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Show Adopt a Grandparent Program Initiated A.F. Swim Team Wins Dual Meet The American Fork swim team won their first dual meet of the season at American Fork last Wednesday. Final score was American Fork 351. Orem, 226. The meet ran smoothly with American Fork swimmers taking tak-ing most of the first places. Double individual winners were Janice Crookston, Brock Knight, Candace Knight, Mark Durfey, Mary Penrod, Barbara Biggins, Ron Wilson, Holley Hammond, and Dalian All-ridge. All-ridge. Single winners were; Kelly Pulley, Lisa Peterson, Anita AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1976 Pierce. Tom Hutchinson, Kathy Penrod, Peter Rhone, Colleen Savage, Eric Hansen, Tuarana Pulley, Nanette Lee, Nathan Murdock, Mark Pierce, and Weltha Mendenhall. Almost all relays won first also. Other winners were; Tamara Cox, Stephanie Scor-esby, Scor-esby, Debbie Smith, Valerie Haskell, Karen Brailsford. Kendall Miller. Jason King. Keith Peterson, David Smith, Shaun Wilson, Eric Shawcroft, Scott Durfey, John Hutchinson, Celeste Romaro, Dee Lee. Tawni Cox, Kim Olson, Becky Brooks, Eric Kleinman. Rachael Murdock, Mike McGee, Paul Dolemar, Ted Hutchinson, Troy Webster, Larry Laycock, Scot Tucker, Kerry Webster. Second and third place winners win-ners who helped to chalk up the points were; Brook Ann Beas-ley, Beas-ley, Angela Peterson, Lynn Pulley, Aaron King, Jim Peterson, Peter-son, Robert King, Judy Lamper. Shelley Dudley, Jody Lamper, Jon Pulley, Troy Parkinson, Par-kinson, Lisa Dubois, John Otte-son, Otte-son, Pam Davis and Steve Dubois. When we are host team, we are responsible for getting the announcer, all timers and lane judges and any officials needed in tabulating the score. Coach Krommenhoek expresses thanks to all officials who helped in this meet. Also a special thanks to the, parents for getting the kids out. Our next dual meet will be this Saturday at Springville at the Park Ro She Pool. Families wishing to participate partici-pate in the program may visit Mr. Healy at the Alpine Valley Care Center located at 25 Fast Alpine Ave. in Pleasant Grove, or they may call him at 785-3568. 785-3568. Alpine Valley Care Center is one of five nursing homes operated oper-ated by Valley Care Centers, with main offices in Lehi. Spotlighting American Fork Senior Citizens ; JPHJIIHIWIPIII IITT HII II II I 11 ' . ! . "" "Wb" I -J. jL. ..T-rrn LAVERLE STEWART poses with two fellow members of the Senior Citizen Fun Band. Mr. Stewart, the originator of the band, uses the stick figures to direct and dance with. Junior High Reveals Honor Roll Principal Gary V. Keetch is pleased to announce that the following students achieved 'Honor Roll Status during the 2nd semester at American Fork Junior High School: 7th Grade: Jody Valdez (straight A). (A- grade) John Hutchinson, Russell Gunther, Laura Roper, Charlyn Bellon, Merilee Fugal, Scott Van Wagoner, Carol Ann Vasquez, Christin Williams, Janae Jenks, Shirley Mortensen, Dus-tin Dus-tin Sweeten, Rick Carlton, Melinda Durrant, Laura Atwood, Jill Patterson, Janis Forbes, Kurt Bean, Jeffrey Jensen, Michael Bowers, Madelyn Harris, Janeen Rieske, Julie Matheson, Mary Jo Nunley, Reed Murdoch, Cindy Chesnut, Kellie Hall, Rebecca Terry, Heidi Halliday, Shannon Chamberlain, Russell Adamson, Karen Wagstaff, Susan Staples, Daniel Smith, LeAnne Bingham, Dean Kitchen, Kit-chen, Aaron Conners, Rebecca Bromley, Lorraine Wilcox, David Belnap, Bruce Anderson, Ronald Kjar, Daine Argyle, Clint Devitt, Quint Whitby, Kerry Smith, Lisa Johnson, Cathy Bond, Brain Hubbard, Shelly Pedersen, Janice Gammon, Gam-mon, Cathleen Jenks, Jeffery Beck, Karen Fannin, Beckylee Dahl, Shauna King and Kay Hutchings. 8th Grade: (A grade) Craig Bean, Douglas D. Mayne and David Harris. (A- grade) Arnold Ar-nold Haskell, Laurel Shelley, Vanae Walker, Karla Bennett, Barbara Adams, Elizabeth Burgess, Shauna Hall, Sandra Squires, Diane Wagstaff, Diane Eddington, Lisa Dean, Cherie Iverson, Julie Birrell, Janet Ellison, El-lison, Lynette Matthews, Cam-mie Cam-mie Pace, Diane Ranch, Shanel Jeffery, Shirlene Devey, Jason Melonas, Steven Garlick, Lesa Larsen, Michael Thomas, Trudy Withers, Becky Shepherd, Suzanne Birk, Meg Greene, Leisa Jacob, Dianne Haymond, ; Dodi Westwood, Garry Reimschisel, Brett Glines, Eric Grant, Kaye Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, Sandra King, Anne Merrell, Christin Reichert, Lisa Harvey, Miriam Terry, and Kimball Hansen. 9th Grade: (A grade) Cynthia Adamson, Caroline Harvey, Connie Peterson, Eugene Eu-gene Day and Charlene Wyler. (A- grade) Carl Durfey, Drew Sanders, Shirlyn Beck, Tori K. Hall, Kathy Howlett, Lori Potter, Marcia Johnson, Patti Jeffs, Trina Boley, Kaye Burch, Leisa Hoggan, Gina DeMarco, Bryan Jackson, Connie Con-nie Huffine, Pamela Reims-chiissel, Reims-chiissel, Linda Steiner, Natalie Rackman, Leslie Christoffer-son, Christoffer-son, Martin Gagon, Barbara Smith, Susan Sechrest, Danelle Barney, Janice Miller, Sharon Burk, Heidi Hubbard, Kali Atwood, Jalayne Garlick, Patty Hilgenberg, Liz Monson, Cheryl Thornton, Marti Anderson, Ander-son, Kerri Saxton, Teena Adams, April Day, Howard Sagers, Brent Kitchen, Paul Dolinar, Ilene Jensen, Sherri Palmer, Mark Elton, Rebecca Reimschiissel, Todd Cooper, Joel Richards, Lanette Webb, Brent McKinney, Sean Cather-all.and Cather-all.and Dwight Staples. Lbw&Ib While his schoolteacher father was inclined towards English, history, and mathematics, mathema-tics, LaVerle Stewart admits that his favorite subject in high school was basketball. "I was more interested in basketball than I was anything else," says the 5' 3" forward of his teenage days on the American Ameri-can Fork High School basketball basket-ball team. The shortest man on the team, LaVerle recalls that the coach learned his value to the team in a game with Pleasant Plea-sant Grove in 1916. He was sent in during the second half to "pitch the fouls" and ended up with 22 points to lead the team to a victory. Only a sophomore, he quickly became a regular on the team. Being short was never much of a liability for LaVerle who remembers meeting up with some tall opponents. "They used to have a six-footer in Lehi, and I'd go through his legs every now and then," chuckles the miniature forward of his crowd-pleasing antics. When he graduated from high school, LaVerle went to work on his father's farm. In 1923, he married La Fern Lund of Fountain Foun-tain Green, Utah, but their time together was shortlived for he was called to serve a mission for the LDS Church in the Southern States Mission. For the next two years, he travelled extensively throughout through-out Florida and Alabama organizing or-ganizing cottage meetings with the members of that area. However, most of his time was spent in Birmingham, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida. At the end of the two year service, he returned to his wife in American Fork. He found work in the copper mill in Magna Mag-na which became their home. Since the work at the mill was strictly summer work, he opened a hot dog stand that he christened the Horseshoe Inn. When the depression hit the nation, it also hit the dog dog and copper business and LaVerle found himself without a job. For a time he worked on the construction of the old Salt Air Amusement Park. Later be became a bricklayer for the American Smelting Company in Garfield. LaVerle spent 12 years with the smelting company. Then, in 1943, his wife Jeanie died of complications of diabetes, and he was left with a son, Moyle, and a daughter, Lois Darlene. Soon afterward, he met a widow in his ward named Evanna B. Jarvis and the two decided to get married and go into business in American Fork. For the next 20 years the couple operated the Owl Inn which was located where the Hi-Spot presently is When their lease expired in 1962. LaVerle and Evanna became counselors for 22 boys at the Utah State Training School. They worked there for the next two years until their retirement. In 1964, the couple was called to fulfill an LDS mission to New Zealand a place that he says has many physical features fea-tures that are reminiscent of places in the United States. "I call it the biggest little country in the world," says LaVerle of New Zealand's varied var-ied geography and people. Through the years he has been active in many church pursuits including two stake missions. Sioivcrt Presently, LaVerle claims, "We're just having fun with the Senior Citizens", a group that he once helped to organize. The president of the Fun Band, he and the band have traveled throughout Utah, and as far away as Wyoming, to entertain. enter-tain. LaVerle also plays the harmonica har-monica in a group called the "Hotsie Totsies". The seven-member seven-member novelty band, which consists of four harmonicas, a piano, a guitar and a violin, has played at weddings and funerals funer-als as well as at nursing homes. Dairy Day Poster Winners Camie Humes won first place in the poster contest held on Tuesday, June 15, in connection with the Dairy Day demonstration demonstra-tion held under the direction of Barbara Steiner. Bobbi Beighley received second place honors and Tauna Broderick, third place. Fourth place winner was Sheila Hamilton Hamil-ton and fifth place, Audalyn Hansen. During the Dairy Day activities, activi-ties, demonstrations on how to make cottage cheese were given. The winning posters will be displayed in store windows in the downtown area according to Miss Steiner. AREA ARTISTS REQUESTED TO CONTRIBUTE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FOR SALE Area artists are being requested to contribute a 5 x 7 original painting to the American Ameri-can Fork Art Board for the annual Steel Days celebration fund raising sale. Randy Blackburn, president of the board explained the paintings will be framed by the board, and if the artists contact a board member, they may obtain canvas for the painting also. Funds raised from the sale of these original oils, water colors and sketches have been used for such art-promoting projects as providing an art scholarship to a high school student, and buying art books for the library. lib-rary. Chairmen in charge of the miniature sales are board members Nina Schumann, Lehi and Joyce Mitchell, American Fork. Mr. Blackburn invites artists to prepare for the Steel Days art show which will be held at the Public Safety Building this year July 8, 9 and 10. Further information will be in next weeks Citizen Don't miss the Steel Days Race Meet, July 9. 10 1ht Old 1mm, "Poise is the power to raise the eyebrows instead of the roof." A new program which allows families living in the area to adopt as a family member an older resident of a local nursing home has been initiated. According to Nolan Healy. administrator of the Pleasant Grove facility, many residents at Alpine Valley Care Center rarely receive visitors. "Some residents, in fact, never receive a visit, a card, or even a phone call", said Healy. "Our staff is well trained and sensitive to these people's needs, but the residents still need to know that someone outside of the home is interested in them personally. per-sonally. "This 'adopt a Grandparent' program will help us fill this need", continued the administrator. administ-rator. Under the program, families may adopt a resident as a family member. Of course, this adoption carries no fiscal or material responsibilities. Participating families may visit their adopted grandparent regularly, hold family home evenings at the home, or direct any activity involving the resident resi-dent in a one-to-one relationship. relation-ship. There are 52 patients residing resid-ing at the facility. Most are between the ages of 65 and 90. Some are disabled in one way or another such as being confined con-fined to a wheelchair. "We have found," concluded Healy, "that our residents adopt a more friendly attitude, eat better, and are generally more active when they can look forward to outside visitors. On the other hand, those who come to visit also gain valuable empathy em-pathy and understanding regarding the problems of older old-er people." 1 ) i i fl(; ' hr-fr&tV ft -" : r-7L -f- -v. , . A-v;. . l". ';4 ' It " n " r - . w.! t, -.,,., -.-, . 'rV'i',Jji"Ijf m mi t' murmr r-r if -i tiiiht'i -r n -in - , , ,Mr-' 11 m t,. rwir i ' i " t ' - ROYCE H. VEATER Eider Royce H. Veater Returns From Mission Elder Royce H. Veater, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ned R. Veater, will be returning from the Cebu-Philippine Mission the 24th of June. His homecoming will be held in the American Fork 8th Ward, Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 1:00 p.m. Elder Veater plans to continue contin-ue his education at the BYU next fall. No, our savings programs were not designed for the Burgoynes. However, we do have six good reasons for you to open or add to your savings account today. We pay 5 daily interest on all passbook savings accounts 3- month savings certificates earn 5 1-year savings certificates earn 6 2V!2-year savings certificates earn 6V2 4-year savings certificates earn llA 6-year savings certificates earn 7Vi Of course if you withdraw your money from savings certificates early banking regulations require a penalty. Come in and let us show you how one of our six different plans fit you. - If ' . y -y , TWO RESIDENTS at Alpine Valley Care Center participate in a social local families may visit and befriend nursing home residents. i activity. Under a new program, - . i . V |