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Show Free Press - Wednesday, December 4, 1985 - Page 3 Report details hiring of new Alpine teachers Alpine School District hired 159 e and six half-timteachers for the 1985-8- 6 school year, according to a report released by district officials. Of these, 80 of the e and all six of the e teachers were at full-tim- e O w full-tim- f (V c ftp ""miir jft iMkhjiMiwb. half-tim- f) A .yr Lights will go on Mary Pulley Christmas Gardens Saturday, Dec. tS 7. Annual Pulley display to open Dec. 7 with Santa On Saturday, Dec. 7, between 5 will make his 43rd annual visit to Mary Pulley's and 9 p.m., Santa servicemen fighting in World War will receive a candy cane from Miss Pulley and have the chance to give their Christmas order to Santa and Christmas Garden at about 900 East hear his Christmas Greeting. and 550 North in American Fork. The Christmas Garden is Miss Pulley and Santa recall decorated with a larger than life size children have been coming to the replica of the Holy Family with the Christmas Garden for the past 42 Star of Bethlehem shining above. Just north of the Nativity Scene, years. They say between 5,000 and 6,000 Santa has his sleigh with Rudolph e children are expected Saturday for and his leading the way for the opening night of the display and the eight-tin- y reindeer. the official turning on of the lights Over 30 tall pine and fir and Christmas music. trees are decorated with bright On Monday, Dec. 9, bus loads of festive Christmas lights, which will children from the Utah State glow from now through New Years Training School and the Care Eve. Centers of Utah Valley will be Miss Pulley has turned the lights on as her greeting to the community brought to visit the panorama. As is past tradition, each of the every year since 1942 when she put youngsters visiting opening night up the scenes as her way to thank the II. The scenes are spread over three acres of lawn, and the "Christmas trees" that were small then are giants now. Motorists are invited to drive by each Gardens the Christmas New now from through evening Years Eve from 5:30 to 10 p.m. to view the yule panorama and listen to music floating the Christmas through the area from concealed microphones. individuals come from Many throughout the state and even to continue a tradition they started as children. The third generation of those first visitors are among those who tour the display now, Miss Pulley says. red-nos- Members of CIA attend rodeo finals the elementary level; 46 were for secondary positions; and 33 were in the area of special education, according to Dr. Clifton Pyne, district Administrator of Personnel Service. In addition, 21 teaching positions in the education program at the Utah State Training School are now administered through the Alpine School District. Dr Pyne said 1,196 teaching applications were filed with the district for the school year. Of these, 503 were for elementary 594 for positions, secondary and 99 for special positions; education openings. for "Employment procedures elementary and secondary teachers differ," Dr. Pyne said. "At the elementary level, a pool of qualified applicants is established. Elementary principals assist in the screening process through a standard interview with the interviews scheduled through the personnel office. The elementary principals make their recommendations for emfrom this pool of interviewed applicants. "At the secondary level, the principals schedule their own interviews and then make a recommendation to the district personnel office on whome should be hired." "For that reason," Dr. Pyne said, 'We only have statistics on the number at interviewed the elementary level. This year, we interviewed 251 individuals of the 502 who for applied elementary positions." ployment and Tamkang University in Taiwan. Dr. Clark Cox, district superintendent, commenting on the data, said "Because of the large number of applicants for teaching positions we receive here in the Alpine District, we are able to hire the highest quality teachers for our students. "Those who were hired have excellent credentials, including high grades and recommendations from their instructors. 'And a number of the new employees have had previous teaching experience. "This is a distinct advantage for our district and can only result in a better educational program for our students." Dr. Pyne said members of the district board of education have final say on all Wrings in the district. Most of the teachers hired this bachelor's their year earned from Young Brigham degrees University, according to the report -in fact, 126 were BYU graduates. Utah State University was next with 14. Both the University of Utah and Southern Utah State University sent six of their graduates to Alpine District this year. Three came from Weber State College. The remaining teachers came from a variety of universities around the world, including the Texas of Pacific, University Western College, Washington State University. University of California, We're looking for your holiday candy recipes winner. The written recipe should be submitted along with a sample of the finished product. A panel of five judges will decide the winners. How would you like to earn some extra cash the delicious way? Make up a batch of your favorite holiday candy or dessert and enter it in the annual Holiday Cooking Contest. The contest is being Entries may be taken to the sponsored by this newspaper. 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