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Show Thursday, May 13, 1999, THE DAILY HERALD, Prove Utah Page A More people getting married in Utah County Students delving into Dixon Middle School’s history By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN PROVO — Students in the History Society want to know about the Dixon Middle The Daily Herald PROVO — Marriage licens- es are a hot item in Utah County. Utah County Clerk/Auditor's Office reported Wednesdaythat the numberof marriage licenses issued has increased 107 percent since 1980, while Utah County's population is up only 27 percent. The population figure was released last week by the Mountainland Association of Governments. By MARTA MURVOSH The Daily Herald “Inoral history, yeou actually are re able to talk to the actual people who werethere, not what’s been written later.” Jacob Dunn, 13. School fallout shelter. Tliey want to know thetype of classes that have been school’s view, but are asking former interviews into a history that almost 70-year history. They wantto discover people’s favorite memories of Dixon Middle and the most memorable events that happened at the school. ‘To get answers for their questions, theywill spend the next fewof weeks talking with graduates and former employ- employees and Dixon graduates to contact them. Todd Dalley, a Dixon eighth-grade history teacher, will be written for the school’s 70-year anniversary in 2001 Thestudents also are working offered over the has been guiding his students through the process of researching the school’s 68year history. The society meets every Friday after school marriage ees of the school. They have The eighth-graders in the licenseclerk in the clerk/auditor's office, doesn’t know what has caused the upsurge. She only knows that the numberof ‘licenses she is each year has grown steadily in her 20 _years with the county. The months with class breaks at the colleges are always busy times for her. Students choose thosetimes to manypeople in mind to inter- society hope to compile their Ilamae Barker, tie the knot — April, May, June, August and December. During 1998, the office sued 4,545 licenses, as compared with 4,288 in 1997, an increaseof 257. Ten years ago, in 1989, Barker issued 3,285 marriagelicenses. In 1988 she onatime capsuleto be opened in the next century. Students who join the Dixon Historical Society next year will continuethe project This year, students visited the BYU library to read through old newspapers on microfilm. There they found is To help For moreinformation or to set upaninterview with the soci | their advisor Todd Dalley at the school 374-4980 ext. 212. stories about the school, how it was built and when it opened Dixon and Farrer Middle schools opened on the same day in March 1931, according to news reports. The two build ings areinatie for the second oldest buildings in Provo School District. Both middle the oldest building Franklin Elementary School was the oldest before it wa torn down and replaced The interviews with people who worked or attended Dixon are very important to the students’ project “In oral history, you actual ly are ableto talk to the actu al people who were there, not what's been written later, said Jacob Dunn, 13. “You get more opinions, said Serena Zibetti, 13 What do the students hop: to learn from their research andinterviews? “The changes and_ stuff, said Uhi Germaine, 13. “So we know what was good and what schools have been remodeled Maeser Elementary School was bad.” Texas woman sues Utah troubled youth program for neglect SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Houston woman hasfiled suit aga a Utah-based teen treatment business, claiming her sons weretaken against her will and subjected to cultish he received a court order allowing the forced enrollmentof her son Scott, then 14, in the Teen Help program,she contends. Scott Burke, the suit claims, was experimenting with mari- behavior modification at a poor- juana, but herother son, David, ly managedfacility in Jamaica Donna Burke was divorced from her husband when, without her consent or knowledge, then 16, who Burke claims was totally without need of treatment, also was forced into the program. The boys briefly stayed in Utah, then were sent to the affiliated residential program Tranquility Bay in Jamaica, the suit contends. “Donna wasfrantic that her son Scott (and later David) had suddenly disappeared from school and was nowhere to be found,” according to thesuit filed Mondayin US.District Court. When shediscoveredthat he had been taken outof the country to Jamaica, she tried by intentional andnegligent infliction of emotional distress and breachof fiduciary duty. telephone to contact him, but was told by defendants that she other cases filed in U.S. District would not be allowed anycon- Court for Utah. Thomas M tact. She said letters to her Teen Help is named in two Burton, a Pleasanton, Calif, sons wereneverdelivered. attorney whofiled the cases Burke seeks damages for negligence, negligent child abuse, false imprisonment, likens the southern Utah net work of programsthat includes Teen Help to a “cult.” ‘Sssued 3,027. In 1980 theoffice dssued 2,197 marriage licenses. “in August, 566. voice Pesta Py Cicer Barker also handles passport applications, and those numbers have grown also, but not as fast as the marriage licenses. Last year, it was slightly over 1,600, but Barker ‘isn’t sure if the number this y will top last year’s because of problems tourists are encountering overseas. People may choose to vacation free on this continent instead of yourself from unwanted calls. crossing the ocean. Propane plant closed after second blast SOUTH SALT LAKE (AP) — Authorities have closed a propaneplant wherean explosion Wednesdayleft four peopleinjured. 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