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Show Dr. Harold Jacklin, Physical Facilities Supervisor for Alpine School District, peers through the broken glass where young vandals gained entry last weekend at Suncrest Elementary Elemen-tary School. New School Vandalized A week before the brand new Suncrest Elementary School was to open at 668 West 150 North, Orem, vandals broke into the school causing about $6,000 worth of damage. The incident was investigated Sunday afternoon and police said at least one suspect was under investigation by Monday afternoon. The vandals will be referred to juvenile court. Entry was gained by breaking the glass door to the kindergarten room in the front of the building. Apparently young, the vandals emptied several bottles of Elmers glue and glitter in bright red and blue throughout the building. They also spattered White-Out (type correcting liquid) everywhere. A typewriter in one of the classrooms was glued to the table, Buried beneath a pint of red glitter is a telephone near the front office at Suncrest School. Kindergarten room at Suncrest Elementary apparently was first stop for vandals who wantonly scattered materials. Notice empty bottle of Elmer's Glue and jar of glitter on the floor. i ' i glue was poured across the keys of a piano in the hallway and poured randomly onto the new carpet in several areas as well as on desk tops. A large industrial type vacumn was glued to the carpet. Materials and papers prepared by teachers for the first days of school were destroyed and scattered in several rooms. "It's pretty sad to see a brand new school treated this way," said Mr. Prut, principal. One of the secretaries was at the school building for opening on the 25th until nearly midnight Friday night. The vandalism apparently occurred after than time. Since the glue was still wet Sunday afternoon police thought entry may have been made early Sunday. 'W.J ! V This Welcome Back To School sign probably won't be on display when students enter the Suncrest Elementary School next week. The Sign was among many areas in the school to be spattered with liquid typewriting correction fluid. r .-V ,f7 'j if .'' ft if ft i7 fJ ib I f ' ' V. Large mirror in one of the rooms at Suncrest takes on appearance of fireworks where young vandals spattered type correcting fluid on the glass. ; Auto Safety Issues Still Controversial By Dennis Hinkamp 1 Consumer Information Writer r Utah State University Auto safety is a confusing world of trade offs. Although it may sound grisly, decisions about improvements or laws that save lives are often weighed against monetary costs ard personal freedom. Such a case is seen with mandatory man-datory seat belt laws and automatic "air bag" safety systems. For years there have been debates over the relative safety and cost of installing automatic air bag systems. So far, no major auto manufacturer has even offered them as an option on new cars. During this same period, there has been momentum momen-tum building to enact mandatory seat belt laws. To date, 24 states including Utah have some sort of seat belt law. - Although some would call the t 1, V . ':( ",C .' 1 r J laws a positive move toward safer highways, some consumer advocates would call it a conspiracy. One reason for the conspiracy theory is that Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole has ordered auto manufacturers to install air bag systems in new 1989 cars unless states with two-thirds of the U.S. population enact seata belt laws. Auto manufacturers have been opposed to air bag systems because they contend consumers will not be willing to pay the extra costs. Other arguments have been that the bags are not yet perfected and adding automatic safety equipment to cars will actually cause people to drive less safely. Because of these contentions, there has been a strong movement by the auto industry to get states to enact seat belt laws. Brian O'Neill, president of the Insurance In-surance Institute for Highway Safety, Safe-ty, has even accused auto manufacturer manufac-turer lobbying groups of inflating statistics showing the effectiveness of seat belt laws. To further confuse the issue there is a grassroots movement of what might be called "Right to Death" advocates. ad-vocates. They see seat belt laws as an infringement on personal freedom. Seat belt advocates counter that the added deaths and injuries caused by not using seat belts increases insurance in-surance rates and medical costs for everyone. Safety may seem to be a very easy to decide issue, but it has many sides. Colorado Man :j Arraigned On Robbery Charge Bail was set at $50,000 for a Colorado Col-orado man who was arraigned in Orem's Eighth Circuit Court Friday on charges of robbery. The man was arrested earlier in Salt Lake City and reportedly admitted to the robbery of Wallpaper City in Orem on Saturday, August 8. A hearing for Hans Jurgen Drobell, 44, of Estes Park, Colo., will be set later this month. rr Orem-Geneva Time3: Wednesday, August 20, 1986 t Hillcrest Announces New Starting Time Due to a conflict in bus scheduling, Hillcrest Elementary School will begin at 9:00 a.m. instead of 8 : 30 a.m. as previously announced. Principal Gary Seastrand said school will be dismissed at 3:30 to accommodate the new schedule. Mountain View Seminary Open House An Open House will be held at the Mountain View Seminary, 725 West Center, on Sunday, August 24, from 7 until 9 p.m. Filmstrip and video presentatation will be shown during the evening. Seminary students and their prents are invited. Refreshments will be served. Thefts, Burglary Reported Orem Police are investigating a : burglary at Orem Pharmacy, 840 S. State, in which several bottles of nar-i cotics and drugs were taken. Police said entry was gained by breaking a " window. The theft of a 1978 Yamaha motorcycle valued at (450 was reported last week from a business at 1990 N. State. Police said a welder worth $250 also is missing from a garage at about 800 W. 800 S. Utah County Sheriff's deputies were called to investigate the theft of several items valued at $200 from Multimax, 2000 S. 555 W., in Orem last week. The apparently stolen items include in-clude hammers, saws, a ghetto blaster and speakers. Genealogy Research Class Free genealogy research classes are scheduled Aug. 24 (Sunday) at the Utah Valley Regional Genealogical Library on the fourth floor of the Harold B. Lee Library on the Brigham Young University campus. Classes begin at 9:30 a.m. with a course on researching sources in the United States. At 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. classes on beginning your research are planned. The last class, at 3:30 p.m., is centered on how to use the United States census materials. Help is also available for those who are involved in more advanced research. For more information call the library at 378-6200. te's tern. The same baby who, ten ago, wouldn't have lived speak his first word. But now doctors can look inside the hearts of unborn babies, detect de-tect disorders and correct them at birth. Thanks to research, he can have a healthy normal life. American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR UFE years O X AT Cm V DEAN W. LEE ROTC Student Receives Award Dean W. Lee of Orem, a junior in communications at Brigham Young University, received the Air Force ROTommandant's Award recently at the conclusion of four weeks of field training for 200 ROTC cadets at McChord Air Force Base near Seattle. Colonel Gary K. Spencer, commander com-mander of the BYU Air Force ROTC unit, said the award is given to the top cadet for excellence in leadership, physical fitness and "followership." "This is a high honor because only on-ly one cadet is given the award at each of the 12 different summer camps throughout the United States," Spencer said. "More than 3,000 cadets are participating in the camps between bet-ween their sophomore and junior years of the ROTC program." Lee, a son of Ron and Betty Lou Lee, graduated in 1981 from Orem High School where he was active in the band and orchestra as a trumpet player. While in high school, he received his private pilot's license and his Eagle Scout award. At BYU he has performed for two years in the Cougar Band and one year in the Ballroom Dance Company. Com-pany. He will attend Air Force pilot training after graduating from BYU. Canyon View Seminary Sets Open House Canyon View Seminary will hold an open house for all students who will be attending seminary and their parents. The event will be Sunday, , August 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. Canyon View Jr. High is located at 1078 N. 600 E., Orem. You Can Help Build Confidence In Your Child By Betty Condie, President Utah Education Association We all want our children to feel capable and confident. This comes through self esteem. We can help our children build a sense of personal power and responsibility which is the f oundationf or the development of self esteem. Having personal power doesn't mean having control over others, being manipulative or domineering. What it does mean is that people have control over themselves and are aware that their own actions contribute to what happens in their-lives, their-lives, and that what they do makes a difference. Help children develop effective decision-making skills. Provide regular opportunities for making choices. "You may pick out your back-to-school clothes." Of course, you will establish guidelines such as cost, appropriateness, quality. Set tasks and allow children to complete them in their own way whenever possible. In problem situations, decide whose problem it is. If it is your problem, you solve it. If it is their -problem, let them solve it. Point out that everyone involved may be contributing to the problem. Everyone may need to help solve it. Have children focus on solving the problem once it has been defined. Ask questions that will help lead to solutions. "What could be done to give you more time for homework?" iA 1-1-1- . . lA Ljsi accepiauie solutions ana lei them choose one. Let them offer their own solutions. Assist them in evaluating the way the problem was solved. Build self-reliance by allowing children to do for themselves those things they can do, even if it's not done as well as you could do it. Be supportive without being too hasty to help. In giving praise, be sincere and specific. "You read the whole book in just a week!" Help children understand that they are responsible for their own feelings. People can choose how they will respond to any situation in their lives. Parents who choose to help their children develop responsibility will find it goes, hand-in-hand with self esteem. |