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Show Review - Thursday, March 25, 1982 - Page 5 People, Politics and Policy In Pleasant Grove By E. MARK BEZZANT Not a whole lot of folks have seen the Pleasant Grove code book, let alone read manv of its pages. Year in and year out laws stay on the books that should have been stricken or modified long ago. Never-the-les- s, these are laws and the Pleasant Grove people are committed to honor, obey and sustain the law - or change them. Pleasant Grove City code says that anyone bathing in any of the waters of Pleasant Grove must wear a bathing suit. That means, when read literally, that anyone who takes a bath in Pleasant Grove, and that should be plenty of you, must do so with their suits on, that includes a shower according to Daniel Webster. What constitutes a bathing suit is another question. I can see now Mike Ferre, Tom Paul, and the boys going around checking to see if you are wearing your suit while bathing. What is even more amusing, is to imagine people trying to get the soap off with a suit on. Judge Anderson would be busy issuing search warrants should the chief send his officers out to put a stop to the present lawless state in Pleasant Grove, that is people bathing with no suits on. The com-munists suggest monitors could be placed in homes to observe the situation touch of "1984." The law was obviously written for another day and time. That time was the good old days in Pleasant Grove, before the kids were corrupted by T.V. Those were the days when Ross and Vance West grew watermelons or strawberries, the Loaders and Bezzant boys cooked chickens over an open fire in a five-gallo- n bucket while they cooled off in the canal after a hard day on the farm. Wes Walker's father, Joe Walker, was dry farming, Harve Smith was mayor, Milt Adamson was herding sheep, Carl Carlson was growing peaches Kay Giles and Horse (Paul) Allen were playing high school football. Bob and Evelyn Hilton were spooning before there was ever a water tank. Those were the days when kids swam in the canal, the flood control, Karl Smith's pond, or at other vicarious and sundry places throughout the town. Few bothered to bring along a bathing suit. Those were the days when girls went "topless" in the berry patches. Enough for that - right Dixie Beck? Much of this has changed, for better or worse, and so should Two of my former law students Bryce Liston and Robert Reiser had this idea. The boys felt should be amended to read as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person to be in public view, in the limits of Pleasant Grove City, unless properly clothed, so as to prevent indecent exposure of his or her person." Now that's not bad. It takes care of Sonja Johnson's worry about discrimination against the female sex, by including the words "person" and "his or her." It takes care of swimmers, sun bathers, and any others who are indecently exposed to public view. Most importantly it insures that Mike Ferre, Tom Paul, Grant Ferre, Bert Bean, Cody and others will never knock on your door to see if you and yours are using a bathing suit, thus leaving them free to catch other criminals. Certainly city attorney John Backlund will have some suggestions to tighten up the proposed law. At least we don't have a law on our books like one of our sister cities which makes it illegal to make goo goo eyes at a girl. If that were the case, Sonja herself would be on the city council agenda demanding a change. On second thought, maybe those dips in the various swimming holes were indeed baths of the European tradition. Business Students Excel at District Competition it At a fecent business commercial meet, held March 15, at Stevens Henager College in Provo, the Pleasant (Grove High School business students ex-celled in their various areas. Top business students from the high school ..competed in the areas of Advanced typing, shorthand, office procedures, and ac-counting. All the students who attended the com-,'petitio- n meet did well. But, the following Students received 'Wards for their out-standing performance: Susan Oakes took first blace in accounting. Diane Bird took iiecond place in ac-counting. Karen Fugal took ;hird place in N Barbara Bawden tied tith Karen for third place in accounting. Tyler Garn took fifth place in accounting. Lorraine Ruffell took fifth place in shorthand. Sheila Shumway took Honorable Mention in shorthand. Alisa Manley took second place in ad-vanced typing. Gina Ash took Honorable Mention in advanced typing. Karen Fugal took first place in office procedures. Marilyn Harper took second place in office procedures. Wendy Shumway took third place in office procedures. Sheila Neilson took fourth place in office procedures. Doreen Benson took fifth place in office procedures. Barbara Bawden took Honorable Mention in office procedures. Congratulations to those students who placed in the com-petition. Overall, Pleasant Grove students earned more points totally in the events they competed than the other schools. "All the students certainly made a fine showing," said Mrs. West, business teacher at the high school. "They all worked hard and prepared them-selves well." The competition meet was certainly a success for Pleasant Grove. Now, the students will be preparing for the Regional Competition Meets, which will be held at Brigham Young University on April 1. At the regional com-petition, Regions VII and VIII will be com-peting in the business area. pros? tGMMii I JScripture Tapes (J Journals Selling at If X I V j J V Give-awa- y j 4 25 Off All ( ProvoTemple Book of Remembrance Tie Tacks & P O Off Only 0 t sjgwurnMW""1!" ii in inn 7 "I ' J i - "v- H ffirSve pfzzzzzr i He Restoreth f mr l For Love 2 f ' My Soul f Z. 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Back: Lorraine Ruffell, Alisa Manley, Susan Oakes, Tyler Garn, Wendy Shumway, Marilyn Harper, Doreen Benson. 1 Lindon Elementary Holds Special PTA Night A special meeting of the Lindon Elementary School PTA was held to honor the Reflection winners -- - those students whose stories, pictures, and music were entered in the State contest. The school orchestra entertained those at tending the guest speaker, Chris Wallace, of the Child Develop-ment Department at BYU, spoke on "How To Teach Your Children To Be Honest." Today the PTA and students are going to be getting their thumbs green, or black, when they plant 50 trees around the new am-phitheater in back of the school. The planting will begin around nine in the morning and will in-volve the sixth grade students. In April the PTA will be involved in a , "Cultural Arts Week" at Lindon Elementary School. The events are scheduled for the week of April 19-2- At the end of the month, April 30, they are planning a talent program. Further details of these events will be announced in the near future. |