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Show Lakeside Lakeside Review, Tuesday, July 3, 1990 Opinion '' ' V1-- 1. - fL an ii mi ii nnr,iJ t ifn i wM 3 smb auj How hot is it jokes come true a In Montana residents say they experience nine months of winter and three months of relatives. . Dixie Hill ' . Teresa Robertson Vanessa Longfellow. Kevin Renkin What are you doing to beat the heat? Utah, along with many other states, is experiencing record high tempera- tures. The mercury has topped more than 100 degrees in the past week and is expected to return to the century mark throughout the summer. While many residents say they go to the water amusement parks or any place that has water, others say they just stay where the air conditioning is. The Lakeside Review asked area res- - conditioning is. Or I also have been drinking a lot of lemonaide, plenty of liquids. Street talk idents in random interviews what they are doing to keep cool. Tiana Farrar, Layton I go to La- goon A Beach at Lagoon. Or sometimes I go to Layton Surf N Swim, anything around water to stay cool. I have been Dixie Hill Kaysville staying in my car a lot where the air - Vanessa Longfellow, Layton My family and I went to the water slides recently. We just try to enjoy the summer. What choice do you have really except to enjoy it? I Teresa Robertson, Layton have been staying in the house a lot where the air conditioning is. The kids go play in the pool to keep cool and sometimes . go join them in the water while I watch them. I ; I stay in Kevin Renkin, Layton house. I drive in car and I work in place. Thats what I j my my an do. Elder Robert Fluegel, Layton Being Arizona natives,, most of my wifes and my relatives live in the Grand Canyon State. And with temperatures there looking like NBA box scores (Phoenix 122, Tucson 116) we have received a number of requests to come visit. But weve had to turn away second and third cousins for the month of July because the ol Howell Hotel is booked solid. ' I Viewpoint ' do a lot of drinking water, that is. At night we try and put a nice cool towel over our face because we dont have an air conditioning. Andy Howell ' Dam County editor But I didnt have the heart to tell members of our family cooking in the Arizona desert that they arent going to find much relief in Utah from the sweltering temperatures. Granted 102 is a lot different from 122, but the same heat wave that hit Ar- I izona last week was hovering over the Beehive state. ' I A couple of years ago they had a radio contest in Athens, Ga. to come up with some How hot is it? tall tale jokes. The winner received 1,000 pounds of ice with the rendition: It is so hot, my pigs melted and the grease ran into the fields. Now Im growing french fries. I I i But how hot has it been in Utah? Well... I It is so hot, the sea gull defected to come Maines state bird. be- It is so hot, I saw a woman using an open window and a hand fan as a hail I dryer. I , . , , t, , i i It is so hot, I saw a roadrunner wearing sandals. It is so hot, I saw a fire hydrant handing out dog biscuits to entice relief. It is so hot, I saw a kid by two ice cream bars at the grocer, and then put , them under each armpit. - I I I It is so hot, I saw people taking bars of soap into Surf N Swim. It is so hot, my wife gives me a sack I lunch every day and tells me to leave in the car so I can have a hot meal. I It is so hot, the fish along the Weber River are begging to be caught just so they can be put on ice. I It is so hot, archaeologists no longer wonder why the Anasazi left. j It is so hot, I saw a Fremont cottonwood disguised as a Ponderosa pine trying to hitch a ride into the mountains. Government directory It is so hot, the movie theaters are preparing popcorn on the sidewalk. It is so hot, even the trees are looking for shade. . It is so hot, people have begun to understand why Sen. Orrin Hatch takes all those junkets. It is so hot, the spots melted off my Dalmatian and now hes a Lab. It is so hot, the Davis County Commission voted to turn up the air conin the commission chambers. ditioning It was the first unanimous decision by X the board in two years. out-of-sta- te 3-- 0 . Lakeside letter policy outlined Letters Performance proves that cultural excellence alive greens, blues, violet to black. All danced by children varying from tots to teenagers. Judging by their performance June 20th of the Clytie Adams Ballet and VNew American Symphony Orchestra, ''development of cultural excellence is ; alive and well in Layton, Utah. And this blessing extends to all of Northern Utah s well! - Beginning with children barely past C'the learning to walk stage, to fully v grown performers who demonstrated professional capability, there was a great variety in all phases of ballet. I: The childrens Jessie Bear group of dancers performance was enhanced beautifully by the original music of Mark Robinette, who displayed amazing versatility by singing and accompanying both himself and the dancers with guitar, trumpet and trombone, as well as music. As well as exhibiting dedicated school- -' ing in ballet, the children carried out a scheme in their costumes of bright from Indian yellow through reds, C- -- -, ed col-o- rs , Of especial note was the ballet performed by three daughters of Adams in tribute to their mother. They danced appropriately to the tune, Leader of the Band. Also of terpsichorean excellence was the Toulouse Lautrec segment. Of ragamuffins and street girl, and cabaret girls, danefcd to the rousing music of Offenbach. The music was performed to professional degree by the New American Symphony under the direction of Michael Palumbo. Not to save the. best til the last, for all performances were superb, but the finale was performed with utmost excellence. This scene depicted a king and queen exulting over a newborn child, their joy being heightened by a group of young women dancing as fairies. The entire evening was rife with the exuberance of youth. Richard B. Swenson South Ogden . The Lakeside Review encourages readers to submit letters to the ediHansens remark quoted gressmen in the entire nation, having a side the tor. left record of that equals voting out of context at event the Massachusetts delegation. He obvi- Content of letters should address his feels more to At the State Democrat Convention, past allegiance ously issues of interest to our readership Kenley Brunsdale said that Jim Hansen service with the Kennedys than he does throughout north Davis County. d because Hansen to his native state. was Letters should be typed, doublehad said, Whoever baptized Wayne was referring to what Owens Hansen and must include the name spaced, Owens didnt hold him under long as his own political had represented and telephone number of the writer enough. Led by Peter Billings in conthat whoever was refor verification purposes. vulsive laughter on stage, the convention conversion, saying for politically baptizing broke up as Kenley said he didnt think sponsible Shorter letters are more likely to had not held him under long Wayne it was funny. ; be published. enough, since the baptism had obviously Kenley Brunsdale was quoting Jim not taken. The comment had will be subject to editLong letters absolutely Hansen out of context from the Weber unless to do with religion ing at the discretion of Lakeside ReCounty Republican Convention when nothing is view editorial staff. your religion. Hansen referred to Wayne Owens own your politics Letters will also be edited, if necon to then went Brunsdale in as for ran he Ironically, Congress again quotes 1986. Owens referred to his first term in accuse Hansen of having no sense of huessary, to meet journalistic,standarJs of good taste.-- . Congress and said he had now been mor. From the reaction of the audience , vsi'i would it Democrat at the Convention,converted and that if elected, he Libelous material will be.delfted. would go back to Congress this time and appear that they sawwhat Kenley With few exceptions, letters imustibe be more conservative and represent couldnt. Come on, Kenley, I know some are slower than others, but think a accompanied by! the writers name Utah values. Y jrf Far from being converted, Wayne little harder, youll catch on sooner...orvi Mvhen published. ' . Send all letters to' the- Lakeside V has turned out to be not only the most later. Alex Hurtado x Review, 2146 N. Main,' Layton,1 Lit., liberal Congressman in the 10 Western Ogden f 84041. Hours arC8 iLm."tO(5 p"rn? States, but one of the most liberal Con- ' , I I mean-spirite- t - - ! ' ' . . i . : o i v.lt' i'lsvqu afnxcg |