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Show - it P4 newsprint daoeiriber SO, 1081 Letters To The Editor Head Start Rejects Stockman Plan Dear Editor: What is happening in our Circuit Court? Why are people accused of crimes, taken before our Circuit Court judge and then' released on reduced bail, or perhaps released on no bail at all? Ibis allows them back into or to socirty tocommitadditionalcrimcsand flee front this jurisdiction. When they flee, it costs us more tax dollars in an attempt to bring the accused back before this same Circuit Court judge, who made their release so easy in the first place. I don't bcliexc any of us would want to sec hail money used as a penalty. However, the increasing numbers of "Failure to Appear" warrants being issued by our Circuit Court should certainly he a barometer to all of us that the current bail system being used by Judge Whitney I). Hammond is in desperate need of close scrutiny. Why isn't Judge Hammond sticking more closely to the uniform bail schedule prepared by the Utah Judicial Council? When I seethe judge frequently lower these suggested bails, it makes me wonder why? It also makes me wonder why he seldom raises the suggested bail, without the request of a Peace officer. Does Judge Hammond luck faith in our Judicial system, that it will be able to protect the innocent, so therefore he must? Or perhaps we in this county haven't made it plain enough to the judge that wccxpcct him to protect us from the eriminul element. Perhaps we should contact the Honorable Judge Hammond at his office. 7th Circuit Court. County Courthouse. Vernal. Utah. and let htnie know how we real It leel. 2. I am Sincerely. I . Ct owl SCHOOL SCHOOL...A BIG ADVENTURE . 4 by Glen C. Griffon syndicated Column on Children A Teens Going to school is a big adventure. Excitement is written across thrilled faces. Wide eyes sparkle. The air is electric. The feeling of anticipation is like before a big game. Winning or losing makes a tremendous difference. A kid who is a winner in school will probably be a winner in life and Aijnscr in school may not do too much winning anywhere. This doesn't seem fair...and often it isn't. Sometimes in the game of school, other players mess things up. Sometimes officials make bad calls and sometimes the coach sends in the wrong play. But in the game of school, when the coach fails, the player get the F. 'OK, you say... "some win and some lose.' This is true in football and baseball, hockey, basketball and soccer.. .and in school. ..and in life. But when the players are our kids and the games are school and life, we are talking about something more important than score sheets in sporting events. That's why as kids get hack to school, we as parents need to do more than buy them shoes and pencils. We need to give our kids the confidence they need. We need to set the slap with positive altitudes instead of negative ones. This means no sarcastic comments, jokes, or teasing about mean teachers, hard work, or school itself. Whai a difference it makes when kids go to school thinking it going to be fantastic and that they have a great teacher and that the are going to win. Parents can cultivate the toil for kids saying things like, "you are great!' 'You really like to learn. and "You are smart!' And by the way. every kid and every person is smart. ..at Irat in some way. You are smarter than I am about somethings even if you didn't go to school as long as I happened to. ur even if you didn't go to school at all. Smart' inT always measured by degrees or diplomas. Someone said. "Stickers on a suitcase tell where itY been, not what's inside. Every ierson has qualities no one else has. But many of these qualities and attributes don't register on tests. So I don't think anyone can accurately evaluate and measure another person. Paul H. Dunn said that the I.Q. test is one of the biggest steps backward that education has ever taken. I agree. So no matter what anybody has thought or said or whatever the past has been, help your kids start out this season at school as big winners. Give them confidence. Tell them things like. 'You are a winner.' "This is going to be a super day.' 'You can do it. and 'You are going to do OK on this test. Of course, if a student is having problems help-do- ing whatever is necessary. But one of the biggest things that is necessary is to pass out lots of compliments and encouragement and no Be sure to tell your kids they are great...and not let anyone put them down in any way that crushes image. (Sometimes it is necessary for parents, teachers, and others to point out that performance nr behavior isn't quite OK... but never tell a kid that he or she isnT OKI Donl allow anyone.. .other kids, grownups, or even teachers to put down your kids, programming them to think they cairt win. Your kids can be winnerscspccially when, as their head coach, you constantly program them with positive thinking. School is an adventure. Kids almost always start out excited about learning. Keep up this momentum-forev- er. By the w ay. w rite and tell me about the wins and losses you know about in the big game of school. s. DM Ihc nationwide Head Sturt community of parents, directors and staff expressed I lie outrage and disbelief at ()1M director David St tick mans recent proposal to put the programs in a 'Community Services Block Grant' in 1983. Head Start, which began in 1963, currently provides a wide variety of services to 374,000 preschool children and their families, most of whom live in homes. Indeed, President Reagan both Head Start positive tract acknowledged record and its Congressional popularity last February 10 when he announced that the program was a key part of the 'Social Services Safety Net to protect America's needest population disadvantaged, preschool age children. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Schweiker immediately sent a strong letter of appeal to Stockman opposing the block grant concept for Head Start as well as the OMB proposed funding level for 1983 of s780 million dollars. Stockman, in turn, responded to the charge that he was phasing out the program by stating that his block grant plan is not reneging on Reagank promise' and that Stockman is 'not proposing to do away' with Head Start. But leaders in the Head Start community are convinced otherwise. They assert that a major reason for Head Start success in improving the lives of these children is that local programs are administered at the community level and parents know that they are guaranteed a meaningful role in decision making and classroom activities. To place Head Start in a block grant would only add another layer of slate goxcrnmcrl bureaucracy as well us eventually reduce the amount of funds which go for the necessary developmental, health, nutritional, dental, and other services. John Reese, Head Start Director in South Bend, Indiana and president of the National Head Start Association (NHSA). called the Stockman's Plan "outrageous and destructive' and supports Secretary Schweikerk appeal to haw the proposal MER5 UNITE!!! low-inco- - Handicapped Volunteers Work For Social Services For more than a month, two severely handicapped volunteers have been working at the Utah Department of Social Services as Information Deck Volunteers. Their jobs are to provide information concerning services and office locations to persons entering the Social Services Building. They are Kevin l.ikes of West Valley City and Frank Orr of Salt lake City. Mr. l.ikes works four three hour shifts per week and Mr. Orr works one three hour shift per week. Even though both are in wheelchairs, their handicaps do not prevent them from helping others. In appreciation. Andrew Gallegos, Executive Director. Dept, of Social Services. presented each of these men tetters of commendation during an exccutixc staff December at 9:30 am. The Department is impressed by the on meeing 14. 19X1 .response of the community in helping to deliver serx ices Driver Examiner News State driver examiner, David R. Sundin, would like to pass along tips to motorists and keep people informed day during December; and is open from 9 a.m. Roosevelt every Tues- to 4 p.m. The Roosevelt office day and Friday, except Christmas; Duchesne is at the Civic Center the first and third and is open from 8 a.m, of the examiner Thursday, and Manila to 3 p.m. The Duchesne schedules in the the last Thursday of office is in the area of north- every third month courthouse and is open eastern Utah. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (beginning next year.) The examiner is in Sundin said that The Manila office is in Vernal every Monday, there will be a new the courthouse and is Wednesday, and Thurs- - schedule worked out for open from 10 a.m. to 3 1982 which will p.m. These hours, of probably allow an course, are on the days examiner in Vernal five when the examiner is days a week. The Vernal there. office is located at 601 A reminder that you south Vernal Avenue should be at the office Whats a horseman? Any one that ownes and rides a horse. Not So!, Not True!! Whether your in Mongolbia or in America, on a pleasure ride or a race track with money at stake, to be worthy of the title horseman, you should understand and have developed four essential qualities. One, you should have a clear knowledge and understanding of horse nature. Two, you should have a sensible, non forceable training technique and have developed a keen sence of skill in its usage. Three, you must know well the genetic make up of the equine species and its stresses. Four, and more important than the other three combined, you must understand your own he self motivated and self personality, disciplined. At the age of six I rode horseback to school on a little paint horse called Florie. Ever since then my greatest desire and dream has been to become a live horseman. And Im certain I'm not alone in this goal. However, whats distrubing is the fact that for hundreds of years much has been said about the dot and don't in the training of the horse, while little or nothing is suggested pertaining to the charactor of the individual doing the training. Whats more alarming!, is the controlled and misleading sorce of information on the topic. If we haven't reached our goal yet, I can assure you, it comes as no surprise to me. Of course, there are always those too lazy too , search out reasonable and sensible methods, and seemingly enjoy spreading their disease. Through my years of research in the training of the horse, I have jailed my way to success. But not without sad and shocking results. It is my sincere hope that I might in some way spare you the reader, some of the agonies I suffered at the hands of trial and error. If for any reason you feel inadequate with your present methods, we invite you, and incourage you, to participate in our question and anwsers column entitled The Changing Horseman. AH letters will be answered. through capable xoluntccrs. Persons interested in serving others anywhere in the state of I'tah should cull Jeano Campanuro. Volunteer Services Coordinator, at NEWSPRINT is published.... 533-603- ACCOUNTING TRAINING anyone interested in accounting or introduction to data processing on Tuesday evenings at the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center. The ten week course will be taught January II, 1982 by Dennis Garner, a recent graduate from Brigham Young University with a masters degree in Business Education. The Introduction to Accounting class will be the Introduction to Data Processing, Basic Computers, will be taught Tuesdays from 0 p.m. Tuition for the accounting class 8:00-9:3- 642 West Main - Vernal, Utah is 35 and lor the computer class is 55. For more information contact either Dennis Garner or Beverly Evans at the UBAVC. 722-452- or 3 Riding at 789-194- Cleo 2. PUBUSHER W. Garth Nuttall EDITOR Dale Hansen AD MANAGER Dennis Holmes PRODUCTION MANAGER Kathy Lynch SEND FOR YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TODAY! DEADLINES News 12 noon Mondays Display Ads 12 noon Friday Want Ads 12 noon Monday Display Ads 12 noon Monday Real Estate Principals To Be Taught The Principles of Real Estate Gass will be taught at the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center during Winter Quarter. The ten week three-coun- ty The Changing Horseman Every Wednesday at Specialized training taught from 6:30-- 8 .'00 will be available for p.m. on Tuesdays and UNITED WRKBIS ' course will be taught by James Curtis, a graduate from Brigham Young University. The course will be taught Wednesday and Thursday evenings from p.m. in Room B10 at the UBAVC. This course is required by state law before taking the Real Estate Exam in order to obtain . a 6:00-10:- for a drivers test at least an hour before closing time or 43 minutes before their lunch 00 break, which is from noon to p.m. For more information call salesman's license. David Sundin, Supervi- Tuition for the course is 125 plus a s5 lab fee. sing Examiner, at 1 or |
