| Show f p J" MW J -- W- jkL JLrnmm SUNDAY COMMENT SUNDAY December 28 1997 3V ? 1 J3 ef)r $alt iafcr Sribunr Motherhood is leading role for former dancer Lee Provancha Day Lee Provancha Day began her ballet career with the American Ballet Theater in New York City but she has al- IN THE LIMELIGHT ways felt Ballet West was the perfect place for her Day began with Ballet West in 1976 She was hired as a soloist and within six months was promoted to principal dancer Not only did her professional life blossom here but as a devout Mormon she also found a social environment more suited to her She married and started her family career with the Over her company Day was noted for her lyrical style and easy grace She received particular acclaim for her role in Giselle After the birth of her first child Day was back dancing with Ballet West in less than three months After a year of playing the leading roles in three ballets and taking care of a baby Day was exhausted She took a break from performing Within a year she was back believing that she was not ready to stop dancing and feeling she could strike a balance between her career and her role as a mother But in 1986 she left Ballet West to have her second child and she eventually moved with her husband and children to Southern California Day taught at the University of California Irvine until the birth cf her third child Kathy who is now beginning bal- - DEBBIE HUMMEL let lessons at age 7 I'm seeing it from a different perspective now" she said of dancing I will probably get more involved in it again as she does" More than a decade ago Day was striving to maintain her professional career while rearing her children But no longer For several years her career focus has been motherhood solely The Days have maintained ties to Utah traveling to Southern Utah a couple of times a year to visit family Day also keeps in touch with Utah friends including Bruce Caldwell her longtime dancing partner who is now a member of the artistic staff at Ballet West I have a lot of wonderful memories from my time there Day said This time of year with the Nutcracker' per- - g child with fl A sixth-gradADHD agrees to be assigned as a reading peer tutor to a second-gradstudent who also has ADHD Since the sixth-grader- LYNN ZARITSKY can be a group effort involving parents teachers and other professionals as well as the child and anyone the parents or child wishes present This is the time to be creative and to act as a team Sometimes the most suggestions lead to innovative solutions Here are some examples of results from 504 plan meetings A junior-higstudent with hearing impairment asks his teachers not to talk while facing the blackboard Because the stuhis teachers dent agree that he should sit in the front of the room His principal suggests that he take his science class from a teacher heavily involved in the multimedia approach since this approach will optimize visual learning A friend volunteers to share his notes from educational videos without closed captioning student with BA mental illness asks for permission to leave the classroom when her stress level rises uncontrollably rather than embarrass herself in front of peers The student who has just been released from a residential program is gifted in art To facilitate peer respect her art teacher asks her to be a teaching assistant Her mom suggests that she be allowed to have an extra set of textbooks at home since she frequently forgets to bring them home h lip-rea- high-scho- Angry in Rockford to was out to lunch She said women always wind up taking the responsibility for birth control You disagreed saying men can and do take responsibility because condoms are the most frequently used method to prevent pregnancy You added Any male who refuses to use a condom because it cuts down on his pleasure is selfish and inconsiderate Selfish and inconsiderate? Try inflexible juvenile and irresponsible Men who cannot see beyond the moment of pleasure are very poor candidates for a durable long-terrelationship They also make lousy husbands Angry was commenting on the couple who had decided not to have any more children The wife didn't want to have a tubal ligation because it was major surgery The husband however refused to get a vasectomy telling his wife he might want children with someone else if she should die or the marriage should fail The man doesnt need a vasectomy He needs a lobotomy You MM in Connecticut blew it Dear MM: When I blow it I admit it but the advice I gave was solid I would never recommend a vasectomy for a man who says he doesn't want one The repercussions could wreck the marriage Some men see the ability to reproduce as a symbol of manhood Every couple should work out tfte method of ANN LANDERS them Dear Ann: I am writing to give support to the single woman who was sick and tired of being asked When are you going to get a husband? When vulgar nosy usually married people ask me when I'm going to get a husband I reply with a smile Oh I get offers from husbands all the time That shuts them up in a hurry Julie in Manhattan Dear Julie: What a clever response even though it could make some wives a little nervous Any clod who asks such an insensitive question deserves to be hauled up short a Dear Ann: I was disturbed by the letters from several of your readers who would rather commit suicide than go to a nursing home Aside from my strong religious convictions that life is sacred and should not be consciously destroyed I know from f Jenny Oaks a native of Salt Lake currently studying at The Julliard School m New York recently performed as guest soloist in the season opening concert of the Warminster Sjmphony Orchestra m Warminster Pa Oaks began playing violin at the age of 4 and has appeared with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir Detective Alex Iluggard of the Mur- ray (Tty Police Department received an ol final commendation from the Murray (Tty mayor and Municipal Council for his outstanding and dedicated service to the community Iluggard has been employed by the department for nearly 20 years To submit items for Take a Bow write to Debbie Hummel at debhie(asl-tribcoor at The Salt Lake Tribune PO Box 867 Salt Lake City UT 84110 Linda Householder of Sandv recently Utah e 's behavior is mirrored in the younger child's he comes to realize how to better control his own behavior by helping someone like him He also gams better mastery over his reading skills by teaching In his own classroom this child is allowed the opportunity to stand by his desk instead of sit His teacher routinely gives instructions one at a time to the whole class thereby helping this child who hears only one instruction at a time Assignments are written on the blackboard Worksheets are cut into smaller sections and given throughout the day so he can see an end to his work senior with BA juvenile rheumatoid arthritis has difficulty writing Her teachers assign other students to take notes on carbonless paper so they can share with her She is allowed to take her exams orally Her math assignments are limited to proving mastery: If she can demonstrate mastery with six problems she does not have to do the remaining 20 problems These accommodations are neither difficult nor expensive They can often be attained with creativity alone Frequently such creativity adds to the classroom experience and aids all students in unexpected ways To obtain 504 accommodations contact your schools principal The districts Section 504 coordinator can provide your school with appropriate compliance information Sr Mft h i Eyri v s igsri viSs ' " ris - w! mI a 0 Sra1 am ?! 'ii 1 1' ' ! 1 r uji iicc r n 13 Essy" ii 1 " " i 11 t - ift 1 far T ' '"I'! wT' xVi'i ' H'r wVYoisf t JyL'iiw'' fiwiv 11 TO ftl ij VJ m high-scho- Lynn Zaritsky lives in Salem Utah Write to her in care of The Salt Lake Tribune personal experience that nursing homes are not horrible There still may be some that are substandard but the picture has changed dramatically in the last generation Your readers who wrote to complain are in the Model-era I was in the Rose Blumkin Home in Omaha for five months and am now on my own I am 84 years old The home was scrupulously clean and absolutely odorless The food wasn't exactly gourmet but it was nourishing and plentiful More than anything else I was impressed by the nursing staff The nurses and aides were caring loving and gentle compassionate competent People who dread old age for fear of poor care should begin to search for a nursing home Rabbi like the one I was in Meyer Kripke Omaha Neb Dear Rabbi Kripke: I have visited the Rose Blumkin Home and agree it is exemplary I am sure the staff there will appreciaccolades ate the Meanwhile if any of you readers have loved ones in a home that doesnt look right or smell right complain to the top brass Remember its the wheel that squeaks that gets the oil You should also quietly check out other homes and report the substandard home to your state department on aging T birth control that best suits cles In Forget vasectomy for unwilling husband Dear Ann: Your response duver-edu-catio- g The Modern Language Association of America will award its 1997 Kenneth W Mildenberger Prize to Adrian S Palmer of the University of Utah and Lyle F Bachman of the University of California-Lo- s Angeles for their book Language Testing in Practice The prize is presented to an outstanding research publication in the field of teaching foreign languages and literatures e ABILITIES fi- The Utah Community Forest Council has announced its 1997 forestry awards Jay Lowder Ogden City forester was named Arborist of the Year The city of West Jordan received the Outstanding Community Forestry Program Award It now qualifies for the TreeCity USA award presented by the National Arbor Day Foundation Alex Morris received the Utah State Forester's Citizen Forester Award for his hours donated to the cause of community forestry in Utah Creatively accommodate student disabilities Some parents are still struggling to obtain appropriate accommodations at school for children with disabilities That should not be Many educators may not realize that reasonable accommodations are not optional they are mandatory under federal iaw Every child with a disability must have access to a free appropriate and public education in the least restrictive environment Schools have defined Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act to mean providing ramps and wider doorways But access means much more A student also must be able to access the same educational opportunities as his peers in spite of his disability For this to happen reasonable individualized accommodations must be made The majority of noncompliant educators simply do not understand the law or feel unable to comply because of the perceived costs or extra time involved Most accommodations and services however are neither costSome are ly nor as simple and inexpensive as a Change in philosophy and attitude Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act covers any disability including many that may not be covered by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Asthma arthritis attention-deficit disorder (ADD) attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) mental illness AIDS Tourette's syndrome and epilepsy are just a few disabilities addressed by 504 Compliance is administered by a 504 coordinator which each school district is required by law to have And a 504 plan defines the necessary individualized accommodations Authorship of the 504 plan received the Federal Highway Administrations Administrator's Public Service Award Householder developed the program Sharing the Highways upon realizing that most public-schoo- l classes and driver-traininschools fail to teach people how to safely share the road with commercial vehi- TAKE A BOW 10-ye- Lyrical style easy grace characterize Lee Provancha Day's dancing forming my thoughts are there As Day fondly recalls her time in Utah she especially appreciates the community support I couldn't have asked for a better nal 10 years of my career she said well-deserv- Write to Ann Landers co Chicago Tribune 435 N MichiChicago IL 60611 gan OREM The secret to successful Skee-Bal- phoio l issN) in Trim Niisos American cravings in land of mozzarella I dont suppose it will surprise you to learn there are a lot of Italian restaurants in Italy In fact that is the bad news as well as the good news The good news is that for the three weeks we were on vacation there we got to eat Italian food prepared by Italians in real Italian restaurants On the other hand three weeks of Italian food morning noon and night is a mixed blessing Mind you if I had to choose one kind of food and eat nothing but that for the rest of my days it would be the cooking from the land of mozzarella But the whole point of being an American is that you don't have to choose There's nothing boring about our food if you do it right because you can eat the food of a different country every night: Italian Chinese Mexican French even English cooking if you have no pride I saw an occasional Chinese restaurant in Italy but no Mexican restaurants For the most part Italy has Italian restaurants and only Italian restaurant And small wonder They figure once you get it right why mess around with a lot of other junk? Actually I'm lucky I have any taste buds left I spent my childhood eating vegetables boiled to death overcooked meat potacorn toes and gravy cream-styl- e and green beans all seasoned with the same great internationsalt and pepper al flavors I'm lucky my taste buds didn't give up and retire for lack of anything to do Italian Mexican and Chinese foods are different Theyre flavored So I happily prepared to eat one Italian meal after another Thats the whole point of going to another country to bury yourself in somebody elses culture and see what it's like Consequently I was a little startled when we went into the ancient city of Siena in central Italy and saw a McDonald's three blocks BILL HALL I r E off the authenticity of being in another culture Then the odd thought dawned on me that in Italy McDonald's is a foreign restaurant I went to Italy for American Italian food So foreign food wallowed each day m spaghetti and risotto and pizza and bread lathered with garlic and olive I oil "For the most part Italy has Italian restaurants and only Italian restaurants And small wonder They figure once you get it right why mess around with a lot of other junk? from the hotel That hotel by the way was an unusual place run by nuns It was comfortable and cheap and had a remarkable view In return the nuns nuns parochial-styl- e had a curfew Be in by 1L30 they warned or you will be locked out We go to bed long before that said my sister-in-laGood said the nun at the desk in blunt Italian She obviously meant it as a moral comment I'm 60 and have a white beard but she was looking at me like I'm the sort of wicked child who would stay out past 11:30 Her demeanor told me that she was prepared not only to lock me out but to work over my knuckles with a ruler if need be It was all frighteningly authentic I was not only in Italy but I was being held prisoner each night by tough nuns determined to save my soul from whatever happens after 11:30 at night But the nearby McDonald s It took the edge bothered old-scho- ije If there was anything missing it was meat Italians are partial to veal that bland stuff sliced out of malnourished calves I have qualms about veal production and prefer the flavor of other meats especially chicken But I didn't encounter much chicken or beef And the many dishes involving Italys extraordinary cheeses were more tempting than the veal One afternoon in Siena after three weeks of that my wife and I were in the nun hotoi following the civilized national custom of an afternoon siesta I suddenly awoke with a meat hunger Lying there I got to thinking of that McDonald's only three blocks away And that was odd because I hardly ever go in one of those places at home Mind you there's nothing wrong with McDonald's: it's just not my cup of tea But the more I thought about it the more I craved American food So I sneaked out of the hotel and down the street to give vent to my sudden immoral urge Beeg Mac per favore I whispered to the Italian teenager behind the counter Sitting there slobbering over my American sandwich in another country I got a little scared I knew if the nuns ever found out they would leave welts all over mv wicked little knuckles Bill Hall is the editorial-pageditor of the Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune a Salt Lake Tribune group neics paper e |
