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Show IS. 2. V2 - IV.;--' Opinion fhnno-hts on eetting older f Nc- I '-"! - ThurJa. Apr Cancer touches all of us Thi.i v.'-' k : . .. vonnti'T-i v. ,!! I- K. '.J -.' ht r - 1 1 i ii! i'i t ! :. J :-' r AiiKTiran Ctf.o-r S- .: -t .'.. will they - ti-'r.i:.; ! r ;. -r :..-lp. but they v. iil a'-M I- i. pamphlH.i v.ith r--!..::. .r.w.i-tion .r.w.i-tion uri how t' pr-vt-:.t c ir.i--r A( ( orilii.i' to l!.- A::,' r;i ( 'inn er S'x ii-ty. j-n -r.t ' (li-iiths I r r m (.iiid-r r r . . i . 1 r--Vflit.-ihliv IVrh.ipi fio oth-r :.- case ha.s loin h' l - r:. i:.y 1.'. -Wc all MTMTia!iy know -::.: who ha Ix iti (l,a!:o-.-.l w.th cancer, can-cer, tn-ati-d for ai:c r or u.-.f'.rtu-liati-lv has from c.ir.o-r Wr ii not sH--ifii'a!!y a-iva!-ing giving a donation to t;.- A.'ia r-ican r-ican ('amir Soo. tv Mac h run ami family inn-t ! id.-d ind;vidu-nlly ind;vidu-nlly how much and to which chanties chan-ties they are ahle to donate 'I here are many worthy causes. I lowever. please In- courteous to the volunteers one of then) may veil he vour neighbor or someone who has lost a loved one due to cancer The American Canc er Society receives no government funds. When the American Cancer Society Soci-ety first began fighting cancer. ! .:. - 1 i -rc-r.: ur :vi--! t ."..-: ."..-: ... .... .,.w. t:.- f.ve-ye.ir rt-la- - r. r. t r c.: ruvr tr:: !-i x- r.e :rly ' .-ret r.t. K.tr. y.-',r. .l.ur..ir-i- of ih-u-s.ir. d i c.!.".c r p.t".-r.t r-.-:ve r.-K-e and ir.f-rm.i'.i-'n through '':' Arr.encan ('ar.vr ( ):.!'. IT rcent of the funds rai-ed l'o toward fumiraising and -: .'rceru pit- toward manace-rr.i-nt. Thirt v---vt-n percent uf their funds are u-ed for nations', nation-s', id.- research and program support sup-port and the remaining 40 percent per-cent is u-ed by the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Division Cancer Programs winch includes prevention, detection detec-tion and patient services. It's good common sense as well to follow the Society's guidelines guide-lines for reducing your n.-k of cancer, including proper nutrition, nutri-tion, exercise, early detection tests and regular medical checkups. check-ups. In addition, you can reduce your risk of cancer by not using tobacco products and limiting your exposure to the sun. The American Cancer Society helps save lives from cancer. Let's each do our part as well. I left my heart in paradise Aloha! We went to paradise and I did not want to come back. We recently returned from a trip to Hawaii with our daughter and her family and it was wonderful. won-derful. Vim w ho have Ix-en there will know what I am talking about. The rest of you ought to go. We went to Oahu and sjx'nt a week. We led on a Tuesday and came back on a Tuesday. The flight from I OS Angeles to Honolulu Honolu-lu was alxmt four and one-half hours. Hawaii is about three hours behind us time wise. We had rented a condo on the north shore area in a town called Waialua. We were a little less than a block from the ocean. On Wednesday we went to I 'earl Harbor. Har-bor. It was a very touching experience. experi-ence. There is a lot to see there. They give you a numlxT when you arrive and while you w ait for your iniinlxT to le called you can view n large iuuuIht of exhibits and information alxmt that terrible day, Dec. 7, 1911. When your numlxT is called you enter an auditorium and watch a film alxmt the attack on l'earl Harlxir. Then you are taken on a launch out to the memorial which is out in the harbor. The memorial sits right on top of the I'SS Arizona. Some parts of it are still sticking up out of the water and you can walk around and view all that there is to see. A small amount of oil is still leaking from the ship and you can see w here it stains the water. There is a w all of names which has every person listed who died on the I'SS Arizona. Many flower leis were placed near it which made it lixk very nice. We were told that occasionally, one of those sailors who survived the explosion and sinking of the I'SS Arizona, asks that when he dies he wants to have his body taken down and placed on the sunken Arizona with his comrades com-rades and this is done if that is his wish. The next day we visited the Hawaiian I.DS Temple and then we went to the Polynesian Cultural Cultur-al Center which is not far from the temple. All that I had heard about the cultural center was accurate and it was a wonderful place to be. The performances by musicians and dancers from each of the Polynesian islands was delightful. They were colorful and informative and exciting. There are also dances on barges in the river by each of the different island peoples. There was the I-MAX theater with a show on "The Living Sea " There were hands-on activities for everyone of all ages. The famous luau was delicious and the entertainment enter-tainment during it was very-enjoyable. v r 5 .iiii L iLj il The cultural center has many shops to venture into and there were temptations everywhere because of the beautiful colors and variety of things you would like to bring home. After dark was the extravaganza extravagan-za performance by all singers and dancers in a large theater. It is bright and coloiful and exciting from beginning to end. The end, of course, is the famous fire dance and it was spectacular but it scared me to death for fear someone some-one would get burned. The Havvaiians, as well as those from the other islands of Polynesia, are beautiful people. I don't tliink there was a homely one among them. No, I did not have poi but we did have some muffins made from taro which were delicious. We went to Waimea Falls and saw the gorgeous flowers and trees throughout the entire place. I had no idea there were so many varieties of hibiscus. There are divers who put on a show at the falls and it was spectacular. One day we drove around the island as it does not take very long. We saw Diamond Head and Honolulu and snorkeled at Hananama Bay where we also saw three pods of whales near the mouth of the bay. Honolulu and Waikiki are lots of fun but it is a big city and there are expensive malls as well as small shops to spend your money in. I personally liked the north shore w here the pace of life was slower and the beaches were wonderful. won-derful. On Saturday and Sunday the surf w as very high with waves about 20 to 25 feet high, it appeared. They were beautiful to watch but posted warnings told us to stay away from the water. It was fun to see how pineapple and bananas grow and see the coconut palms, as well as many other kinds of palms. It was fan to try and pronounce the names of places in Hawaii. They pronounce every letter in a name and they use a lot of Ks. Ws. and vowels, the sound of each vowel is pronounced even in a name like Aiae which has no consonants con-sonants in it at all. All in all. it was a wonderful experience but the time went wav too fast. I could get really addicted to the l:e there which seems to be relaxed and beautiful all at the same time. New Utah Pleasant Grove Review An edition of The Daily Hera'd i ISSN No. 152 l-6S-i 1 (U S PS. No. 4 55-TS; 59 West Main American Fork. Utah S4003 A .lNEWSPAPEF My c.-rr.ir.g up Sumi.iv Normally I don t r..we a j cut of m.v birthdays and usually" I don't mmd that I'm one w ar elder. 1 1 wever thus vear I m reaching a miles'.. . r.e of sorts. My birthday is one of the birthdays that end with a zero and usually demands a moment of silence as you realize vou reallv are getting old, or at least 'older. " I will be turning 30. I cant believe I am that old already. I still feel like I'm IS. I know I don't look like I'm IS. but inside I still think I'm that young. Up until now I've been able to sav I'm in my 20s. Turning 30 is like actually having hav-ing to admit that you're really an adult now. I told my aunt this and she said, "Honey. I hate to tell you this but you have four kids. You're an adult now." And speaking of kids, when did that happen? All of a sudden I am a mom driving a mini-van full of car seats. I'm the one veiling at my kids not to touch "things in the store and I'm the one bringing my son his lunch at school. I'm doing things I swore I'd never do. I actually went to Albertson's recently wearing sweats and no makeup. When I was 18 I swore I would never do that. I also said my kids would always have clean faces, combed hair and matching clothes. My husband and I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary this summer. That's another scary thought as well. I never dreamed I would get married so young and now asain I can't believe the time has cone bv so fast. It seems like just 'yesterday we were arguing about whose turn it was to do the dishes. Oh wait, that was yesterday... yester-day... Turning 30 has made me contemplate con-template mv life so far. Have I done the right things? Am I a good mom,' a good wife, a good person? Am I where I thought I would be 10 years ago? " I always knew I wanted a big family, I am the oldest of six and so I just imagined myself with a houseful of kids. Now the reality of taking care of four children under the age of seven has made me reexamine re-examine how many actually made a houseful. But my husband and I do take comfort in the fact that everyone every-one should be out of the house by the time we reach 50, and that's still young enough to go out and have some fun by ourselves. I always enjoyed journalism in high school and college, but I always thought I wouldn't be using my degree after graduation. I thought I would be able to stay home and take care of the kids and the ho.use. But so far I've had the opportunity to work for, several different papers since starting a family, somehow managing to juggle my family and a job. In the process I've provided -1, 4 J J:.: ... , ueecieti auuiuonat mco-. also been able to have"-''' lenging and enjoyable in the workplace." x-v I also never thouch v would end up living e-' ' and I both graduated fa- I was from Oregon j-7:-'-from Washington, so? we'd live somewhere ' c Tat's first job was in Id-t'; fun to be closer to fanuV pie of years, but then a C-came C-came along in Salt Lilj here we are living in ,'1 and loving it. On a personal level r-has r-has caused me to think a'.' I want to be in the next " when I turn 40. Hopefully h going through pregnancy-maybe pregnancy-maybe I can think about'-" ting into shape. As nn-T growing older, I want to involved in their educ--encouraging then to read more at home as well as a"-' want to spend as much tr can with my husband and I relationship growing so we -ebrate our 20th and 30th -sary together. And even'iT love living in Utah, I would like to exper -in another city or state. But then again, who bs. will actually happen in the ; I'm happy for everything thy pened in my short 30 v wouldn't change a tiling appose ap-pose I am actually excited"-what excited"-what the next 30 years wi' even if it means getting older Dn T Vmvp 3 manpfir nprsnrmlitv? Machines act up so often around me that I've decided I must emanate my own personal magnetic field. I don't know how else to explain it. It shows up most often when I go up to cash registers which use scanners scan-ners to ring up purchases and I'd say that's gone from just a handful a decade ago to virtually everywhere but the smallest businesses now. The clerks just run the ticket code over the reader as though it were the routine task that it is, and look up only when they don't get the tone that signals a successful read. So, they try again, and often again. "I haven't had any trouble with this machine all day" they often say with a puzzled look on their faces, as they punch in the codes manually. Why, I ask myself, would the machine suddenly decide to act up just when I happen to be the one coming through the checkstand? I be the reason it's unlikely to machine, so it must be me. Then, there is my computer at the office. Most of the time it works as well as could be expected, considering consid-ering the operator, but every now and then, it does something that's ... well, peculiar. In the past five years, I've had perhaps a dozen things happen with my machine that, in the end, we were unable to come up with any explanation for. The technician would mutter something about random ions, but we both knew he just meant he had no idea what happened. Frankly, neither did I. It must be that magnetic mag-netic field again. I can offer more proof forr. ory. During certain times r year, I m outside quite a lot of various types. If there's ar. dirt around, I guarantee it -. me. I figure it's the magnetic', work once again. I won't even discuss how c appliances at my house will only for me or, in some anyone but me. It doesn't mat logical sense, so I figure there: be some other factor at work. I'm not quite sure what the : cations of my theory woo! should it prove to be true. Won studied in a lab? Would some ness try to find a way to money off this? Or, would 1 ! displayed in a freak show? I have no idea but IU be ' ing about it all over again as the next time a machine act my vicinity. New perspective brings new insig Flying to Las Vegas recently put a new perspective on things. I had driven down to Vegas a few weeks ago and the drive was long and hot. A car full of bored kids and a tired mom makes for a trip that isn't the most pleasant. Yet it was fun, once we arrived, to have my kids with me and show them some of the amazing and exciting sights of Las Vegas. They loved the glitz, glimmer, and glamour. We spent a lot of time walking around "The Strip" checking check-ing out all the hotels. There are some amazing things to see there, and there's a lot you can do without spending a ton of money. (Of course we all know how easy it is to spend money in Las Vegas!) This last trip was just myself and my twelve-year-old daughter. She competes in gymnastics and we do a fair amount of traveling for her meets. This time she wanted just Mom" to accompany her; she wanted to focus more on the competition and less on the "playing" while in Las Vegas. It was an important multi-state meet, and her reasons made sense. The siblings staved with friends and relatives and just Rainy and I took off for Vegas. j git) ? ftnv?rtftr. i 1 Much of our flight was over some pretty dismal desert country. Yet, as dead as it looked below, I found it fascinating. There were many areas that had little human imprint. Perhaps Per-haps just a small, thin road winding among mountains or beelining across desert plains. The vastness of the desert of southern Utah and eastern Nevada amazed me. Somehow I had discovered grandeur and majesty in spite of what most people would term "a sparse and hostile landscape." Arriving in Las Vegas, whether by automobile or by airplane, is a wonderful and welcome sight. The greenness of the golf courses is heightened by the grayness and redness of the surrounding soils. The lights and buildings that are surrounded by desert are a monument monu-ment to human ingenuity and engineering. engi-neering. We had a wonderful time. Rainy performed well at her meet. We saw sights and enjoyed some excellent meals. Yet when we flew out on Sat- of the city became smaDer. i less bright, I again saw tb city from a different perspec I could appreciate and er glimmer and glitz of the irz entertainments. We had an a time experiencing just a them. But somehow, from the r perspective that one gets ing 25,000 feet above the ea. God's creations that truly st- From my aerial per;;-could per;;-could see and appreciate that I missed while I drove -- it at 80 miles per hour in a -with hot, tired children. , Getting far away from t-j situations and problems o. -can add a new persf appreciation to that daily-;; After the airplane la.v-felt la.v-felt grounded once again- able to deal with being T-middle T-middle of life." After my brief time 2;-home, 2;-home, I appreciated my M the planet even more.-;; "big" problems weren't -all. The little things sft-;; more beautiful and unpr i.i i ,rt t-aKiI.-I r'' my Kias got some oacK norne wiui j- Reader's Forum This week's letter to the editor was written bv J. Sterling Merrill of Lehi and can be found as a full page editorial advertise- Teiephone Numbers ment on page 3. Sterling Merrill writes an open letter to the Alpine School District expressing his displeas ure that the school board will be spending $7.5 million mil-lion to renovate and add onto the present Lehi High School Building. Deadlines Perineals Po;a;e Pa;i at American Fork. Utah PC5"UiS"a. sere xrs cra-oe -o 5 -s lUrv A.-iercar l-jr '':", 2 z ''Z'Zit 2 z ''Z'Zi; 2 Z He believe f ; tion of the bond passed -should be us1" biVh school- We welcome letters to the editor. All letters must author's namo fni-intw AMn cnoHl and 3 t6'e ber. ve reserve the right to edit letters forci;' . tion. taste and length. Letters are welcome on HOW TO R E A CJLJJi By Mail P.O. Box 7, American Fork, UT 84003 In Person 59 VJ. 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