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Show I' REFLEX JOURNAL BULLETIN tt tmKHI . AMSKS A ML rr TO n . IT SPREADS to a proliferation of negative comments and builJs to lack of concern for fellow human beings, he said. "It becomes how to benefit me, concern for me." "I go in some of the finest businesses, find for my own merchandise and wait and wait and show me-over come to someone to help me thev care about what theyre doing," Dr. By TOM BISSF.LBF.RG Nrl Editor ne iwarm of bcc-lik- e invect congregating over your business, waiting for your employees to come to work. FARMINGTON-Imagi- AS EACH ONE arrivci, before he can walk from his car to the front door, he gets attacked, sprayed with this thick mitt. Physically, he looks no different, even after several days. The symptoms are more subtle, but still appear in very definite forms, ex plained Dr. C. Daniel Litchford Jr., in speuking to the Layton Chamber of Commerce last week. THEY'RE ONLY doing u hat they consider certain skepticism, the pain of most difficult task afindifference, apathy-t- hc is the norm- -a ter awareness." attiEmployers must work to counter such cither be can that went he on, noting tudes, as such direct telling a approach, through someone who needs a bath, "You stink!" or a more indirect, creative approach. IN FACT, while its slow in coming, its sure, and within a month the action is irreversi ble unless quickly corrected, he said, speaking of the first symptom, where the eyes become highly sensitive to interaction with other eyes e to the point it's uncomfortable to have HE INDICATED there are at least 1 ,800 subthat can be used as a way to tle transmit desired communication, and made use of music to relay his message, "Believe it "put-down- eye-to-ey- contact. The only way the resultant disease can be transmitted, though, is through such eye contact, he continued, emphasizing that once its contracted, a "trickle down affect" takes over, moving down to the facial muscles, next until the spontaneous ability to smile is overcome. VICTIMS TEND to take on an unhappy, painful expression to the point those around them sense a feeling of lack of warmth w here those afflicted don't want to interact. It spreads to the point the person is inflicted in what Dr. Litchford called "three of the most doesn't powerful tools to be effective"-- he want to look at others, smile or even talk to them. or not, WHILE fortunately this disease hasn't reached our shores, yet, through such a literal infestation, he says it has taken over in many businesses, to the point the Weber State College technology department, where he serves as an associate professor of distributive technology, is constantly asked to give prospective employers someone who cares." Citing a report in Stores" magazine, he said 10 percent of a businesses' customers are being lost yearly because of the feeling of "indifference and apathy transmitted by personnel. He called it a tragedy of modern-da- y life that has become nearly accepted as normal behavior. Designer Jeans best customers. Hard-t- o get supplies are available to these people through the mail order busicommuniness, and ties are very responsive to Designer Jeans. Worked in with this highly successful business is a balanced home life. Scott and. Peggy are the parents of three children ages 3, 18 months, 2 months. Free time away from the business world is spent with the chil- By DONETA GATHERUM A trip to the LAYTON Utah State Fair, lesson plans, seven acres of onions and house payments are all ele-- . ments in the development of Designer Jeans, a Layton-base- d mid-we- wholesale business owned and operated by Scott R. and Peggy Layton. IN 1978, Peggy Layton had just graduated from BYU with a degree in home economics dren. and a teaching certificate. While walking through the exhibits at the Utah State Fair she noticed a pair of handmade LAYTON - Layton Mayor Lewis Shields and Hersh Ipaktchian, Chamber of Commerce president, were two of the community leaders who participated in the private housewarming reception for the Fairfield Medical Clinic, held Aug. 30. IN A short ceremony, Mr. Ipaktchian cut the ribbon to officially open the clinic. which is located at 939 N. Fair-fiel- d Road. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. It is designed to give family health care, such as physical examinations and minor emergency medical treatment. The 3,000 square foot space includes six exam rooms, two urgent care rooms, lab and area, and a community education room. e A fitness trail is one-mil- being built on the property with 21 exercise stations spaced along the path. The cir- cuit will be dedicated PHYSICIANS clinic are all staffing the board-certifie- d family practitioners: Dr. George F. Snell, Dr. Lee C. Schussman, Dr. H. Jerry Gardner and Dr. Robert A. Penney. The clinics manager is Susan Wright, Registered Nurse. will have Children ages the opportunity for professional drama instruction at the new Kaysville Drama School. 5-- THEY WILL be taught THE DESIGNER jean concept is that any homemaker can be a designer. You start money from "Designer Jeans to make a monthly house payment, then the project would be worthwhile. Scott invested in his wife's idea. He contracted with his father, Dan Layton, for seven acres of ground where he raised an excellent crop of onions. All his profit from the onions went into the publication of Peggys enlarged, improved book, Designer Jeans Made Easy for Men, Women and Housewarming Visits At Fairfield Medical Clinic Instruction In Kaysville her students were requesting the lesson plans be published into book form. After eight months of research, data collecting and writing, Peggy was ready to publish her first book, "Designer Jeans. Peggy could earn enough TELL THEM (employees), I care.' Do the something to show you care. use of the simple complement on a daily basis, he said such as saying, "You know what I really like about working with you... It should be done daily and the changed attitude of employees will spread to their work and "customers will come in hoardcs." Professional Drama PEGGY STARTED preparing lesson plans and handouts for her class members. Soon husband, Scott, became interested in his wifes home industry. The young couple wanted to buy a new home. If care." SCOTT AND Peggy are confident about their own abilities. Designer Jeans Inc. has become a successful business. Scott says Its our own business. We put more into it. We work hard. jeans. "I can do that, she thought. She returned home and made a pair of jeans. Peggy was teaching school at the time she made her first pair of jeans. She was asked if she would teach a community school class at North Layton on sewing and jean making. This first adult education class lead to many other classes at Davis High School's Community School. The classes filled rapidly, usually 60 people signed up for each session. ABOUT THIS time, Peggys I Not only did he sing, but with the use of a guitar and bright yellow buttons, he conveyed that message through several verses, noting that through rcpctition-Th- cy say if you hear it"-- it becan't 80 times forget you something comes part of the subconsciousness. She Designs Designer Jeans with the best fitting pair of jeans or dress pants you own and develop your own, personal pattern, style and designs. The idea caught on and students told others about Peggys book. Soon local fabric shops and sewing machine dealers wanted to know more about Designer Jeans. Peggy was so busy that she could no longer teach classes. Instead she started training professional sewers in the skills needed to teach the classes. LEADER and poise through DESIGNER JEANS Scott and Peggy Layton show off some of the secrets behind designer jeans. Children, and into Peggys Scotts business, Designer Jeans, Inc. This was about 16 and months ago. TODAY THE business has expanded out of their Layton home into a rented store at 45 E. Gentile (Layton Shopping Plaza). Scott, a skilled journeyman plumber, is now in business partnership with his wife. He handles all the promoting, selling, buying and business dealings for Designer Jeans. Peggy is responsible for instructing professionals in teaching designer jean classes. Together they have developed a small business success manual that tells a person how to secure business licenses, how to figure tax, how to teach lessons and how to succeed in a small business. The philosophy behind Designer Jeans is Anybody can do it if you have a good idea. DESIGNER JEANS has proven to be a good idea for the Laytons 127 instructors from the Azores to Alaska who are involved in the Designer Jean program. Peggys new book sold 5,000 copies in a year. A follow up book Pocket Shapes and Designs is also a hot selling item. And Scott and Peggy make major business and training trips out of state at least every other month. The demand for jean making supplies has lead to the establishment of a mail order wholesale catalog business. Everything you need to construct a pair of jeans is available through Designer Jeans. About 15 packages per day are mailed from the Layton wholesale house. Volume in gross monthly sales is nearly $20,000. New accounts come in daily. ALL DESIGNER Jeans printed materials, seminar training programs, patterns and ideas are copywrited. To receive the information you must take the outlined course. The latest ideas are sent out to dealers through monthly newsletters. Designer Jeans has been built on the idea that wearing jeans will always be popular. Making your own jeans can h of the save you price of a commercial pair of jeans. Designing your own jeans can give a person the opportunity to develop their own creativity. Every pair is creative dramatics, how to audition for plays, acting techniques and the skills necessary to speak or perform in front of an audience. Plays will be produced throughout the ear beginning with a Halloween production which will feature a childrens spook alley. DRY PACK CANNING If youre wondering what dry pack canning is, Kay Lindahl, left, Kaysville LDS South Stake regional communications director and Marylou Warden, Fruit Heights 2nd Ward representative, can enlighten you. three-fourt- an original design. JEANS ARE an item that is practical and can be adjusted to current fads. For example, black demin is now becoming popular. The six ounce prairie skirt is another new item Designer Jeans sells. Tee shirts go with jeans, so Peggy and Scott are now expanding into the tee shirt construction field. The ideas for this business are only limited by the time it takes to get things going. THE PROGRAM is especially appealing to the homemaker who enjoys sewing for her family. Toddler size prepackaged patterns are popular with the young mother. People living in small communities are Acting classes will be taught by Sylvia Blimes who has an extensive background in theater and teaching. She has been involved in all aspects of theater production and along with her husband formed the Kaysville Community Theater two years ago. Sylvia has per- formed in many plays, choirs and musical productions as well as writing and directing plays. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Kaysville Theater. Community CLASSES WILL be held in the studio at her home at 128 W- - 100 N., Kaysville. Class size is limited so call and reserve a space immediately. The fee has been set low so all inerested children may 0 participate. Call Sylvia at 546-174- for registration, np KAYSVILLE - The Kays- ville Utah South LDS Stake is experimenting in dry pack canning a new feature of family preparedness. IT IS the first of any of the stakes in the LDS Church to use this new process however. Other firms outside the church use the dry pack canning method. The machinery was made by a gentleman in Boise, Ida. It was purchased by the church and is set up for the use of all ward members of the South Stake, under the supervision of Kay Lindahl, a member of the stake high council. He is also regional communications director, and Mrs. Mary Low Warden, ward re- presentative of the Fruit Heights 2nd Ward. Mr. Lindahl and Mrs. Warden demonstrated the proper use of the dry pack method. A NUMBER 10 can of food Can be processed in 15 seconds time. The food is placed in the can and proper amounts of carbon dioxide is put in by com- pression and then sealed on the sealing machine and ready to be labeled and stored. In a few minutes time, Mrs. Warden had canned 25 pounds of pinto beans for her storage. She said they have a machine that can reflange the cans. ANY DRIED food can be canned, some of which is jerky, brown or white sugar, all dried fruits and vegetables, flour, powdered milk, beans, rice, all grains, nuts, etc. The equipment cost approximately $1,400 and was set up in an existing building on church property. . Each of the wards in the stake will be assigned certain days each month, for ward members to do their canning and every ward member will have the opportunity to use the canner for their individual 'needs. AT THE present time, it will not be extended to friends and families outside the stake boundaries. However, when all the members of the Kaysville South Stake have their canning completed and the canning equipment is not in full use and at such a demand, other church members outside the stake will have the opportunity of using the equipment, Mrs. Warden stated. MR. LINDAHL is please with the finished product, afte having experienced using th equipment and feels it is tremendous asset for the pec pie of the stake, np |