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Show ' W.vi.u - Wednesday, Dec. 2, l!)87 - Page :5 people. I'olitios & Policy State should get their ducks in a row ltv K. MAKK HKZANT The state government would do , )0 t;,ke a close look at how the 'iv of Pleasant Grove is run and ;'! t0 use the phrase of a great ''h named Don Mower, "Get Lirdw'ksinarow." The federal government would do oil to send a lot of its members to grade school where they Lid be taught to stand before a ItiP and give a straight answer Led on facts. 1 can think of a number of elementary teachers here in Pleasant Grove who could do a very gd jD wi,n some congressmen. I would put those running for president on the front row That way Joey Biden couldn't call Robbie Bork and others bad names when he is copying others papers. Frankly, I am not nearly as concerned about reintroducing the wolf in Yellowstone as I am about controlling these predators in the halls of government. just a few weeks ago the governor had to take superintendent of public schools, Jim Moss, to the woodshed and give him a verbal tongue lashing. The problem was that Mr. Moss asked for more than Santa and all the elves had made (or everyone. The governor told Mr. Moss that if he wanted anything for Christmas" that he better take his eSurvey- - i ' U' :"Ml n 71 d Ket a lumP ,)f ' Mi. MosS felt like he had to ask for very.h.ng or the governor and o hersm.ght get the idea his needs "ally did not exist. Most parents can relate to this kind of situation At some point in the dialogue Mr Moss intimated that if he didn't get dVKakcdforthal governor him, or words to that ellect. The governor reminded Mi. Moss that last year for Uinstmas the people of the state had dug extra deep to give him what he asked for. Mr. Moss responded that he got less than any of the kids in the school. Mr Bangerter simply had to shake his head and think to himself that some kids just never seem to get enough and don't appreciate what they do get. In a condensed version that is just about the essence of what has gone on, between the governor and public education. It seems that it should not be all that hard to have, even in public, more mutual respect. Representative Don Lebaron pointed to the fact that when one considers church donations that people in Utah make, they rank number one in their support of education. Not considering church donations they rank seventh. I think 1'tahns should be proud of those facts! However, because of the number of kids we have we are dead last in what we spend for each child's education. Yet, with that money educators produce some of the top kids in America, and for that matter in the world. Utahns should be proud of that! To compare a modern school with the schools 25 years ago is like comparing your fuel injected, front wheel drive, stereophonic, carpeted, rack and pinion steering, anti-loc- k brake, fuel ef-ficient, turbo, to your basic 1973 old reliable. Both vehicles would get you from point A to point B. The sticker price is very different, but so are the options and standard features. Here in Pleasant Grove some department heads used to do the same thing as Superintendent Moss did. They brought in lists for more than the till could afford. They have learned that by being more reasonable their needs are no less important or desirable. It is just that there is only so much money. That has promoted a feeling of cooperation and harmony. Right now the state could use some of that cooperation and harmony. ii ' I ' J V f - v ' , 1 4 ; - vxJ ' 1 ;i ' . Olenda Young, right, accepts $100 in Chamber Bucks from Jim DeGroot of the Pleasant Grove-Lindo- n Area Chamber of Commerce. She is the first $100 winner in the weekly drawing. First holiday winner drawn Glonda Young, Pleasant Grove, was Hie first winner of $100 in the annual Hometown Holiday spon-sored by the Pleasant Grove-Lindo- n Area Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Young's name was drawn from many entered by local shop-pers. She received $100 in Chamber Bucks which can be used at any of the participating merchants. Other winners were Kathy Manley who received $50 in Chamber Bucks; and Pennie Richin, Lapreal Mor-lor- Louise Austin and John Hansen, who each received $25 in Chamber Bucks. Entry forms may be filled out at any of the participating merchants, including V & S. Variety, Deseret Bank, Christensen's Dept. Store, Nortons Food Center, Wasatch Bank, Intermountain Crafts, Smith Brothers Market, the Pleasant Grove Pool Hall, Big John's Country Store, Smith Drug Co., Olympic Finance, and The Market Place. Prizes of $100, $50, and four $25 will be given out each week to lucky winners. Customers must reregister each week as entries are not carried over from week to week. The winners will be selected each week for four weeks with the final drawing being held on Dec. 21. The Chamber Bucks must be spent by Dec. 24. Winners may pick up their prizes at V & S Variety from Jim DeGroot, chairman of the Hometown Holiday. Announcing L . A the re-openi- ng Barber Shop Tuesday, Dec. 8 v I 275 E. State ) American Fork - v 756-044- 6 '!';;! -- , i - ljiijlmimm rrr - ii nr--"- ntttrv- - "i M iritttta imj i mm VieujGLRSS IOC CHBjSfMAS SPECMIS $9000 Any Full Size Windshield ChPSSf 0 Or, come to convenient TC-fi- &F We come to you! 756-999- 0 '7S3 Mobile " home' office' wherever American Fork Nation, A 0 FREE pickup vehicle & deliver 160 South 500 East t Hurry while they last! 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'.; V 'Custom broil control KwjjntR"9 Two 8" & two 6" solid surface o- - l Two 8" 4 two 6" high speed, plug-i-n elements surface units ' dr 'Removable oven door & window I f !M & Agitable JV & APPLIANCE ' I ,.iu. hi;. Mill lull I'll"! $ $4 50 East Main, Lehi 768-346- 1 ?Jj the survey." She said she feels it is up to the parent and the teenager - some teenagers might not feel com-fortable taking the survey. One parent at the meeting agreed. "I appreciate your willingness to let me be an adult and make my own decision," she said. Mrs. Healey accused board members of breaking the Sunshine Law by taking a formal vote on the issue outside a public meeting, an act prohibited by the law. Mrs. Lewis, however, insisted all discussions about the survey were informal. "We had an informal poll of the board. We did not have a meeting," she said. "There are hundreds of decisions made in this district and not all of them can come before the board." Supt. Cox said surveys are con-ducted in the district all the time, including ones the district conducts. "Very seldom do I go to the board about these." (nntiuiie(l from Front Page would deny you the privilege of : it out to their children," she i told board members. "I don't think that the rest of us are going to allow i; this to take place in the state cf ? Utah." Marlene Holley, Alpine, expressed her concern with the questions in the ; survey, saying she believes the " material in it is "harmful to '; minors." Mrs. Holley told the board she eels, "this sex education will only put more fuel on the fire. I don't thinksexshouldbeinschoolsatall." she said. ' Kent Walker, American Fork, told the board he believes questions in ff the survey that ask whether students have ever had sexual intercourse ; if they know what contraceptives do .; and what teenagers' attitudes are about sex are inap-- ; propriate. Research, he said, shows 70 to 80 percent of Utah teens are not sexually active and, he believes, should not be exposed to the explicit i questions in the survey . ; '"This survey has been in for re-;- ;. drafts six or seven times and it is i still bad. In my opinion, you can never make bad good," Walker said. Connie Nielson, Lehi, said she feels it is a "real harsh survey." She said she checked with the Governor's office and found it is not mandatory that the district approve it. "It's a choice. I'm rather disappointed you will hold the survey." Nadine Bushman, American Fork, asked questions about the survey, then told board members she is not only concerned about the survey now but what will be taught in the schools five years down the road in regard to sex education in the school. She said she will not support the survey. Mrs. Holley asked board members how they felt about the survey with four of the five Alpine board members saying they support the survey. Board member David Harvey said he opposed the survey. "Some of these questions (in the survey) are things the students have never even thought about, and that's what scares me." "I've always believed these things should be taught in the home. What are you going to do with the survey information after you've got it?" Board president Jan Lewis said that although the board did not formally vote on whether to allow the survey to be adminstered, Supt. Cox did request an informal poll of the board. Board member Richard Gapp-mey-said the governor has asked the district to conduct the survey, and "I don't think we should refuse. "I think we ought to respect his opinions. The opinons we've heard here tonight are not necessarily representative of people in the district." Gappmeyer read a letter he had received from a parent in favor of the survey. "I don't believe we have the right to deny people to participate in this survey no more than we have the right to force them to take it," he said. Dr. Blake Evans, also a board member, said parents have the right to deny their student participating. "If all 120 parents send back they don't want their children to do the survey, it won't be given," he said. Board member Linda Campbell said the district should not make a judgment about the survey - that should be left to parents. "I strongly feel that it really goes back to freedom of choice. I think people have the right to choose whether to have their children take |