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Show THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1980 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1980 Watch for Your Questionnaire Tomorrow, Census Count On Your household, and all others across the Nation will receive something in the mail this Friday, a questionnaire from the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. Karla K. Bergeson, Manager of the office for this census district, urges that you watch for the package. It will be white with blue lettering. With it will be an instruction guide. In Utah County the questionnaires will be addressed and will have a brown, postage paid return envelope for mail-ing back the filled out form. Householders who receive the mail-bac-k questionnaires are asked to get them in the Mail April 1, Census Day, the day of the official U.S. population count. "It is essential," the manager said, "that every questionnaire list all persons living in the household on that day, and does not list anyone who moved away or who died a day or so before, but does include anyone who just moved in or a baby born on that day. The mother and baby are to be listed even if they are in the hospital." The manager suggests that filling out the census questionnaire be made a family project, with everyone sup-plying the correct information about themselves. She adds a word of caution: "Don pick up a pencil and start marking un-til you have read the yellow instruc-tion guide carefully. And be sure to use a black lead pencil, so if you make a mistake, you can easily erase it." For Most Americans, the 1980 cen-- . sus will be simple enough. A questionnaire will arrive in the mail on March 28. The recipient will simply answer the questions, which will not take long, and then either mail back the form on April 1 or holdit for a census taker to pick up, depending on the instructions. transportation, and energy use. Most people will be asked to answer a basic census questionnaire, which has 19 questions. About one of five households, chosen randomly, will be asked to answer a longer version with 46 additional questions. Federal law requires everyone to answer the census; it also protects the confidentiality of personal infor-mation. The only people who can see an individual's replies are census who are sworn to secrecy under threat of a $5,000 fine and five year prison term. In the 50 year history of the modern census confidentiality law, not once has the Bureau or one of its employees been formally charged with releasing census information about any individual. Landmark court rulings through this century have continually upheld the Bureau's refusal to release such information even to the Secretary of State, the At-torney General, or to corporations in-volved in litigation. Moreover, the Bureau designs its procedures to avoid situations that could lead to a breach of the confiden-tiality law. Names, addresses and telephone numbers are never allowed to enter any computer. Social Securi-ty numbers are not requested by the census. The 1980 census tabulations will yield a comprehensive statistical pic-ture of the Nation, and of every State, county and community. This date about social and economic characteristics will be used time and again in ways that benefit all strata of society, through the Census Bureau merely provides the date, and never applies it. Being counted is crucial to full political representation as well. Cen-sus figures, besides their role in reap-portioning the House of Represen-tatives, are also used bv most States What may not be apparent to millions of Americans, as they answer the census in the privacy and convenience of their home is the fact that they are making personal con-tributions to an undertaking so vast, so complex, that the 1980 census qualifies as one of the largest peacetime efforts ever mounted in this country. By the time the last American is counted sometime during the sum-mer, the Bureau of the Census will have reached an etimated 222 million U.S. Residents and 86 million hous-ing units, and gathered more than three billion answers. The 222 million residents, a nine percent population increase since 1970, include some people who do not speak English, people with various political opinions, the rich and the destitute, the educated and the members of all the earth's races. The census must also assess their housing, single family homes, houseboats, condominiums, shacks, "abandoned" buildings, migrant worker camps, jails, school dor-mitories, at sea, and overseas. The census is expected to count 25 more to redistrict their legislatures and to adjust boundaries in municipal elec-tion areas. American business firms, from local stores to multinational corpora-tions, rely on census statistics when selecting new sites, evaluating pro-duct lines, and for other purposes that ultimately affect the state of the Nation's economy. Concern is often voiced about why particular questions are included in the census. For example, one ques-tion asks about plumbing facilities. Why? Because, for several decades, plumbing facilities have been an im-portant indicator of housing quality. The adequacy of plumbing facilities is a key factor in determining which communities receive Federal housing assistance fund. Almost every question in the 1980 census is needed for legislative pur-poses and often provides valuable date for industry, local government, and others. All census questions survived years of scrutiny and have been reviewed by Congress. As the importance of census infor-mation has increased, so has pressure housing units in 1980 that in 1970. At the same time, never in the history of the census, which has been taken every 10 years since 1790, have census findings played as important a role in American life as they do to-day. Besides the Constitutional man-date to provide a basis for reappor-tioning seats in the House of Representatives, the census measures how well the Nation is do-ing, from the block level to the entire country. Its findings are used in the private and public sectors to decide how billions of dollars will be spent annually. Planning for the 1980 census, which has gone on since the early seventies, reflects this heightened need for the most complete count ever taken, especially of minorities. In 90 percent of the Nations households, people will be asked to take their own census, in effect, by answering the questionnaires and mailing them back in postage free envelopes. Census takers will obtain the information from households that fail to mail back completed question-naires as requested. The remaining 10 percent, which will receive instructions to hold the completed questionnaires until cen-sus takers pick them up, are mostly in sparsely settled areas in the Western half of the Nation. In some cases, the census takers will ask addi-tional questions. Census questions seek basic infor-mation about people, age, sex, oc-cupation, and the like, and about sub-jects such as housing, personal to assure that every U.S. resident is counted. An unprecendented effort will be made by the Census Bureau to obtain the fullest possible count, especially in areas with significant minority populations. For several years, advisory com-mittees composed of Black, Hispanic and Asian-America- n leaders have worked with the Census Bureau to devise ways for improving the count of minorities. Similar meetings have been held with Native American leaders. A number of innovative methods will be used during the 1980 census to obtain the best possible count, such as double checking households reported vacant and plac-ing census takers in all night movies, taverns, and on street corners in ma-jor urban areas to find the uncounted. There has also been an un-precendented effort by the Bureau to prepare a complete list of mailing ad-dresses, to assure that every household receives a questionnaire on March 28. It is estimated that $2 million will be shaved from the cost of the census for every one percent of the Nation's households that prompt-ly mails back fully answered ques-tionnaires. By law, the Bureau must provide the President with the population totals for all the States by January 1, 1981, for purposes of Congressional reapportionment. A new law also re-quires that the population of coun-ties, cities and other political subdivi-sion be provided to each State no later than April 1, 1981, for redraw-ing district lines. H r fib "Hw I STEERING COMMITTEE Earl Farnworth, Orem businessman,- Wanda Findlay, Lehi High School PTA president, seated and back, Clifton Pyne, high schools supervisor; Donna Brock, retired elementary teacher; and Steve Garlick, studentbody president at A.F. High are working on committee for graduation. Committee to Help School Officials in Formulating Requirements A Steering commi-ttee composed of representatives from the various com-munities in Alpine School District is work-ing to assist school of-ficials in formulating plans to implement the new high school graduation re-quirements mandated by the Utah office of Education. Committee members include Dr. Clifton Pyne, Super-visor of High Schools for Alpine School Distirct; Earl Farn-worth, Orem Businessman; Wanda Findlay, Lehi High School PTA president; Mrs. Donna Brock, Pleasant Grove retired teacher and principal; Steve Garlick, Student-bod-president at American Fork High School; Mearle Smith, teacher at Lehi High School; Leland Priday, American fork business man and member of the Alpine B oard of Educa-tion: Val Oveson, Orem businessman; Ladd Black, executive direc-tor of Stevens Henager Business College in Provo and Orem resi-dent; Stephanie Cowan, Orem High School stu-dent; John Gourley, Principal at Pleasant Grove High Schoo; and Marcella Walker, Plea-sant Grove housewife and news reporter. "Part of the re-quirements include that each graduate be given the opportunity to par-ticipate in a community based work or service experience prior to graduation," said Ardena Beck, Ex-ecutive Committee Chairman. This work service experience is in-tended to provide students with the op-portunity to explore an occupation to help them make a better career choice; to develop basic skills re-quired by a person entering that career; to learn what is expected of a worker in the way of work habits and at-titudes; to gain an understanding of the free enterprise system and to enhance the civic consciousnes and per-sonal development of the students. "Those who participate in these work-servic- e programs will have to complete a minimum of 75 hours," Miss Beck said. "As a student prepares for their In-dividual Career Plan, the quality and quanti-ty of the experience will be carefully reviewed by their school teacher-advisor,- " she said, noting that there are several ways a student can elect to meet this 75 hour requirement. "One might decide to participate in a super-vised work experience, or they could serve in supervised service ex-perience, both relating to their career choice," Miss Beck stated, con-tinuing that they could also choose a combina-tion of work and service to fill the requirement. Those not desiring to participate in the work-servic- e program will fill this requirement by taking a cluster of classes related to their career choice. Before approval is given to participate in any of these programs, a student must have met several goals, which includes having prior approval from their parents and the school. Verification of their hours worked-serve- d and an evalua-tion of their perfor-mance by their super-visor will be recorded on their school records. Miss Beck said that during the coming six weeks each business, in-dustry, civic organi-zaon- , and governmental service agency is each community will be con-tacted by a represen-tative from the school to locate work-servic- e training sites for the students. The program will be explained to each contact and if they are willing to par-ticipate they will be asked to complete a form stating the type of experience they have available. "It is hoped that the community will be responsive to this need and help our students in fulfilling this new graduation re-quirement," Miss Beck said. Questions concerning the program and or anyone desiring to par-ticipate by providing work-servic- e oppor-tunities is asked to contact one of the following Executive Committee members: Miss Beck, currently a counselor at Lehi High School who will be a counselor at Mountain View High next year, Committee Chairman; Russell Felt, Lehi High School counselor; Robert Secretarn, American Fork High School counselor; Maurice Bowman, Career Teacher at Ple-asant Grove High School; Virginia Johnson, counselor at Orem High school. PLAY STORE Michael Sidwell, Brad Winters, Chad Blackhurst, Sonia Hirst and Sherilyn Patch are students at Lindon Elementary who are laying store. Second Grade Students Play Store Who likes to play store? "We do!" say se-cond grade studetns at Lindon School. Along with the fun comes lots of learning. Children have to earn money to spend at the store by doing their dai-ly school work, no work, no money. Then they add up what they have earned and go to the paymaster for a check, the check must be taken to the bank to be cashed. Only then is a ' student ready to go to the store to choose from among the donated items for sale. Do I have enought money to buy the necklace or the wallet? How much change do I get back from a dollar? The store clerks must count the change ac-curately if they are to have satisfied customers. Children also learn about what happens to the price of goods when a scarcity occuers. What do you do if your merchandise doesn't sell. Is the price too high? Is there no de-mand for a product? Economics is of vital interest to us all so this has been an exciting, entertaining and educa-tional unit of study. These children are now ready to help their paretns do the shopp-ing and are able to spend their own money mor carefully. 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