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Show Thursday, Feb. WEST VA.LCY View Meanwhile, Over Here From the way the voice on the other end of the phone line began the conversation, 1 entertained immediate doubt as to w hether it was a call I should have answerDid you get my message? strange my my sleepily-state- Oh, yeah, I know of them, I g responded, the sleepiness at long last leaving my head and voice. Ive seen one of 'em in the East Millcreek area. It says there are 3.79 liters in a gallon, tells us in parentheses to think metric and includes a picture or drawing of a gasoline can. d Hello? early-morr.in- are Who you, and what do you want? I groaned. And while by Tom Smith , asked r slumber-intrude- . ready to hang up with vengeance if he didnt answer fast. Metric the Eccentric explained, finally, that I and everyone else are supposed to start thinking metric. The "message was being put out, he said, on billboards youll see here and there in the valley if you bother to look. ed. I know he answered the first part of my question, I was too foggy at the time to later re- ever, Id go off in searcli of every such billboard I could find and reduce as many as possible.to an unreadable state. r I guess I burst his bubble, cause Metric the Eccentric was aghast at such disrespect, as he put it, and he demanded an explanation for my attitude. So I proceeded to tell him how I feel this whole metric conversion business is ridiculous and unnecessary, and that going through with it will represent a huge expense to the already overburdened taxpayer. But other countries are already using the metric system, the caller said, and weve got to bring ourselves into the mainstream! -- as I said before, by convertbe uniform with the other societies where the systems already in use. And almost everybody else is using it, you know. Come on, dont be so resistant to change! I told him, find me a Look, worthwhile change a needed one, and you wont encounter any resistance here. Lord knows, there are plenty of changes we could use. But I clftit see how merely bringing ourselves into conformity with what somebody else is doing will be worth all the time, effort and money it will require to attain the goal you have in mind. Figuring that his call gave me the it a bit, I went on right to soap-bo- x to suggest that if they want to use metric measures for track meet purposes and the like - fine, thats the business of whoever is running whatever show. But that once we get started with this thing, its bound to snowball (if it hasnt begun to do that already) and our beloved government would have to get involved. And that would mean plied, ing, Like we do, I answered. How, pray tell, will we suffer by continuing to use our traditional system of weights and measures? How will our lives be any better, really, if we use liter instead of quart or gallon, centimeter instead of inch, kilometer instead of Metric the Eccentric then asked what I thought of the campaign, and he wondered if I had started to think metric like Id been instructed. No, I havent been thinking metric, I confessed. And as for what I think of what Im supposed to be thinking, I continued with some if I could get my exaggeration, hands on a tall enough ladder and a sufficient supply of paint or what call the name he gave. Thus, Ill remember him by one that he deserves more - Metric the Eccentric. After telling me his name, whatever it was or is, Metric the Eccentric inquired again if I had received his message. What message?" I growled, -- time mile? again, I said. Changing street and highway signs alone to metric re Well, Metric the Eccentric well Board here last week voted to support the Hunter ,.1. . ' 4. Community Council in efforts to upgrade Hunter park. The final decision on whether or not to support a recommendation from the Hunter Council concerning expenditures of Community Development funds allocated to West Valley City by the County Commission for park improvement lies with the WVC Commission. The county has allocated $700,000 in CD funds and the proposal calls for spending $100,000 for landscaping, parking and soccer facilities in the much-use- d park. The West Valley Commission last week took the matter under advise- ment, but expressed some concern that it would hike the cost of the park purchasing from the county and that the money is more needed at this point for a fire station. If the effort fails, the Recreation Board said that some effort will be made to meet the need for soccer facilities. Board member Miriam Farnsworth, a resident i. park has been greatly impacted by the population boom in the area and that the improvements are badly needed. In other action, the board agreed to permit Granger North American and Granger National WBBA leagues to property Multipur- providing done ac- cording to county specifications and that the league understands that it has priority but not exclusive use. The have been leagues displaced on property they have previously used, but are receiving some financial aid for that, according to Del Barker, who appeared before the board to make the request. The board learned that the countys new taped format for has proved extremely popular with young people. In its first week of operations, there were 2,800 calls. Recreation chief Gary Swensen told the board that the first phase of the Dial-A-Sto- revised master plan should be reportable by the boards meeting and March that the VALUEV SERVICE TOWING & RECOVERY IMPOUUD LOT AT 72 E. 25 0000 SO. OFF TOW WITH COUPON EXPIRES MARCH DAY 561-810- 4 7 Wheel-Driv- e 31, 1981 NIGHT 566-010- metric-conversio- 7 of Wrecker Service OFFER GOOD WITH COUPON ONLY GRANGER. A reunion early members of Community Granger Christian church will be held tomorrow (Friday) night in the home of Bud and Fern Ried. The affair will get under way at 6:30 p.m. and will be potluck, according to Mrs. Reid. Charter members of the church, who have been given special invitations to attend, include Vic and Ruth Hoopes, Don and Hazel Young, Thelma Fenton, Evelyn Matson, LeRoy and Mar- is also gearing toward developing a department philosophy on the controversial topic of fees and charges. Approval was granted to allow posting of rules at golf courses. Failure to adhere to the rules would be cause for course. Mr. Swensen told the board that the death last week of Mrs. Glenn Beeley was a blow to the He cited department. her many years of devotion to Pioneer Craft House. The board is recommending that the County Commission consider renaming the craft house in her honor. Payments garet Johnson fits his son Troy with spocial glassos worn for showing of the film The Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1950's nostalgia presentation to be sponsored by Lake Ridge 3rd ward at the Gem Theater In Magna Saturday. GETTIN' FIT . . . Mont 3-- to b Collins, Sue Hurst and Rev. Warren Sechler and his wife Joyce. Mr. Hoopes will provide movies and historical remembrances of the churchs founding and growth, including construction progress on the present pot-bell- y MURRAY Skate City 496160 Stale 2663991 Call for showfimes Matinees r "W, 70 On Movie is Set 3-- D WEST VALLEY. The City Commission Tues- day authorized an open-ende-d purchase order to buy gasoline for city vehicles. West Valley will be able to purchase unleaded and diesel fuel from Chevron Oil Co. at the discount rate paid by the state, Purchasing Agent Katie Dastrup told the commission. West Valley will buy unleaded gas for $1.03 per gallon and diesel fuel for just under 96 cents. West Valley qualifies for the discounted price with minimum purchases of 10,000 gallons, she said. The purchase order will be effective March 1 through June 30, the end of the current fiscal year. City officials Thursday approved an agreement with Motorola to install police computer equipment for $1,445. Chief David Campbell said the agreement gives the city until July 30 to pay the bill. MAGNA. Lake Ridge 3rd ward is offering nos- talgia buffs here an opportunity to relive the Happy Days era of the 1950s through a vintage movie to be shown Saturday at the Gem Theater. The film, being revived as a project for a church building, will offer a performance at 11 a.m., with afternoon and evening shows at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Admission is $2 for adults and $1.50 for children. A Universal Studios presentation, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, provided thrills for youngsters growing up in the 1950s, with special effects being 3-- ages cavort across the screen for this generacommented Howtion, ard McIntosh, first counselor in the ward bishopric. We have leased the theater for the entire day church Open building. 7 through 3-- D glasses that caused characters to seemingly jump right out of the screen in stereo vision. The same type of glasses will also be provided for todays theater-goers to watch the terrifying monster of the 3-- Magna to make sure that everyone who wants to can see the show, regardless of their time schedule. McIntosh went on to So. 6 Mon.-Thur- 9:30 p.m. Fri. Sat. p.m. Matinees Sat. 1 :00 and 3:30 p.m. Pvt. Parties Available THEATRES say that the Gem has been completely remodeled with a new screen Phone 278 4711 5001 S Highland and other Bargain Price S2.00 Open til 3 PM Mon.Fri. WALT Earthling 'rONBOLIMTEra f Devlin OltNEV PRODUCTION! Sr. is iisDewl FROM fund-raisin- g created In 4800 E. Block Watt of State St. 262-405- Saturday In West Valley Police increased, the dinners were moved to the double garage which was equipped with a stove. We finally had to have the dinners in the church service area, an Those being invited to room made attend the reunion are from the living and dinin met the who persons room with the wall house on 3500 South ing knocked out between. which is no longer standRev. Sechler (the first ing. The site of the forused to stand in mer church is now the pastor) room-en- d to on the dining west offramp of sermons. his deliver 3500 South, it was recalThe first church serled. Out of the 36 families vice was held Sept. 8, who met in the old 1957. Floyd Cannon, house, Mrs. Reid said, chairman of the board, 21 are to be represented turned the first spade of soil for the present buildat our feling just west of Granger She remembered and conin held dinners elementary lowship June 1, struction of began the the basement 1962. house. As membership Community Church Reunion Scheduled staff Okayed Metric the Eccentric hesitated, then confessed that I could consider him a distant relative to Bozo. How distant? I asked him. he Oh, maybe a millimeter, eventually admitted somewhat guiltily. I knew from the milli that the distance couldnt be very great, and later, some time after our conversation had expired, I looked it up and discovered that its about .04 of an inch. Some distance, and it certainly figures! . . . Metric the Eccentric began. Shut up and hear me out, I n demanded. This whole to is sound thing beginning create baseball removal from the diamonds on near Redwood pose Center, the work is Well, it will be beneficial, he promised. For you and everybody else. Yeah, Ill bet, I suggested. By the way, are you any relation to Bozo the Bureaucrat, the pipsqueak whose collective government services wed all be better off without? alone? Well, because Granger of Hunter, said the of some bored ex- pense. Metric the Eccentrics earful also included the suggestion that the logic about conformity and uniformity also means that most or all nations should also convert to one language and one monetary system. You know, to simplify things even further. But you dont hear anybody suggesting that everyone switch over to speaking and writing Spanish or Mandarin Chinese, or that we abandon our existing system of monetary exchange in favor of the Swiss franc or English pound, I said. If a country wants to use metrics, great, I added. But why should we go to all this expense merely to be like those who use that system? Weve handled our weight and measure differences with no monumental difficulty thus far. 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