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Show ol understanding children for what they are and what they can be is the best tool for preparing today's youth to live a happy and successful life during the 2lst century. It's impossible to define curriculum for the home and classroom that will be applicable 20 years from now," sas Dr. Ruth Lundgren, assistant of education at the University of Utah. But we can teach the professor basics a love of himself and a love of life. These fundamental skills will prepare the child to handle the uncen- To help parents better understand the emotional needs of their children through preschool of third-grad- e age, Lundgren has outlined seven basic behavior characteristics and suggests appropriate parental responses 1. The young child is very egocentric. He is most interested in himself. Later he will think in terms of a family and understand the meaning of love thy neighbor. Right now, he thinks in terms of me" and mine as he establishes himself as a person and begins to fit together the pieces of his unique identity puzzle. Parents and teachers must be ready to encourage him by listening carefully, praising the child whenever possible and avoiding suppression of : individuality Heritage Day Announced Sunday will be observed as Heritage and creativeness. At this stage, is fine as any curriculum long as the child is in the picture and it is something that involves him. 2. The child wants to feel big, proud and important. He wants success very much because he experiences failure so often. He has trouble tieing his shoe, and he wont write his name He may be correctly. frustrated by his lack of coordination, communication skills and understanding of his role within the family and community. But the only way he will learn is through patience and support while he Sunday new office of historian will be held by Sandra LeMaster. There will be a cookout for boy scouts and parents Monday evening at the home of Scoutmaster Lou Baker. Regular scout meeting at the church is Tuesday at 7:30 Trinity United Methodist split-secon- am Rev. worship services. Howard Huff will begin a series of sermons and study on the book of Acts. The title this Sunday is Christs Commission and Ascension based on chapter 1. Wendell Hibler will serve as worship leader. The chancel choir will present the anthem Gods with Jan Bullard Love, doing a solo part in it. Childrens Church at 8:30 and 11 a.m. will have as its We Worship by theme Sunday School Learning. classes meet at 9:45 a.m. The Fellowship Group will go to breakfast following the 11 a.m. service. On Monday, youth officers and counselors will have a Church at the 8 training : 30 and meeting 1 1 . p m. United Methodist Women Study of the Book of James will be held at the church Wednesday morning at 9 30. The youth will have an dance at the church Wednesday at 7 The p m. is Today (Thursday) Ascension Day, signifying the day of Christ's ascension into heaven. Sew and Do will meet at the church at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The church soft-bateam will have a game with Our Saviors Lutheran ll Church at 6 p.m. Thursday. Choir rehearsal is at 7:30 at the church at 7:30 p.m. Bryan Gomez has been elected to serve another year as youth president. Dave Morrow was chosen as vice president, Tammy Ortega as secretary; Janelle Davey will serve as p.m. Mens prayer breakfast at 6 a.m. at Dees Family Restaurant. will be held Friday Young couples will have a barbecue at the church Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Handicapped categories: Citizens, Employers, and Service Providers. CITIZHANDICAPPED ENS were represented by: Mark Danny Beaver, (Logan) a blind computer science student at Utah State University; Richard W. Hammond, (Ogden) a triple amputee accountant working for the Internal Revenue Service in Ogden; Kathy Garcia, (Murray) a victim of polio who is an efficient secretary at the Work Activity Center for Handicapped Adults; Brink-maCurt Raymond (Provo) a wheelchair amputee active in athletics and a BYU student; Eugene C. Hafen, (SLC) muscular disabled by dystrophy and confined to a wheelchair, an active advocate in representing the needs of the handicapped; Norma J. Hoppe, (Clearfield) a blind tax examiner at the Ogden Service Center; and and Merilyn Larry Williams, a handicapped husband and wife team. Larry is a maintenance man for Zions Security Corporation and Merilyn teaches handicapped people at Columbus Community Center n It Lake City. addition to receiving a Golden Key Award, Larry and Merilyn Williams have been designated as the Handicapped Utahns of 1977. of They are examples courage, faith and deter1 mination in overcoming handicaps. EMPLOYERS recognized Fred Schmidt, were: (Ogden) a blind proprietor of a cafeteria in Salt Lake Citys student full-tim- e at the of High. While the Welch family resided in New York, Phillip helped work on the church historic sites. He is the oldest of six children. He will enter the mission home June 9 prior to leaving for Japan. h baseball and volley ball on his ward's teams. He graduated from Kearns High and attended University of Utah. Jim will go in the mission LID: Diri)dlir May May 20: 21: Genealogy Day Seventys Open House - South Building, Beehive-Scou- t Breakfast May 22: Sunday School Executive Meeting May 23: Family Home Evening May 26: Relief Society Spring Social Stake Temple Day Fireside. KEARNS STAKE May 19: Stake Auxiliary Leadership p May 20: Seminary Council Dinner May 23: Family Home Evening May 24: High Priests Presidency Meeting with group leaders May 25: Missionary Training May 26: Seminary Closing Social - Bike Hike; Relief Society Leadership Meeting May 23: Family Home Evening May 24: YM Softball May 25: YM Softball 26: May Stake Primary Preparation Meeting KEARNS SOUTH STAKE May 19: Auxiliary Leadership Meeting then on to the Mission. ,io ' Duncan o(. children. 3075 Tom Richards, Millerama Avenue, is the fifth of the five leaving on missions. He will be going into the mission home June 4 then on to fulfill a He is Jim Duncans parents are Jim R. and A. Eulale Duncan. Jim has played basketball, attending Kennedy Junior 11 California-Fr- ' o Utah, a Biology is He a four-yea- r major. Seminary graduate and was Crusader of the Month while University Aires-Nort- home June Mission. Steve will be going to the same area where his father filled a mission in 1948. At this time the mission field was just opening up and now Steve will be able to see how the missions have grown. He is the third generation to go on a mission. Steves grandfather filled a mission to Germany. Kerry Torgerson, son of Mrs. Elaine Torgerson and the late Kobe Torgnson will go on a Columbus-OhiMission. He enters the mission home June 4 the same date as Steve Schugk. Kerry has been active in Drama Club and Concert Chor while a student at Kearns High. He was senior class vice president his last year there. received their calls at the same time. All will be in the mission home at the same time also. The three plan to send Round Robin letters to each other. Phillip Welch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Welch, is a o! Mission. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richards, the youngest of eight children and the fifth in the family to fill an LDS Mission. He is employed in the familys business, Richards Distributing. Tom has attended Valley Junior High, Kearns High and the University of Utah. He has been a High School Representative of Kearns High and went to Washington D.C. He was president of the VICA and DECA Clubs. For two years he was seminary class president and vice president one year. He is a four-yea- r seminary graduate has earned his Duty to God Award and is an Eagle Scout. Stake To Be Divided Hunter - Elder S. Dilworth Young, First Quorum of Seventy, will be the General Authority in attendance at the Hunter Stake Conference Saturday, May 21, and Sunday May 22. At that time the Hunter Stake will be divided to form two stakes. The conference, under the direction of Hunter Stake President Donald C. Harwood will be held in two sessions, one at the stake center at 5000 West Pavant Avenue and the other at the 5200 West Chapel. The Saturday evening session will begin at 7 p.m. and is by invitation. The Sunday morning session will commence at 10 a.m. with the general public invited to be in attendance. A junior Sunday School session will be held at the same time Sunday morning. 1 FAITH TEACHES US THAT ALL OF LIFE IS LEARNING Federal Building, whose is efficient business represented by a faithful staff, 75 percent of which are or have been severely disable people. Howard R. Sorenson (SLC) of Guild Incorporated, a furniture manufacturer, has provided job opportunities for the disabled and disadvantaged. Mountain Bell Telephone Company through Mrs. Myrna Averett (SLC) has made extra efforts to ac- graduation time, whether high school, college or a specialized institution of learning, we are reminded that education in the skills of life is an infinite thing; that you can always add to the knowledge you need foryour chosen career, and that there is always something new for you to learn. Likewise, your religious training is concerned with the development of your character, and this process should continue for the rest of your life on earth. By attending the Church of your choice you will learn the nature of this divine curriculum from which there is no graduation, but for which you will receive a degree of happiness and serenity obtainable from no other source of learning. At commodate employment opportunities for disabled people. SERVICE PROVIDERS included: The Center for Handicapped Students at the University of Utah, through the efforts of Sherry Rep-sch(SLC) and Derrell Johnson (SLC) has been a great help to severely , physically Argentina, Buenos and the same birthdates iflslke KEARNS NORTH STAKE May 19: Stake Relief Society Presidents Luncheon May 20: YM Softball May 21: Region Young Adults Dance May 22: Melchizadek Priesthood Committee Meeting, Stake Welfare Meeting, Stake Council Meeting, Young Adult Steve Schugh is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy K. Schugk. He is attending Utah Tech in elecCollege majoring tronics. He is an Eagle Scout and has earned his Duty to God Award. He will go to the Welch and Steve Schugk, have all been friends through junior high and high school All graduated at the same time from Kearns High School. All five played basketball for their wards and now all five have received mission calls for the LDS Church. Three of the five, Kerry, Phillip and Steve have a little more in common than just the above mentioned items. All three belong to the Jordan Fourth Ward of the Jordan North Stake. All three have ECesurims Fourteen Recognized At Annual Awards At the Third Annual Golden Awards Key Banquet, Thursday, May 12, 1977, 7:30 p.m., Hotel Utah, fourteen individuals were recognized for their efforts in opening doors of opportunity and hope to the handicapped. Awards were given in three Five young men, Jim Duncan, Tom Richards, Kerry Torgenson, Phillip treasurer; and a and Worldwide Wesley Day at self-imag- predictable problems and challenges of the next tury. continues to try. eager to learn. Give him At this stage a child needs latitude so his natural to have a classroom and curiosity will be the key to home environment where he learning. Let him walk to class alone if he asks. Let him knows glory. Small successes plunk on the piano even deserve large rewards of love is though it sounds horrible. and attention. Flexibility Unlike those around him, the should since there necessary child hears and feels the be no single correct answers child. of in the world a young harmony of challenge', acThis child needs many complishment and progress. He needs a classroom and of choices activities, home situation that provide a challenges and tasks. A good of experiences and variety to is send for teachers rule Give him sufficient every child home happy each offerings. filled with a day. Parents can reinforce wandering space of choices that ine variety the child's by of the five volve as expressing approval and senses asmany possible. Sight, pride whenever possible. hearing, touch, taste and 3. The child is a beginner an amateur. He makes smell will beckon him to an mistakes. He spills the juice. everlasting love of learning. 6. The child is not a good He forgets instructions. Hes sitter. He has endless energy to how know He doesnt noisy. and is always active. He pick up the baby. He pulls the should seldom be confined to dogs tail. But dont worry, he still has plenty of time to sitting for an extended period learn. Its a fact that 75 of time. Introduce him to percent of all children will blocks, playhouses, climbing toys graduate from high school, bars, manipulative and 50 percent will go on to anything that allows him to and learn. college. Give him enough explore 7. The young child is not to time and room at this stage make mistakes; he will learn good at keeping quiet. At this silence is not by his mistakes for years to early age, is a noisy The child golden. come. learner. Talking is a vital A a child needs young to classroom and home that is asset which he needs so listen carefully practice, d not based on and be prepared to let him timing. Teachers, parents and schedules must be question himself and those flexible to encourage the around him into a stupor. child. Remember, he is just Somewhere in the midst of the endless questions and beginning to practice life. nonrelated confusion, un4. The child is very tender. derstanding will occur. to He has very few resources Reading is another vital call on within himself. Hes but dont push this too skill, still feeling his way through Let the child learn early. life with an incomplete collection of tools, and he skills gradually at his own without pressure. Let depends heavily on love. He speed, him the rules of the dictate needs affection and wants to be affectionate to others. game. His natural instincts Dont offer him a harsh may be the best judge of what is right for him. classroom or home setting, After 22 years of exto him and dont expose with young children rejection. In later years, his perience and parent, as teacher successes will be built on the found that, has Lundgren unfoundation of love and adults will be better parents at derstanding you provide this early age. Schools and and teachers if they realize homes should be warm, the childs world is a very mysterious tender, affectionate and very special place and exciting, confusing yet accepting. complete. If parents and 5. The young child needs will observe the teachers stimulation. Children are by from time to world outside nature very curious. Its almost impossible to hold time through a childs eye, back a child because hes so understanding and instinct will insure success. Five Enter Mission Field For Service CkiCiVZCfc Understanding Needed An PAGE 3 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS THURSDAY. MAY 19, 1977 The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in the felicity of lighting on good education. Plutarch handicapped students in obtaining services arand in removing chitectural and procdural barriers to the handicapped on campus. R. Stephen Peterson (Roy) organized the Utah Handicapped Skiers Assoication and developed and secured equipment and instruction for the handicapped in skiing and in other sports. Elaine Sharp (SLC)) has devoted her life to im- proving opportunities for Utahs retarded citizens. Through her leadership in the Retardation Mental Assocation of Utah, Inc., greater public awareness and legislative come to citizens. support have Utahs retareded This is the third successive year in which the Utah State Board of Educations Rehabilitaation Services has worked with the Governors Committee on Employment of the Handicapped in recognizing progress and success in helping Utahs disabled to become independent and productive. Division of THIS PAGE IS SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING MERCHANTS Carousei Wot Beauty Salon 5482 South 4220 West 1 Kearns Wall Refrigeration 3782 Gi, er So. 4000 W. 29 40?2. Deseret Book Company 4 Hardware and Lumber 1555 W. 3500 So. 266-955- 1 Granger Econo-O-Cent- 299-628- 8 er 4067 W. 541 Mr. J'sIGA Kearns 5 So. 298-354- 4 Mrs. Condie's Salad Company Kearns Industrial Center 8 Kearns Karmelkorn Shoppe Valley Fair Mall Granger Barton's Builder's Mart 298-231- 1 299-144- Valley Fair Mall Granger 3280 W. 3500 So. 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