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Show Ut ah Press seociation 467 East Third South salt Lake City, Utah 84111 if, i Vol. 5 No. 14 Thursday, April 7, 1983 20 Utah Valley sponsors blood drive at Lehi High School The Utah Valley Hospital Blood Bank will be sponsoring a blood drive at Lehi High School on Friday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kevin Tuckett, studentbody president, encourages all eligible students to participate in this annual service project. Not only can you be involved in an important community affair, but you will be assuring the high school credits for anyone needing blood transfusions. Donors are reminded to eat a good meal a few hours prior to donating and donors should be in ' curriculum review steering committee during its board meeting last week. A proposal to describe the present status of the curriculum in district high schools was made by board member Dr. Richard Sudweeks, who said he felt not enough is known about the goals, objectives and effects of course material now being used in those schools. Sudweeks proposed that a steering committee supervise the work of more contestants The event most Lehi folks look forward to each year, the Miss Lehi Pageant, will be held April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the American Fork High School auditorium. Theme of this year's pageant is "One Singular Sensation." Pageant committee members had to change pageant locations this year because of extensive remodeling of the local high school auditorium. Facilities needed for the pageant were not available in other Lehi buildings. Tickets for the pageant may be 500-60- who school scrutinize the strengths r . will and weaknesses of Alpine's secondary curriculum. Areas to be covered during the study include goals and purposes of the present curriculum, a complete and detailed description of presently-use- d material, the process for selecting classroom materials, review and evalution procedures for the materials and information about shortcomings in the current curriculum. The motion to begin that review passed unanimously. HEY MOM! Look what the Easter Bunny left. Elizabeth Johnson finds treasure at Vets Park during the annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Lehi Chamber of Commerce. Two-year-o- New babe couldn't wait for hospital Queen sought for Strawberry rodeo With Strawberry Days just over two months away it is time for the cowgirls around the state to get ready to try out for Rodeo Queen. The contest will be held May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Rodeo Grounds in Pleasant Grove. Anyone interested in trying out and having never been queen before and 16 years of Miss Lehi pageant announces four good health. The age requirement is can donate with their parents written consent. At the present time Utah Valley 0 Hospital is using about pints of blood a month. Volunteers donating the "Gift of Life" are known as quiet heroes. The life you save may be your own. The high school with the greatest percentage of the eligible donors participating will win a $200 scholarship and trophy at a special awards banquet given by Utah Valley Hospital Blood Bank. Everyone is invited to participate in this blood drive. Committee will review curriculum The Alpine School District Board of Education established a district-wid- e cents a single copy age or over is eligible to try out Please contact Jim Green at or Charleen Bylund at On contest day there will be a luncheon at 4:30 p.m. at the Public Safety Building at 1st East and 1st South in Pleasant Grove. All contestants must attend this 785-283- 785-354- luncheon. 0 Some folks think that bishops can do anything! But, Bishop Calvin Cook of the Cedar Valley Ward was called upon to go above and beyond the ordinary bishop's service Sunday, April 3rd. The bishop and his wile Jeanine, were expecting a baby on Easter weekend and when the expectant mother had her first twinge of pain they left their home in Cedar Valley and headed for the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, fast They were doing just fine until they reached First East and Main in Lehi. Jeanine calmly told her husband, "the baby's coming." Bishop Cook stopped the car in front of Wings Mortuary and helped his wife as she delivered a darling little baby girl. They continued on to the hospital following the delivery. The Cooks are now parents of four children. 'They've all been b;n within anCookhour of "Iherlandfirstof said, pain," Bishop knew what to do. "It all happened so quick,... I don't know ... I didn't have time to get scared. "We've made it to the hospital in the knick of time with the other three," the proud father said with a twinkle in his eye, "but she just couldn't wait!" Mother, and babe are doing fine and expect to return to their home in Cedar Fort soon. Lehi girl wins regional PTA award Amanda won second place in her contest, placed first in district competition and first in regional. Her entry was in the literature category and followed the theme of "Life in These United Amanda Hardman, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hardman, has been named a District First Place winner in the PTA sponsored Reflections Contest. Amanda is a third grade pupil at Meadow Elementary. f school States." School break planned next week - REFLECTIONS WINNER Amanda Hardman won first place at region for her entry in the literature category. The annual spring vacation for public school students in the Alpine School District will take place next week with a partial day of vacation on Wednesday, April 13, and two full days off on Thursday, April 14, and Friday, April 15. All public students will be off on Thursday and Friday, but the schedule for Wednesday varies according to age groups. For the kindergarten students, only the morning session will be held on Wednesday. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 11:15 a.m., when students will be taken home by bus or excused to go home if they are walking students. All other elementary students in the district will start school at 8:30 a.m. and continue through until 12:30 p.m. School lunch will be served for these students. Junior and senior high school students will start their Wednesday classes at 8 a.m. and will be excused at noon. No school lunch will be served for secondary students. As Matheson recovers By MARC HADDOCK April 14," Ms. Bentley said, "but we l, are still going to shoot for which probably will mean the week following the fourteenth." At press time, Matheson was still in the hospital, but was contemplating going to the Governor's Residence in the next few days, where he will be confined for a few weeks. "He's taking it seriously, but still wants to work," Ms. Bentley said. However, she said Matheson's doctor has restricted his work activity to "decisions that have already been made that only require his signature as a go ahead, but they mid-Apri- are trying to keep that very light." , The situation puts the CUWCD in an awkward position for its April 14 meeting, a meeting at which some had expected action on the con4 troversial Jordan Aqueduct-Reac- h Utah north cut will which through county to carry CUP water from the mouth of Provo canyon to Salt Lake County. Matheson has said that when the board is in place with seven new members appointed by him, he will step out of the controversy and let the board decide the fate of the J-- 4 pipeline. . He has been acting as a arbitrator , between the CUWCD and north Utah County city officials who want to see the J-- 4 plan scrapped in favor of an improved Murdock Canal to transport the water to the Jordan Water Purification plant. The conservancy district has scheduled its executive meeting to set the agenda for the April 14 meeting for this Friday. But sources within the district said the agenda for that meeting will probably be light, in view of the board uncertainty surrounding members whose seats are up for reappointment this month. from any of the condoor at $3 per person. The pageant's general purpose is to offer a good scholarship to those girls chosen to represent Lehi. The girl who wins the Miss Lehi Scholarship Pageant title will be eligible to enter the Miss Utah Pageant and the Miss Utah County Pageant. This allows the possibility of many scholarship opportunities for contestants. -- See Miss Lehi page 3 sa board still seeks chan gq By MARC HADDOCK Alpine School District Board Chairman Dr. Richard Heaps reaffirmed the district's intention to make changes m policy and personnel. Kent But District Abel, who has been released from that position ostensibly because of information from sources Available to the board but closed to the public, told the board that actions taken on that basis are unfair because individuals can't defend themselves against charges that aren't made public. Dr. Heaps's remarks came at the opening of a continuation of last week's school board meeting, and sparked a confrontation of sorts between Abel and the board. The continuation was set Up so board members could interview the final two applicants for the position held by Mr. Abel. Clerk-Treasur- er Reading from a prepared statement, Dr. Heaps reaffirmed that the district, using information from a legislative audit and a special investigation by the Utah County Attorney and the UUih Attorney General, has "found clear evidence of improper, unethical and unprofessional practices, abuses of and privileges position, and mismanagement of serious enough magnitude to require board action." He said that the district has shared that information with Superintendent Max Welcker "and has anxiously awaited his personnel and policy recommendations," while at the same tune meeting with Dr. Welcker to discuss "our and expectations evaluation regarding his performance." He went on to say that the board would consider several policy changes in upcoming meetings to correct problems with "supervision and performance evaluation, hiring practices, travel and reimbursement for travel expenses, documentation and record keeping id, interaction with, the pbi , ' among jpfttHjw; supposedly pointed out In the legislative audit and the special investigation. But while information from that audit has been made available to the Alpine School Board, the fourth district court has seated those records to the public, creating the dilemma that prompted AbeVs 'StS'Isr In an emotional reply, Abel said that the general nature of the remarks damaged the reputation of administrators in the district - without providing any evidence to Justify action by the board. "I can"t sit here and listen to this any longer " Abel said. "I think that this Is just what's been going on for three years. And the administrators have the right to have the accusations against them aired in public instead of , all this misrepresentation thats being thrown out in the newspapers.' Dr. Heaps said the statement was made to help district patrons under--' stand that more action will be taken on the secret information, but said the board is trying to make sure that those decisions are correct. "Since the original an- nouncements regarding the investigation were made, we have discovered that we have said very ' tX. Heaps said "We felt we should say that we are continuing the review process. But we do not See District on page 3 hW USTS lauded for adult ed. The Utah State Training School has been honored for their contribution in the area of adult CUP appointments linger Governor Scott M. Matheson's recent heart attack is slowing down the wheels of state government and with it the appointment of new members to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Board of Directors. Alene Bentley, Matheson's press secretary, said Matheson's limited work schedule that has resulted from what doctors are calling a "mild heart attack" will make it impossible to appoint the board members before the CUWCD meets this month. "We're not going to make it by iGSLB s purchased testants or at the 4MjM(i f education. Eddie W. Smith, liason for the school and 40 Utah School Districts, and Mrs. Nelda Warnick, for the consultant training school Education Department, received a plaque and certificate during an Adult Education Association of Utah luncheon held recently at BYU. Mrs. Warnick cited Mr. Smith for his efforts to develop the Adult Education program at the Utah State Training School. She stated that for several years, there has been a definite need for approximately 250 of the residents at the school to fill their leisure hours with meaningful activities. Existing staff could be stretched only to cover the six hour program day for training in educational and vocational pursuits, Mrs. Warnick said, and many of the evening hours professional X EDDIE W. SMITH were spent by residents in their cottages 'n and See USTS on page 3 "non-producti- |