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Show l ( ; POO ; LwJ L- Iru CX Postmaster Clyde E. Weeks I 1986 I Kearl Dispels Myths On U Economy, Jobs Orem-Geneva Times- -Wednesday, May 7, 1?86 Indian art work has a special quality which reflects history and tradition in a remarkable manner. Three colorful examples of Native American Art are hanging during the month of May in the lobby of the Orem Post Office. They are the work of Johnny Creed Coe, 365 East 1010 South in Orem. Mr. Coe is an Indian artist who has a great gift for depicting realistically the Indian culture and people. The three of his works being exhibited at the urem r osi umce include in-clude "Elk Tooth Dress," "Dakotah," and "Sunbear." It has been over a year since Orem's outstanding artists have been honored with exhibitions at the Orem Post Office, and the response from local residents has been warm and enthusiastic. en-thusiastic. Present plans are to continue con-tinue the program indefinitely. Free Mail For Blind Three recent issues of U.S. postage stamps point up the special concern which th Postal Service has for blind and visually handicapped persons. The 15 Helen Keller-Ann Sullivan stamp, the 15 Seeing Eye Dog stamp, and the Iff "Disabled doesn't mean Unable" stamp, all focus on those who have met and who are meeting the challenges of blindness. The Postal Service goes the "extra "ex-tra mile" in serving blind and other visually handicapped persons by providing pro-viding extensive free mail service to them. Who may qualify to mail items free of postage? Persons who are blind or who cannot use or read conventionally-printed materials due to a physical handicap. Other handicaps han-dicaps which can prevent normal reading include disabling paralysis, nuscle or nerve deterioration affecting affec-ting coordination and control, and confinement in iron lungs or other mechanical devises. Among the causes of such conditions are cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, arthritis,, infantile paralysis, myasthenia gravis, and' diplegia. " ' Who Is Eligible? What must a person do to be eligible eligi-ble to mail items free of postage? First, the person must have a competent compe-tent authority certify that the individual in-dividual is unable to read conventional conven-tional reading material. A competent authority includes a licensed meaicai doctor, opthalmologist, optometrist, registered nurse, professional staff member of a hospital or other institution institu-tion or agency. The statement is to be submitted to the post office where postage-free mailings will be made or received by the blind or visually handicapped han-dicapped person. The person is then considered elibible to use the free-mailing free-mailing privilege. What material may be mailed free of postage? Books, magazines, musical scores, and other reading matter, or pages or parts thereof, in raised characters (Braille), large print, or recorded form may be mailed. mail-ed. Also, paper, records, tapes, and other matter for the production o reading matter, musical scores, or sound reproductions specifically designed for use by visually handicapped handicap-ped persons may be mailed free. Parts And Equipment Also eligible are equipment and parts of equipment used for writing by eligible persons or for educational purposes, as well as sound play-back equipment specially designed or adapted for the use of visually handicapped han-dicapped persons. In addition, equipment or parts of equipment specifically designed or adapted for use by visually handicapped handicap-ped person, such as braille watches, white canes, and similar equipment may be sent free. Individuals, libraries, and other non-commercial organizations serving serv-ing eligible persons may mail the above material to eligible persons and to organizations serving eligible persons per-sons free of postage. Eligible persons may return materials to the lenders free of postage. Eligible persons may exchange the above material among themselves free of postage. Libraries and other noncommercial non-commercial organizations may exchange ex-change such material among themselves free of postage. Commercial Commer-cial producers of the above material may mail such material free of postage to an eligible perosn on the additional condition that whatever charge, fee, or rental required does not exceed the cost of the material. Free Letters Letters from eligible person can be mailed free of postage when they are written in Braille, in 14-point or larger sightsaving type, or in the form of sound recordings. Such letters must be mailed unsealed to allow inspection in-spection by postal authorities to ensure en-sure that the materials qualify for mailing free of postage. "FREE MATTER FOR THE BLIND OR HANDICAPPED" must be place on postage-free mail. Canyon Viewpoint By Patrick Cannon Friday, May 2, was a day of two important events for Canyon View Junior High - the first annual Drama Awards Banquet, and the first Invitational Invita-tional Track Meet of the year for the school's track team. The Drama Awards Banquest was held at 6:30 p.m. on the stage in the school auditorium. All students who had participated in either the school's drama productions, "joy and "Butch And The Kid," were invited. in-vited. A dinner of pizza, various salads, and desserts were served. A short skit was performed by some of the students and then trophies were awarded to the following students for their superb acting: Steve Taylor (Best Actor), Mindy Wardle (Best has received honors and recognition Actor), Jenny Christensen, (Best Suj porting Actress), Eric Brotherson (Best Character Actor), Stephanie Barth (Best Character Actress), and Stephanie Barth (Blooper of the Year). The same day, 106 Canyon View students left for Box Elder High School in Brigham City for the first Invitational Track Meet of the year. The team consisted of 7th, 8th, and 9th graders who participated in over 50 i different distance,.spEintand field, events. They competed against eight other junior high school teams in events ranging from the shot put to the 4X400 meter relay. Out of the 42 relays run, Canyon View teams took first place 26 times and finished no lower than third in any of them. Only individual scores were kept, but Canyon Can-yon View would have won the meet had team scores been kept. Drama and track are just two of the many areas that Canyon View students have excelled in during this first school year. UVRMC Gives Free Blood Sugar Tests Utah Valley Regional Medical renter will be eiving free blood glucose (sugar) tests on Friday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Clark Auditorium foyer. The capillary (finger prick) test detects high or low blood sugar, with the only requirement being that participants par-ticipants not eat within two hours before the test. General fatigue and sleepiness can be indicators of either low or high blood sugar. Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) can usually be easily easi-ly corrected through diet, but high blood sugar (diabetes) is very serious and, if left untreated, can lead to major ma-jor organ failure. For more information, call the Education Department at UVRMC, 379-7176. MVHS Student Finalist In Playwright Competition . Sundance Institute has selected three finalists in this year's Young Playwright's competition. David Mason, son of Dr. and Mrs. Grant Mason, was selected from throughout through-out the western United States as one of these honored few. David is an active member of the Mountain View High School drama department. His play will be one of the three finalist's plays to be read by professional actors at the Salt Lake Acting Company on May 20th. . b. Dr. J. R. Kearl, Dean Designate of Honors and General Education programs at BYU, dispelled eight myths concerning free trade and economy for members of the Orem Kiwanis Club at the recent luncheon meeting. "Free exchange between people has been a basis for economic development since the beginning of time," says Kearl. He also said there have been times of interference and times of severe tariff barriers between countries. "Today some want to see trade barriers between the United States and some foreign countries or between the exchange of specific commodities such as steel or copper or food products." He addressed the following . myths: Myth No. 1: The United States cannot compete with the low wages being paid in many other countries such as Japan and Europe. Wage rates in Europe and Japan, are on the average, closely equivalent to the rates paid in the United States. The economies of these countries are 80 plus what the United States is which of necessity brings the wage levels to nearly comparable levels. One exception is textiles. Most of our trade is with these countries where the levels are comparable. Less developed countries where the wages are materially lower have very little trade with the United States. Myth No. 2: Trade restrictions are needed to save jobs. Trade restrictions do not save jobs but do changes jobs as does free exchange. The free exchange means that where production is cheaper elsewhere, the products from the production flow at a lower rate and jobs are lost in that industry. However, it also means that jobs then flow to the areas where we are in a better competitive area. This has always been so. Our high tech industries today are a good example of the flow. Past flows have involved black migration from the South to the highly industralized North and from the textile industries of the Northeast to the new industries of the Southwest. ' Myth No. 3: The United States is now a debtor nation with a trade deficit and is much worse off because nf this deficit. A balance must exist between trading nations. If they exchange goods for paper dollars all is still in balance. The American paper dollars can only be spent in ootaining American goods and" services; in the end result. Therefore, there is a balance even when there is a so called deficit. The US has never had it so good as when they get goods for paper. The foreign investments must come back into the United States which boosts our economy. Myth No. 4: The imposition of tariffs will permit modernization. This has been proven numerous times not to be so. When there has been a tariff, the protected US industries have pocketed the increased profits instead of modernizing. Why should they modernize when the protection of the tariff permits the profits to rise or the status quo to continue to exist. Myth No. 5: But we are not a debtor nation for the first time in history. Yes, but our dollars can only be used in our own economy so it ultimately returns to us. Myth No. 6: The United States . should protect American industries from unfair competition such as that in steel and copper. Foreign subsidies do exist. When they subsidize their industries, they are ultimately subsidizing the US economy since they are taking paper for commodities and the paper must be returned to the United States to buy goods or services or investments. Of more concern is the barring of US imports into the foreign counties which restricts our abilities to have free trade thus imposing the opposite of the actions which are desired. , Such is not the case. If raw copper is imported into the United States the raw copper production in the United States may suffer but at the same time the copper manufacturers manufac-turers will increase production which can then effect the electronics industry. There is no isolation. Myth No. 8: Basic industries must be protected. What are basic industries. A hundred years ago the US was largely an agrarian society. The basis industry was farming. Had it been protected (and it is now which is one of the problems), most of us would have been born and would have lived out our lives on a farm. The same is true of railroads which, had they been protected, would probably have precluded the development of road and air transportation to the levels experienced today. Development is stifled by protection of any single or small group of industries. May 1 Was Tax Freedom Day May 1 was the day when you quit working just to pay the tax collector and start spending you hard-earned dollars on other things. It assumes that every dollar earned prior to May 1 went to pay federal, state, and local taxes. It s called call-ed "Tax Freedom Day," reports the Utah Taxpayers Association. UTA says that Tax Freedom Day is computed annually by the Tax Foundation of Washington, D.C. The average U.S. taxpayer now works 121 days each year to get the tax collector off his back - this is the same number of days he had to work in 1985 to meet his tax obligation. obliga-tion. As recently as 1981, the U.S. worker put in 126 days -until May 6 - just to pay his tax bills. . . The Reagan tax cuts are responsible for moving the day earlier in the year. In 1929, Tax Freedom Day was February 9. The day first fell in March in 1933 (March 5), and in April in 1943 (April 6). In 1964 and 1965, tax day and Tax Freedom Day coincided on April 15. Not until 1969 did Tax Freedom Day fall in May (May 1). . . irtne : Stated another way, the average worker in 1935 will spend 2 hours and thirty-nine minutes on the job each day just to meet his tax obligation. More of the average American's 8-hour work day is spent earning money for the tax collector than for any other item in the family budget. Shelter takes the next largest slice of the work day at one hour and 26 minutes. Food takes one hour; transportation, 41 minutes; medical care, 37 minutes; recreation, 21 minutes; clothing, 18 minutes; and all other items combined combin-ed take 58 minutes of each working day. Organization Will Help Children Parents, educators and other interested in-terested are invited to become a charter member of the Alpine Association for Gifted Children (AAGC). The organizational meeting will be held Thursday, May 8, at 6 : 30 p.m. at the Orem Jr. High School, 765 N. 600 W., in Orem. ' The Alpine Assocation will be a chapter of the state wide organization, organiza-tion, the Utah Association for Gifted Children. With the help of speakers and newsletter, members can learn about the needs of gifted children and the resources available. AAGC will serve as an advocacy group to work with schools. As a chapter, the AAGC will have a more effective voice at the state legislature, the governor's office and state and local school boards, say those who are helping with the organization, Elaine Rotz and Joyce Scofield. If you wish further information you may call Rotz at 226-7940 or Scofield at 2244577. ApapfimGEiE For nonft 2 Bedroom Best Location In Town 750 East 1 700 South Orem, Utah Available May 15, 1986 Phcno:22S-d4G0 225-5393 Cln Honor of all our yf ' "The Creati i Mav I I H Creative Mothers... ve Woman" -10 Free Demonstrations on quilting, cooking, cleaning and style! Schedule of Demonstrations (Demonstrations in Mall's Center Court. Free and open to the Public.) Thursday, May 8 Friday, May 9 ran-(5enua QJimes (SECD411700) Published each Wednesday for $7 per year by the Orem-Geneva Times, 546 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058 . Second Class Postage Paid at Orem, Utah 84057. POSTMASTER: - ' Send address changes to the Orem-Geneva Times, P. O. box 65, Orem, Utah 84057. 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. . 4:00 p.m. . 5:00 p.m.. 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Lace Net Darning by Creative Circle Cosmetics Demonstration by Merle Norman Cosme'ics Self Defense for Women by Public Safety Dept. Hawiian Quilting by Moani Revoir Continuous Bias Binding by Tamera Boren - Cosmetics Demonstration by Merle Norman Cosmetics - Candlewicking by Creative Circle - Framing & Basting.a Quilt by Penny Stevenson - Housecleaning -Bathrooms & Windows by Mary Stevenson - Lace Net Darning by Creative Circle - Kstee Lauder Cosmetic Demonstration by Janet Harris. Z.C.M.I. - Wok Cooking Demonstration by Marilyn Manning. Home Economist for Utah Power & Light Co. 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00p.m. 4:00p.m. 4:30 p.m. -5:00 p.m. -5:30 p.m. - - Lace Net Darning by Creative Circle - Cosmetics Demonstration by Merle Norman Cosmetics - Self Defense for Women by Public Safety Dept. - Cosmetics Demonstration by Merle Norman Cosmetics Miniature Quilting by LeeAnn Bang . - Contemporary Scrap Bag Quilting ' ' by Marva Dalebout ' - Cosmetics Demonstration by Merle Norman Cosmetics - Housecleaning - Walls. Ceilings & Floors by Mary Stevenson - Candlewicking by Creative Circle - Ruffled Framed Mirrors by Shirley Webb Kstee Lauder Cosmetic Demonstration by Janet Harris. Z.C.M.I. 6:30 p.m. - Microwave Cooking Demonstration by Marilyn Manning. Home Economist lor Utah Power & Light Co. Friday, May 9 7:30 p.m. - Continuous Bias Binding . .. ... by Tamera Boren " P:00 p.m. - Lace Net Darning bv Creative Circle Saturday, May 10 10:30 a.m. - Candlewicking ; .by Creative Circle 11 :00 a.m. - Cosmetics Demonstration t' , by I Merle Norman Cosmetics 12:00 noon - Self Defense for W'omen by Public Safety Dept. 1 :00 p.m. -Cosmetics Demonstration by Merle Norman Cosmetics 2:00 p.m. - Lace Net Darning by Creative Circle 3:00 p.m. - Cosmetics Demonstration ' by Merle Norman Cosmetics 4:30 p.m. - Housecleaning - Junk Busters (dejunking your house) L ' by Mary Stevenson 5:00 p.m. - Double Wedding Ring Quilting , by Nancy Lowe 5:30 p.m. - Candlewicking by Creative Circle 6:30 p.m. - Wok Cooking Demonstration by Marilyn Manning. Home Economist for ; Utah Power & Light Co. in IBB l ),. UNIVERSITY! FH" : :' MALL |