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Show Messenger-Enterpris- Another opinion ... motor homes. I know of no teacher who is on the food stamp program, or earning the true poverty level income of $10,000 or less a year. They lie when they say they have not received any pay increases. The legislature has appropriated 2 or 3 pay increases every year for the past ten years. Most have also received contract step ladder, career ladder, extended year, extended day and We have been deluged with articles by the media promoting or and sensationalizing the walkout and abandonment of class rooms and students by the teachers. I suggest that this walkout was precipitated, initiated and instigated by the walkout of the Democrat legislators (mostly educators themselves), who walked out of the special session of the Legislature in protest to an income tax reduction. year-roun- d pay increases, which do not show up in their published average salary figure of $22,828. Because The UEA and the educational community took a very selfish and stingy attitude, that they wanted the entire surplus pie for themselves. They refuse to recognize the need for other retirement the of the some higher program, salaried personnel took advantage, which resulted in the drop in the national teacher salary rankings. of worthy government expenses for roads, prisons, sick, elderly and homeless. open-windo- w Our legislature has recognized the need for text books and Some educators and union officials continue to harp on the negative national comparison figures of education in Utah, which are only a result that we choose to have many children. supplies, and has appropriated money each year for that purpose. The State Superintendents report shows an expenditure in 1988 of $7.9 million for textbooks. $1.9 million for library books, and $15.5 million for educational teaching supplies. The legislature appropriated another $5 million this year for textbooks. The school admini- They deliberately choose to minimize the positive national comparison figures, which show that we are near the top in the nation for academic excellence, graduation from high school, and enrollment in college. Our educational system is not bad and strations have the option of where to spend some of this money. Some of it is being diverted to the new computer technology, which is replacing or supplementing the use of textbooks. deteriorating. Of every state tax dollar collected in Utah, 70 cents goes for education. This does not include your property tax for school districts. Utah is ranked 3rd in the nation for the amount of taxes we pay. We are also ranked 3rd in the nation for the amount of that tax which goes to education. We believe in education in this state, and we are doing our level best to fund education. We cannot afford more taxation. It is not the fault of the taxpayers that our governor, the legislature, the State Board of Education, and the entire education community chooses to proliferate more and more administration overhead. Several teachers I am ac- Textbooks and supplies are not the real issues in these teacher demands and threats. Rather it is the age-olquest for more money in the hand. I do not fault them for this, but why cant they be honest and above board about the issue, i nstead of dragging our children into the fray. Utah has always been a famd state. The pupilteacher rahas always been high; that is nothing new, but it has been reducingover theyears. In 1982 the ratio was 27.4, now it is down to 23.9. A ratio or an average is arrived at by highs and ily tio quainted with have no complaint have only one school district with many more students than we have in our entire state. If we were to have only one school district in our state over all purchasing, receipts, disbursements and payroll, our pupil teacher ratio could be reduced to 15, and most of that administration expense for 40 school districts could be diverted to the class room. But that will never happen until the UEA, the teachers, the state School Board, the legislature and our governor see the vision and the dire necessity to restructure our entire educational system. Bob Wright Orem, Utah leaders and faculty and staff here. The interest shown in the This Week classes also reflects the general at the LDS attitude and spirit of the great majority of these students. AtInstitute tendance at classes is high, seemingly reflecting the general feelings shared by the stuby Barry Baker Associate Director dents that they are here because they choose to be involved in a program of balance in their The Greatest Test Of Our educational pursuits. We surely Time was the title of the Friday do commend them for their choice Forum talk on Friday, October and perspective at this crucial 13 at the Institute. David R. period of their young lives. Willmore, forum coordinator and Mormon Culture Night, New member of the faculty for this to 700 Students quarter of school, was the Approximately 700 of the speaker. He spoke to an audistudents registered at the Instience of 325 interested students, tute this quarter will be introwith several people from the to duced the Night At The Tute community also in attendance. for the time first this WednesComments of appreciation after October 18th. The the forum were heard in re- day evening, sponse to the message of Mr. returning students know all Willmore. He suggested that the about the Sanpete Special, greatest test of our time, is barbecued turkey, featured as understanding the proper the main course of the meal intended to give those students attracbounds ofour (especially for of those the opposite tion more insight to the sex. To become master of self in things physical is to achieve a predominate religion of the state level above the natural into the of Utah in general and the spiritual realm," said Willmore. community of Ephraim in parHis message was an attempt to ticular. A more detailed report help the students understand will be forthcoming in next weeks that they do have a personal article. responsibility to watch for the FRIDAY FORUM signs along the highway of life Scott L. Anderson, instructor that can lead to either joy or at the Orem LDS Institute of misery. Religion, will be the speaker at Broken Records Still Being Friday Forum October 20, 1989, The individual enrollment of at 12:30 p.m. at the Ephraim students at the Institute now LDS Institute of Religion. The title of his talk is to be stands at an high of 956 the interest The public is invited announced. students, reflecting and commitment of students, to attend. God-give- n out-of-sta- te all-tim- s) e POSITIVE ACTION STUDENTS OF THE WEEK AT MANTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL about the salary and benefits they receive. But like all of us lows, so yes there are some classes would like to receive all they of30ormore, but also there are can get. classes of 20 or less. It is proSome educators are putting jected by state officials that the out false propaganda, that they school population, and pupil are at poverty level income. The teacher ratio will continue to true fact is that they are receiv- decline. ing above average income in this By reducing to one school state. Most teachers in this state district in each of our 29 counare women, and bring a second ties, we could return many income to the family. Most are administration personnel back two car families and have nice to the class rooms. Chicago, Los homes. Some have vans, boats Angeles and some other cities USPS Sanpete County by Meeaenper-Enterprie- e, Inc, 35 S. Main, Menu, Utah 84643. 2nd data poalage pax) at Manti, Utah. POSTMASTER Send addreaa chenoaa to Manti 35 S Main, Manli, Utah 84642. USPS 1777-200- The Ephraim Enterprise US Inaidt publiahed weekly lot OO year Sanpete County, E. Call I get a kick out of reading The Old Farmers Almanac. I received my 1990 copy last week and you might be interested in some of the information contained therein. But first, a little about the magazine itself: The flyleaf states: The Old Farmers Almanac. Calculated on a new and improved plan for the year of our Lord 1990 . . . Fitted for Boston, and the New England States, with special corrections and calculations to answer for all the United States. Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations and the Farmers Calendar for every month in the year, a variety of new, useful and entertaining matter. Established in 1792 . . . According to the Almanac the Earth will be at Perihelion on Jan. 4, 1990, when it will be 91,400,005 miles from the Sun. The Earth will be at Aphelion on July 4, 1990, when it will be 94,512,258 miles from the Sun. Now where else could you find out something as important as that? There will be four eclipses in 1990, two of the Sun and two of the Moon. Jan. 26, Annular eclipse, not visible from North America. Total eclipse of the Moon, Feb. 9, visible only from northwest Alaska. (So are you going to Alaska to see it??) Total eclipse of the Sun, July 21. The partial eclipse will be visible from northwestern North America and Hawaii; totality will be visible from portions of the Aleutian Islands. (Im not going there. I spent too much time there during World War II).- - Partial eclipse of the moon, Aug. 6, visible from Hawaii, California, and southern Alaska. (Big deal; if I had to pick one, Id rather go to the Aleutians than California . . . but Hawaii is another matter). Enough about astronomy, although theres a great deal more in the magazine. About Ben Franklin; He invented bifocals, discovered the Gulf Stream, and first proposed Daylight Saving Time. But he did not fly a kite in a thunderstorm. He nearly electrocuted himself trying to cook a Christmas turkey with a current from two charged glass jars. Some tidbits from the 1790-199census: In 1980 there were 26 Eskimos living in Nebraska. In 1870, 473 Americans recorded their occupation as mule packer. In 1790 the population of New York City was 49,401. During World War II the Census Bureau predicted that the U.S. population would stop growing fiy 1980, peaking at 153 million. In 1989 the Census Bureau predicted that the U.S. population would stop growing by 2038, peaking at 302 million. Did you know that Virginia is 25 miles west of Detroit or that Cape Cod is south of Pennsylvania or that Boston is nearer to Rio de Janeiro than New Orleans is? The weather summary for Utah: November should be snow, followed by a very cold and stormy, with mild December with precipitation. January e will be cold (so what else is new?) with snow, while February and March will be milder and drier than normal. Spring should be warmer than normal with a heat wave in early May. April and June are expected to have normal and above precipitation. Summer will be warmer than normal, with precipitation slightly below average. July is expected to be quite dry with frequent showers during August, and September close to normal. So now you know how to plan. Want to know what the best fishing days will be in 1990? The Almanac will tell you. 0 al al 88886888 Not so trivial: Folks who think they must always speak the truth overlook another good choice outaide to: Ephraim and Travis Anderson. Girls softball (Continued from Page 1) the graduation from Manti High School of a young woman who was scheduled to graduate 20 years ago but was not allowed to do so because of a persistent violation of the districts dress e, Publishers Editor Senior Writer, Editor Ephraim Reporter Advertising, Circulation Photographers by Max And there is a vast amount of further information, Messenger-EnterprisInc. 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Fax No.: such crossroads, people stopped to trade small talk. And so the talk Itself came to be called trivia. some useless, some speculative, but all interesting and entertaining. I can recommend The Old Farmers Almanac for a comfortable evening of interesting reading. Published Weekly by: 1 The word trivia' come from Latin for three way. It alluded to what we Intersection. At now call a Ihree-wa- y above-averag- Winner of the General Excellence Award from the Utah Press Association lor 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986,2nd place lor 1987 and 1988 Phone: $ Meeaenger, til Sanpete County by Meeeenger-EnterprleInc., 35 S Main, Manti, Utah 84642. 2nd cleat poalage paid at Manti. Utah. POSTMASTER: Send addieaa change Enterpnae, Boa Unit Ephraim, Utah 84627. f below-norm- weekly lor $1 5 OOyp.r inside Senpete County. $16 OOyear outeida publiehad Trivia ... above-norm- The Manti Messenger 3284-000- Thursday, October 19, 1989 e, 835-424- 1 835-149- 3 code. Lloyd and Cathi Call Max E. Call She was a good student with enough credits but apparently determined to maintain what she thought were her individual rights, one teacher commented. The young woman is now a wife, a mother and attending a Bruce Jennings 3 Eleanor Madsen, 283-444- Lloyd Call Bruce Jennings, Lloyd Call Ad Deadline: Monday Noon News Deadline: Tuesday Noon Subscription Rates: $15.00year In Sanpete County $18.00year outside Sanpete County Positive action students for the week of Oct. 9 are Everett Mullins and Meagan Kiesel. Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. Literary Club News Closed Early Wednesday, at 2:00 p.m. PICTURE POLICY Wedding Pictures $7,00 All other Pictures (publicity, obituaries, etc.) $2.00 (No charge for 1st birthday pictures or golden wedding) Pictures will not be returned or saved without stamped envelope submitted with picture. self-address- 4 BY EMMA LOU KELLER The Manti Ladies Literary Club will meet in the clubrooms in the Manti City Building on October 19 at 4 p.m. The program theme will be Beauty in Humor. LaMar and Dorothy Williams, professional clowns, will present the program. Please join us for this fun and entertaining afternoon. Emergency Numbers: Manti -- Ephraim - 911 45 California university. In other action the board left the decision on the make-u- p day required because of the recent teacher walkout to Supt. Lewis Mullins and the local teachers association. Because the State Board of Education requires a minimum 180 day school year, the makeup day must occur on a holiday. It will probably be set for Presidents Day, Feb. 19; Paul Gottfredson, district business manager, said. Manti native is 100 (Continued from Page 1) Sanpete County as both a representative and senator in the State Legislature and served on a committee that recommended the state acquire the historic Kearns home in Salt Lake City for use as the Governors mansion. Mr. Frischknecht and his wife, the former Beth Montgomery, were the parents offour daugh- ters and one son. When his wife died in 1967, he left Sanpete for Salt Lake City and later moved to Tacoma. 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