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Show Review - Wednesday, April 15, 1987 - Page 3 Pageant announces three more queen contestants M - I participate in are Softball and ping pong. I .v ' I - - s Tammy Jo Bird Susan Lynette Southam, Tammy To Bird and Michelle Palmer will be among the 10 contestants to vie for the title of Miss Pleasant Grove in he Strawberry Days Pageant to be Md Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in pleasant Grove High School 3,1t auditorium. iater Susan is the daughter of Les and Nancy Southam. She is a student at where she is utah Technical College majoring in nursing. hat A graduate of Pleasant Grove High School, Susan was on the high bies school honor roll, was Homecoming feel Queen served as secretary of the A Cappella Choir, was an officer in Orchesis and in drama, was a member of the Chamber Choir and received an award for outstanding achievement in drama. She has been named to the honor roll at UTC. Susan has had three years training in dance, singing and drama. She plans to sing a solo in the pageant. Her hobbies are writing poems, composing songs, and dreaming. She enjoys volleyball and Softball. Tammy, daughter of Helen Ed-wards and Theone Bird, is a senior at Pleasant Grove High School. She would like to be a travel agent or a stewardess one day. She has had four years of chorus, one year of drama and two and one-ha- lf years of dancing. She will perform a dance for the pageant. Her hobbies are dancing, playing the guitar and going to movies. She Susan Southam Michelle Palmer enjoys the outdoors and likes to swim, play baseball and bowl. Michelle is the daughter of E. Mack and Diane Palmer. She is a graduate of Pleasant Grove High School and has attended BYU for two years. In high school she received the community award for the per-forming arts, was named best ac-tress, most outstanding drama student, best supporting actress and received the Golden Mask Award. She received superior ratings in region and state drama meets. She received the BYU Talent scholarship and received BYU awards for best character actress, best supporting actress and most improved voice. Michelle has had roles such as Dolly Levi, Millie, Cinderella, Morgan LeFey, and Glinda the Good. She is majoring in theater education with a minor in psychology at BYU. She has had voice lessons for four years, studied and participated in drama for seven years, studied modern dance for two years and ballroom dance for three years. She will present a song in the pageant. Michelle's hobbies are gourmet cooking, handwork, horseback riding, swimming, sewing, camping and fishing. Sports she enjoys to oLawsuit : : Continued from page 1 inn,, open," Young said. Referring to the amount of damages sought, he said, "We ex- - -- pect to collect every penny of that amount of money." He his clients - would rather that USX will n the steel plant, and give them their jobs back, however. "What we want is our jobs back, as they (USX) promised. If they ntl7JK won't, then all we want is a billion 'Hthos dollars of their money here in r il it. Utah," Young said. "The pawn has got the king in check, and we intend mce toV;to go forward." shisjt The suit claims that USX Corp. rice, a assured employees and their a&fe representatives in December 1985 lebts. ;and on other subsequent occasions e,itistthat Geneva would produce steel for of chan-it- sister plant in Pittsburg, Calif., iluable 'through 1989. Union representatives made wage anaiiiconcessions and waived pending jetray ;.grievance claims against USX based luse m';on that assurance, it says. tonr- The suit goes on that USX officials 2wetei-mad- that commitment knowing goosd-the- would close the plant before ;mistl989, and that the recent an-i- s announcement that the plant will be ents? shut down permanently was a the calculated move to save the cor- - us oti poration $100 million in pension fljojtj benefits to which employees would Mo"tocnave ')een entitled na 'hey worked sex ar. through the time promised. tter wte new tnat tne ernP'yees "at the U.S. Geneva Works were n(j allowed to be employed through ,e neejj .October of 1989, their pension aj i benefits would increase signficantly L iL . .1' and come into effect immediately, causing USX and its pension fund to be required to pay pension benefits to those individuals in greater amounts and for significantly longer periods of time." the suit says. "(USX) knew at the time of locking out the employees at the Geneva Works (in 1986) that the cost of restarting the Geneva Works after August would be prohibitive." In February, USX officials said their intention to keep Geneva operating through 1989 was ham-pered when work stopped last summer because of what the cor-poration calls a strike and the union calls a lockout. The lawsuit says the commitment was made, and closing the plant now represents a breach of agreement, wrongful conduct and fraud. Young said the suit represents only those workers who have retained him as their attorney in it. It does not represent the union. Anyone who would still like to join the suit can do so. however, by contacting his office in Springville. George Gardner, president of Steelworkers Union Local 2701. said he doubted the union would par-ticipate in the lawsuit. "I don't know a lot about the suit as I've only heard about it second hand, but we (the union) don't participate unless the international union tells us to. We will be coun-seling with the legal department of the international union to see where we stand. "We (the union) aren't taking an official position yet. We are telling people (union members) who contact us to study the lawsuit and see if it will benefit them or not. "Personally I have mixed feelings because it could hurt some people and help some people, depending on what their status regarding pension and retirement," he said. Gardner said under the union contract there are certain procedures that the union has to follow for closure or rt of the steel plant and the union is obligated to see to the best interests of its' members. "People desperately need jobs, we recognize that," Gardner said regarding the lawsuit's stated goal to either have USX reopen the plant or pay the men wages, benefits and pensions from Aug 1986 to the previously announced closure in 1989. He said if the plant should employees who don't return to the plant might not be able to collect their benefits until 1989 when Geneva would close permanently. "The problem with the suit is that we have a variance of interests with the service dates. It's a real mixed bag. It would harm some people, and it would help some people." Young, meeting with the steelworkers Thursday evening in a meeting held on the Utah Technical College of Provo-Ore- campus, said he practiced in Provo for 16 years before moving to his native Springville last year. He had worked at Geneva for a time several years ago. He told the workers when first approached by some of the steelworkers to see if he thought they have cause for a lawsuit against USX, "my initial reaction was pessimism." Then after meeting with more of the workers and studying documents and information provided, he said "I believe you not only have a good case (against USX), but believe you have a very, very good case. "I have talked to 100 to 120 of you over the last week" he said. He explained he believes the steelworkers have recourse in the courts because of USX's earlier word in published documents and releases that they would keep Geneva Steel open through October 1989. "You people are pawns in a big game called money," he said. Young told those gathered he couldn't guarantee they would win, but "we want to show the people back there it's not 50 guys or 100 guys but that you are united. I hope they see you people are not going to be trod upon." Seven steelworkers. former employees of USX, are shown as representative of those engaging in the lawsuit. Many of the steelworkers present said they feel USX owes them the wages and benefits they would have received. "I don't know that we will win, but I think they (USX) should be told how we feel," one said. Another said he felt USX should live up to their commitment, and honor the promises they made to the workers. JJkaaant Gkoue lEeuiEiu ISSN No. 8755-907- 2 U.S.P.S. No. 4357-800- 0 Published weekly except y for Thanksgiving and Christmas by Newtah, Inc. 11 South Main Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation. 9 News 3 Publisher Brett R. Bezzant Editors Marc Haddock Marcella Walker Subscription price $16" per year Second class postage paid at Pleasant Grove Post Office Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 7. American Fork. 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