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Show Review -- Wednesday, October 3, 1984 -- Page 2 cdjmm&mt Y : ' " Dearth of football causes withdrawal p.g. blab By MARCELLA WALKER This past weekend I found myself in somewhat of a quandry. Pleasant Grove High School's football game was clear down in Price and as I work till 5 p.m. on Fridays I could not make it to Price in time for the game. On top of that, BYU had a bye this past weekend so they were not playing ball either. I believe that I went through a form of withdrawal not having a football game to hoot and holler at for one weekend. I knew that I was quite a fan but this is ridiculous. I began to get excited and wonder what my oldest son had done with that electronic football game of his. If I knew how to work the Atari I could maybe find a football game on there, because they have everything else on it. They usually do not televise national football games on Friday nights. On Saturday there is usually a college game or two to watch so that helped out a bit. I don't usually ever watch professional football games on Sunday, so that was not much help. Thank goodness I did get to attend the Spanish Fork-Le- hi junior varsity game on Thursday. That helped my pangs a little. Speaking of football, how do you like the threesome of Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and 0. J. Simpson on Monday Night Football? I love it. I'm afraid I don't miss Ole Howard too much. 0. J. has a nice deep voice that never ceases to thrill and Don has a good bit of humor to disperse... cheer for them i whatevercomesoutyhaVeS course, no one who I am an7ftefe figure I'm some ffo S I quite accurate. "H It was wonderful PGHS Homecoming Paysonatnightonthev have squinted throuTf" ny Viking that it gam'N ' iHtwasabitcJfcjS still worth it. ' In the olden days BYUthefootbal udIsS sidehill near where ' Building now stands i WhenlwenttoOgSi , bleachers weretC' too, and we stared into th 2 is why it was so nice when funnestgamesIhayeevV Just ask our new city rTc Curtis Forsgren, and he with me. He an alumnus, also. h As you can see I did weekend without a Zi game to go to. I guessing us to go without once in V? because then we appreciate ,J goodtimes when they get heff plays Springville Friday. I hope I survive until then In the meantime, anyone l game of flag football? Frank knows what is really going on and they are great as a team. I had to do a review so I didn't get to see Monday Night Football this week either. It is a dearth, I tell you. A real dearth. BYU doesn't play at home until Oct. 13 when Homecoming rolls around. That is quite a long time without seeing those Cougars. I was one of the diehards who stayed up to listen to the Cougars play the Hawaii Rainbows. That was agonizing for two reasons. One, it was a close shave as far as the win went and I nearly had nervous prostration over that and, two, it was difficult to keep the eyes open for the duration. At church the next morning I was not too surprised to see that several others were bleary eyed and barely able to motivate. I had not been alone in my nighttime vigil. Of course, it was necessary to watch the game on TV on Monday evening, even though we knew how it would turn out. We had to see how come there were two blocked punts and how Kyle Morrell made that stop of the quarterback by diving over the line. It was great, wasn't it? Steve Young came and spoke to a Multi-region- Young Adult fireside a couple of weeks ago and I was one of the "young adults" that went. He is a very good speaker and everyone enjoyed him. He has a great sense . of humor and kept everyone laughing while he talked. He did not relate his experience as a professional football player but did note that he had become well-know- n recently because he knew Robbie Bosco and the new Miss America personally. I heard a young woman say the other day how much she enjoyed playing flag football. I wonder if she likes it for the game or for the guys. I liked it when I was young and we would get a group together once in a while and play. I'm not sure to this day whether the reason I liked it was because of the game or because of the guys. I have a feeling it was probably the latter if the real truth were to be known. I have another problem where football is concerned. When I am at the Viking games I have a tendency to say, "Go, Cougars!" and when I am at the BYU games I might let out a big, "Yea,Vikes!" Imagine then what happens when I go with my daughter to see the Lehi JV play. I forget they are the Pioneers because I am really not used to yelling that at all, so when I Enjoy Autumn, holidays coming Get ready for Christmas promotions - October is here With the nation's most lucrative holiday just around the corner (it's only three months away), start looking for Santa Claus any day now. Parents are already plagued with the shortage of Cabbage Patch dolls and other items, as manufacturers attempt to recreate the panic that surrounded the little ugly creatures last year --and the free publicity that followed. Saturday morning television programs are already priming kids to ask for this toy or that - the more ex-pensive the toy, the more elaborate the scheme to sway the minds and hearts of the children. Parents are faced with prices on several items - long before Halloween has had an opportunity to capture our imaginations or thoughts have even turned to Thanksgiving and turkey dinners. We really shouldn't complain, since all of these things indicate a healthy free-mark- et economy, and help generate local income. But don't you just wish, at least once in a while, that we could enjoy the crisp.fresh autumn.before worrying about a white Christmas. - - - Cost all depends on how you look at it editor's A (the J By MARC HADDOCK I read too much. That's why I'm always learning things I'd just as soon not know. As a result, I spend too much time worrying about things that I always thought should take care of them-selves. Like my family, which now numbers eight - two big people, one little boy, and five girls. We invited each one into our home, they are there because we wanted them to be there. But there are still times when my wife and I look around the living room and then at each other, and come to the same conclusion - there are a lot of people living in our house! We get along the best we can, making do and then being done with it. We don't enjoy many luxuries, but we enjoy each other. And I feel pretty strongly that getting along is more help than hindrance in preparing those six little ones to enjoy life. And as long as we were getting by, I don't take much in-terest in our money situation. That is, I don't until I read too much. For example, a brief graphic ' control at me every time vt together. I just haven't been in the moodb the lecture, yet. But I have found a way to t worrying. Rather than considers' children deficits, I've decided; start looking at them as assets. Each one of them braji something unique to my to Each one gives and takes 1m learns and teaches patience a understanding, heals and hurts t the family rolls over the roughspdi And, as things stand now, I s:--j can't imagine living my lite wilk any single one of them (althougU be honest, there are times wbe lose perspective and think 1 1 like to try). But, when all things arte sidered, they are worth more to the half million-plu- s dollars I it spend over the next 18 years getlc them through adolescence and id: adulthood where they can matt? on their own. And that's why I don't war myself too much about raw Compared to the dollars andceniii will accumulate in my liefe those children are worth a lot mm illustration in the Salt Lake Tribune this week says it will cost about $90,000 to raise a child from birth to age 18. The illustration shows it costs more in the west, but I figure that includes California, so I cut the figure down. It costs more to raise a rural non-far- m child than an urban child. I'm not sure the people back East who make up thesestatistics1iavever seen Utah County, but they would probably consider our lifestyle closer to the rural non-far- type. The $90,000 is just approximate -- but it's probably close. It means that by the year 2002, I will have spent over half a million dollars raising kids. (With five girls in the brood, I could probably add another quarter of a million dollars and still be pretty accurate. ) Using my handy calculator, I figure that I will have paid for all those kids by 2015, when I'm 64. I guess that's something to look forward to - but it's looking pretty far forward. There is a lot of talk these days about the ideal size of the family -- 1 read quite a bit about that, too. Some people would like the government to try to keep families small, by doing things like taxing parents when they have more than two children. This They would do by eliminating income tax exemptions for third and fourth (and fifth and sixth, in my case) children, so people with all those kids would have to pay the government for them. Others feel like it's none of the government's business. I try not to worry about that either, but, to be honest, I still haven't broken the news about the birth of our last baby last month to my liberal brother who lives on the East Coast and preaches population i (letters to J Class description not accurate Editor: In article, entitled "Infant Stimulation for Parents," printed in the Alpine School District Community Education Fall Schedule, my responsibilities as instructor were misrepresented. This letter is to clear up any misunderstandings or misgivings the article may have caused. It needs to be clearly understood that no therapist can provide in-tensive individualized physical therapy in a community classroom setting. If a handicapped child requires one to one therapy, the parents should contact their physician, who can refer them to appropriate resources available through school districts, hospital out-patie- nt clinics, and private facilities. The purpose of the Infant Stimulation Parent program is to provide parents of Down's Sym-drom- e and- - multiple handicapped infants and toddlers with": T) a basic background in normal development, 2) ideas for developmental ac-tivities which they can carry out to encourage motor skills, feeding and dressing skills, and communication skills, and 3) individual attention from instructors to help them adapt activities to their child's particular needs. Although I was appreciative of the attention given to the program in which I am involved, it is im-portant that this clarification be made in order to avoid possible discouragement in parents con-sidering the class, and to prevent possible misinterpretation of the scope of the program by the general public. --Raena Graham Superintendent speaks of district change By MARCELLA WALKER Supt. Clark L. Cox told the Region 9 PTA Council, which includes all of Alpine School District, that he was pleased with the career ladders program, computer scheduling and staggered transportation schedule in the Alpine School District. In the Thursday meeting, he noted that the enrollment in the school district is up 1,503 students from last year but this is about 200 less than --thejiistrict had projected. He "told lhe local council presidents that the "district" that at least three written report cards be-giv-en to parents each year. These can be taken care of through the Parent-Teache- r conferences if three are held. If not, the remainder of the reports would have to be sent home to the parents. He told the PTA officials that the school district has made a study of grades K through six. Later on studies of the upper grades will also be made. The results of this study will be used to determine curriculum changes where deemed necessary. Supt. Cox said he was very pleased with the results of the ACT scores for students in the Alpine School District. He attributed the good scores to good teachers, good parents and good kids. He told the Council that the state does a ram-bling survey of different schools each year. Two schools from Alpine School District were surveyed this year and these two schools were higher than the state and the national average on the tests. Alpine had an average score of 19.8 while the state average was 18.9. The local scores were 1.4 higher than the national average. He indicated these were the best test scores in Alpine School District in 10 years. Helen Hatch, Region 9 PTA director, conducted the meeting at which the council named the four council ts as members of the Nominating Committee for this coming year. Since this year there will be no names submitted for nomination because the director and her board are installed for a two-ye- period, these members will only serve in a standby position in case someone resigns and needs to be replaced. Mrs. Hatch encouraged all PTA units in the Region to be sure they are using the updated bylaws outline ' which has been suggested by the State PTA. In the new bylaws outline it specifies that the nominating committees for the units should be elected by Nov. 30. She reminded the council presidents that one teacher and one student from each high school should attend the Governors Youth Council on Alcohol and Drugs which will be held at the Excelsior Hotel in Provo on Oct. 4 and 5. The PTA leaders were reminded that the PERK center in the upstairs Orem City Library will be open from 4 p.m. to" 9 p.m. Monday tv t Thursday each week. Volunteers needed to man the center each J. J it was reported. The Center is an exct ,y j resource for education and fc' j materials. i Mrs. Hatch reported tM s L National PTA Reflections I Mas1 I will be at the Children Utah at 840 N. 300 West in Sa City from Oct. 1 to Oct. 24. M house will be held Oct. 3. Mrs. Hatch explained tM' ; exhibit does not come to eac - each year. She said it is seeing and encouraged te P;, attend the exhibit during u , Salt Lake. n7 She suggested that fill out an application standing Unit Award said that last year ther entries from Utah Ccc ; ; president of the wiring g ; have her way paid next summer PTA Convention Police investigate nightmare, vandalism Windows in the north end of the Pleasant Grove Fire Station were broken out by vandals recently, according to Pleasant Grove Police. Rocks were apparently thrown through the windows with such force that the screens were also bent. The windows were valued at $150. The breakage was reported by Fireman Lyman Smith onSepb 23: Officers are continuing in-vestigation of the incident. Officer Tom Prestwich was called to a Lindon home last week when a man reportedly had a nightmare and jumped through a 2 ft. by 4 ft. plate glass window. The man had apparently gone to sleep on the living room floor before the incident occurred. According to the officer, the man was taken to American Fork Hospital by Pleasant Grove "Ambulance .where he was treated for a cut on his leg. Auto-pedestri- an accident results in minor injuries the oncoming car as he crossed the roadway on foot. Mr. Deitlaf was taken to American Fork Hospital by Pleasant Grove Ambulance where he was treated and released. He suffered bruises and abrasions in the incident, the officer reported. Howard Deitlaf, 62, 70 S. 300 E., Pleasant Grove, was treated and released at American Fork Hospital after he was struck by a car on State Road at 681 West. According to Officer Cody Cullimore the man was struck by a car driven by Robert D. Matthews, 17, 546 N. 200 East, Lindon. The accident occurred at 9:23 a.m. Saturday. Passengers in the Mat-thews car were Val Gilson and Jeff Hullinger, both of Pleasant Grove. They were not injured in the mishap. The officer said that the pedestrian apparently did not see 'r SUPER SPECllTri f . CAROLYN'S " hase . Oct. and Nov. all f ' haircuts only.... Drawings for future savings 773 S. 1150 E., Pleasant Grove By Appointment Only L 705-517- 1 J Holiday f M k 1 : Greetings v : with a VM Family LlfL)-- j Portrait (fTC! Nothing can express the spirit of the PhOtOS3 OQ-Vi-l holiday season like a family portrait I "V on a beautiful personalized photo ion r Main greeting card from Stylart. American Fork J56Wb . U S P S. No. 11 South Main. Pleasant Grove. Utah 84062 Published weekly by Newtah. Inc. Telephone Numbers Advertising tt Circulation . News Publisher Brett R. 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