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Show Page A2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday. October 14, 1998 Stories behind museum pieces are what catch people's interest When I lived near Washington, D.C., I had a lot of chances to visit museums. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a museum of some kind in that city. went to all sorts of museums, from the really, really cool (the hands-oWashington Children's Museum) to the incredibly dull (the National Gallery of Portraits of White People You May Have Heard of 1 Once in High School). I do regret that I never went to the National Potato Museum (a real thing; it exists, honest). Now, museums are for important things, right? The reason you smiled at the mention of the National Potato Museum is that potatoes aren't usually important, so to have an entire museum for them, let alone a single display of potatoes at a museum dedicated to something else, is strange and quirky. Well, there you go: Strange and quirky is important. Ah. Now it's important. PRESENT IMPERFECT YOU DON'T PUT, say, a ketchup bottle in a museum unless it has some meaning (including quirky meaning) other than its intrinsic . But if it's a ketchup bottle of artistic, political, historical or even cultural importance, then you can put it in a museum in fact, then almost are you obligated to put it into a museum, or at least sell it for an outrageous price. It doesn't have to be of a particular kind of importance, Zina Petersen ketehup-bottleness- just "importance." Salvador or Edgar Dali (or Joe Hjme run baseballs start out at what? Ten dollars? Because they aren't home run baseballs until a home run has happened to them. How would you feel if you pitched a ball that Sosa or McGwire knocked into orbit, immediately raising its value by a bajillion percent? And then if you can get the autograph of the homerun-ne- r scribbled on it, even more. I know what I would think: "Can I have that back? I threw it at him; can I ... T Ix-wi- Rice Burrows, or Georgia O'Keefe, or etc.) was said to have hated ketchup, and threw THIS VERY KETCHUP BOTTLE at the chef of a barbecue once. MOST THINGS that end up in museums have to be labeled so you know they aren't like your basic, boring old $10 baseball somebody stuck behind the glass in the display UTAH VALLEY BRIEFING Alpine The Planning Commission recently approved conditional-us- e permits for Newman and Associates, 447 Eastview Drive; P&K Enterprises, 476 S. Alpine Highway; Tolbert Home and Dev. LLC, 441 N. Bristol Court; Loan Peak Financial Services, 241 S. Country Manor Lane; Hydex Corporation, 97 N. Meadowbrook Drive; Showcase Homes and Interiors, 455 N. Main St.; and approved accessory apartment permits for 531 S. Arnold Court and 749 E. 200 North. American Fork The Utah County Health Department will have flu and pneumonia vaccinations for $8 and $15, respectively, from 12:30-p.m. Wednesday at the Senior Center, 54 E. Main St. 3 Highland The city homepage is www.highland.ulct.org. at Lindon Although city officials normally don't plan next year's budget until February, the City Council is considering including a fire substation in next year's budget. An architect will bring an estimate next month to the council. This will be the first fire station for the city, which is served by the Pleasant Grove Fire Department. eight-square-mi- Orem The Orem Senior Friendship Center is having a costume ball on Halloween. The center, as part of its Saturday night adult dance program, is hosting a costume ball with pri.i's and a witch's brew. The dance starts at 8 p.m. Admission is $2.50. Payson There will be a benefit concert at 7 p.m. tonight at Payson High School. 1050 S. Main. Local singer Jesse Thurg(xd, who has JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald The Utah chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness will conduct an education conference Thursday at the Provo Marriott Hotel. The conference is open to the public. Registration is $100 at the door. Participants will include about 200 NAM I members from across the state, including parents, spouses, siblings and other relatives of individuals with mental illness, consumers who use public health services, mental health professionals and agency representatives. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and will be followed by the opening session at 8 a.m. It will feature an address by Pastor Steven Waterhouse, author of "Strength for His People." He will discuss how to help clergy understand mental illness. Opening class sessions will a.m. and run from cover such topics as research on PROVO 10:15-11:4- 5 metal An ugly evening dress shoes A pair of worn-ou- t Do you care? 'Course not. I dare you to hear the story of a thing (anything) where it plays a part, and not take a second longer looking at it than you would without the story. Look at this list: A piece of rock that was on the moon before the Apollo astronauts brought it back to Earth. A piece of the hull of the Titanic The dress Jackie Kennedy wore when JFK was inaugu- rated. The shoes Jim Bridger was wearing when he wrote about finding the Great Salt Lake. Now that's a pretty worth- while list, isn't it? We'd go to a' museum to see some of those things. With a story behind it, I'd even guess the potato is pretty worthy to be museu-mize- d hey, let's all go! And, uh, bring that ketchup bottle with you, okay? ; 1 Zina Petersen is a professor of English at BYU. POLICE BEAT produced two CDs, will be the main entertainment along with Orem singers Haley Kocherhans and Katheryne Allred. The money will go to help Kyle Hogan, who is paralyzed from an accident last spring. The City Council will have a special meeting and work session at 7 p.m. tonight in the city offices, 439 W. Utah Ave. I J 1 I Pleasant Grove Wrestling registration ends Wednesday for youth ages 4 to sixth grade. Registration is at the Recreation Building, and the cost is $35. The program runs through with a tournament at the end. Provo The BYU Concert Choir will join forces with the Utah Symphony Chamber Orchestra for a Brigham Young University-UtaSymphony Series which debuts tonight at 7:30 in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $10 for BYU students and $14 for general admission. For information or to purchase tickets, .please call h 378-432- Salem ' - r , KEVIN LEEThe Daily Herald Collision: Two vehicles collided at University Avenue and 5200 North in Provo Tuesday night. The accident occurred when a southbound Chevrolet ran into an eastbound white Buick. Five people injured in the crash were taken to the hospital but were not seriously injured. COLLISION TWO-CA- R Five people were taken to the e hospital after a accident at the intersection of 5200 North (River Park Drive) and University Avenue in Provo around 6 p.m. Tuesday , police said. The injured weren't in critical condition, said Provo police two-vehicl- Flu and pneumonia shots will be given at 9 a.m. to noon today at the city office building at 30 W. 100 South. Flu shots are $8, pneumonia shots are $15. Spanish Fork The Life Safety House will be on display from p.m. Thursday at an open house hosted by the Fire Department. 3-- 9 Springville The Young Writers Group will meet with author Carol Lynch Williams at 3:30-4:3p.m. today at the library, 50 S. Main St. For more information, call 489-272- Woodland Hills Mt. Loafer Elementary School will have an informational assembly at 1:30 p.m. today about how to enter the reflections contest. Parents are invited. new medications, estate planning and anxiety disorders. A panel of consumers, families and professionals will take part in a panel discussion during a noon luncheon. The panel will discuss collaborating to create helpful care. The second round of class sessions will run from 1:45-3:1p.m. and cover such topics as inpatient rights, depression, schizophrenia, explaining mental illness to children, handling stress and mental illness and the media. The third round of classes will run from 3:25-4:4p.m. and cover topics like how to stay out of the hospital, the grief process, bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. From p.m., round-tabl- e 5 5 discussions will cover mental illness and your spouse, your adult child, your young child, your young sibling and what you want to tell law enforcement and corrections. The annual awards banquet from p.m. will feature the 6-- 8 "You Make A Difference" awards. officers Ann Richey and Jim Campbell. The accident occurred when a yellow Chevrolet Monza traveling south on University Avenue collided with a white Buick Century headed east on 5200 North, police said. The driver of the Century and crossed University Avenue to drive north. The Monza struck the driver's side of the Century, according to police. Four police vehicles, three ambulances and one fire engine were dispatched to the scene. Police closed one lane on each side of University Avenue reportedly wanted to turn left Boy arrested after two others wounded with kitchen knife 0 Provo to host mental illness conference By case, when nothing had happened to it. Once you add the story, pow! It becomes the thing to see to say you saw! Museums don't show stuff, they 6how stories. I dare you to go to a museum and see something, and not know the story, and care. Look at this list: A piece of a rock A rusted-ou- t chunk of By AMY K. STEWART The Dailv Herald OREM Two Canyon View Junior High School students were allegedly slashed by a boy while they were visiting him at his house during the lunch period on Monday, according to police. Orem police arrested a boy on an aggravated assault charge for the alleged attack. Police said the suspect said the two students, who are boys ages 14 and 15, wouldn't leave his house. After the incident, the two boys walked back to school and asked for medical attention. They were taken to Orem Community Hospital and treat ed for lacerations on their fore arms, according to reports. Police said they weren't sure what went on at the house or why the allegedly brandished a kitchen knife at the other two boys. Canyon View Junior High School Principal Jim McCoy said the two boys who were slashed were in violation of a s policy, which Canyon View Junior High School Principal Jim McCoy said the two boys who were slashed were in violation of a closed-campus policy. to detour vehicles around the '" accident. Police said the Monza had three passengers and the Century had two passengers. The passengers in the Monza had to be extricated. Campbell and Richey didn't say who was at fault in the accident. THE DMIY HERALD 555 P.O. Box North Freedom Boulevard 717. Provo. Utah 84603-07I- 7 A story that appeared on page A2 of the Tuesday, Oct. 13, edition of The Daily Herald contained incorrect informa- tion. Carol Allred, who owns the Towne Cinema in American Fork, said she and her hus band John plan to sell the theater but aren't closing it. . 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