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Show Opt C Page 2 Times Newspaper Wednesday; February 11, 1998 enlary nion Editorial O ,1 :- Can a city council member elected from one section of town look beyond local concerns con-cerns to also serve the inter-est inter-est of the city as a whole? Is it best to divide the city into sections and have equal representation rep-resentation from all areas? These are questions the Orem City Council will be working on as echoes of last November's election come back to influence current policy. Two councilmen elected in November campaigned on the issue of district representation Councilman Bill Peperone and Councilman Joseph Successful Valentines Continued from page 1 by REVA BOWEN City Editor his future bride walking down the track of a trolley line extending from Mobile to Whistler. He struck up a conversation, and Bernice agreed to go to dinner with him. They became friends, and married after the baseball season was over. "She tells me now I got her out of the cradle," Bobby chuckled softly, noting their age difference of seven or eight years. "I met a lot of girls, traveling and playing ball, but I believe she was the most beautiful I ever met." Bernice said by telephone that she was always very accepting of Bobby's travels as he played ball. When possible, she brought their children and came along with him. The Robinsons are the parents of three sons and two daughters (one son and one daughter are deceased). de-ceased). They have seven grandchildren grand-children and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Robinson also said she and her husband have always gotten vi: 1 lit! Carl and Velva Johnson advise young couples to look beyond career and money considerations in marriage. A t Ar 1 Former pro baseball player Bobby Robinson calls his wife, Bernice, in Chicago while on a recent visit to Utah. Andersen. Mayor Joe Nelson has also been a proponent of restructuring restruc-turing the system, since feedback he received from citizens as he campaigned indicated they would favor such a move. Currently, council members serve on an at-large basis. Andersen made it a big point of his election campaign that five of the former council, including Mayor Stella Welsh, lived in the northeast section of town, and that southwest Orem, where Andersen lives, was under-represented and consequently had to unfairly bear the impact of commercial com-mercial development in the city. An original proposal to divide along. "We're not the fighting kind," she declared. "She sure looks good," Bobby said. "Beautiful complexion, beautiful beau-tiful smile... and that voice she's got! Oh, my goodness! She looks at me and smiles all the time. I try my best to do whatever I'm supposed to do to keep her happy, because she does the same for me." Bobby is very complimentary of his wife's housekeeping and cooking. cook-ing. "She keeps the place spotless, and she is neat and clean herself She's a real good cook she can cook anything." In the advice department, Bobby said marriage is a big responsibility. responsibil-ity. He recommended couples be sure they are right for each other and that they care for each other. He and Bernice still go on dates mainly out to dinner. They don't like the dangers of going out after dark, so, "I do all my going" in the daytime," Bobby explained The Robinsons are both very religious, re-ligious, and regularly attend their Methodist church in Chicago. They both mentioned religion as being a bond in their marriage. "That's why life is so beautiful," Bernice said. "The Lord blessed me when he 4 - -4J i f ' -v- ci f .A 4 t milling ' 5. f I districts a mate mod erate plan to have j u s.t four dis- tricts and two let me get her," Bobby remarked. Carl and Velva Johnson Carl and Velva Johnson, residents resi-dents of the Seville Retirement Center in Orem, will celebrate their 62nd anniversary this year. They i were married August 8, 1936. ', Carl met Velva at LDS Church youth meetings in Park City. He was not a member of the church at the time, but was required to attend at-tend the meetings in order to qualify to play on a church basketball basket-ball team. "I saw this cute little dark-haired girL" Carl reminisced. "I tried to get acquainted with her, but she and her girlfriend were out the door like a flash after the meetings. I later found out it was because they were hurrying home to listen to a radio soap opera "Murt and Marge'!" Carl eventually tracked Velva down. They talked, became acquainted, ac-quainted, and later had the leads in a church play. They married when Carl was 22 and Velva a year older. The marriage was later sol- emnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They are the parents of one son, Carl Mauritz Johnson of Provo. The Depression was on, and hard times had hit the Park City mining min-ing community. "When the mines closed down, everything closed down. There was no work," Carl said. "You couldn't go anywhere to seek work because they would ask where you lived, and unless you lied, they told you to go back where you came from that there was plenty of unemployment right there." Still, many desperate men rode the rails trying to find work. For Carl, employment with the mining company was sporadic until un-til 1939, when World War II began. Commissioned as a second lieutenant lieuten-ant in the military, he was called to active duty during the war for three and one-half years, serving in northern Australia and in New Guinea, and leaving behind his young wife and their little boy. "It was awfully hard," Carl reflected. re-flected. "You couldn't dwell on it too much or you'd go "psycho". I saw a lot of men go through that." Carl's son was two years old when his father left for the service, and was starting school when he came back. Although it didn't take too long to get reacquainted, Carl said, "I think he' thought, 'Who is this strange man?" at first." After the war, Carl took advantage advan-tage of the G.I. bill and finished his schooling. The Johnsons moved to California, and he earned a degree in accounting and a master's in business management and finance. Velva worked as a bank teller, in the cashier's office of a university, and in her own business as an interior in-terior decorator. The couple lived in California for 33 years in Berkeley and El Cerrito before moving back to Utah in 1979-80 to be near their son and his family. The Johnsons have three grandchildren. Carl stressed the importance of religion in the couple's lives. They have served as temple workers and on a full-time mission in Tampa, Florida, as well as holding many leadership positions in their church throughout the years. Couples should remember, Carl said, that there are more important things in life than one's career and money. He advised young couples not to become olcssed with those Orem into six seems , to way l 7 for the councilmembers. The main advantages to the districting would obvi-j obvi-j ously be fairness in council J representation from all ar-eaa ar-eaa of the community, and possibly, higher levels of knowledge knowl-edge about who one's representative representa-tive is. The system would also prevent one area of town from trying to gain extra represents tion over others. Disadvantages might include "disruption of those already in office; difficulty In planning details de-tails such as setting district areas, ar-eas, evening the population distribution; dis-tribution; and heightened sensi elements. Carl said the things he has admired ad-mired about his wife are that she is a highly spiritual person, is very gracious, and is a wonderful wife and mother. The two are sustain-money. sustain-money. ne aavisea young coupies not to become obsessed with those elements. Carl said the things he has admired ad-mired about his wife are that she is a highly spiritual person, is very gracious, and is a wonderful wife and mother. The two are sustaining sustain-ing each other through a difficult time that has seen Velva suffer and recuperate from a stroke, and Carl face health challenges and surgeries surger-ies of bis own. Another word of advice from the Johnsons? Couples should try not to go to bed at night angry with each other. Orem fire captain and lieutenant to retir Captain John VanOrman and Lieutenant Dean Schauerhamer will retire on February 11, 1998, after 28 years of service to the citizens of Orem. A retirement party will be held February 11, 1998, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Fire Station 1, 300 East 1000 South, Orem. Captain VanOrman started working for the Orem Fire Department De-partment on March 1, 1969. His career took him from a firefighter to engineer, then paramedic, and captain. , VanOrman was one of the first firefighters to attend the Pilot Paramedic Program at Weber State College in 1975, marking a new era in emergency medical care for the Orem area. He was the department's apparatus driver operator instructor. He also helped the Boy Scouts by co-sponsoring co-sponsoring a medical Scout troop for older Scouts, which gave them insight and knowledge in the field of emergency medicine. ! Lieutenant Schauerhamer started working for the Orem Fire Department on September 11, 1969. His career took him from firefighter, to engineer 'then to EMT, and finally lieutenant, t Schauerhamer was one of the department's first lieutenants over ladder truck operations in 1982. He was the safety officer and self-contained breathing apparatus ap-paratus specialist, keeping the ' department's equipment in a ready condition. Both men will be missed by their fellow firefighters and city employees, who wish them the best during their retirement. New deadline K. this week The Times office will be closed on Monday, February 16, for the Presidents' Day holiday. Deadline for the Wednesday, February 18th issue of the Times will be Friday, February 13, at 5 p.m. Advertising copy, pictures, missionary and wedding information, infor-mation, and article submissions should be received in the office by that time. Thank you! at-large seats tivity, divisiveness, and tension among 'turfy councilmembers. It is certain that if districts are instituted, those running for the district positions will focus their campaigns on their particular area, and will reach out less to the city as a whole. The election districting proposal pro-posal sets aside the conclusions of a blue ribbon committee six years ago that studied whether the'councilmanager form of government gov-ernment was appropriate for Orem, and whether Orem should have a full-time mayor. In addition addi-tion to approving the council manager form of government and recommending that the office of km Timpanogos Green World-Class Valentines Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth, the muse, still sends her rays Across the years, to heal the hungry heart. And then, as angels waft their wings athwart. Her melodies, as green as chrysoprase. Endure. Her syllables shall still amaze The lovers of the Earth. Her counterpart-The counterpart-The object of her love-received her heart; And, while our soul's Rialto can but gaze Upon her angel wares, she is content. Those rhymes regale her saints, no longer lost. And language generates her golden scent. Elizabeth, whose epigraph embossed Her life, outshines Theocritus. Her throne And purple heart become love's cornerstone! II s solemn singer Let music fall in fullness at our door. Amazed, as lute and mandolin explore Recesses of our minds and bodies, we Survey where Life and Death may disagree. The mild musician claims to hold no store In sailing stanzas to a distant shore. Elizabeth, the muse, transcends the sea, And wends her way to Heaven's holy strand. Her instruments, as in a symphony, Play perfect strains of love, at her command: Iambic elements of harmony. Millennia shall marvel how she strove To make the answer sing,-- Not Death, but Love! Ill 7V hat private pangs ot Devolved upon the letters am thine Which Robert ventured to -his Valentine? Thy heart leapt up to read such heady news. Thy cheeks were flushed, as if to pay their dues. Resembling two spots of cherry wine. And then, almost by marvelous design. Betwixt the Stars and Heaven's avenues. He blessed thy lips with more than finger tipsl Thy life, at last, no longer vision-swept. Became impearled with seas and sailing ships. While glancing homeward, sometimes, thou hast wept. Elizabeth, hold fast our tender grips! The sweetest of thy music, we accept. IV sad, sweet Poetess of Portuguee: Nor let thy cheeks grow crimson, when thy lines For Robert we may scan. Immortal signs Of fluent love were never meant to be Hid up in hearts, away from all to see. Earth hath no share in tracing such confines, As might do thus. Such incandescent shrines Are these brief sonnets, bright and ever free, That lovers, now and evermore, inspire Each other with thy syllables which strove Across the years. Though pseudo-poets conspire Thy oblivion, thou seest from above Thy message, written In eternal fire: Thy legacy of tenderness and love. ' mayor continue as a part-time position, the committee also concluded against districting the city. Orem has been divided into six sectors for the regularly-held regularly-held town meetings, when council members rotate through the different areas to meet with residents and hear their concerns. "If it ain't broke, dont fix it goes the cliche. What the Orem City Council will be determining de-termining in the near future is if the election system is sufficiently suffi-ciently "broken that it needs repair, and if so, how best to proceed. v - r l .... of high poems, she passion, then. Dear Muse, -)rfp,ijLl.i(jM(lh!.ilk |