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Show B2 CLIPPER TODAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 , 1999 Lifestyles nda MM m MGllKSS Clearfield native gets big BYU honor proud to say that be a wife and to she always aspired mother She is a community volunteer with a block home and area swimming family science and is BY TOM BUSSELBERG Clipper Today New s Editor How to keep housework from ruining your home life it all done, and once in aw hile I ha e to do a small batch on Saturday to get us through the w eek-enbut by and large this method has worked for me The book I read also dont get of Baird. Julie Gearfield Utah writes M house is a divister area Before I had dal dren, it was orderh and smelled nice Een with just one child I managed to get through m daih cleaning ntuals without too much problem "Then numbers two and three armed Need I say more0 ' I get so tired of cleaning things up onk to clean them up again twenty minutes later Don t get me started on the topic of mopping the kitchen floor I could spend das on that one1 Babe number two. Jacob, will turn two this week He has officially been declared a national disaster I am constantly washing off crayons, pencils, markers (the saints be praised for washable markers') and anything else he can get his hot little mitts on It really doesn't matter how mans times I tell him that he can onl write on paper You should see our kitchen table Id be really depressed if it was some expense e piece of furniture As it is, I won't be buying a new dining set until the year 2020 Last year, about this same time, we were still apartment dwelling and I was way depressed about the constant mess. Mv mother so wise, let me borrow a book on being an organized homemaker The book was published in the 60s, and although it was way out of date on some points, others were y ery helpful One tip that has helped me find some free time was a suggestion to do laundry on specific davs of the week, instead of doing a little bit ey ery day I now attempt to do laundry on Mondays and Thursdays. Sometimes I 4 X) - Jackie Beene CLEARFIELD McBride was a basketball and crosscountry track star as a student at Gearfield High School in the late 1970s. Now, she has been honored by Bngham Young University with induction mto the school s Athletic Hall of Fame d, suggested creating a morning ntual Here's mine Once my babies get to be about 6 months old and I get a little more sleep (ha1), I try to get up at least a half hour before the kids to exercise or read and get dressed Doing this really helps my mornings go more smoothly After breakfast I send Amber and Jacob downstairs to play or watch Barney I use that time to run around the house washing dishes, making beds, taking out the garbage, and giving a quick once oyer to the kitchen and living room the visible areas. I also try to vacuum "Now this doesn t always happen in 45 minutes, but that's my goal I try not to answer my phone (which is hard for me) or get sidetracked by other stuff I see lying around On a good morning, I can usually be ready for the day by 1030 That may sound slow to some, but it's a great accomplishment for me Of course keepmg things presentable is a constant battle On some days, I don't even try Instead, I recite the old saving that says,4Geamng while your children are little is like shoyeling snow in a blizzard' Christie Hansen plans to periodically print contributions from other parents m the trenches Please write and share your parenting joys concerns and gnpes w uh her at by chnstieluinsenusa net or care of this - publication programs Husband Brent Dunng her time at the Provo school, McBride is only the second female player ever to score more than 2,000 points as a Cougar and would haye been higher had the three point line existed then She left the Cougars ranked third in a single season, e second 728 a points, scoring high in career scoring, 2249, and second in career scoring axerage at 18 1 points per game In the addition, forwardguard took second in career rebounds, at 680, second m career steals, at 240 She played in 124 games, the most of any Cougar Beyond that, McBnde led BYU to two conference titles as a sophomore and junior, culminating with a 3 e national finish record and m 1982, the programs highest ever finish, was named to the Team at that year's National Womens Invitational Tournament. And those are only part of the honors she has receixed Exen with all that running up and down the court scoring she had time to is an electronic technician at Micron It (the honor) was more than I expected it was really neat, she said of the dinner and ceremony held m the Cougar Room a room in the stadium bedecked with photos of the school's champions She had the opportunity to meet the schools president, Merrill Bateman, and football coach La Veil Edwards. honor to be in such a who haxe accomof people category plished such great things, and to haxe nn whole family there!' she said, noting nearly 50 relatix es came, some from as far away as North Carolina and Texas. Dunng her time at Gearfield High, McBnde helped take the basketball team to state championships. She also was on the track and x olley ball teams, 1 loxed them all!' she saxs. In track she ran the 100, 200, and 400 yard relay and one mile relay and as a sophomore won the state championship in track and still holds the 100-ard dash record at 1 1 3 seconds. 1 try to stay actixe (in athletics) with the city league! she says, work out nde the mountain bike Her parents are Jimmy and Beth Beene of Sunset, and her husband's are McBnde of Dax is and Joyce It s really an all-ti- ot 24-1- y third-plac- 4 JACKIE BEENE MCBRIDE with her husband Brent. marry her high school sweetheart. Brent McBnde In fact, her husband recalled that 1 had fun watching hef The couple, who haxe lived in Mendian, Idaho, near Boise, for 11 years, haxe three children Enn, 13, Michael, 10, and Andi, 5 She earned her bachelor's degree in Gearfield Heritage Museum offers glimpse of toys BY TOM BUSSELBERG Clipper Today News Editor LAYTON It would probably be a safe bet to say that as long as there haxe been kids, there haxe been toys The Layton Hentage Museum will be underlx ing that fact, at least back a few decades, with its exhibit of toys used by youngsters in the area from the late 1800s to the 1940s Both young and old are invited to visit the museum oxer the holiday season to view toys, from porcelain dolls to hand-mad- clothes They e include an old doll house from the 1920s, picture books about contemporary life and times, and paper doll cutouts. We have toys of all kinds from the late 1800s to the 1940s, says Museum Curator Bill Sanders In Chnstmas tree addition, an will be set up m the living room set of the currently-runnin- g Verdeland Park e display It will feature Chnstmas decorations, including the old-sty- le old-tim- DORA PLANT is surrounded by some of the porcelain dolls she made. Creative Bountiful artisan designs beautiful dolls BY VERA O. BARKER Clipper Today Correspondent It only takes one BOUNTIFUL glance around Dora and Joseph Plant's Bountiful home to know that Dora loses porcelain, china and crystal She comes from a creative family who are imohed in music, wnting and other arts It was bom in us, Dora 4 said ' always wanted to be a sculptoT She found her niche m the 1950s when she started making porcelain lace draped dolls 1 started them as heirlooms for my children," Plant said Since then she has made hundreds of dolls She places them anywhere there is a flat 4 1 4 surface Each is one of a kind Nobody has one like it, Dora said The sense of creativity thnils you She uses a mold for the dolls, but the dress designs are her own ideas You become a fashion designer' Plant said You make the 'roses and eyerythmg She uses lace dipped in porcelain and draped to trim the dresses You haye to work fast, because porcelain does quickly!' she explained - After the lace is draped on, the doll ; is fired and glazed to protect the lace Then she paints the features As with ! all art. using the right materials is very important Dora uses all cotton lace, w hen she can find it She told of one doll she made with eyelet lace The thread around the eyelets was made of something else, Dom said, and it burned when it was fired The dress came out with holes in it Asked which was her favorite, she responded, There's something about each one that I lose Dora also enjoys interior decorating and cooking She has been involved in the restaurant business since the age of 15 I haye done everything from car hop to dishwaxh- t popcorn garlands, wooden candle-lik- e decorations, exen the aluminum reflectors that were once popular The tree will be decorated by a group of special needs youngsters And kids will have the opportunity to make their own paper doll cutouts, with some laminated dolls to be available, as well There were a lot of practical gifts, often made out of cardboard or wooden furniture for a dollhouse from the 20s We also have one of the first hanging-typ- e ornaments and figure lights from the 1930s, Sanders THESE ITEMS are among many that are on display at the Layton Heritage Museum during the holidays. said other unique items will be on display Museum hours are 6 Tuesday doll will be A World War from her collection, Sanders said and 1 to 5 p m Saturdays. highlighted dressed in a military uniform from the penod It's also hoped that an electric toy tram will be loaned for display In fact, Sanders said that he is looking for any toys up through the 1940s that could be included in the 11-- II-e- TRUST VS. WILLS exhibit Among those loaning items for the show is Kay Wilde of Kaysxille She has just a fantastic collection of antiques A China head doll and er to cook!' she said Dora ran her own restaurant three different tunes Now for five days a week she is the mam cook at the Bountiful Temple Dora has fixed m Utah all her fife and in Bountiful since and Attorney Robyn Rowe Walton 1964 Dora quit making dolls for a tune, but started up again about three years ago A doll takes months to finish I spent a year on one once, Dora said Sometimes the dolls break When they are fired, they shrink about and sometimes change shape In the firing, they do theu own thing, Dora said. There are some hairy moments, but when you have a good doll, there is a lot of Doll making is a vanishing art, according to Dora It takes a lot of patience Its tune consuming and its Monday. 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