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Show Education News and Information from local schools and colleges Page 10 Orem-Gcneva Times Wednesday, August 10, 1994 President Lee to award Citations at '. Brigham Young University President Rex E. Lee will award Presidential Citations to four people at the 119th commencement commence-ment activities August 11 in the Marriott Center. Receiving awards will be Bruce B. Clark, Dee Andersen, William Hobson, and the late Evelyn Hobson. The citations were established in 1983 to honor outstanding individuals and groups, and the current recipients will be honored for civic, professional, and religious accomplishments. Bruce B. Clark Clark, the founding dean of the College of Humanities at BYU, joined the BYU faculty in 1950, a year before he earned a Ph.D. in English from the University Univer-sity of Utah. Although he spent nearly a quarter of a century in administrative posts including positions on more than 40 university univer-sity committees he never forgot the love of teaching that had propelled him toward a university univer-sity career. He always taught at least one class each term and, by working early and late, found time to write or edit thirteen books and several dozen articles, essays, booklets, and published lectures. Among many other accomplishments, ac-complishments, he was instrumental in-strumental in establishing and administering the Vera Hinckley Mayhew Creative Arts Awards and the David and Beatrice Evans Biography Award. Always active in the LDS Church, Clark has been a bishop and stake high councilor. Since 1970, he has been patriarch of the BYU Fifth Stake. For eight of the years since his formal retirement in 1983, Clark continued to teach. He was an editorial specialist for the Encyclopedia En-cyclopedia of Mormonism and , completed a three-volume history of the College of Humanities. Dee Andersen With a specialty in finance and administration, Andersen has spent more than 30 years in significant positions in public and private higher education. Beginning as a controller and business manager in Idaho Falls, ' Idaho, and Vernal, Utah, Ander-' Ander-' sen moved into higher education ' in 1967 as controller at the ; .University of Utah. His leadership leader-ship there attracted the attention of Neal A. Maxwell, then Commissioner Com-missioner of Education for the Retired educators hold legislature forum Retired educators from the three units in Utah County met together in a Legislative Forum on August 4. Leaders and members from the Alpine Unit, Nebo. Unit and Provo unit had an exchange of strategy with incumbent legislators legis-lators and candidates who are on the ballot from the county. The two main issues of debate were the service credit equalization, equaliza-tion, which has been called the 2 bill and the issue of Health Care Reform. There was a ready dialogue between the legislators and the retired educators on both issues of great concern. Incumbent legislators who were present included Senator LeRay McAllister of Orem; Representatives Rep-resentatives Norman Nielsen and Doyle Mortimer, both of Orem; and Christine Fox of Lehi. Candidates included Fae Beck of Provo, Robert Davis of Orem, Eugene Faux of Springville, and Allan Hales of Salem. Other presenters were Carl Mellor of Lehi, Legislative Chair of the Utah Retired School Benner Brothers Glass Cleaning "7 Honest Quality Since 1972 Presents: 111 Gentle-Scrub Blind Cleaning The gentle alternative to ultrasonics Licensed Bonded Insured Guaranteed Homes Businesses Small Jobs High-Rise Free Estimates Call: 226 0695 Ask about our frequency and other discounts BYU Commencement LDS Church. Maxwell asked Andersen to join his staff as associate as-sociate commissioner of education, educa-tion, business, and finance. Upon the invitation of University of Utah President David Gardner in 1974, Andersen returned to the U. to become vice president for Administrative Services. He returned to church service in the late 1970s to accept an assignment as-signment as executive assistant to the Presiding Bishopric. Other positions included being the LDS Church's planning coordinator and special assistant to the First Presidency in financial and business busi-ness affairs. Of Andersen's church service, Elder Maxwell says, "He quickly won the confidence of the church leaders. He has a wisdom which spills outside his formal assignments, assign-ments, and insights beyond the scope of his normal responsibilities. respon-sibilities. He has a combination of integrity and competence, which makes it easy for people to trust him." After a brief return to the private sector as executive vice president and treasurer of Rick L. Warner Enterprises, he accepted BYU President Jeffrey R. Holland's invitation to create a new position as administrative vice president, which he has held since 1984. Andersen serves on the board of the Deseret Mutual Benefits Administrators and on the board of both the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Islands Foundation Founda-tion in Hawaii. His leadership opportunities in his church include being a bishop, a stake president, and a member of the General Board of the Church Young Men's organization. or-ganization. William Hobson and the late Evelyn Hobson Two of BYU's most ardent supporters, William Hobson and the late Evelyn Troup Hobson are known and honored by the administrations ad-ministrations of more than 30 universities. They have spent a large part of their lives giving their time and resources to institutions in-stitutions of higher learning. William Hobson's career has been in business where he pursued pur-sued real estate investments and buying and selling properties on the west and east coasts. His aptitude ap-titude for business was apparent early; he closed his first deal at age 16. He began working in Al- Employees and Dr. Norma Hansen Han-sen of Ogden, Health Care Chair for URSEA and a member of the AARP State Legislative Committee. Commit-tee. Robert O. Bowen, a former senator from Utah County and a former Associate Director of the Bonneville Univerv, who is now on the Staff of AARP Area 8, was a special spokesperson for both issues. The Legislative Forum was organized by officers of the Utah Retired School Employees Association As-sociation Gareth Seastrand of Orem, vice president of URSEA, conducted the meeting. Vera B. Nielsen of Orem, president of the state organization, was the facilitator. Obtaining favorable legislative legisla-tive action on the equity issue for those retirees who have been disadvantaged dis-advantaged by a change in the formula which determines retirement retire-ment and universal coverage in health care for all Americans, are the two priority legislative goals for this coming session, for the state group. Presidential bany, New York, before moving to southern California in the 1940s. In California, he became involved in developing the well-known Santa Monico and Wilshire Boulevard areas where he handled hand-led more than 600 properties. He also developed a keen interest in the municipal bond market and became a savvy investor in high-quality high-quality issues. His wife was an internationally international-ly renowned counselor and educator who specialized in determining appropriate school settings for children and adolescents adoles-cents from preschool to college. A graduate of Wellesley College, she also earned a master's degree from the university of New York at Buffalo and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Post-doctoral studies were pursued at Harvard, Stanford, and Western Reserve University. Her career included being professor of psychology and director direc-tor of counseling services at the University of the State ofNew York and professor of psychology and director of the Psychological Clinic and Counseling Center for the Associated As-sociated Colleges, Claremont. She also was professor emeritus of psychology at UCLA. The Buckley School honored her in 1983 by dedicating a wing of a building in the primary division of the school in her name. This gesture acknowledged acknow-ledged her work that touched families nationwide and around the world. Their joint commitment to education is reflected in the many and sizable donations to many of the nation's finest educational institutions, in-stitutions, including Wellesley, Stanford, California Institute of Technology, BYU, and Occidental College. "Their very large and significant sig-nificant gifts, however, do not reflect the quality of their character," charac-ter," says McClain Bybee, BYU assistant vice president who supervises su-pervises the Development Program. Pro-gram. "Although he has an honorary doctorate from Huron State University (South Dakota) and many other honors, it is difficult dif-ficult to get Bill to talk about himself. him-self. He likes his gifts to be given anonymously, and prefers to focus on people. He is genuinely interested in others, and if you were to interview him for a half hour, he would know more about you than you about him." Law Enforcement Sheriff Dave Bateman awarded completion certificates . to the first graduates of the Law Enforcement Explorer Post 971's Peace Officer Preparation Course on August 8, 1994, at the Historic Utah County Courthouse. Graduates completed a 60-hour 60-hour training program designed to be similar to Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Core Program. Upon completion of training, students were required re-quired to pass a 100 question test and the POST physical fitness Shuttle schedules, regulations set for Use of courtesy shuttles and designated parking lots will reduce traffic problems for the more than 33,000 people attending attend-ing Brigham Young University's Campus Education Week August 16-19. Shuttles will run between on-campus on-campus housing areas and campus cam-pus buildings as well as between perimeter parking lots and the main campus. Detailed maps of shuttle routes will be posted at each stop, the Education Week information tables, and at the Cannon and Morris centers. The shuttle vans will run Tuesday through Friday between , 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. The shuttles are primarily for use by senior citizens and disabled Education Week students, but wheelchair lifts are not available. Other Education Week students stu-dents and BYU student employees may use the shuttles on a space-available basis or they may park in the outer student lots. Major construction projects have severely restricted parking this year, so carpooling to campus is encouraged, said Steve Baker Correction on BYU college Convocations A recent news release on College Col-lege Convocations at Brigham Young University on Aug. 12 contained con-tained some incorrect information informa-tion of the location of two of the ceremonies. At 10:30 a.m., the College of Engineering and Technology will meet in the Smith Field House, while the College of Humanities will convene in the Marriott Center. Cen-ter. In the original news release, the two locations were reversed. All other locations and times for the College Convocations are correct. "Slug-the-Bug" mobile immunization clinic set A "Slug-the-Bug" mobile immunization im-munization unit will be at Pay-less Pay-less Drug Store, 157 North State Street, in Orem, on Thursday, August 18, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Cost will be $3 per shot. The clinic is being sponsored by the Orem Golden K Kiwanis Club, CNS Home Health Plus, and the State of Utah Department Depart-ment of Health. Participants should bring immunization history his-tory information. Immunizations will not be denied due to inability to pay. Christian Huff completes Navy basic training Navy Seaman Recruit Christian Chris-tian N. Huff, son of Kenneth D. Huff of Orem, recently completed basic trainingatRecruitTraining Command, Great Lakes, 111. During the cycle, recruits are taught general military subjects designed to prepare them for further fur-ther academic and on-the-job training in one of th .Navy's 85 occupational fields. Studies include seamanship, close-order drill, naval history and first aid. Although the Navy is getting smaller, the state-of-the-art ships, aircraft and high tech systems sys-tems in today's fleet require bright, talented young men and women to operate them. The Navy has over 55,000 job openings open-ings this year, most of which include in-clude guaranteed training. Explorers graduate test. After graduation, Law Enforcement Enfor-cement Explorers will serve the community by assisting the Sheriffs Department in support roles and will participate as observers ob-servers in selected enforcement activities. Sheriff Bateman supports the Law Enforcement Explorer Program, Pro-gram, the Sheriffs Youth Posse, and other youth programs as part of his overall strategy of limiting and reducing gang activity in Utah County. parking Education Week of the BYU Traffic Office. 'We will try and reserve major faculty and staff lots from 6:45 to 9 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for faculty and staff again this year," said Baker. South Campus Drive will still be closed from the McDonald Health Center to the Visitor's Center during Education Week. Lot 37 (in front of the Richards Building and west of 150 East) is the only lot open for self-enclosed RV parking. No RV services are available and RVs should not take more than two parking places. "The best place to keep an RV is in a campground or park for RVs," said Baker. "Last year we had some RVs take up three or more stalls. This is not acceptable or appropriate due to the limited number of stalls and the many people with RVs wishing to park there." All parkingregulations will be enforced including red zones, handicapped and service vehicle parking, and other restricted areas. Unauthorized vehicles will be towed or ticketed at the owner's expense. Lakeridge Junior High School registration outlined Lakeridge Junior High School would like to remind parents and students about registration procedures. pro-cedures. Registration materials have been sent to each student's home. Mail-in registration should be sent to the school by Wednesday, Wednes-day, August 10. Receipt and class schedule will be available on registration day or at the open house. Registration for new students who have moved into the Lakeridge area and have not previously pre-viously registered will be August 12 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon. All new students must furnish a current cur-rent immunization record. Registration for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students who have not Notice to parents of handicapped children in the Alpine District The Alpine School District has released notification to parents guardians regarding the rights of handicapped children to a "free, appropriate ap-propriate public education". The notice reads as follows: Your local Board of Education has adopted written policies regarding Public Law 94-142 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Both P.L 94-142 and the Utah State Law assures all eligible handicapped children and youth (5 through 12) the right of a free, appropriate ap-propriate public education at no cost to their parents or guardians. Section 504 provides that "no otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination dis-crimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." This law is very similar to P.L. 94-142 regarding, the education rights of handicapped hand-icapped children and youth and their parents. If any student or hisher parent in Alpine School District has a complaint com-plaint that there is or has been an alleged violation of either law or REPORT OF CONDITION fi WESTERN Joj COMMUNITY BANK of Orem in the State of Utah at the close of business on June 30, 1994. ASSETS Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Non-interest-bearing balances and currency and coin $ 1,532,000 Interest-bearing balances 51,000 Securities, Held-to-maturity 250,000 Federal funds sold 1,200,000 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases, net of unearned income $ 12,529,000 LESS: Allowance for loans and lease losses 134,000 Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve .12,395,000 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) 264,000 Intangible assets. 8,000 Other assets 126,000 Total assets 15,826,000 Total assets and losses deferred 15,826,000 LIABILITIES Deposits: In domestic offices 14,048,000 Non-interest-bearing 3,893,000 Interest-bearing 10,155,000 Other liabilities 123,000 Total liabilities 14,17 1000 EQUITY CAPITAL Common stock 600,000 Surplus 900000 Undivided profits and capital reserves 155,000 Total equity capital 1,655000 Total equity capital and losses deferred 1,655,000 Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, equity capital and losses 15,826,000 I, Robert W. Aland, Executive Vice President of the named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Robert W.Aland We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct. Craig W. Forsyth Aldo Bussio Martin Snow I, Brent R. Gardner, Supervisor of Banks, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the statement of conditions of the above-named institution, filed in this office on January 29, 1994. Brent R. Gardner Supervisor of Banks Published in Orem-Geneva Times August 10, 1994. used the mail-in option will be Wednesday, August 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Students will pay fees and pick up locker combinations com-binations at this time. An open house will be held Monday, August 22, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Students and parents are invited to meet the teachers, try out lockers, and walk through their schedule. A special 7th grade orientation orienta-tion will be held that same evening eve-ning from 7:00 to 7:45 in the auditorium. Regular class work will begin Tuesday, August 23, at 8.40 a.m. for 7th graders only. Eighth and 9th grade students will begin Wednesday, August 24. failure to follow the intent of the guarantees provided in these laws, we invite you to contact the student's teacher for further explanation ex-planation regarding your concern. If you are not satisfied with the teacher's explanation, we request you contact the local school principal. prin-cipal. Following your contact with the school principal, if your concerns con-cerns are not satisfied, you -may then contact Mrs. Victoria Anderson, Ander-son, Director of Pupil Services (756-8474) or Mr. Richard Mecham, Director of Special Education (756-8458) at the Alpine School District's offices for further assistance. TIPS We want the scoop on what's happening in Orem. Call in news tips. Orem-Geneva Times 225-1340 r |