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Show Opinions Page 2 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Thursday, April 12, 2007 I saw Heaven Dyeing Easter eggs Just A Thought By MARK HENLINE A couple of weeks ago on a Friday morning, I got a call from the high school. The call came from Pat Jensen telling me that my son, Drew wasn’t feeling well and he needed to come home. Drew is my nineteen year-old son who has Down’s syndrome. Pat is Drew’s teacher. She spends a lot of time with him and could tell that day that things were not right. No sooner had Drew arrived home than he started throwing up. He continued with what we thought was the flu all day Friday and Saturday. By Saturday evening he hadn’t been able to keep anything down for two days. He was dehydrated and was crying in pain so we decided to take him to the emergency room. The nurse at the hospital had Drew lie down and began to take his blood for tests. It turned out that he had a virus so there wasn’t a lot they could do for him but give him an I.V. to hydrate him and help with the nausea. We took him home and he still didn’t eat for two more days but eventually he made a full recovery. Drew’s being sick isn’t the story but I thought I had to set the stage for what happened that night that has had me thinking so much the past couple of weeks. While Drew was lying in the emergency room, Jodi was holding his hand trying to comfort him when out of the blue Drew said, “I saw Heaven.” Jodi leaned down a little closer and said, “What?” Drew then repeated again, “I saw Heaven.” Jodi looked at me and then asked Drew, “What did it look like?” Without hesitation Drew answered with just one word, “Spring.” When Drew said spring, Jodi and I just looked at each other with a little surprise. His response was surprising for a couple of reasons. One, Drew’s first response to questions is usually, “I don’t know.” He normally has to think his answers out. Second, when Drew does try to explain something it’s usually with a lot of jumbled words that can be hard to understand. As I lay in bed that night staring at the ceiling, I couldn’t get his response out of my mind. It began to have deep meaning to me. Spring is so many things that are beautiful. It’s like the earth is being born anew. The trees, grass and fields begin to turn green and there are all kinds and colors of beautiful flowers. The blossoms come out on the trees, the sky seems bluer, the air feels fresher and it just makes you want to be outside. There is new life with the birds and the animals, just notice the new colts and lambs in the fields. There are so many things about spring that make it such a wonderful time. As I continued to ponder this, his answer took on even more meaning. I imagined asking some of the wisest and most intelligent people in the world to describe what Heaven looks like with only one world. I thought I would probably hear words such as love, joy, happiness, peace, beauty and so on. As wonderful as all these words are they still wouldn’t have the descriptive power and meaning as the word, spring. Perhaps I’m reading way too much into this. I don’t know what Drew saw or didn’t see. But I do know this; his simple, childlike, one word response has had me doing a lot of pondering. It’s just a thought. Club News By HARRIET BAUMGARTNER We met last week at Eula’s. Her kitchen is really big and we had lots of room to do a little activity for our grandkids for Easter. We all bought eggs. Verda had already boiled hers so she went in the front room and watched tv while we boiled the others. After the eggs got done, we went in and had some cake and punch. Erma said her sister in Iowa called and told her she has been retaining water real bad. Her ankles have swelled up to where she can’t get her shoes on so she hasn’t been going out much lately. Hazel said she felt sorry for the poor soul because she suffered with that for years before she got on water pills. She said at one point her husband told her she was storing more water than Palisade and that started some trouble that they never could fix. After their divorce, he moved to Idaho and married some floozy who worked in a café in Boise. Hazel said that woman smoked like a chimney and her teeth were as yellow as field corn and she was glad he ended up with her. That was Hazel’s third and final marriage. She stayed home for years before she finally got tired of sitting alone and joined the singles group. Hazel said there was one fellow who asked her out some years later and she accepted and he came by and the two of them went to the picture show. She said the show was in black and white and the star was Edmond O’Brien, but she couldn’t remember the name of it. She couldn’t remember the name of that fellow who took her either, but she remembered that he smelled so strong of Old Spice that she had to hold her breath at times. The other thing she recalled was that he was missing the tip off one finger. Erma said her older brother Dean was using the tractor to run a big saw and he cut three fingers off. The doctor told him that he was lucky he still had his thumb and pointing finger. He liked to play cards and after he lost those three fingers everybody just marveled at how fast he could deal. After the eggs cooled we colored them and put names on them. Vera dropped one out of the dye cup and cracked the shell so she just ate it on the spot. I don’t mind eggs but I like a little salt and pepper on them. She just popped the whole thing in her mouth and it was gone in no time. The eggs turned out really good. We ended up with a discussion on those folks back east who don’t use electricity and ride in buggies. Helen said she saw them one time when she was in Ohio and they all seemed so happy. She said they went out and watched them put up a big barn one day and the men were crawling around on those boards just like monkeys. She said there must have been 40 or so men on that barn all day long and when the sun started to set, the only thing it was missing was hay in the loft. We all miss those days. Edgar pulled up and honked and we adjourned and went home. Who wants to put on the auction for the 4th of July this year? That is the burning question that needs to be decided this week. The auction is a fun part of our annual patriotic festivities that we all look forward to on the night of July 3rd. The auction is a great money-making opportunity, and also a lot of work! The group putting on the auction keeps all of the money they raise. They are also in charge of getting the trailer for the auction, getting an auctioneer, getting ALL items to be auctioned off, and anything else needed to make the auction successful. In other words- they do it all!! There are certain criteria for the group that puts on the auction. They need to identify a certain project that they are raising the money for, and it must be accessible to and benefit the entire valley. If you think your group might qualify and you would like to be a part of this $$$ tradition, please call Clark or Elise Bown (528-3842) immediately for a complete list of criteria and responsibilities. This is a great opportunity to make a chunk of money and benefit our community at the same time- don’t miss it! Now Playing At The Casino Star Theatre Rated PG Playing through April 14th Rated PG-13 Playing April 13 through April 19th Friday & Saturday April 13th & 14 Firehouse Dog plays at 7 pm • Premonition plays at 9 pm Coming April 20th! Ticket Prices $5.00 - Adults Mon-Thurs = 7 pm nightly $3.50 - Children under Fri & Sat = 7 pm & 9 pm Tuesday Night is Bargain Night! All seats just $3.50 12 & Senior Citizens Winter Show Times! WEATHER Lane Henderson, Publisher Mark Henline, Editor & Advertising Jodi Henline, Office Manager Call: (435) 528-5178 for subscription, news or advertising. FAX: (435) 528-5179 E-mail gazette@gtelco.net The Gunnison Valley Gazette is published each Thursday by Gunnison Valley Gazette, L.L.C., 194 South Main Suite 101, P.O. Box 143 Gunnison, Utah 84634. Bulk rate postage (permit No. 11) is paid at Gunnison, Utah. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gunnison Valley Gazette, P.O. Box 143 Gunnison, Utah 84634 Deadlines: News and advertising, close of business, Friday prior to publication. Subscription prices: One year, $25 in Sanpete County, one year, $30 outside Sanpete County. Single copy price 50 cents. Advertising rates available upon request. All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor reserves the right to hold submitted news items for space reasons. Copyright Gunnison Valley Gazette, Gunnison, Utah 2005. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission by the publisher or editor. Thursday 51/28 Showers Friday 58/28 Partly Cloudy Saturday 64/35 Partly Cloudy Sunday 59/30 Isolated Thunderstorms Gunnison’s Weather brought to you by Gunnison Telephone Co. Centerfield Dumpster Centerfield City will have a dumpster available for the citizens of Centerfield to participate in a ten day cleanup being held April 13th to the 23rd. It will be located behind the City Hall. Please put the items to be hauled off as far back as you can. No car parts, paint, tires or oil. DO NOT THROW ITEMS ON THE GROUND IN FRONT, TO THE SIDE OR BEHIND THE DUMPSTER OR THIS PRIVILEGE WILL BE TAKEN AWAY. Thank you for your cooperation, Centerfield City Council |