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Show WtlWllBMl Keview-Wednesda- y. June ... ,986 -- Page 2 , . New leeway vote asks for too much too soon j. It's been just over a year since patrons in the Alpine School District voted down by a 57 percent majority a proposed three mill leeway tax that would have raised $1.8 million for textbooks and classroom supplies, building maintenance and classroom aides. Now local residents are being asked to go to the polls to approve another leeway tax for basically the same services -- - only this time we're being asked to support a four-mil- l tax. This time is different, however. The call for this year's leeway election, scheduled for September, has come from school district patrons, rather than from the members, of the board of education. This leeway is the result of a petition that was signed by a.s many registered voters as supported last year's leeway effort. That's an indication that many people who stayed home in the 1985 election now feel like a leeway is needed to support the floundering Alpine School District. ' But many of the same factors that led to last year's defeat of the Leeway tax measure remain the same -- -' enough to indicate that perhaps this year's election will be in vain. Last year's tax increase efforts were hampered by already high taxes -- - and the feeling that schools needed to make do with what they had. That situations has worsened. Governor Norm Bangerter has promised an increase in taxes throughout the state next year. With that in- - crease hanging over the taxpayer's head, there is bound to be opposition to voluntary tax increases. Also, last year the Alpine School District was laboring under accusations of mismanagement of public funds and poor investment practices. Although questions were answered and practices were changed, many Alpine School District patrons still don't trust the school district administration. In the American Fork area last year, the school district was still suffering from an emotional firing of the high school principal. The leeway received a lot of negative votes on that account. So far this year the district has avoided major con-troversies. However, the major question is this: Have things cnangea enougn mrougnout the district justify the expense of another leeway election? if u , ! . voters defeated a tax increase last year, why-ther-much hope that they will support a tax i n" crease this year? - Supporters of the measure argue that educating th voters will make the difference. But this ignores thefa that most voters don't want to be educated. Most don't ( want to vote at all. That was seen in last year's v percent voter turnout for the leeway election. That is worsened by the timing of the vote, which fals ' between a primary and general election -- - a com- - bination likely to keep voters home, except those who ' have strong feelings on the leeway issue. And anytime the subject is raising taxes, most strong feelings are ! negative. The Alpine School district needs the funds that would be generated by a leeway election. But this election is ' asking for too much too soon. 'v By forcing the issue, the patrons who signed petitions ' supporting the election have created a climate that will probably lead to another defeat at the polls. t r s He likes the fights, I like the kissing j By MAIU'IXI.A WALKKK In the newspaper last week was an article about President Reagan giving pithy advice to 75 senators he had in for breakfast on Thursday. The president noted that cameras were beginning to record senate sessions and he went back to his acting days to come up with some advice on how to do television. He said, "You learn your lines, don't bump into the furniture and in kissing scenes keep your mouth closed." I thought this was very in- - teresting. At least the pari about keeping your mouth closed while kissing. I understand that with the threat of AIDS now, the standard procedure is to kiss with your mouth closed in all Hollywood productions. Actually, it is preferable to not kiss at all if it can be avoided. Some of the scenes I have seen on TV or at the movies in the past few years would make you believe that there is no worry about the disease at all. Obviously, the actors and,,. ,,, actresses .are. putting morjnto theijr ' kisses than they did in ' the puritanical days of old. It may not be as pure but it is certainly more in-teresting than the old way. I'll state right up front here that kissing is one of my favorite things. I only watch some shows to see the' kissing. In a live play I don't even p.g. blah want to go unless there is some kissing between the good looking guy and the good looking girl. I saw "Clouds of Glory" the other night at the Valley Center Playhouse in Lindon. There was some good kissing in it and it looked like they enjoyed it. That is the way it should be. w Sometimes you see a TV show or a 'live play where the hero and the heroine are so standoffish you are afraid they will never kiss and when they do it sort of slides off to the side of the mouth and across the cheek and ends up in a reserved hug. Yuck. I like the romance. My husband likes the fights and I like the kissing. There is a lot more fighting than there is kissing, though, and it is very frustrating. Have you ever noticed that as you are watching TV, the males lean in closer to the set when the fight scenes come on? I'm sure they are pretending that they are right in the fight with the actors. It is a vicarious and safe way of getting rid of their own urges to lake someone on. Okay, the men are going to come back and say, "Well, the girls lean in closer to the TV when the kissing scenes come on and they are pretending that they are right there in the arms of that man getting kissed. It is a vicarious and safe way for girls to get rid of their own romantic notions." Women have more romantic notions than men, have you noticed? Every girl would like to have the boy hold her hand, put his arm around her in public as well as private, and kiss her hand and her mouth on a regular basis. Men, as a rule, do not think in those lines and have no inkling that;', their- girl., is craving these-"lifU-touching moments.' On the other hand, girls do not realize that men like to see macho stuff and though they are not he-me- n themselves, they like to pretend toughness. My husband delights in sneaking a look at my face when a romantic scene is on and teases me about tht little smile that he finds there 9 y course, I have learned to watch face when the fight scene is onand t can see the eagerness in his eyes as he awaits the next punch be . thrown. There are all different kinds d kisses. There is the very wet kiss of my one year old granddaughter. There is the nice smack on my chert f from a daughter in a special mood s There is the dry, very brief kiss from t the aunt. There is the sweet and tender kiss of the husband in a , moment of surprise, and there is tin a passionate kiss we sometimes seen j the screen and once in a while err j counter in life. Of course, there are also Her-shey's kisses which I love, too, and 0 candy kisses that come wrapped ii ?a; waxed paper and are twisted on the ends and are sometimes called taffy. I don't care for that kissing stuff that the celebrities give each other when they meet, like on Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin, and the Mike. Although, I don't think as mm, kissing goes on "on MerVs shojf.ita" Johnny's. Doesn't it strike you as kind of fake? I like real kisses. I have never kissed the Blarney Stone, nor the Pope's ring, nor even good old American soil, but kissing h is still one of my favorite things. J How about you? Ii i- ",-- ' t , :- - . ' ' r t " ' Jfp - I ' '':;''v vW Karen Harmer Stephanie Walker PG queens enter Miss Utah pageant Karen Harmer and Stephanie Ann Walker will compete in this year's Miss Utah Pageant. Both girls have reigned ' as Miss Pleasant Grove (Karen 1985-8- 6 and Stephanie 1984-8- 5) and both live in the Pleasant Grove 9th Ward. This will be the second chance for Stephanie to compete in the Miss Utah Pageant. She received a non-finali- st talent award in last year's pageant. Karen, daughter of Dr. Jay and Carol Harmer, will represent Pleasant Grove and for her talent number she will sing "One Fine Day" from Madam Butterfly. Stephanie, daughter and Glade D. and LaRue Walker is serving as Miss Southern Utah State College. She will be representing the college in this year's pageant. Stephanie will dance for her talent number. Karen has been a member of the U.S.U. Chorale for the past three years. She has been one of the Chamber Singers for two years. Karen performed with the Mexican National in Mexico this spring. She was second attendant to the Homecoming Queen. She is presently majoring in elementary education with music as her minor. Karen has taken seven years of voice lessons and has a lovely voice. She says her hobbies are skiing, hiking, camping, cooking and singing. ' 'Stephanie '"'"gradu&te'd'!''f ronr-Pleasa- nt Grove High School in 1983. She has attended Southern Utah State College for three years, where she received a full scholarship, majoring in dance with a minor in history. While at S.U.S.C. she was a member of the Burch Mann Dance Ensemble and a cheerleader for three years. Stephanie is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Folklore Association, who performed throughout Europe representing the United States in the International Folk Festival. She had the opportunity to travel and perform aboard the cruise ship "S.S. Azure Seas" and in Mexico representing Pleasant Grove and Utah. She is employed in American Fork and will continue her studies this fall at BYU. She plans to continue her education in dance, history and business. While at-tending BYU, Stephanie will be a member of the cheerleading pep squad and is busy preparing for the 1986 Cougar football season. Thank heavens Dad had a girl farm He is the first to read the paper at night and the last to see the bathroom in the morning. He likes Saturday night wrestling. And most of the time he watches t.v. with his grassroots $ ' ' Copyright ' ; i - ft,. ' &i986 - 1 - I Becky ' 4 Grass PI1 ) Johnson by BKCKI GRASS JOHNSON eyes closed. Dads are like that . Dads come in all shapes and sizes. He carries things in his pockets like quarters and sticks of gum. Dads can patch a bicycle tire in record time and chase midnight monsters from the closet. It is hard to imagine that anyone would be flattered if they were told they resembled something that was wrinkled, bald and toothless. But just tell a dad that his brand new baby looks "just like him" and watch his chest swell three sizes. It is easy to pick out dad at the hospital. He's the one striding down the hall with an oversized teddy bear in one hand and a pair of cowboy boots in the other. You can find him outside the nursery window giving some fatherly counsel through the glass. And if anyone should ask which baby is his. he'll smuelv answer, "The cute one." Dads are notorious for showing off pictures of their kids. He takes videos of the first step, kindergarten graduation, piano recitals and the first date. And now, thanks to modern medical technology you must beware the dad whose ex-pectant wife has had a sonogram. He will show you candid shots of the fetus at 27 weeks. He can tell you how many centimeters around the head is. He can show you a close up of junior's kidneys. (And you thought home movies were boring! ) Out of a chorus line of fifteen dancing marigolds, a dad can spot his own daughter. Dads are like that. "Look at that graceful whirl. She gets it from my side of the family," he'll say to the people seated behind him. "She dances like, a young Ginger Rogers." (Actually the movements are more like that of a young Roy Rogers.) A dad cheers his head off over junior's home run and can out yell any ref provided. Most dads like to sit close to the field so they can give lots of advice to the coach. And when it comes to wrestling, a dad will go through the same knots and contortions as his son on the mat. (Meanwhile, the rest of the family sits on a different bleacher and pretends they have no idea who the man is.) My dad is the father of six girls. And if he ever showed up at the breakfast table with band-aid- s nlaslerpd tn his tana I tv,i In Dad's razor. I I used to watch my Dad brand cattle. I liked the smell of the smoke and the excitement of hanging around the corral. After a long days work and every steer proudly wore the G-- F brand, I asked what the meant. al Dad told me it stood for "Girl's Farm" and that if one of the cattle strayed, any farmer in the surrounding area would knowwl belonged to. It was a few years afiet that when I figured out that I ' really stood for Grass Farm. I'm sure there were times whet Dad was sick and tired of steppin? on stray curlers in the dark a nylons hanging in the bathroom, f he always said he wouldn't tradeo T ' of his girls for six sons. And through ( the years I've discovered that to dad, the only thing better, smart and cuter than his kids, are W grandkids. Gr Dads can spin some very " dreams . . . dreams that we have" grow into. on Thank heavens for the Dad w can see beyond the dancing flo costume! He doesn't see our F a formance in a grade school opere but instead imagines us in our fl hour at Radio City 3ll Hall . . . unless of course we snw 1 trip and fall off the stage. the Then he'll nonchalantly shrug sj? shoulders and explain to the pe; sitting next to him, "She gets , fVrvi har mnthor'c QlHe. ftlit Donations sought for fireworks Pleasant Grove City is now ac-cepting donations at the City Hall to help pay for the Fireworks Display on July 4 at the Pleasant Grove High School football field. The display will begin at dark. The fireworks are quite expensive and the assistance of the public in paying for them will be appreciated. The annual. show has become quite an attraction for the local people and makes it possible for residents to enjoy fireworks without having to be out on the busy highways on a holiday. Lindon reviews city budget The Lindon City Council reviewed the proposed budget for 1986-8- 7 Wednesday in the first of two public hearings and decided they will try to keep it near the budget for the fiscal year just ending. A. Ray Brown, city administrator, said that the estimated revenues shown in this tentative budget are $609,085 and the proposed ex-penditures are $597,232. He said the budget is down from last year because they are not ex-pecting much ;n Revenue Sharing Funds. Another hearing will be held on June 18. At that time the council is expected to adopt last year's amended budget to use until the new budget can be finalized on Aug. 10. The council listened to Police Chief Mike Ferre discuss reasons why he feels the police department budget should be based on a $38 per capita basis. Mayor Kenneth McMillan stated that a letter from Pleasant Grove City indicated that the per capita rate would be $33. The cost to Lindon then would be about $111,000. The chief felt that the $38 figure was. more realistic. He told the Lindon officials that in order to keep quality officers they would need to receive a better salary. He said he didn't expect to compete with Orem wages but felt that he could keep the officers if the wages were somewhat better than they are now. The Lindon City Council noted that they felt that the entire amount which they pay Pleasant Grove for police protection should go into the police budget. Mayor McMillan noted that Lindon would need to know correct figures by June 19 in order to finalize the budget. The council also discussed the need to get the sewer lines on the west side of Geneva Road for the industrial development that needs to .take place there. The city has received a $300,000 government grant, to help pay for the sewer but $600,000 in private investment is needed to quality for the grant. The Redevelopment Agency feels that this amount can now be ob-tained and the progress on the sewer installation can begin. The area in Lindon along Geneva Road and adjacent to the freeway is highly desired as an industrial area and with the sewer in place many businesses will be interested in coming to the community. Outdoor burning to be banned Beginning July 1 it will be unlawful to do any outdoor burning in Pleasant Grove. The ban will be in effect until Sept. 15. There are no exceptions to the law. The city encourages everyone who has not done so to clean up now, including vacant lots, and get rid of that which you wish to burn before the ban takes effect. All those wishing to burn anything between now and July 1 must call the Pleasant Grove Police Dept. at 6 to get permission to burn. The state decides which days people can burn and this information is passed on to the police dept. at about 9 a.m. each day. Those who do not obey the ban on burning can be cited and fined. V - jmsmL I |