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Show NOVEMBER 10, 1987 L, (Cv(B0(iDns By Brian Gray Continued from page one Several months ago I made a promise. This week Im breaking it. In a moment of weakness, I promised a reader that I would not write anything critical of social workers, psychologists and assorted shrinks for a period of at least one year. I made the promise in good faith. But then I read of the legal battle over the old Indian boy living with Mormon parents in Spanish 10-ye- ar Youve probably read of the case and of its eventual happy n outcome. The boy, Michael Carter, was raised by his parents since age 3, having adopted the boy without the official permission of the Navajo Tribe. The mother had originally wanted the youngster to lead a normal life off the reservation and the boy was living comfortably when the mother had second thoughts, leaving young Michael in legal limbo with the threat of being dragged from his school friends and Little League back to the isolation of the Navajo reservanon-India- tion in Window Rock, Arizona. As an adoptive parent myself, I found these second thoughts unconscionable. But even more unconscionable who were the comments flowing from social worker-type- s should know better. Its genocide shouted a shrink from New Mexico. No society can exist if its children are taken a way ...Horrible, claimed an expert witness shrink from Portland, Oregon. Indian children will learn to hate themselves. ..Outrageous, said a closet shrink, a lawyer in New York. When the boy gets to be a teenager and wants to start dating some of those white Mormon girls and wanting to look for work, hes going to find out what its like to be an Indian. social workers clamored for The adoptions complete with tribal ritual, ceremony and language. Yet there was little clamor for Michaels wish to stay with the only family hed ever known and there was little attention to the poverty, unemployment, despair and alcoholism common on Indian reservations. The attention was on tribal dignity. Poor Michael was being lost in the shuffle. If I sympathized with the Carter family in Spanish Fork, it was not only because of my close ties to adoption. Another reason was that I, unlike the shrinks, had read my history textbooks. History tells us that the Indians had a culture. But so did the Greeks, the Germans, the Swedes, the Poles and the Irish, all immigrants who relished the idea of becoming Americans. Americans of Greek heritage have not erased their heritage simply because they earn money and drive Buicks. They can still make baklavah, speak the Greek language when they wish and worship in a traditional Orthodox manner. Greeks are still Greeks even though they dont go around singing praises to Helen of Troy. They havent lost their identity simply because they travel to Bryce Canyon rather than the ancient ruins of Delphi. The Indians, of course, were here first and their culture is as rich. But adoption decisions should focus on a childs welfare, not some tribal leaders desire that a young man learn how to read a sun dial or make evening chants. Further, whats wrong with a teenager of Indian heritage dating a white Mormon girl? Most white Mormon girls Ive met are not racist bigots. Theyre looking for an enjoyable companion, not a concealed tomahawk. Granted, marriage still creates some raised eyebrows. But dating and marriage is an accepted practice in most Utah communities. The Carter case fortunately had a happy ending, with his natural Indian mother agreeing to visitation rights in lieu of hauling the child back to the adobe. But other stable families remain concerned that their adoptive children may be taken away on the whim of an Indian chief and a distraught social same-cultu- answers, the embarrassment the questions might cause and the validity of a survey that doesnt get responses from everybody. Some feared the information would be used to establish a need and eventually Utah would have education programs teaching pregnancy prevention rather than chastity and abstinence. Some wanted to the survey and start programs of teaching chastity in the home and the by-pa- ss schools now. One woman stated, and Planned Parenthood-styl- well-writte- Board President Sheryl Allen supported the survey. She reasoned that the survey puts the choice in the hands of individual parents. It can provide teaching moments in the home with the parents and children, she claimed. Henry Heath also supported the survey. He agreed that sex education should be the responsibility of the family and should be taught with reverence. Unfortunately, it is not being done. I feel the Task Force is objective and professional. They do need data. Information they gather is better than what we have. The survey will give us an instrument to teach abstinence, which is the only effective program, Mr. Heath said. Dr. Ray Briscoe said, Surveys do not cause behavior. He made the motion to allow the survey in all high schools with 20 students participating in each school. e programs would be placed in the schools. of Gloria Taylor, the Davis High School PTA, said her PTA board was equally divided regarding the use of the survey in The biggest Davis High School. question is what will you do with the information? It is good if it is used to help the parents in the home. It is bad if it is used to develop a program for schools, she stated. After the comments and questions from patrons session that lasted about one hour, the board members took turns expressing their views. Bob Thurgood noted the number of people opposing the survey. He said he would listen to what they We were saying. dont need a sur 4-- Public Mrs. Webb grew up in St. George but was involved with the Salt Lake City Librarys Friends group. She indicated that group was instrumental in construction of the main Salt Lake library in 1964 and has initiated many other extra programs from foreign films to cultural programs. The Friends group in Davis County has been raising funds for the fledgling video collection to be housed in the new Layton Central Branch Library due to open late next year. Living in Centerville, were between the Bountiful and Farming-to- n libraries so we use both of them and the bookmobile, she said. Her husband, LaVar Webb, works for the Deseret News editorial department and the couple has five children. Kaysville druggist gets national honor By ERNIE on planned hiring of a regional vocational education coordinator to serve DAVC, Davis and Morgan school districts in developing a sermore unified, vice. It was reported that the average cost per hour per student averaged things weve done, as partners with business, says Center Director Jack Shell. He said the program will likely only serve about half as many through next June as during the past year, however. Noting DAVC is the largest area vocational center in the state, the e students equivalent of 921 attended during the past year. Actually, 3,575 participated but that included secondary students who attend for a half-da- y and adults. With an open entry open-ex- it program, students attend for varying lengths of time each day and for different overall periods from a few months to a year or more. Programs offered range from drafting to industrial electronics to computer processing and siness s classes. of the instructional hours accumulated were by adults although Mr. Shell said he expects to see an increase in the number of secondary students and hours utilized. That assumption is based partly $3. 41. and that translated into $2,929 total cost for the equivalent e student. Average wage full-tim- al Published weekly by Clipper Publishing Co. Inc. 96 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 64010 full-tim- for students at job placement was $5.22 an hour. Of those served, 194 were offothers might fit the category but didnt disclose that status, Mr. Brice said. Some 708 were financially disadvantaged. The DAVC has doubled in size in the last two years and now is the largest AVC in the state, Mr. Shell noted. Davis County is the largest county in the state with such a facility. I could do a lot more with support services, such as in human resource classes and programs, Mr. Shell said, but funding cutbacks have meant some reductions, he told the board. secretarial-bu- Four-fifth- Weekly newspaper published at Layton, Utah every Tuesday, In the interest of Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Address all correspondence to 197 North Maia Layton, Utah 84041. Subscription rate: 25c per copy, $6.50 per year, mailed in county, $7.50 per year outside. handicapped although icially eeting Thurs. ff DAVC placement CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE II A public meeting to discuss funding FRUIT HEIGHTS alternatives for the citys storm drain systems will be held Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Burton Elementary School, 827 E. 200 S., Kaysville. Mayor Dean Brand said the city council will review improvements necessary to provide two retention ponds along with to the other necessary adjustments to deliver water run-ocitizen for will discussed be input. ponds. Financing options Commission. 6 in a The Layton Community Development Department invites you to an open house in honor of Doug Laws, Senior Building Inspector, who is retiring from building inspection on Dec. 15. He has worked for the city 6Vi years. The open house will be held at the Senior Citizens Center located just west of the city hall, 41 1 Wasatch Drive between the hours of 6 p.m. on Nov. 13. four-yea- nomics supervisor and former director of the District Parenting School, presented the board with some district pregnancy and parenting teens statistics. They showed that in 1985-8the district program served 139 girls. This number increased to 190 in the 1986-8- 7 school year. As of Nov. 2, 1987, 76 girls have been served by the district program this school year and nine new girls will register for the second term. State Health Department information shows there were three induced abortions for teenage women under 15 in Davis County in 1986 al Open house slated A founding CENTERVILLE member of the Friends of the Davis County Library nearly two years ago has been named to the countys library board. Jan Webb of Centerville is r term on the assuming a voluntary board that includes representatives from across the county. They set library policy under direction of the Davis County against getting involved sexually. He also said there is little information about the early stages .of socialization that eventually leads to teen pregnancies. The purpose is data gathering, not instruction," Mr. Olsen concluded. Mrs. Lynn Trenbeth, home eco- News Thursday 5 P.M. Display Ads ....Thursday 5 P.M. Classifieds Friday 5 PfM. John Stahl, cant would be harmful. She felt the survey was a personal invasion of privacy. Other patrons feared the intrusion of federal dollars and programs Library board names member ways kids insulate themselves DEADLINES Reflex-Journ- We vey. We do need to teach chastity and morality in school, he said. Louenda Downs said she talked to many parents and professional people. Her conclusion was that n and the survey wasnt not helpful. control the outcome of the survey. Her reasoning was that the results would be widely published in Utah and elsewhere and this over-sampli- al Id react Mrs. Trenbeth concluded, We have a problem and lack of knowledge is an important contributing factor to teenage pregnancy. I support the survey." Patron comments included most of the points brought up at the earlier meeting. There was concern about the benefits of the survey to the young taking it, the honesty of the 75-10- worker. I can understand the concerns of the Indian chief. But as for the social workers attempting to destroy families, traditional Indian fashion. Id get out the tomahawk! 1986. He explained the survey will be given in 20 high schools to 0 students in each school. There would be complete anonymity and permission from students and parents would be needed before any survey would be taken. Mr. Olsen said an of students in alternative programs such as parenting schools has been taken to give balance to the regular high school survey work. All surveys would be done in small groups where the students were isolated in small booths such as are found in libraries and language labs. Students would start together and all remain until dismissed. Stressing the need for a Utah survey, Mr. Olsen said there was information lacking in national literature, especially the purposes kids have for abstaining from sex and the re inter-raci- inter-cultur- 15-1- two-yea- Fork. oft-quot- and 112 induced abortions for teenin the county in 9 age women 1986. This same source recorded two live births to teenagers under 15 and 307 live births to teenagers 15 through 19 in Davis County in our schools. The survey would give us knowledge which is our ally." Mr. Olsen explained the Task Force was formed by the State Department of Health, Social Services and Education about eight months r ago. It is a project working on a $75,000 budget appropriated by the State Legislature. The survey is only a small part of the entire project. Dr. Chris Wallace of BYU was the other consultant who prepared the survey. Both have extensive credentials in teen pregnancy research and survey preparation. There are three subcommittees within the Task Force, trends and patterns, contributing factors and programs. Mr. Olsen said there is a need for current, reliable, accurate, local information that can be used by the Task Force to develop a response program in the state." - J. SHANNON In todays scrimpy economy every advanKAYSVILLE tage can mean the difference between a profit and breaking even or going out of business. Perhaps this is the strength of Gordon Peterson and his Kaysville Drug Co. Recently, the Kaysville outlet received a national honor for exceptional merchandising based, for the most part, on doing a lot of fun things. According to Mr. Peterson, the secret is generating excitement and creating a buyers trust or buyers confidence, Mr. Peterson said. The key is buying at the right time. We look for quick turns. We dont bring anything in we cant move within a short time. You can turn any merchandise if you price it right. If you have the traffic, you can create bargains, he said. While it may appear to some that Kaysville Drug appeals to children principally, thats not our main focus. However, we do gear a lot of our efforts to children and mothers because theyre the ones most likely to come in. Mr. Peterson, who doubles as president of the Utah Pharmaceutical Association, creates business by developing what he calls buyers confidence. Customers know that when he offers them a bargain, its the real thing. Though he sells a lot of regular merchandise, he sells a lot of regular items on deal. His long experience in the business enabled the Farmington native to develop close relationships with suppliers and they strive to meet his needs. In fact, so successful is Mr. Peterson and his team, theyve opened a new business in Layton called The Basement. According to Mr. Peterson, everything is half price again, thanks to n suppliers. And our items are quality, dealing with d material which well sell at half price. And finally, if that isnt sufficient to attract customers, Mr. Peterson and several of his partners sing for various groups around the community. 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