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Show s sot I fin October 28, 1998 - The Springville Herald - Page Eleven iru S X by Amy Bartholomew Springville High School has a special foreign language program which includes Russian instruction instruc-tion and an International Club. The languages taught at the high ! school include Spanish, French, German and Russian. American Sign Language is also taught for , one period, although there is some debate as to whether American Amer-ican Sign Language can be classified classi-fied as a foreign language. The fact that Russian is taught at the high school has to do with parents and students who expressed ex-pressed an interest in learning it.' ' As a result, a program was start- ed for teachers in which they learned Russian, said Beverly , Burdett, teacher of Russian at the ' high school. This enabled them to begin teaching Russian at the school. Shauna Winegar, teacher of German at the high school, explained ex-plained that the International .Club conducts a folk march in Canyon Road Continued from page 1 the minimum response time for fires in this area should be four minutes due to the fact that fires double in size every minute. Director Hall reminded the council coun-cil that the county has control over how the property is used and it would be in the city's best interest to annex the property and control the growth to meet the city's needs. The Council voted to adopt Resolution No. 98-33, accepting Kriser's petition for annexation of property in the area spoken of. This vote to adopt the resolution means that the council will consider con-sider annexation. The council considered approval ap-proval of a Telecommunications Franchise Agreement with Air-Switch. Air-Switch. Attorney Fitzgerald stated that he had worked out this agreement with AirSwitch. The agreement grants AirSwitch a non-exclusive franchise for computer com-puter internet access. They will pay franchise taxes to the city and said they would give connec tions to the city offices, the Public Pub-lic Safety Department and t two other locations of the city's choice, the franchise is for a five-year five-year period, which can be renewed re-newed after that time period each year for up to 15 years. The council approved the Telecommunications Franchise Agreement with AirSwitch. Councilwoman Dianne Can-reported Can-reported on a prior meeting about the fee schedule for sale of lots and services in the cemeteries. Carr moved to readopt Resolution No. 9832 as presented, but with ' the price of flat headstone positions posi-tions set at $250 for both residents resi-dents and non-residents, upright headstone positions set at $400 for both residents and non-residents, and with the sexton fees for non-residents being raised from $300 to $350 per openingclosing open-ingclosing of graves. The council coun-cil voted in favor of the motion. The council also discussed a proposed amendment to the Future Fu-ture Land use Map of the General Plan. Director Wayne Hall said that this amendment is necessary to complete a future annexation in this area. The amendment will be changing the river bottoms area east of 1700 East from rural residential uses to low-density "residential uses. Mary Lyne Whitney said that 75 of the people next to the area being annexed don't want low-density zoning by their homes. . The Council approved of the amendment to the Future Land Use Map of the General Plan. Gary Mortensen appeared before the council representing Milt Christensen in seeking tentative tenta-tive approval of Plat A of Spring Pointe, a commercial subdivision at about 700 North 2000 West. Christensen has purchased the lot and wants to put in a first class, five-star Kawasaki dealership. He has been given until January to start his franchise or it will be given to someone else. Morten-sen Morten-sen said that he plans to support the community through various efforts and committed to pay for the curb, gutter and landscaping and to improve the road at no cost to the city. The council granted tentative approval of Plat A of Spring Pointe. Director Miner reported to the council that a sidewalk inventory proposal is coming. Mayor Wing asked Miner to check oitt cpm-plaint cpm-plaint made by Royal ! Daniel . concerning a broken sidewalk. ; miner asked the mayor and coun-; coun-; cil to have anyone making com- plaints to call Public Works. which the entire school campus is turned into a type of "Europe." For example, the football field is France, and the goal post can serve as the Arc deTriumph. The International Club has about 130 members in it and holds a big opening and closing social each year, Winegar said. The club also holds a foreign language week. During this week, exchange students are introduced. With four activities a year, the International Interna-tional Club introduces culture to the students and helps them to get to know one another, she said. The methods taught in the foreign language classes help students to learn and retain language lan-guage skills. In Winegar's class, the language is spoken as much as possible. "I don't say a word of English until the last five minutes of class." Students also take part in real life, simulation activities. In doing these tasks, they have to use the language to accomplish it, Winegar said. Students who choose to learn a foreign language enjoy the benefits that a foreign language can offer. Burdett said that one of the benefits of learning another Throckmorton continued from page 1 rights. As a National Guardsman he is also very willing to fight for our freedoms. Educated at BYU in political science and having served as an intern for Senator Orrin Hatch, Matt has continued his old fashioned, conservative Republican ways. When asked what motivated him to run for this office, Matt cited several facts regarding marginal tax rates, other economic econom-ic factors, crime, education, families and most important to him the future we are providing for our children. This last one sums up everything that we spoke about: the future of our children and everything that affects it. As a legislator Matt has promised prom-ised to fight for lower taxes. One number that he spoke of was the marginal tax rate that Ronald Reagan had to work with. When he took office the Democrats had increased the highest tax rate to 70! President Reagan, love him or not, lowered this to over half that amount. Currently it is back up to 40, still almost half of what it was. Democrats have continued to raise this amount. The current strength of our economy econ-omy is still credited to President Ronald Reagan for lowering the tax rate. This lowering has allowed al-lowed businesses to expand and create more jobs. In fact, in one recent survey of Fortune 500 CEO's, almost 75 of those who responded give credit to our current economic strength to the policies of Republicans who fought for lowered taxes and government. Matt's trust of the average citizen is reflected in other areas . as well, from local control of education to crime fighting measures. mea-sures. Matt would love to allow Bonnie Palmer and others here to have more say in our kids' education edu-cation and Washington, D.C., and Salt Lake less. The same for crime fighting measures. Matt has a great deal of trust for Sher- GREAT WESTERN (801) 295-1811 ft 1 That means that you can call on me to fill your insurance needs with the coverage you want -and at the lowest possible cost. Farmers Insurance Group specializes in Auto, Fire, Life and Commercial insurance and is famous for fast, fair, friendly claims service. I'd like to meet you. Why not give me a call today. to-day. I think you'll be glad you did. language is that you learn a lot about English. Students who take a language also do better on their standardized tests and college entrance exams, she said. Even with the benefits students stu-dents enjoy, some teachers feel that language instruction should begin earlier than the high school level. "We'd like to see the languages lan-guages in elementary schools," Burdett said. Burdett explained that adults have a language pattern pat-tern that can be difficult to break. The younger you are, the easier it is to learn a language, she said. in addition to benefiting the student, some teachers feel that starting foreign language instruction instruc-tion earlier can improve American Ameri-can business. In a video produced by the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, teachers said that the United States is on the losing side in the battle of global economic competition. compe-tition. How well we compete in the international market will determine the future of our children, chil-dren, our state (Wisconsin), and our nation, they said. A big issue is that many countries with whom the United Republican Women Utah County Republican women will hear from Janette Hales Beckham at their monthly meeting Monday, November 2. Janette served as the General President of the Young Women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for over five years. Janette was born in Springville Spring-ville and was educated in Spanish Fork and at BYU. She and her late husband, Dr. Robert H. iff Bateman and his abilities. The decisions of government are best dealt with the closest to you! From the sheriff to the county commissioners to Hal Wing and the city council, Matt will fight to bring the power back to these citizens. And when the decisions must be made at Salt Lake you can trust Matt to vote and act as an averageT'citizen, not a politi- cian. As the Republican candidate for this office Matt encourages everybody to not only support him but those that also share his view of government. This includes in-cludes David Gardner, our current cur-rent county commissioner. The impression that Matt has of him has only increased as he has gotten to know of Commissioner Gardner 'behind the scenes.' This 'behind the scenes' look includes a fighter for your rights. This is also true of Jerry Grover. The decisions that we make this Tuesday will affect us for a long time to come. We can go with the idea that government is the force that must act in order for us to live or that government is too involved with our everyday : lives. It certainly has a place but in some areas it has overstepped its bounds. And with it comes increased taxes to pay . for that government. Join Matt Throckmorton Throck-morton November 3 in voting for responsible government. LEASING & SALES (800) 211-2811 Mobile Storage Containers . and Mobile Offices Buy Rent Lease 40 ft. Containers $110 per mo. 20 ft. Containers $85 per mo. 1 Fast Pickup & Delivery Karen Snow 25 East 200 South Springville, UT 84663 (801)489-8000 States competes know and understand under-stand English, but many businessmen business-men in America do not know and understand any foreign languages. languag-es. In other words, they understand under-stand us, but we don't understand them. The traditional approach in the United States is to begin language instruction in high schooK Teachers in this video assert that "early and extensive foreign language instruction is the best and most cost effective way to prepare our children for1 their future." We can't afford not to do it for the benefit of our country," coun-try," said Helena Curtain, assistant assis-tant professor in the Department of Curriculum at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The video ends with a story about a Japanese businessman and an American businessman. Both men were asked: What is the best language for business? The American businessman said the best language was English, of course. The Japanese businessman's business-man's response was different. He said the best language for business busi-ness is "my client's." Hales, are the parents of five children and ten grandchildren. She married Raymond E.- Beckham Beck-ham in 1995. He also has five children and eighteen grandchildren. grandchil-dren. Her talk is titled "The Best of Leadership." The meeting will be held in the Ballroom of the Historic Court house on University Avenue Ave-nue and Center Street in Provo at noon. A light luncheon will be served and visitors are welcome. Membership dues are $15 and will be accepted at the door. This will be the last meeting in 1998. The next meeting will be held January 4, 1999. For more information concerning con-cerning Utah County Republican Women call Barbara Packard at 225-0919, or Pearl Rex-Hartzell at 225-1521. u u n n Chcistos pen Boyd's Bears 20 d Calendars $200 off Over 40 4tefle& cfoo&e front BMMMM MBMM n t Big Sky Carver Bears 20 off 1 0 uuuuuu n n n V A member of the Jr. Art Guild at the Springville Museum of Art shows fright at encountering a spook in the unfinished new wing of the museum. The guild is sponsoring a party and dance in the "skeleton" of the unfinished wing on Saturday, October 31, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. There will be movies, prizes, costume contests, screaming contests, dancing with a DJ and free refreshments. Teenagers are invited to this Halloween Bash which is a fundraiser for the new wing. Cost is $4 without costumes and $3 with costumes. Politicians to hand out candy Politicians will be giving out candy to kids on Halloweennot Hallow-eennot taking it! Bring the kids and come meet the Republican Re-publican candidates running for office locally on Saturday, Halloween, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Springville Civic Center, corner of Center and Main Streets. Everyone from congressmen congress-men to the county auditor will be there, and there will be candy for the children including includ-ing a fishing pool for the littlest ones. Parents will have a chance to meet the candidates candi-dates representing the Republican Republi-can party and ask any questions ques-tions that they may have of them. Candy for the kids and handshakes for the parents. u u n n TppAaumj n 1 1 1 u "wlhuun off Hobble Creek Candles 20 off Heritage Woodworks 241 South 100 West 244 South Main - Springville n n KM Bonnie Palmer nominated for state post Bonnie Palmer of Springville has been nominated for Second Vice President of the Utah School Board Association. Bonnie is currently a member of the Nebo School District Board of Education. Educa-tion. The election for the state position will take place the second sec-ond week in January during the USBA annual convention. The USBA represents all of Utah's school boards and does lobbying for education in the Utah Legislature. Bonnie has served USBA as a regional director direc-tor for Provo and Nebo Districts and has chaired the school board in Nebo District. If elected, She will start a ladder process that would place her as the USBA President in three years. Mouse! 1 I u u u u - HHMH ilu. Mumw gniM n n n n r n r7 I I i The Debbie Mumro lm Caleruiw t 1 o d |