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Show Heview- - Wednesday, May 11, 1988 -- Page 2 . Ittakes community effort tolbeautify neighborhood mere s probably a snow flurry or two still corner around the (after all, this is Utah Valley), but anyone with a lawn can t fail to notice that Spring is really here -- - and it s time for each of us to make our annual contribution to the appearance of our communities . North Utah County is a dramatic setting, with majestic peaks on one side and a lake on the other. But our towns will only be as beautiful as we make them. Most of the cities are lending a hand, either with passes to the local landfill (there's a $2.50 dumping fee) or with trucks to haul away the debris that can't be managed by the regular garbage trucks. But when it comes right down to it, home and yard beautification is an individual effort. Except for ex-treme circumstances, no one can force you to paint the house, edge the lawn, weed the garden or trim the hedge. It is a property owner's right to maintain his yard as he sees fit, within limits. But it is a property owner's responsibility to add to the quality of life in his or her community, rather than to detract from it. And clean and neat homes, yards and neighborhoods go a long way to help make a hometown a nice place to live. With spring weather getting a firm foothold in Utah Valley, now is the time for home owners to live up to men- - or pnae ana responsibility and their yards repair fences, eradicate uffiN patches and do whatever else it takes y W n neighborhood a nicer place to live. make Absentee property owners should be careful to see that the property does not H n f lculari the neighborhood. It takes extra effort butH?ct nearby property will be grateful. ' thers North Utah Valley communities have the n be some of the most beautiful places in th al'! which to make a home and raise a family State it A concerted effort by all to beautify our varri long way to helping us realize that potential Wl11 5; Here's the kind of iob Big John wants Big John ambled in wearing bermudas and a big panama, flip-flop- s on his feet. He looked like he was on Easy Street at last. What's up, I asked, curious at the sudden show of opulence for a man who, I knew, has been out of work for sometime. John goes from job to job, taking his considerable talent and equally-considerab-lack of enthusiasm with him. The talent has landed him any number of positions. Lack of enthusiasm has led to the demise of most of them. "Just taking a respite from the strenuous avocation of seeking a vocation," replied John ex-pansively. "I've finally defined the type of job I want. That's always been the hard part. Now I just have to find an occupation that meets my requirements. That shouldn't be too difficult." That's an interesting concept, I said, but that's not how the job market usually works. I have always looked for the job, and then worried about filling out the rest of the job description. "And look where it got you," Big John sniffed. " 'Managing Editor' of a backwater rag that doesn't even boast another editor of any sort. That's certainly not the calibre of Bmployment for which I would settle." Okay, Big John, I'll bite. Tell me about the job description you've written, and then show me a job that the editor's column By MARC HADDOCK J J' fits it. Then I'll tell you why your kind of thinking doesn't work. "First of all, it would have to have a government source of funding," he said. "But the government controls would have to be minimal. A semi-privat- e kind of thing that operates mainly on government contracts ought to be just about right." There aren't many of those around, are there? "There are if you know where to look. Then the job would have to have a reasonable, but not excessive salary," he continued. Not excessive? Then you're not in this for the money? "Of course I'm in it for the money. But the kind of job I have in mind would include the provision for me to make contracts to carry out the responsibilities for my function. Then I would contract with myself to do work only slightly different from what I was doing already. I would be paid more for doing basically the same thing I was doing anyway. That way the job wouldn't interfere with my recreation." That doesn't sound very honest. "Of course it's honest. It's at least as honest as what a journalist does for a living. Anyway, if I was paying myself more for my work, I'd do a better job. In the end the govern-ment would get a superior product, and I'd get superior compensation. Sounds very honest to me. "And then I'd have to have a credit card for those vital purchases like clothing. A few hundred dollars a month ought to suffice, as long as I could go over the limit without anyone giving me a hard time." But the rest of us have to buy our own clothes, I objected. "The rest of you obviously work lor the wrong business," Big John replied. "I could also use the credit card to travel - you know how I love to travel - as long as I did some business along the way. Then I would turn in my expense account, as well, and get paid for taking the trip while the company picked up the credit card bill." It sounds pretty cushy, I said. Is there anything else you'd like? "Well, you know I've always wanted to own property. I would like to work someplace where I could buy some apartments, lease them to the firm for a little more than they are worth, and then use company funds to fix them up." You've got to be kidding, I said. No place would let you get away with that. "Of course they would. It's better than an absentee landlord, isn't it. The company would have access to me day and night --when I wasn't traveling on my company credit card, that is. And they could fix the place up just like they want it." And you'd keep making money from it, of course. "Of course. What's the point of having a job, if you can't make a little money." You'd be making more than a little. By the way, what's the secret to getting a job like that? "I don't know. When I find out I'll tell you. But I know the secret to keeping a job like that." Oh yeah? What's that? "Don't get caught." You're too late, Big John. That's already been tried, and I don't think the people who run things around here will fall for that again. "Then you haven't lived in Utah County long enough," he replied, and rambled out of the office, leaving me to try to figure it all out. People, Politics & Policy Thanks Mom ! By E. MARK BEZZANT On Sunday Americans paused once again to pay homage to the institution of motherhood. In-dividual Americans, in their own way paused to say "thanks mom." Here in Pleasant Grove hundreds of kindnesses were rendered to all types of moms. As I listened to the speeches paying tribute to mothers my mind reflected not only on the great mother we had and have in our family but the many fine mothers that live here in Pleasant Grove. Pauline Olpin is one such mother. She goes the extra mile to help her children while being so supportive of her husband Dee. Over the years I have seen her spend countless hours assisting her children reach their potential. Sandy Christensen's mom took extraordinary amounts of her personal time to help Sandy work with and show horses so she could reach her potential. The other children have had similar support. You could not count the hours Judy Brown has spent helping her children in music, dance, and theatre. Softly spoken, Judy has provided the quiet support a child needs to make it in a competitive world. Cora Bezzant is a mother who has earned the continuing devotion of uniforms. Ovid Jeppson'sWifehat beautiful family a h neighbor Jesse Penrod '' The list could go on 3h should. However noU'; hopes are realized. their dreams that vX much that they desiX are deformitieT things that prove to be cl concern. Jean Worthing mother who, against the J., persisted as only a loving mother could. The other side of the, those children who haveneJ the tender hug of a For them, mothers day! something entirely differ many of these children may ! know the ultimate joy of hi support and encouragement h are no cheerleaders for'fc children. At a school, which remain nameless, children doors as early as 5:45 a ra so many of these children horned war zone. It has become a placi'l hate, anger, violence, pervert;: and abandonment. Let's hope that the loving don't become discourse in what has to be the most fit job on earth. To all of you mollir we say thank you. Thank you of life. Thank you for the n; turing. Thank you for endurjf Thank you - for your increft patience. Thank you, thank thank you. God help us if we ever cease honor and pay homage to Its uniquely important souls we s! mothers. Their lot is closer to thi of angels. Their encouragemei love, and tender touch is media without equal. These hands who rock the crafe still continue to rule the world. dedicated children who to this day continue to help and aide her. Irene Jenkin's mother has to be the greatest cheerleader could ask for. It is touching to see the kind of confidence her mother shows towards her children. Betty Eyre has nurtured her two children to outstanding ac-complishments. Geniel Fugal, who has had a large family, has been involved in a very meaningful way with each of the children. Yet she has had the time for Strawberry Floats and band She can keep world record for most kids By MARCELLA WALKER The news has been pretty bad lately what with the explosion in Henderson, Nev., the explosion in Louisiana, and the fire in the Los Angeles Bank building. The Persian Gulf situation is not good, and people have been fearing" the imminent collapse of California into the ocean. The terrorists never let up, and the building trade is still down. Airplanes fall apart in flight, and a mother in South America is trying to remember the names of her 53 children. Now, just a minute, you ask. How can a mother, of all people, forget the names of her children? Just supposing you had 53 children, don't you think you might tend to forget some of their names, at least until you could go through a rundown in your mind, which might take sometime? An article I read in Sunday's newspaper told about this woman. It was a mother's day feature and the entire thing was so bizarre it has had everyone buzzing about it. First of all, it is hard to believe that any one woman could give birth to that many babies and still be alive fo tell about it. The mother is still alive and has had four babies, she said, since 1983. p.y. blah V - V X , Secondly, she said the children have been born as twins and triplets, all or nearly all were multiple bir-ths. Thirdly, the first 21 were boys. I'd have given up trying to have a girl by then, I think. Fourth, the family lives in a two room home in a rundown neigh-borhood and IB of them still live at home. Fifth, some of them have the same names, either because she lorgot she had already named some those names, or because she couldn'i think of any other names she liked Sixth, she and her husband have stayed together all this time And seventh, she tried using a birth control device but got pregnant anyway and figured it was God punishing her lor using the device in the first place Well, I want to tell you that most ni us women would not have survived having that many kids. For one. any obstetrician would have tied off the tubes somewhere along the way. Any woman I know, would have had a sagging uterus and bladder alter having 20 kids, or less, let alone ").'ikids. Trying to cook meals for that many would be a nightmare, and can you imagine what it would be like to do dishes? When children are growing you cannot keep them in clothes, even ivhen you have only five. How would you do it with 53? ( r what about doing the washing? The lady in question has electricity but does not have indoor plumbing. Would you like to beat clothes for 53 on a rock at the river? Can von imagine what it would be like to go to the grocery store to get your commodities? One grocery cart wouldn't do it. Two wouldn't do it And you couldn't afford three. one teenager can eat you out of bouse and home. We had four teenagers at once and we about went ' the poorhouse. What would it be like in have maybe 15 or more of diem at once'.' don't want to even think about it! In a two-roo- house where would all die people sleep'.' It is good they in '1 in a warm climate and maybe everyone can sleep out all the time. How do you give each one the quality time that the experts on child rearing keep talking about? How do you referree all the fights? How do you hear all their problems? How do you make it to all their school programs? How do you afford their weddings? How do you get them all to their lessons? How do you get them all in the car for an outing? Do you hnve a birthday party every other day? How do you remember their bir-thdays and afford to buy them all a present? How do you prepare for Christ-mas? How do you prepare them all for church? How do you discipline that many kids? No teacher in the world would have a class that big, so how can a mother do it? No, the whole thing has me staggered. I wonder if it is all a hoax that someone made up to throw all of us lesser mothers for a loop? Yet, there she is in the Guinness Book of World Records. Well, she can have it. I don't know a soul who wants to break her record or even compete. It would be easier to be like Abraham's wife, Sarah, and have a baby while in your 90's, than to have 53 kids to take care of, don't you agree? Police blotter Diane Garbe, Orem, reported that her wallet was taken while parked at 940 E. 500 North, Pleasant Grove. The purse and the contents were valued at $142. Officer John Lloyd said that the car window had been broken by a rock so that entry could be made Police have a description of a possible suspect. A Pleasant Grove child z treated by a plastic surgeon afte:: was bitten by a dog on May 3. ft child required many stitches on i chin and back of the head, accent; to the police report. The dog is in quarantine at e present time. oHill - Continued from front uaee returned to Channel Islands for several years, then transferred to Shenandoah National Park, in Virginia. He was there for five years as Assistant District Ranger, during which time he directed many major searches and rescues. It was also during this time that he met and married Janice Carpenter, who was then a ranger at Everglades National Park. Hill then went to Biscayne National Park in Southern Florida where he was Chief of Ranger Activities, including "in-terpretation." Hill said interpretation is probably the most important thing done by rangers in any National Park. "It's a combination of education and entertainment," said Hill "We try to bring the park alive to is a park." Every National Park is set ass for a particular historic or t vironmental reason. Timp Cave been set aside because of the unf formations in the stones of the said Hill. Although Timp Cave Nat Monument is located in then the Uinta National Forest, they operated by two completely 1 ferent bodies, Hill explained. "The Forest Service ope under the Department ' Agriculture," said Hill. ''w is to provide goods anc sen' from Forest' Service Ian10' good of the public. The mJ the National Park however, is one of preservation. Hill said the Park Service J maintain areas so that s who visits today can bring grandchildren back in 35 yea-- see the same park. "It's kind of like the Sin Institute," said Hill. "Art objects which people want i for posterity, they pack up and send to the Smiths preservation. Those things too big to pack in a box a National Parks." w((it The Park Service f everything from the Gat National Park '" the White House and Bell, Hill said. , frc' Hill came to Timp Biscayne, and says heexp here several years, are generally more long-- ' due to t regular rangers, of their duties," he s;U. )!' don't mind. It's beaut"1" " the people are great I i Fire drill exposes log cabin walk The walls of a two room log caDin were exposed Monday when Pleasant Grove Fire Fighters burned the old Matthews home at 800 W. State Road as a fire drill Fire Chief Calvin Mills said that if they would have had any idea that the cabin walls were behind the wallboard they would have removed them before the fire for recon-struction elsewhere. The two west rooms in the home were originally the cabin and the other rooms had been built onto it to the east and south. The firemen set the building on fire at about 5 p.m. Within six minutes the home was totally in-volved, showing the importance of getting people out of a building as quickly as possible when there is a fire, Chief Mills stated. The empty home had to be removed to make room foi the corporate offices of West con which will be built on the property. When the flames died down, the liremen and onlookers could see the old cabin walls, still stuck together with mortar, standing in place. No one had lived in the home for some time. Transients had used it lor shelter. Chief Mills said. Fortunately, the tall cottonwood ' tree next to the old home was only scorched a little during the fire Chief Mills said that the fire department used water pressure Irom the deluge nozzle, using water pumped from a ditch through the LaFrance engine to the new Pierce engine, to finish knocking down someol the walls. The department timed the burning and watched the spread of the fire as part of their ongoing training Droeram Lindon City may get visitors center, other busine people: help them anm-Bnh- ,..u.. By KALYN SECRETAN Lindon City would like to clarify an article in last week's paper concerning the Visitors Center proposed for the Rest Stop. The Rest Stop is not known as the American Fork Rest Stop. It is located in the City of Lindon and will be the Lindon Rest Stop. Public Works Director Don Peterson met with the City council and reported extensive road repairs in the planning process. Geneva Rock was approved to do the Construction which consists of a leveling course and two inch overlay. it was reported the following city roads will be scheduled for overlay during the summer. 440 North from 200 to 400 East; 200 East from 400 North to Center; 400 West from 200 South to 600 South; and 400 East from 200 South to Center. They are also considering 400 West from 200 South to 300 North and the frontage road, which is the oldest original road in town, never touched by the sewer. Work will begin on 600 South on around to the Pacifies States Transport. The roads on the list were ap-proved with 400 North last in priority. An accumulation of funds for the road repair is available due to all the work time spent on rebuilding the water system last summer. Lindon City could save $4,000 by doing the work themselves but after calculating the oil and labor costs they decided to bid it out but will be assisting in some areas. It was noted Orem is opening a new road just east of the canal heading South. The 1988-8- 9 proposed budget was reviewed and June 1 was set aside to approve the tentative budget and June 15 to amend the budget. City employees did not receive their clothing allowance this year, but it was proposed they receive a three percent increase in wages for the new budget year and $60 to be added to the salary. The employees requested a five percent increase along with the Pleasant Grove, Orem and American Fork City employees citing Federal figures show the cost of living went up six percent last year. The city is waiting for a backhoe purchased with revenue sharing surplus monev. City clean-u- p was completed last week. The residents seem to ap-preciate the city crew picking up items they can't handle on their own. Mayor McMillan reported on the landowners meeting for the Special improvement District for just east of Grand r. ,road building, Landown rs " C wUh the plan to completeTro r be?agus0eThh0r?ereC1UeStwasdi c.ty code does not allow another home within a three quarter mile radius. It was reported LaMar Jollev requested a business license A properly . ' |