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Show s Review - Wednesday, June 26, 1985 - Page 2 C nBmmsm& j " - ' ' f Strawberry Days have come and gone p.g. blab By MARCELLA WALKER Well, Strawberry Days is over for another year and I imagine the Strawberry Days Committee breathed a united sigh of relief and sat back for a week or two before they begin plans for next year's celebration. For the first time in my life I got to ride in an antique car in a parade. It was a beauty, too. It was Allen Strasburg's 1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible. My experiences riding in parades are not many. I think I rode in the Pioneer Days Children's Parade in Ogden a few times with crepe paper on my bike. Around that same time each year the Primary would have a parade around the park across the street from the church. All we children dressed up like pioneers or Indians and marched around the block, a good half mile. When I was a teenager, I worked as a junior assistant to the park director and we made a park float for the Children's Parade for Pioneer Days. We made it from chicken wire and we poked colored paper napkins in the holes in the chicken wire to cover the float. Floats were a lot cheaper in those days and probably looked almost as nice as the expensive stuff they use nowadays. You may have noticed that every parade in the county, except perhaps Lehi's, is having fewer and fewer floats enter. The reason for this is probably the cost. It is for-midable to build a float because they are so expensive. Do you remember how the wards used to always have floats in the parades? They don't anymore and this may be the main reason. A so you see them in the next parade only with another sponsor on them. They hope to take the Strawberry Days royalty float to the Days of '47 parade this year because it is and this is a requirement for that parade. Most floats of any size are now as you may have noticed. Anyway, back to the Pleasant Grove parade. I only rode in the morning one as part of the Chamber of Commerce Board and the rest of the board rode in the evening parade. It was fun waving to everyone. We noticed that children wave the best. Lots of older folks, like over age 12, just sit like a bump on a log the entire parade and never change expression, smile or wave. The students from the Utah State Training School wave with energy and it makes it kind of nice. Friends wave if they see you. I cannot believe how many of my friends said they did not even see me in the parade. I am surprised because my dress was bright red just like a strawberry. Your teenage children do wave but look cautiously about to be sure no one recognizes that you are their mother. That would be Some people will wave if the people in the parade wave at them so I found it was good to be a wave starter and wave at everyone almost, whether they were ready to wave to you or not. Your face gets frozen into a smile. The muscles get tired but you want to keep on smiling so it sort of freezes there. Another thing you have to be careful of is that your waving arm does not get intertwined with the waving arm of the person I next to you in the car. This hannlj and I about flipped Dennis Ba?, Chambe of Commerce presidee i right out onto the pavement. ' I I found that it was difficult to Wa, " with my left arm. I had been wavin6 with my right arm and the blood beginning to drain out 0f it (as V1 holding it up so much, so I tried left arm. The left hand did not J? $ right from lack of practice, I gUes so that did not last long. ' fin My camera bag was squeezed int a small place by my feet because had had to take pictures before th parade started. I was trying hard keep the bag out of the way 0f Z others riding in the backseat of V car so my feet began to fJ 'v squeezed about half way through the ' parade route. There was no place t ' P move my feet so I just suffered through it for the most part. I was also peeling. It is so fun to be all dressed up to look nice f0r QaN special occasion and then the sun burn you hoped had just faded awav '' decides to peel. C;jrl You wave with a right arm that ' looks like one big flake and lit(e Wl white specks keep flying off. You 'j9 hope people don't notice and that the ' person next to you doesn't think he has developed dandruff all of a & ' sudden. When the parade was all over we rode back to City Hall on Main Street and climbed out of the beautiful car Since the parade was over, the street was nearly empty and we all went back to our normal duties. But for a little while there, it was fun to smile and wave to everyone ? and be an integral part of the actual ! Strawberry Days Parade. If I never ' get to ride in a parade again, I can at - least say I did once. And, it was fun. ( couple of wards used to build a float and have it in the Strawberry Days parade and then rent it out the rest of the summer and make enough on it to pay for the ward budget. That was a good idea but it must not be that profitable anymore because they don't do it as much. They have professional float makers nowadays. This is what they do for a living and they make gorgeous floats. Of course, the ones around here are nothing much compared to the ones in the Rose Parade and other famous parades throughout the country. The interesting thing in Utah County is that when you have been to one parade you have really been to them all because each city sends it's float to each of the other cities and commercial floats are often rented UTA doesn't represent all The Utah Taxpayers Association has declared war. At least that's the impression left by Mr. Jack A. Olsen as he left a recent meeting of the Alpine Board of Education declaring, "If you want war with the Utah Taxpayers Association, you've got it." Mr. Olson and his organization spend a lot of time fighting increasing taxes, usually through a newsletter, through news releases and through meetings where he captures the ear of the press. The Utah Taxpayers Association publishes annual comparisons of Utah's taxes and takes stands for its members on several issues. Some of their information is quite useful. Other in-formation is tailored to meet the needs of the association. For example, during the recent voted leeway, the Utah Taxpayers Association came out strongly against the leeway, bolstering it's oppostion with some facts and some fallacies that taken together made a strong case against the tax increase. Like most special interest groups, the Utah Tax-payers Association tends to bend its facts to meet its needs - and Mr. Olson conceded at the Board of Education meeting that not all of the statements the association used to defeat the leeway election were true. The organization also assumes a watchdog role supposedly for all of the taxpayers of the state of Utah. However, the group is largely made up of the major companies who end up paying most of the taxes in the state. The names of those companies are not public information, Mr. Olson told the Alpine Board of Education. And this is the problem. As a special interest group, the Utah Taxpayers Association is looking out for its members, rather than all of the taxpayers as the organization's name would imply. When Mr. Olson comes to an Alpine School Board meeting and complains about the district's mill levy, his interests are not necessarily in maintaining any given standard of education --simply in keeping taxes low. Very few of his organization's members have children in the Alpine School District, nor do they care about the level of education. And that makes the Utah Taxpayers Association a particularly poor spokesman for patrons of the Alpine School District. We need to cut waste in government spending. We need to keep taxes as low as possible. But it should be : those who spend and benefit from the tax dollars who make the decision regarding them rather than special interest groups with no stake in how that money will be spent. Not groups like the Utah Taxpayers Association that are interested in keeping taxes low no matter what the cost will be to our communities. No review, but I liked Sundance's 'Oz' j the editor's ralumn As a result of that, I envy anyone who can do those things well, and I refuse to pretend to pass judgment on them in print. So, rather than review the play, I'll simply say that I enjoyed it. It was fun. The director was able to bring to life the well-know- n story as it was portrayed by MGM, and used some ingenious devices to represent the special effects that picked the Judy Garland movie off the ground and lifted it into the hearts of everyone who saw it. I was particularly intrigued by the Cowardly Lion, but then I was paying strict attention here, because I spent two months with him in what was then called the Language Training Mission in Provo about 15 years ago. At that time, he was just Craig Call, an LDS missionary with a penchant for being the first in the breakfast line so he could hurry back to his dormitory and do his stretching exercises while the rest of us were eating. Apparently, all of that stretching paid off, because he was a pretty limber lion. To my surprise, this soft-spoke- n missionary was pretty loud on the stage - and his singing wasn't bad either. His facial expressions wer? already perfect for a Cowardly Lion, so there were no surprises there. That previous acquaintance, however, probably took some fun out of "The Wizard of Oz," since I spent so much of my time looking for something familiar out of this r; h.el particular character. Also, I was jealous. Here was someone I knew doing something y-didn't know he could do, but which IfJ I wished I could do. If that confuses Jd J you, think how I feel. j The tendency, however, in this U 1 sort of situation, is to criticize. After jj all, as the saying goes: "Those who j can, do. Those who can't become critics," or something like that. jasnt So this isn't a review. But it is a a the recommendation. "The Wizard of ittyat Oz" now playing at the Sundance bjsl; Theater is good - and a lot of fun. r room But dress warmly if you go, because ity f it gets cold up there. And starting in July, the publj production will be alternating with iproper "Camelot," which I'd also like to jfotri see. On that one I could singalong.il fag only weakly. ;is,we By MARC HADDOCK After I spent all the time to go to the premier of "The Wizard of Oz" at Sundance Theater two weeks ago, it was only natural for The Boss to ask me if I was going to write a review. And he looked surprised when I said no. "Look," I explained. "I've been to about five musical productions in , my life. Three of them starred my father, another one was during high school and the fifth was Lehi High School's production of 'Annie Get Your Gun.'" "You'd make a dandy reviewer, then," he said with about as much sarcasm as he could muster. That's why I won't review the production. The problem is this is a business where the writer is supposed to know enough about any given subject to write about it. As a result, a lot pf reviews get written by people who don't know what they are talking about - but they know enough of the popular cliches to string together something that sounds like a review. Now, I've reviewed movies. I've seen enough of these to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. I also read a lot of movie reviews, so I know all the cliches to string together. I've reviewed several books, beginning with a massive tome on the life of Edgar Rice Burroughs which is now used to preserve the leaves my children collect each autumn. I've read enough books to know that this one is excellent for that purpose. But I won't review musicals, because they are new to me, and I tend to like everything I see in them. I always wanted to sing - but I was blessed with a weak voice. So I am in awe of people who can sing loudly and with a lot of emotion. I always wanted to act - but I never got the chance. In fact, my senior year in high school I was tagged for the lead in the school play, "The Mouse that Roared," but because no faculty advisor would donate the time to the production, the play never opened. &CUS; Council funds building addition After months of discussion, the Pleasant Grove City Council decided Tuesday night to proceed with plans to add on to the present Public Safety Building to make room for city offices. The city has outgrown the present city hall, according to the city of-ficials and something needs to be done. The present office area does not provide enough space for the employees to work and they are all bunched together in the same office making it difficult to concentrate on their work. The council had considered remodeling the present city hall, moving to the basement of the Public Safety Building, or building a new city hall which would include a library. The city council felt that the ex-penditure of capital improvement money which they have on hand to build on to the present Public Safety Building was the most feasible option and would not necessitate an ("IKS, increase in taxes nor bonding. N. They plan to build a 3,100 square foot addition which would allow for future growth, partitioned offices, a drive-u- p payment window, and handicapped facilities would be j included. , Pn. The mayor said that if they couM 1 1 begin work soon then they coulj 1 perhaps be in the building by about November. 1 The government will require I I handicapped facilities in all P 1 I buildings by 1986 and it vvou 1 1 renovations to duib I require major these facilities at the old city hall. In addition, the council said W 5 felt guilty asking other businesses" i keep their buildings up to code w 4 the city hall does not meet cooe, i ' either. The addition will be built on w north side of the Public Saw Building. fK If the addition can be built for Ilh, S amount set aside, the council give its go ahead to proceed. Fireworks dangerous : You can tell summer has arrived by several signs. There are warm nights and city celebrations, healthy looking gardens and swimsuit clad youngsters. And then there are those temporary shacks that sell . fireworks for the upcoming holidays . Sparklers, pop bottle rockets and firecrackers are as much a part of our patriotic celebrations as water-melon, parades and the flag. While these fireworks may be traditional, it doesn't hurt to remember that they can be dangerous if they aren't treated carefully. Fireworks create fire hazards if they are not used properly and in the right places. Local fire departments gear up annually for grass fires started by fireworks in the hands of careless individuals. They can also cause nasty burns, and the more ex-plosive types, procured out of state but ignited here, can cause the loss of fingers and eyes. Fireworks can be fun, but they should be used judiciously and under proper supervision to make the upcoming holidays their most enjoyable. USTSto-see- k increase in staff State legislators will be asked during their special session this week to fund a portion of the money needed to provide 29 additional direct care staff for the Utah State Training School. Meeting with the Division of Services to the Handicapped Board at the training school last week, Training School Superintendent Jeremiah Dandoy said the ad-ditional staff is needed in order to meet staffing requirements set up by federal Medicaid regulations. Legislators will be asked to fund $130,500 of the $435,000 salary package, he said. Governor Norman H. Bangerter has indicated he will probably place the request on the agenda of the legislative special session. Dandoy says just nine of the 29 positions would actually be new as 20 were funded temporarily through June 30 with turnover money from the present budget. If approved, the nine additional employees would bring the number of direct care staff at the school to 431. Medicaid requires a staff to patient ratio during morning and afternoon shift and a ratio during the night shift, Dandoy said. The superintendent says he doesn't believe those ratios are satisfactory because the staff ratio doesn't always provide needed supervision. He cited bath time as an example, saying he saw a developmentalist assisting one man in the bathtub, dressing one who had just gotten out of the tub, and undressing another who would take the next bath. He still had five men in another room who were unsupervised, Dandoy said, adding, "Then you wonder why someone is occasionally hurt." A recent report on training school conditions indicated that 80 ad-ditional developmentalists (direct care staff) were needed. Thirty-fiv- e of these had been provided by converting administrative and support positions to direct care. This left the shortage at 45. Plans to move 64 residents into community settings by Oct. 1 reduce the shortage by 16. Dandoy said by adding the 29 positions, the school can, with a little luck, maintain the Medicaid stan-dard. The new positions are necessary, it was noted, despite plans to begin implementing recommendations of a study at the school which calls for gradually phasing out the institution in favor of community residential settings. A memo to board members said "It is imperative that residents at the Utah State Training School receive optimal training in the skills necessary for their transition to community facility," continuing that the transition to "more ap-propriate community facilities" will take several years to achieve. Health care groups or alphabet soup? j HMO. IPA. PPO. s Sounds like alphabet soup - but in j reality it is the the names of Health J Care Providers who many business and industries are using as their insurance plans. 5 HMO stands for Health Main- - tenance Organization; PPO for J Preferred Provider Organization; ; and IPA for Independent Physician J Association, for example. J FHP and Maxicare are names we ; hear more about on radio, television, J in the newspapers and in other J forms of the media. They all sound great but there is one catch - you have to go to the ' doctors who are connected with their plans. If you do this, your physician cost -- - and even your perscription drugs -- cost you little or no cash. And many local physicians do not belong to these plans at this time -- meaning you often have to travel to Salt Lake or Provo to obtain the needed care - and are not able to go to your own family physician, specialist, or even hospital when care is needed. Craig Smedley, American Fork Hospital administrator, says this can be avoided if businesses - and their employees - will check the plan to make certain their physician is connected with the offered plan. "We also encourage business firms to check the plans to sea what area physicians are connected with it before they offer it to their em-ployees," Mr. Smedley said. "We want to serve area residents in the best way we can - and we can't do this if they have to go out of town for the services," he said. Mr. Smedley noted some of the top physicians and specialists are located in the area and more and more of these are becoming con-nected with the health plans. "Check to make sure your physician is on the plan before you join," he said. Cedar Hills drops annexation f Cedar Hills Town Council, on the advice of its attorney, has dropped plans to annex over 200 acres of neighboring land. The decision was announced after a closed executive session of the regular council monthly meeting. Cedar Hills had originally planned to annex an area from the mountains on the east to 4000 West and 9800 North to the Cedar Hills city limits. Citizens involved in the annexation protested and received a summary judgement from Judge A Robert Bullock. That decision was appealed by Cedar Hills to the Utah Supreme Court which ruled that the District Court should hear the case Before Judge Bullock could hear arguments on the matter, however Cedar Hills council announced that an agreement had been readjjj- Under the agreement Cedar will continue to collect tax rev and provide services to tie the 1 through 1985. At that time Conn) II will revert back to Utah jurisdiction. V Mayor Adams stated 'hat jD Hills will lose about revenue from the area, P'"5 federal revenue sharing will also be reduce"- expenses In announcing the decision MJj V Adams said, "Any future annexation will have to . by those who want to be am Jj. not by Cedar Hills council. ( F 1 1 1 The latest action ends an 4 struggle between iSpMfi property owners m t,ie Ji area. (v |