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Show V ' ' ! tVWw V ' ?- ' -' '.-J 'J' "."9 Morgan drill team members picket at the Park Record Building during a demonstration last Friday. Drill teams protest editorial Protesting what they felt to be character defamations in a personal opinion column by Park Record Editor Teri Gomes, two busloads of high school drill team members demonstrated in the parking lot of the Park Record Building last Friday. Fri-day. About 50 drill team members of Grantsville, Morgan and Wasatch high schools carried signs, chanted slogans, asked questions of Gomes and presented her with letters at the demonstration. ' The showing was sparked by an "As I See It" column in the Feb. 19 Park Record in which Gomes compared com-pared the Park City High School drill team's attire to that of other Region Nine schools. In the article Gomes likened the other schools' dress to Las Vegas show girls because of sequins and tight-fitting unitards, while the more traditional skirt and sweaters were worn by Park City's drill team. At the demonstration angry drill team members and mothers demanded a retraction from Gomes in the paper. Gomes said the article was her personal opinion and not that of the paper and there would be no retraction. Sharon Hamatake, drill team coach for Grantsville, felt Gomes needed to see the drill team members were a "class act." "We take pride in what we do," she said. "We are from a conservative conser-vative area Grantsville and we bend over backward to make sure our uniforms are tasteful and modest in public." Drill team members did not wear their uniforms, instead wore dresses and sweaters at the demonstration Friday. "We decided to wear our dresses to show Ms. Gomes we are a class act," said Kristan Killian, Grantsville Grant-sville drill team member. Other members presented to Gomes letters that outlined why they were proud to be drill team members. They then picketed for several minutes before going on to a drill team competition in Roosevelt. Summit Park to form water district Summit Park homeowners asked commissioners Tuesday to form a special service district to help them purchase the privately owned Summit Sum-mit Park Water Company. "It's the only way we're going to be able to have water service," said homeowner Marty Plaiser, who organized a petition drive to assess support for the district. Plaiser said about 158 of the more than 300 home 4 and lot owners in Summit Park had signed the petitions, and that only one person she knew of was actually against the idea of forming a special service district. Homeowners said it had been the frequent breaks in the lines and increases in-creases in rates for water which provoked pro-voked them to begin negotiating for the water company. "We have no control over the management of our system now," said Plaiser, who add- Doctor to speak on lupus ed that the system is not meeting state standards for water quality in some areas. "I'd venture to say the majority of the people are not even drinking the water at this point," she said. Plaiser also mentioned that homes in Summit Park were not selling, and that many residents had found their houses appraised lower when they tried to obtain refinancing, iln addition to water, quality .pro-,, blems, Summit Park homeowners 1 have suffered recent rate increases which their attorney, Steve Clyde, says aren't warranted by the water company's finances. They are scheduled to go before the Utah Public Service Commission at the end of this month, where another rate hike will be the topic of conversation. conver-sation. In 1985, the Summit Park Water Company applied for an increase from $13.29 to $82.90 per month. Residents protested, and the Public Service Commission granted an interim in-terim increase to $30.30 in July 1985. Although a final hearing was scheduled to take place late last year, Clyde and the Summit Park residents were successful in using their negotiations with the water company to push the date back to the end of March. 'u But, homeowners expect this date ' will- also- be pushed back, since negotiations have progressed to the point that Plaiser thinks company owner, Greg Soter, "is really anxious anx-ious to get rid of the system." Commissioners voted to hold a public hearing on the formation of the district the mandated 45 days after it is noticed in the Parte Record. If all goes according to plan, the hearing will take place April 21 at Parley's Park elementary school. News Briefs On Tuesday, March 24, Dr. Cecil Samuelson, Dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine, will speak on the topic of lupus to anyone who interested in learning more about the topic. According Eve Baird, chapter president of the northern Utah chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., "In Utah there are many people who may have lupus unknowingly." Lupus is an immune system disease that affects more than 500,000 Americans, the majority of which are women. According to Dr. Tim Johnson of Good Morning America broadcasted on WABC-TV in New York, there are actually two forms of lupus, both of which are described as autoimmune auto-immune diseases, meaning that the body's own defense system, the immune im-mune system, has inappropriately attacked its own tissues to cause inflammation. in-flammation. Symptoms of the disease include the following: fatigue, diminished appetite and weight loss, reddish skin rash (sometimes distributed on the face in the shape of a butterfly), joint distress, pain, swelling and redness, hair loss, low-grade fever, digestive distress and sensitivity to the sun, sometimes called photosensitivity. photosen-sitivity. Dr. Johnson says lupus is a disease that can be quite serious, yet many individuals don't know very much about it. Because the cause of lupus is still unknown, no specific treatment is yet possible. Changes in lifestyle and the use of drugs in severe cases have shown to slow the progress of the. disease. For more information about lupus you can write: Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 203, Washington D.C. 20036. Or you can contact the northern Utah chapter located at 24th Street, Suite 800, Ogden, Utah, 84401, (801) 621-3748. Jordanelle office chosen Construction of the Jordanelle Dam moved a step closer to reality last week as the Bureau of Reclamation chose an office for its headquarters in Heber. Clifford Barrett, bureau regional director, announced the agency has leased temporary space from Sunn Classic Pictures, at 325 West 600 South in Heber. The Jordanelle Construction Field Office will house the resident engineer and staff that will administer the construction program. Barrett said that although the resident engineer has yet to be selected, the first employees should be occupying the office by March 18. During the first phase of construction there will be about 15 employees in the office. Bids in on Echo rest stop The Utah Department of Transportation announced last week that the Echo rest stop on westbound 1-80 in Summit County will be improved. UDOT received bids on the improvements, which include a larger building, phones, drinking fountains and visitor information from 16 different companies. The low bid was about $330,000, about $47,000 less than the official engineer's estimate. UDOT plans to staff the rest area seven days a week, and will provide maps and other literature about Utah. There will also be a video room where visitors can view films about the state. The rest area will be closed to the public during construction, which is scheduled to take six months. Funds OK'd to help buy vans Private, non-profit organizations that transport the elderly and the handicapped may be able to get some assistance from the Utah Department of Transportation in purchasing vehicles. Pending Congressional approval, $200,000 in federal funds will be available to help qualified organizations buy vans or buses. Applying organizations should be prepared to fund 20 percent of the cost. For information concerning the program, contact Glenda Seelos, UDOT project coordinator, at 965-4141. Friday is home economics day Gov. Norman Bangerter has declared March 20 Utah Home Economics Day in conjunction with World Home Economics Day in recognition of the many contributions of home economists. According to Leona Windley, president of the Utah Home Economics Association and Utah State University Extension Home Economist, home economists are helping Americans deal with contemporary family problems such as budgeting, consumer education, prevention of child abuse, teenage parenthood, school drop-outs, farm family stress, concerns of aging and a myriad of nutritional concerns. There are more than 400 professional home economists affiliated with business, government agencies and schools in Utah, said Windley. Park Record Thursday, March 19, 1987 Page A3 DJQEKJSK1 Cash in on a great meal at a great deal... with quick lunchtime service! Feast on your choice of sandwich and soup, or soup and salad, or sandwich and salad, including beverage! Soups are homemade daily, and our croissant sandwiches are topped with either corned beef, BLT, roast beef, ham, turkey, or tuna! 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