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Show IB Signs Proclamation Learning America's Traditions A Green Sheet Staff Writer WEST VALLEY. More than, 300 years ago immigrants from England were so grateful to be in America they held the first Thanksgiving day to celebrate. . This year some immigrants from Cambodia are giving thanks for being "secure" in America where things are "more hopeful for the children." American traditions are still strange to the family of Ban You and his wife Or Lay, who came to Slat Lake from the Battambang Pro. vince in Cambodia . : Turkey is something they have never tasted or cooked before and pie is a dish they haven't even considered. They still prefer Asian food, with rice as the staple. Cookies are a better dessert. Something that is less sweet. - When their social worker and friend, Sakhan Lay, 4065 W. 3800 South, (who has been in Salt Lake six years) showed Or Lay how to it was a baffling . prepare a turkey, experience. Sakhan explained to Or Lay that she likes to stuff the turkey with a ground pork and onion stuff-ing and cook it in a cooking bag. Or she sometimes cooks it with a clam "dip." She has learned a great deal about American cooking since she has resided here, and says it is much easier than Asian preparation. : Children in the Ban family (Cambodians say their last name first and the wife keeps her own maiden name) are finding turkey as unusual " as other things here. Since coming to the new country they have found it difficult to adapt to the new culture. Learning the new language is particularly difficult. The children were put into grades in school according to their age, ' even though they have had no previous education. The five boys are Ron, 16, Ath, 15 Kimsat, 9, Kim; sol, 7, Samoeun, 2. Nainsy is a year-- ; t old girl. . in the lived In Cambodia "out they ' countryside" and had not opportunity for an education. While they were in the.3fugee :catnp TH''TBallahd about six years they were able tdv study on a limited scale, but mostly their own language. English as a se- -' cond language had to wait until they ' arrived here. There are special teachers aids, who go into schools to help the children with English. Sakhan Lay says it is good when the parents learn the language so they can help the children. Ban You, the father, has medical problems and has not been able to go to work or out in the community to learn. His wife is homebound with the two young children. However, he and his wife have an opportunity to go to the New Hope Multi-culturCenter at 1102 W. 400 North to study English and other skills. reside in the same area in West Valley as the Ban You family. Sakhan is an example of how refugees can learn to become part of the mainstream in America. She says she and her five chldfen "learned the language together." Shortly after arriving here she worked at Redwood school as a volunteer to help the refugee students and then became a full time teacher aid in Granite district, where she worked 2 years, going to different shcools to help the refugees with English. For three years she has worked for the State Dept. of Social services. Her children are all doing well in school now, although it was a struggle at first. Three of them are getting "straight A" grades, she proudly announces. Her husband Senghean Lay (she has taken her husband's name) is employed as a machine operator at Facet Automotive Filter Co. Sakhan has found happiness and success in her new land, thoguh she is still getting accustomed to American traditions. She hopes her fellow Cambodians will do the same. 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