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Show Family uecs BooscFrom We like being together and having hav-ing fun as a family, agree the fourth-graders fourth-graders of Barnett Elementary School in Payson, all entrants in the Family City USA Essay Contest. The contest is part of the preparation for the Family City USA celebration July Ju-ly 20-24 in Orem. "Familying: What we do to strengthen our family," is the subject of this year's essay contest, and the 30 entries turned in by the Barnett fourth-graders is the first major group of entries submitted. According to Randy Bartholomew, Bar-tholomew, teacher of the class of fourth-graders, he had the children enter the contest to receive a better grounding in expressing themselves in writing. "We made it a point all year to enter essay contests at least once a month," Bartholomew said. The Family City USA Essay Contest Con-test was the final writing assignment for the class this year, as children turned in essays on the last day of classes before summer vaction. "This was the longest essay we've written yet. Most of the kids got their families involved. The kids have a lot of writing practice, and these essays are very good," Bartholomew said. When asked what she wrote about, fourth-grader Leda Coleman said her family has a "standing strong as a family program" which she feels brings her family closer by singing together. Scott Moody, another fourth-grader, fourth-grader, said his family got involved by giving him ideas for an essay topic. He said the activity brought his family fami-ly closer together. According to chairman of the essay contest, LuDene Moon, the goal of the contest is to celebrate the f ami-lv ami-lv and to sensitize the public to the Orchard Elementarv row: John Valentine, Marche Lamoreaux, Scott Brown, Traci Young, Jared Page, Amy Adams and Erin Cannon. Gov. Bangerter Declares Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week June 22-28 The week of June 22-28, 1986 has been proclaimed Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Deaf-Blind Awareness Week by Governor Norman H. Bangerter. Helen Keller, America's most accomplished, ac-complished, respected, and renowned renown-ed deaf-blind citizen, was bora on June 27th. This special week will honor her anniversary. Thousands of Americans, bidding bi-dding 6,000 children, most of whom are left deaf-blind from the rubella epidemic of the 1960s will be recognized recogniz-ed by educational institutions, agencies agen-cies serving the disabled, families and friends of the afflicted. Because these severe disabilities result in higher costs for education, training, and rehabilitation services, many deaf-blind individuals cannot procure the services necessary to provide pro-vide them with opportunities to reach their potential as contributing, productive pro-ductive citizens. This lacK of services wastes a tremendous wealth of human resources. Deaf-blind persons are; exceptional excep-tional workers when properly trained. train-ed. Their dependability and loyalty is often superior to many in the work force. Employment opportunities must be created to offer these people chances to prove their value and worth in their communities. The Division of Rehabilitation Services, Utah State Office of Education, in conjunction with the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults will offer information to the pubic about the special needs of deaf-blind individuals. National participants in this special week to salute the deaf-blind fTITTTTT A TTli Timp Drive In Theater, Orem June Special ! Sellers FREE Every Saturday In June. Buyers 25 Cents City USA Essay V 0 in I I w - - -. i, x . Family City USA essay contest gets boost from Barnett fourth-graders as Brandon Bran-don Miller of SCERA staff accepts essays from young students extolling virtues of their families. contributions and needs of the family fami-ly within our society. Essays will be evaluated by an essay committee chaired by Moon. The award winners in each of the five age categories will be announced on Sunday, July 20th as part of the annual an-nual "Tribute to Families" program School's 1886 Hone of America recioients. left to right, back include the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Please contact the Deaf-Blind Affiliate Project if you are aware of deaf-blind individuals needing assistance in Utah. Division of Rehabilitation Services, Deaf-Blind Affiliate Project-Utah, Utah Community Com-munity Center for the Deaf, 388 North 400 East, Bountiful, Uah 84010, telephone (801) 533-5997. School For Handicapped To Open Soon "Kids on the Move" a new school for handicapped children, birth through five years of age will be opening in Orem sometime in August. The program will offer an early intervention experience for handicapped infants, and classroom experience for toddlers and preschoolers with developmental delays. Children participating in the school will receive physical, occupational and speech therapy according to their needs. Experienced teachers and staff will help the children achieve growth in fine motor, gross motor, speech, cognition, and the social-emotional developmental areas. Please call 225-0100 or 225-8204 for more information. Hj Hj II m p'"" Fourth Graders in the SCERA Shell. At that time, the second annual "State of the Family Address" will be given, outlining the current state and trends of the family fami-ly on a national, state, and local level, the program will set the tone for the remaining four days of activities. Nelson. Front row: Blake AVA Cites Utah's Elementary School Nutrition Program Are your kids learning to eat their spinach and drink their milk? If they go to school in Utah's Granite School District, they just might be. An outstanding nutrition education program pro-gram for elementary grades has been developed and refined there during the past 13 years. The American ; Vocational Association recently recognized the Granite program with a cash award and citation. Utah's NET Coordinator Karen Stone stressed that the program has been highly effective in encouraging better eating habits and in reinforcing reinforc-ing good manners. She mentioned the work of Nancy Sorensen, elementary nutrition specialist, and Almina Barksdale, district coordinator for home ec programs. Under their direction, direc-tion, home ec teachers have reached grade school students and teachers alike with strong nutrition messages. Lessons last approximately 30 minutes for younger children and 45 minutes for grades three through six. When children learn the various forms foods can take and how they are processed, they may also see a practical demonstration of how to make peanut butter, for example. Other lessons cover such basics as selection of foods from all food groups, the importance of breakfast and grains, and the value of milk in building good teeth. The Granite District produced its own materials and developed its own curriculum. Its success has allowed four other Utah districts to adapt the format to their needs as well. Nutrition Nutri-tion education funding, says Stone, has produced beneficial results for Utah children and is exerting widespread influence on their eating habits. It's a working program and-as and-as far as Utah is concerned-it's working For further infomation contact: Karen Stone (801) 533-5371; Nancy Sorensen (801) 272-5671; or Almina Barksdale (801) 268-8111. "The liberty of the press is the Palladium Pal-ladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights." Junius Contest Family City USA is jointly produced pro-duced by Orem City and SCERA Corporation, Cor-poration, with Coca Cola, K96 AMFM radio, Universal Travel, Pony Express Pizza, Meadow Gold, and Sno Shack as major sponsors. Chamber Boasts New Growth Spurt The ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce is proudly boasting a climb in membership after their recent membership drive. The drive ; was conducted by the President's Club, the membershiD arhr of the Chamber. ' After only three days of intensive uSSst! iur increasing memDersmps. John Swindle, and Verl Osmond of Financial Planners, Inc., topped the charts with 21 new members in only three days. Right behind them were Curt Bramble, C.P.A., and Steve Dicus of Dominick and Dominick. There also were 12 teams of two who went out in the membership cause and many were also very successful although not taking top prizes. "The recently merged Chamber has been organized for a mere five months and has been under a lot of public scrutiny," says Steve Densley, Executive Vice President. "The members have been concerned and wondering how the merge would affect the new Chamber. We're all very pleased to announce the consolidation is beginning to show a new growth spurt and are pleased with the President's Clubs efforts," Densley adds. Also contributing to the success of the drive were valuable prizes donated by businesses. Tour West donated an exciting River trip and "Ask Mr. Foster" donated a weekend for two in San Diego for the grand prize winners. Daily prizes were donated by several other Chamber members and were distributed throughout the President's Club participants. The Drive started with a kick-off breakfast at Frontier Pies and ending each day at the Chamber board room for dinner and to recap the day. Meals were catered by Brick Oven, Hardee's and Kentucky Fried Chicken. "The Chamber is thrilled with the results of the drive. They are looking forward to the increased membership and with working and serving these new members," says Midge Johnson, assistant executive vice president. fVoR SALE 1.65 AcresTI I hidden among trees,! lush lawn, 3400 sq. ft. I rustic rambler, large ' 3GX32 barn with loft. I I Trade your home or j income property at i full value. Owner ' J agent is flexable. Ap-1 I praised at $187,400. j Bill Brown Realty i 785-6030 1 Uskfor "E. K." Lane I Orem-Geneva Times- FamSly City USA Stephen R. Covey, expert on motivation and trainer and consultant for' managers and leaders in business; and Dr. Lynn Scoresby, child and family psychologist and Associate Professor of Family Sciences at BYU are among those jo-ing jo-ing the celebration of Family City . USA July 20-24 at the SCERA Park. Covey is president of Covey & Associates and is a professor of Organizational Behavior at BYU. He will share his talents and help to educate families during the five-day exposition. Covey will serve as a representative represen-tative of the Family Values Village, one of the six theme villages of which the Family City USA celebration is comprised. The other villages are Health, Recreation, and Physical Fitness; Education and Home Management; Financial; Civics; and Cultural. Scoresby will tell stories to families about values, representing the Family Values Village, one of Family City USA's six villages. Individuals, businesses, and nonprofit non-profit agencies within the community communi-ty will participate in the festivities by bringing in workshops, lectures, displays, and educational games. Rather than just sell their wares, these organizations will provide hands-on experiences which build and educate families. Participants within the Family Values Village will include the Utah Valley Family Support Center, Utah Valley, Citizens for Decency, Brite Music, and Eagle Systems. The village will feature stories and music that teach values to children, religious organizations, and seminars and lectures pertaining to various facets of value development. Other noted participants in the Family City USA celebration include: Garth Fisher, noted authority on physical fitness and professor of Physical Education and Director of the Human Performance Research Center at BYU; and Barbara Salsbury, home management expert and noted author and lecturer on consumer con-sumer affairs. "We want to provide a chance for everyone to become involved in this noble celebration, especially if they can help educate others about becoming becom-ing better families," said Howard Gray, chairman of Family City USA. According to Gray, openings are available for those who wish to get in-vovled in-vovled in educating families in any one of the theme villages. "We want to get as many people involved in Family City USA as we ' Petition Drive For Tax Limitation Fails But Group Will Try Again "We have failed to obtain the signatures necessary to qualify our property tax limitation petition for the November ballot," announced Jack A. Olson, Executive Vice President of the Utah Taxpayers Association. The deadline for submitting petition signatures was Monday, June 9. Nearly 63,000 signatures were needed need-ed but several thousand less than that were obtained. "We estimate that when approximately approx-imately ten to fifteen ' percent of signatures are disqualified by county coun-ty clerks, we will have somewhere around 50,000 valid signatures. Most of these have been collected during the good weather of the last 60 days. We are not going to put county clerks through the work of verifying the signatures because we are certain we have not hit the mark and we don't want to waste taxpayers money by requiring re-quiring the expensive process of validation," Mr. Olson said, pointing to stacks of filled petitions. "Three main factors led to the shortage of signatures," he said. "First, we lost the critical month of November because of delays in getting get-ting the petitions through the state bureaucracy. Second, we were sabotaged by opponents who requested re-quested large numbers of petitons and then destroyed them. Upon discovering discover-ing the problem, we had petitions containing con-taining 60,000 more signature lines printed, but it was too late. Third, we underestimated the amount of work it takes to physically collect 63,000 signatures. We just didn't allow ourselves enough time," Olson said. "We didn't have much money for advertising, so people learned about the petiton through word-of-mouth and news coverage. Surprisingly, the bigggest surge in volunteers came when Governor Bangerter announced announc-ed his opposition to the proposal. Another shot-in-the-arm came when 'Citizens for Fair Taxation,' a coalition coali-tion of education groups and local governments, announced their opposition. op-position. If our opponents had con LEGAL NOTICE AGENDA OREM CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT The Orem City Board of Adjustment will meet in a regular meeting meet-ing on Thursday, June 19, 1986, at 6:30 p.m. in the Orem City Multipurpose Multi-purpose Room, which is located at 56 North State Street, Orem. AGENDA ITEMS 1. Harvey Sorenson, 400 North 1200 West, R-l-6.5 zone, is requesting re-questing an appeal to the Zoning Administrators decision regarding an interpretation in-terpretation of what constitutes con-stitutes expansion of a non-conforming use and is requesting a variance of 20 feet in the setback -Wednesdav. June 18. 1986 I v . STEPHEN R. COVEY DR. LYNN SCORESBY can becasue we want as many educational educa-tional sources available for families to glean from on every subject possible. possi-ble. Last year we had about 200,000 people attend Family City USA and this year we expect even more, so we want a lot of teachers available," Gray said. For more information regarding involvement in Family City USA, contact con-tact Judy Broxton at 226-3603, or write Family City USA, 745 South State, Orem, Utah 84058. Family City USA is jointly produced pro-duced by Orem City and the SCERA Corporation with Coca Cola, K96 AFFM radio, Universal Travel, Meadow Gold, Pony Express Pizza, and Sno Shack as major sponsors. ducted their media blitz one month earlier, I'm sure we would have qualified for the ballot," he said. Olson issued a warning to legislators and local officials: "ff you don't bring property taxes under control, con-trol, we'll be back on the streets next year, and this time we will get tax limitation on the ballot because now we know what it takes." "Our hearts go out to the hundreds hun-dreds of volunteers who have sacrificed sacrific-ed to make tax limitation a reality, the widows, the young homeowners, the small business owners. It's astonishing to hear them ask when are we going to get started again?" Arrington Elected As Fellow Leonard J. Arrington, Lemuel Redd Professor of History at Brigham Young University, has been elected by the Society of American Historians as a Fellow of the Society. Founded in 1939 by Allan Nevins and several fellow authors to promote literary distinction in historical writing, the Society of American Historians is limited to 250 members. Their selection is based upon a demonstrated commitment to the concept of literary distinction in the writing and publishing of history and biography. Arrington first attained national prominence as a historian with the 1958 publication of "Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints." The book has received a special citation by the American Society for State and Local History and was placed in the President's Presi-dent's Library in the White House. He has since published four biographies and three business histories. In cooperation with Davis Bitton, Arrington also published the widely acclaimed book "The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Latter-day Saints." requirement on the northwest north-west property line. 2. Richard B. Black, 1337 So. Carterville Rd., RE-20 zone, is requesting an 8 foot variance on the south side of the property proper-ty for the addition of a carport. Published in Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times June 18. 1986. |