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Show Pane Six - The Springville Herald - January R 1087 F.i frV Citizens of the Month at Westside School for December IttKfi are, front row from left to right. Sheri Carter, Justin Curtis, Kristen Pickering, Kelly Brown, Jill Lassiter and Mathew Nielsen. Middle row, Terri Edmunds, Bryan Broderick, Leslie Rogers, Reed Condie, Jessica Erdmann and Eric Movie. Back row, Kelli Olas, Miken Groneman, Zac Chatterley. Mandy Curtis, Matt Moore, Melisa Casper, John Thorpe and Phillip Wiscombe. Absent when picture was taken were Jeniffer Salisbury and Parker Fawson. 4J , ,v SMI', m m if.. ' I4 f The "I Care" winners at the Sage Creek Elementary School this week were from left, Melissa Canova, James Killpack, Sonya Hatch, Askley Call, Aaron Averett and Tesa Bird. They all enjoyed ice cream at the Arctic Arc-tic Circle with Pat Harmer, librarian, and Glen Paystrup, custodian, in back. Mr. Jacobson, principal, went along too and took the picture. The "I Care" program has made a noticeable difference in the attitude of the Sage Creek students towards each other. .V- f t I I I ' I Three seventh grade students were chosen Super Citizens for the month of December at the Springville Middle School. They are Migan Orton, Weston Virchow and Danny Gillies. Danny was not available to have his picture taken. Chosen as Super Citizens were Martin Schetselaar, Nathan Roylance, Jon Peterson, Brandon Carter, Brandon Vickery. Ryan Dem-ing, Dem-ing, Teri Johnson, Melanie Bird, Marie Weight, Julene Merrick. Kristina Robbins, Jan Nielson and Monica Hall. ? .'V - I t- ' i J' 1 $ 1 1 " 1 i c f 1 f Shown above are the Super Citizens chosen for the month of December at the Springville Middle School. They are sixth graders Evie Davidson and Beau Plunkett. Special Citizens for the month were Jared Dallin, Jeremiah Dellamas, Travis Deming, Shawna Sorrells, Alisha Jones, Shannon Bellows, Heather Lee, Brandi Banks, Amber Booth, Laurine Follett and Audra Mortensen. MONDAY FAMILY NIGHT No. 1 Soft Flour Toco 10 Items of your choice: Corndog Crispy Bean Burrito Crispy Taco Mexi-fry Empanadas 2 Qts. Pop toS SATURDAY CRISPY v.s'v U 4 t -0OOOK ! i I r4 iiVV ) fc........ - ', THE TACO PLACE 220 No rth Ma in. 489 5991 only TACOS & BEAN BURRITOS 3 f Or 99 C We Are Delivering Again That's Life YcaEi, yeaEi, by Roger Sturman I don't know if it was Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, Samuel F.B. Morse's telegraph, or Edison's Gramaphone, that started the epidemic of talking machines we have today, but one of those guys sure unleashed a can of worms. Have you seen all the talking dolls, teddy bears, and other toys on the market this year? A friend of ours has a little daughter who received one of the more talkative dolls for Christmas. "That's all I need," her mother complained, "another jabberbox around the house. I'm gonna hit that thing right in the mouth'$" I heard about a guy who traded in his car because he got tired of being nagged all the time. His car was programmed to speak in a female voice and would say things like, "You have not fastened your seat belt," "Don't forget to turn off the lights," and "You are exceeding 55 miles an hour!" He said he felt like he had a back seat driver even when he was alone. Back in the good old days if someone asked you, "What does your watch say? " you could answer; "Oh, it just says tic-tic-tic!" Not anymore. These days watches can tell you the time in three different languages and "beep" when you've missed an appointment. At least back then, if you got upset with your watch, you could wind it up so tight it would keep it's opinions to itself. Today, you can't even shut them up without a special wrench to open the battery compartment. I have seen one kind of neat clock, though. It's an alarm clock made in the shape of a baseball or a tennis ball. When it wakes you up in the morning you shut it off by bouncing it off the wall. I've always wanted to do that to an alarm clock! There wre all kinds of talking machines, but the one that probably upsets people most are the ones that answer the telephone for someone you are trying to call. It's really exasperating to try to reason with a ' recorded message. "This is Suzie, thank you for calling. I'm in the shower right now, but if you'd like to leave a message, I'll call you back as soon as I get the soap out of my 'regnnnf 'and mean by Mark Conroy I was in Allen's the other day, looking for a few items with my sons. I turned a corner and came face to face with a glowering woman. I'd never seen this particular par-ticular woman before, but I immediately im-mediately recognized the source of her obvious discontent. I jettisoned my pride and beat a hasty retreat to the dog food aisle, where I contemplated con-templated building a barricade out of bags of Dog Chow. "Where's Dad going?" I heard Larkin say to Patrick as they hurried after me. "Who knows," Patrick replied. "But you saw that lady." "So what?" "She's pregnant. You know he's afraid of pregnant women." "But does he have to run? This is so embarrassing." Pregnant women are mean. This probably doesn't come as a startling revelation to most. Nearly everyone has experienced a near catastrophic brush with an expecting mother. This includes children, household pets, husbands, and the Utah National Guard. For nine months there are very few free from fear. My own mother, when she was pregnant with my youngest brother tried to explain it to me. I was a sarcastic teenager and not prone to understanding this unique female misery. Mom explained the hormonal hor-monal change and the discomfort involved in carrying a child. When she finished I asked her what that had to do with her hitting Dad on the head with his own lunch box as he went out the door that morning. She cried and I apologized. Mom graciously accepted my apology, dried her tears, and then shattered a cereal bowl on the wall next to my head. My wife was an angel. Except when she was expecting. When we GRAB BAG No. 2 2 Soft Flour Tacos 8 Items of your choice: Corndog Crispy Bean Burrito Crispy Taco Mexi-fry Empanadas 2 Qts. Pop OS yah! ears." The other day I saw an answering machine that has a recorded message on it that sounds like John Wayne, or some other movie star of your choosing. When someone calls they get a message something like this : "Well, -Ahl tell ya Pilgrum, No one's at the old homestead right now but if ya'd like to leave a message, th' old Duke will see to it that they call ya back. OK?" One of my big ambitions in life is to have my answering an-swering machine call somebody else's answering machine and see which one can be the most obnoxious. ob-noxious. Can you just imagine what the future is going to bring? We will have talking checkbooks that say "Ah, Ah-Ahh!" when you try to write a check on tomorrows pay day. I wonder if anyone has thought about making talking bath tubs or toilets? That brings to mind a favorite trick of Boy Scouts. They love to sneak up alongside an old two-holer out in the campgrounds and yell "Hey! -I'm working down here!" Talking waffle irons might be handy. "Excuse me," it could say, "would you mind terribly not burning bur-ning another one? My grids are really getting bummed up!" Or how about a verbal weighing machine? "Oh, hi Fatso! you back again? Well, you've either got to go on a diet or have my springs replaced. Nothing lasts forever you know!" A talking refrigerator might say something like, "Would you mind closing the door? Dinner is not until 5 p.m." If we could get washing machines to speak we might discover the secret of the odd sock ! I would really like to have a converstaion with our lawnmower, though. I'd like to tell it about the 4 lb. sledge hammer I keep in the garage and what is going to happen the very next time there is a breakdown break-down right in the middle of mowing the lawn. My wife is really into talking gadgets. She thinks they ought to build talking telephone poles. Every once in awhile when I'm trying to watch a favorite show on television, she says: "I might as well go talk to a telephone pole as try to have a conversation with you!" lived in Boston I saw Sarah, eight months pregnant, barrel around the apartment with a mop, trying to flog our terrified cat because it had meowed to be let out. When I tried to intercede (out of fear for her condition and not out of any special concern for the cat) she fixed rabid t' eyes on me and screamed that it was 'all my fault. A mop, wielded skillfully, can be a very demoralizing weapon. The cat and I spent the night in a stairwell with some of his malodorous friends. Don't give me any baloney about the "nesting phase" or "maternal , glow". I heard so many people tell Sarah that she was eating for two, I wanted to gouge out my own eardrums. ear-drums. It is all a farce, designed to lower the defenses of those selected as the most responsible for the misery and pave the way for a pitiless revenge. When the women in my life were expecting, they had the vocabulary of Eddie Murphy, the eating habits of comatose birds, and kept house like wolverines. No matter how conciliatory or obsequious my approach ap-proach there was no second guessing their moods; which alternated between bouts of prolonged weeping or incoherent rages. All directed at me. Not being able to formalize an effective counter measure, I have learned that the only acceptable alternative is distance. Long distance. Provided, of course, you can get there fast enough. I suppose there are others. I've seen women come home from the doctor's office, with their bags of free maternity care samples. Maybe there could be similar type bags for fathers. Instead of skin lotion or pre-,natal pre-,natal vitamins the men could get' Valium and Army helmets. Or a sample reel of barb wire. Until things even up, I am going to contine to walk around pregnant women. Even if it means running. Hello Mr. Camera A beginning photography class designed to help the student understand un-derstand the controls, settings, and i uses of the 35mm camera, through the media of black and white film will begin soon. Students will expose and develop film, make prints, and learn how tto mount prints. Subjects covered in class will be flashes, how and when to use them; speeds of film, what works for what situations; equipment and what to purchase; and, of course, answer questions about your camera and how to solve common problems. So, if you are confused about f-stops, winders, and hghtmeters, this class is guaranteed to help. Students are responsible for own film and print paper, and must have 35mm camera. Lab fee is $5. Instructor In-structor is Jeff Bell at 489-5603. Four million tons of hydrogen dust are destroyed on the sun every second. The precise center of the North' American continent is in Rugby, North Dakota. Nespapers command a larger share of advertising dollars in the U.S. than television, billboards and magazines combined. Springville resident named laboratory manager at UVEtftlC The Utah Valley Regional Medical Center administration is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Helton, Springville, as the new manager of the UVRMC Laboratory. Helton, who first came to UVRMC in 1967, has been serving as assistant manager of the laboratory for the past eight years. Helton will officially of-ficially take over the duties of laboratory manger on January 1, 1987, following the retirement, after 32 years, of Jim Rawle, who has been serving as . laboratory manager. Helton's educational background includes graduating from William Perm Senior High School in York, Pennsylvania. He received as bachelor of science degree in microbiology from Brigham Young University. Helton is a registered Medical Technologist with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. He is also a registered Clinical Laboratory Supervisor with the National Certification Agency for Medical Laboratories. Helton will receive his Masters of Management Degree in April of 1987 from the University of Phoenix, Professionally, Helton has worked as the Laboratory Manager for Valley View Hospital in Cedar City and was Evening Supervisor at UVRMC's Laboratory from 1967 thru 1972. Other professional experience has included work as a medical technologist for the United States Air Force at Larsen AFB, Washington; Paul Medical Laboratory, York, Pennsylvainia; SelfridgeAFB, Michigan; and Clark Great Boohs discussion group starts The Springville Public Library will sponsor a Great Books discussion group to be held on the third Wednesday of each month. The first meeting will be held on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the City Council room. The paperback copies of the books to be discussed and a readers guide can be purchased at the Library for $16. Enrollment will be limited so those wishing to join are encouraged to enroll early. Participants will be accepted through January 17th. Polly Wagner, Tom and Lynette Catherall, Michael Clements, Pam Tippets and Scott Carter have conpleted the Discussion Leaders Training course and will take turns leading the fifteen scheduled discussions. Exchange student program starts Would you like to have an exciting year learning about a foreign culture? You might-even learn a little bit about a foreign language. If you think this sounds Jike fun, you would enjoy hosting a foreign exchange ex-change student for a school year. If you would like further information in-formation about this program, Education Foundation for Foreign Exchange, contact Evelyn Vincent at 798-2632. Placement of students will be starting soon and interviews can be done now. arcticcircle special Two lOObeef patties, withcheese, special sauce, crisp lettuce and pickle on t toasted double cut bun. Wednesday tTkursday, Friday ONIT : mmmyJ If 11 OFFER GOOD ONLY AT OREM 1360 South State Street PROVO 1516 North 200 West 698 East Third South SPRINGVILLE 615 North Main Street mL- - - Tom Helton AFB, the Phillipines. In 1962 Helton received the Airman Air-man of the Month award while serving in the Air Force at Larsen AFB. Helton also received three Air Force commendation awards for outstanding service while in the Phillipine islands. Helton said he looks forward to working in his new position as Laboratory manager. "I've already worked with everyone in the laboratory and I know that because of the people and administration we have here there is a bright future ahead," he said. Helton praised Rawle for the work he has done at UVRMC during his 32 years of service to the institution. "He's done a fine job," he said. "We all hate to see him go but wish him well in his retirement." UVRMC's Laboratory employees more than 100 people and is a reference point for 17 other hospitals throughout Utah. Helton said he sees a continuation in being a service to those other hospitals in Utah that are smaller and do not have the manpower nor budget to facilitate a large laboratory. "We will keep up on the changes being made in medical technology," Helton said. 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