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Show f'ii . a - c:ii5 5 3 Whf By Carol I I MoirSlht Jean Shaw Newly elected councilmen were sworn in during North Ogden Citys first council meeting of the year. Assignments were made and two new offices were created and ap- pointments made to them. ! 4 1 S City Recorder, Cleo Christensen, administered the Oath of Office to returning incumbents Lee Erickson and Dr. Alan Christiansen and a newcomer to the council, Boyd Putnam. Don Colvin was appointed Assistant Mayor, a new office. Mayor Eldon McCoHey asked that the position be made as there is a need for someone to have the authority to take over in case of emergency. Kent Jones, an associate of the City Engineer, Lew Wangsgard, was named as the Assistant Engineer for the city. This is also a new office. Mayor McColley made council assignments. He explained that he had made a number of changes in an effort to make things run more smoothly. I have made some adjustments, split some departments up and put them together differently and made several new departments, he said. The new departments are: Com- munity Health, tk amSmm gdm and History, Emergency Services. Dr. Christiansen will oversee streets, storm sewers and the new Community Health department. Councilman Larry Doman will be in charge of recreation and parks and work with the Beautification Committee. Councilman Boyd Putnam was asked to take care of water and licensing and supervising the History Committee. Its lucky we got some snow, or youd be in trouble, he was told. Councilman Leland Erickson will represent the council on the City Planning Commission. He will be in charge of all planning and zoning and all subdivisions in the city. In addition to his duties as Assistant Mayor, Don Colvin was asked to take care of public safety and the new Emergency Services department. He was also asked to take charge of the garbage, as he is a member of the Weber County Solid Waste Board. Mayor McColley said that he would be the citys personal manager mWc himself. By state law it is the mayors duty to handle personel matters. He said that he would also over see the sanitary sewer since he is a member of the Weber County Sewer Board. The new Emergency Services Department was set up in response to the problems created by some severe storms last fall It will be designed not only to handle emergency situations, such as flooding, but also to try to prevent them by planning adequate facilities and seeing that things are properly maintained and inspected. Volunteer help will be organized as well as utilizing the city crews. Someone will be on call at all time' to take charge of whatever help needed The fire department is also tinder Public Safety The Public Health Commission will preside over the new McKay-De- e Hospital Clinic. The History Committee has been active for several years, collecting pictures and data for its files and writing a history book about North Ogden, but they havent had a representative from the council to work with them previously r BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID OGDEN, UTH 84401 PERMIT NO. 278, Tta Em ILomomd Volume 4 Number 50 r Thursday, January 17. 1980 Serving North Ogden, Pleasant View and Plain City Behavioral Management program continues to grow at Wahlquist By Keith Duncan Brent a behavior Allen, management instructor at Wahlquist Junior High says an emotionally handicapped child is distinguished by his inability or difficulty in handling problems, or by his ineffective methods of adjusting and coping. Emotionally handicapped children tend to resort to immature, unrealistic, aggressive, acting-ou- t, withdrawal, or avoidance behaviors in trying to find solutions, said Allen. 3m ffet Jr Judy Bezoski, who teaches along side Allen at Wahlquist Junior High and has helped him build Wahlquists Behavior Management program, stated further, As a result, when this kind of behavior has occured over a long period of time, such children become unable to function at full either physically, capacity or intellectually, emotionally, who children These the are socially. Aletha Bray are helped by Brent Allen and Judy Beszoski in Behavioral V Junior. at Wahlquist Management Program ANN DELLA LUCIA and teaching class members to ignore others inappropriate behaviors. for reasonable rules and regulations, (4) conforming to reasonable rules and regulations, and (5) setting realistic goals Temporary extmsic rewards are linked to long term social or intrinsic rewards in the Wahlquist program These rewards are generally less than The feedback of inappropriate the following things, educational curriculum implemented by either of them, one teaching academics and one monitoring and recording behavior. This systematic instruction in behaviors correcting includes behavior comes through one of two ways, either anecdotal records or a visual off task signal, a blue light in this case, which hangs at the front of the classroom. The teaching of a reference system such as T.A. is used in the aquisition of and acceptable code of values such as (1) solving problems in a socially manner, (2) comacceptable munication in an acceptable manner when under stress, (3) explaining the need 15 games, group activities, foods such as pop corn and pop, listening to music, field trips, films, special speakers, and purchase of items from a General Store. What are Brent and Judy's rewards? Their joy is somewhat made complete by seeing a child be able to enter normal classroom atmospheres at least within a year. Of course of cases are more severe and take much longer, but their hope is never lost q n qualify for special education services. Many emotionally handicapped children go through Wahlquist Junior High each day and Bezoski and Allen are fairly confident each is being helped in some degree by their program. The special education services minutes long and include some of to they provide usually includes a academic structured highly Wahlquist selects superior students While typewriter motors at Wahlquist Junior were still cooling down last weekend, students who had participated in the annual Type-Olympi- cs were admiring their ribbons and medals won in competition with fellow classmates. Winners in TYPE 1 were Tom DeGarlais who was named the Top boy for the day. Teresa Steele was named the top girl. typing winners in order were Tom DeGarlais, Tammy West, Tod Taylor, Tammy Dale, Janet Skeen and Teresa Steele. winners in order were David Buck, Daren Hodson, Teresa Steele, Tammy West, Dennis Martin, and Tod Taylor. Three-minut- e winners in order included David Buck, Teresa Steele, Tod Taylor, Dennis Martini, Glenda LaRue and Kathy Young. In the TYPE II category, Grent Williams was the top boy and Elizabeth Fawson was the top girl. TYPE II winners include Wendy Allen, Brent Williams, Matt Wold and Elizabeth Fawson. e winners in order were Wendy Allen, Brent Villiams, Elizabeth Fawson and Matt Wold. One-minu- Two-minu- one-minu- Two-minut- e The winners in order were Brent Williams, Elizabeth three-minut- at Wahlquist Junior High are top row, (I. to r.), Jed Wayment, Jaynie Brandon, Kurt Harper and Keri Bartlett. Bottom row, (I. to r.) is Jan Hadley and Robert East. EAGLES OF THE MONTH RSoirtlhi By Carol Fawson and Lisa Kingston. ' Eagles of the Month Named as Eagles of the Month" for December were Jed Wayment, Jaynie Brandon, Kurt Harper, Keri Bartlett, Jan Hadley and Robert East. Jed Wayment, a ninth grader, is a member of the basketball, football and track teams at Wahlquist. Jed is also active in church duties, serving presently as a teacher in the Warren Ward of the LDS Church. Jaynie Brandson, eighth grade, also enjoys sports with skiing, volleyball, and softball her favorities. She is a member of the schools softball team. She also ice skates. Jan Hadley, seventh grade, is another who enjoys sports. She plays volleyball, softball and runs on the track team. Her personality and softball skills helped her become a member of the school team. Kurt Harper, eighth grade, is a motorcycle and snowmobilmg fan. He is a top athlete is sports at Wahlquist. Keri Barlett, ninth grade, loves softball. The ninth grader is one of the main reasons why Wahlquist leaders say their school is on top of things. Robert East, seventh grade, enjoys the piano, farming, building models and all sports. He also holds leadership positions in his church. League will meet The North Ogden Civic League will meet on Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Richard (Chris) Montgomery, 424 E. 3250 N., North Ogden. The program will consist of a demonstration by Mrs, Kathryn Moore of the Ogden Needlework. Ogden history being complied Jean Shaw The North Ogden History Committee is preparing a two volume history of the city. Richard Blaylock heads the group, continuing the work started by his cousin the late LeRoy Blaylock four years ago. The committee has more than 100 pictures of early North Ogden and 200 histories which will be placed on file for the use of local citizens. They will be available to the public at the city office when the committee finishes their work. Many of the pictures were collected by Wilford Shaw before his death. Two volumes are planned; one telling the history of the city and the other filled with stories about the early settlers of the area. "About one half of the text for the first book is ready for editing, reports Mr. Blaylock. The rest is being written. He said that the committee is still soliciting stories and pictures. They are especially interested in personal histories about people who lived in the area before 1900. He said that anyone who would like to contribute may bring their manuscripts to the city office. The office staff will run a copy for the committee while the owner waits so he or she will not have to leave it with anyone. He said that a lot of people hesitate to submit personal histories because they are afraid that they might become lost or damaged. The committee is also interested in histories of local businesses, even though they may not be old. In 10 years now will be history," said Mr. Blaylock. Mr. Blaylock said that the books more than just the history of the incorporated city. It will include stories about people who lived in the whole general area. The committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month at the city offices to coordinate effort. Other members of the committee are; Lucille Shaw, Jeanette Green-wel- l, Hugh Campbell, Russell Shupe, Ruth Mae Manning, Nephi Manning, Karl Storey, Addie Montgomery, Laura Kump, Naomi Randall, and Doris Berrett. will include r f MRS. LINDA NIELSEN goes over ACE Lab procedures with Wahlquist Junior High student. Wahlquist Ace Lab efficient in process They call it the Ace Lab at Wahlquist Junior High, but officials at Weber High prefer to call it a lifesaver. The Ace Lab, designed to helped Wahlquist students prepare for their chosen careers and help them align a career cluster of classes for future education, is under the direction of Mr. A1 Longstroth and Mrs. Linda Nielsen. Mr. Longstroth takes students for three periods a day and helps them fill out "Drivers License Information and grade card and Released Time card for Seminary or Bible Academy. It's at this time that he goes through results of the GATB Test given by the school through the U.S. Job Service. This test measures their aptitude skills. two to Here we talk about the importance Number and of the Social Security give students information about summer jobs through CETA and the United States Youth Conservation Corps. Mrs. Nielsen then helps the students fill out the high school registration card. They must be registered for 10th, llth and 12th grades. They also work out of the Career Registration Booklet which helps them decide on which classes they should take to prepare them for a particular job. During this time they will be choosing a Career Cluster. This will help them research the different jobs in ACE lab. Students are then shown a filmstrip on personality. They will fill out a worksheet on what they have seen during the film. All these things prepare them for the type of work they will be researching. Students also talk about Job Interviews. There are three different sheets pertaining to this subject They go over a list of things to do at an interview, a list of fifty questions most asked by employers during an 'interview with college seniors, and Negative Factors resulting in 186 rejection of employment by companies They fill out a worksheet showing them the basics of making out a resume Instructors also show them how to fill out a Job Application Another filmstrip on "Getting and is then Keeping Your First Job shown. A list ot questions are discussed following the film After this the students break up and participate in Career Exploration Instructors like them to explore at least 2 different jobs and three if they have time In the Career Lab students have mdny different files, cassette tapes. Movie strips, books and various information to help them not only choose a career, but pick a college and find out information concerning scholarships This activity will last from two to three periods In the 7th grade the students have already filled out a form which is sent to Southern Utah State College. At the college they put the information through a computer and it shows the students some of the jobs they would qualify for on the basts of their answers To finish out the Lab students return to a book called "Planning Your This helps the Vocational Goals. student to collect all the information they have found during the lab con cerning three different jobs and record it in the back of the book V Later an appointment is set up with the high school counselor lor the 9th grade students to go over their registration. Mr. Longstroth meets with the 7th grade students to go over their registration for junior high. Both are with one or both parents |