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Show y o Submit a Guest Editorial or Opinion at our office, located at 538 South State in Orem. Deadlines are Monday noon. A!! submissions are subject to editing for length, and the Orem-Geneva Times reserves the right to publish or not to publish a submission. Commentary i 3 ' i Wi-.hn sfJ iv. Mav 2.!. 2001 EDITORIAL Upcoming Memorial Day holiday can be significant and meaningful Op The Memorial Day holiday has become one of those eagerly-anticipated three-day holidays. The promise of warm weather fosters hopes of barbe--cues, camping and fishing trips, picnics, or other outdoor adventures. adven-tures. Families and friends plan get-togethers. The school year is winding down or finished. Workers Work-ers revel in a day off. But Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, also has the potential to have a deeper significance and meaning, mean-ing, if the event is used not only for recreation, but also for commemoration com-memoration of the sacrifices given by military men and women of past conflicts, and remembrance of departed loved ones. Memorial Day was originally 11 1 r i-k ti . canea UTOirauon uay. jus origins reportedly go back to the time of the Civil War, when that extremely bitter conflict left a wounded and divided nation. One 6tory is that some Civil War veterans witnessed a woman and her two children placing flowers on a soldier's grave. The veterans were so affected af-fected by this demonstration, that they arranged to have flowers placed on other military graves. Another story is that women in both the North and the South, as a gesture of healing, decorated the graves of soldiers on both the Union and Confederate sides of the Civil War conflict. Subsequently, Subse-quently, people began to meet for prayer services and the decoration of war graves in cities and towns throughout the nation. Memorial Day was first officially offi-cially observed on May 30, 1868, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. The day was set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead. General Logan's order read: The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony cer-emony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances circum-stances may permit'' Memorial Day has now been expanded to honor all men and women who have died in America's wars. In addition, it has become tradition for the living to remember remem-ber their deceased family members mem-bers and friends by decorating their graves. Herein, of course, lies the potential significance of Memorial Me-morial Day. Among their many activities, families have the opportunity on this holiday to teach children of the sacrifices of the nation's military mili-tary men and women. In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's words: "Your silent tents of greenWe deck with fragrant flowersfours has the suffering beenThe memory shall be ours." Also to be taught. ko the rising generation is the importance of one's own ancestry. ances-try. A Chinese proverb states: To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root." Honoring the nation's war dead and one's own deceased loved ones and friends are the fitting focus that can bring profound pro-found meaning to this holiday, without neglecting the entertainment enter-tainment and relaxation aspects. cGoooB petti Fees I )rrm I li'h adininistialinn, fac-ulfv, fac-ulfv, stall' and students will e,reat ly miss each oflhese wonderful wonder-ful people Karii lias contributed untold hours arid been of great service Orem High has enjoyed their personalities and benefitted from I heir knowledge and expertise. exper-tise. To each of you, Orem High wishes good kick, their best -1 'if A j All I rEally needEd to hnaw about communication I learned from my computer r.ilitor s note ( onnie .okol of the leleios Croup, ,:i business designed to help educate, empower and encourage women, will he running run-ning periodic column.- in the Tunes designed In help luing concepts helpful Id women to hr.ht For a tree information packet on the .c..- Cnmp all li'l) I'XMJ BY CONNIE SOKOL I wi i I hmg Mm inn - I know about com mil -nication lirst. I inve my journal. Call it narci-M ic indulgence, kid sanctuary, cheap llierapy Over I he year, countless typing hours have been dedicated dedi-cated ti! my hi'' epi-tles, recorded from age Id. Second I do not love my computer Instead, we have an understanding under-standing I push the button, it comes on - I type, I save - I push the liiltlon. it goes olt II it took out t he garbage with the same dependability depend-ability mv husband would be in trouble l-'or eight year this understanding had worked perfectly. Until I upgraded lake ometbuig from Knot's Landing, the computer dumped the old t nil lor a newer version, and I was the last to know. Cone Two hour- of typing, every Sunday for eight years, thousands thou-sands of pages of my life Obliterated Perhaps this is an appropriate appropri-ate place to discu good communication skills, namely effective expressing. On ;i ood day this means to validate, set your stakes and get closure To validate means to empathize, I did empathize with the computer com-puter man For about five seconds. I reigned in the I 5 -1 .3 phrases and instead validated his feelings; meaning, listening first and then expressing with understand, for example, " understand yon may have told me about this, I just don't remember " Kxperts on valida-t valida-t ion are Gary and Joy l.undberg. authors of Don 't Have to Make k'ven tiling. Ml h'etter. who believe that validation is the foundation of good communication In this case, it is finding positive common ground, something honest that says I do think you're a good person, per-son, even though I want to rip out your tonsils. Next, set your stakes Let the listener know your clear expectations, expecta-tions, beginning with need As in my computer experience, perhaps per-haps something like " nmthis resolved; don't care what it costs or what you have to do " 'Additional threatening facial expressions are optional hut not recommended . Lastly, get closure ( )r their business license. Do this by saying " wilt', keeping control over what you have control; yourself. " will call tomorrow to see what you have found." Adding "thanks for your time" or "thanks for talking with me" is helpful, but not always possible. These three principle - to validate, set your stakes, and get closure clo-sure - are all you really need to know about effectively expressing your teehngs: although they will not ret neve lost computer data, they will improve your communication skills. LifeChange Tip: To effectively express your feelings, validate, set your stakes and get closure using phra-e such as I understand, I need and I will. Hook Pick: I Don't Have To Make Kverything All Better. Gary and .Joy Lundberg wishes, and their love as you retire re-tire and move on to other things in your lives. Your Tiger tracks at Orem High are permanent. Thank you all! An open house to honor these retirees will be held on Friday, June 1 at 10 a.m. in the Orem High cafeteria. LINDA LOU JACKSON Linda taught nutrition, restaurant restau-rant management, culinary arts, hotel management and interior design for lOyears at Orem High. Except for basic nutrition classes, all offered concurrent enrollment credit. Her teaching career also includes classes taught to Chinese high school English teachers in Xiamen, China, and ESL in an American Department of Defense school in Guangzhou, China. Linda taught in Wayne and Provo School Districts also. For the last two years, the OHS Interior Design Team won the Building Youth Institute's (BYU) Interior Design contest for the American Fork home. Her students stu-dents have contributed annually through "Service Learning" to the Festival of Trees and the Justice Jus-tice for Abused Children's annua! Doll House Festival. Linda authored a color and fashion book published in China while she lived there for 12 years. She is a jewelry designer and plans to market her "one-of-a-kind" ethnic-inspired jewelry as well as the antiques she and her husband, Malan, collected while living in the Orient. She and Malan have 7 children and 21 grandchildren. Linda excitedly anticipates the extra time she will have to be a mother, but "I will miss Orem High School's vibrant youth, and the love and support of the OHS faculty and administration." adminis-tration." MARTHA CLAYSON Martha started teaching English En-glish at Orem High in January, 1968. She graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in English and Sociology. She has a master's degree in Educational Edu-cational Psychology from BYU. Martha taught English for eleven years, worked as a counselor for twenty, and has worked the last two years as Assistant Principal (TAA). Martha was the counseling department de-partment chairman. She served as the scholarship counselor and worked with the Sterling Scholars. Schol-ars. She has been listed in Who's Who in America 's High School (Dmn-iimetm Slimes Online Edition: uww.orcmtimes.com " ''Pjfifc K mail: oremtinu-si.-i networld.com USPS 41 1-700 538 South State Street. Orem. Utah 81058 Telephone 225-1340 The Orem-Geneva Times (411-7001 is published each Wednesday for $16.00 per year in area, $35.00 pi-r year out of area, and $.50 cents per issue by the Orem-Geneva Times, 538 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058. Periodical Postage paid at Orem. Utah 84059. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Orem-Geneva Times, PO. Box 65, Orem, UT 84059. News deadline, Monday, 12 noon, advertising Monday, 2:00 p.m. The entire contents of this newspaper is Copyright Ci 2000 The Orem-Geneva Times. All rights reserv ed. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of ihe editor or publisher. Fax 225-1341 f;rpj' Publisher - Brent Sumner Editor - Pat Kjioell s Member HOI ; V-.-W . . VA ''it' ( ) I x -' ' . r ' Ajjjhamfc....j. . .8, . .. . . - 4k" -r MARGARETE HLAWATSCHEK LINDA LOU JACKSON Teachers several times. Working with students the past 33 ' i years has been the most rewarding career ca-reer anyone could hope for. She has loved every minute of it! Martha is married and lives in Mapleton. She has three married daughters, a son in college, four grandsons, and two more grandsons grand-sons on the way. Future plans include in-clude spending a lot more time with family. She enjoys boating, fishing, camping, spending time on their pheasant ranch in Gunnison, and playing with "her boys". GARY L. SANT Gary has served in education for 36 years. He taught 14 years in Oregon and 22 years in the Alpine Al-pine School District. All but one of the 22 years in Utah have been at Orem High School. Subjects he taught include Sophomore and Junior English as well as German levels I, II, III, iy and AP. This year's Utah State Sterling Scholar in Foreign Language, Ben Blaylock, came from Mr. Sant's German class, Gary feels that it would be difficult to top that, so it's time to quit! "I have had truly great students ' lit over the years, many of whom I expect w ill make meaningful contributions con-tributions to society. I consider it an honor to have associated with such a wonderful faculty and student stu-dent bodv that we have at Orem High." Gary is married to Linda Moncur and they have six children, chil-dren, four daughters, and two sons - all married except one, and his wedding is planned for this summer. After retirement, Gary and Linda plan to move to Florida to pursue opportunities there. MARGARETE HLAWATSCHEK Margerete is retiring after 30 years of dedicated services to the lunchroom at Orem High. Margarete has enjoyed working in the Orem High lunchroom. She had a lot of fun, even though the work was hard. She made so many friends over her 30 years and will miss these friends so much. She hopes to travel and enjoy her retirement re-tirement with her husb'and and family. Good Luck, Margarete! We'll all miss you and your great food and vummv treats! MARTHA CLAYSON n n - w GARY L. SANT TIPS We want the scoop on what's happening in Town Call in News Tips: 225-1340 Women's Club officers Continued from front page Jeppson, Mary Bourne Manson, and Donna Payton. A gift of appreciation was given to outgoing president Liane Foutz, who served "double duty" during the year, replacing Helen Weeks as president when Mrs. Weeks resigned last August to accept ac-cept a call with her husband, Clyde, to join the faculty of the Beijing, China Technology and Business University for one year. anettak I 1W ltd", Jt . if fejrdr ft Executive officers of the Orem Women's Club for 2001-2002: (Left to right) Doris Dingwall, treasurer; Connie Call, corresponding cor-responding secretary; June Christensen, historian; Barbara Love, recording secretary; and Marilyn Stevens, parliamentarian. In addition to serving as president, presi-dent, Mrs. Foutz headed up the club's annual fundraiser, a spring fashion show. Club members and guests attending at-tending the meeting were entertained enter-tained by a family band known as The Berrypickers four sisters with the maiden name of Berry who performed a program ranging rang-ing from traditional gospel selections selec-tions to their rollicking bluegrass numbers. Members of the group are: Lisa Jackson, fiddle; Heather Jackson, guitar; Jennifer Chiara, banjo; and Kimberley Washburn, mandolin. The Orem Women's Club was chartered on April 4, 1945. The original goals of the organization were continuing education and awareness for the members, community com-munity development, and volunteer volun-teer service. Membership is open to all Utah Valley Women. For more information, informa-tion, contact membership chairmen chair-men Ruby Nicol, 225-2181, or Pearl Rex Hartzell, 225-1521. ;) poor |