself admiring the technical achievement of the set. I believe the females in the audience were projecting themselves into the courtships of the "Little Women." The guys were saying to "This is girls themselves, stuff. " I know that I now tread onto a thin ice subject. (Have you ever paused to contemplate that treading on thin ice can get you into hot water?) Nowadays we try not to categorize die world into boy stuff and girl stuff. Haircuts and most jobs have been absorbed into a unisex world. Henry Higgins "My Fair Lady" wish seems to have been granted, "Why cant a woman be more like a man?" Women have evolved to the point where they can wear any article of clothing formerly thought of as masculine. Take a look at the girls of today. They are wearing shoes that I used to think of as service footwear. attendant station They sometimes wear boxer Blue jeans and underwear. flannel shirts are fairly standard. Its just as well that females have crossed over to the male WOMTM MHS counselors & Calvin Hobbes Girl stuff A PEWWYS far as clothing goes. ress. They actually look pretty spiffy in trousers with a shirt and tie. Conversely, however, I wouldnt be thrilled at the prospects of wearing a dress. (However some of that lingerie I see in department stores is somewhat intriguing.) We try, but much of life doesnt conveniently fit into a unisex world. I believe this is as it should be. There are obvious experiences in life that are uniquely female and vice versa. These factors reflect in our personalities, preferences and conversation. Most women I know who have given birth can compare notes on pregnancies and childbirth for hours on end without asking for food or drink. Five minutes into these subjects most males are looking for a remote control or excusing themselves to go check the oil on the pickup. Someone may tike me to task on this one. Im going to be told that if wed just stop giving our little girls Barbie dolls and stop giving our little boys G.I. Joes, gender stereotypes would disappear. I believe it goes deeper than that. Theres no question, these things influence. Im told that we become what we think about. (A philosophic comedian said, "If thats the case, Im old becoming a seventeen-yea- r girl). The equality of rights for the sexes is correct and good. There is still some ground to are cover there. Changes Rome but wasnt happening, built in a day. I just believe that we are kidding ourselves if we dont acknowledge that some things are inherently mpre appealing to one gender over another. As much as I would like to, I just cant seem to get around to reading a Harlequin romance. -- Junior class students have handed in their Discovery Scholarships applications. They will be and students who reviewed, qualify will be contacted. Seniors will meet with representatives from Snow College at 10 a.m. on Jan. 17 at the school. Qualifying students will be offered an academic scholarship at that time. That same evening an "Early Awareness" presentation for 9th and 10th graders and their parents will begin at 7 p.m, with a Financial Aide Orientation at 8 p.m. for juniors, seniors and their parents. All meetings will be held in the school auditorium. Information offered will be helpn ful as plans are formalized. From now until March 12 ACT prep classes will continue. TTie DebryUEA Children at Risk scholarship targets 10th, 11th and 12th grade students who are physically or mentally challenged (or students with parents in that situation) and may not be able to continue their education without financial assistance. The Smiths Personal Best scholarship is also for sophomore, junior and senior students who face personal challenges. The McDonalds scholarship is open to seniors who work or do volunteer regular community service and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The Phi Delta Kappa scholarships, for students interested in teaching, has a deadline of Jan. student-educatio- 3L The American Legion Oratorical Contest deadline is Jan. 20, Information for all scholarships is available in the counseling center. . . r en., not only an entire paper, but every local copy (well, The Great Paper Caper almost every local copy)? I cant imagine anyone liking my work that much, so Im not going to consider it an act of praise. Maybe someone thinks the paper is really bad, and thats their way of expressing criticism. If so, a telephone call could have achieved more positive results. Ive even gone so far as to wonder if someone was curious about who actually reads The Pyramid.. if they were after more than the finished product. Maybe we have a home-base- d mailing list pirate, and he(she) gets his(her) goods by plundering (watch your mail boxes, folks, if the pirate is out there, you could help us catch him(her) and earn the $250 reward). Why did die culprit take the time to open the mailbags, remove the papers and then leave the empty mailbags on the postal dock? Did they think they could avoid federal prosecution by leaving government property (the mailbags) behind? If so, then were not talking just your If the first week of 1996 is any indication, this year should be a corker. Or in the words of my illustrious leader, "At least its not boring." After 14 years of newspap-erin- g in various capacities, I thought Id seen it all, until.. -last Tuesday when my latest creation, the Jan. 3 edition hot off the press, disappeared off the Mt. Pleasant postal dock. The only other issue of The Pyramid I remember disappearing was the April 1993 sellout (following the Thistle disaster). That paper disappeared off newsstands the regular way. .people bought them. Who would steal my papers from the post office? Ive heard of people removing coins from outdoor vending machines; snatching purses; siphoning fuel from parked cars; poaching game; and even taking personal necessities, like the famous disappearing privy escapade in Spring City. Ive heard of stealing candy from a baby, stealing a kiss or a glance; Ive even heard of the Grinch who stole Christmas.. but Ive never heard of anyone stealing news, unless it was someone plagiarizing anothers story, and thats not always considered theft. According to a wise old sage, when someone copies your work its "the highest form of praise." Plagiarism becomes theft only after the "copier" tries to take credit for the piece. I wonder what its called when the entire paper is tak vandals (although someone went to a lot of trouble to make it look that way). Did the perpetrators steal from The Pyramid or from subscribers? Or since the papers were taken from the Post Office, was the government the target? Whoever the intended victim, I know who had to make restitution. Replacement subscriber copies arent just lying on the publishers shelves, they have to be reprinted.. and remailed. Is stealing newspapers con", "com- sidered munication theft" or perhaps ' "unauthorized censorship?" How about "tampering with $ the U.S. mail"? Yes, 1996 looks like it will 'V be anything but dull. ' This ; week the great paper caper; tomorrow? . . hopefully some ; answers. ; "press-napping- -- Holly Bailey, daughter of Alan and Brenda Bailey, Fountain, Green, has been called to servfe in the San Diego, CA, LDS Mission. She will speak in the Fountain Green First LDS Ward on Sunday, Jan 14, at 10:50 a. m. She will enter the Missionary Training Center on January 17. NORTH SANPETE RESIDENTS ATTENTION: lju t Friendship is like earthenware, once broken it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it. -- Josh Billings ...Merrill ; t Dear NSH Alumni and Patrons: Since 1950, North Sanpete High School has been establishing tennis as a competitive made great strides, and have had many winners. At this sport for our students. We have 16-2- 0 0 our team players. We would boys time, players, and our girls team averages like to see these numbers increase, ana offer as well, instructional classes for interested students. This would add to the choices of classes to fulfill P.E. credits for graduation. 16-2- Lee Nelson featured in convocation by Diana Major Spencer EPHRAIM-- - The winter convocation lege begins 12:30 p.m. with author quarter series at Snow ColThursday, Jan. 11 at in the Crane Theatre Lee Nelson ("Storm Sanpata'a Lauding Nawspapar THE PyRHIDID (USPS365-58- 0) Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant Utah, 84647 49 West Main Street Telephone: 462-21- 34 Testament" series and other novels of the west). The public is welcome free of charge. Later in the afternoon. Nelson will be signing books in the Humanities Building Art Gallery. Nelsons presentation will be an adventure for the audience with stories about how his research for novels "Storm Gold" and "The Moriah Confession" led him to the extraordinary sights he will talk about. While gathering information on primitive hunting techniques for his "Storm Testament" series, he killed a buffalo from the back of a galloping horse with a bow and arrow. FAX: He learned how to cross large 462-245- 9 Publisher Craig Conover Penny Hamilton Shirley Christensen Managing Edito- r- steers Associate Editor Staff Writer Deanna Pate Staff Writer SUBSCRIPTION RATES $21 about the Cas- sidy. Nelson will focus his remarks on conditions and events in Utah before it gained statehood exactly 100 years ago. Other convocations during winter quarter include two Snow College professors, Renee Mau-ch- e and Carl Purcell, discussing the same Utah rock formations from the perspectives of a geologist and an artist; A multi-medexploration of issues that "Battle for the Mind", conceived and directed by Toni Bosch, dance department; another author, Timothy B. Anderson, who is also an attorney from St. George, to discuss how his latest (In Advance) per copy per year outside Sanpete per while writing early cowboy life of Butch Cheryl Brewer $1 8 rivers on horseback while writing about the travels of Ute Chief Walkara, and he learned to rope year-50- C County CORRESPONDENTS ia Manti, Bruce Jennings 835-382- 4 835-519- 1 MantiEphraim Angela Rasmusson Manti High SchoolEphraim Jill Cragun 283-474- 7 Wales, Chester Mathel Anderson 436-857- 0 Moroni, Barbara Gordon 436-876- 0 Fairview, Deanna Pate 427-379- 5 Ftn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd 445-34- Snow College Dean O'Driscoll Photographer, Hollee Anderson 445-332- low-inco- Free cancer hotline slated SALT LAKE CIT- Y- Cancer prevention, treatment and research will be the topic of Januarys Deseret NewsInter-mountai- n Health Care Health Hotline. The hotline will be offered Saturday, Jan. 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The toll-fre- e hotline can be number, (800)925-817called from anywhere in the Intermountain region. All calls are confidential. T Features avy Duty Steel Construction mvenient. Secure, Affordable st Delivery A Pick-u- p ( The health hotline is a free community service provided by the Deseret News and IHC. Send change of address to The Pyramid, 49 West Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647. Second class postage paid at Mt. Pleasant, UT and addhional mailing offices. For Sale or Rent.... (801) JBtf I UW"I I I , ol Contributions can be sent to: North Sanpete School District Tax Deductible Foundation 41 West Main Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647 Again, we know this is a worthy endeavor, and would supply a healthful activity for many of the young people and patrons in our area. We hope you will make a tax deductible donation. Thank you for helping in this project. t , NORTH SANPETE TENNIS COMMITTEE Full Swing Doors 31 POSTMASTER: We lack facilities, and therefore are unable to host matches. We have tried to host matches using the two Mr. Pleasant City Park courts, two Wasatch Academy courts (On a week when they had away matches and didnt need their courts), and two Pine Creek Ranch courts which are five miles away from our school. Many schools have cancelled matches in the recent past because North Sanpete only has access to Mt. Pleasant Citys two courts. These circumstances are proving that North Sanpete cannot compete in the High School Tennis program adequately unless we get tennis courts on our own campus. Tennis is a lifetime sports activity. Interest is growing, but we are unable to offer class instruction and practice time for our students. We see the future of this fine activity for our students as a chronic need and challenge. We would propose that we build six courts so that North Sanpete could: (1) Continue to expand the tennis program to those interested in it matches in our area as well as to host (2) Be able to host inter-schoTennis Meets Region (3) Have for our students an area where several can practice at the same time, learning not only from playing, but also from watching the skills of the other students (4) Conduct city tournaments as well as summer leagues to play atMt. Pleasant and thereby help to morefuUy utilize the facility (5) Provide fitll State Core Tennis Curriculum at the high school Interested citizens, along with the North Sanpete School District are launching a fund raising project. We hope you will consider making a contribution to the fhnd Periodic disclosures will be made and updates noted concerning funds which we receive. Sincerely, MA1BTHANSWER3 6 462-3- 1 Our big problem is that we have no tennis courts at our school. 7, PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS )W-I- Reporter, Ray Truitt novel grew out of his recent experience; "Just a Portion", a gospel chorus from Salt Lake City; Ohmar Khin, a Burmese refugee, to share her experiences as a political refugee; Robert Haight, vice president of Smith, Barney and Schearson, to talk about "Money Management and Investment"; ; Pamela Atkinson, a member of the Utah Board of Regents, who directs programs for and homeless people for Intermountain Health Care; and last, an ensemble from the Utah Opera Company to explain "How an Opera is made: "Dreamkeepers", the Utah Centennial Opera. For additional information and a complete calendar of the quarters programs, call (801)283-402- 1, ext. 295. 977-888- 5 1995 W Indiana Avenue 8 8 x20 (800) Sail 370-011- take City Dennis W. Slack, Chairman David Crosland Eddie Cox Leonard Blackham Allan Hall 1 UT 84104 Courtney Syme JohnW. Ericksen Loa Cheney Melba Jacobson Ellen Lee Penny Hamilton Dennis Mower Benji Cox David Blackham Frank Cook Geraldine Golding Rick Gundry David Lund RFmMDJJAJAJLABLE J i i |