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Show v Review - Wednesday, November 14, 1984 - Page 2 cwmimsi&t j Parents : It takes one to know one p.g. blab t The day we had looked forward to, and which I had worried about at the same time, came this week when our son left the MTC for Uruguay. He has been in the MTC since Sept. 13 and although we have not seen him, he seemed pretty close over there in Provo. Uruguay seems a long way away. He was so excited and so was 1, but with reservations. I was talking to my friend, Joan Merrill, who has sent four sons on missions. She said, "Just don't think about it." So, I'll try not to think about it, too much. I'm not good at letting my children go. I know that they need to marry and move away, or go on missions, or go to college or move away to work but it is hard to let go. It is nice having them around so that we can see them on a regular basis. Sixteen months in Uruguay will not provide for a regular basis, I'm afraid. It is funny how when I left home to go to college,- I didn't think that maybe Mom would miss me. I missed her and would call everytime I had a sniffle or a tummy ache. I went home that first term as often as I could. (It got better after that and I maybe Mom was missing us too. Then, suddenly, you have grownup children. They leave for one reason or another and then you stop to think that what you are feeling is probably what your folks felt when you left. Now I feel guilty. It is easy for me to feel guilty. I'm just that type of a person. I used to go listen to Ed Pinegar during Education Week at BYU and during his lectures I would begin to feel guilty that there was something I had not done to make life happier, more secure, more fun, more spiritual, more wholesome for them. I would want to jump up and run home and gather them into my arms and do all the things I felt like I had failed to do. I have had the same feelings other times in my life. It usually happens after I've been to a lecture on something. It doesn't matter what the subject is, I have omitted something in my life on that subject which makes me feel guilty. I feel guilty if I run into the dentist and we owe him a gob of money. I feel guilty if I can't do all the community service that I am asked to do and I don't have enough time to do. I feel guilty if one of the kids calls home and I am WhllemysonisKon(;, wake up at K,IrM bad time to wVr ; fuzzy and everyth worse at vAB soin.' the next motfe worrying about 5 seems almost JJ , comparison. "Wicam , I wonder why that is1 ' I worry that I have hun e feelings. I something that offend! worry that 0 Joingmybestwo" 2 worry about ? done, worry about the kids It goes on and on , Mostly, while my son i I be joyous that te ! amproudofhimandaltholT" m.sshim,iwiiinoUh , will support him and l et''': I 5 ' aboutthedistan'ce.ltis; you see me cryine , w week, just ignore it 'u ' " about it, don't feel J J JustjommemafewteaaS okay. So will you. didn't need to go home so often. ) I really didn't worry that she might miss me when I got married. We went home when we wanted to eat a real good meal which we could not afford on our small salary. I got homesick on several occasions, especially when we lived in California. But, I didn't worry that Schools, teachers need support as education improves Public education plays a major role in modern American society. No longer do parents simply rely on the school system to teach children to read, write and handle math problems. Schools are now expected to teach children civic pride and responsibility. Schools are expected to teach the basic skills that will make a foundation for employment. And the role is expanding as our society begins to understand the requirements that our growing technology will place on tomorrow's graduates. Within the next few years, Alpine School District graduates will have to have demonstrated a basic knowledge of the computer. They will also have to learn more math, science and foreign languages in order to bring home a diploma and to get into college. By upgrading graduation requirements, the school district is making sure local students are better able to meet the demands society will place on them, to find suitable employment and to continue their education in reputable colleges and universities. The school district's increased requirements are part of a nation-wid- e trend aimed at improving American education - a trend that owes a great deal to U.S. Secretary of Education T.H. Bell and his department's landmark evaluation of U.S. education called "A Nation at Risk." During National Education Week, we applaud Dr. Bell for his contribution to the public school system even as he steps down from his national post to return to the classroom. We applaud the Alpine School District for it's current emphasis on improved and expanded academic per-formance. And we applaud the educators of our children for their committment to their students and our country's future. This is a good time for us to take a good look at our schools, and give public support to public education to help it move forward to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. The identity you mistake may be mine the editor3 s It's hard to develop a personality of your own when everyone keeps confusing you with everybody else. And if that confuses you, just ask me. I know. I found out about it early, because of my name. You'd think that a name like mine would be pretty hard to confuse with another. Afteralf; - Marc- - is.the French spelling of a common name -- - there just aren't a lot of people with enough class and culture to spell it that way. And Haddock -- - there aren't a lot of those around either, unless it's my relatives. Oh, there were a few problems in my younger years when my cousin Ed decided to name his son Mark then had the gall to move into town, bringing this other Mark Haddock with him. It was bad enough that I'd get his mail - even though his name was spelled correctly on the package. But even in a small town, the postman couldn't keep everyone straight. It got worse when we had to take the 'nifty plastic Woody Woodpecker, puppet he had mail ordered over to his place after it had been delivered to ours -- - and I wanted it for myself. It looked like the confusion would end when cousin Ed moved his family to Big Piney, Wyo. And it did, at least for a time. started up again at University, where I editor of the Daily guy named Mac to run for student the problem has struck again -- this, time with a local resident named Mark Hadlock who, incidentally, got here first. Mark's wife, Carol, has been named the employee of the month at the American Fork Hospital - and I'm sure to get some congratulations for that. The compliments will be passed along. After all, the Hadlocks have been good enough to bring me the mail that has been misdirected to their home. (Alas, there have been, however, no Woody Woodpecker puppets come my way.) All that confusion about names has been minor, however, compared to the confusion of personalities which takes place at my home daily. Alexander Graham Bell can take the credit for this most confusing of all confusions, because each time my wife or I answer the telephone, no one knows who they are talking to. This husband and wife team sound disconcertingly alike when we speak. And it's giving everybody fits. It's not that my voice is all that high pitched -- - although it is higher than average. Nor is hers all that deep - although it is lower than average. It's just that combination. When the two are placed together, it's just hard to tell the difference. And there have been occasions when we have carried out a short phone conversation acting as the other person just to save the caller some embarrassment. For example, when someone responds to my initial "Hello" by leap.ng mto a breathless versation about this meeting onw appointment as if they were lalk,r to my wife, I just play along, nJ a lot of time. I've gone the other route sometimes you have to Fj example, my mother used to be embarrassed that she couldn't it! us apart. But you wouldn't exwt Nancy to try to fool my mother to very long. That was always dilfrt The most amusing telephon; conversations are with people i are aware of the problem and dor.t want to make a mistake. Here's tht scenario: The telephone rings. "Hello," answer after picking up receiver. And a long silence greets me as the caller tries to decide which one of us is on the line. Uk they decide to forge ahead, they invariably guess the wrong on Then they apologize profusely. Sometimes it can be comical, Bui never understood how so mast people could make the same mistakt until my ' kids tape recorded w breakfast conversation. (Withotf z knowing, of course. The two olte ones have aspirations of joining li CIA.) And as the conversation u played back, I heard myself savin; things I had never said - because my wife was actually saying them. Now that's confusion. It's a good thing we don't hear ourselves as other hear us, or els I'd never know who was talkinj around my own house - unless she was giving the orders, or course. By MARC HADDOCK body president. Haddow had already made a name for himself as a debater. I had made my mark (ouch!!) on the editorial page with several comments that had generated their own share of comment. And while Mr. Haddow probably didn't have any trouble with people thinking he was me, I heard about it all the time. Haddow went on to become a crony of Orrin Hatch, and a state representative from Salt Lake County' where he attracted more than his share of attention. After he was voted out of office, he landed a bureaucrat post in Denver -- - spoils, I assume, for his previous deeds. But by the time he was making his name, he used a different one. He dropped the Mac and adopted a more dignified C. MacLain Had-dow-his sobriquet. That was probably his real name, anyway. Thanks, Mac. Since moving to American Fork, Love them Vikings ! Coach Doug Bluth has guided the Vikings to anotln r winning season, and another chance to take a shot at the state title. The Vikings will square off against Ben Lomond at Rice Stadium in Salt Lake Friday morning. We put our support behind the team as they fight their way to the state championship, and urge other Pleasant Grove residents to do the same. Go Vikings ! But It all Brigham Young was managing j4 i jf Universe and some OQ itV U tfMinffl! Haddow decided AVJ VVWllVil --continued from front page The Larsen-Davi- s Laboratories manufactures a medical heariBf improvement device which is sol: world-wid- A large property owner said they are forced to either sell all five acres to a person for only a single home or sell to someone who wants to sub-divide it because they did not want to go through that hassle just to sell their property. Russ Schow, who represents the city on UVIDA, noted that the city needs to make the way clear so the children will be able to get jobs locally rather than have to go away to work. Another man noted that there are other areas which could be developed in the industrial zone for an R & D Park. He added that the Industrial Park is in bad shape and it is a shame. He also stated that the downtown area is falling apart and needs upgrading. Dick Bradford of UVIDA said they are trying to get industry here because if not it will go somewhere else. The communications and high technical fields want to located in residential areas, and they can work well together, he added. Brian Larsen of Larsen-Davi- s Laboratories which plans to put an R & D Park in Manila if permission is given, told those in attendancse that the park would not all be developed at once but over a period of time. Part of the property would con-tinue to be farmed by the present owner. He also explained that the firm does light manufacturing but does not take more than the UPS trucks to deliver. Mr. Larsen quoted studies and letters which indicated that R&D Parks do not have a detrimental effect on property values. He said that R&D traffic does not interfere with church and school traffic because of hours, whereas a residential development would add traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week . Following Mr. Larson's remarks, the Planning Commission met and then made a recommendation to the council that they re-zo- the nine acres which had been described from A-- 2 to R&D Park district. Before the vote was taken, Councilman Lloyd Ash, who had indicated at an earlier public hearing that he was opposed to the site as an R&D Zone because he felt that other locations in the city were better suited, spoke to those present. He said that those with large tracts of land, who have lived in the area for a long time, have indicated that they are in favor of the park. Although he personally would like to see the park elsewhere he felt that he could not, with good conscience, fight this location. The council unanimously ap-proved the zone change on a portion of the property between the Manila School and Manila Stake Center. A question was raised if a com-mercial or industrial zone would not cover the same thing. Mayor David Holdaway said this was a more restrictive zone than either of the other two. He said there are not many locations in Pleasant Grove which have enough property for this type of a zone, and especially not right now in the commercial and industrial zones. Councilman David Faux reported that he had made a study at the request of the mayor and had con-tacted 25 property owners in the area around where the proposed R & D Park was located. Of the 25 questioned, seven were definitely not in favor of the park. The others had no objections to the park. One suggested that the area in question be used as a city park. Mayor Holdaway said that if about eight acres of ground could be leased from the LDS Church it could be developed as a park and maintained by the city. E. Mark Bezzant noted that the survey taken last winter showed that the people in that area as well as all over the city were against any kind of duplexes, twin homes, mobile homes, condos, etc in their neigh-borhoods. However, the survey showed that the people of that area were highly in favor of a city park in the north part of the community. Mayor Holdaway pointed out that no one, when asked, wants to have a duplex, twin home, condo, etc. next to them but it is the responsibility of the city to provide areas for housing so that our children will have a place to live. It was stated that the Pleasant Grove City Council promised the people of Manila when they were annexed to the city, that it would remain a rural area. George Field, a member of the Planning Com-mission, said that, when a farmer sells his property to subdivide," then that is when the problem starts. flleafiant C&rauc Etimm U.S.P.S. 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