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Show Or em-Geneva Times Page 2 Wednesday. September 16. 1992 Editorial Use some horse sense, vote Politicians aren't the only ones seeking voter approval in the November elections. Horse racers and the horse race industry are hoping Utah voters will pull them out of their slump by voting yes to the parimutuel ballot initiative. Supporters of the initiative cite fiscal benefits to education educa-tion - something everyone wants. Hut according to Utah Foundation analysts, the 3 percent of the proceeds to be allocated to education would amount to approximately $600,000. Enough to build half a school or buy a box of crayons for every student in Utah. This figure is based on the percentage of total personal income that goes to parimutuel gambling in other states where this is approved. ap-proved. Opponents to the initiative, Utah Citizens Against Parimutuel (UCAP) cite a lot of reasons to vote against it. City weighs pros and cons of selling its garbage system By Jeanne Thayne Collecting residential garbage is a million dollar business and Orem is looking for buyers. At least they are talking about looking. look-ing. In a continued attempt Uj spur discussion of privatization of the city's 14,200 residential garbage accounts, Public Works Director Ott Dameron last week presented several options to city council members along with suggested service requirements and contract con-tract provisions. So far the discussion has raised a lot of questions and ex plored some risks. Nobodv dy can for or say they are definitely against getting out of the garbage business. Mayor Stella Welsh said her discussions with citizens have been equally interesting. "Some tell me don'tgo private and others say do." Dameron said his office already al-ready has had several calls against going private. "People are afraid costs will increase." If the city does send out bids, they are asking private contractors contrac-tors to purchase all assets. This includes seven trucks with a value of $310,000, approximately 27,825 one hundred gallon garbage gar-bage cans, 51 350-gallon con- UVCC celebrates good teaching A Utah Valley Community College language instructor was recently named teacher of the year. Del Shumway, assistant professor and program coordinator coor-dinator of languages, was selected as teacher of the year at UVCC. Shumway resides in Orem and has been teaching at UVCC since 1982. He became a full-time instructor in 1985. vShumway developed the entire en-tire UVCC Spanish curriculum and facilitated the curriculum development for the six languages lan-guages currently offered at the Joe Cannon to resume position Geneva Steel announced last week that its Chairman, Joseph A. Cannon, will resume his former position as Chief Executive Execu-tive Officer of the Company effective effec-tive October 1, l'M'A. Mr. Cannon resigned as Chief Executive Officer Of-ficer in July 1991 to pursue a bid for the U.S. Senate. "I am enthusiastic about getting get-ting back in the harness at Geneva and working with people for whom I have great affection," Cannon said. Helping your child Succeed in school by Lily Kskelsen, president Utah Education Association It's mostly during Math when my 6th graders will come up to my desk and say, "My mom showed me a different way to solve that firoblem." "That's not the way my )ad did my division." If someone shows my students another way to get the right answer, as long as the kids understand the concepts and it works, I don't mind. But in some things, I do mind. As a parent, there are some things I want my kids to learn straight from me. I want my lessons les-sons to be the ones they compare everything else against. So, we talk a lot. I've always been a talker. (My sons' teachers will tell you that the trait did not skip a generation.) What we talk about is changes with age-their's and mine. Fifteen years ago I taught my son his ABCs when he was still in his car seat. We learned our phone number, "Stop, Drop and Roll" fire safety and all the words to the Star Spangled Banner. Now, there's even more to talk tainera and six 440-gallon containers. con-tainers. Total value $933,875.00. City Manager Daryl Berlin said the best and cleanest way is to get out of the business altogether. al-together. He said the most simple thing is to sell it for enough to get outof the bonded debt C$960,000;, and provide a way to control escalating es-calating costs. Or the city could sell its assets on the open market if it's possible. Berlin said it's one thingto get out of the business, but if the city ever wanted to go back to collecting collect-ing its own garbage again, they'd be in "big-time trouble." The proposal the Public Works Department has drawn up calls for a three year plan with formal review sessions every year for the City and the contractor to assess the program and determine deter-mine its effectiveness. The City also requests that the City's six full-time solid waste operators and one full-time mechanic be hired by the contractor contrac-tor and guaranteed employment for a least one year if the employee desires employment. Also discussed were liability concerns, and level of service requirements. re-quirements. A recent survey showed citizens generally are pleased with the service provided by Public Works. Would a private college. Shumway also served as faculty senate president during the 1991-92 school year. He is leading the on-going creation and design of the multimedia language lan-guage lab that will be housed in the new library expansion. In Shumway's acceptance speech, he emphasized the need to refocus efforts and resources on the classroom and to improve the quality of instruction. "We should not presume anyone's classroom as having greater status than another's. We are all involved in taking 'raw material' The Company also announced Robert J. Grow will continue in his position as President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, addi-tion, James T. Young will return from a leave of absence to resume his duties as Vice President of Corporate Communications. Geneva Steel is the only integrated in-tegrated steel mill operating west of the Mississippi Rover. The Company manufactures hot-rolled hot-rolled steel sheet, plate and pipe for sale primarily in the Western and Central United States. about. Lessons that are so impor-tantand impor-tantand so frightening to parents that we put off talking about them because we can't find just the right time and just the right Elace and just the right words, essons that can't wait for everything every-thing to be iust right. So.weTltalkabouteverything from the birds and the bees to drugs to peer pressure to crime. We'll talk about values and morals and right and wrong and wisdom and stupidity. Well tafk about respect for ourselves and for those around us. Well talk about consequences. Well talk about people whose lives and health and futures were changed forever by an act of carelessness, thoughtlessness or recklessness. We'll talk about decisions parents hope their children will never face. Because I know someday some-day they will run into someone who will want to show them a different way to solve their (roblems. I want them to have earned my way first. Once legalized, parimutuel gambling opens the door to other areas of Class III gambling: casinos, slot machines, poker or lotteries (most likely to start on Indian reservations). reserva-tions). It's happened other places. At the present time, 13 states are being sued in tribal gambling disputes. Gov. Norman Bangerter fears Utah could become involved in similar legal battles if the initiative initia-tive is approved. And reservations would be just the start. Gambling, currently prohibited in Utah, could take a dramatic upswing up-swing in the fever to get something for nothing. Hardest hit are the poor and the young. Like alcohol, gambling is addictive. The compulsion to risk everything for the chance to win lasts a lifetime. Businesses, families, education are thrown away in the risky venture to make it big. contractor do as much? What about Spring Clean Up? During that service the city hauls away virtually any typeof debris placed at curbside. It amounts to approximately ap-proximately 4,000 tons a year. Under the current administration, ad-ministration, the City responds to an average of 30 calls per week concerning garbage. Some people just want to say thanks, said Dameron, but there are about 15 to 20 who say we missed their garbage. "In a bad week there could be as many as 75 to 80 returns," he said. Many times it's citizens who didn't have theirgar-bage theirgar-bage out in time. Truck drivers are required to keep records on every stop and if there is continued con-tinued trouble at a certain address, ad-dress, they will contact the resident resi-dent in person. Can citizens expect this kind of service from a private contractor? contrac-tor? Council members are attempting at-tempting to establish requirements require-ments and to set some kind of fee schedule to protect the citizen and to get the job done right. Potential contractors include Waste Management of Utah (Reliable), Laidlaw, BFE, Ace Disposal andBurbidge Disposal. Dameron suggests that if these or other contractors have other ideas about privatization to please make them known. and directing it into something that will serve society," said Shumway. "Teaching should be educator's highest priority. Teachers and administrators should support and help one another. On UVCC's campus, one can find not just good, but great teaching." "Del is a great friend to the school and to the students. He is very deserving of this award," said Kerry Romesburg, president of UVCC. "We are very fortunate to have an instructor like him on campus," said Romesburg. Shumway currently serves on the humanities committee, language lan-guage committee, and dean's steering committee. He is also Letters to the Man is Superior to Dear Editor: The Declaration of Independence Inde-pendence is important in applying apply-ing the Constitution because as I study the Constitution, I am forever reminded of the single concept: "Man is superior to government and should remain master over it; not the other way around." as stated by Pres. Ezra Taft Benson on Feb. 29, 1968 in his masterful discourse "The Proper Role of Government." This follows then that, "since God created man with certain inalienable in-alienable rights, and man in turn created government to help secure and safeguard those rights, it follows that man is superior su-perior to the creature which he created." I am so very grateful that we have a Constitution Heritage Week in Orem, Sept. 15-19, as a reminder of the "greatest document docu-ment ever penned by man," the U.S. Constitution. I am also deeply indebted to God for His watching over America duringits long history before and after the Constitution was framed. Lincoln, Lin-coln, who declared, "I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence." (February 22, 1861, Collected Works 4:420) This to me establishes the divine origin of rights because if government govern-ment gives rights, it can also take away rights. I am frequently alarmed as I lecture to high school classes and civic groups as I ask the question: NO to parimutuel initiative CDBG receiving applications for local grants The City of Orem Federal Programs Office is pleased to announce an-nounce that Community Development Develop-ment Block Grant (CDBG) applications ap-plications are now being accepted for the 1992-93 fiscal year. The City annually receives funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. All applications ap-plications and funded activities must achieve national objectives earmarked for these funds. The dates that presentations will be accepted are the following: October 14, October 28, November Novem-ber 11, November 18 and December Decem-ber 2, 1992. If you are interested, please fill out an application and register with Lisa Hansen (224-7025) for a presentation time as soon as possible. All presentations will be reviewed by the City of Orem CDBG Citizens' Advisory Commission. Com-mission. On the average, over four trillion gallons of precipitation falls on the U.S. every day. People use about six percent of this. advisor to the UVCC Latin American Club. Shumway has also been extensively involved in community, state, and church activities. ac-tivities. Other instructors receiving excellent teaching awards include: in-clude: Gary Carlson, Elaine Carter, Douglas Carter, Chris Jones, and Roger Wise. Joe Wixom was also named associate faculty teacher of the year. Christopher Columbus planted the first lemon trees in America in 1493. Editor Government Where do you get your rights as a U.S. Citizen? Answers such as government, the Supreme Court, Congress, the Constitution, or "they are just there," from laws, and many too many say "I just don't know." This has driven me to study and enjoy the writings of Bastiat in The Law. Our great founding fathers and John Locke really understood un-derstood that the end of law (that is, constitutional law) is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge our freedom. So let's remember that the people of the states of this republic created the federal government. The federal government govern-ment did not create the states! George Washington warned: "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master!" The Declaration of Independence Inde-pendence is important to me in applying and understanding the Constitution because I fully recognize that government is no play thing! Those that are using government to get gain and control con-trol seek to make me a slave. Finally, let me say-I agree with this quote by President Ezra Taft Benson given in a talk, "A Moral Challenge:" "I say to you with all the fervor of my soul that God intended men to be FREE. Rebellion against tyranny is a righteous cause." John Paulson 225-3057 One Salt Lake restaurateur, Ted Speros, blames gambling gam-bling for the suicide of a close friend. For himself, Speros says gambling cost him his education. "Gambling is very expensive." The cost, both financial and personal, is just too great, he says. While Speros would hate to see good horses leave Utah, he says legalizing parimutuel betting is not the answer to saving the horse industry. "I personally feel if someone wants to gamble, let them go to Wendover or Evanston. One good thing about going one way to gamble is youH only go the days you're there, and then you go home. If it's here locally, you'd go every day." W.C. Fields once said, "Horse sense is what a horse has that keeps him from betting on people." Let's hope Utah voters use a little horse sense and vote against the parimutuel initiative. No Room at the Inn: Utah's Infant Child Care Crisis By Di an ne Yancey Utah Office of Child Care for Utah Children Jennifer i3 three months old and h as had four different day care providers since her mother had to return to work two months ago. Jennifer's parents have been unable un-able to find a professional child care provider who has space for Jennifer, Jen-nifer, so they have tried (without much success) to recruit relatives and neighbors to take care of their daughter. As each child care arrangement arran-gement breaks down, Jennifer becomes be-comes more at-risk. Ifs not uncommon to answer the phone at the Utah Office of Child Care and find the person on the other end upset and often crying. These parents are expressing ex-pressing a high level of frustration frustra-tion as they search for someone to take care of their infant. Child Care Connection, a child care resource and referral agency servicing ser-vicing the Salt Lake area, reports similar cases from upset parents who want the best care for their child, but who are unable to even find space. Some who have found care are worried about the quality of care their child is receiving. Trained infant care providers are difficult to find for two reasons. First, low wages discourage people from becoming chid care providers, and second, training is often expensive for child care providers (who typically earn less than $5.00 per hour). The State Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing Licens-ing reports that there are only 1,932 licensed infant slots available avail-able in Utah. Recently released census information shows that there are approximately 15,800 ;' Grandads and Front Porches By Harold McCown Grandkids are fun. They come over, spend time playing, and then go home. What more could anyone ask? Grandkids are kids who still have the wonder of life in their eyes. They aren't afraid of poking fingers where they shouldn't, or expressing their opinion of food they don't like. Trust me! Zucchini Zuc-chini souffle should not be served to Grandkids. Grandkids like toys, storybooks, playing with toys, watching supper be made, and playing with toys (but not necessarily neces-sarily in that order!) Remembering back when I was a kid, I couldn't understand why my grandparents wouldn't get out and play football with me OREM-GENEVA TIMES U.S.P.S. ID 411-700 Second Class Postage Paid at Orem, Utah Published each Wednesday by OREM-GENEVA TIMES 546 South State Street Orem. Utah 84058 Brent R. Sumner Publisher Jeanne Thayne City Editor POSTMASTER; Send change of addre to: Orcm-Geneva Time P.O. Box C5 Orem. Utah 84059 00C5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES; 1 Year $10.00 3 Years... .$20.00 TELEPHONE NUMBERS Editorial Dept....225 1340 Advertising Dcpt.,225 1340 FAX number 225 1341 Mimii MHH lVjjHi ILw' tm mi-fmm Utah children under the age of one year who are cared for while their mothers work. Sixty percent of Utah women work outside of the home as compared to 54 nationally. na-tionally. To provide a quality infanten-vironment, infanten-vironment, a provider must be trained to understand the health, safety, and developmental issues specific to infants. Research has shown that providers who have received training are more likely to stay in the child care work force and provide quality care. This allows al-lows infants the consistency of care necessary for forming a strong emotional foundation essential es-sential to their development. Unfortunately, in Utah training train-ing is not always available. Rural areas are experiencing the same infant care shortage and lack of trained providers. In fact, rural child care providers currently have to travel to metropolitan areas to receive training, when it's available. Utah must build its supply of trained infant care providers to ensure that all of Utah's children reach their potential. Public and private support for child care professionals must become stronger. Utah needs to encourage en-courage the development of well-trained well-trained professionals to meet the existing needs and prepare for the future needs of families. Community-based training, easily accessed ac-cessed by all child-care professionals profes-sionals who are caringfor infants, is needed. State government needs to make a strong commitment commit-ment to child care training as an investment both in Utah's youngest citizens and in our state's future. (boy, do I understand now). For me, being with my Grandad was kind of fun. Growing up on the plains of northern Texas, he learned to spin some mighty tall tales. Also, he had that natural understanding of life which came from living with the land. He understood un-derstood animals, the seasons, and basic human nature. However, I mostly learned patience with him. Whenever he decided to tell a tall story he pulled out his pipe and lit it. It seemed like ages from the time he said, "Well Harold," and finished lighting his pipe. He smoked Prince Albert tobacco, and to this day I can't see that can without thinking of him. The story always took twice as long to tell, as he had to keep his pipe going. A few words, then puff the pipe; a few more words, puff the pipe. Anyone who hasn't heard a story from the mouth of a pipe smoker hasn't really heard a story. In fact, every time I smell the aroma of pipe tobacco I drift back to sittingin his front yard on a hot summer day with a cold, tall RC Cola, Jill (his dog) up in the tree barking and scaring all of the birds away, and Grandad laughing. laugh-ing. A died-in-the-wool cattleman, he let my brother and me raise sheep on his little farm, many a summer day was spent carding and clipping these sheep. Even washed them with Joy soap (when a sheep starts to shake the water out of his wool, run like crazy!) Through all of the Grandad Gran-dad simply stood by, offered suggestions, sug-gestions, and enjoyed it. By that time in life he had learned that it was the little things which brought life joy. A glass of wine, his pipe, his dog Jill, and his front E orch was all it took to make him py. Yes, a tender time. A happy time. A time when life was a little more innocent. So, pardon me if, whn you are talking with me, 1 cnldi a whiff of pipe smoke, and my tytin go glassy and my mind wanders, I a m back on that porch with fny (Inmdad. |