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Show Free Press - Wednesday, April 24, 1985 - Page 2 comment I only went around once Be part of leeway vote By BETTY FOWLER Local voters are being asked to study the proposed leeway vote by the Alpine School District, and to go to the polls May 7 to make their feelings about the proposal known. Most of them probably won't take the time. That's a shame, because the vote involves a three mill increase in property taxes, and will raise the average s annual tax bill by about $30. That's an issue every voter should take an interest in, as he evaluates the proposal and decides whether or not to support it. However, it is the nature of these types of elections that they don't draw a big percentage of the registered voters. Consequently, small groups make a decision that affects a large number of people. The local nature of a leeway vote means it doesn't get the kind of coverage that accompanies the November general election for a U.S. president, which makes headlines and leads off national and local newscasts for months before the polls open. Also, there not a lot of organized support for the leeway vote. Last year, when the district first considered the leeway vote, a committee was put together to drum up support for the proposal. The group was building a campaign to support the leeway tax, when a complex Utah Supreme Court ruling increased taxes for every homeowner in the state. As a result of the ruling, the district dropped the leeway proposal. When the district made the decision to go ahead with the vote this year, the committee was not used - leaving most of the campaigning for the 3 mill property tax increase with district administrators. As a result, the superintendent has been stumping for d the voted leeway in PTA and other were officials where district likely to meetings places find parents concerned with the quality of their children's education, and receptive to talk of improving the schools. School district officials have visited with representatives from the press and businesses as well, explaining the proposal and how it will be used, and stressing the need for the increased revenue. Groups opposing the leeway have also arisen, and started spreading information from their point of view. For the most part, both sides are saying they don't necessarily want to save or kill the leeway, but simply want an informed public making a decision on how they will be taxed and how those tax dollars will be used. That places the decision for the upcoming vote directly in the laps of local residents. With the election two weeks away, it's time to take a good look at the arguments for and against the leeway and to make a decision. Then, on May 7, it will be the responsibility of those residents to go to the polls and make their will known. It is difficult to know if a large turnout will favor or oppose the leeway but it will be representative of the voice of the people. And that's what counts in any election of this nature. home-owner- -- school-oriente- -- I a i ipiiliU Nil ii ii If SUPER VALUE DAYS During Super Value Days when you purchase any Snapper e riding mower at regular retail price you can 6 rear-engin- tll choose either a catcher or dump cart grass FREE! if you buy a Snapper Rider you can get a Catcher or at only V2 the retail price. And for added safety and a OR, Hi-V- Twin-Ba- g smoother ride, our riders now M have an automatic blade stop and It smooth start clutch. ?ni M VgUfelttf you better believe it The woods and grassy hollows of Highland were havens to us as we grew up in American Fork. Afton Devey Burgess, Fern Wilkin, Mary Dunsdon, Jean and I went on an Easter hike one Saturday morning when we were 14. Afton, Fern and Mary hiked from Alpine. Jean and I hiked from our homes in American Fork. We met in a tiny hollow in where mushrooms, Highland marrells, violets and asparagus were blooming. We made a twig fire to roast our weenies by. We even had potato chips that year. There was an orange, some boiled eggs and a candy bar in our lunch sacks. That was a special day. We were such good friends. Two years later I wanted to visit my pals in Highland. I declined the hike, in favor of swiping my dad's 1927 Chevy. I had been behind the wheel of a car only once before in my life! rolled down the windows and let the breeze ruffle my hair. I was free as a bird! I drove into Alpine feeling like Queen of the Hill. Then I had to back up. I didn't know how. I hadn't thought of going backwards. It was straight ahead I for me. I muckled out of that nasty situation with aplomb. Aha! Now I knew how to back up! But, I didn't figure on two wild cayuses who were coming up the e small road as I was traveling south toward home. I was feeling pretty guilty by now. My friends weren't nearly as impressed two-lan- Golf. It's called the game of a lifetime. That's how long ago it seems I gave it up. So when John called and suggested we play nine holes some afternoon, I wasn't sure if I could still hit that little white ball, let alone drive it down a fairway. But it seemed like a good idea at the time. It had been so long I wouldn't have to worry about playing well, and could enjoy just playing. So we scheduled a day and hoped the weathtr would cooperate. I stopped visiting the golf course years ago after I decided it took too long to play a game and it created too much internal pressure for me to enjoy myself. I was introduced to the game at an early age - when my father would take me to Soda Springs (30 miles from home, but the nearest golf course at the time) and let me follow him around while he played. I was about 8 or 9 when Dad would give me a five iron, a golf ball and let me work my way around the course. I was about 12 when I was warming up with a driver and hit my big brother in the mouth when he walked behind me during my back swing. It took his front tooth out, root and all. By the time I was 14, my father and several other men in our small community had garnered enough' support in town to build a nine-holmunicipal golf course - and the family took up the sport in earnest. My father helped me put together the editor's column Panic-stricke- I was a lousy putter, had a hard ime with approach shots, and sported a slice that was especially attracted to water hazards and the deep rough. When I left home for college, I took my clubs with me - but I found I had little time to play, and as a struggling student I couldn't afford the green fees. My studies took up irlost of my time anyway, and I gradually left the sport behind. With marriage, and then children, the practicality of getting away for two hours became even more remote, and so for years the old clubs remained tucked away in a basement corner, forgotten except for those brief moments when we considered for them selling whatever we could get for them . They were in such bad shape, it never seemed worth the trouble, so there they stayed - just one more piece of baggage to drag around everytime we moved. But time changes things, and by the time John called, I was ready to bring the clubs back into daylight and swing them around a little. With the prospects of a pleasant afternoon game, we Thursday scheduled a tee-of- f time at the course and hoped the weather wouldhold. It' was great - just like the old times on the Montpelier Golf Course. was just as I Everything remembered it. I still couldn't putt, my approach shots were still too By MARC HADDOCK a set of clubs, paid half of my annual fee so I could play any time, any day, and lined up some lessons so I could unlearn all of those bad habits had picked up walking around the Soda Springs course swinging a five I iron. I played a lot - but never enough to learn how to play well. I would par an occasional hole, but usually ended up one or two over par. Tri-Citi- short, and the familiar slice still .carried my drives off to the right. My game had its ups and downs. I sank a beautiful putt to birdie number 6 (the ensuing outcry, of joy and amazement probably ruined the drives of several other golfers on the course), and then drove into the wa ter oh number 7 - twice. But I avoided all of the annoying tendencies that made me give up the game in the first place. I didn't lose my temper. I didn't even throw any clubs. (The gentle tossing of my putter so it would land near my bag after I four putted the green on number 4 does not count, of course. ) And overall the experience was , invigorating, relaxing, liberating and thoroughly enjoyable. front Tri-City- 's nine were challenging and Well cared for, except for. that patch of muddy ground that literally swallowed my drive just feet in front of the green on number 5. The other golfers were, as always, courteous. And the more I reflect on last Thursday afternoon, the more I'm convinced that maybe I'm growing into the game that I thought I had outgrown. The problem is that spare hours all at one time is still hard to come by - especially with six kids at home all trying to get my attention. On second thought, that's all the more reason to head for the course. Fore! lf , Planets hold key to understanding earth The annual Quey C. Hebrew Memorial Lecture was given by Dr. Ronald Greeley, a professor of Geology at Arizona State University, on March 28. Dr. Greeley gave a geological view of the moon and planets: Fifteen years of planetary exploration. The annual lecture is given each year by the BYU Department of Geology to honor Quey C. Hebrew, noted geologist and BYU graduate. now Hebrew, deceased,, was married to the former Esther Hutchings of Lehi. Dr. Greeley holds a joint professorship at Arizona State U. in and the Center for Geology Meteroite Studies where he heads a research group in planetary geology. Current research is focused on gaining an understanding of planetary surface processes and geological histories through studies of data spacecraft analysis, laboratory and experiments, geological field studies on Earth of features analogous to those observed on the planets. Dr. Greeley has worked with that's NASA in preparations for the Apollo missions to the moon and as, a team member on the Viking Mission. He has also conducted planetary geology research for NASA's Galileo missin to Jupiter. He serves on two National Academy of Science panels; the committee on planetary exploration, and a study group assessing the major directions for space science in the period He also chairs several NASA committees, including Planetary Cartography, a Mars study project, and a study of potential planetary science work aboard space stations. He is the of six books and more than 100 papers and is asociate editor for the Planetary Science Series of Cambridge University Press. Dr. Greeley told those present at the lecture that the last decade and a half has seen a realization of solar system exploration in which the moons and planets have been transformed from the realm of astronomy to the realm of geology. In particular, "We have learned that many of the geologic processes 1995-201- Life overweight- - WWEFCHllNGFCfi WJUHLfrfc Insurance the 8750-466- 9 Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 7. American Fork, Utah IH003 As Is Furniture Ladies Blouses Off 4.00 each Ladies Pants '1.00 each Men's Pants . '1.00 each Home Furnishings !bet: Ml our QWUl)(Ml mm. ISSN No. 0 U.S.P.S. No. 32 West Main Lehi, Utah 84043 Published weekly except y for Thanksgiving and Christmas by Newtah, Inc. Telephone Numbers 9 Advertising & Circulation. News 3 Publisher Brett R. 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In addition, according to Dr. Greeley, we see some planetary objects that are quite bizarre by earthly standards. These include the ice structures on some of the moons of Jupiter and processes involving flows of mud on t he satellites of it all out. So now is your chance for spring bargains at Deseret Industries in American Fork April Families X that operate Spring Clean Sale State Farm Way! iWGifDl big trouble. The heady feeling of driving a car had disappeared and in its place was a finger of guilt and fear creeping up my spine. Why didn't that darn car move over? As we approached each other, they didn't budge from the center line. I was forced to swerve out of their way. I ran the Chevy into a deep irrigation ditch at the side of the road. n and grief ridden, I climbed out of the car and fell into a big cow pie as I stepped out onto the manure covered spongy earth. . e DUMP CART ifc milftiTMHTmTrifJnft as I thought they'd be. And, if I didn't beat my folks home I'd be in The two guys who had caused the whole thing turned around and came back. They felt guilty enough to help get the car out and start me on my way home. I pulled dad's precious little car into the lane just moments before mom and dad returned from a fishing trip with the neighbors. Mom and dad hugged and kissed - me and asked if everything was OK. Dad, never imagining that his trusted daughter would go on her own Indy 500, was stern when I blurted out the errors of my ways and told him what I'd done. "Please give me a lickin' dad," I pleaded, hoping the willow would assuage my guilt. He shook his head. "No, Betty. You're okay. The car's okay. And I think you've learned a big lesson today." And I did. But, I still love to ride , along with the breeze tickling my face, ruffling my hair, about 20 miles an hour, on my bike. Game of lifetime takes lifetime to play Sensible. 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