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Show Page 24 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. Tuesday. July 21, 1981 Community Notes Meetings, honors and community events for Utah Valley People Fingers ‘Fly’ in Writing Project Area Briefs LOGAN — Barbara Bass and Tami Warner talk all day In the Utah Writing workshop, they talk no matter who has Lindon’s Planning Big ‘Little Fair’ LINDON citizens arebusily making plans for the “Biggest Little Fair in Utah” to be Aug 15, at the Lindon Community Park The halter classes jor the Horse Showwill begin at 9am with classes for Shetlands Quarter Horse type, Arabian type. Appaloosa and Openclasses. The performance classes will begin at 5:30 p.m. A complete schedule of events will be published later. According to committee member Shirley Gray there will be classes for youth and for adults Donna Walker, committee chairman of the flower and horticulture division, encourages the many newcomers, as well as long-time citizens to participate in the fair. The city is known for it's beautiful flower and vegetable gardens, she says, and her committee encourages the young peopie to participate in the youth divisions. The craft division is being chaired by Robert Steele With the manyand varied talents of the citizens of Lindon, this promises to be a most interesting area of thefair, she says There will be throughout the day games Utah Valley Hospital Anemployee of the hospital for 14 years, Mrs. Oscarson was selected because of the high quality of her work and the meticulous care with which she performs each task, hospital officials report. Betty is also known for her ready smile and enthuasism for her work may wish to attend the monthly percent meeting co-sponsored y Hope of Utah and the Division of Family Services. The meeting will be tonight beginning at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the Division of Family Services, 260 W. 300 N.. Provo while the workshophas been in session thesetwo havehada running conversa tion. And while it’s never stopped. it’s also never really disturbed any of the Flying-fingers conversation might describe it better than running conver chairman, the day will culminate sation. Barbara and Tami are talking in sign language. The only distraction According to J Var Gillman with an exciting fireworks display Until three years ago, the Lindon Fair was a community tradition for many years. That year a new well wasbeing dugin one section of the park and pipelines were being installed The park was not available for thefair andit died out temporarily. There has beengreat concern that great traditions ought to be continued, so the fair is being revived again, report Fair of. ficials. “T loveit here,” says Betty. “‘I always have. I enjoythe peopleI work with very much.” Born andreared in Orem, she enjoys oil painting, gardening, her Sunday Schooljob in the LDS Church and playing with her 32 grandchildren. She and her husband, Robert, are the parentsof nine children, the youngest of whom is serving an LDS mission in the Phillippines. They reside in Pleasant Grove The format will be adopting special needs and foreign-born children, a question and answer period and also information on agencies available for adopting For moreinformation, call 3774073. The meeting is open to the public, Peruvians Plan ning Celebration Peruvian residents living in Utah and adjacent states will gather Saturday to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from Spain. According to Jorge J. ArceLarreta, Consulof Peru in Utah, acivic-artistic program to befol- improving writing Tami and Barbara Six hours a day for the past month other workshop participants The Lindon Lions Club is Utah Adoption Meeting Tonight Families interested in adopting continuetotalk providing the food. Hospital Honors Employee of Month Betty Oscarson, a laboratory aide in the Chemistry Department, has been selected as the July Employee of the Month at the floor. As the teacher. George Mc- Culley, tries to makeapoint, they talk When one of the other teachers talks about ways of among students. lowed by a danceis being planned at St. Ambrose Church Social Hall, 1954 S. 2300 E., Salt Lake City, at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 4676355 or 943-0430. All Peruvian residents and friendsof Peru are invited to attend. The two sit facing one another. Tami signs it to Barbara who occasionally demonstrated some simple ways of teaching writing. I wanted more so I applied for the summer session asks a question to clarify something It’s amazing to watch.” says Mc: Culley “Tami is signing nearly as fast years old. Organized by William Strong, USU professor of secondary teacher.” she says. “More important, though, is that they become involved right in the middleof all this and they never miss a beat Barbara teaches at the Utah School education. it is based on a highly successful modelstarted in California. For the past two summers. Strong conducted limited-enrollment workshops at USU. Teachers from these with their own thinking and arebetter thinkers as a result It’s quickly apparent that deafness does not hampertheability to think or to feel Concepts that flow through for the Deaf and workshops then took the ideas totheir fingers are no less understandable. interprets whatever is being said and Project they cause is with the rapid movement of hands. Other workshop participants said even this movement distracts only for a short time and causes no more disturbance than someonetaking notes as you speak When you pause, she pauses. Barbara can ask her a question Blind in Ogden. Though she tias taught many different subjects. she principally teaches beencouraged and required to write in all subjects. not just English It’s a way for them to explain their The Utah Writing Project is three understanding of a subject to their school districts and conducted in. Tami learned to sign from a deaf service training sessions for other friend who lived next doorto her. They language and reading. She became in- teachers grew up together. going through school terested in the Utah Writing Project after attending a short workshop conducted by McCulley at the deaf and blind school “I've always emphasized grammar Three workshops are taking place this summer because of growing interest. One is at USU, another in Salt LakeCity andthe third in Cedar City. Sixty teachers are participating and and college together. She worked as an interpreter in Idaho before coming to Logan. She nowworksasaninterpreter for USU students and teachesclasses on signing. and sentence development.” they will be qualified to give short she says ‘Tami is great,” says Barbara by signing to Tami. who speaks the workshopsto other teachers during the ~Some interpreters tire the eyes and words as rapidly as they are signed. year the mind. Six hoursa dayis a long time I've alwaysgivenstudents achanceto Onething Barbarasaid the workshop but it has been very pleasant for me write but it wasn’t easy. George has taught heris that students should and I've learned.” Deadline Nears for IRS Enrollment Exam SALT LAKE CITY — Applicants who wish to take the 1981 Internal Revenue Service Special Enrollment Examination must havetheir applications post- marked no later than Aug. 17, the IRE reports. No extensions to file for the exam will be granted The exam is scheduled to take two days: Oct. 5 and6,in Salt Lake City. It prior year examinees taking fewer than is given annually in each IRSdistrict to four parts. All checks must be made qualify >ersons other than attorneysor payable to the ‘‘Internal Revenue Sercertified public accountants to repre- vice,” IRS officials say sentclients before the IRS. Those interested in taking the exThe application fee has been in- amination shouldfirst obtain a copy of creased to $50 for those takingall four the free IRS Publication 486, “Requireparts of the examination, and $40 for ments for Internal Revenue Service Enrollment and Special Enrollment Examination.” This publication outlines the general requirements for enrollment andidentifies sourcesof tax information helpfulin preparingfor the examination. The exam will include true or false, multiple choice, and problem-type questions. Introducing 198) 8&WTCo BARCLAY Menthol Citizens Attend Kiwanis Convention Jan W. Swenson,614 E. 16005,, Orem, attended the 66th annual convention of Kiwanis International in New Orleans Swensonis presidentof the Orem Golden K. Kiwanis Club. Others from the sameclub who attended the convention are Carl Carlson, Boyd Asay, Wallace Kendall, Stan Taylor. Ford Taylor and their wives. Special recognition was given to the Osmond Familyfor decency in communication (the Kiwanis Decency Award) Hospital Selects Quarter Employee Mountain View Hospital officials have announced that Nettie M. Jensen is the summer quarter employee. She was bornon April 6, 1913 in Elsinore, Utah. She attended grade school in Elsinore and at- tended South Severe High School in Monroe, Utah. Nettie has three sister's and one brother She married Karl Jensen in June 1933. They moved to Richfield where Nettie was a beautician for six years. Then they moved to Payson, where they have lived eversince. Karl and Nettie are the parents of three children Mrs Barbara Peterson of Murray, Roger Jensen, and LeAnn Beddoes, both of Payson. They have 14 grandchildren. Their oldest grandchild is nowserving an LDS mission in NewZealand grandsons are playing baseball and she attends, yelling with the crowd, cheering on her grandsons. Nettie has an exceptional talent for loving and caring for others. She is very selfless. She has always been concerned about others and their feelings and whatshe can do forthem to help. make their burden lighter hospital personnel say Nettie was a psychiatricattendant for 14 years at the Utah State Hospital. She retired in September, 1975 “I remembervisiting mother at times and she wouldjust never stop. (I think shewill always be younger than I am.) I was amazed at the compassion she showed for the elderly. Someof the people not even being able to always comefirst. She alwai there to support them in their dif- speak, but when she would come around and touchtheir faces and talk to them, their eyes would ferent activities. Right now her just light up,’ one daughter says Nettie says her family has Midway Begins ‘Swiss Days’ Work MIDWAY Plans are, progressing for the annual S\ Days Celebration with the naming of Booster Club committees to take charge of the various events. Dates for the event are Sept. 3, 4, and 5. Costs for a booth or open space in the Swiss Market has been an nounced by Dawson Burt chairman. People desiring booths outside Wasatch County will be charged $100 for a booth and $75 for a space. Local residents will be charged $50 for booths and $35 for open space. Burt states that most of the booths have been taken but open space is still available. Those desiring open space will berequired to provide their own tables, ete. for their displays. Burt can be reached at 654-3268 or P.O. Box 306, Midway. Utah 84049, LeRoy Boosters mittees Kohler, Kohler, president of the Club announced com are: Musical, Alvah Mable Mitchell, and Phylis Kohler; Kathy Bergin: Three Midway A LOWTAR: MENTHOL 1 MGTAR: MENTHOL ecm 99% tarfree. Swiss Miss Swiss Market LDS Wards Lowell Johnson, Ken Johnson and Gene Owens; Flower Show Clara Lundin; Booklet, | s Keith Horrocks and Kathy Horrocks; Youth Dance, Midway Third Ward; Booth Rentals, Dawson Burt, Publicity, Shirley and Evans Smith, Citizen of the Year, Lincoln Pugh; Information Booth, Ray Gertsch, Parade, Dale and Fokje Gunn; Swiss Miss Float, John and Margaret Eberhardt; Chair Committee John Parks and GaryPierce t Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health Kings, 1 mg. “tar”, 0.2 mg, nicotine; 100's, 3 mg, “tar 0.4 mg.nicotine av. per cigarette by FIC method |