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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, April 26, 2000 Page 8 "Tele-visio- n Kingdom - What You See is What You Get classroom and 20,000 hours watching TV. Even though videos allow more control over what my kids like the Great American nence. For awhile, the TV remained watch, they still spend too Smoke on channel 38, but soon my much time in front of the TV. I Si W h e r e children discovered other counsel them, What if you the air. The comspent the same amount of time peopleo channels on h mercials and cartoons alone practicing a musical instrumoke were a shock for me. Then I ment -- just think how great you are chal- walked through the family could be! by Terri Winder I guess they dont believe me lenged to room one day when my set. was glued to the because I spend the same quit for at least one day, only this proposal starts with the I stopped to find out what was amount of time cleaning house, yet it never gets clean. suggestion of a full week and so intriguing. I I asked. What is this? then gladly accepts one day. Everyone agrees that TV I dont know," he answered, makes a great babysitter. It assume these stratagems are is unfortunate that the kind of intended to show us that a) we but its pretty interesting! I recognized it immediately. characters most of us would be may unknowingly be addicted, and b) there is more to life Id seen it as a kid. In fact, it loathe to associate with are the was still the same plot. than we may think. very ones whom we invite inThats a soap opera , side our homes to babysit our My kids brought home notes from school promising re- Joshua! I laughed out loud kids. Reuters published a report of wards if they took the TV when I saw his bewilderment to continued tease so and him, a poll taken in London, wherein Free Challenge" and tamed" 24 percent of the adults ages their TVs for a day or more. I Youre watching a soap! I and channel said they would rather good. felt somewhat guilty as we changed the filled in contract blanks, be- he didnt object. Then, several sacrifice their partner than part cause we dont have commer- days later, I found him abcial TV in our house. Weve sorbed in a trashy TV talk already tried to tame our TV show and immediately turned I I a off delivered as VCR set a to the it by connecting rather than an antenna, cable stern lecture. Later that day ty-Una network, or satellite dish. This I heard an upcoming program keeps at least two entities being advertised. The pitch happy: me, the mother of the included sex, violence and 4 ON 4 VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT six for Video. was the scandal. It and Mels or house, for entry information, call Actually, we did hook up an oclock news. Before evening 5K WALK RUN antenna during the LDS Con- the antenna was disconnected. or for entry information, call It has been estimated that ference sessions, and it didnt TALENT SHOW & POTLUCK get disconnected right away. If by the time a child graduates or for entry information, call you think turning TV off for 7 from high school they will have days is difficult, you should spent 11,000 hours in the Well, here we are, right in the middle of National TV Turn-Of- f Week. Its kind of encounter the culture shock that comes with being exposed to TV after years of absti- in April 26 Wednesday Second Annual Superior Solus benefit Concert, Monticello High, 7 pm. Daughter of Utah Pioneers arc looking for someone to represent Monticello Camp at the Days of '47 Contest. Cull Dcannc Randall by May I 1st. 5X7-271- 3 hursday 'April 27 Monticello I.Iementary kindergar- ten registrati- n, - 1 -- 3 pm. Saturday April 29 will be held at the County fairgrounds from 8 am to 10 am. All steers must be tagged by this date or prior to. Steer weigh-i- n May Monday 1 Contest begins at million Lake Powell and continues thru the 24th. S 1 ipUna for kids Introduction to 3 pm, call USU Intension Come plant a garden! United blood Services will be at Monticello Klementary, 1 2, 587-323- 18-3- 0, MAY 6 May 2 Tuesday 9. Get a jump-sta- tax voUeyba'I 686-226- 8 Counseling Services Individual, Marriage and Family Counseling Consultation BLUE HERON May 4 9. concessions kids games Mark E. Lyman, LCSW on the Sharpen Blades New Spark Plugs New Air Filter Oil Change Carb Check Overall Operation Test 25 years experience APPLIANCE REPAIR 3 pm. call Social Security Rep. will be in blanding from 8 am to noon. 587-323- rt season for only $49.95 3-- 5-- 8, 686-226- 8 SR United blood Services will be at blanding LDS Church gym, 8 pm. for kids Plant a garden! 686-233- 1 686-238- 5 am-noo- n. 1 686-238- 5 There will be something for everyone throughout the day 1-- postmarked by May 3. ASocial Security Representative will be in blanding at the Social Services building from pm. Will be in Monticello at the Dept, of Family Services building from 10 Introduction to 2 686-236- Wednesday May 3 Applications for Junior Livestock Scholarship need to be hand delivered to the USU Intension office or Thursday with their television set. The majority of people in Britain ranked watching TV as their most popular leisure activity, averaging 25 hours a week. Maybe the phrase taming the TV" is too tame. Frequently I hear someone quoted as saying, Radio expands the imagination. They were asked, How about TV? to which they replied, Yes, it does too - up to 27 inched. That was a great ad for radio, but I personally prefer books. They can be set down and picked up at ones discretion, without missing out on anything; and the choice phrases can be enjoyed repeatedly. Which is what the TV Free Challenge is all about, because it is thought that the ease of TV reception inhibits a kids desire to read a book. Unless youre like us and have to climb into the attic to hook up an antenna every time you want to watch a show, then a book looks pretty 435-678-26- 17 435-587-30- 59 lillllljllljli 5IiIiiiiTi.j.j.JIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIIJIJIJ?s good thru 30.2000 Friday May 5 Fun Run in Monument Valley. Registration at 7:30 am. Race at 8:00. DRHAMM Health l air at Monument Valley High School from 9 am-- 4 Rocky Mountain Housing pm. Lecture Caring for you Collectables" by Randy Silverman, pm, Fdgc of the Cedars Museum. We 7 20 years School children to visit Dinosaur Museum exhibit School Board which allows elementary school children to visit the museum for free with experience in A Reality the field High Quality Houses One Stop Shop The Dinosaur Museum has received an extension of the grant from the San Juan Make Dreams ... 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