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Show ommunity vs lews A2 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008 - N F. Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Lane Henderson Publisher Namon Bills Editor Dana Robinson . Assoc. Editor The Spanish Fork News is published each Wednesday for $37.50 per year in area and $41.50 out of area by J-Mart. 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork Utah 84660. Email stories to cditor@spfbrknews.com Email ads to ads@spforknews.com Call us at 794-4964 POSTMASTER Send address changes ro Spanish Fork News 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 Theentire content of this newspaper is Copyright© 2008 Spanish Fork News. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without die written permission of the editor or publisher, THE SPANISH FORK NEWS (USPS 024716) is published weekly for $37.50 per year by JMart Publishing, 280 North Main St.. Spanish Fork, UT 84660. Periodicals Postage Paid at Spanish Fork, UT. POSTMASTER; Send address changes to The Spanish Fork News, 42 East 300 North, Spanish Fork, UT 84660. DEADLINES Weddings, anniversaries, missionaries, 1st birthdays, articles, photos, letters to the editor Friday, 12 p.m. Display advertising and classified advertising Thursday, 12 p.m. On your mark... Concerns about the upcoming Olympics and China's readiness babies, your mind is already damaged. Galloping Geezer The famous Super Laser Gary Davis Yo Yo comes with the following instructions: 1. Don't put into mouth "I just have one thing to to prevent from choking. say to the Chinese," Jerry 2. Don't tie the string Seinfeld once remarked, around neck to play in a "forks." He makes an interest- rough way. 3. Don't leave the string ing point. Can we rely on people who eat with sticks alone with children under to have the slightest clue three. 4. Don't throw the yo yo about hosting the Olymat people. pic Games? We shall soon 5. Be aware of people find out. It is reported that keeping close when you China has spent 20 billion play yo yo. dollars in hopes to dazzle 6. Be careful of the menthe world and prove that it's no longer a poor iso- tal parts when dissemble lated nation but has indeed the yo yo. The "mental parts" have joined the ranks of modern global powers. If you've always been a challenge for purchased anything made me. One of my offspring in China that came with thought the "no yo yo" rule instructions, doubtless you at the Mission Training have been simultaneously Center in Provo was silly bewildered and bemused 'til the day his string broke by the English transla- while doing "around the tion. For instance, a pack world" and clunked a felof batteries came with the low missionary in the back following admonition: Do of the head. not swallow Batteries or it If you're planning to could make you a seriously visit the Olympics, I'm told hurt blood stream, or could that American tourists are make your mind damaged. treated well in China and This was on a package of that they go to great lengths "D" batteries. If you try to provide helpful signs in and swallow one of those English. The problem is, oft times one needs a translator to translate the English into Americanese. One sign reads: A toilet gets down from back stone steps , and is on the inner part of a left open space. I certainly hope so. There is an eating establishment there called, The 3rd Place Cafe. I guess that means they got a bronze medal. Another eatery is Mom's Mustache Cafe". Sorry, I can't help you on that one. A clothing store is called Starvations. For anorexics? Beats me. For night life, a favorite would be, Club the Celebrity. There are a few I'd like to take a whack at. Of course here in Spanish Fork we have the I Dunno Diner, so go figure. PETA will be pleased to learn that dog will not be featured on the Olympic venue menus. This should also please the Muslim contingent who have an aversion to man's best friend. China has endured their share of problems in preparation for the forthcoming events. There have been riots resulting in fatalities, freak snow storms, massive Prepare for floods and clean up Ready or Not Dawn Van Nosdoi I have been really wanting a good summer rain to cool things down and green everything up. Well, it did rain, not down here, but up north. And boy did it ever rain. Those people were deluged with the wet stuff and it caused a lot of problems. There was flooding all over the place and a lot of damage. There were some really scary things that happened. One neighborhood had a playground that was located in a large bowl area and it was completely filled with water covering most of the play equipment. The scary part was that city officials thought that the water might have been contaminated with sewer water. Even if it wasn't contaminated with sewer water, it was certainly contaminated with other Covering what matters most chemicals. As the water traveled along the neighborhood it would have picked up the oils on the street, chemicals on the lawns and neighborhood pet droppings. All bad water. Have I mentioned in the past to get your drinking water and washing water stored? Two gallons a day, per person, per week for a two week period. The other scary thing that happened was the wall of mud that descended on an apartment complex. The ground gets too saturated and suddenly you have extra real estate in your back yard, and sometimes in your house. We won't even get into the mess of the clean up, but I do want you to think about what kind of insurance you have on your house and your possessions, and does it cover flood damage? Don't own a home? What about renters insurance? I have witnessed apartment fires that have destroyed all of the renter's belongings and they had to start all over. I had a water pipe break and it wasn't discovered for a couple of days. It did a lot of damage, but I was lucky because I did have insurance. In a disaster, after the police have checked your house to make sure that it is safe and you are allowed to go back in (did you take your 72 hour kit with you when you left?), what are some of the things you need to think about? How about the way you are dressed? I saw a lot of people on the TV in shorts and flip flops trying to clean up the potentially disgusting debris. Make sure that you are protected. Wear protective clothing: jeans, boots or at least shoes that cover your feet, gloves, and possibly face masks. Be concerned about chemicals, rancid water and mold and mildew, and you won't want to be breathing it in or sloshing around in it, or at least keep the exposure to a minimum. the Oil Change When deciding how to clean up the aftermath, consider a professional disaster cleaning company — if you have insurance. If not, make sure that you are very careful in what you save and how you clean what you want to keep. You might want to consider throwing away things that can't be thoroughly disinfected that might carry mold spores back into your clean house. Being that we are in the second driest state in the union, you really wouldn't think that you would need flood insurance. After all, we don't live on the banks of the Mississippi, but we do seem to have our fair share of flooding and catastrophe. Everyone is concerned about what is going to happen when the big earthquake hits the Wasatch Front, but we should also look at other types of disasters and be prepared for them — and for goodness sake, don't forget your 72 hour kit — or water. flooding and an earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people. Security is also a concern for the upcoming extravaganza. To allay your fears, surface-to-air missiles will be deployed near the various venues as a defense against potential air strikes. So in addition to the usual Olympic fare, it's possible there could be some spectacular fireworks in the sky. I'm excited about that. The principal concern for Olympic organizers, however, is environmental. In their headlong rush to become an industrial super power, the environment has pretty much been ignored. A recent New Republic article pointed out that 80 percent of the East China Sea has become toxic, due to dumping from the mainland. Sixteen of the world's top 20 dirtiest cities are in China. A survey of over 500 cities in China found that 77 percent did not treat raw sewage. Smog is a huge problem in Beijing and thousands of soldiers and volunteers have been busy Better way to be adult Life After Birth Jaiiene Baadsgaard They are building a new high school near my house and I like watching it take shape. Each time I walk past the construction I think about my high school years. Even though I had lots of good teachers and friends, the person I remember most is my janitor. She definitely left a lasting impression. When you're in high school, you think all the adults in your life are members of the don'thave-too-much-fun police force. Their job is to catch you talking too loud in the library, find all the grammar mistakes in your short story and mark up your math homework with big fat red check marks. Being around this police force gives you an impression of adulthood that doesn't Cowboys & Associates (o\\ho\s lUwlsklc Scnkc \)\\\ 10 licyim Help Wanted! 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They sent 200 tons of pesticides to spray 5,000 square miles just 265 miles from Beijing. So my advice is, if you're going to the summer Olympics, don't take along your firstborn. Mr. Davis is the founder and Senior Fellow at the Institute for the Politically Incorrect, a conservative think tank. Email ipiJ940@ msn.com. $ $ $ Call Sue or Sherri 798-2241 Janene Baadsgaard look like too much fun. Amongst all the zits, lost elections, friend drama and report cards during my high school years there is one bright shining star — the janitor. At first I thought the woman was daffy. I mean who ever heard of a school custodian who actually enjoyed her work? Most school employees who clean up after lots of messy irresponsible teens are pretty serious or grouchy. But the serious, grouchy ones seem to have disappeared from my memory as quickly as the numbers to my locker combination. This woman was amazingly different. She actually gave me the idea that adulthood could be... of all things... fun. I often spied her in the halls between classes pulling around a garbage can on a cart with wheels. Brooms, mops, and cleaning supplies stuck out from the cart with customary ordinariness. This woman, on the other hand, was always a total surprise. For example, if Easter was coming up, she would dress up in a bright See HIGH SCHOOL • A3 |