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Show $ A the Record ...... o t v a 'i ; i ''V Cl . to to communicate t with other people.'' 1976 15 And then McCarty says an interesting thing. It is, he APril says, becoming increasingly more" difficult for young people and old alike, in our society, to i letters properly. Many scholars believe this is because we are becoming more write dependent on spoken communication than upon written communication. day from the Denver Museum of Natural History, showing the museum building of 1912, and the present home of the mu- seum. It was a fascinating study in changing styles, and it said a lot about where the Secretary of the Utah Education Association. It started a few months ago. A cynic might think it had something to do with McCarty's political aspirations. We don't use it. But I read it. And last week it told about a student wondering why he should have to know about commas, and other punctuation marks. The simplest answer, McCarty writes, is that they are part of the English language, the language he uses fifm t Li & PIP P VN. San The -- lli) even by scholars . It is true that the electronic age is trashing the language. When you throw superlatives around in so meaningless a ) way as that used in commercials, you can't do anything else. But the richness and beauty of the language still lives in the libraries of the world. And I had always thought it t was at least partly the responsibility of the educator to make sure it was transmittedevensold, if necessary to succeeding it is our responsias parents to pass bility a along knowledge and love of the language. , And we aim to do that at our house, even if it makes some kids a little unhappy now and then. The discovery of our language can still be as awesome as that I know r grand old museum. 1 hope our schools feel the same way. , - Blue Mountain Foods Dear Miles, - MWT Burn permit procedure Monticello residents are reminded that a permit is required for burning in the city. CARRIERS precede the San Juan High School Marching Band from Blanding in a performance down Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., Wednesday, March 31. The group, under the direction of Roberts. Bowring, participated in the Park's bicentennial salute America on Parade. Disneyland photo and caption. BANNER Letters to the editor generations. Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Himmelberger advises that he is not the person to contact. Those wanting a permit should contact the city police through either the city office or the Highway Patrol port of entry. An officer will inspect the site, then issue the permit for a $1 fee if it is adjudged safe to burn those materials on that site. We would like to express our deep feelings of appreciation and affection for Mr. Robert Bowring and the members of the San Juan High School band. My wife and I feel very satisfied about the bands recent trip to march and play in Disneyland. During the trip the members of the band showed a maturity and judgment, and sense of humor, that still amazes me. The band is made up of Monticello, Utah A who outstanding individuals are a credit to their families, their school, their community, and to themselves. They are to be most highly commended o and congratulated. Oliver and Barbara Harris is JL Oliver and Barbara Harris Chaperones and bus driver. (Please turn to page 5) K K The Monticello & Junior Class A invites Winner of Better Awards: Contest Newspaper the San Juan Record Miles & Publ ishers Entered in the Post Office at Utah, as Second Class matter. ' Published every Thursday at Monticello, Utah. Subscription Rates $6.50 a year in San Juan County $7 a year everywhere else Office Box 428 MonticeUo, Utah 84535 Phone 801587-227- 7 Post you to. their Junior Prom. The theme No Appointment Necessary 8x10. 'UllUJG Color Portrait is "Midnight Blue." floor starts at 8:30, The to Monticello, 1975-19- 76 ft Jane Turnbull Record a Juan ing that can be done about it, reverence American for ' comes from . . .'and learning where it may have gone. In 1912 the museum stood on a hill, a massive building with stone columns, all by itself. It must have been a great thing to go and see in the days when TV programs didn't display animals of all shapes and sizes in actual life. All of There comes a column to the office each week written by Daryl McCarty, Executive ' That is interesting, because an educator said it. He did not say the schools are failing to teach the language, he said it is becoming increasingly more difficult" for people to write the language. It sounds as if some strange, powerful, unseen force is making it tovgh for people to write. And as if there is really noth- A mailing came the other the advance of knowledge was much like that then: new, and imposing and awesome, like the museum building. The museum today is bigger, of course, with a landscaped lawn sweeping to a modern masonry and glass structure. But it isn't nearly as aweinspiring. The times and the people have changed, and in a world where knowledge whirls electronically about us we dont stand and marvel at a musty glass case hold- - . ing something few people have ever seen, or will see. O show EACH ADDITIONAL the dance begins at 0e 9 p.m. and lasts until Couples - $3.50 Singles - $2.00 Af the door: Couples - $4.00 Singles 7 $2.50 The band "Rosewood." K; is X-- PERSON IN PORTRAIT cfjer per Family SATISFACTION 12 midnight. Tickets are: In advance: Add 50c Wrapping nd. Handling total ... lie Miners must be witk parents GUARANTIED NO AGE LIMIT . Dress Your Children Colorfully One Big Day Thurs., April 22 0$0 a.m. - 6 p.m. Portraits by Thomas |