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Show "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" VOL LXXII. No. 48 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978 Single Copy 15t Christmas Sales in Pleasant Grove Starts Today, Ask for Your Tickets Pleasant Grove merchants will start giving tickets today and tomorrow for the annual prize drawing for Christmas. With every purchase of $5.00 or more, a ticket will be given by participating Pleasant Grove merchants. Drop the stub in the boxes around town and af-ter the drawing on Dec. 16 (Saturday) you can check to see if you have won the Grand Prize of a colored TV set or one of the numerous other prizes given by the merchants. You need not be present to win a prize, but you must check and iden-tify your winning number and have the stub to match to claim the grand prize or one of the other prizes. Santa Claus Coming Santa Claus will be in Pleasant Grove this Saturday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. and he invites all boys and girls to come down and talk with him about their Christmas wishes. Pleasant Grove merchants are also starting their Christmas sales, and in this issue of the Review is a special advertising section that lists many money saving items for Christmas giving. We urge you to shop locally, keep your taxes at home, and help your community merchants. The Alhambra Theatre is also put-ting on a special matinee performance of KerDone, the magician, between their two shows. Check elsewhere in the paper for an article detailing this GROUNDBREAKING President Mack Palmer wields shovel as special feature on Dec. 16. Bishop Stan Albrecht, 13th Ward, President A. Clyde Hill, Bishop Kenneth Jarvis, 14th Ward and Thomas P. Hamann, high councilman look on. Ground was hard, and barely broke, but the new Pleasant Stake Center on Loader Drive will be started soon. Building will house P.G. Stake and PI. Grove 13th and 14th Wards when finished. MAGICIAN KerDone, the magician and ventriloquist will be at the Alhambra Theatre Dec. 16 and will perform exciting acts between shows Alhambra Theatre Will Have Magician on Stage Dec. 1 6 KerDone, one of the winners at the Orpheum Circuit Preview held Nov. 17 at the Alhambra Theatre, will ap-pear on Saturday, Dec. 16 between the two movies. The movie that day will start at 2 p.m. and at 6 p.m. Through a special arrangement with the Alhambra Theatre management, you can use your stub of the Christmas Drawing tickets to get in either movie, with a fee of only 50F. Regular admission price is $1.50. You can use your stub to get in the movie and then it will be placed in the squirrel cage for drawing of prizes given for Christmas by Pleasant Grove merchants. The drawing will take place right after the matinee performance of KerDone. KerDone is an exciting magician and in addition has a ventriloquist act that the audience loved at the reivew held Nov. 17. Movies on Dec. 16 will be "Tom Thumb" and "Treasure Island". City Council Meeting Held Last Tuesday November 21 The regular meeting of the City Council was held on Tuesday, November 21st and began at 6:30 p.m. The meeting began at the earlier time to provide for a public hearing on a proposed parking ordinance. There were three downtown businessmen present to input to the ordinance. Councilman Atwood explained that presently the city ordinance is vague as to the amount of parking required for certain types of businesses and indicated that the planning com-mission had recommended adoption of this parking ordinance. He reported that the proposed requirements are similar to those of Provo City. Those items of concern expressed by the businessmen present dealt with a parking fee in lieu of parking spaces, no variance proceedure, and the specific parking requirement for medical and dental offices. Those present favored a parking fee in lieu of parking spaces but felt that it should be further clarified in the ordinance. They noted the city owned property in back of city ahll and asked the council to consider use of this property as a parking district for downtown business and thus fees paid for the use of this property would be used to pay back the city for this acquisitioin. Mayor Haynie indicated to those present that the council has talked about this use of the property but that consideration has also been given to sell the center street frontage for a business. It was noted that the proposed ordinance requires VA parking spaces provision for multiple dwellings to two spaces per unit. The parking ordince will now be changed to reflect the proposed changes and present for adoption after these changes have been made. Concerning the recent backup of the sewer caused when mud ran into the sewer in a new housing development, Mayor Haynie reported that those parties responsible had not yet paid those property owners who experienced damage It was agreed that the responsible parties be contacted to pay these claims as soon as possible. The county fire agreement was read and reviewed. This agreement provides payment to the city from the county for fighting fires in the county. Mayor Haynie indicated that the county has alloted the money to be received from the special service district established in the unin-corporated areas of the county to pay the cities who fight county fires. The money will be allocated to the cities on the number of fires each city has responded to The council voted to approve the fire agreement, but to indicate to the county that for next year a better allocation of the monies would be based on valuation of property protected. Utah Valley Family of Year The Harlan Harrison family of 73 North 500 East, Provo has been named Utah Valley Family of the Year. The prestigious award was an-nounced jointly today by Dr. Gary Hansen and Stella Oaks, of the blue-ribbo- n family of the Year judging panel, operating as part of the Utah Valley Family Month organization. Included in the family are Harlan Harrison, a comptroller with the B YU Daily Universe; his wife Vuokko (Emily); and their eight children; Kathlene Joy, David, Mary Margaret, June Elizabeth, Anne Marie, Jon Foster, Kristina, and Miriam. They range in age from one year to 16. The award was made on the basis of a nomination submitted by three sponsors: School Principal Dixie Hadley, BYU Student In-terpreter Helvi Temiseva, and Homemaker Virginia Oldroyd, who submitted one-pag- e statements of recommendation to the panel. The nomination was one of scores received by the committee from virtually every Utah Valley community. The Family of the Year will receive a special certificate of Merit from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, whose local Communications Council has sponsored Utah Valley Family Month. In addition they will receive a family vacation trip to Disneyland with accommodations at the Grand Hotel, a family dinner at Sil's Seafood Grotto in Provo, and a family gift from ZCMI. Ten finalists in the program an-nounced last week will receive Cer-tificates of Merit in recognition of their achievement. "It was obvious to all of us on the panel that the Harrison Family, with their eight children, were indeed special," stated Dr. Hansen. He released a number of statements by sponsors that illustrate the character and dimension of the family: "This family of eight children ages 16-1- 0 months live in a three bedroom home, yet bickering, fighting, arguing and yelling just do not happen in this home. The children are well disciplined, but in a quiet, loving way. By the age of eight these children seldom need correcting. Family pride, concern for others, and responsibility for oneself, direct their actions." PI. Grove Still Looking for Christmas Tree As of this date no large pine tree has been donated to the Chamber of Commerce for use as the Community Christmas Tree. Unless a tree is made available today or Friday, a living tree in the main street park will be used. This tree has been used in the past when a tree has not been available for location in front of the City Hall. Lights will be placed on the tree if possible and the cub scouts in the three stakes are planning the tree on Saturday. The Chamber of commerce has planned a Saturday arrival of Santa Claus at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to bring their kids to town, Saturday to see Santa and shop at the local stores for Christmas specials. Advisory Council Maps Plans For Better Quality in Education Following efforts to curb the use of "foul and abusive language", and the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs, the Pleasant Grove Educational Ad-visory Council is attempting to pin point some of the factors that could contribute to a better quality of education in the schools of Pleasant Grove. To facilitate this search, two impor-tant steps have been taken: one of the high school social science classes conducted a survey that solicited responses from members of the com-munity. (These responses were, in many ways, similar to those made in the community wide survey on "disruptive behavior" which was conducted in the spring of 1976) and (2) the council established a subcom-mittee to set forth goals and guidelines that would direct the ac-tivities of the council. The preliminary discussions of the subcommittee indicated considerable support for the excellent schools in the Pleasant Grove area. They also expressed appreciation and respect for the vast majority of teachers, ad-ministrators and staff members who Make promotion to next grade level dependent on competency tests as well as credit earned. Establish better personal relation-ships between students, parents, and teachers. Build better communication bet-ween home and school concerning students progress. (Parents should be notified as soon as a students failure is evident, before grades have been given. Increase parental involvement in the schools. Weed out all uncaring and incom-petent teachers. Build d rather than open classrooms. Students, parents and educators need to be involved in planning school facilities. Insist that the educational staff refrain from using school time for financial gain or for personal, church and civic responsibilities. Be more concerned about the nutritional and health habits of students. Develop alternative courses and program for those who can't or won't try to succeed in an academic setting. are doing a good job. However, the members of the subcommittee did see a need for improvement in some, if not all of the local schools. They of-fered strong support to the school board and other school personnel in their efforts to bring about this im-provement. Although the following courses of action were not deemed relevant to all schools in the Pleasant Grove area, the subcommittee considered each to be appropriate in at least one of the local schools. What can we do to improve the quality of education in the Pleasant Grove schools: Improve student control and discipline. Administrators, teachers, and parents should work as a team to support the entire effort. Investigate teachers, ad-ministrators or students who habitually resort to physical or verbal abuse over other students or adults. Offer more challenging and higher level courses. Balance academic, vocational, and activity programs, all compete for time. Change vocational courses to reflect the transition of the local area from an agricultural to a service and industrial economy. Reduce class size where number of students is excessive. DANIEL PAUL GLAHN New Scout Executive Utah National Parks Council to Have New District Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, are announcing the creation of a new service area in the Timpanogos District. Service to the Timpanogos District will be strengthened by the addition of Daniel Paul Glahn, as District Scout Executive. Glahn is a graduate of BYU where he majored in youth leadership, with an emphasis on Professional Scouting. Timpanogos District will now in-clude those boundaries used by the Timpanogos Stake. Pleasant Grove East Stake, Orem Windsow Stake and Orem North Stake. All other sponsors of scouting in this geographical area will be serviced by the Timpanogos District. Glahn will expand the council's services to these areas by giving leadership, and direction to the many hundreds of volunteers. w!V& ME CONGRATULATIONS Geneva Works' general superintendent Hen: ry A. Huish, far right, congratulates Ray Hiatt, roller, and Larry C. Rawlings, structural mill superintendent on far left on accomplishments New Tonnage Records, Geneva During the first ten months of 1978 new tonnage records for the production of nine different sizes of wide flange beams were established by the structural mill at U. S. Steel's Geneva Works, it was announced today by Henry A. Huish, general superintendent. In the same period, new records for rolling 3M inch by 3V inch billets during an eight hour shift and a ten hour shift were also set. Production of beams and billets involves a number of processes in-cluding heating the steel, rolling to proper contour and dimensions, cutting while hot to lengths that can be handled, cooling to atmospheric temperature, straightening, cutting to ordered lengths, inspecting and shipping. Wide flange beams are used in numerous applications including building construction, railroad cars and roof supports. Billets produced at Geneva Works are shipped to the corporations Pittsburg Works in California where they are further rolled to make products such as bolt stock, wire and nails. "These production records clearly show the determination of Geneva employees to improve productivity and upgrade the quality of our products," Mr. Huish said. "This performance would be outstanding in anybody's book and is the result of exceptional teamwork by almost 100 employees. It is this kind of dedicated effort which will, in the long run, make the biggest contribution toward solving the serious problems which beset the domestic steel industry," he concluded. PETERSON FAMILY Utah County March of Dimes will be given some fine entertainment and boost giving by the Robert Peterson Family. Tickets are available at some stores in Provo. You'll enjoy it. March of Dimes Benefit The Utah County chapter of the March of Dimes is bringing to Orem High School "An Old Fashioned Christmas" with Robert Peterson and family. The benefit concerts will be performed Saturday, December Ninth and Monday, December Eleventh at seven thirty P.G. Robert Peterson, noted for his starring role in the Broadway Role Production of Camelot and for his many ap-pearances at the Pioneer memorial theater in Salt Lake City, has recently returned with his family from the college of Eastern Arizona where they performed for a sell out crowd. The March of dimes Christmas concert will feature Mr. Peterson, his wife, their six children who are professional en-tertainers and several sons and daughters in law who also perform professionally. The evenings entertainment will consist of music from the many broadway shows that Mr. Peterson has starred in as well as many favorite holiday musical selection. s Tickets for "An Old Fashioned Christmas" are available at ZCMI stores and at the March of Dimes headquarters in Provo located at 227 North, University Ave. Local Young Ladies Graduate Two local young ladies graduated recen-tly from the Mary Kawakami College of Beauty in Provo. Tonya Bylund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bylund of Pleasant Grove and Mrs. Bonnie Laird, daughter of Doward and Rosetta Lewis, who have now moved to Orem, were both given a solitary red rose as a symbol of friendship and good luck from the school. Both young ladies are now qualified to pursue a career in any one of the many different branches of cosmetology. |