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Show r f •N E W S- Spanish Fork Covering what matters most Marching Band WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2007 • A3 Lifetime travel goals Ramblin' Roads Charla Zeeman Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News RAINY DAY PEOPLE: The SFHS Marching Band, under the direction of Bryant Smith, competed at the Nebo Tournament of Bands in Payson on Saturday, Sept. 29. Despited drizzling rain that turned to snow, the band played on. The long and the short of it favorite authors in collections such as No Easy Answers, edited by Don Gallo, Out of the Best Books Prom Nights from Hell edited by Meg LuAnn Staheli Cabot, and Guys Write for Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka. A classic definition of a short story One of the mainstays of reading materials for the secondary classroom is that one should be able to be read curriculum is the short story. These it in one sitting, a point most notably fictional narratives provide fodder for made in Edgar Allan Poe's essay "The language arts students to engage in Philosophy of Composition." Because literary discussions without the time of their brevity, short stories rely on required to read a longer piece, such as limited characters, a single plot, and the novel. usually illustrate a general theme. Adults may find short stories as part If you haven't read a short story since of their magazine selections, in book you graduated from high school, here are length collections by a single author, or a few suggested classic titles you might revisit well-known short stories from want to revisit or discover: "A Rose for their own youth. Stories such as "The Emily" by William Faulkner, "The Gift Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "The of the Magi" by O. Henry, "The Scarlet Lottery," "The Necklace," and "The Ibis" by James Hurst, "The Monkey's Most Dangerous Game" have been in Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, "The Tell-Tale school anthologies since 1891. Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, and "The Today's teens rank the stories from Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James collections such as Chicken Soup for the Thurber. Teenage Soul among their favorites, and Please, no zits! And other short stothey sometimes prefer these targeted ries for LDS youth by Anne Bradshaw collections for their independent reading.. (Golden Wings Enterprises, 2007) When Some teens discover short works by their the church magazines stopped publishing fiction several years ago, a huge gap was left in the need for stories, especially stories that could reach the youth of the church. Thankfully, authors like Anne Bradshaw have come to the rescue. In this volume, Bradshaw brings a highly readable collection of short stories, targeted toward teens, that could be used as additional seminary material, family home evening discussions, or for pleasure reading. The stories allow readers to look into the difficult decisions today's teenagers may face. My favorite stories included "Apple Pie and Chocolate Corners," "Joseph and His Technicolor Nightmare," and Darkness at Noonday." Lu Ann Brobst Staheli is a Christa McAulliffe Fellow, 2005 * Nebo Reading Teacher of the Year, and previous Utah English Language Arts Teacher of the Year. Find more information about literacy issues at www.LuAnnsLibrary.blogspot. com. She can be reached at LuAnn® LuAnnStaheli.com. The other day, someone was talking about making a list of the 100 things we want to do before we die. At first I thought, "Gee, it's too late for me. There is no time left to do that many things." But then my brain jumped to another thought, "Why not?" At least I can still dream of things I might like to do. So I started my list — I'm to number 40!One thing I have noticed is that my mind keeps going back to what I have accomplished in my lifetime. I haven't really listed those accomplishments, but there is quite a list — maybe ten things! I think we all do the same thing. We think we aren't really that productive, or that industrious. That list is for later. No, maybe that is something for my list of 100 things I want to accomplish. It wouldn't take me that long, and I could then see some progress. I found myself listing a bunch of places I want to visit — places where I will probably never go. Then my mind went to the places I wanted to go as a child. My list is not long. Salt Lake City — we visited there once in a while. It was quite the adventure. Provo — we went there to shop quite often. BYU Campus - mother was a genealogy nut, so we went to the library several times. There were very few buildings on Upper Campus, so I could even go outside if I wanted to and no one worried that I would get lost. (Really, I was too shy to go very far alone.) Richfield and Fish Lake — we visited there several times with relatives. These were places where I felt safe and which were fun for me. I was never very adventurous. I was also privileged to visit places I had never •'. y. thought of going: : Roosevelt, where \ my great aunt and great uncle lived, and summers with ; my aunt and uncle. We visited, or rather lived for the summer, in Kemmerer, Wyoming; Fallon, PORTER'S 372-9931 Two for One 35+ years Twice the Service combined experience in Real Estate and Banking HEATING & AIR CONDIVONING Homemade Seasoning • Sales •Service Rated are Low and Economy id great I Call us to Buy, Sell or Invest in Real Estate • Installation Grandma's Recipes Betty June Ott • Green Sticker I have a son who loves seasoned salt. He puts it on everything. Here is a recipe for it that is much less expensive than store prices. •. SEASONED SALT 1/2 c. salt 1 Tbs. garlic salt 1 tsp. dry mustard 1 tsp. pepper 1 Tbs. celery salt 1 Tbs. paprika 1 tsp. onion powder This makes a little less than 1 cup. I asked my daughter about her desires as a child — Disneyland and the Grand Canyon! Then she explained her philosophy about family trips. She said it is important to take your kids places: — they do better in school, leam to get along with each other better, and develop better problem solving skills. At. different times her two older boys have been put in charge of 'something to do' on long trips. So where do you want to go? What's on your list of' things to do? DEBBIE O BOBBI OBRIENCILOBERTSON 360-2255 Grandma's Recipes Thousand Springs (Wilkins), and Lovelock, Nevada; Mon-. ticello, Utah. While in Wyoming, we went to Yellowstone and Pocatello. While we were in Monticello, we went to Mesa Verde. In Nevada I visited Reno, Virginia City, Twin Falls, and one of the small towns near Las Vegas. Not a whole lot of exotic places, but I got to see them. As an adult, I wanted to tour the historical places in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California and Wyoming. I wanted to see the mint in Denver and to go to Kentucky where my father's family originated. I'm still not adventurous. So where did we go? Vacations were spent fishing or camping as a family at Yuba Lake, Strawberry and Scofield Reservoirs, Diamond Fork camp ground, Lake Fork, Thistle Creek and Payson Canyon. We did visit Yellowstone, Montana and Flaming Gorge. We made quick trips for specific reasons to Las Vegas, Yuma, Sacmmento, Denver, Mesa and Canada — no sightseeing! When my husband returned from the service (he spent his time in Korea), he swore he would never go further north than Provo, nor south of Nephi, and he almost kept his word! i ' I | I I . . I . I Classifieds • Financing OAC FOSTER PARENTS F*otory Autl>ort**d Deaftar WHOTEVWl IT TAKES' 798-1700 Foster parents needed in this area. For information please call (801) 367-8371. (9/2610/24) HELP WANTED NEBO SCHOOL DISTRICT. 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