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Show THURSDAY. NOVFMRER 10. 1977 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1977 Ideas for Better Living . . . Your 'Awareness' If you've seen one tree, you've seen them all. Most of us tend to look at a tree and classify it into the perceptual category of "trees in general" without really experiencing the miracle standing before through your body. What feelings are coming from your mouth, nose, shoulder, foot, scalp, palms, stomach, eyes and ears? Poet William Blake summed up the importance of im-proved awareness when he said, if the doors of perception were cleansed, man would see everything as it is infinite. Dr. McBride can be seen every Monday on Channel 11 's "Newsroom" at 6:00 p.m. If you have a question or topic you would like Dr. Mc- Bride to discuss in his column, write: Dr. M. Ford McBride, 1161 East 300 North, Provo, Utah 84601 us. Psycholgist Abraham Maslow has studied the perceptual habits of peo-ple who are unusually alive, open and mentally healthy. He He finds that these people are fully awake, that their percep-tions are marked by: total concentration and immersion in the present; lack of a sense of timelessness; innocense of vision like that of an artist or child; and freedom from selec-ting, rejecting, criticizing, evaluating. The person is aware of everything at once. The kind of perception Maslow is describing is like that of a mother with her newborn infant, a child at Christmas, or two people in love. Heightened awareness at an advanced level may be dif-ficult to attain, but a valuable increase in awareness can be achieved. How can awareness be im-proved? It is important to realize that many perceptual habits that limit awareness serve no useful function. They are habits and nothing more. In short, any change in per-ceptual habits can make an experience "new" and fresh again. Maybe we need to heed the advice of country singer Mac Davis and "take time to smell the roses." Attention is the second approach to heightened awareness. Atten-tion can be voluntarily direc-ted to sensation that are nor-mally tuned out. Try letting your attention take a walk r -- - - . ' 4 i 'V i i 'i : ) NANCY PITCHER Goes to Legislature Nancy Pitcher Attends Mock Legislature Nancy Pitcher attended the' State Legislative Mock Session on Wednesday, Nov. 9. She has been working with the State PTA Alcohol Education Committee for the past month. A survey was sent throughout the state to teachers and parents about alcohol education in our school system. Nancy tabulated these results and went to Salt Lake City with Mrs. liayle Judd and presen-ted the results to the legislators. Nancy is the daughter of Robert and Ruth Pitcher and is a senior this year at the school. She is a national honor student and plans to attend college next year and become a legal secretary. j ..... J f r'i --v. C A I V - ' - r . ' ! !; i ' j J V f. ' J I .J,. j, i I J .1 JR. HIGH TROJANS Selected for honors this month at the Pleasant Grove Junior High are Kent Fugal, Kathy Keetch and Jennifer Hicks from the three grades. Pleasant Grove Jr. Nigh Selects New Trojans for the Month of November on the school volleyball team and has an A average in school. She also likes band and plays the drums. Kathy Keetch is the 9th grade Trojan. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary V. Keetch. She is in the school Choraleers singing group. She likes to read and play the piano. Kathy wants to become a kindergarten teacher. She also has an A average in school. Congratulations are given to these three fine students for their accomplishments. ' Pleasant Grove Junior High has selected the New Trojans for the month of November. Selected from the 7 th grade is Kent Fugal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Fugal. He is the tenth of twelve children and his favorite class is gym. Kent also likes all sports, especially soccer. He wants to fulfill a mission for the LDS Church, and then become a construc-tion worker. The 8th grade Trojan is Jennifer Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hicks. She likes all sports, but ten- - nis is her favorite. She plays Catering Class at PGHS to Have 'Kandie Kitchen' The Pleasant Grove High Catering Management class is presenting the "Kandie Kitchen" again this year. They will sell ice cream, can-dy and soft drinks. The Kitchen will be open Nov. 14 to 22 from 3 to 4 o'clock weekdays and also on Thursday, Nov. 17 from 7 to 8:30. It will be in room 12 of the high school. The class will also be ac-cepting orders for cakes during this time. To order a cake call the school at 785-351- 5 between 8 and 5 o'clock. Prices for cakes range from $4 to $6. Call at least two days in adv ance to order. DECA Club Has Several Projects At P.G. High The DECA Club at Pleasant Urove are selling raffle tickets for 50c each and you can buy them from any club member. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate from an Orem sporting goods store and you can purchase all your ski equipment, clothing, camping equipment, and other sporting goods if you win. The UECA Club is also having a breakfast at the West Winds Restaurant Nov. 10 (today) at 7:30 a.m. UECA Club is also selling cloth calendars for 1978. There are 12 different patter-ns at $2 each. They will make great Christmas gifts. Call Julie Hammond or Liz Mad-sen- , 785-362- 785-288- or 785-319- Companies Supporting 4-- H Donors supporting 4-- for more than 30 years include Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp., food preservation pro-gram; Westinghouse Electric Corporation, electric energy; Coats & Clark Inc., clothing; The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, automotive; Amoco Foundation, Inc., pe-troleum power; and General Motors, safety program. 107,551 families assisted. 30,341 people given food shelter and medical care. r Here's --i . the coupon, j I ThefirstresponsibilityoftheAmericanRed I Cross is to help people in trouble. And over I the past 12 months we've given emergency I aid(food,housing,clothingormedicalcare) I to over a quarter of a million people. As a I I result, we face the balance of this year mil- - I lionsof dollars short of disaster relief funds. I ! So we're aski ng you for hel p, to pass along to someone who needs it. People are sel- - ! I dom ready for disaster. But we have to be. I DISASTER RELIEF, AMERICAN RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 j (OR YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER) " Enclosed is my contribution of $ toyouremer- - . . gency drive for disaster relief funds. J " name I STREET CITY STATE ZIP j Z3 Red Cross. j I LThe Good Neighbor. j I I A Public Service of This Newspaper & The Advertising Council fiX I (jOUXU Congratulations to Lindon Hill School for Performing Arts Instructions on all Band Instruments, - Drums, and Guitar fi. Call 785-327- 0 NIP" . r Compliments of: Bert Murdock Music 139 North State Orem, Utah "The home of quality, name brand musical instruments" NO INTEREST ADDED IN ADVANCE NO LATE CHARGES NO DELAY FDIC WASATCH BANK University Mall - Orem Santaquin OHice - WASATCH BANK OF PLEASANT GROVE 225 South Main Perforin a death-defyi- ng act. Stop smoking. Give Heart Fund C American Heart Assoctationy Ronald Nate, Electrician-Forema- n, Salt Lake City; Wh5 f'lfrl Je AsWe Jr" Flrst aass Carpenter, Utah Division; t 'r H'i." I v j : 1 Harry Johnson, Pipefitter, Salt Lake City; Jerry Britton, VX Jr:'")w - fiW Night General Foreman, Salt Lake City; Michael Chavez, 1 fv 1 LJk l JtZ' M ft f 1 Switchman, Ogden; John Carter, Carman Apprentice, Salt Lake City; June Johnson, Steno-Cler- k, Salt Lake City; , . .. , Jack Cox, Truck Driver, Salt Lake City; Keith Cox, PICL Clerk, ( : X ( ' Ogden; Dee Wadsu orth, General Contract Clerk, j VO' I i -- fH Salt Lake City; Clarence Kincaid, Crane Operator, If & X J I --x; Salt Lake City; Ron Botyard, Asst. Chief Clerk, Clearfield; fkKf 4fl f"- riV Bob Barker, Dist. Traffic Agent, Salt Lake City; Ly nr Lj L-;u- Valjean W illiams, Cashier, Provo. '.Hv sf i ' .lA) . VJecan handle ift. wmt r--. d& ,1 ' t the Union Pacific railroad people jnTTT 1 V Schoolers. Home j Dr. Daryl J. McCarfy Executive Secretary Utah Education Association A Gallup poll of American adults showed that four out of five approved of schools teaching morals and moral behavior. Decades ago, teachers lectured their students on rectitude because the public expected it. Then some people began raising questions about whether this was appropriate for the schools. The facts seem to indicate that somebody, somewhere needs to teach the subject. We see the evidence all around us. Signs at service stations tell us that the com-pany won't keep cash around after dark because it might prove tempting to some stick-u- p artist. Go to a women's fashion store, and you find the stylish leather coats on the racks-secur- ed there by locks that can be opened only by a saleslady. Ask why, and she'll tell you it's to prevent thefts by shoplifters who would otherwise brazenly wear the coats out of the place. Shoplifting in Utah is on the increase again and of great concern to all merchan-ts in our state. Enter a public building and you're asked to identify your-self to an armed guard. Ask why, and they explain there's been a bomb threat. So every now and then somebody calls on schools to teach "morals'" or "ethics" or "values." But what should be taught in these classes? The courts tell us public schools cannot teach religion, so it can't be that. Some school systems are trying to define the kinds of things that will be taught in moral education classes. Among them are such con-cepts as responsibility for one's own actions; honesty; respect for other persons' property; respect for law; peaceful solutions to problems; tolerance; and the respect for rights of others. A North Dakota educator, speaking recently in Utah, declared that he will teach moral behavior to his studen-ts. He added that educators had better learn to do this "or the bad people in the streets are going to pick up spears and start demanding things." Some citizens believe moral education should be taught in the home or the church. Time and experience will tell us how much effort public schools will devote to this kind of education. In the meantime, parents should make sure their children are taught morals and moral behavior in the home. |