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Show Beverly Sills' keynote speech will be televised September 9 Beverly Sills, gifted singer and head of the New York Opera Company, Com-pany, will keynote the Second Annual Governor's Conference on Strengthening the Family, Saturday, Satur-day, Sept. 9, at Cottonwood High School. The keynote address will be televised tele-vised on KUED, Channel 7, from 9 to 10 a.m. Registration for the conference will begin at 8 a.m. and for the first time, conferences will be held simultaneously si-multaneously in Salt Lake City, Cedar City, Logan, Price and Richfield. Rich-field. Workshop leaders include top educators, social workers, psychologists, psycholo-gists, authors, doctors and other professionalsfrom across the state. Workshops will be presented on a myriad of topics such as positive parenting, self-esteem, the effects of rock music on behavior and learning, learn-ing, talking to your children about sexuality, enhancing your marital relationship, stress management, juggling career and parenthood, managing a family budget, helping your child succeed in school, the magic of grandparenting, sports and family relationships, plus many more. The cost, which includes a lunch, is $10 per person or $15 per couple. Special scholarships are available from Utah Issues at 1-800-331-5627. Spearheading the conference as chairman is First Lady Colleen Bangerter, with coordinators Barbara Bar-bara Thompson and Margaret Jones of the Department of Social Services. Serv-ices. According to Mrs. Bangerter, "We realize that each family is different, differ-ent, whether your family is a traditional tradi-tional one, one with no children, a single parent family or a blended family, there will be workshops to help everyone. "The perfect parent or family is a myth. Each of us has faced insurmountable insur-mountable problems and needed help. We hope people will see this conference not as a final answer but as a first step in strengthening their families." For more information regarding registration, please call 538-3985. |
