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Show APRIL 21, 1987 L, By Brian Cray Judge Bishop retires CONTINUED Clearing House Contests This year, 32,218 men and women in Davis County will spend total hours sorting through oversized envelopes, tearing sheets of paper along minute perforations and licking postage stamps in an annual American rite: The entering of magazine 37,483 contests. clearinghouse In this Utahs only form of legalized gambling some contest participants will offer private prayers to Ed McMahon Others will even subscribe to such forgettable magazines as American Asparagus and Modem Exercycle," all in the hope of increasing their chances of receiving that telephone call. ("Hello, Mrs. Smith. . . I am calling from Prairie View, Wisconsin and this is your lucky day.) But as an expert on clearinghouse contests, I can only offer bad news for Davis County: You dont have a chance of winning the Big Prize. And why? Below I answer the most common questions concerning magazine contests. QUESTION: Are magazine clearinghouse contests the easiest way for Utahns to strike it rich in a short period of time? ANSWER: No. The easiest way to make quick money is to work in the ticket office at the Salt Palace. . . Or, like many others, to start a pyramid scheme at Sacrament Meeting. QUESTION: What type of people have the best chance of winning a contest? ANSWER: Most winners come from cities or towns that no one has ever heard of. Watch the television commercials announcing the winners. . . The winners are always overweight farming folk from places like Cattle Creek, Iowa and Picket e nature of these Fence, Montana. Its all part of the once-in-a-lifeti- down-hom- contests. QUESTION: Why? ANSWER: Because its good for the companys image. If some wise guy from Boston won $10 million, hed sock it into Treasury Bills, a ski condo or a new Corvette. Its more heartwarming if a middle-age- d couple in a cornfield uses the money to vase a new for the living room. or a tractor buy QUESTION: But certainly you could do more than buy a tractor and a vase with $10 million in winnings? ANSWER: Sure. But you dont really win $10 million up front. Instead, the money is put into escrow and the winner draws out $22.49 each week for the next 813 years. The only person to ever receive the full $10 million was Methusalah. QUESTION: So these magazine contests arent worth the effort? ANSWER: Sure they are. They give puppets like Ed McMahan something to do in the afternoon. And they give people in Kansas something to shoot for. If you spent a full day baling hay and swatting off mosquitos, youd want a little excitement in your life, too. QUESTION: Are there any contests offering us a better chance? ANSWER: Yes. My advice is to enter the smaller contests like the National Pickle Competition. All participants have to do is write some clever line on the back of a pickle label. Last years winner wrote Big Dill on the back of a label and he won a years supply of sweet gherkins in heavy syrup. QUESTION: But what would I do with such a prize if I won it? ANSWER: Take all these little, useless prizes to a Davis County swap meet. There, you could exchange it for something equally little and useless. You might swap the pickles for some straw hat from Barbados or a scratchy Bobby Vinton banged-u- p record. Next to Vinton, the pickles would look pretty good. QUESTION: Do I increase my chances of winning a clearing house contest if I subscribe to some of the magazines? ANSWER: No All you do is increase your chances of receiving more junk mail and draining your IRA. QUESTION: Then is there any such gamble thats a sure FROM FRONT PAGE mission to Hawaii, putting in 30 months. That included learning some of the Hawaiian language, much of which he still recalls. After his first sweetheart died he married Florence Zesiger, also a Bountiful native. His four children are: Lloyd K., Manhattan, New York; Howard, Emmett, Ida.; Darrell, Bountiful, and Robert W. of Brigham City. His government career included working for the various alphabet agencies of the FDR era. He was the chief rent examiner for Salt Lake and Tooele counties, super- vised accounting services over seven Western states for a time and oversaw a works program. the sewer system in Kaysville and other projects such as painting all the county elementary schools. In his church position over welfare services, he also saw many people in bad financial straits. It was good that we were able to assist them to make their lives a little easier, he recalls. That included hand-diggin- g Hes a great administrator and we appreciate him and the many other fine mayors for helping create Kaysville into the outstanding little city it is today. Also during Mayor Bishops term the city installed a million gallon water storage tank east of Highway 89. It was done without any bonding and he proudly could leave the city with a $50,000 surplus-n- ot bad for those days when that bought a lot more goods. He served as an LDS bishop of the Kaysville 3rd Ward from late 1965-Ma1972. The Fairfield chapel was completed during his teMr. nure. Although at the age many have stopped worrying about the future, Mr. Bishop doesnt look or act "his Ive tried to live a good, age. clean life, Ive never really been sick and only been in the hospital once. Ive tried to eat properly and abstain from those things known to cause cancer such as tobacco and alcohol, he adds. Hes an avid reader concentratimostly historical ng on non-fictio- n, Mr. Bishop has been active in a variety of other pursuits. He served as Kaysville mayor from 1954-195He brought some mechanization to the city offices, purchasing a billing machine that cost a little better than $3,000. I was afraid to make the purchase because of the amount of money that was back then;he says. The machine proved its use well into the 1970s, however, current Mayor Gerald Purdy agrees. "He has performed in an outstanding way to the benefit of Kaysville, 8. and LDS church-relatetimes I read a bood to get everything out times six-sev- FROM FRONT PAGE replacements needed. The district will start looking for at least one ' high school principal, one junior one high principal, elementary principal and one senior high school assistant principal. Applications for these jobs will be taken in a general, not specific sense in case there are more openings for . the positions. The district will take applications for these jobs until April 24. Appointments will be made after a new superintendent for schools is selected. Those eligible for early ' must have 25 years or more in top-lev- el retire-me- nt of it. successor, Douglas B. Rogers? Be as fair and honest as you possibly can be. Judge everyone as an equal. Be considerate to the extent it doesnt impair the office. Laws are made to interpret. Weve had to make laws to handle all situations and act accordingly. the system. They can retire at any no penalties. There is a two percent formula with no actu-riage with al reduction for early retirement given this year only as an incentive to retire. Many who are close to the normal retirement age can make more money by retiring early than they can by waiting a year or two. Employees who desire to retire at the close of school this year must make application with the District by May 8 and with the state by May 31. The bill does allow some employees to retire and continue ,to work until June, 1988 at the employers request. If this is done, no additional service credit can be accrued. ANSWER: YES. Vote for a Republican to serve as your State legislator. You can be sure hell raise taxes. Reflex-Journ- al Published weekly by Clipper Publishing Co. Inc. 96 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010 Weekly newspaper published at Laytoa Utah every Tuesday, In the interest of Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Address all correspondence to 197 North Main, Layton, Utah 84041. Subscription rate. 25c per copy, $6.50 per year, mailed in county, $7 50 per year outside. OwnerPublisher Vice President Jr. Lucll S. Stahl J. Howard Stahl Tom Busslbrg John Stahl, Manager Editor 544-913- 1, TOM BUSSELBERG What I consider a choice experience happened to me the other day. It was all part of the job but still an enjoyable part. I had the chance to interview Lloyd Bishop on his retirement from the justice of the peace post hes held in Kaysville for the past years. commentary on the This column can hardly be an man for 1 hardly know him. He was the first to admit that some have criticed him when he was mayor back about 20 years ago. Everyone who does anything important, though, seems to get some disagreeing eyebrows raised. What struck me with this gentleman was his vitality at the ripe young age of 84. Not only was he far more agile, mobile, energetic than so his thinking, many his age. There was a precision, quickness to in a man common more be me to struck that talking, reacting 0 years his junior. in Im not trying to say he shouldnt be where he gis, because baseball a was he I learned interview of the course the fan and had played more than his share of mean games over the 16-pl- th years. That could possibly attribute to some of his physical stamina and he stressed healthful living habits to boot. On his mental agility, though, I had to ask him if he did much reading. It came as no surprise to learn that Mr. Bishop is an avid especially reader. He particularly seems to enjoy books. history and LDS Church-relate- d non-fictio- n, Reading. I guess Im prejudiced towards reading because once I learned how I didnt want to stop. Then too, I once worked in a library and loved being around so many books and magazines. Sure, Im also a print journalist so my livelihood depends on others wanting to take time to read what I and others write. It seems that too many people these days have nearly forsaken reading beyond whats on the cereal box in favor of radio and TV. I still cringe when I recall the statement made by a former county commissioner that libraries are only for children. guy, dont get me wrong, but I think hes really with that comment. Are we ever too old to keep boat missed the to keep learning? reading, Hes a great Certainly Mr. Bishop doesnt think so. Hes not ashamed to times to get admit hell sometimes read a book I 90 percent of but it then adds out and of forget everything what I read. six-sev- I know that last statement fits me, unfortunately. I dont think we should be ashamed to admit we enjoy reading. It isnt only the bespectacled, fragile young people who read-- or the homebound older people, either. I have a very good friend who could run most people into the ground and then turn around and beat them cold in a boxing match. Hes not all brawn, though. Theres an awful lot of mental activity going on in his head, too. The mind is like a muscle, he likes to say. If you keep working it and developing it theres no stopping your mental growth. Speaking of the impact radio, TV and electronic media have on us in general, the book How to Read a Book comments: Perhaps we know more about the world than we used to, and insofar as knowledge is prerequisite to understanding, that is all to the good. But knowledge is not as much a prerequisite to understanding as it commonly supposed. We do not have to know everything about something in order to understand it; too many facts are often as much an obstacle to understanding, as too few. There is a sense in which we modems are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding. The book goes on to say one reason behind that is the medias so designed to make thinking seem unnecessary. It also notes that reading can hardly be considered a passive activity. Reading is just as much an activity as is listening and speaking. Catching the ball is just as much an activity as pitching or hitting it, as Mr. Bishop would knowingly agree. The pitcher or batter is the sender in the sense his activity initiates the motion of the ball. The catcher or fielder is the receiver in the sense his activity terminates it. ..if anything is passive, its the ball. Finally, authors Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren indicate, the pitcher and catcher are successful only to the extent they cooperate. The relation of writer and reader is similar. Just because the weather outsides getting nice, dont give up on the passive, winter time activities like reading. You do deserve a break in life and why not let it come through reading! so-call- ed Davis County Is Our Beat Give News Tips by Calling 295-225- GETS A SURPRISE 3 By life-lon- Hes traveled back to Hawaii and been to the Holy Land but admits to not caring that much for travel. What advice does he have for his thing? Winds 20-3- Some- d. Early retirement CONTINUED North Purdy says. 544-913- 3 Dell Singleton of West Point, assistant superintendent of Davis County Road Department is congratulated by Commissioner Harold Tippetts after he received a surprise award. The county wanted to express appreciation for the work he did in gathering information for an audit of monies spent in the county for flooding several years ago. 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