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Show Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, December 1, 1993 Page 2 Helping your child Succeed in school ( by Lily Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association " " ' ! I.UMN,. 1 Lay Christmas wishes whispered to a bearded and jolly Santa may come true for Orem youngster. Hundreds of children from the very young to the not-so-young and their parents enjoyed the festive event Monday at the City Center. The event was jointly sponsored by Chamber of Commerce and Orem City. ''!:'.!! Th e Sundberg Olpin JHortuary Below the peaks of Timpanogos Mount There lived a pioneer people on the green, Where Edwin Olpin, scion of account, Was undertaker on the Valley scene. His work began in 1899, As Olpin directed funerals for those Whose lives had been deserving and benign. As days of hand-sewn caskets drew to close, The time for Lewis Olpin came to serve The people under Timpanogos Green. The home in Pleasant Grove would now preserve Traditions, as his father had forseen. Now, that historic custom still survives, As Olpin Family has surely grown; While funeral services enrich our lives, Beneath the lofty Timpanogos throne! When Elwood Sundberg married LuJean Olpin After World War II, they set about To have the funeral tradition open In Orem, where their family would sprout. Their Sundberg Olpin Mortuary lengthened The long tradition Bishop Olpin planned. Fulfilling service, many years, has strengthened To meet the needs of those who understand. Four generations, now, extend tradition, As Kelly and Teri Sundberg come to serve With Orem's only full-service Mortuarv Which Sundberg Olpin pledges to preserve. With unmatched heritage of care and peace This Mortuary fills the final scene With services, described as "Masterpiece," Beneath the awesome Timpanogos Green! With. Edwin, Lewis, Elwood, now, and Kelly, The Sundberg Qlpins have made history, Providing peace of mind to families Throughout the best part of a century! Orem-geneva Times USPS 411-700 Published each Wednesday for $10.00 per year by the Orem-Geneva 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 84059 City to assist in PRD road maintenance By Jeanne Thayne City Editor After many and meetings and discussions, the city council approved ap-proved a resolution and formula to participate in road maintenance for PRDs, planned residential developments. Although PRDs do not qualify to use state road funds allocated to the city, the council approved setting set-ting aside $9,000, the current amount that would be allocated to PRDs, based on road mileage, from the state' C Road fund, if they did qualify. The fund will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis 'to PRDs that apply and qualify for use. Applications will be evaluated during the normal budget hearings. hear-ings. Maximum city participation will be 30 percent of the total project cost. Public Works Director Richard Manning outlined qualifying criteria as follows: 1. The PRD has funding available avail-able to complete the project. 2. The street is in need of maintenance Child safety restraint usage increases A recently released study by the Utah Department of Public Safety included a survey that shows a 17 percent increase in child safety restraint usage. To ensure consistency and accuracy, the survey is conducted at the same locations every spring by surveyors who are trained to observe ob-serve the usage or non-usage of safety seats and belts. The Utah Highway safety Office Of-fice attributes the increase in child safety restraint usage to the efforts of the Hold On To Dear Life seat belt campaign. "The television spots the campaign produced have such an emotional, long-lasting effect that I don't believe usage would have gone up without them," said Kathy Nutter, Nut-ter, program coordinator for the highway safety office. Since 1991, Hold On To Dear Student seeks local information Dear Readers, My name is Andy Sisler. I am a 7th grade student at Galena .. Middle School in historical - a'ena Illinois. As a part of our English class, we are writing to a number of communities requesting a postcard or picture telling a little about the. town. I would appreciate ap-preciate anything you could send about your community. Andy Sisler co Galena Middle School 1230 N. Franklin St. Galena, IL 61036 Thank you for your help. ' Sincerely, Andy Sisler 'according to City inspection policies. 3. The PRD street being maintained does not restrict public traffic. A 4th criteria calling for public access to parks within the PRDs was deleted after it was pointed out that many PRDs do not have parks and those that did would have to carry liability insurance, the cost of which would be prohibitive. Graig Taylor, representing Northridge Homeowners Association Associa-tion said deleting the parks criteria was fair because of the insurance costs. However, he said, anyone is welcome to share in the park on a space available basis. The access is there, he said. Councilman Kelvin Clayton said he "philosophically" can't use taxpayer's money for private use. Taylor reminded him the "P" in PRD stands for Planned, not Private. Many people use roads in PRDs, he said; access is not restricted. "We are a part of the city and pay our taxes." He said he thought Manning's plan was very fair. "We don't ask for anything out of the ordinary." Life has made great efforts to inform and teach Utah residents of the importance of seat belt and child care seat safety. The campaign cam-paign reaches into Utah's communities com-munities through television and radio PSA spots, a seat belt club, elementary and secondary school curriculum,, car seat clinics, speakers to schools and other organizations, or-ganizations, a seat belt safety poster contest in junior high and high schools and other activities designed to bring a message of seat belt use home. Hold On To Dear Life is a mujtifaceted safety restraint awareness campaign of the Primary Children's Medical Center Cen-ter Foundation and is sponsored by Jon and Karen Huntsman. For more information about the seat belt campaign, contact Rolayne Fairclough, campaign coor.-dinator, coor.-dinator, at 588-3691. Graffiti busters to squelch gang talk By Jeanne Thayne City Editor Gangs will not be able to communicate com-municate so easily in Orem once the Graffiti Busters get on their trail. f . The program is being organized or-ganized through the Department of Public Safety and will use volunteers to assist the department depart-ment in eliminating graffiti from throughout the city. ' City council approved $5,000 to retrofit a piece of equipment that is expected to be able to clean up graffiti on buildings, walls, etc. It is considerably less than a piece of equipment the department is When you're a teacher, you have a lot on your mind. You're grading papers and preparing lessons and managing and motivating and disciplining,' and you don't want to spend exasperated ex-asperated energy over little things (usually caused by little children) that become roadblocks to a smooth day. For instance, a desk. A desk with books. A desk with books that cannot be used because wedged into the desk are 14 crumpled papers thatnever made it home, candy wrappers snacked during math, a baseball cap, two half-finished art projects, a paperback book order, six rulers borrowed from the teacher, and some other stuff in various stages of decomposition that may have, at one time, been lunch, but may surely end up as a prize-winner science project. And when you're a parent you' get busy. You earn a living and make the meals and do the laundry and balance the checkbook check-book and shuttle kids to game and movies and scouts and school. And you don't want to spend precious pre-cious time getting irritated over small things (from small minds) that throw your schedule off. Like a shoe. A lost shoe. A shoe that foT some strange reason was not taken off in the same room as its mate. A shoe with a small owner that has no consideration for the fact that you're late for work, but Defenses against telemarketing By Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah State University The best way to avoid being duped by telemarketers is hanging hang-ing up the phone-and even that might not work. They may call back with another angle. For instance, one telemarketer tele-marketer contracted the services of a local photographer to go to the homes of "winners" to take their pictures. The photographer became be-came an unwitting part of the scam by convincing people that they had actually won. Another company actually warned consumers about "disreputable "dis-reputable telemarketing businesses" busi-nesses" and urged they to check the company's record with the local "Consumer Business Bureau." The name sounded official offi-cial and similar to the Better Business Bureau, but was, in fact, just a bank of phones owned by the same company running the scam. These are just two examples of variations on old telemarketing scams encountered by Tim Healey, who works for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Salt Lake City. Healey was part of a sting operation called Operation Disconnect that triggered 54 simultaneous raid on fraudulent telemarketers across the country. , The point is, if you think you can't get fooled, you are setting yourself up to get taken. The people who are running these scams are much more sophisticated sophisti-cated than average consumers. Even the FBI, Postal Inspector, Department of Commerce and the Attdrney General have been unable to shut these businesses down on a continuing basis. So, don't think you can outsmart them or that you will be the one in five who wins the big prize. If you want to gamble, go to Las investigating for use, according to Richard Manning, Director of Public Works. Ted Peacock, Director of Public Safety, believes it is important impor-tant to get the program going as soon as possible. 'This is how gangs communicate," he said, "Quick removal of graffiti is a big help in stopping gang activity." In an effort to attract attention, atten-tion, the department is investigating inves-tigating the possibility of purchasing pur-chasing an old hearse for about $2,000 and making it road worthy to transport the. volunteers to areas w,here graffiti is found. Not everybody on the council was enthusiastic. Some thought you help the small owner look once again under the toys that are under clothes that are under the bed and through shelves of disheveled books and puzzles and paints and rock collections, trad ing cards and stuffed animals. It's a rare child who's organized. or-ganized. It's a child to be treasured and adored and maybe taken to a doctor for examination or perhaps cloning. I have no helpful hints for children on straightening out their bedrooms w their desks or their lives. I have no magic spectacles that will make them see with our eyes. If I did, I would buy a pair for my children. And I would never again stand at the doorway to a room with a bed covered with magazines, a carpet covered with clothes, and a desk covered with microwave popcorn bags and apple cores and ask a stupid question ques-tion like, "Why don't you clean your room?" And hear a stupider answer like, "I did." No helpful hints for children. But maybe one for adults. Develop perspective. Remind yourself daily of their better qualities. They' may be bright, athletic, funny, kind.industrious, friendly, creative, or bold. Focus on their talents. Strive for the ambitious. A college education. A Broadway performance. An Olympic medal. But as for a bed made every morning. Save time and energy. Give up. Vegas. Not everyone who sells products over the telephone is fraudulent. Telemarketing includes in-cludes legitimate charities and businesses that allow you the convenience con-venience of paying by telephone. However, it is difficult to sort out the legitimate from the fraudulent. When in doubt, ask for the offer in writing or simply hang up. General rules regarding telemarketing fraud: If you win something it shouldn't cost you any money and . you shouldn't have to buy any additional products to pick it up. No matter how appealing the offer sounds, you will not come out ahead. Never give your credit card number for "verification." No legitimate business will require credit card numbers as a form of identification. Do you really need or want the products they are selling? In most cases, you would get a similar item at a local store for much less. There are so many scams coming com-ing over the phone that my personal per-sonal advice would be not to buy anything over the phone unless you are the one initiating the call about a product you saw in a catalog or on television. Just think how annoyed you would be if all these telemarketers were door-to-door salespersons. You should treat your telephone privacy in the same way; TIPS We want the scoop on what's happening in Orem, Call in news tips. Orem-Geneva Times 225-1340 it would attract so much attention, atten-tion, it would encourage gangs to do' more graffiti. But Council-woman Council-woman Judy Bell approved wholeheartedly. It lets the people know we're on the job and we're not going to tolerate graffiti in Orem, she "said. 1 think it's important im-portant to attract attention." . Manning advised that only, qualified city personnel should use the graffiti removing equipment equip-ment so that buildings were not damaged in the process. However, How-ever, volunteers are welcome to assist in the program. , All citizens are encouraged to remove graffiti when found or notify the city. : |
