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Show inc.t vn KL aiATF. EAST .sss. r?-:r- 300 30. L.KE CITY, UTAH 24111 Davis LIGHTER SIDE St. Rose Church helps needy humorous look al serious topics. A Hunters not all nice LAI' ON I CYCLOPS Last summer told of a woman's experience with manure. This week I'm writing of a farmer's experience with pheasant hunters. he hunters and manure are often quite similar. Stan is a farmer, a rancher and. generally, a very quiet and all, he guy. He enjoys working with animals-aft- er taught school for more than 20 years. Hut he also enjoys hunters. I I n "1 used to be a hunter." he says, "and some hunters are the nicest guys you can meet. I'm not some anti-gucrackpot. If a hunter asks. ..well, this fall had a hunter walk over to me and ask if he could walk into my field to shoot a pheasant. He had just seen a bird fly into that field and he was kind enough to ask me. And I said. Sure, have at it!' And last year a hunter came and told me that I had a sick cow . so I checked and was able to save it. There's some nice hunters." n to enough supplies to till the St. Rose Hall. Every year, tlieic is enough, enough for the families that are mentioned at the last minute. Enough for the lonely couple starts out small grows and grows until thcie Guest Writer soft-spoke- It - just after Thanksgiving and it is enough for 60 or more needy families. Everything is donated. Canned goods, clothing, toys, staple groceries are all "Gifts for the Christ Child," I lies are deposited after Mass or whenever people travel by the St Rose Church and feel generous. Some donate a can of food or a useable article of clothing their family no longer needs. that lack family and money. Enough for the children, victims, not responsible for their situation. Anyone wanting to help w it h the St. Rose drive for food, clothing and toy s for Christmas can drop off contributions at the rectoiy ol the church up until Dec. 23 or can contact Sam Pacheco at Others contribute cases of 77-U- oranges, potatoes, bread, money. Tom Winegar assists by giving boxes and good prices for food HOW MANY' people ould be helped if everyone in Noith Davis County donated just one article to this program? dmg pur- chases. 1 But then there's the two guys he met last month. Stan was walking to his home when he noticed two young men with shotguns shooting in his back yard. They weren't standing in his field-th- ey were only 20 feet from his house. "They were shooting over my cattle and some of the buckshot was hitting my barn and well. got a little heated. You can't walk in on a guy's backyard and start spraying bullets all over. I told them So I told them they were trespassing-an- d they should be ashamed of themselves." I The hunters weren't ashamed. They were mad! After exchanging a few pleasantries ("I hadn't heard that kind of language sincexmy days in the Army!" says Stan), one of the men, brandishing the shotgun, approached Stan. And the hunter's words were menacing: "One day someone is going to shoot you up good, Mr. Farmer," he said. "You want to challenge me right now? Stan replied that he didn't mind a challenge. "Put down your guns and let's walk behind the barn." said Stan. "I'll get each of you individually, but I'm not lighting both of you at the same time. KACII NKKDY family receives a hamorturkey. very child is gi v cn at least twoarticlesofelothing. one I new and one hardly used. Families are chosen through the county Community Action and Social Serv ices leaders. Sam Pacheco is the Outreach coordinator at St. Rose this year. He is responsible for every thing. It is impossible to clock the hours he has donated already. ALL FAMILILS helped live in Davis County For over 3o years the parisher-nor- s at St. Rose have contributed to the needy family program at Christmas time. Main parish families take special pride in their donation of "enough oranges foi everyone" or "bread or "potatoes." Stan asked me for advice, but I'm a poor advisor. First, I'm not a hunter. Secondly, I'm not a pheasant. And I'm not a rancher or farmer either although I can sympathize with them. Cattle prices have been declining. Two years ago. Stan got 65 cents a pound for his yearlings; last year he got 63 cents; this year he received 56 cents. This rural stuff is hardly a growth industry. "Fd like to meet those two guys again." says Stan. "Id like to make an appointment with them behind my barn." Good idea. Stan. I said. "But if they accept your invitation, make sure you have a few cows back there with you." "Why? he asked. "Because that way you at least have an intelligent creature along with you." Council reception set WHAT STARTS out small, a few cans in an empty manager, grows - BRIGHTER CHRISTMAS Brightening up Christmas for area families is the annual aim at St. Rose of Lima, with Outreach Coordinator Sam Pacheco looking over some of the donations. KaysviUe students raise money for B . Lundgreen Effort aimed at $1,000 goal K AY SV 1 LL H -- Roll Awards are non- educators who make significant contributions to education." stated U H A President Betty Condie. Mrs. Treadwell's citation read as follows: "THESE AW ARDS we are presenting today are done so in recognition of outstanding contributions to our public schools. Recently. Gay Treadwell contributed six monarch butterfly larv ae to several classes at Cook Elementary School in Davis County IS IT too much to imagine that a monarch butstimulate an inlarvae may terfly terest in biology in some child w ho the knowledge of pursues that interest and someday becomes another Pasteur or Salk? "Gay Treadwell doesn't stop with larvae. She visits the school often, shares her knowledge of science w ith students, and helps them tary. THE GOAL of the "Quarters for Bobby" drive is to raise S 1.00(1. Contributions can be made at the g "THE HONOR UF.As annual tribute to "If that appears not to be a significant act. let me remove that thought from your minds. Public education is a series of experiences in the lives of young people. Flach one awakens something in a child and often creates the desire to know more. Kaysville sehool or at local Kaysville stores that have cans marked "Quarters for Bobby" on display. Each year at Christmas time. Kaysville Fdementary sponsors a project to support some worthwhile charitable program. ding ment that helps Utah schools do so well for so many young people. has received an Honor Roll Award from the Lhah Education Association. . Elementary School in conjunction with the PTA is sponsoring a Quarters for Bobby" drive in order to aid Bobby Lundgreen. old leukemia victim. Fifteen-yea- r his to returned Bobby recently Kaysville home from Washington where he underwent a bone marrow transplant. His sister was the donor. Bobby's family lives in the Kaysville Elementary School District boundaries. His younger brothers. Matthew, Tommy and Jimmy attend Kaysville Elemen- fund-raisin- A council reception w ill be held on Dec. 19 from LAYTON in the Layton City Hall Conference room to honor p.m. Layton's outgoing elected officials and to greet the new council members. The public as well as city employees are invited to attend. Refreshments will be seised. 5-- Gay Treadwell of Syracuse, whose science lectures to students demonstrate "the spirit of school volunteerism and parental involve- . But they came at the same time which sent Stan scampering around in search of a club. And w hen he found one. the two men muttered a few' more pleasantries and headed back to their truck. The hunting incident w asn't a first either. Two days prior Stan had been driving his tractor through the Held when a load of buckshot came whizzing over his head, striking the barn. And last year two other hunters abandoned their car right in the middle of his cattle. And when Stan decided to confiscate the car, the hunters pointed their guns at him, not the pheasants. "It's not merely a matterof property rights," says Stan. "It's a matter of common courtesy. I may own the ground and pay taxes on it but these hunters think they own it. And the law enforcement people say I cant do anything about it. Syracuse woman gets UEA honors many small, splendid way s. She personifies the spirit of school volunterism and parental involvement that help Utah schools do so well for so many people." in QUARTERS FOR BOBBY Spearheading the "Quarters for Bobby" Lundgreen are: Matthew Lundgreen. left: Principal Wayne Slanger; Tommy and Jimmy Lundgreen. AMONG THE other winners this year were former Utah Gov. Scott Matheson and his ife Norma, called "staunch friends of education." vv 7 II IK REGULAR council meeting will be held in the council chambers following the reception. Among the items on the agenda will be three public- hearings, ding Hansen will seek 4th term - By GARY R. BLODGETT News Kditor BOUNTIFUL - Yes Virginia. Congressman James V. Hansen is going to seek PROBABLY Santa is the only one who really knows his (Hansen's) Democratic opponent in the l')X6 General Election. But it probably will be former Congiessman Gunn McKay from Weber County . Rep. Hansen. Republican from Farmington, is completing his third tw term after defeating Dent. McKay by a slim margin percent in 19X0. Layton names assistant LAYTON - Fred Aegerter has been hired as an Assistant City Planner in the Layton City Department ol Community Development and City Planning. He was selected alter extensive interviews for the position were held. -- MR. AKGF.RTER has a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Irom Weber and a B.A. degree in children. State College. He is married and has two The additional member of the Community Development stall has become necessary because of the rapid growth and the many problems associated with development that Layton has experienced in the past few yeais. Urbana-Champaig- Ilistory-Englix- 52-4- 8 n h "I'D LIKE to face Gunn McKay REP, JAMES V. HANSEN again next year. He's a fine gentleman and probably the strongest candidate for the Demociats." commented Rep. Hansen during a hnef interview Saturday "It's al . ways good to have the best of two parties competing and I'll look forward to running against him if he should officially announce his can- didacy." Rep. Hansen noted that there has been a reapportionment of the First Congressional District since the 1980 election. Only six of the former counties remain in the district and 10 new counties have been added. "SO IT will be a new ball game for Mr. McKay. I have been reelected from votes coming from the new counties while he has not tested his strength in these areas," Rep. Hansen explained. Also I won Weber County quite handily in mv last election, the county from which Mr. McKay resides and was so strong in 1980." Rep. Hansen said he is proud of the results of his last five years in office, and especially pleased with the cooperation of Congressmen from the Western United States as well as the extremely strong position of Utah's delegation. "UTAH'S DELEGATION is very influencial and with the help of Representatives from other western states, we have been able to accomplish much of what we have attempted. We are a conservative bunch, but that's what Congress needs," he said. AMONG THE more prominent accomplishments have been in the battle against overspending for government projects; the vG'Jer-nesbill, tourism, implementation DU1 (driv ing under the influbill; ence) returning the lntcrmoun-tai- n Indian School to Brigham Cit-y- ; saving and improving federal parks and recreation sites, etc., the Congressman noted. of the |