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Show Comment Iieview - WednesdayT I Library system would be boonTohigh school studeng;lit' information, this would be a godsend." bv A networked system would transform the often ' ' 1 resources of current school libraries into a districtS potentially a county-wide- , library of significant subst! ; The problem, of course, is cost. The already-strappe- d resources of the Alpine SrK cannot handle the additional $38,000 annual costs t'S telephone lines and maintenance costs for such a syst P' 1 One alternative is to have the students pay f0r Coo through a library fee, which would range from $1 10 $4 frJ year. School fees, however, already strain the bucWw ft Utah Valley families. Other methods of paying for the system are beingW P Despite the cost, however, this is one opportunity th f School District should not pass up. e. We live in the Age of Information, yet often expect stud ' do research with inadequate resources. A district-wid- e n system would go a long ways towards bringing the Information to our schools, and our students. The Alpine School District has the opportunity to increase the amount of information available to students in each of its 11 secondary school many times with one investment. Using computer technology, the district can tie the schools' libraries together - combining these valuable resources into a single system, and making the resources of all the libraries available to all the students. Purchasing the system would help every serious student in each school. The upgraded library system would be based on computer software created by Dynix, a Utah Valley corporation which markets it's library software throughout the world. Several Utah County libraries already use the Dynix system, including the American Fork Public Library, the Orem Public Library, the Provo Public Library, the Provo School District and Utah Valley Community College. The software is flexible and not only keeps track of book check out and check in, but allows users to look up information through a variety of searches, including author, title, subject and key word. The effective than the old card system is much more Tugh a networked system, the Alpim School School jtc make the resources of the library at Orem High terminal at the Lehi to students in Lehi - through a computer High library. would be the same as In essence, the single computer system purchasing all the books available in all the school libraries for of cost cutting, that is as effective an each school. In an age operation as you can find. , . But the potential for the system goes beyond the school district. , , Once the Dynix system is in place, a network can then De created to tie into the other Dynix systems in the county - giving local high school students access to the wealth of information available at the Utah Valley Community College library, for example. Donald Walton, the Alpine School District media coordinator, puts the potential succinctly: "For the student who is looking for Some of the things I learned at Dad School the editor's column Even my thinks he is now Jay Leno, compliments of this single, lame joke. He's told it to me a dozen times. I should have learned with my oldest child the failed experiment of my homework assignments dur-ing my first term in Dad School. Her friends often tellher she has her father's sense of humor. It is not a compliment. Shannan has on funny bone, with an appreciation for puns (if there can be such a thing) that is downright unhealthy for one so young. She doesn't laugh at my attempts at humor (that would worry me), but she usually understands them, and that is a major cause of concern. And worst of all, she'll turn on me in a second and use this awful sense ofhumor to get back at me for all that experimentation - just like they told us in the Parenting Phi-losophy 110, warp them when they are young, and they will make you pay for the rest of your life. And that's what scares me about the cemetery joke. After my earlier experience with Shannan, I had been careful not to similarly dam-age my other kids with tainted humor. Now it may be too late. It just goes to show you, in par-enting as in life, a little learning can be a dangerous thing. Maybe I'd better sign up for more Dad School classes this sum-mer. You know, the old saw about insanity being hereditary is true -- but it works both ways. Sometimes parents can drive kid.s crazy before it comes back to you. And maybe there are worse thing to inherit. Like a bad sense of humor, for example. A couple of weeks ago I took ; some of my children on a museum tour- - one of those trips where you overdo something by trying to do i everything. We started at the Springville ; Art Museum. An odd place for 4- -' and children? Not re- - ally. We chose the art museum ! because we had never been there, because I have parental expecta-- ; tions about the artistic ability ofmy kids, because it was free. ' It was a good choice on all counts. ; We looked ateach painting, each sculpture, and talked about what the artist was trying to say with his or her work and then we went to lunch - a picnic in Hobble Creek Canyon. From there, we headed towards the Bean Museum at BYU, and as we neared the Provo City Cemetery I told the kids, against my better judgment and common sense, "You .know, people are just dying to get into that place." Fathers thrive on old, corny jokes. We take particular delight in real groaners the kind of jokes pline courses and dropped out of nagging after just two terms. But I did very well in my music classes, especially early rock and roll; and I excelled in the humor, especially in the211 class andPun-ishment41- So with this extensive educa-tional background, it was only natural that I should thoughtlessly throw out such a bad joke as the old line about people dying to get into the cemetery. I forgot there was a in the car. (Maybe I need to take some summer refresher courses.) "Daddy," Meghan asked with all the innocence of her youth. "Why are people dying to get into the cemetery?" Adrienne, who is 10 and a little quicker than her younger sister, replied with all the understanding of an older sister: "Oh, Meghan. You're so stupid." "It's ajoke, Honey," I explained, using the techniques picked up in my class on Healing Hurt Young Egos 355. Then I patiently ex-plained why some people, admit-tedly not many, but some, might find the story mildly amusing. Once she understood it, Meghan thought the joke was a hoot. In fact, 111 bet she's told it a hundred times since I mentioned it to her fifty times just to me: "You know something, Daddy?" "What, Sweety?" "People are just dying to get into the cemetery." By MARC HADDOCK that make the kids wince. In fact, I've often told my kids that "Crummy Jokes 211"wasoneof my favorite classes at Dad School, that place where all fathers learn the parenting skills so necessary in today's society. (Other popular classes which may or may not be the topic of future columns include Nagging 101,102, 201,321 and 45 1R, as well as graduate naggingcourses, Disci-pline that Doesn't, and Music Your Kids will Hate. Parenting doesn't come easy, and if it wasn't for Dad School, I don't know what we fa-thers would do.) Of course, I flunked the disci- - U.S. Congressman speaks at Jr. High Congressman Howard Nielson spoke to Pleasant Grove Junior High School students recently, answering their questions about the federal government. After a brief discussion about his experience prior to becoming a congressman, Nielson responded to the student's questions. They asked him what a typical day was like for a congressman. He said that they usually have a very long day. They will often have hearings from 9:30 a.m. until noon. They use Monday and Friday to get caught up on business and are in congressional sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. He added that they always have a large number ofbills before them. The congressmen must become well acquainted with these bills so that they can vote intelligently. They must also know the constitution very well so that they do not make laws that are not con-stitutional. The students asked him about the U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. He said that the two coun-tries need to work together. The new arms agreement that has the two countries checking on each other is good, he noted. In a related question, the stu-dents wanted to know why we do not know very much about the Russian people. Congressman Nielson said that it is harder to get access to the information about the Russians. "They know more about us because the U.S. is more open and we have Radio Free Europe to dispense in-formation about the west," he ex-plained. He said he had met some of the Russians who are at Hercules for inspections and that he found them charming and intelligent. The students were interested in jobs in congress for young people. Nielson told them that young people are hired as pages to work during the summer between their junior and senior year in high school. He said that pages run errands and deliver messages. Older students can become leg-islative assistants or interns and they will be able to learn how the government processes work. He urged students to take classes in law and political science if they are interested in politics or I government work. The congressman w ever, that many congrei senators have been teat L workedmother areas not,f law, and have done very 'f The students asked -' what congress was tryinr stem crime and illegal Nielson said that the r' passed some good legist crime last year and power to police in drug pi and prevention. Some forward thinfc! wanted to know if the,-- women in congress. Nielson said that fe! about 27 women now a. J shoul d be more. He mentis: ' a Utah woman just bare; her bid to be a congress few years ago. He explained that dimension andahin-t-the congress. Maryland1: men and four women r people and it has two men r)'" woman in the senate, an;'! In response to a ques: noted that a congresskmi-- date must be at least 25 u; age. He mentioned that i Pepper had been in the 1958 andhadalsosr: senator. He told the students th lege degree is not require:: congressman but he higll' mends it. He stated that Bangerter had often that he does not have degree but he wished hec Nielson said it is serve without a degre?bt: and you are more apt to;, with a degree. The students asked he how he felt toward John o said that Tower was air qualifiedman andwouldb a great secretary of dele things in his personal!1 downfall. Nielson added that if lt; had more personal friene the senators and congress would have done better, The students were infc the salary for a congress son told them the base t $89,500. He said there hf; proposal to raise it to & he was one who urged: defeated and it was. The students gave'' cheer to this news. I haven't missed the snow and cold p.g. blah least turn off cold and windy and miserable. We have been snowed on at Granite Flat on Memorial Day lots of times. We have been snowed on in the spring at the desert, the mountains andtheNational Parks. So just plan a fun time and you can plan to get wet. Usually. It is all because of the Utah Spring which can come anytime and can come more than once a spring. Believe me. This is the time of year when it warms enough for a day or two for you to get the wanderlust and want to go out and enjoy some time with nature. That is a good time to watch out. Nature is just waiting for you to plan that so she can give you a good dose of you know what, Utah Spring. I enjoy watching a show that comes on on Saturday mornings called the Victory Garden or some-thing to that effect. It gives good advice on garden-ing and takes you to see some very lovely gardens around the country and sometimes overseas. It makes you want to go out and start tinkering with the soil and see if something will grow. But, don't do it. At least not until mid-Jun- e or else everything will get frozen. Blame it on the Utah Spring. Don't be mislead by nice warm days and comfortable nights. They can lull you into thinking that the Utah Spring is not coming this year and you will be safe to plant and your fruit tree blooms will set on. Don't believe it. Sure as you do there will be a bigblast of arctic air which decides to come south for the spring and you will get the opportu-nity to plant everything all over again. If all this sounds a little like satire, you are right. But believe me, it also happens on a regular basis and is true to life. No matter how tempted I get, I will not plant out my flowers until June 1 . Then I can count on only one or two more days of Utah Spring and perhaps they will survive. They will not survive in April or May. Those two months are the favorite times for the Utah Spring to bring us some snow showers and really cold weather. The best thing to do is to keep your umbrella, galoshes, winter coat and one light sweater on the coat rack. That way you can be prepared for anything. Take all of them with you every where you go because you never know when Utah Spring will come and you'll need them. The other night while we watched them try to get a pickup truck out of the Murdock Canal, our toes about froze because there was still a touch of snow on the ground from the day's earlier snow-storm. A.Jhlh,hThha.S Utah SPring again. By MARCELLA WALKER It was quite a sight last week to see the majestic Mount Timpan-ogo- s all covered white again. It was quite a sight to see the big fat snow flakes falling to the ground on Wednesday. ' It was quite a sight to see the ground once again covered with snow, even though it did not lastfor days on end. All of this was quite a sight, but for most of us it was not all that pleasant of a sight. All during last month the weathermen have been griping because there has not been enough moisture during April, the month in which we are supposed, and usually do, get more moisture than any other. Personally, I had not missed it at all. We had enough snow and miserable cold during the winter that I did not relish it in April, May or June. Actually, a nice gentle April shower which would bring May flowers would have been tolerable, but a blinding snowstorm is a whole other matter. It is like old man winter can't quite give it up yet, even though it is nearly May, and has to get his little bite in now and again to keep us confused. You never know how to dress. If you bank on it being warm, sure as shooting you will freeze. However, if you dress for cold you will cook. It all boils down to a Utah Spring. We ought to have a sepa-rate season called Utah Spring, which is a moveable season as it might occur in April, May or June, and in which it will snow for sure. Ifyou think I am speaking tripe, listen to this. My birthday is May 8. Some ofyou have heard me say this before. I have had sleigh riding parties on my birthday before. I h ave h ad to stay home and in thehouse because the snow storm prevented doing anything fun. All you need to do to guarantee a Utah Spring, is to plan something fun. Plan an early camping trip. Even a one, say on Memorial Day. It will snow or at Hospital clarifies Norton treatment An article focusing on cancer victim Audrey Norton was featured in last Wednesday's newspaper. American Fork Hospital officials would like to encourage community residents to support efforts to help the Norton family, but they would also like to clarify some misconcep- tions that may have resulted from the article. "We feel that the cause of raising money for Audrey Norton is very commendable, and we know that 8h "as received - and is receiving A are Poss'We at both vT1Cpn Frk HSpital and Utah Regional Medical c says APH Administrator Craig stated in the article about her stay at Amencan Pork Hospital were r the ' tnd we would like t0 Pt record straight." According to Audrey Norton's Pbysiclan) Brent Johnson, M D Pork Ha?f a,dmitted t0A"n " APril n to Sn7S tt pointed to nn infec- - "nd Tttnir--'-1 .a As soon as Audrey w , to the hospital, she was;;: infection-fightin- g IV When her symptom5 spond to these anhbioh suiting pulmonolg': Valley Regional MeJ was called in to testing. He removed fluid from Audreys en J fluid which did not sW infection. Because of theseri condition, the doctors transport Audrey fr. Fork Hospital toUU gional Medical Cen testing on April ! a CT scan identified a tumor in , "Audrey Norton with a very rare d Johnson. "We a 11 ; safe an working for a come." Smedley W,;?; can Fork Hosp.taU tfr,i Regional Medical thing possible to Pf) host wishes are " her and her fami 'There's friendship in the air' Kditnr: In the little town of Pleasant drove. A service station stands for all to see. It's a place that's been there many years. ' It's a friend to all. including me. Karl Carter runs the station now. His dad's retired and seldom seen. But the friendship there, it hasn't changed. They still say what they mean. Karl Carter never asks much. He's there to help you if he can. He's helped so many folks who've passed on bye. He's a friend to every man. He'll fix your flat or change vour oil. Wash your windows, pump vour gas. He'll tell a joke everv now and then. He'll throw a wave when friends they pass. Small town ways they never change. Always true and always fair. Kememliei when passin" Karl's place. There's Iriendship in the air. Kileullen V Rodeo Queen contest May 20 the time of judging. For more in-formation, call Karmel Clav 78 5580. The Strawberry Days Jr. Rodeo Queen Contest will be held May 20 at :i p.m. in the Pleasant Grove Arena and is open to local girls 15 years and under. The girls will be required to give a short introduction of themselves, ride a pattern, correctly "tack up" her own horse and interview with the judge. Winning contestants must ride the same horse they placed on and be available to participate in the Strawberry Days celebration and rodeo. June Besides riding in parades and rodeo, the Jr. Queen and attendants will also officiate at the Children's Parade on Wednesday and the Western Barbeque to be held Friday night. Applications will be taken up to Youth invited to join choir If you are age 8 to 15 and enjoy singing, you are invited to join the new youth choir in Pleasant Grove The choir is being lead by Frances Perry, a well known music leader in the area. This will be sponsored by Pleas ant Grove Parks and Recreation Department, and will meet everv Monday at the Recreation Office Building. The cost will be $8 per child and their first performance will be at the Strawberry Davs talent show. PltaBnnt (Sraut fituitiu ISSN No ? USPS No 43574000 Published weekly except for Thanksgmng. and Christmas by Newtah, Inc. II South Main Pleasant Grove. 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