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Show if OTM fltfllftgf Tmm LIADI1 t '. I II mn & ib & & ss id Volume 50 Number 5 fnt. iifr P : W Y iv HuT ' ' ? rM ' Vi. - AT .. v- - ) Wtii; I 7 jL ' 'I i luin taiM Twm December 1, 1977 f h.rv mom . a TREMONTON, UTAH 84337 .7? uetium ir. Sonfo Coui drew varied reactions from the younsten Saturday ranging from wary distrust (left) fear (center) end Indecision (right). By County Commission Garland Conference Scheduled Bishop J. Richard Clarke, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da-y Saints, will speak at the Garland Utah Stake quarterly conference Saturday and Sunday, Dec. Meetings get under way Saturday at 2 p.m. for all the wives of the ward and stake executive committee. A Melchizedek priesthood leadership meeting is scheduled at 4 p.m. Saturday for the stake presidency, high council, bishoprics, clerks, executive secretaries, quorum presidencies, group leaders and secretaries. "Our Missionary Opportunities" will theme a 7 p.m. meeting Saturday with Bishop Clarke presiding. Those to attend are all adults in the stake and all Priests and Laurels. Bishop Clarke will also address a special 7 a.m. Sunday "morningside" for all LDS Seminary students. The meeting will be held in the chapel at the stake center. 3-- It irdlDInl(oInl(S Jim 4. L Bp. J. Richard Oarke The Sunday general session will begin at 10 a.m. Bishop Clarke was named second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric on Oct. 1, 1976. As a second counselor, his major areas of responsibility are Welfare Services and Materials Management. cont. on page three County Commissioners Tuesday formally adopted a mandatory inspection system to enforce the uniform building code in Box Elder County. The ordinance becomes effective after publication. The ordinance essentially makes mandatory what has in the past been voluntary-a- n inspection by a county inspector. The inspection will be limited to buildings intended for use by humans which means that farm buildings, sheds and equipment buildings are exempt from the inspection. Such other buildings, however, if they require an electrical hookup "shall be inspected by the building official and the building permit fee shall be $15." The new ordinance also adopts the standard fee schedule in the building code in which the building inspection fee is based on the value of the construction. Violation of the ordinance is a misdemeanor subject to a fine of up to six months in jail . $299 and-o- r In other action, commissioners said they will adopt a portion of a personnel study dealing with the Sheriff's office but are studying a section involving a pay schedule and benefits. The adopted portion is a job classification study of the department. The study was completed by the Utah Intergovernmental Personnel Agency. Commissioner Don Chase said the Ds (pft Deputy Merit Commission-und- er which sheriff's deputies fall by the study to classify employees. Chase said the study went beyond that recommending a pay schedule and benefits. That portion of the study is being looked at also by an eight member employee committee. Commissioner Ted Burt said the personnel policy portion would be adopted for all county employees after an acceptable version is worked out. As for the sheriff's department pay schedule recommended in the study, Commissioner Chase said with the anticipated raises in the new budget which takes effect in January, almost all of the salary recommendations will be exceeded slightly. Cost to implement the recommended schedule would be $783 a month plus benefits which run approximately 25 percent. Chase said the cost would be around $12,000 a year. Sheriff Art Redding pointed out that the study was completed in July and is already out of date because of inflation. In other action, commissioners signed an agreement so that the Utah Division of Water Resources can pay $14,894 to finance cloud seeding in the county during the next two months. Actually the seeding is already underway and will continue until Jan. cont. on page three Just Takes Work Blanchards Are Your Typical, Model Family Not-So-Typic- al Editor's Note: This article was, originally, to have been published last week during National Family Week, but production problems precluded it. What tips have a typical, talented model family got to offer other families who are struggling to keep themselves together, happy and functioning? "We just try to face problems as they come up," said Wayne Blanch-ard- , Blanc-har- d head of the seven-membfamily of Tremonton. "We both believe lots of hard work is good for kids," said Mrs. Vivian Blanchard. "But, we try not to make them work harder than we work." That "we" seems to be a key ingredient in the Blanchard success recipe. "We feel like we shouldn't do the housework by ourselves," she added. Added Terry, a member of the family, who is already an Eagle Scout, "She listens to a lot of groaning." "Wayne loves to build nowdays and he never does a project without Terry right by his side. Curtis has been helping lately," Mrs. Blanchard add ed. Curtis is another of the three Blanchard sons. Not so typical, the Blanchards are one of those rare American families who live in the PTV era. That stands for "post TV" era. The Blanchards simply don't have one. When the family TV broke down about three years ago, Mr. Blanchard went out and had it repaired. But when it broke down again, "We didn't bother to repair it," he said. "The whole house just went smoother," he added, of the aftermath. Added his wife, "We find it's a lot more efficient to get good grades if there's no TV." "I think one reason we really didn't like TV is because everybody sat in their own corner. Now we can sit around and joke together," Mrs. Blanchard said. The Blanchards do rent a TV for special occasions such as Christmas time. Mrs. Blanchard said she feels it is "harder" to be a good parent when you have a television, "because you're so concerned about your children you have to be there to see what they're watching..." TV was a "battle against the poor use of time" the Blanchards felt. Without TV the kids know that the two hours between school and supper is "their time" for lessons and other activities. To fill some of the time TV might have taken, "We've tried to get them involved in what we're doing," Wayne said. Activities include such things as planting a garden. Daughter, Tammy, has become an expert seamstress, learning from her mother. "Mother started me sewing about six years ago. In homemaking some of the kids in class had hardly ever seen a sewing machine," she added. The Blanchards also seem to be a planning family. At the first of the school year, "we all sit down and decide what type of schedule we'll be on," Mrs. Blanchard explained. "Who's going to do what." "Everybody knows what they have to do and they just go ahead and do it," she added. And, in the summer, all of the kids cont. on page three THE WAYNE BLANCHARD FAMILY Is your typical but not so typical family. Family members Include front row: Dorothy, Curtis, Terry; back row: Wayne, Tammy, Eric, and. Vivian, (I to r): |