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Show Lchi ! ree Press Page2 Thursday, December 27, 1979 HQJJLnKSln) Jim Carbine Pens Prizewinning Christmas Story The Alpine Board of Education voted to increase all secondary and adult lunches by five cents at last Wednesday's monthly board meeting. Other district business included naming Orem's new high school, reviewing the district capital outlay, scheduling a meeting with state travel legislators and approving requests. The district lunch program is having difficulties slaying in the black because of increased costs, said Kent Abel, assistant superintendent. They are presently $85,000 short in the lunch PROGRAM-M- rs. Rose Hinton, far left, watches as Mrs. Dorothy Bennett, Reid Bliss, Fern McDermott and Zada Phillips read names from microfilm. The room, located in the basement of the Lehi Stake Center, has been converted to a convenient Program (Continued from Front Page) see them to get ideas for their own building. In addition, we, as a group, have developed a reference Spanish name list of over 44,000 names which we use to help us in reading the names in the old and sometimes scripts. These we have computerized at Pres. Dalton's suggestion, through the BYU computer department, managed by our High Councilman Gordon Bennett. Bro. Bennett donated his time and the costs of the original computerization for the project. These lists are available on microfiche or in paper print-out- s and are being distributed to other stakes extracting Spanish names in the church. The facility and name list have been recognized no more than the extractors themselves. We had to submit our first 100 cards of each extractor for checking by the church, and they received rave notices. Whereas most stakes were often sending in cards with 90 percent error, ours came back with statements of "near perfect," "marvellous," "fantastic." The culmination of these things was an announcement from the church that we were one of three stakes (and the only Spanish stake) chosen by the church as pilot groups to receive a Computer for the program (which will ultimately be used also for all stake business). The church computer heads, along with priesthood genealogy brethren, came down to demonstrate a computer to us, and we will be receiving one within a few months when all policies and programming are complete. Our extractors state they find a different, compelling spirit in this work not found in anything else they've done, and their dedication is remarkable. the inevitable question. "What's that?" His father, glancing up from the adult conversation, trying to add a little humor, said, "That's a Christmas rock, and if you're good, you'll get it for Christmas." The rest of the evening was spent without much thought given to Dad's joke or its absence of laughter. As the November night grew colder and the fire dimmer, the remaining pieces of coal were added to the fire. Then it happened. Everyone realized Dad's humor had been taken very seriously by at least one person. Dad glanced down to see who was tugging on his sleeve and was met by a heartbroken look of a Jimmy, fighting back the tears, said, "Grandpa burned away my Christmas rock." Grandma soon pacified Jimmy by telling him she would make sure he got another rock for Christmas. She did, however, include one more condition. Jimmy had to kiss her at every meeting in return for the gift. So the evening concluded wuh everyone happy with maybe the exception of our would-b- e Many experiences and testimonies have been related by them, and all have felt the special peace that accompanies the work. The most special story of Lehi Stake involves the history of Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary. By an amazing sequence of events, we have learned that his original name was Doroteo Arango, and that his birth entry is in the very parish we are extracting in our stake. We learned that he had been taught the gospel in life, had accepted it, and had returned after his assassination, to the man who taught him, and asked to have his temple work done, which was accomplished. In the meantime, one of our stake members had received a strong impression that almost every person whose names we were extracting would accept that work. This, in itself, was unusual, and this, along with the Villa caused story, much The five cent increase will raise prices to 55 cents for secondary students and to $1 for adults. "These prices are exactly the same as all the other secondary schools in the county," said Superintendent Dan W. Peterson. Even with the increase, "it looks to me like it will be very much touch and go to keep it in the black," said Abel. In other action by the board, Mountain View High School was unanimously approved as the name of Orem's newest high school. The name d area for this program. Extraction fund. News. Young Jimmy often visited Grandma, but this particular night was to be the beginning of an unusual event. It was rather chilly, and a friendly coal-fefire crackled in the fireplace. Several large pieces of shining, ebony coal lay on the hearth. The youngster's first encounter with coal soon produced yearning questioning of why we'd been shown these things. Then the answer came in a strong impression that: Villa on the other side was no less a leader of magnetism than here, and that, with his testimony, and being probably the first of his area to accept the gospel, that he had taught the people over there, and they were ready to accept what we were doing for them here. Interestingly enough, not only did we have the parish record where he was born, San Juan del Rio, but also that of Tepehuanes, which was also associated with his life. As one of the brethren from the church offices observed, "Isn't it interesting that Brother Piatt (the Spanish extraction head) was inspired to give you those two parishes, out of all of Mexico, at the beginning of the program?" people that a youngster could be so fascinated by a black, ugly, piece of coal. The same coal used in Christ-mase- s past to punish children was now a reward for being good. Soon the festive holiday arrived, and as promised, there under the Christmas tree lay two beautiful Christmas rocks, strangely resemoling two ugly hunks of coal. The tricycles, electric trains and dolls created almost as much excitement and joy; but when asked which present would be taken as the family visited friends and relatives, there was never really any doubt as to what Jimmy and Charlene would take. In their travels that day, they beamed with joy when asked what they got. They quickly showed their pride and joy - their rocks. One cousin, about the same age as Jimmy, felt quite bad that he didn't have a Christmas rock. Grandma again came to the rescue promising yet another piece of coal (however, after dropping his Christmas rock on his bare foot, the cousin lost most of his admiration for it). Though the newness soon wore off, the pride in ownership remained. Today, seven years later, the rock remains proudly perched on a shelf like a trophy. Grandma still collects her kisses, and anyone entering Jimmy's room is immediately shown the rock. Several months later as Grandma's birthday approached and a present was being disucssed, young Jimmy suggested, "Let's get her a Birthday rock!" comic, Dad. In the weeks that followed there was the usual excitement for Christmas shared by everyone. But for Jimmy there was a special excitement, as he waited to become the owner of his Christmas rock. Whenever asked the "What do you want for question, Christmas?" the first and often only answer was, "A Christmas rock." His enthusiasm spread and soon his younger sister, Charlene, had made the same arrangement with Grandma, and she too was anxiously awaiting the blessed day. In a time of electronic gadgetry, talking tooth brushes and all sorts of glittering toys on the market, it amazed 3 DOHA- - To Sponsor Basketball League The Boys Club of Utah County is sponsoring a basketball league. League divisions are as follows: 3 and 4 grade, 5 and 6 grades, and 7, 8 and started 9. Registration Dec. 14 and will continue through Jan. 10. Mark R.Webb Real Estate further For Co. 0liW(D(oGO (LnKolIy eln)Do Din) Jim Carbine, son of E.W. and Mar-jori- e Carbine of Lehi, was named a winner in the "Christmas I Remember Best" contest sponsored by the Deseret News. His entry was published in the Dec. 20 edition and relates a story about his son Jimmy's visit to Grandma and Grandpa Carbine's house in Lehi and a very special Christmas gift. Jimmy is now ten and the oldest of six children. Mr. Carbine works for the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District. Jim's winning entry is printed below, with the permission of the Deseret NAME EXTRACTION Me was one of three recommendations made by the Name Selection Committee. Geneva High School and Cascade High School were the two other recommendations. A total of 63 names had been suggested to the committee. After considering all 63 names, eight were selected and then placed on a survey. The survey was then given to three secondary schools in Orem. ' ' Results of the survey were tabulated and the top three selections were recommended to the board. In other business, Superintendent Peterson reviewed the district capital outlay. Although the information was presented last month, misunderstanding concerning it had occurred. "The way articles in newspapers came out, it appeared that we had large sums of money available to the district at this point in time," Superintendent Peterson said. Three problems arose, he said. Financial houses thought the district had money to invest, Utah superintendents thought Alpine had no need for additional continued funding from the State Emergency School Fund, and some legislators received the impression that the district was caught up in its building program. This is not the case, said Superintendent Peterson. "Over the next two years if every nickel falls into place, we'll have $10 million to spend, but $9.5 million of it is already spent." 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"A review of the district's needs compared to the amount of money available to the district shows that it will be necessary for the board of education to raise an additional $24.5 million over the next two or three years," he added. The board also discussed the need to meet with legislators in Utah County to acquaint them with educational needs and priorities of the district. "We would do well to meet with local legislators, to let them know how we feel," said Leland Priday, board member. Legislators should also know, "we have our own priorities, that they are not necessarily the same priorities as the state board's," said Superintendent Peterson. School district officials from Alpine, Nebo and Provo districts will all meet together with the county legislators sometime before the first session of the legislature Jan. 14, said Priday. Requests to travel were granted to American Fork High's A'Cappella and Madrigal Choirs to attend the Mountain States Music Festival in Tempe, Ariz., May 2 and 3. The instrumental music department in Orem was also granted a travel request to go on a performing tour throughout the Northwest March 21 through 30. to 50 One Third University Mall and Trolley Square V |