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Show 6 THE GREEN Thursday, June SHEET 5, 1986 Awaits Diploma At Age 77 Miss Salt Lake Valley - George Smith Advocate Of 'Never Too Late To Learn' by Helen Glissmeyer Green Sheet Staff Writer TAYLORSVILLE. At an age when most people have forgotten geography texts and English essays, George Alexander Smith has been completing examinations and writing papers to fulfill his high school requirements. He will receive his high school diploma on June 13 at the age of 77, the oldest student ever to graduate from Granite School Districts com- munity education program. As one of the commencement speakers, Mr. Smith will outline his motivation for this fete, substantiating the adage it is never too late to learn. Actually, reading always has been one of his favorite pastimes. He made his hobby pay off and now brags, Im proud of my old self. Back when he was a youth in St. George, he attended high school for three years, then quit. When his daughter, Marilyn Slack, graduated from the Granite Community School two years ago, she encouraged her father to do the same. He was afraid at first that he couldnt do it, but soon found studying enjoyable. Much of it could be accomplished at home, then he took tests at the Central high school daytime learning center. For one of his English assignments, he wrote his lifes history. He also studied math, history and science, claiming he has been all over the world in my reading. Until now, Mr. Smith was the only member of his immediate family (one brother and five sisters) who had not graduated. Born in Haden, Idaho on Oct. 11, 1908, he could not attend elementary school because he lived too far from the school house. When he moved to St. George at the age of 10, he started school in the third grade. Later in life he worked as a carpenter and millwright. He and his wife of 50 years, Oma R. Smith, reside with their daughter and Mr. and Mrs. George Slack, 4765 S. 3040 West. Mr. Smith is among the two percent of male graduates over 44 years of age in the community school. Women beyond this age constitute about five percent. Ruth Garner, 72, is fulfilling a lifelong dream of finishing high school. She came from a family of 11 children and only five of them were able to get a diploma. When a friend son-in-la- - Sophia Symko Dons Tiara SALT LAKE. A University of Utah coed was chosen Miss Salt Lake Valley here Saturday night following formal wear, talent and interview competition. She is Sophia Symko, daughter of Orest and Ivanna Symko. She is a junior at the UofU, where she is attending on an honors at entrance scholarship, pursuing studies in premed, majoring in chemistry. She has been a pianist with the Ballet West Academy and Janet Gray Dance Studios and was a member of the Skyline high jazz band. Also named during the pageant at the Radisson Hotel were four attendants. The fourth runnerup was Sherri Seaman, the only daughter of Col. Raymond A. and Janice K. Seaman. She was crowned Miss Kaysville last year, and represented Davis County in the Miss Utah State Fair Pageant and chosen a finalist. She will also represent Kaysville in the Miss Utah Pageant this month. Third runnerup was Jennifer Sanders, daughter of Jack and Margaret Sanders. Jennifer is currently working for Nordstroms and helped design her own pageant wardrobe. She is preparing to attend a music school in North Carolina. The second runnerup was Monica Gomez, a senior on scholarship at the University of Utah, majoring in education psychology. She was Miss Hispanic 1983 and competed in the Miss Utah Pageant, receiving a talent award. The first runner up was Lisa Ellis, daughter of Howard and Janet Ellis. A junior at Weber State College, in mathematics. She also has past pageant experience, serving as Miss Riverdale 1983 and second runnerup to Miss Utah-USDuring the talent portion of the competition, the new queen performed a piano solo. The Ellis girl also performed on the piano as her talent presentation, the Gomez and Seaman girls both performed vocal solos. The Sanders girl performed a violin solo. Several other awards were accorded during the pageant. Angela Sorenson was named by pageant photographer Dave Newman as Miss Photogenic. Dawna Wimmer was chosen Miss Congeniality. The winner of the interview segment was Lisa Ellis, while Jennifer Sanders, besides being the third runnerup, also won the evening gown competition and honors for selling the most tickets to the pageant. The queen won the talent portion of the pageant, as well as the swim: suit competition, which was not conducted during the pageant itself. D. Kim Clayton, who has for many years hosted the annual event, once again performed the emcee duties, as well as providing ma-jdri- munity education students. Program is scheduled at Taylorsville high on June 13. told her about Granite Community School, she enrolled at Central high. Her favorite subject was U.S. history. For homemaking, she applied a skill she already had, quilting, she made two quilts during the past year. Her 17 grandchildren are proud of grandma. (She also has six Pearl Lewis, who graduated from Granger high, completed 16 night classes last year. She had almost perfect attendance and held a 4.0 average. She said school work helped fill lonely hours after her husband died. These three are among 500 who will be honored during graduation After Service Discontinued ceremonies at Taylorsville high at 7 p.m. on June 13. Largest percentage of them are age 18 to 21 . Besides Mr. Smith, other student speakers will be Lisa Denos, a teen parent who will be presenting the Education, the key to theme, also Mike Orullian, freedom; Granger high, and Beck Serventi, Central high. Dr. Joseph E. Allen, retiring director of Granite community education, will present the class. Lynn Davidson, Granite School Board member, will give the acceptance speech. He will distribute diplomas, along with Russell A. Neilson and Dr. Patricia Gurr. 'U' STUDENT . . . Tiara adorns haad of Sophia Symko after sha was named Miss Salt Lake Valley Saturday "'jht. - Magna Public Health Clinic Slated MAGNA. Responding to efforts of the Magna Community Council and the Magna Chamber of Commerce, Health Department the will sponsor a public health clinic here next week. The clinic will be held 1 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Community Council Center, 3041 So. 8560 West. Those up to 21 years of age may participate. Health screening will cost $6 per child, physicals will be $10 and immunizations $2 per person. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, officials noted. Appointments are necessary for the health physicals, but not for immunizations. City-Count- y Among services available are one dose at two months, one dose at physicals for school, church, scout four months and one dose at 18 monprograms and summer camp. ths up to the fourth birthday. Health officials stressed that now is Tetanus, diphtheria for children the best time to get immunizations age 7 years and older is one dose and exams for the 1986-8every 10 years. Measles, mumps and school year. Appointments may be rubella shots should be given in one made by calling dose at 15 months of age. The recommended immunization Magna Community Council and scheduled calls for diphtheria, per- Chamber of Commerce officials are tussis, tetanus for children six weeks urging residents here to take adthrough six years of age. There vantage of the clinic, pointing out should be a dose at two months, that lack of usage was the reason another at four months, six months given by the Health Department to and a dose at 18 months up to the close the facility in the first place. childs fourth birthday, then a dose Although no other community has had to prove themselves to be every four or five years. Oral polio vaccine should be given able to have public health services, LaRee Pehrson, council president, up to 18 years of age, beginning with said, we need to show the powers that be that we do use the facility and we do need public health ser. . . vices here in Magna. 7 pre-scho- Emotional, Yes, But WEST VALLEY. Things are not always as they seem. Such an observation could apply to a story with accompanying picture in the May 29 issue of the West Valley view. The front page story related what took place during a public hearing on a proposal to establish a public safety division in West Valley City by merging police and fire personnel into one department. The picture accompanying the story was of City Manager John Newman with a sheaf of papers under one arm and a handkerchief poised in front of his face. Newman, supporting his reasons why the city should merge the departments, faced a auvery vocal, dience that was 180 degrees on the other side of the issue. While the meeting was not without emotion, as the story and picture caption indicated, it did not evoke the type of reaction from Newman that some readers apparently had assumed. Instead of choking back the tears of impending defeat, the citys administrative leader was employing the handkerchief in much the same way we all do when burdened with the nuisance of a springtime cold. A seasoned veteran of city administration, Newman said that while he pursued vigorously the public safety department proposal, it is without question that he will now pursue with equal vigor the operation of separate police and fire departments in the city. (The City Council the same to reject the public night voted safety department proposal. ) 4-- 3 VACATION . . AND SEE WHAT TOUR WEST CAN DO FOR YOU! Las Yogas, ft. 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Residents here are being reminided of a telephone consumer meeting that will be part of teh regular monthly meeting of the Magna Community Council tonight (Thursday). The session will be held in the MagnaSenior Citizen Center, 8952 W. 2700 South, starting at 7 p.m. Among subjects to be discussed will be concerns about telephone services and costs, as well as measured service and what it could mean to volunteer organizations here. telephone rate comparison shows that the residential rate in Denver is about half the rate now being charged in the Salt Lake area. In 1980, residential customers in Denver paid $8 per month, while Salt Lake paid $9.39 per month. Today that ratio has changed, with Denver paying $9.73 per month and Salt Lake paying 18.41 per month. Costs in Magna jumped from $8.62 per month to $18.31; Price and Helper from $4.60 to $14.11; Ogden from $5.64 to $16.13; Provo from $6.89 to $16.98; Logan from $5.76 to Time For A m Telephone Consumer Meet Set Inc. 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