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Show I f.vip,v . Wednesday, November 10, 1982 -- Page 3 Provo water board to join Timp agency? By LINDA HARRIS In an interview Monday, Lavere Merritt, chairman of the Provo Metropolitan Water Board, expressed that agency's interest in joining with the Timpanogos Planning and Water Management Agency (TMPWA) in their battle to bring some controls on the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) Board, the governing arm for the Central Utah Project. "We feel we are supportive of the Timpanogos group at this time," he said. The PMWB chairman stated one strong reason they are checking into the requirements of joining the is to protect the winter water rights on Provo River. Those rights have been challenged by the CUWCD. Merritt said those rights had been allocated in the 1920s under a pronouncement known as the Morris Decree to the communities and canal companies. "The CUP is hopeful of capturing those rights for their use," he said. "We maintain that the communities and canal companies have legal ownership and should those rights be turned over to the CUP, then those entities should be compensated," said Merritt. "The CUP maintains, in part, that those rights can be transferred at no cost," he said. Merritt said the Morris Decree established all water rights on the river and the priority in which they would be honored. "We feel recent court cases on this establish our point," he said. The chairman expressed concern that there are other issues down the road that would warrant their par-ticipation in the TPWMA issues that require the TPWMA to act on a broader base. Merritt further said that they would not necessarily always be in agreement with all of TPWMA's positions and they do "support CUP in those interests that we feel are beneficial overall to the area." JPB JBlmh years that the parents of good students come faithfully to parent-teache- r conferences but those of the poor or failing students rarely show up. To me that tells the story of why the child is not doing well in school. The parent's don't care. If they don't care then why should the child care. The same is true with those who go on to trade school or college. In most cases the kids have always been encouraged to further their educa-tion. Parents of the failing students probably don't suggest college and, in fact, may discourage any training after high school. Some don't feel that even high school is important. The kind of sad thing for me is that this year I do not have a child in elementary school for the first time in many years. At least that is one less school to visit but it surely increased things at the junior high where I have two students, each with seven classes, and that is a lot of teachers to visit in one day. So, I took my husband along to visit one child's teachers. It saved me a lot of work and gave him an opportunity to realize all the benefits of being a father. I think I will take my knitting next year to the junior high, though. By MARCELLA WALKER The time of year has come for parent-teache- r conferences in the schools. This is a time every parent looks forward to with mixed feelings and students look forward to with trepidation. Of course, they do enjoy the day off from school. Then they spend the day wondering what the teachers are going to tell their parents. In elementary school parents are given an appointed time to meet with the child's teacher. One visit is all that is required for each child as they only have one teacher each. The worst that can happen is that the teacher has gotten behind schedule and you wait an hour past your appointment to get in. It never fails but the parent just ahead of you has a child with problems of a serious nature and they must all be ironed out in the parent-teache- r conference. Or the parent must know in detail how the child is doing on each subject, offer excuses or brag a little, and this can go on for some time with the teacher casting distraught glances at the line of parents queing outside the door. Junior high school has seven periods a day, usually meaning a visit to seven different teachers. Most parents try to make it to the school early in the morning in hopes they can get through early and get home. No matter how early you go there is always a lot of people ahead of you. So, you walk around the media center, peering at people and trying to visit those teachers who have the shortest lines waiting. This goes on teacher after teacher and finally you come to the last one and the line here has now grown by 14 people and you take a deep breath, slide into line and say "Are you waiting for Miss ?" and the response is always, "Yes." and the wait begins. Did you bring your knitting? It turns out that in the afternoon it is not nearly so crowded at the junior high as it is in the morning but don't all you come in the afternoon next time. The nicest thing about waiting in line is you get to talk to a lot of acquaintances whom you haven't seen since the last parent-teache- r conference and you also make some new friends each time. At the high school the lines are never as long as they are at the junior high. I don't think as many parents go to the conferences when their children are in high school and that is a shame. You usually get through faster at the high school but it is not as much fun because there are not so many to visit with. Teachers have told me over the What's new in town ; BYJOOSEYBITS Someone ought to ask Frank Mills how it fed8 t0 lse- - He et against gYU when they played New Mexico. ' I knew you shouldn't a done it, ' Frank. The student council at Pleasant Grove High School was challenged by last year's student council to do a better job than they did. Student-bod- y president Gerit Giles and his assistants are doing just that and so far have been able to outdo the 1981-8- council. They had more come out to the Homecoming dance. They raised several hundred dollars and took it along with a bouquet of flowers to Janice Warnick, former PYSA president at Pleasant Grove High School, to assist with her medical bills. The PTSA is focusing in on the Viking of the Month and a student in each of several areas will be honored each month this is commendable. The junior high school has done this for several years. How many political signs are there around the old town? Some kind of record for numbers of signs must have been set this year. Who was it that toiletpapered R.T.'s home and nearly got caught? How many high school seniors are engaged? Did you know that Thanksgiving falls on Thursday this year? Is there any truth to the rumor that Pleasant Grove has been selected as the site of the 1999 Bull Throwing championships? If this is true, we understand some famous locals are preparing now so don't believe everything you hear. Our compliments to the PGHS pep club. They have nice outfits, there is enough girls to do a lot of good cheering for the teams, they show lots of enthusiasm. Keep up the good work. Mr. and Mrs. John Fugal receive regular visits from some PGHS grads even though their youngest son is in chile on an LDS Mission. The trend of mothers to return to school is continuing with Carolyn Chadwick, Juanita Robbins and Jackie Young among the stalwarts. Did you know that the defensive coach for Colorado State University is a cousin of Jackie Young? He wouldn't talk to her at any length until he was assured she was not a relative of Steve Young, BYU's gallant quarterback. Jackie retorted that she was not even a relative of Brigham Young, for that matter. Everyone in town should send a get well card to J.P. He is going to have an operation. We wish him well. The Funny Bone By MARY COONS I love Utah. With all its faults, I love this place, I really do. I've lived all over the western United States and in Europe, and I like it here best. I've heard people complain about all kinds of things here, and I'm here to say that they don't have anything to complain about in relation to most areas. Yes, you can find more places to eat in L.A. I know, I lived there for over 20 years. But, on the other hand, in L.A. there are things that I wouldn't particularly want my children to find. My parents live in the San Ferando Valley, and the children can't even begin to think of They go to the local LDS Stake House and go from room to room gathering their treats. Maybe we'll come to that here, but thank goodness we can pretty much plan on the safety of our children here. Our educational system has some bugs in it. Try to have your children educated in many places out of state, and you'll be a little upset with the curriculum. Many of the teachers that taught our children acted as though it was a "job", and didn't seem to take the personal interest in the children that many of the teachers here have. Elections. Out of state we found that many of the elections were between this special interest and that special interest. So many of those that ran didn't seem to really care about serving the people as much as the notoriety that goes with the job. In Utah, many of the candidates that I have met and interviewed have seemed to be highly ethical people who really have the needs of their constituents at heart. Our elections are many times chosen by going down one party line, and not voting for the man or woman themselves. As a reporter, I see the and the not-so-fu- but on the whole, I am impressed with the people in this area, and I am truly proud to call Pleasant Grove my home. It is a small pocket in the world where there seems to be a large measure of sanity left. Lucky us. Report completed on Alpine District A report detailing in-formation from an investigation of the Alpine School District has been sent to the State Attorney General for further study. Noall T. Wootton, Utah County Attorney, said further back-u- p documentation was sent to the Att-orney General's Office on Monday of this week. The State Attorney General will now decide what - if any - charges should be filed in the case. Wootton said the Attorney General's Office is assisting as part of the joint investigation process requested by the presiding Fourth District Court judge. After the Attorney General's Office examines the report, it will be sent back to the district court judges who will decide if the investigation was sufficient or if a grand jury should be convened. Wootton would not comment on what the report contained, or what type of information has been gathered during the two-mon- investigation. He said his office has had three full- - time investigators working on the probe. He said he didn't know how long it would take for word to come back from the State Attorney General's office. The investigation by the County Attorney's Office was the result of citizen complaints after a legislative audit of the district. For A Oreat Yiarl M TlnJMuVJ 14 n Help Us Celebrate Our First lp Anniversary to, 12-1- 9, 1982 r Coupon P II .".J t Yf ( ) P ! 1 lX ' S I IO CI Coupon P " Chopped Steak Dinners Ml fWfl )) H A j U:U u':V': tf 7 oz. Top Sirloin Steak d J with large Idaho baked potato M ' ? t Z J.,-"L.S- ,CTt3 - ' J ? , . 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