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Show Lakeside Review Saturday, May 9, 1998 5 Spinning a tale for children VOLUNTEER CONNECTION This is a listing of volunteer positions asailahle throughout Davis Countv. For more information, call the Davis Countv United Way Information & Referral Service at 497-911- 1 Monday through Friday, 8 30 a.m. to 5 pm. Weaving demonstration shows students how cloth is made General opportunities Davis County Needs Assessment needs help with a survey to assess the needs and strengths of Davis County. Phone bank volunteers are needed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Training will be provided. For more information contact blisa Pokral at The Hill Air Force Base Hospital needs volunteers in the morning and afternoon. Volunteers will be given training in CPK and on the computer. For more information call Roy Celia at Utah Promise is looking for caring adults to help begin a mentoring program at Davis High School. Volunteers must be willing to spend about an hour a week building relationships and serving as role models for young people. A background By RUTH MALAN Standard-Examin- correspondent Farmington -- Do the first Vista Elementary learned how people went from wearing animal skins to wearing woven cloth during a special program last week. Imagine wearing skins in July, Sharon Howard said to the students gathered in the media room. How would you be feeling? Probably hot and sticky. You would be uncomfortable wearing leather in July. Howard, of Farmington, learned how to do weaving and spinning at Brigham Young University, something that isnt taught at most universities and colleges now. Howard said she feels both are an art that are good to know, and she now has two looms in her home and a couple of spinning wheels. Nobody wrote down who started making fiber and threads, she told the students as she used a hand-hel- d spindle demonstrating the very first machine. The spindle falls and winds around, making fibers into thread. The weight on the bottom makes it hit the floor. This is the way they would make the thread for all of their clothes, so they didnt have a big wardrobe, Howard explained. There are still a few people w'ho make thread in this way. Shepherds will pull tufts of wool from fences, comb it and spin it into thread, but it is a very slow way to make thread, she said. Carding wool is basically the same thing as combing hair, the students were told as Howard placed clean wool between the cardcis and combed it. Children combed wool and helped with shearing and carding wool while other sisters and the mother would spin it into thread, Howard explained. To spin thread, they needed the whole family. Each family member had just one set of clothes, Howard said. When those clothes were washed the children would climb into bed and remove their clothing. They had to stay in bed until the clothes were washed and dried. The pioneers had more clothes. They had two outfits instead of just one, Howard said. The threads were used to knit or crochet an outfit. If the people were rich they could hire weavers check is required and training will be 2 provided. Call Kaye Groll at for more information. Make a Wish Foundation of Utah is forming community committo tees focus on wish granting, special events, medical outreach, public g and more. Call speaking, Mary West for more information at 1 860-047(800) The Davis Citizens Coalition Against Violence needs volunteers to help with crisis calls, intake at the shelter, provide support for victims of domestic violence and maintain grounds and the facility. For information about training and scheduling contact Susan Porter at 444-319American Cancer Society of Davis County is seeking volunteer board members for opportunities such as interacting with retail outSPIN DOCTOR: Artist in residence Sharon Howard demonstrates the art of spinning wool into yarn on a spinning wheel at Monte Vista Elementary lets, physicians, communities and schools and planning fund-raisin- g in events. ACS also needs volunteers to help prepare for the Relay for Life to be held in June. For information about becoming a board member call Farmington. Cloth was like treasure. Ifyou were given cloth it was like giungyou money. By looking at clothes you could tell if someone was wealthy or not. -- Sharon Howard DREAM WEAVER: Sharon Howard says spinning is fun but it is also a lot of hard work. to make their clothes. Cloth was like treasure. If you were given cloth it was like giving you money. By looking at clothes you could tell if someone was wealthy or not, Howard, said. The earliest looms for weaving cloth were used by the Egyptians. They were able to make fine, thin An allowance can fabric. This airy fabric showed that they were very rich. There were also South American looms at this time and the Navahos had an upright loom on the ground. Making a floor loom was the beginning for machinery. It started all over the world at the same time. This was the beginning of be valuable teaching tool an allowance can be an Providingexperience to help children good money management habits. Such a skill can be learned by children if the following guidelines for giving an allowance are implemented: allowance. Agree upon the amount and how it will be spent. Try an allowance contract that both child and parent sign. Children need to be able to spend some money however they wish. They need to practice making their own decisions. Don't come to the rescue every time your child runs out of money. He or she must face the consequences of their own spending mistakes. Money is not generally effective as a reward or punishment. Children who are given money for things like good grades, thoughtfulness or helping at home learn to put a monetary value on character and achievement. Positive behavior can be reinforced in other ways. A special outing together or an expression of appreciation for a job well done means more to children that a financial bonus. Don't condition a child's allowance on completion of household chores. Such an arrangement often leads to increased child-pareconflict. Keep expected chore completion and payment for chore performed separate. Chores are for learning to lake responsibility. An allowance is for learning how to handle money. Teach children the relationship between work and money by making a list of special tasks they can do in addition to their reg 4-- H gives youths hands-o- n experience in many areas The purpose of an allowance is to begin to shift some of the responsibility for goal setting, planning, implementing plans and making choices for your child. A small investment of time and energy while the child is young can have big pay-otlater. Guide and advise your children's money decisions rather than direct and dictate. Encourage and praise rather than cnlicie and rebuke. Doing so will help them develop confidence in their own ability. Remember that your children will differ. Respect their individuality. Avoid making comparisons with siblings and other children. Be patient. It takes children time to manage money and develop financial responsibility. I requent references to their mistakes should be avoided: they usually are already aware of them. Overreacting to mistakes with money leads children to believe that money is more important than it should be. I ollowing these guidelines in providing allowances for children can prepare them to be responsible money managers and to achieve their future financial goals. r correspondent FARMINGTON - Now is the time to think about letting your child participate in the Davis County Fair. In order to submit a project for judging in August, families and individuals must be signed members by June 1. up as The four H's of 4-- will help even the youngest participant to remember head, heart, health and hands" when making lifes decisions. 4-- H arc a healthy start said Lenore Robyouth agent. The variety of tutorial and recreational programs for after school, evenings and weekends, thereby providing positive activities and safe hours. places to spend 1 All 1 programs give the youths actual hands-o- n experiences in learning. Youths learn how to organize, plan their time, lake individual responsibility, and communicate their goals and needs to others as they work with others to accomplish those goals, she said. Families or individuals can choose projects from citizenship to global education to voluntccnsm, to communication arts, performing arts, visual arts, to clothing and textiles. Fair proiects span many interests, bringing children together to show environmental projects, healthy lifestyle education, personal development, leadership, plants and animals, and science and technology. Youths who are signed up for the Tour-1- 4-- 773-071- The Family Summit Foundation, Center for Grieving Children, needs people to help children who have lost loved ones due to deaih or divorce. For information about training and please contact Barbara requirements, Teigler at Girl Scout troops in Das is County need role models for girls 5 to 17. Training provided with ages flexible schedule. Show that you care to make a dillerence. Call Paula at 394-307- 7 or I (800) The Heritage Senior Center in Clearfield needs volunteer Meals on Wheels runners and drivers daily from It a m I pm., I volunteer to help in the kitchen in the mornings, and an instructor for porcelain dollmaking on Thursdays. lor more information, contact Tracy at The Hospice of IHC needs volunteers to spend time wuh the termi-- nally ill in their homes. Training will be oflered. For more information call Theresa at The Literacy Action Program needs volunteers in Davis County who can provide about two hours per week to help adults wuh limited reading skills learn to increase their reading comprehension. For training and more mlormation please contact at programs are a healthy start to a healthy future. The Our House, Homeless Children's t oundation, needs loving, attentive individuals to play and work wuh mlanls and children under 6. Extension pmides a variety of tutotial and recreational programs for after school, evenings and weekends, thcrcly providing positive activities and safe places to spend non-scho- ol hours. - Lenore Robbins, USU Extension youth agent programs to a healthy future, bins, USU Extension extension provides a non-scho- ol or Dan at 7 For information about Relay for Life contact Tracy at 774-728The Rape Recovery Center needs adult volunteers two or three days per month who can provide their own transportation to respond to calls from hospitals and police stations and provide support and advocacy to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. For more information call Peggy Hammon at The Family Connection Center needs volunteers who are at least 18 years old to help in their crisis nursery. For more mlormation call Kay at H 1 4-- at 546-525- Foundation of Amer- -' C ica, hapter, needs volunteers to help with clerical work and bulk Four-- H By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES ular chores to earn extra money. ld Want to participate in Davis fair? Sign up now for 4-- programs Standard-Examine- Be consistent. Set a day to give the piece of wool and some cotton. The wool looks almost like a tree trunk with scales and barbs on it. That is what makes you itch when you wear it, she explained. It is fun or I wouldnt do it," Howard said of her weaving, but Im glad I didnt have to do it." Howard does demonstrations for other groups at Pioneer Village in Salt Lake City. And she is a member of the Woolgrowers Association, where she also has demonstrated her talent. Eleven-year-oSteven Davis said, It is making a neat pattern, but I wouldnt want to do it. It is too hard. I wouldnt mind doing it, but it looks too hard and its expensive, said Stevens friend Michael Petersen, also 1 1. If we had to do it we would have no free time at all. the industrial age, Howard said. This was before there were laws protecting children against labor, and a child would have to sit on top of the loom and repair it when needed. The first computer was a loom, I toward said. Cards with holes punched in them could create a pattern, and the veiy first computers used cards with holes punched in them. The loom has a lot of eyes that the thread is put through. Making cloth with a pattern is hard to do, so woven fabric doesnt usually have a pattern, Howard told the children. The pattern is printed onto the cloth with dye. Students gathered around Howard as she threw the shuttle back and forth to weave cloth. Cloth is woven in the same way now, but a person doesn't have to do it any more. A machine is used to throw the shuttle. Howard let the students feel a Donna program can also take advantage of a variety of summer camps, horse shows and competitions. Some camps include junior youth conference and the advcnturccx-prcssiv- c arts camp. Senior members, grades 9 through 12, can choose to participate in demonstrations on agriculture, clothing, horses and d subjects such as beef ambassador, dairy foods, egg preparation, and quick meals. There also will be public speaking, a turkey barbecue, style review, shooting sports and horse judging for grades six through 12. food-relate- five-a-d- offices offer a variety of help, The lesson outlines, project books, computer programs and more to help the parent andor leader. I or more mlormation call 3 offices at or visit the the USU Extension Offices in Room 200 at the Davis County Courthouse, 28 E. State Street, Farmington. 4-- 4-- H 451-341- The Lupus ) Utah mailing in Layton. Call Suzanne from 10 am. to 2 pm. at at Call Carina Llsen-Bos- s Prevent Blindness Utah needs volunteers to provide glaucoma Call kari f oulger at screenings. 524-202- 0 lor mlormation about training. Rocky Mountain Hospice needs volunteers in Davis County to pros ide emotional support, respite care, read to and visit with terminally ill patterns and their families. A total of 12 hours of training is required For additional information call Tina Sorrells at or I (MIO) The Salvation Army needs volunteers to help in the store anJ warehouse For more mlormation contact It Pceey Gams or Marlene at 397-490- 2 621-3'- South Davis Community Hospital in Bountilul needs volunteers lo help with evening entertainment, emits, manicures, birthday cards, visiting patients and Saturday morning bingo Call Jenilcr Jones at The Travelers Aid Society I repine menl Program needs mentors to help homeless people learn skills that will help them keep jobs tor more contact Lance ut mlormation 359-414- 1st. 531 The Utah Historical Society needs volunteers to assist with library reference services and collection management of museum artifacts People wuh sewing skills to work on the textile collection arc especially needed On-sit- e training will be provided Call Chervl Sneddon at 513 3517 k 1 he Victims Assistance Program of Davis C ountv needs votunlccTs lo assist victims wuh court paperwork and appear with them in court during dusiimc hours tor more mlormation contact I lien at 4'1 4 01 Widowed Persons Service idlers support services lor anyone ot any age who has lost a spouse II you would like more information about accessing WPS support services or volunteer opportunities, please call I (800) 424-341- t xl 22MI t |